CIFF: HAMILL to open, SOUL SURFER to close the 35th fest
The Cleveland International Film Festival is feeling a little sporty. Two inspiring films about odd-defying athletes are set to open and close the 35th festival, according to Crain’s Cleveland.
Opening the festival on Thursday, March 24, is Hamill, the inspiring true story of deaf wrestler and UFC fighter Matt Hamill. The film stars Russell Harvard, who you may remember as the adult H.W. Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. Why should you drop the $125 for a ticket to the opening film and party? Well, the film, directed by Oren Kaplan in his feature debut, won the Breakthrough Audience Award at AFI Fest in November. (And the company at the party isn’t bad either.)
On Sunday, April 3, Soul Surfer closes the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival. The true story of a teen surfer who loses her arm in a shark attack only to make it back into the water stars AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid and Carrie Underwood. Why should you see this one? Because it’s directed by the guy who made the underrated 90s masterpiece, 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain.
Trailers after the jump…
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