Annapolis Film Festival Announces Lineup For 10th Anniversary Celebration

ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Annapolis Film Festival announced its 2022 lineup on Friday. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the festival will screen more than 70 movies starting later this month.

The festival kicks off with "To Olivia" on Thursday, March 31. The movie portrays British author Roald Dahl when he was writing “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

The weekend-long event wraps up on Sunday, April 3 with another film about chocolate. This movie, titled "Peace By Chocolate," tells the true story of a Syrian refugee family that opened a chocolate factory in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Another highlight is a private showing of "King Richard." This film explores the upbringings of tennis superstars Serena Williams and Venus Williams under the coaching of their father, Richard Williams.

Other top categories include the African American Experience, the Jewish Experience, the Environmental Showcase and the Sailing/Boating Showcase.

Festival passes are on sale now. These bundle packages run from $75 to $350, depending on which showings are included. There will also be coffee talks, short movies and industry panels.

Individual tickets go on sale this Friday.

More information is posted at annapolisfilmfestival.com.

Here is the full festival lineup:

Opening Night Film

• To Olivia - directed by John Hay

Closing Day Film

• Peace By Chocolate - directed by Jonathan Keijser

Showcase Films

African American Experience

• Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over - directed by David Heilbroner & Dave Wooley

Jewish Experience

• Three Minutes: A Lengthening - directed by Bianca Stigter
• The Stories of Us - directed by Monica Levinson

Environmental Showcase

• The Biggest Little Farm: The Return - directed by John Chester
• Our Future Our Fight – directed by Beth Murphy
• Toxic Neighbour – directed by Colin Scheyen

Sailing/Boating Showcase

• Captain Nat Herreshoff's Enduring Legacy - directed by Gary Jobson & Scott Shucher
• True North - directed by Suzie Galler
• 87 Days - Alone Rowing the Pacific - Lia Ditton & Danielle Sellwood

Education Day Screening (Private event for invited students)

• King Richard - directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green

Feature Films

• Aristocrats - directed by Yukiko Sode
• The Bright Side - directed by Ruth Meehan
• Emily the Criminal - directed by John Patton Ford
• Glob Lessons - directed by Nicole Rodenburg
• Last Film Show - directed by Pan Nalin
• A Love Song - directed by Max Walker-Silverman
• Neighbours - directed by Mano Khalil
• Queen of Glory - directed by Nana Mensah
• Rehab Cabin - directed by Kate Beacom & Louis Legge
• The Rose Maker - directed by Pierre Pinaud
• True Things - directed by Harry Wootliff
• Valiant Hearts - directed by Mona Achache
• Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater - directed by Justin Zuckerman
• 892 - Abi Damaris Corbin

Feature Documentaries

• Any Given Day - directed by Margaret Byrne
• The Automat - directed by Lisa Hurwitz
• Blind Ambition - directed by Robert Coe & Warwick Ross
• Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale - directed by Aaron Schillinger
• Calendar Girls - directed by Maria Loohufvud & Love Martinsen
• Dear Sirs - directed by Mark Pedri & Carrie Pedri
• Fire of Love - directed by Sara Dosa
• Mija - directed by Isabel Castro
• Into Flight Once More - directed by Adrienne Hall
• Walk With Frank - directed by Ryan Mayers & Matt Mayers

Short Films

• Almost A Year - directed by Jamieson Baker
• Apothecaries of Time - directed by B.L. Strang-Moya
• Bacon 'N' Laces - directed by Stephen Michael Simon
• Blind Spots - directed by Danny McCrea
• By the Sea - directed by Sarah Stusek
• The Catch - directed by Thais Drassinower
• Connected Off the Grid - directed by Rachel Bujalski
• Cupids - directed by Zoey Martinson
• Dad's Weekend - directed by Alex R Gillaspy
• Don't Hold Your Breath - directed by Patti White
• EXT. LOS ANGELES - DAY - directed by Matthew T. Price
• The Feast - directed by Zeb Blair
• For Closure - directed by Mike Peebler
• Gaydream - directed by Brandon Wilson
• I Really Love This Piece - directed by Graham Goldstein
• Kinderland - directed by Amy Grappell
• The Last Marriage - directed by Johan Tappert & Gustav Egerstedt
• Leaving for Holiday - directed by Ariel Goldenberg
• The Legacy Sessions - directed by William D. Ashton
• Long Line of Ladies - directed by Shaandiin Tome & Rayka Zehtabchi
• Love Stories on the Move - directed by Carina Dasoveanu
• Matched - directed by Russell Sorbello
• Maybe Tomorrow - directed by Sunny Bonner
• My Journey Across the Ocean - directed by Madeleine Kelly Toomey
• Night Ride - directed by Eirik Tveiten
• No Man's Land - directed by Anna Andersen & Gabriella Canal
• Ourselves, In Stories - directed by Marjee Chmiel
• The Right Words - directed by Adrian Moyse Dullin
• Sales Per Hour - directed by Michelle Uranowitz & Daniel Jaffe
• Seeing Someone - directed by Andrew Brian Carter & Katie Page
• Shark - directed by Nash Edgerton
• Silver Screen Suicide - directed by Kyle Hartford
• Still With You – directed by Ryan Livesay
• Straw Man - directed by Alexander Casimir
• Street Poet - directed by Samgar Rakym
• Street Reporter - directed by Laura Waters Hinson
• Studio 210 - directed by Lily Weisberg
• Summer is for Sandcastles - directed by Harris Gurny
• Training Wheels - directed by Alison Rich
• Trustfall – directed by Stefan Witts
• Wonderfully Made - directed by Benita Ozoude
• You Too - directed by Grant James

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