Things I Don’t Understand, 2012
Feature, 111 minutes
New York

Maine Premiere

Nominated: Best Director
Winner: Best Feature, Best In Fest

Showtimes:
Lewiston Public Library – Saturday, April 6th at 1:00pm
The Public Theatre – Sunday, April 7th at 12:45pm
Q+A following film

Director: David Spaltro

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Written and directed by independent filmmaker David Spaltro, Things I Don’t Understand is a thought-provoking drama of young people on the edge, seeking desperately to grab a foothold. Like other recent films, it asks the hard questions: who am I, why am I here, what is the meaning of life, and what happens when we die? The film is clearly a heartfelt project, a subject that the director feels deeply about and has assembled a fine ensemble cast to support him.

Molly Ryman is Violet Kubelick, a brilliant, but emotionally troubled young graduate school student in New York, who is writing her doctoral thesis on the “big” subject of life after death, a subject she has had a personal interest in since her sister died at an early age.

Things I Don’t Understand – Preview from David Spaltro on Vimeo.

Festivals & Awards

2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival
Winner: Best Feature

2012 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

2012 Hard Acre Film Festival

2012 Burbank International Film Festival

2012 Sycamore Film Festival

2012 New Jersey Film Festival

2012 Coney Island Film Festival

2012 Laughlin International Film Festival

2012 Dreamland International Film Festival

2012 White Sands International Film Festival
Winner: Audience Award

2012 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival
Winner: Audience Award, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress

2012 Northwest Ohio Film Festival
Winner: Best Actress, Molly Ryman

2012 Albuquerque Film Festival

2012 San Diego Film Festival

2012 Jaxon Film Festival

2012 San Pedro International Film Festival

2012 Catalina Film Festival

2012 New Wave Salon

2012 Washington DC Reel Independent Extravaganza

2012 Twin Cities Film Fest
Winner: Breakthrough Achievement, Molly Ryman

2012 Tallgrass Film Festival
Nominee: Stubbornly Independent

2012 Greater Reading Film Festival

2012 Dutch Tilt Film Festival

2012 Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival

2012 Weyauwega International Film Festival

2012 Beverly Film Festival

2012 California Independent Film Festival

2012 Big Apple Film Festival

2012 International Film Festival of Antigua Barbuda

2012 Anchorage International Film Festival

2012 Sao Palo Cultural Festival of Cinema

2013 Idyllwild Cinema Fest

2013 Irvine International Film Festival

2013 Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival