Director David Robert Mitchell's
follow - up to his
breakout movie, the creepily elegant horror film «It
Follows,» is something of a change of pace: When a young man (Garfield) befriends a mysterious neighbor at his Los Angeles apartment complex (Keough), and she disappears the next day, he sets off on a surreal search for her through a La - La Land populated, in the words of the film's publicity material, by «dog killers, aspiring actors, glitter - pop
groups, nightlife personalities, «it» girls, memorabilia hoarders, masked seductresses, homeless gurus, reclusive songwriters, sex workers, wealthy socialites, topless neighbors and the shadowy billionaires floating above (and underneath) it all.»
Director Jeremy Saulnier
follows the promise of his 2013
breakout thriller Blue Ruin, an engaging and original treatment of a mysterious revenge / man on the run fun, with Green Room, a hyper violent and at times gruesome standoff film between a
group of skinheads and a band of hapless hipster musicians.
A second day of
breakout sessions
followed the first day and included
group training on various topics such as grief, eating disorders, bipolar disorder and recovery as well as various identity topics including transgender and multi-racial students.