Unrest
TFI Suppport
TFI Network 2016
Logline
Four families and one bedridden filmmaker fight to live in spite of the most devastating, prevalent, and invisible disease your doctor has never (really) heard of.
Jennifer Brea
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
Jennifer is a doctoral student at Harvard University on indefinite medical leave. Prior to that, she was a print journalist in Beijing and East Africa, and earned her AB in Politics from Princeton. She is a TED Fellow and Sundance Fellow.
Lindsey Dryden
PRODUCER
With a background in television documentary (BBC, Channel 4, History Channel), Lindsey’s films have shown at festivals including SXSW, True/False, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Film Society of Lincoln Center’s ‘Art Of The Real’.
Patricia E. Gillespie
PRODUCER
Patricia is an Almendros and Wasserman award-winning filmmaker, currently serving as Line Producer on MacArthur-grantee Whose Streets? She will be pitching her directorial debut, American Monster, at the 2016 Hot Docs Forum.
Kim Roberts
EDITOR
Kim Roberts, A.C.E. is an Emmy-winning editor of feature documentaries. Her recent work includes The Hunting Ground, American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, Waiting for 'Superman' (Paramount), Food, Inc.(nominated for a 2010 Oscar®), Autism the Musical (HBO) and Inequality for All(Radius). Kim won an Emmy for Autism the Musical, her third nomination. She was nominated for an Eddie award for Food, Inc. and Waiting for ‘Superman’ from the American Cinema Editors.
Emiliano Battista
EDITOR
Emiliano Battista is a London-based film editor of award winning feature documentaries, dramas and television programs. His films include 3 ½ Minutes (Special Jury Prize Sundance 2015, HBO), How is your Fish Today? with Chinese novelist and film-maker Xiaolu Guo (Sundance 2007), The Intimacy of Strangers, The Solitary Life of Cranes, Black Out and Night, Peace with Eva Weber, Elvis Pelvis (Berlin Film Festival), Dolce Vita Africana, a portrait of Malian photographer Malik Sidibe, The Runner by Saeed Taji Farouky and The Auction House, a tale of two brothers about the oldest auction house in India. Emiliano has also worked on multi-screen art installations shown in major exhibitions and museums worldwide: All That is Solid Melts into Air and No Permanent Address with Mark Boulos.