The Eternity Man (Australia)

CHICAGO PREMIERE  The Eternity Man is a film opera like no other.
In a universal tale of hope and redemption, a lonely man consumed with self-loathing and religious zeal wanders the streets of Sydney writing the word "Eternity" on the pavements in an immaculate, copperplate hand.

CHICAGO PREMIERE A rockstar wannabe and his tortured-writer best friend hatch a plan to transform the writer's grungy first novel into a bestselling memoir by creating a hipster icon, KK Downey, who instantly becomes a messianic star. They gain the fame and fortune they so desperately wanted, but at a steep price.

Real-life documentarian and reality TV producer Sergio Myers takes the mockumentary to the next level in his quest to become rap superstar Pony Boi, "the Hugh Hefner of Hip-Hop," actually recording a hit record and single featuring DaBrat. Alongside the plentiful laughs is a biting satire of the production of celebrity.
-DIRECTOR SERGIO MYERS IN PERSON!

A road-weary troubadour comes to LA seeking fame and fortune and ends up getting more than he imagined, including a big record deal and the interest of a pretty barista, but his fleeting fame is sabotaged when his offhand compliment of a bagel spins out of control. Singer-comedian Henry Phillips plays himself, sort of, in this viciously funny satire of the music industry and Hollywood fakery. Winner of an Audience Award at Slamdance 2009.

WORLD PREMIERE  A misunderstood experimental musician reinvents himself as a genre- and gender-bending superstar, but his newfound fame changes him in more ways than he expected. The film undergoes as many changes as he does, using elements of mockumentaries, animated films, and musicals to track Gotel’s rise and fall.

CHICAGO PREMIERE  Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson stars as Art, a singer-songwriter hit by a quarter-life crisis who turns to a live-in self-help guru to solve his problems. How to Be is a gentle, funny examination of twentysomethings who can't seem to leave the nest. Rebecca Pidgeon stars as his straight-talking mother.