Buzzard

Marty is a bored temp at a mortgage office, out to get what he feels he deserves in life. He is a small-time con artist drifting from one scam to the next. When his latest ruse goes awry, mounting paranoia forces him to hide out, first in his co-worker’s basement for a week, and later in a creepy neighborhood in Detroit. There, depending on what’s in his pocket at the time, he will spend his nights either at a derelict motel, or a place of luxury. Marty’s misdirected paranoia soon reaches a nihilistic state, in which he will feel invincible.

American director Joel Potrykus resides in Grand Rapids, MI USA where he attended film school. Buzzard is the final installment in his Animal Trilogy, following the 2010 Super 8 short Coyote, and the 2012 feature film Ape, winner of Best Emerging Director and Special Mention (Best First Feature) at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012. Buzzard premiered at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival and has won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2014 Ljubljana International Film Festival.

Special Mention – Junior Jury Award at Locarno 2014

Spanish Première