The Wolfpack

Director: Crystal Moselle 
USA | English 
2015 | 84min | Colour
Indian Premiere
Friday, Nov 6 TIPA, 1:00 PM

The six Angulo brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nicknamed “the Wolfpack,” they’re all exceedingly bright, are homeschooled, have no acquaintances outside their family and have practically never left their home. All they know of the outside world is gleaned from the films they watch obsessively and recreate meticulously, using elaborate homemade props and costumes. For years this has served as a productive creative outlet and a way to  stave off loneliness – but after one of the brothers escapes the apartment, the power dynamics in the house are transformed, and all the boys begin to dream of venturing out. The Wolfpack charts a fascinating coming of age story and becomes a true example of the power of movies to transform and save lives.

Crystal Moselle

Crystal Moselle is a New York-based director working with short form storytelling for the past decade. Her series Something Big, Something Small featuring Pharrel Williams, Aurel Schmidt, and Shepard Fairey was picked up by The New York Times. She also produced the feature documentary, Excavating Taylor Mead, a portrait of the downtown artist and Warhol Superstar which was part of the 2006 Whitney Biennial. The Wolfpack is her first feature length documentary.

Credits

Director: Crystal Moselle 
Producers: Izabella Tzenkova, Hunter Gray, Alex Orlovsky, David Cross, Tyler Brodie, Cameron Brodie, Crystal Moselle, Louise Ingalls Sturges
Cinematographer: Crystal Moselle
Editor: Enat Sidi 
Sound: Richard Levengood, Cole Wenner 
Music: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurrians
Production Companies: Kotva Films, Verisimilitude
Cast: Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Narayana Angulo, Mukunda Angulo, Krisna Angulo, Jagadesh Angulo, Visnu Angulo, Susanne Angulo, Oscar Angulo

Festival Appearances & Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2015 – Grand Jury Prize: US Documentary Winner
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 – Best Documentary Feature Film
Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel 2015
Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, Mexico 2015
Rizoma International Film Festival, Spain 2015
New Zealand International Film Festival 2015
New Horizons Film Festival, Poland 2015
Melbourne International Film Festival 2015
Santiago International Film Festival 2015
HotDocs Film Festival 2015
Tribeca Film Festival 2015
Sydney Film Festival 2015
IndieBo, Colombia 2015