The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the one-night-only Northern Arizona premiere of “Withdrawal” on Friday, Aug. 14 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

Meet the filmmaker! Writer/director/editor Aaron Strand will be in Sedona to host the film and do a live Q&A discussion after the screening.

Artistic lovers Viv and Jay are trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. When Viv's wealthy parents hire an interventionist to take her to rehab, the couple decides to go it alone with nothing but a suboxone prescription and each other. All they have to do is survive one harrowing night of withdrawal.

As the hours tick by, physical, mental, and emotional torments send them searching through fractured memories, trying to figure out where it all went wrong.

Film Threat calls it "the best film about addiction since ‘Requiem for a Dream’."

Raw, unflinching, and surprisingly funny, “Withdrawal” is the winner of 12 awards on the festival circuit including Best Feature/Best Director at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Actress at the Kanazawa Film Festival.

“Withdrawal” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Friday, Aug. 14 at 7:00 p.m. with filmmaker Aaron Strand present for a live Q&A discussion.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.