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30 TH ANNIVER S AR Y TAKE A VA C ATION FR OM ORDINAR Y FILM FLiFF.com THE FORRT LAUDERDALE INTERNAATTIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 November 6 - 22 CINEMA PARADISO - LAUDERDALE / 503 SE 6th St. Fort Lauderdale CINEMA PARADISO - HOLLYWOOD / 2008 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood SUNRISE CIVIC CENTER / 10610 W Oakland Paark Blvd. Sunrise FL, 33351 SEMINOLE HARD ROCK / 1 Seminole Way, Holllywood FL, 33314 1 2 Full Length Films CAPITALIZED. Short Films in Title Case. ANTARCTICA PENGUIN COUNTERS, THE . . . . . . . . .85 ARGENTINA BETIBU . . . . . . .47 AUSTRALIA ALL IN HER STRIDE . . . . . .82 Detectives of Noir Town, The . . .107 Fixed . . . . . . . . .107 Injury Time . . . .107 Karroyul . . . . . .107 BAHAMAS GENTLE GIANT: Andre Rodgers Story . . . . . . . . .89 When Pigs Swim .89 BAHRAIN Light Thief, The .108 BRAZIL MOVING FOREST, THE . . . . . . . . .66 CANADA FORSAKEN . . . .14 CHINA DEAREST . . . . .54 Red House, The .110 CUBA 3 NIGHTS IN HAVANA . . . . .41 BOCCACCERIAS HABANERAS .48 CYPRUS MAGIC BEANS, THE . . . . . . . . .63 FRANCE French Kiss . . .109 HURRICANE 3D .90 LE PERE NOEL .59 Mi Casa Su Casa . . . . . . . .117 MUSICALE CHAISES, LE . .67 NOS FEMMES .68 GERMANY At The End of the Line . . . . . . . .114 LIBERATORS: Why We Fought . . .91 Dot . . . . . . . . . .112 HAITI MY FATHER’S LAND . . . . . .103 WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT .103 HUNGARY LIZA THE FOX FAIRY . . . . . . .60 ICELAND VIRGIN MOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 ISRAEL APPLES FROM THE DESERT . . . . .45 HILL START . . . .57 OPERATION SUNFLOWER . .69 WONDERS, THE .79 ITALY LATIN LOVER . .58 Roman Citizen .117 SECRET OF ITALIA, THE . . . . . . . . . .71 SpeCIaL GueSTS Gil Bellows ............................41 Candy Clark ..............24, 25, 26 Ed Harris...... 31, 32, 33, 38, 43 Christopher Lloyd ...12, 13, 14, 83 Amy Madigan........... 31, 34, 35 Michael Moore ......................15 Victor Nunez ............ 31, 36, 38 Estelle Parsons................27-29 Past Guests...........................11 Bobby Roth .....................11, 87 Loretta Swit ....................20, 22 paRTIeS Argentine ..........................7, 47 Awards Gala ...................31-37 Breakfast With Bobby .....11, 87 Sunset at Sunrise ............7, 27 Centerpiece Open.................23 JAPAN ANTHEM OF THE HEART, THE . . .93 LOST & FOUND .93 TOKYO FIANCEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 JORDAN THEEB . . . . . . . .73 KENYA WHEN GIANTS FALL . . . . . . . . .98 KOREA HAEMOO . . . . . .55 MEXICO CASESE QUIEN PUEDA . . . . . . .52 Walk, The . . . . .114 MOLDOVIA ALL GOD’S CHILDREN . . .44 NETHERLANDS ACCUSSED . . . .42 PAKISTAN Rickshaw Passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 PHILIPPINES NEVER THE SAME: Prisoner of War Experience . . .22 POLAND Las Cieni . . . . .114 SERBIA PERFECT DAY, A .70 SOUTH AFRICA WHEN VOICES MEET . . . . . . . 99 SPAIN En Casa . . . . . . .112 Chairman’s Cruise ................. 7 Chinese ............................7, 54 Closing Night Wrap......7, 39-40 Cuban .........................7, 41, 48 Cyprus .............................7, 63 French ..............................7, 59 Hungarian ........................7, 60 Indian ...............................7, 75 Israeli ......................... 7, 45, 57 Italian ..........................7, 58,71 Japanese .........................7, 74 Junkanoo .........................7, 89 Mel’s Drive-In ...................7, 26 Mexican ...........................7, 52 Opening Night .................14-19 Scandinavian ...................7, 42 Veteran’s Day Cookout .....7, 22 FLIFF-World Lounge ..............7 SWITZERLAND YOUTH . . . . . . . .81 SYRIA Ball of Hope . . . .114 UNITED KINGDOM Dog Days . . . . .105 Echo Road . . . .112 Help Point . . . . .108 Night Shift . . . . .113 Violet . . . . . . . . .106 USA 100 Miles To Lordsburg . . .105 1st Platoon 3rd Squad . . . . . . .95 3:13 . . . . . . . . .100 3RD STREET BLACKOUT . . . .40 ADDERALL DIARIES, THE .43 Adulterer, The . .105 AMERICAN GRAFFITI . . . .26 ANTHROPOLOGIST, THE . . . . . . . . . .83 BABY, BABY, BABY 46 BACK IN TIME . .83 Battle For The Barriers . . . . . .84 BETWEEN MYTH & HISTORY . . . .86 Big Cypress National Preserve: Black Bears . . . . . . .111 Birthday . . . . . . .95 BOAT BUILDER, THE . . . . . . . . .14 BONNIE AND CLYDE . . . . . . . .27 Brief Existential Crisis . . . . . . . . .10 InFoRmaTIon TABLE OF CONTENTS BROOKLYN . . . .50 Career Girl . . . . .110 CAROL . . . . . . . .51 Cask of Amontillado, A . . . . . . . . . . .116 CASSANOVA WAS A WOMAN . . . . .53 Concert . . . . . . .100 Cracked . . . . . .106 Dance of the People . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Dead Lines . . . .115 Dinosaur . . . . . .116 Dolores . . . . . . .115 F WORD, THE . .88 Fake, The . . . . .113 Fallen, The . . . .116 Fear Thy Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 February . . . . . .109 First Miamians, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Fun Bible Facts! 108 HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, THE 56 JACO . . . . . . . . . .16 Lay In Wait . . . . .113 LOOK AGAIN . .61 LOOK AT US NOW MOTHER . . . .92 LOVE THE COOPERS . . .62 MOJAVE . . . . . .64 More Perfect Union, A . . . . . . . . . . .105 MORNING AFTER, THE . . . . . . . . .65 Nothing Personal 110 Noticed . . . . . . .108 Original Bill . . . .109 Play Date . . . . .106 Board of Directors ..............135 How To Fest ...........................6 Locations ...............................6 Lumiere.............................. 136 Members ............................139 Membership .......................141 Millennium Club .................136 Movie Club, The .................136 On-Line Auction ...................78 Parties ....................................7 Romanian Film Fest ....120-121 St Augustine Film Fest .......125 Schedule .............................2-3 Sponsors ....................128-130 Staff ....................................137 Ticket Order Form ..............144 Volunteers.......................... 139 Prom Night . . . .108 Re Inc . . . . . . . .110 RIGHT FOOTED .94 SHARKS OF WAR 95 SILVER SKIES . .23 SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME . .72 Split End . . . . . .113 STORIES ON THE SKIN . . . . . . . .96 Strays . . . . . . . .115 Time Simply Passes . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 TRUCK 20’S LOCATION . . .76 Tumble Dry Low 106 TWO DOLLAR BILL DOCUMENTARY 97 WANNABE, THE 39 WELL WISHES .79 What’s Eating Dad? . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 WHERE TO INVADE NEXT . . . . . . . .15 Who Is Lou Gehrig? . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Wildfire . . . . . . .114 VENEZUELA PAQUETE #3 . . .70 VIETNAM Chau: beyond the lines . . . . . . . . .83 Scan This QR Code to go to FLIFF.com! Editor / Publisher Gregory von Hausch Catalog Design / Art Direction / Cover Design KenpernaDesign.com Celebrity Bios Rob Davis Poster Art (p1) Zimmerman advertising 3 MONDAY, NOV 2 CPL 6:00 MY FATHER’S LAND 103 8:00 WHAT ABOUT LOVE? 103 TUESDAY, NOV 3 CPL 5:30 Time Simply Passes 96 6:30 Concert 100 8:00 3:13 100 WEDNESDAY, NOV 4 CPL 5:30 BROOKLYN 50 8:00 BROOKLYN 50 THURSDAY, NOV 5 CPL 5:15 Miamians, Dancers & Bears, Oh My! 111 5:45 Sun Shorts 116 8:00 SINGLE IN SOUTH BEACH 102 FRIDAY, NOV 6 CPL 6:00 TWO DOLLAR BILL 97 8:00 THE BOAT BUILDER 14 9:30 opening night party 7 10:30 BACK IN TIME 83 CPH 1:00 3:13 100 3:30 ALL GOD’S CHILDREN 44 6:00 THE MOVING FOREST 66 8:30 SINGLE IN SOUTH BEACH 102 HARD ROCK 7:00 WHERE TO INVADE NEXT 15 8:30 opening night party 7 9:00 JACO 16 11:00 opening night party SATURDAY, NOV 7 CPL 12:00 THE ANTHEM OF THE HEART 93 2:45 THE MORNING AFTER 65 5:00 THEEB 73 7:00 LE PERE NOEL 59 8:20 Viva La France party 7 9:00 CAROL 51 CPH 12:00 Children See Magic... 106 1:30 TRUCK 20’S LOCATION 76 4:00 CASSANOVA WAS A WOMAN 53 6:30 LATIN LOVER 58 9:00 3 DAYS IN HAVANA 41 4 SUNDAY, NOV 8 CPL 10:00Chairman’s Brunch & Cruise 7 SCHEDULE 1:15 TRUCK 20’S LOCATION 76 3:30 CASSANOVA WAS A WOMAN 53 4:30 Italiano paisano Festa 7 6:00 LATIN LOVER 58 7:15 Cuba Libre party 7 8:30 3 DAYS IN HAVANA 41 CPH 1:00 THE MORNING AFTER 65 3:30 THEEB 73 6:00 LE PERE NOEL 59 8:30 THE MOVING FOREST 66 MONDAY, NOV 9 CPL 5:00 China Chi Fan 7 5:30 DEAREST 54 7:30 Christmas in november 7 8:00 LOVE THE COOPERS 62 CPH 1:00 RIGHT FOOTED 94 2:45 ALL IN HER STRIDE 82 5:00 WHEN GIANTS FALL 98 7:30 MUSICAL CHAIRS 67 TUESDAY, NOV 10 CPL 5:30 Peter Langone Tribute 8-9 7:00 YOUTH 81 8:00 Renaissance Regalia party 7 9:30 BETWEEN MYTH & HISTORY 86 CPH 1:00 Oppressed 114 3:00 Surprise!!! 117 5:15 DEAREST 54 8:15 TWO DOLLAR BILL 97 WEDNESDAY, NOV 11 CPL 10:00 High School Winners 11:30 NOS FEMMES 68 1:15 HURRICANE 3D 90 3:15 THE LIBERATORS 91 4:30 Veteran’s Day Cookout 7 5:00 NEVER THE SAME 22 7:00 Junkanoo parade 7 7:00 m*a*S*H* party 7 7:15 When Pigs Swim / THE GENTLE GIANT 89 8:45 Junkanoo party 7 9:00 Stories On The Skin 96 CPH 11:30 Sharks of War / 1st Squad/ Happy Bday 95 1:00 THE LIBERATORS 91 3:30 NEVER THE SAME 22 5:30 BABY, BABY, BABY 46 7:45 YOUTH 81 THURSDAY, NOV 12 CPL 5:15 LOOK AT US NOW MOTHER 92 7:00 CASESE QUIEN PUEDA 52 8:45 mexican madness party 7 9:30 BEVERLY HILLS CHRISTMAS 101 CPH 1:00 It’s What I Do 110 3:30 TIME SIMPLY PASSES 96 5:30 NOS FEMMES 68 7:45 CAROL 51 FRIDAY, NOV 13 SUNRISE 6:00 Sun Sentinel Going Hungry 119 7:15 SILVER SKIES 23 9:00 Centerpiece party 7 CPL 6:15 Chau beyond the lines 82 7:30 BABY BABY BABY 46 9:45 PAQUETE #3 70 CPH 1:30 LOOK AT US NOW MOTHER 92 4:00 LOOK AGAIN 61 6:30 SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME 72 9:00 CASESE QUIEN PUEDA 52 SATURDAY, NOV 14 SUNRISE 2:30 HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH 56 4:30 BONNIE & CLYDE Estelle Parsons Tribute 27 7:00 Sunset at Sunrise party 7 7:45 SECRET OF ITALIA 71 CPL 10am Breakfast With Bobby 7 10:30 A DIRECTOR PREPARES 87 1:00 pizza With Bobby 7 2:30 Hungarian Rhapsody party 7 3:00 LIZA, THE FOX FAIRY 60 5:15 AMERICAN GRAFFITI Candy Clark Tribute 26 7:15 mel’s Drive-In party 7 7:45 Nice Place To Visit But I Wouldn’t Want... 112 9:15 THE F WORD 88 CPH 1:30 THE MAGIC BEANS 63 4:00 SILVER SKIES 23 6:30 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES 78 9:00 HAEMOO 55 SUNDAY, NOV 15 SUNRISE 1:00 THE WONDERS 80 3:30 APPLES FROM THE DESERT 45 5:00 Israeli party 7 6:30 HILL START 57 CPL 12:15It’s all Cyprus To me 7 1:00 THE MAGIC BEANS 63 3:30 HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH 56 6:00 LOOK AGAIN 61 8:15 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES 78 CPH 1:30 Oops! 113 3:15 LIZA THE FOX FAIRY 60 5:45 THE F WORD 88 8:15 BETWEEN MYTH & HISTORY 86 MONDAY, NOV 16 CPL 5:15 WELL WISHES 79 7:30 TOKYO FIANCEE 74 9:00 Japan Jumpup party 7 CPH 1:30 LOST & FOUND 1:30 3:30 ALL GOD’S CHILDREN 44 5:30 HILL START 57 7:00 Italia Secret Festa 7 7:30 THE SECRET OF ITALIA 71 TUESDAY, NOV 17 CPL 6:00 Sun Sentinel Plundering America 119 7:00 Cuba Conga party 7 8:30 BOCCACHIOS IN HAVANA 48 CPH 1:30 THE ANTHROPOLOGIST 94 3:00 LOST & FOUND 93 5:30 APPLES FROM THE DESERT 45 ~ Title followed by page number 7:00 Tokyo Lights party 7 7:30 TOKYO FIANCEE 74 WEDNESDAY, NOV 18 CPL 5:45 VIRGIN MOUNTAIN 77 7:15 Scandinavian Scandal party 7 8:00 ACCUSED 42 CPH 1:30 Every Saint Has A Past... 108 3:30 THE ANTHROPOLOGIST 94 5:30 THE WONDERS 80 7:00 Havana Hoe Down party 7 7:30 BOCCACHIOS IN HAVANA 48 THURSDAY, NOV 19 CPL 5:30 BATTLE FOR THE BARRIERS 97 6:00 THE PENGUIN COUNTERS 85 7:45 BETIBU 47 9:30 awake in argentina party 7 CPH 1:30 Foreseeable Outcomes 109 4:00 WHEN VOICES MEET 99 6:30 WELL WISHES 79 8:30 Wild accusation party 7 9:00 ACCUSED 42 FRIDAY, NOV 20 CPL 5:00 India Intrigue Party 7 6:00 A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS 75 8:15 THE ADDERALL DIARIES 43 8:30 Tie-me marsupial Down party 7 10:30 Down Under 107 CPH 1:00 PAQUETE #3 70 3:30 VIRGIN MOUNTAIN 77 7:00 RIGHT FOOTED 94 9:30 BETIBU 47 SATURDAY, NOV 21 CPL 11:00 South african Wakeup party 7 11:30 WHEN VOICES MEET 99 2:00 A FLASH OF GREEN 38 4:00 3rd STREET BLACKOUT 40 6:45 HURRICANE 3D 90 9:30 HAEMOO 55 CPH 11:30 Can’t We All Just Get Along? 105 1:00 BACK IN TIME 83 3:30 A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS 75 6:00 THE ADDERALL DIARIES 43 8:30 MOJAVE 64 DIPLOMAT 31 6:30 Cocktails 8:00 Dinner 9:00 awards SUNDAY, NOV 22 CPL 1:00 MOJAVE 64 3:30 A PERFECT DAY 70 6:00 THE WANNABE 39 7:45 Spook Fest 115 CPH 1:00 OPERATION SUNFLOWER 69 3:30 3rd STREET BLACKOUT 40 6:00 THE WANNABE 39 8:30 A PERFECT DAY 70 RITZ CARLTON 7:15 Wrap party 7 MONDAY, NOV 23 CPL 5:30 OPERATION SUNFLOWER 69 8:00 MUSICAL CHAIRS 67 WEDNESDAY, NOV 25 CPL 5:45 SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME 72 8:00 BEVERLY HILLS CHRISTMAS 101 CPL = Cinema Paradiso - Fort Lauderdale, 503 ES 6 Street, Ft Lauderdale CPH = Cinema Paradiso - Hollywood, 2008 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood Sunrise = Sunrise Civic Center, 10610 West Oakland Park Blvd, Sunrise Hard Rock = Seminole Hard Rock, Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood Ritz Carlton = Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale Beach, 1 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd parties listed in puRpLe Due to unforeseen circumstances it is always advisable to check FLIFF.com for updates and schedule changes. Funding for this event is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and The Florida Council on Arts & Culture. 5 ON-LINE www.FLIFF.com THEATRES: WHERE WE ARE - WHEN Hard Rock Live (HRL): November 6 Cinema Paradiso-Lauderdale (CPL): November 2 - 25 Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood (CPH): November 6 - 25 Sunrise Civic Center (SC): November 13 - 15 Your FLIFF Fast Pass accepted at all venues. SPECIAL EVENTS & PARTIES Monday, Nov 2 – Thurs, Nov 5 PreFest, CPL FRIDAY, NOV 6 7pm WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (HRL) with Special Guest Michael Moore 8:00 Lifetime Achievement Award THE BOAT BUILDER with Special Guest Christopher Lloyd (CPL) 9:00 Opening Night Party, KURO at Seminole Hard Rock 9:30 Opening Night Party (CPL) SATURDAY, NOV 7 7pm French Night, (CPL) SUNDAY, NOV 8 10am Chairman’s Cruise & Brunch, on-Board Caprice at Gallery One Hotel 4:30 Italian Night, (CPL) 7:15 Cuba Night I (CPL) MONDAY, NOV 9, 5pm China Night, (CPL) 7:30 Christmas Party, (CPL) TUESDAY, NOV 10, 5:30 Peter Langone Tribute, (CPL) 7:30 Renaissance Party, (CPL) WEDNESDAY, NOV 11 4:30 7:00 7:00 8:45 Veteran’s Day CookOut, (CPL) Junkanoo Parade, at river by (CPL) M*A*S*H Party, (Villa DePalma) Junkanoo Party, (CPL) THURSDAY, NOV 12, 7pm Mexican Night, (CPL) FRIDAY, NOV 13 6pm, Sun Sentinel Panel on Seniors, (SC) 7:15, Centerpiece Night, (SC) SATURDAY, NOV 14 10am Breakfast With Bobby, (CPL) 1pm Pizza With Bobby, (CPL) 2:30 Hungarian Day, (CPL) 4:30 Estelle Parsons Tribute & BONNIE AND CLYDE, (SC) 5:15 Candy Clark Tribute & AMERICAN GRAFFITI, (CPL) SUNDAY, NOV 15 12:15 Cyprus Party, (CPL) 5pm Israeli Party, (SC) MONDAY, NOV 16 7:00 Italian (CP-HOLLYWOOD) 7:30 Japan Night, (CPL) TUESDAY, NOV 17, 6 6pm, Sun Sentinel Panel on Cuba, (CPL) 7pm Japanese Party (CP-H) 7pm, Cuba Night II, (CPL) WEDNESDAY, NOV 18 5:45 Scandinavia Night, (CPL) 7pm Japanese Party (CP-H) HOW TO FEST THURSDAY, NOV 19 7:45 Argentina Night, (CPL) 8:30 Scandinavian Party (CP-H) FRIDAY, NOV 20 5pm India Night, (CPL) 8:15 Ed Harris Tribute Screening THE ADDERALL DIARIES, (CPL) 8:30 Australian Party, (CPL) SATURDAY, NOV 21 10am South African Breakfast & Live Performance, (CPL) 2:00 Victor Nunez Tribute Screening A FLASH OF GREEN with Guest Ed Harris, (CPL) 6:30 Awards Gala, Diplomat Resort & Spa, (CPL) SUNDAY, NOV 22 8:00 Wrap Party, (Ritz CarltonFort Lauderdale Beach) MONDAY, NOV 23 – WED NOV 25 Post Fest, (CPL) TAKING YOUR VACATION FROM ORDINARY FILM: If you know where you’re going…and you know what film(s) you want to see – then go online fliff.com or call us at 525-FILM and order them in advance… don’t have a credit card, no problemo, we still take cash and you can buy them at the door. Then get yourself to the theatre about 15 minutes before showtime, and voila! You are FLIFFing! FLIFF TICKETS Regular screenings: $6 FLIFF Members, $8 for Seniors or Students, $10 General Admission Special Screenings $10 - $25 depending upon the event - many include pre or post receptions Opening Night Party (HRL): By Membership ONLY! Opening Night Party (CPL): $10 Members; $15 General Admission Chairman’s Cruise: $65 members $75 General Admission Centerpiece Party: $25 Members, $30 General Admission M*A*S*H Party: $30 Members, $40 General Admission Estelle Parsons Tribute + Coffee & Desserts $10 Members; $15 General Admission Awards Gala: $175 Members; $225 General Admission Wrap Party: $35 Members, $45 General Admission FAST Passes: $395 Members, $450 Non - includes all films: Romanian Fest Oct 22-25 and FLIFF Nov 2 - 25. FAST PASS The FAST Pass is your perfect FLIFF companion as it allows you to access all film screenings without standing in the ticket line. No need to carry cash or to worry about special screenings. FAST Pass includes all screenings, Centerpiece and Wrap Party. Does not include the Opening Night Party, Festival Cafe and Awards Gala. FLIFF Members: $395 ~ Non-Members: $450 PLASTIC Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. DRESS Opening Night Party (Nov 6) is Hollywood Festive (meaning, don’t dress like a bum, but be comfortable). The Chairman’s Brunch & Cruise is tres casual, if its warm, dress cool...white is always nice. The M*A*S*H Party (Nov 11) is a time to breakout your old Korean War duds. Improvise & party like its 1952. The Chairman’s Awards Gala (Nov 21) at Diplomat is also a time to look like you can afford the $250 ticket price. Elsewhere, dress up, dress down… whatever you like to do, just be comfortable and you’ll feel fine. PARKING Cinema Paradiso-Lauderdale: Free everyday in the Courthouse Parking Garage (Mon – Fri beginning at 5:30pm; Sat & Sunday all day). Enter the garage via SE 5th Avenue (immediately west of Cinema Paradiso)...You can also park for free at any street meter surrounding Cinema Paradiso all day on Sundays. Please know, the Meter Maids are ravenous. We suggest the garage which, to them, is like sunlight to a vampire. Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood: Park free for 3 hours on the street during the day. If you park at or after 5pm, parking on the street is free. Great for taking advantage of all the bistros. Also two large public garages within 5 mins walk at just $1/hour. Sunrise Civic Center: Park for free in acres of street level parking lots immediately surrounding Civic Ctr. DIRECTIONS Cinema Paradiso-Lauderdale from the North…take US 1 south through the tunnel. Turn right at SE 7th Street (1st light after tunnel). Turn right on SE 5th Avenue (second right you come to). Go to stop sign. Cinema Paradiso is across the street on your right. The Courthouse Parking Garage is across the street on your left. Cinema Paradiso-Lauderdale from the South…take US 1 north. Turn left at SE 7th Street (last light before tunnel). Turn right on SE 5th Avenue (second right you come to). Go to stop sign. Cinema Paradiso is across the street on your right. The Courthouse Parking Garage is across the street on your left. Cinema Paradiso-Hollywood 2008 Hollywood Blvd, which is 2 ½ blocks west of Young Circle. From Ft Lauderdale on the east side, take US 1 south, turn right on to Hollywood Blvd and park wherever you want. CP-H is on the south side of Hwd Blvd, directly across the street from SunTrust. Sunrise Civic Center is located on the south side of Oakland Park Blvd between Nob Hill Road & Hiatus. RULES Not a lot of them…pretty simple: 1) Turn off your cellphones during the film. 2) Don’t even text in the theatre during the film…its annoying. 3) Can’t abide by those two…please just stay home and watch television. 4) Also no videotaping during film (everyone knows that). 5) Be courteous to other members of the audience…and sure, while we’re at it, what the hay, the staff too! CONTACT Box-office 954-525-FILM (3456) Administration 954-760-9898 Email [email protected] web www.fliff.com ADDRESSES Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival (mailing only) 1314 East Las Olas Blvd #007 Ft Lauderdale FL 33301-2334 (954) 760-9898 CINeMa PaRadISo-LaudeRdaLe Nov 2 - 25 503 SE 6th Street Ft Lauderdale FL 33301 (954) 525-FILM (3456) CINeMa PaRadISo-HoLLywood Nov 6 - 22 2008 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood 33019 SeMINoLe HaRd RoCk Nov 6 Opening Night Film: at Hard Rock Live Opening Night Party: at Kuro 1 Seminole Way Hollywood, FL 33314 SuNRISe CIvIC CeNTeR Nov 13 – 15 Centerpiece Party, Nov 13 Sunset at Sunrise, Nov 14 Israeli Party, Nov 15 10610 West Oakland Park Boulevard Sunrise, FL 33351-6818 (954) 747-4600 vILLa dePaLMa M*A*S*H Party, Nov 11 600 Isle of Palms, Ft Lauderdale 33316 The Caprice/Gallery one Chairman’s Cruise, Nov 8 2670 E Sunrise Blvd Ft Lauderdale 33304 dIPLoMaT ReSoRT & SPa Awards Gala, Nov 21 3555 South Ocean Drive Hollywood Beach 33019 RITz CaRLToN FoRT LaudeRdaLe BeaCH Wrap Party, Nov 22 1 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. Ft Lauderdale, FL 33304 PARTIES oPeNING NIGHT 9:00PM FRIDAY, NOV 6 KURO at Seminole Hard Rock Open Bar, fantastic food, and surprises! oPeNING NIGHT 9:30PM FRIDAY, NOV 6 Join us in the Courtyard following THE BOAT BUILDER vIva La FRaNCe SoIRee 8:20pm, Saturday, Nov 7, CPL – Courtyard Vin (pg49), Fromage, Pate, Baguettes, Le Pain, Pasteries, Edith Piaf! – Included in your 7pm ticket to LE PERE NOEL. CHaIRMaN’S CRuISe & BRuNCH 10am Sharp, Sunday, Nov 8, OnBoard Caprice departing from Gallery One. A breakfast buffet + Bloody Marys, Mimosas & Coffee – on a Sun Dream Cruise! ITaLIaNo PaISaNo FeSTa 4:30pm, Sunday, Nov 8, CPL – Courtyard Vino, Fromaggio, Antipasto, Pasta, Pane, Mantovani! – Included with your 5:15 ticket to LATIN LOVER. CuBa LIBRe 7:15pm, Nov 8, CPL – Courtyard. Join Gil Bellows at a pre-film party for 3 DAYS IN HAVANA, included in your 8:30 TICKET. CHINa CHI FaN 5pm, Monday, Nov 9, CPL – Courtyard Fried Rice, Fortune Cookie + Green Tea + Classical Chinese music! – Included in your 5:30 ticket to DEAREST. CHRISTMaS IN NoveMBeR 7:30, Monday, Nov 9, CPL – Courtyard. Gregory’s World Famous Nogg, Christmas Cookies, Rare Who Roast Beast, Christmas Choir! – Included in your 8pm ticket to LOVE THE COOPERS. ReNaISSaNCe ReGaLIa 8:30pm, Tuesday, Nov 10, CPL - Courtyard Olde English Vittles and Beer Specials, Rousing Drunkard Music! Included in your 9:30 ticket to BETWEEN MYTH & TIME. veTeRaN’S day CookouT Wednesday, Nov 11, 4:30pm, CPL – Courtyard with Special Guest Loretta Swit. Hot Dogs (Turkey, Beef or Veggie) & Chips, John Phillip Souza, Beach Boys & The Boss! Included in your 5pm ticket to NEVER THE SAME. JuNkaNoo PaRade + PaRTy Wednesday, Nov 11, 7pm Parade, 8:30 Party, Parade starts at River, Party at CPL-Courtyard. Junkanoo Dancers & Musicians in Costume dancing from river to Courtyard. Then after films, Join Us in Courtyard for Sands Beer & Conch Fritters. Included in your 7:15 ticket to When Pigs Swim/Gentle Giant. M*a*S*H PaRTy Wednesday, Nov 11, 7:30pm, Villa DePalma Extravaganza Impresario & FLIFF Board Member Steve Savor transforms his waterfront mansion into the 4077 MASH Unit. Mr. Savor welcomes Emmy Award winning actress, Loretta Swit who portrayed Major Margret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the TV series M*A*S*H. A portion of the proceeds donated to Ayla’s Acres, a No-Kill Rescue Organization for Pets. MexICaN MadNeSS Thursday, Nov 11, 8:45pm, CPL-Courtyard Tacos & Nachos & Guacamoles & Tequilla + Live Mariachis! Included in your 7pm ticket to CASESE QUIEN PUEDA. CeNTeRPIeCe NIGHT Friday, Nov 13, 9pm, Sunrise Civic Center The City of Sunrise presents a fabulous party with serving stations and wine. Included in your 7:15pm ticket to SILVER SKIES. BReakFaST wITH BoBBy Saturday, Nov 14, CPL – Courtyard Bagels, Muffins, Fruit, Yogurt & Coffee with director Bobby Roth. Included in your ticket to A DIRECTOR PREPARES: Bobby Roth’s Masterclass. PIzza wITH BoBBy SaTuRday Nov 14, 1pm CPL – Courtyard Pizza: Cheese, Carnivore or Veggie. Included in your ticket to A DIRECTOR PREPARES: Bobby Roth’s Masterclass. This icon on a film page indicates a PARTY with this film. PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED HuNGaRIaN RHaPSody Saturday, Nov 14, 2:30, CPL – Courtyard - Hungarian Goulash, bread & wine, & music by Franz Liszt. Included in your 3:30pm ticket to LIZA THE FOX FAIRY. SuNSeT aT SuNRISe Saturday, Nov 14, 7pm Sunrise Civic Center – Desserts, Coffee & Wine. Included in your 4:30 ticket to BONNIE AND CLYDE or 7:45pm ticket to THE SECRET OF ITALIA. MeL’S dRIve-IN PaRTy Saturday, Nov 14, 7:15pm CPL – Courtyard with special guest Candy Clark. Burgers, Fries & beer plus the AMERICAN GRAFFITI soundtrack. Included in your 6pm ticket to AMERICAN GRAFFITI. IT’S aLL CyPRuS To Me PaRTy Sunday, Nov 15, 12:15pm, CPL – Courtyard. Join Us for Orektika before the 1pm film, included in your ticket to THE MAGIC BEANS. ISRaeLI eveNING Sunday, Nov 15, 5pm, Sunrise Civic Center – Join Us for a NOSH + Klezmer Music! Included in your 6:30pm ticket to HILL START. ITaLIa SeCReT PaRTy Monday, Nov 16, 7pm, CP-Hollywood The culinary paisanos from Whole Foods Market – Aventura. Included with 7:30 ticket to THE SECRET OF ITALIA. JaPaN JuMPuP Monday, Nov 16, 8:40pm, CPL – Courtyard Sushi & Saki specials & Zen Music with Traditional Flute, Koto, Shamisen! Included in your 7pm ticket to TOKYO FIANCEE. Tokyo LIGHTS PaRTy Tuesday, Nov 17, 7pm, CP-Hollywood The culinary Samurais from Whole Foods Market – Aventura. Included with 7:30 ticket to TOKYO FIANCEE. HavaNa Hoe dowN Wednesday, Nov 18, 7pm, CP-Hollywood The culinary sambas from Whole Foods Market – Aventura. Included with 7:30 ticket to BOCCACHIOS IN HAVANA. CuBa CoNGa Tuesday, Nov 17, 8:30pm, CPL-Courtyard wILd aCCuSaTIoN PaRTy Thursday, Nov 18, 8:30pm, CP-Hollywood. The Dutch Treats from Whole Foods Market – Aventura. Included with 9pm ticket to ACCUSED. SCaNdINavIa SCaNdaL Wednesday, Nov 18, 7:15pm, CPL-Courtyard. Swedish Meatballs, Gravlax & Vodka + Bjork! Free with your ticket to either 5:45 VIRGIN MOUNTAIN or 8pm ACCUSED. awake IN aRGeNTINa Thursday, Nov 19, 9:30pm, CPL-Courtyard Empanadas & Argentine Wine (I like saying that) + Tango Music! Included in your 7:45pm ticket to BETIBU. INdIa INTRIGue Friday, Nov 20, 5pm, CPL-Courtyard A potpourri of Indian tastes + cold drinks wash it down! + Ravi Shankar! Included in your 6pm ticket to A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS. TIe-Me MaRSuPIaL dowN PaRTy Friday, Nov 20, 8:30pm, CPL-Courtyard. Beer Battered Wings, RoadKill-Wallaby & Beer + Aussie Tunes! Included in your 9:15pm ticket to DOWN UNDER. SouTH aFRICaN wakeuP Saturday, Nov 21, 11:00am, CPL – Courtyard. Pastries & Coffee. Live performance by the Sharon Katz & The Peace Train. Included in your 11:30am ticket to WHEN VOICES SING. awaRdS NIGHT Saturday, Nov 21, 6:30pm, Diplomat Resort & Spa Ed Harris-Amy Madigan-Victor Nunez... Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner & dancing. Get glammed up (whatever that means to you). PuTTIN’ oN THe RITz wRaP PaRTy Sunday, Nov 22, 8:00pm, Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale Beach. A buffet and passed hors d’oeuvres by the Ritz chefs + Open Bar by Bacardi. Included in your 5:30pm ticket to 3RD STREET BLACKOUT. 7 ★ FESTIVAL DEDICATION ★ PETER LANGONE The 30th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival is dedicated to our friend, collaborator, sponsor and past Board member, Peter Langone. Back in the mid 90’s, Phil Goldfarb, then of Doubletree and Vice Chair of FLIFF, nominated Peter for the Board. Peter, in his signature untucked t-shirt, blue jeans, bedraggled hair and swarthy Italian complexion seemed at first incongruous choice with his unedited speech, dropping F-bombs at meetings followed by his hearty laugh and infectious smile. In spite of his style, or perhaps because of it, he quickly won over all...and that was before he began contributing to FLIFF his captivating art. His first poster was created from a photo shoot on Fort Lauderdale Beach in 1998 featuring a golden sun splashing the surf, sand, a director’s chair and two models (Bonnie Leigh Adams and Patricia Como) soaking it all in. Over the years Peter went on to shoot nine posters and commercials. Peter also wowed our celebrities doing private sittings with Jane Lynch, Matt Damon, George Hamilton, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Renner, Paul Sorvino, and many more. Gallery owner and close friend of Peter’s, Larry Clemons is framing all of the celebrity shots and we will create a permanent Langone Gallery in Cinema Paradiso – Lauderdale. WITH MARC ANTHONY 8 WITH GARY SINISE Peter joined us in Cannes on two of our trips in the 90’s. What a hoot! One evening, walking along the Rue d’Antibes, which is sort of the Las Olas of Cannes, for some reason I pointed out a suntan lotion poster of a girl on the beach of St Tropez lit up in a Pharmacie window. Peter remarked, Jesus, I took that shot nearly fifteen years ago, can’t believe they are still using it. Lots of stories here regarding gendarmes, castles, movie stars and mussels. Peter loved the food, wine, women, architecture, ambiance of Cannes...which is a long way of saying, Peter loved life...everywhere. In 2001, Bonnie and I married in Key West. Peter came but we hired a local photographer for the small event, so Peter could just have fun. He brought his little Nikon Cool Pix just for snapshots. The local photographer turned out to be a disaster...and Peter with his toy camera saved the day (there is more story here that I will tell after a glass of wine...or two). Artistically, no one during my 27 FLIFF years has contributed as much to the Film Festival. Peter was one of a kind...was he a saint, no, he wasn’t. He was fun, loving, lovable, talented and totally unique. We can’t replace him, but we’ll never forget him. Gregory von Hausch WITH RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN FLIFF will hold a Celebration of Peter's Life on Tuesday, November 10, 5:30pm at Cinema Paradiso - Lauderdale. all of Peter's close friends are invited. PETER LANGONE WITH MARY STUART MASTERSON WITH DENNIS FARINA WITH 2014 FLIFF COVER GIRL SABRINA ANDERSON WITH JANE LYNCH WITH BOB GREENBERG Peter Langone, Photographer/Director September 7, 1949 - August 12, 2015 Peter Langone a world renowned photographer and long time resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida passed away on Aug 12th, 2015. He was 65 years old. The cause of death was cancer. Born and raised in NYC and a Florida resident beginning at age 19, Mr. Langone established himself as a world class photographer with assignments taking him around the world multiple times. His personality was bigger than life. He loved people and every aspect of life, and a photograph of him cannot be found without a smile on his face. His clients included Mercedes-Benz, CocaCola, Anheuser Busch, AT&T, Fox Sports, Nestle and many more. His creative interpretation and ability to evoke the true personality of the celebrities he photographed have resulted in sessions with Donald Trump, Marc Anthony, Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner, Paul Sorvino, Dennis Haysbert, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, Emeril Lagasse, President Ford, Senator Graham, and the original Miami Vice stars Don Johnson, Phillip Michael Thomas and James Olmos, just to name a few. His directorial work included film shorts and commercials for Budweiser, Burlington Coat, Brazilian Court, Esplanade Mall, The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and more. Mr. Langone was a major supporter and artistic contributor of the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and served on their board for a number of years. He published several Books and was exhibited at 7 Galleries. His commercial work included hundreds of print campaigns for multinational companies including Automobile Manufacturers, Airlines, Food Producers, Beverage Companies, Hotels, Resorts, and Cruise Lines. WITH DENNIS HAYSBERT WITH GIO WITH ROBERTO DURAN WITH VENUS WILLIAMS 9 LET US S TAY WITH Y O U. Let us welcome you to Fort Lauderdale’s destination spa. Let us mix the perfect cocktail at your new neighborhood bar. Let us show you the perfect gift from a new collection of retail items. Let us show you a whole new side of The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale. Welcome to our reimagined Gold Coast destination featuring an enhanced destination spa with hair salon, steam room and sauna; elevated welcome and lobby lounge experience; marketplace; and brand new restaurant, Burlock Coast. As a local resident, we invite you to explore a new side of The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale. For additional information, please call (954) 465-2300 or visit ritzcarlton.com/fortlauderdale. One North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard | Fort Lauderdale, FL ©2015 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. 10 1989 Michael Moore, Lynn Redgrave 1990 Michael Moore, Martin Scorsese, Darren McGavin, Marlo Thomas, Celia Peck, Adrian Pasdar, Saul Rubinek 1991 Peter Bogdanovich, Mark Rydell, Donald O'Connor, Vincent Price, Van Johnson, Jerry Lewis, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Patrick O'Neal, Claude Atkins, Alan Rickman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Bobcat Goldthwaite 1992 Audrey Hepburn, Vincent Price, Jennifer Beals, Alexandre Rockwell, Les Blank, Matthew Harrison, Elliot Gould, Edward James Olmos 1993 Ashley Judd, Victor Nunez, Elisabeth Shue, Roger Corman 1994 Treat Williams, Shane Black, Paul Schulze, Martin Donovan 1995 Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Dany Delany, JT Walsh, Mia Sara, Tim Reid, Jason Connery, Jon Cryer, Robert Wuhl, Gregory Hines 1996 Tony Curtis, GianCarlo Esposito, Noah Taylor, Kevin Spacey Film Lovers, 1997 Robert Wise, Arthur Hiller, Ben Gassara, Gena Rowlands, Nick Nolte, Leonard Rosenman, Amanda Plummer, Fairuza Balk, Robert Forster 1998 John Frankenheimer, David A r q u e t t e , Christina Applegate, Armando Assante, Johnathon Schaech, Adam Goldberg 1999 Lord Richard Attenborough, Norman Jewison, Eva Marie Saint, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Tim Roth, Bryan Cranston 2000 Bahman Ghobadi, Peter Falk, John Waters, Howard Keel, Rob Morrow, George Sidney, John Lynch, Mary McGuckian, Hilde Heir, Hege Schoyen, Robert Forster, Matt Salinger, Fred Dryer 2001 Jonathan Silverman, Paul Mazursky, Paul Sorvino, Peter Hewitt, Laura Frasier 2002 Matt Damon, Leslie Nielsen, Steve Guttenberg, Irvin Kershner, Maria Bello, John Sayles 2003 Nestor Carbonnell, Jacqueline Bissett, Ben Kingsley, Shohreh Aghdashloo GUESTS 2004 Andrew McCarthy, Fred Willard, Christopher McDonald, Cara Buono, Shaun Evans, Alice Teghil, Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Mike Medavoy, Luna, Ulrike Schweiger, Ken Marino, Angie Cepeda, Raquel Biton, Laura Coella, Eleanor Hutchins 2005 Arthur Penn, Irene Cara, Josh Jackson, Michael Moore, Veronica Cartwright and Hurricane Wilma 2006 Ian Ziering, Joe Pantaliano, Ernie Hudson, Mel Stuart, Connie Francis, Wil Shriner, Trevor Morgan, Joshua Jackson 2007 Eric Roberts, DB Sweeney, Richard Kind, Dennis Farina, Keith David, Davy Jones, Douglas Spain, Mary Stuart Masterson, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Stephen Baldwin 2008 Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Richard Chamberlain, Giancarlo Esposito, Jane Lynch, Alexie Gilmore, John Ratzenberger 2009 Matthew Broderick, Michelle Mon- aghan, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Jai White, Joyce DeWitt, Christopher Plummer Welcome to the 30th Annual FLIFF! Thirty years went by so quick but seemed to take forever... The films are the comets. In February, they are out in the cosmos, burning a journey of light years with FLIFF ahead in their path. They arrive, delight and speed on in their futures, some to become stars (ROGER & ME, THE PIANO, SHINE, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, VOLVER, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK...), others to extinguish all their fuel and drift anonymously in the recesses of our memories. The celebrities too, take months of negotiations to pin down and secure and we have been blessed with a constellation of bright lights (Richard Attenborough, John Frankenheimer, Martin Scorsese, Claire Bloom, John Waters, Kevin Spacey, Michael Moore...see above). Sponsors are the suns and moons that control our tides. We take care to nurture and keep our telescopes on their orbits so the tides will ebb and flow on schedule. It often feels as if our long ellipse following the midnight of one fest to the dawn of another, takes us off far from the warmth of our season. Without the on-going novas of our annual sponsors we would have been sucked into a black hole, well, three decades ago. Giving daily appearances, the lightning bugs, our members. Making an annual pledge of cash to keep our doors open, attending weekly, loving, laughing, critiquing, suggesting and at all times pulling for us to shine on. Some have been here as long as my 27 fests. Though it might seem like nature is at play here and FLIFF would just happen as the Autumn Moon begins to glow. Not so grasshopper. Pull back the wizard’s curtain and behold the many munchkins toiling night and day to keep our doors open 365 sunrise/sunsets a year. Michelle, Irwin, Janet, John, Jeanne, Erin, Ray, Lennie, Rudrick, Steven, Jan & Ken + our great volunteers). Underpaid, overworked and at times, perhaps, taken for granted. All begging the question, Have You Hugged Your FLIFFer Today? Bonnie and I wanted to create a Festival worthy of being our 30th 2010 Edward Burns, Michael Murphy, Claire Bloom, Jimmy Bennett, Jane Russell, Leslie Caron, David Keith, Michael Moore 2011 Beau Bridges, Penelope Ann Miller, Dennis Haysbert, Piper Laurie, Dennis Farina, Celeste Holm 2012 James Caan, Bailee Madison, Giancarlo Esposito, Carroll Baker 2013 Lea Thompson, Stephen Moyer, Tab Hunter, Ed Asner, Ann-Margret, Michael Bolton, Jonathan Bird, Guy Harvey, Hannah Tointon, Jonas Armstrong, Ben Stassen, John Shea, Bruce Dern, Finola Hughes, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Aphrodite Jones, Pauly Cohen, Sally Kellerman 2014 Jason Alexander, Pamela Shaw, Daniel Baldwin, Clara Mamet, Mike Downey, Stephen Daldry, George Hamilton 2015 Candy Clark, Loretta Swit, Estelle Parsons, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Michael Moore, Victor Nunez, Gil Bellows Annual, not just in name, but also in substance. Wishing is sure a lot easier than doing...but I believe we have all the potions to create a powerful elixir of Film-Fame & Fun. FILM: Over 100 great films, including LE PERE NOEL (France), LATIN LOVER (Italy), THE ADDERALL DIARIES (USA), BETIBU (Argentina), THEEB (Jordan), APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel), DEAREST (China), TOKYO FIANCEE (Japan) and BOCACCERÍAS HABANERAS (Cuba) just to name a few. FAME: Oscar Winner and Cannes Palme d'Or Winner Michael Moore; Emmy Winner Gil Bellows; Oscar Nominee Candy Clark; multiple Golden Globe Winner plus multiple Oscar Nominee Ed Harris; multiple Emmy Winner plus Independent Spirit Award Winner Christopher Lloyd; Golden Globe Winner plus Oscar Nominee Amy Madigan; Sundance Grand Prize Winner plus Independent Spirit Nominee Victor Nunez; Oscar Winner plus Laurel Winner Estelle Parsons; and multiple Emmy Winner plus multiple Golden Globe Nominee Loretta Swit. But remember, its the filmmakers that you never heard of and meet that makes FLIFF special. FUN: In honor of this momentous year, we are bringing back elements of a program we created for the Knight Foundation, titled Around The World In 80 Nights, celebrating a different country nearly every night with food, fashion and film. We have also added parties at Hard Rock (Opening Night), Villa DePalma (M*A*S*H Party), Sunrise (Centerpiece Weekend), Diplomat Resort & Spa (Gala) and The Ritz Carlton (Wrap Party). So whether you are content to drag out a comfy pair of blue jeans or want to punch your “E” Ticket with your tux, you are in for a thrilling launch, fantastic orbit and rewarding splashdown as we present your annual & 30th Vacation From Ordinary Film. Gregory von Hausch, President & CEO 11 ★ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ★ CHRISTOPHER LLOYD When one thinks of the talented Christopher Lloyd, some of the characters which might come to mind include Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future, Fester Addams from The Addams Family and Reverend Jim Ignatowski from Taxi. He has appeared in over 200 film and television productions and brings his own creativity and individuality to each of the unique roles he portrays. Mr. Lloyd graduated from high school in Connecticut and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in his career he performed with the Yale Repertory Theatre, and his Broadway credits include Red, White and Maddox and Happy End, an original musical with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht and co-starring Meryl Streep. He also starred in the highly acclaimed 2002 Broadway revival of the comedy Morning’s at Seven in which he worked with former FLIFF honoree Piper Laurie and fellow 2015 FLIFF honoree Estelle Parsons. Reviewing the play for The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote, “The words are given their full philosophical due by Christopher Lloyd, looking like a German Expressionist answer to Grant Wood's 'American Gothic.'” He made his film debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture along with four other major Academy Awards. It has been reported his research for his character included spending time in a mental institution observing the patients, just one example of the diligence with which he approaches every character he portrays. Following Cuckoo’s Nest, Mr. Lloyd did a variety of film and television work, and some of his early credits include The Adams Chronicles, Goin’ South, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, the remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice, and such TV staples as Barney Miller and One Day at a Time. In 1978 Mr. Lloyd appeared on the hit television series, Taxi, 12 as Reverend Jim Ignatowski, affectionately known as Iggy, and joined the popular ensemble cast eventually appearing in 84 episodes. His portrayal of this Woodstock-attending “man of the cloth” who, despite inheriting millions, lives in a condemned building won Mr. Lloyd two primetime Emmy Awards. Additionally, he won a third primetime Emmy for his work on Road to Avonlea. In 1985 he was cast as Doctor Emmett Brown in Back to the Future and portrayed “Doc Brown” in the film’s subsequent sequels, in video games and in the 1991-92 television series based on the movie. In its review of the first film, The Hollywood Reporter praised the younger talent, including Michael J. Fox, before surmising, “But it's Christopher Lloyd who walks away with the movie in a gloriously uncontrolled, fright-wigged performance that redefines the mad scientist for modern movie audiences. In the intervening years, Mr. Lloyd has alternated among the stage, television and film, seldom taking a break from acting. On television, he has appeared in a number of television films and has had recurring roles on a number of hit series. His film work includes major studio productions as well as smaller, independent films, and a sampling of his movie credits include Clue, Eight Men Out, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Addams Family and its sequel, Dennis the Menace, Angels in the Outfield, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, My Favorite Martian, Piranha 3D and The Chateau Meroux. Mr. Lloyd’s character in Taxi was an avid Star Trek fan, so it was only fitting Mr. Lloyd played Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Currently, he has three films and a television series in post-production and is bringing his newest feature film, The Boat Builder, to FLIFF in which he plays a somewhat bitter mariner who strikes up a bond with an unwanted orphan while building a boat. Christopher Lloyd will receive the FLIFF 2015 Lifetime achievement award on Friday, November 6. Mr. Lloyd will attend the screening of his film, THe BoaT BuILdeR, on 8pm Friday, November 6 at Cinema Paradiso – Lauderdale. CHRISTOPHER LLOYD BACK TO THE FUTURE BUCKAROO BONZA ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST THE REAL BLONDE MY FAVORITE MARTIAN STAR TREK EIGHT MEN OUT THE ADDAMS FAMILY WITH JOHN BELUSHI TAXI THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT 13 G IN ILM N F E OPIGHT SHOWTIME N Friday, Nov 6, 8:00, CP-Lauderdale THE BOAT BUILDER AMERICAN INDIE PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED FEATURE WORLD PREMIERE Director: Arnold Grossman U USA / 2015 / 88 min / HDCam / English Embittered old mariner Abner (Christopher Lloyd) is a widower living a solitary life. Withdrawn from his family and the tight-knit community of his small marine town, he is a grumpy and unsociable man who seems to live in the past, only finding comfort in the countless hours spent building a sailboat in his yard. When neglected young orphan Rick (Tekola Cornetet) wanders onto Abner’s property, hiding from the local bullies, the two find common ground and form an unlikely bond which will change their lives in unexpected ways. Writer: Arnold Grossman / Producer: Richard Bosner / Cinematographer: Phil Briggs / Production Designer: Kris Boxell / Editor: Robert Schafter / Costume Designer: Aggie Rodgers / Production Manager: Stacia Warren / Principal Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Tekola Cornetet, David Lascher, Jane Kazmarek Contact: Richard Bosner, [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/theboatbuilder1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Theboatbuilder CINeMaToGRaPHeR deaN CuNdey aNd CHRISToPHeR LLoyd wILL ReCeIve LIFeTIMe aCHIeveMeNT awaRdS PRIoR To THe SCReeNING SPeCIaL GueSTS: deaN CuNdey, CHRISToPHeR LLoyd, aRNoLd GRoSSMaN, RICHaRd BoSNeR THE DIRECTOR: Arnold Grossman began his career in advertising in television earned him numerous awards including the CLIO award. After creating TV ads high profile political figures, including congressional and presidential candidates, Grossman began focusing on his writing career. Grossman wrote three published novels: 1988, A California Conspiracy, and Going Together, as well as a nonfiction book on gun violence. Grossman adapted the novel 1988 into a play titled Tarnished Eagle. He is developing Going Together into a full length feature. His short fiction works and magazine articles have been published by Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Playboy. His film and TV credits include writing and directing Freeze! An American Peace Story, a documentary featuring John Denver, Judy Collins and Jimmy Buffet; writer on The Love Boat; producer of CBS film Cries Unheard; as well as writer and director of Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, and creator of Right to Justice, New World. 14 Grossman is a longtime resident of Denver and an active member in the film community. He is a former chairman of the Denver Int’l Film Festival and served on the Colorado Film Commission. aRNoLd GRoSSMaN RICHaRd BoSNeR SHOWTIME Friday, Nov 6, 7:00, Hard Rock Live AMERICAN WHERE TO INVADE NEXT INDIE DOCUMENTARY PARTY FOLLOWS FOLLOWS FILM FILM NIGOPE HT NIN FIL G M FLORIDA PREMIERE F USA / 110 min / DCP / English + Italian, French, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Arabic w/English sub-titles Raise your hands, who has heard of filmmaker Michael Moore? Ok, put them down. Who has an opinion of Mr. Moore? Odds are, in a crowded room, you’d be hard pressed to see the exit after those questions are asked. Michael is a lightning rod who always elicits a reaction for or against. His films may have stirred controversy, but time and again he is proven right. Well he is back...and we couldn’t be happier to have him bring his new film WHERE DO WE INVADE NEXT as our 30th Anniversary opener. In “Where to Invade Next,” Michael Moore journeys abroad to find solutions to some of America’s most pressing problems. The film is a loving tribute to what used to be the American way — and could be again. In 1989, after 3 months on the job as Director of FLIFF, I attended my first ever film fest, the Toronto Film Festival. I went to see ROGER & ME, Michael’s first film, and talked with him after the Q&A. I invited him down to screen at FLIFF. Since that momentous meeting (at least for me), Michael has attended FLIFF five times, more than any other visiting filmmaker. He is always the best guest, entertaining and accommodating – doing whatever he can to help FLIFF (and I’m sure all the other fests he attends). In 2005, our 20th anniversary, after Hurricane Wilma wiped out Cinema Paradiso, and the entire film fest was in jeopardy, Michael called out of the blue offering to help. ‘What do you have in mind?’ I dunno, put an evening together and I’ll come talk.’ I did, Michael did and the sold-out crowd at AMC Coral Ridge loved it. Our top grossing (and netting) event of ’05. Brilliant filmmaker, yes. True friend, absolutely...the best. A North End Films presentation, in association with IMG Films, of a Dog Eat Dog Films production. Producers: Michael Moore, Tia Lessin, Carl Deal. Executive Producers: Mark Shapiro, Will Staeger, Rod Birleson / Writer: Michael Moore / Camera: Rick Rowley, Jayme Roy / Editors: Pablo Proenza, T. Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk / Sound: Francisco Latorre, Hilary Stewart / Field Producers: Tierney Bonnini, Adriane Geibel, Nicky Lazar / Archival Producer: Christine Fall / Line Producer: Dorin Razam-Grunfefld / Coordinating Producer: Devorah Devries / Contact: Carl Deal [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Michael Moore was born in Flint, Michigan and worked as a journalist before turning to filmmaking. His Farenheit 9/11 (‘04) won the Palme d'Or and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes. Many of his features have played the Festival, including his debut, Roger & Me (‘89), The Big One (‘97), Bowling for Columbine (‘02), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Slacker Uprising (‘07),Capitalism: A Love Story (‘09), and Where to Invade Next (‘15). SPeCIaL GueSTS: MICHaeL MooRe, CaRL deaL, TIa LeSSIN 15 NG M NI FIL E OPIGHT SHOWTIME N Friday, Nov 6, 9pm, Hard Rock Live AMERICAN JACO INDIE PARTY FOLLOWS FOLLOWS FILM FILM DOCUMENTARY FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Paul Marchand / USA / 2015 / 117 min / DCP / English JACO tells the story of Jaco Pastorius, a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who single-handedly changed the course of modern music by redefining the sound and the role of the electric bass guitar. Never-before-seen 8mm film, photographs, and audio recordings unveil the true story behind the legend of Jaco’s life, his music, and his heartbreaking end. JACO features incredible unseen footage and photography from the Pastorius family archive plus interviews with Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Sting and Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and footage with Billy Joel, Stephen Stills, and many more artists.. It is a blistering biopic journey into the heart and soul of this hugely influential cross-genre artist. Produced by Metallica's Robert Trujillo with Passion Pictures (Searching for Sugar Man). Jaco Pastorius was raised in oakland Park, FL. The film contains significant footage of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood as well as Miami area. Screenplay: Paul Marchand & Robert Trujillo / Exec Producers: Robert Trujillo, John Pastorius IV, John Battsek, Andrew Ruhemann, Bob Bobbing, Gerry Harrington, Lorenzo Esparza / Producer: Robert Trujillo / Co-Producers: Diane Becker, Roger De Giacomi, Roger Mayer / Cinematographer: Roger De Giacomi / Editor: Paul Marchand/ Cast: Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, Sting, Flea, Geddy Lee, Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Bootsy Collins, Peter Erskine & many more. Contact: Paul Marchand – [email protected] / Website: Jacothefilm.Com / Twitter: @Jacofilm / Facebook: facebook.com/JacoDocumentary JaCo PaSToRIuS SPeCIaL GueSTS: PauL MaRCHaNd, RoBeRT TRuJILLo, JoHN PaSToRIuS Iv (SoN), JuLIuS PaSToRIuS (SoN), MaRy PaSToRIuS (dauGHTeR), GReG PaSToIRuS (BRoTHeR). 16 RoBeRT TRuJILLo THE DIRECTOR: Paul Marchand often fills multiple roles on his films. Recently Paul edited Martin Scorsese's "The 50 Year Argument" and Chris Rock's "Good Hair" (Sundance Jury Prize). He was also a Director of Photography on John Marinouin's "Big River Man" (Sundance Best Cinematography). Paul began "JACO" as editor and took over as director after Stephen Kijak's departure. 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High Limit ttab ables room ADVERTISEMENT 19 ★ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ★ LORETTA SWIT Perhaps best known for her work as Major Margaret Houlihan on the popular television series M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1983, actress Loretta Swit is equally at home playing comedy or drama on stage, screen or television. Born in New Jersey, Ms. Swit studied acting with Gene Frankel in Manhattan and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her Broadway debut was in Same Time, Next Year opposite Ted Bessell and later opposite former FLIFF guest Don Murray. She returned to Broadway to replace Cleo Laine in the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Some of her additional theatrical work includes touring in the national company of the comedy Any Wednesday with Gardner McKay and as one of the Pigeon sisters opposite former FLIFF honoree Ernest Borgnine and Don Rickles in the Los Angeles production of The Odd Couple. She appeared with two companies of the legendary musical Mame, one with Susan Hayward and one with former FLIFF honoree Celeste Holm and later played the title role herself. She has appeared in over 1,000 performances of Shirley Valentine and received the Sarah Siddons Award, Chicago’s most prestigious theatre honor, for her work in this production. In 2010, she appeared for three months in a Canadian production of Shirley Valentine. Among her other stage credits are Love Letters with Anthony Franciosa, the musical spoof Song of Singapore and The Vagina Monologues in New York, Chicago and London’s West End, the national tour of 42nd Street, Doubt, Cactus Flower and Love, Loss and What I Wore. Ms. Swit made her feature film debut in Stand Up and be Counted with former FLIFF honoree Jacqueline Bisset and has also appeared in such movies as Freebie and the Bean with FLIFF honoree James Caan and Alan Arkin, Race with the Devil with 20 Peter Fonda, Beer with Rip Torn, S.O.B. with Julie Andrews and William Holden, Whoops Apocalypse with Peter Cook and Herbert Lom, Forest Warrior with Chuck Norris and Boardheads with Bronson Pinchot. She has appeared in over 25 television movies including the original Cagney and Lacey in which she created the role of Chris Cagney, Games Mother Never Taught You with Sam Waterston, Hell Hath No Fury with Barbara Eden, The Execution with Sandy Dennis and Rip Torn, Dreams of Gold with Cliff Robertson and A Killer Among Friends with Patty Duke, which was the highest rated television movie of that year. In addition to appearing on The Muppet Show, Ms. Swit has appeared in such highly popular holiday television films as The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Miracle at Moreaux and A Christmas Calendar. In addition to the Sarah Siddons Award, Ms. Swit has received such honors as the People’s Choice Award, the Genie Award, the Silver Satellite Award, the Jean Golden Halo Award, the Pacific Broadcasters Award and two Emmy Awards. She has been nominated for ten Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards and was named Woman of the Year by both the Animal Protection Institute and the International Fund for Animal Welfare. As impassioned about animals as she is about acting, Ms. Swit is 1st Vice President of Actors and Others for Animals, an honorary board member of The Wildlife Waystation, chairperson for the Hooved Animal Rescue Protection Society and has acted as spokesperson for The Farm Sanctuary and the Humane Society of the U.S. Her wildlife series, Those Incredible Animals, was seen twice weekly for five years on the Discovery Channel and has been aired in over 30 countries. The program was also featured on Animal Planet. Ms. Swit will receive the FLIFF Lifetime achievement award on wednesday, November 11 prior to the screening of NeveR THe SaMe at Cinema Paradiso – Lauderdale. LORETTA SWIT M*A*S*H* REUNION MAJOR MARGARET "HOT LIPS" HOULIHAN ON M*A*S*H* BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER ON THE SET OF M*A*S*H* AT ANIMAL PLANET FUNDRAISER FOR SANCTUARY S.O.B. RACE WITH THE DEVIL - WARREN OATES, LORETTA SWIT, PETER FONDA TV WEEK WITH RIP TORN IN BEER MIRACLE AT MOREAUX PEOPLE WEEKLY 21 SHOWTIMES Wednesday, Nov 11, 3:30pm, CP-Hollywood, introduced by Loretta Swit WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY NEVER THE SAME: THE PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCE Cook-out in Courtyard (4:30) Wednesday, Nov 11, 5pm, CP-Lauderdale, introduced by Loretta Swit FLORIDA & FESTIVAL PREMIERE Director: Jan Thompson / Philippines / 2014 / 85 min / BluRay / English In this intimate and moving portrait, American prisoners of Imperial Japan during World War II reveal their indomitable will to survive. Starved, beaten, sick and brutalized, but always keeping a wry sense of humor, these amazing soldiers used gallows humor to beat the odds. Some of the men were artists, some wrote poetry and songs and many collected recipes. The program paints a grim portrait of the ways that the men were forced to survive three and half years of captivity. Along with on-camera interviews with former POWs, the program is packed with excerpts from diaries, poems, over 100 original drawings and cartoons, recipes and songs. The film includes the story of the infamous “hell ships” where the POWs were sent to Japan and Manchuria as slave laborers. The death rate was high due to suffocation, starvation, exposure and by being bombed by “friendly fire”-their own US bombers not aware of the human cargo below. Never The Same is unique because of its many layers as it reaches deep to the core of how the men created coping mechanisms to survive. Since they were stripped of their dignity any resemblance of humanity quickly disappeared. It was a kind of social Darwinism and sheer luck that carried the survivors through their ordeal. Screenplay: Jan Thompson / Producers: Jan Thompson / Cinematographer: Kevin Hill, Chris Parr, Otto Arsenault, Jon Solita / Editor: Jan Thompson / Composer: Jan Thompson / Production Designer: Jan Thompson / Art Director: Ron Naverson / Principal Cast: Loretta Swit, Alec Baldwin, Ed Asner, Sam Waterston, Kathleen Turner, Robert Wagner, Robert Forster, Robert Loggia, Mike Farrell, Don Murray, Jamie Farr, Christopher Murray, John O’Hurley Contact: [email protected] / TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/61304074 / WEBSITE: www.NTS-POW.com SPeCIaL GueST: LoReTTa SwIT, wHo wILL ReCeIve a LIFeTIMe CaReeR aCHIeveMeNT awaRd PRIoR To THe SCReeNING. 22 THE DIRECTOR: Jan Thompson is a three-time Emmy award winning documentary director, writer, editor and composer. Her work has been seen on national television in the United States as well as Internationally. Jan’s documentaries have crossed different genres including musical performance with Conductor Daniel Barenboim. Jan’s precursor to Never The Same is The Tragedy of Bataan narrated by Alec Baldwin. Never The Same took over twenty years to produce and was produced because her father had been a POW. She is an advocate for former prisoners-of-war and her work has been included into the Congressional Record. Jan is a Professor in the Radio, Television and Digital Media Arts Department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Friday, Nov 13, 7:15pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr, Saturday, Nov 14, 4pm, CP-Hollywood SILVER SKIES INDIE PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED CENTERPIECE FILM FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Rosemary Rodriguez / US / 2015 / 96 min / DCP / English A group of tenant’s lives are turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is suddenly sold out from under them. Silver Skies is a funny, dark and lovely story about getting older and trying to hang onto each other and the American Dream. Executive Produced by Fred Roos (the Godfather movies, Lost in Translation, St. Vincent) and Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour movies, While You Were Sleeping), Silver Skies has an eclectic cast including George Hamilton, Valerie Perrine, Alex Rocco, Barbara Bain, Mariette Hartley, Howard Hesseman, Jack McGee, and Jack Betts. These wonderful actors shine in roles we have never seen them in before, even in their 50 to 60 year careers, making this a real crowd-pleaser. Written and Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez / Story by: Rosemary Rodriguez and Pat Delaney / Executive Producers: Fred Roos, Arthur Sarkissian, Nestor Rodriguez / Produced by: Enrico Natale, Rosemary Rodriguez / Cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber, A.S.C. / Editor: Francis Zuccarello / Composer: Jim Coleman / Production Designer: Rand Sagers / Art Director: Chris “Blue” Prange / Principal Cast: George Hamilton, Valerie Perrine, Alex Rocco, Jack McGee, Mariette Hartley, Barbara Bain, Jack Betts, Howard Hesseman Contact: Rosemary Rodriguez – [email protected] Teaser : http://youtu.be/wlLsY6jTzXI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilverSkiesMovie?fref=ts Sponsored by AAA Fire Protection Lynn Taylor & Glenn Friedt THe CITy oF SuNRISe HoSTS THe CeNTeRPIeCe PaRTy FoLLowING THe FRIday, NoveMBeR 13TH, 7:15PM SCReeNING. PaRTy IS INCLuded FRee FoR exeCuTIve PRoduCeR aNd SuPeRSTaR MeMBeRS. JaCk MCGee Born and raised in the South Bronx, character actor Jack McGee is the youngest of eight children. He joined the 1960s rock band “The Young Rascals.” Transitioning into acting, he was able to make ends meet as a NYC firefighter in the late 1970s, and, he got his first big part in the 1985 firefighter film “Turk 182,” and then moved to Hollywood. Jack’s most notable TV role has been as Chief Jerry Reilly on FX’s edgy firefighter drama, “Rescue Me.” He also starred as Police Captain Mike Sutton in “Common Law”. Jack has recurred on NBC’s “Up All Night” and in the Spike TV series, “Players.” He guest starred on such shows as “Hawaii 5-0,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “CSI: Miami,” “Criminal Minds,” “CSI: NY,” and “Castle.” Jack appeared in the Tom Tykwer action thriller “The International” alongside Clive Owen and Naomi Watts and “Father of Invention” with Kevin Spacey. Jack starred in the critically acclaimed film “The Fighter,” opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, in “Moneyball” with Brad Pitt and “New Year’s Eve,” directed by Garry Marshall. He was most recently seen in “Gangster Squad” with Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone. Jack will soon be seen in CBS’ new comedy series, “The McCarthys” as Arthur McCarthy, the patriarch of a sports-crazed Boston family. SPeCIaL GueSTS: RoSeMaRy RodRIGuez, NeSToR RodRIGuez, JaCk MCGee. THE DIRECTOR: Rosemary Rodriguez wrote and directed the Sundance, Indie Spirit nominated feature film Acts of Worship. Her episodic TV work includes The Good Wife, where she is a regular director (15 episodes, including the 100th), Denis Leary’s Rescue Me (where she was first woman director in five seasons), Empire, Manhattan, Elementary, Vegas, Rake, AMC’s Low Winter Sun, and Hell on Wheels. Most recent episodes include: Marvel’s AKA Jessica Jones for Netflix, and Outsiders. She’s in development on a Showtime series Florent starring Alan Cumming, and Loose Girl, her next feature. 23 ★ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ★ CANDY CLARK Candy Clark was born in Oklahoma, but grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. She moved to New York after high school where she pursued modeling; however, her career was destined to be in front of a movie camera. Clark’s feature film debut was in Fat City directed by John Huston and co-starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges. The story centers on two boxers, one whose career is on the decline and one whose career is just taking off. Ironically, it is the only film about boxing helmed by the legendary director who had actually been a boxer at one point. Clark followed Fat City with a role which would become one of her signature parts, that of Debbie in George Lucas’s American Graffiti, in which she starred alongside Charles Martin Smith, Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Mackenzie Phillips, Harrison Ford, Bo Hopkins, Cindy Williams and Wolfman Jack! Reviewing the film for The New York Times, Roger Greenspun wrote, “American Graffiti exists not so much in its individual stories as in its orchestration of many stories, its sense of time and place. Although it is full of the material of fashionable nostalgia, it never exploits nostalgia.” Greenspun went on to say, “It is a very good movie, funny, tough, unsentimental. It is full of marvelous performances from actors (especially Candy Clark, Richard Dreyfuss, and Cindy Williams) hardly known for previous screen credits.” Academy voters obviously agreed with Greenspun for Candy Clark received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the film, and she reprised her role in More American Graffiti six years later. Ms. Clark appeared with David Bowie and Rip Torn in the science fiction drama The Man Who Fell to Earth. Reportedly, she 24 spent 96-and-a-half hours in the make-up chair during the production of the film and donned a hat to appear in Bowie’s role one day when the actor was out sick. A reviewer for Slant magazine called the film “alternately beautiful, mystifying, and embarrassing.” Some of Ms. Clark’s other motion pictures include Handle with Care directed by Jonathan Demme and co-starring fellow American Graffiti alum Paul Le Mat, The Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles and Richard Boone, When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? with Marjoe Gortner, Q with David Carradine and Michael Moriarty, Blue Thunder directed by John Badham and costarring Roy Scheider and Warren Oates, Hambone and Hillie with Lillian Gish, Amityville 3-D with Tony Roberts and Tess Harper, The Blob, Radioland Murders, and Zodiac among many others. Ms. Clark made her television debut on the series Room 222 and some of the other series on which she has appeared include The New Perry Mason, Banacek, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Faerie Tale Theatre, Simon & Simon, Magnum, P.I., Hunter, Matlock, Brothers, St. Elsewhere, Father Dowling Mysteries, Baywatch Nights and Criminal Minds. Her made-for-television films include Mystery Woman: Redemption, This is How the World Ends, The Price She Paid, Popeye Doyle, Cocaine and Blue Eyes, Rodeo Girl, Where the Ladies Go, James Dean and Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill. In addition to her Oscar nomination, Ms. Clark won the Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for Best Supporting Actress in Blue Thunder. Ms. Clark will receive the FLIFF Lifetime achievement award on Saturday, November 14 prior to the screening of aMeRICaN GRaFFITI at Cinema Paradiso – Lauderdale. CANDY CLARK AMERICAN GRAFFITI, CANDY CLARK WITH CHARLES MARTIN SMITH THE MAN WHO FELT EARTH WITH DAVID BOWIE WHEN YOU COMIN’ BACK RED RYDER DIANE KEATON & ELLIOTT GOULD - I WILL...I WILL...FOR NOW BLUE THUNDER WITH ROY SCHEIDER FAT CITY WITH JEFF BRIDGES ZODIAK THE BIG SLEEP WITH ROBERT MITCHUM AMITYVILLE 3D 25 SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Saturday, Nov 14, 5:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Following the film will be The Mel’s drive-in Party AMERICAN GRAFFITI FILM STUDIO RETRO Sponsored by PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED CANDY CLARKE TRIBUTE FILM Director: George Lucas / USA / 1973 / 110 min / BluRay PLOT: A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. Ok, the plot of this movie is simple, pure and true in so many ways. But as you will read Roger Ebert’s original (and excellent) review below, you learn the plot is secondary to the era. When I saw AMERICAN GRAFFITI it was the most joyous, yet melancholy movie moment of my life. And though I was 23 years old, when I saw Candy Clark as Debbie on-screen, I instantly developed a movie crush and regressed to my high school memories. Roger ebert’s review My first car was a ‘54 Ford and I bought it for $435. It wasn’t scooped, channeled, shaved, decked, pinstriped, or chopped, and it didn’t have duals, but its hubcaps were a wonder to behold. When I went to see George Lucas’s “American Graffiti” that whole world – a world that now seems incomparably distant and innocent – was brought back with a rush of feeling that wasn’t so much nostalgia as culture shock. Remembering my high school generation, I can only wonder at how unprepared we were for the loss of innocence that took place in America with the series of hammer blows beginning with the assassination of President Kennedy. The great divide was November 22, 1963,and nothing was ever the same again. The teenagers in “American Graffiti” are, in a sense, like that cartoon character in the magazine ads: the one who gives the name of his insurance company, unaware that an avalanche is about to land on him. The options seemed so simple then: to go to college, or to stay home and look for a job and cruise Main Street and make the scene. The options were simple, and so was the music that formed so much of the way we saw ourselves. “American Graffiti”‘s sound track is papered from one end to the other with Wolfman Jack’s nonstop disc jockey show, that’s crucial and absolutely right. The radio was on every waking moment. A character in the movie only realizes his car, parked nearby, has been stolen when he hears the music stop: He didn’t hear the car being driven away. The music was as innocent as the time. Songs like “Sixteen Candles” and “Gonna Find Her” and “The Book of Love” sound touchingly naive today; nothing prepared us for the decadence and the aggression of rock only a handful of years later. The Rolling Stones of 1972 would have blown WLS off the air in 1962. “American Graffiti” acts almost as a milestone to show us how far (and in many cases how tragically) we have come. Stanley Kauffmann, who liked it, complained in the New Republic that Lucas had made a film more fascinating to the generation now between thirty and forty than it could be for other generations, older or younger. But it isn’t the age of the characters that matters; it’s the time they inhabited. Whole cultures and societies have passed since 1962. “American Graffiti” is not only a great movie but a brilliant work of historical fiction; no sociological treatise could duplicate the movie’s success in remembering exactly how it was to be alive at that cultural instant. On the surface, Lucas has made a film that seems almost artless; his teenagers cruise Main Street and stop at Mel’s Drive-In and listen to Wolfman Jack on the radio and neck and lay rubber and almost convince themselves their moment will last forever. But the film’s buried structure shows an innocence in the process of being lost, and as its symbol Lucas provides the elusive blonde in the white Thunderbird -- the vision of beauty always glimpsed at the next intersection, the end of the next street. Who is she? And did she really whisper “I love you” at the last traffic signal? In “8 1/2,” Fellini used Claudia Cardinale as his mysterious angel in white, and the image remains one of his best; but George Lucas knows that for one brief afternoon of American history angels drove Thunderbirds and could possibly be found at Mel’s Drive-In tonight... or maybe tomorrow night, or the night after. a Few Important Nominations & awards CANDY CLARK: Academy Award Nomination Best Performance by an actress in a supporting role Francis Ford Coppola & Gary Kurtz: Academy Award Nomination for Best Picture George Lucas: Academy Award Nomination Best Director Francis Ford Coppola & Gary Kurtz: Golden Globe Award Best Picture – Musical or Comedy Richard Dreyfus: Golden Globe Nomination Best Actor 26 with Special Guest, Candy Clark Starring: Richard dreyfus, Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Charles Martin Smith, Paul Le Mat, Cindy williams, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, wolfman Jack SHOWTIME Saturday, Nov 14, 4:30pm, Sunrise Civic Center The Sunset at Sunrise Party Follows the Q & A with Ms. Parsons AMERICAN BONNIE AND CLYDE FILM STUDIO RETRO PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED 30’s ERA ATTIRE OPTIONAL ESTELLE PARSONS TRIBUTE FILM Director: Arthur Penn / USA / 1967 / 111 min / BluRay / English **** Roger Ebert, September 25, 1967 The lives in this case belonged, briefly, to Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. They were two nobodies who got their pictures in the paper by robbing banks and killing people. They weren't very good at the bank robbery part of it, but they were fairly good at killing people and absolutely first-class at getting their pictures in the paper. Bonnie was a gum-chewing waitress and Clyde was a two-bit hood out on parole. But from the beginning, they both seemed to have the knack of entertaining people. Bonnie wrote ballads and mailed them in with pictures Clyde took with his Kodak. They seemed to consider themselves public servants, bringing a little sparkle to the poverty and despair of the Dust Bowl during the early Depression years. Under Arthur Penn's direction, this is a film aimed squarely and unforgivingly at the time we are living in. It is intended, horrifyingly, as entertainment. And so it will be taken. The kids on dates will go to see this one, just like they went to see "Dirty Dozen" and "Born Losers" and "Hells Angels on Wheels." But this time, maybe, they'll get more than they counted on. The violence in most American movies is of a curiously bloodless quality. People are shot and they die, but they do not suffer. The murders are something to be gotten over with, so the audience will have its money's worth, the same is true of the sex. Both are like the toy in a Crackerjack box: Worthless, but you feel cheated it it's not there. In "Bonnie and Clyde," however, real people die. Before they die they suffer, horribly. Before they suffer they laugh, and play checkers, and make love, or try to. These become people we know, and when they die it is not at all pleasant to be in the audience. The performances throughout are flawless. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, in the title roles, surpass anything they have done on the screen before and establish themselves (somewhat to my surprise) as major actors. Michael J. Pollard, as C.W. Moss, the driver and mechanic for the gang, achieves a mixture of moronic good humor and genuine pathos that is unforgettable. Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons play Buck and Blanche Barrow, the other members of the gang, as inarticulate, simple, even good - willed. When Buck is reunited with his kid brother, they howl with glee and punch each other to disguise the truth that they have nothing to say. After the gang has shot its way out of a police trap and Buck is mortally wounded, Blanche's high, mindless scream in the getaway car provides, for me, a very adequate vision of hell. This is pretty clearly the best American film of the year. It is also a landmark. Years from now it is quite possible that "Bonnie and Clyde" will be seen as the definitive film of the 1960s, showing with sadness, humor and unforgiving detail what one society had come to. Sponsored by Janet Schwartz & Irwin Levenstein Special Guests: oscar winner, estelle Parsons and Film Historian & author, Foster Hirsch Following the film Mr. Hirsch will interview Ms. Parsons onstage. 27 ★ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ★ ESTELLE PARSONS Academy Award-winning actress Estelle Parsons graduated from Connecticut College and attended Boston University’s School of Law prior to pursuing an acting career and studying with Lee Strasberg at The Actors Studio. Early in her career, she worked for five years as a commentator, production assistant, producer and writer for NBC’s Today Show and was the first female political reporter on network television during her work on Today. Ms. Parsons has worked extensively on the stage and has starred in 26 Broadway productions since making her debut in Happy Hunting with Ethel Merman. She won a Theatre World Award for portraying the title role in Mrs. Dally Has a Lover and has been nominated for the Tony Award five times. In 1978 she received a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience for her work in Miss Margarida’s Way. In addition to her starring work on Broadway, she has directed Salome and Shakespeare on Broadway for the Schools, for which she directed As You Like It, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet in repertory. Since turning 80, she has starred in four Broadway productions including August: Osage County, Good People, Nice Work If You Can Get It and The Velocity of Autumn, for which she received her most recent Tony nomination in 2014. Ms. Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2004. Ms. Parsons made her film debut in Ladybug, Ladybug in which staff and students at a rural school react to an impending nuclear threat not knowing whether it is real or not. Four years later, she starred as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde, directed by former FLIFF honoree Arthur Penn. For her role as Clyde Barrow’s harrowed sister-in-law, she received the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. The following year, she appeared in Rachel, Rachel directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward, and she received another Academy Award nomination for her work. 28 She continued her motion picture work with such major films as Don’t Drink the Water opposite Jackie Gleason and based on Woody Allen’s play, Watermelon Man, I Never Sang for My Father and I Walk the Line opposite Gregory Peck. Her diverse film roles have also included Dick Tracy, For Pete’s Sake, The Lemon Sisters, Looking for Richard, Boys on the Side and the remake of the Disney classic That Darn Cat. On television, Ms. Parsons has starred in a variety of series and made-for-television films. She had recurring roles on All in the Family and Archie Bunker’s Place, but many fans of the small screen will likely best remember her for Roseanne, in which she played the title character’s mother in 59 episodes. Some of the other television series on which she has appeared include The Good Wife, Frasier, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, 100 Centre Street, Touched by an Angel, Love American Style, Medical Center, The Trials of O’Brien, The Patty Duke Show and The Defenders. Her television films and mini-series include the highly acclaimed Backstairs at the White House in which she portrayed First Lady Bess Truman and Empire Falls which reunited her with Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Some of her additional television films include The Love Letter, Arthur Miller’s The American Clock and A Private Matter among many others. Ms. Parsons has been featured in two episodes of Great Performances including Arthur Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays in which she starred with Jack Warden, Harvey Keitel and Dick Van Patten and George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner’s June Moon also starring Susan Sarandon and former FLIFF honoree Kevin McCarthy. On American Playhouse, she was featured in Come Along with Me directed by Joanne Woodward. Ms. Parsons returned to The Actors Studio in the late 1990s as Artistic Director, a position she held for five years. She has also taught acting at such esteemed universities as Yale and Columbia. estelle Parsons will receive the FLIFF 2013 Lifetime achievement award on Saturday, November 14, 4:30pm prior to the Tribute Screening of Bonnie and Clyde, at the Sunrise Civic Center. Following the film, film historian and author, Foster Hirsch will conduct an onstage interview with Ms. Parsons, allowing time for questions from the audience. a reception follows. 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Cadillac® The Awards Gala Saturday, November 21 Diplomat Resort & Spa 3555 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood Beach 6:30 Open Bar...Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres 8:00 Dinner & Wine ~ 8:45 Awards nicki Grossman Visionary Award Charles “Chip” abele Corporate Leader of the Year Ginny & Tom miller Betsy Cameron & Barry Smith Bonnie Barnett & Robert Kagan, mD Two For The Road amy madigan Lifetime Achievement ed Harris Lifetime Achievement Victor nunez The Florida Prize FLIFF members $175 ★ General public $225 Gala Chairman, alan Koslow ★ Co-Chairs, mayor Tim Ryan ★ Bernie Friedman ★ noelle Stevenson ★ Teri pattullo ★ ed Walls Sponsored by The Greater Fort Lauderdale ★ CVB's office of Film, music & entertainment ★ The Gold Coast Regional Center Hollywood Circle, LLC ★ Block 40, LLC ★ Cadillac ★ nV5 ★ The Related Group ★ CB Cares Diplomat Resort ★ Southern Wine & Spirits ★ Blue ocean press ★ Be productions ★ pSaV Downtown Hollywood Community Redevelopment agency ★ Becker & poliakoff DIPLOMAT RESORT & SPA HOLLYWOOD is honored to be a part of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival’s 30th Anniversary. After all, it’s only natural since we love Hollywood too. CONGRATULATIONS FLIFF ON 30 YEARS OF CINEMATIC ARTISTRY! 3555 S OCEAN DRIVE | HOLLYWOOD, FL 33019 954.602.6000 | DIPLOMATRESORT.COM 31 ★ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ★ ED HARRIS As an actor, director and writer, Ed Harris has garnered a list of credits featuring a number of prestigious and award-winning productions. Born in New Jersey, Mr. Harris was attending Columbia University and playing football there when he became interested in acting. He moved to Oklahoma where his parents were living and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma’s theatre program. Upon graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and began working in theatre and film. One of his first significant roles was in George Romero’s Knightriders, which has become a cult favorite. Some of his other film credits include A History of Violence for which he received the National Society of Film Critics Award, The Hours, for which he received Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA nominations, The Truman Show for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination, and Apollo 13 for which he received a SAG Award as well as Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. Some of his other film credits include Run All Night, Frontera, The Face of Love, The Way Back, Copying Beethoven, The Right Stuff, The Abyss, The Rock, The Human Stain, A Beautiful Mind, Stepmom, The Firm, Places in the Heart, Alamo Bay, Sweet Dreams, Jacknife, State of Grace, The Third Miracle, Touching Home and fellow 2015 FLIFF honoree Victor Nunez’s A Flash of Green. Mr. Harris made his feature film directing debut with Pollock and received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his performance in the title role. His co-star, Marcia Gay Harden, won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar under his direction. Mr. Harris also directed and co-wrote Appaloosa and starred opposite Viggo Mortensen. On television, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of John McCain in Game Change on 32 HBO for which he also received Emmy and SAG nominations. He also starred with Paul Newman in Empire Falls for HBO for which he received Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations. Some of his other television credits include The Last Innocent Man, Running Mates, Paris Trout and Riders of the Purple Sage, for which he and his wife and fellow FLIFF honoree Amy Madigan, as co-stars and co-producers, were presented with the Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Television Feature Film. Mr. Harris made his Broadway debut in Precious Sons for which he won the Drama Desk Award, the Theatre World Award and received a Tony Award nomination. In 2012 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, he starred with Amy Madigan, Bill Pullman and Glenne Headley in the world premiere of playwright Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian. He reprised the role last fall to critical acclaim in the play’s New York premiere at the Acorn Theatre Off-Broadway. Mr. Harris received both an Outer Critics Circle nomination and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for the Off-Broadway production of Wrecks at New York City’s Public Theatre. He originated the role, with writer/director Neil LaBute, for the play’s world premiere at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland, and won the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for the production of Wrecks at the Geffen Playhouse. Some of his other theatre credits include Taking Sides, Fool for Love for which he won an Obie Award, Simpatico for which he won a Lucille Lortel Award, Prairie Avenue, Scar, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath and Sweet Bird of Youth. Mr. Harris is currently filming the series Westworld for writerdirector Jonathan Nolan and HBO and recently finished filming Dean Devlin’s science fiction feature film Geostorm. Mr. Harris will attend a screening of his new film THe addeRaLL dIaRIeS on Nov 20, as well as victor Nunez’ Tribute film a FLaSH oF GReeN and the awards Gala on Nov 21. ED HARRIS APOLLO 13 WALK OF FAME BEETHOVEN GONE BABY GONE POLLOCK THE RIGHT STUFF THE TRUMAN SHOW SWING SHIFT APALOOZA GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS NIXON A BEAUTIFUL MIND GOLDEN GLOBE PLACES OF THE HEART THE ABYSS THE HOURS 33 ★ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ★ AMY MADIGAN Born in Chicago, Amy Madigan majored in philosophy at Marquette University and also studied piano at the Chicago Conservatory and acting at the famed Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. She began her entertainment career as a musician, first as pianist and lead singer with the band Jelly and then as lead singer for Big Daddy. She made her acting debut on the hit television series Hart to Hart and some of her other work for the small screen includes appearances on such series as CHiPs, American Playhouse, Criminal Minds, Saving Grace, Living Proof, ER, Law and Order and Fringe among others. She had a recurring role as Dr. Wyatt on Grey’s Anatomy and a regular role on HBO’s Carnivàle.. In addition to her work on series, Ms. Madigan has also starred in a number of madefor-television films and miniseries including Ten x Ten, Living Proof, The Path to 9/11, The Ranch, The Laramie Project, Shot in the Heart, In the Name of the People, Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First Hundred Years, And Then There Was One for which she won the Cable ACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries, Roe vs. Wade for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and received an Emmy nomination, The Laundromat, for which she won the Cable ACE Award for Best Actress in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special and The Day After among others. For the television film, Riders of the Purple Sage, Ms. Madigan received the Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Television Feature Film. She was both a co-star and co-producer on the project with her husband, fellow 2015 FLIFF honoree Ed Harris. Ms. Madigan has starred in some three dozen feature films including Streets of Fire, Places in the Heart, Alamo Bay, Nowhere to Hide, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, The Dark Half, 34 Loved, With Friends Like These…, A Time for Dancing, The Discontents, Winter Passing, Gone Baby Gone, Once Fallen and Frontera. She received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe nomination for her work in Twice in a Lifetime and was nominated for the Golden Globe’s New Star of the Year for Love Child, her film debut. (Love Child was the Tribute film producer Paul Maslansky chose to screen when FLIFF honored him in 1991.) She was nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for her films Loved and The Prince of Pennsylvania. On stage, Ms. Madigan made her Broadway debut in the 1992 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. She played Stella Kowalski in the production, which also starred Alec Baldwin as Stanley and Jessica Lange as Blanche. Reviewing the play for The New York Times, Frank Rich described Ms. Madigan as an actress “whose stage work has generally been as accomplished as her screen appearances” and noted her performance in Streetcar “captures Stella's Southern gregariousness.” She made her Off-Broadway debut in Beth Henley’s play The Lucky Spot for which she received the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. In Los Angeles, she received the Drama-Logue Award for her work in Stevie Wants to Play the Blues in which she starred with Paula Kelly at the Los Angeles Theater Center. Some of her other Los Angeles stage work includes A Lie of the Mind at the Mark Taper Forum and The Jacksonian at the Geffen Playhouse. Ms. Madigan recently completed the feature films Grey Lady and Stuck, a story where chance and happenstance collide as strangers, who would probably never notice or speak to each other, get stuck together on a locked subway car beneath New York City. Ms. Madigan will attend the November 21st awards Gala. AMY MADIGAN ALAMO BAY FIELD OF DREAMS CRIMINAL MINDS FUTURE WEATHER LOVE CHILD STREETS OF FIRE GONE BABY GONE WITH ED IN Life MAGAziNe "BEING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER IS LIKE A GIFT FROM THE CORNUCOPIA OF WONDERFULNESS THAT FELL OUT OF HEAVEN OR SOMETHING," SAYS AMY MADIGAN, PLACES IN THE HEART POLLOCK UNCLE BUCK WITH KEANU REEVES THE PRINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA 35 ★ THE FLORIDA PRIZE ★ 2015 marks the inaugural year of the presentation of the annual award, THE FLORIDA PRIZE. In alternating years the award will be given to a Florida Film Pioneer (Victor Nunez in 2015) and an Emerging Florida Filmmaker on even years. VICTOR NUNEZ A member of the founding boards of the Independent Feature Project (IFP) and the Sundance Film Institute, Victor Nunez has been making Indy movies for over four decades. Born in Deland, Nunez received his degrees at Antioch College and University of California at Los Angeles and began his work in the 1970s on educational and industrial films while still managing to make three award winning shortsTaking Care of Mother Baldwin (1970), Charley Benson’s Return to the Sea (1972), and A Circle in the Fire (1974). His feature film debut was Gal Young’Un (1979), financed with grants from the NEA and the Florida Arts Council. Based on the short story by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the movie is set in the Prohibition Era Florida and is about a widowed Florida woman, her new opportunistic bootlegger husband and his young girlfriend. Starring Dana Preu, the film was invited to the New York, Toronto, and London film fests as well as the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. In the NY Times, Vincent Canby called it, “an astonishingly good first feature, written, directed, photographed, edited and produced by Victor Nunez...I know very little about Mr. Nunez except that he lives and works in Florida, but if he’s representative of our new regional film makers, things are looking up.” His next film was A Flash of Green (1984) adapted from a John D. MacDonald novel and financed by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and PBS American Playhouse. Set in the early ‘60s along the Gulf Coast of Florida, A Flash of Green tells of a tormented reporter drawn into aiding a self-serving county commissioner in an underhanded landfill development. Starring Ed Harris, Blair Brown, and Richard Jordan, the film was shown at the NY and Toronto Film Festivals, Cannes and on PBS American Playhouse. Nunez used a windfall from a great-aunt to finance Ruby in Paradise (1993), which starred then-newcomer Ashley Judd playing a young woman fleeing a bad relationship in the back woods of Tennessee who ends up working in a souvenir shop in Panama City. Again the film was shown at the NY and Toronto Fests and Director’s Fortnight. The film jointly won the 1993 Grand Jury Prize for Drama at the Sundance Film Festival and was selected by Roger Ebert as 36 one of his “Top Ten” films of the year. Ashley won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance. In 1997, Ulee’s Gold, produced through Jonathan Demme’s company, garnered Victor’s widest audience and earned star Peter Fonda the Golden Globe and NY Film Critics Award as well as an Oscar Nomination for Best Actor. Set in the tupelo honey-producing region of the Apalachicola River, Peter played a third-generation beekeeper with a host of personal problems. Praising the star and director in The NYTimes, Janet Maslin called the film, “beautiful and heartfelt, an oasis of humanity in a season of furious hyperbole. Simple almost to a fault and yet effortlessly wrenching, it shows nothing more than the spiritual reawakening of a hard-bitten loner. Yet the star and filmmaker make this story resonate in moving, meaningful ways.” Coastlines (2002) plays out a messy triangle between three childhood friends. Starring Josh Brolin, Tim Olyphant and Sarah Wynter. Nunez’s characters and stories have often been described as emotionally resonant, multi-layered character driven narratives. Emmanuel Levy, in his book “Cinema of Outsiders”, states “Integrating Florida’s unique landscape and spirit, Nunez’s fully realized drama represents American regional cinema at its very best. A quick sojourn in New Mexico as a “hired gun” directing Rubin Blades as a father dying of cancer in Spoken Word (2009), while a great adventure, did seem a long way from the Gulf Coast and left the question of “what next,” wide open. Victor Nunez was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2008, and his biography at Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs states, “Victor Nunez has been called a national treasure of regional independent filmmaking. A visionary writer, director, cinematographer and producer, Nunez’s gripping work fuses character and place in portraits of his home state of Florida.” He is currently teaching directing at Florida State in his hometown of Tallahassee. “I don’t know what’s next, really. I’m not sure I recognize Florida anymore, but I am very grateful for this award. Perhaps it will inspire me to find my way back to my real Florida home one more time again.” Mr. Nunez will attend a FLaSH oF GReeN and receive The Florida Prize at The FLIFF Gala, Saturday, November 21. VICTOR NUNEZ COASTLINES JOSH BROLIN, TIMOTHY OLYPHANT & SARAH WYNTER GAL YOUNG'UN RUBY IN PARADISE ASHLEY JUDD SPOKEN WORD A FLASH OF GREEN ED HARRIS AND GREGORY JONES A FLASH OF GREEN BLAIR BROWN & ED HARRIS ULEE'S GOLD VICTOR NUNEZ SHOOTING - GAL YOUNG'UN 37 SHOWTIME Saturday, Nov 21, 2pm, CP-Lauderdale SECOND LOOK AMERICAN A FLASH OF GREEN INDIE FEATURE VICTOR NUNEZ TRIBUTE FILM Director: Victor Nunez USA / 1984 / 131 min / DVD / English Roger Ebert’s original review, posted Jan 1, 1984 "A Flash of Green" is based on a novel by John D. MacDonald, and like a lot of his stories, it seems to be about the plot but is really about the characters. We start with a story about saving an unspoiled bay from greedy developers, and we end with a story about a man trying to save himself from his own greed. It's a relief, halfway through the movie, to realize it's not going to be about how the good guys win and the bad guys don't turn the grasslands into parking lots. Instead, it's going to be about a complicated relationship involving a newspaper reporter, his conscience, and the woman he loves. The reporter is played by Ed Harris, who has never been better in a movie. He's not one of those hotshot journalists the movies like to fabricate, but a small-town journeyman who keeps a low profile, gets his job done, and in his own quiet way knows where all the bodies are buried. He gets a tip one day: Grassy Bay, the beautiful nature preserve, is once again being threatened by the schemes of Elmo Bliss (Richard Jordan), the rich and ambitious local developer. He passes the tip along to Kat Hubble (Blair Brown), the woman who led the last fight to save the bay. He loves Kat Hubble. They've both known that for a long time, but the situation is complicated by Harris's own wife, who has been slowly dying for months, and by the fact that Kat is a recent widow. Harris has another problem. He needs money, and when Elmo Bliss offers to cut him in for a piece of the action, he agrees. Is that a contradiction? "A Flash of Green" is attentive to the compromises of daily life, and it understands how people can be complicated enough to hold two opposed ideas at the same time. Harris knows that what he is doing is wrong, that it is a betrayal of his friends, and yet he does it because it seems necessary. Most movie newspapermen are portrayed as either heroes or creeps. Either they win the Pulitzer, or they violate somebody's privacy. The Harris character is seen more carefully, as a hard-working small-town guy who has lost a lot of his illusions. The developer, played by Richard Jordan, also is seen as a specific case. He isn't simply a wheeler-dealer, but a man who has more ambition than taste, and who can convince himself that it'll be good for everybody if Grassy Bay is filled in. And the Blair Brown character is complex, too; she understands the sexual attraction that exists between herself and Harris, but she doesn't confuse it with love, because it's not love, it's simply unfinished business. "A Flash of Green" was directed by Victor Nunez, who also made "Gal Young 'Un." Once again, he would rather explore his characters than send them spinning through some meaningless plot. Nunez lives near the Florida locations of this movie, and he has achieved a real sense of place. We feel the moist heat of the long summer nights, the cynical ways in which everybody knows everybody else's business, the urgency of unfulfilled people who can smell money, and think it means success. Writer: Victor Nunez from the novel by John D. MacDonald / Exec Producer: Sam Gowan / Producer: Richard Jordan / Cinematographer & Editor: Victor Nunez / Art Director: Carlos Asse / Costumes: Marilyn Wall & Dana Moser / Makeup & Hair: Marilyn Wall / Asst Dir: Kerry McKenny / Production Mgr: Gregory von Hausch / Cast: Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan, John Glover, George Coe, Jean DeBear, Helen Stenborg, Nancy Griggs, Malcolm Gets Sponsored by Diane Sobo Starwood Properties 38 M.E. DePalma, DePalma Enterprises SPeCIaL GueSTS: ed HaRRIS aNd vICToR NuNez ed HaRRIS wILL PReSeNT vICToR NuNez wITH THe INauGuRaL FLoRIda PRIze oN SaTuRday, NoveMBeR 21, aT THe FLIFF awaRdS GaLa. SHOWTIME AMERICAN Sunday, November 22, 6:00pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, November 22, 6:00pm, CP- Hollywood THE WANNABE INDIE FEATURE PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED NIGCLO HT SIN FIL G M SOUTHEAST PREMIERE E Director: Nick Sandow / USA / 2015 / 85 min / DCP / English Obsessed with mob culture, and desperate to fit in, Thomas sets out to fix the 1992 trial of John Gotti. He believes if the plan is executed, it will put him at the center of all that he idolizes. The plot is foiled, setting off events worthy of mob lore. The Wannabe intertwines real people and true events, past and present, with fantasy. Nick Sandow’s writing and direction is spot on. He has crafted a beautifully written script with dialogue so true to life – true to character – it is thrilling to see the talented cast bring the script to life. From his director’s chair, Sandow is patient, allowing a natural progression, sometimes playfully (the flirtation), sometimes with tension and suspense (the last holdup). Vincent Piazza, (also one of the producers) is fearlessly insecure – he pulls all the right levers. Michael Imperioli (of The Sopranos fame) must have loved getting a role so different than his TV persona (mafia or tequila). Imperioli underplays it perfectly. But who would have thought Patricia Arquette could have topped BOYHOOD? My vote, she does it right here – with a character so tragically lost. She is, in a word, magnificent. Writer: Nick Sandow / Producers: Lizzie Nastro, Michael Gasparro, Vincent Piazza / Editor: Melody London / Associate Producer: Vince Cupone / Cinematographer: Brett Pawlak / Executive Producer: Martin Scorsese, Dean Devlin, Maren Olson, Douglas Stone, Rick Genow / Composer: Nathan Larson / Co-Producer: Rick Bosner / Cast: Vincent Piazza, Patricia Arquette, Michael Imperioli, Vincenzo Amato, Nick Sandow, Doug E. Doug, Domenick Lombardozzi SPeCIaL GueSTS: NICk SaNdow, MICHaeL GaSPaRRo THE DIRECTOR: Nick Sandow has an extensive resume that spans film, television and theater. Acting credits include Orange Is the New Black, Boardwalk Empire, and Connie and Carla. The New York Times lauded his feature film directorial debut, Ponies, as “a riveting piece of work.” 39 SHOWTIMES SPOTLIGHT Saturday, Nov 21, 4:00pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 22, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood 3RD STREET BLACKOUT INDIE FILM FEATURE SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Negin Farsad & Jeremy Redleaf E USA / 2015 / 85 min / DCP / English Mina and Rudy are that couple: adorable but not obnoxious. Intellectual but not condescending. Busy but still have time to post on Instagram. Yet, sometimes it seems this technologyobsessed duo can’t take their eyes off their screens. 3rd Street Blackout is a dark comedy – literally – that follows Mina and Rudy in the days after Hurricane Sandy left large parts of New York without power. In this analogue world, their flaws are exposed, their commitment challenged and their mettle tested. How much would you pay to deliver a message during a blackout? Screenplay: Negin Farsad and Jeremy Redleaf / Producers: Jeremy Redleaf, Negin Farsad, Andrew Mendelson, Ryan Cunningham / Executive Producers: Samuel Goldberg, Max Born / Cinematographer: Eunah-Lee / Editor: Andrew Mendelson / Composer: Gaby Alter / Production Designer: Jose Cavazos / Principal Cast: Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, Ed Weeks, Sasheer Zamata, Phyllis Somerville, Rachel Feinstein, Jordan Carlos, Katie Hartman, Negin Farsad, Jeremy Redleaf Contact: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @3rdstblackout - @NeginFarsad Website: http://3rdstblackout.com Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22pELmU9Rx8 - @TheLeafIsRed: http://facebook.com/3rdstblackout Sponsored by SPeCIaL GueSTS: NeGIN FaRSad, JeReMy RedLeaF THE DIRECTORS: Farsad is an Iranian-American comedian and filmmaker. In addition to being selected a TEDFellow, Negin was named one of the 50 Funniest Women by the Huffington Post, one of 10 Funniest Feminist Comedians by Paper Magazine and one of Good Magazine’s GOOD 100 for her work in social justice comedy. She has written for PBS’s 1001 nights, MTV’s Detox, and IFCNews. She directed and wrote for Comedy Central’s Watch List and has appeared on Comedy Central’s Nightly Show. She has written and developed shows for LogoTV and Nickelodeon and written and appeared on various shows for WNYC, BBC, and MSNBC. She is also director/producer of feature release Nerdcore Rising starring Weird Al Yankovic & MC Frontalot. She is director/producer/cast of The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, Janeane Garofalo, and David Cross. Her first book is scheduled for release in the 2015/2016 season through Grand Central Publishing. Like most comedians, she started her career off as a Cornell & Columbia-educated policy adviser for the City of New York. 40 Jeremy is an Emmy Award winning actor-writer-director-producer-hypen-collector. He created and co-stars in "Odd Jobs," winner of "Best New Web Series," at the Streamy Awards, "Best Writing" at the International Television Festival and a development deal with Fox Television Studios. Jeremy runs BracketsCreative, a transmedia production company that serves as a creative consultant on Fuse/Funny Or Die’s “Billy on the Street” and is producing a documentary about public education. As a performer, he plays Gonnigan on "Sesame Street" and narrates "Guy Code" "Guy Court" and "Jobs That Don't Suck" for MTV. An expert on social video, storytelling & community engagement, Jeremy is frequently hired by brands to understand what “the kids” are doing on the interwebs. SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 7, 9pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 8, 8:30pm, CP-Lauderdale 3 DAYS IN HAVANA SECOND LOOK AMERICAN INDIE FEATURE PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED Co-Directors: Tony Pantages & Gil Bellows Cuba / 2013 / 78 min / HDCam / English + Spanish w/English sub-titles Some people would kill for three days in Havana. Jack Petty sits in an airport bar, nursing a drink. He’s on a stopover halfway to Havana, and so is the sexy lady who chats him up, giving him travel tips and whispering something scary in his ear. He’ll meet her again, in the midst of a conspiracy that includes assassination, kidnapping and more. This is a film with a lot of tradition behind it: some major Hitchcock (particularly Strangers on a Train and The 39 Steps); the wised-up dialogue of old film noir; and the gritty detail and sharp plot twists of contemporary thrillers. It’s all put across with high spirits, and the cast is stellar—highlights include Christopher Heyerdahl as a slick member of the Canadian Consulate, John Cassini as a ruthless mob boss, and Phyllida Law as… well, you’ll see. And there are many other colorful characters, none of them trustworthy, most of them with their sights set on poor Jack. He’ll have to outwit, outrun or outfight them all—a tall order for a mere businessman on a conference trip. But he’s surprisingly cool under pressure. The fun here comes not just from the close shaves and slick repartee but from the knowledge, quickly acquired, that nothing is what it seems. (courtesy of the Vancouver Film Festival) Screenplay: Tony Pantages, Gil Bellows / Producers: Gil Bellows, Tony Pantages, Sidney Chiu / Cinematographer: Pieter Stathis / Editor: Rob Neilson / Composer: Keith Power / Production Designer: Cameron McLellan / Art Director: Kristine Cofsky / Principal Cast: Gil Bellows, Greg Wise, Chris Heyerdahl, Rya Khilstedt / Contact: Tony Pantages - [email protected] Sponsored by Cyndi Boyar SPeCIaL GueSTS: GIL BeLLowS aNd ToNy PaNTaGeS THE DIRECTORS: Gil Bellows & Tony Pantages met as young actors and forged a friendship and commitment to create highly crafted films together. Gil went on to act in projects like Shawshank Redemption and Ally McBeal as well as produce Temple Grandin. Tony directed, shot and produced award winning commercials, documentaries and music videos for INXS, Sarah McLachlan, Deadmau5 and other international acts. Their successes, humblings and lessons learned as actors, producers and filmmakers turned that burning desire to tell stories on the screen into a reality with their directorial debut, 3 Days In Havana. 41 SHOWTIMES Wednesday, Nov 18, 8pm, CP- Lauderdale Thursday, Nov 19, 9pm, CP- Hollywood ACCUSED WORLD CINEMA PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Paula van der Oest / The Netherlands / 2014 / 97 min / DCP / Dutch w/English sub-titles Based on a true story. Nurse Lucia (40) has been present at one inexplicable death too many, and the hospital alerts the police. Assistant District Attorney Judith (28), driven by ambition and genuinely outraged, gets stuck in and Lucia is sentenced to life in prison. But something keeps troubling Judith, and she discovers inconsistencies in witness statements, and even the suppression of lab evidence. Ignored by her superiors, Judith teams up with Lucia’s lawyer, but at every appeal the original guilty verdict is confirmed. Things look bleak until they get the media involved and the biggest miscarriage of justice in Dutch history is finally reversed. Screenplay: Moniek Kramer, Tijs van Marle / Producers: Reinier Selen (Rinkel Film) / Co-producers: Gemma Derksen (NCRV), Klara Björk (Filmkreatörerna), Martin Dewitte (Living Stone), Bernard Michaux (Lucil Film) / Cinematographer: Guido van Gennep NSC / Editor: Marcel Wijninga / Composer: Adam Nordén / Production Designer: Harry Ammerlaan / Principal Cast: Ariane Schluter, Sallie Harmsen, Fedja van Huêt, Annet Malherbe, Barry Atsma Sponsored by Contact: Laura Talsma – Fortissimo Films [email protected] / Website: www.rinkelfilm.nl www.fortissimofilms.com Facebook: Rinkel Film: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rinkel-Film-BV/412457638767314?fref=ts Fortissimo Films https://www.facebook.com/fortissimofilms THE DIRECTOR: Paula van der Oest graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 1988 and worked as an assistant-director on several feature films before debuting in the cinema with 1996’s DE NIEUWE MOEDER (ANOTHER MOTHER), which premiered at the Venice Film festival. In 2002 ZUS & ZO (SIS & THAT), written by Paula, was nominated for a ‘Best Foreign Film’ Oscar - prompting Time Magazine to name her 'the Woody Allen of Amsterdam'. Several years after making her first English-language film with MOONLIGHT in 2001 (which won her the Hollywood Discovery Award for Best European Film and Best Foreign Film at FLIFF), she directed Dutch stars Rutger Hauer and Carice van Houten in the hugely successful BLACK BUTTERFLIES (2011). An intense look at the life of South-African poet Ingrid Jonker, the film was sold to over fifty countries and has won a great number of national and international awards. 42 Returning to the present day subject-wise, she wrote and directed THE DOMINO EFFECT (2013), an ensemble piece which deals with the still on-going credit crunch. Her new film ACCUSED was very well received by Lucia de Berk herself, the victim of the biggest miscarriage of justice in Dutch history: "Although she changed certain aspects for dramatic reasons, she captured the heart of my story." SHOWTIMES Friday, Nov 20, 8:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Saturday, Nov 21, 6pm, CP- Hollywood AMERICAN THE ADDERALL DIARIES INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Pamela Romanowsky / USA / 2015 / 87 min / DCP / English Based on the bestselling memoir by Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries is the gripping and complex story of how an author’s fascination with a high-profile murder case leads him to come to terms with his troubled past while embarking on a potentially life-changing romance in the present. James Franco plays Stephen Elliot, a once-successful novelist paralyzed by writer's block and an escalating Adderall dependency, who becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder case as a way to escape his personal troubles. His interest leads him to meet Lana Edmond (Amber Heard), a smart, sexy reporter who gives him unique access to the case. As their relationship takes off, Stephen is suddenly thrust back into the past when his father (Ed Harris), a cruel and vindictive man, shows up to challenge the veracity of the memoir Stephen is writing. As Stephen simultaneously delves into the details of the murder case (which turns out to have some unexpected parallels to his own troubled upbringing) and reunites with his estranged father, he is forced to separate truth from lies and fact from fiction--ultimately leading him to finally reconcile his past and confront his future. Pamela Romanowksy’s debut feature deftly mixes tones and storylines to create a fascinatingly rich and engaging viewing experience. Through the character of Stephen, a flawed but always compelling protagonist, the film explores a wide array of themes and ideas, including the legacy of parents, the power of memory, and the nature of truth. Written By: Pamela Romanowsky (based on the novel by Stephen Elliott) / Produced By: James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Joseph McKelheer, James Reach / Starring: James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris, Christian Slater, Cynthia Nixon SPeCIaL GueSTS: ed HaRRIS Contact: A24 PaMeLa RoMaNowSky THE DIRECTOR: Pamela Romanowsky attended New York University's MFA Film Program. While there she collaborated with James Franco and eleven other student filmmakers to co-direct The Color of Time, a film on the life of poet C.K. Williams that starred Franco, Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain. The film premiered at the 2012 Rome Film Festival. After collaborating with her on The Color of Time, Franco approached Romanowsky about directing Stephen Elliot's The Adderall Diaries. Rowanowsky workshopped her script at the Sundance Institute where she was mentored by Walter Salles. The film premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. 43 SHOWTIMES Friday, Nov 6, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood Monday, Nov 16, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD TOŢI COPIII DOMNULUI CINEMA FEATURE (ALL GOD’S CHILDREN) UNITED STATES PREMIERE Director: Adrian Popovici F / Romania & Rep. Of Moldova 2012 / 107 min / DCP / Romanian+Russian+Italian w/English sub-titles Pavalas, a boy aged nine, sits alone in a park, writing in a notebook, “One missing mother…blue…eyes.” He sticks his note in the fork of a tree. His mother, Irina left him three years earlier and has not returned. He’s living in an orphanage, only thinking about the day they will be reunited. Alina, who has lost her own son in a car accident and who has traveled to Moldova to adopt, is taken with Pavalas. She and her husband Peter drive him to the orphanage with the promise to see him again. But Irina, who had been forced into prostitution in Italy, does return, desperate to find Pavalas. She and her friend Tatiana travel to Transnistria, a part of Moldova, hoping to find him there. They have many misadventures until her pimp Bruno finds them, determined to teach Irina a lesson. He gives her three days to return the money he had invested in her – or sell him her child. It’s “the money or the boy.” Though “All God’s Children” is a work of fiction the film is dedicated to all the women and children who have been the victims of human trafficking. Screenplay: Valeriu Turcanu & Pascal Ilie Virgil / Producers : Cornelia Palos & Adrian Popovici (Romania) and Veaceslav Cebotari (Republic of Moldova) / Cinematographer: Veaceslav Cebotari / Editor: Adrian Popovic and Veaceslav Cebotari / Composer: Vlady Cnejevici and Adrian Popovici/ Principal Cast: Emergian Cazac, Ina Surdu, Michael Ironside, Paolo Seganti, Rodica Oantsa, Alina Turcanu Contact: Cornelia Palos [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/136259440 Website: www.artisfilm.ro 44 THE DIRECTOR: Director, scriptwriter, rock band member, Adrian Popovici was born in Timisoara in 1958. During his high school years, he has also studied piano and guitar at the music school. He holds an engineering diploma in constructions. Between 1983-1989, he has played with a number of highly appreciated Romanian and foreign rock bands such as :”Timpuri Noi”, “Cargo”, “Progresiv Tm” and, in Germany, “Classics”. After this period, he leaved the country for Germany, returning in the 1990’s. He’s a member of EFA “European Film Academy” since 2004, and IFTA „Independent Film & Television Alliance” from 2011. SHOWTIMES Sunday, Nov 15, 3:30pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr Tuesday, Nov 17, 5:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA FEATURE APPLES FROM THE DESERT FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Arik Lubetzky & Matti Harari F Israel / 2015 / 96 min / DCP / Hebrew w/English sub-titles The rebellious teenage daughter of ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents journeys into the secular world in APPLES FROM THE DESERT, an adaptation of the award-winning Israeli play that poignantly explores themes of love and reconciliation. Rebecca Abravanel (a radiant Moran Rosenblatt) is an only child, living a cloistered existence with her strictly religious Sephardic parents in Jerusalem. Unhappy with the restrictive traditions of home and community, she secretly breaks taboos, attending dance classes where she forms a relationship with secular kibbutznik Dooby (the acting debut of Israeli singer and guitarist Elisha Banai). Suspicious and angry in the face of Rebecca’s growing acts of rebellion, her strict father (Shlomi Koriat) reacts by setting in motion a prearranged marriage to an older widower with children of his own. Rebecca’s mother (Reymond Amsalem) and aunt (Irit Kaplan) are appalled, but dare not defy the authoritarian man of the household. After Rebecca runs away from home, the family conflict culminates in a moment of truth, forcing them to confront their beliefs and one another. Nominated for three Israeli Academy Awards, APPLES FROM THE DESERT is a timeless and moving tale of tradition versus modernity. Producer: Michael Sharfshtein, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery / Screenplay: Savyon Liebrecht, Arik Lubetzky, Matti Harari / Cinematographer: Amnon Zalait / Editor: Etty Li-on Zingman / Music: Tom Sharfshtein / Production Designer: Ariel Glazer / Principal Cast: Moran Rosenblatt, Shlomi Koriat, Remonde Amsellem, Elisha Banai, Irit Kaplan Contact: Israeli Films, Dana Goren [email protected] Sponsored by THE DIRECTORS: Arik Lubetzky is a director and screenwriter of feature films and television series. His TV series "The real thing" (Chalomot Ne'urim) was successfully screened on France 2 of his feature films, "Valentina's Mother" and "Little Simico's Great Fantasy", were screened in Haifa Film Festival. Matti Harari was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and studied film & television at the Tel Aviv University. (B.A 1992). Since then he wrote and directed the feature films "BLACK JACK" (2004), "THE LAST SUSPECT" (2005) "VALENTINA'S MOTHER" (2008), "APPLES FROM THE DESERT" (2015). He also wrote and directed the T.V series "JAFFA'S STORYS" (1994), "THE REAL THING" (1998) and "THE DOBELE" (2007). He is now involved in several projects among them "NATBAG" A science fiction drama and "LIMASSOL" a political thriller, both in development. 45 SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Wednesday, Nov 11, 5:30pm, CP- Hollywood Friday, Nov 13, 7:30pm, CP- Lauderdale BABY, BABY, BABY INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Brian Klugman / USA F / 2015 / 85 min / BluRay / English Sydney writers short stories that reflect his feelings about his relationship. Sunny dreams of becoming a successful painter. They’re two mismatched people, who try to put their past relationship baggage behind them and move on to higher ground together. They’re perfect for each other..until they aren’t… Screenplay: Brian Klugman / Producers: Robert Bauer, Cassidy Lunnen / Cinematographer: Giorgio Scali / Editor: Mitchell Sinoway / Composer: John Dragonetti / Production Designer: Andrew Resnik / Principal Cast: Adrianne Palicki, Brian Klugman, James Roday, Michaela Conlin, Kelly McCreary, Greg Grunberg, Kelsey Grammer + Special Appearances By Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Kenza Fourati, Griffin Gluck, Jared Harris, Dennis Haysbert, Cloris Leachman, Louise Parker, Jonathan Silverman, William Shatner, Sonya Walger / Contact: Robert Bauer [email protected], Cassidy Lunnen – [email protected] Sponsored by Marilynn Berry THE DIRECTOR: Brian Klugman is a writer, director, producer and actor. He has appeared in over 50 films and television series, and has written scripts for every major studio in Hollywood. Brian and his writing partner, Lee Sternthal have been working together for over 15 years and are graduates of the Sundance screenwriter’s lab. Their work has appeared on Hollywood’s blacklist of best screenplays. Brian and Lee wrote and directed their first film, The Words. The movie starred Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Olivia Wilde, Dennis Quaid, and Ben Barnes. 46 Baby Baby Baby is Brian’s fist solo feature film directing debut. SHOWTIMES Thursday, Nov 19, 7:45pm, CP- Lauderdale Friday, Nov 20, 9:30pm, CP- Hollywood BETIBU WORLD CINEMA FEATURE PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED SOUTHEAST PREMIERE E Director: Miguel Cohan / Argentina / 2014 / 100 min / DCP / Spanish w/English sub-titles A powerful industrialist is found with his throat cut in his luxury mansion. The famous novelist Betibú agrees to move into the neighborhood so she can write the chronicles of the case, but she soon discovers that this killing is just one in a series of murders of powerful men who share a dark past. As the Oscar-winning The Secrets in their eyes showed, the Argentineans can deliver great noir, and Betibu, which comes from the same production stable, represents a solid addition to the canon. Like the best of the genre, it spine-tinglingly evokes the unpleasant monsters gliding beneath our smooth social surfaces. The Hollywood Reporter This Argentine crime thriller is well written, produced and acted. The cast is superb, the locations range from intoxicatingly beautiful to intoxicatingly sinister...and a perfect addition to our 30th Annual Line-up. Writers: Ana Cohan, Miguel Cohan / Producers: Vanessa Ragone, Mariela Besuievsky, Gerardo Herrero / Composer: Federico Jusid / Cinematographer: Rodrigo Pulpeiro / Editor: Irene Blecua / Production Designer: Mariela Rípodas / Cast : Mercedes Morán, Daniel Fanego, Alberto Ammann, José Coronado, Osmar Núñez, Gerardo Romano, Lito Cruz, Carola Reyna Contact: Latido Films, Madrid Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: Miguel Cohan won the Argentinean Oscar and The Film Critics Award for best Adapted Screenplay BETIBU. He has written and directed three features and several shorts. 47 SHOWTIMES Tuesday, Nov 17, 8:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Wednesday, Nov 18, 7:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA FEATURE BOCCACCERIAS HABANERAS PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED SOUTHEAST PREMIERE BOCCACCHIOS IN E HAVANA Director: Arturo Sotto / Cuba / 2014 / 100 min / DCP / Spanish w/English sub-titles Boccaccerias Habaneras (Boccaccio in Havana) is composed by three stories interconnected by a main line: a writer’s room where people go to tell anecdotes hoping to make some money and become characters of a novel or a movie. This is a Bocacccio’s version based on a city environment, a Havana Decameron. A film full of sensuality, ease and hidden passions. Story #1: It’s the Day of the Wedding and Mom & Dad are doing all the heavy lifting while the bride to be drifts off with another thought. Story #2: A backstage worker at a traveling circus, is called upon to perform services not in his job description...and the consequences could not be more hilarious. Story #3: A cigar company has for years brought in a student intern from the local college to learn business from the ground up. Little does he realize, that cigar he is making him is rolling him into a lot of trouble. Bawdy, outrageous, hilarious and campy... Boccacchios provides us with more than laughs, but also an intimate look into the day-to-day lives of our neighbors to the south. Screenplay: Arturo Sotto / Producers: Isabel Prendes / Cinematographer: Alejandro Pérez / Editor: Alejandro Valera / Composer: Andrés Levin / Production Designer: Francisco Álvarez / Art Director: / Carlos Urdanivia / Principal Cast: Libia Batista, Jorge Perugorria, Luis Alberto García, Mario Guerra, Tudith Castillo, Zulema Cruz Contact: Arturo Sotto, [email protected] / www.cubacine.cult.cu Sponsored by SPeCIaL GueSTS: aRTuRo SoTTo, zuLeMa CRuz 48 THE DIRECTOR: Writer, Screenwriter, Director. Graduated, Bachelor in Performing Arts from the Habana University of Arts, and Film Directing from the Int’l School of Film & TV of San Antonio de los Banos. On two occasions, nominated for the Goya Awards, Movies: “PON TU PENSAMIENTO EN MI”(Put Your Thoughts On Mi), “AMOR VERTICAL” (Vertical Love). These movies were also selected to represent Cuba in the Oscar nominations. Coral Award for the short “TALCO PARA LO NEGRO” (Powder For The Black), in the 14th Annual Film Festival of Habana & Iberoamerican Festival of Huelva. Best Actress Award “AMOR VERTICAL” in the Cartagena de Indias Festival. Best Actor Award “AMOR VERTICAL”,Vina del Mar Festival. Grand Jury Award, Biarritz Festival, “LA NOCHE DE LOS INOCENTES” (The Night Of The Innocent). Coral Award Original Screenplay movie “PPK” in the 30th anual Habana Film Festival. Published Volumes: “CONVERSACIONES AL LADO DE CINECITTA” (Conversations Next To Cinecitta). “CARO DIARIO”(Dear Diary). Audience & Screenplay Coral Awards at the 35th Annual Habana Film Festival. “Boccaccerías Habaneras” Best Screenplay & Best Director at the Havana Film Festival in New York “Boccaccerías Habaneras” Official Wines of the 30th Annual Fort Lauderdale Film Festival Available at 49 SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Wednesday, Nov 4, 5:30pm, CP-Lauderdale Wednesday, Nov 4, 8:0pm, CP-Lauderdale BROOKLYN INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE John Crowley FDirector: USA / 2015 / 105 min / DCP / English BROOKLYN tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Screenplay: Nick Hornby / Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey / Composer: Michael Brook / Cinematographer: Yves Bélanger / Editor: Jake Roberts / Production Designer: François Séguin / Principal Cast: Saoirse Ronan , Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Zegen, Emory Cohen, Mary O'Driscoll , Julie Walters, Emily Bett Rickards , Jim Broadbent Contact: Fox Searchlight Pictures THE DIRECTOR: Crowley became involved in theatre as a student, seeing it as a stepping stone to directing film. He began directing plays in Dublin in the early 90s, reached London's West End by 1996 and eventually become an associate director at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2000, he directed Come and Go as part of the Beckett on Film series and made his feature debut Intermission (2003), a comedy drama set in Dublin, starring Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy and Kelly MacDonald, based on a screenplay by playwright Mark O'Rowe. In May 2005 Crowley, along with Danny Boyle, launched the UK Film Council Development Fund's "25 Words or Less: Director’s Cut" scheme to develop a feature film project, stating that he wanted particularly to "create a contemporary 'rebirth' or transformation story about a man or woman who begins as someone that spreads coldness." In 2007, Crowley reteamed with O'Rowe for the thought-provoking BAFTA-winning drama Boy A, about a young man's return to civilian life after imprisonment for a brutal childhood killing, which was made for British television but was released theatrically in the US the following year. 50 Additionally, Crowley was Tony nominated for the hugely successful London and Broadway runs of Martin McDonagh's play The Pillowman in 2003 and 2005. He directed Neve Campbell and Cillian Murphy in the West End production of Love Song in 2006-7, and in 2007 filmed a television version of Harold Pinter's Celebration starring Michael Gambon, Stephen Rea and Colin Firth. In 2009 he directed the film Is Anybody There?, set in 1980s seaside Britain, written by Peter Harness and starring Michael Caine as a grumpy ex-magician. In 2010, Crowley teamed once again with McDonagh for A Behanding in Spokane on Broadway. SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Saturday, Nov 7, 9pm, CP- Lauderdale Thursday, Nov 12, 7:45pm, CP- Hollywood CAROL INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Todd Haynes / USA / 2015 / 118 min / DCP / English In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel, The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950’s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet, is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby come to light. Producers: Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley / Composer: Carter Burwell / Writer: Phyllis Nagy / Cinematographer: Edward Lachman / Editor: Affonso Gonçalves / Production Designer: Judy Becker / Principal Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy and Cory Michael Smith. Sponsored by George Kress THE DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes is known for making provocative films that subvert narrative structure and resound with transgressive, complex eroticism. Born 1961, in LA and developed an interest in film at a young age. While still a high school student, he produced his first film, a short about contemporary teenage life entitled The Suicide (1978). Haynes studied at Brown University, making his directorial debut with Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985). He gained his first dose of attention and controversy with Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987). A psychological docudrama about singer and anorexia victim Karen Carpenter, the film blended sharp satire (...its use of Barbie dolls to portray the characters) with historical perspective and surprising compassion. The considerable notice it earned at a number of film festivals was tempered by a lawsuit filed against Haynes by Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in a less than flattering light. Controversy and acclaim again came Haynes' way with his 1991 feature directorial debut, Poison. The exploration of AIDSera deviancy, alienation, death, homosexuality, and persecution told in turn as a vox-pop documentary, '50s sci-fi horror fantasy, and gay love story. The fact that it received $25,000 worth of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts made the film a target of the campaign being waged by the right-wing American Family Asso. If anything, the publicity generated by the controversy helped the film, and Poison and won the 1991 Sundance's Grand Prize, establishing Haynes as a talent to be taken seriously. He resurfaced with Safe. The story of a housewife (Julianne Moore) who is literally allergic to the 20th century. This recognition was apparent in the anticipation surrounding Haynes' next feature, 1998's Velvet Goldmine. Starring Christian Bale, and Ewan McGregor, the film a loving tribute to the Glam rock era. In 2002, Haynes finally won both critical approval and popular success with his Oscar nominated Far From Heaven. The film boasted lush cinematography, a sweeping, perceptive score from Elmer Bernstein, and brilliant leading performances by Julianne Moore, Dennis Haysbert, Dennis Quaid and Patricia Clarkson. (Excerpted from The All Movie Guide) 51 SHOWTIMES Thursday, Nov 12, 7pm, CP- Lauderdale Friday, Nov 13, 9pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA FEATURE CASESE QUIEN PUEDA GET MARRIED IF YOU CAN PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED EAST COAST PREMIERE Director: Marco Polo de Constandse W México 2013 / 107 min / DCP / Spanish w/English sub-titles Snobby glamorous Ana Paula gets lost in the jungle a week before her wedding just after she finds out that her fiancé has been cheating on with her cousin. Meanwhile, Daniela, her bohemian sister gets reunited with her friend from childhood Gustavo, who has been secretly the love of her life. Screenplay: Martha Higareda / Producers: Alejandra Cárdenas, Martha Higareda / Cinematographer: Horacio Marquínez / Editor: Jorge Macaya / Composer: Juan Manuel Langarica / Production Designer: Alejandra Quijano / Art Director: Darío Carreto / Principal Cast: Martha Higareda, Miriam Higareda, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Michel Brown Contact: Xanic Zepeda [email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/117940163 / Twitter: https://twitter.com/cqplapelicula 52 THE DIRECTOR: Marco Polo has participated in several national and international features. He has worked in the direction department in movies like Kill Bill I & II , Matador and many others. He has several participations as a producer for television and film. Get married if you can is his first film project as a director. Through his company Filmadora Nacional he’s now coproducing with Tigre Pictures the thriller “La Isla” starring Ana Claudia Talancón, Iván Sánchez and Andrés Almeida, producing “Siempre Vuelven” and preparing to direct the romantic comedy “Valentina’s Wedding”. SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 7, 4pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 8, 3:30pm, CP- Lauderdale AMERICAN CASSANOVA WAS A WOMAN INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE FDirector: Kevin Arbouet USA / 2014 / 112 min / DCP / English Cassanova Canto is a struggling actor who fits none of today’s social stereotypes. She is a 5’7”, blonde, blue-eyed Cuban-American who has fallen in love with a woman, while still married to her husband. Throw in a famous Spanish soap star mother, a homophobic sister, and an imaginary naked Fantasy Man, and her dilemma takes a riotous unexpected twist. Leaving the audience pondering: Can you be a free-spirited, sexually fluid, pansexual, bisexual, metrosexual, monogamist - oh, and…also be Latin? Screenplay: Jezabel Montero / Producers: Jezabel Montero, Peter Iengo / Cinematographer: Eric Hales, John McClung / Editor: Ethan David / Production Designer: David Dean Ebert / Art Director: Ali Marx / Principal Cast: Jezabel Montero, Margo Singaliese, Paolo Andino, Monica Steuer, Carolann Valentino, Zully Montero, Chaz Mena, Gene Gabriel, Jessica Blank Contact: Jezabel Montero [email protected] Website: www.fuacatafilms.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/cassanovawasawoman Sponsored by Eileen Schneider SPeCIaL GueST: JezaBeL MoNTeRo PeTeR IeNGo THE DIRECTOR: Kevin Arbouet is a former Vice President of Lee Daniels Entertainment (Monster’s Ball, Precious) works currently as a film, television and commercial director. Director and writer of the feature films, Police State and Fair Market Value. His feature “Generation Iron”, which he 2nd Unit directed, starred Mickey Rourke and Arnold Schwarzenegger and went on to become one of the highest grossing documentaries of the year. 53 SHOWTIMES Monday, Nov 9, 5:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Tuesday, Nov 10, 5:15pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD DEAREST QIN AI DE XIAO HAI CINEMA Sponsored by FEATURE PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED UNITED STATES PREMIERE Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan F China / 2014 / 128 min / DCP / Mandarin w/English sub-titles Wen Jun (Huang Bo) and his wife Xiaojuan (Hao Lei) are busy parents in the bustling South China city of Shenzen. One day, as their young son Tian Peng plays in the streets with his friends, he's snatched by kidnappers, leaving his parents distraught — but not despairing. With extraordinary commitment and resourcefulness, they set out to find their lost son. FESTIVALS & AWARDS: Venice Biennale /Toronto Film Fest / Rio Intl Film Festival / Busan Intl Film Festival / BFI London Film Festival / Tallinn Black Nights Intl Film Festival / Intl Film Festival India Goa / Hawaii Intl Film Festival / Hong-Kong Asian Film Festival / China Intl Film Festival (Best Picture, Best Director) / Dubai Intl Film Festival / EFM Berlin / Portland Intl Film Festival / Glasgow Film Festival / Cleveland Intl Film Festival / Dublin Intl Film Festival / Cinemasia Film Festival THE DIRECTOR: Chan was born in Hong Kong to Chinese parents. He spent infancy in Hong Kong before moving with his parents to Thailand. He later studied in the U.S. attending film school at UCLA. He returned to Hong Kong in 1983 for a summer internship in the film industry. He served as a second AD and producer to Basil Lee on Heroes Are Not Fat, which was set in Thailand. He was a location mgr on 3 Jackie Chan films, Wheels on Meals, The Protector and Armour of God. His directorial debut, Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye, was crowned best film at the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild in 1991. It also won best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Eric Tsang, who would become a frequent collaborator with Chan. Chan produced a number of box-office and critical hits in Hong Kong, including his own: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father. Other critical successes followed: Tom, Dick And Hairy, He's a Woman, She's a Man and Comrades, Almost a Love Story. In the late 1990s, Chan worked in Hollywood, directing The Love Letter, starring Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Selleck. In 2000, Chan co-founded Applause Pictures with Teddy Chen and Allan Fung. The company's focus was on fostering ties with pan-Asian filmmakers, producing such films as Jan Dara by Thailand's Nonzee Nimibutr, One Fine Spring Day South Korea's Hur Jin-ho, Samsara by China's Huang Jianxin, and The Eye by Danny and Oxide Pang. 54 Chan's 2005 film, the musical Perhaps Love closed the 2005 Venice Film Festival and was Hong Kong's entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign film category. Perhaps Love became one of the year's top-grossing films in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and received a record 29 awards. Chan next directed The Warlords (2007) and produced Derek Yee's Protégé (2007). The two films garnered 8 Hong Kong Film Awards and 3 Golden Horse Awards, including Best Director and Best Feature Film. SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 14, 9pm, CP- Hollywood Saturday, Nov 21, 9:30pm, CP- Lauderdale HAEMOO WORLD CINEMA FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Sung-Bo Shim F South Korea / 2014 / 111 min / DCP / Korean w/English sub-titles Kang, a long time captain of the Junjin, is disheartened to learn that his ship has been sold by its owner, leaving Kang's entire crew in danger of losing their livelihood. Swallowing his pride, Kang pays a visit to Yeo, a human trafficking broker, and decides to take on the dangerous job of smuggling illegal migrants into South Korea. When the Junjin arrives at the pickup point, a violent storm forces the boat to stall in the open waters, inevitably pitting Kang's crew against the migrants. As tension and unrest spread throughout the Junjin, a dense sea fog envelops the boat, and tragedy unfolds in the mysterious depths of the fog... "Never in a million years would someone be able to watch this film for the first time and guess that it's a debut feature. So assured is the direction, so purposeful is the camera." – Nikola Grazdanovic, The Playlist "...crisp, starkly beautiful compositions, contrasting claustrophobic human activity with the ocean's vastness." – Maggie Lee, variety "While the film is expertly made, all its visual thrills are present to serve the characters and their complexly interwoven moral trajectories..." – Pierce Conran, Twitch Film Writers: Sung-Bo Shim, Joon-ho Bong / Producers: Joon-ho Bong, Neung-yeon Joh, Lewis Taewan Kim / Cinematographer: Kyung-pyo Hong / Editors: Jae-beom Kim, Sang-beom Kin / Production Designer: Ha-jun Lee / Principal Cast: Yun-seok Kim, Yoo-chun Park, Ye-re Han, Seong-kun Mun, Sangho Kim, Hee-jun Lee, In-gi Jeong Contact: Film Movement THE DIRECTOR: Sung-bo Shim is a writer and director, known for Memories of Murder (2003), Haemoo (2014) and Visiting Report in Korea (2004). 55 SHOWTIMES SUNSHINE Saturday, Nov 14, 2:30pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr Sunday, Nov 15, 3:30pm, CP- Lauderdale CELLULOID FEATURE THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: John Goshorn Florida / 2015 / 81 mn / HDCam / English As the film opens, Jonah and Maggie are in the process of buying their first home, picking out one that feels perfect to start a family. They move in, riding a wave of satisfaction at opening the next chapter in their lives. But it doesn't last. Days after moving in, the newspaper where Jonah works makes job cuts, his position among them. They try to muddle through and hold on to their dream. Maggie picks up a waitressing gig to supplement her daycare job, and Jonah tries desperately to find work and renegotiate the terms of their mortgage, to no avail. And trying to compete in a dying industry and a saturated job market, his opportunities are severely limited. After a particularly humiliating interview and another round of bad news about the mortgage, Jonah is at his wit's end. He heads to the coast to regroup, but never returns home. He is presumed to have drowned while kayaking in the ocean, but no one is certain. Maggie is left to pick up the pieces while weighing her grief, her hope for Jonah's miraculous return, suspicions regarding the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, and her own need to move on with her life. Screenplay: John Goshorn / Producers: John Goshorn, Kate Jacobs, Julie Opala / Cinematographer: Jeffrey Gross / Editor: Alan Parker, Austin Boggs, Kate Shults / Composer: Gavin Salkeld / Production Designer: Elizabeth Sutphin / Art Director: / Principal Cast: Jennifer Faith Ward, Tom Kemnitz Jr., Marco DiGeorge, Peg O’Keef Contact: John Goshorn [email protected], 321-439-8388 Trailer http://youtu.be/_6j_DAJA1WcWc Website: http://www.happiestplacemovie.comFacebook: http:///www.facebook.com/happiestplacemovie Sponsored by SPeCIaL GueST: JoHN GoSHoRN THE DIRECTOR John Goshorn was born and raised in a rural Virginia town an hour from the nearest movie theater. The Happiest Place on Earth is his debut feature film as a writer, director, and producer. He recently adapted and directed an Edgar Allan Poe anthology stage show, and previous work includes work in front of and behind the camera in independent shorts and features, TV commercials, promotional spots, and paid programming segments. He currently works as a film educator. 56 SHOWTIMES Sunday, Nov 15, 6:30pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr Monday, Nov 16, 5:30pm, CP- Hollywood HILL START WORLD CINEMA PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Oren Stern / F Israel / 2014 / 92 min / DCP / Hebrew w/English sub-titles A Comic drama that tells the story of the Geva family – a bourgeois family from Jerusalem. After a car accident, the mother of the family, Ora, goes into a coma. The family members try to bring her back in every way possible. On this emotional and fascinating journey we will meet some plastic surgeons, a wheelchair-bound marathon coach, a tough private investigator, a yoga instructor, a sensitive belly dancer and a big star in the Arab cinema. Screenplay: Riki Shulman, Oren Stern / Producer: Michael Sharfshtein, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery / Cinematographer: Amnon Zalait / Editor: Zohar Sela / Music: Issar Shulman / Principal Cast: Shlomo Bar Aba, Mali Levi Gershon, Itay Tiran, Rotem Zisman Cohen, Idit Teperson, Romi Aboulafia, Yossi Marshak, Yousef Sweid, Albert Illuz Contact: Dana Goren, Israel Films Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR Oren Stern was born on August 16th 1972in Ramat-Gan, Israel. A graduate of the cinema department, the "Camera Obscure" school. Filmography: 2004 - Cutting free from Suzi- 50 min, a comic drama for "Hot" cable t.v. 2003- Tears of Amsalem - 50 min, a comic drama for "Hot" cable t.v. 2000- Funeral at Park de France- 25 min, a comic drama (a graduate project). Winner of the best drama prize of the international Mexico City festival for short films. 57 SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 7, 6:30pm, CP-Hollywood Sunday, Nov 8, 6pm, CP- Lauderdale LATIN LOVER WORLD CINEMA PARTY FEATURE SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED UNITED STATES PREMIERE F Cristina Comencini / Italy / 2015 / 105 min / DCP / Italian w/English sub-titles Saverio Crispo was a famous actor and a womanizer: his 5 daughters – born from 5 different mothers in different parts of the world – gather in his hometown on the 10th anniversary of his death. Crushed by their father’s legacy, the 5 daughters, are like strangers and this is the occasion they need to finally get to know each other and also learn an unsettling truth about their father. A hysterical comedy with mother pitting daughter against daughter with the burning question who did he love more? They swap stories and surprises in a Love: Italian Style way. Food, wine, nostalgia, more wine and a healthy dash of secret amore. Writers: Giulia Calenda, Cristina Comencini / Producer: Lionello Cerri (Lumiere&Co) / Cast : Jordi Molla, Marisa Paredes, Virna Lisi, Candela Penna and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Contact: RaiCom in Rome THIS IS THe FINaL FILM oF BeLoved aCTReSS vIRNI LISI wHo woN 24 awaRdS INCLudING 2 GoLdeN GLoBeS aNd BeST aCTReSS aT CaNNeS THE DIRECTOR: Cristina Comencini was born in Rome in 1956. Her father was the Italian director Luigi Comencini and with him she began her career as a screenwriter, co-writing Il matrimonio di Caterina (1982), Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989), Quattro storie di donne (1986), Cuore and La Storia. Graduated in Economics, she made her debut as a movie director in 1988 with Zoo, followed by I divertimenti della vita privata (1990), La fine è nota (1992), Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996), Matrimoni (1998), Liberate i pesci (1999), Il più bel giorno della mia vita (Award Winner for Best Foreign Film at FLIFF 2002), La bestia nel cuore (2005 - nominated by the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film's category), Bianco e nero (2008), Quando la Notte (2011), Latin Lover (2015). For theatre she wrote and directed the plays Due Partite (2006), Est Ovest (2009), Libere (2010) and La Scena (2013). 58 As author, she published Pagine strappate (1991), Passione di famiglia (1994), Matrioska (2002), La bestia nel cuore (2004), Due partite (2006), L'illusione del bene (2007 - nominated by Premio Strega as Best Book of the Year), Quando la Notte (2009), La nave più bella (2012), Lucy (2014), Voi non la conoscete (2014). She is the happy mother of three: Carlo, Giulia and Luigi. SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 7, 7pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 8, 6pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD LE PÉRE NOEL CINEMA FEATURE PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED UNITED STATES PREMIERE Alexandre Coffre FFrance / 2014 / 80 min / DCP / French w/English sub-titles On this Christmas Eve, six-year-old Antoine has only one idea in mind: to meet Father Christmas and go on a trip to the stars with him in his sleigh. When Father Christmas does magically fall onto his balcony, Antoine is too dazzled to see that he is in fact a thief in disguise, who is stealing jewels from apartments in chic neighborhoods. Despite all his efforts to get rid of the very determined boy, Father Christmas and Antoine form an improbable duo who traverse Paris from roof to roof, each of them looking for their own dream. This film is one of my favorites of FLIFF2015. Essential to any great movie is ‘Do you care about the characters?’ The answer is an undeniable YES! Heart, pathos, comedy, suspense, action and surprise...this is a 6 cylinder vehicle with V8 thrust. The director, Alexander Coffre was the Director / Co-Writer of last year’s hit THE VOLCANO. This film is a different animal. Still lots of laughs, but much more moving in such an engaging fashion. Cinema magnifique! Executive Producer : Nicolas Duval Adassovsky / Screenwriters : Rachel Palmieri, Fabrice Carazo / CoProducer : Grégoire Melin / Music Composer : Klaus Badelt / Costume designer : Virginie Montel / Director of Photography : Pierre Cottereau / Editor : Hervé de Luze / Production Designer : Gwendal Bescond / Principal Cast: Tahir Rahim, Victor Cabal, Annelise hesme, Michael Abiteboul, Philippe Rebbot, Amelie Glenn Contact: Kinology, Paris Sponsored by Le PeRe NoeL IS SeLeCTed aS THe FILM To RePReSeNT FRaNCe oN FReNCH NIGHT, SaTuRday, NoveMBeR 7, aT CINeMa PaRadISo – LaudeRdaLe. JoIN uS 7PM FoR THe FILM FoLLowed By THe SoIRee aT 8:20PM. Official Wines of the 30th Annual Fort Lauderdale Film Festival THE DIRECTOR: Alexander Coffree is best known for the hysterical film THE VOLCANO which headlined last year’s French Night. His only other film was BORDERLINE in 2010. 59 SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 14, 3:00pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 15, 3:15pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA FEATURE LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY LIZA, A RÓKATÜNDÉR PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED EAST COAST PREMIERE Director: Károly Ujj-Mészáros W Hungary / 2015 / 98 min / DCP / Hungarian w/English sub-titles Fox-fairies are evil demons from Japanese folklore, who rob men of their lives. Liza, a 30-year-old nurse, goes in search of love, but her ill-fated admirers all die on their first date. Liza has taken care of Marta, widow of the former Japanese ambassador, for the last 12 years. Liza’s only companion is her imaginary friend, Tomy Tani, the ghost of a Japanese pop singer from the 1950s. It’s her birthday, and so Liza goes to a Mekk Burger’s to find romance. While she’s away, Marta dies. Jealous relatives report Liza to the police for murdering Marta to inherit her apartment. Sergeant Zoltan is put on the case. The policeman rents a room from Liza so he can keep a closer eye on his suspect. Zoltan secretly repairs a stack of faulty fittings, very nearly gets killed in the process, and falls slowly in love with Liza. Liza gains confidence and begins to look better when she takes tips from a women’s magazine, but all her dating efforts end in fatal accidents orchestrated by Tomy Tani. Liza is convinced that she has become a fox-fairy, a deadly demon from Japanese folklore. The battle for Liza’s life begins between the mysterious pop singer and Sergeant Zoltan. A peculiar and poignant comedy set in a fictionalized 1970s Hungary with a capitalist system… Liza, The Fox-Fairy is a sarcastic fairy tale for grownups. Screenplay: Bálint Hegedűs, Károly Ujj-Mészáros / Director of Photography: Péter Szatmári / Editor: Judit Czakó / Music: Dániel Csengery, Ambrus Tövisházi / Producer: István Major / Production Company: Filmteam / Principal Cast: Mónika Balsai, Szabolcs Bede-Fazekas, David Sakurai, Piroska Molnár, Zoltán Schmied Contact: Vajda Katalin, [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizaarokatunder Karoly as a small town boy had little knowledge of his future as a teenager, so to gain some time to think he enrolled the Budapest University of Economics, where he finally met an extraordinary art-form – film. That fatal meeting made him a filmgeek, and wrote his final thesis on American film industry... With his university degree he started as a production runner, then soon became a location manager. He joined Saatchi and Saatchi Budapest as a production assistant. He was one of the first freelancer agency producers of Hungary, he worked for almost all the major international network agencies in Hungary. He never gave up his ambition to become a director. His weird sense of humor and emotional touch can be witnessed in his more than 150 commercials, and also in his 10 short-films that won several national and international awards. 60 His relentlessness and persistence finally made possible for him to shoot his first feature film, Liza, the Fox-fairy, is a funny fairy tale for grown ups.. SHOWTIMES Friday, Nov 13, 4pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 15, 6pm, CP- Lauderdale LOOK AGAIN AMERICAN INDIE FEATURE WORLD PREMIERE Director: Daniel O’Connor U Canada / 2015 / 89 min / DCP / English Look Again is a comedy that explores our tendency to judge others and the consequences of doing so. Amit Gupta has been going through a rough time. First, his business partner took off with all his money, then his girlfriend cheated on him. He’s about to end it all when he’s visited by his guardian angels who give him a very special gift: a pair of glasses that enable him to tell at a glance who is good and who is bad. But are people really just “good” or “bad”? At first all seems well but soon Amit realizes that having this special power brings with it results that are both unexpected and unwelcome. Screenplay: Daniel O'Connor / Producers: Daniel O’Connor, Connie Contardi / Cinematographer: Henry Sansom /Editor: Bern Euler /Composer: Jason Staczek /Production Designer: Orhan Sumen / Principal Cast: Anand Rajaram, Brittany Allen, Joel Keller, Eugene Clark, Christian Potenza, Darryl Dinn Contact: Daniel O’Connor [email protected] Trailer: https://youtu.be/l0UYwe3T62g Website: www.lookagainmovie.com Twitter: twitter.com/lookagainmovie Facebook:lookagianmovie SPeCIaL GueST: daNIeL o’CoNNoR THE DIRECTOR: Daniel O’Connor is a Writer/Director living in Toronto, Canada. Daniel has produced several awardwinning short films including the A Wing and A Prayer which aired nationally in Canada. Daniel’s first feature film was Run Robot Run! which he wrote, directed and produced. The film was well received at festivals throughout the world including the Austin Film Festival and the Buenos Aires Film Festival. Robot won Best Comedy at the White Sands Film Festival and aired on Pay TV and cable in Canada. In 2012 Daniel directed the comedy TV pilot Stand By Your Booth from his own script. 61 SHOWTIME AMERICAN Monday, Nov 9, 8pm, CP- Lauderdale LOVE THE COOPERS FILM STUDIO PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Jessie Nelson FDirector: USA / 2015 / 105 mins / DCP / English LOVE THE COOPERS follows the Cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration. As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday. Written By: Steven Rogers / Produced By: Michael London, Jessie Nelson, Janice Williams / Cast: Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde / Contact: CBS Films CoMe eaRLy aT 7:30 To PaRTake IN ouR CHRISTMaS PaRTy...dReSS FeSTIveLy CHRISTMaS-y! Sponsored by Bonnie Barnett & Robert Kagan, M.D. THE DIRECTOR: Jessie Nelson is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. She is best known for directing and producing I Am Sam, for which she won the Stanley Kramer Award and the Naguib Mahfouz Award for the Best First or Second Work at the Cairo International Film Festival. Nelson studied for a time at University of California, Santa Cruz, but left to work with Mabou Mines. She starred in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest with Raul Julia. 62 Nelson co-authored the 2011 children's book Labracadabra with Karen Leigh Hopkins. She is married to Bryan Gordon. SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 14, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 15, 1pm, CP- Lauderdale THE MAGIC BEANS WORLD CINEMA FEATURE PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE Director: Theo Panayides W Cyprus / 2014 / 101 min / DCP / Greek w/English sub-titles Four actors (plus their annoying friend) wait in an old house for a drama teacher to arrive and lead them in a workshop. At some point they get hungry, and buy five portions of beans from a nearby restaurant - but the beans lead to comical hallucinations and weird goings-on, allowing them to resolve their personal issues in unexpected ways. Screenplay: Theo Panayides / Producer: Theo Panayides / Cinematographer: George Rahmatoulin / Editor: Sotiris Christou / Composer: Argyro Christodoulides / Production Designer: Andy Bargilly / Art Director: Andy Bargilly / Principal Cast: Petros Yiorkadjis, Polyxeni Savva, Andreas Koutsoumbas, Ioanna Kordatou / Contact: Theo [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Theo Panayides was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He studied Law at University College London and Film at the London International Film School. When not making films, he’s been working for the past 15 years as a journalist and film reviewer at the ‘Cyprus Mail’ newspaper. Filmography: 2005 MALGAAT (short – writer/director/producer) 2008 A BETTER HOLE (documentary – director/producer) 2011 ANDY AND LENA (short – writer/director/producer) 2015 THE MAGIC BEANS (writer/director/producer) 63 SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 21, 8:30, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 22, 1pm, CP- Lauderdale AMERICAN MOJAVE INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: William Monahan / USA / 2015 / 93 min / DCP / English In this electrifying and darkly comedic Hollywood neo-noir, an artist has an ominous encounter with a drifter in the desert, which gets taken to shocking surprises. Garret Hedlund plays Thomas, a brooding artist in a spiritual funk who leaves the comfort of his Hollywood Hills home to spend a few days in the Mojave desert. Before long, though, he meets Jack (Oscar Isaac), a dangerous, chameleon-like drifter who resents Thomas’ wealth and privilege. A thrilling combination of a twisty Hitchcockian thriller, modern-day Hollywood satire, and thought-provoking meditation on identity and fame, Mojave is the second feature directed by Academy Award winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed), and as a director he delivers the same skillful craftsmanship and tonal complexity that has always been a hallmark of his writing. The cast is uniformly excellent, with Oscar Isaac delivering another ingenious and completely distinctive performance, making Jack not only a fun, unpredictable, and scary villain, but also a provocative counterpoint to the lifestyle and world Thomas so thoroughly embodies. Written By: William Monahan / Produced By: William Monahan, Aaron L. Ginsburg, William Green, Justine Suzanne Jones / Starring: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Walter Goggins / Contact: A24 THE DIRECTOR: Monahan was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He moved to New York City and contributed to the alternative weekly newspaper New York Press and the magazines Talk, Maxim, and Spy. In 1997 Monahan won a Pushcart Prize for a short story. Monahan wrote a novel titled Light House: A Trifle, and Warner Bros. optioned the film rights. In 2001 20th Century Fox bought Monahan's spec script Tripoli, about William Eaton's epic march on Tripoli during the Barbary Wars, in a deal worth mid-six figures in American dollars, with Mark Gordon attached as producer. The script was given to Ridley Scott to direct. 64 Monahan steadily secured work in the film industry throughout the 2000s. Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B, hired Monahan to write an adaptation of Hong Kong director Andrew Lau's gangster film Infernal Affairs. Monahan respun Infernal Affairs as a battle between Irish American gangsters and cops in Boston's Southie district, and Martin Scorsese directed the completed screenplay under the title The Departed for Warner Bros. Monahan's work on the film would later earn him two Best Adapted Screenplay awards, from the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Saturday, Nov 7, 2:45pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 8, 1pm, CP- Hollywood THE MORNING AFTER INDIE FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE F Shanra J. Kehl / USA / 2015 / 79 min / BluRay / English + French & Spanish w/English sub-titles "Oh, crap?" Have you ever said that to yourself when you woke up in someone else's bed? The Morning After follows eight characters who wake up having to deal with the aftermath of being in someone else’s bed. How do they escape their greediness, intimacy issues and infidelity? Writer: Shanra J. Kehl / Producers: Robert Shapiro, Shanra J. Kehl, Helen Vonderheide / Executive Producers: Don Stricklin, Shanra J. Kehl / Cinematographer: Shanra J. Kehl / Editor: Katherine Walker / Composer: David Nyman / Original Music by: Captain Cuts / Production Designer: Sarah Cole / Costume Designer: JJ Lewis / Principal Cast: Michelle Lombardo, Ben Esler, Roberto Aguire, Vanessa Evigan, Mason Trueblood, Sterling Jones, Philipp Karner, Christian Collard, Karli-Rae Grogan, Jad Mager, Tina Arning, Chelsea Edmundson, Lauren Barnette Contact: Shanra J. Kehl, PO BOX 5732, Santa Monica, CA 90409, 8189130871, [email protected] Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0fovkKkes / Website: www.themorningaftermovie.com / Twitter: @TMA_MOVIE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themorningaftermovie Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: Shanra J. Kehl, a Wisconsin native, attended Montana State University to study Film and Photography. After two years in Bozeman, she transferred to Columbia College Chicago to continue study Cinematography. At CCC, she produced and shot a short film called Paradise Lounge, which won almost a dozen festivals. Shanra continued to work in Chicago on indie films until she moved to Los Angeles to work as Phedon Papamichael’s camera intern on the film Idenitity. Following her internship, Shanra followed the DP path and continued to shoot indie films, docu-series shows, reality shows and two documentaries for Paramount Pictures, SHOWTIME, BRAVO, A&E, MTV, CBS, and many other networks. She has also directed two shorts, Manscaping and The Clock. Manscaping won a half a dozen film festivals and was picked up by Shorts International for distribution. After having success with all of the shorts she’s produced and shot, she’s continuing her career with producing, writing, directing and DPing her first directorial debut, The Morning After. Steven & Kim Naimoli 65 SHOWTIMES Friday, Nov 6, 6pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 8, 8:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD THE MOVING FOREST CINEMA FEATURE UNITED STATES PREMIERE F Director: Vinícius Coimbra / Brazil – Uruguay – Germany – Scotland / 2015 / 95 min / DCP / Portuguese w/English sub-titles Elias is a prominent executive that works at the second largest, privatelyowned bank in Brazil. He has received many opportunities and support from the bank’s president, Heitor. One day, in front of the bank, Elias comes across a street knitter, a mysterious woman who predicts his future, saying he will become the Vice President of the bank on this very same day, and will soon become President. Elias is very impressed with the story, which he tells to his beautiful, powerful wife, Clara. Excited by these predictions, Clara suggests he invites Heitor to their home for dinner that very same evening. The wheel of fortune has been set in motion and a sequence of murders is perpetrated by the couple who leave a path of blood as they ascend to power, making them both executioners and victims of their own fate. A modern re-telling of MACBETH, with all the violence, lust, greed and ambition the Bard could want. Screenplay: Vinícius Coimbra, Manuela Dias / Producer: Elisa Tolomelli / Cinematographer: Pablo Baião, Alexandre Fructuoso / Editor: Vinícius Coimbra / Composer: Sacha Amback / Production Designer: Thais Mello and Mariana Secco / Art Director: Walter Brunialti / Principal Cast: Gabriel Braga Nunes, Ana Paula Arosio, Nelson Xavier, Ângelo Antônio, Fernando Alves Pinto Contact: Elisa Tolomelli – [email protected] / Website: https://www.ehfilmes.com.br Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aflorestaquesemove THE DIRECTOR: 2013 Emmy Award Winner (Best Telenovela – “Lado a Lado”, by TV Globo), Vinícius Coimbra has graduated in advertising and marketing at ESPM / SP and has directed, in more than ten years of career, telenovelas, series and commercials. In 2011 his first feature "The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga" received five awards at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, among them Best Film (Critics Prize) and Audience Award. SUPERSTAR MEMBERS Chip Abele Pam Huizenga Alexander Kip Alexander Ruth Barry Marilynn Berry James M. Boren Cyndi Boyar Betsy Cameron & Barry Smith Jenna & John Casciotta M.E. Depalma Arlette Ehrlich Richard & Andrea Eisen Judy Erickson Bonnie Everhart Estelle Fineberg 66 Theo & Connie Folz Michael & Susan Goldberg Arnold & Suzanne Gouveia Diana Hammerstein Dane & Cynthia Hancock Joan Lazzara Robert Kagan & Bonnie Barnett Debra Keneipp Ellen Kirby Alan & Sharon Koslow George Kress Margot & Joy Laskin Patrick & Gayle Leveque Liannette Marquez Jackie Matuseski Sandy McCallum Daryl Miller Ginny & Tom Miller Claudette Moritz Steven & Kim Naimoli Jim & Candy Norton Teri & Brian Pattullo Ron Raymond Anna Rua Phoebe & Shelly Satlin Steve Savor Eileen Schneider Janet Schwartz Diane Sobo Doug & Val. Solomon Robert & Brenda Stacy Noelle Stevenson Alfredo Tamburrino Lynn Taylor Gerry & Lucy Weber Beverly Weiss Steve Wetzler Jennifer & Marcus Wolf EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Michael Asser Charles B. Bay Regina Bonney Carol Burpeau Ursula Creuziger Lisa Dennison Dan & Meg Donoghue Karen Donohue SHOWTIME Monday, Nov 9, 7:30pm, CP- Hollywood Monday, Nov 23, 8:00pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA FEATURE MUSICAL CHAIRS LES CHASES MUSICALES FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Marie Belhomme F France / 2015 / 83 min / DCP / French w/English sub-titles Perrine, a thirty-something woman, is a child at heart. When she accidentally makes a man fall in a dumpster, she runs away after calling for help. But upon learning he is in a coma, she starts visiting him every day and does everything in her power to wake him up. Even if it means stealing his job, his apartment, his dog, his son’s custody, and even if it means falling for him… Writer: Marie Belhomme , Michel Leclerc / Producers: Emmanuel Barraux, Agnès Vallée / Cinematographer: Pénélope Pourriat / Editors: Sébastien de Sainte Croix / Production Designer: Erwan Le Floc'h | Philippe van Herwijnen / Principal Cast: Isabelle Carré, Carmen Maura, Philippe Rebbot Contact: BAC Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: Les Chases Musicales is Marie Belhomme’s feature directorial debut. Ivar & Mona Fandel Numas Guerra Jennifer Halquist Colony Terry Hardacre Al Jennings Betty Lakey Smith Pierre & Francine Lapter William Marks Lucy Marrero Suzanne Migdall Michael Minor Terry Murphy Susie Novak Marilyn Painter Linda Patterson Jeff & Debra Sandler Hermine Swaim Joelle M. Triollet West Tucker Robert & Rose White DIRECTOR MEMBERS Lori Abadessa Richard Adamick Jorge & Maria Begue Roseanne Belsito Bruce Bornstein Carole Chancy Al DiCalvo Sally Dieguez Dr. Tibbi Duboys Laura Feak Janice Feirstein Wesley & Nancy Fetzer David & Kathy Freeman Chris Gilson Barbara Gilston Richard & Susan Goldman Christian & Christina Gonzalez Robert Hanley Robert Harrison Frank Hildebrandt Kathleen Ireland Susan Jacobs Darren & Lizz Karp Dr. Gil Klajman John Leyden Gertrude Lulla John Maginnis Gerri Miccio Basil & Carol Pagones Basil Pagones Lee & Sher Patterson Kathleen Ryan Carl & Elaine Schumacher Art & Helen Smith Mike Tiburzi Carolyn Travis Albina Troshechkina Jeff Trotta Thomas Valentine Patsy West Jill Younis 67 SHOWTIME Wednesday, Nov 11, 11:30am CP-Lauderdale Thursday, Nov 12, 5:30pm, CP- Hollywood NOS FEMMES WORLD CINEMA FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Richard Berry F France / 2015 / 90 min / DCP / French w/English sub-titles Max, Paul and Simon have been friends for 35 years. They take great pleasure in their one vacation a year together without their partners and meet-up regularly to spend evenings drinking or playing cards. Each has a successful career and they all appear to have perfect lives until the night Simon announces to his friends that he has just strangled his wife, Estelle after a blazing row. Max and Paul are horrified by Simon’s confession, but worse is to come when Simon asks them to lie and provide him with an alibi for the time Estelle was killed. Both men are torn between lying or turning over their best friend to the police. Nos Femmes is following in a tradition for films celebrating male friendship that have long proved fertile ground for French directors. There’s been Hugo Gélin’s Comme des Frères, Marc Esposito’s Les Coeurs des Hommes 1,2 and 3,La Vérité si Je Mens (|Would I Lie to You) 1,2 and 3 and just last week Olivier Baroux examined male relationships in the comedy Entre Amis, with Auteuil once again in the lead role. Buddy movies are not the exclusive property of French directors, but it’s interesting to ask why there are so many films made in France about male friendships and so few about the female equivalent? Of course Berry’s film is not just about the ties between men, but also about the limits of friendship and how far one person can ever truly know another. Deep stuff, but Berry knows when to lighten the mood and shift the film in a completely different direction. Although publicity for the film shows the three actors together, this is really a two-man show with Berry and Auteuil expertly batting the witty, incisive dialogue back and forth while covering a range of issues from moral responsibility, to the nature of friendship, fidelity, and, of course, love and mariage. And it’s funny – really, laugh out loud funny – especially the unforgettable sight of Berry dancing and rapping to Dans Ma Benz by French group, NTM. Nos Femmesis a real treat for audiences who will enjoy watching Berry and Auteuil at the top of their game and a script that provides genuine food for thought. Writer: Eric Assous, Richard Berry / Producer(S) : Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), Sébastien Delloye (Entre Chien Et Loup) / Cast : Daniel Auteuil, Richard Berry, Thierry Lhermitte / Contact: Kinology, Paris Sponsored by 68 THE DIRECTOR: Richard Berry (born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in nearly 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. His film MOI CESAR opened the 2003 FLIFF. SHOWTIMES Sunday, Nov 22, 1pm, CP- Hollywood Monday, Nov 23, 5:30pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD OPERATION SUNFLOWER CINEMA FEATURE Director: Avraham Kushnir Israel / 2014 / 105 min / DCP / English + Hebrew-FrenchGerman w/English sub-titles The Iranians are bringing missiles out of their bunkers and within an hour and a half they will be prepared to “push the button” and launch the missiles at any point in Israel. Against the time that is running out, a drama is being reconstructed. It is a political, scientific and human drama that took place in Jerusalem and Paris during the 1950's - 60's. On his return from a trip to a concentration camp, Ben Gurion gives an order to develop Israel’s nuclear option – as an insurance policy for the remainder of the Jewish people. At the time only the USA, Great Britain and Russia had the bomb At the center of this story are the Head of the Mossad as well as a key Nuclear Physicist together with his doctoral students. They are recruited to develop the bomb for Israel. The mission seems impossible. The tense and romantic relationships between the characters are presented against the background of the determination of the Head of the Mossad to attain the Bomb and the soul-searching of the physicists who understand the terrible significance of this project. Operation Sunflower also deals with the dilemma of the commitment of the Jewish People around the world towards the State of Israel and how far will they go in order to help the Jewish State. The Story that unfolds in the film, in the words of one of the characters, "was mythical". Producers: Haim Sharir and Avraham Kushnir / Cinematographers: Boaz Yehonatan Yaakov / Editor: Yosef Grinfeld / Music: Antonin Dvorak, performed by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Broadcasting authority / Principal Cast: Yehoram Gaon, Tsofit Grant, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz, Yossi Marshak, Emmanuel Halperin, Sasha Demidov Contact: Israeli Films, Dana Goren, [email protected] Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: During high school Kushnir studied at the youth village HaKfar HaYarok. Afterwards, during his mandatory military service, Kushnir served in an Infantry unit. After his army service Kushnir worked as a stagehand and later on began directing plays. His professional career as an actor began in the early 1980s when he began performing in stand up shows. In 1985 Kushnir hosted the annual Israeli singing show "The Festigal" alongside Gadi Yagil. In 1987, while he was 27 years old, Kushnir represented Israel in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest along with Nathan Dattner, as part of the comedic duo "HaBatlanim" (lit. "The Bums"), with the comical song "Shir Habatlanim" which ended up in the 8th place.[1] 69 SHOWTIME Friday, Nov 13, 9:45pm, CP- Lauderdale Friday, Nov 20, 1pm, CP- Hollywood PAQUETE #3 WORLD CINEMA FEATURE Sponsored by Michelle Filippi & Nhumas Guerra NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE Director: Alfredo HuecK / Venezuela / 2015 / 100 min / W BluRay / Spanish w/English sub-titles Package # 3 is a Venezuelan political satire. El Cholo, a Peruvian taxi driver, flees from the justice of his country and comes to Venezuela looking for a better future. After encountering a band of swindlers...Wait a minute. Venezuela? Really? Screenplay: Alfredo HuecK / Producers: Beto Benites / Cinematographer: Gyula David / Editor: Luis rahamut,Manuela Lupini, Alfredo Hueck / Composer: Claudio Ramirez / Production Designer: Daniel Isaac / Art Director: Maria Soler / Principal Cast: Beto Benites, Emilio Lovera, Eulalia Siso, Daniela Bascope, Dimas Gonzales, Vicente Peña, Leonidas Urbina, Eduardo Gulino, Pavel Roschupkin Contact: Alfredo HuecK [email protected] Trailer: https://youtu.be/0-2AYJSfTX8 Website: www.eyeandhook.com / Twitter: @paquete3 Facebook: facebook.com/paquete3 A PERFECT DAY THE DIRECTOR: In 2005 his first fiction short film [YBI-173] got major recognition in Venezuela and Spain. Afterwards he couldn’t stop making short films: Get in love (winner in Brussels Film Festival and selected in Paris), Stay (TNT Project48 winner), Bloques (selected at Sao Paulo Film Festival), Save me a Spot (NewFilmmakers LA selection) and Lady in White ( Cork Underground Film Festival). He is currently developing his second feature film, a romantic comedy Plaster Wedding (Bodas de Cartón) and he’s working on the script of his third feature film THE GRAND PREMIERE. He also works in the advertising and television industries as a Creative Director and Editor and continues SPeCIaL GueST: to promote his first feature PACKAGE#3. aLFRedo HueCk SHOWTIMES Sunday, Nov 22, 3:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 22, 8:30pm, CP- Hollywood FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Fernando León de Aranoa / Balkans / 2015 / 105 min / DCP / English F There’s a little something of early Robert Altman in this enjoyably spiky comic war movie from the Spanish director Fernando León de Aranda: think of it as a second helping of M*A*S*H. We’re somewhere in the Balkans in late 1995, and word of the ceasefire that has been thrashed out between the Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Yugoslavian foreign ministers in the United States has not yet filtered up to the rubble-strewn mountains where Mambrú and B, two international aid workers played by Benicio Del Toro and Tim Robbins, are doing their best to keep the local communities from self-combustion. Overnight, the corpse of a very fat man has appeared in a very deep village well, which is bad news on two counts. Firstly, it has to be removed from the well within around 24 hours or the water will be rendered unpotable; and secondly, the corpse didn’t get there by itself, which means there’s more afoot here than cosmic bad luck. Mambrú (Del Toro) successfully winches the body up most of the way, but the rope snaps and down it goes again – just as the wildeyed and woolly brained veteran B (Robbins) screeches on to the scene with Sophie (Mélanie Thierry), a recent aid-agency recruit with a delicate stomach, in the back of his jeep. Screenplay: Leon de Aranoa, based on the novel “Dejarse llover” by Paula Farias. / Camera: Alex Catalan / Editor: Nacho Ruiz Capillas / Music: Arnau Bataller / Production Designer: Cesar Macarron / Principal Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Melanie Thierry, Fedja Stukan, Eldar Residovic, Sergi Lopez / Contact: IFC Films 70 SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 14, 7:45pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr Monday, Nov 16, 7:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD THE SECRET OF ITALIA CINEMA PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED FEATURE WORLD PREMIERE Director: Antonello Belluco U Italy / 2014 / 98 min / DCP / Italian w/English sub-titles Inspired by true events that took place in the spring of 1945. Codevigo, a small town in the valley south of Padua, experiences the war only after the liberation. The drama of one family in what is known as ‘The Massacre at Codevigo,’ brought about by the Communist partisans, as seen through the eyes and heart of a young girl: Italia. Screenplay: Gerardo Fontana and Antonello Belluco / Producer: Antonello Belluco / Cinematographer: Giovanni Andreotta / Editor: Antonello Belluco / Composer: Paolo Agostini / Production Designer: Virgini Vianello / Costume Designers: Romilda Zaccaria and Caterina Pavan / Sound Engineer: Enrico Lenarduzzi / Executive Producer: Maria Rafaella Lucietto /Principal Cast: Romina Power, Gloria Rizzato, Fabrizio Romagnoli, Giovanni Capalbo, Elisabetta De Gasperi, Alberto Vetri, Maria Vittoria Casarotti Todeschini / Contact: [email protected] Contact: Carine McConekey [email protected] Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XpbbbaMgUk&%3Bfeature=share Twitter: @Segretodiitalia, @IlSegretodiItalia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-TruthAbout-Italy/704043709717126 THE DIRECTOR: Antonello Belluco has a PhD. in Political Science. After many years working for private radio and television stations, he worked at the RAI, an Italian news outlet, as a program director and then director for almost 5 years. After starting with short films, he began directing national commercial campaigns. He learned how to use a camera and developed his style while working on television commercials. He is credited for writing and directing 3 musicals. He also directed numerous home video, fiction and documentary films until his first feature at the age of 48: “Antonio Guerriero di Dio” with Jordi Molla, Arnoldo Foa and Mattia Sbragia. He made another film for television: ”Il Giorgione”. He then directed and produced “The Secret of Italia” with Romina Power. He is currently in pre-production for a new film called “Issa Rossa” that deals with another controversial part of Italian history. 71 SHOWTIME AMERICAN Friday, Nov 13, 6:30pm, CP- Hollywood Wednesday, Nov 25, 5:45pm, CP- Lauderdale INDIE FEATURE SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Chloé Zhao F USA / 2015 / 98 min / DCP / English Set on the Great Plains and the Badlands of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME is a compelling and complex tale that explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home. Screenplay: Chloé Zhao / Producers: Chloé Zhao, Angela C. Lee, Mollye Asher, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker / Cinematographer: Joshua James Richards / Editor: Alan Canant / Composer: Peter Golub / Sound Design: Bob Edwards / Principal Cast: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Taysha Fuller, Eléonore Hendricks, Travis Lone Hill, Cat Clifford, Irene Bedard Contact: Angela C. Lee [email protected] Werbsite: www.songsmybrotherstaughtme.com Twitter: @songsthemovie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/songsmybrotherstaughtme Sponsored by Teri & Brian Pattullo BEST WISHES To Gregory, Bonnie and the Fabulous Team at FLIFF 2015 RICHARD WARREN RAPPAPORT AND RENÉ KATZ 72 CONCERT, THE FILM THE DIRECTOR: Chloé Zhao was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2013. Her feature debut Songs My Brothers Taught Me will premiere in US Dramatic Competition at 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The film received support from organizations such as Sundance Institute, San Francisco Film Society, IFP, Film Independent, Cinereach, and Time Warner Foundation and won grants such as the Chris Columbus/Richard Vague production grant. Chloé’s short film Daughters premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival and won Best Student Live Action at Palm Springs International Film Festival. Chloé was born in Beijing, studied Politics at Mount Holyoke College and Film Production at NYU. SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 7, 5pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 8, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood THEEB WORLD CINEMA FEATURE Director: Naji Abu Nowar Jordan / 2014 / 100 min / DCP / Arabic w/English sub-titles 1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb (“Wolf”) in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers’ quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on the long and treacherous journey. The young, mischievous Theeb secretly chases after his brother, but the group soon find themselves trapped amidst threatening terrain riddled with Ottoman mercenaries, Arab revolutionaries, and outcast Bedouin raiders. Naji Abu Nowar’s powerful and assured directorial debut, set in the land of Lawrence of Arabia, is a wondrous “Bedouin Western” about a boy who, in order to survive, must become a man and live up to the name his father gave him. THe HuFFINGToN PoST “It is a spectacularly epic film with a wonderfully intimate human story. It possesses everything that allows me fall in love with cinema, again and again… the kind of film that grabs a hold of you and doesn’t let go.” THoMPSoN oN HoLLywood “A quietly gripping adventure tale that’s perhaps intended as a corrective to the romantic grandeur of Lawrence of Arabia, Naji Abu Nowar’s THEEB is classic storytelling at its finest… Eid (Jacir) carries this concise and unsentimental film on his young shoulders with amazing assurance.” SCReeN daILy “A beautifully simple and stunningly elegant film – that can be seen as something of a companion piece to Lawrence of Arabia – Naji Abu Nowar’s delightful THEEB is a striking film.” SLaNT MaGazINe “Despite the film’s measured pacing and simple plot, the story takes several surprising turns, confounding viewer expectations throughout. This combination of unhurried exposition and unexpected plot twists is a testament to the confidence of the filmmakers’ vision and their faith in the strength of the material… THEEB might herald the inauguration of a new film genre: the Bedouin western.” Writers: Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour / Producers: Bassel Ghandour, Rupert Lloyd / Composer: Jerry Lane / Cinematographer: Wolfgang Thaler / Editor: Rupert Lloyd / Production Designer: Anna Lavelle / Principal Cast: Jacir Eid AlHwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox Contact: Film Movement Sponsored by Estelle Fineberg THE DIRECTOR: Naji Abu Nowar is a writer and director, known for Theeb (2014), Death of a Boxer(2009) and Till Death (2012). 73 SHOWTIMES Monday, Nov 16, 7:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Tuesday, Nov 17, 7:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD TOKYO FIANCÉE CINEMA FEATURE PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Director: Stefan Liberski E Japan / 2013 / 100 min / DCP / English + French & Japanese w/English sub-titles Her head filled with dreams, Amélie, 20, goes back to Japan, where she spent her childhood. To earn a living, she decides to give privates classes in French and meets Rinri, her first and only student, a young Japanese man with whom she soon has an intimate relationship. Between the pitfalls of a culture shock that is both poetic and amusing, she discovers a side of Japan she had never seen before... The story is a simple one: Amélie and Rinri meet, are attracted to one another, delight in each other’s company for a while, then break up. Adapted from the novel, the movie in turn gives a fresh interpretation of this universal story. The film uses themes that run throughout the book: Japan, transitioning into adulthood, sensuality, otherness, the fascination exerted by beauty. The Japan of TOKYO FIANCÉE is often veiled by a hazy mist that resembles a moist cocoon in which Amélie’s metamorphosis takes place; a metaphor for the place both real and imaginary that we leave behind as we exit childhood. Still a very young girl when she returns to the Japan where she spent her early childhood, it’s as a young woman that she will leave Japan for the second time. More than a discovery of love, the heroine will be initiated into sensuality. She confuses the pleasures of sex with that of food. The taste of ripe kaki fruit conjures up the eroticism of Japanese baths and hot springs. Bodies explore one another in the furô and onsen’s hot waters. For young Amélie, her Japanese lover embodies this mysterious otherness. Rinri is both very handsome and unique. The film resonates the otherness of Japan, that of sexuality, which the young woman discovers, and that of beauty. It is my intention to show Japan’s beauty differently: the Land of the Rising Sun can still reveal itself - to us as well as the heroine - in a very unexpected light. Tokyo Fiancée is also a portrait of a city and a country. The Fukushima disaster does occur in the course of the film, straying from the novel, but it couldn’t have been otherwise: it is impossible to describe Japan today without mentioning Fukushima. Stefan Liberski Screenwriter: Stefan Liberski, An Adaptation Of A Novel By Amélie Nothomb / Cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie / Production Designer: Sophie Anquez / Costume Designer: Claire Dubien / Editor: Frédérique Broos / Principal Cast: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue, Julie Le Breton, Alice Delencquesaing, Akimi Ota, Hiorki Kageyama, Tokio Yokoi, Hiromi Asai, Shinnosuke Kasahara, Masaki Watanabe Sponsored by 74 THE DIRECTOR: After graduating in Philosophy and Literature from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1977, Liberski worked in a number of fields before assistanting on Federico Fellini’s La Città delle Donne in 1979. In 1989, he founded the comic troupe Les Snuls. He directed a series of short films for French TV. He has written a number of novels. In 2005, he directed his first feature ‘Bunker Paradise’. SHOWTIMES Friday, Nov 20, 6pm, CP- Lauderdale Saturday, Nov 21, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS CINEMA PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED FEATURE WORLD PREMIERE Christopher Lovick And Christian Ducale U Vietnam - India / 2015 / 70 min / DVD / English Conceived in an ashram, a young writer’s transformational journey through India as he searches for his dying father who he has never met. Ok, I’m going to make a lofty comparison...this film’s mood, pacing and tenor reminds me of Apocalypse Now...not so much in subject, its not remotely a war story. It is a stranger in a strange land tale. And most prominently, the protagonist narrates from his mind – not unlike Capt. Willard’s narration in A.N. The film is exciting, surprising and in just over an hour you see Vietnam and much trekking in India. There is humor, suspense and wonder galore. Screenplay: Christopher Lovick and Christian Ducale / Producers: Irina Popov, Christian Ducale, Christopher Lovick / Cinematographer: Christian Ducale / Editor: Tarek Karkoutly and Christopher Lovick / Composer: Peter Import / Contact: Christian Ducale [email protected] Sponsored by Dr. Daryl Miller THE DIRECTOR: Christopher Lovick recently sold his script MONTY CLIFT to HBO, which stars Matt Bomer and is produced by the Oscar-nominated Alix Madigan (Winter’s Bone). He was recently hired by Lumanity Pictures to adapt a story by Dennis Lehane (MYSTIC RIVER, GONE BABY GONE, SHUTTER ISLAND). Christian Ducale discovered his love for cinema at the ripe age of seven after watching Albert Lamorisse’s acclaimed film “Le Ballon Rouge” (The Red Balloon). An avid traveler, he has trekked through the jungles of Sumatra, dove with the hammerheads in the Philippines and camped under the desert stars in India. He has shot and directed several short films and music videos to date. SPeCIaL GueSTS: CHRISToPHeR LovICk aNd CHRISTIaN duCaLe 75 SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 7, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 8, 1:15pm, CP- Lauderdale AMERICAN TRUCK 20’S LOCATION INDIE FEATURE WORLD PREMIERE Director: Johnathon Amayo U USA / 2015 / 81 min / DCP / English Truck 20’s Location is a drama-comedy about two Paramedics whose routine day turns into a strange and dangerous quest through the underbelly of Detroit. As a Detroit paramedic, Joe Wells learned how let things go. It’s the only way to cope. The sick, the dying, the lonely… That’s every day for Wells and his partner Maurice, as they bounce from patient to patient, problem to pain in their ambulance, Truck 20. Joe Wells is burnt out. At 45 years old, after years of working so hard to let things go, Wells wonders if anything is worth holding onto. Today, Wells and Maurice are pulling the notorious double-shift. The first few hours of the 24-hour stretch are difficult… A psychiatric patient escapes their ambulance, and they collect two shooting victims before breakfast. But when Wells and Maurice find a treasure on a corpse, they find salvation. For Wells, it’s a way out of Emergency Medical Servitude; for Maurice, a new television. But do they keep it? And whose money is it? To survive the double-shift, Wells and Maurice need to figure out what to hold on to, and what to let go. Screenplay: M. A. Papper / Producers: M. A. Papper, Johnathon Amayo, Tamam Tayeh / Cinematographer: Johnathon Amayo, Carl Ballou, Don Carter, M. A. Papper / Editor: Johnathon Amayo, M. A. Papper, Tamam Tayeh / Composers: Mary Restrepo & Rob Smith, Edvard Egilsson / Principal Cast: Ronnie Marmo, Brak Little Contact: M. A. Papper – [email protected] Website: www.truck20.com SPeCIaL GueSTS: JoHNaTHoN aMayo RoNNIe MaRMo BRak LITTLe THE DIRECTOR: Johnathon Amayo has worked in film and television production for over two decades. He got his official start at 17, directing and editing documentaries in the U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Combat Camera Squadron where he spent time in combat operational zones documenting real-world events. After his military service, Johnathon served as a specialist and spokesman for Avid Technology, and started his own production and consulting firm with clients that ranged from E!, Fox, ABC, CBS, Warner Brothers, the Ant Farm, and NBC Universal. He’s also co-founder of National Organization of Black Directors. 76 Truck 20’s Location is Johnathon Amayo’s feature-length debut. SHOWTIMES Wednesday, Nov 18, 5:45pm, CP- Lauderdale Friday, Nov 20, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD VIRGIN MOUNTAIN FUSI CINEMA FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Dagur Kari / Iceland / 2015 / 94 min / DCP / F Icelandic w/English sub-titles Fusi, a 43 year-old man still lives with his mother. His daily life is characterized by one of the monotonous routine. The appearance of vibrant Alma and young Hera will upset his old bachelor habits. Writer: Dagur Kari / Producers: Agnes Johansen | Baltasar Kormákur / Cinematographer: Rasmus Videbæk / Editors: Olivier Bugge Coutté | Andri Steinn / Production Designer: Halfdan Pedersen / Principal Cast: Gunnar Jónsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Franziska Una Dagsdóttir, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson Contact: BAC Congrattulations Greg egory for briinging us to the 30th Anniversary THE DIRECTOR: Icelandic helmer Dagur Kari, who last directed “The Good Heart” with Paul Dano, is returning to Icelandic filmmaking with “Virgin Mountain,” a character study about a late bloomer which had its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Gala section. “Virgin Mountain” marks Kari’s fourth film. The helmer broke though with his first film “Noi The Albino” a festivals’ darling, he followed up with “Dark Horse” which won Goteborg’s Dragon Award for best film in 2005 and then made his English-language debut with “The Good Heart.” Virgin Mountain won three prizes at 2015’s Tribeca – best narrative feature, actor (Gunnar Jonsson) and screenplay (Kari) off the Fort Laauderdale /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů&ŝůŵ&ĞƐƟǀĂů 'ŝŶŶLJDŝůůĞƌ͕ŚĂŝƌŵĂŶŵĞƌŝƚƵƐ ĂŶĚĂůůƚŚĞ Ś DdĞĞĂŵŵĂƚĞƐ 77 SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Saturday, Nov 14, 6:30pm, CP- Hollywood Sunday, Nov 15, 8:15pm, CP- Lauderdale THE BEAUTIFUL ONES INDIE FEATURE SOUTHEAST PREMIERE E Director: Jesse V. Johnson / USA / 2015 / 94 min / BluRay / English Gabriel Tancredi (Ross McCall from Green Street Hooligans 2), the nephew of a local crime boss, has built a life for himself more or less modeled after one of the characters played by his favorite movie star: Steve McQueen. He’s got McQueen’s Mark IV 5.0 Cobra Roadster for his wheels, he’s got the shades, the watch, the threads, and even the chic over the shoulder gun holster from Bullitt. On the surface, Gabriel looks like a cop straight out of the late 60’s or early 70’s, and with his background in the military, he’s got more than the gab and swagger of a wannabe – he’s the real thing. His aunt Catarina (Julie Warner from Indian Summer) is running the syndicate her father started decades ago. The late Ed Lauter (Born on the Fourth of July.) plays Old Man Tancredi, the former head of the family, now wheel-chair bound and suffering from Alzheimer's, his vicious temper is still raw, his anger at the world seems to have eaten him from the inside outwards, a visit on his Birthday is anything but warm and friendly. For Gabriel, his Grandfather represents success in the Crime game, all your friends are in jail or dead, you’re angry at life and no one wants you around. Shot in beautiful black and white in a style reminiscent of a bygone era, Jesse V. Johnson’s The Beautiful Ones is a calculated lark of a film, with wit, pizazz, and plenty of badass action. This movie has moxy to spare, and it’s a breath of fresh air in a depressed movie market that has forgotten how to produce movies that actually feel cinematic and spry. Screenplay: Jesse V. Johnson / Producers: Anthony V. Pugliese / Cinematographer: HC Van / Urfalian / Editor: Ken Blackwell / Composer: Sean Murray / Production Designer: Melissa Long / Co-Producer: Travis Merindino, Bianca Baghatourian, Chris Ullrich, Michael Hurst / Principal Cast: Ross McCall, Fernanda Andrade, Brian Tee, Jessy Schram, Ed Lauter, Julie Warner, Eric Roberts, Robert Oddo Contact: Jesse V Johnson : [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/106179392 Website: http://jessevjohnson.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebeautifulonesmovie?fref=ts 78 SPeCIaL GueSTS: JeSSe JoHNSoN, RoSS MCCaLL, aNTHoNy PuGLIeSe, RoBeRT oddo Sponsored by Jesse V. Johnson and FilmTrek Pictures THE DIRECTOR: The Beautiful Ones is the Passion project of writer/director Jesse V. Johnson. It is his love letter to the genrefilms he loves, the French Gangster films of the 50's and 60's, the American Crime Movies of the 70's and British Kitchen Sink films of the 60's. SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Monday, Nov 16, 5:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Thursday, Nov 19, 6:30pm, CP- Hollywood WELL WISHES INDIE FEATURE EAST COAST PREMIERE W Director: Anderson Boyd / USA / 2015 / 94 min / DCP / English During a stagnant economy Miles loses his office job on a coin toss. Having hit rock bottom he tosses his last penny into a plaza wishing fountain. A thought sets his eyes alight. He retrieves his coin. Then another. And another. Assembling a team of friend Jack and kindly stranger Durwood he builds an enterprise of harvesting coins from wishing fountains. Miles takes to the American highway and finds love in an indebted traveler while Jack and Durwood grow the venture from home. As the business booms, everyone's idea of success collides and sets the adventure on an unexpected trajectory. Screenplay: Anderson Boyd / Producers: Juan Cruz Pochat, Anderson Boyd / Cinematographer: Daniel Satinoff / Editor: Anderson Boyd / Composer: Eric Kaye & Jason Payne / Production Designer: Katherine Bulla / Art Director: Charlotte Cox / Principal Cast: Shane Callahan, Cullen Moss, Anna Stromberg, Don Henderson Baker Contact: [email protected] / Website: http://www.wellwishesmovie.com Twitter: @wellwishesmovie / Facebook: www.facebook.com/wellwishesmovie THE DIRECTOR: Anderson "Drew" Boyd spent formative years in the film school and industry of coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, before a career in post-production led to New York. Various editorial credits include Winter's Bone, The History of Future Folk, Cold Weather, The Tillman Story, and Joan Rivers: a Piece of Work. Well Wishes marks his feature directorial debut. 79 SHOWTIMES Sunday, Nov 15, 1pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr Wednesday, Nov 18, 5:30pm, CP- Hollywood THE WONDERS WORLD CINEMA FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director Avi Nesher F Israel / 2012 / 112 min / DCP / Hebrew w/English sub-titles Inspired by a true story, The Wonders combines genres, moods and influences – everything from film noir to Alice in Wonderland – to create a unique and compelling movie that mixes mystery, comedy, psychological thriller, political intrigue and romance. Arnav, a graffiti artist and bartender, lives near the Old City of Jerusalem. Wearing a mask, he paints walls at night and hopes that Vax, his former girlfriend who recently “found religion,” will come back to him. But when Arnav sees a mysterious stranger forced into an abandoned apartment across the way by three bearded men, he becomes involved with a hardboiled investigator, a gorgeous mystery woman, and the conflicted, mysterious captive himself. ★★★★ "One of the greatest israeli movies ever. Highly Recommended" Walla / ★★★★ "The best israeli movie of the year. A movie that will delight all those who love cinema" Cinemascope ★★★★★ (Excellent)"A brilliant, elegant, very original mystery" Jerusalem Post ★★★★★ (Excellent) "full of mystery, humor and indeed, wonder. A cinematic gem" Maariv ★★★★★ (Excellent) "Very smart, full of surprising twists and turns. Not to be missed!!!" Channel 1 ★★★★ "funny, light hearted and very sophisticated" Yediot Aharonot ★★★★ "A Great Ride – witty and highly entertaining" Ynet ★★★★ "A great movie – clever, moving, thrilling" Channel 10 ★★★★ "An extraordinary mind bender. Highly recommended" Pnai Plus Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: One of Israel’s most influential directors, Nesher was born in Israel but spent much of his adolescence in New York, where he studied at Ramaz Yeshiva and Columbia University. Nesher’s first movie, The Troupe (1979), was an irreverent look at an army entertainment troupe. Nesher wrote and directed Dizengoff 99, the story of a group of young people in Tel Aviv. Nesher shifted gears and made Rage and Glory, a controversial film about a Jewish underground organization during the 1940s. The movie set off a heated debate in Israel, and in 2001 was selected by the Lincoln Center Film Society as one of the most important Israeli films of all time. De Laurentiis convinced Nesher to come to Hollywood. Nesher started as a writer for such Ron Howard and James Cameron. In 1990, he wrote and directed the sci-fi mystery, Timebomb, and the supernatural mystery, Doppelganger, starring Drew Barrymore. Nesher’s next theatrical offering, Taxman. The New York Times called it, “A delight . . . a charmer of a mystery.” 80 In 2001, Nesher returned to Israel to write and direct Turn Left at the End of the World. Later in 2004, Nesher’s experimental political documentary, Oriental, won the “In the Spirit of Freedom” Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Nesher’s next film, The Secrets (2007), about young ultra-Orthodox women who meet a mysterious Frenchwoman, played by Fanny Ardant, was hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as, “Witty and wise, sensual and emotionally over-powering – one of the best Israeli movies in recent years.” New York Observer critic Andrew Sarris called it, “One of the best movies of the year.” SHOWTIMES Tuesday, Nov 10, 7pm, CP- Lauderdale Wednesday, Nov 11, 7:45pm, CP- Hollywood YOUTH WORLD CINEMA FEATURE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Paolo Sorrentino F Switzerland /2015 / 118 min / DCP / English From Paolo Sorrentino, the director of Italy’s Oscar foreign language winner THE GREAT BEAUTY comes YOUTH, about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Oscar winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter (Rachel Weisz) and best friend Mick (Harvey Keitel), a renowned filmmaker. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. The two men reflect on their past, each finding that some of the most important experiences can come later in life. Writer: Paolo Sorrentino / Producers: Carlotta Calori, Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano / Composer: David Lang / Cinematographer: Luca Bigazzi / Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli / Production Designer: Ludovica Ferrario / Principal Cast: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weitz, Jane Fonda, Paul Dano Contact: Fox Searchlight Pictures THE DIRECTOR: Sorrentino was born in Naples. His first film as screenwriter, The Dust of Naples, was released in 1998. He also began directing short movies, including L'amore non ha confini in 1998 and La notte lunga in 2001. His feature-length debut was One Man Up (L'uomo in più), for which he was awarded the Nastro D'Argento prize. He achieved international recognition in 2004 for his thriller, The Consequences of Love. The film, which explores the mindset of a lonely businessman being used as a pawn by the Mafia, won many awards and was nominated for the Palme D'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Sorrentino's next feature, The Family Friend (L'amico di famiglia), was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May and the London Film Festival in October 2006. It tells the story of a malicious septuagenarian loan-shark who develops a fixation with the beautiful daughter of one of his customers. Sorrentino made his acting debut with a cameo appearance in Nanni Moretti's film The Caiman (Il caimano), which was also shown at the 2006 London Film Festival. Sorrentino's following film, Il Divo, is his as first film as screenwriter, The Dust of Naples, was released in 1998. He also began directing short movies, including L'amore non ha confini in 1998 and La notte lunga in 2001. His feature-length debut was One Man Up , for which he was awarded the Nastro D'Argento prize. 81 ON-LINE AUCTION Celebrating our 30th FLIFF, we are featuring an on-Line auction. Begins: October 22 – Ends: November 22 at the Ritz Carlton Wrap Party! Log-On to: www.32auctions.com/FLIFF30th Check out the great items...make terrific holiday, birthday, anniversary, congrats for making bail presents. CRuISe To CuBa 7 nights roundtrip from Miami. 3 ports of call, Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Cienfuegos. The ship is a floating hotel! The Adonia is a modern ship with a full range of amenities. You’ll have ample leisure time to spend at the pool, in the gym, at the spa, or tucked into a comfortable chair in the onboard library. All impact activities are included as well as meals. total. “Fathom is a different kind of cruise that combines your love of travel with your desire to make a difference.” Ocean View cabin for Two has a Value of $6,760 Compliments of Fathom Impact Travel. 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While voluntary euthanasia has been legalised in some countries, it is not legal in Australia despite support for it by the majority of the population in opinion polls. Producers: Fiona Cochrane, Leverne Mcdonnell / Cinematographer & Editor Zbigniew Friedrich Contact : Fiona Cochrane [email protected] / info @f-reel.com Trailer: http://youtu.be/eRQu71DXyro Website: www.f-reel.com THE DIRECTOR: Producer/ director Fiona Cochrane has produced and/or directed several low-budget independent Australian feature films as well as numerous documentaries and short films. Her films have screened at numerous international festivals and received many international awards. CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES EAST COAST PREMIERE W Director: Courtney Marsh SHOWTIME Friday, Nov 13, 6:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Vietnam / 2015 / 34 min / DCP / Vietnamese w/English sub-titles Chau, a teenager living in a Vietnamese care center for kids disabled by Agent Orange, struggles with the reality of his dream to one day become a professional artist. Director: Courtney Marsh / Producers: Jerry Franck, Courtney Marsh / Associate Producers: Duy Nguyen, Hai-lam Phan / Executive Producer: Marcelo Mitnik / Story By: Courtney Marsh, Marcelo Mitnik / Cinematography: Courtney Marsh, Hai-lam Phan / Edited By: Courtney Marsh / Composer: Steve London / Translations: Duy Nguyen Contact: [email protected] Website: www.beyondthelinesfilm.com Twitter: @courtneynmarsh Facebook: facebook.com/chaubeyondthewalls SPeCIaL GueST: CouRTNey MaRSH THE DIRECTOR: Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Courtney Marsh received her BFA from UCLA's School of Film and Television. Upon graduating, Courtney worked extensively in the camera department under the mentorship of Salvatore Totino, ASC AIC (Cinderella Man, Angels & Demons, Any Given Sunday). Her short films have screened internationally and she has participated in programs with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as well as Film Independent. Currently, Courtney is traveling to festivals to promote and raise awareness with her documentary short film, while developing her first 83 SHOWTIMES Friday, Nov 6, 10:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Saturday, Nov 21, 1pm, CP- Hollywood BACK IN TIME AMERICAN INDIE DOCUMENTARY SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Director: Jason Aron E USA-Canada-UK / 2015 / 94 min / BluRay / English BACK IN TIME looks at the cultural impact the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy has had on the public over the last thirty years. Through interviews with key cast and crew, including Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Michael J. Fox and others, as well as DeLorean Time Machine owners, the inventors of the world's first working hoverboard, and many, many more, the film explores why we're all still talking about this famous franchise three decades later. Producer: Lee Leshen / Executive Producer: Louis Krubich / Director of Photography: Jason Aron / Cinematographers: Mitchell Hooper, Greg Lassik, Derek Brown, Jay Lafayette, Mark Cambria / Editor: Thomas Griffin / Composer: Gregory Johnson / Principal Cast: Steven Spielberg, Michael J. Fox, Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Lloyd, Bob Gale, Lea Thompson, Huey Lewis Contact: Lee Leshen – [email protected] Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWkvfhAZAs Website: www.backintimefilm.com Twitter: @backintimefilm Facebook: www.facebook.com/backintimefilm SPeCIaL GueST: Lee LeSHeN 84 THE DIRECTOR: An avid filmmaker for the past decade, Jason has been heavily involved in professional sports filmmaking for much of his career. He has interviewed and worked alongside personalities from all corners of the industry—star athletes, team owners, pundits, analysts, and more. In addition to this heavy focus on documentary filmmaking, Jason has an extensive background in directing commercials for a wide range of companies. Jason’s passion for the medium can be traced way Back in Time, to when he made a line-by-line tape recording of a certain iconic film. He’s the original driving force behind this film project, and his commitment to the integrity of the documentary’s material is second to none. SHOWTIME Thursday, Nov 19, 5:30pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY THE PENGUIN COUNTERS SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Director: Peter Getzels & Harriet Gordon E Antarctica / 2014 / 67 min / BluRay / English Armed with low-tech gear and high-minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair with the world’s most pristine scientific laboratory: Antarctica. Famed as a place that ‘wants you dead,’ his ragtag team of field-biologists embark on a journey to some of the harshest corners of the planet, where they track the impact of climate change on penguin populations - one nest at a time. But penguins aren’t the only stars. During the fifteen-day voyage, Ron discovers that the ashes of the legendary explorer Frank Wild – the famed leader on Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions - are sailing to his final burial place on board the ship, accompanied by descendants of both Wild and Shackleton. Producers & Writers: Peter Getzels, Harriet Gordon / Cinematographer: Erik Osterholm, Peter Getzels / Additional Camerawork: Harriet Gordon / Co-Directed in the field: Erik Osterholm / Editor: Catherine Shields / Original Music: Robert Neufeld Contact: [email protected] Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LW4TQjhmUU Website: http://www.penguincountersmovie.com/ Twitter: @PenguinCounters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penguincountersmovie?fref=ts SPeCIaL GueSTS: PeTeR GeTzeLS, HaRRIeT GoRdoN RoN NaveeN Sponsored by THE DIRECTORS: Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon have a long track record of award-winning documentaries in far-flung corners of the world for British, American, and European television. With a background in Anthropology and exploration, their subjects range from long-term, character-driven narratives to cutting-edge science and the fringes of religion. Based in Oxford, England for sixteen years where they attended the National Film and TV School, Peter and Harriet are now in Washington DC where they continue making provocative documentaries. Peter also leads a team on the long running PBS series Closer to Truth, a global journey in search of the vital ideas about the cosmos, consciousness and meaning. 85 SHOWTIMES SUNSHINE Tuesday, Nov 10, 9:30pm, CP-Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 15, 8:15pm, CP-Hollywood CELLULOID DOCUMENTARY BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY PARTY SEE PAGE 77 SEE PAGE INCLUDED INCLUDED FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Vivian Orozco / USA / 2015 / 83 min / BluRay / English Through this film, take a look at the different pieces and people that help create, manage and run a festival of this size and caliber. It sheds light and explores different interpersonal connections that make up this festival, not just the performance itself. Discover the story that is hidden behind the colors, sights, and sounds. Our story is told through the lives, interactions, and perspectives of nine people. Jim DeFabia, Monica Taylor, and Emily DeFabia, an unusual family who strengthen their bond at the festival, Edward Stinson and Michelle Lawrence, a mother-son duo whose ethnicity sets them apart, Adolfo Herrera and Vivian Orozco, friends with a Father-daughter relationship cultivated from years of working together, Denise Michelle, a hard working young woman who’s life takes some incredible turns, and lastly the man behind the festival itself, Bobby Rodriguez. The documentary team follows these people through the organization, workshop, rehearsal, and performance process and sheds light on the Festival’s inner workings. The cast, vendors, crew, security and management teams are all intimately connected in a type of extended family bond not often seen in the everyday workplace. It creates a human picture of one of the most anticipated events in South Florida. Narrative Script: Anthony Labson / Script Editors: Alexa Baray, Vivian Orozco / Producer: Vivian Orozco / Associate Producers: Christopher Taylor, Suzannie Michelle Lawrence / Cinematographer: Fernando Barron II / Camera Operator: Rick Santese / Production Assistants: Katy Goldapple, Robert Mcpherson / Sound Mixer: Victor Centofanti / Boom Operator: Robert McPherson / Editor: Gabriel Marchisio Jr./ Assistant Editors: Vivian Orozco, Christopher Taylor / Sound Designer: Aaron Berman / Production Manager: Mark Adelaja / Production Coordinator: Kavita Lowtan / Principal Cast: Bobby Rodriguez, Denise Michelle, Adolfo Herrera, Vivian Orozco, Suzannie Michelle Lawrence, Edward Stinson III, James DeFabia, Emily DeFabia, Monica Taylor / Contact: Vivian Orozco –[email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/117041310 / Website: www.humayafilms.com Twitter: @humayafilms / Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/humayafilms Sponsored by 86 SPeCIaL GueSTS: vIvIaN oRozCo, BoBBy RodRIGuez PLuS MeMBeRS oF CaST aNd CRew THE DIRECTOR: Vivian Orozco is from Cooper City. She studied Theater, Computer Arts and Animation at Florida Atlantic University before pursuing her love of film. She began her film career three years ago, and she continues to find and craft new stories and ways to present them. Her goal is to one day create stories that are moving and engaging, encouraging the imagination to take a journey and return changed. SHOWTIMES Saturday, November 14 10am – Breakfast With Bobby in the CPL Courtyard AMERICAN INDIE DOCUMENTARY 11am – Episodes 1, 3, 6 1pm – Pizza in Courtyard 1:15 – Episodes 7, 8, 10 A DIRECTOR PREPARES: BOBBY ROTH’S MASTERCLASS PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED EAST COAST PREMIERE Director: Bobby Roth W USA / 2015 / 210 min / Digital File / English Bobby Roth has directed more than eighty episodes of television, twenty-five TV movies, and thirteen feature films, and he has been teaching film seminars throughout the world for the last ten years. Now, through interviews with more than fifty of his colleagues in the film industry, hours of original behind-the-scenes footage, and an unprecedented glimpse of production materials, A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth’s Master Class demystifies the craft of directing and hands over all the tools aspiring filmmakers need to feel comfortable walking onto a set and calling Action! FLIFF will feature 3 of the 10 episodes. See schedule below. episode 1 Preparation & Imagination Some schools of thought regarding film production emphasize spontaneity and the freedom of “winging it.” This is not one of them. This episode offers an overview of Bobby’s method, which emphasizes extremely disciplined preparation that allows you to be free in the moment, principally for the actors, and allows you flexibility for contingencies. An extensive case study from Prison Break helps illuminate the importance of prep work and how it can pay off. episode 3 designing Shots One of the main elements of prep, in both film and television, is producing the shot list. This episode covers not only what a shot list is, how it should look, and whom to give it to, but also how to imbue camera instructions with emotion and personal investment. Extensive case studies from Lost and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. demonstrate the way personal experience can and should affect everything from lens choice to camera placement. eipsode.6 Collaboration The director’s role is like a conductor in an orchestra, synthesizing different components by working with heads of multiple departments. This episode takes a unique look at building and maintaining relationships with your crew, and examines one of most students’ greatest anxieties about filmmaking: what to do when the collaborative process breaks down and relationships on set go sour. episodes 7 & 8 How to Get actors to do what you want, Parts I & II At the very core of the craft of directing is working with actors. Central to the Bobby Roth method of directing is to prepare as extensively as possible in preparation in order to be available to the actors during production. During production, time is especially precious, and actors require great attention and sensitivity to deliver their best performances. In this double-episode, we take an extended look at the question Bobby is most frequently asked by students and young filmmakers: how do you get actors to do what you want? Interviews with more than twenty leading actors shed a diverse array of insights into what is expected of directors and the best strategies for building productive working relationships with them. episode10 The Business The final episode looks outside the process of production itself towards what many film students find an even more urgent topic: the business of getting hired, raising funds, and getting brought back to work again. This episode focuses on interviews with showrunners, agents, and executives, who candidly illuminate the hierarchies at work in the hiring process of television, and how to build a career making movies. Writers: Bobby Roth, Nick Roth / Producers: Bobby Roth, Nick Roth / Cinematographer: John Smith / Editor: Jesse Kane / Contact: Bobby Roth [email protected] / TRAILER (YouTube or Vimeo address): https://vimeo.com/118760572 / WEBSITE: bobbyroth.net/masterclass TWITTER: @rothbobby / FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bobbyrothdirector Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: Bobby Roth was born and raised in Los Angeles. He studied philosophy and creative writing at UC Berkeley before graduating with a BA in Cinema from USC in 1972. He went on to film school at UCLA, where he received his MFA in Motion Picture Production in 1975. Since then he has directed more than eighty episodes of television, twenty-five TV movies, and thirteen feature films. He was a founding member of the Independent Feature Project and the first Co-Chairman of the DGA’s Independent Feature Committee. His films have won countless awards and have been exhibited in over 100 international film festivals. He also teaches film seminars throughout the world. He still resides in Los Angeles, actively working in the entertainment industry. SPeCIaL GueST: BoBBy RoTH NICk RoTH 87 SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Saturday, Nov 14, 9:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Sunday, Nov 15, 5:45pm, CP- Hollywood THE F WORD INDIE DOCUMENTARY WORLD PREMIERE U Director: Robert Adanto / USA / 2015 / 104 min / DCP / English The F Word explores radical, “4th wave” feminist performance via interviews with a younger generation of feminist artists using their bodies as subject matter. The female body has proven, and continues to be, central to their practice, and, as a result many of these artists remain marginalized by the mainstream art world. As Leah Schrager, well known for her performance practice Naked Therapy, states, “As soon as you introduce a bit of sexiness or sexuality into an artwork it suddenly becomes questionable. Just because something elicits arousal or shows elements of sexiness does absolutely not make it not art.” While some artists, like Ann Hirsch and Kate Durbin, choose to represent female identity though digital media, others, like the radical, queer, transnational feminist art collective, Go! Push Pops, explore sexuality and gender in pop culture in the digital age. As feminist lecturer Kristen Sollee asserts, 4th wavers “are not afraid to be ‘girly’, (or) to be hyper-feminine, or to self-objectify. That was something that was not part of feminism in the past, and now it’s becoming more and more acceptable.” Featuring: Narcissister, Ann Hirsch, Go! Push Pops, Leah Schrager, Kate Durbin, Rachel Mason, Rafia Santana, Rebecca Goyette, Claudia Bitran, Sadaf, Michelle Charles, Damali Abrams, Kristen Sollee, Nancy Princenthal and Susan Bee. Writer & Producer: Robert Adanto / Cinematographer: Daniel Cole / Editor: Carlos Doce, Michael Gonzalez and Taylor White / Composer: MIMICO and DUST/ Performance Advisor: Dr. Kathy Battista / Principal Cast: Narcissister, Ann Hirsch, Leah Schrager, Kate Durbin, Dr. Kathy Battista, Kristen Sollee, Go! Push Pops, Rachel Mason, Rafia Santana, Claudia Bitran, Rebecca Goyette, and Sadaf Contact: Robert Adanto [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/133657286 Website: www.thef-wordflick.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertAdanto Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFWordAdanto?fref=ts 88 Sponsored by THE DIRECTOR: Robert Adanto made his directorial debut with The Rising Tide (2008), a documentary exploring the explosive Chinese contemporary art scene. Shot in the summer of 2006, The Rising Tide captures the confusion and ambiguity that characterize the new China. His next film, Pearls on the Ocean Floor (2010) examined the lives and works of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. Pearls on the Ocean Floor received the Bronze Palm Award for Best Doc at the 2011 Mexican Int’l Film Festival and a Spirit of Independents Award at the 2012 FLIFF. City of Memory (2014), which premiered at last year’s FLIFF, explores Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the lives of visual artists from New Orleans. In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Film Society recently presented City of Memory at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Mr. Adanto earned his M.F.A. in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. SPeCIaL GueST: RoBeRT adaNTo SHOWTIME Wednesday, Nov 11, 7:15pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA PARTY DOCUMENTARY GENTLE GIANT THE ANDRE RODGERS STORY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Gina Sealy F Bahamas / 2014 / 60 min / English / BluRay Born in 1934, Andre Rodgers grew up in the Bahamas, then a British colony. He played cricket and had never even seen a baseball game before 1954 when he tried out for the San Francisco Giants. Rodgers was signed immediately and became a minor league phenom before playing 11 years in the majors. Rodgers is credited with changing the face of sports in the Bahamas. In this documentary directed, produced and narrated by Rodgers’ daughter, Gina Sealy, Baseball Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Orlando Cepeda, as well as John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil, the first black coach in major league baseball, all talk about how Andre, with his gentle disposition, taught them to deal with racism and navigate the unknown and invisible boundaries of the color barrier on and off the baseball fields of America. Producers: Gina Sealy, Kevin Taylor / Camera: Kevin Taylor, Kent Minnis, Leslie Sealy / Video Editor: Kevin Taylor / Writer: Gina Sealy / Narrator: Gina Sealy / Script Editor: Patricia Roker Contact: Gina Sealy - [email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/134943483 Facebook: www.facebook.com/GentleGiantAndreRodgers THE DIRECTOR: Gina Sealy is the daughter of Andre Rodgers, the first Bahamian to play major league baseball. Gentle Giant has become a work of inspiration for the youth of the world. This is the second documentary that Sealy has directed and produced. WHEN PIGS SWIM SPeCIaL GueSTS: GINa SeaLy, CHaRLIe SMITH EAST COAST PREMIERE Director: Charlie Smith / The Bahamas / 2014 / 15 min / English W How did the 'Swimming Pigs of Exuma' get there, where did they come from, and who put them there? Written By: Jeff Todd / Producers: Peter Nicholson, Tyrone Munroe / Cinematographer: Charlie Smith, Kevin Taylor / Editor: Charlie Smith, George Achi Sponsored by Contact: Charlie Smith – [email protected] Website: www.Whenpigsswimexuma.Com Twitter: @Whenpigsswim1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whenpigsswim wedNeSday, Nov 11, 7PM JuNkaNoo PaRade BeGINS aT RIveR By CPL; 7:15 GeNTLe GIaNT; 8:15 wHeN PIGS SwIM; 8:30 JoIN JINkaNoo daNCeRS & MuSICIaNS IN CouRTyaRd FoR BaHMIaN PaRTy wITH SaNdS BeeR aNd CoNCH FRITTeRS THE DIRECTOR: Charles Allan Smith or ‘Charlie’ as he is better known as, is a multi award-winning Filmmaker with more than twenty five years of experience as a director, photographer and actor. His documentary films have won numerous awards including a PBS, Southern Lens Broadcast award, a Fort Lauderdale International Film Festivals Best of Florida award and The Bahamas International Film Festivals ‘Oscar’, Haven Award. He was also one of the first Bahamians to Host on an International Network as a VJ for the Caribbean Satellite Network (CSN), and Creator and Host of his own television show, Electric Air, which aired for eleven years in The Bahamas. 89 SHOWTIMES Wednesday, Nov 11, 1:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Saturday, Nov 21, 6:45pm, CP- Lauderdale HURRICANE 3D WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY UNITED STATES PREMIERE FDirectors: Cyril Barbançon & Andy Byatt France / 2015 / 80 min / DCP / English The greatest in depth examination of the birth of a storm off the coast of West Africa, and its evolution across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean and up the Gulf of Mexico, ultimately unleashing its fury on the U.S. coast. The film is astounding because of its perspectives. From its the creation and development, we view the storm from the inhabitants of residents of Cape Verde Islands, the crew onboard the Hurricane Hunter airplanes, the view under water as the storm pummels the coral reefs, the wildlife impacted, the people of Hispaniola, Cuba and the Gulf residents in the United States. The cool, calm narration adds dramatically – reinforcing the fact that nature is the ultimate power – we can prepare, evacuate, pray, but cannot affect the course or strength of this deadly natural disaster. HURRICANE 3D is an excellent teacher of the peril we face if precaution is neglected. Especially because of our geography annually in the line of fire, we recommend for all audiences from high school to seniors. The film is majestic, powerful, enlightening and highly informative. Writers: Jacqueline Farmer, Frédérique Zepter / Producers: Jacqueline Farmer, Bertrand Loyer / Cinematographer: Cyril Barbançon / Editor: Philippe Ravoet / Contact: Kinology, Paris Sponsored by 90 THE DIRECTORS: Andy Byatt is an English wildlife documentary film producer for the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) in Bristol. His expertise is in the creation of underwater wildlife films. He codirected Deep Blue, a natural history feature film about the oceans narrated by Michael Gambon. This film was largely put together with highlights from the NHU's internationally acclaimed series, The Blue Planet, of which Byatt was one of the producers, along with Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes. His project Planet Earth an 11-part High-definition TV wildlife series first aired in March 2006. SHOWTIMES Wednesday, Nov 11, 1pm, CP- Hollywood Wednesday, Nov 11, 3:15pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY THE LIBERATORS: WHY WE FOUGHT NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE Director: Emanuel Rotstein W Germany / 2015 / 53 min / DVD / English Germany's documentary THE LIBERATORS – WHY WE FOUGHT features the personal memories of some of the last living veterans. Emanuel Rotstein, producer for HISTORY, takes viewers on a journey from these veterans' quaint hometowns in the US to the shores of Europe and their final march through Nazi Germany. These stories are interwoven with the accounts of some of the few remaining survivors of Dachau who owe their life to the American soldiers. It’s almost 70 years since the fateful day April 29, 1945 but the life-altering experience has stayed with them to this very day. Until today both liberators and survivors suffer from what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder and still experience Holocaust-related nightmares. Until today both liberators and survivors share the determination that the world must never forget and understand General Eisenhower’s words, when he saw the stacked bodies inside a liberated camp: „We are told that the American soldier does not know what he was fighting for. Now, at least he will know what he is fighting against“. Screenplay: Emanuel Rotstein / Producers: Emanuel Rotstein / Cinematographer: Dirk Heuer / Editor: Rodney Sewell / Composer: Frank Casaretto / Production Designer: Petra Thurn / Art Director: Jürgen Petrack / Principal Cast: Dr. Andreas Weinek Contact: Emanuel Rotstein [email protected] Trailer: Https://Www.Youtube.Com/User/Historydeu Website: www.History.De/Befreier Facebook: www.facebook.com/historydeutschland THE DIRECTOR: Since November 2010 Emanuel Rotstein, Director Production, is responsible for all original productions of A+E Networks Germany thus strengthening its brands HISTORY and A&E in German-speaking territories. He received international acclaim for his award-winning documentary “The Eleventh Day – The Survivors of Munich 1972”, about the survivors of the attack on the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The focus of his work lies in documentaries and factual series with a historical background. “The Liberators – Why We Fought” is the latest program from HISTORY and A&E Germany’s original production slate. 91 SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Thursday, Nov 12, 5:15pm, CP- Lauderdale Friday, Nov 13, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood INDIE DOCUMENTARY LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER! SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Gayle Kirschenbaum USA, France, India / 2015 / 84 min / BluRay / English What happens to a girl when she is born into a family that was expecting a boy? What drives a child to convince herself she is adopted? With raw honesty and biting humor comes Gayle Kirschenbaum’s personal story of pain, survival and being born into the wrong family. Look At Us Now, Mother! documents a highly charged mother-daughter relationship’s transition from Mommie Dearest to Dear Mom, from hatred to love, with the daughter behind the camera. The film is an unflinching look at the complex bond between two women, illuminating not only family behaviors and patterns, but generational, cultural and individual histories. Gayle and Mildred’s journey spans decades and continents, fraught with conflict and emotional land mines; this is an intimate story of family dysfunctions, forgiveness and healing. Writer/Director: Gayle Kirschenbaum / Producer: Gayle Kirschenbaum / Co-Producer: Melissa Jo Peltier / Editors: Alex Keipper, Gayle Kirschenbaum / Composer: Jonathan Sacks / Cinematographers: Steven Gladstone, Gayle Kirschenbaum / Editing consultant: David Zieff / Associate Producer: Kirsten Larvick / Consulting Producers: Lori Cheatle, Mark Mori / Music Supervisor: Don Dinicola / Online Editor/Colorist: Steve Pequignot / Sound Design: Quentin Chiappetta Contact: Jessica Phillips – [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/119594942 Website: www.LookAtUsNowMother.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/glkirschenbaum Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kplookatusnowmother 92 THE DIRECTOR: Gayle Kirschenbaum is an Emmy-winning filmmaker/TV producer/blogger and personality. Called “the Nora Ephron of documentaries”, Gayle has turned the camera on herself in her most recently completed feature documentary, LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER! This is the “larger version” of her humorous short, MY NOSE, in which we follow her mother’s relentless campaign to get her to have a nose job. Prior to this film, Kirschenbaum made a poignant and wacky film with her dog about the human/canine bond called A DOG'S LIFE: A DOGAMENTARY which premiered on HBO. She created several reality shows that premiered on TLC and Discovery Health, and co-created Judgment Day that also aired on HBO. Kirschenbaum is a member of the Producers Guild of America, New York Women in Film and Television, Film Fatales and is a judge for the Emmys. Gayle currently blogs for the Huffington Post. She has been featured widely in the media including New York Times, NBCs Today Show, Miami Herald, Washington Post, and Ladies Home Journal. SPeCIaL GueSTS: GayLe & MILdRed kIRSCHeNBauM SHOWTIMES Monday, Nov 16, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood Tuesday, Nov 17, 3pm, CP- Hollywood LOST & FOUND WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Nicolina Lanni & John Choi Canada, USA, Japan / 2015 / 86 min / DCP / English & Japanese w/English sub-titles March 11 2011 Japan was hit by the largest earthquake in its recorded history. The ensuing tsunami engulfed over 90 cities killing over 18,000 people. Millions of tons of debris was pulled into the Pacific and left floating out to sea. One year later Beachcombers in North America started finding Japanese items washed ashore and were consumed with finding the owners. They packed their bags and traveled to Japan in hopes to reunite people with some small piece of their past. The unlikeliest of friendships were forged in the wake of a massive natural disaster. Producers: Nicolina Lanni & John Choi / Cinematographer: John Choi / Editor: John Choi / Composer: Edo Van Breemen Contact: Nicolina Lanni [email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/138346613 / Website: www.lostandfoundthefilm.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/TsunamiFilm2013 / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lostandfoundthefilm THE DIRECTORS: Nicolina & John are Toronto based filmmakers. John started his career in New York & Los Angeles working on feature films which include 28 days, The Out-of-Towners and In Dreams. Nicolina has a background in journalism and began her career at the CBC in Canada. Together they started the production company Frank Films and direct and produce programming for the likes The History Channel, Discovery Channel, NHK, SBS, Shaw Media and more. Lost & Found is their first feature length documentary. ANIMATION THE ANTHEM OF THE HEART SHOWTIME Sat, Nov 7, 12 noon, CP- Lauderdale FLORIDA PREMIERE F Japan / 2015 / 120 min / BluRay / Japanese w/English sub-titles Jun Naruse is a girl who carries the guilt of breaking up her family with the words she carelessly uttered when she was young… Suddenly, a mysterious “Egg Fairy” appears in front of Jun and casts a curse on her so that she can never hurt anybody with her words. Jun’s ability to speak is sealed away: every time she tries, she feels a pain in her stomach. Traumatized by this experience, Jun hides her feelings deep inside of her heart, turning to e-mail messages on her mobile phone as her sole means of communication Jun is now a second year high school student. One day, her homeroom teacher appoints Jun and three other students as members of the Regional Friendship Exchange Executive Committee. As it turns out, the appointed group is a rather unexpected mix of students. Other than Jun, the members of the Committee are Takumi Sakagami, the burn-out who never speaks his true intentions; Daiki Tasaki, the former baseball team ace who failed his run at the Championships due to an injury; and Natsuki Nito, the cheerleader and honor student who has some concerns about her love life. They all suffer from emotional trauma just like Jun. Contact: Eleven Arts 93 SHOWTIME Tuesday, Nov 17, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood Wednesday, Nov 18, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD THE ANTHROPOLOGIST CINEMA DOCUMENTARY FLORIDA PREMIERE Directors: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger F USA-Russia-Kiribati-Peru / 2015 / 81 min / DCP / English + Russian, Sakha, Ikiribati, Spanish, and Quechua, w/English sub-titles Margaret Mead is the best-known anthropologist of all time. She was fascinated by how remote cultures, locked for centuries in a certain way of life, negotiated changes from the modern world. Today, anthropologist Susie Crate studies communities negotiating climate change. From Siberia to Peru to the South Pacific, Crate interacts with villagers who face melting permafrost, receding glaciers, and rising tides. The film interweaves the stories of these two observers of change. How are human beings programmed to deal with change? And if it’s too late to change our climate, is it possible to change how we’ve been programmed? Susie’s teenage daughter Katie is her reluctant travel companion. Margaret Mead’s daughter Mary Bateson (76) is also an anthropologist. The path towards change, Bateson suggests, is a bridge between generations. Screenplay: Daniel A. Miller / Producers: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger / Cinematographer: Simon Compain, Roger Tibbetts Grange, Seth Kramer, Dave Messick, Richard Patterson, Rodney Patterson, Graham Wright / Editor: Seth Kramer / Composer: Peter Rundquist / Art Director: Jeremy Newberger / Principal Cast: Mary Catherine Bateson, Susie Crate, Katie Yegorov-Crate Contact: Daniel A. Miller – [email protected] / Website: http://www.TheAnthroMovie.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAnthroMovie / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ironbound-Films-The-Anthropologist THE DIRECTORS: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger are Ironbound Films. Their last film ÉVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY JR. MOVIE premiered at Tribeca, and aired on CNN. It was a NYT Critics’ Pick and in 2013 was chosen as NY1’s best doc, one of LA Weekly’s top ten and one of USA Today and the Int’l Press Academy’s top ten docs. Their film THE NEW RECRUITS was a 2011 Emmy Award nominee. Their film THE LINGUISTS premiered at Sundance and was a 2010 Emmy Award nominee. RIGHT FOOTED FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Nick Spark F SHOWTIMES Monday, Nov 9, 1pm, CP- Hollywood Friday, Nov 20, 7pm, CP- Hollywood USA-Philippines-Ethiopia / 2015 / 82 min / DCP / English Born without arms as the result of a severe birth defect, Jessica Cox never allowed herself to believe that she couldn’t accomplish her dreams. An expert martial artist, college graduate and motivational speaker, Jessica is also the world’s only armless airplane pilot and an advocate for people with disabilities. Right Footed chronicles Jessica’s amazing story of overcoming adversity and follows her over a period of two years as she becomes a mentor for children with disabilities and a disability rights advocate working in the U.S.A. and abroad. Producers: Nick Spark, Mona Lisa Yuchengco / Director of Photography: Bill Megalos / Editor: Susan Metzger / Composer: Nathan Halpern / Add’l Photography: Clay Westervelt / Graphics: Carl Anderson Contact: Nick Spark (310) 428 6139 / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9xGavDZ9M Website: www.RightFootedmovie.com / Twitter: https://twitter.com/RIGHTFOOTEDFilm Facebook: https://twitter.com/RIGHTFOOTEDFilm 94 THE DIRECTOR: Nick Spark is a LA based writer and documentarian with a long standing passion for unconventional characters, particularly the oft-overlooked female heroine. He produced and wrote The Legend of Pancho Barnes, a doc that profiles gender-bending pilot Florence “Pancho” Barnes, a forgotten rival of Amelia Earhart’s. It won the L.A. area Emmy in 2010, screened in numerous film festivals and continues to air on PBS in the USA and abroad. He is an MFA graduate of the U.S.C. School of Cinematic Arts and has an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. SHOWTIME AMERICAN Wednesday, Nov 11, 11:30am, CP- Hollywood INDIE DOCUMENTARY SHARKS OF WAR: TRUTH, TALES, AND TERROR Sponsored by FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Robert Cantrell / Bahamas and USA / 2015 / 49 min / DVD / English Before World War II, experts dismissed sharks as a threat to servicemen. Then in 1942, US Navy headquarters received reports about horrific attacks on castaways adrift from sunken ships and downed airplanes. Many of these reports proved to be true. Soon after the war, diving pioneers sought out sharks, expecting the worst because of the shark attack stories. Instead, they found an animal less to be feared than understood. Join the team as they dive at night among the three shark species responsible for the worst mass attacks of World War II: the bull, tiger, and oceanic whitetip. Learn the haunting tale of survival told by USS Indianapolis survivor Richard Thelen and the promise he made to his father that brought him home. Screenplay: Robert Cantrell / Producers: Robert Cantrell, George C. Schellenger / Executive Producers: Joseph Dionne, Catherine Cantrell / Cinematography: Jon Schellenger / Cinematographers: Jim Abernethy, Robert Cantrell, Jon Schellenger, George C. Schellenger, Joe Romeiro, Dan Harriger, Mike Black, Matt Heath, Michelle Heller / Editor: Robert Cantrell / Featuring: Jim Abernethy, Robert Cantrell, George C. Schellenger, Julia Goswick, Joe Romeiro, Jon Schellenger, Maris Kazmer, Kristzina Holly, Matt Heath, Jamine Martinelli, Mike Black, Chad Shagren, Michelle Heller, Jay Castellano, Dan Harriger Contact: Robert Cantrell [email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/116287546 / Website: www.sharksofwar.com and www.allfinson.com Twitter: @RobertLCantrell / Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Fins-On-LLC/123365017748015?ref=bookmarks Special Guests: Robert Cantrell and George Schellenger THE DIRECTOR: Robert Cantrell is a veteran diver, author, professional photographer and cinematographer, and partner of All Fins On Productions. In addition to making films, he works as a business development and strategy consulting executive. His background includes service as an infantry lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. Robert earned biology degree from Duke and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. While at Duke, many of his independent studies focused on sharks. Sharks later became important features in his strategy courses. 1ST SQUAD, 3RD PLATOON The Rauch Brothers / USA / 2015 / 4 min / English In August 2005, Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams and his squad were sent on a rescue mission in Barwanah, Iraq. En route, their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Of Travis' entire 12-person team, he alone survived. Here, Travis reflects on the hours and days after the explosion, as well as his life now, and pays tribute to the men he left behind. Directors: The Rauch Brothers / Art Direction: Bill Wray / Producers: Lizzie Jacobs, Maya Millett & Mike Rauch / Animation: Tim Rauch / Audio: Nadia Reiman & Yasmina Guerda / Contact: Rachel Hartman – [email protected] www.storycorps.org/animations https://twitter.com/storycorps https://www.facebook.com/StoryCorps THE DIRECTORS: The Rauch Brothers are directors of the Peabody Award-winning and three-time Emmy-nominated StoryCorps animated shorts. Their studio, Rauch Bros. Animation, creates handdrawn character animation to entertain, inspire, and inform audiences of all types. BIRTHDAY FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Chris King F USA / 2015 / 13 min / English When a young military wife gets news that her Marine husband has been severely wounded in combat, she discovers that life ahead for them is going to be a difficult and yet amazing journey. Screenplay: Chris King / Producer: Chris King / Co-Producers: Heather King, Eric Wheeler / Cinematographer: Ryan Black / Editor: Chris King / Composer: Jonsi & Alex (Universal, Fox, and Beggars Group, Ltd.) / Principal Cast: Mandy Moody, Chris Gouchoe / Contact: Chris King – [email protected] http://watermarkfilms.net https://www.facebook.com/pages/Watermark-Films/104439926264854 THE DIRECTOR: Chris King is a multiple awardwinning independent filmmaker with feature and short film projects having played in over 90 countries and in over 100 film festivals around the world. 95 SHOWTIME SUNSHINE Wednesday, Nov 11, 9pm, CP- Lauderdale CELLULOID Sponsored by SHORT DOCUMENTARY STORIES ON THE SKIN TATTOO CULTURE AT FAU Writer / Producer: Susan Rosenkranz USA / 2012 / 39 min / DVD / English FLORIDA PREMIERE F Stories on the Skin: Tattoo Culture at FAU is an ongoing creative collaboration between The Jaffe Center for Book Arts and Dr. Karen J. Leader, of the Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Florida Atlantic University. The origins of our project stem not from any hypothesis or opinion about the practice itself. As an art historian collaborating with a center committed to books as aesthetic objects, our focus is on a visual medium, the tattoo, and the textual component, the narrative, which, through interpretation and performance, offer a deeper understanding of the artful presentation of the self to the world, on the pages of the body. The film documents the project as students reveal their ink and stories, and answer questions about motivations, memories, and meanings. Some of these are transformed into live performances. Using original artworks and score, writer/producer Susan Rosenkranz weaves these materials into a revealing portrait of 21st-century tattoo culture. Writer/Producer: Susan Rosenkranz / Executive Producers: Arthur Jaffe, Karen Leader / Co-Executive Producer: Marleen Forkas / Assistant Producer/Photographer: Patricia Koppisch / Editor: Cathy Stuart / Composer: Ricky Wilson / Production Directors: Monica Carrión, Cathy Stuart / Camera: Mark Bolding, Eric Michaelson, Susan Rosenkranz / Audio: Mark Bolding, Joseph Hammond / Graphic Design: Tracey Kurilla / Still Photography: Mark Bolding / Production Assistant: Nina Bolding, Melisa Poole / Principal Cast: Arthur Jaffe, Karen Leader, Faculty and Students of Florida Atlantic University Arthur Jaffe, Executive Producer (1921-2015) was Professor Emeritus and Founder, Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University / Karen J. Leader Ph.D., Executive Producer, is Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, Florida Atlantic University / Susan Rosenkranz Ph.D., Writer/Producer, is a freelance filmmaker, educator and historian. Contact: Karen Leader, [email protected] / Website: storiesontheskin.org / Facebook: facebook.com/storiesontheskinatfau AMERICAN TIME SIMPLY PASSES INDIE DOCUMENTARY Director: Ty Flowers / USA / 2015 / 53 min / DCP / English SHOWTIMES Tuesday, Nov 3, 5:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Thursday, Nov 12, 3:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD PREMIERE U Time Simply Passes is a film about James Joseph Richardson, an orange picker in Florida who was wrongfully convicted of murdering his seven children in 1967. He spent 21 years in prison, until he was released in 1989 when the conviction was overturned due to unique and miraculous circumstances. Since then, he's been surviving on donations from friends while attempting to receive compensation from the State. It's a film about race, about Florida, about the evolution of small-town justice, about lost moments in history, about permanent flaws built into the American justice system, about corrupt police and politicians, and serves as an evaluation of the concept of restorative compensatory justice. The film relies heavily on archival footage, photographs, and documents, and strives to piece together many disparate elements to tell a story over 40 years in the making. Contact: Ty Flowers - [email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/134981854 Website: http://www.tanmanfilms.com / Twitter: tyflowerss / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesimplypassesfilm?fref=ts Producer: Ty Flowers / Camera & Sound: Ty Flowers, Connor Kammerer / Additional Footage: Mike Vasilinda / Additional Research: Charles Flowers, Michael Sigler-Delgado / Original Music: Ty Flowers, Phil Nicolazzo SPeCIaL GueST: Ty FLoweRS 96 THE DIRECTOR Ty Flowers is a multi-disciplinary media artist and musician who whose work primarily engages with the screen. He grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in 2008, whereupon he moved to New York City. He has for the past seven years created Video Art, Music Videos, Commercials, and broadcast Documentaries for clients such as the History Channel, Science Channel, A&E, and many others. His work has been exhibited at or been featured in Spin Magazine, Pitchfork, Stereogum, NPR, Vice, New York Live Arts, and on televisions around the world. This is his first feature film. SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Friday, Nov 6, 6pm, CP- Lauderdale Tuesday, Nov 10, 8:15pm, CP- Hollywood INDIE Sponsored by DOCUMENTARY THE TWO DOLLAR BILL DOCUMENTARY WORLD PREMIERE Director: John BennardoU/ USA / 2015 / 103 min / DCP / English While some believe that $2 bills are no longer made, they are alive and well. In this comprehensive documentary, learn all about 'the deuce' from its history to the many superstitions surrounding it; the way it's perceived and used in society, and even some incredible stories about the ways it connects people. Filmed in over a dozen states, and featuring the only footage ever permitted of $2s being produced at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, this intriguing film will open your eyes about a truly unique – and misunderstood - piece of currency. Writer: John Bennardo / Producers: John Bennardo, Amy Byer-Shainman, Erik Mintz / Camera: John Bennardo, Eitan Marcoff, Matthew Grande, Lee Kirchner / Editor: John Bennardo / Composers: Ryan McLean, Jared Rodehorst, Zack Ryan Contact: John Bennardo – [email protected] Trailer: https://youtu.be/x76GpPAdk_Q Website: 2dollarbillmovie.com / Twitter: @2dollarbilldoc Facebook: /2dollarbillmovie BATTLE FOR THE BARRIERS THE DIRECTOR: Before receiving a Master’s Degree from The American Film Institute in Los Angeles, John studied film locally at the University of Miami. He produced a weekly series for Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Network. John has produced two doc shorts. John also runs his own video production company and teaches film & editing classes at Lynn University. FESTIVAL PREMIERE Director: Sharon Baker / Coastal US / 2015 / 32 min / BluRay / English Compounded by sea level rise and stronger and more frequent storms, lives and infrastructure in coastal communities are increasingly at risk for flooding and wind driven destruction from events like super storm Sandy. Battle for the Barriers explores adaptation strategies and projects in coastal states along the Eastern US seaboard designed to help safeguard the people, wildlife and properties in these storm and flood prone areas. In the absence of Federal policy to address climate change, state-based organizations, both public and private, seek to protect beaches, dunes and wetlands--the first line of defense along the coastlines and inland waterways in harm's way. Producer: Sharon Baker / Produced by : Hearts and Minds Film, an initiative of Serviam Media, Inc. / Production: TELEDUCTION, Inc. / Sr. Editor & Graphic Design: Julie Pfeifenroth / Director of Photography: Pascal Dieckmann / Associate Producer: Dan Rosenthal / Editor: Dan Collins / Production: Alicia Dominguez / Web Design & Illustration: Janet Williams / Transcription: Cicely Blanchard / Narrator: Frank Baker Contact: [email protected] / Trailer: https://vimeo.com/124207972 Website: www.battleforthebarriers.com SHOWTIME Wednesday, Nov 11, 9pm, CP- Lauderdale THE DIRECTOR: Sharon Baker’s life long interest in advancing social justice through critical storytelling have been the driving forces behind TELEDUCTION's success since its expansion to film and television in 1982. She has documented the struggles and achievements of people in neighborhoods throughout the US, and around the world. Her titles include Cartoons Go to War, Whispers of Angels, With All Deliberate Speed: Brown v. Board, Estamos Aqui and Why I Write. Sharon’s extensive experience has netted her Emmys, National Gabriel, bronze and silver Chris Awards and Palm D’Or at Film Festivals. 97 SHOWTIME Monday, Nov 9, 5pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD WHEN GIANTS FALL CINEMA DOCUMENTARY FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Leslie Griffith Africa / 2015 / 78 min / DCP / English A penetrating look at the endangered African elephants, the criminals who hunt them, and the dedicated heroes trying to save them. Witness the magnificence of the African elephant and experience the gentle souls that lie within their awesome grey bulk. A century ago, they roamed all of Africa, but now they are left with only fragments of land and nowhere to run as they face extinction. These charismatic giants are under constant threat by fierce and unrelenting predators from the worldwide illegal ivory trade. Screenplay: Leslie Griffith / Producers: Leslie Griffith / Cinematographer: Greg Nelson / Editor: Gary Lundgren / Composer: John Morgan Askew / Principal Cast: Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Sir Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Oscar Nkala, Cynthia Moss, Lazaro Nyalandu Contact: Anne Lundgren [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/125818415 Website: http://www.whengiantsfall.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GiantsFallFilm Facebook: https://facebook.com/whengiantsfallfilm THE DIRECTOR: Leslie Griffith is a journalist whose career in newspaper, radio and television has spanned three decades. She has earned 9 Emmys and 37 Emmy nominations, and the Prestigious Casey Medal for helping to stop exploitation of America’s children. She has earned seven Radio and Television News Directors Association awards, two Edward R Murrow awards, the 2006 People’s Choice Award for Best Female Anchor in Oakland Magazine and the 2005 Associated Press Anchor of the Year. 98 The Humane Society of the United States awarded Leslie with the National Genesis Award in 2005, for exposing abuse at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. SHOWTIMES Thursday, Nov 19, 4pm, CP- Hollywood Saturday, Nov 21, 11:30am, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY PARTY SEE SEE PAGE PAGE 77 INCLUDED INCLUDED WHEN VOICES MEET: ONE DIVIDED COUNTRY; ONE UNITED CHOIR; ONE COURAGEOUS JOURNEY ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA Director: Nancy Sutton Smith South Africa / 2015 / 86 min / BluRay / English They said it couldn’t – and shouldn’t – be done. South Africa was in flames from political violence, and the apartheid government was refusing to give up power. Risking their lives and careers, South African musician and music therapist Sharon Katz joined with singer and educator Nonhlanhla Wanda to form a 500-voice multiracial choir. Threatened with bombs and thwarted at every turn, they prevailed and railroaded across the country aboard The Peace Train to break through apartheid’s barriers. Singing their way into the hearts, minds and soul of the divided country in the midst of a civil war, they promoted a peaceful transition to democracy and went on to become Mandela’s face of the new nation. When Voices Meet documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs of those musician activists and young choir members who performed together for seven years and then reunited 20 years later to tell their stories. Executive Producer: Marilyn Cohen / Cinematographer: Clive Read / Editor: Nancy Sutton Smith / Composer: Sharon Katz / Principal Cast: John Kani, Abigail Kubeka, Sharon Katz, Nonhlanhla Wanda Contact: Marilyn Cohen - [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/116500649 - When Voices Meet trailer / Website: http://whenvoicesmeet.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenVoicesMeet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhenVoicesMeet SOUTHEAST PREMIERE E a LIve PeRFoRMaNCe By SHaRoN kaTz & THe PeaCe TRaIN CaST PReCedeS THe FILM! ReCePTIoN aT 11aM, PeRFoRMaNCe & FILM aT 11:30 THE DIRECTOR: Nancy Sutton Smith has her Masters in education and teaches digital cinema, video editing, graphics, journalism and mass media at Northeast Community College in Nebraska. She spent 30 years as a TV news broadcaster, producer and video editor in Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Philadelphia. She was the Executive Producer of a daily half hour feature show, CN8 Extra, focused on human interest video features. When Nancy produced a piece that featured Sharon Katz & The Peace Train, the decade-long collaboration was born. Nancy won 6 regional Emmys and an Associated Press Best Editor Golden Mic statue for the first gang documentary ever produced in LA which went on to win a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She recently won Best Doc and Best Director at the US Premiere of When Voices Meet in Washington, DC. SPeCIaL GueSTS: SHaRoN kaTz, NoNHLaNHLa waNda, MaRILyN CoHeN, weNdy kHeTHIwe QuICk, SHIRLey CoHeN 99 SHOWTIMES Tuesday, Nov 3, 8pm, CP-Lauderdale Friday, Nov 6, 1pm, CP- Hollywood 3:13 SUNSHINE CELLULOID FEATURE Sponsored by FLORIDA PREMIERE FDirector: David Jaure / Florida / 2014 / 85 min / BluRay / English From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent US recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events. A heartbreaking chronicle witnessing a drastic character transformation when he is exposed to the harsh cruelties the streets reveal. Screenplay: David Jaure / Producers: David Jaure, Vecco Jaure, Ariel Quiros / Cinematographer: Nathan Mikita / Editor: Nicolas Goldbart & Carlos J Ruiz / Composer: Guillermo Guareschi / Principal Cast: Paul Alexandro, Bassem Ramirez Farach, Markeyth Powell THE DIRECTOR: David Jaure was born in the small town of Mendoza, Argentina. As a young child, his father introduced him to the game of golf. With many years of practice, David became the best Junior Golfer in Mendoza. His father’s love for the game and for his sons’ dreams were the fuel behind what prompted him to move the family to the United States. In 1993 he attended Florida International University on a full golf scholarship. During his years of playing golf, he signed up for an acting class. David Jaure’s ambitious hope and love for making movies can be shared with the world. He hopes his vision and work will reach a significant number of people and change their lives in a positive way. Contact: David Jaure - [email protected] Trailer: https://vimeo.com/106445188 / Website: http://313movie.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/themovie313 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/313themovie SPeCIaL GueST: davId JuaRe THE DIRECTOR: David Jaure was born on March 30th, 1976 in the small town of Mendoza, Argentina. As a young child, his father introduced him and his brother to the game of golf. With many years of sacrifice and practice, David became the best Junior Golfer in Mendoza. His father’s love for the game and for his sons’ dreams were the fuel behind what prompted him to move the family to the United States. In 1993 he attended Florida International University on a full golf scholarship. During his years of playing golf at the highest standards of university levels, he signed up for an acting class and was immediately hypnotized by this wonderful art. After many years of studying and learning the craft, David realized he had an immense love for it. Many people live their lives not knowing what their passion is. He lived his life the same way, finally finding his passion and himself in filmmaking; in the ability to bring images to life and change the way people feel and think. David Jaure’s ambitious hope and love for making movies can be shared with the world. He hopes his vision and work will reach a significant number of people and change their lives in a positive way. CONCERT, RICHARD WARREN RAPPAPORT SHOWTIME Tuesday, Nov 3, 6:30pm, CP-Lauderdale WORLD PREMIERE U Director: Richard Warren Rappaport / USA / 2015 / 26 min / DVD / English Richard Warren Rappaport’s live concert merges music, art and creativity in this introspective and reflective look into the world of an American singer-songwriter and the genesis of his original music, where every song has a story and every story has a song. SPeCIaL GueSTS: ReNe kaTz, RICHaRd RaPPaPoRT Screenplay: Richard Warren Rappaport / Producers: Richard Warren Rappaport, Robert Berkowitz; Executive Producer: René Katz / Cinematographer, Editor and Art Director: René Borroto / Composer: Richard Warren Rappaport / Production Design: René Borroto and Alina Lopez / Principal Cast: Richard Warren Rappaport and René Katz / Contact: Richard Warren Rappaport – [email protected] www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLg-1fe505Q www.istudioi.com/music_1.html www.facebook.com/ConcertRichardWarrenRappaport 100 THE DIRECTOR: Richard Warren Rappaport is a BMI recording artist, writer and publisher and has performed on radio, in film and on television. He is also an attorney practicing in entertainment, arts and sports law, an author (STAR, ABA Publishing) and producer. SHOWTIMES AMERICAN Thursday, Nov 12, 9:30pm, CP- Lauderdale Wednesday, Nov 25, 8pm, CP- Lauderdale INDIE FEATURE A BEVERLY HILLS CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL PREMIERE Director: Brian Skiba / USA / 2015 / 90 min / BluRay / English Guided by Arch Angel Gabriel, Angelina embarks on an almost impossible mission to try and save her spoiled 14-year-old daughter Ravin Foxworth (and her pampered dog ‘Bunny’) from going down the wrong path. With only two days before Christmas, Angelina must complete her task of getting her daughter off the naughty list and onto the nice list. This Christmas season, Ravin Foxworth discovers that true value is found in assisting others and not in material things. Screenplay: FD Lewis / Producers: Donna Spangler, Vincent De Paul / Cinematographer: Christian Filippella / Editor: Andrea Bottigliero / Composer: Gardner Cole / Production Designer: Nathaly Lopez / Art Director: Kyle Bentley / Production by: Boonie Publishing LLC & FIVE ARTS FILMS / Principal Cast: Dean Cain, John Savage, Donna Spangler, Vincent De Paul, Ravin Spangler, Kristian Lea, Brandon Tyler Russell, Simona Fusco, Mara Rydell Contact: [email protected], [email protected] / Website: www.BHC-themovie.com Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beverly-Hills-Christmas/806280686125793?fref=ts THE DIRECTOR: Arizona's Filmmaker of the Year (2011), Brian Skiba is a prolific Director, Producer and Writer of feature films. He produced a documentary on the Mosquito Coast of Honduras called Families Helping Families. Brian directed his first feature film, "Blood Moon Rising" a horror/comedy. Brian was asked to direct two films back to back ". One of the films, "Dirty Little Trick", starred Dean Cain and Michael Madsen. In 2012, Brian produced: "Final Recourse" starring Teri Polo, Chaz Palminteri and Tia Carrere in Dallas, Texas. The same year, Brian directed a Grindhouse/Action movie, ".357" starring, Laurie Love, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson and William Katt. At the start of 2013 Brian wrote a script called, "Defending Santa”. He later went on to direct "Defending Santa", starring, Dean Cain, Jodie Sweetin, John Savage and Jud Tylor. He directed "Anatomy of Deception" starring, Natasha Henstridge. Brian then wrote and directed "Merry Exmas" staring Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson, and Ernie Hudson. SPeCIaL GueSTS: doNNa SPaNGLeR, vINCeNT de PauL 101 SHOWTIMES Thursday, Nov 5, 8pm, CP- Lauderdale Friday, Nov 6, 8:30pm, CP- Hollywood PRE-FEST AMERICAN SINGLE IN SOUTH BEACH INDIE FEATURE Sponsored by UNITED STATES PREMIERE Director: Alejandro Itkin – Hunter Carson F USA / 2014 / 87 min / HD Cam / English Amy, an attractive and overconfident single woman, confuses love with money and becomes a victim of the materialistic nature of South Beach. The journey through her romantic relationships starts with Nick, a down-to-earth, young architect. Amy has dreams that Nick can't fulfill, and although she loves him, she grows tired of his inability to afford the lifestyle South Beach demands. In her search for glamour and a dancing career, Amy meets Sam, an older, married man who lives in New York. Even though Sam provides Amy with the luxurious lifestyle she financial support, Amy becomes involved in a parallel relationship with Robert, who loves her but remains suspicious of her ways and motives. Amy's double life reaches a point of no return, where she discovers that in South Beach, not everything is as good as it looks. Screenplay: Alejandro Itkin/ Producers: Piedad Palacios, Ed Arenas, Kevin Sorbo, Alejandro Itkin / Cinematographer: Bernard Salzman / Editor: Fabio Silva / Composer: Mark Heinbrook – Luis Fandiño / Production Designer: Fabio Silva/ Art Director: Tom Criswell / Principal Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Carlos Ponce, Haley Webb Contact: Alejandro Itkin ([email protected]) Website: singleinsouthbeach.com Facebook: Single in South Beach SPeCIaL GueSTS: FILMMakeRS oN THe Red CaRPeT THE DIRECTOR: Alejandro Itkin, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21 where his limited handle of the English language only allowed him to work as a bus boy for an Italian Restaurant. At the age of 23, Mr. Itkin opened his own company in Chicago teaching people how to speak English, where he produced several TV commercials. In 1998, while president of Visual Teaching Systems, Alejandro produced a Five-Hour Spanish-Teaching program with a cast of 35 actors plus extras. After fifteen years in the Windy City, he moved to Miami to start on his passion of film producing and directing. Alejandro just wrote, produced and directed one of the first feature films under the new Florida Film Incentive Program. Single in South Beach will have its theatrical release at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival on November 5, 2015. He’s now working on a Spanish Language film, “El Loco”, a biopic of the life of Martin Palermo, one of the most successful soccer players in Argentina. 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Tyler Johnston / Cinematographer: Miquel Galofre/ Editor: Miquel Galofre / Composer: Pol Dunyo Contact: Tyler Johnston - [email protected] Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HXAQanQTo8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myfathersland THE DIRECTORS: Miquel Galofre is a documentary filmmaker born in Barcelona and based in the Caribbean. He has worked as a Director, Producer, Photographer and Editor for more than 25 years. With experience in television, commercials and feature film production, he has traveled extensively and filmed on location around the world. Miquel brings fresh insights and master craftsmanship to all his projects. His documentary “Songs Of Redemption” won the best documentary award at Krakow film festival in 2014 and recently his feature documentary “Art Connect” won the premier award at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival. K. Tyler Johnston is an award winning, Artist, Producer, Director, and Actor, with American and Caribbean roots. He has 20 years of experience in event and motion picture production in the United States and though out the Caribbean. Tyler has worked with the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, the Santa Cruz Film Festival and founded the Portland Maine Film Festival in 2009. He works hands on managing diverse projects and people, keeping the energy positive and goals on target. WHAT ABOUT LOVE SHOWTIME Monday, Nov 2, 8pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD PREMIERE U Director: Willys Michel Haiti-USA / 2015 / 90 min / DVD / English +French and Haitian Creole w/English sub-titles Sponsored by What About Love is a Haitian-American film loosely base on the classic tragedy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Set in South Florida, the film dramatizes the story of two political exiled Haitian families, the LaGuerre and the LeRoie. Once joined by idealism and prosperity for a better country, Haiti, the two families are now separated by misguided deeds and goals. Lives are destroyed in the families quest for political power. Screenplay: Willys Michel / Producers: Winston Bliss and Willys Michel / Cinematographer: Gerald Lee / Editor: Gerald Lee, Willys Michel, and James Pierre / Composer: Erol Josue / Production Designer: Winston Bliss / Art Director: Jose Duran / Principal Cast: John Francois, Lys Berly, Josh Gates, Izary Navarro, Yourie Jean Pierre, Wesley Sean, Erol Josue, Michael Mario Good, and Jacques Santos / Contact: Willys Michel – [email protected] SPeCIaL GueSTS: wILLyS MICHeL + CaST & CRew THE DIRECTOR: Willys Michel, commenced his cinematic career as a Production Coordinator for the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival under the direction of Gregory von Hausch. Shortly thereafter, Willys ventured to New York to expand his expertise. The filmmaker's production resume includes affiliations with: The Hudlin Brothers, The Black Filmmakers Foundation, Private Screenings Inc., TV Interactive, and Alternative Media and Filmworks. 103 104 SHOWTIME Saturday, Nov 21, 11:30am, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG – 47 MIN 100 MILES TO LORDSBURG FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Karen Borger / USA / 2015 / 16 min / English F In 1961, Jack and Martha, a young, African-American couple, are traveling across the country for a new job opportunity in California. Jack, a Korean War Vet, and Monique, his very-pregnant wife, need to stop in New Mexico as the hot weather and rough roads are causing Martha great distress. They reference a travel guide "The Negro Motorist Green Book" that tells them the motels that allow African-Americans to stay as well as the gas stations that will sell them gas. Screenplay: Dr. Phil Lewis, Bradley Littlefield / Producer: Bradley Littlefield / Co-Producer: Monique McNeil / Cinematographer: James Costello / Editor: Daniel Luke Fitch / Composer: Frederick Nagadazie / Cast: Archie Archambo, Daniel Patrick Haley, Brian Mason, LaTrice Harper / Contact: Open Range Pictures, Brad Littlefield 213.309.6999 [email protected] www.greenbookmovie.com https://www.facebook.com/100MilesToLordsburg?fref=ts THE DIRECTOR: Karen Borger forged a successful career as an award-winning filmmaker; writing, directing and producing short films, documentaries & high-end TV commercials in Australia and Asia before relocating to the USA in 2007. Karen has worked in a freelance capacity and as Director of Original Content for The Walt Disney Company. She was selected for the David Lynch Masters in Film program, 2015, is currently producing her thesis project. THE ADULTERER WORLD PREMIERE Director: Gian Francisco Smith / USA / 2015 / 16 min / English Harold is in his 12th year of marriage. A chance meeting with a beautiful stranger forces a choice he had hoped never to make. But as the story untwists we begin to see what’s really at stake. Writer, Producer & Editor: Gian Francisco Smith / Cinematographer: Andrew Bui / Composer: Benjamin Tissot, Nasimuyu / Cast: Nicole Collins, Gian Smith, Canae White / Contact: Gian Smith, [email protected], Nicole Collins, [email protected] @Gian_Smith Facebook.com/gian.f.smith THE DIRECTOR: Gian Smith has always had a passion for storytelling and film. He is notable as a spoken word poet for his appearances on HBO:Treme, and NPR. Though a gifted orator, Gian’s passion has always been to compliment all senses in storytelling, and it is no wonder film is his calling. DOG DAYS WORLD PREMIERE Director: George Taylor / United Kingdom / 2015 / U 12 min / English It’s the dog days of summer: the idle time at the height of summer, when the Romans used to say people are compelled to act strangely. The city sweats. On the hottest night of the year, two people from very different Londons meet - and go for a midnight swim. Screenplay: George Taylor / Producers: William Willson / Cinematographer: Nick Cooke & Davide Cinzi / Editor: Simon Modery / Composer: Tom Havelock / Principal Cast: Melanie Gray, Ivanno Jeremiah / Contact: Katie McCullough - [email protected] http://www.dogdaysshortfilm.com THE DIRECTOR: During his time as an Assistant Director, George Taylor has worked with some of the best directors in the business, including Anthony Minghella, Clint Eastwood, Richard Linklater, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steven Frears and more. This is his second short. A MORE PERFECT UNION Director: The Rauch Brothers / USA / 2015 / 3 min / English When Theresa Burroughs came of voting age, she was ready to cast her ballot—but she had a long fight ahead of her. During the Jim Crow era, the board of registrars at Alabama's Hale County Courthouse prevented African Americans from registering to vote. Undeterred, Theresa remembers venturing to the courthouse on the first and third Monday of each month, in pursuit of her right to vote. Art Direction: Bill Wray / Producers: Lizzie Jacobs, Maya Millett & Mike Rauch / Animation: Tim Rauch / Audio Produced by: Nadia Reiman & Katie Simon / Music: Fredrik / Label: The Kora Records / Publisher: House of Hassle / Contact: Rachel Hartman – [email protected] www.storycorps.org/animations https://twitter.com/storycorps https://www.facebook.com/StoryCorps 105 SHOWTIME Saturday, Nov 7, Noon, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS CHILDREN SEE MAGIC BECAUSE THEY LOOK FOR IT – 45 MIN CRACKED FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Adria Tennor / USA / 2015 / 14 min / English F Nine-year-old Rosalie tries in vain to connect with her awkward ten-year-old uncle, Sam, until her grandmother, Sam’s mother, unwittingly turns an unfortunate mishap into an opportunity for Rosalie to bravely win Sam’s trust forever. Screenplay: Adria Tennor / Producers: Wade Danielson, David Dwiggins, Douglas Nabors / Cinematographer: Yash Bhatt / Editor: David E.K. Abramson / Composer: J. Peter Robinson / Production Designer: Julia House / Cast: Marguerite Moreau, Kerrie Keane, Talyan Wright & Stanley Jack Miller/ Contact: Adria Tennor [email protected] crackedshort.com @crackedshort facebook.com/CrackedShort THE DIRECTOR: Adria Tennor began her career as an actress most known for her roles in AMC’s Mad Men & TWC’s The Artist. Her feature script, Never Been Born, is in pre-production and stars Dale Dickey, Thomas Sadoski and Annika Marks. VIOLET FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Maurice Joyce / UK / 2015 / 8 min / English F ‘Violet’ is the dark, cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection. Writer: Mark Hodkinson / Producers: Mark Hodkinson, Nuria González Blanco / Executive Producer : Alan Joyce / Composer: Dean Valentine / Character Design: Mónica Armiño Yela / Animation - Francisco Javier Peces Cortés, Francisco Javier Ara Santos, Sergio Córdoba, Santiago López Jover, Paul Williams, Rubén García Díaz, Maurice Joyce, Asst Animation: Erika Szegedy, Guillermo Seguí Peláez / Additional Effects: Fran Doyle / Digital Ink & Paint + Storyboard, Animatic and Backgrounds Maurice Joyce / Title Design: Paul Joyce / Compositing: Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Marques, Mark Mullery / Editing: Maurice Joyce, Alan Slattery / Sound Design & Mix: Barry Reid / Online Editing: Jamie O’Rourke THE DIRECTOR: Maurice Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. He began his career in animation in 1989 as a layout artist at Murakami Wolf Studios in Dublin where he worked on projects such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, James Bond Jr., and Speed Racer. During his four years at Murakami Wolf, he trained as an animator, storyboard artist, sheet director and designer. TUMBLE DRY LOW FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Jefferson Stein / USA / 2014 / 7 min / English F A little girl and her father come together to cope with loss. Screenplay: Jefferson Stein / Producers: Kelly Stein, Myles Siegel, Jefferson Stein / Cinematographer: Kenneth Richard / Editor: Jill Patricia / Composer: Marcelino Villalpando, Jefferson Stein / Cast: Georgia Rose Bell, Chase Arrington / Contact: Jefferson Stein –[email protected] http://www.jeffersonstein.com/tumble-dry-low @jeffersonstein https://www.facebook.com/tumbledrylowfilm THE DIRECTOR: Jefferson Stein is an award winning filmmaker from Texas. His short film TUMBLE DRY LOW (2015) has screened in over 25 festivals around the world including Seattle (SIFF), Athens (AIFVF), and Maryland (MFF), winning a Gold Remi at WorldFest. PLAY DATE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Paige Morrow Kimball / USA / 2015 / 16 Fmin / English When a little girl discovers a homeless woman in her backyard, she invites her inside for a play date without her distracted parents noticing. Screenplay: Paige Morrow Kimball / Producers: Paige Morrow Kimball, Terry Walters, Kristina Kondrath, Toby Lawless / Cinematographer: Kimby Caplan / Editor: Vaune Kirby Frechette / Composer: Johnny Harris / Cast: Terry Walters, Tami Roman, Isabella Spencer, Marcuis Harris / Contact: Paige Morrow Kimball - [email protected] http://playdatefilm.com @paigekimball https://www.facebook.com/pages/Play-Date-short-film/1423966794548492 106 THE DIRECTOR: A chance drive through LA’s Skid Row inspired filmmaker Paige Morrow Kimball to create “Play Date.” She’s also an actor, a journalist and is currently developing her first feature film, “Late Bloomer”. SHOWTIME Friday, Nov 20, 10:30pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA SHORTS DOWN UNDER – 42 MIN INJURY TIME SOUTHEAST PREMIERE E Director: Jack Sheridan / Australia / 2014 13 min / English The dying minutes of a football manager's desperate struggle to win The Game on his own terms - filmed chiefly in one shot. Screenplay: Leigh Gawain Wellwood & Jack Sheridan / Producers: Julie Byrne, Jennifer Jones / Cinematographer: Ernie Clark A.C.S. / Editor: David Ngo / Composer: / Production Designer: Tony Cronin / Principal Cast: David Field, Laurence Breuls, Matthew Randell / Contact: Jack Sheridan - [email protected] http://injurytimeshort.lanewaypictures.com @lanewaypictures www.facebook.com/lanewaypics THE DIRECTOR: Jack Sheridan graduated with Honours (First Class) in Screen Studies, after studying Theatre and Film in Australia and the USA. Jack has won a number of awards for his films, which have screened nationally and internationally, including at the Sydney Opera House, and the Edinburgh and Vancouver International Film Festivals. Jack's most recent short INJURY TIME stars Australian icon David Field. The high concept narrative is told in real-time in one continuous shot. The short represents his growing fascination with high-concept stories mixing the thriller and drama genres. KARROYUL UNITED STATES PREMIERE Director: Kelrick Martin / Australia / 2015 F / 15 min / English Kelly, an Aboriginal girl, wants to be left alone after the death of her mother. On the day of the funeral her uncle takes her back to the taboo massacre site of her ancestors, where Kelly senses an ancient presence beckoning her to lift the curse on her ancestral home. Screenplay: Kim Scott / Producers: Jaclyn Hewer, Melissa Kelly / Cinematographer: Torstein Dyrting ACS / Editor: Lawrie Silvestrin ASE / Composer: Ash Gibson Greig / Production Designer: Murray Edwards / Art Director: N/A / Principal Cast: Chanelle Hawkins, Bruce R Carter / Contact: Kelrick Martin – [email protected] www.spearpoint.com.au @spearpointTV www.facebook.com/spearpointTV THE DIRECTOR: Kelrick Martin has more than 15 years media experience including CEO Spear Point Productions, Commissioning Editor National Indigenous Television (NITV), Producer ABC Television and Producer/Presenter with ABC Radio National. He directed and co-produced documentaries Prison Songs, Outside Chance and Yagan. THE DETECTIVES OF NOIR TOWN FLORIDA PREMIERE Andrew Chambers /Australia / 2014 / 7 min / English F In a town where people and puppets walk the streets, a puppet detective is on the case of his missing uncle. Though he has competition from every man, woman and dummy wanting to be named Noir Towns top detective. Screenplay: Andrew Chambers/ Producers: Andrew Chambers, Paul Layton Cinematographer: Patrick Smith Editor: Andrew Chambers Composer: Joff Bush Puppet Designer: Diego Francia / Principal Cast:David Collins, Zoe Carides, Paul Layton, Nick Boshier, Anthony MacFarlane / Contact: Andrew Chambers: [email protected] (+61)415221464 https://www.facebook.com/Detsofnoirtown @MrFilm https://www.facebook.com/Detsofnoirtown THE DIRECTOR: Andrew wrote, directed and was a host for a movie review, sketch television series titled '25 Frames' for TVS, a community station in Australia. Several short films later, Andrew wrote, produced and directed his stand-out comedy short ‘My Thoughts Exactly’. Andrew is currently working on developing the concept of ‘My Thoughts Exactly’ into a television series. FIXED FLORIDA PREMIERE Directors: Codey Wilson & Burleigh Smith / Australia F / 2015 / 7 min / English Jemimah is five years old and desperate for her dog, Tilly, to have puppies. When she learns her parents plan to have Tilly desexed, Jemimah embarks on a quest to get Tilly pregnant. Producers: Rob Viney & Burleigh Smith / Writers: Casey Binsali, Tarier Majak, Jack O’Keeffe, Nathan Smith, Codey Wilson, Burleigh Smith / Camera: Michael Titter / Editor: Ross Farnsworth / A.D.: Nathan Smith / Cast: Amara Harnisch, Paul Treasure, Alitia Harnisch, Jamie Smith, Samantha Mitchell, Marian Byrne THE DIRECTORS: FIXED is Codey Wilson’s first film as director. He studied film at SAE Institute, where he met co-director Burleigh Smith and producer Rob Viney. Codey lives in Mandurah, Western Australia, and has a keen interest in cinematography and surfing. Burleigh Smith is a screenwriter, film director and actor. His films centre on relationships between men and women and often emphasize dry wit and desperate characters. Burleigh’s work has screened at over 200 film festivals across 25 countries. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, where he lectures in filmmaking. 107 SHOWTIME Wednesday, Nov 18, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST AND EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE –66 MIN HELP POINT FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Andrew Margetson / United Kingdom / 2014 / 13 min / English F Jack has lost his car in a giant airport car park where he meets Maya in the same predicament. Seeking the assistance of a ‘Help Point’, they reach someone who turns out to be less than helpful to Jack. Screenplay: Andrew Margetson / Producer: Nick Hudson / Cinematographer: Federico Alfonzo/ Editor: David Webb / Composer: Music Super Circus / Production Designer: Merel Graeve / Principal Cast: Cian Barry, Ruta Gedmintas, John Thomson / Contact: [email protected] www.helppointshort.com @andymargetson www.facebook.com/helppointshort THE DIRECTOR: Andrew Margetson is an award-winning director of commercials. He has created memorable spots for many of the world's top brands including Canon, Sony, Nike, Coca Cola. Help Point is his first film made for cinema. www.margetson.com FUN BIBLE FACTS! Mike Kopera / USA / 2015 5 min / English Three true, untold stories of Noah and his Ark. U S S FLORIDA PREMIERE F Screenplay: Bruce Blumberg / Producers: Mike Kopera, Bruce Blumberg / Key Animator: Francis Anderson / Sound Editor: Mike Kopera / Composer: Lance Treviño / Principal Cast: Michael Rosenblum, Mike Kopera, Rebecca Kernes, Mike Vaughn / Contact: Mike Kopera – [email protected] www.lakeviewpix.com THE DIRECTOR: Mike Kopera is a graduate of Northwestern University and has acted in and produced two features -- “The Cabining” and “Initiation.” “Fun Bible Facts!” is his first foray into animation. THE LIGHT THIEF FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Eva Daoud / Bahrain – Spain / 2015 / 19 min / Spanish w/English sub-titles When the essence of Love is snatched from someone and locked away in a vessel with no name, what happens to those persons and how do they change? How can the broken hearted souls break that curse and recover from their pain? Can they regain their spark by overcoming dark supernatural forces? Screenplay: Eva Daoud / Producers: 32 Productions and Corpo Films / Cinematographer: Miguel de Olaso Macgregor / Editor: Sergio Rozas / Composer: Jorge Magaz / Production Designer: Marta Gutierrez-Abad / Art Director: Marta Gutierrez-Abad / Principal Cast: Angel de Miguel, Maria Pedroviejo, Aloma Escuder, Alicia Lobo, Julia Fournier, Rebeca Roldan, Chema Moro, Alicia Montesquiu / Contact: [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Award winning International Film Director and Producer...Over 60 International Film Festival Screenings to date...Winner of the Black Pearl Jury Prize for Best Student Film at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival...Graduate Filmmaker from the New York Film Academy (2011)...Ph.D. Degree in Economics and Management (2002)...Experienced in Marketing, Education, Management, Journalism and Broadcasting...Avid Purveyor of World Ancient history and mythology PROM NIGHT FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Josh Shayne / USA / 2014 / 14 min / English 'Prom Night' is a dark romantic comedy about Max, a high school senior, who is navigating his own insecurities and the advances of Sylvie, his more sexually experienced girlfriend. Screenplay: Josh Shayne / Producer: Joshua Louis Simon / Cinematographer: Justin Foster / Editor: James Darling / Composer: Erik Desiderio / Production Designer: Amy Bishop / Principal Cast: Quinn Meyers, Stefanie Brown, Catherine Curtin, Stephen Tewksbury, Emily Ackerman, Shawn Platzker, Ali Axelrad / Contact: Josh Shayne – [email protected] http://promnightfilm.com http://joshshayne.com THE DIRECTOR: Josh Shayne is a writer/director, illustrator, and designer. He graduated from NYU film in 2005. Shortly thereafter, his short film ‘Le Voyeur’ aired on IFC. His production company Good Worker will launch their original series HOME/OFFICE this fall. NOTICED EAST COAST PREMIERE W Director: Limor Diamant / USA/ 2015 / 15 min / English "When a lonesome postal worker discovers one night that a peeping tom lives across from her, a growing fascination with him sends her on a surprising journey." Screenplay: Limor Diamant, Sigal Diamant / Producer: Nikos Karamigios / Cinematographer: Radan Popovic / Editor: Lauren Zuckerman / Production Designer: Danielle Lee / Costume Designer: Rachel Shachar / Principal Cast: Sigal Diamant, Tomas Oscar Andren / Contact: Nikos Karamigios – [email protected] www.noticedthemovie.com @noticedthemovie INSTAGRAM: @noticedthemovie 108 THE DIRECTOR: Born in Israel and raised in Los Angeles, Limor graduated from the California Institute of the Arts where she wrote and directed short films. She’s produced numerous feature films such as FeardotCom, and The Musketeer. Her directorial debut feature film will be Metamorphosis, from her screenplay based on the novella by Franz Kafka. Ram Bergman Productions is producing the film. SHOWTIME Thursday, Nov 19, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS FORESEEABLE OUTCOMES? – 65 MIN FRENCH KISS FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: John Gray / France / 2015 / 24 min / English F Ethan is an American in Paris on a business trip. Margaux is a beautiful young Parisian who admires Ethan from afar. Determined to remedy his obsession with work, and through magical realism that can only happen in Paris, a mischievous Margaux tricks Ethan into following her and her string of clues all over the city. Screenplay: John Gray / Executive Producers: David Beebe, Kim Moses, Ian Sander / Co-Executive Producer Nichelle Protho Consulting Producer: Elan Dassani Line Producer: Xavier Roy Cinematographer: Joël Labat / Editor: Neil Mandelberg/ Composer: Michael A. Levine / Production Designer: Octavio Tapia / Art Director: n/a Principal Cast: Tyler Ritter, Margot Luciarte, Cedric Weber, Michael Vander Meire, Stephane Dausse, Lassana Lestin, Beleina Win, Vincent Menjou Cortes, Melissa Jo Peltier, Dee Lay Cherod / Contact: Nichelle Protho – [email protected] www.frenchkissfilm.com THE DIRECTOR: New York native John Gray created and produced the CBS television series “Ghost Whisperer,” which ran for five seasons. He has written and directed many other critically acclaimed movies for television, including MARTIN AND LEWIS starring Sean Hayes and Jeremy Northam, and Emmy nominated A PLACE FOR ANNIE starring Sissy Spacek and Mary-Louise Parker. FEBRUARY FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Jessi Shuttleworth / USA / 2014 / 13 min / English Nearly two decades ago in a small town in eastern Washington, a boy walked into a local middle school with a hunting rifle and committed an unspeakable crime. Eighteen years after, on the eve of his parole, Samantha Hail, a young state trooper who lost her brother and survived the event, struggles with serving the code of a trooper or the thickness of blood. Screenplay: Jessi Shuttleworth / Producers: Jessi Shuttlworth, Ciara Shuttleworth, Cathy Hurst / Cinematographer: Michael Swaigen / Editor: Dustin O’Neill / Composer: Dave Volpe / Set Designer: Holly Boardman / Principal Cast: Dan Shaked, Jessi Shuttleworth, Phyllis Somerville, Katherine Hiler, Ethan Phillips, Christopher Halladay, Patrick Husted, Cristen Hemingway, Bill Tucker, Hayley Gasbarro, Aidan Gasbarro, Brian Roque / Contact: Jessi Shuttleworth [email protected] http://www.scablandproductions.com/ THE DIRECTOR: Jessi Shuttleworth was born in Nebraska and raised in eastern Washington. She studied at Saint Michael’s College and the American Conservatory Theatre. She has worked professionally in film, television, and commercials. Shuttleworth currently in preproduction on her second film, Howlin’ at the Moon. ORIGINAL BILL FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: John Putch /USA / 2013 / 28 min / English ‘Original Bill’ is the story of a writer who buys a farmhouse Pennsylvania hoping to find unique inspiration to write his novel. He is sidetracked by his Amish neighbor, who smokes, drinks, swears and secretly watches his TV. Screenplay: John Putch / Producers: John Putch, Jonathan Taylor / Cinematographer: Keith J. Duggan / Editor: John Putch / Composer: Ace Baker / Principal Cast: David Deluise, Dana Delany, Nathalie Boltt / Contact: John Putch [email protected] www.putchfilms.com THE DIRECTOR: Prior to becoming a filmmaker, John was an accomplished actor who started in the theater, then enjoyed a successful TV and film career before making the switch to directing. He now enjoys directing for TV and using his earnings to make films he cares about. 109 SHOWTIME Thursday, Nov 12, 1pm, CP- Hollywood AMERICAN SHORTS INDIE IT’S WHAT I DO – 62 MIN THE BRIEF, FLORIDA PREMIERE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OFFA YOUNG UNDERWEAR MODEL Directors: Brett and Drew Checkelsky / USA / 2015 / 12 min / English A young underwear model, unfamiliar with rejection, crosses paths with a middle-aged woman dealing with a serious version of the same problem. Screenplay: Drew and Brett Checkelsky / Producers: Nicole Cosgrove / Cinematographer: Corey Gegner / Editor: Matt Cascella / Composer: Ready for Men / Production Designer: Britt Tapsall / Sound Design: Claire Bell / Cast: Max Van Bel, Lué McWilliams / Contact: Drew Checkelsky - [email protected] THE DIRECTORS: Brett and Drew Checkelsky are brothers from Ohio. This is their first filmmaking effort together. Their plan is to create more films that capture their belief that while life is silly, one should still think about what they’re doing. CAREER GIRL FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Fortunato Procopio / USA / 2015 / 9 minF/ English On the morning of the biggest meeting of her life, Monica wakes up with an unexpected problem. Screenplay: Johanna Watts / Producers: Johanna Watts, Jon Spaihts / Cinematographer: Fortunato Procopio / Editor: Axel Hubert / Composer: Vivek Maddala / Cast: Johanna Watts, Jon Huertas, Tava Smiley, Dashiell Spaihts / Contact: Johanna Watts, 310-770-7909, [email protected] http://careergirlmovie.com http://twitter.com/careergirlfilm https://www.facebook.com/careergirlmovie/ THE DIRECTOR: Fortunato Procopio’s extensive body of work as a cinematographer includes feature films, documentaries, shorts, and hundreds of commercials. He is a frequent contributor to SNL, having shot dozens of parody commercials. He also lensed the award-winning film The Devil and Daniel Johnston. This is his first foray into directing. I AM GOOD FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Noora Albright /USA / 2015 / 11 min / English A story of a chance encounter between two very different women. Miranda is a bored housewife, and Sabrina is a supermodel who's having the worst day of her life. Writer & Producer: Noora Albright / Cinematographer: Matthew Skala / Editor: Peggy Davis / Composer: John Robert Wood / Principal Cast: Claudia Graf, Noora Albright, Miles Warner, Joonas / Contact: Noora [email protected] https://twitter.com/IAmGoodTheMovie https://www.facebook.com/IAmGoodTheMovie THE DIRECTOR: THE DIRECTOR: Noora had a re-occurring role in a morning broadcast on Finnish National TV. She was a lead singer on an album named "Tutti". In 1998, Noora enrolled with The Stella Adler Conservatory in New York. She CoStarred in Spike Lee’s pilot for Showtime called “Sucker Free City”, in the USA Network series “Monk” and in the Showtime series “Sleeper Cell”. NOTHING PERSONAL FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Ralph Toporoff USA / 2015 / 21 min / English From volcanic explosions to avalanche prone glaciers, a struggling reportage photographer, successfully navigate his way past nature’s wrath. But facing dangerous elements is no preparation for the machinations of a photographer’s representative with his own set of ethics. It’s art versus commerce meeting together at an airport hotel in New Jersey. Writer & Editor: Ralph Toporoff / Producer: Maria Politano / Cinematographer: Zachary Halberd / Editor: Ralph Toporoff / Production Mgr: Murad Peret / Visual Effects: Wonsuk Choi / Sound Design: Steve Burgess / Music: Danielle Toporoff / Costume: Monica Nicoletti / Cast: Mike Sharits, Eliud Kauffman, Adam Bradley, Gregory J. Cohan, Philip di Domenico, Nelson Avidon, Audrey Rapoport / Contact: Ralph Toporoff - [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: THE DIRECTOR: Ralph Toporoff is a film veteran who started as a photographer for Look, Paris Match and Gente while residing in Europe. Upon his return to the USA he became a member of the Motion Picture Cameraman’s Union and later a member of the DGA. He is also an adjunct professor at SVA Film and Television Department In New York. RE INC. FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Jason Sheedy / USA / 2015 / 9 min / English F Re Inc. follows two entrepreneurs as they pioneer a unique business endeavor in the afterlife. Caroline, recently deceased, is confronted by the partners. Screenplay: Brett Brooks / Producers: Joan Karpeles, Kyle Steinike / Cinematographer: Luke McMahon / Editor: Jason Sheedy / Composer: Alby Odum / Production Designer: Meagen Lee / Principal Cast: Brett Brooks, Nicholas Ryan Izzo, Anney Reese, Joan Karpeles / Contact: Kyle Steinike – [email protected] www.returnstylepic.com/reinc 110 THE DIRECTOR: Jason Sheedy is an American independent film writer, director, and editor. He grew up in Morris, IL, and attended the Savannah College of Art and Design. Sheedy has since created award-winning shorts and a debut feature film entitled Patient. MIAMIANS & DANCERS & BEARS, OH MY! SHOWTIME Thursday, Nov 5, 5:15pm, CP- Lauderdale SHORT DOCUMENTARIES 32 MIN THE FIRST MIAMIANS FESTIVAL PREMIERE Alan Tomlinson / Florida / 2015 / 13 min / English Long before the first American pioneers established homesteads on the Miami River, its banks were occupied by the Tequesta Indians. Today, archeologists have discovered the remnants of a Tequesta fishing village on a development site in downtown Miami, and what they are finding is completing a vivid picture of what life was like for this prehistoric community of first Miamians. Producers: Francesca de Onis, Roberto Latorre / Written: Alan Tomlinson / Cinematographer: Alan Tomlinson, Douglas Clark / Editor: Alan Tomlinson/ Aerial Photography: Paul Morris / Colorist: Eva Hadaway / Graphics & Titles: Claudia Munoz, Mihail Halatchev / Contact: Adrienne Kennedy – [email protected] wlrn.org #wlrn THE DIRECTOR: Alan Tomlinson is an award-winning journalist and television producer whose career spans newspapers and broadcasting in radio and television. He has produced, directed, written and photographed numerous documentaries and television series for the Discovery Channel and National Geographic, among others. DANCE OF THE PEOPLE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Marc Menish / USA / 2014 / 10 min / BluRay / English The Green Grass Cloggers, formed by East Carolina University students in 1971, turned the old-fashioned clogging world upside down with their intense performances and casual attitude towards appearances. This sincere yet quirky approach to clogging quickly garnered them many fans. Forty-five years later, many of the older members are facing the reality of their ageing bodies. Newer dancers are needed to maintain the group's legacy -- dancers with their own ideas of self-expression. "Dance of the People" explores this pivotal point in the team's history. Producer: Marc Menish / Cinematographer: Marc Menish / Editor: Marc Menish / Assistant Editor: Durward Rogers Contact: Marc Menish [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Marc Menish (originally from Fort Lauderdale & considers FtL to be home!) is a filmmaker/ educator. He has studied documentary filmmaking in France and the US and currently teaches media-related classes in Tokyo. His other docs include: "Aso Chopper" about the Japanese fascination with big-bike culture. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE: BLACK BEARS FESTIVAL PREMIERE Felipe Marrou / Florida / 2014 / 9 min / English As part of WLRN’s ongoing wildlife series, host Rey Becerra journeys into the preserve in search of the black bear. Black bears can also be found in colder climates like Alaska and other northern states, many people do not realize that they also thrive in the everglades. Producers: Felipe Marrou, Rey Becerra / Director: Felipe Marrou / Cinematographer: Felipe Marrou / Editor: Felipe Marrou / Principal Cast: Rey Becerra (Host) / Contact: Adrienne Kennedy– [email protected] wlrn.org :#wlrn THE DIRECTOR: Felipe Marrou, Founder and CEO of VTM Productions, is an award winning director of photography, producer, director, and editor. Felipe has worked with prestigious names in the industry such as Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, and Scarlett Johansson. 111 SHOWTIMES Saturday, Nov 14, 7:45pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA SHORTS NICE PLACE TO VISIT BUT I WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE THERE – 82MIN DOT FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Tali Barde / Germany / 2014 / 28 min / German w/English sub-titles F A man gets hit by a car only to wake up taking a shower five days later. After another fatal accident, he wakes up in an elevator and realizes he has a limited number of chances left to figure out what is happening to him. Screenplay: Tali Barde, Milan Grünewald, Katja Winke / Producers: Tali Barde, Louis Bürk / Cinematographer: Louis Bürk / Editor: Marco Heibach / Composer: Marco Heibach, Philipp Seuthe / Production Designer: Luisa Gross / Principal Cast: Arne Obermeyer, Lena Kupke, Manuel Moser / Contact: Tali Barde [email protected] http://www.avalonfilm.de/dot.html http://www.facebook.com/film.dot THE DIRECTOR: Tali Barde was born 1990 in Bensberg, Germany. By the age of he 20 he started autodidactically working on his first feature film, which became a big success on film festivals a few years later. DOT is his second film. EN CASA EAST COAST PREMIERE Director: Alfonso Nogueroles / Spain / 2014 / 9 min / Spanish w/English sub-titles Alberto is bored in school so he leafs through the Art History book while eyeing Beatriz, a beautiful classmate. They both spend a day alone at Alberto's magnificent house. Screenplay: Alfonso Nogueroles / Producers: Manuel Alcaide, Alfonso Nogueroles / Cinematographer: Antonio Belón / Editor: Alfonso Nogueroles / Art Director: Sandra Frantz / Principal Cast: Adrián Barbero, Lucía Díez, Pere Brasó / Contact: Alfonso Nogueroles - [email protected] www.aladeriva.es THE DIRECTOR: After graduating from the Complutense University in Audiovisual Communications in 1999, he started working for several commercial companies and participated in many shortfilms. In 2003 he founded A La Deriva, that produces his fiction, documentary and experimental shorts. THE RED HOUSE FLORIDA PREMIERE F “The Red House” is the story of Fangfang, a 25 year old prostitute, struggling to save enough to buy back her Director: Jiaqi Lin / China / 2014 / 18 min / Mandarin w/English subtitles freedom…she has to rethink her plans when 6 year old Amei, is sold into prostitution by her desperate parents. Screenplay: Jiaqi Lin / Produced by: Larry Kaster / Cinematographer: Donald M. Morgan, ASC / Editor: Michael Bohusz / Composer: Charles Bernstein / Production Designer: Michale Paul Clausen / Principal Cast: Felix Fang, Leann Lei, Makayla Gatmaitan, Peggy Lu / Contact: Larry Kaster, [email protected] Jiaqi Lin [email protected] / www.theredhouseshort.com THE DIRECTOR: Jiaqi Lin was born Quanzhou, China, in 1989. Jiaqi had always had a fascination and a love for films, and her studies in animation only deepened this passion. In 2012, Jiaqi moved to L.A. and began her studies at NYFA. In 2013, Jiaqi started to develop the storyline for a short film that would ultimately become “The Red House,” pulling from her cultural experience and family history. ECHO ROAD FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Edmund Swabey / United Kingdom / 2014 / 12 min / English Echo Road centres around two brothers who embark on a journey from London to Yorkshire to meet their estranged Sister and scatter the ashes of a family member. The film tells the difficult story of coming to terms with losing a loved one and the strong connection between siblings. Screenplay: Duncan MacInnes/ Producers: Duncan MacInnes, Jay Brown/ Cinematographer: Jake Martin / Editor: Edmund Swabey / Composer: Deborah Mollison/ Principal Cast: Jay Brown, Toby Wharton, Eddie Webber, Sophie Olivia / Contact: Katie McCullough - [email protected] http://curvefilms.co.uk @defconfilms ww.facebook.com/defconfilms RICKSHAW PASSENGER Director: aneel ahmad Pakistan / 2015 / 15 min / Punjab w/English sub-titles WORLD PREMIERE Imtiaz a Raksha (rickshaw) driver, gives a ride to Tameena, a hotel call girl, and begins waiting for her daily; he falls in love with her and is trying to rescue her from the horrors of poverty and prostitution Screenplay: Aneel Ahmad / Producers: Aneel Ahmad Cinematographer: Aneel Ahmad / Editor Aneel Ahmad/ Composer: Nainita Desai Javier Blanco / Principal Cast: Zehri Ali Mohammed Haroon / Contact: Jane Davidson [email protected] www.aneelahmad.com www.twitter.com/aneelahmad www.facebook.com/aneelahmadfilms 112 THE DIRECTOR: Aneel Ahmad is an English film director working on diverse films around the world. SHOWTIMES Sunday, Nov 15, 1:30pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS OOPS! – LAY IN WAIT 52 MIN FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Jonathan Ade / USA / 2014 / 25 min / English F A young married woman in the midst of an affair loses her wedding ring in the woods and must find it before the sun sets. Screenplay: Jonathan Ade / Producers: John Negropontes, Michael M. McGuire / Cinematographer: Alexander D. Paul / Editor: Daniel Raj Koobir, Jonathan Ade / Composer: Nick Huntington, Brady Nelson, Chris Lane / Production Designer: Marlena Feehery / Art Director: Dan Warren / Principal Cast: Elizabeth Olin, Michael Stahl-David, Kevin Ashworth / Contact: Jonathan Ade – [email protected] www.layinwait.com @layinwaitfilm facebook.com/layinwait THE DIRECTOR: Raised in suburban Washington, DC, Jonathan Ade began making movies at eight years old. Since that time, he developed his passion for creating uniquely-held, cinematic narratives. Lay in Wait represents his fourth short in the last five years. SPLIT END FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Eddie Shieh / USA / 2014 / 6 min / English + Portuguese w/English sub-titles Created for the Asian American Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout from brief to finish under the theme of "The Color of My Hair," a young, single woman bored with her social life caters a party for a beautiful couple and finds the charismatic husband also looking for something new. Screenplay & Editor: Eddie Shieh / Producers: Eddie Shieh, Christiane Seidel / Cinematographer: Lance Ferguson / Principal Cast: Tatiana Sachie, Brennan Taylor, Christiane Seidel / Contact: Eddie Shieh - [email protected] http://TheSplitEnd.com http://twitter.com/soysaucechicken http://facebook.com/splitend.film THE DIRECTOR: Eddie Shieh is a director, editor, and screenwriter of the Writer’s Guild of America East and WGA Digital Caucus. His passion for storytelling stems from a career as an advertising creative director. THE FAKE EAST COAST PREMIERE W Directors: Matthew Helfgott & Jared Hillman / USA / 2015 / 8 min / English A tight-fisted empty-nester sets out to get a fake ID in order to snag the senior discount. Screenplay: Ken Schefler / Producers: Elyse Rosenfield, Matthew Helfgott, Jared Hillman / Cinematographer: Adam Biddle / Editor: David Marks / Composer: Matt Duncan / Production Designer: Julie Kunke, Aleksandra Zgorska / Principal Cast: Warren Sweeney, Joey Luthman, Natalie Lander, Rob Moore / Contact: Jared Hillman — [email protected] www.HillmanHelfgott.com @HillmanJared THE DIRECTORS: Helfgott and Hillman wear multiple hats on their projects together, often serving as co-writers/directors/producers. Their previous film, The Listing Agent, won a Spirit of Independence Award at FLIFF ’14 before being picked up by Sundance Channel. Additionally, Jared is an actor (Social Network, Castle, Psych, iCarly); Matt directs commercials, earning distinctions at Cannes and the London International Awards. NIGHT SHIFT FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Richard Higson / United Kingdom / 2014 13 min / English 'An easy kidnap in the country', they said. Lenny and Chris head to a mysterious manor house for a special job. But it gets complicated. Very complicated. And they haven't reckoned on just who they're there to kidnap, and who else might have had the same idea... Screenplay: Richard Higson / Producers: Natasha Phelan / Cinematographer: Ben Baily / Editor: Emma Collins / Composer: Blair Mowat / Principal Cast: Catrin Stewart, David Schaal, Don Warrington, Tom Bennet, Daniel Hawksford / Contact: Katie McCullough - [email protected] http://curvefilms.co.uk @RichardHigson THE DIRECTOR: Richard has a vast repertoire in producing and directing successful, long running television series such as Come Dine With Me (Channel 4), Antiques Road Trip (BBC2) and Teen Dad (MTV). He created the production company Curve Films, where he has a wealth of short films which have played at international festivals. 113 SHOWTIME Tuesday, Nov 10, 1pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS OPPRESSION – 62 MIN AT THE END OF THE LINE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Robert Kerr / Germany / 2015 / 5 min / English F In 1939, in Nazi Germany, an amazing thing happened: Jewish parents, sensing their lives were in danger, placed their children aboard trains to be raised by foster families across free Europe. They did this, knowing they would probably never see their children again… Cinematography/Editing: Anthony Cousins. Director: Robert Kerr. Song “At the End of the Line” written by Jason Bradley and Robert Kerr. Song performed by Vera Zero. Violin by Taras Umrish. Storyboards, photographs, and much more at www.attheendofthelinefilm.com www.facebook.com/attheendoftheline THE DIRECTOR: Robert Kerr is a film and television director based out of the Minneapolis area. He is also the founding member of Vera Zero, a post punk/power pop band with International airplay. He is currently working on two feature length scripts as well as writing songs for upcoming Vera Zero projects. THE WALK EAST COAST PREMIERE W Director: Alonso Alvarez Barreda / Mexico / 2015 / 13 min / English + Spanish w/English sub-titles In the harshness of the Arizona desert a Mexican man and his son are faced with a major crisis of conscience as they try to cross the border illegally. Screenplay: Alonso Alvarez Barreda / Producers: Effie T. Brown, Alonso Alvarez Barreda / Cinematographer: Tom Campbell / Editor: Yu Gu / Composer: Roberto Murguía / Production Designer: Bruton Jones / Principal Cast: Max Arciniega, Ciro Suarez / Contact: Alonso Alvarez Barreda. [email protected] www.wamafilms.com @AlvarezBarreda @wamafilms Alonso Alvarez Barreda THE DIRECTOR: Hailing from Tampico Tamaulipas, Alonso Alvarez Barreda is a Mexico Director/Writer whose short films have been featured and honored in film festivals around the world including Cannes, New York, Heartland, Hollywood and Telluride. He has received more than fifteen international awards and worldwide accolades. LAS CIENI FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Andrzej Cichocki / Poland / 2014 / 14 min / No Dialogue F by the sound of guns firing. Suddenly, there While hunting a wolf in a sinister forest, a man is startled are people running... even the wolves are overwhelmed by a sense of the impending danger. Screenplay: Andrzej Cichocki / Producers: Jerzy Lukaszewicz / Cinematographer: Andrzej Cichocki / Editor: Cezary Grzesiuk / Composer: Maciej Sztor / Costumes: Anna Banasiak / Sound: Jan Wronski / Principal Cast: Michal Bonin, Pawel Tchorzelski / Contact: [email protected] https://twitter.com/CinemanPL facebook.com/lascienitheshadowforest THE DIRECTOR: Studied at Krzysztof Kieslowski Radio & TV Faculty (Film Department) of University of Silesia in Katowice. A film director and cinematographer. He also creates with photography and music. WILDFIRE FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Adam Meeks / USA / 2015 / 12 min / English When a forest fire threatens the faith and safety ofFa religious community in the Rocky Mountains, a young mother must take action to protect herself from harm. Screenplay: Adam Meeks & Nat Beach / Producers: Casey Bader, Nicole Quintero, & Gerardo Guadiana / Cinematographer: Daniel Stenzel / Editor: Chriz Naing & Adam Meeks / Composer: Aled Roberts / Production Designer: Lisa Rifkind / Art Director: Grace Hendricks / Principal Cast: Joosje Duk, James Hook, Sophia Zalipsky / Contact: Adam Meeks — [email protected] facebook.com/wildfirefilm THE DIRECTOR: A recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Adam is a freelance screenwriter and director living and working in New York City. He was the 2014 recipient of the Martin Scorsese Young Filmmaker Award and the NYU George Heineman Production Award. ‘Wildfire’ is his first short film. BALL OF HOPE EAST COAST PREMIERE W Director: Mayar Nouri / Syria / 2015 / 18 min / Syrian Arabic w/English sub-titles Football in the States can drive a person crazy – in some places, it can be an elixir for sanity. Screenplay: Mayar Nouri / Producers: Yamin Safa / Cinematographer: Basel Sarawlji / Editor: Mayar Nouri / Composer: Taher Mamelli / Production Designer: Ghaith Mahmoud / Art Director: Ghaith Mahmoud / Principal Cast: - / Contact: [email protected] 114 THE DIRECTOR: Mayar is a 23 year old film Director from Syria. Graduated from Full Sail University in 2013 and went back to Syria to try to put to work everything he learned and experienced a the United States. SHOWTIME Sunday, Nov 22, 7:45pm, CP- Lauderdale WORLD CINEMA SHORTS SPOOK FEST – 72 MIN FEAR THY NEIGHBOR Director: John Goodman / Florida / 2015 / 15 min / English When a mentally unstable girl meets her serial killing neighbor, a dark game of cat and mouse begins. Writer: Josh Goodman / producers: Kisanti Hathor , Josh Goodman, Chrsitopher Bernard / Cinematographer: Chrsitopher Bernard / Score: Travis “Creole Kid” Pierre / Sound Design: Forever Damor / Sound Editor: Jeremy Ryan / Crew: Danielle Smith, Corbin Bridges, Dillon Stokes, Christina Alvarez / Cast: Kisanti Hathor, Evan Judson, Shannon Gilroy, Eric Stotts, Danielle Smith / Contact: [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Josh Goodman has had a wide-ranging background in video production and editing. He got his start producing videos for political campaigns and then moved on to music videos, commercials and short films throughout Florida and New York City. He continues to pursue new and exciting adventures behind the camera. DEAD LINES Director: Marco Ragozzino / USA / 2015 / 16 min / English Eddie Cartwright (Marco Ragozzino) has just landed a job answering phones overnight at the mega conglomerate VexComm. Despite the odd hours, Eddie is grateful to be employed - especially with a pregnant wife (Gina Holden) at home. After an awkward greeting from a skittish receptionist (Missi Pyle), Eddie is introduced to his new position by the strange and mysterious office manager Vincent Crepleton (Tim Bagley). But once the sun sets and the building has cleared out, Eddie discovers he's not entirely alone. The phones ring incessantly, objects float across the room, and unexpected specters begin materializing around the 99th floor. Can Eddie manage his relentless job responsibilities or will he fall victim to the call center's curse as other have before him? WHAT’S EATING DAD? FLORIDA PREMIERE F Director: Michael Goldburg / USA / 2014 / 11 min / English When Chloe meets her boyfriend's parents for the first time, what's really for dinner is something she never imagined. In the vein of "Meet the Parents" meets "Shaun of the Dead," “What’s Eating Dad?” is a hilariously absurd, horror-comedy short about literally surviving the future in-laws. Screenplay: Michael Goldburg / Producers: Michael Goldburg, Dave Chan / Cinematographer: Peter Olsen / Editor: Ryan Penny / Composer: Michael Whalen / Production Designer: Abigail Benavides / Make-Up: Kate Susen / Visual Effects: Dennis Fitzsimmons / Principal Cast: Morgan Wright, Brennan Taylor, Barbara Miluski, Joel Haberli / Contact: Michael Goldburg – [email protected] http://whatseatingdad.com http://twitter.com/whatseatingdad http://facebook.com/whatseatingdad THE DIRECTOR: Michael Goldburg’s NYU thesis film won a Warner Bros. Pictures Production Award. His prior film, “Happy Trails,” screened at FLIFF while his latest, “What’s Eating Dad?,” was named a Top 10 Horror Short of 2014. Michael is currently making his first feature, “Sure-Fire.” STRAYS Director: Peter Morland Hutton / USA / 2015 / 30 min / English In dark days not far from now, three lifelong friends and a captain set sail into the night to escape from a small Chesapeake town afflicted with a secret. The group make the most of their night as they plot a course to the safety of an isolated lighthouse. They laugh. They tease. They try to make sense of the chaos. They pretend that tomorrow will never come. Until it does… Screenplay: Peter Morland Hutton / Producers: Kyle David Crosby, Peter Morland Hutton / Cinematographer: Wayne Fugate / Editor: Kelly Rummler, John Mccormack, Hunter Haines / Composer: Dominic Messinger / Production Designer: / Art Director: / Principal Cast: Skyler Day, Marque Richardson, Mark Furze, Jim Cody Williams / Contact: Lindsay Bennett – [email protected], Peter Hutton – [email protected] http://www.straysfilm.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Strays-Film THE DIRECTOR: As a successful commercial writer/producer/director for over 15 years, Peter Hutton is turning his attention to creative film making. His love of sailing and the Chesapeake Bay make his hometown of Cape St. Claire the perfect setting for his first film project–a short thriller that takes place on the water. 115 SHOWTIME SUNSHINE Thursday, Nov 5, 5:45pm, CP- Lauderdale CELLULOID FEATURE SUN SHORTS – 47 MIN CASK OF AMONTILLADO Sponsored by EAST COAST PREMIERE Director: Jeff Freeman / USA / 2014 / 9 min / English W Based on the Edgar Alan Poe story of the same name… An argument between two filmmakers about what constitutes a good horror film takes a “Poe”-etic turn of events in this dark comedy. Screenplay: Jeff Freeman (based on an original story by Edgar Alan Poe) / Producers: Derek Pixley / Cinematographer: George Montiero / Editor: Jeff Freeman / Sound: Bob Cady / Make-Up Design: Andrea Joe Cicalese / Cast: William Grefe’, Steven Brack / Contact: Jeff Freeman – [email protected] www.realitysedgemedia.net @Jeff_N_Stein https://www.facebook.com/groups/1444078669153868/ THE DIRECTOR: Native Floridian Jeff Freeman was bitten by the film making bug later in life. Jeff has worked on multiple short & feature films as producer/editor/director & Produced/Written/Directed his own feature “Island of the Cannibal Death Gods”. THE FALLEN WORLD PREMIERE Director: Gabriel Kipling Tyner / Florida / 2014 / 10 min / English This is the classic story of Adam and Eve. They start off content with their lives, but are tempted and want to see more. Eve is deceived, and so is Adam. This is the story of their rebellion, and it’s consequences. Screenplay: Andrew Souza / Producers: Gabriel Kipling Tyner, Andrew Souza, and Gaetano Fasulo/ Cinematographer: Gabriel Kipling Tyner / Editor: Gabriel Kipling Tyner / Principal Cast: Eric Power, Laura Garrido, Carl Rimi / Contact: Gabriel Kipling Tyner [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: I have worked several jobs; car washer, white water river guide, construction worker, and even a teacher. I know that making films is what I want to do because I have done it all. Life is about figuring out what you don’t want to do and I know that filmmaking is my calling. DINOSAUR FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Ann Deborah Fishman USA / 2015 / 8 min / DVD / English Lou Manning was the biggest agent in Hollywood but now he is down to his last client who shows him how the game is played in 2015. Screenplay & Producer: Ann Deborah Fishman /Cinematographer: Bobby Keegan / Editor: Jesse Miller / Production Designer: Ann Deborah Fishman / Cast: Alan Heyman, Rhonda Stearns, Mindy Acevedo, James Bullard, Sylvia Brach / Contact: Ann Deborah Fishman – [email protected]. Discover at... select Neiman Marcus Stores | Marissa Collections, Naples, FL. PAMELAHUIZENGA.COM 116 THE DIRECTOR: Ann Deborah Fishman wrote, produced and co-directed the romantic comedy entitled Marriage Material starring Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson. SHOWTIME Tuesday, Nov 10, 3pm, CP- Hollywood WORLD CINEMA SHORTS SURPRISE!!!! – 69 MIN MI CASA SU CASA Director: Sara Verhagen UNITED STATES PREMIERE F France / 2015 / 15 min / English + French-Italian-Spanish w/English sub-titles When Celine returns from a holiday in Mexico, she is faced with a little problem. A certain Bartleby welcomes her and other guests with open arms to... HER home? To HIS home? Celine is about to enter a bizarre world full of strange people, but more importantly, an apartment that doesn't hold the slightest trace of her existence. How can one be certain to be home, when everything seems to prove the contrary? Writers: John M. Keller, Sara Verhagen Dog / Producers: Sara Verhagen, Emmanuel Pampuri / Key Cast: Sara Verhagen, Paul Bandey, Silvie Laguna, Pierre Zeni / Contact: Sara Verhagen [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Sara Verhagen is a multilingual actress, writer and director (7 languages). At 18 she left the south of France to spend five years in London, three of which training at “East 15 Acting School.” After moving to Paris, Sara started working behind the camera for the first time in 2011, with "Dog Sitting" (in which she also had the starring role), and was co-writter and co-director. The film was lucky enough to be bought by a production company, and to achieve quite an international success with numerous festival selections, (including Palm Springs, Just for Laughs Montreal, Atlanta, Shnit...) and several awards (including the prestigious French "Alpe D'Huez" Best Short Film Award and a Top Pick Citation at the Short Film Corner in Cannes). Sara is currently working on the scripts of two feature films and another short film. ROMAN CITIZEN FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Luca Elmi / Italy / 2015 / 40 min / English One summer morning. A morning like many others in a city like any other. Suddenly the sound of gunshots echoes through the buildings. A bank is under attack. Hostages are taken. Trying to solve a situation whose cruelty is as unusual as unexplained, two policemen one approaching the end of her career, and the other consumed by a passion for ancient Rome - will face what seems to be an impossible answer. Screenplay: Luca Elmi / Producers: Hunter Curry, Drew Ingram / Cinematographer: Hunter Curry / Editor: Stefania Calatroni / Composer: Marcello De Toffoli / Production Designer: Jacob Heustis / / Principal Cast: Sheilagh Weymouth, Laurel Casillo, David Vanarsdale, Josh Loren / Contact: Luca Elmi – [email protected] facebook.com/romancitizenmovie THE DIRECTOR: Born in Milan, Italy in 1961. Graduated High School (classical studies) in 1981. Law school in Milan, but no degree (didn’t like the idea of being a lawyer). Lives and works in Milan, Italy. Has been a cinema scholar and a filmmaker forever. Authored several short films. Film and theatre actor. Authored short stories, a novel, a play and several screenplays. LOW/FI FLORIDA PREMIERE Director: Alejandro Montoya / USA / 2015 / 14 min / English Influenced by pop culture all her life, Lea feels wronged by the way movies and music portray love, now that she is 30 and single she cuts pop culture cold turkey to see if this way she can find the man of her dreams. Writers: Alejandro Montoya Marin / Producers: Alejandro Montoya Marin, Ariel Rakes / Director of Photography: Ariel Rakes / Cast: Kristen Rakes, Jodi Lynn Thomas, Alex Knight, Nathan Brimmer, Jocelyn Montoya, Julia Harris, Richard Daniel Williams, Fabian Valle, Sarah Minnich, Matthew Page, Rebekah Williams, Alejandro Montoya Marin / Contact: [email protected] THE DIRECTOR: Born in Laredo Texas, and raised in Mexico. Alejandro knew he wanted to do film from a very young age. After studying Marketing, he persued his dream of filmmaking in Canada. After graduating he moved back to the US, where he has been doing independent movies, short films, music videos, commercials. 117 THE SUN-SENTINEL PANEL DISCUSSION SHOWTIME Tuesday, Nov 17, 6pm, CP- Lauderdale PLUNDERING AMERICA: THE CUBAN AMERICAN PIPELINE Sponsored by With the sweep of a pen, seemingly overnight, Cuba and the United States went from foes to friends. Late last year, President Obama announced a plan to normalize relations with the Castro government, ending 50 years of hostilities. In the ensuing debate, however, no one was confronting a costly problem: the impact of Cuban crime rings on the nation. The Sun Sentinel, in a groundbreaking series published in 2015, documented the eye-popping scope of the crimes. The investigation found Cuban crime rings had stolen more than $2 billion from the U.S. over two decades. How did they gain a foothold and flourish? U.S. immigration policy made it easy. For over 50 years, the U.S. welcomed Cubans as refugees fleeing communism. The Cuban Adjustment Act allows automatic entry for Cubans who reach American soil and legal residency after just a year, an advantage given to no other immigrant group and one that aided the criminals. Meet the investigation team: Sally Kestin and Megan O’Matz and database editor John Maines. After the 2004-05 hurricanes in Florida, the team uncovered massive fraud in FEMA’s disaster aid nationwide. That series was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. An investigation by Kestin and Maines used SunPass toll records to document extreme speeding by off-duty South Florida police won the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service. O’Matz, a graduate of Penn State, joined the Sun Sentinel in 2000 and previously worked for the Chicago Tribune. Kestin, a graduate of Northwestern School of Journalism, has been at the paper for 17 years. She came from the Tampa Tribune and started her career at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Maines has done data work for the newsroom since 1998. He was a reporter for 21 years, working at the Massena Observer, the Ithaca Journal, and the Clarion-Ledger in Miss. Taimy Alvarez, a photographer/video editor, is a graduate of the Univ of Florida’s College of Journalism. She has been on Sun Sentinel staff for the past 17 years, documenting sports, features and news locally and throughout the Caribbean and South America. Before that, she was a staff photographer with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. GOING HUNGRY GOING HUNGRY SHOWTIME Friday, November 13, 6pm, Sunrise Civic Ctr Life is not all early-bird dinners and golf in post-recession South Florida. Some seniors here are living in what the federal government calls “food deserts” - places where people can’t obtain fresh, affordable fare because of limited incomes, lack of transportation and isolation. They include elders who have been living in urban food desert most of their lives and are finding it harder than ever to put food on their tables. Yet others are people new to empty refrigerators and food pantry lines - seniors who came to live out their golden years in leisure lifestyle retirement villages. Some of those communities now have become food deserts, as their residents are outliving their incomes, their neighbors and their ability to drive. diane Lade was among the first reporters at regional U.S. newspapers to cover aging full time, starting in the 1980s. A Sun Sentinel journalist since 1978, she also worked as an asst city editor, columnist, feature and consumer writer. A grad of Univ of Missouri, she has been honored by the American Society on Aging and won awards from the Fla Press Club, including the top honor for in-depth reporting in 1997 and 2014. She was part of the Sun Sentinel's hurricane team that was a Pulitzer finalist. Diane is a graduate of Dr. Robert Butler’s Age Boom Academy, now based at Columbia Univ, and received fellowships from AARP and the National Press Foundation. She was accepted to attend the White House Conference on Aging. Today, Diane is a feature writer and aging issues specialist in Sun Sentinel’s Lifestyle. andy Reid has covered government, growth and development, and environmental issues in Florida since 1996. He joined the Sun Sentinel in 2005 and covers Palm Beach County government as well as South Florida water and environmental issues, with an emphasis on Everglades restoration. He previously worked at The Tampa Tribune, Stuart News and the News Chief in Winter Haven. Mike Stocker has been a photographer at the Sun Sentinel since 1998. He has covered stories in Haiti, Israel, Latin America, Europe and Africa. He has been recognized by the World Press, NPPA, Southern Short Course, the Atlanta Seminar on Photojournalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. Mike was a member of the staff at the Herald that won the Pulitzer for their coverage of Hurricane Andrew. At the Sun Sentinel, he has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Spot News Photography in 1999 “for his photographs of the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America;” as part of a team for Feature Photography for “compelling and explanatory images illustrating the devastating impact of AIDS in the Caribbean;" and again for Feature Photography for his “imaginative exploration of Holocaust survivors.” 119 WORLD CINEMA A MINI-FEST OF ROMANIAN CINEMA CINEMA PARADISO-LAUDERDALE OCTOBER 22-25 An event organized by double 4 Studios, Inc, with the partial financial support of the Romanian Cultural Institute, in partnership with the Romanian american League, Cinema Paradiso and Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, with the participation of the Romanian Filmmakers union, and The Romanian Center for National Cinema. Despite the fact that “Focus on Romania - Ft. Lauderdale Waves 2015” celebrates this Fall only its second year of existence, South Florida film lovers already cherish its return to CINEMA PARADISO, this October 22nd through 25th. Five feature films, a documentary and a collection of award winning shorts from Romania will screen at the well-known arthouse, home of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF), this year at its 30th edition. Guest filmmakers from Romania will again present and discuss their work with the interested audiences. Parties will mark the opening and closing nights, while refreshment will be served between screenings, on Friday and Saturday. TRAIN OF LIFE Director: Radu Mihaileanu / Romania / 1998 / 103 min / French w/English sub-titles This comedy-drama is set in Central Europe during the summer of 1941. Yiddish-speaking Jews purchase a train, forge identity papers, and leave town. Posing as both prisoners and Nazis, they hope to reach Palestine via the Soviet Union, but problems arise when they encounter real Germans. It’s entertainment that never lets us off the hook. Village Voice every bit as reverent as “Schindler’s List” and no less successful. Film.com Produced by: Belfilms and Canal +, with the participation of Sponsored by Castel Film SPeCIaL GueST: Radu MIHaILeaNu THuRSday, oCToBeR 22, 7:00PM, CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe After the film there will be a Q&A with the director followed by the Opening Night Party. ORIENTEERING Director: Dan Pita / Romania / 1982 / 96 min / Romanian w/English sub-titles A group of people from various walks of life enter an orienteering course in a wilderness, that not only test their strength and courage, but also their minds and spirit. funny, whimsical, and densely metaphoric, Orienteering is as equally potent as a wry allegory on the Ceauşescu regime under the thumb of Soviet-era communism as it is an acutely observed satire on the petty dynamics of office politics. filmref.com THE DIRECTOR: Winner of Berlin Silver Bear - Honorable Mention (1986); Golden Antigone - Special Mention at Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (1998); Silver Lion Venice International Film Festival (1992) Produced by: RomaniaFilm. SPeCIaL GueSTS: daN PITa aNd dIReCToR oF PHoToGRaPHy vLad PauNeSCu FRIday oCToBeR 23Rd. 7:00PM CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe After the film there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers followed by refreshments LIVE Director: Vad Paunescu / Romania / 2015 / 106 min / Romanian w/English sub-titles 120 Ema is a successful TV journalist, the host of a popular investigation show. Her success relies heavily on ratings, and Ema is willing to put her health, and her resources at stake in order to always discover the truth. But one of the cases propels her into the middle of a big scandal that will change her life dramatically. Ema is caught between a rock and a hard place, inside a humongous and dangerous machinery, Sponsored by while fighting to unmask one of the most controversial and powerful political players. Produced by: Castel Film SPeCIaL GueSTS: vad PauNeSCu aNd CoSTuMe deSIGNeR oaNa PauNeSCu FRIday oCToBeR 23Rd, 9:15PM, CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe WORLD CINEMA ROMANIAN MINI-FEST Produced by Double 4 Studios (Fl.) in collaboration with FLIFF ALIYAH DADA Director: Oana Giurgiu Romanian / 2014 / 116 min / English In Israel, the Jewish population coming from Romania became the country’s fourth largest group. They always stayed in the shadow, sometimes hiding their origins, even though important personalities emerged from that community, and they have greatly contributed to the progress of their new country. The documentary follows 130 years of immigration of Romanian Jews towards the Holy Land in a light and colorful depiction of history through human stories and collages. The film is a tribute to the poet Tristan Tzara – born in the same Romanian small town from where the first Jews immigrated to Palestine in 1882. Aliyah DaDa is one of the most pleasant and refreshing surprises of the contemporary Romanian cinema. Film Magazine, UCIN Produced by Libra Films / Special Guest: oana Giurgiu SaTuRday, oCToBeR 24, 6:30 PM, CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe After the film there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers followed by refreshments LOVE IS A STORY Director: Cristina Iacob Romania / 2014 / 97min / Romanian w/English sub-titles In an old and charming town in Transylvania, a young cellist ( Sebastian) and an attractive actress ( Aprilia) start a beautiful love story. However, nothing is as simple as it would seem. Being influenced by three men with strong personalities, the young Aprilia tries to find the balance between adulthood and the choices of a girl's heart. It's Christmas time and life holds for this talented beautiful girl only the presents that she is strong enough to hold. Sponsored by Produced by: Media Pro Entertainment and Zazu Films SaTuRday oCToBeR 24, 9.15PM, CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe CLoSING day - SuNday oCToBeR 25TH Award winning collection of Romanian short films - 90 min SuNday, oCToBeR 25, 5:00 PM, CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe MEDAL OF HONOR Director: Calin Peter Netzer Romania / 2009 / 104 min / Romanian w/English sub-titles 75 year-old, Ion endures the silence of his wife and the indifference of his son, who is living in Canada and resents his father for preventing him to leave the country before the ‘89 Revolution, by denouncing him to the secret police. One day, Ion has the surprise to receive a medal of honor from the Ministry of Defense for some 'heroic' actions back in WW2, times he barely remembers. The medal forces Ion to reconsider his whole life. Maybe he wasn't all the time a loser. Maybe his life has a meaning. Maybe he means something to his family. Medal of Honor is a happy hybrid of a festival type of movie and one that is enjoyed by all audiences. It could be labeled as a dark comedy... Revistaclipa.com Produced by: Hi Films ( Romania) and Pandora Films (Germany) SPeCIaL GueST: SCReeNwRITeR TudoR voICaN Sponsored by SuNday, oCToBeR 25, 7:15PM, CINeMa PaRadISo - LaudeRdaLe after the film there will be a Q&a with the filmmakers followed by The Closing Night Party 121 One of the “Best 380 colleges for 2016” by Princeton Review No. 6 on “Best Regional Colleges in the South” by U.S. News and World Report, 2015 Ranked among “The Best Colleges for your Money” by Money Magazine, 2014 St. Augustine ranked #1 in “The 50 Best College Towns to Live in Forever” by College Ranker, 2015 122 Learn more at www.flagler.edu or 1-800-304-4208. 74 King Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084 123 124 See the Final 3 Nights of Lights: 3 Great Parties! 30 Terrific Films! Castillo San Marcos Bridge of Lions Invites you to the Ponce de Leon drank here! 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Just Join and come to any ten movies, get the 11TH FRee PLuS a GLaSS oF wINe. Hollywood, 2008 Hollywood Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, 503 SE 6 St. To Join, just register on Sign In Sheet in either CP Lobby! Congratulations 30th ANNUAL Bringing the best of Indie Films To Greater Fort Lauderdale for 30 YEARS! Betsy Cameron & Barry Smith 3 Between 111 SE 3rd Ave and the Museum Park with us when you’re downtown to enjoy the Theater, Riverwalk, Weekend Festivals, Imax, Museums & Restaurants. Safe, lighted new facility, attendant on duty, flat fee. 127 FounDInG SponSoR BRoWaRD CuLTuRaL CounCIL To the members and audiences of the fort Lauderdale international film festival DIAMONDS, RUBIES AND PEARLS It’s a year of milestone birthday celebrations; Broward County is having their 100th birthday - the diamond year; Broward Cultural Division’s Public Art & Design Program celebrates 40 years next year, the Ruby anniversary; and this year, fort Lauderdale international film festival celebrates its 30th Pearl Anniversary. fice, and personal artistic vision realized. Sometimes, yes, they may be lower budget as a result, and sometimes this is the price for freedom to create. For this independence, ‘Independent Film’ is an important sector of the filmmaking industry. fort Lauderdale’s international film festival is 30 years ‘Pearl’ strong, and growing right alongside Broward and indeed, Broward County’s arts and cultural sector. As though in celebration of all these jewels, this year we have done a unique thing with a very successful “Filmed in Broward” weekend long film festival that showcased many of the memorable films shot in Broward County, and we have attracted some heavyweight filmmakers over the course of our history! These filmmakers were interested in borrowing our palm-lined beaches, our expansive Everglades, our busy sunlit and moonlit streets, as backdrops for their stories. The warm breeze, the ocean and twinkling sky make for good, filmmaking drama, in films such as Cape fear directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange, The Birdcage by Mike Nicols, starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, both of which included scenes from Greater Fort Lauderdale. As independent films go, we know they are called ‘independent’ because they are produced mostly or completely outside of major film studios, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment, allowing for creative expression outside the big box of- The growth and development of fLiff has enticed filmmakers from Bangladesh, Albania, Belize, Bhutan, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Iceland, India, Iran, Malawi, Mongolia, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and Tanzania, who culminate annually in the heart of Fort Lauderdale to ‘talk shop,’ exhibit their productions and exchange global ideas. They bring the world to us! The Broward Cultural Council wishes to extend a mutual Happy Birthday to the fort Lauderdale international film festival, and emphasize its continued support and partnership in making Broward County a vibrant, artsy, talented destination for visitors and a home, with quality of life and international appeal for its residents. Let’s celebrate our jewels! diane weinbrum, Chair ~ Broward Cultural Council pReSenTeRS Michael Goldberg CEO, Zimmerman Advertising pRoDuCeRS For Good Good. For Eve verr . 128 Linda Carter President, CEO The Mary N. N Porter Legaccy Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward Mary N. 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We extend a profound Thank You to all of you who may Von Hausch - the great Jedi Warrior – our force for good, and the crebe attending for the first time, as well as those who ative genius behind all of this - and Bonnie Leigh Adams, our talented have supported this non-profit cultural icon during its evolution over the Senior Program Director, we have consistently screened for you the past three decades. Before proceeding to acknowledge those who have best of independent and foreign films before their availability in other made this enduring legacy possible, please let me share with you a few venues and before they achieve Golden Globe and Academy Award grateful thoughts about the wellspring of our success - the magic of film. recognition, as they often do! Steven Spielberg recently observed, in comparing film to the paintA true grass roots venture, our film festival has grown from an idea ings of Norman Rockwell, which inspired him, that Rockwell’s gift was Douglas P. Solomon by a handful of visionaries in 1986, without a theater of its own, to an Law Offices to tell a complete story in a single frame. Although the filmmaker has the Douglas Paul Solomon internationally recognized cultural event and year round exhibitor of advantages of engaging “dialogue, thunderous special effects, evocative fine films operating in its own two “Cinema Paradiso” theaters in Fort music, and dramatic lighting” – for Spielberg, both mediums “construct alternative Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida! realities that nurture our love of fantasy, our sense that goodness can exist in the None of this could have come to pass without the solid support of our members, world, and that ordinary people with ordinary failings can overcome the forces State and Broward County grants, assistance from the cities of Fort Lauderdale, that threaten our individual and collective lives”. Hollywood and Sunrise, and, especially, the very generous financial support of the “A two-hour film has 172,800 frames”, says film critic David Thomson in his hundreds of contributors, sponsors, and advertisers too numerous to list here! book Moments that Made the Movies; and the special movie moments for the It is my honor and privilege to follow in the footsteps of former chairpersons audience are those which become memories “as potent in our imaginations as who have built upon those humble beginnings, also too numerous to list, and to the rooms in which we spent our childhood.” serve with our outstanding Board Members and Advisory Board members and And consider the unique intimacy of going to the movies. James Baldwin has a remarkable Staff and Volunteers described below. observed, in writing about the iconic movie stars, that “only in the movies do you What a blessing to share with you our celebration of film, our three decades get to see other persons so intimately… intense, huge, and close up. In life, you of progress – and to invite you to experience a banquet of superb selected newly try not to stare at celebrities – in the movies you get two hours to do so – raptly, minted films from all over the world. even blissfully.” – Enjoy ! Legal Counsel Treasurer Betsy Cameron Teri Pattullo Cara Ebert Cameron, P.A. Charles "Chip" Abele Alan Koslow Becker & Poliakoff Marilynn Berry Sandra Simiele McCallum Dr. Daryl Miller Bonnie Barnett Heritage House Galleries Secretary Judy Erickson Diplomat Resort & Spa Cyndi Boyar Chairman & CEO - Hollywood Circle, LLC, Block 40, LLC; Gold Coast Regional Ctr, LLC AAA Fire Protection BOARD OF DIRECTORS Immediate Past Chairman Steven Naimoli Credit Bureau Services John Boisseau Jim Norton Coldwell Banker; Weston City Commissioner Rob Davis MISSIoN STaTeMeNT Bringing people together year round, using Cinema to educate and inspire while showcasing the best in filmmaking. Chair Emeritus Film Commissioner Exec At Large Board Development Chair President & CEO Ginny Miller Noelle Stevenson Diane Sobo Estelle Fineberg Gregory von Hausch Miller Construction Co. Greater Fort Lauderdale/ Broward Starwood Properties Office of Film & Entertainment Michael Goldberg CEO, Zimmerman Advertising Steve Savor Philanthropist Pam HuizengaAlexander Pam Huizenga Jewelry; Sunset Bay Marina Eileen Schneider Florida Atlantic University ADVISORY BOARD Glenn Friedt Lisa Liotta Redevelopment & Operations Mgr City of Hollywood CRA Estelle Fineberg Associates Robert Kagan, M.D. MRI Scan Center Janet Schwartz Volunteer Coordinator John Mager George Kress RPh Lynn Taylor Carole Nugent Gerald B. Weber President & CEO, Jewelry Repair Enterprises, Inc Wil Shriner vISIoN STaTeMeNT From independent and world cinema to documentaries and student films, the diversity of work spotlighted by three decades of festivals and events will continue to make a significant cultural and economic impact on the communities of South Florida. 135 Lumiere Sponsors: Wini and Joe Amaturo Barbara & Arnie Grevior Doug Amaturo Walter Griffith Marilynn Berry Wayne & Marti Huizenga Antje & Leonard Farber Tom & Ginny Miller Miles Forman Tom & Maryrose Mullane Millennium Club John Mager, a FLIFF member created the Millennium Club in 2006. Since that time we have raised thousands of dollars to upgrade Cinema Paradiso. Thanks John! Sally & John Boisseau ★★ Brian and Susan Brown ★★★ M.E. DePalma Estelle Fineberg ★ ★★★ Betsy Cameron & Barry Smith ★ Marilyn Kramer ★ Ginny & Tom Miller ★ Elliot Cantor ★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ Richard & Mimi Friedman John Mager ★★★★★ Jerry & Nicole Gray Lynn Taylor & Glenn Friedt ★ 136 ★ Pam O'Hara ★ Teri & Brian Pattullo ★★★ Steve Savor ★ Dr. Daryl Miller ★★★★★★ Janet Schwartz ★★★ Mae Silver ★★ Beatriz & Al Miniaci Claudette Moritz ★★★★ Betty Diane Sobo Lakey-Smith ★★ ★ Cynthia & Dane Hancock ★ ★★ ★★★ Pat & Sandy McCallum Loyce I. Grigsby ★★★ Tom & Maryrose Mullane ★★ ★★ Dr. Jules Oaklander Nick and Molly St Cavish ★ ★★★ ★ William Kohn Lawrence Betty Lakeysmith Carla DiMauro ★ ★ Oberman★ Mary & Nick St Cavish ★ Milan & Coni Uselac ★★★ Steven & Kim Naimoli ★★ Mark Wilton ★ FLIFF STAFF Bonnie Leigh Adams Michelle Filippi Senior Program Director Jeanne O’Grady Concessions Manager Alissa Allen Consultant Rob Davis Associate Programmer Operations Director Erin Fontes Managing Director Ray Cruz Afshawn Towfigi Bob Meyer Yuri Kaner Brian Bayerl Peter Langone Tech Team Spirits Wrangler DP, FLIFF Trailer Int'l Tech Team Theater Staff Television/Trailer Director Irwin Levenstein John Campbell Director of Membership/ Photographer Jose Vazquez Accountant Ken Perna Lennie Wong Sr Tech Director Jan Mitchell Tech Team Program Guide Art Director Janet Leavy Schwartz Volunteer Coordinator Marketing & PR Michele Boland Gordon K. Smith Suzzette Dawes Kavita Lowtan Dean Lyon Bob Greenberg Festival Box Office Editor FLIFF Trailer Videographer PA FLIFF Trailer Theater Staff Joan Kish Festival Concession Box Office Mgr. Foster Hirsch Craig Hill Historian and On-stage Interviewer Christine Van Hulle Cis Hancock Claudia Borden Sherman Claudia Lopez* Connie Sanders Craig Keeler Craig Mapp D’Affner Sainvil Daniel Pingani Danielle Troutman David Katimi Debbie Cawdrey Denise LaBella Diana Riojas Dominique Francois Donna Greene Donna Meents Dora Inga Eileen Schneider Ellen Bor* Emily Collier Enrique Widauski Eva Pedriglieri Federico Manuel Pohls Fern Katz Genesis Santos Genia King Gil Klajman Glen Tibaldeo Greg Bartoli Greg Nesper Gregory Slowikowski Hanna Kahan Harriette Altman* Helen Smith Janet Novack Janis Buongermino Jannine Hibbs Jason Pennant Jennifer Coloney Jessica Nelson Jim Woodworth Joan Marchese Joan O’Rourke* Joann Block Joe Marquez* Joshua Mullennix Judith (Judy) Ford* Karen Donohue Karen Lennon Karen Maltes Kimberly Borelus Kristin Beck Kristy Smeriglio Lea Lancourt* Leda Itzkowitz Lee Neuman Lenore Stern Morris Lesley Hicks Linda Patterson* Linda Rogers* Lisa Whattley Lisa York Lissandra Salomon Liz Karp Lorraine Schramm Louise Johnston Lyzanne Martin Madison Gallup* Mari SantaMaria Maria Brandt Maria Longo Maria Vargas Mariana Morris Marie McEntee Marilyn Rubin Matthew Gill Maykah Marshall Melana Francisco Melanie Caprio Tech Tream Tina La Boeuf Steven Greenberg Theater Staff Festival Cafe Manager Karen Scinta Yvette White FLIFF On-Location: Sunrise Coordinator Theater Staff Denise Castillon Robert Rosenberg Marketing & PR 2015 FLIFF VOLUNTEERS AS OF 9/15/15 VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: JANET LUSTIG SCHWARTZ *FLIFF Volunteer Advisor Alfredo Longo Alline Trutsko Amie Bland Ana Garcia Andrea Malow Anna Plasencia Art Smith Barbara Minzner Barbara Scott Barbara Sutton Bernadette Chawla Betty Lakeysmith Brittany Landers Brittany Law Bruce Bornstein Carla DiMauro Carol Burpeau Carol O’Brien* Carol Romano Carol Tumberry Caroline Seabright Cathie Conn Cathy Rollins CeeCee Via Christine EspositoTorres Rudrick Dawes Print Trafficking/ Head Projectionist Michael Merino Michael Shipsky Michele Boland Mischa Robinson Moona Whitice Nadean Stone Najib Salaam Natalie Batiste Nhumas Guerras Noralee Traylor Patricia Perkins Paul McKee Paula Shavers Paulette Richardson Paulina Merino Pauline Vitale Pepper Prigal Peter Lent Peter Loucke Petrina D. Smith Ramona Rung Rayda Siso Regina Bonney Renate Laub* Richard Collura Ro King CP - Asso Programmer Ross Kaplan Ry Nielson Sandy Darrall Sandy Goldstein Sarafina Casimir Seth Lefkow Sharin McKearnan Shianne Saraiva Stacy Reines Steven Alperstein Steven Love Susie Colucci Suzanne Kranz* Suzanne Southwell* Suzie Bleus Suzzette Dawes* Teresa Shafer Tibbi Duboys Tom Ryan Tomas Caicedo Trey Donnelly Tricara Williams Vanessa Ferguson Xiomara Flores Yvonne Blackman 137 Radiology Associates Imaging, St. Augustine is a Proud Supporter of the St. Augustine Film Festival 138 190 Southpark Blvd., Suite 101, St Augustine 904-827-9191 · www.radiologyassociatesimaging.com 139 LAW OFFICE OF BENEDICT P. KUEHNE, P.A. CONGRATULATES SUPPO P RTING 30th ANNUAL the ar ts is FOR 30 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMMING BENEDICT P. KUEHNE SUSAN DMITROVSKY BARNEY BROWN MICHAEL T. 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Journey Travel Agency a division of Corporate Travel Sales Bureau Kelley Sarantis 3350 NW 22nd Terrace, Suite 1000, Pompano Beach, FL 33069 142 561.361.0055 office 954.263.4924 cell By appointment only Becker & Poliakoff salutes our o client Chip Abele - FLIFF Corporate rate Leader Gold Coast Regional Center Hollywood Circle, LLC & Bloc ck 40, LLC And salutes all of the 2015 5 Honorees Nicki Grossman - Visionarry Award Candy Clark - Lifetime Ach hievement Ed Harris - Lifetime Achie evement Christopher Lloyd - Lifetime Achievement A Amy Madigan - Lifetime Ach hievement Victor Nunez - The Florid da Prize Estelle Parsons - Lifetime Ac chievement Loretta Swit - Lifetime Ach hievement Alan Koslow, Shareholder,, Beck ker & Poliakofff Immediate Past Chair of FLIFF and Chair C of 2015 Gala a [email protected] | 954.985.4169 9 | www.bplegal.co om Always Enjoy Responsibly. ©2013 Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Stella Artois® Beer, Imported by Import Brands Alliance, St. Louis, MO 143 B Ticket order & membership Form Title / Date / Time TICkeTS : Quantity Price Totals: # of Tickets SubTotal $ CINEMA PARADISO: $6 FLIFF Members, $8 seniors & students, $10 general admission except “Special Screenings” Name ______________________________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________ City & zip: __________________________________ Telephone Day:_____________________ Eve: _________________ Fax: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ ❑ Check enclosed ❑ Please bill credit card #_______________________________________ Exp. _________ Signature __________________________________ There are no exchanges or refunds. Call 954-760-9898 ext 111 and learn how your group can raise money selling FLIFF tickets! MeMBeRSHIP CHeCk oNe: (Add to $ total above) ❑ FLIFF $15 – Student 25 years or younger with valid ID ❑ Production Assistant $95 ❑ Production Team (Couples) $60 ❑ Director $160 / Director Team $275 ❑ Executive Producer $495 ❑ Executive Producer Team $895 ❑ Superstar $825 / Superstar Team $1400 New member: ❑ yes Renewal: ❑ yes Memberships fees are non-refundable. Badges must be presented at events for admission or benefits. Memberships are good for 365 days from date of processing. mailing address 144 1314 east Las olas Blvd., #007 • Fort Lauderdale FL 33301 954.760.9099 fax • [email protected]