Festival Program - Woods Hole Film Festival

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Saturday, July 25 through Saturday, August 1, 2009
WOODS HOLE
FILM FESTIVAL
For information, tickets, schedules, merchandise:
visit woodsholefilmfestival.org or call 508.495.FILM
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The 18th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival
Program 2009
NOTES FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Welcome to the 18th Woods Hole Film
Festival, the oldest film festival on Cape Cod
and the Islands. We are pleased to present
one of the finest festivals of independent
film in the Northeast. Although we have
grown and evolved over 18 years, our
mission remains the same; to showcase the
work of emerging and established filmmakers from around the world and to
highlight the work of filmmakers from New
England and Cape Cod within the festival
program. In 2009, we will screen more than 100 films selected from
submissions culled from around the world, bringing the world to your
doorstep one film at a time.
In order to produce a festival as large as Woods Hole, we work yearround to develop a program that is original in style and sensibility and
that represents the essence of the Woods Hole Film Festival.
CONTENTS
Director’s Notes. ................................................................... 1
Festival FAQ. ........................................................................2
Staff. ......................................................................................2
Audience Awards ..................................................................2
Venue & Maps .......................................................................3
Sponsors ...............................................................................4
Jury 2009..............................................................................5
Filmmakers in Residence .....................................................6
Alphabetical Listing of Films ............................................... 7
Film Descriptions .................................................................8
Music at the Festival ........................................................... 14
Schedule Matrix ......................................................... 20 & 21
Attending Filmmakers........................................................34
For the best Festival experience, sample a variety of screenings, panels
and events. Get to know the filmmakers and support them by attending
their screenings. Many of them have traveled a great distance to be a part
of this community that we create for 8 days each year. As a member of
the audience, your support is crucial and the audience awards, which are
announced at the closing night party and awards ceremony, are based
on your vote. This year, we are also pleased to announce the addition of
juried awards for films that are in competition.
After the Festival, the Winter Film Series, Dinner & a Movie offers
Festival programming to audiences year-round and new this year, look for
the Best of the Woods Hole Film Festival at the Payomet Center for the
Arts in Truro. New this Fall, we will offer Films from around the World,
through the Global Lens Initiative.
In October, 2009, the Woods Hole Film Festival will host a meeting
of Cape Cod Filmmakers to launch the Cape & Islands Filmmakers
Collaborative to provide networking opportunities for filmmakers who
live in the area. Look for more information about the Collaborative on
www.woodsholefilmfestival.org in September. We are also excited to
announce a new collaboration with GlobalPost.com to facilitate
documentary works-in-progress from around the world.
We need your generous support to keep the Festival going and growing.
Please become a Festival patron and take advantage of the special offers
that apply. Finally, thank you to the many people who work to make the
Festival possible each year, and to you, our audience, for your continuing
support.
Enjoy the show!
Judy Laster
Festival Director
To our guests:
Woods Hole Film Festival volunteers are available
to answer your questions and help make your
Festival experience interesting and rewarding.
On occasion, they may not know the answer to
your question, but if they don’t they will be happy to
direct you to someone who does. We will have volunteers
on either side of the bridge who will be happy to answer
your questions about the Festival. And, if they don’t
know the answer, they will find someone who does.
Finally, if the bridge is up and you happen to be on the
wrong side, don’t worry. We have great films on either
side of the bridge. So, relax and enjoy the Festival.
Copyright © 2009, Woods Hole Film Festival, Inc., P.O. Box 624, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543. All right reserved. Copyrights of individual films, logos, and other
images held by individual owners. Print Sources can be requested from the Woods Hole Film Festival - email [email protected].
WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL
Festival FAQ
Cast and Crew
Tickets & Passes
Festival Staff
Price: $10 per ticket
Discounts: WGBH Members, $8 per ticket with ‘GBH
card; Students, Seniors, Active Duty Military, $7 with ID
Purchase: Online via Ticketweb at www.woodsholefilmfestival.org (Credit card only) or in person (Cash or check
only) at the Old Woods Hole Fire Station. Evening party
tix available at the door of the event.
Ticketweb Will Call tickets will be available for pick up at
the Old Woods Hole Fire Station on the day of the show.
Must have ID.
Passes: Weekend and weeklong passes are available.
Weekend pass $90. Weeklong pass $250.
Passholders must arrive at least 15 minutes prior to event
to guarantee entry otherwise entry will be on a space
available basis. Pass is non-transferable. Passholder agrees
to abide for all Festival rules.
Films
Schedule Subject to change. Changes will be posted at
the Old Woods Hole Fire Station and online. Screenings
may be added.
For Project Green Screen Waterfront Park Outdoor
Screening please bring chairs or blankets for your seating
comfort.
Films are not rated unless noted in program. Family oriented programming available as described in program.
Parking
Parking available for ticket holders in WHOI School Street
Lot after 5 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends after 3
p.m. Please do not park in lot otherwise. Festival goers
are encouraged to use public transportation or bicycle.
Trolley schedule available online. Free weekend parking is
also available in the NOAA parking lot at the end of Water
Street.
Judy Laster, Festival Director
Randy Barth, Festival Manager
Anne O’Brien, Director of
Development and Sponsorship
Nava Renek, Volunteer Manager
Bronwen Prosser Armstrong,
Print Traffic Coordinator, Filmmaker
Relations, Hospitality
Alex Rapp, Filmmaker Relations
Jane Clark, Jury and Special
Programming
Jean-Paul Ouellette, Coordinator
Screenwriting Competition
Jon Goldman, Special Programming
Michelle Fabiano Gallasso,
Advertising and Sponsorship
Anne Warner, Merchandise
Chip Moore, Trailer Design and
Projectionist
Stu Wood, Projectionist
Bill Darmon, Projectionist,
Videographer
Mike O’Brien, Projectionist
Peter Foti, Sound
Tom Daley, Box Office Coordinator
Screening Committee
Nina Adams
Bronwen Prosser Armstrong
Jane Clark
Cynthia Eaton
Ted Fill
Jon Goldman
Sue Hanley
Elise Hugus
David Kleiler
Judy Laster
Julie Mirocha
Chip Moore
Stephanie Murphy
Anne O’Brien
J.P. Ouellette
Marilyn Sheprow
Ed Slattery
Jay Spain
John Stimpson
European Festival
Representative
Hatay Alvarez
Volunteers
Ashleigh McCord
Ben Chou
Ben Gilton
Bill Boylan
Caitlin Fitzgerald
Caroline Carton
Christine Spinelli
Craig Schenkemeyer
David Warren
Debra Weiss
Jean Fang
Jeff Stoodt
Joanne Pugh
Joseph Oneill
Karen Ellery Jones
Karl Schleicher
Katie Welsh
Kevin Sweeney
Krystal McSweeney
Lauren Varney
Lauren Shiraka
Lisbeth Ionnilli
Lucy Kenyon
Matthew Gavin
Marco Trafficante
Michaell Littlewood
Nadine Krasnow
Natalia Wallace
Nava Renek
Olympia Bowker
Paula Lichter
Renee Wozniak
Roger Pugh
Stefano Trafficante
Susan Quirk
Sydna Byrne
Tom Daley
Trudy Josephson
Zach Thomson
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Accounting: Ed Heylin, CPA
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Legal Advisor: Sandy Missakian
Public Relations and Press: Ellen
Gitelman, American Graphiti
Insurance: Arts and Entertainment
Insurance, Marblehead, MA
Online Festival Community Partner:
B-side.com
Online Festival Submission Partner:
Withoutabox.com
Online Ticketing: Ticketweb.com
Graphic Design: Gregg Sandberg,
GS-Interactive
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers:
Jim Murray: President
Judy Laster: Vice President
JP Ouellette: Secretary
Jim Murray: Treasurer
Directors:
Jane Clark
Michelle Fabiano Gallasso
Jon Goldman
Phyllis Goldstein
Erich Horgan
Judy Laster
Anne O’Brien
Sandy Missakian
Beth Murphy
Jim Murray
Richard Paradise
Beth Ryan
John Stimpson
Sam Weisman
Advisors:
Christy Cashman
Mary Chiochios
Beth Colt
Linda Comstock
Mike Dispezio
Jay Spain
The Audience Awards: You are the Judge!
When you attend a film, you
will be given a ballot for the
films that are in competition at
that screening. Please, carefully
follow the instructions on the ballot
or given by the presenter. The ballots will
be collected after each screening. Please, be sure to turn yours in.
Whatever the critics and filmmakers may think, the true test of a film’s value is the
reaction of the audience. What a critic may acclaim, an audience might find a
bore; what filmmakers may see as filmic genius, an audience may find trivial. The
Woods Hole Film Festival is proud of the intelligent and discerning audiences who
judge the films we present with open eyes, ears, hearts and minds.
The Woods Hole Film Festival was established so that the residents of Woods Hole,
Falmouth, and Cape Cod would have a venue to see the fine independent films
produced, but often not seen in traditional cinemas. Over the past decade, it has
become evident to filmmakers worldwide that the audiences at the Woods Hole
Film Festival are some of the most perceptive and open-minded they have encountered. From this relationship, we developed the Audience Awards. The world
film community values the Woods Hole Film Festival’s Audience Award, as can be
seen by the increase in quality and quantity of films being offered again this year.
Your votes are counted and assessed in relationship to the films in that category
throughout the festival. Ballots which are not filled out properly are discarded.
The votes are tabulated by averaging the ratings. The Best of the Festival is
decided for a film rated best against all films in competition in the Festival and
can be in any category.
The Audience Awards will be announced at the filmmakers awards ceremony on
the last day of the festival and will be posted on the Woods Hole Film Festival web
site on the Monday following closing night. Your vote counts and the filmmakers
are counting on you. Screenplay Competition Awards will be presented on
August 1st at the Awards Ceremony. Thank you for your participation.
The Audience Awards are given in a number of categories depending on the films
shown in a given year. This year the categories are:
•BestFilmoftheFestival
•BestFeatureNarrative
•BestShortDocumentary
•BestShortDrama
•BestFeatureDocumentary
•BestShortComedy
•BestShortAnimation
•BestFilmCapeCodSection
Alex Rapp,
Filmmaker Relations
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Saturday, July 25 - Saturday, August 1, 2009
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Woods Hole Venues:
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Pie in the Sky Cafe (80 Seats) (Outdoors) Water Street,
Woods Hole, corner of Water St. and Luscombe Ave.
(wheelchair accessible) (508) 540-5475
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The Landfall Restaurant, Luscombe Ave., Woods Hole,
(508) 548-1758
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Phusion Grille, 71 Water St., Woods Hole, (508) 457-3100
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Coffee Obsession 2 (60 seats) Water St. Woods Hole, corner of
Water St. and Luscombe Ave. (wheelchair accessible).
(508) 540-2233
Shore
Town Hall
The Nimrod Restaurant & Jazz Lounge , 100 Dillingham Ave.,
Falmouth, (508) 540-4132
Public Transportation: Ride the WHOOSH Trolley to the WHFF for just
$1.00 each way. The WHOOSH Trolley runs every 20 or 30 minutes
between Woods Hole and Falmouth Mall via Rte. 28 and Woods Hole
Road. Park where appropriate along the trolley route. Pick up a free
WHOOSH Trolley brochure or go online to www.capecodtransit.org.
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The Woods Hole Community Hall (150 seats) 68 Water Street,
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The Old Woods Hole Fire Station (80 Seats). 70 Water Street,
Woods Hole. Screening facilities located upstairs.
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Woods Hole Film Festival Headquarters, 87B Water Street, Woods
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Woods Hole Parking: Public Parking is available on the street at meters.
Free street parking after 6 PM every day. WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute kindly allows Film Festival parking in their School Street Lot
(WHOI PK). Take the third driveway on the right (Eel Pond on the left)
and follow the stone wall all the way back. Parking is only available for
Festival attendees after 5 PM. Don’t think you can cheat them because we
guarantee that early parkers will be ticketed and towed.
Great Harbor
Reminder:
Eel Pond bridge goes up every hour on the hour
during the day so plan to be across it before it does
or you will be late.
On weekends, additional free parking is available in the NOAA lot on
Water Street.
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Special Thanks to the following Festival supporters and Patrons
The Woods Hole Film Festival would like to thank the following supporters for their tireless support of this outstanding community organization:
The Captain Kidd
Coffee Obsession
Howlingbird
The Landfall Restaurant
The Nimrod
Pie in the Sky
Phusion
Quicks Hole
Under the Sun
The Woods Hole Community
Association
The Marine Biological Laboratory
The Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
The Woods Hole Inn
The Woods Hole Post Office
The Falmouth Chamber of
Commerce
The Cape Cod Chamber of
Commerce
The Canadian Consulate of Boston
Ellen Gitelman, American Graphiti
Century Type
Clean Energy Designs
G-S Interactive
The Massachusetts Film Office
Saint Aire Productions
Adam Krane
Bill Crowley
Dennis Downey
Don Estes
Eric Gura
Jim and Gwynn Murray
Kim Collins
Mary Goldman
Chris Warner
Howie Maui
Howard Phillips
John Rule
Judith Taylor (MBL)
Kate Davis (WHOI)
Heather Benway
Stephanie Murphy
Beth Murphy
Charlie Sennott, Global Post
Carol Patton and Imagine News
The Cape Cod Times
The Cape Codder
The Falmouth Enterprise
Susan Maguire
Elise Hugus
Marilyn Rowland
Nick Paleologos
Mary Chiochios
Mary Janney
Beth Ryan
Tom Wineman
Leonard & Ruth Ann Laster
The Woods Hole Foundation
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
Arts Falmouth
Bside
Cape Cod Life
Bellezza Day Spa
Inkwell Bookstore
The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings
Bank, Charitable Foundation Trust
Beth Colt
John Stimpson
Jay Spain
David Kleiler
Ed Slattery
Jury 2009
PATRONS, MOGULS
David and Sandy Bakalar
Robert and Genie Birch
Christy Cashman
Anonymous
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EXECUTIVEPRODUCER
Beth Colt
John Fish
Mary Goldman
Mary Janney
PRODUCER
Robert and Diane Jaye
Phyllis Goldstein
Len and Ruth Ann Laster
ASSOCIATEPRODUCER
Chip Shulz
FESTIVAL FANS
Virginia White
Virginia Sennott
Adelaide Cummings
Pete Connolly
Katie Bowers
Erin Kupcha
Michelle Galasso
Caitlin McCarthy
Greg and Cindy Holmes
Helene and Jim Anderson
Ellen Weiss
Jon and Nicole Goldman
Anne O’Brien
Ellie Armstrong
Mark Chester
Marisa Weiss
Beth Mahony
Rhoda Hagan
Jane Hichey
Sandy Missakian
Beth Nicholson
Marilyn Koloday
Jane Harrington
Dale Zimmerman
David Clarke
Kevin Wing
Important Notice About Seating,
Screenings, and Schedule
Juror biographies are available on www.woodsholefilmfestival.org
CATEGORY:FEATUREDOCUMENTARY
Schedule Changes, Event Admission and Seating:
Chris Schmidt, Talent Agent Paradigm
David Poland, Creator, co-publisher, and editor-in-chief Movie City News
Amy Grey, Founder/Publicist, Dish Communication
CATEGORY:FEATURENARRATIVE
Betsy Hamlin, Founder, Jetstream Pictures/CineSky Pictures
Sandy Missakian, Founder, Golden Child Ventures, LLC & Golden Child Pictures, LLC
Michael Saltzman, Founder, Michael Saltzman Communications.
CATEGORY:SHORTDOCUMENTARY
George Ciccarone, Emmy Award winning, creator, producer
Kristine Kreska, CEO, Collaboration Entertainment.
Jay Spain, Producer/Director/Cinematographer
CATEGORY:SHORTNARRATIVE
Michael Matzdorff, Director/Writer/Editor/Producer/Actor
Anthony Breznican, Film Reporter, USA Today
Tze Chun, Director
CATEGORY:SHORTANIMATION
Jonathan Hickman, Editor-in-Chief einsiders.com
Christina Steinberg, Producer (the upcoming, “The Guardians,” “The Bee,”),
Dreamworks Animation
Keith Fay, Creative Produce Titmouse Animation
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Films and Schedule are subject to change without notice.
While every effort is made to ensure seating for Passholders, a Passholder must arrive at least 15 minutes prior to
a showtime in order to be guaranteed a seat. Passholders
who do not arrive at least 15 minutes prior to a showtime
will have been deemed to release their seat. Passes are not
transferable and are revocable without valid ID. Passes are
not valid for events listed as “by invitation only”. By accepting
an admission ticket or pass, the Holder consents to Holder’s
likeness and voice being publicly used without notice or
compensation solely in connection with the Woods Hole Film
Festival, Inc. Attendees release the Woods Hole Film Festival,
Inc., staff, sponsors and advertising agents from all liability
for loss and damage to person or property, and agrees to
comply with all the rules and regulations of the Woods Hole
Film Festival. The Festival requests that attendees act in a
courteous manner during the festival and refrain from talking during the screening of a film.
2009 Filmmakers in Residence Program
Supported in part by a grant from the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the Woods Hole Foundation
The Filmmakers in Residence Program was founded to recognize and
foster excellence in filmmaking by offering filmmakers and nonfilmmakers alike an opportunity to participate in master classes and
workshops offered by the Filmmakers in Residence during the Woods
Hole Film Festival in order to learn and develop their skills.
State College, Brown University, The American Repertory Theater,
and Trinity Repertory Company. She is currently a professor of
“Acting for the Camera” at Suffolk University”
Over the past several years her company, C.P. Casting has helped
hundreds of local actors land jobs in feature films, TV dramas,
commercials, and educational projects. A short list of these credits
include: The upcoming Richard Kelly’s “The Box”, Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island”, ER creator John Wells’ first feature film “The
Company Men”, and Ben Affleck’s 2nd project as a director “The
Town”. She has also cast many locally shot feature films, including:
“21”, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”, and the well known “Good Will Hunting”. She is a proud member of the Casting Society of America and
in 2004 was awarded an Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama for Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River” and in 2008 was awarded an Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama for Ben Affleck’s
“Gone, Baby, Gone”.
BESTOR CRAM
Principal, Northern Light Productions
Producer,Director,Cinematographer
Bestor Cram has over twenty-five years
of experience as a director, producer and
cinematographer. In 1982, Bestor founded
Northern Light Productions. Under his
direction, Northern Light has produced and
directed scores of films, including many broadcast documentaries
that concentrate on issues relating to contemporary society, science,
art and history.
JOEY PANTOLIANO
He is currently directing the documentary feature Johnny Cash at
Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece (ZDF/ARTE), and producing/directing The Orangeburg Massacre (PBS). His recent credits
include Orange Blossom Special: The Story of an American Anthem
(2005, PBS) and Unfinished Symphony: Democracy and Dissent
(2001, Sundance Film Festival).
Actor, Director
He’s famous for his inexhaustible energy,
and is loved by all who know his work. An
acclaimed actor, producer and best-selling
author, boasting over 100 film, television,
and stage credits. Joey Pants - as he is
affectionately known - has been revered
and honored for his unique and entertaining portrayals. His resume is a catalog of classic American film and
television titles, a testament to his uncanny ability to pick a winner.
A favorite player, wielded by master film makers like Richard Donner, Steven Spielberg, Andrew Davis, and the Wachowski brothers. He is a dependable scene stealer, his theatrical work, a grand
collection of memorable roles; we all remember him from such
films as “Risky Business,” “The Goonies,” “La Bamba,” “Midnight
Run,” “Bad Boys I and II,” “Empire of the Sun,” “The Fugitive,”
“The Matrix,” “Memento,” and “Daredevil.” And who can forget
his portrayal of the eccentric mobster Ralphy Cifaretto in HBO’s
landmark series “The Sopranos,” for which he won a best-supporting actor prime time Emmy in 2003. During the same period, Mr.
Pantoliano wrote and published the New York Times bestseller
Who’s Sorry Now: The True Story of a Stand-Up Guy, a bittersweet
memoir about growing up in an Italian-American family in New
Jersey.
His cinematography credits include After Innocence, and Wrestling
with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner, the Emmy-nominated Discovery Channel special Mysteries of the Sea: Freak Waves, the HBO
special Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt?, the PBS/
BBC series, China in the Red, the 1995 Documentary Academy Award
winner, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, and the PBS “American
Experience” 2-1/2 hour biography, Eleanor Roosevelt.
He was a founding board member of the Boston Film/Video Foundation, and is the Massachusetts representative to the International
Quorum of Motion Picture Producers.
CAROLYN PICKMAN
Principal,C.P.Casting,Inc.
Carolyn Pickman works throughout the
New England area as a Casting Director, a
teacher, and is the Director of The Studio at
C.P. Casting, Inc.
Pantoliano’s recent work includes a starring role in “Falling Up”
with Sarah Roemer and Joe Cross. He also produced and starred
in the CBS drama pilot “Waterfront,” as well as writer/director
Joe Greco’s thought-provoking feature “Canvas,” opposite Marcia
Gay Harden. Inspired by his role in “Canvas”, Pantoliano started
his own non-profit organization, No Kidding, Me Too!, which is
dedicated to removing the stigma associated with mental illness.
Most recently, Pantoliano has made his directorial debut, seeking
to promote mental health and awareness with his informative and
moving documentary, “No Kidding, Me Too!” He currently resides
in Connecticut with his wife, son, three daughters, and four dogs.
She started teaching acting in the mid-70’s
with The Theatre Company of Boston /
School Touring Company. The focus of that
first company was to incorporate drama skills and performance into
inner-city high school curriculum. This was during the turbulent
“school busing” era. Later, and with the help of colleagues at C.P.
Casting, “The Studio” evolved and has existed for over 20 years.
The Studio currently offers on-camera acting, auditioning, and basic
acting workshops to all levels of students, taught by some of the
area’s most experienced professionals. Carolyn teaches an on-camera
auditioning course and “Getting Started in the Business of Acting”,
a one-day seminar which she created and designed. She’s taught full
courses and/or workshops at drama departments at many of the area’s performing arts institutions, universities, and colleges including:
Boston University, Boston College, Emerson, UMass, Bridgewater
Get the latest Festival news and information at:
www.woodsholefilmfestival.org
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2009 Films
Alphabetical listing of all of the films at the Fest by type and title. The general listings in this program are by date and time.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
American Casino
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
The Cove
Dirt! The Movie
The English Surgeon
Fishermen of Plum Island
For the Love of Movies...
HomeGrown
I Need That Record!
Ice Bears of the Beaufort
Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Luckey
Naturally Obsessed...
No Kidding, Me Too!
Oh My God! It’s Harrod Blank!
Saint Misbehavin’
Saint Misbehavin’
A Sea Change
Shooting Beauty
Trust Us This Is All Made Up
Waiting for Armageddon
The Way We Get By
The Way We Get By
Women of Faith
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Tues, July 28
Fri, July 31
Sat, July 25
Tues, July 28
Sun, July 26
Mon, July 27
Fri, July 31
Tues, July 28
Sun, July 26
Sat, July 25
Wed, July 29
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FEATURE NARRATIVE FILMS
Atom Age Vampire
Buzzkill
Children of Invention
Deadland
The Full Picture
Good Dick
Home
Li Tong
Li Tong
Mow Crew
Shout It Out
Tales from the Catholic...
A Thing as Big as the Ocean
Tricks of Love
Trucker
The Voice (Boses)
The War Boys
The War Boys
SHORT FILMS
Ai
Alien Abduction
Appropriate Sex
Askari
Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn
Beyond Words
Birdy
Blackout
Blindspot
Cam2Cam
Clam Pie
Cleats
Concluzie
Contrition
Contrition
Dandelion Will Make You Wise
SHORT FILMS (continued)
December Thaw
The Devil’s Wedding
Dogface
Drift
Driven
Elle(s)
Everything Is Ordinary
Gay Marriage ads
Green Eco-Machine
Growing Up Vegas
Hanging Plant
Happy & Gay
Homecoming
Horn Dog
The Housetaurant
In Control
I Slept with Cookie Monster
Jelly Fishers
Larry (the actor)
Lemon & Lime
Lil’Basenji
Making the Crooked Straight
Mite
Mugs
My Brother Tom
My Girlfriend Sleeps Like Superman
My Little Mascot
Once More to the Cabin
Only Love
Open Air
Orchard
Outsource
The Passenger
Period Portrait
Pet Peeves
Preschool’s a Bitch
Pirkle Jones...
Red Flag
Re-Enactor
Retirement
Riddle in a Bottle
Ride Of The Yoga Valkyries
RiverSing!
Rock N’ Roll King...
Science Fair
The Sneakers
So Is Life
Songs from the Tundra
Speed Date
Stalk Much?
Steeple
Storstad
Swim
Tell-Tale Heart
Therapy,Again
Tuesday’s Are Orange
Twist of Fate
Unmoored
Werewolf Trouble
White Shark Cafe
Why Don’t You Dance
William’s Christening
Witness to Hiroshima
You’re Outa Here
Zap Squad And The Sands of Time
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Additional information about the films is available on www.woodsholefilmfestival.org
5 PM - OLD WOODS HOLE FIRE STATION
most remote frontier. The film unfolds in a series of native Even
songs belonging to a forgotten generation. As they sing of hunters
and herders, the Evens attempt to recreate their mythic past in a
reindeer camp at the foot of the Alney volcano. But hearth alone cannot be home. The Evens must leave their reindeer on a truly fearsome
beast.
Alexander Berman, 24 min. 2009, Russian Federation, USA
5 PM - REDFIELD AUDITORIUM
DocumentaryFeature-EastCoastPremiere
Ice Bears of the Beaufort is a stunning look at arctic polar bears at
home on Alaska’s Beaufort Sea. With its subjects oblivious to the
impending loss of their arctic sanctuary, this film shows a thriving
polar bear society on the edge of survival. This non-narrated, highdefinition documentary bears witness to Alaska’s Beaufort Sea coast
as critical polar bear habitat. Five years in the making by a single
resident of an Inupiat Eskimo village, Ice Bears of the Beaufort is a
color-intense, cinematic family portrait of Alaskan polar bears never
before captured on film. The film chronicles polar bear activity and
year-round utilization of the coastal and offshore areas of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. This region of the Alaskan arctic is not
a blank slate. In the context of a raging world debate about how to
deal with climate change, this film shows the impact that an offshore
oilfield would have as polar bears face climate change with the receding polar ice as the greatest threat to their continued existence. The
movie’s instrumental score, Glaciation, is a powerful musical mirror
reflecting the austere arctic imagery of the film. In an unrivaled marriage of image and music, filmmaker Arthur C. Smith III collaborated
with Nashville composer/musician Patrick O’Hearn to create the fullest expression of the depth and subtlety that is the arctic - an arctic
eden... a polar bear sanctuary.
Arthur C. Smith III, 52 min. 2008, USA Youth friendly screening.
Narrative Feature - World Premiere
Salvaging a guitar and a backpack, Lemmy leaves his life in New
Orleans behind and travels West in an effort to re-start his minor
musical career. On the ride out of town he encounters the young
and outgoing Darlene, who is relocating to her distant relatives in
Arizona. A simple chance encounter intersects two lives in transition,
and sets Lemmy and Darlene off on a sprawling journey of selfdiscovery. Over the next three days the two strangers travel together
in the Southwestern desert, where they are compelled to share and
confront their half-realized dreams.
Joseph Cashiola, 82 min. 2009, USA
Contrition
Narrative Short
Documentary Short
Fireworks ensue when two couples decided to swap partners. It is the
morning after a wild party and young Maggie wakes up her mom before she wanders downstairs to watch TV. After surveying the damage
her parents caused the night before, Maggie discovers that her father,
Tom, is oddly asleep on the couch - or is he? Puzzled, Maggie goes
back upstairs to find Mr. Spencer in bed with her mother.
John Stimpson, 10 min. 2009, USA
‘Songs from the Tundra’ is a lyric journey through the awkward
modernity of the Even people of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia’s
Songs from the Tundra
SHORTS I: Narrative Shorts (comedy)
• Gay Marriage ads by 9in10.org by Kevin Anderton, 5 min. 2009,
USA
• Retirement by Joseph Laraja, 6 min. 2009, USA
• Re-Enactor by Michael Ingrasci 6 min. 2008, USA
• RideOfTheYogaValkyriesbyDanBerman,6min.2008,Canada
• Therapy,Again by Vincent Tremblay, 8 min. 2008, USA
• Stalk Much? by Bill Baykan, 10 min.
• Preschool’saBitchbyChristopherBoone,14min.2008,USA
• TheDevil’sWeddingbyDanCadan,14min.2009,UK
• The Housetaurant by Dustin Schell, 15 min. 2008, USA
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Saturday, July 25
The Cove
Documentary Feature
Documentary Feature
The Cove begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric
O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5
dolphins who played the title character in the international television
sensation “Flipper.” But his close relationship with those dolphins–
the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea
mammals that continues to this day–led O’Barry to a radical change
of heart. One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that
these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures
so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never again be
held in captivity. This mission has brought him to Taiji where the
largest supplier of dolphins in the world is located. But the town
has a dark, horrifying secret that it doesn’t want the rest of the world
to know. There are guards patrolling the cove where the dolphin
capturing takes place who prevent any photography. The only way to
stop it is to expose it... and that’s exactly what the group of activists
in THE COVE intends to do. Armed with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment, the members of the small group, led by the most
famous dolphin trainer in the world, devise a covert plan to infiltrate
the cove to document the horrifying events that happen there. Along
the way, they uncover what may be the largest health crisis facing our
planet–the poisoning of our seas. Part environmental documentary,
part horror film, part spy thriller, THE COVE is as suspenseful as it is
enlightening. The final result is a heart-wrenching, but inspirational
story that shows the true power of film in the hands of people who
aren’t afraid to risk everything for a vital cause.
Louie Psyihoyos. 94 min. 2009, USA
January 1968; a year that would be saturated in violence and historical change. Tucked away in a gray prison cafeteria in Northern
California, isolated from the tumult outside, hard men doing hard
time witnessed the making of a legendary album that would catapult
a country singer to international stardom. Johnny Cash at Folsom
Prison remains one of the greatest live albums ever made, and the
man himself one of America’s greatest troubadours and advocates for
prison reform. Forty years later, the album still resonates today with
a rawness and authenticity that few recordings have ever achieved.
This film will expose a lesser known “Man in Black” through an exciting, visually compelling examination of this historic concert.
Bestor Cram, 87 min. 2008, USA
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A “Cash Bash” with music by the band Tripping Lily.
SHORTS II: Narrative Shorts (drama)
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Appropriate Sex by Shandor Garrison, 9 min. 2009, USA
DrivenbyYvetteFarmer10min.2008,UK
Open Air by Shira-Lee Shalit 12 min. 2008, USA
Outsource by Daniel Trezise 12 min. 2007, USA
Ai by Raffi Asdourian, 13 min. 2008, USA
UnmooredbyMarieBrown14min.2009,USA
Elle(s)byRenaudMoran29min.2008,China,France
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Sunday, July 26
Shooting Beauty
Documentary Feature
The English Surgeon
SHOOTING BEAUTY tells the unforgettable story of aspiring fashion
photographer, Courtney Bent, whose career takes a life changing
turn when she discovers true beauty in a truly unexpected place: at a
center for people living with significant disabilities. When she begins
inventing cameras her new friends can use, a surprising story unfolds
that initial reviewers are calling “more than a film… a masterpiece.”
Many of the photographers are non-verbal. Some take pictures using
only their tongue. But when the group sets their sights on creating a
museum-worthy exhibit of their work, they must overcome a skeptical public, relationship issues, and even death in the effort to bring
their unique perspective to light. As the photographers strive to
break down the barriers that too often keep them hidden from public
view, this film will make you rethink what it means to live with a disability-- and without one.
George Kachadorian, 62 min. 2008, USA
Documentary Feature
What is it like to have God like surgical powers, yet to struggle
against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and
yet to fail? Shot in a Ukrainian hospital full of desperate patients and
makeshift equipment, “The English Surgeon “ is an intimate portrait
of brain surgeon Henry Marsh as he wrestles with the dilemmas of
the doctor patient relationship. “It’s like selling your soul to the devil,
but what can you do? My son had a brain tumour as a baby and I was
desperate for someone to help me. I simply can’t walk away from that
need in others” With an original soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, “The English Surgeon” openly confronts moral and ethical
issues which touch every one of us. And all in a country called the
Ukraine which is struggling to do the same thing….
Geoffrey Smith 90 min. 2008, UK
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5 PM - WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY HALL
Mow Crew
NarrativeFeature-CapeCodSection
A Sea Change
Island native Eric Campbell is working his last day of work as a
landscaper on Martha’s Vineyard. As he battles with a competing
landscaping crew, trains his disaster prone replacement, and revisits
a woman from his past, he begins to get cold feet about leaving his
job and leaving the island. Meanwhile his girlfriend and band mate
Sage who is thrilled to be leaving the island with Eric to pursue a
career in music, begins to realize he may be secretly sabotaging her
dream. Filled with original music, Mow Crew is a comedy about
relationships and what it takes to stay together. Filled with original
music and comedy born from conflict, Mow Crew explores the difficulties of becoming an adult and the unexpected ways in which fear
can manifest itself.
Taylor Toole, 95 min. 2009, USA
Documentary Feature
Imagine a world without fish. It’s a frightening premise, and it’s happening right now. A Sea Change follows the journey of retired history
teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening to
the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Darkening
Sea,” Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the oceans and
what this “sea change” bodes for mankind. His quest takes him to
Alaska, California, Washington, and Norway as he uncovers a worldwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, and artists, Sven discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental
catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our
oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more acidic water makes
it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web to form
their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish 1 billion
people depend upon for their source of protein.
Clam Pie
NarrativeShort–CapeCodSection
After gorging on a classic Cape Cod delicacy, Clam Pie, a curious
woman finds herself launched into a radical encounter with heaven!
Guy Taylor, 5 min. 2009, USA
A Sea Change is also a touching portrait of Sven’s relationship with
his grandchild Elias. As Sven keeps a correspondence with the little
boy, he mulls over the world that he is leaving for future generations.
A disturbing and essential companion piece to An Inconvenient
Truth, A Sea Change brings home the indisputable fact that our lifestyle is changing the earth, despite our rhetoric or wishful thinking.
Upon returning to the United States to visit his grandson Elias, Sven
seeks out the individuals and organizations who are pursuing a range
of solutions to acidification as he tries to determine where hope may
lie in this epic struggle for the future of the oceans.
Barbara Ettinger, 85 min. 2008, Norway, USA
Documentary Feature
WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON explores America’s 50-million
member Evangelical community, a group convinced that the world’s
future is foretold in Biblical prophecy—from the Rapture to the Battle
of Armageddon. The film follows Evangelicals in their homes, at
conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel, the site where they
believe Christ will return again. By interweaving Christian Zionist,
Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival material,
the film probes the politically powerful, and potentially explosive,
alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel—one that may set
the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls “World War III.”
Kate Davis, David Heilbronner, Franco Sacchi, 74 min. 2008, USA
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To her surprise, he actually wrote back. Jackson put Emily in touch
with Harry Knowles, editor of Ain’t It Cool News, who also lived in
Austin, Texas, which opened Emily up to the local film community.
She gained access to special movie screenings and began expanding
her film palate. And then she saw “Undead.,” a zombie import from
Australia. A low-budget film with no stars. But Emily didn’t care. To
her, it was amazing. After that, her appetite for horror was insatiable.
Most twelve-year-olds are busy with friends, homework, and online
chatting. But film obsessed Emily Hagins spends her time writing
and directing a feature-length zombie movie, starring her young
friends and classmates. ZOMBIE GIRL: THE MOVIE documents the
exhilarating and heartbreaking two years it took her to shoot, edit,
and world premiere the film to a sold out audience in Austin, Texas.
With the help of her mother as agent, crew, and biggest fan, Emily
launches an epic adventure in genre filmmaking, battling everything
from budget shortfalls to self-doubt, all while coming of age as a
teenager. Emily has the vision and her mom has the driver’s license.
Together, their journey is a fascinating look at a growing world of
young moviemakers and the bloodiest mother/daughter story you’ve
ever seen.
Erik Mauck, Justin Johnson, Aaron Marshall 91 min. 2008, USA
Teen friendly screening.
I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible
Survival) of The Independent Record Store.
Documentary Feature
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes ‘I NEED THAT RECORD! THEDEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE,’ a documentary feature examining
why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the
U.S. in the past decade. Featuring: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth,
Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist/
author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye
guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, ChrisFrantz of the Talking Heads/
Tom Tom Club, guitar composer Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood of
Drive-By Truckers, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, punk author Legs
McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen, BP Helium guitarist from Of
Montreal, and many many indie record stores across the U.S. of A!
Brendan Toller, 77 min. 2008, USA
Rock N’ Roll King Of The Southwest:
The Bobby Fuller Story
Documentary Short
The project is a short film on the life and music of Bobby Fuller,
focusing on the roughly five years Bobby’s music career existed until
his mysterious death on July 18, 1966.
Nicholas Carroll, 7 min. 2008, USA
DocumentaryFeature-EastCoastPremiere
When eight-year-old Emily Hagins saw Peter Jackson’s “The Fellowship of the Ring,” it was life-altering. It was the moment she transformed from a mere fan of movies into someone desperate to make
her own. She even wrote a fan letter to Peter Jackson to tell him so.
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the violin. Onyok proves to have inborn talents to the instrument
that leads Ariel to teach the mute little boy. Amanda begins to worry,
however, when Ariel begins to push Onyok beyond his limits, leading
the boy away from dealing with his own emotional issues as well
as straining his new-found friendship with Shirley, a young precocious child in the shelter.I n the course of the film, Ariel’s secret guilt
over the death of his sweetheart protege is revealed. The question of
Ariel’s motives about him pushing Onyok’s gifted talents to a similar
level comes to the fore. Does Ariel really care for Onyok’s condition,
or is he pushing Onyok to fulfill a shattered dream? Onyok’s abusive
father is slowly rehabilitated and the shelter is eventually preparing
for a reconciliation between father and son. Ariel realizes that he does
not own the child. And their friendship will have to encompass both
their individual issues -- hardly similar and yet resonant to both of
them.Nobody knows whether Onyok’s reconciliation with an abusive
parent will succeed. But one thing has remained inevitably clear: he
has regained his voice.
Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil, 98 min. 2008, Phillipines
The Voice (Boses)
Narrative Feature
Rescued by a concerned neighbor from his abusive father, 7-year old
Onyok is brought to a shelter for abused children. Amanda, the shelter’s owner-founder realizes that Onyok is unable to speak, caused by
a physical trauma that damaged his larynx. On the first day of his stay
in the shelter he hears the faint sound of a violin being played from
far off. This strange but beautiful music that has captivated Onyok’s
attention comes from Amanda’s reclusive brother Ariel, who has
turned back on his career as a concert violinist in Manila and came
back to the family house bearing a terrible guilt. This is the beginning
of a simple, yet moving friendship between Onyok and Ariel. Ariel’s
initial cynicism over his sister’s commitment to caring for abused
children slowly melts when he sees Onyok’s intrinsic inclination to
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Music at the Festival
10 P.M. SATURDAY, JULY 25th - CAP’N KIDD WATERFRONT DINING ROOM
OPENING NIGHT PARTY
A“CASHBASH”WITHTRIPPINGLILYFEATURINGTHEMUSICOFJOHNNYCASH
A group of musicians who draw their inspiration from within, Tripping Lily has
deeply explored songwriting with their personal and passionate work. With Demetrius Becrelis (ukulele/guitar/vocals), brother Alex Becrelis (mandolin/vocals), Monica
Rizzio (fiddle/ukulele/vocals) ,and Laird Boles (stringed bass), Tripping Lily blends a
unique sound of traditional and contemporary genres. The Boston Globe says, “Tripping
Lily is a genre unto itself.” Tripping Lily’s song “For Five Years or More” went to number
one for several weeks on Boston’s Folk Station WUMB. While attending the IBMA festival
in Nashville in 2006 they were interviewed on Great American Country (GAC TV).
Touted as fresh, energetic, and alive, Tripping Lily’s pop-rock groundwork is cross-fertilized with folk music and
cutting edge vocal harmonies. The band’s unique ability to absorb traditional music while speaking to the here and
now is proof of their versatility as contemporary musicians. Tripping Lily seeks to exploit the empty space of the
canvas. They unravel everything they’ve known and in turn, end up in a better place.
10 P.M. MONDAY, JULY 27th - PHUSION RESTAURANT
A WAVY GRAVY PARTY
PATRYANANDFRIENDS,JAMBAND
Musician, composer, and bandleader, Pat Ryan is the founder of Full Spectrum Music,
and CEO of Pat Ryan Productions. Pat’s diverse resume includes organizing concerts and
events with The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod; JazzFest Falmouth; the Cape Cod Jazz
Society; Full Spectrum Music; friends of Barack Obama; and many other groups
and organizations. He also assembles “custom ensembles” for weddings, functions,
and charitable events of all kinds. In 2006 Pat released his first CD of all-original,
contemporary jazz, which has been featured on Boston’s acclaimed WGBH radio
show “Eric in the Evening,” WICN’s “Jazz New England”, among others. Joining Pat will be Boston-based
keyboardist Plamen Karadonev, drummer Steve Langone, and bassist Kendall Eddy. These musicians take
an improvisationary approach to blending accessible melodies, rich harmonic soundscapes, and energetic
grooves to create a truly “post-modern” jam band sound, bringing the vibe of Hait-Ashbury to Woods Hole
in a way that builds on the collective experience of the last four decades of music and
the culture which has shaped it. Wavy Gravy from SAINT MISBEHAVIN: THE LIFE
AND TIME OF WAVY GRAVY
10 P.M. THURSDAY, JULY 30th, THE CAP’N KIDD WATERFRONT DINING ROOM
QUASI-MODAL, JAZZ
QuasiModal jazz trio has been performing together since 1994. Glenway Fripp is on piano, Jim Peterson
on bass and Catherine Cramer on drums. They play a mix of Fripp originals and jazz standards, and have
been known to cover everything from Kumbaya to the theme song from Twin Peaks. One of their all-time
favorite gigs was playing Christmas tunes in the meat department of a local grocery store. Catch them
every Sunday from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM on the porch at Coffee Obsession in Woods Hole.
10 P.M. FRIDAY, JULY 31ST, THE NIMROD RESTAURANT
PARTYWITHGUITARISTILOFERREIRA
10 P.M. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st - THE LANDFALL RESTAURANT,
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
LYDIAWARREN,SOLOBLUES
At 25 years old guitarist/singer/songwriter Lydia Warren is a veteran of playing clubs, making albums,
and entertaining audiences. Along with her bandmates, she has recorded 4 CDs, toured throughout the
United States, Canada and Lebanon, opened for countless blues and rock legends, received a nomination for a Boston Music Award, and appeared on NBC’s Today Show, New England Cable News, and WHDH Channel 7 News.
The band seemlessly fuses classic rock and blues influences with modern pop and alternative rock sensibilities to
create a fresh, in-your-face sound like no other.
Lydia has appeared with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Buckwheat Zydeco,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Hubert Sumlin, Litte Feat, and Rick Derringer. The band was selected for the Boston
Blues Festival, Montreal’s Festiblues (attended by 60,000 annually), the Hampton Beach Seafood Fest (attended
by 200,000 annually), the NEMO music conference, Wachusett Music Festival, Barnstable County Fair, and Jonesboro Bluesfest. Currently, the Lydia Warren Band is completing their fifth album.
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The War Boys
NarrativeFeature-EastCoastPremiere
The heart knows no borders. David, George, and Greg, best friends
since high school, make up ‘The War Boys.’ They used to perch on the
US-Mexican border, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who were trying to run into the United States. Sometimes, without a thought for
the plight of the immigrants, the boys chased them across the wasteland and back across the border—just for fun. It was just one of those
games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school’s
over now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of
college, and the War Boys have been reunited. Now the boys come
up with a new plan—they steal a truck from David’s father’s trucking
company, filled with what they believe to be black market televisions.
Their plan to sell them, make a quick buck, and move to New York
is complicated, however, when the contents of the truck prove to be
much more sinister than the boys had thought. Meanwhile, new feelings and relationships are forming between them, their friends, and
their families. The young vigilantes come to realize that they are as
vulnerable and as helpless as the immigrants they once chased across
the border. Starring Peter Gallagher.
Ron Daniels, 92 min. 2008, USA
C.P. CASTING
Documentary Feature
‘We don’t know anything, until we look into each other’s eyes, and
then we start to know everything...’ Described by Time Out Chicago
as ‘two of the world’s finest practitioners of the art of long-form
improv’ and by the New York Times as ‘Second City-seasoned masters’, Tj Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi have become living legends
in their field. For the past six years, their performances of entirely
improvised, character-driven, often hilarious and wholly original
one-hour plays have mesmerized audiences worldwide. Exploring
the folds of trust and faith that underlie their relationship as well as
the transcendental forces that govern their improvisation, TRUST
US, THIS IS ALL MADE UP features an unforgettable live performance recorded at New York’s Barrow Street Theater earlier this
year. Whether you’re a student of improvisation or simply interested
in the underpinnings of human imagination and the depths of mutual
understanding, this journey will leave you laughing, guessing, and in
awe of this altogether remarkable feat.
Alex Karpovsky, 81 min. 2009, USA
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with tuberculosis of the spine, a disease that creates massive humps
on the backs of its victims. Eventually they’re forced into a permanent forward-bending posture, which in turn prevents their lungs
from working properly, and if left untreated leads to death. Driven by
his devotion to Orthodox Judaism and it’s belief that ‘He who saves
one life, saves an entire world’, Hodes provides these patients with
hospital care - arranges for complex overseas surgeries—often paying
for these out of his own pocket—and has, thus far, adopted seventeen
children in order to provide them with not only proper medical care
but a home and an education. Often compared with Albert Schweitzer
and Mother Teresa, Hodes believes the only way to change the world
is to be the change.
Sue Cohn Rockefeller 30 min. 2008, USA
Bestor Cram
MASTERCLASS
The myths and challenges of making a documentary film: story, funding and distribution.
Kid’s Day
2 hours of fun animation screenings hosted by “Trooper” Dan Clark.
Also features games and prizes. Films: Terra Farmer by Will Adams,
Zap Squad and Sands of Time by Martin Grebing, The Finger Trap
by Julia McLean, Young Voices on Climate Change by Lynne Cherry,
Reach by Luke Randall, Crema Suprema by Ellenora Ventura, Ollie
and the Baked Halibut by Kelly Williamson, A Frog’s Folly by Nathalie Kraemer, Little Dinosaurs by Dana Dorian, Distraxion by Mike
Stern
5 PM - LILLIE AUDITORIUM
Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist
Documentary Feature
Mixing humor with heartbreak, the film tells a profoundly real yet
intensely dramatic story about three irrepressible graduate students
in a race to beat the competition to discover the switch that controls
appetite in the human body. The pressure is on, as they each have to
deal with their own personal challenges. Rob, a perennial dropout,
dares himself to stay the course. Kilpatrick has to choose between
the easy life and academic success. Gabriele hovers between high
aspirations and self-doubt. Their guide and mentor, Larry, is a young
professor deeply committed to passing on the baton of science. He
urges his students to apply their creativity to solve problems, while
encouraging them to embrace the emotional roller coaster of doing
science. Over three years of filming, verite scenes of intense hands-on
research reveal the ups and downs of the mentor-student relationship, the collaboration that science depends on, and the self-knowledge that success requires. Gabriele finally admits that she prefers to
work in a team rather than put herself on the line and quits the PhD
program. Kilpatrick, having battled Larry to get him through the PhD
quickly, takes a job in business. Rob comes close to dropping out,
but driven by his passion to make an impact and sustained by Larry’s
unreserved confidence in him, scores a breakthrough success and
discovers himself as a scientist.
Carole Rifkind, Richard Rifkind, 59 min. 2008, USA
Women of Faith
DocumentaryFeature-CapeCodSection
As the Catholic Church continues to play a role in a number of controversial areas of modern life, the nun in her habit stands as a symbol of the Church’s positions on everything from abortion to war. In
the process, she loses her own identity, her own thoughts and opinions, in the eyes of the rest of us. ‘Women of Faith’ pulls back the veil
and allow women with intimate knowledge of the Church to speak
their minds about everything from homosexuality to women’s ordination to the Church’s role in Latin America. Interviews include several
active and contemplative nuns, a former lesbian nun, and a woman
who became an illicit Roman Catholic priest in the face of possible
excommunication. The women in this film represent a wide range of
Catholic women religious and their explanations for staying a part of
the Church. The film was made over a period of 6 years in Ossining,
New York; Washington, D.C.; and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Rebecca Alvin, 60 min. 2008, USA
Making the Crooked Straight
Documentary Short
The Woods Hole Film Festival
is proud to present a special
guest appearance by actresses
Michelle Monaghan (TRUCKER)
and Brooke Adams (PET PEEVES).
Born in Long Island, New York and educated at John Hopkins, Dr.
Rick Hodes has dedicated his life to helping heal the sick and poor
of Ethiopia over the past 20 years. Many of his patients are stricken
10 PM: WAVY GRAVY JAM FEATURING PAT RYAN
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Plum Island’s fishing community lies the nearly fifty-year-old shop
Surfland Bait and Tackle. Local legend Kay Moulton shares stories
and photographs rom seasons past. Profiles of the diverse people who
find a common thread through fishing on Plum Island, Massachusetts. The film presents interviews, photographs, and personal stories
told by the fishermen themselves.
James Waldron, 59 min. 2008, USA
Li Tong
Narrative Feature - US Premiere
A Chinese interpretation of The Red Balloon. An eight-year-old girl,
Li Tong, loses her bus pass one day after school. Penniless, she decides to walk home. On her way, she encounters a warm-hearted old
lady who tries to help her, a security guard in front of a bar, a trendy
young woman, a man wearing a panda costume, and even a little thief
attempting to steal a pet dog from an old man. After getting a ride to
the wrong address, Li Tong’s journey becomes more complicated as
she soon finds herself hopelessly lost. Only the son of a migrant worker who begs in the city offers her a helping hand. The two of them
become unlikely companions, each learning a bit about the world of
the other as the little beggar helps Li Tong on her quest home.
Nian Liu, 75 min. 2009, China
White Shark Cafe
Documentary Short
Great white sharks have captured people’s attention for thousands
of years. They are mythologized by native groups all over the world feared and revered in equal measure. But the scientific study of these
giant predators is less than 50 years old. The film profiles 2 pioneers
in the field - both doing research in California at the Farallon Islands.
It also looks at today’s research - greatly improved by advanced technologies that allow scientists to track the sharks migration patterns.
Sean Aronson, 24 min. 2008, USA
Concluzie
Narrative Short
A brother and sister are forced to make some hard choices to help
their Mother get the medicine she needs to stay alive.
Gabriel Sandru, Daniel Cojanu, 14 min. 2008, Romania, Switzerland
SHORTS III: Narrative Shorts (youth friendly)
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My Little Mascot by Jay Sheldon, 16 min. 2008, USA
Science Fair (Or: Migratory Patterns & the Flight of the March
BrownMayfly)byDeanFleischer-Camp,22min.2008,USA
Riddle in a Bottle by Laura Sams, Robert Sams, 30 min. 2008, USA
Saint Misbehavin’: The Life & Time of Wavy Gravy
Documentary Feature
Saint Misbehavin’ reveals the true story of cultural phenomenon
Wavy Gravy, a man whose commitment to making the world a better
place has never wavered. We experience the impact one person can
have and connect to the hope that each one of us can make a difference while keeping our sense of humor. Wavy Gravy is known as the
MC of the Woodstock Festival, a hippie icon, clown and even a Ben &
Jerry’s Ice Cream flavor. In Saint Misbehavin’ we meet a true servant
to humanity who carries his message through humor, compassion
and a song he sings, called ‘Basic Human Needs.’ Saint Misbehavin’
weaves together intimate verite footage, reflections from an array of
cultural and counter-cultural peers, and never-before-seen archival
footage to tell a story that is bigger than the man himself.
Michelle Esrick, 88 min. 2008, USA.
Wavy Gravy will be in attendance.
Documentary Feature
“Who fishes Plum Island and why?” The answers bring light to a
wonderful, intermingled sub-culture revolving around the singleminded pursuit of the big one. Explore the culture of fishing, and
what makes anglers tick. A film about fishermen more than fishing,
it’s setting is Plum Island, Massachusetts, a barrier island just off the
coast of Newburyport. The island is one of the finest fishing locales
in the Northeast and draws an exceptionally diverse group of people
searching for Striped Bass, Bluefish, Cod, Flounder, Mackerel, and
others. The film introduces you to people who find their excitement
at the end of a piece of string. Plum Island Fishermen take all shapes
and forms, from bait throwers and fly casters, women and men,
children and octogenarians. The unique and entertaining characters
all have their own rationale for time on the water. At the heart of
SHORTS IV: Narrative Shorts (drama)
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Blackout by Dave Simonds 10 min. 2008, USA
Growing Up Vegas by Amber Beard 20 min. 2008, USA
Homecoming by Rachael Earnest 20 min. 2007, USA
Tell-Tale Heart by Robert Eggers 22 min. 2008, USA
Orchard by Will Simmons 22 min. 2009, USA
Monday, July 27
Oh My God, It’s Harrod Blank!
Documentary Feature
An obsessively made documentary filmed over 18 years, exploring
the creative life and adventures of director Silberberg’s friend, the
eccentric art car artist, filmmaker, and entrepreneur Harrod Blank.
Blank is captured from his youth growing up in the woods with chickens and working as a camera assistant for his father—the venerable
film-maker Les Blank—to the creation of his first attention-getting
art car, to his current multi-faceted career as creator and head of a
nationwide art car movement. Rarely does a film about an artist leave
us with such a good feeling about life. This film goes far beyond a
portrait of an artist, it covers home remedies for balding, attraction to
black women, independent filmmaking, art cars, and most importantly it reminds us of the journey to discovering oneself that we all
must take.
David Silberberg, 74 min. 2008, USA
Narrative Feature
After being evicted from their home, the Cheng family finds that
times are tighter than ever. Hardworking single mom and recent
Boston transplant Elaine tries desperately to find the means to support her young children, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a model
apartment in an unfinished building, but try to maintain a normal
life. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. Meanwhile, Raymond and Tina become
latchkey kids and find amusement in building childish inventions.
When Elaine doesn’t return home one night, things take a turn for
the worse. Nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left
to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond realizes he needs
to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. Based on Tze
Chun’s own award-winning short film, “Windowbreaker,’ which
screened at the 2007 Woods Hole and Sundance Film Festivals, ‘Children of Invention’ is a drama about the influence of an adult world
on children, the immigrant mentality, and shortcuts to the American
dream.
Tze Chun, 86 min. 2008, USA
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Shooting Beauty
Old Woods Hole
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Sea Change
Woods Hole
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Mow Crew
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Redfield
Auditorium
Li Tong
w/ Concluzie
Old Woods Hole
Fire Station
Master Class: Bestor Cram (11 am)
Kid’s Day - 2 hours of fun animation screenings,
games and prizes.
Lillie
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Women of Faith
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Naturally Obsess
Phusion
TUESDAY
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Redfield
Auditorium
HomeGrown
w/ Once More to
Old Woods Hole
Fire Station
Shorts V: Narrat
WEDNESDAY
JULY 29
Redfield
Auditorium
Event: ICA: The
THURSDAY
JULY 30
Redfield
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Old Woods Hole
Fire Station
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Sustainable Living.
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Old Woods Hole
Fire Station
Shout It Out
Lillie
Auditorium
Tricks of Love
Captain Kidd
Waterfront
FRIDAY
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Redfield
Auditorium
Li Tong
Old Woods Hole
Fire Station
Woods Hole
Community Hall
WORKSHOP: Film Acting and the Business
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WORKSHOP: Secrets of a Successful Audition
with Carolyn Pickman (3 pm - 5:30 pm)
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The 18th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival
Redfield
Auditorium
Redfield
Auditorium
Old Woods Hole
Fire Station
Quicks Hole
Landfall
The War Boys
Trust Us This Is
Saint Misbehavin
Gravy
Writing and Directing THE SIMPSONS Q&A
Ian Maxtone-Graham
6 PM
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The Cove
Beaufort
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Shorts I: Narrative Shorts
Shorts II: Narrative Shorts
11 PM
Captain Kidd Opening Night Party - a “Cash Bash”
featuring the music of Tripping Lily
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The War Boys
I Need That Record!
w/ Rock N’ Roll King Of The Southwest
Trust Us This Is Made Up
Voice
Saint Misbehavin’: The Life & Time of Wavy
Gravy
Shorts III Narrative Shorts (Youth)
Shorts IV: Narrative Shorts
w/ White Shark Cafe
Oh My God! It’s Harrod Blank!
Crooked Straight
sed: The Making of a Scientist
Party at Phusion - a Wavy Gravy Jam featuring
the music of Pat Ryan and Friends
o the Cabin
Dirt: The Movie
w/ Green Eco-Machine
Full Picture
w/ Red Flag
tive Shorts
American Casino
Good Dick
w/ Bar Flies
Best of New England Animation
The Way We Get By
Trucker
mentary Shorts
Home
w/ December Thaw
Luckey
w/ Sneakers
Ice Bears of the Beaufort - Project Green Screen
Outdoor Screenings Powered by Renewable Energy
No Kidding, Me Too!
Panel following No Kidding, Me Too!
Shorts VI: Narrative Shorts
Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis!
Deadland
Atom Age Vampire
w/ Werewolf Trouble
Party at the Kidd - featuring the music of the Jazz
trio Quasi Modal
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American
Film Criticism
Buzzkill
Animation Reading
Screenplay
Party at the Nimrod - featuring the music of
Ilo Ferreira
Made Up
The Way We Get By
Best of / 20 shorts in 2 hours
n’: The Life & Time of Wavy
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Party at the Landfall - featuring the music of
Lydia Warren blues musician
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SHORTS V: Narrative Shorts (drama)
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Askari by Andre Phillips 1 min. 2009, USA
Everything Is Ordinary by Noelle Brower 16 min. 2008, USA
BeyondWordsbyJaneClark19min.2009,Italy,USA
Cam2CambyDavySihali26min.2008,France
Larry (the actor) by Eric Poydar 33 min. 2008, USA
American Casino
Documentary Feature
In the past year Washington has committed eight and a half billion
dollars to bail out Wall Street. Most people would like to know why.
Starting from the dark December evening in 2000 in the U. S. Senate
chamber, when a trusted friend of Wall Street slipped casino rules
into American law the game of homeownership in America changed.
We meet the players. In an unprecedented interview, a former Bear
Stearns banker candidly explains that the complex securities he
designed were “fourth dimensional” and sold to “idiots.” A senior
Wall Street ratings agency executive describes how he finally resigned
rather than “guess” the worth of billion dollar securities. A mortgage
loan salesman admits how borrowers’ incomes were casually inflated
to justify a loan. A billionaire describes how he made a massive bet
that people would lose their homes and has won $500 million, so
far. As American Casino reveals, this is the grim truth at the heart
of our current financial disaster. In Baltimore and all across the
country, subprime loans were disproportionately targeted at AfricanAmericans as well as other minorities. The film lays out the story of
Baltimore’s groundbreaking lawsuit against the Wells Fargo Bank,
the leading subprime lender in the city. John Relman, the veteran
civil rights attorney who is representing Baltimore sums up the issue: “This is the civil rights issue of the twenty-first century.” In the
trading rooms of Wall Street and around the globe, these people and
millions more like them were reduced to electronic blips on a Bloomberg screen, anonymous abstractions of leveraged risk. A direct link
between an actual homeowner in danger of losing his home and a
Wall Street bond has never been made. Uniquely, American Casino
makes that link, finding Denzel Mitchell’s mortgage inside the vast
pool of a Goldman Sachs bond, securitized under the leadership of
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Andrew Cockburn, Leslie Cockburn 88 min. 2009, USA
HomeGrown
Documentary Feature
By dawn, the interchange of the 134 Freeway and Interstate 210 is
already starting to thrum with traffic. But only a hundred feet away,
the Dervaes family has been up for hours. Their surprisingly tiny
green oasis is a working farm right in the middle of Pasadena. Once
seen as a nutty idea, the family homestead now produces three tons
of organic produce a year. Jules and his adult children, Justin, Ana
and Jordanne speak candidly about what shaped their family and
their need for independence. We learn about Jules’ father, an oil
executive with a green thumb, Jules’ adventures as a young man
homesteading in New Zealand, and the sorrows and hardships their
family has faced over the years, including divorce, lawsuits and a stint
foraging for recyclable cans. We watch them wrestle with their quest
to live a simple lifestyle even as their website, “Path To Freedom,”
demands more attention from followers around the world. Originally
set up to share farming tips, it now dangles tantalizing prospects of a
financial windfall. But what would it mean to sell ad space on their
website instead of getting their hands dirty? Would it change their
way of life if they got used to easy money? And how will Jules’ children be able to buy their own homesteads and carry on in the future?
There are no easy answers. But along the way, the Dervaes have
grown stronger and found a tight knit community based on family,
friends, good food, hard work, and the commitment to tread lightly
upon the earth.
Robert McFalls, 52 min. 2008, USA
Once More to the Cabin
Documentary Short
Barbara Luccock, a 93-year-old widow, returns to the place where she
fell in love in an attempt to say her final goodbye to her late husband,
Robert. The couple met in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in 1945 and
together returned every summer for 61 years. But this story of love,
loss and the ritual of summer in Maine is more than a retelling of an
individual romance. Shot by the Luccock’s grandsons, “Once More to
the Cabin” is a meditation on aging, memory and how one’s sense of
place changes over the course of time.
Tom Isler, 28 min. 2009, USA
Dirt! The Movie
Documentary Feature
For billions of years on planet earth, Dirt leads a simple predictable
existence until humans appear. Unlike other species they express a
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conscious love of Dirt. And Dirt, couldn’t be happier. But humans
turn greedy and indifferent. They slash away at vast tracts of forests,
strip the land bare for huge, single crop farms, and level entire mountains for mining. When Dirt can no longer produce what they need,
they try to revive Dirt with chemicals or move onto other lands. They
turn Dirt into something dirty. Unwanted. Distant. Disposable. Dirt
despairs that humans are destroying themselves along with the ancient bond they share. Perhaps this fascinating species is only meant
to be compost for other life forms. In a last ditch effort, Dirt searches
for humans who might save the relationship. Maybe--just maybe--a
few humans can reignite the love and respect that seems to be lost
or forgotten before it’s too late. Based on William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book, Dirt, The Ecstatic Skin Of the Earth, Dirt, The Movie!
offers a new perspective on the ground beneath our feet. Featuring
Dr. John Todd.
Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow, 90 min. 2008, USA
The Full Picture
Green Eco-Machine
Narrative Feature
DocumentaryShort-CapeCodSection
Like many guys, Mark Foster struggles with commitment, but given
his past, he has good reason. Fifteen years ago, his parents’ scandalous divorce grabbed the public’s attention and shattered Mark’s ideas
about marriage. Even worse, Mark and his charismatic brother, Hal,
were forced to pick sides and to this day, disagree over whom to fault.
Unfortunately, Mark has never shared any of this with his unsuspecting girlfriend, Erika, who is about to meet Mark’s embittered,
camera-happy mother, Gretchen, for the first time. As Mark desperately struggles to keep his family’s sordid history under wraps, during
a long, awkward weekend, past issues resurface that force Mark to
confront the thing he fears the most...his own lies.
Jon Bowden, 80 min. 2008, USA
Green Eco-Machine introduces Dr. John Todd’s idea for a sustainable
future. His technology works in partnership with nature to heal water, from small systems in homes to industrial pollution worldwide.
Kristen Alexander, 10 min. 2009, USA
Red Flag
Narrative Short
Tracy, an “everywoman” in her early 30’s, goes on four blind dates…
nightmares. She emerges unscathed, even after ignoring red flag
after red flag, and seems to have given up on dating. Free and alone,
she stumbles upon a fabulous guy in the park. All is looking good
until it’s time to say goodbye.
Sheila Curran Dennin, 11 min.
Good Dick
Narrative Feature
GOOD DICK is a modern love story about a troubled, reclusive young
woman and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of her
claustrophobic world by starting up a unique courtship with her. As
they become closer, her sexual antipathy is met with his unflinching
optimism, until finally her aggressive defenses overwhelm them and
the relationship bursts apart. Profoundly affected by his presence in
her life, she finds that she has the courage to face her past. Starring
Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter.
Marianna Palka, 86 min. 2008, USA
Bar Flies
Narrative Short
A man discovers more than he expected when he seeks shelter in an
isolated bar.
David Broyles, 10 min. 2009, USA
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Don’t miss these great upcoming events:
Sunday, August 16th
7:30 PM from Martha’s Vineyard, ENTRAIN brings
its DRUMS OF PEACE show to the Woods Hole
Community Hall.
Tickets $15 adult, $5 children under 12
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday August 23-24-25
The Woods Hole Film Festival and
the Payomet Center for the Arts proudly present
THE BEST OF THE FEST 2009 AT PAYOMET
Screenings of Audience Award Winners and other Highlights from the
Woods Hole Film Festival.
Food, Film and Music at the Payomet Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts
October 29th at the House of Blues, Boston, MA
The Reel Blues Fest: A Tribute to James Cotton
For more information: www.thereelbluesfest.org
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Wednesday, July 29
PANEL: Documentary Filmmaking: Making a
Sustainable Living
One would have to be a slight bit deluded to go into documentary
filmmaking for riches or fame, but is it possible to even make a sustainable living as a non-fiction filmmaker? A recent Oscar nominated
documentarian was quoted as saying that she envied farmers, because “at least they are subsidized.” Nonfiction films, often expensive,
challenging, years-long in the making, are very financially taxing,
particularly in our current economic climate. Filmmakers often have
to take on other jobs, and find creative ways of funding. We talk to
those in the trenches - up and coming directors, seasoned producers,
filmmakers’ advocates, editors-for-hire, about ways to make a decent
living as a documentarian.
Home
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Narrative Feature
Inga (Marcia Gay Harden) is a poet and mother to a young daughter
(Eulala Scheel, Ms. Harden’s real life daughter). Inga is drawn to a
house that reminds her of her childhood home, and here she realizes
that many things in her life are coming full circle. She wants to buy
and restore this old house but her distant husband Hermann sees
little value in old houses or many of the things Inga loves and writes
about.Inga’s barren marriage is in stark contrast to her closeness
with her 8 year old daughter with whom she shares her hopes, fears
and innermost thoughts. By day their relationship seems magical, full
of cloud watching, kite flying and lazy summer drives. But at night
Inga is troubled by her marriage, it’s lack of intimacy and her fears
of her own mortality. Inga’s childhood was marred by her mother’s
illness and use of morphine to control her pain. Now facing recent
breast cancer Inga is using alcohol in much the same way. And just
as she watched her mother, her daughter is now anxiously watching
her. Like many artists Inga’s struggle is reflected in her poems which
she writes on scraps of paper and then discards. But it is in her own
poems that she hears the echo of what her mother must have gone
through and it is this revelation that allows Inga to transform.
Mary Haverstick, 84 min. 2008, USA starring Marcia Gay Hardin
My Brother Tom by Kaz Gamble, 12 min. 2009, USA
RiverSing!byCharlesMann,FrancoSacchi,15min.2009,USA
Witness to Hiroshima by Kathy Sloane, 16 min. 2008, USA
Pirkle Jones: Seven Decades Photographed, From Pictorial
CaliforniatothePoliticsoftheBlackPantherParty,28min.
2009, USA
December Thaw
ICA: The Best of New England Animation
Narrative Short
A wintry dawn steals into the blizzard of the previous night. A
tired, frantic father is on the phone, searching everywhere, fearing
the worst. Headlights flash. A car pulls up, and a girl emerges. She
weaves her way to the front door, where he waits, relieved -- and
livid. In DECEMBER THAW, an all-out fight between a single dad
and his maturing daughter fractures their close bond, and threatens
to finish the seasonal quest that has been dear to both for all of there
days together…until now.
Kenneth Murphy, 7 min. 2009, USA
SPECIALANIMATIONEVENT
In addition to creating visually stunning films, New England experimental animators use music, effects, dialogue, and new techniques to
accomplish a unique fusion of form and sound.
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Twist of Fate by Karen Aqua
My Girlfriend Sleeps Like Superman by Steven Gentile
SwimbyChipMooreandJonGoldman
Lil’Basenji by Gina Kamentsky
Happy & Gay by Lorelei Pepi
Blindspot by Norah Solorzano
Jelly Fishers by Steven Subotnick
Drift by Daniel Sousa
ISleptwithCookieMonsterbyKaraNasdor-Jones
Steeple by Bryan Papciak
Speed Date by Jerry and Orrin Zucker
The Passenger by Julie Zammarchi
Birdy Agnieszka Woznicka
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he fell through a window and became paralyzed below his shoulders.
Determined to finish his sculpture, Tom turns to his son Spencer, an
The Way We Get By
Documentary Feature - Screening sponsored by WGBH Boston
architect, for help. Spencer sees an opportunity to work with his father and to reclaim his boyhood relationship, which was interrupted
by divorce and remarriage. Their hearts are in the right places, but
Tom and Spencer find themselves reeling emotionally during the first
year of Tom’s paralysis, making working together explosive. LUCKEY
is a story of intense love and rivalry between a father and son.
Laura Longsworth, 82 min. 2008, USA
Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters -a
group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank
American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly
turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality. When its three subjects aren’t
at the airport, they wrestle with their own problems: failing health,
depression, mounting debt. Joan, a grandmother of eight, has a deep
connection to the soldiers she meets. The sanguine Jerry keeps his
spirits up even as his personal problems mount. And the veteran Bill,
who clearly has trouble taking care of himself, finds himself contemplating his own death. Seeking out the telling detail rather than
offering sweeping generalizations, the film carefully builds stories of
heartbreak and redemption, reminding us how our culture casts our
elders, and too often our soldiers, aside. More important, regardless
of your politics, ‘The Way We Get By’ celebrates three unsung heroes
who share their love with strangers who need and deserve it.
Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, 85 min. 2009, USA
The Sneakers
Narrative Short
Emily lives in South Boston with her daughter, Fara. Struggling
to make ends meet on her waitress wages, she tries to protect her
daughter from the harsh realities of their economic situation. But
when Emily cannot afford shoes for her family she must choose
between her own needs and her daughter’s sense of belonging. The
Sneakers is a work of social-realism that focuses on the issues so
many working families face today.
Dave Wells, 13 min. 2009, USA
8 PM - WATERFRONT PARK
Trucker
Documentary Feature
Project Green Screen - Outdoor Screenings powered by renewable
energy. Each year, Tom Wineman, Clean Energy Designs, donates
the use of his renewable energy trailer to generate the power for our
Outdoor Screenings that we call PROJECT GREEN SCREEN. Bring
the whole family to a wonderful evening under the stars in Waterfront Park.
(See description with initial screening - July 25 at 5 PM)
Narrative Feature
Diane Ford a vivacious young truck driver, leads a carefree life of
long-haul trucking, one night stands and all-night drinking until the
evening her estranged 11-year-old son shows up at her door. Peter
hasn’t seen his mother since he was a baby and wants Diane as little
as she wants him; but with his father Len in the hospital, Diane and
Peter are stuck with each other - at least for a while. Burdened with
this new responsibility and seeing the life of freedom she’s fought for
jeopardized, Diane steps reluctantly into her past and looks sidelong
at a future that is not as simple or straightforward as she had once
believed.
James Mottern, 90 min. 2008, USA starring Michelle Monaghan,
Jimmy Bennett, Benjamin Bratt, Nathan Fillion and Joey Lauren
Adams.
Michelle Monaghan and James Mottern will attend the screening.
Luckey
Documentary Feature
Tom Luckey is struggling to cope with recent and dramatic changes
in his life. A sculptor, Tom was designing a three-story-tall climbable
sculpture, the masterpiece of his career building interactive art, when
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SHORTS VII: Narrative Shorts (drama)
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Lemon & Lime by Ben Thompson, 6 min. 2007, UK
CleatsbyMarciaCarter,7min.2009,USA
Tuesday’sAreOrangebyCuylerBryant9min.2009,USA
William’sChristeningbyJoshuaHume15min.2008,USA
WhyDon’tYouDancebyGlenRipps16min.2009,USA
Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn by Ragnar Freidank, 38, 2008, USA
Shout It Out
Narrative Feature
Shout it Out is an original musical based on the lives of Vermont
teens. The feature film is an adaptation of the groundbreaking original stage musical The Voices Project that toured to thirteen towns
across Vermont in 2005 and was based on writings by Vermont teenagers with original music by teens. The stories and characters were
developed during an intensive, yearlong statewide research phase in
which more than 1000 teens participated. Shout it Out tells the story
of a group of teenagers making their way through high school. The
film follows them through some of the more tumultuous moments of
teenagehood: academic pressure; friction with peers, teachers, and
parents; trying to fit in, trying to find one’s self, fear of the future;
nostalgia for the past; friendship; and first love. Shout it Out is a raw,
real, revealing, compassionate, powerful, funny and ultimately affirmative look at the transformative powers of young people The songs
are dynamic and range from love songs to rap and hip-hop.Shout it
Out is about listening to the voices of youth, respecting and honoring their struggles and aspirations and hearing their voices loud and
clear!
Bess O’Brien, 97 min. 2008, USA Teen friendly screening.
Deadland
Intertwined within its sci-fi action-thriller roots, at it’s core DEADLAND is a love-story set in a post-apocalyptic world. After five years
of searching, survivor Sean Kalos stumbles upon proof that his
missing wife may still be alive in the new United Provinces. World
War III’s nuclear strikes on the U.S. set the nation back 200 years,
and hope is all but lost when every survivor of the war is infected
by a fatal nuclear plague. What was designed to be the new rebirth
has become martial law, and the Officers of the Province wield their
power with cruelty. When Sean crosses them, he finds himself in the
middle of a personal war, and his quest for his wife inspires hope in a
land that had forgotten what that word meant.
Damon O’Steen, 107 min. 2009, USA starring Gary Weeks
Tricks of Love
Narrative Feature
No Kidding, Me Too!
A fashion photographer, Rex, is forced to accept a bet that he can
turn any girl into a super-model. Dessi is wasting her life away
working in a fish market. This hilarious story meets the fish and
fashion world in a fun and entertaining manner, particularly when
the fashion photographer Rex teaches the fish woman Dessi tricks of
a beautiful woman. Rex, however, wasn’t planning on falling for the
fish woman and Dessi did not know she was an object of a bet.
Elika Portnoy, 88 min. 2009, USA starring Vincent Pastore, Ashley
Wolfe, Carlos Leon, Dennis Lemoine, Elika Portnoy , Jordon Carlos,
Natasha Lyonne
Documentary Feature
No Kidding, Me Too! is a film that will take the viewer into a world
that most know nothing about but have endless prejudices against
it. It’s purpose is to remove the stigma attached to brain dis-ease
through education and the breaking down of societal barriers. The
goal is to empower those with brain dis-ease to admit their illness,
seek treatment, and become even greater members of society. Those
suffering from brain dis-eases including anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
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panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, depression,
bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa,
binge eating, pyromania, kleptomania, compulsive gambling, addictions, paranoia, multiple personality disorder, gender identity
disorder, Down’s syndrome, psychosomatic disorder, tic disorders,
and others.
Joey Pantoliano, 90 min. Joey will attend the screening. Following the screening, Joey will receive The
Saint Aire Award, given to a filmmaker who gives
back to society by working with organizations that
help change the world.
night among the crowds of loafers, losers, and legitimately weird, our
consciousness raised a bit, and our heads still reeling at what it must
have been like to grow up Catholic in the least Catholic place on the
map, and marvellng about the inspirational true story of turning bad
experiences into strengths.
Mercy Malick, Michael Traynor, 85 min. 2009, USA
9 PM -LILLIE AUDITORIUM
PANEL: The Movies and Mental Illness
Panelists: Moderator Gerry Peary (Film Critic & Filmmaker), Joey
Pantoliano (Actor, Filmmaker), Richard Lerner, Ph.D. (Director
Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University), Timothy Lineaweaver (Director of Behavioral Health, Community Health Center of Cape Cod), George Kachadorian (Filmmaker,
Shooting Beauty), Dr. Robert Irvin (McLean Hospital), Casey Lorusso
(featured in NKM2)A panel discussion.
Atom Age Vampire
Animation Feature
Scott Bateman has taken the sound from the 1960 horror film Atom
Age Vampire and given it new animated visuals, revealing that the
movie is really just a love triangle between a pirate, a stripper, and an
evil doctor who sometimes turns into a radioactive monster. Bateman
has also provided hilarious onscreen commentary about the action,
or lack of it. Scott Bateman animated every frame of the film in Flash;
the budget for this movie was quite literally zero.
Scott Bateman, 70 min. 2009, USA
Werewolf Trouble
Narrative Short
Ryan is a werewolf. Horrified to wake up only partially transformed
one morning, he calls upon two friends who don’t have his best interests at heart.
Charlie Anderson, 7 min. 2008, USA
10 PM - CAPTAIN KIDD
Party at the Kidd
Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis!
Featuring the music of the Jazz trio Quasi Modal
Narrative Feature
The Mother Lode of all Dichotomies: the One Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, and Fabulous Las Vegas! In ‘Tales from the
Catholic Church of Elvis!’, Mercy Malick wraps the two together in a
tightly-wound package that skips happily and harrowingly through
eleven years as a Catholic schoolgirl living in Sin City, USA. With a
passing nod to everything from Monty Python to Benny Hill, way
beyond South Park and Napoleon Dynamite, and well on the far side
of recent films like Little Miss Sunshine and the Farrelly Brothers
fare, ‘Tales’ is a remarkable immersion in a world all its own. Staged
within the framework of a shockingly schlock Vegas stage show at
the eponymous Catholic Church of Elvis, ‘Tales’ follows a young girl
from her early fascination with Vegas glitz, accompanied by prayer,
of course, along a time-twisting series of adventures that bring into
delightful juxtaposition brain-boggling epiphanies that include
colostomy bag as alternative to babies, and pizza box as indoorouthouse. Much like our surrogates, the peripatetic audience of the
Catholic Church of Elvis, we stagger out of ‘Tales’ into the garish neon
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11:30 AM - 2:00 PM - WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY HALL
FILM ACTING AND THE BUSINESS with
Carolyn Pickman, CP Casting
SHORTS VIII: Animation
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WORKSHOP
Young Adults 13-17 yrs old who want to work
as Actors in Movies are invited to participate in
this 2 1/2 hour workshop. All will participate in
performing scenes from Film and T.V. Shows. A
Dramatic or a Comedy piece will be recorded and
played back at the end of the workshop at which
time helpful hints and advice will be given. These
will relate to what actually happens on a production set as you and
others perform and interact with directors and crew.
All levels are welcome. Parents are invited near the end of the session
to view the final taping and participate in a Question and Answer
forum focusing on Getting Started in the Business of Acting in Film.
So Is Life
Alien Abduction
You’reOutaHere
Dogface
Mugs
Horn Dog
Mite
Only Love
Zap Squad And The Sands of Time
DandelionWillMakeYouWise
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
$50 registration fee. LIMIT - 30 participants.
*headshots and Resumes are welcome but not required.
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM - WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY HALL
SECRETS of a SUCCESSFUL AUDITION with
Carolyn Pickman, CP Casting
WORKSHOP
Actors and Directors are welcome to this 2 1/2 hr workshop. The
Casting and Auditioning process is essential for the of a film. In fact,
the casting of the film in the weeks proceeding the onset of production, often sets the tone and defines the character of the material
going forward.
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American
Film Criticism
Documentary Feature
It’s the responsibility of everyone in the room to create an environment that supports ideas. All participants will be encouraged to Act
in or Direct a Film audition. Subjects to be covered will range from
Typecasting, to Call Backs, to how to test ability of both amateurs
and professionals. Auditions will be taped and suggestions given on
techniques which result in strong choices and finding the perfect Actor for the role.
For a hundred years, virtually the history of American movies, film
critics have championed this medium they so unabashedly love.
They advise audiences in deciding what movies to see, and why.
Better, their reviews illuminate the film-going experience, suggesting paths for readers to enter cinema more deeply, thoughtfully,
appreciatively.’For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film
Criticism’ is the first documentary to dramatize the rich, fascinating
history of American film criticism. From the raw beginnings of criticism before ‘The Birth of a Nation’ to Bosley Crowther’s 27-year reign
at ‘The New York Times,’ from the incendiary Kael-Sarris debates
of the 1960s and 70s to the battle for audience between youthful
on-liners and the print establishment, this documentary tells all.Produced by Amy Geller (PBS’s ‘Murder at Harvard’ and ‘The War that
Made America’), written and directed by veteran ‘Boston Phoenix’
critic Gerald Peary, ‘For the Love of Movies’ offers a unique insider’s
view of the film critics’ profession, with commentary from America’s
best-regarded reviewers, including Roger Ebert (‘The Chicago
Sun-Times’), A.O. Scott (‘The New York Times’), Lisa Schwarzbaum
(‘Entertainment Weekly’), Kenneth Turan (‘The Los Angeles Times’).
We also hear from young, articulate, Internet voices, including Harry
Knowles (ainitcoolnews.com) and Karina Longworth (spout.com).
Gerald Peary, 83 min. 2008, USA
ADVANCEDREGISTRATIONREQUIRED.
$50 registration fee. LIMIT - 30 participants
*Actors are encouraged to bring their Headshots and Resumes.
*Directors are encouraged to bring sides from their Films.
Li Tong
Narrative Feature - Repeat Screening
Screenplay Reading
Selected from screenplay competition
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Fall 2008
Friday, July 31
Buzzkill
Struggling screenwriter Ray Wyatt, refuses to “sell out” and get a day
job much to the dismay of his girlfriend. He finally gets a break when
an LA producer wants to meet with him about his new script. Broke,
Ray leaves New Jersey and heads to Hollywood in his beat up car.
Ray’s trip takes a drastic detour after an infamous serial killer steals
his car containing the only copy of his script with the new ending.
With his entire future on the line, Ray desperately tracks the serial
killer down but initially forgoes contacting the police until he finds
out what he thinks about the new ending. BuzzKill is a film about a
dream, a twist of fate and an unexpected happy ending.
Steven Kampmann, 93 min. 2008, USA starring Daniel Raymont,
Darrell Hammond, Krysten Ritter, Larry Hankin, Mike Starr, Reiko
Aylesworth
Documentary Feature
Sold live in vending machines and department stores; plastic replicas
included as prizes in the equivalent of a McDonald’s Happy Meal;
the subject of the No. 1 videogame MushiKing; and from the smallest backyard to the top of Mt. Fuji, insects inspire an enthusiasm
in Japan seen nowhere else in this world. “Beetle Queen Conquers
Tokyo” solves the mystery of why Japan developed this enriching
social relationship with insects while other first-world countries
developed a terror of these many-legged beings.Working backwards
from the present day, like a detective story, this 0film unlocks the
mystery behind Japan’s love affair with insects. Interspersed with the
philosophies of one of Japan’s best-selling authors and anatomist,
Dr. Takeshi Yoro, and scattered with poetry and art from Japan’s history, this film becomes about much more than insects. “Beetle Queen
Conquers Tokyo” is set to the rhythm of traditional Japanese values,
attention to detail, harmony, and the appreciation of the seemingly
mundane. The film quietly challenges the viewer to observe the world
from an uncommon perspective that will shift the familiar to the
fantastic and just might change not only the way we think about bugs,
but the way we think about life.
Jessica Oreck, 89 min. 2009, USA
Hanging Plant
ShortComedy
A professional plant waterer gets curious about a couples inverse
machine while they are away on vacation. What begins as a simple
experiment turns into a lonely hell as he becomes stuck upside down
until their expected return -when the fun really begins.
Richard Mowat, 7 min. 2009, USA
11 PM - NIMROD RESTAURANT
Party at the Nimrod
featuring the music of Ilo Ferreira
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Saturday, August 1
Repeat Screening
Repeat Screening
The War Boys
4 PM - QUICKS HOLE
PANEL : Simpson’s Ian Maxtone Graham
Writing and Producing THE SIMPSONS
Repeat Screening
Q&A with Ian Maxtone-Graham.
If you have ever wondered what makes Bart tick or when Homer will
become a metrosexual, now is your one and only chance to ask. On
Saturday, August 1st, the Woods Hole Film Festival and Quicks Hole
Restaurant are proud to present a Q&A with writer, producer Ian
Maxtone-Graham. If your kids are messed up from watching too
much of The Simpsons on TV, this is a great chance to learn why.
The Way We Get By
Repeat Screening
Ian Maxtone-Graham has been a writer for The Simpsons since 1995.
Before that, he wrote for Saturday Night Live for three years, where
he co-wrote Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song”. At The Simpsons, he has received five Emmy Awards as a producer, and two as
a writer, for “Trash of the Titans,” and “The Seemingly Neverending
Story.” He has also won three Annie Awards and a Writer’s Guild
Award. Last season, he and his writing partner, Billy Kimball, wrote
the episode “Gone Maggie Gone,” a spoof of Da Vinci Code-type
movies. He was born in Boston, spent many summers and Thanksgivings in South Yarmouth and Chatham, and graduated from Brown
University in Providence.
Advanced Tickets required.
Repeat Screening
Best of / 20 shorts in 2 hours
Shorts, including: Contrition, In Control, Pet Peeves , Period Portrait
and Storstad.
10 PM - LANDFALL
PARTY: Closing Night Awards Ceremony
Featuring the music of Lydia Warren blues musician
Saint Misbehavin’: The Life & Time of Wavy Gravy
Repeat Screening
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Attending Filmmakers 2009
The following filmmakers will be at their screenings and, often, around Woods Hole during the Festival. Here is a way to spot these celebrities
and have a chance to speak with them. You may feed them and, we’re sure, they’ll feed you intelligent and entertaining films and discussion.
Go to www.woodsholefilmfestival.org for filmmaker biographies.
Lemon & Lime
Shooting Beauty
Trucker
Raffi Asourian
Ben Thompson
George Kachadorian
Michelle Monaghan
American Casino
Mow Crew
Ai
December Thaw
Ken Murphy
Fishermen of
Plum Island
Unmoored
James Waldron
Courtney Bent
Leslie Cockburn
Gay Marriage Ad by
9 in 10.org
Kevin Anderton
Tom Isler
Kristin Alexander
Alexander Berman
Yari Wolinsky
Also attending is assistant director
Benjamin Berman.
Also attending are producers Babs
Wolinsky and Cary Wolinsky,
cinematogrpaher Ryan Nelson,
and composer John Kusiak.
Tales From the Catholic
Church of Elvis
Only Love
Waiting For
Armageddon
Mercy Malick
Lev Polyakov
Rick Mowat
The Housetaurant
Kate Davis
Red Flag
Eric Mofford
Also attending is actor
Robert Montano.
Dan Boylan
Marie Brown
Hanging Plant
Also attending are actor
Timothy Fannon and assistant
director Morgan Faust.
Clam Pie
Once More To The Cabin
Green Eco-Machine
Bar Flies
David Broyles
Songs From The Tundra
Also attending is actor
Aaron Lloyd Barr.
Appropriate Sex
Shandor Garrison
Taylor Toole
Sheila Curran Dennin
Also attending is executive producer Frank Michael Weyer.
Tricks of Love
Franco Sacchi
Also attending is co-director David
Heilbronner.
Werewolf Trouble
Guy Taylor
Also attending are field producer
Anita Taylor, actress Mary Blood
and actor Denis Metin.
Cleats
Maria Carter
Dustin Schell
Maureen Ryan
RiverSing!
Elika Portnoy
Charlie Anderson
Jase Draper
It’s Jerrytime!
Witness To Hiroshima
Charles K. Mann
Also attending are producers
Anthony Ambrosino and Ashley
Triffletti, and Claire Medina.
Kathy Sloane
Shout It Out
Trucker
Women of Faith
Bess O’Brien
James Mottern
Rebecca Alvin
Also attending are directors
Franco Sacchi and Mary Jirmanus.
Contrition
Orrin Zucker
Todd Norwood
John Stimpson
Also attending is producer
Andrea Ajemian.
Jerry Zucker
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• Kid’s Day – Hours of programming geared towards kids ages
4-13, mixing films, music, science, contests, and prizes.
In 18 years, the Woods Hole Film Festival has meant something
special to each of us, and we hope to bring you excellence in film
programming for years to come. This is a crucial time for arts
organizations as we weather the changes in the economy. We try to
do more with less, while striving to retain the feel and flavor of the
Woods Hole Film Festival.
• Filmmaker in the Schools – supporting film education in
local schools.
• Special Events and Joint Programming with other
Cape Cod Organizations – Expanded special events
programming and new collaborations with other Cape Cod arts
organizations such as The Cotuit Center for the Arts, and the
Payomet Performing Arts Center in Truro.
In addition to our traditional programs and events, each year we
incorporate new ideas into the Festival to keep it fresh and exciting.
Responding to these changing times, we have forged new alliances
with other Cape Cod arts organizations to strengthen our offerings
to the community. The one thing we have not changed, however, is
our appreciation of the support we receive from the community, and
from you. We need your support to continue to provide you with the
programs you enjoy.
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