2007 - Tiburon International Film Festival

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THE TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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6 Tiburon International Film Festival
th annual
“Understanding the World Through Film”®
March 22-30, 2007 • Tiburon Playhouse Theater
Welcome to the 6th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival. This year TIFF
INSIDE
Program Overview............................3
With so many cultures and traditions on this planet, the powerful and artistic medium
projecting moving images; it’s a window to other cultures and environments. It’s an invitation to see our
international neighbors in their own backyards.
Please join us in our celebration, and enjoy the festival!
– Saeed Shafa, Founder & Executive Director
TIFF STAFF
A quick look at some of the highlights
of the 2007 TIFF.
Events.................................................4
Check out these exciting events taking place
during the 2007 TIFF.
Special Programs.............................6
Take a peek at these specially selected groups of
films being featured at the 2007 TIFF.
Saeed Shafa
Founder & Executive Director
Siamak Shafa
Tributes.............................................15
Associate Director
TIFF is proud to honor the lives and works of
Mark Rydell, John Ford, Marcello Mastroianni, as
well as a tribute to French Film Pioneers.
David Desimini
Program Designer
Duane Menting
Feature Films...................................16
Legal Advisor
Synopses and details for the 2007 feature films.
Marcus McWaters
Technical Director
Sara Hadipour
Short Films.......................................34
Hospitality Director
Master of Ceremonies
T I C K E T S
Patrick McDonnell
You can conveniently purchase your tickets at the festival website:
Kim Robinson
Publicity & Marketing
Mark Lomas
Transportation
Barbara Gach
Office Manager
Marisa Ball
Administration
Siavash Fani
Poster Artist
Brad Fox
Official Photographer
Patrick Hull
Festival Trailer
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Synopses and details for the 2007 short films.
Shorts Program Schedule..............47
Short Program lists, times, and locations.
Around the World...........................48
A listing of films by country of origin.
Tiburon Film Society
In our continuing efforts to bring the world to our community through
film, the TIFF has formed the Tiburon Film Society to bring you films
from each of our festivals and more.
We present different films each month at Bay Club Marin, located in
the Town Center in Corte Madera, and at the Bay Model in
Sausalito. Please check our website for the latest
locations, showtimes and films.
For more information please contact us by e-mail or phone at:
[email protected] • 415.381.4123
©2007 Tiburon International Film Festival
Ticket Information..........................49
Schedule...........................................50
A complete listing of the feature films by time and
location using a grid format to help you plan your
week at the 2007 TIFF.
Index..................................................52
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P RO G RA M O VER V IEW
“Understanding the World through Film”
®
It’s a motto that guides the TIFF. It’s simple, but encapsulates that which we hope to accomplish each year in bringing the best of
independent film from around the world to the greater Bay Area community. Film as a medium never tires, as there are always
new filmmakers with fresh ideas to push the art form forward. TIFF continuously strives to mine for these new talents and bring them to the fore by
way of our festival. To that end, TIFF is committed to its mission as a true independent film festival, focused on enriching the community
with the works of amazing filmmakers from the world over.
TRIBUTES
The Sixth Annual TIFF will present four tributes to:
Mark Rydell (Even Money), John Ford (Directed
By John Ford), Marcello Mastroianni (Marcello, A
Sweet Life), and the French
film pioneers, the Lumiere
Brothers. Mark Rydell will join
us in person for a question
and answer session. Special
guest, Joseph McBride, a
cinema historian and authority
on film and filmmaking,
will introduce and lead a
discussion during the tribute
Mark Rydell
to John Ford.
MARIN FILMMAKERS
Back again is TIFF’s original and exclusive Marin
Filmmakers program, featuring fine films from
some of the best independent filmmakers our own
backyard has to offer. Tickets for this show go fast,
so be sure to get
yours early as we
enjoy films from
local residents Irving
Saraf, Allie Light,
and Carol Monpere
(The Sermons of
The Sermons of Sister Jane
Sister Jane), Lionel
Coleman (False Promise), Steve Gatlin (Down the
Line), Benjamin Lopata (Time Well Spent), Holiday
Johnson (Sharks: Stewards of the Reef), and
Hugues Wisniewski (Headshot). This program is
always a great time and is quickly becoming a well
known Marin tradition.
PIXAR FILMS
TIFF is proud to
present a series
of short films from
Pixar Animation
Studios. In
attendance will be
One Man Band
Andrew Jimenez,
director of One Man Band for a question and answer
session.
ANIMATED WORLD
Along with the Pixar animated films, TIFF continues
its traditon of presenting wonderful animation by
independent filmmakers with a collection of some
of the finest and most innovative animation work in
the industry today. The films include First Flight from
DreamWorks.
SPOTLIGHT ON TUNISIAN CINEMA
TIFF’s annual spotlight on one region’s cinema this
year takes us to Tunisia. With three feature films
(Checkmate Mr. President, The Prince, The TV’s
Coming) and two short films (Pictures, They), the
up and coming Tunisian film scene is on full display.
The quality and diverse nature of these films is sure
to delight. The films do a wonderful job of capturing
a slice of Tunisian life and culture, and certainly take
you miles from Hollywood.
CINEMA FOR THE AGES
Adding to our tradition of presenting film programs
for the young, or young at heart, TIFF this year
introduces a set of film programs aimed at those
of all ages. Cinema for the ages includes films for
children, teens, and those at the other end of the
age spectrum. Check page 8 for full details.
MUSIC & DANCE
TIFF has this year collected a significant number
of films covering many genres of both music and
dance. Some are music videos, while others are a
demonstration of a style of dance, but they all will
thoroughly entertain.
WAR FILMS
TIFF once again has put together a collection of
films dealing with the continuing fighting in the
Middle East. These films aim to present a view
into the lives of soldiers and civilians that find
themselves in the middle of the strife.
A SALUTE TO NATIVE AMERICANS
With a burgeoning filmmaking culture taking root in
the Native American community, TIFF has brought
some of the best and brightest to the fore for the
2007 Festival.
ALL ABOUT SPORTS
TIFF continues its tradition of gathering intriguing
and beautifully shot films dealing with sports.
Skateboarding and surfing take center stage
along with a
documentary
about
a
grueling car
race through
the
desert
that
tests
Rising Son: The Legend of Skatethe will of its
boarder Christian Hosoi
participants.
TIFF presents a special seminar
SCRIPTWRITING AND INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS
Sunday • March 25 • 1 pm • Waters Edge Hotel • Free Admission
TIFF is delighted to present a panel discussion on “Scriptwriting and Independent Filmmakers” with three
top independent filmmakers: Irving Saraf, Allie Light, and Matt Hader.
Light and Saraf are the winners of the 1991 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature (In The
Shadow Of The Stars). Their latest film, The Sermons of Sister Jane, is featured in the 2007 TIFF as part
of the Marin Filmmakers program.
Irving Saraf
Allie Light
Matt Hader
Hader is on the American Screenwriters Association Board of Directors, and is an accomplished screenwriter and producer, having produced the feature film April’s Fool, and written or co-written others.
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SPE C IA L P RO G RA MS
False Promise
Down the Line
director Steve Gatlin
4 min • US • 2007 • pg 36
director Lionel Coleman
10 min • US • 2005 • pg 36
A video blending footage from a
feature film about a single picture
taken from a roll of film on each of 24
days, and the lead singer of “Arsen”
whose song “Down the Line” is used.
MARIN
In every city, on any given block,
there’s a doorway good people
walk by daily. Good people
instinctively know not to enter
despite it’s legitimate place in
society.
Headshot
director Hugues Wisniewski
6 min • US • 2006 • pg 38
A wannabe actor, in search of
Hollywood stardom and in desperate
need of a talent agent to represent
him, finds a desperate agent in search
of the right talent to win him fame and
fortune.
All filmmakers to be in person for the screening
Monday • March 26 • 7 pm • Playhouse
FILMMAKERS
The Sermons of
Sister Jane
directors Irving Saraf, Allie Light, Carol Monpere
53 min • US • 2006 • pg 28
Sister Jane created a scandal when she was ignored when trying to blow the whistle on a priest
she discovered molesting young men.
Time Well Spent
Sharks:
Stewards of the Reef
director Holiday Johnson
30 min • US/French Polynesia • 2006 • pg 43
An examination of the escalating and
brutal threats causing the world shark
populations to plummet.
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director Benjamin Lopata
5 min • US • 2006 • pg 45
The music video for the song
“Time Well Spent” by the Matt
Vrba Band, which tells the tale of
a woman struggling with a
decision about love.
SALUTE TO NATIVE AMERICANS
Filmmaking in the Native American community is a burgeoning tradition.
TIFF has selected a number of films from and about Native American culture and the people that carry on its customs.
The Tillamook Treasures
2006 • 65 min • US • page 31
directed by Jane Beaumont Hall
Johnny Tootall
2006 • 93 min • US • page 22
directed by Shirley Cheechoo
Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart
Julie, a lonely 14-year old, moves with her
estranged family to an Oregon coast town where
she discovers a local treasure legend.
A Bosnian War veteran carrying the weight of a
war’s tragedies must return home and face past
demons, as the Wolf Spirit has called him.
A biography of the great Lakota Chief, Sitting
Bull, told in part through his own words, and
dealing with the injustices of the 19th Century.
2006 • 83 min • US • page 29
directed by John Ferry
A Thousand Dreams
Medicine Dream
Hero By Nature
2005 • US/Peru • 40 min • Page 45
2006 • US • 5 min • Page 40
2005 • Canada • 15 min • Page 38
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Cinema for the Ages
((Films for the young, old, and everyone in between))
Teen Flix
Other
Age Appropriate
Selections
Recommended for ages 12 and up
Sadie Turns Seven
2006 • US • 10 min
Page 43
Disappearances
The Tillamook Treasure
2006 • 103 min • US • page 19
directed by Jay Craven • starring Kris Kristofferson
2006 • 65 min • US • page 31
directed by Jane Beaumont Hall
A Prohibition-era whiskey-running adventure, comedy,
and drama, based on the award-winning novel by
Howard Frank Mosher.
Julie, a lonely 14-year old, moves with her estranged
family to an Oregon coast town where she discovers a
local treasure legend.
Offside
2005 • US • 15 min
Page 41
One Rat Short
2006 • US • 10 min
Page 42
Little Ben
2006 • Germany • 15 min
Page 39
To Play and To Fight
The Eye of the Dolphin
2006 • 70 min • Venezuela • page 31
directed by Alberto Avelo
2006 • 96 min • US • page 20
directed by Michael D. Sellers
Dear Lemon Lima
2006 • US • 12 min
Page 36
The captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Alyssa must adjust to island life and living with the father
System, a network of hundreds of local orchestras in
she never knew, while also discovering her gift for
Venezuelan towns and villages.
communicating with dolphins.
Seniors Shorts Program
Mon • March 26 • 4 pm • Corinthian
Audiences of all ages discovered during the 2006 TIFF the brilliance of the films in this exclusive TIFF Program. The program is back
for 2007 and builds upon the success of last year with even more excellent films.
When engaging personalities meet creative filmmaking, audiences of any age are sure to be pleased.
The Films (from left): The Remaining Days (Canada/9 min/page 43); My Backyard Was A Mountain (US/24 min/page 41); Gweipo (UK/Hong
Kong/10 min/page 37); Wednesday (US/9 min/page 46); Boreas (Turkey/14 min/page 35); Agatha Chrysafi (Greece/13 min/page 34); Aisle
73 (US/16 min/page 34); Marti’s Party (Australia/15 min/page 40); While the Cat’s Away (Iceland/5 min/page 46); Hajime (Japan/12 min/page
37); Portrait (Finland/5 min/page 42)
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War Rages On
As fighting continues in the Middle East, TIFF has again selected a
group of films to present the effect on the lives of soldiers and
civilians in the region
WHITE
Platoon
France • 85 min
page 33
SPOTLIGHT ON
TUNISIAN CINEMA
The Tunisian film industry is on full display in all of its glory
with this selection of films at the 2007 TIFF
365 BOOTSItaly/Holland
ON GROUND
• 78 min
page 31
President
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1995 • 107 min • page 18
directed by Rachid Ferchiou
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GITMO:
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Sweden/Denmark • 80 min
page 21
directed by Najib Belkadhi
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US • 19 min
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US • 10 min
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page 38
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The TV’s Coming
(
2006 • 95 min • page 32
directed by Moncef Dhouib
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MUSIC & DANCE
A world without music and dance is a world without excitement. This year the TIFF has collected some of the best music and dance films from around
the world to suit every taste. Whether it’s Mozart (Mozartballs), tango (Si Sos Brujo: A Tango Story), the story of a legend (One Man, One Voice: Kris
Kristofferson), there’s something for everyone among these selections.
One Man, One Voice:
Kris Kristofferson
Si Sus Brujo:
A Tango Story
US • 62 min • p 25
Argentina • 79 min • p 29
Enrique Morente:
Mozartballs
Venezuela
Alhambra Daydreams Canada/Austria/Switzerland
Spain • 57 min • p 20
62 min • p 25
70 min • p 31
THE FILMS (from left to right):
Burst (Norway/5 min/p. 35); Portrait (Finland/5 min/p. 42); Nascent (2005/US/8 min/p. 41); Jukebox (US/3 min/p. 39); Revolver Tango (Canada/5 min/p. 43);
Medicine Dream (US/5 min/p. 40); While the Cat’s Away (Iceland/5 min/p. 46); Team Queen (US/4 min/p. 45); A Jazz Sketchbook (US/3 min/p. 39)
ALL ABOUT SPORTS
TIFF has an excellent tradition of terrific sports films that display the
brilliance of athletes from around the world, as well as the beauty of the
natural surroundings in which they perform their feats.
Time Well Spent (2006/US/5 min/p. 45);
The Walls – Drowning Pool (2006/UK/10 min/p. 46);
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Clay (2006/US/5 min/p. 41);
Nina Baby (2005/US/3 min/p. 41);
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Peel: The Peru Project
2006 • 75 min • US • p. 25
directed by Wes Brown & T.J. Barrack
Rising Son: The Legend of
Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006 • 96 min • US • p. 27
directed by Cesario Montano
Chasing the Horizon
2006 • 88 min • US • p. 18
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World of Animation
PIXAR
ANIMATION
STUDIOS
Animation continues to be one of the brightest and most innovative forms of independent filmmaking
today. The selections from across the globe present this art form in brilliant, living color.
presents...
TIFF is proud to present this series
of short films from
PIXAR Animation Studios.
Guide Dog (2006/US/5 min/p. 37); Temerario (2006/UK/10 min/p. 45); Little Blue (2005/US/8 min/p. 40);
Jukebox (2006/US/3 min/p. 39); Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Clay (2006/US/5 min/p. 41); Catch (2005/US/3 min/p. 35);
Closed (2006/Germany/3 min/p. 35); One Rat Short (2006/US/10 min/p. 42)
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presentation.
The other films being presented are
Andre and Wally B, Boundin’,
For the Birds, Geri’s Game,
Jack-Jack Attack, Knick Knack,
Luxo Jr, Mike’s New Car,
Red’s Dream, Tin Toy
Saturday • March 24 • 3:30 pm
Playhouse Theater
Zero Degree (2005/Iran/8 min/p. 46); A Jazz Sketchbook (2006/US/3 min/p. 39); Sideshow (2006/US/5 min/p. 44);
Vitruvius’ Toybox (2005/US/6 min/p. 46); Hallucii (2006/US/Taiwan/4 min/p. 37); First Flight (2006/US/8 min/p. 36);
Fly By Red Shoes (2004/India/6 min/p. 37); McLaren’s Negatives (2006/Canada/10 min/p. 40)
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Even Money – Sponsored by Alice Radio 97.3 FM
Thurs • March 22 • 7 pm • Playhouse // Sun • March 25 • 7:25 pm • Playhouse
TIFF is proud to honor director, producer, actor, and jazz musician Mark
Rydell, who has compiled a body of work over his career in film worthy of high
praise.
Rydell began his career as an actor, and
has continued acting through the years. He first
became known for his role as Walt Johnson
on “The Edge of Night” and then as Jeff
Baker on “As the World Turns,” on which
he played from 1956 to 1962. In Robert
Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973) he
won plaudits for his role as the violent
mob kingpin, Marty Augustine. He most
recently appeared in Hollywood Ending
(2002) as Woody Allen’s loyal agent to the
hypochondriac director.
As a director, Rydell’s films include
Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), On
Golden Pond (1981, his Oscar® nomination for
Best Director) and The River (1984). He can boast of
having directed eight actors to Oscar® nominations in his career.
Rydell will be presenting his latest film, Even Money, which he directed
and produced, as part of TIFF’s 2007 Opening Night (see page 3 for full details
on the Opening Night Film & Gala event).
TR I B U TE S
John Ford
Directed By John Ford – Sponsored by Sam’s Anchor Cafe
Sat • March 24 • 3 pm • Playhouse
John Ford (born Sean Aloysius O’Fearna) originally went to Hollywood
in the shadow of his older brother, Francis, an actor/
writer/director who had worked on Broadway.
Originally a propman’s assistant and occasional
stuntman for his brother, he rose to become
an assistant director and supporting actor
before turning to directing in 1917.
Ford became best known for his
Westerns, of which he made dozens through
the 1920s, but he didn’t achieve status as
a major director until the mid-1930s, when
his films for RKO (1934’s The Lost Patrol
and 1935’s The Informer), 20th Century Fox
(1939’s Young Mr. Lincoln and 1940’s The
Grapes of Wrath) and Walter Wanger (1939’s
Stagecoach) won over the public and critics,
and earned various Academy Awards® and
nominations.
To this day, Ford is considered one of the
best directors of all time, and his vision of the American West established the
way this country would view itself for decades to come. John Ford passed away
in 1973. TIFF is proud to honor is memory and work with the presentation of
Directed By John Ford, a documentary of his life and work.
Marcello Mastroianni French Film Pioneers
Marcello, A Sweet Life – Sponsored by Pasta Pomodoro
Sat • March 24 • 5:20 pm • Playhouse
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, an Academy Award®nominated Italian film actor, was born in Fontana
Liri, a small village in the Apennines, and grew up
in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but escaped and hid in
Venice. In 1945 he started working for a film
company and began taking acting lessons.
His film debut was in I Miserabili
(from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables) in
1947. He soon became a major international star, starring in Big Deal on Madonna
Street; and in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce
Vita with Anita Ekberg in 1960, where he
played a disillusioned and self-loathing
tabloid columnist who spends his days
and nights exploring Rome’s high society.
Mastroianni followed La Dolce Vita with another
signature role, that of a film director who, amidst
self-doubt and troubled love affairs, finds himself in a
creative block while making a movie in Fellini’s 81/2.
Mastroianni passed away in 1996 at the age of 72. He is memorialized in the TIFF with the presentation of Marcello, A Sweet Life, a documentary
about his life.
Lumiere & Company and A Trip to the Moon
Sun • March 25 • 5 pm • Corinthian
TIFF is delighted, as part of its tribute to the French Film Pioneers, to
honor the two great inventors of motion pictures, the
Lumiere Brothers, with the prsentation of Lumiere
& Company. As well, TIFF will present the film A
Trip to the Moon by another French inventor
and pioneer, Georges Melies.
The Lumiere Brothers were the
creators of the cinematographe, a three-inone motion picture camera, developer, and
projector. They not only created the tool for
making films, but were among the first to
explore artistic creation through this new
medium.
Melies’ A Trip to the Moon is
among the original science fiction films, made
in 1902. The film is a critique of the day’s conservative scientific community, and was inspired
by Jules Vernes’ From the Earth to the Moon (1865)
and H.G. Wells’ First Men in the Moon (1901).
The invention that millions of people today call movies, films, motion
pictures or cinema came from these trailblazers of the French film community,
and with it, they cry, laugh, fantasize, enjoy, and dream.
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FE AT U RE F I L MS
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All Aboard! Rosieʼs Family Cruise American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan
Thursday, March 29 :: Playhouse :: 7:25 pm
Tuesday, March 27 :: Corinthian :: 3:35 pm
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 9:45 pm
2006 • Nigeria • 105 min
director Tunde Kelani :: starring Sola Asedeko, Abdel
Hakim Amzat, Ayo Badmus
2006 • US • 90 min
director Shari Cookson :: starring Rosie O’Donnell
2006 • Canada/Iran/US • 75 min
directors Jean-Daniel Lafond :: starring David Theodore Belfield, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George
Bush, Sr., Gary Sick
Abeni is a beautiful, ambitious young woman born to a
rich father. Akanni is a handsome young man who has
pulled himself up from poverty. When he was a child, his
father worked for Abeni’s father and the children were
sweethearts, but Akanni’s recklessness led to his whole
family relocating across the Nigerian border to Cotonou,
in Benin. When Abeni and Akanni meet by chance as
adults, their romantic fate is sealed. He is already engaged and she is set to be married off by her father, but
this couple has other plans.
For years, Rosie and Kelli O’Donnell, parents of four,
dreamed of a society free of such discrimination. In
2004, they made that dream come true when 1,500
people – gay, lesbian and straight – set sail on a
seven-day cruise to the Caribbean. With a bold stroke
only Rosie O’Donnell could make, a joyous new
community was born in this judgment-free setting,
as passengers celebrated their freedom and made a
positive, progressive statement about what “family”
means today.
Revealed to the world in the 2001 movie Kandahar,
David Theodore Belfield is wanted in the U.S. for the
1980 killing of an Iranian diplomat, and now lives in
exile in Iran. The story is one that explores international
intrigue and state sponsored violence, and it is the
story of Hassan, a Black American, who in 1980, in
Washington, acting on a fatwa, assassinated the Shah’s
representative to the United States, Ali Akbar Tabatabai.
Since then, he has been wanted by the FBI and has
lived in exile in Iran.
screening with Team Queen
screening with Cries From Ramah
Amesterdam Via Amersterdam
Sponsored by Golden Gate Transit
Northern California Premiere
Arctic Son
Balcancan
Thursday, March 29 :: Corinthian :: 7:35 pm
Wednesday, March 28 :: Corinthian :: 3:55 pm
2006 • Holland/France • 80 min
directors Rogier van Eck & Rob Rombout
2006 • US • 76 min
director Andrew Walton :: starring Stanley Njootli,
Sr., Stanley Njootli, Jr.
2005 • Macedonia • 89 min
director Darko Mitrevski :: starring Vlado Jovanovski, Adolfo Margiotta, Zvezda Angelovska, Branko
Uri, Seka Sablji
Rogier van Eck and Rob Rombout follow the footsteps
of two illustrious 16th Century Dutch navigators, Willem
Barenstz and Cornelis de Houtman, who left Amsterdam
to open the routes to the Spice Islands. From the city
to the islands, the film sketches a new geography of
Amsterdam that unites the space of the voyage with the
reality of the three places.
A father and son are reunited in the Canadian wilderness after nearly two decades — one adept at living
off the land, the other a product of Seattle’s urban
jungle. The rustic Yukon town of Old Crow (population
250) forms the stunning backdrop of this moving, vivid
documentary.
Boldly antic and filled with flights of fancy, Mitrevski’s
epic comedy may remind audiences of Emir Kusturica’s
monumental Underground, although Balcancan has a
whirlwind comic energy of its own. Humor modulates
from the surreal to the fantastic, yet as the film
progresses and issues of Balkan identity come to the
fore, the line between comedy and tragedy becomes
exhilaratingly tangled.
screening with Site Specific – Las Vegas 05
screening with Nikita and the Iron Woman
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Big Dreams Little Tokyo
Black Eyed Dog
Black Night, October 17, 1961
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 9:30 pm
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 9:25 pm
2006 • US • 86 min
director Dave Boyle :: starring Dave Boyle, Drew
Knight, Jayson Watabe, Michael Yama, Pepe Serna,
Rachel Morihiro
2006 • Canada • 92 min
director Pierre Gang :: starring Sonya Salomaa,
David Boutin, James Hyndman, Brendan Fletcher,
Fred Ewanuick, Vlasta Vrana, Anne-Marie Cadioux
2005 • France • 108 min
director Alain Tasma :: starring Clotilde Courau, Thierry Fortineau, Jean-Michel Portal, Ouassini Embarek,
Atmen Kelif, Florence Thomassin, Vahina Giocante
The story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability
to speak Japanese. Boyd aspires to succeed in the
world of Japanese business, but finds himself mostly
on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate
Jerome, is a Japanese American who has always felt
too American to be Japanese, but too Japanese to be
American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler, but finds
his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams.
Together they struggle to find their place in a world
where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.
As a teenager in 1974, Betty was going to be a winner
like her idol Joni Mitchell, and sing her way out of the
small, violent and poor town of northern New Brunswick.
At age 30, Betty finds herself a waitress in a diner,
and nobody has heard her sing in years. A mentally ill
mother, a runaway father, and a violent man have all
worked to keep her a prisoner of that decaying town.
Betty must contend with a series of crimes that test her
courage and promise escape.
October 17, 1961, is a forgotten night, erased from
French history books. While de Gaulle was preparing
to negotiate the end of the Algerian war, the chief of
the Paris police, Maurice Papon, ordered the arrest of
more than 11,000 Algerians called upon by the FNL to
demonstrate peacefully against the daily abuses of the
police force and curfew to which they were subjected.
The final death toll was several hundred protesters.
October 17, 1961, reveals the truth of this savagery
carried out by the highest levels of French authority.
US Premiere
Dave Boyle in person
screening with Wigald
Blame It On the Fish
Sponsored by Pint Size Lounge
Blind Love
Bloody Tie
Matt Powers in person
Janghun Troy Choi in person
Friday, March 23 :: Corinthian :: 7:30 pm
2006 • US • 70 min
director Matt Powers
An abstract look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage,
Blame It On The Fish presents a surreal view of the
band’s triumphant return, including live performance
footage, interview segments, candid behind the scenes
shots, and intense visual imagery. Years in the making,
this is not a typical concert film. Blame It On The Fish is a
sensory adventure pushing the limits of visual artistry.
2006 • US • 61 min
director Janghun Troy Choi :: starring Austin Ku,
Paulabianca Hattar, Angelo Mikel Arboleda, Anya
Prinz, Ariel Gamble, Arthur Francis Kasper
2006 • Korea • 117 min
director Choi Ho :: starring Ja-Hyeon Chu, Jeongmin Hwang, Jung Mi Hwang, Hee-ra Kim, Jin-hyeok
Kim, Do-gyung Lee
The story of two strangers who, through unfortunate
acts of circumstance, are torn apart before they ever
meet. When not killing for money, one, a professional
killer, lives in a rented apartment by night while the other,
a young prostitute working nights, rents it during the day.
Despite never meeting, the two develop affection for one
another through the objects they leave behind and find
themselves longing for more than what life has given
them.
The story of a clash between two men. Sang-do, a
middleman for narcotics, and Lieutenant DO, a narcotics
detective. Though in completely contrasting positions in
life, the two men share an identical goal: to get hold of
Jang-chul, the key figure in the dark world of narcotics
in Korea. A life-threatening battle begins and engulfs
the men.
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Borderlands
Bul déconné
Burnt Out
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 11 am
2006 • Mexico/US • 75 min
director Robert Kelly
2005 • Senegal • 75 min
director Marc Picavez & Massaër Dieng :: starring
Avec Alioune Diop, Ibrahima MBaye “Sopé”, Rassoul MBaye
2005 • France • 90 min
director Fabienne Godet :: starring Olivier Gourmet,
Julie Depardieu, Dominique Blanc, Marion Cotillard
With human smuggling, drug trafficking and migrant
deaths on the rise, the two small border towns of
Columbus, New Mexico, and Palomas, Mexico, are
facing an international crisis. This film examines the
people that live, work and pass through this stretch of
the southwestern desert.
The film Bul Déconné, tells the story of a young
Senegalese man, Sogui. When he presents himself
for the examination to enter the ‘Ecole Supérieure de
l’Administration’, Sogui comes into direct conflict with his
examiners’ vision of the world. His outrage is grist to the
mill of his determination to counterattack. In doing so, he
crosses the boundary to the underworld when he joins
forces with his friend, Max. However, he is also reunited
with his old friend Samba, who leads the vulnerable but
honourable life of a travelling salesman.
François is a white-collar manager with a devoted wife
and son, yet things aren’t so great on the work front. He
passively submits to his boss’s demands, works long
hours and frequently cancels family holidays. When
a friend and colleague commits suicide after being
summarily fired, the shell-shocked François snaps. He
takes a defiant leave of absence from his oppressive
employment, and soon finds himself on-the-run as the
prime suspect in a string of deaths.
screening with Illegal
screening with 29 Inches
screening with The Kiss
Chasing the Horizon
Checkmate Mr. President!
Christmas Tree Upside Down
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 11 am
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 3:05 pm
2006 • US • 88 min
directors Markus & Mason Canter :: starring Jeff
Lloyd, Milo Brown, Toby O’Mara
1995 • Tunisia • 107 min
director Rachid Ferchiou :: starring Gamik Ratab,
Francoise Christophe, Cherihane, Niels Tavernier,
Majid Lakhal
2006 • Bulgaria • 127 min
directors Vassil Zhivkov & Ivan Cherkelov
The Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is known as the most
treacherous and grueling off road race in the world
where danger lurks around every curve and over every
horizon. In this close up look at a rookie off road racing
team who are attempting this granddaddy of all races,
we join three men who will come together to form a dysfunctional family that they call Team Horizon. Through
the ups and downs of attempting this feat, the three men
soon find out “life’s a journey, not a destination.”
Upon arriving at the airport on an official visit to a
neighboring state, President Salim holds a press
conference and learns that a coup d’état has put him out
of power. Accompanied by his wife Yasmine and his aide
Said, he takes refuge in a distant anonymous country.
He is joined by his son Mahdi, and his girlfriend Maya.
Yasmine becomes disturbed by Maya’s temerity and
has her closely surveyed. She suspects her husband’s
growing fascination with Maya. In a private interlude,
Maya reveals her true intentions.
A huge spruce is cut down in the mountains to be
used as a Christmas tree in the centre of Sofia. As
it is transported across the country, it becomes the
link between six stories that explore the euphoric
or depressive way in which their protagonists are
experiencing the festive season. In these stories, men
and women of different ages are unwittingly brought up
against the question of the meaning of their lives, take
stock of their situations, and deal with them as best they
can.
US Premiere
Robert Kelly in person
Markus & Mason Canter in person
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The Color of Love
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A Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash Darius Goes Out West: The Roll of His Life
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 8 pm
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 11:05 am
2005 • Iran/US • 69 min
director Maryam Keshavarz
2006 • Switzerland/Azerbaijan/Germany/Ireland • 90 min
director Basil Gepke & Ray McCormack :: starring
Wade Adams, Abdul Samad Al-Awadi, Roscoe
Bartlett, James Blackwell, Robert Bottome
2007 • US • 97 min
director Logan Smalley :: starring Darius Weems,
William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman
Using the weeklong Ashura festival as a framework, the
film documents the changing face of love and politics in
the ancient city of Shiraz, Iran. As the older generation
performs cathartic rituals, the city’s youth are left to their
own devices. They spend this time cruising the public
squares, hoping for a sideways glance or a brief note
from a potential lover. The film’s 29-year-old, New Yorkbased director investigates the way these shifting mores
have surfaced in a culture entrenched in traditional
values and the influence of western culture.
A Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash is examining the
state of the world’s dwindling oil resources. It finds
that we’re running out of fossil fuels much sooner
than anticipated. Industry leaders, scientists and some
politicians tell us about the dire consequences the
world is facing as it moves from cheap abundant energy
supply to scarce, hard to get and expensive energy.
Eleven college students rent an RV to take Darius
Weems, 15, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,
on a cross-country road trip. Their goal is to convince
MTV’s “Pimp My Ride” to customize Darius’s wheelchair. Along the way, they find joy, brotherhood and
the knowledge that life, even when imperfect, is always
worth the ride.
Directed by John Ford
Disappearances
screening with Return to My Homeland
The Destination
Thursday, March 29 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm
Sponsored by Sam’s Anchor Cafe
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 7:25 pm
2005 • Italy • 117 min
director Piero Sanna :: starring Roberto Magnani,
Elisabetta Balia, Raffaele Ballore, Vanni Fois
2006 • US • 111 min
director Peter Bogdanovich :: starring Orson Welles,
Peter Bogdanovich, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, John Wayne, Henry Fonda
2006 • US • 103 min
director Jay Craven :: starring Kris Kristofferson,
Genevieve Bujold, Charlie McDermott, Gary Farmer,
Lothaire Bluteau, Luis Guzman, Heather Rae
This feature-length documentary examines the alarming
growth in the prescription of powerful psychotropic
drugs for adolescents and children. How are large drug
companies benefiting from the latest trend of selling
powerful psychoactive drugs to America’s children? Do
these drugs really help our children cure symptoms of
supposed mental illness, or do they tend to increase
depression, violence, and suicide? Are we really
treating the root causes of mental illness, or are we just
eliminating annoying symptoms?
When Martin, a young German, discovers that his father
– who was not greatly loved – has died in Romania, he
sets off in search of his deceased father and a little
adventure. Rather naïve and full of preconceptions,
Martin expects exciting encounters with vampires to be
the rule of the day in Transylvania. But instead of Count
Dracula, Martin finds himself up against the mundane
worries of the Carpathian state. A comedy, in which the
main character’s book-keeper mentality comes face to
face with the simplicity of Hungarian-Romanian life.
A Prohibition-era whiskey-running adventure film,
comedy, and drama, based on the award-winning novel
by Howard Frank Mosher. It tells the story of Quebec
Bill Bonhomme, a hardy schemer and dreamer, who,
desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered
herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to
whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. With
his son and two other men, they cross the border into
vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days “full of terror, full of wonder.”
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Dreams
Duo
Sponsored by Waters Edge Hotel
Enrique Morente: Alhambra Daydreams
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 9:35 pm
2005 • Iraq • 110 min
director Mohamed Al-Daradji :: starring Aseel Adil,
Basher Al-Maji, Mohamed Hashim, Kaheel Khalid,
Mortadha Saadi
2006 • Canada • 106 min
director Richard Ciupka :: starring Anick Lemay,
François Massicotte, Serge Postigo, Gildor Roy,
Julie McClemens
2006 • Spain • 57 min
director José Sánchez-Montes :: starring Enrique
Morente, Pat Metheny, Ute Lemper, Jose Fernandez
Torres (Tomatito), Khaled, Blanca Li
Filmed in Baghdad during the US invasion, its cast
and crew subject to kidnappings from both sides,
Dreams may be the first feature film from post-Saddam
Iraq. The war-ravaged city, with its street battles and
wrecked buildings, provides an astonishing immediacy
to this story about a young woman, Ahlaam, confined
to an asylum after seeing her husband kidnapped by
Saddam’s thugs on their wedding day. Her hospital
destroyed, Ahlaam wanders the streets. Meanwhile, her
relatives and a young doctor search for her amid chaos.
A romantic comedy following Pascale, an artist agent
who’s just been dumped by her fiancé and biggest client,
Lewis Carl. Lewis is the “It” boy of the hour and is now
under contract with Pascale’s arch-rival and nemesis,
Jules Simard.
Enrique Morente was born in Granada, his artistic and
social restlessness, as well as his love for listening and
talking, have made of him one of the great creators of
Flamenco music of our time. His work has had great
effect with cantaores (Flamenco singers), and guitarists
and bailaores (Flamenco dancers). Morente is the
rightful heir of another conception of time and space
in Flamenco, melody as an unavoidable means of
communication.
US Premiere
screening with MAGMA, The Intruder, Machine
Estamira
Even Money
West Coast Premiere
US Premiere
Sponsored by Alice Radio 97.3 FM
Sponsored by Woody’s Yogurt Place
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 1 pm
2005 • Brazil • 115 min
director Marcos Prado
2006 • US • 108 min
director Mark Rydell :: starring Kim Basinger, Forest
Whitaker, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Nick Cannon,
Ray Liotta, Jay Mohr, Catherine Hepburn, Tim Roth
The story of a 63 year-old woman who suffers from
schizophrenia. She has lived and worked for the past 20
years at the waste disposal site of Jardim Gramacho in
Rio de Janeiro, where she shares her life with an elderly
community. In her children’s statements, her arduous
existence becomes exposed: her lost childhood in poor,
rural Brazil, her tormented loves and marriages, and her
frustrations. With poetic, philosophical and eloquent
discourse, Estamira lives for the mission set upon her:
to reveal and reclaim the truth.
A ferociously compelling drama following the lives of
nine individuals as their fates become increasingly entwined in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating
at one critical moment where the lives of all, instigator or
victim, will be lost or reclaimed. No one is left untouched
– gamblers are mothers, brothers, dreamers and lovers.
As the narrative unravels, we come to understand that
addiction has no loyalty to race, age or life circumstances. Addiction wreaks havoc on those drawn into its
seductive world of quick fixes.
2006 • US • 96 min
director Michael D. Sellers :: starring Carly Schroeder, Adrian Dunbar, Katharine Ross, George Harris,
Christine Adams, Jane Lynch, Andrea Bowen
Alyssa (14) has been living with her Grandmother, Lucy,
since the death of her mother a year ago. It’s been a
tough year for both of them and Lucy decides it’s time
for Alyssa to go to the Bahamas to live with Hawk , dedicated dolphin researcher and the father she never knew
she had. Alyssa soon adjusts to island life and discovers
the gift she shares with her father for communicating
with dolphins, a skill which leads her into a powerful
relationship with a wild dolphin that she will eventually
prove the worth of in rescue of the research center.
Mark Rydell in person
screening with Sadie Turns Seven
West Coast Premiere
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51 Birch Street
The First Zionist Bunny
Forgive Me
Wednesday, March 28 :: Corinthian :: 6 pm
2005 • US • 88 min
director Doug Block :: starring Mike Block, Mina
Block
2005 • Israel • 74 min
director Shiri Shahar :: starring Hugh Hefner, Noga
Shachar
director Denis Choinard :: starring Céline Bonnier,
Juliette Gosselin, Patrice Robitaille, Geneviève Bujold
Documentary filmmaker Doug Block had every reason
to believe his parents’ 54-year marriage was a good one.
But when his mother dies unexpectedly and his father
swiftly marries his former secretary, he discovers two
parents who are far more complex and troubled than
he ever imagined. 51 Birch Street is a riveting personal
documentary that explores a universal human question
– how much about your parents do you really want to
know?
An open competition was organized in Israel by
PLAYBOY international, in order to select the woman to
be the host on the local Playboy channel. The selected
one, the first Israeli Bunny, will have to cope with a
massive and aggressive exposure to media and will be
expected to take an active role in the P.R. and branding
campaign of the newly launched Israeli Playboy
Channel. The first Zionist Bunny portrays the story of
Noga Shachar (21) who wins the competition to become
the first Israeli Playboy bunny.
After 10 years in prison, Annie returns to her small town.
Readjusting to life and reconnecting with her teenage
daughter is difficult, as the memory of past acts and the
continuing presence of the dead impede the will to live.
screening with Boxed
screening with King Without a Crown
screening with Fly and Fall
Full or Empty
Gitmo: The New Rules of War
Frozen City
US Premiere
Sponsored by City Carpets
2006 • Finland • 90 min
director Aku Louhimies :: starring Janne Virtanen,
Susanna Anteroinen, Aada Hämes, Santtu Nuutinen,
Viivi Hämes
2006 • Iran • 98 min
director Abofazl Jalili :: starring Navid Raisi, Jamileh
Baluchi, Sakineh Azadi
2005 • Sweden/Denmark • 80 min
directors Erik Gandini & Tarik Saleh
Abandoned by his wife, the man who has lost his family
is convicted of manslaughter – an act of violence which,
hopelessly drunk at the time, he cannot remember
committing. The storyline explores his life in great and
moving depth and makes very real the rawest and most
painful themes of a human life.
A charmingly offbeat social comedy about an ingenious
Iranian boy thwarted in his twin ambitions to become a
village teacher, and marry a girl he has only glimpsed,
Full or Empty brings out the gentle wit of filmmaker
Abolfazl Jalili. Navid bucks society, tradition, and
everything else as he leaves his village in stubborn
pursuit of his dreams. While waiting for authorization, he
demonstrates his can-do spirit in a host of odd jobs, and
almost everything lands him in trouble. But Navid, part
poet and part businessman, never loses hope.
Following the recent unexplained detention of one of their
countrymen, a pair of Swedish filmmakers visits the U.S.
base at Guantanamo Bay. They leave with an extremely
timely, quietly searing investigative documentary that
features interviews with military supervisors, contracted
interrogators and, most unforgettably, some former
prisoners of the camp.
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Go West
Going Private
Hammer and Tickle: The Communist Joke Book
2005 • Bosnia and Herzegovina • 95 min
director Ahmed Imamovic :: starring Mario Drmac,
Tarik Filipovic, Jeanne Moreau, Rade Serbezija
2006 • Switzerland • 98 min
director Stina Werenfels :: starring Michael Neuenschwander, Susanne-Marie Wrage, Bettina Stucky,
Georg Scharegg, Olivia A. Frølich, Leonardo Nigro
2005 • France/Canada • 89 min
director Ben Lewis :: starring Ronald Reagan, Joseph
Stalin, Leonid Brezhnev, Lech Walesa, Mikhael Gorbachev, General Jaruselksi, Zenon Laskowik
In the 1990s, the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in
bloody wars. Milan, a Serb student from a patriarchal
community, and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a
homosexual couple living in Sarajevo. Their lives, both
intimate and public, are shaken up by the aggression
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose devastating
consequences unfold in inter-ethnic hatred. Trapped in
Sarajevo during the siege by Serb forces, the lovers
manage to flee to Milan’s home village and there they
take shelter, waiting to find a way to the Netherlands.
Investment banker HP has allegedly ridden out the
crash of the stock exchange. One evening, at a barbecue event with his banker friends and their wives, HP’s
Danish au pair girl threatens to blow the whistle on her
love affair with HP’s married boss. HP wants to please
everybody. But the next morning, he has lost everything:
his house, his wife, his friends, and his job.
Under the oppressive Communist regimes of the Soviet
Union and its satellites, ordinary people told thousands
of jokes about the society they lived in and the political
system they suffered under. This documentary tells the
real history of Communism through the jokes and the
joke-tellers, many of whom ended up in the gulags.
The film is illustrated with a combination of rare archive
interviews and recreations of the jokes, as sketches and
animations.
West Coast Premiere
screening with Lost Dream of Beijing
Here We Are
In Transit
Johnny Tootall
2005 • Slovak Republic • 76 min
director Jaroslav Vojt :: starring Dimitrij Kiossya,
Stano Krnác, Anna Kiossya, Tána Krnácová, Dimitrij
Kiossya ml., Sona Kiossya, Nataša Kiossya
2005 • Turkey • 50 min
director Berke Bas
2006 • US • 93 min
director Shirley Cheechoo :: starring Adam Beach,
Nathaniel Arcand, Alex Rice, Sheila Marie Tousey,
Ben Cotton, Miranda Frigon, Shawn Reis
In the Fall of 2000, Dimitrij’s family left their house in
Kazakhstan and headed for Slovakia, the country of
their ancestors. After their arrival in the capital, they try
to find jobs and housing, but are not very successful.
After traversing the country and seeing only neglect and
high unemployment, they settle down in a small village
in the countryside, but this new beginning brings more
disappointment than joy as the older family members
are homesick. On top of everything, the head of the
family, Dimitrij, decides to head back to Kazakhstan.
Istanbul famously stands as the bridge between
Asia, Africa, and Europe, and is at the geographical
crossroads of where three migrant families’ stories
intersect. Far from the glorious Ottoman architecture
and the glamorous Bosphorous nightlife. The film
shows the tough life of transients stuck in Istanbul. This
thoroughly engaging video tracks an Iraqi Arab family,
an Iraqi Kurdish family, and a Nigerian couple for a full
year, witnessing their struggle to adapt to life on the
margins of an unforgiving city.
Discharged from the Bosnian War, Johnny carries the
weight of this war on his shoulders. He left combat with a
dark and frightening secret – the murder of a young boy,
which haunts him. But Johnny carries many demons:
the death of his father, running from his destiny as Chief
of his Band, and abandoning Serena, the love of his life.
Nevertheless, Johnny must return home. The wolf spirit
has called.
screening with Melodrama
screening with Checkpoint
screening with Hero By Nature
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Journey From the Fall
The Judge
Just Sex and Nothing Else
2005 • Denmark • 86 min
director Gert Fredholm :: starring Peter Gantzler,
Micky Skeel Hansen, Benjamin Boe Rasmussen,
Nastja Maria Arcel, Heidi Holm Katzenelson
2005 • Hungary • 90 min
director Krisztina Goda :: starring Judit Schell, Kata
Dobó, Sándor Csányi, Zoltán Seress, Károly Gesztesi, Adél Jordán, Zoltán Radnóti, László Sinkó
Jens Christian is a highly competent judge and newly
appointed chairman of the Danish Refugee Board. He
rules to deport poet and political activist Sergo Bliadze,
a potential political refugee. Hearing the verdict, Bliadze
attempts suicide. Minister, media and colleagues come
down hard on Jens Christian. In the midst of his biggest
professional crisis, Anders, fifteen, a son he’s never
admitted to having, turns up. His personal life is now in a
state of chaos and Jens Christian puts up a fight in both
worlds to make it all fit together.
What is an attractive, thirty-something woman to do who
is fed up with dating, but is desperate to have a child?
This dilemma is certainly shared by many single women
of Dóra’s generation in big cities all over the world. Dóra,
a dramaturge at a Budapest theatre has had it with men
after she finds out that her fiancé is married. Listening
to her biological clock, Dóra decides to get pregnant
through a no-strings-attached affair.
screening with Just
screening with A Cigar at the Beach
Kamataki
The Lives of the Saints
Loop
2005 • Canada/Japan • 110 min
director Claude Gagnon :: starring Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Lisle Wilkerson, Matthew Smiley,
Naho Watanabe
2006 • UK • 100 min
directors Rankin & Chris Cottam :: starring James
Cosmo, Marc Warren, David Leon, Emma Pierson,
Bronson Webb, Sam MacLintock, Gillian Kearney
It’s Paradise on the streets of north London, but family ties and relationships are becoming increasingly
strained. Life revolves around socializing, gambling and
trying to scrape a modest living. But that lifestyle is
about to be thrown into disarray by an otherworldly,
sickly-looking character. Thus begins an exhilaratingly
strange series of events. A truly original, modern-day
fable, which warns that what we wish for is not always
what we need.
2006 • Norway • 78 min
director Sjur Paulsen :: starring Arne Naess
Ham Tran in person
2005 • Thailand/US • 135 min
director Ham Tran :: starring Kieu Chinh, Long Nguyen,
Diem Lien, Nguyen Thai Nguyen, Khanh Doan, Cat
Ly
The story of a family torn apart, forced to escape across
the unknown sea, and unified in the hope of survival.
Against his wife’s wishes, Long Nguyen chooses to stay
in Vietnam and fight for his beloved country. Knowing
that his decision may separate him from his family
forever, he asks his wife, Mai, to leave their homeland
for safer shores. Together with her son and mother-inlaw, Mai reluctantly boards a tiny fishing boat bound for
America and they begin a perilous journey across the
sea, with nothing but hope to keep them alive.
Kamataki is the operation of firing pottery into the kiln
continuously for several days and nights – a tough but
exhilarating process. Ken, a 23-year-old, is devastated
by the death of his father. He decides to commit suicide
by jumping into the near-freezing river, but manages to
survive. His mother sends him to his uncle Takuma in
Japan. Takuma is in no way like his calm father. He
is eccentric and unpredictable. His shock treatment of
saké, mystery, sexual tension and art succeeds in stirring his nephew’s curiosity.
US Premiere
An investigation of modern people’s relationship with
time, seen through the eyes of some of our time’s rather
extreme consumers. The people we meet have each in
their own way made drastic decisions concerning their
life situations. We meet several individuals leaving
their comfort zones in life in pursuit of adventure and a
greater connection with the natural world. The film also
features reflections from the 92-year-old philosopher,
Arne Naess, as he ponders the decisions he made and
those he didn’t.
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Lumiere & Company
The Machine
Magic Eye
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 5 pm
1995 • France/UK/US/Germany/China/Greece • 80 min
directors Wim Wenders, James Ivory, James Boorman, et al :: starring Isabelle Huppert, Liv Ullmann,
Arthur Penn, Lena Olin, Neil Jordan
2005 • Brazil • 94 min
director João Falcão :: starring Paulo Autran, Gustavo Falcão, Mariana Ximenes
2005 • Albania • 93 min
director Kujtim Çashku :: starring Bujar Lako, Arta
Dobroshi, Alban Ukaj, Timo Flloko, Mirjana Deti,
Rajmonda Bulku, Dhimiter Orgocka
Forty of the world’s leading directors (David Lynch,
Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, John Boorman,
and others) use the original picture camera invented by
the Lumiere Brothers, working under conditions similar
to those of 1895, to create short films all over the world.
There were three rules: The film could be no longer than
52 seconds; no synchronized sound was permitted; and
no more than three takes.
In Nordestina, a godforsaken little town lost in the
wilderness, young Karina dreams of becoming an
actress and wants to leave to see the world. Before his
love escapes from him, Antonio, doña Nazaré’s son, will
go on a kamikaze journey to bring the world to Karina.
Antonio leaves the town and announces in a TV program
that he will perform a sensational feat: he will travel into
the future from Nordestina’s main square. If he fails,
he guarantees a death machine will kill him live on TV
before everyone’s eyes.
Petro, a retired photographer in an Albanian town on
the edge of a civil war in 1997, witnesses a tragedy,
which he coincidentally captures on film with his Super
8 camera. He travels to the capital to have the film
developed as quickly as possible. Petro’s travels find
him with a TV journalist and his girlfriend who are also
leaving town, having been involved in the same tragic
incident. But the trio have no idea of their interconnected
stories, and the dangers they pose to one another.
screening with Nascent
screening with A Trip to the Moon
The Mao Years
US Premiere
Marcello, A Sweet Life
...More than 1000 Words
Sponsored by Pasta Pomodoro
director Bernard Debord :: starring Jean-Paul Sartre,
The Rolling Stones, Jean-Piere Leaud, et al
2006 • Italy • 98 min
directors Annarosa Morri & Mario Canale :: starring
Sofia Loren, Federico Fellini, Virna Lisi, Ruggero
Mastroianni, Luchino Visconti, Pietro Germi
Even today, the name Mastroianni or Marcello evokes
an era, a world made of skill, beauty, charm, kindness
and seduction. The film blends several materials such
as interviews with Mastroianni recorded at various
moments throughout his life, excerpts from his films,
shots taken on set, testimonies from his daughters
Barbara and Chiara, as well as actors, directors and the
people close to him. Marcello, A Sweet Life is the story of
a man who was the most successful Italian star but often
thought that it was perhaps just a dream.
2006 • Israel/Germany • 78 min
director Solo Avital :: starring Ziv Koren,
Galit Gutman
France’s Red Guards, the Maoists, never numbered
more than ten thousand, but at the watershed between
the 1960s and the 1970s, they spent ten years
occupying the streets and attracting media attention,
bringing into their struggles the fine flower of the world
of the arts, literature and show business. The Mao Years
looks back at the crazy pages of history with the help of
the men and women who wrote it.
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Ziv Koren’s photographs have become instantly recognizable icons that have helped shape our perception of
the conflict in the Middle East. The film follows Ziv over
a two-year period, shooting in the heart of riots, terror
attack scenes, secret meetings with wanted militants, all
the way to Israel’s pullout from Gaza. The movie is about
a man’s struggle with a history in which he is involved,
and the place he finds for himself in it. The movie does
not only seek history through the photographer’s lens
– but also the photographer through the lens of history.
screening with Be Quiet
Mozartballs
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Never Say Good Bye
The Nightly Song of the Travellers
Sponsored by Gaylord Restaurant
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 7:10 pm
2006 • Canada/Austria/Switzerland • 55 min
directors Larry Weinstein :: featuring The Music of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2006 • India • 192 min
director Karan Johar :: starring Shahrukh Khan,
Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta,
Abhishek Bachchan, Kirron Kher, Arjun Rampal
2005 • Iran/France/Turkey • 85 min
director Chapour Haghighat :: starring Engin Gunay,
Kuzey Ozdogan, Ulku Ulker
Mozartballs is a tribute to the master, at once loving and
irreverent. With a rich interweave of much of Mozart’s
greatest music, the film will feature a handful of sincere
devotees who have all, in wildly different ways, been
profoundly and uniquely affected by the magic of
Mozart.
Never Say Good Bye centers on the budding romance
between Dev and Maya, who are both married to
different people. Settled into a life of domestic ritual,
and convinced that they are happy in their respective
relationships, the protagonists still yearn for something
deeper and more meaningful, which is precisely what
they find in each other. When their feelings come to
the forefront, what results is a collision of lives and
emotions, affecting everyone involved and changing
them forever.
An aging Turkish tailor, just released from an Iranian
jail, sets off with a 12-year-old companion in search of
his Anatolian home only to find the village has vanished
without a trace. The quest gives an evocative glimpse of
an age-old world filled with traditions, faith and history.
On a Friday Afternoon
One Man, One Voice: Kris Kristofferson
Mona Zandi Haghighi in person
Kenneth Martinez Burgmaier in person
2006 • Iran • 79 min
director Mona Zandi Haghighi :: starring Roya Nownahali, Haniye Tavassoli, Mehrdad Sedighiyan
2006 • US • 62 min
director Kenneth Martinez Burgmaier :: starring Kris
Kristofferson
2006 • US • 75 min
directors Wes Brown & T.J. Barrack :: starring Carlos
Mario Zapata, Sofia Mulanovich, Cristobal De Col,
Gabriel Villaran, Gabriel Aramburu
Sogand and her son Omid are going through a stressful
time. Sogand, who for years has been carrying a secret
and painful burden, can no longer tolerate her son’s
difficult behavior. Meanwhile, Banafshen, Sogand’s
younger sister who hasn’t had any news of her sister for
15 years, decides to find her. After an extensive search,
she finally succeeds in locating her sister. Once the two
sisters meet, Sogand’s life takes on a new meaning.
After years of hardship and suffering, the secret of why
she ran away from home is finally revealed.
Explore the world through the music and voice of the
legendary song writer, screen actor and musician, Kris
Kristofferson, with his story telling ways of finding truth
and justice of major global issues along with his personal
battles and triumphs of life for over 70 years.
Presenting the newest film from the family that made
surf-film history, the production team of Wes Brown and
T.J. Barrack proudly present…Peel: The Peru Project.
It was filmed entirely on-location in the beautiful waters
of Peru, where surfing is a way of life and surfers are
worshiped as National Heroes. Including an enchanting
visit to Machu Picchu, this surf odyssey fuses unique
cultural aspects and electrifying surf footage.
screening with Ladylike
screening with The Cole Nobody Knows
screening with The Win-Win Situation
screening with The Barber
West Coast Premiere
World Premiere
Sponsored by Surfline
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The Perfect Afternoon
PIXAR Films
Playing in the Dark
West Coast Premiere
Andrew Jimenez in person
ONE MAN BAND
2005 • Brazil • 107 min
director Toni Venturi :: starring Leonardo Merdeiros,
Débora Duboc, Jonas Bloch, Michel Bercovitch, Bri
Fiocca, Odara Carvalho, Milhem Cortaz
Mikolaj, his girlfriend, Anna and his business partner,
Krzysiek are the owners of a small publishing company
in the suburbs of the Silesian town of Gliwice. After the
commercial failure of their first published book, they
are determined to find a text that will give them hope
for success. In a few days Mikolaj and Anna are getting married, though they don’t care much for wedding
preparations. Mikolaj’s divorced mother and father travel
to the wedding together and give their life together another chance.
With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain,
One Man Band tells the humorously captivating tale
of a peasant girl who encounters two competing street
performers who’d prefer the coin find its way into their
tip jars.
This is the story of a group of young Brazilian
revolutionaries in an intense, and extreme situation. It’s
also a love story between Tiago, a student union leader
turned urban warrior, and Rosa, a nurse and daughter of
a communist worker from São Paulo’s countryside. The
film’s subtext is a portrait of an age of darkness in Brazil,
a time of censorship, impositions and hardship. For a
cause they so truly believed in, Brazilians of fortitude
met their crucible, forced to overcome their own physical
and emotional limits.
President Mir Qanbar
The Prince
The Real Santa
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse:: 7:30 pm
2005 • Iran • 70 min
director Mohammad Shirvani :: starring Mir Qanbar
director Mohamed Zran :: starring Sonia Mankai, Abdelmonaam Chwayet, Moustapha Adwani, Nasreddine Shili, Taeib weslati
director Péter Gárdos :: starring György Cserhalmi,
Blanka Szilasi, Lajos Bertók, Dénes Újlaki, György
Gazsó, Eszter Csákányi, Tibor Szabó
Once an employee of Iran’s Ministry of the Interior, Mir
Qanbar is now a 74-year-old retiree who has dedicated
himself to winning an elected position in his country’s
government, be it the presidency or merely a seat in
Parliament. Despite a profound lack of success (generally being disqualified for lack of votes), Mir Qanbar and
his faithful friend Seifollah, who distributes leaflets from
a mule-drawn cart and has been promised the role of
Minister for Health because he is disabled and can feel
for those like him, campaign tirelessly.
Adel is a talented flower seller known for his composition of bouquets. He is unique in his area. At a delivery,
he falls in love with Donia. Adel, by virtue of his simple
background, can not expect to associate with Donia who
is a bank manager, but his love makes him lose his mind
and behave audaciously. Everyday, he delivers her a
complex bouquet without signature, until one day Donia
refuses the bouquet of this anonymous lover. He invites
her to dinner. Donia falls under Adel’s spell.
Once upon a time there was a bar pianist, Misu, whose
life had been derailed, and an 8-year-old orphan girl
named Liza. On the same day that Misu is hired as
Santa at a department store, Liza escapes from the
orphanage to claim the bike her mother promised
her she would get from Santa when she was 8. This
fairy tale is the story of Santa, who has no intention of
buying a bicycle for a complete stranger, and Liza, who
nevertheless won’t give in.
2005 • Poland • 91 min
director Przemyslaw Wojcieszek :: starring Marcin
Cecko, Krzysztof Czeczot, Michal Czernecki, Gosia
Dobrowolska, Krzysztof Dracz
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2006 • US • 5 min
director Andrew Jimenez
TIFF is proud to present this series of short films
from PIXAR Animation Studios. Along with One Man
Band, the films being presented are Andre and Wally
B, Boundin’, For the Birds, Geri’s Game, Jack-Jack
Attack, Knick Knack, Luxo Jr, Mike’s New Car, Red’s
Dream, Tin Toy
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Relatives
Return of the Poet
Rising Son:
The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Sponsored by Rockstar
director István Szabó :: starring Sándor Csányi, Ildikó
Tóth, Oleg Tabakov, Károly Eperjes, Erika Marozsán,
Csaba Pindroch, Ferenc Kállai, Piroska Molnár
2006 • Armenia • 88 min
director Harutyun Khachatryan
2006 • US • 96 min
director Cesario Montaño :: starring Christian Hosoi,
Dennis Hopper, Tony Hawk, Tony Alva, Jay Adams,
Robert Rusler
It is a centuries-old tradition in Hungary that people don’t
vote for, but rather against someone. Instead of electing
the corrupt Makróczy, István Kopjáss becomes the attorney general of Zsarátnok. He is clean and dreams of
doing well in his new position. The job of attorney general comes with great power that can be used for good,
but also comes with the trappings of using that power
improperly, not to mention many relatives who want in
on the action. Kopjáss falls in love with his power, and a
relative, and, in the end, only the corruption survives.
In his new film, the Armenian director again focuses on
the fate of his country and its inhabitants. This time he
seeks the assistance of his compatriot, poet and itinerant
singer Jivany, who lived in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. This exceptionally appealing documentary
study, brilliant in its artistic imagery, brings a testimony
of Jivany’s close links with Armenian traditions, both
through the local inhabitants who sing the poet’s texts,
and during a visit to the ancient sites lying on the road
between Yerevan and Jivany’s birthplace.
Rising Son documents the rise, fall, and rebirth of Christian Hosoi, the young man who helped skateboarding
re-emerge as a major cultural influence in the 1980s.
The inventive skater and businessman was incarcerated in 2000 for trafficking controlled substances across
state lines, and since his parole in 2004, the Born-Again
Christian has dedicated his life to being a good father
and positive influence on the sport.
screening with Regular
Risto & Minna
Riviera Cocktail
Romeo and Juliet Get Married
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 2:20 pm
Wednesday, March 28 :: Corinthian :: 7:45 pm
Sponsored by CBS 5
Sponsored by SF Weekly
US Premiere
US Premiere
2006 • Finland • 76 min
director Miko Keinonen :: starring Risto Lång ,
Minna Lång
2006 • Switzerland • 97 min
director Heinz Bütler :: starring Grace Kelly, Federico
Fellini, Pablo Picasso, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon
Brando, Kirk Douglas, Sophia Loren, Edith Piaf
2006 • Brazil/Ecuador • 90 min
director Bruno Barreto :: starring Berta Zemel, Leonardo Miggiorin, Luana Piovani, Luis Gustavo, Marco
Ricca, Martha Mellinger, Mel Lisboa
Risto Lång has been sitting in a wheelchair since he
was born. Nevertheless, he is a national champion in
dance. His wife is short statured. Together they make
a happy couple. The film handles the relationship of
Risto and Minna at the moment when Risto’s career as
a dancer has just really started and Risto and Minna are
beginning to discover the practical problems related to
having performances here and there. But how does this
affect their relationship?
No photographer offers us a more extensive, exciting
and stirring record of the social and cultural life at the
Côte D’Azur in the 1950’s than Irishman Edward Quinn
(1920 – 1997). He penetrated the society jungle on the
French Riviera for more than a decade, and salvaged
invaluable treasures in this former epicenter of high
life, big business, art, music and literature. The Quinn
archive comprises over 140,000 negatives and unique
photos of countless celebrities of the era.
Juliet, a die-hard Palmeiras fan falls in love with Romeo,
die-hard fan of rival soccer team Corinthians. Juliet´s father would never accept such a son-in-law. Not wanting
to lose Juliet, Romeo pretends to be a Palmeiras fan.
The lie creates a series of hilarious twists and turns, and
when the truth comes out, the couple´s love must rise
above their families’ sports rivalry.
screening with Daily Specials
screening with Dupe
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Rwanda. Through Us, Humanity...
US Premiere
Satyajit Ray Negatives
US Premiere
Searching for Orson
2006 • Belgium • 105 min
director Marie-France Collard
2005 • Belgium • 52 min
director Bo Van der Werf
2006 • Croatia/US • 80 min
directors Jakov Sedlar & Dominic Sedlar :: featuring
Steven Spielberg, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar,
Merv Griffin, Paul Mazursky, James Earl Jones
Filmed in Rwanda in the context of the 10th
commemoration of the genocide of the Tutsis and
the massacre of Hutu moderates, and echoing the
issues, allows the survivors of the genocide to speak
out, in their current reality, during this special period of
mourning. The memory of the genocide is sought out,
and is established through the traumatic awakenings,
the evocations, the disinterment and dignified burial of
victims, and the fears and worries with regard to the
threats that still weigh upon them today.
Nemai Ghosh photographed film director Satyajit Ray
90,000 times. His candid black and white pictures
capture the working process of India’s greatest
filmmaker in every phase of production. Remarkably,
Ghosh, himself, was left to care for his aging negatives,
as neither government nor private sector is interested
in preserving the national treasure that is his archives.
In this film, Ghosh reflects upon his great passion for
picturing “the master at work.”
This film is a search for Orson Welles, the search for
the essence of his genius. Everyone knows who he
was. An actor, a director, a writer, a narrator, an editor,
but sometimes what is behind the curtain is far more
intriguing than what stands in front of it. What you see
on stage, is on film. This film gives you a look inside the
shell which made Orson Welles, the Orson Welles you
all know. The untold stories, the unconquered quests,
the many faces, deep emotions, and the never faltering
pride. This is where this film finds Orson Welles.
screening with A Very British Bollywood
screening with Bawke
A Secret Life with Fidel
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 7 pm
2006 • Italy • 82 min
director Enrico Coletti :: featuring Gino Done, Fidel
Castro, Emma Castro Ruz, Che Guevara
2006 • US • 53 min
directors Irving Saraf, Allie Light, & Carole Monpere
starring Sister Jane Kelly
Irving Saraf & Allie Light in person
2005 • US • 58 min
directors Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon :: starring
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings,
Dolly Parton, Charlie Pride, Bono
Cuba during the Castro revolution, as seen through
the eyes of the Venetian partisan Gino Done, who after
having collaborated with the Anglo-American forces in
the second world war on the Piave river front, by some
strange fluke of fate, also fought alongside Castro and
Che in the Cuban revolution of 1956. The documentary
contains the first ever interview with Emma Castro Ruz,
Fidel’s sister, and testimonies by the protagonists of the
Revolution who, with Gino, shared a historical moment
which has conditioned South America.
A nun for 55 years when Sister Jane Kelly discovered
that a priest in her church was molesting young men
and stealing from the congregation, she went to the
bishop. When he ignored the evidence, she informed
the Vatican. Cardinal Ratzinger dismissed her letters.
She contacted the press, creating a scandal. These
experiences shattered her faith in church dogma. Being
deeply religious, she impels the Catholic Church to
return to egalitarian roots of community and of nurturing
the poor.
Songwriter and producer Jack Clement, maverick
entrepeneur and madcap jester of country music, is
an unorthodox man captured here in an unorthodox
documentary. He began producing hits for Johnny Cash
and Jerry Lee Lewis. He made his first fortune producing
20 gold records for Charley Pride. He blew his money
making a horror movie, but made several more fortunes
through his songwriting and producing. All along, he
experimented with film equipment and video gear, documenting his life, successes, and his failures.
screening with My Last Confession (Sunday)
Marin Filmmakers (Monday)
screening with Ringo • Nina Baby
Jakov Sedlar & Dominic Sedlar in person
US Premiere
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Shooting Silvio
Shop of Dreams
The Shutka Book of Records
2006 • Italy • 95 min
director Berardo Carboni :: starring Federico Rosati,
Melanie Gerren, Sofia Vigliar, Alexander Haber, Remotti Addle, My Blessed one, Giovanni Visentin
Shooting Silvio is the story of a rich, outlandish young
man who decides to kill Silvio Berlusconi, the former
Italian prime minister. In the beginning he isn’t really
motivated, but he suggests to his friends to help him
organize the murder. But his friends refuse and leave
him alone, so he decides to take the matter into his own
hands...Shooting Silvio is a film about life; an invitation
to life, to consider how important it is to be alive.
2005 • Estonia • 110 min
director Peeter Urbla :: starring Maarja Jakobson,
Anne Reemann, Evelin Pang
2005 • Czech Republic • 78 min
director Aleksandar Manic :: starring Muzafer Bislim,
Jashar Destani, Didara Veso
Costume designer Alice, seamstress Ada and make-up
artist Yana start a new company in Tallinn, designed to
provide people with everything they need to make their
dreams come true. A humorous, poignant and ultimately
life-affirming film about women, love and life.
Shutka is the largest Roma community in the Balkans,
maybe in the whole world. To do it justice, or possibly
to counterbalance what Shutka lacks, its inhabitants
constantly compete for the champion title in every
discipline imaginable. Who is the best at protecting the
community from evil spirits? Who’s the greatest singer of
all? Meet the lamb champion for the last 35 years, or the
champion in boxing, fashion, or sex. It is not important to
participate, just important to win. The narrator introduces
various characters who perform their own stories.
screening with Sunday Afternoon
Si Sos Brujo: A Tango Story
The Side Effects of Love
Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 1 pm
Sponsored by KQED
John Ferry in person
2005 • Argentina • 79 min
director Caroline Neal :: starring Ignacio Varchausky,
Emilio Balcarce, Wynton Marsalis, Pepe Libertella,
Ernesto Franco, Nestor Marconi
2006 • India • 130 min
director Saket Chaudhary :: starring Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Ranvir Shorey, Sophiya Chaudhary,
Suchitra Pillai-Malik, Taraana Raja
2006 • US • 83 min
director John Ferry :: starring Adam Fortunate Eagle,
William Theobald, Dave Hodges, Laurel Lyle, Norman Wieder, Joyce Wieder, Norman Hoffman
A young Argentine musician (Ignacio) races to find
legendary maestros from tango’s golden age (now men
in their 80’s) in order to save the lost oral transmission
of style before the secrets of “the real tango” are lost
forever. The film follows this dream to create a tango
orchestra school, and the relationship between its
founder and driving force and the 87-year-old maestro
he calls out of retirement to conduct it. In this race to
recover cultural heritage, Ignacio must convince Emilio
Balcarce to return to the rehearsal room.
It is easy to fall in love. But when one has to handle the
excess baggage that comes along with making a lifelong
commitment, that is when love crashes. The film is a
funny, frivolous romantic comedy that explains ‘relationships of today’. The story of Sid, a middle-aged DJ, full of
energy and life. He loves Trisha, a simple girl who runs
away from home on her wedding day. After three years
of their relationship, Trisha bends down on her knees
and proposes to Sid. Here begins Sid’s confusion.
Biography of the great Lakota chief Sitting Bull told in
great part through his own words. The main focus is
about the injustices committed by the U.S. government
toward Native Americans in the 19th century.
screening with Revolver Tango • Reimerswaal
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Sleep Sweet, My Darling
The Sleeping Child
West Coast Premiere
Son of Man
Sponsored by Monarch Interiors
2005 • Croatia • 110 min
director Neven Hitrec :: starring Ljubomir Kerekeš,
Ivan Glowatzky, Ines Bojanic, Alan Malnar, Frank
Kos, Vlatko Dulic, Višnja Babic
2004 • Belgium/Morocco • 95 min
director Yasmine Kassari :: starring Mounia Osfour,
Rachida Brakni, Nermine Elhaggar, Fatna Abdessamïe, Khamsa Abdessamie
In the northeast of contemporary Morocco, Zeinab, a
young wife watches her husband leave the country to
go underground the day after their wedding. Zeinab is
expecting a child. While she is waiting for her husband
to return she lulls the child to sleep. Time goes by and
the husband does not come back.
2006 • South Africa • 86 min
director Mark Dornford-May :: starring Andile Kosi,
Andries Mbali, Pauline Malefane, James Anthony,
Joel Mthethwa, Sibusiso Ziqubu, Vuyo Sonyaka
Steel Toes
Stolen Eyes
A Sunday in Kigali
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 3:05 pm
director David Gow :: starring David Strathairn, Andrew W, Walker, Marina Orsini
2005 • Bulgaria/Turkey • 111 min
director Radoslav Spassov :: starring Vessela Kazakova, Valery Yordanov, Nejat Isler, Izhak Finzi, Maria
Kavardzhikova, Stoyan Alexiev, Iliana Kitanova
2006 • Canada • 116 min
director Robert Favreau :: starring Luc Picard, Fatou
N’Diaye, Céline Bonnier, Maka Koto, Luck Mervil,
Mireille Métellus
Set in Montreal, Steel Toes tells the story of Mike
(Andrew Walker), a neo-Nazi skinhead who is on trial
for a racially motivated murder. He is defended by a
court-appointed, liberal Jewish lawyer, Danny (David
Strathairn). The story delves into the intense and fiery
relationship that develops between these two men.
The Communist Regime forced the country’s Turkish
minority to change their names, forbade them to speak
Turkish, and banned them from wearing their own
clothes. As a result, Turkey soon had to close its borders
to stop the massive influx of refugees. Stolen Eyes follows two individuals with different destinies in the midst
of this conflict that cross paths when a young Bulgarian
soldier falls in love with the strong-willed Aiten, who insists on keeping her Muslim identity. This is the story of
a strange, impossible, inexplicable love.
Spring 1994. Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city, deep in
the heart of Africa. Bernard Valcourt is a man divided
between hope and disillusionment. In Africa to shoot
a documentary on the devastation wreaked by AIDS,
Valcourt watches on as tensions rapidly escalate
between Tutsis and Hutus. At the Hotel Des Mille
Collines, home to expatriates, Valcourt falls madly in
love with Gentille, a beautiful Rwandan girl. Though
she feels the same way, their romance grows in fits and
starts; she is so young and he – he is so white.
A sentimental comedy, ranging in tone from engagingly
humorous to tragically comical. Sleep Sweet, My Darling
is a story of a suburb in Zagreb, over a dozen years
following the end of the Second World War, of people
who find refuge from their dreary times in humor and
song and try to keep their customs and way of life. This
is both a love story and a coming-of-age story. Sleep
Sweet, My Darling is full of emotion and humor, and a
yearning for happiness and beauty, despite the changing
fortunes of time.
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The story of the Gospels re-told as a tale of corruption
and redemption in contemporary Africa. The narrative
unveils a portrait of a man of our time whose currency
is the politics of compassion. It is a gripping journey of
love, deception and betrayal in a conflicted society. This
new and adventurous interpretation of the New Testament features original, yet traditional, dance, songs and
rhythms that infuse it with the life and spirit that really
cuts its own voice to speak.
FE AT U RE F I L MS
Teen Mothers
This Girl Is Mine
365 Boots on Ground
2005 • Brazil • 71 min
director Sandra Werneck :: starring Edilene Ferreira
da Silva, Evelin Rodrigues dos Santos, Luana Ferreira dos Santos Amaral, Joice Delfino Rosa
director Virginie Wagon :: starring Catherine Jacob,
Maéva Munoz, Arly Jover, Olivier Marchal, Arnaud
Garnier
2006 • US • 59 min
director KC Wayland :: starring Casey Wayland, Jason
Scott
A stark and honest look at the explosion of teen pregnancy in Brazil, portrayed through the lives of four teenage
girls — each from a different region and social stratum.
By following them through the course of their pregnancies, this documentary puts a human face on what had
been an impersonal statistic. Variety’s review of the film
said it was “As riveting as a true-life telenovela...an
engaging , thought-provoking investigative documentary
that stirs up compassion along with shock.”
Believing she recognizes in Zita, a child of 11 years old,
her daughter abducted at the age of six-months, Maud
involves herself in the life of the girl and her mother. An
ambiguous relationship intertwines between the two
women and the child.
Follow the personal experience of one soldier and his
unit through the process of deploying to Iraq. See the
daily trials and tribulations that are experienced through
the eyes of a soldier. The journey begins with leaving a
civilian life behind, saying goodbye to family and friends,
and leaving to an unknown land. From beginning to end
you will be carried with this soldier through good and bad
times, through conflicts and celebrations, the friends, the
foes, and all those in between.
screening with The Playground
screening with Burst
screening with All’s Fair
Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris
Jane Beaumont Hall in person
Raymond De Felitta in person
2006 • US • 107 min
director Jane Beaumont Hall :: starring Suzanne Marie
Doyon, Brian Thompson, Floyd Westerman, Brian
McNamara, Janine Doyon, Bradley Stryker
2006 • US • 100 min
director Raymond De Felitta :: starring Anne Marie
Moss, Billy Vera, Dr. Billy Taylor, Gene Davis, George
Wein, Harlan Ellison, Howard Rumsey
2006 • Venezuela • 70 min
director Alberto Arvelo :: starring Placido Domingo,
Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, Eduardo Mata, Daniel Arias, Joyce Blanco
Julie, a lonely 14-year old, moves with her estranged
family to an Oregon coast town where she discovers
a local treasure legend. Assisted by a mystical elk,
Julie searches for the buried gold and in the process
uncovers more than she’s bargained for, including a
ghost and danger. In the most exciting summer of her
life, Julie re-discovers the real treasure she already
possesses – her family.
An examination into the art and mysterious life of
legendary jazz vocalist Jackie Paris. Using both new
and archival performance footage, found footage, still
photography, historical audio clips and rare unreleased
recordings, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Raymond De
Felitta (Café Society, Two Family House, The Thing
About My Folks) conducts on-camera interviews with
the late Jackie Paris as well as many of the musicians,
songwriters and personalities who knew him best.
The captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth
Orchestra System – an incredible network of hundreds
of orchestras formed within most of Venezuela’s towns
and villages. Once a modest program designed to
expose rural children to the wonders of music, the
system has become one of the most important and
beautiful music phenomena in modern history. The film
presents interviews and performances by many of the
world’s most renowned musicians as they reflect on the
impact of such a far-reaching social project.
Sponsored by Pacific Sun
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West Coast Premiere
Toss Up
Towards Sunset
2005 • Mexico • 80 min
director Gustavo Loza :: starring Héctor Suárez, Carmen Maura, Ignacio Guadalupe, Vanessa Bauche,
Susana González, Martha Higareda, Adrián Alonso
2005 • Turkey/Greece • 104 min
director Ugur Yücel :: starring Olgun Simsek, Kenan
Imirzalioglu, Bahri Beyat, Engin Günaydin, Teoman
Kumbaracibasi, Erkan Can, Settar Tanriogen
The story of two young men. One, known as “Ridvan
the Devil,” is a young soccer player from Cappadocia
in Central Anatolia. The other,“Cevher the Ghost,” lives
with his father in Istanbul. Both joined the army together
and had dreams and hopes for their future after their
military service. Ridvan and Cevher return home to their
villages, but a mine explosion has ended their goalscoring days. The war has maimed the young men’s
bodies and poisoned their souls. Will they be able to
come to terms with the past and start a new life?
2006 • Iran • 99 min
director Iraj Emami :: starring Hediyah Tehrani, Mohamed Ataei, Siamak Emami, Noormohammed Ataei
screening with McLaren’s Negatives
screening with Crash
screening with Lady of the East
The TVʼs Coming
Valerie
A Very British Bollywood
director Moncef Douib :: starring Ammar Bouthelja,
Fatma Ben Saidane, Issa Harrath, Ali Abdelwahab,
Intidhar Kammarti, Chaouki Bouglia
2006 • Germany • 90 min
director Brigit Moller :: starring Agata Buzek, Devid
Striesow, Birol Ünel, Anne Sarah Hartung, Sabine
Vitua, Miriam Sachs, Jevgenij Sitochin
2005 • UK • 60 min
director Anthony Wonke :: starring Aishwarya Rai,
Judith Shekoni, Luke Goss, Jason Connery
In the serene village of El Malga, southern Tunisia,
the inhabitants live on the rhythm of national festivities
during which the cultural committee schedules the
same program repeatedly. A phone call from the capital
announces the arrival of a German TV production to the
region. The cultural committee decides to give a positive
image of the village and proceeds to set up a new way
of life that disguises reality.
Completely broke and without any new jobs, Valerie – a
model used to the spoils of luxury – is stranded Christmas evening in the fancy Hotel Hyatt in Berlin. Incapable
of dealing with her new situation, she starts sleeping in
her car in the hotel’s underground parking lot and starts
a double life. She can only break free through her friendship with the parking lot guard, Andre.
When the British Government created tax breaks
for foreign filmmakers to produce feature films in the
UK, they were expecting Hollywood. Instead they
got Bollywood. Having landed on British soil, Indian
filmmakers are breaking with Bollywood traditions and
moving into different genres. Out with the musical and
in with story lines aimed at a western audience. The film
follows the making of these films, principally, Private
Moments, an erotic comedy that revolves around the
sex lives of four young women in London.
screening with Gorgeous Labor of Love
screening with Satyajit Ray Negatives
To the Other Side
Shot in Morocco, Mexico and Cuba, the stories are
witnessed through the eyes of two boys and a girl
who have to cope with the fact that their fathers are
forced to work in other countries to better support
their families. And though the children in these stories
are from different backgrounds, they do share similar
situations. They share the realization of the harsh sense
of desertion when one of the parents has to leave.
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US Premiere
The story opens at night in Tehran. A man conceals a
large amount of money in a purposely built compartment
of his bag. Walking back to his car a thief seated on
the back of a motorbike snatches his bag. Driving into
a park, the robber empties and throws the bag away
without noticing the hidden money. The owner searching
desperately for his bag finally catches up with the
robber only to find out he did not discover the hidden
compartment. The search for the bag is now on.
US Premiere
Anthony Wonke in person
FE AT U RE F I L MS
The Wake
A White Ballad
White Platoon, Baghdad
US Premiere
Stefano Odoardi in person
2005 • Greece • 99 min
director Nikos Grammatikos :: starring Evangelia
Samiotaki, Dimitra Hatoupi, Yannis Economidis,
Manolis Piperakis, Christos Roupakas
2007 • Italy/Holland • 78 min
director Stefano Odoardi :: starring Nicola Lanci, Carmela Lanci, Simona Senzacqua, Cristina Andrea
directors Yuri Maldavsky & Timothy Grucza
Andreas is a cop on the run. His life has reached a dead
end; he has just shot his wife and is trying to flee the
country. Nikos, a priest, is Andrew’s estranged younger
brother. They have not spoken for a decade. Andrew
needs someone to help him get away. Nikos is his last
resort. Together they spend an eventful night, during
which Andreas musters all his underground contacts
to organise his escape. This night is The Wake for their
past and for Andreas’ wife.
In an apartment, the life of an elderly couple, married
for many years, evolves like an old record player: slow
and repetitious. The woman suffers from an incurable
disease and has little time left to live. They have always
lived quietly, but now even more so. Words can no longer express meanings. The presence of death makes
every single action between the elderly couple, both
important and definite.
This film follows the White platoon 1/7 Calvary division,
and gives an intimate portrayal of the war in Iraq, and the
‘man behind the soldier’ who fights. It focuses on four
main characters from Anderson’s platoon, but is typical
of the 140,000 soldiers stationed in Iraq during 2004.
From the symbolic handover of power to the Iraqi people,
to the under publicized bloody election day, to the tearful
reunion with families and wounded colleagues, we
follow these characters as they transform from eager
young soldiers, into hardened, cynical war veterans.
screening with Gweipo
MIKE HADIPOUR
The Women of Mount Ararat
Auto. Home. Commercial. Life. Health.
Mortgage Protection. Long Term Care. Financial Planning.
2005 • Kurdistan/France • 85 min
director Erwann Briand
In Kurdistan, as in the majority of battle zones, which
have been ongoing for many years, women are making
their presence increasingly felt. It is almost as if, in order
to stop the murderous madness of man, they must
today be in the front line, transforming themselves into
human bombs or soldiers. The Women of Mount Ararat
retraces the life of a women’s “manga,” a base unit of
the guerrilla army, made up of six women soldiers.
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Accidents
Agatha Chrysafi
US Premiere
2005 :: Scotland :: 12 min
director Martin Smith :: starring Ryan Wallace, Kate
Dickie, Julie Wilson, Sean Brown
2006 :: Greece :: 13 min
directors Efi Latsoudi & Stelios Kraounakis
starring Agathi Chrysafi
The story of Marko, who, after missing out on a party
with his mates, mooches around his bedroom alone.
He then takes to the beach, where a chance meeting
with a girl makes their lives seem better.
Agathi Chrysafi is an old lady living in a small village on
Lesvos Island, Greece. Her life is made up of ordinary
activities but when she feels like it, she paints the inner
walls of her home with murals.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 5:15 pm :: With Teen Flix
Aisle 73
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 4 pm :: With Senior Shorts Program
Allʼs Fair
US Premiere
2006 :: US :: 16 min
director Olivia Silver :: starring Bob Larkin, Angela
Paton, Bunny Levine, Jay Edwards, Matt Silas
2006 :: US :: 19 min
director David Jibladze :: starring Bobby Christian,
Ricky Russert, Tom Deters, Ned Salameh
After his dog dies, Henry never wants to look at
oatmeal, pills, or his chatterbox wife again. On a trip to
the supermarket, he meets Gladys, the flashy new girl
in town, and his long-dead adolescence springs to life.
In an occupied covert facility located in the deserts of
the Persian Gulf, two US soldiers are forced to choose
between obeying orders to guard the interrogation of a
prisoner, and taking a stand against torture.
Almost Home (MUSIC VIDEO)
Friday, March 23 :: Corinthian :: 3:45 pm :: With 365 Boots on the Ground
Avatar
2006 :: US :: 4 min
director Christopher St. John :: starring Outgrabe
2005 :: Spain :: 15 min
director Lluís Quílez :: starring Rosana Pastor,
Sebastián Haro, Gerard Villegas
This darkly dreaming black-and-white animated music
video was created to accompany the North American
college radio hit “Almost Home” by the San Francisco
band Outgrabe.
Avatar: 1) Chance event that usually involves a sudden
change in the course of something. Change of fortune.
2) Tests someone goes through. 3) Lack of application
or alternation of prosperous and adverse events.
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 3:05 pm :: With Steel Toes
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 9:30 pm :: With Frozen City
The Barber
Bawke
2005 :: Switzerland :: 21 min
director Marie-Catherine Theiler :: starring Pierre
Nicole, Markus Mathis
2006 :: Norway :: 15 min
director Hisham Zaman :: starring Broa Rasol,
Serdar Ahmad Saleh
Marie-Catherine Theiler in person
The hairdresser opens his store every day despite not
having any clients in a long time. He kills his time reading the newspaper and taking care of his plants. Until a
stranger enters his store and disturbs his daily routine.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 5:30 pm :: With Mozartballs
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 3:10 pm :: With Searching for Orson
Be Quiet
Beyond Samarkand
2006 :: Palestine :: 19 min
director Sameh Zoabi :: starring Mahmood Abu Jazi,
Alaa Ighbaryah
2005 :: Germany/Tajikistan :: 44 min
director Thomas Wartmann
The film follows the story of a young boy and his
father on their journey home to the city of Nazareth.
What should be a simple car trip is beset by politically
charged tension and a militarized reality.
Zümbüla, 17, is supposed to be married off in an
arranged marriage, a tradition in the culture. But she
has her own views of love and marriage and falls in
love with a young man, causing a rift to form.
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 11 am :: With ...More Than 1000 Words
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A man and his young son have been on the run for a
long time. Upon reaching their destination, they realize
they are still in trouble. The father is forced to choose
the better of two evils to provide for his son’s future.
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 6:10 pm :: With Life on their Shoulders
S H O R T F I L MS
Boreas
Boxed
2006 :: Turkey :: 14 min
director Belma Bas :: starring Seyma Uzunlar,
Sevinc Bas, Oktay Kaptan, O. Rustu Bas
2006 :: US :: 12 min
director :: starring Carrie Anne Brooke, Gary Poux,
Jossie Thacker, Susan Dalian
Living with elderly relatives in a remote old house in the
mountains, a child reticently observes the daily routine
of rustic life. A short film about the childhood visions of
love, and glimpses of the mysteries of life and death.
A short film about the baggage from our past that
interferes with our future. Olivia has a box that she’s
had since childhood that gets in the way of her
relationships, but what would happen if she lost it?
US Premiere
Burst
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 3:10 pm :: With 51 Birch Street
Catch
West Coast Premiere
2003 :: Norway :: 5 min
directors Reynir Lyngdal & Katrin Hall :: starring
Kata Johnson, Elias Knudsen
2005 :: US :: 3 min
director Chris Perry
A couple fights in their bedroom over a burst water
pipe. Techniques involving water tank explosions and
trampolines are used, and there are references to
martial arts and cartoon strips.
The story of a young girl’s first encounter with the
stories presented by the media that influence our
perceptions, and her struggle to rediscover her identity
afterwards.
Thursday, March 29 :: Corinthian :: 5:35 pm :: With This Girl Is Mine
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 11:10 am :: With World of Animation Shorts
Checkpoint
A Cigar at the Beach
2006 :: Australia :: 12 min
director Ben Phelps :: starring Rodney Afif, Christian Willis, Kate Raison, Alex Dimitriades
2006 :: US :: 16 min
director Stephen Keep Mills :: starring Billy Gillespie,
Cathy Shim, Charlie Schmidt, Jermaine Jackson
A drama/thriller with a political subtext. It is inspired by
the filmmaker’s frustrations with the abuse of power
and the rise of racism in contemporary Australia.
A man withdraws to an empty beach to smoke a cigar
and fantasize. An approaching storm mirrors the storm
inside him as his fantasies push him to the edge of
himself and to a surprise yearning.
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 5:40 pm :: With In Transit
Stephen Keep Mills in person
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 7:20 pm :: With Just Sex and Nothing Else
Closed
The Cole Nobody Knows
2006 :: Germany :: 3 min
director Albert Radl
2006 :: US :: 22 min
director Clay Walker :: starring Freddy Cole, Nancy
Wilson, John Di Martino, David ‘Fathead’ Newman
A locked door and a stubborn person – an everyday
drama as it seems. And then the situation escalates.
A documentary on Chicago-native Freddy Cole, the
virtually unknown, yet equally talented, younger brother
of Nat “King” Cole. At age 74, Freddy Cole is at last,
finally being recognized for his musical talent.
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 1 pm :: With One Man, One Voice
Crash
Cries from Ramah
West Coast Premiere
2005 :: Turkey :: 18 min
director Umut Aral :: starring Ruhi Sari, Gürkan
Uygun, Ali Çekirdekçi, Selçuk Uluergüven
2005 :: US :: 15 min
director Loren E. Chadima :: starring Anoush Nevart,
Anat Topol, Mark Ivanir, Sam Sheik, Sam Feuer
The story of three men from different corners of the
crime world: a hired gun, a con man, and a thief. Their
paths cross at Central Station and they start to work as
a team. But their pasts won’t let them go far away.
The story of two mothers, an Israeli and a Palestinian,
who lose their sons in a suicide bombing and then meet
in a Tel Aviv police station.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 9:35 pm :: With Toss Up
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 9:45 pm :: With American Fugitive
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Daily Routine
Daily Specials
2006 :: US/Italy :: 5 min
director Christopher Swank :: starring Christopher
Swank, Nathan Pipho, Nimish Parikh, John Zizza
2005 :: US :: 10 min
director Rebecca Salzer & Svetlana Cvetko :: starring Brian Fisher, Liz Burritt
Svetlana Cvetko in person
An experimental film that follows the paths of a few
individuals as they begin their day. Everyone has a
certain routine they follow, but in the case of these
individuals, timing is everything.
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 5:20 pm :: With Daily Shorts Program
Dear Lemon Lima
A short comic, dance film using supermarket shopping
as a way to talk about how we make life’s choices. In
this supermarket, people are for sale. The protagonist
is for sale in produce and he fantasizes about a buyer.
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 2:20 pm :: With Risto & Minna
Dear Miss Mistress
West Coast Premiere
US Premiere
2006 :: US :: 12 min
director Suzi Yoonessi :: starring Miles Thompson,
Samantha Futterman, Zachary Lapes
director Claire Walka :: starring Ariane Mayer, May
Kato, Susanne Grote, Sandra Ellinger
Dear Lemon Lima thrives off the notion that life is a
time to celebrate our common traits and differences,
inspiring kindness, equality, and values, all kindled by
the diary of a 13-year-old girl.
A song dedicated to the underground train, presented
in a video of photographs and text animations. D-Dear
Miss Mistress, Dear Dear Miss Distress…T-turn me on
and drag me underground…
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 5:20 pm :: With Daily Shorts! Program
Down the Line
Dupe
2007 :: US :: 4 min
director Steve Gatlin :: starring Arsen Roulette, the
cast of Beauty 24
director Chris Waitt :: starring Danielle McLeod,
Nicky Short, Chris Waitt
Steve Gatlin in person
A video blending footage from a feature film about a
single picture taken from a roll of film on each of 24
days, and the lead singer of the “Arsen” whose song
“Down the Line” is used.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 7 pm :: With Marin Filmmakers
Super lazy Adam buys a cloning machine on eBay in
an ingenious attempt to get out of doing his own washing up. Unfortunately his clone turns out to be just as
idle as he is. Chaos and hilarity ensue.
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 7:25 pm :: With Romeo and Juliet Get Married
Fallen
False Promise
West Coast Premiere
2005 :: Canada :: 17 min
director Allison Beda :: starring Marya Delver, Dov
Tiefenbach, John Reardon
2005 :: US :: 10 min
director Lionel Coleman :: starring Alice Lin, C.J. Cotharn, Carey Embry, Joanna Fang, Larry Varanelli
A desperately blocked writer tries to escape his trouble
by helping Debra, an “amnesiac” young woman who
falls out of the sky. Greg still can’t write, but is happily
distracted by falling in love with Debra.
In every city, on any given block, there’s a doorway
good people walk by daily. Society says it must be
legitimate because there it is, right out in the open. But
good people, instinctively, know not to enter.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 3:05 pm :: With Love is in the Air Shorts
The First Day of My Life
First Flight
US Premiere
2005 :: Canada :: 12 min
director David Uloth :: starring Amber Bernard, Kaila
Magnone
2006 :: US :: 8 min
directors Cameron Hood & Kyle Jefferson
Teenaged Laura leaves home to start a new life with
her French-Canadian crush, leaving her little sis Kate
to cover for her — and deal with her own feelings of
abandonment.
A computer-animated short film that tells the story of
an uptight, fastidiously organized businessman, whose
perspective on life is forever changed through an
unexpected encounter with a tiny fledgling bird.
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First Snow
Fly and Fall
West Coast Premiere
US Premiere
2006 :: Argentina :: 15 min
director Pablo Agüero :: starring Lucila Urquiola
Serrano, Ayrton Rivero Villalba
director Daniel Stieglitz :: starring Jörg Rohde,
Alexandra Desoi
A woman with her child in a hut in the middle of nowhere. She is fighting for their survival. He is fighting to
get attention. Driven by their own urgencies, they are
unaware they could die before the snow comes.
Paul and Lisa are heroin addicts, living together and
in need of their drugs which have not arrived. While
Paul leaves to try and get drugs, Lisa goes mad from
withdrawal, hearing a noise outside get louder.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 7:15 pm :: With Forgive Me
Fly By Red Shoes
Foam Cleaner
US Premiere
US Premiere
2004 :: India :: 6 min
director Harsha Nagaraju
directors Christopher Lenke & Philip Nauck :: starring Dagmar Biener, Gerd Lukas Storzer
Harsha Nagaraju in person
Man’s fascination with flight is perpetual. This has
led to glorious achievements and some spectacular
failures. But his journey and quest for ideas like
accomplishment and freedom continue.
Mr. Stölzl is an enthusiastic foam cleaner salesman.
Ready for action he enters his new location, the shabby
apartment of the Schlowanz family, but he soon learns
this is not going to be his best day.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm :: With Working 9 to 5! Short Program
Ghost Town
Gorgeous Labour of Love
2006 :: US :: 19 min
director Tai Logsdon :: starring Bill Elverman, Danielle Dearing, David Blume, Shan Applegate
2006 :: UK :: 9 min
director Stacy Harrison :: starring Sharon Clancy,
Nick Ewans, Stacha Hicks
After a botched train robbery, the leader of the group
decides that his men should hide out in an abandoned
town they come across. While hiding out, strange
events begin to happen that scare them.
A combination of fantasy with “real” reflections of the
everyday world. It blends the quasi-Victorian appearance of its characters and accessories with modem
moral relativism.
Guide Dog
Friday, March 23 :: Corinthian :: 5:30 pm :: With Valerie
Gweipo
US Premiere
2006 :: US :: 5 min
director Bill Plympton
2006 :: UK/Hong Kong :: 10 min
director Claire Leona Apps :: starring Francesca
Annis, Jonathan Chan-Pensley
A sequel to the Oscar nominated short Guard Dog.
This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical
disastrous results.
The story of a British woman named Rebecca, whose
husband’s sudden death allows his darkest secret to
resurface: he had a child with another woman. Her
journey creates an allegory for modern Hong Kong.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 5:15 pm :: With A White Ballad
Hajime
Hallucii
US Premiere
2005 :: Japan :: 12 min
director Kenshin Nawa :: starring Kyoko Kozakura,
Yukio Okuyama, Takashi Yuki
2006 :: US/Taiwan :: 4 min
director Goo-Shun Wang
A story of an old husband and wife living in a mountain
village in Japan, sometime between WWII and the
present. A young man looking for their son, who did not
return from the war, brings happiness to the woman.
A drunken, chubby guy loses consciousness on his way
home. After he wakes up, he finds himself trapped in an
endless-looping staircase. He tries hard to escape, but
the truth is another nightmare.
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Hattenhorst
Headshot
West Coast Premiere
director Ove Sander :: starring Hans Hattenhorst
2006 :: US :: 6 min
director Hugues Wisniewski :: starring Marcelo
Marcondes, Charlie Meany
Hugues Wisniewski in person
Hans Hattenhorst moved to the German island of Just
in the 1940s, where he worked as the projectionist in a
small cinema. He lost his passion for movies long ago.
Hans died during production.
Hero By Nature
Home For Good
West Coast Premiere
West Coast Premiere
2005 :: Canada :: 15 min
director Roger Cantin :: starring Frédérick De Grandpré, Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle, Jesse Rath
2006 :: US :: 10 min
director Todd Tinkham :: starring Joanna Foster
Wilson, Jeffrey Moore, Brendan Bradley
A nearly tragic accident forces a father to see beyond
his prejudices and come to a new understanding and
sensitivity about people who are different than him; in
this case, the native people.
Amy Trentham awaits her husband’s return from a tour
of duty in Iraq, and they then spend their first night
together in this look at the effects of the current conflict
on the families of soldiers.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 5:10 pm :: With Johnny Tootall
Honey and Sting
House of Flesh
West Coast Premeire
2006 :: UK :: 20 min
director Sybil Mair :: starring Antonio Fargas, Ebony
Gilbert, Michael Gilroy, Nicholas Irons
2005 :: Egypt :: 15 min
director Rami Abdul Jabbar :: starring Mona Mokhtar,
Asser Yassin, Yara Goubran, Farah Youssef
When love goes wrong, a young man is strangely
comforted to find that pain can bring pleasure too.
Come dusk, he, a beekeeper, wistfully welcomes his
bees back to the garden after their daily release.
A blind, holy book reciter marries a widow with three
daughters. Knowing her daughters are too poor to
marry, the widow allows her daughters to sleep with
her husband without him knowing what is happening.
Thursday, March 29 :: Playhouse :: 9:35 pm :: With Blind Love
I Named Her Angel
Illegal
2005 :: Turkey :: 30 min
director Nefin Dinc
2006 :: UK :: 12 min
director Robert Cambrinus :: starring Audrey McCoy, Robert Cambrinus
Follow a twelve years old Turkish girl as she learns
about the basics of Mevlevism, known as Whirling
Dervishes in the Western World for their ritual of
whirling around during prayer.
Economic migrant Andrej strikes up a friendship
with the much younger refugee Moya. For a fleeting
moment Moya may dream of a normal life; Andrej
already knows it’s an illusion.
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 9:30 pm :: With To Play and To Fight
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 11 am :: With Borderlands
In the Net
The Intruder
US Premiere
US Premiere
2006 :: Spain :: 4 min
director Asier Altuna :: starring Jesus Gonzalez,
Javi Gonzalez, Josu Gonzalez, Jon Gaubeka
2005 :: Spain :: 7 min
director David Canovas :: starring Jose Coronados
A short documentary about fishing in the Northern
Seas.
Everybody from the cinematographer to the make-up
girl is ready on set, having completed their preparations
for the shot, but the intruder simply observes.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm :: With Working 9 to 5! Shorts Program
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A wannabe actor, in search of Hollywood stardom and
in desperate need of a talent agent to represent him,
finds a desperate agent in search of the right talent to
win him fame and fortune.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 3:30 pm :: With Enrique Morente • MAGMA •
Machine
A Jazz Sketchbook
S H O R T F I L MS
Jukebox
West Coast Premiere
2006 :: US :: 3 min
director Ruth Beckman
2006 :: US :: 3 min
director Alex Budovsky :: music Jim Avignon
Set to great West Coast Jazz music, this animated film
brings to life an artist’s sketches of live jazz musicians
at play around clubs in Los Angeles.
Based on the song “Jukebox” and original drawings by
Jim Avignon from his album. Animation unites song and
drawings into a story of a pig-like character trying to get
a song out of the broken jukebox.
Just
King Without a Crown (MUSIC VIDEO)
2006 :: US :: 16 min
director Jesse Wheeler :: starring Brendan Hines,
Paul Dillon, William Windom
2006 :: US :: 4 min
director P.R. Brown :: artist Matisyahu
Eddie can’t deceive himself about his newest client,
who beat a crossing guard to death. When the truth
finally catches up to him, Eddie must find a way to do
what’s right, even if it means doing wrong.
“King Without a Crown” is a song by Hasidic Jewish
reggae singer Matisyahu. This is his first major single,
except for the live version of the same song which appeared on his album Live at Stubb’s.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 7:30 pm :: With The Judge
Wednesday, March 28 :: Corinthian :: 6 pm :: With The First Zionist Bunny
The Kiss
Lady of the East (MUSIC VIDEO)
2005 :: France :: 5 min
director Stéfan Le Lay :: starring Sara viot, Guillaume de Tonquedec
2007 :: US/Iran :: 7 min
director Moslem Mansouri :: vocals Ebi :: lyrics
Zoya Kakarian
A young lady awaits her beloved for their first kiss, but
suddenly everything turns upside down.
A salute to the women’s movement for freedom in Iran
and an objection to their present condition.
Thursday, March 29 :: Playhouse :: 5:15 pm :: With Burnt Out
Tuesday, March 27 :: Corinthian :: 5:30 pm :: With Towards Sunset
LadyLike
Life On Their Shoulders
West Coast Premiere
2006 :: US :: 6 min
director Safiya Songhai :: starring Karla Williams,
Lisa Conlon, Chadwick Boseman, Safiya Songhai
2004 :: Turkey :: 38 min
director Yesim Ustaoglu
An exhibitionist and a devout muslim learn there is
common ground between them, and fertile ground to
build a friendship, when they have to save each other
from a peeping tom.
The women of the mountain people carry the hardships
of seasonal migration on their shoulders, in constant
battle against a hostile natural environment, leaving
their villages with their herds as summer approaches.
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 7:20 pm :: With On a Friday Afternoon
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 6:10 pm :: With Beyond Samarkand
A Linemanʼs Cabin
Little Ben
US Premiere
2005 :: Romania :: 30 min
director Constantin Popescu
director Piotr Reimer :: starring Cedric Eich, Chris
Dehler, Anna Loos
Two railroad men are living in a lineman’s cabin, alone
in the middle of nowhere. One night, a stranger has
an accident on the nearby beach that would forever
change everything.
Little Ben lives with his parents. He dreams of playing
in his father´s moving theater band. But before his
dream can come true, Ben has to learn cycling without
stabilizers.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm :: With Working 9 to 5! ShortsProgram
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 5:15 am :: With Teen Flix
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Little Blue
Looking for Alfred
2005 :: US :: 8 min
director Bob Svihovec
2005 :: Belgium :: 10 min
director Johan Grimonprez :: starring Zale Kessler,
Bruce Ho, Ron Burrage, Delfine Bafort
Sometimes a discovery ignites a passion. Little Blue, a
young penguin, breaks away from tradition and learns
to surf. His pursuit of the dream is a lonely quest – or is
it? Come see and share the joy.
This film documents the Belgian artist Johan
Grimonprez’s hunt for the perfect Alfred Hitchcock looka-like, assembling a bewildering gaggle of look-a-likes
in a quest to find the most accurate specimen.
Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 5:20 pm :: With Daily Shorts Program
Lost Dream of Beijing
Love Is a Stranger
World Premiere
World Premiere
2006 :: China :: 15 min
director Yang Li :: starring Sunpei (Wangfujing
Resident)
director Drora Machlev :: starring Carolina Meneses,
J Stewart, Thomas Scott, Emma Jackson
Yang Li in person
With the 2008 Olympics rapidly approaching in China,
a policy regarding architecture is put in place in Beijing
to present its supposed history and glory for the visiting
world, but the real history is being left out.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Corinthian :: 7:35 pm :: With Hammer and Tickle
Machine
One night in Sydney, two strangers: a disturbed Muslim
girl and an arrogant policeman with attitude problems
meet in violent circumstances and find they’re destined
to be together.
MAGMA
US Premiere
2006 :: Spain :: 17 min
director Gabe Ibanez :: starring Lazua Larios
2007 :: Spain :: 7 min
director Vicente Navarro :: starring Maria Casl,
Jorge Cruz
A girl discovers her new nature through pain and
confusion, and finds a way to achieve lost harmony.
The other side of a love to find. Two strangers between
the crowd.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 3:30 pm :: With Enrique Morente • The Intruder • MAGMA
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 3:30 pm :: With Enrique Morente • The Intruder • Machine
Martiʼs Party
McLarenʼs Negatives
director Annabelle Murphy :: starring Garry McDonald, Diane Craig, Joan Sydney, Peter Moon
2006 :: Canada :: 10 min
director Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre :: narrator Norman
McLaren :: model Patrick Coutu
A short comedy about a man who has an unhealthy
obsession with his health.
An intimate look at cinematographic creation, this
visual essay shares with us secrets of the legendary
Canadian animator Norman Mclaren and his personal
view of filmmaking.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 9:15 pm :: With To the Other Side
Meat the Campbellʼs
Medicine Dream
director Simon Hynd :: starring Ichele Gomez, Derek
Riddell, Liam Bartie, James Milligan, Scott Inglis
2006 :: US :: 5 min
director Steven Alvarez :: starring Medicine Dream
artists
Steven Alvarez in person
When Mark hears the urban myth about the dietary
habits of the new kid in school, the last thing he wants
is to be invited to dinner. His worst fears are realized
when he has to endure a meal at the Campbell’s.
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Medicine Dream artists are an Intertribal First Nations
group that performs contemporary Native American
music.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 1 pm :: With Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart
S H O R T F I L MS
Melodrama
Motion Report
West Coast Premiere
2005 :: Poland :: 19 min
director Filip Marczewski :: starring Alan Andersz,
Agnieszka Krukowna, Monika Januszkiewicz
2005 :: Serbia & Montenegro :: 17 min
director Verica Patrnogic :: starring Tamara Krcunovic, Sonja Savic, Dusan Janicijevic
A tale of a 14-year-old boy emotionally and sexually
maturing. It’s a story of an erotic fascination with an
older sister, a friendship with a girl in the courtyard, and
a complicated relationship with his sister’s fiance.
Trading the grim urban grit of Belgrade for blue skies: a
fractured girl-meets-boy story for a time out of joint and
a society fallen to pieces.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 3:10 pm :: With Here We Are
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 5:05 pm :: With Loop
My Backyard Was a Mountain
My Last Confession
2005 :: US :: 24 min
director Adam Schlachter :: starring Andrew Aguilar,
Leily Sanchez, Daniel Lugo, Johnny Ray
2005 :: Canada :: 21 min
director David Finley :: starring Maria Del Mar, David
Ferry, Graham Kartna
David Finley in person
The story of a Puerto Rican boy who has one day to
find a home for his pet goat before his family relocates
to New York City in the late 1950s. Along the way, he
also discovers the promise of first love.
Nascent
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 5:10 pm :: With The Sermons of Sister Jane
Nikita and the Iron Woman
West Coast Premiere
2005 :: UK :: 10 min
director Gina Czarnecki
Dance Theatre Dancers
Set in a Catholic Church in the late 1960s, this
darkly comic short film tells the story of a young boy
who dreads confessing the most grievous of all sins
– “impure thoughts and deeds.”
::
starrring Australian
A visual and visceral journey through and about being.
A film and installation, the piece’s hybrid form exists
between visual art, experimental media, technology
and dance.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 9:30 pm :: With Magic Eye
2006 :: Russia :: 25 min
director Vitaly Urusevsky
World War II has just ended and Nikita is waiting for his
father to come back home. At one point he finds out
that the iron old woman has settled to live in their shed,
and he boldly gets into a fight with her.
Wednesday, March 28 :: Corinthian :: 3:55 pm :: With Arctic Son
Nina Baby
No Menus Please
2006 :: US :: 14 min
director Clyde Mason :: starring Laivan Greene
2006 :: US :: 15 min
director Edward Shieh :: starring Richard Chang,
Kevin Rivera, Fannie Chan, Emily Rieman
A homeless, teenage musician creates fictions to deal
with her tough reality. As she journeys through the
streets of LA giving her take on the world, we witness
her decide to take the biggest gamble of her life.
Ming and Carlos are two immigrants who embrace
an ingenious solution while competing to distribute
restaurant menus throughout the neighborhood, but
competition is tough in New York City.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 1:20 pm :: With Shakespeare Was a Big..., Ringo
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Clay
Offside
West Coast Premiere
2006 :: US :: 5 min
director Nathaniel Fuller :: music The Beatles
2005 :: Israel :: 15 min
directors Daniel Sivan & Dorit Tadir
Clay animation showing the love story of Desmond and
Molly Jones to the song ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ by The
Beatles.
Ishaq, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy wants to play soccer with his friends. What seems natural to any boy his
age that can play soccer whenever he wants is no easy
task for Ishaq.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 3:05 pm :: With Life in Motion Shorts Program
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S H O R T F I L MS
One Rat Short
Our Man in Nirvana
West Coast Premier
2006 :: US :: 10 min
director Alex Weil
director Jan Koester
The tale of a subway rat who is led, by the mesmerizing
ballet of a discarded food wrapper, into an adventure of
love and loss on a dark Manhattan night.
John is a famous rock star. Like every time, he arrives
too late at his concert, but his fans are celebrating him
anyway. When an accident happens and he loses his
life, he awakes in nirvana.
Out of Love
Pictures
2005 :: US :: 15 min
director Ben-Hur Uribe :: starring Laura Crotte,
Johnny Yepez, Jasmine Siler
2005 :: Tunisia :: 12 min
director Nejib Belkhadi :: starring Sawsen Maalej,
Chekra Rameh, Nejib Belkadhi, Hatem Skik
When a dark secret is revealed, it forces a recent
Mexican immigrant to face the most difficult choice of
her life. In her unimaginable situation, whatever choice
she makes will forever scar her family.
Three days before her marriage, Farah, a 30-year-old
Tunisian woman, is preparing for her wedding when
she finds photos of her ex-boyfriend. She is torn between the past and her future.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 9:30 pm :: With The Women of Ararat
The Playground
Portrait
2006 :: US :: 10 min
director Alison Marek :: starring Alexa Hughes,
Taliaferro Petoia, Joseph Falasca, Joanne Pankow
2003 :: Finland :: 5 min
directors Saara Cantell & Paula Tuovinen :: starring
Turo Mustakallio, Mirja Tukiainen
Eight year old Natalia tries to befriend a new girl at
a local Watermelon Festival. But an accident on the
Playground terrifies the adults, who know that Mandy
has HIV.
After 30 years of marriage there’s still room for new
portraits in the family album.
Monday, March 26 :: Playhouse :: 5:05 pm :: With Teen Mothers
The Prestidigitador
Quio: So Dazed (MUSIC VIDEO)
2006 :: Spain :: 10 min
director :: starring Cristian Fernandez, Luchy Lopez,
Miguel Uribe
director Christine Lang :: starring Quio
Christian doesn’t feel like studying for tomorrow’s exam
at all, but he knows that if he fails again, his mother will
be very disappointed.
An expirimental music video in which the lead singer
is put to a test as gravity is suspended. Quio must
orient herself with her new reality, and discovers the
advantages to her new surroundings.
Rain Is Falling
Re–
World Premiere
director Holger Ernst :: starring Fadma Ettagoum,
Zehra Ettagoum, Abdellah Agoum
2006 :: US :: 13 min
director Dave Kim :: starring Joe Orrach, Jennifer
Rainin, Jennifer Stuckert, Everett Goeldner
The story of a solution, that comparatively abstracts the
big in the small. Love and humanity lifts up the most
simple action to redemption, that may bridge human as
well as cultural gaps.
Henry comes back from the convenience store and his
wife is leaving him because she received a call from his
mistress. In trying to stop her he winds up in a temporal
vortex, and has the opportunity to change his fate.
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The Red Balloon
Regular
US Premiere
2006 :: US :: 4 min
director Michael Olesen :: starring Aidan Gould,
Pedro Miguel Arce
2006 :: Spain :: 12 min
director Alfonso Nogueroles :: starring Alfonso
Fernandez
It’s a sunny day and a little boy swings alone in the
park. His attention is caught by a kindly traveling salesman, but he lacks the necessary funds to purchase one
of the bobbing red balloons.
Alfonso Fernandez tells, in his own words and silences, how he tried to make a living out of his passion
for skateboarding. But accomplishing a dream is not
always what you expected.
Reimerswaal
Saturday, March 24 :: Playhouse :: 1:10 pm :: With Rising Son
The Remaining Days
West Coast Premiere
2004 :: Netherlands :: 8 min
director Clara van Gool :: starring Fifi Arp, Peter
van Vuuren
2004 :: Canada :: 9 min
director Simon Olivier Fecteau
The poem Reimerswaal by Gerrit Achterberg is the
point of departure of this film about a crime of passion:
a young man and a woman dance a fatal duet in and
under water.
While cleaning out his closet, a very old widower finds
a list of things he wanted to do in his life. Seeing that
he might not have much time left, he decides to carry
them out, in his own way.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm :: With Si Sus Brujos • Revolver Tango
Return To My Homeland
Revolver Tango
2007 :: US/Iran :: 7 min
director Moslem Mansouri :: lyrics/music/vocals Ziba
Shirazi
2005 :: Canada :: 5 min
director Pascale Marcotte :: starring Bobby Thompson, Chantal Dauphinais
The narrative of an expatriate’s visit to Iran, telling the
story of nostalgic, bitter-sweet encounters with a past
that has been virtually erased; almost nothing is reminiscent of her time and place in pre-revolution Iran.
In a tango interplay, a revolver is at stake for Alejandro
and Sylvia. Who’s leading this killer dance? The man or
the woman? The revolver or the tango?
Monday, March 26 :: Corinthian :: 8 pm :: With The Color of Love
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 3 pm :: With Si Sus Brujos • Reimerswaal
Ringo
Sadie Turns Seven
US Premiere
2005 :: US :: 6 min
director Dave Monahan :: starring John Wayne, Roy
Rogers
2006 :: US :: 10 min
director Todd Tinkham :: starring Sadie Zimet, Holland West, Mary Cates, Mark Ivey
A backwards celebration (in song!) of two icons of the
American Western, John Wayne and Roy Rogers.
When a birthday dinner exposes seven-year-old Sadie
to a difficult truth about the adult world, Sadie uses everything she’s got to right a crustaceous wrong.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 1:20 pm :: With Shakespeare Was a Big..., Nina Baby
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 1 pm :: with The Eye of the Dolphin
See You Later
Sharks: Stewards of the Reef
2006 :: Lebanon/Switzerland :: 25 min
director Fouad Alaywan :: starring Julia Kassar,
Nicola Daniel, Auby Hout, Ali Koteiby
2006 :: US/French Polynesia :: 30 min
director Holiday Johnson
Holiday Johnson
A close look at the daily life of a Lebanese immigrant
family in Switzerland. The adults and children encounter cultural clashes as they continue to integrate. One
day, the whole family faces an unusual turn of destiny.
A documentary examining the escalating threats that
are causing world shark populations to plummet.
Humans are now the top predators of the ocean and we
are removing a critical link in the oceanic ecosystem.
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S H O R T F I L MS
The Sickie
Sideshow
US Premiere
2006 :: UK :: 13 min
director Rupert Jones :: starring Toby Jounes
2006 :: US :: 5 min
director Lisa LaBracio
When events at work prove too stressful for Douglas
Knott, he decides to throw a sickie. Unfortunately, his
attempts to enjoy a day off are soon sabotaged by the
insidious voice of his conscience. Literally.
A story of the tragedy of love. Through the precious
memories of a circus clown, the fleeting quality of love
unfolds along with the story.
Site Specific – Las Vegas 05
Sleepwalking
2005 :: Italy/Canada :: 13 min
director Olivo Barbieri
2005 :: US/Singapore/Australia :: 15 min
director Angela How :: starring Constance Hsu,
Mark Slama
Part of a large series of films and large-scale stills by
Olivo Barbieri displaying unusual aerial portrayals of
international cities as filmed from a helicopter with a tiltshift lens camera that he uses to miniaturize the world.
The tale of an extra-marital affair from the point of view
of the other woman in this homage to the love story
genre. The protagonist’s internal dialogue exposes the
cyclical nature of such ill-timed connections.
Thursday, March 29 :: Corinthian :: 7:35 pm :: With Amsterdam Via Amsterdam
Small Boxes
Spyhole
director Rene Hernandez :: starring Demain Iturra,
Isabel Olivares, Vanessa Steele
2005 :: France :: 17 min
director Nicholas Bary :: starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Delphine Serina, Romain Rondeau
An opportunity to get out of his current job unloading
trucks at the local produce markets to do something
completely different will mean Alberto has to face his
identity and find the courage to believe in himself.
Alone in his apartment, an old man is listening to his
neighbors partying. The old man is grasping every
sound. He is watching too, through the countless
peepholes that are scattered on his walls.
The Substitute
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 5:40 pm :: With The Mao Years
Sunday Afternoon
US Premiere
2005 :: Israel :: 19 min
director Talya Lavie :: starring Dana Ivgy, Shiri Ashkenazi, Hadas Kalderon, Raffael Azran
2005 :: Czech Republic/Italy :: 13 min
director Gaia Adducchio :: starring Jana Plodkova,
Ondrej Danis
Zohara is an Israeli soldier on an isolated military base
who is about to get a much-anticipated transfer. Her
hopes are shattered when her substitute appears to
be suicidal.
A young woman sits on a sofa in the middle of a lake
singing an old lullaby. She is waiting for her brother to
say goodbye to a loved one.
Surgery
Take Four
2006 :: Spain :: 2 min
director Alberto Gonzalez
2005 :: US :: 15 min
director Omar Chavez, Jr. :: starring Nicholas Alexander, Candace Marie, Jeremy Mitchell
Do not pay attention to this tremor.
Four completely different people, in totally different
situations, share an uncommon parrallel drive to accomplish their goals despite any and all obstacles.
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Wednesday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 5:30 pm :: With The Shutka Book of Records
Team Queen
S H O R T F I L MS
The Tell Tale Heart
2006 :: US :: 4 min
director Leah Meyerhoff :: starring Murray Hill, Julie
Atlas Muz, Miss Scarlet Sinclair, Molly the Dolly
2005 :: Luxemburg/Spain/US :: 10 min
director Raul Garcia :: narrator Bela Lugosi
A gender-bending, fire-breathing, burlesqueperforming, post-punk rock‘n roll prom. The new girl in
school is thrown into a topsy-turvy madhouse of high
school hellcats.
One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous short stories,
“The Tell-Tale Heart,” was published in 1843. The
story is a psychological portrait of a mad narrator, who
cannot stop hearing his victim’s relentless heartbeats.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Corinthian :: 3:35 pm :: With All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise
Temerario
They
US Premiere
2006 :: UK :: 10 min
director Carl Zitelmann
2006 :: Russian Federation/Tunisia :: 19 min
director Alexander Naas
The story of Rio, a young cowboy who is shot and left
for dead in the desert. In the throes of his fear and
agony, Rio dreams of a revenge that causes great pain
and suffering.
These are natural shots of people captured in their
everyday life, which, gathered together, create a chain
of history. A history of those with whom we live, though
we do not know it.
A Thousand Roads
Three Months at Sea
US Premiere
2005 :: US/Peru :: 40 min
director Chris Eyre :: starring John Trudell, Alex
Rice, Jeremiah Bitsui, Geraldine Keams
director Kylie Eddy :: starring Damian Walshe-Howling, Kristen Hilton, Matt Quartermaine
A widescreen, panhemispheric journey into the world of
four contemporary Native Americans whose lives take
a significant turn as they confront the crises that arise
in a single day.
Julian moved around the world to be with his long
time girlfriend. He sent a crate of possessions by sea.
Now, three months later, the crate has landed but their
relationship is over.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 5:15 pm :: With Touched By Water
Til Death Do Us Part
Time Well Spent
2006 :: US :: 5 min
director Bryan Nest :: starring Marie Lusher, Jason
Whisman
2006 :: US :: 5 min
director Benjamin Lopata
Helen gets dumped days before her wedding. She puts
on her dress and goes to the top of a 15-story building
to jump. She throws her ring off the ledge and it lands in
Gordon’s cup. He thinks he’s found his soul mate.
A visually attractive piece with a blend of black and
white and sepia tones suggesting a romantic theme.
It’s the story of a young woman struggling with whether
she should drop it all to be with the man she loves.
Touched By Water
A Trip to the Moon
2006 :: Canada :: 46 min
director Tamás Wormser :: narrator Jean Marchand
1902 :: France :: 14 min
director Georges Méliès :: starring Victor André,
Bleuette Bernon, Jeanne d’Alcy, Henri Delannoy
A documentary that dives into the lush world of
bathing rituals, exploring the traditions of our essential
bond with water. The variations are enormous, the
similarities staggering.
The screen’s first science fiction story is a 14 minute
masterpiece, created by imaginative French director
and master magician Georges Melies, (1861-1938), in
his version of the Jules Verne story.
Friday, March 23 :: Playhouse :: 5:15 pm :: With A Thousand Roads
Sunday, March 25 :: Corinthian :: 5 pm :: With Lumiere & Company
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29 Inches
Vitruviusʼ Toybox
2005 :: Brazil :: 22 min
director Bernard Attal & Joselito Crispim
2005 :: US :: 6 min
director Dennis M. Iannuzzi
In a small community along the coast of Brazil, life goes
on quietly and happily. The nearby ocean and the tune
of a local musician form the backdrop of an adulterous
romance.
Experimental animation that explores the relationship
between motion graphic techniques, electronic music
and the use of traditional graphic design ideas as a way
of visually organizing an animated film.
Thursday, March 29 :: Playhouse :: 5:30 pm :: With Bul deconne
The Walls – Drowning Pool
West Coast Premiere
2006 :: Ireland :: 3 min
director Noah Lagin :: artist The Walls
Performance music video featuring top Irish rock band,
The Walls for their hit single “Drowning Pool.” Filmed
on location in Dublin, Ireland.
Wednesday
2006 :: US :: 9 min
director Joel Nassan :: starring Thaine H. Allison Jr.,
Joyce Long, Danny Aanderud, Joel Nassan
Joel Nassan in person
Wednesday is as good as any other day to be lonely in
LA. Roger’s simple demeanor contrasts the complexity
of the city as he photographs his every move, but the
real reason for the pictures is yet to be discovered.
While the Catʼs Away
Wigald
2003 :: Iceland :: 5 min
directors Helena Jonsdottir & Unnur Osp Stefansdottir :: starring Margaret Olafsdottir
When a young, pedantic daughter is at work, her
mother transforms into a passionate dancer, using
their overfilled flat as a stage. A heart warming comedy
about prejudice, self-respect and dreams fulfilled.
Wigald is a starving poet, whose lack of income to
support his passion for verse and general frustration
with the world, has him fighting inner demons.
director Timon Modersohn :: starring Tom Schilling,
Manfred Zpatka, Marijam Agischewa
Thursday, March 28 :: Playhouse :: 7:15 pm :: With Big Dreams Little Tokyo
Wind, Ten Years Old
The Win-Win Situation
director Oscar Germes Castro :: starring Stefan
Proell
2006 :: Iran :: 23 min
director Marzie Vafamehr :: starring Shaaf Noori,
Parisa kani, Mehdi Moghadam, Marzieh Vafamehr
One day in the life of a ten-year old girl during the
Iran/Iraq war. War propaganda nurtures her for fighting.
Little by little she is drawn to the violence.
Tuesday, March 27 :: Playhouse :: 7:30 pm :: With President Mir Qanbar
Wonton
2005 :: US :: 12 min
director Wenhwa Ts’ao :: starring Jennifer Shin,
Roberto Carranza, D.J. Howard
A story of a young Chinese woman and her witty escape
during an Immigration Customs Enforcement raid of
the US restaurant where she is illegally employed.
This experimental production mixes photographic
techniques with video and electronic music to free the
audience, as the wild landscapes of the Tyrolean Alps
provide the background for a breathtaking sport.
Sunday, March 25 :: Playhouse :: 1:15 pm :: With Peel: The Peru Project
Yasmineʼs Song
West Coast Premiere
2006 :: Palestine :: 20 min
director Najwa Najjar
Building the wall won’t keep two young lovers apart.
Yasmine and Ziyad move in the shadows exchanging
tender promises, but the realities of conflict loom.
Zero Degree
2005 :: Iran :: 8 min
director Omid Koshnazar
Because of his villainous act, a soldier is captured in
the camera cadre. He kills a man, and the camera
wants to take revenge, but…
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Shorts Program Schedule
World of Animation
Life in Motion
March 25 • Playhouse • 11:10 am
March 23 • Playhouse • 3:05 pm
• Guide Dog
• Temerario
• Little Blue
• Jukebox
• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Clay
• Catch
• Closed
• One Rat Short
• Zero Degree
• A Jazz Sketchbook
• Sideshow
• Vitruvius’ Toybox
• Hallucii
• First Flight
• Fly By Red Shoes
• Our Man in Nirvana
• Surgery
• Offside
• See You Later
• Out of Love
• Rain Is Falling
• Wonton
• They
Daily Shorts!
• The Walls – Drowning Pool
• Dear Miss Mistress
• Re–
• Daily Routine
Love Is in the Air!
• The Tell Tale Heart
• Ghost Town
• No Menus Please
• Hattenhorst
• Quio: So Dazed
• Looking for Alfred
• Love Is a Stranger
• Sleepwalking
• Fallen
• Til Death Do Us Part
• House of Flesh
• Yasmine’s Song
Senior Shorts Program
• Three Months at Sea
• Home For Good
March 26 • Corinthian • 4 pm
• Hajime
• Aisle 73
• Agatha Chrysafi
• Boreas
Teen Flix
• The Prestidigitador
• Little Ben
• Meat the Campbell’s
• First Snow
• Take Four
• The First Day of My Life
• Portrait
• My Backyard Was a
Mountain
Working 9 to 5!
• The Red Balloon
• Dear Lemon Lima
• Accidents
• Marti’s Party
• The Remaining Days
• Wednesday
• While the Cat’s Away
March 26 • Playhouse • 3 pm
• In the Net
• Small Boxes
• The Foam Cleaner
• The Substitute
• The Sickie
• A Lineman’s Cabin
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Argentina
WO R LD
IN
Croatia
Sleep Sweet, My Darling
Searching for Orson
S EVEN D AYS
Relatives
India
First Snow
Si Sus Brujo: A Tango Story
Cuba
Fly By Red Shoes
Never Say Good Bye
The Side Effects of Love
Armenia
Czech Republic
Iran
Mozartballs
The Win-Win Situation
American Fugitive: The
Here We Are
Truth About Hasaan
Sunday Afternoon
The Shutka Book of Records The Color of Love
Full or Empty
On a Friday Afternoon
Denmark
Lady of the East
Gitmo: The New Rules of
The Nightly Song of the
War
Travellers
The Judge
President Mir Qanbar
Ecuador
Return to My Homeland
Romeo and Juliet Get
Towards Sunset
Married
Wind, Ten Years Old
Zero Degree
Azerbaijan
House of Flesh
Return of the Poet
Australia
Checkpoint
Love is a Stranger
Marti’s Party
Sleepwalking
Small Boxes
Three Months at Sea
Austria
A Crude Awakening – The
Oil Crash
Belgium
Looking for Alfred
Rwanda. Through Us,
Humanity...
Satyajit Ray Negatives
The Sleeping Child
Egypt
Estonia
Shop of Dreams
Finland
Frozen City
Risto & Minna
France
Amsterdam Via Amsterdam
Black Night,
Bosnia &
October 17, 1961
Herzegovina
Burnt Out
Go West
Hammer and Tickle: The
Communist Joke Book
Brazil
The Kiss
Estamira
Lumiere & Company
The Machine
The Mao Years
Romeo and Juliet Get
Married
Travellers
Teen Mothers
Spyhole
29 Inches
This Girl Is Mine
A Trip to the Moon
Bulgaria
Christmas Tree Upside Down White Platoon
Stolen Eyes
Canada
French Polynesia
Truth About Hasaan
Black Eyed Dog
Duo
Fallen
The First Day of My Life
Forgive Me
Communist Joke Book
Hero By Nature
Kamataki
McLaren’s Negatives
Mozartballs
My Last Confession
The Remaining Days
Revolver Tango
Site Specific – Las Vegas 05
Steel Toes
A Sunday in Kigali
Touched By Water
China
Hungary
Gweipo
Lost Dream of Beijing
48
Germany
Beyond Samarkand
Dear Miss Mistress
Fly and Fall
The Foam Cleaner
Hattenhorst
Little Ben
...More Than 1000 Words
Our Man in Nirvana
Quio: So Dazed
Rain is Falling
Valerie
Wigald
Greece
Agatha Chrysafi
Toss Up
The Wake
Just Sex and Nothing Else
The Real Santa
Iraq
Dreams
Ireland
The Walls – Drowning Pool
Israel
51 Birch Street
The First Zionist Bunny
Offside
The Substitute
Italy
Amsterdam Via Amsterdam
Closed
Reimerswaal
A White Ballad
Beyond Samarkand
Nigeria
Tunisia
Hajime
Kamataki
Bawke
Loop
Peru
Turkey
A Thousand Roads
Palestine
Be Quiet
Yasmine’s Song
Poland
Melodrama
The Perfect Afternoon
Romania
A Lineman’s Cabin
Russia
Nikita and the Iron Woman
They
Scotland
Accidents
Dupe
Meat the Campbells
Senegal
Spain
See You Later
Luxembourg
Sweden
Bloody Tie
Kurdistan
Lebanon
The Tell Tale Heart
Macedonia
Balcancan
Mexico
Borderlands
To the Other Side
Montenegro
Motion Report
Morocco
Norway
Avatar
Enrique Morente: Alhambra
Daydreams
In the Net
Machine
MAGMA
The Prestidigitador
Regular
Surgery
The Tell Tale Heart
Korea
Thailand
Checkmate Mr. President!
Pictures
The Prince
They
The TV’s Coming
Abeni
Bul deconne
Daily Routine
The Destination
Serbia
Marcello, A Sweet Life
Motion Report
Singapore
Shooting Silvio
Site Specific – Las Vegas 05 Sleepwalking
Sunday Afternoon
South Africa
A White Ballad
Son of Man
Japan
Gitmo: The New Rules of
War
Switzerland
The Barber
A Crude Awakening – The
Oil Crash
Going Private
Mozartballs
Riviera Cocktail
See You Later
The Sleeping Child
Taiwan
Netherlands
Tajikistan
Hallucii
Boreas
Crash
I Named Her Angel
In Transit
Life on Their Shoulders
Travellers
Stolen Eyes
Toss Up
UK
All is Well
Gorgeous Labor of Love
Gweipo
Honey and Sting
Illegal
The Lives of the Saints
Lumiere & Company
Nascent
The Sickie
Temerario
A Very British Bollywood
US
Aisle 73
All Aboard! Rosie’s Family
Cruise
All’s Fair
Almost Home
Truth About Hasaan
Andre and Wally
Arctic Son
Big Dreams Little Tokyo
Blame It On the Fish
Blind Love
Borderlands
Boundin’
Boxed
Catch
Chasing the Horizon
A Cigar at the Beach
The Cole Nobody Knows
Cries from Ramah
Daily Routine
Daily Specials
Darius Goes West: The Roll
of His Life
Dear Lemon Lima
Directed By John Ford
Disappearances
Down the Line
Even Money
False Promise
First Flight
For the Birds
Geri’s Game
Ghost Town
Guide Dog
Hallucii
Headshot
Home For Good
The Intruder
Jack-Jack Attack
A Jazz Sketchbook
Johnny Tootall
Jukebox
Just
King Without a Crown
Knick Knack
Lady of the East
Ladylike
Little Blue
Lumiere & Company
Luxo Jr.
Medicine Dream: “In This
World”
Mike’s New Car
My Backyard Was a
Mountain
Nina Baby
No Menus Please
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Clay
One Man Band
One Man, One Voice – Kris
Kristoffersson
One Rat Short
Out of Love
The Playground
Re–
The Red Balloon
Red’s Dream
Return to My Homeland
Ringo
Rising Son: The Legend of
Skateboarder Christian
Hosoi
Sadie Turns Seven
Shakespeare Was a Big
George Jones Fan
Sideshow
Sitting Bull: A Stone in My
Heart
Sleepwalking
Take Four
Team Queen
The Tell Tale Heart
365 Boots on Ground
Til Death Do Us Part
A Thousand Roads
Time Well Spent
Tin Toy
Tis Autumn: The Search for
Jackie Paris
Vitruvius’ Toybox
Wednesday
Wonton
Venezuela
Playing In the Dark
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T I C K E T/ M E R C H A N D I S E I N F O R M AT I O N
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TICKETS
40 Main Street, Tiburon
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Main St.
TIBURON, CA
Playhouse
Theater
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available for purchase as follows:
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4PM
11 a / More Than 1000
Words
Playhouse #3
1 p / The Eye of the
Dolphin
1:20 p / Shakespeare
11:05 a / Darius Goes West
Playhouse #3
Corinthian
1:15 p / Peel: The
Peru Project
11 a / Chasing the Horizon
Playhouse #2
1 p / Sitting Bull
11:10 a / World of
Animation (Shorts)
Playhouse #1
Corinthian
1:10 p / Rising Son
11 a / Tis Autumn
Playhouse #2
1:05 p / Shooting Silvio
1 p / One Man, One Voice
11 a / Borderlands
Playhouse #1
Corinthian
Playhouse #3
5PM
3:05 p / Steel Toes
7PM
5:40 p / The Mao
Years
5:10 p / The Sermons of
Sister Jane
5:35 p / The Nightly
Song of the Travellers
5 p / Stolen Eyes
5:50 p / Son of Man
5:20 p / Marcello, A
Sweet Life
5:30 p / Valerie
5:15 p / Touched By
Water
5:30 p / Mozartballs
5:15 p / Teen Flix (Shorts)
6PM
5 p / Lumiere & Company
3:05 p / Christmas Tree Upside
Down
3 p / Si Sus Brujos: A
Tango Story
3:10 p / Searching for Orson
3:05 p / White
Platoon
3:30 p / PIXAR
3 p / Directed By
John Ford
3:45 p / 365 Boots
3:30 p / A Crude
Awakening
3:30 p / Enrique Morente
2PM
Playhouse #2
1PM
3:05 p / Life in Motion
(Shorts)
12AM
Playhouse #1
11AM
9PM
10PM
9:30 p / Magic Eye
9:35 p / Return of
the Poet
9:15 p / To the Other
Side
9:25 p / Checkmate
Mr. President!
9:45 p / American Fugitive
9:45 p /
Balcancan
9:35 p / A Sunday in
Kigali
9:30 p / Frozen City
9:25 p / Black Night
7:10 p / Never Say Good Bye
7:20 p / Just Sex
7:25 p / Even Money
7:30 p / Gitmo
7:25 p / Romeo and
Juliet
7:45 p / The TV’s
Coming
7:20 p / Full or Empty
7:30 p / Bloody Tie
7:15 p / Relatives
7:20 p / Duo
7:30 p / A Secret Life
with Fidel
8PM
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4PM
5:05 p / Loop
6PM
3:20 p / The Tillamook
Treasure
3 p / Sleep Sweet My Darling
Playhouse #3
Corinthian
3 p / The Destination
3:05 p / Playing in the Dark
5:30 p / Bul deconne
5:15 p / Burnt Out
6 p / The First
Zionist Bunny
5:20 p / Daily Shorts
(Shorts)
5:35 p / This Girl Is
Mine
5:10 p / Shop of Dreams
3:55 p / Arctic Son
Playhouse #2
Playhouse #1
Corinthian
3:15 p / The Sleeping
Child
9:40 p / The Real
Santa
7:25 p / Abeni
7:35 p / Amsterdam
Via Amsterdam
9:35 p / Blind
Love
9:35 p / The Perfect Afternoon
9:30 p / To Play and
To Fight
7:35 p / The Wake
7:15 p / Big Dreams Little
Tokyo
7:45 p / Riviera
Cocktail
7:20 p / On a Friday
Afternoon
9:30 p / Black
Eyed Dog
7:30 p / Blame it on
the Fish
5:40 p / In Transit
3:35 p / Going Private
Playhouse #2
Playhouse #3
9:40 p / The Lives
of the Saints
7:30 p / Duo
5:30 p / The Shutka
Book of Records
3:30 p / The Machine
Playhouse #1
7:35 p / Hammer and
Tickle
5:30 p / Towards Sunset
3:35 p / All Aboard!
Rosie’s Family Cruise
Corinthian
9:35 p / Kamataki
7:25 p / Disappearances
5:15 p / Rwanda. Through
us...Humanity
3:10 p / 51 Birch Street
Playhouse #3
9:25 p / The Side
Effects of Love
3:05 p / Love is in the Air
(Shorts)
7:30 p / President Mir
Qanbar
9:35 p / Toss Up
9:30 p / Journey
From the Fall
9:35 p / Dreams
10PM
5:15 p / The Prince
8 p / Color of Love
7:30 p / The Judge
7 p / Marin Filmmakers
9PM
9:30 p / The Women
of Mount Ararat
Playhouse #2
Playhouse #1
8PM
7:05 p / A Very British
Bollywood
6:10 p / Life on Their
Shoulders
7PM
7:15 p / Forgive Me
4 p / Senior Shorts Program
5:15 p / A White Ballad
2:20 p / Risto & Minna
3 p / Estamira
Corinthian
5:10 p / Johnny Tootall
5PM
3:05 p / Go West
3 p / Working 9 to 5!
(Shorts)
3PM
Playhouse #3
2PM
5:05 p / Teen
Mothers
1PM
3:10 p / Here We Are
12AM
Playhouse #2
Playhouse #1
11AM
I N DEX
A
Abeni, 16
Accidents, 34
Agatha Chrysafi, 34
Aisle 73, 34
All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise, 16
All’s Fair, 34
Almost Home, 34
American Fugitive: The Truth About
Hassan, 16
Amsterdam Via Amsterdam, 16
Arctic Son, 16
Avatar, 34
B
Balcancan, 16
Barber, The, 34
Bawke, 34
Be Quiet, 34
Beyond Samarkand, 34
Big Dreams Little Tokyo, 17
Black Eyed Dog, 17
Black Night, October 17, 1961, 17
Blame it on the Fish, 17
Blind Love, 17
Bloody Tie, 17
Borderlands,18
Boreas, 35
Boxed, 35
Bul deconne, 18
Burnt Out, 18
Burst, 35
C
Catch, 35
Chasing the Horizon, 18
Checkmate Mr. President!, 18
Checkpoint, 35
Christmas Tree Upside Down, 18
Cigar at the Beach, A, 35
Closed, 35
Cole Nobody Knows, The, 35
Color of Love, The 19
Crash, 35
Cries From Ramah, 35
Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash, A, 19
D
Daily Routine, 36
Daily Specials, 36
Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life, 19
Dear Lemon Lima, 36
Dear Miss Mistress, 36
Destination, The, 19
Directed By John Ford, 19
Disappearances, 19
Down the Line, 36
Dreams, 20
Duo, 20
Dupe, 36
E
Enrique Morente: Alhambra Dreams, 20
Estamira, 20
Even Money, 20
Eye of the Dolphin, The, 20
F
Fallen, 36
False Promise, 36
51 Birch Streeet, 21
First Day of My Life, The, 36
First Flight, 36
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First Snow, 37
First Zionist Bunny, The, 21
Fly and Fall, 37
Fly By Red Shoes, 37
Foam Cleaner, The, 37
Forgive Me, 21
Frozen City, 21
Full or Empty, 21
G
McLaren’s Negatives, 40
Medicine Dream, 40
Meat the Campbell’s, 40
Mellodrama, 41
...More Than 1000 Words, 24
Motion Report, 41
Mozartballs, 25
My Backyard Was a Mountain, 41
My Last Confession, 41
Ghost Town, 37
Gitmo: The New Rules of War, 21
Go West, 22
Going Private, 22
Gorgeous Labor of Love, 37
Guide Dog, 37
Gweipo, 37
N
H
O
Hajime, 37
Hallucii, 37
Communist Jokebook, 22
Hattenhorst, 38
Headshot, 38
Here We Are, 22
Hero By Nature 38
Home For Good, 38
Honey and Sting, 38
House of Flesh, 38
I
I Named Her Angel, 38
Illegal, 38
In the Net, 38
In Transit, 22
Intruder, The, 38
J
Jazz Sketchbook, A, 39
Johnny Tootall, 22
Journey From the Fall, 23
Judge, The, 23
Jukebox, 39
Just, 39
Just Sex and Nothing Else, 23
K
Kamataki, 23
King Without a Crown, 39
Kiss, The, 39
L
Lady of the East, 39
LadyLike, 39
Life on Their Shoulders, 39
Lineman’s Cabin, A, 39
Little Ben, 39
Little Blue, 40
Lives of the Saints, The, 23
Looking for Alfred, 40
Loop, 23
Lost Dream of Beijing, 40
Love is a Stranger, 40
Lumiere & Company, 24
M
Machine, 40
Machine, The, 24
Magic Eye, 24
MAGMA, 40
Mao Years, The, 24
Marcello, A Sweet Life, 24
Marti’s Party, 40
Nascent, 41
Never Say Good Bye, 25
Nightly Song of the Travellers, The, 25
Nikita and the Iron Woman, 41
Nina Baby, 41
No Menus Please, 41
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Clay, 41
Offside, 41
On a Friday Afternoon, 25
One Man, One Voice: Kris Kristofferson, 25
One Rat Short, 42
Our Man in Nirvana, 42
Out of Love, 42
P
Peel: The Peru Project, 25
Perfect Afternoon, The, 26
Pictures, 42
PIXAR Films, 26
Playground, The, 42
Playing In the Dark, 26
Portrait, 42
President Mir Qanbar, 26
Prestidigitador, The, 42
Prince, The, 26
Q
Quio: So Dazed, 42
R
Rain is Falling, 42
Re–, 42
Real Santa, The, 26
Red Balloon, The, 43
Regular, 43
Relatives, 27
Reimerswaal, 43
Remaining Days, The, 43
Return of the Poet, 27
Return to My Homeland, 43
Revolver Tango, 43
Ringo, 43
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder
Christian Hosoi, 27
Risto & Minna, 27
Riviera Cocktail, 27
Romeo and Juliet Get Married, 27
Rwanda. Through Us, Humanity..., 28
S
Sadie Turns Seven, 43
Satyajit Ray Negatives, 28
Searching for Orson, 28
Secret Life with Fidel, A, 28
See You Later, 43
Sermons of Sister Jane, The, 28
Shakespeare Was a Big
George Jones Fan, 28
Sharks: Stewards of the Reef, 43
Shooting Silvio, 29
Shop of Dreams, 29
Shutka Book of Records, The, 29
Si Sus Brujo: A Tango Story, 29
Sickie, The, 44
Side Effects of Love, The, 29
Sideshow, 44
Site Specific – Las Vegas 05, 44
Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart, 29
Sleep Sweet, My Darling, 30
Sleeping Child, The, 30
Sleepwalking, 44
Son of Man, 30
Small Boxes, 44
Spyhole, 44
Steel Toes, 30
Stolen Eyes, 30
Substitute, The, 44
Sunday Afternoon, 44
Sunday in Kigali, A, 30
Surgery, 44
T
Take Four, 44
Team Queen, 45
Teen Mothers, 31
Tell Tale Hear, The, 45
Temerario, 45
They, 45
This Girl Is Mine, 31
Thousand Roads, A, 45
365 Boots on Ground, 31
Three Months at Sea, 45
Til Death Do Us Part, 45
Tillamook Treasure, The, 31
Time Well Spent, 45
‘Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris, 31
To Play and To Fight, 31
To the Other Side, 32
Toss Up, 32
Touched By Water, 45
Towards Sunset, 32
Trip to the Moon, A, 45
TV’s Coming, The, 32
29 Inches, 46
V
Valerie, 32
Very British Bollywood, A, 32
Vitruvius’ Toybox, 46
W
Wake, The, 33
Walls – Drowning Pool, The, 46
Wednesday, 46
While the Cat’s Away, 46
White Ballad, A, 33
White Platoon, Baghdad, 33
Wigald, 46
Wind, Ten Years Old, 46
Win-Win Situation, 46
Women of Mount Ararat, The, 33
Wonton, 46
Y
Yasmine’s Song, 46
Z
Zero Degree, 46
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