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THE CIFF DAY 12 / SUNDAY / 3.29.2015 Sponsored by Brothers to Watch: Photo: Lisa Sands Combining Strengths for a Better End B ill and Turner Ross are returning to their home state of Ohio to receive the Cleveland International Film Festival’s “Someone to Watch” honor. The brothers’ first feature in 2009, “45365,” was shot in their hometown of Sidney, Ohio. It got rave reviews—the late Roger Ebert, well-known film critic, called it “An achingly beautiful film,” and at SXSW, the film won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. They followed that with “Tchoupitoulas,” a “music travelogue” that shadows three young boys through New Orleans. For feature number three, “Western,” a “nonfiction western,” the brothers move even farther south to the Mexican border. In an interview with Filmmaker magazine, the brothers call these three films “a sort of regional Americana trilogy,” but note that there won’t be another in the series. “This is the end of a chapter that we feel pretty good about,” they say. It is obvious that these brothers work well together.They talk in terms of “we,” not “he” or “I,” and admit they make very good partners. “We both pick up where the other leaves off with very little need for communication,” they say. From Sidney, they moved to Los Angeles and worked for several years on other people’s projects. Then in 2007, they realized “that our passions were being invested in the dreams of others—so we split.” They quickly discovered that working together was a great creative collaboration where their “individual strengths could be combined for an even better end.” Although they say that they wouldn’t trade their small town upbringing for anything else, they do note that there was not much support for aspiring filmmakers. “What we do now was never discussed as an opportunity,” they say. “There were no real examples in our periphery. It’s meant finding our own way, and inherently our own voice.” CIFF heard that voice and knows that these brothers are indeed filmmakers to watch. “Recognition is always an honor,” they say. “We exist in a bit of an undercurrent, and any attention we can garner helps to motivate our future projects.” —Anne M. DiTeodoro SHOWING TODAY WESTERN is playing today at 4:35 p.m. Photo: Elaine Manusakis Turner (left) and Bill Ross were born and raised in Sidney, Ohio. While filming on the US/Mexico border, they were chased across town and cornered because they pointed their camera in the wrong direction. Photo: Ron Wynne TOP: Danny Fullem, Andrew Thames, Nick Cavalier, and Bob Reiland (left to right) gather in G4 Studio following a “Meet the Filmmaker” series interview with Cavalier, who directed “Forced Perspective.” Fullem, Thames, and Reiland produce the series for CIFF. MIDDLE: Kathleen Cerveny of the Cleveland Foundation, Darnell Weaver of Rainey Institute, Dee Jay Doc Harrill of The FRESH Camp, and filmmaker Miquel Galofré participate in a FilmForum following a a showing of “Art Connect.” BOTTOM: “A Murder in the Park” Co-directors Shawn Rech (left) and Brandon Kimber (center) along with the documentary’s subject, Alstory Simon, respond to audience questions after a screening of the film. CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS Everyone in attendance at any of the films showing in the last round is invited to join us for the Closing Night dessert reception and awards presentation program around The Fountain at Tower City Center. The reception will include a brief program announcing the winners of all the CIFF competitions. Added Screenings: Sunday March 29th Run Boy Run 9:00 am Take Me to the River 9:00 am All-Stars 6:50 pm Audience Choice Shorts Program 7:20 pm Late Additions: Sunday March 29th Being Evel 11:50 am Check for the latest festival updates on Twitter or Facebook. Or visit www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/updates Challenge Match The Challenge Match is the CIFF’s annual fundraising campaign, and the only time of the year that we ask for your support (we do not send out solicitation letters at any time). The challenge to you – our audience – is to raise $125,000, which will be matched by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Help us exceed our goal of $125,000 A $10 DONATION QUALIFIES YOU FOR ONE OF THESE FABULOUS PRIZES!! CINDERELLA: You and your Prince or Princess will have a “ball” with dinner at Otto Moser’s Restaurant before a performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA! (glass slippers optional) CINEMA PARADISO: Indulge in unlimited movies for the rest of the year at any of their locations with a Cleveland Cinemas Season Pass! A KID FROM CLEVELAND: Is there anything better than diving into a good book, or sharing one with a friend? How about a collection of 39 Cleveland books on a variety of subjects, including local history, sports, pop culture, true crime, food, and much more? Stop by the Challenge Match table in the Tower City Cinemas lobby to donate. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Official Airline of the 39th CIFF The Cleveland International Film Festival receives public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, to preserve and enrich our region’s artistic and cultural heritage. Inspired to Find the Truth E ver since his teenage years, documentary filmmaker Justin Weinstein has been fascinated with how people can deny real evidence when it contradicts their beliefs. Tyler Measom, another filmmaker, LEFT: Tyler Measom has written, produced, and directed more than 100 commercials, short documentaries, and industrials for a wide range of national and international clients. RIGHT: Justin Weinstein has been was raised as a making documentaries for broadcast, theatrical release, and commercial clients for more than 10 years. devout Mormon until he decided he was being “deceived” by over the world who were hungry to see a film the church and left religion. about him made. When the two started discussing the idea of He believes people recognized that there was a making a documentary on James Randi, the compelling story to tell and it would make a fun magician and escape artist turned skeptic, these and entertaining film. personal reasons made the story meaningful for “Randi is an amazing character,”Weinstein each of them.They decided on the spot to make says. “He was a joy to work with. Some of the the film together—the result is “An Honest Liar.” time he’s an 86-year-old man, irascible and “We both deeply believe many of the opinionated, but much of the time he’s like a fundamental problems our society suffers are due 12-year-old boy, playful, curious, and fun-loving. to a lack of proper education in critical thinking He’s invigorated by an audience, and can be hard and basic science education,”Weinstein says. to keep up with!” To make the film, Randi provided thousands People who watch the film are sometimes of hours of archival footage, which covered his surprised that the filmmakers were able to frequent television appearances on shows such interview Uri Geller for the film since he and as Happy Days and his 32 appearances on The Randi were such vicious enemies for so long. Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. “The fact is we just asked, and he was very It also included a segment from The Tonight generous and gracious with us,” says Weinstein. Show where the staff turned to Randi for advice “He himself says that he didn’t care what kind in advance of an appearance by Uri Geller.When of publicity he got—it was all good for him. Randi’s guidance prevented Geller from being He wouldn’t read the articles that were written able to demonstrate his alleged psychic powers about him, but measure them with a ruler.” on the show, the two became sworn enemies. Weinstein and Measom hope their film will Weinstein calls the abundance of footage inspire audiences to think more critically, to ask both a blessing and a curse, which made editing questions to probe deeper before accepting things a challenge to integrate the past and present as truth, and to be open to questioning even their stories into a cohesive whole. own beliefs, however difficult that may be. The film took three years to make and was —Lisa Curland funded in part by a very successful KickStarter campaign.Weinstein credits the campaign’s SHOWING A N HONEST LIAR TODAY success to Randi’s huge and avid following all is playing today at 11:35 a.m. followed by a FilmForum THE HOME FOR INSPIRATION Photo: Elaine Manusakis Festival Updates CIFF fans start young. Winifred is entranced by what the 39th CIFF has to offer. She’s thinking—“just wait until I get my Director’s Pass! I sure hope everyone donates to the Challenge Match!” THE ONLINE Visit The Daily online edition at www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/the-daily. TODAY’S ONLINE VERSION INCLUDES: • Call Me Lucky (Playing today at 3:45 p.m.) Comedian Barry Crimmins’ blunt humor is shaped by his personal history; here he discusses his experience being the subject of a documentary film. • Closing Night Awards: At Closing Night, CIFF honors all of the award-winning filmmakers.
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