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EXCELLENCE IN ACTING
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The “Excellence In Acting Award” is presented to an outstanding film artist whose work displays not only extraordinary talent, but a strong commitment to independent filmmaking. Honorees are risk takers, provocateurs, and entertainers—and never anything less than excellent in every performance. Past honorees include
Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor, Alan Cumming, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alessandro Nivola, Tilda Swinton, Vera Farmiga and Parker Posey.
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DILLON
Matt Dillon’s successful film career has spanned over three decades and has showcased his wide range of
dramatic and comedic talents. From his breakthrough performance in The Outsiders to his hilarious turn as
an obsessed private investigator in There’s Something About Mary, he has proven himself to be one of the
most diverse actors of his generation.
In 1990 Dillon won an IFP Spirit Award for his gritty performance as a drug addict in Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore
Cowboy. From there he went on to star in such films as Ted Demme’s Beautiful Girls, Cameron Crowe’s
Singles, In & Out with Kevin Kline, Kevin Spacey’s Albino Alligator, Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish, Garry
Marshall’s Flamingo Kid, Van Sant’s To Die For, and Bent Hamer’s Factotum, for which he received glowing
reviews for portraying Charles Bukowski’s alter ego when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Dillon displayed his versatility with an arresting performance co-starring as a racist cop in the critically acclaimed Paul Haggis film Crash. This role earned him Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice
and BAFTA nominations and won him an Independent Spirit Award. In addition, the film earned him a Screen
Actors Guild Award and a Critics Choice Award for Best Ensemble.
Aside from being an accomplished actor, Dillon wrote, and made his feature film directorial debut with City
of Ghosts, in which he also starred with Gérard Depardieu, Stellan Skarsgård, and James Caan. As The New
York Times’ Film Critic A.O. Scott put it, “He seems to be getting better with every film.” We couldn’t agree
more and are proud to honor Matt Dillon with our 2013 Excellence in Acting Award.
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MATT DILLON’S Festival Films:
DRUGSTORE COWBOY
(USA, 1989, 100 minutes)
Directed by Gus Van Sant
CITY OF GHOSTS
Directed by Matt Dillon
DRUGSTORE COWBOY is, in the words of Roger Ebert,
“one of the best films in the long tradition of American outlaw road movies—a tradition that includes
Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy and
Badlands. It is about criminals who do not intend to
be particularly bad people, but whose lives run away
with them. …The movie stars Matt Dillon, in one of
the great recent American movie performances” The
breakthrough picture for Gus Van Sant (PIFF Filmmaker on the Edge 2002).
Matt Dillon directed himself in this luminously menacing film. He plays a shady business man who finds
himself in Bangkok after fleeing the investigation of
an insurance scam in the US. Looking for his missing
partner and his own promised cut of the action,
he finds instead a bizarre and volatile environment
where cleverness is bait. In CITY OF GHOSTS, Dillon
and crew have captured that ominous undercurrent of
the unknown and delivered a dizzying and accomplished neo-noir.
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CHRISTINE WALKER is an award-winning producer
of artist-driven independent film. Her film credits
include: The Turin Horse, Darling Companion, Thin
Ice, Howl, Life During Wartime, Older Than America,
and Factotum, starring 2013 PIFF Excellence in
Acting honoree, Matt Dillon. Christine’s awards and
recognitions include the National Board of Review
Freedom of Expression Award for Howl and the
Sundance Institute’s Mark Silverman Producing Fellowship Award, among others.
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Our career achievement award, “The Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award” honors the memory and life’s work of Academy Award winning filmmaker, artist, and
animator Faith Hubley (1924-2001). It is chosen by the Festival’s executive staff and the Hubley family and is presented to a film artist whose career choices exhibit,
among other things, a global vision and aesthetic harmony. Past honorees include Mira Nair, Albert Maysles, Kirby Dick, and the Academy Award winning directing
team of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
Edward Lachman, ASC, is one of the most respected cinematographers of his time, one who has
worked on big-budget, independent, and foreign-language films. Lachman was raised in a family
that spans the history of cinema: his grandfather operated vaudeville houses that transitioned
into movie theatres and his father was a motion picture exhibitor in New Jersey. He studied art in
France, where he developed a taste for New Wave films.
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Lachman made his name working with the major figures of The New German Cinema of the 70s
including Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Volker Schlondorff. He
then went on to lens an astonishing array of films including Far From Heaven, I’m Not There, Erin
Brokovich, The Virgin Suicides, A Prairie Home Companion, Howl, Life During Wartime, Selena, The
Limey, True Stories, Desperately Seeking Susan, and most recently Ulrich Seidel’s Paradise Trilogy.
The directors he has collaborated with is a veritable who’s who list: Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, Steven Soderbergh, Robert Altman, Todd Solondz, Mira Nair, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Freidman, Sofia Coppola, David Byrne, Hanif Kureishi, Susan Seidelman, Larry Clark, and Paul Shrader.
His work has received numerous awards and nominations, including 3 Independent Spirit Award
nominations (winning for Far From Heaven) and an Oscar nomination, also for Far From Heaven.
In a year when we celebrate 15 years of Filmmaking on the Edge, it is only fitting that we honor a
master cinematographer whose work has helped define independent cinema. The Provincetown
International Film Festival is proud to honor the incredible career and impressive work of cinematographer Edward Lachman with our Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award.
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ED LACHMAN’S Festival Films:
FAR FROM HEAVEN
Directed by Todd Haynes
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Cathy (Julianne Moore) is the perfect 50s housewife,
living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful
husband, social prominence. Then one night she finds
her husband Frank (Dennis Quaid) kissing another
man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of
control. With gorgeous cinematography that earned
Ed Lachman an Oscar nomination along with a bevy
of awards and accolades.
A bored suburban housewife (Rosanna Arquette),
escapes her routine by reading personal ads and
following the adventures of a man who’s desperately
seeking Susan. While spying on Susan (Madonna)
Rosanna is accidentally hit on the head, wakes up
with amnesia, and is mistaken for the free-spirited
Susan.
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B. RUBY RICH is Professor of Film and Digital Media
at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She
has written for scores of publications, from Signs,
GLQ, Film Quarterly, and Cinema Journal to The
New York Times, The Village Voice, The Nation, and
The Guardian (UK). She has served as juror and
curator for the Sundance and Toronto International
Film Festivals and for major festivals in Germany,
Mexico, Australia, and Cuba. The recipient of
awards from Yale University, the Society for Cinema
and Media Studies, and Frameline, Rich is the author of Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the
Feminist Film Movement, and New Queer Cinema:
The Director’s Cut.
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Given in memory of John Schlesinger, this award
Mr. Schlesinger made short films for the BBC, which led to his first feature film, is to encourage young filmmakers and is given
A Kind of Loving, starring the then unknown Alan Bates. His next film, Billy Liar,
to a first time documentary or narrative feature
gave Julie Christie her first leading role in a feature. Next came the highly director.
successful Darling.
Mr. Schlesinger’s films concern themselves with a keen social awareness, a fascination with love’s complexities, and a penchant for drawing out big performances.
An actor himself, Mr. Schlesinger has helped to make stars of such performers as
Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight and has
the distinction of directing eight different actors in Academy Award nominated
performances: Julie Christie (who won for Darling), Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight,
Sylvia Miles, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith and Laurence Olivier.
John Schlesinger grew up in Hampstead, England, the oldest of five children.
He studied English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford, where he also acted in
university theatre productions.
During the late 1960’s Mr. Schlesinger directed Far From the Madding Crowd and
the iconic film Midnight Cowboy, for which he won the DGA’s Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award and the Oscar. He returned to London to direct Sunday,
Bloody, Sunday, starring Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch, which received four
Oscar nominations.
Mr. Schlesinger headed back to America to direct The Day of the Locust, and
followed this with his first thriller, Marathon Man, in 1976, starring Dustin Hoffman
and Laurence Olivier.
Other films Mr. Schlesinger has directed in his long and distinguished career
include Yanks, An Englishman Abroad, The Falcon and the Snowman, The Believers,
Madame Sousatzka, The Innocent, Pacific Heights, Cold Comfort Farm, Eye for an
Eye and The Next Best Thing.
Past Festival Winners—How to Survive a Plague, directed by David France; Ballast, directed by Lance Hammer
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Opening Night Selection
LOVELACE
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Sponsored by Xfinity
Friday Night Spotlight
I AM DIVINE
Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz
Sponsored by Sal’s Place
LOVELACE is a true story of fame, abuse and betrayal set against the sexual
revolution of the 1970’s. In 1972—before the internet, before the porn explosion—
Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature
film, featuring a story, some jokes, and an unknown and unlikely star, Linda
Lovelace. Escaping a strict religious family, Linda discovered freedom and the
highlife when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor. As Linda
Lovelace she became an international sensation—less centerfold fantasy than a
charming girl-next-door with an impressive capacity for fellatio. Fully inhabiting
her new identity, Linda became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom
and uninhibited hedonism. Six years later she presented another, utterly contradictory, narrative to the world—and herself as the survivor of a far darker story.
Young, chubby Harris Glenn Milstead liked musicals, was drawn to feminine pursuits, and was bullied. But soon after meeting a crowd of gay hipsters and freaks
in his native Baltimore, Glenn started to find his voice—camping it up, shoplifting,
writing bad checks, and smoking grass. He also met the man who was about to
change his life: John Waters.
Starring Amanda Seyfried as Linda and Peter Sarsgaard as her hustler husband/
agent Chuck Traynor, LOVELACE explores the public successes and private trials
of Linda and her sudden and skyrocketing career. The film also boasts an all-star
cast including Sharon Stone, James Franco, Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Debi
Mazar, Chris Noth, Eric Roberts, Chloe Sevigny and Juno Temple.
With candid, touching, and often hilarious interviews, Director Jeffrey Schwarz
(Vito) beautifully captures the soul of an iconic artist who had a profound and
lasting impact on a generation of filmmakers, actors, artists, drag queens, and
outsiders.
Glenn and John bonded over the films of Russ Meyer and Jayne Mansfield and
soon began forging a new character. With Waters’ guidance, an outrageous, outlandish and obviously overweight character began to emerge. Waters christened
his new star “Divine”, they started making films together and a star—unlike any
before or since—was born.
Print Source: The Film Collaborative
Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, whose last feature film Howl was
opening night selection at PIFF in 2010, have tackled yet another controversial
story and delivered it with the depth and sensitivity we have come to expect from
the Academy Award winning directors of The Life and Times of Harvey Milk and
Common Threads: Stories For the Quilt.
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Sun., June 23, Art House 1 @ 2:30pm
FEMALE TROUBLE
follows the Friday night screening at approx. 11:30pm
Directed by John Waters
Stick around for the real deal! FEMALE TROUBLE follows Dawn Davenport, from
schoolgirl to go-go dancer to mass murderer. Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary
Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey and Cookie Mueller.
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I’M SO EXCITED!
(Spain, 2013, 95 minutes)
Directed by Pedro Almodovar
Sponsored by SAGE Inn & Lounge
During a transatlantic flight from Barcelona to Mexico City, a technical failure has
endangered the lives of all on board. While the pilots and central ground control
strive to find a solution, the flight attendants must attend to the anxiety of the
flight’s passengers. These three flight attendants are atypical, baroque, colorful
characters who gallantly try to forget their own personal problems, which are
many. After drugging and putting to sleep everyone in coach—so as to buy time
before mass panic ensues—they turn to music, mescaline and confessionals to
comfort the customers in first class, who include a psychic, a hitman, a dominatrix, a crooked businessman and a soap opera star.
Closing Night Selection
EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH
ABOUT FISHES
Directed by Francesca Gregorini
Sponsored by Cosmos Catering
Emanuel, an acerbic but sensitive teen, lives with her father and stepmother. She’s
on the verge of another birthday—a day she has never cared for since her mother
died giving birth to her—when the mysterious Linda, a young and hip mother,
moves in next door. Intrigued by Linda’s striking resemblance to her late mother,
Emanuel begins to baby sit for Linda’s newborn daughter. As Emanuel and Linda
spend more time together, they develop a bond that becomes deeply entwined in
a surprising secret Linda harbors.
EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES is a stylized and often darkly humorous
Life in the clouds proves to be as complicated as it is at ground level. This raucous film that vacillates between surrealism and realism while it incorporates suspensesex comedy from master auteur Pedro Almodovar shows his return to grand come- ful drama. Writer/director Francesca Gregorini’s tightly constructed script fuses
dic form, which he honed so well in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown pain with poetry and explores the complexity of being complicit in the lives of our
and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! I’M SO EXCITED! is buoyed by a top-shelf ensemble loved ones. —Sundance Film Festival Catalog
cast of Spanish actors of stage, television and screen, and also by brief, priceless
cameos from Penelope Cruz, Paz Vega and Antonio Banderas.
In a breakout performance, Kaya Scodelario plays Emanuel, supported by equally
revelatory performances by Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, and Frances O’Connor.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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Sun., June 23, Town Hall @ 7:00pm
Sat., June 22, Art House 2 @ 7:00pm
Sun., June 23, Art House 2 @ 11:30am
Preceded by Short FIlm:
LOST TALES OF A SEÑOR
Directed by Matt Stanasolovich
A college student ponders the bounds of friendship and loyalty when faced with a
gravely unexpected dorm room surprise.
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AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Directed by Jill Soloway
Sponsored by Atlantic Bay
Sotheby’s Real Estate
AFTERNOON DELIGHT follows Rachel (Kathryn Hahn), a
quick-witted, yet tightly coiled, thirty-something living in LA’s Silver Lake. She’s bored with her mundane
routine volunteering at preschool events, a lackluster
sex life, and a career that has gone kaput. Looking
to spice-up her marriage, Rachel takes her husband
Jeff (Josh Radnor) to a strip club where she meets
McKenna (Juno Temple), a stripper she becomes
obsessed with saving. Rachel adopts McKenna as her
live-in nanny, wreaking havoc on her friends, family
and herself.
The film, which won the Directing Award in the
U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, marks the
feature directorial debut of Jill Soloway (Six Feet
Under, United States of Tara). A talented all-star
cast also includes Jane Lynch as Rachel’s hilariously
self-involved therapist. Writer-director Soloway has
fashioned a smart, funny and groundbreaking take
on female sexuality and real life relationships.
FEATURES
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
Directed by David Lowery
Sponsored by Kodak
Set against the backdrop of 1970’s Texas Hill Country,
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS is a timeless romantic
American story that follows three characters on
various sides of the law—outlaw Bob Muldoon (Casey
Affleck), his wife Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), and a
local sheriff named Patrick Wheeler (Ben Foster), who
gets caught in their crosshairs.
After an extended crime spree, Bob is apprehended
during a shootout. Though it’s Ruth who wounds the
sheriff, Bob takes the fall and is sent to prison. Four
years later, Bob escapes and sets off to reunite with
his wife and their daughter, born during his time
away. In the interim, Patrick has taken an interest in
Ruth and the complexities multiply.
Filmmaker David Lowery has fashioned a gorgeously
poetic ensemble that evokes classics such as Bonnie
and Clyde and Badlands, with a fresh and nuanced
sense of humanity. Winner of the U.S. Dramatic
Cinematography Award at the 2013 Sundance Film
Festival.
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THE BEAUTY AND
THE PAPARAZZO
(Portugal, 2010, 105 minutes)
Directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Sponsored by Ketel One
Mariana, a young and beautiful soap opera star, is
close to having a nervous breakdown. Work hasn’t
been going well, her popularity isn’t what it used to
be, and she’s continually hounded by the paparazzi.
Unknown to her, her chief antagonist is João, Lisbon’s
most notorious and secretive paparazzo. When they
meet by chance, sparks fly. Desperately trying to
keep his true identity a secret, João does everything
he can to prevent Mariana from finding out the truth.
THE BEAUTY AND THE PAPARAZZO is a cynical and
funny look at the world of celebrities—an entertaining and clever look at the world of fame and celebrity
where things are never what they seem and the only
“truth” is the one that’s published on the cover of a
magazine.
In Portuguese with English subtitles
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BLUEBIRD
Directed by Lance Edmands
BLUEBIRD is a visually captivating ensemble drama
exploring the profound effects of a tragedy on two
fractured families. Lesley (Amy Morton) is a school
bus driver in a rural Maine logging town. One frigid
winter morning, she discovers the unconscious body
of a young boy that she accidentally locked in the bus
overnight. Suffering from severe hypothermia, the
child is rushed to the hospital where he slips into a
coma. This event immediately changes the lives of all
those involved, including Lesley’s logger husband,
Richard (John Slattery of “Mad Men”), their teenage
daughter, Paula, and Marla, the volatile mother of
the young boy. As Lesley’s crisis of guilt worsens, she
begins to lose her grip on reality, forcing everyone to
confront one another.
BY WAY OF HOME
Directed by Isaak James
Sponsored by Bubala’s by the Bay
After being laid off from her teaching job in Boston,
Brooke moves back home to Cape Cod to live with
her parents. In the shadow of the dying Occupy
Movement, she is but one of the many overeducated and underemployed forced to make such a
retreat. Disillusioned and weighed down by the daily
monotony of working in her family’s restaurant, she
struggles to find a way back to her independent,
adult life.
CONCUSSION
Directed by Stacie Passon
Abby is a fortysomething, wealthy, married, lesbian
housewife who—after getting smacked in the head
by her son’s baseball—walks around every corner
of her suburban life to confront a mounting desire
for something else. She takes on a new project and
purchases a pied-à-terre in Manhattan. Walking the
city streets reminds Abby what it feels like to be sexy,
and her pent-up libido shakes off its inhibitions. Her
desire is not a take-home item for the minivan ride
back home, so Abby inaugurates a double life that
draws her deeply into a world of prostitution for
women.
When her estranged childhood friend Morgan pays
an unexpected visit, old wounds are reopened and
Brooke is forced to confront all the thwarted expecta- In an auspicious debut effort, director Stacie Passon
draws out a pitch-perfect performance from her lead
tions she once had for herself.
actor, Robin Weigert, as a sexy, shutdown family
woman stretching to bloom again. Palpably sensual
First time writer-director, Lance Edmands, has crafted Set in winter on the Cape that’s both bleak and
and deliciously contained, CONCUSSION is a keen
a textured and thoroughly involving piece. BLUEBIRD beautiful (featuring scenes in Provincetown), BY
delicately explores the ways in which these families WAY OF HOME is an intimate portrait of a generation observation of the complicated contours of midlife
fall apart and reconnect, united by their shared hope interrupted. Shot on a miniscule budget using natural crisis.—Sundance Film Festival
lighting and a crew of three, it is an affecting story
in the aftermath of a catastrophe.
about family, friendship, love and the ever more
elusive American dream.
Fri., June 21, Art House 2 @ 9:30pm
Sun., June 23, Town Hall @ 2:00pm
Thu., June 20, Preservation Hall (Wellfleet) @
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Thu., June 20, Art House 1 @ 7:30pm
Fri., June 21, Preservation Hall (Wellfleet)
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CRYSTAL FAIRY
(Chile, 2012, 100 minutes)
Directed by Sebastian Silva
Sponsored by Spiritus
THE DISCOVERERS
Directed by Justin Schwarz
Sponsored by Amtrak
Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno) gives one of his best
performances to date as a twitchy, self-absorbed
young American who has traveled to Chile with
pretty much one thing on his mind: drugs. Jamie
loves getting out of his head, and bulldozes his way
through weed and cocaine with a restless, mirthless
mania that suggests a build-up to something possibly
profound.
The past is never history in Justin Schwarz’s THE DISCOVERERS, a family-reconciliation tale in which three
generations of estranged relatives are forced to stick
together on a historical reenactment of the Lewis and
Clark expedition.
Jamie is holding out for what he expects to be
the most pleasurable experience of the trip—the
mescaline-fueled high of the San Pedro cactus—and
soon drafts a trio of Chilean brothers to accompany
him to the vast Atacama Desert plains to find it.
When Jamie meets and invites a fellow American
traveler—a blissed-out, free-spirited hippy chick
named Crystal Fairy—to come along, that’s when
the real trip begins. Gabby Hoffmann’s (Life During
Wartime) performance as Crystal Fairy is a revelation.
Another winning film from the director of The Maid
(PIFF 2009), CRYSTAL FAIRY received the Directing
Award (World Cinema Dramatic) at the 2013 Sundance
Film Festival.
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Griffin Dunne plays Lewis Birch, an academic struggling to complete his masterwork on the Lewis and
Clark expedition. The father of two teenaged children
with whom he has little real connection, Lewis is
also estranged from his own father, who annually
re-enacts Lewis and Clark’s journey along the Oregon
Trail. When tragedy strikes, Lewis ends up dragging
his children into this historical re-enactment trek in
search of his father.
A refreshing twist on a road movie, THE DISCOVERERS
offers wonderfully comic performances from an impressive ensemble cast, which includes Dunne, Stuart
Margolin, Dreama Walker, Cara Buono and Ann Dowd.
In the end, THE DISCOVERERS shows how sometimes
you have to get lost in order to find yourself.
FRUITVALE STATION
Directed by Ryan Coogler
Sponsored by The Coolidge
Corner Theatre Foundation
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic
feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic
film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director
Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION follows the true
story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-yearold Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning
of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the
air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a
head start on his resolutions: being a better son to
his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls
on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his
girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn’t been
completely honest with as of late, and being a better
father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four
year-old daughter.
Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers,
Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he
realizes that change is not going to come easily. His
resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway
stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death
would shake the Bay Area — and the entire nation—
to its very core.
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GEOGRAPHY CLUB
Directed by Gary Entin
Sponsored by American Express
HANNAH ARENDT
(Germany, 2012, 109 minutes)
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
This brilliant new film tells the story of influential
German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist
Hannah Arendt. Covering a tumultuous four-year
Welcome to Goodkind High’s “Geography Club.” This period in her life, the film starts in New York at
secret society—with a nerdy name to keep the curious The New School, where Arendt taught after having
away—is actually a covert classroom refuge where a escaped from a French detention camp and moves
group of outcasts can navigate the clique-mined social on to Jerusalem, where she covered the trial of Adolf
terrain of the American high school and the not-soEichmann for The New Yorker. The German director
Margarethe von Trotta makes stirring drama of the
straight-forward map to fitting in, coming out, first
loves and last hopes. Then one day in walks a popular backlash against Arendt’s writing about the trial and
heartthrob jock who is tired of lying about who he is. her “banality of evil” theory.
YOUTH & DIVERSITY SELECTION
“Introduced sitting alone, silent and smoking, von
Trotta’s long-time collaborator Barbara Sukowa fully
inhabits the role of Arendt. Without speaking a word
she conveys the isolation, the spirit and the fierce
intellect of this formidable woman—one who sought
to … transform philosophy from intellectual abstraction into practical political action. Using footage from
the actual Eichmann trial and weaving an involving
narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta turns
the often invisible passion of thought into immersive,
dramatic cinema.”—Toronto Film Festival
Based on Brent Hartinger’s best-selling critically
acclaimed young adult novel, GEOGRAPHY CLUB is
a smart, fast, and funny account of contemporary
teenagers as they discover their own sexual identities,
dreams, and values. 16-year old Russell is still going
on dates with girls while having a secret relationship
with football quarterback Kevin. Min and Terese tell
everyone that they’re just really good friends. And
then there’s Ike who can’t figure out who he is or who
he wants to be. While the Geography Club temporarily
offers refuge, their secrets may soon be discovered
and they could have to face the choice of revealing
who they really are. With Cameron Stewart, Marin
Hinkle, Scott Bakula, and Ana Gasteyer.
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) co-stars as novelist and
Arendt confidante Mary McCarthy.
Print Source: Shoreline Entertainment
In English and German with English subtitles
Thu., June 20, Art House 2 @ noon
Print Source: Zeitgeist Films
HAUTE CUISINE
(France, 2012, 95 minutes)
Directed by Christain Vincent
Sponsored by Ten Tables
Based on the real-life story of Hortense Laborie, the
personal chef to former French president François
Mitterrand, HAUTE CUISINE uses the politically
charged kitchen and corridors of the Élysée Palace as
an exquisite backdrop to a nonstop parade of mouthwatering dishes in the tradition of classic French
cuisine. Actress Catherine Frot plays Hortense, whose
indomitable spirit overcomes resentment from the
other kitchen staff, in this deliciously French comedy.
“Warning: this film should not be watched on an
empty stomach. In this tale of the humoring of an
aging president’s gastronomic whims, the spectator
is regaled with a long succession of scenes in which
recipes are discussed in loving detail and meals are
prepared with the devotion of a sacrament. HAUTE
CUISINE is long on flavor and deliciously French.
Its engaging central character and constant good
humor, not to mention the mouth-watering visuals,
should attract a steady stream of willing customers
to theatres and nearby restaurants.”—the Hollywood
Reporter
In French with English subtitles
Print Source: The Weinstein Company
Fri., June 21, Town Hall @ 11:30am
Sun., June 23, Art House 1 @ noon
Fri., June 21, Art House 1 @ noon
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THE HUNT
(Denmark, 2012, 111 minutes)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Sponsored by Land’s End Inn
LAURENCE ANYWAYS
(Canada, 2012, 161 minutes)
Directed by Xavier Dolan
Sponsored by Chlotrudis Society
THE HUNT is a disturbing depiction of how a lie
becomes the truth when gossip, doubt and malice are
allowed to flourish and ignite a witch-hunt that soon
threatens to destroy an innocent man’s life. Mads
Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award at the 2012
Cannes Film Festival for his penetrating portrayal of
a former school teacher who has been forced to start
over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of
his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his
life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his
small community into a collective state of hysteria. As
the lie spreads, he is forced to fight a lonely fight for
his life and dignity.
Québécois wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s incredible third
feature, LAURENCE ANYWAYS follows Laurence (Melvil
Poupaud), a scholar in a loving relationship with Fred
(Suzanne Clément, who won the Un Certain Regard
acting award for this performance), when he announces his desire to live as a transsexual. Charting
Laurence and Fred’s life together as they confront
the prejudices of the outside world and their own
desire to find happiness, LAURENCE ANYWAYS is a film
with style to burn, every frame in the service of an
unforgettable love story.
Co-founder of the Dogme movement and director of award-winning international hit Festen (The
Celebration), Thomas Vinterberg delivers yet another
powerful drama that is sure to leave its mark. THE
HUNT, which was co-written by Vinterberg and Tobias
Lindholm, won the 2012 European Film Awards Best
Screenwriter prize and was nominated for prizes in
a number of other categories, including Best Film,
Director and Actor.
In Danish with Enlish subtitles
Print Source: Magnolia Pictures
“Shot in a kind of hyper-florid style to capture the
extreme vicissitudes of the love affair, LAURENCE
ANYWAYS feels like Wuthering Heights relocated to
the wilds of Montreal, with a transgender Heathcliff
and a punked-out Catherine. The crux of the film
is this: how can Fred and Laurence stay together
when biology — and society — are lined up against
them? Can they survive being apart? For Laurence,
it’s a non-issue: he’s still the same person. Fred,
however, isn’t so sure. Driven by exceptional and
gutsy performances by Poupad, Nathalie Baye (as
Laurence’s mother), and especially Clément, the film
is an audacious and searing meditation on love and
sexuality.” – Toronto Film Festival
OUT IN THE DARK
(Israel/Palestinian Territories/USA, 2012,
96 minutes)
Directed by Michael Mayer
Sponsored by HBO
Two young men—a Palestinian grad student and an
Israeli lawyer—meet and fall in love amidst personal
and political intrigue in this striking debut feature
from Israeli director Michael Mayer.
After meeting at a Tel Aviv nightclub, psychology
major Nimr and Jewish lawyer Roy (handsome leads
Nicholas Jacob and Michael Aloni) feel an instant
attraction and quickly fall in love. Torn between a
homeland that rejects his sexual identity and an
Israeli society that repudiates his nationality, Nimr
faces further adversity in the increasingly violent
activism of his brother, a member of an extremist
group, and the tightening noose of Israeli security
forces. He is ultimately forced to decide between his
dreams of studying aboard and the emotional lifeline
offered by Roy.
Morphing from tender and sensual border-crossing
romance to suspenseful thriller, OUT IN THE DARK is
sexy, thought-provoking cinema.
In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Pront Source: M-Appeal
Print Source: Breaking Glass Pictures
Sat., June 22, Art House 1 @ 11:00am
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Directed by Brian DePalma
Sponsored by
LocalGayBusiness.com
Brian De Palma returns to the sleek, sly, seductive
territory of Dressed To Kill with an erotic corporate
thriller fueled by sex, ambition, image, envy and
the dark, murderous side of PASSION. The film stars
Rachel McAdams (Midnight In Paris, Mean Girls) and
Noomi Rapace (Prometheus, The Girl With The Dragon
Tattoo) as two rising female executives in a multinational corporation whose fierce competition to rise
up the ranks is about to turn literally cut-throat.
Christine—a gorgeous, powerful executive at an
international ad agency in Berlin—is searching for
a killer idea to impress her bosses, helped by her
clever but naïve protege Isabelle. When Isabelle
comes up with a brilliant viral marketing idea that
wows the client, it is Christine who gleefully takes
the credit.
Thus begins what starts out as typical office backstabbing—yet soon turns into something ferocious
and primal. As Christine and Isabelle jockey for
power, a cat-and-mouse game of scheming—professional, sexual and ultimately homicidal—erupts
between the two women. But as they become more
and more entangled in each other’s ambitions,
desires and dreams, who will be the greater manipulator, and who will have the final revenge? Based on
the recent French hit film Love Crimes.
Print Source: Entertainment One
Wed., June 19, Art House 2 @ 9:30pm
PRINCE AVALANCHE
Directed by David Gordon Green
Sponsored by Emerson College
REACHING FOR THE MOON
(Brazil, 2013, 118 minutes)
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Sponsored by Mallrd Foundation
Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch both shine in this offbeat
comedy about two mismatched souls who develop an
unlikely, but genuine friendship.
Seasoned Brazilian director Bruno Barreto brings
1950s Rio to life in this beautifully drawn tale of poet
Elizabeth Bishop and her love affair with architect
Lota de Macedo Soares, the designer of Rio’s famed
Flamengo Park. Based on the best-selling Brazilian novel Rare and Commonplace Flowers, the film
follows Bishop as a creative block prompts her to
accept the invitation of a college friend to stay with
her and her partner, Lota, on a sprawling country
estate. Quintessentially American Bishop is a fish out
of water in her new lush and bohemian setting, until
the instant chemistry between her and Lota boils
over.
It’s summertime in 1988 Texas, and Alvin and Lance
spend it in a deserted, fire-damaged forest, repainting the markings on an endless country road. Lance
finds it hard to cope with their isolation in the wilderness far away from parties and girls—as opposed to
serious Alvin who writes passionate letters from afar
to his girlfriend, Lance’s elder sister.
Whenever they have time off, Alvin enjoys heading
still further into the desolate forest on the hunt for
ghosts and derelict houses; while Lance heads to the
city for some nightlife. Back at work, they meander
through the woods in a little vehicle, argue, fight,
and make up. Throughout the long, oppressive summer they only meet one other person—a mysterious
lorry driver who plies them with homemade booze
and then disappears as suddenly as he appeared.
In this remake of the Icelandic film Either Way, director David Gordon Green has succeeded in creating
a comedic, philosophical road movie that exudes
the visual poetry of his own early independent films
George Washington and All The Real Girls.
Miranda Otto gives an elegant and nuanced
performance as Bishop, while Glória Pires provides a
counterbalance with the Dionysian and earthy Lota.
Bishop’s closet alcoholism thickens the drama, but
when she returns to New York and the military coup
d’état forces change in Brazil, the relationship also
faces a downswing. This engaging and classical
love story is an intimate snapshot of the search for
inspiration and the lives of two remarkable artists.
— Tribeca Film Festival
In English and Portuguese with English subtitles
Print Source: Required Viewing
Thu., June 20, Town Hall @ 11:30am
Sun., June 23, Preservation Hall (Wellfleet)
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Directed by Neil LaBute
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
Directed by James Ponsoldt
Thérèse
(France, 2011, 106 minutes)
Directed by Claude Miller
Young and beautiful Velvet’s relaxing morning is
interrupted when Fred shows up on her doorstep with
suitcases in tow. As Fred reveals the reason for his
visit, the history and nature of their complex relationship is slowly revealed. Tensions mount as the two try
to come to some sort of reconciliation and the roller
coaster action progresses to a charged, emotional
climax followed by a stunning finale.
After a night of drinking, Sutter Keely, a high school
senior and effortless charmer, passes out on the front
lawn of Aimee, a girl he goes to high school with, but
one he’s never noticed before, because she’s bookish
and quiet. He likes her company, though, and falls
into what he thinks of as a rebound relationship with
her. Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) as Aimee
totally nails the spirit of those smart, pretty, recessive
high school girls who have so much going for them
but don’t know it yet. And Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole)
as Sutter portrays a kid who knows he can’t just go
on coasting, and the way he wakes up to what he’s
become—a lush—is darkly convincing and dramatic.
Featuring great supporting performances from Brie
Larson, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Mary
Elizabeth Winstead.
In the French region of Landes, near Bordeaux, marriages are arranged to merge land parcels and unite
neighboring families. Thus, young Thérèse Larroque
becomes Mrs. Desqueyroux. But her avant-garde
ideas clash with local conventions and, finding
herself trapped in a loveless marriage and stifled by
societal convention, Thérèse makes a snap decision
to alter the course of her life. This new film adaptation of François Mauriac’s famed novel features a
storyline that could have been lifted straight from a
film by Hitchcock or Clouzot.
Writer/director Neil LaBute continues his exploration
of male and female relations in this taut, enigmatic
drama that isn’t unlike a gripping off Broadway play.
Both lead actors give electric performances, Stanley
Tucci as the manic, ego-crushed Fred, and Alice Eve
as the dazzling ingénue.
As Gabe Toro rightly commented in The Playlist,
“LaBute has consistently made intriguing films in his
career… but he hasn’t made anything this unsettling
and unforgettable in a very long time.”
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Sumptously photographed to capture the full beauty
of the pine-forested Landes area in southwest
France, Thérèse is also a beautifully conceived
costume melodrama of exquisite taste. The late
great French writer-director Claude Miller has done
“THE SPECTACULAR NOW is not afraid of being an all- a superb job detailing the ins and outs of Thérèse’s
out teen movie. There are hookups and dates, beer
marriage to a landowning neighbor, who is more
and sex, caustic discussions of divorce, a romantic
interested in his dogs and the hunt than in attending
triangle, and a senior prom. One of the rare truly soul- to the wishes and needs of his young bride. Marvelful and authentic teen movies, like last year’s Perks
ously played by the luminous Audrey Tautou (Amelie,
of Being a Wallflower or the classic Say Anything, it’s Coco Before Chanel), Thérèse is a heroine hewn from
a movie about the experience of being caught on the the same stock as Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina,
cusp and truly not knowing which way you’ll land.”— suffocated by her provincial marriage.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Print Source: A24 Films
Print Source: MPI Media Group
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THE VOLUNTEER
Directed by Vicky Wight
After dramatically leaving her successful but soulcrushing career, forty-something Leigh (Aunjanue
Ellis) finds herself wondering if there’s more to life,
more to love, more to everything. Overwhelmed
by apathy and a vague sense of guilt, she decides
to volunteer at a local soup kitchen where, for the
first time, she sees how the other-half lives. While
working at the kitchen, she begins an unexpected
and electric affair with a homeless man, Ethan (Ebon
Moss-Bachrach). Leigh attempts to hide Ethan’s new
role in her life from her long-time boyfriend, her
family, and her new co-workers (played by Mary Beth
Hurt and Scott Wolf), but after a series of troubling
encounters, she begins to realize Ethan’s charm may
be masking a troubled past.
THE WAY WAY BACK
Directed by Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Sponsored by Xfinity
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
TOMORROW?
(Taiwan, 2013, 104 minutes)
Directed by Arvin Chen
Bad enough that his parents have divorced; but
now 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) must spend
the summer at the beach house of his mother’s
new boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell). While Pam (Toni
Collette), anxiously inclined to settle for what she
can get, has apparently decided to overlook Trent’s
wandering eye, her son isn’t willing to forgive either
his peccadilloes or his condescending meddling.
What looks to be a season of glum turns around when
Duncan, desperate to get away from his increasingly
dysfunctional family, takes a job at the Water Wizz
water park, and comes under the protective wing of
its manager Owen (Sam Rockwell), who guides the
young boy through troubled times with every ounce of
effort his good-humored slackerdom will allow.
Director Arvin Chen follows up his excellent debut
Au Revoir Taipei with this delightful story of Taipei
thirtysomethings reassessing their relationships and
sexuality, as the weight of familial responsibility
looms.
Writer-director Vicky Wight has crafted a quiet, yet
affecting film featuring superb performances and an Co-writers/directors Faxon and Rash, winners of the
uncompromising story. THE VOLUNTEER is an original, 2012 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
(with Alexander Payne) for The Descendants, have
well-drawn exploration of a life in transition.
crafted a poignant, funny and heartfelt film that
speaks to the misfit in all of us. Besides landing the
top-shelf indie stars Steve Carrell, Toni Collette and
Sam Rockwell, Faxon and Rash have mustered more
of scene-stealers from the likes of Allison Janney,
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Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry and themselves (appearSat., June 22, Waters Edge 1 @ 11:30am
ing as eccentric co-workers of Rockwell’s) against
whom newcomer James more than holds his own.
Reserved, introverted optician Weichung has a
wife, a son and a steady job. But a chance meeting
with an old friend, the flamboyant and openly gay
Stephen, throws the stability of his domestic life into
turmoil. Before he was married, Weichung was gay,
and the drudgery of daily life compared to Stephen’s
fast-paced, commitment-free lifestyle, has Weichung
questioning his own sexuality once again.
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? is a charming,
hilarious, touching and unashamedly frank film that
champions love and happiness, in all its many forms,
and encourages everyone to speak up for what they
want, chase their dreams, and forgive those who
walk away.
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Print Source: Film Movement
Fri., June 21, Waters Edge 1 @ 11:30am
Print Source: Fox Searchlight
Sun., June 23, Town Hall @ 11:30am
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THE ZIGZAG KID
(Netherlands/Belgium, 2012, 95 minutes)
Directed by Vincent Bal
Sponsored by The Provincetown Banner
On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, the son of “the world’s
greatest detective” faces a top-secret mission—the
discovery of his own identity. Almost-thirteen-year-old
Nono wants to be just like his father (a famous police
inspector) but he’s constantly getting into trouble. Two
days before his Bar Mitzvah, Nono is sent to his uncle,
who is supposed to get him back on track. However,
during the train-ride, Nono discovers an adventure
and opportunity to prove himself once and for all. With
the unexpected help of a notorious master-burglar,
Nono enters a witty, spirited, and action-packed
adventure of disguises, chases, French chansons,
and Zohara—a mysterious woman whose secrets will
change his life forever.
Steeped in the savvy, stylish swagger of Conneryera James Bond, THE ZIGZAG KID is a whimsical and
action-packed adventure about a curious young boy’s
world of apprehensions and fantasies—based on the
beloved young adult novel by David Grossman, and
starring cinema icon Isabella Rossellini.
In English, Dutch and French with English subtitles
Print Source: Attraction Distribution
Sun., June 23, Waters Edge 1 @ 11:30am
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BEFORE AND AFTER DINNER
Directed by Cindy Kleine
Sponsored by artSTRAND
ANDRE GREGORY: BEFORE AND AFTER DINNER is a
stirring exploration of the life and work of groundbreaking director, actor and artist André Gregory. A
witty and hilariously funny raconteur, Gregory looks
back on a career that spanned decades, shattered
boundaries and established him as a cultural icon.
He recalls the making of My Dinner with Andre, the
Louis Malle-directed classic in which he starred and
co-wrote, reflects on his pivotal role in American
theatre, dishes on his brief sojourn in Hollywood, and
talks about the discovery that led him to question his
own identity and life’s work.
Bringing us back and forth in time, Gregory looks
not only at his life, but also at the nature of art, love
and the creative process. Directed by award-winning
filmmaker Cindy Kleine (who is also his wife), ANDRE
GREGORY: BEFORE AND AFTER DINNER is a brilliant
portrait of a modern renaissance man.
Print Source: The Cinema Guild
Fri., June 21, The Schoolhouse Center @ 7:00pm
Sat., June 22, Payomet Performing Arts Center
(Truro) @ 6:00pm
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THE BATTLE OF AMFAR
Directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
BLACKFISH
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Dr. Mathilde Krim. Scholar from the University of
Geneva, Switzerland, researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel (where her team developed
the first method for prenatal determination of sex).
For years, people have experienced the excitement
of watching orcas, or “killer whales,” soar out of
the water and fly through the air at sea parks, as if
in perfect harmony with their trainers. But, in the
summer of 2010, Tilikum, a 12,000-pound orca, killed
Dawn Brancheau, a renowned SeaWorld trainer. Why
would a highly intelligent animal attack its trainer—
in effect, bite the hand that feeds it?
Elizabeth Taylor. Childhood actress, legendary star of
stage and screen, glamorous Academy Award winner,
celebrity bon vivant (known to inspire passion in men
both onscreen and off).
In the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic, these
two very different women—a Hollywood icon and a
research scientist—joined forces, publicly and proactively, to take a stand. Since founding the Foundation
for AIDS Research (America’s first such research
foundation) in 1985, the fight against HIV/AIDS has
never been the same.
Don’t miss this special screening and discussion of
the film with filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey
Friedman—2010 PIFF Faith Hubley Award Honorees,
and the creative forces behind Howl and The Celluloid
Closet—in attendance.
Print Source: Telling Pictures/HBO Documentary Films
Shocking, never-before-seen footage and riveting
interviews with trainers and experts manifest the
killer whale’s extraordinary nature, the species’ cruel
treatment in captivity over the last four decades, and
the growing disillusionment of workers who were
misled and endangered by the highly profitable seapark industry. Filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite
has crafted an emotionally wrenching and tautly
structured story.
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Sat., June 22, Art/Connect at Waters Edge
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Sun., June 23, Schoolhouse Center @ 2:00pm
Preceded by Short Film:
MASS DOLPHIN
STRANDING
Directed by Richard Moos
Follow a beached calf and mama dolphin on their
journey back to open water following a significant
stranding crisis on Cape Cod.
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Directed by Malachi Connolly
CASTING BY
Directed by Tom Donahue
Paul Newman and Robert Redford as Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid; Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman
as Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo; Carroll O’Connor and
Jean Stapleton as Archie and Edith Bunker… One
woman had a hand in these great and, at the time,
unorthodox castings (and many others) but odds are
you probably have never heard her name. Marion
Dougherty was a pioneer in the field of casting
before the job even received a significant credit.
Dougherty’s legacy finally receives the public
But in 1959, with the establishment of the Cape
recognition it deserves in this essential new film that
Cod National Seashore, houses built after that year
shines a light on the unheralded importance of her
became the property of the park on the death of their field.
owners. Through the points of view of the owners,
descendants, National Park Service and town officials, Watching this film is to get an education on one of
the film reveals the privilege of building on virgin
the most overlooked and least understood crafts in
landscape, the impact of eminent domain, its effect
movie making. Beyond Dougherty’s own story, the
on people whose houses will have to be given to the film examines how casting offered a rare opportunity
federal government and, literally, given back to the
for women to gain entry to the film business. Yet
land. Filmmaker and architect Malachi Connolly has
despite its prime importance to the industry, the
created a strikingly beautiful work accompanied by an craft has long struggled for recognition. Featuring
original score by Josephine Wiggs of The Breeders.
interviews with Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Woody Allen, Robert DeNiro, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, John
Lithgow, Bette Midler and Martin Scorsese, among
many more.
Thu., June 20, Waters Edge 1 @ 2:00pm
Fri., June 21, Schoolhouse Center @ 11:30am
Print Source: HBO Documentary Films
Sun., June 23, Preservation Hall (Wellfleet)
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Thu., June 20, Art/Connect at Waters Edge
@ 5:00pm
Fri., June 21, The Schoolhouse Center @ 2:00pm
BUILT ON NARROW LAND elegantly looks at a moment
in Cape Cod history centering on a set of remarkable modern houses in Wellfleet. Built between 1943
and 1963, these modest homes were designed by
architects who shared a common sensibility and an
appreciation of the landscape marrying the principles
of the Bauhaus to the centuries-old local architecture
of seaside New England.
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Directed by Malcolm Ingram
Sponsored by Crown & Anchor
Malcolm Ingram (small town gay bar) returns to PIFF
with a new documentary that takes viewers back
to sexually charged NYC 1968, when the notorious
Continental Baths opened its doors.
Aptly described by the writer Edmund White as “a
high point of hedonism,” the Continental was located
in the basement of the Ansonia, a grand Upper West
Side residential hotel. Clean and well-maintained, it
represented an upgrade from the seedy bathhouses
that drew gay men in the pre-Stonewall era. In its
heyday the complex included a disco, 400 private
rooms, a swimming pool, an orgy room, a boutique,
a hair salon, and even a room for nondenominational
religious services.
The Continental brought high and low culture to its
cabaret stage weekly, becoming instrumental in the
careers of icons like Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, and
LaBelle and occupying a special, iconic place in gay
history. A must see for gay history buffs.
Sat., June 22, The Schoolhouse Center @ 7:00pm
DEAR VALUED GUESTS
Directed by Jarred Alterman and Paul Sturtz
An artist collective dives in to celebrate a previously
unsung piece of motel architecture, shortly before the
downtrodden building’s scheduled demolition.
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THE CRASH REEL
Directed by Lucy Walker
CUTIE AND THE BOXER
Directed by Zachary Heinzerling
GIDEON’S ARMY
Directed by Dawn Porter
This eye-popping and intimate story of U.S. champion
snowboarder Kevin Pearce uses years of vérité footage to expose the excitement and appeal, as well as
the high stakes, of participating in extreme-action
sports. Training to compete against longtime rival
Shaun White at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kevin suffered severe traumatic brain injury from an accident
in Park City, Utah. His tight-knit Vermont family flew
to his side, and together they began an intensive
process of trying to rehabilitate him and help him
rebuild his permanently damaged life. Kevin’s
determination and the tireless support of family and
friends kept him focused on recovery. But when he
insisted he wanted to return to the sport he loved,
his family objected. As an elite athlete, Kevin was a
professional risk taker, but as a brain-injury survivor,
his skills were now impaired, and even a small blow
to the head could kill him.
A reflection on love, sacrifice, and the creative spirit,
this candid New York story explores the chaotic 40year marriage of renowned “boxing” painter Ushio
Shinohara and his artist wife, Noriko. As a rowdy,
confrontational young artist in Tokyo, Ushio seemed
destined for fame, but met with little commercial success after he moved to New York City in 1969. When
19-year-old Noriko moved to New York to study art,
she fell in love with Ushio—abandoning her education to become the wife and assistant to an unruly,
alcoholic husband.
GIDEON’S ARMY follows the personal stories of Travis
Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick, three
young public defenders who are part of a small group
of idealistic lawyers in the Deep South challenging
the assumptions that drive a criminal justice system
strained to the breaking point. Backed by mentor
Jonathan “Rap” Rapping, a charismatic leader who
heads the Southern Public Defender Training Center
(now known as Gideon’s Promise) they struggle
against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads
so common that even the most committed often give
up in their first year.
Academy Award–nominated director Lucy Walker’s
latest film (Wasteland—PIFF 2010) sheds light on the
alarming trend of athletes pushing the boundaries of
their sports past the limit.
Thu., June 20, Art House 1 @ noon
Sun., June 23, The Schoolhouse Center
@ 4:30pm
Over the course of their marriage, the roles have
shifted. Now 80, Ushio struggles to establish his artistic legacy, while Noriko is at last being recognized
for her own art. Spanning four decades, the film is a
moving portrait of a couple wrestling with the eternal
themes of sacrifice, disappointment and aging,
against a background of lives dedicated to art.
In English and Japanese with English subtitles
@ noon
Sat., June 22, Schoolhouse Center @ 11:30am
SELINA TRIEFF WILL NOT STOP
Directed by Marnie Crawford Samuelson
The humorous and touching portrait of a fearless
aging artist, who, despite suffering from extreme
spinal problems, insists the painting and drawing
must go on.
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Nearly 50 years since the landmark Supreme Court
ruling Gideon vs. Wainwright that established the
right to counsel, can these courageous lawyers
revolutionize the way America thinks about indigent
defense and make “justice for all” a reality? This
study of exceptional grace under extreme pressure is
a potent reminder that the dedication and personal
sacrifices of these lawyers is making a valuable
difference for others.
GIDEON’S ARMY was awarded the Editing prize at the
2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Thu., June 20, The Schoolhouse Center
@ 2:00pm
Sun., June 23, Art/Connect at Waters Edge
@ 7:30pm

matt dillon - Provincetown International Film Festival

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