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TANGERINE
(88 MINS) 8:00 PM - JUNE 11
THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Sean Baker
R.I.Y.L. - Paris Is
Burning, Tarnation,
Spring Breakers
FESTIVAL
WELCOME TO THE FOURTH ANNUAL OAK CLIFF FILM the Bishop
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taking place at the historic Texas Theatre, the Kessle
June 11-14th, 2015.
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THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL TAKES ITS INSPI
ROOT IN
FROM THE NO-WAVE MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 70s THAT TOOK
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it-yourself mentality embodied by artists of that genera
tradition
parallels contemporary filmmaking by rejecting
and
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challenging
the
accepted
rules
for
storytelling.
It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (Kitana KiKi
Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp
boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was
locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra
(Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom
of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads
them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including
an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions
of infidelity.
Sean Baker’s shot-on-an-iPhone widescreen
cinematography
captures
the
city in a way not possible with
traditional means. Not since
Jenny
Livingston’s
legendary
Paris Is Burning has there
been a film that accomplishes
the fierceness and honesty of
Tangerine.
TEXAS PREMIERE
MEN GO TO BATTLE
(98 MINS) 7:45 PM - JUNE 14 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Zachary Treitz; Writ. Kate Lyn Sheil and Zachary Treitz
R.I.Y.L. - Matewan, Meek’s Cutoff
rs Francis and
Kentucky, 1861. Amidst the American Civil War, brothe
unkempt farm afloat
Henry Mellon depend on each other to keep their
gly far beyond the
as winter encroaches and the war rages on seemin
onship between
relati
the
ed,
borders of their family’s land. Isolat
a casual fight
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strain
singly
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of them to
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night
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in
off
too far, Henry ventures
To Battle unspools
struggle through the wartime on their own. Men Go
the naturalism and
as a delicate narrative aided in no small part by
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humor delivered by the two lead actors
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TEXAS PREMIERE
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OPENING NIGHT AFTER PARTY
10:00 PM
>>
Thursday, June 11
>> Texas Theatre
With DJ Wild In The Streets
BADGE HOLDER HAPPY HOUR
Friday, June 12
Turner House
>>
5-7:30 PM
>>
ful properties.
Cocktails & Croquet at one of Oak Cliff’s most beauti
NEIL HAMBURGER LIVE ON STAGE
Friday, June 12
11 PM
>>
Texas Theatre
>>
screening
Neil will perform a special live set following the
of Entertainment.
ENTERTAINMENT AFTER PARTY WITH VJ BART WEISS
Friday, June 12
Midnight
>>
>>
Texas Theatre
VJ Set by ex-VideoBar curator Bart Weiss
NEW BELGIUM OAK CLIFF BIKE RIDE!
Saturday, June 13
>> Texas Theatre
>>
6 PM (departs 6:30 PM)
you
Assemble in front of the Texas Theatre at 6 PM if
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ly
Friend
Bike
with
ride
group
want to join this
THE SONICS
Saturday, June 13
>>
10:00 PM
>>
Texas Theatre
open.
Live performance by The Sonics. The Mind Spiders
SONICS AFTER PARTY WITH DJ SCOTT MACK
Saturday, June 13
11:30
>>
Texas Theatre
9:30 PM
>>
Texas Theatre
>>
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
Sunday, June 14
>>
With George Quartz and DJ Gabriel
FILMMAKER’S LOUNGE:
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VIP Badge required.
The Safe Room of the Texas Theatre - Filmmaker or
ight for
6-Midn
from
y
Head up to the Filmmaker’s Lounge nightl
s.
sponsored beverages and other goodie
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STATION TO STATION
(70 MINS) 7:00 PM - JUNE 12 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Doug Aitken
R.I.Y.L. - Dave Chappell Block Party, Festival Express, Art21
Artist and curator Doug Aitken’s documentation of a bi-coastal
train ride from the Atlantic to the Pacific. During the 24 days
and 4,000 miles of travel, Aikten presents 61 short films featuring
luminaries such as Beck, Thurston Moore, Patti Smith, Cat Power,
Kenneth Anger, and Jackson Browne that fully conceptualize the idea
of movement from place to place.
ENTERTAINMENT
(105 MINS) 9:00 PM - JUNE 12 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Rick Alverson; Actor/Persona Gregg Turkington/Neil Hamburger in Attendance
R.I.Y.L. - Being John Malkovich, Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie,
The Comedy
En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive
his dwindling career,
broken, aging comedian, Neil Hamburger
plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert. After the
screening, Neil Hamburger will take the stage and destroy your
personal definition of the word “comedy.”
DFW PREMIERE
BODY
(75 MINS) 9:30 PM - JUNE 12 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
R.I.Y.L. - Hitchcock’s Rope, Roman Polanski, Larry Fessenden
In this twisted thriller, a trio of college friends (played by
Helen Rogers, Alexandra Turshen, and Lauren Molina) home for the
holidays find themselves trapped in a Hitchcockian nightmare when
they accidentally kill a groundskeeper (indie filmmaking staple
Larry Fessenden) while trespassing in what they were led to believe
was a friend’s family home. With the body lying cold on the ground,
the girls begin to concoct an elaborate lie to justify the homicide.
But as tensions mount, the question of morality threatens to unravel
not only their story, but their very lives.
TEXAS PREMIERE
CATCH ME DADDY
(107 MINS) 12:30 PM - JUNE 13 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Daniel Wolfe
R.I.Y.L. - Andrea Arnold, The Searchers, Claire Denis, Patti Smith
Laila, a girl on the run from her family is hiding out in the
cinematic badlands of West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend
Aaron. When her brother arrives in town with a gang of bounty
hunters in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her
darkest night.
TEXAS PREMIERE
THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS
(87 MINS) 3:30 PM - JUNE 13 - THE KESSLER
in Attendance.
Dir. Don Hardy; Executive Producers Jason and Ryan Spiritas
R.I.Y.L. - The Residents, Primus, Penn & Teller
of this
Almost nothing is known about the personalities
fine. Part
film’s subjects and they like it that way justconjec
ture
of the fun of being a Residents fan is making This topic
about who might be under the giant eyeball. much more
is broached early but gladly folded into thes and the
interesting topic of counterculture weirdo Francisco
trappings of non-fame. In the city of San Residents
where keeping the bar odd is required, the
ate.
built a career that would be impossible to replic
DFW PREMIERE
UNEXPECTED
(85 MINS) 9:00 PM - JUNE 13 - JEFFERSON TOWER ROOFTOP
Dir. Kris Swanberg; Editor Zach Clark in Attendance
R.I.Y.L. - Knocked Up, Half Nelson, Short Term 12
Smulders)
An inner-city high school teacher (CobieSoon
after,
faces some unexpected news: she’s pregnant.
ts has
she learns that one of her most promising studen
landed in the same situation.
DFW PREMIERE
HARD TO BE A GOD
(170 MINS) 12:00 PM - JUNE 14 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Aleksei German
Python
R.I.Y.L. - Tarkovsky, Bela Tarr, Pasolini… and Monty
and the Holy Grail.
r to
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkana
al
help the local civilization, which is in the Mediev
to
phase of its own history, to find the right path
cannot
progress. Their task is a difficult one: they
The
interfere violently and in no case can they kill.
ectuals
scientist Rumata tries to save the local intell
position.
from their punishment and cannot avoid taking aplace?
The question is: What would you do in God’s
DFW PREMIERE
THE MIDNIGHT SWIM
(88 MINS) 3:30 PM - JUNE 14 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Sarah Adina Smith; Director Sarah Adina Smith in Attendance
ion
R.I.Y.L - The Blair Witch Project, Dead Again, Repuls
managed
Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has everWhen
Dr.
to find the bottom, though many have tried. dive, her
Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water
s. They
three daughters travel home to settle her affair
and
find themselves unable to let go of their mother
become drawn into the mysteries of the lake.
TEXAS PREMIERE
CHRISTMAS AGAIN
(80 MINS) 3:30 PM - JUNE 13 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Charles Poekel
R.I.Y.L. - Lost in Translation, Robert Bresson
Noel (Kentucker Audley) is cold, heartbroken, and
selling trees on the streets of New York. Keeping
to himself and observing customers coming and
going, Noel simply wants to get by and move on.
When he finds Lydia (Hannah Gross) passed out on a
park bench, he offers his help to this mysterious
stranger and unknowingly develops a connection
that just might help turn things around.
TEXAS PREMIERE
GOD BLESS THE CHILD
(71 MINS) 12:30 PM - JUNE 14 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Nathan Silver
R.I.Y.L. - 3 Woman, A Woman Under the Influence,
Gummo
A New Jersey commune for former addicts, managed
by husband and wife Jim (Keith Poulson) and Lucy
(Deragh Campbell), begins to fall apart when Ann
(Hannah Gross), an ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly
arrives. Their fragile peace, established
through exercises, chores, and selling tea,
is threatened as personalities clash and the
tension quickly escalates.
TEXAS PREMIERE
(94 MINS) 5:15 PM - JUNE 13 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck; Co-Director Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
in Attendance
EDÉN
R.I.Y.L. - Kids, Small Change, Les Blank
R.I.Y.L. -
Harper, Elias, Arri, Ezra, and Jonah are
five siblings going about their day in sunny
California. With no adults present, their energy
and curiosity take over as they begin to test
their boundaries and each other. Harper, the
oldest, fears that their widowed mother won’t
return and attempts to keep order, bringing the
boys closer to her as the day goes by.
TEXAS PREMIERE
UNCLE KENT 2
(73 MINS) 9:30 PM - JUNE 13 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Todd Rohal (first 12 mins by Joe Swanberg)
R.I.Y.L. - Adventure Time, Barton Fink, Pom Poko
In a desperate search to create a follow-up
to Joe Swanberg’s 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent
Osborne travels to a comic book convention in
San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts
the end of the world. Written by Osborne and
passing the director’s torch over to Todd Rohal
(The Catechism Cataclym), Uncle Kent 2 plays out
like an absurdist successor that bends the rules
of sequels and the minds of the audience.
TEXAS PREMIERE
8
STINKING HEAVEN
(95 MINS) 4:45 PM - JUNE 14 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Elise DuRant; Director Elise Durant in Attendance
Old Joy, Lone Star, Wild
Inspired by writer-director Elise DuRant’s own
childhood experiences in 1980s Mexico, Edén is
an intimately rendered film about coming home.
Nine-year-old Alma is forced to leave Mexico
with her artifact-smuggling father, John (a
brilliant Will Oldham). Years later, after her
father’s death, she returns to Mexico to confront
the man responsible for their emigration. But
she finds more than she was looking for in the
form of a new cultural identity.
TEXAS PREMIERE
FUNNY BUNNY
(85 MINS) 7:00 PM - JUNE 14 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Alison Bagnall
R.I.Y.L. - Dreamers, Lolita, Sideways
Gene, a hapless anti-childhood-obesity crusader,
and Titty, a maternally neglected trust-funder,
bond as they vie for the heart of Ginger, a
troubled animal activist.
DFW PREMIERE
9
BEAVER TRILOGY PART IV
20 YEARS OF MADNESS
(90 MINS) - 1:00 PM - JUNE 13 - THE KESSLER
Dir. Jeremy Royce; Producer/Subject Jerry White Jr. in Attendance
R.I.Y.L. - Wayne’s World, Son of Rambo,
American Movie
Most public access TV is very unwatchable,
some of it is so bad it becomes art, and
then every once in while it is electrifying
and brilliant ... well actually that almost
never happens. In the mid-90s Detroit Public
Access had one such electrifyingly brilliant
show called 30 Minutes of Madness, which was
made by probably the funniest/cleverest high
school friends you wish you had. After high
school the band broke up and 20 years later
director Jeremy Royce has decided to call
everyone back to try and make one last episode.
In the process the group must reconcile their
teenage dreams with their present day adult
realities.
TEXAS PREMIERE
DANNY SAYS
(104 MINS) - 2:45 PM - JUNE 13 - THE TEXAS THEATRE
Dir. Brendan Toller
R.I.Y.L. - The Ramones, Iggy Pop, The Doors
Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role
in the rock ‘n’ roll of the late 20th century,
working for The Doors, Lou Reed, Nico, and Judy
Collins; managing groundbreaking artists like the
Stooges, MC5, and the Ramones; and hanging out in
Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory. Danny Says follows
Danny from Phi Beta Kappa whiz kid, to Harvard
Law dropout, to Warhol confidant, to director of
publicity at Elektra Records, to punk pioneer and
beyond. Danny’s taste and opinion, once deemed
defiant and radical, has turned out to have been
prescient. Danny Says is a story of marginal
turning mainstream, avant garde turning prophetic.
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(84 MINS) - 7:30 PM - JUNE 13
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Dir. Brad Besser; Producer Kelly Williams
and Subject/Filmmaker Trent Harris in Attendance
R.I.Y.L. - Burden of Dreams,
Best Worst Movie, The Gleaners and I
A chance meeting in a parking lot in
1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and
a young man from Beaver, Utah, inspired
the creation of an underground film that
is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the
film itself is only part of the story.
TEXAS PREMIERE
MADE IN JAPAN
(89 MINS) 3:30 PM - JUNE 14 - THE KESSLER
Dir. Josh Bishop; Director Josh Bishop in Attendance
R.I.Y.L. - Anvil: The Story of Anvil,
Johnny Cash
Made in Japan is the remarkable story of Tomi Fujiyama, the first
female Japanese country music star. From playing the USO circuit
throughout Asia to headlining in Las Vegas and recording seven albums
for Columbia records, Tomi’s career culminated in a 1964 performance
at The Grand Ole Opry where she followed Johnny Cash and received
the only standing ovation of the night. Forty years later, Tomi and
her husband set out on a journey through Japan and across the United
States to fulfill a dream of performing at The Opry one more time. Made
in Japan is a funny yet poignant multicultural journey through music,
marriage, and the impact of the corporate world on the dreams of one
woman.
DFW PREMIERE
11
THE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD
1980-1998
9:30 PM - JUNE 13 - EL SIBIL STUDIO - 16MM & DIGITAL
Dir. Nick Zedd; Filmmaker Nick Zedd in Attendance
(WARNING: THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT)
ARREBATO
1979 (108 MINS) Dir. Iván Zulueta
9:30 PM - JUNE 12 - THE WILD DETECTIVES
R.I.Y.L. - Special Outdoor Community Screening
FREE ADMISSION
Arrebato is a dark gem — an inspired, sometimes
surreal, reflection on rapture as the necessary
feeling to create art. Right in the frontier of
experimental form and classic narrative, Zulueta
shares with David Lynch his inclination to show
the weirdness behind the ordinary and the taste for
mysterious atmospheres. Ivan Zulueta shone, along
with Pedro Almodóvar, as a filmmaker in times of “La
Movida Madrileña,” the Spanish version of British
punk back in the early 80s. Arrebato instantly
became a cult movie. Arguably, it’s with this
movie that Spanish cinema embraced modernity and
counterculture right after the country’s transition
into democracy in 1978.
Seminal underground filmmaker Nick Zedd has been
called legendary by Jim Jarmusch and “my kind of
director” by John Waters. Zedd paved the way for
many no-wave filmmakers in the early 80s with his
“Cinema of Transgression” manifesto which was
published in The Underground Film Bulletin. This
program will be presented in two sections. The
first is a collection of short films highlighting
Zedd’s various collaborations with Richard Kern,
Lydia Lunch, and Rockets RedGlare, featuring
music by The Dream Syndicate and Swans. Part two
of the program is a collection of triple-image
triptych 16mm projection experimental films.
PERMANENT VACATION
1980 (75 MINS) - 5:45 PM - JUNE 14
THE TEXAS THEATRE - 35MM
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
1979 (93 MINS) - 5:15 PM - JUNE 13
THE TEXAS THEATRE - 35MM
Dir. Allan Arkush & Joe Dante
R.I.Y.L. - The Ramones(!)
Do you remember Rock N Roll Radio? The
themes of Rock n Roll High School are tried
and true us versus them romanticism. The
Ramones take over a school to fight the man.
So when Principal Togar asks, “ Do your
parents know that you’re the Ramones?” you
better have an answer!
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R.I.Y.L. -
Early Godard, Slacker
This is the 35-year anniversary screening of Jim Jarmusch’s
first feature film. In the age of “whatever,” it was hard to
care about anything. Jim Jarmusch is the king of making
you care about “whatever.” His effortless style pulls you
in the same way Godard does but with a decidedly American
hand. There’s little doubt the Nouvelle Vague scene in
60s France had a direct influence on Jarmusch. Moments
are keenly lensed through the grime of New York and an
undercurrent of escape. Jarmusch frames the beauty of
malaise in New York the same way Eggleston photographed
the Midwest making mundane objects seem regal. The film also
features heavily one of the many great things about New
York City: wandering.
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NARRATIVE SHORTS ONE
(85 MINS) 1 PM
>>
JUNE 13
>>
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
* FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
*THINK INK
DIR. WALLY CHUNG
STOP
A young coffee stain dreams of becoming
a professional inkblot for psychological
testing.
DIR. REINALDO MARCUS GREEN
to the
A young man’s livelihood is put
police on
test when he is stopped by the
his way home.
NUGGET
DIR. SARAH SALOVA ARA
a pesky
A food-conscious shut-in has
smith.
lock
the
to
ride
neighbor who needs a
OHIO
DIR. ANDY DEYOUNG
A young woman visits the sprawling
metropolis of Los Angeles alone where
she tries to make friends with complete
strangers.
*RAISE A GOOD MAN
DIR. DYLAN PASTURE
*SKUNK
DIR. ANNIE SILVER STEIN
amateur
When her pit bull is stolen by an
forced to
is
a
Leil
old
ear
14-y
er,
fight
dog
of her
stand up for herself, at the cost
own innocence.
*LITTLE MOTHS
DIR. BART VAN BEMMEL
as he
A man’s reality becomes blurred
his
that
elf
hims
ince
conv
to
struggles
story is
dead daughter’s favorite bedtime
in fact real.
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Two people in an unfamiliar city
night look for a place to sleep.
at
*SUGARLESS TEA
DIR. SAI SELVARAJAN
Sugarless Tea takes viewers on a journey
to India and Queens, New York, in a tale
of separated brothers, chance meetings,
and identity.
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NARRATIVE SHORTS TWO
(90 MINS) 2:15 PM
>>
JUNE 14
(EXPLICIT CONTENT)
>> BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
* FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
*SON
DIR. JUDD MYERS
a sick day.
A sheltered kid cons his way into
stumbles
he
,
time
first
the
for
Left alone
upon a sinister family secret.
*WOMAN OF THE WORLD
DIR. ALLISON COOK
On a visit to Los Angeles, Rachel has an encounter with
a celebrity that reminds her she is right where she belongs.
MUCK
*BAD AT DANCING
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lives with
with
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comp
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Queens misguidedly seek
a misogynistic male comedian.
DIR. JOANNA ARNOW
GREENLAND
*BLISSFUL BANQUET
Greenland
Part documentary and part fiction,
in a
also
,
Oren
r,
acte
char
finds its main
place that is in-between.
DIR. HARRISON ATKINS
DIR. BRUCE SMOLAN OFF
DIR. OREN GERNER
A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly
inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic
roommate Isabel. The two women test each other’s sexual and
emotional boundaries in this surreal dark comedy.
Ronnie and Darnell have an intimate friendship. But will
a broken heart tear them apart?
THE SAMARITANS
DIR. JOHN BRYANT
16
A salesman faces the most difficult and important negotiation
of his life.
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10:00–12:00 PM
Opening Party
8–10 PM
Tangerine
5–7:30 PM
Turner House Happy Hour (VIP ONLY)
7–8:15 PM
Station to Station
7:30–9 PM
Student Shorts
TURNER HOUSE
TEXAS THEATRE
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE
9:30–11:30 PM
Arrebato
WILD DETECTIVES
12:30–2:15 PM
Catch Me Daddy
TEXAS THEATRE
1–2:30 PM
20 Years of Madness w/QA
KESSLER THEATRE
3:30–5 PM
Christmas Again
3:30–5PM
Theory of Obscurity
OC CULTURAL CENTER
TEXAS THEATRE
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE
KESSLER THEATRE
OIL & COTTON
11:30 PM
DJ Scott Mack
9:30–10:45 PM
Uncle Kent 2
7:30–9:00 PM
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
5:15–6:45 PM
God Bless the Child
9:30–11 PM
The Sinema of Nick Zedd
7–8:30 PM
Cinema 16 Shorts
EL SIBIL STUDIO
JEFFERSON TOWER
10–11:30 PM
The Sonics / Mind Spiders
6:30 PM
5:15–6:45 PM
Rock n Roll High School New Belgium Bike Ride
2:45–4:30 PM
Danny Says
1–3 PM
Narrative Shorts 1 w/QA
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE
OIL & COTTON
11:00 PM
Neil Hamburger Live
w/ VJ Afterparty
9:00–11:15 PM
Entertainment w/QA
9:30–11:00 PM
Body
9–10:15 PM
Unexpected
12 PM–5:00 PM
Mono No Aware - 16MM
11 AM–12 PM
Crowdfunding
Workshop
12:30 PM–1:30 PM
DIY Workshop
12 PM–2:45 PM
Hard to be a God
2:15 PM–3:45 PM
12:30 PM–1:45 PM
Narrative Shorts 2
Stinking Heaven
1–2:30 PM
Documentar y Shorts
5:45 –7 PM
Permanent Vacation
3:30 –5 PM
The Midnight Swim
4:45 PM–6:15 PM
Edén
7:45–9:15 PM
Men Go to Battle`
9:30 PM
Closing Night Party
7 –8:30 PM
Funny Bunny
3:30 –5 PM
Made in Japan
10 AM–6:00 PM
Mono No Aware - SUPER 8MM
NARRATIVE
DOCUMENTARY
SPOTLIGHT
REPERTORY
EVENTS
SHORT
FILMS
PANELS/
WORKSHOPS
FREE
SCREENINGS
PARTIES, MUSIC
& SPECIAL
EVENTS
19
CINEMA 16 SHORTS
(WARNING: CONTAINS STROBING IMAGERY)
7:00 P.M. >> JUNE 13 >> EL SIBIL
* FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
*BLUE MOVIE
DIR. MIKE MORRIS
Blue Movie is a poetic ode to Dallas’ first
lady, Candy Barr, star of the infamous stag film
Smart Alec.
THE DOLLHOUSE
DIR. CHAD GALLOWAY & HEATHER BENNING
The Dollhouse documents the decommissioning of
Heather Benning’s artwork, “The Dollhouse.”
PAINTINGS 2009-11
DIR. NICK ZEDD
A film documenting Nick Zedd’s entities painted
in oil and exhibited at the Microscope Gallery
in New York City.
SIGNALS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
DIR. SHAYNA CONNELLY
Our daily rituals are haunted by absence.
Signals: Where Do We Go From Here? imagines our
private ghosts interrupting those routines. Do
we hear their signals or are we too absorbed in
the monotony of motion to notice?
PATTERN FOR SURVIVAL
DIR. KELLY SEARS
“As you read the rest of this manual, keep in
mind the need for a survival pattern.”
COLLINSVILLE TRADE DAY, 1988
DIR. CHARLES KEENER & JASON LARAY KEENER
In 1988, Charles Keener took a video camera to
Collinsville, Alabama, to document the town’s
outdoor market for his young grandson. Twentysix years later, this newly discovered footage
has been edited by the grandson into a short
documentary.
PROSPECTOR
DIR. TALENA SANDERS
Nineteenth
century acculturation of two
groups living thousands of miles apart, but
sharing the same name, depending on who you
talk to and what language you say it in.
Parallel histories of invasion, assimilation,
aspirations, valuation, and re-evaluation.
Prospectors, colonists, and tourists searching
future sites of luxury resources and romance.
HAM OVER RICE
DIR. YING LIU
Rapidly moving through a series of associative
images, visual puns, and plays on words, Ham
Over Rice combines live action, animation,
pictorial text, narration and sound to play off
of the Chinese myth of the god Houyi, an archer
who saves the world but loses his immortality.
*LAS OBSERVACIONES REALIZADAS CON UN
CAMARA OCULTA A LO LARGO DEL MALECÓN
DE LA HABANA, CUBA
DIR. TRAVIS BARNES
Observations made with a hidden camera along
the Malecón in Havana, Cuba.
*RELAY
DIR STEVE COSSMAN
A moving image document of the visual
environment created by artist Ei Wada (Sony
Music, Japan).
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DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
(87 MINS) 1 P.M.
>>
JUNE 14
(EXPLICIT CONTENT)
>> THE KESSLER
* FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
STUDENT SHORTS
(90 MINS) 7:30 P.M. >> JUNE 12
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
* FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
UNMAPPABLE
DIR. DIANE HODSON & JASMINE LUOMA
A contemplative portrait of the life and work
of iconoclastic psychogeographer and convicted
sex offender Denis Wood.
*CALLS TO OKIES: THE PARK GRUBBS STORY
DIR. BEN STEINBAUER & BRADLEY BEESLEY
In the early 1980s, before the Jerky Boys
brought prank phone calls to a mainstream
audience, a group of Oklahoma teenagers were
conducting strange backwoods experiments with
their landline telephone. These underground
prank calls gained infamy, and became known as
Park Grubbs.
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
KERS
DIR. ALEXIA SALINGAROS
Due to the negative connotations associated with
street art, graffiti artists find it challenging
to communicate their art form in public. In this
documentary, Catherine has the added difficulty
of being female in a man’s world, as even members
of her own art community look down upon her
because of her gender.
*LEAVES ON TREES
DIR. NATHAN DUNCAN
Navigating a new neighborhood, new peers, and a
new set of prescription glasses, Ira struggles
to find his own.
OSTRICHLAND
DIR. DAVID MCCRACKEN
Explore the fantastic world of Elizabethan
England ... in a small town in upstate New York.
Two estranged brothers drive across the country
in a truck full of their dead dad’s UFO
memorabilia.
DOLPHIN LOVER
*THE BOTTOM RUNG
DIR. RYAN SCAFURO & JARRED ALTERMAN
DIR. KAREEM TABSCH
Dolphin Lover is a short documentary on the
incredible true story of Malcolm Brenner and
his summer-long love affair with Dolly the
dolphin.
THE BAD BOY OF BOWLING
DIR. BRYAN STORKEL
This film tells the story of Pete Weber, the
self-declared “bad boy of bowling” and the
first rock star of the sport. As one writer put
it, “He’s the greatest show in bowling. Or,
depending on how you judge him, he’s a giant
black eye on a sport constantly searching for
respect.”
DIR. RON LECHLER
In the world of stand-up comedy, there is a whole
unexplored level. Amateur comics at the lowest
level can be brilliantly funny and talented, but
don’t get any recognition. In a small town in
North Texas where exposure just doesn’t exist,
these fledgling comics try to make people laugh.
*SHOTGUN OF FAITH
DIR. BRITTNEY SHEPHERD
A portrait of ailing Texas cowboy pastor, Barry
Chinn. As the number of literal cowboys in Texas
dwindles, can he grow a church based on a way of
life that hardly exists anymore?
*FOG CITY
DIR. LIAM BRADY
A quiet member of an amateur hardball team
confronts an invisible past while striving to
maintain his focus on the tenuous present.
THE TURNER HOUSE
Party Venue
THE TEXAS THEATRE
Official Screening Venue,
Lounge & Festival HQ
Filmmaker’s
231 W JEFFERSON BLVD | DALLAS, TX 75208
214-948-1546
| 645 SEATS
Built in 1931 and financed by Howard Hughes, the
historic Texas Theatre first gained fame for being the
place Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested after allegedly
assassinating President John F. Kennedy. Today it
hosts a mix of first-run independent films, repertory
cinema, and special events.
401 N ROSEMONT AVE | DALLAS, TX 75208
214-946-1670
1912 modified prairie house operated by the Oak
Cliff Society of Fine Arts.
WILD DETECTIVES
Party Venue
314 W EIGHTH ST | DALLAS, TEXAS 75208
214-942-0108
The best bookstore/coffeeshop/bar in Oak Cliff!
THE KESSLER THEATER
JEFFERSON TOWER
1230 W DAVIS ST |
DALLAS, TX 75208
351 W JEFFERSON BLVD | DALLAS, TX 75208
Official Screening Venue
214-272-8346
| 273 SEATS
The historic Kessler Theater opened in 1942 and
was once owned by Gene Autry. It has been hit by
a tornado, been burned down, and was a revival
tabernacle. It had been dormant for 30 years but is
now open to the public. Witness the resurrection!
BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER
Official Screening Venue
215 S TYLER ST | DALLAS, TX 75208
214-948-0716
| 170 SEATS
The Bishop Arts Theatre Center is home to TeCo
Theatrical Productions and offers a full season of
theater and jazz performances and year-round arts
education programs. Formally the Bluebird Theatre,
a silent movie house, the building was erected
in 1914.
EL SIBIL
Screening Venue
122 E FIFTH ST | DALLAS, TX 75208 | 214-827-9309
Rooftop Screening Venue
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Built in 1928, Jefferson Boulevard’s histori
office tower was the first high-rise in Oak Cliff
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and was responsible for much of the area’s economi
development during that time.
OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER
Film Panel Discussion Venue
223 W JEFFERSON BLVD | DALLAS, TX 75208
214-670-3777
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The Oak Cliff Cultural Center (OCCC) provide
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surrounding neighborhood.
OIL AND COTTON
Workshop Venue
817 W DAVIS ST | #110 | DALLAS, TX 75208
214-942-0474 | 50 SEATS
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A creative exchange space and shop offerin
opportunities for making art along with scheduled
classes and workshops.
A historic Texas Landmark and versatile studio
and event space, El Sibil is home to several
talented people who offer a variety of services
for your creative needs. El Sibil was the studio
of Frank Reaugh and built in 1928. His collection
went on to become what is known today as
the Dallas Museum of Art.
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FILM
SEED AND SPARK CROWDFUNDING YOUR
11 AM - JUNE 13
OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER
DIY FILMMAKING PANEL
12:30 PM - JUNE 13
OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER
HARRIS AND NICK ZEDD
INCLUDING VISITING DIRECTORS TRENT
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CYANOTYPE 16MM FILMMAKING
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 12-5 PM
INSTRUCTOR: STEVE COSSMAN
TUITION: $100
Participants will learn to use this 19th-century photographic
process in combination with 16mm film to create their own photograms
or contact prints without traditional camera equipment. This oneday workshop will demonstrate how to coat clear 16mm leader with
cyanotype chemistry, expose properly in the sun, generate imagery
on motion picture film, process and project! The simple, DIY
procedure can result in brilliantly blue imagery when viewed in
motion. Participants are encouraged to bring translucent fabrics,
small objects, and 16mm negatives to use in the creation of their
own cyanotype film.
Workshop includes: 5-hour classroom instruction session, photogram materials, 16mm negatives, pre-coated cyanotype 16mm film,
informational course packet, HD video transfer of finished film by
Dijifi, and HD online hosting of finished film.
SUPER 8MM FILMMAKING
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 10 AM-6 PM
INSTRUCTOR: STEVE COSSMAN
TUITION: $135
Learn the art and craft of hand-making Super-8mm films on black
and white reversal film! This will be a hands-on class designed
for the beginner that covers all aspects of Super-8mm filmmaking:
cameras, angle, story, timing (exposure), lighting, in-camera
editing, and projection. Students will work together in groups of
3-4 to conceive, shoot, and edit their own silent one-reel films.
Film will be processed on site!
All equipment and materials
will be provided. Finished projects will be presented after the
conclusion of the course.
Workshop includes: 8-hour classroom instruction session, Kodak
TRI-X Super-8mm film, film processing demo, access to camera
equipment and Super-8mm projectors, informational course packet,
HD video transfer of finished film by Dijifi, and HD online hosting
of finished film.
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THE OAK CLIFF FILM FESTIVAL IS PROUD
TO ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
DALLAS PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION ON A NEW
CASH PRIZE GRANT FOR TEXAS FILMMAKERS.
maker Grant recipients:
Congratulations to the 2015 Film
CASH AWARDS TO:
*YEN TAN
PROJECT TITLE, “1985”
*FRANK MOSLEY
PROJECT TITLE, “PARTHENON”
PRODUCT AWARDS TO:
*BRITTNEY SHEPHERD
PROJECT TITLE, “EYE, CAMERA”
*JEFF WALKER
PROJECT TITLE, “JINH”
*DEVIN ANDERSON SERVIS
PROJECT TITLE, “NIGHTWALKER”
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