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rehoboth Beach independent film festival / 2009
2009
-15
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nov
$5.00/US
Rehoboth
Beach Film
Society
Publication
302-645-9095 / [email protected] / www.rehobothfilm.com
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s
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I ns ide . . .
A Word From the Governor 7
A Word From the Film Society President Sponsors
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10-11
A Word From the Festival Program Director 12
Board Members / Staff
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Everything You Need to Know About the Festival
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Audience Awards/Film Guidance System
Film Schedule
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18-19
Film Index
Film Planner 20
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About the Cover
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Features Begin On
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Documentaries Begin On
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Shorts Begin On
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Regional Showcase
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Country Spotlight: Japan Sidebar Begins On
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Animation Sidebar
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Classic Cinema Sidebar: Cria Cuervos
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Seminars
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Live in the Lounge
90-91
Children’s Cinema Corner 92
Our Thanks
Film Society Members 94
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Contributors
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Comment Form 99
Membership Application
Guide to Advertisers Films Beyond the Festival
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Back Cover
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G o v e r n o r ’ s L e tt e r
Dear Film Enthusiasts,
Welcome to the twelfth year of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.
This Film Festival, the largest in the State, presents a wonderful selection of American and international
independent films, including shorts, documentaries, and features. Children’s Cinema Corner offers
special activities for the youngest buffs.
The Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival reveals how the art of film can entertain, educate and
inspire.
Whether you are a resident of or a visitor, to the State of Delaware, I know you will enjoy this superb
cultural event.
Sincerely,
Jack Markell
Governor
W e l c o m e L e tt e r
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Dear Friends and Supporters of the Festival,
Welcome to the twelfth year of the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s
major contribution to Delaware’s vibrant arts culture. Your
support contributes to its continued success!
The past year was marked by significant challenges
for the Society, given the uncertain local, regional, and
national economic situation. We’ve managed to meet
those challenges for the time being, while continuing
to improve upon the offerings at the Festival.
Fritz Schranck
President, Board of Directors,
Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Film Festival Budget
Revenue:
Ads
Grants
Sales
Sponsors
Ticket sales
Other
TOTAL
Expenses:
Advertising
Box Office Film expenses
Insurance
Office and Other
Payroll Expenses
Phone & Utilities
Postage
Printing
Rent
Sales
Travel & Guests
TOTAL
Net Income
$ 10,000
$ 12,568
$ 17,565
$ 25,000
$ 130,500
$ 6,515
$202,148
$ 16,560
$ 18,600
$ 52,850
$ 3,819
$ 5,995
$ 53,989
$ 2,440
$ 1,400
$ 27,580
$ 22,717
$ 10,900
$ 4,000
$220,850
($18,702)
How can you help
bridge the gap?
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Become a member
Renew at a higher level
Become a Sponsor
Purchase a program ad
Sponsor a film
Support RBFS fundraising
activities throughout the year.
Your support is appreciated!
The first evening of the Festival is once again
devoted to Locals Night. This approach gives our
regional supporters an early opportunity to see
some of the best films, thereby freeing up weekend
viewing options for out-of-town visitors.
Educational/Outreach Coordinator Wendi Dennis,
and Festival Program Director Joe Bilancio, along
with administrative support from Malcolm Keen,
Marie Sardone, and webmaster Chuck Patalive.
The Festival and year-round programming
couldn’t happen without them, in addition to more
than three-hundred dedicated volunteers who
collectively contribute thousands of hours each
year. If you’d like to be a part of this community
effort as a volunteer or in some other way, we
welcome your participation.
Morning viewing opportunities will once again be
available for “early risers” on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. And don’t forget the various activities that
will take place in the tent to complement the Country
Spotlight: Japan sidebar. Be sure to read the Live in
the Lounge section for more information.
The Society also deeply appreciates the significant
backing of its sponsors and benefactors, including
the Delaware Division of the Arts. Please help us
show our appreciation by patronizing the many
fine businesses and professions who sponsor this
Putting together an event of this magnitude is not
cheap. Film Festival ticket revenues cover less than
60% of production costs such as film screening
fees, shipping, printing, tent rental and utilities. On
the left is a summary of these funding challenges.
Understandably, your additional financial support
is always appreciated.
We are continually improving our service to the
film-loving community, including expansion of our
online presence at www.rehobothfilm.com. Check
the website often between now and the next Festival
to see what else you can enjoy!
While the Festival remains our premier event, the
Society also hosts many other events throughout
the year as part of its community outreach. Filmrelated programming is offered for children, teens,
and adults in cooperation with such partners as
the Lewes and Rehoboth Public Libraries, the
Rehoboth Art League, Delaware Technical &
Community College, the Milton Historical Society,
CAMP Rehoboth, and others.
Our dedicated staff handles all the work of the
Society, led by Executive Director Sue Early,
Festival or purchase advertisements in this program.
Please use the comment form (in this program) or on
our website to share your suggestions for additional
improvements—suggestions of events, operational
enhancements, and additional funding sources we
should explore. Your input is an important element
to the mix of ideas we continually consider as we
work to keep the Rehoboth Beach Film Society in
the forefront of Delaware’s cultural offerings.
Enjoy the Festival!
Fritz Schranck
President, Board of Directors
S p o n s o r A p p r e ci a ti o n
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Production of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival is made possible
through the support of many businesses, both large and small. The Rehoboth
Beach Film Society thanks the following businesses for their generous support
which collectively helps make this Festival a wonderful, cultural event for
thousands of film buffs:
Media Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Corporate Sponsors
Accommodations Sponsors
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Delaware River & Bay Authority
Japan Foundation, New York
Metro Tech
Tanger Outlet Center
United Distributors of Delaware
WXPN FM
Contributing Sponsors
Arena’s Café / 5 points
Arena’s Cafe on the highway
Arena’s Deli and Bar
Atlantic Horizons
Delmarva Online
Duwayne R. Litz, Realtor
William F. McManus & David P. Nelson
Prudential Gallo REALTORS
Public Radio Delmarva
RP Home Care
Summer House Restaurant
The SEA BOVA Associates, Inc.
S p o nsors
Boardwalk Builders
Curtis J. Leciejewski DDS MAGD
Community Bank Delaware
Delaware Electric Cooperative
Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.
Hole By Hole
Jack Lingo Realtor
Jakes Seafood Restaurant
Nicola Pizza
Weston Woods
Wilmington Savings Fund Society
S p o n s o r A p p r e ci a ti o n
Su p p o rting S ponsors
Festival Program director welcome
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THE WORD ACCORDING TO JOE
Even though writing this letter is an annual rite of
passage, I am always perplexed by what to say. I
know people are looking for me to announce my
favorite films, and that is not going to happen.
Joe Bilancio
Festival Program Director
Rehoboth Beach Independent
Film Festival
The sidebars this year were easy picks. As I looked through the myriad of options,
Animation just stood out. Animation is a stylish and amazing art form and the
stories in this year’s films are very interesting and well told. If you are a fan of
animation you will be in for a treat. If you are not, these films will convert you.
Delaware’s eleven year Sister- State relationship with Miyagi led us to feature
Japan in the Country Spotlight with its rich culture, history, and cinematic prowess.
From the wacky to the simple, these films will stay with you for a while after you
leave the theatre.
While I will not tell you my favorites, I do want to highlight just a few of the many
offerings, films that might not jump off the page but should be given serious
consideration. My Suicide is an intense film that is one of the most original stories
with a creative style that we have not seen in a long time. While the subject matter
may seem difficult for many, it is the honesty and realism that makes the film
succeed where others have failed. United Red Army, The Baader Meinhof Complex
and Flame & Citron all deal with resistance movements in their home countries.
While each film contains strong violence, it is not used gratuitously, but to convey
the necessary evil of the struggle they are each undertaking.
In the Not-For-Everyone category, Zombies of Mass Destruction will appeal to
those who appreciate the kooky Zombie comedy genre. Blood and gore abound,
but the hilarity is almost non-stop. The thing that differentiates this from similar
genre pics is that it also carries a wallop of a message regarding stereotypes and
prejudice without being preachy or self serving.
Finally, while all the docs bring you up close and personal with people, places, and
things, three of them are particularly noteworthy and should not go un-noticed.
Blind Loves tells four stories about love between visually impaired people and the
challenges they experience. The film is tender and touching, but also humorous
and insightful. Old Partner is a simple love story between a man and his elderly ox.
It is a buddy movie like you’ve never seen before. A simple story, yet powerful and
moving. Lastly, It Might Get Loud is a documentary on the electric guitar through
the eyes, ears, and music of three rock legends; The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led
Zeppelin) and Jack White (The White Stripes). The film may not change the way
you think about the guitar, but it will certainly change the way you listen. Directed
by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth), look for the film to be in the mix
come Oscar time.
As I always say, take some chances,
experiment and enjoy the films!
Joe Bilancio
Festival Program Director
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
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The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is governed by the following group
of dedicated and talented volunteer Board members:
PRESIDENT: Fritz Schranck
TREASURER: Gene Dvornick
VICE-PRESIDENT: Eric Kafka
SECRETARY: Teri Dunbar
VICE-PRESIDENT: Alan Zuckerman
Deborah Appleby
Jennie Keith
Jane Casazza
Paul Kuhns
Darrel Grinstead
Bob Slavin
Cindy Hall
Perrin Smith
Staff
Sue Early, Executive Director
Wendi Dennis, Education/Outreach Coordinator
Joe Bilancio, Festival Program Director and Art House Theater Programmer
Malcolm Keen, Membership Coordinator
Marie Sardone, Administrative Assistant
film Selection:
It is the practice of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival to program a selection of films that
represents a balance of diversity in genre, focal issues, and demographics.
B o a r d M e m b e r s a n d St a f f
Board Members
E v e ryt h i n g y o u n e e d t o k n o w
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Everything you need to know
about the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
DATES: Wednesday, November 1 1 – Sunday, November 15
Theaters:
All films will be screened at the Movies
Ticket sales policy:
In order to help ensure
at Midway complex, in the Midway Shopping Center on
a more equitable distribution of tickets and greater access
Highway One across from the Super Fresh, just north of
to films for all attendees, the following policies apply to all
Rehoboth Beach.
ticket sales during the festival:
RBFS individual members may purchase (2) tickets per film title
SCHEDULING YOUR FILMS:
When selecting
RBFS couple members may purchase (4) tickets per film title
films to see, please make sure there is at least 20 minutes
Non-members may purchase two tickets per film title on
from the ending of one film until the beginning of the next
the day of the screening only.
film as you are required to exit through the exterior doors
and re-enter at the front of the building as per Delaware
BOX OFFICE LOCATION:
State Fire Marshal regulations.
Midway Shopping Strip in the Big Tent. Access is from the
Located behind the
parking lot behind the stores, or via the “cut-through”
TICKET SALES:
between the Duron Paint store and JavaByte C@fe.
Pre-Festival: (Please have your current RBFS membership
card present)
BOX OFFICE SCHEDULE:
Contributing Director, Director, and Executive Producer
(Note: tickets will be sold for Wednesday screenings only.)
members are eligible to purchase tickets during the Pre-
Thursday – Sunday: 8:00 AM for RBFS members and 9:00
Festival sales period (Oct 26 – Nov 6) at the RBFS office (107
AM for the general public. The Box Office will close at the
Truitt Ave, Rehoboth Beach). Ticket sales hours are 9:30 AM
start of the last film screening on each day.
Wednesday: 2:30 PM – till the start of the last film screening.
– 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday.
TICKET PRICES:
Associate Producer, Film Buff, Student members, and the
A separate ticket must be
purchased for each film. [Please note tickets are non-refundable]
general public are eligible to purchase tickets during the
Festival except for Locals Night (see below).
General Admission:
$9.00 per ticket
$8.00 per ticket
During the Festival: Ticket sales take place at the
Senior Admission: (60 years of age or older)
Festival Box Office in the Big Tent.
Youth Admission: (11 years old or younger)
$8.00 per ticket
Contributing Director, Director, Executive Producer,
Student membership: (must have current photo student ID)
$8.00 per ticket
and Associate Producer members may purchase tickets
for the entire Festival beginning 8:00 AM, Thursday,
November 12, 2009.
EXCHANGE FEE:
There is a $1.00 processing
fee for all ticket exchanges if you decide to change your
Film Buffs and Student members may purchase tickets for
films being screened that day, starting at 8:00 AM, Thursday
– Sunday. (On Thursday, tickets for Thursday films may be
purchased; On Friday, tickets for Friday films, etc.)
The general public may purchase tickets for films being
screened that day, starting at 9:00 AM, Thursday – Sunday.
(On Thursday, tickets for Thursday films may be purchased; on
Friday, tickets for Friday films, etc.)
screening time or film selection.
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PAYMENT OPTIONS:
are accepted as payment for ticket sales, membership and
tickets for Wednesday, November 11 films only. The terms of the
merchandise. Checks are not accepted. Cash payment only at the
Ticket Sales Policy (listed on the previous page) apply to purchases
Beverage Booth please.
Cash, Visa, or MasterCard
for Locals Night.
PRIORITY SEATING:
THEATER HOUSE RULES:
Certain membership and sponsor
1) Please understand that the Management of the Movies at
levels are entitled to priority seating as a corresponding benefit.
Midway will not allow backpacks, large bags, recording devices,
Please respect the policy of reserving a seat for you and one guest
or beverages of any kind into the theater. To avoid potential
only. Your cooperation is appreciated.
inconveniences, please refrain from bringing extra baggage.
BECOMING A FILM SOCIETY MEMBER:
If you
2) The Delaware State Fire Marshal requires all audience members
are not a member, you may easily join the Rehoboth Beach Film
to exit each theater through the exterior door, not the hallway
Society and start enjoying your benefits right away by completing
entrance. Compliance is required by all regardless of the weather,
the membership form on page 100 and mailing it with your dues
Film Society membership level, or the starting time of your next
to the Film Society Office, registering in person at the Film Society
film. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Office, or registering at the Membership Booth in the Big Tent
Theater Accessibility:
during the festival. Elevators are available
for assistance to the upstairs screening room. Ask any theater
FOOD:
Enjoy food and beverages in our Lounge in the Big Tent
employee for directions to the elevator.
throughout the festival. This is a great place to relax, meet new
friends, and share information about the great films you’ve seen!
Lost & Found:
If you’ve misplaced your glasses, think you
left a sweater on a theater chair, or you found keys in the parking
RECYCLING:
The Festival will be recycling materials in the
Big Tent. Please help our effort by disposing of recyclables in the
lot, please go to the Lost & Found box at the Information Booth in
the Big Tent. All discovered materials will be kept at this location.
appropriate recycling containers. Thank you.
MERCHANDISE:
Inventory is limited so don’t wait to buy
this year’s Festival souvenirs. Take advantage of this opportunity to
purchase quality merchandise at reasonable prices for upcoming
holiday gifts.
PLEASE SUPPORT MOVIES AT MIDWAY!
Movies at Midway is supportive of the Film Society by donating the use of the screening room for the Around The World series.
Please show your appreciation by purchasing your snacks from the Movies at Midway concessions booth.
Note: The Film Society works hard to make sure this program is accurate. Please understand that we depend on other festivals, distributors,
delivery people, and filmmakers to send films on time. Sometimes problems do occur which are beyond our control. Call the Festival office at
302-645-9095, check our website at www.rehobothfilm.com and read notices in the Big Tent for the most current information.
ENJOY THE FESTIVAL!
E v e ryt h i n g y o u n e e d t o k n o w
LOCALS NIGHT: Beginning Nov 2, Associate Producers,
Film Buffs, Student members, and the general public may purchase
A u d i e n c e Aw a r d s a n d Fi l m G u i d e
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audience awards
Each viewer will receive a ballot for each film that you attend. Please complete each and every ballot, selecting the
adjective that best describes your personal rating of the film. The choices are:
Poor
/
Fair
/
Good
/
Very Good
/
Outstanding
Every vote is counted and is very important to the overall process of selecting the best films at this year’s Festival
including Best Feature, Best Short, Best Documentary, and Best Debut Feature.
Audience awards are announced on Sunday evening. Although there are no financial prizes that accompany
these awards, the Producer and Director are entitled to bragging rights when their film wins an award as
determined by audience voting. In respect of the hard work devoted to each and every film, please be sure to
complete your ballot and deposit it in the ballot boxes located at the exit doors. Thank you.
Film Guidance system
The Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival screens films of artistic merit from around the world. Many of
these films have not been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America and may contain material not
suitable for minors. In an effort to provide as much information as possible for viewers, the RBFS has created
a guidance system that can be used as part of the film selection process. Codes were assigned to films, when
applicable, to the best of the Film Society’s ability. Film viewers and parents of minors are strongly encouraged to
read the movie descriptions and codes, and to use individual discretion when selecting films for viewing. RBFS
employees and Board members are available to answer any questions about the content of any film.
= may contain some offensive language
= may contain some nudity
= may contain some violence
= may contain lesbian/gay orientation
= may contain some sexual content
Fi l m Sc h e d u l e
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Marcello Marcello
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It Might Get Loud
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12:45 PM
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Fruit Fly
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3:30 PM
Marcello Marcello
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Niloofar
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Seraphine
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Old Partner
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Baby Love
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One Week
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Cria Cuervos
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North Face
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North Face
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Skin
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Storm 48
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Mine
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Edie and Thea: A Very
Long Engagement w/ Downstream 54
3:40 PM
5:10 PM
Hannah Free
35
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4:30 PM
The Big Gay Musical
30
3:45 PM
5:30 PM
45
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4:50 PM
World Shorts
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3:50 PM
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45
4:10 PM
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5:00 PM
7:00 PM
White On Rice
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7:05 PM
Hannah Free
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5:30 PM
7:05 PM
Patrik, Age 1.5
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Rain
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6:00 PM
7:40 PM
Blind Loves
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8:15 PM
Philly Shorts (Screening room)
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Thurs Japanese Cinema: A Closer Look
Seminar [Screening room]
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Dogfish Head Beer Tasting [Big Tent] 8:00 PM
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Discover Your Path to Making Films
Seminar [Screening room]
10:00 AM 12:30 AM
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Japanese Tea Ceremony [Big Tent]
5:00 PM
Training Rules w/ Claiming the Title 59
7:20 PM
9:05 PM
7:20 PM
9:20 PM
For My Father
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7:25 PM
9:10 PM
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Sake Tasting [Big Tent]
6:00 PM
To Faro
49
7:30 PM
9:10 PM
10% Shorts
70
7:45 PM
9:35 PM
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Suzume Odori (Sparrow Dance)
[Big Tent]
9:00 PM
No Impact Man
57
8:00 PM
9:40 PM
Departures
31
8:30 PM
10:40 PM
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Art Collecting 101 seminar
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
It Might Get Loud
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9:20 PM
11:00 PM
Kisses
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9:25 PM
10:40 PM
Mid-August Lunch
40
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10:45 PM
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Closing Night Celebration includes:
50/50 Drawing and Winner of silent
art auction [Big Tent]
5:00 PM
7:00PM
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Philly short
8TH Samurai, The
World short
A Day at the Beach
10% short
After Tomorrow
World short
And Then Came Lola
Feature
Attack of the Robots
from Nebulosa-5
World short
Baby Love
Feature
Bader Meinhoff Complex, The Feature
Beer Wars
Regional documentary
Big Gay Musical, The
Feature
Birth
Animated short
Blind Loves
Documentary
Bonecrusher
Boy Meets Boy
10% short
Burning Plain, The
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Claiming the Title:
Gay Olympics on Trial
Documetary short
Clouded
10% short
Cria Cuervos
Feature - classic
Day In Day Out
World short
Departures
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Downstream
Documentary short
Edie & Thea:
A Very Long Engagement
Documentary
El Niño Pez (The Fish Child] Feature
Evelyn Everyone
10% short
Falling For Caroline
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Flame & Citron
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For All Mankind
Philly short
For My Father
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Fruit Fly
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Funk, The
Animated short
Gigante
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Hannah Free
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Herb and Dorothy
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home
Animated short
I’m So Proud of You
Animated short
Island, The
10% short
It Might Get Loud
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James
10% short
Jury Duty
Feature
Kisses
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Les Maison des Petits Cubes Animated short
Little BFF’s
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Looking For…
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Lost & Found
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Make A Mate
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Marcello Marcello
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Messenger, The
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Old Partner
One Week
Our Wonderful Nature
Out In the Silence
Out of the Blue
Patrik, Age 1.5
Pop Star on Ice
Prodigal Sons
Rain
Second Guessing Grandma
Seraphine
Siblings
Sita Sings the Blues
Skhizein
Skin
Splinter
Still Walking
Storm
Sylphid, The
Terribly Happy
To Faro
Toyland
Training Rules
Tremble & Spark
United Red Army
Western Spaghetti
White on Rice
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World Sinks Except Japan, The
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Youssou Ndour:
I Bring What I Love
Zombies of Mass Destruction
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About the cover
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About the Cover
For the second year, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society
engaged the talents of the art community in creating
the theme for the Festival’s artwork. Thirteen artists
submitted 15 wonderfully creative and original designs
of artwork.
Batenga Kajumba Obuseh
Arttotalkabout.com
The theme for this year’s Festival design was inspired
by the creative artwork of Batenga Kajumba Obuseh’s
oil and acrylic mix entitled “Reel Treasures”.
Mrs. Obuseh, a full-time Medical Technologist at Beebe
Hospital, is a Ugandan-American self-taught artist who
has been painting since 1996. She was born in Tanzania
to a Ugandan father who is a Sociologist, and to an
American mother. Due to her father’s profession,
she visited many countries as a child. Influences from
Papua New Guinea, India, and Kenya are intricately
woven into her pieces.
Batenga recently moved to Delaware from Alabama
with her husband, Dr. Francis Obuseh, US Air Force
Captain, and their children Ayomi and Kiyem.
Original cover art
Batenga enjoys working with oils, acrylics and
charcoal. She is in the process of developing a website
(Arttotalkabout.com) and meanwhile, can be contacted
at [email protected]
Batenga thanks her fellow co-workers, including
Sarah Beckwith and Becky Forney for challenging and
encouraging her to participate in this competition.
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society says “thank you” to
Batenga Obuseh and her team of cheerleaders!
feature films
F e a t u r e Fi l m s
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$9.99
A $9.99 book examining and defining the meaning of
life alters the world of Dave Peck, an unemployed 28
year-old still living at home. In his struggle to share his
find, his surreal path crosses with those of his unusual
neighbors: an old man and his disgruntled guardian
angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who
likes her men “extra smooth,” a broken-hearted man
who befriends a group of hard partying two-inch tall
students, and a little boy who sets his piggy bank free.
Their stories are woven together, examining the post-
Best Film, Mexico City International Film Festival
Sponsored by:
wed
Dogfish Craft Brewery
NOV 11
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AmericInns of Delaware
modern meaning of hope. Based on the short stories of Etgar Keret,
one of the leading voices in Israeli contemporary literature, the film
includes the voices of Geoffrey Rush, Samuel L Jackson and Anthony
LaPaglia. $9.99 is an award winning stop-motion animated feature
blending comedy, drama, and social commentary and ultimately
offering slightly less than $10.00 about the meaning of life.
[Dir. Tatia Rosenthal, 2008, US/Israel, 35mm, 78 mins.]
Website: www.9dollars99movie.com
[This film is part of Animation sidebar.]
And Then
Came Lola
Time is running out, and Lola has only one chance
to salvage a job and save her relationship with new
girlfriend, Casey. Wait, make it three chances. With
the fast-paced, colorful, fragmented style of the epic
German film Run Lola Run, this time-bending tale
chronicles the tempestuous journey of a commitmentphobic photographer, Lola. Typically immune to the
lesbian ways of the U-Haul, Lola discovers that she might
have finally found someone worth slowing down for. But
not now. Now Lola is late. Lola has to run! Navigating
San Francisco like a treacherous video game, Lola has
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mere minutes to tame the domineering meter maid, avoid the caninewielding park chick, grab the photos, sidestep the ex, and deliver the
proofs to the bar where girlfriend Casey is meeting with a prospective
client (and her ex), the euro-hottie Danielle. Thrust on a relationship
crash course, Lola grows ever more determined to deliver, and claim
her girlfriend from the potential rival. Lola sprints, bikes, hitches rides,
and flirts her way through the streets and back rooms of San Francisco.
With an exhilarating climax and pumping pop/rock lesbian soundtrack,
And Then Came Lola is the fun-filled lesbian rom-com of 2009.
[Dirs. Megan Siler and Ellen Seidler, 2009, US, 70 mins.]
Website: www.andthencamelola.com
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Finalist as Best Foreign Language
Film Academy Awards
Germany in the 1970’s: murderous bomb attacks, the
threat of terrorism, and the fear of the enemy inside
are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile
German democracy. The radicalized children of the
Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof
and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting a violent war against
what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American
imperialism supported by the German establishment,
many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create
a more humane society but by employing inhumane
means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they
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also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them best is
also their hunter, the head of the German police force, Horst Herold.
And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists,
he knows he’s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. While the action
sequences are undoubtedly thrilling, the film dodges accusations of
sensationalism, deftly dealing with the contradictory mentality of a
group prepared to murder innocents in the name of democracy and
justice.
[Dir. Uli Edel, 2008, Germany, 35mm, 150 mins. In German with English
subtitles.]
Website: www.baadarmeinhofmovie.com
Baby Love
(Comme les autres)
This highly romantic comedy-drama explores one
man’s insistent need to become a father and its toll on
his relationships. French style and wit permeate this
wonderful tale of gay parenting in which pediatrician
Manu yearns for a child of his own, but his partner
Philippe will have nothing to do with it, content in his
child-free life. But despite Philippe’s objections, Manu
attempts to adopt a child. In a country where same-sex
civil unions are legal but gay marriage and adoption are
not, the agency turns down Manu’s request to adopt.
When Philippe finds out that Manu acted behind his back,
Sponsored by:
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Curtiss Burrows - Merrill Lynch
FRI
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they separate. Unconcerned about anything but finding a woman to act
as a surrogate and provide him with a child, Manu seeks the attention
of Fina, an illegal Argentine, eventually marrying her for the benefit
of each. As their life together begins to assume the domesticity of a
traditional married couple, complications surrounding the prospect of
having a child arise, causing Manu to rely on Philippe’s assistance. This
once-comedic story turns decidedly dramatic as emotions surge and
relationships are tested.
[Dir. Vincent Garenq, 2008, France, 35mm, 90 mins. In French with
English subtitles.]
The Baader
Meinhof Complex
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The Big Gay Musical
Paul & Eddie have just begun previews for the new OffBroadway musical Adam & Steve: Just the Way God Made
‘Em. Their lives strangely mirror the characters they are
playing; Paul is looking for the perfect man and Eddie is
dealing with how his sexuality and faith can mix. After
yet another disastrous dating experience, Paul has an
epiphany. He is done dating & just wants to be a slut like
the sexy chorus boys that share his dressing room. Eddie
has to tell his parents that he’s gay and is starring in a
show that calls the Bible the “Breeder’s Informational
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Sponsored by:
CAMP Rehoboth
Book of Living Examples.” Eddie comes out to his family and Paul goes
on the internet. Eddie’s parents are destroyed by the news and Paul
can’t even have a good one-night stand. But after musical numbers
with scantly-clad tap dancing angels, a retelling of Genesis, “teleevangelists”, a camp that attempts to turn gay kids straight and a
bunch of show tunes, everyone realizes that life gets better once they
accept who they really are: just the way God made ‘em!
[Dirs. Frank M. Caruso and Casper Andreas, 2009, US, video, 100 mins.]
Website: www.thebiggaymusical.com
The Burning Plain
Venice Film Festival Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence
In his debut feature as director, Guillermo Arriaga
builds on the multi-threaded approach to storytelling
he brought to his previous scripts (Amores Perros,
21 Grams, Babel, and The Three Burials of Melquiades
Estrada) to create an engrossing, interconnected study
of guilt and consequences across three generations.
Shuttling back and forth through time and space, from
oppressive, steel-gray Oregon skies to sweeping New
Mexico terrain, the film allows its audience to judge
each narrative strand as it emerges and develops, before
quietly weaving the stories together. Three compelling
performances carry the film forward, backward, and
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sideways (as is the norm for an Arriaga script). Charlize Theron,
Kim Basinger, and teenager Jennifer Lawrence each command the
emotional center of their respective worlds. All three are subtle and
sophisticated in their characterization, but gradually their emotional
ties become apparent. Far from being a formal exercise designed to
elicit widespread head-scratching from the audience, The Burning Plain
is an affecting and subtle examination of love, guilt, and family. Lush
cinematography, along with standout performances, contribute to an
already-accomplished writer’s powerful first feature.
[Dir. Guillermo Arriaga, 2008, US, 35mm, 111 mins. In English and
Spanish with English subtitles.]
Website: www.burningplainmovie.com
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Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film
Best Film Palm Springs International Film Festival
Best Film Montreal World Film Festival
With the breakup of his Tokyo orchestra, Daigo, a young
cellist, decides to return with his adoring wife Mika
to his hometown in Japan’s far north. Searching for
work, he responds to a cryptic classified ad for work in
“Departures” only to find out that the position is in the
field of “encoffining,” the ritual preparation of a corpse
before it is placed in a casket for cremation. Daigo
gradually takes to the work and finds he has a real
talent, but he is too ashamed to tell Mika, leaving him
torn between his true calling and his marriage. Winner
of the Academy Award® for best foreign language film
wed
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Sponsored by:
Coast Press/Beachcomber/
delmarvanow!com
this year, Departures combines a pleasingly droll blend of screwballlike humor with a moving story of reconciliation, acceptance, and
finding one’s place in the world. By taking us into the uniquely Japanese
tradition of the “Nokanshi”-who washes, dresses, and grooms the dead
body in front of the deceased’s family, helps the living to bid farewell
and the dead to move on to the next world. Director Yojiro Takita also
offers a refreshingly-light and life-affirming vision of how we can
reconcile ourselves with death and dying.
[Dir. Yojiro Takita, 2008, Japan, 35mm, 130 mins. In Japanese with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.departures-themovie.com
[This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan.]
El Niño Pez
(The Fish Child)
Special Jury Award Malaga (Spain) Film Festival
Unassuming and pretty Lala (Inés Efron), a teenager
from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in
Buenos Aires, is madly in love with Guayi (Mariela
Vitale), her family’s gorgeous 20-year-old Paraguayan
maid. The two dream of living together in Paraguay and
begin to steal and sell all they can get their hands on
to fund their escape. But when their risky plan goes
terribly wrong, Guayi disappears and is taken into
custody for a crime she did not commit. Desperate,
Lala will stop at nothing to be with Guayi again… even
if it means unraveling the secrets of her dark, hidden
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past. Likened to a bold Argentine Thelma and Louise, Lucía Puenzo’s
follow-up to her multiple award-winning XXY wraps a passionate love
story in the arms of a pulsating thriller. Puenzo adapts her own novel
of the same name with precision, beautifully aligning the content
with its new form. This compelling, gritty, and involved love story
is ambitious work and asserts Puenzo as a rising talent. The sultry
Efron and Vitale supply fully charged performances, giving El Niño Pez
a unique power and depth.
[Dir. Lucia Puenzo, 2009, Argentina, 35mm, 96 mins. In Spanish with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.elninopez.com
Departures (Okuribito)
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Flame & Citron
(Flammen & Citronen)
Copenhagen 1944. Denmark is occupied by Nazi
forces. Resistance fighters, Flame and Citron, work
undercover for the Holger Danske group performing
acts of sabotage and liquidating Danish informers. They
are unified in their hatred of enemies of freedom. The
younger, idealistic Flame dreams of openly taking up
arms against the occupying power. The more sensitive
Citron finds himself drawn further into the politics of
the resistance. Firm friends and associates prior to
the occupation, Flame and Citron’s fearless acts soon
result in their notoriety. But when Flame is commanded
to execute his girlfriend Ketty, an enigmatic courier, he
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questions his orders. In their struggle for freedom, the truth no longer
seems black and white and it becomes increasingly unclear who is
friend and who is foe. A smash box office hit in Denmark, this lavish
and beautifully constructed film is both hugely entertaining and at
times brutally shocking. The story is based on true events, with much
of the plot and dialogue developed from eyewitness accounts. Avoiding
the clichés often associated with wartime drama, director Ole Christian
Madsen brings a piercing freshness of vision coupled with a real sense
of history and passion.
[Dir. Ole Christian Madsen, 2008, Denmark, 35mm, 130 mins. In Danish
and German with English subtitles.]
Website: www.ifcfilms.com/films/flame-citron
For My Father
(Sof Shavua B’Tel Aviv)
Best Film Sofia International Film Festival
Terek, a Palestinian who must carry out a suicide
mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father’s honor, is
given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive
vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in
Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Terek must live amongst
the people he was planning to kill. To his surprise
he connects with several Israelis on the outskirts of
society, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off
contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With
nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another,
and an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and
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damaged individuals, raised to be enemies. However, with the deadly
load of explosives still strapped to him, he must spend 48 hours in
the city, caught between the men that sent him-who can blow up his
bomb remotely, the Israeli police patrolling the streets and his newfound companions. Spending this time with Keren and his new friends,
Terek discovers the spark of life returning to fill his soul, but when the
weekend ends, Terek must make the decision of his life.
[Dir. Dror Zahavi, 2008, Israel/Germany, 35mm, 100 mins. In Hebrew and
Arabic with English subtitles.]
Website: www.filmmovement.com
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Fruit Fly
Best Film, Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Best Film San Francisco Intern. Asian Film Festival
Composer and co-star of the indie hit Colma: The Musical,
H.P. Mendoza returns with his directorial debut, Fruit
Fly, an hysterical new musical about finding yourself
and finding your (chosen) family. Fruit Fly tells the story
of Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist searching for
her identity and struggling to establish her career. Upon
arriving in San Francisco, Bethesda moves into an artist
commune and quickly befriends the eclectic group of
gay, lesbian, and straight housemates who have made
a sort of rag-tag family there. In the musical tradition –
and to hilarious effect - the characters reflect on their
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Sponsored by:
Steve Baker
lives, speak their minds and open their hearts through the film’s 19
original songs (Fag Hag, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay and We Are the Hags just
to name a few) and ranging from synthesized pop and modernized gogo/surf rock to traditional-musical waltz, power ballads, and classic
rock - all composed by Mendoza. Pop to its core, and more fun than you
can shake a stick at, Fruit Fly is a fun, frolicking and sparkly (of course)
musical love letter to San Francisco, or whatever place you call home.
[Dir. H.P. Mendoza, 2009, US, video, 96 mins. In English and Tagalog with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.hpmendoza.com/fruitflyfilm
Gigante
Grand Jury Prize, Alfred Bauer Prize,
and Best Debut Feature
Berlin International Film Festival
Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a
supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works
the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of
the entire building, giving him plenty of time to watch
videos, complete crossword puzzles and listen to music.
One night through one of the cameras, Jara discovers
Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, and is immediately
attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her while
she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to
the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another
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man. Jara’s life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia,
but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether
to give up his obsession or confront it. The precision of this debut
feature to define a situation, keep the dialogue to a minimum, subtly
bring its characters together, and warmly affect the audience, make
Gigante not a defense of the minimum, but a film about the maximum
state true feelings can reach.
[Dir. Adrian Binize, 2008, Uruguay, 35mm, 85 mins. In Spanish with
English subtitles.]
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Audience Award Best Feature
QFest (Philadelphia GLBT Film Festival)
Starring Sharon Gless (Queer as Folk, Cagney & Lacey)
in a tremendous performance, Hannah Free tells the
story of a decades-long love affair between Hannah an adventurous, butch lesbian with gruff charm - and
Rachel, a pristine, married homemaker with a religious
upbringing. Set in a present day nursing home, Hannah
is forbidden from seeing the Rachel, due to her not
being “family.” Through a series of flashbacks and past
incarnations that Hannah imagines in her old age, the
viewer is treated to the passionate beginnings of their
relationship, which was both tumultuous and enduring.
wed
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Hannah manages to convey the introspection that comes with age, while
still being spunky and sharp. Though Hannah is out and unashamed
while Rachel is much more reserved, both characters are revealed to
be courageous in entirely different ways. The film easily questions
matters of same-sex partners’ rights, the definition of family, and the
difficulties surrounding seeing your loved ones become old and fragile.
Together from childhood, Rachel and Hannah’s relationship is multilayered and poignant — sometimes an entire lifetime isn’t long enough
to be with the person you love.
[Dir. Wendy Jo Carlton, 2009, US, video, 88 mins.]
Website: www.hannahfree.com
It’s Not Me, I Swear!
(C’est pas moi, je le jure!)
Atlantic Film Festival
Best Canadian Film
Berlin International Film Festival
Best Film Generation Kplus
From its opening sequence, in which a 10-year-old boy
comically attempts suicide, you know this pitch-black
comedy is going to stray far from safety and convention.
Set in late-1960s suburban Montreal, It’s Not Me, I Swear!
is an unusual tale of familial dysfunction and childhood
ennui. The story centers on Léon, a young lad whose
father is an early Quebecois secessionist politician and
whose mother is suffocating under the burden of their
blasé perfect-family existence. His brother is a slightly
overweight conformist who desperately wants a normal
life. But Léon is a determined social misfit who, when
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he’s not trying to harm himself, is doing all he can to terrorize his
family and the neighbors and to generally disrupt the phony tranquility
of his community. When his mother has finally has enough and flies
the coop, he hatches a plan with the help of Léa (an equally malcontent
neighbor girl) to steal some money, run away and find his mother.
Containing outstanding performances from the two young leads that
showcase a persistent non-conformity, the film serves as the perfect
antidote for the insanity of the adult world.
[Dir. Philippe Falardeau, 2008, Canada, 35mm, 105 mins. In French with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.itsnotmeiswear.com
Hannah Free
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(Le Septième juré)
Best Feature – Philadelphia Cinefest Film Festival
American crime thrillers are considered the best in the
world, but filmmakers can learn a thing or two from this
intense psychological drama about a murder, a coverup and a most unusual path to possible justice. 1960s
France is embroiled in social upheaval over Algeria’s
fight for independence, leaving French-Algerians in
the middle. In a bucolic town, seemingly far from the
tensions, a respected and seemingly mild-mannered
pharmacist (Jean-Pierre Darroussin in a riveting
performance) impulsively rapes and kills a young woman
who has been abandoned in a barn after an argument
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with her Algerian boyfriend. The police quickly conclude that the young
Algerian is guilty and, reminiscent of scenes from the American South
in the same period, seek to speedily put him on trial. Then, in a series
of surprising but unavoidable circumstances, the pharmacist becomes
a reluctant juror in the young man’s trial. He is soon torn between
remorse for sending an innocent man to the guillotine for the crime he
himself committed, a town clamoring for revenge, and his own desire
to stay free.
[Dir. Edouard Niermans, 2008, France, video, 88 mins. In French with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.marathon.fr
Kisses
Audience Award for Best Film, Miami International Film Festival
wed
On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in
a suburban housing estate devoid of life, color and the
prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings
and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in
the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of
an elder brother who ran away from home two years
earlier. After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan
runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with
him. Together they make their way to the magical night-
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time lights of inner city Dublin, to search for Dylan’s brother, and in the
hope of finding, through him, the possibility of a new life. Lance Daly’s
vision of Dublin, as seen through the innocent eyes of our protagonists,
is a kaleidoscope of magic, wonder and mystery. But as the night wears
on, and Dublin takes on a darker character, the two kids have to rely
on the kindness of strangers, the advice of Bob Dylan and their trust in
each other to survive the night.
[Dir. Lance Daly, 2008, Ireland, 35mm, 74 mins.]
Website: www.kisses.ie
Jury Duty
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Lost & Found
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A rural train station in Japan is the setting for this quiet
and charming story. The lives of the people who frequent
this station, from the lovelorn to the lonely, all intersect in
and around the lost and found department, meticulously
cared for by Togashi, the middle-aged man that works
there. While all of the items on the shelves hold some
meaning, it is an umbrella, a key holder, a digital
camera, and a pair of tap shoes that are the focus of the
story. As they overlap, without knowing it, their owners
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and those who found the items, also find themselves interacting, which
leads to a chain of events that eventually unravels Togashi’s past and
his reason for being. Shot with incredible grace and with wonderfully
subtle and human performances by an ensemble cast, Miyake’s feature
is a tale of human bonds and the need for connection.
[Dir. Nobuyuki Miyake, 2008, Japan, video, 75 mins. In Japanese with
English subtitles.]
[This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan.]
Marcello Marcello
Denis Rabaglia’s heartwarming and whimsical romantic
comedy, set on a fictional Italian island in 1956, follows
the fortunes of young Marcello, the son of a fisherman,
who pines for the affection of the lovely Elena. Two
things stand in Marcello’s way, the first being that Elena
is the mayor’s daughter. The second is more elaborate:
according to island tradition, the father of an 18-yearold girl ready to meet suitors can choose the suitor
based on what is basically a bribe—the best gift to the
father results in a date with the daughter. So, what
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does Marcello come up with? And what does Elena think of Marcello?
Rabaglia brings a sunny attitude to a sunny story, set in an unbelievably
gorgeous (and, yes, sunny) place. His steadily accumulating narrative
builds to an effective and satisfying climax. A terrifically and innocently
romantic story of young love, told against the backdrop of a premodernized world where the pursuit of love reigns supreme, Marcello
Marcello is a winning and winsome film.
[Dir. Denis Rabaglia, 2008, Switzerland/Germany, 35mm, 97 mins. In
Italian with English subtitles.]
Website: www.marcellomarcello.com
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The Messenger
Berlin International Film Festival Peace Film Award and Silver Bear Best Screenplay
With three months left in the service, Will (Ben Foster)
has spent a good deal of time in army hospitals, healing
scars from his time in Iraq. To make things worse, the
girl he left behind has moved on with her life. Ironically,
his chance at a fresh start lies in working shoulder to
shoulder with Tony (Woody Harrelson), a senior officer
who teaches him the ropes of his new post with the
Casualty Notification Office. Will, who narrowly escaped
death, must now break the news about those who didn’t.
Between assignments, these two soldiers form a unique
bond that helps them in their struggle to get back to
“normal” life, fully knowing nothing will ever really be
wed
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normal again. Proving himself a cinematic craftsman, director Oren
Moverman deliberately hasn’t made a political film. The Messenger isn’t
even about the military at its core; it’s about people choosing to live life
and finding the light and humor at the end of the tunnel. Harrelson and
Foster infuse these complex characters with the necessary pathos to
raise their story to a new level of compassion. Foster adds yet another
layer when Will faces an ethical dilemma because he is drawn to one of
the young widows. With a powerhouse cast, The Messenger is a moving
and elegant film that is an elegy of our time.
[Dir. Oren Moverman, 2009, US, 35mm, 105 mins.]
Website: www.facebook.com/TheMessengerMovie
Mid-August Lunch
(Pranzo di ferragosto)
David di Donatello Award for Best Debuting Director 2009
Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best First Film
Venice Film Festival 2008
Satyajit Ray Award, London Film Festival 2008
Grand Prix, Bratislava International Film Festival 2008
This low-key charmer follows Gianni, a 60-something
Italian man who lives with his tyrannical 93-year-old
mother, Valeria, and suddenly finds himself forced to
look after three other elderly ladies. As the late summer
holiday of Ferragosto approaches, Gianni (director
di Gregorio) is blackmailed by his building manager
Luigi into looking after Luigi’s mother for two nights in
exchange for forgiving certain tenant debts. But when
Luigi comes to the apartment, he’s brought not only his
mother Marina, but his aunt Maria as well. Soon after,
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Gianni’s doctor-friend Marcello pays a call, asking if he can leave his
mother, Grazia, for just one night. The aging women, each with her
own strong personality, prove a handful while grudging host Gianni
attempts to monitor their pill intake and pacify them with food and
drink. Debuting director di Gregorio’s combination of artistry and
humanity avoids platitudes and exaggeration as he spins this warmhearted, humorous tale.
[Dir. Gianni di Gregario, 2008, Italy, 35mm, 75 mins. In Italian with English
subtitles.]
Website: www.zeitgeistfilms.com
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Best Film Berlin International Film Festival
Generation 14Plus
GenArt Film Festival Best Feature Jury,
and Audience Award
Newport Beach Film Festival,
Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking
Seattle International Film Festival,
Best Picture Futurewave Youth Jury
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“My name is Archibald Williams and I’m going to kill
myself.” Archie, a 17-year-old media student announces
that his final school video project will be filming his
own suicide. As teachers sound the alarm, calling in
shrinks and threatening expulsion, students around
the school are alternately repelled by and attracted to
Archie as he captures his own postmodern “Catcher in
the Rye.” Archie’s video diary of the circus surrounding
his announcement exposes the realities of life: death,
sex, violence, drugs, and the hypocrisy of the modern
media assaulting all teens. Director David Lee Miller
spent four years working with his son Jordan and lead
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actor Gabriel Sunday (simply amazing) to create this affecting portrait,
which authentically addresses the epidemic of teen suicide. Nora
Dunn, Mariel Hemmingway, and David Carradine all play a role, but the
performances from the young cast are flawless, setting the foundation
for My Suicide to celebrate and question Generation YouTube with
its calibrated commentary, utilizing manipulated footage, amazing
animation, and 1950s-styled PSAs. Miller’s film is a lightning bolt into
a hot topic that struggles to be understood. Through his command of
the variety of media used by teens, he has crafted a film that will be a
part of the discussion for years to come.
[Dir. David Lee Miller, 2008, US, video, 105 mins.]
Website: www.mysuicide.net
[This film is part of the Animation sidebar.]
The Necessities of Life
(Ce qu’il faut pour vivre)
Captol Focus Award, Best Film, FilmFest DC,
Jutra Award, Best Film, Best Canadian Film,
Montreal World Film Festival
Best Film Maine International Film Festival
Tivii, an Inuit, quietly supports his family by hunting on
the frozen lands of Canada’s Far North until modern
society intrudes on his corner of the world. Diagnosed
with tuberculosis by Canadian authorities, Tivii is
forcibly removed from his family and quarantined in a
Quebec City tuberculosis sanitarium. For Tivii everything
seems alien—and of course, no one speaks Inuktitut.
He manages to establish a connection with Carole, a
compassionate nurse, but he eventually slides into
depression as he realizes his treatment might last up
to two years. Seeing his despair, Carole orchestrates
the hospital transfer of Kaki, a similarly afflicted Inuk
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orphan boy who’s been separated from his native culture for many
months. With his feet in both the French-Canadian and Inuit worlds,
Kaki acts as Tivii’s translator. Tivii also takes a fatherly interest in Kaki
and tries to refresh the child’s lapsed knowledge of traditional Inuit
customs and myths. Inspired by a real tuberculosis epidemic that broke
out in the Inuit population in the 1940s and 1950s, The Necessities of Life
is a profound story of culture shock and barrier-transcending human
connections that is not only touching, but at times comical.
[Dir. Benoit Pilon, 2008, Canada, 35mm, 102 mins. In French and Inuktitut
with English subtitles.]
Website: www.ifcfilms.com/films/necessities-of-life
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Niloofar
Niloofar, a 12-year-old Iraqi girl, dreams of reading and
writing, but lives in a village where education is only
for boys. Her mother, a well-known midwife, insists
that Niloofar become her apprentice. While assisting
her mother during a delivery, Niloofar meets a feminist
woman who undertakes to educate her in secret.
Unfortunately, in exchange for a field of palm trees,
Niloofar’s father promises her in marriage to an older
man once she becomes a woman. Horrified, Niloofar
does everything in her power to postpone her first
period. Destiny catches up with her, but she continues
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to hide her womanhood from her community, until one day the truth
is revealed. Rather than live in a marriage without love, Niloofar runs
away with her Uncle. Shocked, her family considers itself dishonored
and sends her stepbrother to track her down. The captivating young
lead gives a rich performance, demonstrating an emotional range
rarely seen in young performers. Artfully combining the modern and
the past, the poignant and the tragic, Niloofar emerges as a potent film
about growing up female in a place where inequality rules.
[Dir. Sabine El Gemayel, 2008, Iran/France, video, 82 mins. In Persian
with English subtitles]
Website: www.tadrart.com/tessalit/niloofar/
North Face
(Nordwand)
Best Screenplay Award, German Film Critics Association
Based on a 1936 attempt by two Germans and two
Austrians to be the first to scale the near-vertical Eiger
North Face, the most dangerous, as yet unconquered,
rock face in the Alps, this grippingly staged mountain
movie boasts plenty of white knuckle thrills. Pals and
passionate climbers Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser
have always dreamed of conquering the challenging
climb. Being the first to scale the North Face would mean
not only a longed-for boost in their social standing, but
also Olympic gold. As they prepare for the climb, they
meet Luise, Toni’s former girlfriend, who plans to use
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their dangerous adventure to seize her chance to be a journalist. When
the pair finally goes for it in mid-July, they are closely pursued and later
joined by grizzled Austrians Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer. Meanwhile,
at the hotel in the valley below, Luise and her boss, Arau, a loyal
Party member, observe the thrilling feat along with other celebrities,
bringing a broader social and political context to the climbers’ purely
personal obsession.
[Dir. Philipp Stolzl, 2008, Germany/Austria, 35mm, 121 mins. In German
with English subtitles.]
Website: www.musicboxfilms.com/north-face
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One Week tells the story of Ben Tyler, a man in his
mid-twenties who is diagnosed with cancer and a small
chance of survival. Though it is imperative that he begin
treatment immediately, Ben instead takes off on a road
trip on an impulsively-purchased motorcycle. What starts
off as an ill-defined attempt to escape soon morphs
into a cross-country odyssey from Toronto to Tofino.
Against the immensity of the Canadian landscape and
the enormity of his recent diagnosis, Ben re-examines
his life. His fiancée thinks the trip is reckless, and Ben
gradually comes to realize that something is lacking
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in their relationship. Other disappointments are thrown into focus by
his illness: his unfulfilling job as a high school English teacher, and a
manuscript no one will publish. As Ben travels west he meets a variety
of people who help him understand what he believes in and what he
really wants. A beautiful love letter to Canada, held together by Joshua
Jackson’s perfectly understated performance, this life-affirming film
should have you leaving the cinema asking the question… What would
you do faced with just one week to live?
[Dir. Michael McGowan, 2008, Canada, 35mm, 94 mins.]
Website: www.oneweek.ca
Out of the Blue
(La Surprise)
Best Luchon International Film Festival,
Best Actress NewFest
The French have a knack for doing melodrama well, a fact
evident in Out of the Blue. The film perfectly captures the
exhaustion and exhilaration of true love, adds a healthy
dose of reality and just a dollop of good old fashioned
French sensibility. Marion is an attractive middle-aged
mother and wife who makes the bold move of leaving
her unappreciative jerk of a husband and starting over
in a search for the unknown element that was previously
missing from her life. Independent but terrified, Marion’s
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world changes quickly when she encounters a beautiful dancer who
makes her feel alive for the first time and a casual friendship starts to
look much more serious, much to the dismay of not only the husband,
but her daughter as well. Skillfully acted and beautifully filmed, Out of
the Blue is an endearing inspiration to anyone looking to start over.
[Dir. Alain Tasma, 2008, France, video, 90 mins. In French with English
subtitles.]
Website: www.casquedorfilms.com/p_out_of_the_blue.html
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Patrik, Age 1.5
Best Feature, San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Best Feature,
BVerzaubert Film Festival and Jury Award,
Best Feature Qfest, (Philadelphia International Gay
and Lesbian Film Festival
Director Ella Lemhagen’s dramatic comedy, hinges on a
bureaucratic blunder. After facing much discrimination
in their quest to adopt a child, Swedish gay couple Goran
and Sven finally appear to be cleared to take possession
of an 18-month old boy named Patrik. However, due to
a misplaced punctuation mark, the “1.5-year old” turns
out to be 15 and a homophobe with a violent criminal
record to boot. This sitcom-like plot point is transformed
in Lemhagen’s hands into an intelligent rumination on
tolerance and gradual understanding in a country that
has been surprisingly slow to accept the idea of same-
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sex couples adoption. Initially, all involved are displeased about the
situation, especially Sven, who has also had his share of youthful runins with the law and knows the violence Patrik is capable of unleashing.
The couple eventually coax positive qualities out of Patrik that go
deeper than the teen’s initial disgust about having to live with “homos.”
With strong performances, Patrik, Age 1.5 is a sensitive, quietly funny,
and surprisingly affecting take on the theme of a same-sex couples
raising an adopted child.
[Dir. Ella Lemhagen, 2008, Sweden, video, 100 mins. In Swedish with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.patrikonepointfive.com
Rain
Audience Award for Best Film at
Bahamas International Film Festival
Special Mention Best film at
Palm Springs International Film Festival
and Mill Valley Film Festival
A powerful debut and one of the first films produced
indigenously in the Bahamas, Rain shows a darker side
of the country that tourists rarely see. Rain, a teenager,
has lived her entire life with her grandmother on a tiny
rural island in the Bahamas. When her grandmother
dies, Rain goes to Nassau to find her mother, Glory,
whom she has never met. When she arrives, Rain is
devastated to discover that Glory lives in a desperately
poor, AIDS-ravaged neighborhood and that she turns
tricks to support her drug habit. With no strong maternal
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role model in her life, Rain must look within for strength and discovers
she has a gift for running. Rain receives guidance from her school’s
track coach, Ms. Adams, but Rain’s living situation threatens to spoil
her dream. Combining gritty realism, a bold and unforgettable color
palette, the use of soulful Bahamian music, and local actors alongside
seasoned pros, Rain takes us on a journey into the heart of a child, into
the pulse of a country and the spirit of its people.
[Dir. Maria Govan, 2008, Bahamas, video, 93 mins.]
Website: www.rainafilm.com
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Best Actress and Best Film, Newport Beach International Film Festival,
Best Actress and Best Film France’s César Awards
Fittingly, Seraphine swept the recent Cesar Awards,
France’s version of the Oscar®. An extraordinary lead
performance by Yolande Moreau as French painter
Seraphine de Senlis is at the beating heart of actorturned-director Martin Provost’s affecting film. By day,
Seraphine is a housekeeper whose hours are occupied
with the solitary duties of laundry, cleaning and ironing.
In her spare time, however, she immerses herself in the
wonders of nature. There she talks to the trees, birds
and insects around her. It is the only communication
available to her, and her intimacy with the natural
world inspires her to express her feelings on canvas.
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Desperately poor, she makes her own paints from the soil, the blood
of animals and oil stolen from the votive candles at church. Alone
in her room, she studiously paints wondrous canvases of flowers.
When visiting German art critic Wilhelm Uhde discovers her intricate,
colorful canvases and the war intrudes on Senlis, Seraphine enters a
period of emotional turbulence. Moreau’s Seraphine is a creature at
once pitiable and divine, a natural talent so devoted to expression that
all else save basic survival is meaningless.
[Dir. Martin Provost, 2008, France, 35mm, 125 mins. In French and
German with English subtitles.]
Website: www.musicboxfilms.com/seraphine
Gotham Film Awards, Best Animated Film,
Santa Fe Film Festival, Best Animated Film,
Boulder International Film Festival,
Best Film NOT Playing in a Theatre Near You
Our story begins as three shadow puppets, representing
Indian gods, comically narrate the romantic woes of
modern woman Nina and mythological diva Sita, whose
lives bear a striking resemblance to each other. Nina is
an animator living a blissful life in San Francisco with
her boyfriend and cat, until said boyfriend’s relocation
to India causes a break-up. In the mythic Indian text,
“Ramayana,” Sita is a goddess separated from her
beloved Lord and husband Rama, a separation which
also has unfortunate consequences. Mix in energetically,
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Dolphin Dreaming
witty ’20s jazz music, toss both women’s stories together, and soon you
have the most entertaining break-up story ever told. Five years in the
making and crafted completely on her PC, Paley’s accomplished film
is a labor of love (and loss) with lots of humor and flair. Fusing EastWest sensibilities into a mélange of colors, animation styles and highenergy musical numbers, Sita Sings the Blues reminds us that when it
comes to a modern woman’s desire for love, a 3,000-year-old story can
just be as relevant today.
[Dir. Nina Paley, 2008, US, 35mm, 82 mins.]
Website: www.sitasingstheblues.com
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Skin
Best Picture, AFI Dallas International
High Falls, Palm Beach International,
Santa Barbara International
Based on a true story, the brutal absurdities of South
African apartheid circa 1955 are vividly illustrated
by this tale of a girl whose skin is browner and hair
curlier that that of her Afrikaner mom and dad. When
Sandra Laing is a schoolgirl, her parents (Sam Neill and
Alice Krige) successfully battle to have their daughter
classified as white. Once she reaches adolescence,
Sandra (Hotel Rwanda star Sophie Okonedo) realizes she
has no future on her family’s side of the color line. She
runs off with a charming black man, which results in
decades of estrangement from her parents—even as the
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country’s racial-classification system crumbles. Director and co-writer
Anthony Fabian’s drama includes sequences of harsh government
brutality against black South Africans. Its most chilling violence is
psychological, such as the scene in which Sandra silently listens as her
teacher indoctrinates her class on why whites and blacks can never
live together. In the end, Skin is a moving and compelling story about
love, betrayal and reconciliation.
[Dir. Anthony Fabian, 2008, UK/South Africa, 35mm, 107 mins. In English
and Zulu with English subtitles.]
Website: www.skinthemovie.net
Still Walking
(Aruitemo, aruitemo)
Best Film Mar de Plata Film Festival
A Yokohama family struggles with intergenerational
tensions as they gather for their annual remembrance of
the death of a son, Junpei, who died 15 years before while
attempting to save a drowning child. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s
latest meditation on family drama is a quiet masterpiece
that seems to originate from a deeply personal yet
universal experience of regret. The film’s treatment of
modest joys and gentle resentments is actually full of
humor, with energetic mother Toshio ruling the roost
from the bustling kitchen as her retired doctor husband
flees to the sanctuary of his examining-room for a bit
of peace from his rambunctious grandchildren. Son Ryo
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and daughter Chinami suspect they can never live up to the departed
Junpei in their parents’ esteem, and take a dim view of the annual visit
by the boy whom Junpei was attempting to rescue, now an aimless,
unprepossessing young man. Good cheer is the order of the day, but
for some of them the festive gathering is an endurance test. Kore-eda
handles the family dynamics deftly and infuses the film with much
warmth between the discordant notes, thus creating a bittersweet gem.
[Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008, Japan, 35mm, 114 mins. In Japanese with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.ifcfilms.com/films/still-walking
[This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan]
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Storm
(Sturm)
Berlin International Film Festival Amnesty International Best Film Prize & Guild
of German Art House Cinemas Best Film,
& Reader Jury of the Berlin Morgenpost Best Film
Munich Film Festival Best Film
Hannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International
Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against
a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army
who is accused of the deportation and later killing of
dozens of Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When a key witness
commits suicide, it looks like the case will unravel;
however Hannah refuses to give in. Hoping to uncover
new findings, she travels to the witness’ burial in
Sarajevo and meets his sister Mira who, she senses, has
much more to say than she is willing to admit. Despite
threats of violence, Mira reluctantly agrees to testify at
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The Hague. However, she and Hannah both must risk life and limb to
make it to the court, only to discover that there are traitors among their
own ranks. Superb acting and directing elevates this courtroom drama
to an intense and suspenseful journey not only through the courts but
through a family in turmoil and a fight for justice when none seems
possible.
[Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, 2009, Germany/Denmark/Netherlands,
35mm, 110 mins. In English, German, Bosnian and Serbian with English
subtitles.]
Terribly Happy
(Frygtelig Lykkelig)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Film
Bodil Film Festival, Best Film
wed
Danish thriller, Terribly Happy, is a terse, edge-ofyour-seat police story set in the frigid North, which
also happens to be quite funny. Robert Hansen is a
Copenhagen police officer who, following a nervous
breakdown is transferred to a small provincial town to
take on the mysteriously vacated Marshall position and
subsequently gets mixed up with a married femme fatale.
Robert’s big city temperament makes it impossible
for him to fit in, or understand the uncivilized, bizarre
behavior displayed by the townspeople. What appears to
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be a quiet, ordinary village where nothing ever happens turns out to
be full of deception and murder. Quickly spiraling downward into an
intense fable reminiscent of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple and No
Country For Old Men, Terribly Happy is a comically grotesque thriller
displaying a unique, often macabre vision of the darkest depths to
which people will go to achieve a sense of security and belonging. To
top it all off is a shocking ending that you cannot miss.
[Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, 2008, Denmark, 90 mins. In Danish with English
subtitles.]
Website: www.oscilloscope.net
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To Faro
(Mein Freund aus Faro)
Best Film Czech Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Best Screenplay Max Ophuls
Melanie met Jenny and fell in love. But Jenny thinks
Melanie is Miguel. Sounds strange? Melanie lives with
her father, her older brother Knut and his girlfriend
Viki and works in a food-packing plant. She looks,
dresses and acts like a boy, and people frequently take
her for one, like the slightly younger Jenny, who falls
in love with her. At the same time, Melanie is faking a
relationship for her family’s sake with a colleague, a
Portuguese man named Nuno. This tale of the obliquity
(sexual and otherwise) of adolescence is a tender and
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beautiful film about youth, and the sadness, loneliness and confusion
that go with it. Its heroine is an odd but charismatic character who has
yet to fully resolve her sexuality and gender. The tender magic and the
atmosphere of mystery and expectation so typical of the protagonist’s
age make for a powerful cinematic experience reminiscent of the
dilemma faced by the protagonists of Boy’s Don’t Cry but without the
tragic and violent conclusion.
[Dir. Nana Neul, 2008, Germany, 35mm, 93 mins.
Portuguese with English subtitles.]
Website: www.meinfreundausfaro.de/
In German and
United Red Army
Tokyo International Film Festival – Best Film
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Koji Wakamatsu, Japan’s most controversial filmmaker,
brilliantly reconstructs the most troubling episode in the
bloody history of Japanese student-radical extremism
through the true story of the United Red Army faction,
which had its roots in the 60’s when Japanese students
protested America using Japan as a staging base for its
war in Vietnam. In 1972, members of the faction lynched
each other during group “self-criticism” sessions while
training in the mountains. The survivors remained
holed up at the Asama Sanso Mountain Lodge, where
the scene quickly degenerated into a ten-day stand-off
with the police that marks one of the pivotal moments
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in Japanese history, as famous in Japan as Martin Luther King’s
assassination is in America. Wakamatsu’s film is an earnest, gut
wrenching, epic-scale docu-drama that attempts to process the shock
that the Japanese Left was experiencing at the time and to grasp the
motivation of the militant students. In three acts, the film traces first
the history of the faction, next the inquisition-like hell of the training
camps in the snowy mountains, staged as a claustrophobic chamber
play. Finally, the combat around the lodge symbolizing the failure of a
movement that had hopelessly gotten on the wrong track.
[Dir. Koji Wakamatsu, 2007, Japan, video, 190 mins. In Japanese with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.united-red-army.com
[This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan]
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White on Rice
Jury Prize Acting New Talent to Watch Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009,
Jury Prize Best Screenplay Los Angeles
Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009
Jimmy is 40, divorced, and shares a bunk bed with
his 10-year-old nephew. For most men, this state of
affairs would be ego-crushing, but Jimmy is strangely
unperturbed. Despite an utter lack of social finesse, he
embarks on an enthusiastic mission to replace his exwife with someone better. Assisted by his suave friend
Tim, he wrangles dates with all the women in his office
(without success) and completely flubs a set-up arranged
by his sister Aiko. But worst of all, his carefree attitude
provokes the ire of Aiko’s straight-laced husband, Tak,
who is quickly losing patience with Jimmy’s freeloading.
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Jimmy hardly seems to notice, and when Tak’s beautiful niece Ramona
comes to visit, he begins to court her shamelessly. In addition to
reading her diary, he pays his nephew to draw her portrait (passing
it off as his own), and tries to give her a ride by breaking into Tak’s
car. Finally, when Jimmy shirks his responsibility to the family in order
to follow Ramona to a party, the resulting mayhem causes everyone
to take another look at how they relate to one another. Hilarious and
heartwarming, White on Rice is a Japanese–American comic treat.
[Dir. David Boyle, 2009, US, 35mm, 83 mins. In Japanese and English with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.whiteonricethemovie.com
The World Sinks
Except Japan
(Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu)
Best Feature Charleston International Film Festival
Best Picture Breckinridge Festival of Film
Best Picture Hoboken Film Festival
Best Picture Big Island Film Festival
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It is 2011, and due to global warming and the shifting of
tectonic plates, most of the Earth’s land mass has sunk
beneath the surface of the ocean. Only Japan remains, and
refugees from all nations try to incorporate themselves
into Japanese society: famous American actors do TV
costume samurai dramas, white women serve as French
maids for middle-class families, the former leaders of
China and South Korea act as lapdogs for the Prime
Minster, and foreigners who don’t sufficiently blend
in are arrested! Yet geologists have begun to detect
signs of another looming global catastrophe, one that
threatens to destroy the last piece of earth remaining.
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Minoru Kawasaki, the director of the cult hits The Calamari Wrestler
and Executive Koala returns with a new film that represents a slight
change of tone from his best-known movies. The World Sinks Except
Japan isn’t just another politically incorrect, ‘off-the-wall comedy’ from
the self-described Ed Wood of Japan - rather it’s a serious social satire
that targets xenophobia, militarism, racism, the cult of celebrity, rising
sea levels, the sexual exploitation of immigrants and more - disguised
as just another ‘off-the-wall comedy’ …and it is certainly off-the-wall.
You are warned!
[Dir. Minoru Kawasaki, 2007, Japan, video, 98 mins. In Japanese with
English subtitles]
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An idyllic island town is under attack by that most invasive
of pests: zombies! Port Gamble is being overrun with
brain-eaters, and the people seem powerless to stave
them off. But wait, a rag-tag band of rebels is trying to
turn the tide and push the invading hoards of undead
back. It sounds familiar, sure, but this time stereotypes
are on parade (and parody) in a retake on the zom-com
(zombie comedy) thriller. We have the full complement
of cinematic shorthand, including the closeted small
town boy who has gone to the city and returns with his
pushy boyfriend in tow; the angry, hard-working, heavy-
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accented, immigrant from a Muslim country who is overprotective of
his beautiful daughter; the hippie peacenik environmentalist; the fire
and brimstone reverend who hates everything you’d expect him to, and
many more. Enter the zombies. Gore abounds (really abounds) and the
current events-based hits keep coming. There is a send up of every
zombie movie cliché and no subculture escapes unscathed. Zombies
of Mass Destruction is a political zomedy that is a treat for all fans of
FUNGORIA (fun and gore).
[Dir. Kevin Hamedani, 2009, US, video, 90 mins.]
Website: www.zmdthemovie.com
Zombies of Mass
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Documentaries
D o c u m e n t a ri e s
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Blind Loves (Slepe Lasky)
Slovakia Submission for Best Foreign Film
81st Academy Awards , CICAE Award,
Cannes Film Festival, Audience Award
Best Documentary, Trieste Film Festival
This playful, moving documentary from Slovakia
incorporates reenactments and even animation as it
examines the subject of love through blind individuals
(many of whom are also dating or married to blind
partners) and their pursuits of happiness. We meet
Peter, a music teacher with a fantastic imagination and
inspired sense of humor; Elena and Laco, both visionimpaired, who are expecting their first child; blind Miro
and partially-sighted Monika, whose relationship faces
the added obstacle of family objections due to ethnic
differences; and teenaged Zuzana, whose blindness
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adds an extra wrinkle to her search for friendship and love in a new
high school. Made in close collaboration with its subjects, director
Juraj Lehotsky’s documentary tells each individual’s story in a manner
befitting their personality -- resulting in “hybrid” documentary
elements in which its subjects reenact events from their romantic lives,
and even, in one case, become the heroes of an animated adventurefilm-within-the-film. Their world might be lacking sight, but it can’t be
richer in spirituality.
[Dir. Juraj Lehotsk, 2008, Slovakia, 35mm, 77 mins. In Slovak with English
subtitles.]
Website: www.blindloves.com
Edie and Thea:
A Very Long Engagement
with Downstream
Best Documentary Outfest
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Edie and Thea
Through the lens of documentarians Susan Muska and
Greta Olafsdottir comes the true tale of two stunning,
smart, vivacious women, whose endearing love story
unfolds amid the historical backdrop of the Stonewall
riots in the 1960s and continues over 43 years, including
the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, and the emergence
of the Marriage Equality Movement. Engaged not only
in their personal relationship, but in the larger social,
civil and legal recognition of love, Edie Windsor and
Thea Spyer share their journey of possibilities and
of actualized dreams ... of hope and of change ... that
will inspire and challenge all who view the film to look
within their own hearts and likewise raise their voices
for equality. Through still images, interviews, and live
action, the story of Edie and Thea, demonstrates the
best of the human heart, and reminds each of us to embrace who we
are and what we have and to make the most of it. The film is more
than a story about two people; it is the story of life and commitment, of
humanity and equality.
[Dirs. Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, 2009, US, video, 67 mins.]
Website: www.blessblessproductions.com
Downstream (I’m Fluss)
For decades, two 70-year-old Swiss ladies have been walking along
with each other. In summertime, their daily ritual is to swim down the
river that flows through their home town. As the current carries them
down the river, they meditate on friendship, love and becoming older.
[Dirs. Cecilia Barriga & Claudia Lorenz, 2008, Switzerland, video, 7 mins.
In Swiss German with English subtitles.]
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Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert
Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian,
who managed to build one of the most important
contemporary art collections in history with very modest
means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was
paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy
Vogel quietly began purchasing the works of unknown
artists. Devoting all of Herb’s salary to purchasing art
they liked, and living on Dorothy’s paycheck alone, they
continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the
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piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their
one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they
proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported
and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists. Their circle
includes: Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck
Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat
Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner.
[Dir. Megumi Sasaki. 2008, US, video, 87 mins.]
Website: www.herbanddorothy.com
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It Might Get Loud
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[Includes Q & A with Walt Hetfield]
There are guitar players, and then there are rock stars. It
Might Get Loud is an epic, exhilarating backstage pass into
the world of the latter. Over the course of one day, three
generations of electric-guitar phenoms come together,
crank up their amps, and let it roll. Documentarian
Davis Guggenheim gives us so much more than an allstar jam session as he leads us to these artists’ inner
sanctums and illuminates the paths each one traveled
to forge a sound all his own. We begin to understand how
a one-time furniture upholsterer from Detroit, a London
studio musician, and a Dublin schoolboy redefined the
horizons of guitar playing. Meanwhile, Jimmy Page (Led
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Zeppelin), the Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Stripes) seem to
genuinely enjoy each other’s company while sharing riffs, swapping
stories, and divulging their distinct philosophies of craft. This soulful
opus is at once a portrait of each artist and a captivating examination of
the creative process. It Might Get Loud does get loud, and in the process,
opens up our minds and hearts to a whole new way of listening to and
enjoying what it means to rock. See what happens when the genius
filmmaking of Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) meet with the
geniuses of rock.
[Dir. Davis Guggenheim, 2009, US, 35mm, 97 mins.]
Website: www.itmightgetloud.com
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Audience Award, Best Documentary South By Southwest Film Festival
The images are, by now, heartbreakingly familiar: a
great city is flooded; news footage of the disaster is
punctuated with stray shots of abandoned dogs on
rooftops. But once the citizens of New Orleans crowded
into the Superdome to flee Hurricane Katrina’s unholy
wrath, what became of their beloved pets? Geralyn
Pezanoski’s deceptively simple; curiously affecting
documentary explores a little-told side of this oftdocumented disaster. Mine follows fearless animalrescue workers who charged into the submerged
wreckage, saving hundreds of pooches and kittens from
certain starvation. But their daring mission was only the
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beginning. How to house and shelter thousands of displaced animals,
particularly when there are so many human refugees taking such
obvious priority? Furthermore, after the poor pets’ displaced owners
have been scattered across the country, how does one even begin
tackling the years-long logistical nightmare of reuniting these folks
with their precious companions? Even worse, if the workers succeed
in that unlikely effort—what then becomes of the bond between these
refugee animals and their temporary, adoptive guardians? Pezanoski
can give no easy answers in an impossible situation. Instead, Mine
sketches indelible, deeply moving portraits of animal lovers reaching
out to one another in the face of massive tragedy.
[Dir. Geralyn Pezanoski, 2009, US, video, 84 mins.]
Website: wwwfilmmovement.com
No Impact Man
Is it possible to live a year making zero impact on the
environment? Is it possible to do this from the 11th story
of a New York City apartment? Author Colin Beavan,
in research for his next book, began the No Impact
Project in November 2006. A newly self-proclaimed
environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing
the finger at himself, Colin leaves behind his liberal
complacency - as a sophisticated, takeout-addicted
New Yorker who refuse to let moral qualms interfere
with good old-fashioned American consumerism - for a
vow to make as little environmental impact as possible
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for one year. No more automated transportation, no more electricity,
no more non-local food, no more material consumption (including
toilet paper) ...no problem. That is, until his espresso-guzzling,
retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two year-old daughter are
dragged into the fray. Colin and Michelle’s friends Laura Gabbert and
Justin Schein are filmmakers who decided to capture their year of
environmental purity on film, and No Impact Man is a documentary that
chronicles the nuts and bolts of living a carbon neutral life as well as
how the experience impacted the family.
[Dirs. Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein, 2008, US, video, 93 mins.]
Website: www.noimpactdoc.com
Mine
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Off and Running
Avery is a typical Brooklyn teen living in an atypical,
United Nations-style melting pot. Her adoptive parents
are white Jewish lesbians, her younger brother is
Korean, her older brother is mixed-race, and she is
black. Though her family is loving, she can’t quite quell
her curiosity about her biological African-American
roots. The decision to contact her birth mother sparks a
complicated exploration of race and identity. As Avery’s
self-awareness increases, the question of racial identity
takes center-stage. The more she searches for answers
about her biological family, the more emotionally charged
and distant from her current family she becomes. She
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maintains her position on the school track team, but drops out of high
school and eventually leaves home. Avery’s constant displacement—
whether it was at her Jewish elementary school, or among black friends,
or even at home—informs her difficult journey, objectively documented
by director Nicole Opper. Most impressive is Opper’s poised camera,
able to capture honest and articulate conversations between Avery and
her incredibly attentive brother Rafi. Off and Running is a unique and
very American coming-of-age story that delves into the psyche of race
through a fresh and careful dissection of a family’s struggle.
[Dir. Nicole Opper, 2009, US, video, 78 mins.]
Website: www.offandrunningthefilm.com
Old Partner
Best Documentary, World Competition – Sundance Film Festival
Cinematic Vision Award, SilverDocs
The Ox, a noble beast, is capable of enduring any amount
of hardship while also being extremely stubborn and
stuck in its ways. Watching Lee Chung-ryoul’s sweet,
witty, and poignant film, it’s difficult to determine
whether that description is best applied to 80-year-old
Choi, a nearly deaf farmer who walks with a limp, or his
40-year-old ox. Choi’s wife would like to ease their hard
work with more modern conveniences, like insecticides
and a tractor, but that would mean dispensing with the
faithful ox, even though it seems ready to drop dead
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at any moment. Following Choi, his wife, and their ailing ox through
the course of a seemingly uneventful year, Lee crafts a charming
and increasingly emotional tale that gradually takes on the arc of a
fable. In the vein of The Story of the Weeping Camel, Old Partner is a
charming, heartbreaking, existential buddy tale, which conveys the
almost mystical inextricability of humans and nature. Bring tissues,
you’ll need them.
[Dir. Chung-ryoul Lee, 2009, South Korea, video, 79 mins. In Korean with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.indiestory.com
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Special Jury Prize Nashville and Florida Film Festivals
Filmmaker Kimberly Reed dives headfirst into an
unflinching portrait of her family that is absolutely
engrossing and marks her coming-out, in more ways than
one. Returning home to a small town in Montana for her
high school reunion, Reed hopes for reconciliation with
her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way
Prodigal Sons uncovers stunning revelations, including a
blood relationship with Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth,
intense sibling rivalries and unforeseeable twists of plot
and gender. Reed’s rare access delicately reveals not
only the family’s most private moments, but also an epic
scope as the film travels from Montana to Croatia, from
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jail cell to football field, from deaths to births. Reed’s compassionate
vérité style of filmmaking captures the lives of her family in such an
organic way that their exceptional and challenging stories puncture
the surface of our expectations. Questions of sexual orientation,
identity, severe trauma and family love are effortlessly explored as the
subjects freely open up their lives to the camera. Raw, emotional and
provocative, Prodigal Sons offers a moving, illuminating examination of
one family’s struggle to come to terms with its past and present. It’s
sure to open both your mind and your heart.
[Dir. Kimberly Reed, 2008, US, video, 86 mins.]
Website: www.prodigalsonsfilm.com
Training Rules with
Claiming the title:
Gay Olympics on Trial
Palm Springs International Short Fest
Audience Award for Best Short
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Law Offices of Edward Gill
in memory of Lori Phillips
Social justice issues have long been the mainstay of ethnic and religious minorities, but GLBT groups and individuals are not
without their examples. In these two amazing documentaries we examine the way courts have looked upon this community through
different, yet somewhat similar, battles with discrimination.
Training Rules
Rene Portland had three well-known public rules during her 26 years
coaching basketball at Penn State University - no drinking, no drugs
and no lesbians. Training Rules examines how a wealthy athletic
department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed
talented athletes, thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college
team. The film follows the lawsuit filed in 2006 against Portland
and Penn State by student athlete Jennifer Harris. This high-profile
case ignited the world of women’s collegiate sports. It inspired the
discussions so sorely needed to end discrimination based on sexual
orientation that pervades all organized sport.
[Dir. Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker, 2008, US, video, 58 mins.]
Website: www.trainingrules.com
Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial
Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial explores the
additional homophobic hurdle on the already arduous
road to athletic excellence. When a gay athletic group
started the Gay Olympic Games in the mid-’80s, the
U.S. Olympic Committee sued for use of the Olympic
name and the case went all the way to the Supreme
Court. Local residents Nan Hunter and Chai Feldblum
provide insight into the pivotal roles they each play in
the unfolding drama.
[Dirs. Jonathan Joiner and Robert H. Martin, 2008, US,
video, 30 mins.]
Website: www.claimingthetitle.com
Prodigal Sons
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Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
From DC filmmaker Aviva Kempner [The Life and Times
of Hank Greenberg] comes this humorous and eyeopening story of television pioneer Gertrude Berg.
She was the creator, principal writer, and star of The
Goldbergs, a popular radio show about a Jewish family
living in New York City which became television’s very
first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. She
combined social commentary, family values and lots of
humor to win the hearts of America. Berg appeared on
the cover of Billboard magazine and received the first
Best Actress Emmy in history, paving the way for women
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in the entertainment industry. During her heyday she was polled as
the second most respected woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Oprah, Martha and Rachel Ray of her day, Berg was a media
trailblazer with popular radio and television shows, a cookbook, jigsaw
puzzle, advice column and clothing line for modern women of her time.
Gertrude Berg is truly the most famous woman in America you’ve never
heard of. Find out why in the delightfully entertaining Yoo-Hoo, Mrs.
Goldberg.
[Dir. Aviva Kempner, 2009, US, 35mm, 92 mins.]
Website: www.mollygoldbergfilm.com
Youssou Ndour:
I Bring What I Love
Audience Award for Best Documentary, FilmFest DC,
Sao Paulo International Film Festival,
Bahamas International Film Festival.
Special Jury Award Middle East Film Festival
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love is a music-infused
cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice
to inspire change. One of Time magazine’s 100 most
influential people in the world and called “the rare
rock star whose music matters,” Senegalese pop
sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in
the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and iconic
“voice of Africa.” At the height of his career, Youssou
became frustrated by the negative perception of his
Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual
album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam. It was
a critical and career-defining moment. Ndour’s brave
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musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences
but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland of Senegal.
Combining unprecedented images of Senegal’s most sacred Muslim
rituals, vibrant concert performances filmed around the world and
intimate access to Ndour and his family, I Bring What I Love chronicles
the difficult journey Youssou must undertake to assume his true calling.
Youssou Ndour is a voice of hope and tolerance, a modern day moral
and political leader whose message transcends music but remains
grounded in the universality of faith.
[Dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarheliy, 2008, Senegal/France/Egypt/US, 35mm,
102 mins. In French, Wolof, Arabic and English with English subtitles.]
Website: www.ibringwhatilove.com
short films
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From around the world comes these award winning shorts
which stories take you away to amazing places, sometimes
physically and other times through narrative.
Total Running Time of WORLD SHORTS: 108 mins.
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The North Road
(La Route du Nord)
Day In Day Out (Cotidiano)
Now in his mid-40s, Karim has lived in France since
his early teenage years. Now, for the first time in many
years, he’s returning to Lebanon to transfer the remains
of his father, who died during the war, from Beirut to his
home village.
NOV 13
NOV 14
NOV 15
10:00 AM-11:55 Am
3:50 PM-5:45 Pm
12:30 PM-2:25 Pm
Some call life the period of time from the moment you
wake up until the time you go to bed. This film is about
those who spend this period of time not living, but seeing
life go by.
[Dir. Joana Mariani, 2008, Portugal, video, 17 mins. In
Portuguese with English subtitles.]
[Dir. Carlos Chahine, 2009, France, DVD, 25 mins.
In Arabic and French with English subtitles.]
Website: www.figafilms.com/dayindayout.html
After Tomorrow
The 8th Samurai
Best British Short – Edinburgh Film Festival
Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James
grows increasingly concerned when the sinister
owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave. A
psychological suspenseful film with a surprising yet
moving denouement.
Best Short LA ShortFest, Excellence in Filmmaking Honolulu
International Film Festival
It’s 1953 and Japan’s most ambitious film director is
about to make his next samurai epic. Small time actor,
Nanshu, lands a lead role as one of the eight samurai
that will save a village from roaming bandits. But little
does Nanshu know that the director is having doubts. It
cannot be eight, it must be seven, he declares. The 8th
Samurai is a tragic comedy from writer/director Justin
Ambrosino that pays homage to Italian neo-realism,
American comedies and the samurai films of the 1950s.
[Dir. Emma Sullivan, 2009, UK, video, 16 mins.]
[Dir. Justin Ambrosino, 2009, US, video, 29 mins. In
Japanese with English subtitles.]
Website: www.the8thsamuraimovie.com
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The Attack of the Robots
from Nebula-5
(El Ataque de los Robots de Nebulosa-5)
Short Filmaking Award Honorable Mention Sundance Film Festival
In this voyage into the colorful imagination of a young
man with learning difficulties, the protagonist draws
us into an uncanny world of intergalactic beings and
impending apocalypse. A world in which mental and
physical isolation is combined with charming moments
of humor and an infectious sense of melancholy.
[Dir. Chema Garcia Ibarra, 2008, Spain, 35mm, 7 mins. In
Website: www.nebulosa5.com
Toyland (Spielzeugland)
Winner Best Live Action Short Film 81st Academy Awards
Germany 1942: In order to protect her son, Marianne
tried to make him believe that the Jewish neighbors are
going on a journey to “Toyland.” One morning her son has
disappeared - the Jewish neighbors, too. Toyland is a film
about guilt, responsibility, and lies, both big and small.
[Dir. Jochen Alexander Freydank, 2008, Germany, 35mm,
14 mins. In German with English subtitles.]
Website: www.magnetfilm.de
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Sponsored by:
Creative, clever, cute, sweet, sentimental, stunning, fun,
solemn. While not fitting for all of them, these are some of
the adjectives that could be used for this series of animated
shorts. The one commonality is the high degree of talent.
Total Running Time of Animated Shorts: 108 mins.
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home
La Maison en Petits Cubes
This film is a touching portrayal of the essence of home
and the feeling of loss that occurs when home becomes
a memory. Director Matthew Faust conveys his themes
through a bittersweet, evocative archive of his family
house in Chalmette, Louisiana, that was flooded by
Hurricane Katrina.
The 81st Academy Award Winner for Best Animated
As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to
add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes)
in order to stay dry. But when he accidentally drops his
favorite smoking pipe into the lower levels of his home,
his search for the pipe eventually makes him re-live
scenes from his eventful life.
[Dir. Matt Faust, 2008, US, DVD, 6 mins.]
[Dir. Kunio Kato, 2008, Japan, 12 mins. In Japanese with
English subtitles.]
Website: www.robot.co.jp/en/tsumiki/
Splinter
Western Spaghetti
Beautifully constructed and rich in saturated color,
Splinter is a bitter sweet love story. A bench, trapped
in the park under a sticky, painful captivity decides to
make a dash for freedom and romance when he falls for
one of his visitors.
This clever, stop-motion animated film dazzles with its
inventiveness. Everyday objects are used to depict the
preparation of a simple meal of spaghetti and meatballs;
each primarily inedible substitution will amuse your
senses and bring a smile to your face.
[Dir. Wojtek Wawscczyk, 2008, Poland, DVD, 16 mins. No
Dialogue]
[Dir. PES, 2008, US, video, 3 mins.]
Website: www.eatpes.com
NOV 12
NOV 14
2:05 PM-4:00 PM
11:45 AM-1:40 PM
Sneaking Suspicions - Fritz Schranck
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Our Wonderful Nature
The Funk
Wild Kingdom this is not. When two competing male
shrews spot a female during mating season, we become
witness to a rare fight caught on film. Part nature doc,
part Matrix and all shrews, this film will have you rolling
in the aisles.
Jack, a middle-aged divorcee, gets up one morning to
find himself plagued by the titular “funk”, a malignant
force that lurks within him, burrowing into his soul. As
Jack goes about his monotonous daily routine, the funk
slowly takes hold of him, leading him to his ultimate,
shocking fate.
[Dir. Tomer Eshad, 2008, Germany, DVD, 5 mins. In
English]
[Dir. Cris Jones, 2009, Australia, video, 7 mins.]
Website: www.melodramapictures.com/popups/shorts_funk.html
Siblings
The Sylpphid (Sylfidden)
A boy feels bugged by his little sister. One day when she
once again gets on his nerves, he accidentally discovers
that he can manipulate time. Thrilled, he begins to
experiment with this new-found skill… and his little sister.
The Sylpphid is a quirky family fable where dreams are
shattered because everything must fit in with the social
norms and behaviors.. and that is not always possible or
even best for all circumstances.
[Dirs. Jan-Marcel Kuhn and Matthias Scharfi, 2008,
Germany, DVD, 5 mins. No Dialogue]
[Dir. Dorte Bengston, 2008, Denmark, DVD, 8 mins.]
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Birth
Skhizein
Amina, 17, is pregnant. She is afraid of giving birth.
She asks her friends and aunts for more information,
sympathy and support. She receives quite the opposite
from them. In the end, it’s the child that decides.
After being hit by a 150-ton meteorite, poor Henri is
feeling a little bit off: 91 centimeters off, to be precise.
With his body out of synch with his surroundings, he
must adapt his mind as well. A masterful animated film
about change and perception.
[Dir. Signe Baumane, 2008, Latvia, 35mm, 12 mins.]
[Dir. Jeremy Clapin, 2008, France, 35mm, 13 mins. In
French with English subtitles.]
Website: www.darkprince.fr
I’m So Proud of You
A mortality play of sorts from Oscar-nominated director
Don Hertzfeldt, boldly takes on concepts like family,
pain and loss. Through the story of Bill, a stick figure
everyman who stoically endures the pain, uncertainty,
and excruciating beauty of life, Hertzfeldt’s work is
sometimes elusive in its simplicity, but it can be profound
as well; with his humor, darkness, and philosophical
yearning.
[Dir. Don Hertzfeldt, 2008, US, 35mm, 22 mins.]
Website: www.bitterfilms.com
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Sponsored by:
Whether told through animation, song and dance, straight
narrative, or poetic film, these shorts speak to the 10% (or
more) of you that travel to a different beat, and enjoy doing so.
Total Running Time of 10% Shorts: 107 mins.
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A Day at the Beach
Boy Meets Boy
When Buff Brad and Shapely Sally settled down to enjoy a
sunny quiet day at the beach, they could not have imagined
how “spicy” their day would turn out to be! Politically
correct seagulls, gorgeous lifeguards and Brazilian music
will be a perfect setting for love at first sight.
A not-so auspicious meeting provides the catalyst
for this dazzlingly inventive tale (no dialogue with the
exception of one musical number) of a young man who
finds himself attracted to forbidden fruit….or is he?
NOV 13
NOV 14
2:20 PM-4:15 PM
7:45 PM-9:35 PM
Janet Redman - Merrill Lynch
CAMP Rehoboth
[Dir. Veronique Courtois, 2008, US, video, 3 mins.]
Website: www.casquedorfilms.com
[Dir. KIM-JHO Gwang-soo, 2008, South Korea, video, 14
mins. In Korean with English subtitles.]
Website: www.indiestory.com
Clouded
The Island
In this debut by director Ajae Clearway, a classic comingof-age story takes on a powerful turn when Sean’s
struggle to know who he really is exposes the lie that
goes to the core of his being, his family, his relationship
with his father and his future as a man.
As the director walks through the snow, he is inspired
by a nasty e-mail he received from an anonymous “fan”
who suggested that “all you faggots” should be shipped
off to an island. He begins to think that the idea of a
tropical “homo utopia” doesn’t sound like a bad idea.
[Dir. Ajae Clearway, 2008, US, video, 13 mins.]
[Dir. Trevor Anderson, 2008, Canada, video, 5 mins.]
Website: www.dirtcityfilms.com
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Falling For Caroline
James
To win the girl of her dreams, a klutzy young woman
must overcome a wardrobe malfunction and the bad
lesbian habit of over-processing.
When James realizes long buried secrets can lead
to poor family relations, he feels it’s time to confide a
secret of his own to his only friend.
[Dir, Christine Chew, 2009, Canada, video, 20 mins.]
Website: www.fallingforcaroline.com
[Dir. Connor Clements, 2008, Ireland, video, 18 mins.]
Website: www.connorclements.tv
Make A Mate
Little BFF’s
A lonely woman finds a magical shop where she can
choose the ingredients to make a mate in this very
creative, animated fantasy film.
Two children play with their dolls (Miley Cyrus and her
BFF Mandy) to explain what ‘Gay’ means in this sick
puppet animation cavalcade of perversions.
[Dir. Jennifer Jordan Day, 2009, US, video, 4 mins.]
[Dirs. Steven Corfe and Glenn Gaylord, 2009, US, video, 5 mins.]
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Evelyn Everyone
Second Guessing Grandma
Evelyn Everyone is stuck, single and lonely. On her
thirty-third birthday she makes a final bid for love in
the online world of Second Life. But as Eve immerses
herself in this world, she realizes that her fantasy lover
may not be who she initially imagined.
Ed suffers the worst kind of Jewish guilt at the hands
of his grandma when he comes out to her. You’ll be
charmed by this humorous and intimate portrait of a
tight-knit family.
[Dir. Kate Breen, 2009, Australia, video, 17 mins.]
Website: www.evelyneveryone.blogspot.com/
[Dir. Bob Giraldi, 2008, US, video, 10 mins.]
Website: www.giraldi.com/second-guessing-grandma/
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Always one of the most anticipated sections of the festival, here we bring you films by, for, or of interest to the region.
Whether filmmakers by profession, by passion, or both, we are happy to provide an outlet for their creations.
Beer Wars
FRI
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Bonecrusher
5:50 PM-7:45 PM
THUR
NOV 12
6:05 PM-7:35 PM
[Includes Q & A with Director and Dogfish Head Reps.]
[Includes Q & A with Director]
Sponsored by: Dogfish Craft Brewery
Sponsored by: Sun Group of Businesses, Inc.
In America, size matters. The bigger you are, the more
power you have, especially in the business world. Director
Anat Baron takes you on a no-holds-barred exploration
of the U.S. beer industry that ultimately reveals the
truth behind the label of your favorite beer. Told from an
insider’s perspective, the film goes behind the scenes of
the daily battles and all-out wars that dominate one of
America’s favorite industries. Beer Wars begins as the
corporate behemoths are being challenged by small,
independent brewers who are shunning the status quo
and creating innovative new beers. The story is told
through 2 of these entrepreneurs - Sam and Rhonda battling the might and tactics of Corporate America. We
witness their struggle to achieve their American Dream
in an industry dominated by powerful corporations
unwilling to cede an inch. This contemporary David and
Goliath story is ultimately about keeping your integrity
(and your family’s home) in the face of temptation.
Beer Wars is a revealing and entertaining journey that
provides unexpected and surprising turns and promises
to change the world’s opinion on those infamous 99
bottles of beer on the wall.
Regional connection: Delaware’s home-grown
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales is featured in this film.
[Dir. Anat Baron, 2008, US, video, 89 mins.]
Website: www.beerwarsmovie.com
Also to be shown at the beginning of this screening are the
following Dogfish Head Off-Centered Film Festival winners:
1st place: Christopher Rose Dogfish Head Commercial
(Christopher Rose, Texas, run time 1:58 mins)
2nd place: Psychedelic Dogfish Head Beer Commercial
(Dax Norman, California, runtime 1:09 mins)
3rd place: World Wide Clout (Erik Mitchell, Pennsylvania,
runtime 4:55)
Total Running Time approximately 99 mins.
In Dante, Virginia, at the foothills of the Appalachian
Mountains, generations of coal miners maintain
traditions of working hard and dying young. Miles inside
the earth, workers risk their lives for employment,
while outside, loved ones wish their sons and husbands
would choose a safer occupation. All life in Dante exists
in the shadow of the coal industry, from community
gatherings to little-league games. More than simply an
examination of coal mining, Bonecrusher is about the
touching relationship between a father and son, and the
dynamics of a tight-knit community. Lucas, a young
man just starting out in coal mining, watches the toll
that coal mining has taken on his own father, a man the
locals all know as “Bonecrusher.” Through wonderful
cinematography, the audience is treated to fly-on-thewall views into the homes of coal miners, in the mines,
at community gatherings, through the good and the
bad. This documentary takes the viewer to places both
beautiful and terrifying.
Regional connection: Michael Fountain is a Lewes,
Delaware and Washington, DC Filmmaker.
[Dir. Michael Fountain, 2008, US, video, 69 mins.]
Website: www.bonecrusherfilm.com
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Out In The Silence
FRI
NOV 13
7:00 PM-8:15 PM
Upstairs Screening Room
[Includes post film discussion with Directors]
Pop Star on Ice
THURS
NOV 12
4:10 PM-5:40 PM
Sponsored by: CAMP Rehoboth
Out in the Silence captures the remarkable chain of
events that unfold when the announcement of filmmaker
Joe Wilson’s wedding to another man ignites a firestorm
of controversy in his small Pennsylvania hometown.
Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a
gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson’s journey
dramatically illustrates the universal challenges of
being an outsider in a conservative environment and the
transformation that is possible when those who have
long been constrained by a traditional code of silence
summon the courage to break it.
Regional connection: Washington, DC Filmmakers
[Dirs. Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer, 2009, US, video, 56
mins.]
Website: www.outinthesilence.com
Pop Star on Ice is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes
portrait of outspoken Olympian and three-time US
Figure Skating National Champion Johnny Weir. When
Johnny fails to win a medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics,
the media turns on him and he feels the backlash. Love
him or hate him, Johnny is one of the most talented
skaters of all time, but talent alone does not make a
champion. Johnny’s complicated relationship with his
longtime coach Priscilla Hill and his struggle to reach
the top of the sport takes us from small town Delaware
– his training home – to competitions, shopping sprees,
fashion shows and personal appearances around the
world. The inspiration for Jon Heder’s character in the
box office smash Blades of Glory, Johnny seeks to balance
his larger-than-life persona with the constraints of his
sport. Pop Star on Ice uncovers the graceful, athletic,
cut-throat and melodramatic sport of figure skating
through the prism of its most controversial athlete as he
tries to fulfill his potential on the world stage.
Regional connection: Champion Figure Skater
Johnny Weir trained in Newark, Delaware, and Wayne,
New Jersey
[Dir. David Barba and James Pellerito, 2009, US, video,
85 mins.]
Website: www.popstaronice.com
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The traditional thought is that filmmaking only takes
place in New York or Los Angeles, but here are a group of
Philadelphians who are proving this old adage wrong.
Total Philly Shorts running time 82 mins.
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Tremble & Spark
4:10…Seeking Grace
In a depraved and seedy underpass, a ruby-lipped beauty
is brutally strangled. Enter gutsy detective Charlie Forest
(Cathy DeBuono, Out at the Wedding) who plays hardball
with sexy vixen Veronica Anderson (Jessica Graham, 2
Minutes Later) to uncover the truth and ultimately solve
the crime in this lurid Philadelphia film noir.
An aging man, a bunch of flowers, the station, and the
endured wait. Martin hasn’t seen Grace in 30 years. As
he waits anxiously, he meets a curious stranger and
the story about Martin and Grace unfolds through their
conversation.
[Dir. Kelly Burkhardt, 2009, US, DVD, 24 mins.]
NOV 14
7:00 PM-8:40 PM
[Includes Q & A with Directors]
[Dir. Ramesh Anthony, 2009, US, DVD, 17 mins.]
Looking For...
For All Mankind
A woman tries out the Last Resort dating service and
winds up on a hilarious string of dates with losers
including a text-messaging-obsessed hipster, a French
woman who tries to give her a stray cat and a professional
dominatrix. Little does she know her ideal match was,
the whole time, right in front of her.
Johnny Red always wanted to be a scientist and work for
NASA when he grew up. After several academic mishaps,
Johnny finds himself stuck in his suburban Pennsylvania
town. When all other means of impressing the local
community fail, Johnny decides to build a functioning
time machine. Instead of using correct science, Johnny
decides to base all of his research on action-adventure
films of the 1980s and 90s.
[Dir. Michelle Pollino, 2009, US, DVD, 24 mins.]
Website: www.lookingforfilm.com
[Dir. Dan Clifton, 2009, US, DVD, 17 mins.]
Website: www.forallmankind.tumblr.com/
Country Spotlight: Japan
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Country Spotlight provides an opportunity to showcase the art of film as crafted
in other countries, as well as to explore the featured country’s cultures and
traditions. The State of Delaware has a Sister State Agreement with the Miyagi
Prefecture which is now in its eleventh year. Through this relationship, Delaware
and Miyagi have enjoyed sharing each other’s cultural experiences, participating
in economic dialogues, and pursuing mutually beneficial business interests. The
Rehoboth Beach Film Society welcomes Japan to Sussex County as the featured
country of this year’s Country Spotlight.
Japanese film is often misunderstood. Many film goers
Japan is currently producing some of the most original
are familiar with the J-Horror (Japanese Horror), the
and dynamic films seen anywhere in the world, supported
Japanamation (animated films from Japan) and the Manga
by directors not afraid to take a chance on off-beat or
(Japanese comic book) adaptations, but the film industry
controversial subjects. On the off-beat side of filmmaking,
in Japan is much more than these popular genres.
Minoru Kawasaki is known throughout the world for his
warped (in a fun way) perception of Japan and we are
Since the beginning of the Academy Award for Best Foreign
happy to include in the festival one of his most outrageous
Film originated in 1956, a Japanese film has been one
works The World Sinks Except Japan. For controversy
of the final five nominees eleven times, the third highest
we are happy to present Koji Wakamatsu’s look at the
of any country. This year the Japanese film Departures,
devastation caused by the student revolts of Japan in
being screened at this Festival, received the award.
1971. United Red Army, his three hour epic is a brilliant
Directed by Yojiro Takita, Departures tells the story of a
look at the horrifying displays of the event, which many
man who performs the ritual of encoffining, which allows
Japanese equate to the murder of Martin Luther King in
for the deceased to be at peace. It is a beautiful film, well
the US. The director was placed on the terrorist watch list
deserving of the award.
in the US after he began to support fellow film director
Masao Adachi who left Japan after joining the PLO in the
Prior to 1956, the Academy bestowed an honorary award
Middle East. While not allowed to travel to the US, he is
for foreign film with Japan taking home the prize in 1951
free to travel to many countries.
(Roshomon), 1954 (Gates of Hell) and 1955 (Samurai: The
Legend of Musashi). This year also saw Japan take home
In addition to the off-beat and controversial we are also
the Oscar for Best Animated Short for Kunio Kato’s film La
pleased to include a couple simple, yet layered looks at
Maison en Petits Cubes, also playing in this year’s festival
Japan through the eyes of its residents and families. Lost
in the Animated Shorts program.
& Found, directed by Nobuyuki Miyake, tells the story of a
train station lost and found department. It is through the
While Japanese directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu
items lost that we meet the original owners and those who
and Akira Kurosawa have influenced directors within
found them. The stories interact giving us insight to the
Japan, Kurosawa may have greatly influenced foreign
characters. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking is a beautiful
film directors.
In addition to directing, he was also
portrait of a family dealing with the death of a young man
a producer, screenwriter and editor. In a career that
many years after his death. Coming together to remember
spanned fifty years, Kurosawa directed thirty films. His
him is difficult, yet an important part of each member of
accomplishments were noted when in 1989, he was
the family. While all dealing with issues important to each,
awarded the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement
they must remain true to the family as well.
“for cinematic accomplishments that have inspired
delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences
and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.” Next
year (2010) the film world will be celebrating his 100th
birth year.
We are so excited to bring you the
experience of Japanese film...
The Venice International Film Festival is
honoring him early by presenting a Kurosawa seminar at
this year’s festival.
Enjoy!
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Lost & Found
Still Walking
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United Red Army
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La Maison en Petits Cubes
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Country Spotlight: Japan is the result of months of extensive work by several people. One might think that with two
countries being 6,615 miles apart and speaking two different languages, there would be challenges in planning film screenings
and events. However, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society had the opportunity to work with the wonderful individuals listed
below. We learned the extent of their commitment, knowledge, and generosity in helping to make the planning process run
smoothly, always sharing the common goal of wanting to expose the Festival audience to the art of filmmaking in Japan and
its culture.
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society extends our gratitude to:
The Honorable Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture
Staff of the International Affairs Division, Miyagi Prefectural Government including:
Mr. Akira Inukai, Director
Mr. Tomio Takahashi, Senior Administrative Staff
Mr. Shingo Mito, Assistant Director
Ms. Takeno Suzuki, Coordinator for International Relations
Mr. Kiyohide Suzuki, Chief Administrative Staff
Mr. Masahiro Wakoh, Director-General, Commerce, Industry & Tourism Dept.
Professor Yoichi Komatsuzawa, Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduate School Master’s Program, Sendai School
Miki Smith, (translating services, Smith Worldwide 302.222.1911]
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Believe it or not animation dates back to the early 1800s,
palette. It is a feast for several senses as it combines the
but little of what was created then would be remotely
animation with sultry jazz songs from the 1920s.
like the animation of today. Walt Disney’s Pixar might be
the most well known studio putting out animated films,
In what can probably be labeled as a controversial film,
but there are others. Animation may make one think of
My Suicide uses animation to help tell a difficult story of
talking cowboys, floating houses, surfing penguins, big
one boy’s attempt to be heard in the world by stating that
green ogres and numerous talking animals. However,
his final class project in media class is to commit suicide
animation today consists of so much more. The abundance
on camera. The animation used in the film is indicative of
of animation on TV with such blockbuster hit shows as The
what teenagers encounter in their daily existence in this
Simpson, South Park, and King of the Hill has expanded
Generation You Tube era of mass media consumption.
the reach of animation and expanded the settings beyond
Boldly animated sequences help tell the intense story
kids shows and other family centered fare, often going the
and provide some details that may not otherwise be as
opposite way with adult-only, potty mouth humor. Most of
effective. In addition to the traditional animation, the
what we are presenting in this sidebar lies somewhere in
film uses media manipulation and other forms of non-
the middle.
traditional animation. The mix collectively helps create an
intense and affecting portrait of youth that will have the
Stop Motion animation is the technique used to make
audiences talking for a long time.
a physically manipulated object appear to move on its
own. The object is moved in small increments between
The Animated Shorts provide a inside look into many
individually photographed frames, creating the illusion
different styles and techniques of animation from digital
of movement when the series of frames are played as a
manipulation of found footage and still photography to
continuous sequence. The feature film $9.99 uses the
2-D and 3-D computer animation, and even hand drawn
stop motion technique to tell the story of a lost soul and
cell by cell (traditional) animation. Often the animation
his quest to learn the meaning of life from a book he
aids the story, but frequently it is simply some very bright
purchased for $9.99. The crazy cast of clay characters
and creative people being…well, bright and creative.
helps make this a great story as well as great animation.
For those of you who love animated films, this is sure to
Sita Sings the Blues is an amazing combination of animated
be a great treat for you. For those of you who are not big
styles that took over five years of meticulous crafting,
fans, or may not have seen much of it, now is your chance
mostly on the directors computer, to produce a lavish,
to take a deeper look at animation and see what breadth
gorgeous and beautiful retelling of the Ramayana legend.
and variety the genre can take, as each film presented is
This truly is one of the most strikingly beautiful films to
an amazing story besides being creatively created.
see on the big screen with intense colors and a rich, bold
$9.99
My Suicide
Sita Sings the Blues
Animated Shorts
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The Rehoboth Beach Film Society and Salisbury University’s Fulton School of
Liberal Arts are pleased to join forces to screen and discuss Carlos Saura’s
1976 classic film Cria Cuervos. After the screening Maarten Pereboom (Dean,
Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University) will lead our discussion of
this cinematic gem. This film is a brand new print, so if you’ve never seen a
classic on the big screen or had the opportunity to discuss it live afterward,
now is the time. This experience will be well worth the price of admission.
Cria Cuervos
Carlos Saura’s exquisite Cría Cuervos heralded a turning
point in Spain: shot while General Franco was on his
deathbed, the film melds the personal and the political
in a portrait of the legacy of fascism and its effects on a
middle-class family (the title derives from the Spanish
proverb: “Raise ravens and they’ll peck out your eyes”).
Ana Torrent (the dark-eyed beauty from The Spirit of
the Beehive) portrays the brooding eight-year-old Ana,
living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the
death of her mother, whom she conjures as a ghost
(an ethereal Geraldine Chaplin). Seamlessly shifting
between fantasy and reality, the film subtly evokes both
the complex feelings of childhood and the struggles of a
nation emerging from the shadows.
Sun
NOV 15
2:05 PM-4:25 PM
[Dir. Carlos Saura, 1976, Spain, 35mm, 109 mins. In
Maarten Pereboom
Dr. Maarten L. Pereboom is Dean of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts and Professor of History at Salisbury University, in
Salisbury, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale University, where he studied the history of twentieth-century international
relations, focusing on the United States and Europe. His first book, Democracies at the Turning Point: Britain, France and
the End of the Postwar Order, 1928-1933, published in 1995, won the “Outstanding Academic Book” distinction from Choice
Magazine. In 1998 he won SU’s distinguished faculty award. He served as Assistant, Associate Dean and Interim Dean of the
Fulton School, then as Chair of the History department from 2002-2008. His new book History and Film: Moving Pictures
and the Study of the Past will be released by Pearson/Prentice-Hall in January 2010.
CLASSIC CINEMA sidebar: Cria Cuervos
CLASSIC CINEMA Sidebar: Cria Cuervos
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Japanese Cinema: A Closer Look
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Thursday, November 12
Upstairs Screening Room, Movies at Midway
Admission: FREE [Advance registration is not required]
Each year the Country Spotlight sidebar features the films of a specific
country, which this year is Japan. In addition to Japanese films, we also try
to highlight different aspects of the Japanese culture. If you check the
“Live in the Lounge” section, you’ll learn about the Sake tasting, Japanese tea
ceremony, and other events.
Another component of the Country Spotlight sidebar is a
seminar that focuses on the film industry in the featured
country. This year we take a look at the Land of the Rising
Sun, Japan. Made up of 6,852 islands and the world’s 10th
largest population of approximately 128 million people,
Japan is the world’s second largest economy by GNP.
While the major industries include banking, insurance, real
estate, retailing, transportation, telecommunications and
construction, the film industry has been a consistent force
in the country as well as around the world.
Japanese films do not always receive the public attention
they may deserve, but the critics often praise the films
for their storytelling and creativity. Themes tend to stay
close to the Japanese people and culture including a strong
emphasis on the family. Japan’s pride is also evident in the
films they produce.
So join us in learning more about this amazing country
through its films. Subjects may include: The historical
context of Japanese Cinema; How Japanese Cinema differs
from other Asian countries; Are Japanese films made for
consumption domestically or internationally; and How does
that affect the production, distribution and marketing of the
films; What role does censorship play in the industry; and Is
there a New Japanese Cinema movement and how it differs
from the old style?
This year we are very excited to welcome 3 renowned
guests. Yoichi Komatsuzawa is a Professor at the Graduate
School Sendai School, Tohoku University of Art and Design
and also a curator for many worldwide film festivals. Kyoko
Hirano, is an independent film scholar and author living and
working in New York City and Tokyo. In addition we have,
Tom Vick, author and Film Curator for the Smithsonian’s
Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Museum.
His specialty lies in Asian Cinema.
YOICHI KOMATSUZAWA
Born in Japan and educated in France, Komatsuzawa has
always been involved in film. From his early days as staff
member of a French Cinema Club in Japan to becoming a
film journalist for a large publishing company in Japan, he
was established early as an expert in his field. In the early
80s he transitioned into a producer of film festivals starting
in Japan and quickly branching out throughout the world.
In addition to his work on film festivals he has written three
books and produced a film. He has won many awards for
his contributions to film.
KYOKO HIRANO
After completing her PH.D in cinema studies at New York
University on a Fulbright Award, she has taught film at
various universities throughout the world. Hirano has
written extensively in English and Japanese including her
books Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the
American Censorship 1945 - 1952 and Manhattan no Kurosawa,
on her work as a film curator at the Japan Society of New
York. Hirano has received numerous awards including a
Student Academy Award and has served as a film festival
juror in Berlin and Hawaii.
TOM VICK
Tom Vick is the author of Asian Cinema: A Field Guide. He is
the film programmer for the Freer and Sackler Galleries of
the Smithsonian Institution, where he oversees year-round
screenings of films from all over Asia. He has written
articles for Asian Geographic, Education About Asia and other
publications, and has given talks on Asian cinema at the
Baltimore Museum of Art, the University of Michigan, and
the Japan Society, among other venues.
This seminar is partly sponsored by
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10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Saturday, November 14
Free admission, no registration required
(Sponsored by the The Delaware Independent Filmmakers)
The Delaware Independent Filmmakers (DIF) invites
anyone who shares the dream of launching a career
in film to a networking and information session.
Learn about this dedicated organization of working
filmmakers and how members can help you get started
making your own film, no matter what your budget is.
Attendees will meet the Board of Directors, network
and learn about the difference DIF is making in the
Delaware film community. You will also have the
opportunity to see a few recent prize- winning films.
Bill Page, co-writer and co-producer of the award
winning film, “All Along”, will present a brief discussion
about the process he went through from finding actors
to entering the film festival circuit.
DIF meets on a monthly basis, screening short films
and trailers from local filmmakers. Workshops on
acting, cameras, editing and lighting are organized
throughout the year. For more information on DIF, visit
the website at www.whatsthedif.net.
Growing Up Gay in Small Town, USA
7:00 PM Friday, November 13
$5 admission includes both the screening and discussion
Out in the Silence film screening 7:00 PM (See Page 75)
Discussion immediately following screening
After the screening of the wonderful film Out in the
Silence join Directors Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer and
Camp Rehoboth Youth Coordinator Gail Jackson as they
discuss being gay in rural America and especially the
added difficulties of growing up in this environment.
Being a gay youth has enough hardships and difficulties
and often these are made more difficult by one’s
physical surroundings. Whether you are or were a gay
child growing up outside of a metropolitan area, or
just feel that a better understanding of the struggles
may provide more empathy, this film screening and
discussion are for you.
Seminars
DISCOVER YOUR PATH TO MAKING
YOUR OWN FILMS
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ART COLLECTING 101: Herb, Dorothy and You?
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM, Sunday, November 15
Upstairs Screening Room, Movies at Midway
Admission: Free (Advance registration is not required)
Join Dick and Elisa Poole, from Aerie Gallery in downtown Rehoboth, for a
fun and informative program on starting your own art collection. Whether
you’re buying one piece you love or looking to become a collector, people of all
ages and income levels can knowledgeably buy art.
In the film Herb & Dorothy, (see schedule next column) we
follow the Vogels (Herb and Dorothy) as they amass one of
the largest collections of modern art in the world. Their
purchases are guided by two rules: the piece had to be
affordable and small enough to fit in their one-bedroom
Manhattan apartment. While this arrangement worked for
them, it is not the required method for building your own
art collection.
will be answered, as well as plenty of time to get answers
to some of your own questions that will put you on your
way to becoming the next Herb or Dorothy Vogles.
Thursday November 12
@ 12:30pm
How does one learn to purchase art? What are the important
factors to consider; investment potential, original work vs.
prints vs., Giclees, or the fact that you love it? Are there
foolproof methods in evaluating purchases? How do you
get deals on art? These are just some of the questions that
Friday November 13
@ 8:25pm
Saturday
November 14
@ 12:05pm
Elisabeth S. (elisa) Poole:
Richard E. (Dick) Poole:
Elisa Poole is a Delaware native and graduate of
Wilmington Friends School and Wellesley College. She
has served as volunteer President/Board Chair of nonprofit
organizations including United Way of Delaware, Delaware
Community Foundation, Read-Aloud Delaware, Visiting
Nurses Association of Delaware, and several more. She
is currently Secretary of WHYY’s Board of Directors.
Dick Poole is a Delaware native and graduate of Wilmington
Friends School, Swarthmore College, and the University
of Chicago Law School. He practiced law for more than
35 years in Wilmington with the firm of Potter Anderson
& Corroon LLP.
Elisa’s interest in art goes back to early childhood when
her father, a pediatrician, tried to teach her how to draw
a cow. She bought her first painting with her husband
two weeks before they were married in 1963, at a Junior
League benefit event, an original watercolor by nationally
prominent artist Carolyn Blish, for $11.00. Ever since,
they have been collecting art together, opening a gallery
in Wilmington ten years ago, and expanding to Rehoboth
Beach four years later.
In order to get the most out of this seminar, don’t miss a
Herb and Dorothy screening:
[See page 55 for film description]
Wanting to have a retirement activity to share with his
wife, Dick worked with her to establish AerieArt Gallery.
The original focus of the gallery was on displaying for sale
some of the 19th Century and early 20th Century paintings
acquired during more than 46 years of marriage. While
not abandoning by any means their specialty of buying
and selling fine art from bygone eras, they promote the
careers of currently active artists whose work they hope
will be treasured and still collected decades in the future.
The Aerie Gallery’s two locations are 45 1/2 Lake Avenue, Rehoboth Beach and at First Street Station on Rehoboth
Avenue, second level.
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LIVE IN THE LOUNGE:
In addition to planning your schedule of great films, don’t miss
what’s happening in the big tent. Read on to see what other
activities you may include as part of your festival experience.
DOGFISH HEAD BEER TASTING
Friday (Nov 13), 8:00 PM
Location: Big Tent
(Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery)
After seeing the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery on the screen (see page 74 for Beer Wars screening) meet Dogfish
Head reps them in the Big Tent. Enjoy a sampling of a few of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s innovative beers known
for their non-traditional ingredients.
As part of the Country Spotlight, we are pleased to bring Japan
to the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival by showcasing
traditional rituals of the Japanese culture.
JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY
Saturday (Nov 14), 5:00 PM
Location: Big Tent
(Presented by Mrs. Miiko Hunt)
The Japanese tea ceremony is a very special event
in Japanese culture. As the host engages in the
ceremonial preparation and presentation of the
powdered green tea known as matcha, the observer is
enthralled by the beauty of her artistic performance.
The ceremony is highly ritualized and the manner in
which it is performed or the art of its performance is
known as sado. The Japanese recognize that every
human encounter is a singular occasion that will
never recur in exactly the same way, and so every
aspect of the tea ceremony is savored.
Enjoy this unique opportunity to see a live performance
of a beautiful Japanese tradition.
SAKE TASTING
Location: Big Tent
(Sponsored by the members of the Miyagi Prefecture
Sake Brewers Association)
Sake is a tasty, Japanese alcoholic beverage made
from rice through a brewing process. Learn how sake
is made, how it became a world beverage, and the
current status of the sake industry in Japan. During
this presentation, you’ll be able to sample a few
variations of sake.
SUZUME ODORI
(Sparrow Dance)
Location: Big Tent
(Performed by the Iroha Suzume Odori Dance Team)
Enjoy this high-level, dynamic performance! The
construction of the Sendai Castle in Miyagi Prefecture
was completed in 1603 and to celebrate, stone
masons performed a dance for Date Masamune, the
most revered feudal lord in Northeastern Japan. The
movements of the stone masons resembled sparrows
and because Date Masamune’s family crest featured
sparrows as well, the dance became known as Suzume
Odori or Sparrow Dance. This particular dance was
revived in 1985 and became the main feature of the
Sendai-Aoba Festival held in Miyagi’s capital city,
Sendai. Suzume Odori is now arranged with vibrant,
dynamic present-day movements, accompanied by
Japanese taiko drums, flutes and bells.
The Iroha Suzume Odori Dance Team, led by Ms.
Mayumi Tsuji, is made up of members who have
received the highest award in the Sendai-Aoba
Festival contest several times. Formed in 2001, the
group performed Suzume Odori at the 2002 World
Cup games held in Miyagi Prefecture.
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Sunday (Nov 15), 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Big Tent
(Hosted by the Iroha Suzume Odori Dance Team)
The workshop will start by designing your own hand
fan (provided without charge). Then learn basic steps
of the sparrow dance before joining the Suzume Odori
group. Get up early to enjoy this unique opportunity to
experience a Japanese tradition.
CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION!
Join the casual, closing of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival’s twelfth year. Audience winners for Best Feature,
Best Debut Feature, Best Documentary, and Best Short will be announced. The winning ticket for the 50/50 will also be
selected.
No ticket is needed for this gathering. Beverages and food can be purchased from on-site vendors. So relax,
reflect, and rejoice at the completion of another great Festival.
When: Sunday, November 15 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: Big Tent, Film Festival Box Office
ART AUCTION
The original artwork “Reel Treasures”, created by
Batenga Kajumba Obuseh, was the inspiration for the
theme of this year’s Festival artwork. This painting
will be available for purchase via a silent auction to be
conducted throughout the Festival. Bids may be placed
at the Information Booth in the Big Tent until 5:00 PM,
Sunday, November 15, 2009. The winning bid will be
announced during the Closing Celebration.
50/50 DRAWING
As part of the Film Society’s fundraising efforts, a 50/50 drawing will be held during the Film Festival. The winning
ticket will be picked and announced at the Closing Night Celebration. Tickets are tax deductible and help support
Festival production expenses. Cost: $1.00 per ticket
Tickets will be available at the Information Booth. Drawing: At Closing Night Celebration, Sunday, Nov 15
Li v e i n t h e l o u n g e
SPARROW DANCE WORKSHOP
Children’s Cinema Corner
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CHILDREN’S CINEMA CORNER
Saturday, November 14 Upstairs Screening Room
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Admission: Free
Kids – We didn’t forget you! Children’s Cinema Corner is
just for you. You’ll have an afternoon of fun activities
including age-appropriate films, the reading corner, face
painting, craft stations, play dough, a puppet theater, and
delicious popcorn!
The first few films demonstrate lessons dealing
with family and change. In Knuffle Bunny Too, Trixie
loses her beloved stuffed bunny and in the process
of retrieving it, gains something even better. Losing
your favorite blanket can be terrifying, but a young
boy realizes that giving up something doesn’t mean
it’s gone forever in Owen.
Tapping into one’s creativity by reading, writing, and
drawing are great lessons to learn. In Wild about
Books, see what unordinary circumstances result
after a librarian introduces books to animals. Is a
picture really worth a thousand words? Find out in the
film Art. With a little encouragement from his sister,
Ramon discovers that creativity is about a lot more
than getting things just “right” in Ish.
In How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? discover the
importance of proper manners at bedtime. In Crazy
Hair Day, see the chain of events that follow after a
boy mistakenly wears crazy hair to school on Class
Picture Day.
Parent(s)/guardian(s) must sign in any child attending Children’s Cinema Corner. Parents are encouraged to stay
and enjoy the films and activities with their child(ren). If a parent/guardian chooses to leave a child at this event,
contact information must be provided and the child must be picked up by 3:00 pm.
Thank you to the following for assisting with this program:
Movies at Midway for providing popcorn.
Sussex County Reading Council, an affiliate of Diamond State Reading Association, for providing supplies and
volunteers for Children’s Cinema Corner.
Weston Woods for providing the films for Children’s Cinema Corner. Weston Woods is a division
of Scholastic Corporation, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and
a leader in educational technology. For more information, please call 1-800-243-5020 or visit
www.scholastic.com/westonwoods or www.scholastic.com.
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society extends best wishes to Sara McCraw for a speedy
recovery. As one of the original planners of this event, her positive attitude and
determination are an inspiration to all who know her.
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Our Thanks…
The behind-the-scenes process of producing an event of this magnitude requires
the assistance of many people over the course of eleven months. Some are
veterans and some are first-timers. All contribute to a collective effort toward
creating a wonderful film festival that brings enjoyment to a very appreciative
audience.
While the last eleven months have been busy, we wish to take the time to say:
Thank you…
Thank you…
to all the filmmakers and distributors who provide films
that entertain, educate, inspire, and/or emotionally touch
thousand of film viewers.
to the Miygai Prefectural Governments to for helping to
coordinate Country Spotlight: Japan. A special thanks to Ms.
Takeno Suzuki for her tireless efforts.
Thank you…
Thank you…
Richard Derrickson, for renting eight Movies at Midway
theaters to the RBFS which allows the audience to enjoy the
convenience of seeing many films in one location.
General Manager Brooke Lowe, Projectionist Kenny
Schmierer and the entire Movies at Midway staff for your
hard work during the Festival and throughout the year.
Thank you…
Thank you…
Delaware Division of the Arts and the Delaware State Arts
Council for providing financial assistance which supports the
Film Society’s year-round operations. A special thanks to
Susan Salkin for your professional assistance.
to our summer film reviewers who assist with critiquing
numerous film submissions. Your input is helpful with the
film selection process.
Thank you…
to every Festival attendee for supporting this event.
Your appreciation of the cinematic arts enables the film
selection to include a broad slate of diverse films from
throughout the world.
Media Sponsor Delaware Coast Press/Delaware Beachcomber/
delmarvanow!com for supporting this event from the beginning.
Thank you…
Batenga Obuseh for providing the original artwork that was
the inspiration for this year’s Festival design.
Thank you…
Jeff Hughes (Hughes Design, Inc.) for creatively adapting an
original piece of art into the design of this program and other
collateral materials.
Thank you…
to each and every SPONSOR (see page 10). Your generosity
and commitment to this event, even during current economic
challenges, benefits thousands of Festival attendees.
Thank you…
James Gardner who singularly raises money to purchase the
volunteer shirts, every year. His continual dedication to this
event, even during a personally challenging year, is greatly
appreciated.
Thank you…
the Sussex County Reading Council, an affiliate of Diamond
State Reading Association, for helping to coordinate the
Children’s Cinema Corner.
Thank you…
Thank you…
to the RBFS staff of Wendi Dennis, Malcolm Keen, Marie
Sardone, and Chuck Patalive for your efforts devoted to
handling the multitude of demands and challenges that
RBFS faces year-round.
Thank you…
Rehoboth Beach Film Society Board of Directors for donating
your time and talents in governing this organization. A
special thanks to Board President Fritz Schranck for leading
the organization forward.
Thank you…
Thank you… to every volunteer for donating your skills
throughout the year to help RBFS excel!
Our thanks to all of you!
Sue Early, Executive Director
Joe Bilancio, Festival Program Director
Members
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The Rehoboth Beach Film Society thanks the following individuals (current members
as of 9/08/09) whose dues support the organization’s year-round operations:
Contributing
Directors
Lynn Fuqua
James A. Fuqua, Jr.
Darrel Grinstead
Anne M. Kuhns
Paul Kuhns
Diane Pirkey
DIRECTOR LEVEL
Scott Allegretti
Laura Ambler
Leroy Anderson
James Andrews
Patricia Antonisse
Deborah Appleby
Elayne Arsht
Pamela Baker
Dean Baker
Andrea Barros
Richard Barros
John Barry, Jr.
Alan Barthelman
George Bauer
David Bergman
Jeanette Binstock
Mark Binstock
Cathin Bishop
Karen Blood
Lawrence Bost
Cathi Bost
David Brant
Eugene Braverman
Jane Brooks
Angelo Cairo
Ken Casazza
Jane Casazza
Denis Casey
Kathy Casey
Sandra Chinchilla
Laura Colker
Charles Conroy
Christine Corsette
Robert Corsette
Henry Cox
David Cristy
Rosemary Cummings
Ellen d’Alelio
Alfred Dirska
Clifford Diver
Vicki DiVittorio
Diane Dixson
Deanna Duby
Reid Dudley
Teri Dunbar
Eugene Dvornick
Jim Esposito
Gregory Estes
Ginny Feldman
Michael Filicko
Jackie Finer
Al Firth
Christina Fishburn
Todd Fishburn
Chris Fisher
Keven Fitzsimmons
Rebecca Forney
Craig Fraser
Rhoda Ganz
Joel Ganz, M.D.
Don Gardiner
Helen Gates
Sadye Goldbloom
Mary Good
Diane Gordon
Roy A. Gordon
Amy Grace
Sherry Gratz
Robert Gratz
David Greer
Gary Grunder
Betty Grunder
Tim Gualdoni
Alan Harmon
John Hart
Michael Hartogs
Jack Herman
Stephanie Herman
Linda Hersey
Bill Hillegeist
Elizabeth Hochholzer
Bryan Houlette
Chris Israel
Karen Jacoby
Harriet Jarosh
Jim Johnson
Walter Jones
Judith Jones
Mick Kaczorowski
Nancy Kaiser
Anita Kaplan
Arnold Kaplin
Marcia Kaplin
Kevin Kaporch
Lisa Kaufman
Maureen Keenan
Deborah Kennedy
Shirley Klassman
Carol Kolmerten
Eric Korpon
Curt Leciejewski
Nancy Leggoe
Joan LeLacheur
John Lenz
Anita Lenz
Nancy Levenson
Phyllis Levitt
Ted Lewis
Monica Lewis
Duwayne Litz
Kay Loysen
Jim Madgey
Michele Mankins
Marjorie Martin
Marsha McLaurin
William McManus
Brett McNeilly
Karen Medford
Warren Michelson
Bill Miller
Lee Wayne Mills
Natalie Moss
Patricia Murphy
Barbara Negus
Kim Nelson
David Nelson
John Newton, Jr.
Susan Norris
Robert Nowak
Jennifer Oliva
Mary Orlando
Jeff Osterstrom
Rose Osterstrom
Rosanne Pack
Dan Patton
Peggy Paul
Robert Peavy
Michael Peterson
Beth Pile
Kit Pilgrim
Evelyn Pilgrim
John Pitchford
Nancy Poole
Catherine Priest
Fran Rachles
Margo Ramage
Gary Ramage
Andrew Ranft
Andree Ranft
Steve Ranger
Jim Reichert
Rita Reimer
Karen Ritter
Laura Ritter
Joel Robbins
Ellen Rodin
John Roehmer
Susan Roehmer
Stephen Ross
Jennifer Rothgeb
John Sabo
Michael Sanow
Susan Schranck
Frederick Schranck
Joan Sharp
Matt Shepard
Lori Simmons
Laura Simon
Bob Slavin
John Smeallie
Midge Smith
Mowry Spencer
Allen Stafford
Peggy Stark
John Stassi
Sydney Stearman
Phyllis Stearman
Donald Stein
Michael Stevens
Jeff Stroud
Ken Sugarman
Stephen Sumption
Ariane Sumption
Neal Tash
Ronald Tate
Alleane Taylor
Joan Thompson
Helen Torosian
Susan Towers
Michael Tupman
Susan Vanaman
Bonnie Walker
Linda Weidman
Doug Weidman
Mildred White
S. A. White
Carl Wisler
Andrew Wohl
James Wu
Katherine Wu
Alexander Yearley
Suzanne Ziegler
Alan Zuckerman
Marilyn Zuckerman
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER LEVEL
Emily Abbott
Becky Abel
Mary Ann Abella
Ken Adams
Anita Adams
Cynthia Albright
Robert Alexander
Roxana Alfaro
Lois Anderson
Peggy Antonisse
Jim Antonisse
Joan Appleby
Robert Appleby
Tim Arnold
Cecilia Ashe
Steven Aune
Steven Baker
Melissa Baker
Sue Bardsley
Marisa Barra
Maria Barrera
Curtiss Barrows
Johannah Barry
Colleen Barry
Nina Bawa
Sally Bawcombe
Dick Bawcombe
Kathy Baylis
Gregory Beal
Margaret Beatty
Diana Beebe
Carole Benjamin
Peter Berkery, Jr.
Judith Berkman
Peter Berkman
Christine Besche
Melinda Bickerstaff
Bev Billingsley
Chuck Birdsell
Jenifer Blair
Nancy Bloom
Eleanor Bochner
George Bockius
Jean Bohner
Adam Book
Carol Boros
Sheri Borrin
Larry Bowers
Elinor Boyce
Dave Boyce
Victor Branham
Gary Breakwell
Seymour Brecher
Carol Bresler
Robert Brewer, Jr.
Susan Brown
Sandy Browning
Mary Ann Bruno
Trudy Bryan
Bruce Bryen
Albert Buchanan
Emory Buck
Anne Buck
Jon Burke
Mary Burns
Carla Burton
Barbara Butta
Joanne Cabry
Marianne Callahan
Paul Capodanno
Laurel Capodanno
Lynne Cardwell
Dorothy Cartagena
Judy Catterton
Ken Catterton
Debra Catts
Sara Cavendish
Monica Chai
Bob Chambers
Deborah Chase
Edward Chase
Patricia Chase
Thomas Childers
Dorothy Chimienti
Tammy Chincheck
Stan Chincheck
James Chupella
Charles Churilla
Maria Ciuffetelli
Mark Clark
Sharon Clark
Valerie Cloutier
Bruce Clute
Chris Coburn
Rochelle Cohen
Jane Cohen
Gary Colangelo
Robert Connelly
Richard Contee
Audrey Cordrey
Sal Corrallo
Carolyn Cotter
Marty Craft
William Cross
Daniel Cruce
Ruth Crystal
Richard Culver
Mace Cutler
Diane Cutler
Joyce Dadant
Lindsay Daschle
Judith Davis
Betty Deacon
Sonja Decker
Michael Decker
Hoyte Decker
Gerald Denisof
Jane deSolms
Ruth Dickerson
Janice Dickson
Marie Digennaro
A.T. Dill III
Carol Dobson
Laura Dotterer
Ronald Dotterer
Zita Dresner
Bartley Dryden
Lynda Dunham
Carol Eason
Irvin Eberhart
Nelson Eckert
Mary Edwards
Steve Eichel
Jeffrey Elkner
Lisa Elliott
Carole Ellison
Jim Ellison
Robin English
Joan Epstein
Susan Eubank
Anne Evans
Anne Farley
Joseph Feichtl
Nancy Feichtl
Ellen Feinberg
Pam Feinstein
Rich Feinstein
Elissa Feldman
Bill Fellner
Karen Finn
Sally Fintel
Cheryl Fischer
Roy Fitzgerald
Jean Fleishman
Elizabeth Fleming
Mary Folan
Mark Ford
Ann Forster
Margaret Francis
Joan Frense
Sarah Friebert
Rosalyn Fried
Jeffrey Fried
Sharon Friedman
Stephen Friedman
Harvey Fruman
Kathryn Fuller
Laurie Fulton
Patrick Gaffney
Joan Gaffney
Adriane Gallagher
Ann Gardner
Kevin Garrison
Helen Garton
Linda Gaskill
Susan Geller
Frederick P. German
Patricia Gibler
Peter Gilbert
Jackie Goff
Melvin Goldberg
Michael Golder
Patricia Goldstein
Clark Goldstein
Stuart Gordon
Gary Graff
Joan Graff
Nettie Green
Sterling Green
Rick Grier-Reynolds
Rachel Grier-Reynolds
Tom Griffith
Suzanne Gross
Joan Grozalis
Shirley Guard
Terence Gurley
Karen Gustafson
Jane Guyer
Bernard Guyer
Henry Hain, III
Cindy Hall
John Hall
Christopher Hall
Barbara Halleck
Gary Hanna
Ron Hannebohn
Sharon Hansen
Rita Hanuschock
Judith Harbaugh
Bobbie Hart
Jeff Haslow
Donald Hecht
Richard Henninger
Kay Hickman
Janet Higgins
Michael J. Higgins
Robert Hill
Tom Holub
Barbara Holub
Larry Hooker
Karen Hugues
Michael Hunter
Karen Hunter
Nate Hurto
Dawn Hurto
Wayne Hutchinson
Wayne Hutchinson
Phil Hutchison
Barbara Hyde
Gary Jackoway
Tom Jamison
Kathleen Jennings
Marty Johnson
Ken Johnson
Lee Jones
Beth Joselow
Miriam Joseph
Richard Joseph
Eric Kafka
Gaye Kahigian
Fred Kaltreider
Eleni Karagiorgos
Jennie Keith
Barbara Kelly
Joanne Kempton
Frances Kendall
Janet Kennedy
Sandra Kennedy
Esther Kernosh
Daniel Kinsella
Carole Klase
Goldie Klein
Gershon Klein
Jennifer Knighton
Greg Kodjanian
Joel Kolko
Marcia Kolko
Jan Konesey
Charma Konnor
Joan Kostelnik
Eve Kovalchick
Genie Kramedas
Myra Kramer
Charlene Kramer
Roger Kramer
Christine Lally
Jean Laws
Vic Laws
Christine Lay
Pat Layton
Elizabeth Layton
Emily Leader
Sally Lengel
Karen Lent
Carol Lent
Larry Levine
Paul Levine
Mimi Levine
Harry Linowes
Judie Linowes
Judy Lippe
Gary Lippe
Constance Lohse
Dana Long
Wayne Lucarelli
Tina Lucarelli
Joyce Lussier
Doris Lustine
Peggy Lyle
Susan Maclary
Penny MacLennan
Christopher Magaha
Patricia Magee
Barbara Mahaffey
Christian Mahaffey
Gail Maidenbaum
Tom Mandel
Maryanne Manzi
Marti Marino
Harold Marmon
Emily Marston
Nancy Martin
Norma Martin
Guy Martin
Kathryn Matassa
Claire McCabe
David McCall
Judith McClafferty
Bill McGee
Cathleen McGrath
Deo McKaig
Jan McKenzie
James McMahon
Ann McNeil
Carol Meadows
J.O. Meadows
Leo Medisch
Robert Meighan
Gail Meighan
Michele Meisart
Monte Meltzer
Sallie Melvin
Arthur Melvin
Cornelia Melvin
Chuck Mezger
Joyce Michalek
Mary Miele
Mark Milford
Dolores Milford
Carl Mills
Laurie Mills
Neal Minietta
Jessica Mong
Kevin Morris
Barton Morrison
Jody Morrison
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Robert Schreter
Susan Schwelling
Shawn Scott
Winnie Sebastian
Gloria Segree
Jonahan Sharp
Gwyneth Sharp
Jean Shaw
Mary Shea
Susan Sherman
Nancy Shobe
David Shotwell
David Shuey
Cynthia Silverblatt
Evelyn Simmons
Bud Simon
Joanne Sinsheimer
Jerry Sipes
Dan Slagle
Charles Smith
Perrin Smith
Dreama Smith
Jeanne Smith
Judith Smith
Jeff Socorso
C. Wesley Sooy
Gloria Soto
Philip Soucy
Madge Lee Spector
Deborah Spellman
Richard Sprague
Janet Sprague
Pat Staby
Erik Stancofski
Hiba Stancofski
Luane Stanley
Wave Starnes
Mary Ann Stewart
Jill Stokes
John Stovall
Ellen Stovall
Scott Strickler
Cathy Strodel
Dan Strodel
Kate Supplee
Jeanne Swartz
Don Szczepkowski
Joseph Tarantolo
Eden Terenzini
Margaret Quinn Tessier
Aleta Thompson
Barbara Thompson
Suzanne Thurman
Avrim Topel
David Torok
Teri Trainer
Rosalind Troupin
Ed Turner, Jr.
Michael Tyler
Dana Ulery
Joel Underwood
Vivian Unger
Marcel Unger
Nancy Veret
Monica Viana
JoAnn Vitullo
Don Wainwright
Marianne Walch
Gloria Walls
Carolyn Walter
Al Wann
Phyllis Wann
Barbara Warnell
Aida Waserstein
Ellen Watkins
George Watson
Ferris Webster
Richard Weinacht
Bernice Weinacht
Shirley Weiner
Elva Weininger
Taylor Wells
Ed Wendel
Bobbie Wendel
Robert Wheland
Gail Whitman
John Wieseman
James Wigand
Mary Wigger
Margaret Wilkins
Robert Wilson
Douglas Wilson
Genevieve Wilson
Lynn Wilson
Gene Wilson
Robert Wiltshire
Arthur Windreich
Paul Winkler
Gail Winkler
Linda Winton
Beth Wise
Charles Woods
Carole Woodyard
Karen Wray
Richard Wray
Stephen Yaros
Herb Yeager
Judy Yeager
Zando Designs
David Zinnamon
John Zinsmeister
Yona Zucker
Gary Zupco
ASSOCIATE
PRODUCER LEVEL
James Alexander Jr.
Brook Andrews
Mary Angle
Shirley April
Giovanni Arrighi
Gayle August
Terry August
Susan Baker
Michael Balay
Johanna Barbah
Bernadine Bauer
Henry Black
Paul Bradley
Carolyn Bruce
Thomas Bruce
Linda Burleson
Tony Burns
Bernadine Butler
Howard Butler
Carole Calhoun
John Carrow
Kate Cauley
Hazel Celis
Linda Christenson
Larry Christman
Jacquie Christman
Duane Cipollini
Michael Cole
John Cooley
Jeffrey Cooper
Benedette Cooper
Pauline Copans
Ginny Craig
Christine Cronenwett
Rose Cybak
Helen Daley
Diane Daniel
Harriet Davies
Angela Davis
Robert Davison
Susan Davison
Sheila Davolos
Joan Demko
Charlotte Dennis
Deborah Dickey
Claire DiStefano
Tina Dombroski
Dorothy Duggan
Charles Duvall
Robert England
Ruth Epstein
John Fagan
Alice Fagans
Debi Feder
Arline Fleischer
Rebecca Frederick
Nina Galerstein
Jo Ann Gallo
Floyd Gallo
Daniel Gaughan
Dennis Geraghty
Natalie Gilbert
Bruce Gillespie
Carol Goldbach
Larry Goldberg
Ellen Goldberg
Susan Goudy
Jane Graham
Neil Greenblum
Roberta Hagen
Lana Halpern
Dorothy Hand
Pat Hansen
Tracy Harvey
Lauren Helms
Margaret Hennesey
Walter Hetfield
Philip Heuisler
Anne Heuisler
Jeanne Holl
John Holl
Lesa Howard
Sheila Howe
Claudia Hughes
John Hulse
Andrea Illig
Dianne Jacobini
Joan Jennings
Stan Jensen
Glenn Johnston
Connie Jones
Ann Jornlin
Frank Jornlin
Janet Kane
Jim Kane
Barbara Kaplan
Bob Kautz
Jerry Kennedy
Neil Kenny
Margot Kia
Christine King
Ann Kirmil
John Kirmil
Frances Kling
Jo Klinge
Joyce Koeneman
Sandy Koubek
Joan Kuriansky
Sylvia Lahvis
Frederick Lahvis
Mathilda Laschenski
Ralph Lawson
Stephanie Lee
James Lee
Mary Ella Lehfeldt
Carolyn Lester
Carol Levin
Pat Lewis
Carol Lewis
Vanessa Loper
Blanche Love
William Lowery
Daniel Lyons
Robert Makinen
Toni Mason
Ruth Ann Mattingly
Mac McGrady
William McKinnon
Cathy McNeill
Holly Melzer
Lee Metzger
Sharon Miken
Kimberly Momballou
Rene Guy Mongeau
Thomas Morris
Barbara Mullin
Robert Nagy
Gilbert Navarro
Pat Newcomb
Carl Newman
Russ Notar
Sandra Oropel
David Osborn
Lorraine Paida
Anthony Paida
Sharon Parnell
Dan Payne
Ceil Payne
Paolo Peghini-Rabes
Anita Peghini-Rabes
Paul Penniman
Mimi Peters
Page Pettit
Elizabeth Pittman
Ted Pokorny
John Potocki
Marc Pound
Gloria Pound
Tina Proveaux
Donnee Ramelli
Candy Ramelli
Patricia Renninger
Robert Rice
Salvatore Rinaudo
Timothy Ring
Sandra Roberts
Tricia Roberts
Mark Robinson
Roy Roney
Chris Rouchard
Richard Rubin
Michelle Rumble
Wesley Rumble
Gail Russell
Barbara Santos
Everett Santos
Ruth Schetman
Tom Schoeninger
Lynda Schoeninger
Geoffrey Schulz
Salvatore Seeley
Gary Sekuler
Vera Seleznow
Everett Shawen
Cathy Sieber
Everett Sillers
Beverly Silver
Brenda Sims
Ken Skrzesz
Mary Slattery
Renee Slobasky
Mary Jo Slowey
Mary Smith
David Stevens
David Storms
Casey Suits
Lorraine Terraneo
Jeane Torrence
Antoninette Tortorella
Cecelia Toth
John Travis
Joe Tropiano
Ralph Tullie
Linda Valentino
Richard Ward
Margaret Ward
Richard Warden
Barbara Warden
Jeannette Webber
Ann Weir
Jason Weisberg
Sharon Werner
Karen Wexler
Jane Wilgis
Stephen Wise
LaVonne Wontorek
Carol Woodcock
Jean Woodman
Wilson Wyatt
Katie Wyatt
Linda Wymbs
Doug Yetter
Kit Zak
Bill Zak
Donald Zimmerman
FILM BUFF LEVEL
Maria Acciarri
Sheri Ackerman
Adelyn Aker
Verlyn Aker
Annemarie Albaugh
Sarah Barnett
Tonya Bassett
George Beckerman
Tom Biesiadny
Les Brown
Douglas Buckley
Jane Buckley
Saundra Burkett
Robin Carney
Joan Charmak
John Chitwood
Joanne Ciconte
John Cigler
Jim Condry
Joyce Condry
Cal Copp
David Cullen
Nancy Cullen
David Cummings
Christine Davidson
Marc DeCandia
Joan DeCandia
Helen Delaney
Sam Dellavecchia
Roxana Dellavecchia
Jay Delozier
Keith Demko
Wendi Dennis
Martha D’Erasmo
Richard Diefenbeck
Maryann Donnan
Art Donner
Sue Early
Susan Eddy
Steve Fanto
Kelly Fanto
Margaret Ferguson
Ted Ferragut
Toni Fidance-Ford
Helen Flood
Don Flood
Brenda Gibbons
Craig Gibson
Lois Gillespie
Alan Gordon
Michele Gordon
Linda Grahne
James Grahne
Joseph Gregory
Betty May Hamilton
O. Keith Hamilton, MD
Anne Hanna
Janine Harrison
Mary-Anne Harvie
John Harvie
Mary Helms
Pat Hendrick
Pat Hendrickson
Alice Hendry
Robert Hotes
Butch Hovis
Jake Hudson
Judy Hunt
Dennis Ignasias
Claire Ippoliti
Helane Jeffreys
Zachary Johnson
Cindy Johnson
Kara Johnson
Khairil Junos
Barbara Keate
John Keefe
Malcolm Keen
Suzanne Kristensen
Elizabeth Krushinskie
Faith Kusterer
Denise Laux
Andree Lavu
Iris Lefever
James Lefever
Marsha Levine
Ginger Livingston
Ed Livingston
Jack Malloy
Patricia McAteer
Betty Ann McNeil
Mary K. Meyer
Thomas Micka
Richard Miller
Marsha Mills
Diana Morris
Gabrielle Nadig
Doris Northrup
Janet Nosal
Terry O’Byrne
Lowell Owens
Marjorie Owens
Melinda Patterson
Barbara Perry
Kay Powell
Jim Powell
James Prescott
Christine Reed
Karl Richeson
Louis Rimbach
Barbara Rimbach
Elgene Roe
Judy Rolfe
Nadyne Rosin
Marie Sardone
Elizabeth Scannell
Robert Scannell
Jacob Schiavo
John Schwanky
Mary Schwanky
Ernie Soffronoff
Patty Soffronoff
Carole Somers
Milton Somers
Anne Marie Sopko
Barbara Steinke
Scot Stetka
Neil Stevenson
Judith Stout
Carolyn Theim
Maria Turner
Raymond Turner
Connie Valentine
Jim Valentine
Barbara Vaughan
Bryan Vogh
Bob Wasserbach
Louise White
Robert White, Jr.
Herb Wilgis
Terry Wilkerson
Caryl Williams
Gretta L. Wolter
Tony Wright
Ed Wulkan
Elizabeth Wulkan
Martha Zimmerman
STUDENT LEVEL
Ingrid Beaver-Kepner
Ursula Beaver-Kepner
Margaret Booth
Jamie Deptula
Anita Galdieri
Members
Charles Moscarillo
Greg Mullen
Renee Murch
J. Andrew Murphy
Deborah Murphy
Lee Mussoff
Ed Nadeau
Robert Nadig
Paula Nadig
Joseph Neenan
Bee Neild, III
Donna Nicholson
Konrad Noebel
Jeffrey Nolt
Ellen Nutter
Ashley Oland
Alan O’Leary
Mary-Jane Ostinato
Sandra Pace
Sally Packard
Elena Padrell
Perry Palan
Judith Palmer
George Palmer
Rick Palmer
Linda Palmer
Sophie Papanikolaou
Tim Patterson
Carol Pearson
Mary Peck
Jane Perkins
Connie Peterson
Marianne Petillo
Bob Pettit
Erin Pettit
Malcolm Peverley
Guido Pittaccio
Mari Plowman
Robert Porta
Patricia Porta
Kathy Potts
Joseph Poux
Colleen Prasil
Kelly Price
Deborah Qualey
Mike Quinn
Carolyn Quinn
Veronica Radalin
Cray Rader
Valerie Reber
Joan Reeves
Charlie Reeves
Jodi Renbaum
David Reznick
Sandra Reznick
Helen Richards
James Rifenbergh
Jacqueline Rifenbergh
Elaine Rifkin
Erik Rifkin
Carole Robbins
Dale Roberts
Jane Roberts
Janet Rohr
Patricia Romaine
Josephine Ronan
Richard Ronan
Chuck Rorbach
Robert Rosenberg
Jennifer Roth
Martha Ruane
Eugene Ruane
Janet Russo
Tom Ryan
Sue Saliba
Charles Salkin
Susan Salkin
Christina Samson
Carole Sandy
Richard Saunders
Felicia Schembri
Betsy Schmidt
Peter Schott
Phil Schreiber
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Film Society Contributors
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society thanks the following individuals,
businesses, and foundations who made a financial donation to an
endowment fund, the annual campaign, a program, and/or for general
operating expenses during the period of 8/08 – 9/9/09.
Every contribution is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Deborah Appleby
Pamela Baker
Colleen Barry
Johannah Barry
John Barry
Alan Barthelman
Jean Bohner
Jane Buckley
Barbara Butta
CA, Inc.
James Chupella
Pauline Copans
David Cristy
Christine Cronenwett
Rosemary Cummings
Nadina Davis
Delaware National Bank
Beverly Denbo
Exxon Mobile Foundation
Fannie Mae Service Corp.
Margaret Ferguson
Toni Fidance-Ford, & Robert White, Jr.
Rhoda Ganz
Mary Good
Terrence Gurley
Judith Harbaugh
Michael Hartogs
Alice Hendry
Martha M. Johnson
Eric Kafka
Edwin Kennedy
Law Office of Edward Gill
Anita Lenz
DuWayne Litz
Timonthy McGlynn
Ann McNeil
Elizabeth Metzler
Warren Michelson
Natalie Moss
John Newton
Alan O’Leary
Stephen Ross
John Sabo
Fritz Schrank
Everett Shawen
Evie Simmons
Neal Tash
Cecelia Toth
Rosalind Troupin
Marcel Unger
Verizon
Jeanette Webber
Elva Weininger
Suzanne Ziegler
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COMMENT FORM
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society strives to improve the Film Festival each year. As a
Festival attendee, your suggestion(s) can help enrich and improve this event. Please take
a few minutes to complete this form. Your input is very much appreciated.
Please offer any comments/suggestions on the following Festival production areas:
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Festival catalog:
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REHOBOTH BEACH INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
M e m b e r s h i p A p p l ic a ti o n
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Welcome to the Rehoboth
Beach Film Society,
offering you access to entertaining,
thought-provoking, and diverse film
events year-round including:
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Rehoboth Beach Independent Film
Festival
Monthly Screenings (upstairs screening
room, Movies at Midway)
Around the World (international film
series)
Cinema & Art (Bringing art and artists to
the screen with the Rehoboth Art League)
Fun with Filmmaking (children’s summer
series)
Another Take (A gay and lesbian-themed
film series)
Special events and student/youth
programs
All members receive the
following core benefits:
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Discounted admission to monthly
screenings
Discount admission to select RBFS events
Quarterly newsletter
Advance notice of Film Society events
Souvenir Festival program with your name
listed
Complimentary access to RBFS film
library.
Early Box Office admission for purchase of
Festival tickets to that day’s screenings
Two tickets per film title for individual
members; four tickets per film title for
couple members
The satisfaction of helping to bring the art of
independent film to local communities.
Note: Each membership is good for one Film
Festival and will be based on the following
quarterly schedule:
Jan 1 – March 31 sign-ups > expire Dec 31
April 1 – June 30 sign-ups > expire March 31
July 1 – Sept 30 sign-ups > expire June 30
Oct 1 – Dec 31 sign-ups > expire Sept 30
2009 Membership Application
The Film Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions
are considered charitable for federal income tax purposes and may be
deducted to the fullest extent of the law. Return completed form with a
check payable to RBFS or provide credit card information in the space
at the bottom of this page. Thank you for your support!
New Member
Renewing Member
Student
$20 individual
Full-time students with a current photo id qualify for a discounted
membership with core benefits listed on this page.
Film Buff
$35 individual
$55 couple
Film Buff members receive the core benefits listed on this page.
Associate Producer
$65 individual
$105 couple
Associate Producer members receive the core benefits listed on this
page plus:
•The ability to purchase tickets for entire Festival with one trip to the
Tent Box Office.
Executive Producer
$130 individual $220 couple
Executive Producer members receive the core benefits listed on this
page plus:
•Pre-Festival ticket purchasing with one order (individual
memberships may purchase 2 tickets per film, couple memberships
may purchase 4 tickets per film)
•Complimentary Festival film vouchers, 1 per individual membership
or 2 per couple membership
Director
$265 individual
$480 couple
Director members receive the core benefits listed on this page plus:
• Pre-Festival ticket purchasing with one order (individual
memberships may purchase 2 tickets per film title, couple
memberships may purchase 4 tickets per film title)
•Complimentary Festival film vouchers, 2 per individual membership
or 4 per couple membership
•Complimentary beverage card for Festival booth (10 drink card for
individual, 20 drink card for couple)
•Priority seating at Festival films for member and one guest
Contributing Director
$400 individual
$600 couple
•All of the Director benefits plus sponsorship of one Festival film
which includes name mention as film sponsor in Festival program, a
complimentary ticket to selected film, and opportunity to introduce film.
In support of the Film Society’s efforts, I am enclosing an additional
donation of $_______
Interested in volunteering?
Throughout the year
Festival only
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Thank you for joining the
Rehoboth Beach Film Society!
Your membership will provide opportunities
to see quality films, meet new people, and
engage in stimulating conversations.
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City
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fax: (302)645-9460
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G u i d e t o o u r A d v e rti s e r s
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A GUIDE TO OUR ADVERTISERS
KEY SPONSORS
AmericInn Lodge & Suites Arena’s
Boardwalk Builders
B-side
CAMP Rehoboth
Coast Press
DelawareBeachcomber
Delaware Division of the Arts
Delaware River and Bay Authority
delmarvanow!.com
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Duwayne R. Litz, Realtort
Hole By Hole
Jack Lingo Realtor
Metro Tech
Nicola Pizza
RP Home Care
The SEA BOVA Associates, Inc.
WXPN FM 9
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inside cover
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PLACES TO EAT/DRINK
Arena’s Café / 5 points
Arena’s Cafe on the highway
Arena’s Deli and Bar
Berlin Main Street Beseme
Buttery Restaurant
Café Azafran
Café Sole
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Eden Half Full
Hobo’s Restaurant & Bar
Kindle
Nicola Pizza
Pop Pop’s Donuts
Rehoboth Ale House Rigby’s Bar & Grill Saketume Restaurant
Stoney Lonen Irish Pub and Eatery
Striper Bites
Surf Bagel
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REAL ESTATE & REALTORS
Coldwell Banker - Harold Marmon
Duwayne R. Litz, Realtor
Jack Lingo Realtor
Sussex County Associaton of Realtors
The SEA BOVA Associates, Inc
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PLACES TO SHOP
Beach Tans & Hair Design 104
Boardwalk Builders
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B-side
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CAMP Rehoboth 4
Clear Space Productions
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Coast Press
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Coastal Concerts
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Comfort Zone Yoga Center
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Community Pride 85
Concierge by the Sea
85
DelawareBeachcomber
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Delaware BeachLife
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Delaware Division of the Arts
2
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Delaware National Bank
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Delaware River and Bay Authority back cover
delmarvanow!.com
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Doggies At The Beach 85
Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.
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Hole By Hole
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Hughes Design, Inc.
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Jeffery M. Cooper, DMD
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Jerome M. Capone, Attorney-at-Law
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Lank, Johnson & Tull 80
Lewes Chamber of Commerce 107
Merrill Lynch - Curtiss Barrows
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Metro Tech
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Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney - Jennifer Harpel
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Rehoboth Art and Framing 106
Rehoboth Art League
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RP Home Care
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Sneaking Suspicions
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inside cover
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Waukesha Electric 106
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WXPN FM
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Anything Goes Berlin Main Street Buddahs & Beads
Frangipani Gallery & Goods
Furniture Gallery
Hole By Hole
Just Looking Antiques
Mattress Discounters Rehoboth Art and Framing Rehoboth Art League
Sneaking Suspicions
South Moon Under
Veggie Shack 93
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PLACES TO STAY
AmericInn Lodge & Suites Crosswinds Motel Royal Rose Inn
Sea Esta Motels
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G u i d e t o o u r a d v e rti s e r s
SERVICES
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Notes:
films Beyond
the Festival
When the Film Festival is over, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society continues
to host film events throughout the year. Visit www.rehobothfilm.com to
get information about current opportunities to see quality, independent
films during the other eleven months of the year.
Another Take
(in partnership with CAMP Rehoboth) is a
series featuring gay and lesbian-themed films.
Around the World offers a monthly film screening of
international films followed by a discussion on the first Wednesday
of each month, 7:00 PM at the Movies at Midway. This series is cosponsored by the Lewes Public Library.
Cinema & Art
brings art and artists to the big screen
through a partnership with the Rehoboth Art League and the INN
at Canal Square.
Cinema By The Surf
(co-sponsored by the City of
Rehoboth Beach) provides families with a wonderful experience of
watching films outdoors.
Cinema cabaret A monthly film and dinner series in which
the menu corresponds to the food theme of the film. [In partnership
with OVATIONS Restaurant.]
Monthly screenings
provide a screening of an
independent film every fourth Friday of each month (September –
May) in the upstairs screening room at the Movies at Midway.
AND FOR THE
YOUNGER GENERATIONS…
Fun with Filmmaking A free, summer series which
introduces children (ages 7 to 10 years) to the basics of filmmaking.
The program is offered in collaboration with community-based
libraries.
Morris Fierberg Student Film Award
An award designed to encourage student film production by
acknowledging the outstanding work of a student film director with
a financial award on an annual basis.
Student Film Group [In partnership with DTCC
Performing Arts Club] A program in which area high school and
college students meet monthly to view cinema history’s most
influential films and discuss the elements that constitute excellence
in film.
To learn more about Film Society programs, please sign up on our e-mail
contact list. Your e-mail address is privately stored for RBFS use only and
is used to send you information about upcoming events.
Other initiatives As part of the organization’s outreach
efforts, the Film Society partners with other community-based
groups and service agencies to co-sponsor special film events. The
website is the best place to learn what is happening.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FOR NEXT YEAR’S FESTIVAL
{
NOV 10TH – 14TH, 2010
}
302-645-9095 / [email protected] / www.rehobothfilm.com

this pdf program - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

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