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AFTER THE REALITY

OPENING NIGHT After the reAlity USA - 2015 – 89 min 4/21/2016 7:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: David Anderson A contestant on a dating reality show is thrown into turmoil when the sudden death of his father forces him to quit the show and reconnect with his estranged sister at the family cabin.

CLOSING NIGHT the fixer USA - 2016 – 102 min 4/28/2016 7:30 PM - The Lido Director: Ian Olds A former Afghanistan war journalist moves to Northern California and find himself in a whole new whirlwind of danger.

FRIDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHTS UK SPOTLIGHT high-rise

UK - 2015 – 112 min 4/22/2016 8:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Ben Wheatley Members of the wealthy upper class flaunt their luxurious lifestyles in an impressive high-rise building. Behind the walls, human nature strips itself naked. Suits and pearls can’t even mask the animals bearing their teeth underneath.

Director: Matthew Brown Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

love is All you need? USA - 2015 - 122 min 4/22/2016 7:15 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/28/2016 2:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: K. Rocco Shields In an all-American college town, the community is rocked when their star quarterback is caught in a scandalous and immoral love affair with a member of the opposite sex.

BABy, BABy, BABy USA - 2015 – 85 min 4/22/2016 8:15 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Brian Klugman Two struggling artists fall for each other on the path to artistic success, but are challenged by the question of whether or not a balance can be struck between true love and real art.

SATURDAY NIGHT CENTERPIECES LOVE & FRIENDSHIP

UK SPOTLIGHT

sunset song UK, Luxembourg - 2015 – 135 min 4/22/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Terence Davies The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

UK SPOTLIGHT

the MAn Who KneW infinity United Kingdom - 2015 – 108 min 4/22/2016 8:30 PM - The Triangle

love & friendship Ireland, Netherlands, France - 2016 – 94 min 4/23/2016 7:45 PM - The Triangle Director: Whit Stillman A young widow visits the estate of her in-laws and, while there, decides to secure herself a husband and, in the process, a future match for her young daughter.

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Orange SunShine

Flying cOlOurS (Birigyaru)

USA - 2016 – 90 min 4/23/2016 7:30 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/26/2016 5:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: William A. Kirkley A spiritual group of Southern Californian surfers and hippies become the world’s largest supplier of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s and 70s and inadvertently create the modern illegal drug trade.

Japan - 2015 – 117 min 4/25/2016 7:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Nobuhiro Doi A problematic blonde struggles with academia but wants to enter one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.

ShOwing rOOtS USA - 2015 – 100 min 4/23/2016 7:45 PM - Island Cinema 4/27/2016 2:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Michael Wilson In a sleepy, segregated town two young women set out to transcend racial barriers and attempt to integrate their fractious town by opening the community’s first bi-racial hair salon.

ameriCan wreStler: the wizard

ChineSe Spotlight

gO away, mr. tumOr China - 2015 – 120 min 4/25/2016 7:45 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Han Yan An imaginative woman copes with a debilitating form of cancer by remaining optimistic and spending time with her friends.

Korean Spotlight the phOne

South Korea - 2015 – 115 min 4/25/2016 8:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport 4/26/2016 5:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Kim Bong-joo A magnetic field anomaly allows a man to make telephone calls to the past and communicate with his wife who was murdered years before. the phone

american wreStler: the wizard USA - 2016 – 117 min 4/23/2016 8:15 PM - The Triangle 4/27/2016 5:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Alex Ranarivelo In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America. Determined to fit in, he joins the school’s floundering wrestling team.

Canadian Spotlight

my internShip in canada Canada - 2015 – 108 min 4/23/2016 8:00 PM - The Triangle Director: Philippe Falardeau An idealistic young Haitian travels to rural Quebec to intern for an independent Member of Parliament when a national debate erupts that finds the MP holding the tie-breaking vote.

IrIsh spotlIght my name iS emily Ireland - 2015 – 100 min 4/24/2016 6:30 - Edwards Big Newport Director: Simon Fitzmaurice A teenage girl runs away from a foster home with the boy who loves her. She searches for her visionary writer father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution.

pacIfIc rIm showcase

auStralian Spotlight unindian

Australia - 2015 – 107 min 4/25/2016 8:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Anupam Sharma A beautiful Australian single mother of Indian origin falls in love with a man whom her family may not approve of.

european showcase SwediSh Spotlight

a man called Ove (en man SOm heter Ove) Sweden - 2015 – 116 min 4/26/2016 7:45 PM - The Triangle Director: Hannes Holm The neighborhood crank and busybody has lost his zeal for life when a new family moves in next door, giving him a new perspective and an unexpected friendship.

italian Spotlight

me mySelF and her (iO e lei) Italy - 2015 – 141 min 4/26/2016 7:30 PM - The Triangle Director: Maria Sole Tognazzi Two women who have lived together for years, love each other, fight, and make each other laugh must come to terms with the reality of the nature of their relationship.

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GERMAN SPOTLIGHT

MUSIC

Germany - 2015 – 110 min 4/26/2016 8:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Christian Zübert A mother searching for her child and an unexpected mother-to-be meet and inexplicably draw strength from each other for a terribly challenging moment in each of their lives.

a fat WreCk

One Breath (ein atem)

ONE BREATH (EIN ATEM)

USA - 2015 – 88 min 4/22/2016 5:45 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Shaun Colón A look at the rise of Fat Wreck Chords, the independent record label started by NOFX’s Fat Mike and Erin Burkett.

Chasing nOtes USA - 2014 – 75 min 4/24/2016 3:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: James Goodwin The process of film composing told through the story of an up-and-coming composer who puts everything on the line to pursue his dream.

COlin hay - Waiting fOr my real life USA - 2015 – 84 min 4/25/2016 5:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Nate Gowtham, Aaron Faulls Follow Colin Hay, singer/songwriter and former Men At Work frontman, from the swift success of his band to his own downfall and, finally, to his rise back up to salvation through a transcendent musical journey.

FRENCH SPOTLIGHT

Desert age: a rOCk anD rOll sCene histOry

tOO ClOse tO Our sOn (au Plus Pres Du sOleil) France - 2015 – 103 min 4/28/2016 11:30 AM - Island Cinema 4/26/2016 8:00 PM - The Triangle Director: Yves Angelo A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate pursues the case further.

LATINO SHOWCASE MEXICAN SPOTLIGHT ePitaPh

Mexico - 2015 – 82 min 4/27/2016 7:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Yulene Olaizola, Rubén Imaz In 1519, before arriving into the Aztec capital MexicoTenochtitlan, three Spanish Conquistadors march to the summit of the great Mexican volcano Popocatepetl.

USA - 2015 – 75 min 4/27/2016 7:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Jason Pine Rock legends reveal the significance of California’s Desert Age to the rock n’roll movement. California’s deserts harvested a rich culture of late nights, loud crowds, and music that could transcend time.

Jazz nights: a COnfiDential JOurney USA - 2016 – 104 min 4/23/2016 5:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Hal Masonberg A revolving group of jazz musicians performing on the cutting-edge of a social and cultural metamorphosis congregate Sunday nights at a self-described “hash bar” in Los Angeles to improvise and explore jazz

CHILEAN SPOTLIGHT

the mOther Of the lamB (la maDre Del COrDerO) Chile - 2015 – 79 min 4/27/2016 8:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Rosario Espinosa, Enrique Farías A woman who has spent her life caring for her mother reconnects with a vivacious former schoolmate who injects new life into her bland existence.

BRAZILIAN SPOTLIGHT

JAZZ NIGHTS: A CONFIDENTIAL JOURNEY

Playing leCuOna

the ViOlin teaCher Brazil - 2015 – 102 min 4/27/2016 7:45 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Sérgio Machado A violinist must turn away from his dream of playing in the orchestra and instead give music classes to teenagers in a public school.

Spain - 2015 – 110 min 4/28/2016 2:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Juan Manuel Villar Betancort, Pavel Giroud A journey through the work and living spaces of pianist and composer Ernesto Lecuona, considered the most universal of Latin Ameica pianists.

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MUSIC MUSIC A FAT A FAT WRECK WRECK USA USA - 2015 - 2015 – 88 – 88 minmin 4/22/2016 4/22/2016 5:45 5:45 PMPM - Regency - Regency South South Coast Coast Village Village Director: Director: Shaun Shaun Colón Colón A look A look at the at the riserise of Fat of Fat Wreck Wreck Chords, Chords, thethe indepenindependent dent record record label label started started by by NOFX’s NOFX’s FatFat Mike Mike andand Erin Erin Burkett. Burkett.

4/24/2016 4/24/2016 7:30 7:30 PMPM - Island - Island Cinema Cinema Director: Rob Hatch-Miller Director: Rob Hatch-Miller SylSyl Johnson struggled forfor decades before leaving thethe Johnson struggled decades before leaving music business in the 1980s to open a Chicago fried-fish music business in the 1980s to open a Chicago fried-fish chain. Since then, he he hashas become oneone of the most-samchain. Since then, become of the most-sampled artists in hip-hop. pled artists in hip-hop.

Plays Plays with… with… TWIN TWIN VISIONS VISIONS USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - 23- 23 minmin Director: Director: Louise Louise Salter Salter & Gavin & Gavin Bowden Bowden

CHASING CHASING NOTES NOTES USA USA - 2014 - 2014 – 75 – 75 minmin 4/24/2016 4/24/2016 3:153:15 PMPM - Island - Island Cinema Cinema Director: Director: James James Goodwin Goodwin TheThe process process of film of film composing composing told told through through thethe story story of of an an up-and-coming up-and-coming composer composer who who puts puts everything everything on on thethe lineline to pursue to pursue his his dream. dream.

TWINTWIN VISIONS VISIONS

COLIN COLIN HAY HAY - WAITING - WAITING FOR FOR MYMY REAL REAL LIFE LIFE USA USA - 2015 - 2015 – 84 – 84 minmin 4/25/2016 4/25/2016 5:00 5:00 PMPM - Island - Island Cinema Cinema Director: Director: Nate Nate Gowtham, Gowtham, Aaron Aaron Faulls Faulls Follow Follow Colin Colin Hay, Hay, singer/songwriter singer/songwriter andand former former Men Men At At Work Work frontman, frontman, from from thethe swift swift success success of his of his band band to his to his own own downfall downfall and, and, finally, finally, to his to his riserise back back up up to salvation to salvation through through a transcendent a transcendent musical musical journey. journey.

DESERT DESERT AGE: AGE: A ROCK A ROCK AND AND ROLL ROLL SCENE SCENE HISTORY HISTORY USA USA - 2015 - 2015 – 75 – 75 minmin 4/27/2016 4/27/2016 7:45 7:45 PMPM - Island - Island Cinema Cinema Director: Director: Jason Jason Pine Pine Rock Rock legends legends reveal reveal thethe significance significance of California’s of California’s DesDesertert Age Age to the to the rock rock n’roll n’roll movement. movement. California’s California’s deserts deserts harvested harvested a rich a rich culture culture of late of late nights, nights, loud loud crowds, crowds, andand music music that that could could transcend transcend time. time.

JAZZ JAZZ NIGHTS: NIGHTS: A CONFIDENTIAL A CONFIDENTIAL JOURNEY JOURNEY USA USA - 2016 - 2016 – 104 – 104 minmin 4/23/2016 4/23/2016 5:155:15 PMPM - Island - Island Cinema Cinema Director: Director: HalHal Masonberg Masonberg A revolving A revolving group group of jazz of jazz musicians musicians performing performing on on thethe cutting-edge cutting-edge of aofsocial a social andand cultural cultural metamorphosis metamorphosis congregate congregate Sunday Sunday nights nights at aatself-described a self-described “hash “hash bar” bar” in Los in Los Angeles Angeles to improvise to improvise andand explore explore jazz jazz

MUSIC MUSIC VIDEOS VIDEOS 4/28/2016 4/28/2016 7:45 7:45 PMPM - The - The Triangle Triangle

TAKE TAKE MEME WITH WITH YOU/EMPTINESS YOU/EMPTINESS USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Jason Jason Kupfer Kupfer

MENTAL MENTAL EXORCISM EXORCISM – SCARFACE – SCARFACE USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: John John “DR. “DR. TEETH” TEETH” Tucker Tucker

LET’S LET’S BEBE BAD BAD - CHILDBIRTH - CHILDBIRTH USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Lara Lara Jean Jean Gallagher Gallagher

NONO PAIN PAIN (SIN (SIN DOLOR) DOLOR) - MÜRFILA - MÜRFILA Spain Spain - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Mürfila Mürfila

WAKE WAKE THE THE GIANT GIANT – TOMMY – TOMMY TRASH TRASH FEAT. FEAT. JHART JHART USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Nick Nick RayRay McCann McCann

OCEAN OCEAN PICTURE PICTURE – BIG – BIG NOBLE NOBLE USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Daniel Daniel Ryan Ryan

THROUGH THROUGH MYMY STREET STREET – RIO – RIO WOLTA WOLTA Switzerland Switzerland - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Piet Piet Baumgartner Baumgartner

BREAK BREAK YOURSELF YOURSELF – HOOK – HOOK N SLING N SLING FEAT. FEAT. FAR FAR EAST EAST MOVEMENT MOVEMENT USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Carlos Carlos Lopez Lopez Estrada Estrada & Nelson & Nelson De De Castro Castro

CAT CAT BIRD BIRD COYOTE COYOTE – DAVID – DAVID POE, POE, AMY AMY RAASCH RAASCH USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Amy Amy Raasch Raasch

SPEECH SPEECH OFOF FOXES FOXES – GEM – GEM CLUB CLUB JAZZ JAZZ NIGHTS: NIGHTS: A CONFIDENTIAL A CONFIDENTIAL JOURNEY JOURNEY

PLAYING PLAYING LECUONA LECUONA Spain Spain - 2015 - 2015 – 110 – 110 minmin 4/28/2016 4/28/2016 2:30 2:30 PMPM - Island - Island Cinema Cinema Director: Director: Juan Juan Manuel Manuel Villar Villar Betancort, Betancort, Pavel Pavel Giroud Giroud A journey A journey through through thethe work work andand living living spaces spaces of pianist of pianist andand composer composer Ernesto Ernesto Lecuona, Lecuona, considered considered thethe most most universal universal of Latin of Latin Ameica Ameica pianists. pianists.

USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Ben Ben Phillippo Phillippo

BAD BAD BLOOD BLOOD - NAO - NAO UKUK - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: IanIan Pons Pons Jewell Jewell

BLACKSTAR BLACKSTAR – DAVID – DAVID BOWIE BOWIE UKUK - 2016 - 2016 - Director: - Director: Johan Johan Renck Renck

CREEPY CREEPY – OYSTER – OYSTER KIDS KIDS USA USA - 2015 - 2015 - Director: - Director: Kamell Kamell Allaway Allaway

SYL SYL JOHNSON: JOHNSON: ANY ANY WAY WAY THE THE WIND WIND BLOWS BLOWS

CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA KIDS KIDS - WEEZER - WEEZER

USA USA - 2015 - 2015 – 84 – 84 minmin

USA USA - 2016 - 2016 - Director: - Director: SCANTRON SCANTRON andand Jade Jade Ehlers Ehlers

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MONUMENT - MUTEMATH USA - 2016 - Director: Israel Anthem

VICTOR – PRINZE GEORGE USA - 2015 - Director: Thomas Hinkamp

AMARON & WALDEN’S JOYRIDE – HUGO CHEGWIN, FRED BERRY UK - 2015 - Director: Max Taylor and Timothy McCourt

COME - JAIN France - 2015 - Director: Lionel Hirlé & Grégory Ohre

ENVIRONMENTAL HUNTWATCH USA - 2015 – 87 min 4/23/2016 12:00 PM - Island Cinema 4/26/2016 12:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Brant Backlund Seals, lies and videotapes. Violent confrontation boils over on the ice floes of Canada as activists, fishermen and politicians battle over the fate of baby seals.

JUMBO WILD Canada - 2015 – 52 min 4/23/2016 4:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Nick Waggoner The true story surrounding the decades-long battle over the future of British Columbia’s iconic Jumbo Valley.

Plays with… THE MORE THINGS CHANGE USA, Indonesia - 2015 – 26 min Director: Nathan Myers

ONE BIG HOME United States - 2016 – 90 min 4/24/2016 5:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Thomas Bena Giant, gaudy trophy homes the threaten to destroy the rustic beauty of Martha’s Vineyard. A carpenter takes on the architects and builders who ignore the region’s traditional heritage. ONE BIG HOME

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Director: Julian & Joaquin Azulay Two brothers walk 300 km for a month and a half across Peninsula Mitre in a show of environmental solidarity and sustainable, anti-consumerist living.

Action SportS Chasing niagara Austria, USA, Canada and Mexico - 2015 – 77 min 4/23/2016 2:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Rush Sturges When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz makes the decision to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion an incredible series of events that eventually takes on a life of its own.

Dirty OlD WeDge USA - 2016 – 62 min 4/22/2016 5:15 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/24/2016 7:30 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Tim Burnham From the fifties to modern day, follow the back-story of the wedge and how it made an impact on a community of beach natives and surf culture.

Fire anD Water USA - 2016 – 63 min 4/24/2016 5:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Thomas Brookins For Don Eichin a NY Firefighter, water has not only acted as his weapon of safety, but also a source of recreation. In New York, a strong community of surfers dwell underneath the ashes and uniforms.

Psychic Migrations

PsyChiC migratiOns USA - 2015 – 60 min 4/28/2016 7:00 PM - The Triangle Director: Ryan Thomas An inspired journey built on more than 20 years and 30 influential films from the world of Volcom, weaving the physical expression of surfing with the natural landscapes that surround them.

Plays with… beauty & ChaOs India and Indonesia - 2016 – 6 min Director: James Skerritt

return tO CaPe st FranCis

Fish: the surFbOarD Film USA, Australia - 2016 – 90 min 4/24/2016 2:30 PM - The Triangle Director: Joseph Ryan The fish surfboard design was invented over 30 years ago but still has a major influence on the mainstream surf culture today.

South Africa, Costa Rica, USA- 2015 – 40 min 4/25/2016 6:00 PM - The Triangle Director: Andy Verdone Fifty years after starring in the classic film ‘The Endless Summer,’ Robert August returns to the place where it all began, Cape St. Francis.

Plays with… the biggest bOarD: surF City usa’s ePiC riDe USA - 2016 – 15 min Director: Nick Bowser

stanDing On Water Denmark, USA - 2015 – 65 min 4/25/2016 3:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Peter Alsted Casper Steinfath was a paddle surfing pioneer in Denmark and has worked to promote the sport in his homeland, so much so that it is now affectionately known as Cold Hawaii.

Plays with… Mad dogs

maD DOgs Brazil - 2015 – 75 min 4/27/2016 5:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Roberto Studart In the late 90’s, three surfers left Brazil to live the dream of surfing the world’s most famous waves. Following the history of these surfers and how the name they created for themselves, we’re given insight into the highs and lows of the surfing world.

Peninsula mitre Argentina - 2016 – 90 min 4/26/2016 7:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport

One seven eight: FOrging a balanCe USA, United Kingdom - 2015 – 5 min Director: Greg Hackett

vieW FrOm a blue mOOn USA - 2015 – 58 min 4/26/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle Director: Blake Kueny See the sport of surfing through the eyes of John Florence, one of the world’s most dynamic surfers, and his closest friends.

Plays with… eCliPse Canada - 2015 – 31 min Director: Anthony Bonello

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We Are Blood

deSerT mAveriCk

USA - 2015 – 90 min 4/27/2016 8:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Ty Evans A group of top skateboarders travel the globe in pursuit of the universal bond created by the simple act of skateboarding.

USA - 2016 – 77 min 4/23/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Leo Zahn The story of mid-century modern architect William F. Cody is told through the iconic buildings that he created and his impact on the architecture of Palm Springs.

hArry BenSon: ShooT firST USA - 2016 – 87 min 4/23/2016 4:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Justin Bare, Matthew Miele Renowned photographer, Harry Benson, captured iconic images of many celebrities including The Beatles, Martin Luther King and Michael Jackson. Now 86, he is still taking photos and has no intentions of stopping.

Plays with… Cindy ShermAn: “UnTiTled film STillS” We are BlooD

USA - 2014 - 4 min Director: Douglas Sloan

lUTAh A PASSion for ArChiTeCTUre: A life in deSign

ART, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN ArT BASTArd USA - 2015 – 84 min 4/25/2016 7:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Victor Kanefsky In a madcap art world obsessed with money, fame and hype, one artist thrives through his call for justice, defiance to the system and his own singular style.

USA - 2014 – 65 min 4/27/2016 7:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Kum-Kum Bhavnani Architect Lutah Maria Riggs navigated her way through the male-centric world of architecture and brought freshness to the established architectural styles of Southern California in the 20th century.

TrUe Believer USA - 2016 – 65 min 4/28/2016 5:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Dale Schierholt An intimate and revealing visit with acclaimed painter Charles Arnoldi in his Venice, California studio.

Plays with… ThiS Side of dreAmlAnd USA - 2015 – 11 min Director: Patrick Reagan, Joshua Glick

Plays with…

CASA del Sol USA - 2016 – 40 min Director: Merced B. Bacon, Kyle Decker Four schools in Orange County work together to win the Solar Decathlon in a student-run competition They hope to achieve one goal: building the solar-powered house of the future.

JACkSon PolloCk’S mUrAl Italy, USA - 2015 - 40 min Director: Kevin Kelley

Jackson Pollock’s Mural

Plays with… emerging USA - 2015 – 30 min 4/24/2016 2:30 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Steven Kochones

dArk ProgreSSiviSm USA - 2015 – 87 min 4/22/2016 7:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre From the blood on the streets to the walls of the galleries, Los Angeles artists share their experiences with inner city violence through their creativity and artwork.

TyrUS USA - 2015 – 72 min 4/26/2016 4:45 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Pamela Tom The unlikely and untold story of 104-year old Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong, who overcame poverty and racism to become a celebrated painter, sketch artist, and Disney legend.

Plays with… The WhimSiCAl imAgineer Dark ProgressivisM

United States - 2016 – 30 min Director: Kenneth Kebow

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SLut

Yarn Iceland - 2016 – 76 min 4/24/2016 12:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Una Lorenzen, Heather Millard, Thordur Jonsson The traditional crafts of knitting and crotchet are brought into the world of modern art as a new language of expression is woven out of the colorful, woolen medium.

BLight

Horror SpotligHt

Croatia - 2015 - Director: Daina O. Pusic

Ireland - 2015 - Director: Brian Deane

SLut United States - 2014 - Director: Chloe Okuno

the BeaSt (Zvjerka)

Documentary

Lace crater USA - 2015 – 83 min 4/23/2016 9:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Harrison Atkins A woman encounters a strange presence in a guest house. Lace crater

a good american Austria - 2015 – 100 min 4/25/2016 5:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Friedrich Moser The heads of the NSA, in the pockets of industry, dumped a revolutionary target tracking technology that could have revolutionized surveillance and preserved citizen’s privacy for being too cheap... three weeks before 9/11.

Nightmare oN Short Street

a good americaN

4/23/2016 6:45 PM - Regency South Coast Village

Luna

a road to home

USA - 2013 - Director: Antonio Perez

USA - 2015 – 92 min 4/25/2016 3:00 PM - Island Cinema 4/26/2016 2:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Cal Skaggs The stories of six homeless youths who seek aid from the Ali Forney Center, an organization dedicated to helping the 40% of the 300,000 homeless youth in America who identify as LGBT.

curve Australia - 2015 - Director: Tim Egan

an act of Love

curve

USA - 2015 – 86 min 4/27/2016 7:45 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 7:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Scott Sheppard In 2013, after officiating a same sex wedding for his son, a Pennsylvanian Methodist man finds himself at a crossroads between his love for his homosexual son and his faith as a Reverend.

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Being george Clooney USA - 2015 – 76 min 4/23/2016 6:00 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 11:15 AM - Island Cinema Director: Paul Mariano Listen in on the world of the dubbing Hollywood films for international markets. and takes you behind the scenes to meet the French, German, Hindi, Italian, Brazilian and Turkish voices to match the famous face.

where it was possible to believe that people could tell their own stories using their own media.

in Pursuit oF silenCe USA - 2015 – 80 min 4/25/2016 2:45 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Patrick Shen A film about our relationship with silence and the impact of noise on our lives.

Beneath the olive tree USA - 2015 – 76 min 4/26/2016 5:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Stavroula Toska Secret journals found buried beneath an olive tree on the island of Trikeri tell the stories of the thousands of female political exiles during the Greek civil war.

Beyond laughter and tears USA - 2015 – 82 min 4/22/2016 8:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Doug Blush, Lisa Klein PseudoBulbar Affect (PBA) is a condition marked by bursts of laughter and/or crying in people with certain neurological conditions or brain injuries.

Chasing the Win USA - 2016 – 79 min 4/24/2016 12:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Chris Ghelfi and Laura Sheehy Carl O’Callagan and his horse Kinsale King raced to an unlikely victory at the 2010 Dubai World Cup. They returned in 2011 in the hopes of reclaiming the title.

Fursonas USA - 2015 – 81 min 4/23/2016 3:30 PM - The Triangle 4/27/2016 12:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Dominic Rodriguez Furries are a network of people interested in anthropomorphic animals, often going so far as to create or buy “fursuits.” Comb through this humanistic exploration of close-knit community.

Here come tHe VIdeofreex

In PursuIt of sIlence

la tradition USA - 2016 – 69 min 4/23/2016 11:15 AM - Island Cinema Director: Jeff Fliegler The man, the myths, the restaurants, the disciples, and the delicious culinary creations behind the internationally recognized master, Pascal Olhats.

leFt on PurPose USA - 2015 – 84 min 4/23/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 5:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Justin Schein, David Mehlman The friendship between an aging anti-war activist and the filmmaker struggling to tell the story of how, as the activist’s last political act, he plans to take his own life.

midnight return: the story oF Billy hayes and turkey Turkey, USA, UK - 2015 – 99 min 4/23/2016 12:15 PM - The Triangle 4/27/2016 12:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Sally Sussman Invited back to Turkey after the iconic and controversial film Midnight Express, Billy Hayes decides to return and face a nation still haunted by the film.

no greater love

here Come the videoFreex USA - 2015 – 78 min 4/28/2016 7:45 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Jon Nealon, Jenny Raskin During a crucial turning point in the history of visual media, a pioneering video collective fought for a world

USA - 2015 – 94 min 4/25/2016 7:45 PM - The Triangle 4/27/2016 2:45 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Justin Roberts An Army chaplain, struggling with depression and PTSD, sets out on a journey to track down members of his old unit and come to terms with their experiences as a combat unit.

norman lear: Just another

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Version of You

south Bureau homicide

USA - 2016 – 91 min 4/25/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.

USA - 2015 – 78 min 4/24/2016 3:00 PM - The Triangle 4/25/2016 12:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Mark Burman, Mike Cooley The real stories of brave individuals who fight against the epidemic of homicides that plagues South Los Angeles.

off the rails

SPeed SiSteRS

USA - 2016 – 87 min 4/24/2016 12:45 PM - Island Cinema 4/25/2016 5:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Adam Irving The remarkable true story of a man with Asperger’s syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating rail and bus workers.

radical Grace USA - 2015 – 75 min 4/28/2016 3:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Rebecca Parrish Three brave nuns take their fight for equality on the road when the church officially censures American nuns and claims that feminism is simply incompatible with Catholicism. Right Footed

sPeed sisters USA - 2015 – 80 min 4/26/2016 4:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Amber Fares The first all-woman racecar driving team in the Middle East, the Speed Sisters are determined follow their drive in adrenaline-fueled lives both on and off the track.

riGht footed USA - 2015 – 82 min 4/28/2016 5:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Nick Spark A woman born without arms rises to all challenges and overcomes such adversity as learning to type with her toes, drive a car with her feet, and even fly a plane without the use of hands.

rwanda & Juliet

the ataxian USA - 2015 – 74 min 4/22/2016 6:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Zack Bennett, Kevin Schlanser In order to save thousands of lives, including his own, he challenges his life-threatening condition and takes his life into his own hands. Throughout his journey, Kyle discovers what it’s like to be alive during the nine days of the world’s most grueling

USA - 2015 – 87 min 4/23/2016 5:00 PM - Island Cinema 4/27/2016 2:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Ben Proudfoot An eccentric professor travels to Rwanda to stage a production of Romeo and Juliet featuring students from both Tutsi and Hutu backgrounds twenty years after the Genocide that left over a million Tutsi dead.

the FiRSt FiLM

since: the BomBinG of Pan am fliGht 103 USA, UK - 2015 – 85 min 4/26/2016 7:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Phil Furey The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killed 270 innocent people and began the new age of terrorism. Bound together in tragedy, the victim’s relatives fought for justice, only to watch it unravel for Libyan oil.

the first film UK - 2015 – 110 min 4/25/2016 5:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: David Wilkinson

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Version of You

south Bureau homicide

off the rails

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999 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 sPeed sisters USA - 2015 – 80 min 4/26/2016 4:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Amber Fares The first all-woman racecar driving team in the Middle East, the Speed Sisters are determined follow their drive in adrenaline-fueled lives both on and off the track.

rwanda & Juliet

the FiRSt FiLM

the first film UK - 2015 – 110 min 4/25/2016 5:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: David Wilkinson

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The compelling story of Louis Le Prince whose work during the birth of the medium of film would prove that the world’s film industry actually began in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888.

The Girl Who Saved My life Sweden - 2015 – 82 min 4/27/2016 5:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Hogir Hirori Chronicling his own journey to find the girl that saved his life, a documentarian’s story also paints a portrait of the women, children, and men whose lives have been torn apart by the terrors of the Islamic State.

The Weekend Sailor Canada, Mexico - 2016 – 73 min 4/22/2016 6:00 PM - The Triangle Director: Bernardo Arsuaga In 1973, against veteran superstars of sailing, an inexperienced Mexican captain raced in a 9 month deadly round-the-world regatta in an attempt to come home a champion.

New Zealand, USA - 2001 – 208 min 4/24/2016 3:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Peter Jackson The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins, who inherits the Ring and steps into legend.

FeatuRe a heavy hearT Germany - 2015 – 144 min 4/25/2016 8:00 PM - The Triangle Director: Thomas Stuber A former boxing champion trudges through life, unfulfilled with his present employment as a bouncer and debt collector, until he must face his most difficult opponent yet: a terminal illness. A LIGhT BENEATh ThEIR FEET

ToNy RoBBINS: I Am NoT youR GuRu

a liGhT beneaTh Their feeT USA - 2015 – 90 min 4/22/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle 4/27/2016 2:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Valerie Weiss A reclusive high school senior, tasked with the responsibility of caring for her bipolar bother, must choose between her home responsibilities or attending her dream school across the country.

Tony robbinS: i aM noT your Guru USA - 2016 – 121 min 4/22/2016 8:00 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 11:30 AM - Island Cinema Director: Joe Berlinger Internationally renowned life and business strategist Tony Robbins takes us behind the scenes of his once-ayear mammoth seminar ‘Date With Destiny.’

a riSinG Tide USA - 2015 – 98 min 4/24/2016 5:00 PM - Island Cinema 4/28/2016 5:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Ben Hickernell A young chef struggles to save his family’s restaurant after it is virtually destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

RetRospective el dorado USA - 1966 – 126 min 4/23/2016 11:30 AM - Island Cinema Director: Howard Hawks An aged gunfighter protects a rancher’s family from encroachment from a local tycoon.

The fox and The hound USA - 1981 – 83 min 4/23/2016 3:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village Director: Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens A bloodhound puppy and a rescued fox kit, the pets of two feuding neighbors, become fast friends despite their natural differences.

The lord of The rinGS: The felloWShip of The rinG, exTended ediTion

A RISING TIDE

alex & eve Australia - 2015 – 131 min

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4/24/2016 7:45 PM - The Triangle Director: Peter Andrikidis A Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer.

Battalion Russian Federation - 2015 – 123 min 4/27/2016 2:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Dmitry Meskhiev In 1917, following the abdication of the Tsar, a battalion of all-female soliders was formed by the new Russian government in an effort to improve army morale.

Battlecreek USA - 2015 – 97 min 4/23/2016 5:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Alison Eastwood Each night, in a small southern town, a young man bathes in the creek to combat a rare skin condition. Stuck in a lonely life, he takes an interest in a mysterious new girl who has taken a job in town.

Germany - 2014 – 25 min Director: Manuel Vogel

colBy USA - 2015 – 79 min 4/25/2016 5:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Alex Markman, Jake Fuller Stranded in a small beach town, a troubled young drifter breaks into a wealthy home and cons her way into the good graces of the family that lives there.

coming through the rye USA - 2015 – 97 min 4/24/2016 8:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/28/2016 8:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: James Sadwith A social outcast at an all-boys boarding school runs away to obtain permission from reclusive novelist J.D. Salinger to mount his adaptation of the author’s seminal work; The Catcher In The Rye.

demimonde BATTLECREEK

Hungary - 2015 – 87 min 4/26/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle Director: Attila Szász When a famous prostitute and her housekeeper hire a young maid, the two battle in determining the girl’s fate. She now must decide whether or not wealth is worth the price of her body. Lust, greed, and integrity clash forces, culminating in one fatal solu

emBers USA - 2015 – 85 min 4/24/2016 8:00 PM - The Triangle 4/27/2016 5:30 PM - The Triangle Director: Claire Carré After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories explore how we might learn, love and communicate in a future that has no past.

Beyond What remains (más allá de lo Que Queda) Canada - 2016 – 97 min 4/24/2016 8:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Peter Tharos and Bassel Martin Driven by his father’s last wishes, a funeral director pairs up with a street-savvy woman to cross Mexico in hopes of unveiling a family secret.

Buddy solitaire USA - 2015 – 86 min 4/23/2016 1:15 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/27/2016 7:45 PM – Island Cinema Director: Kuang Lee In order to pay the bills, a struggling comedian void of real human emotion finds himself teaching comedy to his girlfriend’s low-risk Anxiety and Phobia group. He must determine what he prizes more: the glory of an audience-grabbing act or the fulfillmen

call of the Void USA - 2015 – 55 min 4/24/2016 2:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Dustin Kahia In late 1940s Los Angeles, an eccentric young man struggles to win back the love of his life from the cop who stole her.

Plays with… the Way you die (schnee in rio)

fare USA - 2016 – 75 min 4/26/2016 8:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Thomas Torrey A driver for hire and his ill-fated fare descend into a night of darkness.

forWard. side. close! Austria - 2015 – 102 min 4/26/2016 2:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Alexander Peter Lercher A recluse is visited by a overzealous childhood friend who tries to bring laughter and perhaps love into the silent and dismal castle he calls home.

Buddymoon (honey Buddies) USA - 2016 - 80 min 4/28/2016 8:15 PM - Island Cinema 4 Director: Alex Simmons When a former child actor is dumped by his fiancé days before the wedding, his excitable German best man takes him on the honeymoon instead.

house of time France - 2015 – 86 min 4/23/2016 2:45 PM - Island Cinema 4/26/2016 2:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Jonathan Helpert A reclusive genius invites five of his friends to spend a

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weekend in his castle deep in the woods where he plans to show them his research into the secret Nazi time travel program.

How To Plan an orgy In a Small Town Canada - 2015 – 138 min 4/26/2016 7:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Jeremy Lalonde A village hussy turned sex columnist returns to her small town where old friends attempt to persuade her to host an orgy.

KeeP In ToucH USA - 2015 – 105 min 4/22/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Sam Kretchmar Discovering his first love died years earlier in a car wreck after trying to reconnect with her, a man instead begins an obsession with her younger sister who bears a striking resemblance to his lost love. Kidnap Capital

4/23/2016 5:30 PM - Island Cinema 4/27/2016 11:30 AM - Island Director: Jesse Shapiro Two old friends who faced with decisions that cannot wait, put their lives on pause for a day and do the unthinkable…walk around Los Angeles.

orPHanS & KIngdomS New Zealand - 2015 – 73 min 4/22/2016 5:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Paolo Rotondo A wealthy, isolated architect returns to his elegant home to find it has been taken over by three homeless, dangerous teenagers on the run from social services.

PaPa: HemIngway In cuba Canada, Cuba - 2015 – 109 min 4/24/2016 5:00 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/25/2016 11:45 AM - Island Director: Bob Yari Against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution, a journalist is befriended by Ernest and Mary Hemingway and witnesses the author’s decline into depression and alcoholism.

Po United States - 2016 – 93 min 4/23/2016 2:30 PM - The Triangle Director: John Asher After the death of his wife, a man is left as the sole caretaker to his gifted but challenged son Po, who escapes his grief by retreating into his own fantasy world he calls the Land of Color.

KIdnaP caPITal Canada - 2015 – 93 min 4/22/2016 5:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Felipe Rodriguez Trapped and tortured inside a Phoenix ‘drop house’ after being captured in the Arizona desert, a group of helpless, illegal migrants must find a way to escape a violent human kidnapping ring.

land legS (TemPeTe) France - 2015 – 89 min 4/25/2016 5:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Samuel Collardey A sailor used to a carefree life on the open sea must get his land legs when his teenage daughter becomes pregnant.

madTown USA - 2016 – 113 min 4/23/2016 8:15 PM - Island Cinema 4/28/2016 2:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Charles Moore A stand-up comedian confesses to murder onstage at an open mic night to a shocked audience

PoPulaTIon Zero Canada, USA - 2015 – 83 min 4/25/2016 8:30 PM - Island Cinema 4/28/2016 5:15 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Julian Pinder, Adam Levins In April 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. The only thing more shocking than the crime itself are the bizarre events that followed.

red mounTaIn China - 2015 – 95 min 4/24/2016 12:00 PM - The Triangle 4/25/2016 2:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Xin Mei A young man with aspirations of a more modern life finds himself living on the opposite path of destiny on China’s rustic and rural Red Mountain. RemembeR me

money USA - 2016 – 90 min 4/27/2016 8:15 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/28/2016 11:45 AM - Island Cinema Director: Martin Rosete A dinner party interrupted by a charismatic and mysterious neighbor quickly descends into lies being revealed, relationships being tested, and millions of dollars on the line.

nobody walKS In la USA - 2015 – 88 min

remember me USA - 2016 – 82 min 4/23/2016 3:00 PM - The Triangle

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Director: Steve Goldbloom As two cousins are transporting their infirm grandmother to an assisted care facility, the medications she has been taking begin to wear off and her true vibrant, feisty personality begins to reveal itself.

Remittance USA - 2015 – 90 min 4/26/2016 5:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Patrick Daly, Joel Fendelman Betrayed by her husband, a woman takes a job as a maid in Singapore to support her family in the Philippines, she trades one set of hardships for another.

back into society while navigating the complex relationships with the people in his life.

the innocentS (aGnuS Dei) France, Poland - 2016 – 115 min 4/24/2016 5:00 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 7:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Anne Fontaine In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.

the lennon RepoRt

Show BuSineSS USA - 2015 – 85 min 4/23/2016 1:00 PM - The Triangle 4/25/2016 5:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Alexander Tovar A writer moves to Los Angeles to adapt a children’s book for the silver screen, but quickly finds the Hollywood machine to be more than he’s willing to handle.

USA - 2015 – 85 min 4/24/2016 7:30 PM - The Triangle 4/28/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Jeremy Profe The true story of the night John Lennon was shot, the struggle to save his life and how an injured ABC news producer broke the story on Monday Night Football.

toto

Stevie D USA - 2015 – 119 min 4/26/2016 5:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Chris Cordone A look-alike actor is unwittingly hired to take the place of a man who has accidentally killed a gangster in order to bear the brunt of the underworld’s vengeance.

Philippines - 2015 – 115 min 4/24/2016 2:30 PM - The Triangle Director: John Paul Su A young Filipino hotel room service attendant is determined to obtain a U.S. visa by any means, until his actions put his family in danger.

wReStlinG JeRuSalem USA - 2016 – 93 min 4/25/2016 7:45 PM - Regency South Coast Village 4/27/2016 5:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Dylan Kussman A unique and cinematic journey of one man into the heart of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

YeaR BY the Sea

Summer of 8

SummeR of 8 USA - 2015 – 88 min 4/26/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema 4/27/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Ryan Schwartz Eight close friends soak up their last day of summer together on the beach before parting ways for college.

teaR me apaRt UK - 2015 – 85 min 4/26/2016 8:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Alex Lightman Set in a post-apocalyptic Cornish landscape, two young brothers turn to cannibalism to survive, only to fall for their prey: a teenage girl... and possibly the last girl alive.

the GReat & the Small USA - 2015 – 103 min 4/25/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema 4/28/2016 5:00 PM – Island Cinema Director: Dusty Bias A twenty-something on probation tries to find his way

USA - 2016 – 114 min 4/25/2016 2:30 PM - Edwards Big Newport 4/26/2016 2:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Alexander Janko Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

You’Re uGlY too Ireland - 2015 – 117 min 4/22/2016 5:45 PM - The Triangle Director: Mark Noonan A young girl must go to live with her ex-con uncle after the death of her mother, sparking a new relationship that will teach them both about family and love.

Family FEaTURE loSt & founD USA - 2015 – 90 min 4/24/2016 5:15 PM - Island Cinema Director: Joseph Itaya After being sent to live with their uncle on a remote island, two brothers discover the secrets to a hidden treasure that could deliver untold wealth, and perhaps heal their broken family.

oDDBall Australia - 2015 – 90 min 4/24/2016 2:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Stuart McDonald

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A chicken farmer and his granddaughter train their dog Oddball to protect the local penguin population from the foxes that hunt them.

PerFeCT Piggies USA - 2015 - Director: Sandra Boynton

Awesome BeeTle’s Colors

The Kids From 62-F

Latvia - 2016 - Director: Indra Sproge

USA - 2015 – 114 min 4/24/2016 11:45 AM - Island Cinema Director: Imani Shakur A group of friends find an artifact with special technological capabilities and embark on a journey together to deliver it back to its rightful owners.

Family SHORTS

eArned wings Australia - 2015 - Director: Lisa Ryan

A Boy CAlled su Australia - 2015 - Director: Vedrana Music

The lAnd oF nod USA, Portugal, Sweden - 2016 - Director: Joshua Dylan Mellars

ShortS for ShortieS 4/23/2016 11:00 AM - Island Cinema

Queen Bum (Konigin Po)

AriA For A Cow

Switzerland - 2015 - Director: Maja Gehrig

USA - 2015 - Director: Dan Lund

teenS & Short tweenS

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USA - 2015 - Director: Greg Perkins

AlienATion Germany - 2014 - Director: Laura Lehmus

miss roBoTo USA - 2015 - Director: Natasha Rindt

violeT Ireland - 2015 - Director: Maurice Joyce

hAve you seen ChArlie USA - 2015 - Director: Alexander Le Bas

BeAr sTory Chile - 2014 - Director: Gabriel Osorio

isA And The Frog PrinCe USA - 2015 - Director: Yingxiang Huang

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United States - 2015 - Director: Azure Allen

nAPoleon: The TiCKeT USA - 2015 - Director: Matthew Berenty

The Kids From 62-F

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USA - 2015 – 114 min 4/24/2016 11:45 AM - Island Cinema Director: Imani Shakur A group of friends find an artifact with special technologicalEXPOSES capabilities and embark a journey together to THE SCARS OFon NOT BELONGING.” –Laura Blum, thalo.com deliver it back to its rightful owners.

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Alex & sylviA

USA - 2015 - Director: Dan Lund

United States - 2015 - Director: Christian Lachel

sCAredy BAT

France - 2015 - Director: Phuong Mai Nguyen

USA - 2015 - Director: Greg Perkins

my home (Chez moi) mission disConneCT United States - 2015 - Director: Lamar Sulaka

miss roBoTo USA - 2015 - Director: Natasha Rindt

hAve you seen ChArlie USA - 2015 - Director: Alexander Le Bas

isA And The Frog PrinCe USA - 2015 - Director: Yingxiang Huang

Follow your heArT USA - 2016 - Director: Rob O’Neill

The FeAr oF disAPPeAring USA - 2015 - Director: Joshua Seigel

FrAgile

TheodorA

USA - 2016 - Director: Nilo Batle

USA - 2015 - Director: Henry Chaisson, Travis Bogosian

SHORT FILMS

PerFeCT Piggies USA - 2015 - Director: Sandra Boynton

Awesome BeeTle’s Colors Latvia - 2016 - Director: Indra Sproge

eArned wings Australia - 2015 - Director: Lisa Ryan

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A TerriBle hullABAloo Ireland - 2016 Director: Ben O’Connor

A FATher’s leTTer

Australia - 2015 - Director: Vedrana Music

Ireland - 2016 Director: Joe Dolan

The lAnd oF nod

my liFe For irelAnd

A Boy CAlled su

USA, Portugal, Sweden - 2016 - Director: Joshua Dylan Mellars

”You can bastardize

Queen Bum (Konigin Po)

else inMaja your life, but Switzerland everything - 2015 - Director: Gehrig

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we hold noThing in our hAnds Japan - 2015 - Director: Aya Shiroi

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Ireland - 2016 Director: Kieron J. Walsh

grAniTe & ChAlK Ireland - 2016 Director: Patrick Hodgins

goodBye dArling Ireland - 2016 Director: Maria-Elena Doyle

BAring Arms Ireland - 2016 Director: Colm Quinn

The Cherishing Ireland - 2016 Director: Dave Tynan

mr. yeATs & The BeAsTly Coins Ireland - 2016 Director: Ann Marie Hourihane, Laura McNicholas

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The ParTy

Canada - 2015 Director: Drew Taylor, Matthew Taylor

Ireland - 2016 Director: Andrea Harkin

ZaaTari

AnimAtion FAscinAtion shorts

Jordan, USA - 2016 Director: David Ghali

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Brix aND The BiTch

Worm

USA - 2015 Director: Nico Raineau

USA - 2015 Director: Becky James

The grill maN (chaPa)

Bear STory

Brazil - 2015 Director: Fabio Montanari

Chile - 2014 Director: Gabriel Osorio

BlAze new short trAils Docs 4/26/2016 2:00 PM Island Cinema

The SPiriT oF iriS USA - 2015 Director: Corinne Jayaweera

The laST BarN DaNce USA - 2015 Director: Jason Arthurs, Ted Richardson BeAr storY

The TrialS oF coNSTaNce Baker moTley USA - 2015 Director: Rick Rodgers

STarTiNg PoiNT (Punkt wyjŚcia)

NaPoleoN: The TickeT USA - 2015 Director: Matthew Berenty

Poland - 2014 Director: Michał Szcześniak

DAnce in Your shorts

The loNelieST SToPlighT USA - 2015 Director: Bill Plympton

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hearTBreak & BeauTy

DiSSoNaNce Germany - 2015 Director: Till Nowak

Australia - 2015 Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith, Robin Bryan, Libby Banks, Nathan Basha

FolloW your hearT

JulieT JulieT - The SouND oF love muSical

USA - 2016 Director: Rob O’Neill

Japan - 2015 Director: Ken Ochiai

DiNNer For FeW

hoW you look aT iT

Greece - 2014 Director: Nassos Vakalis

USA - 2015 Director: Wendy Seyb

iN DeeP WaTerS

BalloN

Canada, France - 2016 Director: Sarah Van den Boom

USA - 2015 Director: Alexis O. Korycinski

my hearT aTTack

Where We BegiN

Canada - 2015 Director: Sheldon Cohen

USA - 2015 Director: Mitsuyo Miyazaki

i WaS a WiNNer (Jag var eN viNNare)

SWirl

Sweden - 2016 Director: Jonas Odell

USA - 2015 Director: Lance McDaniel

BAck in the short GAme

Down her shorts

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iNJury Time

aFTer The eND

Australia - 2014 Director: Jack Sheridan

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Sam Southward

roN Taylor: Dr. BaSeBall

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USA - 2015 Director: Clara Leac

USA - 2016 Director: Ian Shive

TeTched

righT To row

USA - 2016 Director: Sanjin Malesevic

USA - 2015 Director: Jakov Velasco

BeaT around The Bush

IrISh ShortS

Canada - 2016 Director: Brianne Nord-Stewart

cherry cake United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Jaine Green

MoMs on Fire Sweden - 2016 Director: Joanna Rytel

sleep incidenTs (söMnincidenTer) Sweden - 2015 Director: Malin Erixon

ExpEct thE UnExpEctEd Shortly

4/24/2016 3:15 PM Island Cinema

violeT Ireland - 2015 Director: Maurice Joyce

The shadow oF our TogeTherness Ireland - 2015 Director: Aisha Tyler

ciTy oF roses Ireland - 2015 Director: Andrew Kavanagh

The clockMaker’s dreaM

4/28/2016 8:00 PM The Triangle

Ireland - 2015 Director: Cashell Horgan

Zero M2

woMan oF The house

France - 2015 Director: Matthieu Landour

Ireland - 2015 Director: Aidan Gibson

resTarT

delicaTe Things

Spain - 2015 Director: Olga Osorio

Ireland - 2016 Director: Patrick Maxwell

The lighT ThieF (el lardon de luZ)

The greaT wide open

Spain - 2015 Director: Eva Daoud

Ireland - 2015 Director: Ciaran Dooley

a single liFe

lEnS to Short SEnSES

Netherlands - 2014 Director: Job, Joris & Marieke

leFTover France - 2015 Director: Tibor Banoczky, Sarolta Szabo

The voice inside USA - 2015 Director: Jonathan Thompson

hux USA - 2016 Director: Mageina Tovah

From land to Short SEa docS

4/23/2016 6:00 PM The Triangle

synesThesia Canada - 2015 Director: Aisling Chin-Yee

The new orleans saZerac USA - 2015 Director: James Martin

The Ballad oF The dreadnoughT USA - 2015 Director: Denis Aumiller, John Sterling Ruth

hi how are you daniel johnsTon?

4/23/2016 11:00 AM The Triangle

USA - 2015 Director: Gabriel Sunday

ocean sTories: greg sTone

loSt & Shortly FoUnd

USA - 2015 Director: Patrick Creadon, Greg Goggin

Man under USA - 2015 Director: Paul Stone

The cajun navy USA - 2015 Director: Allan Dirand

chasing The disTance

4/26/2016 5:00 PM The Triangle

alien hunTer USA - 2015 Director: David Telles

avo Iran - 2015 Director: Golnaz Jamsheed

dead wrong United Kingdom - 2015

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Director: Emily Haigh

The LobsTer Kid Taiwan - 2014 Director: Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu

FoaL Australia - 2015 Director: Vanessa Gazy

discipLine Switzerland - 2014 Director: Christophe M. Saber

Made in California ShortS

her FirsT bLacK Guy USA - 2015 Director: Sam Auster

snoWmen New Zealand - 2014 Director: Jonathan Brough

The Five minuTe museum United Kingdom, Switzerland - 2015 Director: Paul Bush

new Short BeginningS 4/22/2016 6:00 PM The Triangle

4/25/2016 3:00 PM Island Cinema

oFF TracK USA - 2014 Director: JP Jacobsen

cross USA - 2015 Director: Gerry Maravilla

ToTaLLy Free USA - 2015 Director: Daniel Soares

Jada USA - 2016 Director: Doug Roland

noodLe deLi USA - 2015 Director: David Liu

WeLcome To The LasT booKsTore USA - 2015 Director: Chad Howitt

The house is innocenT USA - 2015 Director: Nicholas Coles

The Ground beLoW

broTher Norway - 2014 Director: Tommy Naess

411 USA - 2015 Director: Oliver Power

sophie USA - 2015 Director: Alexandra Hsu

JoseF and aimée Canada - 2015 Director: Ben Shirinian

he and she (er und sie) Germany - 2015 Director: Marco Gadge

Love is a sTinG Ireland - 2015 Director: Vincent Gallagher

LuLu USA - 2015 Director: Shawn Snyder

not Short on hope 4/24/2016 8:30 PM The Triangle

USA - 2016 Director: Marc De Bertier, Carlotta Harlan, Tara Steward

TeTher

Mixed Short Bag

USA - 2015 Director: Eve Symington

4/24/2016 3:30 PM The Triangle

GuesT room USA - 2015 Director: Joshua Tate

The orchesTra Australia - 2015 Director: Mikey Hill

ZeLos USA - 2015 Director: Thoranna Sigurdardottir

aduLT puberTy USA - 2015 Director: Dago Rodriguez

Game on USA - 2015 Director: Jennifer Crystle

macarrão Brazil - 2015 Director: Iyabo Kwayana

madaran USA - 2015 Director: Rayka Zehtabchi

arT in heaven United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Jessica Elisa Boyd

a siGn Belgium - 2014 Director: Don Duncan

Live is ruGGed (das Leben isT harT) Germany - 2015 Director: Simon Schnellmann

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Kosovo - 2015 Director: Jamie Donoughue

4/27/2016 2:30 PM Island Cinema

Death In Bloom Australia - 2014 Director: Dael Oates

maurIce Canada - 2014 Director: François Jaros

the rIght Person for the JoB (la Bonne Personne Pour l’emPloI)

out of the VIllage USA - 2015 Director: Jonathan Stein

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WIthout Italy, USA - 2015 Director: Paola Sinisgalli

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the lIstener United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Michael Gilhooly

the olD man anD the cat (Der alte mann unD DIe Katze)

the treatment (DIe BehanDlung)

Germany - 2015 Director: Damian Schipporeit

Germany - 2015 Director: Marvin Meiendresch

father’s Day

flysPy

USA - 2015 Director: Kiki Lambden Stout

United Kingdom - 2016 Director: Daniel M Smith

PrOviNg them WrONg ShOrtly

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4/24/2016 6:00 PM The Triangle

countIng BacKWarDs United Kingdom - 2014 Director: Sean De Sparengo

France - 2014 Director: Coralie Fargeat

SecONd ShOrt chANceS 4/28/2016 2:30 PM Island Cinema

the test

fIrst WorlD ProBlems

Poland - 2015 Director: Teresa Czepiec

Finland - 2015 Director: Hanna Maylett

three year three month retreat (lo sum choe sum)

a ProuD Woman

Bhutan - 2015 Director: Dechen Roder

BorroWeD tIme USA - 2015 Director: Lou Hamou-Lhadj, Andrew Coats

shelter USA - 2015 Director: R. J. Daniel Hanna

riSiNg AbOve ShOrtly

Singapore - 2015 Director: Sam Osborne

the routIne Norway - 2015 Director: Emilie K. Beck

Dorothy’s secret Canada - 2015 Director: Matthew MacFadzean

PleIn soleIl

4/27/2016 6:00 PM The Triangle

Belgium - 2015 Director: Fred Castadot

the reD house

BaIl

USA - 2014 Director: Jiaqi Lin

USA - 2015 Director: Ben Kadie

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USA - 2016 Director: John Sinclair, Joel P. Berry

Short, Sweet and Queer

Something’S Different About felix WeAtherS

hole

USA - 2016 Director: Matt Russak

Short CompliCated romanCe 4/23/2016 8:30 PM The Triangle

minimum WAge USA - 2015 Director: Joey Ally

the ring thing USA - 2015 Director: Friederike Jehn

lonely PlAnet USA - 2014 Director: Alex Burunova

milDreD & the Dying PArlor USA - 2015 Director: Alex Gayner

rokSAnA USA - 2015 Director: Shaina Pakravan

tAil USA - 2015 Director: Matt Mercer

DeSzcz Australia - 2015 Director: Malina Maria Mackiewicz

StAlker breAkuP USA - 2016 Director: Thomas Michael

Short dream ChaSerS 4/25/2016 8:15 PM The Triangle

Selling roSArio USA - 2014 Director: Michael Winokur, Iana Simeonov

coWboyS Spain - 2014 Director: Bernabé Rico

DreAming of Peggy lee United Kingdom - 2015 Director: James Everett

letter to goD USA, Azerbaijan - 2015 Director: Maria Ibrahimova

nelly Austria - 2015 Director: Chris Raiber

An APPrentice USA - 2015 Director: Jacob Patrick, Shane Harper

4/27/2016 5:15 PM The Triangle

Australia - 2015 Director: Tony Radevski

breAking fASt USA - 2015 Director: Mike Mosallam

PASSengerS USA - 2015 Director: Dickie Hearts

AlexA to exA USA - 2015 Director: Exa Zim

Pink boy USA - 2015 Director: Eric Rockey

Seeking: JAck triPPer USA - 2016 Director: Quinlan Orear

nineteen Australia - 2014 Director: Madeline Kelly

A ProuD WomAn Singapore - 2015 Director: Sam Osborne

rAnDy USA - 2015 Director: Shawn Ryan

ShortComingS 4/24/2016 1:15 PM The Triangle

into the Surf United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Tom Evans

the ScArecroW USA - 2015 Director: Phillip Rhys

Winter light USA - 2015 Director: Julian Higgins

lightning in the hAnD USA - 2014 Director: Joey Grossfield

eye for An eye Germany - 2016 Director: Steve Bache, Mahyar Goudarzi, Louise Peter

blAck cAnArieS USA - 2015 Director: Jesse Kreitzer

Shortly unglued 4/23/2016 1:15 PM The Triangle

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The offer (l’offre)

Belgium - 2015 Director: Sacha Feiner

Switzerland - 2014 Director: Moïra Pitteloud

The Trouble wiTh lucie (le Problème avec lucie)

moTher knowS beST (mamma veT bäST)

France - 2014 Director: Lionel Kaplan

Sweden - 2016 Director: Mikael Bundsen

SleePwalker (Schlafwandler)

UK shorTs 4/22/2016 6:00 PM Island Cinema

Germany - 2014 Director: Ricarda Axthelm

crack

ballon

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Peter King

USA - 2015 Director: Alexis O. Korycinski

blue borSalino

indigo

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Mark Lobatto

Canada - 2015 Director: Jody Wilson

colourS

allegory of The Jam Jar

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Peter Lee Scott

Belgium - 2015 Director: Ruth Mellaerts, Boris Kuijpers

dreaming of Peggy lee

Ties ThaT Bind shorTly 4/23/2016 3:45 PM The Triangle

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: James Everett

The Parker Tribe

The immaculaTe miSconcePTion

USA - 2015 Director: Jane Baker

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Michael Geoghegan

The aquarium

War and shorT Peace 4/25/2016 5:45 PM The Triangle

Australia - 2015 Director: Jacobie Gray

born in baTTle

moTher & broTher

Switzerland - 2015 Director: Yangzom Brauen

USA - 2015 Director: Dustin Cook

a PrivaTe maTTer

TraceS of my broTher (die SPuren meineS bruderS)

Australia - 2015 Director: Kate Halpin

Germany - 2015 Director: Moritz Mayerhofer

PorcuPine

all TheSe voiceS

USA - 2015 Director: Sabrina Doyle

USA - 2015 Director: David Henry Gerson

To Be or noT To Be shorT

chain Germany - 2014 Director: Eicke Bettinga

4/24/2016 11:00 AM The Triangle

memorieS of The Sea (memoriaS de mare) USA, Brazil - 2015 Director: Thais Drassinower

Two halveS of a TruTh Iran, Islamic Republic of - 2014 Director: Neda Assef

bombie Laos, USA - 2015 Director: Jack Sample

orange coUnTy school of The arTs 4/23/2016 12:00 PM The Triangle

woman ouTSide

child abuSe awareneSS PSa

USA - 2015 Director: Shelly Lauman

USA - 2015 Director: Erika Kroll

The Seed (la graine)

o.c. ParTnerShiPS To imProve communiTy healTh PSa

Belgium - 2015 Director: Barney Frydman

a film USA - 2015 Director: Alvie Hurt

USA - 2015 Director: Nico Ballesteros, Ryan Porter

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Belgium - 2015 Director: Sacha Feiner

The offer (l’offre) Switzerland - 2014 Director: Moïra Pitteloud

The Trouble wiTh lucie (le Problème avec lucie)

moTher knowS beST (mamma veT bäST)

France - 2014 Director: Lionel Kaplan

Sweden - 2016 Director: Mikael Bundsen

SleePwalker (Schlafwandler)

UK shorTs

Germany - 2014 Director: Ricarda Axthelm

ballon USA - 2015 Director: Alexis O. Korycinski

indigo Canada - 2015 Director: Jody Wilson

allegory of The Jam Jar Belgium - 2015 Director: Ruth Mellaerts, Boris Kuijpers

Ties ThaT Bind shorTly

4/22/2016 6:00 PM Island Cinema

crack United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Peter King

blue borSalino United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Mark Lobatto

colourS United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Peter Lee Scott

dreaming of Peggy lee

4/23/2016 3:45 PM The Triangle

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: James Everett

The Parker Tribe

The immaculaTe miSconcePTion

USA - 2015 Director: Jane Baker

United Kingdom - 2015 Director: Michael Geoghegan

The aquarium

War and shorT Peace

Australia - 2015 Director: Jacobie Gray

moTher & broTher USA - 2015 Director: Dustin Cook

4/25/2016 5:45 PM The Triangle

born in baTTle Switzerland - 2015 Director: Yangzom Brauen

a PrivaTe maTTer

TraceS of my broTher (die SPuren meineS bruderS)

Australia - 2015 Director: Kate Halpin

Germany - 2015 Director: Moritz Mayerhofer

PorcuPine

all TheSe voiceS

USA - 2015 Director: Sabrina Doyle

USA - 2015 Director: David Henry Gerson

To Be or noT To Be shorT

chain

4/24/2016 11:00 AM The Triangle

memorieS of The Sea (memoriaS de mare) USA, Brazil - 2015 Director: Thais Drassinower

Two halveS of a TruTh Iran, Islamic Republic of - 2014 Director: Neda Assef

Germany - 2014 Director: Eicke Bettinga

bombie Laos, USA - 2015 Director: Jack Sample

orange coUnTy school of The arTs 4/23/2016 12:00 PM The Triangle

woman ouTSide

child abuSe awareneSS PSa

USA - 2015 Director: Shelly Lauman

USA - 2015 Director: Erika Kroll

The Seed (la graine)

o.c. ParTnerShiPS To imProve communiTy healTh PSa

Belgium - 2015 Director: Barney Frydman

a film USA - 2015 Director: Alvie Hurt

USA - 2015 Director: Nico Ballesteros, Ryan Porter

anad eaTing diSorder PSa USA - 2015 Director: Erika Kroll

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Yolk

CoaCh

USA - 2015 Director: Ben Allen

USA - 2015 Director: Jamie Ostmann

Exodus

EstEl

USA - 2015 Director: David Hwang

USA - 2015 Director: Kylie McGuire

starlight

thE [gaMEs] MastEr

USA - 2015 Director: Lorraine Shaller

USA - 2015 Director: Ryan Porter

“girls Night out” MaC CoMMErCial

thE ProMPosal

USA - 2015 Director: Rachel Simurda

USA - 2015 Director: Ryan Porter

“grEat PowEr, grEat rEsPoNsibilitY” Prius CoMMErCial

Youth Film ShowcaSe 4/23/2016 1:30 PM Island Cinema

USA - 2015 Director: Cooper Lichacz

oNE daY oN CarvEr st.

“NikE: thE trail NEvEr ENds”

USA - 2015 Director: Azure Allen

USA - 2015 Director: Brian Anderson, Isabel Mansour, Jordon Sohoni

lovE uNExPECtEd

lovE aNd MusiC USA - 2015 Director: Sophia Dienstag, Ryan Finley, Sarah McAllister

USA - 2015 Director: Jackson Massey, Dylan Shepherd

thE storY oF thrEE riNgs: a MEMoir oF daNa sChwartz

JaNitor: First blood

USA - 2015 Director: Felix Audelo-Ruiz, Juli Freedman, Elly Hong, Carolina Martinez, Dora Schoenberg

USA - 2015 Director: Braden Swope

thE wEdgE

diNNEr

USA - 2015 Director: Dan Formsma

USA - 2015 Director: Griffin Meyer, Jordon Oz

slEEP

“saviNg NatioNal Parks” Psa

USA - 2015 Director: Mary Aupperle

USA - 2015 Director: Soorim Lee

thE bENCh

Josh FrEEsE: siNCE 1972

USA - 2015 Director: Cameron Burnett

USA - 2015 Director: Jaxon Schriever

luCiditY

Extra liFE Psa USA - 2015 Director: Jaxon Schriever, Cashin McCann

thE FouNdatioN For a bouNCiEr liFE USA - 2015 Director: Ryan Porter

thrEE hours USA - 2015 Director: Chris Tjajadi

koChisNsd: JoiNs thE battlE USA - 2015 Director: Connor Cheng

habitat For huMaNitY Psa USA - 2015 Director: Blake Del Rey, Alec Billante

thE PErks oF loviNg logaN USA - 2015 Director: Jamie Ostmann, Will Derr

USA - 2015 Director: Meredith Morran, Ellis Kauffman

CaMPiNg triP USA - 2015 Director: Audrey Larson

tiME out USA - 2015 Director: Alexia Salingaros

astro, Naught USA - 2016 Director: Katie Speare, Sacha Lin

thE FEar oF disaPPEariNg USA - 2015 Director: Joshua Seigel

JaCkiE krishEr: No liMits USA - 2016 Director: Claire Imler

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A LittLe Love Goes A LonG CLAy

Weekender

USA - 2016 Director: Juliet Buckholdt

USA - 2015 Director: Chad Corhan

FrAGiLe

sin rAiz

USA - 2016 Director: Nilo Batle

USA - 2015 Director: Lidieth Arevalo, Carlos Mendez

the 1

eLite Forever

USA - 2016 Director: Griffin Olis

USA - 2015 Director: Trent Monahan

eLLie

Chapman UniverSity

Canada - 2016 Director: Morgana McKenzie

ChAnneL USA - 2016 Director: Jake Naturman

ButterFieLd roAd

4/23/2016 11:00 AM Sage Hill School

titAnes deL Arte USA - 2015 Director: Mor Albalak

ALzheiMerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: A Love story

USA - 2016 Director: Nick Jackson

USA - 2015 Director: Amanda Le, Gabe Schimmel, Riani Astuti, Monica Petruzzelli

California State UniverSity fUllerton

the LAst Words

4/24/2016 3:00 PM Sage Hill School

out oF the BLue USA - 2015 Director: Alex Ferris

the MAn At the BAr USA - 2016 Director: Sean Tomek

CineMAtoGrApher reeL - ALex LAMBerd USA - 2015 Director: Alex Lamberd

CineMAtoGrApher reeL - dAnieL MArtin USA - 2015 Director: Daniel Martin

ALon USA - 2015 Director: Stone Alvaro

USA - 2015 Director: Keegan Mullin

BeWAre oF Bunny USA - 2015 Director: Becky Gill

the LAnd BeFore tiMe MAChines USA - 2015 Director: Nick Saucedo

Bendy Buddy USA - 2015 Director: Carsen Kelliher

prisM USA - 2015 Director: Jackson Miller

orange CoaSt College 4/24/2016 12:30 PM Regency South Coast Village

itALy Arts And reLiGion

MeMory

USA - 2015 Director: Eraj Shadaram

USA - 2015 Director: Jake Hilger

MoBius

13 AnGeLs stAnd GuArd Around your Bed

USA - 2015 Director: Gibran Rubio

USA - 2015 Director: Adam Von Carr

soMBer pines

stroke

USA - 2015 Director: David Tang

USA - 2015 Director: Liliana Maldonado

California State UniverSity long BeaCh

riGht to roW

4/24/2016 12:30 PM Sage Hill School

LuCky strike

USA - 2015 Director: Jakov Velasco

USA - 2015 Director: Tayler Nicholson

CruCe

the LeGend oF kenny hoBBs

out oF touCh

USA - 2015 Director: Joseph Horne

USA - 2015 Director: Lauren Millar, Samantha Smout

USA - 2015 Director: Rodrigo Reyes

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USA - 2015 Director: Sean Golden

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4:20 To yuMa USA - 2015 Director: Tim Tran

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USA - 2015 Director: Yixin Martin Yang

ToileT and oFFice USA - 2015 Director: Andy Fedak

Tide drawinG USA - 2015 Director: Alzira Lena Ruano

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The new show aT The hayden PlaneTariuM USA - 2011 Director: Maura Brewer

ThirdsPace USA - 2015 Director: Wil Ko

alki & Me USA - 2015 Director: Matias Velluntni

Bruised USA - 2015 Director: Woody Somvichai

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USA - 2015 Director: Bill Dugan, Mike Goedecke, Sue Hudelson

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USA - 2015 Director: Andrew Ng and Valeria Kohakura

USA - 2015 Director: Dan Sydik

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matters to them: tennis.

Roksana USA - 2015 Director: Shaina Pakravan

New Media Final Fantasy: advent ChildRen Japan - 2005 – 101 min 4/24/2016 8:00 PM - Island Cinema Director: Tetsuya Nomura and Takeshi Nozue Following the events of the classic video game Final Fantasy VII, we find its heroes trying to survive in the new city of Edge built on the ruins of Midgar.

winning USA - 2016 – 75 min 4/23/2016 7:30 PM - Island Cinema Director: Jacqueline Joseph The compelling and inspiring story of some of the most iconic figures in sports - their dreams, challenges and why they achieved greatness.

4/24/2016 5:30 PM - Island Cinema

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deus ex: human Revolution

ViSion and Craft: the art of fiLMMaking

Lite + Sound new Media ShortS USA - 2014 - Director: Moe Charif

PoweR/RangeRs USA - 2015 - Director: Joseph Kahn

the Fall oF men France - 2015 - Director: Yohan Faure

Runaways Canada - 2015 - Director: Ray Savaya

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Italy,Thailand - 2016 – 71 min 4/24/2016 7:45 PM - Island Cinema Director: Simone Manetti After a bad break-up, actress Chantal Ughi moves to Thailand to train in Thai Boxing. After five hard years fighting her anger, and her childhood ghosts, she attempts to become world champion.

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imPossible dReameRs

sunday, aPRil 24th, 2016

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USA - 2016 – 73 min 4/26/2016 3:00 PM - Edwards Big Newport Director: Eric Goldfarb, Erik Howell Incredible senior athletes train, compete, and share their life wisdom.

PeRFeCt lineuP USA - 2016 – 90 min 4/25/2016 8:15 PM - The Triangle Director: Jason Baumgardner The first feature-length documentary about the world, industry, and culture surrounding Fantasy Sports and the people who have become the first to make their livings from it.

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