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Windsor Auditorium Charters Auditorium CJFF Film School

Blue Note 7 The 17 N 9th Street

Berlin 6 Cafe 220 N. 10th Street

Bridge 5 The 1020 E Walnut Street

Senior Hall 4 100 Waugh Street

Theatre 3 Warehouse 100 Willis Street

All green blocks indicate parking garages or lots.

2 Macklanburg Theatre 8 Missouri Theatre 100 Willis Street 203 S 9th Street

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1405 E Broadway (Helis)

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WELCOME

IT ALL BEGINS WITH A DREAM.

A dream that we can make a difference…tell our stories…change the world. Over time we shape our dreams, shine them up, and when we are ready, we share them. And that is when they begin to change from a dream into reality.

Every year Citizen Jane Film Festival invites the dreamers to our town to share their vision with us.

Over a long weekend we are privileged to hear the stories they have fashioned from their dreams. And they make us laugh and they make us cry, but most of all, they make a space for us in their reality, if only for the duration of their film.

And once we have shared that space, something powerful happens. We are no longer on the side lines. We are in there with them, rooting for them, celebrating them and challenging the statistics that say that women’s voices are not important.

Our festival staff spends the better part of a year preparing for the dreamers. As we get closer, hundreds of volunteers step forward to help. Film goers reserve their films and anxiously wait for the show to begin.

Film lovers, festival workers and filmmakers come together to create this reality that began with a dream.

A dream that women could have an equal voice. And for this one weekend at least, in this, our seventh year, that dream becomes real again.

Paula Elias, Director Kerri Yost, Programmer

“ THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS. ” -ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

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You have stories to tell and a dream to pursue.

We’re here to help you make it happen.

Our community of professors and professional working writers are here to help you develop your vision, your voice and your career as a screenwriter. And they’ll do it on your schedule, on your time and in-between all of the other demands of your crazy-busy life.

The Stephens College Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in TV and Screenwriting will prepare you to compete in the high-stakes world of professional scriptwriting. The second-oldest women’s college in the country, Stephens is an institution on a mission: To increase the voices and impact of women in television and film.

It’s a mission that has drawn both the attention and the support of some of the most successful and well-known women writers in Hollywood – women who care deeply about ensuring that women’s voices and stories are heard. Like yours.

You’ll work with professional mentors online most of the time. But twice a year, you’ll gather with your fellow students in Los Angeles – at the Jim Henson Studios – for 10 days of intensive classes, discussions, mentoring sessions and professional networking. You’ll leave for home thoroughly exhausted and hugely inspired to apply all of that wisdom and insight to your own creative work.

Tell your story. Pursue your dream.

Learn more:

stephens.edu (573) 876-7207 klazebnik@stephens.edu

dream up.

Passes and tickets will be available for pick up at the Citizen Jane Film Festival Box Office located in the Stephens College Columbia Foyer at 1405 East Broadway during Box Office hours November 3-9, 2014: MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3-5: 5 PM-8 PM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6: 2 PM-8 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7: 10 AM-7 PM Main Box Office will move from Columbia Foyer to Missouri Theater at 5:30 PM on Friday. Main box office will be open at Missouri Theatre 5:30 PM-7:30 PM on Friday night.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8: 10 AM-8 PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9: 10 AM-7 PM Order tickets and passes online at citizenjanefilm.org QUESTIONS? CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT 573-819-5263

TICKETS AND PASSES

Buying a pass signals your commitment to supporting CJFF and celebrating women’s art and work...and it’s also a great deal!

INSANE JANE: $100. Reserve tickets to any film and CJ Filmmaker Brunch online, on a space available basis. You’ll have access to the VIP Party , Saturday Night Dance Party and Midnight Breakfast. You can also get into the “Wait Line” at any venue and get into any film free on a space available basis. We do highly recommend reserving a ticket online to guarantee seating. Your tickets will be assembled into a Pass Packet by the Box Office team and held for you at the Box Office. You can pick them up anytime during Box Office Hours.

PLAIN JANE: $60. This pass includes all films, workshops and discussion panels. Dance party is $5 at the door.

TICKETS: Opening Night: $10 General Public, $8 Students and Seniors. All other films: $8 General Public, $6 Students and Seniors DO I NEED A TICKET FOR EVERY EVENT? Yes. No one will be admitted to a film without a ticket, even volunteers and passholders. Each ticket has a little scannable bar code so we can keep more accurate records. Pass Holders must have a printed ticket for every film they want to see. Passholders can get tickets for any film, but they are based on availability so if you really want to see a film, don’t wait.

I HEARD THAT IF I DON’T GET TO THE FILM 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW STARTS, EVEN IF I HAVE A PASS AND A TICKET, I MIGHT NOT GET IN. IS THIS TRUE? Yes, it is. All pass holders MUST arrive at the film venue at least 15 minutes before the start of the film. If you aren’t present, the box office will give your seat away to those standing by. Our best advice is to arrive at the venue 30 minutes before each film begins to guarantee your seat isn’t taken.

FREE EVENTS CITIZEN JANE SUMMIT Thursday Nov. 6, 3-7 PM @ CHARTERS CITIZEN JANE FILM SCHOOL Friday Nov. 7, 12-5 PM @ STUDIO A CHILL SPACE Saturday Nov. 8, 10-1 AM @ CAFE BERLIN ART by local artists throughout the fest (See pages 56-57) KINETOSCOPES showing shorts throughout the fest (See page 35)

B O X O F F I C E / T I C K E T I N G / G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N

BOX OFFICE

DON’T MISS OUT!

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION (Free with film ticket to opening night film HELLION) Friday Nov. 7, 7:30 PM @ MISSOURI THEATRE DANCE PARTY & MIDNIGHT BREAKFAST ($5 ticket) Nov. 8 10:00 PM-1:30 AM @ THE BRIDGE

VISIT OUR WEBSITE CITIZENJANEFILM.ORG FOR A COMPLETE FAQ AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS AND PASSES

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Stephens has a seat for you.

As a patron of the Citizen Jane Film Festival, we want to thank you for your precious support of creative expression and art in all its forms. We hope when the festival is over you’ll return to our campus for our amazing season of Dance and Theatre.

Now when you join us for a Theatre or Dance production in Nov. or Dec., you’ll receive a voucher for one free ticket for any February performance.

CHOOSE FROM: Antigone A timeless story of rebellion, passion and power as seen through a modern lens. Classic. PG. Opening Feb. 6.

What Every Girl Should Know In light of recent controversies, this look at young women and their reproductive rights resonates and provokes thought. Drama. PG-13. Opening Feb. 19.

Annual Dance Company Spring Concert Celebrate the many styles of dance and the rare beauty of expression. Opening Feb. 27.

For a complete schedule of performances including our November and December productions, check out www.stephens.edu/performingarts boxoffice@stephens.edu (573) 876-7199

dream up.

Promotion is valid for Stephens College Playhouse Company, Warehouse Company and Dance Company events only. Not available for complementary tickets or those included in group discounts. Vouchers do not guarantee a seat.

Please exchange your voucher with the box office for an available seat.

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THURSDAY 2014

6 3-7 PM FREE

Historic Senior Hall Stephens College Campus 100 Waugh Street

Join us for the Second Annual CJ Summit where we gather with thought leaders from around the country. We’ll discuss ways to address the challenges around the representation of women behind and in front of the camera.

Appetizers and drinks will be served.

Presentations and Panel Discussion with:

Emily Best, filmmaker and founder/CEO of Seed&Spark Leah Meyerhoff, filmmaker and founder of the female filmmaking collective ‘Film Fatales’ Imran Siddiquee, writer and former Director of Communications and founding staff member of The Representation Project (Miss Representation) Julianna Brannum, Producer/Director of LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

Followed by a workshop where we will learn the tools of collaboration. We’ll make a “Zine” (a handmade magazine) about our thoughts on addressing the challenges facing women in film that will be handed out at Opening Night. The workshop will be led by Tiny Circus, an artist collective that travels the country teaching communities the tools of collaboration.

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CITIZEN JANE FILM SCHOOL

Stories We Tell

FRIDAY 12 PM-1:00 PM @ STUDIO A Where do stories come from? How do we develop them from script to screen? How do we overcome the obstacles? Hear the behind the scenes stories of the films at Citizen Jane and what inspired them. Clips of festival films will be played. Filmmakers will be present.

Gatekeepers and Gamechangers

FRIDAY 1:30 PM-2:30 PM @ STUDIO A Hear from those who select films at other festivals and from those who have won some of the most selective film grants/scholarships/awards in the nation as they talk about the process and how they got there. They will talk about how their work got to the next level, or what makes them choose one film project over another if they are the one making the selection. An honest discussion about opportunities in filmmaking accompanied by clips from films of the festival will be played.

Crowdfunding to Build Independence Workshop: Seed&Spark FRIDAY 3 PM-4:30 PM @ STUDIO A

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The only proven path to independence as an artist is a direct connection to your audience. Crowdfunding is becoming a fundamental piece of most financing plans for independent film. However, many filmmakers miss the opportunity to turn their film funding campaigns into audience-building opportunities that can last an entire career — and provide the groundwork for distribution that the filmmaker controls. This Crowdfunding to Build Independence Workshop will provide the crowdfunding action plan for film-related projects most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, direct relationship with your audience.

FRIDAY 6:30 PM-7:30 PM @ MISSOURI THEATRE Please join us for an opening night reception an hour before the film in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre!

Enjoy popcorn, libations, beer from Logboat Brewing Company and conversation with fellow film lovers.

Hellion

(93 MIN) Q&A with Kat Candler FRIDAY 7:30 PM @ MISSOURI THEATRE Sponsored by Watkins Roofing CJFF alum Kat Candler has adapted and expanded her award-winning short film into a powerful feature about a family on the brink struggling to stay together. 13-yearold Jacob is obsessed with heavy metal and dirt bike racing, but his behavior begins to raise concerns when it starts to involve his younger brother Wes. While his widowed father struggles with his own demons, Jacob is left to focus on two things; motocross and his brother. This atmospheric film is set against the haunting backdrop of the refineries of Southeast Texas and stars Emmy-winner Aaron Paul and Oscar-nominee Juliette Lewis, alongside an outstanding breakout performance by newcomer Josh Wiggens.

OPENING & CLOSING NIGHT FILM EVENTS

Reception

Meet The Patels

(83 MIN) Q&A with Abby Ispahani SUNDAY 7:30 PM @ BLUE NOTE Sponsored by Budget Host Inn and Americas Best Value Inn MEET THE PATELS is a laugh-out-loud real life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost 30-year-old IndianAmerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams...and his parents. Filmed by Ravi’s sister in what started as a family vacation video, this hilarious and heartbreaking film reveals how love is a family affair.

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F E S T I VA L E V E N T S

Citizen Jane Summit

FRIDAY 3 PM-7 PM @ SENIOR HALL, STEPHENS FREE Join us for the Second Annual CJ Summit, where we gather with thought leaders from around the country to strategize on ways to address the challenges around the representation of women behind and in front of the camera. See detail on panels, presentations, and workshops for the Summit on page 6 of this program.

Citizen Jane Film School

FRIDAY 12 PM-5 PM @ STUDIO A, 1405 E BROADWAY FREE This unique collection of filmmaker panels and workshops are a great way to learn about different aspects of the indie film industry.

Reverse It!

A Live Game Show exclusive to CJFF created by the Citizen Jane Players. Test your knowledge of famous film scenes before select screenings as the Citizen Jane Players act them out...with a twist. So brush up on your knowledge of films and join us in playing Reverse-It!

Dance Performances

BEFORE OPENING NIGHT FILM FRIDAY Dancers from the Stephens College Dance Program perform choreographer Hettie Barnhill’s “LGB: Little.

Girl. Blue.” Inspired by the dancers’ personal writings, Hettie created and premiered the piece at Stephens Summer Dance in 2014. She dedicates the piece to Maya Angelou. Lexi Collins is Dance Captain and the dancers are: Savanna Blocker, Jessie Burgess, Alexus Collins, Lexi Collins, Carrie Collins-Whitfield, Kimberly Howard, Katy Johnson, Destiney Lockhart, Kyla Ranney, Tiara Saddler.

Opening Night Reception FRIDAY 6:30 PM-7:30 PM @ MISSOURI THEATRE FREE WITH TICKET TO OPENING NIGHT FILM Come celebrate Citizen Jane with us before Opening Night at a special reception. Munch on popcorn and enjoy craft beer from our local brewery Logboat Brewing Company.

I Dream of Janie Dance Party

SATURDAY 10 PM-1 AM @ THE BRIDGE $5 AT THE DOOR, FREE WITH INSANE JANE PASS 1020 E WALNUT Dance your socks off to the most danceable tunes ever made with DJ Jen Ha. $5 at the door. Insane Jane Pass holders get in free.

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SATURDAY 11 PM-1 AM @ CAFÉ BERLIN 220 N 10TH FREE WITH DANCE PARTY TICKET Free breakfast made by the Master Breakfast makers of Café Berlin for all who purchase a ticket to the Saturday Night Dance Party at The Bridge. Dance up an appetite, have some breakfast and then dance some more!

Saturday Night Chill Space

SATURDAY 10 PM-1 AM @ CAFÉ BERLIN 220 N 10TH Come catch your breath after dancing your socks off up the road at The Bridge and listen to live music.

Cash bar.

Citizen Jane Brunch

SUNDAY 10 AM-12 PM @ SENIOR HALL, STEPHENS By invitation: for Insane Jane Pass holders and Filmmakers Only. Wanna know more about it?

Get your Insane Jane Pass!

F E S T I VA L E V E N T S

Midnight Breakfast

Kinetoscopes

FREE There are 3 “Kinetoscopes” around the festival (Box Office at Columbia Foyer and outside Macklanburg Theater) that will show short films by CJ filmmakers.

Step in, close the curtain and prepare to be amazed.

Film info on page 32.

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FILMS

An Ordinary Life

(85 MIN) Q&A with Audrey Estrougo and community panel discussion following screening SATURDAY 3 PM @ WAREHOUSE THEATRE 32 years old Natalie is an ordinary woman of her age and in love with her boyfriend. But her life will totally change when her co-worker rapes her after a party. Life is now a struggle where every detail is a fight to get back a normal life. Through this ‘ordinary’ story, Natalie will turn into an example for all women who have chosen to remain silent.

Warning: explicit depiction of self harm.

Appropriate Behavior

(90 MIN) Q&A with Katie Mustard SATURDAY 3 PM @ BLUE NOTE SUNDAY 2:30 PM @ BLUE NOTE Sponsored by Fosden Hashbrown Co-op Acceptance eludes Shirin from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend Maxine can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-yearold students in her moviemaking class are too distracted to focus on her for more than a second. APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR introduces a gray area to the coming-out narrative; in an Iranian-American family, sharing information about one’s sexuality isn’t always the right approach to liberation. With her priceless deadpan delivery, Akhavan’s portrayal of Shirin is the film’s true revelation—a woman caught between self-doubt and self-possession, trapped in a web of family mores and societal expectations, with all their accompanying—and often hilarious—complexities.

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FILMS

Drunktown’s Finest

(93 MIN) Q&A with Sydney Freeland SATURDAY 5:30 PM @ WAREHOUSE SUNDAY 12:15 PM @ WAREHOUSE

DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST follows three young Native Americans – an adopted Christian, a rebellious fatherto-be, and a promiscuous transgender woman – as they strive to escape the hardships of life on a reservation.

Their stories are woven together, coming to a climax when past and present, tradition and modern life clash.

Inspired by a TV news piece, director Sydney Freeland goes beyond the sensational to tell authentic stories similar to the reservation she grew up on.

Hellion

(93 MIN) Q&A with Kat Candler FRIDAY 7:30 PM @ MISSOURI THEATRE Sponsored by Watkins Roofing CJFF alum Kat Candler has adapted and expanded her award-winning short film into a powerful feature about a family on the brink struggling to stay together. 13-year-old Jacob is obsessed with heavy metal and dirt bike racing, but his behavior begins to raise concerns when it starts to involve his younger brother Wes. While his widowed father struggles with his own demons, Jacob is left to focus on two things: motocross and his brother. This atmospheric film is set against the haunting backdrop of the refineries of Southeast Texas and stars Emmy-winner Aaron Paul and Oscar-nominee Juliette Lewis.

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One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the “fantasy woman� is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about.

Jane Campion

photo by biloud43

Citizen Jane Film Festival is one of over 600 quality arts programs supported by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

www.missouriartscouncil.org

FILMS

The Homestretch

(90 MIN) Q&A with Anne de Mare SATURDAY 12:45 PM @ WAREHOUSE SUNDAY 4:30 PM @ WAREHOUSE THE HOMESTRETCH follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future.

Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers - Roque, Kasey and Anthony - will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age. As their stories unfold, the film connects us deeply with larger issues of poverty, race, juvenile justice, immigration, foster care, and LGBTQ rights.

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FILMS Hotell

(97 MIN) Q&A with Lisa Langseth SUNDAY 12 PM @ MACKLANBURG Mother-to-be Erika seems to have it all: good job, great friends, and a secure relationship. But when her perfect life suddenly means nothing, she reluctantly goes to group therapy. One day the group raises a question: What if we could wake up one day as someone different? Can a place help reboot your persona and become whoever you want to be? Alicia Vikander’s award-winning performance perfectly blends drama and comedy, and director Lisa Langseth’s confident and unpredictable story will leave audiences surprised and deeply touched.

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THE FILMS

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I Believe in Unicorns

(80 MIN) Q&A with Leah Meyerhoff SATURDAY 5:15 PM @ MACKLANBURG SUNDAY 2:45 PM @ MACKLANBURG I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS is a road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love. Davina, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl, often escapes into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new relationship with Sterling, an older boy, and is swept into a whirlwind of romance and adventure. But the enchantment of her new relationship quickly fades when Sterling’s volatile side begins to emerge.

LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 (63 MIN) Q&A with Julianna Brannum SATURDAY 3:30 PM @ MACKLANBURG SUNDAY 2:30 PM @ WAREHOUSE

LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 is a documentary about Comanche activist and international human rights leader LaDonna Harris. After moving from Walters, Oklahoma to Washington, DC and the powerful world of politics via her US Senator husband, LaDonna began an extensive and very public life of native political and social activism. This documentary explores Harris’ achievements, the personal struggles that led her to become a voice for native people, and her contemporary work to reshape Indian Country in America and abroad.

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FILMS Lucky Them

(97 MIN) Q&A wtih Megan Griffiths SATURDAY 12:30 PM @ BLUE NOTE SUNDAY 4:45 PM @ BLUE NOTE

Veteran rock journalist Ellie has one last chance to prove herself by hunting down her ex-boyfriend-turned-mythicalrock-god Matthew Smith. Over the years the urban legends of his fate have grown, and now it’s her job to find out the truth with the help of a wacky amateur documentary filmmaker. For Ellie, it isn’t just a chance to save her job, it’s a chance to make a change and find answers. Set in director Megan Griffiths’ beloved Seattle, this charming romantic comedy is a unique road trip: a woman on a journey.

Meet The Patels

(83 MIN) Q&A with Abby Ispahani SUNDAY 7:30 PM @ BLUE NOTE Sponsored by Budget Host Inn and Americas Best Value Inn

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MEET THE PATELS is a laugh-out-loud real life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30- year-old Indian-American man who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams ... and his family. Filmed by Ravi’s older sister, Geeta, in what began as a family vacation video, this hilarious and often heartbreaking film is a tribute to the aches, the sacrifices, and the overwhelming awesomeness that comes with being in love. In this case, love is a family affair.

Happiness a film by Thomas Balmès

How might television affect a Bhutanese child isolated from commerce, materialism and celebrity?

Presented by

Independent Lens November 17 at 9 p.m.

Photo: Nina Bernfeld

KMOS-TV reaches nearly 1 million viewers in 36 counties.

Watch over the air on channel 6.1, on Mediacom 6 and 706 (HD), Charter 9 and 709 (HD), DISH and DirecTV on 6, Centurylink 6 and 306.

FILMS Shades of Blue

(95 MIN) Q&A with Kelly Daniela Norris SATURDAY 7:45 PM @ CHARTERS SUNDAY 2:15 PM @ CHARTERS Attempting to heal from her brother’s suicide, Maribel books a one-way ticket to Cuba. But as she wanders through Havana, the city’s rhythms trigger tortured ruminations and memories. Only when she bonds with petty thief and skilled wood-craftsman Eusebio does Maribel begin to face her demons. She recognizes a growing attraction and must decide whether to open herself up to love and loss again.

Based on the filmmaker’s experience after her brother’s death, SHADES OF BLUE was Winner of the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival.

Stray Dog

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(105 MIN) SATURDAY 7:45 PM @ WAREHOUSE In this gritty, touching portrait of a man struggling to find peace with himself, you meet Ron “Stray Dog” Hall. At first glimpse he’s a Vietnam Vet who runs a trailer park in rural Missouri and rides his motorcycle when he can.

He chain smokes, drinks moonshine, and looks like one scary guy. But director Debra Granik wouldn’t tell a surface story, and we know Missouri is not monolithic.

Hall is softer than he seems, and his sweet Mexican wife and his Harley-riding gentle giants also challenge our prejudices. While we watch Hall deal with his demons from the war, Granik reminds us that the rural landscape of Missouri is indeed a changing one.

FILMS This Time Next Year

(110 MIN) Q&A with Farihah Zahman SATURDAY 2:45 PM @ CHARTERS SUNDAY 4:30 PM @ CHARTERS Veteran CJFF co-directors Farihah Zaman and Jeff Reichert return with another powerful documentary.

THIS TIME NEXT YEAR tracks the resilience of the Long Beach Island, NJ community for one year as they rebuild after 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Using a mixture of verite, first-person accounts, and the residents’ own footage, this is a poetic documentation of a shore community as they battle local politics, cope with personal tragedy, and band together in the face of transition. It compels us to ask the question, what is the role of community? Where do we begin? We discover what’s left when the news crews are gone: each other.

We’ll Never Have Paris

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(95 MIN) Q&A with Katie Mustard and Polly Morgan SATURDAY 7:30 PM @ MACKLANBURG How does someone epically screw up the perfect relationship with the love of their life, right before attempting to propose to her? This is a film for all the people who don’t have the story of the “perfect proposal.” WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS is a clumsy, human account of screwing up on a transcontinetal level in a noble effort to win back “the one”. Produced

by Columbia native and past CJFF festival guest Katie Mustard.

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Windstorm

(105 MIN) SUNDAY 4:45 PM @ MACKLANBURG City girl Mika is a rebel and her parents just don’t understand her, so they send her to off to her grandmother’s riding school. Here she discovers that she has a unique talent of communicating with Windstorm, the wild horse no one can tame. Mika must keep her skills a secret because of her grandmother’s traditional training methods. When the threat of losing Windstorm looms due to his unpredictable and dangerous behaviour, Mika must risk all to save her new friend. This film is for horse lovers of all ages and has played all over the world at international film festivals and theatres.

Contains mild, brief swearing. Recommended age 10+.

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FILMS Shorts 1: Emerging Voices

(83 MIN) Q&A with Jordan Laguna, Catherine Licata, Eliza McNitt, & Brittany Reeber SATURDAY 10:15 AM @ WAREHOUSE This collection of six short films shows off the early works of emerging filmmakers with serious talent.

From comedy to drama, from the Navajo in Arizona to our own hometown of Columbia, these fiction films represent women with strong new voices in independent filmmaking today. WITHOUT FIRE by Eliza McNitt, FAULT LINES by Marisa Christine Medina; HOUSEKEEPING by Catherine Licata; MUFFIN TOP by Jordan Laguna; THE RAPTURE AND GAMMY GWEN

by Brittany Reeber; RELICS by Jennie Allen.

Shorts 2: Family Fun Films!

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(65 MIN) Q&A with Amanda Gotera, Caitlin Inzinna, Crystal Us, and Kristin Kemper SATURDAY 10:30 AM @ CHARTERS Snowballs! Monsters! Cute animals! Mystical wonderlands!

Sci-fi dreams! These award-winning short films from around the world will open your minds and be appreciated by big kids, too. Recommended ages 9+ STRINGS by Crystal Us; MIRA’S NIGHT by Elyse Kelly; MACCUPATION

by Jackie Mario; HULA HOOP by Tess Martin; HIGH TIDE

by Kristin Kemper; RONNIE MONSTERS by Amanda Gotera; SNOWBALL by Tess Martin; FLIGHT OF THE SOUL by Caitlin Inzinna; GOOSE TROUBLE by Monika Dovnar; STAN by Meirav Haber; FREESTYLE by Lexi Lefkowitz and Shannon Silva.

CJFF 2014 SCHEDULE

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SPECIAL EVENTS CHARTERS AUDITORIUM

CITIZEN JANE FILM SCHOOL

THE BLUE NOTE

WAREHOUSE THEATRE

12 PM - 1 PM STORIES WE TELL @ Studio A

MACKLANBURG THEATRE

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM GATEKEEPERS AND GAMECHANGERS @ Studio A

MISSOURI THEATRE

3 PM - 4:30 PM CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE WORKSHOP: SEED&SPARK @ Studio A

6:30 PM PUBLIC RECEPTION @ Missouri Theatre Lobby 60 minutes

7:30 PM OPENING NIGHT FILM: HELLION @ Missouri Theatre 93 minutes

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SATURDAY

10:15 AM SHORTS 1: EMERGING VOICES

NOV 12:30 PM LUCKY THEM

@ The Blue Note 97 minutes

12:30 PM SHORTS 3: ABOUT LOVE AND LIFE

@ Charters Auditorium 110 minutes

@ Warehouse Theatre 85 minutes

@ Charters Auditorium 65 minutes

12:45 PM THE HOMESTRETCH

@ Charters Auditorium 84 minutes

2:45 PM THIS TIME NEXT YEAR

3 PM AN ORDINARY LIFE

@ Warehouse Theatre 83 minutes

10:30 AM SHORTS 2: FAMILY FUN FILMS!

@ Warehouse Theatre 90 minutes

3 PM APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR @ The Blue Note 90 minutes

3:30 PM LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 @ Macklanburg Theatre 63 minutes

5:15 PM I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS @ Macklanburg Theatre 80 minutes

5:30 PM DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST @ Warehouse Theatre 93 minutes

7:30 PM WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS

@ Macklanburg Theatre 95 minutes

5:30 PM SHORTS 4: THE MIX TAPE @ Charters Auditorium 85 minutes

7:45 PM SHADES OF BLUE

7:45 PM STRAY DOG

@ Charters Auditorium 95 minutes

@ Warehouse Theatre 105 minutes

10 PM I DREAM OF JANIE DANCE PARTY @ The Bridge

10 PM CHILL SPACE 11 PM-1 AM MIDNIGHT BREAKFAST @ Cafe Berlin

SPECIAL EVENTS

CHARTE RS AUDITORIUM

12 PM SHORTS 5: MS.OURI MADE @ The Blue Note 90 minutes

THE BLUE NOTE

WAREHOUSE THEATRE

MACKLANBURG

THEATRE

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12:30 PM SHORTS 6: THE SECRET LIVES OF GIRLS @ Charters Auditorium 65 minutes

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12:15 PM DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST @ Warehouse Theatre 93 minutes

12 PM HOTELL

@ Macklanburg Theatre 97 minutes

2:15 PM SHADES OF BLUE @ Charters Auditorium 95 minutes

2:30 PM LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 @ Warehouse Theatre 63 minutes

2:30 PM APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR @ The Blue Note 90 minutes

2:45 PM I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS @ Macklanburg Theatre 80 minutes

4:30 PM THIS TIME NEXT YEAR

@ Charters Auditorium 110 minutes

4:45 PM LUCKY THEM @ The Blue Note 97 minutes

4:30 PM THE HOME STRETCH @ Warehouse Theatre 90 minutes

4:45 PM WINDSTORM @ Macklanburg Theatre 105 minutes

7:30 PM CLOSING NIGHT FILM MEET THE PATELS @ The Blue Note 88 minutes

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Shorts 3: About Love and Life

(84 MIN) Q&A with Olivia Klaus, Lindsey Martin, Juliet Lashinsky Revene, & Chell Stephen SATURDAY 12:30 PM @ CHARTERS Most Hollywood love stories end with marriage, but these five short films pick up where Hollywood leaves off. Through comedy and drama and in a variety of genres, we see people grappling with the idea of love, loss, and what it means to be independent. This collection illuminates that love is complicated, as is loving oneself. KEYS. WALLET. PHONE. by Juliet Lashinksy Revene; LIFE AFTER MANSON by Olivia Klaus; TWO ALTARS AND A CAVE by Alexandra Byer and Alexandra Aron; LOVE LETTER by Lindsey Martin; CRYSTAL by Chell Stephen.

(85 MIN) Q&A with Lauren Domino & Annie Silverstein SATURDAY 5:30 PM @ CHARTERS Experience seven films in perfect juxtaposition to create the best mix tape ever--on film that is. From serious to silly and much in between, you’ll go on a ride of emotions in a mix of fictional filmmaking from around the world. These awardwinning short films represent both classical storytelling with films that break the boundaries of the art form, all in one nice package made just for our audience to experience together. AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo; SELF PORTRAIT WITH MIGRAINE by Kathryn Hepburn; JUST THE THREE OF US by Angela Tucker; BEST BEFORE by Kaylene Tyler; BABY MARY by Kris Swanberg; SKUNK by Annie Silverstein; BALLKONI by Lendita Zeqiraj.

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Shorts 4: The Mix Tape

Shorts 5: Ms.ouri Made

(90 MIN) Q&A with Steph Borklund, Solita Day, Catherine Dudley-Rose, Meagan Flynn, Sarah McGill, Laura Kirk, Deborah Larson, Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri, Amber Rapp, Livvy Runyon, & Kat Touschner SUNDAY 12 PM @ BLUE NOTE Sponsored by The Missouri Film Commission

These ten short films all showcase the exceptional talent of female filmmakers from around the Show Me State. I AM ONE

by Steph Borklund, ZOETROPE CAKE by Kat Touschner; QUALITY OF LIFE by Sarah McGill; MASTERPIECE by Meagan Flynn and Amber Rapp; THE STORY OF DORIS AND HELEN by Deborah Larson and Solita Day; CAPTURED

by Livvy Runyon; THE GIRLS by Michelle Davidson; FAREWELL by Catherine Dudley-Rose and Hannah Radcliff; BIRD AND FISH by Ann Mendenhall and Stephanie Son; PERCH by Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri and Logan Lemmon.

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Shorts 6: The Secret Lives of Girls

(65 MIN) Q&A with Katie Whaley & Kylie Williams SUNDAY 12:30 PM @ CHARTERS Ever wonder what young women would have to say for themselves if they picked up cameras and made their own films? Here’s your chance to find out. Join us for one of our favorite Citizen Jane traditions in highlighting the best of young female filmmakers from around the country and as close to home as Columbia, Missouri. You might think you know what young girls think, but you just might be surprised. These filmmakers tell us stories that are poignant, funny, wacky, and raw in various genres. And they challenge us with their original voices and visions.

BYE BYE LULLABY by Kira Bursky; NOTICE THE CHANGE by Righteous Conversation/Harvard Westlake; THE WAITING GAME by Maria Alvarez; SALSA by Wide Angle Youth Media; ADDICTED by Leah Gross, Frances Matejack & Molly Nemer; SUPERDATE by Sasha Fox; MAKE A DIFFERENCE by McKalyn Milton; WINGS OF PEACE by Danielle Stolz; PICKLES by Wide Angle Youth Media; OUTSIDE THE BOX by Imani Peterkin; CROSSROAD by Jennifer Smart; HOT SAUCE by Wide Angle Youth; THE TOOTHFAIRY by Rachel Sonnenberg; THE LONG NIGHT by Emma Penaz Eisner; OPEN THE DOOR by Righteous Conversation/Harvard Westlake; HELLO FROM MALAYSIA by Kira Bursky; WHEN YOU TAKE IT TOO FAR by Andrea Baker, Katie Whaley and Kylie Williams.

KINETOSCOPES

Kinetoscope Shorts

Before we watched movies together on the big screen, early films were viewed in private. The Citizen Jane Film Festival brings this custom back with CJ Kinetoscopes. Experience short films selected to screen in this unique way in our modern-day Kinetoscopes located near our Box Office in Columbia Foyer and outside Macklanburg Theater.

Amygdala Directed by Jeannette Louie

This experimental video combines the lyrical tradition of the fairy tale with the vernacular nature of presenting scientific fact to illustrate how the perception of fear operates.

Folie a Deux

Directed by Nel Shelby This film is an exploration in dance into the interior landscapes of two people whose acts of intimacy are the fantasy that thinly veils a greater discord.

Cinephilia Directed by Leah Chen Baker 35

Cinephilia is a series of boy-meets-girl short films that explores the romanticism of classical cinema from the 1890s through the 1960s.

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MEET THE PATELS Abby Ispahani is the Project Manager for the award-winning PBS/ Impact/Tribeca comedy documentary MEET THE PATELS. Having grown up abroad, Abby developed an interest in social justice and societal issues. While studying sociology at Colorado College, she took a documentary filmmaking class that opened her eyes to the important role film plays in enacting social change.

She moved beyond her passion for watching film and began creating. She began by directing and editing a documentary short called, SID & ALICE, a portrait of an elderly couple which examines what it means to grow old.

After moving out to Los Angeles to pursue film producing, Abby became an executive producer on the film, MISS INDIA AMERICA, which follows an Indian-American high school graduate as she struggles with balancing ambition and humility.

AMANDA GOTERA

RONNIE MONSTERS Amanda Gotera is a filmmaker in the film production MFA program at the University of Texas at Austin. In all her work Gotera strives toward smart, accessible media that validates marginalized voices, particularly those of women and girls of color. Her more recent projects explore the intersections of girlhood and the fantastic. Gotera is a recipient of a 2014 Princess Grace Award for her thesis film MIDDLE WITCH, currently in pre-production, and she hails from Iowa, heart of the heartland.

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MASTERPIECE Amber Rapp is serving her second term as President of Kansas City Women in Film and Television.

She became involved with KCWIFT after being a finalist in their first annual short screenplay competition in 2010.

Since then she has written and produced multiple short films, which have screened at festivals all over the country. This year she was both a PAGE Quarter-Finalist and a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.

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ANNE DE MARE

THE HOMESTRETCH Anne de Mare is an awardwinning playwright, director, professional video artist, and filmmaker. Her first documentary feature, ASPARAGUS! STALKING THE AMERICAN LIFE was broadcast regionally on PBS. She is a founding member of The Independent Theater Company, The Nevermore Theater Project and Theaters Against War. A resident artist with Richard Forman’s legendary Ontological-Hysteric Theater, she is currently working with Innovative Music Programs to develop Accidental Heroes, a work based on the lives of European artists who were coming of age during the Cold War.

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SKUNK Annie Silverstein is an award winning filmmaker and media educator based in Austin, Texas. Her films have screened at international festivals including Cannes, SXSW, Silverdocs and on PBS Independent Lens. Her latest film, SKUNK, won first prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival–Cinéfondation.

AUDREY ESTROUGO

AN ORDINARY LIFE Audrey Estrougo is a young French director and screenwriter. She grew up in the suburbs of Paris and witnessed the violence in these neighborhoods. With each film, she strives to faithfully adapt this atmosphere to immerse the viewer in a raw and authentic reality.

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THE RAPTURE AND GAMMY GWEN

A California native, Brittany Reeber moved to Austin in 2009 where she received a degree in film production and French language.

During her tenure, she directed several short films including THE RAPTURE AND GAMMY GWEN (2013) and PSYCHO BILLY (2012). A passionate feminist, she strives to tell authentic stories with honest and novel portraits of women.

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FLIGHT OF THE SOUL Caitlin Inzinna is an animator from San Antonio, Texas who is very passionate about the arts.

She is currently completing her Bachelor’s Degree in 3D Animation and hopes to continue making more independent animated projects in the future.

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FAREWELL Catherine Dudley-Rose enjoys a multifaceted career in the arts as a writer/director, actress and musician. She is an NEA funded grant recipient, has taught at the NY Stage & Film Program, the Broadway Theater Institute, and been a guest artist in numerous venues. She recently returned from shooting a third film, PARALLEL CHORDS, in NYC, and SC with St. Louis local cinematographer Hannah Radcliff.

C AT H E R I N E L I C ATA

HOUSEKEEPING Catherine Licata is an Austin-based filmmaker whose narrative and documentary films have screened at SXSW, IFF Boston, Maryland Film Festival, Kansas City Film Festival and the London International Documentary Festival. She is the recipient of grants from UT Austin—where she earned an MFA in film production—and SXSW. Her professional credits include work for EMI/Astralwerks Records, Caroline Records, Jive Records, and Sony Music Entertainment.

CHELL STEPHEN

CRYSTAL Chell Stephen grew up feasting on music videos and teen dance movies in Toronto, Canada. Today she resides in Los Angeles but can often be found working out of Brooklyn directing music videos and commercials as part of the filmmaking collective Think/Feel. CRYSTAL is Chell’s first narrative film.

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C RY S TA L U S

STRINGS Crystal Us received a B.S. in Business Administration in Connecticut before pursuing an acting career in Southern California. She began studying filmmaking in Los Angeles where she made two short films, ON HOLD and FALLING ON DEAF EARS. Crystal received the Graduate Opportunity Fellowship for UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, where she has been the recipient of The Motion Picture Association Award, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Internship Award, The Carroll Sax Award, The Edie and Lev Wasserman Film Production Fellowship, and The Jim Morrison Film Award.

DEBORAH L. LARSON

THE STORY OF DORIS AND HELEN Deborah L. Larson, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Missouri State University. She teaches courses in Mass Media and Society, Media Analysis and Criticism, Women Directors, Television Studio Production and Advanced Multi-Camera Production. She is one of the Executive Producers of the 2013 College Emmy award-winning, EPILOGUE, a six-part science-fiction webseries, and the newly released four-part comedy webseries A LITTLE HELP. See these online at epiloguetheseries.com and alittlehelptheseries.com.

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WITHOUT FIRE Eliza McNitt found filmmaking through science.

A top winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her research on Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, Eliza’s first film was inspired by a desire to communicate the devastating impact of vanishing honeybees. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Eliza was the winner of a $25,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant for her film WITHOUT FIRE which was filmed on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, starring Magdalena Begay (DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST) and Misty Upham (FROZEN RIVER, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY). Eliza’s most recent short film ARTEMIS FALLS starring Adepero Oduye was commissioned by TED and follows an astronaut on her journey into space.

PERCH Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri is a writer/ director/actor/producer and artistic collaborator from Minnesota. She is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of GreenHouse Theatre Project, an experimental theatre company based in Columbia, MO, and Stoke, UK. PERCH marks her debut as a filmmaker!

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E M I LY B E S T

CITIZEN JANE SUMMIT Best is founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding distribution platform for film with the highest crowdfunding success rate in the business (74%!).

She’s successfully raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in crowdfunding and sourcing for film, and is traveling the country this fall for the #stayindietour teaching crowdfunding tool aimed at successful, sustainable distribution of films.

FA R I H A H Z A M A N

THIS TIME NEXT YEAR Farihah Zaman is a Brooklyn-based director, producer, and film critic. Her experience includes serving on the Advisory Board of the Film South Asia documentary film festival, working as the Acquisitions Manager at Magnolia Pictures, and serving as the Program Manager of The Flaherty.

She regularly contributes to Reverse Shot, Huffington Post, Filmmaker Magazine, and AV Club and directed the award-winning documentary REMOTE AREA MEDICAL.

IMRAN SIDDIQUEE

CITIZEN JANE SUMMIT Imran is a writer committed to promoting gender equity and racial justice.

He is the former Director of Communications and was a founding staff member of The Representation Project, a movement that uses film and media to expose injustices caused by gender stereotypes. He has helped create and lead large-scale campaigns to challenge sexist media, increase media representation for marginalized people and shift the way society views gender.

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JEANNETTE LOUIE

AMYGDALA Creating a nexus between film, animation, and photography, Jeannette Louie journeys into the dystopic diaspora of consciousness where she follows individuals navigating the unpredictable nature of human circumstance.

She depicts this diaspora as a psycho-geographic portrayal of the mind under duress. Her experimental films and installations contemplate lovesickness, medical fallacy, mortality, and the activation of fear.

JORDAN LAGUNA MUFFIN TOP Jordan Laguna recently graduated with degrees in Digital Filmmaking and Theatre. She has been blessed with opportunities to travel the world through filmmaking. Jordan would like to use her degree to teach young people in disadvantaged areas around the world to write and direct their own films.

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BRANNUM

LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101/ CITIZEN JANE SUMMIT

Brannum is a documentary filmmaker based in Austin and a member of the Quahada band of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma.

Her first film THE CREEK RUNS RED aired on PBS’s Independent Lens.

She has co-produced a feature-length documentary for PBS’s WE SHALL REMAIN and spent 8 years working as a film programmer for AFI FEST, the Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent before producing for Discovery Channel, A&E, Bravo, and PBS. She was a Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation Fellow and has been awarded grants from the Sundance Institute’s Native Initiative, National Geographic, ITVS, the Oklahoma Humanities Council, NAPT, and the Sundance Documentary Fund as well as a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Tribeca Film Institute for LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101.

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JULIET LASHINSKY REVENE

KEYS. WALLET. PHONE.

Juliet Lashinsky-Revene was raised in New York’s West Village by her mother, an actress in the experimental Wooster Group theater company, and her father, a cinematographer. Juliet studied psychology and film at Swarthmore College.

There she was exposed to some of her favorite films, such as TAXI DRIVER and DON’T LOOK NOW, and decided to pursue a career as a filmmaker. She recently graduated with honors from Columbia University’s graduate film program, where her short film, STEFAN, was selected for Faculty Honors and was awarded the HBO Young Filmmakers Development Award, the IFP Audience Choice Award, and the Student Choice Award.

K AT C A N D L E R

HELLION Kat Candler’s most recent short films HELLION and BLACK METAL both premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Additionally, her previous films have screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, SXSW, Slamdance and on PBS. She is a two-time IFP participant and was recently awarded the San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant.

Candler is also a film Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin.This is Candler’s second time at CJFF.

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K AT T O U S C H N E R

ZOETROPE CAKE

Kat Touschner is a filmmaker and cinematographer living in St. Louis. She has produced experimental films, documentaries, and music videos. She also works as a documentary programmer and Tech Supervisor at Cinema St. Louis (SLIFF). This is her first film at Citizen Jane.

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APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR/WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS/I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS

Named as one of Variety’s Top 10 Producers in 2014, Katie Mustard has overseen the production of over 60 works.

Last year, Katie produced four feature films including WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS (SXSW 2014); SHELTER (TIFF 2014) with Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie; & THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT with Minka Kelly, Noah Wyle and Steve Earle. Katie had her 9th film premiere at the Sundance Film Festival with APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR. Katie also produced MADE IN CHINA (winner Best Feature at SXSW 2009); Natalie Portman’s short film EVE (Venice Film Festival 2008 starring Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara, and Olivia Thirlby); A CASE OF YOU (Tribeca 2013 starring Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Sam Rockwell, Brendan Fraser and Vince Vaughn) and IN THE MORNING, which screened at over 50 film festivals and before the U.S. Congress.

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WHEN YOU TAKE IT TOO FAR

Katie Whaley is a thirteen-year-old 8th grader from Columbia, Mo. Her favorite things to do are reading, riding her bike, playing golf and basketball. Her passion is writing!

She writes every day – short stories, poems, songs and has started writing several books. She hopes to be an author one day writing books and screenplays.

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SHADES OF BLUE (SOMBRAS DE AZUL)

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Upon graduating magna cum laude from Columbia University with a dual degree in Film and Psychology, Norris joined Teach for America, and spent three years working to narrow the achievement gap in one of New York state’s most vulnerable communities. She then directed the award-winning SINNERMAN (2009), which earned her a position at Red Board Productions. While there, she co-wrote two feature-length screenplays under the mentorship of writer David Milch, including upcoming independent drama THE CABIN – a recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker’s Grant. At the four-year anniversary of her brother’s passing, Norris began the process of creating SOMBRAS DE AZUL.

BABY MARY Kris Swanberg is a writer/ director based in Chicago. Her first feature IT WAS GREAT, BUT I WAS READY TO COME HOME premiered in competition at the SXSW in 2009. Her second film, EMPIRE BUILDER (CJFF 2012), premiered at the Sarasota Film Festival in 2012. BABY MARY premiered at SXSW earlier this year and she recently finished production on another feature film just before coming to Citizen Jane.

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KRISTIN KEMPER

HIGH TIDE Kristin Kemper was born and raised in Springfield, MO. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2013.

She now lives in Brooklyn, where she works as an animator and illustrator, grows carnivorous plants, and reads a lot of books.

KYLIE WILLIAMS

WHEN YOU TAKE IT TOO FAR From singing to acting to modeling, Kylie has the type of spirit, drive, and talent to do whatever she puts her mind to. Watch out for this kid as she takes over the world!

LAURA KIRK

THE GIRLS

Laura Kirk co-wrote and starred in the film LISA PICARD IS FAMOUS, directed by Griffin Dunne.

Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film was featured in many international and American festivals, then opened at Film Forum in New York City.

She executive produced JAYHAWKERS, executive produced and starred in the feature EARTHWORK, and is currently producing EMMETT TILL’S BLACK BODY with Keith Beauchamp and Kevin Willmott, marking her fifth collaboration with Willmott. Laura is a founding member of WOLF, Women of Lawrence Film, in Lawrence, KS, where she lives with her husband and two children and adjunct teaches at the University of Kansas.

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LAUREN DOMINO

JUST THE THREE OF US A native of New Orleans, Lauren Domino is a writer and producer with an extensive background in film festival management.

She is currently working on a teen comedy with Angela Tucker (CJFF 2013). When not making films, Lauren serves as the Director of the Columbia University Film Festival and the Director of Emerging Voices, a diversity initiative of the New Orleans Film Festival.

LEAH CHEN BAKER

CINEPHILIA During high school and college, Leah gained experience on NYU and independent shorts. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with degrees in film and economics. She is currently production manager for HGTV’s FIXER UPPER and serves on the Board of Women in Film Dallas.

LEAH MEYERHOFF

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS/ CITIZEN JANE SUMMIT

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS premiered in competition at SXSW 2014. Her previous shorts have screened in more than 200 film festivals, won a dozen awards, and aired on cable networks.TWITCH won a Slamdance Grand Jury prize and was picked up

by IFC, PBS, Hulu, and Skandinavia TV. Shortlisted for the Gotham Awards, Leah has received grants from IFP, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, and was recently honored with the Adrienne Shelly Director’s award. Leah is founder of the New York-based female filmmaker collective Film Fatales.

LINDSEY MARTIN

LOVE LETTER

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Lindsey Martin is a Virginia filmmaker who experiments with traditional narrative storytelling while approaching topics of gender identity, body image, and the microcosms of family structure. Her films have screened nationally and internationally at venues such as Slamdance, Brooklyn International Film Festival, and Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Lindsey teaches film at the University of the Arts and is working on her first feature, LITTLE WILDERNESS.

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LISA LANGSETH

HOTELL Lisa Langseth began her career as a playwright.

In 2002, she wrote and directed the play GODKÄND for Stockholm’s City Theatre. In 2005, the script was turned into a film of the same name. In 2004, her play BELOVED, starring Noomi Rapace, premiered at Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre. Her breakthrough as a film director came with PURE (TILL DET SOM ÄR VACKERT, 2010), starring a young Alicia Vikander. In 2011 Lisa Langseth won the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.

LIVVY RUNYON

CAPTURED Livvy Runyon is currently a junior film student at Stephens College from Rolla, MO. Her work is comprised of numerous projects, music videos, and short films, including documentary work in Haiti. Her passions lie in international documentary filmmaking and cinematography.

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MASTERPIECE Meagan Flynn is an award-winning actress and filmmaker who can be seen in films like Jason Reitman’s UP IN THE AIR. Besides creating and producing projects like “THE UNREAL HOUSEWIVES OF KANSAS CITY” she owns Smart Mouth Productions, the creative force behind many short films and web series.

MEGAN GRIFFITHS

LUCKY THEM

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Megan has been directing, writing, and producing independent film for more than a decade. Her debut film THE OFF HOURS was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and her follow-up, EDEN won the narrative Audience and Emergent Female Director awards at SXSW 2012. While receiving her MFA in Film Production from the Ohio University School of Film, Megan wrote and directed three award-winning student films and directed her first feature, FIRST AID FOR CHOKING. An advocate for sustainable production, she serves on the boards of the Northwest Film Forum and Sustainable Style Foundation.

LIFE AFTER MANSON

Olivia Klaus is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been seen on networks such as CNN, HLN, Discovery, MTV and The History Channel.

Her 2009 directorial debut, SIN

BY SILENCE, won numerous film festival and advocacy awards and inspired legislation in California.

“The Sin by Silence Bills,” AB 593 and AB 1593, were signed by Governor Jerry Brown on September 30, 2012 to streamline the path to freedom for nearly 7,000 incarcerated domestic violence victims. Olivia is the Creative Director at Orange Static, an interactive agency that focuses on developing websites for non-profits, films, and documentaries.

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P O L LY M O R G A N

WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS

Since graduating from the American Institute, Morgan has shot eight features, which have played at Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca and have won numerous awards for Best Cinematography including the Gerald Hirshfeld ASC Award.

Recently Morgan has been part of the BSC’s NEW WAVE, heralded as an ASC RISING STAR and been included in the Local 600’s GENERATION NEXT and worked on AMERICAN HORROR STORY and BBC’s CALL THE MIDWIFE. Morgan’s commercial works include shooting for big brands such as BMW and Target.

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SARAH MAGILL QUALITY OF LIFE When she’s not screenwriting, making short films, or watching movies, Sarah Magill is a free-agent trends researcher, copywriter, and brand storyteller.

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THE STORY OF DORIS AND HELEN Solita Day is a senior majoring in Digital Film at Missouri State University. She has been a crew member on many student and professional productions shot in Missouri. Most recently Solita has been an Associate Producer and Script Supervisor for A LITTLE HELP webseries and feature film ECHO, and First A.D. on LISSY BORDON, a short film currently being produced in St. Louis, MO.

STEPH BORKLUND

I AM ONE Steph Borklund has more than 10 years of experience as a producer, director, and editor.

Her works include both documentaries and narratives. Currently, she teaches at Stephens College in the Digital Filmmaking Program.

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DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST Sydney Freeland is known for her work on DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST (2014), HOVERBOARD (2012) and LA MISSION (2009). She has worked for a number of companies, including The Food Network, Comedy Central, Office Max, Audi, National Geographic, PBS, and Walt Disney. She is a recipient of the 2014 Time Warner Fellowship, 2010 Sundance Screenwriting Fellowship, 2010 Sundance Directing Fellowship, 2010 Eccles Directing Fellowship, 2009 Sundance Native American Lab Fellowship, and a 2004 Fulbright Scholars.

CITIZEN JANE SUMMIT Tiny Circus is a collaborative project that facilitates workshops using the medium of stop-motion animation to tell whimsical stories and investigate big ideas.

Participants in their workshops experience all parts of the filmmaking process and build a wide range of skills, including camera and sound production as well as collaboration in brainstorming, communicating, and animating together. For the Circus, successful collaboration means that each maker and viewer engages with and expands their perspectives on the familiar yet complex topics they examine.

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THANK YOU!

Preparations begin as soon as the last festival ends and don’t stop until the last piece of art and equipment is tucked away.

We give heartfelt thanks to the lovely, hardworking, brilliant people who give their hearts and souls to the amazing journey we call Citizen Jane. One of the most remarkable things about the people who put on Citizen Jane is they don’t do it for the glory. They don’t do it for the pass or the shirt. They do it because they are part of something greater than themselves, because we are a community. We are Citizen Jane.

We give heartfelt thanks to our amazing patron Stephens College and all of the lovely and generous people at Stephens who help to make CJFF what it is. From our President Dianne Lynch whose support and leadership make all the difference and who put the festival’s name in lights this year (thank you for the new CJ sign outside the Box Office!), to the “always there for us” awesomeness of Leslie Willey to our hardworking and never complaining Facilities Team, to our brilliant and patient IT Team (especially the wonderful Zak Birchmeier), to SC Events, Fresh Ideas and all of Stephens inspiring and creative students who we love dearly and almost wish would never leave.

JANIES

Festival Director - Paula Elias | Programming Director - Kerri Yost | Assistant Programmer - Amy Sharland | Programming Assistant & Travel Coordinator- Linda Pattie | Box Office Coordinator - Ruth Ann Burke | Graphic Designer - Rudi Petry | Volunteer Coordinator - Callie Lockhart | Outreach Coordinator & Director’s Assistant - Caitlyn Stevens | Art Directors - Erika Adair & Gabe Parrish | Stephens Outreach & Street Team - Steph Borklund | Logistics & Materials - Linda Reeder, Tracy GreeverRice, Ginny Muller | Building Coordinator - Fergus Moore | Caterer - Amanda Garrison-Lucas | Social Media Maven - LeeAnne Lowry | Documentation - Meredith Jacob, Madeline Carl | Merch Coordinators - Haley Padilla & Livvy Runyon | Filmmaker Liaison - Barbie Banks | Tech Gurus - Daryle Bascom & Chris Howe | Special Projects Wizard - Ken Leija | Print Traffic - Chris Rowland | Venue Wrangler - Tamara Lynch | Shorts Builder - Chad Freidrichs | Assistant Designer - Kim Dill | Stephens Outreach Assistant Kirsten Izzett | Wise Woman - Emily Thoroughman Special thank you to our lovely benefactors: The Dingo-Early Family Rose Hayden and Meichele Foster

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Abby Ivory-Ganja, Alanna Diggs, Alease Lee, Alexandra Bednar, Alexandra England, Alexandra Ringling, Alexis Collins, Alexis Lawrence, Alfie Cox, Alicia Tan, Aliki Barnstone, Amani Jaime, Ami Jester, Amy Cantrall, Amy Roach, Andrea Sporcic, Ann Breidenbach, Ann Marion, Anna Feldman, Anna Maikova, Anna Martin, April Welch, Arin Cross, Ashley Jones, Ashley Landrum, Ashley Wineland, Aud Robles, Audrey Lockwood, Autumn Brown, Awal Geng, Ben Bushman, Bobette Rose, Boden Lyon, Brighten Burks, Britney Hubbard, Brittany Smith, Brittany Spiva, Caitlyn Gallip, Camille Gayden, Carol Brown, Carol Busacker, Carol Estey, Caroline Jackson, Chandra Heartland, Christina Arreola, Christine Gardener, Christy Gordon, Colby Elliott Clark, Cori Mead, Court King, Daisha Ganaway, Dakota Parkinson, Danielle Craven, Elaine Anzaldo, Elizabeth Ainsworth, Elizabeth McManus, Ellen Guthrie, Elly Lang, Elyse Bertani, Emily Cross, Emily Damiano, Emily Graves, Emily Holtzman, Emily Marchant, Emily Ritcheson, Emma Bagnardi, Emmi Lintner, Erika Westhoff, Erin Rice, Evalyne McInnish, Gabriella Guerra, Gerica Curry, Glenn Rice, Grace Smith, Grady Harrington, Hannah Bilau, Hannah Fountain, Hannah Garrighan, Harper Wright, Heather Beger, Heidi Keene, Ipsa Chaudhary, Ivi Lewis, Jackie Land, Jacques Du Plessis, Jahaila Baker, Jalayna Walton, Jamie Faucheux, Jamie Kroll, Jamie Warren, Jasmine Johnson, Jasmine Taylor, Jenni Miller, Jennifer Prohov, Jessica

THANK YOU!

Zabron, Ji Hye Hwang, Jill Schmidt, Jordan Collins, Jordan Lundy, Joyce Thomasson, Kaitlee Hess, Kaitlin Dempsey, Kalynn Coy, Kate Barton, Kate Walker, Kate Wohler, Kate Zgiet, Katherine Craig, Kathy Nguyen, Kathy Vogt, Katie Heaton, Katie Jones, Katie Shay, Kayla Schaffer, Kelly Yambor, Kerri Schafer, Kerri Yost, Kim Watson, Klunk, Lane Bascom, Laura Devitt, Laura Swan, Laura Thatcher, Lauren Bay, Lauren Staples, Leah Fortin, Leah Meyerhoff, Leslie Schneider, Lily Oppenheimer, Lisa Tipton, Lisa Wright, Liza Anderson, Lori Jobe, Lucy Muller, Lydia Merkerson, Madeline Hodek, Madeline Robles, Madison Boyer, Maggie Johns, Mallory Brown, Margaret Vatterott, Marissa Smith, Marlene Mannella, Mary Stilwell, Matt Schacht, Maya Hernandez, Megan Clark, Megan Shawgo, Melissa Lewis, Melissa Silvey, Meredith Jacob, Mia Snyder, Michael Boles, Michael Stroh, Michaela Hennagir, Michaela Lamb, Minuette Layer, Mona Garro, Monica Hand, Montana Patrick, Najy Knee, Natalia Lyudin, Natalie Schloss, Nicholas Barwick, Nicholas Cook, Nicole Gottschalk, Nicole Kubas, Nicole Ihler, Olivia Pratt, Otter Bowman, Paul Mossine, Peter Timotijevic, Philip Coleman, Pierce Wade, Rachael Long, Rachel Allison, Rachel Tiedemann, Raygan Clark, Rosie Robinson, Samuel Ott, Sarah Leituala, Sarah Rolufs, Sarah Strasburg, Sarah Whorton, Sasha Goodnow, Savannah Ordonez, Savannah Smith, Shelley Potts, Shelly Romero, Sierra Mcalister, Smita Aggarwal, Stacey Karabegovic, Suhey Campos, Taela Moye, Tamara Lacey, Tawnya Rivers, Taylor Wetzel, Tiana Glass, Tiana Williams, Tracy Lane, Triathletics, Ty-Kiera Berry, Vicki Padilla, Victoria Vargas, Walt’s, Wendy Hayworth, Yaneli Avila and Zarif Bakirova Thank you to our ever so generous sponsors who provide us with hotels, food, space, filmmaker gifts, merch, and so many other things that make the festival run, not to mention the always useful money they so lovingly provide.

Thank you to the filmmakers and artists of years past who paved the way for the future, and thank you to all of this year’s filmmakers who came from far and wide to join us.

And because we must go to press with our program before all of our hard working, loyal, and one of-a kind volunteers even sign up to help with the festival, we are unable to name them all. But please know that your names are written in our hearts and we will not soon forget what you do to make this festival what it is.

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THANKS SO MUCH to the fabulous sponsors who make Citizen Jane Film Festival possible!

For information about supporting Citizen Jane Film Festival 2015, contact paula@citizenjanefilm.org.

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THE ART OF CITIZEN JANE

Every year Citizen Jane brings together a team of artists, builders, visionaries, makers, and dreamers to transform venues into works of art.

From sculptures to giant installations, the art and design team brings magic and life to Citizen Jane.

Erika Adair and Gabe Parrish assemble an amazing troupe of artists from far and wide every year to create the beauty that is Citizen Jane.

Missouri Theater and The Blue Note will be graced with the work of Sasha Goodnow. The ten foot tall woman, wrapped in 42 yards of recycled upholstery fabric, and a top made from a 1960s wedding dress dyed blue has the names of historic radical American women embroidered on her skirt. She is Citizen Jane, learning from the women before her and creating new avenue for feminism in the arts. Four bright warrior women made from painted nylons and paper mache, gracefully dance around a quote from Yoko Ono, embroidered with plastic strips on recycled material.

Neon Treehouse is constructing a real-to-life Dream Actualizer. This microclimate will find you, and those near, fully immersed in a surreal chandelier aenvironment of refuse, light, 3D consciousness, and reminders of immortality. This will be seen at The Bridge and is made possible by the talents of Gabe Meyer, Brian Doss, Becca Sullinger, and Elaina Sullinger.

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Katie Jenkins and head builder Fergus Moore have constructed a piece inspired

by Carlie Trosclair. Stroll through a dream-like tent outside of the Warehouse and Macklanburg venues. Made from bed sheets, this walkway is illuminated by illusions and hallucinations.

Charters hallway is lined with a scene of the future and the past. The Women on the Moon are made from past filmmakers’ faces on phases of the moon. Check out our upcycled bags as you find images in the clouds overhead while walking to your next film. This piece was created by Erika Adair and Ben Bushman.

Inspired by the work of Mia Pearlman, Gabrielle Parish, along with the help of Mollie Caffey and Joe Dames, have transformed the Box Office into a dream-like world where anything is possible. Dare to look for the impossible in this incredible paper sculpture. Elaina Sullinger created a backdrop to accompany the hurricanelike paper sculpture. The environment mimics space and depth where dream imagery emerges. Her talents in printmaking and painting have been used to create a tapestry with mysterious and vibrant cloud bursts.

Be sure to check out the film chicks made

by Fergus Moore while deciding which film to see next!

Linda Reeder and Tracy Greever-Rice have designed the kinetoscopes again this year. Their inspiration is taken from past female filmmakers.

Take a moment to appreciate their work, learn more about the filmmakers dressing the outside of the structures and admire the works of our modern femmes of film inside.

Made from aluminum, wood, and simple holiday lights, Adam McMillen brings his artistry to Citizen Jane in the form of a brand new sign marking the CJ Box Office.

Irina Tevzadze is the artist behind Lady Jane, a towering structure of lights, film reels, and graceful bending metal.

Lady Jane brightens the night, beckoning guests into the Box Office at the festival.

Irina is an artist and fashion illustration professor at Stephens College.

citizenjanef ilm.org INDEPENDENT FILM BY INDEPENDENT WOMEN