MVFF33 Program 2010 by CAFILM

MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION

PROCLAMATION DECLARING OCTOBER 7–17, 2010

“MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL DAYS”

WHEREAS , the Mill Valley Film Festival has presented outstanding local and international ﬁlms in this community for 33 years; and

WHEREAS , the Mill Valley Film Festival fulﬁlls the important function of providing ﬁlmmakers an audience for their works; and

WHEREAS , international ﬁ lmmakers and the ﬁ lm community in Marin County enhance our cultural life by participating in the Mill Valley Film Festival; and

WHEREAS , ﬁ lmmakers, volunteers, sponsors and ﬁ lmgoers join together to make the Film Festival one of the Bay Area’s social and cultural highlights of the year; and

WHEREAS , the City of Mill Valley has proudly supported independent ﬁ lmmaking and the Mill Valley Film Festival for 33 years;

NOW, THEREFORE , I, Stephanie Moulton-Peters, Mayor of the City of Mill Valley, take great pleasure in supporting the 33rd Annual Festival by proclaiming October 7–17, 2010, as Mill Valley Film Festival Days in Mill Valley.

STEPHANIE MOULTON-PETERS

Mayor of Mill Valley

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Welcome to the 33rd Mill Valley Film Festival!

The media landscape continues to change rapidly around us, and the Mill Valley Film Festival continues to change with it. Since 1978, the Festival has kept pace with the demand for great ﬁlms in a vibrant social setting that brings together audiences and ﬁlmmakers in a shared love for the medium and its limitless potential for informing and shaping our lives.

As a proud part of Bay Area and fi lm culture at large, MVFF has reveled in its role as “trusted curator” of fine films, expanding to meet the needs of our audiences year-round with the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, the purchase of the historic Sequoia Theater in 2008 and, now, with our own distribution arm, which launched in 2010 with festival favorite Touching Home (2008) by Marin County’s own Logan and Noah Miller.

With CFI Releasing, we at the California Film Institute are doing our part to address the needs of filmmakers and fi lm lovers in a changing market. We strive to stay out in front of the economic and technological currents affecting fi lm exhibition and distribution. We may not know exactly what the future will bring, but rest assured we’ll be there when it unfolds.

For us, meanwhile, a film festival remains a place for film lovers and makers to gather, and a place for introducing our community to extraordinary but perhaps otherwise difficult-to-find films. Over the next 11 days, our audiences will choose from a broad range of 143 fiction and nonfi ction films—82 features and 61 shorts, representing 46 countries and 32 premieres—in addition to an array of panels, workshops, special programs, Spotlights and Tributes. Taken together, these films refl ect both the wonderful diversity of our world as well as the universality of our most basic human values.

This year’s Festival opens with two remarkable dramas based on true stories: Conviction (starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell) and The King’s Speech (starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush). While their subjects couldn’t be further apart, both offer poignant examples of perseverance and accomplishment by persons facing life-altering challenges.

Closing Night features a special screening of The Deb t—a thriller about a retired Mossad agent (played by 2006 MVFF Tributee Helen Mirren) plagued by a secret she has kept since a young woman (a role played by the glamorous and rising star, Jessica Chastain, who will be joining us). The party afterward is at Kerner Studios, onetime home of Industrial Light and Magic. (And speaking of George Lucas, the Festival pulls out all the stops for a familyfriendly 30th-anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back.)

Our Centerpiece fi lm, Miral, is a moving and important look at the Israel-Palestine confl ict from the perspective of a Palestinian woman, and comes to us from acclaimed director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ). We also offer Shlomi Eldar’s Precious Life, a documentary that follows a Palestinian family and an Israeli medical team trying to save a critically ill infant during the larger crisis in Gaza—a very different film, yet one that shares with Miral the potent desire for reconciliation and understanding. Film’s power as a tool for education and social activism as well as entertainment remains central to MVFF’s vision. Our Active Cinema films inform and awaken us, challenging audiences to engage the most pressing issues of our time. One example is what acclaimed Scandinavian filmmaker Stefan Jarl calls his most important film ever, Submission, about the physiological and environmental impact of our “chemical society.” Submission has become a talking point in Sweden’s upcoming election, and has even been scooped up by the United Nations for a

major international symposium in New York on hazardous chemicals and waste. Such is the power of ﬁlm in the shaping of our discourse, politics and planet.

We take great pride in showcasing the unique sensibilities, concerns and talent of our Bay Area ﬁlmmaking community. This year, choose from 21 ﬁ lms by Bay Area artists.

Our much beloved Children’s FilmFest is back with a slate of whimsical and affirming family films that include EEP!, Twigson and The Crocodiles. These films unite the entire family, and advance the Festival’s goal of being a truly community-wide undertaking. New this year: Check out our Flex Pass!

This year the Festival proudly salutes two outstanding actors with Tributes: the inimitable Annette Bening, a three-time Academy Award–nominated actress with roots here in the Bay Area; and the astonishingly versatile Edward Norton, himself with two Academy nods to date, who will be on-hand with his latest ﬁlm, Stone

Our Spotlight program, meanwhile, honors (and welcomes back to MVFF) renowned Mexican ﬁlmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu ( Amores Perros, Babel) and presents his brilliant new work, Biutiful. Our second Spotlight honoree is the supremely talented James Franco, who appears in two Festival offerings, William Vincent, and 127 Hours, the latest from Academy Award–winning director Danny Boyle (whose Slumdog Millionaire screened at MVFF in 2008).

As always, I would like to extend thanks to everyone who has helped make our 33rd MVFF possible, including our generous donors and sponsors, dedicated staff, Board of Directors, hard-working volunteers and, last but never least, the outstanding artists whose work gives us all so much.

MARK FISHKIN MVFF Founder-Director

CFI MILESTONE CAMPAIGN

For more than three decades the California Film Institute has enriched the cultural lives of Marin County and Bay Area residents.

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center and the 33rd edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival, we continue to work to secure the legacy of this exceptional cultural organization by making it ﬁnancially sustainable. In taking these steps now, we ensure that future generations—and future audiences— will be able to enjoy the rich and varied offerings of CFI’s three core programs: the Smith Rafael Film Center, the Mill Valley Film Festival and CFI Education.

Through the generous support of our Milestone Campaign donors, we are able to:

Continue the high-quality, innovative programming • that has earned CFI its international reputation. Bring Bay Area audiences into contact with the • world’s most celebrated and visionary ﬁlmmakers. Expand CFI Education to offer more media-literacy • and hands-on ﬁlmmaking programs to Bay Area students and bring more filmmakers into local schools.

Increase our creative and financial support of • fi lmmakers through CFI Releasing, our nonprofi t film distribution program.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE MILESTONE CAMPAIGN, PLEASE VISIT CAFILM.ORG/ SUPPORT OR EMAIL US AT DEVELOPMENT@CAFILM.ORG

CFI WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE MILESTONE CAMPAIGN

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

Christopher B. and Jeannie Meg Smith

Jennifer Coslett MacCready

INVESTOR CIRCLE

Jackie and Ken Broad

Gruber Family Foundation

Nancy and Rich Robbins

PLATINUM CIRCLE

Henry Timnick

Christine Zecca Foundation

GOLD CIRCLE

Anonymous

Richard Barker

Katz Family Foundation

Monahan Parker, Inc.

Eric Schwartz

Susan and Michael Schwartz

Lois and Mel Tukman

SILVER CIRCLE

Anonymous (2)

Kamala Geroux-Berry and David Berry

Sheryle Bolton and Steve Shane

Alice Corning

Dennis P. Fisco and Pamela Polite Fisco

Margaret E. Haas

Susan and Richard Idell

Andrée Poirier Jansheski

K.C. and Steve Lauck

Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation

Bobbie Meyer

Kristin Otis and James Boyce

Terese and Robert Payne

Gordon Radley

Heidi Richardson and Michael Dyett

Alan Scott

Susan and Joel Sklar

Saul Zaentz

Marlies and Zach Zeisler

BRONZE CIRCLE

Marie and Brian Collins

Kathleen O’Hara and Larry Eilenberg

Catherine and Peter Flaxman

Lisa Graeber

Dixon Long

Cindy and John McCauley

Rosemary and Kevin McNeely

The Whitney Family

GIFTS IN MEMORIAM

Jennifer Coslett MacCready in memory of Ruth White Scott

Lorrie and Mark Fishkin in memory of Maxine Ellis

MAJOR FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Bernard Osher Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Koret Foundation

San Francisco Foundation

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

County of Marin

National Endowment for the Arts

FOUNDER/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mark Fishkin

FOUNDING BOARD

Rita Cahill

Mark Fishkin

Lois Kohl Shore

CFI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EMERITUS BOARD

Ann Brebner

Rita Cahill

Sid Ganis

Gary Meyer

Gordon Radley

Henry Timnick

ADVISORY BOARD

Stewart and Barbara Boxer

Kirk Citron

Jeff Fisher

Peter Flaxman

Robert Greber

Linda Gruber

Peggy Haas

RICHARD IDELL PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH CO-VICE PRESIDENT

STEVE SHANE SECRETARY JENNIFER MACCREADY CO-VICE PRESIDENT

Matt Haligman

Nancy Hudson

Amy Keroes

Andrew McGuire

Mary Poland

Eric Schwartz

Michael Schwartz

Lente Schwartz

Skip Whitney

ZACH ZEISLER TREASURER

KENNETH BROAD LARRY EILENBERG

LYNNE HALE

BRUCE KATZ

MICHAEL DYETT

CHARLES MCGLASHAN

DR. JOEL SKLAR JANN MOORHEAD EVELYN TOPPER

SUSAN SCHWARTZ

Zaentz Media Center

WITH LEADERSHIP FROM PG & E

Through Programs...

• Environmental Youth Forum

• Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center year-round screenings of socially conscious ﬁlms

• Active Cinema at the Mill Valley Film Festival

Through People...

• Green community partnerships

• Sustainability education for staff, volunteers and audiences

Through Facilities...

• PG&E’s ClimateSmart™ program at CFI ofﬁce and theaters

• On-site recycling

• Locally produced organic food and wine at events

THE CALIFORNIA FIIM INSTITUTE AND THE CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER ARE CERTIFIED AS BAY AREA GREEN BUSINESSES.

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Your support helps sustain a vibrant environment in which audiences of all ages engage with today’s most influential ﬁlmmakers. We achieve this goal through three core programs: year-round programming at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival and the CFI Education Program. This would not be possible without you.

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VENUES / MAPS

FESTIVAL VENUES

142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE

142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley

CENTURY CINEMA

41 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

1118 Fourth St., San Rafael

CINÉARTS@SEQUOIA

25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley

FRANTOIO RISTORANTE & OLIVE OIL CO.

152 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley

KERNER STUDIOS

90 Windward Way, San Rafael

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

From US 101, take the Central San Rafael exit. Go west to 1118 Fourth St.

VOLUNTEER! It’s not too late to volunteer for the Mill Valley Film Festival. Contact Michael LoPresti, volunteer coordinator, at 415.526.5869 or mvffvolunteers@cafilm.org

MILL VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER

180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley

PIATTI RISTORANTE & BAR 625 Redwood Hwy., Mill Valley

SABOR OF SPAIN 1301 Fourth St., San Rafael

SAN RAFAEL JOE’S 931 Fourth St., San Rafael

TIBURON GRILL 1651 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon

THE WOODS MUSIC HALL AT MASONIC 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley

CINÉARTS@SEQUOIA & 142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE

From US 101, take the Tiburon/East Blithedale exit and proceed west on Blithedale toward downtown Mill Valley. Turn left onto Throckmorton Ave.

GET THE LATEST INFO FIRST! Follow MVFF on Facebook and Twitter. See mvff.com for details.

LEAVE YOUR CAR AT HOME! New this year, ride the free MVFF shuttle; see page 116 for details. We also encourage taking Golden Gate Transit to our screenings and events.

TICKETS / INFORMATION

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

BUY IN PERSON

San Rafael Ticket Outlet

Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St.

• Pre-Festival

Director’s Circle, Premier Patron and Cinema Benefactor Members:

September 16, 6:00–8:00 pm

September 17–18, 2:00–7:00 pm

• All CFI Members:

September 19–21, 2:00–7:00 pm

• General Public:

September 22–October 6, 2:00–7:00 pm

• During the Festival, October 7–17

Weekdays 2:00–10:00 pm

Weekends 10:00 am–10:00 pm

Mill Valley Ticket Outlet

Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce

85 Throckmorton Ave.

• Pre-Festival

October 5–6, 2:00–7:00 pm

• During the Festival, October 7–17

Weekdays 2:00–10:00 pm Weekends 10:00 am–10:00 pm

PARKING

In Mill Valley: Two-hour parking meters in downtown Mill Valley operate 9:00 am to 6:00 pm daily, and cars parked over two hours are subject to ticketing. Although meters are free after 6:00 pm, the two-hour limit is still enforced. See map for directions and parking areas.

In San Rafael: There are parking garages throughout the downtown San Rafael area. Two-hour parking meters in San Rafael operate 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Saturday, and cars parked for more than two hours are subject to ticketing. Meters are free after 6:00 pm and on Sundays. See map for directions and parking areas.

RESERVED SEATING

Opening dates and hours for ticket sales are listed below

ONLINE: mvff.com

• Director’s Circle, Premier Patron and Cinema Benefactor Members: September 16, 6:00 pm

• All CFI Members: September 19, 2:00 pm

• General Public: September 22, 9:00 am

TICKET PRICES

PHONE: Toll-free 1.877.874.MVFF (6833)

• Director’s Circle, Premier Patron and Cinema Benefactor Members: September 16, 6:00–8:00 pm September 17, 9:00 am–5:00 pm

• All CFI Members: September 19, 2:00–7:00 pm September 20–21, 9:00 am–5:00 pm

• General Public: September 22–October 17, 9:00 am–5:00 pm

• $25 Children’s FilmFest Flex Pass (see page 41)

• $12.50 General Admission

• $11 Seniors (65+)

• $10 Children’s FilmFest (kids and adults)

• $10 CFI Members

• $5.00 5@5 Programs

THE FINE PRINT

(unless otherwise indicated)

SOLD OUT? TRY THE RUSH LINE

Rush tickets are often available even when advance tickets have sold out. The rush line forms outside each venue beginning one hour before showtime. Approximately 10 minutes prior to the screening, available rush tickets are sold on a ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-served basis. No discounts. Cash only.

All orders are fi nal. No refunds, exchanges, substitutions or replacements. MVFF is not responsible for lost, stolen, forgotten or damaged tickets, or tickets misdirected by the post offi ce. To pick up tickets at Will Call, you must bring a valid photo ID that corresponds to the name on the credit card used to purchase the tickets. Processing fees are nonrefundable. The processing fee for online and in-person sales is $1.50 per ticket, up to a maximum fee of $6.00 per order. The processing fee for phone sales is a fl at $7.50 per order. Ticket holders must arrive 15 minutes prior to showtime to be guaranteed a seat.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Call Golden Gate Transit at 415.923.2000 for information about taking public transportation to and from the Mill Valley Film Festival.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Membership information will be available at Festival ticket outlets. New members may join, and old friends may renew or upgrade their existing memberships.

ETIQUETTE

As a courtesy and in fairness to others, we ask that you only hold one seat per person when attending screenings and events. Please turn off cell phones and watch alarms. Thank you and enjoy the films.

PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND RECORDING

Photography, video and audio recording are prohibited in all theatrical and other Festival venues.

The Mill Valley Film Festival is made possible in part th rough the generous support of our sponsors and patrons. The reserved seating section at our screenings and events is provided for filmmakers and sponsors, to show our appreciation for their contributions and their generous support of the Mill Valley Film Festival.

Show your spots for fall Here’s

OPENING NIGHT

Welcome to the 33rd Mill Valley Film Festival! Our 11-day celebration begins with two exceptional opening night ﬁlms and a gala to remember.

CONVICTION

US 2010 • 103 MINS

Thursday, October 7, 7:00 pm and 7:15 pm

7:00 pm Film and Gala $125 CONA07P 7:00 pm Film Only $30 CONA07S

7:15 pm Film and Gala $125 CONB07P 7:15 pm Film Only $30 CONB07S CinéArts@Sequoia

Knockout performances from Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell charge this heroic true story of Betty Anne Waters, a high school dropout who transformed herself to try to save her brother from a life in prison.

See page 88 for complete ﬁlm information.

OPENING NIGHT GALA

FOLLOWS EITHER OPENING NIGHT SCREENING

Thursday, October 7

9:00 pm–12:00 am Mill Valley Community Center

After our Opening Night ﬁlms, join invited guests at the Mill Valley Community Center for delicious savories and sweets, wine and cocktails and live dance music by SambaDá.

TOMMY LAU

TANYA DUERI

OPENING NIGHT SPONSOR

THE KING’S SPEECH

Thursday, October 7, 7:00 pm Film and Gala $125 KING07P

This extraordinary film tells the true story of an inveterate stutterer, King George VI (Colin Firth, A Single Man, MVFF 2009), the father of Elizabeth II, and his unconventional speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush, Shine, MVFF 1996), who helps him ﬁnd his voice.

See page 97 for complete ﬁlm information.

Film Only $30 KING07R Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center

TANYA DUERI

CLOSING

NIGHT PARTY

FOLLOWS THE CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING

Sunday, October 17

7:15 pm–11:00 pm Party Only Ticket $50 PARTY17

Kerner Studios

90 Windward Way, San Rafael

RECEPTION HOSTED BY

CLOSING NIGHT

The 33rd Mill Valley Film Festival closes with a bang, with a special screening of The Debt. After the ﬁlm, join us at our exciting new Closing Night space, Kerner Studios in San Rafael, which was an original production studio for George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. Savor, indulge and unwind in this unique atmosphere with the ﬁnest in gourmet cuisine and the music of Califone.

THE DEBT

Sunday, October 17, 5:00 pm and 5:15 pm

5:00 pm Film and Party $75 DEBA17P 5:00 pm Film Only $30 DEBA17S

5:15 pm Film and Party $75 DEBB17P

5:15 pm Film Only $30 DEBB17S CinéArts@Sequoia

Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington (pictured above) costar alongside Helen Mirren (MVFF Tribute 2006) in this thriller about a retired Mossad agent plagued by a secret she shares with two people: the man she married and the man she loved.

See page 89 for complete ﬁlm information.

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LIVE EVENTS AT 142 THROCKMORTON

THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS JOHN LENNON AT 70: A CONCERT CELEBRATING NOWHERE BOY with RUBBER SOULDIERS AND SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS

Friday, October 8, 8:00 pm, $35 MUSC08T

In celebration of John Lennon’s 70th birthday and the release of the new feature ﬁlm Nowhere Boy (see page 102 for ﬁlm note), MVFF presents a special live event featuring rare clips chosen for the occasion by the maestro of the Hi De Ho Show, Village Music’s John Goddard, and a live concert of classic Beatles and John Lennon songs reinvented by Rubber Souldiers with special guests. Rubber Souldiers, led by Lorin and Chris Rowan of the Rowan Brothers and Grateful Dead historian and songwriter David Gans, will be joined by Hot Buttered Rum, featuring James Nash from The Waybacks; a special performance by Dan Hicks; soloists from the Glide Choir; Father Guido Sarducci; plus more surprise guests. Produced by Steep Productions, Inc., Clare Wasserman and Stephanie Clarke, in association with Larry the Hat Lautzker Famous 4

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Saturday, October 16, 7:00 pm

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Sunday, October 17, 2:00 pm

$20 MUSC17T

Vibrant multi-instrumentalists

Califone, whose music is often described as cinematic, will perform their beautifully layered and textured original soundtrack to

142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE PRESENTS TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY WITH MARK PITTA & FRIENDS

Tuesday, October 12, 8:00 pm For ticket information, visit www.142throckmortontheatre . org or call 415.383.9600

Mark your calendars for Tuesdays, and join us for Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta & Friends. Mark Pitta hosts an evening for established headliners and up-and-coming comics to work on new material. You may see ﬁ ve comics, an improv group, a comedy video or a scene from a new play in progress— come and ﬁ nd out! Ages 18 and over unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

band member Tim Rutili’s feature film All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, about a psychic (Angela Bettis) with a house full of spectral boarders who must ﬁnd a way to let go of her ghostly pals. First-time director and writer Rutili delivers a quirky, dark comedy that is poignant, wholly original and, well, quite spirited. For complete ﬁlm note, see page 84.

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142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE

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FESTIVAL LOUNGES

THE WOODS MUSIC HALL AT MASONIC

19 CORTE MADERA AVE., MILL VALLEY

From October 8 through 16, The Woods Music Hall at the Mill Valley Masonic will be the central hub of the Festival in downtown Mill Valley. During the day, the venue will serve as a Filmmaker Lounge, offering an oasis for our guests to have a drink and a snack, as well as relax and mingle between screenings. The Lounge is open daily to ﬁlmmakers, sponsors and other Festival badge-holders, as well as our Fast Pass, Cinema Benefactor, Premier Patron and Director’s Circle members.

We welcome ALL Festival guests, including the public, to The Woods Lounge for daily happy hour from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, featuring ﬁ ne wines, cold beers, beverages and a rotating menu of delicious hors d’oeuvres. Eclectic live entertainment will run the gamut from ukulele cabaret to vintage vinyl DJs.

Late night after screenings, head into The Woods Music Hall and enjoy live bands, jam sessions and a special Monday night open mic.

SPECIAL EVENT! FISHBONE LIVE IN CONCERT AT THE WOODS MUSIC HALL

MVFF HOSPITALITY LOUNGE AT THE

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

For our VIP guests. The Lounge offers free internet access, premium wine, beer and delicious food. It is open daily to ﬁlmmakers, sponsors and other Festival badgeholders, as well as our Fast Pass, Cinema Benefactor, Premier Patron and Director’s Circle members, who are welcome to join us for daily Happy Hour from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

Friday, October 15, 9:30 pm $18 Advance/$20 Door

To celebrate the acclaimed new documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (see page 92 for ﬁlm note), which screens earlier this evening in Mill Valley and on October 9 in San Rafael, the legendary American ska and rock fusion band will hit the stage of The Woods Music Hall for a full concert

that is sure to blow the roof off. Singer/saxophonist Angelo Moore, renowned as one of the very best showmen, describes the band as “jazzy/ska/gospel/punk-rock/reggae,” a unique combination that has to be experienced live.

For tickets to Fishbone and other Woods Music Hall shows and for more information, visit www.woodsmv.com.

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Wasting Time. Start Making Movies.

Developing a virtual cul-desac by planting imaginary gardens and raising fake pets may be entertaining, but is it productive? When it’s all you, producing a ﬁ lm can be a time consuming business. Don’t waste time with second-rate talent. Go with the pros and use one of SAG’s Low Budget Agreements.

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THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS WORKSHOPS ON THE ART, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS OF FILMMAKING

THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTION

Saturday, October 9, 12:00 pm $15 SEM09R • Rafael

THE ART OF TIMOTHY HITTLE

JAY CLAY TRILOGY

Insight programs at Mill Valley Film Festival explore the art and craft of significant filmmakers in depth.

Saturday, October 9

5:00 pm, $12.50 JAYC09T 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley

For full program information see page 95

The distribution landscape is constantly evolving, now faster than ever with the advent of digital technology. The time between theatrical and DVD release is shrinking. Competition is fierce. Titanic shifts are taking place, whether motivated by fear or prescience, in a field crowded with distribution options ranging from the traditional to independent to new media, including YouTube, iTunes and VOD. Join our panel of experts as they refl ect on the present and predict the future.

Britt Bensen, co-founder, On Demand Weekly

Kattie Evans, vice president, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, National Geographic

David Fenkel , partner, Oscilloscope

Marcus Hu, co-president, Strand Releasing Pat Saperstein, senior editor, Variety Jonathan Taplin, managing director, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab

Ron Yerxa, producer, Election, Cold Mountain

CINEMASPORTS: The Musicals—Mill Valley & South Africa

Saturday, October 9, 9:00 am

Intro Meeting, Old Mill Park, Mill Valley FREE TO PARTICIPATE Sign-up required on a ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-served basis.

Sunday, October 10, public screening 8:00 pm $10 CINE10T • 142 Throckmorton Theatre

This year Cinemasports blends Bollywood musicality with World Cup intensity. Just arrive with your crew equipped to shoot and edit your masterpiece by the same-day deadline. Teams will vie to ﬁ nish a musical or music video before sundown

ACTIVE CINEMA: A Toolkit

with three mandatory “ingredients.” These might include a ﬂ ower petal, a lost lover and extra-terrestrial life! Three-time Oscar winner Walter Murch says, “Something emerges that’s not contained in any of the ﬁ lms. . . .” Join us this year as South African youth participate in Cinemasports MVFF along with local artists. Musicals made in South Africa on the same weekend with the same ingredients screen alongside local productions. Sign up online: www.cinemasports.com.

Saturday, October 16, 11:00 am, $15 SEMA16T • 142 Throckmorton Theatre

The experts on this creative brainstorming panel offer exceptional experience as entrepreneurs, innovators, producers and ﬁ lmmakers. Join them in a dynamic discussion focusing on developing the tools and resources needed to fund, distribute and market ﬁ lms on social, environmental and human rights issues.

INVITED GUESTS:

Debbie Brubaker, co-producer, La Mission; producer, Dopamine; workshop leader, Greening Your Production; San Francisco Film Commissioner

Simone Nelson (Moderator), producer, City Of Borders; president, Bay Area Women in Film & Media

James Redford, director, Quality Time, Spin (MVFF 2004); founder, The James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness; board member, The Redford Center

Annie Roney, director and founder of ro*co ﬁ lms international; creator/partner, of The Documentary Films Club for OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network

Bob Silvestri, chairman, Environmental Media Fund; co-founder, Blue Sky Productions; founder, The doGoodr Fund

HITS & MISSES: Working Women in Film

Saturday, October 16, 1:00 pm, $15 SEMB16T • 142 Throckmorton Theatre

What does it take for women working in film—as writers, directors, producers—to make and sustain viable careers? These panelists have made their voices heard, frequently infl uencing the way we see women represented onscreen, and offering a wealth of experience in how to create a life in fi lm.

INVITED GUESTS:

Mindy Affrime, producer, Golf in the Kingdom, Female Perversions, Tell Me a Riddle

Feo Aladag , director, writer, producer, When We

Leave; co-founder, Independent Artists Film Produktion, based in Berlin, Germany

Pamela Gray, screenwriter, Conviction, Music of the Heart, A Walk on the Moon

Jennifer Seibel Newsom, director, writer, producer, Miss Representation, actor, In the Valley of Elah, Rent

Lisanne Skyler (Moderator), director, Capture the Flag, Dreamland; director, writer, Getting to Know You; assistant professor of ﬁlm & television production, University of Arizona, Tucson

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH S.F. WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL.

All panelists subject to change, updates at mvff.com

All That Jazz

A self-described frame-a-holic hits a high note with savvy clientele

David Schwartz is crazy about jazz. Tucked away in the basement of his 20/20 Optical shop in San Rafael, just one ﬂoor below his polished showroom, is a small chamber containing two drum sets that once belonged to Rufus Speedy Jones, who played with Duke Ellington in the late 1960s. Schwartz himself is a drummer. For years he played regularly at a local nightclub, and he continues to perform every six weeks or so. “But alas,” says the retailer, “time in the ofﬁce keeps me from playing as much as I’d like.” This room, hidden in the depths of his busy store, serves as a reminder of his once unbridled musical passion.

These days, Schwartz’s ﬁrst passion is creating and selling luxury eyewear. He pours most of his energy into his two optical shops in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. Both stores feature a sleek interior, a vast assortment of designer frames and a savvy clientele. “Marin is known for its diversity,” says Schwartz, noting that some of his customers are athletic, some trendy, while others prefer more classic styles.

There’s no doubt that residents of both markets demand the best, and Schwartz delivers. “I’m a frame-a-holic,” says the retailer, who stocks frames from a diverse range of international designers, including Gold & Wood, Face a Face, Oliver Peoples, Paul Smith, Anne et Valentin, Chrome Hearts, Theo, Judith Leiber, Robert Marc, ltalee, Starck, Alain Mikli, Francis Klein, and l.a. Eyeworks. “I look for the most eclectic, fashionforward, cosmopolitan eyewear,” says Schwartz. “Our customers know that when they come in they can expect something unique.” Price points range from $185 all the way up to $3,000 or more for an 18-karat-gold, horn-rimmed frame by Lindberg. Sunwear represents 30 percent of inventory.

Schwartz employs 11 staffers, including six opticians, between the two locations. He says he looks for employees who have not only extensive industry knowledge, but also convivial personalities that enable them to connect with patrons. “Our goal is to make every customer’s experience personal,” Schwartz explains. Adds optician Judith Borowsky, “We take our time to help each person choose something optically perfect, comfortable and fashionable. We listen to the customer explain what they do for a living or how they spend their day. We note if they’re soft-spoken or if they’re funny and extroverted. We try to give them something that ﬁts their personality and lifestyle.”

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Like a great jazz ensemble, the 20/20 team works together to appeal to their audience, improvising when necessary. Customers get the high-end service they expect and the staff does everything it can to fulﬁll special requests. In the past, they have delivered glasses to an elderly patient’s hospital bed. They’ve provided loaner lenses to people waiting for custom eyewear. They’ve researched special lenses for customers with unique hobbies from motorcycling to pheasant hunting. “Whatever it is, we’ll make it happen,” says Diane Yioulos, another optician. “David’s a miracle worker.”

It’s no wonder 20/20 was voted Best Optical Shop from 2006 through 2010 by the readers of Paciﬁc Sun magazine. It’s no surprise that both locations get good walk-in trafﬁc as well as steady repeat business. They’ve made glasses for members of the San Francisco Giants and other professional teams and for Jon Miller, the “voice of the Giants.”

20/20 embraces the creative challenge of merging the fashion, medical and technological aspects of its business. Like the language of music, David says, “the ophthalmic optics is a fascinating language all its own. It’s an art. It’s exciting to tackle each challenge as it arises.”

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CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

Ever wonder what the rest of the world watches for family entertainment? Every year, the Mill Valley Film Festival Children’s FilmFest gives you the happy answer. We show an exciting collection of family and children’s feature and short ﬁlms from around the world, handpicked from international festivals and submissions.

This year, our foursome sums up everything that’s great about international ﬁlm. Our comedy, EEP!, mixes funny but incisive observations on the human animal from the perspective of a little bird-girl. Coming-of-age movie, The Indian, follows a young Peruvian boy who goes searching for

his identity after being adopted by a Dutch family. The Goonies have nothing on the greatest young gang of misﬁ ts, known as The Crocodiles. And in Twigson, the poignant story of a boy so lonely he befriends a talking twig is told with a blend of live action and animation.

Three of our features are matched with terriﬁc short ﬁlms. Syawal Was Very Scared sees the tragedy of a tsunami through a child’s therapeutic drawings. Good Night, Let the Bugs Bite is an animation by local artist Sara Klein and a group of young animators from Croatia. And Xanadu Productions, another local gem, presents a schoolyard fantasy with a very unique substitute teacher in The Silk Road.

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Save $20! With the Children’s FilmFest Flex Pass, you can enjoy up to four films, including our Children’s FilmFest selections and our special screening of The Empire Strikes Back, plus the Children’s FilmFest Opening Party Extravaganza, for one low price. Use the pass any way you like—four admissions to one film, two admissions to two films, one admission to four fi lms and the party, and so on. Bring the entire family . . . but be sure to join us!

To enhance our very young viewers’ appreciation of foreign-language movies, we provide the unique service of having actors read subtitles aloud. Where we can, we play the readings through individual headphones, to allow those who do not require the service to experience the ﬁ lm without hearing the reader. We have a limited number of headsets, and offer them on

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST OPENING PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA

Saturday, October 9, 12:30 pm 142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley $5 PARTY09

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THE YOUTH REEL

Our 2010 Youth Reel is titled Wangypong. The films are juried by a select group of six teens, chosen from among 20 teens participating in a three-day intensive workshop called the Young Critics Jury. The six jury members see all of the submitted short youth-directed fi lms entered in the Mill Valley Film Festival. This year there were over 75 fi lms submitted from across the US and internationally. The jury chooses the films that will comprise a program of about 90 minutes. They also “curate” the program, finding a balance in the reel’s order allowing for a fl ow from one work to the next. It’s a demanding task, and each year the jury turns out a wonderful program. They do all this with adult supervision but without adult interference. It is their reel.

Wangypong will screen on the second Saturday of the Festival, October 16, at 11:00 am. It’s always an inspiring morning with parents, friends, fellow ﬁlmmakers and Festival-goers all enjoying the fruits of young ﬁ lmmakers’ work and the selections

YOUTH FOCUS

of the jury. The ﬁ lmmakers each receive a copy of Final Draft, the ﬁlm industry’s premier screenwriting software, donated by Final Draft, immediately following an audience Q&A.

This year marks the ninth year of the Young Critics Jury program. The group of 20 teens interacts with the cream of the Bay Area’s directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, location scouts, producers, casting agents, stunt people, editors and sound mixers, actors and experimental fi lmmakers. Presenters for 2010 include John Morrison, education director, California Film Institute; Zoë Elton, programmer for the Mill Valley Film Festival; Phil Pastuhov, aerial cinematographer; David Hess, actor; Melinda Darlington-Bach and Cynthia Pepper, casting, choreography, commercials; Bruce Loeb, silent fi lm pianist; Craig Baldwin, experimental fi lmmaker and archivist; Rory Enke, location manager; David Templeton, fi lm critic; Eddie Muller, writer and fi lm noir impresario; Dennie Thorpe, foley artist; Mario de la Vega, writer, director,

producer; Ann Brebner, casting agent. Many of these ﬁ lmmakers are Oscar, Emmy and international festival award winners. In April, CFI Education will be accepting applications online for the July 2011 Young Critics Jury at caﬁ lm.org/education.

OTHER FILMS IN THE FESTIVAL FEATURING YOUNG PEOPLE

In addition to the Youth Reel and the Children’s FilmFest, many Festival ﬁ lms feature young people or coming-of-age issues:

Themba - A Boy Called Hope, Sebbe, The River Why, To Educate a Girl, Trust, Atomic Mom, Journey from Zanskar, Nowhere Boy, About Her Brother, Adrift, Tehran Tehran, Cosmonauta, The Child Prodigy, Of Love and Other Demons, Precious Life

Parents, please rely on your judgment regarding whether a ﬁ lm is appropriate.

Our recommendations are not a substitute for a well-informed adult’s decision.

GET REEL

At CFI, it’s all about getting reel. Real entertainment, real out-of-the-box programming and a real experience seeing ﬁlms and ﬁlmmakers that will change your life.

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CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE EDUCATION

CFI Education provides children and yo ung people of diverse backgrounds the opportunity to learn about themselves and the world through film.

For more than 20 years, the Mill Valley Film Festival and CFI Education have pioneered creative film programs for youth, providing year-round screenings, interactive sessions with ﬁlm professionals and hands-on workshops to introduce students to ﬁlm as a vibrant tool of communication. CFI Education serves students, families and teachers throughout the Bay Area, and CFI’s new Open Source Online Resource Center will soon make programs available throughout the world.

WE’RE NOT JUST AT THE FESTIVAL

CFI Education offers year-round programs at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in Marin, the Little Theater at Berkeley High School and the Ninth Street Independent Film Center in San Francisco, among other venues, and it goes directly into schools as well. Created with the participation of a dedicated team of local educators, CFI Education programs conform to California state education standards.

A PLACE IN THE WORLD

This six-ﬁlm, seven-month curriculum at the Rafael serves urban and suburban students, who examine a selection of international ﬁlms addressing universal coming-of-age issues.

YOUNG CRITICS JURY

Every July, film professionals teach critical thinking, filmmaking and film-curating skills at this three-day workshop for 13- to 18year-olds. A select group of students then curates a program of youth-produced films for MVFF.

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Geared to at-risk youth, this workshop combines hands-on ﬁlmmaking with the development of strong storytelling skills. CFI staff and Berkeley’s Center for Digital Storytelling work with 10 teens in a ﬁve-day course that inspires them to tell their own stories. Workshops take place in San Rafael, San Francisco and Oakland.

ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH FORUM

This two-day forum offers some of the best new thinking in environmentalism through dozens of screenings and presentations by representatives of a range of environmental groups. This program is part of the CFI Green Initiative, sponsored in part by Paciﬁc Gas and Electric Company.

AND MORE!

Community Cinema, our monthly film program in partnership with Independent Lens and ITVS, resumes this fall with new intergenerational screenings. In addition, CFI Education offers teacher workshops to help educators incorporate film into the classroom, as well as in-school screenings with filmmakers.

Through these and other visual literacy programs, CFI Education serves more than 5,000 students and hundreds of teachers throughout the Bay Area every year. If you would like to join our efforts or make a welcome donation, please contact us:

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ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

PROGRAM AND RECEPTION

Friday, October 8, 7:00 pm

Spotlight and Reception $85 SPOT08P

Spotlight Only $30 SPOT08R

Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center

Reception to follow at Sabor of Spain

Our Spotlight program honoring Alejandro González Iñárritu starts with an onstage interview and a special viewing of Biutiful . After, enjoy a vinoteca-style reception at Sabor of Spain featuring modern Spanish cuisine and tapas, superb wines and great ambiance.

Alejandro González Iñárritu will be presented with the MVFF award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2010 BIUTIFUL 2007 TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA (SEGMENT “ANNA”) 2006 BABEL 2003 21 GRAMS 2002 SEPTEMBER 11 (SEGMENT “MEXICO”) 2000 AMORES PERROS

BIUTIFUL

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In his first directorial effort since Babel (2006), Alejandro González Iñárritu gives us this gorgeous tone poem starring Javier Bardem as the heartbreaking and ﬂ awed Uxbal, wrestling with mortality, spirit and the shady, complex circumstances of his life.

See page 85 for complete film information.

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

Becoming Iñárritu

BY ZOÉ ELTON

THE SPACE WHERE ART HAPPENS

It’s 10 years since masterful director Alejandro González Iñárritu took his first film, Amores Perros, to the Cannes Film Festival; this year, his new film, Biutiful, was there. In the intervening decade González Iñárritu has achieved—like Almodóvar, Bertolucci, Coppola—one-name status: He has become simply Iñárritu. I asked him recently whether going to Cannes this year brought back memories of that first experience, and what thoughts he had about how his life and work have changed since then.

“It has been a very intense decade, obviously, and I think things have changed at different levels. When I arrived with Amores Perros to the Critics’ Week,” notes Iñárritu, “it was my ﬁ rst experience in a ﬁ lm festival.”

Quite a place to start. And although its director had hoped for the Main Competition, Amores Perros made an auspicious debut in Critics’ Week, where it caused a huge buzz—and won the section’s Grand Prize. Iñárritu went back to Cannes in 2006 with Babel, winning Best Director in the Main Competition, and in 2007 with a short ﬁ lm, Anna. He says presenting his work doesn’t get any less nerve-wracking—indeed, not only is he his own worst critic, but now he also has to navigate other people’s expectations of him. Nevertheless, nothing seems to deter his extraordinary ability to tap into a deep well of creativity.

Iñárritu consistently makes ﬁ lms on a grand scale, ﬁ lms that ponder the connections between human beings, and that push us to ask ourselves who we are, how we are, why we are. His stories ask life’s big questions, yet are peopled with characters who are, essentially, ordinary.

His new ﬁ lm, Biutiful, is set in Barcelona. It tells the story of Uxbal (Javier Bardem), a man who can communicate with the recent dead and relay messages to their families, who learns he himself does not have long to live. He’s a street guy, making his living off the work of illegal immigrants— the Senegalese who sell knock-off designer bags and the Chinese who work in a sweatshop. They are all people who are unseen and marginalized, but Iñárritu approaches them without pity or condescension. And that’s the power of Biutiful

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

Iñárritu has an endless curiosity about people that’s informed by a deep empathy. In considering that curiosity, he says he responds instinctively, admitting, “It is in that space between that thing and me that I begin to make my own universe and my own interpretations.” He adds: “It’s in that space where art happens.” He talks, too, about being a “geographical orphan.” Being an immigrant himself for 10 years (he now lives in California) has given him the clarity of an outside observer. The fact of not belonging, he says, “gets you in a very awakened state.”

It’s that awakened state, perhaps, that informs the insight, respect and dignity he affords his characters. In creating them, he says, “I have to understand them. [It’s] a kind of rule that I have. No matter what they are; no matter what they do—if they kill people, like in Amores Perros—whatever they do: I have to have a certain compassion for them.” He continues: “I think compassion comes from a deep understanding of the complex nature of human beings; from not judging people in a very black and white way but to understand that we are good and bad at the same time.”

That may be what makes Uxbal so compelling onscreen. Like a classical hero, he has fl aws, and they’re fatal. An action of Uxbal’s, predicated on fi nancial considerations, contributes directly to a terrible tragedy. “Obviously the practical decisions that he has to make confl ict with the moral decisions,” says the fi lmmaker. “Because he has to feed his children, he has to save money; and because of that, he has to make choices to buy cheap things, and those cheap things have consequences.” But, Iñárritu continues, “it’s not as easy as: The guy is bad.” And we, the audience, understand—experience—that.

The powerfully poetic tone of the ﬁ lm initiates us into a meditation on life, death and that veiled world in between. In the presence of death, notes Iñárritu, “we have the burden and the gift of realizing that we are ﬁ nite.”

For Uxbal, that realization arises in his friendship with Bea, a kind of spiritual mother and mentor to him. While his life fractures irrevocably, she brings insight and support, recognizing his situation and guiding his understanding of what he must do.

Both Bea and Uxbal are notably ordinary people—with extraordinary gifts. It’s a conscious choice on Iñárritu’s part. “I like the

In the presence of death, notes Iñárritu, “we have the burden and the gift of realizing that we are finite.”

contradiction of having a guy like Uxbal—a very humble, primitive guy—who has that gift,” as opposed to the “strange and exotic” way ﬁ lms typically represent people with supernatural talents. That Uxbal is, furthermore, “somebody who knows exactly what’s going on after life” becomes very compelling territory to explore for the director.

The distinctive visual poetry of Biutiful makes manifest the spiritual, supernatural and existential reﬂ ections of the ﬁ lm. Elaborating on his approach, Iñárritu says, “One of the things that I did, technically, was that all [Uxbal’s] POVs [were shot] in 26, 27 frames [per second] so everything is a little bit smaller, slower, [which] you maybe don’t realize consciously.” He also changed formats, from 1:85 to 2:35, to make things “more spacey and more open.”

Iñárritu’s ﬁ lms rely on a tight-knit family of collaborators in key artistic positions: cinematographer Rodrigo Prieta; editor Stephen Mirrione; production designer Brigitte Broch; music supervisor Lynn Fainchtein. Together they “have developed this kind of great connection,” says the director, “and great trust.” Moreover, “all of them are rock stars,” he enthuses, but each knows the ego comes “subordinated to the drama.”

Hence the all-encompassing force of these dramas on the spectator. Art, for Iñárritu, happens when an audience is completely submerged in the ﬁ lm. “When you see a painting, or you listen to a piece of music, [or] you see a good ﬁ lm,” he says, “and you can intellectually understand what’s going on and, simultaneously, be feeling fully, emotionally, the experience”—that, he explains, is when you become one with the work.

“That is when it’s bliss for me.”

Zoë Elton is director of programming for MVFF and an artist, writer and theater director.

PROGRAM AND RECEPTION

Saturday, October 9, 7:00 pm

Tribute and Reception

$85 TRIB09P

Tribute Only $30 TRIB09R

Christopher B. Smith

Rafael Film Center

Reception to follow at Piatti Ristorante & Bar

MVFF welcomes actor Edward Norton for a Tribute to his stellar career, featuring an onstage interview conducted by Elvis Mitchell, a review of clips from his ﬁ lms and a viewing of Stone. Then join us for a memorable reception with regional Italian cuisine, house-made pastas, wood-ﬁ red pizzas and mesquite-grilled meats at Piatti Ristorante & Bar.

Edward Norton will be presented with the MVFF award, designed by celebrated art-

EDWARD NORTON

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2010 STONE 2009 LEAVES OF GRASS 2008 THE INCREDIBLE HULK

2006 THE PAINTED VEIL • THE ILLUSIONIST 2005 DOWN IN THE VALLEY

2003 THE ITALIAN JOB 2002 25TH HOUR 2001 THE SCORE

2000 KEEPING THE FAITH (Director, Actor) 1999 FIGHT CLUB

1998 AMERICAN HISTORY X 1996 PRIMAL FEAR

STONE US 2010 105 MINS

Convict Stone (Edward Norton) comes before corrections ofﬁcer Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro) for early release consideration, in this rapid-ﬁre psychological thriller about a lawbreaker and a lawman on parallel life journeys.

See page 107 for complete ﬁlm information.

EDWARD NORTON

Making Good

BY CHERYL EDDY

EDWARD NORTON AT WORK, ON-SCREEN AND OFF

It sounds ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script: struggling actor is cast in his ﬁrst major motion picture and receives near-unanimous critical acclaim, a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for his performance. But this is no movie; this is a true story. And unlike many tales of meteoric show-biz rise, it’s thankfully devoid of a crashand-burn second act.

Since his fateful appearance in 1996’s Primal Fear, Edward Norton has portrayed a string of unforgettable characters, with a second Oscar nomination coming for his alternately terrifying and heartbreaking turn as a reformed neo-Nazi in American History X. He’s worked with an impressive array of star-spangled directors (Milos Forman, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, David Fincher, Julie Taymor, Ridley Scott), and he never picks one-note roles. Sure, he was in a comic-book movie, but did ever roam the screen a more complicated, conﬂ icted antihero than the Incredible Hulk?

That’s not to say Norton limits himself to big names and blockbusters. He’s appeared in smaller ﬁ lms—earning praise for playing an anachronistic SoCal cowboy in the indie Down in the Valle y—and did double-duty by both starring in and directing Keeping the Faith. He’s also produced a number of his own movies under his Class 5 Films banner, plus several documentaries (most recently, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama) and an upcoming HBO miniseries, Undaunted Courage, based on Stephen Ambrose’s book about Louis and Clark.

Given his constant stream of projects, it’s tempting to believe that Norton never sleeps (kind of like his Fight Club character, sans the violence). And there’s more: Last year, he ran the New York Marathon to raise money for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. He’s also a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity; serves on President Obama’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities; sits on the board of trustees of Enterprise Community Partners, an affordable-housing organization founded by Norton’s grand-

father, noted urban planner James Rouse; supports the Middle East Peacemakers Fund; is on the board of New York’s playwright-focused Signature Theater Company; and is a board member of Friends of the High Line, supporting New York’s newest public park. Oh, and he also recently cofounded Crowdrise, a website that uses a social networking platform to encourage fund-raising and volunteering.

Though he probably deserves a year-long vacation, Norton comes to the Mill Valley Film Festival with his latest ﬁ lm, Stone, about a convicted arsonist, played by Norton, who clashes with a prison psychologist played by Robert De Niro. I grabbed a few minutes on the phone with him recently while he was promoting Stone at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Stone reunites you with director John Curran (who made The Painted Veil) and Robert De Niro (who co-starred with Norton in The Score).

It was the fi rst time I had done a second fi lm with a director, and it was just great. I really had a good experience with John on The Painted Veil, so I was eager to do something with him again. It was twice as easy and fun, just because you get to know each other and develop a kind of shorthand—sort of a trust, in a way. Same with De Niro. Everybody’s rhythms are different, and when you know someone, and know what they need, and the way to do it, it makes everything go smoothly. De Niro has always been incredibly encouraging and supportive of me, almost since the very beginning, when I started working in fi lms. We did something together that

was fun [in 2001], but [ Stone] was very challenging and weighty—and it was a lot of fun, too.

The Stone trailer suggests Gerald “Stone” Creeson resembles the character you played in your breakthrough ﬁ lm, Primal Fear. Both are jailbirds who seem to be manipulating those around them. Fair comparison?

I would say no. I think you’ll see, when you see it. I can get that from the trailer, maybe, but this is a very serious dissection of what constitutes spiritual transformation. It’s not about a con or a trick, even though it sort of sets that up in the trailer. But I don’t think you’ll feel that way when you see it.

You’ve played so many different types of characters—a neo-Nazi, a king, a magician, a priest, a police ofﬁ cer. Do you consciously decide to try something completely different from the last time, or is it a more intuitive process?

I try to just see what comes over the transom and pick based on what I’m feeling and in the mood for at the moment.

In your other 2010 ﬁ lm, Leaves of Grass—due for a limited release this fall—you play twins. What was that like?

That whole experience was really, really fun. Tim Blake Nelson is a terriﬁ c writer and director, and the particular challenge of playing a scene with yourself was very technical, very creative, and hilarious. It was really great fun to ﬁ gure out the jigsaw puzzle of that.

EDWARD NORTON

Looking back at your career, do you have a favorite character that you’ve played?

No, it’s too difﬁ cult for me to choose. So many different experiences. Sometimes the experience is fun, and sometimes the movie comes out great but it was tough making it. I could never choose.

You’ve played some characters that were previously portrayed by other actors, including in Red Dragon (a remake of Manhunter ) and, of course, The Incredible Hulk. Did that present any particular challenge, or did you just disregard what came before and focus on your own interpretation?

You’re right, you have to consider certain things. But it’s fun, you know. It’s fun to acknowledge the need for consistency then, yet, still do your thing.

You directed Keeping the Faith, and you’re attached to upcoming projects including an adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn. Any plans to direct again soon?

I don’t know if I would say pretty soon, but someday soon. Was Keeping the Faith a positive experience?

Oh yeah. Loved it. Deﬁ nitely.

Have you ever been surprised by a reaction to one of your ﬁ lms? I’m thinking of Fight Club, which didn’t do well in theaters but became a huge hit on DVD, and Death to Smoochy, which has actually played as a midnight movie in San Francisco.

I love that. I think that’s almost better than it being a hit initially.

What do you love most about acting?

I think the learning. Each time you do it you get an opportunity to investigate worlds you wouldn’t get into otherwise.

Aside from acting, you’re known for your social and environmental activism. Can you speak a bit about your latest endeavor, the social networking platform for fund-raising and volunteering called Crowdrise?

I felt, being involved with a lot of different organizations over time, that they were digitizing their annual reports but they weren’t really using web-based tools in a dynamic way. In some cases, it was just because the engineering for such things was too much labor for the average small organization. A couple of us felt we could build this website and make it a shared thing—we could give people the ability to do this on their own. And that’s why we built it.

Cheryl Eddy is the Senior Arts and Entertainment Editor at the San Francisco Bay Guardian

The Mill Valley Public Library and The California Film Institute announce a new photograph exhibition and DVD collection

Flashback:

Three Decades of the Mill Valley Film Festival

The CFI Select Collection

Selected by the California Film Institute staﬀ, this library collection features ﬁlm festival movies from 1978 to the present, standouts from the Rafael Theater, and a concentration of documentaries. Enjoy them anytime, always free.

mill valley public library

Celebrating 100 Years 1911 - 2011

The Mill Valley Librar y Foundation and Friends of the Library Centennial Campaign

Photos on display now at the Mill Valley Public Library.

Strong. Local. Growing.

Focus Features Congratulates Annette Bening

on being honored by the Mill Valley Film Festival.

“Seeing Annette Bening in ‘The Kids Are All Right' — I was more than ever convinced that she is one of the greatest ever American film actors. And it’s all in that magnificent face, which is arguably the face of our moment. The crazy, mobile, ever-shifting American truth now resides in it. Her life-heavy eyes tinted with wisdom and humor compose a kind of quiet militancy. A masterpiece.”

–Lee

Siegel, The New York Observer

CENTERPIECE

PROGRAM AND RECEPTION

Sunday, October 10

5:45 pm

Centerpiece Film and Reception

$50 MIRA10P

Centerpiece Film Only $30 MIRA10R

Christopher B. Smith

Rafael Film Center

Reception to follow at San Rafael Joe’s

At the start of MVFF’s second week, our Centerpiece program rings in a full week of films and parties. Enjoy a screening of Miral , and conversation with director Julian Schnabel and screenwriter Rula Jebreal. The evening continues with a reception at San Rafael Joe’s, featuring contemporary Italian-American cuisine.

CENTERPIECE MIRAL

Our featured film for the evening is director Julian Schnabel’s Miral. An everinnovative artist, Schnabel’s groundbreaking work has frequently inspired and surprised—his latest is no exception. In this ﬁlm, based on Palestinian broadcaster and writer Rula Jebreal’s semi-autobiographical novel, he applies his innovative talents to a story that spans several decades and touches many lives.

Please join us for the Centerpiece screening of Miral, with special guests director Julian Schnabel and screenwriter Rula Jebreal in attendance.

MIRAL

UK/ISRAEL/FRANCE/2009 113 MINS

On the cusp of the first Intifada, Miral falls for a fervent political activist, sparking a personal battle that mirrors the greater dilemma around her in Julian Schnabel’s drama about four women searching for justice, hope and reconciliation amid the Israeli-Palestinian conﬂ ict.

See page 99 for complete ﬁlm information.

JULIAN SCHNABEL

PROGRAM AND RECEPTION

Thursday, October 14, 7:00 pm

Tribute and Reception

$150 TRIB14P

Tribute Only $30 TRIB14R

Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center

Reception to follow at Frantoio Ristorante & Olive Oil Co.

Join us for a Tribute program honoring the billiant career of Annette Bening. The audience will enjoy ﬁlm clips, an onstage conversation with Annette Bening conducted by Zoë Elton and a presentation of the MVFF award. Please note: this Tribute does not feature the viewing of a ﬁlm.

After the program, the evening continues with dinner at Frantoio Ristorante & Olive Oil Co., one of our favorite places for a party.

Annette Bening will be presented with the MVFF award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.

ANNETTE BENING

TRIBUTE TO ANNETTE BENING SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2010 THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT 2010 MOTHER AND CHILD

2008 THE WOMEN 2006 RUNNING WITH SCISSORS 2005 MRS. HARRIS 2004 BEING JULIA 2003 OPEN RANGE 1999 AMERICAN BEAUTY • IN DREAMS 1995 THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1995 RICHARD III 1994 LOVE AFFAIR 1991 BUGSY 1990 THE GRIFTERS • POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 1989 VALMONT

TRIBUTE CO-SPONSORED BY

ANNETTE BENING

Not Just an American Beauty

BY MICHAEL FOX

We enter the endearingly bumpy portrait of a new-style American family, The Kids Are All Right, on the comforting combination of loving relationships and jaunty banter. The cozy camaraderie between longtime lovers Nic and Jules, lesbian parents of two uncommonly well-adjusted teenagers, furthers the pleasant illusion that everything in this well-appointed Southern California home is hunky-dory. Until, that is, the instant Annette Bening, as Nic, ﬁxes her partner (and the camera) with a stone-cold glare that could strip paint. The incident that provoked her ire is irrelevant; what matters is the revelation that the couple’s relationship ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Of all the delicious qualities we’ve come to expect from an Annette Bening performance—ruthless intelligence, savory wit, unﬂ inching integrity—it is this streak of unpredictability that sets her apart. I don’t mean her range from role to role, nor some mercurial temperament. Rather, it’s her great instinct for the unexpected, from the off-center line reading to the offhand gesture that imbues ordinary and familiar interactions with panache. Bening is that rare actress with an oeuvre of memorable characterizations and a scrapbook of indelible moments.

To put it frankly, Bening has the technique, resourcefulness and iconoclasm one associates with top-rank actors and not movie stars, who tend to be leery of veering too far from their public-approved personae. This might explain why she has long had the respect of her peers—as evidenced by a Tony nomination, an Emmy nomination and three Academy Award nominations (for The Grifters, American Beaut y and Being Julia)—but not the unqualiﬁ ed and unquestioning affection of the multiplex crowd. Even this year, as everyone talks about her performance in The Kids Are All Right, one hopes her stunning turn in Rodrigo Garcia’s deeply moving

Mother and Child, as a physical therapist still tormented about the daughter she gave up for adoption, won’t be overlooked.

Born in Topeka and raised in San Diego, Bening was attracted to the footlights in junior high. She chose San Francisco State for its vibrant drama department, graduating with honors and moving on to American Conservatory Theater’s advanced training program. Bening spent ﬁ ve years with the

company before moving to Denver and eventually New York, where she made her Tony-nominated Broadway debut in Tina Howe’s Coastal Disturbances in 1987.

Bening didn’t appear in her fi rst fi lm (The Great Outdoors) until she was 30, which confi rms eloquently her aspiration to be an actress, not a starlet. But her performance as the brilliantly scheming Madame Merteuil in Milos Forman’s Valmont (1989) raised eyebrows, and things began to move quickly. As luscious, conniving femme fatale Myra Langtry in Stephen Frears’ sunlit neo-noir, The Grifters (1990), Bening held her own opposite Anjelica Huston and earned her fi rst Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

ANNETTE BENING

was again nominated in the Best Actress category. “I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that’s true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it.”

The following year, Barry Levinson cast her as the titular character’s tough-talking girlfriend in Bugsy, paired with a rugged mug and legendary lothario named Warren Beatty. It came as a surprise to many longtime Hollywood observers when the costars married in 1992, and it’s a testament to Bening’s ability to manage celebrity on her terms that they’ve been able to raise four children in Los Angeles in relative normalcy. At the same time, one could make a good case that living a normal life is quite helpful in playing everyday people, such as Bening’s characters in The Kids Are All Right and Mother and Child

“I like not being in the business,” Bening conﬁ ded to an interviewer a few years ago. “I like doing other things, and getting away, and reading, and seeing my friends. I mean it’s always busy with four children; it’s chaos. But it’s different than trying to work all the time.”

Bening gave a biting, wrenching performance as the American-born Queen Elizabeth in Richard Loncraine’s marvelous Fascist-era Richard III (1995), then demonstrated her willingness to participate in offbeat projects by major directors (Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks!, Neil Jordan’s In Dreams) before signing on to acclaimed theater director Sam Mendes’ feature ﬁ lm debut, American Beauty (1999). Her pitch-perfect portrayal of a vapid real estate agent who has no idea what constitutes real happiness, a highlight in a picture teaming with excellent performances, was recognized with an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

In the new millennium, Bening has continued to deliver extraordinary performances in remarkable ﬁlms. She was utterly commanding as the veteran English stage actress whose claims to the spotlight (and handsome younger men) are threatened by an eager up-and-comer in Istvan Szabo’s altogether wonderful Being Julia (2004). “It’s a movie about masks, in a way,” Bening said at the time, a few months before she

In the splendid HBO ﬁ lm Mrs. Harris (2006), Bening covered every base from buoyant to haggard and loving to loony in her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Jean Harris, the headmistress of a Washington, D.C.–area girl’s prep school who killed Dr. Herman Tarnower, her lover and the author of The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet

The common theme running through these performances is Bening’s unwavering commitment to presenting the fl attering and unfl attering aspects of her characters. She doesn’t downplay their strength nor fl inch from their tawdriness. If the choice is between glamour or hard, inspiring truth, Bening always goes for the latter.

“In these characters, I’m drawn to the complexity and those imperfections,” she once told an interviewer. “Somebody said something really smart: It’s like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You’re ﬁ ghting for what they want. You learn that in acting school—it’s Acting 1A: What do you want? What’s in the way?”

Bening has never lost touch with the basic impulse of acting. The theater remains her great love, and she’s performed in Los Angeles—Broadway is impractical until her children are older, she concedes—in Hedda Gabler, The Cherry Orchard, Medea and The Female of the Species. As an acknowledgement of her commitment to the stage, the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. salutes her this month with its annual William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre (or, as it’s familiarly known, the Will Award).

Whether onstage or on a movie set, Bening embraces the actor’s credo. With undiminished pleasure.

“It’s one thing to have an illusion about doing it and it’s another thing when they turn the camera on and go, ‘OK, now do something.’ That’s when you’re really faced with the reality of it. There is nothing glamorous about that. It’s the work.”

Michael Fox is a Bay Area ﬁ lm critic and journalist for SF360.org and SF Weekly , and the curator and host of the Friday night CinemaLit series at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco.

If you want to involve your family in your charitable giving, you’ve come to the right place. Marin Community Foundation’s philanthropic advisors can work with you to ﬁnd practical, powerful ways to involve the next generation in making a difference. Whether it’s volunteering together as a family or using your fund at MCF as a tool for family philanthropy, we can help you create a tradition of compassion that lasts for generations.

Download the MCF Guide to Family Giving at www.marincf.org/familygiving.

SCREENING THE FUTURE

SUPPORTING THE NEXT DECADE OF THE CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

Since 1999, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center has brought the very best in international and independent cinema to downtown San Rafael, attracting world-renowned filmmakers and guests from across the globe, contributing to the prestige of the city and making it a destination for visitors from all parts of the Bay Area.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, the California Film Institute undertook a capital campaign to preserve the legacy of the historic cinema venue.

Jackie and Ken Broad

Joseph W. Donner, III

Michael Dyett and Heidi Richardson

Jane and Douglas Ferguson

Mark and Lorrie Fishkin

Ann Eve Hazen

Richard and Susan Idell

Jennifer Coslett MacCready

James Mochizuki

John and Amy Palmer

Mary Poland

Nancy and Rich Robbins

Steve Shane and Sheryle Bolton

Joel and Susan Sklar

Christopher B. and Jeannie

Meg Smith

Phyllis and Max Thelen

Andrew and Kathleen Varlow

George Fernbacher

Ellen Thomas

Mary Edwards

David Catania and Diana

Gay-Catania

Martin and Jacqui Gottlieb

John Rolleri

Ralph and Olivia Pelligra

Lynne Carmichael

David Werdegar

Steve Gensler

Lucille Madden

Reese and Margaret Jones

Don and Jane Slack

Nick and Sandy Javaras

There are few communities in the world that can sustain a theater of this caliber and enable us to thrive. Thank you for ensuring that this unique cultural gem remains a centerpiece of the community for decades to come.

The California Film Institute would like to thank the following individuals and foundations for their generous support of SCREENING THE FUTURE and the next decade of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center:

Marsha Torkelson

Marie and Brian Collins

Barbara Meyer

RoseAnn and Tom Frank

Joe and Sue Reno Carlomagno

Faye and Louis Hinze

Peter Joseph

Ann Marie Melanephy

Benjie Lasseau

Gertrud and Harold Parker

David and Kamala Berry

Joanne Dunn

Stephen and Mary Mizroch

Jeffrey and Jeri Johnson

Marjorie Swig

Blake and Beverly Thorman

Stewart and Barbara Boxer

Gillian and Teague Donahey

J. Gordon Dunn

Stanely Krippner

Bud Gore and Cathy Daniel

Paul and Ursula Davidson

If you would like to ﬁnd out more about Screening the Future or make a contribution to the campaign, please visit us on the web at: caﬁlm.org/support/ screeningthefuture.html

Renee Des Tombe

Melinda Booth

Jessie Peterson

Stephen Naventi

David and Jo Ann Blomgren

Heidi Hammon

Marcus Pun

Susan Roegiers

Barbara Breger

Pamela Rand-Barzakov

Kathryn Chan

Robert Newcomer

Allan Jackman

Charles and Lynne Worth

Evelyn Topper

John Becker

Russ and Joni Pratt

Steve Riffkin

JAMES FRANCO

RECEPTION AND PROGRAM

Sunday, October 17

Reception and Spotlight

$85 SPOT17P

Spotlight Only $30 SPOT17R

Reception before Spotlight Program 1:30–3:30 pm at Frantoio Ristorante & Olive Oil Co.

Spotlight Program 5:00 pm at Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center

Before the Spotlight Program, join us for a lunchtime reception at Frantoio Ristorante & Olive Oil Co., the ultimate in Italian cuisine. Then, enjoy an onstage interview with James Franco at the Smith Rafael Film Center and a viewing of 127 Hours.

James Franco will be presented with the MVFF award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.

Closing Night party, separate admission; see page 29.

SPOTLIGHT ON JAMES FRANCO

From his comic breakthrough in Freaks and Geeks to his command performance in 127 Hours, James Franco has brought his signature charm and intelligence to an impressive variety of characters. This Bay Area native has played everything from a lovable stoner to an iconic Beat poet, somehow making time to earn BA and MFA degrees, play the titular role in William Vincent (page 111), direct a documentary and stun the art world with a witty conceptual project involving a role on General Hospital. Filmmaker, artist, writer: Franco is a Renaissance man for the 21st century.

127 HOURS US/UK 2010 94 MINS

The latest from director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy ( Slumdog Millionaire, MVFF 2008), 127 Hours tells the true story of Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

See page 83 for complete film information.

The California Newspaper Publishers Association this year awarded the Marin IJ top state honors for General Excellence, Freedom of Information, Editorial Pages and Editorial Cartoon as well as two second-place awards. The IJ was a finalist in nine other categories, including for Editorial Commentary.

We’re proud to support the Mill Valley Film Festival and will strive to continue our tradition of excellence.

proud sponsor of the mill valley ﬁlm festival

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Tuesday, October 12, 6:30pm

Century Cinema in Corte Madera $12.50 EMP12C

CHILDREN’S

Purchase at mvff.com/cffp

The Empire Strikes Back is part of the new Children’s FilmFest Flex Pass! Enjoy our special screening of this amazing ﬁ lm along with three Children’s FilmFest ﬁ lms, plus the Children’s FilmFest Opening Party Extravaganza, for one low price.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back on the big screen—in a new digitally enhanced version!

Do you remember the ﬁrst time you watched The Empire Strikes Back on the big screen? Now is your chance to relive that magical experience with your loved ones. Bring family and friends for this uniquely memorable movie event.

FILMFEST FLEX PASS SPONSORED

See page 41 for more information.

Join the party for the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, including:

• The launch of a new book! In The Making of Star Wars®: The Empire Strikes Back™ , New York Times bestselling author J. W. Rinzler offers audiences special access to the Lucasﬁlm Archives, drawing back the curtain on the intense drama and magniﬁcent wizardry behind the hit movie.

• Photos with authentic Star Wars costumed characters! Get your picture taken with Darth!

• Special prizes and giveaways! Test your knowledge of Star Wars trivia and win signed copies of the book, The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

• Dress like your favorite Star Wars character and have the opportunity to win Star Wars merchandise.

ACTIVE CINEMA

EXPLORE • ENGAGE • TRANSFORM ACTIVE CINEMA : A CREATIVE SOCIAL ACTION NETWORK

MVFF’s Active Cinema films are both documentary and fiction, national and international, united in their commitment to explore the world and its issues; to engage audiences; and to transform society. We hope that the passion and fearlessness of these filmmakers will

GETACTIVE!

Transforming ideas into deeds is what Active Cinema is all about. The following activities provide ways to roll up your sleeves and join the ﬁlmmakers, activists and other humanitarians making a difference in both your local and global communities.

ACTIVE CINEMA FOOD DRIVE — Food Stamped & Marin Food Bank

In conjunction with Shira and Yoav Potash’s ﬁlm, Food Stamped, the Marin Food Bank will sponsor a food drive in Mill Valley and San Rafael from Saturday, October 9, through Tuesday, October 12. Please donate all nonperishable items that you can.

CINEMASPORTS: THE MUSICALS—Mill Valley and South Africa

The ﬁrst international Cinemasports, in which ﬁlm teams from Mill Valley play against teams in South Africa!

Sunday, October 10, 9:00 am Intro Meeting Old Mill Park, Mill Valley

encourage audience member s to contribute their talents and abilities daily in an effort to create social change. After the lights come up and the credits roll, the images ingrained in us can still have an impact. Active Cinema invites you to be the change you want to see in the world.

For details, see New Movies Lab, page 37.

BREAD & ROSES CONCERT

At 9:00 pm on Sunday, October 10, The Woods Music Hall in Mill Valley will present a special concert, “In the Woods for Bread & Roses: Celebrating Strong Women of Song.” Proceeds will beneﬁt Bread & Roses, in conjunction with John Zaritsky’s ﬁlm, Leave Them Laughing. For ticket information, visit www. woodsmv.com.

ACTIVE CINEMA: A TOOLKIT

Join a dynamic group of panelists as they address some of the tools needed to ﬁnance, create and distribute Active Cinema ﬁlms.

Saturday, October 16 11:00 am

142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley

For details, see New Movies Lab, page 37.

SEEFILMS, GETINVOLVED!

Discover inspiration in Active Cinema programming by joining us for film screenings and discussions throughout the Festival. Help support the exciting and admirable work of filmmakers and special guests by becoming a catalyst for change. You’ll find links to their websites under Active Cinema at mvff.com.

ATOMIC MOM

M.T. Silvia

CUT POISON BURN

Wayne Chesler

DESERT FLOWER

Sherry Hormann

FAIR GAME

Doug Liman

FOOD STAMPED

Shira Hordes Potash, Yoav Potash

GLOBAL FOCUS

VII: THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS

John Antonelli, Will Parrinello, Tom Dusenbery

JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR

Frederick Marx

LEAVE THEM LAUGHING

John Zaritsky

MADE IN DAGENHAM

Nigel Cole

NIGER ’66: A PEACE

CORPS DIARY

Judy Irola

NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY (The Schulberg/Waletsky Restoration)

Stuart Schulberg

QUEEN OF THE SUN

Taggart Siegel

THE RIVER WHY

Matthew Leutwyler

SUBMISSION

Stefan Jar l

THEMBA – A BOY CALLED HOPE

Stefanie Sycholt

TO EDUCATE A GIRL

Fred Rendina, Oren Rudavsky

TRUST: SECOND ACTS IN YOUNG LIVES

Nancy Kelly

WHEN WE LEAVE

Feo Aladag

ACTIVE C INEMA SPONSORED BY

ACTIVE CINEMA

ACTIVE CINEMA CHAMPIONS

Watch for our team of Active Cinema volunteers who will be on-site during the Festival to guide you to our presenting partners and the organizations that address the issues in Active Cinema ﬁlms.

ACTIVE CINEMA ON FACEBOOK

Join the conversation with Active Cinema ﬁlmmakers and supporters on Facebook.

Our co-presenters partner with us in the Active Cinema film series, and are actively working to affect change. You’ll find their names on each film’s program note and on slides following each screening, as well as links to their websites under Active Cinema at mvff.com.

ALS ASSOCIATION GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL

BREAD & ROSES

BUDDHIST FILM FESTIVAL

CANAL ALLIANCE

HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER AT UCB

JUDY ARNOLD, MARIN COUNTY 5TH

DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER

MARIN AIDS PROJECT

MARIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

THE MARIN FOOD BANK THE MELISSA GARDEN

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PEACE CORP ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PERMACULTURE MARIN

PINE STREET CLINIC

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

SUSTAINABLE FAIRFAX

Reiner, When Harry Met Sally

MVFF 2010

MVFF 2010 PREMIERES

WORLD PREMIERES

Atomic Mom

Child of Giants: My Journey with Maynard Dixon & Dorothea Lange

Cut Poison Burn

Food Stamped

Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

Niger ’66, A Peace Corps Diary

Opal

Sand

Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

To Educate a Girl

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives

FILM CATEGORIES

WORLD CINEMA

Stories that reveal elements of the universal while changing our ways of seeing and understanding our global neighbors.

SPONSORED BY

5@5 AND MVFF SHORTS

An assortment of filmic gems, this year’s 5@5 matinee series takes its program titles from the songs of John Lennon.

SPONSORED BY

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES

Dumas

The Indian Julia’s Disappearance

Mr. Bjarnfredarson

Sebbe

Twigson

US PREMIERES

The Child Prodigy

The Debt

Estigmas

The King’s Speech

Leave Them Laughing

Love Crime

Made in Dagenham

Miral

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

Queen of Hearts

Tehran Tehran

Themba – A Boy Called Hope

2010 FOCUS

FOCUS: CANADA

US CINEMA

A showcase for new American films by master and emerging filmmakers who share a talent for independent storytelling.

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

The latest in documentary filmmaking, because reality spins some of the most fascinating yarns of all.

SPONSORED BY

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

Giving young people a taste of cultures and adventures they won’t find anywhere else.

SPONSORED BY

The Child Prodigy (Luc Dionne) • Heartbeats (Xavier Dolan)

• Leave Them Laughing (John Zaritsky)

FOCUS: SCANDINAVIA

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Daniel Alfredson)

• Mr. Bjarnfredarson (Ragnar Bragason) • Sebbe (Babak Najafi) • A Somewhat Gentle Man (Hans Petter Moland) • Submission (Stefan Jarl)

AWARDS AT MVFF

The British Academy/Los Angeles annually gives a prize for the best short ﬁlms at MVFF. Winners are announced during the Festival.

Audience Awards are given for favorite features in the World, US, Valley of the Docs and Children’s FilmFest sections.

FOCUS: THE BODY IN BALANCE

Cut Poison Burn (Wayne Chesler) • Desert Flower (Sherry Hormann) • Food Stamped (Shira Hordes Potash, Yoav Potash) • Queen of the Sun (Taggart Siegel)

FOCUS: MENTORS & TEACHERS

Journey from Zanskar (Frederick Marx) • Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave (Philip Neel, David H. Jeffery) • MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS (Matthew D. Kallis) • To Educate a Girl (Fred Rendina, Oren Rudavsky) • TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives (Nancy Kelly)

FILMS

Whether looking expectantly forward or gazing reﬂ ectively back, these documentary shorts explore those rare moments when past and future connect in the present. The power to teach, heal and transform is the focus of Ruedi Gerber’s Seniors Rocking (Switzerland/US 28 mins) about the creation of a performance piece by dance pioneer Anna Halprin with senior citizens at the Redwood Retirement Center in Marin County. In Frank Yeean Chan’s and Greg W. Rodgers’ 17th Street Plaza (US 3 mins), one block of San Francisco is transformed into a pedestrian plaza that gives birth to an urban oasis. On the eve of his 100th birthday, Dr. Bing contemplates a life well lived and gives some timely advice in Nick Jasenovec’s Para Fuera: A Portrait of Dr. Richard J. Bing (US 10 mins). Mary Robertson’s Missed Connections (US 9 mins) peers inside social media’s online messages-in-a-bottle and asks whether love lost can truly be found again. The watercolor paintings of an atomic bomb survivor depict the horrors of war as well as hope for the future in Kathy Sloane’s Witness to Hiroshima (US 16 mins). —Kelly Clement

TOTAL PROGRAM 65 MINS

Friday, October 8, 5:00 pm 5AT508S, Sequoia

Tuesday, October 12, 5:00 pm 5AT512R, Rafael

SCREENING COMMITTEE

MVFF 33

Joseph Adkins

Jennie-Marie Adler

John Antonelli

Betsy Bayha

Ralph Berets

Chris Brown

Bethynia Cardenas

Paula Cavagnaro

Teresa Concepcion

Life is a journey. Where are you going? This collection of shorts begins by reminding us that all journeys start somewhere, with Marcia Ong’s visually modulating and deeply evocative Standing Still (US 5 mins).

In Julius Onah’s Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat (US/Nigeria/Denmark 6 mins), one man sets out to discover the secret to world happiness in an attempt to both escape and accept the grief of his father’s death.

In Shirley Petchprapa’s Roxy (US 12 mins), each shot is composed to elicit tension as one man prepares to leave his companion behind and embark on a dark destination. Fed up with the taunts of his teammates on the swim team, Sam seeks to escape a world where he doesn’t belong in Thomas Hefferon’s mysterious The Pool (Ireland 12 mins), while Eric Lynne’s charmingly taboo Rob and Valentyna in Scotland (UK/US 23 mins) tracks two long-lost cousins, an American and Ukrainian, as they seek to establish a bond on a trip through Europe.

—Holly Roach

TOTAL PROGRAM 58 MINS

Monday, October 11, 5:00 pm 5AT511R, Rafael

Wednesday, October 13, 5:00 pm 5AT513S, Sequoia 5@5: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER

Anna Cosentine

Laura Costantino

Elise Covlin

Ally Fan

Abigail Farrell

Justine Gubar

John Hess

Soumyaa Kapil

Ellen Lake

Donna Lee

Becky MacDonald

5@5:

Rude awakenings, awkward encounters and sudden changes of heart make up this program of strange days indeed. A young boy insists his father must buy a cage for an injured bird. When the father fi nally relents, he is surprised to fi nd the boy’s mission suddenly abandoned in Adrian Sitaru’s The Cage (Romania 17 mins), which won the DAAD Short Film Award at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Another Dad tries to instill the importance of order and timeliness in his haphazard family but is thwarted by an unexpected change of plans in James Redford’s Quality Time (US 9 mins). In Kate Lain’s Western frontier–inspired Git Along, Little Dogies (US 9 mins), our protagonist reluctantly tackles the “scientifi c rules” of becoming a woman. Two college friends reunite to deal with their own biological reality and decide to take the oldfashioned approach to their modern-day situation in Jonathan Lisecki’s Gayby (US 12 mins). Stranded in uncertainty, Annie enthusiastically embraces a traditional family rivalry, but this year she wants to go for the fl ag in Lisanne Skyler’s Capture the Flag (US 14 mins).

—Holly Roach

TOTAL PROGRAM 61 MINS

Thursday, October 14, 5:00 pm

5AT514S, Sequoia

Friday, October 15, 5:00 pm

5AT515R, Rafael

Marilyn Mulford

Joanne Parsont

Elizabeth Pepin

Francesca Prada

Carmen Rozestraten

Kéi Sato

Starr E. Shulman

Wendy Slick

Ashley Soares

Jesse Spencer

Jean Stevens

Judy Terra

Benjamin Thornton

Jay Wertzler

Doug Wolens

Jeromy Zajonc

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FILMS

127 HOURS

The breadth of human wonder, suffering and perseverance spins on life’s turbulent axis through 2D, 3D and stop motion animation. Diana Jo Reichenbach’s A Moment of Silence (US 4 mins) is a calming, surreal journey, while Anita Killi’s Angry Man (Norway 20 mins) follows a boy’s search for solace in an abusive home. Nature’s shapes morph and coalesce in Angela Steffen’s Lebensader (Germany 6 mins), while fuzz proves lethal in Lintscape (US 4 mins) by Caitlin Craggs. Joseph Fiennes and Ian McKellan lend voice to a young man’s journey through loss in Martin Wallner and Stefan Leuchtenberg’s A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (Germany 15 mins) and Bruno Mangyoku and Tom Haugomat’s Jean François (France 6 mins) swims through an ocean of childhood memory. Stop motion master Timothy Hittle’s most recent ﬁ lm, The Quiet Life (US 10 mins), completes his Jay Clay trilogy with a screamingly wry, brilliant ﬁ ght when death comes knocking at the tin door.

—Amanda Todd

TOTAL PROGRAM 64 MINS

Monday, October 11, 5:00 pm

5AT511S, Sequoia

Thursday, October 14, 5:00 pm

5AT514R, Rafael

@ 5

Everyone has a job to do in this quirky collection of shorts. In Landon Zakheim’s Delmer Builds a Machine (US 3 mins), young Delmer is inventive in his carpentry, but what does this mean for the rest of the world? As an aspiring assassin, Victor must determine if he has what it takes to make it in the business in Ravi Kapoor’s Victor Ramirez, Asesino (US 14 mins). Love blooms among the tombstones when a gravedigger and a widow strike up an unlikely relationship in Marina Seresesky’s darkly comic The Cortege (Spain 15 mins). Davide Labanti offers a surrealist take on a rigid class structure when one man wins his dream job in a rigged lottery, then realizes what he has lost in The Winner (Italy 19 mins). When a couple’s home is destroyed, a carpenter volunteers for much more than nailing wood in Patrik Eklund’s Seeds of the Fall (Sweden 19 mins).

—Holly Roach

TOTAL PROGRAM 70 MINS

Tuesday, October 12, 5:00 pm

5AT512S, Sequoia Wednesday, October 13, 5:00 pm 5AT513R, Rafael

US CINEMA

US/UK 2010 • 94 MINS

Director Danny Boyle Producers Christian C olson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson Screenwriters Danny Boyle, Simon B eaufoy, based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Cast J ames Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clémence Poésy, Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan Print Source Fox Searchlight

Academy Award–winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, MVFF 2008) teams up again with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy in bringing to the screen Aron Ralston’s extraordinary book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Mountain climber Ralston (played with infectious vitality by James Franco) is on a solo adventure in remote Utah when a boulder falls on his arm, trapping him in an isolated canyon. Over the next five days, Ralston examines his life and survives the elements until, ﬁ nally, he ﬁ nds the courage and wherewithal to extricate himself, scale a 65-foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clémence Poésy), family and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral, thrilling story, 127 Hours reveals what an individual can do when he chooses life.

Saturday, October 16, 7:00 pm HOUR16R, Rafael

Sunday, October 17, 5:00 pm SPOT17R, Rafael $30

For Spotlight on James Franco information, see page 69.

FILMS

ABOUT HER BROTHER (OTOUTO)

WORLD CINEMA

JAPAN 2009 • 126 MINS

Director Yoji Yamada Producers Hiroshi Fu kasawa, Ichiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Tamura Screenwriters Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hir amatsu Cinematographer Masashi Ch ikamori Editor Iwao Ishii Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shofukutei, Yu Aoi, Ryo Kase Print Source Shoichiku Co. Ltd.

In English and Japanese with English subtitles. Ever since her father passed away, Koharu has pined for a paternal presence. Yet the only male fi gure around has been Mom’s younger brother, Uncle Tetsuro, an inveterate gambler, professional drunk and the clan’s black sheep. When Tetsuro’s bad behavior wreaks havoc on the lives of Koharu and her sister, pariah is added to the list. Then they learn Tetsuro is ill, and Koharu and family must fi nd it in their hearts to forgive. Veteran fi lmmaker Yoji Yamada has directed everything from the mega-popular Tora-San comedies (whose hero makes a cameo here) to the Oscarnominated chanbara, The Twilight Samurai (2004). This engrossing, lovingly detailed, small-town drama may be his most emotionally moving work yet, thanks to beautifully nuanced performances and Yamada’s unerring sense for those familial bonds that feel like a curse and yet, when the chips are down, somehow become a blessing.

—David Fear

Saturday, October 9, 8:15 pm ABOU09R, Rafael

Sunday, October 10, 5:30 pm ABOU10R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA.

ADRIFT

(CHOI VOI)

WORLD CINEMA

VIETNAM 2009 • 110 MINS

Director Bui Thac Chuyen Producers

D ang Tat Binh, Claire-Agnes

Lajoumard Screenwriter Phan Dang Di Cinematographer Ly Thai Dung Editor Julie Beziau Cast Nguyen Duy Khoa, Johnny Tri N yugen, Linh-Dan Pham, Do Hai Yen Print So urce Global Film Initiative

GLOBAL LENS • In Vietnamese with English subtitles. Set in contemporary Vietnam, Adrift weaves its way through the lives of several young people as they pull away from the family-focused model that shaped the lives of their parents and grandparents. Gorgeous Duyen is newly married to cab driver Hai, whom she’s known for only three months. Turns out he’s a mama’s boy who’d rather take naps than spend time with his wife. Also in the picture: Cam, Duyen’s best girlfriend, whose feelings seem to extend beyond friendship; and Tho, a sensual cipher who (for a time) seems an attractive alternative to her childlike husband. Adrift is an apt title, refl ected in the fi lm’s recurring theme of water as it presents the erotic tension in the characters’ restless lives, like a droplet about to fall. Capturing a mood and atmosphere, the story fl oats along effortlessly to reveal much about Vietnam’s coming-of-age generation.

—Cheryl Eddy

Saturday, October 9, 4:45 pm ADR09R, Rafael

For the Global Lens series, see page 113.

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS

US 2010 • 84 MINS

Director Tim Rutili Producers Glen Sherman, Zach Robbins, Jason Tyrrell Screenwriter Tim Rutili Cinematographer

Dar ryl Miller Editor Kevin Ford Cast Angela B ettis, Emily Candini, Reid Coker, Joe Adamik, Jim Becker, Ben Massarella, Tim Rutili Print Source Whit Rothe

Zel (Angela Bettis) has a problem. This psychic with a heart of gold lives in a big farmhouse overrun by ghosts! Her rather surreal life is seasoned with séances and spirits who range from a lovelorn priest and suicidal bride to a band of experimental folk musicians and a sullen child with a knack for picking winning racehorses. That’s good news for a down-on-his-luck client looking for betting tips—evidently living in limbo has its perks. But the spirits are restless and Zel must fi nd a way to let go of her spectral roommates. In his directorial debut, Tim Rutili delivers a charming, quirky, dark comedy, a wholly original fi lm that is, well, quite spirited. Bettis gives a magnifi cently textured performance as the den mother to this pack of likeable ghosts. The folksy chamber-jazz ensemble, Califone, provides the strange and beautiful accompaniment to this funny, poignant fi lm.

—Greg Cahill

Saturday, October 16, 7:00 pm

MUSC16T, 142 Throckmorton $20

Sunday, October 17, 2:00 pm

MUSC17T, 142 Throckmorton $20

Both screenings will feature live musical accompaniment by Califone. For more information, see page 31.

US 2010 • 80 MINS

Director/Producer/Screenwriter M.T. Silvia

Cinematographers Rick Butler, Kazushi

Ku roda Editor Jennifer Chinlund Print

So urce Smartgirl Productions

In English and Japanese with English subtitles. Daughters always wonder what their mothers’ lives were really like before they had children. For ﬁ lmmaker M.T. Silvia, curiosity evolved into a truth-seeking mission about her own mother’s top-secret work as a biologist doing US atomic bomb research in the 1950s. Atomic Mom is the graceful, heartbreaking and hopeful documentary that captures the emotional journey of both Silvia’s whip-smart, stoic scientist-mom, Pauline Silvia, and soft-spoken, iron-willed activist Emiko Okada, a Hiroshima survivor who shares her devastating memories for the ﬁ rst time. Two mothers directly affected by the atom bomb thus enter each other’s orbit, and use the soul-searching opportunity for a chance at peace. Newsreels, archival war propaganda and scarcely believable samples of atomic-era pop culture frame the personal in the political in this fascinating chronicle of a terrifying moment in our not-so-distant history, a deeply moving testament to truths long kept secret. World Premiere

—Deanna Quinones

Sunday, October 10, 6:00 pm ATOM10R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 12:00 pm ATOM16S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH S.F. BAY AREA CHAPTER OF PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

BECLOUD (VAHO)

WORLD CINEMA

MEXICO 2009 • 117 MINS

Director/ Screenwriter Alejandro Gerber Bice cci Producers Abril Schmucler, A lejandro Gerber Bicecci Cinematographer

A lberto Anaya Editors Rodrigo Rios, Juan Manuel Figueroa Cast Roberto Mares, Luis Manuel Ontiveros, Aldo Estuardo Print So urce Global Film Initiative

GLOBAL LENS • In Spanish with English subtitles. In a poor, thirsty district of Mexico City, three boyhood friends with a life-altering event in their past reunite as variously troubled but determined teens on the cusp of adulthood—a reunion that takes place, with supple irony, against the backdrop of the district’s popular Easter-week reenactment of the Passion. An innocent foundling, an aging prostitute and several fathers—guilt-ridden, distant or absent altogether—round out the cast of frayed but intrepid characters in a coolly intriguing narrative that unfolds in serpentine fashion, seamlessly unifying three distinct time periods and bracketing all with a mysterious, quasi-mystical scene in a bone-dry lakebed on the edge of the city. Alejandro Gerber Bicecci’s striking, sinuous and wonderfully acted debut feature is assured and potent ﬁ lmmaking, an intimate story that becomes a resonant parable of modern Mexico, and one of the latest examples of the country’s vibrant new cinema.

—Robert Avila

Sunday, October 10, 2:45 pm

BECL10R, Rafael

For the Global Lens series, see page 113.

FILMS

BIUTIFUL

SPAIN/MEXICO 2010 • 147 MINS

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu

Producers Fernando Bovaira, Alejandro G onzález Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, David Linde

Screenwriters Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto Editor Stephen Mirrione Cast Javier Bardem, Mar icel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández, Cheikh Ndiaye Print Source Roadside At tractions

In English and Spanish with English subtitles. In his first directorial effort since Babel (2006), director Alejandro González Iñárritu gives us this gorgeous tone poem. Javier Bardem, in a role that won Best Actor honors at Cannes, stars as the heartbreaking and fl awed Uxbal, wrestling with mortality and the shady, complex circumstances of his life. Facing his impending death, Uxbal struggles to secure care for his children even as he continues eking out a sketchy living in Barcelona’s black market. The film’s powerful lyricism elevates this story and, as with all of González Iñárritu’s work, it is a truly collaborative effort. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto employs an intense visual palette to paint a dark, gritty Barcelona that underscores the ambiguity of the human condition. Bardem’s mesmerizing performance, meanwhile, poignantly captures a man’s despair and fi ght for redemption. Further enriched by Gustavo Santolla’s haunting score, Biutiful is a cinematic gem by a master filmmaker.

—Melissa Howden

Friday, October 8, 7:00 pm SPOT08R, Rafael $30

For Spotlight on Alejandro González Iñárritu information, see page 49.

WORLD CINEMA

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

BLACK FIELD (MAVRO LIVADI)

WORLD CINEMA

GREECE 2010 • 104 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Vardis Marinakis

Producer George Lykiardopoulos

Cinematographer Marcus Waterloo

Editor Yiannis Halkiadakis Cast Soﬁ a G eorgovassili, Christos Passalis, Despoina

Bebedeli Print Source Media Luna New Film s

In Greek with English subtitles. When a wounded Turkish janissary (a soldier conscripted as a child from conquered territories) collapses outside the gates of a 17thcentury Greek mountain convent, Anthi, a young nun who communicates only in whispers, takes a unique interest in his recovery. As discontent builds within the cloister, Anthi escapes with the soldier into the stunningly beautiful Greek countryside. The pair, now without a home or society, forms a feral bond among the ﬁ ssures of their multiple identities—Turkish and Greek, Muslim and Christian, man and woman, master and slave. Director-screenwriter Vardis Marinakis creates a moody, otherworldly fable of sensuality in this exceptionally competent feature debut, building intrigue in the stone passages of the convent and utterly transporting the characters into the sensuous natural scenery beyond its walls. When the duo’s personal stories and shocking revelations intersect and erupt in raw sexuality, Marinakis delivers a haunting finale to a skillful, surreal period drama.

—Aaron Lazenby

Tuesday, October 12, 9:00 pm BLAC12R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 8:45 pm BLAC16R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRAMELINE.

BLUE VALENTINE

US CINEMA

US 2009 • 113 MINS

Director Derek Cianfrance Producers Jamie P atricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky

Screenwriters Derek Cianfrance, Joey C urtis, Cami Delavigne Cinematographer An drij Parekh Editors Jim Helton, Ron Pa tane Cast Ryan Gosling, Michelle W illiams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel Print Source The Weinstein Company

With their relationship fl oundering, housepainter Dean (Ryan Gosling) and his wife Cindy (Michelle Williams), a nurse, check into a hotel, hoping the evening will turn out to be a life preserver for their troubled marriage and not their fi nal night together. Director Derek Cianfrance’s intimate character drama slips back and forth through time, limning the chasm between the joyful early days of the couple’s courtship and the disintegrating present. The relationship is an enigma not just to the audience but also to Dean and Cindy as they watch the happy family life they shared with their fi ve-yearold daughter slip away. Two of the fi nest actors of their generation, Gosling and Williams fully inhabit characters navigating an emotional minefi eld and the fi lm thrives on the raw intensity of their performances, emerging as a moving portrait of love and regret.

—Pam Grady

Tuesday, October 12, 6:15 pm BLUE12R, Rafael

UK 2010 • 86 MINS

Director Craig McCall Producers Sean Broughton , Mason Cardiff, Martin Dorey, Alex Ireson, Craig McCall, Richard McGill, Chris Roff Cinematographers Steven C hivers, Ricardo Coll, Simon Fanthorpe, Nicholas Hoffman, Jonathan Rho, Ian Salvage, John Walker, James Welland, Bob Williams Editor Dan Roberts Cast Jack C ardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Kim Hunter, John Mills Print So urce Strand Releasing

Jack Cardiff fi rst appeared on a fi lm set as a child actor in 1918 but his destiny, and genius, lay behind the camera. One of the most brilliantly innovative cinematographers in the history of cinema, Cardiff worked with its greatest directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to John Huston, in a career that spanned seven decades. His most rewarding collaboration, however, was with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger on the 1940s Technicolor masterpieces A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. As much as his stunning vintage visuals, it is Cardiff’s recollections that propel Craig McCall’s marvelous documentary. A beguiling raconteur who blends unwavering self-confi dence with classic British self-deprecation, Cardiff regales us with anecdotes about icons such as Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. He receives salutes, in turn, from Martin Scorsese, Richard Fleischer and Kirk Douglas in this well deserved and endlessly entertaining portrait.

—Michael Fox

Thursday, October 14, 6:00 pm CAME14S, Sequoia

CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK CARDIFF

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

CAST ME IF YOU CAN (WAKIYAKU MONOGATARI)

WORLD CINEMA

JAPAN

2010 • 97 MINS

Director Atsushi Ogata Producers Atsushi O gata, Eric Nyari, Eriko Miyagawa

Screenwriters Atsushi Ogata, Akane Shir atori Cinematographer Yuichi Nagata

Editor Masahiro Onaga Cast Toru Masuoka, H iromi Nagasaku, Masahiko Tsugawa, Keiko Matsuzaka, Akira Emoto Print Source Atsushi Ogata

In Japanese with English subtitles. Urbane wit and sharp showbiz observations fuel this breezy, stylish romantic comedy from Atsushi Ogata ( Eternally Yours, MVFF 2007). Hiroshi is an actor with an identity crisis. A perpetual supporting player, he is often mistaken for his TV bit parts—cop, crossing guard—wherever he goes. It doesn’t help that he lives in the shadow of his father, a best-selling author. When he meets an aspiring actress and blithe spirit with a perpetually buoyant outlook, Hiroshi is rocked from his hangdog reality as a series of surprising “plot points” lead him to unexpected highs and lows. Ogata crafts characters and situations that fuse moments of slapstick humor with philosophical reﬂ ection, illuminating the absurd realities of acting and fame. Leaping from the screen with giddy energy and enough heart and soul to ﬁll two theaters, Cast me if you can is that rare comedy with something on its mind.

—Brendan Peterson

Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 pm CAST12S, Sequoia

Thursday, October 14, 8:45 pm CAST14R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA.

CHILD OF GIANTS: MY JOURNEY WITH MAYNARD DIXON & DOROTHEA LANGE

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2010 • 97 MINS

Director Tom Ropelewski Producers Tom Ropelewski, George Paul Csicsery Cinematographers Skip Sweeney, Martina N agel, Bob Birkett Editors Martina Nagel, P aul Dixon Print Source Tom Ropelewski

To be born the child of a famous person promises a life tinged with challenges, but when both parents are towering ﬁ gures of the arts, growing up constitutes a series of mettle-defining tests. Or so it was for Daniel Dixon, son of celebrated photographer Dorothea Lange and visionary Southwestern painter Maynard Dixon. Tom Ropelewski’s fascinating documentary reinforces the artistic legacy of Dixon and Lange, charting the evolution of their work through rarely seen ephemera and photographs while revealing the troubled dynamics of an extraordinary American family who called the Berkeley Hills home. Daniel, who spent much of childhood in foster homes, traveled a hard road into adulthood, becoming homeless in his teens.

As an adult, he and his mother eventually forged an uneasy truce, followed by a ﬂ ourishing friendship. Ultimately, this is the story of an anguished boy who, through resilience and reconciliation, grows into an accomplished man in his own right. World Premiere

—Michael Read

Saturday, October 9, 3:30 pm

CHIG09S, Sequoia

Monday, October 11, 8:30 pm

CHIG11R, Rafael

FILMS

THE CHILD PRODIGY (L’ENFANT PRODIGE)

WORLD CINEMA

CANADA 2010 • 101 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Luc Dionne

Producers Daniel Louis, Denise Robert

Cinematographer Bruce Chun Editor JeanFrançois Bergeron Cast Patrick Drolet, M arc Labrèche, Macha Grenon, Karine Vanasse, Guillaume LeBon, Lothaire Bluteau Print Source FunFilm Distribution Inc .

FOCUS: CANADA • In French with English subtitles. The impossible beauty of young André Mathieu’s piano compositions is matched only by the intensity of his dark spiral into addiction and madness. The Child Prodigy offers a dramatic and masterfully crafted portrait of the Montrealborn artist hailed as the “next Mozart” when he rose to instant fame in the 1930s. Portrayed by two actors—as a poised child star and a fractured, desperate adult—André’s complexity is brought vividly to life as he begins developing his talent under his pianist father’s no-nonsense tutelage. Mathieu’s ascent leads him to New York and Paris to study with the masters of the day, while struggling to satisfy the demands of his ambitious mother and his own creative and personal demons. In the tradition of Shine (MVFF 1996), the recreation of Mathieu’s original work (by renowned pianist and composer Alain Lefèvre) makes this a unique work for those who treasure both great ﬁ lmmaking and great music. US Premiere —Deanna Quinones

Thursday, October 14, 9:30 pm CHPR14S, Sequoia Saturday, October 16, 2:00 pm CHPR16R, Rafael

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, SAN FRANCISCO | SILICON VALLEY.

FILMS

CONVICTION

ITALY 2008 • 85 MINS

Director Tony Goldwyn Producers

An drew Sugerman, Andrew S. Karsch, Tony Goldwyn Screenwriter Pamela Gray

Cinematographer Adriano Goldman Editor

J ay Cassidy Cast Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher, Juliette Lewis Print Source Fox S earchlight Pictures

OPENING NIGHT • As true-life underdog stories go, this ﬁlm is a rousing standout. Humble single mother of two Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank) goes back for her high school degree and then puts herself through college and law school—a 16-year odyssey—all to try and overturn what she believes to be the wrongful murder conviction of her brother (Sam Rockwell). Driven by the raw, crackerjack performances of Oscar-winner Swank and the always fascinating Rockwell, Conviction forcefully brings home how two siblings from the wrong side of the tracks could nurture such life-altering devotion. The supporting cast is equally strong—especially Minnie Driver as a law school friend and, in a surprise cameo, Juliette Lewis—electrifying the screen with portraits of everyday people negotiating life’s messy complexities, including those with cut-and-dry, life-ordeath consequences. The life of Betty Anne Waters is a hard-won testament to faith in oneself and others, and Conviction powerfully captures her transformative journey.

—Jeff Campbell

Thursday, October 7, 7:00 pm

CONA07S, Sequoia $30

Thursday, October 7, 7:15 pm

CONB07S, Sequoia $30

For Opening Night Gala information, see page 26.

Director Susanna Nicchiarelli Producer Domenico Procacci Screenwriters

Sus anna Nicchiarelli, Teresa Ciabatti Cinematographer Gherardo Gossi Editor Stefano Cravero Cast Claudia Pandolﬁ Rosalba, Sergio Rubini Armando, Miriana Raschilla’ Luciana, Pietro Del Giudice Arturo, Michelangelo Ciminale Vittorio, Valentino Campitelli Angelo Print Source Fandango Portobello Sales

In Italian with English subtitles. Rome, 1963: Teenage Luciana and her brother Arturo are avid fans of the Soviet space program and eagerly lend their limited skills to the local Communist party. But Luciana’s crush on a boy and her burgeoning sexuality threaten to compromise her goal—to become a cosmonaut! A two-time prizewinner at last year’s Venice Film Festival, Cosmonauta is a buoyant coming-of-age tale, a rich character portrait and an evocative re-creation of the era’s passionate political milieu. The live wire center of it all is obstinate Luciana. Smart but self-absorbed, she longs to be a trailblazer like her hero, Valentina Tereshkova, the ﬁ rst woman in space. Chaﬁ ng at the limits that her youthful left-leaning comrades would place on her because of her gender, Luciana tackles the Church, the family and the Party to forge her own path into the Space Age.

—Pam Grady

Sunday, October 10, 12:45 pm

COSM10R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 1:45 pm

COSM16R, Rafael

THE CROCODILES (VORSTADTKROKODILE)

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

GERMANY 2009 • 98 MINS

Director Christian Ditter Producers C hristian Becker, Lena Olbrich

Screenwriter Christian Ditter, based on a s creenplay by Martin Ritzenhoff and novel by Max von der Grün Cinematographer Ch ristian Rein Editor Ueli Christen Cast Nick Romeo Reimann, Fabian Halbig, Leonie Tepe, Manuel Steitz, Jacob Matchenz, Axel Stein Print Source Constantin Film

In German with English subtitles. The Crocodiles are the coolest kids in town. And Hannes, new to the neighborhood, is desperate to join their gang. While performing a perilous initiation stunt, he runs into some serious trouble. Lonely schoolmate Kai saves his life and wants to be a Crocodile too. Although confined to a wheelchair, Kai refuses to give up. Meanwhile, Hannes, normally cool as a cucumber, finds himself fl ustered around the pretty tomboy Crocodile, Maria. Both boys must face challenges they never expected on the way to wearing the Crocodile badge of honor. Then, when a series of robberies baffl e the town, authorities offer a reward for anyone who can solve the mystery—and the gang springs into action. Based on the acclaimed German novel, this delightful fi lm brings newfound friendship, unfl inching bravery and infi nite charm vividly to the screen in a suspenseful adventure that celebrates the humor and heartbreak of being ten. Ages 7+

—Kristine Kolton

Sunday, October 10, 1:30 pm

CROC10T, 142 Throckmorton

Saturday, October 16, 11:30 am CROC16R, Rafael

US 2010 • 103 MINS

US CINEMA

CRUZ REYNOSO: SOWING THE SEEDS OF JUSTICE

US 2010 • 58 MINS

Director/Producer Abby Ginzberg

Screenwriter Steve Most Cinematographers

V icente Franco, Eli Adler Editors Ken S chneider, Maureen Gosling Cast Luis Valdez (Narrator) Print Source Ginzberg Pro ductions

The son of Mexican American farm workers, Cruz Reynoso carved out a brilliant career as an organizer, activist, attorney, California Supreme Court Justice and law professor. Principled and fearless, Reynoso— best known, perhaps, for being pushed off the state Supreme Court with death-penalty opponent and Chief Justice Rose Bird in 1986—fought for underdogs on countless fronts, from California farm workers to Florida citizens deprived of their votes in the 2000 election. This riviting, inspiring documentary by Abby Ginzberg ( Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey, MVFF 2006), beautifully narrated by Luis Valdez, reintroduces us to an authentic California champion.

—Michael Fox

PRECEDED BY SOUTHBOUND

US 2009 • 12 MINS

Director Tim Disney

This charming fantasy has a group of Latino gardeners in Los Angeles turning their leaf blowers to unexpected purposes.

TOTAL PROGRAM 70 MINS

Sunday, October 10, 5:00 pm CRUZ10S, Sequoia Monday, October 11, 6:45 pm

CRUZ11R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD AND CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

CUT POISON BURN

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2010 • 88 MINS

Director Wayne Chesler Producers Robert M ichaan, Louis Cimino, Wayne Chesler

Screenwriters Charlie Sadoff, Wayne Ch esler, Louis Cimino Cinematographers

A myn Kaderali, Mark Petersson, John Meyer, Roger Brooks Editor Charlie Sadoff Cast Peter Coyote (Narrator) Print Source Bink Films

FOCUS: THE BODY IN BALANCE • A searing fi lm that illuminates the grim truth about America’s so-called War on Cancer, this thought-provoking documentary takes on the forces that have conspired to thwart meaningful advances in cancer research and treatment over the past century. These forces include the federal government (in its effort to label and persecute innovators as quacks), drug companies eager to suppress alternative treatments and powerful industry organizations that place profi t over human lives. The story centers on the Navarros, a family struggling to keep their young son alive. As the personal meets the political, we see how the FDA holds a vise-like grip on treatment options. Heartwrenching and informative, the fi lm ultimately expresses the hope that we can create a new paradigm of prevention, medical freedom and acceptance of highly-tailored therapies to usher in a more enlightened era. World Premiere

—Nora Isaacs

Friday, October 8, 6:00 pm

CUTP08R, Rafael

Sunday, October 10, 8:15 pm

CUTP10R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PINE STREET CLINIC.

FILMS

THE DEBT

US 2010 • 87 MINS

Director John Madden Producers E duardo Rossoff, Kris Thykier, Matthew Vaughn Screenwriters Matthew Vaughn, J ane Goldman, Peter Straughan Cinematographer Ben Davis Editor Alexander Berner Cast Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain Print Source Miramax

CLOSING NIGHT • The incomparable Helen Mirren has played servants and queens, furious wives and grieving mothers, but lately she’s exercised her talents in fl eshing out some memorable killers, including the one at the center of this fast-moving, knock-your-socks-off ensemble thriller. Mirren plays Rachel Singer, a retired Mossad agent, grandmother and lonely heart plagued by a secret she shares with only two people: the man she married and the man she loved. The destructive weight of their collusion appears, at fi rst, to be the debt of the title. It is a debt we see repaid in fearsome detail through what follows: a narrative of stomach-churning twists, and none more dramatic than the one that forces Rachel out of retirement and into the film’s wrenching finale, in which the true nature of the debt is revealed. Mirren transforms herself here in characteristically unexpected ways. US Premiere —Elaine Proctor-Bonbright

Sunday, October 17, 5:00 pm DEBA17S, Sequoia $30

Sunday, October 17, 5:15 pm DEBB17S, Sequoia $30

For Closing Night Party information, see page 29.

US CINEMA

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

DESERT FLOWER (WUSTENBLUME)

WORLD CINEMA

GERMANY/AUSTRIA/FRANCE/UK 2009 • 124 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Sherry Hormann

Producer Peter Herrman Cinematographer

Ke n Kelsch Editor Clara Fabry Cast Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Craig Parkinson, Anthony Mackie Print Source National Geographic C inema Ventures

FOCUS: THE BODY IN BALANCE • In English and Somali with English subtitles. In 1997, one of the world’s most beautiful women made history by exposing one of the ugliest and most secretive forms of child abuse, female genital mutilation. Desert Flower, based on Somali supermodel Waris Dirie’s bestselling autobiography, recreates her transformation from starving runaway to fashion icon to human rights activist and U.N. Special Ambassador dedicated to the ﬁ ght against FGM. Perfectly cast—with fellow supermodel Liya Kebede as Waris; the irrepressible Sally Hawkins ( Happy-GoLucky, MVFF 2009), as the London friend who rescues her from the streets; and indie screen greats Timothy Spall (Topsy-Turvy ) and Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply ) as the fashion photographer and agent who discover her—the ﬁlm travels from the dusty hills of East Africa to the glitzy catwalks of New York, with gorgeous costumes and camerawork throughout. But the heart of the story remains the emotional journey Waris undertakes, carrying viewers every step of the way.

—Deanna Quinones

Friday, October 8, 9:00 pm

DESE085, Sequoia

Sunday, October 10, 9:00 pm

DESE10R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA. AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH.

DUMAS

(AUTRE DUMAS)

WORLD CINEMA

FRANCE/BELGIUM 2010 • 105 MINS

Director Safy Nebbou Producers Frank Le W ita, Marc De Bayser Screenwriters Gilles Ta urand, Safy Nebbou Cinematographer Stephane Fontaine Editor Bernard Sasia Cast Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Mél anie Thierry, Dominique Blanc Print

So urce Film Oblige

In French with English subtitles. With his hedonistic collaborator taking all the credit for their work and in all other ways dominating their relationship, shy ghostwriter Auguste Maquet (Benoît Poelvoorde) exists in the shadow of the great man, Alexandre Dumas (Gérard Depardieu). When beautiful Charlotte Desrives (Mélanie Thierry) mistakes Maquet for Dumas, he cannot resist impersonating the legendary author, setting off a chain of events that threatens the writers’ partnership. Dumas’ famous works, his womanizing, his luxurious life with mistress Celeste (Dominique Blanc), Maquet’s growing devotion to Charlotte and France’s rush toward revolution all play a part in Safy Nebbou’s witty period saga inspired by the real-life alliance between Dumas and Maquet. At its heart, the story is a vivid exploration of this relationship between the brilliant but undisciplined Dumas and the diligent if less imaginative Maquet. Depardieu and Poelvoorde dazzle in a drama that is as much about friendship and codependency as it is about artistic collaboration. North American Premiere —Pam Grady

Friday, October 8, 9:30 pm

DUMA08S, Sequoia Monday, October 11, 4:45 pm DUMA11S, Sequoia

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2009 • 75 MINS

Director/Screenwriter/Editor Emiko Omor i Producers Emiko Omori, Wendy Slick Cinematographers Emiko Omori, Witt M onts, Mary Lynn Price Print Source Wabi S abi Productions, LLC

For decades, tattooing has suffered from a bad rep, viewed by many as a cheap or lurid practice reserved for the likes of hardcore bikers and drunken sailors. But Ed Hardy, seeking his own means of expression in the repressive culture of the 1950s, became one of a handful of practitioners who elevated tattooing to an art form. Hardy became obsessed with tattooing from the age of 10, fascinated by the exotic and dangerous world it represented. A painter, printmaker and San Francisco Art Institute graduate, his infl uences varied wildly: from classical Japanese aesthetics to California hot rods, surfi ng to Goya. Following his lifelong passion, Hardy went directly from art student to tattooist, working his way up through rank-and-file parlors and studios. Now, Hardy’s canvas is the world, as his franchise has exploded with sublicensed designs and products for the mainstream market. In her beautiful portrait of this great master, award-winning Bay Area fi lmmaker Emiko Omori tracks one artist’s evolution while providing a stunning cinematic gallery of his multi-hued, full-body canvases.

—Joanne Parsont

Saturday, October 9, 7:30 pm EDHA09T, 142 Throckmorton Sunday, October 10, 9:30 pm EDHA10S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY.

ED HARDY ‘TATTOO

EEP! (IEP!)

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

HOLLAND 2010 • 80 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Mieke de Jong, novel b y Joke van Leeuwen Producers Leontine Petit , Joost de Vries Cinematographer Theo Bier kens Editor Ot Louw Cast Huub Stapel, J oke Tjalsma, Diederik Ebbinge, Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley, Madelief Vermeulen, Ties Dekker Print Source Lemming Film

Warre finds a tiny creature while birdwatching, but is it human? Warre’s wife, Tine, insists that it is a baby girl. But Warre knows only birds have wings—and little Beedie has wings. Soon Beedie’s bird nature starts to prevail over human love and comfort. Fluttering wings finally lift her into the air, and Beedie awkwardly joins the birds flying south for the winter. As worried Tine and Warre try to catch up with her, Beedie’s encounters during her uncertain fl ight transform lives. Will Beedie return to her human nest or will she find a new home with other fl iers? A set of lovingly determined characters—and the uncannily birdlike performance of Kenadie Jourdin as Beedie—lift this charming modern fairy tale to wondrous heights. Ages 5+ —Roberta McNair

PRECEDED BY

GOOD NIGHT, LET THE BUGS BITE (LAKI NO´C)

CROATIA 2008 • 4 MINS

Director Sarah Klein

Marin animator Sarah Klein, working with the SAF Cakovec children’s studio in Croatia, produced this charming cut-paper animation and delightfully innocent tale.

TOTAL PROGRAM 84 MINS

Saturday, October 9, 10:30 am EEP09R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 10:30 am EEP16S, Sequoia

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

US CINEMA

US • 127 MINS

Director Irvin Kershner Producers James B loom, Gary Kurtz, George Lucas, Robert Watts Screenwriters Leigh Brackett, L awrence Kasdan, story by George Lucas Cinematograper Peter Suschitzky Editor Pa ul Hirsch Cast Mark Hamill, Harrison Fo rd, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams Pr int Source Lemming Film

Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V–The Empire Strikes Back on the big screen—as it was meant to be seen! “It is a dark time for the Rebellion.” Three decades later, these words still ring with delicious, ominous anticipation, promising exactly what they did when we fi rst read them: the best sequel of all time to the most revolutionary sci-fi fi lm in history, George Lucas’s Star Wars. Han and Leia kiss! Luke and Leia kiss! Yoda trains Luke! R2 fi xes the hyperdrive! Luke discovers that Darth Vader— wait ! Everyone raise your still-attached hand: Who hasn’t seen it? Okay, okay, no spoilers. Indeed, this 30th-anniversary Empire party (complete with prizes, a book launch, costumed characters and other surprises) is meant for the whole family. Come train your children in the ways of the Force.

—Jeff Campbell

Tuesday, October 12, 6:30 pm EMP12C, Cinema

J.W. Rinzler, author of The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back , will be in attendance for an audience Q&A.

FILMS

SPAIN 2010 • 100 MINS

Director Adán Aliaga Producer Nadir Film s Screenwriter Based on the Comic of M attotit and Piersanti Cinematographer Pere Pueyo Editor Aurora Sulli Cast Manuel M artinez, Marieta Orzco, Lurdes Barba, Morgan Blasco Print Source Doc & Film In ternational

In Spanish with English subtitles. Brooding and inarticulate, Bruno (played by Spanish shot put champion Manuel Martinez) is a gentle giant who ekes out a living cleaning up in a local bar and selling silkworms to neighborhood children. One day he wakes up bleeding from his hands. The appearance of the stigmata earns him acclaim as a saint, disdain as a charlatan and concern about his mental health. He escapes to the countryside, where he finds work and compassion with a traveling carnival, but his mysterious spiritual odyssey demands a fi nal sacrifi ce. Based on a graphic novel, documentary director Adán Aliaga’s fi rst feature is an impressively visual allegory, with little dialogue, high-contrast black and white cinematography and a mournful didgeridoo score. With surreal imagery that recalls early Buñuel, bleak Bergmanesque landscapes and a story that has echoes of Fellini, Aliaga weaves a hypnotic tale that both pays tribute to the old masters and announces the arrival of an original new talent. US Premiere —Margarita Landazuri

Friday, October 8, 8:45 pm EST08R, Rafael

Sunday, October 10, 12:30 pm EST10R, Rafael

FILMS

EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE

US 2010 • 107 MINS

Directors/Producers/Screenwriters Lev

A nderson, Chris Metzler Cinematographer/ Editor Jeff Springer Cast Flea, Gwen Stefani, Ice-T, Perry Farrell, Branford Marsalis, George Clinton, Tim Robbins, Gogol Bordello, ?uestlove and others.

Print Source Pale Griot

Fishbone, says bassist and Primus head honcho Les Claypool, “should have been the band that went way beyond the rest of us.” Instead, this LA-based seminal punkska-metal band—started by inner city black kids caught in a collision of cultures when bussed into the white-bread suburbs— struggled with racial bias among fans and the music industry as well as personal demons. Along the way, this innovative group, known for its high-octane sound and incendiary frontman, Angelo Moore, created Reagan-era rock anthems like “Party at Ground Zero” and inﬂ uenced such copycat bands as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and No Doubt. Fishbone also faced trials and tribulations: In 1993, bassist Norwood Fisher even stood trial in Marin County for kidnapping bandmate Kendall Jones after a botched intervention. Directors Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler capture the mohawks and the mosh pits, the magic and the madness, through interviews, rare concert footage and animation. Laurence Fishburne narrates.

—Greg Cahill

Saturday, October 9, 9:30 pm

EVER09R, Rafael

Friday, October 15, 7:00 pm

EVER15T, 142 Throckmorton

For live concert information, see page 33.

US 2010 • 105 MINS

Director Doug Liman Producers Bill P ohlad, Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Akiva Goldsman, Doug Liman, Jez Butterworth Screenwriters Jez Butterworth, JohnH enry Butterworth Cinematographer Doug Li man Editor Christopher Tellefsen Cast Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sam Shepard, No ah Emmerich, Michael Kelly, Bruce McGill Print Source Summit Entertainment

This top-notch, super-charged political drama tells the true story of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), outed by a Bush Administration press leak allegedly made as revenge on her husband, former ambassador Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), for his statements about manipulated intelligence in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. The facts of the case remain gripping and relevant, but the ﬁlm gains further force by reaching behind the headlines to a rare relationship, brought palpably to life in outstanding performances from Watts and Penn. The sustained tension comes interwoven with news footage and handheld camera work that give the storyline the texture of a fast-paced docudrama. Meanwhile, Penn brilliantly weaves passion and nuance into the role of the disgraced former diplomat out to defend the couple’s honor, and Watts delivers an impressively restrained and subtle performance as Plame, as the couple’s relationship and professional lives come under siege on the global stage.

—Melissa Howden

Friday, October 15, 6:00 pm

FAIR15R, Rafael

Sunday, October 17, 12:00 pm

FAIR17S, Sequoia

US 2010 • 82 MINS

Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/ Editor Chris Brown Producer Morgan Sc hmidt-Feng Cast Jill Pixley, Carlye P ollack, Jonathan Leveck, Colette Keen, George Killingsworth, Nick Frangione Print So urce CB Films

Nothing brings out the love like a family Christmas unless your mother is a vengeful, spiteful force of nature who preys on all your insecurities. For adult siblings Fanny, Annie and Danny, Christmas with mom is hell. Fanny, the oldest, is an obsessive-compulsive who lives in a group home, plays a mean recorder (not a fl ute, thank you) and has just lost her job at the candy factory. Annie, constantly twitchy, suffers delusions of grandeur while planning the perfect wedding with her unemployed stoner fi ancé. Danny, apple of his mother’s eye, is a struggling music promoter neckdeep in debt with an impending lawsuit from an angry soccer mom who hired him to promote her son’s band. With characters befi tting a Todd Solondz fi lm and biting dialog reminiscent of Edward Albee, Bay Area director Chris Brown ( Daughters, MVFF 1997; Scared New World, MVFF 2005) brings these tragically quirky siblings together for an explosively funny and horrifi c day of family reckoning.

—Joshua Moore

Wednesday, October 13, 8:45 pm FANN13R, Rafael Friday, October 15, 9:30 pm FANN15T, 142 Throckmorton

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY.

FANNY, ANNIE & DANNY

US CINEMA

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

US 2010 • 60 MINS

Directors/Producers/Screenwriters

Shira Hordes Potash, Yoav Potash

Cinematographer/Editor Yoav Potash Print

So urce Summit Pictures

FOCUS: THE BODY IN BALANCE • It’s no secret that obesity, an American epidemic, is also directly linked to poverty: Our current food industry is rigged so that the cheapest, most readily available foods are pre-made and packaged, calorically hefty yet devoid of nutrition. Is it even possible for someone on food stamps to eat well enough to stay healthy? In the spirit of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me, Bay Area nutrition educator Shira Potash gave herself that one-week challenge. She and her wryly suffering husband unravel America’s food politics and highlight those ﬁ ghting to get vegetables back into kids’ diets. World Premiere

—Jeff Campbell

PRECEDED BY

GLOBAL FOCUS VII: THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS

SWAZILAND/CAMBODIA/COSTA RICA/ POLAND/US/CUBA 2010 • 24 MINS

Directors John Antonelli, Will Parrinello, Tom Dusenber y

Narrated by Robert Redford, this Emmy Award–winning series showcases six activists who have won the Goldman Environmental Prize for their success changing their communities—in Cuba, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Poland, Swaziland and Michigan.

TOTAL PROGRAM 84 MINS

Saturday, October 9, 1:00 pm

FOOD09S, Sequoia

Tuesday, October 12, 6:00 pm

FOOD12R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARIN COUNTY DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES & MARIN FOOD BANK.

FROM A WHISPER

WORLD CINEMA

KENYA 2008 • 72 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Wanuri Kahiu

Producer Kuxi Ghai Cinematographer

M arius van Graan

Editor Chris King Cast

Corrine Onyango Tamani, Ken Ambani

A bu, Abubakar Mwenda Farweed, Godfrey Odhiambo Sam Print Source Awali En tertainment Ltd

Tamami is a talented, ﬁ ercely independent young artist living in Nairobi. Her mother’s disappearance a decade earlier consumes her and has become the ongoing subject of her work. Abu, an intelligence ofﬁ cer, becomes an unlikely friend, helping her search for the mother whose art gallery was destroyed in the 1998 US Embassy bombing. Haunted by the loss of his best friend in the attack, Abu feels a natural empathy for Tamami’s situation. Yet their mutual journey inevitably leads them toward disturbing truths that must be confronted. The power of Wanuri Kahui’s debut feature lies in her penetrating exploration of loss, faith and forgiveness as Abu and Tamami come to terms with the revelations they unearth. With a visual sensibility informed by Tamami’s artwork and a compelling soundtrack by Eric Wainaina, From a Whisper establishes Kahiu as an important new voice in Kenyan cinema.

—Zoë Elton

Saturday, October 9, 6:00 pm

FROM09R, Rafael

Sunday, October 10, 4:45 pm FROM10S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN.

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES )

WORLD CINEMA

SWEDEN/DENMARK 2009 • 148 MINS

Director David Alfredson Producer S øren Staermose Screenwriters Jonas Frykberg, Ulf Ryberg Cinematographer

P eter Mokrosinski Editor Håkan Karlsson

Cast Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace Print

So urce Music Box Films

FOCUS: SCANDINAVIA • In Swedish with English subtitles. The girl with the dragon tattoo—she who played with fire—is back! In the fi nal installment of the Millennium Trilogy, Lisbeth Salander battles for her life in more ways than one. In intensive care and charged with three murders, she will not only have to prove her innocence but also identify and denounce those corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fi ghting back. Noomi Rapace and Michael Nykqist reprise their roles as the odd-couple dynamic duo: Salander, the genius goth computer hacker with a damaged past, and fearless ace journalist Mikael Blomkvist. The two embody the characters from author Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novels (a publishing phenomenon with 27 million copies sold in 40 countries, and counting) with a passion and brilliance that will surely help garner the fi lm trilogy a much deserved place in the pantheon of movie classics.

—Lily Buchanan

Wednesday, October 13, 6:00 pm GIRL13R, Rafael

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

US 2010 • 86 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Susan Streitfeld

Producer Mindy Affrime Cinematographer

A uturo D. Smith Editor Kathryn Himoff Cast M ason Gamble, David O’Hara, Malcolm McDowell, Frances Fisher, Julian Sands, JoAnne Whalley Print Source Motion Pic tures Imaging

SNEAK PREVIEW • In the course of a day in the 1950s, Michael Murphy (Mason Gamble), a young American en route to an ashram in India, visits the best golf course in the world, Burningbush, in Scotland; plays golf with an extraordinary teacher, Shivas Irons (David O’Hara); and has a whisky-infused dinner with a group of golf aﬁ cionados (Malcolm McDowell, Frances Fisher and Julian Sands). Based on Esalen cofounder Michael Murphy’s classic novel, Susan Streitfeld’s ﬁ lm is a remarkable achievement, a collage that swings back and forth between action, memory and insight with the gracefulness of a well-played round. She creates a nimble, poetic visual language—beautifully complemented by Evelyn Glennie’s percussive score—that offers an inroad into the interior life of her characters. It’s a transformative experience that does great justice to writer Murphy’s groundbreaking exploration of life, love, mysticism and the practice of golf.

—Zoë Elton

Saturday, October 16, 7:00 pm

GOLF16S, Sequoia

Sunday, October 17, 12:00 pm

GOLF17R, Rafael

HEARTBEATS (LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES)

WORLD CINEMA

CANADA 2010 • 95 MINS

Director/Screenwriter/Editor Xavier Dol an Producers Xavier Dolan, Daniel Mor in, Carole Mondello Cinematographer Stéphanie Weber-Biron Cast Monia Chokri, Niel s Schneider, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Anne-Elisabeth Bosse, Magalie Lepine-Blondeau, Olivier Morin, Eric Bruneau, Gabriel Lessard, Benedicte Decary, Patricia Tulasne Print Source IFC Film s

FOCUS: CANADA • In French with English subtitles. Atop any list of rising cinematic stars is 21-year-old Xavier Dolan ( I Killed My Mother ), who returns a mere year after his award-winning first feature with an even fi rmer grip on his wonderfully chic aesthetic. Bound by a common love of cigarettes, men and retro fashion, emotional Francis (played by Dolan) and stoic Marie (Monia Chokri) are best of friends. In walks Nico. With a resemblance to Michelangelo’s David, the curly haired Adonis has seemingly been breaking hearts for thousands of years. Gleefully simple, Nico fuels the duo’s aching fl ames with meaningful looks, a penchant for going shirtless and lines like, “No sweat, I like the middle,” when it comes to bedtime. Dolan excels at Francis’s scenes, his raw emotion pouring freely. But it’s the fi lm’s style, at once timeless and thoroughly modern, that is the true star, letting you know you’re in the company of an astute and ultimately inspiring auteur.

—Alexis Whitham

Thursday, October 14, 7:00 pm HEAR14S, Sequoia Sunday, October 17, 8:15 pm HEAR17S, Sequoia

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, SAN FRANCISCO | SILICON VALLEY.

John Goddard, the man with the wily, Wikipedic knowledge of all things musical, returns to MVFF with another Hi De Ho Show, this year dedicated to doo-wop—that vital corner of rock ‘n’ roll that doesn’t get nearly the credit that it’s . . . doo. So get ready and get rowdy, as the maestro of Village Music unspools and veejays us through some gems in his personal collection for this singular salute. With roots in street-corner harmonizers and gospel, doo-wop arose in the ‘40s in the Northeast and Midwest through Black vocal groups like the Inkspots, Mills Brothers, the Delta Rhythm Boys; evolved through the Platters, the Moonglows, the Flamingoes; alighted in the Italian quarter (think Dion and the Belmonts); and went on to California with the Beach Boys. Get out your poodle skirts and black leather jackets if you want, even gel up with a little Dippity doo: You’ll be right in tune for this homage to harmony.

—Zoë Elton

TOTAL PROGRAM 12O MINS

Saturday, October 9, 10:00 pm HIDE09S, Sequoia

GOLF

US CINEMA

THE HOUSEMAID (HANYO)

WORLD CINEMA

SOUTH KOREA 2010 • 107 MINS

Director/ Screenwriter Im Sang-soo Producer Jason Chae Cinematographer Lee Hyu ng-deok Editor Lee Eun-soo Cast Jeon D o-yeon, Lee Jung-Jae, Seo Woo, Youn Yuhjung Print Source IFC Films

In Korean with English subtitles. Lust, cruelty and revenge reign over this gorgeously piquant melodrama about a naïve young housemaid whose arrival wreaks havoc on an ultra-rich Korean family. A remake—or more precisely, an inversion—of the classic 1960 psychological thriller, The Housemaid mines the same morally corrupt domestic territory as Chabrol and Kubrick, skewering and fetishizing the over-privileged in equal measure. Eun-yi is the servant who passively ignites the desire and jealousy of those around her: the virile husband, the scorned pregnant wife, the scheming mother-in-law and the bitter, older housemaid, each played to creepy perfection. Transgressions give way to an escalating war of mental abuse, in which guilt and innocence quickly become irrelevant. Visually spectacular, the film’s pristine contemporary interiors and coldly beautiful cinematography stand in stark contrast to the fevered manipulations of its (extremely attractive) cast of characters. In a wicked fi nale, director Im Sang-soo lets loose a surreal fl ourish, laying bare the simmering madness within all.

—Atissa Manshouri

Friday, October 15, 9:00 pm HOUS15S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF KOREAN ADOPTEESSAN FRANCISCO AND THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF KOREA.

THE INDIAN (INDIAAN)

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

NETHERLANDS 2009 • 75 MINS

Director Ineke Houtman Producers Burny Bos , Michiel de Rooij, Sabine Veenendaal

Screenwriter Nynke Klompmakers

Cinematographer Sander Snoep Editor Elsbeth Kasteel Cast Matthias Den Besten, B astiaan Ragas, Angelique de Bruijne, Hans Dagelet, David Verbaas, Claire Lapadu Print Source BosBros. Film & TV Pro ductions

In Dutch with English subtitles. It can be hard fi nding your place in the world when you look different from everyone else in your family. For Koos—a small, dark-haired Peruvian boy adopted by a Dutch family— things get more confusing when mom becomes pregnant. Where will Koos fi t in now? When Koos meets a family of Peruvian musicians, his uncertainty grows even deeper. Is he an Indian like them? He enlists their help to fi nd out more about his ancestry and, in particular, his original Peruvian name. Ultimately, Koos must draw on the courage of his Incan ancestors to discover the true meaning of family. Ages 6+

—Joanne Parsont

PRECEDED BY

THE SILK ROAD

US 2010 • 13 MINS

Director Cynthia Pepper

A substitute teacher’s lesson on the Silk Road trade route takes a surprising turn into a dance-ﬁlled dream of color and motion— and ducks.

TOTAL PROGRAM 88 MINS

Saturday, October 9, 11:00 am

IND09S, Sequoia

Sunday, October 17, 12:15 pm IND17R, Rafael

FILMS

Director/Producer/Screenwriter/ Cinematographer/Editor Timothy Hittle

INSIGHT: THE ART OF TIMOTHY HITTLE

• If you’ve seen Timothy Hittle’s Jay Clay shorts, you know these tiny jewels epitomize the animator’s art: In these dialoguefree stop motion melodramas, a shrug of clay and the jaunty slur of a sax express pure emotional longing, fear or joy, while a junk pile of everyday objects radiates with hallucinatory life. In this Insight Program, Hittle presents the now completed trilogy, shown together for the fi rst time, including The Potato Hunter (1991), Academy Award–nominated Canhead (1996) and the premiere of The Quiet Life. Hittle will also discuss the animator’s life and the painstaking craft that went into such fi lms as Henry Selick’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and James & the Giant Peach and Pixar’s The Incredibles and Toy Story 2 and 3. Almost by defi nition, stop motion animation is a labor of love, and Hittle is a supremely dedicated keeper of the fl ame.

—Jeff Campbell

TOTAL PROGRAM 27 MINS

Saturday, October 9, 5:00 pm JAYC09T, 142 Throckmorton

FILMS

JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR

US/INDIA 2010 • 90 MINS

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Frederick Mar x Cinematographers Nick Sherman, Frederick Marx Editors Joanna Kiernan, Frederick Marx Print Source Warrior Films

FOCUS: MENTORS & TEACHERS • In English, Zanskari, Tibetan and Hindi with English subtitles. This spellbinding film from Hoop Dreams ﬁlmmaker Frederick Marx is a beautifully rendered portrait of the sacrifices taken to preserve Tibetan culture. In Zanskar, an isolated village in a Tibetan region of northern India, most people are illiterate. Yet some hope Zanskar will one day become the cradle of Buddhist culture. To this end, an impassioned monk decides to take a group of 17 children to faraway Manali for an education. This is no ordinary journey. After saying goodbye to their parents, the group walks and rides horseback over dangerous mountain passes, risking altitude sickness, snow blindness and exhaustion. After the harrowing trip, the monk delivers the children to their respective monasteries, schools and nunneries, leaving them to grapple with their new lifestyle, never knowing when or if they will return home. Richard Gere narrates this memorable story that lays bare the heartbreak and heroism of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

—Nora Isaacs

Wednesday, October 13, 6:45 pm

JOUR13S, Sequoia

Saturday, October 16, 1:15 pm

JOUR16R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BUDDHIST FILM FESTIVAL.

JULIA’S DISAPPEARANCE (GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN)

WORLD CINEMA

SWITZERLAND 2009 • 87 MINS

Director Christoph Schaub Producer M arcel Hoehn Screenwriter Martin Suter Cinematographer Filip Zumbrunn Editor Mar ina Wernli Cast Corinna Harfouch, B runo Ganz, Stefan Kurt, André Jung, Sunnyi Melles, Daniel Rohr Print Source T&C Edition

In German with English subtitles. On the way to her 50th birthday dinner, Julia (Corinna Harfouch) finds herself suddenly invisible to the others on a crowded bus. Rattled by the experience, she takes a detour and meets a charming stranger, the mysterious John (Bruno Ganz), with whom she falls into an intimate conversation. Ignoring her phone, delaying her celebration, Julia questions the meaning of age itself. Meanwhile, her fi ftysomething friends also discuss the thorny subject, each coping with aging in different ways: dating younger people, working out, undergoing cosmetic surgery—even fi nding grace and power in maturity. Filip Zumbrunn’s delicate cinematography enhances these facets with softly overlapping shots that seem as if refracted through a chandelier. Bracketed by the stories of a teen shoplifter and a rebellious elder, Julia’s Disappearance is a witty look at how we all rage at aging as well as cope and commiserate, with a little help from our friends. North American Premiere —Carol Harada

Wednesday, October 13, 8:45 pm

JUL13S, Sequoia

Friday, October 15, 9:00 pm

JUL15R, Rafael

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO.

ROMANIA/UK/HUNGARY 2009 • 84 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Peter Strickland Producers Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Pe ter Strickland Cinematographer Mark Gyori Editor Matyaf Fekete Cast Hilda P éter, Tibor Palffy, Norbert Tanko, Melinda Kantor, Sebastian Marina Print Source Memento Films International

In Hungarian and Romanian with English subtitles. In this haunting, spare fi lm, a woman on the run discovers that vengeance is perhaps not the best way to settle a score from the past. The titular character, memorably played by newcomer Hilda Péter, fi nds herself cast out of her home after her son’s parentage comes to light. Traveling in a horse-drawn wagon, Katalin and son Orbán pass through remote Romanian villages and lush mountain fi elds as she searches out the men who wronged her. Though set in contemporary Transylvania, writer-director Peter Strickland achieves a timeless, fable-like atmosphere with his outstanding feature debut. Woodland animals help Katalin in crisis, mysterious gangsters chase her over hill and dale, and a leisurely canoe ride with a kind village couple turns into a terrifying showdown between victim and perpetrator. Accompanied by a foreboding score and evocative camerawork, Katalin Varga is a potent entry from a country experiencing a remarkable cinematic renaissance.

—Rod Armstrong

Friday, October 8, 6:30 pm

KATA08R, Rafael

Friday, October 15, 9:15 pm

KATA15R, Rafael KATALIN

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

KAWASAKI’S ROSE

(KAWASAKIHO RUZE)

WORLD CINEMA

CZECH REPUBLIC 2009 • 100 MINS

Director Jan Hrebejk Producers Rudolf Bier mann, Tomás Hoffman Screenwriter Pe tr Jarchovsky Cinematographer Martin Sa chá Editor Vladimir Barák Cast Lenka V lasáková, Daniela Kolarova, Martin Huba, Milan Mikulcík Print Source Menemsha Film s

In Czech with English subtitles. The scandalous secrets and twisted lies of a high-profi le family are at the center of this cutting, humor-infused drama from leading Czech filmmaker Jan Hrebejk. Pavel is a wellrespected professor, famous for standing up to the Communists of his youth. When he and wife Jana become the subjects of a documentary fi lm, some shocking revelations rock the foundation of their carefully constructed lives. To complicate matters, Pavel’s daughter is married to one of the documentary fi lmmakers, who has serious issues of his own. After a richly comical set-up, a series of suspenseful scenarios and emotionally charged encounters deliver each family member a profound reality shift. Director Hrebejk, operating at the top of his game from the opening frame, manages an impeccable production, elevating a story that is part thriller, part family drama into a poetical and political rumination on contemporary Czech life in all its messy human detail.

—Brendan Peterson

Saturday, October 9, 5:15 pm

KAWA09S, Sequoia

Monday, October 11, 9:15 pm

KAWA11R, Rafael

THE KING’S SPEECH

WORLD CINEMA

UK/AUSTRALIA 2009 • 111 MINS

Director Tom Hooper Producers Iain C anning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin Screenwriter David Seidler

Cinematographer Danny Cohen Editor Tariq An war Cast Colin Firth, Helena Bonham C arter, Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall Print Source The Weinstein Company

OPENING NIGHT • A reluctant monarch, King George VI (Colin Firth), also known as Bertie, was thrust into the role following his brother’s abdication—and, with Europe on the brink of war, at a pivotal time on the world stage. Bertie (father of Elizabeth II) suffered a terrible stammer, rendering his royal duty as a public speaker deeply challenging and terribly embarrassing. Supported by his extraordinary wife, Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother, and played here by Helena Bonham Carter), he seeks help from an unconventional, innovative Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), in a process often tempestuous and frustrating. At the head of director Tom Hooper’s (The Damned United ) extraordinary cast is a match made in casting heaven: Firth as the king who subjects himself to the eccentric therapist, and Rush as the maverick who helps a king ﬁ nd his voice. Both will discover the nature of friendship in this rich and profoundly moving story. US Premiere

—Zoë Elton

Thursday, October 7, 7:00 pm

KING07R, Rafael $30

For Opening Night Gala information, see page 26.

FILMS

GERMANY 2010 • 95 MINS

Directors Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer

Producer Stefan Pannen Screenwriter

C laus Wischmann Cinematographer Martin Ba er Editor Peter Klum Print Source sounding images GmbH

In French and Lingala with English subtitles. Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), gained pop-cult cred in the ‘70s thanks to the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Since then, however, news from the country has more often been bad: a corrupt dictator, a civil war, gang rape and unrest. Here to widen the scope is this stirring German documentary about the Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste. While there’s no sugarcoating the poverty that the choir and musicians (many of whom play homemade instruments) grapple with on a daily basis, it’s clear the orchestra provides a vital sense of hope. A shared determination to drum up community interest in an upcoming performance, no small task considering the general lack of familiarity with classical music, also inspires. “There are African rhythms in Beethoven,” one young tenor insists. And indeed, the symphony’s rendition of “Ode to Joy” is a cross-cultural revelation.

—Cheryl Eddy

Thursday, October 14, 7:00 pm KINS14R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 4:45 pm KINS16S, Sequoia

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GERMAN CONSULATE GENERAL SAN FRANCISCO.

KINSHASA SYMPHONY

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

KUNG FU CHEFS

(GONG FU CHU SHEN )

WORLD CINEMA

HONG KONG 2008 • 92 MINS

Director Wing-kin Yip Producer Jeremy Ch eung Screenwriters Bo Wang, Simon L u, Lap-keung Yuen, Cheng-Ie Chung Cinematographer Chi-kan Kwan Editor Man -to Tang Cast Sammo Hung, Vanness Wu, Louis Fan, Bruce Leung, Tze-chung Lam, Tin-ming Hung Print Source My Way F ilm Company Ltd.

In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Kung Fu mayhem meets culinary artistry in this hilarious and fantastical tale of family honor and dastardly restaurateurs. Chef Wong Ping-Yee leaves his village in disgrace after evil nephew Master Joe blames him for a disastrous family banquet. Heading to the big city, he fi nds himself cooking for two sisters who have inherited a restaurant. Chef Wong takes a cocky protégé under his wing and, in the tradition of Iron Chef, the two take on all challengers. Master Joe resurfaces as owner of a rival restaurant and everything comes to a head at a prestigious cooking competition. As you might guess, the chefs in this fi lm serve up as many gravity-defying kicks as classical Chinese dishes. And don’t forget the Dragon Head Knife, a mystical family heirloom with supernatural slice and dice powers. Showcasing the fi nest Hong Kong fi lm and food traditions, Kung Fu Chefs will leave you hankering for more.

—Laurie Koh

Tuesday, October 12, 8:30 pm KUNG12S, Sequoia

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

CANADA/US 2010 • 89 MINS

Director John Zaritsky Producer Montana Ber g Screenwriter Carla Zilbersmith Cinematographer Ed Matney Editors Scott D oniger, Justin Cousineau Cast Carla Zilber smith, Mac Zilber Print Source MagicalFlute Films

FOCUS: CANADA • The suffering sweepstakes is looking for a new winner, but Bay Area singer/performer Carla Zilbersmith is too busy living her joy. A fatal diagnosis of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease, cannot deter Carla from embracing life fully, with dark humor and great love. “God is a laugh hanging in the air,” observes Carla, who is always seeking and ﬁ nding both. With verve, wit and insight, Carla perseveres through each setback, bolstered by family and friends, and especially son Maclen, who is wise beyond his years and her most ingenious collaborator. Directed by Oscar ® -winner John Zaritsky and based on the brilliant blog and live performances that gained an enraptured following for Carla (who died in May at 47), this rousing, moving documentary won a Special Jury Prize at the 2010 Toronto Hot Docs. Leave Them Laughing will break open your heart and leave you hungry for more life.

US Premiere

—Carol Harada

Sunday, October 10, 7:00 pm LEAV10S, Sequoia Tuesday, October 12, 8:30 pm LEAV12R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MARSH, BREAD & ROSES AND THE ALS ASSOCIATION GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER.

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, SAN FRANCISCO | SILICON VALLEY.

LESSON PLAN: THE STORY OF THE THIRD WAVE

VALLEY

OF THE DOCS

US 2010 • 76 MINS

Directors/Screenwriters Philip Neel, David H . Jeffery Producers Philip Neel, David H. J effery, Robert Del Valle Cinematographer D avid H. Jeffery Editor Philip Neel Print So urce State of Crisis Productions, Inc.

FOCUS: MENTORS & TEACHERS • In German and English with English subtitles. Spring, 1967: Disillusionment, anger and confusion bubble to the surface of the nation’s psyche, American youth are on the precipice of a social revolution and, for a few tumultuous days, a young history teacher at Palo Alto’s Cubberley High attempts a startling social experiment that will inspire comment and analysis to this day—along with a TV movie, a novel and the 2008 award-winning German ﬁlm Die Welle (The Wave, MVFF 2008). To explain the appeal of fascism in Nazi Germany, teacher Ron Jones created a classroom setting wherein students subjugated personal freedom to the good of the community, under a charismatic leader followed almost without question. Replete with salutes and Gestapo-like informants, the so-called Third Wave soon attracted scores of students throughout Cubberley and neighboring schools, spiraling out of Jones’s control. This moving reunion and recounting by Jones, school administrators and former students enthralls with the force of inescapable conclusions. World Premiere —Alexis Whitham

Sunday, October 10, 3:30 pm LESS10R, Rafael

Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 pm LESS13T, 142 Throckmorton

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MARSH.

FILMS

WORLD CINEMA

FRANCE 2010 • 106 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Alain Corneau

Producer Said Ben Said Cinematographer Yv es Angelo Cast Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas Print Source Tf1 c/o Filmair

In French with English subtitles. Ambition. Betrayal. Treachery. Sex! In this taut, sharpas-nails gender-bending French polar (stylized thriller), master thespian and widescreen ice queen Kristin Scott Thomas and ingénue Ludivine Sagnier ( Swimming Pool, 8 Women) go tête-à-tête against their corporate coworkers—and mano a mano against each other—in the ruthless world of international business. Director Alain Corneau’s (Tous les matins du monde) smart and scathing take on the culture of multinational ﬁnance delivers much more beneath its seductive surface, sliding effortlessly under the skin to reveal deeper truths about the complex psychology of power and trust. And Scott Thomas’s unquestionable mastery of her craft is underscored by her ability to deliver, in French, one of her ﬁnest performances to date. Expertly paced, keenly scripted to keep you guessing and artfully augmented by jazz great Pharoah Sanders’ beautiful, atmospheric score, Love Crime is guilty of many irresistible transgressions. US Premiere

—Karen Davis

Saturday, October 9, 7:30 pm

LOVE09S, Sequoia

Thursday, October 14, 9:15 pm

LOVE14R, Rafael

UK 2010 • 113 MINS

Director Nigel Cole Producers Stephen Wo olley, Elizabeth Karlsen Screenwriter

W illiam Ivory Cinematographer John de Borman Editor Michael Parker Cast Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda R ichardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough Print Source Sony Pictures Classics

Sally Hawkins ( Happy Go Lucky, MVFF Spotlight 2008) anchors this winning dramedy— about the 1968 women machinists’ strike at London’s Dagenham Ford factory—with an unforgettable performance as Rita O’Grady, the plucky leader of the walkout. When their strike grinds the assembly line to a halt, putting thousands of men on furlough, Rita and the other women—“Revlon revolutionaries”—risk alienating their own community. But the battle for equal pay snowballs into a national cause, and the women ﬁ nd support from an assortment of unlikely allies, including ﬂ inty Labour Minister Barbara Castle (Miranda Richardson). Buoyed by a rousing soundtrack, director Nigel Cole deftly balances the comic potential of London’s industrial suburbs in the swinging ‘60s with the post-war melancholy still holding England in its grip. At once a crowd-pleaser and a timely reminder of just how far we’ve come, Made in Dagenham positively sparkles with possibility. US Premiere

—Atissa Manshouri

Friday, October 8, 6:30 pm

MADE08S, Sequoia

Monday, October 11, 7:15 pm

MADE11S, Sequoia

UK/ISRAEL/FRANCE 2009 • 113 MINS

Director Julian Schnabel Producer J on Kilik Screenwriter Rula Jebreal Cinematographer Eric Gautier Editor Juliet te Welﬂ ing Cast Freida Pinto, Hiam A bbass, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Metwally Print Source The Weinstein Co mpany

CENTERPIECE • From Julian Schnabel, Academy Award©-nominated director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, comes the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the search for justice, hope and reconciliation amid a world overshadowed by conflict, rage and war. In war-torn Jerusalem in 1948, Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass, Lemon Tree, MVFF 2008) opens an orphanage for refugee children that quickly becomes home to 2,000 orphans. One of the children is 17-year-old Miral (Frieda Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire , MVFF 2008), who arrived 10 years earlier following her mother’s tragic death. On the cusp of the Intifada resistance, Miral is assigned to teach at a refugee camp where she falls for a fervent political activist, Hani (Omar Metwally, Rendition, MVFF 2007), and finds herself in a personal battle that mirrors the greater dilemma around her: to fight like those before her or follow Mama Hind’s defiant belief that education will pave a road to peace. US Premiere —Lily Buchanan

Sunday, October 10, 5:45 pm MIRA10R, Rafael $30

For Centerpiece information, see page 61.

D’AMOUR )

WORLD CINEMA

FILMS

MR. BJARNFREDARSON (BJARNFREDARSON)

WORLD CINEMA

ICELAND 2009 • 109 MINS

Director Ragnar Bragason Producers

M agnus Vidar Sigurdsson, Ragnar Bragason Screenwriters Ragnar Bragason, J ohann Aevar Grimsson, Jón Gnarr, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Jörundur Ragnarsson Cinematographer Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson Editor Sverrir Kristjansson Cast Jón Gnarr, Jör undur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Sara Margrét Nordahl Print Source Sagaﬁ lm

FOCUS: SCANDINAVIA • In Icelandic with English subtitles. This feature fi lm draws on one of Iceland’s most celebrated television characters, the pompous and doctrinaire misfi t, Georg Bjarnfredarson. We meet Bjarnfredarson as a prison inmate, serving a 10-year sentence for murder. Unexpectedly paroled (the warden and inmates have had enough of his obsessive addiction to order) and subsequently shunned by his mother (whose radical feminist politics subjected Georg to all manner of childhood indignities), Bjarnfredarson seeks shelter with fellow hapless ex-cons Daniel and Ólafur. Each man struggles with postprison life—prim Daniel secretly studies art; man-child Ólafur deals with sudden success after years of slackerdom. But it’s Georg’s earnest attempts to reconcile his antibourgeois upbringing with modern life that add poignancy to the fi lm’s quirky humor—a formula that earned Mr. Bjarnfredarson best picture honors from the Icelandic Film and Television Academy. North American Premiere

—Aaron Lazenby

Sunday, October 10, 8:30 pm

MRB10R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 3:15 pm

MRB16S, Sequoia

MOLOCH

WORLD CINEMA

HAITI/FRANCE 2010 • 107 MINS

Director/Producer Raoul Peck

Screenwriters Jean-René Lemoine, Raoul Pe ck Cinematographer Eric Guichard Editor Mar tine Barraque Cast Zinedine Soualem, S onia Rolland, Mireille Metellus, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Oris Erhuero, Nicole Dogué Pr int Source Velvet Film

In French, Creole and English with English subtitles. This arch political satire from renowned Haitian director Raoul Peck ( Lumumba), who himself served as Minister of Culture, provides a knowing look into a Caribbean “West Wing” that crushes idealism while demanding the ultimate sacrifi ce from the people. High on a mountaintop in the mist-shrouded Citadelle Laferrière lives Haiti’s fi ctional president in splendid isolation. Democratically elected fi ve years ago as an idealistic clergyman, Jean de Dieu is now being denounced for betraying his people and unleashing a reign of terror. Desperate to stall the approaching revolution, he blames the French colonial legacy and demands fi nancial restitution from that country. But outside forces won’t help him. The Americans who returned him to power from exile now won’t even send someone to Haiti’s bicentennial celebrations—except maybe an arrogant movie star to play national hero Toussaint L’Ouverture. Meanwhile, as Le Président nurses an injured foot, his former friend and conscience endures water torture in the dungeon below.

—Frako Loden

Sunday, October 10, 2:15 pm MOL10S, Sequoia

Wednesday, October 13, 6:15 pm MOL13R, Rafael

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT BEING DEAD

WORLD CINEMA

SWITZERLAND/SPAIN 2010 • 82 MINS

Directors Olivier Pictet, Pablo Martín Torrado, Marc Recuenco Producer

S askia Vischer Screenwriters Pablo M artín Torrado in collaboration with Marc Recuenco Cinematographer Pietro Zuercher Editor Jordi J. Recort Cast Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Francisco Nortes, M arián Aguilera, Mercè Montalà, Carles Arquimbau, Albert Ausellé Print Source saskia vischer productions

In Spanish with English subtitles. Mythology, fi lm noir and Buñuel-like social satire blend with invigorating style in this intelligent, imaginative and humorous portrait of the Franco era (and beyond). The story covers 50 years in the life of a humble piano tuner from Catalonia named Jacobo, beginning in 1936 when he meets his future wife, Helena. His subsequent success at his job involves a mysterious (and amusing) process where he dreams about a talking sheep. However, half a century later, his gift abruptly vanishes and, concomitantly, he starts seeing an elderly man popping up around his house. To dramatize all this strangeness, the fi lmmakers employ evocative blackand-white cinematography (with bursts of color), amusingly Kafkaesque situations and vivid art direction that recalls M.C. Escher. The trio of wunderkind directors operates under the collective name of OLPAMA, formed to “create stylized fi lms of original and surprising narrative.” With this, their first feature, they’ve done just that. US Premiere —Rod Armstrong

Thursday, October 14, 8:15 pm MOIM14S, Sequoia Saturday, October 16, 9:30 pm MOIM16R, Rafael

MY BROTHERS

IRELAND 2010 • 88 MINS

Director Matthew D. Kallis Producers

M atthew D. Kallis, Christopher Lockhart

Screenwriter Christopher Lockhart

Cinematographer Curt Apduhan

Editor Zack

Br aff Print Source Canyonback Films, LLC

FOCUS: MENTORS & TEACHERS • Energy and talent fuel this infectious, real-life High School Musical . In Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, voters funded a multimillion-dollar sports stadium but left high school arts education to fend for itself—until someone got the brilliant idea to televise live the “Freddy Awards,” the Tonys of local high school musical productions. Audiences fl ocked to performances and donated money to fund the programs and scholarships. Focusing on three of the extraordinarily talented, competing high school musical theater companies, this documentary captures that moment in youth when friends are family, and teachers push for the best possible performance. Exploring the merits and limits of competition and the therapeutic value of art, the fi lm combines electrifying performances from Les Misérables and Bye Bye Birdie with profi les of student performers, talented teachers struggling with what winning means for the kids and for themselves, and the dedicated organizer who forestalls cancer treatment until the production is up. World Premiere

—Sandy Handsher

Sunday, October 10, 1:00 pm

MOVA10R, Rafael

Friday, October 15, 6:00 pm

MOVA15S, Sequoia

Director Paul Fraser Producers Rebecca O’Fl anagan, Robert Walpole Screenwriter

W ill Collins Cinematographer PJ Dillon

Editor Emer Reynolds Cast Timmy Creed, P aul Courtney, TJ Grifﬁ n Print Source

Rubicon Films

Noel’s dying dad has one last request: The Irish patriarch wants to be buried with his lucky wristwatch. So when a school bully breaks the timepiece while Noel is wearing it, the 18-year-old grabs his two younger brothers, borrows a beat-up bakery van from his boss and heads out on a threeday journey to fi nd a replacement. Along the way, the siblings encounter everything from dangerous strangers to a beached whale, and are forced to deal with their own confl icting feelings about their soonto-be-departing father. Making his directorial debut, screenwriter Paul Fraser ( Somers Town) demonstrates a fi ne-tuned ear for capturing the way that brothers bicker, banter and take pride in breaking each other’s chops. But it’s the way he turns this road-trip into a moving meditation on the power of family and forgiveness that gives his poignant dramedy its heart and soul.

—David Fear

Monday, October 11, 6:00 pm

MYBR11C, Cinema

Friday, October 15, 6:30 pm

MYBR16S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRISH FILM FESTIVAL.

The Friends of the Festival screening on October 11 is free to members presenting a ticket from the box office.

FILMS

NIGER ‘66, A PEACE CORPS DIARY

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US/NIGER 2010 • 75 MINS

Director/Producer Judy Irola Cinematogr aphers Robert Potter, Rob Connelly, Stevan Larner Editor Robert Potter Print So urce Neska Euskaldaren Pelikula

President John F. Kennedy’s 1960s-era call for volunteerism was a well-timed mini-revolution in the midst of a burgeoning cultural shift in America. Promising both adventure and grassroots geopolitical action, the Peace Corps offered a channel for young men who wanted nothing of Vietnam and young women who wanted more than the few professional fi elds offered them. Niger ‘66 delivers a fascinating first-person account of the inaugural Peace Corps group, many of whom have dedicated their lives to service as a result of their experience. But when fi lmmaker Judy Irola and members of the fi rst team return to Niger after nearly 40 years, we and they see, fi rst-hand, towns transformed: houses erected, people healthier, child mortality down. With these accomplishments in mind, Obama’s renewed push for volunteerism rings with possibilities for us as a nation today. World Premiere

—Sara Maria Vizcarrondo

PRECEDED BY

WAHID’S MOBILE BOOKSTORE

US 2009 • 11 MINS

Director Anjoo Khosla

Wahid goes to school, dreams of being a doctor and sells pirated books to support his family. A moving drama in doc’s clothing, Wahid is one to love.

TOTAL PROGRAM 86 MINS

Friday, October 15, 7:00 pm NIGE15R, Rafael

Sunday, October 17, 2:30 pm NIGE17S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PEACE CORPS ALUMNI AND JUDY ARNOLD, MARIN COUNTY SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT 5.

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

NOWHERE BOY

WORLD CINEMA

UK 2009 • 97 MINS

Director Sam Taylor-Wood Producers

Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae Screenwriter Matt Greenhalg

Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey

Editor Lisa Gunning Cast Aaron Johnson, K ristin Scott Thomas, David Threlfall, Josh Bolt, Ophelia Lovibond Print Source The We instein Company

Before they were the Beatles, they were just a bunch of boys from Liverpool. And before he was a long-haired music icon, John Lennon was just a rebellious teenager trying to ﬁ nd his way in the world. Nowhere Boy artfully hones in on those 1950s teenage years, sussing out both the emotional and musical roots of Lennon’s rock ‘n’ roll legacy. A wild spirit prone to pranks, porn magazines and petty theft, John is already on the road to nowhere, according to the school headmaster. At home, he is caught in a confusing maternal love triangle between the austere aunt who raised him and the vivacious, sexually charged mother who gave him up. He is drawn to his mother’s reckless energy and the seductive new music of the Elvis era, and as Screamin’ Jay Hawkins howls “I Put a Spell on You,” John falls hard under that musical sorcery. From the formation of The Quarrymen to his ﬁ rst encounter with Paul McCartney, the evolution of John’s musical genius begins.

—Joanne Parsont

Thursday, October 7, 9:45 pm NOWH07S, Sequoia

NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY

[THE SCHULBERG/WALETZKY RESTORATION]

VALLEY

US 1948/2009 • 78 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Stuart Schulberg

Producers Stuart Schulberg, Pare Lorentz

Editor Joseph Zigman Cast Liev Schreiber

(Narrator) Print Source Schulberg Pro ductions, Inc.

Speaking across time and generations, Stuart Schulberg’s extraordinary film of the fi rst Nuremberg trial is, simply, essential viewing. Recently restored by the fi lmmaker’s daughter, Sandra Schulberg, and Josh Waletzky, it is the offi cial account of one of the most important, groundbreaking trials of all time and the first incorporating extensive use of fi lm as evidence. Yet, for political reasons, it was not released in US theaters in its own time. Following the structure of the trial itself, it is a compelling courtroom drama that reveals the brilliance of the Allied prosecutors’ approach. Their four-count case systematically builds by utilizing the irrefutable words, deeds and images—both still and moving—of the Nazi party itself, in a blistering indictment of the men on trial for crimes against humanity. It is a time capsule containing essential wisdom and, indeed, holds a lesson for today and for all time.

—Zoë Elton

Sunday, October 17, 2:00 pm NURE17S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL & THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER, U.C. BERKELEY.

OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS (DEL AMOR Y OTROS DEMONIOS) WORLD CINEMA

COSTA RICA/COLOMBIA 2009 • 97 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Hilda Hidalgo

Producers Laura Imperiale, Clara María O choa, Laura Pacheco, Hilda Hidalgo

Cinematographer Marcelo Camorino Editor M ariana Rodríguez Cast Pablo Derqui, Eliza Triana, Jordi Dauder, Joaquin Climent, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Damián Alcazar Print Source Latinofusion

In Spanish with English subtitles. In this dreamlike tale of desire and faith set in colonial Colombia and based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez, 12-year-old Sierva Maria lives an easy, languid existence as the daughter of a nobleman in a seaside town inhabited by merchants and African slaves. Her idyll abruptly ends with a bite from a rabid dog. The town’s bishop, convinced she is possessed by demons, sends her to live in a convent under lock and key. A young priest assigned to minister to her soon fi nds his concern for the girl turning into tormented love. Director Hilda Hidalgo suffuses her erotically charged fi lm—half fable, half reverie—with Márquez’s magical realism, creating an atmosphere as enrapturing as the fi ery copper hair that cascades down Sierva Maria’s shoulders. Amid scenes textured like paintings—the play of light on a crumbling fortress wall, a tangible ocean breeze—the girl and the priest fi nd their fates intertwined.

—Laurie Koh

Monday, October 11, 8:45 pm OFL11R, Rafael

Wednesday, October 13, 6:00 pm OFL13S, Sequoia

OF THE DOCS

US 2010 • 79 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Dina Ciraulo

Producers Rachel Benson, Jason Cohen, D ina Ciraulo Cinematographer Svetlana

Cvetko Editor Greg Sirota Cast Nayeli

Ador ador-Knudsen, George Maguire, Carrie Paff, Gabriel Marin, Ben Beecroft, Kevin Rolston Print Source Opal the Movie, LLC

Opal Whiteley was a true American eccentric whose brief starburst of fame in 1920 zigzagged into tragic obscurity and a legacy of mystery. The fi rst feature to explore this fascinating puzzle also marks a notable feature debut from Bay Area fi lmmaker Dina Ciraulo (co-director of Drop, MVFF 2000), who re-creates here the tension between fact and fi ction that defi ned Opal’s life. A self-taught naturalist whose spirited lectures and ambitious ideas gained her an audience at a young age, Opal received international acclaim after the Atlantic Monthly published her childhood diaries. A book followed, and then the questions began: Is Opal everything she claims? Are the diaries authentic? Did Opal innocently embellish her tale, engineer a publicity hoax or is her mind not only brilliant but fractured? The fi lm, featuring many Bay Area locations, tenderly examines its subject, whose work remains passionately read and debated today. World Premiere

—Deanna Quinones

Saturday, October 9, 3:30 pm

OPAL09R, Rafael

Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 pm

OPAL12R, Rafael

PATAGONIA

WORLD CINEMA

WALES/ARGENTINA 2010 • 118 MINS

Director Marc Evans Producers Rebekah G ilbertson, Flora Fernandez-Marengo

Screenwriter Laurance Coriat, Marc Evans

Cinematographer Robbie Ryan Editor Mali Ev ans Cast Matthew Rhys, Marta Lubos, N ahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nia Roberts, Matthew Gravelle, Duffy Print Source The Lit tle Film Company

In Spanish, Welsh, English and Polish with English subtitles. Amid absolutely stunning landscapes, Patagonia tells the peripatetic, indeed moving story of the relentless search for self-discovery in the autumn and spring, respectively, of two restless Welsh women. Their stories bridge the vast distance between Wales and Argentina in parallel quests—for what, they won’t know until they ﬁnd it. Elderly Cerys, a lifelong member of Patagonia’s Welsh emigrant community, returns to Wales on family business, accompanied, in a wonderful odd-couple pairing, by her young neighbor. Meanwhile, Gwen (Nia Roberts, Solomon and Gaenor, MVFF 1999) leaves her Welsh tourist village to accompany her love, Rhys, to remote Patagonia. As he spends days photographing historic 19th-century Welsh chapels, Gwen gravitates to their guide, Mateo. Image, memory and imagination are all underscored here by exquisite photography suggesting the old and new worlds that open up when one decides to hit the road.

—Frako Loden

Saturday, October 9, 3:15 pm

PATA09R, Rafael

Thursday, October 14, 6:00 pm

PATA14R, Rafael

FILMS

PRECIOUS LIFE

(CHAIM YAKARIM)

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

ISRAEL 2010 • 86 MINS

Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer Shlomi Eldar Producers Ehud Bleiberg, Yo av Ze’evi Editor Dror Reshef Print Source

Bleiberg Entertainment

In English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. In a place where war and tragedy are part of the daily news cycle, the fi ght to save one sick child symbolizes the preciousness of life itself. Shlomi Eldar’s documentary tracks the struggles of a Palestinian family and an Israeli medical team to care for a baby born with a collapsed immune system. The efforts of the Gaza-based family, an Israeli hospital staff and a popular TV journalist (who is also the director) combine to give baby Muhammad a chance at life despite daunting challenges. The film’s power lies in the paradox of racing to save one life while the 2008 war between Hamas and Israel unfolds in explosive on-the-ground footage. This experience changes everyone involved, from mother Ra’ida, who is simultaneously grateful and confl icted about being helped by Israelis, to pediatric specialist Dr. Raz Somech, who expresses a tentative optimism that one day their grandchildren will play together in peace.

—Laurie Koh

Sunday, October 10, 2:00 pm PREC10S, Sequoia Monday, October 11, 6:15 pm PREC11R, Rafael

US CINEMA

FILMS

PUZZLE (ROMPECABEZAS)

WORLD CINEMA

ARGENTINA/FRANCE 2010 • 87 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Natalia Smirnoff

Producers Gabriel Pastore, Caroline D hainaut, Luis Sartor, Natalia Smirnoff

Cinematographer Barbara Alvarez Editor N atacha Valerga Cast Maria Onetto, Gabriel G oity, Arturo Goetz, Henny Trailes, Felipe Villanueva Print Source IFC Films

In Spanish with English subtitles. Much loved but somewhat overlooked by her family, Maria del Carmen experiences a rebirth on her 50th birthday when she opens an unexpected gift: a jigsaw puzzle. Discovering an uncanny talent for putting together thousands of tiny pieces, Maria seizes her newfound passion and secretly begins practicing for an upcoming competition, partnering with an elegant, mysterious bachelor whose stately townhouse is a world away from her suburban Buenos Aires apartment. This sweet, contemplative tale of emotional and intellectual awakening features a soulful lead performance by Maria Onetto. First-time director and screenwriter Natalia Smirnoff cleverly surrounds her with complex, fully realized supporting characters, including two grown sons and a husband experiencing awakenings of their own. Puzzle wraps the audience in warmly familiar feelings while taking its characters in surprising directions, showing us that mystery is at the heart of desire and that every human soul is a puzzle waiting to be solved.

—Atissa Manshouri

Saturday, October 9, 6:15 pm

PUZZ09S, Sequoia

Saturday, October 16, 7:15 pm PUZZ16R, Rafael

QUEEN OF HEARTS

(LA REINE DES POMMES)

WORLD CINEMA

FRANCE 2009 • 84 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Valérie Donzelli

Producer Jerome Dopffer Cinematographer

C éline Bozon Editor Pauline Gaillard Cast Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie ElkaIîm, Béatrice

D e Stael, Laure Marsac, Lucia Sanchez

Pr int Source Visit Films

In French with English subtitles. In this comic-erotic confection punctuated by delightful musical numbers, a woman named Adèle attempts to rebound after a devastating dumping by her boyfriend Mathieu. With no job, no friends and no apartment, she relies on her neighbor Rachel for moral support and a place to crash. Rachel’s advice is simple: “You need to sleep with other men.” Luckily for Adèle, this is Paris. In short fashion she encounters three different, yet somehow similar men (all played by talented Jérémie ElkaIîm), who try to shift her obsession with her ex. Bouncing between mild-mannered student Pierre, married and middle-class father Jacques and unpredictable bohemian Paul, our heroine explores what she wants in a romantic partner. Building to a farcical climax involving all of the principals disastrously meeting in Rachel’s apartment, Queen of Hearts is a triumph for writer-director–lead actor Valérie Donzelli, a witty, touching and sexy story of romantic projection and personal growth. US Premiere

—Rod Armstrong

Friday, October 8, 7:15 pm

QUHE08S, Sequoia

Sunday, October 17, 2:30 pm

QUHE17R, Rafael

US 2010 • 82 MINS

Director/Cinematographer Taggart Siegel

Producers/Screenwriters/Editors Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz Print Source Collective Eye, Inc.

FOCUS: THE BODY IN BALANCE • In English and Italian with English subtitles. Around the world, honeybees are mysteriously disappearing from their hives. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this global crisis puts the balance of the earth’s fragile ecosystem in danger: Without pollination, agriculture will not survive. Many believe this disappearance speaks, like the canary in the coal mine, to dangers on the horizon resulting from industrial agriculture, toxic pesticides, monoculture, genetically modified seeds and the alteration of our natural habitats. This award-winning ﬁlm documents the mystery and beauty of honeybees—and the struggles and triumphs of the passionate people trying to save them. Featuring author Michael Pollan, physicist Vandana Shiva, Slow Food’s Carlo Petrini and a cast of biodynamic beekeepers, biologists, botanists, farmers and philosophers, this love song to the power and beauty of the natural world ultimately offers hope that we can learn from catastrophe, restoring health to the honeybees—and humankind.

—Nora Isaacs

Tuesday, October 12, 6:00 pm

QUSU12S, Sequoia

Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 pm

QUSU13R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MELISSA GARDEN—A HONEY BEE SANCTUARY, SUSTAINABLE FAIRFAX AND PERMACULTURE MARIN.

QUEEN OF THE SUN

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

THE REVERSE (REWERS)

WORLD CINEMA

AUSTRALIA 2010 • 95 MINS

Director/Screenwriter/Editor Patrick Hughe s Producers Al Clark, Rob Galluzzo, R ay Hennessy, Rachel Higgins, Patrick Hughes Cinematographer Tim Hudson Cast Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis Pr int Source Strand Releasing

Wildly entertaining, relentlessly thrilling, this kangaroo western is an epic of bigscreen proportions and distinctly Australian sensibilities. Young city cop Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten, of True Blood fame) relocates to a small outback town in search of a quieter life for his very pregnant wife. His new boss is not much impressed, especially since Shane has misplaced his gun in the move. His ﬁ rst day barely begins before all hell breaks loose. A dreaded murderer has escaped jail and is on his way to wreak havoc and revenge—on the police department of Red Hill. He does this with an unerring menace rivaling Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. Director/writer Patrick Hughes’s genre-bending homage to Sergio Leone and the like is a suspenseful cowboyhorror-thriller reveling in a gleeful excess of blood— lots of blood. It’s a tour-de-force with a wily, redemptive twist.

—Zoë Elton

Monday, October 11, 8:15 pm

REDH11C, Cinema

WORLD CINEMA

POLAND 2009 • 101 MINS

Director Borys Lankosz Producer Jerzy Ka puscinski Screenwriter Andrzej Bart Cinematographer Marcin Koszalka Editor Wojchiech Anuszczyk Cast Agata Buzek, K rystyna Janda, Anna Polony, Marcin Dorocinski, Adam Woronowicz Print Source

Film Studio KADR

In Polish with English subtitles. Fearful she is doomed to a life of spinsterhood, Sabina, a meek publishing clerk in Stalinist-era Warsaw, believes her fortunes have changed when a handsome stranger emerges—literally from the shadows—to save her from peril and whisk her off her feet. A black comedy with powerful political overtones and a nail-biting thriller—whose noir atmosphere permeates the screen in stunning use of black-and-white cinematography— Borys Lankosz’s internationally awardwinning debut feature and Poland’s Academy Award entry for Best Foreign Film offers a pitch-perfect depiction of paranoia and shifting identities behind the Iron Curtain. No one, from three generations of ﬂ amboyant Polish intelligentsia to propaganda-peddling technocrats, is who they seem. Our heroine, meanwhile, lies low in Warsaw’s dimly lit cafes, staid ofﬁce buildings and purposeful reconstruction projects, alternately wracked by guilt and steely with resilience after she commits a shocking crime. No one may know it, but she is capable of much more than she appears.

—Jennifer Preissel

Saturday, October 9, 2:45 pm

REVE09S, Sequoia

Wednesday, October 13, 9:15 pm

REVE13R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH POLONIASF.ORG.

FILMS

US 2010 • 104 MINS

Director/Editor Matthew Leutwyler

Producer Kristi Denton Cohen

Screenwriters Thomas A. Cohen, John J ay Osborn, Jr. Cinematographer Crashh Cast Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, Kathleen Q uinlan, Dallas Roberts, William Devane, William Hurt Print Source Peloton Pro ductions

Born into the “fi rst family of angling,” Gus (Zach Gilford, Friday Night Lights) has loved fi shing his entire life. His pompous, bowtied father (William Hurt) is the author of a best-selling book on fl y-fi shing and his mother (Kathleen Quinlan) is a hotheaded, fl annel-clad champion bait fi sher, but their ongoing clashes and quarrels have made life at home unbearable. Gus decides to burn all bridges (and a certain signifi cant fi sh) and lead a solitary life in the wilderness. Nestled in a rustic riverside cabin, he can fi sh all day, make fl ies all night and entertain his own thoughts. But this proves even more challenging than life with his parents, as Gus struggles with issues of mortality, the benefi cence of nature and the existence of the soul. He’s also smitten with a beautiful woman (Amber Heard) who proves harder to catch than a 50-pound steelhead. Some things you just have to fi sh deep for.

—Joanne Parsont

Saturday, October 9, 8:15 pm RIVE09S, Sequoia Thursday, October 14, 9:00 pm RIVE14R, Rafael

RED HILL

FILMS

US CINEMA

US 2009 • 84 MINS

Director Rob Nilsson Producers Rob Nilsson, Irit Levi, William Martin

Screenwriters Rob Nilsson, William Martin

Cinematographer Aaron Brown Editor Drow Mill ar Cast Irit Levi, William Martin, Ken H uie, Michelle Anton Allen, Jim Salisbury Pr int Source Citizen Cinema

Zelda (the ebullient Irit Levi) is preparing for the last phase of her life. What better way to do this than to prep and prime her house for a new coat of paint, hire a young peripatetic philosopher to fi nish the job and take him as a lover? But the young drifter, Snake Arroyo (William Martin), has his own ideas—not just about the paint, but about strange psychic vibrations emanating from his favorite taco joint, the New Mexican moonlight and building a future with Zelda. The newest, jazziest and perhaps funniest fi lm from Bay Area maverick Rob Nilsson ( Imbued, MVFF 2009; Frank Dead Souls, MVFF 2008; Presque Isle, MVFF 2007) comes expertly crafted as a contemporary screwball comedy/fi lm noir, complete with voiceover narration. Sand takes us on a touching and tender spiritual/emotional road trip, where two hearts come together and split apart, and illusions work their charms on the needy and the willing in the night. World Premiere

—Karen Davis

Saturday, October 9, 7:15 pm SAND09R, Rafael

Tuesday, October 12, 9:15 pm SAND12R, Rafael

WORLD CINEMA

SWEDEN 2010 • 80 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Babak Najaﬁ

Producers Mimmi Spång, Rebecka Lafrenz

Cinematographer Simon Pramsten Editor

A ndreas Nilsson Cast Sebastian Hiort af O rnäs, Eva Melander, Kenny Wåhlbrink

Pr int Source Swedish Film Institute

FOCUS: SCANDINAVIA • In Swedish with English subtitles. Family can be a comfort or a burden; and sometimes it can be a bit of both. For Sebbe, a bright young boy mourning an absent father, loneliness is as much a daily reality as the crisp, cold wind in the air. As memories of his father begin to slip away, Sebbe and his mother try to comfort one another in a tender relationship nevertheless rife with resentment. Meanwhile, bullied at school, Sebbe fi nds solace in his creative ability to give new life to the discarded objects in a junkyard near his home. Learning how to become a man will bring forth choices fraught with desires for revenge, love and escape. Iranian-born Swedish director Babak Najafi’s haunting and absorbing first feature, acclaimed Best Debut Film at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival, paints in pale, precise shades a vivid portrait of a family on the verge of implosion. North American Premiere —Kristine Kolton

Sunday, October 10, 12:00 pm

SEBB10S, Sequoia

Tuesday, October 12, 9:30 pm

SEBB12S, Sequoia

A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN

(EN GANSKE SNILL MANN)

WORLD CINEMA

NORWAY 2010 • 105 MINS

Director Hans Petter Moland Producers F inn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae Screenwriter K im Fupz Aakeson Cinematographer Phillip Øgaar d Editor Jens Christian Fodstad Cast Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold, Jorunn Kjellsby, Bjørn Sundquist Pr int Source Strand Releasing

FOCUS: SCANDINAVIA • In Norweigan with English subtitles. The prison gate slides open, releasing poor, hapless Ulrik back into the world after 12 numbing years. Instead of the rush of freedom, however, there’s only the blank vista of the snowy Scandinavian psychic abyss. This is the stuff of comedy in Nordic cinema, and the fantastic Stellan Skarsgård ( Breaking the Waves, MVFF 1996) mines every nugget of deadpan absurdity in his middle-aged, pony-tailed hero’s journey from dead man walking to unlikely sex object to stolid (and, just maybe, solid) citizen. Ulrik’s smalltime former crime boss sets him up with a job as a car mechanic, a room in his sister’s house and an assignment: Whack the witness who nailed Ulrik for murder a dozen years ago. But when he reconnects with his grown son and discovers he’s about to become a grandfather, Ulrik chooses life, and the redemptive possibilities of a fresh future. Ah, if only life were that simple. —Michael Fox

Friday, October 15, 8:45 pm SOME15R, Rafael Sunday, October 17, 8:00 pm SOME17S, Sequoia

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BARBRO OSHER PRO SUECIA FOUNDATION.

SPACE, LAND AND TIME: UNDERGROUND ADVENTURES WITH ANT FARM

US CINEMA

US 2010 • 78 MINS

Directors/ Producers Elizabeth Federici, L aura Harrison Cinematographers ANT FARM, Wah Ho Chan, Bernard Ferry, Kelly Gloger, Laura Harrison, Richard Jost, Nina Martinek, Pepper Mouser, Tamsin Orion, Bret Sigler, Jacob Vaughan, Jaroslav Vodehnal, Gary Watson Editor Laura Har rison Print Source Elizabeth Federici

Good-natured anarchy and awe-inspiring art explode from the screen in this colorful, captivating documentary about the Bay Area–based art/architecture group, Ant Farm. Those familiar with the antics of this revolutionary collective will delight at recordings of inﬂ atable living spaces, extreme home construction and the dramatic Cadillac Ranch project (not to forget their infamous restaging of JFK’s assassination). If you’re an Ant Farm virgin, prepare to have your mind blown. The account of 1975’s Media Burn, in which a tricked-out Cadillac collides with a mountain of ﬂ aming televisions in the Cow Palace parking lot, is alone worth the price of admission. A potent combination of music, animation and editing captures the spirit of this underground group, which mixed political subversion and goofy good times to create an art movement that resonates today. World Premiere

—Brendan Peterson

PRECEDED BY

TUNED IN

US 2010 • 6 MINS

Director Kevin Gordon

The sound of the world around you: You might not notice it, but Stephen P. McGreevy does. A “connoisseur of quietude,” McGreevy worships at the church of natural radio sounds.

TOTAL PROGRAM 84 MINS

Saturday, October 9, 1:00 pm

SPAC09R, Rafael

Monday, October 11, 7:00 pm

SPAC11T, 142 Throckmorton

US 2010 • 105 MINS

Director John Curran Producers Ed Cathell III, David Mimran, Jordan Schur, Holly Wiersma Screenwriter Angus MacLachlan Cinematographer Maryse Alberti Editor Alexander de Franceschi Cast Robert D e Niro, Milla Jovovich, Edward Norton, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj, Liam Ferguson Print Source Overture Films

In this rapid-fire psychological thriller, lawman Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro) and lawbreaker Stone (Edward Norton) navigate a moral shadowland between right and wrong. As a corrections ofﬁ cer on the verge of retirement, Mabry takes one last case, that of Stone, who is up for early parole. With Mabry as the only thing standing between him and freedom, Stone enlists the charms of his magnetic wife, Lucetta (Milla Jovovich), to sway Mabry in the right direction. What follows is a psychic chess game of cons, careening toward the biggest mistakes of their lives. The tortured internal states of Mabry and Stone stand in stark relief to the ﬁ lm’s graphic visual style, ably assisted by a soundtrack that schemes to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. As the conner and the conned, Norton and De Niro display the raw grit of two men battling over the rites, rituals and rules of freedom in all its unruly caprice. —Melissa Howden

Saturday, October 9, 7:00 pm TRIB09R, Rafael $30

For Tribute to Edward Norton information, see page 55.

FILMS

SUBMISSION (UNDERKASTELSEN ) WORLD

SWEDEN 2010 • 87 MINS

Director/ Producer/Screenwriter Stefan Jar l Cinematographers Joakim Jalin, Jör gen Persson Editors Joakim Jalin, An ette Lundberg Print Source Svensk Filmindus tri

Ingmar Bergman called Swedish documentary ﬁlmmaker Stefan Jarl “one of the last great samurai who unyieldingly fights for ideals and convictions.” Submission furthers Jarl’s longstanding concern with civilization’s adverse impact on nature. This hard-hitting yet artful exposé is a wake-up call for humankind that begins with the filmmaker having his own blood analyzed and discovering it contains several hundred industrial chemicals. Shocked, Jarl interviews a range of world scientists about the “chemical society” that has mushroomed since the Second World War and invites Swedish actress Eva Röse, a friend 35 years his junior and pregnant, to take the same blood test. With Jarl’s personal narration, spoken eloquently in English by Stellan Skarsgård, and a soulful score by Adam Wiltzie set to strikingly lyrical imagery, Submission maintains an elegiac tone that only bolsters its urgency. For Jarl, “This is the most important film I’ve ever made. Ever.”

—Richard Peterson

Friday, October 15, 6:30 pm

SUBM15R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 4:45 pm SUBM16R, Rafael

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

FILMS

TEHRAN TEHRAN

WORLD CINEMA

Directors Dariush Mehrjui, Mehdi Ka rampour Screenwriters Vahideh Mohammad ifar, Mehdi Karampour, Khosrow Naghibi Cinematographers Ali L oghmani, Mohammad Aladpoush Editors Ha ssan Hassandoust, Nazanin Mofakham Producer Mohammad Ali Hossein-Nejad Cast Pantea Bahram, Ghorban Najaf, K atayoun Amir-Ebrahimi, Reza Yazdani, Rana Azodivar, Borzou Arjmand Print So urce Farabi Cinema Foundation

In Farsi with English subtitles. This two-part, intergenerational song of praise, commissioned by the municipality of Tehran, explores the complexity of Iran’s ancient yet very modern capital. In Iranian New Wave icon Dariush Mehrjui’s “The Days of Acquaintance,” a collapsed roof ruins a family’s modest New Year’s feast. Temporarily homeless, the parents console their children with a holiday bus tour of the city during which some gallant elders treat them to attractions they could otherwise never afford. “The Last String,” directed by Mehrjui’s former assistant, Mehdi Karampour, is an anguished song to Tehran by members of an underground coed rock band, whose eagerly anticipated concert has been cancelled by the government. Pressured by elders and state alike to abandon their dream of public performance, the musicians test commitments to Iran’s past as well as their own uncertain futures. Both parts of this vibrant, passionate ﬁ lm celebrate Tehranis expressing themselves through music, poetry, architecture—even street racing. US Premiere

—Frako Loden

Friday, October 8, 8:30 pm

TEHR08R, Rafael

Saturday, October 9, 2:15 pm

TEHR09R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL.

THE TEMPEST

US CINEMA

US 2010 • 110 MINS

Director Julie Taymor Producers Robert C hartoff, Lynn Hendee, Jason K. Lau, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Julie Taymor Screenwriter J ulie Taymor, from the play by William Shakespeare Cinematographer Stuart Dr yburgh Editor Françoise Bonnot Cast Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred M olina, Alan Cumming, Ben Whishaw Pr int Source Miramax Films & Touchstone Pic tures

Magic, illusion, a cast of exotic characters—Shakespeare’s last play is a feast for the senses and the imagination. It’s also a perfect match for Julie Taymor’s particular brilliance. One of the most original talents in theater (The Lion King ) and fi lm ( Across the Universe), Taymor creates a striking visual world for her Tempest, and peoples it with a fi rst-rate cast, notably Helen Mirren as “Prospera,” the rightful Duke of Milan, exiled to an island for a dozen years with her daughter Miranda (Felicity Jones). Aided by Ariel (Ben Whishaw, Bright Star ), she conjures up a wild storm, during which the enemies who usurped her dukedom fi nd themselves stranded, and under Prospera’s control. Thus begins the tale of revenge and romance, folly and forgiveness— with a fair smattering of comedy, provided here by the hilarious Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek )—in a Tempest that is roiling and in every way fantastic.

—Zoë Elton

Sunday, October 10, 3:00 pm

TEMP10R, Rafael

Saturday, October 16, 8:45 pm

TEMP16S, Sequoia

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE.

SOUTH AFRICA 2010 • 106 MINS

Director/ Screenwriter Stefanie Sycholt Producers Brigid Olën, Marlow de Mardt, M ichael Souvignier, Ica Souvignier, Josef Steinberger, Stefanie Sycholt Cinematographer Egon Werdin Editor Han sjörg Weißbrich Cast Nat ‘Junior’ Singo, Simphiwe Dana, Patrick Mofokeng, Kagiso Motsei, Emmanuel Soqinase, Melabantu Maxhama Print Source DO Productions (P ty) Ltd

In Xhosa with English subtitles. A young country boy with aspirations to play for the national soccer team, Themba (Nat Singo of Beat the Drum, MVFF 2003) lives with his mother in a hut overlooking the seaside cliffs of South Africa’s picturesque Eastern Cape. When not fetching water or reading aloud to his sister, Themba scrimmages with his buddies using a makeshift ball constructed from plastic bags. But his tough—if idyllic—life spirals downward when a supposed “uncle,” a drunken lout, takes over the family home so Themba’s mother can fi nd work in Cape Town. From the burnished fi elds of Themba’s village to the rough-andtumble slums of the capital, the other star of this fi lm is South Africa itself, its dynamic contrasts gorgeously lensed by cinematographer Egon Werdin. This rags-to-riches tale, which is also a rousing sports drama, brings a human face to a country affl icted by racial divisions, poverty and the stigma of AIDS. US Premiere —Jennifer Preissel

Saturday, October 16, 12:45 pm THEM16S, Sequoia Sunday, October 17, 7:00 pm THEM17R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARIN AIDS PROJECT.

IRAN 2010 • 109 MINS

FILMS

US 2010 • 98 MINS

Director/ Screenwriter Lena Dunham

Producers Kyle Martin, Alicia Van Co uvering Cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes

Editor Lance Edmands Cast Lena Dunham, L aurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Jemima Kirke, Alex Karpovsky, David Call Print So urce IFC First Take

Lena Dunham’s award-winning feature is a breath of fresh air, a daring work deftly combining the contemporary musings of a disillusioned young person with the awkwardness and Manhattan vibe of early Woody Allen. In the gleaming Tribeca apartment of her artist mother (Laurie Simmons) and model-esque sister (Grace Dunham), frumpy recent grad Aura (Dunham) proves something of an alien. Aura falls into friendships with pill-popping Charlotte, cocky Jeb and Keith, the hipster cutie (with a girlfriend). Drinking, drugs, clumsy conversations and clumsier sex ensue. Marked by striking performances by Dunham and her real-life mother and sister, Tiny Furniture is the distinctive, memorable product of a fully realized artist.

—Alexis Whitham

PRECEDED BY

TAPEWORM

US 2010 • 15 MINS

Director Margaret Laney

Wrestling with locker-room body image issues while waiting to be asked to the homecoming dance, Teresa contends with her best friend over which of them most needs and deserves a disgusting weight-loss aid.

TOTAL PROGRAM 113 MINS

Friday, October 15, 8:45 pm

TINY15S, Sequoia

Sunday, October 17, 4:45 pm

TINY17R, Rafael

TO EDUCATE A GIRL

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

UGANDA/NEPAL/US 2010 • 70 MINS

Directors/Producers/Screenwriters/ Cinematographers Fred Rendina, Oren Ru davsky Editor Adrienne Haspel Print So urce Talking Drum Productions

FOCUS: MENTORS & TEACHERS • Of the 110 million school-age children around the world who are not in school, two-thirds are female. This fi lm journeys to Nepal and Uganda to follow Manisha and Mercy, asking, “What does it take to educate a girl?” Framed by a history of confl ict and poverty, the fi lm explores the roles of culture, gender bias and economics as Manisha fi nds herself left out of school in Nepal, and Mercy attends her fi rst day of class in Uganda. The reality of lives marred by war is underlined when a Ugandan schoolmaster welcomes students back for a new year, congratulating them for getting back in “one piece.” Viewed through the lens of a United Nations global initiative to provide access to education for girls by 2015, To Educate a Girl is a compelling look at educational obstacles and occasional triumphs—one girl, one village and one nation at a time. World Premiere

—Melissa Howden

PRECEDED BY

TOP SPIN

US 2010 • 12 MINS

Director Sara Newens, Mina T. Son

As precise as the game of table tennis itself, this portrait of Junior Champion Ariel Hsing follows the training, rituals and dreams of a prodigious ping-pong–playing teen.

TOTAL PROGRAM 82 MINS

Monday, October 11, 7:00 pm

TOED11S, Sequoia

Saturday, October 16, 3:45 pm

TOED16R, Rafael

TRUST: SECOND ACTS IN YOUNG LIVES

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2010 • 78 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Nancy Kelly

Producers Nancy Kelly, Kenji Yamamoto

Cinematographers Daniel B. Gold, Dana Kupper, Emiko Omori, Ines Sommer

Editor Kenji Yamamoto Print Source Kelly+Yamamoto Productions

FOCUS: MENTORS & TEACHERS • This documentary explores the cathartic and healing qualities of theater as expressed in the Albany Park Theater Project (APTP), a nonproﬁ t troupe in Chicago manned largely by teens and dedicated to presenting the stories of underrepresented and workingclass Chicagoans. How the teens ﬁnd their way to APTP varies widely, but they band together with perfect focus to help one of their members bring her story to the stage. Marlin, a struggling 18-year-old Honduran immigrant, has lived through some of the harshest cruelties imaginable. By creating a safe place for her to tell her story, and for the young actors to transform that story into an expressive metaphor, the company does more than simply stage her narrative. In forcefully reclaiming Marlin’s own suffering, the performance creates empathy and understanding that serves every member of the troupe and the audience as well.

World Premiere

—Sara Maria Vizcarrondo

Saturday, October 16, 2:30 pm TRUS16S, Sequoia Sunday, October 17, 2:15 pm TRUS17R, Rafael

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANAL ALLIANCE.

FILMS

From the UC Berkeley School of Journalism comes this trio of documentary shorts, all of which embody the program’s goal: to produce top-notch journalists with solid filmmaking skills. Bagassi Koura’s The Stinking Ship (27 mins) investigates the trail of destruction left by the Probo Koala, a “fl oating refinery” owned by a multinational oil-trading company. When the vessel dumps toxic cargo on an unsuspecting Ivory Coast population, a health crisis—and big-money denials—follows in its wake. Shaleece Haas’s Old People Driving (25 mins) may sound like a South Park episode, but it’s an ultimately revealing look at the debate over when, exactly, elderly drivers (including the filmmaker’s own grandfather, a 97-year-old Model T enthusiast) become a safety risk. Finally, Alba Mora-Roca’s Guests of Space examines the Amazon’s Nukak tribe, said to be the last nomads to make contact with whites in South America. Trouble is, in this collision of two alien worlds, those whites were either missionaries, coca farmers, or gun-toting Colombian soldiers.

—Cheryl Eddy

TOTAL PROGRAM 77 MINS

Sunday, October 10, 4:15 pm TRUT10T, 142 Throckmorton

TWIGSON (KNERTEN)

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

NORWAY 2009 • 71 MINS

Director Asleik Engmark Producers Stein B . Kvae, Finn Gjerdrum Screenwriter

Br igitte Bratseth Cinematographer

Ari Willey Editor Vidar Faltaukan Cast

Adrian Groennevik Smith, Petrus Andreas C hristiensen, Pernille Soerensen, Jan Gunnar Roeise, Asleik Engmark Print

So urce Sola Media

What’s city boy Lillebror to do when his family moves to the countryside and there are no kids nearby to play with? Since it’s before cell phones, IMs and video games, the boy’s imagination must take over, turning a human-shaped twig into his best friend. Twigson and Lillebror prove inseparable. Mom, Dad and Lillebror’s teenage brother try to adjust to living in their dilapidated house, being short of money and ﬁ tting into the tight-knit community, as Twigson and Lillebror meet local characters and adventure. In the end, it’s going to take some magic from Twigson and Lillebror to help their loved ones and ensure they all stay together in their little house for a long time to come. Ages 5+ North American Premiere

—Roberta McNair

PRECEDED BY

SYAWAL WAS VERY SCARED

NETHERLANDS 2010 • 17 MINS

Director Wilma Ligthart

Syawal lost everyone but his father when the 130-foot tsunami devastated Banda Aceh. Now 12, Syawal describes the traumatic event as the child he was and the boy he has become.

TOTAL PROGRAM 88 MINS

Sunday, October 10, 11:00 am TWIG10S, Sequoia Sunday, October 17, 11:00 am TWIG17S, Sequoia

THE

HORSES

GERMANY 2009 • 90 MINS

Director/Screenwriter Byambasuren Davaa Producers Byambasuren Davaa, B eatrix Wesle Cinematographer Martijn v an Broekhuizen Editor Jana Musik Cast Urna Chahar-Tugchi, Hicheengui Sambuu, C himed Dolgor Print Source Grasland Film GbR

In Mongolian with English subtitles. Byambasuren Davaa (The Story of the Weeping Camel, The Cave of the Yellow Dog ) continues her exploration of Mongolia and its heritage in another strikingly original ﬁ lm. Urna, a musician and vocalist from inner Mongolia, compelled by a promise to her late grandmother, sets out to search for the lost verses of a song, “The Two Horses of Genghis Khan,” and to repair her family’s horse-head violin, broken during the Cultural Revolution. In a journey that takes her to regions both urban and remote, she encounters musicians, violinmakers, shamans and ordinary, rural people—all of whom reveal bits of wisdom about her culture and its past. Following odd leads—maybe an el der at an upcoming wedding will remember the lost verses, someone suggests— Urna proves an intrepid traveler: Unfazed by the van that gets stuck in the mud, she gamely continues by motorcycle, on foot, even on a borrowed horse, in this revelation of a journey.

—Zoë Elton

Monday, October 11, 6:00 pm

TWOH11R, Rafael

Wednesday, October 13, 9:15 pm

TWOH13S, Sequoia

TWO

OF GENGHIS KHAN (DAS LIED VON DEN ZWEI PFERDEN)

VALLEY OF THE DOCS

The choices of this year’s Young Critics peer jury run the gamut from hot emotions to just plain cool. The program borrows the title of one of its offerings, a hilarious tale about a student “superhero” fi lm that goes terribly wrong. Things go wrong and right big-time for the founder of the White Walls gallery in San Francisco. Two fi lms about shoes walk in different directions in Dem Shoes and 24 Inches. Satire meets High School Musical senior-style in Decision Day, and love takes various detours in The Forest, La La Love You, Untietled and Still Life Strong social commentary runs through The River, Persiah’s Story, How to Set a House on Fire and the Green Profile Series. Our two animated fi lms, Thinking Dead and The Evolution of War, couldn’t be more different. And sheer pleasure of art and life imbues The Stand, Finding My Way, Echomotion, Escape from Suburbia and Our Wedding.

—John Morrison

TOTAL PROGRAM 96 MINS

Saturday, October 16, 11:00 am WANG16R, Rafael

WHEN WE LEAVE (DIE FREMDE)

WORLD CINEMA

GERMANY 2010 • 119 MINS

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Feo Al adag Cinematographer Judith Kaufmann

Editor Andrea Mertens Cast Sibel Kekilli, S ettar Tanriögen, Derya Alabora, Florian Lukas Print Source Independent Artists Filmproduk tion

In German and Turkish with English subtitles. Umay has ﬂ ed her abusive husband in Istanbul and returned home to Berlin with Cem, her young son. But the reception she receives from her conservative Muslim family is hardly supportive. “Did we raise you to bring shame upon us?” her father asks. Rooted in a patriarchal order relegating women to subservience, her parents cannot accept Umay’s struggle for personal freedom. “You want too much,” her mother tells her. Heartbroken by their indifference to the abuse she has suffered, and determined to prevent Cem from being sent back to his father, Umay burns her passport and begins a new life. But events take a devastating turn when she looks for reconciliation and her family acts to restore its honor. Feo Aladag’s deeply affecting debut, winner of Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca Film Festival, comes anchored by Sibel Kekilli’s ( Head On, MVFF 2004) remarkably assured performance, whose quiet strength and nuance achieve for Umay a fragile state of grace.

—Michael Read

Saturday, October 16, 5:45 pm

WHEN16S, Sequoia

Sunday, October 17, 1:30 pm

WHEN17R, Rafael

CO-PRESENTED WITH BERLIN AND BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL.

FILMS

US 2010 • 100 MINS

Director/Screenwriter/ Editor Jay An ania Producers Vince Jolivette, Piers Richardson Cinematographer Danny Ve cchione Cast James Franco, Julianne Nichol son, Martin Donovan, Josh Lucas Pr int Source Limerick Films

“I’m not so nice,” states William Vincent (James Franco), a Manhattan-dwelling outsider with a mysterious past and a mildly criminal present. A brush with fate allows this handsome young man to reinvent himself, fi nding nominal employment as an editor of nature videos, renting an abandoned storefront and stealing to get by. When a crime boss rescues him from a dangerous situation, William is drawn into a shady underground involving cash-fi lled envelopes, drugs and call girls. He fi nds himself particularly fascinated by Ann, who unfortunately happens to be the boss’s gal. The fi lm’s visually striking experimental style and existentialist outlook perfectly augment this noirish set-up, its odd angles, direct camera addresses and novel-like narration becoming a multivalent refl ection of its complicated protagonist. In that role, Franco excels, looking tousled and wan yet retaining ineffable charisma. Josh Lucas and Julianne Nicholson, meanwhile, offer memorable support as, respectively, the Svengali-like kingpin and his kimonowearing moll.

—Rod Armstrong

Saturday, October 16, 9:30 pm WILL16S, Sequoia

Sunday, October 17, 4:30 pm WILL17R, Rafael

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ADRIFT FROM VIETNAM AND BECLOUD FROM MEXICO SCREEN AT THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL, AND THEY ALSO INAUGURATE GLOBAL LENS , A 10-FILM SERIES THAT CONTINUES AT THE CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER FROM MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, THROUGH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28.

Global Lens is an annual touring program of new narrative feature films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, all presented in original languages with English subtitles. Organized by the Global Film Initiative, a nonprofi t organization based in San Francisco, the series highlights artistic voices from countries rarely represented in American movie theaters, with the purpose of promoting cross-cultural understanding through cinema. The series complements the Global Film Initiative’s programs in granting, acquisition, distribution and education. More information is available at www. globalfilm.org

MASQUERADES

ADRIFT (VIETNAM) is a sensuous tale of a young newlywed drawn into a precarious love triangle. (See page 84)

In BECLOUD (MEXICO), an incident from the past links three neighbors and affects the destinies of an entire community. (See page 85)

GODS (PERU) is the supremely ironic title of a stylish and scathing look at lives of wealth and privilege but little purpose.

LEO’S ROOM (URUGUAY) is a sympathetic coming-of-age drama about a young man exploring his sexual identity through his relationships.

In the comedy MASQUERADES (ALGERIA), a boastful bumbler in a dusty village schemes to improve his fortunes by marrying off his sister.

Set against an art-world backdrop, MY TEHRAN FOR SALE (IRAN) registers a modern woman’s struggles in Iran’s contemporary political climate.

Taking place during the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN (INDIA) is a visually beautiful meditation on grief and loss.

ORDINARY PEOPLE (SERBIA) are young Serbian soldiers as well as their Croatian captives, in this drama about the psychological toll of war.

THE SHAFT (CHINA) is the hub of a poor mining town, impacting the individual lives of a family in this eloquent and visually poetic story.

SHIRLEY ADAMS (SOUTH AFRICA) is the intense and intimate tale of a single mother caring for her paraplegic teenage son.

THROUGH OCTOBER 28

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FILM CALENDAR

The King’s Speech 7:00PM KING07R 111 MINS

Conviction 7:00PM CONA07S 103 MINS

Conviction 7:15PM CONB07S 103 MINS

Nowhere Boy 9:45PM NOWH07S 97 MINS

12:15PM

EEP! 10:30AM EEP09R 80 MINS

The Indian 11:00AM IND09S 75 MINS

Space, Land and Time 1:00PM SPAC09R 84 MINS

Patagonia 3:15PM PATA09R 118 MINS

5@5: Gimme Some Truth 5:00PM 5AT508S

Spotlight on Alejandro González Iñárritu: Biutiful 7:00PM SPOT08R 187 MINS

Katalin Varga 6:30PM KATA08R 84 MINS

Tehran 8:30PM TEHR08R 109 MINS Cut Poison Burn 6:00PM CUTP08R 88 MINS

Estigmas 8:45PM EST08R 100 MINS

in Dagenham 6:30PM MADE08S 113 MINS

Flower 9:00PM DESE08S 124 MINS

Queen of Hearts 7:15PM QUHE08S 84 MINS Dumas 9:30PM DUMA08S 105 MINS

John Lennon at 70: A Live Concert 8:00PM MUSC08T

Tribute to Edward Norton: Stone 7:00PM TRIB09R 145 MINS

From a Whisper 6:00PM FROM09R 72 MINS

7:15PM SAND09R 84 MINS Opal 3:30PM OPAL09R 79 MINS

The Reverse 2:45PM REVE09S 101 MINS

Child of Giants 3:30PM CHIG09S 97 MINS

Children’s Film Fest Party 12:30PM PARTY09 120 MINS

Kawasaki’s Rose 5:15PM KAWA09S 100 MINS

About Her Brother 8:15PM ABOU09R 126 MINS

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone 9:30PM EVER09R 107 MINS

Hi De Ho Show 10:00PM HIDE09S 120 MINS

The Jay Clay Trilogy 5:00PM JAYC09T 90 MINS.

Ed Hardy ‘Tattoo the World’ 7:30PM EDHA09T 75 MINS

FILM CALENDAR

10AM11AM12PM1PM2PM3PM4PM5PM6PM7PM8PM9PM10PM11PM

Estigmas 12:30PM EST10R 100 MINS

Most Valuable Players 1:00PM MOVA10R 95 MINS

Cosmonauta 12:45PM COSM10R 85 MINS

Twigson 11:00AM TWIG10S 88 MINS

Sebbe 12:00PM SEBB10S 80 MINS

The Tempest 3:00PM TEMP10R 110 MINS

Lesson Plan: Story of

Becloud 2:45PM BECL10R 117 MINS

Precious Life 2:00PM PREC10S 86 MINS

Moloch Tropical 2:15PM MOL10S 107 MINS

The Crocodiles 1:30PM CROC10T 98 MINS

Centerpiece: Miral 5:45PM MIRA10R 148 MINS

About Her Brother 5:30PM ABOU10R 126 MINS

Cruz Reynoso 5:00PM CRUZ10S 70 MINS

From a Whisper 4:45PM FROM10S 72 MINS

Truth Be Told 4:15PM TRUT10T 77 MINS

4PM5PM6PM7PM8PM9PM10PM11PM

My Brothers 6:00PM MYBR11C 88 MINS

The Two Horses of Genghis Khan 6:00PM TWOH11R 90 MINS

Precious Life 6:15PM PREC11R 86 MINS

5@5: Just Like

Starting Over 5:00PM 5AT511R

Dumas 4:45PM DUMA11S 105 MINS

5@5: Watching the Wheels 5:00PM 5AT511S

Cruz Reynoso 6:45PM CRUZ11R 70 MINS

Red Hill 8:15PM REDH11C 95 MINS

Of Love and Other Demons 8:45PM OFL11R 97 MINS

Child of Giants 8:30PM CHIG11R 97 MINS

Kawasaki’s Rose 9:15PM KAWA11R 100 MINS

Made in Dagenham 7:15PM MADE11S 113 MINS

To Educate a Girl 7:00PM TOED11S 82 MINS

Space, Land and Time 7:00PM SPAC11T 84 MINS TBA 9:30PM

Mr. Bjarnfredarson 8:30PM MRB10R 109 MINS

TBA 7:15PM

Leave Them Laughing 7:00PM LEAV10S 89 MINS

Cinemasports 8:00PM CINE10T 120 MINS

Ed Hardy ‘Tattoo the World’ 9:30PM EDHA10S 75 MINS

FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE!

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New this year, use the FREE MVFF shuttle service for easy direct access to and from Festival venues. Shuttle service will run Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 am to midnight with hourly stops.

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Leaving hourly on the hour: From Downtown Mill Valley at the Masonic Hall/ MVFF Hospitality Lounge, 19 Corte Madera Avenue

3 minutes walk from all Mill Valley theaters

San Rafael

Leaving hourly on the half hour:

Directly in front of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center and Hospitality Lounge

The bus will also stop at the Larkspur Hotel Mill Valley by request. Please make sure to ask the driver.

Shuttle space is limited and available on a ﬁ rstcome, ﬁrst-served basis. Allow plenty of time in case you have to wait for the next service.

100% Carbon Neutral shuttles generously provided by Extranomical Adventures.

FILM CALENDAR

The Empire Strikes Back 6:30PM EMP12C 127 MINS

Black Field 9:00PM BLAC12R 104 MINS

Food Stamped 6:00PM FOOD12R 84 MINS

Queen of the Sun 6:00PM QUSU12S 82 MINS

5@5: Working Class Hero 5:00PM 5AT512S

Kung Fu Chefs 8:30PM KUNG12S 92 MINS Opal 7:00PM OPAL12R 79 MINS Sand 9:15PM SAND12R 84 MINS

Cast me if you can 7:00PM CAST12S 97 MINS Leave Them Laughing 8:30PM LEAV12R 89 MINS

Sebbe 9:30PM SEBB12S 80 MINS

Tribute to Annette Bening

7:00PM TRIB14R 90 MINS

Patagonia 6:00PM PATA14R 118 MINS

5@5: Watching the Wheels

5:00PM 5AT514R

Kinshasa Symphony 7:00PM KINS14R 95 MINS

Love Crime 9:15PM LOVE14R 106 MINS

Cast me if you can 8:45PM CAST14R 97 MINS

The River Why 9:00PM RIVE14R 104 MINS

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest 6:00PM GIRL13R 148 MINS

Moloch Tropical 6:15PM MOL13R 107 MINS

5@5: Working Class Hero 5:00PM 5AT513R

Of Love and Other Demons 6:00PM OFL13S 97 MINS

5@5: Just Like Starting Over 5:00PM 5AT513S

Fanny, Annie & Danny 8:45PM FANN13R 82 MINS

Queen of the Sun 7:00PM QUSU13R 82 MINS The Reverse 9:15PM REVE13R 101 MINS

Julia’s Disappearance 8:45PM JUL13S 87 MINS

5@5: Gimme Some Truth 5:00PM 5AT512R My Brothers 6:30PM MYBR15S 88 MINS Katalin Varga 9:15PM KATA15R 84 MINS

Cameraman: Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 6:00PM CAME14S 86 MINS

5@5: Nobody Told Me 5:00PM 5AT514S

Heartbeats 7:00PM HEAR14S 95 MINS

Blue Valentine 6:15PM BLUE12R 113 MINS Most Valuable Players 6:00PM MOVA15S 95 MINS

Journey from Zanskar 6:45PM JOUR13S 90 MINS

Lesson Plan: Story of the Third Wave 7:00PM LESS13T 76 MINS

Fair Game 6:00PM FAIR15R 105 MINS

6:30PM SUBM15R 87 MINS

5@5: Nobody Told Me 5:00PM 5AT515R

Niger ’66, A Peace Corps Diary 7:00PM NIGE15R 86 MINS

The Two Horses of Genghis Khan 9:15PM TWOH13S 90 MINS

8:45PM SOME15R 105 MINS

Julia’s Disappearance 9:00PM JUL15R 87 MINS

The Most Important Thing in Life... 8:15PM MOIM14S 82 MINS

The Child Prodigy 9:30PM CHPR14S 101 MINS

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone 7:00PM EVER15T 107 MINS

9:00PM

Fanny, Annie & Danny 9:30PM FANN15T 82 MINS

FILM CALENDAR

Wangypong 11:00AM WANG16R

EEP! 10:30AM EEP16S 84 MINS

The Crocodiles 11:30AM CROC16R 98 MINS

Cosmonauta 1:45PM COSM16R 85 MINS

The Child Prodigy 2:00PM CHPR16R 101 MINS

Journey from Zanskar 1:15PM JOUR16R 90 MINS

Themba - A Boy Called Hope 12:45PM THEM16S 106 MINS

Atomic Mom 12:00PM ATOM16S 80 MINS

New Movies Lab #2 11:00AM SEMA16T 90 MINS

New Movies Lab #3 1:00PM SEMB16T 90 MINS

4:00PM

Submission 4:45PM SUBM16R 87 MINS

To Educate a Girl 3:45PM TOED16R 82 MINS

Mr. Bjarnfredarson 3:15PM MRB16S 109 MINS

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives 2:30PM TRUS16S 78 MINS

Puzzle 7:15PM PUZZ16R 87 MINS

TBA 6:00PM

When We Leave 5:45PM WHEN16S 119 MINS

Kinshasa Symphony 4:45PM KINS16S 95 MINS

Golf in the Kingdom 7:00PM GOLF16S 86 MINS

Black Field 8:45PM BLAC16R 104 MINS

The Most Important Thing in Life... 9:30PM MOIM16R 82 MINS

The Tempest 8:45PM TEMP16S 110 MINS

William Vincent 9:30PM WILL16S 100 MINS

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers 7:00PM MUSC16T 84 MINS

10AM11AM12PM1PM2PM3PM4PM5PM6PM7PM8PM9PM10PM11PM

Golf in the Kingdom 12:00PM GOLF17R 86 MINS

The Indian 12:15PM IND17R 75 MINS

Queen of Hearts 2:30PM QUHE17R 84 MINS

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives 2:15PM TRUS17R 78 MINS

Spotlight on James Franco 5:00PM SPOT17R 134 MINS

Tiny Furniture 4:45PM TINY17R 113 MINS

127 Hours 7:00PM HOUR16R 94 MINS TBA 7:30PM

TBA 8:30PM

Twigson 11:00AM TWIG17S 71 MINS

Fair Game 12:00PM FAIR17S 105 MINS

When We Leave 1:30PM WHEN17R 119 MINS The Debt 5:00PM DEBA17S 87 MINS

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today 2:00PM NURE17S 80 MINS

Niger ’66, A Peace Corps Diary 2:30PM NIGE17S 86 MINS

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers 2:00PM MUSC17T 84 MINS

William Vincent 4:30PM WILL17R 100 MINS

The Debt 5:15PM DEBB17S 87 MINS

Themba - A Boy Called Hope 7:00PM THEM17R 106 MINS

A Somewhat Gentle Man 8:00PM SOME17S 105 MINS

Heartbeats 8:15PM HEAR17S 95 MINS

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CREATIVE CREDITS

MVFF THEATRICAL TRAILER

Written by

Cast

Creative Director/Producer

Lars Ulrich, Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote, Lars Ulrich

Dennis Scheyer

Directed by Jesse Block

Production Company

Director of Photography

Editor

BandTogether

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Technicolor Creative Services Hollywood

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CFI Advisory Board

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Fox Searchlight Pictures

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John Goddard

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Holland Film

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Tom Luddy

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Magnolia Pictures

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Piazza D’Angelo is a family run business with a long history. In 1980, two brothers from the southern toe of Italy moved to Marin with dreams of opening an authentic Italian restaurant. The dream came true a year later when co-owners Domenico and Paolo Petrone opened the now upscale trattoria Piazza D’Angelo.

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CFI MEMBERS

Please note: The following lists include member names as of publication date.

CINEMA BENEFACTOR

Doug and Sandy Andelin, Richard Barker, Melissa Bradley, Joe and Sue Carlomagno, Donald Clark Jr., Peter Coyote and Stefanie Pleet Coyote, Tom Cohen and Kristi Denton Cohen, Douglas and Gail Dolton, Judith Dragutsky, Joanne Dunn, Steve and Sharon Edelman, Paul and Mary Elliott, Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, Melissa Fairgrieve, Tracy Ferron, Dr. Joseph Fink, Mark and Lorrie Fishkin, Yolanda and Jack Gibson, Paul and Marcia Ginsburg, Michelle Grifﬁ n and Tom Parker, Robert Griswold, Leslie Hansen, Elisabeth Jaffe, Don and Donna Kelleher, Patricia Kendall, Todd Koons, Anne LaFollette and Thomas Koegel, Lisa Layne, Joseph Lerner and Brennan Gray, John Lobato, Victoria Love and R. Max Yusim, James Mochizuki, Jann Moorhead, Harold and Gertrud Parker, Dwight R. Peterson, James and Eleanore Plessas, James and Kyle Redford, Art Rothstein and Julia Erickson, Deborah Santana, Francoise Stone, Daina Vitols, Lonna Wais

PREMIER PATRON

Laurie Andrewsen, Rita Becker, John and Sanda Blockey, J.M. Bogin, Elizabeth Fullerton, Lynn Holton and Bradley Rothbach, Devorah and Ben Jacoby, Michael and Chris Kasman, Timothy Labadie, Carol Marshall and Thomas Price, Nion McEvoy, Bill Meyer, Dennis and Zara Muren, Catherine Newman, Thomas Obletz, Diana l. Parker, Richard Pottharst, Barbara and Phil Richardson, Naomi Saunders, Richard Shore, J. Dietrich Stroeh, Ray and Jean Taylor, Elaine Tope, Richard Torretto, Ruth and Avi Weizman, Eileen West

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

Ioan Allen, Nancy H. Angelo and Nancy McCauley, PhD., Ann and Fabio Aversa, Nancy J. Barash, Karen Barbour and David Sheff, Chris Barton, Kevin Bartram, Robert and Ingrid Becker, Debra Belamos, Marshall and Dorothy Bentley, Lisa Berghout, Mark E. Bettini,

Earl Blauner and Linda Marks, Scot Bondlow, Albert and Patricia Boro, Alan Boyar, Gina Brewer, Kelly and Shayne Browning, William and Jill Burkart, Fabia Butler, Anne and John Caple, Lauren Cargill, Nancy Carlston, Carolyn Carpeneti, Suzanne Cavert, Brian Chadbourne, Micheline Chau, Janet Mercer Cohen, Cayla and Jerry Coleman, Joel and Justine Coopersmith, Richard Cunningham, Heidi Darling, Drusilla Davis, Anna M. Devito, George Diruscio, Tedi Dunn and William Svabek, Richard and Diane Einstein, Ruth Epstein and Mark Shaﬁ r, Judith D. Ets-Hokin, Stephanie Evans, Kim Facas, Dr. James H. Forsell and Karen Soroca, Karen Fry, Neysa Furey, Patty Garbarino, Cornelius Geary, Larry Goldfarb, Chandra Gordon, Dr. Leonard Gordon, Peter Gordon, Richard and Theresa Gordon, Catherine T. Goshay, Laurel Graver and Scott Kaplan, Susan Grelock, William and Mimi Grifﬁ n, Kim Facas, Pat Gurin, Lynne Hale, Joan and Doug Hansen, Scott and Judy Hanson, Allan Herzog, Erica Hess, Marcelo and Nora Hirschler, Tony Hooker, Alec Hughes, Dr. Allan E. Jackman, Andree Jansheski, Douglas and Cessna Kaye, Shelly Kelley, Kathleen King and Gerald Cahill, Manuela A. King, Larry and Stephanie Krames, K.H. William and Andrea Krueger, Eve Kuhlmann, Lynn and Roger Kuhn, Kevin Kurtz, Paul and Patricia Laperriere, Michael and Marsha Lasky, Dan Leese, Bokara Leginere, Marie-Eve Levert, Huey Lewis and Sidney Conroy, Paul Liebman, Scott Lindstrom-Dake, Lisa Lord, Nicole Lowe, Nancy Lueck, Janet Magelby, Janet Magleby, William Mandel, Bill Manheim, Dr. Michele Manos, Janet Manquen, Van and Lydia Maroevich, Deborah Matthies, Greg Mauldin, Yvonne Mcallister, Scott McKown, Wallace McOuat, Gary and Cathy Meyer, Joey Miranda, Madhav Misra, Stephen and Mary Mizroch, Tamra Mobley, Jenny Mok, Mark Morris and Tracy Tandy, Alice Nadler, David Nasaw and Carla Roth, Robert Newcomer and Susanne Light, Jacklyn E. Ng, Ellen and Peter Obstler, Susan O’Connell, David Ortez and Joli Wilson, Kristin Otis, Philip Ouyang, John Palmer, Anyra Papsys, Glenn and Donna Perelson, Domenico Petrone, Joy Phoenix, Bruce and Theresa Raabe, Dr. Marty and Naomi Rayman, Alice Rich, Gary and Joyce Rifkind,

Rosemary Roach, Rich Robbins, Morton Rothman, Nancee Rubinstein, Carole Rutherford, Helen Rutledge, Benny and Wendy Sadeh, Gretchen Saeger, Patricia Sarris, Maggi Saunders, Steve Scheck, Dorene and Robert Schiro, Nadia Scipio Del Campo, Lisa Shanower, Maxx Sherman, Michael and Marsha Silberstein, Larry Simi, Bradford Simpkins, Helen T. Sklov, Robert Smith, Judy and John Sommer, Vickie Soulier, Michele Spitz, Leonard Stecklow and Karen Steiner, Elliot Stein, Joe Stewart, Mary Lee Strebl, Marjorie Swig, Julia Sze, Sari Taylor and Roger Pierce, Kerry Tepperman and Kimo Campbell, Blake and Bev Thorman, Kathryn Thyret, Evelyn Topper, Joshua Townsend, Emily Tribe, Duilio Valenti, Lydia Vogtner, Diane and Michael Wakelin, Dan Watrous, Ginger Watson, Judy Webb, Jill Weissich, Ryan Whiting, Matt Wilson, Richard and Kathy Wimmer, Teresa Wolf, Eric Zahra, Nina Zhito

GOLD STAR

Pam Abendroth, Dr. Arthur Ablin, Claire Adams, Jack Adams, Susan Adams, Carolyn Adducci and Ron Charyn, Chris Adessa and George McCluney, Toni Albert, Gina Allen, Daniel Altman, Yvonne Angelo, Marsha Angus, Douglas and Patricia Ascher, Janet Attaway, Miriam Attias, Maria Aversa, Anna Bagdasarian, Georgia Bailey, Stanley and Sara Bailis, Suzanne Baker, Helen and Jaime Baldovinos, Kathryn Barcos, Joan Barnes, Hathaway Barry, Lorraine Barry, Greg Batlin, Lorraine Baxter, Joanna Beard, Jean M. Bedecarrax, Leslie Bee, Bob and Alice Behray, Patricia Hale Belden, Irene and Robert Belknap, Ernest M. Bergman, David Bernard, Cathrin Bernt, Linden and Carl Berry, Robert Berry, Michael Besselievre, Mark Bewsher, Anthony Bigler, Steve Bissinger, Arthur and Joanne Bjork, Franklin and Jan Blackford, Karen and Steven R. Bluestone, Margaret Blunt, Jacqueline and Thomas Bly, Brian and Marlene Bonham, Lori Bonn, Melinda Booth, Rick Bradley, Roberta Bradshaw, Daniel and Alanna Brady, Cheryl Brandon, Mimi S. Brasch, Mara Brazer, Bernee Breen, Anji Brenner, Michael Breslin, Girija Brilliant, Dr. Michael and Vivien Bronshvag,

Lisa G. Brow, Beverly L. Brown, Stephanie Brown, Nanci Buck, Donald Buder, Chris Bunney, Judy Burgio and Dale Biron, Marilyn S. Burns, Arlene and Roger Burstrem, Robert and Elza Burton, Kathy Burwell, Cia Byrnes, William and Jeanne Cahill, Amy Capen, Joan and Robert Capurro, Lynn Carew, Lynne Carmichael, Karin L. Carrington, Cathleen Carter, Donna Casella, Dr. Padma Catell, Gina Catena, Jack Chalmers, Sam Chapman, Jen Chism, Joanie Ciardelli, Kristen Clark, Kristin Clark, Geoffrey Clayton, Marilyn Cleland, Leslee Coady, Ann and Mac Coffey, Richard and Carolyn Cogan, Nina R. Cohen, Trudi Coker, Ted and Melissa Congdon, Pali Cooper, Wayne and Geri Cooper, Ron Cope and Lynda Kanzler, Jacqueline Cormier, Glenda and Henry Corning, Lauri Corrigan, Elaine Cramer, Elaine B. Cramer, Teresa W. Crosbie, Jeff and Carleen, Eliza Cummings, Gatian Cunningham, Linda Curtis, Catherine Dahlstrom, Robert and Marcia Dalva, Violaine D’Amour, Abby Danielson, Jennifer Dardis, Melinda DarlingtonBach, James Davey, Drusie and Jim Davis, Thomas L. Davis and Marden N. Plant Davis, Dr. Ninfa Dawson, Janine DeMartini, Linda Denhart, Christine Dewey, Janet DiGiovanna, Tom Disher, Hillary and Joan Don, John Donley, Gayle Donsky and Morton Stein, David Dorﬂ er, Michael Doud, CR Douglas, Cassius Downs, Nellie Dragoinic, Daniel Drasin, Margo Duane, Ruth Dundas, Bette Durham, Sheila Dutton and C.H. Fotch, Denise Ebright, Mary Edwards, Suzanne Egan, Nancy Ellenbogen and Joel Lurie, Suzanne Engelberg and Jeff Appleman, Elaine Engman, Paul Epp, Monique Epstein, Anna Everest, Steven Faber, Joseph A. Faimali and Donita Decker, Cynthia Farina, Tawna Farmer, Pamela Farrell, Bill and Carol Farrer, Richard Favaro, Sonia Feder, Raquel Feeney, Josh Felser and Stefanie Felser, Alan and Carol Feren, Joanne Ferro, Lynda Fiesel, Richard and Barbara Fikes, Greg and Jeannie Filder, Cheryl Finley, Justin Flake, Carl Flemming and Catherine M. McCormick, Yolanda Fletcher, Margritha Fliegauf, Abbi and Robert Fox, Andrea Fox, Deborah Fox, Dr. Linda Fox, Bruce and Caroline Frantzis, Gerald and Gloria Fraser, Michael Freed, Jeffrey Freedman, Richard Fregulia and Lynn G.Fregulia,

CFI MEMBERS

Jeffrey and Bonnie Freiberg, Myra and Sheldon Freisinger, Candice Fuhrman, Dr. Jack Futoran, Sue and Paul Galassi, John and Naomi Garb, Barbara Gay, Robert Gehlen, David Geisinger, Rita Gershengorn, Marlene K. Gershik, Lewis and Helene Gibbs, Jeff and Jeane Gilliam, Judy Gilmore, James Goldberg, Karen M. Goldberg and George Green, Stephen Gordon, Dr. Bernard Z. Gore, Robert and Judith Greber, Mitchell Greenberg, Peggy Greenﬁ eld, Susan Grifﬁ nblack, Maureen Groper, Daniel L. Grossman, Diane Grubb, Sabrina Guthrie, Stuart Hagmann, Kathleen Hahn, and Carie Haimovitch, Fran Halperin and Eric Christ, Marvin Halpern, Rosalind Hamar, Mary Hammond, Rev. Murray and Muriel Hammond, Thomas and Emmanuela Hand, Karen Hardesty, Steve Harnsberger, Kevin Haroff, Lauri Harper, Elizabeth Harrington, Eliza Haskins Koeppel, Fern Hassin, Ann-Eve Hazen, Bill and Barbra Hazen, Helen Hebert, Cristina Catalina Heiman, Richard Heisel, Alfred and Ruth Heller, Jude Heller, Karen M. Hemmeter, Diana Heppe, Tom Herington and Gary Topper, Sol Hernandez, Elizabeth Hilton, Faye Hinze & Louis Hinze, Jason Hoffman, Jacquelyn Hoffner, Cheryl Hogan, James and Mary D. Holden, Jill and Lonner Holden, Patricia Holden, Clarke and Tamara Holland, Deborah Holley and Scott Enblidge, Lori Holmgren, Eliot and Margot Holtzman, Dr. Philip and Leona Hordiner, James Howard, Jo Howard, Richard Howard, Elinor F. Howenstine, Sandy and Chuck Hufford, Bettina Hughes, Kimberly Hughes, Dr. Trevor Hughes and Judy Derstine, Cara Hunt, Ken Hurwitz, Suzi and LISA Hynes, Michael Ingerman and Madeleline Sloane, Patricia Irwin, Helene Jaffe, Sandra Janachowski, Nick and Sandy Javaras, Roberta Jeffrey, Janet Jennings, Ruggy Joesten, Buz and Jan Johanson, Darrell Johnson, Kathryn E. Johnson and John Pierce Culver, Jyll Johnstone and Michael Davis, Mary Jones, Alison Juestel, Laurie Kahn, Erin Kane, Dan Kasman, James and Linda Kasper, Peggy Katcher, Mina Katoozian, Athena Katsaros, Alan and Jean Kay, Virginia Keeley, Gillian Keirle, David and Beverlee Kell, Jay Kell, Claudia Kelly, Erica Kelly, Todd Kendall and Susan Nelson Kendall, Tom and Mari Kernan, Alyson Kernohan,

Russ and Marilyn Kiernan, Julie Kimball, Gail Kirst, Hildegard Klee and Charlie Spurgeon, William and Marion Kleinecke, Kristin Klindt, Denise Kline, Steve Knox, Claire Koffel, Anne Komer, Howard Kopit and Dorothy McQuown, Bruce Koren, Kathleen Korth and Laura Fenamore, Susan Kreusch, Jeff and Tina Kroot, Wendy Krueger, Francis Kulaga, Andrew Land, Jeffrey Lapic and Geraldine Caldarola, Tanya Laramie, Jean Larette, Tommy Lau, Chuck Lavaroni, Debby Lawn, Judith Layne, Kathryn Lazzaretti, Dr. Peter and Natalie Lenn, Louis Lenzen and Ranny Riley Lenzen, Bonnie Leonard, Leslie and Jacques Leslie, David and Sheila Levine, Susan B. Levine, Warren and Barbara Levinson, Mark and Elizabeth Levy, Janice J. Link, Jessica Link, Dee Dee Littrell, Mark Litwin, Ruth Livingston, James Long, Nurhan Long and John McCullough, Ellen Loring, Josh Lowden, Tracy Loy, Jamie Lunder, John MacLeod, Charles and Rose Maher, Dr. Jan Maisel and Doug Currens, Barbara Major, Kimberly Maker, Gregory Mallozzi, Michael and Linda Malone, Lisa Mannheimer, Richard Mannheimer, Jeanette Margolin and Alan H. Margolin, Gordon Marks, Katrina Marr, Katrina Marr, Michael and Sharon Marron, Diane and Laurence Martin, Leonard Mastromonaco, Maria Matan, Ian Matzen, Duncan McCandless, Katya McCulloch, Carla McDonald, Patricia McDowell, James McElwee, Bill and Sharon McKeon, Cameron McKinley, C.D. McKown, Steve and Kay McNamara, Meleea Meden, Karin Mei Butler, Barbara Meislin, Ann Marie Melanephy, Bob and Ink Mendelsohn, Whitney Merchant and Stephen Burdo, Nikki Meredith, Jennifer Mewha, Merle and Carole Meyers, Kathleen Mikkelson, Laura Miwa, Melinda Moore, Penelope More, Chris Morgan, Christophe Morin, Mary Morrow, David Mount, Katie Mullowney, Linda Munoz, Russell and Suki Munsell, Walter and Muriel Murch, Anita Naylor, Linda Nero, Bea Newhall, Bronwyn Ney, Lisa Nicholls, Melanie and Paul Nichols, Marianne Nishifue and Jonathan Ellis, Mark Northcross, Bruce Nye, Suzanne M. Oberlin, Wulfrin and Suzanne Oberlin, Thomas and Marianne O’Connell, Roger and Cathy Odenberg, Patricia Ogden, Ira and Bea Okun, Darren Oliver, Roberta O’Neale, Paul Orbuch, Marilyn Oronzi,

CFI MEMBERS

Steve Oroza, David Owen, Michael and Susan Painter, Katherine Pearsall, Richard Pechner, Dr. Robert and Audrey Pedrin, Bob and Sue Peisert, Sean Peisert, Maggie Pence, Kelli Petersen, Preston Petty, Mark Phillips, Patricia Pigman, Peter and Dyan Pike, Jean Pinto, Janne and Kalvin Platt, Michael Polaire, Heath Pollen, Peter Polt, Isabelle Popravka, Russ and Joni Pratt, Owen Prell and Karen Benke, Michael B. Proudﬁ t, Sarah and Henry Pruden, Paul & Christine Prusiner, Edward Purdom, Mary Lou Ragghianti, Wini Ragus, Bonnie Raitt, Bridget Raymond, Margaret Redﬁ eld, Morgan Reis, Cathy Richardi, Eric Richardson, Peter and Jane Richmond, Jessica Ridge, Steve Riffkin, Diane Robak, Ken and Valerie Robin, Jill Robinson, Cathleen Roche, Narenda Rocherolle, Thomas and Patricia Rosbrow, Judith Rose, Joel Rosenberg, Dan and Dina Ross, Stewart and Lynn Ross, Richard and Ruth Rozen, Jillian Rudman, Neil Rudolph and Susan Cluff, Donna Saberman, Mark and Judi Sachs, Tom and Jill Sampson, Mark and Nancy Sanders, Raj Sardesh, Naomi Saunders, Mark S. Schatz, Scott Scheidt, Sonja Schmid, Elizabeth A. Schmitt, David Schnapf, Jeffrey Schneider and Martha Crawford, Lorin and Barry Schneider, Roseann Schneider, David Schrader and Brett Robertson, Donald J. Schuerholz Jr., Ashley Schumacher, Jane Scott and Janice Legow, Barbara Searles, Jeff and Helena Sears, Keven A. Seaver and Lynn Forsey, Alexander Seidel, Karen Serlin, Peg Shalen, Peter Shankel, Ann Shaw and Michael Grotjahn, Kathleen Shore, Eileen Siedman, Bibi Sillem, Ivan Silverberg, Jon Sinclaire, Jane V. Singer, Marcus Siu, Caroline Smith, Fiske Smith, Judy Smith, Kara Smith, Martin and Emily Smith, Bonnie and Joe Smolen, Antoinette Snyder, Elaine Snyder and Brad Rollin, Vivian C. and Harry Snyder, Carol Solomon, Dylis Sommer, Leonard M. and Rita Sperry, Marilyn Spiering, Bonnie and Louis Spiesberger, Bettina Sporkenbach, Suzy Starke German, Jill Stephens, Richard and Susie Stern, Beverly Sterry, Saor Stetler, Norman and Runa Stone, Terry Strauss, Steve and Carolyn Stromberg, Sander Stuip, Dierdre Stull, Virginia Sturdevant and Jim Lyons, Charles and Sherri Sugarman, Kim Sugrue,

Barbara Summers and Mark Graham, Susan T. Sutton, Sandy Sverdloff, Sanford and Carol Svetcov, Toby Symington, Peter and Irene Tabet, Cheryl D. Tallman, Carole Talmage, Patricia Tanoury, Caryn Tantilla-Lentz, Katherine Tatum, Rochelle Teising, Joseph Terdiman, Kerri Thewlis, John and Joyce Thomas, Argo Thompson, Will and Leslie Thompson, Tom Thorner, Barbara Tomber, Michael Traina, Mel and Lois Tukman, Nanci Turnbull, Gene and Jean Turtle, Kevin Uriu, Chris Valentino, Wendy Verlaine, Jane Brown and Steve Voss, Kenneth H. Waldeck, Michael and Diana Wanger, Deirdre A. Warin, Jessica and Art Wasserman, Pascal Wattiau, Barbara Webb, Phyllis Weber, Sue Weiss, Susan Wheel, Dr. Lawrence White, Linda Wilkie, September Williams, Barbara Wilson, Jody M. Wilson and Barbara Searles, Monique Winkler, Bruce and Marya Wintroub, Najean Witt, Patricia H. Woods, Kirke Wrench, Deborah Wright and Adele Anthony, Jerry and Sharon Young, Simon Young, Cathy Youngling, Barbara Zamost, Martin and Margaret Zankel, Bernard Zylberberg

FILM FAN

Vicki Abeles, Paul Alpert, Janice Anderson-Gram, Dolph Andrews, Thomas L. Andrews, Patrik Argast, Ann Armour, Scott Atthowe, Steve Bage, Diane Baker, Dr. Wyna J. Barron, Pamela and Ivan Barzakov, Diane Ahaifa Bellas, Mary Belshe, Andria Benner, Randal Bennett, Antoinette Benoit, Virginie Berger, Jan Berry-Kadrie, Pam Bird, Jennifer Boesel, Elizabeth Bolton, Sue Bowser, Ed and Nancy Boyce, Jaclyne W. Boyden, Connie Breeze, Marty Brenneis, Delia Brinton, David and Suzanne Broad, Martin and Geri Brownstein, Carolyn Burt, Robert Butler, Patricia Cahill, Carney and Kay Campion, Patrick Canlas, Ed and Susan Catmull, Polly Cherner, Jane Cheshire-Allen, Kevin Conklin, Cecilia Conte, John Crary, Betsey P. and John H. Cutler, Joan Dauria, Leslie Davidson, Deirdre Dawson, Donald Day, Warren and Edie DeGraff, Rene Des Tombe, Mari Jon Di Basilio, Christophe Dinello, Harold and Ursula Dinter, Janeanne Doar, Stephen and Victoria Dobbs, Robert Drake, Ali Duerr,

Carol Duffy, Susan Duncan, Elaine Dvirnak, Annabella Erickson, Annabella Erikson, Margaret Feldstein, Aaron and Lisa Ferguson, Pat Fitzgerald, Barry Flicker, Cathy and Federick Fox, Michael Fox, Barbara Framm, Margot H. Fraser, Adele French, Lis Fuchs, Katie Gaier, Kathleen and Ray Gaines, Stephanie Garbaczewski, Deborah Garcia, Christine Gaudenzi, Warren and Risa George, Marie M. Goff-Tuttle, Candice Gold, Mark Goldberg, Robert Golden, Sheila Golden, Dixie Goldsby, Sylvia Goodman, Joy Graustark, David Green, Frank and Barbro Greene, Wynne Grossman, Ralph and Marsha Guggenheim, Margie and David Guggenhime, George Gund III, Jennifer Gundlach, William J. Hanna, Kathe N. Hardy, Kimberly and Mark Harmon, Richard and Julie Harris, Gayle Hartsook, Mary Ann Hauf, David Haydon, Wayne H. Heldt, Marjorie Helfet, Sheila Hershon, Anne Hiaring, Eileen H. Hinkson, Scarlett Hoge, Russell and Susan Holdstein, Derek Hooper, Bruce and Linda Hopper, Kellee Hopper, Jolene W. Huey, Chuck Isen, Jim Jacobs, Lori Joseph, Jeanette and Jack Kadesh, Raymonde Kaplan, Barbara Kautz, Francesca Kennedy, Bill Konersman, Josephine Kreider, Avrid Kretz, Connie McCarthy Kuhl, James LeBrecht, Scott and Susannah Lebus, Neil Lehrman, David Lesnini, Becky Lewis, Joan Lillevand, Kathy Lococo, Paula Loefﬂ er, Suzy Loughlin, Ed and Susan Lowe, Norm Luna, Robert Macke and Karen Gallagher, Lucille Madden, Claire Marchand, Munther Massarweh, Claire McBride, Kirk McCabe, Tim McCarthy, Paulette McDevitt, Stephen and Patricia McMahon, Miriam and Rex McPhaul, Nancy Meden, Paige Medina and Matt Marron, Whitney Merchant and Stephen Burdo, Miriam Meshel, Lauren Metzroth, Herb Miller, Marvin and Rose Miller, Victoria Mimiaga, Daphne Moore, Douglas Muir, Lynda Najarian, Katherine Norby, Lou Notti, Charysse O’Donnell, Kathryn Olson, Carol Olwell, Lisa O’Maley, Penna Omega, Diane Ongaro, Trish Owen, Diana Parker, Gerald and Nancy Parsons, Joyce Pavlovsky, Larry and Lynda Pearson, Jennifer Perini, Susan Piallat, Pamela Pierron, Chris Powell, Michael Pringle, Christa Quinn, Susan Quintanar, Charles Raven, Ulla Reilly, Frank and Sharon Rettenberg,

Paula B. Reynolds, Shelley Richardson, Susan RoAne, Stephen Roloff, Annie Roney, Mel Ronick, Bernadette Rowan, Edwin P. Sabrack Jr., Susan M. Saks, Marietta Saltzman, Daniel L. Scher, Alicia Schlesinger, Caroline Schoenbach, Ed Schreiber, Sylvia Schwartz, Bruce and Suzanne Scott, Christine Sharps, Karen L. Shay, Gail Simmonds, Angelo Siracusa and Diana Rixey, Joe Skleton, Erin Smith, Judith Snead, Dr. Daniel Sonkin and Dr. Mindy Rosenberg, Steve Starkey, Janice Stein, Jeremy Stevermer, Barbara Stewart, Beverly Tanner, Maida Taylor, Phyllis and Max Thelen, Ellen and Robert Tollen, Amanda Topper, Marsha Torkelson, Rick Trautner, Stephen Vance, Tanis Walters, Marlena Weinstein, Milton Weiss, David Werdegar, Bob West, Liz Wiegardt, Shelley and Chris Wilson, Derek Wilson, Fran Wilson, Frances Wilson, Margaret Woodring, Eileen Worthley, Andrew Zabko

ASSOCIATE

Linda Abe, Becky Abel, Mimi Abers, Jacqueline Ableman, Nancy Abodeely and Dubi Ben Shoham, Angela Ackley, Neira Adams, Simone Adams, Edward Adamson, Joseph Adkins, Jennie-Marie Adler, Gary and Maureen Aguilar, Todd Aherns, John Ahlers, Merry Alberigi, Wendy Albrecht, Eugene Albright, Mark Alcock, Leslie Alden, Kathleen Alexander, Luci Allen, Kim Allen, Tree Allen, Marlena Allison, Gary Alpert, Bunny Alsup, Robert Alto, Christine Aluia, Debra Amador, Mick Amaral, Rosemary Ames, Marcy Amonette, Carol Anderson, Judith Anderson, Judith Anderson, Loretta Anderson, Michael Anderson, Shelley A. Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Trent W. Anderson, Laura Angus, Jacqueline Annes, Rosanne Annoni, Shahla Ansari, John Antonelli, Linda Appleby, Laura Arago, Daniel Arauz, Joel Armstrong, Susan Arndt, Bill Arnold, Jean Arnold, Margaret Arnold, Burt Arnowitz, Sandra Ash, Robert Aucone, Robert Avila, Mary Axelrod, Dr. Lawrence E. and Barbara Babow, Elaine Bachelder, Laura Bachman, Anne Baele-Kouns, Bruce Bagnoli, Elliott Baim, Barbara Baker, Kim Baker, Judy Baldassari, Steven Balick, Orest Balytsky, Ed Baquerizo, Philip and Valerie Baradat,

CFI MEMBERS

Marygrace Barasi, Richard Barg, Mary L. Barone, Trinina Barreto, Kevin Barrett, Marilyn Barrett, Alice Bartholomew, Melinda Bascone, Pamela Baskin, Heinz Bauman, Anne Baxter, Elizabeth Bayer, Jerry Bayer, Betsy Bayha, Diane Bazler, Suzanne Bean, Lyda Beardsley, Pat Becker, AJ Beckman, Susan Beecroft, Colleen Beery, Diane Belben, Grant Beloof, Mila Benigno, David and Michele Benjamin, Dr. Robin Bentel, Iris Berets, Ralph Berets, Jeff Berg, Terry Berkemeier, JoAnn Berman, Shirley Berman, John Bernabei, Anne Bernini, Richard Bernini, Suzanne Berns, Philip M. Bernstein, Caroline Berry, Elvera Berson, Rebecca Bess, Walter Bess, David Best, Nanette Biers, Gillian Biggs, Mai Billaud, Karen Bird, Christienne Birkhahn, Steven Birnbaum, Joan Bissell, Michele L. Blaisdell, Sharon Blakely, Patricia Blanc, Tim Blaskovish, Faye Blatt, Patricia Blau, Kathy Bliss, Teresa Blok, Katherine Bloodworth, David Bloom, Erica Bloom, Gail Bloom, Joseph Blum, Bruce Blumberg, Barbara Bochner, William Bochner, Herbert and Janet Bogart, Janet and Herbert Bogart, Ronnie Bogart, Carolyn Bojanowski, Sara Bolder, Michael Bondi, James Boneparth, Bonnie Bookspan, Malcolm Booth, Bonnie Borenstein, Leilani Borenstein, Cory Born, Carolyn Botts, Joseph Bouckaert, Rosemary Bourne, Carla Bourque, Carla Bourke, Katharine Boyd, Rebecca Brackman, Bonita Bradley, Larken Bradley, Catherine Brady, R. Lee Brand, Richard Brandis, Patti Breitman, J. David Brewer, Suzanne Brice, Bridget Brink, Christopher Britt, Marucia Britto, Russell Broad, Greg Brockbank, Craig A. Brod, Amy Brokering, Bruce Bronzan, Mary Lee Bronzo, Chris Brown, Cynthia Brown, David Brown, Devi Brown, Phillip Brown, Dr. Kay Browne, Kelly Browne, Robert Brownstein, Jay Brusseau, Gail V. and Eric Buchbinder, Susie Buck, Lyndy Bullock, Kerian Bunch, Nancy Bundschu, Shelley Buquen, Ralf Burgert, Peggy Burke, Lisa Marie Burkhard, Machelle L. Burkstrand, Ronald J. Burlick, Judy Burns, Leslie Burnside, Marti Bush, Christa Butler, Ellen Butler, Shirley Ryland Butt, Libby Byers, Carol Cady, Jill Cagan, Meredith Cahn, Cathy Cain, Sheila Cain, Daniel and Karlene Caldwell, Karen Caldwell, Ellisa Cameron, June Caminiti, Carol Campbell, Janet Campbell,

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Jill Gilbert, Matthew Gilbert, Stewart Gilbert, RK Gin, Joel Gingold, Libby Ginsberg, Max Girin, Barbro Gistrand, Amiram Givon, Penni Gladstone, Betsy Glover, John Godsey, David C. Goelz, Carol Goepp, Bob Goff, Carol Golden, Leslie Goldgehn, Kara Goldin, Mike A. Goldstein, Sofi a Goldstein, Christine Gonzales, Clarice Goodall, Carol Goodman, Lion Goodman, Christine Goodson, Dr. Shelley M. Gordon, Joan Gosliner, Laurel Gothelf, David Gottfredson, Jacqui Gottlieb, Dvora Govrin, Linda Graham, Lindy Graham, Dr. Kathleen Grant, Marsha Grant, Gaye Graves, Christie Green, L.D. Greenberg, Gisela Greene, Laura Greenfi eld, Sarah Greiner, Clara Greisman, Gini Griffi n, Betsy Griffi th, Linsey Grinder, Linda and Pat Groah, Jane E. Groner, Bill Groshelle, Michele Groshong, Michael Gross, Vicki Gross, Bonnie and Sy Grossman, Pam Grossman, Sy Grossman, Suzanne Groth, Nancy Grover, Justine Gubar, Connie Guerry, Margaret Guevara, Matthew Guilfoyle, Maika Gulati, Roberta Gwin, Khalil Habeeb, Richard Habib, Lois Hadfi eld, James Haig, Christopher Hall, Dana Halley, Maribeth Halloran, Sandra Hamilton, Nancy E. Hamlett, Jennifer Hammett, Louise P. Hammond, Doug and Liz Hancock, Michael Hansen, Nancy Hanson, Cherrie Harden, Gary Harden, John P. Hardgrave, Robert P. Haro, Anne C. Harper, Kate Harper, Carol J. Harris, Tom and Barbara Harrison, Adrienne Hart, Kent Harvey, Janet Hass, Sheryl Hausman, Galen Hayes, Bobbie Head, Pollen Heath, Paul Heere, Arlene Helfrich, Edie Heller, Rundi Heller, Sven Hemmert, Jeff Hennier, Stacy Hering Astar, David Hermanson, John Hersey, Susan Hersey, Shalene Hersh, John Hess and Gail Sullivan, Kevin Hessel, Carolyn Heyder, Jace Hieda, Bill Higgins, Marianne Hill, William Hill, Sam Hirabayashi, Georgyn Hittelman, Karin Hobbel, Lucelle Hoefnagels and David Harp, Dr. Arlene F. Hoffman, John Hoffman, Linda Hohlweg, Michael Holland, Patricia Holland, Carol Hollenberg, Teri Hollowell, Victoria A. Holman, Rachel Holz, Terryl Holzinger, Nick and Ami Hontalas, Kare Hornschuch, Margaret Hosmer, Liz Hotchkin, Peter C. Houser, Evelyn Howard, Julia Howard, Lori Howard and Greg Wolff, Fuhlin Hsin, Mary Hubert,

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Nicholas LaBruno, Denise Labuda, Laurel Ladevich, Karen Laffey, Ellen Lake, Herb and Joyce Lakritz, J.Ronald Lally, Gary Lam, Danielle Landman, Lela Landman, Karin Landstrom, Jennine Lanouette, Laura Larkin, Antoinette LaRocca, Victoria Larsen, Paul Larson, Shawn Latourelle, Anne Latta, Andrew Laurence, David Law, Helen Law, Kay Law, Lois Layne, Marie D. Lazzari, Terry Lazzari, Laurent Le Gall, Claudine Le Moal, Robert Leach, Arthur Leaffer, Theresa Leahy, Dennis leary, Eileen Leatherman and Mike Watt, Alexandra Lederer, Anna Lee, Donna Lee, Howard and Eileen Lee, Stephanie Legras, Jacqui Lehman, Bobbie and Jeff Lemontt, Lynn Lent, Ray Lent, Don Leonard, Emily Leonard, Michael Leonard, Dr. Denise M. Lucy and Dr. Francoise Lepage, Lori Lerner, Nina Lescher, Keith Lester, Elsa Leswing, Gideon Letz, Rose Levenberg, Allison Levenson, Ben Levin, Deborah Levine, Paula Levine, Jane Levinsohn, Joanie Levinsohn, Sue and Marv Levinson, Maryline Daviaud Lewett, Premsiri Lewin, Edward Lewis, Linda Lieberman, Laura Lienhard, Amy Likover, Beth Lillard, Daniel Linder, Jerri Linn, Suz Lipman, Harriet Lipson, Nicu Listana, Vanessa Littleton, Allan Littman, Caroline Littman, Minhoi Loanic, Rita Lockett, Kit Lofroos, Karen Lohmann, Diane London, Shirley Long, Susan Lopes, Catherine Loudis, Sarah Loughran, Amy Louton, Tina Marie Love, Stephanie S. Lovette, Dorinne Low, Carrie Lozano, Denise Lucy, Thomas Luehrsen, Bruce and Eleanor Lusignan, Micheal Lutman, Barbara Luttig-Haber, Janette Lutz, Karla Lutz, Christopher Lydon, Cheryl S. Lyons, Laurence Lyons, Paul Mac Mahon, Becky MacDonald, Shirley Machin, Merrill Mack, Janice MacNichols, Donna Maffei, Henry W. Mailliard, John Major, John Malenic, Dr. Gordon Manashil, Jerry Mander, Marianne Mander, Claire Manginot, Eric Manginot, Harriot Manley, Brian Marks, Jim Maroney, Paul Marra, Joe Marrino, Diane Balmer Martin, Nico Martin, Paul Martin, Eduardo Martinez and Elizabeth Watts, Gleidson Martins, Susan Martling, Lisa Maslow, Abbey Massie, Deborah Masters, Susan Masters, Brandon Mathews, Cathryn Mathews, Kathleen Mathews, Melvin Matsamoto, Jane Matthewman, Ken Matusow,

CFI MEMBERS

Gary Maxworthy, David Mayer, Heidi Mayer, Susan Mayne, Marilyn Mazer, Bru McAboy, Celeste McAdam, Cristi McCabe, Michael Dean McCabe, Chelan McCandless, Scott McCargar and Leona Weiss, Lila McCarthy, Charmene McClarren, Samuel McClellan, Gary McConnell, Marilyn McCoppen, Susan McCormick, Danielle McCoy, Sandie L. McCreary, Gabe McCullock, Julie McDonald, Susan and Timothy McDonald, Anne McElfresh, Marie McEnnis, Jeanice McGee, Shirley McGrath, Michael McGuire, Teresa McGuire, Bobbie McHugh, Drew and Michelle McIntyre, Dr. McKell, Elaine McKenna, Margreta G. McKeown, Debra McKnight Higgins, Annie and Mary Jane McKown, Janis McNair, Sarah McNeil, Evy McPherson, Carolyn Means, Gail M. Meblin, Ellie Mednick, Anna Melillo, Peter Melton, John Mergendoller, Wendy Metrogen, Marcia Meyers, Lynne Michelson, Jan Mickelson, Janet Lee Miller, Janiss Miller, Judith Miller, Ken Miller, Lee Miller, Ronald Miller, Trine Miller, Kristina Millikan, Lynn Milliman, Kimberly Millington, George Mills, Nancy Mimms, Kathy S. Miner, Debbie Miskell, Jason Mitchell, Curt Miyashiro, Lawrence Moehrke, Susan Montrose, Mike Mooney, Anne Moore, Helen Moore, Linda Moore, Loren L. Moore, Michael Moore, Nancy Moore, Sheila Moore, Melanie Morehead, Gail Morﬁ n, Katrina Morgan, Tamara Morgan, Debbie Morikawa, Stephanie Morris, Zoe Morris, Shirley Morrison, Marianne Morrissey, Cindy Morton, Deborah Moskowitz, Jacqueline Moskowitz, Harriet Moss, Joel Moss, Phyllis Motell, Philip Moyer, Marilyn Mulford, Natalie Mulford, John Muller, Anne Mulvaney, Chris and Bonnie Mumford, Laura Murra, Wallace Murray, Eve Murto, Susan Nadal, Nancy Nagle, Sarah Nagle, Julie Nakao, Hiro Narita, Nadine C. Narita, Alison Nash, John Natt, Ali Navarro, Louise F. Nave, Stephen Naventi, Pagan Neil, Joan Nelson, Marty Nelson, Elena Nerviani, Phyllis Nervianni, Glenn Newman, Thomas Newman, Jennifer Nichols, Joan Nilsen, Morten Nilssen, Dan Nishimura, Maryann Noble, Scott Noble, Nancy Noda, Rodney Noda, Charlotte Nolan, Clair Norman, Rachel H. Norman, Katherine Normant, Cris Nuttall, Karla Nygaard, Jen Oberti, Atiye O’Brien, Lily O’Brien, Sean O’Brien,

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Russell Nelson

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17TH STREET PLAZA

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24 INCHES

Jerry DeCamp

DaVinci Charter Academy jdecamp@djusdcak12.org

ABOUT HER BROTHER

Kiwamu Sato

Shochiku Co. Ltd. ibd@shochiku.co.jp www.shochikuﬁlms.com

ADRIFT

Global Film Initiative jeremy@globalﬁlm.org www.globalﬁlm.org

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS

Whit Rothe whit@indiepix.net www.indiepixﬁlms.com

ANGRY MAN

Arna Bersaas Norwegian Film Institute amb@nﬁ.no www.nﬁ.no/english

ATOMIC MOM

M.T. Silvia Smartgirl Productions mtsilvia@smartgirlproductions.com www.atomicmom.org

BECLOUD

Global Film Initiative jeremy@globalﬁlm.org www.globalﬁlm.org

BIUTIFUL

Meghann Burns Roadside Attractions MeghannB@roadsideattractions.com www.roadsideattractions.com

BLACK FIELD

Alessandro Lombardo

Media Luna New Films alessandro@medialuna.biz www.medialuna.biz

BLUE VALENTINE

Spencer Peeples The Weinstein Company spencer.peeples@weinsteinco.com

THE CAGE

Monica Lazurean-Gorgan 4 Proof Film monica@4proofﬁlm.ro www.4proofﬁlm.ro

CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK CARDIFF

Brandon Peters Strand Releasing brandon@strandreleasing.com www.strandreleasing.com

CANHEAD

Timothy Hittle canhead@sbcglobal.net www.jayclay.net

CAPTURE THE FLAG

Lisanne Skyler

University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television skyler@email.arizona.edu www.capturetheﬂ agtheﬁlm.com

CAST ME IF YOU CAN

Atsushi Ogata ogata.atsushi@gmail.com

CHILD OF GIANTS: MY JOURNEY WITH MAYNARD DIXON & DOROTHEA LANGE Tom Ropelewski tropel@aol.com www.ChildOfGiants.com

THE CHILD PRODIGY

Emmanuelle Dessureault FunFilm Distribution Inc. edessureault@cinemaginaire.com www.funﬁlm.ca

CONVICTION

Russell Nelson

Fox Searchlight Pictures russell.nelson@fox.com www.foxsearchlight.com

THE CORTEGE

Alejandro González

Meridional Producciones produccion@teatromeridional.com www.teatromeridional.com

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Raffaella Di Giulio

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Renata Zylla

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CRUZ REYNOSO: SOWING THE SEEDS OF JUSTICE

Abby Ginzberg Ginzberg Productions abbyginzberg@gmail.com www.socialactionmedia.org

CUT POISON BURN

Wayne Chesler Bink Films wchesler@aol.com

THE DEBT

Miramax Pictures www.miramax.com

DECISION DAY: THE MUSICAL

David Harris

Black Shadow Films davidh6@gmail.com

DELMER BUILDS A MACHINE Landon Zakheim landonjz@gmail.com

DEM SHOES

Cheri Gaulke

Harvard-Westlake School cgaulke@hw.com

DESERT FLOWER

Antonietta Monteleone

National Geographic Cinema Ventures amontele@ngs.org

DUMAS

Celia Simmonet

Film Oblige Celia.simmonet@ﬁlmoblige.com www.ﬁlmoblige.com

ECHOMOTION

Bret Kerven bretkerven@rcn.com

ED HARDY ‘TATTOO THE WORLD’

Emiko Omori

Wabi Sabi Productions, LLC emikoomori@earthlink.net www.edhardytattootheworld.net

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Courtesy of Lucasﬁlm

EEP!

Lemming Film info@lemmingﬁlm.com

ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA

Sam Ball

New Jewish Filmmaking Project sam@citizenﬁlm.org www.citizenﬁlm.org

ESTIGMAS

Hwa-Seon Choi

Doc & Film International doc@docandﬁlm.com www.docandﬁlm.com

EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE

Christopher Metzler

Pale Griot

filmmakers@fishbonedocumentary.com www.fishbonedocumentary.com

EVOLUTION OF WAR

James Helmer

Santa Rosa High School jhelmer@srjc.k12.ca.us www.artquestonline.org

FAIR GAME

Summit Entertainment www.summit-ent.com

FANNY, ANNIE & DANNY

Chris Brown

CB Films

chrisbrownproductions@comcast.net www.chrisbrownﬁlms.com

FINDING MY WAY

Emma Strebel estrebel@urbanschool.org

FOOD STAMPED

Shira Hordes Potash

Summit Pictures shirapotash@gmail.com

THE FOREST

Ronald Chase

PRINT SOURCES

SF Art and Film for Teenagers rchase@chaseartﬁlm.com www.ﬁlmworkshopsf.org

FROM A WHISPER

Rebecca Chandler

Awali Entertainment Ltd

fromawhisper@awalientertainment.com www.awalientertainment.com

GAYBY

Jonathan Lisecki Washington Square Films gaybyﬁlm@gmail.com

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST

Ed Arentz Music Box Films earentz@musicboxﬁlm.com www.musicboxﬁlms.com

GIT ALONG, LITTLE DOGIES

Kate Lain katemakesfilms kate@katemakesfilms.com http://katemakesfilms.com

GLOBAL FOCUS VII: THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS

John Antonelli

Mill Valley Film Group mvfg@aol.com www.mvfg.com

GOLF IN THE KINGDOM

MPI

Motion Pictures Imaging james.moe@warnerbros.com

GOOD NIGHT, LET THE BUGS BITE

Sarah Klein

thesarahklein@yahoo.com www.sarahklein.com

GOODBYE CHICKEN, FAREWELL GOAT

Ryan Silbert

ryan@toyclosetﬁlms.com

GREEN PROFILE SERIES: FRANCEYEZ

Debra Kofﬂer Conscious Youth Media Crew joseluismejia@live.com www.cymc415.org

GUESTS OF SPACE

Alba Mora Roca albamoraroca@gmail.com

HEARTBEATS

Ryan Werner IFC Films rtwerner@ifcﬁlms.com www.ifcﬁlms.com

THE HOUSEMAID

Ryan Werner IFC Films rtwerner@ifcﬁlms.com www.ifcﬁlms.com

HOW TO SET A HOUSE ON FIRE

Jason Jakaitis jakaitis@hotmail.com

THE INDIAN

Hanneke Bosman

BosBros. Film & TV Productions info@bosbros.com www.bosbros.nl

JEAN-FRANÇOIS

Sellier Aurelia

Cube CREATIVE COMPUTER COMPANY a.sellier@cube-creative.com

JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR

Frederick Marx Warrior Films frederick@warriorﬁlms.org www.fmarxﬁlm.com

JULIA’S DISAPPEARANCE

Nicole Barras T&C Edition edition@tcﬁlm.ch www.giulias-verschwinden.com

KATALIN VARGA

Memento Films International festival@memento-ﬁlms.com

KAWASAKI’S ROSE

Neil Friedman Menemsha Films neilf@menemshaﬁlms.com www.menemshaﬁlms.com

THE KING’S SPEECH

Spencer Peeples

The Weinstein Company spencer.peeples@weinsteinco.com

KINSHASA SYMPHONY

sounding images GmbH info@sounding-images.de

PRINT SOURCES

KUNG FU CHEFS

Godfrey Ho

My Way Film Company Ltd. godfrey@mywayﬁlm.com.hk www.mywayﬁlm.com.hk

LA LA LOVE YOU

Ronald Chase

SF Art and Film for Teenagers rchase@chaseartﬁlm.com www.ﬁlmworkshopsf.org

LEAVE THEM LAUGHING

Montana Berg MagicalFlute Films montana@magicalﬂuteﬁlms.com

LEBENSADER

Eva Steegmayer Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg eva.steegmayer@ﬁlmakademie.de www.ﬁlmakademie.de

LESSON PLAN: THE STORY OF THE THIRD WAVE

Robert Del Valle State of Crisis Productions, Inc. eglscout@aol.com

LINTSCAPE

Caitlin Craggs craggsland@gmail.com

LOOSE CANNONS

Raffaella Di Giulio Fandango Portobello Sales raffaella.digiulio@fandango.it

A LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION

Nils Dünker Lailaps Pictures duenker@lailaps-pictures.com www.lailaps-pictures.com

LOVE CRIME

Corinne Chretien Tf1 c/o Filmair lv@thefestivalagency.com

MADE IN DAGENHAM

Mike Piaker

Sony Pictures Classic Michael_Piaker@spe.sony.com www.sonyclassics.com

MIRAL

Spencer Peeples

The Weinstein Company spencer.peeples@weinsteinco.com

MISSED CONNECTIONS

Mary Robertson marykrobertson@gmail.com

MOLOCH TROPICAL

Rémi Grellety Velvet Film rgrellety@velvet-ﬁlm.com www.velvet-ﬁlm.com

A MOMENT OF SILENCE

Diana Reichenbach diana.reichenbach@gmail.com

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT BEING DEAD

Saskia Vischer saskia vischer productions saskia@saskiavischer.com

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

Matthew Kallis Canyonback Films, LLC matthew@kallis.org

MR. BJARNFREDARSON

Hannes Páll Pálsson Sagafilm hannes@sagafilm.is www.sagafilm.is

MY BROTHERS

Claire McCaughley Rubicon Films claire@treasure.ie

NIGER ’66, A PEACE CORPS DIARY

Judy Irola

Neska Euskaldaren Pelikula jirola@cinema.usc.edu www.niger66.com

NOWHERE BOY

Spencer Peeples The Weinstein Company spencer.peeples@weinsteinco.com

NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY [THE SCHULBERG/WALETZKY RESTORATION]

Sandra Schulberg Schulberg Productions, Inc. sschulberg@aol.com

OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS

Carlos Muñoz Vazquez Latinofusion chas@latinofusion.com.mx www.latinofusion.com.mx

OLD PEOPLE DRIVING

Shaleece Haas shaleece.haas@gmail.com

OPAL

Dina Ciraulo

Opal the Movie, LLC dina.ciraulo@gmail.com www.opalthemovie.com

OUR WEDDING

Cheri Gaulke Harvard-Westlake School cgaulke@hw.com

PARA FUERA, A PORTRAIT OF DR. RICHARD J. BING

Patrick Degan Nonﬁction Unlimited patrick@spots.net

PATAGONIA

Clay Epstein

The Little Film Company clay@thelittleﬁlmcompany.com www.thelittleﬁlmcompany.com

PERSIAH’S STORY

John Morrison

CFI Education education@caﬁlm.org www.caﬁlm.org

THE POOL

Thomas Hefferon thomashefferon@gmail.com

THE POTATO HUNTER

Timothy Hittle canhead@sbcglobal.net www.jayclay.net

PRECIOUS LIFE

Yoav Ze’evi

Origami Entertainment yoav@jasmine.tv

PUZZLE

Ryan Werner

IFC Films rtwerner@ifcﬁlms.com www.ifcﬁlms.com

QUALITY TIME

James Redford Jred5562@mac.com

PRINT SOURCES

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Aida LiPera

Visit Films al@visitﬁlms.com www.visitﬁlms.com

QUEEN OF THE SUN

Jon Betz Collective Eye, Inc. jon@collectiveeye.org www.collectiveeye.org

THE QUIET LIFE

Timothy Hittle canhead@sbcglobal.net www.jayclay.net

RED HILL

Brandon Peters Strand Releasing brandon@strandreleasing.com www.strandreleasing.com

THE REVERSE

Jersy Kapuscinski Film Studio KADR studio@kadr.com.pl www.kadr.com.pl

THE RIVER

Ronald Chase

SF Art and Film for Teenagers rchase@chaseartﬁlm.com www.ﬁlmworkshopsf.org

THE RIVER WHY

Kristi Denton Cohen Peloton Productions kdc@pelotonproductions.com www.pelotonproductions.com

ROB AND VALENTYNA IN SCOTLAND

Eric Lynne robvalscotland@gmail.com www.robandvalentynainscotland.com

ROXY

Shirley Petchprapa Issara Films shirley@issara.net www.issara.net

SAND

Rob Nilsson

Citizen Cinema rnilsson@robnilsson.com www.citizencinema.net

SEBBE

Gunnar Almér

Swedish Film Institute gunnar.almer@sﬁ.se www.sﬁ.se

SEEDS OF THE FALL

Andreas Fock

Swedish Film Institute andreas.fock@sﬁ.se www.sﬁ.se

SENIORS ROCKING

Mike King ZAS Film mike.king@earthlink.net www.zasﬁlm.ch

THE SILK ROAD

Cynthia Pepper

Xanadu Entertainment LLC cpepperdance@aol.com www.cynthiapepper.com

A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN

Brandon Peters Strand Releasing brandon@strandreleasing.com www.strandreleasing.com

SOUTHBOUND

Elizabeth O’Keefe Uncommon Productions LLC lyz@uncommonproductions.com

SPACE, LAND AND TIME: UNDERGROUND ADVENTURES WITH ANT FARM

Elizabeth Federici federicie@gmail.com

THE STAND

Cheri Gaulke

Harvard-Westlake School cgaulke@hw.com

STANDING STILL

Marcia Ong marcia@4-reelﬁlms.com

STILL LIFE

Cheri Gaulke

Harvard-Westlake School cgaulke@hw.com

THE STINKING SHIP

Bagassi Koura bagassi.koura@gmail.com www.thestinkingship.com

STONE

Wendy Merry Overture Films

wendy.merry@overtureﬁlms.net http://www.overtureﬁlms.net/

SUBMISSION

Ann Kristin Westerberg johanna.moller@sf.se

SYAWAL WAS VERY SCARED

Wilma Ligthart Wilma Ligthart Media Productions wilma@wilmaligthart.nl www.ligthartmediaprodukties.nl

TAPEWORM

Tracy Podell East 3rd Productions tracy.podell@gmail.com

TEHRAN TEHRAN

Amir Esfandiari Farabi Cinema Foundation fcf1@dpi.net.ir www.fcf-ir.com

THE TEMPEST

Julie Fontaine Miramax Films & Touchstone Pictures julie.fontaine@miramax.com

THEMBA – A BOY CALLED HOPE

Marlow de Mardt

DO Productions (Pty) Ltd marlow@doproductions.com www.doproductions.com

THINKING DEAD

Jerry DeCamp

DaVinci Charter Academy jdecamp@djusdcak12.org

TINY FURNITURE

Ryan Werner IFC Films rtwerner@ifcﬁlms.com www.ifcﬁlms.com

TO EDUCATE A GIRL

Oren Rudavsky

Talking Drum Productions oren.rudavsky@gmail.com http://toeducateagirl.com

TOP SPIN

Mina T. Son mtson@stanford.edu

PRINT SOURCES

TRUST: SECOND ACTS IN YOUNG LIVES

Nancy Kelly

Kelly+Yamamoto Productions nancy@kelly-yamamoto.com www.kelly-yamamoto.com

TUNED IN

Kevin Gordon

Kevin Gordon Films kevingordonﬁlms@gmail.com www.kevingordonﬁlms.com

TWIGSON

Sloveig Langeland Sola Media post@sola-media.net

THE TWO HORSES OF GENGHIS KHAN

Beatrix Wesle

Grasland Film GbR beatrix@atrix-ﬁlms.com www.atrix-ﬁlms.com

UNTIETLED

Jerene Donovan Bacich Elementary jdonovan@kentﬁeldschools.org

VICTOR RAMIREZ, ASESINO

Ravi Kapoor Junglee Inc biggate@earthlink.net

WAHID’S MOBILE BOOKSTORE

Anjoo Khosla

ImagineOn Film anjookhosla@yahoo.com www.imagineonﬁlm.com

WANGYPONG THE MOVIE

Kerry Feltham

Palisades Charter H.S. kerryfeltham@verizon.net

WHEN WE LEAVE

Julia Radke

Independent Artists Filmproduktion julia@independent-artists-ﬁlmproduktion.de www.indenpendent-artists-produktion.de

WHITE WALLS

Sharilyn Scharff

AIM, Tamalpais High School aimteachers@mac.com

WILLIAM VINCENT

Piers Richardson

Limerick Films williamvincenttheﬁlm@gmail.com

THE WINNER

Davide Labanti

Amaro Teatro Association 14pollici@gmail.com www.amaroteatro.it

WITNESS TO HIROSHIMA

Kathy Sloane kathysloanephotographer@yahoo.com www.witnesstohiroshima.com

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FILMS BY COUNTRY

* denotes country of interest

ARGENTINA

Patagonia Puzzle

AUSTRALIA

The King’s Speech Queen of the Sun*

Red Hill

AUSTRIA

Desert Flower

BELGIUM

Dumas

CAMBODIA

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists

CANADA

The Child Prodigy Heartbeats Leave Them Laughing

COLOMBIA

Guests of Space* Of Love and Other Demons

COSTA RICA

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists Of Love and Other Demons

CROATIA

Good Night, Let the Bugs Bite

CUBA

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists

CZECH REPUBLIC

Kawasaki’s Rose

DENMARK

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat

FRANCE

Desert Flower

Dumas

Jean-François

Kung Fu Chefs*

Love Crime

Miral

Moloch Tropical Puzzle

Queen of Hearts

Queen of the Sun*

GERMANY

The Crocodiles

Desert Flower

Kinshasa Symphony

Kung Fu Chefs*

Lebensader

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Queen of the Sun*

The Two Horses of Genghis Khan When We Leave

GREECE

Black Field

HAITI

Moloch Tropical

HONDURAS

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives*

HONG KONG

Kung Fu Chefs

HUNGARY

Katalin Varga

ICELAND

Mr. Bjarnfredarson

INDIA

Journey from Zanskar

IRAN

Tehran Tehran

IRELAND

My Brothers The Pool

ISRAEL

Miral

Precious Life

ITALY

Cosmonauta

Queen of the Sun* The Winner

JAPAN

About Her Brother

Atomic Mom*

Cast me if you can Witness to Hiroshima*

KENYA

From a Whisper

MEXICO

Becloud

Biutiful

Guests of Space

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives*

NEPAL

To Educate a Girl

NETHERLANDS

EEP!

The Indian The Stinking Ship*

Syawal Was Very Scared

NEW ZEALAND

Queen of the Sun*

NIGER

Niger ’66, A Peace Corps Diary

NIGERIA

Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat

NORWAY

Angry Man

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Twigson

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Miral*

Precious Life*

POLAND

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists

The Reverse

ROMANIA

The Cage

Katalin Varga

SOMALIA

Desert Flower*

FILMS BY COUNTRY

SOUTH AFRICA

Themba – A Boy Called Hope

SOUTH KOREA

The Housemaid

SPAIN

Biutiful

The Cortege

Estigmas

Guests of Space

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

SWAZILAND

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists

SWEDEN

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Sebbe

Seeds of the Fall Submission

SWITZERLAND

Julia’s Disappearance

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

Queen of the Sun*

Seniors Rocking

TIBET

Journey from Zanskar*

TURKEY

When We Leave*

UGANDA

To Educate a Girl

127 Hours

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Desert Flower*

Katalin Varga

The King’s Speech

Kung Fu Chefs*

Made in Dagenham

Miral

Nowhere Boy

Queen of the Sun*

Rob and Valentyna in Scotland

The Stinking Ship*

US

17th Street Plaza

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

Atomic Mom

Blue Valentine

Canhead

Capture the Flag

Child of Giants: My Journey with Maynard Dixon & Dorothea Lange

Conviction

Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice

Cut Poison Burn

The Debt

Decision Day: The Musical

Delmer Builds a Machine

Dem Shoes

Desert Flower*

Echomotion

Ed Hardy ‘Tattoo the World’

The Empire Strikes Back

Escape from Suburbia

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Evolution of War

Fair Game

Fanny, Annie & Danny

Finding My Way

Food Stamped

The Forest

Gayby

Git Along, Little Dogies

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists

Golf in the Kingdom

Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat

Green Proﬁle Series: Franceyez

Guests of Space

How to Set a House on Fire

Journey from Zanskar

La La Love You Leave Them Laughing

Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave

Lintscape

Missed Connections

Mr. Bjarnfredarson*

A Moment of Silence

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

Niger ‘66, A Peace Corps Diary

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today [The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]

Old People Driving

Opal

Our Wedding

Para Fuera, A Portrait of Dr. Richard J. Bing

Persiah’s Story

The Potato Hunter

Quality Time

Queen of the Sun

The Quiet Life

The River

The River Why

Rob and Valentyna in Scotland

Roxy

Sand

Seniors Rocking

The Silk Road

Southbound

Space, Land and Time: Underground

Adventures with Ant Farm

The Stand

Standing Still

Still Life

The Stinking Ship

Stone

Tapeworm

The Tempest Thinking Dead

Tiny Furniture

To Educate a Girl

Top Spin

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives

Tuned In

Twenty-Four Inches

Untietled

Victor Ramirez, Asesino

Wahid’s Mobile Bookstore

Wangypong the Movie

White Walls

William Vincent

Witness to Hiroshima

VIETNAM

Adrift

WALES

Patagonia

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FILMS BY FILMMAKER

Aladag, Feo When We Leave

Alcorn, Persiah Persiah’s Story

Alfredson, Daniel

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Aliaga, Adán

Estigmas .

Anania, Jay William Vincent

Anderson, Lev

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Antonelli, John

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists.

Bonapart, Mayana

Escape from Suburbia

Boyle, Danny 127 Hours

Bragason, Ragnar Mr. Bjarnfredarson

Brown, Chris Fanny, Annie & Danny

Casso, Lucas

Dem Shoes

Chan, Frank Yeean 17th Street Plaza

Chesler, Wayne Cut Poison Burn

Chuba, Olivia

The Stand

Chuyen, Bui Thac Adrift.

Cianfrance, Derek

Blue Valentine

Ciraulo, Dina Opal

Clarke, Emma Untietled

Clyde, Rachel

The Forest

Cole, Nigel Made in Dagenham

Corneau, Alain Love Crime

Craggs, Caitlin Lintscape

Curran, John Stone

Davaa, Byambasuren

The Two Horses of Genghis Khan

111

100

111

103

111

107

de la Cruz, Sianna 24 Inches

Dionne, Luc The Child Prodigy

Disney, Tim Southbound

Ditter, Christian The Crocodiles.

Dolan, Xavier Heartbeats

Donovan, Hannah Untietled

Donzelli, Valérie Queen of Hearts

Dunham, Lena Tiny Furniture

Dusenbery, Tom Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists.

Eklund, Patrik Seeds of the Fall

Eldar, Shlomi Precious Life

Engmark, Asleik Twigson

Evans, Marc Patagonia

Federici, Elizabeth Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

Feldman, Lee Still Life

Fraser, Paul My Brothers

Friedman, Alyse Untietled

Gerber, Ruedi Seniors Rocking

Gerber Bicecci, Alejandro Becloud

Ginzberg, Abby Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice

Goddard, John Hi De Ho Show

Goldwyn, Tony Conviction

Gor don, Kevin Tuned In

111

104

109

103

110

103

107

111

101

111

Hefferon, Thomas

The Pool

Hidalgo, Hilda

Of Love and Other Demons

Hittle, Timothy

Canhead

The Jay Clay Trilogy

The Potato Hunter

The Quiet Life

Hooper, Tom

The King’s Speech

Hormann, Sherry

Desert Flower

Houtman, Ineke

The Indian

Hrebejk, Jan

Kawasaki’s Rose

Hughes, Patrick Red Hill

Im Sang-soo

The Housemaid

Iñárritu, Alejandro González

Biutiful

Irola, Judy

Niger ‘66, A Peace Corps Diary

Jacobson, Hunter

Evolution of War

Jarl, Stefan Submission

Jasenovec, Nick

Para Fuera, A Portrait of Dr. Richard J. Bing

Jeffery, David H. Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave

Kahiu, Wanuri From a Whisper

Kallis, Matthew D. MOST VALUABLE

Kapoor, Ravi Victor Ramirez, Asesino

Karampour, Mehdi Tehran Tehran

Keenan, Harry Wangypong the Movie

Kelly, Nancy

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives

Kerven, Bret Echomotion

Khosla, Anjoo

Harris, David

110 de Jong, Mieke EEP!

107 Haas, Shaleece Old People Driving

Decision Day: The Musical

110

Wahid’s Mobile Bookstore

Killi, Anita

Angry Man

Klein, Sarah

Good Night, Let the Bugs Bite

107

111 Harrison, Laura Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

Koura, Bagassi

The Stinking Ship

Labanti, Davide The Winner.

Lain, Kate

Git Along, Little Dogies.

Laney, Margaret

Tapeworm

Leuchtenberg, Stefan

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Leutwyler, Matthew

The River Why

Ligthart, Wilma

Syawal Was Very Scared

Liman, Doug Fair Game.

Lisecki, Jonathan

Gayby

Lynne, Eric

Rob and Valentyna in Scotland

Maberry-Gaulke, Marka

Our Wedding

Madden, John

The Debt

Maltz, Adam Dem Shoes

Marinakis, Vardis

Black Field

Martin, Baer Kinshasa Symphony

Marx, Frederick Journey from Zanskar

May, Carson

Thinking Dead

McCall, Craig

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Mehrjui, Dariush Tehran Tehran

Metzler, Chris

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Moland, Hans Petter

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Najaﬁ, Babak

Sebbe

Nebbou, Safy Dumas

Neel, Philip Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave

Newens, Sara Top Spin

Nicchiarelli, Susanna Cosmonauta.

110

109

105

110

111

108

FILMS BY FILMMAKER

Nilsson, Rob Sand .

Ogata, Atsushi

Cast me if you can

Omori, Emiko

Ed Hardy ‘Tattoo the World’

Onah, Julius

Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat. .

Ong, Marcia

Standing Still

Parrinello, Will Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists.

Peck, Raoul

Moloch Tropical

Pepper, Cynthia

The Silk Road

Petchprapa, Shirley

Roxy

Pictet, Olivier

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

Potash, Shira Hordes

Food Stamped

Potash, Yoav

Food Stamped

Recuenco, Marc

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

Redford, James

Quality Time

Reichenbach, Diana

A Moment of Silence

Rendina, Fred

To Educate a Girl

Robertson, Mary Missed Connections

Roca, Alba Mora Guests of Space

Rodgers, Greg W. 17th Street Plaza

Ropelewski, Tom

106

109

106

Seresesky, Marina

The Cortege

Siegel, Taggart Queen

M.T.

Sitaru, Adrian

Lisanne Capture the Flag

Sloane, Kathy

Smirnoff, Natalia

Puzzle

Sokoloff, Max

La La Love You

River

Son, Mina T.

Steffen, Angela

Lebensader

Strebel, Emma

Finding My Way

82, 95

109

110

Child of Giants: My Journey with Maynard Dixon & Dorothea Lange . . 87

Rudavsky, Oren

To Educate a Girl

Rutili, Tim

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

Schaub, Christoph

Julia’s Disappearance

Schnabel, Julian

Miral

Schulberg, Stuart

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today [The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]

Streitfeld, Susan Golf in the Kingdom

Strickland, Peter Katalin Varga

Sycholt, Stefanie Themba – A Boy Called Hope

Taylor-Wood, Sam

Nowhere Boy

Taymor, Julie

The Tempest

Torrado, Pablo Martín

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

Wallner, Martin

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Wilcox, Emily 24 Inches

Wischmann, Claus Kinshasa Symphony

Yamada, Yoji

About Her Brother

Yip Wing-kin

Kung Fu Chefs

Zaballos, Henry

How to Set a House on Fire

Zakheim, Landon

Delmer Builds a Machine

Zaritsky, John

Leave Them Laughing

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A Party Center

Alice @ 97.3

Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria

App Store–MVFF

Appian Paverstones

AT&T

AT&T Yellow Pages

Balboa Cafe

BandTogether

Bank of Marin

Barefoot Wine & Bubbly

Baskin Robbins

Bellam Self Storage & Boxes

Black Limousines

California Bank & Trust

Capitola Media

Casa Madrona Hotel and Spa

Cavallo Point

CBS 5

Champagne French Bakery Cafe

Courtesan Wines

Delicious! Catering

Dimitroff’s Frame Shop

Disher Music & Sound

Dolby Laboratories

Dominican University of California

Dorothy Slattery, DDS

Dream Dynamic

East Bay Express

Eastman Kodak Company

Eileen Fisher

ETC Catering

Extended Stay Deluxe Hotel

Extranomical Adventures.

Fabrizio Ristorante

Final Draft

Fiske Video Productions

Focus Features

The Folk Art Gallery

Fort Docs

Four Points by Sheraton San Rafael

FrameCrafters Gallery

.112

.38, 39

.24

.132

.127

.151

.34

.114

.42

.149

.136

.153

.128

.35

.132

.170

.76

.170

.32

.153

.36

.70

.125

.132

.124

.174

.42

.166

.48

.34, 71

.112

.46

.159

.137

.17

.170

.166

.171

.170

.155

.174

.60

.148

.159

.124

.148

Frantoio Ristorante & Olive Oil Co. .

.53

ADVERTISER INDEX

Frogs Hot Tubs.

From Soup to Nuts Catering/Bogie’s Cafe .

FUREVERMORE.com.

Galliani Dental

Giraffex Graphic Design .

.126

.154

.130

.126

.130

Helen Baldovinos-Morgan Stanley . . .46

ICG Magazine

Idyllwild Arts

Il Davide Cucina Italiana

Illumigarden .

In Ticketing .

Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Marin Collection

Judy’s Breadsticks

Kenwood Vineyards .

KGO Newstalk 810

KidFlix Global

KQED

L.inc Design

La Ginestra

Larkspur Hotel Mill Valley

Lexus of Marin

.78

.43

.32

.174

.159

.135

.46

.152

.126

.34

.79

.133

.42

.120

.20

LG Electronics . . . . . . . . inside front cover

LRG Capital Group Family of Companies

Lucasﬁ lm Ltd.

Marin Art Council .

Marin Community Foundation

.28

back cover

.54

.67

Marin French Cheese Company.

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Magazine

Marin Oriental Rug House

Marin Suites Hotel.

Marin Symphony . .

Marin Theatre Company .

Maroevich, O’Shea & Coghlan Insurance Services

.16

.72

.75

.52

.138

.32

.158

.10

Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce . .156

Mill Valley Flowers

Mill Valley Library Foundation .

Mill Valley Services

Mitchel Berman Cabinetmakers .

Montecito Shopping Center

Moss & Moss Antiques, Et Cetera

Mountain Home Inn

MW General Contracting

Origany

.171

.58

.154

. .4

.170

.42

FILM TITLE INDEX

5@5: Gimme Some Truth

5@5: Just Like Starting Over

5@5: Nobody Told Me

5@5: Watching the Wheels

5@5: Working Class Hero

17th Street Plaza

24 Inches

127 Hours

About Her Brother

Adrift.

.82

.83

.82

111

.83

.84

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers . .84

Angry Man

Atomic Mom

Becloud .

Biutiful

Black Field

Blue Valentine

The Cage

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Canhead

Capture the Flag

Cast me if you can

.83

.85

.86

.82

.86

.95

.82

.87

Child of Giants: My Journey with Maynard Dixon & Dorothea Lange . .87

The Child Prodigy

Conviction

The Cortege

Cosmonauta

The Crocodiles.

Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice

Cut Poison Burn

The Debt

Decision Day: The Musical

Delmer Builds a Machine

Dem Shoes

Desert Flower

Dumas

Echomotion

Ed Hardy ‘Tattoo the World’

EEP!

The Empire Strikes Back

Escape from Suburbia

Estigmas

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Evolution of War

Fair Game

Fanny, Annie & Danny

Finding My Way

Food Stamped

The Forest

From a Whisper

Gayby

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Git Along, Little Dogies

Global Focus VII: The New Environmentalists

Golf in the Kingdom

Good Night, Let the Bugs Bite

Goodbye Chicken, Farewell Goat

Green Proﬁle Series: Franceyez

Guests of Space

Heartbeats

Hi De Ho Show

The Housemaid

How to Set a House on Fire

The Indian.

The Jay Clay Trilogy

Jean-François .

Journey from Zanskar

Julia’s Disappearance

Katalin Varga

Kawasaki’s Rose

The King’s Speech

Kinshasa Symphony

Kung Fu Chefs

La La Love You

.87

.88

.83

.88

.89

111

.83

111

.90

111

.90

111

.92

111

.92

111

.93

111

.93

.82

.93

.82

.93

.82

111

110

.95

111

.95

.83

.97

.98

111

Leave Them Laughing

Lebensader

Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave

L intscape

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

Love Crime

Made in Dagenham

Miral

Missed Connections

Mr. Bjarnfredarson

Moloch Tropical

A Moment of Silence

The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

My Brothers

Niger ‘66, A Peace Corps Diary

Nowhere Boy

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today [The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]

.98

.83

.98

.83

.99

.82

100

.83

100

101

102

102 Of Love and Other Demons

Old People Driving

Opal

Our Wedding

Para Fuera: A Portrait of Dr. Richard J. Bing

Patagonia

102

110

103

111

.82

MVFF33 Program 2010

MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Welcome to the 33rd Mill Valley Film Festival!

CFI MILESTONE CAMPAIGN

CFI WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE MILESTONE CAMPAIGN

CFI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Zaentz Media Center

SPONSORS

SPONSORS

SPONSORS

FESTIVAL EVENTS SPONSORS

PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS

IN-KIND DONORS

WE’RE FADING TO GREEN

WITH LEADERSHIP FROM PG & E

Membership

California Film Institute Members

4th Generation Mill Valley

VENUES / MAPS

FESTIVAL VENUES

TICKETS / INFORMATION

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

BUY IN PERSON

PARKING

RESERVED SEATING

ONLINE: mvff.com

TICKET PRICES

THE FINE PRINT

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

ETIQUETTE

PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND RECORDING

OPENING NIGHT

CONVICTION

OPENING NIGHT GALA

THE KING’S SPEECH

CLOSING

CLOSING NIGHT

THE DEBT

WHERE DREAMS LIVE

SCANDINAVIAN DESIGNS

LIVE EVENTS AT 142 THROCKMORTON

Music

All Walks of Life

FESTIVAL LOUNGES

THE WOODS MUSIC HALL AT MASONIC

19 CORTE MADERA AVE., MILL VALLEY

SPECIAL EVENT! FISHBONE LIVE IN CONCERT AT THE WOODS MUSIC HALL

MVFF HOSPITALITY LOUNGE AT THE

CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

CASA MADRONA HOTEL & SPA

Wasting Time. Start Making Movies.

NEW MOVIES LAB

THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS WORKSHOPS ON THE ART, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS OF FILMMAKING

THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTION

THE ART OF TIMOTHY HITTLE

CINEMASPORTS: The Musicals—Mill Valley & South Africa

ACTIVE CINEMA: A Toolkit

HITS & MISSES: Working Women in Film

All That Jazz

A self-described frame-a-holic hits a high note with savvy clientele

CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

NEW FOR 2010!

Appian Way Paverstones

THE YOUTH REEL

YOUTH FOCUS

OTHER FILMS IN THE FESTIVAL FEATURING YOUNG PEOPLE

GET REEL

CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE EDUCATION

WE’RE NOT JUST AT THE FESTIVAL

A PLACE IN THE WORLD

YOUNG CRITICS JURY

MY PLACE

ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH FORUM

AND MORE!

Post Street Surgery Center Post Street Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and

WHERE SPORTS AND SCIENCE MEET

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY