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WELCOME TO THE 34 TH MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL!
Since 1978, we’ve been bringing audiences together with a diverse array of great films, and the remarkable artists behind them, in the firm belief that our mutual love of this medium remains a limitless force for self-expression and re-invention in all our lives. As we approach our 35th-year milestone, we are more than ever convinced of the power of cinema to unite and positively strengthen community, locally and internationally. Over the following 11 days, the Festival will present 144 films from 50 countries, including 30 official premieres, 10 of them world premieres—in addition to an alluring set of panels, workshops, special programs, Spotlights and Tributes—all in a vibrant social setting that brings the world to Mill Valley and Mill Valley to the world.
It’s especially satisfying to offer two splendid Opening Night films that deal directly with the theme of re-invention. In Albert Nobbs, the inimitable Glenn Close (our guest and Tribute honoree this year) reprises the role she first played off-Broadway. The film, a long-pursued labor of love for Close, introduces a new audience to the story of a 19th-century Irish woman who lives as a man to work and survive in a male-dominated society.
Our other Opening Night film, Jeff Who Lives at Home, the latest from the Duplass Brothers (makers of last year’s Cyrus), is the story of two brothers renegotiating the roles they were seemingly born to play but now no longer fi t—especially the titular 30-year-old slacker, sure he has his own place in the universe even if technically he’s still living with his parents.
Our Centerpiece film is a meticulously crafted British drama that lends an insider’s perspective to the storied clash between Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl. Based on Colin Clark’s diaries, My Week with Marilyn is a notable directorial debut from Simon Curtis, and features a stunning performance by the ever-surprising Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy; I’m Not There, MVFF 2007).
Closing Night features a rollicking cinema send-up and salute with a screening of The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius’ irresistible satirical homage to the golden age of silent films, which earned Best Actor honors at Cannes this year for its irrepressible star, Jean Dujardin.
MVFF’s unique characteristics as a meeting ground of local and world culture have everything to do with its roots in the cos-
mopolitan Bay Area. The local yet worldclass film talent here continues to be a source of important new work. Among the Bay Area filmmakers represented this year, we’re delighted to premiere the great Rob Nilsson’s new documentary— his 30th film. Another renowned veteran filmmaker and MVFF favorite, Robert M. Young ( Human Error, MVFF 2004), returns with William Kurelek’s The Maze. A film he started and then temporarily abandoned— in 1969—it’s a haunting portrait of darkly inspired art-making.
Recognizing cinema as a powerful tool for education and social activism remains a central part of the Festival’s mission. MVFF’s Active Cinema films inform audiences about the most pressing issues of the day while motivating them to engage the world around them in practical ways. Pamela Yates’s spellbinding Granito: How to Nail a Dictator—a documentary that mines for clues in a contemporary international human rights case against the political and military leadership who oversaw mass murder of Mayan citizens in 1980s Guatemala—is a supreme example of this power of film to not only inform but change the world.
Equally urgent is Voices from the Shadows, a stirring documentary about the individuals who have fallen through the cracks of the medical establishment while suffering from debilitating chronic fatigue syndrome; and the utterly timely Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?, which explores the state-corporate corruption that wrecked the economy and what ordinary citizens can do to fight back.
Another Active Cinema film is The Lady, a major new biographical drama by Luc Besson that brings renewed attention to the life and work of Myanmar prodemocracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, played in a career re-defining moment by Michelle Yeoh, who is also the subject of one of our three Spotlight programs this year.
Our Spotlight on Elizabeth Olsen hails the exciting new talent starring in Martha Marcy May Marlene, where she plays a young woman trying to return to normal life after leaving behind a cult. Our Spotlight on another brilliant young actor, 18-year-old Ezra Miller, comes with its own haunting and memo-
rable performance in an equally complex drama, We Need to Talk About Kevin, which pairs the talented young Miller with indie and art-film powerhouse Tilda Swinton.
That these two gifted young actors propel such sophisticated and engaging dramas speaks to the enduring appeal of fi lms for adults—not to be confused with “adult fi lms”—the kind of art-house or specialty fi lms thought all but dead a mere handful of years ago. The diagnosis was fl awed, we’re glad to report. Further discussion comes in the context of a panel we’ve organized this year, “The State of the (Independent Film) Industry,” with industry experts well attuned to rapidly changing production and distribution courses for non-franchise films. In “Meet the Experts,” our New Movies Lab series brings leading consultants in the business of fi lm together with established and aspiring artists for direct, informal discussion around a range of basics, from sales and distribution to marketing and making industry contacts. In “Can a Film make the Difference?” a high-powered panel discusses getting fi lms of conscience out into the world.
With our two Tribute programs, we honor two great veterans of world cinema: acclaimed actress Glenn Close (aforementioned star of Opening Night’s Albert Nobbs) and West African filmmaker Gaston Kaboré. Our Tribute to Burkina Faso’s Kaboré includes rare US screenings of two seminal, internationally-acclaimed films.
The Mill Valley Film Festival has been a proud part of the culture of the Bay Area and the film world for nearly 35 years. It’s a role we continue to revel in, while expanding to meet the needs of our audiences year-round. After all, what is it without you, our audience? For all of us at the Festival and California Film Institute, thank you for making what we do worthwhile.
MARK FISHKIN MVFF Founder/Director
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SUSTAINING
THE MISSION: TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE FILM AS ART AND EDUCATION
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 12th anniversary of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, the 20th anniversary of CFI Education and the 34th 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 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 Bay Area students more media literacy and hands-on filmmaking programs and bring more filmmakers into local schools.
• Increase our creative and financial support of filmmakers through year-round exhibition and distribution.
For more information about how you can support CFI, please visit cafilm.org/support or email lbender@cafi lm.org.
CFI WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT
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CHRISTOPHER B. AND JEANNIE MEG SMITH
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GRUBER FAMILY FOUNDATION
HENRY TIMNICK
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OF THE CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE
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a mission • a goal • a reality
We’re committed to making this a better planet.
Through the Environmental Youth Forum, year-round screenings of socially conscious films, Active Cinema at the Mill Valley Film Festival, PG&E’s ClimateSmart program at our offices and theaters, on-site recycling and many other efforts, we’re making it happen.
A little action goes a long way. Join us.
CALIFORNIA
VENUES / MAPS
FESTIVAL VENUES
142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE
142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley
CENTURY CINEMA
41 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael
CINÉARTS@SEQUOIA
25 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley
CINEMARK LARKSPUR LANDING
500 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur
ACQUA HOTEL
555 Redwood Highway, Mill Valley
ALBERT PARK / SAN RAFAEL COMMUNITY CENTER
618 B Street, San Rafael
DONNA SEAGER GALLERY
851 Fourth Street, San Rafael
FRANTOIO RISTORANTE
152 Shoreline Highway, Mill Valley
MILL VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER
180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley
PIATTI RISTORANTE & BAR
625 Redwood Highway, Mill Valley
ROOTS OF PEACE
990 A Street, Suite 402, San Rafael
SAN RAFAEL HOSPITALITY LOUNGE
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael
GET THE LATEST INFORMATION FIRST!
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER
From US 101, take the Central San Rafael exit. Go west to 1118 Fourth
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LEAVE YOUR CAR. TAKE THE SHUTTLE!
Ride the free MVFF shuttle provided by Extranomical Tours. From 11:00 am to 11:00 pm each Saturday and Sunday, on the half hour, the shuttle departs from the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center; and every hour the shuttle will pick up/drop off at the Mill Valley box office; stopping at the Larkspur Hotel on the way.
PARKING
Parking is limited and metered near Festival venues. Please note the parking time limits as cars could be towed.
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.
TICKETS / INFORMATION
TICKET PRICES FOR REGULAR SHOWS:
California Film Institute Members – $11.00
General admission – $13.50
Seniors (65+) & students – $12.00
Children’s FilmFest (all ages) – $10.00
5@5 shorts programs – $5.00
Family Flex Pass – $25.00 (provides admission to four Children’s FilmFest films + Kids’ Party)
TICKETS GO ON SALE TO CFI MEMBERS BEFORE THE GENERAL PUBLIC; ON-SALE DATES ARE DETERMINED BY MEMBERSHIP LEVEL.
Sept. 14, 4:00 pm – Director’s Circle, Premier Patrons and Cinema Benefactors
Sept. 15, 4:00 pm – Gold Star and above Sept. 17, 4:00 pm – Associate, Film Fan and above
TICKETS GO
ON
SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 2011, AT 10:00 AM.
Tickets can be purchased in advance of screenings. A limited number of rush tickets will be sold on a fi rst-come, firstserved basis. The rush line forms outside each venue beginning one hour before showtime. Rush tickets will be offered approximately 10 minutes before showtime. Cash only. No discounts.
THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO PURCHASE TICKETS :
ONLINE
Tickets are available 24/7 at mvff.com. Print-at-home tickets do not incur a service charge. Tickets delivered via mail (USPS) incur a $3.50 convenience fee. Note there are no ticket processing or service charges.
IN PERSON AT THE BOX OFFICE
PRE-FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center 1118 FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL Sept. 14–Oct. 5
FESTIVAL BOX OFFICES: The Mill Valley Film Festival has two box office locations; both open 30 minutes before the first show of the day and close when the last show starts.
San Rafael: Box office is open Oct. 6–16 at the Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth Street Mill Valley: Box office is open Oct. 5–16 at 85 Throckmorton Avenue
THE FINE PRINT
All orders are final. 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. Convenience fees are nonrefundable. The convenience fee for phone sales is a fl at $10.00 per order.
Ticket holders must arrive at least 15 minutes prior to showtime to ensure a seat.
Please note there are a number of seats reserved for CFI Patrons, Sponsors and special guests at each screening. These seats are clearly marked and may not be released to general admission seating.
PATRON COURTESIES
• All seats are general admission, and multiple-seat saving is not permitted.
• While waiting in line, please be considerate of our neighbors and local businesses.
• Please refrain from wearing perfumes and other scented products so that attendees with environmental sensitivities can enjoy the films in comfort. Thank you.
• The use of cameras or other recording equipment is strictly prohibited during any screening or program.
877.874.MVFF (6833)
Tickets can be ordered by telephone from the on-sale times (pre-Festival) and from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sept. 19–Oct. 16. Telephone convenience fee is $10.00 for will-call orders. USPS delivery is an additional $3.50.
ACCESSIBILITY
MVFF is committed to accommodating audience members with disabilities, offering early seating as needed. To receive assistance, please make yourself known to the theater manager. All screening venues and their bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. Assisted listening devices are available at the Rafael Film Center and the Sequoia Theater.
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Welcome to the 34th Mill Valley Film Festival! Our 11-day celebration begins with two exceptional Opening Night films and a Gala to remember.
ALBERT NOBBS
Thursday, October 6, 7:00 pm Film and Gala $125 ABRT06P
Film Only $40 ABRT06R Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
Glenn Close is extraordinary as Albert Nobbs, a woman who has spent her life avoiding poverty in mid–19th-century Ireland by dressing and working as a man, in this subtle, funny and heart-wrenching film about the search for love and independence.
See page 93 for complete film information.
OPENING NIGHT GALA
FOLLOWS EITHER OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
Thursday, October 6
9:00 pm–12:00 am Mill Valley Community Center
After our Opening Night films, join fellow guests at the Mill Valley Community Center for delicious savories and sweets, wine and cocktails and dazzling live music.
OPENING NIGHT
JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME
Thursday, October 6, 7:00 pm and 7:15 pm
7:00 pm Film and Gala $125 JEFA06P 7:00 pm Film Only $40 JEFA06S
7:15 pm Film and Gala $125 JEFB06P 7:15 pm Film Only $40 JEFB06S CinéArts@Sequoia
Jeff, a 30-year-old unemployed stoner who lives at home, is on a collision course with destiny in the Duplass brothers’ latest, funny, sincere and surprisingly moving exploration of life’s Big Questions.
See page 106 for complete film information.
CLOSING NIGHT
The 34th Mill Valley Film Festival comes to a perfect close with the screening of The Artist. After the film, join us at our new Closing Night space, the San Rafael Community Center. With director Michel Hazanavicius, savor, indulge and unwind with the finest in gourmet cuisine, live music and an always-memorable atmosphere.
THE ARTIST
FRANCE 2011 • 100 MINS
Sunday, October 16, 5:00 pm
Film and Gala $75 ARTS16P
Film Only $35 ARTS16R
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
Sunday, October 16, 5:00 pm
Film and Gala $75 ARTM16P
Film Only $35 ARTM16S CinéArts@Sequoia
Cannes Best Actor Jean Dujardin is a silent-film star resisting the transition to sound in this French production co-starring Bérénice Bejo, set in 1927 Hollywood. Filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius’s sprightly and soulful backstage tale is a new silent classic for the ages.
See page 94 for complete film information.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
FOLLOWS THE CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
Sunday, October 16
7:00 pm–10:00 pm Party only, $50 CPTY16P
Albert Park/San Rafael Community Center
618 B Street, San Rafael (enter off of A Street)
MISTI LAYNE NANCY DYER
SPONSORED
PLAY LIKE A LION LIVE
A CONCERT HONORING ALI AKBAR KHAN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 7:30PM
The Mill Valley Film Festival and Steep Productions, Inc. present another memorable live concert event, this time honoring the great Indian musician and teacher, Ali Akbar Khan. The subject of the new documentary Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, Khan was revered by many, including musicians Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Carlos Santana, John Handy and Derek Trucks— all of whom are featured in the film. This exciting celebration will showcase a diverse set of musicians inspired and infl uenced by the maestro. They will be celebrating the man, his family and the filmmakers as well as performing with Khan’s son, Alam Khan, and other master musicians from the Ali Akbar College of Music. Great music and surprise guests make up another MVFF live evening of brilliant collaboration!
Steep Productions, Inc. Associate Producers: Larry Lautzker and Betsy Zeger. $50 AKBR15T
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY, MARK PITTA & FRIENDS
Mark Pitta and Friends has evolved into a premier comedy showcase for up-and-coming comedians and established headliners. Many of the nation’s top comics stop by to work on material when they are in the Bay Area, and SF local Robin Williams has been a frequent guest as well. Past guests include Dana Carvey, Richard Lewis, Mort Sahl, Arj Barker, Hal Sparks and Kevin Nealon.
For ticket information: 142throckmortontheatre.com
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 THE ALLACOUSTIC GONZALO BERGARA QUARTET
The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet plays a modern variant of 1930s Django Reinhardt–inspired Gypsy jazz. Composer and lead guitarist Bergara mixes cascades of arpeggios with the sounds of Paris and his native Argentina, supported by an ace clarinetist and a honed rhythm section. Fiery and focused, Bergara and his hard-swinging band take their audience for a thrilling ride.
• Best Jazz Band in Los Angeles 2007 - Los Angeles Magazine
• Editor’s Pick 2008 - Guitar Player magazine
• Two-time Finalists in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition 2010, Latin and World categories
• DjangoFest Artist of the Year 2010
For ticket information: 142throckmortontheatre.com
THROCKMORTON PRESENTS
142 THROCKMORTON PRESENTS
ALI AKBAR KHAN
ALAM KHAN
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARIKO REED
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARIKO REED
PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID LIVINGSTON
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK SCHWARTZ
PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID LIVINGSTON
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK SCHWARTZ
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34TH MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL OCTOBER 6-16
NEW MOVIES LAB
THE STATE OF THE (INDEPENDENT FILM) INDUSTRY
Saturday, October 15, 12:00 pm, Panel & Reception
$20 NWMC15R Rafael
It was only a few years ago that the media was pronouncing the death of film for adults—what we refer to as art house or specialty fi lms—and with good reason. Specialty divisions from the majors as well as independent distributors were closing their doors in record numbers. Fear permeated all levels of the industry.
In 2010, the climate seemed to change. The success of The King’s Speech, The Social Network and Black Swan, as well as smaller art-house fare like Winter’s Bone and documentaries like Buck, have served to sustain if not revive this important sector of moviemaking. Even a 3-D indie, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, surpassed expectations at the box office. One might presume it’s back to business as usual in the indie world, but that‘s just on the surface. The digital revolution is not on its way: It is here. Theaters are struggling to convert to digital formats and independent theater operators are wondering how to absorb the costs and keep up to speed with new technology.
Release patterns are shifting, VOD is now available before theater, the merger of computer and television is evident at your local big-box outlet and independent filmmakers are funding and releasing their films via the internet. What is the future for non-franchise theatrical films? Well, it’s cloudy.
INVITED GUESTS:
Ed Arentz, distributor, Music Box Films; Tell No One, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (The Millennium Trilogy), Young Goethe in Love, The Conquest
Ron Yerxa, producer, Bona Fide Productions; Little Miss Sunshine, Little Children, Cold Mountain, He Loves Me
Annie Roney, producer, distributor, founder, ro*co films; producer, Born into Brothels
Other panelists to be announced.
Following the panel, ticket holders are invited to a reception with the panelists, catered by Il Davide restaurant.
MEET THE EXPERTS
THE BUSINESS OF FILM
Saturday, October 8, 11:00 am $15 NWMA08R Rafael
What do you want from the business of film? With a wealth of experience in the US and internationally, consultants Peter Belsito and Sydney Levine offer an informal forum for filmmakers to discuss strategies on topics ranging from financing and co-production to marketing plans; sales and distribution; how to meet, make, find and develop industry contacts; strategies for securing festival screenings worldwide; and the value of markets (like AFM, Ventana Sur, Rotterdam CineMart, Pusan PPP, IDFA Forum). A golden opportunity for filmmakers. Come with your questions! Peter and Sydney will also be available through the weekend for one-on-one or small group chats. Make an appointment following the panel.
Peter Belsito, consultant; former executive vice president, Film Finders; founding member, Independent Feature Project (IFP)
Sydney Levine, consultant; founder/president, Film Finders; writer, SydneysBuzz, indieWIRE blog
CAN A FILM MAKE THE DIFFERENCE?
THE ACTIVE CINEMA PANEL
Sunday, October 9, 2:00 pm $15 NWMB09R Rafael
The power of storytelling meets the potential for change in the projects of these filmmakers. Hear about the innovative ways, means and resources they’ve employed in getting their work seen, heard and acted upon—and, of course, made—as they discuss the passion and experience that drives and inspires them.
Luc Besson, director, The Lady, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita
Michelle Yeoh, actress, The Lady; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Tomorrow Never Dies
Pamela Yates, director, When the Mountains Tremble, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
See Voices from the Shadows and Thumbs and stay for great panel discussions following the screenings.
VOICES FROM THE SHADOWS MYSTERY, MYTH OR MADNESS?
Saturday, October 8, 2:00 pm, Rafael VCES08R
A discussion of the controversies and myths surrounding ME/CFS, an extreme form of chronic fatigue. As many people go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, what positive steps can be taken to raise awareness and support the drive towards successful treatments?
INVITED GUESTS:
David Tuller, lecturer, Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley; frequent contributor to the New York Times
Natalie Boulton, filmmaker, Voices from the Shadows
Dr. Jose Montoya, associate professor, Stanford School of Medicine
See page 120 for complete film information.
ALL IN THE THUMBS SMARTPHONES AND EDUCATION
Sunday, October 9, 4:45 pm, 142 Throckmorton Theatre THUM09T Smartphones are complex, multiplatform devices, but do they offer a benefit or pose a threat to the educator? How can we use these pocket-sized computers to complement education and not distract from learning?
INVITED GUESTS:
Bill Couturié, Academy Award-winning documentary film director (Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt)
Michael Tollin, documentary film and TV series producer, director and writer (Nickelodeon Network, Smallville, Coach Carter )
Caroline Knorr, parenting editor at Common Sense Media
Ingrid Hu-Dahl , Director of Next Gen programs, Bay Area Video Coalition, lecturer
Moderator: John Morrison, CFI director of education
ALL PANELISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE; UPDATES AT MVFF.COM.
See page 119 for complete film information.
The Academy extends congratulations to the Mill Valley Film Festival on the o ccasion of i ts 34th annual celebration o f motion pictures.
Indulge Your Circus Dreams
What makes the big-top circus, an art that matured in the 18th century, so compelling to every new generation even in the digital age? The clowns, the highwire and trapeze acts, the bareback riders—all stick in our minds like cotton candy. Our Children’s FilmFest brings the circus to you.
Our theme is from our signature film, Circus Dreams, by Massachusetts-based documentary fi lmmaker Signe Taylor. The circus she chronicles, Circus Smirkus , is a training ground for young people ages 12 to 18. We’ll be joined on Sunday, October 9 by Bay Area graduates of Circus Smirkus in post-screening Q&A’s and enjoy a circus parade open to all children . We’ll also have a circusthemed children’s party and a clown workshop with Joan Mankin ($5) for young children.
Add to that a fantastic behind-the-scenes look at performer Kevin Clash, the human being responsible for the popularity of a certain fuzzy creature named Elmo. Being Elmo describes their rise to international fame, and is a charming love story between Clash, his puppet and their adoring public.
Save $20! With the Children’s FilmFest Flex Pass, you can enjoy up to four Children’s FilmFest films, our special screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Children’s FilmFest Circus Party Extravaganza, all for one low price. Use the pass any way you like—four admissions to one fi lm, two
admissions to two films, one admission to four fi lms and the party, etc. Bring the entire family, but be sure to join us!
Children’s FilmFest Flex Passes are good for admission to the Children’s FilmFest programs, the Raiders of the Lost Ark special screening and the circus party only and are nontransferable.
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST CIRCUS PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA
October 15, 2:00–4:00 pm Throckmorton Theatre
$5 CHPY15T
Join us on our second weekend of films for a Children’s FilmFest circus party at 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, includ-
ABOUT SUBTITLES
To enhance very young viewers’ appreciation of foreign-language movies, we have actors read subtitles aloud. Where we can, we play the readings through individual headphones, to allow those who do not require the service to have an equally pleasurable fi lm experi-
ing balloons, prizes, performers and many other surprises, all served with a fi ngerfood après-lunch by Whole Foods (with ice cream, of course!). There’ll even be some short films—about the circus, naturally! Adults must be accompanied by children.
ence. Headsets are offered on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis to young people only. Films with readers are marked thus:
Indicates subtitles with headphones
Indicates subtitles read aloud
Rounding out the program is Light of the River, a lovely and lyrical Japanese animation about a family of river rats who must relocate to the city; and Magic Silver, a Norwegian fable of good and evil set in a mountainous land peopled with gnomes. Magic Silver is part of a developing library of international children’s films being collected by KidflixGlobal, the first company in the US to import films specifically for children and families.
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CIRCUS DREAMS BEING ELMO LIGHT OF THE RIVER MAGIC SILVER
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The age range following each program description is a suggestion only. It cannot adequately address everyone’s sense of appropriate or inappropriate content. Each child is different, and each parent has different standards.
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Celebrating 100 Years | 1911 - 2011
The CFI Select Collection
Selected by the California Film Institute staff, this Mill Valley 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.
Movies and Magazines
Choose from our broader collection of over 3,500 DVDs including new releases, classic cinema, documentaries, foreign films, and TV series. Browse our movie magazines Film Comment, Screen World, and Variety
Film Screenings
Join us for documentary film screenings with filmmaker Q&As throughout the year. And don’t miss our Monday Night at the Movies with a new film series every month, presented by the Friends of the Library.
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 34 years the Mill Valley Film Festival and the California Film Institute 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 and a rich cultural experience.
CFI Education serves students as well as families, teachers and adults throughout the Bay Area.
A PLACE IN THE WORLD
A six-fi lm, seven-month curriculum for 100 repeating students from diverse schools in Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco and Marin. Students examine international films addressing universal coming-of-age issues.
ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH FORUM
Films, filmmakers, speakers and panels offer current thinking about environmental issues, with films on all three screens of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center.
EDUCATION SCREENINGS AT THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL (MVFF)
CFI Education hosts free screenings of eight to 10 fi lms followed by Q&A sessions featuring guest fi lmmakers. CFI also invites local and international filmmakers into Bay Area classrooms.
COMMUNITY CINEMA
These multigenerational monthly screenings feature hardhitting, topical documentaries followed by discussions with special guests. Attendees include school groups as well as the community at large. Presented in partnership with ITVS and PBS’s Independent Lens series.
YOUNG CRITICS JURY
An annual three-day intensive workshop held in July for youth ages 13 to 18 to learn critical thinking and film curat-
ing skills and an understanding of moviemaking techniques. Film industry professionals, many of them Emmy- and Academy Award® –winning filmmakers, teach seminars. Selected students critique a selection of youth-produced films to be screened during the MVFF.
TEACHER WORKSHOPS
Twice-yearly workshops designed by a working committee of Bay Area teachers to help incorporate film into the classroom. The annual September workshop highlights the films that will be offered during free education screenings at the MVFF. A late-winter workshop focuses on emerging, relevant themes.
FUTURE PROFESSIONALS – BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Bringing the Young Critics Jury model to the students at the Canal Alliance Media Group. Includes lectures, workshops and film-viewing opportunities at the Rafael and during the MVFF for participants and their families.
PHONE: 415.383.5256 EXT 113
EMAIL: EDUCATION@CAFILM.ORG
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Joseph Donner
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Nancy and Rich Robbins
Jennifer Coslett MacCready
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MY PLACE
A fi ve-day intensive workshop for at-risk youth using film as a storytelling technique. Youth are recruited through community social service agency referrals. Each student writes and films his or her own personal story, fostering a positive sense of empowerment. Programs take place in San Rafael, San Francisco and the East Bay.
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GLENN CLOSE
PROGRAM AND RECEPTION
Friday, October 7
8:00 pm
Tribute and Reception
$150 TRBT07P
Tribute Only
$50 TRBT07R
Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center
See mvff.com for reception details
MVFF welcomes Glenn Close for a Tribute to her stellar career. Enjoy an onstage interview and a review of clips from her films. Then join us for a memorable reception with regional Italian cuisine, house-made pastas, wood-fired pizzas and mesquite-grilled meats at Piatti Ristorante & Bar.
Glenn Close will be presented with the MVFF Award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.
TRIBUTE TO GLENN CLOSE
Since her debut in The World According to Garp and her performance the following year in The Big Chill, Glenn Close has demonstrated she can more than hold her own in fast company. She became a lightning rod for feminist politics in Fatal Attraction, but it is her signature combination of steeliness and covert vulnerability that has made her an actor to reckon with in such films as Jagged Edge, The Natural and Reversal of Fortune. Her recent TV creation, ruthless litigator Patty Hewes in the legal drama Damages, adds yet another memorable variation to an impressive line of determined, strong-willed women with minds of their own. In her new fi lm, Close reprises her Obie Award–winning role as Albert Nobbs, a woman who has spent her life avoiding poverty in mid–19th-century Ireland by dressing and working as a man. It’s an extraordinary performance, a milestone in an already exceptional career.
—Sura Wood
Note: Albert Nobbs plays as this year’s co–Opening Night film on October 6.
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TRIBUTE TO GLENN CLOSE
Glenn Close A Woman to Contend With
BY ZOË ELTON
Glenn Close is in Toronto. It’s film festival season, and after a successful launch at Telluride of her new film, Albert Nobbs, Close is now in the hustle and bustle of this city’s industry-driven festival. It’s amid this whirlwind that I get my 15-minute phone call as she navigates a day packed with interviews about her singularly remarkable performance as Nobbs, a mid–19th-century woman who lives as a man in order to survive.
Reprising her Obie-winning off-Broadway performance, and translating the play to the screen, has been a passionproject for Close for almost three decades. Pretty much her whole working life separates the two performances, giving pause to ponder the trajectory of this extraordinary career. It’s one that spans multiple genres—dramas, thrillers, musicals, period pieces and costume dramas, groundbreaking television and sometimes the outright wacky—and I can’t help but wonder where so many great performances come from. And there are many: from Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp to Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction; from the Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons to First Lady Marsha Dale in Mars Attacks!; from Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians to Patty Hewes in Damages
But how do you get from any of these to a mid–19th-century woman who has spent her life dressing as a man out of sheer necessity? How do you get under the skin of an Albert Nobbs?
Close spoke about the choices an actor may or may not have in taking on a role. She notes that choice is tough for an actor—“It’s rare for an actor to say, ‘I want to be doing this in 5 years’”— and I asked if she consciously sought out variety. She responds, “I remember when I had done Fatal Attraction, and then . . . I was offered Dangerous Liaisons, and people said, ‘Oh, you’re going to be typecast as a certain kind
of woman.’ I guess in some way I’ve done a lot of characters like that, but I do them because I find them interesting. There’s something about them I fi nd challenging. So I guess no, I really don’t think that just because I’ve played an upsetting woman that I won’t play another upsetting woman.” She corrects herself, with a laugh: “Maybe ‘woman to contend with,’ not necessarily ‘upsetting.’”
With Fatal Attraction, Close has said that she spoke to psychiatrists to see if the psychological trajectory of Alex Forrest was feasible. I asked what she learnt from them that supported the work or supported her, and whether their observations helped give her an empathetic understanding of this woman. “Absolutely,” she replied. “The process that I go through for any character is: I keep asking why—Why? Why? Why?” She continues: “I would say to these psychiatrists, why would you do that, why would she boil a bunny?” she recalls with a note of ironic humor in her voice. “Why would she throw up in the bushes, why would she do that? In the answer [to] what would cause that kind of behavior, [the key is] to construct a story for these characters. It usually leads you to finding a common humanity with them. I really feel very strongly
that no matter how badly anybody that you’re playing behaves, you have to find the point where they’re human, maybe fragile, and you can love them in some way. Because if you judge them, you’re separating yourself from them and not doing them justice.”
She remembers another instance when she consulted a psychiatrist while building a character. It was Blanche DuBois, whom she played at the National Theatre in London. Close “had this theory that [Blanche] was actually suffering from acute PTSD because she’d actually seen her young husband shoot himself in front of her. And that’s traumatic, an emotional trauma, and if that’s left unattended to, it leads to all the kinds of behaviors that she’s acting out. So it’s just an interesting way for me to understand her behavior. It’s all the symptoms: She’s reliving it, hearing the music—that’s all very PTSD.” That Close’s observation was held up by a psychiatric interpretation perhaps
reinforces the acute insight that she has in nailing the emotional truths of her characters.
Yet another area in which she has excelled is costume drama, which can draw on a whole different set of creative muscles. In films like Dangerous Liaisons, Hamlet or The Lion in Winter, Close is transcendent, however voluminous the gowns, however regal the head piece. In considering how costume helps define character, she observes, “I use the costume fi ttings as a major, major [inspiration]; [it’s] very, very important to the process of fi nding a character.” And, more than that: “A great costumer is a very important collaborator in putting a character together. In film, where you’re lucky if you have any pre-rehearsal at all, I use those kinds of concentrations and thoughts when I’m having my costume fi ttings. Because it’s always very detailed,” she says, “and very well thought through. Costume has everything to do with it, you know: your undergar-
TRIBUTE TO GLENN
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2011 WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
2011 ALBERT NOBBS
2007-PRESENT DAMAGES (TV)
2005 THE SHIELD (TV)
2004 THE LION IN WINTER
2001 SOUTH PACIFIC
1995 SERVING IN SILENCE: THE MARGARETHE CAMMERMEYER STORY
1991 MEETING VENUS
1990 HAMLET
1990 REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
1988 DANGEROUS LIAISONS
1985 JAGGED EDGE
1984 THE NATURAL
1984 SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA (TV)
1983 THE BIG CHILL
1982 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
2008 AFTERSCHOOL
ments; how you move, how you sit, how you stand; the height of your heels; the weight of your shoes. For Albert Nobbs, it was very, very important. I thought a lot about her costume: how long her pants were, and how big her shoes would be, and how heavy. How high the collar—we tried all kinds of [collars]—to hide the fact that she doesn’t have an Adam’s apple. All very, very detailed things. It’s tremendously important.”
The costuming in and of itself imposes a certain kind of physicality, as does the very nature of Nobbs’s employment: “Waiters were very formal; there is a certain
protocol to how you waited on a table, and why you’re supposed to disappear into the wallpaper when you weren’t actually working.” I wonder whether, in the emotional trajectory of her character, Nobbs’s gravitation towards this work supported her invisibility. “Absolutely,” concurs Close. “In that time, waiters and servants were supposed to be invisible, so she becomes an invisible person inside an invisible job.”
Miraculously, Close captures that invisibility—and it’s transfi xing. But it is less an actual miracle than superb, incredibly detailed work. It is her incredible insight into the psyche of Nobbs, her love for the character and the rigorous creativity and physicality of costuming that bring such a fullness to the person we see onscreen.
In the three decades since Close brought Nobbs to life onstage—“You’re talking basically about my whole [working] life!” she jokes—she has “been lucky enough to work a lot and hone my craft and raise a child, and all that subliminally you bring to a character.”
And with that observation, she is away to her next interview. Shortly, she’ll be at her next festival, and Mill Valley will get its turn to celebrate this extraordinary performance and this remarkable career. A woman to contend with, indeed.
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PROGRAM AND RECEPTION
Saturday, October 8
7:30 pm
Spotlight and Reception
$150 LADY08P
Spotlight Only
$50 LADY08R
Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center
See mvff.com for reception details
Join us for this special Spotlight Award in recognition of great artistry in the service of justice and human rights. The screening of The Lady will be followe d by an onstage conversation with Michelle Yeoh, who will be joined by director Luc Besson.
After the program, the evening continues with dinner at Frantoio Ristorante and Olive Oil Co., one of Marin County’s premier dining destinations.
SPOTLIGHT ON MICHELLE YEOH / THE LADY
Michelle Yeoh is in a class all her own. After an early career that saw this dancerturned-actress as an action and martial arts star in many top Hong Kong fi lms, Yeoh’s breakthrough in the West came with the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies; and her indelible presence in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the stealth weapon that helped take this great fi lm to extraordinary heights. Now comes The Lady, a film about a different kind of fi ghter: Burmese prodemocracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Yeoh marshals her considerable talents to tell a compelling story that raises our awareness and understanding of the struggle of Suu Kyi and her people. Yeoh attends MVFF with Luc Besson, the internationally esteemed director and producer of The Lady
THE LADY
FRANCE / UK 2011
145 MINS
This profound and epic love story, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, chronicles the lives of Burmese prodemocracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi (an exquisite performance by Michelle Yeoh, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and her husband, British academic Michael Aris (David Thewlis, Naked ).
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Michelle Yeoh will be presented with the MVFF Award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.
SUNSHINE
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
SPOTLIGHT ON MICHELLE YEOH
Michelle Yeoh Portrait of a Lady
BY DEANNA QUINONES
When American audiences first took full notice of Michelle Yeoh, spiraling and slicing her way through Ang Lee’s epic martial arts marvel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000, the torrent of adjectives used to describe her and her physically astonishing performance must have driven sales of Roget’s Thesaurus through the roof. But the one that most simply encompasses Yeoh’s essence is this: graceful. An aspiring ballerina who became a martial arts master and unexpected movie star, Yeoh, in MVFF’s Spotlight feature The Lady, takes on the role of Burmese prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It’s a perfect marriage of artist and subject as the strength, perseverance and unwavering grace of one mirrors and deeply informs the embodiment of the other.
Born to Chinese parents in Malaysia in the early 1960s, Michelle Yeoh set her sights on professional ballet, beginning her training at age four. She moved to London in her teens and entered the Royal Academy of Dance, but a back injury suffered during a practice session put an abrupt end to her dream. With what would become her trademark resilience—the list of injuries and death-defying accidents she went on to endure is nearly as long as her film credits—Yeoh shifted her focus to choreography and dramatic arts. But during a college summer break in 1983, she found herself competing for the title of Miss Malaysia (her mother had entered her into the competition). To her surprise, she took the crown at age 21 and didn’t return to her graduate studies.
While serving her one-year term as Miss Malaysia, acting as a goodwill ambassador for the country, Yeoh met Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon, who cast her opposite Jackie Chan in a watch commercial. Another commercial, with her future Crouching
Tiger costar Chow Yun-Fat, followed, and Poon, who had newly founded a production company, signed Yeoh to a fi lm contract. After a couple of small roles, her career kicked into action—literally—with the breakthrough 1985 feature Yes, Madam, a film that reawakened the “girls with guns” subgenre of Hong Kong action movies fi rst made popular in the 1960s and featuring ass-kicking female leads.
Suddenly, Yeoh, who never formally trained as a martial artist, was one of Hong Kong cinema’s “it girls,” and feisty, stunt-heavy roles followed. Asked by an interviewer years later why she took the action path, Yeoh explained, “I started off in Hong Kong and there audiences have grown up seeing their actors do their own stunts. If you wanted to come into their domain, there seemed no other way but to do this. Why would they accept you if you can’t even do what you’re supposed to do?” With her dancer’s discipline and a full-body dedication to the art, Yeoh trained tirelessly to prepare for each
role. But another serious injury stalled her trajectory: She ruptured an artery in her leg while filming Magnificent Warriors in 1986. Recovering from the physical setback, Yeoh took a non-action role in another film for Dickson Poon’s production company and then, in 1988, married the billionaire businessman and retired from acting.
Fast-forward four years. Yeoh, amicably divorced and ready to make a comeback, roared back onto the action scene opposite Jackie Chan in Police Story 3: Super Cop, matching her costar in fi ght scenes and stunt work alike. The crowds, both Eastern and Western, went wild as Yeoh scored her first international action hit after the film was dubbed into English and released in the US (as Supercop) in 1996. Years of steady work ensued, making Yeoh the highest paid actress in Asia and costar to the biggest names in Hong Kong action cinema, including Chan, Jet Li and other top female stars Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung.
Her next giant step onto the international stage came with the outrageously sexy and ultra-tough-chick role of Chinese agent Wai Lin in the 1997 James Bond fl ick Tomorrow Never Dies You don’t recall who played Bond in that one? Who can? Yeoh’s performance was the one to watch, landing her on Entertainment Weekly ’s list of 10 Best Bond Girls: “She wasn’t the fi rst woman of color to match wits with 007 (although, woefully, there haven’t been many). But in 1997 she became the first one you could take seriously. Hong Kong action veteran Yeoh’s skilled and savvy Chinese agent was the fi rst babe that could be called superhot on a truly global scale.”
When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon premiered a few years later, Yeoh was finally fully transformed—from a Hong Kong cinema star to an international one, from an acrobatic fighting performer to a talented dramatic actress. Crediting Ang Lee with the trust he placed in her, and his recognition of her abilities beyond martial arts, Yeoh referred to him as “the most important director in my life.” She rode the tide of acclaim and awards the film accrued, including an Oscar ® for Best Foreign Language Film, and found herself in demand for dramatic roles. Unwilling to give up on action, Yeoh alternated between Hollywood and Hong Kong, appearing in the ensuing decade in films ranging from Memoirs of a Geisha and Sunshine to Reign of Assassins and The Touch (which she also produced). She sometimes straddled the two with roles in Hollywood actioners like The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, alongside Brendan Fraser and Jet Li, and Babylon A.D. with Mr. Fast & Furious, Vin Diesel, as well as lending her voice to Kung Fu Panda 2.
Bearing the scars of so many years of demanding and dan-
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2011 THE LADY
2010 TRUE LEGEND
2008 BABYLON A.D.
2008 THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI
2007 SUNSHINE
2005 MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2000 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
1997 TOMORROW NEVER DIES
1997 THE SOONG SISTERS
1993 ONCE A COP
1993 EXECUTIONERS
1993 BUTTERFLY AND SWORD
1993 THE HEROIC TRIO
1992 POLICE STORY 3: SUPER COP
1985 YES, MADAM
1984 THE OWL VS. BOMBO
gerous work, as well as the glow of so much success, Michelle Yeoh was the clear choice to portray Aung San Suu Kyi, a living icon of fi erce determination and steadfast commitment. French director Luc Besson knew she was a perfect fi t from the start. “When you meet an actress and you feel that it’s the role of her life,” Besson said in a CNN interview, “you have 50 percent of the job done. She was so involved in it. She learned how to speak like her, how to move like her. She was…like a sponge with the character.”
The Lady is not a biopic but an exploration of the decade that marked Suu Kyi’s transition from devoted wife and mother raising her children in Oxford to the infl uential and revered political fi gure who faced down Burma’s generals and changed the course of that nation’s history. During filming, Suu Kyi was unexpectedly released from the house arrest she’d been under for the majority of the past 20 years and Yeoh was able to meet the woman she was embodying on screen. “You feel a real sense of calm when you’re with her,” Yeoh told the Guardian “She’s a very striking fi gure. She is so proud of her culture and the best way to show it is with dignity and elegance.”
Aung San Suu Kyi, known as the Steel Orchid by some and as The Lady by a Burmese population banned from saying her real name, is a formidable woman whose personal and political history may astonish some viewers. Michelle Yeoh’s performance—full of spirit, maturity and unfaltering grace—and the acclaim sure to follow, should surprise no one who has witnessed the brilliant arc of her career, as fl uid as a grand jeté and as breathtaking as a flying sword wielded by a master.
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PROGRAM AND RECEPTION
Sunday, October 9
4:30 pm
Tribute and Reception
$50 WEND09P
Tribute Only
$25 WEND09R
Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center
See mvff.com for reception details
Join us for a Tribute program honoring the career of Gaston Kaboré, including an onstage conversation with Kaboré and a showing of Wend Kuuni (God’s Gift).
Afterward, the evening continues with dinner at Acqua Hotel Mill Valley, catered by Delicious! Catering.
Gaston Kaboré will be presented with the MVFF Award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.
TRIBUTE TO GASTON KABORÉ
In the three decades since Wend Kuuni ’s release, Gaston Kaboré’s fi lms have ignited a love affair with cinema in his tiny nation of Burkina Faso that has since become one of its indelible features. Exploring both the past, through precolonial quasimythical allegories, and the present, with his pointedly satirical take on post-independence, Kaboré’s most important contribution to African fi lm may yet be to its future, in the form of the talented young students he trains at his aptly named Imagine
school in Ouagadougou.
WEND KUUNI (GOD’S GIFT)
BURKINA FASO 1982
70 MINS
A mute boy in precolonial West Africa is found in the bush and adopted by Mossi villagers whose love and kindness help restore his voice in this rarely screened classic that established Gaston Kaboré as a major voice in African cinema.
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THE RED CARPET AT FESPACO
BURKINA CINEMA, OUAGADOUGOU
TRIBUTE TO GASTON KABORÉ
The House That Kaboré Built
BY ATISSA MANSHOURI
Sandwiched between the Sahara’s vast expanse on one side and coastal rainforests on the other, the landlocked African nation of Burkina Faso sits on a high savanna plateau, where scattered trees and brush provide little relief from temperatures that regularly top 100 degrees Fahrenheit. With one of the lowest literacy rates in the world and better-developed nations surrounding it on all sides, Burkina just may be the last place on earth that you’d expect to find a flourishing film culture. But for the past several decades, in the mythical-sounding city of Ouagadougou, this tiny nation has not only cultivated an environment where African cinema is seen and appreciated by its own people, but has also helped spark a continent-wide movement to support African artists in telling their own stories, in their own voices.
At the center of Burkina’s cultural life is native son Gaston Kaboré, awardwinning filmmaker and ambassadorat-large for the promotion of African visual culture around the world.
Kaboré’s ascendance as the godfather of African film nearly didn’t come to pass: He was studying history in Paris when he first saw a feature made by a fellow African, the great Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène ( Moolaadé, MVFF 2004). He enrolled in film school soon thereafter, determined to contribute to Africa’s onscreen re-envisioning of itself.
He has since said, “Thanks to Sembène, I realized that film was not only entertainment, but could also be about one’s awareness of one’s own existence. The film made me question who I was.”
THE MODERN-DAY GRIOT
Kaboré’s first feature-length film, Wend Kuuni (God’s Gift), is about an abandoned boy rendered mute by an unknown trauma. After being adopted into a new family and assimilated into village life, he eventually regains
his voice, but only after remembering his past.
The film’s elegance and subtle allegory launched Kaboré into the international spotlight, even inspiring a “Back to the Villages” movement in African film.
At home, the film’s success had much to do with Kaboré’s ability to capture the spirit of his own culture, albeit in an unfamiliar medium. Like a modern-day griot (in West African tradition, the village storyteller and memory-keeper), Kaboré held a mirror up to his society, translating a deeply entrenched oral tradition into a visual one.
It is a vision that depicts life in Burkina Faso, both past and present. Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam both take place in precolonial times; Zan Boko ventures into the more complex, satirical territory of post-independence Burkina, where traditional values and new money bump up against each other, physically and psychologically.
His fi ve feature films and numerous shorts and documentaries have earned the highest praise from critics and au-
diences worldwide, a testament to his artistry. But Kaboré knows better than most that for African filmmakers, creative challenges are only the beginning.
PLANTING THE SEEDS
Films require money and equipment to get made, and those two things are in short supply across Africa. The lack of funding, infrastructure and resources is a daunting obstacle in its own right. However, the parallel struggle, which Kaboré recognized early on, is that an African visual culture must be built at home—not in the movie palaces of Cannes and Berlin but in the run-down theaters in his hometown and, more importantly, in the imaginations and aspirations of his fellow Africans.
To that end, Kaboré has rolled up his sleeves, literally and fi guratively, to create a productive environment for visual storytellers in his native country. From the time he returned to Burkina in 1976, he began planting the seeds for this cinematic fl ourishing. He brought his
talent and expertise to the Institut africain d’éducation cinématographique, served as director of the Centre national du cinéma (both in Ouagadougou and now defunct) and was secretarygeneral of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers from 1985 to 1997. He’s shot all of his films in Burkina, employing professionals, nonprofessionals and no doubt many of his own former students. Even his forays into documentary fi lm have addressed the state of African cinema; Reflections on the Cinema (1986), for instance, profi led directors from Mali and Mauritania and their struggles to get films made.
In 1999, his dreams for a home base for African visual culture began to crystallize as a training institute for African filmmakers, a school he would go on to name “Imagine.” “I believe that a society that is confronted with images and values from abroad on a daily basis will eventually lose its identity and the ability to choose its own destination,” he has said. “Imagine is an attempt to wake us up and to keep our inner ears and eyes wide open.”
Imagine’s programs cover the nuts and bolts of filmmaking—writing, cinematography, editing and so on—as well as the more ineffable qualities of a thriving culture, namely the combination of imagination and self-refl ection characteristic of a society asserting its identity through the arts.
A CONTINENT REIMAGINED IN ITS OWN EYES
Artists and storytellers engaged in these same efforts across the continent converge every two years at FESPACO, the pan-African festival that brings a spirit of self-discovery to Ouagadougou’s film-loving masses and to the intrepid international community that makes the biannual pilgrimage. MVFF Program Director Zoë Elton, a FESPACO veteran since the mid-’90s, wrote of its sights and sounds in her MVFF 2003 article “Cine Burkina.” “What you see outside the cinema informs what you see inside,” she wrote then. In a recent
TRIBUTE TO GASTON KABORÉ
FILMOGRAPHY
2000 THE CORA PLAYER (WRITER)
1997 BUUD YAM
1995 LUMIÈRE AND COMPANY
1992 RABI
1988 ZAN BOKO
1982 WEND KUUNI (GOD’S GIFT)
conversation, Elton elaborated, “The experience of watching an African film with an African audience is incomparable. It gives such an insight into what’s funny, what’s shocking and ultimately what’s important to them.”
Much like Kaboré, a single film ignited Elton’s passion for African film: Idrissa Ouédraogo’s Yaaba (1989). She swiftly set about planning a Tribute to Ouédraogo (MVFF 1994) and made Ouagadougou a regular stop on her festival travels. In the past two decades, this commitment to showcasing African film has brought dozens of fi lms and filmmakers to MVFF (see sidebar). “It’s still such a huge struggle for a filmmaker to get a film made in Africa,” she explains. “It’s important to make the commitment to show them because if we don’t set our sights on that, then they simply won’t be seen here.”
Elton points out that across the entire continent, artists and activists are joining Kaboré’s call to create an African visual culture. In Uganda, Academy Award nominee Mira Nair ( Salaam Bombay, MVFF 1988) spearheads Maisha, a film lab with the mission statement, “If we don’t tell our stories, no one else will.” In war-ravaged Rwanda, filmmaker Eric Kabera (100 Days, MVFF 2003) founded the Rwanda Film Festival, which travels across his country, showing fi lms on large infl atable screens. Since 2007, he has focused on building the nation’s first purpose-built cinema in Kigali.
Sitting in the air-conditioned comfort of our local theaters, watching ourselves mirrored back through the imaginations
of Scorsese, Spielberg or the Duplass brothers, it’s hard to imagine a culture struggling to create its own refl ection, let alone a city without a single functioning movie theater. With visionaries like Kaboré beating the drum, perhaps the time has finally come for Africans to experience the same sense of recognition, the same extraordinary range of emotions, the same understanding of life and the same cool, dark magic of the cinema.
AFRICAN GUESTS AT MVFF
1994 IDRISSA OUÉDRAOGO (Burkina Faso)
1994 HENRI-PIERRE KOUBAKA (Senegal)
1994 ELAINE PROCTOR (South Africa)
1994 ISAAC MELI MABHIKWA (Zimbabwe)
1995 WANJIRU KINYANJUI (Kenya)
1995 DANI KOUYATÉ (Burkina Faso)
1996 TSITSI DANGAREMBGA (Zimbabwe)
1996 INGRID SINCLAIR (Zimbabwe)
1997 SERGE YANAGO (Burkina Faso)
1997 JEAN-MARIE TENO (Cameroon)
1998 THEO ESHETU (Ethiopia)
1998 FANTA RÉGINA NACRO (Burkina Faso)
1999 MWÉZÉ NGANGURA (Congo)
1999 MOUSSA TOURÉ (Senegal)
2000 JOHN RIBER, LOUISE RIBER (Zimbabwe)
2002 ASSANE KOUYATÉ (Mali)
2002 OLIVER MTUKUDZE, JOHN RIBER, LOUISE RIBER (Zimbabwe)
2003 JEAN-MARIE TENO (Cameroon)
2003 DAVID HICKSON (South Africa)
2004 MARKUS JAMES AND THE WASSONRAI (US/Mali)
2006 ROBYN SLOVO, SHAWN SLOVO, BONNIE HENA (South Africa)
2007 GAVIN HOOD (South Africa)
2008 AHMED EL MAANOUNI (Morocco)
2010 STEFANIE SYCHOLT (South Africa)
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CENTERPIECE PROGRAM
Tuesday, October 11
6:45 pm
Centerpiece Film
$30 MYWE11S CinéArts@Sequoia
Celebrate the Festival’s midpoint with a screening of My Week with Marilyn and a conversation with director Simon Curtis.
CENTERPIECE
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Director Simon Curtis is our special guest for MVFF’s Centerpiece screening of My Week with Marilyn
In his memoir, The Prince, the Showgirl and Me, Colin Clark chronicled an epochal moment on the set with the legendary Laurence Olivier and luminous Marilyn Monroe, but gallantly omitted a whirlwind week he spent touring Great Britain with the American actress and icon. Director Simon Curtis lifts the curtain on this idyllic time, when the young Clark provided the star with a welcome reprieve from the limelight. In his charming feature debut, Curtis succeeds in capturing Monroe’s notorious vulnerability along with the incomparably radiant charisma that would soon catapult her to stardom in Some Like It Hot (1956)
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MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
UK 2011
100 MINS
Michelle Williams mesmerizes as Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood icon and upstart Method actor, coming head-to-head with British theatrical royal Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh), her costar and director on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, as witnessed by new production assistant Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne).
See page 110 for complete fi lm information.
SIMON CURTIS
EZRA MILLER
PROGRAM AND RECEPTION
Thursday, October 13
7:30 pm
Spotlight and Reception
$50 KEVN13P
Spotlight Only
$25 KEVN13R
Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center
See mvff.com for reception details
Our Spotlight program honoring Ezra Miller starts with an onstage interview and a special viewing of We Need to Talk About Kevin. After, join us for a memorable reception catered by Vin Antico just steps away in the Rafael Hospitality Lounge.
It is not often that young actors make a truly indelible imprint in their early roles. Those who have often end up the stars of the next generation: Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anna Paquin. Eighteen-year-old Ezra Miller holds his own comedically and dramatically among Hollywood elite in indie favorites City Island, Every Day and Another Happy Day as well as Showtime’s Californication. But it is his work in We Need to Talk About Kevin—bringing intensity and nuance to the title role in a performance Variety called “chilling”—that will surely make the raven-haired actor a household name. —Alexis Whitham
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
UK 2011
111 MINS
Lynne Ramsay’s artistically bold exploration of the relationship between a mother (Tilda Swinton) and her apparently psychopathic son (Ezra Miller) is a gripping fi lm that offers no easy answers to its troubling questions but will leave many needing to talk about Kevin.
See page 120 for complete fi lm information.
Ezra Miller will be presented with the MVFF Award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
SPOTLIGHT ON EZRA MILLER
Ezra Miller ’s Fearless Choices DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
BY ATISSA MANSHOURI
At just 18, actor Ezra Miller has already taken more risks onscreen than most actors do in their entire careers. Coming on the heels of an intriguing series of roles showcasing his talent and intensity, his entirely disconcerting portrayal of the titular character in Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin is both a breakthrough performance and a declaration that his early promise was nothing more than child’s play.
Miller’s Kevin is the embodiment of impenetrable malevolence: a teenager who commits the ultimate act of evil when he goes on a shooting rampage at his school, leaving death in his wake and his traumatized mother to wonder how she might have prevented the tragedy from happening. But instead of focusing on either the lead-up to or aftermath of the massacre, as some other recent films have done, Ramsay’s film dissects the primal relationship between mother and son, jumping back and forth in time to show the inception of dysfunction and its inevitable, terrible denouement.
That Miller’s partner in this toxic binary is the formidable Tilda Swinton makes his command of the screen that much more impressive. Then again, here is a young man whose choice of fi lm roles reveals not only a willingness but an eagerness to plumb his own psychological depths in order to bring truth to his performances. As he has said, “That’s kind of the power of acting; you are routinely shocked to find that anything you might want or need to access is already there. In a situation like preparing the role of Kevin, that can be a little terrifying.”
To be sure, the role of Kevin is a leap into significantly more disturbing ma-
terial than anything we have seen from Miller in the past, but even going back to his earliest years, the signs of a daring artist were already there. He made his debut at the age of six in Phillip Glass’s opera White Raven, and continued his vocal training with a childhood residency at the Metropolitan Opera. Though he eventually migrated away from opera, his years of absorbing high drama, Puccini-style, undoubtedly settled into his subconscious.
His first major television and fi lm roles both came in 2008, with a fi ve-episode arc on Showtime’s racy, cult comedy, Californication, and a starring role in indie drama Afterschool. In the film, Miller is an alienated prep-school student who unwittingly captures two female classmates’ shocking deaths by drugoverdose on fi lm, setting off a paranoid scramble to fi gure out what to do with the footage. An uncomfortable glimpse into this age of high-tech voyeurism and repressed adolescent rage, Afterschool is teen angst by way of the art house, a niche that may just have been designed expressly for Miller.
The following year, he brought his deadpan comic timing to the ensemble
the
City Island,
starring Andy Garcia and Alan Arkin. As a teen obsessed with online porn sites that feature obese women eating, Miller finds something relatable, even funny, in a young man’s exploration of his most shameful fantasies.
Beware the Gonzo, his third film, solidified his knack for choosing canny material. A comedy set in the competitive world of high school journalism, the film, as its title suggests, pays homage to Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman and their particular brand of gonzo living. It refashions the teen comedy genre as a free-wheeling ode to youth and anarchy in a world saturated with over-polished, squeaky-clean studio productions, and underlines Miller’s affinity for the subversive, even when the material is decidedly light.
In his short but potent career, Miller has returned several times to the theme of family and, in particular, to teenagers’ heightened desire for con-
cast of
sleeper hit
co-
nection and acceptance. With each performance, he manages to stand out; whether he is playing disaffected, alienated or simply angry, he is always drawing from the truthful, raw emotion that comes with being an actual teenager. In 2010’s Every Day, which cast Helen Hunt and Liev Schreiber as his parents, Miller deploys both comedic and dramatic chops as a recently out young man struggling to fi nd his place within his own family, yet completely at home in the outside world. He also nails the role of bitter Elliot in the 2011 Sundance hit Another Happy Day (screening at MVFF), a dark family road-trip comedy with shades of Rachel Getting Married
Why this pull towards family-themed films? “There’s nothing more important than trying to rectify the purity of home,” Miller has said. “It’s not necessarily your bloodline. It’s your family— those people who inform your psyche and your emotional self in such a huge
SPOTLIGHT ON EZRA MILLER
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2011 WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
2011 ANOTHER HAPPY DAY
2010 BEWARE THE GONZO
2009-2010 ROYAL PAINS (TV)
2009 CITY ISLAND
2008 AFTERSCHOOL
way. It’s so important to, if possible, make those relationships work.”
Which brings us back to We Need to Talk About Kevin, a fi lm in which the purity of home is not only unattainable but sullied in the most abject way possible by what Miller calls “the primordial wound” of mothering. At the most recent Cannes Film Festival (where everyone did, indeed, need to talk about Kevin) a thoughtfully ar-
ticulate Miller sat alongside Ramsay and Swinton, his two audacious Scots collaborators, and fi elded questions during a press conference for the fi lm. Asked if he felt any affi nity for his character, Miller replied with the kind of honesty that only a teenager can truly possess: “To my horror,” he said, “I do feel connected with Kevin. . . . All sorts of good and bad exist within all of us. My approach to the fi lm and the character was fi nding those parts of myself. The conditions and circumstances of a person’s life are going to make them who they are: So yes, I could have been Kevin.”
A bold admission from such a young man, but one entirely in line with his fearless attraction to the murkier side of life. As he eloquently puts it, he’s interested in “bringing light to darkness and darkness to light.” So far, he is succeeding brilliantly at both.
PROGRAM AND RECEPTION
Friday, October 14
8:30 pm
Premiere Screening and Reception
$50 AFEW14P
Premiere Screening Only
$30 AFEW14R
Christopher B. Smith
Rafael Film Center
See mvff.com for reception details
This Special Premiere evening starts with a screening of A Few Best Men and continues with onstage conversation/Q&A’s with our noted guests. The celebration continues at the Donna Seager Gallery, a short stroll away, where guests will enjoy sumptuous cuisine in an elegant setting.
SPECIAL PREMIERE A FEW BEST MEN
Join director Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) and surprise guests for this special premiere screening and celebration of A Few Best Men, his hilariously irreverent new film, starring Xavier Samuel (Twilight) as a young British husband-to-be and Olivia Newton John as his Australian future mother-in-law.
RECEPTION
A FEW BEST MEN
AUSTRALIA 2011
91 MINS
When David (Samuel) travels to the Australian outback for his wedding, he is aided and (mostly) abetted by his “best men” (not to mention Ramsay, a much- beloved male sheep) in this outrageous comedy of ill manners.
See page 103 for complete film information
DIRECTOR STEPHAN ELLIOTT
ELIZABETH OLSEN
SPOTLIGHT
PROGRAM
Saturday, October 15
8:00 pm
Spotlight $25 MART15R
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
Join us for the Spotlight program featuring a conversation with Elizabeth Olsen, followed by a screening of Martha Marcy May Marlene.
Elizabeth Olsen got her start acting alongside older sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley but soon emerged as a promising talent in her own right. Today her burgeoning career, already marked by challenging and complex roles, includes upcoming projects with seasoned professionals like Dakota Fanning, Catherine Keener and Jane Fonda. But her breakout performance came at this year’s Sundance Film Festival with a luminous and layered portrayal of a young woman recently free of an all-consuming cult in Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene. With this sensitive and affecting portrait, Olsen’s rising star reaches the brightest points in the
of independent cinema.
MARTHA MARCY
MAY MARLENE
US 2011
101 MINS
Martha is a young woman damaged by two years in a Family-styled cult who attempts to readjust to society and reconnect with her sister in this assured directorial debut, a sensitive and atmospheric rendering of a sensational subject.
See page 109 for complete film information.
SPOTLIGHT SPONSORED BY
fi rmament
SPOTLIGHT ON ELIZABETH OLSEN
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Elizabeth Olsen will be presented with the MVFF Award, designed by celebrated artist Alice Corning.
SPOTLIGHT ON ELIZABETH OLSEN
Elizabeth Olsen Born to Play
BY JEFF CAMPBELL
In 2011, Elizabeth Olsen arrived seemingly out of nowhere to become one of cinema’s most electrifying and exciting new actors. The 22-year-old New York University graduate debuted to tremendous acclaim at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in two movies— the psychological thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene and the horror remake Silent House—and was quickly crowned this year’s “it girl” by festival pundits and Hollywood media. A heady buzz now envelops the talented ingenue, and it’s safe to say if you haven’t heard of her yet, you will soon. Olsen has three more high-prestige projects in the can already: Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding, directed by Bruce Beresford; Red Light, co-starring Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro; and Liberal Arts, directed and written by Josh Radnor.
Then again, you may recognize her: Lizzie, as she is known to friends, is the younger sister of celebrity twins MaryKate and Ashley Olsen. And the mature-beyond-her-years actress made her movie debut as a fi ve-year-old in the 1994 Olsen vehicle How the West Was Fun
In conjunction with its Spotlight Award and screening of Martha Marcy May Marlene, the Mill Valley Film Festival spoke with Ms. Olsen to discuss her new film, her famous siblings, playing Buck Hunter and the challenges of learning on the job.
What are you most excited about with Martha Marcy May Marlene?
What I think is exciting about this fi lm is that I truly believe it’s a unique cinematic experience. It takes people on a psychological experience where everything that the audience goes through and thinks is supposed to mirror what the main character, Martha, is thinking. And I just find that to be a really inter-
esting way to tell a story. For me, I really respond to movies that play with nonlinear structure. That’s just what I like to watch.
When you first read the script, is that what you responded to, or was it the character herself?
It was both, because I like to step outside of just my role and think of [the movie] as a whole. Martha, to me, is someone who a lot of people could call a victim. And she’s not. She’s not a victim. She’s someone who’s fearless and someone who continues to fi ght in lots of different ways—ways that you definitely don’t expect. Some people have even said that there are some things she does that are really ugly, and yeah, we all do things that are ugly. We all have that in us.
Just by the title alone, you know this is a complex character. How did you approach playing her? What sort of research did you do?
I didn’t do research. I was actually cast about two to three weeks before we started shooting. It came really quick.
All I really could do was approach the script and the things I connected to. And now I’m happy that this was all I could do because I think a lot of research might have added some sort of reverence on my part. I just tried to fi gure her out. She’s a woman who had a void in her life, and these people filled this void. How did they fill this void? From a very character-specifi c point of view. Always keeping what she’s in relation to as simple as possible, because the actual script and the film itself had so much ambiguity that it’s important for me—for an audience—to see something specific within that.
Was it diffi cult to fi lm some of the scenes?
It was, but we really had such a great group of people together, and it was such a safe environment. For things
that were extremely vulnerable, they would just make everyone leave the set. Our first AD, who is male, would even leave the room and have the second AD, who is female, call the shots for him, because he thought that was one way he could show respect. Through that you develop this trust with all these people. It’s really this amazing collaborative experience that we had.
Was it easy to empathize with this woman?
I have so much compassion and empathy for her. It’s hard to describe, but it’s like it’s this person that you love who’s going through something traumatic, and I do feel for her. That’s the only way I know how to feel for her, so it’s even hard to watch the movie from an objective standpoint.
Is it hard to let go of a character like this at the end of a day?
It’s not. Maybe something would stick, but I am truly a believer in you are not your character. That’s the only way I know how to approach things in order to be able to go on with my day when work is done. Also, we lived in this place in upstate New York, and there’s no internet, there’s no cell phone service. All we had was each other. At the end of the day we’d stay at this funny hotel that had a bar and restaurant with a pool table and Buck Hunter, if you know what that is, a game where you try not to shoot the deer.
So that’s how you would unwind, with Buck Hunter ?
I’m really bad at that game, so that would just make me frustrated. I didn’t play Buck Hunter. Other people would, though. I’m really competitive, so losing is really not fun for me. [laughs]
This was only your second fi lm. Was there any person or experience in particular that helped you learn or helped you over a hurdle?
Catherine Keener in Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding, as well as Hugh Dancy, Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes— all four of them—I learned these things
SPOTLIGHT ON ELIZABETH OLSEN
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2011
2011
that I couldn’t actually even put a word to it until both fi lms were done. They’re incredibly generous actors, and when they’re not on screen, and it’s just my shot, they’re giving at least equal the energy, but usually more so, than when they’re on camera, just to help me. That’s something that inspires me, and that’s the type of actor I want to be for other people as well.
It seems like you’re choosing your fi lms and your roles very carefully. Do you prefer smaller independent fi lms or is it more project-to-project?
It’s really project-to-project right now. I filmed fi ve movies this year, and the first four I was cast in before Sundance happened. It’s really only Liberal Arts with Josh Radnor that I’ve filmed since, and I was in the mood to do something light-hearted, with fun words to say and, you know, just something fun.
Based on your films so far—Silent House being another one—it seems that you like living on the edge. Do you have anything against rom-coms?
The funny thing is I have absolutely nothing against rom-coms. Name any that came out this year, I have seen all of them. I am a sucker for rom-coms. Not only do I love rom-coms, but a little secret of [Martha director] Sean Durkin is that he loves them more than I do.
What was it like growing up with your sisters; what kind of inspiration were they for you as an actress?
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been asked that same question. And my answer since I’ve been single-digits has been: It’s all I’ve known. My siblings and I, we just sort of grew up with it. There’s nothing weird about it. It’s amazing to me that through all that goes on in the media—which I’ll just call negative, the abuse of privacy, tabloids and things like that—my sisters have been able continue to be some of the most hard-working people I know. They didn’t let that stop them. And it’s really inspiring to me.
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm
Century Cinema in Corte Madera
$12.50 RDRA10C
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST FLEX PASS
Purchase at mvff.com/cffp
Raiders of the Lost Ark is part of the new Children’s FilmFest Flex Pass! Enjoy our special screening of this amazing film along with three Children’s FilmFest films, plus the Children’s FilmFest Opening Party Extravaganza, for one low price.
See page 114 for more information.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Grab your popcorn and come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark in all its big-screen glory!
The evening begins with a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. From the first snap of his bullwhip, you know Indiana Jones isn’t your run-of-the-mill, wise-cracking archaeologist-cum-adventurer. And minutes later, by the time Jones tumbles out of a boobytrapped cave—one hand on his fedora, the other clutching a golden idol, and a deadly boulder at his heels—you know you’re in for one of the greatest nonstop thrill rides in cinema history.
With Raiders, Steven Spielberg reinvented the blockbuster action-adventure, while Harrison Ford cemented his status as the icon of roguish heroism, with a leather jacket so fine it now hangs in the Smithsonian.
The thrills continue with a sensational 30th anniversary celebration, including:
• A Raiders trivia contest.
• A very special panel of the film’s creators, including Lorne Peterson, model supervisor, and model makers Steve Gawley, Paul Huston and Ease Owyeung; Bruce Nicholson, optical supervisor; Craig Barron, matte painting assistant; with moderator Jonathan Rinzler of Lucas Books. For true Raiders fans, an unmissable opportunity!
• A costume contest: Dress like your favorite Raiders character and you may be chosen a winner!
• Lots of prizes and giveaways!
• Fedoras encouraged, for Indy-boys and Indy-girls alike!
Sure, if Indy knew it was his birthday, he’d grumble something about “years” versus “mileage,” but to us, Indiana Jones never gets old.
SPONSORED BY
HARRISON FORD
We are proud to continue our support of the Mill Valley Film Festival, California Film Institute’s Green Initiative, and sponsorship of the Active Cinema program and the Children’s Filmfest. We would like to express our appreciation to the volunteers and Festival staff who work to provide the community with such an enjoyable event each fall. We would not be able to have such rewarding experiences without their dedication.
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ACTIVE CINEMA
EXPLORE ENGAGE TRANSFORM
ACTIVE CINEMA: A CREATIVE SOCIAL ACTION NETWORK
MVFF’s Active Cinema films are united in their commitment to explore the world and its issues, engage audiences, and transform society. After the lights come up and the credits roll, the images ingrained in us can still have an impact: Transforming ideas into deeds is what Active Cinema is all about!
GET ACTIVE!
CAN A FILM MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? THE ACTIVE CINEMA PANEL
Join a dynamic group of panelists who share the ways and means they’ve used to successfully initiate change and raise awareness of the pressing issues that are the topics of their film storytelling.
Sunday, October 9, 2:00 pm
$15 NWMB09R, Rafael
For details, see New Movies Lab, page 37.
ACTIVE CINEMA SPECIAL FILM EVENTS
Voices from the Shadows: A special panel discussion follows this screening [Saturday, October 8, 2:00 pm $15 VCES08R Rafael; page 55], addressing the urgent need for engagement around the issues and myths facing those dealing with ME/ CFS, an extreme form of chronic fatigue syndrome.
for their great artistry and commitment to justice and human rights with their film about Burmese prodemocracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
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 Active Cinema filmmakers and supporters on Facebook and stay connected year-round.
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SEE FILMS, GET INVOLVED! Discover inspiration in Active Cinema programming by joining us for film screenings and discussions throughout the Festival. Help support our filmmakers and special guests by becoming a catalyst for change.
ACTIVE CINEMA FILMS
BETWEEN 2 FIRES
Agnieszka Lukasiak
BUSONG (PALAWAN FATE)
Auraeus Solito
CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN
Sascha Rice
GIRLFRIEND
Justin Lerner
GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR
Pamela Yates
HEIST: WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM?
Donald Goldmacher, Frances Causey
THE LADY
Luc Besson
OUR NEW FRONTIER: SUSTAINABILITY
■ THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS
John Antonelli, Will Parrinello, Tom Dusenbery
■ THE NEW FRONTIER: SUSTAINABLE RANCHING IN THE AMERICAN WEST
Melinda Levin, Irene J. Klaver
■ PORTRAIT OF A WINEMAKER: JOHN WILLIAMS OF FROG’S LEAP
Deborah Koons Garcia
■ TRANSITION TOWN TOTNES
Deborah Koons Garcia
PARIAH
Dee Rees
SARABAH
Gloria Bremer, Maria Luisa Gambale
VOICES FROM THE SHADOWS
Josh Biggs, Natalie Boulton
THE WELCOME
Kim Shelton
The Lady : MVFF honors the work of actress Michelle Yeoh and director Luc Besson
Our co-presenters partner with us in the Active Cinema film series, and are actively working to effect 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.
BETWEEN 2 FIRES
Center for Domestic Peace maws.org
BUSONG (PALAWAN FATE)
Save Palawan Movement petitiononline.com/PA2010/petition.html
CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies gspp.berkeley.edu
GIRLFRIEND
Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center matrixparents.org
GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR
Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas mitfamericas.org
HEIST: WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM?
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ellabakercenter.org
THE LADY
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MVFF 2011 PREMIERESFILM CATEGORIES
WORLD PREMIERES
Day of the Flowers
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
One Through Love
The Planets
The Real Rocky
Smokin’ Fish
Trust Me
Voices from the Shadows
What Happened Here
William Kurelek’s The Maze
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES
Between 2 Fires
Bon Voyage
Busong (Palawan Fate)
The Butcher’s Wife
A Few Best Men
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard
Pegasus
Sarabah
The Soul of Flies
US PREMIERES
Collaborator
Coriolanus
Dolphin Boy
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
Eliminate: Archie Cookson
Heritage
Jeff Who Lives at Home
The Mosque
Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro
Ali Akbar Khan
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
The latest in documentary filmmaking, because reality spins some of the most fascinating yarns of all.
SPONSORED BY ZAENTZ MEDIA CENTER A WAREHAM DEVELOPMENT
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 Elton John.
SPONSORED BY
US CINEMA
A showcase for new American films by master and emerging filmmakers who share a talent for independent storytelling.
SPONSORED BY ZAENTZ MEDIA CENTER A WAREHAM DEVELOPMENT
WORLD CINEMA
Stories that reveal elements of the universal while changing our ways of seeing and understanding our global neighbors.
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST
Giving young people a taste of cultures and adventures they won’t find anywhere else.
SPONSORED BY
2011 FOCUS
FOCUS CINEMA AFRICA
Buud Yam (Gaston Kaboré, Burkina Faso) • Da Monzon, The Conquest of Samanyana (Sidy Diabaté, Mali) • The Destiny of Lesser Animals (Deron Albright, Ghana/US) • The Mosque (Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Morocco) • Pegasus (Mohamed Mouftakir, Morocco) • Sarabah(Gloria Bremer, Maria Luisa Gambale, US/Senegal) • Wend Kuuni (God’s Gift) (Gaston Kaboré, Burkina Faso)
FOCUS GREAT BRITS
Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, UK) • Day of the Flowers (John Roberts, UK) • ELIMINATE: Archie Cookson (Rob Holder, UK) • Lotus Eaters (Alexandra McGuinness, UK/Ireland) • Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) • The Story of Film: An Odyssey (Mark Cousins, UK) • We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, UK) • Voices from the Shadows (Josh Biggs, Natalie Boulton, UK)
FOCUS HEALING
Busong (Palawan Fate) (Auraeus Solito, Philippines) • Dolphin Boy (Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir, Israel) • Girlfriend (Justin Lerner, US) • The Sacred Science (Nick Polizzi, US/Peru) • Voices from the Shadows (Josh Biggs, Natalie Boulton, UK) • The Welcome (Kim Shelton, US)
5 @ 5
“It’s the Circle of Life, and it moves us all.” So go the lyrics to a popular tune. And these fi ve short documentaries keep the wheel turning. Discarded pens from around the world take on new life in Paul Meyer’s Penultimate (US 4 mins), while Lori Petcher’s Life Model (US 6 mins) reveals a 75-yearold nude fi gure model who has learned to love her body in the art she inspires. In Jim Sugar’s impressionistic Swimming in a Dream (US 7 mins) a group of Marin County swimmers explores what it means to achieve “the swimmer’s high,” and Doug Nichol’s Sunshine (US 14 mins) introduces us to an American advertising producer who travels to China to make a TV commercial, offering rare insight into modern-day “Mad Men” and the absurdity of the business. Finally, Pot Country (US 27 mins), by Kate McLean and Mario Furloni, gives us an intimate look at a community’s complex relationship with marijuana, the semilegal crop that powers the local economy in much of rural northern California.
—Kelly Clement
TOTAL PROGRAM 58 MINS
Tuesday, October 11, 5:00 pm 5X5C11S, Sequoia
Friday, October 14, 5:00 pm 5X5C14R, Rafael
Whether reaching out or in, help comes in unexpected ways in these shorts that explore how to deliver a message, soften the blow and simply lend a hand. Set in a rural town during World War II, a sweet and friendly widower is the bearer of bad news in James Khehtie’s The Telegram Man (Australia 14 mins), starring Australian great Jack Thompson. At Care-A-Spondence, an agency that specializes in “Dear John” letters, the best writer is hired to write a suicide note and begins to worry about what the fi nal revisions will bring, in Jason Headley’s To Say Goodbye (US 19 mins). A doctor moonlights as a taxi driver and finds himself in a situation where his day-job skills are needed in Julio O. Ramos’s gripping A Doctor’s Job (Peru 11 mins). A disenchanted cleaning lady breaks from fl uffi ng the pillows to help her elderly employer reconnect with her estranged brother in Lisa Melodia’s Confidante (US 18 mins).
—Holly Roach
TOTAL PROGRAM 62 MINS
Tuesday, October 11, 5:00 pm
5X5D11R, Rafael Thursday, October 13, 5:00 pm 5X5D13S, Sequoia
5 @ 5
Whether you encounter a beast, odd shape, robot or human, all characters in this romping mash-up of 2-D, 3-D, stop-motion and live-action animation refl ect a timeless and comical struggle through life. Rachel Moore’s Pop (US 3 mins) is an abstract journey through history, while Floyd the Android (US 4 mins) by Jonathan Lyons shows the antics of a not-so-brilliant hunk of metal. Bugs are explored in Zeke Norton’s Zapped! (Canada 2 mins) and further celebrated in the captivating imagery of Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen’s The Death of an Insect (Finland 7 mins). Christmas Piggy (Denmark 8 mins) by R.S. Söderström is an evasively curly swine tale, while Grant Orchard’s A Morning Stroll (UK 7 mins) shows the pluck of a chicken navigating through time’s door. Being curved in a straight world proves challenging in Mario Adamson’s I Am Round (Sweden 14 mins) and Seven Days in the Woods (Sweden 6 mins) by Peter Larsson is a mesmerizing study of odd woodland scenes. Making a quirky splash, Juan Pablo Zaramella’s Luminaris (Argentina 6 mins) features a bright idea inspired through building bulbs.
—Amanda Todd
TOTAL PROGRAM 57 MINS
Monday, October 10, 5:00 pm
5X5H10R, Rafael Friday, October 14, 5:00 pm 5X5H14S, Sequoia
5 @ 5
When you don’t measure up to expectations, the world can seem like a lonely place. This collection of shorts explores the struggles of outsiders seeking a place to belong. When a young Iranian woman is stranded on the street without her headscarf, a neighbor offers gallant company in Saba Riazi’s subtle and elegant The Wind Is Blowing on My Street (Iran 16 mins). A man must confess to a crime he didn’t commit in order to protect a personal secret in Bethynia Cardenas Iñiguez’s Moonless Night (US/Mexico 13 mins). An African immigrant reinvents himself as a nameless London street-sweeper in an effort to escape the painful memories of his war-torn past, but realizes he cannot hide from himself in Harold Chapman’s Invisible (UK 15 mins). Pencil drawings present a threatening menace to those made of fl esh and blood after an eraser factory burns to the ground in Erik Rosenlund’s imaginative Out of Erasers (Sweden/Denmark 15 mins).
—Holly Roach
TOTAL PROGRAM 59 MINS
Monday, October 10, 5:00 pm
5X5J10S, Sequoia
Wednesday, October 12, 5:00 pm
5X5J12R, Rafael
5 @ 5
Memories, misunderstandings and tall tales make up the stories of our lives in this collection of shorts that asks, “Is there something you want to tell me?” Julia Stiles stars as a young woman who receives a misdirected text message and lives out the real-life version of accidentally pushing “send,” in famed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute’s sexting (US 8 mins). Olivia misinterprets a text to her boyfriend and prepares to face the beginning and end of life as she knows it in Garry Bowden’s Saturn Rising (US 11 mins). When the neighbor boy, Neil Armstrong, walks on the moon, Mrs. Gorski remembers a promise made long ago in Arron Shiver’s nostalgic Good Luck, Mr. Gorski (Ireland/US 16 mins). Giancarlo Iannotta entices his mother into reminiscing over her prized childhood accessory in My Big Red Purse (US 3 mins). A boy experiences a startling rite of passage in Topaz Adizes’s Boy (US 9 mins), while Will Oldham stars as a father passing on the wisdom of centuries in David Lowery’s festival hit, Pioneer (US 15 mins).
—Holly Roach
TOTAL PROGRAM 62 MINS
Wednesday, October 12, 5:00 pm
5X5L12S, Sequoia
Thursday, October 13, 5:00 pm
5X5L13R, Rafael
WORLD CINEMA
IRELAND 2011 • 113 MINS
Director Rodrigo Garcia Producers B onnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Alan Moloney Screenwriters Gabriella Prekop, John B anville, Glenn Close Cinematographer Michael McDonough Editor Steven Weisberg Cast Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron J ohnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Print Source Roadside Attractions
Reprising her Obie-winning off-Broadway role, Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs is extraordinary in a performance that’s moving and subtle, funny and heart-wrenching. At a luxurious hotel in mid–19th-century Dublin, all the needs and niceties of its upper-crust guests are meticulously ministered to by the impeccable staff: maids (Mia Wasikowska among them) and cooks and menservants, including one rather shy butler named Albert Nobbs. While others fl irt, “walk out” and gossip, Nobbs seems the perennial loner. Befriended by a rather dashing housepainter employed at the hotel, Nobbs is inspired to pursue his dreams of love and independence. But there’s a catch: Nobbs is a woman who has long dressed and lived as a man in order to escape destitution. Nobbs’s brave and awkward foray into the unfamiliar world of love and romance is touchingly rendered by director Rodrigo Garcia ( Mother and Son ) and his fantastic cast in this pitch-perfect, beautiful film.
—Zoë Elton
Thursday, October 6, 7:00 pm ABRT06R, Rafael
For Opening Night Gala information, see page 26.
For Tribute to Glenn Close information, see page 49.
SPONSORED BY WELLS FARGO
ALBERT NOBBS
WORLD CINEMA
GERMANY 2011 • 130 MINS
Director Roland Emmerich Producers
Ro land Emmerich, Larry Franco, Robert Léger Screenwriter John Orloff
Cinematographer Anna J. Foerster Editor
Pe ter R. Adam Cast Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Re dgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewils, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall Print Source Sony Pictures Releasing
Drama in the political and theatrical arenas erupts simultaneously in this bold Elizabethan thriller from blockbuster director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Patriot), which delves into the revisionist theory that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was responsible for crafting the collective works of William Shakespeare. Emmerich’s ambitious reimagining challenges not only the Bard’s authorship, however, but also de Vere’s birthright, intimating that he was actually the illegitimate son of Elizabeth I. As the Earl whose identity still remains shrouded in mystery, Rhys Ifans stars alongside a wealth of talent: Rafe Spall as Shakespeare, David Thewlis as William Cecil and both Joely Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth. Steeped in political intrigue and courtly romance, Anonymous proves that the pen truly is mightier than the sword.
—Laura Swanbeck
Monday, October 10, 1 pm
US CINEMA
US 2011 • 119 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Sam Levinson
Producers Ellen Barkin, Johnny Lin, Mi chael Nardelli, Salli Newman, Celine Rattray, Todd Traina Cinematographer Iv an Strasburg Editor Ray Hubley Cast Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore, Thomas Haden Ch urch, Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Ellen Burstyn Print Source Phase 4 Films
In a tour-de-force performance, Ellen Barkin skillfully navigates the emotional minefi elds of unmet needs in writer-director Sam Levinson’s debut feature about one family desperately seeking reconciliation. We join Lynn (Barkin), a mother of four, on the eve of her son’s wedding. But as Elliot (brilliant newcomer Ezra Miller), the cynical teen brother of the groom, admits, “If we’d come here for a funeral instead of a wedding we might all be getting along.” Lynn hopes they might get along anyway, even though her children are exhibiting a wide range of disturbing behaviors, all while her parents and sisters alternate between denial and ridicule. Sound familiar? Barkin exudes a wonderful fi erceness in protecting her brood while attempting catharsis in this dramatic comedy that is refreshingly free of easy sentiment and rounded out by sensitive and sometimes hilarious performances from a remarkable cast, including Ellen Burstyn, Demi Moore, Kate Bosworth and Thomas Haden Church.
—Janis Plotkin
Wednesday, October 12, 8:00 pm
AHDY12R, Rafael
Thursday, October 13, 9:30 pm
AHDY13S, Sequoia
FRANCE 2011 • 100 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Michel
Hazanavicius Producer Thomas Langmann
Cinematographer Guillaume Schiffman
Editors Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius Cast Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell,
Taking Best Actor honors at Cannes this year with a swagger and a smile, French performer Jean Dujardin dazzles as George Valentin, reigning superstar in 1927 Hollywood who resists the imminent transition to sound motion pictures. Bérénice Bejo matches his charm as Peppy Miller, a beautiful movie extra whose star rises as George’s wanes, in a sprightly and soulful backstage tale with echoes of A Star Is Born and Singin’ in the Rain. Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius reunites the leads of his hit comedy OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and crafts a picture-perfect black-and-white silent movie with a musical score that is as much loving homage as knowing satire. A new silent classic for the ages, this French production has American ambience to spare and a great supporting cast, including John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller and Malcolm McDowell—not to mention the most captivating canine performer in memory!
—Richard Peterson
Sunday, October 16, 5:00 pm
ARTS16R, Rafael
Sunday, October 16, 5:00 pm
ARTM16S, Sequoia
For Closing Night Party information, see page 29.
THE BARBER, THE BRUSH AND THE BATON
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
In a world that often feels polarized and intractable, we are proud to present three short documentary films about individuals who have gone the extra mile to promote multiculturalism in their communities. In Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin’s The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (US 26 mins), we meet 85-year-old James Armstrong, a colorful and courageous civil rights activist, as he witnesses the culmination of a life-long dream: the election of America’s fi rst black president. A Brush with the Tenderloin (Paige Bierma, US 22 mins) presents the transformation of one of the diciest corners in San Francisco’s notorious Tenderloin District as acclaimed muralist Mona Caron paints a rich visual story featuring the neighborhood’s diverse collection of characters. The unforgettable Geoff “Double G” Gallegos is the subject of Christine Lee’s Hip Hop Maestro (US 41 mins), which chronicles his amazing journey from young classical composer to creator of the larger-than-life daKAH Orchestra, bringing elements of hip-hop, jazz, funk and reggae from the Los Angeles nightclub circuit to the prestigious Walt Disney Concert Hall.
—Kelly Clement
TOTAL PROGRAM 89 MINS
Saturday, October 15, 4:45 pm
BARB15S, Sequoia
Sunday, October 16, 1:00 pm BARB16R, Rafael
BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST
US 2011 • 85 MINS
Director Constance Marks Producers
C onstance Marks, James Miller, Corinne
LaPook Cinematographer James Miller
Editor Philip Shane, Justin Weinstein Print
So urce Submarine Deluxe
Who is Elmo? Elmo is joyous. Elmo is love. Elmo is Kevin Clash. Long before his furry red friend became an international superstar, Clash discovered his passion in life. At nine he sat inches away from his television set, transfi xed by a new show called Sesame Street. Clash spent the next nine years constructing puppets and entertaining the neighborhood kids in suburban Baltimore. His talent and conviction made him unstoppable. Through incredible footage and thoughtful interviews, we follow Kevin on his journey from a small show at the local TV station to Captain Kangaroo, before his inevitable arrival on that street we all know and love. When a frustrated fellow puppeteer tossed him a character named Elmo he just couldn’t fi gure out, the rest was history. Drawing on the loving support of his family and an undeniable gift, Clash found the voice and essence that infused Elmo with a spirit that enchanted the world. Ages 4+
—Kristine Kolton
Saturday, October 8, 11:30 am BENG08S, Sequoia
Saturday, October 15, 12:00 pm BENG15S, Sequoia
SWEDEN/POLAND 2010 • 131 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Agnieszka Lukasiak
Producer Peter Kropenin Cinematographer
H ubert Taczanowski Editor Marcin Kot
Bast kowski Cast Magdalena Poplawska, K amila Nowysz, Simon Kassianides, Leila Haji, Fredrik Ohlsson Print Source Swedish Film Institute
In Polish and Swedish with English subtitles. An epic story of one woman’s quest to fi nd her place in the world, this spellbinding film focuses on the roller-coaster reality of a rootless—and stateless—immigrant single mom in modern-day Europe. Tormented by an abusive husband, Marta fl ees her homeland of Belarus with young daughter Anna. The promise of a new life in a Swedish refugee camp is hindered by her vulnerable position in a foreign world and the dark motivations of the people she meets. Magdalena Poplawska as Marta is a wonder to behold. She relies on simple facial expressions and subtle actions to potently convey Marta’s inner life as she strives to make a better life for her child.
Filmmaker Agnieszka Lukasiak fuses spellbinding images and situations that are heartbreaking and hopeful at once. Centering on the mother-daughter bond, the film tackles immigrant rights and sexual politics through the profound human story at its core. North American Premiere —Brendan Peterson
Sunday, October 9, 9:15 pm
BETW09R, Rafael
Tuesday, October 11, 4:45 pm BETW11S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONSULATE OF SWEDEN & WOMEN’S FILM INSTITUTE.
WORLD CINEMA
WORLD CINEMA
BRAZIL/URUGUAY 2010 • 85 MINS
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Charly Braun Cinematographers Pablo Ramos, Br uno Alzaga Editors Fernando Coster, C harly Braun Cast Jill Mulleady, Esteban Feune de Colombi, Guilhermina Guinle
Pr int Source Charly Braun
In Spanish, French and English with English subtitles. The Uruguayan coastline will no longer be the road less traveled now that this film has captured its majestic essence. On the ferry from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, a slightly glamorous Argentine banker named Santiago meets Juliette, an earthy, whimsical Belgian tourist. The two decide to take a road trip up the Uruguayan coast—falling in love with it and each other along the way. Spending nights in beachfront castles, dancing in discotheques with Euro fashion models (including a cameo by Naomi Campbell) and drinking wine with guitar-playing prophets, their relationship refl ects a perfect mixture of the sensational and the organic. The allure of Uruguay, roughly the size of Missouri and with a tiny population of 3.5 million, looms large in director Charly Braun’s panoramic storytelling, in which wide shots of beachscape sunsets blend with Super 8–style memories. Clever cinematography and storytelling build a bridge beyond the material crossroads of Santiago and Juliette’s road trip.
—Delfin Vigil
Saturday, October 8, 4:15 pm BYND08S, Sequoia
Tuesday, October 11, 9:30 pm BYND11R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARIN LEGAL AID.
NETHERLANDS 2010 • 83 MINS
Director Margien Rogaar Producers Pieter Kuijpers, Sander van Meurs, Iris Otten Screenwriters Tijs van Marle, Margien Ro gaar Cinematographer Sal Kroonenberg Editor Elsbeth Kasteel Cast Anneke Blok, Reinout Bussemaker, Mirre Balke, Casper van Rijnberk, Scyler Eijgermans, Hans Croiset Print Source Pupkin Film
In Dutch with English subtitles. The unsinkable Dutch Verbeek clan prepares for a family holiday to France for that anticipated escape from the ordinary. But their “bon voyage” is abruptly sidetracked by news that Grandpa Bob is gravely ill, leading to an altogether different, more subdued journey from which an unexpectedly rich story emerges. As the family settles into a staycation, sullen teenager Anouk refuses to let the change of plans sidetrack her stealth mission to lose her virginity; son Jochem quickly learns about the tenuous ties of friendship; and the youngest, Jasmijn, soberly accepts what everyone else fears the most, boldly traversing with Grandpa Bob the delicate line between life and death with frankness, heart and a surprising amount of humor. Margien Rogaar’s understated style is an invitation to settle in with the Verbeek family, in this heartfelt film about coming of age, mortality and the ties that bind. North American Premiere —Alexis Whitham
Wednesday, October 12, 9:30 pm
BNVG12S, Sequoia
Thursday, October 13, 4:00 pm
BNVG13R, Rafael
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE NETHERLANDS
BUSONG (PALAWAN FATE) (PALAWAN DESTIN)
WORLD CINEMA
PHILIPPINES 2011 • 93 MINS
Director Auraeus Solito Producers Auraeus S olito, Jong de Castro Screenwriters K anakan Balintagos, Henry Burgos
Cinematographer Louie Quirino Editor C huck Gutierrez Cast Alessandra de Rossi, Rodrigo Santikan, Clifford Banagale, Dax Alejandro, Bonivie Budao, Walter Arenio Pr int Source Jong de Castro
FOCUS: HEALING • In Filipino, Palawanon and Cuyunon with English subtitles. In this captivating meditation on nature, love, spirituality and loss, a woman who fi nds herself stricken with a strange illness that prevents her from setting foot on the earth takes a journey to fi nd a cure among the indigenous people of Palaui (in the Philippine Islands), who live in sync with the land, water and sky. Woven into her tale is a world of shamanistic rituals that describe the ways prayer, myth and story shape a culture. Throughout comes an emphasis on busong, or karma: When nature or individuals are disrespected, the consequences are clear and swift. Busong (Palawan Fate), which premiered this year at Cannes as the first Palawanon indigenous feature, mingles magical realism with trenchant social commentary about the effect of mining, dynamite fi shing and logging upon indigenous peoples, creating a beautiful homage to the idea of myth, creation and rebirth. North American Premiere
—Nora Isaacs
Saturday, October 8, 11:00 am
BUSG08S, Sequoia
Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm
BUSG10R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
WORLD CINEMA
CHINA 2010 • 119 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Gao Xiongjie
Producer Wang Xuemei Cinematographer
Guo Jia Editor Li Fang Cast Fang Ye, Tang Huihua Print Source Smiley Film Sales Ltd.
In Mandarin with English subtitles. Liang the butcher and his wife Qiao make an attractive couple in a village four hours by bus from the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. But for six months the marriage has remained unconsummated because Qiao wants to avoid pregnancy in case she passes the college entrance exam (on her fourth try). Liang indulges her “foolish daydream,” trusting in her agreement that she’ll sleep with him if she fails. But her real goal is to leave the stifl ing village and join others reaping the economic benefi ts of city life in Hangzhou. As summer begins, Qiao boards the bus for the city, Liang in frantic pursuit. This domestic tragedy asks if a principled man and woman have a right to the life of their choice, or does marriage spell the end of all dreams? In this intensely gripping modern fable, the coming of autumn signals a new chapter that hints at reincarnation and destiny. (Warning: includes explicit scenes of butcher’s work.) North American Premiere
—Frako Loden
Friday, October 7, 8:30 pm
BUTC07R, Rafael
Sunday, October 9, 3:45 pm
BUTC09S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN CINEMA (CAAM).
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In Moré with English subtitles. Buud Yam is a tale of a young man’s Grail-like quest for a healer to treat his foster sister, Pughneere, stricken with an unknown illness. It’s the early 19th century, and the handsome and charismatic Wend Kuuni (whose early years are chronicled in Kaboré’s earlier fi lm of the same name, also showing at MVFF; see pg. 121 program note and pg. 61 Tribute) sets off on an unpredictable journey that takes him through forests and across deserts. The tension builds throughout with Pughneere’s life hanging in the balance. Beautifully photographed, Kaboré’s tale is a classic hero’s journey that leads Wend Kuuni, ultimately, not just to the cure for his sister but to a sense of identity. The fi lm’s underlying theme of tolerance and understanding adds to this rich fable, which in 1997 received international recognition and confirmed Kaboré’s reputation as a master filmmaker yet is now rarely seen in the US. This year’s MVFF Tribute honoree Kaboré achieves a fi lm of mythic proportion, combining his profound instinct for traditional folktale with his masterful sense of cinema.
—Zoë Elton
Tuesday, October 11, 7:00 pm BUUD11R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA & GLOBAL FILM INITIATIVE.
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, INSTITUTE FRANÇAIS BURKINA FASO AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY.
CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 88 MINS
Director Sascha Rice Producers Hilary Armstrong, Julia Mintz, Sascha Rice
They just don’t make ‘em like Edmund G. “Pat” Brown anymore. His visionary initiatives as California governor serve as a constant reminder of how investing in the future, from education to infrastructure, is necessary, humane and smart. The squareshouldered San Francisco native with the no-nonsense black-framed glasses chose real-world experience over college en route to a law degree, then applied his drive and ambition to public service. Combining a wide-ranging vision with unmatched political skills, Brown forged California into the Golden State through two astonishingly productive terms as governor. “The godfather of modern California,” as Tom Brokaw calls him, spearheaded the vast, widely affordable public university system, an expanded network of innovative freeways and (to the eternal dismay of some Bay Area denizens) the mammoth water system that carries northern California snowmelt to the agricultural heartland and the populous Southland. Sascha Rice, Pat’s granddaughter and Governor Jerry Brown’s niece, has crafted a valuable, insightful documentary filled with fascinating, forgotten details and priceless archival footage, including clips of gubernatorial challengers Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
—Michael Fox
Tuesday, October 11, 8:00 pm CAST11R, Rafael
CIRCUS COLUMBIA (CIRKUS COLUMBIA)
WORLD CINEMA
BOSNIA
AND
HERZEGOVINA
2010 • 113 MINS
Director Danis Tanovic Producers Cedomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo, Marc Bachet, Mirsad Purivatra Screenwriters Danis Tanovic, Ivica Dikic Cinematographer Walther Vanden Ende Editor Petar Markovic Cast Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler, Jelena Stupljanin, Milan Strljic, Mario Knezovic Print Source Strand Releasing
In Bosnian with English subtitles. Director Danis Tanovic’s Oscar-winning 2001 debut, No Man’s Land, literally “mines the territory” of the 1993 Bosnian war. Tanovic’s equally dark and comedic new fi lm is set during the summer of 1991, in that brief interlude following the fall of Communism before war broke out in the former Yugoslavia. “Who’d dare divide Bosnia? We’ve lived together all these years!” scoffs a middle-aged village matron. Enter largerthan-life Divko (Miki Manojlovic, Irina Palm, MVFF 2007; Underground ) in his red Mercedes, with a fl ashy young mistress and a vomiting pet cat in tow. Divko has returned from Germany after 20 years to “clean house” and settle old scores. Ejecting his estranged wife and son from the family home, he fl aunts his wealth and status in an effort to rediscover the man he once was—or was meant to be. New alliances are formed, old enmities fl are up and a deeply passionate love is rekindled as the war draws ever closer.
—Margarita Landazuri
Friday, October 14, 7:00 pm
CRSC14S, Sequoia
Sunday, October 16, 3:15 pm
CRSC16R, Rafael
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST
US 2011 • 82 MINS
Director/Producer Signe Taylor
Cinematographer Erin Hudson Editors
Peter Rhodes, Virginie Danglades Print
Source Signe Taylor
Stuff a clown-sized hankie up your sleeve for this wonderfully heart-squeezing documentary about a traveling youth circus on the brink of closure. Director Signe Taylor crafts a lively, loving portrait of Circus Smirkus, a one-of-a-kind training ground for young performers (including many from Marin County), capturing the thrills, hopes, tensions, creativity and love that marked the camp’s 2006 season, when every performance held the fate of the circus’s future. It’s impossible not to fall immediately for these kids—an elite group of 12- to 18year-old acrobats, jugglers, aerialists and clowns training for an intense 70-show tour—who amaze not only in their physical talents but in their poise, ambition and wide-open emotions. As the performers get a true taste of circus life, with all its highs and lows, we get a rare glimpse behind the big top at the real people who bring a special kind of magic to life. Ages 8+ —Deanna Quinones
Karen Porter Cast Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams, Melissa Auf der Maur Print Source eOne Films International
Longtime Hal Hartley lead and first-time filmmaker Martin Donovan stars in this darkly humorous drama about a famous but fading Broadway playwright named Robert Longfellow (Donovan) who returns to his childhood home in Los Angeles with a vague plan to do something about his aging mother (Katherine Helmond). Instead, quietly despondent, far from his wife and children and surrounded again by his childhood rock posters, he fl irts with a midlife crisis—and a possible fl ing with his old crush, now-famous actress Emma Stiles (Olivia Williams). But neither fame and fortune, a loving wife and family, nor a tempting infi delity compensates the middle-aged artist for the disappearance of his muse. Enter Gus (a nicely complex David Morse), Robert’s boyhood next-door neighbor, now a reckless and lonely ex-con who insists on sharing a few brewskies for old-times’ sake. Unexpected inspiration comes thus to both men across a very dodgy bridge of mutual desperation and tenuous understanding. US Co-Premiere —Robert Avila
Sunday, October 9, 8:45 pm
CBRT09S, Sequoia
Tuesday, October 11, 6:45 pm
CBRT11R, Rafael
WORLD CINEMA
FRANCE 2011 • 110 MINS
Director Xavier Durringer Producers Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer Screenwriters
Xavier Durringer, Patrick Rotman
Cinematographer Gilles Porte Editor
Catherine Schwartz Cast Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Hippolyte Girardot, Samuel Labarthe, Mathias Mlekuz
Print Source Music Box Films
In French with English subtitles. As political satire, The Conquest is that rare specimen produced while the subject is still in power. Denis Podalydès delivers a witty yet commanding portrayal of Nicolas Sarkozy and his rise to the French presidency through the lens of his unraveling marriage to then-wife Cecilia (Florence Pernel). Never one to disguise his ambition, the fi lm’s Sarkozy curries favor with predecessor Jacques Chirac (Bernard Le Coq, muttering “The little bastard wants my job!”) and spars gamely with glib rival Dominique de Villepin (Samuel Labarthe). This lampoon depicts the future president of France as a bold and unashamed virtuoso of political combat, whose inattention to his disintegrating domestic partnership emerges as his chief vulnerability. With leads brilliantly etching sharp characterizations of living politicians, director Xavier Durringer need never veer too far from reality, even while deploying fi ctional embellishments and a larger-than-life sense of humor that—with Nicola Piovani’s buoyant score—giddily evoke a circus-like atmosphere.
—George Minafer
Wednesday, October 12, 6:30 pm
CNQT12S, Sequoia
CORIOLANUS
WORLD CINEMA
UK 2011 • 122 MINS
Director Ralph Fiennes Producers Ralph Fiennes, John Logan, Gabrielle Tana, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Colin Vaines Screenwriter
John Logan, play by William Shakespeare
Cinematographer Barry Ackroyd Editor
Nicolas Gaster Cast Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, James Nesbitt, Jessica Chastain Print
Source The Weinstein Company
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • Ralph Fiennes marks his directorial debut with an ambitious, action-packed contemporary setting—in war-torn Bosnia—of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. Fiennes reprises the juicy titular role he played on the London stage: powerful general Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, at odds with the City of Rome. Contemptuous of a starved populace that has begun to riot, Martius prefers the battlefi eld where he meets his old enemy Tullus Aufi dius (a very macho Gerard Butler) and returns a hero. Reveling in his triumph, he gains election as a governing consul but is soon opposed by the citizenry. His anger at the public’s disfavor leads to his expulsion, and in desperation he turns to his sworn enemy Tullus, with whom he takes revenge on the city. With Vanessa Redgrave as Coriolanus’s iron-willed mother and Jessica Chastain as his trophy wife, a high-powered cast and chilling modern urban battle scenes propel this timeless work into the 21st century. US Premiere
—Janis Plotkin
Friday, October 7, 9:00 pm
CRNS07S, Sequoia
Saturday, October 8, 7:30 pm
CRNS08R, Rafael
COUNTRY MUSIC
CAMPESINA)
CHILE/US 2011 • 105 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Alberto Fuguet Producer Sarah Childress
Cinematographer Ashley Zeiger Editor Sebastián Arriagada Cast Pablo Cerda, James Cathcart, Karin Whitehouse, Ezra Fitz, Todd Hughes, Cole Kinnear Print
Source Cinépata
In English and Spanish with English subtitles. This fi sh-out-of-water tale about a Chilean slacker adrift in Nashville offers a nod to Robert Altman. But Alberto Fuguet’s take on the self-proclaimed “Music City USA” mixes the poignant longing of the immigrant experience with a deadpan humor that’s more akin to mumblecore godfather Jim Jarmusch. Fuguet, a leading light of the New Chilean Narrative literary movement, deploys his novelist ear and fi lmmaker eye to take in everything that’s both alien and appealing to Alejandro Tazo as he tries to understand his new environment and make himself understood in turn. Shot on a shoestring budget in 10 days, using a student crew assembled while Fuguet was a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, Country Music boasts an engaging performance by Chilean actor Pablo Cerda and a rock-and-country score by Gustavo Leon in its quirky look at Nashville’s neon hustle and down-home charm.
—Margarita Landazuri
Saturday, October 15, 2:30 pm CNTR15R, Rafael Sunday, October 16, 2:45 pm CNTR16S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANAL ALLIANCE.
DA MONZON, THE CONQUEST OF SAMANYANA
(DA MONZON, LA CONQUÊTE DE SAMANYANA)
WORLD CINEMA
MALI
2010 • 110 MINS
Director Sidy Fassara Diabaté
Screenwriters Sidy Fassara Diabaté, Ibrahim Tom Cinematographers M. L. Tani, Abdoulaye Somé Editor Seydou Koné Cast Namory Diabaté, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Kadidia Coulibaly Print Source Sidy Fassara Diabaté
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In Bambara with English subtitles. Sidy Diabaté’s stunningly photographed epic tale of intrigue and power is rooted in the history of the Bambara Kingdom of Ségou, in what is now Mali. When the young Da Monzon inherits his father’s throne, his first priority is to muster his followers and conquer the nearby kingdom of Samanyana, a territory rich in gold. Its formidable red-haired ruler, Bassi, meanwhile, thinks it’s a hoot that the young upstart would even try to challenge his supremacy. After all, as the holy men caution, Bassi is possessed of mystical powers. Undaunted, Da Monzon persists, realizing that he needs a secret weapon to take on this far-from-ordinary man. He fi nds that weapon in Nyala Bamabar, a woman whose own powers make an intriguing match for the master mystic. Diabaté’s gorgeous visuals and fantastic cast give great life to a compelling drama that speaks volumes about human nature.
—Zoë Elton
Saturday, October 8, 1:45 pm
DMTC08S, Sequoia
Monday, October 10, 6:30 pm
DMTC10R, Rafael
DAY OF THE FLOWERS
WORLD CINEMA
UK 2011 • 100 MINS
Director John Roberts Producer Jonathan Rae Screenwriter Eirene Houston
Cinematographer Vernon Layton
Editor
David Freeman Music Stephen Warbeck
Cast Eva Birthistle, Carlos Acosta, Charity Wakefi eld, Christopher Simpson, Bryan Dick, Manuel de Blas Print Source Jonathan J. Rae Independent Talent Group
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • In English and Spanish with English subtitles. In this tale of two charmingly idiosyncratic Scottish sisters, a colorful but complicated journey across Cuba reveals the unique dichotomy between the idyll and the idealized. Rosa is a self-righteous lefty liberal activist with a bohemian spirit and a romanticized notion of the Cuban Revolution—and her parents’ participation in it. Her wee sister Allie is a modish girly-girl in high heels and lipstick with a naïveté as big as her overstuffed suitcases. In an attempt to save their father from an ignominious memorial, the duo absconds with his ashes and travels to Cuba, where Rosa believes he rightfully belongs. But her mission of mercy is derailed when the police confi scate the ashes, and the sparring sisters—along with their kilt-clad political anarcho-activist companion Conway—take divergent paths to get him back, making some surprising discoveries along the way about the family ties that hold them together. World Premiere —Joanne Parsont
Tuesday, October 11, 6:15 pm DAYF11R, Cinema
The Friends of the Festival screening on October 11 is free to members presenting a ticket from the box offi ce.
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US
2011 • 70 MINS
Director Judy Lieff Producers Judy Lieff, City Lore Cinematographers Melissa Donovan, Claudia Raschke-Robinson Editor Keiko Deguchi Print Source Made-By-Hand, LLC
In American Sign Language and English with English subtitles. Aneta Brodski is a young deaf girl originally from Israel who longs to move beyond the security of friends and family in Queens and connect with the larger, hearing world. A team of American Sign Language poets and storytellers at the Lexington School for the Deaf challenges Aneta and her fellow students to turn their words into art: to craft original stories with potent visual images and metaphors that come alive in performance. Aneta soon grows more articulate and discovers a previously unknown side of herself as she begins appearing at poetry slams and spoken-word events with hearing audiences. She truly shines, however, after she meets Tahani, a Palestinian slam poet. Together they create a spoken and signed duet, their alternating voices expressing common dreams about a shared homeland.
—Carol Harada
PRECEDED BY
MR. HAPPY MAN
US 2011 • 11 MINS
Director Matt Morris
A loving portrait of Bermuda’s Johnny Barnes, who has dedicated his life to making the world a happier place in his own unique way—one person at a time.
TOTAL PROGRAM 81 MINS
Thursday, October 13, 6:45 pm
DEAF13R, Rafael
Saturday, October 15, 2:15 pm
DEAF15S, Sequoia
THE DESTINY OF LESSER ANIMALS
(SIBO NE KRA, DABO NE KRA)
WORLD CINEMA
GHANA/US 2011 • 89 MINS
Director Deron Albright Producers Deron A lbright, Yao B. Nunoo, Francis Gbormittah, Dede Maitre Screenwriter Yao B. Nunoo
Cinematographer Aaron T. Bowen Editors
J acob Bricca, Lisa Molomot Cast Yao B. N unoo, Fred Amugi, Abena Takyi, Sandy Arkhurst, Xolasie Mawuenyega Print
So urce Bright Moon Pictures
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In Fante, English, Twi, Pidgin and Ga with French and English subtitles. This gripping West African policier marks a striking collaboration between Ghanaian screenwriter and actor Yao B. Nunoo and (in a sharp debut effort) American director Deron Albright. Determined to return to the United States after being deported post-9/11, Ghanaian police inspector Boniface Koomsin (Nunoo) pays big money for a forged passport only to have it snatched away in the streets of Accra. Boniface lies to his police mentor, saying his gun was stolen, to make tracking down the thief a priority. But his personal investigation gets entangled with a series of shootings of white expatriates—shootings that ballistics matches with a police weapon. His suspect turns out to be a man resembling himself in ways that make Boniface profoundly uneasy. Nunoo and director Albright together infuse the policier genre with West African cinematic traditions and a neorealist emphasis on daily life that casts their characters in a larger postcolonial story of Ghanaian independence.
—Frako Loden
Friday, October 14, 4:00 pm
DSTN14R, Rafael
Sunday, October 16, 3:30 pm
DSTN16R, Rafael
DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 77 MINS
Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frederic Tcheng
Producer Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Cinematographer Cristobol Zanartu Editors
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frederic Tcheng
Print Source Samuel Goldwyn Films
“How does one become Diana Vreeland?” the late fashion editor and cult fi gure, then 80 years old, is asked fi ve minutes into this delightful fi lm. Vreeland answers in her inimitable smoky drawl: “The first thing to do, my love, is arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything fl ows quite naturally.” So begins this loving, intimate and ultimately exhilarating celebration of the “High Priestess of Fashion,” the columnist, editor and finally museum curator who so profoundly shaped the look and style of American women. As Richard Avedon would say after her death, “She was and remains the only genius fashion editor.” Using archival footage, family photos and recorded conversations with George Plympton, Lisa Immordino Vreeland (a granddaughter by marriage) wisely lets the legend’s own voice carry the film. As one would expect with such a guide, everything follows quite naturally.
FOCUS: HEALING • In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. We know there’s a special bond between dolphins and people. But dolphin therapy to heal deeply troubled humans? No Flipper TV fantasy, it actually happened to Morad, an Arab-Israeli teenager who, after a brutal beating, was left in a state of post-traumatic dissociation. Psychiatrist Ilan Kutz tried conventional treatment methods to no avail. With institutionalization looming as a last resort, Kutz persuaded Morad’s parents to send the boy to the town of Eilat to mingle with free dolphins, hoping their nonverbal interaction would bring the teenager out of his psychic exile. The result is an intensely moving and joyful true story of love—animal, parental, therapeutic—that never strays from the shores of reality. US Premiere
—Frako Loden
PRECEDED BY
WHILE YOU WERE GONE (MEDAN DU VAR BORTA)
SWEDEN 2011 • 12 MINS
Director Frida Kempff
Facing a life-defining moment, a man ponders his difficult relationship with his father.
TOTAL PROGRAM 84 MINS
Sunday, October 9, 1:00 pm DPHN09S, Sequoia Monday, October 10, 9:30 pm DPHN10R, Rafael
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE OF ISRAEL.
SPONSORED BY WHOLE FOODS MARKET
EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 82 MINS
Directors/Producers Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey Cinematographers Ed Marritz, Jon Shenk, Tom Hurwitz, Ulrich Bonnekamp, Thad Wadleigh, Brian Wingert, Andrew Dryer, Petr Stepanek Editor Don Bernier
Print Source Bread and Butter Films
Charles Eames trained as an architect. Ray Eames was a painter. When they married, they wed their talents and aesthetic sensibilities as well, becoming among the most important designers of the 20th century. Their sleek, still-ubiquitous, moldedplywood lounge chair is only one of many designs that revolutionized furniture in the postwar era. But the couple’s work extends further, encompassing their Pacifi c Palisades home, the IBM Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and over 100 short films. Like its subject, this documentary (narrated by James Franco, MVFF Spotlight 2010) is multifaceted, as much about their symbiotic relationship as their extraordinarily creative career. Collaborators, friends, family, art and design critics contribute memories and observations, while archival footage offers a dizzying sense of a phenomenal output and captures the Eameses at work, at home and out in the world they impacted so profoundly.
—Pam Grady
PRECEDED BY
AMERICAN HOMES
US 2011 • 12 MINS
Director Bernard Friedman
A fast-paced animation reviewing 1,800 years of residential architecture in 12 minutes!
TOTAL PROGRAM 94 MINS
Saturday, October 8, 3:30 pm
EAME08R, Rafael Friday, October 14, 9:30 pm
EAME14S, Sequoia
ECO-PIRATE: THE STORY OF PAUL WATSON
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
CANADA 2010 • 110 MINS
Director Trish Dolman Producers Trish Dolman, Kevin Eastwood Cinematographers Todd Craddock, Ian Kerr, Kristian Olsen Editors Brendan Woollard, Mike Jackson Print Source Screen Siren Pictures
Is Canadian environmentalist Paul Watson a hero, a madman or something in between? Trish Dolman’s insightful documentary delves into the nature of a man whose allegiance is not to humankind but rather to the marine life he defends. Once a member of Greenpeace’s early leadership, Watson and the group part ways after his bold approach ruffl es feathers. He becomes the founder and charismatic leader of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose tactics in defense of whales are decidedly more aggressive—including smoke bombs and the occasional ship-ramming. Watson has a knack for media-ready moments, yet his unwavering commitment inspires legions of young activists, many of whom join him on voyages to hunt down illegal whaling vessels. Full of breathtaking Antarctic footage and hair-raising action on the high seas, Eco-Pirate takes viewers on the wild ride that is Watson’s life. US Premiere
—Laurie Koh
Friday, October 7, 6:00 pm
ECPR07R, Rafael
Sunday, October 9, 12:30 pm
ECPR09R, Rafael
ELIMINATE: ARCHIE
WORLD CINEMA
UK 2011 • 87 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Rob Holder Producer Ioanna Karavela Cinematographer Stein Stie Editor Valentina Riva Cast Paul Rhys, Claire Skinner, Paul Ritter, Georgia King, Philip Manikum, Nicholas Day Print Source Agent Pictures
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • British agent Archie Cookson is no James Bond. This stubbly, wine-stained, shambling man in Michael Caine eyeglasses has been relegated to a dreary Bristol back offi ce of MI6 where he translates recordings from the Russian. Dismissed by his boss, estranged from his wife, condescended to by his preadolescent son, Archie faces a dim future—and that’s before the higher-ups in MI6 hire one of his best friends to kill him. “Why would they want to kill you? You don’t do anything!” exclaims his exasperated wife. But, slowly, Archie begins to remember what it means to be a man of action. With this handsomely shot fi rst feature, writer-director Rob Holder offers a darkly comic indie homage to the classic British spy movies of the ‘60s. Paul Rhys (Chaplin, Vincent and Theo) heads an expert cast, playing Archie with the kind of melancholy deadpan humor that makes a mildly uttered “Oh, no” speak volumes. US Premiere —Juliet Clark
Saturday, October 8, 1:00 pm EMNT08R, Rafael
Tuesday, October 11, 9:30 pm EMNT11S, Sequoia
WORLD CINEMA
AUSTRALIA 2011 • 91 MINS
Director Stephan Elliott Producers Share Stallings, Laurence Malkin, Gary Hamilton, Antonia Barnard Screenwriter Dean Craig Cinematographer Stephen Windon Editor Sue Blainey Cast Xavier Samuel, Kris M arshall, Kevin Bishop, Laura Brent, Rebel Wilson, Olivia Newton-John Print Source Arclight Films
In his smash hit, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, director Stephan Elliot put Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving in an ancient tour bus and fl amboyant drag in the middle of the Australian outback. How can you top that? Here’s how: a wedding party in the outback with a fabulous pop icon (Olivia Newton-John, as the Aussie mother-in-law–to-be), a teen-throb star from the Twilight series (Xavier Samuel, as the British groom-to-be) and Ramsey, a muchbeloved male sheep. In this outrageous comedy of ill manners (think Bridesmaids meets Mel Brooks on Planet Apatow), the class roles are topsy-turvy, with the Aussies as arbiters of taste, charm and conservative family values, and the incoming Brits (Samuel and “best men” Kris Marshall and Kevin Bishop) as scud-missiles of scatology and “Superbaaaaad” habits. Without giving anything away, suffi ce it to say that our young lovers are tested and poor Ramsey literally “gets it in the end.” “Shear” delight! North American Premiere
—Karen Davis
Friday, October 14, 8:30 pm
AFEW14R, Rafael
For special premiere information, see page 77.
THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD
WORLD CINEMA
US/ALBANIA/DENMARK/ITALY 2011 • 109 MINS
Director Joshua Marston Producer Paul Mezey Screenwriters Joshua Marston, A ndamion Murataj Cinematographer Rob Har dy Editor Malcolm Jamieson Cast Tristan Halilaj, Sindi Lacej, Refet Abazi, Za na Hasaj Print Source IFC Films
In Albanian with English subtitles. In his fi rst feature since the breathtaking Maria Full of Grace, director Joshua Marston again turns his visionary lens on an insular culture, gently immersing the viewer in a dramatic scenario fraught with mounting tension. A horse-drawn cart meanders down an Albanian dirt road, delivering bread to the people of a small town. The men at the local pub separate by clan and gruffl y propel the same feuds as their fathers before them. Seemingly a world away, motorbikes screech and teenagers—including lanky 17-year-old Nik—text, fl irt and play video games. But when the land-rights argument between Nik’s father and another family fatally escalates, legal justice comes second to the 15th-century Balkan code known as the Kanun, leaving Nik and his younger brother powerless and angst-ridden. Visually breathtaking, with impressively delicate performances by the nonprofessional young leads, The Forgiveness of Blood is a powerful drama that leaves us anxiously awaiting its surprising climax.
—Alexis Whitham
Thursday, October 13, 4:00 pm
FRGV13S, Sequoia
Saturday, October 15, 12:15 pm
FRGV15S, Sequoia
US 2011 • 94 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Justin Lerner
Producers Jerad Anderson, Kristina L auren Anderson Cinematographer Quyen
Tr an Editor Jeff Castelluccio Cast Shannon Wo odward, Jackson Rathbone, Amanda Plummer, Evan Sneider Print Source Elephant Eye Films
FOCUS: HEALING • All love stories are complicated. But writer-director Justin Lerner has ventured into very prickly territory with extraordinary self-assurance. Evan (graceful newcomer Evan Sneider) is a young man with Down syndrome living with his devoted mother (the ever-elastic Amanda Plummer, MVFF Tribute 1995) in a poor, working-class town. Leading an ordinary life in most respects, Evan’s greatest desire is to have a love affair like those he sees on TV. To that end, he pursues Candy (Shannon Woodward), a single mom he’s had a crush on since high school. But his approach proves problematic: Seeing her on the verge of eviction and stuck in a toxic relationship with her sinister-looking, volatile ex-husband (Twilight ’s Jackson Rathbone), Evan gifts Candy with a large amount of money he’s just inherited. Against a deceivingly tranquil rural setting, the need for love and the need for survival come into stark confl ict in this poignant and fearless first feature.
—Joanne Parsont
Sunday, October 9, 6:30 pm GRFN09R, Rafael
Monday, October 10, 5:30 pm GRFN10T, 142 Throckmorton
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER.
US CINEMA
US 2011 • 90 MINS
Director Lance Daly Producers
J onathan King, Dan Etheridge, Orlando Bloom Screenwriter John Enbom
Cinematographer Yaron Orbach Editor Em er Reynolds Cast Orlando Bloom, Riley Keough, Rob Morrow, Troy Garity, Taraji P. Henson, Michael Pena Print Source Magnolia Pictures
First-year doctor Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is earnest, diligent, industrious and eager to please. But after becoming obsessed with his patient Diane (Riley Keough), his commitment to the Hippocratic Oath begins a slippery slide into morally and ethically ambiguous territory. Blake is a complex character, obsessed and lonely, unassuming yet hungering for acceptance and respect, especially from the chief (Rob Morrow), a nurse (Taraji P.Henson) and an orderly (Michael Pena). Dr. Blake believes that he is doing the right thing even when reality forcefully contradicts his judgment. All of these elements work to create a film that is both character study and thriller. In his first American production, director Lance Daly refrains from easy moralizing, leaving it to the audience—and Bloom’s complex, wonderfully restrained performance—to create its own commentary on what has increasingly become a purgatory for doctors, patients and the healthcare system in general.
—Melissa Howden
Saturday, October 8, 6:00 pm
DCTR08S, Sequoia
Monday, October 10, 9:30 pm
DCTR10R, Rafael
GRANITO:
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 104 MINS
Director Pamela Yates Producer Paco de Onís Cinematographer Melle van Essen
Editor Peter Kinoy Print Source Skylight Pic tures
In Spanish and English with English subtitles. In her 1982 documentary, When the Mountains Tremble , filmmaker Pamela Yates ( State of Fear, MVFF 2005) drew the world’s attention to the Guatemalan military’s campaign of genocide against its own indigenous population. The film also propelled Mayan activist Rigoberta Menchú to international prominence and a Nobel Peace Prize. Nearly 25 years later, Yates was asked to join a team of forensic experts, lawyers and Mayan survivors to help bring an international human rights case against Guatemala’s former political and military leadership. Using old footage and outtakes, as well as new interviews with Menchú and other activists, Yates has crafted a gripping work that is partly a detective story and partly a refl ection on how sometimes a film doesn’t just document history, but can also be called upon to make history. The powerful, multilayered Granito is a masterful documentary from a deeply engaged filmmaker.
—Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
Friday, October 7, 6:30 pm GRAN07R, Rafael
Sunday, October 9, 5:45 pm GRAN09S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LA PEÑA & UN ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL.
GURU: BHAGWAN, HIS SECRETARY & HIS BODYGUARD
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
SWITZERLAND 2010 • 95 MINS
Directors Sabine Gisiger, Beat Häner
Producer Philip Delaquis Cinematographer B eat Häner, Matthias Kälin
Editor Barbara Weber Print Source Das Kollektiv für a udiovisuelle Werke GmbH
A shower of rose petals dropped from a helicopter signals the arrival of Bhagwan Rajneesh, via Rolls Royce, to his Oregon compound of 5,000 devotees. This illuminating, multilayered exploration of Bhagwan Rajneesh’s teachings and followers is also a shrewd portrait of the 1970s, when people the world over sought spiritual and sexual freedom and an answer to the age-old question, “Who am I?” Rajneesh’s longtime bodyguard (Hugh Milne) and secretary (Sheela Birnstiel) narrate, as the film interweaves their accounts with extraordinary, sometimes sensational, archival footage. Traveling from India to the US and back, the story chronicles a rise in popularity and power that ends in Oregon amid controversy, banishment, prison sentences and dissolution of spirit. Early on, Rajneesh proclaims, “Surrender to me and I will transform you, that is my promise.” Fascinatingly, even as his followers begin to ask when it all began to go wrong, it’s clear Rajneesh kept his promise in many ways. North American Premiere —Melissa Howden
Saturday, October 15, 2:15 pm
GURU15R, Rafael
Sunday, October 16, 12:00 pm
GURU16S, Sequoia
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND.
“Everything in this country is about money. Everything.” Thus begins this outrage-stirring documentary in the vein of 2010’s Inside Job. There’s no denying the American economy has gone from bad to worse to apocalyptic; Heist digs deep to uncover who and what lit the fuse on the current disaster. Filmmakers Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher reveal decades of shady dealings between corporations and the US government, from Reagan’s deregulation spree to Clinton’s thumbs-up on the North American Free Trade Agreement. The result, of course, is that a very small group of mega-rich Americans control most of our country’s wealth, as everyone else (including labor-union members, poor families and senior citizens) scrambles to hold onto jobs, homes, pensions and social security— things the current system seemingly cares little about protecting. Fortunately, the fi lm offers strategies for the non-billionaires among us, including voting crook-enabling politicians out of offi ce. Getting mad as hell can’t hurt, either. World Premiere
—Cheryl Eddy
Thursday, October 13, 7:00 pm
WSTA13S, Sequoia
Saturday, October 15, 2:00 pm
WSTA15R, Rafael
HELLO! HOW ARE YOU?
(BUNA! CE FACI?)
WORLD CINEMA
ROMANIA 2010 • 105 MINS
Director Alexandru Maftei Producer
Tudor Reu Screenwriter Lia Bugnar Cinematographer Radu Aldea Editor Mihai Codleanu Cast Dana Voicu, Ionel Mihailescu, Paul Diaconescu Print Source m-appeal
In Romanian with English subtitles. Romania’s fertile New Wave has given festivalgoers unforgettable social-realist parables and politically incendiary dramas. Alexandru Maftei’s breezy yet bittersweet tale of awakened desires proves that the Eastern European country can do romantic comedies too, with an equally satisfying bite. Gabriel used to be a concert pianist until an accident killed his career. His wife, Gabriela, works as a dry-cleaner while daydreaming of a more exciting life. One night, Gabriel impulsively decides to enter a computer chat room and connects with another lost, lonely soul who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his wife. Will their secret cyber-relationship reignite the middleaged couple’s lackluster love life or merely remind them both just how DOA their marriage really is? Throw in a horny adolescent son and you’ve got a heartfelt farce—part teen raunch and part You’ve Got Mail –style love story—about rediscovering your inner romantic.
—David Fear
Sunday, October 9, 9:00 pm HHRY09R, Rafael
Wednesday, October 12, 4:00 pm HHRY12S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HONORARY CONSULATE OF ROMANIA.
WORLD CINEMA
POLAND 2011 • 124 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Andrzej Baranski
Producers Malgorzata Jurczak, Krzysztof Gredzinski Cinematographer Jacek Petrycki Editor Wanda Zeman Cast Rafal Zawierucha, Aldona Jankowska, Jan Wojtynski, Grzegorz Gromek, Edward Kusztal, Michal Aniol Print Source TVP
In Polish with English subtitles. The collective identity crisis of contemporary Poland runs through Andrzej Baranski’s epic, eccentric portrait of a young man’s quest to find himself in a turbulent and unusual world. We meet Zbyszek (Rafal Zawierucha) as a young boy, recipient of his drunken, sad-sack father’s advice about how to succeed in life. Fifteen years later, Zbyszek is a struggling student forced to steal food to live. After several comic and pathetic attempts to take the world by storm, the lost boy wanders home to the village he escaped so many years before. Baranski’s stunning black-and-white cinematography paints an honest picture of an unforgiving world still in transition from its Communist past. The colorful characters around Zbyszek present diverse points of view and embody the impact of 20 years of social and political transformation. Meanwhile, the profound struggles of an entire society emerge from the harsh, sometimes funny personal exploits of one unsettled man. US Premiere —Brendan Peterson
Thursday, October 13, 8:45 pm
HRTG13R, Rafael
Friday, October 14, 8:45 pm
HRTG14R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH poloniaSF.org.
HOLIDAYS BY THE SEA
WORLD CINEMA
MVFF’s maestro-in-residence, our curator of curiosities and marvelous musicalities, John Goddard, this year turns his expertise and whimsical sensibilities to one of the greatest genres to evolve out of the American musical psyche: jazz. Delving deep into his personal collection, Goddard will veejay an evening of the early decades of all that’s jazz—from trad to bebop, from Dixieland to swing. Expect a syncopated soiree ranging from the famous to the forgotten, with a few oddities thrown in to keep things swinging. Goddard himself confesses to being a latecomer to the genre, but once he heard Billie Holiday, a door opened into the world of Armstrong and Ellington, Coltrane and Monk, not to mention the vocalists—think Jimmy Scott, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee. Opinions about the origins of the word “jazz” are as multifarious as its forms, but one thing is certain: Jazz is cool, and jazz is HOT. Be there or be square!
—Zoë Elton
TOTAL PROGRAM 90 MINS
Friday, October 7, 9:45 pm
HDEH07S, Sequoia
FRANCE 2011 • 77 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Pascal Rabaté
Producer Xavier Delmas Cinematographer Benoît Chamaillard Editor Jean-François Elie Cast Jacques Gamblin, Maria de Medeiros, François Damiens, François Morel, Dominique Pinon, Arsène Mosca Print Source Films Boutique
In French with English subtitles. In loving homage to the award-winning 1953 farce M. Hulot’s Holiday, graphic novelist–turned-director Pascal Rabaté ( Les petits ruisseaux ) takes Tati’s seaside slapstick social commentary and updates it for a new generation to dizzyingly joyful effect. From the hilarious opening sight gag (involving a golf cart and an oversized couple in a tiny car), it’s clear that Rabaté’s emphasis is on the visual and situational. But who needs dialogue with shenanigans like this? From a kinky bedroom tryst gone awry to a scavenger hunt at a nudist colony, Rabaté’s characters—bickering clans, punks, a businessman and his mistress—all find themselves overwhelmed by their own questionable decisions and desires, resulting in a film of pure blissful escape.
—Alexis Whitham
Sunday, October 9, 6:45 pm
HDAY09S, Sequoia
Wednesday, October 12, 4:00 pm
HDAY12R, Rafael
JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME
US 2011 • 84 MINS
Directors/Writers Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass Producers Lianne Halfon, Jason Reitman, Russell Smith Cinematographer Jas Shelton Editor Jay Deuby Cast Jason Segel, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Ed Helms Print Source Paramount Pictures
For most people, chasing destiny is nothing more than a fool’s errand. But not for unemployed Jeff, who lives at home with his mother. A poet-philosopher disguised as a do-nothing 30-year-old slacker, Jeff knows that he has a place in the universe, and today he’s ready to go out and fi nd it. Filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass, best known as the pioneers of indie fi lm’s mumblecore movement, continue their winning streak with this funny, sincere and oddly rousing exploration of life’s Big Questions. Their portrait of a family slowly defl ating under everyday banalities is anchored by three affecting performances: Susan Sarandon as the emotionally withdrawn, widowed mother; Ed Helms as the posturing older brother; and standout Jason Segel as Jeff, whose open heart and endless faith are both maddening and inspiring. In our achievement-obsessed world, it’s all too easy to dismiss a person like Jeff. But what a pity that would be.
—Atissa Manshouri
Thursday, October 6, 7:00 pm
JEFA06S, Sequoia Thursday, October 6, 7:15 pm
JEFB06S, Sequoia
For Opening Night Gala information, see page 26.
LIGHT OF THE RIVER
(KAWA NO HIKARI)
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST
FRANCE/UK
2011 • 145 MINS
Director Luc Besson Producers Luc Besson, Andy Harries, Virginie Silla Screenwriter
Rebecca Frayn Cinematographer Thierry
Arbogast Editor Julien Rey Cast Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, William Hope Print Source Europa Corp.
This profound and epic love story, set against a backdrop of political upheaval, chronicles the lives of Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and her husband, British academic Michael Aris (David Thewlis, Mike Leigh’s Naked and the Harry Potter series). After the bloody military takeover, Suu Kyi entered the political arena, painfully eschewing a peaceful domestic life in London to embody the hopes and ideals of her people. With Suu Kyi placed under house arrest and consequently enduring long periods of separation from Aris and their two sons, the couple remained devoted both to each other and to the necessity of pursuing the greater good. Yeoh’s portrayal of a woman whose commitment to truth and peace place her in the pantheon of great visionary leaders—think Gandhi and Mandela—is an exquisite and beautifully modulated performance, the heartbeat of director Luc Besson’s deeply affecting film.
—Zoë Elton
Saturday, October 8, 7:30 pm LADY08R, Rafael
For Spotlight on The Lady information, see page 55.
JAPAN 2009 • 75 MINS
Director Tetsuo Hirakawa Producers Atsuko Kashiwagi, Atsuya Hirooka, Masayuki Anzai Screenwriters Hisaki Matsuura, Takao Yoshioka Cinematographers Satoshi Komachi, Masanobu Hase, Koji Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Ono Editor Masao Nakagawa Print Source NHK
In Japanese with English subtitles. In this warmhearted, amusing, beautifully animated adventure about finding your way in a strange world, a family of river rats is driven from its riverbank home by a human construction project. Needing to fi nd a new place to live, a father and his two young sons, Tarta and Chichi, negotiate the everyday yet unexpected dangers of a city, surviving only with the timely help of a string of unlikely friends: a dog, a cat, a sparrow and a wise sewer rat. Kids will delight in the eager, irrepressible Chichi, who treats their journey as a fun adventure and has a knack for getting into trouble. Throughout, gentle lessons unfold about balancing trust and caution, coping with loss and longing, and discovering one’s strengths and proper home—all set against the backdrop of a disconnected human world unaware of its impact on nature. Ages 4+
—Jeff Campbell
Sunday, October 9, 2:30 pm
RVER09T, 142 Throckmorton
Sunday, October 16, 2:15 pm
RVER16T, 142 Throckmorton
Director Drake Doremus Producers
Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling
Screenwriters Drake Doremus, Ben York
Jones Cinematographer John Guleserian
Editor Jonathan Alberts Cast Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence Print
Source Paramount Pictures
Can love be both a blessing and a burden? In this wonderfully acted romantic drama, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, Felicity Jones (The Tempest ) portrays Anna, an English exchange student and burgeoning journalist who falls for Jacob (Anton Yelchin), a young American furniture designer. With Anna’s visa set to expire, both face at least temporary separation. However, when she delays her trip, Anna inadvertently derails their future, setting off a chain of events involving geography, time, trust and their own individual ambitions. Eschewing typical romantic tropes, the fi lm favors spontaneity over spectacle, letting the camera linger lovingly on the pair as if merely capturing moments in time. Jones’s ingenue appeal and impressive performance lend an emotional intelligence to the story, while Alex Kingston and Oliver Muirhead delight as Anna’s gregarious Scotch-loving parents. Refusing easy answers, Like Crazy asks whether fi rst loves are ever truly extinguishable.
—Laura Swanbeck
Friday, October 7, 7:00 pm
CRZY07S, Sequoia
Wednesday, October 12, 6:00 pm
CRZY12R, Rafael
US 2010 • 88 MINS
US CINEMA
LOST
WORLD CINEMA
ITALY 2010 • 80 MINS
Director Roberta Torre Producers
Amedeo Bacigalupo, Roberta Torre
Screenwriters Roberta Torre, Laura Nuccilli Cinematographer Fabio Zamarion
In Italian with English subtitles. In the notso-charming Sicilian suburbs, mini-skirted Vespa-riding teenager Manuela sweeps hair off the floor at the local salon and tries to tolerate her dysfunctional family. In desperate need of attention, she announces the Virgin Mary has spoken to her in a dream, revealing the whereabouts of the missing head of the town’s Madonna statue, knocked off its perch by a wayward soccer kick. When Manuela’s revelation proves accurate, her ever-entrepreneurial mother seizes the opportunity to gain local fame and “tithes,” aggressively exploiting her daughter’s “supernatural powers.” Directed by one of the most original voices in contemporary Italian cinema, Lost Kisses blends dreamy fi ction, humor and bittersweet reality in a quirky mix reminiscent of the early work of Fellini and Almodóvar. Milanese by birth and Sicilian by choice, Roberta Torre lovingly depicts the complexity of contemporary Sicily, a place where opposites coexist and religion and superstition are never very far apart.
—Laura Costantino
Saturday, October 15, 9:30 pm
KSSS15S, Sequoia
Sunday, October 16, 1:00 pm KSSS16R, Rafael
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE.
WORLD CINEMA
UK/IRELAND 2011 • 78 MINS
Director Alexandra McGuinness Producers
Mark Lee, Morgan Bushe, Kyle Blanshard Screenwriters Alexandra McGuinness, Brendan Grant Cinematographer Gareth Munden Editors Herbert Hunger, Emer Reynolds Cast Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Johnny Flynn, Cynthia Fortune Ryan, Benn Northover, Daisy Lewis, Amber Anderson Print Source McGuinnessLee Ltd.
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • Like their mythological namesakes, the gorgeously addled creatures floating through Alexandra McGuinness’s debut feature are a seductively indolent bunch. Rich, beautiful and aimless, they drift from one excessive London party to another in a swoon-worthy parade of high fashion and affectless, casually ruthless behavior reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s Factory scene. Antonia CampbellHughes is Alice, her wide-eyed beauty recalling ’60s icon Penelope Tree as the waiflike model at the center of the film. But is she a hanger-on or a willing participant in the group’s dangerous games? Heroin addict Charlie (folk singer Johnny Flynn) and world-weary playboys Felix and Marlon compete for her affections and a taste of her innocence, but Alice’s journey down this rabbit hole may not be round-trip. Shot with a decidedly edgy fashion photographer’s sensibility in rich, high-contrast black and white, Lotus Eaters is long on atmosphere, aided in no small part by its of-the-moment soundtrack and Flynn’s intoxicating rendition of “Papa Was a Rodeo.”
—Atissa Manshouri
Saturday, October 8, 6:15 pm
EATR08R, Rafael Monday, October 10, 9:15 pm EATR10S, Sequoia
MAGIC
SILVER (JULENATT I BLÅFJELL)
CHILDREN’S
FILMFEST
NORWAY 2009 • 83 MINS
Directors Katarina Launing, Roar Uthaug Producers Jørgen Storm Rosenberg, Lasse Greve Alsos Screenwriter Thomas Moldestad, teleplay by Gudney Ingeborg Hagen Cinematographer Gaute Gunnari Editor Videar Rataukan Cast Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Simen Bakken, Jan Gunnar Røise, Sigve Bøe, Finn Schau Print Source Kidfl ixGlobal
In Norwegian with English subtitles. Who needs the Smurfs? These Blue Gnomes control the sky’s transition from night to day! In this charming fantasy adventure based on a popular Norwegian television series, a community of gnomes discovers the secret power of a shimmering silver liquid that bubbles deep within their mountaintop home. Faithfully performing a daily “magic-hour” ritual with the silver, the gnomes delight in their precious gift and vow to keep it safe from outsiders. But chaos ensues when timid Princess Bluerose, learning her father is dying, leaves the mountain and tangles with both humans and a rival band of Red Gnomes, threatening the Blue Gnome way of life. Our young heroine learns the strength of friendship, however, and conquers her fears as handily as she pilots a runaway sled through a snow-covered forest on her captivating journey to becoming the “bravest queen Blue Mountain has ever seen.” Ages 6+
—Deanna Quinones
Saturday, October 8, 4:15 pm
MAGC08T, 142 Throckmorton
Saturday, October 15, 12:30 pm
MAGC15R, Rafael
CINEMA
US 2011 • 101 MINS
Director/Screenwriter J.C. Chandor
Producers Zachary Quinto, Michael B enaroya, Robert Ogden Barnum, Neal Dodson, Corey Moosa Cinematographer Frank G. DeMarco Editor Pete Beaudreau Cast Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker Print Source Roadside Attractions
After New York investment analyst Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) is summarily dismissed amid sweeping layoffs, he entrusts protégé Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) with his latest work, issuing an ominous warning to be careful. Sullivan soon unravels proof of the imminent fi nancial meltdown and plummeting market value of all their assets. As night wears on, panic escalates among a range of characters in director J.C. Chandor’s winning ensemble cast, from an opportunistic low-level analyst (Penn Badgley) to the calculating and cutthroat CEO (Jeremy Irons). Quinto delivers an understated performance as a man whose startling discovery unwittingly thrusts him into the spotlight, while Kevin Spacey captivates as a morally confl icted executive who has muddied his hands one too many times. Not merely an indictment of Wall Street’s unchecked greed and corruption, this smart, riveting drama questions the entitlement endemic in our own society and asks what has been sacrifi ced in its name.
—Laura Swanbeck
Tuesday, October 11, 8:15 pm
MARG11S, Sequoia
Thursday, October 13, 4:00 pm
MARG13R, Rafael
Director/Screenwriter Sean Durkin
Producers Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, C hris Maybach, Patrick Cunningham
Cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes Editor Z ac Stuart-Pontier Cast Elizabeth Olsen, C hristopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson Pr int Source Fox Searchlight Pictures
Martha Marcy May Marlene, the debut feature from director-screenwriter Sean Durkin, signals the arrival of two major cinematic talents. This beautiful, stylized and unsettling fi lm is a most assured and sensitive directorial debut. The fi lm also features a breakthrough performance by Elizabeth Olsen (younger sister of the famed Olsen twins) in the title role. Olsen is luminous and nuanced as a young woman damaged by her two years in a Family-styled cult. After escaping the “family’s” clutch, Martha attempts to re-assimilate into society and reconnect with her sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and her brother-in-law (Hugh Dancy). With the revelation of one layer after another, we come to understand the extent of her psychological unraveling at the hands of the sinister sect leader, Patrick (John Hawkes in a dark and restrained performance). The gorgeous cinematography and sparse soundtrack work to create a moody atmosphere, alternating fl uidly between past and present, from bucolic farm scenes to the darker corners of Martha’s mind. This fi lm is a tonal poem of carefully observed moments, which will stay with you long after the lights come on.
—Melissa Howden
Saturday, October 15, 8:00 pm MART15R, Rafael
For Spotlight on Elizabeth Olsen information, see page 81.
MEXICO 2011 • 113 MINS
Director/Editor Gerardo Naranjo Producer Pa blo Cruz Screenwriters Gerardo Nar anjo, Mauricio Katz Cinematographer Mát yás Erdély Cast Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez Print Source D Squared Films
In Spanish with English subtitles. A winsome girl from a poor Tijuana family dreams of competing in a beauty pageant but is helpless to escape the cruel realities of the illegal drug trade and its pervasive infl uence on life along the US-Mexico border. In an auspicious feature debut, former model Stephanie Sigman plays Laura, who bears witness to a brutal crime on the eve of the Miss Baja pageant. Her life is spared, but she is drawn forcibly into the world of drug kingpin Lino (Noe Hernandez). Coerced into performing progressively more dangerous tasks on behalf of her captors, Laura faces her ordeal with strength and stoicism. Writer-director Gerardo Naranjo ( I’m Gonna Explode) studiously refrains from exploiting his character’s beauty and vulnerability for cheap cinematic thrills, instead employing tension and suspense with masterful skill to create a film that is at once a riveting drama and an incisive social critique.
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In Arabic with English subtitles. After completing his acclaimed Waiting for Pasolini, filmmaker Daoud Aoulad-Syad left behind an ersatz mosque on location in a rural Moroccan village. Residents transformed the set into a real house of worship, inspiring The Mosque, Aoulad-Syad’s fi ctionalized absurdist tale of a controversial fake temple. Moha, on whose land the faux mosque sits, wants it destroyed; its architecture not only fl outs Islamic conventions but annexes his family land. To make matters worse, an opportunistic actor (also a Pasolini leftover) has appointed himself its leader. With an exiled imam as his only ally, Moha navigates a rogues’ gallery of petty bureaucrats, smarmy politicians and indifferent religious leaders on a quest for justice and an escape from an unwanted moviemaking legacy. Deftly juggling fact and fi ction, The Mosque is both heartfelt and heartbreaking—an expertly crafted love letter to the Moroccan landscape and people, and a resigned meditation on the power of media and religion. US Premiere
—Aaron Lazenby
Friday, October 7, 9:00 pm
MSQU07R, Rafael
Sunday, October 9, 6:45 pm
MSQU09R, Rafael
WORLD CINEMA
UK 2011 • 100 MINS
Director Simon Curtis Producer David Pa rfi tt Screenwriter Adrian Hodges
Cinematographer Ben Smithard Editor
A dam Recht Cast Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Dougray Scott Print Source The Weinstein Company
Michelle Williams’s mesmerizing performance as Marilyn Monroe is a revelation, capturing the wholeness—the fragility and sensuality, the charisma and the tangibility—of someone all too often merely impersonated. In Simon Curtis’s delightful debut feature, Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) is newly graduated from Oxford and determined to break into film. When he gets a job as an assistant on The Prince and the Showgirl, he finds himself a player in the legendary standoff between the great English classical actor and director, Laurence Olivier (played with appropriate aplomb and a certain swagger by Kenneth Branagh), and the American icon, celebrity phenomenon and upstart Method actor Monroe, abetted by her ubiquitous drama coach, Paula Strasberg (Zoë Wanamaker).
Based on Clark’s memoirs, Simon Curtis’s film is a delight, placing the estimable Williams in a cast of notable contemporary British greats (Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi), among whom she proves her own formidable talents.
—Zoë Elton
Tuesday, October 11, 6:45 pm
MYWE11S, Sequoia
Friday, October 14, 6:30 pm
MYWE14S, Sequoia
For Centerpiece information, see page 67.
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US/TURKEY/IRAN/UK/FRANCE 2011 • 59 MINS
Director/Cinematographer Stephen Olsson
Producers Stephen Olsson, Parisa Soultani
Editors Parisa Soultani, Denise Zabalaga Print Source CEM Productions
In English, Turkish, Farsi and Arabic with English subtitles. Stephen Olsson ( Sound of the Soul , MVFF 2005) continues his heartopening explorations of the mystical core of creativity and oneness in this groundbreaking, multilingual film and web initiative based on the poetry and teachings of 13th-century Persian mystic Jalaluddin Rumi and featuring some of the world’s greatest Rumi lovers and scholars: Coleman Barks, Andrew Harvey, Jai Uttal and Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. This very special event will premiere an hour of extraordinary film segments from Turkey, Iran and the US, followed by a live, global web dialogue—to be broadcast nationally by Link TV—between Sufi teachers and the Festival audience, along with other groups in Morocco, Iran and Turkey. As the work of Rumi stretches across centuries to touch our hearts, this live fi lm event connects across borders in a palpable expression of the great Sufi’s teachings. Rumi lovers of the world, unite! Hosted by Stephen Olsson and Parisa Soultani, with special guests. World Premiere —Zoë Elton
Saturday, October 15, 11:30 am THRG15R, Rafael
Program includes live global web dialogue with Morocco, Iran and Turkey.
(THE KITE)
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed as the clock ticks away on Earth’s dwindling natural resources. These fi lms demonstrate what individuals as well as whole communities are doing to achieve a sustainable future.
Two new fi lms from Mill Valley fi lmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia (The Future of Food, MVFF 2004) are featured. Portrait of a Winemaker (US 15 mins) is an insightful look at a pioneering winemaker and his unique dryfarming method. Transition Town Totnes (US 14 mins) delves into the origins of the innovative Transition Movement with founder Rob Hopkins. Melinda Levin’s The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West (US 28 mins) explores the controversies over ranching and rangeland management with three modern-day cowboys challenging the perceived “frontier hangover” stereotype of ranchers in the American West. The New Environmentalists (US 24 mins), from John Antonelli, Will Parrinello and Tom Dusenbery, is the latest version of the Emmy Award–winning series, narrated by Robert Redford, featuring inspiring portraits of passionate activists from around the world who have won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. —Kelly Clement
TOTAL PROGRAM 81 MINS
Saturday, October 8, 7:30 pm
SUST08T, 142 Throckmorton
Saturday, October 15, 4:15 pm
SUST15R, Rafael
US CINEMA
US 2011 • 86 MINS
Director/Writer Dee Rees Producer Nekisa Cooper Cinematographer Bradford Young Editor Mako Kamitsuna Print Source Focus Features
By day, 17-year-old Alike is an earnest student with a talent for writing poetry. By night, she’s an aspiring “lothariette,” sneaking into lesbian clubs with her best friend Laura, whose tough-girl swagger is popular with the ladies. But Alike is hiding more than a fake ID from her parents. Heading home, she sheds her do-rag and baggy clothes for the gold earrings and pink top that her domineering mother favors. Desperate for Alike to outgrow her “tomboy thing,” her mother imposes her church friend’s daughter, Bina, hoping that her artsy and bohemian charm rubs off. Reluctant at first, the two grow closer as they bond over music, art and literature. But adolescence can be a confusing time, when no one is sure where they stand. Torn between the expectations of her mother and her own self-discovery, can Alike emerge as a young woman with a clear sense of her own identity? Director Dee Rees draws natural performances that transcend the coming-of-age drama with effortless authenticity, for a portrait of young adulthood at once touching, brutal, humorous and real. —Holly Roach
In Hindi with English subtitles. The sky over Ahmedabad is a riot of swirling color as millions of kites soar above the city during Uttarayan, India’s largest kite festival. Prosperous Delhi businessman Jayesh returns with his adult daughter Priya to his humble childhood home, ostensibly to enjoy the festival, growing nostalgic for the place as he sends his kite aloft. Yet he is fl ummoxed when his plan to relocate his elderly mother, widowed sister-in-law and grown nephew to a more upscale neighborhood is met with resistance. As Priya dallies with a holiday romance and his nephew runs with local urchins, family unity proves as prickly and fragile as the glass-embedded string holding Jayesh’s kite aloft. Writer-director Prashant Bhargava’s first feature offers a kaleidoscopic view of Ahmedabad—underscored by Shanker Raman’s kinetic cinematography—that mirrors the chaos and confusion in both Jayesh’s outsider view and the eyes of his family, to whom this urban disorderliness is simply home.
—Pam Grady
Saturday, October 8, 4:15 pm
TKTE08R, Rafael
Sunday, October 9, 3:00 pm
TKTE09S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASHA FOR EDUCATION, SAN FRANCISCO.
Editor Julien Foure Cast Sadia Ladib, Majdouline Drissi, Driss Roukh, Anas El Baz
Print Source Dreamaker Productions
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In Arabic with English subtitles. The striking visual poetry and gorgeous cinematography of Mohamed Mouftakir’s Pegasus, winner of the top prize at Africa’s FESPACO festival this year, herald the advent of a visionary talent in the new wave of Moroccan cinema. In a story that unfolds both literally and symbolically, a young woman with no memory of her past believes herself pregnant by “The Lord of the Horse.” Her stunning visions, harking back to unresolved issues with her father and early trauma, are uncovered by her reluctant analyst as their lives become intertwined in unexpected ways. A poetic exploration of memory and identity, Pegasus is mesmerizing, skillfully walking the line between reality and fantasy. Images of a dark stallion permeate this stunning fi lm both as coda and metaphor. Elements of magical realism and a David Lynch–like sense of atmosphere and rhythm create an unforgettable psychological road trip in this cinematic triumph. North American Premiere
—Lily Buchanan
Friday, October 7, 6:30 pm
PEGA07S, Sequoia
Sunday, October 9, 4:00 pm
PEGA09R, Rafael
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
GERMANY/FRANCE 2010 • 100 MINS
Director Wim Wenders Producers Gian-Piero Ringel, Wim Wenders Cinematographer Hélène Louvart Editor Toni Froschhammer Print Source IFC Films
The merging of the artful magic of choreographer Pina Bausch with 3-D technology catapults both dance and film into the stratosphere in Wim Wenders’s innovative, lyrical, sensual and visually stunning journey onto the stage of the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Ensemble. Bausch understood that the simplest of movements could have the greatest power; that stories can be told without a single sentence. In doing so, she created a new art: dance theatre. The camera moves offstage, following the dancers into the German industrial city of Wuppertal, the center of Pina Bausch’s creative life for more than 35 years. Performances of Bausch’s seminal works exude a luscious texture as the camera weaves around dancers, combining movement, gesture, speech and music. One of the finest uses of 3-D technology to date, Pina brings to life what Bausch has left to us following her sudden death in 2009. “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.”
—Janis Plotkin
Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 pm PNRK12L, Larkspur
Note: 3-D fi lm tickets are $15.00.
PRESENTED IN REALD 3D.
US 2011 • 77 MINS
Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/ Editor John Sanborn Producers Lloyd Shorter, Michele Kelly, Chris McGlumphy Cast Margaret Cromwell, Joseph Copley Print Source John Sanborn
The Planets is a graphically explosive, audiovisually sensuous journey through our skies. Director John Sanborn ( MM1, MVFF 2002) is a dizzyingly inventive digital jeweler who transforms graphics, photography, animation, dance and musical composition into complex designs of finely crafted delight. His video for Kyle Gann’s long-form composition, The Planets, orbits the imageries of science, history and mythology in its vibrant portraits of the 10 extraterrestrial bodies. Quotations from Shakespeare act as counterpoint to the music, while further shaping the personality of each heavenly orb. Gann also employs new-music octet Relâche, which radiates the wistful warmth of a star-lost cantina. Sanborn’s dynamic layering of the movements of dancers Margaret Cromwell and Joseph Copley, meanwhile, give living character to each celestial icon, from the sensuous serenity of Venus to the fi ery tumult of the Sun. Sanborn and Gann’s hypnotically immersive cosmos personalizes the awesome and infinite. World Premiere —Tony Reveaux
Wednesday, October 12, 6:45 pm
PNTS12R, Rafael
Friday, October 14, 8:15 pm PNTS14R, Rafael
SPONSORED BY JOHN SANBORN
SPONSORED BY DOLBY LABORATORIES
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 72 MINS
Director/Cinematographer/Editor Joshua Dylan Mellars Producers Mojib Aimaq, Joshua Dylan Mellars Cast Ali Akbar Khan, Alam Khan, Carlos Santana, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Swapan Chaudhuri, Derek Trucks, John Handy, G.S. Sachdev, Aashish Khan Print Source Abuela Luna Pictures
When a young Alam Khan asks about his family’s religion, his father, master Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan, tells him, “Music is our religion.” Play Like a Lion explores the deep musical lineage of the Khan family, in which the lines between father and teacher blur and the intervals between duty and love become a devotional song. Alam, a prodigious musician taught at his father’s feet, leads a rich, soulful journey into the legacy of the late maestro. Entrancing musical virtuosity and moving homage are on display in concert footage, class time at the Ali Akbar School of Music and tribute performances by musical luminaries like Ustad Zakir Hussain and Mickey Hart. US Premiere —Melissa Howden
PRECEDED BY
GOLD VIOLIN: BOW OF DEATH
US 2011 • 9 MINS
Director Mark Pope
Violinist Joseph Gold recounts the tale of Eduard Reményi’s famous “bow of death,” which he owns and plays with passion.
TOTAL PROGRAM 81 MINS
Sunday, October 9, 8:00 pm
AKBR09R, Rafael
Wednesday, October 12, 9:15 pm AKBR12S, Sequoia
For live concert information, see page 31.
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALI AKBAR COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
PRINCIPLES
(YEKI AZ MA DO NAFAR)
WORLD CINEMA
IRAN 2011 • 87 MINS
Director/Writer Tahmineh Milani Producer Mohammad Nikbin Cinematographer Ali Reza Zarrindast Editors Tahmineh Milani, Siavash Seraj Zahedi Cast Bahram Radan, Danial Ebadi, Anahita Ne’mati, Samaneh Pakdel, Elsa Firuz Azar, Homayoun Ershadi, Sara Khoeniha Print Source Farabi Cinema Foundation
In Farsi with English subtitles. As one of Iran’s most prominent female filmmakers, Tahmineh Milani (Two Women, MVFF 1999) has for more than two decades used film as creative artillery against a maledominated society (and, in 2001, was even imprisoned for it). But while the majority of her work has depicted brave women suffering under oppressive regimes, her latest takes a novel and wholly modern tack. Principles introduces us to a smart, independent woman who can stand alongside, and up to, any man. Sara, an up-andcoming young architectural designer, is hired by a fi rm run by the attractive but arrogant Babak. There is clearly chemistry between them, but Babak’s manipulative methods of seduction form a clear abuse of power and a potentially dangerous game that Sara is unwilling to play. With her confi dent heroine, and verbal jousting worthy of a Hepburn-Tracy fi lm, Milani boldly demonstrates the new look of Iranian female empowerment.
—Joanne Parsont
Tuesday, October 11, 4:45 pm
PRCP11R, Rafael
Friday, October 13, 9:00 pm
PRCP13R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL.
MEXICO/GERMANY/FRANCE/POLAND 2011 • 103 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Paula Markovitch Producers Izrael Moreno, Paula Markovitch, Pablo Boneu Cinematographer Wojciech Staron Editor Loli Moriconi Cast Paula Galinelli Hertzog, Sharon Herrera, Laura Agorreca, Viviana Suraniti, Uriel Lasillo Print Source Urban Distribution International
In Spanish with English subtitles. Tensions rise and fall like the nearby waves in this autobiographical story about a seven-yearold girl hiding out with her mother in a wintry beach town during Argentina’s oppressive military regime of the 1970s. While the threat of fascism is lurking, free-spirited Ceci Edelstein just can’t seem to sit still or get comfortable for more than a moment as she tries to assimilate all the changes in her life. Blending in isn’t so easy, however, after her teacher notices how far more advanced Ceci is than the other students. Her mother’s paranoia only grows when Ceci gets an assignment to write an essay about the glories of the Argentine army—the very one they are supposed to be hiding from. In this mysterious and beautiful fi lm, writerdirector Markovitch coaxes an emotionally rich performance from Paula Galinelli Hertzog as Ceci. As the drama simmers gently, the relentless seaside winds remind us of the perils of exile.
—Delfin Vigil Wednesday, October 12, 9:00 pm PRZE12R, Rafael Sunday, October 16, 5:45 pm PRZE16S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANAL ALLIANCE AND MARIN INTERFAITH TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAS.
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF MEXICO IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 1981 • 115 MINS
Director Steven Spielberg Producers Howard Kazanjian, George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Robert Watts Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, story by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe Editor Michael Kahn Cast Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott Print Source Lucasfi lm Ltd.
Grab your popcorn and come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark—in all its big-screen glory! From the first snap of his bullwhip, you know Indiana Jones isn’t your run-of-the-mill wisecracking archaeologist-cum-adventurer. And minutes later, by the time Jones tumbles out of a booby-trapped cave—one hand on his fedora, the other clutching a golden idol, and a deadly boulder at his heels—you know you’re in for one of the greatest nonstop thrill rides in cinema history. With Raiders, Steven Spielberg reinvented the blockbuster action-adventure, while Harrison Ford cemented his status as the icon of roguish heroism, with a leather jacket so fine it now hangs in the Smithsonian. At this special screening, there’ll be trivia games, prizes, costumes and surprise guests Sure, if Indy knew it was his birthday, he’d grumble something about “years” versus “mileage,” but to us, Indiana Jones never gets old.
—Jeff Campbell
Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm RDRA10C, Cinema
For Raiders of the Lost Ark 30th anniversary celebration information, see page 85.
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY, BAY AREA/ NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SECTION.
US 2011 • 54 MINS
Director Jeff Feuerzeig
Chuck Wepner, a fi ghter who might have been just a footnote in the biographies of two famous men—Muhammad Ali and Sylvester Stallone—gets another shot at making his own myth in this brisk, pungent portrait by Jeff Feuerzeig (The Devil and Daniel Johnston). A working-class New Jerseyite known as the Bayonne Bleeder, Wepner rose to fame when he challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975, a fi ght that inspired the young Stallone to write Rocky. Light-footed editing cuts between compelling archival footage and new interviews shot in atmospheric black and white, capturing old-timers’ pulpy cadences and the sweat-seasoned fl avor of the “sweet science.” World Premiere
—Juliet Clark
SCREENS WITH
RIGHT TO PLAY
US 2011 • 39 MINS
Director Frank Marshall
From the ice of the Winter Olympics to the sun-parched plain of an African refugee camp is the unlikely path of Norwegian speed skater Johann Olav Koss. Director Frank Marshall’s engrossing documentary, part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, captures Koss’s drive and idealism as he brings the joy of sport to disadvantaged kids worldwide in the belief that, along with the rights to food and shelter, all children have a right to play.
—Juliet Clark
TOTAL PROGRAM 93 MINS
Sunday, October 9, 2:15 pm
RCKY09R, Rafael
(BOKER TOV ADON FIDELMAN)
WORLD CINEMA
ISRAEL 2011 • 105 MINS
Director Joseph Madmony Producer Chaim Sharir Screenwriter Erez Kav-El Cinematographer Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov
Editor Ayala Bengad Cast Sasson Gabai, Henry David, Sarah Adler, Nevo Kimchi
Print Source Menemsha Films
In Hebrew with English subtitles. Irascible antiques restorer Yaakov Fidelman (Sasson Gabai, The Band’s Visit ) has relied for years on business partner Max to provide the public face and secure the fi nancial well-being of their operation. When Max dies suddenly, Yaakov must contend jointly with a business that is close to financial ruin and his antagonistic son Noah, whose eye is firmly on the bottom line. The solution to all their problems might be the piano that has been sitting untended in the middle of the shop, but fi rst a valuable part must be manufactured to render the instrument sellable. Throw into the equation Yaakov’s mysterious assistant Anton and Noah’s independent and very pregnant wife, and the result is a complex and richly allusive character-driven drama. Winner of the Grand Prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Restoration powerfully demonstrates that the father-son bond, once riven by distrust and anger, is a diffi cult one to repair.
—Rod Armstrong
Friday, October 14, 9:00 pm REST14S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL.
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US/PERU 2011 • 76 MINS
Director Nick Polizzi Producers Nick Polizzi, Daniel Bailey Cinematographers Brock Bertloff, Daniel Bailey Editors Daniel Bailey, Nick Polizzi, Brock Bertloff, Margaret Polizzi Print Source Three Seed Productions
FOCUS: HEALING • In English, Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles. Looking for a new prescription for serious illness? Take eight intrepid patients, add a team of indigenous medicine men and shamans, and mix for 30 days in the Peruvian Amazon. Suffering from conditions ranging from Parkinson’s to prostate cancer to diabetes, these patients are motivated by a commitment to heal naturally and sheer desperation to end their suffering. Immersed in nature, silence and solitude, shamanic medicine ceremonies open them to the emotional and psychological issues underlying their disease. The experienced shamans mindfully harvest and prepare specifi c remedies for their patients, with treatments that include healing songs and spiritual counsel. Entering the heart of healing in the heart of the Amazon, we fi nd that saving the rainforest really does mean saving ourselves.
—Carol Harada
PRECEDED BY
A WOMAN’S DESCENT TO THE SACRED US 2011 • 22 MINS
Director Sherry Ruth Anderson
Ancient and modern representations of female power combine with music to tell the story of a woman’s spiritual journey into the essence of the feminine.
TOTAL PROGRAM 98 MINS
Wednesday, October 12, 6:30 pm
SCRD12T, 142 Throckmorton
Saturday, October 15, 6:30 pm
SCRD15R, Rafael
SACRIFICE
(ZHAO SHI GU ER)
WORLD CINEMA
CHINA 2010 • 132 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Chen Kaige
Producers Chen Hong, Qin Hong, Ren Zhonglun, Long Qiuyun Cinematographer
Yang Shu Editor Derek Hui Cast Ge You, Wang Xue Qi, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Bingbing, Hai Qing Print Source Michael Silberman
In Chinese with English subtitles. This epic tale from Chen Kaige ( Farewell My Concubine, MVFF 1993) comes rich in period detail and heavy with overtones of Greek tragedy as the action unspools amid clanging swords, flying arrows and horseback duels. But beyond the arresting visuals— including gravity-defying acrobatics and operatic death scenes—the joy of Sacrifice rests in watching actors Wang Xueqi (star of Chen’s Yellow Earth), a Chinese Tommy Lee Jones, and the deceptively meeklooking Ge You (Best Actor at Cannes for his work in Zhang Yimou’s To Live) deceive each other with half-truths and brinkmanship as only such deft old-hands can. In this way, timeless themes of fatherhood, loyalty and, of course, sacrifi ce play out against the backdrop of a thrilling, nonstop period spectacle.
—Jennifer Preissel
Friday, October 14, 5:00 pm
SACR14R, Rafael
Saturday, October 15, 3:15 pm
SACR15S, Sequoia
THE SALT OF LIFE
(GIANNA E LE DONNE)
WORLD CINEMA
ITALY 2011 • 90 MINS
Director Gianni Di Gregorio Producer Angelo Barbagallo Screenwriters Gianni Di Gregorio, Valerio Attanasio Cinematographer Gogò Bianchi Editor Marco Spoletini Cast Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini, Teresa Di Gregorio, Michelangelo Ciminale Print Source Zeitgeist Films
In Italian with English subtitles. Laid-off Roman civil servant–turned–house hubby Gianni (writer-director Gianni Di Gregorio) finds himself sequestered in his small domestic world surrounded by two kinds of women: the unattainable and the demanding. Stuck in the doldrums with a preoccupied professional wife and a post-adolescent daughter, the sexagenarian fears his sex appeal has fl ed the coop. So between errands for his prima donna of a mama, and walking the neighbor’s dog, he fl irts, mostly in vain, with various belli donni who cross his path. Attempting to keep his romantic prospects alive only leads, in a hilariously disastrous episode, to poorly timed Viagra and a drunken come-on to mama’s live-in aide. Mortality may be the root of Gianni’s problem, and the story explores its universal themes with a delicate and delightful touch. A fi ne follow-up to his debut hit, Mid-August Lunch, Di Gregorio continues to beautifully dramatize the lives of those “of a certain age.”
—Rod Armstrong
Saturday, October 15, 7:15 pm SATF15S, Sequoia Sunday, October 16, 6:00 pm SATF16R, Rafael
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE.
WORLD CINEMA
US/SENEGAL
2011 • 60 MINS
Directors Maria Luisa Gambale, Gloria Bremer Producer Steven Lawrence Cinematographers Maria Luisa Gambale, Lukas May, Joshua Atesh Litle Editor Gloria Bremer Print Source Women Make Movies
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In English, French , German, Wolof and Diola with English subtitles. In this stirring documentary, hip-hop artist Sister Fa fi ghts to stop the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in her home country of Senegal. From her early days as an unpolished music phenom through a career-reinvention in Berlin, Sister Fa has continually smashed barriers in the male-dominated hip-hop world. But as this intimate film reveals, her strength of character was forged in a journey of hardship and transformation. Now, with the support of her husband and child, Sister Fa is ready to speak out about her own experience as a survivor of FGC. Sister Fa and her band travel to rural Senegal, where she launches a music-packed education campaign that culminates in an emotional visit to her home village. North American Premiere
—Laurie Koh
PRECEDED BY
MISS SOUTH PACIFIC: BEAUTY AND THE SEA
FIJI/PAPUA NEW GUINEA/US 2011 • 39 MINS
Director Mary Lambert
This film celebrates the efforts of 2009–10 Miss South Pacific pageant contestants to address the climate change that threatens their island nations.
TOTAL PROGRAM 99 MINS
Friday, October 7, 7:00 pm
SARA07T, 142 Throckmorton
Saturday, October 8, 1:30 pm
SARA08R, Rafael
UK 2011 • 99 MINS
Director Steve McQueen Producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman Screenwriters
Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan
Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt Editor Joe Walker Cast Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie Print Source HanWay Films
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • Visual artist–turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen reteams with Michael Fassbender ( Fish Tank, MVFF 2009) in this highly anticipated follow-up to his harrowing debut, Hunger, which spotlighted the ascetic protests of IRA strikers in the infamous Maze Prison. In Shame, McQueen turns his camera on a fi gure with a different appetite altogether. With his unapologetically minimalist style and sparse but piercing dialogue, McQueen zeroes in on Brandon (Fassbender), whose banal corporate facade belies his penchant for trawling the streets of Manhattan in an attempt to satisfy his insatiable sex drive. However, when his troubled sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan, An Education, MVFF 2009), lands on his doorstep, his life is suddenly sent into a tailspin. Shame packs a visceral punch with its subversive subject and the fearlessly honest performances of its two leads in a portrait of the overt rituals and underlying compulsions that dictate our lives.
—Laura Swanbeck
Thursday, October 13, 6:30 pm
SHAM13S, Sequoia
Saturday, October 15, 7:30 pm
SHAM15R, Rafael
FRANCE 2011 • 105 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Philippe Claudel
Producers Yves Marmion, Daniel Goudineau
Cinematographer Denis Lenoir Editor
Virginie Bruant Cast Stefano Accorsi, Neri Marcore, Clotilde Courau, Anouk Aimée, Lisa Cipriani Print Source TF1 International
In French and Italian with English subtitles. In the polyphonic Euro-pudding of modernday Strasbourg, an Italian musicologist struggles to communicate with those dearest to him: his teenaged daughter, Irina, and political refugee–anarchist brother, Luigi. A virtuoso in the language of music, Alessandro (a charming and rumpled Stefano Accorsi) is tongue-tied by Irina’s unexpected leap into puberty and his brother’s infuriating diatribes against Berlusconi’s Italy. Even worse, he’s spent years grieving over the long-ago death of his wife and hiding behind a sweet yet hapless exterior, reluctant to open up to any of the romantic possibilities that surround him. But his love of language (and a dash of fate) brings him fellow wounded soul Florence. Will she be the one fi nally to unlock his heart? Far from melancholy, this second feature from Philippe Claudel ( I’ve Loved You So Long ) layers multiple melodies—some sweet, some sad, some comic—to achieve its warm-hearted harmony. And Strasbourg, capital of German-infl uenced Alsace, has never looked so lovely on fi lm.
—Atissa Manshouri
Saturday, October 8, 4:15 pm
SNCE08R, Rafael
Saturday, October 15, 6:30 pm
SNCE15S, Sequoia SILENCE
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
THE SOUL OF FLIES
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 73 MINS
Directors/Screenwriters Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson Producers Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson, Jennifer Dougherty
Cinematographer Charles E. Swanson
Editor Jennifer Lee Cast Anna Margaret Hollyman, Richard Hoag, André Holland, Mary Beth Peil, Sarah Rafferty, Susan Kelechi Watson Print Source Sacha Pictures
Sarah Sparks has a life-long self-proclaimed “soft spot for machinery” and an obsessive curiosity about random strangers’ relationships to technology—and what they might say about her own technophilia. When she becomes pregnant, Sarah’s uncertainties about motherhood infl ate along with her belly, as she fi nds herself more fascinated by the mechanics of the ultrasound than the baby inside her. In a hyperconnected world, why does she feel so disconnected from what’s going on in her own body? Leaving her supportive boyfriend in New York, she fl ies to California for a baby shower (which does more to horrify than help), then impulsively embarks on a solo road trip to the likely source of her anxiety: her long-estranged mother, now living far off-the-grid. With artful subtlety and spot-on comic timing, directors Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson have crafted a coming-of-parenthood tale for the internet age.
—Joanne Parsont
Saturday, October 8, 4:00 pm
SBMP08S, Sequoia
Monday, October 10, 9:00 pm
SBMP10R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH WOMEN’S FILM INSTITUTE.
US 2011 • 80 MINS
Directors Luke Griswold-Tergis, Cory Mann Producer Luke Griswold-Tergis
Cinematographers Luke Griswold-Tergis, Holly Grey, Manolo Turri, Tracy Wares
Editor Maureen Gosling Print Source Luke Griswold-Tergis
In English and Tlingit with English subtitles. Paddling quietly upriver, Cory Mann addresses us with a wry smile: “Ah, where am I from? That’s always such a great question.” With self-deprecating charm, Cory answers the best way he knows how: by smoking fi sh. In this disarming film (with a kickin’ soundtrack), we follow the son of a Tlingit mother and a white father as he goes on his summer pilgrimage to a traditional fi sh camp in backwoods Alaska. While Cory sets the nets, preps the salmon and fi re, struggles with his retail business and visits his ornery, deeply loving family, all the interwoven strands of his story emerge, vividly portraying the fractured collision of Native heritage and contemporary Western culture. Ultimately, cultural loss and personal strength, past and present, are preserved together in a ramshackle smokehouse. It’s a fl avorful dish we can almost taste. World Premiere —Jeff Campbell
PRECEDED BY
THE WALK
US 2011 • 10 MINS
Creators William Farley, Hyeyon Moon
A poetic vision of a man’s daily walk becomes a celebration of place and the grace permeating a city park.
TOTAL PROGRAM 90 MINS
Saturday, October 8, 1:30 pm
SMKN08S, Sequoia
Tuesday, October 11, 9:15 pm
SMKN11R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARIN AMERICAN INDIAN ALLIANCE.
(EL ALMA DE LAS MOSCAS) WORLD CINEMA
SPAIN 2011 • 80 MINS
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/ Cinematographer/Editor Jonathan Cenzual Burley Cast Andrea Calabrese, Javier Sáez, Norberto Gutiérrez Print Source El Mailan Films
In Spanish with English subtitles. This majestic journey through the Spanish countryside follows two long-lost half-brothers—one gregarious, the other a grump—as they find their way and themselves en route to their estranged father’s funeral. When the uptight and unimpressionable Miguel agrees to meet his affectionate and sentimental brother, Nero, at a remote Spanish train station, it’s for one reason: to fi nd closure. But after the two realize the train station is abandoned, their personal lives inconveniently open up and intertwine as they hitchhike, steal a motorbike and argue the entire way to paying fi nal respects to the father they’ve never met. Soon they realize they have more in common than they thought. Writer-director Jonathan Cenzual, who grew up among the grain fi elds of Salamanca province, where the fi lm is shot, hoped to capture a “magical Spain where dreams, fables and legends are still alive and where comedy is found where you least expect it.” And yes, that includes fl ies. North American Premiere
—Delfin Vigil
Friday, October 14, 6:00 pm SUFS14R, Rafael
Sunday, October 16, 5:30 pm
SUFS16R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARIN LEGAL AID.
US 2010 • 82 MINS
Director/Cinematographer Austin Forbord
Producers Austin Forbord, Paul Festa
Editors Austin Forbord, Paul Festa, Jeremy Briggs, Mat Wolfe, Sony Green Print Source Kenneth Rainin Foundation
San Francisco, theater capital of the country? Not long ago it seemed obvious. Leading theater makers and critics from the Bay Area and beyond explain why in this documentary history musing on the unique social environment that produced the politically and aesthetically radical San Francisco Mime Troupe as well as the subtler subversion of the Pickle Family Circus or that of the not-subtle-at-all Cockettes; attracted maverick director Bill Ball and his newly formed American Conservatory Theater; launched Tony Kushner’s Angels in America; sent cops to break up performances of Michael McClure’s The Beard; incubated Sam Shepard’s greatest plays; and much more besides. Narrated by Marga Gomez, Austin Forbord’s brisk, brow-raising tour features a generous complement of archival footage and contemporary interviews, the latter including refl ections by Actor’s Workshop founder Herbert Blau, Mime Troupe founder R.G. Davis, actor-theatergoer Robin Williams, and former Eureka Theatre stalwarts Robert Woodruff, Oskar Eustis and Tony Taccone. —Robert Avila
Monday, October 10, 7:00 pm
STAG10S, Sequoia
Wednesday, October 12, 9:15 pm
STAG12R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE. STAGE LEFT: A STORY
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
UK 2011 • 90 MINS
Director/Cinematographer Mark Cousins
Producer John Archer Editor Timo Langer
Print Source Hopscotch Films
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • In English, Farsi, Hindi, Russian and Chinese with English subtitles. Mark Cousins’s The Story of Film: An Odyssey unfolds like a great page-turner, impossible to put down. It’s passion and innovation that drive movies, Cousins contends, as we set off to discover the world of film through his eyes. He’s a compelling tour guide in this revealing chapter from his 15-episode series. While the cinematic decade bookended by Easy Rider and Raging Bull has arguably become synonymous with American fi lm, Cousins offers an alternative history of ‘70s cinema, reminding us of the genius of Wenders and Bertolucci, and of brilliant and momentous fi lms from Iran, Senegal, Australia, Bollywood and Hong Kong. But what makes this odyssey irresistible is Cousins’s own passion and vision, as his narrative connects the dots between images and world cultures, noting the cross-pollination of imagery across borders and offering canny insights into fi lmmakers who have asked the big questions, inspired our imaginations and changed our lives. US Premiere
—Zoë Elton
Wednesday, October 12, 6:30 pm
STRY12R, Rafael
Friday, October 14, 7:00 pm
STRY14R, Rafael
WORLD CINEMA
ICELAND 2010 • 85 MINS
Director Grímur Hákonarson Producers Baltasar Kormákur, Agnes Johansen
Screenwriters Grímur Hákonarson, Ólafur Egilsson Cinematographer Ari Kristinsson
In Icelandic with English subtitles. Oskar and Lara Oskarsson are not your typical Icelandic couple . . . or are they? Lara is a community-minded psychic holding séances where locals speak to the souls of loved ones, all passed on into eternal “Summerland.” Good-hearted Oskar is a nonbeliever who runs the family’s struggling hauntedhouse business, hoodwinking and hijacking tourists fresh off the bus from Reykjavik. Although the family is close to bankruptcy, romance is oddly in the air: Lara believes Oskar to be “Fernando,” her lover from another lifetime, and daughter Asdis is coming of age faster than you can say “boo” with her crush on a punk-anarchist-journalist out to debunk her mother’s beliefs. When Oskar sells the family’s precious elf stone to forestall foreclosure on their home, things really get strange, forcing him to confront his core beliefs in this colorful, offbeat tale of ghosts, elves and past lives. Is Summerland that far away after all?
—Kristine Kolton
Sunday, October 9, 12:15 pm
SUMM09S, Sequoia
Monday, October 10, 4:00 pm
SUMM10R, Rafael
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
WORLD CINEMA
US 2011 • 75 MINS
Director Bill Couturié Producers
Mike Tollin, Gary Cohen, Niki Usbay
Cinematographer Gabriel Noble Editor
Mark Brewer Print Source Triple Threat Television
In the triumphant spirit of fi lms focusing on tournaments you never knew existed— competitive video gaming in The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, for instance, or the empty-handed rocking captured in Air Guitar Nation —comes this portrait of six teens in their quest for the US National Texting Championship. Armed with two thumbs and a cell phone, the contestants compete in New York City for a $50,000 prize. So who are these teens who spend their lives text messaging, and why do they do it so obsessively? Academy Award ® –winner Bill Couturié (producer, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt ) turns his camera on these unique individuals as they ready their thumbs for the main event, defying techie-geek stereotypes by showcasing their ability to excel socially as well as in the classroom—although taking their driver’s tests may be a different story. —Joshua Moore
Sunday, October 9, 4:45 pm THUM09T, 142 Throckmorton
A panel discussion follows the screening. See New Movies Lab, page 37.
SWEDEN 2010 • 113 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Johan Kling
Producers Fredrik Heinig, Mathilde Dedye
Cinematographer Jakob Ihre Editors Johan Söderberg, Patrik Gyllström Cast Susanne Thorson, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Skarsgård, Philomène Grandin, Michael Segerström Print Source St Paul Film
In Swedish with English subtitles. An overly dedicated theater director, a sleazy landlord, a troupe of barely subsidized thespians and a way overpriced Swedish sideboard make up the dysfunctional community at the center of Johan Kling’s sexy, sophisticated and beguiling ensemble comedy. The story unfolds in the empty sets and cluttered dressing rooms of a small Stockholm theater as director Katja attempts to keep her distracted actors focused on her play, and her narcissistic boyfriend Alex (True Blood ’s Alexander Skarsgård) focused on her. Trust Me breathlessly weaves its characters and their backstories into a captivating human tapestry that highlights varying states of emotional and sexual maturity. Jazzy music, lively sets and inventive cinematography contribute to an energetic pace as multiple storylines circle one another with elegant ease. The life of the contemporary theater bubbles from the screen in all its tragicomedy in this funny, insightful, behind-the-scenes snapshot of show business at its most absurdly dramatic. World Premiere
—Brendan Peterson
Sunday, October 9, 3:30 pm
TRUS09R, Rafael
Monday, October 10, 4:00 pm TRUS10S, Sequoia
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONSULATE OF SWEDEN.
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BARBRO OSHER PRO SUECIA FOUNDATION.
Bakke Editor Zaklina Stojcevska Cast Helene Bergsholm, Matias Myren, Malin Bjorhovde, Beate Stofring, Henriette Steenstrup Print Source New Yorker Films
In Norwegian with English subtitles. In Jannicke Systad Jacobsen’s first feature, 15year-old Alma, sprawled on the kitchen fl oor, “enjoys herself fully” [sic!] while listening to the erotic murmurings of Stig, a perky, ever-supportive (ahem) staff member of “Wild Wet Dreams” phone-sex service. Not your typical teen fl uff. But Alma is a typical teen: She despises her tiny rural town. She hates the sheep. The only thing she doesn’t hate is her friends: sardonic Saralou, frenemy Ingrid and Artur, whom she fantasizes about constantly. When Artur makes his move (albeit a strange one), Alma’s social status switches to pariah in the blink of an eye. Honest to the point of painful embarrassment, Turn Me On, Dammit! is a singularly sexy, poignant and funny tale that examines the tenuous social structure of teenagers and embraces the intricacies of a young woman’s sexuality in a way that no fi lm in memory has.
—Alexis Whitham
Saturday, October 8, 7:00 pm TURN08S, Sequoia Monday, October 10, 4:30 pm TURN10R, Rafael
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS / HEALING • This compassionate and moving exposé bears witness to the tragic consequences of psychiatric prejudice and medical ignorance concerning one of the most prevalent illnesses of the 21st century. The film foregrounds the riveting stories of several British families confronting what must be everyone’s worst nightmare: a loved one suffering a life-altering illness that leaves him or her bedridden and in constant pain, with no apparent cure. But what if the medical establishment made the situation worse instead of better? Such are the heartbreaking circumstances of the underreported controversy surrounding ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis), aka chronic fatigue syndrome. Firsthand accounts from patients, caretakers and medical experts paint a shockingly confused state of affairs and underscore the urgency and frustration surrounding this issue. A call to action for anyone who cares about the health and well-being of their community, this powerful film is equally a tribute to those whose voices must be heard. World Premiere
—Atissa Manshouri
Saturday, October 8, 2:00 pm VCES08R, Rafael
Panel discussion follows screening, with David Tuller, UCB/ New York Times ; filmmaker Natalie Boulton; Dr. Jose Montoya, Stanford School of Medicine; and others TBA. See New Movies Lab, page 37.
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH UN ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL.
UK 2011 • 111 MINS
Director Lynne Ramsay Producers
Jennifer Fox, Luc Roeg, Robert Salerno
Screenwriters Lynne Ramsay, Rory
Stewart Kinnear, novel by Lionel Shriver
Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey Editor
Joe Bini Cast Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Ashley Gerasimovich Print
Source Oscilloscope Laboratories
FOCUS: GREAT BRITS • Lynne Ramsay ( Morvern Callar, MVFF 2002) again proves herself one of the consummate artists of new British cinema in this artistically bold exploration of the troubled, and troubling, relationship between a mother (Tilda Swinton) and her apparently psychopathic son. From his fi rst breath Kevin seems to have had a knack for needling mom, while only revealing his “good” side to his father (John C. Reilly). Told through fl ashbacks, the story builds a sense of foreboding while foreshadowing catastrophe to come. It’s driven by phenomenal performances all around: Swinton, who is in virtually every scene, is mesmerizing as a woman torn by her plight; Ezra Miller, as the teenaged Kevin, strikes a balance between manipulativeness and charm that is tempered by a chilling hint of evil. A gripping and powerful film offering no easy answers to its inherent questions, this standout of the Cannes Film Festival will leave many needing to talk about Kevin.
—Zoë Elton
Thursday, October 13, 7:30 pm
KEVN13R, Rafael
For Spotlight on Ezra Miller information, see page 71.
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US 2011 • 93 MINS
Director Kim Shelton Producers Kim Shelton, Bill McMillan Cinematographers
Andy Black, Leigh Kimball Editors Josh Peterson, Eva Ilona Brzeski Print Source Two Shoes Productions
FOCUS: HEALING • War is an unfortunate part of our daily lives, whether we only read about it in the newspaper or participate directly in it. Whatever our involvement, in the end, war is something we strive to put behind us. But for some, life after war is one constant loop played over and over in the nightmare of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In 2008, 20 veterans and their families gathered at a mountain retreat in Southern Oregon to try a new approach to the healing process. They brought with them memories of Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, and under the compassionate guidance of author-mythologist Michael Meade were able to express their suffering through poetry, song, storytelling and ritual. The Welcome is a rare and daring film that places us in the room with these brave souls to share in their humor, their pain and, ultimately, their journey to hope and renewal.
FOCUS: CINEMA AFRICA • In Moré with English subtitles. Wend Kuuni, a landmark film, established Gaston Kaboré as a major voice in African cinema. Rooted in the oral traditions of Mossi culture and set in precolonial times, it is the tale of a mute boy who has lost his memory and is found starving in the bush. The villagers who take him in name him Wend Kuuni, “God’s Gift.” Surrounded by their love and kindness, Wend Kuuni’s memory and speech eventually return. The underlying notion that traditional Mossi values can help heal and provide answers to the problems facing contemporary cultures speaks to us as movingly now as it did almost three decades ago through this exquisitely told fable. Kaboré’s debut rightfully garnered international recognition and awards, including a César for best French-language film, and yet it is now rarely seen in the US. MVFF’s reprise screening of this classic is not to be missed.
—Zoë Elton
Sunday, October 9, 4:30 pm
WEND09R, Rafael
For Tribute to Gaston Kaboré information, see page 61.
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA & GLOBAL FILM INITIATIVE.
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, INSTITUTE FRANÇAIS BURKINA FASO AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY. WEND
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US/UKRAINE 2011 • 95 MINS
Director Rob Nilsson Producers Rob Nilsson, Olga Zhurzhenko
Cinematographers Mickey Freeman, Rob Nilsson, Nimrod Zinn Editors Melody Miller, Arthur Vibert Print Source Citizen Cinema
In English, Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles. The work of Rob Nilsson ( Sand, MVFF 2010; Imbued, MVFF 2009; Frank Dead Souls, MVFF 2008), the powerful and prolific Bay Area filmmaker, is often driven by the pursuit of an idea. The inspiration for Nilsson’s What Happened Here comes from the autobiography of the vaunted and often vilified Leon Trotsky, co-visionary with Lenin of the Bolshevik Revolution. Nilsson’s determination to find the remains and traces of Trotsky’s hidden ancestral Jewish roots led him to Ukraine, and to the creation of this lyrical and poignant cinematic essay reminiscent of early Godard and Chris Marker. Deftly interweaving incisive World War II footage with Trotsky’s—and Nilsson’s—personal refl ections, the film unspools a skein of stories about Stalin’s enforced famines, the Nazi invasion and genocide. For this one-of-a-kind artist, it is “a film about a trip I took to find out what I thought.” World Premiere —Tony Reveaux
Saturday, October 8, 9:00 pm WHAT08R, Rafael
VALLEY OF THE DOCS
US/CANADA 2011 • 60 MINS
Directors Robert M. Young, David Grubin
Producers Nick Young, Zack Young
Cinematographers Robert M. Young, Nick Young Editors David Grubin, Zack Young
Print Source Nick Young
Enter the complex mind of Canadian artist William Kurelek in this unsettling documentary from award-winning filmmaker Robert M. Young ( Human Error, MVFF 2004; Tribute, MVFF 1983) exploring the connection between inspiration, creativity and sanity. Confessional interviews with Kurelek and his family come juxtaposed with powerful images of his dark art. Young started work on the documentary in 1969 after seeing Kurelek’s “The Maze,” an intense illustration of the artist’s troubled upbringing. Forty years later, lost footage was recovered and the film completed. Haunting from the opening frame, this complicated mix of disturbing and hopeful moments is a potent portrait of an artist on the edge. World Premiere —Brendan Peterson
PRECEDED BY
LIBRARY OF DUST
US 2011 • 16 MINS
Directors Ondi Timoner, Robert James
In 2004, thousands of corroded copper urns containing the remains of former psychiatric patients were discovered at the Oregon State Hospital. David Maisel’s photographs of these beautifully unique canisters of forgotten souls revealed secrets, influenced political decisions and reunited families.
TOTAL PROGRAM 76 MINS
Wednesday, October 12, 7:15 pm THEM12S, Sequoia Saturday, October 15, 5:15 pm THEM15R, Rafael
YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE (GOETHE!)
YOUTH-PRODUCED
Every year, a peer jury working with the California Film Institute’s Education Department programs the MVFF Youth Reel. Six jurors are chosen from a group of 20 teens who attend the Young Critics Jury threeday workshop in July. They choose fi lms for a 90- to 100-minute program from over 100 youth entries. This year’s jury has included films from Massachusetts to California, as well as Ndapewa, a film made by a youth project in Namibia. Bay Area Video Coalition’s Next Gen program has fi ve films in the program, ranging from eccentric comedy to poetic evocations of childhood. Los Angeles’s Harvard-Westlake School returns this year with three films that include wonderfully creative uses of animation. One favorite, Alone, is in the jury’s words, “one of the scariest films we’ve seen.” This year’s annual selection from CFI Education’s My Place, My Story program is a personal film about a young man’s familial struggle with gang crime and the death of his mother in Guatemala.
—John Morrison
TOTAL PROGRAM 105 MINS
Saturday, October 8, 11:00 am YNGC08R, Rafael
GERMANY 2010 • 102 MINS
Director Philipp Stölzl Producers Christoph Müller, Helge Sasse, Alexander Dydyna Screenwriters Philipp Stölzl, Christoph Müller, Alexander Dydyna Cinematographer Kolja Brandt Editor Sven Budelmann Cast Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volker Bruch, Burghart Klaussner, Henry Hubchen Print Source Music Box Films
In German with English subtitles. German literary icon Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s early exploits get the Dangerous Liaisons treatment in this romantically tempestuous costume drama. Failing miserably at his educational pursuits and disappointing his father at every turn, Goethe struggles to capture his passion on paper and prove himself the artist he secretly hopes to be. Instead, in humiliation, he is shipped off to the countryside to toil as a lowly law clerk— and to fi nd his destiny. Young Goethe in Love features a talented trio of actors as three individuals entangled in amorous intrigue, with dashing Alexander Fehling ( Inglourious Basterds) as Goethe pitted against his stuffy but smoldering boss (Moritz Bleibtreu, Run Lola Run) for the affections of country belle Lotte (played with lusty charm by newcomer Miriam Stein). Though Goethe historians might quibble with the poetic license taken, the fi lmmakers have sumptuously rendered the period and captured the Sturm und Drang of the writer’s inspiration for the novel that established his fame.
—Deanna Quinones
Saturday, October 15, 5:00 pm YGTH15R, Rafael
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GOETHE INSTITUTE-SAN FRANCISCO & BERLIN AND BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL
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MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL SHUTTLE
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Use the COMPLIMENTARY MVFF shuttle service for easy direct access to and from Festival venues. Shuttle service runs Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm with hourly stops.
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The MVFF Shuttle also stops at the Larkspur Hotel Mill Valley
SAN RAFAEL
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Directly in front of the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center and MVFF Rafael Box Office.
Shuttle space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Allow plenty of time in case you have to wait for the next service.
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Albert Nobbs 7:00 PM ABRT06R 113 MINS
Jeff Who Lives at Home 7:00 PM JEFA06S 84 MINS
Jeff Who Lives at Home 7:15 PM JEFB06S 84 MINS
Young Critics’ Picks: The 2011 Youth Reel 11:00 AM YNGC08R 105 MINS
Voices from the Shadows 2:00 PM VCES08R 63 MINS
ELIMINATE: Archie Cookson 1:00 PM EMNT08R 87 MINS
The Business of Film 11:00 AM NWMA08R 90 MINS
Busong (Palawan Fate) 11:00 AM BUSG08S 93 MINS
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey 11:30 AM BENG08S 85 MINS
Sarabah 1:30 PM SARA08R 99 MINS
Da Monzon, Conquest of Samanyana 1:45 PM DMTC08S 110 MINS
Smokin’ Fish 1:30 PM SMKN08S 90 MINS
Clown Workshop 2:00 PM CWNW08T 90 MINS
Tribute to Glenn Close 8:00 PM TRBT07R 90 MINS
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator 6:30 PM GRAN07R 104 MINS
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson 6:00 PM ECPT07R 110 MINS
Pegasus 6:30 PM PEGA07S 104 MINS
Like Crazy 7:00 PM CRZY07S 88 MINS
Sarabah 7:00 PM SARA07T 99 MINS
The Mosque 9:00 PM MSQU07R 80 MINS
The Butcher’s Wife 8:30 PM BUTC07R 119 MINS
Coriolanus 9:00 PM CRNS07S 122 MINS
Show 9:45 PM HDEH07S 90 MINS
Silence of Love 4:15 PM SNCE08R 105 MINS
Eames: The Architect and the Painter 3:30 PM EAME08R 94 MINS
Patang 4:15 PM TKTE08R 104 MINS
Beyond the Road 4:15 PM BYND08S 85 MINS
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts 4:00 PM SBMP08S 73 MINS
Magic Silver 4:15 PM MAGC08T 83 MINS
Lotus Eaters 6:15 PM EATR08R 78 MINS
Spotlight: The Lady 7:30 PM LADY08R 145 MINS
What Happened Here 9:00 PM WHAT08R 95 MINS
Coriolanus 7:30 PM CRNS08R 122 MINS
Turn Me On, Dammit! 7:00 PM TURN08S 75 MINS
The Good Doctor 6:00 PM DCTR08S 90 MINS TBA
Our New Frontier: Sustainability 7:30 PM SUST08T 81 MINS
Miss Bala 9:00 PM MSSB08S 113 MINS
FILM CALENDAR
Circus Dreams 12:00 PM CRCD09R 82 MINS
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson 12:30 PM ECPR09R 110 MINS
The Real Rocky 2:15 PM RCKY09R 93 MINS
Active Cinema Panel 2:00 PM NWMB09R 90 MINS
Dolphin Boy 1:00 PM DPHN09S 84 MINS
Summerland 12:15 PM SUMM09S 85 MINS
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Turn Me On, Dammit! 4:30 PM TURN10R 75 MINS
Summerland 4:00 PM SUMM10R 85 MINS
5@5: Hard Times 5:00 PM 5X5H10R 57 MINS
Trust Me 4:00 PM TRUS10S 113 MINS
5@5: Just Like Strange Rain 5:00 PM 5X5J10S 59 MINS
Girlfriend 5:30 PM GRFN10T 94 MINS
Tribute to Gaston Kaboré 4:30 PM WEND09R 110 MINS
Trust Me 3:30 PM TRUS09R 113 MINS
Pegasus 4:00 PM PEGA09R 104 MINS
The Butcher’s Wife 3:45 PM BUTC09S 119 MINS
Patang 3:00 PM TKTE09S 104 MINS
Light of the River 2:30 PM RVER09T 75 MINS
Raiders of the Lost Ark 7:00 PM RDRA10C 115 MINS
Pariah 7:00 PM PARH10R 86 MINS
Da Monzon, The Conquest of Samanyana 6:30 PM DMTC10R 110 MINS
Busong (Palawan Fate) 7:00 PM BUSG10R 93 MINS
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel 7:15 PM VREE10S 77 MINS
Stage Left: Theater in San Francisco 7:00 PM STAG10S 82 MINS
The Good Doctor 9:30 PM DCTR10R 90 MINS
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts 9:00 PM SBMP10R 73 MINS
Dolphin Boy 9:30 PM DPHN10R 84 MINS
Lotus Eaters 9:15 PM EATR10S 78 MINS
Thumbs 4:45 PM THUM09T 75 MINS
Girlfriend 6:30 PM GRFN09R 94 MINS
The Mosque 6:45 PM MSQU09R 80 MINS
Holidays by the Sea 6:45 PM HDAY09S 77 MINS
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator 5:45 PM GRAN09S 104 MINS
Play Like a Lion 8:00 PM AKBR09R 81 MINS
Between 2 Fires 9:15 PM BETW09R 131 MINS
Hello! How Are You? 9:00 PM HHRY09R 105 MINS
Collaborator 8:45 PM CBRT09S 87 MINS
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Day of the Flowers 6:15 PM DAYF11C 100 MINS
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel 5:15 PM VREE11R 77 MINS
Principles 4:45 PM PRCP11R 87 MINS
5@5: Don’t Let the Sun Go... 5:00 PM 5X5D11R 62 MINS
Between 2 Fires 4:45 PM BETW11S 131 MINS
5@5: Circle of Life 5:00 PM 5X5C11S 58 MINS
Collaborator 6:45 PM CBRT11R 87 MINS
Buud Yam 7:00 PM BUUD11R 97 MINS
California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown 8:00 PM CAST11R 88 MINS
Smokin’ Fish 9:15 PM SMKN11R 90 MINS
Beyond the Road 9:30 PM BYND11R 85 MINS
Margin Call 8:15 PM MARG11S 106 MINS
Centerpiece: My Week with Marilyn 6:45 PM MYWE11S 100 MINS
ELIMINATE: Archie Cookson 9:30 PM EMNT11S 87 MINS
Margin Call 4:00 PM MARG13R 106 MINS
on Ezra Miller 7:30 PM KEVN13R 111 MINS
Welcome 6:15 PM WLCM13R 93 MINS
Bala 9:15 PM MSSB13S 113 MINS Bon Voyage 4:00 PM BNVG13R 83 MINS
4:00 PM FRGV13S 109 MINS
5@5: The Last Song 5:00 PM 5X5L13R 62 MINS Deaf Jam 6:45 PM DEAF13R 81 MINS
6:30 PM SHAM13S 99 MINS
8:45 PM HRTG13R 124 MINS
9:00 PM PRCP13R 87 MINS
5@5: Don’t Let the Sun... 5:00 PM 5X5D13S 62 MINS Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? 7:00 PM WSTA13S 85 MINS Another Happy Day 9:30 PM AHDY13S 119 MINS The Forgiveness of
PM PNRK12L 100 MINS
6:00 PM
5@5: Just Like Strange Rain 5:00 PM 5X5J12R 59 MINS
Hello! How Are You? 4:00 PM HHRY12S 105 MINS
Planets 6:45 PM PNTS12R 77 MINS
5@5: The Last Song 5:00 PM 5X5L12S 62 MINS William Kurelek’s The Maze 7:15 PM THEM12S 76 MINS Bon Voyage
The Sacred Science 6:30 PM SCRD12T 98 MINS TBA
Sacrifice 5:00 PM SACR14R 132 MINS
Destiny of Lesser Animals 4:00 PM DSTN14R 89 MINS
5@5: Circle of Life 5:00 PM 5X5C14R 58 MINS
Soul of Flies 6:00 PM SUFS14R 80 MINS
of Film: An Odyssey 7:00 PM STRY14R 90 MINS
6:30 PM MYWE14S 100 MINS
5@5: Hard Times 5:00 PM 5X5H14S 57 MINS
Few
Men 8:30 PM AFEW14R 91 MINS
Planets 8:15 PM PNTS14R 77 MINS
8:45 PM HRTG14R 124 MINS
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Columbia 7:00 PM CRSC14S 113 MINS
Architect and Painter 9:30 PM EAME14S 94 MINS
FILM CALENDAR
One Through Love 11:30AM THRG15R 120 MINS
Magic Silver 12:30 PM MAGC15R 83 MINS
The State of the Industry 12:00 PM NWMC15R 90 MINS
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & Bodyguard 2:15 PM GURU15R 95 MINS
Country Music 2:30 PM CNTR15R 105 MINS
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? 2:00 PM WSTA15R 85 MINS
The Forgiveness of Blood 12:15 PM FRGV15S 109 MINS
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey 12:00 PM BENG15S 85 MINS
Young Goethe in Love 5:00 PM YGTH15R 102 MINS
William Kurelek’s The Maze 5:15 PM THEM15R 76 MINS
Our New Frontier: Sustainability 4:15 PM SUST15R 81 MINS
Sacrifice 3:15 PM SACR15S 132 MINS
Deaf Jam 2:15 PM DEAF15S 81 MINS
Children’s Filmfest Circus Party 2:00 PM CHPY15TE
Spotlight on Elizabeth Olsen 8:00 PM MART15R 101 MINS
Shame 7:30 PM SHAM15R 99 MINS
The Sacred Science 6:30 PM SCRD15R 98 MINS
Silence of Love 6:30 PM SNCE15S 105 MINS
The Barber, The Brush and the Baton 4:45 PM BARB15S 89 MINS
Play Like a Lion (Live) 7:30 PM AKBR14T
Lost Kisses 1:00 PM KSSS16R 80 MINS Circus Columbia 3:15 PM CRSC16R 113 MINS The Salt of Life 6:00 PM SATF16R 90 MINS
The Barber, The Brush and the Baton 1:00 PM BARB16R 89 MINS
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & Bodyguard 12:00 PM GURU16S 95 MINS
The Destiny of Lesser Animals 3:30 PM DSTN16R 89 MINS The Soul of Flies 5:30 PM SUFS16R 80 MINS
Light of the River 2:15 PM RVER16T 75 MINS The Welcome 4:00 PM WLCM16T 93 MINS
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CINEMA BENEFACTOR
Richard Barker, Joe and Sue Carlomagno, Tom Cohen and Kristi Denton Cohen, Douglas and Gail Dolton, Joanne Dunn, Steve and Sharon Edelman, Paul and Mary Elliott, Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, Tracy Ferron, Joseph Fink, Mark and Lorrie Fishkin, Paul and Marcia Ginsburg, Michelle Griffi n and Tom Parker, Robert Griswold, Elisabeth Jaffe, Don and Donna Kelleher, Patricia Kendall, Anne LaFollette and Thomas Koegel, Lisa Layne, John Lobato, Victoria Love and R. Max Yusim, Jann Moorhead, Harold and Gertrud Parker, Dwight R. Peterson, James and Eleanore Plessas, Mary and Bill Poland, James and Kyle Redford, Art Rothstein and Julia Erickson, Lente-Louise L. Schwartz, Steve Shane and Sheryle Bolton, Bradley and Diane Shore, Sandy Siegal, Vickie Soulier, Francoise Stone, Lucinda Storm, Ruthellen Toole, Richard Torretto, Zach and Marlies Zeisler
PREMIER PATRON
John and Sanda Blockey, Stewart and Barbara Boxer, Hillary and Joan Don, Nancy Heydemann, Lynn Holton and Bradley Rothbach, Devorah and Ben Jacoby, Michael and Chris Kasman, Todd Koons, Pamela Krasny, Mark and Lori Litwin, Deborah Matthies, Nion McEvoy, James Mochizuki, Zara and Dennis Muren, Catherine Newman, Cathy Nourafshan, Susan Pascall, Jana Rich, Barbara and Phil Richardson, Naomi Saunders, J. Dietrich Stroeh, Ray and Jean Taylor, Elaine Tope
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Jack Adams, Gina Allen, Ioan Allen, Nancy H. Angelo and Nancy McCauley, Joel Armstrong, Ann and Fabio Aversa,
Marie Baillargeon, Nancy J. Barash, Kevin Bartram, Lisa and Brian Beaudoin, John Becker, Robert and Ingrid Becker, Jean M. Bedecarrax, Marshall and Dorothy Bentley, Lisa Berghout, David Bernard, Anthony Bigler, Lori Bonn, Al and Pat Boro, Alan Boyar, Rick Bradley, Anji Brenner, Gina Brewer, Lisa G. Brow, William and Jill Burkart, Fabia Butler, Elizabeth Byers, Anne and John Caple, Nancy Carlston, Brian Chadbourne, Lisa Christensen, Janet Mercer Cohen, Cayla and Jerry Coleman, John Connolly, Gloria Contreras, Joel and Justine Coopersmith, Craig Corsini, Gatian Cunningham, Richard Cunningham, Violaine D’Amour, Abby Danielson, Heidi Darling, Drusilla Davis, Anna M. Devito, Gayle Donsky and Morton Stein, Tedi Dunn and William Svabek, Mary Edwards, Richard and Diane Einstein, Suzanne Engelberg and Jeff Appleman, Ruth Epstein and Mark Shafi r, Judith Ets-Hokin, Kim Facus, Joseph A. Faimali and Donita Decker, Nancy Farese, Josh and Stefanie Felser, Justin Flake, Sava Forry, James H. Forsell and Karen Soroca, Rose Ann Frank, Karen Fry, Neysa Furey, Jesse Gillingham, Larry Goldfarb, Chandra Gordon, Richard and Theresa Gordon, Catherine T. Goshay, Laurel Graver and Scott Kaplan, Clara Greisman, Susan Grelock, William and Mimi Griffi n, Diane Grubb, Kim Facas, Pat Gurin, Kathleen Hahn, Marvin Halpern, Adam Harrington, Bret Heiman, Monica Heredia, Allan Herzog, Erica Hess, Marcelo and Nora Hirschler, Jay Hlavka, Cheryl Hogan, Holly S. Hollenbeck, Lori Holmgren, Tony Hooker, Richard Hoskins, Rolf Howarth, Jim and Christine Howey, Bettina Hughes, Kimberly Hughes, Allan Jackman, Andree Jansheski, Ruggy Joesten, Lisa and Michael Kasperzak, Magaret Kathrein, Douglas and Cessna Kaye, Shelly Kelley, Francesca Kennedy, Kathleen King and Gerald Cahill, Manuela A. King, Michael Kleeman, Will Koza, Larry and Stephanie Krames, K.H. William and Andrea Krueger, Lynn and Roger Kuhn, Kevin Kurtz, Robert Kustel, Ellen and Louise Kutten, Paul and Patricia Laperriere, Lawrence and Melissa Lasky, Michael and Marsha Lasky, Bokara Leginere, Marie-Eve Levert, Huey Lewis and Sidney Conroy, Paul Liebman, Dee Dee Littrell, Nicole Lowe, Michael Luckoff, Janet Magelby, Janet Magleby, Bill Manheim, Michele Manos, Van and Lydia Maroevich,
Carol Marshall and Thomas Price, Diane and Laurence Martin, David Martinez, Yo Ann Martinez, Greg Mauldin, Yvonne Mcallister, Janet Mckinley, C.D. McKown, Scott McKown, Charles McQueen, Abigail Millikan-States, Madhav Misra, Jessica Montague, Michael Moore, Molly Moore, Paulette Moore, Mark Morris and Tracy Tandy, Russell and Suki Munsell, Walter and Muriel Murch, Laura Murra, Alice Nadler, Linda Nero, Robert Newcomer and Susanne Light, Jacklyn E. Ng, Susan O’Connell, Kevin O’Malley, Roberta O’Neale, Thomas Obletz, Ellen and Peter Obstler, David Ortez and Joli Wilson, Philip Ouyang, John Palmer, Anyra Papsys, Glenn and Donna Perelson, Domenico Petrone, Joy Phoenix, Gale Porter, Bruce and Theresa Raabe, Alice Rich, Steve Rizzo, Rosemary Roach, Rich Robbins, Narenda Rocherolle, Susan Royce, Nancee Rubinstein, Carole Rutherford, Helen Rutledge, Gretchen Saeger, Patricia Sarris, Maggi Saunders, Steve Scheck, Dorene and Robert Schiro, Jack Schwartz, Nadia Scipio Del Campo, Jane Scott and Janice Legow, Lisa Shanower, Maxx Sherman, Matthew Shier, Kirsten and Christopher Shilakes, Eileen Siedman, Michael and Marsha Silberstein, Helen T. Sklov, Robert Smith, Judy and John Sommer, Shelley Spicer, Bettina Sporkenbach, Leonard Stecklow and Karen Steiner, Elliot Stein, Terry Stelling, Joe Stewart, Steve and Carolyn Stromberg, Dierdre Stull, Sophie Suberville, Barbara Summers and Mark Graham, Laura Svienty, David Tanaka, Sari Taylor and Roger Pierce, Kenneth Taymor, Dede Teeler, Kerry Tepperman and Kimo Campbell, Will and Leslie Thompson, Blake and Bev Thorman, Kathryn Thyret, Jennifer Tomaro, Lily Toney, Joshua Townsend, Emily Tribe, Duilio Valenti, Stephen Vance, Lydia Vogtner, Diane and Michael Wakelin, Julie Walker, Lucinda Watson, Judy Webb, Jill Weissich, Matt Wilson, Richard and Kathy Wimmer, Teresa Wolf, Nickki Wood, Jerry and Sharon Young, Eric Zahra, Nina Zhito
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Frank Greene, Maureen Groper, Daniel Grossman, Stuart Hagmann, Fran Halperin and Eric Christ, Rev. Murray and Muriel Hammond, Eleanor Hanauer, William Hanna, Richard and Julie Harris, Fern Hassin, Nancy Hayes, Bill and Barbara Hazen, Helen Hebert, Alfred and Ruth Heller, Jude Heller, Tom Herington and Gary Topper, Sol Hernandez, Faye Hinze and Louis Hinze, Scott Hochstrasser, Jason Hoffman, James and Mary D. Holden, Jill and Lonner Holden, Patricia Holden, Deborah Holley and Scott Enblidge, Eliot and Margot Holtzman, Jo Howard, Timothy Howard, Trevor Hughes and Judy Derstine, Noreen Hulteen, Lisa and Jim Hynes, Patricia Irwin, Charles Isen, Helene Jaffe, Nick and Sandy Javaras, Roberta Jeffrey, Janet Jennings, Tina Jennings, Buz and Jan Johanson, Jeffrey and Jeri Johnson, Mary Jones, Alison Juestel, Anne Kaiser, Dan Kasman, Jim and Linda Kasper, Peggy Katcher, Athena Katsaros, Gillian Keirle, Jay Kell, Claudia Kelly, Todd Kendall and Susan Nelson Kendall, Russ and Marilyn Kiernan, Kim Kirley, Gail Kirst, Borg Klein, Lisa Kleinecke, William and Marion Kleinecke, Kristin Klindt, Anne Komer, Howard Kopit and Dorothy McQuown, Bruce Koren, Kathleen Korth and Laura Fenamore, Jeff and Tina Kroot, Ira Lansing, Jeffrey Lapic and Geraldine Caldarola, Tommy Lau, Larry Lautzker, Judith Layne, Kathryn Lazzaretti, Sharon Leach and Harry Oppenheimer, Louis Lenzen and Ranny Lenzen, Leslie and Jacques Leslie, Warren and Barbara Levinson, Mark and Elizabeth Levy, Janice J. Link, Ruth Livingston, James Long, Nurhan Long and John McCullough, Ellen Loring, Josh Lowden, J Mitchell Lowe, Gareth Loy and Lisa Hauck Loy, John MacLeod, Charles and Rose Maher, Katherine Mahoney, Barbara Major, Michael and Linda Malone, Lisa Mannheimer, Richard Mannheimer, Will Marona, Michael and Sharon Marron, Patricia Marshall, Leonard Mastromonaco, Ian Matzen, Susan Mayne, John Mays, Jennifer Mc Farland, Kirk McCabe, John and Cindy McCauley, James McElwee, Wallace McOuat, Maleea Meden, Meleea Meden, Barbara Meislin, Ann Marie Melanephy, Bob and Ink Mendelsohn, Merle and Carole Meyers, Kathleen Mikkelson, Melinda Moore, Penelope More, Chris Morgan, Julie Morgan, Ashton Morin, Christophe Morin, David Mount,
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Kenneth H. Waldeck, Michael and Diana Wanger, Deirdre A. Warin, Jessica and Art Wasserman, Dan Watrous, Pascal Wattiau, Phyllis Weber, Ellen K. Weiss, Sue Weiss, Stephen Weisz, Wells Rick, Susan Wheel, Linda Wilkie, Anne-Andree Wilson, Jody M. Wilson and Barbara Searles, Bruce and Marya Wintroub, Margaret Woodring, Patricia H. Woods, Kirke Wrench, Deborah Wright and Adele Anthony, Simon Young, Martin Zankel
FILM FAN
Alex Aal, Selma Abdo, Eliott Adler, Thomas Aherns, Sherry Ruth Anderson, Dolph Andrews, Monica Andrews, Thomas L. Andrews, Ann Armour, Diane Baker, William M. Baker, Mary L. Barone, Wyna J. Barron, Colette Battaglia, and Frank Battat, Lauren Baxter, Candace Besso, Adrienne Biggs, Renee Binder, Carrie Birgbauer, Steven Birnbaum, Joan Bissell, Jennifer Boesel, Patricia Bonfi lio, Carla Bourke, Jaclyne W. Boyden, Marty Brenneis, Ann S. Brenner, Mike Brenner, Delia Brinton, Inez Brooks-Myers, Joan Brown, Carla Buchanan, Carolyn Burt, Patricia Cahill, Carney and Kay Campion, Patrick Canlas, Joan and Robert Capurro, Lauren Cargill, Daisy Carlson, Sally Catalana, Ed and Susan Catmull, Leonard Charles and Lynn Milliman, Polly Cherner, Shelley Chesley, David Chittenden, J. Donald Cohen, Don Cohon, Nancy Conger, Kay Conneely, Linda Curtis, Tancredi D’Amore, Joan Dauria, Deirdre Dawson, Robert Dawson, Susie Decigaran, Warren and Edie DeGraff, Beth Deitchman, Ingrid Deiwiks, Mari Jon Di Basilio, Janeanne Doar, John Donley, Sheldon Dorph, Cheryl Douglas, Susan Duncan, Renee Dunn, Sheila Dutton and C.H. Fotch, Elaine Dvirnak, Eric Eichorn, Jon Elam, Laura E. Epp, Annabella Erickson, Pamela Farrell, Amy Faulkner, Aaron Faust, Aaron and Lisa Ferguson, Sherry and Robert Fink, Yolanda Fletcher, Cynthia Foster, Barbara Framm, Susan Frank, Ellen Franz, Marty Friedman, Ruth E. Friend, Jack Futoran, Katie Gaier, Kathleen and Ray Gaines, Stephanie Garbaczewski, Christine Gaudenzi, Diana Gay-Catania, Art Gimmy, William Goldsborough, Sylvia Goodman, Joy Graustark, David Green, Michelle Groleau, Wynne Grossman, Margaret Guevara, Ralph and Marsha Guggenheim,
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Scot Russell, Edwin P. Sabrack Jr., Susan M. Saks, Daniel Scher, John Schlag, Alicia Schlesinger, Bruce and Suzanne Scott, Angelo Siracusa and Diana Rixey, Judith Snead, Howard Sohn, Daniel Sonkin and Mindy Rosenberg, Mary Jo Sorensen, Gill Stanfi eld, Steve Starkey, Sarah Steen, Jeremy Stevermer, Mary Lee Strebl, Elizabeth Savage-Sullivan, Matthew Sumner, Karen Sutherland, Carol Svetcov, Beverly Tanner, Patricia Tanoury, Caryn Tantilla-Lentz, Stephen Thal, Phyllis and Max Thelen, Mack Tilling, Ellen and Robert Tollen, Richard Tuttle, Daina Vitols, Tanis Walters, Suzanne and David Warner, Marlena Weinstein, Louis Weller, Mary Beth Wheeler, Liz Wiegardt, Huguette Wildschutz, Derek Wilson, Frances Wilson, William Wilson, Najean Witt, Eleanor Yancey, Heather Young, Valerie Zabko, Phillip Ziegler
ASSOCIATE
Linda Abe, Becky Abel, Vicki Abeles, Samantha Abernathey, Marilyn Abers, Jacqueline Ableman, Arthur Ablin, Nancy Abodeely and Dubi Ben Shoham, Joanne Abrams, Matt Abrams, Alma F. Ada, Carolyn Adducci and Ron Charyn, Noma Adelman, Joseph Adkins, Jennie-Marie Adler, Charles Agler, Gary and Maureen Aguilar, Maureen Aguilar, Alyson Aiello, Eugene Albright, Leslie Alden, Kathleen Alexander, Kim Allen, Marlena Allison, Paul Alpert, Bunny Alsup, Robert Alto, Mick Amaral, Laura Anderson, Loretta Anderson, Michael Anderson, Shelley A. Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Trent W. Anderson, Heather Andrew, Nilda Andrews, Jacqueline Annes, Shahla Ansari, John Antonelli, Laura Arago, Kate Aragon, Ana Aranguren, Daniel Arauz, Louise Armour, Bill Arnold, Jean Arnold, Margaret Arnold, Michael Arnold, Burt Arnowitz, Betty Arnquist, Christina Arrostuto, Peti Arunamata, Pamela Ashkenazy, Aaron Augustis, Brian Aviles, Gwynne Axelrod, Mary Axelrod, Chase Azimi, Nancy Azizi, Lawrence E. and Barbara Babow, Laura Bachman, Anne Baele-Kouns, Krissy Bailey, Elliott Baim, Barbara Baker, Judy Baldassari, Steven Balick, Kelley Ballentine, Orest Balytsky, Ed Baquerizo, Philip and Valerie Baradat, Angela Barbus, Janice Barlow, Danan Barnett, Trinina Barreto, Kevin Barrett, Cynthia Barrows, Mai L. Bartling,
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BREAKING POINT
Kendra Bradanini kbradanini@urbanschool.org
A BRUSH WITH THE TENDERLOIN
Paige Bierma paigebierma@mac.com
BUSONG (PALAWAN FATE)
Jong de Castro jongi1@yahoo.com
THE BUTCHER’S WIFE
Ewa Bigio
Smiley Film Sales Ltd. info@smileyfilmsales.com smileyfilmsales.com
BUUD YAM
Gaston Kaboré imagine@fasonet.bf
CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN Sascha Rice 2658 Griffith Park Blvd. #190 Los Angeles, CA 90039
CHRISTMAS PIGGY
Elisabeth Rosen
The National Film School of Denmark elr@filmskolen.dk
Two Shoes Productions mcmillan@ccountry.net thewelcomethemovie.com
WEND KUUNI (GOD’S GIFT)
Gaston Kaboré imagine@fasonet.bf
WHAT HAPPENED HERE
Rob Nilsson Citizen Cinema rnilsson@robnilsson.com robnilsson.com
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Jason Jakaitis jakaitis@bavc.com
WHILE YOU WERE GONE
Sara Rüster
Swedish Film Institute sara.ruster@sfi.se sfi.se
WILLIAM KURELEK’S THE MAZE
Nick Young nickyoung@gmail.com
THE WIND IS BLOWING ON MY STREET
Saba Riazi saba0riazi@gmail.com
A WOMAN’S DESCENT TO THE SACRED
Sherry Ruth Anderson
The Feminine Wisdom School sherrygreywolf@gmail.com femininewisdomschool.com
YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE
Ed Arentz
Music Box Films earentz@musicboxfilm.com musicboxfilms.com
ZAPPED!
Jeff Pryor
Priority PR jeff@prioritypr.net prioritypr.net
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*Denotes country of interest
ALBANIA
The Forgiveness of Blood
AFGHANISTAN
The Welcome*
ARGENTINA
Luminaris
AUSTRALIA
A Few Best Men
The Story of Film: An Odyssey* Swimming in a Dream*
The Telegram Man
Voices from the Shadows*
BERMUDA
Mr. Happy Man*
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Circus Columbia
BRAZIL
Beyond the Road
BURKINA FASO
Buud Yam
The Story of Film: An Odyssey* Wend Kuuni (God’s Gift)
CANADA
Collaborator
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
Pop
Smokin’ Fish*
Voices from the Shadows*
William Kurelek’s The Maze Zapped!
CHILE
Country Music
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson*
CHINA
The Butcher’s Wife
Sacrifice
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
Sunshine
CUBA
Day of the Flowers *
DENMARK
Christmas Piggy
The Forgiveness of Blood
Out of Erasers
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
ECUADOR
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson *
EL SALVADOR
The New Environmentalists
FIJI
Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea
FINLAND
The Death of an Insect
FRANCE
The Artist
The Conquest
Holidays by the Sea
The Lady One Through Love
Pina
The Prize
Silence of Love
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
Swimming in a Dream*
GERMANY
Anonymous
The New Environmentalists
Pina
Sarabah*
Swimming in a Dream*
Young Goethe in Love
GHANA
The Destiny of Lesser Animals
GUATEMALA
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator*
HONG KONG
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
ICELAND
Summerland
INDIA
Patang (The Kite)
Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro
Ali Akbar Khan*
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
INDONESIA
The New Environmentalists
IRAN
One Through Love
Principles
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
The Wind Is Blowing on My Street
IRAQ
The Welcome*
IRELAND
Albert Nobbs
Good Luck, Mr. Gorski
Lotus Eaters
Swimming in a Dream*
ISRAEL
Dolphin Boy
Restoration
What Happened Here*
ITALY
The Forgiveness of Blood
Lost Kisses
The Salt of Life
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
Swimming in a Dream*
JAPAN
Light of the River
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
MALI
Da Monzon, The Conquest of Samanyana
MEXICO
Miss Bala
Moonless Night
The Prize
MOROCCO
The Mosque Pegasus
NAMIBIA
Ndapewa: I Am Given
NETHERLANDS
Bon Voyage
NEW ZEALAND
Voices from the Shadows*
NORWAY
Magic Silver
Turn Me On, Dammit!
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea
FILMS BY COUNTRY
PERU
A Doctor’s Job
The Sacred Science
PHILIPPINES
Busong (Palawan Fate)
POLAND
Between 2 Fires
Heritage
PORTUGAL
Swimming in a Dream*
ROMANIA
Hello! How Are You?
RUSSIA
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
SENEGAL
Sarabah
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
SIBERIA
The New Environmentalists
SPAIN
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator*
The Soul of Flies
Swimming in a Dream*
SWEDEN
Between 2 Fires
I Am Round Out of Erasers
Seven Days in the Woods
The Story of Film: An Odyssey* Trust Me
While You Were Gone
SWITZERLAND
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard
TURKEY
One Through Love
UK
Anonymous*
Coriolanus
Day of the Flowers
ELIMINATE: Archie Cookson
Invisible
The Lady
Lotus Eaters
A Morning Stroll
My Week with Marilyn
One Through Love
Pina
Shame
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Swimming in a Dream*
Voices from the Shadows
We Need to Talk About Kevin
UKRAINE
What Happened Here
URUGUAY
Beyond the Road
US
The 36 2648 Hours
Alone
American Homes
Another Happy Day
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Boy
Breaking Point
A Brush with the Tenderloin
California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown
Circus Dreams
Collaborator
Confidante
Country Music
Deaf Jam
The Destiny of Lesser Animals
Eames: The Architect and the Painter Exposure
Floyd the Android
The Forgiveness of Blood
Girlfriend
GOLD VIOLIN: bow of death
The Good Doctor
Good Luck, Mr. Gorski
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Hi De Ho Show
Hip Hop Maestro
Independence in Sight
Jeff Who Lives at Home
The King
The Lemon Tree
Library of Dust
Life Model
Like Crazy
Los Dos Morros!
Mallrats
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea
Momo
Moonless Night
Mr. Happy Man
My Big Red Purse
Ndapewa: I Am Given
The New Environmentalists
The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West
One Through Love
Patang (The Kite)
Pariah
Penultimate
Pioneer
The Planets
Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro
Ali Akbar Khan
Portrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog’s Leap
Pot Country
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Real Rocky
Right to Play
The Sacred Science
Sarabah
Saturn Rising Sebastian’s Adventure
See sexting
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Smokin’ Fish
Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco
The Story of Film: An Odyssey*
Suffocation
Sunshine
Swimming in a Dream
Thumbs
To Say Goodbye
Transition Town Totnes
Voices from the Shadows*
The Walk
The Welcome
What Happened Here
What Would You Do?
William Kurelek’s The Maze
The Wind Is Blowing on My Street
A Woman’s Descent to the Sacred
VIETNAM
The Welcome*
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Adamson, Mario
I Am Round
Adizes, Topaz
Boy
Albright, Deron
The Destiny of Lesser Animals
Anderson, Sherry Ruth
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A Woman’s Descent to the Sacred . . . . .115
Antonelli, John
The New Environmentalists
Aoulad-Syad, Daoud
The Mosque .
Baranski, Andrzej
Heritage .
Besson, Luc
The Lady
Bhargava, Prashant
Patang (The Kite)
Bierma, Paige
A Brush with the Tenderloin
Biggs, Josh
Voices from the Shadows
Boulton, Natalie
Voices from the Shadows
Bowden, Garry
Saturn Rising
Bradanini, Kendra
Breaking Point
Braun, Charly Beyond the Road
Bremer, Gloria Sarabah
Buckley, Erin
Ndapewa: I Am Given
Burley, Jonathan Cenzual The Soul of Flies
Cardenas Iñiguez, Bethynia Moonless Night
Causey, Frances
Daly, Lance
The Good Doctor
Di Gregorio, Gianni
The Salt of Life . .
Diabaté, Sidy Fassara
Da Monzon, The Conquest of Samanyana.
Dolgin, Gail
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Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? 105 Chandor, J.C.
Margin Call
Chapman, Harold
Invisible
Chen Kaige
Sacrifi ce
Cinnamon, Molly
See
Claudel, Philippe Silence of Love
Cohn, Jason
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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement . . . . . .
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Dolman, Trish
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson . .102
Donovan, Martin Collaborator
Doremus, Drake Like Crazy.
Duplass, Jay
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Duplass, Mark
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Durkin, Sean
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Durringer, Xavier
The Conquest . .
Dusenbery, Tom
The New Environmentalists
Elliott, Stephan A Few Best Men
Emmerich, Roland Anonymous
Farley, William The Walk
Feuerzeig, Jeff The Real Rocky
Fiennes, Ralph Coriolanus
Foerster, Zeke Mallrats
Forbord, Austin
Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco
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Goddard, John
Hi De Ho Show
Goldmacher, Donald
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? .105
Griswold-Tergis, Luke
Smokin’ Fish
Grubin, David
William Kurelek’s The Maze
Hákonarson, Grímur
Summerland
Häner, Beat
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard
Hazanavicius, Michel The Artist
Headley, Jason To Say Goodbye
Hirakawa, Tetsuo Light of the River
Holder, Rob ELIMINATE: Archie Cookson
Howell, Annie J. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Hung, Ingrid 2648 Hours
Iannotta, Giancarlo My Big Red Purse
Jacobsen, Jannicke Systad Turn Me On, Dammit!
James, Robert Library of Dust
Jensen, Samantha Alone
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Eames: The Architect and the Painter .102
Cousins, Mark
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Couturié, Bill
Thumbs
Curtis, Simon
My Week with Marilyn
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Friedman, Bernard American Homes
Fryday, Robin
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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Fuguet, Alberto Country Music
Furloni, Mario Pot Country
Gambale, Maria Luisa Sarabah
Gao Xiongjie The Butcher’s Wife
Garcia, Rodrigo Albert Nobbs
Gisiger, Sabine
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard
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Jersey, Bill Eames: The Architect and the Painter .102 Johnson, David Momo
Kaboré, Gaston Buud Yam
Wend Kuuni (God’s Gift)
Kasher, Miranda See
Kempff, Frida While You Were Gone
Khehtie, James The Telegram Man
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Klaver, Irene J. The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West
Kling, Johan Trust Me
Koons Garcia, Deborah Portrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog’s Leap
Transition Town Totnes
LaBute, Neil sexting
Lambert, Mary
Miss South Pacifi c: Beauty and the Sea .116
Larsson, Peter
Seven Days in the Woods
Lasley, Luke
The Lemon Tree
Launing, Katarina Magic Silver
Lee, Christine Hip Hop Maestro
Lerner, Justin Girlfriend
Levin, Melinda
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The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West
Levinson, Sam Another Happy Day
Lieberman, Nick Suffocation
Lieff, Judy Deaf Jam
Lindberg, Lauren Independence in Sight
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Milani, Tahmineh
Principles
Moon, Hyeyon
The Walk
Moore, Rachel
Pop
Morris, Matt
Mr. Happy Man
Motulsky, Nat
Sebastian’s Adventure
Mouftakir, Mohamed
Pegasus
Naranjo, Gerardo
Miss Bala
Nichol, Doug
Sunshine
Nilsson, Rob
What Happened Here
Nir, Yonatan
Dolphin Boy
.113
Sanborn, John
The Planets
Seneker, Ethan Alone
Shelton, Kim
The Welcome
Shiver, Arron Good Luck, Mr. Gorski
Söderström, R.S. Christmas Piggy
Solito, Auraeus Busong (Palawan Fate)
Spielberg, Steven Raiders of the Lost Ark
Stölzl, Philipp Young Goethe in Love
Sugar, Jim Swimming in a Dream
Sullivan, Larin Exposure
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Lowery, David Pioneer
Lukasiak, Agnieszka Between 2 Fires
Lyons, Jonathan Floyd the Android
Madmony, Joseph Restoration.
Maftei, Alexandru Hello! How Are You?
Mann, Cory Smokin’ Fish
Markovitch, Paula The Prize
Marks, Constance Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey .
Marshall, Frank Right to Play
Marston, Joshua The Forgiveness of Blood
Martinez, Edwin Los Dos Morros!
McGuinness, Alexandra Lotus Eaters
McLean, Kate
Pot Country
McQueen, Steve
Shame
Mellars, Joshua Dylan
Play Like a Lion: The Legacy of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan
Melodia, Lisa
Confi dante
Menkin, Dani
Dolphin Boy
Meyers, Paul
Penultimate
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Norton, Zeke Zapped!
O’Brien, Robert Sebastian’s Adventure
Olsson, Stephen One Through Love
Orchard, Grant A Morning Stroll
Parrinello, Will
The New Environmentalists
Perlmutt, Bent-Jorgen
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel . . 101
Petchers, Lori Life Model
Polizzi, Nick
The Sacred Science
Pope, Mark
GOLD VIOLIN: bow of death
Rabaté, Pascal
Holidays by the Sea
Ramos, Julio O.
A Doctor’s Job
Ramsay, Lynne
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rees, Dee
Pariah
Riazi, Saba
The Wind Is Blowing on My Street
Rice, Sascha
California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown
Roberts, John
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Day of the Flowers
Robinson, Lisa
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Rogaar, Margien
Bon Voyage
Rosenlund, Erik
Out of Erasers
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Tanovic, Danis Circus Columbia
Taylor, Signe Circus Dreams
Tcheng, Frederic
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to
Timoner, Ondi
Library of Dust
Torre, Roberta Lost Kisses.
Uthaug, Roar Magic Silver
Vartiainen, Hannes
The Death of an Insect
Veikkolainen, Pekka
The Death of an Insect
Vreeland, Lisa Immordino
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Weinfeld, Nic
The 36
Weinstein, Ethan
Sebastian’s Adventure
Wenders, Wim
Pina
Yates, Pamela
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Young, Robert M.
William Kurelek’s The Maze
Zaballos, Henry
The King
Zakeri, Shyan
Sebastian’s Adventure
Zaramella, Juan Pablo
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TITLE INDEX
5@5: Circle of Life
5@5: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
5@5: Hard Times
5@5: Just Like Strange Rain
5@5: The Last Song
The 36
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GOLD VIOLIN: bow of death
The Good Doctor
Good Luck, Mr. Gorski .
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator . . .
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104
93
104
122
122 2648 Hours.
Albert Nobbs .
Alone.
American Homes
Anonymous
Another Happy Day
The Artist . .
93
122
102
94
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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement . . . 95
The Barber, the Brush and the Baton .
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Between 2 Fires
Beyond the Road
Bon Voyage
Boy
Breaking Point
A Brush with the Tenderloin
Busong (Palawan Fate).
The Butcher’s Wife
Buud Yam
California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown
Christmas Piggy
Circus Columbia
Circus Dreams.
Collaborator
Confidante
The Conquest.
Coriolanus
Country Music
Da Monzon, The Conquest of Samanyana
Day of the Flowers
Deaf Jam
The Death of an Insect
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
The Destiny of Lesser Animals
A Doctor’s Job
Dolphin Boy
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Eames: The Architect and the Painter . .102
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson
ELIMINATE: Archie Cookson
Exposure
A Few Best Men
Floyd the Android
102
102
122
103
Guru: Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard.
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Hello! How Are You?
Heritage .
Hi De Ho Show
Hip Hop Maestro
Holidays by the Sea
I Am Round.
Independence in Sight
Invisible
Jeff Who Lives at Home
The King .
The Lady
The Lemon Tree
Library of Dust
Life Model
Light of the River
Like Crazy
Los Dos Morros!
Lost Kisses
Lotus Eaters
Luminaris
Magic Silver
Mallrats
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Miss Bala
Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea
Momo
Moonless Night
A Morning Stroll
The Mosque
Mr. Happy Man
My Big Red Purse
My Week with Marilyn
Ndapewa: I Am Given
The New Environmentalists
The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West
One Through Love
Our New Frontier: Sustainability
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