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2 SPONSORS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
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Key is proud to support the<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
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FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM WELCOME 3<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
Our Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Get Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Stay Here, Play Here . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Director’s Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Someone to Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Meet the <strong>Film</strong>makers . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Central and Eastern European<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Nesnadny + Schwartz<br />
Documentary <strong>Film</strong> Competition . . 17<br />
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
Evening at the Cedar Lee . . . . . . . . 18<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Roxanne T. Mueller Award . . . . . . . 19<br />
Cultural Journeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Slam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
CSU Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Sidebars & Sections . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Opening Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Closing Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s A-Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s A-Z, continued . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
Shorts Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br />
Country List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
Ticket Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Ticket Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />
Board, Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
Volunteers, Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97<br />
Welcome<br />
...to the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>!<br />
“Couldn’t Make Cannes? Try <strong>Cleveland</strong>.” That’s what<br />
TIME Magazine had to say in their “<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>s for the<br />
Rest of Us” article, which noted that the <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> is “renowned for its diversity<br />
and inclusiveness.”<br />
So thank you for trying <strong>Cleveland</strong>. And welcome to the<br />
31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>! We can hardly<br />
believe our age—or our size. In the last five years, we have<br />
had a 50% increase in attendance, growing from 35,000<br />
to 52,000 admissions.<br />
Our growth has enabled us to provide you with more programming<br />
than ever before. This year you will have the<br />
opportunity to make your film selections from over 120 features<br />
and more than 110 short subjects, representing close<br />
to 60 countries. Add our 100 guest filmmakers to that mix<br />
and the <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> continues to be an exciting, energetic,<br />
enthusiastic, and amazingly fun film-going experience.<br />
To enhance your experience at the <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, please visit our new and improved website—<br />
www.clevelandfilm.org—which has an updated look and<br />
even more information.<br />
And when you’re at the <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> be sure to vote for<br />
The Plain Dealer Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice<br />
Award for Best <strong>Film</strong>. Your votes will also determine the<br />
Greg Gund Standing Up <strong>Film</strong> Competition Award and the<br />
new Time Warner Cable American Independents Award. And<br />
don’t forget to vote for our new <strong>Cleveland</strong> State University<br />
Audience Choice Award for Best Short Subject.<br />
During your visit to the <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, please participate<br />
in our Challenge Match and help us reach—or even exceed<br />
—our fundraising goal of $31,000. It is your support<br />
and generosity that allow us to present the <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> each year.<br />
We look forward to seeing you at the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>. Please arrive early and often<br />
to Confess Your Love for <strong>Film</strong>.<br />
Anna Vedouras<br />
President, Board of Directors<br />
Marcie Goodman<br />
Executive Director<br />
THE CLEVELAND<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
FILM FESTIVAL<br />
IS A PROGRAM<br />
OF THE<br />
CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY<br />
MISSION<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
Society promotes<br />
artistically and<br />
culturally significant<br />
film arts through<br />
education and<br />
exhibition to enrich<br />
the life of the<br />
community.<br />
VISION<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
Society is a leader<br />
in helping the<br />
world discover the<br />
power of film arts<br />
to educate, entertain,<br />
and celebrate the<br />
human experience.
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BRONZE SPONSORS<br />
The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> is made<br />
possible by the generosity of our sponsors and funders.
FOUNDATION SUPPORT<br />
MEDIA SPONSORS<br />
The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> SPONSORS 5<br />
OFFICIAL AIRLINE OFFICIAL TV SPONSOR<br />
OFFICIAL RESTAURANT OFFICIAL VEHICLE<br />
The George W. Codrington<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
Kiwanis Foundation of <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
THE SKIRBALL FOUNDATION<br />
OFFICIAL HOTEL<br />
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT<br />
Funding provided in part by<br />
the generous support of the<br />
citizens of Cuyahoga County<br />
COMMISSIONERS:<br />
Jimmy Dimora<br />
Timothy F. Hagan<br />
Peter Lawson Jones
6 SPONSORS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>
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at <strong>Cleveland</strong> State.<br />
Located in the heart of the city, <strong>Cleveland</strong> State has plenty to offer —<br />
major market sports, world-class museums, superb restaurants,<br />
and big-city shopping all in a cosmopolitan atmosphere.<br />
Not to mention a renowned international film festival.<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> State also offers challenging courses of study<br />
that will open up entirely new worlds for you to explore.<br />
Choose from popular programs like:<br />
• <strong>Film</strong>/Digital Media<br />
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FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM GET HERE 11<br />
Gonna Drive?<br />
Driving Directions<br />
Take Public Transportation<br />
to Public Square<br />
It’s convenient and economical to ride RTA to the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>!<br />
RTA March Monthly Passholders (local or express) receive $1.00 off<br />
in-person or on-line ticket purchases. This offer is good for any <strong>Festival</strong><br />
film. Additional restrictions may apply.<br />
All of RTA’s train lines and many of RTA’s major bus routes provide service<br />
to Tower City Center and the Public Square area.<br />
For detailed information about routes and schedules, please visit<br />
www.rideRTA.com or call the RTAnswerline at 216-621-9500.<br />
The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> takes place at Tower City Center in<br />
the heart of downtown <strong>Cleveland</strong> with easy access from any location. You can use the<br />
directions below or download your own directions online using the Tower City Center<br />
address: 230 West Huron Road, <strong>Cleveland</strong>, Ohio 44113.<br />
FROM I-71 NORTH<br />
I-71 North to Ontario Avenue, Exit 171B.<br />
Continue north on Ontario Avenue. West (left)<br />
on Huron Road. Enter Tower City Center<br />
Self-Parking on the left.<br />
FROM I-77 NORTH<br />
I-77 North to E. 9th Street, Exit 163C.<br />
North (right) on Ontario Avenue. West (left)<br />
on Huron Road. Enter Tower City Center<br />
Self-Parking on the left.<br />
FROM I-90 EAST<br />
I-90 East to Ontario Avenue, Exit 171B.<br />
Continue north on Ontario Avenue. West (left)<br />
on Huron Road. Enter Tower City Center<br />
Self-Parking on the left.<br />
FROM I-90 WEST<br />
I-90 West to Prospect Avenue, Exit 173A.<br />
West (right) on Prospect Avenue. West (left)<br />
on Huron Road. Continue west on Huron<br />
Road. Enter Tower City Center Self-Parking<br />
on the left.<br />
GET HERE<br />
FROM OHIO 2 (Shoreway) WEST<br />
Ohio 2 (Shoreway) West to W. 3rd Street exit.<br />
West (right) on St. Clair Avenue. South (left) on<br />
W. 9th Street. Continue west on Huron Road.<br />
Enter Tower City Center Self-Parking on the<br />
right.<br />
FROM OHIO 2 (Shoreway) EAST<br />
Ohio 2 (Shoreway) East to Lakeside Avenue<br />
exit. South (right) on W. 6th Street. West (right)<br />
on St. Clair Avenue. South (left) on W. 9th<br />
Street. Continue west on Huron Road. Enter<br />
Tower City Center Self-Parking on the right.<br />
Continental Airlines is the<br />
Official Airline of the<br />
31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Work Hard. Fly Right.<br />
OFFICIAL AIRLINE<br />
★ RTA Tower City<br />
Public Square Station<br />
downstairs at Tower City Center<br />
Free parking WHEN AVAILABLE is offered to CIFF patrons in the Tower<br />
City Center Self-Parking Garage (off Huron Road) and Tower City<br />
Amphitheater Parking at Riverview (off Canal). Patrons must have their<br />
parking ticket validated in the Tower City Cinemas lobby. You can visit<br />
www.towercityparking.com for additional parking options.
12 STAY HERE, PLAY HERE The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
OFFICIAL HOTEL<br />
The Ritz-Carlton, <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
Official Hotel of the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
216.623.1300<br />
www.ritzcarlton.com<br />
STAY HERE<br />
Create an unforgettable experience by combining one of the country’s premier film<br />
festivals with the city’s premier hotel conveniently adjoined to Tower City Center.<br />
Choose the “<strong>Film</strong> Buff Package” and enjoy overnight deluxe accommodations, two<br />
vouchers to redeem for tickets at the CIFF box office, and breakfast for two the<br />
following morning: $199 per night<br />
Choose the “Red Carpet Package” and delight in a VIP experience complete with<br />
Club-level accommodations, including access to a private lounge with panoramic<br />
views featuring five food and beverage presentations daily, two day passes to CIFF<br />
to see as many films as you would like throughout the day, and breakfast for two the<br />
following morning: $349 per night<br />
Deluxe Room Only: $169 per night. Simply present your CIFF tickets upon check-in<br />
to receive this promotional rate, based upon availability.<br />
Package and room rates do not<br />
include tax and are subject to<br />
availability and restrictions.<br />
Hospitality Partners<br />
Be sure to mention the <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong> when booking your room.<br />
Additional Hotel Sponsors<br />
Embassy Suites Hotel<br />
1701 E 12th Street, 216.523.8000<br />
www.embassysuites.com<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Buff Package: overnight stay in spacious two-room<br />
suites, two vouchers to redeem for tickets at the CIFF box<br />
office, full cooked-to-order breakfast for two the following<br />
morning, evening Manager’s Reception: $119 per night<br />
(Code: L-CFF)<br />
Holiday Inn Select <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
City Centre Lakeshore<br />
1111 Lakeside Avenue, 216.241.5100 or 888.425.3835<br />
www.hiselect.com/cle-lakeshore<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Buff Package: overnight accommodations, free shuttle<br />
transportation between the hotel and Tower City Center,<br />
two vouchers to redeem for tickets at the CIFF box office,<br />
and breakfast for two the following morning: $99 per night<br />
(Code: FIL)<br />
Room Only: $59 per night (Code: CIF)<br />
InterContinental Hotel &<br />
Conference Center <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
9601 Carnegie Avenue, 216.707.4100<br />
www.cleveland-conferencecenter.intercontinental.com<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Buff Package: overnight accommodations, two vouchers<br />
to redeem for tickets at the CIFF box office, two tickets<br />
to “Orchid Mania” at The <strong>Cleveland</strong> Botanical Gardens, free<br />
valet parking, and breakfast for two the following morning:<br />
$179 per night (Code: <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>)<br />
Room Only: $149 per night, Monday-Thursday; $109 per<br />
night, Friday-Sunday (Code: <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>)<br />
www.clevelandfilm.org<br />
PARTY SERIES<br />
Visit our website in March for<br />
details about events happening<br />
throughout the CIFF.<br />
InterContinental Suites <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
8800 Euclid Avenue, 216.707.4300<br />
www.cleveland-suites.intercontinental.com<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Buff Package: overnight accommodations, two<br />
vouchers to redeem for tickets at the CIFF box office,<br />
two tickets to “Orchid Mania” at The <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
Botanical Gardens, free valet parking, and breakfast<br />
for two the following morning: $149 per night (Code:<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>)<br />
Room Only: $129 per night, Monday-Thursday; $99 per<br />
night, Friday-Sunday (Code: <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>)<br />
Renaissance <strong>Cleveland</strong> Hotel<br />
24 Public Square, 216.696.5600<br />
www.renaissancecleveland.com<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Buff Package: overnight accommodations, four<br />
vouchers to redeem for tickets at the CIFF box office,<br />
free parking, and breakfast for two the following morning:<br />
$179 per night, Friday-Sunday (Code: ECER) and<br />
$199 per night, Monday-Thursday (Code: ECES). For<br />
reservations call 1-800-HOTELS1.<br />
Reserve Square<br />
Apartments<br />
Warehouse District and<br />
Historic Gateway Neighborhoods<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Society is delighted<br />
to partner with the Historic Warehouse<br />
District and Historic Gateway<br />
Neighborhood, where you can enjoy<br />
great restaurants, lively nightclubs and<br />
boutique shopping. For details, visit<br />
www.clevelandfilm.org.<br />
Reserve Square Apartments generously<br />
provides accommodations for members<br />
of the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong> juries. Come and experience downtown living<br />
at its finest! Located in the heart of downtown, Reserve<br />
Square offers every amenity at your doorstep. For leasing<br />
information call 216.861.2715.
FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM 13<br />
THE HARD ROCK CAFÉ<br />
TOWER CITY CENTER<br />
216.771.0033<br />
www.towercitycenter.com<br />
Shop. Dine. Play. Stay. With over<br />
100 specialty shops, six full-service<br />
restaurants, and free wireless access you<br />
can do it all in the heart of <strong>Cleveland</strong> on<br />
Public Square. Be sure to pick up Tower<br />
City coupons, directories and more at<br />
the CIFF information area.<br />
PLAY HERE<br />
Official Restaurant of the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Sun-Thurs 11 AM - 11 PM, Fri & Sat 11 AM - 12 Midnight<br />
Irreverent. Brash. Philanthropic. Hard Rock has been doing things their own way since 1971. What<br />
started as an American diner in the heart of London has blossomed into a way of life. Present your CIFF<br />
ticket stub or pass to receive a SKYY Vodka Cosmopolitan Martini for $5.00. Offer valid March 15-25,<br />
2007. Not valid with any other offers.<br />
The Ritz-Carlton Lobby Lounge<br />
216.902.5255<br />
Mon -Thurs 3 PM - 12 Midnight<br />
Fri3PM-1AM, Sat5PM-1AM, Sun closed<br />
Admit it: Movies go better with martinis! Stop<br />
by to enjoy a Cinema-tini, certain to quench<br />
your thirst. The Lobby Lounge is located on the<br />
6th floor of The Ritz-Carlton.<br />
Muse at The Ritz-Carlton<br />
216.902.5255<br />
Mon - Sun 7 AM - 2 PM & 5:30 PM -10 PM<br />
Experience casual, elegant dining at Muse, an<br />
innovative, small-plates restaurant and wine bar,<br />
open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Muse is<br />
located on the 6th floor of The Ritz-Carlton.<br />
OFFICIAL RESTAURANT<br />
Great Lakes Brewing Company<br />
216.771.4404<br />
Mon -Thurs 11:30 AM - 10 PM (bar until 11 PM)<br />
Fri & Sat 11:30 AM -11 PM (bar until 12:30 AM)<br />
Sun closed<br />
Happy Hour, Monday-Friday from 4 PM to<br />
7 PM, with locally produced foods, fresh<br />
brewed beers, and mouth-watering desserts.<br />
House of Blues<br />
216.523.BLUE<br />
Sun -Thurs 11:30 AM -11 PM<br />
Fri & Sat 11:30 AM -12 Midnight<br />
Present any CIFF pass or ticket and receive<br />
10% off of food and non-alcoholic beverages.<br />
Offer valid March 15-25, 2007. Not valid<br />
with any other offers.<br />
cleveland<br />
tower city center • 230 west huron road<br />
phone: 216-830-rock • hardrock.com
14 SPONSORS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>
FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM SPECIAL PROGRAMS 15<br />
MEET THE FILMMAKERS<br />
At The Hard Rock Café in Tower City Center<br />
Sunday, March 18th from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.<br />
Saturday, March 24th from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> guest filmmakers will join patrons for an informal<br />
reception. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.<br />
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
2007 DIRECTOR<br />
Since the release of his first film in<br />
1984, renowned Australian filmmaker<br />
Rolf de Heer has challenged thematic,<br />
artistic, and social conventions.<br />
Always pushing the boundaries of<br />
genre and style, his widely diverse<br />
narratives—ranging in subject from<br />
ostracized youngsters to sequestered<br />
adults to enigmatic Aborigines—have<br />
focused on social outsiders and outcasts.<br />
In many of these films, he has<br />
made his adoptive homeland the<br />
stage, shooting on location in the outback,<br />
the swampland, the cities, and<br />
the suburbs of Australia.<br />
Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
with his family from Holland to<br />
Australia at the age of eight. After<br />
working for several years at the<br />
Australian Broadcasting Corporation,<br />
he decided to pursue his own creative<br />
career. In 1977 he began studying<br />
producing and directing at the<br />
Australian <strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio<br />
School in Sydney.<br />
SOMEONE TO WATCH<br />
2007 FILMMAKER<br />
Rolf de Heer<br />
His prolific career as director, producer,<br />
writer, and composer has earned<br />
him countless awards and international<br />
acclaim as one of Australia’s foremost<br />
filmmakers. He is currently<br />
working on his twelfth feature film,<br />
the equally unique “Dr. Plonk,” a<br />
black-and-white silent comedy recalling<br />
the work of Buster Keaton and<br />
Charlie Chaplin. He owns the production<br />
company Vertigo Productions.<br />
Ever since the first <strong>Cleveland</strong> screening<br />
of “Bad Boy Bubby” (17th CIFF),<br />
Rolf de Heer has had a cult following<br />
from our audience. Throughout the<br />
past 13 years, which have included<br />
the screenings of “The Quiet Room”<br />
(21st CIFF), “Dance Me To My Song”<br />
(23rd CIFF), and the 25th Anniversary<br />
screening of “Bad Boy Bubby,” the<br />
mystique of Rolf de Heer has been<br />
pondered. Now, after years of asking,<br />
schedule juggling, and hoping, we are<br />
finally able to meet the man who has<br />
made <strong>Cleveland</strong> audiences continue<br />
to want more and present him with<br />
our Director’s Spotlight award.<br />
Since 2003, the CIFF has selected filmmakers whose<br />
careers are on the rise, and whose work deserves extra<br />
attention. This year we are focusing on one outstanding<br />
Canadian filmmaker, Matt Bissonnette. Born in<br />
Montreal, Matt studied English and <strong>Film</strong> at Concordia<br />
University before receiving a law degree from Queen’s<br />
University. After two weeks, he quit law and co-wrote<br />
and co-directed “Looking for Leonard” with his childhood<br />
friend Steven Clark. “Who Loves The Sun” is his<br />
first solo feature film. We are proud to honor his work<br />
this year by screening both films.<br />
We are proud to honor the life and<br />
work of Rolf de Heer.<br />
FILMOGRAPHY:<br />
Tail of a Tiger*<br />
(director, writer, 1984)<br />
Encounter at Raven’s Gate<br />
(director, producer, writer, 1988)<br />
Dingo*<br />
(director, producer, 1991)<br />
Bad Boy Bubby*<br />
(director, producer, writer, 1993)<br />
The Quiet Room<br />
(director, producer, writer, 1996)<br />
Epsilon<br />
(director, producer, writer, 1997)<br />
Dance Me To My Song<br />
(director, producer, writer, 1998)<br />
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories*<br />
(director, writer, 2001)<br />
The Tracker*<br />
(director, producer, writer, composer, 2002)<br />
Alexandra’s Project*<br />
(director, producer, writer, 2003)<br />
Ten Canoes*<br />
(director, producer, writer, 2006)<br />
*screening in 31st CIFF
16 2007 COMPETITIONS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
We are honored to have these remarkable<br />
jurors join us this year:<br />
Ron Henderson is the co-founder and<br />
artistic director of the Denver <strong>Film</strong> Society.<br />
The <strong>Film</strong> Society produces the annual<br />
Denver <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> in<br />
November and operates the Starz<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Center, which showcases art and independent<br />
cinema daily throughout the year.<br />
A former book editor at the Macmillan<br />
Company, Henderson was the director of<br />
the National Student <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> in New<br />
York City in the early 1970s and is the<br />
editor of “The Image Maker,” a book of<br />
interviews with directors and essays on<br />
film and culture.<br />
Hanna Lynn Plucinski was born in Poland<br />
and moved to the U.S. in 1989. She is<br />
the founder of Euro<strong>Film</strong> Society LLC, a<br />
not-for-profit organization specializing in<br />
premiering Eastern European feature films.<br />
Euro<strong>Film</strong> also promotes other cultural,<br />
entertainment, and artistic presentations<br />
within the Polish community. In the fall<br />
of 2007, Euro<strong>Film</strong> will be presenting the<br />
first Central and Eastern European film<br />
festival under the name “Transitions.”<br />
Hanna holds a BA degree in Business<br />
Management from St. John’s University<br />
and an MBA degree in Finance and<br />
<strong>International</strong> Business from New York<br />
University.<br />
Joanna Raczynska is a video artist, filmmaker,<br />
curator, and writer. From 2002 to<br />
2006 she was the Media Arts Director of<br />
Hallwalls in Buffalo, New York, where she<br />
worked closely with artists and organizations<br />
on the production and presentation<br />
CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>’s special focus on films from Central and Eastern Europe, the homelands<br />
of many <strong>Cleveland</strong>ers, was launched 18 years ago. When we began our series the world was a very different place: the<br />
Berlin Wall was still standing, the U.S.S.R. was still one country, and the Cold War was chilling out. Throughout the<br />
18 years, the films from Central and Eastern Europe have changed dramatically due to filmmakers exerting their<br />
rights to make films without government interference. We now see films from all genres, including colorful comedies,<br />
slice-of-life sketches, and unusual love stories. The results are a look inside the lives of the ordinary as well as the<br />
extraordinary.<br />
Our commitment to bringing the most sought-after films from this area of the world to<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> has remained unchanged and the CIFF is proud to present its fifth Central and<br />
Eastern European <strong>Film</strong> Competition. This competition not only gives recognition to the<br />
films coming to us from Central and Eastern Europe, but it also awards one filmmaker<br />
a $10,000 cash prize that will be announced at our Closing Night Reception.<br />
of experimental and documentary work.<br />
She is also a CEC ArtsLink cultural<br />
exchange awardee to Poland. (CEC<br />
ArtsLink is an international arts service<br />
organization supporting the exchange of<br />
artists and cultural managers in the<br />
United States with their counterparts in<br />
Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia.)<br />
Currently, Joanna collaborates with members<br />
of Termite TV and the programming<br />
collective Stateless Cinema in the<br />
Washington, DC area, and she holds a<br />
position at the Hirshhorn Museum.<br />
Past winners of this competition are:<br />
2003 I EDI<br />
Poland, Piotr Trzaskalski (co-winner)<br />
2003 I HUKKLE<br />
Hungary, György Pálfi (co-winner)<br />
2004 I THE STROLL<br />
Russia, Alexei Uchitel<br />
2005 I DAYS AND HOURS<br />
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pjer Zˇalica<br />
2006 I A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN<br />
Czech Republic, Peter Nikolaiev<br />
Ron Henderson<br />
Fresh Air<br />
Included in this year’s Central and Eastern<br />
European <strong>Film</strong> Competition are:<br />
FILM TITLE PAGE<br />
ALL FOR FREE<br />
(Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) . . . . . 28<br />
THE COLLECTOR (Poland) . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
FRESH AIR (Hungary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
IT DOES NOT HURT (Russia) . . . . . . . . 44<br />
KONTAKT (Germany, Macedonia) . . . . . . 45<br />
LOVE SICK (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
THE MELON ROUTE (Croatia) . . . . . . . . 48<br />
PLEASANT MOMENTS<br />
(Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
TOMORROW MORNING (Serbia) . . . . . . 68<br />
TWO PLAYERS FROM THE BENCH<br />
(Croatia, Slovenia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
Hanna Lynn Plucinski Joanna Raczynska
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Nesnadny + Schwartz<br />
Documentary <strong>Film</strong> Competition<br />
The CIFF is proud to present the third<br />
Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary <strong>Film</strong><br />
Competition. In 2005, after CIFF attendees<br />
voted documentaries as the winners of its<br />
audience choice award for three consecutive<br />
years, we decided to highlight these<br />
films since they hold such enormous interest<br />
for our attendees. Nesnadny + Schwartz<br />
(www.BigFatIdeas.com) is a preeminent<br />
international visual communications consultancy<br />
committed to providing clients<br />
what they least expect. Nesnadny +<br />
Schwartz is very proud to continue their<br />
support of the <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong> and to sponsor a program that has<br />
such social, artistic, and popular appeal.<br />
Documentaries in competition that are<br />
screening in the <strong>Festival</strong> will be viewed<br />
by our panel of jurors throughout the week,<br />
and the winner of a $5,000 cash prize<br />
will be announced at the Closing Night<br />
Reception.<br />
Included in this year’s Documentary<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Competition are:<br />
FILM TITLE PAGE<br />
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP<br />
(United Kingdom, Turkey) . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
BOXERS (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
THE CEMETERY CLUB (Isreal). . . . . . . . . 34<br />
KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON (USA) . . . . 45<br />
A MAP FOR SATURDAY (USA) . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN<br />
(Afghanistan, USA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
MR. PILIPENKO AND HIS SUBMARINE<br />
(Germany, Ukraine). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
ON A TIGHTROPE (Norway, Canada) . . . . . 50<br />
PUNK’S NOT DEAD (USA). . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
THREE COMRADES<br />
(Netherlands, Chechnya, Russia) . . . . . . . 67<br />
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT (Venezuela) . . . . 68<br />
Our esteemed jurors this year are:<br />
Mimi Brody is a Programmer at the UCLA<br />
<strong>Film</strong> & Television Archive and Associate<br />
Programmer at the Los Angeles <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong>. She is also part-owner of Parlour<br />
Pictures, a DVD label and distribution<br />
company. She was formerly director of the<br />
Golden Gate Awards, the San Francisco<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>’s competitive<br />
section for documentaries, shorts, and<br />
experimental film and video.<br />
Thomas G. Miller has worked on documentaries<br />
and in public television for the<br />
past 13 years. He is currently producing,<br />
directing, and editing a feature documentary<br />
on the late Reverend Albert Wagner,<br />
a black folk artist from <strong>Cleveland</strong>, Ohio.<br />
Tom is also a board member of the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Documentary Association and<br />
has been teaching editing at the University<br />
of Southern California School of Cinematic<br />
Arts for four years. In addition, he is a<br />
pediatrician and has served as medical<br />
consultant for Sesame Street and other<br />
film and television series. He graduated<br />
with a BS degree in zoology from the<br />
University of Michigan, an MD from the<br />
Medical University of Ohio, and an MFA<br />
from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.<br />
Ali Selim has been an advertising commercial<br />
director since 1989, during which<br />
time he has directed over 850 television<br />
commercials. His commercial work has<br />
Mimi Brody<br />
A Map for Saturday<br />
received the Gold Lion, advertising’s most<br />
coveted award, from the Cannes Advertising<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> and a Golden Pencil from<br />
the British Design and Art Directors. In<br />
addition, his work resides in the permanent<br />
collection of the Museum of Modern Art.<br />
Ad Week Magazine lists him in the top<br />
1% of most sought after directors in the<br />
country. The Minneapolis Star Tribune<br />
named Ali Selim the 2006 Minnesota Artist<br />
of the Year. His first feature film “Sweet<br />
Land” was the closing night film of the<br />
30th CIFF.<br />
Past winners of the competition are:<br />
2005 I THE TAKE<br />
Canada, Argentina; Avi Lewis and<br />
Naomi Klein<br />
2006 I IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS<br />
USA, James Longley<br />
Thomas G. Miller Ali Selim
18 2007 COMPETITIONS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP<br />
FILM COMPETITION<br />
Sponsored by<br />
The Hip Hop Project<br />
The selections included in Standing Up<br />
are films with a conscience. Standing Up<br />
celebrates social justice and activism by<br />
presenting films with messages that cannot<br />
and should not be ignored. Thanks to the<br />
generosity of The George Gund Foundation,<br />
Standing Up will remain as a permanent<br />
piece of our <strong>Festival</strong> programming. An<br />
endowment grant in memory of Greg Gund<br />
has secured not only the continuation<br />
of the Standing Up section, but also a<br />
$5,000 cash prize associated with<br />
Standing Up (the winner to be determined<br />
by audience vote). Standing Up honors<br />
those with a different view of the world<br />
we live in and the continual fight to make<br />
it a better world. Standing Up honors the<br />
memory of Greg Gund.<br />
Included in this year’s Standing Up<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Competition are:<br />
FILM TITLE PAGE<br />
THE ANTS (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
BAMAKO (France, Mali) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES (USA). . . . 34<br />
CRUDE IMPACT (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
DARIUS GOES WEST: THE ROLL<br />
OF HIS LIFE (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
FORGIVING DR. MENGELE (USA) . . . . . . . 40<br />
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG? (USA, South Africa) . . . 43<br />
THE HIP HOP PROJECT (USA) . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
THE RAPE OF EUROPA (USA). . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
RUNNERS HIGH (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
SAVING MARRIAGE (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
SECRET COURAGE: THE WALTER<br />
SUSKIND STORY (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
STRANGE CULTURE (USA). . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT (Venezuela) . . . . . 68<br />
THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT (USA). . . . 69<br />
WAR/DANCE (USA, Uganda). . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
Confess Your Love for <strong>Film</strong><br />
at our<br />
Second Annual<br />
Evening at the<br />
Change of Address<br />
(Changement d’Adresse)<br />
Directed by Emmanuel Mouret<br />
FRANCE 2006, 93 minutes<br />
(see page 35 for film description)<br />
Tuesday, March 20th<br />
5:00 PM Pre-<strong>Film</strong> Reception<br />
7:15 PM <strong>Film</strong> Screening<br />
Code CHAN20<br />
Please join us on Tuesday, March 20th for a special screening of CHANGE<br />
OF ADDRESS. We will be changing addresses that night, so don’t join us at<br />
Tower City Cinemas. Instead, the evening will kick off with a pre-film reception<br />
from 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at Nighttown, located at the top of Cedar Hill in<br />
the fashionable Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood in <strong>Cleveland</strong> Heights (parking is<br />
free). All of the food at the reception will be provided by the evening’s co-host,<br />
Zagara’s Marketplace. Then you can hop into your car and drive a few minutes<br />
up Cedar Road to the Cedar Lee Theatre for the 7:15 PM screening of the film.<br />
Afterwards you can enjoy dinner specials back at Nighttown. You must have<br />
a <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> pass or CHANGE OF ADDRESS ticket for admission to the<br />
pre-party and the film.<br />
Sponsored by
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<strong>Film</strong>Forums<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> is committed<br />
to using film as an impetus<br />
for educating people on issues faced<br />
around our world today. <strong>Film</strong>Forums are<br />
moderated panel discussions that offer<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> audience members the<br />
opportunity to learn more about the issues<br />
brought up in the film—to ask questions<br />
and to share their ideas. <strong>Film</strong>Forums take<br />
place immediately after the conclusion<br />
of selected film screenings. Panels include<br />
filmmakers, educators, and people who<br />
have experienced issues addressed in<br />
the films.<br />
Sponsored by<br />
The Plain Dealer Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best <strong>Film</strong><br />
Roxanne T. Mueller served as the film critic at the Plain Dealer from 1983 until 1988, when she lost a<br />
six-month battle with cancer at the age of 35. Mueller was a strong supporter of the <strong>Festival</strong> and through her<br />
writing helped to raise the general level of film appreciation in <strong>Cleveland</strong>. She was an exceptionally engaging<br />
writer who managed to weave personal insights into her film reviews, whether she was covering popular<br />
Hollywood fare or sophisticated foreign cinema. In its 12th year, the CIFF established the The Plain Dealer<br />
Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best <strong>Film</strong> to help bring this important festival friend back<br />
into focus a bit each year. <strong>Festival</strong> patrons rate each film they see and<br />
the most popular film is announced shortly after the <strong>Festival</strong> closes.<br />
PAST WINNERS<br />
2006 (30th CIFF) — LIVE AND BECOME<br />
Directed by Radu Mihaileanu, France, Israel<br />
2005 (29th CIFF) — MAD HOT BALLROOM<br />
Directed by Marilyn Agrelo, USA<br />
2004 (28th CIFF) — BORN INTO BROTHELS<br />
Directed by Ross Kauffman and<br />
Zana Briski, USA<br />
2003 (27th CIFF) — SPELLBOUND<br />
Directed by Jeff Blitz, USA<br />
2002 (26th CIFF) — AUTUMN SPRING<br />
Directed by Vladimír Michálek, Czech Republic<br />
2001 (25th CIFF) — BIG EDEN<br />
Directed by Thomas Bezucha, USA<br />
2000 (24th CIFF) — THE BUTTERFLY<br />
(AKA “THE BUTTERFLY’S TONGUE”)<br />
Directed by José Luis Cuerda, Spain<br />
1999 (23rd CIFF) — RETURN WITH HONOR<br />
Directed by Terry Sanders and<br />
Freida Lee Mock, USA<br />
Visit www.clevelandfilm.org for more information on the panelists<br />
BOXERS<br />
Saturday, March 24, 4:30 PM<br />
See film description on page 33<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forum topic I Is a woman’s place<br />
really in the boxing ring? While Title IX<br />
opened up opportunities to level the<br />
playing field for female athletic competition,<br />
has this trend gone too far?<br />
CRUDE IMPACT<br />
Saturday, March 24, 1:45 PM<br />
See film description on page 36<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forum topic I What is the relationship<br />
between global climate change and<br />
our culture’s deep and complex dependence<br />
on oil at the local level? Will our<br />
local efforts make a global difference<br />
or is it already too late?<br />
DARIUS GOES WEST<br />
Monday, March 19, 6:45 PM<br />
See film description on page 37<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forum topic I Lessons from the<br />
MTV generation on life, friendship, and<br />
accessibility—why we all need to listen.<br />
1998 (22nd CIFF) — CHARACTER<br />
Directed by Mike van Diem,<br />
The Netherlands<br />
1997 (21st CIFF) — SHALL WE DANCE<br />
Directed by Masayuki Suo, Japan<br />
1996 (20th CIFF) — FIDDLEFEST<br />
(AKA “SMALL WONDERS”)<br />
Directed by Allen Miller, USA<br />
1995 (19th CIFF) — THE SUM OF US<br />
Directed by Kevin Dowling and<br />
Geoff Burton, Australia<br />
1994 (18th CIFF) — BACKBEAT<br />
Directed by Iain Softly, Great Britain<br />
1993 (17th CIFF) — INTO THE WEST<br />
Directed by Mike Newell, Great Britain<br />
1992 (16th CIFF) — ENCHANTED APRIL<br />
Directed by Mike Newell, Great Britain<br />
FORGIVING DR. MENGELE<br />
Sunday, March 18, 4:30 PM<br />
See film description on page 40<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forum topic I Can the powerful force<br />
of forgiveness be the key to healing?<br />
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG?<br />
Wednesday, March 21, 4:15 PM<br />
See film description on page 43<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forum topic I Margaret Mead observed<br />
that a small group of committed citizens can<br />
change the world and indeed that was how<br />
the movement to end Apartheid in South<br />
Africa began. Can the strategies used then<br />
be applied today to bring about world-wide<br />
efforts of social change?<br />
SAVING MARRIAGE<br />
Sunday, March 25, 1:45 PM<br />
See film description on page 62<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Forum topic I Why does marriage matter?<br />
Does same-sex marriage change the social fabric<br />
of the United States and bring the nation<br />
closer to equality, or at least equity?<br />
1991 (15th CIFF) — CROSS MY HEART<br />
Directed by Jacques Fansten, France<br />
1990 (14th CIFF) — CINEMA PARADISO<br />
Directed by Guiseppe Tomatore, Italy<br />
1989 (13th CIFF) — THE BEAST<br />
Directed by Kevin Reynolds, USA<br />
Live and Become<br />
1988 (12th CIFF) — GRAND HIGHWAY<br />
Directed by Jean-Loup Hubert, France
20 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep<br />
Cultural Journeys <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Cultural<br />
Journeys<br />
A multicultural program of the <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>,<br />
Cultural Journeys welcomes audiences from a broad spectrum of<br />
ethnic and national backgrounds. Cultural Journeys opens windows<br />
onto other diverse worlds. It’s designed to bring people together to<br />
learn about each other’s customs, lifestyles, and traditions through<br />
the shared language of film. The Co-Chairpersons leading us through<br />
our Cultural Journeys this year are immigration attorney Svetlana<br />
Schreiber and writer Laura Taxel, author of <strong>Cleveland</strong> Ethnic Eats.<br />
37 Uses for a The Postmodern Life<br />
Dead Sheep of My Aunt<br />
UNITED KINGDOM, TURKEY CHINA<br />
See page 27 for screening times See page 58 for screening times<br />
Bamako Vanaja<br />
FRANCE, MALI INDIA, USA<br />
See page 31 for screening times See page 70 for screening times<br />
Owl and the Sparrow What Means Motley?<br />
USA, VIETNAM ROMANIA, IRELAND<br />
See page 57 for screening times See page 71 for screening times<br />
Visit www.clevelandfilm.org for information on the Cultural Journeys<br />
post-film discussions at the Hard Rock Cafe.<br />
Vanaja<br />
Tri-C presents<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Slam2007<br />
FILMS<br />
Big Dreams Little Tokyo, USA, see page 32<br />
for description<br />
Darius Goes West, USA, see page 37 for description<br />
Runners High, USA, see page 61 for description<br />
To Play and To Fight, VENEZUELA, see page 67<br />
for description<br />
A Year in My Life, FRANCE, see page 72 for description<br />
Short Subjects Program, INTERNATIONAL<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Slam for Students<br />
Monday-Friday, March 19 – 23, 2007<br />
9:30 AM – 12:00 Noon<br />
Contact Beth Radisek, <strong>Film</strong>Slam Coordinator, at<br />
216.623.3456, ext.13 or filmslam@clevelandfilm.org<br />
for registration information.<br />
Registration can also be made online at<br />
www.clevelandfilm.org<br />
Students from Northeast Ohio high schools have the<br />
extraordinary opportunity to see new films by some of<br />
the world’s most innovative filmmakers.<br />
This year’s films explore everything from cultural confusion,<br />
to wheelchair accessibility for the MTV generation, to<br />
marathon training in the inner-city, to a nation-wide youth<br />
orchestra, to life in the French countryside in the 1950s.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Slam also includes great pre-feature shorts and a<br />
terrific short subjects program.<br />
Participating teachers will receive study guides with<br />
background information on each film, discussion topics,<br />
curriculum links, and an introduction to media literacy.<br />
Also, filmmakers and other presenters will briefly speak<br />
and answer questions following each screening.<br />
The Chairperson of <strong>Film</strong>Slam is Deb Pinter, Executive<br />
Director of the Orange Arts Center.<br />
Additional support for <strong>Film</strong>Slam 2007 comes from<br />
the Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, the<br />
Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust, and<br />
the Kiwanis Foundation of <strong>Cleveland</strong>.<br />
Runners High
FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM 21<br />
Saturday, March 24th<br />
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM<br />
FOR PROGRAM UPDATES<br />
Local Heroes: The Importance of Regional <strong>Film</strong>making<br />
While Hollywood may be the commercial center of film production,<br />
one of the most vital aspects of independent cinema is the way<br />
that it gives a voice to more localized concerns and forms of<br />
expression. This panel will look at regional filmmaking—in terms<br />
of the opportunities it provides the filmmaker for telling stories<br />
that are outside the Hollywood model and the alternative production<br />
practices it fosters. Today, with more and more filmmakers<br />
emerging from regional bases—and many like Robert Rodriguez<br />
and Richard Linklatter in Austin, Gus Van Sant in Portland, and<br />
John Waters in Baltimore choosing to remain in their original<br />
locales while still enjoying Hollywood financing and distribution—<br />
regional filmmaking has never been more important.<br />
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM<br />
On a Shoestring: The Challenges and Rewards<br />
of Low Budget Production<br />
The many micro-budget films that have gone on to wide acclaim—<br />
such as Kevin Smith’s “Clerks” (1994) and Jonathan Caouette’s<br />
“Tarnation” (2003), which was a multiple award winning documentary<br />
with a stated budget of approximately $218—have made it<br />
appear simple to turn a miniscule investment into cinematic gold.<br />
This panel will explore the many difficulties that go along with lowbudget<br />
filmmaking, from casting and locations to post-production<br />
and music. While the struggles of the low-budget filmmaker are<br />
significant, we will also discuss the opportunities for artistic innovation<br />
and creative freedom that this production approach affords.<br />
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM<br />
Shooting with a Purpose: The Socially Conscious <strong>Film</strong>maker<br />
From the earliest days of cinema, the potential of the medium<br />
for reflecting and commenting on social issues has been widely<br />
recognized. This panel will gather filmmakers dedicated to socially<br />
conscious filmmaking and explore such issues as: the responsibility<br />
of filmmakers to their communities; the challenges of financing<br />
and distributing films with a strong political or social message; the<br />
sometimes difficult relationship between artistry, entertainment,<br />
and the political or social message; and the debate between the<br />
documentary and the fiction film as vehicles for socially conscious<br />
filmmaking.<br />
New as part of the<br />
31st CIFF<br />
Confessions of the <strong>Film</strong>maker:<br />
Sunday, March 25th<br />
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM<br />
Getting it Seen: <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>s, Distribution,<br />
and Finding an Audience<br />
As any filmmaker knows, producing the work is only half the battle.<br />
The far more daunting, and often overlooked, task is finding a<br />
way to get it seen, and this panel will explore the issues surrounding<br />
the quest for an audience. One focus will be on film festivals,<br />
including the submission process, exhibition practices, filmmaker<br />
attendance, and choosing the right festival for your film. Equally<br />
important, though, is an understanding of distribution—from the<br />
traditional acquisition for theatrical and home video release, to<br />
self-distribution, to the new opportunities offered by the internet.<br />
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM<br />
Hosted by<br />
A Series of Interactive Discussions on the<br />
Art, Craft, and Business of <strong>Film</strong>making<br />
at <strong>Cleveland</strong> State University<br />
Old and New Media: The Intersection of <strong>Film</strong><br />
and Digital Technology<br />
Digital technology has had a profound impact on the filmmaking<br />
process at all budgetary levels, but for the independent filmmaker<br />
the effect of digital video cameras, non-linear editing programs,<br />
and now on-line distribution has been particularly powerful. This<br />
panel will discuss the meeting of traditional celluloid based film<br />
production with these new technologies in terms of the advantages<br />
digital video can provide, as well as some challenges it may<br />
present.<br />
For more information, please contact Evan Lieberman at<br />
e.a.lieberman@csuohio.edu or 216.687.4637.<br />
Hero Tomorrow
22 SIDEBARS & SECTIONS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
We know that choosing the films you want to see among the vast array of 122 feature films can be a daunting task. That’s why<br />
each film in the <strong>Festival</strong> is placed inside our sidebars (one-time groupings of films) and sections (permanent categories). Every<br />
year filmgoers are comforted by the return of our <strong>Festival</strong> sections, which cover a wide variety of interests and topics. The films<br />
screening in each of the sections are listed here, but you can also determine which sections a film falls into by looking at the<br />
bars at the top of each film description.<br />
American<br />
Independents**<br />
This year, thanks to the generosity<br />
of Time Warner Cable,<br />
our American Independents section<br />
will be a competition. The<br />
winner will be determined by<br />
audience vote and will receive<br />
a cash prize of $2,500.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
BEAUTIFUL OHIO . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
(USA)<br />
BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO . . 32<br />
(USA)<br />
BOY CULTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
(USA)<br />
COFFEE DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
(USA)<br />
THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE. . 37<br />
(USA)<br />
EAST SIDE STORY . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
(USA)<br />
FAY GRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
(USA)<br />
FIRST SNOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
(USA)<br />
FLANNEL PAJAMAS . . . . . . . . 40<br />
(USA)<br />
THE GYMNAST . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
(USA)<br />
HERO TOMORROW. . . . . . . . . 43<br />
(USA)<br />
ITTY BITTY TITTY<br />
COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
(USA)<br />
THE MEMSAHIB . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
(INDIA, USA)<br />
RANT/RAVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
(USA)<br />
RELATIVE OBSCURITY . . . . . . 61<br />
(USA)<br />
SWEDISH AUTO. . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
(USA)<br />
THE TEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
(USA)<br />
THE TV SET . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
(USA)<br />
Cinema en Español**<br />
Once again sponsored by<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> State University, this<br />
section pulls together the world<br />
of film that is presented in the<br />
Spanish language.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
AMERICAN VISA . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
(Bolivia, Mexico)<br />
ANGOSTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
(Spain, France, Portugal)<br />
GLUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
(Argentina, United Kingdom)<br />
MORE THAN ANYTHING<br />
IN THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
(Mexico)<br />
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT . . . . 67<br />
(Venezuela)<br />
THE TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
(Peru, Cuba)<br />
Midnight Snacks**<br />
For the second year in a row, we<br />
tempt all nightowls to attend<br />
the <strong>Festival</strong> at midnight. Not to<br />
worry, these films will definitely<br />
be filling.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
BADY BOY BUBBY . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
(Australia)<br />
COLD PREY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
(Norway)<br />
HERO TOMORROW. . . . . . . . . 43<br />
(USA)<br />
RE-CYCLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
(Hong Kong, Thailand)<br />
SEVERANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />
(United Kingdom)<br />
THE TEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
(USA)<br />
Jewish and Israeli<br />
Visions**<br />
Now an official <strong>Festival</strong> section,<br />
thanks to the Jewish Community<br />
Center, these films celebrate<br />
the filmmaking of Israelis and<br />
films of Jewish interest.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
AVIVA MY LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
(Israel)<br />
THE CEMETERY CLUB . . . . . . 34<br />
(Israel)<br />
FORGIVING DR. MENGELE . . . 40<br />
(USA)<br />
THE RAPE OF EUROPA. . . . . . 60<br />
(Czech Republic, USA)<br />
SECRET COURAGE:<br />
THE WALTER<br />
SUSKIND STORY . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
(USA)<br />
Pan-African Images**<br />
This section is a collection of<br />
films from the US and Africa,<br />
made by and about Africans<br />
and African Americans.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
BAMAKO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
(France, Mali)<br />
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG? . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
(USA, South Africa)<br />
THE HIP HOP PROJECT . . . . . 44<br />
(USA)<br />
RUNNERS HIGH . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
(USA)<br />
THE TRIALS OF<br />
DARRYL HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
(USA)<br />
WAR/DANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
(USA, Uganda)<br />
Local Heroes**<br />
This is our annual recognition<br />
of films made about <strong>Cleveland</strong>,<br />
in <strong>Cleveland</strong>, or by<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong>ers. Sponsored by<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> State University and<br />
Tim and Nancy Callahan, this<br />
year we recognize a who’s who<br />
of Local Heroes.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
BEAUTIFUL OHIO . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
(USA)<br />
HERO TOMORROW. . . . . . . . . 43<br />
(USA)<br />
ITTY BITTY TITTY<br />
COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
(USA)<br />
RELATIVE OBSCURITY . . . . . . 61<br />
(USA)<br />
STRANGE CULTURE. . . . . . . . 65<br />
(USA)<br />
SWEDISH AUTO. . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
(USA)<br />
THE TEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
(USA)<br />
American Visa
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M% – 10% Cinema**<br />
10% Cinema—a collection<br />
of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and<br />
Transgender interest films.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
BOY CULTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
(USA)<br />
COFFEE DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
(USA)<br />
THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE. . 37<br />
(USA)<br />
EAST SIDE STORY . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
(USA)<br />
GLUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
(Argentina, United Kingdom)<br />
THE GYMNAST . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
(USA)<br />
ITTY BITTY TITTY<br />
COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
(USA)<br />
LOVE SICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
(Romania)<br />
SAVING MARRIAGE . . . . . . . . 62<br />
(USA)<br />
Opera Jawa<br />
Sidebars & Sections<br />
(YOUR LOGO COULD GO HERE)<br />
Music! Movies!**<br />
The importance of music in film<br />
can never be underrated, so for<br />
the second year we focus on<br />
films that celebrate musicians,<br />
music movements, and the<br />
influence of music on film.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
BROTHERLY JAZZ: THE<br />
HEATH BROTHERS . . . . . . . . 34<br />
(USA)<br />
DINGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
(Australia)<br />
GLASTONBURY . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
(United Kingdom)<br />
THE HIP HOP PROJECT . . . . . 44<br />
(USA)<br />
KURT COBAIN<br />
ABOUT A SON . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
(USA)<br />
LIQUID VINYL . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
(USA)<br />
OPERA JAWA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
(Indonesia, Austria)<br />
PUNK’S NOT DEAD . . . . . . . . 59<br />
(USA)<br />
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT . . . . . 67<br />
(Venezuela)<br />
WHAT MEANS MOTLEY? . . . . . 71<br />
(Romania, Ireland)<br />
World Tour**/Passport Promotion<br />
Pacific Pearls*<br />
This sidebar features a wide<br />
variety of cinema from Asia<br />
and the Pacific Islands. We<br />
strive to represent this area<br />
of the world as it deserves to<br />
be shown.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
THE ANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
(Japan)<br />
THE BET COLLECTOR . . . . . 32<br />
(Philippines)<br />
DAISY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
(South Korea)<br />
INVISIBLE WAVES . . . . . . . . 44<br />
(Netherlands, Thailand)<br />
LOVE FOR SHARE . . . . . . . . 46<br />
(Indonesia)<br />
THE OLD GARDEN. . . . . . . . 49<br />
(South Korea)<br />
OPERA JAWA . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
(Indonesia, Austria)<br />
OWL AND THE SPARROW. . . 57<br />
(USA, Vietnam)<br />
THE POSTMODERN LIFE<br />
OF MY AUNT. . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
(China)<br />
RE-CYCLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
(Hong Kong, Thailand)<br />
SWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
(Japan)<br />
TAKING FATHER HOME . . . . 66<br />
(China)<br />
Every year the CIFF brings films from around the globe to screen in the World Tour<br />
section. As always, the CIFF brings to <strong>Cleveland</strong> the best films from around the globe.<br />
Once again thanks to Continental Airlines, we are able to screen films from a record<br />
number of countries. This section includes too many films to list, but look for the<br />
Continental Airlines World Tour bar at the top of many films.<br />
In addition to the regular <strong>Festival</strong> sections, as programming<br />
comes together we begin to notice trends and obvious groupings<br />
of the films. This year we will feature two <strong>Festival</strong> sidebars:<br />
Scandinavian<br />
Screenings*<br />
Due to popular demand and<br />
outstanding Nordic filmmaking,<br />
we are bringing back<br />
the Scandinavian Screenings<br />
sidebar last seen at the<br />
29th CIFF.<br />
CONTENTS PAGE<br />
THE ART OF CRYING . . . . . . 30<br />
(Denmark)<br />
THE BOTHERSOME MAN . . . 33<br />
(Norway)<br />
COLD PREY . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
(Norway)<br />
FALKENBURG FAREWELL. . . 39<br />
(Sweden)<br />
FROZEN CITY . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
(Finland)<br />
PRAGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
(Denmark)<br />
REPRISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
(Norway)<br />
SONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />
(Norway)<br />
THICKER THAN WATER . . . . 67<br />
(Iceland)<br />
On a Tightrope<br />
* Sidebars are one-time-only film groupings.<br />
** Sections are permanent film programs.
24 OPENING NIGHT The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
THURSDAY, MARCH 15<br />
OPENING<br />
NIGHT GALA<br />
Swedish Auto<br />
Directed by Derek Sieg<br />
USA 2006<br />
97 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 15<br />
7:00 PM I Code SWED15<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In Derek Sieg’s screenwriting and directorial debut SWEDISH AUTO,<br />
“you can smell the break fluid and the grease, and at the<br />
same time be swept up by the romance.” — Variety.<br />
TIME WARNER CABLE AMERICAN INDIES<br />
LOCAL HEROES<br />
Local Hero Tyler Davidson (“The Year That Trembled” 26th CIFF and 2002 Midwest<br />
Independent <strong>Film</strong>maker of the Year) produces this entrancing drama. In the opening<br />
sequence, Carter (Lukas Haas) impassively gazes at his surroundings through the windshield<br />
of a broken-down Volvo. An orphan with few friends, Carter rarely interacts with the world<br />
around him. He spends his days working as a mechanic at Leroy’s Swedish Auto Shop,<br />
fixing cars that he never drives. He spends his nights roaming the streets of Charlottesville,<br />
Virginia, watching people to whom he never talks. His co-workers Leroy and Bobby encourage<br />
Carter to do something with other people, but little interests Carter besides obsessively<br />
but innocently stalking the beautiful, talented violinist Ann Shelton. Carter’s days remain<br />
indistinguishable and monotonous until he discovers he too is being watched. As he develops<br />
a relationship with the endearing but troubled waitress Darla (January Jones), Carter<br />
must decide whether he will continue to be a bystander to life or experience it firsthand.<br />
The subtly precise acting against the backdrop of heartbreakingly beautiful sound, music,<br />
and cinematography promises triumph in Sieg’s first film. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Tyler Davidson Screenplay~Derek Sieg Cinematography~Richard V. Lopez Editing~Daniel Valverde<br />
Music~Josh Robertson Principal Cast~Lukas Haas, January Jones, Brianne Davis, Tim deZarn, Mary Mara, Lee Weaver,<br />
Chris Williams Print Source~Albemarle <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~A native of Charlottesville, Virginia, Derek Sieg attended the University of Virginia and the New<br />
York <strong>Film</strong> Academy. As a film student, he directed both short films and music videos. He also gained experience through<br />
working on several popular feature films and television programs. <strong>Film</strong>ography~SWEDISH AUTO (2006)<br />
“Swedish Auto” is a Lab Entertainment Group production presented by<br />
Albemarle <strong>Film</strong>s, Evil Number 30, and Wildcat Hollow.<br />
Special guests will include director<br />
Derek Sieg and producer Tyler Davidson.<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Opening Night Gala Chair<br />
William E. Koeth<br />
Senior Vice President, Dollar Bank<br />
TICKET<br />
INFORMATION<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Society members at the<br />
Movie Mogul, Executive Producer, and<br />
Director levels are invited to join us for<br />
a Gala Reception at MK Ferguson Plaza<br />
immediately following the film.<br />
For others who would like to join us,<br />
Opening Night Star tickets gain admission<br />
to the film, the Gala Reception, and<br />
complimentary self-parking at Tower<br />
City Center.<br />
Opening Night Star tickets<br />
$100 CFS Members<br />
$125 Non-Members
FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM CLOSING NIGHT 25<br />
Eagle<br />
vs<br />
Shark<br />
Eagle vs Shark<br />
Directed by Taika Waititi<br />
NEW ZEALAND 2006<br />
87 minutes<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
7:00 PM I Code EAGL25<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
SUNDAY, MARCH 25<br />
Many may try to say that EAGLE VS SHARK is<br />
2007’s “Napoleon Dynamite,” but nothing can<br />
compare to this wickedly funny, endlessly quotable,<br />
offbeat love story from New Zealand. The film begins<br />
with Lily, a hopeless romantic, spending her days<br />
working at a fast-food restaurant trying to get Jarrod<br />
to notice her. Jarrod may be the man of Lily’s<br />
dreams, but clearly he is no prize. Apart from being<br />
the undefeated champion among his friends in oneon-one<br />
video games, he hasn’t accomplished much<br />
of anything. His main focus in life is plotting revenge<br />
against a bully from high school. When Lily dresses<br />
as a shark and Jarrod (dressed as an eagle) finally<br />
connect at his “dress as your favorite animal” party,<br />
it may seem to be a match made in misfit heaven.<br />
Unfortunately, Jarrod has no time for a girlfriend<br />
since he’s too busy “training” for his upcoming<br />
payback. As the scheduled day of reckoning arrives,<br />
Jarrod and Lily find something that goes beyond<br />
romantic fantasies and revenge—faith in who they<br />
truly are. —W.F.G.<br />
Producers~Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis Screenplay~Taika Waititi<br />
Cinematography~Adam Clark Editing~Jono Woodford-Robinson<br />
Music~The Phoenix Foundation Principal Cast~Loren Horsley,<br />
Jemaine Clement, Craig Hall, Rachel House, Brian Sergent, Joel<br />
Tobeck Print Source~Miramax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Taika Waititi has been involved in the film<br />
industry for several years, initially as an actor and now focusing on<br />
writing and directing. He is of Te-Whanau-a-Apanui descent and<br />
hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of New Zealand.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~EAGLE VS SHARK (2006)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Two additional programs<br />
on Closing Night are also<br />
followed by the Closing<br />
Night Reception:<br />
SWAY<br />
(see p. 65)<br />
THREE COMRADES<br />
(see p. 67)<br />
CLOSING NIGHT FILM<br />
AND RECEPTION<br />
TICKET<br />
INFORMATION<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Society members at the<br />
Movie Mogul, Executive Producer, and<br />
Director levels are invited to join us for<br />
the Closing Night <strong>Film</strong>, followed by a<br />
Reception in the English Oak Room at<br />
Tower City Center.<br />
Additional tickets (for both the film<br />
and reception) are on sale for<br />
$8 CFS Members<br />
$10 Non-Members<br />
The Closing Night Reception will<br />
include a brief program with the<br />
announcement of the winners of the<br />
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up <strong>Film</strong><br />
Competition, Nesnadny + Schwartz<br />
Documentary <strong>Film</strong> Competition, and the<br />
Central and Eastern European <strong>Film</strong><br />
Competition.<br />
www.clevelandfilm.org
26 FILMS A – Z [A] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
A<br />
FILMS<br />
TO<br />
Z<br />
PAGES 26-73<br />
PAGES 51-56<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAMS<br />
PAGES 74-79<br />
When you see the<br />
[ ADULTS ONLY!]<br />
warning throughout<br />
these <strong>pages</strong>,<br />
please note that we<br />
are not kidding.<br />
The Fine Print:<br />
General admission seating is available at all performances<br />
on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket bearers must arrive<br />
at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start of any<br />
screening for admission. Theater personnel may refuse to<br />
permit late seating.<br />
All patrons must leave the theater following each screening<br />
and take any personal belongings. Seat saving between<br />
screenings is not permitted.<br />
Visit www.clevelandfilm.org for program updates. Programs<br />
and schedules are subject to change without notice. The<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> reserves the right, in rare instances, to postpone,<br />
reschedule, or cancel any screening.<br />
Program length is based on the best available information<br />
at the time of printing and does not include Q & A sessions.<br />
Please allow for this when selecting your films.<br />
We regret that tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged<br />
except in the case of a cancelled screening. Unused vouchers<br />
cannot be refunded.<br />
Most independent and international films are unrated<br />
by the M.P.A.A.; therefore, viewer discretion is advised and<br />
“adults only” warnings should be heeded.<br />
No person under the age of 10 will be admitted—except<br />
for Family <strong>Film</strong> screenings.<br />
The law firm of Hahn Loeser and Parks LLP reminds you<br />
that audio or visual recording devices of any kind are prohibited<br />
inside <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> theaters. Security will enforce this<br />
policy at all screenings. Any person in possession of a<br />
recording device will immediately be removed from the theater.<br />
The recording device and any recordable medium will<br />
be seized by theater security and turned over to law enforcement<br />
authorities. Additional anti-piracy security measures<br />
will be in effect.<br />
For the courtesy of other patrons, please silence all<br />
cellular phones, pagers, and watches when in a theater.<br />
The use of cellular phones is not permitted inside of<br />
the theaters at any time.<br />
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
12:08 East of Bucharest<br />
(A fost sau n-a fost?)<br />
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu<br />
ROMANIA 2006<br />
89 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
7:15 PM I Code BUCH21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
12:00 Noon I Code BUCH22<br />
On December 22, 1989, at 12:08 p.m.,<br />
the Romanian revolution was over as dictator<br />
Nicolae Ceausescu abdicated power and<br />
communist rule ended. Sixteen years later,<br />
a television debate show features the revolution<br />
as its sole topic. But when several<br />
panelists decline to appear, the show is left<br />
with just two guests—a drunkard history<br />
teacher named Manescu and a part-time<br />
Santa Claus named Piscoci. The guests are<br />
nostalgic and proud of the glorious revolution.<br />
Calls immediately start streaming into<br />
the studio from listeners who are eager to<br />
challenge the panelist’s description of the<br />
revolution and to offer their own versions of<br />
the nation-altering event. With humor and<br />
grace, 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST accurately<br />
captures the reality that most people<br />
are only by-standers to history and that<br />
everyone is bound to have their own version<br />
of the truth. (In Romanian with English<br />
subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Preceded by The Witness<br />
Directed by Erik de Bruyn, Netherlands,<br />
10 minutes<br />
Producer~Corneliu Porumboiu Screenplay~Corneliu<br />
Porumboiu Cinematography~Marius Panduru Editing~<br />
Roxana Szel Music~Rotaria Group Principal Cast~<br />
Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru<br />
Print Source~Tartan <strong>Film</strong>s USA<br />
About the Director~Born in Vaslui, Romania, Corneliu<br />
Porumboiu studied at the University of Drama and <strong>Film</strong><br />
in Bucharest. He directed a number of short films.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (2006)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
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DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
37 Uses For a Dead Sheep<br />
Directed by Ben Hopkins<br />
UNITED KINGDOM, TURKEY 2006<br />
85 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
2:30 PM I Code USES21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
4:15 PM I Code USES22<br />
In 37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP, filmmaker<br />
Ben Hopkins explains the purpose of<br />
this unconventional documentary: “to make<br />
a film not about the Pamir Kirghiz but with<br />
the Pamir Kirghiz.” Originally from the<br />
mountains of Central Asia, the Kirghiz have<br />
been uprooted from their homes five times<br />
in the past century. To relate the tribe’s<br />
troubled history, Hopkins intersperses personal<br />
accounts of the Kirghiz with both<br />
staged reenactments played by the Kirghiz<br />
and the oftentimes humorous attempts of<br />
the film crew to capture these moments.<br />
The journey of the Kirghiz from Russia to<br />
China to Afghanistan to Pakistan and finally<br />
to Turkey, where they have lived for nearly<br />
30 years, was no easy task. Throughout<br />
their forced migration, they faced problems<br />
ranging from communist aggression to<br />
treacherous climates. While the elders of<br />
the tribe mourn the loss of their land and<br />
their tradition, the young look optimistically<br />
towards the future. Despite these contrasting<br />
perspectives, one thing is undeniable in<br />
the Kirghiz community—there really are 37<br />
uses for a dead sheep. (In English, Kirghiz,<br />
and Turkish with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Nikki Parrott, Natasha Dack<br />
Cinematography~Gary Clarke Editing~Marco van<br />
Welzen Featuring~Arif Kutlu, Alpaslan Kutlu,<br />
Süleyman Atanìsev, Ìsmaìl Atìlgan, Sereban Aslan<br />
Print Source~Tigerlily <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Ben Hopkins was born in Hong Kong<br />
in 1969. He studied both German and Italian at Oxford<br />
University and later pursued film direction at the Royal<br />
College of Art in London. Before his first feature film<br />
“Simon Magnus,” he directed several award-winning<br />
shorts. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Simon Magnus” (1999), “The<br />
Nine Lives of Tomas Katz” (2000), “Footprints” (2003),<br />
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP (2006)<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
Absolute Wilson<br />
Directed by Katharina Otto-Bernstein<br />
USA, GERMANY 2006<br />
105 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
7:00 PM I Code ABSL21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
2:00 PM I Code ABSL22<br />
Avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson<br />
is among the most controversial artists of<br />
contemporary times. His profound body of<br />
work has consistently pushed the theatrical<br />
envelope with surrealist design and<br />
unorthodox choreography. His stage productions<br />
are regarded as visual achievements<br />
and his methodologies are considered<br />
unconventional. In ABSOLUTE WILSON<br />
the artist speaks with candor of his youth<br />
in Waco, Texas and the creative processes<br />
that brought him fame. Of particular significance<br />
is Wilson’s disclosure of a childhood<br />
speech impediment and learning disability<br />
that led to his ability to communicate<br />
through images. Commentary is provided<br />
by artists and supporters such as Susan<br />
Sontag and David Byrne. The film’s careful<br />
editing ties the subject and his work<br />
together seamlessly, doing ample justice to<br />
both the artist and the art. —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Penny Stankiewicz Cinematography~<br />
Ian Saladyga Editing~Bernadine Colish Music~Miriam<br />
Cutler Featuring~Robert Wilson, David Byrne, William<br />
Burroughs, Charles Fabius, Philip Glass, Harvey<br />
Lichtenstein, Jessye Norman, John Rockwell, Susan<br />
Sontag, Tom Waits, Suzanne Wilson Print Source~<br />
New Yorker <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Katharina Otto-Bernstein studied<br />
philosophy and political science at Columbia University<br />
before studying acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory.<br />
She returned to Columbia where she received her MFA<br />
in Directing and Screenwriting in 1993. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“The Second Greatest Story Ever Told” (1993),<br />
“The Need for Speed” (1994), “Beautopia” (1997),<br />
ABSOLUTE WILSON (2006)<br />
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a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee<br />
Directed by Nikki S. Lee<br />
USA 2006<br />
60 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
7:00 PM I Code NIKK20<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
A.K.A. NIKKI S. LEE is a documentarystyle<br />
film that depicts the real life and<br />
work of the artist Nikki S. Lee, who<br />
appears as two distinct invented personas:<br />
an intellectual working out of a Brooklyn<br />
loft (“Nikki A”) and a world traveler who<br />
loves to socialize and thinks nothing of<br />
hopping on a plane to go shopping in<br />
Venice (“Nikki B”). The activities of both<br />
Nikkis are interwoven as the actual events<br />
of Nikki S. Lee’s life unfold. While Nikki B<br />
jets to Paris, Mexico City, and Korea, Nikki<br />
A stays in New York, working and reading<br />
books in her studio. Nikki A finally concludes,<br />
“I think New York is the only place<br />
I can be Nikki.” (In English and Korean<br />
with English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
As part of our annual collaboration with MOCA<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong>, the film A.K.A. NIKKI S. LEE will be<br />
followed by a conversation with Nikki S. Lee and<br />
her gallerist Leslie Tonkonow.<br />
Producer~Nikki S. Lee Screenplay~Nikki S. Lee<br />
Cinematography~Juneyup Yi, Jung Hwan Editing~Felix<br />
Andrew Music~Shin Wook Kang Principal Cast~Nikki<br />
S. Lee Print Source~Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects<br />
About the Director~Nikki S. Lee is internationally known<br />
for photographic series that explore issues of personal<br />
and social identity. Her works are in the collections of:<br />
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Solomon<br />
R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hirshhorn<br />
Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the<br />
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the San Francisco<br />
Museum of Modern Art; the Los Angeles County Museum<br />
of Art; and many other major museums. Born in Kye-<br />
Chang Korea in 1970, she has lived and worked in New<br />
York since 1996. <strong>Film</strong>ography~A.K.A. NIKKI S. LEE<br />
(2006)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
This film is<br />
presented with the<br />
generous support of<br />
TOBY DEVAN LEWIS.<br />
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
Alexandra’s Project<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 2003<br />
103 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
9:45 PM I Code ALEX17<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Rolf de Heer’s ALEXANDRA’S PROJECT<br />
opens as the camera lurks through the<br />
streets of a quiet suburb at dawn. Nothing<br />
looks wrong, but the pulsating of an overwhelmingly<br />
eerie soundscape disturbs the<br />
tranquility of this summer morning. The<br />
camera stops at the house of Alexandra,<br />
her husband Steve, and their two children<br />
Emma and Sam. Inside, the children wake<br />
their father with gifts in hand; it is Steve’s<br />
birthday. Yet, their enthusiasm can’t mask<br />
the unspoken tension between Alexandra<br />
and Steve. As the family prepares for the<br />
day, Steve repeatedly catches Alexandra<br />
looking suspicious, but she reassures him:<br />
“It’s a surprise, Steve.” Convinced<br />
Alexandra is planning a surprise birthday<br />
party later that evening, Steve cheerily<br />
leaves for work, where he receives not only<br />
a cake but also a promotion. When he<br />
returns home after work, Steve finds his<br />
house completely dark. Undoubtedly, there<br />
are a slew of people hiding inside. But when<br />
Steve opens the door, he receives a birthday<br />
present he never expected. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan, Domenico Procacci<br />
Screenplay~Rolf de Heer Cinematography~Ian Jones<br />
Editing~Tania Nehme Music~Graham Tardif<br />
Principal Cast~Gary Sweet, Helen Buday, Bogdan Koca<br />
Print Source~Vertigo Productions<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refer to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.<br />
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CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
All For Free<br />
(Sve Dzˇaba)<br />
Directed by Antonio Nuić<br />
CROATIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2006<br />
94 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
11:45 AM I Code ALLF19<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
9:30 PM I Code ALLF21<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
4:15 PM I Code ALLF23<br />
Goran never wanted to do anything, except<br />
maybe own a café. But then he would have<br />
to quit drinking, and he’s not going to do<br />
that anytime soon. Antonio Nuić’s ALL<br />
FOR FREE portrays the difficulty of life<br />
after loss with emotion and charm. In the<br />
aftermath of the Balkan wars, Goran wastes<br />
away his days at the bar with his friends—<br />
armless Miro, trendy Josip, and bartender<br />
Marko. Living off of his inheritance, Goran<br />
shares his house in small-town Bosnia with<br />
Miro, whose own house (and arms) were<br />
blown up while clearing mines after the<br />
war. Following a tragic event, Goran does<br />
something on his own for the first time—<br />
he leaves. Wandering the Bosnian countryside,<br />
he meets Fara, an old man weighed<br />
down by work. To relieve his new friend,<br />
Goran buys Fara’s refreshment truck and<br />
makes three rules for himself: never to stay<br />
in one place for more than a day, quit<br />
drinking, and give all of his products away<br />
for free. Everything goes according to plan,<br />
until Goran meets a girl. (In Bosnian and<br />
Croatian with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Boris T. Matić Screenplay~Antonio Nuić<br />
Cinematography~Mirsad Herović Editing~Marin Juranić<br />
Music~Sinisˇa Krneta, Hrvoje Sˇ tefotić Principal Cast~<br />
Rakan Rushaidat, Natasˇa Janjić, Emir Hadzˇihafisbegović<br />
Print Source~Propeler <strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Antonio Nuić was born in Sarajevo<br />
in 1977. Before working on ALL FOR FREE, his first<br />
feature film, he wrote and directed several short films.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~ALL FOR FREE (2006)
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CINEMA EN ESPAÑOL<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
American Visa<br />
Directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia<br />
BOLIVIA, MEXICO 2006<br />
100 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
9:30 AM I Code AMER17<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
11:30 AM I Code AMER19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
7:15 PM I Code AMER20<br />
After his well-intentioned attempt at<br />
obtaining an American visa fails, a Bolivian<br />
teacher finds that aspiring to the American<br />
dream can have severe consequences. When<br />
his first application is denied, Mario is<br />
left waiting listlessly in La Paz for a black<br />
market opportunity to secure his visa. He<br />
spends the majority of his time at the<br />
Hotel California, where he develops a relationship<br />
with a prostitute seeking a career<br />
change. As Mario focuses on his own visa,<br />
the story’s ancillary characters contribute<br />
to the film’s full exploration of the apprehension<br />
and corruption that surround<br />
contemporary global politics. With skillful<br />
cinematography that juxtaposes comfortable,<br />
private moments with equally uneasy<br />
and brutal public moments, the film<br />
captures a global political mood while<br />
fully developing a timeless story of the<br />
depths of human emotion. AMERICAN VISA<br />
was Bolivia’s submission for Best Foreign<br />
Language <strong>Film</strong> Academy Award (In Spanish<br />
with English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Juan Carlos Valdivia, Alejandro Gonzalez-<br />
Padilla, Felipe Galdo, Oscar Quintela Screenplay~Juan<br />
Carlos Valdivia Cinematography~Ernesto Fernandez<br />
Telleria Editing~Horacio Quiroz Music~Pepe Stephens<br />
Principal Cast~Demian Bichir, Kate Del Castillo, Jorge<br />
Ortiz, Claudio Lobo, Alberto Echeverry Print Source~<br />
Juan Carlos Valdivia<br />
About the Director~Juan Carlos Valdivia studied at<br />
Columbia College in Chicago. His first film, “Jonah and<br />
the Pink Whale,” won best script and best feature in<br />
Cartegena. He recently finished his third feature film.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Jonah and the Pink Whale” (1996),<br />
AMERICAN VISA (2006), “The Last Gospel” (2007)<br />
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Angel-A<br />
Directed by Luc Besson<br />
FRANCE 2005<br />
91 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
7:15 PM I Code ANGE23<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Perched atop a Parisian bridge, 28-yearold,<br />
one-armed Andre (Jamel Debbouze of<br />
“Amelie”) wants to put an end to his dire<br />
existence—he owes nearly $50,000 to a<br />
local gangster. He has tried everything to<br />
get the money together, but to no avail. If<br />
he doesn’t kill himself, someone else will.<br />
But before he can take the plunge, fellow<br />
depressive Angela, a striking blonde in a<br />
black dress, beats him to it. Instinctively,<br />
Andre dives into the river below to rescue<br />
the girl. On dry land, the two hopeless<br />
individuals reinvigorate each other. Andre<br />
convinces Angela that she cannot rid the<br />
world of someone so beautiful, and Angela<br />
promises to help Andre out of his financial<br />
dilemma. As they wander the streets of<br />
Paris, the unlikely pair find that they may<br />
have more in common than being at the<br />
bridge. In ANGEL-A, Luc Besson (“La<br />
Femme Nikita”) adds an enthralling<br />
romantic mystery to his eclectic oeuvre. (In<br />
French and Spanish with English subtitles)<br />
—E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Luc Besson Screenplay~Luc Besson<br />
Cinematography~Thierry Arbogast Editing~Frédéric<br />
Thoraval Music~Anja Garbarek Principal Cast~Jamel<br />
Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge<br />
Riaboukine Print Source~Sony Pictures Classics<br />
About the Director~Famed director, writer, and producer<br />
Luc Besson was born in Paris, France in 1959. His<br />
childhood was spent both traveling around the world with<br />
his scuba-diving parents and writing his first scripts.<br />
Besson’s impressive body of work has earned him<br />
countless awards and nominations around the globe.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Last Battle” (1983), “Subway”<br />
(1985), “The Big Blue” (1988), “La Femme Nikita”<br />
(1990), “Atlantis” (1991), “The Professional” (1994),<br />
“The Fifth Element” (1997), “The Messenger: The Story<br />
of Joan of Arc” (1999), “ANGEL-A” (2005), “Arthur and<br />
the Invisibles” (2006)<br />
CINEMA EN ESPAÑOL<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Angosto<br />
(La Noche de los Girasoles)<br />
Directed by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo<br />
SPAIN, FRANCE, PORTUGAL 2006<br />
100 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
10:00 PM I Code ANGS16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
11:30 AM I Code ANGS17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:30 AM I Code ANGS18<br />
The discovery of a cave in rural Spain<br />
sparks an unexpected chain of violence<br />
and revenge. Called on to survey the newly<br />
discovered cave, Esteban, a speleologist,<br />
is paired with a local photographer to<br />
determine and document the cave’s possible<br />
impact on the community. When the<br />
surveyors exit the cave, they find Esteban’s<br />
girlfriend Gabi in a state of panic; she has<br />
just been brutally assaulted. What follows<br />
is an unparalleled study of revenge and<br />
morality told across six chapters, each<br />
realized from a different point of view.<br />
Impressively executed by debut director<br />
Sánchez-Cabezudo, ANGOSTO is a highly<br />
stylistic film that proves an intriguing and<br />
meditative allegory on violence. Packed<br />
with shocking moments and an ever<br />
expanding back story, the film provides<br />
audiences with as much suspense as<br />
substance against the backdrop of the<br />
Spanish countryside. (In Spanish with<br />
English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Enrique González Macho Screenplay~Jorge<br />
Sánchez-Cabezudo Cinematography~Ángel Iguácel<br />
Editing~Pedro Ribeiro Music~Krishna Levy Principal<br />
Cast~Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo<br />
Print Source~<strong>Film</strong>s Distribution<br />
About the Director~Jose Sanchez-Cabezudo was born in<br />
Madrid, Spain in 1972. Acclaimed for his screenwriting<br />
projects and work in short film, he makes his feature<br />
film debut with ANGOSTO. He continues to live and work<br />
in Spain. <strong>Film</strong>ography~ANGOSTO (2006)<br />
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30 FILMS A – Z [A–B] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
The Ants<br />
(Ari no Heitai)<br />
Directed by Kaoru Ikeya<br />
JAPAN 2006<br />
101 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
11:30 AM I Code ANTS19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:30 PM I Code ANTS20<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
9:30 AM I Code ANTS21<br />
After the fall of the Japanese to the Allies<br />
in 1945, World War II officially came to an<br />
end. Yet in 1954, a young Japanese solider<br />
was just returning home from duty in<br />
China. Today that solider is 80-year-old Mr.<br />
Okumura. THE ANTS follows his campaign<br />
to uncover the undisclosed military orders<br />
that kept 2,600 Japanese soldiers fighting<br />
in China after the war. Failing to gain an<br />
official acknowledgement of the orders<br />
from the Japanese government, Okumura<br />
returns to China after nearly 60 years to<br />
secure further proof. The trip to China is<br />
oddly nostalgic as Okumura comes face to<br />
face with difficult memories. Even at home<br />
Okumura and his few living fellow soldiers<br />
are constantly confronted with their past.<br />
Director Kaoru Ikeya handles Okumura’s<br />
journey simply and forcefully. The end<br />
result is a reverent, yet starkly painful, tale<br />
of the unceasing political/personal blur that<br />
both creates war and sustains the memory<br />
of it long after the fact. (In Japanese and<br />
Mandarin with English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Yoko Kwon Cinematography~Masaharu Fukai,<br />
Taizo Toyama Editing~Koichi Tayama Music~Hidekazu<br />
Uchiike Featuring~Waichi Okamura Print Source~<br />
vagrant <strong>Film</strong>s Releasing<br />
About the Director~Kaoru Ikeya was born in Tokyo in<br />
1958. He has won several awards for his work in documentary<br />
film direction. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Daughter from<br />
Yan’an” (2001), THE ANTS (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
with the financial support of<br />
MIKE BARUSCHKE and<br />
DENISE C. HUCK.<br />
SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Art of Crying<br />
(Kunsten at græde I kor)<br />
Directed by Peter Schønau Fog<br />
DENMARK 2006<br />
106 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
11:30 AM I Code ARTC17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:30 PM I Code ARTC18<br />
Henry wants to kill himself, or at least he<br />
says he does nearly every night. While<br />
Henry’s fed up wife takes sleeping pills<br />
to drown out the pathetic blubbering,<br />
11-year-old Allan cannot ignore his father’s<br />
incessant tears. Allan idolizes Henry, the<br />
local milkman, and longs to alleviate his<br />
pain. After futile attempts to stop the<br />
crying, Allan naively begs for help from his<br />
14-year-old sister Sanne, who “spends the<br />
night” on the couch with her father in order<br />
to “perk him up.” When Sanne refuses to<br />
“help” again, Allan takes matters into his<br />
own hands. Soon after, at a funeral, Allan<br />
discovers that his father finds solace in<br />
bestowing heartrending eulogies that garner<br />
the townspeople’s respect. To prolong his<br />
father’s newfound joy, Allan tries anything<br />
to keep the funerals coming, and people<br />
in this small isolated community start<br />
dropping like flies. Peter Schønau Fog’s<br />
THE ART OF CRYING is a chillingly<br />
black comedy. (In Danish with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Thomas Stenderup Screenplay~Bo hr. Hansen<br />
Cinematography~Harald Gunnar Paalgard Editing~Anne<br />
Østerud Principal Cast~Jesper Asholt, Hanne Hedelund,<br />
Jannik Lorenzen, Julie Kolbech Print Source~Danish<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~THE ART OF CRYING is the first feature<br />
film of award-winning Danish director Peter Schønau<br />
Fog. Born in 1971, Fog studied at the <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts in<br />
Prague and the National <strong>Film</strong> School of Denmark in<br />
Copenhagen. In addition to directing, he also teaches<br />
filmmaking at several universities in Denmark.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~THE ART OF CRYING (2006)<br />
[ ADULTS ONLY!]<br />
JCC JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Aviva My Love<br />
(Aviva Ahuvati)<br />
Directed by Shemi Zarhin<br />
ISRAEL 2006<br />
107 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
6:45 PM I Code AVIV22<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
11:45 AM I Code AVIV25<br />
Aviva is being loved nearly to death. She’s<br />
the rock of an extended Israeli family, all of<br />
whom are needy and leaning on her heavily.<br />
There’s an exhibitionistic mom and a feeble<br />
dad; a jobless husband; a sister whose<br />
unfulfilled career goal is to get pregnant<br />
and a brother-in-law who’s insanely jealous.<br />
Her three kids are adrift in varying degrees<br />
of alienation. Unfailingly patient with her<br />
suffocating family, Aviva is also a tremendously<br />
gifted writer. Beautiful stories burst<br />
out of her as she scribbles down ideas<br />
whenever she can snag some time. Aviva<br />
desperately wants—no, needs—to be a<br />
published author. In an effort to do this<br />
one thing for herself, she seeks the advice<br />
of her renowned writing professor. It turns<br />
out he’s stuck with an interminable and<br />
humiliating case of writer’s block. When he<br />
makes Aviva a proposition he assures her is<br />
to their mutual advantage, she has to figure<br />
out a way to keep her creative voice heard.<br />
AVIVA MY LOVE won multiple awards from<br />
the Israel Academy of <strong>Film</strong> and Television<br />
in 2006. Best Actress Asi Levy delivers a<br />
soulful performance as Aviva. (In Hebrew<br />
with English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producer~Eitan Evan Screenplay~Shemi Zarhin<br />
Cinematography~Itzik Portal Editing~Einat Glaser<br />
Zarhin Music~Yonathan Bar-Giora Principal Cast~<br />
Asi Levi, Rotem Abuhav, Levana Finkelstein, Dror Keren,<br />
Sason Gabai, Natan Ravich, Dana Igvi Print Source~<br />
United King <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Shemi Zarhin has created some of<br />
Israel’s most successful films over the past years. He<br />
teaches direction and scriptwriting at the prestigious<br />
Sam Spiegel <strong>Film</strong> and Television School in Jerusalem.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Passover Fever” (1995), “Dangerous<br />
Acts” (1998), “Bonjour, Monsieur Shlomi” (2003),<br />
AVIVA MY LOVE (2006)
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DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
MIDNIGHT SNACKS<br />
Bad Boy Bubby<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 1993<br />
112 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
Midnight I Code BADB17<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Rolf de Heer’s BAD BOY BUBBY, one of<br />
the CIFF’s most notorious films, returns for<br />
its third festival appearance. Nearly 15<br />
years since the film’s release, this dark<br />
comedy continues to bewilder and intrigue<br />
audiences with its disturbingly original narrative<br />
and sharp innovative style. Thirtyfive-year-old<br />
Bubby has never left the windowless<br />
apartment he occupies with his<br />
domineering mother. According to Mum,<br />
who periodically leaves with gas mask in<br />
tow, the poisons in the outside air will<br />
surely kill Bubby. Waiting for her return, he<br />
sits for entire days without moving because<br />
Jesus is always watching. When grotesquely<br />
boisterous Pop arrives, Bubby explodes with<br />
jealousy. Silencing his mother for the first<br />
time, Bubby ventures into the colorful world<br />
beyond his apartment where he befriends<br />
an eclectic mix of characters, ranging from<br />
the promiscuous Salvo Cherie to a struggling<br />
rock band to a stray cat. As de Heer<br />
assumes Bubby’s distorted perspective, he<br />
ultimately exposes the oddities of what we<br />
perceive as “normal.” —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Rolf de Heer, Domenico Procacci, Giorgio<br />
Draskovic Screenplay~Rolf de Heer Cinematography~<br />
Ian Jones Editing~Suresh Ayyar Music~Graham Tardif<br />
Principal Cast~Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph<br />
Cotterill, Carmel Johnson Print Source~Vertigo<br />
Productions<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refer to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.<br />
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GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
PAN-AFRICAN IMAGES<br />
Bamako<br />
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako<br />
FRANCE, MALI 2006<br />
115 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
2:00 PM I Code BAMA16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
4:15 PM I Code BAMA17<br />
In a poor section of Bamako, Mali, bar<br />
singer Melé and her jobless husband Chaka<br />
face seemingly irresolvable differences in<br />
their marriage. Meanwhile, in the dusty<br />
courtyard behind their house, African civil<br />
society takes on two of the world’s largest<br />
institutions: the World Bank and the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Monetary Fund (IMF). Using<br />
film as a vehicle, Sissako reveals that<br />
Africa is in a state of economic and financial<br />
destitution. Every year African countries<br />
spend nearly $10 billion on debt<br />
service, while under-funded health and<br />
education services continue to decline.<br />
Despite several requests to cancel the debt,<br />
the World Bank and the IMF have offered<br />
little help to these suffering countries.<br />
Sissako’s BAMAKO gives a platform to<br />
everyday Malians, lawyers, and judges who<br />
have been silenced for years. Executive<br />
Producer Danny Glover makes an appearance<br />
in this brutal censure of globalization.<br />
(In French and Bambara with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Denis Freyd, Abderrahmane Sissako<br />
Screenplay~Abderrahmane Sissako Cinematography~<br />
Jacques, Besse Editing~Nadia ben Rachid Principal<br />
Cast~Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra, Habib<br />
Dembélè, Djénéba Koné, Hamadoun Kassogué, Danny<br />
Glover, Elia Suleiman, Zeka Laplaine, Samba Diakité,<br />
Aminata Traoré Print Source~New Yorker <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Born in Kiffa, Mauritania in<br />
1961 and raised in Mali, writer/director/producer<br />
Abderrahmane Sissako studied film at the Russian State<br />
Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“Rostov-Luanda” (1997), “Life on Earth” (1998),<br />
“Waiting for Happiness” (2002), BAMAKO (2006)<br />
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LOCAL HEROES<br />
Beautiful Ohio<br />
Directed by Chad Lowe<br />
USA 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
7:00 PM I Code OHIO23<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
5:00 PM I Code OHIO25<br />
Set in <strong>Cleveland</strong> in the early 1970s, this<br />
film is the debut directorial effort of actor<br />
Chad Lowe, who is a native of Dayton.<br />
William Hurt and Rita Wilson are Simon<br />
and Judith Messerman—gifted and<br />
“enlightened” parents of teenage boys<br />
who invest a lot of emotional energy into<br />
seeing that their brilliant older son Clive<br />
wins math competitions. An astonishing<br />
math prodigy, Clive is otherwise unwilling<br />
to communicate except by using his<br />
own personal language. Despite the overwhelming<br />
personalities of these three<br />
Messermans, BEAUTIFUL OHIO is really<br />
the story of Clive’s younger brother,<br />
William. Reasonably bright, with no visible<br />
eccentricities, William is buffeted about<br />
by the changes going on in his family. He<br />
navigates his levelheaded way through life<br />
under Clive’s long shadow, coping with his<br />
dotty parents (who are a bit too modern for<br />
everyone’s good) and a wayward girl who<br />
lives in the basement. This touching coming-of-age<br />
story features a strong ensemble<br />
cast that includes Julianna Margulies as a<br />
sexy neighbor and Michelle Trachtenberg<br />
as Clive’s mysterious lover. —B.B.<br />
Producers~Mark Burton, Chad Lowe, Hilary Swank<br />
Screenplay~Ethan Canin Cinematography~Stephen<br />
Razmierski Editing~Amy Duddleston Music~Craig<br />
Wedren Principal Cast~William Hurt, Rita Wilson, David<br />
Call, Brett Davern, Michelle Trachtenberg, Juliana<br />
Margulies Print Source~Wonder <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Chad Lowe was born in Dayton,<br />
Ohio in 1968, moved to Los Angeles with his family at<br />
age nine, and was a professional actor at 15. He has<br />
performed in numerous television and film productions.<br />
He moved into directing with an episode of television’s<br />
“Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit.” <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
BEAUTIFUL OHIO (2006)
32 FILMS A – Z [B] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Beauty in Trouble<br />
(Kráska v nesnázích)<br />
Directed by Jan Hrˇebejk<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC 2006<br />
110 minutes<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
7:15 PM I Code BEAU18<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
4:30 PM I Code BEAU21<br />
BEAUTY IN TROUBLE is set in the period<br />
following the devastating Prague flood of<br />
2002. Marcela is a young working-class<br />
mother struggling to make a better life<br />
for herself and her children. She and her<br />
husband Jarda have lost everything in the<br />
high waters, and he’s taken to stealing cars<br />
to make ends meet. Even though she’s still<br />
attracted to Jarda, Marcela can’t stand the<br />
strain of living with him and his religious<br />
mother, and she takes her two children to<br />
live with her own mother. Their situation<br />
is not greatly improved as Marcela discovers<br />
that her mother lives with a creepy,<br />
control-freak companion. When Marcela’s<br />
path crosses that of an urbane, much older<br />
benefactor, she’s tempted to leave her<br />
miserable life behind and start over with<br />
him in Italy. (In Czech with English<br />
subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Preceded by Little Temptations<br />
Directed by Slobodanka Radun,<br />
Czech Republic, 7 minutes<br />
Producer~Ondrˇej Trojan Screenplay~Petr Jarchovsky´<br />
Cinematography~Jan Malírˇ Editing~Vladimír Barák<br />
Music~Alesˇ Brˇezina Principal Cast~Aňa Geislerová,<br />
Jana Brejchová, Jirˇí Schmitzer, Josef Abrhám, Roman<br />
Luknár Print Source~Menemsha <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Jan Hrˇebejk studied at the <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts in<br />
Prague (FAMU) and directed numerous short films before<br />
moving on to features. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Big Beat” (1993),<br />
“Cosy Dens” (1999), “Divided We Fall” (2000),<br />
“Pupendo” (2003), “Up and Down” (2004), BEAUTY<br />
IN TROUBLE (2006)<br />
PACIFIC CENTRAL PEARLS AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Bet Collector<br />
(Kubrador)<br />
Directed by Jeffrey Jeturian<br />
PHILIPPINES 2006<br />
102 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
11:45 AM I Code BETC17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:45 PM I Code BETC18<br />
Amelita is no ordinary working mom. For<br />
the past 20 years, she has been making<br />
a living as a jueteng kubrador—a bet<br />
collector for an illegal numbers game in the<br />
Philippines—while her husband loafs at<br />
home. Risking imprisonment, she wanders<br />
the urban slums in Manila, collecting<br />
money from her regular patrons. And she<br />
even gets caught once or twice. But corruption<br />
plagues the government, and there is<br />
always a ticket out of jail if you know the<br />
right people. Despite her acquisitive career,<br />
Amelita has a devout faith in God as well<br />
as in numerology—everything is a sign.<br />
In the three days leading up to All Soul’s<br />
Day, her life seems to become increasingly<br />
meaningful, and Amelita wants an explanation.<br />
In THE BET COLLECTOR, director<br />
Jeffrey Jeturian unassumingly observes<br />
Amelita’s inherently dramatic day-to-day<br />
life. Gina Pareño, as Amelita, provides a<br />
skillful, inspired performance. Winning<br />
several international awards, Jeturian’s film<br />
brings life back to Filipino cinema. (In<br />
Tagalog with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Rogelio I. Rayala Screenplay~Ralston Jover<br />
Cinematography~Roberto Yniguez Editing~Jay Halili<br />
Music~Jerrold Tarog Principal Cast~Gina Pareño, Fonz<br />
Deza, Nanding Josef, Johnny Manahan, Jhong Del<br />
Rosario, Nico Antonio Print Source~MLR <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Born in Manila, Jeffrey Jeturian<br />
attended the University of the Philippines where he<br />
studied broadcast communication. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Enter<br />
Love” (1998), “Fetch a Pail of Water” (1999), “Larger<br />
than Life” (2000), “Bridal Shower” (2004), “One<br />
Moment More” (2004), “Bikini Open” (2005), THE<br />
BET COLLECTOR (2006)<br />
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Big Dreams Little Tokyo<br />
Directed by David Boyle<br />
USA 2006<br />
83 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:15 PM I Code BIGD20<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
2:00 PM I Code BIGD21<br />
Meet Boyd Wilson, card-carrying businessman.<br />
Boyd has almost completely assimilated<br />
to Japanese culture: he speaks fluent<br />
Japanese; he has <strong>master</strong>ed the use of<br />
chopsticks; and he doesn’t squirm at the<br />
sight of a raw fish carcass at dinner. But<br />
Boyd doesn’t live in Japan, he lives in<br />
California. An overeager entrepreneur, he<br />
cycles around Japantown trying to sell his<br />
book “The Power of Words” to anyone who<br />
looks even remotely Asian. With few takers,<br />
Boyd supplements his meager income by<br />
teaching Japanese to his live-in student<br />
Jerome, a Japanese-American aspiring to<br />
be a sumo wrestler. Just shy of making<br />
the weight limit for sumo school, Jerome<br />
constantly eats and rarely moves, much<br />
to the dismay of Boyd. When Jerome<br />
overeats himself into the hospital, Boyd<br />
meets Mai, a cute Japanese nurse in need<br />
of some extra (English) lessons. As Boyd’s<br />
dreams get bigger, cross-cultural follies<br />
ensue. Writer/director/actor David Boyle<br />
delivers effortless comedy in the entirely<br />
unique BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO.<br />
(In English and Japanese with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Duane Anderson, Megan Boyle Screenplay~<br />
David Boyle Cinematography~Bill Otto Editing~Duane<br />
Anderson, Scott Hurst Music~Mark Schulz Principal<br />
Cast~David Boyle, Jayson Watabe, Rachael Morihiro,<br />
Pepe Serna Print Source~dominion3<br />
About the Director~The zany incidents during his mission<br />
trip to Sydney, Australia inspired David Boyle to<br />
make his first feature film BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO.<br />
He is currently working on his second film.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO (2006)
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SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Bothersome Man<br />
(Den brysomme mannen)<br />
Directed by Jens Lien<br />
NORWAY 2006<br />
95 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
11:45 AM I Code BOTH22<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
9:45 PM I Code BOTH23<br />
After a failed suicide attempt, Andreas<br />
arrives in an unfamiliar city with no memory<br />
of how he got there. Greeted by a man with<br />
an absurdly large welcome banner, he is<br />
quickly doled out the necessities of life:<br />
job, wife, and apartment. The city seems<br />
relatively like the world Andreas is familiar<br />
with, but there are some peculiarities that<br />
are difficult to ignore—the people have no<br />
emotional connections and the alcohol<br />
doesn’t get one drunk. Presented as a<br />
surrealist utopia, the city is run by “caretakers”<br />
who see to the perfection of their<br />
municipality—appearances are all that<br />
matter. Increasingly stifled by his new surroundings,<br />
Andreas decides to escape, only<br />
to find there is no way out. A dark comedy<br />
that manages hilarious moments of slapstick,<br />
THE BOTHERSOME MAN takes a<br />
hard, relevant, and well-executed stand<br />
against consumerism and conformity. (In<br />
Norwegian with English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Preceded by The Saddest Boy in the World<br />
Directed by Jamie Travis, Canada, 14 minutes<br />
Producer~Jørgen Storm Rosenberg Screenplay~Per<br />
Schreiner Cinematography~John Christian Rosenlund<br />
Editing~Vidar Flataukan Music~Ginge Principal Cast~<br />
Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning,<br />
Birgitte Larsen, Johannes Joner Print Source~Norwegian<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~Born in Oslo in 1967, Jens Lien<br />
graduated from the London <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> School<br />
in 1993. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Jonny Vang” (2003), THE<br />
BOTHERSOME MAN (2006)<br />
This film is presented with<br />
the generous financial support of<br />
JAMES S. ANDERSON and<br />
DAVID W. WITTKOWSKY.<br />
NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ<br />
DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
Boxers<br />
Directed by Joanna Kohler<br />
USA 2007<br />
80 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
2:30 PM I Code BOXE23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
4:30 PM I Code BOXE24<br />
“When someone hits you in the face, you<br />
know yourself in that instant,” says social<br />
worker Becca Gilgen of her experience as<br />
a member of Team Uppercut, one of the<br />
few all-female amateur boxing teams in<br />
the world. Joanna Kohler’s BOXERS tells<br />
the inspirational story of the seven women<br />
in Team Uppercut, led by coach and gym<br />
owner Lisa Bauch, as they prepare for<br />
the Ringside <strong>International</strong> Tournament in<br />
August of 2005. While the athletes reflect<br />
on their motivation, their goals, and their<br />
obstacles, they travel the country to hone<br />
their skills. In their daily training, their<br />
challenges are not only physical but also<br />
mental, emotional, and societal. Yet,<br />
in overcoming such difficulties, these<br />
athletes prove their own personal strength<br />
as well as pave the way for women around<br />
the world, reaffirming that a woman’s<br />
physical prowess is no less than that of<br />
a man’s. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Joanna Kohler Cinematography~Joanna<br />
Kohler Editing~Jamie A. Lee, Joanna Kohler<br />
Music~Holly Hee Won Coughlin Featuring~Rebecca<br />
Gilgen, Amy Laboe, Lisa Bowch, Sarah Mickelson,<br />
Rachel Schley, Gina Campbell Print Source~Kohler<br />
Productions<br />
About the Director~Joanna Kohler, a graduate of the<br />
University of Minnesota, has been making socially relevant<br />
documentaries since 1998. Her subjects have<br />
ranged from the exploitation of youth, to activist work<br />
in Israel and Palestine, to female boxing. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
”Witness” (1999), “Moving in a Mirror” (2000),<br />
BOXERS (2007)<br />
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Boy Culture<br />
Directed by Q. Allan Brocka<br />
USA 2006<br />
88 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
4:45 PM I Code BOYC16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
10:00 PM I Code BOYC17<br />
“Sex pays. Love costs.” So runs the tagline<br />
for BOY CULTURE, the new film by director<br />
Q. Allan Brocka and adapted from the<br />
best-selling novel by Matthew Rettenmund.<br />
X is young, gay, and unlucky in love. He’s<br />
a successful Seattle prostitute with plenty<br />
of clients but a frosty veneer who can only<br />
put out for the cash. Meanwhile, he’s in<br />
complicated relationships with his two<br />
gorgeous roommates, Joey and Andy.<br />
Though he tingles with desire for Andy, X<br />
can’t manage to get beyond his sex-for-hire<br />
mentality to show his affection. It takes an<br />
older, mysterious client to draw him out<br />
and to begin to show X what love between<br />
boys might really look like. Erotic and<br />
poignant, with fine performances by Derek<br />
Magyar, Darryl Stephens, Jonathon Trent,<br />
and the sophisticated Patrick Bauchau,<br />
this is a must-see for fans of indie gay<br />
cinema. —B.B.<br />
Producers~Stephen Israel, Philip Pierce, Victor<br />
Simpkins Screenplay~Philip Pierce, Q. Allan Brocka<br />
Cinematography~Joshua Hess Editing~Philip J. Bartell<br />
Music~Ryan Beveridge Principal Cast~Patrick Bauchau,<br />
Derek Magyar, Darryl Stephens, Jonathon Trent<br />
Print Source~TLA Releasing<br />
About the Director~Q. Allan Brocka was born in Guam<br />
and raised around the world. As a teenager, he settled in<br />
Seattle where he graduated from the University of<br />
Washington with honors. He moved to L.A. and earned<br />
his MA in film at the California Institute of the Arts. His<br />
film “Eating Out” (29th CIFF) was a prizewinner at<br />
numerous international film festivals. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“Eating Out” (2004), BOY CULTURE (2006)<br />
Sponsored<br />
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34 FILMS A – Z [B – C] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
The Breast Cancer Diaries<br />
Directed by Linda Patillo<br />
USA 2006<br />
79 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
2:15 PM I Code BREA20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
7:00 PM I Code BREA22<br />
“Cancer Sucks” is the attitude adopted by<br />
Ann Murray Paige, only 38-years-old when<br />
diagnosed with breast cancer. Formerly a<br />
news anchor, Ann turns the camera on<br />
herself to document the struggle of facing<br />
a potentially fatal illness at such a young<br />
age. Armed with humor and with her family<br />
at her side, Ann faces cancer head-on,<br />
gracefully dealing with the realities of her<br />
disease, from the harrowing effects of<br />
chemotherapy to the choice of the appropriate<br />
wig and proper prosthetic breasts.<br />
Ann’s video diaries are intertwined with<br />
real-time footage filmed over a 12-month<br />
period. The two intermix to create a film<br />
that manages to encompass the role of<br />
breasts in American society and the difficulties<br />
of being a four-year-old boy whose<br />
Mom has cancer. A remarkably fresh<br />
and honest documentary, THE BREAST<br />
CANCER DIARIES deals equally with the<br />
gravity of a life-threatening illness and the<br />
inconvenience of having that illness while<br />
trying to re-start a career and raise two<br />
children. —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Ann Murray Paige, Linda Patillo, Kate<br />
Nelligan Cinematography~Linda Patillo Editing~Kate<br />
Nelligan Print Source~Seventh Art Releasing<br />
About the Director~Linda Patillo is an award winning<br />
news correspondent who has worked with ABC, CNN,<br />
and Time Magazine. She currently resides in Maine and<br />
is founder of her own television documentary production<br />
company. <strong>Film</strong>ography~THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES<br />
(2006)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
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Brotherly Jazz: The<br />
Heath Brothers<br />
Directed by Jesse Block<br />
USA 2005<br />
73 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
7:15 PM I Code BROT17<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Hailing from Philadelphia—The City of<br />
Brotherly Love—the Heath Brothers are<br />
amongst the greatest jazz musicians of all<br />
time. Since the 1950s, Percy, Jimmy, and<br />
Albert “Tootie” Heath have collaborated<br />
with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John<br />
Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis,<br />
and many others. In BROTHERLY JAZZ:<br />
THE HEATH BROTHERS, director Jesse<br />
Block chronicles the moving story of their<br />
rise to greatness in the world of bebop and<br />
jazz. Block compiles archival footage of the<br />
boys’ youth and their celebrated careers<br />
through interviews with the Brothers<br />
themselves. As they reflect on their past<br />
triumphs, they also discuss the obstacles—<br />
from the racism to drugs to prison—they<br />
had to overcome along the way. In between<br />
the Brothers’ smooth musical interludes,<br />
some of their closest friends and enthusiasts<br />
share their experiences with these funny,<br />
spirited, and talented musicians. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Danny Scher Featuring~Percy Heath,<br />
Jimmy Heath, Albert “Tootie” Heath Print Source~<br />
DanSun Productions<br />
About the Director~Former jazz programmer for Black<br />
Entertainment Television, Jesse Block has been the<br />
video director of the Monterey Jazz <strong>Festival</strong> since 2003.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Hot Tuna: 25 Years and Runnin’—Live<br />
at Sweetwater” (1994), “Todd Rundgren: Live in San<br />
Francisco” (2002), BROTHERLY JAZZ: THE HEATH<br />
BROTHERS (2005)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Don’t Miss the 28th Annual Tri-C<br />
JazzFest <strong>Cleveland</strong>, April 19 – 29.<br />
Please join us after the screening of “Brotherly Jazz” for<br />
our 2007 JazzFest CD Release Party in the English Oak<br />
Room, Tower City Center.<br />
NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ<br />
DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION<br />
JCC JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
The Cemetery Club<br />
(Mo’adon Beit Ha’kvarot)<br />
Directed by Tali Shemesh<br />
ISRAEL 2006<br />
88 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
7:15 PM I Code CEME21<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
11:30 AM I Code CEME23<br />
Feisty seniors trek up Mount Herzl—the<br />
final resting place of Theodor Herzl and<br />
other Israeli luminaries—with folding<br />
chairs in tow for their weekly Saturday<br />
meetings in Tali Shemesh’s documentary<br />
THE CEMETERY CLUB. But it isn’t in the<br />
cemetery, it’s next to the cemetery, insists<br />
founding member and the director’s Great<br />
Aunt Lena. Nevertheless, the name sticks.<br />
Shemesh spends five years filming pernickety<br />
Lena and her unassuming sister-in-law<br />
Minia (Shemesh’s grandmother), lifelong<br />
friends who endured hardships from growing<br />
up in the Polish ghetto, to surviving<br />
Auschwitz, to losing their husbands. Over<br />
the last 20 years, Lena and Minia have<br />
been members of the “Academy,” as they<br />
call it, formed to assuage the loneliness<br />
of old age. While the members (always<br />
changing) eat their lunch in the shade,<br />
discussion topics range from poetry, to philosophy,<br />
to politics. This oftentimes comic<br />
and altogether touching film enchants with<br />
a story that is both personal and universal,<br />
exploring questions of life, aging, and<br />
death. (In Hebrew and Polish with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Assaf Amir, Guy Lavie Cinematography~<br />
Shark De Mayo Editing~Aliza Esquira Music~<br />
Rona Kenan, Eldad Gwetta Print Source~Norma<br />
Productions LTD<br />
About the Director~Born<br />
in Jerusalem in 1969, Tali<br />
Shemesh studied at the<br />
Sam Spiegel Jerusalem<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Television School.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~THE<br />
CEMETERY CLUB (2006)<br />
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Change of Address<br />
(Changement d’Adresse)<br />
Directed by Emmanuel Mouret<br />
FRANCE 2006<br />
85 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
7:15 PM I Code CHAN20<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
4:30 PM I Code CHAN24<br />
While looking for a roommate and sizing up<br />
every Parisian belle in the process, French<br />
hornist David meets the impossibly chatty,<br />
leggy, blonde Anne. Claiming to have a<br />
friend in need of a roommate, Anne leads<br />
the flustered David (played by director<br />
Emmanuel Mouret) to a vacant apartment.<br />
Eventually, Anne confesses that she is the<br />
resident in need of a roommate. David<br />
moves in and sexual tension between the<br />
two is rife. But, when David tries to kiss<br />
Anne, she reveals that she has a boyfriend<br />
or, rather, a good-looking man who frequents<br />
her copy shop with whom she’s<br />
“in love.” Unscathed, David soon after also<br />
finds himself “in love” as he cannot stop<br />
thinking of his young French horn student<br />
Julia. As David and Anne exchange love<br />
advice, mishaps and misfortune (along<br />
with a few changes of address) are aplenty.<br />
Mouret’s delightfully witty CHANGE OF<br />
ADDRESS is sure to please. (In French<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by Penpusher<br />
Directed by Guillaume Martinez, France,<br />
8 minutes<br />
Producer~Frédéric Niedermayer Screenplay~Emmanuel<br />
Mouret Cinematography~Laurent Desmet Editing~<br />
Martial Salomon Music~Franck Sforza Principal Cast~<br />
Frédérique Bel, Fanny Valette, Dany Brillant, Emmanuel<br />
Mouret, Ariane Ascaride Print Source~Pyramide<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~Writer/director/actor Emmanuel<br />
Mouret, born in Brioude, France, studied the ancients<br />
and dramatic arts at La Fémis. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Laissons<br />
Lucie faire!” (2000), “Venus and Fleur” (2004),<br />
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (2006)<br />
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Coffee Date<br />
Directed by Stewart Wade<br />
USA 2006<br />
94 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:45 PM I Code COFF24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
12:00 Noon I Code COFF25<br />
What are brothers for? Slacker Barry<br />
(Jonathan Silverman) tires of seeing Todd<br />
moping about his recent divorce, so he<br />
submits Todd’s name to an online chat<br />
room but does not tell him it is for gays.<br />
Todd goes to meet Kelly (Wilson Cruz,<br />
“Party of Five”) for a COFFEE DATE and<br />
discovers the prank. But when they realize<br />
they are two with a love for movies, they<br />
take in a film. Then they plot revenge on<br />
Barry. They go back to Todd’s room where<br />
Barry discovers them in the morning.<br />
And then chaos ensues. The neighbors<br />
saw them together; his co-worker spotted<br />
them at the theater; Barry calls his mother<br />
(Sally Kirkland) and soon everyone “knows”<br />
that Todd is gay. Mother first beats herself<br />
up about her child-rearing and next calls<br />
PFLAG and becomes the ultimate mother<br />
of a gay man. Will anyone ever again<br />
believe Todd is straight? Will he? Todd can<br />
think of only one other test to prove to<br />
himself that he is straight. Will that be<br />
enough? COFFEE DATE brings a refreshing<br />
ending to what could have been a very<br />
formulaic movie. Best line: “You give<br />
great e-mail.” —T.D.<br />
Producers~Cindy Peters, Stewart Wade Screenplay~<br />
Stewart Wade Cinematography~Howard Wexler<br />
Editing~David Avallone Music~Eban Schletter<br />
Principal Cast~Wilson Cruz, Jonathan Bray, Sally<br />
Kirkland, Jonathan Silverman, Elaine Hendrix, Jason<br />
Stewart, Deborah Gibson Print Source~Coffee Date<br />
Productions<br />
About the Director~A graduate of UCLA, Stewart Wade<br />
wrote screenplays before directing several theater productions.<br />
In 2001 Wade directed his first short film,<br />
“Coffee Date,” which he developed into his first feature<br />
of the same name. <strong>Film</strong>ography~COFFEE DATE (2006)<br />
MIDNIGHT SNACKS<br />
SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
Cold Prey<br />
(Fritt vilt)<br />
Directed by Roar Uthaug<br />
NORWAY 2006<br />
97 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
Midnight I Code COLD17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
12:00 Noon I Code COLD18<br />
High in the Jotunheimen Mountains sits an<br />
abandoned hotel with a very bloody secret.<br />
When one of five young snowboarders<br />
breaks his leg, the group quickly discovers<br />
their mobile phones are of no use at this<br />
altitude. Desperately seeking shelter, they<br />
happen upon an empty hotel. Considering<br />
their lack of options, they decide to at least<br />
spend the night. What they don’t expect is<br />
to find Norway’s most notorious and brutal<br />
serial killer living in the basement of their<br />
new-found lodgings. Armed with a pick-axe,<br />
the killer plays a deadly game with his<br />
young guests. As the number of snowboarders<br />
declines, they muster whatever courage<br />
they can to survive. First time director Roar<br />
Uthaug employs interesting camera angles<br />
to augment the gritty and dark atmosphere<br />
of the deserted hotel, creating an unrivaled<br />
feeling of dread. Terrifyingly suspenseful<br />
from its first to last frames, COLD PREY is<br />
an accomplished (and very scary) slasher<br />
flick. (In Norwegian with English subtitles)<br />
—J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Martin Sundland, Magne Lyngner<br />
Screenplay~Astrid M. Sætren Cinematography~Daniel<br />
Voldheim Editing~Jon Endre Mørk Music~Magnus<br />
Beite Principal Cast~Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Victoria<br />
Winge, Tomas Alf Larsen, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Endre<br />
Martin Blindheim Midtstigen Print Source~Norwegian<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~Born in 1973, Roar Uthaug studied<br />
video production at Mediefabrikken before studying<br />
directing at the Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> School in Lillehammer.<br />
His graduation film, “The Martin Administration,” was<br />
nominated for the Student Oscar as Best Foreign Student<br />
<strong>Film</strong>. <strong>Film</strong>ography~COLD PREY (2006)<br />
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36 FILMS A – Z [C – D] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
The Collector<br />
(Komornik)<br />
Directed by Feliks Falk<br />
POLAND 2005<br />
93 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
2:30 PM I Code COLL20<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
9:30 AM I Code COLL21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
12:15 PM I Code COLL22<br />
Lucek Bohme is the most ruthless debt<br />
collector around. A swaggering Polish<br />
yuppie, he terrorizes the aging, debt-ridden<br />
industrial town of Walbrzych, repossessing<br />
some of the citizenry’s most cherished<br />
items without a hint of remorse. With the<br />
law always on his side, he follows the<br />
agency’s guidelines to a fault, brandishing<br />
his collection warrants like badges of honor.<br />
Lucek’s most infuriating trait, though, is<br />
that he’s incorruptible. But soon, a former<br />
love reappears. And one of his young clients<br />
commits an unspeakable act. These events<br />
set Lucek on the road to realizing that he’s<br />
hidden his humanity behind the letter of<br />
the law for too long. It remains to be seen<br />
whether THE COLLECTOR’s attempts at<br />
redemption come too late. (In Polish with<br />
English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producers~Janusz Morgenstern, Jerzy Buchwald,<br />
Doroto Ostrowska-Orlińska, Andrzej Serdiukow,<br />
Pawel Mossakowski Screenplay~Grzegorz Loszewski<br />
Cinematography~Bartek Prokopowicz Editing~Krzysztof<br />
Szpetmański Music~Bartlomiej Gliniak Principal Cast~<br />
Andrzej Chyra, Kinga Preis, Malgorzata Koz˙uchowska,<br />
Marian Opania, Jan Frycz, Slawomir Orzechowski Print<br />
Source~Telewizja Polska<br />
About the Director~Feliks Falk originally studied painting<br />
at Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in<br />
1966. In 1974, he graduated from the Lodz <strong>Film</strong> School<br />
with a specialty in film direction and shortly thereafter<br />
joined Andrzej Wajda’s “X” Production Unit.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Pictures From a Life” (1975), “At the<br />
Height of Summer” (1976), “Top Dog” (1978),<br />
“Chance” (1979), “Hero of the Year” (1985), THE<br />
COLLECTOR (2005)<br />
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Congorama<br />
Directed by Philippe Falardeau<br />
BELGIUM, CANADA 2006<br />
105 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
11:30 AM I Code CONG16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
7:00 PM I Code CONG17<br />
Harebrained inventor Michel Roy has two<br />
months to sell one of his less-than-practical<br />
products—the “de-icer” or the “turtle<br />
trotter”—or he will lose his laboratory.<br />
Making Michel’s life more complicated, his<br />
paralyzed father just told him, after 40<br />
years of secrecy, that he was adopted from<br />
two unidentified Quebecois. Fearing the<br />
loss of everything he knows, Michel leaves<br />
Belgium (and his Congolese wife Alice and<br />
their son Jules) on a mission to Canada,<br />
where he will try his luck at a new market<br />
and attempt to track down his biological<br />
parents. But nothing comes easily for<br />
Michel. After a fiasco at Canadian<br />
Customs, Michel must sell his product<br />
using Styrofoam cups instead of a sample<br />
de-icer, and his rumored family name<br />
seems to be nonexistent. In CONGORAMA,<br />
director Philippe Falardeau takes us on a<br />
journey of self-discovery through multiple<br />
perspectives. Only when Michel loses focus<br />
can he find what he truly seeks. (In French<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Luc Déry Screenplay~Philippe Falardeau<br />
Cinematography~André Turpin Editing~Frédérique<br />
Broos Music~Jarby McCoy Principal Cast~Olivier<br />
Gourmet, Paul Ahmarani, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gabriel<br />
Arcand Print Source~The Works <strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~A native of Hull, Quebec, Philippe<br />
Falardeau studied political science at the University of<br />
Ottawa. He is the director and screenwriter of several<br />
short films, documentaries, and features. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge” (2000),<br />
CONGORAMA (2006)<br />
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Crude Impact<br />
Directed by James Jandak Wood<br />
USA, CANADA 2006<br />
98 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
11:45 AM I Code CRUD23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
1:45 PM I Code CRUD24<br />
Politics, economics, and environmentalism<br />
collide when the topic turns to oil; and<br />
never has that topic been more relevant or<br />
urgent than now. “Peak Oil” is the moment<br />
in time when oil production peaks and then<br />
inevitably and irreversibly begins to decline.<br />
It is a moment not far off and one with dire<br />
consequences. A documentary of epic proportions,<br />
CRUDE IMPACT demonstrates the<br />
depth of our dependency on petroleum and<br />
the world-wide impact the constant drilling<br />
of oil will have if it is not curbed. The film<br />
delves into the decline of the world as we<br />
know it, encompassing the consequences<br />
for the climate, human culture, plant life,<br />
and animal life. Entertaining and informative,<br />
the film is fueled by commentary from<br />
leading scientists and scholars who bring<br />
a necessary and startling message about<br />
the eminent and inextricable connection<br />
between the future of oil use and the planet<br />
Earth. (In English and Spanish with<br />
English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~James Jandak Wood Cinematography~<br />
Sharon Anderson Editing~Pam Spitzer, Sharon<br />
Anderson, James Jandak Wood Music~John DeBorde<br />
Print Source~Vista Clara <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~James Jandak Wood graduated with<br />
a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from<br />
Villanova University. He studied filmmaking at both the<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Arts Foundation and the Bay Area Video Coalition in<br />
San Francisco and has his own production company,<br />
Vista Clara <strong>Film</strong>s. <strong>Film</strong>ography~CRUDE IMPACT (2006)<br />
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<strong>Film</strong> Screening.<br />
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The Curiosity of Chance<br />
Directed by Russell P. Marleau<br />
USA 2006<br />
98 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
2:00 PM I Code CHAN22<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
7:15 PM I Code CHAN23<br />
THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE transports<br />
us back to the best and the worst of the<br />
1980s for a fresh take on the “brat pack”<br />
style high school comedy. The gay transfer<br />
student, the bully, the quirky sister, the<br />
jock, the smelly principal, the drag queen,<br />
and the dad pack a ton of teenage angst<br />
into this quick-witted, imaginative script.<br />
Chance Marquis, sporting a top hat and<br />
velvet blazer, struts into Brickland<br />
<strong>International</strong> High School on his first day.<br />
Before first period, football stud Brad is<br />
already jamming Chance’s head into a locker.<br />
On day two, after a few more blows to<br />
the head, Chance and his outcast pals,<br />
Twyla and Hank, begin planning an elaborate<br />
scheme to get back at Brad. Yet, for<br />
some reason, Chance isn’t ready to go<br />
through with it. He has no problems standing<br />
out, but can he risk fitting in? —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by t.o.m.<br />
Directed by Tom Brown, Daniel Gray,<br />
United Kingdom, 3 minutes<br />
Producer~Lisa Schahet Screenplay~Russell P. Marleau<br />
Cinematography~Jack Messitt Editing~Mark Rees<br />
Music~Joey Peters, Willie Aron Principal Cast~Tad<br />
Hilgenbrinck, Brett Chukerman, Aldevina da Silva, Pieter<br />
Van Nieuwenhuyze, Magali Uytterhaegen, Chris Mulkey<br />
Print Source~Curiosity of Chance Productions, Ltd.<br />
About the Director~Born in 1965, Russell P. Marleau<br />
grew up loving the films of John Hughes. After attending<br />
San Jose State University, he began his celebrated career<br />
in television, earning a Humanitas Prize and an Emmy<br />
nomination for his writing on the FOX series “Life with<br />
Louie.” <strong>Film</strong>ography~THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE<br />
(2006)<br />
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Daisy<br />
Directed by Andrew Lau<br />
SOUTH KOREA 2006<br />
109 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
4:15 PM I Code DAIS19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:45 PM I Code DAIS20<br />
At 4:15 pm each day, a pot of daisies<br />
mysteriously arrives on Hye-Young’s door<br />
step. While drawing sketches in the streets<br />
of Amsterdam, Hye-Young happens to<br />
meet a fellow Korean whom she believes<br />
to be her longtime admirer. Immediately<br />
smitten, they begin a romance with<br />
Hye-Young never suspecting her beau is<br />
an Interpol agent. Watching from a single<br />
window, the man who has long been in love<br />
with Hye-Young is anguished as her new<br />
romance progresses. A professional assassin,<br />
he has purposefully distanced himself<br />
from Hye-Young in order to protect her, but<br />
now he becomes increasingly frustrated.<br />
Two men, on very different sides of the law,<br />
begin a physical and mental battle for the<br />
heart of the unsuspecting Hye-Young.<br />
Acclaimed director Andrew Lau manages a<br />
film that is both ultra romantic and packed<br />
with tension. With well-executed action<br />
sequences and skillful shots of Amsterdam,<br />
DAISY is a classic romantic tragedy with<br />
a modern twist. (In Korean with English<br />
subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Teddy Hoon-tack Jung Screenplay~Jae-young<br />
Kwak Cinematography~Andrew Lau, Man Ching Ng<br />
Editing~Ki Nop Chan, Noi Wong, Sang Bum Kim, Jae<br />
Bum Kim Music~Shigeru Umebayashi, Kwong Wing<br />
Chan Principal Cast~Ji-Hyun Jun, Woo-Sung Jung,<br />
Sung-Jae Lee Print Source~iHQ, Inc<br />
About the Director~Born in Hong Kong in 1960, Andrew<br />
Lau began working in film as a cinematographer. He<br />
made his first feature length film in 1990 and since has<br />
been one of the most acclaimed and popular directors<br />
in Asian cinema. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Against All” (1990),<br />
“Best of the Best” (1996), “The Duel” (2000),<br />
“Sausalito” (2000), “Dance of a Dream” (2001),<br />
“Women from Mars” (2002), “Internal Affairs” (2002),<br />
“Internal Affairs II” (2003), “The Park” (2003),<br />
“Internal Affairs III” (2003), “Initial D” (2005),<br />
DAISY (2006)<br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
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Darius Goes West: The<br />
Roll of His Life<br />
Directed by Logan Smalley<br />
USA 2006<br />
92 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
6:45 PM I Code DARS19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
4:15 PM I Code DARS20<br />
DARIUS GOES WEST is a beautifully crafted,<br />
powerful documentary about the road<br />
trip of a lifetime. Director Logan Smalley<br />
takes us along for a ride with his teenage<br />
friend Darius Weems, born with Duchenne<br />
Muscular Dystrophy. DMD is the world’s<br />
most common fatal children’s genetic<br />
disorder. In July 2005, Darius, Logan, and<br />
some college friends embark from Georgia<br />
on a three-week, 7,000-mile, cross-country<br />
RV journey. Their goal: to have Darius’s<br />
motorized wheelchair made over in L.A.<br />
on MTV’s show “Pimp My Ride.” Along the<br />
way, they show Darius the country, hold<br />
press conferences, pass out thousands of<br />
bracelets for their sponsor, and evaluate<br />
wheelchair accessibility at tourist attractions.<br />
Darius’s story is an uplifting one,<br />
meant to entertain and educate the MTV<br />
generation—who know nothing about<br />
Jerry Lewis Telethons. —B.B.<br />
Cinematography~John Hadden, Dylan Wilson Editing~<br />
Logan Smalley, Allison Firor, Jarrard Cole Music~Logan<br />
Smalley Featuring~Andrew Carson, Daniel Epting,<br />
John Harmon, Jason Hees, Sam Johnson, Collin Shepley,<br />
Ben Smalley, Logan Smalley, Darius Weems, Kevin Wier<br />
Print Source~Logan Smalley<br />
About the Director~Logan Smalley graduated magna<br />
cum laude from the University of Georgia in 2006 with<br />
a degree in Special Education. An accomplished piano,<br />
harmonica, and musical saw player, he also composed<br />
the music for this film.<br />
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38 FILMS A – Z [D – F] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
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Deadpan Valentine<br />
Directed by Robin Lindsey<br />
UNITED KINGDOM 2006<br />
80 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
9:30 PM I Code DEAD23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
11:45 AM I Code DEAD24<br />
More about loneliness than love, this dark<br />
comedy celebrates February 14th without<br />
so much as the exchange of a box of<br />
chocolates. Two twenty-something<br />
Londoners share a dingy flat in the city.<br />
Vain and hair-obsessed, Scott has a James<br />
Dean complex, a misguided acting career,<br />
and more than one girl vying for his attention.<br />
Contrarily there is Jamie, who hasn’t<br />
left the flat for weeks and is running out<br />
of ideas on how best to commit suicide.<br />
While pondering a handful of pills, the<br />
flat’s door buzzer sounds urgently. Jamie<br />
answers the door only to be taken hostage<br />
by the disgruntled, although not very<br />
imposing, boyfriend of Scott’s girlfriend.<br />
While Jamie plays at being a hostage, Scott<br />
is away at the local community theater,<br />
failing miserably in more than one role.<br />
Theater practice, it turns out, is more<br />
traumatic than being taken hostage.<br />
DEADPAN VALENTINE’s smart and funny<br />
dialogue is perfectly executed by the cast,<br />
marking a successful directorial debut<br />
for one-time stand-up comedian, Robin<br />
Lindsey. —J.B.H.<br />
Preceded by The Story of Bubbleboy<br />
Directed by Sean Ascroft, Australia, 7 minutes<br />
Producers~Robin Lindsey, George Vossos, Katherine Lee<br />
Screenplay~Robin Lindsey Cinematography~Tim Sidell<br />
Editing~Katherine Lee Music~Gavin Saunders<br />
Principal Cast~Mark Parsons, Jonathan Rhodes,<br />
Eli Silverman, Louise Dumayne Print Source~vagrant<br />
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About the Director~Robin Lindsey studied Drama and<br />
<strong>Film</strong> at the University of East Anglia and began his film<br />
career as an actor. After a stint working the “open mic”<br />
circuit, he turned to writing. <strong>Film</strong>ography~DEADPAN<br />
VALENTINE (2006)<br />
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
Dingo<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 1991<br />
109 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
9:45 PM I Code DING16<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Including a rare filmic appearance by<br />
Miles Davis just months before his death in<br />
1991, Rolf de Heer’s DINGO captures the<br />
undying passion and vigorous spontaneity<br />
of jazz. On a dusty afternoon in 1969, the<br />
unexpected landing of a jet plane disturbs<br />
the isolated Australian outback town<br />
of Poona Flat. Youngster John “Dingo”<br />
Anderson is among the droves of townspeople<br />
who gather at the airport to witness<br />
the dreamlike event. The plane holds celebrated<br />
jazz trumpeter Billy Cross (Davis),<br />
and he and his band impulsively decide to<br />
play for the onlookers. Before his plane<br />
departs again, Cross gives a few words of<br />
encouragement to Dingo, who is awestruck<br />
by the performance. Twenty years later,<br />
Dingo, still thinking of Cross, has become<br />
quite the talented trumpeter himself. Yet<br />
Dingo’s lack of money and his commitment<br />
to his wife and daughters have kept him<br />
from actively pursuing his aspirations of<br />
being a famous musician. As another birthday<br />
draws near, Dingo’s patience starts to<br />
run out. But does he have the courage to<br />
follow his dream? —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Rolf de Heer, Marc Rosenberg, Giorgio<br />
Draskovic, Marie Pascale Osterrieth Screenplay~Marc<br />
Rosenberg Cinematography~Denis Lenoir Editing~<br />
Suresh Ayyar Music~Michel Legrand, Miles Davis<br />
Principal Cast~Colin Friels, Miles Davis Print Source~<br />
Vertigo Productions<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refer to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.<br />
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East Side Story<br />
Directed by Carlos Portugal<br />
USA 2006<br />
88 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
2:15 PM I Code EAST23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
7:15 PM I Code EAST24<br />
Property is hot (in more ways than one) in<br />
EAST SIDE STORY. It’s the gay community<br />
that’s staking its claim against traditional<br />
Latinos in this territorial battle in East<br />
Los Angeles. As social tension escalates<br />
between the two groups, closeted Diego<br />
grapples with his own problems as a gay<br />
Latino. Nearly 30, Diego still lives at home<br />
with his traditional Mexican grandmother.<br />
Little does she know, Diego has been<br />
secretly seeing hunky realtor Pedro for<br />
the past year. When Diego asks Pedro to<br />
run away with him, Pedro abruptly refuses,<br />
denying his homosexuality. Days later,<br />
Pedro starts dating Diego’s overly flamboyant<br />
Aunt Bianca, who can’t seem to figure<br />
out why Pedro doesn’t want to have sex.<br />
When handsome, unbelievably nice, but<br />
also very attached Wesley moves in across<br />
the street, Diego’s life becomes even more<br />
complicated. (In English and Spanish with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B<br />
Producer~Nely Galan Screenplay~Carlos Portugal,<br />
Charo Toledo Cinematography~Neil De La Peña<br />
Editing~Albert Cantu, Mary Feuer Music~Steven Cahill<br />
Principal Cast~Rene Alvarado, David Beron, Steve<br />
Callahan, Gladise Jimenez, Irene Debar Print Source~<br />
Into Action <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Before his feature film debut as<br />
writer, director, and producer of EAST SIDE STORY,<br />
Carlos Portugal produced several television series.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~EAST SIDE STORY (2006)<br />
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Falkenberg Farewell<br />
(Farväl Falkenberg)<br />
Directed by Jesper Ganslandt<br />
SWEDEN 2006<br />
91 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
1:45 PM I Code FALK16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:45 PM I Code FALK18<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
9:30 AM I Code FALK19<br />
In Jesper Ganslandt’s loosely autobiographical<br />
FALKENBERG FAREWELL, five friends<br />
in their early twenties—aloof Jesper (played<br />
by Ganslandt), quiet John, mischievous<br />
Jorgen, loyal Holger, and introspective<br />
David—idle away their last summer<br />
together, anticipating the bittersweet<br />
end of their lackadaisical youth. The film<br />
follows the young men, who are played by<br />
non-professional actors, as they avoid<br />
mindless jobs to skinny-dip in the ocean,<br />
play soccer in the park, and break into<br />
homes. Yet these roguish activities are<br />
starting to lose their thrill, and even drugs<br />
don’t cure the boredom anymore. As they<br />
watch their parents get older and their<br />
peers move away, the friends nostalgically<br />
reflect on their idyllic past and apprehensively<br />
await their unknown future. Though<br />
change seems almost impossible for this<br />
group of slackers, by the end of the summer<br />
they are made to face adulthood. (In<br />
Swedish with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Anna Anthony Screenplay~Jesper Ganslandt,<br />
Fredrik Wenzel Cinematography~Fredrik Wenzel<br />
Editing~Jesper Ganslandt, Michal Leszczylowski<br />
Music~Erik Enocksson Principal Cast~Holger Eriksson,<br />
John Eriksson, Jörgen Sensson, David Jonsson, Jesper<br />
Ganslandt Print Source~Swedish <strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~A native of Falkenberg, first-time<br />
director/writer/actor Jesper Ganslandt is a self-taught<br />
filmmaker. <strong>Film</strong>ography~FALKENBERG FAREWELL<br />
(2006)<br />
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Fay Grim<br />
Directed by Hal Hartley<br />
USA 2006<br />
118 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
9:30 PM I Code FAYG17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
4:30 PM I Code FAYG18<br />
Indie king throughout the 90s, Hal Hartley<br />
brings his cool reserve to a post-9/11<br />
world in FAY GRIM, a sequel to his outstanding<br />
film, “Henry Fool.” Hartley assembles<br />
the original cast: James Urbaniak as<br />
Simon Grim, Thomas Jay Ryan as Henry<br />
Fool, and Parker Posey as Fay Grim. This is<br />
a dry comedy (dry as in a good martini)<br />
that spins into an international spy spoof<br />
as Fay tries to find her self-exiled husband,<br />
Henry Fool. The plot is sheer lunacy, the<br />
dialogue is silly, and smartly so, and those<br />
tilted camera angles keep things off-kilter.<br />
The “story” is that CIA agent Fulbright<br />
(Jeff Goldblum) lures Fay to Paris to<br />
recover either Henry, or Henry’s infamous<br />
“confessions”—sub-par prose that may be<br />
encrypted with a host of national security<br />
secrets. Turns out other world governments<br />
are after the “confessions,” and an atypical,<br />
extended chase ensues. —A.S.<br />
Producers~Jason Kilot, Joana Vicente, Martin Hagemann,<br />
Mike S. Ryan, Hal Hartley Screenplay~Hal Hartley<br />
Cinematography~Sarah Cawley Editing~Hal Hartley<br />
Music~Hal Hartley Principal Cast~Parker Posey, Jeff<br />
Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam<br />
Aiken, Thomas Jay Ryan Print Source~Magnolia <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Hal Hartley was born in 1959 in<br />
Islip, New York and studied film at State University of<br />
New York at Purchase. He worked on Laurie Anderson’s<br />
“Home of the Brave” before making his first feature,<br />
“The Unbelievable Truth.” He now lives in Berlin.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Unbelievable Truth” (1989), “Trust”<br />
(1990), “Simple Men” (1992), “Amateur” (1994),<br />
“Flirt” (1995), “Henry Fool” (1997), “The Book of Life”<br />
(1998), “No Such Thing” (2001), “The Girl From<br />
Monday” (2005), FAY GRIM (2006)<br />
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First Snow<br />
Directed by Mark Fergus<br />
USA 2006<br />
121 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
7:00 PM I Code FIRS16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
1:45 PM I Code FIRS17<br />
In the eerie opening scene of Mark Fergus’s<br />
FIRST SNOW, the camera winds through<br />
an unlit road at night. In voiceover, Jimmy<br />
Starks (Guy Pearce) asks: “A man makes<br />
his destiny, right?” Days earlier, slick salesman<br />
Jimmy grumbles when his car breaks<br />
down in the New Mexico desert. While<br />
waiting for the car to be serviced, Jimmy<br />
wanders to the rickety trailer of an old<br />
fortuneteller. After forking over ten bucks,<br />
Jimmy chuckles as the man holds his<br />
hands and talks of the “future”—he will<br />
lose a bet and land a profitable deal with<br />
someone in Dallas. But when the psychic<br />
abruptly ends the reading and returns his<br />
pay, Jimmy leaves only slightly unnerved.<br />
In the following days, he thinks little of<br />
the incident until both of the predictions<br />
come true. Are these events just a string<br />
of coincidences, or is Jimmy fulfilling the<br />
prophecy? And why did the man return<br />
his money? Frightened, Jimmy seeks out<br />
the fortuneteller for more answers, but the<br />
old man cannot see anything beyond the<br />
first snow. As the temperature begins to<br />
drop, Jimmy becomes overwhelmed with<br />
fear—if you know your future, can you<br />
change it? —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Tom Lassally, Robyn<br />
Meisinger, Robyn Meisinger Screenplay~Mark Fergus,<br />
Hawk Ostby Cinematography~Eric Alan Edwards<br />
Editing~Jay Lash Cassidy Music~Cliff Martinez<br />
Principal Cast~Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William<br />
Fichtner, J.K. Simmons, Shea Whigham, Rick Gonzalez<br />
Print Source~Yari <strong>Film</strong> Group<br />
About the Director~FIRST SNOW is the directorial<br />
debut of renowned screenwriter Mark Fergus. With<br />
writing partner Hawk Ostby, whom he met at Boston<br />
University, Fergus has written 12 scripts, including the<br />
Academy Award-nominated screenplay “Children of Men”<br />
(2006). <strong>Film</strong>ography~FIRST SNOW (2006)
40 FILMS A – Z [F – G] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
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Flannel Pajamas<br />
Directed by Jeff Lipsky<br />
USA 2006<br />
124 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
6:45 PM I Code FLAN24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
2:15 PM I Code FLAN25<br />
Brought together on a blind date set up<br />
by their therapist, a New York City couple<br />
embarks on a whirlwind romance. Nicole,<br />
a Catholic girl from Montana, comes from a<br />
large family with a history of alcoholism<br />
and abuse. Unable to hold down a job and<br />
with apparent abandonment issues, she is<br />
clearly seeking someone to take care of her.<br />
Luckily, Stuart is both successful and generous.<br />
Handsome and gregarious at first<br />
glance, Stuart also turns out to be skillfully<br />
manipulative and highly jealous. Following<br />
the couple from first date to marital crisis,<br />
the film relies heavily on dialogue to depict<br />
the sheer weight of the emotional baggage<br />
brought into the marriage. Dealing with<br />
serious issues from familial suicide to pregnancy,<br />
FLANNEL PAJAMAS handles love<br />
and neurosis with equal time, filling the<br />
screen with moments both tender and<br />
gauche. Director Jeff Lipsky’s second film<br />
is a probing examination of the choices and<br />
consequences that make and break even<br />
the most in-love and well-intentioned of<br />
couples. —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Jonathan Gray, Brian Devine, Jason Orans<br />
Screenplay~Jeff Lipsky Cinematography~Martina<br />
Radwan Editing~Sara Corrigan Music~Paul Hsu<br />
Principal Cast~Julianne Nicholson, Justin Kirk, Rebecca<br />
Scholl, Jamie Harrold, Chelsea Altman, Michelle Federer<br />
Print Source~Gigantic Pictures<br />
About the Director~Jeff Lipsky has worked in independent<br />
film distribution for nearly 30 years and is cofounder<br />
of two distribution companies, October <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
and Lot 47 <strong>Film</strong>s. FLANNEL PAJAMAS is his second<br />
feature film. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Childhood’s End” (1997),<br />
FLANNEL PAJAMAS (2006)<br />
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DOCUMENTARIES<br />
Forgiving Dr. Mengele<br />
Directed by Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh<br />
USA 2006<br />
82 minutes<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong> Forum<br />
4:30 PM I Code FORG18<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
7:15 PM I Code FORG19<br />
Eva Mozes Kor is possibly the most perseverant<br />
human being on earth. An Auschwitz<br />
survivor, she and her twin sister Miriam<br />
were subjected as children to the infamous<br />
Nazi torturer Dr. Josef Mengele’s pseudoscientific<br />
death camp “experiments.” Eva<br />
Kor has spent her life since 1945 coming<br />
to terms with her past. But, unlike most<br />
Holocaust survivors, she has decided to<br />
forgive her tormentors. FORGIVING DR.<br />
MENGELE follows Eva’s remarkable journey<br />
as she works to help people build bridges<br />
toward peace. Even as she describes the<br />
injections that made her desperately ill<br />
and eventually killed Miriam, even as the<br />
Holocaust museum she founded is firebombed,<br />
Eva stays resolute. The only way<br />
for her to regain the power of her humanity,<br />
rather than remaining an eternal victim, is<br />
to forgive the Nazis—even Dr. Mengele. (In<br />
English, Hebrew and Arabic with English<br />
subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Preceded by Distant Memory<br />
Directed by Michael Schafer, Germany,<br />
11 minutes<br />
Producers~Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh Cinematography~<br />
Keith Walker Editing~David E. Simpson Music~Mark<br />
Bandy Print Source~Media Process Group<br />
About the Directors~Bob Hercules is an independent<br />
filmmaker and co-owner of Media Process Group. Cheri<br />
Pugh is a graduate of Northwestern University with a<br />
degree in modern European history. She has done extensive<br />
research on the Third Reich, World War II, and the<br />
Holocaust. <strong>Film</strong>ography~FORGIVING DR. MENGELE<br />
(2006)<br />
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Fraulein<br />
Directed by Andrea Staka<br />
SWITZERLAND, GERMANY 2006<br />
81 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
7:30 PM I Code FRAU20<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
12:00 Noon I Code FRAU23<br />
A close-up of a wrist branded by an overlysnug<br />
wristwatch tells us that Serbian Ruzˇa<br />
runs her life in Switzerland by a tight<br />
clock. The manager of a canteen, she has<br />
few friends among her regular customers<br />
and submissive staff. They are not there to<br />
chat; they are there to work. Ruzˇa’s devoted<br />
but clumsy employee is Mila, who saves<br />
each paycheck to return to her native<br />
Croatia. A simple accident introduces these<br />
two fifty-somethings to young, whimsical<br />
Ana whose joie de vivre reinvigorates the<br />
canteen. But Ana, a Bosnian still coping<br />
with the repercussions of the war, has her<br />
own problems. As these unique women<br />
from three different sections of the former<br />
Yugoslavia develop an unlikely friendship,<br />
each is forced to move beyond her haunting<br />
past and embrace the possibilities of<br />
her future. With FRAULEIN—an intimate<br />
story of improbable relationships and<br />
personal growth—filmmaker Andrea Staka<br />
adeptly explores issues of war, nationality,<br />
and displacement. (In German, Bosnian,<br />
Serbian and Croatian with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Susann Rüdlinger, Samir Screenplay~<br />
Andrea Staka Cinematography~Igor Martinovic<br />
Editing~Gion-Reto Killias Music~Peter von Siebenthal,<br />
Till Wyler, Daniel Jakob Principal Cast~Mirjana<br />
Karanovic, Marija Skaricic, Ljubica Jovic Print Source~<br />
Media Luna Entertainment<br />
About the Director~Of Bosnian and Croatian descent,<br />
Andrea Staka was born in Switzerland in 1973. After<br />
graduating with an MFA in film from the School of<br />
Visual Arts in Zurich, she directed the short film “Hotel<br />
Belgrad” and the documentary “Yugodivas.”<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~FRAULEIN (2006)
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Fresh Air<br />
(Friss Levegö)<br />
Directed by Ágnes Kocsis<br />
HUNGARY 2006<br />
109 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
4:15 PM I Code FRES16<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:30 AM I Code FRES20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
4:30 PM I Code FRES22<br />
A favorite at the Critics’ Week of the<br />
Cannes film festival, FRESH AIR is a visually<br />
brilliant debut by Hungarian director<br />
Agnes Kocsis. The film tells the story of a<br />
mother and daughter who live together, but<br />
whose relationship has somehow so soured<br />
that they hardly speak. Viola works as a<br />
lavatory attendant in a subway. Teen-aged<br />
Angela is in school learning to be a fashion<br />
designer. She longs for beauty, for Italy or<br />
someplace where her talent might be recognized,<br />
but instead she slogs through life<br />
in drab post-Communist Budapest.<br />
Embarrassed and disgusted by her mother’s<br />
job, she rushes to open all the apartment<br />
windows every time Viola returns from her<br />
smelly, subterranean place of work. The<br />
women’s loneliness is confounded by the<br />
fact that they’re incapable of sustaining<br />
relationships, either with men or with each<br />
other. When a dramatic event finally jars<br />
them out of their numb existence, it looks<br />
as though they might begin to inch toward<br />
a sort of mutual understanding. (In<br />
Hungarian with English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producer~Ferenc Pusztai Screenplay~Ágnes Kocsis,<br />
Andrea Roberti Cinematography~Ádám Fillenz Editing~<br />
Tamás Kollányi Music~Bálint Kovács Principal Cast~<br />
Izabella Hegyi, Júli Nyakó, Anita Turóczi, Zoltán Kiss,<br />
Henriette Ámon, Péter Bereczky Print Source~Magyar<br />
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About the Director~Born in 1971 in Budapest, Agnes<br />
Kocsis is studying directing at the Academy of <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
Drama of Budapest. FRESH AIR, her first feature film,<br />
won the prize for best debut director in Budapest.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~FRESH AIR (2006)<br />
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Frozen City<br />
(Valkoinen Kaupunki)<br />
Directed by Aku Louhimies<br />
FINLAND 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
2:15 PM I Code FROZ16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:45 PM I Code FROZ18<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
12:00 Noon I Code FROZ20<br />
Aku Louhimies evokes Martin Scorsese’s<br />
“Taxi Driver” with Helsinki style in his latest<br />
film FROZEN CITY. Cabbie Veli-Matti<br />
has been in a rut recently. His customers<br />
are typically grumpy, they never tip well,<br />
and his wife inexplicably left him. Caring<br />
for his three small children alone, he<br />
privately pleads for a chance to start anew.<br />
But when his wife shows up again, she<br />
asks for a divorce, kicks him out, and takes<br />
the kids. Veli-Matti loses all hope and<br />
moves into a grubby apartment, where his<br />
neighbors complain that he is a disgrace<br />
to the building. After a night of excessive<br />
drinking, he wakes up to discover his<br />
neighbor is dead and he is being convicted<br />
of manslaughter. But Veli-Matti cannot<br />
remember anything from the previous night.<br />
In this edgy portrayal of one man’s tragic<br />
demise, Louhimies encouraged his actors to<br />
improvise, bringing authentic, exceptional<br />
performances to this poignant film. (In<br />
Finnish with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by True Colors<br />
Directed by Barney Eliott, United Kingdom,<br />
11 minutes<br />
Producer~Markus Selin Screenplay~Paavo Westerberg,<br />
Mikko Kouki Cinematography~Rauno Ronkainen<br />
Editing~Samu Heikkilä Principal Cast~Janne Virtanen,<br />
Susanna Anteroinen, Aada Hämes, Santtu Nuutinen, Viivi<br />
Hämes Print Source~The Finnish <strong>Film</strong> Foundation<br />
About the Director~Helsinki-born Aku Louhimies studied<br />
at the University of Helsinki and the University of Art<br />
and Design Helsinki. After working on several short films<br />
and documentaries, he directed his first feature film in<br />
2000. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Restless” (2000), “Lovers and<br />
Leavers” (2002), “Frozen Land” (2005), FROZEN CITY<br />
(2006)<br />
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Glastonbury<br />
Directed by Julien Temple<br />
UNITED KINGDOM 2006<br />
135 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
11:30 AM I Code GLAS22<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
9:15 PM I Code GLAS23<br />
GLASTONBURY: the legendary burial site<br />
of King Arthur, the mystical resting place<br />
of the Holy Grail, and home to the world’s<br />
longest running outdoor music festival.<br />
This mesmerizing documentary brings to<br />
the screen the beating, thumping, rocking<br />
dreamchild of Michael Evans, a young<br />
farmer who in 1970 opened his farm to<br />
1,500 people to see a handful of pop and<br />
folk musicians all for the price of one<br />
pound. Today over 150,000 music fans<br />
converge to see acts ranging from The<br />
Bravery to Björk, Morrissey to Radiohead,<br />
New Order to Coldplay. This documentary<br />
project began in 2002 when the<br />
Glastonbury <strong>Festival</strong> was in trouble. Farmer<br />
Evans asked director Julien Temple to<br />
assist in creating a visual history of the<br />
festival in case of its demise. Luckily for<br />
Evans and music lovers from around the<br />
world, the festival survived and is now as<br />
strong and as popular as ever. This film truly<br />
stands in as the festival’s unofficial guide<br />
to its past, present, and future. —W.F.G.<br />
Producer~Robert Richards Editing~Julien Temple<br />
Featuring~David Bowie, Coldplay, Radiohead, Oasis,<br />
Chemical Brothers, Velvet Underground, Primal Scream,<br />
The Cure, The Bravery, Björk, New Order Print Source~<br />
THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Julien Temple was born in 1953 in<br />
London. He has directed numerous features, documentaries,<br />
short films, and music videos. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle” (1980), “Absolute<br />
Beginners” (1986), “Bullet” (1996), “Vigo” (1998),<br />
“The Filth and the Fury” (2000), GLASTONBURY (2006)<br />
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Glue<br />
(Glue—una historia adolecente en<br />
el Mediode la nada)<br />
Directed by Alexis Dos Santos<br />
ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM 2006<br />
100 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
10:00 PM I Code GLUE16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
4:45 PM I Code GLUE18<br />
Expect a refreshingly realistic dose of<br />
adolescent angst when sniffing Alexis Dos<br />
Santos’s first feature film, GLUE. Patagonia<br />
provides little amusement for the burgeoning<br />
youth in the area and 15-year-old<br />
Lucas is bored. Like most teenage boys,<br />
he spends the majority of his time thinking<br />
about sex, and the rest of his time talking<br />
about it. Best friend Nacho, who annoyingly<br />
has more chest hair than Lucas, is almost<br />
always at his side. When the boys meet<br />
homely Andrea, who is almost as obsessed<br />
with sex as they are, the three develop an<br />
immediate friendship. As they self-indulgently<br />
ponder the deeper meaning of life,<br />
they entangle themselves (and their<br />
tongues) in a steamy mess of sexual experimentation.<br />
Relying mostly on improvisation,<br />
Dos Santos draws moving and genuine<br />
performances out of the teenage leads in<br />
this sexually frustrated coming-of-age<br />
drama. (In Spanish with English subtitles)<br />
—E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Alexis Dos Santos, Soledad Gatti-Pascual<br />
Screenplay~Alexis Dos Santos Cinematography~<br />
Natasha Braier Editing~Alexis Dos Santos, Ida<br />
Bregninge, Leonardo Brzezicki Principal Cast~<br />
Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Ines Efron,<br />
Veronica Llinas, Hector Diaz, Florencia Braier<br />
Print Source~Picture This! Entertainment<br />
About the Director~Born in Buenos Aires, Alexis Dos<br />
Santos moved to Patagonia with his family at the age<br />
of eight. Before exploring the medium of film, Dos<br />
Santos worked in theater and television. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
GLUE (2006)<br />
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Going Private<br />
(Nachbeben)<br />
Directed by Stina Werenfels<br />
SWITZERLAND 2006<br />
96 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
2:00 PM I Code GOIN16<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
9:45 PM I Code GOIN19<br />
The life of an investment banker is all<br />
about keeping up appearances, and H.P.<br />
Ammann appears to have it all: a high<br />
profile job, a swanky house on Lake Zurich,<br />
a beautiful wife named Karin, and a sexy<br />
Danish au-pair named Birthe. In Stina<br />
Werenfels’ GOING PRIVATE, appearances<br />
are best when they are deceiving. No one<br />
knows that since the recent death of his<br />
business partner Lollo, H.P. has been<br />
suffering severe financial losses and his<br />
marriage hasn’t been faring much better.<br />
On a steamy summer afternoon, H.P. prepares<br />
for a garden party with boss Philip<br />
and his wife Sue. Planning to mix business<br />
with pleasure, H.P. is eager to pitch a<br />
“surefire” nanotechnology deal that will<br />
salvage his career. But H.P.’s enthusiasm<br />
for the evening quickly dwindles upon the<br />
arrival of an unexpected guest: Philip’s hot<br />
young protégé Gutzler, cruising in late by<br />
motorcycle, and posing a threat to H.P.’s<br />
career and his marriage. As the guests gulp<br />
down drinks in the setting summer sun, it’s<br />
clear that H.P.’s tragic secrets won’t be private<br />
for much longer. (In German with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by Fourteen<br />
Directed by Nicole Barnette, USA, 7 minutes<br />
Producers~Karin Kock, Samir Screenplay~Petra<br />
Lüschow, Stina Werenfels Editing~Isabel Meier<br />
Music~Winfried Grabe Principal Cast~Michael<br />
Neuenschwander, Susanne-Marie Wrage, Bettina Stucky,<br />
Georg Scharegg Print Source~ Media Luna<br />
Entertainment<br />
About the Director~Born in Basel, Switzerland, Stina<br />
Werefels studied pharmacology in Zurich before attending<br />
film school at New York University. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
GOING PRIVATE (2006)<br />
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A Grave-Keeper’s Tale<br />
(Maati Maay)<br />
Directed by Chitra Palekar<br />
INDIA 2006<br />
98 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
9:45 PM I Code GRAV17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
11:30 AM I Code GRAV18<br />
In remote India in the 1950s, villagers<br />
pay hefty sums to protect their children<br />
from the Ghoul. Adults and children alike<br />
fear her evil eye as she stumbles around,<br />
her hair dirty and tangled and her clothes<br />
filthy. They say that one of her glances<br />
could kill a child. The older generations<br />
encourage such beliefs, while school<br />
instructors teach children about the Earth’s<br />
orbit around the Sun and equality among<br />
all Indians—foreign concepts to adults in<br />
this secluded community. Caught in this<br />
space between the old and the new is<br />
young Bhagirath, who questions his father<br />
Narsu about the nature of Ghouls after a<br />
close encounter with the enigmatic woman.<br />
At first, Narsu merely tells him not to be<br />
afraid of her. But after Bhagirath’s intelligence<br />
earns praise from a government<br />
official, Narsu decides to explain to his son<br />
the history of this shunned woman, who<br />
was once a beautiful grave-keeper. Director<br />
Chitra Palekar invites us to experience rural<br />
Indian culture as she eloquently relates A<br />
GRAVE-KEEPER’S TALE. (In Marathi with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Chitra Palekar Screenplay~Chitra Palekar<br />
(based on the short story “Baayen” by Mahasweta Devi)<br />
Cinematography~Debu Deodhar Editing~Hemanti<br />
Sarkar Music~Bhaskar Chandavarkar Principal Cast~<br />
Nandita Das, Atul Kulkarni, Kshitij Gavande<br />
Print Source~Dnya <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~A GRAVE-KEEPER’S TALE is the<br />
first feature film of Chitra Palekar, who was born in<br />
Dharwar, India. Before becoming a filmmaker, she<br />
studied economics in Mumbai. <strong>Film</strong>ography~A GRAVE-<br />
KEEPER’S TALE (2006)
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The Gymnast<br />
Directed by Ned Farr<br />
USA 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:45 PM I Code GYMN20<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
2:15 PM I Code GYMN21<br />
Forty-three is ancient for a gymnast, and<br />
Jane Hawkins, whose fall off the balance<br />
beam blew her Olympic Gold, believes<br />
she’s a “withered husk.” Caught in a failing<br />
marriage, with the heartache of never<br />
having a baby, Jane does what she can to<br />
keep her body in shape. But she is dead<br />
inside— until she begins to train as an<br />
aerialist a la Cirque du Soleil. There she<br />
meets Serena, a gorgeous, enigmatic<br />
Korean dancer. Writer/director Ned Farr<br />
has created an unusual narrative whose<br />
themes symbolically play themselves out in<br />
the sensuous folds of fabric the aerialists<br />
work with. A love story, a coming-out tale,<br />
a mid-life crisis, and a portrayal of personal<br />
redemption, THE GYMNAST is all the<br />
more intriguing because lead actress<br />
Dreya Weber (“Lovely and Amazing”) does<br />
all her own aerial work and choreography.<br />
The sparce script spares us any trite drama<br />
of confronting the parents or ending a<br />
marriage. The aerial scenes, full of sexy<br />
positions amid feats of strength, beautifully<br />
portray the film’s emotions. —A.S.<br />
Producers~Dreya Weber, Michael Carp Screenplay~<br />
Ned Farr Cinematography~Marco Fargnoli Editing~<br />
Ned Farr Music~Craig Richey Principal Cast~Dreya<br />
Weber, Addie Yungmee, David De Simone Print Source~<br />
Fearless Angel Productions<br />
About the Director~A graduate of the film school at<br />
SUNY Purchase, Ned Farr has been involved in production<br />
for over 17 years. Farr’s short film “How to Ace an<br />
Intervention” screened in the 29th CIFF. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
THE GYMNAST (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
with the generous support of<br />
CONNIE SARVAY.<br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
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PAN-AFRICAN IMAGES<br />
Have You Heard from<br />
Johannesburg?<br />
Directed by Connie Field<br />
USA, SOUTH AFRICA 2006<br />
89 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
12:00 Noon I Code HAVE19<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
4:15 PM I Code HAVE21<br />
Subtitled “Apartheid and the Club of<br />
the West,” HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG? is the fourth in a series<br />
on the anti-Apartheid struggle in South<br />
Africa. The film is a mix of archival footage<br />
of unrest in the Soweto and Sharpeville<br />
townships in the 1980s and interviews with<br />
early anti-Apartheid activists, including<br />
Desmond Tutu. This memorable documentary<br />
“stars” Ronald Reagan as the “Club of<br />
the West,” the extremely vocal hold-out in<br />
ordering sanctions on the racist South<br />
African government. Front and center are<br />
African-Americans, primarily TransAfrica, a<br />
lobbying group created by the Congressional<br />
Black Caucus whose dedication to ending<br />
Apartheid ultimately changed governmental<br />
policy—and the lives of many black South<br />
Africans. This is a pertinent reminder that<br />
the anti-Apartheid movement spanned<br />
50 years (a stunning piece of history) and<br />
involved most of the world. —A.S.<br />
Producer~Connie Field Cinematography~Tom<br />
Hurwitz Editing~Gregory Scharpen, Jeffrey Stephens<br />
Print Source~Clarity <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Connie Field created the nonprofit<br />
filmmaking entity Clarity <strong>Film</strong>s in 1979 and has<br />
produced “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter,”<br />
and the 1994 documentary “Freedom on My Mind,”<br />
which was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG? (2006)<br />
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Hero Tomorrow<br />
Directed by Ted Sikora<br />
USA 2006<br />
93 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
Midnight I Code HERT16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
11:45 AM I Code HERT18<br />
OK, here’s a movie premise you haven’t<br />
heard before: “David, a struggling comic<br />
book creator from <strong>Cleveland</strong>, spends his<br />
days cutting grass and his nights smoking<br />
it while desperately trying to keep<br />
his superhero fantasies alive.” HERO<br />
TOMORROW is a tragically hip look at the<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> comic scene as viewed through<br />
the lens of local indie filmmaker Ted<br />
Sikora. David is a young man with Rasta<br />
dreadlocks and nothing on his mind but<br />
Apama, his comic book creation. Unable to<br />
sell his stuff, David has to resort to mowing<br />
lawns. His relationship with gothically fashionable<br />
Robyn, an aspiring designer with a<br />
real job—working at the comic store—is<br />
on the skids. David reaches his darkest<br />
hour when his friend Greg (off whom he’s<br />
been sponging for a while) kicks him out.<br />
It’s then that his character Apama takes<br />
over, avenging the helpless and weak of<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong>’s suburban jungles. Great Lakes<br />
Brewery beer and City Buddha feature<br />
prominently in this bizarrely adventurous<br />
slacker saga, but we’re willing to bet they<br />
didn’t pay for it. Sikora and friends have<br />
kept their production values appealingly<br />
low. —B.B.<br />
Producers~Ted Sikora, Milo Miller Screenplay~Milo<br />
Miller, Ted Sikora Cinematography~Ted Sikora Editing~<br />
Ted Sikora Music~Ted Sikora Principal Cast~Perren<br />
Hedderson, Jocelyn Wrzosek, Bryan Jalovec, Ray<br />
McNiece, Pat Milo, Shelley Delaney Print Source~<br />
Swinging Cane Productions<br />
About the Director~Ted Sikora is a former aspiring comic<br />
book artist who has shot and edited numerous works for<br />
hire in the realms of music, fashion, commercials, and<br />
short films. He is a video editor as well as a composer.<br />
He hasn’t missed an issue of Amazing Spider-Man<br />
since 1975. <strong>Film</strong>ography~HERO TOMORROW (2006)
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MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
PAN-AFRICAN IMAGES<br />
The Hip Hop Project<br />
Directed by Matt Ruskin<br />
USA 2006<br />
88 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
7:00 PM I Code HIPH24<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Executive producers Bruce Willis and<br />
Queen Latifah present this documentary<br />
about New York teenagers on the edge.<br />
These kids are dropping out of high school,<br />
living on the streets, or just out of prison.<br />
But they find their salvation through music.<br />
Hip hop is a second language to them, and<br />
its messages of empowerment fuel their<br />
passion. This passion is channeled by Art<br />
Start, a non-profit organization that enables<br />
at-risk kids to come together and work with<br />
professionals in the music industry to produce<br />
a hip hop album. Proceeds from sales<br />
go to a special scholarship fund for the<br />
students. The project was started at a<br />
New York high school in 1999 by Chris<br />
“Kazi” Rolle, a formerly homeless teen. He<br />
designed the program to give young people<br />
confidence in (and knowledge about) themselves<br />
that will carry over into their futures.<br />
THE HIP HOP PROJECT follows the stories<br />
of a group of teens as they embark on a<br />
new journey, transforming their angry lives<br />
into healing art. —B.B.<br />
Producer~Scott K. Rosenberg Cinematography~Ari<br />
Issler, Matt Ruskin Editing~Matt Ruskin Print Source~<br />
THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Matt Ruskin studied film production<br />
at New York University and graduated from there in<br />
2002. He worked with his mentor Darren Aronofsky<br />
during the production of “Requiem for a Dream.” Matt<br />
produced and directed “The Glen of the Downs,” an<br />
award-winning film about the first international environmental<br />
protest in Ireland. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Glen of<br />
the Downs” (2001), THE HIP HOP PROJECT (2006)<br />
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Invisible Waves<br />
(Kam-Pipaksa Khong Mahasamut)<br />
Directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang<br />
NETHERLANDS, THAILAND 2006<br />
115 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
11:45 AM I Code INVS21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:45 PM I Code INVS22<br />
Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s (Someone<br />
to Watch, 28th CIFF) INVISIBLE WAVES<br />
is the much anticipated follow-up to “Last<br />
Life in the Universe.” Ratanaruang sets<br />
his new thriller in three different locations<br />
—Macau, Hong Kong, and Thailand—each<br />
a foreign environment for the main characters.<br />
While the story freely moves among<br />
these unfamiliar locales, Ratanaruang<br />
explores the claustrophobic stagnation of<br />
guilt. In Macau, sous-chef Kyoji is having<br />
an affair with his boss’s wife. When the<br />
wealthy boss finds out, he pays Kyoji to<br />
dispose of the adulteress and leave town<br />
forever. In a desperate act to save his life,<br />
Kyoji poisons his lover. He then boards a<br />
ship from Hong Kong to Thailand, leaving<br />
behind his former life. But doing so isn’t<br />
that easy. On this solitary journey to an<br />
uncertain future, Kyoji’s horrific crime<br />
begins to haunt him, and a series of unexplainable<br />
events follows. With this eerie,<br />
gripping, and innovative film, Ratanaruang<br />
proves that he is still “Someone to Watch.”<br />
(In Japanese, Thai, and English with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Michael J. Werner, Wouter Barendrecht<br />
Screenplay~Prabda Yoon Cinematography~Christopher<br />
Doyle Editing~Patmanadda Yukol Music~Hualampong<br />
Riddim Principal Cast~Tadanobu Asano, Eric Tsang,<br />
Gang Hye Jung, Mitsuishi Ken, Maria Cordero, Toon<br />
Hiranyasup Print Source~Palm Pictures<br />
About the Director~Born in Bangkok, Pen-ek<br />
Ratanaruang moved to New York to study art at the<br />
Pratt Institute. Upon his return to Thailand, he began<br />
an award-winning career as an advertising director. In<br />
1997, he released his first film “Fun Bar Karaoke.”<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Fun Bar Karaoke” (1997), “6ixtynin9”<br />
(1999), “A Transistor Love Story” (2001), “Last Life in<br />
the Universe” (2003), INVISIBLE WAVES (2006)<br />
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It Does Not Hurt<br />
(Mne Ne Bolno)<br />
Directed by Alexey Balabanov<br />
RUSSIA 2006<br />
100 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
9:30 AM I Code DOES19<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:30 PM I Code DOES22<br />
Tata, with youthful beauty and an air of<br />
mystery, is the first client of a new interior<br />
design firm. Consisting of three young<br />
Russian designers, the firm’s intention is to<br />
make a fortune renovating the apartments<br />
of St. Petersburg’s wealthy. Tata turns<br />
out to be as broke as the designers, and<br />
although unable to hire them, she begins<br />
a love affair with one of them—the quickwitted<br />
Misha. As the business takes off,<br />
Misha is distracted by his lover, who turns<br />
out to be a kept woman. And Tata’s older,<br />
wealthy “benefactor” is the least of her<br />
secrets. A <strong>master</strong> of post-Soviet cinema,<br />
renowned director Balabanov (Someone to<br />
Watch, 27th CIFF) carefully develops the<br />
charming and suspenseful IT DOES NOT<br />
HURT. The city of St. Petersburg, with its<br />
stunning Neva River, is featured prominently<br />
in the film, providing the perfect backdrop<br />
for a modern Russian tale of love and<br />
youth. (In Russian with English subtitles)<br />
—J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Sergey Selyanov Screenplay~Valery<br />
Mnatsakanov Cinematography~Sergeu Astakhov<br />
Editing~Tatyana Kuzmichova Music~Vadim Samoylov<br />
Principal Cast~Renata Litvinova, Alexander Yatsenko,<br />
Dmitry Dyuzhev, Nikita Mikhalkov Print Source~<br />
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About the Director~Born in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union<br />
in 1959, Alexey Balabanov is a leading figure in Russian<br />
film. His made his feature length directorial debut in<br />
1989 and went on to win a variety of awards and much<br />
acclaim for his work. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Yegor and Nastya”<br />
(1989), “From the History of Aerostatics in Russia”<br />
(1990), “Happy Days” (1991), “The Castle” (1994),<br />
“Brother” (1997), “Of Freaks and Men” (1998),<br />
“Brother 2” (2000), “War” (2002), “Blind Man’s Bluff”<br />
(2005), IT DOES NOT HURT (2006)
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Itty Bitty Titty Committee<br />
Directed by Jamie Babbitt<br />
USA 2007<br />
93 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
7:15 PM I Code ITTY17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
11:45 AM I Code ITTY18<br />
Meet Anna. What she lacks in chest size,<br />
she makes up for in problems. Her cheating<br />
girlfriend just dumped her. She didn’t<br />
get into college. Her family is consumed<br />
with her sister’s wedding. And, to make<br />
matters worse, she works at the West<br />
Beverly Plastic Surgery Clinic, where big<br />
boobs abound. With her self-esteem the<br />
size of, well, her chest, Anna meets Sadie,<br />
the hot leader of the feminist group CIA<br />
(too radical to spell out here). Sadie<br />
encourages Anna to “change her mind, not<br />
her body,” and the once apolitical Anna<br />
soon becomes embroiled in Sadie’s covert<br />
mission to eliminate phallo-centric imagery<br />
and male fantasies of women. Involved in<br />
these antics and a recipient of Sadie’s<br />
flirtatious ways, Anna feels alive for the<br />
first time. But how long can this happiness<br />
last? ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE is<br />
the hilarious story of Anna’s eye-opening<br />
journey. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Stacy Codikow, Andrea Sperling, Lisa<br />
Thrasher Screenplay~Tina Mabry, Abigail Shafran<br />
Cinematography~Christine A. Maier Editing~Jane<br />
Abramowitz Music~Radio Sloan Principal Cast~<br />
Melonie Diaz, Nicole Vicius, Melanie Mayron, Carly Pope,<br />
Daniela Sea, Guinevere Turner, Jenny Shimizu, Deak<br />
Evgenikos, Lauren Mollica, Jimmi Simpson, Leslie<br />
Grossman Print Source~POWER UP<br />
About the Director~<strong>Cleveland</strong>er Jamie Babbit attended<br />
Barnard College of Columbia University. Her debut film<br />
“But I’m a Cheerleader” won her international acclaim<br />
and made her one of Variety’s “10 <strong>Film</strong>makers to Watch.”<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“But I’m a Cheerleader” (1999), “The<br />
Quiet” (2005), ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE (2007)<br />
This film is presented in<br />
loving memory of NIKKI BABBIT,<br />
a film lover and CIFF supporter<br />
for many years.<br />
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Kontakt<br />
Directed by Sergej Stanojkovski<br />
GERMANY, MACEDONIA 2006<br />
95 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
7:15 PM I Code KONT19<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
4:45 PM I Code KONT21<br />
Following the Balkan wars, prisons and<br />
mental hospitals had become safe havens<br />
for war criminals. But because of the overflow<br />
of people, there isn’t enough room<br />
anymore for delinquent Yanko or mentally<br />
unstable Zˇana. Mutual relative Novak, in<br />
need of some favors from the government,<br />
relieves the Macedonian institutions of<br />
these two unwanted inhabitants. To keep<br />
Yanko out of trouble, Novak employs him to<br />
renovate Zˇana’s devastated villa. The two<br />
form an unlikely pair: gruff Yanko has spent<br />
his entire life in and out of prisons and<br />
whorehouses, and timid and introspective<br />
Zˇana has said little since she walked in on<br />
her husband sleeping with another woman.<br />
Despite Yanko’s reluctance, they soon<br />
become friends, and Zˇana begins to talk,<br />
laugh, and eat for the first time in years.<br />
Pleased with Zˇana’s speedy recovery, Novak<br />
(employed by Zˇana’s parents) gives Yanko<br />
more money to continue the friendship. But<br />
when their relationship becomes too close,<br />
Zˇana’s parents will do anything to stop it.<br />
In this politically charged comedy, Sergej<br />
Stanojkovski’s KONTAKT reaffirms the<br />
possibility for love in a war-torn country. (In<br />
Macedonian with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Marcelo Busse, Markus Halberschmidt<br />
Screenplay~Gordan Mihic, Sergej Stanojkovski<br />
Cinematography~Tomislav Pinter Editing~Andrea<br />
Pugner Principal Cast~Nikola Kojo, Labina Mitevska,<br />
Petar Mircevski, Vesna Petrshevska, Gjuner Ismael, Ferus<br />
Mustafus Print Source~EastWest <strong>Film</strong> Distribution<br />
About the Director~German-born Sergej Stanojkovski<br />
produced several short films and documentaries, before<br />
releasing his first feature film, KONTAKT. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
KONTAKT (2006)<br />
NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ<br />
DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION<br />
MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
Kurt Cobain About A Son<br />
Directed by AJ Schnack<br />
USA 2006<br />
96 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
7:00 PM I Code KURT23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
4:45 PM I Code KURT24<br />
The year before Kurt Cobain committed<br />
suicide, music journalist Michael Azerrad,<br />
working on his book “Come As You Are:<br />
The Story of Nirvana,” recorded over 25<br />
hours of audiotaped interviews with the<br />
legendary rock musician. These previously<br />
unheard tapes coupled with images of<br />
Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle—the three<br />
Washington cities influential to Cobain’s<br />
career—are the basis for KURT COBAIN<br />
ABOUT A SON. Cobain intimately discusses<br />
his childhood, his depression, his drug<br />
problem, his issues with the media, and<br />
his wife Courtney Love. His reflections<br />
are candid, droll, and oftentimes pained<br />
with anger. The eclectic soundtrack features<br />
music from over 20 of Cobain’s<br />
influences. Cobain, who hoped to “change<br />
people’s way of thinking about celebrities,”<br />
does so by defying his own enigmatic<br />
image and painting a sincere, tangible<br />
self-portrait. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Shirley Moyers, Noah Khoshbin, Chris Green<br />
Cinematography~Wyatt Troll Editing~AJ Schnack<br />
Music~Steve Fisk, Benjamin Gibbard Print Source~<br />
Sidetrack <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Born in Edwardsville, Illinois, AJ<br />
Schnack released his first rock documentary about They<br />
Might Be Giants, entitled “Gigantic (A Tale of Two<br />
Johns),” in 2002. He has directed several music videos<br />
and short films. KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON is his<br />
second feature-length documentary. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)” (2002), KURT COBAIN<br />
ABOUT A SON (2006)<br />
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DOCUMENTARIES, MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
Liquid Vinyl<br />
Directed by Taylor Neary<br />
USA 2005<br />
84 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
9:45 PM I Code LIQU16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
4:45 PM I Code LIQU17<br />
Somewhere in the world, at any given<br />
moment, thousands of bodies are moving<br />
together to a single melodic beat. Driving<br />
that beat, in each case, is a DJ. The most<br />
important figure in the dance-music culture,<br />
the DJ has developed from “a guy in<br />
a booth” to “the Superstar DJ.” Even with<br />
rock star status, DJs and the music they<br />
transform have retained their sub-culture<br />
coolness while fueling an international<br />
phenomenon. Commentaries from the<br />
world’s premier DJs are woven together to<br />
tell the history of house music from its<br />
humble beginnings in a New York nightclub<br />
to the current day festivals that draw<br />
thousands of participants. These experts<br />
muse—with varying levels of intelligence,<br />
wit, and style—on everything from the<br />
spirituality of the dance-music experience<br />
to their fears of internet downloading.<br />
Intermingling sleek shots with grainier<br />
club footage, LIQUID VINYL accurately<br />
captures the pure joy of the music, the<br />
spontaneity of the dance-music scene,<br />
and the powerful effect it has on its<br />
millions of devotees. —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Taylor Neary, George Reasner<br />
Cinematography~George Reasner Editing~Chris W.<br />
Hill Featuring~Frankie Knuckles, Carl Cox, David<br />
Morales, Tony Humphries, Goldie, “Little” Louie Vega<br />
Print Source~Seventh Art Releasing<br />
About the Director~Taylor Neary began her career as an<br />
actor in theater, film, and television. Originally from New<br />
York City, she moved to Los Angeles to attend University<br />
of Southern California’s film school, graduating with<br />
a BA in cinema/television production. Taylor has also<br />
written and directed several short films including<br />
“Jenny’s Secret” and “Aaron.” <strong>Film</strong>ography~LIQUID<br />
VINYL (2005)<br />
SOMEONE TO WATCH<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Looking for Leonard<br />
Directed by Matt Bissonnette,<br />
Steven Clark<br />
CANADA 2003<br />
87 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
9:30 PM I Code LOOK16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
1:45 PM I Code LOOK17<br />
Montrealer Jo is looking for Leonard—<br />
Leonard Cohen, that is—as an escape<br />
from her hopelessly dull life. An aspiring<br />
writer, she attends fiction writing classes<br />
with friend Monica (Molly Parker) and<br />
reads Leonard Cohen paperbacks while<br />
her drone-like boyfriend Ted and his<br />
younger brother Johnny wallow in front of<br />
the television. Without jobs, Jo, Ted, and<br />
Johnny make their money burgling from dry<br />
cleaners and corner stores. When Ted and<br />
Johnny want to take their thievery to the<br />
next level (robbing banks) Jo is not interested.<br />
She tries to talk them out of it, but<br />
to no avail; the brothers leave to commit<br />
their first big-time robbery. Alone for the<br />
weekend, she meets Czech computer programmer<br />
Luka, who has the potential to<br />
reinvigorate her life if not leaving it in<br />
shambles. LOOKING FOR LEONARD, the<br />
debut effort of Canadian filmmakers Matt<br />
Bissonnette and Steven Clark, entertains<br />
with a biting script, distinctive cinematography,<br />
a promising cast, and archival<br />
footage of Cohen. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Sylvia Wilson Screenplay~Matt Bissonnette,<br />
Steven Clark Cinematography~Brian Pearson<br />
Editing~Michael Dowse, Annie Ilkow, Andrew Kowalchuk<br />
Music~Mac McCaughan Principal Cast~Kim Huffman,<br />
Joel Bissonnette, Ben Ratner, Justin Pierce, Darcy<br />
Belsher, Molly Parker Print Source~Frustrated <strong>Film</strong>s Inc.<br />
About the Directors~Montreal born Matt Bissonnette<br />
studied English and <strong>Film</strong> at Concordia University before<br />
receiving a law degree from Queen’s University. After two<br />
weeks, he quit law and switched to film. After attending<br />
Concordia University, Steven Clark traveled the world,<br />
teaching, bartending, and working as a DJ in Japan.<br />
He currently lives in Toronto. <strong>Film</strong>ography~Matt<br />
Bissonnette: LOOKING FOR LEONARD (2003), “Who<br />
Loves the Sun” (2006). Steven Clark: LOOKING FOR<br />
LEONARD (2003)<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Love for Share<br />
(Berbagi Suami)<br />
Directed by Nia Dinata<br />
INDONESIA 2006<br />
120 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
11:30 AM I Code LOVE20<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
9:30 PM I Code LOVE21<br />
Love has its price in modern-day Jakarta<br />
and it requires a lot of sharing if you are a<br />
woman. In three distinct stories that bleed<br />
into each other, three women find various<br />
solutions to their dilemmas of sharing a<br />
husband with other wives. Salma, a well-todo<br />
doctor married to a politician, becomes<br />
a saintly Muslim wife when she learns of<br />
her husband’s other wives, children, and<br />
households. Young, beautiful Siti finds<br />
love of a different sort when she comes to<br />
Jakarta, marries a man with two other<br />
wives, and lives in a two-bedroom slum<br />
with a never-ending stream of children<br />
and laundry. And Ming, a waitress with an<br />
acting career in mind, becomes the secret,<br />
second wife to her boss. Their lives intersect<br />
in the briefest ways, but they all<br />
balance their needs, loyalties, and passions<br />
with humor and heartache. The tsunami of<br />
2004 wreaks havoc in the background—a<br />
real-life symbol of the upheaval and change<br />
in LOVE FOR SHARE. (In Indonesian with<br />
English subtitles) —A.S.<br />
Producer~Constantin Papadimitriou Screenplay~<br />
Nia Dinata Cinematography~Ipung Rachmat Syaiful<br />
Editing~Yoga Krispratama Koesprapto Music~Aghi<br />
Narrotama, Ramondo Gascaro, Bemby Gusti Principal<br />
Cast~Jajang C Noer, Dominique Shanty, Wingky<br />
Wiryawan, Lukman Sardi, Tio Pakusadewo Print Source~<br />
Kalyana Shira <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Nia Dinata was born in 1970 in<br />
Jakarta, Indonesia. She studied at New York University<br />
in special film programs after graduating from<br />
Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. In addition<br />
to her two feature films, Nia has directed various<br />
TV programs, TV commercials, and music videos<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Courtesan” (2001), LOVE FOR<br />
SHARE (2006)
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M% –10% CINEMA<br />
Love Sick<br />
(Legături Bolnăvicioase)<br />
Directed by Tudor Giurgiu<br />
ROMANIA 2006<br />
85 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
11:45 AM I Code SICK23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
12:00 Noon I Code SICK24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
5:00 PM I Code SICK25<br />
Alexandra (“Alex”) loves Cristina (“Kiki”)<br />
and Cristina loves Alexandra, but Cristina<br />
also loves her brother Sandu and he loves<br />
her. All in a day’s obsessions in this gentle<br />
tale of love and incest in Bucharest.<br />
Alex and Kiki are friends, students at the<br />
university. Alex, a studious country girl, is<br />
just moving into new digs, renting from a<br />
cranky elderly lady. Frivolous Kiki lives in<br />
the same building, together with her overweening<br />
parents and her hunky but angry<br />
brother. The girls are involved in a playfully<br />
erotic relationship that threatens to distract<br />
Alex from her studies; but when Sandu<br />
catches wind of what’s afoot between<br />
them, he decides to aggressively reclaim<br />
the affections of his sister. LOVE SICK is<br />
refreshingly free of hang-ups, since the<br />
main characters never make a big deal<br />
about their sexual predilections. Even<br />
when they fight, the emphasis is always on<br />
their emotions. Cinematography by Alex<br />
Sterian shows the stark contrast between<br />
Kiki’s filthy modern Bucharest and Alex’s<br />
gorgeous Romanian countryside. (In<br />
Romanian with English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producer~Oana Bujgoi Screenplay~Cecilia S¸tefănescu<br />
(based on the novel “Legturi bolnvicioase” by Cecilia<br />
S¸tefănescu) Cinematography~Alexandru Sterian<br />
Editing~Alexandru Radu Music~Vlaicu Golcea<br />
Principal Cast~Maria Popistas¸u, Ioana Barbu, Tudor<br />
Chirilă, Cătălina Murgea, Mircea Diaconu, Virginia Mirea,<br />
Tora Vasilescu Print Source~mdc Int. GmbH<br />
About the Director~Born in Romania in 1972, Tudor<br />
Giurgiu majored in cinema in 1995. He spent one year<br />
in Seattle on a scholarship and returned to his country<br />
in 1997 to be artistic director of a radio program.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~LOVE SICK (2006)<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Manufactured Landscapes<br />
Directed by Jennifer Baichwal<br />
CANADA 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
7:15 PM I Code MANU22<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In the opening sequence of MANUFAC-<br />
TURED LANDSCAPES, esteemed Canadian<br />
director Jennifer Baichwal occupies nearly<br />
ten minutes tracking the length—480<br />
meters—of an industrial factory in China.<br />
The humming of machines, the buzzing of<br />
drills, the clinking of nuts and bolts echo<br />
throughout the immense building. Outside<br />
the factory walls, hundreds of workers,<br />
clothed in bumblebee-yellow uniforms, file<br />
into regimented lines to receive orders for<br />
the day. These are the subjects of photographer<br />
Edward Burtynsky. In a project that<br />
began with coal mines and quarries in<br />
Canada, Burtynsky has relocated in China<br />
to capture the ever-increasing industrialization,<br />
urbanization, and globalization of the<br />
country. From factories, to “e-waste” recycling<br />
dumps, to the Three Gorges Dam<br />
Project, his pictures encompass the awesome<br />
magnitude of these changes. While<br />
chronicling Burtynsky’s art, Baichwal also<br />
focuses on the men and women oftentimes<br />
lost amongst the oppressive landscapes.<br />
This somewhat abstract commentary on our<br />
environment and the art that portrays it is<br />
both beautiful and affecting. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Nick de Pencier, Daniel Iron, Jennifer<br />
Baichwal Cinematography~Peter Mettler Editing~<br />
Roland Schlimme Print Source~Zeitgeist <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Canadian Jennifer Baichwal attended<br />
McGill University where she earned an MA in religious<br />
studies. Her documentaries have typically focused on<br />
the lives and works of artists. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Let It<br />
Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles” (1998), “The True<br />
Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams’ Appalachia”<br />
(2002), MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES” (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
in loving memory of<br />
MASUMI HAYASHI.<br />
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A Map for Saturday<br />
Directed by Brook Silva-Braga<br />
USA 2007<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
7:15 PM I Code AMAP16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
2:15 PM I Code AMAP17<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
12:00 Noon I Code AMAP22<br />
In the life of a backpacker, every day feels<br />
like Saturday. In January of 2005, TV producer<br />
Brook Silva-Braga leaves his cushy<br />
New York City lifestyle for a year full of<br />
Saturdays. With five pounds of clothes and<br />
30 pounds of video equipment, Brook<br />
arrives at his first stop, Sydney, Australia,<br />
where he quickly learns the ropes of longterm,<br />
solo traveling. Over the next 341<br />
days, he will face a lengthy list of perpetual<br />
challenges: the lack of a single familiar<br />
face within 5,000 miles; the endless<br />
repacking of his over-stuffed bag; the<br />
unavoidable explaining of where he is<br />
from, where he has been, and where he is<br />
going; and the emotional goodbyes to his<br />
“five-hour friends” of every age and every<br />
nationality. From helping Thai tsunami<br />
victims, to learning of political instability in<br />
Nepal, to dodging muggers in Brazil, Brook<br />
never has a dull moment. The scenery is<br />
stunning and the commentary is inspiring<br />
in Silva-Braga’s travelogue documentary<br />
A MAP FOR SATURDAY. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Brook Silva-Braga Cinematography~Brook<br />
Silva-Braga Editing~ Brook Silva-Braga Music~James<br />
Khoury Print Source~Earthchild Productions<br />
About the Director~Brook Silva-Braga was born in<br />
Portsmouth, Rhode Island. After graduating from New<br />
York University in 2001, he won an Emmy for his work<br />
as feature producer on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” in 2003.<br />
He left this job to take his year-long trip around the<br />
world. <strong>Film</strong>ography~A MAP FOR SATURDAY (2007)<br />
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CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
The Melon Route<br />
(Put Lubenica)<br />
Directed by Branko Schmidt<br />
CROATIA 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
4:30 PM I Code MELN19<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
2:15 PM I Code MELN21<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
9:30 AM I Code MELN23<br />
Chaos breeds chaos, as depicted in THE<br />
MELON ROUTE. This film was inspired by<br />
the true story of 12 illegal immigrants who<br />
drowned in the Sava River on the Bosnian-<br />
Croatian border in the late 1990s. In the<br />
midst of the Balkan conflicts, human trafficking<br />
through the war-ridden territory<br />
increased tenfold. Croatian soldier Mirko,<br />
a recovering drug addict suffering from<br />
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, barely<br />
earns his living smuggling people—which<br />
he mockingly terms “melons”—across the<br />
border, while his police chief uncle pretends<br />
he doesn’t notice. During the historic<br />
drowning, only a charismatic young Chinese<br />
girl survives. With nowhere to go, she<br />
moves into Mirko’s secluded house in the<br />
woods. While this Croatian man and<br />
Chinese woman, with little in common<br />
besides their misery, become friends,<br />
Schmidt explores the troubling affliction<br />
of nationality. (In Croatian, Bosnian, and<br />
Chinese with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Stanislav Babić Screenplay~Branko Schmidt,<br />
Ognjen Sviličić Cinematography~Vjekoslav Vrdoljak<br />
Editing: Vesna Lazˇeta Music~Miroslav Sˇ koro Principal<br />
Cast: Kresˇimir Mikić, Sun Mei, Leon Lučev, Armin<br />
Omerović, Ivo Gregurević Print Source~Telefilm D.O.O.<br />
About the Director~Croatian Branko Schmidt earned a<br />
degree in film and television directing at the Zagreb<br />
Academy of Dramatic Arts. He directed his first feature<br />
film in 1988. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Sokol Did Not Love Him”<br />
(1988), “Evil Blood” (1991), “Vukovar: The Way Home”<br />
(1994), “Christmas in Vienna” (1997), “Srce nije u<br />
modi” (2000), “Queen of the Night” (2001), THE<br />
MELON ROUTE (2006)<br />
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Memsahib<br />
Directed by Kruti Majmudar<br />
INDIA, USA 2005<br />
101 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
7:15 PM I Code MEMS22<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
1:45 PM I Code MEMS23<br />
In 1850s India, Grace Roberts is a freespirited<br />
young Englishwoman just arriving<br />
at a lavish palace in Begampur to begin<br />
her new married life with benevolent rajah<br />
Jayant Rathod. Ignoring the advice of<br />
many who wish her to remain a traditional<br />
Indian queen, Grace begins teaching local<br />
children at the beautiful and mysterious<br />
town well. Dedicated to each other, Grace<br />
and Jayant are optimistic that their love<br />
will help them bridge their personal<br />
difficulties and the political challenges of<br />
their respective countries. One hundred<br />
and fifty years later, a recently-divorced<br />
young English student arrives on holiday<br />
at the same palace in Begampur. Intrigued<br />
by a mysterious caretaker who supposedly<br />
never leaves the building, she comes to<br />
find her new surroundings frighteningly<br />
familiar. Kruti Majmudar, the Indian-<br />
American director of THE MEMSAHIB,<br />
weaves a powerful spell using vivid colors,<br />
gorgeous costumes, and a mix of traditional<br />
and pop Indian music. —B.B.<br />
Producers~Kruti Majmudar, Dana Offenbach<br />
Screenplay~Kruti Majmudar Cinematography~Rajen<br />
Kothari Editing~Umesh Gupta Music~Uday Mazumdar<br />
Principal Cast~Glenn Fitzgerald, Parvin Dabas, Emily<br />
Hamilton Print Source~Red Letter Pictures<br />
About the Director~Kruti Majmudar was born in Rajkot,<br />
India. She was working as an architect in Pittsburgh<br />
when she began assisting local filmmakers. In New York,<br />
she worked as a production designer and producer of<br />
short films. <strong>Film</strong>ography~THE MEMSAHIB (2005)<br />
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More Than Anything<br />
in the World<br />
Directed by Andrés León Becker,<br />
Javier Solar<br />
MEXICO 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
10:00 PM I Code MORE23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:30 AM I Code MORE24<br />
Something is wrong with seven-year-old<br />
Alicia’s mother Emilia. The two recently<br />
moved into a Mexico City apartment after<br />
Emilia’s break-up with her boyfriend. But<br />
Emilia is hardly settled; she can barely get<br />
Alicia to school on time, she comes home<br />
with strange men at night, and she is often<br />
depressed. Upon consulting her classmate<br />
Lucia, Alicia resolves that her mother must<br />
be possessed by a vampire and that the<br />
root of this evil force is surely Hector,<br />
Alicia’s old, sickly neighbor. Alicia will do<br />
anything to save her mother and break the<br />
curse. The subtle and touching MORE<br />
THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD explores<br />
the loving and complex relationship<br />
between a single mother and her daughter<br />
through the imaginative eyes of a child. In<br />
her impressive performance, young actress<br />
Julia Urbini convincingly invites us to share<br />
in her convoluted world. (In Spanish with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Ángeles Castro, Hugo Rodríguez<br />
Screenplay~Andrés León Becker, Javier Solar<br />
Cinematography~Damián García Editing~Luciana<br />
Jauffred Music~Austin TV Principal Cast~Elizabeth<br />
Cervantes, Julia Urbin, Juan Carlos Colombo Print<br />
Source~Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía<br />
About the Directors~MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE<br />
WORLD is the directorial debut of Andrés León Becker<br />
and Javier Solar. Solar was born in Puerto Rico in<br />
1969. A year later, Becker was born in Mexico City.<br />
Together, they attended the Centro de Capacitación<br />
Cinematográfica and produced several short films.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD<br />
(2006)<br />
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DOCUMENTARIES<br />
Motherland Afghanistan<br />
Directed by Sedika Mojadidi<br />
AFGHANISTAN, USA 2006<br />
73 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:15 PM I Code MOTH22<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
2:15 PM I Code MOTH24<br />
Following three decades of war, Afghanistan<br />
currently has the second highest infant<br />
and maternal mortality rates in the world.<br />
In MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN, Afghan-<br />
American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi journeys<br />
to her native country for the first time<br />
in over 30 years. Her purpose is to document<br />
the work of her father, obstetrician/<br />
gynecologist Qudratullah Mojadidi as he<br />
struggles to change this tragic statistic for<br />
mothers and newborns in Afghanistan.<br />
Since the 1980s, Dr. Mojadidi has been<br />
risking his life to aid refugee women on<br />
the Afghan border. In 2003, after the U.S.<br />
government promises support, Dr. Mojadidi<br />
travels within the country to tend to<br />
patients and, more importantly, to educate<br />
the severely under-trained staff at Kabul’s<br />
Rabia Balkhi Hospital. His mission is<br />
nearly impossible. But he is not to be<br />
deterred. Sedika Mojadidi’s documentary<br />
about her father and her homeland is both<br />
emotional and intelligent, both heartbreaking<br />
and hopeful. (In English and Dari with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Catherine Gund, Jenny Raskin, Sedika<br />
Mojadidi Cinematography~Erica Soehngen, Helen Lee<br />
Editing~Roger Schulte Music~Barney Mcall Print<br />
Source~Aubin Pictures<br />
About the Director~Born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965,<br />
Sedika Mojadidi moved to America with her parents at<br />
the age of two. After attending the University of Florida,<br />
where she received her MA in <strong>Film</strong> Theory and History,<br />
she received an MFA in Video from the Art Institute of<br />
Chicago. <strong>Film</strong>ography~ MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN<br />
(2006)<br />
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Mr. Pilipenko and<br />
His Submarine<br />
(Herr Pilipenko und sein U-Boot)<br />
Directed by Jan Hinrik Drevs,<br />
René Harder<br />
GERMANY, UKRAINE 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
11:45 AM I Code SUBM20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
2:15 PM I Code SUBM22<br />
In landlocked Ukraine, there is a saying<br />
for when something is impossible: “That’s<br />
like a submarine in the Ukrainian steppe!”<br />
But for 53-year-old Vladimir Andreyevich<br />
Pilipenko nothing is impossible. Despite<br />
several skeptics, including his wife,<br />
Pilipenko has been constructing a full-scale<br />
submarine, dubbed Dolphin, in the shed<br />
behind his house for the past 20 years.<br />
Using nearly all of his meager income, he<br />
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magazines. Pilipenko innovatively added<br />
wheels to his model to ease transportation<br />
of the sub through his isolated village.<br />
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submerging his vessel in the Black Sea<br />
without even considering how he will get<br />
his boat in the water. Jan Hinrik Drevs<br />
and René Harder’s documentary, MR.<br />
PILIPENKO AND HIS SUBMARINE, heartwarmingly<br />
and humorously shares the final<br />
stages of Pilipenko’s inspiring journey to<br />
attain the unattainable. (In Ukrainian with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Jens Fintelmann, Thomas Seekamp<br />
Cinematography~Florian Melzer Editing~Renate Ober<br />
Music~Hinrich Dageför, Frank Wulff, Stefan Wulff,<br />
Henning Stoll Featuring~Vladimir Andreyevich<br />
Pilipenko, Anya Michailovna Pilipenko, Sergei<br />
Semyonovich Honcharov Print Source~nonfictionplanet<br />
<strong>Film</strong> & Television GmbH<br />
About the Directors~MR. PILIPENKO AND HIS<br />
SUBMARINE is the directorial debut for both Jan Hinrik<br />
Drevs and René Harder. <strong>Film</strong>ography~MR. PILIPENKO<br />
AND HIS SUBMARINE (2006)<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Old Garden<br />
(Orae doin jung won)<br />
Directed by Im Sang-soo<br />
SOUTH KOREA 2006<br />
112 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
4:15 PM I Code OLDG17<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
4:30 PM I Code OLDG19<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:30 AM I Code OLDG22<br />
Gwangju, South Korea. May, 1980. Military<br />
strongman Chun Doo Hwan’s control of<br />
the nation leads to a popular but violent<br />
uprising. Following the massacre, Hyunwoo,<br />
a student activist, and his comrades<br />
are on the run from the police. They split<br />
up to hide, with Hyun-woo finding refuge<br />
in a country cabin with a teacher named<br />
Yoon-hee. The political and personal lives<br />
of the pair become intertwined, and the<br />
film spins out its tale as Hyun-woo’s story<br />
of present-day anguish and loss flashes<br />
back to the start of the lovers’ relationship.<br />
Two generations of anti-authoritarian artists<br />
are at work in THE OLD GARDEN: young<br />
director Im Sang-soo, known for his talented<br />
and controversial filmmaking, and<br />
Hwang Suk-young, a well-regarded novelist<br />
who spent the 1980s in exile and then<br />
served five years in prison in the 1990s for<br />
an unauthorized visit to North Korea. Their<br />
powerful storytelling, plus haunting performances,<br />
make this an unforgettable film.<br />
(In Korean with English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producers~Park Jong, Kim Jung-ho Screenplay~<br />
Im Sang-soo (based on the novel by Hwang Suk-young)<br />
Cinematography~Kim Woo-hyung Editing~ Lee Eun-soo<br />
Music~Kim Suk-won, Kim Chang-sub Principal Cast~<br />
Yum Jung-ah, Ji Jin-hee Print Source~Cineclick Asia<br />
About the Director~Im Sang-soo was born in 1962<br />
in Seoul and studied sociology at Yonsei University<br />
and then film at the Korean Academy of <strong>Film</strong> Arts.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Girl’s Night Out” (1998), “Tears” (2001),<br />
“A Good Lawyer’s Wife” (2003), “The President’s Last<br />
Bang” (2005), THE OLD GARDEN (2006)
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DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
The Old Man Who Read<br />
Love Stories<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 2001<br />
111 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
7:00 PM I Code OLDM16<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In his old age, former hunter Antonio<br />
Bolivar (Richard Dreyfuss) has become<br />
quite the romantic. Living in El Idilio, a<br />
small town in the depths of the jungle,<br />
Antonio has taken up a passion for trashy<br />
romance novels, hence the title THE OLD<br />
MAN WHO READ LOVE STORIES. No one<br />
knows about his secret obsession except for<br />
the visiting dentist, Rubicondo, on whom<br />
Antonio relies to provide him with new<br />
reading material, and the local servant girl,<br />
Josephina, with whom Antonio has been<br />
sharing his stories. Antonio and Josephina<br />
soon become more than just book buddies,<br />
but outside forces quickly interrupt their<br />
relationship and the peaceful coexistence<br />
between man and nature in the town of El<br />
Idilio. After the futile killing of a jaguar’s<br />
cubs by an illegal hunter, the hunter’s body<br />
is found dead. Now, the mother jaguar has<br />
begun to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting<br />
inhabitants of El Idilio, and the only man<br />
capable of restoring peace is Antonio. But<br />
he must first deal with his own inner<br />
demons. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Michelle de Broca, Julie Ryan Screenplay~<br />
Rolf de Heer (based on the novel by Luis Sepulveda)<br />
Cinematography~Denis Lenoir Editing~Tania Nehme<br />
Music~Graham Tardif Principal Cast~Richard Dreyfuss,<br />
Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving, Cathy Tyson, Victor<br />
Bottenbley, Frederico Celada Print Source~Vertigo<br />
Productions<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refef to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.<br />
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
On a Tightrope<br />
Directed by Petr Lom<br />
NORWAY, CANADA 2006<br />
74 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
7:30 PM I Code ONAT21<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
2:15 PM I Code ONAT23<br />
Within communist China, religious beliefs<br />
are strictly prohibited. In an effort to unite<br />
the 56 nationalities in the country, the<br />
government requires students to reject<br />
religion and recite allegiances to Mao and<br />
Marx as providers of peace. Despite this<br />
cultural streamlining, the ancient tradition<br />
of tightrope walking—believed to have<br />
Muslim influences—still thrives within<br />
Xinjiang province, home of eight million<br />
Uighurs (China’s largest Muslim minority).<br />
Petr Lom’s ON A TIGHTROPE follows four<br />
children living in Yengisar State Orphanage<br />
as they experiment with this dangerous and<br />
extraordinary art form. Becoming an adroit<br />
tightrope walker is one of the few paths to<br />
a better life in China. Yet, training often<br />
requires these youngsters to abandon<br />
their studies and to risk their lives. Few<br />
respectable coaches can afford to teach<br />
these orphans in dire need of role models.<br />
Through the reflections of the impoverished<br />
adolescents of Xinjiang, Lom defies government<br />
censorship and skillfully and touchingly<br />
documents the complex relationship<br />
between religion and government in<br />
communist China. (In Uighur with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Torstein Grude Screenplay~Petr Lom<br />
Cinematography~Petr Lom Editing~Petr Lom<br />
Music~Petr Lom Print Source~Petr Lom<br />
About the Director~Czech-born Petr Lom grew up<br />
in Canada. He attended Harvard University, where he<br />
earned his PhD in political philosophy in 1997.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan” (2004),<br />
ON A TIGHTROPE (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
with the generous support of<br />
MICHELE OWEN.<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Only One<br />
(Vidange Perdue)<br />
Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven<br />
BELGIUM 2006<br />
88 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
11:45 AM I Code ONLY19<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
9:45 PM I Code ONLY21<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
11:45 AM I Code ONLY24<br />
Lucien drunkenly stumbles home in the<br />
wee hours of the morning. He doesn’t clean<br />
up after himself; he has a housekeeper,<br />
clad in fishnets and high heels, named<br />
Roxanne who does it for him. He is even<br />
having an affair with his best friend’s wife.<br />
But Lucien is hardly Belgium’s hottest<br />
hunk. After the recent death of his wife of<br />
55 years, curmudgeonly Lucien attempts to<br />
find his place in society as a single man in<br />
his eighties. Uncomfortable with the rapid<br />
changes in the world, he habitually types<br />
irate letters to the editor of his local newspaper.<br />
Yet few seem to listen, including<br />
his daughter Gerde, who would prefer that<br />
he live in a rest home instead of on his<br />
own. The only person who really talks to<br />
Lucien is his granddaughter Julie, but<br />
she is moving to Paris. Lonely, Lucien<br />
begins to give up hope for the future. But<br />
when stunning Sylvia moves in next door,<br />
Lucien’s life changes completely. THE<br />
ONLY ONE refutes the idea that life ends<br />
past the age of 80. (In Dutch with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by Kwiz<br />
Directed by Renaud Callebaut, Belgium,<br />
6 minutes<br />
Producer~Mariano Vanhoof Screenplay~Geoffrey<br />
Enthoven, Jacques Boon Cinematography~Gerd<br />
Schelfhout Editing~Geoffrey Enthoven, Philippe Ravoet<br />
Music~Tom Kestens, Pascal Garnier Principal Cast~<br />
Nand Buyl, Viviane Demuynck Print Source~Fobic <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Born in 1974, Geoffrey Enthoven<br />
studied Audio-Vision Arts at KASK. He has directed<br />
feature films, documentaries, commercials, and videos.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Children of Love” (2002), THE ONLY<br />
ONE (2006)
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7:30 PM<br />
WORLD’S<br />
BEST<br />
COMMERCIALS<br />
90 min<br />
p 72<br />
Code COMM18<br />
9:45 PM<br />
THE BET<br />
COLLECTOR<br />
102 min<br />
p 32<br />
Code BETC18<br />
9:30 AM<br />
REPRISE<br />
107 min<br />
p 61<br />
Code REPR18<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
COLD PREY<br />
97 min<br />
p 35<br />
Code COLD18<br />
2:15 PM<br />
TAKING<br />
FATHER<br />
HOME<br />
100 min<br />
p 66<br />
Code TAKN18<br />
4:45 PM<br />
GLUE<br />
100 min<br />
p 42<br />
Code GLUE18<br />
7:15 PM<br />
BEAUTY IN<br />
TROUBLE<br />
117 min<br />
p 32<br />
Code BEAU18<br />
9:45 PM<br />
FALKENBERG<br />
FAREWELL<br />
91 min<br />
p 39<br />
Code FALK18<br />
11:45 AM<br />
ITTY BITTY<br />
TITTY<br />
COMMITTEE<br />
93 min<br />
p 45<br />
Code ITTY18<br />
2:00 PM<br />
THE RAPE OF<br />
EUROPA<br />
117 min<br />
p 60<br />
Code RAPE18<br />
4:45 PM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 4*<br />
99 min<br />
p 75<br />
Code INDY18<br />
7:15 PM<br />
WHAT MEANS<br />
MOTLEY?<br />
99 min<br />
p 71<br />
Code WHAT18<br />
9:45 PM<br />
FROZEN CITY<br />
101 min<br />
p 41<br />
Code FROZ18<br />
11:30 AM<br />
RED ROAD<br />
113 min<br />
p 60<br />
Code REDR18<br />
2:15 PM<br />
WHO LOVES<br />
THE SUN<br />
94 min<br />
p 71<br />
Code WHOL18<br />
4:30 PM<br />
FAY GRIM<br />
118 min<br />
p 39<br />
Code FAYG18<br />
7:30 PM<br />
THICKER<br />
THAN WATER<br />
87 min<br />
p 67<br />
Code THIC18<br />
9:30 PM<br />
THE ART OF<br />
CRYING<br />
106 min<br />
p 30<br />
Code ARTC18<br />
11:30 AM<br />
A GRAVE-<br />
KEEPER’S<br />
TALE<br />
98 min<br />
p 42<br />
Code GRAV18<br />
1:45 PM<br />
TAIL OF A<br />
TIGER*<br />
80 min<br />
p 65<br />
Code TAIL18<br />
4:15 PM<br />
THE<br />
TRACKER*<br />
98 min<br />
p 68<br />
Code TRAC18<br />
6:45 PM<br />
TEN CANOES*<br />
91 min<br />
p 66<br />
Code TENC18<br />
9:30 PM<br />
TRANSYLVANIA<br />
103 min<br />
p 68<br />
Code TRAN18<br />
MONDAY, MARCH 19<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
HAVE YOU<br />
HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNES-<br />
BURG?<br />
89 min<br />
p 43<br />
Code HAVE19<br />
2:00 PM<br />
REPRISE<br />
107 min<br />
p 61<br />
Code REPR19<br />
4:45 PM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 5*<br />
106 min<br />
p 76<br />
Code SHRT19<br />
6:45 PM<br />
DARIUS<br />
GOES WEST<br />
w/ <strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
137 min<br />
p 37<br />
Code DARS19<br />
9:45 PM<br />
RANT/ RAVE<br />
91 min<br />
p 59<br />
Code RANT19<br />
11:30 AM<br />
THE ANTS<br />
101 min<br />
p 30<br />
Code ANTS19<br />
2:00 PM<br />
WORLD’S<br />
BEST<br />
COMMERCIALS<br />
90 min<br />
p 72<br />
Code COMM19<br />
4:30 PM<br />
THE OLD<br />
GARDEN<br />
112 min<br />
p 49<br />
Code OLDG19<br />
7:30 PM<br />
THE TV SET*<br />
87 min<br />
p 69<br />
Code TVSE19<br />
10:00 PM<br />
PINGPONG<br />
95 min<br />
p 57<br />
Code PING19<br />
11:30 AM<br />
AMERICAN<br />
VISA<br />
100 min<br />
p 29<br />
Code AMER19<br />
2:15 PM<br />
SECRET<br />
COURAGE<br />
82 min<br />
p 62<br />
Code SECR19<br />
4:45 PM<br />
STILL ALIVE<br />
81 min<br />
p 64<br />
Code STIL19<br />
7:15 PM<br />
FORGIVING<br />
DR. MENGELE<br />
93 min<br />
p 40<br />
Code FORG19<br />
9:45 PM<br />
GOING<br />
PRIVATE<br />
103 min<br />
p 42<br />
Code GOIN19<br />
9:30 AM<br />
FALKENBERG<br />
FAREWELL<br />
91 min<br />
p 39<br />
Code FALK19<br />
11:45 AM<br />
THE ONLY<br />
ONE<br />
94 min<br />
p 50<br />
Code ONLY19<br />
2:15 PM<br />
THE SHUTKA<br />
BOOK OF<br />
RECORDS<br />
78 min<br />
p 63<br />
Code SHUT19<br />
4:15 PM<br />
DAISY<br />
109 min<br />
p 37<br />
Code DAIS19<br />
7:00 PM<br />
SLUMMING<br />
102 min<br />
p 63<br />
Code SLUM19<br />
9:15 PM<br />
THE TRIALS<br />
OF DARRYL<br />
HUNT<br />
106 min<br />
p 69<br />
Code DARR19<br />
9:30 AM<br />
IT DOES NOT<br />
HURT<br />
100 min<br />
p 44<br />
Code DOES19<br />
11:45 AM<br />
ALL FOR<br />
FREE<br />
94 min<br />
p 28<br />
Code ALLF19<br />
2:00 PM<br />
THE TRIAL<br />
105 min<br />
p 69<br />
Code TRIA19<br />
4:30 PM<br />
THE MELON<br />
ROUTE<br />
90 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MELN19<br />
7:15 PM<br />
KONTAKT<br />
95 min<br />
p 45<br />
Code KONT19<br />
9:30 PM<br />
TOMORROW<br />
MORNING<br />
85 min<br />
p 68<br />
Code TOMR19<br />
Schedule sponsored by<br />
9:00 am<br />
10:00 am<br />
11:00 am<br />
12 Noon<br />
1:00 pm<br />
2:00 pm<br />
3:00 pm<br />
4:00 pm<br />
5:00 pm<br />
6:00 pm<br />
7:00 pm<br />
8:00 pm<br />
9:00 pm<br />
10:00 pm<br />
11:00 pm<br />
Midnight<br />
1:00 am
54 SCHEDULE The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
9:00 am<br />
10:00 am<br />
11:00 am<br />
12 Noon<br />
1:00 pm<br />
2:00 pm<br />
3:00 pm<br />
4:00 pm<br />
5:00 pm<br />
6:00 pm<br />
7:00 pm<br />
*7:15 pm<br />
8:00 pm<br />
9:00 pm<br />
10:00 pm<br />
11:00 pm<br />
2:15 PM<br />
THE TRIALS<br />
OF DARRYL<br />
HUNT<br />
106 min<br />
p 69<br />
Code DARR20<br />
4:30 PM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 6*<br />
104 min<br />
p 76<br />
Code SHRT20<br />
9:45 PM<br />
THE<br />
GYMNAST<br />
90 min<br />
p 43<br />
Code GYMN20<br />
TUESDAY, MARCH 20 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
SLUMMING<br />
102 min<br />
p 63<br />
Code SLUM20<br />
7:00 PM<br />
A.K.A.<br />
NIKKI S. LEE*<br />
approx 90 min<br />
p 28<br />
Code NIKK20<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
FROZEN CITY<br />
101 min<br />
p 41<br />
Code FROZ20<br />
2:15 PM<br />
THE BREAST<br />
CANCER<br />
DIARIES<br />
79 min<br />
p 34<br />
Code BREA20<br />
4:45 PM<br />
RANT/RAVE<br />
91 min<br />
p 59<br />
Code RANT20<br />
7:15 PM<br />
SECRET<br />
COURAGE<br />
82 min<br />
p 62<br />
Code SECR20<br />
9:30 PM<br />
STOLEN<br />
HOLIDAYS<br />
93 min<br />
p 64<br />
Code STOL20<br />
11:45 AM<br />
MR.<br />
PILIPENKO<br />
AND HIS<br />
SUBMARINE<br />
90 min<br />
p 49<br />
Code SUBM20<br />
2:00 PM<br />
TO PLAY AND<br />
TO FIGHT<br />
70 min<br />
p 67<br />
Code TOPL20<br />
4:15 PM<br />
DARIUS<br />
GOES WEST<br />
92 min<br />
p 37<br />
Code DARS20<br />
6:45 PM<br />
RUNNERS<br />
HIGH<br />
86 min<br />
p 61<br />
Code RUNN20<br />
9:15 PM<br />
BIG DREAMS<br />
LITTLE TOKYO<br />
93 min<br />
p 32<br />
Code BIGD20<br />
AT THE<br />
CEDAR LEE<br />
7:15 PM*<br />
CHANGE OF<br />
ADDRESS<br />
93 min<br />
p 18, 35<br />
Code CHAN20<br />
9:30 AM<br />
PRAGUE<br />
92 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code PRAG20<br />
11:30 AM<br />
LOVE FOR<br />
SHARE<br />
120 min<br />
p 46<br />
Code LOVE20<br />
2:00 PM<br />
OPERA JAWA<br />
120 min<br />
p 57<br />
Code OPER20<br />
4:30 PM<br />
THE<br />
POSTMODERN<br />
LIFE OF MY<br />
AUNT<br />
113 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code POST20<br />
7:30 PM<br />
FRAULEIN<br />
81 min<br />
p 40<br />
Code FRAU20<br />
9:30 PM<br />
THE ANTS<br />
101 min<br />
p 30<br />
Code ANTS20<br />
9:30 AM<br />
FRESH AIR<br />
109 min<br />
p 41<br />
Code FRES20<br />
11:45 AM<br />
TWO PLAYERS<br />
FROM THE<br />
BENCH<br />
120 min<br />
p 70<br />
Code TWOP20<br />
2:30 PM<br />
THE<br />
COLLECTOR<br />
93 min<br />
p 36<br />
Code COLL20<br />
4:45 PM<br />
TOMORROW<br />
MORNING<br />
85 min<br />
p 68<br />
Code TOMR20<br />
7:15 PM<br />
AMERICAN<br />
VISA<br />
100 min<br />
p 29<br />
Code AMER20<br />
9:45 PM<br />
DAISY<br />
109 min<br />
p 37<br />
Code DAIS20<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
11:45 AM<br />
INVISIBLE<br />
WAVES<br />
115 min<br />
p 44<br />
Code INVS21<br />
2:15 PM<br />
THE<br />
GYMNAST<br />
90 min<br />
p 43<br />
Code GYMN21<br />
4:15 PM<br />
HAVE YOU<br />
HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNES-<br />
BURG?<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
134 min<br />
p 43<br />
Code HAVE21<br />
7:00 PM<br />
WAR/DANCE*<br />
105 min<br />
p 71<br />
Code WARD21<br />
9:45 PM<br />
STRANGE<br />
CULTURE<br />
75 min<br />
p 65<br />
Code STRA21<br />
9:30 AM<br />
THE ANTS<br />
101 min<br />
p 30<br />
Code ANTS21<br />
11:45 AM<br />
WORLD’S<br />
BEST<br />
COMMERCIALS<br />
90 min<br />
p 72<br />
Code COMM21<br />
2:30 PM<br />
37 USES<br />
FOR A DEAD<br />
SHEEP<br />
85 min<br />
p 27<br />
Code USES21<br />
4:30 PM<br />
BEAUTY IN<br />
TROUBLE<br />
117 min<br />
p 32<br />
Code BEAU21<br />
7:15 PM<br />
THE<br />
CEMETERY<br />
CLUB<br />
88 min<br />
p 34<br />
Code CEME21<br />
9:45 PM<br />
THE ONLY<br />
ONE<br />
94 min<br />
p 50<br />
Code ONLY21<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
RUNNERS<br />
HIGH<br />
86 min<br />
p 61<br />
Code RUNN21<br />
2:00 PM<br />
BIG DREAMS<br />
LITTLE TOKYO<br />
83 min<br />
p 32<br />
Code BIGD21<br />
4:45 PM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 7*<br />
104 min<br />
p 76<br />
Code SHRT21<br />
7:30 PM<br />
ON A<br />
TIGHTROPE<br />
74 min<br />
p 50<br />
Code ONAT21<br />
10:00 PM<br />
ZOO*<br />
80 min<br />
p 72<br />
Code ZOOZ21<br />
11:30 AM<br />
VANAJA<br />
111 min<br />
p 70<br />
Code VANA21<br />
2:00 PM<br />
A YEAR IN<br />
MY LIFE<br />
94 min<br />
p 72<br />
Code YEAR21<br />
4:30 PM<br />
THE SHUTKA<br />
BOOK OF<br />
RECORDS<br />
78 min<br />
p 63<br />
Code SHUT21<br />
7:15 PM<br />
12:08<br />
EAST OF<br />
BUCHAREST<br />
99 min<br />
p 27<br />
Code BUCH21<br />
9:30 PM<br />
LOVE FOR<br />
SHARE<br />
120 min<br />
p 46<br />
Code LOVE21<br />
9:30 AM<br />
THE<br />
COLLECTOR<br />
93 min<br />
p 36<br />
Code COLL21<br />
11:30 AM<br />
PLEASANT<br />
MOMENTS<br />
108 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code PLEA21<br />
2:15 PM<br />
THE MELON<br />
ROUTE<br />
90 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MELN21<br />
4:45 PM<br />
KONTAKT<br />
95 min<br />
p 45<br />
Code KONT21<br />
7:00 PM<br />
ABSOLUTE<br />
WILSON<br />
105 min<br />
p 27<br />
Code ABSL21<br />
9:30 PM<br />
ALL FOR<br />
FREE<br />
94 min<br />
p 28<br />
Code ALLF21<br />
Schedule sponsored by
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2:00 PM<br />
THE<br />
CURIOSITY<br />
OF CHANCE<br />
101 min<br />
p 37<br />
Code CHAN22<br />
4:45 PM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 8*<br />
110 min<br />
p 77<br />
Code SHRT22<br />
7:15 PM<br />
MANUFAC-<br />
TURED<br />
LANDSCAPES*<br />
90 min<br />
p 47<br />
Code MANU22<br />
9:45 PM<br />
10% SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM<br />
112 min<br />
p 73<br />
Code TENS22<br />
FOR PROGRAM UPDATES<br />
THURSDAY, MARCH 22 FRIDAY, MARCH 23<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
A MAP FOR<br />
SATURDAY<br />
90 min<br />
p 47<br />
Code AMAP22<br />
11:45 AM<br />
THE<br />
BOTHERSOME<br />
MAN<br />
109 min<br />
p 33<br />
Code BOTH22<br />
2:00 PM<br />
ABSOLUTE<br />
WILSON<br />
105 min<br />
p 27<br />
Code ABSL22<br />
4:15 PM<br />
37 USES<br />
FOR A DEAD<br />
SHEEP<br />
85 min<br />
p 27<br />
Code USES22<br />
7:00 PM<br />
THE BREAST<br />
CANCER<br />
DIARIES<br />
79 min<br />
p 34<br />
Code BREA22<br />
9:15 PM<br />
MOTHERLAND<br />
AFGHANISTAN<br />
73 min<br />
p 49<br />
Code MOTH22<br />
11:30 AM<br />
GLASTON-<br />
BURY<br />
135 min<br />
p 41<br />
Code GLAS22<br />
2:15 PM<br />
MR.<br />
PILIPENKO<br />
AND HIS<br />
SUBMARINE<br />
90 min<br />
p 49<br />
Code SUBM22<br />
4:15 PM<br />
TO PLAY AND<br />
TO FIGHT<br />
70 min<br />
p 67<br />
Code TOPL22<br />
6:45 PM<br />
AVIVA MY<br />
LOVE<br />
107 min<br />
p 30<br />
Code AVIV22<br />
9:30 PM<br />
VANAJA<br />
111 min<br />
p 70<br />
Code VANA22<br />
9:30 AM<br />
THE OLD<br />
GARDEN<br />
112 min<br />
p 49<br />
Code OLDG22<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
12:08<br />
EAST OF<br />
BUCHAREST<br />
99 min<br />
p 27<br />
Code BUCH22<br />
2:00 PM<br />
RE-CYCLE<br />
108 min<br />
p 60<br />
Code RECY22<br />
4:30 PM<br />
OPERA JAWA<br />
120 min<br />
p 57<br />
Code OPER22<br />
7:15 PM<br />
THE<br />
MEMSAHIB<br />
101 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MEMS22<br />
9:45 PM<br />
INVISIBLE<br />
WAVES<br />
115 min<br />
p 44<br />
Code INVS22<br />
9:30 AM<br />
TWO PLAYERS<br />
FROM THE<br />
BENCH<br />
120 min<br />
p 70<br />
Code TWOP22<br />
12:15 PM<br />
THE<br />
COLLECTOR<br />
93 min<br />
p 36<br />
Code COLL22<br />
2:15 PM<br />
TOMORROW<br />
MORNING<br />
85 min<br />
p 68<br />
Code TOMR22<br />
4:30 PM<br />
FRESH AIR<br />
109 min<br />
p 41<br />
Code FRES22<br />
7:00 PM<br />
A YEAR IN<br />
MY LIFE<br />
94 min<br />
p 72<br />
Code YEAR22<br />
9:30 PM<br />
IT DOES NOT<br />
HURT<br />
100 min<br />
p 44<br />
Code DOES22<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
FRAULEIN<br />
81 min<br />
p 40<br />
Code FRAU23<br />
2:15 PM<br />
EAST SIDE<br />
STORY<br />
88 min<br />
p 38<br />
Code EAST23<br />
4:30 PM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 9*<br />
105 min<br />
p 77<br />
Code SHRT23<br />
7:00 PM<br />
KURT COBAIN<br />
ABOUT A SON<br />
96 min<br />
p 45<br />
Code KURT23<br />
9:30 PM<br />
DEADPAN<br />
VALENTINE<br />
87 min<br />
p 38<br />
Code DEAD23<br />
Midnight<br />
SEVERANCE<br />
103 min<br />
p 63<br />
Code SEVE23<br />
11:30 AM<br />
THE<br />
CEMETERY<br />
CLUB<br />
88 min<br />
p 34<br />
Code CEME23<br />
2:30 PM<br />
BOXERS<br />
80 min<br />
p 33<br />
Code BOXE23<br />
4:45 PM<br />
SAVING<br />
MARRIAGE<br />
90 min<br />
p 62<br />
Code MARR23<br />
6:45 PM<br />
THE<br />
POSTMODERN<br />
LIFE OF MY<br />
AUNT<br />
113 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code POST23<br />
9:45 PM<br />
WORLD’S<br />
BEST<br />
COMMERCIALS<br />
90 min<br />
p 72<br />
CodeCOMM23<br />
Midnight<br />
RE-CYCLE<br />
108 min<br />
p 60<br />
Code RECY23<br />
11:45 AM<br />
CRUDE<br />
IMPACT<br />
98 min<br />
p 36<br />
Code CRUD23<br />
2:15 PM<br />
ON A<br />
TIGHTROPE<br />
74 min<br />
p 50<br />
Code ONAT23<br />
4:30 PM<br />
PUNK’S NOT<br />
DEAD<br />
95 min<br />
p 59<br />
Code PUNK23<br />
7:15 PM<br />
THE<br />
CURIOSITY<br />
OF CHANCE<br />
101 min<br />
p 37<br />
Code CHAN23<br />
9:15 PM<br />
GLASTON-<br />
BURY<br />
135 min<br />
p 41<br />
Code GLAS23<br />
9:30 AM<br />
OWL AND THE<br />
SPARROW<br />
98 min<br />
p 57<br />
Code OWLA23<br />
11:30 AM<br />
SONS<br />
100 min<br />
p 64<br />
Code SONS23<br />
1:45 PM<br />
THE<br />
MEMSAHIB<br />
101 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MEMS23<br />
4:15 PM<br />
THE TRIAL<br />
105 min<br />
p 69<br />
Code TRIA23<br />
7:15 PM<br />
ANGEL-A*<br />
91 min<br />
p 29<br />
Code ANGE23<br />
9:45 PM<br />
THE<br />
BOTHERSOME<br />
MAN<br />
109 min<br />
p 33<br />
Code BOTH23<br />
9:30 AM<br />
THE MELON<br />
ROUTE<br />
90 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MELN23<br />
11:45 AM<br />
LOVE SICK<br />
85 min<br />
p 47<br />
Code SICK23<br />
2:00 PM<br />
PRAGUE<br />
92 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code PRAG23<br />
4:15 PM<br />
ALL FOR<br />
FREE<br />
94 min<br />
p 28<br />
Code ALLF23<br />
7:00 PM<br />
BEAUTIFUL<br />
OHIO<br />
90 min<br />
p 31<br />
Code OHIO23<br />
10:00 PM<br />
MORE THAN<br />
ANYTHING IN<br />
THE WORLD<br />
90 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MORE23<br />
9:00 am<br />
10:00 am<br />
11:00 am<br />
12 Noon<br />
1:00 pm<br />
2:00 pm<br />
3:00 pm<br />
4:00 pm<br />
5:00 pm<br />
6:00 pm<br />
7:00 pm<br />
8:00 pm<br />
9:00 pm<br />
10:00 pm<br />
11:00 pm<br />
Midnight<br />
1:00 am
56 SCHEDULE The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
9:00 am<br />
10:00 am<br />
11:00 am<br />
12 Noon<br />
1:00 pm<br />
2:00 pm<br />
3:00 pm<br />
4:00 pm<br />
5:00 pm<br />
6:00 pm<br />
7:00 pm<br />
8:00 pm<br />
9:00 pm<br />
10:00 pm<br />
11:00 pm<br />
Midnight<br />
1:00 am<br />
1:45 PM<br />
CRUDE<br />
IMPACT<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
143 min<br />
p 36<br />
Code CRUD24<br />
4:30 PM<br />
BOXERS<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
125 min<br />
p 33<br />
Code BOXE24<br />
7:15 PM<br />
RELATIVE<br />
OBSCURITY<br />
90 min<br />
p 61<br />
Code RELA24<br />
9:30 PM<br />
PUNK’S NOT<br />
DEAD<br />
95 min<br />
p 59<br />
Code PUNK24<br />
SATURDAY, MARCH 24 SUNDAY, MARCH 25<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
9:30 AM<br />
THREE<br />
COMRADES<br />
99 min<br />
p 67<br />
Code THRE24<br />
11:30 AM<br />
INDEPENDENT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 10*<br />
105 min<br />
p 77<br />
Code SHRT24<br />
Midnight<br />
MIDNIGHT<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 2*<br />
109 min<br />
p 73<br />
Code MIDN24<br />
11:30 AM<br />
SWAY<br />
119 min<br />
p 65<br />
Code SWAY24<br />
2:15 PM<br />
MOTHERLAND<br />
AFGHANISTAN<br />
73 min<br />
p 49<br />
Code MOTH24<br />
4:45 PM<br />
TBA<br />
7:30 PM<br />
THE VALET*<br />
85 min<br />
p 70<br />
Code VALE24<br />
9:45 PM<br />
SONS<br />
100 min<br />
p 64<br />
Code SONS24<br />
Midnight<br />
THE TEN<br />
93 min<br />
p 66<br />
Code TTEN24<br />
11:45 AM<br />
DEADPAN<br />
VALENTINE<br />
87 min<br />
p 38<br />
Code DEAD24<br />
1:45 PM<br />
FAMILY<br />
SHORTS<br />
PROGRAM 2<br />
90 min<br />
p 74<br />
Code FAMS24<br />
4:45 PM<br />
KURT COBAIN<br />
ABOUT A SON<br />
96 min<br />
p 45<br />
Code KURT24<br />
7:15 PM<br />
EAST SIDE<br />
STORY<br />
88 min<br />
p 38<br />
Code EAST24<br />
9:30 PM<br />
PRAGUE<br />
92 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code PRAG24<br />
9:30 AM<br />
MORE THAN<br />
ANYTHING IN<br />
THE WORLD<br />
90 min<br />
p 48<br />
Code MORE24<br />
11:45 AM<br />
THE ONLY<br />
ONE<br />
94 min<br />
p 50<br />
Code ONLY24<br />
2:00 PM<br />
TBA<br />
4:30 PM<br />
CHANGE OF<br />
ADDRESS<br />
93 min<br />
p 35<br />
Code CHAN24<br />
6:45 PM<br />
FLANNEL<br />
PAJAMAS<br />
124 min<br />
p 40<br />
Code FLAN24<br />
9:45 PM<br />
COFFEE DATE<br />
94 min<br />
p 35<br />
Code COFF24<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
LOVE SICK<br />
85 min<br />
p 47<br />
Code SICK24<br />
2:15 PM<br />
PLEASANT<br />
MOMENTS<br />
108 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code PLEA24<br />
4:30 PM<br />
OWL AND<br />
THE<br />
SPARROW<br />
98 min<br />
p 57<br />
Code OWLA24<br />
7:00 PM<br />
THE HIP HOP<br />
PROJECT*<br />
88 min<br />
p 44<br />
Code HIPH24<br />
9:15 PM<br />
TWO PLAYERS<br />
FROM THE<br />
BENCH<br />
120 min<br />
p 70<br />
Code TWOP24<br />
Schedule sponsored by<br />
NATIONAL CITY THEATERS<br />
BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED<br />
9:30 AM<br />
RELATIVE<br />
OBSCURITY<br />
90 min<br />
p 61<br />
Code RELA25<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
STRANGE<br />
CULTURE<br />
75 min<br />
p 65<br />
Code STRA25<br />
1:45 PM<br />
SAVING<br />
MARRIAGE<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
135 min<br />
p 62<br />
Code MARR25<br />
4:45 PM<br />
PRE-FEATURE<br />
SHORTS<br />
COMPILATION*<br />
approx 90 min<br />
p 79<br />
Code PREF25<br />
7:30 PM<br />
THREE<br />
COMRADES<br />
99 min<br />
p 67<br />
Code THRE25<br />
11:45 PM<br />
THE TRIAL<br />
105 min<br />
p 69<br />
Code TRIA25<br />
2:15 PM<br />
TBA<br />
4:30 PM<br />
2:00 PM<br />
SHORT<br />
AUDIENCE<br />
CHOICE<br />
PROGRAM*<br />
approx 120 min<br />
p 78<br />
Code AUDS25<br />
TBA 4:45 PM<br />
Sponsored by<br />
11:30 AM<br />
SHORT JURY<br />
AWARDS<br />
PROGRAM*<br />
approx 120 min<br />
p 78<br />
Code JURY25<br />
THE TEN<br />
93 min<br />
p 66<br />
Code TTEN25<br />
7:00 PM<br />
EAGLE VS<br />
SHARK*<br />
87 min<br />
p 25<br />
Code EAGL25<br />
11:45 AM<br />
AVIVA MY<br />
LOVE<br />
107 min<br />
p 30<br />
Code AVIV25<br />
2:15 PM<br />
FLANNEL<br />
PAJAMAS<br />
124 min<br />
p 40<br />
Code FLAN25<br />
5:00 PM<br />
BEAUTIFUL<br />
OHIO<br />
90 min<br />
p 31<br />
Code OHIO25<br />
CLOSING NIGHT<br />
9:30 AM<br />
PLEASANT<br />
MOMENTS<br />
108 min<br />
p 58<br />
Code PLEA25<br />
12:00 Noon<br />
COFFEE DATE<br />
94 min<br />
p 35<br />
Code COFF25<br />
2:15 PM<br />
SEVERANCE<br />
103 min<br />
p 63<br />
Code SEVE25<br />
5:00 PM<br />
LOVE SICK<br />
85 min<br />
p 47<br />
Code SICK25<br />
7:15 PM<br />
SWAY<br />
119 min<br />
p 65<br />
Code SWAY25
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS, MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
Opera Jawa<br />
Directed by Garin Nugroho<br />
INDONESIA, AUSTRIA 2006<br />
120 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
2:00 PM I Code OPER20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
4:30 PM I Code OPER22<br />
As the two protagonists hold the bloody<br />
organ between them, the narrator of<br />
OPERA JAWA sings: “In a pig’s liver, one<br />
can see an entire life.” Fate drives this<br />
Indonesian musical of love and death set<br />
against a backdrop of a poignant social<br />
commentary about violence, oppression,<br />
and national disaster. OPERA JAWA<br />
reinterprets the ever-changing story of the<br />
Abduction of Sinta—a Hindu parable about<br />
the husband and wife Sinta and Rama,<br />
whose love is threatened by the powerful<br />
king Ravana. Former Javanese dancers,<br />
Siti and Setio assume the roles of the<br />
tragic lovers in Nugroho’s modern version.<br />
While Setio is away on business, the<br />
wealthy and powerful Ludiro attempts to<br />
seduce Siti with the help of his domineering<br />
mother. As Siti succumbs to Ludiro’s<br />
advances, Setio erupts into a jealous rage.<br />
In OPERA JAWA, Nugroho allures with<br />
a heartrending narrative, stunning art<br />
installations, and passionate dance. (In<br />
Indonesian with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Garin Nugroho Screenplay~Garin Nugroho<br />
Armantono Cinematography~Teoh Gay Hian Editing~<br />
Andhy Pulung Music~Rahayu Supanggah Principal<br />
Cast~Artika Sari Devi, Martinus Miroto, Eko Supriyanto,<br />
Retno Maruti, Nyoman Sure Print Source~Pyramide<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~Indonesian native, Garin Nugroho<br />
spent several years teaching film and television at<br />
Institut Kesenian Jakarta. A prolific director, writer, and<br />
producer, he has also worked on several documentaries<br />
and feature films. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Love on a Slice of<br />
Bread” (1991), “Letter to an Angel” (1994), “And the<br />
Moon Dances” (1995), “Leaf on a Pillow” (1998),<br />
“Waterfront” (2001), “Bird-Man Tale” (2002), “Of Love<br />
and Eggs” (2004), OPERA JAWA (2006)<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Owl and the Sparrow<br />
(Cu Va Chim Se Se)<br />
Directed by Stephane Gauger<br />
USA, VIETNAM 2006<br />
98 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
9:30 AM I Code OWLA23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
4:30 PM I Code OWLA24<br />
OWL AND THE SPARROW is a charming<br />
film that introduces an extraordinary young<br />
Vietnamese actress, Pham Thi Han. She<br />
plays Thuy, a ten-year-old orphan who<br />
flees her uncle when he upbraids her for<br />
performing poorly as a worker at his bamboo<br />
blind factory. Thuy carefully packs her<br />
few belongings and runs away, only to end<br />
up selling roses on the streets of Saigon.<br />
It’s an alienating world, crowded and<br />
neon-lit. In the city, children fend for themselves<br />
as best they can and adults don’t<br />
ask questions. Thuy’s path crosses those<br />
of two other lonely souls: a beautiful flight<br />
attendant with nowhere to call home and<br />
a zookeeper who relates better to animals<br />
than to people. Aided by the engaging<br />
Thuy, the stories of these characters from<br />
very different walks of life eventually<br />
collide. When Thuy is scooped up by city<br />
police and taken to an overcrowded orphanage,<br />
her adult friends realize that it’s finally<br />
time to act. (In Vietnamese with English<br />
subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producers~Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Guager<br />
Screenplay~Stephane Gauger Cinematography~<br />
Stephane Gauger Editing~Ricardo Javier, Ham Tran<br />
Music~Pete Nguyen Principal Cast~Cay Ly, Le The Lu,<br />
Pham Thi Han Print Source~Annam Pictures<br />
About the Director~California-based Vietnamese-<br />
American director Stephane Gauger was born in Vietnam.<br />
He has worked on many film crews as a gaffer, and he<br />
played Death on a wailing guitar in the 1998 film<br />
“Six-String Samurai.” <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Seabirds” (1999),<br />
OWL AND THE SPARROW (2006)<br />
Pingpong<br />
Directed by Matthias Luthardt<br />
GERMANY 2006<br />
89 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
12:00 Noon I Code PING16<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
10:00 PM I Code PING19<br />
What happens behind closed doors in idyllic<br />
suburbia? On a pristine summer afternoon,<br />
Anna suns herself in the backyard<br />
with dog Schumann and husband Stefan<br />
at her side. The melodious echoes of their<br />
virtuoso son Robert playing the piano<br />
resonate in the background. Everything is<br />
as it should be. Or at least it appears that<br />
way. The unexpected arrival of Anna and<br />
Stefan’s 16-year-old nephew Paul disturbs<br />
the eerie serenity of this picturesque afternoon.<br />
Paul is still mourning his father’s<br />
recent suicide, but no one, except overly<br />
blunt Robert, seems to be talking about it.<br />
Anna and Stefan are most concerned about<br />
how long Paul plans to stay. When Stefan<br />
gets called away on business, a disgruntled<br />
Anna is left behind with the two teenagers<br />
and her dog. On these hot summer afternoons,<br />
an old ping pong table is the only<br />
source of amusement, but it doesn’t ease<br />
the unspoken hostility between stubborn<br />
Robert, brooding Paul, and manipulative<br />
Anna. In the isolated backyard of Matthias<br />
Luthardt’s PINGPONG, family tension<br />
escalates, and we are left waiting to see<br />
when the ball will drop. (In German with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by Puppet<br />
Directed by Patrick Smith, USA, 6 minutes<br />
Producers~Niklas Bäumer, Anke Hartwig Screenplay~<br />
Meike Hauck, Matthias Luthardt Cinematography~<br />
Christian Marohl Editing~Florian Miosge<br />
Music~Matthias Petsche Principal Cast~Sebastian<br />
Urzendowsky, Marion Mitterhammer, Clemens Berg, Falk<br />
Rockstroh Print Source~Media Luna Entertainment<br />
About the Director~Matthias Luthardt was born in<br />
1972 in Leiden, Germany. Founder of “risingstar” production<br />
company, he has directed several award-winning<br />
shorts. <strong>Film</strong>ography~PINGPONG (2006)
58 FILMS A – Z [P – R] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
CENTRAL AND EASTERN<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
Pleasant Moments<br />
(Hezké chvilky bez záruky)<br />
Directed by Vera Chytilová<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC 2006<br />
108 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
11:30 AM I Code PLEA21<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
2:15 PM I Code PLEA24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
9:30 AM I Code PLEA25<br />
Say, is everyone in Prague crazy? It seems<br />
so to Beleaguered psychiatrist Hana whose<br />
nerves are frazzled and whose relationships<br />
are falling apart. A specialist in marriage<br />
and family counseling, Hana struggles to<br />
help the bevy of wounded souls who sweep<br />
in and out of her office as though she had<br />
a revolving door. The only respite she finds<br />
from the cacophony of her life is in the<br />
soothing silence of the public swimming<br />
pool. While PLEASANT MOMENTS lays<br />
out the moral and emotional dysfunctions<br />
of contemporary Czech society, it’s also<br />
bitingly humorous. Director Vera Chytilová,<br />
one of the foremost directors of the 1960s<br />
Czech New Wave, is known for her visually<br />
experimental style. Here, the images are<br />
jarring, the camera hand-held; dodging<br />
through traffic and careening from one<br />
hysterical patient’s face to another as<br />
they spar or weep in Hana’s office. Hana’s<br />
inability to help people make sense of their<br />
stories, or to make any sense of her own,<br />
finally drives her to the edge. (In Czech<br />
with English subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producer~Katerina Černá Screenplay~Vera Chytilová,<br />
Katerina Irmanovova Cinematography~Martin Strba<br />
Editing~Jirí Brozek Music~David Kraus Principal<br />
Cast~Jana Janéková, Jana Krausová, Boleslav Polívka,<br />
Igor Baresˇ, David Kraus, Martin Hofman Print Source~<br />
Czech Television—Telexport<br />
About the Director~Vera Chytilová was born in 1929.<br />
In 1962 she graduated from the <strong>Film</strong> Academy (FAMU)<br />
in Prague. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Ceiling” (1962), “A Bagful<br />
of Fleas” (1963), “Pearls on the Ground” (1965),<br />
“Calamity” (1981), “Prague: The Restless Heart of<br />
Europe” (1984), “Expulsion from Paradise” (2001),<br />
PLEASANT MOMENTS (2006)<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Postmodern Life<br />
of My Aunt<br />
(Yi Ma De Hou Xian Dai Sheng Huo)<br />
Directed by Ann Hui<br />
CHINA 2006<br />
113 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
4:30 PM I Code POST20<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
6:45 PM I Code POST23<br />
Prominent Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui<br />
uses a deft touch in THE POSTMODERN<br />
LIFE OF MY AUNT to portray one woman’s<br />
post-Revolutionary struggle to get on with<br />
her life in Shanghai. Ye Rutang, a single<br />
woman in her 60’s, lives a solitary, somewhat<br />
eccentric life in a cement-block apartment<br />
building full of gossips and colorful<br />
characters. The intrusions of one wealthy<br />
neighbor, as flamboyant as Auntie Mame,<br />
plus the trials of maintaining her dignity as<br />
a self-sufficient, college-educated lady in<br />
a busy, noisy world full of boors, drive Ye<br />
nearly to the brink. Nonetheless, her good<br />
nature leads her to try to help people who<br />
are down on their luck, all of whom take<br />
advantage of her. The first offender is her<br />
12-year-old nephew, who comes to stay<br />
with Ye and then fakes being kidnapped to<br />
get ransom money. Then a lover scams her<br />
in a complicated ruse involving investments<br />
in cemetery plots. Eventually, Ye wears<br />
down under the crushing reality of modern<br />
city life and is forced to revisit the past she<br />
had left behind. (In Mandarin with English<br />
subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producer~Er Yong Screenplay~Li Qiang<br />
Cinematography~Kwan Pun-Leung, Yu Lik-Wai Editing~<br />
Liao Ching-Song Music~Joe Hisaishi Principal Cast~<br />
SiQin GaoWa, Chow Yun-Fat, Zhao Wei, Lu Yan<br />
Print Source~Cheerland Entertainment Organization<br />
About the Director~Ann Hui was born in Anshan,<br />
Manchuria and moved to Hong Kong as a child. She<br />
studied at the University of Hong Kong and the London<br />
<strong>Film</strong> School. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Secret” (1979),<br />
“Boat People” (1982), “Song of the Exile” (1990),<br />
“Summer Snow” (1994), “The Stunt Woman” (1996),<br />
“July Rhapsody” (2002), “Goddess of Mercy” (2003),<br />
THE POSTMODERN LIFE OF MY AUNT (2006)<br />
SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Prague<br />
(Prag)<br />
Directed by Ole Christian Madsen<br />
DENMARK 2006<br />
92 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:30 AM I Code PRAG20<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
2:00 PM I Code PRAG23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:30 PM I Code PRAG24<br />
A ruined marriage rages in the small<br />
spaces of train cars and hotel rooms, eventually<br />
exploding in the streets of Prague.<br />
Christoffer and Maja, a middle-aged<br />
couple, travel from Denmark to Prague<br />
with the intention of bringing home the<br />
body of Christoffer’s recently deceased<br />
father. Having not spoken with his father<br />
in 25 years, Christoffer struggles with the<br />
proceedings of the trip, which are only further<br />
complicated by the Czech bureaucracy.<br />
The trip also provides Christoffer with the<br />
opportunity to be alone with Maja and to<br />
confront her about her affair and the fate<br />
of their marriage. Shot with a 35mm<br />
handheld camera, PRAGUE is startlingly<br />
intimate and blatantly emotional. Prague<br />
itself, from its streets to its hotel rooms, is<br />
illuminated as a lovely city and a labyrinth<br />
from which the couple cannot escape.<br />
Enhanced by a haunting soundtrack, this<br />
heartbreaking story of loves lost proves a<br />
cinematic feat that no audience will soon<br />
forget. (In English, Danish and Czech with<br />
English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Morten Kaufmann Screenplay~Kim Fupz<br />
Aakeson, Ole Christian Madsen Cinematography~Jørgen<br />
Johansson Editing~Søren B. Ebbe Music~Jonas Struck<br />
Principal Cast~Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade Print<br />
Source~Danish <strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~Ole Christian Madsen was born in<br />
Roskilde, Denmark in 1965. He studied directing at the<br />
National <strong>Film</strong> School of Denmark. Madsen has directed a<br />
number of short films and television series in addition to<br />
his work in feature films. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Pizza King”<br />
(1999), “Kira’s Reason: A Love Story” (2001),<br />
“Nordkraft” (2005), PRAGUE (2006)
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NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ<br />
DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION<br />
MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
Punk’s Not Dead<br />
Directed by Susan Dynner<br />
USA 2006<br />
95 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
4:30 PM I Code PUNK23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:30 PM I Code PUNK24<br />
Never mind the Sex Pistols—here’s the<br />
Next Big Thing in take-no-prisoners music.<br />
In a raucous trip down memory lane, Susan<br />
Dynner glues together chops from vintage<br />
footage of the Sex Pistols, mentions The<br />
Clash and The Ramones, and gets a sound<br />
bite from Iggy Pop. She then leaves this<br />
“old, old school punk” to chronicle the<br />
sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties,<br />
recording studios, and yes, garages, of<br />
second and third generation punks. Punk<br />
is 30 years old, respectable enough to have<br />
its own archivists and historians. But does<br />
it still maintain its nonconformist ideals?<br />
Or has the concept of punk been so successfully<br />
co-opted by advertising that it has<br />
no meaning any longer? And did the crossover<br />
“pop” punks, who found commercial<br />
success, mess things up for the real punks?<br />
As one punk says, “120,000 records was<br />
a good thing, until Nirvana sold six million<br />
records.” PUNK’S NOT DEAD includes<br />
appearances by everyone. —A.S.<br />
Producers~Susan Dynner, Todd Traina Cinematography~<br />
Susan Dynner, Markus Kaeppeli, Emma Pantal<br />
Editing~Patrick Nelson Barnes Music Supervisor~Steve<br />
Collins Featuring~Bad Religion, GBH, The God Awfuls,<br />
Good Charlotte, Green Day, Billy Idol, Minor Threat, My<br />
Chemical Romance, NOFX, Offspring, Pennywise, The<br />
Ramones, Rancid, Henry Rollins, Social Distortion, Stiff<br />
Little Fingers, Subhumans, Sum 41, UK Subs, The Used,<br />
and many more Print Source~Punk’s Not Dead Prods.<br />
About the Director~Susan Dynner has been documenting<br />
the punk scene since the age of 15. She attended film<br />
school at the University of Wisconsin, and her photos<br />
have been used in countless album covers, liner notes,<br />
band T-shirts, and zines. <strong>Film</strong>ography~PUNK’S NOT<br />
DEAD (2006)<br />
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Rant<br />
Directed by D J Kadagian<br />
USA 2006<br />
46 minutes<br />
Rave<br />
Directed by D J Kadagian<br />
USA 2006<br />
45 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
9:45 PM I Code RANT19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
4:45 PM I Code RANT20<br />
Despite their titles, these two companion films are not angry screams<br />
from the stage. They’re not about parties with ecstasy and bad music.<br />
Nor are they hip-hopped or poetry-slammed. If that’s disappointing,<br />
these films are not for you. RANT consists of seven distinct small<br />
films, beginning with the 13th century Rumi poem “Only Breath,”<br />
which is set to a mesmerizing series of images of Earth taken from<br />
the Space Shuttle. RAVE transforms already beautiful words into<br />
cinematic and lyrical tableaux. For example, Cab Calloway makes an<br />
appearance in Langston Hughes’ 1923 “The Weary Blues,” which is<br />
set against the backdrop of old Harlem and features the Roseland and<br />
Apollo Theaters. Many have attempted the melding of poetry, sound,<br />
and cinema, but RANT and RAVE are among the few successes. —A.S.<br />
Producer~D J Kadagian Poetry recited by~Robert Bly, Coleman Barks, Allen Callahan,<br />
Carlos Alfaro, Deborah Kadagian, and others Print Source~D J Kadagian<br />
About the Director~D J Kadagian is a native of Westport Connecticut, a town he considers<br />
the capital of materialism in America. After graduating from Cornell University in 1985 and<br />
spending a brief period in publishing in the Far East, D J chose a career in the financial<br />
markets with a concentration in the U.S. fixed income markets. His films are designed to<br />
challenge, provoke, and inspire. <strong>Film</strong>ography~RANT (2006), RAVE (2006)<br />
Sponsored by
60 FILMS A – Z [R] The 30th <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
JCC JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS<br />
The Rape of Europa<br />
Directed by Richard Berge,<br />
Nicole Newnham, Bonni Cohen<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC, USA 2006<br />
117 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
7:00 PM I Code RAPE17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
2:00 PM I Code RAPE18<br />
Adolf Hitler had a dream of creating the<br />
world’s greatest museum of art. The Nazi’s<br />
systematic plan of making his dream a<br />
reality included the theft of those works<br />
that Hitler, and fellow art enthusiast<br />
Hermann Goering, held in esteem. From the<br />
evacuation of the Louvre and the Hermitage<br />
Museums to the dismantlement and burying<br />
of Cracow’s St. Mary’s Altar, ordinary<br />
European citizens went to extraordinary<br />
measures to preserve their art and culture.<br />
The film’s subject matter is astonishing in<br />
scope, encompassing items from DaVinci’s<br />
Mona Lisa to simple household items from<br />
Jewish apartments. With commentary from<br />
survivors and historians of WWII, THE RAPE<br />
OF EUROPA is a stunning and emotional<br />
documentary that depicts the evil that tried<br />
to destroy western culture and the heroism<br />
that saved it.—J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham, Bonni<br />
Cohen Co Producer~Robert M. Edsel Cinematography~<br />
Jon Shenk Editing~Josh Peterson Music~Marco<br />
D’Ambrosio Narration~Joan Allen Print Source~<br />
Menemsha <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Directors~Bonni Cohen is founder of Actual<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s, an independent documentary film company.<br />
Richard Berge is a documentary filmmaker who has<br />
made films for a variety of outlets, including PBS and<br />
A&E Biography. Nicole Newnham is a documentary filmmaker<br />
and writer who has worked with PBS, the BBC,<br />
and the Discovery and Learning Channels. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
THE RAPE OF EUROPA (2006)<br />
This film is presented with the<br />
generous support of LYNN GOTTLOB.<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Showing Art<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Year Round<br />
MIDNIGHT SNACKS, PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Re-Cycle<br />
(Gwai Wik)<br />
Directed by Oxide and Danny Pang<br />
HONG KONG, THAILAND 2006<br />
108 minutes<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
2:00 PM I Code RECY22<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
Midnight I Code RECY23<br />
A best-selling romance novelist decides to<br />
try her hand at something new and delves<br />
into a book about the supernatural. But<br />
once Ting-Yin starts writing, she finds her<br />
own world becoming increasingly mysterious.<br />
Unable to resist, she follows a female<br />
figure from the <strong>pages</strong> of her work and is<br />
transported to an inexplicable and terrifying<br />
supernatural world. As she struggles to<br />
figure out where she is and how to escape,<br />
she encounters a variety of horrifying<br />
creatures and mysterious places. Her experiences<br />
become more terrifying and more<br />
familiar throughout her journey, making her<br />
necessary escape even more difficult. With<br />
images that range from beautiful, to peculiar,<br />
to blatantly scary, the other worldliness<br />
of the film is complete and engrossing.<br />
RE-CYCLE is a truly remarkable and wholly<br />
fresh horror film that will leave audiences<br />
out of breath and deep in thought. (In<br />
Mandarin and Cantonese with English<br />
subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Oxide and Danny Pang, Alvin Lam, Sangar<br />
Chatchairungruang Screenplay~Oxide and Danny Pang,<br />
Pak Sing Pang, Sam Lung, Cub Chien Cinematography~<br />
Decha Srimantra Editing~Oxide and Danny Pang,<br />
Curran Pang Music~Payont Permsith Principal Cast~<br />
Lee Sinje, Zeng Qi Qi, Lau Siu Ming Print Source~<br />
Universe <strong>Film</strong>s Distribution Co., Ltd.<br />
About the Directors~Oxide and Danny Pang are twin<br />
brothers, born in Hong Kong in 1965. They are veterans<br />
of the film industry and have worked on a large number<br />
of films independent from one another in addition to<br />
their critically acclaimed work as a team. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“Bangkok Dangerous” (1999), “The Eye” (2002),<br />
“Omen” (2003), “The Eye 2” (2004), “The Eye 10”<br />
(2005), RE-CYCLE (2006)<br />
[ ADULTS ONLY!]<br />
Red Road<br />
Directed by Andrea Arnold<br />
UNITED KINGDOM 2006<br />
113 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
6:45 PM I Code REDR17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
11:30 AM I Code REDR18<br />
Working for a private security outfit, Jackie<br />
scans surveillance monitors, looking for<br />
any sign of criminal activity. Seemingly<br />
just going through the motions of her work,<br />
Jackie is visibly shaken when a familiar<br />
face appears on a monitor. Her shock at<br />
seeing the loutish Clyde on the screen is<br />
telling: he has most certainly affected<br />
Jackie’s life in the past, but how? Living in<br />
the low-rent Red Road area of Glasgow,<br />
Clyde becomes the focus of the unrelenting<br />
Jackie, who stalks him until an eventual<br />
and explosive encounter. Exploring<br />
voyeurism and revenge, the film is an<br />
intense thriller that keeps audiences guessing<br />
until the last frame. RED ROAD is the<br />
first film of the Advance Party Project, an<br />
experimental venture that will culminate in<br />
three films by three directors, each featuring<br />
the same characters. Director Andrea<br />
Arnold has set the bar for the project high<br />
with an impressive and engrossing feature<br />
film debut. —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Carrie Comerford Screenplay~Andrea Arnold<br />
Cinematography~Robbie Ryan Editing~Nicolas<br />
Chaudeurge Principal Cast~Katie Dickie, Tony Curran,<br />
Martin Compston, Natalie Press Print Source~Tartan<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s USA<br />
About the Director~Born in 1961, Andrea Arnold began<br />
her career as an actress on a popular British Saturday<br />
morning television show. Arnold studied at the American<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Institute and has directed a number of acclaimed<br />
short films. Her debut feature length film, RED ROAD,<br />
won the Prix du Jury at the 2006 Cannes <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~RED ROAD (2006)<br />
This film is presented with financial<br />
support from Mike as a gift to<br />
PENNY CAMPBELL for taking<br />
wonderful care of Samantha, my cat.
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LOCAL HEROES<br />
Relative Obscurity<br />
Directed by Jeff Rosenberg<br />
USA 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
7:15 PM I Code RELA24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
9:30 AM I Code RELA25<br />
Set and filmed on the campus of Ohio<br />
University, RELATIVE OBSCURITY revolves<br />
around a group of college students whose<br />
lives take surprising—even drastic—turns<br />
in their senior year. The film is based on<br />
the quote, “Each generation must out of<br />
relative obscurity discover its mission,<br />
fulfill it, or betray it” by Franz Fanon in<br />
The Wretched of the Earth. Rosenberg<br />
begins with four students getting high in<br />
September 2001, after which they watch<br />
the events of 9/11. This sets the stage for<br />
change, which comes four years later. Sad<br />
sack James still pines after Claire, who has<br />
made a deep connection with a student<br />
from Ghana. Party-girl Zoe and Dylan,<br />
together since high school, find they have<br />
little in common at a critical juncture in<br />
their lives. Each puzzles out the futures<br />
they thought they had and the present conditions<br />
that demand immediate action.<br />
Lives are threatened, love blooms, reality<br />
checks. —A.S.<br />
Producers~Jeff Rosenberg, John Swartz Screenplay~<br />
Jeff Rosenberg Cinematography~Devin Doyle Editing~<br />
Spencer Houck Music~James Sizemore Principal<br />
Cast~Larisa Oleynik, Owiso Odera, Eric Martig, Jordan K.<br />
Kamp, Danielle Puterbaugh, Kat Primeau, Adam Perabo,<br />
Esiaba Irobi, Jack Kehler, Shelly Delaney Print Source~<br />
Par-T-Com Productions, LLC<br />
About the Director~Jeffrey Rosenberg was born in<br />
1981 and grew up in Shaker Heights. A playwright and<br />
screen director, Rosenberg made a seven-minute short,<br />
“Detonate,” which won the Best <strong>Film</strong> on Campus award<br />
at Ohio University, judged by Gus Van Sant, Allison<br />
Anders, and Joel Schumacher. <strong>Film</strong>ography~RELATIVE<br />
OBSCURITY (2006)<br />
SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Reprise<br />
Directed by Joachim Trier<br />
NORWAY 2006<br />
105 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
6:45 PM I Code REPR16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:30 AM I Code REPR18<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
2:00 PM I Code REPR19<br />
In front of a mailbox, best friends Phillip<br />
and Erik, each holding a sealed envelope<br />
containing his first manuscript, contemplate<br />
their future. Of course, their books<br />
will be accepted immediately, garnering<br />
meager sales but a devoted cult following.<br />
Subsequent mishaps in love will cause<br />
Phillip to abandon writing completely.<br />
He will leave Oslo and only after seeing<br />
cave paintings in Vèzère Valle will he start<br />
writing again. Without Phillip, Erik will be<br />
unable to find his inspiration. Erik will<br />
travel to Europe where he will fall in love.<br />
Perhaps at a café, perhaps on the street,<br />
perhaps at the airport, the best friends will<br />
meet again, only to realize they are writing<br />
the same book destined to change the<br />
world. But wait a minute—this is REPRISE<br />
and they haven’t even dropped their original<br />
manuscripts into the mailbox yet. (In<br />
Norwegian with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by A Painful Glimpse Into<br />
My Writing Process<br />
Directed by Chel White, USA, 2 minutes<br />
Producer~Karin Julsrud Screenplay~Eskil Vogt, Joachim<br />
Trier Cinematography~Jakob Ihre Editing~Olivier Bugge<br />
Couté Music~Ola Fløttum, Knut Schreiner Principal<br />
Cast~Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie,<br />
Christian Rubeck, Odd Magnus Williamson, Pål Stokka,<br />
Viktoria Winge Print Source~Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~Norwegian Skateboard Champion<br />
Joachim Trier studied at the National <strong>Film</strong> and Television<br />
School in England. <strong>Film</strong>ography~REPRISE (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
with the generous support of<br />
CARLA STREEP O’DAY and<br />
MICHAEL HONOHAN.<br />
CENTRAL GREG GUND AND MEMORIAL EASTERN<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
EUROPEAN FILM COMPETITION<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
PAN-AFRICAN IMAGES<br />
Runners High<br />
Directed by Justine Jacob,<br />
Alex D. da Silva<br />
USA 2006<br />
86 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
6:45 PM I Code RUNN20<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
12:00 Noon I Code RUNN21<br />
Staying on track isn’t easy in East Oakland,<br />
California. While kids watch their friends<br />
get in fights, go to jail, or get pregnant,<br />
Student Run Oakland (SRO) reinvigorates<br />
hope in one of the roughest neighborhoods<br />
in the country. In a four-month program,<br />
SRO trains student recruits from around<br />
the area to run a marathon (26.2 miles).<br />
The incentives: free shoes and an allexpenses-paid<br />
trip to the Los Angeles<br />
Marathon. The prize: if you can finish a<br />
marathon, you can do anything. Justine<br />
Jacob and Alex D. da Silva’s RUNNERS<br />
HIGH follows four hopefuls—Ebony, Fred,<br />
Marvyn, and Alma—through this long and<br />
grueling process. From two laps to 20<br />
miles, the training is by no means easy,<br />
and the students face their fair share of<br />
physical and personal problems along the<br />
way. But with the encouragement and<br />
commitment of the volunteers of SRO,<br />
including Coach Alphonzo and Executive<br />
Director Spencer Hooper, the runners learn<br />
that they have responsibility for their future<br />
—to cross a finish line and to achieve<br />
a dream. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Justine Jacob Cinematography~Alex D.<br />
da Silva Editing~Joshua Callaghan Music~Marco<br />
D’Ambrosio Print Source~Jacob Productions, LLC<br />
About the Directors~Currently living in the San Francisco<br />
Bay Area, Justine Jacob was a lawyer before she pursued<br />
a career in filmmaking. A filmmaker since 1989, Alex D.<br />
da Silva has worked as a director, cinematographer, and<br />
producer for several<br />
Sponsored by<br />
projects in both the<br />
United States and Latin<br />
America. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
RUNNERS HIGH (2006)<br />
May 20, 2007<br />
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62 FILMS A – Z [S] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Salty Air<br />
(L’Aria Salata)<br />
Directed by Alessandro Angelini<br />
ITALY 2006<br />
87 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
7:15 PM I Code SALT16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
4:30 PM I Code SALT17<br />
Prison officer Fabio has little time for<br />
sentiment at work. His job is to decide<br />
whether prisoners should be granted temporary<br />
leave for personal circumstances,<br />
and he takes it very seriously. Though many<br />
unqualified inmates expect his assistance,<br />
he never wavers in his shrewd judgment.<br />
Even when his girlfriend’s father offers him<br />
a hot new car and a less mentally-demanding<br />
job, he abruptly refuses. He is passionate<br />
about his work. His latest case is with<br />
Sparti, a convicted murderer who has been<br />
incarcerated for 20 years. And Sparti’s<br />
circumstances are far more personal for<br />
Fabio than any other case. While questioning<br />
Sparti, Fabio struggles to maintain his<br />
professionalism. As his troubled past<br />
continues to torment him, he must decide<br />
whether or not to disclose his unlikely<br />
connection to Sparti. SALTY AIR is the first<br />
film of director Alessandro Angelini, who<br />
boldly combines a superb cast and fastpaced<br />
editing in this gripping and decidedly<br />
unconventional prison film. (In Italian<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Donatella Botti Screenplay~Alessandro<br />
Angelini, Angelo Carbone Cinematography~Arnaldo<br />
Cantinari Editing~Massimo Fiocchi Music~Luca Tozzi<br />
Principal Cast~Giorgio Pasotti, Giorgio Colangeli,<br />
Michela Ceson, Katy Saunders, Sergio Solli<br />
Print Source~Pyramide <strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~Alessandro Angelini was born in<br />
Rome, Italy in 1971. He worked with several notable<br />
Italian directors as assistant and first assistant director<br />
before releasing his first short film in 1998.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~SALTY AIR (2006)<br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
M% –10% CINEMA<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
Saving Marriage<br />
Directed by Mike Roth, John Henning<br />
USA 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
4:45 PM I Code MARR23<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
w/<strong>Film</strong>Forum<br />
1:45 PM I Code MARR25<br />
In November of 2003, the Massachusetts<br />
Supreme Judicial Court made a decision<br />
that would undeniably change the future.<br />
For the first time anywhere in the United<br />
States, beginning on May 17, 2004,<br />
same-sex marriages would be legal in the<br />
state of Massachusetts. But change would<br />
not come easily. Following this decision,<br />
public dissent induced the state legislature<br />
to consider an amendment that would take<br />
away the right just granted to lesbians<br />
and gays. SAVING MARRIAGE follows the<br />
turbulent, trying process of maintaining the<br />
court’s original decision, of maintaining<br />
equality. <strong>Film</strong>makers Mike Roth and<br />
John Henning document the suspenseful<br />
legislature votes, the critical elections,<br />
and the real people who this issue affects.<br />
Including interviews with lobbyists, politicians,<br />
organizers, and gay couples, the film<br />
explores the political, social, and personal<br />
implications of the right to marry and the<br />
possibility for change in America. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Mike Roth, John Henning Cinematography~<br />
Mike Roth Editing~Paula Gauthier Music~Jamie<br />
Forsyth Featuring~Arline Isaacson, Josh Friedes,<br />
Marc Solomon, Marty Rouse, Carl Sciortino, Kris Mineau<br />
Print Source~Documix <strong>Film</strong>s LLC<br />
About the Directors~Born in Michigan, Mike Roth began<br />
a career as a news cameraman in 1989. Now living in<br />
Los Angeles, he has worked on several documentaries,<br />
reality television shows, and news series. John Henning<br />
graduated from the University of California, Berkeley,<br />
with a law degree. <strong>Film</strong>ography~SAVING MARRIAGE<br />
(2006)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
JCC JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS<br />
Secret Courage: The<br />
Walter Suskind Story<br />
Directed by Tim Morse<br />
USA 2005<br />
82 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
2:15 PM I Code SECR19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
7:15 PM I Code SECR20<br />
Walter Suskind was a German Jew living<br />
in Amsterdam during World War II when he<br />
was forced to serve as the head of deportation<br />
at the Hollandsche Schouwburg, the<br />
Jewish Theater in Amsterdam. The theater<br />
was used as the main deportation site in<br />
Holland; as Jews arrived there, adults were<br />
kept in the theater while their children<br />
were removed to a dormitory across the<br />
street. Using his German, his skills as an<br />
actor and businessman, and his courage,<br />
Suskind and an intrepid group of resistance<br />
workers arranged for the escape of hundreds<br />
of Dutch children who were marked<br />
for transport to the death camps. In<br />
SECRET COURAGE, we hear the stories of<br />
five of the saved children, plus those of<br />
eleven resistance workers. They tell of an<br />
incredible rescue operation wherein workers<br />
in the theater orchestrated their efforts with<br />
those of nurses caring for the children.<br />
Survivors who were adults at the time<br />
speak of their moral dilemma at having to<br />
decide which children to send off and<br />
which to keep there. The film challenges<br />
viewers to think about what they might<br />
have done in similar circumstances. —B.B.<br />
Producer~Tim Morse Cinematography~Tim Morse<br />
Editing~Tim Morse, Karen Morse, Federico Muchnik<br />
Music~Christopher Hossfeld Print Source~National<br />
Center for Jewish <strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Tim Morse has been a professional<br />
photographer since 1975. He has produced still<br />
photography and videos for colleges, corporate clients,<br />
magazines, performing arts organizations, and numerous<br />
sports organizations including the US Olympic<br />
Committee. Karen Morse is Tim’s wife/partner and coresearcher.<br />
This is their first feature film. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
SECRET COURAGE (2005)
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MIDNIGHT SNACKS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Severance<br />
Directed by Christopher Smith<br />
UNITED KINGDOM 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
Midnight I Code SEVE23<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
2:15 PM I Code SEVE25<br />
A day at the office can be grueling; for<br />
these co-workers, it’s turned gruesome.<br />
A group of colleagues, working for a<br />
prominent international defense company,<br />
embark to the woods of Eastern Europe for<br />
a “team building” weekend. Even before<br />
they arrive at their luxury cabin, things<br />
seem awry. Once they arrive, it is still<br />
difficult for them to shake the feeling that<br />
something is just not right. When the bus<br />
driver is found mutilated and the boss’s<br />
right-hand man loses a leg in a bear trap,<br />
it is obvious something is horribly wrong.<br />
A horror flick for people working from 9 to<br />
5, SEVERANCE is as disgusting and scary<br />
as it is hilarious and clever. Smarter than<br />
your average horror film, there is the<br />
implication, and a few plausible scenarios<br />
offered, that the defense corporation has<br />
done something in its past or present that<br />
has brought all this torture and gore the<br />
employees’ way. A rare achievement,<br />
Christopher Smith’s second film is politically<br />
aware, without losing a bit of the fun and<br />
unpleasantness of horror. —J.B.H.<br />
Preceded by Happy Birthday 2 You<br />
Directed by David Alcalde, Spain, 13 minutes<br />
Producer~Jason Newmark Screenplay~James Moran,<br />
Christopher Smith Cinematography~Ed Wild<br />
Editing~Stuart Gazzard Music~Christian Henson<br />
Principal Cast~Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny,<br />
Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman Print<br />
Source~Magnolia Pictures<br />
About the Director~Christopher Smith was born in<br />
Bristol and graduated from Bristol University with an MA<br />
in film production. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Creep” (2004),<br />
SEVERANCE (2006)<br />
[ ADULTS ONLY!]<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
The Shutka Book<br />
of Records<br />
(Knjiga Rekorda Sutke)<br />
Directed by Aleksandar Manic<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC 2005<br />
78 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
2:15 PM I Code SHUT19<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
4:30 PM I Code SHUT21<br />
Welcome to Shutka, a small town where<br />
everyone is champion of something. With<br />
the largest Roma population in the world,<br />
Shutka hasn’t the richest of economies, but<br />
what it lacks in infrastructure, it makes up<br />
for in character. There is the man with the<br />
most suits, the richest man, and the best<br />
vampire hunter—just to name a few. In<br />
a town full of winners and losers, even the<br />
ganders and canaries are in competition.<br />
The fiercest of all competitions revolves<br />
around music, especially the battle of the<br />
largest collection of cassette tapes.<br />
Narrator Dr. Koljo (champion fisherman)<br />
takes the audience on a walking tour of<br />
the city, interviewing Shutka’s heroes for<br />
a rare and hilarious glimpse of humanity<br />
at its best. THE SHUTKA BOOK OF<br />
RECORDS consists of unforgettable people<br />
and moments almost too quirky to be real,<br />
but too genuine to be dismissed as fiction.<br />
Whether or not Shutka can be found on<br />
a map is irrelevant; the strength of the<br />
tiny Balkan town is in its inhabitants who,<br />
surely, would not choose to live anywhere<br />
else. (In Czech and Roma with English<br />
subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Aleksandar Manic, Judita Krizova<br />
Cinematography~Dominik Miskovsky Editing~Ivana<br />
Davidová, Aleksandar Manic Music~Varhan<br />
Orchestrovich Bauer Print Source~Seventh Art<br />
Releasing<br />
About the Director~Aleksandar Manic was born in Senta,<br />
Yugoslavia in 1966. Raised in Germany, Manic graduated<br />
from the FAMU <strong>Film</strong> Academy in Prague before embarking<br />
on his career working in both film and television<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs<br />
Underground” (1996), “The Walls of Kosovo” (1998),<br />
THE SHUTKA BOOK OF RECORDS (2005)<br />
Slumming<br />
Directed by Michael Glawogger<br />
AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND 2006<br />
96 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
7:00 PM I Code SLUM19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
12:00 Noon I Code SLUM20<br />
In SLUMMING, three lost souls—poet<br />
Kallman, slacker Sebastian, and teacher<br />
Pia—grapple, albeit unknowingly, to<br />
discover their own identities. Their lives<br />
become entwined through the roguish<br />
antics of Sebastian, a self-proclaimed doer<br />
of “nothing” who fills his days taunting<br />
others and objectifying women. When<br />
Sebastian finds Kallman passed out on a<br />
park bench, he rashly decides to abandon<br />
the unconscious drunk in the Czech<br />
Republic without an I.D. Sebastian confesses<br />
this to Pia, his most recent fling.<br />
Disgusted by Sebastian’s confession,<br />
Pia resolves to find the lost Kallman. As<br />
Sebastian searches for Pia, Pia searches<br />
for Kallman, and Kallman searches for<br />
Vienna—each character’s quest becomes<br />
a process of self-discovery. In a film about<br />
watching the lives of strangers for fun,<br />
Glawogger skillfully embroils us in this<br />
voyeuristic sport. (In German and Czech<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Preceded by Ten to Two<br />
Directed by Mathijs Geijskes, Netherlands,<br />
6 minutes<br />
Producer~Erich Lackner Screenplay~Michael Glawogger<br />
Cinematography~Martin Gschlacht Editing~Christof<br />
Schertenleib Music~Peter von Siebenthal, Daniel Jacob,<br />
Till Wyler, Walter W. Cikan Principal Cast~Paulus<br />
Manker, August Diehl, Michael Ostrowsky, Pia<br />
Hierzegger, Maria Bill Print Source~Bavaria <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~Born in Graz, Austria, Michael<br />
Glawogger studied film at the San Francisco Art Institute<br />
and Vienna <strong>Film</strong> Academy. He is a writer, director,<br />
cinematographer, and editor of both documentaries<br />
and narrative films, <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Ant Street” (1995),<br />
“Movies in the Mind” (1996), “Megacities” (1998),<br />
“France, Here We Come!” (1999), “Workingman’s<br />
Death” (2005), SLUMMING (2006)
64 FILMS A – Z [S – T] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
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Sons<br />
(Sønner)<br />
Directed by Erik Richter Strand<br />
NORWAY 2006<br />
100 minutes<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
11:30 AM I Code SONS23<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:45 PM I Code SONS24<br />
An astonishing debut film by Norwegian<br />
director Erik Richter Strand, SONS is the<br />
story of one man’s quest to stop a local<br />
pedophile. Lars, in his mid-20’s, is a rather<br />
flaccid lifeguard at the indoor pool in<br />
working-class Oslo, where he’s lived all his<br />
life. Though he’s basically good-natured, it<br />
soon becomes clear that his temper gets<br />
him into trouble. When he recognizes a<br />
man at the pool talking to young teenage<br />
boys, Lars’s life practically flashes before<br />
his eyes. He knows it’s Hans—the same<br />
man who used to hit on boys when he was<br />
a child. Together with his timid friend<br />
Joergen and Tim, the pederast’s latest<br />
victim, Lars embarks on a program to<br />
humiliate the man into leaving children<br />
alone. His tactics begin to snowball, though,<br />
until his “Anti Pedo Action” guerilla team<br />
takes on a frightening life of its own. SONS<br />
features excellent actors, including Nils<br />
Joergen Kaalstad as Lars, Henrik Mestad as<br />
Hans, and a very brave Mikkel Bratt Silset<br />
as young Tim. Director Strand notes,<br />
“SONS deals with the gray areas of our<br />
morality, which I find are the most interesting<br />
to explore.” (In Norwegian with English<br />
subtitles) —B.B.<br />
Producer~Eric Vogel Screenplay~Thomas Seeberg<br />
Torjussen, Erik Richter Strand Cinematography~<br />
Johan-Fredrik Bødtker Editing~Simen Gengenbach<br />
Music~Marius Christiansen & Magnet Principal Cast~<br />
Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Edward<br />
Schultheiss, Henrik Mestad, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marika<br />
Enstad Print Source~Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> Institute<br />
About the Director~Born in 1974, Erik Richter Strand<br />
studied direction at the Norwegian National <strong>Film</strong> School<br />
in Lillehammer. His short films have been shown in<br />
several international festivals. SONS, his first feature<br />
film, was produced by Tordenfilm, which he co-owns.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~SONS (2006)<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Still Alive—A <strong>Film</strong> About<br />
Krzysztof Kieslowski<br />
Directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz<br />
POLAND 2006<br />
81 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
1:45 PM I Code STIL16<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
4:45 PM I Code STIL19<br />
One of Poland’s most revered and prolific<br />
film directors, Krzysztof Kieslowski, against<br />
the odds of a turbulent political climate,<br />
consistently created films that he felt, as<br />
an artist, should be made. As a student in<br />
Warsaw in the 1960s, Kieslowski worked<br />
mainly in documentary film, but his own<br />
success in the genre made him turn to fictional<br />
film later in his career. His fictional<br />
films went on to win great acclaim across<br />
Europe. Making films through political<br />
persecution of the 1960s and 1970s and<br />
the Solidarity movement in the 1980s,<br />
Kieslowski never attempted to be overtly<br />
political, yet his works remain an accurate<br />
document of Poland throughout those<br />
years. STILL ALIVE follows the director<br />
from his school days to his death in 1996<br />
through interviews with his colleagues and<br />
friends, providing intimate insight into<br />
an artist and his craft. Interspersed with<br />
segments from his films and behind-thescenes<br />
footage, the film illuminates a cinematic<br />
genius and the outstanding body of<br />
work for which he is responsible. (In Polish<br />
with English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producers~Jerzy Jakutowicz, Slawomir Salamon<br />
Cinematography~Andrzej Adamczak Editing~Graz˙yna<br />
Gradoń Print Source~Telewizja Polska<br />
About the Director~Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz was born<br />
in Cieplice Slaskie in 1954. She graduated from the<br />
Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw in 1978 and from<br />
the Radio and TV Department of the University of<br />
Silesia in Katowice in 1982. She continues to live and<br />
work in Poland. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“The End of the World”<br />
(1994), STILL ALIVE—A FILM ABOUT KRZYSZTOF<br />
KIESLOWSKI (2006)<br />
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Stolen Holidays<br />
(Les Petites Vacances)<br />
Directed by Olivier Peyon<br />
FRANCE 2006<br />
90 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
4:30 PM I Code STOL16<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
9:30 PM I Code STOL20<br />
Since her daughter’s divorce, Danielle<br />
(veteran French actress Bernadette Lafont)<br />
has been charged with seeing that her<br />
grandchildren are safely turned over to<br />
their father for holidays. Intending to<br />
leave the pre-teen Marine and her younger<br />
brother Tomas with their father for Easter,<br />
Danielle’s plans are suddenly changed<br />
when his girlfriend arrives to collect the<br />
children. Refusing to leave her grandchildren<br />
with a stranger, Danielle takes it upon<br />
herself to treat the children to a vacation.<br />
They embark to the Swiss mountains on<br />
a spontaneous trip that results in fun and<br />
adventure, but has devastatingly stark<br />
moments as well. As Danielle’s behavior<br />
grows increasingly erratic, she eventually<br />
decides it would be impossible to return<br />
the children to their parents. The result is<br />
STOLEN HOLIDAYS—an intriguing story<br />
about love, growing old, and the generational<br />
complexities of family. (In French<br />
with English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Preceded by Daddy’s Little Helper<br />
Directed by Daniel Wilson, United Kingdom,<br />
3 minutes<br />
Producers~Edgard Tenembaum, Gérard Lacroix<br />
Screenplay~Olivier Peyon, Cyril Brody Cinematography~<br />
Alexis Kavyrchine Editing~Fabrice Rouaud Music~<br />
Jérome Bayr, peermusic Principal Cast~Bernadette<br />
Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Adèle Csech, Lucas Franchi<br />
Print Source~Wide Management<br />
About the Director~Born in 1969, Olivier Peyon graduated<br />
from le Centre de la Cinematographie. Peyon directed<br />
a number of acclaimed short films before his feature<br />
film debut, STOLEN HOLIDAYS. <strong>Film</strong>ography~STOLEN<br />
HOLIDAYS (2006)
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GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
LOCAL HEROES<br />
PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION<br />
Strange Culture<br />
Directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson<br />
USA 2007<br />
75 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
9:45 PM I Code STRA21<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
12:00 Noon I Code STRA25<br />
STRANGE CULTURE supersedes the norms<br />
of documentary filmmaking to expose the<br />
shocking repercussions of post-9/11 paranoia.<br />
In 2004, while respected artist and<br />
college professor Steve Kurtz was working<br />
on an exhibition concerning genetically<br />
modified food, his wife Hope suddenly<br />
died of heart failure. Upon seeing his art<br />
supplies, including bacteria-speckled petri<br />
dishes and mutant flies bought over the<br />
Internet, the paramedics became suspicious<br />
and called the FBI. Soon after,<br />
dozens of men in hazmat suits were rifling<br />
through his entire household, impounding<br />
his computers, books, cat, and even his<br />
deceased wife. For the past three years,<br />
the government has maintained charges<br />
against Kurtz as a suspected bioterrorist<br />
with little evidence. Due to legal stipulations,<br />
Kurtz cannot discuss the case. Thus,<br />
along with news footage, animation, and<br />
testimonials, Leeson employs actors to<br />
reenact this appalling story of government<br />
incompetence. —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Lise Swenson, Steven Beer, Lynn Hershman<br />
Leeson Screenplay~Lynn Hershman Leeson<br />
Cinematography~Hiro Narita Editing~Lynn Hershman<br />
Leeson Principal Cast~Tilda Swinton, Thomas Jay<br />
Ryan, Peter Coyote, Josh Kornbluth, Steve Kurtz<br />
Print Source~Lynn Hershman Leeson<br />
About the Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson was born in<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong>, Ohio in 1941. Her artistic work in a variety of<br />
media, including photography, video, film, installation,<br />
and pioneered interactive computer and net-based media<br />
art, has earned her international acclaim. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
“Conceiving Ada” (1997), “Teknolust” (2003), STRANGE<br />
CULTURE (2007)<br />
Sponsored by<br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
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Sway<br />
Directed by Miwa Nishikawa<br />
JAPAN 2006<br />
119 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
11:30 AM I Code SWAY24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
7:15 PM I Code SWAY25<br />
According to director Nishikawa Miwa,<br />
dreams inspired her first two films, but a<br />
nightmare inspired her courtroom thriller<br />
SWAY. One year after his mother’s death,<br />
chic Tokyo photographer Takeru halfheartedly<br />
returns to his small hometown for a<br />
memorial ceremony. His first stop is at the<br />
family gas station, where his older brother<br />
Minoru now works. The two could not be<br />
more different: humble, shy, and modestly<br />
dressed Minoru hardly compares to his hip,<br />
confident, and designer clad brother, especially<br />
when it comes to women. Despite<br />
Minoru’s secret, undying love for Chieko,<br />
a childhood friend of the brothers, Takeru<br />
effortlessly wins her affections within hours<br />
of his arrival. The next morning, the three<br />
visit the nearby Hasumi Gorge. In the<br />
breathtaking wilderness, Takeru wanders<br />
across an unsteady suspension bridge to<br />
snap some photos while Minuro and Chieko<br />
lag behind. As Takeru turns to his companions,<br />
he watches Chieko fall to her death in<br />
the vast canyon below. Days later, Minuro<br />
is arrested and Takeru, whose job is to<br />
capture important moments, is the only<br />
witness, and he can’t remember exactly<br />
what he saw. (In Japanese with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Kiichi Kumagai Screenplay~Miwa Nishikawa<br />
Cinematography~Hiroshi Takase Editing~Ryuji Miyajima<br />
Music~Cauliflowers Principal Cast~Joe Odagiri,<br />
Teruyuki Kagawa, Masato Ibu, Keizo Kanie, Hirofumi<br />
Arai, Yoko Maki, Yuichi Kimura Print Source~Celluloid<br />
Dreams<br />
About the Director~After studying literature at Waseda<br />
University in Tokyo, Hiroshima native Miwa Nishikawa<br />
began working as an assistant director for several independent<br />
films. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Wild Berries” (2003),<br />
“Female” (2005), SWAY (2006)<br />
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
FAMILY FILMS<br />
Tail of a Tiger<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 1984<br />
80 minutes<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
1:45 PM I Code TAIL18<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In Rolf de Heer’s first film, TAIL OF A<br />
TIGER, he sees the world through the eyes<br />
of a child, a viewpoint that he repeatedly<br />
explores in his later work. Orville Ryan, a<br />
precocious 12-year-old, wants to rise above<br />
his peers—he wants to fly. But the local<br />
gang of youngsters, led by mean-spirited<br />
Spike, won’t share their radio-controlled<br />
model airplanes with Orville. Instead, Spike<br />
crushes both Orville’s scale model Tiger<br />
Moth and his dreams. Heartbroken, a<br />
tearful Orville aimlessly wanders until he<br />
finds himself in an abandoned factory.<br />
While poking around, he sets eyes on what<br />
appears to be an old plane wreck and,<br />
upon further inspection, is none other than<br />
a full size Tiger Moth. Ecstatic, Orville<br />
immediately envisions himself as an apt<br />
pilot. As his imagination zooms through<br />
blue skies, his dream is brought to an<br />
abrupt halt by the plane’s owner, a curmudgeonly<br />
old man named Harry. The next day,<br />
the factory doors are locked, but Orville<br />
Ryan is one pilot who cannot be shot down.<br />
—E.J.B.<br />
Producer~James M. Vernon Screenplay~Rolf de Heer<br />
Cinematography~Richard Michalak Editing~Suresh<br />
Ayyar Music~Graham Tardif Principal Cast~Grant<br />
Navin, Gordon Poole, Caz Lederman, Peter Feeley, Gayle<br />
Kennedy Print Source~Vertigo Productions<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refer to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.
66 FILMS A – Z [T] The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
PACIFIC PEARLS<br />
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Taking Father Home<br />
(Bei Ya Zi De Nan Han)<br />
Directed by Ying Liang<br />
CHINA 2005<br />
100 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
11:30 AM I Code TAKN16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
2:15 PM I Code TAKN18<br />
With no money, one knife, two ducks, and<br />
a dream, stubborn teenager Xu Yun leaves<br />
his small village for the big city. There may<br />
be over three million people in Zigong, but<br />
Xu is determined to find his father, who<br />
abandoned his family six years ago. Though<br />
Xu may have no home when he returns (his<br />
community will soon be relocated to make<br />
room for a new industrial park), he obtains<br />
his father’s address from an old bank check<br />
and then heads, appropriately, for the<br />
enigmatic Happiness Inn. Along the way,<br />
Xu meets several surrogate father figures,<br />
including a scarred criminal and an amiable<br />
cop. Despite a few dead ends, nothing<br />
dissuades this determined youngster, and<br />
threats of an imminent catastrophic flood<br />
merely heighten his search. Will Xu be<br />
able to find his father and take him home?<br />
Where will his home be? Infused with<br />
social commentary, Ying Liang’s TAKING<br />
FATHER HOME, which has reaped numerous<br />
awards across the festival circuit, is<br />
perhaps China’s most innovative “underground”<br />
indie. (In Mandarin with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Peng Shan Screenplay~Ying Liang, Peng<br />
Shan Cinematography~Li Rongsheng, Ying Liang<br />
Editing~Ying Liang Music~Zhang Xiao Principal Cast~<br />
Xu Yun, Liu Xiaopei, Wang Jie Print Source~90 Minutes<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Studio<br />
About the Director~Ying Liang was born in Shanghai in<br />
1977. Before directing several short films, he studied art<br />
at Beijing Normal University and directing at Chongqing<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Academy. <strong>Film</strong>ography~TAKING FATHER HOME<br />
(2005)<br />
TIME WARNER CABLE AMERICAN INDIES<br />
LOCAL HEROES, MIDNIGHT SNACKS<br />
The Ten<br />
Directed by David Wain<br />
USA 2006<br />
93 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
Midnight I Code TTEN24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
4:45 PM I Code TTEN25<br />
Director and co-screenwriter David Wain<br />
(“Wet Hot American Summer,” 25th CIFF)<br />
and co-screenwriter Ken Marino look to<br />
God for inspiration in the divinely irreverent<br />
THE TEN. Each based on one of the Ten<br />
Commandments, ten separate stories with<br />
overlapping characters and themes are<br />
framed by the morally-conflicted narrator<br />
(Paul Rudd), who gets his own screentime<br />
on a black soundstage with the famed<br />
tablets. From an idiotic skydiver-turnedsuperstar<br />
(a parody of “Thou shalt have<br />
no other god before me”), to a prankster<br />
doctor who kills his own patients (a spoof<br />
of “Thou shalt not kill”), to a capricious<br />
animation by Aaron Augenblick entitled<br />
“The Lying Rhino” (a perversion of “Thou<br />
shalt not bear false witness against thy<br />
neighbor”), the imaginations of Wain and<br />
Marino hold nothing sacred in this hilariously<br />
sardonic film. The star-studded<br />
ensemble cast features Adam Brody,<br />
Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber,<br />
and many more who collectively keep our<br />
faith in sinfully good comedy. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Jonathan Stern Screenplay~Ken Marino,<br />
David Wain Cinematography~Yaron Orbach Editing~<br />
Eric Kissack Music~Craig Wedren Principal Cast~Paul<br />
Rudd, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Jessica Alba, Wiinon<br />
Ryder, Liev Schreiber, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol,<br />
Oliver Platt, Famke Janssen Print Source~THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~<strong>Cleveland</strong>er David Wain was born on<br />
August 1, 1969. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio<br />
and studied film at New York University. Since his comedy<br />
show “The State” premiered in 1993, he has had a<br />
celebrated career as director, writer, actor, producer, and<br />
comedian in television and film. He currently lives in<br />
New York. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Wet Hot American Summer”<br />
(2001), THE TEN (2007)<br />
[ ADULTS ONLY!]<br />
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
Ten Canoes<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 2006<br />
91 minutes<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
6:45 PM I Code TENC18<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In his latest film, TEN CANOES, Rolf de<br />
Heer takes us to the Australian swamplands<br />
to experience the Aboriginal oral<br />
tradition. The offscreen Storyteller invites<br />
us to watch a story like we’ve never seen<br />
before. One thousand years ago, in the<br />
time of the Storyteller’s ancestors, the wise<br />
Minygululu, his naïve younger brother<br />
Dayindi, and eight other men (“too many<br />
names to remember”) prepare to hunt for<br />
goose eggs. While the ancestors build<br />
canoes in a world shot in black and white,<br />
Minygululu confronts Dayindi, who supposedly<br />
has been eyeing Minygululu’s youngest<br />
wife. To help Dayindi (and perhaps us) “live<br />
the proper way,” Minygululu shares the<br />
mythical fable of the brothers Ridjimiraril<br />
and Yeeralparil, set shortly after “The<br />
Beginning” in a world of vibrant color.<br />
What follows is a gripping tale of love, lust,<br />
sorcery, and revenge. In this original film<br />
about both a traditional story and traditional<br />
storytelling, de Heer once again defies<br />
all expectations. (In English, Ganalbingu,<br />
and other Australian Aboriginal languagues<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan Screenplay~Rolf<br />
de Heer Cinematography~Ian Jones Editing~Tania<br />
Nehme Music~James Currie Principal Cast~Jamie<br />
Gulpilil Print Source~Palm Pictures<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refer to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.
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SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
Thicker Than Water<br />
(Blódbönd)<br />
Directed by Arni Olafur Asgeirsson<br />
ICELAND 2006<br />
87 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
11:45 AM I Code THIC16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
7:30 PM I Code THIC18<br />
“You know, one day a truck drives into<br />
your life and everything changes,” says a<br />
struggling Pétur who tries to articulate his<br />
recent demise. Pétur and Ásta have been<br />
pleasantly married for the past ten years.<br />
They have a son named Örn and a second<br />
child on the way. Just before they embark<br />
on a vacation in the tropics, Örn suddenly<br />
faints during a soccer game. When blood<br />
tests are done at the hospital, the doctors<br />
discover that Örn’s blood type does not<br />
match that of either Pétur or Ásta—an<br />
undeniable indication of Ásta’s infidelity.<br />
Upon hearing this news, Petur’s rage leads<br />
him on a path of self-destruction. THICKER<br />
THAN WATER lures us into Pétur’s troubled<br />
perspective as he copes with this shattering<br />
revelation. With compelling performances<br />
by the leads, this emotional drama proves<br />
to be a confident and precise debut effort<br />
from the director. (In Icelandic with English<br />
subtitles) —E.J.B<br />
Producer~Snorri Thorisson Screenplay~Arni Olafur<br />
Asgeirsson, Jon Atli Jonasson Cinematography~Tuomo<br />
Hutri Editing~Elisabet Ronaldsdottir Music~Johann<br />
Johannsson Principal Cast~Hilmar Jonsson, Margret<br />
Vilhjalmsdottir, Aron Brink Sigurjonsson, Elma Lisa<br />
Gunnarsdottir, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Laufey Eliasdottir,<br />
Soley Eliasdottir Print Source~Icelandic <strong>Film</strong> Centre<br />
About the Director~Born in Reykjavik, Árni Ólafur<br />
Ásgeirsson attended the Polish National <strong>Film</strong> School.<br />
A director of several short films and television commercials,<br />
he currently teaches at Iceland Academy of the<br />
Arts. <strong>Film</strong>ography~THICKER THAN WATER (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
with the generous support of<br />
THOMAS A. DUKE.<br />
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Three Comrades<br />
(Drie Kameraden)<br />
Directed by Masha Novikova<br />
NETHERLANDS, CHECHNYA, RUSSIA 2006<br />
99 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:30 AM I Code THRE24<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
7:30 PM I Code THRE25<br />
Growing up in the Chechen capital of<br />
Grozny, three friends would prefer to spend<br />
their time listening to Western pop music<br />
and dreaming of traveling the world to<br />
make films. But when bombs began falling<br />
on their city in 1994, the young lives of<br />
Ramzan, Ruslan, and Islam took a tragic<br />
turn. Ramzan, a television cameraman,<br />
was never without the tool of his trade and<br />
his archival film serves as the centerpiece<br />
of this deeply personal documentary.<br />
Illuminating the devastation of the war on<br />
Chechnya and her people while still capturing<br />
the little joys that life manages to bring<br />
in even the worst of circumstances, THREE<br />
COMRADES is an extraordinary depiction<br />
of wartime existence. Ramzan’s footage is<br />
intertwined with remarkably poignant<br />
interviews with the men’s families and<br />
with Islam, the only one of the three who<br />
managed to survive the war. War is always<br />
a tragedy, but in this story of three friends,<br />
it is the brevity of their youth, which was<br />
by lucky chance captured on film, that is<br />
the most heartbreaking casualty of war.<br />
(In Chechen and Russian with English<br />
subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~VPRO/NOVDOC Cinematography~Vladas<br />
Naudzius Editing~Srdjan Fink Music~Jillis Molenaar<br />
Print Source~NOVDOC<br />
About the Director~Masha Novikova studied education<br />
at the University of Moscow and taught language and literature<br />
before working in direction and cinematography.<br />
She studied screenwriting and directing at the Kunstweb<br />
art school before making her feature film debut in<br />
2005. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Fallen Angel” (2005), THREE<br />
COMRADES (2006)<br />
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To Play and To Fight<br />
(Tocar y Luchar)<br />
Directed by Alberto Arvelo<br />
VENEZUELA 2006<br />
70 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
2:00 PM I Code TOPL20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
4:15 PM I Code TOPL22<br />
In the 1970s, conductor Jose Antonio<br />
Abreu founded a youth orchestra with less<br />
than two dozen children. Today, the<br />
Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System has<br />
grown to an amazing 240,000 children and<br />
adolescents in a network of 200 orchestras<br />
throughout Venezuela. With interviews from<br />
celebrated musicians and conductors as<br />
well as the young musicians themselves,<br />
Alberto Arvelo’s TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT<br />
exposes the powerful impact Abreu’s idea<br />
has had on a nation and on the world.<br />
These children, from as young as two years<br />
old, experience the joy of being part of a<br />
musical community as they leave their rural<br />
villages to travel the world and share their<br />
talent. In this incredible film, music speaks<br />
for itself. (In English and Spanish with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Nestor L. López-Duran, Pedro Mezquita,<br />
Gerardo Montilla Cinematography~Cezary Jaworski,<br />
John Márquez Editing~Nascuy Linares, Juan Carlos<br />
López-Duran Music~Betty Abreu Featuring~Daniel<br />
Arias, Joyce Blanco, Daniel Coronado, Gustavo Dudamel,<br />
Kenneth Jones, Ronny Marcano, Edicson Ruíz, Lila Vivas<br />
Print Source~Explorart <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
About the Director~Alberto Arvelo directed his first<br />
feature film, “Song of the Mountain,” at the age of 17.<br />
His subsequent work has received several international<br />
awards. Arvelo is currently working on a Latin interpretation<br />
of “Cyrano de Bergerac.” <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Song of<br />
the Mountain” (1983), “One Life and Two Trails”<br />
(1997), “A House with a View of the Sea” (2001),<br />
“Habana, Habana” (2004), TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT<br />
(2006)<br />
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Tomorrow Morning<br />
(Sutra ujutru)<br />
Directed by Oleg Novković<br />
SERBIA 2006<br />
85 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
9:30 PM I Code TOMR19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
4:45 PM I Code TOMR20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
2:15 PM I Code TOMR22<br />
After 12 years abroad, the stated goal of<br />
Nele’s return home to Belgrade is marriage.<br />
But the memory of his friend Sima is<br />
distracting. Sima’s suicide is everywhere in<br />
TOMORROW MORNING as Nele reunites<br />
with his four remaining friends. An impressive<br />
ensemble cast creates believable characters<br />
whose relationships are both tender<br />
and brutal. Their time together is marked<br />
mostly by getting drunk, having sex, and<br />
dealing with the aftermath of previously<br />
having had sex. Among them, Sasha,<br />
formerly Nele’s girlfriend and currently an<br />
alcoholic, contributes most obviously to<br />
the raging case of guilt and jealously that<br />
marks the exile’s return home. The story<br />
manages to be fueled by emotion without<br />
as much as a hint of sentimentality. Sudden<br />
cuts from scene to scene and simple cinematography<br />
lend an entirely genuine feel to<br />
a film that depicts a lost generation from a<br />
nation as equally conflicted. (In Serbian<br />
with English subtitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Producer~Lazar Ristovski Screenplay~Milena Marković<br />
Cinematography~Miladin Čolaković Editing~Lazar<br />
Predojev Music~Miroslav Mitrasˇinović Principal Cast~<br />
Uliks Fehmiu, Nada Sˇargin, Lazar Ristovski, Nebojsˇa<br />
Glogovac, Ljubomir Bandović, Rada Tomović, Danica<br />
Ristovski Print Source~Zillion <strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Oleg Novković was born in Belgrade<br />
in 1968. He studied film and television directing in<br />
Belgrade, graduating in 1993. Noković has directed a<br />
number of television documentaries for the Serbian<br />
public broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Why Have You Left Me” (1993), “Normal<br />
People” (2001), “Invisible People” (2003), TOMORROW<br />
MORNING (2006)<br />
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT<br />
The Tracker<br />
Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />
AUSTRALIA 2004<br />
98 minutes<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
4:15 PM I Code TRAC18<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Four nameless men—credited as The<br />
Tracker, The Fanatic, The Follower, and<br />
The Veteran—traverse the Australian outback<br />
in search of a black fugitive accused<br />
of killing a white woman. Set in 1922,<br />
Rolf de Heer’s THE TRACKER explores the<br />
complexities of race relations still poignant<br />
today. The Fanatic, a ruthless mounted<br />
officer, relies on the expert skills of The<br />
Tracker, a mysterious aborigine with<br />
ambiguous motives, to lead this expedition<br />
into uncharted aborigine territory. Hunting<br />
for blood, The Fanatic will stop at nothing<br />
to fulfill his duty. Yet, as these searchers<br />
begin to gain on the fugitive, the threat of<br />
the unknown escalates and tension peaks<br />
among them. de Heer cultivates the emotional<br />
impact of THE TRACKER with several<br />
powerful dirges (by Graham Tardiv and<br />
de Heer) and subverts the possibly violent<br />
scenes with graphic paintings (by Peter<br />
Coad). The action of THE TRACKER is<br />
subtle, but de Heer’s unique narrative<br />
strategies invigorate this compelling film.<br />
—E.J.B.<br />
Producers~Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan Screenplay~Rolf de<br />
Heer Cinematography~Ian Jones Editing~Tania Nehme<br />
Music~Graham Tardif Principal Cast~Gary Sweet, Noel<br />
Wilton, David Gulpilil, Grant Page, Damon Gameau Print<br />
Source~Verigo Productions<br />
About the Director~Born in 1951, Rolf de Heer moved<br />
from Holland to Australia at the age of eight. After working<br />
for several years at the Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, he studied filmmaking at the Australian<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, Television, and Radio School in Sydney. His prolific<br />
career as director, producer, and writer has earned him<br />
countless awards and international acclaim as one of<br />
Australia’s foremost filmmakers. Refer to page 15 for<br />
his filmography.<br />
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Transylvania<br />
Directed by Tony Gatlif<br />
FRANCE 2006<br />
103 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
4:30 PM I Code TRAN16<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
9:30 PM I Code TRAN18<br />
Zingarina (played by Asia Argento from<br />
“The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things,”<br />
29th CIFF) reaches for something that is<br />
not quite there, exposing a tattooed eye on<br />
her palm. Nearly two months beforehand,<br />
Zingarina’s boyfriend, a Transylvanian<br />
musician named Milan Agustin, suddenly<br />
disappeared from France. Now pregnant<br />
and still desperately in love, Zingarina has<br />
traveled to Transylvania in search of Milan.<br />
The bittersweet music of Transylvanian<br />
locals echoes in the background, constantly<br />
reminding Zingarina of her journey’s purpose.<br />
But Milan is nowhere to be found;<br />
she seems to be chasing a dream. In a<br />
crowded tavern, Zingarina meets Tchangalo,<br />
a vagabond who doubts her naïve devotion<br />
to love. Adorned in gypsy garb and with<br />
Tchangalo, Zingarina continues her pursuit<br />
for happiness in the Transylvania countryside.<br />
In TRANSYLVANIA, director Tony<br />
Gatlif assumes his unique artistic style in<br />
this cold, gritty, but altogether engrossing<br />
film about the unconventional possibilities<br />
of love. (In French and Romanian with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B<br />
Producer~Fabienne Vonier Screenplay~Tony Gatlif<br />
Cinematography~Céline Bozon Editing~Monique<br />
Dartonne Music~Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet<br />
Principal Cast~Asia Argento, Amira Casar, Birol Ünel,<br />
Alexandra Beaujard Print Source~Pyramide<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~Born in Algeria, Tony Gatlif relocated<br />
to France as a child. After studying dramatic arts at<br />
l’École des Beaux-Arts, he directed his first film “La Tête<br />
en ruine” in 1975. During his prolific career, Gatlif has<br />
worked as director, writer, producer, composer, and actor.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Mondo” (1996), “The Crazy Stranger”<br />
(1997), “Children of the Stork” (1999), “I Come” (2000),<br />
“Swing” (2002), “Exiles” (2004), TRANSYLVANIA<br />
(2006)
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The Trial<br />
(La Prueba)<br />
Directed by Judith Vélez Aguirre<br />
PERU, CUBA 2006<br />
105 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
2:00 PM I Code TRIA19<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
4:15 PM I Code TRIA23<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
11:45 AM I Code TRIA25<br />
Don’t expect a courtroom drama in this<br />
tale of guilt and redemption. Instead, it’s<br />
one strong-willed woman battling her conscience—and<br />
the unforgiving landscape—<br />
to find her long-lost father. Miranda leaves<br />
her home in Lima on an unforgettable<br />
journey to the high peaks of the Andes.<br />
She hitches a ride with Saul, an hydraulic<br />
engineer needed at a highland dam. Saul<br />
and Miranda begin a roller-coaster relationship<br />
on their long journey, echoed by the<br />
rocky volcanic land around them. Miranda<br />
is desperate to find her father and bring<br />
him back to Lima—he is a likely blood<br />
donor for her brother, Tomas, dying in a<br />
hospital. But her father has hidden himself<br />
well; he does not want to be found. <strong>Film</strong>ed<br />
on location in Arequipa, Peru, and in and<br />
around Colca Canyon, THE TRIAL is as<br />
much a cultural revelation as it is a survival<br />
story. (In Spanish and Quechua with<br />
English subtitles) —A.S.<br />
Producer~Judith Vélez Aguirre Screenplay~Augusto<br />
Cabada, Judith Vélez Aguirre Cinematography~Ricardo<br />
Rodríguez Editing~Roberto Benavides Music~Antonio<br />
Gervasoni Principal Cast~Gianfranco Brero, Jimena<br />
Lindo, Pietro Sibille, Kathy Serrano, Sergio Paris, Martha<br />
Rebaza Print Source~Nomade Producciones<br />
About the Director~Born in Lima, Peru, Judith Vélez<br />
Aguirre studied cinema at the University of Lima and<br />
documentary direction in Paris. She moved to Los<br />
Angeles in 1993. <strong>Film</strong>ography~THE TRIAL (2006)<br />
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt<br />
Directed by Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg<br />
USA 2006<br />
106 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
9:15 PM I Code DARR19<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
2:15 PM I Code DARR20<br />
Darryl Hunt was tried and convicted in<br />
1984 of raping and killing young Deborah<br />
Sykes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.<br />
Hunt doggedly proclaimed his innocence<br />
then and throughout his nearly 20 years of<br />
incarceration. The trial generated a great<br />
deal of racial tension in the Southern community;<br />
Hunt is black, Sykes was white,<br />
and the jury that convicted him was nearly<br />
all white. A second trial in 1989 also<br />
resulted in a guilty verdict. But in 1994<br />
DNA testing became reliable enough to<br />
prove that Hunt was innocent of the rape.<br />
The North Carolina court nonetheless<br />
refused to admit this evidence. It was in<br />
1994 that filmmakers Ricki Stern and<br />
Annie Sundberg began documenting THE<br />
TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT. The result is a<br />
thorough and painful condemnation of the<br />
American court system, where racism and<br />
slipshod police work sometimes prevail and<br />
where local judges and attorneys, and even<br />
the news media, are often motivated by<br />
political expedience. —B.B.<br />
Producers~Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg<br />
Cinematography~John Foster, Alan Jacobsen, William<br />
Rexer Editing~Shannon Kennedy Music~Paul Brill<br />
Print Source~THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Annie Sundberg is a film and television<br />
producer and director living in New York. Ricki<br />
Stern is a documentary producer and director who<br />
studied film at Dartmouth College. <strong>Film</strong>ography~Annie<br />
Sundberg: THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT (2006).<br />
Ricki Stern: Neglect Not the Children” (1991), “In My<br />
Corner” (1998), THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT (2006)<br />
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The TV Set<br />
Directed by Jake Kasdan<br />
USA 2006<br />
87 minutes<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
7:30 PM I Code TVSE19<br />
ONE SCREEING ONLY<br />
THE TV SET is a funny, cynical look at the<br />
soul-sucking TV industry starring Sigourney<br />
Weaver, David Duchovny, Justine Bateman,<br />
and Philip Baker Hall. Sporting a beard<br />
and playing the Everyman, Duchovny, as<br />
Mike, is trying to get his pilot made—and<br />
hopefully picked up to become a hit primetime<br />
show called “The Wexler Chronicles.”<br />
He’s up against the formidable Lenny, the<br />
flame-haired network president played by<br />
Weaver, and all her sycophantic yes men.<br />
For intelligence and sanity, he turns to his<br />
wife, Natalie, played by Bateman. Mike<br />
doesn’t like the scenery-chewing lead actor<br />
and resents having his story ripped to<br />
shreds. But compromise is the way to go,<br />
even if the result is something silly created<br />
by committee. THE TV SET’s script is full<br />
of insider jokes and subplots meant to<br />
underline the point. But beneath the jokes<br />
is a heartfelt message about our cultural<br />
output and why we tolerate it. —A.S.<br />
Producers~Jake Kasdan, Aaron Ryder Screenplay~Jake<br />
Kasdan Cinematography~Uta Briesewitz Editing~Tara<br />
Timpone Music~Michael Andrews Principal Cast~David<br />
Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer,<br />
Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane, Justine Bateman, Lucy<br />
Davis, Philip Baker Hall Print Source~THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Jake Kasdan was born in Detroit in<br />
1974 and grew up in Hollywood. The son of director<br />
Lawrence Kasdan, Jake directed the pilot of the muchlauded<br />
TV show “Freaks and Geeks” and served as its<br />
consulting producer and director. Trivia: when he was a<br />
child he appeared in his father’s films THE BIG CHILL<br />
and SILVERADO. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Zero Effect” (1998),<br />
“Orange County” (2002), THE TV SET (2006)
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Two Players from<br />
the Bench<br />
(Dva Igraca S Klupe)<br />
Directed by Dejan Sorak<br />
CROATIA, SLOVENIA 2006<br />
120 minutes<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
11:45 AM I Code TWOP20<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:30 AM I Code TWOP22<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
9:15 PM I Code TWOP24<br />
Facing the enemy is nothing like it used to<br />
be in TWO PLAYERS FROM THE BENCH.<br />
Following the brutal inter-ethnic wars in<br />
former Yugoslavia, Dusko, an awkward and<br />
scrawny Serbian, and Ante, a gruff and<br />
hulking Croatian, find themselves inexplicably<br />
locked in a room together. They seem<br />
to have absolutely nothing in common until<br />
their captor shows them pictures of two men<br />
named Mato and Joso. Dusko and Ante<br />
bear uncanny likenesses to the men in the<br />
photographs. Thus, the two captives have<br />
been chosen to impersonate Mato and Joso,<br />
missing witnesses, before the <strong>International</strong><br />
War Crimes Tribunal in Hague. Their mission<br />
is to provide an alibi for the Croatian war<br />
hero Skoko. This politically charged film<br />
doubles as a comedy of errors, ultimately<br />
asking whether these two players from the<br />
bench will be able to fool the world. (In<br />
Croatian with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Ivan Maloca Screenplay~Dejan Sorak<br />
Cinematography~Vjekoslav Vrdoljak Editing~Veljko<br />
Segaric Music~Mate Matisic Principal Cast~Goran<br />
Navojec, Borko Paric, Tarik Filipovic, Dora Lipvcan<br />
Print Source~Interfilm<br />
About the Director~Dejan Sorak was born in Croatia in<br />
1954. After attending the Academy of Dramatic Arts in<br />
Zagreb, he began his career as a filmmaker.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“Mala Pljacka Vlaka” (1984), “Oficir s<br />
ruzom” (1987), “Najbolji” (1989), “Krvopijci” (1989),<br />
“The Time of Warriors” (1991), “Garcia” (1999), TWO<br />
PLAYERS FROM THE BENCH (2006)<br />
This film is presented<br />
with the generous support of<br />
CARL RAK.<br />
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The Valet<br />
(La Doublure)<br />
Directed by Francis Veber<br />
FRANCE 2006<br />
85 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
7:30 PM I Code VALE24<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Director Francis Veber (“The Dinner Game,”<br />
23rd CIFF) delivers yet another witty, energetic<br />
film filled with mishaps and mayhem<br />
in THE VALET. Outside a swanky Parisian<br />
restaurant, François Pignon parks cars for a<br />
wealthy clientele. His life is devastatingly<br />
uneventful until he gets caught in the<br />
adulterous escapades of billionaire Pierre<br />
Levasseur. While Pierre and his supermodel<br />
mistress Elena argue on the street near<br />
François’s post, a paparazzo snaps a shot<br />
of the high-profile couple. Needless to say,<br />
Pierre’s wife Christine (Kristin Scott<br />
Thomas) isn’t too pleased about the picture<br />
she sees in the paper the next morning.<br />
To avert divorce, which would leave Pierre<br />
penniless, he devises a convoluted scheme<br />
involving François, an innocent passerby<br />
in the photo. If he can assure Christine<br />
that Elena is actually dating François,<br />
Pierre will be home free. But first he must<br />
convince fastidious Elena to move into<br />
François’s crummy apartment. (In French<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Patrice Ledoux Screenplay~Francis Veber<br />
Cinematography~Robert Fraisse Editing~Georges Klotz<br />
Music~Alexandre-Desplat Principal Cast~Gad Elmaleh,<br />
Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas,<br />
Richard Berry, Virginie Ledoyen, Dany Boon<br />
Print Source~Sony Pictures Classics<br />
About the Director~Francis Veber was born in France<br />
in 1937. A prolific screenwriter, producer, and director,<br />
he has been working in the industry since 1969.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Toy” (1976), “Knock on Wood”<br />
(1981), “Father’s Day” (1983), “Three Fugitives”<br />
(1989), “Out on a Limb” (1990), “The Jaguar” (1996),<br />
“The Dinner Game” (1998), “The Closet” (2000),<br />
THE VALET (2006)<br />
This film is presented in loving<br />
memory of BONITA TIFFANY.<br />
Vanaja<br />
Directed by Rajnesh Domalpalli<br />
INDIA, USA 2006<br />
111 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
11:30 AM I Code VANA21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:30 PM I Code VANA22<br />
Like most teenage girls, Vanaja is just a<br />
little too eager to grow up. After a mystic<br />
predicts Vanaja’s future as a talented<br />
dancer, the ambitious young girl leaves her<br />
father, an alcoholic fisherman, to pursue<br />
the prophecy. Before long, Vanaja finagles<br />
her way into a job at the house of Rama<br />
Devi, a former <strong>master</strong> of kuchipudi (a<br />
South Indian dance usually only performed<br />
by high-caste Brahmins) who also happens<br />
to be the richest woman in this rural Indian<br />
town. Though merely a farmhand, Vanaja<br />
uses her exuberance and charm to earn a<br />
position inside the house (and closer to<br />
Rama Devi). Soon after, despite her social<br />
standing, Vanaja begins to learn kuchipudi<br />
from the boss herself. When Shekhar,<br />
Rama Devi’s philandering son, returns<br />
home from the United States, he quickly<br />
warms to his mother’s new protégé. But<br />
Vanaja’s caste cannot be ignored forever.<br />
VANAJA beautifully and skillfully tells this<br />
gripping coming-of-age story in a world of<br />
ancient art and social segregation. (In<br />
Telugu with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Latha R. Domalpalli Screenplay~Rajnesh<br />
Domalpalli Cinematography~Milton Kam Editing~<br />
Robert Q. Lovett Music~Bhaskara S. Narayanan<br />
Principal Cast~Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari,<br />
Ramachandriah Marikanti, Krishnamma Gundimalla,<br />
Karan Singh Print Source~Rajnesh Domalpalli<br />
About the Director~Born in Hyderabad, India, Rajnesh<br />
Domalpalli moved to the United States in the mid-1980s<br />
to obtain his MA from the State University of New York<br />
at Stony Brook. After working in California as a computer<br />
engineer, he returned to New York to pursue film at<br />
Columbia University. He developed the award-winning<br />
script of his thesis project into his debut film, VANAJA.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~VANAJA (2006)
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DOCUMENTARIES<br />
PAN-AFRICAN IMAGES<br />
War/Dance<br />
Directed by Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine<br />
USA, UGANDA 2007<br />
105 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
7:00 PM I Code WARD21<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
For the past 20 years, northern Uganda<br />
has been tormented by the aggression of<br />
the rebel force Lord’s Resistance Army.<br />
Ugandan children, who have never known<br />
peace, live in fear of their parents being<br />
killed and of their own abduction. In<br />
WAR/DANCE, husband and wife directors<br />
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine expose<br />
these tragic circumstances in the war zone<br />
displacement camp Patongo, where the<br />
military guards 50,000 people uprooted<br />
from their ancestral homes. Yet, despite<br />
their plight, one ray of hope still exists<br />
for the anguished Ugandan youth—the<br />
National Music Competition held in<br />
Kampala. For the first time, Patongo<br />
Primary School has qualified for this<br />
esteemed event. As they prepare for the<br />
eight categories of song, dance, and<br />
drama—including Traditional Dance,<br />
Western Choral, and Instrumental—professional<br />
musicians risk their lives to help the<br />
young hopefuls. Through the heartbreaking<br />
testimonials of dancer Nancy, xylophone<br />
player Dominic, and singer Rose, the directors<br />
reveal the power of music in the midst<br />
of war. (In English and Luganda with<br />
English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Albie Hecht Cinematography~Sean Fine<br />
Editing~Jeff Consiglio Print Source~THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Celebrated television documentary<br />
filmmakers Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine met while<br />
working for National Geographic. In 2003, the year they<br />
married, they formed the production company Fine<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s. WAR/DANCE, their first feature documentary,<br />
premiered at the Sundance <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>. <strong>Film</strong>ography~<br />
WAR/DANCE (2007)<br />
MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />
What Means Motley?<br />
Directed by John Ketchum, John Riley<br />
ROMANIA, IRELAND 2006<br />
87 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
11:45 AM I Code WHAT16<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
9:30 AM I Code WHAT17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
7:15 PM I Code WHAT18<br />
With droves of Romanians seeking to exit<br />
the country, Irish conman Mickey Moynihan<br />
devises the perfect plan to make some<br />
cash off of visas. After charming the Irish<br />
Consul in Romania over a few pints, Mickey<br />
only has to convince him that 41 random<br />
Romanians are invited to an Irish music<br />
festival—as an acclaimed gypsy choir. In<br />
the end, Mickey and his cohorts are dealing<br />
with far more than the good-natured Consul<br />
and 41 tone-deaf Romanians. Clever<br />
cinematography, an astonishingly fast pace,<br />
and a spot-on soundtrack make this a funny<br />
and engrossing film. In addition to being<br />
based on a real immigration scam, WHAT<br />
MEANS MOTLEY? stars the Honorary Irish<br />
Consul of Romania, who also co-wrote and<br />
co-produced the film. (In English and<br />
Romanian with English sutbitles) —J.B.H.<br />
Preceded by If There Were No Lutherans<br />
Would There Still Be Green Jello?<br />
Directed Gayle Knutson, USA, 12 mintues<br />
Producers~John Ketchum, John Riley, Barry Mulligan,<br />
Dave Duce Screenplay~John Ketchum, John Riley, Barry<br />
Mulligan Cinematography~Oleg Mutu Editing~Catalin<br />
Leascu Principal Cast~Barry Mulligan, Irina Dinescu,<br />
Emil Hostina, Adrian Ciglenean, Yann Le Blay, Eamon<br />
Rohan Print Source~Mell Wade <strong>Film</strong>s Ltd.<br />
About the Directors~Born in Britain, John Riley has<br />
directed a variety of short films and commercials. He has<br />
worked widely in comedy theater as a producing director<br />
and actor. John Ketchum was born in Toronto, Canada<br />
and has worked widely as a film and television producer,<br />
creating a number of commercials and documentaries.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~WHAT MEANS MOTLEY? (2006)<br />
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Who Loves the Sun<br />
Directed by Matt Bissonnette<br />
CANADA 2006<br />
94 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
9:30 PM I Code WHOL17<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
2:15 PM I Code WHOL18<br />
No one knows where Will Morrison (Lukas<br />
Haas) has been for the past five years.<br />
When he unexpectedly shows up at the<br />
secluded lake house of Mary and Arthur<br />
Bloom, the parent’s of his childhood friend<br />
Daniel, he doesn’t offer much information.<br />
He has been “away...all over,” working on<br />
a book about “nothing.” The next morning,<br />
at Mary’s request, magazine editor Daniel<br />
leaves his “crazy” life in New York to meet<br />
up with his long lost friend. But their<br />
reunion definitely isn’t joyous. Since they<br />
last saw each other, Daniel has written the<br />
best-selling novel “Summer Babe,” which<br />
has been optioned for a movie, and Will<br />
could not care less about his friend’s success.<br />
What’s bothering Will is the book’s<br />
subject—a steamy love triangle seemingly<br />
based on Will and Daniel’s past. Later that<br />
day, the formerly quiet lake house makes<br />
room for one more visitor—Will’s estranged<br />
wife Maggie. Though everyone is wondering<br />
where Will was, what happened before he<br />
left turns out to be much more interesting.<br />
In his solo writing/directing debut WHO<br />
LOVES THE SUN, Matt Bissonnette enraptures<br />
us in a smart, fresh character comedy<br />
with excellent performances. —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Corey Marr Screenplay~Matt Bissonnette<br />
Cinematography~Arthur E. Cooper Editing~Michele<br />
Conroy Music~Mac McCaughan Principal Cast~Lukas<br />
Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott, R.H. Thomson, Wendy<br />
Crewson Print Source~Corey Marr Productions<br />
About the Director~Montreal-born Matt Bissonnette<br />
studied English and <strong>Film</strong> at Concordia University before<br />
receiving a law degree from Queen’s University. After<br />
two weeks, he quit law and co-wrote and co-directed<br />
“Looking for Leonard” with his childhood friend Steven<br />
Clark. WHO LOVES THE SUN is his first solo feature<br />
film. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Looking for Leonard” (2002),<br />
WHO LOVES THE SUN (2006)
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A Year in My Life<br />
(Le Temps des Portes Plumes)<br />
Directed by Daniel Duval<br />
FRANCE 2006<br />
94 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
2:00 PM I Code YEAR21<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
7:00 PM I Code YEAR22<br />
An autobiographical film can be hard to<br />
pull off. But Daniel Duval has done so<br />
<strong>master</strong>fully in the emotional and nostalgic<br />
A YEAR IN MY LIFE. In 1954, nine-yearold<br />
Pippo, Duval’s alter ego, lives in the<br />
city with his dysfunctional parents—a bedridden<br />
father and a promiscuous mother.<br />
After a tumultuous argument between the<br />
two, Pippo is sent to an orphanage and<br />
soon after adopted by a quiet childless<br />
couple, Gustave and Cécile. Living in their<br />
tranquil country farm home is a far cry<br />
from Pippo’s former life. Though loving, his<br />
adoptive parents demand hard work and<br />
discipline. As Pippo acclimates himself to<br />
this unfamiliar environment, he befriends<br />
Pierre, a former soldier who also had a<br />
traumatic youth, Bernadette, an attractive<br />
young girl, and Alphonsine, an enigmatic<br />
old woman. Ultimately, with his new<br />
parents and his new friends, Pippo slowly<br />
finds his place in the world. (In French<br />
with English subtitles) —E.J.B.<br />
Producer~Elia <strong>Film</strong>s Screenplay~Daniel Duval<br />
Cinematography~Claude Garnier Editing~Sophie Reine<br />
Music~Vladimir Cosma Principal Cast~Raphaël Katz,<br />
Jean-Paul Rouve, Anne Brochet, Annie Girardot Print<br />
Source~TF1 <strong>International</strong><br />
About the Director~Renowned actor, director, and<br />
screenwriter Daniel Duval was born in 1944 in Vitry-sur-<br />
Seine, France. After meeting a television producer in the<br />
hospital, he began to pursue a career in the arts and<br />
entertainment industry. Since his first big acting gig in<br />
1973, he has performed in over 50 roles in film and<br />
television around the world. A YEAR IN MY LIFE is his<br />
most personal film. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Le Voyage d’Amélie”<br />
(1974), “Shadow of the Castles” (1976), “Memoirs of<br />
a French Whore” (1979), “L’Amour trop fort” (1981),<br />
“Effraction” (1983), A YEAR IN MY LIFE (2006)<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
Zoo<br />
Directed by Robinson Devor<br />
USA 2007<br />
80 minutes<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
10:00 PM I Code ZOOZ21<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In the predawn hours of July 2, 2005, a<br />
dying man was dropped off at a rural<br />
emergency room in the Pacific Northwest.<br />
A surveillance camera captured the license<br />
plate of the car that deposited the man at<br />
the hospital. This led detectives to a nearby<br />
horse farm, where they found hundreds of<br />
hours of video of men from all over the<br />
world having sex with Arabian stallions.<br />
The man’s cause of death was a perforated<br />
colon. The title of the film ZOO comes<br />
from the secret community of zoophiles<br />
that this film uncovers. Robinson Devor<br />
does not demonize these men but carefully<br />
weaves together recreations of the events<br />
leading up to the discovery of the videos<br />
through the ensuing public outcry and<br />
investigation. While neither exploitive nor<br />
graphic, this film demands much from the<br />
audience and allows us all to decide where<br />
to draw the line between acceptance and<br />
perversity. —W.F.G.<br />
Producers~Peggy Case, Alexis Ferris Screenplay~<br />
Charles Mudede, Robinson Devor Cinematography~<br />
Sean Kirby Editing~Joe Shapiro Music~Paul Moore<br />
Print Source~THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
About the Director~Robinson Devor was named one<br />
of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” in 2000 for his film<br />
“The Woman Chaser.” He was raised in Westchester<br />
County, New York and graduated from Southern<br />
Methodist University. <strong>Film</strong>ography~“The Woman<br />
Chaser” (2000), “Police Beat” (2005), ZOO (2007)<br />
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And the Woods Fell Silent Again<br />
All shorts programs<br />
are sponsored by<br />
Midnight Shorts Program 1<br />
106 minutes<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
Midnight I Code MIDN16<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
The Lyre of Orpheus<br />
Drew Hood & Andrew Zimbelman, USA, 6 min.<br />
Apocalypse: An Election Story<br />
Behn Fannin, USA, 15 min.<br />
And the Woods Fell Silent Again<br />
Rania Ajami, USA, 15 min.<br />
Cruel Frederick<br />
Jon Hokanson & Helen Quinn, USA, 4 min.<br />
Alpha Mail<br />
Bryan Sipe, USA, 15 min.<br />
Suicide Club<br />
Donovan Montierth, USA, 15 min.<br />
Tom’s War on Terror<br />
Cameron Fay, USA, 2 min.<br />
Santa Closed<br />
Douglas Attal, France, 19 min.<br />
The Shovel<br />
Nick Childs, USA, 15 min.<br />
THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS is a creative<br />
retelling of the story of Orpheus and the<br />
lyre • it’s God vs. the Devil in the mockumentary<br />
APOCALYPSE: AN ELECTION<br />
STORY • two women viciously attack one<br />
another in the chilling AND THE WOODS<br />
FELL SILENT AGAIN • the animated short<br />
CRUEL FREDERICK is a dark musical<br />
piece about a very naughty boy • the<br />
secret lives of those mischievous mail<br />
carriers is revealed in the comedy ALPHA<br />
MAIL • just when you thought it was<br />
safe to jump off a roof here comes the<br />
SUICIDE CLUB • a man fails to overcome<br />
his growing paranoia in TOM’S WAR ON<br />
TERROR • in SANTA CLOSED, Santa has<br />
had enough and plans to sit out this<br />
Christmas • David Strathairn stars in the<br />
mysterious thriller THE SHOVEL.<br />
Rhyme Animal Davy & Stu<br />
SHORTS PROGRAMS<br />
Midnight Shorts Program 2<br />
109 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
Midnight I Code MIDN24<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Happy Birthday 2 You<br />
David Alcade, Spain, 13 min.<br />
Full Black (Noir Total)<br />
Francois Jamin, France, 15 min.<br />
Bottom Feeder<br />
Wayne Gurman, USA, 37 min.<br />
Rhyme Animal<br />
Phil Roc, USA, 20 min.<br />
In the Wall<br />
Mike Williamson, USA, 24 min.<br />
A social worker tries to make contact with<br />
a mysterious young boy in the chilling<br />
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 YOU • a man wakes<br />
up with a dead girl in his bathtub in the<br />
Spanish white-knuckler FULL BLACK<br />
• BOTTOM FEEDER is the often profane<br />
and hilarious tale of a day in the life of a<br />
loan shark in the Bronx • two competing<br />
up-and-comers go at it in the consuming<br />
hip-hop horror film RHYME ANIMAL<br />
• you never know what will happen next<br />
in the splendid chiller IN THE WALL.<br />
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112 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
12:00 Noon I Code TENS17<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
9:45 PM I Code TENS22<br />
Testify<br />
Darius Monroe, USA, 12 min.<br />
Holdup<br />
Madeleine Olnek, USA, 7 min.<br />
Signage<br />
Rick Hammerly, USA, 13 min.<br />
Melissa With a Heart Around It<br />
Andrew Kenneth Gay, USA, 15 min.<br />
Real Men<br />
Sean Hanish, USA, 10 min.<br />
Ester<br />
Maria Pavon & Rut Suso, Spain, 15 min.<br />
Davy & Stu<br />
Soman Chainani, USA, 15 min.<br />
Passion for Football<br />
Rut Suso & Maria Pavon, Spain, 10 min.<br />
Available Men<br />
David Dean Bottrell, USA, 15 min.<br />
A preacher learns a valuable spiritual<br />
lesson about his son in TESTIFY • in<br />
HOLDUP a woman convinces her fiancé to<br />
assist her in a heist, but she may have an<br />
ulterior motive • an unexpected prejudice<br />
ruins an otherwise promising evening for<br />
a man looking for love in SIGNAGE • in<br />
MELISSA WITH A HEART AROUND IT<br />
a young girl learns a tough lesson about<br />
trying to be true to oneself • a man asks<br />
his best friend for a big (and surprising)<br />
favor in the comic short REAL MEN •<br />
ESTER is about a woman’s journey of selfdiscovery<br />
and the meaning of true love<br />
• in DAVY & STU two young men struggle<br />
to come to terms with their ever-changing<br />
relationship • he loves football and she<br />
loves... well, you’ll see in PASSION<br />
FOR FOOTBALL • four men are in for a<br />
surprise when mistaken identity leads<br />
them on different journeys in the comedy<br />
AVAILABLE MEN.
Little Brother<br />
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91 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
2:15 PM I Code FAMS17<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Dandelion<br />
Jackie Liao, USA, 6 min.<br />
Little Brother<br />
Leong-Huat Kam, Singapore, 7 min.<br />
Linear Progression<br />
Kat Kosmala, USA, 4 min.<br />
Imago<br />
Cedric Babouche, France, 12 min.<br />
Rabbit<br />
Jonas Felixon, Sweden, 15 min.<br />
Chess<br />
Pernilla Hindsefelt, Sweden, 5 min.<br />
The Mantis Parable<br />
Josh Staub, USA, 8 minutes<br />
Vincent<br />
Giulio Ricciarelli, Germany, 13 min.<br />
Blast Off<br />
Michael Scaramozzino, USA, 3 min.<br />
One Rat Short<br />
Alex Weil, USA, 10 min.<br />
RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN AGES EIGHT AND ABOVE<br />
The Little Matchgirl<br />
Roger Allers & Don Hahn, USA, 8 min.<br />
A girl begins to understand what her<br />
grandpa taught her in DANDELION • two<br />
brothers have a grand old time until mom<br />
comes home in LITTLE BROTHER •<br />
LINEAR PROGRESSION is the tale of two<br />
monsters who may have to find a different<br />
path in life • a young boy accepts the loss<br />
of his father in IMAGO • a boy learns a<br />
valuable lesson in RABBIT • a game has a<br />
different kind of ending in CHESS • the<br />
meaning of forgiveness is revealed in THE<br />
MANTIS PARABLE • a young boy tries to<br />
make sense of a confusing world in VIN-<br />
CENT • a young would-be astronaut gets<br />
an adventurous surprise in BLAST OFF •<br />
dazzling computer animation can be found<br />
in ONE RAT SHORT • the magic of Disney<br />
animation is on display in the Oscar nominated<br />
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL.<br />
Family Shorts Program 2<br />
90 minutes<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
1:45 PM I Code FAMS24<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Moe & Les<br />
Lindsay Vender Galien, USA, 2 min.<br />
The Great Zambini<br />
Igor Legarreta and Emilio Perez, Spain, 14<br />
min.<br />
Sad Dog<br />
Ckoe, Netherlands, 2 min.<br />
The Dancing Thief<br />
Meng Vue, USA, 3 min.<br />
Big Girl<br />
Renuka Jeyapalan, Canada, 14 min.<br />
Legend of the Scarecrow<br />
(La Leyenda del Espantapajaros)<br />
Marco Besas, Spain, 11 min.<br />
Little Gorilla<br />
Harry Kellerman, USA, 12 min.<br />
Mirage<br />
Youngwoong Jang, USA, 9 min.<br />
Hibernation<br />
John Williams, UK, 15 min.<br />
The Little Matchgirl<br />
Roger Allers & Don Hahn, USA, 8 min.<br />
A monster tries to get into the party in<br />
MOE & LES • a father tries to earn his<br />
son’s respect in THE GREAT ZAMBINI<br />
• fate steps in to help a dog keep up<br />
with his friends in SAD DOG • a would-be<br />
burglar tries to waltz his way out of trouble<br />
in THE DANCING THIEF • a young girl<br />
struggles with the men in her single mom’s<br />
life in BIG GIRL • LEGEND OF THE<br />
SCARECROW is about a scarecrow who<br />
decides to befriend his would-be enemies<br />
• a young boy is determined to overcome<br />
his fears in LITTLE GORILLA • MIRAGE<br />
is the tale of a robot boy who’s just trying<br />
to survive • two children try to revive a<br />
bee with their sights set much higher in<br />
HIBERNATION • the magic of Disney<br />
animation is on display in the Oscar<br />
nominated THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL.<br />
Mirage I Hate Musicals<br />
PROGRAM 1<br />
Friday, March 16<br />
4:15 PM I Code SHRT16<br />
105 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
City<br />
Topaz Adizes, USA, 8 min.<br />
I Hate Musicals<br />
Stewart Schill, USA, 20 min.<br />
A Very Small Trilogy of<br />
Loneliness<br />
Bogdam Apetri, Romania/USA, 7 min.<br />
Daddy’s Little Helper<br />
Daniel Wilson, United Kingdom, 3 min.<br />
Puppet<br />
Patrick Smith, USA, 6 min.<br />
Crash (Choque)<br />
Nacho Vigalondo, Spain, 10 min.<br />
A Silent Monsoon (Nabarsiyeki<br />
Jhari)<br />
Pravesh Gurung, Nepal, 34 min.<br />
Full Disclosure<br />
Douglas Horn, USA, 17 min.<br />
A man and his cabbie try to find common<br />
ground in a post-9/11 world in the gritty<br />
CITY • I HATE MUSICALS finds an aspiring<br />
young businessman caught in a very<br />
strange dilemma • the award winning<br />
student film A VERY SMALL TRILOGY OF<br />
LONELINESS takes a quiet and disturbing<br />
look into the life of one divided family<br />
• a phone call leads to unexpected results<br />
in DADDY’S LITTLE HELPER • in the<br />
animated PUPPET we find that even<br />
hand-puppets have a darker side • a<br />
man’s ego gets the better of him in the<br />
comedy CRASH • a woman tries to help<br />
her daughter escape the family business<br />
in the heartbreaking film A SILENT<br />
MONSOON • A young couple out on<br />
a first date put all their cards on the<br />
table in FULL DISCLOSURE.
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PROGRAM 2<br />
Saturday, March 17<br />
4:30 PM I Code SHRT17<br />
106 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Homefront<br />
Matthew Cummings, USA, 9 min.<br />
Water Closed<br />
Flores, France, 17 min.<br />
War (La Guerra)<br />
Luiso Berdejo & Jorge C. Dorado, Spain,<br />
10 min.<br />
Mother (Mata)<br />
William Graham, USA, 11 min.<br />
One Rat Short<br />
Alex Weil, USA, 10 min.<br />
Never Like the First Time<br />
(Aldrig som första gangen!)<br />
Jonas Odell, Sweden, 15 min.<br />
The Shovel<br />
Nick Childs, USA, 15 min.<br />
The Saviour<br />
Peter Templeman, Australia, 19 min.<br />
The Shovel<br />
In HOMEFRONT a young man battles to<br />
return to society after returning from war<br />
• a young woman finds the executive<br />
washroom is not all it’s cracked up to be<br />
in WATER CLOSED • in the Spanish film<br />
WAR, a young boy tries to escape from a<br />
soldier with dire results • an Indian boy’s<br />
mother goes postal in the bully-meetsmom<br />
MOTHER • dazzling computer<br />
animation is on display in the Sundance<br />
Award winning ONE RAT SHORT • that<br />
first sexual experience is explored in<br />
NEVER LIKE THE FIRST TIME • David<br />
Strathairn stars in the thriller THE<br />
SHOVEL • the Oscar nominated THE<br />
SAVIOUR tells the tale of a door-to-door<br />
evangelist who has fallen in love with a<br />
married woman.<br />
PROGRAM 3<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
2:00 PM I Code SHRT18<br />
102 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
The Story of Bubbleboy<br />
Sean Ascroft, Australia, 7 min.<br />
Linear Progression<br />
Kat Kosmala, USA, 4 min.<br />
Citizen Hauser<br />
Jonathan Shick, USA, 23 min.<br />
Glacier Bay<br />
Douglas Moser, USA, 28 min.<br />
Rent-A-Person<br />
Kurt Kuenne, USA, 12 min.<br />
The Dancing Thief<br />
Meng Vue, USA, 3 min.<br />
Hibernation<br />
John Williams, United Kingdom, 15 min.<br />
Karma Café<br />
Eben Costbar, USA, 10 min.<br />
The Story of Bubbleboy<br />
A young man must overcome his daunting<br />
phobia in the poetic THE STORY OF<br />
BUBBLEBOY • in the animated short<br />
LINEAR PROGRESSION two munching<br />
monsters are forced to consider an alternate<br />
route • CITIZEN HAUSER documents<br />
a local man’s victorious battle over the<br />
proverbial “powers that be” • GLACIER<br />
BAY is the story of an elderly couple<br />
struggling to overcome the challenges of<br />
Alzheimer’s • the 2005 winner of the<br />
Process Award for Visual Excellence,<br />
RENT-A-PERSON is the prequel to this<br />
years “Validation” (see Program #4) • a<br />
would-be burglar tries to waltz his way<br />
out of trouble in the animated short THE<br />
DANCING THIEF • two children try to<br />
revive a bee with their sights set much<br />
higher in HIBERNATION • a depressed<br />
young man finds hope in a strange place<br />
in the musically charged delight KARMA<br />
CAFÉ.<br />
PROGRAM 4<br />
Sunday, March 18<br />
4:45 PM I Code INDY18<br />
99 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Pop Foul<br />
Moon Molson, USA, 19 min.<br />
Ten to Two (Tien Voor Twee)<br />
Mathijs Geijskes, Netherlands, 6 min.<br />
Loom<br />
Scott Kravitz, USA, 5 min.<br />
Avatar<br />
Lluís Quílez, Spain, 15 min.<br />
Recycled Life<br />
Leslie Iweks, USA, 38 min.<br />
Validation<br />
Kurt Kuenne, USA, 16 min.<br />
Validation<br />
A young boy struggles to control his<br />
emotions in the gripping short POP FOUL<br />
• a bored driving instructor is jolted<br />
back to life in TEN TO TWO • LOOM is<br />
the animated tale of the mysterious relationship<br />
between an old woman and a<br />
would-be hero • a husband and wife try<br />
to overcome the agonizing results of a<br />
shared tragedy in the haunting Spanish<br />
film AVATAR • the Oscar nominated<br />
documentary short RECYCLED LIFE is<br />
the dramatic and touching story of the<br />
families who have lived and worked in<br />
the Guatemala City Garbage Dump for the<br />
past 60 years • VALIDATION is the sequel<br />
to the 2005 Process Award for Visual<br />
Excellence winning film “Rent-A-Person”<br />
(see Program 3).
76 INDEPENDENT SHORTS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
I Want to Be A Pilot Small Boxes<br />
A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process<br />
PROGRAM 5<br />
Monday, March 19<br />
4:45 PM I Code SHRT19<br />
106 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
I Want to Be A Pilot<br />
Diego Quemada-Diez, Spain, Kenya, Mexico,<br />
12 min.<br />
Nasuh<br />
Anya Belkina & Ken Calhoun, USA, 8 min.<br />
The Wannabe<br />
Althea Wasow, USA, 25 min.<br />
Morning<br />
Leland Orser, USA, 15 min.<br />
Gimme Green<br />
Isaac Brown & Eric Flagg, USA, 28 min.<br />
My Name is Wallace<br />
Bob Pondillo, USA, 18 min.<br />
Omondi is an impoverished boy from East<br />
Africa whose lifelong dream is revealed in<br />
I WANT TO BE A PILOT • NASUH is an<br />
animated short based on Rumi’s poetic<br />
tale of a man trying to overcome his carnal<br />
nature • the true story of a young man<br />
who confesses and is convicted of a<br />
crime he didn’t commit is told in THE<br />
WANNABE • MORNING is a haunting<br />
film about a man trying to deal with the<br />
devastation of loss • the great American<br />
obsession with lawns is documented in<br />
GIMME GREEN • MY NAME IS WALLACE<br />
is the story of a developmentally challenged<br />
young man who may be looking<br />
for love in all the wrong places.<br />
PROGRAM 6<br />
Tuesday, March 20<br />
4:30 PM I Code SHRT20<br />
104 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Little Temptations<br />
Slobodanka Radun, Czech Republic, 8 min.<br />
Small Boxes<br />
Rene Hernandez, Australia, 15 min.<br />
The First Great Lesson of My Life<br />
Ian Cook, USA, 7 min.<br />
In Search of White Crows<br />
Michael Keene, USA, 22 min.<br />
Jacob’s Room<br />
Ken Calcaterra, USA, 7 min.<br />
Thomas in Bloom<br />
Keff Prugh, USA, 14 min.<br />
Murder and UFOs<br />
Brian McDonald, Canada, 20 min.<br />
True Colors<br />
Barney Elliott, United Kingdom, 11 min.<br />
A young woman shares a strange moment<br />
with an older man in the taboo LITTLE<br />
TEMPTATIONS • SMALL BOXES is the<br />
story of a young loading dock worker who<br />
is striving to find a better opportunity in<br />
life • a 70-year-old man shares a classroom<br />
experience that he has never forgotten<br />
in THE FIRST GREAT LESSON OF<br />
MY LIFE • IN SEARCH OF WHITE CROWS<br />
is the animated historical tale of a pair of<br />
sisters who became infamous for their<br />
claimed contact with the dead • two<br />
brothers learn that monsters are not the<br />
only thing to be frightened of in JACOB’S<br />
ROOM • in THOMAS IN BLOOM a young<br />
man finds a creative way to communicate<br />
with his grandmother before it’s too late<br />
• the secret connection between Marilyn<br />
Monroe, the Kennedy Brothers, and UFOs<br />
is revealed in the found footage film<br />
MURDER AND UFOs • in TRUE COLORS<br />
a frustrated and misunderstood father and<br />
husband finds that things often go from<br />
bad to much worse.<br />
PROGRAM 7<br />
Wednesday, March 21<br />
4:45 PM I Code SHRT21<br />
104 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
The Bleeder<br />
Ian Cook, USA, 13 min.<br />
The Cell Phone<br />
Zachary Brewster-Geisz, USA, 3 min.<br />
Katrina’s Wake<br />
Kathilynn Phillips, USA, 21 min.<br />
The Witness (De Getuige)<br />
Erik de Bruyn, Netherlands, 10 min.<br />
A Painful Glimpse Into My<br />
Writing Process<br />
Chel White, USA, 2 min.<br />
Sexy Thing<br />
Denie Pentecost, Australia, 14 min.<br />
Distant Memory (Maries Lacheln)<br />
Michael Schafer, Germany 11 min.<br />
Checkpoint<br />
Ben Phelps, Australia, 12 min.<br />
Damaged Goods<br />
Graham Rich, USA, 18 min.<br />
An overweight young man who has a nose<br />
bleed problem fantasizes about getting<br />
even with those who bully him in THE<br />
BLEEDER • the addictive relationship<br />
between man and his cell phone is<br />
explored in THE CELL PHONE • the horrifying<br />
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is<br />
revealed in the haunting film KATRINA’S<br />
WAKE • in THE WITNESS a woman tries<br />
to make sense of her memories on a fateful<br />
night before it’s too late • writing is<br />
hell, or so we are told in the quick hitting<br />
A PAINFUL GLIMPSE INTO MY WRITING<br />
PROCESS • a young girl tries to find her<br />
sexual identity and escape a painful secret<br />
in the chilling SEXY THING • in DISTANT<br />
MEMORY a single red balloon sends an<br />
elderly woman on a haunting journey<br />
through memories past • the tension is<br />
palpable for a man and his family in<br />
CHECKPOINT • two young people with<br />
seemingly uncontrollable phobias find<br />
they may be a perfect fit in the charming<br />
DAMAGED GOODS.
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Alone<br />
PROGRAM 8<br />
Thursday, March 22<br />
4:45 PM I Code SHRT22<br />
110 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Twilight<br />
Victoria Gamburg, USA, 21 min.<br />
Dragon<br />
Troy Morgan, USA, 8 min.<br />
The Pros & Cons of Breathing<br />
Seth Manheimer, USA, 22 min.<br />
The Universal Hanging of All<br />
Things Together<br />
Pete Huang, Canada, 7 min.<br />
Contact (Raak)<br />
Hanro Smitsman, Netherlands, 12 min.<br />
Alone<br />
Kenneth Selko, USA, 20 min.<br />
Speechless<br />
Geno Andrews, USA, 20 min.<br />
A woman can’t stop searching for her<br />
missing child in the gripping short<br />
TWILIGHT • in the animated DRAGON a<br />
young girl draws a character that she<br />
hopes will help her get the revenge she<br />
so richly deserves • a man with nothing<br />
to lose can be very dangerous as we learn<br />
in THE PROS & CONS OF BREATHING<br />
• “is there really a connection between all<br />
things?” is the question that is explored<br />
in THE UNIVERSAL HANGING OF ALL<br />
THINGS TOGETHER • in CONTACT the<br />
connected journey of a day in the life of<br />
several people is <strong>master</strong>fully displayed<br />
• a young woman finds herself stranded<br />
in a sorority house with a serial killer on<br />
the loose in the thriller ALONE • four<br />
college students find that making the<br />
grade and making friends can be quite<br />
a revealing experience in the emotional<br />
film SPEECHLESS.<br />
Fourteen Moi<br />
PROGRAM 9<br />
Friday, March 23<br />
4:30 PM I Code SHRT23<br />
105 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Fourteen<br />
Nicole Barnette, USA, 7 min.<br />
Santa Closed<br />
Douglas Attal, France, 19 min.<br />
Mary Life (Vida Maria)<br />
Marcio Ramos, Brazil, 9 min.<br />
They Never Found Her<br />
Claude Kerven, USA, 23 min.<br />
Vincent<br />
Giulio Ricciarelli, Germany, 13 min.<br />
The Legend of the Scarecrow<br />
(La Leyenda del Espantapajaros)<br />
Marco Besas, Spain, 11 min.<br />
Alicia’s Eyes (Los Ojos de Alicia)<br />
Hugo Sanz, Spain, 9 min.<br />
The Dinner (Le Diner)<br />
Cecile Vernant, France, 14 min.<br />
A young girl prepares for a big day in<br />
FOURTEEN • in SANTA CLOSED, Santa<br />
has had enough and is planning to skip<br />
Christmas much to the dismay of his<br />
faithful elves • the great circle of life for<br />
an Hispanic woman is on display in the<br />
computer animated film MARY LIFE<br />
• a woman pleads for her life when confronted<br />
by a would-be assassin in THEY<br />
NEVER FOUND HER • a young boy tries<br />
to make sense of a confusing world in the<br />
charming German film VINCENT • THE<br />
LEGEND OF THE SCARECROW is an<br />
animated film that tells the story of a<br />
scarecrow who decided to befriend the<br />
crows • a woman finds herself imprisoned<br />
by a mysterious captor in the chilling<br />
Spanish film ALICIA’S EYES • in THE<br />
DINNER a young woman finds her high<br />
expectations dashed when her dinner<br />
date goes all wrong.<br />
PROGRAM 10<br />
Saturday, March 24<br />
11:30 AM I Code SHRT24<br />
105 minutes, ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
Invasion<br />
Matt Abbiss, United Kingdom, 3 min.<br />
One Too Many (Éramos Pocos)<br />
Borja Cobeaga, Spain, 16 min.<br />
Strangers<br />
Asher Goldstein, USA, 14 min.<br />
Kwiz<br />
Renaud Callebaut, Belgium, 5 min.<br />
Mirage<br />
Youngwoong Jang, USA, 9 min.<br />
West Bank Story<br />
Ari Sandel, USA, 22 min.<br />
Moi<br />
Yan England, Canada, 17 min.<br />
If There Were No<br />
Lutherans Would There<br />
Still Be Green Jello?<br />
Gayle Knutson, USA, 19 min.<br />
A lone man’s seemingly futile attack<br />
on a small island takes a strange twist in<br />
the British animated short INVASION<br />
• a father and son must determine just<br />
how far they will go to get relief when<br />
the woman of the house walks out in the<br />
Oscar nominated ONE TOO MANY •<br />
STRANGERS is the story of a boy who<br />
truly believes he is being visited by aliens<br />
• two elderly women play an aggressive<br />
game of “Name That Tune” in the<br />
comedic KWIZ • MIRAGE is the heartwarming<br />
animated tale of a robot boy<br />
who’s just trying to survive • WEST BANK<br />
STORY is the Oscar nominated musical<br />
comedy that tells the story of two competing<br />
falafel stands on the West Bank and<br />
the families that operate them • a young<br />
man tries to achieve his dream of becoming<br />
a filmmaker in the emotionally<br />
charged MOI • the story of a preacher<br />
and his church’s outdoor sign is told in<br />
the comedic documentary IF THERE<br />
WERE NO LUTHERANS WOULD THERE<br />
STILL BE GREEN JELLO?
78 INDEPENDENT SHORTS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Independent Shorts<br />
Jury Awards Program<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
11:30 AM I Code JURY25<br />
Approximately 120 minutes<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
After reviewing all of the independent shorts,<br />
our judges select winners in different categories.<br />
The shorts are screened and the filmmakers are<br />
recognized during this special program. A $1,000<br />
cash prize is awarded to most winners.*<br />
Best Animated Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Councilman Joe Cimperman,<br />
and the Citizens of <strong>Cleveland</strong> Ward 13<br />
Who Love and Support the Arts<br />
Best Documentary Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Jules and Fran Belkin<br />
Best <strong>International</strong> Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Mike and Nicki Cancelliere<br />
Best LGBT Short <strong>Film</strong>: Given in Celebration<br />
of the Life of Nikki Babbit<br />
sponsored by Jamie and Harold Babbit<br />
Best Live Action Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Ann Bloomberg and<br />
Alan Gordon Lipson + Judy Harris<br />
Best Student Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Mike and Nicki Cancelliere<br />
Best Women’s Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Jinny and John Johnson<br />
The Clover Award: An Award in Celebration of Love<br />
in the Memory of Clover Hawley Goodman<br />
sponsored by David Goodman and Barbara Hawley<br />
The Jesse Epstein Humanitarian Award<br />
sponsored by Kodak<br />
The Kodak Best Ohio Short <strong>Film</strong><br />
sponsored by Kodak<br />
The Process Award for Visual Excellence<br />
sponsored by Process Creative Studios<br />
*The winners of The Kodak Best Ohio Short <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
The Jesse Epstein Humanitarian Award each receive<br />
$1,500 worth of Kodak film stock.<br />
Independent Shorts<br />
Audience Choice Program<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
2:00 PM I Code AUDS25<br />
Approximately 90 minutes<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> State University Audience Choice<br />
Award for Best Short Subject<br />
sponsored by <strong>Cleveland</strong> State University<br />
Award Winners<br />
Judges<br />
As one of the earliest <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> patrons, Mary Boyle’s favorite<br />
<strong>Festival</strong> films have often been documentaries.<br />
Mary served in the Ohio House of<br />
Representatives from 1979 to 1984 and<br />
was ultimately elected Majority Whip. She was<br />
the first woman to serve as Cuyahoga County<br />
Commissioner, which was an office that she<br />
held from 1985 to 1996. In 2002, Mary sought<br />
another BA degree in nursing. She is now an<br />
outreach nurse working out of MetroHealth<br />
Medical Center. Mary is married to Jack Boyle,<br />
former trustee of the <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Society<br />
and <strong>Festival</strong> regular.<br />
Bobby Jackson began working part time in jazz<br />
radio in Atlanta, Georgia at WCLK-FM in 1987.<br />
From 1991 to 1994, he served as its Program/<br />
Music Director. During that time Bobby was<br />
awarded the first of three GAVIN National Radio<br />
Person of The Year Awards. The other two came<br />
while serving as music director at WCPN-FM in<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> in 1995 and 1997. He consults on<br />
jazz programming for other public radio stations<br />
and writes articles and liner notes for various<br />
trades and record companies. Currently Bobby<br />
serves as music director for WCPN-90.3 FM/<br />
WVIZ-TV and is the former host for Jazz Tracks.<br />
He can be heard on various programs on WVIZ<br />
and WCPN including Around Noon, Morning<br />
News, Applause, and Evening Jazz.<br />
Evan Lieberman is Assistant Professor of <strong>Film</strong><br />
at <strong>Cleveland</strong> State University, where he teaches<br />
film production, history, and theory. He has a<br />
PhD in <strong>Film</strong> Studies from Emory University<br />
and an MFA in Screenwriting from the American<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Institute’s Center for Advanced <strong>Film</strong><br />
Studies. He has most recently directed and<br />
photographed “The Lady from Sockholm,” a<br />
feature-length puppet film noir. He served as<br />
a producer and director of photography on<br />
“Stomp! Shout! Scream!”—a beach-party,<br />
rock-and-roll, monster comedy. His latest film<br />
forthcoming from Cinema Concepts <strong>Film</strong>s is<br />
“Kathy T Gives Good Hoover,” which he wrote<br />
and directed and is currently completing in<br />
post-production.
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Pre-Feature<br />
Shorts<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts<br />
Compilation<br />
Sunday, March 25<br />
4:45 PM I Code PREF25<br />
ONE SCREENING ONLY<br />
In this convenient compilation shorts program,<br />
you will be stunned, shocked, amazed,<br />
scared, and tickled by some of the best of<br />
our international short films that everyone<br />
else has been talking about.<br />
Daddy’s Little Helper<br />
Directed by Daniel Wilson<br />
United Kingdom, 3 minutes<br />
Precedes STOLEN HOLIDAYS<br />
The story of a little girl who would do anything<br />
for her daddy, or even someone who she thinks<br />
is her daddy.<br />
Distant Memory<br />
(Maries Lacheln)<br />
FOR PROGRAM UPDATES<br />
Directed by Michael Schafer<br />
Germany, 11 minutes<br />
Precedes FORGIVING DR. MENGELE<br />
Young Marie meets Jakob who gives away balloons<br />
for the price of a smile. But Marie cannot<br />
satisfy Jakob’s wish. Decades later, fate brings<br />
the two of them back together again.<br />
Fourteen<br />
Directed by Nicole Barnette<br />
USA, 7 minutes<br />
Precedes GOING PRIVATE<br />
At 14 years old, Hannah awakens to a momentous<br />
day of gifts and attention. She soon<br />
realizes that this day of great celebration will<br />
have significant consequences on her future.<br />
Happy Birthday 2 You<br />
(Y Que Cumplas Muchos Mas)<br />
Directed by David Alcalde<br />
Spain, 13 minnutes<br />
Precedes SEVERANCE<br />
Horror in disguise as a social drama, a lot of<br />
blood, and some birthday cake!<br />
If There Were No Lutherans Would<br />
There Still Be Green Jello?<br />
Directed Gayle Knutson<br />
USA, 12 mintues<br />
Precedes WHAT MEANS MOTLEY?<br />
See how a wacky, off-beat Lutheran Pastor<br />
waxes just irreverent enough to shock without<br />
coloring outside the lines.<br />
Kwiz<br />
Directed by Renaud Callebaut<br />
Belgium, 6 minutes<br />
Precedes THE ONLY ONE<br />
Two women armed with mobile phones throw<br />
themselves into a merciless quiz. How far will<br />
they go to avoid losing face?<br />
Little Temptations<br />
Directed by Slobodanka Radun<br />
Czech Republic, 7 minutes<br />
Precedes BEAUTY IN TROUBLE<br />
After an accidental meeting of a young girl<br />
and an older man on a wooden cottage veranda,<br />
a charming and provocative relationship<br />
develops.<br />
A Painful Glimpse Into<br />
My Writing Process<br />
Directed by Chel White<br />
USA, 2 minutes<br />
Precedes REPRISE<br />
A darkly satirical tour-de-force about the<br />
writing process.<br />
Penpusher<br />
(gratte-papier)<br />
Directed by Guillaume Martinez<br />
France, 8 minutes<br />
Precedes CHANGE OF ADDRESS<br />
When sitting on a subway, some people<br />
have to come up with creative ways to<br />
communicate.<br />
Puppet<br />
Directed by Patrick Smith<br />
USA, 6 minutes<br />
Precedes PINGPONG<br />
A young man fabricates a simple sock puppet,<br />
not knowing the abuse the entity will soon<br />
inflict upon its creator.<br />
The Saddest Boy in the World<br />
Directed by Jamie Travis<br />
Canada, 14 minutes<br />
Precedes THE BOTHERSOME MAN<br />
Timothy Higgins, the saddest boy in the<br />
world, prepares to hang himself at his ninth<br />
birthday party.<br />
The Story of Bubbleboy<br />
Directed by Sean Ascroft<br />
Australia, 7 minutes<br />
Precedes DEADPAN VALENTINE<br />
In a stab-happy world, a sad outcast wrestles<br />
with his demons and struggles with the feeling<br />
of being trapped by the past.<br />
Ten to Two<br />
(Tien Voor Twee)<br />
Directed by Mathijs Geijskes<br />
Netherlands, 6 minutes<br />
Precedes SLUMMING<br />
Fifty-year-old driving instructor Ab’s work is<br />
completely routine. His life has become a bore.<br />
But then something terrible happens...<br />
t.o.m.<br />
Directed by Tom Brown, Daniel Gray<br />
United Kingdom, 3 minutes<br />
Precedes THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE<br />
Tom shows us “What Not to Wear” to make<br />
an impression at school.<br />
True Colors<br />
Directed by Barney Eliott<br />
United Kingdom, 11 minutes<br />
Precedes FROZEN CITY<br />
A social drama about a loving father with a<br />
propensity for violence and his struggle to earn<br />
his family’s trust.<br />
The Witness<br />
(De Getuige)<br />
Penpusher<br />
Directed by Erik de Bruyn<br />
Netherlands, 10 minutes<br />
Precedes 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST<br />
Hindsight is not always 20/20, especially when<br />
trying to remember the details of a crime.
80 SPONSORS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>
The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> SPONSORS 81
82 COUNTRY LIST The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Country List<br />
A, B<br />
Afghanistan<br />
MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN<br />
Argentina<br />
GLUE<br />
Australia<br />
ALEXANDRA’S PROJECT<br />
BAD BOY BUBBY<br />
Checkpoint<br />
DINGO<br />
THE OLD MAN WHO<br />
READ LOVE STORIES<br />
The Savior<br />
Sexy Thing<br />
Small Boxes<br />
The Story of Bubbleboy<br />
TAIL OF A TIGER<br />
TEN CANOES<br />
THE TRACKER<br />
Austria<br />
OPERA JAWA<br />
SLUMMING<br />
Belgium<br />
CONGORAMA<br />
Kwiz<br />
THE ONLY ONE<br />
Bolivia<br />
AMERICAN VISA<br />
Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
ALL FOR FREE<br />
Brazil<br />
Mary Life<br />
C, D, E, F<br />
Canada<br />
Big Girl<br />
CONGORAMA<br />
CRUDE IMPACT<br />
LOOKING FOR LEONARD<br />
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES<br />
Moi<br />
Murders and UFOs<br />
ON A TIGHTROPE<br />
The Universal Hanging of<br />
All Things Together<br />
WHO LOVES THE SUN<br />
Chechnya<br />
THREE COMRADES<br />
China<br />
THE POSTMODERN LIFE<br />
OF MY AUNT<br />
TAKING FATHER HOME<br />
Croatia<br />
ALL FOR FREE<br />
THE MELON ROUTE<br />
TWO PLAYERS FROM THE BENCH<br />
Cuba<br />
THE TRIAL<br />
Czech Republic<br />
BEAUTY IN TROUBLE<br />
Little Temptations<br />
PLEASANT MOMENTS<br />
THE RAPE OF EUROPA<br />
THE SHUTKA BOOK OF RECORDS<br />
Denmark<br />
THE ART OF CRYING<br />
PRAGUE<br />
Finland<br />
FROZEN CITY<br />
France<br />
ANGEL-A<br />
ANGOSTO<br />
BAMAKO<br />
CHANGE OF ADDRESS<br />
The Dinner<br />
Full Black<br />
Imago<br />
Penpusher<br />
Santa Closed<br />
STOLEN HOLIDAYS<br />
TRANSYLVANIA<br />
THE VALET<br />
Water Closed<br />
A YEAR IN MY LIFE<br />
G, H, I, J, K, L<br />
Germany<br />
ABSOLUTE WILSON<br />
Distant Memory<br />
FRAULEIN<br />
KONTAKT<br />
MR. PILIPENKO AND<br />
HIS SUBMARINE<br />
PINGPONG<br />
Vincent<br />
Hong Kong<br />
RE-CYCLE<br />
Hungary<br />
FRESH AIR<br />
Iceland<br />
THICKER THAN WATER<br />
India<br />
A GRAVE-KEEPER’S TALE<br />
THE MEMSAHIB<br />
VANAJA<br />
Indonesia<br />
LOVE FOR SHARE<br />
OPERA JAWA<br />
Ireland<br />
WHAT MEANS MOTLEY?<br />
Israel<br />
AVIVA MY LOVE<br />
THE CEMETERY CLUB<br />
Italy<br />
SALTY AIR<br />
Japan<br />
THE ANTS<br />
SWAY<br />
Kenya<br />
I Want to Be a Pilot<br />
Macedonia<br />
KONTAKT<br />
Mali<br />
BAMAKO<br />
M, N, O, P, Q<br />
Mexico<br />
AMERICAN VISA<br />
I Want to Be a Pilot<br />
MORE THAN ANYTHING<br />
IN THE WORLD<br />
Nepal<br />
A Silent Monsoon<br />
Netherlands<br />
Contact<br />
INVISIBLE WAVES<br />
Sad Dog<br />
Ten to Two<br />
THREE COMRADES<br />
The Witness<br />
New Zealand<br />
EAGLE VS SHARK<br />
Norway<br />
THE BOTHERSOME MAN<br />
COLD PREY<br />
ON A TIGHTROPE<br />
REPRISE<br />
SONS<br />
Peru<br />
THE TRIAL<br />
Philippines<br />
THE BET COLLECTOR<br />
Poland<br />
THE COLLECTOR<br />
STILL ALIVE—A FILM ABOUT<br />
KRZYSTOF KIESLOWSKI<br />
Portugal<br />
ANGOSTO<br />
R, S, T<br />
Romania<br />
12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST<br />
LOVE SICK<br />
A Very Small Trilogy of Loneliness<br />
WHAT MEANS MOTLEY?<br />
Russia<br />
IT DOES NOT HURT<br />
THREE COMRADES<br />
Serbia<br />
TOMORROW MORNING<br />
Singapore<br />
Little Brother<br />
Slovenia<br />
TWO PLAYERS FROM THE BENCH<br />
South Africa<br />
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG?<br />
South Korea<br />
DAISY<br />
THE OLD GARDEN<br />
NOTE:<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong>s are in ALL CAPS<br />
Spain<br />
Alicia’s Eyes<br />
ANGOSTO<br />
Avatar<br />
Crash<br />
Ester<br />
The Great Zambini<br />
Happy Birthday 2 You<br />
I Want to Be a Pilot<br />
The Legend of the Scarecrow<br />
One Too Many<br />
Passion For Football<br />
War<br />
Sweden<br />
Chess<br />
FALKENBERG FAREWELL<br />
Never Like the First Time<br />
Rabbit<br />
Switzerland<br />
FRAULEIN<br />
GOING PRIVATE<br />
SLUMMING<br />
Thailand<br />
INVISIBLE WAVES<br />
RE-CYCLE<br />
Turkey<br />
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP<br />
Uganda<br />
WAR/DANCE<br />
U<br />
Ukraine<br />
MR. PILIPENKO AND<br />
HIS SUBMARINE<br />
United Kingdom<br />
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP<br />
Daddy’s Little Helper<br />
DEADPAN VALENTINE<br />
GLASTONBURY<br />
GLUE<br />
Hibernation<br />
Invasion<br />
RED ROAD<br />
SEVERANCE<br />
t.o.m.<br />
True Colors<br />
USA<br />
ABSOLUTE WILSON<br />
A.K.A. NIKKI LEE<br />
Alpha Mail<br />
Alone<br />
And the Woods Fell Silent Again<br />
The Apocalypse: An Election Story<br />
Available Men<br />
BEAUTIFUL OHIO<br />
BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO<br />
Blast Off<br />
The Bleeder<br />
Bottom Feeder<br />
BOXERS<br />
BOY CULTURE<br />
THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES<br />
BROTHERLY JAZZ: THE<br />
HEATH BROTHERS<br />
The Cell Phone
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Citizen Hauser<br />
City<br />
COFFEE DATE<br />
Cruel Frederick<br />
CRUDE IMPACT<br />
CURIOSITY OF CHANCE<br />
Damaged Goods<br />
The Dancing Thief<br />
Dandelion<br />
DARIUS GOES WEST: THE ROLL<br />
OF HIS LIFE<br />
Davy & Stu<br />
Dragon<br />
EAST SIDE STORY<br />
FAY GRIM<br />
The First Great Lesson of My Life<br />
FIRST SNOW<br />
FLANNEL PAJAMAS<br />
FORGIVING DR. MENGELE<br />
Fourteen<br />
Full Disclosure<br />
Gimme Green<br />
Glacier Bay<br />
THE GYMNAST<br />
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG?<br />
HERO TOMORROW<br />
THE HIP HOP PROJECT<br />
Holdup<br />
Homefront<br />
If There Were No Lutherans Would<br />
There Still Be Green Jello?<br />
I Hate Musicals<br />
In Search of White Crows<br />
In The Wall<br />
ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE<br />
Jacob’s Room<br />
Karma Café<br />
Katrina’s Wake<br />
KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON<br />
LIQUID VINYL<br />
Linear Progression<br />
The Little Gorilla<br />
The Little Matchgirl<br />
Loom<br />
The Lyre of Orpheus<br />
The Mantis Parable<br />
A MAP FOR SATURDAY<br />
Melissa With a Heart Around It<br />
THE MEMSAHIB<br />
Mirage<br />
Moe and Les<br />
Morning<br />
Mother<br />
MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN<br />
My Name Is Wallace<br />
Nasuh<br />
One Rat Short<br />
OWL AND THE SPARROW<br />
A Painful Glimpse Into<br />
My Writing Process<br />
Pop Foul<br />
The Pros and Cons of Breathing<br />
PUNK’S NOT DEAD<br />
Puppet<br />
RANT<br />
THE RAPE OF EUROPA<br />
RAVE<br />
Real Men<br />
Recycled Life<br />
RELATIVE OBSCURITY<br />
Rent-A-Person<br />
Rhyme Animal<br />
RUNNERS HIGH<br />
SAVING MARRIAGE<br />
SECRET COURAGE: THE<br />
WALTER SUSKIND STORY<br />
The Shovel<br />
Signage<br />
Speechless<br />
32nd <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
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Feature <strong>Film</strong>s are in ALL CAPS<br />
Save the Dates<br />
March 27- April 6, 2008<br />
STRANGE CULTURE<br />
Strangers<br />
Suicide Club<br />
SWEDISH AUTO<br />
THE TEN<br />
Testify<br />
They Never Found Her<br />
Thomas in Bloom<br />
Tom’s War on Terror<br />
THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT<br />
THE TV SET<br />
Twilight<br />
Validation<br />
VANAJA<br />
A Very Small Trilogy of Loneliness<br />
The Wannabe<br />
WAR/DANCE<br />
West Bank Story<br />
ZOO<br />
V<br />
Venezuela<br />
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT<br />
Vietnam<br />
OWL AND THE SPARROW
<strong>Film</strong> Index<br />
84 The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
FILM TITLE CATEGORY PAGE FILM TITLE CATEGORY PAGE<br />
12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST . . . Partnership Presentation, World Tour . . . . . . . 27<br />
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP . . Documentary <strong>Film</strong> Competition, World Tour . . . 27<br />
ABSOLTE WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Partnership Presentation. . . . . 27<br />
A.K.A. NIKKI S. LEE . . . . . . . . . Partnership Presentation, World Tour . . . . . . . 28<br />
ALEXANDRA’S PROJECT. . . . . . . Director’s Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Alicia’s Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
ALL FOR FREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 28<br />
Alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
Alpha Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
AMERICAN VISA . . . . . . . . . . . . Cinema en Español, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
And the Woods Fell Silent Again. . Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
ANGEL-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
ANGOSTO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cinema en Español, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
THE ANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, Standing Up Competition . . . . 30<br />
The Apocalypse: An Election Story Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
THE ART OF CRYING . . . . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 30<br />
Available Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Avatar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
AVIVA MY LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewish and Israeli Visions, World Tour . . . . . . . 30<br />
BAD BOY BUBBY. . . . . . . . . . . . Director’s Spotlight, Midnight Snacks . . . . . . . 31<br />
BAMAKO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standing Up Competition, Pan-African Images . 31<br />
BEAUTIFUL OHIO . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents, Local Heroes . . . . . . 31<br />
BEAUTY IN TROUBLE . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
THE BET COLLECTOR . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
Big Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Blast Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
The Bleeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
THE BOTHERSOME MAN . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 33<br />
Bottom Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
BOXERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentary Competition,<br />
Partnership Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
BOY CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, American Independents . . . . . . 33<br />
THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES . Documentaries, Standing Up Competition . . . . 34<br />
BROTHERLY JAZZ . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Music! Movies!,<br />
Partnership Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
The Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
THE CEMETERY CLUB . . . . . . . . Documentary Competition, Jewish/Israeli Visions,<br />
Partnership Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
CHANGE OF ADDRESS. . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 35<br />
Checkpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Chess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Citizen Hauser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
The City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
COFFEE DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, American Independents . . . . . . 35<br />
COLD PREY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Snacks, Scandinavian Screenings . . . 35<br />
THE COLLECTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 36<br />
CONGORAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Cruel Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
CRUEL IMPACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
CURIOSITY OF CHANCE . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, American Independents,<br />
Partnership Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Daddy’s Little Helper . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 74, 79<br />
DAISY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Damaged Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
The Dancing Thief . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2, Independent Shorts 3 . . . 74, 75<br />
Dandelion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
DARIUS GOES WEST . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Davy & Stu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
DEADPAN VALENTINE . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
DINGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director’s Spotlight, Music! Movies! . . . . . . . . 38<br />
The Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
Distant Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 76, 79<br />
Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
EAGLE VS SHARK . . . . . . . . . . . CLOSING NIGHT, World Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
EAST SIDE STORY . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, American Independents,<br />
Partnership Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
Ester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
FALKENBERG FAREWELL . . . . . . Partnership Presentation,<br />
Scandinavian Screenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
FAY GRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
The First Great Lesson of My Life . Independent Shorts 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
FIRST SNOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
FLANNEL PAJAMAS . . . . . . . . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
FORGIVING DR. MENGELE . . . . . Documentaries, Jewish/Israeli Visions,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Fourteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 9,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 77, 79<br />
FRAULEIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
FRESH AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 41<br />
FROZEN CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 41<br />
Full Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Full Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Gimme Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Glacier Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
GLASTONBURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Music! Movies!, World Tour . . . 41<br />
GLUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, Cinema en Español, World Tour . . 42<br />
GOING PRIVATE . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
The Great Zambini . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
A GRAVE-KEEPER’S TALE. . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
THE GYMNAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, American Independents . . . . . . 43<br />
Happy Birthday 2 You. . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 2,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 73, 79<br />
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM<br />
JOHANNESBURG? . . . . . . . . . . . Pan-African Images, Standing Up Competition . . 43<br />
HERO TOMORROW . . . . . . . . . . American Independents, Local Heroes,<br />
Midnight Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2, Independent Shorts 3 . . . 74, 75<br />
THE HIP HOP PROJECT . . . . . . . Music! Movies!, Pan-African Images,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Holdup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Homefront. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
I Hate Musicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
I Want to Be a Pilot . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
If There Were No Lutherans<br />
Would There Still Be Green Jello?. . Independent Shorts 10,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 77, 79<br />
Imago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
In Search of White Crows . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
In The Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Invasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
INVISIBLE WAVES . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
IT DOES NOT HURT. . . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 44<br />
ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE . . 10% Cinema, American Independents,<br />
Local Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
Jacob’s Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Karma Café . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
Katrina’s Wake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
KONTAKT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 45<br />
KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON . . . Documentary Competition, Music! Movies! . . . 45<br />
Kwiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 10,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 77, 79<br />
The Legend of the Scarecrow . . . . Family Shorts 2, Independent Shorts 9 . . . 74, 77<br />
Linear Progression . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1, Independent Shorts 3 . . . 74, 75<br />
LIQUID VINYL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Music! Movies! . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Little Brother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
The Little Gorilla . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
The Little Matchgirl . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1, Family Shorts 2 . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Little Temptations . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 76, 79<br />
LOOKING FOR LEONARD . . . . . . Someone to Watch, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Loom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
LOVE FOR SHARE . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
LOVE SICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema,<br />
Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 47<br />
The Lyre of Orpheus . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
The Mantis Parable . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES . Documentaries, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
A MAP FOR SATURDAY . . . . . . . Documentary Competition, World Tour . . . . . . 47<br />
Mary Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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FILM TITLE CATEGORY PAGE FILM TITLE CATEGORY PAGE<br />
Melissa With a Heart Around It . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
THE MELON ROUTE . . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 48<br />
THE MEMSAHIB . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents, World Tour . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Mirage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2, Independent Shorts 10 . . . 74, 77<br />
Moe and Les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Moi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
MORE THAN ANYTHING<br />
IN THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cinema en Español, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN . . Documentaries, Standing Up Competition . . . . 49<br />
MR. PILIPENKO<br />
AND HIS SUBMARINE . . . . . . . .Documentary Competition, World Tour . . . . . . 49<br />
Murders and UFOs . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
My Name Is Wallace . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Nasuh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Never Like the First Time . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
THE OLD GARDEN. . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
THE OLD MAN WHO READ<br />
LOVE STORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director’s Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
ON A TIGHTROPE . . . . . . . . . . . Documentary Competition, World Tour . . . . . . 50<br />
One Rat Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1, Independent Shorts 2 . . . 74, 75<br />
One Too Many . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
THE ONLY ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
OPERA JAWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music! Movies!, Pacific Pearls, World Tour. . . . 57<br />
OWL AND THE SPARROW. . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
A Painful Glimpse Into<br />
My Writing Process. . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 76, 79<br />
Passion For Football . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Penpusher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 79<br />
PINGPONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
PLEASANT MOMENTS . . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 58<br />
Pop Foul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
THE POSTMODERN LIFE<br />
OF MY AUNT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
PRAGUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 58<br />
The Pros and Cons of Breathing . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
PUNK’S NOT DEAD . . . . . . . . . . Documentary Competition, Music! Movies! . . . 59<br />
Puppet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 74, 79<br />
Rabbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
RANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
THE RAPE OF EUROPA . . . . . . . Documentaries, Jewish/Israeli Visions,<br />
Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
RAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
Real Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
RE-CYCLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Snacks, Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . 60<br />
Recycled Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
RED ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
RELATIVE OBSCURITY . . . . . . . . American Independents, Local Heroes . . . . . . 61<br />
Rent-A-Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
REPRISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 61<br />
Rhyme Animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
RUNNERS HIGH . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Pan-African Images,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
The Saddest Boy in the World . . . Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 79<br />
Sad Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
SALTY AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
Santa Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 9, Midnight Shorts 1 . . 73, 77<br />
SAVING MARRIAGE . . . . . . . . . . 10% Cinema, Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
The Savior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
SECRET COURAGE: THE<br />
WALTER SUSKIND STORY . . . . . .Documentaries, Jewish/Israeli Visions,<br />
Standing Up <strong>Film</strong> Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
SEVERANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Snacks, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />
Sexy Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
The Shovel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2, Midnight Shorts 1 . . 73, 75<br />
THE SHUTKA BOOK OF<br />
RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />
Signage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
A Silent Monsoon. . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
SLUMMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />
Small Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Sometimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
SONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 64<br />
Speechless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
STILL ALIVE—A FILM ABOUT<br />
KRZYSTOF KIESLOWSKI . . . . . . Documentaries, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />
STOLEN HOLIDAYS . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />
The Story of Bubbleboy. . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 3,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 75, 79<br />
STRANGE CULTURE . . . . . . . . . Local Heroes, Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
Strangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
Suicide Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
SWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
SWEDISH AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents, Local Heroes,<br />
OPENING NIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
TAIL OF A TIGER . . . . . . . . . . . . Family <strong>Film</strong>s, Director’s Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
TAKING FATHER HOME . . . . . . . Pacific Pearls, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
THE TEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents, Local Heroes,<br />
Midnight Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
TEN CANOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director’s Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
Ten to Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 4,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 75, 79<br />
Testify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Shorts Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
They Never Found Her . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
THICKER THAN WATER . . . . . . . Scandinavian Screenings, World Tour . . . . . . . 67<br />
Thomas in Bloom . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
THREE COMRADES . . . . . . . . . . Documentary Competition, World Tour . . . . . . 67<br />
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT. . . . . . . Cinema en Español, Documentaries,<br />
Music! Movies!, Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />
t.o.m.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 79<br />
TOMORROW MORNING . . . . . . . Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 68<br />
Tom’s War on Terror . . . . . . . . . . Midnight Shorts 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
THE TRACKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director’s Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
TRANSYLVANIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
THE TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cinema en Español, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT. . Pan-African Images, Partnership Presentation,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
True Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 6,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 76, 79<br />
TV SET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . American Independents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
Twilight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
TWO PLAYERS FROM<br />
THE BENCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Central and Eastern European Competition . . . 70<br />
Universal Hanging of All<br />
Things Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
THE VALET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
VANAJA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
A Very Small Trilogy of Loneliness. . Independent Shorts 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Vincent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Shorts 1, Independent Shorts 9 . . . . . . 77<br />
The Wannabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
WAR/DANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries, Pan-African Images,<br />
Standing Up Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
Water Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
West Bank Story . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
WHAT MEANS MOTLEY?. . . . . . . Music! Movies!, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
WHO LOVES THE SUN . . . . . . . . Someone to Watch, World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
The Witness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent Shorts 7,<br />
Pre-Feature Shorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 76, 79<br />
WORLD’S BEST COMMERCIALS . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />
A YEAR IN MY LIFE . . . . . . . . . . World Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />
ZOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />
INDEX NOTES:<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong>s are in ALL CAPS<br />
Central and Eastern European <strong>Film</strong> Competition<br />
Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary <strong>Film</strong> Competition<br />
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up <strong>Film</strong> Competition<br />
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90 TICKET INFORMATION The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Ticket Prices<br />
Regular Screenings<br />
Members $8.00<br />
Non-Members $10.00<br />
Students/Seniors, day of show only $8.00<br />
Voucher/Ticket Orders<br />
Save when you buy any 6 or 12 vouchers<br />
or tickets. Not valid for Opening Night or<br />
other special events.<br />
6-Pack<br />
Members $42.00<br />
Non-Members $54.00<br />
12-Pack<br />
Members $84.00<br />
Non-Members $108.00<br />
A Note About Vouchers: If you haven’t decided on<br />
all the films you want to see, you can round out your<br />
6 or 12 tickets with vouchers. However, vouchers will<br />
not admit you to a film. Vouchers must be exchanged<br />
in person for tickets to specific screenings. Exchange<br />
as early as possible to avoid stand-by or sellouts!<br />
Opening Night <strong>Film</strong> and Gala<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Party and Parking<br />
Members $100.00<br />
Non-Members $125.00<br />
Important<br />
No refunds, no exchanges (except Stand-By).<br />
During the CIFF, doors open daily at 9:00 AM<br />
except for Thursday, March 15th and Friday,<br />
March 16th (11:30 AM).<br />
Ticket holders and passholders who do not<br />
arrive at least ten minutes before showtime cannot<br />
be guaranteed a seat.<br />
All films are subject to change.<br />
No one under age eight admitted, except to<br />
Family <strong>Film</strong>s.<br />
All children must have a ticket.<br />
No Tower City Cinemas or <strong>Cleveland</strong> Cinemas<br />
discount tickets, coupons, or passes accepted.<br />
Sold Out?<br />
Nope – Just on Stand-By!<br />
Only about two-thirds of the tickets to any film are sold in advance so<br />
that we can save room for our passholders. Therefore, even for “sold out”<br />
films, we can often accommodate many patrons just before showtime.<br />
Numbered Stand-By tickets are sold beginning one hour before showtime,<br />
outside the theater lobby. (Be aware that a line sometimes forms<br />
earlier than this.) Then, ten minutes before the film begins, Stand-By<br />
ticket holders are admitted, in numerical order, on a space-available<br />
basis until the theater is full. Those who cannot get in are refunded in<br />
full. Cash or vouchers only, please—no checks or credit cards.<br />
Hint: buy your tickets early or, better yet, become a passholder<br />
level member to avoid Stand-By!<br />
How To Buy Tickets<br />
For members only: Tickets go on sale February 23,<br />
2007 at 10:00 AM via internet, phone, mail, or fax.<br />
For the general public: Tickets go on sale March 2,<br />
2007 at 10:00 AM via all five options below.<br />
NOTE: Orders received on or before March 8, 2007<br />
will be mailed; otherwise, tickets will be held at the<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> “Duke Desk” at the entrance to Tower<br />
City Cinemas. Please bring your credit card or other<br />
indentification when picking up your order.<br />
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Better than ever Internet-based<br />
Ticketing System for the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Purchasing tickets will be easiest on our secure web site,<br />
http://www.clevelandfilm.org.<br />
Use our on-line shopping cart so that you can purchase<br />
all of your tickets at once.<br />
A nominal handling fee of $2.00 per order.<br />
CFS members will be given a code so that they can purchase<br />
tickets before the general public and take advantage of<br />
discounts on passes, tickets, and merchandise.<br />
Tickets will be sold until 3:00 PM on the day before<br />
the screening.<br />
Phone via 866.865.FILM (toll-free)<br />
Toll-free calls will be directed into the CIFF box office.<br />
A nominal handling fee of $2.00 per order.<br />
Tickets will be sold until 3:00 PM on the day before<br />
the screening.<br />
U.S. Mail<br />
Order forms can be downloaded from the CFS web site and<br />
found on page 91 of the 31st CIFF Preview Guide.<br />
A nominal handling fee of $2.00 per order.<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> Store<br />
sponsored by<br />
In Person at the Ulmer & Berne<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> Store<br />
Opening on March 2, 2007 and located in Tower City<br />
Cinemas at Tower City Center (230 W. Huron Road,<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong>—Downtown/Public Square).<br />
Store hours between March 2 and March 15<br />
are as follows:<br />
Monday–Saturday, 11 AM – 7 PM, and<br />
Sunday, 12 noon – 5 PM<br />
Store hours between March 16 and March 25<br />
are as follows:<br />
11:30 AM – 9:30 PM daily<br />
No handling fees!<br />
Fax via 216.623.0103<br />
(Credit card orders only, please.)<br />
Tickets will be sold until 3:00 PM on the day before<br />
the screening.<br />
A nominal handling fee of $2.00 per order.
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Name(s)<br />
Address<br />
E-mail Address CFS Membership #<br />
City State Zip<br />
Phone (Day) Phone (Evening)<br />
Ticket Prices<br />
Regular Screenings<br />
Members $8.00<br />
Non-Members $10.00<br />
Students/Seniors, day of show only $8.00<br />
Group Rate/10 or more, per ticket $8.00<br />
(Call 866.865.FILM for Group Sales)<br />
Opening Night Gala See page 24<br />
Members @ $100 = $<br />
Non-Members @ $125 = $<br />
Voucher Ticket Packs<br />
6-Pack 6 vouchers, See page 90<br />
Members @ $42 = $<br />
Non-Members @ $54 = $<br />
12-Pack 12 vouchers,<br />
See page 90<br />
Members @ $84 = $<br />
Non-Members @ $108 = $<br />
If you wish to select any tickets to specific screenings at<br />
this time, enter your selections on the form at right.<br />
CFS Memberships<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Student (w/valid ID) $ 25.00<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Buff<br />
Individual $ 50.00<br />
Dual $ 75.00<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Fanatic $ 110.00<br />
Director* $ 395.00<br />
Executive Producer* $ 495.00<br />
Movie Mogul* $ 695.00<br />
* Includes <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> all-access pass; visit<br />
www.clevelandfilm.org or call216.623.FILM, ext. 10<br />
for details.<br />
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Ticket<br />
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2 x =<br />
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Voucher Packs, Memberships, and Challenge Match<br />
Item Qty. x Price = Total<br />
x =<br />
x =<br />
x =<br />
x =<br />
Handling Fee $ 2.00<br />
Tax-Deductible Challenge Match Donation (see below) $<br />
TOTAL $<br />
Round up this order to make a donation $<br />
$31,000 Challenge Match.<br />
In celebration of the 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong>, we are presenting another Challenge Match. For<br />
every dollar you donate, that amount will be matched by The<br />
Skirball Foundation and an anonymous donor up to $31,000.<br />
Confess your love for film by making a tax-deductible<br />
contribution with your order today!
92 SPONSORS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>
The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> SPONSORS 93
94 SPONSORS The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>
96 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES The 31st <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Anna Vedouras, President<br />
Jules Belkin, Vice President of Development<br />
William E. Koeth, Vice President of Finance<br />
Mark Smith, Vice President of Marketing<br />
Kate O’Neil, Secretary<br />
Joe Arezone<br />
Jeffrey Baddeley<br />
Chris S. W. Blake<br />
Anne E. Bloomberg<br />
Andrew Brickman<br />
Tami Brown<br />
Nancy Callahan<br />
Hon. Joe Cimperman<br />
Peg Clifton<br />
Timothy J. Downing<br />
Lauren Fine<br />
Meredith Glazer<br />
Debra Gold<br />
George Gund III<br />
Marilyn Harris<br />
Jinny Johnson<br />
Toby Devan Lewis<br />
Alan Gordon Lipson<br />
Nancy McCann<br />
Patrick McFadden<br />
Njeri Nuru-Holm, Ph.D.<br />
Carla Streep O’Day, M.D.<br />
Kevin Poor<br />
Robert Porter<br />
David K. Ream<br />
Aaron Richardson<br />
Mark Schwartz<br />
Roy L. Turnell<br />
J. Michael Vento, M.D.<br />
Courtney G. Watson<br />
Andrew Watterson<br />
Chris Carmody, ex-officio<br />
The CFS Board of Directors<br />
Invites You to Save the<br />
Dates for the 32nd <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>:<br />
March 27-April 6, 2008<br />
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEES<br />
Shorts Programming<br />
Committee<br />
Todd Mesek<br />
Toni Oliverio<br />
Paul Sloop, Chair<br />
Rob Thomas<br />
Shorts Selection<br />
Committee<br />
Jessie O’Neill Arose<br />
Lipi Banerjee<br />
Natalie Bauman<br />
Jules Belkin<br />
Ann Caywood Brown<br />
Pierre (Pete) Davignon<br />
Randy DeMuesy<br />
Mara Evans<br />
Rice Hershey<br />
Mary Humer<br />
Miro Humer<br />
Christopher Johnston<br />
Robert Jones<br />
Jordan Katz<br />
Mark Kerecman<br />
Valda Lewis<br />
Sheila Markowitz<br />
Lyman Millard<br />
Kathi Penn<br />
Allison Perrett<br />
Kim Ann Pfau<br />
David Phillips<br />
Jack Ramsey<br />
Natalie Samples<br />
Lauren Steiner<br />
Jennifer Sybyl<br />
Jane Temple<br />
Anna Vedouras<br />
Stephen Vinciguerra<br />
Feature Selection<br />
Committee<br />
Chris Blake<br />
Kathie Brown<br />
Randy Brown<br />
Mayo Bulloch<br />
Steve Bulloch<br />
Paul Cusato<br />
Eileen Coan<br />
Danielle Coppola<br />
Mary Jane Finan<br />
Bernadette Gilotta<br />
Zach Glazer<br />
Lynn Gottlob<br />
Tom Ostroski<br />
Michele Owen<br />
Kevin Poor<br />
Clint Rohrbacher<br />
Daniel Seifried<br />
Irene Shinkle<br />
Tim Smith<br />
Jason Stone<br />
Antoinette Summers<br />
David Tate<br />
Joe Tegreene<br />
John Wolf<br />
CLEVELAND CINEMAS/<br />
TOWER CITY CINEMAS STAFF<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Slam<br />
Student Screening<br />
Committee<br />
Juan Alicea<br />
Joel Bosque<br />
Jeffery Crumedy<br />
Jane Darrow<br />
Steven Gilliland<br />
Lily Goldfarb<br />
Sam Hanley<br />
Steve Hanley<br />
Mary Hromyko<br />
Bob McLaughlin<br />
Diane Monreal<br />
Jonathan Monreal<br />
Megan Monreal<br />
Cal Radisek<br />
Adam Schonberg<br />
Courtney Woods<br />
“Get Shorty” <strong>Film</strong><br />
Feast Attendees<br />
Jonathan R. Forman, President<br />
Kenneth Young, Director of Operations<br />
Jackie Koral, Vice President of Finance and Administration<br />
David Huffman, Director of Marketing and Concessions<br />
Marianne Kuchik, Administrative Services Manager<br />
Chris Davis, Projection and Sound Manager<br />
Trisha Kusner, Administrative Assistant<br />
Ron Fleming, Facility Maintenance Coordinator<br />
Jeff Belter, General Manager, Tower City Cinemas<br />
Joe Villani, House Manager, Tower City Cinemas<br />
William Slate, Assistant Manager, Tower City Cinemas<br />
Chad Snyder, Assistant Manager, Tower City Cinemas<br />
Barry Roberts, General Manager, Solon Cinemas<br />
Sean Denny, General Manager, Chagrin Cinemas<br />
Aaron Spears, House Manager, Cedar Lee Theatre<br />
Mike Anderson, House Manager, Solon Cinemas<br />
VOLUNTEERS<br />
Arlene Abbott<br />
Jack Abbott<br />
Lillian Abel<br />
Susan Allsip<br />
Cris Alpine<br />
Shadie Andraos<br />
Theresa Ardito<br />
Linda Aring<br />
Dana Aritonovich<br />
Stephanie Avsenek<br />
Brian Barbuto<br />
Leah Barmasse<br />
Genie Barthelman<br />
Rita Basler<br />
Tom Basler<br />
Allsion Basta<br />
Stephanie Bayer<br />
Janet Bechemer<br />
Tony Bechemer<br />
Kevin Becnel<br />
Pam Belt<br />
Jeffrey Bendix<br />
Ruth Berger<br />
Diane Billa<br />
Svetlana Binshtok<br />
Dimitra Blana<br />
Elaine Blanchard<br />
Arthur Blase<br />
Richard Blase<br />
Arlene Blase<br />
Margie Blume<br />
Jeff Booher<br />
Rosealie Bonelli<br />
Jackie Bonvissuto<br />
Jeff Booher<br />
Nicole Bourrillion<br />
Jeffrey Bowers<br />
James Bowier<br />
Tony Bozic<br />
Katerina Brennan<br />
Kate Breton<br />
Meredith Broderick<br />
Shelli Brooks<br />
Willie Brown<br />
Claire Brugnoletti<br />
Paulette Bryant<br />
Dominic Buccilli<br />
Mark Bullock<br />
Erica Bumgarner<br />
Celine Burger<br />
Linda Burk<br />
Jo Burris<br />
Shirley Burris<br />
Erin Butler<br />
Margaret Buzas<br />
Rhoda Cantrell<br />
Don Carney<br />
Trish Carney<br />
Carla Carter<br />
Nadine Champagne<br />
Toni Chanakas<br />
Michael Chaplin<br />
Ziad Chartouni<br />
Giana Citro<br />
Nick Clawson<br />
Arlette Clayton<br />
Char Clemson<br />
Jane Cochran<br />
Jennifer Cochran<br />
Alan Cohen<br />
Sandra Cohen<br />
Michael Cole<br />
Debby Collins<br />
Laura Comer
FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM STAFF 97<br />
Theresa Costanzo<br />
Janell Crossfield<br />
Juana Cuervo<br />
Patt Cullitan<br />
Helen Davis<br />
Tonya Davis<br />
Mary Dee<br />
Christine Dewees<br />
Anastasia Diamond<br />
Lori DiCarlo<br />
Anthony DiCicco<br />
Anne DiTeodoro<br />
Ellen DiTurno<br />
Marleen Doerk<br />
Evelyn Dolejs<br />
Richard Dolejs<br />
Barbara Donahue<br />
Sharon Dundee<br />
Kathryn Duthie<br />
Don Epstein<br />
Jennifer Erwood<br />
Erin Eurenius<br />
Gary Fallsgraff<br />
Susan Fay<br />
Billie Jean Feagin<br />
Mike Ferrance<br />
Rebecca Firestone<br />
Justin Fitchko<br />
Kelly Flamos<br />
Darryl Fore<br />
Suzanne Fortunato<br />
Carol Franco<br />
John Fraylick<br />
Kathy Fraylick<br />
Jana Freiss<br />
Claire Frese<br />
Monica Fry<br />
Sheri Fuchs<br />
Betty Gannon<br />
Alicia Hudson Garr<br />
Nick Gehring<br />
Judy Gerson<br />
Nancy Gilbert<br />
Mark Gorenshteyn<br />
Cathy Graf<br />
Jay Grech<br />
Maria Greci<br />
Alvira Green<br />
Therese Grida<br />
Camilla Grigsby<br />
Cheryl Gross<br />
Mary Kate Hageman<br />
Elizabeth Hagen<br />
Lesley Hahn<br />
Chris Halmi<br />
Annie Hanks<br />
Scott Hare<br />
Jared Harger<br />
Mary Harger<br />
Karen Harmeyer<br />
Ash Hassan<br />
Gordon Hathaway<br />
Charlie Hawkins-Warren<br />
Jeni Haynie<br />
Carolyn Hecmanczuk<br />
Kym Hemley<br />
Tamika Herkley<br />
Patti Hester<br />
Adele Hetzel<br />
Carolyn Hinderman<br />
Robert Hinds<br />
Kevin Hogan<br />
Alex Hoopingarner<br />
Almasi Hope<br />
Susan Horne<br />
J. Atlee Horner<br />
Lynette Howard<br />
Ralph Howard<br />
Rita Hubar<br />
Angela Huggins<br />
Pat Humphrey<br />
Karin Huth<br />
Sarah Immarino<br />
Sharon Ivey<br />
Elayne Jackson<br />
Gloria Jacobson<br />
Ted Jaworski<br />
Mark Anthony Jefferson<br />
Renée Johnson<br />
Tenisha Johnson<br />
Lorie’l Nikae Johnson<br />
Lori Joseph<br />
Roz Kalinoski<br />
Josh Kanney<br />
Dan Karchmer<br />
Tina Karniotis<br />
Krista Ann Kartson<br />
Michael Kasper<br />
Debbie Katz-Scott<br />
Damon Keller<br />
Courtney Kerr<br />
Ryan Kerr<br />
Jala Khateeb<br />
Kristen Kilburg<br />
Laura Koballa<br />
Donna Koch<br />
Daniel Kodric<br />
Anne Kohn<br />
Alex Koleszar<br />
Beirne Konarski<br />
Evan Kondilas<br />
Linda Krasienko<br />
Maryann Krawczynski<br />
Lis Kroepel<br />
John Kuhar<br />
Barbara Langlotz<br />
Jaclyn Latessa<br />
Carlos Latimer<br />
Jerry Leibson<br />
Sarah Leitten<br />
Phillip Le<strong>master</strong><br />
Diana Lesjak<br />
Nichelle Lewis<br />
Anjuli Lochan<br />
Ken Lockshine<br />
Jo Lohn<br />
Martha Loughridge<br />
Kathleen Lyons-<br />
Henderson<br />
Chris Ann MacGregor<br />
Eric Magnuson<br />
Peggy Maish<br />
Roberta Mancini<br />
Karen Mandel<br />
Michael Marchionda<br />
Bill Marcus<br />
Doris Margolo<br />
Grace Marvin<br />
Elliott Mason<br />
Amber Matheson<br />
Anju Mathew<br />
Caroline Mbugua<br />
Richard McCall<br />
Timothy M. McCue<br />
Morgan McCullough<br />
Breen McDonald<br />
Ellen McGannon<br />
Ashley McKee<br />
Shannon McLoughlin<br />
Glenn McManus<br />
Bill Meaney<br />
Fred Mehalik<br />
Ann Mell<br />
Susan Mengay<br />
Nick Mercurio<br />
Joan Midolo<br />
Lana Miklos<br />
Liz Miller<br />
Pat Miller<br />
Pam Miller<br />
Susan Miller<br />
Sara Morgan<br />
Romana Murmann<br />
Cory Myers<br />
John Naujoks<br />
Paula Newman<br />
Heather Nguyen<br />
Gayle Norris<br />
Sharon Oberst<br />
Teresa Obrero<br />
Barbara Olejarczyk<br />
Robby O’Neil<br />
Susan Otto<br />
Josh Pachter<br />
Jifunza Page<br />
Dante Parete<br />
Susan Parra<br />
Steven Parson<br />
Lealynd Pazderak<br />
Kathi Penn<br />
Marlene Pennington<br />
Sherry Petkovsek<br />
Tessa Petrocco<br />
Cynthia Phillips<br />
Joanne Pleban<br />
Joanne Podis<br />
Tom Porter<br />
Doug Pratt<br />
Chris Previte<br />
Ella Price<br />
James Priester<br />
Mary Rack<br />
Iris Ramos<br />
Catherine Rassie<br />
Joanne Rassie<br />
Reneé Redaelli<br />
Megan Reese<br />
Carole Restifo<br />
Joan Rogoff<br />
Holly Rosby<br />
Allen Rose<br />
Janice Rothschild<br />
Kristin Roudebush<br />
Jessica Routman<br />
Julia Routman<br />
Lillian Routman<br />
Sherri Routman<br />
Elizabeth Rowe-Rawlinson<br />
Deborah Safranek<br />
Juniper Sage<br />
Mary Ann Salisbury<br />
Tom Salvaggio<br />
Phyllis San Antonio<br />
Rachael Scalf<br />
Kathy Schaefer<br />
Justin Schaffer<br />
Matthew Schiefer<br />
Kathy Schoefer<br />
Randy Scott<br />
Shavon Scott<br />
Theresa Scott<br />
Ilona Seaman<br />
Shellie Sedlak<br />
Daniel Seifried<br />
Daniel Seifried<br />
Pam Seres<br />
Brittany Shaw<br />
Janet Shenal<br />
Deb Sheperd<br />
Steve Sidik<br />
Sarah Siebert<br />
Dean Siegman<br />
Carol Skulina<br />
Marcelina Sladewska<br />
Kelton Slane<br />
Andrew Smith<br />
Sandra Smith<br />
Daniel Spilatro<br />
Corey Squires<br />
Dan Squires<br />
David Stack<br />
Esther Stafman<br />
John Stamatakis<br />
Brian Stark<br />
Laura Starnik<br />
Becky Stary<br />
Dixie Steck<br />
Caryn Steerman<br />
Genmarie Stiber<br />
Paula Stoia<br />
Gretchen Stout<br />
Carolynne Strand<br />
Jenna Streicher<br />
Marie Sudduth<br />
George Sukara<br />
Bob Szaniszlo<br />
Daniel Taffere<br />
Jean Taipale<br />
Gina Takatch<br />
Matthew Taylor<br />
Trudy Thomas<br />
William Thomas<br />
Donna Thompson<br />
Anand Tiwari<br />
Larry Tobias<br />
Kathy Toderick<br />
Jerry Tomasek<br />
Jessica Torres<br />
Rhonda Totten<br />
Anita Tucker<br />
Christine Tulley<br />
Jim Turturice<br />
Jerry Ukrin<br />
Marge VanFossen<br />
Eric Verba<br />
Raymond Verderber<br />
Keith Vojacek<br />
Andrea Wade<br />
Jan Wagner<br />
Paula Walters<br />
Tony Wawrzynski<br />
Josephine Weber<br />
Jan Weeks<br />
Michael Welgs<br />
Michael Wendt<br />
Tony Wewrzynski<br />
Julie Wiencek<br />
Kevin Williams<br />
Noreen Williams<br />
Alice Willis<br />
Helen Wilson<br />
Sharon Wilson<br />
Resa Wiseman<br />
Joel Witmer<br />
Jessica Wobig<br />
Jan Wolf<br />
Rob Woods<br />
Ula Woronko<br />
Nick Wright<br />
Betsy Yang<br />
Amber Zemek<br />
Blake Zimmerman<br />
Kelsey Zukowski<br />
Lynn Zukowski<br />
CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY<br />
EXECUTIVE STAFF<br />
Marcie Goodman, Executive Director<br />
William Frank Guentzler, Artistic Director<br />
Debby Samples, Marketing and Membership Director<br />
Patrick Shepherd, Associate Director<br />
Gail Sullivan, Financial Consultant<br />
Jackson, Official Greeter<br />
31st CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL<br />
FILM FESTIVAL STAFF<br />
Judith Angelo, Ticket Sales<br />
Nickie Antonio, <strong>Film</strong>Forums Coordinator, Cultural<br />
Journeys Coordinator, Target Marketing Coordinator<br />
Rhonda Bauman, Ballot Coordinator, <strong>Film</strong>Slam<br />
Assistant, Stand-By Assistant<br />
Brenda Benthien, Synopsis Writer, Jury Coordinator<br />
Laura Blake, The Daily Editor<br />
Elena Bonomo, Special Projects Manager,<br />
Synopsis Writer<br />
Lynn Brewster, Assistant Guest Relations Coordinator<br />
Noelle Celeste, Regional Marketing Coordinator<br />
Pam Cerio, Preview Guide Designer<br />
Randy Cooper, Theater Operations<br />
Colleen Corrigan, Local Marketing Coordinator<br />
Mel DaCosta, Theater Operations<br />
Jennifer Court, Ticket Sales<br />
Bill DeCapite, Superstar<br />
Rose DeCapite, Superstar<br />
Eric Dicken, Theater Operations<br />
Thomas A. Duke, Duke Desk Manager, Archivist<br />
John Farina, Movie Mogul Concierge<br />
Jarrod Gray, Theater Operations<br />
Ron Guentzler, Shorts Print Traffic Coordinator<br />
Jessica Bragg Hardesty, Stand-By Manager,<br />
Synopsis Writer<br />
Todd Heckeler, Ticket System Designer<br />
Emily Ingalls, Guest Relations Coordinator<br />
Patricie Janstova, Patron Services Manager,<br />
Ticket Sales, Website Administrator<br />
Laural Jones, Ticket Sales<br />
Jennifer Kaden, Ticket Sales<br />
Dan Kilbane, Theater Operations, Ticket Sales<br />
Quentin Leggiero, Ticket Sales<br />
Debbie Marshall, Office Assistant<br />
Caressa Mathews, Ticket Sales<br />
Sean McCoy, Ticket Sales<br />
Susie McGarry, Theater Operations<br />
Sarah Miller, Ticket Sales<br />
Allison Perrett, Ticket Sales<br />
Bryan Peters, Merchandise Manager, Ticket Sales<br />
Tim Piazza, Podcasting Coordinator<br />
Cathy Culp Posner, Copy Editor<br />
Francie Pusl, Theater Operations<br />
Paul Putman, Theater Operations Manager<br />
Beth Radisek, <strong>Film</strong>Slam Coordinator, Programming<br />
Assistant, Volunteer Coordinator<br />
Leona Ross, Ticket Sales<br />
Tim Safranek, Photographer<br />
Jae Schneider, Ticket Sales<br />
Tim Smith, Ticket Sales, Signage Coordinator<br />
Amy Sparks, Synopsis Writer<br />
Elana Spieth, The Daily Designer<br />
Brian Stefan, Hospitality Suite Manager<br />
Sarah Stilgenbauer, Theater Operations<br />
David Tate, Challenge Match Assistant<br />
Jennifer Vinson, Challenge Match Coordinator<br />
Reese Walters, Tickets Sales<br />
Andrea Wedren, <strong>Film</strong> Feasts Project Manager<br />
Daiv Whaley, Theater Operations<br />
Tim White, Ticket Sales<br />
Kelly Wiggins, Party Series Coordinator<br />
Brooke Willis, Hospitality Suite Manager<br />
John Wolf, Features Print Traffic<br />
Tim Yanko, Special Events Coordinator<br />
Mark Yasenchack, Business Operations Manager
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