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34 FILMS A – Z [B – C] The 31st Cleveland International Film Festival GREG GUND MEMORIAL STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION DOCUMENTARIES The Breast Cancer Diaries Directed by Linda Patillo USA 2006 79 minutes Tuesday, March 20 2:15 PM I Code BREA20 Thursday, March 22 7:00 PM I Code BREA22 “Cancer Sucks” is the attitude adopted by Ann Murray Paige, only 38-years-old when diagnosed with breast cancer. Formerly a news anchor, Ann turns the camera on herself to document the struggle of facing a potentially fatal illness at such a young age. Armed with humor and with her family at her side, Ann faces cancer head-on, gracefully dealing with the realities of her disease, from the harrowing effects of chemotherapy to the choice of the appropriate wig and proper prosthetic breasts. Ann’s video diaries are intertwined with real-time footage filmed over a 12-month period. The two intermix to create a film that manages to encompass the role of breasts in American society and the difficulties of being a four-year-old boy whose Mom has cancer. A remarkably fresh and honest documentary, THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES deals equally with the gravity of a life-threatening illness and the inconvenience of having that illness while trying to re-start a career and raise two children. —J.B.H. Producers~Ann Murray Paige, Linda Patillo, Kate Nelligan Cinematography~Linda Patillo Editing~Kate Nelligan Print Source~Seventh Art Releasing About the Director~Linda Patillo is an award winning news correspondent who has worked with ABC, CNN, and Time Magazine. She currently resides in Maine and is founder of her own television documentary production company. Filmography~THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES (2006) Sponsored by PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION DOCUMENTARIES, MUSIC! MOVIES! Brotherly Jazz: The Heath Brothers Directed by Jesse Block USA 2005 73 minutes Saturday, March 17 7:15 PM I Code BROT17 ONE SCREENING ONLY Hailing from Philadelphia—The City of Brotherly Love—the Heath Brothers are amongst the greatest jazz musicians of all time. Since the 1950s, Percy, Jimmy, and Albert “Tootie” Heath have collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, and many others. In BROTHERLY JAZZ: THE HEATH BROTHERS, director Jesse Block chronicles the moving story of their rise to greatness in the world of bebop and jazz. Block compiles archival footage of the boys’ youth and their celebrated careers through interviews with the Brothers themselves. As they reflect on their past triumphs, they also discuss the obstacles— from the racism to drugs to prison—they had to overcome along the way. In between the Brothers’ smooth musical interludes, some of their closest friends and enthusiasts share their experiences with these funny, spirited, and talented musicians. —E.J.B. Producer~Danny Scher Featuring~Percy Heath, Jimmy Heath, Albert “Tootie” Heath Print Source~ DanSun Productions About the Director~Former jazz programmer for Black Entertainment Television, Jesse Block has been the video director of the Monterey Jazz Festival since 2003. Filmography~“Hot Tuna: 25 Years and Runnin’—Live at Sweetwater” (1994), “Todd Rundgren: Live in San Francisco” (2002), BROTHERLY JAZZ: THE HEATH BROTHERS (2005) Sponsored by Don’t Miss the 28th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, April 19 – 29. Please join us after the screening of “Brotherly Jazz” for our 2007 JazzFest CD Release Party in the English Oak Room, Tower City Center. NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION JCC JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION The Cemetery Club (Mo’adon Beit Ha’kvarot) Directed by Tali Shemesh ISRAEL 2006 88 minutes Wednesday, March 21 7:15 PM I Code CEME21 Friday, March 23 11:30 AM I Code CEME23 Feisty seniors trek up Mount Herzl—the final resting place of Theodor Herzl and other Israeli luminaries—with folding chairs in tow for their weekly Saturday meetings in Tali Shemesh’s documentary THE CEMETERY CLUB. But it isn’t in the cemetery, it’s next to the cemetery, insists founding member and the director’s Great Aunt Lena. Nevertheless, the name sticks. Shemesh spends five years filming pernickety Lena and her unassuming sister-in-law Minia (Shemesh’s grandmother), lifelong friends who endured hardships from growing up in the Polish ghetto, to surviving Auschwitz, to losing their husbands. Over the last 20 years, Lena and Minia have been members of the “Academy,” as they call it, formed to assuage the loneliness of old age. While the members (always changing) eat their lunch in the shade, discussion topics range from poetry, to philosophy, to politics. This oftentimes comic and altogether touching film enchants with a story that is both personal and universal, exploring questions of life, aging, and death. (In Hebrew and Polish with English subtitles) —E.J.B. Producers~Assaf Amir, Guy Lavie Cinematography~ Shark De Mayo Editing~Aliza Esquira Music~ Rona Kenan, Eldad Gwetta Print Source~Norma Productions LTD About the Director~Born in Jerusalem in 1969, Tali Shemesh studied at the Sam Spiegel Jerusalem Film and Television School. Filmography~THE CEMETERY CLUB (2006) Sponsored by
FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART > www.clevelandfilm.org < BUY YOUR TICKETS > Call 866.865.FILM FILMS A – Z 35 CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WORLD TOUR Change of Address (Changement d’Adresse) Directed by Emmanuel Mouret FRANCE 2006 85 minutes Tuesday, March 20 7:15 PM I Code CHAN20 Saturday, March 24 4:30 PM I Code CHAN24 While looking for a roommate and sizing up every Parisian belle in the process, French hornist David meets the impossibly chatty, leggy, blonde Anne. Claiming to have a friend in need of a roommate, Anne leads the flustered David (played by director Emmanuel Mouret) to a vacant apartment. Eventually, Anne confesses that she is the resident in need of a roommate. David moves in and sexual tension between the two is rife. But, when David tries to kiss Anne, she reveals that she has a boyfriend or, rather, a good-looking man who frequents her copy shop with whom she’s “in love.” Unscathed, David soon after also finds himself “in love” as he cannot stop thinking of his young French horn student Julia. As David and Anne exchange love advice, mishaps and misfortune (along with a few changes of address) are aplenty. Mouret’s delightfully witty CHANGE OF ADDRESS is sure to please. (In French with English subtitles) —E.J.B. Preceded by Penpusher Directed by Guillaume Martinez, France, 8 minutes Producer~Frédéric Niedermayer Screenplay~Emmanuel Mouret Cinematography~Laurent Desmet Editing~ Martial Salomon Music~Franck Sforza Principal Cast~ Frédérique Bel, Fanny Valette, Dany Brillant, Emmanuel Mouret, Ariane Ascaride Print Source~Pyramide International About the Director~Writer/director/actor Emmanuel Mouret, born in Brioude, France, studied the ancients and dramatic arts at La Fémis. Filmography~“Laissons Lucie faire!” (2000), “Venus and Fleur” (2004), CHANGE OF ADDRESS (2006) FOR PROGRAM UPDATES At the Cedar Lee Theatre (see page 18) TIME WARNER CABLE AMERICAN INDIES M% –10% CINEMA Coffee Date Directed by Stewart Wade USA 2006 94 minutes Saturday, March 24 9:45 PM I Code COFF24 Sunday, March 25 12:00 Noon I Code COFF25 What are brothers for? Slacker Barry (Jonathan Silverman) tires of seeing Todd moping about his recent divorce, so he submits Todd’s name to an online chat room but does not tell him it is for gays. Todd goes to meet Kelly (Wilson Cruz, “Party of Five”) for a COFFEE DATE and discovers the prank. But when they realize they are two with a love for movies, they take in a film. Then they plot revenge on Barry. They go back to Todd’s room where Barry discovers them in the morning. And then chaos ensues. The neighbors saw them together; his co-worker spotted them at the theater; Barry calls his mother (Sally Kirkland) and soon everyone “knows” that Todd is gay. Mother first beats herself up about her child-rearing and next calls PFLAG and becomes the ultimate mother of a gay man. Will anyone ever again believe Todd is straight? Will he? Todd can think of only one other test to prove to himself that he is straight. Will that be enough? COFFEE DATE brings a refreshing ending to what could have been a very formulaic movie. Best line: “You give great e-mail.” —T.D. Producers~Cindy Peters, Stewart Wade Screenplay~ Stewart Wade Cinematography~Howard Wexler Editing~David Avallone Music~Eban Schletter Principal Cast~Wilson Cruz, Jonathan Bray, Sally Kirkland, Jonathan Silverman, Elaine Hendrix, Jason Stewart, Deborah Gibson Print Source~Coffee Date Productions About the Director~A graduate of UCLA, Stewart Wade wrote screenplays before directing several theater productions. In 2001 Wade directed his first short film, “Coffee Date,” which he developed into his first feature of the same name. Filmography~COFFEE DATE (2006) MIDNIGHT SNACKS SCANDINAVIAN SCREENINGS Cold Prey (Fritt vilt) Directed by Roar Uthaug NORWAY 2006 97 minutes Saturday, March 17 Midnight I Code COLD17 Sunday, March 18 12:00 Noon I Code COLD18 High in the Jotunheimen Mountains sits an abandoned hotel with a very bloody secret. When one of five young snowboarders breaks his leg, the group quickly discovers their mobile phones are of no use at this altitude. Desperately seeking shelter, they happen upon an empty hotel. Considering their lack of options, they decide to at least spend the night. What they don’t expect is to find Norway’s most notorious and brutal serial killer living in the basement of their new-found lodgings. Armed with a pick-axe, the killer plays a deadly game with his young guests. As the number of snowboarders declines, they muster whatever courage they can to survive. First time director Roar Uthaug employs interesting camera angles to augment the gritty and dark atmosphere of the deserted hotel, creating an unrivaled feeling of dread. Terrifyingly suspenseful from its first to last frames, COLD PREY is an accomplished (and very scary) slasher flick. (In Norwegian with English subtitles) —J.B.H. Producer~Martin Sundland, Magne Lyngner Screenplay~Astrid M. Sætren Cinematography~Daniel Voldheim Editing~Jon Endre Mørk Music~Magnus Beite Principal Cast~Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Victoria Winge, Tomas Alf Larsen, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Endre Martin Blindheim Midtstigen Print Source~Norwegian Film Institute About the Director~Born in 1973, Roar Uthaug studied video production at Mediefabrikken before studying directing at the Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer. His graduation film, “The Martin Administration,” was nominated for the Student Oscar as Best Foreign Student Film. Filmography~COLD PREY (2006) [ ADULTS ONLY!]
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