12th ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
April 4-8, 2013 | ashlandfilm.org $5
CONTENTS
Box Offi ce 3 PO Box 218 Venues 5 Ashland, Oregon 97520 Support AIFF 7 541.488.3823 Welcome 8 info@ashlandfi lm.org Sponsors & Grantors 11 ashlandfi lm.org Parties 14 Rogue Award 16 Filmmaker TalkBack Panels 19 eMerge Transmedia Showcase 20 Connect with Locals Only & Launch Films 22 the AIFF Family Films 25 Awards & Jurors 26 twitter.com/ashlandfi lm Films 29 facebook.com/ashlandfi lm Documentaries 30 blog.ashlandfi lm.org Short Documentaries 47 instagram.com/ashlandfi lm Features 61 #AIFF13 Shorts 71 The AIFF Team 82 Volunteers 84 2013 Festival art designed by Donors & Members 86 Miles Inada and Marco Rosichelli Thanks 90 Schedule 91 Graphic design by CarterWorks Film Index 96
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PAGE 2 & BOX OFFICE MERCHANDISE ONLINE TICKETS ashlandfi lm.org TICKET PRICES No service fee thanks to Project A! Films General: $12 PRE-SALE TICKETS/WILL CALL Seniors (62+): $11 at Ashland Hardwired, 340 A St., Ashland Students (w/valid ID at door): $6 Oregon Trail Card Holders: $5 Member Pre-sale Dates Members receive $1.00 discount on tickets. Executive Producer, Producer March 12, 4-6pm Director March 13, 4-6pm Locals Only Film Programs VIP, Mogul March 14, 4-6pm Free (ticket required) Fan, Cine March 15, 4-6pm Indie March 16, 12-3pm Filmmaker TalkBack Panels Friend March 17, 12-3pm Free (ticket required) General Public Parties Tickets go on sale March 18 Opening Night Bash: $30 Pre-Sale Dates/Hours Awards Celebration: $75 March 18-31 Open weekends, 12-3pm Open Mondays & Fridays, 4-6pm TICKET & PASS POLICY • No refunds and no exchanges Closed Tuesdays-Thursdays • Membership passes are individual and non-transferable April 1-3 (week of the Festival) • All pass holders must select tickets in advance to Open Monday-Wednesday, 4-6pm guarantee seating
DURING FESTIVAL TICKETS/WILL CALL 15-MINUTE RULE Varsity Theatre, 166 E. Main St., Ashland • Ticket and pass holders must be at the theatre 15 minutes before the show Dates/Hours • If you do not show up 15 minutes before showtime, Thursday-Monday, April 4-8: 9am-10pm you are not guaranteed a seat and your ticket will not be refunded RUSH TICKETS Get Your • Sold when advance tickets are no longer available • Sold at the door immediately before showtime AIFF Gear! • Available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis depending Available at the Varsity on how many seats are unclaimed after advance Theatre During the Festival ticket-holders are admitted • Not discounted (see ticket prices) • Cash only • T-T-shirt: $25 • BaseballBaB Hat ( (organico cotton): $20 • Aluminum Water Bottle (BPA-free): $100 • Poster: $5 • Button: $1 SAVE THE DATE! for the 13th Annual AIFF April 3-7, 2014
PAGE 3 PAGE 4 VENUES 1 Varsity Theatre
166 E. Main St. To I-5 North N Films & Festival Box Offi ce 2 Historic Ashland Armory
rk 6 208 Oak St. Pa ia Water St. Films & Awards Celebration th Li 5 3 Ashland Springs Hotel 212 E. Main St. The Oak St. Opening Night Bash & TalkBack Panels Plaza 2 Pioneer 4 Houston’s Custom Framing P & Fine Art P G 1 270 E. Main St. Immigrant Nation Gallery Installation 3 First 7 5 Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant
4 Lithia 51 N. Main St. Hargadine St. Hargadine P AfterLounge Second 8 Thai Pepper Satay Bar
P St. A 6 84 N. Main St. Third AfterLounge
MAIN ST MAIN
B St. B 7 The Playwright Public House C St. C 258 A St. Fourth AfterLounge 8 Ashland Hardwired Fifth E. MAIN ST 340 A St. Pre-sale Box Offi ce Ashland St. Cinema P 2-hour parking lots 9
SISKIYOU BLVD SISKIYOU 1644 Ashland St. P 4-hour parking lots Films (approx. 1.5 G All-day parking garage miles from Downtown Concessions Ashland to Ashland St. Varsity Theatre & Ashland Street Cinema Cinemas) • Movie Theatre Favorites Historic Ashland Armory • Water Street Café: wraps & moree • Rogue Valley Roasting Company: sweet treats • Noble Coff ee Roasting: coff ee WALKER AVE. • KIND Bars ASHLAND ST.
Please help us decrease our environmental
SISKIYOU BLVD SISKIYOU impact: bring your water bottle to fi ll at our 9 venues, and recycle whenever possible. Forget your water bottle? AIFF aluminum To I-5 South water bottles are available for purchase at the Varsity Theater.
PAGE 5 PAGE 6 SUPPORT AIFF Your membership dollars make it possible for us to put on our annual festival as well as offer year-round programming and educational events that foster meaningful community dialogue about the issues facing our world. Please know that we are only able to present this unique programming in our region with your support.
Tax Deductible Membership Donations Support For a full list of benefi ts and to become a member, visit our Year-Round the box offi ce or ashlandfi lm.org. Programming All AIFF Members Receive: Th e Board of Directors and Staff of the fi lm festival are committed to: • Advance ticket ordering before general public • Bringing a unique cultural • $1 discount on festival fi lm tickets and Monthly Film Series tickets experience and community • Early entry to fi lms before general public dialogue to Southern Oregon • Complimentary copy of Souvenir Program • Generating income to support our local economy • Developing educational programs FRIEND / $75 ($60 Student/Senior*) that both nurture a new generation (*Proof of age (62+) or valid student ID required at Will Call) of fi lmmakers and foster a deeper understanding of issues facing our INDIE / $125 world today • Pass to pre-select a fi lm in six time slots Ticket sales and membership each account for less than 25% of our CINE / $250 revenue to support our year-round • Pass to pre-select a fi lm in fourteen time slots programming activities. To ensure the long-term success of the festival, we increasingly rely on individual MOGUL / $375 donations from supporters like you. • Pass to pre-select a fi lm in twenty time slots We hope you will consider a • Opening Night Bash ticket tax deductible donation to support the non-profi t Ashland Independent Film DIRECTOR / $500 Festival. Visit ashlandfi lm.org/donate • Pass to pre-select a fi lm in every time slot for more information. • Invitation for you and a guest to a Filmmaker Reception We appreciate your support! • Opening Night Bash ticket • Awards Celebration ticket Can You Help Us PRODUCER / $1,000 GiveFilm? • Exclusive ticket exchange privileges For every $12 donated through • Invitation for you and a guest to a second Filmmaker Reception GiveFilm, the AIFF will issue one ticket voucher good for festival or year-round programming. Find out more at EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / $2,500 ashlandfi lm.org/givefi lm. • Ticketless entry to festival fi lms • Complimentary festival parking at Ashland Springs Hotel • Access to private fi lmmaker Hospitality Suite at Ashland Springs Hotel • Invitation for you and a guest to all three Filmmaker Receptions • Reserved seat at Awards Celebration
PAGE 7 WELCOME From the Governor From the Mayor of the State of Oregon of the City of Ashland elcome to the 12th he Ashland Independent Wannual Ashland TFilm Festival is Independent Film Festival. expanding in important In Oregon we’re proud and exciting ways. to not only play host to Besides presenting a this world-class fi lm year-round presence in the festival, but to increasingly Rogue Valley Region and be called home for this beyond, the AIFF off ers shining industry, and three new facets to this the creative professionals year’s Festival: it brings from all over the world. • Collaborative projects among Southern Oregon If you’re a fi lmmaker, let me remind you of the University, innovators State-wide and the fi lmmaking opportunity to choose Oregon for your next project. community — including those that highlight Rogue Here you will fi nd world-class directors, animators and Valley artisan food producers (which you can also commercial producers. Oregon has a wide array of sample ‘in the fl esh’ while you’re in town). professional support services, state-of-the-art facilities • Increased access to screenings for families with children and an extraordinarily diverse range of locations to fi ve years and older and college students, available choose from. Moreover, our state has incentive programs thanks to a venue expansion in South Ashland. to help get your project off the ground. To learn more, please visit my Offi ce of Film and Television at: • Th e opportunity to deepen your experience of this oregonfi lm.org. year’s fi lms by interacting with fi lmmakers and industry In addition to the Ashland Independent Film representatives in our intimate Festival setting. Festival, I hope you have a chance to discover Oregon, AIFF fi lms are chosen for their artistry and their its wonderful scenery, its talented and friendly people, commitment to authentic human experience wherever and the exceptional value it has to off er. in the world it occurs, whatever issues it raises. Join our passionate local audiences for a taste of what makes Welcome to Oregon, Ashland such a vital and rejuvenating community. John A. Kitzhaber, M.D. And if you see me around town please say hello! Governor, State of Oregon With warm regards, John Stromberg Mayor, City of Ashland
PAGE 8 From the Executive Director From the Director of Programming elcome to Ashland, and to ne powerful element Wour 12th annual fi ve-day Obrings us together for celebration of independent fi lm! this wondrous event — Th is year’s program once again storytelling — and its represents the culmination of immense ability to entertain, many months of preparation and enlighten, and enrich our collaboration among our staff , lives. Th is year we bring board of directors, volunteers, stories from emerging local businesses, grantors, fi lmmakers — including community partners and the winners of Th e Launch fi lmmakers. It’s a group eff ort, Regional Student Film and we are deeply grateful to each one of our many and Competition, as well as valued contributors. from many experienced fi lmmakers who will come from In the days that now unfold, we manifest our around the world to share their new work. Th ey all hold true purpose: introducing you, our audience, to these in common the ability to tell stories that challenge and unique works of art and their creators. Revel in creating delight us, and we are thrilled to present their fi lms to you. community together, whether over the fi lms you see or And for the fi rst time this year, we’re spotlighting the food you eat, while standing in line or schmoozing fi lmmakers pushing the boundaries of how stories are at the Aft erLounge. We hope that what you experience shared and experienced. You’ll see their exciting eff orts in inspires you and opens new windows on our world. our new eMerge Transmedia Showcase, which we hope At the conclusion of your 2013 festival experience, you will seek out in addition to your usual festival fare. take a moment to give us your feedback through our As always, I look forward to seeing you at a fi lm or annual Audience Survey. Your comments help us shape two or many! And at the fi lmmaker Q&As that follow, future events and improve the festival experience. at a TalkBack panel discussion, a Special Event, or our free Be sure to connect with us (see page 1) to stay Locals Only program, and again, at our nightly Aft erLounge informed about the AIFF’s year-round programming for more interaction with fi lmmakers and guests. and educational events — and save the date for the Welcome to the 2013 edition of the Ashland 13th annual Ashland Independent Film Festival, Independent Film Festival, and thank you for your April 3-7, 2014. support of independent fi lm!
Anne Ashbey Joanne Feinberg Executive Director Director of Programming
From the Board President critical part of the festival’s growing success. ello Fellow Film Fans! Finally, a huge thanks to our 300+ volunteers. From HTwelve years of day one, the art of independent fi lmmaking has been entertainment, stimulation, supported by literally thousands of hours of volunteer laughter, and thought provoking work. In addition to the myriad of volunteers visible ideas have come to Ashland during festival week, there are countless volunteers through the lens of independent working behind the scenes throughout the year. All of fi lmmakers. Th is has been possible these volunteers have helped to create one of the top fi lm because of the incredible support festivals in the country. of our valley and beyond. As festival week approaches and you look through Since the fi rst Ashland the fi lm choices in this catalog, remember all the folks Independent Film Festival in 2001, many Ashland and businesses that have made the Ashland Independent residents have provided housing for visiting fi lmmakers Film Festival what it is. Every individual and business and special guests. Bed and Breakfast Inns and hotels and that supports independent fi lm stimulates fi lmmakers motels have donated rooms. Restaurants, coff eehouses from around the world to enter their fi lms in our festival. and other food and beverage establishments in the Rogue Th is festival belongs to all of you! Valley have given a mountain of support to our festival. Th e ‘in-kind’ goods and services provided to support the See you at the movies. festival is amazing. And the generosity of Rogue Valley Ted Loft us businesses and individual donors is and has been a Board President
PAGE 9 PAGE 10 SPONSORS & GRANTORS
Presenting Sponsors
PAGE 11 Sustaining Sponsors
Ashland Food Co-op
Supporting Sponsors
FAMILYASHLAND DENTISTRY Dr. Melinda L. Beck, DDS Dr. Brandt L. Cullen, DDS
PAGE 12 Contributing Sponsors Grantors
Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation Carpenter Foundation Gardner Grout Foundation
Housing Providers
A Midsummer’s Dream Bed & Breakfast Abigail’s Bed & Breakfast Inn Abbott’s Cottages Anne Hathaway’s B&B and Garden Suites Ashland’s Chanticleer Inn Ashland Creek Inn Coolidge House Bed & Breakfast Iris Inn Bed & Breakfast Oak Hill Bed & Breakfast Community Sponsors Oak Street Station B&B The Peerless Hotel 38 Central Restaurant & Bar Jolene’s Sweets Shrew’s House Bed & Breakfast Agave Loft Brasserie & Bar Wisteria House Amuse Restaurant Mix Sweet Shop Blackstone Audio, Inc. Mt. Shasta Spring Water A special thank you to the Rogue Valley residents who provided housing for Boulton & Son Playwright Public House fi lmmakers and festival guests. Brother’s Restaurant Rogue Design Group Buttercloud Bakery & Cafe Rogue Valley Roasting Connecting Point Computers Company Cucina Biazzi Salame Thank you to all our Sponsors The Cupcake Daily Smithfi eld’s Restaurant whose support was confi rmed and Bar Davis, Hearn, Bridges after our publication deadline. & Anderson, P.C. Tabu CarterWorks Graphic Design Thai Pepper Satay Bar Elemental Graphic Designs Tree Star, Inc. The 12th annual AIFF is made Enchanted Florist Water Street Café possible in part by the Ashland Indigo Creek Outfi tters Wise Exposition lodging tax revenues.
PAGE 13 FESTIVAL EVENTS PARTIES Opening Night Bash
Thursday, April 4 7:30–10:30pm Ashland Springs Hotel Tickets: $30
Enjoy an evening of hand-craft ed delights and meet the fi lmmakers of the 12th annual festival! Savor the Rogue presents the Rogue Creamery’s international award-winning cheeses paired with artisan chocolate, meat, fruit, Rogue Creamery’s Savor the Rogue Featuring Artisan Hors d’Oeuvres & Beverages beer and wine from Southern Oregon. Cliff Creek Cellars Ledger David Cellars Rogue Creamery Dagoba Chocolate Lillie Belle Farms Valley View Winery Gary West Smoked Meats Handmade Chocolates Vintner’s Kitchen Grizzly Peak Winery Noble Coff ee Roasting Weisingers of Ashland Harry & David Organic Nation – Pure Spirits Willamette Valley Vineyards
The Opening Night Bash and Awards Celebration produced by: AZ Catering & Event Planning azparties.com
PAGE 14 FESTIVAL EVENTS PARTIES Awards Celebration
Sunday, April 7, 7:30–11pm Historic Ashland Armory Tickets: $75 (includes dinner, dessert & drinks*)
Celebrate the best of the 2013 festival and the best of the Rogue Valley’s culinary treats with food and drink from some of the area’s fi nest establishments. Juried and Audience Awards will be presented with clips of the fi lms in each category. Acclaimed fi lm director Lucy Walker will receive the Rogue Award (page 16). Ondi Timoner receives the 2012 Rogue Award
Dinner Tabu Bar The AIFF Award: 38 Central Restaurant & Bar Thai Pepper Stella Artois Denis Debey, Ashland’s Alex’s Restaurant & Bar South Stage Cellars blacksmith for 30 years, Amuse Restaurant Dessert & Coff ee ...and other local designed and handcrafted Boulton & Son, Butchers The Cupcake Daily wineries the forged steel fi lm reel Cucina Biazzi Mix Sweet Shop replica mounted on a Loft Brasserie & Bar Peerless Restaurant & Bar *Your fi rst two drinks black walnut wood base. Salame are on the house!
AfterLounge Nightly 5p-1a | No cover charge Thursday, April 4: Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant Friday, April 5: Thai Pepper Satay Bar Saturday, April 6: The Playwright Public House Sunday, April 7: Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant Join the festival community each night at this no-host, no-cover ongoing aft er-party. Take in a meal or enjoy a fi ne selection of beer, wine and spirits.
PAGE 15 FESTIVAL EVENTS ROGUE AWARD LUCY WALKER
Each year, the Ashland Independent Film Festival presents our Rogue Award to a fi lmmaker of unique talent who is making a mark in the world of independent fi lm. This year, the festival honors celebrated director Lucy Walker.
alker, an AIFF alumni, has been nominated twice up the north side of Mt. Everest in Blindsight. Wfor an Academy Award — in 2010 for Waste Land Walker’s latest fi lm, Th e Crash Reel — about champion (AIFF 2011), and in 2012 for Th e Tsunami and the Cherry snowboarder Kevin Pearce and his ongoing fi ght to recover Blossom (AIFF 2012). from a massive brain injury incurred while training for Walker is known for following memorable characters the 2010 Winter Olympics — will screen twice during the on transformative journeys, and if there is something that festival (page 31) and Lucy will be present for a Q&A unites all of her fi lms, it is a fearless interest in unusual following both screenings. subjects and places — from an unprecedented look at Walker grew up in London, England, and attended Amish teenagers going through a rite of passage in Devil’s Oxford University. Aft er graduating at the top of her class in Playground to a terrifying exposé of the proliferation of Literature, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend nuclear terrorism in Countdown to Zero, and an emotion- New York University’s Graduate Film Program, where she al expedition with six blind Tibetan teenagers who climb earned her MFA.
PAGE 16 FESTIVAL EVENTS
AIFF Events featuring Lucy Walker Going for Gold: Olympic Shorts with Lucy Walker “If I have the courage to In addition to two screenings of Th e Crash Reel (page 31), Going for Gold: Olympic Shorts with Lucy Walker will go, to take the road less be shown on Sunday, April 6 at 9:30am in the Historic traveled, I’ll be able to Ashland Armory. expose something people Lucy’s diverse and moving portraits follow four athletes have not been exposed to. from around the world as they meet the challenges of preparing for the Olympics: Crooked Lines (page 48) My work is about getting about the best rower in Brazilian history, Ailson Eraclito to know people who you do da Silva; Th e Red Pill (page 53), featuring the deeply not normally meet in your inspiring US Paralympian Anjali Forber-Pratt; Th e Rein of Mary King (page 55), a profi le of UK equestrian life…And, if I’m doing my job, champion Mary King; and Secrets of Mongolian I aim to create an opportunity Archers (page 57), which examines the Buddhist calm for the audience to feel they that helps athletes stay on target. are getting under the skin, Walker will be present for an extended Q&A with the audience following the fi lms. to emotionally connect with the people on the screen… Close-Up and Personal You need people you can Lucy will moderate this free Filmmaker TalkBack Panel (page 19) on Saturday, care about.” April 6, from 10:00 to 11:30am at the Ashland Springs Hotel. – Lucy Walker
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AIFF fi lmmakers and Moderator: Barbara Boyle chaired the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at UCLA from 2003-2012, and is currently Associate Dean of Entrepreneurship special guests. and Special Initiatives. Close-Up and Personal Ashland Springs Saturday, April 6, 10:00–11:30am Hotel Ballroom Complex characters, distinctive voices, larger-than-life narratives, and private and public personalities made visible. AIFF documentary fi lmmakers disclose FREE (ticket required how their intimate encounters reveal the nuances and subtleties of the human due to limited seating) experience. Moderator: Lucy Walker is an award winning fi lmmaker, recipient of the 2013 AIFF Rogue Award and director of The Crash Reel (page 17) and Going for Gold: Olympic Shorts with Lucy Walker (page 47). Transmedia 101: The Future of Storytelling Sunday, April 7, 10:00–11:30am Hear from AIFF fi lmmakers and industry pioneers blurring the lines between fi lm, photography, music, performance art, and more. Digital technologies expand the boundaries of story-telling, forging new interactive experiences that engage audiences, enlist community participation, and convey powerful messages across multiple platforms. Moderator: Jim Teece is cofounder and managing partner of Project A, Inc., an Ashland-based software development and Internet business website developer and hosting service. This panel is sponsored by the Oregon Governor’s Offi ce of Film & Television. PAGE 19 FESTIVAL EVENTS eMerge TRANSMEDIA SHOWCASE he AIFF branches out with exciting new programming to add to our audience’s festival experience. Created to show- Tcase new forms of digital and interactive storytelling, the program has been developed in collaboration with Southern Oregon University’s Emerging Media and Digital Arts (EMDA) program. A CULINARY VIDEO EXPEDITION Follow the Food videos feature these local Follow the Food artisan food and wine providers: Th e AIFF invites you to explore the artisan food culture of the Rogue Valley through this collection of short videos produced in collaboration with SOU’s EMDA program. • Ashland Food Co-op Each video celebrates the people and the processes behind local, sustainable businesses • Boulton & Son, Butchers that nourish our bodies and our community. As you seek out each story in storefronts, • Farm to Fork table-side and on the streets of our town, share your experience via Twitter, Facebook, • Lillie Belle Farms Artisan Instagram, Tumbler — whatever inspires you — and use the hashtag #followfood. And Chocolates be sure follow the registration link at the end of each video to enter our drawing to win • Noble Coff ee Roasting a delicious basket of Rogue Valley treats. We’ll announce the winner at our Awards Celebration on Sunday evening (you don’t need to be present to win). • Rogue Creamery Th e program will be introduced at AIFF’s Opening Night Bash at the Ashland Springs • Rogue Valley Farm to School Hotel, Th ursday April 4th, 7:30pm. Ticket required. See page 14 for more information. • Standing Stone Brewing Co. & Farm • Sunstone Artisan Bakery • Winemakers of Southern Emerging Media & Digital Arts at SOU Oregon Emerging Media & Digital Arts (EMDA) is an interdisciplinary center at Southern Oregon University where students, faculty, staff , and community meet to conceive, produce, and evaluate original Pick up a “Follow the Food” projects in digital media. For more information, visit: emda.sou.edu. map at the AIFF Box Offi ce. eMerge program sponsored by: PAGE 20 FESTIVAL EVENTS LIVE COMMUNITY STORYTELLING EVENT Transmedia 101: Immigrant Nation The Future of Gallery Installation at Houston’s Custom Framing & Fine Art Storytelling 270 East Main St., Ashland | houstonscustomframing.com FREE TALKBACK PANEL Opens First Friday, April 5 and continues throughout the festival Sunday, April 7, 10-11:30am Immigrant Nation is a web-based documentary project created by AIFF alumni and Student Academy Award-winning fi lmmaker Th eo Rigby (Close to Ashland Springs Hotel Home, AIFF 2010, Sin País, AIFF 2011). AIFF festival-goers and the general public are invited to contribute their Join panel moderator Jim Teece, own personal immigration stories in 140 character increments beginning at the Managing Partner of Project A, as he First Friday Art Walk and continuing throughout the 5-day festival. Illustrator engages in a lively conversation with Anthony Weeks will be on hand to translate community stories in real time to Robert Arellano of the Center for create a mural that refl ects the collective contribution. Emerging Media & Digital Arts at See two of Th eo Rigby’s Immigrant Nation short fi lms, Th e Caretaker and SOU, Tawny Schlieski, from Intel Labs Th e Mayor, in our Short Docs Program, page 47. Interaction & Experience Research group, and Th omas Wester, the Immigrant Nation Hackathon Innovation Director at Second Story Labs, along with fi lmmakers Th eo SOU’s Digital Media Center, 1525 Webster St., Ashland Rigby (Immigrant Nation) and Roger Saturday & Sunday, 9am-5pm | Registration required Ross Williams (God Loves Uganda). Hack•a•thon ˈhac-ə-ˌthän (‘hack’ + marathon), noun Th ey’ll discuss the AIFF eMerge An event in which computer programmers and and others in the fi eld of software development, like graphic designers and interface designers, collaborate intensively Transmedia Showcase, and their own on a software-related project. work as storytellers and industry Join forces with experts in Ashland for a two-day Hackathon and build a pioneers (more info on page 19). web-based installation with material drawn from AIFF fi lmmaker Theo Rigby’s Immigrant Nation project. Led by Rick Turoczy of The Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), a hub for community, entrepreneurship, and creative thinking in Portland, Oregon, and Skip Newberry, President at Technology Association of Oregon. This panel is sponsored by The Oregon For more information or to register, visit aiff hack.eventbrite.com Governor’s Offi ce of Film & Television. PAGE 21 FILM PROGRAMS LOCALS ONLY & THE LAUNCH REGIONAL STUDENT FILM COMPETITION A showcase of fi lms produced Locals Only Program in the Siskiyou Region by local Friday, April 5, 9:40pm | Ashland St. Cinema fi lmmakers and students. Saturday, April 6, 6:40pm | Ashland St. Cinema* Locals Only screenings are free, Monday, April 8, 3:00pm | Varsity Theatre but a ticket is required. *The Saturday April 6, 6:40pm showing includes all Launch Regional Student Film Competition winning films, and will be followed by an Award Ceremony for the winning students with prizes made possible by a grant from the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation. AQUATICA: The Underwater Mushroom Jonathan Frank | Documentary | 15 min | Ashland Th e world’s fi rst aquatic mushroom is discovered near Crater Lake in Southern Oregon. Underwater videography documents this unique and fascinating phenomenon. Breath: In Three Verses Katherine Roselli | Documentary | 18 min | Ashland A carefully composed visual and auditory journey that reveals individual stories and perceptions of the focus, power, and impact of the breath. Brilliant Short Story Austin Halvorsen | Short | 4 min | Southern Oregon University, Ashland Launch High School-College winner A young artist lives in a world deprived of creativity and is moved to change it. Based on a TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson. Green Smoothie Hustla Sergei Boutenko | Short | 5 min | Ashland A man learns about the benefi ts of eating greens and wants to share them with his friends in this hip-hop music video. Masks Laurel Sager | Short | 2 min | Ashland Launch High School-College honorable mention She had blue skin, and so did he. Based on the Shel Silverstein poem “Masks.” PAGE 22 FILM PROGRAMS The Michael Maag Story: You Don’t Have to Be Able to Stand to Walk Tall Jim Long | Documentary | 27 min | Ashland A man emerges from despair aft er suff ering a severe spinal cord injury and fi nds the courage to live life in a new way. Moving Road Alec Meyers | Short | 2 min | Ashland Launch grades K-8 winner (Sat., April 6, 6:40pm screening and Family Shorts, p.25) A simple and elegant exploration of motion set to lively music. Z- Trailer Jack Murphy | Short | 2 min | Ashland Launch grades K-8 honorable mention (Sat., April 6, 6:40pm screening and Family Shorts, p.25) A sneak peak at the currently in-production feature fi lm Z, about a zombie attack in Ashland, OR. You can also see the Launch-winning fi lms Masks, Moving Road and Z-Trailer in the Family Shorts Program (pg. 25) on Saturday at 10:10am, 12:40pm and 3:40pm, and on Sunday at 12:40pm and 3:20pm at the Ashland Street Cinema. The Launch Regional Student Film Competition The Launch is a free contest THE JURORS for kindergarten through Dee Anne Everson developed a passion for volunteering in the 7th grade. She is undergraduate students Executive Director of United Way of Jackson County and past president of the Association of United Ways of Oregon. She was recognized by Oregon Business Magazine as one of that encourages storytelling Oregon’s 50 Great Leaders, and by the American Red Cross as a Community Hero. through the art of fi lmmaking. Chris Honoré is a freelance journalist based in Ashland, Oregon. He writes movie For more information, visit reviews and political opinion for the Ashland Daily Tidings. He graduated from the ashlandfi lm.org/launch. University of California, Berkeley, earning a teaching credential and two graduate degrees. He was a teacher in the Peace Corps, stationed in Colombia. Wolfgang Runzi, Ph.D., Is a member of the faculty at Rogue Community College’s Humanities Department. He was born and raised in southern Germany. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Tűbingen and has taught courses in American literature and art history at Tufts University, University of Florence, Italy, University of Oregon, and Southern Oregon University. PAGE 23 STUDENTS: Ready to Launch Your Film Career? The AIFF Launch Regional Student Film Competition 2014 Call For Entries Opens September 3, 2013 Submit your fi lm to the Launch Regional Student Film Competition! The Launch is a FREE contest for student fi lmmakers in the Siskiyou Region* and all entrants receive two ticket vouchers for the 13th annual AIFF. There are 4 diff erent age categories and fi lms are limited to 5 minutes in length. It’s FREE to enter! Whad’ya got to lose? *Eligible counties: Coos, Curry, Del Norte, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Siskiyou. Entry forms and more info available online at ashlandfi lm.org/launch PAGE 24 FILM PROGRAMS FAMILY FILMS Following each fi lm synopsis throughout the program we note the following: “language,” Family Shorts “mature,” and “subtitles” to help you with 44 minutes | Ages 5+ selecting appropriate fi lms, but this is a guide Saturday, April 6, 10:10am & 12:40pm only, as most of our fi lms have not yet been Sunday, April 7, 12:40pm & 3:40pm rated by the Motion Picture Association of Ashland St. Cinema America. Please read the full description and choose wisely. Th ese ten shorts are geared for kids, but their creativity will engage and delight all ages. Th e program includes animation from around the world, fi lms from students right here in the Rogue Valley, plus a new documentary by AIFF 2008 Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Albert Maysles. Th is popular program now has more screening times and is located at the Ashland St. Cinema. Z-Trailer* Moving Road* Floyd the Android Dripped Ernesto Tuurngait Eyes on the Stars Masks* $1.00 will be donated to The Girl and the Fox the non-profi t Ashland Schools Foundation *Launch Regional Student Film Competition Winners for each Family Film ticket purchased, thanks to Coming Attractions Theatres and the Ashland Independent CAST for the Family Choice Award Film Festival. For more information about YOUR at the Family Shorts show. the Ashland Schools Foundation, visit The whole family gets a vote! www.ashlandschoolsfoundation.org VOTE PAGE 25 AWARDS & JURORS JURIED AWARDS AUDIENCE AWARDS AIFF jurors represent a cross-section of leaders in AIFF Audience Awards are decided by festival-goers the independent fi lm community: accomplished who submit their ballots aft er the fi lm screenings. fi lmmakers, curators, critics, industry professionals, Th ese awards are highly valued by our fi lmmakers. and educators with original and diverse opinions. Don’t forget to vote! Th e 2013 Jurors will decide the following: • Rogue Creamery Audience Award: • Best Documentary: Feature Length Documentary Feature • Best Short Documentary • The Sypko Andreae Volunteer Spirit Audience • Best Feature Award, Best Short Film: Documentary • Best Acting Ensemble: Feature • John C. Schweiger Audience Award: Narrative Feature • Best Cinematography/The Gerald Hirschfeld A.S.C. Award: Feature • Audience Award Best Short Film: Narrative • Best Short Film • Family Choice Award: for the fi lms in the Family Shorts progam • Best Animated Short Jurors: Best Documentary, Jurors: Best Short Feature Length Documentary Charlotte Cook is Director of Mary Kerr is a seasoned fi lm Programming at Hot Docs, North programmer, producer, and consultant. America’s largest documentary She has programmed for Sundance, Los festival. She was previously Head of Angeles, Gen Art, and SILVERDOCS Film Programming at the Frontline fi lm festivals. She recently left her Club in London, and has worked with position as Executive Director of Th e BBC Storyville and the Edinburgh Robert Flaherty Film Seminar to pursue International Film Festival. fi lmmaking and is currently producing two documentaries, Elephant in the Andrea Meditch is president Room and Mosquito. of Back Allie Films. She produced Buck, winner of the 2011 Sundance Shawn Levy is the author of six Audience Award, and executive- books, including the New York Times produced the Oscar-winning Man bestsellers Paul Newman: A Life and on Wire and Oscar-nominated Rat Pack Confi dential. Th e former Encounters at the End of the World. fi lm critic of Th e Oregonian and Andrea holds a Ph.D. in media from senior editor of American Film the University of Texas. lives, works, and watches soccer in Portland. The Ross Brothers’ fi lms have played to audiences David Magdael is owner and around the world. Th ey are the founder of David Magdael & Associates, recipients of the Independent Inc., providing PR expertise for Spirit Truer Th an Fiction Prize documentary, independent and studio for their fi lm 45365 (AIFF releases. Magdael is considered to be 2010), as well as numerous one of the go-to fi rms in the industry. other fi lm festival accolades and awards. Th eir most recent Films include 5 Broken Cameras, Last fi lm, Tchoupitoulas, was awarded Best Documentary at the Train Home, Super Size Me, Waste AIFF in 2012. Land, and Mad Hot Ballroom. PAGE 26 Jurors: Best Feature and Best Juror: Best Cinematography/The Acting Ensemble, Feature Gerald Hirschfeld A.S.C. Award, Barbara Boyle started out as an Feature attorney and moved into fi nancing Gerald Hirschfi eld A.S.C. is and producing. Her fi lms, including the Director of Photography of 45+ My Left Foot and Cinema Paradiso, feature fi lms including Fail Safe and were nominated for 22 Academy Young Frankenstein. He is the author Awards, winning several. From 2003- of Image Control, and a member of 2012, she chaired the Department of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Film, Television and Digital Media and Sciences. He received the A.S.C.’s at UCLA, and is currently Associate President’s Award and the AIFF’s Dean of Entrepreneurial Activities Lifetime Achievement Award (2004). and Special Initiatives. Peter Knegt is a journalist and fi lm festival programmer based in Montreal, Quebec. He has written for Jurors: Best Short Film & Salon, Th e Toronto Star, Xtra!, Variety Best Animated Short and most notably Indiewire where he is currently Senior Editor. His fi rst Jon Raymond is the author of a book, an exploration of the LGBT collection of short stories, Livability, rights movement in Canada, was two of which became the feature released in 2011. films Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy (AIFF 2009). He wrote the film Lawrence Sher has been a Director Meek’s Cutoff, co-wrote the HBO of Photography for over 20 years, miniseries Mildred Pierce, and the shooting commercials, music videos forth-coming film Night Moves, shot and feature fi lms. His credits include in the Rogue Valley. award-winning Kissing Jessica Stein, Sundance hit Garden State, box-offi ce Mark Shapiro is Head Of smash Th e Hangover, and I Love Entertainment Brand Marketing at You, Man, Th e Big Year, Due Date, LAIKA. He manages brand strategies and and many television pilots including marketing eff orts for corporate identity HBO’s Enlightened. and the company’s feature fi lms. His diverse career has taken him across the U.S. and around the world, working in brand development, advertising, public Additional Acting Ensemble Juror relations, fi lm production and writing. Anthony Heald is an award- Musa Syeed’s fi rst feature Valley winning actor, currently with of Saints won a Sundance Audience the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Award, and Best Feature Award at the appearing in the 2013 productions 2012 AIFF. He co-produced Bronx of My Fair Lady and Cymbeline. His Princess and A Son’s Sacrifi ce (Best fi lm credits include Silence of the Documentary Short, AIFF 2009). Lambs, Th e Client, Th e Pelican Brief, He also co-produced the interactive and Postcards from the Edge, and TV storytelling platform 30 Days credits include Boston Public, Cheers, Ramadan, which was developed at Th e Practice, X-Files, and Frasier. the ITVS/Mozilla Hackathon. PAGE 27 PAGE 28 AIFF 2013 FILMS he fi lms in the 2013 Ashland Independent Film TFestival line-up represent a cross section of the diverse stories that we have seen from independent fi lmmakers over the past year. We have ninety-one feature-length and short fi lms from many countries around the world, and also from right here in the Rogue Valley. We welcome fi rst-time and student fi lmmakers, Oscar® nominees and winners, and AIFF alumni returning with their new work to Ashland among the off erings. We look forward to sharing these works of art with you, and to connecting outstanding fi lmmakers with our wonderful audience. Q&A Wait! Don’t leave just yet. Many filmmakers will be present after the screenings of their fi lms so make sure you don’t miss out on these interactive Q&As! Ratings Following each fi lm synopsis throughout the program we note the following: “language,” “mature” and “subtitles” to help you with selecting appropriate fi lms, but this is a guide only, as most of our fi lms have not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Please read the full description and choose wisely. PAGE 29 DOCUMENTARIES After Tiller 85 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition ince the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in May 2009, there S are only four doctors in the US who still provide third-trimester abortions. Th rough unprecedented access, Aft er Tiller paints a complex, compassionate portrait of these physicians — former colleagues of Dr. Tiller — who put their lives at risk in order to do work that saves their patients’ lives. Targeted as mur- derers by some in the anti-abortion movement, their private lives are exposed, and their physical safety is in jeopardy. After Tiller weaves together revealing, in-depth interviews with the doctors — and heart-wrenching consultations with their patients, while illu- minating the experiences of women who seek these abortions and the reasons why they do so. Forty years aft er Roe v. Wade, debate over abortion is louder and more contentious than ever, and the fi lm sheds light — rather than heat — on this highly sensitive issue. [mature] TIMES Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson Directors’ Statement: Lana Wilson & Martha Shane Producers: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson Executive Producers: Artemis Media We discovered through interviewing the doctors that Friday 9:00pm they recognized the moral and ethical complexity in Saturday 3:00pm Ventures, Belle Max Productions Screenwriters: Greg O’Toole, Martha doing this work better than anyone — they struggle Sunday 6:00pm Shane, Lana Wilson with the issues every day. Likewise, the patients who Cinematographers: Hillary Spera, sought out late abortions were women from a vari- Emily Topper ety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds, Editor: Greg O’Toole racked with guilt, sadness, anger, and even ambivalence about their decisions. Composers: Andy Cabic, Eric D. Johnson Th ey never thought they would end up in such a desperate situation, and saw With: Dr. LeRoy Carhart, Dr. Warren sharing their stories as the only way anyone could possibly understand. Th e Hern, Dr. Susan Robinson, doctors thought that if more Americans could hear where they were coming Dr. Shelley Sella from — even if they still disagreed — they at least might not want to kill them. We hope that no matter where audiences stand on this issue, Aft er Tiller will aftertillermovie.com lead them to look at it in a very diff erent way. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Before the Spring After the Fall World Premiere | 72 minutes | 2013 | USA, Egypt | In Competition n 2008 the fi lmmakers were following a group of young heavy-metal musi- I cians in Egypt who off ered an unconventional perspective on the Muslim world. Oppressed by a government that banned their music, the kids struggled to retain a small bit of freedom. Th en one spring, Hosni Mubarak’s 28-year grip on the country was broken, and what had been a story about the struggle for the right to free expression — the right to rock — became a story about the battle for the future of Egypt. Before the Spring Aft er the Fall portrays a few remarkable young people —sons of a jailed political dissident and the leader of the only female metal band in the Middle East — as they seek to reshape their country, defi ning themselves as individuals in the process. With their music as the soundtrack, we follow them into a transformed world, where the political becomes the personal, where uncertainty is the only constant. [subtitles] TIMES Director: Jed Rothstein Producers: Liz Garbus, Mark LeVine, Director’s Statement: Jed Rothstein Jed Rothstein, Allyson Luchak Thursday 3:20pm As a fi lmmaker, I’ve oft en taken on diffi cult subjects in diffi cult Friday 9:50am Executive Producers: Andrew Karsch, Fisher Stevens, Erik Gordon, Sally Jo Fifer places. When I started this project, my son was just weeks Sunday 12:20pm Cinematographer: Tom Hurwitz, ASC old, and the idea was to make a simple music fi lm that could Editors: Keith Reamer, Kate Taverna be shot in a few trips and wouldn’t entail any dangerous lo- P L A Y S W I T H Music: Mark Degli Antoni cations. Four years and one revolution later, the fi lm that With: Shady Nour, Noor Nour, Sherine emerged is unlike anything I could have imagined. At times, The Other Side Amr, Gameela Ismail, Hossam it felt like we were carving every single frame out of granite. (page 79) el-Hamalawy But in the end, our original tag line, “Rock, Rebellion, Revolution,” proved apt, as history, and our characters, moved from symbolic resistance to actual insurgentmediany.com/ uprising. While the struggle for Egypt continues, I hope we are able to convey heavy-metal-islam the amazing spirit and grit of the young people whose eff orts inspired this fi lm, and the world. Selected Filmography: Killing In The Name (AIFF 2011) PAGE 30 DOCUMENTARIES Casting By 89 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition utting the spotlight on fi lmmaking’s unsung heroes and heroines, Casting PBy takes us on a fast-paced journey through the last half century of Holly- wood history from an entirely new perspective — that of the casting director. Pioneers like Marion Dougherty and Lynn Stalmaster were iconoclasts whose exquisite taste and gut instincts helped put the fi nal nail in the coffi n of the old studio system and usher in the New Hollywood. Using the power of the then-new medium of television, they broke away from traditional Hollywood typecasting to bring us a new kind of leading man and leading lady. Actors including James Dean, Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Dustin Hoff man, Bette Midler, Robert Duvall, and Gene Hackman shine in movies like Midnight Cowboy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Th e French Connection, and Th e Director: Tom Donahue TIMES Graduate. Th is fi lm combines personal narratives from actors and directors Producers: Kate Lacey, Tom Donahue, with extensive archival material to construct the untold tale of one of Ilan Arboleda, Joanna Colbert Thursday 6:00pm Hollywood’s most invisible and unheralded professions. Friday 12:00pm Executive Producers: Steve Edwards, Ed Durkin, John Balis Director’s Statement: Tom Donahue Co-Executive Producer: Margaret Whitton When this project began fi ve years ago, I didn’t know the Cinematographer: Peter Bolte fi rst thing about casting directors, and certainly wouldn’t Editor: Jill Schweitzer have guessed at the incredible story behind the title. Be- Music: Craig Richey fore long, I came to realize casting directors were at the With: Marion Dougherty, Ellen Lewis, center of so many of the stories in Hollywood. Th ey fi nd Lynn Stalmaster, Juliet Taylor and recommend the specifi c talent who will breathe life into a character. Th ey uncover and champion the famous facebook.com/castingbymovie faces we come to know and love. Th ey create the living organism that is the ensemble (and the true heart) of any movie. I hope the documentary is able to help bring casting directors the recognition they so rightly deserve and for so long have been denied. It’s easy to forget that every character begins life as just words on a page. It takes the collaboration of a great casting director to make that life magnifi cent and the fi lm unforgettable. Selected Filmography: Guest of Cindy Sherman The Crash Reel 108 minutes | 2013 | USA evin Pearce, the American snowboarding champion, is preparing for the K 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics when he takes a hard fall. His buddies rush to the scene, fi nding him unconscious and bleeding profusely. Kevin is airlift ed to a hospital where doctors scramble to save his life. When he fi nally wakes up, it is only the beginning of a long road. Recovering from traumatic brain injury is a lifelong endeavor and Kevin works passionately to get his mind and his body back to what they once were. Th e love and support from his family propels Kevin forward, but their resolve is tested when he insists on returning to the sport he loves, though even a small blow to the head could kill him. Th is profoundly moving portrait of an extraordinary family confronted with a devastating injury raises the question, how much risk is too much? [mature] Director’s Statement: Lucy Walker TIMES Director: Lucy Walker Producers: Julian Cautherley, I decided to make the fi lm aft er meeting Kevin in Friday 9:00pm Lucy Walker 2010. He was recovering from his accident, and I Saturday 6:00pm Executive Producers: Geralyn was struck by both his incredible star quality and Dreyfous, Dan Cogan, Sheila Nevins, his vulnerability. I guessed there was a wealth of Sara Bernstein archival material out there, from home footage to Screenwriters: Pedro Kos, Lucy Walker competition footage to the crash itself. Tracking down and putting the piec- Cinematographer: Nick Higgins es of the puzzle together was one of the most exciting parts of making this Editor: Pedro Kos P L A Y S W I T H : movie. Th e Crash Reel is so much more than a snowboarding fi lm. It has the Music: Matt Biff a thrills and spills and eye-popping scenes you’d expect, but it’s most resonant Sound: D. Chris Smith You Have the Right as a coming-of-age story about family, growing up, and learning to accept the With: Kevin Pearce, Shaunto White an Attorney most challenging limitations. I didn’t know how it would end — for Kevin, or (page 45) his brother David who has Down syndrome. I was thrilled when their stories landed like the best snowboarding trick ever! 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A thoughtful, intimate, oft en funny look at the creative process, straight from the brains of some of our culture’s most accomplished and inspiring talents. Featuring interviews with: singer-songwriter Sara Quin of Tegan & Sara; novelist Tom Perrotta; cancer researchers Moungi Bawendi and W. David Lee; Hollywood creature designer Neville Page; chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger; comedian Maria Bamford; and many more. TIMES Director: Tim Cawley Producers: Amy Appleton, Jim Director’s Statement: Tim Cawley Friday 3:20pm Buckley, Tim Cawley Th is fi lm is a record of what essentially was a two-year Saturday 9:20pm Executive Producers: Lisa Belden, Eran Lobel, Mark Hankey “creative-guy fantasy camp” where I met sixteen intelligent, Sunday 9:50am Cinematographers: Geoff McAuliff e, interesting, strange, frustrating, inspiring personalities. In Henrique Ghersi hard, uncertain times, people can get practical and conser- P L A Y S W I T H Editor: Kat Baker vative. Being creative can be seen as a luxury or even foolish. Music: Conan Skyrme But creativity can be a prudent, profi table, productive, and The Perfect Fit Sound: Mark Wong glorious thing. People use the term “fl ash of inspiration.” (page 54) Animator: Toil But in conducting my interviews, I discovered there’s just as much hard work, With: Sara Quin, Maria Bamford, Tom diligence, and trial and eff ort that goes into creativity. Achievement doesn’t Perrotta, Neville Page, Jason Rohrer come in one glorious, overnight, American Idol-esque “congratulations-you’re- famous” moment. It’s a workaday mix of talent and eff ort. And it’s achievable fromnothingsomething.com by most everybody. Selected Filmography: Well-Founded Concerns, Big Day of Fishing Gideon’s Army 96 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition randy Alexander, June Hardwick, and Travis Williams, three young public Bdefenders who are part of a small group of idealistic lawyers in the Deep South, are challenging the assumptions of a criminal justice system strained to the breaking point. With support from their charismatic mentor Jonathan Rapping, who heads the Southern Public Defender Training Center, they struggle against long hours, low pay, and caseloads so staggering that even the most committed oft en give up in their fi rst year. Fift y years aft er the landmark Supreme Court ruling Gideon v. Wainwright established the right to counsel, can these courageous lawyers revolutionize the way America thinks about public defenders and make “justice for all” a reality? Director’s Statement: Dawn Porter I’d always wanted to be a lawyer but I never TIMES Director: Dawn Porter wanted to be a public defender. Criminals were Producers: Dawn Porter, Julie Goldman not people I wanted to help. Th en in 2009 I met Thursday 9:00pm Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins Jonathan Rapping and he invited me to his le- Saturday 6:00pm Cinematographers: Chris Hilleke, gal training program in Birmingham. When I Patrick Sheehan Sunday 9:30am saw what they were accomplishing, I decided Editor: Matt Hamachek to make this fi lm. What I saw during fi lming truly horrifi ed me. Innocent Music: Paul Brill people in prison for months or years pleading guilty to get out of jail; onerous With: Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander, sentences for minor crimes; people losing civil rights, like the right to vote, as June Hardwick, Jonathan Rapping, a result of criminal convictions. I also saw what a diff erence it made to have Brett Willis great lawyers. Th ey’ve inspired me to judge less and listen more, to try and put myself in the position of people who are facing a terribly structured system gideonsarmythefilm.com that oft en does not do justice to the victim or the accused. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 33 DOCUMENTARIES God Loves Uganda 90 minutes | 2013 | USA, Uganda | In Competition ganda is the number-one destination in the world for American Christian Umissionaries. God Loves Uganda explores their infl uence from one extreme to the other — from building schools and hospitals, to promoting dangerous religious bigotry. As an American-infl uenced bill to make homosexuality punishable by death gains widespread support, tensions mount in Uganda, and a murderous atmosphere takes hold. God Loves Uganda gives viewers unprecedented access to people at the center of the controversy, including a preacher who whips his congregation into mass hysteria with anti-gay rhetoric, enthusiastic Midwestern mission- aries who clash with world-weary Ugandans, and a heartbreaking interview with gay activist David Kato shortly before his murder. Confl icting motives are revealed — of faith and greed, ecstasy and egotism — among Ugandan min- isters, American evangelical leaders, and other foot soldiers of a theology that sees Uganda as ground zero in a battle for billions of souls. [mature, subtitles] TIMES Director: Roger Ross Williams Producers: Julie Goldman, Roger Director’s Statement: Roger Ross Williams Friday 3:00pm Ross Williams I grew up in the black church and for all that the church Saturday 3:00pm Cinematographer: Derek Wiesehahn gave me, it also shut its doors to me as a gay person. Th at Editors: Richard Hankin, experience left me with the lifelong desire to explore the Benjamin Gray power of religion to transform lives or destroy them. When Composer: Mark degli Antoni I visited Africa to make my fi lm Music by Prudence, I was With: Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Rev. Kapya Kaoma Africans were. It was as if the continent was gripped with religious fervor, and the center of it was Uganda. I discovered its president, godlovesuganda.com fi rst lady, majority of parliament and 85% of the population are evangelical Christians. In the well-known trope about Africa, a white man journeys into the heart of darkness and fi nds the mystery of Africa and its unknowable otherness. I, a black man, made that journey and found America. Selected Filmography: Music By Prudence (AIFF 2010) Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings 56 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition hat’s it like to be a virtuoso ukulele musician? Jake Shimabukuro: Life on WFour Strings is the compelling portrait of an inspiring and inventive mu- sician whose skills on the ukulele have transformed all previous notions of the instrument. A fourth-generation Japanese American, Jake was born and raised in Honolulu. His mother played the ukulele and began teaching him at four — as soon as his fi ngers were big enough to form the chords. Jake and the ukulele have been inseparable ever since. Th rough intimate conversations with Jake and archival footage of his per- formances, we follow his evolution as an artist. When Jake performed a soulful rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in NYC’s Central Park, he became a YouTube phenomenon and was catapulted to fame. Th e fi lm captures his life on the road from Hawaii to Los Angeles, New York, and Japan — the exhilarat- ing peformances, the wonders of newfound fame, and the loneliness of being away from home and family. TIMES Director: Tadashi Nakamura Producer: Don Young Director’s Statement: Tadashi Nakamura Sunday 12:00pm Executive Producers: Stephen Gong, When Don Young from the Center for Asian American Ruth Bolan Media fi rst approached me with the project I didn’t know Cinematographers: Naalehu much about Jake other than that he was “that ukulele guy P L A Y S W I T H Anthony, Jim Choi, Tadashi Nakamura on YouTube.” I wanted to know where this guy came from Slomo Editor: Tadashi Nakamura and if he was more than just a viral video. I felt like he was (page 58) Music: Jake Shimabukuro an artist on the verge and I wanted to see how he would With: Jake Shimabukuro navigate that. It’s fascinating that in a corporate-driven, highly produced music industry, a humble guy with a four lifeonfourstrings.com string ukulele is able to break through. And on top of that, he happens to be a Japanese American from Hawaii. He has a purity about him that is refreshing to people. His music is honest and sincere, which is rare in the world of enter- tainment. It’s that purity that I tried to capture in the fi lm. Selected Filmography: Pilgrimage, Yellow Brotherhood PAGE 34 DOCUMENTARIES Joe Papp in Five Acts 82 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition eet Joe Papp, the indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts who Mbrought more theater to more people than any other producer in history. Perhaps best known for the free, cutting-edge productions of NYC’s Shake- speare in the Park, his other great achievement was creating the Public Th eater, where he nurtured a Who’s Who of actors, directors, and writers, including Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, James Earl Jones, Martin Sheen, Ntozake Shange, and Larry Kramer, and championed such works as Hair and A Chorus Line. Joe Papp spent a lifetime expanding public access to the arts. We have public libraries, he argued. Why not public theaters? Papp’s great accomplish- ments and his own tumultuous personal history are told by the artists he helped create — and sometimes tried to destroy. Directors’ Statements: Tracie Holder & Karen Thorsen TIMES Directors: Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen Producers: Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen When I was growing up, Papp was the unoffi cial mayor of Saturday 9:30am Executive Producers: Steve Edwards, New York. He was on the front lines of every important issue I held dear, while the plays he staged refl ected the real-life Monday 6:40pm Ed Durkin, John Balis Co-Executive Producers: Sally Jo dramas that were going on around us. From Wall Street Fifer, Susan Lacy greed to AIDS, from public funding of the arts to freedom Screenwriters: Tracie Holder, of expression, Papp saw no separation between life and art. Karen Thorsen Papp’s belief in the power of art to transform people’s lives Cinematographers: Toshiaki Ozawa, and to empower people whose voices oft en go unheard is Jem Cohen amazingly current. – Tracie Holder Editors: Sam Pollard, Brad Fuller, Playwright David Hare explains, “Joe taught me to be Deborah Peretz radical at the center. He chose to storm the citadel, because Music: Don Byron he believed that radical ideas could have greater impact at With: Joe Papp, James Earl Jones, the center.” For me, to be radical at the center is the ulti- Kevin Kline, Martin Sheen, Meryl mate challenge: to win hearts and minds with an emotional Streep, Christopher Walken narrative; to turn subversive ideas into a mainstream success — that’s what I’ve tried to do in my past work as a writer and fi lmmaker; it’s what I hope we joepappfilm.com achieve through our fi lm on Joe. – Karen Th orsen Selected Filmography: Tracie Holder–Directorial Debut; Karen Thorsen–James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket Life According to Sam 94 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition hat is aging in Sam Berns is aging in all of us. But in Sam’s body, the pro- Wcess is rapidly accelerated. When Sam was diagnosed with progeria at age two, his parents, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns, refused to accept that they would lose their son by age thirteen, the average age of death for a child with this disease. Eleven years later, Sam is thirteen, and his parents’ in- credible race to save their son has led to testing the fi rst experimental drug that might prolong the lives of Sam and twenty-eight other children from around the world. Th eir discoveries may one day also shed light on the aging process in us all. An inspiring fi lm about the power of family, Life According to Sam examines and how we make the most of our lives in the time we are given. Directors’ Statement: Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine TIMES Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine Producers: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine, It is easy to think that if your child were given a Nancy Abraham, Meriam Weintraub fatal diagnosis of probable death by age thirteen, Friday 6:40pm you would fi ght and be resilient. But would you? Sunday 6:40pm Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins Cinematographer: Sean Fine If you did throw every waking hour into fi nd- Editor: Keegan DeWitt ing a breakthrough, how would you balance the P L A Y S W I T H Music: Matt Biff a time you spend with the son you are trying to save? Th ese are the same quality-of-life decisions that we all make in our own You Don't With: Sam Berns, Leslie Gordon, Scott Berns, Audrey Gordon lives, and the kinds of decisions that we ultimately know we will judge our own Know Jack P L A Y S W I T H : life by when we reach its end. Sam’s life is really the path of all our lives. Even on (page 59) fi ne-fi lms.com/lifeaccordingtosamYou Have the Right a scientifi c level, the same abnormal protein in Sam’s body is at work in our own, to an Attorney aging us day by day. Perhaps we will look back at this remarkable boy and know (page 45) that what cracked the code to aging all started with Sam. Selected Filmography: War/Dance (AIFF 2009), Inocente (AIFF 2013) PAGE 35 0 T .13 10 O C 13 10 BENDFILM T. 10 - TH .13 ANNUAL O - C O FESTIVAL T CT. 13 bendfilm.org 541.388.FEST 13 13 .13 Laura Winberry, independent thinker on Library of Dust, independent film PAGE 36 DOCUMENTARIES The Moo Man 98 minutes | 2012 | United Kingdom his is the remarkable story of a maverick farmer and his unruly cows, Tfi lmed over four years on the marshes of the Pevensey Levels in Sussex, England. Stephen Hook is a dairy farmer producing raw milk. In an attempt to save his family farm, Stephen decides to turn his back on the cost-cutting dairies and supermarkets. Instead he wants to stay small, provide exceptional product to his customers, and keep his close relationship with Ida, Kate, and his fi ft y-three other cows. However, Farmer Hook’s plans to save the farm are not always agreeable with his spirited cows. Th e result is a laugh-out-loud, emotional roller-coaster account of their journey and a heartwarming tale about the incredible bonds between man, animal, and countryside. Directors’ Statement: Andy Heathcote & Heike Bachelier We’d read in a newspaper about Steve Hook and his TIMES Directors: Andy Heathcote, quest to bring raw milk to the people. We were lucky Heike Bachelier enough to be able to have his milk delivered to our Thursday 3:00pm Producers: Andy Heathcote, doorstep on his local milk round and we knew he had Friday 12:00pm Heike Bachelier to be the subject of a fi lm. He is a man with unstoppable Cinematographer: Andy Heathcote Sunday 9:00pm optimism and great ideas. Editor: Heike Bachelier Th e fi lm was intended to be a story about Steve’s Music: Stephen Daltry fi ght for survival and the right to sell his barely legal raw With: Steve Hook, Ida, Kate milk. But fi lming gradually evolved into a subtle study moomanmovie.com of what farming actually means. Farms are living things. Th ey are essential to our understanding and acceptance of the cycle of life and the only real connection we have with nature. Our intention is to reveal the coexistent bond we still have with the animals we farm, to give a little respect to life in all its forms. Selected Filmography: The Lost World of Mr. Hardy Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself 86 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition eorge Plimpton was one of the twentieth century’s most interesting char- Gacters — a remarkable writer, editor, amateur sportsman, and friend. George co-founded the Paris Review and was its editor for fi ft y years. He also founded participatory journalism, and his work with Sports Illustrated and later in books like Paper Lion gave millions of people an inside look into a world they only watched on TV or read about. George threw some of the greatest parties New York has ever seen. He was a warm and genuine person whose phone book was bursting with the names and numbers of the most fascinating people in art and literary circles. Using Plimpton’s own narration, plus stories from friends, family, and contemporaries, Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself is a joyful celebration of a full, rich, strange life that at times is hard to believe was actually lived by just one man. Directors’ Statement: Tom Bean & Luke Poling TIMES Directors: Tom Bean, Luke Poling As an artist, George’s life was his greatest work of art. Producers: Tom Bean, Terry McDonell, On top of running a literary magazine for 50 years and Friday 3:40pm Luke Poling, Adam Roff man publishing some of the greatest writers of that time, Sunday 10:10am Executive Producers: Dennis Joyce, George was also a reporter. He reveled in the fi ne line Phyllis Alexander, Kris Meyer, Antonio Monday 3:40pm between performance and failure. Weiss, Susannah Weiss, William R. Hearst Th e question we kept asking ourselves was how III, Toby Barlow, Bill Deacon does one person do all of that? George’s life was about Screenwriters: Tom Bean, Luke Poling seeking out and trying new things, regardless of the Cinematographers: Tom Bean, Luke Poling outcome. We hope Plimpton! will inspire audiences Editors: Casey Brooks, Maya Hawke to find that adventurous spirit within themselves Music: Mark De Gli Antoni and leave the theater with the desire to live life to With: George Plimpton the fullest. plimptonmovie.com Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 37 DOCUMENTARIES Secret Screening 105 minutes | 2013 | USA oin us for a new and exciting experience at the Ashland Independent Film JFestival: a super-secret screening of an important new documentary that will premiere later this year at major international and US festivals and has never been seen by an audience — until now. Th e fi lm explores contempo- rary American from a unique, illuminating perspective — and that’s about SECRET all we can say. Oh, and it also happens to have been directed by an AIFF alumni SCREENING fi lmmaker who will be in Ashland for the Q&As. Shhh…it’s a secret. Director’s Statement Aft er the fi lm ends, stay for the Q&A and hear the backstory, and more — straight from the director, producer and crew members. Th ey want to hear from you, too! TIMES Friday 6:00pm Sunday 12:00pm Shepard & Dark 89 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition emember when close friends corresponded by letters? When intimate R thoughts about life, family, and mortality were written on the page? Th is is the kind of friendship that Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark shared — a beau- tiful but complicated relationship maintained over fi ft y years and hundreds of letters. Shepard is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor. Dark, his former housemate, has been his close friend since their beatnik days in Greenwich Village and now lives a solitary life in New Mexico with his dogs, working at a supermarket deli counter. At fi rst glance, Shepard and Dark are an odd duo — the restless, iconic writer and his happily reclusive pal. When the pair agree to collaborate on a book of their correspondence, it forces them to confront painful memories and personal shortcomings. Shepard & Dark is an honest and oft en funny meditation on love, companionship, and loneliness, and the remarkable connection of the written word. [mature] TIMES Director: Treva Wurmfeld Producer: Amy Hobby Director’s Statement: Treva Wurmfeld Thursday 9:20pm Executive Producers: Sam and Johnny both have a strong aversion to modern Friday 6:20pm Treva Wurmfeld, Emily Wachtel, technology — so much so that sometimes I felt like Joanne Woodward the Eurocentric anthropologist attempting to “study” Saturday 12:20pm Cinematographer: Treva Wurmfeld Monday 9:50am a non-Western people. How could I leave my modern Editor: Sandra Adair, A.C.E. ways behind and assimilate into their culture? I Music: Graham Reynolds couldn’t. Between the novelty of my video camera, P L A Y S W I T H With: Sam Shepard, Johnny Dark and my age and gender — which neither seemed to FLO facebook.com/ShepardandDark associate with any semblance of serious professional- (page 51) ism — I was never quite sure if they understood me, or what I was doing there. At one point they even started referring to me as an alien. Despite these hurdles, I felt I understood them. Th e fi lm unfolds in earnest; capturing an honest and oft en comedic portrait of two male friends with a rich history — now close to the border of decade numero siete. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 38 DOCUMENTARIES Spark: A Burning Man Story 90 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition very year around Labor Day, Burning Man’s Black Rock City rises from the Edust of an ancient lake bed to become Nevada’s third-largest population center, an ephemeral metropolis with few regulations and no commerce. What began as a small group burning an effi gy on a beach has grown into a week- long festival of over 50,000 attendees and a multimillion-dollar organization with full-time staff , insurance, lawyers — and the accompanying headaches. Inside Burning Man headquarters in the year leading up to the 2012 event there is constant tension as new realities crash up against principles of artistic freedom and philosophical questions such as, “Is a festival based on radical inclusion selling out?” Burning Man’s journey of transformation holds lessons for any social movement or community that has grown to an unforeseen scale, and asks about the compromises we all may choose to make — or not — in the process of growing up. [mature] TIMES Directors: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter Producers: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter Directors’ Statement: Steve Brown & Jessie Deeter Thursday 9:00pm Executive Producers: Alec Lorimore, I fi rst went to Burning Man in 2006 on a hunch that Saturday 9:00pm Chris Weitz there must be more to it than just being the world’s Cinematographer: John Behrens largest and craziest party. How else could the annu- Editor: Andrew Gersh al event inspire so many people to expend so much P L A Y S W I T H Music: Joachim Cooder eff ort to build huge and fantastic works of art only Ritual to burn them down? What I learned out there was (page 57) burningmanstory.com that the ephemeral nature of the art was rooted in a much deeper philosophy. Burning Man’s founder, Larry Harvey, described his life’s mission to me as creating a “permission engine” that would inspire peo- ple to “fi nd the focal plane” where passion and reality could meet. Whenever people give themselves permission to act on their dreams, we can fi nd the potential for transformation and change. – Steve Brown Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Survival Prayer 70 minutes | 2012 | USA, Canada | In Competition aida Gwaii is an archipelago drift ing off the edge of the North American Hcontinent. Its diverse geography supports an uncommon abundance of wildlife that has sustained its inhabitants for generations. In the past century, commercial logging, over-fi shing, and invasive species have compromised the availability of traditionally harvested foods and threatened the long-term viability of these practices. Compounding this ecological damage is the imminent extinction of the Haida language and loss of traditional knowledge. Naanii Mary Swanson, a “last speaker,” f rames this portrait of age-old traditions at risk. Her ancient words evoke timeless rhythms. Following food harvesters as they gather and prepare for the winter, Survival Prayer vividly illuminates the profound rela- tionship between individuals and the land that sustains them. An intimate Director: Benjamin Greené TIMES ethnographic refl ection, this meditative encounter with the Haida people’s Producers: Benjamin Greené, traditional practices reveals poignant possibility amid great loss. [subtitles] Thursday 12:10pm Christine Wienheld Friday 12:10pm Cinematographer: Benjamin Greené Director’s Statement Editor: P. Corwin Lamm : Benjamin Greené Saturday 3:10pm Music: Michael Beharie In the fall of 2010, my wife and I arrived on Haida Sunday 6:10pm With: Naanii Mary Swanson, Margaret Gwaii for the fi rst time. We went straight to the Monday 9:10pm Edgars, Sphenia Jones, Adolf Bitterlich, beach to cook a meal and spent some time listening Barbara Wilson and looking, unimpeded by recording devices. Later, we would taste the roe on kelp from Skidegate Inlet P L A Y S W I T H survivalprayer.com and blueback sockeye at Copper Bay while having conversations with those we Reindeer met. It was through these experiences and conversations that the vision for the fi lm was nourished into being. During the eight weeks that we fi lmed Survival (page 57) Prayer, we came to see the parallel between the Haida’s natural and cultural her- itage, and to grasp that traditions as deep as time still hold new hope. In sharing the richness of these traditions, we sought to illuminate the poetry of this place. Selected Filmography: Bury Me in Redwood Country, Have I Got a Witness PAGE 39 FAMILYASHLAND DENTISTRY Drs. Beck and Cullen gladly welcome new patients and families. ASHLAND FAMILY DENTISTRY 574 Washington Street, Ashland OR (541) 482-1991 digital x-rays, extractions, immediate dentures, crowns, bridges, partials, composite fillings, root canals, implant restorations www.AshlandFamilyDentists.com www.noblecoffeeroasting.com PAGE 40 DOCUMENTARIES Sweet Dreams 89 minutes | 2012 | USA, Rwanda | In Competition n 1994, Rwandans suff ered one of the worst genocides in history. Ten years Ilater, Odile Kiki Katese, a pioneering Rwandan theater director, founded Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda’s fi rst and only women’s drumming group, off ering safety and healing for women from both sides of the confl ict. Each of the group’s members is a survivor of the genocide. Some lost their families; some were raped. Others are wives or children of perpetrators. Th en Kiki met the owners of Brooklyn’s Blue Marble Ice Cream Shop and had an idea. She invited them to come to Rwanda to help open the country’s fi rst ice cream store, named Inzozi Nziza (Sweet Dreams). Ice cream, she ar- gued, could be both a sustainable way to create desperately needed jobs, and a source and symbol of joy in a country emerging from tragedy. Reconciliation must not only be with one another, Kiki says, but with happiness, with hope, and with life. [subtitles] TIMES Directors: Rob Fruchtman, Directors’ Statement: Rob Fruchtman & Lisa Fruchtman Lisa Fruchtman Rewind to 2010, when we fi rst heard about Kiki, the drummers Thursday 6:00pm Producers: Rob Fruchtman, and the unusual project unfolding half a world away. How did Friday 9:30am Lisa Fruchtman drumming and ice cream fi t in? We got on a plane to Rwanda Executive Producers: Russell Long, Saturday 12:00pm to fi nd out. We experienced the beauty and transformative Tiff any Schauer power of their drumming. We came to understand their Screenwriters: Rob Fruchtman, painful histories. We fi lmed the emergence of the women as Lisa Fruchtman budding entrepreneurs and their delight as they learn to make Cinematographers: Rob Fruchtman, and taste ice cream for the fi rst time. When the cohesion of Lex Fletcher the group is threatened by the diffi culties inherent in start- With: Kiki Kates, Alexis Miesen and the ing a business, we saw tensions in the group begin to emerge. women of Ingoma Nshya Other fi lms have documented the atrocity of the Rwandan genocide — Sweet Dreams is telling a new kind of story. sweetdreamsrwanda.com Selected Filmography: Rob Fruchtman – Sister Helen, Trust Me, Seeing Proof; Lisa Fruchtman – Directorial Debut Valentine Road 87 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition hen you read a news story about fourteen-year-old Brandon McInerney, Wwho shot and killed his classmate, Lawrence King, for being “too gay,” it’s understandable that your sympathy, outrage, and feelings of loss would all be directed to the deceased. But Valentine Road is really a story of two victims. Both boys were physically abused, deeply troubled, and from broken homes. Neither had any responsible adults in their lives, and both were surrounded by ignorance and prejudice. Th e fi lm unravels the tangled web around Larry and Brandon’s dual tragedy. We follow the criminal trial that gripped the town of Oxnard, CA, for months. Th rough interviews with family, friends, teachers, lawyers, and jurors, Valentine Road portrays an undeniably emotional issue facing schools all over the country. What can communities do to help kids like Brandon and Larry before some- Director: Marta Cunningham TIMES thing like this happens, and what should they do once they’ve failed? [mature] Producer: Sasha Alpert Executive Producer: Jon Murray Thursday 12:20pm Director’s Statement: Marta Cunningham Friday 9:20pm Cinematographer: Arlene Nelson Editor: Tchavdar Georgiev I fi rst heard about Lawrence King and the tragic circum- Saturday 6:20pm Music: Michael Orendy stances of his death from an article in the Southern Poverty Sunday 9:20pm Animator: Duck Studios Law Center’s magazine. Th e coverage that existed seemed to portray the real problem as Larry being “too gay, too soon.” I valentineroaddocumentary.com believed Larry deserved to have his story told in an unbiased way. I called to fi nd out when the next hearing for Brandon, his accused killer, was taking place, and so began the four- year journey that became Valentine Road. Brandon had turned fourteen only nineteen days before the shooting. Were there two misunderstood juveniles in this case? I challenged myself to support the struggle of all citizens to equal rights before the law. It is my hope that this fi lm plays some part in the struggle for justice in the oft en forgotten communities of our nation. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 41 PAGE 42 DOCUMENTARIES Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago 85 minutes | 2013 | USA, Spain | In Competition n the Middle Ages, Catholic pilgrims sought forgiveness of their sins and Iadmission to heaven by walking the fi ve-hundred-mile Camino de Santiago. Today, the Camino attracts pilgrims of all kinds. For some, it is a spiritual quest; for others it is a journey of personal examination; others still are drawn to the intense physical challenge. Walking the Camino accompanies six strangers from around the world as they attempt to walk across Spain — from the Pyrénées to the seemingly endless landscape of Castilla y León — with only a backpack, a pair of boots, and an open mind. Whatever their motivation, no one can predict just how their paths will unfold, what personal demons or angels they will face, or what transforma- tions they will undergo by trail’s end. Driven by an inexplicable calling and a grand sense of adventure, they throw themselves — heart and soul — into both their physical trek and their personal pilgrimage. [subtitles] TIMES Director: Lydia B. Smith Producers: Lydia B. Smith, Sally Bentley, Theresa Coleman Director’s Statement: Lydia B. Smith Friday 9:10pm I fi rst heard of the Camino while living in Barcelona, where Saturday 6:10p Executive Producers: Jacoba Atlas, Kyra Thompson, Dave Davis I worked for six years on Spanish and American television Sunday 09:40am Cinematographer: Pedro Valenzuela shows and commercials. However, it would be more than a Monday 3:10p Editor: Beth K. Segal decade before I realized it was something I needed to do. I Music: JJ McGeehan, David C. Hughes can honestly say that it is impossible to put one foot in front Animators: Marta Ribeiro, of the other for fi ve hundred miles and not come out of it Christopher Purdin changed forever. Taking challenges, I learned, is good for With: Wayne Emde, Samantha Gilbert, both the heart and the soul. Tatiana Jacquot, Anne-Marie “Misa” As diffi cult as the trek was, making a documentary about it has proved to be Misser, Tomás Moreno, Annie O’Neil far more challenging. It has taken me nearly fi ve years to make the fi lm, raising the funds necessary from thousands of individuals. However, the deep fulfi ll- caminodocumentary.org ment I have received has far surpassed the struggle. May this fi lm give you the inspiration to embark on your own “camino,” wherever and whatever that may be! Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut We Always Lie to Strangers 109 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition story of family, community, music and tradition set against the backdrop A of Branson, Missouri, a remote Ozark Mountain town of just over ten thousand residents. One of the biggest tourist destinations in the US, it is visited by more than seven million people a year. At the heart of Branson’s appeal are the more than one hundred stage shows running at a given time that have earned the town the distinction “live music capital of the world.” Th e traditional, family-style entertainment — no cussing, no nudity, no gambling, healthy doses of gospel, and respect for veterans — appeals to an audience with conservative values. As we follow four performing families over fi ve years, we see Branson — like the rest of the country — face economic uncertainty and changes in attitudes on social issues. Th eir stories form a composite both of Branson and of contemporary America. TIMES Directors: AJ Schnack, David Wilson Producers: AJ Schnack, David Wilson, Directors’ Statement: AJ Schnack & David Wilson Nathan Truesdell Thursday 9:30pm When we fi rst went to Branson, we had no idea Friday 3:30pm Executive Producer: Matthew Mills Cinematographers: AJ Schnack, what we would fi nd. Th e town’s reputation is that Saturday 12:30pm David Wilson, Nathan Truesdell it appeals to older, conservative, and religious Sunday 3:30pm Editor: AJ Schnack Midwesterners with lots of music shows by aging Monday 10:00am Music: Mountain Man performers. As one of our subjects noted, Branson seems very simplistic on the outside — like you wealwayslietostrangers.com could paint it in a dozen sentences. But we think you’ll fi nd the surface truth doesn’t match the actuality. For while there is truth to the Branson stereotype, we found that the lives of our subjects over this half decade refl ected a deeper portrait of what it is to live in America at the beginning of the new century, all set against a background of neon, music, and the beautiful Ozarks. Selected Filmography: AJ Schnack – Kurt Cobain About a Son, Convention (AIFF 2010); David Wilson – Big Birding Day (AIFF 2011) PAGE 43 Rolling up our sleeves and getting down to business... Our practice is built around relationships: we recognize the value of being a partner to our clients, not just a bean counter. For new clients the initial consultation is complimentary. 290 N. MAIN ST | SUITE 8 | ASHLAND, OR 97520 V: 541.488-1551 | F: 541.488-1552 [email protected] PAGE 44 DOCUMENTARIES WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL 93 minutes | 2013 | USA, Malawi | In Competition oung Malawian William Kamkwamba (seen in the short documentary YMoving Windmills) teaches himself to build a power-generating windmill from junk parts, successfully rescuing his family from poverty. William meets American entrepreneur Tom Rielly, who helps him imagine the future as they develop a unique, mentoring relationship. As William becomes an icon for energy production in the developing world, fame and popularity follow his achievements, and his life is fundamentally transformed. Th is is the story of a complex young man facing unimaginable challenges, including poverty, famine, and lack of an education, at the same time that he’s being thrust head-on into the Western world. Staggering opportunities and newfound village responsibilities lead to unforeseen confl ict, stress, and cul- tural isolation. As William struggles with his promising future, he privately yearns to distance himself from his famous windmill and to be recognized for who he is and what he may become, rather than for the great things he has TIMES Director: Ben Nabors Producer: Ben Nabors already achieved. [subtitles] Thursday 3:30pm Executive Producer: Director’s Statement: Ben Nabors Friday 10:00am Moving Windmills Project Inc. Cinematographers: Michael Tyburski, William’s story, and the subsequent transformation in his Saturday 6:30pm Ben Nabors life, drew me into his orbit. It was clear that tremendous Sunday 12:30pm Editors: Jonathan Oppenheim, change would take place in this young person’s life, and Monday 9:30pm Carlos Pavan with a deep respect and curiosity for his character, I decided Music: Saunder Jurriaans, Danny Bensi to follow. Gradually this story about a windmill inventor Sound: Luciano Vignola seemed more complex than I could have anticipated. With: William Kamkwamba, Tom Rielly, I believe that documentary fi lmmakers have an obli- Andrea Barthello, Trywell Kamkwamba, gation to represent their subjects accurately and authentically. At times, this can even contradict with our own assumptions of the story. When I began Agnes Kamkwamba this process, I set out to make a fi lm about a young man who built a windmill. Ultimately, I arrived at a story of Western involvement in the developing world, the complexities inherent in providing support, and the consequences of one’s success. I hope you leave the fi lm with questions. Selected Filmography: Moving Windmills (AIFF 2009) The World According to Dick Cheney 90 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition philosophical and psychological examination of former Vice President ADick Cheney — arguably the most powerful non-presidential fi gure America has ever known. Featuring hours of exclusive interviews with Cheney and those closest to him, Th e World According to Dick Cheney charts his journey from a jail house in small-town Wyoming to the inner sanc- tums of the White House. His career spanned four decades, culminating with eight years as the most formidable, most controversial, and in his own words, “most consequential” vice president ever. Th e fi lm illuminates the driving philosophy and complex psychology of a man who has dedicated his life to protecting and enhancing the power of the president. It also tells the story of a patriot from the rugged West, a man loathed by his detractors and revered by his supporters — a man who loves nothing more than his family, his fl y-fi shing, and his country. Directors’ Statement: R.J. Cutler & Greg Finton TIMES Directors: R.J. Cutler, Greg Finton We went to Wyoming and sat with Vice President Cheney for four Producers: R.J. Cutler, days of interviews, fi ve hours a day. He was extremely forthcom- Friday 3:00pm Francis Gasparini ing and giving of his time. And then on the fi ft h day, he invited Saturday 9:30am Executive Producer: R.J. Cutler us to go fl y-fi shing. Even those who disagree politically with Vice Screenwriters: R.J. Cutler, President Cheney will recognize in him many qualities that they Francis Gasparini believe are virtues, qualities that we value in our leaders: a fi erce Cinematographers: Sean Kirby, intellect, total conviction, loyalty, patriotism. Leaders of passion Bob Richman and conviction are crucial to a successful democracy — we are Editor: Greg Finton, A.C.E. far better off with men and women who believe in things rather Music: Craig Richey than those whose only convictions are about getting themselves With: Dick Cheney reelected. But at what point does conviction serve a democracy, and at what point does it harm the democracy? Th at is a really interesting and important question, and one that we explore in this fi lm. Selected Filmography: The War Room, The September Issue, A Perfect Candidate PAGE 45 SUSTAINABLY-RAISED, ORGANICALLY-FED MEAT MEAT CSA Farm Stay! For an unforgettable experience, experie book your vacation at our farmhouse studio, furnished wall tents, or tent site campground. www.willowwittranch.com (541) 890-1998 Located on 440 acres in Southern Oregon’s high country, Willow-Witt Ranchnch produces some of the highest quality, locally grown meat and dairy products available.available ORGANIC BEEF & LAMB PASTURED GOAT, PORK, CHICKEN & EGGS PAGE 46 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES • • SHORT , FILM PROGRAMS Academy Award® nominated and winning short documentaries Oscar® Short Docs 1 Friday 9:30am | 74 minutes Redemption Mondays at Racine Oscar® Short Docs 2 Saturday 12pm | 79 min Open Heart Inocente (winner) For other Academy Award® nominated and winning fi lms see Animation Shorts (page 71) and Short Stories (page 71). Going for Gold: Olympic Shorts with Lucy Walker Sunday 9:30am | 90 minutes The Rein of Mary King Secrets of the Mongolian Archers The Red Pill Crooked Lines Short Docs Thursday 6:20pm, Saturday 3:20pm, Sunday 3:20pm, Monday 6:20pm | 85 minutes I Beat Mike Tyson The Mayor Black Cherokee Like a Dance The Caretaker Cutting Loose AIFF Award Winning Shorts Monday 10:10am See the 2013 Juried and Audience Award winning short fi lms. PAGE 47 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Black Cherokee 21 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition or over a decade, Otis Houston Jr., a self-taught artist from Harlem, has F performed for commuters on NYC’s FDR Drive. Black Cherokee explores this unique artist’s work at a time of great productivity, and signifi cant challenge, as he cares for his beloved father who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. A meditation on family, inspiration, sanity and success, the fi lm is a lyrical window into Houston’s deep sense of duty and the dynamic beauty of his art. Directors’ Statement: Sam Cullman & Benjamin Rosen Filled with irony, satire, social commentary, and enormous com- TIMES Directors: Sam Cullman, Benjamin Rosen Producers: Sam Cullman, Benjamin Rosen passion, Otis’ work forces us to appreciate beauty and meaning Th 6:20pm Cinematographer: Sam Cullman and to remain open to the possibility for art in the everyday mo- Sa 3:20pm, Su 3:20pm Editors: Sam Cullman, Benjamin Rosen, ments that surround us. He makes us sensitive to the potential Mo 6:20pm Lynn True in people. As native New Yorkers who had seen him perform With: Otis Houston Jr., Otis Houston Sr., for years, we were inspired to make this fi lm and go beyond the P L A Y S I N Cynthia Ali, Ben Houston typical highway encounter. Short Docs (p 47) blackcherokeefi lm.com Selected Filmography: Sam Cullman – If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (AIFF 2011); Benjamin Rosen – A Stadium Story The Caretaker World Premiere | 7 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition oesy is a an undocumented immigrant from Fiji. She works as a live-in Jcaretaker for 95-year-old Haru, a Japanese American who was sent to an interment camp during World War II. Joesy sends most of her wages back to her family in Fiji. It is part of her culture to care for others, and she forms a deep bond with Haru, although it is not always easy to provide round-the-clock help for someone nearing the end of life. Directors’ Statement: Theo Rigby & Kate McLean Th is is the fi rst fi lm in the Immigrant Nation series. We set out TIMES Directors: Theo Rigby, Kate McLean to make a fi lm that connects with a wide variety of people on Producers: Kate McLean, Jim Kenney many levels and were looking to explore the relationship be- Th 6:20pm Executive Producer: Theo Rigby tween two people, one giving care, and one receiving care. Th e Sa 3:20pm, Su 3:20pm Cinematographer: Theo Rigby minute that we walked into their house and saw the sweet, lov- Mo 6:20pm Editors: John Kane, Theo Rigby ing, and profound relationship between the two women, we Music: Dan Wool knew that we were in the right place. P L A Y S I N With: Joesy Gerrish, Haru Tsurumoto facebook.com/ImmigrantNation Selected Filmography: Theo Rigby – Close to Home (AIFF 2010), Sin País (AIFF Short Docs (p 47) 2011); Kate McLean – Pot Country Crooked Lines 20 minutes | 2012 | USA, Brazil ilson Eraclito da Silva was the best rower in Brazilian history, the Michael APhelps of his sport. Growing up in a leper colony on the banks of the Amazon river, he faced constant discrimination. Finally, his dream to win a Gold Medal at the 2012 Olympics was within his grasp — until he was disqualifi ed from the Olympic trials for being too heavy. Ailson returns home and faces up to the real reason he can’t control his weight. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Lucy Walker Wow, what a twist! As a documentary filmmaker, it’s important to fi lm what actually happens, not what you thought would happen. I learned this on TIMES Director: Lucy Walker Producers: Arestia Rosenberg, Charleen my fi lm Blindsight. Th e mountaineers I followed Sunday 9:30am Manca, Tracy Hauser failed to climb the mountain but the fi lm was more Executive Producers: John Dukakis, interesting as a result. When something unexpected happens, keep rolling! P L A Y S I N Michael Dyer, Tim Case, Charles Salice, Selected Filmography: Waste Land (AIFF 2011), The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (AIFF 2012) Dana Locatell, Kira Carstensen Going for Gold: Cinematographer: Dudu Miranda Olympic Shorts with Editor: Pedro Kos Lucy Walker (p 47) Music: Maps for Sleep, Stars of the Lid Sound: José Louzeiro PAGE 48 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Cutting Loose 29 minutes | 2011 | United Kingdom familiar salon scene: hairdressers poised, clients in place — haircutting, A blow-drying, and chattering ensues. But these hairdressers are not your typical stylists — they’re all serving time in jail. Cutting Loose provides a snap- shot of prison life during the build-up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. Listen to the dreams and aspirations of some of Scotland’s most dangerous prisoners as they style the hair of fellow inmates — with real scissors! Directors’ Statement: Finlay Pretsell & Adrian McDowall I heard a radio documentary about the hairdressing competition TIMES Directors: Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowall Producers: Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowall and it felt like pure cinema to me. Th ere was so much more I Th 6:20pm Executive Producers: Finlay Pretsell, wanted to discover about the lives of these prisoners and where Sa 3:20pm, Su 3:20pm Adrian McDowall they’d come from and what their plans were for outside. Doesn’t Mo 6:20pm Cinematographer: Martin Radich everyone want to fi nd out what it’s actually like in a jail?! I loved Editors: Mark Jenkins, Susan Korda the idea of the tenderness between inmates, the care they take on P L A Y S I N Music: Matthew Aldworth each other’s hair and the creativity in hairstyling. Short Docs (p 47) Selected Filmography: Ma Bar, Slice One Track Mind, Standing Start Eyes on the Stars 4 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition n January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in O tragedy when the shuttle exploded seventy-three seconds aft er take- off . On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space. But fi rst, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City, South Carolina. Directors’ Statement: The Rauch Brothers Historical fi gures like Ron McNair were everyday people like us before their names were written in history books. Th eir accomplishments and TIMES Directors: The Rauch Brothers Producers: Mike Rauch, Lizzie Jacobs life experiences become defi ned by what they’re Sa 10:10am Executive Producers: Dave Isay, famous for. However, the lesser-known stories Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Donna Galeno from their lives are just as important and tell us Su 12:40pm, Su 3:40pm Music: Fredrik a lot about them. Th is story demonstrates that Ron McNair was always a fear- Sound: Michael Garofalo less person who wanted to go new places and break barriers that others might P L A Y S I N Animator: Tim Rauch With: Carl McNair have thought impossible. Family Shorts (p 25) storycorps.org Selected Filmography: Germans in the Woods (AIFF 2009) Facundo the Great 2 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition amon “Chunky” Sanchez was raised in a small farming community in R Southern California in the 1950s. As was common practice at that time, teachers at his local elementary school anglicized the names of the Mexican American students. Ramon became “Raymond,” Maria became “Mary,” Juanita became “Jane.” But in 2nd grade, Chunky remembers a new classmate who proved to be the exception to the rule. Directors’ Statement: The Rauch Brothers For most of us, our identities are inextricably linked to our names. We might have nicknames that only family and close friends know, or prefer TIMES Directors: The Rauch Brothers Producers: Mike Rauch, Lizzie Jacobs certain versions of our names and detest others. Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Executive Producers: Dave Isay, Th is cartoon examines the cultural signifi cance Sa 10:10am Donna Galeno of names, and what we can lose or gain by what Mo 9:40pm Music: Fredrik others call us. Sound: Nadia Reiman Selected Filmography: Germans in the Woods (AIFF 2009) P L A Y S I N Animator: Tim Rauch With: Ramon Sanchez Animation Shorts (p 71) storycorps.org PAGE 49 We Value Your Trust Employment Law Business Consulting Construction Matters Personal Legal Advice Estate Planning Ashland 541-488-1225 Licensed in Oregon www.ABKlegal.com and California Natural Products Used seeclearlyinc.com Whole House Maintenance t Window Cleaning & More t Ceiling Fans t Water Spot Removal t Chandeliers t Air Ducts t Gutters t Dryer Vents t Awnings t Roof Moss Removal t Blinds Since 1981 t Pressure Washing t Repairs Free Estimates -JDFOTFEt#POEFEt*OTVSFE 541-488-5046 [email protected] Bringing you a Spectacular View of Southern Oregon TO SUBSCRIBE: www.southernoregonmagazine.com PAGE 50 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES FLO 10 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition hotographer Flo Fox has been documenting the streets of New York City P since the 1970s. Now in her sixties and battling multiple sclerosis, lung cancer, and visual impairment, Flo still maintains her feisty spirit and sense of humor. No longer able to hold a camera, she instructs her attendants how to take photos for her. As a hot, young “chick,” she never minded using her looks to get what she wanted; these days she leverages her disability. Director’s Statement: Riley Hooper When the opportunity arose to make a series of short TIMES Director: Riley Hooper documentaries on older artists, I was thrilled. Flo’s in- Producer: Riley Hooper credible and inspiring story necessitated deeper attention Th 9:20pm, Fr 6:20pm Executive Producer: Riley Hooper and a longer piece than the others in the series. Th e fi lm Sa 12:20pm Cinematographer: Riley Hooper was shot over a two day period, and the fi rst person per- Mo 9:50am Editor: Riley Hooper spective shots were achieved by strapping a tripod and Music: Chris Zabriskie camera to her wheelchair. P L A Y S W I T H With: Flo Fox Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Shepard & Dark (p 38) facebook.com/rileymakesdocs I Beat Mike Tyson 13 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition n 2005, an unknown boxer, Kevin McBride, stepped into the ring to face I Mike Tyson. Tyson lost, declaring the match the last of his storied career. For McBride, it was supposed to be the beginning. Instead, it was the begin- ning of the end. I Beat Mike Tyson rediscovers McBride raising his children in a gritty Boston suburb. He continues to box although his body is deterio- rating, and beating Tyson was the only success he ever had. Director’s Statement: Joshua Z. Weinstein I Beat Mike Tyson is a fi lm about a man whose greatest achievements are behind him. But box- TIMES Director: Joshua Z. Weinstein Producer: Joshua Z. Weinstein ing, the only thing McBride ever learned to do Th 6:20pm Cinematographer: Joshua Z. Weinstein well, is how he defi nes himself. Many people Sa 3:20pm, Su 3:20pm Music: John Ferrara wanted me to make the Hollywood version of this Mo 6:20pm With: Kevin McBride story. However, I had no interest in this. What drew me to McBride was the ibeatmiketyson.com ability to explore the eff ects of loss on his psyche, and on those around him. P L A Y S I N Selected Filmography: Drivers Wanted, Flying On One Engine Short Docs (p 47) Inocente Academy Award® Winner | 40 minutes | 2012 | USA nocente is a fi ft een-year-old undocumented immigrant, who has been Ihomeless for the last nine years. She refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be limited by her status. Th e extraordinary sweep of color on her canvas creates a revolutionary world that looks nothing like her own dark past. Irreverent, fl awed, and funny, she now channels her irrepressible per- sonality into a future of her own making. Th e hope in her story proves that her circumstances do not defi ne her, her dreams do. Directors’ Statement: Sean Fine & Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine Andrea Nix Fine TIMES Producers: Yael Melamede, Albie Hecht, For so many homeless kids, being homeless is Saturday 12pm Emanuel Michael, Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine not about sleeping under a bridge. It’s an endless Executive Producers: Susan MacLaury, shuffl e between friends’ couches and shelters P L A Y S I N John Leguizamo, Ryan A. Brooks, Christina that usually ends in the family falling apart un- Weiss Lurie, Jeff ry Lurie der the stress. A true home is as much about Oscar Short Docs 2 Cinematographer: Sean Fine family as it is the roof over your head. (p 47) Editor: Jeff Consiglio Our hope is that viewers can relate to her and love her as a person, and in Music: Rick Witkowski, Vanessa Campagna, Keegan DeWitt turn learn a bit about homelessness and the factors that fuel the problem from With: Inocente a very personal perspective. innocentedoc.com Selected Filmography: War/Dance (AIFF 2009), Life According to Sam (AIFF 2013) PAGE 51 PAGE 52 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Irish Folk Furniture 8 minutes | 2012 | Ireland n Ireland, old hand-painted furniture is oft en associated with hard times Imany would rather forget. As a result, much of the country’s craft heritage lies rotting in barns and sheds. In Irish Folk Furniture, sixteen pieces of aban- doned folk furniture are lovingly restored and returned to daily use. Th is fi lm was made in a green and environmentally friendly way, using local craft s- people and narrators, cheap secondhand equipment, and natural light. Director’s Statement: Tony Donoghue Th e furniture in this fi lm has a long and varied life and that is where its true value lies — not TIMES Director: Tony Donoghue Producer: Cathal Black in the price or the quality of the timber but in Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Screenwriter: Tony Donoghue its social history. One lady cut the middle shelf Sa 10:10am Cinematographer: Tony Donoghue out of her 100-year-old dresser for her newly Mo 9:40pm Editor: Ed Smith acquired television. When the television was Music: David Kitt eventually moved to its own table, she reinstated the shelf herself. Another P L A Y S I N Animator: Tony Donoghue farmer’s favorite goose lived for years in the bottom of his dresser. With: Mary Brannigan, Eddie Coen, Patrick Animation Shorts (p 71) Cahalan, Mikey Cahalan, Sean Gleeson Selected Filmography: A Film From My Parish – 6 Farms (AIFF 2009) Like A Dance World Premiere | 6 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition atalina abandons her dreams to dance professionally when she is diag- C nosed with cancer, but learns something about herself along the way. Director’s Statement: Jill Orschel One of my favorite things about this project is that Catalina’s father, Heimo Ritzinger, did the principal cine- matography — beautiful, expressionistic underwater imagery. A respected director of photography, he is used to working with big budgets. I asked him to shoot with TIMES Director: Jill Orschel their little home video camera. At fi rst, Heimo seemed Producer: Jill Orschel interested in capturing Catalina’s skill as a skier, hockey Th 6:20pm Cinematographers: Heimo Ritzinger, player, and other tough things like that, but I was most in- Sa 3:20pm, Su 3:20pm Shawn Emery trigued with her soft er, more feminine qualities, particularly her love of dancing. Mo 6:20pm Editor: Jill Orschel Like A Dance is about a young woman being forced to let go of the little princess Music: Robin Zimmermann inside herself because she has to deal with the devastation that cancer brings, P L A Y S I N With: Catalina Ritzinger and when I see Heimo’s visuals in the fi lm, I see a loving father’s journey as well. Short Docs (p 47) Selected Filmography: Sister Wife (AIFF 2010) The Mayor World Premiere | 9 minutes | 2013 | USA aul Bridges, the Republican mayor of Uvalda, Georgia (population 594), Pspeaks fl uent Spanish and is integrally connected to Uvalda’s Latino immigrant community. Th is includes his close relationship with the Hernandez family, many of whom are undocumented. Aft er the State of Georgia adopts harsh anti-immigrant laws which make it criminal to drive or house un- documented people, Mayor Bridges stands up for his community and the Hernandez family, at home, and on the national stage. Directors’ Statement: Theo Rigby & Kate McLean When I think “southern conservative Republican mayor,” I automatically have stereotypes running through my head. TIMES Directors: Theo Rigby, Kate McLean When I read a story about Paul Bridges, my stereotypes and Producer: Kate McLean assumptions were challenged, if not shattered, and I was Th 6:20pm Executive Producer: Theo Rigby drawn to contact him. Aft er spending time with Paul and the Cinematographer: Theo Rigby Sa 3:20pm, Su 3:20pm Hernandez family, I’m once again grateful and humbled to Mo 6:20pm Editors: John Kane, Theo Rigby Music: Dan Wool be let into people’s lives in a very intimate way merely because P L A Y S I N With: Paul Bridges, the Hernandez Family I have a camera in my hand. Short Docs (p 47) facebook.com/ImmigrantNation Selected Filmography: Theo Rigby – Close to Home (AIFF 2010), Sin País (AIFF 2011); Kate McLean – Pot Country. PAGE 53 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Mondays at Racine 39 minutes | 2012 | USA very third Monday of the month, two sisters, Rachel and Cynthia, open E their salon to women undergoing chemotherapy. Determined to make their customers feel beautiful, they know each day’s challenge goes beyond painted toes or the right haircut. Th e women bond over everything from hair loss to diffi cult decisions they may need to confront. Th eir experiences rede- fi ne their understanding of beauty and Mondays at Racine redefi nes ours. Director’s Statement: Cynthia Wade I was interested in making a fi lm about why, in the face of a cancer diagnosis, losing hair is such a shocking and TIMES Director: Cynthia Wade Producers: Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan extreme experience. When you are facing potential loss Friday 9:30am Cinematographers: Cynthia Wade, of life, how is it that losing your hair is so devastating? David Teague How you perceive yourself, how others perceive you and P L A Y S I N Editor: David Teague how you negotiate the world all come into question. Th is Music: Max Avery Lichtenstein can be traumatic, but liberating as well, especially when Oscar Short Docs 1 With: Rachel DeMolfetto, Cynthia women fi nd a community that supports their experience. (page 47) Sansone, Cambria Russell, Linda Hart mondaysatracine.com Selected Filmography: Freeheld (AIFF 2008), Born Sweet (AIFF 2010) Open Heart 39 minutes | 2012 | USA, Rwanda, Sudan here is only one free state-of-the-art cardiac hospital in Africa: the Salam TCenter in Sudan. Eight Rwandan children embark on a life or death jour- ney there to receive open-heart surgery. Th eir heart valves are damaged from rheumatic fever, the result of untreated strep throat. Open Heart reveals the touching and inspiring stories of the children, and those who treat them —Dr. Emmanuel, Rwanda’s lone public cardiologist, and Dr. Gino Strada, the Salam Center’s Head Surgeon and Founder. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Kief Davidson Audiences are shocked that children are dying from strep throat — and that rheumatic heart disease TIMES Director: Kief Davidson Producers: Kief Davidson, Cori used to be the number-one killer of children and Saturday 12:00pm Shepherd Stern teens in America, but now it’s nonexistent. People Executive Producer: Geralyn Dreyfous feel deeply for parents who have to trust that doc- P L A Y S I N Cinematographer: Zak Mulligan tors thousands of miles away will save their kids’ Editors: Flavia de Souza, Kief Davidson lives. It was always in our minds that one or more of the children might not Oscar Short Docs 2 Music: Johnny Klimek, Gabriel Isaac Mounsey make it back. Being a parent, it made this journey very diffi cult. (page 47) With: Dr. Gino Strada, Dr. Emmanuel Rusingiza, Selected Filmography: The Devil’s Miner (AIFF 2006), Kassim The Dream Tuyishimire Angelique, Murekatete Marie openheartfi lm.com The Perfect Fit 10 minutes | 2011 | United Kingdom allet shoes may be worn by delicate girls, but they’re craft ed by burly men B whose hands tell another story. A portrait of a perfectionist shoemaker who pounds his soul out making each pair of toe shoes, juxtaposed with a dancer who recalls the early years of her career. Th e world of professional dance as seen through the eyes of a cobbler whose artistry and dedication matches that of a prima ballerina. Director’s Statement: Tali Yankelevich I was trained in classical ballet, and always wanted to make a fi lm on the subject. I danced in pointe shoes for so long, TIMES Director: Tali Yankelevich Producer: Finlay Pretsell and it never occurred to me where they came from. One Friday 3:20pm Executive Producer: SDI Productions of the shoemakers, Patrick, really grabbed my attention. Saturday 9:20pm Cinematographer: Minttu Mantynen Th ere was an incredible energy in the way he worked and Sunday 9:50am Editors: Ling Lee, Tali Yankelevich made his shoes that was hypnotizing to watch. He almost looked like he was dancing — there was a rhythm and a P L A Y S W I T H fascinating synchronization in his movements. From Nothing, Selected Filmography: The Housekeeper Something (p 33) PAGE 54 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES The Red Pill 14 minutes | 2012 | USA aralympian Anjali Forber-Pratt was paralyzed shortly aft er arriving in Pthe US as an infant. Despite daunting obstacles, Anjali now holds a PhD, a world record, and an Olympic medal in 200m wheelchair racing. Th e Red Pill traces the history of disability sports through the personal journeys of Anjali, her mentor Jean Driscoll (eight-time winner of the Boston marathon), Jean’s own mentor, Tim Nugent (who fought for the rights of disabled WWII veterans), and Anjali’s teenage protégés. Director’s Statement: Lucy Walker TIMES Director: Lucy Walker I love the Olympics, but I may love the Paralympics Producers: Arestia Rosenberg, Charleen even more. I am continually inspired by people who Sunday 9:30am Manca, Tracy Hauser respond to life’s challenges by digging deep and Executive Producers: John Dukakis, doing something they may never otherwise have P L A Y S I N Michael Dyer, Tim Case, Charles Salice, done. No one illustrates this better than Anjali. A Dana Locatell, Kira Carstensen bonus on this shoot was learning about the history of disability rights, which the Going for Gold: Cinematographer: Nick Higgins Olympic Shorts with Editor: Adam Parker University of Illinois helped pioneer. Lucy Walker (p 47) Sound: Jon DeRosa, Charles Newman Selected Filmography: Waste Land (AIFF 2011), The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (AIFF 2012) Music: Aarktica Redemption 35 minutes | 2012 | USA hey are gleaners, living on the absolute edge of our society. You see them on Ta lmost every street corner, combing through the garbage, scooping through the slime. Th e prize they pursue? Empty bottles and cans — each discarded con- tainer worth fi ve cents at the redemption center. Redemption is about New York City’s “canners” — the unemployed men and women whose new profession is redeeming bottles and cans they collect in the richest city in America. Directors’ Statement: Matthew O’Neill & Jon Alpert We thought most people collecting bottles and TIMES Directors: Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill Producers: Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill cans were homeless, wrestling with mental illness Friday 9:30am Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins or drug addiction, or the archetype of a bum. But Cinematographers: Jon Alpert, the reality is that in this economy they’re the mar- P L A Y S I N Matthew O’Neill ginalized working poor. Th ese are the people who Editor: David Meneses are living on the absolute edge of society. Th ey want to work. Th e strength and Oscar Short Docs 1 Music: Jonathan Zalben the work ethic of the men and women in the fi lm is astounding. (page 47) With: Walter, Susan, Lilly, Mr. John, Nuve Selected Filmography: In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Revolution, China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province The Rein of Mary King 10 minutes | 2012 | United Kingdom hen she was thirteen, British equestrian Mary King substituted for an Winjured friend, mounted a horse she’d never ridden before, and won the competition. She’s been on a winning streak ever since. Now at fi ft y-one, with three Olympic medals to her name, she balances caring for her husband, children, and horses with the drive to stay at the top level of cross-country equestrianism, the only sport in which women compete equally with men. Director’s Statement: Lucy Walker Mary King is a fascinating fi gure, all the more so because women compete alongside men in her TIMES Director: Lucy Walker Producers: Arestia Rosenberg, Charleen sport, and do at least as well. I wanted to fi lm Mary Sunday 9:30am Manca, Tracy Hauser for personal reasons too. With the Olympics coming Executive Producers: John Dukakis, up in my home country, Great Britain, I was keen P L A Y S I N Michael Dyer, Tim Case, Charles Salice, for one of the fi lms to have a British angle. And though we fi lmed this in Going for Gold: Dana Locatell, Kira Carstensen January (typically not the best time for British weather!), we had gorgeous Cinematographer: Nick Higgins sunshine for our shoot. Olympic Shorts with Editor: Gabriel Wrye Lucy Walker (p 47) Music: Steven Stern, Charles Newman Selected Filmography: Waste Land (AIFF 2011), The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (AIFF 2012) PAGE 55 (FR)ULHQGO\&ORWKLQJ%RXWLTXH $UW*DOOHU\ Specializing in Hemp, Hemp Blends, Organic Cotton & Recycles Materials for Men, Women, & Children LɤɕɜǸȨȽǸǾȵȐ LɄȵɤɜȨɄȽɕ PȣȐɑɜɄȘ0ȨȽȇɴ,ȐȣɄȐ (0DLQ6W$VKODQG PAGE 56 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Reindeer 4 minutes | 2011 | United Kingdom igh above the polar circle in Utsjoki, Finland, thousands of reindeer are Hh erded from surrounding mountainsides where they graze in warmer months. Th e indigenous Sámi people depend on them for food, hides, and farm work. As temperatures fall to -18°C, and darkness settles in by 2 pm, the storybook animals journey slowly across a frozen expanse, exhibiting a breathtaking energy and inexplicable mystery. Th e sound they make is unlike anything you’ve ever heard. Director’s Statement: Eva Weber Originally we were to make a fi lm about reindeer racing — TIMES Director: Eva Weber an ultimate test of strength, agility, and determination for Producer: Gareth Thomas the Sámi people. Unfortunately, when we arrived, racing Th 12:10pm Executive Producers: Cara Speller, hadn’t started due to warm weather and we had to regroup. Fr 12:10pm, Sa 3:10pm Nicola Doring I realized quickly that I wanted to fi lm at the herding pen Cinematographer: Alex Reid Su 6:10pm, Mo 9:10pm Editor: Fiona Desouza where the reindeer are corralled. I wanted to capture the Music: Dennis Wheatley eerie isolation of the Artic landscape, and the sheer adren- P L A Y S W I T H aline rush and excitement of the herding. Survival Prayer (p 39) reindeer-fi lm.com Selected Filmography: Steel Homes (AIFF 2009), The Solitary Life of Cranes (AIFF 2010) Ritual 6 minutes | 2011 | USA | In Competition n HIV-positive man undergoes an unusual but intentional experience — Athe point being to mark an event, a moment in time — through the ancient tradition of hook suspension. Th e result is his moving, ecstatic, electrifying letting go of fear, doubt, and self-hatred. Ritual puts a diff erent face on the adversity of living with HIV, and serves as a reminder of how resilient our minds, and our bodies, can be. [mature] Director’s Statement: Jörg Fockele Ritual is part of Still Around produced by the HIV Story Project in San Francisco. It’s a feature length Director: Jörg Fockele compilation of fi ft een short fi lms about HIV/AIDS TIMES Producer: Jörg Fockele Executive Producers: commemorating the 30-year anniversary of the epi- Thursday 9:00pm demic in 2011. Th e fi lm weaves a diverse slate of stories Saturday 9:00pm Marc Smolowitz, Jörg Fockele Cinematographer: Alexander du Prel into one powerful “video AIDS quilt” of our times to Editor: Ondine Rarey paint an unmatched emotional portrait of how people P L A Y S W I T H Music: In Common Music thrive and survive in the face of long term illness. Spark: A Burning With: Jorge Vieto Selected Filmography: Limbus, Rules of the Game Man Story (page 39) The Secret of Trees 3 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition hat do trees know that we don’t? Th irteen-year-old inventor Aidan Wrealized that trees use a mathematical formula — the Fibonacci Sequence — to gather sunlight in crowded forests. Th en he wondered why we don’t collect solar energy in the same way. Director’s Statement: Albert Maysles As a documentarian I happily place my fate and faith in reality. It is my caretaker, the provider of subjects, themes, experiences — all endowed with the power of truth and the romance of dis- TIMES Director: Albert Maysles covery. And the closer I adhere to reality, the Producer: Susan Carragher more honest and authentic my tales. Aft er all, Sa 10:10am Cinematographer: Albert Maysles the knowledge of the real world is exactly what we need to better understand Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Editor: Rob Hall and therefore possibly love one another. It’s my way of making the world a Su 12:40pm, Su 3:40pm With: Aidan Dwyer, Dr. Rosamond Kinzler, Jack Dwyer, Sean Dwyer better place. P L A Y S I N Selected Filmography: Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens, The Gates (AIFF 2008) facebook.com/focusforwardfi lms Family Shorts (p 25) PAGE 57 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Secrets of the Mongolian Archers 14 minutes | 2012 | Mongolia t is said that from age eight through eighty, everybody in Mongolia shoots — Ia rrows that is. Archery is in their blood, handed down through the legacy of Genghis Khan, who conquered half the world with bows and arrows. Th e story of Mongolia’s Olympic athletes, the artisans who make their tools, and the Buddhist calm that helps them stay on target, is fi lmed against the stunning backdrop of a Mongolian winter. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Lucy Walker Archery is such a mental sport. How do you stay TIMES Director: Lucy Walker Producers: Arestia Rosenberg, Charleen spiritually and emotionally calm in the face of pres- Sunday 9:30am Manca, Tracy Hauser sure? How do you not let what happened to the Executive Producers: John Dukakis, last arrow aff ect your next release of the bow? Th e P L A Y S I N Michael Dyer, Tim Case, Charles Salice, prospect of shooting in 25-below-zero temperatures Dana Locatell, Kira Carstensen was daunting, but the beautiful landscapes more than made up for the cold. Going for Gold: Cinematographer: Nick Higgins Olympic Shorts with Editor: Steve Prestemon Selected Filmography: Waste Land (AIFF 2011), The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (AIFF 2012) Lucy Walker (p 47) Music: Eric Thomas Slomo 16 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition epressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his suc- Dcessful career as a neurologist and moves to Pacifi c Beach, CA. Th ere, he undergoes a radical transformation, changing his name to Slomo and trading his lab coat for a pair of rollerblades. Some think he’s crazy. Others think he’s a genius. Either way, it’s impossible not to be taken with Slomo’s charisma and unique approach to the puzzle of existence. Director’s Statement: Josh Izenberg From the fi rst moment I spoke to him, I found Slomo Director: Josh Izenberg fascinating. Here was a man who totally committed his TIMES Producer: Amanda Micheli life to doing something that, on the surface, appeared Sunday 12:00pm Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg very, very weird: rollerblading in slow-motion, up and Cinematographer: Wynn Padula down Pacifi c Beach, every day. Without stopping. For P L A Y S W I T H Editor: Traci Loth fi ft een years. Yet, with a little digging, I discovered a Music: Nate Sloan, Nick Gage Jake Shimabukuro: Sound: Jeremiah Moore richly layered philosophy that informed his behavior. Life on Four Strings Animator: Alligator Planet Exploring this philosophy, visually accompanied by Slomo’s “beach ballet,” led (page 34) With: John Kitchin to this documentary. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 58 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES Sundays at Rocco’s 4 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition icholas Petron’s grandfather, Rocco Galasso, moved to New York City Nfrom Italy with the hopes of making a better life. For eighteen years Rocco served as owner and superintendent of an apartment building where much of his family resided — until the day they were given notice that their building faced demolition to make way for new apartments. Nick remembers the day when everything changed. Directors’ Statement: The Rauch Brothers Our fi lm examines how family and home can work together to sustain us, and how when one is destroyed, the other can be damaged as well. TIMES Directors: The Rauch Brothers Producers: Mike Rauch, Lizzie Jacobs Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Executive Producers: Dave Isay, Selected Filmography: Germans in the Woods (AIFF 2009) Sa 10:10am Donna Galeno Mo 9:40pm Music: Fredrik, Michael Garofalo, Vanara Taing P L A Y S I N Animator: Tim Rauch With: Nicholas Petron Animation Shorts (p 71) storycorps.org You Don’t Know Jack 3 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition ack Andraka, a high school sophomore, has developed a revolutionary new Jtest for pancreatic cancer. Th e future of science is in the hands of our youth. Director’s Statement: Morgan Spurlock I saw Jack speak at a TED Trial for a TED Conference and I thought, “this kid is amazing!” He is fi ft een years old and he has basically found and created a detection device for pancreatic cancer that is 100% accurate. So the minute I saw him speak, I said there has to be a movie about Jack! Director: Morgan Spurlock Th e fi lm details him, and his journey to fi nding this strip. TIMES Producers: Jeremy Chilnick, Dara Horenblas Screenwriter: Jeremy Chilnick Selected Filmography: Super Size Me, POM Wonderful Presents: The Friday 6:40pm Greatest Movie Ever Sold (AIFF 2011), Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope Sunday 6:40pm Cinematographer: Antonio Scarlata Editor: Marrian Cho P L A Y S W I T H Music: Jingle Punks Sound: Abe Dolinger Life According to Sam Animator: Nathan Love (page 35) facebook.com/focusforwardfi lms PAGE 59 Discover a year-round culinary paradise Photo by Karolina Wyszynska Karolina by Photo proud supporters of the Ashlandchamber.com PAGE 60 FEATURES Aquí y Allá (Here and There) FEATURES110 minutes | 2012 | USA, Spain, Mexico | In Competition edro returns home to his small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico, Paft er many years of working in the US. Having fi nally saved some money, he hopes to make a better life with his family, enjoying everyday moments together, and getting to know them once again. He even dreams of starting a band. But he fi nds his daughters have grown distant, and his wife, Teresa, is overwhelmed with her responsibilities. Just as the family regains their balance, Pedro and Teresa are thrown into turmoil, facing a diffi cult pregnancy and the prospect of a new child. With work opportunities at home scarce, Pedro struggles with the temptation to return North. Aquí y Allá off ers a rare and authentic look into the realities of Mexican life through an exploration of family relationships and a father’s sacrifi ce to give his family an opportunity to succeed in a society that off ers TIMES Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza Producers: Tim Hobbs, Ori Dov Gratch, them little. [subtitles] Thursday 12:30pm Pedro Hernández Santos Executive Producers: Amadeo Director’s Statement: Antonio Méndez Esparza Friday 6:30pm Hernández Bueno, Alvaro Portanet Saturday 10:00am Th e fi lm was an exercise in trusting the community, in Hernández two directions: me in them, and even more so, them Sunday 9:30pm Screenwriter: Antonio Méndez Esparza in me. And the trust of the producers was a blessing. I Monday 12:30pm Cinematographer: Barbu Balasoiu feel extremely grateful that I was able to fi lm the movie Editor: Filippo Conz as I thought it should be — a mixture of documentary Music: Copa Kings and fi ction. We have a feeling that somehow a movie Principal Cast: Pedro De los Santos, opens up a diff erent world. I do believe, and hope, that Teresa Ramírez Aguirre, Lorena Guadalupe we have managed to recreate the experience of living there, and have caught Pantaleón Vázquez, Heidi Laura Solano the spirit of the place. It is a fi lm about home, and about the feeling of home Espinoza, Néstor Tepetate Medina while being far away. ayafilm.com Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Between Us 90 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition wo couples reunite over the course of two explosive evenings when any- Tthing can happen. Grace (Julia Stiles) and Carlo (Taye Diggs) join Sharyl and Joel in their huge, upscale Midwestern home, where we learn that the men are old friends who went to art school together. Th eir lives have gone in dif- ferent directions since then: Joel went into advertising, while Carlo became a rising star in the New York City art world. One couple is on the verge of crum- bling, the other, happily newlywed. Flash forward two years and the couples meet again, this time in Grace and Carlo’s claustrophobic NYC apartment, where the tables have turned. Sharyl and Joel have come back from the brink of splitting up, while Grace and Carlo’s fortunes have changed in more ways than one. Between Us bravely contemplates the unpredictable emotions that simmer beneath the surface of relationships. [mature] TIMES Director: Dan Mirvish Producers: Dan Mirvish, Joe Hortua Director’s Statement: Dan Mirvish Thursday 6:10pm Michael, David Lynch Between Us is based on a hit Off -Broadway play written by Friday 9:40am Executive Producers: Elana Krausz, Christo Dimassis, Victoria Guenier, Dana Joe Hortua, but it is ironically my most personal fi lm. Th e Saturday 9:10pm Altman, Barry Hennessey, Brent Stiefel characters and their circumstances are very much like Sunday 9:10pm Screenwriters: Joe Hortua, Dan Mirvish my own: dealing with marriage and young children, the Monday 6:10pm Editor: Dean Gonzalez struggle between having an authentic artistic career and Cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber, ASC a job that pays the bills, and even the roles of religion and spirituality in a modern life. Th e challenge with adapting P L A Y S W I T H Music: Tobias Enhus, H. Scott Salinas Principal Cast: Taye Diggs, Melissa any play is how to make it more cinematic, and to use the conventions and tools Karaoke! George, David Harbour, Julia Stiles of fi lmmaking to distinguish the piece from theater. Th ere are three main things (page 77) you can do in a movie that aren’t easily done in a play: change locations, move the camera to direct the audience’s eye, and edit to re-alter the natural course of time. We have attempted to do all three, while preserving the essential dialogue, themes, characters and story that made the original play so successful. Selected Filmography: How to Win an Oscar Award, The Few & The Proud, Sheldon PAGE 61 FEATURES FEATURES Buoy FEATURES 76 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition married woman, pregnant with her third child, is stuck in her suburban Ahouse and middle class existence. When she answers the phone to hear a voice from her distant past, she is immediately reconnected with her once central, now neglected emotional anchor — her brother. As the conversation unfolds, their complicated history is revealed, as are the disappointments and challenges of their present-day lives — his narrow escape from a sinking fi shing vessel, her deep loneliness as a parent. Th is minimalistic fi lm is a deeply engrossing, emotionally gripping medi- tation on family, particularly the underrepresented relationship between adult siblings. Th rough its controlled, precise approach, it reveals the deep love, loyalty, and power that binds us to one another, no matter how far away we may seem to drift . TIMES Director: Steven Doughton Producers: Ike Martin, Kevin Sullivan, Director’s Statement: Steven Doughton Thursday 9:10pm David Cress In an age of email, texts, and social media, the phone Friday 3:10pm Executive Producers: Holly Cundiff , Todd Haynes, Jon Raymond call is one of the last remaining places for deep and Saturday 9:40am Screenwriter: Steven Doughton revealing conversations — and it seems to be losing Sunday 3:10pm Cinematographer: Starr Whitesides ground to those quicker, less personal modes of com- Monday 12:10pm Editor: Lindsay Utz munication. In a phone call, we can converse honestly Music: Ben Darwish, Steve DiBenedetto and intimately; the abstract location (you are there Principal Cast: Tina Holmes, and I am here, and yet we are together in this aural P L A Y S W I T H Matthew Del Negro space) prompts us to divulge our most secret thoughts. So this endangered interaction struck me as an interesting space to explore cinematically. Th e An Act of Revenge buoythemovie.com (page 72) people we’ve known the most intimately are oft en the most mysterious to us. For my cinematic phone call, I decided to focus on a conversation between two estranged people with a deep and shared past, each with a need to unburden themselves to, and connect with, the other. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Congratulations 93 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition n a weekend road trip, Jim proposes to his girlfriend Bridget but she says Ono. She asks him a simple and honest question that he can’t quite answer: “Why would you want to ruin this”? Awkwardly, they pretend to be engaged over the weekend for the sake of Jim’s mother (in a humourous and touching performance by Debra Jo Rupp) on the one-year anniversary of the death of her husband. During this time, they discover that the label of marriage might just tear them apart. Congratulations is a heartfelt examination of two peo- ple deciding to move forward aft er disagreeing over the question of marriage, which will leave you questioning what you would do to stay together. [mature] Directors’ Statement: Juan Cardarelli & Eric M. Levy TIMES Directors: Eric M. Levy, Juan Cardarelli Producer: Duane Andersen It all started with the usual question in LA: Executive Producers: Debbie Cooper, What are you working on? Our friend was Friday 12:20pm considering directing an indie feature, but Saturday 9:50am Brian Dietzen Screenwriters: Abby Miller, Brian wasn’t sure if he could leave his job to do it. Sunday 6:20pm Dietzen, Juan Cardarelli, Eric M. Levy A week later, he called and said, “I can’t do it. Cinematographer: Matthew Garrett Can I throw your hats in the ring?” “Yes. Yes Editor: Tony Orcena you can,” I replied. Congratulations started Music: Kim Carroll as a screenplay titled Tetherball, by co-stars Principal Cast: Brian Dietzen, Abby Brian Dietzen and Abby Miller. We all immediately clicked. It was clear we’d Miiler, Kevin Rankin, Debra Jo Rupp enjoy working with Brian and Abby. Th ey were game to tackle our notes on the script. Th ose notes turned into a nine-month, four-way writing process before congratulationsfi lm.com shooting the fi lm. It was a long time, but we developed a trust and friendship in the group, which was important during the shoot and in post-production. Most of the cast and crew were friends and colleagues from previous projects. Th e movie was shot in and around LA over the course of twenty-three days. Selected Filmography: Happy Birthday Harris Malden (AIFF 2009) PAGE 62 FEATURESFEATURES Detroit Unleaded FEATURES 93 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition n a typical Arab-American neighborhood in Detroit, Sami works behind Ithe bulletproof glass of the 24-hour gas station he co-owns with his cous- in, Mike. When Sami’s father was killed during an armed robbery, he found himself burdened with a life he never wanted — a world composed of junk food, magazines, and long-distance phone cards. Aided by a scatterbrained parking lot attendant, Sami and Mike struggle to keep the business afl oat. Th e station becomes more than just a pit stop for rolling papers and off -brand perfume when the beautiful and spirited Najlah walks in, and Sami’s shift be- comes anything but routine. He allows himself to dream of a life away from the limited horizons of a sliding plexiglas window and traditional family bonds. Detroit Unleaded is part screwball comedy, part coming-of-age story about the dreams of second-generation Americans navigating family, love, money, Director: Rola Nashef and friendship while fi nding the courage to build their own future. [language] TIMES Producers: Rola Nashef, Leon Toomey Thursday 3:10pm Executive Producer: Leon Toomey Director’s Statement Screenwriters: Rola Nashef, Heather : Rola Nashef Friday 6:10pm Kolf, Jennifer Gingzinger Detroit is where I have lived for over fi ft een years. It was when Saturday 12:10pm Cinematographer: Keir Yee I moved here that I fi rst saw bulletproof glass in gas stations. Sunday 12:10pm Editor: Nathanael Sherfi eld In every neighborhood, I would encounter men behind the Monday 9:40am Music: Joe Namy glass, their voices muffl ed and their images distorted. I had Principal Cast: EJ Assi, Nada Shouhayib, to ask myself, “Is this the American Dream?” I felt that sitting Mike Batayeh, Mary Assel, Steven Soros in a gas station, for hours on end, must actually distort your own vision of the world — much more than just physically. Detroit Unleaded explores the metaphor of the gas station, this place where hundreds of lives intersect every day. For me it had all the elements of a compelling story, as it embodied a great deal of the Arab immigrant experience without bring- ing to the forefront the issue of immigration, and at the same time leaving room for humor, personal identities, and a larger exploration of culture, race, economics, human loss, and love. Selected Filmography: 8:30 Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes 95 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition manuel has a rich and creative inner life, but living with her father (Alfred EMolina) and stepmother is painfully boring and unfulfi lling. On the verge of her eighteenth birthday — a day that Emanuel prefers to ignore since her mother died giving birth to her — the mysterious Linda (Jessica Biel), moves in next door and changes everything. Intrigued by Linda’s striking resem- blance to her late mother, Emanuel uncharacteristically off ers to babysit for Linda’s newborn daughter. As Emanuel and Linda spend more and more time together they develop a bond that sustains them both. Unwittingly, Emanuel enters a fragile, fi ctional world where she fi nds herself the gatekeeper to a sur- prising secret Linda harbors. To truly save them both, Emanuel must go to a place she has never dared enter before. TIMES Director: Francesca Gregorini Director’s Statement: Francesca Gregorini Producers: Francesca Gregorini, Matthew R. Brady At its core Emanuel is about salvation and redemp- Thursday 12:00pm tion. Unable or unwilling to save ourselves, we rise to Saturday 9:00pm Executive Producers: Jonathan Gray, Paul Schiff , Kenny Goodman, Kevin the challenge to save another and in so doing save our- Sunday 3:00pm Iwashina, Julia Godzinskaya, Michael selves. As a director, part of my ability to fully inhabit Sackler, Alice Bamford the material is because as the writer, it is born from me, Screenwriter: Francesca Gregorini of my subconscious. But it is in the communication and Cinematographer: Polly Morgan collaboration with the actors and department heads that the orchestra in my Editor: Antony Langdon head is given its true voice. I strived to make Emanuel aesthetically bold and Music: Nathan Larson sonically rich, set to a patient but expectant pace, capturing the interplay be- Principal Cast: Kaya Scodelario, tween fear and seduction; like an invitation, saturated with possibility, some- Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Frances where between the hope of a genuine connection and the dread of an unwell O’Connor, Aneurin Barnard underbelly being exposed. It is a world layered with subtext and heavy with mood, grounded in true emotion and yet fl exible enough to stretch its wings emanuelandthetruthaboutfi shes.com into magical realism. Selected Filmography: Tanner Hall PAGE 63 PAGE 64 FEATURESFEATURES The Forgotten Kingdom World Premiere | 97 minutes | 2013 | USA, Lesotho, South Africa | In Competition tang lives in the slums of Johannesburg. When his father dies, Atang Amust fulfi ll his last wishes and bury him in Lesotho, the rural mountain- side country they left years ago to fi nd a better life. Atang feels like a stranger in his homeland, until he reconnects with a childhood friend, the beautiful Dineo, who cares for her HIV-infected sister. But their budding romance is thwarted when Dineo’s father relocates his family to a remote village to hide his shame over his daughter’s illness. Atang cannot forget Dineo. He be- friends a young orphan, and together they make the arduous journey across the rugged mountains of Lesotho to fi nd her. Th e two undergo experiences that force Atang to make peace with the life he led before. When he fi nally reaches Dineo, he is a changed man, but he must overcome one last obstacle to win her heart. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Andrew Mudge Director: Andrew Mudge TIMES Vast and rugged landscapes. Horsemen Producers: T.R. Boyce, Jr., wrapped in blankets moving through snow Pieter Lombaard, Cecil Matlou, Friday 10:10am peaked valleys. Th atched-hut villages lost in Andrew Mudge Saturday 12:40pm time. In Th e Forgotten Kingdom, I wanted to Executive Producers: Chris Roland, make a fi lm that was primarily told visually, Monday 12:40pm Terry Leonard through the colors of the land and the faces Screenwriter: Andrew Mudge of the Basotho people. My own experience Cinematographer: Carlos Carvalho of discovering this mostly overlooked country was like fi nding something ex- Editor: Andrew Mudge quisitely beautiful and unique. My intention was to convey that experience to Music: Robert Miller an audience through the journey of the main character, Atang Mokoenya. Th is Principal Cast: Zenzo Ngqobe, is a man who unwillingly experiences a life transformation when he returns to Nozipho Nkelemba, Jerry Mofokeng, a place that he had long ago chosen to forget. Lebohang Ntsane forgottenkingdomthemovie.com Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut The Kings of Summer FEATURES 93 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition he Kings of Summer portrays the summer aft er freshman year for best Tfriends, Joe Toy (Nick Robinson) and Patrick Keenan (Gabriel Basso). Each boy has issues that he’d just as soon avoid at home. Walking home from a party, Joe stumbles across a secluded spot in the woods and decides it’s perfect for a tree house. He convinces Patrick to build it with him — a hidden place where they can escape from their parents. Biaggio (Moises Arias), a quirky outcast, endears himself to Joe and Patrick and invites himself along. Once the tree house is built, the boys secretly leave home to live in it. Th is visually fresh coming-of-age story develops into a test of friendship as each boy learns that family — whether it’s the one you’re born into or the one you create — is something you can’t run away from. Also starring Nick Off erman, Alison Brie, Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts and Megan Mullally. TIMES Producers: Tyler Davidson, Director’s Statement: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Thursday 6:40pm Peter Saraf, John Hodges Executive Producers: Richard Friday 9:40pm With this movie I really wanted to give a cinematic qual- Rothfeld, Jordan Vogt-Roberts ity that harkens back to early Amblin Entertainment Saturday 9:40pm Co-Producer: Robert Ruggeri fi lms like Goonies and Back to the Future, and combine Sunday 12:40pm Cinematographers: Ross Riege that with something that is very modern in its come- Editor: Terel Gibson dic sensibilities. It was really important to me to send P L A Y S W I T H Screenwriter: Chris Galletta the kids to improv training and get them comfortable Principal Cast: Nick Robinson, enough in their own skin so they were OK just riffi ng Practice Makes Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, and providing those things that literally only a fourteen Perfect Nick Off erman, Megan Mullally, or fi ft een-year old brain could think of. Th is movie is so much about that child- (page 80) Alison Brie, Mary Lynn Rajskub like wonder, that sense of nostalgia, and what it’s like to be that age. It is about walking out of the theater and saying “Being fourteen was the best,” and then “I’m so glad I’m done with that because it was the most painful, awkward time in my life!” But it makes you who you are. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 65 h at to eat where to go | what to do | what to eat Feb. 23, 2012 This Week In Ashland arts | entertainment R | ideas E V E FULLs COVERAGE INSIDE L EricMcFaddenJamsMcFaddenJam S Ashland Daily Tidings Ashland Daily Tidings March 31, 2011 75 cents Your premier entertainment guide for film, theater and activities in Ashland and the Rogue Valley. PAGE 66 FEATURES Pit Stop FEATURES 80 minutes | 2013 | USA he parallel stories of two gay men in a small Texas town unfold. Th ere’s TGabe, a contractor recovering from an ill-fated aff air with a married man, who fi nds solace in his now platonic relationship with his ex-wife, Shannon, and their daughter, Cindy. Th en there’s Ernesto, a lumberyard worker who’s avoiding his live-in boyfriend, Luis, by visiting his former lover, Martin, in the hospital, even though Martin is in a coma. Each endures disappointment, iso- lation, and heartbreak. Each wonders if he will ever fi nd true love. Th eir stories converge when Gabe and Ernesto meet for a one-night stand and discover that they just might be meant for each other. Pit Stop illustrates the search for romantic love in a small town from an unexplored perspective. Director’s Statement: Yen Tan Director: Yen Tan TIMES Producers: Kelly Williams, Jonathan As a gay Asian-American fi lmmaker, I always de- sire to see a broader and more complex range of Thursday 9:40pm Duff y, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele Executive Producers: LGBT characters in cinema. I’m also drawn to sto- Saturday 6:40pm Bala Shagrithaya, Vilcek Foundation ries that delve into the heart of underrepresented Sunday 3:40pm Screenwriters: Yen Tan, David Lowery communities. Pit Stop is a character-driven drama Cinematographer: HutcH that revolves around the lives of two gay characters P L A Y S W I T H Editor: Don Swaynos in a red state small town. In today’s climate, where Music: Curtis Glenn Heath there’s so much discourse over gay rights and mar- Palimpsest Principal Cast: Bill Heck, Marcus riage equality, Pit Stop is my endeavor in diverting (page 79) DeAnda, Amy Seimetz, John Merriman, that debate into something less political but more emotionally grounded: the Alfredo Maduro meaning of love, the meaning of family, and the meaning of connection. Th e playwright Adam Bock once said, “In being specifi c in my work, that’s how universality happens. Everybody is lonely, everybody is afraid. As artists, as we get more specifi c, the universe appears.” Th is is precisely what I seek to achieve with Pit Stop. Selected Filmography: Ciao Redwood Highway WorldFEATURES Premiere | 95 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition eventy-six-year-old Marie (Shirley Knight) hasn’t seen the Oregon coast Sin more than forty-fi ve years. When she learns that her granddaughter is planning a beach wedding, Marie recalls painful memories and gets into an unfortunate argument with her son (James LeGros). Something happened de- cades ago, and as the anniversary of the event approaches, Marie is faced with a dilemma: Should she attend the wedding or keep herself at a distance? Wanting to do things on her own terms, she leaves her Southern Oregon retirement com- munity to walk the eighty-mile journey to the coast along the fabled Redwood Highway. Her sudden disappearance causes her family and authorities to fear the worst, but Marie is off on a grand adventure where she meets an extraordi- Director: Gary Lundgren TIMES nary cast of characters, including Pete (Tom Skerritt) and a lion. Ultimately, she Producers: James Twyman, Gary Kout discovers that you’re never too old to learn about life and about yourself. Also Executive Producers: Chio Mommaerts, Friday 6:00pm featuring Catherine Coulson and many Rogue Valley locales and locations. Guy Mommaerts Screenwriters: Gary Lundgren, Director’s Statement James Twyman : Gary Lundgren Cinematographer: Patrick Neary Th e heartbeat of Redwood Highway is a love story Editor: Gary Lundgren deferred: soul mates who never got the chance to fl ourish, Music: John Askew, David Raines never got off the starting blocks, and the eff ect that has Principal Cast: Shirley Knight, Tom on them and their relationships for the rest of their lives. Skerritt, James LeGros, Zena Grey, I can’t think of this fi lm without thinking of my wife’s Michelle Lombardo, Sam Daly grandmother, Mae Marshall, who was four months pregnant when she lost her husband in World War II. redwoodhighwaymovie.com Or twenty-two-year-old Pamela Marshall, Mae’s daughter, who also lost her husband at a young age. Tragedies like these lurk somewhere in every family tree. And I’m inspired by our fi ctional hero Marie who, at seventy-six, isn’t too old to grow and change. I’m excited by her journey to the coast and hope she represents all of those wonderful, resilient people who lost someone far too young. Selected Filmography: Wow and Flutter (2005), Calvin Marshall (AIFF 2010) PAGE 67 FEATURES FEATURES The Retrieval 91 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition n the outskirts of the Civil War, an orphaned thirteen year-old boy is Osent north under false pretenses by a bounty hunter to return a freeman back to his former slave owner. During their journey south — and towards the unwitting man’s impending demise — the initially distant pair develop an unexpected emotional bond and form a surrogate father-son relationship. As his feelings grow, the boy is consumed by contradictory emotions and must confront his confl icting loyalties: betray the father fi gure he has fi nally found or risk being killed by his gang for insubordination. [mature] Director’s Statement: Chris Eska Th e Retrieval is less of a war fi lm and more of an emotional suspense fi lm. It explores themes that have been important to my previous works — surrogate families, fi nding ways to make connec- TIMES Director: Chris Eska Producers: Jason Wehling, Jacob Esquivel tions in an increasingly isolating world, and re- Friday 12:30pm Executive Producers: Alan Berg, Tom evaluating our actions in order to follow not the easiest path, but the best path. It can be crystallized Saturday 9:30pm Borders, Sibyl Avery Jackson Screenwriter: Chris Eska down to this: Have you fully evaluated your life Sunday 6:30pm Cinematographer: Yasu Tanida to discover if you’re doing what’s best for you and Monday 6:30pm Editor: Chris Eska those you care about, or are you just adhering to societal norms without prop- Music: Matthew Wiedemann, er consideration? All my fi lms originate from themes that are important in my P L A Y S W I T H Jon Attwood life, and I search for the setting and characters that will most highlight these Principal Cast: Ashton Sanders, emotions. With this fi lm, I initially considered setting the story on the Texas Someone Tishuan Scott, Keston John, border or in southern India before realizing that this historical rural setting, (page 81) Bill Oberst Jr., Christine Horn as far away from civilization as possible, would best draw out the emotions. TheRetrieval.com Selected Filmography: August Evening (AIFF 2008) Sparrows Dance 81 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition young woman, struggling with agoraphobia, hasn’t left her New York City Aapartment or even seen anyone in more than a year. Th e woman (Marin Ireland), whose name we never learn, is crippled by tasks as simple as ordering Chinese take-out — she claims to be on the phone or fresh from the show- er and slides the money under the door. When her toilet overfl ows and she is faced with a fl ooded apartment, she has to call the plumber and let him into her refuge. Th e plumber, Wes (Paul Sparks), is funny and compassionate. Remarkably, yet inevitably, they fall in love. But do they ever leave her apart- ment? Sparrows Dance is a delicate mixture of quirks, romance, and drama, utilizing the physical space of a one-bedroom apartment to create an intricate world of solitude that extends far beyond its visible limits. Director’s Statement: Noah Buschel TIMES Director: Noah Buschel It was raining and it was hot on the river. I was crash- Producers: Louise Runge, ing on my friend’s couch. My fi ancé and I had just split Thursday 6:30pm Samantha Housman up and I was having a nervous breakdown. In between Friday 9:30pm Executive Producer: Michaela Conlin nightmares, I thought about how I could get back on my Screenwriter: Noah Buschel feet maybe. Th ere was that strange little script — the one Saturday 3:30pm Cinematographer: Ryan Samul all the agents and managers had told me not to do. In Sunday 10:00am Editor: Brett Jutkiewicz fact, they wouldn’t represent me if I did. I had written it Monday 3:30pm Principal Cast: Marin Ireland, while living in a Tokyo motel for a week a couple of years Paul Sparks back. Th is would be a movie that wasn’t trying. It would P L A Y S W I T H just be what it was. If anyone saw it, it certainly wasn’t going to lend itself towards offi ce cooler talk or Pabst Blue Ribbon talk or any kind of talk at all. My Name is Th is would be the kind of movie you’d probably only fi nd if you were in a lot Your First Love of trouble, crashing on a friend’s couch. (page 77) Selected Filmography: Bringing Rain, Neal Cassady, The Missing Person PAGE 68 FEATURESFEATURES The Story of Luke 95 minutes | 2012 | USA, Canada | In Competition hat is it like to be on the outside? To experience life in a diff erent way? WAnd what happens when you decide that you will not accept your fate, but make your own future? Th is is Luke’s story. Sheltered his whole life by his grandparents, Luke (Lou Taylor Pucci) is a young man with autism whose safe and uneventful world is turned upside down when his grandmother dies. He is forced to live with his dysfunctional relatives who have no patience for him or his senile grandfather, who they quickly force into a nursing home. He is left with his grandfather’s fi nal, semi-coherent words: “Get a job. Find a girl. Live your own life. Be a man!” For the fi rst time in his life, Luke has a mission. He is about to embark on a quest and isn’t taking “no” for an answer. [language] Director’s Statement: Alonso Mayo Since I was a child, I was surrounded by peo- TIMES Director: Alonso Mayo Producers: Nina Leidersdorff , ple with special needs because my mother runs Thursday 12:40pm Julien Favre, Fred Roos an educational center for kids and adults with developmental delay in Peru. I started my fi lm Saturday 3:40pm Screenwriter: Alonso Mayo Cinematographer: David Klein career by making training videos about sup- Sunday 9:40pm Editor: Vikash Patel ported employment programs and have always Music: Mateo Messina been particularly fascinated with autism, especially those individuals who Principal Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, stand close to the line between the normal world and their own. It’s a tough Seth Green, Cary Elwes, Kristin Bauer place to be in, where you are categorized based on your limitations and are ba- sically regarded as a person of lesser value. But just as I have seen many exam- thestoryofl uke.com ples of discrimination and frustration, I have also seen examples of the exact opposite, of what happens when you stop looking at someone’s limitations and just treat them like anybody else. Th at tough place suddenly becomes, for any- body who cares to look, fi lled with surprising achievements and with laughter. Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut PAGE 69 AIFF Monthly Film Series Join us year-round for screenings of independent fi lm! 2nd Thursdays at the Varsity Theatre + other dates and venues Get the details and sign up for our newsletter updates at ashlandfi lm.org CDS IS PROUD TO SUPPORT :_]_jWbWdZE\\i[jFh_dj_d] =hWdZ I;HL?D=IEKJ>;HD EH;=ED A CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS COMPANY USA ASIA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA cdspubs.com 800.388.7575 PAGE 70 SHORTS Our short fi lms are limited only by their length! Exciting new talent, Oscar® nominees and winners, and stories from around the globe. • • SHORT FILM PROGRAMS Animation Shorts Thursday 3:40pm, Friday 6:40pm, Saturday 10:10am, Monday 9:40pm | 69 minutes Fresh Guacamole* Facundo the Great Bite of the Tail Irish Folk Furniture Oh Willy… Sundays at Rocco’s Junkyard Head Over Heels* *Academy Award® nominee Short Stories Friday 12:40pm, Saturday 9:40pm Sunday 6:40pm | 90 minutes The River ASAD* A Fábrica (The Factory) Buzkashi Boys* Curfew** A Short Film *Academy Award® nominee **Academy Award® winner Check out the Family Shorts program (page 25) for family-friendly short fi lms. AIFF Award Winning Shorts Monday 10:10am See the 2013 Juried and Audience Award winning short fi lms. PAGE 71 SHORTS An Act of Revenge World Premiere | 16 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition mbittered by a brutal argument with his girlfriend, a man tracks down his E former lover seeking revenge. [mature] Directors’ Statement: Sam Roden & Nick Hartanto Th e seed of our story comes from the obser- vation that, especially within relationships, we can take out hurt, frustration, and anger on TIMES Directors: Nick Hartanto, Sam Roden uninvolved bystanders. We wanted to explore Producers: Nick Hartanto, Sam Roden power dynamics within relationships: who is Th 9:10pm, Fr 3:10pm Executive Producers: Nick Hartanto, dominant, who is submissive, who “needs” Sa 9:40am, Su 3:10pm Sam Roden whom more, and why. [mature] Mo 12:10pm Screenwriter: Eric Peck Cinematographer: Nick Hartanto Selected Filmography: The Lonely Pair (AIFF 2012) Editor: Sam Roden P L A Y S W I T H Music: Alex Carpenter Buoy (page 62) Principal Cast: Eric Peck, Ciara Hughes, Holly Lynn Ellis ASAD 18 minutes | 2012 | South Africa, USA et in a war-torn Somali fi shing village, an all Somali refugee cast brings Sto life this coming of age fable about a young boy who is faced with falling into the pirate life, or rising above to become an honest fi sherman. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Bryan Buckley Our lead actors came from a family of fi ft een children who had fl ed Somalia to South Africa six months TIMES Director: Bryan Buckley before we commenced principal photography. Th ey Producers: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura, were completely illiterate and had the daunting task Friday 12:40pm Matt Lefebvre, Rafi q Samsodien of memorizing nineteen pages of dialogue with a Saturday 9:40pm Executive Producer: Kevin Byrne Screenwriter: Bryan Buckley director who didn’t know anything but how to say Sunday 6:40pm Cinematographer: Scott Henriksen “yes” and “no” in Somali. And yet, we ended up cap- Editor: Chris Franklin turing a little bit of these boys’ spirit. And a little bit P L A Y S I N Music: Marcel Khalife of a forgotten country’s soul. Short Stories (p 71) Principal Cast: Harun Mohammed, Ibrahim Moallim Hussein, Ali Mohammed, Selected Filmography: No Autographs, The Wake-up Caller, Krug Abdiwale Mohmed Mohamed, Mariya Abdulle asadfi lm.com Bite of the Tail 9 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition our characters — Wife, Doctor, Husband and Sister — all yearn to solve Ftheir problems. Wife is suff ering from stomach pain and fi rmly believes Doctor can cure her. Doctor has no idea how. Husband is secretly hunting for a snake in an empty lot, wearing a beekeeper’s hat. Sister talks a lot, but is she speaking the truth? Life is a constant struggle to fi nd the right answer. Director’s Statement: Song E. Kim Aft er an argument with my mom one day (one of TIMES Director: Song E. Kim those typical arguments that we all have with our par- Producer: Song E. Kim ents), I thought “what is really the right answer?” Each Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Executive Producer: Song E. Kim character in Bite of the Tail demonstrates the diff erent Sa 10:10am Screenwriter: Song E. Kim ways of searching for it, while an amorphous snake Cinematographer: Song E. Kim Mo 9:40pm Editor: Song E. Kim represents the elusive truth. Th e fi lm is a depiction of Music: Dominic Bisignano my search of the right answer. At the end of the fi lm, P L A Y S I N Animator: Song E. Kim my search hasn’t been concluded. Animation Shorts Selected Filmography: Dinner Table (p 71) PAGE 72 SHORTS Buzkashi Boys 29 minutes | 2012 | Afghanistan, USA afi bridles under his father’s insistence that he follow in his footsteps as a R blacksmith. His best friend Ahmad is a penniless orphan. Seeking to escape their destinies, they dream of becoming champion horsemen in Afghanistan’s national sport, Buzkashi — a dangerous form of polo played on horseback. Shot on location in Kabul, Buzkashi Boys is a story of two friends who hope for a better life in one of the most war torn countries on earth. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Sam French I moved to Kabul in 2008 with little knowledge of the country, expecting to be hunkered down Director: Sam French in a bunker. I found instead a culturally complex TIMES Producer: Ariel Nasr Friday 12:40pm Executive Producer: Ariel Nasr country full of stories. We wrote Buzkashi Boys hoping to provide a richer, more intimate view of Saturday 9:40pm Screenwriters: Martin Roe, Sam French Cinematographer: Duraid al-Munajim Afghanistan. Filming in Afghanistan presented Sunday 6:40pm Editor: Nels Bangerter numerous challenges and logistical issues. But aft er a year in pre-production, Music: Jim Dooley P L A Y S I N we convinced nine fi lm professionals to make an ambitious fi lm in a country Principal Cast: Fawad Mohammadi, with little infrastructure, while providing on the job training to emerging local Short Stories (p 71) Jawanmard Paiz, Wali Talash fi lmmakers. [subtitles] buzkashiboys.com Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Curfew Academy Award® Winner | 19 minutes | 2011 | USA t the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister Aasking him to look aft er his nine-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours. He agrees to cancel his ominous plans and spend the evening with Sophia. Richie must work hard to overcome Sophia’s preconceived notions about him. She just might be the spark he needs to bring him back from the edge. Director’s Statement: Shawn Christensen Th e idea for Curfew began when I struck up a conversa- tion with a nine-year-old girl, and realized that, in many TIMES Director: Shawn Christensen Producers: Damon Russel, Mara Kassin, ways, she was smarter than me. Children absorb so much Friday 12:40pm Andrew Napier information, with such an imbued energy, that it can be Saturday 9:40pm Screenwriter : Shawn Christensen awe-inspiring. Adults become jaded as they get older. Sunday 6:40pm Cinematographer: Daniel Katz I liked the idea of exploring a young child full of life, Editor: Shawn Christensen and an adult who still has an inner child buried deep Music: Darren Morze inside him. P L A Y S I N Principal Cast: Shawn Christensen, Short Stories (p 71) Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal, Selected Filmography: Brink Kirsten Holly Smith curfewfi lm.com Dripped 8 minutes | 2011 | France ew York, 1950. Fascinated by paintings, Jack scours the museums all day Nlong. He steals paintings and takes them home — to eat them! Master- pieces are his food and chewing them brings him much delight. But the more paintings he eats, the scarcer they become. Driven mad by hunger, he violent- ly throws paint on canvas. Th e result is unexpected in this delicious French animation. Director’s Statement: Léo Verrier Th e idea for Dripped came from a visit to an art museum. TIMES Director: Léo Verrier It was lunchtime and I was very hungry. When I saw the Producer: Chez Eddy colorful paintings on the wall a bizarre idea came to me: Sa 10:10am Executive Producer: Jean-François Bourrel what would happen if I could eat the paintings and feed Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Screenwriter: Léo Verrier Cinematographer: Léo Verrier myself with pure art? I wanted then to create a movie to Su 12:40pm, show how we feed our imagination. Su 3:40pm Editor: Nicolas Hu Music: Pablo Pico Sound: Ludovic Jokiel Selected Filmography: Amok, Solo Me P L A Y S I N Animator: Nicolas Hu, Jean-Nicolas Arnoux, Léo Verrier Family Shorts (p 25) leoverrier.com PAGE 73 Why should kids have all the fun? STAYSTAYSTAY CURIOUS!CURIOUS!CURIOUS! ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum 1500 E. Main St. Ashland 541.482.6767 www.scienceworksmuseum.org Proud to support CREATIVE. CONNECTED. PERSONAL. eMerge at the Ashland Independent Film Festival IEK$;:K .&&#*.(#-,-( PAGE 74 SHORTS Ernesto 7 minutes | 2011 | United Kingdom even-year-old Ernesto feels left out when he realizes he’s the only kid in Sschool with a full set of baby teeth. In attempting to fi t in, Ernesto resorts to drastic measures to get rid of them. His teeth, however, have other plans, and he fi nds himself the center of attention for all the wrong reasons. Ernesto is a light-hearted musical about a boy learning to embrace his individuality. Director’s Statement: Corinne Ladeinde When enrolling at the National Film and Television School I could not imagine that I would graduate with an animated musical comedy that has been particularly TIMES Director: Corinne Ladeinde Producer: Ali Rumani popular with children and charmed many adults around Sa 10:10am Executive Producer: National Film and the world! Ernesto is my fi rst musical fi lm and hopefully Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Television School, UK not the last. Working with music and picture so closely Su 12:40pm Screenwriter: Benjamin Kuff uor was a challenging but an immensely rewarding process Su 3:40pm Cinematographer: Beniamino Barrese and I hope the audience enjoys the fi lm as much as we Editor: Renata Czinkotai enjoyed making it. P L A Y S I N Music: Alcyona Mick Animators: Benjamin Whigmore, Yousif Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Family Shorts (p 25) Al-Khalifa, Jennifer Torres A Fábrica (The Factory) 15 minutes | 2011 | Brazil t’s visiting day. Lindalva prepares food to take to her son, Metruti, who Iis in a Brazillian jail. He shaves and wears his best clothes to welcome his mother. It’s a very special day for Metruti and he really needs to make a phone call. His mother is willing to risk smuggling a cell phone into the penitentiary for him. A Fábrica is a story of love amidst the harsh reality of the Brazillian prison system. [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Aly Muritiba What excites me to make fi lms is human nature, that it Director: Aly Muritiba can be both good and bad. A man can do disgusting and TIMES Producers: Antônio Junior, Marisa Merlo frightening things, but can also be sweet and lovely. I Friday 12:40pm Executive Producers: Antônio Junior, really like using these human contradictions. In this way, Saturday 9:40pm Marisa Merlo A Fábrica is the most rewarding fi lm I’ve made. When Screenwriter: Aly Muritiba Sunday 6:40pm writing and directing I tried to forget the bad killer, and Cinematographer: Andre Chesini show a man who can be as good as everyone else. Editor: Rudolfo Auffi nger P L A Y S I N Principal Cast: Andrew Knoll, Eloina Selected Filmography: Circular Short Stories (p 71) Duvoisin, Louine Forghieri afabricafilm.com Floyd the Android 4 minutes | 2011 | USA | In Competition loyd the Android is a minimum wage-earning robot who goofs around on Fthe job. When he must change the light bulb at the top of a ridiculously tall building, a little thing like falling off the ladder won’t stop him — even if his only hope to reach safety is a thirty foot tall rubber chicken. He gets himself into trouble, but ultimately always gets the job done. Director’s Statement: Jonathon Lyons I have had a lifelong love of physical comedy. Floyd the Android is my attempt to reproduce the style of the great TIMES Director: Jonathan Lyons silent comedians, like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, Producer: Jonathan Lyons but with some added power of animation. Sa 10:10am Cinematographer: Jonathan Lyons Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Editor: Jonathan Lyons Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Su 12:40pm Music: Nik Phelps, Kyle Gray Su 3:40pm Animator: Jonathan Lyons P L A Y S I N stupix.com Family Shorts (p 25) PAGE 75 SHORTS The Girl and the Fox 6 minutes | 2011 | USA | In Competition lona, a nine-year-old girl, lives in the wilderness with her mother and I father. When she discovers their livestock have been killed, she tracks a mysterious gray fox through a dark, foreboding wilderness. She catches him, but something makes her let him go. When Ilona succumbs to the snow and cold, the concept of survival is turned upside down. Director’s Statement: Tyler J. Kupferer Th e Girl and the Fox is a new foray into dramatic animated storytelling for me and my company, Base14. Th e produc- TIMES Director: Tyler J. Kupferer Producer: Nick Allred tion staff included over 40 talented individuals, including Sa 10:10am Executive Producer: John Kupferer a dozen character animators, half a dozen layout artists, Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Screenwriter: Tyler J. Kupferer and another dozen or so ink and paint artists. It’s safe to Su 12:40pm Cinematographer: Tyler J. Kupferer say about 80% of my time was spent directing such a large Su 3:40pm Editor: Tyler J. Kupferer crew, but it became the most enjoyable and rewarding Music: Jan Morgenstern endeavor of my life. P L A Y S I N Animator: Tyler J. Kupferer Selected Filmography: Duck Heart Teslacoil Family Shorts (p 25) girlandthefox.com Fresh Guacamole 2 minutes | 2012 | USA very day items such as baseballs, dice, pincushions, Christmas lights, Egolf balls, chess, and monopoly pieces cook up a very unusual meal. One of the most unique video artists of his generation, PES (Western Spaghetti) once again surprises and delights with his signature style of stop-motion animation that recycles the familiar and puts ordinary cooking shows to shame! Director’s Statement: PES When I graduated college I landed a job in a large ad agency in NYC. I used my paychecks to fi nance my own short fi lms. I started with live-action, TIMES Director: PES Producers: PES, Sarah Phelps not animation. One day I quit my agency job and Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Sound: PES taught myself how to animate. My ideas come Sa10:10am Animators: PES, Dillon Markey from just living life day to day and thinking about Mo 9:40pm stuff . I make little observations and I take a lot of notes. My friends know just to ignore me when I take a notebook out during dinner. P L A Y S I N Selected Filmography: Western Spaghetti (AIFF 2009) Animation Shorts (p 71) Head Over Heels 11 minutes | 2012 | United Kingdom ft er many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown apart: he Alives on the fl oor and she lives on the ceiling. Th ey live separate, parallel lives in the same house, never talking, barely even looking at each other. When Walter discovers a long-lost memento of their wedding day, he tries to reignite their old romance. But it brings their equilibrium crashing down, and the couple that can’t agree which way is up must fi nd a way put their marriage back together. Director’s Statement: Timothy Reckart TIMES Director: Timothy Reckart Th e idea for Head Over Heels jumped out at me from a Producer: Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly 1632 painting by Rembrandt called Th e Philosopher in Executive Producer: National Film and Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Meditation. Th ere’s a spiral staircase in the corner that is Sa 10:10am Television School, UK Screenwriter: Timothy Reckart symmetrical, as if it could also be used by someone living Mo 9:40pm Cinematographer: Chloë Thomson on the ceiling. I imagined two people sharing a staircase Editor: James Taylor Music: Jered Sorkin like that and began to wonder who they were and how P L A Y S I N Sound: Axle Kith Cheeng they ended up that way. Animators: Timothy Reckart, Sam Turner Animation Shorts Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut (p 71) headoverheelsfi lm.com PAGE 76 SHORTS Junkyard 18 minutes | 2012 | Belgium, Netherlands man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie. Right before he dies, a Achildhood friendship fl ashes before his eyes. [mature] Director’s Statement: Hisko Hulsing Junkyard is in many respects a classical handmade ani- mation fi lm. With a small team we made 25,000 drawings over a period of six years. Inspired by 17th century Dutch paintings, I painted 130 huge backgrounds with oil paint on canvas. I wanted a rough and realistic visual style, Director: Hisko Hulsing TIMES because Junkyard tells a rough and realistic story, based Producers: Arnoud Rijken, Michiel on my own dark experiences with close childhood friends Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Snijders, Willem Thijssen, Hisko Hulsing Executive Producer: Arnoud Rijken that started their criminal careers at a very young age. Sa 10:10am Screenwriter: Hisko Hulsing Selected Filmography: Harry Rents a Room Mo 9:40pm Cinematographer: Hisko Hulsing Editor: Hisko Hulsing P L A Y S I N Music: Hisko Hulsing Animation Shorts Sound: Jeroen Nadorp (p 71) Animators: Stefan Vermeulen, Hisko Hulsing illuster.nl Karaoke! 12 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competitiom n a fun night out with his friends at a karaoke bar in New York City, OChris hides from his problems. As the night goes on, we realize that Chris has been getting, and ignoring, multiple phone calls. Th e next day, his girlfriend decides to answer his phone, and he is no longer able to avoid the situation he must confront. Director’s Statement: Andrew F. Renzi Karaoke! is a fi ctional representation of the three-year time period before my father passed way and the anxieties TIMES Director: Andrew F. Renzi Producers: McCabe Walsh, Garrett Fennelly associated with somehow being unavailable when he Th 6:10pm, Fr 9:40am Executive Producers: Josh Mond, Antonio would need me most. I spent much of my early twen- Sa 9:10pm , Su 9:10pm Campos, Sean Durkin ties battling that responsibility to my family while also Screenwriter: Andrew F. Renzi Mo 6:10pm falling into traps of denial and escapist behavior. For Cinematographer: Joe Anderson me, Karaoke! explores having something omnipresent Editor: Dean Marcial Music: Josh Kessler in your mind that you just don’t always want to deal P L A Y S W I T H Composers: Saunder Juriaans, Daniel Bensi Principal Cast: Brady Corbet, Clémence with or confront. Between Us (p 61) Poésy, Alison Bartlett Selected Filmography: The Fort thekaraokefi lms.com My Name is Your First Love 14 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition uring the summer of 1985, Christian, a listless thirteen-year-old boy Dliving in suburbia, is employed as a gardener by Geena, his beguiling twenty-something neighbor. He suddenly discovers a purpose for life: caring for Geena’s garden. When Geena recognizes his level of devotion, a moment of reckoning transforms them in ways neither could have anticipated. Director’s Statement: Robert Richert I was fl oored by the vivid imagery and tangible characters in this script by Darren Anderson. I took TIMES Director: Rob Richert a close look at the Polish TV series Decalogue 6 and Producer: Darren Anderson Th 6:30pm Screenwriter: Darren Anderson also focused on the character of the light and the Fr 9:30pm, Sa 3:30pm Cinematographer: Daryn DeLuco handling of suburbia in Th e Virgin Suicides. Particular Su 10am, Mo 3:30pm Editor: Rob Richert Music: Drew Campbell attention was paid to avoiding the laughs we could Principal Cast: Owen Campbell, Tonya have gotten from showcasing how ostentatious the eighties were, or trivializing Glanz, Chloe Hyman, Sawyer Novack, the devotion and dedication that our young protagonist feels for his neighbor. P L A Y S W I T H Erica Berg Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut Sparrows Dance (p 68) mynameisfi lm.com PAGE 77 L O C A L HANDCRAFTED ORGANICO CREATING COMMUNITY One Loaf at a Time. FEEDING SOUTHERN OREG ON & BEYOND SINCE 2010. F I N D T H E D E L I C I O U S N E S S @ sunstonebakery.com Y U M ! PAGE 78 SHORTS Oh Willy... 17 minutes | 2011 | Belgium, France, Netherlands aving rejected her nudist lifestyle years before, Willy goes home to visit Hhis dying mother. When she dies soon aft er, Willy tries to return to the naturist community where he grew up, but it proves to be too much for him. He runs into the nearby woods, where he embarks upon an unexpected — and somewhat hairy — adventure. [mature] Directors’ Statement: Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels TIMES Directors: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels We had a very low-tech approach and wanted to create a Producers: Ben Tesseur, Nidia Santiago sense of wide open space on set without relying too much Th 3:40pm, Fr 6:40pm Executive Producer: Ben Tesseur Screenwriters: Emma De Swaef, on post-production. We constructed most of the sets and Sa10:10am Marc James Roels puppets at a lovely French studio, then drove to a Belgian Mo 9:40pm Cinematographers: Emma De Swaef, studio for the shoot. It took four months, and by the end Marc James Roels we were sleeping in the studio next to the sets on a very P L A Y S I N Editors: Dieter Diependaele, uncomfortable fold-out bed so we wouldn’t waste any time Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels Animation Shorts Music: Bram Meindersma commuting! (p 71) Animators: Andreas De Ridder, Alice Selected Filmography: Emma De Swaef – Zachte Planten, Calm; Marc James Tambellini, Steven De Beul, Emma De Swaef Roels – A Gentle Creature, Concern The Other Side 23 minutes | 2012 | USA, Israel | In Competition lienated from his friends and haunted by his brother’s death, a young AIsraeli boy sparks an unusual friendship with a Palestinian boy from the other side of the West Bank separation wall. However, as the political divide intensifi es, can this wordless, and unseen, relationship overcome the seemingly inevitable escalation of confl ict manifested by the wall’s towering presence? [subtitles] Director’s Statement: Khen Shalem Director: Khen Shalem Th e Other Side is a short fi lm that deals with the com- TIMES Producer: Paul Robinson plicated and oft en misunderstood relationships between Thursday 3:20pm Executive Producer: Shannon Fischer Israelis and Palestinians. Although it is an imaginary Screenwriter: Khen Shalem story, perhaps even a fantasy, my inspiration to write Friday 9:50am Cinematographer: Paul Robinson Sunday 12:20pm it came from true events and from the diffi cult reality Editor: Khen Shalem that currently exists. It is a story that I hope will help to Music: Nate Connelly promote a greater understanding about, and even P L A Y S W I T H Animator: Hanan Yehieli Principal Cast: David Fuerstein, among, Israelis and Palestinians. [subtitles] Before the Spring Hanan Yehieli After the Fall (p 30) Selected Filmography: On The Road to Tel-Aviv (AIFF 2009) facebook.com/THEOTHERSIDEMOVIE Palimpsest 18 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition man (Joel Nagle) provides a unique type of therapy to his clients by A“tuning houses,” listening for subtle clues of disharmony in their homes. Palimpsest is a fi lm about the elusive forces at play in relationships and the tangible remnants of memory in the spaces around us. Director’s Statement: Michael Tyburski Palimpsest stems from an interest in the minute details that can alter domestic spaces. Our immediate environ- ments are fl ooded by a range of sounds, scents, and colors TIMES Director: Michael Tyburski Producer: Ben Nabors that we may not be aware of, but can have a deep, psycho- Thursday 9:40pm Executive Producer: {group theory} logical eff ect on our daily lives. Th e city, with its orchestra Saturday 6:40pm Screenwriters: Ben Nabors, of sounds, drives our main character’s passionate search Sunday 3:40pm Michael Tyburski for the perfect harmonic balance while also providing a Cinematographer: Todd Banhazl likely backdrop for such an unusual occupation. Editor: Jennifer Lame P L A Y S W I T H Music: Matt Abeysekera Selected Filmography: Angelfi sh Pit Stop (p 67) Principal Cast: Joel Nagle, Kathleen Wise palimpsestfi lm.com PAGE 79 SHORTS Practice Makes Perfect 4 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition n a rite of adolescent passage, a young teen practices kissing to prepare for a I big date. Will practice make perfect? Director’s Statement: Vance Malone We fi lmed this on the Red Scarlet over the course of one day and one evening. I was inspired by reading the script and remembering my own experiences and struggles to give a fi rst kiss. TIMES Director: Vance Malone Producer: Sarah McMurray Selected Filmography: Losing Lusk (AIFF 2006), Axioms of A Dishwasher Th 6:40pm Executive Producer: Michael Di Girolamo (AIFF 2010), The Poodle Trainer (AIFF 2010) Fr 9:40pm, Sa 9:40pm Screenwriter: Mark Pallis Su 12:40pm Cinematographer: Marc Greenfi eld Editor: Tessa Davis P L A Y S W I T H Music: Andrew Feltenstein Principal Cast: Alex Calloway, Chloe Carrol The Kings of Summer (p 65) facebook.com/moviepracticemakesperfect The River 1 13 minutes | 2013 | USA | In Competition n a sweltering hot day, a very pregnant Maria (Lauren Ambrose), O desperate for a cooling swim, encounters obstacles on her path to the river. Work schedules, mechanical failures, and complex human relationships all seem to be conspiring against her. Maria must rely on her “loving-kindness practice” to improvise the path to a much-needed swim. Featuring Jay O. Sanders, Adam Driver, Michael C. Hall, Kate Skinner, and Ron McLarty. [language] Director’s Statement: Sam Handel Th e idea initially hatched upon learning of my wife’s TIMES Director: Sam Handel Producers: Lauren Ambrose, Brandon pregnancy and realizing that she would be ridiculously Friday 12:40pm Taylor, Julie Webster, Sam Handel pregnant during the summer months. I wanted to create Saturday 9:40pm Screenwriter: Sam Handel a strong lead character with a clear and relatable goal. To Sunday 6:40pm Cinematographer: Eric Branco capture the sense of place, I shot with a local crew, many Editor: Sam Handel Music: Rob Sanzone with little or no experience in fi lmmaking. Th e talent Principal Cast: Lauren Ambrose, P L A Y S I N Jay O. Sanders, Adam Driver, Ron Mclarty, that everyone brought to the set was humbling, and Short Stories (p 71) Kate Skinner reinforced my love of our little mountain town. facebook.com/therivershort Selected Filmography: I’m Coming Over (AIFF 2012) A Short Film 3 minutes | 2011 | USA | In Competition short Western fi lm with short actors, short horses, and long credits. A A Short Film stars Marty Klebba of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and Dusty the Wonder Pony. Th is is the simplest and possibly the funniest short fi lm ever made. All for the sole purpose of making the fi lmmaker’s wife — and you — laugh. Director’s Statement: Rick Williamson A Short Film was created when my wife was laid off from her job in Los Angeles. She got a severance package from the company that she worked for, but TIMES Director: Rick Williamson Producer: Regina Redwing she was a little depressed. I told her that if she gave me Friday 12:40pm Executive Producer: Rick Williamson a portion of that money I would make her a fi lm that Saturday 9:40pm Screenwriter: Rick Williamson would make her laugh. I did and she laughed! Some- Sunday 6:40pm Cinematographer: Dustin Cornelius times challenges in life are the best opportunities. Editor: Dustin Cornelius Selected Filmography: The Seventh Man, The Gift P L A Y S I N Music: Dustin Cornelius Principal Cast: Marty Klebba, Dusty Short Stories (p 71) blacktriumphproductions.com PAGE 80 SHORTS Someone 6 minutes | 2012 | USA | In Competition hile walking home from school, a young boy discovers the body of a W dead homeless man. At fi rst, this strange introduction to mortality in- spires fear in the boy, but his emotions soon evolve into a curious fascination. Someone explores a sudden awareness of death and subsequent consideration of identity through the experience of one unburdened by adult etiquette. Director’s Statement: Josh Lunden I made Someone shortly aft er packing up everything I owned and moving from Tennessee to Oregon. As TIMES Director: Josh Lunden a fi rst-time fi lmmaker, I made every rookie mistake. I Producer: Ben Mercer even ignored W. C. Fields and worked with a kid. (For Fr 12:30pm Executive Producer: Josh Lunden the record, Ethan was the least stressful aspect of the Sa 9:30pm, Su 6:30pm Screenwriter: Josh Lunden shoot.) Fortunately, I had a dedicated crew who went Mo 6:30pm Cinematographer: Gary Nolton above and beyond to see the fi lm through. I’m proud of Editor: Ben Mercer what we accomplished. P L A Y S W I T H Sound: New North Sound Principal Cast: Ethan Van Der Merwe, Selected Filmography: Directorial Debut The Retrieval (p 68) Bruce Jennings mercerlunden.com/someone Tuurngait 1 6 minutes | 2011 | France child wanders away from his village, fascinated by a wild bird — or is it a A tuurngait, a mythological Inuit spirit? His father follows on his trail, determined to fi nd the boy before he gets lost on the ice fl oe. Director’s Statement: Paul-Emile Boucher We worked as a group of fi ve students for over a year to create Tuurngait, our graduation fi lm at Supinfocom Arles. We wanted to tell a short story, for a broad audience, and we wanted to tell it in TIMES Director: Paul-Emile Boucher Producer: Supinfocom, France the most immersive way we could. Sa 10:10am Executive Producer: Francis Guillot Selected Filmography: Evasion Sa 12:40pm, Sa 3:40pm Music: Pearup Media Su 12:40pm Sound: Lucas Héberlé Animators: Paul-Emile Boucher, Remy Su 3:40pm Dupont, Benjamin Flouw, Mickaël P L A Y S I N Riciotti, Alexandre Toufaili Family Shorts (p 25) tuurngait-movie.com A Midsummer’s Dream Bed & Breakfast 496 Beach St, Ashland OR 97520 541-552-0605 • 877-376-8800 453 Allison Street • Ashland www.amidsummer.com (541) 488-2302 [email protected] PAGE 81 the AIFF team AIFF TEAM Mission The Southern Oregon Film Society celebrates the diversity of human experience through the art of independent fi lm — enriching, educating and inspiring audiences of all ages. Board of Directors Ted Loftus President Ed McNulty Past President Pam Leandro Notch Vice President Beth Hoff mann Treasurer Paul Adalian Secretary Cathy Carrier Jerry Kenefi ck Michael Moore Maylee Oddo Sandi Risser AIFF Board of Directors (left to right): Jerry Kenefi ck, Paul Adalian, Pam Leandro Notch, Karen Karen Smith Smith, Cathy Carrier, Sandi Risser, Maylee Oddo, Ted Loftus, Michael Moore, Beth Hoff mann. Not pictured: Ed McNulty. Advisory Council The Ashland Independent Film Festival gratefully acknowledges the tireless dedication of Robert Arellano the community leaders, past and present, whose vision, passion and dedication make our support of independent fi lm possible. Susan Cain Jack Davis Katharine Flanagan Board Emeritus Lee Fuchsmann Deborah Ameen Ron Hulteen* Mary Pat Parker Jeff Golden Anne Ashbey* Carol Jensen Darrel Pearce Judith Helfand William Baine Calvin Kennedy Amy Richard Gerald Hirschfeld Claudia Ballard Joanne Kliejunas Pokii Roberts Annie Hoy Jim Batzer Kristos Jane Sage* Miles Inada Zack Bell Phylis Leilani Jim Teece* Gary Kout Rick Bleiweiss John Love Howard Schreiber David Margulies Jeff Blum Sylvia Medeiros* Ken Wells Vince Porter Brooke DeBoer Beasy McMillan Doreen Ambrosio Jared Rennie Karen DeSantis Ron Mogel (DW) Wood John Schweiger Joanne Feinberg Tamara Mohlman Steve Wood* Joan Thorndike Greg Fredrick Janeen Olsen Eli Turner Lyle Halprin Linda Otto* *Past President PAGE 82 AIFF TEAM Staff Seasonal Staff Kieran Henthorn* Programming Team Ashland St. Cinemas Anne Ashbey Bruce Hostetler Manager Director of Programming Festival Production Manager Joanne Feinberg Executive Director Awna Zegzdryn Allison Sturges Joanne Feinberg Event Coordinator Senior Programmers Festival Assistant Wendy Conner Director of Programming Greg Babush Darrel Pearce* Kathy Carter Festival Technical Wendy Conner Publications Coordinator Director Volunteer Programmers Operations Manager Robin Williams Aura Johnson Projectionists Box Offi ce Manager Judy Plapinger Sean Sullivan Peter Halter John Stadelman* Operations/ Suzanne McQueen Chris Simpson Systems Coordinator Historic Ashland Alex Fountain Volunteer Film Screeners Armory Manager Aaron Ridenour Regina Ayars Laura Pfi ster Preston Moser Jana Carole* Development Coordinator Travis Chaney* & Filmmaker Liaison Sacha Davidsohn Marla Estes Steve Fenwick Debi Holcombe Joanie Keller-Hand* AIFF Staff (left to right): Robert Levin* Anne Ashbey, Sean Maylee Oddo Sullivan, Laura Pfi ster, Louise Pare* Joanne Feinberg, Dana Rose* Bruce Hostetler, Helen Rosen Wendy Conner Carolyn Shaff er April Staples Jennifer Stoke* Marty Thommes* Mandy Valencia Nina Winans Mary Zvonek* Proud to support the ashland independent film festival. PAGE 83 VOLUNTEERS Are you having a good time? Well, that’s because of all of the people listed here. We are humbled, we are grateful and we have deep love for this tremendously loyal and incredibly generous team who make up the AIFF volunteer family. 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Gross Kori Calvert Cathy DeForest Arminda Ferris Heidi Grossman Scott Calvert Frank DeMarco John Ferris Sarah Hamilton Mary Canfi eld Pam Derby Rae Ellen Fields Daniel Hamnett Jana Carole Christa Diamant Claire Fincher Dorothea Hatch Brandy Carson Lawrence Diamant Kathryn Finwall Jim Hatfi eld Christer Cederroth Jeanne Dickson Joseph Fisher Kimberly Hauschild Victor Chieco Gary Dickson Barbara Fisher Barbara Helfand Ellen Cianciarulo Maria DiMaggio A.P. Fitzpatrick Anne L. Henry Joan Cohen Elizabeth Dinse Jim Flint Barbara Hetland Greg Conaway David Doi David Florian Judith Hill Kathy Cooper Suzanne Duncan Carole Florian Gerald Hirschfeld Christine Norton Cotts Holly Easton Mary Lou Follett Polly E. Hodges Richard Dalmaso Ida Edwards Joy Fosster John Holloway PAGE 88 MEMBERS Leigh H. Hood Ron Mogel Susan Saladoff Sarah Walker Hannah Horn Mike Mooney Mark Schoenleber Charles Walker Joe Horn Deborah Morgan Elizabeth Schoenleber Joyce Ward Barbara Horton Beth Murphy Mary Schomburg Chris Wasgatt Tommy Hulick Janet Murphy Howard Schreiber Nicole Wasgatt Amanda Iles Sam Murphy Art Schreiber Lucretia Weems Miles Inada Kate Nehrbass Janet Schreiber George Westermark Carol Ingelson Antoinetta Neville Patty Seereiter Carol Whitelaw Jenet Johnsen Kevin Neville Robert Serrett John Whitelaw Sara Johnson Judith Newton Karen Serrett Scott Whitman Helen Jones Patricia Newton Carolyn Shaff er Davis Wilkins Th alia Keple Jacque Notrica Louise Shawkat Dan Williams Raul Keple Diane Olsen David Shepard Debbie Williams Andrea King Donald Olson Paul Siegel Suzanne Willow Sandra Kipp Emery Marlene Olson Terri Siegel Nina Winans John Kloetzel Patricia Lynn Orrell Doug Sierka Paul Winans Susan Knapp James Pagliasotti Ann Sierka Lanita Witt John Koch Louise Pare Steve Sincerny Vince Wixon Patti Kramer Heidi Parker Patricia Siskind Patty Wixon Laurie Kurutz Mary Pat Parker Karen Spence Frann R Wolfe Yvonne LaLanne Jacqueline Parker Susan Springer Debra Wolfson David Lane Shirley Patton Constance Stallings Susan Yates Patti Lane Darrel Pearce Barbara Stankus Rick Young Kelly Lavino Stephanie Peterson Mark Stein Linda Young Tim Learmont Joe Peterson Stephanie Stewart Arleen Zack Karen Leng Jane Petitmermet Marge Sutton Albie Zajack Marjorie Lininger Susanne Powell Roy Sutton Elisabeth Zinser Gregg Lininger John Pratt Roy Sutton …and all our newest Peter Linington Leon Pyle Marge Sutton supporters and anyone Jean Linington Janet Rafalovich Carol Swanson we inadvertently left out. Nancy Lynn Janet Reavis Gary Swanson Karen MacInnes Stan Redkey Elaine Sweet Jeanne Marinak Deborah Rennie Dick Sweet Your membership Sarah Marshank Zachary Rich Arlene Tayloe provides vital Steven Marshank Ed Rizzuti Jeanne Taylor support that allows Stan Mazor Joan C. Roberts Juli Teitelbaum us to continue our Maurine Mazor Courtney Rogmans Audrey Th ompson year-round cultural Marilyn McAndrews Helen Rosen Peggy Th ompson and educational Donald McNair Kathy Rosengren Joan Th orndike programs. Donna McNair Larry Rosengren Heidi Timko Thank you! Sue Mendelson Michael Ross BJ Turner Nancy Mendenhall Wendy Ross Richard Twiest Christine Menefee Brady Rubin Lynn Twiest Susan Miller Susan Rust Marshall Umpleby Carolyn Mitchell Sue Sager Mimi Umpleby ashlandfi lm.org Stanley Mitchell Samantha Sager Audrey A Wagner PAGE 89 THANKS Advanced Photo Imaging Janet Eastman Jessica Piekielek Agave Len and Karen Eisenberg Emma Pierotti AIFF Filmmakers Esalen Institute Leo Pierotti Barbara Allen & Jim Batzer Ashley Ensign Louis Pierotti AlleNorth Properties Marla Estes Port Townsend Film Festival Amelia Arapoff Ben Feinberg Vince Porter Robert Arellano Claudia and Martin Feinberg Printfast Ashland High School Grizzlies Jack Feinberg Project A Staff Football Team Rachel Feinberg Bill Rauch Ashland Home Net Staff John Fields Real Estate Depot Ashland Schools Foundation Alex Georgevitch Jared Rennie BD Metalworks, Beth Dolos Brandon Givens Jane Robison Ben Bellinson Bob Graybill and Carol Couch Dale and Kim Rooklyn BendFilm Festival Greenleaf Restaurant Marco Rosichelli Jennifer Brian Miles Inada David Ruppe Ralphie Brian Dave Kanner Sue and Bill Sager Britt Festivals Jerry Kenefi ck Cynthia Scherr Brothers Restaurant Carly Koerner Soroptimist International Victor and June Buccina Martha Kongsgaard of Ashland Susan and Rob Cain Hannah Leone, SOU Intern SOU Digital Media Center Ellie Carter Gary and Anne Lundgren SOU Emerging Media and Laurie and Bob Carter Katherine Mahoney and Ted Loft us Digital Arts Scott Carter Carl Marsak Southern Oregon Audio Visual Robert Clift Alan and Mary Miller Southern Oregon University Mavis Cloutier Carolyn Moeglein Mark Stein Elizabeth Colbert Casey Murdock Brent Streeper Jean and Joe Collogne Napa Valley Film Festival Finnian Sullivan Chance Conner Skip Newberry Kate and Jack Sullivan Harper Conner Ashley Nunes Casey Swanson, SOU Intern Paris Conner Karin Onkka Th e Synopsis Savant Rich Conner Oregon Shakespeare Festival Bob and Barbara Tricarico Sid and Karen DeBoer Linda Otto Rick Turoczy Debra Th ornton Photography Erik Palmer Mandy Valencia Anne Decker Louise Pare Varsity Th eatre Staff Diane DeMerritt and Daniel Hamnett Bill Patridge Randy Voris Hillary Demmon Marina Pecoraro Lucy Walker Julie Downey, Gateway Real Estate Michael Pena Park Walker Sean Downey Gracie Pfi ster Christi Wruck Sabrina Doyle Sean Pfi ster Michelle and Jeff Zundel PAGE 90 SCHEDULE THURSDAY 4/4/13 VARSITY 1 VARSITY 2 VARSITY 3 VARSITY 4 VARSITY 5 ARMORY ASHLAND SPECIAL 188 seats 95 seats 146 seats 30 seats 40 seats 500 seats ST. CINEMA EVENTS 156 seats 9am 12pm | Feature | 12:20pm | Doc | 12:40pm | Feature | 12:10pm | Docs | 12:30pm | Feature | 95 min 89 min 95 min 74 min 110 min 12pm Emanuel and Valentine The Story Survival Prayer Aquí y Allá the Truth Road of Luke Reindeer (Here and There) About Fishes 3pm | Doc | 3:20pm | Doc & 3:40pm | Shorts 3:10p | Feature | 3:30pm | Doc | 98 min Short | 94 min & Docs | 69 min 91 min 93 min 3pm The Moo Man Before the Animation Detroit WILLIAM AND Spring After Shorts Unleaded THE WINDMILL the Fall The Other Side 6pm | Doc | 6:20pm | Docs | 6:40pm | Feature 6:10pm | Feature 6:30pm | Feature 6pm | Doc | 7:30-10:30pm | 89 min 85 min & Short | 97 min & Short | 102 min & Short | 95 min 89 min Party 6pm Sweet Dreams Short Docs The Kings of Between Us Sparrows Casting By Opening Summer Karaoke! Dance Night Bash Practice Makes My Name is at Ashland Perfect Your First Love Springs Hotel 9pm | Doc | 9:20pm | Docs | 9:40pm | 9:10pm | Feature 9:30pm | Doc | 9pm | Docs | 96 min 102 min Feature & Short | & Short | 93 min 109 min 96 min 9pm 98 min Gideon’s Army Shepard & Dark Buoy We Always Lie Spark: A FLO Pit Stop An Act of to Strangers Burning Man Palimpsest Revenge Story Ritual Theater 2 is not wheelchair accessible PAGE 91 SCHEDULE FRIDAY 4/5/13 VARSITY 1 VARSITY 2 VARSITY 3 VARSITY 4 VARSITY 5 ARMORY ASHLAND SPECIAL 188 seats 95 seats 146 seats 30 seats 40 seats 500 seats ST. CINEMA EVENTS 156 seats 9:30am | Doc | 9:50am | Doc & 10:10am | Feature | 9:40am | Feature 10am | Doc | 9:30am | Docs | 10am | Panel | 89 min Short | 94 min 97 min & Short | 102 min 93 min 74 min 90 min 9am Sweet Dreams Before the The Forgotten Between Us WILLIAM AND Oscar Filmmaker Spring After Kingdom Karaoke! THE WINDMILL Short Docs 1 TalkBack: the Fall No Borders The Other Side at Ashland Springs Hotel 12pm | Doc | 12:20pm | Feature | 12:40pm | Shorts | 12:10pm | Docs | 12:30pm | Feature 12pm | Doc | 98 min 93 min 97 min 74 min & Short | 97 min 89 min 12pm The Moo Man Congratulations Short Stories Survival Prayer The Retrieval Casting By Reindeer Someone 3pm | Doc | 3:20pm | Docs | 3:40pm | Doc | 3:10pm | Feature 3:30pm | Doc | 3pm | Doc | 90 min 89 min 86 min & Short | 92 min 109 min 90 min 3pm God Loves From Nothing, Plimpton! Buoy We Always Lie The World Uganda Something: A Starring George An Act of to Strangers According to Documentary Plimpton as Revenge Dick Cheney on the Creative Himself Process The Perfect Fit 6pm | Doc | 6:20pm | Docs | 6:40pm | Shorts 6:10pm | Feature | 6:30pm | Feature | 6pm | Feature | 6:40pm | Docs | 5-8pm | 105 min 99 min & Docs | 97 min 91 min 110 min 95 min 97 min First Friday 6pm Secret Shepard & Dark Animation Detroit Aquí y Allá Redwood Life According iNation Screening FLO Shorts Unleaded (Here and Highway to Sam Installation There) You Don’t Gallery Opening Know Jack at Houston’s Custom Framing 9pm | Doc | 9:20pm | Doc | 9:40pm | Feature 9:10pm | Doc | 9:30pm | Feature 9pm | Doc | 9:40pm | Shorts 85 min 89 min & Short | 97 min 85 min & Short | 95 min 108 min & Docs | 68 min 9pm After Tiller Valentine The Kings of Walking the Sparrows The Crash Reel Locals Only Road Summer Camino: Six Dance Practice Ways to My Name is Makes Perfect Santiago Your First Love Theater 2 is not wheelchair accessible PAGE 92 SCHEDULE SATURDAY 4/6/13 VARSITY 1 VARSITY 2 VARSITY 3 VARSITY 4 VARSITY 5 ARMORY ASHLAND SPECIAL 188 seats 95 seats 146 seats 30 seats 40 seats 500 seats ST. CINEMA EVENTS 156 seats 9:30am | Doc | 9:50am | Feature | 10:10am | Shorts 9:40am | Feature 10am | Feature | 9:30am | Doc | 10:10am | Shorts 10am | Panel | 90 min 93 min & Docs | 69 min & Short | 92 min 110 min 82 min & Docs | 44 min 90 min 9am The World Congratulations Animation Buoy Aquí y Allá Joe Papp in Family Shorts Filmmaker According to Shorts An Act of (Here and Five Acts TalkBack: Dick Cheney Revenge There) Close-Up and Personal at Ashland Springs Hotel 12pm | Doc | 12:20pm | Docs | 12:40pm | Feature | 12:10pm | Feature | 12:30pm | Doc | 12pm | Docs | 12:40pm | Shorts 89 min 99 min 97 min 91 min 109 min 79 min & Docs | 44 min 12pm Sweet Dreams Shepard & Dark The Forgotten Detroit We Always Lie Oscar Short Family Shorts FLO Kingdom Unleaded to Strangers Docs 2 3pm | Doc | 3:20pm | Docs | 3:40pm | Feature | 3:10pm | Docs | 3:30pm | Feature 3pm | Doc | 3:40pm | Shorts 85 min 85 min 95 min 74 min & Short | 95 min 90 min & Docs | 44 min 3pm After Tiller Short Docs The Story of Survival Prayer Sparrows God Loves Family Shorts Luke Reindeer Dance Uganda My Name is Your First Love 6pm | Doc | 6:20pm | Doc | 6:40pm | Feature 6:10pm | Doc | 6:30pm | Doc | 6pm | Doc | 6:40pm | Shorts 96 min 89 min & Short | 98 min 85 min 93 min 108 min & Docs | 72 min 6pm Gideon’s Army Valentine Pit Stop Walking the WILLIAM AND The Crash Reel Locals Only Road Palimpsest Camino: Six THE WINDMILL with Launch Ways to Awards Santiago 9pm | Feature | 9:20pm | Docs | 9:40pm | Shorts | 9:10pm | Feature 9:30pm | Feature 9pm | Docs | 9:40pm | Feature 95 min 89 min 97 min & Short | 102 min & Short | 97 min 96 min & Short | 97 min 9pm Emanuel and From Nothing, Short Stories Between Us The Retrieval Spark: A The Kings of the Truth Something: A Karaoke! Someone Burning Man Summer About Fishes Documentary Story Practice Makes on the Creative Ritual Perfect Process The Perfect Fit Theater 2 is not wheelchair accessible PAGE 93 SCHEDULE SUNDAY 4/7/13 VARSITY 1 VARSITY 2 VARSITY 3 VARSITY 4 VARSITY 5 ARMORY ASHLAND SPECIAL 188 seats 95 seats 146 seats 30 seats 40 seats 500 seats ST. CINEMA EVENTS 156 seats 9:30am | Doc | 9:50am | Docs | 10:10am | Doc | 9:40am | Doc | 10am | Feature 9:30am | Docs | 10am | Panel | 96 min 89 min 86 min 85 min & Short | 95 min 90 min 90 min 9am Gideon’s Army From Nothing, Plimpton! Walking the Sparrows Going for Gold: Filmmaker Something: A Starring George Camino: Six Dance Olympic Shorts TalkBack: Documentary Plimpton as Ways to My Name is with Lucy Transmedia 101 on the Creative Himself Santiago Your First Love Walker at Ashland Process Springs Hotel The Perfect Fit 12pm | Doc | 12:20pm | Doc & 12:40pm | Feature 12:10pm | Feature | 12:30pm | Doc | 12pm | Docs | 12:40pm | Shorts 105 min Short | 94 min & Short | 97 min 91 min 93 min 72 min & Docs | 44 min 12pm Secret Before the The Kings of Detroit WILLIAM AND Jake Family Shorts Screening Spring After Summer Unleaded THE WINDMILL Shimabukuro: the Fall Practice Makes Life on Four The Other Side Perfect Strings Slomo 3pm | Feature | 3:20pm | Docs | 3:40pm | Feature 3:10pm | Feature 3:30pm | Doc | 3:40pm | Shorts 95 min 85 min & Short | 98 min & Short | 92 min 109 min & Docs | 44 min 3pm Emanuel and Short Docs Pit Stop Buoy We Always Lie Family Shorts the Truth Palimpsest An Act of to Strangers About Fishes Revenge 6pm | Doc | 6:20pm | Feature | 6:40pm | Shorts | 6:10pm | Docs | 6:30pm | Feature 6:40pm | Docs | 7:30-11pm | 85 min 93 min 97 min 74 min & Short | 97 min 97 min Party 6pm After Tiller Congratulations Short Stories Survival Prayer The Retrieval Life According Awards Reindeer Someone to Sam Celebration You Don’t at Historic Know Jack Ashland Armory 9pm | Doc | 9:20pm | Doc | 9:40pm | Feature | 9:10pm | Feature 9:30pm | Feature | 98 min 89 min 95 min & Short | 102 min 110 min 9pm The Moo Man Valentine The Story of Between Us Aquí y Allá Road Luke Karaoke! (Here and There) Theater 2 is not wheelchair accessible PAGE 94 SCHEDULE MONDAY 4/8/13 VARSITY 1 VARSITY 2 VARSITY 3 VARSITY 4 VARSITY 5 ARMORY ASHLAND SPECIAL 188 seats 95 seats 146 seats 30 seats 40 seats 500 seats ST. CINEMA EVENTS 156 seats 9:30am | Feature 9:50am | Docs | 10:10am | Shorts 9:40am | Feature | 10am | Doc | 99 min & Docs 91 min 109 min 9am Audience Award: Best Shepard & Dark Juried and Detroit We Always Lie Feature FLO Audience Unleaded to Strangers Award Winning Shorts 12pm | Doc | 12:20pm 12:40pm | Feature | 12:10pm | Feature 12:30pm | Feature | 97 min & Short | 92 min 110 min Juried Award: TBA 1 12pm Best The Forgotten Buoy Aquí y Allá Documentary Kingdom An Act of (Here and There) Revenge 3pm | Shorts & 3:20pm 3:40pm | Doc | 3:10pm | Doc | 3:30pm | Feature Docs | 68 min 86 min 85 min & Short | 95 min 3pm TBA 2 Locals Only Plimpton! Walking the Sparrows Starring Camino: Six Dance George Ways to My Name is Plimpton as Santiago Your First Love Himself 6pm | Feature 6:20pm | Docs | 6:40pm | Doc | 6:10pm | Feature 6:30pm | 85 min 82 min & Short | 102 min Feature & Short | 6pm Juried Award: 97 min Best Feature Short Docs Joe Papp in Between Us Five Acts Karaoke! The Retrieval Someone 9pm | Doc 9:20pm 9:40pm | Shorts 9:10pm | Docs | 9:30pm | Doc | & Docs | 69 min 74 min 93 min 9pm Audience TBA 3 Award: Best Animation Survival Prayer WILLIAM AND Documentary Shorts Reindeer THE WINDMILL Theater 2 is not wheelchair accessible PAGE 95 FILM INDEX An Act of Revenge ...... 72 Like A Dance ...... 53 Aft erTiller ...... 30 Masks ...... 22 AQUATICA: Th e Underwater Mushroom...... 22 Th e Mayor...... 53 Aquí y Allá (Here and Th ere) ...... 61 Th e Michael Maag Story: You Don’t Have ASAD ...... 72 to be Able to Stand in Order to Walk Tall...... 23 Before the Spring Aft er the Fall ...... 30 Mondays at Racine ...... 54 Between Us ...... 61 Th e Moo Man ...... 37 Bite of the Tail ...... 72 Moving Road ...... 23 Black Cherokee ...... 48 My Name Is Your First Love ...... 77 Breath: In Th ree Verses ...... 22 Oh Willy...... 79 Brilliant Short Story ...... 22 Open Heart ...... 54 Buoy ...... 62 Th e Other Side ...... 79 Buzkashi Boys ...... 73 Palimpsest ...... 79 Th e Caretaker ...... 48 Th e Perfect Fit ...... 54 Casting By ...... 31 Pit Stop ...... 67 Congratulations ...... 62 Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself ...... 37 Th e Crash Reel ...... 31 Practice Makes Perfect ...... 80 Crooked Lines ...... 48 Th e Red Pill ...... 55 Curfew ...... 73 Redemption ...... 55 Cutting Loose ...... 49 Redwood Highway ...... 67 Detroit Unleaded ...... 63 Th e Rein of Mary King ...... 55 Dripped ...... 73 Reindeer ...... 57 Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes ...... 63 Th e Retrieval ...... 68 Ernesto ...... 75 Ritual ...... 57 Eyes on the Stars ...... 49 Th e River ...... 80 A Fábrica (Th e Factory) ...... 75 Th e Secret of Trees ...... 57 Facundo the Great ...... 49 Secret Screening ...... 38 FLO ...... 51 Secrets of the Mongolian Archers ...... 58 Floyd the Android ...... 75 Shepard & Dark ...... 38 Th e Forgotten Kingdom ...... 65 A Short Film ...... 80 Fresh Guacamole ...... 76 Slomo ...... 58 From Nothing, Something: A Documentary on the Creative Process ...... 33 Someone ...... 81 Gideon’s Army ...... 33 Spark: A Burning Man Story ...... 39 Th e Girl and the Fox ...... 76 Sparrows Dance ...... 68 God Loves Uganda ...... 34 Th e Story of Luke ...... 69 Green Smoothie Hustla ...... 22 Sundays at Rocco’s ...... 59 Head Over Heels ...... 76 Survival Prayer ...... 39 I Beat Mike Tyson ...... 51 Sweet Dreams ...... 41 Inocente ...... 51 Tuurngait ...... 81 Irish Folk Furniture ...... 53 Valentine Road ...... 41 Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings ...... 34 Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago ...... 43 Joe Papp in Five Acts ...... 35 We Always Lie to Strangers ...... 43 Junkyard ...... 77 WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL ...... 45 Karaoke! ...... 77 Th e World According to Dick Cheney ...... 45 Th e Kings of Summer ...... 65 You Don’t Know Jack ...... 59 Life According to Sam ...... 35 Z Trailer ...... 23 PAGE 96