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A Word From the Governor 7 A Word From the Film Society President 8 Sponsors 10-11 A Word From the Festival Program Director 12 Board Members / Staff 13 Everything You Need to Know About the Festival 14-15

Table of Con t en Table Audience Awards/Film Guidance System 16 Film Schedule 18-19 Film Index 20 Film Planner 21-22 About the Cover 24 Features Begin On 28 Documentaries Begin On 54 Shorts Begin On 62 Regional Showcase 74-76 Country Spotlight: Japan Sidebar Begins On 78-79 Animation Sidebar 82 Classic Cinema Sidebar: Cria Cuervos 83 Seminars 86-88 Live in the Lounge 90-91 Children’s Cinema Corner 92 Our Thanks 94 Film Society Members 96-97 Contributors 98 Comment Form 99 Membership Application 100 Guide to Advertisers 102-103 Films Beyond the Festival Back Cover

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The Film Society does its best to make this program accurate but always check the website for the most up-to-date information: www.rehobothfilm.com 7 Govee r r no ’s L e tt

Dear Film Enthusiasts,

Welcome to the twelfth year of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.

This Film Festival, the largest in the State, presents a wonderful selection of American and international independent films, including shorts, documentaries, and features. Children’s Cinema Corner offers special activities for the youngest buffs.

The Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival reveals how the art of film can entertain, educate and inspire.

Whether you are a resident of or a visitor, to the State of Delaware, I know you will enjoy this superb cultural event.

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Dear Friends and Supporters of the Festival, Welcome to the twelfth year of the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s major contribution to Delaware’s vibrant arts culture. Your support contributes to its continued success!

The past year was marked by significant challenges Educational/Outreach Coordinator Wendi Dennis, for the Society, given the uncertain local, regional, and and Festival Program Director Joe Bilancio, along c ome L e tt e r national economic situation. We’ve managed to meet with administrative support from Malcolm Keen, those challenges for the time being, while continuing Marie Sardone, and webmaster Chuck Patalive. to improve upon the offerings at the Festival. The Festival and year-round programming couldn’t happen without them, in addition to more Wel The first evening of the Festival is once again than three-hundred dedicated volunteers who devoted to Locals Night. This approach gives our collectively contribute thousands of hours each Fritz Schranck regional supporters an early opportunity to see year. If you’d like to be a part of this community President, Board of Directors, some of the best films, thereby freeing up weekend effort as a volunteer or in some other way, we Rehoboth Beach Film Society viewing options for out-of-town visitors. welcome your participation.

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thurs NOV 12 8:15 PM-9:45 PM Curtiss Burrows - Merrill Lynch FRI NOV 13 8:40 PM-10:10 PM sun NOV 15 1:50 PM-3:25 PM

This highly romantic comedy-drama explores one they separate. Unconcerned about anything but finding a woman to act man’s insistent need to become a father and its toll on as a surrogate and provide him with a child, Manu seeks the attention his relationships. French style and wit permeate this of Fina, an illegal Argentine, eventually marrying her for the benefit wonderful tale of gay parenting in which pediatrician of each. As their life together begins to assume the domesticity of a Manu yearns for a child of his own, but his partner traditional married couple, complications surrounding the prospect of Philippe will have nothing to do with it, content in his having a child arise, causing Manu to rely on Philippe’s assistance. This child-free life. But despite Philippe’s objections, Manu once-comedic story turns decidedly dramatic as emotions surge and attempts to adopt a child. In a country where same-sex relationships are tested. civil unions are legal but gay marriage and adoption are not, the agency turns down Manu’s request to adopt. [Dir. Vincent Garenq, 2008, France, 35mm, 90 mins. In French with When Philippe finds out that Manu acted behind his back, English subtitles.] 30

The Big Gay Musical

Sponsored by: FRI NOV 13 7:00 PM-8:45 PM

SAT NOV 14 3:45 PM-5:30 PM CAMP Rehoboth t u r e Fi lms F ea

Paul & Eddie have just begun previews for the new Off- Book of Living Examples.” Eddie comes out to his family and Paul goes Broadway musical Adam & Steve: Just the Way God Made on the internet. Eddie’s parents are destroyed by the news and Paul ‘Em. Their lives strangely mirror the characters they are can’t even have a good one-night stand. But after musical numbers playing; Paul is looking for the perfect man and Eddie is with scantly-clad tap dancing angels, a retelling of Genesis, “tele- dealing with how his sexuality and faith can mix. After evangelists”, a camp that attempts to turn gay kids straight and a yet another disastrous dating experience, Paul has an bunch of show tunes, everyone realizes that life gets better once they epiphany. He is done dating & just wants to be a slut like accept who they really are: just the way God made ‘em! the sexy chorus boys that share his dressing room. Eddie has to tell his parents that he’s gay and is starring in a [Dirs. Frank M. Caruso and Casper Andreas, 2009, US, video, 100 mins.] show that calls the Bible the “Breeder’s Informational Website: www.thebiggaymusical.com

The Burning Plain

Venice Film Festival Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence

thurs NOV 12 6:50 PM-8:45 PM FRI NOV 13 4:20 PM-6:15 PM SAT NOV 14 10:25 AM-12:20 PM Sun NOV 15 10:30 AM-12:25 PM

In his debut feature as director, Guillermo Arriaga sideways (as is the norm for an Arriaga script). Charlize Theron, builds on the multi-threaded approach to storytelling Kim Basinger, and teenager Jennifer Lawrence each command the he brought to his previous scripts (Amores Perros, emotional center of their respective worlds. All three are subtle and 21 Grams, Babel, and The Three Burials of Melquiades sophisticated in their characterization, but gradually their emotional Estrada) to create an engrossing, interconnected study ties become apparent. Far from being a formal exercise designed to of guilt and consequences across three generations. elicit widespread head-scratching from the audience, The Burning Plain Shuttling back and forth through time and space, from is an affecting and subtle examination of love, guilt, and family. Lush oppressive, steel-gray Oregon skies to sweeping New cinematography, along with standout performances, contribute to an Mexico terrain, the film allows its audience to judge already-accomplished writer’s powerful first feature. each narrative strand as it emerges and develops, before quietly weaving the stories together. Three compelling [Dir. Guillermo Arriaga, 2008, US, 35mm, 111 mins. In English and performances carry the film forward, backward, and Spanish with English subtitles.] Website: www.burningplainmovie.com 31 F ea t u r e Fi lms Departures (Okuribito)

Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Sponsored by: Best Film Palm Springs International Film Festival Best Film Montreal World Film Festival

wed NOV 11 7:55 PM-10:05 PM Coast Press/Beachcomber/ delmarvanow!com FRI NOV 13 12:00 PM-2:15 PM SAT NOV 14 8:30 PM-10:40 PM SUn NOV 15 10:10 AM-12:25 PM

With the breakup of his Tokyo orchestra, Daigo, a young this year, Departures combines a pleasingly droll blend of screwball- cellist, decides to return with his adoring wife Mika like humor with a moving story of reconciliation, acceptance, and to his hometown in Japan’s far north. Searching for finding one’s place in the world. By taking us into the uniquely Japanese work, he responds to a cryptic classified ad for work in tradition of the “Nokanshi”-who washes, dresses, and grooms the dead “Departures” only to find out that the position is in the body in front of the deceased’s family, helps the living to bid farewell field of “encoffining,” the ritual preparation of a corpse and the dead to move on to the next world. Director Yojiro Takita also before it is placed in a casket for cremation. Daigo offers a refreshingly-light and life-affirming vision of how we can gradually takes to the work and finds he has a real reconcile ourselves with death and dying. talent, but he is too ashamed to tell Mika, leaving him torn between his true calling and his marriage. Winner [Dir. Yojiro Takita, 2008, Japan, 35mm, 130 mins. In Japanese with of the Academy Award® for best foreign language film English subtitles.] Website: www.departures-themovie.com

[This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan.]

El Niño Pez (The Fish Child)

Special Jury Award Malaga (Spain) Film Festival

thurs NOV 12 1:45 PM-3:25 pm SAT NOV 14 10:30 AM-12:10 Pm Sun NOV 15 11:50 AM-1:30 Pm

Unassuming and pretty Lala (Inés Efron), a teenager past. Likened to a bold Argentine Thelma and Louise, Lucía Puenzo’s from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in follow-up to her multiple award-winning XXY wraps a passionate love Buenos Aires, is madly in love with Guayi (Mariela story in the arms of a pulsating thriller. Puenzo adapts her own novel Vitale), her family’s gorgeous 20-year-old Paraguayan of the same name with precision, beautifully aligning the content maid. The two dream of living together in Paraguay and with its new form. This compelling, gritty, and involved love story begin to steal and sell all they can get their hands on is ambitious work and asserts Puenzo as a rising talent. The sultry to fund their escape. But when their risky plan goes Efron and Vitale supply fully charged performances, giving El Niño Pez terribly wrong, Guayi disappears and is taken into a unique power and depth. custody for a crime she did not commit. Desperate, Lala will stop at nothing to be with Guayi again… even [Dir. Lucia Puenzo, 2009, Argentina, 35mm, 96 mins. In Spanish with if it means unraveling the secrets of her dark, hidden English subtitles.] Website: www.elninopez.com 32

Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)

t u r e Fi lms thurs NOV 12 3:40 PM-5:55 PM FRI NOV 13 7:15 PM-9:30 PM SUn NOV 15 10:30 AM-12:45 PM F ea

Copenhagen 1944. Denmark is occupied by Nazi questions his orders. In their struggle for freedom, the truth no longer forces. Resistance fighters, Flame and Citron, work seems black and white and it becomes increasingly unclear who is undercover for the Holger Danske group performing friend and who is foe. A smash box office hit in Denmark, this lavish acts of sabotage and liquidating Danish informers. They and beautifully constructed film is both hugely entertaining and at are unified in their hatred of enemies of freedom. The times brutally shocking. The story is based on true events, with much younger, idealistic Flame dreams of openly taking up of the plot and dialogue developed from eyewitness accounts. Avoiding arms against the occupying power. The more sensitive the clichés often associated with wartime drama, director Ole Christian Citron finds himself drawn further into the politics of Madsen brings a piercing freshness of vision coupled with a real sense the resistance. Firm friends and associates prior to of history and passion. the occupation, Flame and Citron’s fearless acts soon result in their notoriety. But when Flame is commanded [Dir. Ole Christian Madsen, 2008, Denmark, 35mm, 130 mins. In Danish to execute his girlfriend Ketty, an enigmatic courier, he and German with English subtitles.] Website: www.ifcfilms.com/films/flame-citron

For My Father (Sof Shavua B’Tel Aviv)

Best Film Sofia International Film Festival

thurs NOV 12 4:15 PM-6:00 PM FRI NOV 13 6:00 PM-7:45 PM SAT NOV 14 7:25 PM-9:10 PM

Terek, a Palestinian who must carry out a suicide damaged individuals, raised to be enemies. However, with the deadly mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father’s honor, is load of explosives still strapped to him, he must spend 48 hours in given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive the city, caught between the men that sent him-who can blow up his vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in bomb remotely, the Israeli police patrolling the streets and his new- Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Terek must live amongst found companions. Spending this time with Keren and his new friends, the people he was planning to kill. To his surprise Terek discovers the spark of life returning to fill his soul, but when the he connects with several Israelis on the outskirts of weekend ends, Terek must make the decision of his life. society, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With [Dir. Dror Zahavi, 2008, Israel/Germany, 35mm, 100 mins. In Hebrew and nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another, Arabic with English subtitles.] and an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and Website: www.filmmovement.com 34

Fruit Fly

Best Film, Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Sponsored by: Best Film San Francisco Intern. Asian Film Festival

t u r e Fi lms FRI NOV 13 12:20 PM-2:00 PM

SAT NOV 14 1:50 PM-3:30 PM Steve Baker SUn NOV 15 10:20 AM-12:00 PM F ea

Composer and co-star of the indie hit Colma: The Musical, lives, speak their minds and open their hearts through the film’s 19 H.P. Mendoza returns with his directorial debut, Fruit original songs (Fag Hag, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay and We Are the Hags just Fly, an hysterical new musical about finding yourself to name a few) and ranging from synthesized pop and modernized go- and finding your (chosen) family. Fruit Fly tells the story go/surf rock to traditional-musical waltz, power ballads, and classic of Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist searching for rock - all composed by Mendoza. Pop to its core, and more fun than you her identity and struggling to establish her career. Upon can shake a stick at, Fruit Fly is a fun, frolicking and sparkly (of course) arriving in San Francisco, Bethesda moves into an artist musical love letter to San Francisco, or whatever place you call home. commune and quickly befriends the eclectic group of gay, lesbian, and straight housemates who have made [Dir. H.P. Mendoza, 2009, US, video, 96 mins. In English and Tagalog with a sort of rag-tag family there. In the musical tradition – English subtitles.] and to hilarious effect - the characters reflect on their Website: www.hpmendoza.com/fruitflyfilm

Gigante

Grand Jury Prize, Alfred Bauer Prize, and Best Debut Feature Berlin International Film Festival thurs NOV 12 6:50 PM-8:20 PM FRI NOV 13 8:00 PM-9:30 PM SAT NOV 14 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a man. Jara’s life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of to give up his obsession or confront it. The precision of this debut the entire building, giving him plenty of time to watch feature to define a situation, keep the dialogue to a minimum, subtly videos, complete crossword puzzles and listen to music. bring its characters together, and warmly affect the audience, make One night through one of the cameras, Jara discovers Gigante not a defense of the minimum, but a film about the maximum Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, and is immediately state true feelings can reach. attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to [Dir. Adrian Binize, 2008, Uruguay, 35mm, 85 mins. In Spanish with the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another English subtitles.] Website: www.filmmovement.com 35 F ea t u r e Fi lms Hannah Free

Audience Award Best Feature Sponsored by: QFest (Philadelphia GLBT Film Festival)

wed NOV 11 7:35 PM-9:05 PM Comcast Spotlight

SAT NOV 14 5:30 PM-7:05 PM Jenn Harpel - Morgan Stanley/ Smith Barney SUn NOV 15 3:00 PM-4:30 PM CAMP Rehoboth

Starring Sharon Gless (Queer as Folk, Cagney & Lacey) Hannah manages to convey the introspection that comes with age, while in a tremendous performance, Hannah Free tells the still being spunky and sharp. Though Hannah is out and unashamed story of a decades-long love affair between Hannah - while Rachel is much more reserved, both characters are revealed to an adventurous, butch lesbian with gruff charm - and be courageous in entirely different ways. The film easily questions Rachel, a pristine, married homemaker with a religious matters of same-sex partners’ rights, the definition of family, and the upbringing. Set in a present day nursing home, Hannah difficulties surrounding seeing your loved ones become old and fragile. is forbidden from seeing the Rachel, due to her not Together from childhood, Rachel and Hannah’s relationship is multi- being “family.” Through a series of flashbacks and past layered and poignant — sometimes an entire lifetime isn’t long enough incarnations that Hannah imagines in her old age, the to be with the person you love. viewer is treated to the passionate beginnings of their relationship, which was both tumultuous and enduring. [Dir. Wendy Jo Carlton, 2009, US, video, 88 mins.] Website: www.hannahfree.com

It’s Not Me, I Swear! (C’est pas moi, je le jure!)

Atlantic Film Festival Best Canadian Film Berlin International Film Festival Best Film Generation Kplus thurs NOV 12 6:15 PM-8:05 PM FRI NOV 13 6:20 PM-8:10 PM SAT NOV 14 5:15 PM-7:05 PM

From its opening sequence, in which a 10-year-old boy he’s not trying to harm himself, is doing all he can to terrorize his comically attempts suicide, you know this pitch-black family and the neighbors and to generally disrupt the phony tranquility comedy is going to stray far from safety and convention. of his community. When his mother has finally has enough and flies Set in late-1960s suburban Montreal, It’s Not Me, I Swear! the coop, he hatches a plan with the help of Léa (an equally malcontent is an unusual tale of familial dysfunction and childhood neighbor girl) to steal some money, run away and find his mother. ennui. The story centers on Léon, a young lad whose Containing outstanding performances from the two young leads that father is an early Quebecois secessionist politician and showcase a persistent non-conformity, the film serves as the perfect whose mother is suffocating under the burden of their antidote for the insanity of the adult world. blasé perfect-family existence. His brother is a slightly overweight conformist who desperately wants a normal [Dir. Philippe Falardeau, 2008, Canada, 35mm, 105 mins. In French with life. But Léon is a determined social misfit who, when English subtitles.] Website: www.itsnotmeiswear.com 37 F ea t u r e Fi lms Jury Duty (Le Septième juré)

Best Feature – Philadelphia Cinefest Film Festival Sponsored by:

thurs NOV 12 2:05 PM-3:40 PM FRI NOV 13 12:30 PM-2:05 PM

SAT NOV 14 10:15 AM-11:50 AM Betty & Gary Grunder

American crime thrillers are considered the best in the with her Algerian boyfriend. The police quickly conclude that the young world, but filmmakers can learn a thing or two from this Algerian is guilty and, reminiscent of scenes from the American South intense psychological drama about a murder, a cover- in the same period, seek to speedily put him on trial. Then, in a series up and a most unusual path to possible justice. 1960s of surprising but unavoidable circumstances, the pharmacist becomes France is embroiled in social upheaval over Algeria’s a reluctant juror in the young man’s trial. He is soon torn between fight for independence, leaving French-Algerians in remorse for sending an innocent man to the guillotine for the crime he the middle. In a bucolic town, seemingly far from the himself committed, a town clamoring for revenge, and his own desire tensions, a respected and seemingly mild-mannered to stay free. pharmacist (Jean-Pierre Darroussin in a riveting performance) impulsively rapes and kills a young woman [Dir. Edouard Niermans, 2008, France, video, 88 mins. In French with who has been abandoned in a barn after an argument English subtitles.] Website: www.marathon.fr

Kisses

Audience Award for Best Film, Miami International Film Festival

wed NOV 11 5:45 PM-7:05 PM thurs NOV 12 8:25 PM-9:40 PM FRI NOV 13 12:00 PM-1:20 PM SAT NOV 14 9:25 PM-10:40 PM

On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in time lights of inner city Dublin, to search for Dylan’s brother, and in the a suburban housing estate devoid of life, color and the hope of finding, through him, the possibility of a new life. Lance Daly’s prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings vision of Dublin, as seen through the innocent eyes of our protagonists, and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in is a kaleidoscope of magic, wonder and mystery. But as the night wears the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of on, and Dublin takes on a darker character, the two kids have to rely an elder brother who ran away from home two years on the kindness of strangers, the advice of Bob Dylan and their trust in earlier. After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan each other to survive the night. runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together they make their way to the magical night- [Dir. Lance Daly, 2008, Ireland, 35mm, 74 mins.] Website: www.kisses.ie 39 F ea t u r e Fi lms Lost & Found

thurs NOV 12 2:30 PM-3:55 PM

A rural train station in Japan is the setting for this quiet and those who found the items, also find themselves interacting, which and charming story. The lives of the people who frequent leads to a chain of events that eventually unravels Togashi’s past and this station, from the lovelorn to the lonely, all intersect in his reason for being. Shot with incredible grace and with wonderfully and around the lost and found department, meticulously subtle and human performances by an ensemble cast, Miyake’s feature cared for by Togashi, the middle-aged man that works is a tale of human bonds and the need for connection. there. While all of the items on the shelves hold some meaning, it is an umbrella, a key holder, a digital [Dir. Nobuyuki Miyake, 2008, Japan, video, 75 mins. In Japanese with camera, and a pair of tap shoes that are the focus of the English subtitles.] story. As they overlap, without knowing it, their owners [This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan.]

Marcello Marcello

Sponsored by:

thurs NOV 12 4:45 PM-6:25 PM

FRI NOV 13 12:05 PM-1:45 PM Coast Press/Beachcomber/ delmarvanow!com SAT NOV 14 1:20 PM-3:05 PM Sun Group of Businesses, Inc.

SUn NOV 15 12:45 PM-2:25 PM Delaware River & Bay Authority

Denis Rabaglia’s heartwarming and whimsical romantic does Marcello come up with? And what does Elena think of Marcello? comedy, set on a fictional Italian island in 1956, follows Rabaglia brings a sunny attitude to a sunny story, set in an unbelievably the fortunes of young Marcello, the son of a fisherman, gorgeous (and, yes, sunny) place. His steadily accumulating narrative who pines for the affection of the lovely Elena. Two builds to an effective and satisfying climax. A terrifically and innocently things stand in Marcello’s way, the first being that Elena romantic story of young love, told against the backdrop of a pre- is the mayor’s daughter. The second is more elaborate: modernized world where the pursuit of love reigns supreme, Marcello according to island tradition, the father of an 18-year- Marcello is a winning and winsome film. old girl ready to meet suitors can choose the suitor based on what is basically a bribe—the best gift to the [Dir. Denis Rabaglia, 2008, Switzerland/Germany, 35mm, 97 mins. In father results in a date with the daughter. So, what Italian with English subtitles.] Website: www.marcellomarcello.com 40

The Messenger

Berlin International Film Festival Peace Film Award Sponsored by: and Silver Bear Best Screenplay

t u r e Fi lms wed NOV 11 5:30 PM-7:35 PM

FRI NOV 13 6:30 PM-8:20 PM Jeff West Home SAT NOV 14 12:40 PM-2:30 PM F ea SUn NOV 15 12:00 PM-1:50 PM Darrel Grinstead & Diane Pirkey

With three months left in the service, Will (Ben Foster) normal again. Proving himself a cinematic craftsman, director Oren has spent a good deal of time in army hospitals, healing Moverman deliberately hasn’t made a political film. The Messenger isn’t scars from his time in Iraq. To make things worse, the even about the military at its core; it’s about people choosing to live life girl he left behind has moved on with her life. Ironically, and finding the light and humor at the end of the tunnel. Harrelson and his chance at a fresh start lies in working shoulder to Foster infuse these complex characters with the necessary pathos to shoulder with Tony (Woody Harrelson), a senior officer raise their story to a new level of compassion. Foster adds yet another who teaches him the ropes of his new post with the layer when Will faces an ethical dilemma because he is drawn to one of Casualty Notification Office. Will, who narrowly escaped the young widows. With a powerhouse cast, The Messenger is a moving death, must now break the news about those who didn’t. and elegant film that is an elegy of our time. Between assignments, these two soldiers form a unique bond that helps them in their struggle to get back to [Dir. Oren Moverman, 2009, US, 35mm, 105 mins.] “normal” life, fully knowing nothing will ever really be Website: www.facebook.com/TheMessengerMovie

Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di ferragosto)

David di Donatello Award for Best Debuting Director 2009 Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best First Film Venice Film Festival 2008 Satyajit Ray Award, London Film Festival 2008 Grand Prix, Bratislava International Film Festival 2008 FRI NOV 13 8:30 PM-9:45 PM SAT NOV 14 9:30 PM-10:45 PM SUn NOV 15 10:25 AM-11:45 AM

This low-key charmer follows Gianni, a 60-something Gianni’s doctor-friend Marcello pays a call, asking if he can leave his Italian man who lives with his tyrannical 93-year-old mother, Grazia, for just one night. The aging women, each with her mother, Valeria, and suddenly finds himself forced to own strong personality, prove a handful while grudging host Gianni look after three other elderly ladies. As the late summer attempts to monitor their pill intake and pacify them with food and holiday of Ferragosto approaches, Gianni (director drink. Debuting director di Gregorio’s combination of artistry and di Gregorio) is blackmailed by his building manager humanity avoids platitudes and exaggeration as he spins this warm- Luigi into looking after Luigi’s mother for two nights in hearted, humorous tale. exchange for forgiving certain tenant debts. But when Luigi comes to the apartment, he’s brought not only his [Dir. Gianni di Gregario, 2008, Italy, 35mm, 75 mins. In Italian with English mother Marina, but his aunt Maria as well. Soon after, subtitles.] Website: www.zeitgeistfilms.com 41 F ea t u r e Fi lms My Suicide

Best Film Berlin International Film Festival Generation 14Plus GenArt Film Festival Best Feature Jury, and Audience Award Newport Beach Film Festival, Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Seattle International Film Festival, Best Picture Futurewave Youth Jury FRI NOV 13 4:45 PM-6:45 PM [Includes Q & A with the Animator] SAT NOV 14 11:50 AM-1:40 PM

“My name is Archibald Williams and I’m going to kill actor Gabriel Sunday (simply amazing) to create this affecting portrait, myself.” Archie, a 17-year-old media student announces which authentically addresses the epidemic of teen suicide. Nora that his final school video project will be filming his Dunn, Mariel Hemmingway, and David Carradine all play a role, but the own suicide. As teachers sound the alarm, calling in performances from the young cast are flawless, setting the foundation shrinks and threatening expulsion, students around for My Suicide to celebrate and question Generation YouTube with the school are alternately repelled by and attracted to its calibrated commentary, utilizing manipulated footage, amazing Archie as he captures his own postmodern “Catcher in animation, and 1950s-styled PSAs. Miller’s film is a lightning bolt into the Rye.” Archie’s video diary of the circus surrounding a hot topic that struggles to be understood. Through his command of his announcement exposes the realities of life: death, the variety of media used by teens, he has crafted a film that will be a sex, violence, drugs, and the hypocrisy of the modern part of the discussion for years to come. media assaulting all teens. Director David Lee Miller spent four years working with his son Jordan and lead [Dir. David Lee Miller, 2008, US, video, 105 mins.] Website: www.mysuicide.net

[This film is part of the Animation sidebar.]

The Necessities of Life (Ce qu’il faut pour vivre)

Captol Focus Award, Best Film, FilmFest DC, Sponsored by: Jutra Award, Best Film, Best Canadian Film, Montreal World Film Festival Best Film Maine International Film Festival

thurs NOV 12 6:15 PM-8:05 PM Tanger Outlet Center

FRI NOV 13 5:15 PM-7:05 PM Delaware River & Bay Authority SUn NOV 15 10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Tivii, an Inuit, quietly supports his family by hunting on orphan boy who’s been separated from his native culture for many the frozen lands of Canada’s Far North until modern months. With his feet in both the French-Canadian and Inuit worlds, society intrudes on his corner of the world. Diagnosed Kaki acts as Tivii’s translator. Tivii also takes a fatherly interest in Kaki with tuberculosis by Canadian authorities, Tivii is and tries to refresh the child’s lapsed knowledge of traditional Inuit forcibly removed from his family and quarantined in a customs and myths. Inspired by a real tuberculosis epidemic that broke Quebec City tuberculosis sanitarium. For Tivii everything out in the Inuit population in the 1940s and 1950s, The Necessities of Life seems alien—and of course, no one speaks Inuktitut. is a profound story of culture shock and barrier-transcending human He manages to establish a connection with Carole, a connections that is not only touching, but at times comical. compassionate nurse, but he eventually slides into depression as he realizes his treatment might last up [Dir. Benoit Pilon, 2008, Canada, 35mm, 102 mins. In French and Inuktitut to two years. Seeing his despair, Carole orchestrates with English subtitles.] the hospital transfer of Kaki, a similarly afflicted Inuk Website: www.ifcfilms.com/films/necessities-of-life 42

Niloofar

thurs NOV 12 12:25 PM-1:55 PM t u r e Fi lms FRI NOV 13 12:15 PM-1:45 PM SAT NOV 14 1:50 PM-3:20 PM F ea

Niloofar, a 12-year-old Iraqi girl, dreams of reading and to hide her womanhood from her community, until one day the truth writing, but lives in a village where education is only is revealed. Rather than live in a marriage without love, Niloofar runs for boys. Her mother, a well-known midwife, insists away with her Uncle. Shocked, her family considers itself dishonored that Niloofar become her apprentice. While assisting and sends her stepbrother to track her down. The captivating young her mother during a delivery, Niloofar meets a feminist lead gives a rich performance, demonstrating an emotional range woman who undertakes to educate her in secret. rarely seen in young performers. Artfully combining the modern and Unfortunately, in exchange for a field of palm trees, the past, the poignant and the tragic, Niloofar emerges as a potent film Niloofar’s father promises her in marriage to an older about growing up female in a place where inequality rules. man once she becomes a woman. Horrified, Niloofar does everything in her power to postpone her first [Dir. Sabine El Gemayel, 2008, Iran/France, video, 82 mins. In Persian period. Destiny catches up with her, but she continues with English subtitles] Website: www.tadrart.com/tessalit/niloofar/

North Face (Nordwand)

Best Screenplay Award, German Film Critics Association

thurs NOV 12 12:20 PM-2:25 PM FRI NOV 13 2:05 PM-4:10 PM SAT NOV 14 2:35 PM-4:40 PM SUn NOV 15 2:20 PM-4:25 PM

Based on a 1936 attempt by two Germans and two their dangerous adventure to seize her chance to be a journalist. When Austrians to be the first to scale the near-vertical Eiger the pair finally goes for it in mid-July, they are closely pursued and later North Face, the most dangerous, as yet unconquered, joined by grizzled Austrians Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer. Meanwhile, rock face in the Alps, this grippingly staged mountain at the hotel in the valley below, Luise and her boss, Arau, a loyal movie boasts plenty of white knuckle thrills. Pals and Party member, observe the thrilling feat along with other celebrities, passionate climbers Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser bringing a broader social and political context to the climbers’ purely have always dreamed of conquering the challenging personal obsession. climb. Being the first to scale the North Face would mean not only a longed-for boost in their social standing, but [Dir. Philipp Stolzl, 2008, Germany/Austria, 35mm, 121 mins. In German also Olympic gold. As they prepare for the climb, they with English subtitles.] meet Luise, Toni’s former girlfriend, who plans to use Website: www.musicboxfilms.com/north-face 43 F ea t u r e Fi lms One Week

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thurs NOV 12 2:15 PM-3:55 PM FRI NOV 13 12:45 PM-2:25 PM

SAT NOV 14 2:15 PM-3:55 PM WXPN FM

One Week tells the story of Ben Tyler, a man in his in their relationship. Other disappointments are thrown into focus by mid-twenties who is diagnosed with cancer and a small his illness: his unfulfilling job as a high school English teacher, and a chance of survival. Though it is imperative that he begin manuscript no one will publish. As Ben travels west he meets a variety treatment immediately, Ben instead takes off on a road of people who help him understand what he believes in and what he trip on an impulsively-purchased motorcycle. What starts really wants. A beautiful love letter to Canada, held together by Joshua off as an ill-defined attempt to escape soon morphs into a cross-country odyssey from Toronto to Tofino. Jackson’s perfectly understated performance, this life-affirming film Against the immensity of the Canadian landscape and should have you leaving the cinema asking the question… What would the enormity of his recent diagnosis, Ben re-examines you do faced with just one week to live? his life. His fiancée thinks the trip is reckless, and Ben gradually comes to realize that something is lacking [Dir. Michael McGowan, 2008, Canada, 35mm, 94 mins.] Website: www.oneweek.ca

Out of the Blue (La Surprise)

Best Luchon International Film Festival, Best Actress NewFest

thurs NOV 12 4:05 PM-5:40 PM FRI NOV 13 7:45 PM-9:20 PM

The French have a knack for doing melodrama well, a fact world changes quickly when she encounters a beautiful dancer who evident in Out of the Blue. The film perfectly captures the makes her feel alive for the first time and a casual friendship starts to exhaustion and exhilaration of true love, adds a healthy look much more serious, much to the dismay of not only the husband, dose of reality and just a dollop of good old fashioned but her daughter as well. Skillfully acted and beautifully filmed, Out of French sensibility. Marion is an attractive middle-aged the Blue is an endearing inspiration to anyone looking to start over. mother and wife who makes the bold move of leaving her unappreciative jerk of a husband and starting over [Dir. Alain Tasma, 2008, France, video, 90 mins. In French with English in a search for the unknown element that was previously subtitles.] missing from her life. Independent but terrified, Marion’s Website: www.casquedorfilms.com/p_out_of_the_blue.html 44

Patrik, Age 1.5

Best Feature, San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Best Feature, BVerzaubert Film Festival and Jury Award, Best Feature Qfest, (Philadelphia International Gay

t u r e Fi lms and Lesbian Film Festival thurs NOV 12 6:00 PM-7:45 PM FRI NOV 13 3:50 PM-5:35 PM F ea SAT NOV 14 5:45 PM-7:30 PM

Director Ella Lemhagen’s dramatic comedy, hinges on a sex couples adoption. Initially, all involved are displeased about the bureaucratic blunder. After facing much discrimination situation, especially Sven, who has also had his share of youthful run- in their quest to adopt a child, Swedish gay couple Goran ins with the law and knows the violence Patrik is capable of unleashing. and Sven finally appear to be cleared to take possession The couple eventually coax positive qualities out of Patrik that go of an 18-month old boy named Patrik. However, due to deeper than the teen’s initial disgust about having to live with “homos.” a misplaced punctuation mark, the “1.5-year old” turns With strong performances, Patrik, Age 1.5 is a sensitive, quietly funny, out to be 15 and a homophobe with a violent criminal and surprisingly affecting take on the theme of a same-sex couples record to boot. This sitcom-like plot point is transformed raising an adopted child. in Lemhagen’s hands into an intelligent rumination on tolerance and gradual understanding in a country that [Dir. Ella Lemhagen, 2008, Sweden, video, 100 mins. In Swedish with has been surprisingly slow to accept the idea of same- English subtitles.] Website: www.patrikonepointfive.com

Rain

Audience Award for Best Film at Bahamas International Film Festival Special Mention Best film at Palm Springs International Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival thurs NOV 12 12:10 PM-1:50 PM FRI NOV 13 2:00 PM-3:40 PM SAT NOV 14 6:00 PM-7:40 PM

A powerful debut and one of the first films produced role model in her life, Rain must look within for strength and discovers indigenously in the Bahamas, Rain shows a darker side she has a gift for running. Rain receives guidance from her school’s of the country that tourists rarely see. Rain, a teenager, track coach, Ms. Adams, but Rain’s living situation threatens to spoil has lived her entire life with her grandmother on a tiny her dream. Combining gritty realism, a bold and unforgettable color rural island in the Bahamas. When her grandmother palette, the use of soulful Bahamian music, and local actors alongside dies, Rain goes to Nassau to find her mother, Glory, seasoned pros, Rain takes us on a journey into the heart of a child, into whom she has never met. When she arrives, Rain is the pulse of a country and the spirit of its people. devastated to discover that Glory lives in a desperately poor, AIDS-ravaged neighborhood and that she turns [Dir. Maria Govan, 2008, Bahamas, video, 93 mins.] tricks to support her drug habit. With no strong maternal Website: www.rainafilm.com 45 F ea t u r e Fi lms Seraphine

Best Actress and Best Film, Sponsored by: Newport Beach International Film Festival, Best Actress and Best Film France’s César Awards thurs NOV 12 12:40 PM-2:50 PM

FRI NOV 13 10:15 AM-12:25 PM Cliff Diver

SAT NOV 14 10:10 AM-12:20 PM The Studio on 24

SUn NOV 15 1:00 PM-3:10 PM James A. & Lynn Fuqua

Fittingly, Seraphine swept the recent Cesar Awards, Desperately poor, she makes her own paints from the soil, the blood France’s version of the Oscar®. An extraordinary lead of animals and oil stolen from the votive candles at church. Alone performance by Yolande Moreau as French painter in her room, she studiously paints wondrous canvases of flowers. Seraphine de Senlis is at the beating heart of actor- When visiting German art critic Wilhelm Uhde discovers her intricate, turned-director Martin Provost’s affecting film. By day, colorful canvases and the war intrudes on Senlis, Seraphine enters a Seraphine is a housekeeper whose hours are occupied period of emotional turbulence. Moreau’s Seraphine is a creature at with the solitary duties of laundry, cleaning and ironing. once pitiable and divine, a natural talent so devoted to expression that In her spare time, however, she immerses herself in the all else save basic survival is meaningless. wonders of nature. There she talks to the trees, birds and insects around her. It is the only communication [Dir. Martin Provost, 2008, France, 35mm, 125 mins. In French and available to her, and her intimacy with the natural German with English subtitles.] world inspires her to express her feelings on canvas. Website: www.musicboxfilms.com/seraphine

Sita Sings The Blues

Gotham Film Awards, Best Animated Film, Sponsored by: Santa Fe Film Festival, Best Animated Film, Boulder International Film Festival, Best Film NOT Playing in a Theatre Near You

thurs NOV 12 5:10 PM-6:35 PM Clear Space Productions

FRI NOV 13 2:40 PM-4:05 PM Kings Ice Cream

SAT NOV 14 4:10 PM-5:35 PM Coast Press/Beachcomber/ delmarvanow!com SUn NOV 15 3:25 PM-4:50 PM Dolphin Dreaming

Our story begins as three shadow puppets, representing witty ’20s jazz music, toss both women’s stories together, and soon you Indian gods, comically narrate the romantic woes of have the most entertaining break-up story ever told. Five years in the modern woman Nina and mythological diva Sita, whose making and crafted completely on her PC, Paley’s accomplished film lives bear a striking resemblance to each other. Nina is is a labor of love (and loss) with lots of humor and flair. Fusing East- an animator living a blissful life in San Francisco with West sensibilities into a mélange of colors, animation styles and high- her boyfriend and cat, until said boyfriend’s relocation energy musical numbers, Sita Sings the Blues reminds us that when it to India causes a break-up. In the mythic Indian text, comes to a modern woman’s desire for love, a 3,000-year-old story can “Ramayana,” Sita is a goddess separated from her just be as relevant today. beloved Lord and husband Rama, a separation which also has unfortunate consequences. Mix in energetically, [Dir. Nina Paley, 2008, US, 35mm, 82 mins.] Website: www.sitasingstheblues.com

[This film is part of Animation sidebar.] 46

Skin

Best Picture, AFI Dallas International High Falls, Palm Beach International, Santa Barbara International

t u r e Fi lms wed NOV 11 7:15 PM-9:05 PM thurs NOV 12 8:20 PM-10:10 PM FRI NOV 13 3:50 PM-5:45 PM F ea SAT NOV 14 2:50 PM-4:45 PM

Based on a true story, the brutal absurdities of South country’s racial-classification system crumbles. Director and co-writer African apartheid circa 1955 are vividly illustrated Anthony Fabian’s drama includes sequences of harsh government by this tale of a girl whose skin is browner and hair brutality against black South Africans. Its most chilling violence is curlier that that of her Afrikaner mom and dad. When psychological, such as the scene in which Sandra silently listens as her Sandra Laing is a schoolgirl, her parents (Sam Neill and teacher indoctrinates her class on why whites and blacks can never Alice Krige) successfully battle to have their daughter live together. In the end, Skin is a moving and compelling story about classified as white. Once she reaches adolescence, love, betrayal and reconciliation. Sandra (Hotel Rwanda star Sophie Okonedo) realizes she has no future on her family’s side of the color line. She [Dir. Anthony Fabian, 2008, UK/South Africa, 35mm, 107 mins. In English runs off with a charming black man, which results in and Zulu with English subtitles.] decades of estrangement from her parents—even as the Website: www.skinthemovie.net

Still Walking (Aruitemo, aruitemo)

Best Film Mar de Plata Film Festival

thurs NOV 12 12:00 PM-2:00 PM FRI NOV 13 1:35 PM-3:35 PM SAT NOV 14 12:25 PM-2:25 PM

A Yokohama family struggles with intergenerational and daughter Chinami suspect they can never live up to the departed tensions as they gather for their annual remembrance of Junpei in their parents’ esteem, and take a dim view of the annual visit the death of a son, Junpei, who died 15 years before while by the boy whom Junpei was attempting to rescue, now an aimless, attempting to save a drowning child. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s unprepossessing young man. Good cheer is the order of the day, but latest meditation on family drama is a quiet masterpiece for some of them the festive gathering is an endurance test. Kore-eda that seems to originate from a deeply personal yet handles the family dynamics deftly and infuses the film with much universal experience of regret. The film’s treatment of warmth between the discordant notes, thus creating a bittersweet gem. modest joys and gentle resentments is actually full of humor, with energetic mother Toshio ruling the roost [Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008, Japan, 35mm, 114 mins. In Japanese with from the bustling kitchen as her retired doctor husband English subtitles.] flees to the sanctuary of his examining-room for a bit Website: www.ifcfilms.com/films/still-walking of peace from his rambunctious grandchildren. Son Ryo [This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan] 48

Storm (Sturm)

Berlin International Film Festival Amnesty International Best Film Prize & Guild of German Art House Cinemas Best Film, & Reader Jury of the Berlin Morgenpost Best Film

t u r e Fi lms Munich Film Festival Best Film thurs NOV 12 2:40 PM-4:35 PM FRI NOV 13 4:05 PM-6:00 PM F ea SUn NOV 15 2:30 PM-4:25 PM

Hannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International The Hague. However, she and Hannah both must risk life and limb to Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against make it to the court, only to discover that there are traitors among their a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army own ranks. Superb acting and directing elevates this courtroom drama who is accused of the deportation and later killing of to an intense and suspenseful journey not only through the courts but dozens of Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When a key witness through a family in turmoil and a fight for justice when none seems commits suicide, it looks like the case will unravel; possible. however Hannah refuses to give in. Hoping to uncover new findings, she travels to the witness’ burial in [Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, 2009, Germany/Denmark/Netherlands, Sarajevo and meets his sister Mira who, she senses, has 35mm, 110 mins. In English, German, Bosnian and Serbian with English much more to say than she is willing to admit. Despite subtitles.] threats of violence, Mira reluctantly agrees to testify at Website: www.filmmovement.com

Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig)

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Film Sponsored by: Bodil Film Festival, Best Film wed NOV 11 5:40 PM-7:15 PM thurs NOV 12 9:35 PM-11:05 PM

FRI NOV 13 10:10 AM-11:45 AM Paul & Anne M. Kuhns

SAT NOV 14 10:00 AM-11:35 AM In Memory of Harold Radalin

Danish thriller, Terribly Happy, is a terse, edge-of- be a quiet, ordinary village where nothing ever happens turns out to your-seat police story set in the frigid North, which be full of deception and murder. Quickly spiraling downward into an also happens to be quite funny. Robert Hansen is a intense fable reminiscent of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple and No Copenhagen police officer who, following a nervous Country For Old Men, Terribly Happy is a comically grotesque thriller breakdown is transferred to a small provincial town to displaying a unique, often macabre vision of the darkest depths to take on the mysteriously vacated Marshall position and which people will go to achieve a sense of security and belonging. To subsequently gets mixed up with a married femme fatale. top it all off is a shocking ending that you cannot miss. Robert’s big city temperament makes it impossible for him to fit in, or understand the uncivilized, bizarre [Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, 2008, Denmark, 90 mins. In Danish with English behavior displayed by the townspeople. What appears to subtitles.] Website: www.oscilloscope.net 49 F ea t u r e Fi lms To Faro (Mein Freund aus Faro)

Best Film Czech Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Best Screenplay Max Ophuls thurs NOV 12 12:15 PM-1:55 PM FRI NOV 13 12:10 PM-1:50 PM SAT NOV 14 7:30 PM-9:10 PM

Melanie met Jenny and fell in love. But Jenny thinks beautiful film about youth, and the sadness, loneliness and confusion Melanie is Miguel. Sounds strange? Melanie lives with that go with it. Its heroine is an odd but charismatic character who has her father, her older brother Knut and his girlfriend yet to fully resolve her sexuality and gender. The tender magic and the Viki and works in a food-packing plant. She looks, atmosphere of mystery and expectation so typical of the protagonist’s dresses and acts like a boy, and people frequently take age make for a powerful cinematic experience reminiscent of the her for one, like the slightly younger Jenny, who falls dilemma faced by the protagonists of Boy’s Don’t Cry but without the in love with her. At the same time, Melanie is faking a tragic and violent conclusion. relationship for her family’s sake with a colleague, a Portuguese man named Nuno. This tale of the obliquity [Dir. Nana Neul, 2008, Germany, 35mm, 93 mins. In German and (sexual and otherwise) of adolescence is a tender and Portuguese with English subtitles.] Website: www.meinfreundausfaro.de/

United Red Army

Tokyo International Film Festival – Best Film

thurs NOV 12 7:30 PM-10:45 pm

Koji Wakamatsu, Japan’s most controversial filmmaker, in Japanese history, as famous in Japan as Martin Luther King’s brilliantly reconstructs the most troubling episode in the assassination is in America. Wakamatsu’s film is an earnest, gut bloody history of Japanese student-radical extremism wrenching, epic-scale docu-drama that attempts to process the shock through the true story of the United Red Army faction, that the Japanese Left was experiencing at the time and to grasp the which had its roots in the 60’s when Japanese students motivation of the militant students. In three acts, the film traces first protested America using Japan as a staging base for its the history of the faction, next the inquisition-like hell of the training war in Vietnam. In 1972, members of the faction lynched camps in the snowy mountains, staged as a claustrophobic chamber each other during group “self-criticism” sessions while play. Finally, the combat around the lodge symbolizing the failure of a training in the mountains. The survivors remained movement that had hopelessly gotten on the wrong track. holed up at the Asama Sanso Mountain Lodge, where the scene quickly degenerated into a ten-day stand-off [Dir. Koji Wakamatsu, 2007, Japan, video, 190 mins. In Japanese with with the police that marks one of the pivotal moments English subtitles.] Website: www.united-red-army.com

[This film is part of Country Spotlight: Japan] 50

White on Rice

Jury Prize Acting New Talent to Watch Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009, Jury Prize Best Screenplay Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009 t u r e Fi lms thurs NOV 12 6:40 PM-8:10 PM FRI NOV 13 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

F ea SAT NOV 14 5:05 PM-6:35 PM

Jimmy is 40, divorced, and shares a bunk bed with Jimmy hardly seems to notice, and when Tak’s beautiful niece Ramona his 10-year-old nephew. For most men, this state of comes to visit, he begins to court her shamelessly. In addition to affairs would be ego-crushing, but Jimmy is strangely reading her diary, he pays his nephew to draw her portrait (passing unperturbed. Despite an utter lack of social finesse, he it off as his own), and tries to give her a ride by breaking into Tak’s embarks on an enthusiastic mission to replace his ex- car. Finally, when Jimmy shirks his responsibility to the family in order wife with someone better. Assisted by his suave friend to follow Ramona to a party, the resulting mayhem causes everyone Tim, he wrangles dates with all the women in his office to take another look at how they relate to one another. Hilarious and (without success) and completely flubs a set-up arranged heartwarming, White on Rice is a Japanese–American comic treat. by his sister Aiko. But worst of all, his carefree attitude provokes the ire of Aiko’s straight-laced husband, Tak, [Dir. David Boyle, 2009, US, 35mm, 83 mins. In Japanese and English with who is quickly losing patience with Jimmy’s freeloading. English subtitles.] Website: www.whiteonricethemovie.com

The World Sinks Except Japan (Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu)

Best Feature Charleston International Film Festival Best Picture Breckinridge Festival of Film Best Picture Hoboken Film Festival Best Picture Big Island Film Festival thurs NOV 12 4:00 PM-5:50 PM

It is 2011, and due to global warming and the shifting of Minoru Kawasaki, the director of the cult hits The Calamari Wrestler tectonic plates, most of the Earth’s land mass has sunk and Executive Koala returns with a new film that represents a slight beneath the surface of the ocean. Only Japan remains, and change of tone from his best-known movies. The World Sinks Except refugees from all nations try to incorporate themselves Japan isn’t just another politically incorrect, ‘off-the-wall comedy’ from into Japanese society: famous American actors do TV the self-described Ed Wood of Japan - rather it’s a serious social satire costume samurai dramas, white women serve as French that targets xenophobia, militarism, racism, the cult of celebrity, rising maids for middle-class families, the former leaders of sea levels, the sexual exploitation of immigrants and more - disguised China and South Korea act as lapdogs for the Prime as just another ‘off-the-wall comedy’ …and it is certainly off-the-wall. Minster, and foreigners who don’t sufficiently blend You are warned! in are arrested! Yet geologists have begun to detect signs of another looming global catastrophe, one that [Dir. Minoru Kawasaki, 2007, Japan, video, 98 mins. In Japanese with threatens to destroy the last piece of earth remaining. English subtitles] 51 F ea t u r e Fi lms Zombies of Mass Destruction

Sponsored by:

FRI NOV 13 8:05 PM-9:40 PM Dogfish Craft Brewery

An idyllic island town is under attack by that most invasive accented, immigrant from a Muslim country who is overprotective of of pests: zombies! Port Gamble is being overrun with his beautiful daughter; the hippie peacenik environmentalist; the fire brain-eaters, and the people seem powerless to stave and brimstone reverend who hates everything you’d expect him to, and them off. But wait, a rag-tag band of rebels is trying to many more. Enter the zombies. Gore abounds (really abounds) and the turn the tide and push the invading hoards of undead current events-based hits keep coming. There is a send up of every back. It sounds familiar, sure, but this time stereotypes zombie movie cliché and no subculture escapes unscathed. Zombies are on parade (and parody) in a retake on the zom-com of Mass Destruction is a political zomedy that is a treat for all fans of (zombie comedy) thriller. We have the full complement FUNGORIA (fun and gore). of cinematic shorthand, including the closeted small town boy who has gone to the city and returns with his [Dir. Kevin Hamedani, 2009, US, video, 90 mins.] pushy boyfriend in tow; the angry, hard-working, heavy- Website: www.zmdthemovie.com Documentaries 54

a ri es Blind Loves (Slepe Lasky)

Slovakia Submission for Best Foreign Film Sponsored by: 81st Academy Awards , CICAE Award, Cannes Film Festival, Audience Award Best Documentary, Trieste Film Festival thurs NOV 12 12:00 PM-1:25 PM

SAT NOV 14 6:50 PM-8:15 PM The Gaffney Family SUn NOV 15 10:15 AM-11:35 AM D o c umen t

This playful, moving documentary from Slovakia adds an extra wrinkle to her search for friendship and love in a new incorporates reenactments and even animation as it high school. Made in close collaboration with its subjects, director examines the subject of love through blind individuals Juraj Lehotsky’s documentary tells each individual’s story in a manner (many of whom are also dating or married to blind befitting their personality -- resulting in “hybrid” documentary partners) and their pursuits of happiness. We meet elements in which its subjects reenact events from their romantic lives, Peter, a music teacher with a fantastic imagination and and even, in one case, become the heroes of an animated adventure- inspired sense of humor; Elena and Laco, both vision- film-within-the-film. Their world might be lacking sight, but it can’t be impaired, who are expecting their first child; blind Miro richer in spirituality. and partially-sighted Monika, whose relationship faces the added obstacle of family objections due to ethnic [Dir. Juraj Lehotsk, 2008, Slovakia, 35mm, 77 mins. In Slovak with English differences; and teenaged Zuzana, whose blindness subtitles.] Website: www.blindloves.com

Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement with Downstream

Best Documentary Outfest

FRI NOV 13 2:15 PM-3:50 PM [Includes Q & A with Directors and Edie Windsor]

SAT NOV 14 3:40 PM-5:10 PM [Includes Q & A with Directors and Edie Windsor]

Edie and Thea best of the human heart, and reminds each of us to embrace who we Through the lens of documentarians Susan Muska and are and what we have and to make the most of it. The film is more Greta Olafsdottir comes the true tale of two stunning, than a story about two people; it is the story of life and commitment, of smart, vivacious women, whose endearing love story humanity and equality. unfolds amid the historical backdrop of the Stonewall riots in the 1960s and continues over 43 years, including [Dirs. Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, 2009, US, video, 67 mins.] the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, and the emergence Website: www.blessblessproductions.com of the Marriage Equality Movement. Engaged not only in their personal relationship, but in the larger social, Downstream (I’m Fluss) civil and legal recognition of love, Edie Windsor and For decades, two 70-year-old Swiss ladies have been walking along Thea Spyer share their journey of possibilities and with each other. In summertime, their daily ritual is to swim down the of actualized dreams ... of hope and of change ... that river that flows through their home town. As the current carries them will inspire and challenge all who view the film to look down the river, they meditate on friendship, love and becoming older. within their own hearts and likewise raise their voices for equality. Through still images, interviews, and live [Dirs. Cecilia Barriga & Claudia Lorenz, 2008, Switzerland, video, 7 mins. action, the story of Edie and Thea, demonstrates the In Swiss German with English subtitles.] 55 D o c umen t

Herb and Dorothy

Best Feature Charleston International Film Festival Sponsored by: Best Picture Breckinridge Festival of Film Best Picture Hoboken Film Festival

Best Picture Big Island Film Festival a ri es

thurs NOV 12 12:30 PM-2:05 PM Jane & Ken Casazza

FRI NOV 13 8:25 PM-10:00 PM Rehoboth Art League

SAT NOV 14 12:05 PM-1:45 PM Rehoboth Art League

Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they who managed to build one of the most important proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported contemporary art collections in history with very modest and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists. Their circle means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was includes: Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Vogel quietly began purchasing the works of unknown Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner. artists. Devoting all of Herb’s salary to purchasing art they liked, and living on Dorothy’s paycheck alone, they [Dir. Megumi Sasaki. 2008, US, video, 87 mins.] continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the Website: www.herbanddorothy.com

[See seminar on page 88.]

It Might Get Loud

Best Feature Charleston International Film Festival Sponsored by: Best Picture Breckinridge Festival of Film Best Picture Hoboken Film Festival Best Picture Big Island Film Festival

FRI NOV 13 6:15 PM-8:10 PM WXPN FM [Includes Q & A with Walt Hetfield]

SAT NOV 14 9:20 PM-11:00 PM Dogfish Craft Brewery

SUn NOV 15 12:45 PM-2:25 PM Sun Group of Businesses, Inc.

There are guitar players, and then there are rock stars. It Zeppelin), the Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Stripes) seem to Might Get Loud is an epic, exhilarating backstage pass into genuinely enjoy each other’s company while sharing riffs, swapping the world of the latter. Over the course of one day, three stories, and divulging their distinct philosophies of craft. This soulful generations of electric-guitar phenoms come together, opus is at once a portrait of each artist and a captivating examination of crank up their amps, and let it roll. Documentarian the creative process. It Might Get Loud does get loud, and in the process, Davis Guggenheim gives us so much more than an all- opens up our minds and hearts to a whole new way of listening to and star jam session as he leads us to these artists’ inner enjoying what it means to rock. See what happens when the genius sanctums and illuminates the paths each one traveled filmmaking of Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) meet with the to forge a sound all his own. We begin to understand how geniuses of rock. a one-time furniture upholsterer from Detroit, a London studio musician, and a Dublin schoolboy redefined the [Dir. Davis Guggenheim, 2009, US, 35mm, 97 mins.] horizons of guitar playing. Meanwhile, Jimmy Page (Led Website: www.itmightgetloud.com 57 D o c umen t

Mine

Audience Award, Best Documentary South Sponsored by: By Southwest Film Festival

THURS NOV 12 8:30 PM-9:55 PM Happy Birthday Reid Dudley! a ri es SAT NOV 14 3:20 PM-4:50 PM

The images are, by now, heartbreakingly familiar: a beginning. How to house and shelter thousands of displaced animals, great city is flooded; news footage of the disaster is particularly when there are so many human refugees taking such punctuated with stray shots of abandoned dogs on obvious priority? Furthermore, after the poor pets’ displaced owners rooftops. But once the citizens of New Orleans crowded have been scattered across the country, how does one even begin into the Superdome to flee Hurricane Katrina’s unholy tackling the years-long logistical nightmare of reuniting these folks wrath, what became of their beloved pets? Geralyn with their precious companions? Even worse, if the workers succeed Pezanoski’s deceptively simple; curiously affecting in that unlikely effort—what then becomes of the bond between these documentary explores a little-told side of this oft- refugee animals and their temporary, adoptive guardians? Pezanoski documented disaster. Mine follows fearless animal- can give no easy answers in an impossible situation. Instead, Mine rescue workers who charged into the submerged sketches indelible, deeply moving portraits of animal lovers reaching wreckage, saving hundreds of pooches and kittens from out to one another in the face of massive tragedy. certain starvation. But their daring mission was only the [Dir. Geralyn Pezanoski, 2009, US, video, 84 mins.] Website: wwwfilmmovement.com

No Impact Man

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thurs NOV 12 5:00 PM-6:40 PM Nancy Leggoe

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Is it possible to live a year making zero impact on the for one year. No more automated transportation, no more electricity, environment? Is it possible to do this from the 11th story no more non-local food, no more material consumption (including of a New York City apartment? Author Colin Beavan, toilet paper) ...no problem. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, in research for his next book, began the No Impact retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two year-old daughter are Project in November 2006. A newly self-proclaimed dragged into the fray. Colin and Michelle’s friends Laura Gabbert and environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing Justin Schein are filmmakers who decided to capture their year of the finger at himself, Colin leaves behind his liberal environmental purity on film, and No Impact Man is a documentary that complacency - as a sophisticated, takeout-addicted chronicles the nuts and bolts of living a carbon neutral life as well as New Yorker who refuse to let moral qualms interfere how the experience impacted the family. with good old-fashioned American consumerism - for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible [Dirs. Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein, 2008, US, video, 93 mins.] Website: www.noimpactdoc.com 58

a ri es Off and Running

thurs NOV 12 5:55 PM-7:20 PM SUn NOV 15 10:00 AM-11:25 AM D o c umen t

Avery is a typical Brooklyn teen living in an atypical, maintains her position on the school track team, but drops out of high United Nations-style melting pot. Her adoptive parents school and eventually leaves home. Avery’s constant displacement— are white Jewish lesbians, her younger brother is whether it was at her Jewish elementary school, or among black friends, Korean, her older brother is mixed-race, and she is or even at home—informs her difficult journey, objectively documented black. Though her family is loving, she can’t quite quell by director Nicole Opper. Most impressive is Opper’s poised camera, her curiosity about her biological African-American able to capture honest and articulate conversations between Avery and roots. The decision to contact her birth mother sparks a her incredibly attentive brother Rafi. Off and Running is a unique and complicated exploration of race and identity. As Avery’s very American coming-of-age story that delves into the psyche of race self-awareness increases, the question of racial identity through a fresh and careful dissection of a family’s struggle. takes center-stage. The more she searches for answers about her biological family, the more emotionally charged [Dir. Nicole Opper, 2009, US, video, 78 mins.] and distant from her current family she becomes. She Website: www.offandrunningthefilm.com

Old Partner

Best Documentary, World Competition – Sundance Film Festival Cinematic Vision Award, SilverDocs thurs NOV 12 8:00 PM-9:20 PM SAT NOV 14 2:00 PM-3:25 PM

The Ox, a noble beast, is capable of enduring any amount at any moment. Following Choi, his wife, and their ailing ox through of hardship while also being extremely stubborn and the course of a seemingly uneventful year, Lee crafts a charming stuck in its ways. Watching Lee Chung-ryoul’s sweet, and increasingly emotional tale that gradually takes on the arc of a witty, and poignant film, it’s difficult to determine fable. In the vein of The Story of the Weeping Camel, Old Partner is a whether that description is best applied to 80-year-old charming, heartbreaking, existential buddy tale, which conveys the Choi, a nearly deaf farmer who walks with a limp, or his almost mystical inextricability of humans and nature. Bring tissues, 40-year-old ox. Choi’s wife would like to ease their hard you’ll need them. work with more modern conveniences, like insecticides and a tractor, but that would mean dispensing with the [Dir. Chung-ryoul Lee, 2009, South Korea, video, 79 mins. In Korean with faithful ox, even though it seems ready to drop dead English subtitles.] Website: www.indiestory.com 59 D o c umen t

Prodigal Sons

Special Jury Prize Nashville and Florida Film Festivals

thurs NOV 12 9:10 PM-10:40 PM a ri es SAT NOV 14 10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed dives headfirst into an jail cell to football field, from deaths to births. Reed’s compassionate unflinching portrait of her family that is absolutely vérité style of filmmaking captures the lives of her family in such an engrossing and marks her coming-out, in more ways than organic way that their exceptional and challenging stories puncture one. Returning home to a small town in Montana for her the surface of our expectations. Questions of sexual orientation, high school reunion, Reed hopes for reconciliation with identity, severe trauma and family love are effortlessly explored as the her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way subjects freely open up their lives to the camera. Raw, emotional and Prodigal Sons uncovers stunning revelations, including a provocative, Prodigal Sons offers a moving, illuminating examination of blood relationship with Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, one family’s struggle to come to terms with its past and present. It’s intense sibling rivalries and unforeseeable twists of plot sure to open both your mind and your heart. and gender. Reed’s rare access delicately reveals not only the family’s most private moments, but also an epic [Dir. Kimberly Reed, 2008, US, video, 86 mins.] scope as the film travels from Montana to Croatia, from Website: www.prodigalsonsfilm.com

Training Rules with Claiming the title: Gay Olympics on Trial

Palm Springs International Short Fest Sponsored by: Audience Award for Best Short (Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial) FRI NOV 13 10:00 AM-11:45 AM [Includes Q & A with film subjects]

SAT NOV 14 7:20 PM-9:05 PM Law Offices of Edward Gill [Includes Q & A with film subjects] in memory of Lori Phillips Social justice issues have long been the mainstay of ethnic and religious minorities, but GLBT groups and individuals are not without their examples. In these two amazing documentaries we examine the way courts have looked upon this community through different, yet somewhat similar, battles with discrimination. Training Rules Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial Rene Portland had three well-known public rules during her 26 years Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial explores the coaching basketball at Penn State University - no drinking, no drugs additional homophobic hurdle on the already arduous and no lesbians. Training Rules examines how a wealthy athletic road to athletic excellence. When a gay athletic group department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed started the Gay Olympic Games in the mid-’80s, the talented athletes, thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college U.S. Olympic Committee sued for use of the Olympic team. The film follows the lawsuit filed in 2006 against Portland name and the case went all the way to the Supreme and Penn State by student athlete Jennifer Harris. This high-profile Court. Local residents Nan Hunter and Chai Feldblum case ignited the world of women’s collegiate sports. It inspired the provide insight into the pivotal roles they each play in discussions so sorely needed to end discrimination based on sexual the unfolding drama. orientation that pervades all organized sport. [Dirs. Jonathan Joiner and Robert H. Martin, 2008, US, [Dir. Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker, 2008, US, video, 58 mins.] video, 30 mins.] Website: www.trainingrules.com Website: www.claimingthetitle.com 60

a ri es Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Sponsored by:

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From DC filmmaker Aviva Kempner [The Life and Times in the entertainment industry. During her heyday she was polled as of Hank Greenberg] comes this humorous and eye- the second most respected woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt. opening story of television pioneer Gertrude Berg. The Oprah, Martha and Rachel Ray of her day, Berg was a media She was the creator, principal writer, and star of The trailblazer with popular radio and television shows, a cookbook, jigsaw Goldbergs, a popular radio show about a Jewish family puzzle, advice column and clothing line for modern women of her time. living in New York City which became television’s very Gertrude Berg is truly the most famous woman in America you’ve never first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. She heard of. Find out why in the delightfully entertaining Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. combined social commentary, family values and lots of Goldberg. humor to win the hearts of America. Berg appeared on the cover of Billboard magazine and received the first [Dir. Aviva Kempner, 2009, US, 35mm, 92 mins.] Best Actress Emmy in history, paving the way for women Website: www.mollygoldbergfilm.com

Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

Audience Award for Best Documentary, FilmFest DC, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Bahamas International Film Festival. Special Jury Award Middle East Film Festival Wed NOV 11 7:25 PM -9:10 PM FRI NOV 13 9:00 PM -10:45 PM

Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love is a music-infused musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland of Senegal. to inspire change. One of Time magazine’s 100 most Combining unprecedented images of Senegal’s most sacred Muslim influential people in the world and called “the rare rituals, vibrant concert performances filmed around the world and rock star whose music matters,” Senegalese pop intimate access to Ndour and his family, I Bring What I Love chronicles sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the difficult journey Youssou must undertake to assume his true calling. the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and iconic Youssou Ndour is a voice of hope and tolerance, a modern day moral “voice of Africa.” At the height of his career, Youssou and political leader whose message transcends music but remains became frustrated by the negative perception of his grounded in the universality of faith. Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam. It was [Dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarheliy, 2008, Senegal/France/Egypt/US, 35mm, a critical and career-defining moment. Ndour’s brave 102 mins. In French, Wolof, Arabic and English with English subtitles.] Website: www.ibringwhatilove.com short films 62

World Shorts From around the world comes these award winning shorts FRI NOV 13 10:00 AM-11:55 Am which stories take you away to amazing places, sometimes physically and other times through narrative. SAT NOV 14 3:50 PM-5:45 Pm Total Running Time of WORLD SHORTS: 108 mins. SUn NOV 15 12:30 PM-2:25 Pm Fi lms S ho rt

The North Road Day In Day Out (Cotidiano) (La Route du Nord) Some call life the period of time from the moment you wake up until the time you go to bed. This film is about Now in his mid-40s, Karim has lived in France since those who spend this period of time not living, but seeing his early teenage years. Now, for the first time in many life go by. years, he’s returning to Lebanon to transfer the remains of his father, who died during the war, from Beirut to his [Dir. Joana Mariani, 2008, Portugal, video, 17 mins. In home village. Portuguese with English subtitles.]

[Dir. Carlos Chahine, 2009, France, DVD, 25 mins. Website: www.figafilms.com/dayindayout.html In Arabic and French with English subtitles.]

After Tomorrow The 8th Samurai

Best British Short – Edinburgh Film Festival Best Short LA ShortFest, Excellence in Filmmaking Honolulu Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James International Film Festival grows increasingly concerned when the sinister It’s 1953 and Japan’s most ambitious film director is owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave. A about to make his next samurai epic. Small time actor, psychological suspenseful film with a surprising yet Nanshu, lands a lead role as one of the eight samurai that will save a village from roaming bandits. But little moving denouement. does Nanshu know that the director is having doubts. It cannot be eight, it must be seven, he declares. The 8th [Dir. Emma Sullivan, 2009, UK, video, 16 mins.] Samurai is a tragic comedy from writer/director Justin Ambrosino that pays homage to Italian neo-realism, A m e r i c a n c o m e d i e s a n d t h e s a m u r a i f i l m s o f t h e 1 9 5 0 s .

[Dir. Justin Ambrosino, 2009, US, video, 29 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.] Website: www.the8thsamuraimovie.com 63 S ho rt f i lms

World Shorts

The Attack of the Robots Toyland (Spielzeugland) from Nebula-5 Winner Best Live Action Short Film 81st Academy Awards (El Ataque de los Robots de Nebulosa-5) Germany 1942: In order to protect her son, Marianne tried to make him believe that the Jewish neighbors are Short Filmaking Award Honorable Mention Sundance Film Festival going on a journey to “Toyland.” One morning her son has In this voyage into the colorful imagination of a young disappeared - the Jewish neighbors, too. Toyland is a film man with learning difficulties, the protagonist draws about guilt, responsibility, and lies, both big and small. us into an uncanny world of intergalactic beings and impending apocalypse. A world in which mental and [Dir. Jochen Alexander Freydank, 2008, Germany, 35mm, physical isolation is combined with charming moments 14 mins. In German with English subtitles.] of humor and an infectious sense of melancholy. Website: www.magnetfilm.de

[Dir. Chema Garcia Ibarra, 2008, Spain, 35mm, 7 mins. In Spanish with English subtitles.] Website: www.nebulosa5.com 64

Animated Short s Sponsored by:

Creative, clever, cute, sweet, sentimental, stunning, fun, THURS NOV 12 2:05 PM-4:00 PM Sneaking Suspicions - Fritz Schranck solemn. While not fitting for all of them, these are some of the adjectives that could be used for this series of animated SAT NOV 14 11:45 AM-1:40 PM shorts. The one commonality is the high degree of talent. Total Running Time of Animated Shorts: 108 mins. Fi lms S ho rt

home La Maison en Petits Cubes

This film is a touching portrayal of the essence of home The 81st Academy Award Winner for Best Animated and the feeling of loss that occurs when home becomes As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to a memory. Director Matthew Faust conveys his themes add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry. But when he accidentally drops his through a bittersweet, evocative archive of his family favorite smoking pipe into the lower levels of his home, house in Chalmette, Louisiana, that was flooded by his search for the pipe eventually makes him re-live Hurricane Katrina. scenes from his eventful life.

[Dir. Matt Faust, 2008, US, DVD, 6 mins.] [Dir. Kunio Kato, 2008, Japan, 12 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.] Website: www.robot.co.jp/en/tsumiki/

Splinter Western Spaghetti

Beautifully constructed and rich in saturated color, This clever, stop-motion animated film dazzles with its Splinter is a bitter sweet love story. A bench, trapped inventiveness. Everyday objects are used to depict the in the park under a sticky, painful captivity decides to preparation of a simple meal of spaghetti and meatballs; make a dash for freedom and romance when he falls for each primarily inedible substitution will amuse your one of his visitors. senses and bring a smile to your face.

[Dir. Wojtek Wawscczyk, 2008, Poland, DVD, 16 mins. No [Dir. PES, 2008, US, video, 3 mins.] Dialogue] Website: www.eatpes.com Website: www.magnetfilm.de 65 sho rt Fi lms

Animated Shorts

Our Wonderful Nature The Funk

Wild Kingdom this is not. When two competing male Jack, a middle-aged divorcee, gets up one morning to shrews spot a female during mating season, we become find himself plagued by the titular “funk”, a malignant witness to a rare fight caught on film. Part nature doc, force that lurks within him, burrowing into his soul. As part Matrix and all shrews, this film will have you rolling Jack goes about his monotonous daily routine, the funk in the aisles. slowly takes hold of him, leading him to his ultimate, shocking fate. [Dir. Tomer Eshad, 2008, Germany, DVD, 5 mins. In English] [Dir. Cris Jones, 2009, Australia, video, 7 mins.] Website: www.magnetfilm.de Website: www.melodramapictures.com/popups/shorts_funk.html

Siblings The Sylpphid (Sylfidden)

A boy feels bugged by his little sister. One day when she The Sylpphid is a quirky family fable where dreams are once again gets on his nerves, he accidentally discovers shattered because everything must fit in with the social that he can manipulate time. Thrilled, he begins to norms and behaviors.. and that is not always possible or experiment with this new-found skill… and his little sister. even best for all circumstances.

[Dirs. Jan-Marcel Kuhn and Matthias Scharfi, 2008, [Dir. Dorte Bengston, 2008, Denmark, DVD, 8 mins.] Germany, DVD, 5 mins. No Dialogue] Website: www.magnetfilm.de 66

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Birth Skhizein

Amina, 17, is pregnant. She is afraid of giving birth. After being hit by a 150-ton meteorite, poor Henri is She asks her friends and aunts for more information, feeling a little bit off: 91 centimeters off, to be precise. sympathy and support. She receives quite the opposite With his body out of synch with his surroundings, he from them. In the end, it’s the child that decides. must adapt his mind as well. A masterful animated film about change and perception. [Dir. Signe Baumane, 2008, Latvia, 35mm, 12 mins.] [Dir. Jeremy Clapin, 2008, France, 35mm, 13 mins. In French with English subtitles.] Website: www.darkprince.fr

I’m So Proud of You

A mortality play of sorts from Oscar-nominated director Don Hertzfeldt, boldly takes on concepts like family, pain and loss. Through the story of Bill, a stick figure everyman who stoically endures the pain, uncertainty, and excruciating beauty of life, Hertzfeldt’s work is sometimes elusive in its simplicity, but it can be profound as well; with his humor, darkness, and philosophical yearning.

[Dir. Don Hertzfeldt, 2008, US, 35mm, 22 mins.] Website: www.bitterfilms.com 70

10% Shorts Sponsored by: Whether told through animation, song and dance, straight FRI NOV 13 2:20 PM-4:15 PM Janet Redman - Merrill Lynch narrative, or poetic film, these shorts speak to the 10% (or SAT NOV 14 7:45 PM-9:35 PM CAMP Rehoboth more) of you that travel to a different beat, and enjoy doing so. Total Running Time of 10% Shorts: 107 mins. Fi lms S ho rt

A Day at the Beach Boy Meets Boy

When Buff Brad and Shapely Sally settled down to enjoy a A not-so auspicious meeting provides the catalyst sunny quiet day at the beach, they could not have imagined for this dazzlingly inventive tale (no dialogue with the how “spicy” their day would turn out to be! Politically exception of one musical number) of a young man who correct seagulls, gorgeous lifeguards and Brazilian music finds himself attracted to forbidden fruit….or is he? will be a perfect setting for love at first sight. [Dir. KIM-JHO Gwang-soo, 2008, South Korea, video, 14 [Dir. Veronique Courtois, 2008, US, video, 3 mins.] mins. In Korean with English subtitles.] Website: www.casquedorfilms.com Website: www.indiestory.com

Clouded The Island

In this debut by director Ajae Clearway, a classic coming- As the director walks through the snow, he is inspired of-age story takes on a powerful turn when Sean’s by a nasty e-mail he received from an anonymous “fan” struggle to know who he really is exposes the lie that who suggested that “all you faggots” should be shipped goes to the core of his being, his family, his relationship off to an island. He begins to think that the idea of a with his father and his future as a man. t r o p i c a l “ h o m o u t o p i a ” d o e s n ’ t s o u n d l i k e a b a d i d e a .

[Dir. Ajae Clearway, 2008, US, video, 13 mins.] [Dir. Trevor Anderson, 2008, Canada, video, 5 mins.] Website: www.dirtcityfilms.com 71 S ho rt Fi lms

10% Shorts

Falling For Caroline James

To win the girl of her dreams, a klutzy young woman When James realizes long buried secrets can lead must overcome a wardrobe malfunction and the bad to poor family relations, he feels it’s time to confide a lesbian habit of over-processing. secret of his own to his only friend.

[Dir, Christine Chew, 2009, Canada, video, 20 mins.] [Dir. Connor Clements, 2008, Ireland, video, 18 mins.] Website: www.fallingforcaroline.com Website: www.connorclements.tv

Make A Mate Little BFF’s

A lonely woman finds a magical shop where she can Two children play with their dolls (Miley Cyrus and her choose the ingredients to make a mate in this very BFF Mandy) to explain what ‘Gay’ means in this sick creative, animated fantasy film. puppet animation cavalcade of perversions.

[Dir. Jennifer Jordan Day, 2009, US, video, 4 mins.] [Dirs. Steven Corfe and Glenn Gaylord, 2009, US, video, 5 mins.] 72

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Evelyn Everyone S eco n d G uessi n g G r a n d m a

Evelyn Everyone is stuck, single and lonely. On her Ed suffers the worst kind of Jewish guilt at the hands thirty-third birthday she makes a final bid for love in of his grandma when he comes out to her. You’ll be the online world of Second Life. But as Eve immerses charmed by this humorous and intimate portrait of a herself in this world, she realizes that her fantasy lover tight-knit family. may not be who she initially imagined. [Dir. Bob Giraldi, 2008, US, video, 10 mins.] [Dir. Kate Breen, 2009, Australia, video, 17 mins.] Website: www.giraldi.com/second-guessing-grandma/ Website: www.evelyneveryone.blogspot.com/ 74 ase Regional showcase wc Always one of the most anticipated sections of the festival, here we bring you films by, for, or of interest to the region. Whether filmmakers by profession, by passion, or both, we are happy to provide an outlet for their creations. gi onal S ho Re

Beer Wars Bonecrusher

FRI NOV 13 5:50 PM-7:45 PM THUR NOV 12 6:05 PM-7:35 PM [Includes Q & A with Director and Dogfish Head Reps.] [Includes Q & A with Director]

Sponsored by: Dogfish Craft Brewery Sponsored by: Sun Group of Businesses, Inc.

In America, size matters. The bigger you are, the more In Dante, Virginia, at the foothills of the Appalachian power you have, especially in the business world. Director Mountains, generations of coal miners maintain Anat Baron takes you on a no-holds-barred exploration traditions of working hard and dying young. Miles inside of the U.S. beer industry that ultimately reveals the the earth, workers risk their lives for employment, truth behind the label of your favorite beer. Told from an while outside, loved ones wish their sons and husbands insider’s perspective, the film goes behind the scenes of the daily battles and all-out wars that dominate one of would choose a safer occupation. All life in Dante exists America’s favorite industries. Beer Wars begins as the in the shadow of the coal industry, from community corporate behemoths are being challenged by small, gatherings to little-league games. More than simply an independent brewers who are shunning the status quo examination of coal mining, Bonecrusher is about the and creating innovative new beers. The story is told touching relationship between a father and son, and the through 2 of these entrepreneurs - Sam and Rhonda - dynamics of a tight-knit community. Lucas, a young battling the might and tactics of Corporate America. We man just starting out in coal mining, watches the toll witness their struggle to achieve their American Dream in an industry dominated by powerful corporations that coal mining has taken on his own father, a man the unwilling to cede an inch. This contemporary David and locals all know as “Bonecrusher.” Through wonderful Goliath story is ultimately about keeping your integrity cinematography, the audience is treated to fly-on-the- (and your family’s home) in the face of temptation. wall views into the homes of coal miners, in the mines, Beer Wars is a revealing and entertaining journey that at community gatherings, through the good and the provides unexpected and surprising turns and promises bad. This documentary takes the viewer to places both to change the world’s opinion on those infamous 99 beautiful and terrifying. bottles of beer on the wall. Regional connection: Michael Fountain is a Lewes, Regional connection: Delaware’s home-grown D e l a w a r e a n d W a s h i n g t o n , D C F i l m m a k e r. Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales is featured in this film. [Dir. Michael Fountain, 2008, US, video, 69 mins.] [Dir. Anat Baron, 2008, US, video, 89 mins.] Website: www.bonecrusherfilm.com Website: www.beerwarsmovie.com

Also to be shown at the beginning of this screening are the following Dogfish Head Off-Centered Film Festival winners:

1st place: Christopher Rose Dogfish Head Commercial (Christopher Rose, Texas, run time 1:58 mins)

2nd place: Psychedelic Dogfish Head Beer Commercial (Dax Norman, California, runtime 1:09 mins)

3rd place: World Wide Clout (Erik Mitchell, Pennsylvania, runtime 4:55) Total Running Time approximately 99 mins. 75 Re gi onal S ho Regional showcase wc ase

Out In The Silence Pop Star on Ice FRI NOV 13 7:00 PM-8:15 PM THURS NOV 12 4:10 PM-5:40 PM Upstairs Screening Room [Includes post film discussion with Directors]

Sponsored by: CAMP Rehoboth

Out in the Silence captures the remarkable chain of Pop Star on Ice is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes events that unfold when the announcement of filmmaker portrait of outspoken Olympian and three-time US Joe Wilson’s wedding to another man ignites a firestorm Figure Skating National Champion Johnny Weir. When of controversy in his small Pennsylvania hometown. Johnny fails to win a medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a the media turns on him and he feels the backlash. Love gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson’s journey him or hate him, Johnny is one of the most talented dramatically illustrates the universal challenges of skaters of all time, but talent alone does not make a being an outsider in a conservative environment and the champion. Johnny’s complicated relationship with his transformation that is possible when those who have longtime coach Priscilla Hill and his struggle to reach long been constrained by a traditional code of silence the top of the sport takes us from small town Delaware summon the courage to break it. – his training home – to competitions, shopping sprees, fashion shows and personal appearances around the Regional connection: Washington, DC Filmmakers world. The inspiration for Jon Heder’s character in the box office smash Blades of Glory, Johnny seeks to balance [Dirs. Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer, 2009, US, video, 56 his larger-than-life persona with the constraints of his mins.] sport. Pop Star on Ice uncovers the graceful, athletic, Website: www.outinthesilence.com cut-throat and melodramatic sport of figure skating through the prism of its most controversial athlete as he tries to fulfill his potential on the world stage.

Regional connection: Champion Figure Skater Johnny Weir trained in Newark, Delaware, and Wayne, New Jersey

[Dir. David Barba and James Pellerito, 2009, US, video, 85 mins.] Website: www.popstaronice.com 76 ase

PhilLy Shorts wc The traditional thought is that filmmaking only takes SAT NOV 14 7:00 PM-8:40 PM place in New York or Los Angeles, but here are a group of Upstairs Screening Room Philadelphians who are proving this old adage wrong. [Includes Q & A with Directors] Total Philly Shorts running time 82 mins. gi onal S ho Re

Tremble & Spark 4:10…Seeking Grace

In a depraved and seedy underpass, a ruby-lipped beauty An aging man, a bunch of flowers, the station, and the is brutally strangled. Enter gutsy detective Charlie Forest endured wait. Martin hasn’t seen Grace in 30 years. As (Cathy DeBuono, Out at the Wedding) who plays hardball he waits anxiously, he meets a curious stranger and with sexy vixen Veronica Anderson (Jessica Graham, 2 the story about Martin and Grace unfolds through their Minutes Later) to uncover the truth and ultimately solve conversation. the crime in this lurid Philadelphia film noir. [Dir. Ramesh Anthony, 2009, US, DVD, 17 mins.] [Dir. Kelly Burkhardt, 2009, US, DVD, 24 mins.]

Looking For... For All Mankind

A woman tries out the Last Resort dating service and Johnny Red always wanted to be a scientist and work for winds up on a hilarious string of dates with losers NASA when he grew up. After several academic mishaps, including a text-messaging-obsessed hipster, a French Johnny finds himself stuck in his suburban Pennsylvania woman who tries to give her a stray cat and a professional town. When all other means of impressing the local dominatrix. Little does she know her ideal match was, community fail, Johnny decides to build a functioning the whole time, right in front of her. time machine. Instead of using correct science, Johnny decides to base all of his research on action-adventure [Dir. Michelle Pollino, 2009, US, DVD, 24 mins.] films of the 1980s and 90s. Website: www.lookingforfilm.com [Dir. Dan Clifton, 2009, US, DVD, 17 mins.] Website: www.forallmankind.tumblr.com/ 78

Country Spotlight: japan : Japan Country Spotlight provides an opportunity to showcase the art of film as crafted in other countries, as well as to explore the featured country’s cultures and traditions. The State of Delaware has a Sister State Agreement with the Miyagi Prefecture which is now in its eleventh year. Through this relationship, Delaware t l ig h and Miyagi have enjoyed sharing each other’s cultural experiences, participating in economic dialogues, and pursuing mutually beneficial business interests. The Rehoboth Beach Film Society welcomes Japan to Sussex County as the featured country of this year’s Country Spotlight.

Japanese film is often misunderstood. Many film goers Japan is currently producing some of the most original are familiar with the J-Horror (Japanese Horror), the and dynamic films seen anywhere in the world, supported Japanamation (animated films from Japan) and the Manga by directors not afraid to take a chance on off-beat or (Japanese comic book) adaptations, but the film industry controversial subjects. On the off-beat side of filmmaking,

S po Coun try in Japan is much more than these popular genres. Minoru Kawasaki is known throughout the world for his warped (in a fun way) perception of Japan and we are Since the beginning of the Academy Award for Best Foreign happy to include in the festival one of his most outrageous Film originated in 1956, a Japanese film has been one works The World Sinks Except Japan. For controversy of the final five nominees eleven times, the third highest we are happy to present Koji Wakamatsu’s look at the of any country. This year the Japanese film Departures, devastation caused by the student revolts of Japan in being screened at this Festival, received the award. 1971. United Red Army, his three hour epic is a brilliant Directed by Yojiro Takita, Departures tells the story of a look at the horrifying displays of the event, which many man who performs the ritual of encoffining, which allows Japanese equate to the murder of Martin Luther King in for the deceased to be at peace. It is a beautiful film, well the US. The director was placed on the terrorist watch list deserving of the award. in the US after he began to support fellow film director Masao Adachi who left Japan after joining the PLO in the Prior to 1956, the Academy bestowed an honorary award Middle East. While not allowed to travel to the US, he is for foreign film with Japan taking home the prize in 1951 free to travel to many countries. (Roshomon), 1954 (Gates of Hell) and 1955 (Samurai: The Legend of Musashi). This year also saw Japan take home In addition to the off-beat and controversial we are also the Oscar for Best Animated Short for Kunio Kato’s filmLa pleased to include a couple simple, yet layered looks at Maison en Petits Cubes, also playing in this year’s festival Japan through the eyes of its residents and families. Lost in the Animated Shorts program. & Found, directed by Nobuyuki Miyake, tells the story of a train station lost and found department. It is through the While Japanese directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu items lost that we meet the original owners and those who and Akira Kurosawa have influenced directors within found them. The stories interact giving us insight to the Japan, Kurosawa may have greatly influenced foreign characters. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking is a beautiful film directors. In addition to directing, he was also portrait of a family dealing with the death of a young man a producer, screenwriter and editor. In a career that many years after his death. Coming together to remember spanned fifty years, Kurosawa directed thirty films. His him is difficult, yet an important part of each member of accomplishments were noted when in 1989, he was the family. While all dealing with issues important to each, awarded the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement they must remain true to the family as well. “for cinematic accomplishments that have inspired delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.” Next We are so excited to bring you the year (2010) the film world will be celebrating his 100th experience of Japanese film... birth year. The Venice International Film Festival is honoring him early by presenting a Kurosawa seminar at Enjoy! this year’s festival. 79 Coun try S po

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Country Spotlight: Japan is the result of months of extensive work by several people. One might think that with two countries being 6,615 miles apart and speaking two different languages, there would be challenges in planning film screenings and events. However, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society had the opportunity to work with the wonderful individuals listed below. We learned the extent of their commitment, knowledge, and generosity in helping to make the planning process run smoothly, always sharing the common goal of wanting to expose the Festival audience to the art of filmmaking in Japan and its culture.

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society extends our gratitude to: The Honorable Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture Staff of the International Affairs Division, Miyagi Prefectural Government including: Mr. Akira Inukai, Director Mr. Tomio Takahashi, Senior Administrative Staff Mr. Shingo Mito, Assistant Director Ms. Takeno Suzuki, Coordinator for International Relations Mr. Kiyohide Suzuki, Chief Administrative Staff Mr. Masahiro Wakoh, Director-General, Commerce, Industry & Tourism Dept.

Professor Yoichi Komatsuzawa, Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduate School Master’s Program, Sendai School Miki Smith, (translating services, Smith Worldwide 302.222.1911]

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ti on Sidebar: Animation

Believe it or not animation dates back to the early 1800s, palette. It is a feast for several senses as it combines the but little of what was created then would be remotely animation with sultry jazz songs from the 1920s. like the animation of today. Walt Disney’s Pixar might be the most well known studio putting out animated films, In what can probably be labeled as a controversial film, but there are others. Animation may make one think of My Suicide uses animation to help tell a difficult story of talking cowboys, floating houses, surfing penguins, big one boy’s attempt to be heard in the world by stating that green ogres and numerous talking animals. However, his final class project in media class is to commit suicide animation today consists of so much more. The abundance on camera. The animation used in the film is indicative of of animation on TV with such blockbuster hit shows as The what teenagers encounter in their daily existence in this Simpson, South Park, and King of the Hill has expanded Generation You Tube era of mass media consumption. the reach of animation and expanded the settings beyond Boldly animated sequences help tell the intense story

r : A n i ma Si deba kids shows and other family centered fare, often going the and provide some details that may not otherwise be as opposite way with adult-only, potty mouth humor. Most of effective. In addition to the traditional animation, the what we are presenting in this sidebar lies somewhere in film uses media manipulation and other forms of non- the middle. traditional animation. The mix collectively helps create an intense and affecting portrait of youth that will have the Stop Motion animation is the technique used to make audiences talking for a long time. a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between The Animated Shorts provide a inside look into many individually photographed frames, creating the illusion different styles and techniques of animation from digital of movement when the series of frames are played as a manipulation of found footage and still photography to continuous sequence. The feature film $9.99 uses the 2-D and 3-D computer animation, and even hand drawn stop motion technique to tell the story of a lost soul and cell by cell (traditional) animation. Often the animation his quest to learn the meaning of life from a book he aids the story, but frequently it is simply some very bright purchased for $9.99. The crazy cast of clay characters and creative people being…well, bright and creative. helps make this a great story as well as great animation. For those of you who love animated films, this is sure to Sita Sings the Blues is an amazing combination of animated be a great treat for you. For those of you who are not big styles that took over five years of meticulous crafting, fans, or may not have seen much of it, now is your chance mostly on the directors computer, to produce a lavish, to take a deeper look at animation and see what breadth gorgeous and beautiful retelling of the Ramayana legend. and variety the genre can take, as each film presented is This truly is one of the most strikingly beautiful films to an amazing story besides being creatively created. see on the big screen with intense colors and a rich, bold

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CLASSIC CINEMA Sidebar: Cria Cuervos

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society and Salisbury University’s Fulton School of Liberal Arts are pleased to join forces to screen and discuss Carlos Saura’s 1976 classic film Cria Cuervos. After the screening Maarten Pereboom (Dean, Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University) will lead our discussion of this cinematic gem. This film is a brand new print, so if you’ve never seen a classic on the big screen or had the opportunity to discuss it live afterward, now is the time. This experience will be well worth the price of admission.

Cria Cuervos

Carlos Saura’s exquisite Cría Cuervos heralded a turning point in Spain: shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, the film melds the personal and the political in a portrait of the legacy of fascism and its effects on a middle-class family (the title derives from the Spanish proverb: “Raise ravens and they’ll peck out your eyes”). Ana Torrent (the dark-eyed beauty from The Spirit of the Beehive) portrays the brooding eight-year-old Ana, living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the death of her mother, whom she conjures as a ghost (an ethereal Geraldine Chaplin). Seamlessly shifting vos between fantasy and reality, the film subtly evokes both the complex feelings of childhood and the struggles of a nation emerging from the shadows.

[Dir. Carlos Saura, 1976, Spain, 35mm, 109 mins. In Spanish with English subtitles.] Sun NOV 15 2:05 PM-4:25 PM

Maarten Pereboom Dr. Maarten L. Pereboom is Dean of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts and Professor of History at Salisbury University, in Salisbury, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale University, where he studied the history of twentieth-century international relations, focusing on the United States and Europe. His first book, Democracies at the Turning Point: Britain, France and the End of the Postwar Order, 1928-1933, published in 1995, won the “Outstanding Academic Book” distinction from Choice Magazine. In 1998 he won SU’s distinguished faculty award. He served as Assistant, Associate Dean and Interim Dean of the Fulton School, then as Chair of the History department from 2002-2008. His new book History and Film: Moving Pictures and the Study of the Past will be released by Pearson/Prentice-Hall in January 2010. 86 s

Japanese Cinema: A Closer Look 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Thursday, November 12

S em i na r Upstairs Screening Room, Movies at Midway Admission: FREE [Advance registration is not required]

Each year the Country Spotlight sidebar features the films of a specific country, which this year is Japan. In addition to Japanese films, we also try to highlight different aspects of the Japanese culture. If you check the “Live in the Lounge” section, you’ll learn about the Sake tasting, Japanese tea ceremony, and other events.

Another component of the Country Spotlight sidebar is a YOICHI KOMATSUZAWA seminar that focuses on the film industry in the featured country. This year we take a look at the Land of the Rising Born in Japan and educated in France, Komatsuzawa has Sun, Japan. Made up of 6,852 islands and the world’s 10th always been involved in film. From his early days as staff largest population of approximately 128 million people, member of a French Cinema Club in Japan to becoming a Japan is the world’s second largest economy by GNP. film journalist for a large publishing company in Japan, he While the major industries include banking, insurance, real was established early as an expert in his field. In the early estate, retailing, transportation, telecommunications and 80s he transitioned into a producer of film festivals starting construction, the film industry has been a consistent force in Japan and quickly branching out throughout the world. in the country as well as around the world. In addition to his work on film festivals he has written three books and produced a film. He has won many awards for Japanese films do not always receive the public attention his contributions to film. they may deserve, but the critics often praise the films for their storytelling and creativity. Themes tend to stay close to the Japanese people and culture including a strong KYOKO HIRANO emphasis on the family. Japan’s pride is also evident in the After completing her PH.D in cinema studies at New York films they produce. University on a Fulbright Award, she has taught film at various universities throughout the world. Hirano has So join us in learning more about this amazing country written extensively in English and Japanese including her through its films. Subjects may include: The historical books Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the context of Japanese Cinema; How Japanese Cinema differs American Censorship 1945 - 1952 and Manhattan no Kurosawa, from other Asian countries; Are Japanese films made for on her work as a film curator at the Japan Society of New consumption domestically or internationally; and How does York. Hirano has received numerous awards including a that affect the production, distribution and marketing of the Student Academy Award and has served as a film festival films; What role does censorship play in the industry; and Is there a New Japanese Cinema movement and how it differs juror in Berlin and Hawaii. from the old style? TOM VICK This year we are very excited to welcome 3 renowned guests. Yoichi Komatsuzawa is a Professor at the Graduate Tom Vick is the author of Asian Cinema: A Field Guide. He is School Sendai School, Tohoku University of Art and Design the film programmer for the Freer and Sackler Galleries of and also a curator for many worldwide film festivals. Kyoko the Smithsonian Institution, where he oversees year-round Hirano, is an independent film scholar and author living and screenings of films from all over Asia. He has written working in New York City and Tokyo. In addition we have, articles for Asian Geographic, Education About Asia and other Tom Vick, author and Film Curator for the Smithsonian’s publications, and has given talks on Asian cinema at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Museum. Baltimore Museum of Art, the University of Michigan, and His specialty lies in Asian Cinema. the Japan Society, among other venues.

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DISCOVER YOUR PATH TO MAKING s YOUR OWN FILMS 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Saturday, November 14

Upstairs Screening Room Free admission, no registration required (Sponsored by the The Delaware Independent Filmmakers)

The Delaware Independent Filmmakers (DIF) invites Bill Page, co-writer and co-producer of the award anyone who shares the dream of launching a career winning film, “All Along”, will present a brief discussion in film to a networking and information session. about the process he went through from finding actors Learn about this dedicated organization of working to entering the film festival circuit. filmmakers and how members can help you get started making your own film, no matter what your budget is. DIF meets on a monthly basis, screening short films and trailers from local filmmakers. Workshops on Attendees will meet the Board of Directors, network acting, cameras, editing and lighting are organized and learn about the difference DIF is making in the throughout the year. For more information on DIF, visit Delaware film community. You will also have the the website at www.whatsthedif.net. opportunity to see a few recent prize- winning films.

Growing Up Gay in Small Town, USA 7:00 PM Friday, November 13

Upstairs Screening Room $5 admission includes both the screening and discussion Out in the Silence film screening 7:00 PM (See Page 75) Discussion immediately following screening

After the screening of the wonderful film Out in the and often these are made more difficult by one’s Silence join Directors Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer and physical surroundings. Whether you are or were a gay Camp Rehoboth Youth Coordinator Gail Jackson as they child growing up outside of a metropolitan area, or discuss being gay in rural America and especially the just feel that a better understanding of the struggles added difficulties of growing up in this environment. may provide more empathy, this film screening and Being a gay youth has enough hardships and difficulties discussion are for you. 88 s

A R T C o l l e CTI N G 1 0 1 : H e r b , D o r o t h y a n d Y o u ? 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM, Sunday, November 15

S em i na r Upstairs Screening Room, Movies at Midway Admission: Free (Advance registration is not required)

Join Dick and Elisa Poole, from Aerie Gallery in downtown Rehoboth, for a fun and informative program on starting your own art collection. Whether you’re buying one piece you love or looking to become a collector, people of all ages and income levels can knowledgeably buy art.

In the film Herb & Dorothy, (see schedule next column) we will be answered, as well as plenty of time to get answers follow the Vogels (Herb and Dorothy) as they amass one of to some of your own questions that will put you on your the largest collections of modern art in the world. Their way to becoming the next Herb or Dorothy Vogles. purchases are guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable and small enough to fit in their one-bedroom In order to get the most out of this seminar, don’t miss a Manhattan apartment. While this arrangement worked for Herb and Dorothy screening: them, it is not the required method for building your own art collection. Thursday November 12 @ 12:30pm How does one learn to purchase art? What are the important Friday November 13 @ 8:25pm factors to consider; investment potential, original work vs. prints vs., Giclees, or the fact that you love it? Are there Saturday November 14 @ 12:05pm foolproof methods in evaluating purchases? How do you get deals on art? These are just some of the questions that [See page 55 for film description]

Elisabeth S. (elisa) Poole: Richard E. (Dick) Poole:

Elisa Poole is a Delaware native and graduate of Dick Poole is a Delaware native and graduate of Wilmington Wilmington Friends School and Wellesley College. She Friends School, Swarthmore College, and the University has served as volunteer President/Board Chair of nonprofit of Chicago Law School. He practiced law for more than organizations including United Way of Delaware, Delaware 35 years in Wilmington with the firm of Potter Anderson Community Foundation, Read-Aloud Delaware, Visiting & Corroon LLP. Nurses Association of Delaware, and several more. She is currently Secretary of WHYY’s Board of Directors. Wanting to have a retirement activity to share with his wife, Dick worked with her to establish AerieArt Gallery. Elisa’s interest in art goes back to early childhood when The original focus of the gallery was on displaying for sale her father, a pediatrician, tried to teach her how to draw some of the 19th Century and early 20th Century paintings a cow. She bought her first painting with her husband acquired during more than 46 years of marriage. While two weeks before they were married in 1963, at a Junior not abandoning by any means their specialty of buying League benefit event, an original watercolor by nationally and selling fine art from bygone eras, they promote the prominent artist Carolyn Blish, for $11.00. Ever since, careers of currently active artists whose work they hope they have been collecting art together, opening a gallery will be treasured and still collected decades in the future. in Wilmington ten years ago, and expanding to Rehoboth Beach four years later.

The Aerie Gallery’s two locations are 45 1/2 Lake Avenue, Rehoboth Beach and at First Street Station on Rehoboth Avenue, second level. 90

LIVE IN THE LOUNGE: oun g e In addition to planning your schedule of great films, don’t miss what’s happening in the big tent. Read on to see what other activities you may include as part of your festival experience.

DOGFISH HEAD BEER TASTING Friday (Nov 13), 8:00 PM Location: Big Tent (Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery)

After seeing the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery on the screen (see page 74 for Beer Wars screening) meet Dogfish Head reps them in the Big Tent. Enjoy a sampling of a few of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s innovative beers known L Ive i n t he for their non-traditional ingredients.

As part of the Country Spotlight, we are pleased to bring Japan to the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival by showcasing traditional rituals of the Japanese culture.

JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY SUZUME ODORI Saturday (Nov 14), 5:00 PM (Sparrow Dance) Location: Big Tent Saturday (Nov 14), 9:00 PM (Presented by Mrs. Miiko Hunt) Location: Big Tent (Performed by the Iroha Suzume Odori Dance Team) The Japanese tea ceremony is a very special event in Japanese culture. As the host engages in the Enjoy this high-level, dynamic performance! The ceremonial preparation and presentation of the construction of the Sendai Castle in Miyagi Prefecture powdered green tea known as matcha, the observer is was completed in 1603 and to celebrate, stone enthralled by the beauty of her artistic performance. masons performed a dance for Date Masamune, the The ceremony is highly ritualized and the manner in most revered feudal lord in Northeastern Japan. The which it is performed or the art of its performance is movements of the stone masons resembled sparrows known as sado. The Japanese recognize that every and because Date Masamune’s family crest featured human encounter is a singular occasion that will sparrows as well, the dance became known as Suzume never recur in exactly the same way, and so every Odori or Sparrow Dance. This particular dance was aspect of the tea ceremony is savored. revived in 1985 and became the main feature of the Sendai-Aoba Festival held in Miyagi’s capital city, Enjoy this unique opportunity to see a live performance Sendai. Suzume Odori is now arranged with vibrant, of a beautiful Japanese tradition. dynamic present-day movements, accompanied by Japanese taiko drums, flutes and bells. SAKE TASTING Saturday (Nov 14), 6:00 PM The Iroha Suzume Odori Dance Team, led by Ms. Location: Big Tent Mayumi Tsuji, is made up of members who have (Sponsored by the members of the Miyagi Prefecture received the highest award in the Sendai-Aoba Sake Brewers Association) Festival contest several times. Formed in 2001, the group performed Suzume Odori at the 2002 World Sake is a tasty, Japanese alcoholic beverage made Cup games held in Miyagi Prefecture. from rice through a brewing process. Learn how sake is made, how it became a world beverage, and the current status of the sake industry in Japan. During this presentation, you’ll be able to sample a few variations of sake. 91 Li ve i n t he loun g e

SPARROW DANCE WORKSHOP Sunday (Nov 15), 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Location: Big Tent (Hosted by the Iroha Suzume Odori Dance Team)

The workshop will start by designing your own hand fan (provided without charge). Then learn basic steps of the sparrow dance before joining the Suzume Odori group. Get up early to enjoy this unique opportunity to experience a Japanese tradition.

CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION! Join the casual, closing of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival’s twelfth year. Audience winners for Best Feature, Best Debut Feature, Best Documentary, and Best Short will be announced. The winning ticket for the 50/50 will also be selected.

No ticket is needed for this gathering. Beverages and food can be purchased from on-site vendors. So relax, reflect, and rejoice at the completion of another great Festival.

When: Sunday, November 15 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Where: Big Tent, Film Festival Box Office

ART AUCTION The original artwork “Reel Treasures”, created by Batenga Kajumba Obuseh, was the inspiration for the theme of this year’s Festival artwork. This painting will be available for purchase via a silent auction to be conducted throughout the Festival. Bids may be placed at the Information Booth in the Big Tent until 5:00 PM, Sunday, November 15, 2009. The winning bid will be announced during the Closing Celebration.

50/50 DRAWING As part of the Film Society’s fundraising efforts, a 50/50 drawing will be held during the Film Festival. The winning ticket will be picked and announced at the Closing Night Celebration. Tickets are tax deductible and help support Festival production expenses. Cost: $1.00 per ticket

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CHILDREN’S CINEMA CORNER

Saturday, November 14 upstairs Screening Room 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm admission: Free

Kids – We didn’t forget you! Children’s Cinema Corner is just for you. You’ll have an afternoon of fun activities including age-appropriate films, the reading corner, face painting, craft stations, play dough, a puppet theater, and delicious popcorn!

The first few films demonstrate lessons dealing after a librarian introduces books to animals. Is a with family and change. In Knuffle Bunny Too, Trixie picture really worth a thousand words? Find out in the loses her beloved stuffed bunny and in the process film Art. With a little encouragement from his sister, of retrieving it, gains something even better. Losing Ramon discovers that creativity is about a lot more your favorite blanket can be terrifying, but a young than getting things just “right” in Ish.

en’s C i nema Co r ne Ch i ld r en’s boy realizes that giving up something doesn’t mean it’s gone forever in Owen. In How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? discover the importance of proper manners at bedtime. In Crazy Tapping into one’s creativity by reading, writing, and Hair Day, see the chain of events that follow after a drawing are great lessons to learn. In Wild about boy mistakenly wears crazy hair to school on Class Books, see what unordinary circumstances result Picture Day.

Parent(s)/guardian(s) must sign in any child attending Children’s Cinema Corner. Parents are encouraged to stay and enjoy the films and activities with their child(ren). If a parent/guardian chooses to leave a child at this event, contact information must be provided and the child must be picked up by 3:00 pm.

Thank you to the following for assisting with this program:

Movies at Midway for providing popcorn.

Sussex County Reading Council, an affiliate of Diamond State Reading Association, for providing supplies and volunteers for Children’s Cinema Corner.

Weston Woods for providing the films for Children’s Cinema Corner. Weston Woods is a division of Scholastic Corporation, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology. For more information, please call 1-800-243-5020 or visit www.scholastic.com/westonwoods or www.scholastic.com.

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society extends best wishes to Sara McCraw for a speedy recovery. As one of the original planners of this event, her positive attitude and determination are an inspiration to all who know her. 94

Our Thanks… The behind-the-scenes process of producing an event of this magnitude requires the assistance of many people over the course of eleven months. Some are veterans and some are first-timers. All contribute to a collective effort toward

OUr Thanks creating a wonderful film festival that brings enjoyment to a very appreciative audience.

While the last eleven months have been busy, we wish to take the time to say:

Thank you… Thank you… to all the filmmakers and distributors who provide films to the Miygai Prefectural Governments to for helping to that entertain, educate, inspire, and/or emotionally touch coordinate Country Spotlight: Japan. A special thanks to Ms. thousand of film viewers. Takeno Suzuki for her tireless efforts.

Thank you… Thank you… Richard Derrickson, for renting eight Movies at Midway General Manager Brooke Lowe, Projectionist Kenny theaters to the RBFS which allows the audience to enjoy the Schmierer and the entire Movies at Midway staff for your convenience of seeing many films in one location. hard work during the Festival and throughout the year.

Thank you… Thank you… Delaware Division of the Arts and the Delaware State Arts to our summer film reviewers who assist with critiquing Council for providing financial assistance which supports the numerous film submissions. Your input is helpful with the Film Society’s year-round operations. A special thanks to film selection process. Susan Salkin for your professional assistance. Thank you… Thank you… to every Festival attendee for supporting this event. Media Sponsor Delaware Coast Press/Delaware Beachcomber/ Your appreciation of the cinematic arts enables the film delmarvanow!com for supporting this event from the beginning. selection to include a broad slate of diverse films from throughout the world. Thank you… Batenga Obuseh for providing the original artwork that was Thank you… the inspiration for this year’s Festival design. to the RBFS staff of Wendi Dennis, Malcolm Keen, Marie Sardone, and Chuck Patalive for your efforts devoted to Thank you… handling the multitude of demands and challenges that Jeff Hughes (Hughes Design, Inc.) for creatively adapting an RBFS faces year-round. original piece of art into the design of this program and other collateral materials. Thank you… Rehoboth Beach Film Society Board of Directors for donating Thank you… your time and talents in governing this organization. A to each and every SPONSOR (see page 10). Your generosity special thanks to Board President Fritz Schranck for leading and commitment to this event, even during current economic the organization forward. challenges, benefits thousands of Festival attendees. Thank you… Thank you… Thank you… to every volunteer for donating your skills James Gardner who singularly raises money to purchase the throughout the year to help RBFS excel! volunteer shirts, every year. His continual dedication to this event, even during a personally challenging year, is greatly appreciated. Our thanks to all of you! Thank you… Sue Early, Executive Director the Sussex County Reading Council, an affiliate of Diamond Joe Bilancio, Festival Program Director State Reading Association, for helping to coordinate the Children’s Cinema Corner. 96 s

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society thanks the following individuals (current members as of 9/08/09) whose dues support the organization’s year-round operations:

Contributing David Greer Andree Ranft Maria Barrera Audrey Cordrey Peter Gilbert Jan Konesey Directors Gary Grunder Steve Ranger Curtiss Barrows Sal Corrallo Jackie Goff Charma Konnor Lynn Fuqua Betty Grunder Jim Reichert Johannah Barry Carolyn Cotter Melvin Goldberg Joan Kostelnik James A. Fuqua, Jr. Tim Gualdoni Rita Reimer Colleen Barry Marty Craft Michael Golder Eve Kovalchick

M embe r Darrel Grinstead Alan Harmon Karen Ritter Nina Bawa William Cross Patricia Goldstein Genie Kramedas Anne M. Kuhns John Hart Laura Ritter Sally Bawcombe Daniel Cruce Clark Goldstein Myra Kramer Paul Kuhns Michael Hartogs Joel Robbins Dick Bawcombe Ruth Crystal Stuart Gordon Charlene Kramer Diane Pirkey Jack Herman Ellen Rodin Kathy Baylis Richard Culver Gary Graff Roger Kramer Stephanie Herman John Roehmer Gregory Beal Mace Cutler Joan Graff Christine Lally DIRECTOR LEVEL Linda Hersey Susan Roehmer Margaret Beatty Diane Cutler Nettie Green Jean Laws Scott Allegretti Bill Hillegeist Stephen Ross Diana Beebe Joyce Dadant Sterling Green Vic Laws Laura Ambler Elizabeth Hochholzer Jennifer Rothgeb Carole Benjamin Lindsay Daschle Rick Grier-Reynolds Christine Lay Leroy Anderson Bryan Houlette John Sabo Peter Berkery, Jr. Judith Davis Rachel Grier-Reynolds Pat Layton James Andrews Chris Israel Michael Sanow Judith Berkman Betty Deacon Tom Griffith Elizabeth Layton Patricia Antonisse Karen Jacoby Susan Schranck Peter Berkman Sonja Decker Suzanne Gross Emily Leader Deborah Appleby Harriet Jarosh Frederick Schranck Christine Besche Michael Decker Joan Grozalis Sally Lengel Elayne Arsht Jim Johnson Joan Sharp Melinda Bickerstaff Hoyte Decker Shirley Guard Karen Lent Pamela Baker Walter Jones Matt Shepard Bev Billingsley Gerald Denisof Terence Gurley Carol Lent Dean Baker Judith Jones Lori Simmons Chuck Birdsell Jane deSolms Karen Gustafson Larry Levine Andrea Barros Mick Kaczorowski Laura Simon Jenifer Blair Ruth Dickerson Jane Guyer Paul Levine Richard Barros Nancy Kaiser Bob Slavin Nancy Bloom Janice Dickson Bernard Guyer Mimi Levine John Barry, Jr. Anita Kaplan John Smeallie Eleanor Bochner Marie Digennaro Henry Hain, III Harry Linowes Alan Barthelman Arnold Kaplin Midge Smith George Bockius A.T. Dill III Cindy Hall Judie Linowes George Bauer Marcia Kaplin Mowry Spencer Jean Bohner Carol Dobson John Hall Judy Lippe David Bergman Kevin Kaporch Allen Stafford Adam Book Laura Dotterer Christopher Hall Gary Lippe Jeanette Binstock Lisa Kaufman Peggy Stark Carol Boros Ronald Dotterer Barbara Halleck Constance Lohse Mark Binstock Maureen Keenan John Stassi Sheri Borrin Zita Dresner Gary Hanna Dana Long Cathin Bishop Deborah Kennedy Sydney Stearman Larry Bowers Bartley Dryden Ron Hannebohn Wayne Lucarelli Karen Blood Shirley Klassman Phyllis Stearman Elinor Boyce Lynda Dunham Sharon Hansen Tina Lucarelli Lawrence Bost Carol Kolmerten Donald Stein Dave Boyce Carol Eason Rita Hanuschock Joyce Lussier Cathi Bost Eric Korpon Michael Stevens Victor Branham Irvin Eberhart Judith Harbaugh Doris Lustine David Brant Curt Leciejewski Jeff Stroud Gary Breakwell Nelson Eckert Bobbie Hart Peggy Lyle Eugene Braverman Nancy Leggoe Ken Sugarman Seymour Brecher Mary Edwards Jeff Haslow Susan Maclary Jane Brooks Joan LeLacheur Stephen Sumption Carol Bresler Steve Eichel Donald Hecht Penny MacLennan Angelo Cairo John Lenz Ariane Sumption Robert Brewer, Jr. Jeffrey Elkner Richard Henninger Christopher Magaha Ken Casazza Anita Lenz Neal Tash Susan Brown Lisa Elliott Kay Hickman Patricia Magee Jane Casazza Nancy Levenson Ronald Tate Sandy Browning Carole Ellison Janet Higgins Barbara Mahaffey Denis Casey Phyllis Levitt Alleane Taylor Mary Ann Bruno Jim Ellison Michael J. Higgins Christian Mahaffey Kathy Casey Ted Lewis Joan Thompson Trudy Bryan Robin English Robert Hill Gail Maidenbaum Sandra Chinchilla Monica Lewis Helen Torosian Bruce Bryen Joan Epstein Tom Holub Tom Mandel Laura Colker Duwayne Litz Susan Towers Albert Buchanan Susan Eubank Barbara Holub Maryanne Manzi Charles Conroy Kay Loysen Michael Tupman Emory Buck Anne Evans Larry Hooker Marti Marino Christine Corsette Jim Madgey Susan Vanaman Anne Buck Anne Farley Karen Hugues Harold Marmon Robert Corsette Michele Mankins Bonnie Walker Jon Burke Joseph Feichtl Michael Hunter Emily Marston Henry Cox Marjorie Martin Linda Weidman Mary Burns Nancy Feichtl Karen Hunter Nancy Martin David Cristy Marsha McLaurin Doug Weidman Carla Burton Ellen Feinberg Nate Hurto Norma Martin Rosemary Cummings William McManus Mildred White Barbara Butta Pam Feinstein Dawn Hurto Guy Martin Ellen d’Alelio Brett McNeilly S. A. White Joanne Cabry Rich Feinstein Wayne Hutchinson Kathryn Matassa Alfred Dirska Karen Medford Carl Wisler Marianne Callahan Elissa Feldman Wayne Hutchinson Claire McCabe Clifford Diver Warren Michelson Andrew Wohl Paul Capodanno Bill Fellner Phil Hutchison David McCall Vicki DiVittorio Bill Miller James Wu Laurel Capodanno Karen Finn Barbara Hyde Judith McClafferty Diane Dixson Lee Wayne Mills Katherine Wu Lynne Cardwell Sally Fintel Gary Jackoway Bill McGee Deanna Duby Natalie Moss Alexander Yearley Dorothy Cartagena Cheryl Fischer Tom Jamison Cathleen McGrath Reid Dudley Patricia Murphy Suzanne Ziegler Judy Catterton Roy Fitzgerald Kathleen Jennings Deo McKaig Teri Dunbar Barbara Negus Alan Zuckerman Ken Catterton Jean Fleishman Marty Johnson Jan McKenzie Eugene Dvornick Kim Nelson Marilyn Zuckerman Debra Catts Elizabeth Fleming Ken Johnson James McMahon Jim Esposito David Nelson Sara Cavendish Mary Folan Lee Jones Ann McNeil Gregory Estes John Newton, Jr. EXECUTIVE Monica Chai Mark Ford Beth Joselow Carol Meadows Ginny Feldman Susan Norris PRODUCER LEVEL Bob Chambers Ann Forster Miriam Joseph J.O. Meadows Michael Filicko Robert Nowak Emily Abbott Deborah Chase Margaret Francis Richard Joseph Leo Medisch Jackie Finer Jennifer Oliva Becky Abel Edward Chase Joan Frense Eric Kafka Robert Meighan Al Firth Mary Orlando Mary Ann Abella Patricia Chase Sarah Friebert Gaye Kahigian Gail Meighan Christina Fishburn Jeff Osterstrom Ken Adams Thomas Childers Rosalyn Fried Fred Kaltreider Michele Meisart Todd Fishburn Rose Osterstrom Anita Adams Dorothy Chimienti Jeffrey Fried Eleni Karagiorgos Monte Meltzer Chris Fisher Rosanne Pack Cynthia Albright Tammy Chincheck Sharon Friedman Jennie Keith Sallie Melvin Keven Fitzsimmons Dan Patton Robert Alexander Stan Chincheck Stephen Friedman Barbara Kelly Arthur Melvin Rebecca Forney Peggy Paul Roxana Alfaro James Chupella Harvey Fruman Joanne Kempton Cornelia Melvin Craig Fraser Robert Peavy Lois Anderson Charles Churilla Kathryn Fuller Frances Kendall Chuck Mezger Rhoda Ganz Michael Peterson Peggy Antonisse Maria Ciuffetelli Laurie Fulton Janet Kennedy Joyce Michalek Joel Ganz, M.D. Beth Pile Jim Antonisse Mark Clark Patrick Gaffney Sandra Kennedy Mary Miele Don Gardiner Kit Pilgrim Joan Appleby Sharon Clark Joan Gaffney Esther Kernosh Mark Milford Helen Gates Evelyn Pilgrim Robert Appleby Valerie Cloutier Adriane Gallagher Daniel Kinsella Dolores Milford Sadye Goldbloom John Pitchford Tim Arnold Bruce Clute Ann Gardner Carole Klase Carl Mills Mary Good Nancy Poole Cecilia Ashe Chris Coburn Kevin Garrison Goldie Klein Laurie Mills Diane Gordon Catherine Priest Steven Aune Rochelle Cohen Helen Garton Gershon Klein Neal Minietta Roy A. Gordon Fran Rachles Steven Baker Jane Cohen Linda Gaskill Jennifer Knighton Jessica Mong Amy Grace Margo Ramage Melissa Baker Gary Colangelo Susan Geller Greg Kodjanian Kevin Morris Sherry Gratz Gary Ramage Sue Bardsley Robert Connelly Frederick P. German Joel Kolko Barton Morrison Robert Gratz Andrew Ranft Marisa Barra Richard Contee Patricia Gibler Marcia Kolko Jody Morrison 97 M embe r

Charles Moscarillo Robert Schreter Robert Wheland Alice Fagans Robert Nagy Linda Wymbs Malcolm Keen Greg Mullen Susan Schwelling Gail Whitman Debi Feder Gilbert Navarro Doug Yetter Suzanne Kristensen Renee Murch Shawn Scott John Wieseman Arline Fleischer Pat Newcomb Kit Zak Elizabeth Krushinskie J. Andrew Murphy Winnie Sebastian James Wigand Rebecca Frederick Carl Newman Bill Zak Faith Kusterer Deborah Murphy Gloria Segree Mary Wigger Nina Galerstein Russ Notar Donald Zimmerman Denise Laux Lee Mussoff Jonahan Sharp Margaret Wilkins Jo Ann Gallo Sandra Oropel Andree Lavu Ed Nadeau Gwyneth Sharp Robert Wilson Floyd Gallo David Osborn FILM BUFF LEVEL Iris Lefever s Robert Nadig Jean Shaw Douglas Wilson Daniel Gaughan Lorraine Paida Maria Acciarri James Lefever Paula Nadig Mary Shea Genevieve Wilson Dennis Geraghty Anthony Paida Sheri Ackerman Marsha Levine Joseph Neenan Susan Sherman Lynn Wilson Natalie Gilbert Sharon Parnell Adelyn Aker Ginger Livingston Bee Neild, III Nancy Shobe Gene Wilson Bruce Gillespie Dan Payne Verlyn Aker Ed Livingston Donna Nicholson David Shotwell Robert Wiltshire Carol Goldbach Ceil Payne Annemarie Albaugh Jack Malloy Konrad Noebel David Shuey Arthur Windreich Larry Goldberg Paolo Peghini-Rabes Sarah Barnett Patricia McAteer Jeffrey Nolt Cynthia Silverblatt Paul Winkler Ellen Goldberg Anita Peghini-Rabes Tonya Bassett Betty Ann McNeil Ellen Nutter Evelyn Simmons Gail Winkler Susan Goudy Paul Penniman George Beckerman Mary K. Meyer Ashley Oland Bud Simon Linda Winton Jane Graham Mimi Peters Tom Biesiadny Thomas Micka Alan O’Leary Joanne Sinsheimer Beth Wise Neil Greenblum Page Pettit Les Brown Richard Miller Mary-Jane Ostinato Jerry Sipes Charles Woods Roberta Hagen Elizabeth Pittman Douglas Buckley Marsha Mills Sandra Pace Dan Slagle Carole Woodyard Lana Halpern Ted Pokorny Jane Buckley Diana Morris Sally Packard Charles Smith Karen Wray Dorothy Hand John Potocki Saundra Burkett Gabrielle Nadig Elena Padrell Perrin Smith Richard Wray Pat Hansen Marc Pound Robin Carney Doris Northrup Perry Palan Dreama Smith Stephen Yaros Tracy Harvey Gloria Pound Joan Charmak Janet Nosal Judith Palmer Jeanne Smith Herb Yeager Lauren Helms Tina Proveaux John Chitwood Terry O’Byrne George Palmer Judith Smith Judy Yeager Margaret Hennesey Donnee Ramelli Joanne Ciconte Lowell Owens Rick Palmer Jeff Socorso Zando Designs Walter Hetfield Candy Ramelli John Cigler Marjorie Owens Linda Palmer C. Wesley Sooy David Zinnamon Philip Heuisler Patricia Renninger Jim Condry Melinda Patterson Sophie Papanikolaou Gloria Soto John Zinsmeister Anne Heuisler Robert Rice Joyce Condry Barbara Perry Tim Patterson Philip Soucy Yona Zucker Jeanne Holl Salvatore Rinaudo Cal Copp Kay Powell Carol Pearson Madge Lee Spector Gary Zupco John Holl Timothy Ring David Cullen Jim Powell Mary Peck Deborah Spellman Lesa Howard Sandra Roberts Nancy Cullen James Prescott Jane Perkins Richard Sprague ASSOCIATE Sheila Howe Tricia Roberts David Cummings Christine Reed Connie Peterson Janet Sprague PRODUCER LEVEL Claudia Hughes Mark Robinson Christine Davidson Karl Richeson Marianne Petillo Pat Staby James Alexander Jr. John Hulse Roy Roney Marc DeCandia Louis Rimbach Bob Pettit Erik Stancofski Brook Andrews Andrea Illig Chris Rouchard Joan DeCandia Barbara Rimbach Erin Pettit Hiba Stancofski Mary Angle Dianne Jacobini Richard Rubin Helen Delaney Elgene Roe Malcolm Peverley Luane Stanley Shirley April Joan Jennings Michelle Rumble Sam Dellavecchia Judy Rolfe Guido Pittaccio Wave Starnes Giovanni Arrighi Stan Jensen Wesley Rumble Roxana Dellavecchia Nadyne Rosin Mari Plowman Mary Ann Stewart Gayle August Glenn Johnston Gail Russell Jay Delozier Marie Sardone Robert Porta Jill Stokes Terry August Connie Jones Barbara Santos Keith Demko Elizabeth Scannell Patricia Porta John Stovall Susan Baker Ann Jornlin Everett Santos Wendi Dennis Robert Scannell Kathy Potts Ellen Stovall Michael Balay Frank Jornlin Ruth Schetman Martha D’Erasmo Jacob Schiavo Joseph Poux Scott Strickler Johanna Barbah Janet Kane Tom Schoeninger Richard Diefenbeck John Schwanky Colleen Prasil Cathy Strodel Bernadine Bauer Jim Kane Lynda Schoeninger Maryann Donnan Mary Schwanky Kelly Price Dan Strodel Henry Black Barbara Kaplan Geoffrey Schulz Art Donner Ernie Soffronoff Deborah Qualey Kate Supplee Paul Bradley Bob Kautz Salvatore Seeley Sue Early Patty Soffronoff Mike Quinn Jeanne Swartz Carolyn Bruce Jerry Kennedy Gary Sekuler Susan Eddy Carole Somers Carolyn Quinn Don Szczepkowski Thomas Bruce Neil Kenny Vera Seleznow Steve Fanto Milton Somers Veronica Radalin Joseph Tarantolo Linda Burleson Margot Kia Everett Shawen Kelly Fanto Anne Marie Sopko Cray Rader Eden Terenzini Tony Burns Christine King Cathy Sieber Margaret Ferguson Barbara Steinke Valerie Reber Margaret Quinn Tessier Bernadine Butler Ann Kirmil Everett Sillers Ted Ferragut Scot Stetka Joan Reeves Aleta Thompson Howard Butler John Kirmil Beverly Silver Toni Fidance-Ford Neil Stevenson Charlie Reeves Barbara Thompson Carole Calhoun Frances Kling Brenda Sims Helen Flood Judith Stout Jodi Renbaum Suzanne Thurman John Carrow Jo Klinge Ken Skrzesz Don Flood Carolyn Theim David Reznick Avrim Topel Kate Cauley Joyce Koeneman Mary Slattery Brenda Gibbons Maria Turner Sandra Reznick David Torok Hazel Celis Sandy Koubek Renee Slobasky Craig Gibson Raymond Turner Helen Richards Teri Trainer Linda Christenson Joan Kuriansky Mary Jo Slowey Lois Gillespie Connie Valentine James Rifenbergh Rosalind Troupin Larry Christman Sylvia Lahvis Mary Smith Alan Gordon Jim Valentine Jacqueline Rifenbergh Ed Turner, Jr. Jacquie Christman Frederick Lahvis David Stevens Michele Gordon Barbara Vaughan Elaine Rifkin Michael Tyler Duane Cipollini Mathilda Laschenski David Storms Linda Grahne Bryan Vogh Erik Rifkin Dana Ulery Michael Cole Ralph Lawson Casey Suits James Grahne Bob Wasserbach Carole Robbins Joel Underwood John Cooley Stephanie Lee Lorraine Terraneo Joseph Gregory Louise White Dale Roberts Vivian Unger Jeffrey Cooper James Lee Jeane Torrence Betty May Hamilton Robert White, Jr. Jane Roberts Marcel Unger Benedette Cooper Mary Ella Lehfeldt Antoninette Tortorella O. Keith Hamilton, MD Herb Wilgis Janet Rohr Nancy Veret Pauline Copans Carolyn Lester Cecelia Toth Anne Hanna Terry Wilkerson Patricia Romaine Monica Viana Ginny Craig Carol Levin John Travis Janine Harrison Caryl Williams Josephine Ronan JoAnn Vitullo Christine Cronenwett Pat Lewis Joe Tropiano Mary-Anne Harvie Gretta L. Wolter Richard Ronan Don Wainwright Rose Cybak Carol Lewis Ralph Tullie John Harvie Tony Wright Chuck Rorbach Marianne Walch Helen Daley Vanessa Loper Linda Valentino Mary Helms Ed Wulkan Robert Rosenberg Gloria Walls Diane Daniel Blanche Love Richard Ward Pat Hendrick Elizabeth Wulkan Jennifer Roth Carolyn Walter Harriet Davies William Lowery Margaret Ward Pat Hendrickson Martha Zimmerman Martha Ruane Al Wann Angela Davis Daniel Lyons Richard Warden Alice Hendry Eugene Ruane Phyllis Wann Robert Davison Robert Makinen Barbara Warden Robert Hotes STUDENT LEVEL Janet Russo Barbara Warnell Susan Davison Toni Mason Jeannette Webber Butch Hovis Ingrid Beaver-Kepner Tom Ryan Aida Waserstein Sheila Davolos Ruth Ann Mattingly Ann Weir Jake Hudson Ursula Beaver-Kepner Sue Saliba Ellen Watkins Joan Demko Mac McGrady Jason Weisberg Judy Hunt Margaret Booth Charles Salkin George Watson Charlotte Dennis William McKinnon Sharon Werner Dennis Ignasias Jamie Deptula Susan Salkin Ferris Webster Deborah Dickey Cathy McNeill Karen Wexler Claire Ippoliti Anita Galdieri Christina Samson Richard Weinacht Claire DiStefano Holly Melzer Jane Wilgis Helane Jeffreys Carole Sandy Bernice Weinacht Tina Dombroski Lee Metzger Stephen Wise Zachary Johnson Richard Saunders Shirley Weiner Dorothy Duggan Sharon Miken LaVonne Wontorek Cindy Johnson Felicia Schembri Elva Weininger Charles Duvall Kimberly Momballou Carol Woodcock Kara Johnson Betsy Schmidt Taylor Wells Robert England Rene Guy Mongeau Jean Woodman Khairil Junos Peter Schott Ed Wendel Ruth Epstein Thomas Morris Wilson Wyatt Barbara Keate Phil Schreiber Bobbie Wendel John Fagan Barbara Mullin Katie Wyatt John Keefe 98 s o r Film Society Contributors The Rehoboth Beach Film Society thanks the following individuals, businesses, and foundations who made a financial donation to an endowment fund, the annual campaign, a program, and/or for general operating expenses during the period of 8/08 – 9/9/09.

Every contribution is greatly appreciated.

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Deborah Appleby Alice Hendry Pamela Baker Martha M. Johnson Colleen Barry Eric Kafka Johannah Barry Edwin Kennedy John Barry Law Office of Edward Gill o ci e tyt Con tri bu Alan Barthelman Anita Lenz Jean Bohner DuWayne Litz Jane Buckley Timonthy McGlynn Barbara Butta Ann McNeil CA, Inc. Elizabeth Metzler James Chupella Warren Michelson Pauline Copans Natalie Moss Fi lm S David Cristy John Newton Christine Cronenwett Alan O’Leary Rosemary Cummings Stephen Ross Nadina Davis John Sabo Delaware National Bank Fritz Schrank Beverly Denbo Everett Shawen Exxon Mobile Foundation Evie Simmons Fannie Mae Service Corp. Neal Tash Margaret Ferguson Cecelia Toth Toni Fidance-Ford, & Robert White, Jr. Rosalind Troupin Rhoda Ganz Marcel Unger Mary Good Verizon Terrence Gurley Jeanette Webber Judith Harbaugh Elva Weininger Michael Hartogs Suzanne Ziegler 99 Commen t F

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When the Film Festival is over, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society continues to host film events throughout the year. Visit www.rehobothfilm.com to get information about current opportunities to see quality, independent films during the other eleven months of the year.

Another Take (in partnership with CAMP Rehoboth) is a AND FOR THE series featuring gay and lesbian-themed films. YOUNGER GENERATIONS… Around the World offers a monthly film screening of A free, summer series which international films followed by a discussion on the first Wednesday Fun with Filmmaking introduces children (ages 7 to 10 years) to the basics of filmmaking. of each month, 7:00 PM at the Movies at Midway. This series is co- The program is offered in collaboration with community-based sponsored by the Lewes Public Library. libraries. Cinema & Art brings art and artists to the big screen through a partnership with the Rehoboth Art League and the INN Morris Fierberg Student Film Award at Canal Square. An award designed to encourage student film production by acknowledging the outstanding work of a student film director with Cinema By The Surf (co-sponsored by the City of a financial award on an annual basis. Rehoboth Beach) provides families with a wonderful experience of watching films outdoors. Student Film Group [In partnership with DTCC Performing Arts Club] A program in which area high school and Cinema cabaret A monthly film and dinner series in which college students meet monthly to view cinema history’s most the menu corresponds to the food theme of the film. [In partnership influential films and discuss the elements that constitute excellence with OVATIONS Restaurant.] in film. Monthly screenings provide a screening of an independent film every fourth Friday of each month (September – To learn more about Film Society programs, please sign up on our e-mail May) in the upstairs screening room at the Movies at Midway. contact list. Your e-mail address is privately stored for RBFS use only and is used to send you information about upcoming events. Other initiatives As part of the organization’s outreach efforts, the Film Society partners with other community-based groups and service agencies to co-sponsor special film events. The website is the best place to learn what is happening.

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