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A SPECIAL WELCOME FROM MAYOR FESTIVAL STAFF JONATHAN ROTHSCHILD festival executive director assistant managers honorary chair, loft film fest 2014 PEGGY JOHNSON KYLE CANFIELD DAVID PAIZ As a lifelong Tucsonan, I’ve enjoyed watching e Loft Cinema’s festival directors PEDRO ROBLES long journey to becoming the entertainment destination it JJ GIDDINGS BRENDA RODRIGUEZ is today. I remember its original incarnation as an art house JEFF YANC theatre at Freemont and 6th in the 1970s and 80s, and its volunteer coordinator reincarnation on Speedway Blvd in 2002 as a nonpro t. e Loft managing director TIM KEENE has had many great moments since then. A couple that stand ZACH BRENEMAN out are the 2004 Tribute to Philip Seymour Homan, which projectionists festival programming consultant RAY BORBOA featured Q&As with Homan himself, and the 2006 screenings MIKE PLANTE of , which were attended by Oscar winners ANA HUMPHREY DALE MEYERS Larry McMurtry and . associate programmer JESSICA PRENTICE JONATHAN KLEEFELD MIKE WILKINS Tucson is home to a passionate and supportive lm community. art director anks to that support, e Loft continues to thrive and expand. theatre floor staff MATT MCCOY e addition of a third screen last year allowed for more lms ADAM BUCHOLZ and more patrons. A fourth screen, a bigger lobby, and a new development associates TRENTON CASTILLO concession stand will added soon. e community’s continued ERIN HENDERSON BROOKE HARTNETT support is what makes this possible. e Loft is a vital part of our MAHALA LEWIS KATELYN INMAN arts community, and I am proud to be among its biggest fans. IZABELLA VANEK MARYELLEN WHITMOYER anks for your continued support. administrative assistant SHAWNA DACOSTA loft cinema interns Mayor Jonathan Rothschild director of theatre operations TERA BABB Honorary Chair, Loft Film Fest 2014 JASON DENHOLM ANTORA MAJUMDAR

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL The Loft Film Fest is made possible in part by the support of its generous members and our Celebrating its fth year in 2014, e Loft Film Fest is dedicated incredible team of volunteers! to showcasing the best independent, foreign and classic lms, as well as celebrating the work of established and emerging directors, writers, producers and actors. e Loft Film Fest, through its eclectic and diverse programming, aims not only to expand the audience for cinema that challenges, inspires and entertains, but also to honor those artists whose talent and passion bring that cinema to life.

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01 02 GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE 3D THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 7:00PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 7:30PM WITH AND SCREENWRITER SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! LARRY MCMURTRY, RECIPIENT OF THE 2014 LOFTY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, IN “e result is, beyond question, the nest way PERSON! SPONSORED BY PEPPER VINER that the [3D] format has ever been put to use.” - HOMES. Jake Cole, Movie Mezzanine

Celebrate opening night of the Loft Film Fest 2014 with “As far as purely aesthetic experiences go, I a free glass of champagne (for those over 21), delicious doubt anything I’ll see anywhere this year will hors d’oeuvres and live music on the Loft patio beginning beat Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language.” - at 6:00pm. Opening night is sponsored by Golden Eagle , AV Club Distributors.

Adapted from Larry McMurtry’s knowingly nostalgic, semi- autobiographical novel, e Last Picture Show is one of the most acclaimed lms of the 1970s – an elegiac, bittersweet drama about growing up in a small, dust-blown town that perfectly captures the end of an era. Directed with astonishing assurance by up-and-coming lmmaker (who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay along with McMurtry), e Last Picture Show immediately catapulted the young auteur into the ranks of major American lmmakers, with critics praising the lm as “the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane.” Revolving around the adventures of three sexually-confused 1950s teens, played by then-unknowns Je Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Cybill Shepherd, the lm expertly depicts their tentative journey to adulthood involving death, disaster, ruined relationships, moments of joy and the slow realization of life’s e idea is simple: and a single man meet. ey unfairness, all played out against the backdrop of a dying small town love, they argue, sts y. A dog strays between town and country. American life that’s about to vanish into history. Featuring luminous e seasons pass. e man and woman meet again. e dog nds black and white cinematography and a letter-perfect supporting cast led itself between them. e other is in one, the one is in the other by Ben Johnson (Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner), and they are three. e former husband shatters everything. (Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner) and , e Last A second lm begins: the same as the rst, and yet not. From Picture Show is a modern-day classic that only gets better with age. (Dir. the human race we pass to metaphor. is ends in barking and by Peter Bogdanovich, 1971, 118 mins., Rated R) 35mm a baby’s cries. In the meantime, we will have seen people talking Larry McMurtry is a -winning author who has written of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the more than forty novels, biographies and collections of essays, several death of a robin. e new lm from legendary director Jean-Luc of which have been adapted into award-winning feature lms and Godard is his rst in 3-D, and one of the most singular of his television movies, including Hud (1963), e Last Picture Show (1971), storied career. Winner of the Jury Prize (and the Palm Dog Jury (1983) and (1989). He is also the Prize!) at this year’s . (Dir. by Jean-Luc Godard, author of more than thirty screenplays, and winner of the Academy 2014, France, in French with English subtitles, 70 min., Not Rated) Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (along with co-writer Diana Ossana) for Brokeback Mountain (2005). e Loft Cinema is proud to present Festivals: Cannes, Toronto, New York Larry McMurtry with the 2014 Lofty Lifetime Achievement Award. FRIDAY OCTOBER 17

03 SONG FROM THE FOREST 04 BORN TO FLY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT NOON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 12:30PM SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! ARIZONA PREMIERE!

“Gorgeous.” - Eric Kohn, Indiewire “A portrait of a maverick artistic sensibility. Routines that sometimes suggest a meeting of As a young man, American Louis Sarno heard a song on the Busby Berkeley and Looney Tunes violence… radio that gripped his imagination. He followed the mysterious makes for jaw-dropping viewing.” – John sounds all the way to the Central African rainforest and found their source with the Bayaka Pygmies, a tribe of hunters and DeFore, e Hollywood Reporter gatherers. He never left. Today, 25 years later, Louis Sarno has recorded more than 1,000 hours of unique Bayaka music. He is a “It’s all joy and motion in this dazzled fully accepted member of the Bayaka society and has a 13-year- and breathless documentary” - Jeanette old son, Samedi. Once, when Samedi was a baby, Louis held his Catsoulas, New York Times seriously ill son in his arms through a frightful night and made him a promise: “If you get through this, one day I’ll show you the world I come from.”

Elizabeth Streb and the STREB Extreme Action Company form a motley troupe of yers and crashers. Propelled by Streb’s edict that “anything too safe is not action,” these daredevils challenge Now the time has come to ful ll his promise, and Louis travels the assumptions of art, aging, injury, gender, and human with Samedi from the African rainforest to a concrete jungle: possibility. Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity traces the . Together, they meet Louis’ family and old friends, evolution of Elizabeth Streb’s movement philosophy as she pushes including his closest friend from college, Jim Jarmusch. Carried herself and her performers from the ground to the sky. Revealing by the contrasts between rainforest and urban America, with a the passions behind the dancers’ bruises and broken noses, Born to fascinating soundtrack and peaceful, loving imagery, Louis and Fly oers a breathtaking tale about the necessity of art, inspiring Samedi’s stories are interwoven to form a touching portrait of an audiences hungry for a more tactile and erce existence. (Dir. by extraordinary man and his son. Song from the Forest is a modern Catherine Gund, 2014, USA, in English, 82 min., Not Rated) Digital epic set between rainforest and skyscrapers. (Dir. by Michael Obert, 2014, USA, in English, 98 min., Not Rated) Digital Festivals: SXSW, International Film Festival Festivals: essaloniki, London, SXSW FRIDAY OCTOBER 17

05 THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT 06 ADVANCED STYLE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 2:30PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 3:00PM ARIZONA PREMIERE! TUCSON PREMIERE!

“One of the most con dent and unusual “Sweet, funny and very, very New York.” - rst features in recent memory.” - Ignatiy Cormac O’Brien, Little White Lies Vishnevetsky, AV Club “Advanced Style celebrates the glamour and Siblings Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and their vitality of sassy New Yorkers who still cut a little sister Clara. at evening, other relatives will be joining them for dinner. Over the course of the day, the washing dash in the autumn of their years.” - Allan machine is repaired, people sit together at the kitchen table, Hunter, Daily Express carry out an experiment with orange peel, talk about lungs, and sew on a button that was deliberately torn o. is sequence of “A fun and sunny documentary, proving, as family scenes in a Berlin at complete with cat and dog creates always, that age ain’t nothing but a number.” - a wondrous world of the everyday: Coming and going, all manner of doings, each movement leading to the next, one word Adam A. Donaldson, We Got is Covered following another. It is a carefully staged chain reaction of actions and sentences. And in between, silent gazes and anecdotes about experiences. e people act oddly even-temperedly; their dialogues are direct and unemotional. Even the pets and the material surroundings play a part. Some objects seem alive as if by magic. Commonplace actions and familiar items appear absurd and eerie in this narrative cosmos. In his feature lm debut, director Ramon Zürcher places the absurdities of daily life on display and translates unspectacular events into an exciting choreography of everyday life. Produced by international cinema maverick Béla Tarr, e Strange Little Cat is a marvel. (Dir. by Ramon Zürcher, 2013, Germany, in German with subtitles, 72 min., Not Rated) Digital Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their Festivals: Berlin, Cannes, Toronto approaches to aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famed blog of Preceded by the short lm PHANTOM LIMB the same name, this lm paints intimate and colorful portraits of independent, stylish women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging James and Martha narrowly survive a motorcycle accident. conventional ideas about beauty, aging, and culture’s During the aftermath, however, James begins to experience increasing obsession with youth. Advanced Style will make you Martha’s phantom pains. (Dir. by Alex Grigg, 2013, UK/Australia, want to strut your stu. (Dir. by Lina Plioplyte, 2014, USA, in in English, 5 mins.) English, 72 min., Not Rated) Digital Festivals: Hot Docs,

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07 THE WAY HE LOOKS 08 FORT TILDEN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 4:30PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 5:00PM ARIZONA PREMIERE! STAR CLARE MCNULTY IN PERSON!

“Sweet and beautifully observed… Lobo is ARIZONA PREMIERE! mesmerizing as Leonardo.” - e Hollywood Reporter “Very funny.” - Eric Kohn, Indiewire

Stuck fending o bullies and over-protective parents, Leonardo Amidst quarter-life crises, Allie struggles to prepare for the Peace spends his days allowing his best friend Giovana to drag him Corps, while Harper awaits checks from her father to fund her around town. Being blind has always been an inconvenience artistic dreams. But the two friends quickly shun responsibilities for Leonardo, but his angsty adolescence gets a lift when the for the day when a pair of good-looking guys invite them along handsome and smooth-talking Gabriel turns down numerous for a carefree Fort Tilden afternoon. As the two young women oers from ogling girls to hang with Leonardo after school. e board their bikes and embark on a lengthy journey to the beach, longer they spend together, the more apparent their shared they quickly realize that, akin to their confusing, transitioning attraction becomes - not just to them but to a spurned Giovana lives, they neither know where they’re going nor how they plan as well. As social pressure mounts on both to t within their to get there. e debut feature lm of directors Sarah-Violet conned social boxes, the two must decide whether to ignore Bliss and Charles Rogers, Fort Tilden is a hilariously insightful their feelings or to throw caution to the wind and admit that look at the consequences of extended adolescence. Grand Jury they might actually be falling in love. ’s ocial selection for Award winner at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. (Dir. by Sarah- the 2015 and the winner of two awards at the Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, 2014, USA, in English, 95 min., Not 64th Berlin International Film Festival; the FIPRESCI Prize for Rated) Digital best feature lm in the Panorama section and the Festivals: SXSW for best LGBT-themed feature. (Dir. by Daniel Ribeiro, 2014, Brazil, in Portugese with subtitles, 95 min., Not Rated) Digital Clare McNulty is an actress, writer and arts administrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for her role as ‘Allie’ in the Festivals: Berlin, Cannes, Seattle SXSW Grand Jury Prize-Winning feature lm ‘Fort Tilden.’ Clare is a program manager with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, an artistic associate with Sinking Ship Productions, and an improviser with Ten Bones eater Company’s ‘Entirely From Memory’ series which performs regularly at e Magnet eater. FRIDAY OCTOBER 17

09 THE WINDING STREAM 10 KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 7:00PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 7:30PM ARIZONA PREMIERE! WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR DAVID ZELLNER AND CO-WRITER NATHAN ZELLNER IN “Director Beth Harrington packs enough PERSON! drama, music and history to fuel a miniseries in her thoroughly entertaining and comprehensive ARIZONA PREMIERE! account of the Carter and Cash families and their enduring contributions to American music.” - Kumiko lives in a cluttered, cramped apartment in Tokyo with e Hollywood Reporter her pet rabbit, Bunzo. She works as an oce lady, robotically preparing tea and fetching dry cleaning for her nitpicky boss. But on her own time, she obsessively watches a weathered VHS copy of Fargo. Rewinding and fast-forwarding repeatedly, she meticulously maps out where a briefcase of castaway loot is buried within the lm. After hours of intense research, Kumiko heads to the and into the harsh Minnesota winter to search for it.

Inspired by an urban legend about a Japanese woman who took a similar journey, lmmaker brothers David and Nathan Zellner tackle their most ambitious project to date. e Zellners’ love for lonely eccentrics remains intact, and Rinko Kikuchi (Pacic Rim) gives a fascinating performance as the introspective, withdrawn e Winding Stream is the tale of the dynasty at the very heart Kumiko, whose increasing discomfort in the world leads her of . Starting with the seminal Original Carter to retreat ever further into isolation. Shot with breathtaking Family, AP, Sara and Maybelle; this lm documents the ebb precision, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter soars to transcendence and ow of their inuence, the transformation of that act into as it reveals the beauty in the quest for reality, even if that the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, the marital alliance reality is just your own. executive produced between June Carter and music legend , and Kumiko, which won the US Special Jury Award (Dramatic) at the eorts of the present-day family to keep this legacy alive. this year’s for the fantastic music score A story that has never been told in its entirety, e Winding by e Octopus Project. (Dir. by David Zellner, 2014, USA, in Stream covers the epic sweep of this family’s saga all in one lm. English and Japanese with subtitles, 105 min., Not Rated) Digital It is told by family members; including Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Janette Carter, as well as the musicians they inuenced. And Festivals: Sundance, Berlin, their musical contribution is vividly illustrated in performances by roots music practitioners like John Prine,George Jones, David and Nathan Zellner are Austin-based lmmakers who Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristoerson and many others. (Dir. by Beth have written, produced, and directed numerous award-winning Harrington, 2014, USA, in English, 90 min., Not Rated) Digital shorts and two feature lms, Goliath and KID-THING. Goliath played at the inaugural Loft Film Fest, while KID-THING played in the 2012 edition. e Buenos Aires International Festival of Festivals: SXSW Independent Cinema held a retrospective of the Zellner brothers’ work to date in 2012. FRIDAY OCTOBER 17

11 LATE NIGHT SHORTS 12 THE BABADOOK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 9:30PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 10:00PM Join us as we contemplate the dark underbelly - with SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! humor, music, animation, and other coping mechanisms. “An impressively chilling exercise in old-school 0.60 MG  After a long night of partying, a cast of characters intersect at a sobriety checkpoint. Tension ensues. (Dir. by Gerard Martí Rodríguez, restraint.” - William Goss, Film.com 2014, Spain, in Spanish with subtitles, 14mins.) “Do you want to die?!” seven-year-old Samuel asks his stressed- CLAIRE - Alone on her rst night in Berlin, a young woman gathers the out single mother, Amelia. She wonders if his question is a threat courage to go out on her own, but after meeting a few locals at the corner or a warning. After dealing with Samuel’s frantic tantrums his bar, she is faced with more adventure than she bargained for. (Dir. by entire life, Amelia suspects that her son has begun directing Cate Smierciak, 2014, Germany / USA, in German with subtitles, 14 mins.) his violent misbehavior toward her. However, after a dark and ALLLLLRIIIIGHT - I dunno man, maybe it’s just a “grew up in the ‘70’s” foreboding children’s book called Mister Babadook mysteriously kind of thing. (Dir. by Jason Willis, 2013, USA, 1 min.) appears on Samuel’s bookshelf, Amelia must decide if her son is THE JELLY WRESTLER - With one last shot at jelly glory, washed up truly deranged, or if there really is a bogeyman lurking in their wrestler and barmaid Eileen must grapple with aging, betrayal and her darkened halls at night. own jelly wrestling demons - a task that may well put her down for the count. (Dir. by Rebecca omson, 2013, Australia, in English, 15 mins.) First-time feature director Jennifer Kent vividly captures the vicious turbulence of Samuel’s shrill outbursts, generating JOKE - Still-life comedy props come to life in an exploration of what’s a real sense of horror from his aggressive unruliness, all the funny. (Dir. by Nickolas Duarte, 2013, USA, in English, 3 mins.) while subtly hinting at the weary Amelia’s own deeply troubled CRIME: THE ANIMATED SERIES (MARCUS MCGHEE) - When nature. e Babadook builds up tension and dread in this Hartford teacher Marcus McGhee has his car stolen, the police refuse damaged family’s home before deftly introducing the terrifying to assist him. (Dir. by Alix Lamber and Sam Chou, 2013, USA, in English, possibility that something even more ominous may be stalking 5 mins.) the dysfunctional pair. (Dir. by Jennifer Kent, 2014, Australia, in RAT PACK RAT - A Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator, hired to visit a English, 93 min., Not Rated) Digital loyal Rat Pack fan, nds himself performing the last rites at the boy’s bedside. (Dir. by Todd Rohal, 2014, USA, in English, 18 mins.) Festivals: Sundance, New Directors / New Films, Seattle International Film Festival FUNNEL - A man’s car breaks down and sends him on a quest across town that slowly turns into the most fantastically mundane adventure. (Dir. by Andre Hyland, 2013, USA, in English, 8 mins.) Preceded by the short lm WITH TIME KEKASIH - While pursuing his late wife, a botanical professor encounters a divine presence that will transform him forever. (Dir. by Abandoned and locked in a room, two young sisters live their Dian Sina Norman, 2013, Malaysia / USA, in English, 9 mins.) life indulging in fantasies and struggling through reality. (Dir. by CHAPEL PERILOUS - Robin, a door-to-door salesman, pays Levi Gold Malak Quota, 2014, United Arab Emirates, in Arabic with subtitles, an unexpected visit. e ensuing encounter forces Levi to confront his 14 mins.) mystical calling and the nature of reality. (Dir. by Matthew Lessner, 2013, USA, in English, 14 mins.) HACKED CIRCUIT - is circular study of the Foley process portrays sound artists at work constructing complex layers of fabrication and imposition. (Dir. by Deborah Stratman, 2014, USA, in English, 15 mins.) SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

13 MUDBLOODS 14 LITTLE ACCIDENTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 11:00AM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 11:30AM DIRECTOR FARZAD SANGARI IN PERSON! ARIZONA PREMIERE!

ARIZONA PREMIERE! “A well-acted, thoroughly involving drama.” - Brian Viner, Daily Mail PRESENTED BY GEICO

Transforming Harry Potter’s ctional competition into a physically demanding, real-life sport, quidditch has secured its place as one of the fastest growing collegiate club sports today. Mudbloods follows the resilient underdogs of the UCLA Quidditch team as they make their way to the Fifth Annual Quidditch World Cup in New York City. rough nail biting victories and losses, the dreamers, creators and athletes who make up this exceptional community come together to make this magical sport into something you could’ve never imagined, until now. (Dir. by Farzad Sangari, 2014, USA, in English, 89 min., Not Rated) Digital When a mining disaster tears at the fabric of an Appalachian coal-mining town, the lives of three very dierent inhabitants become inexplicably tangled in a web of secrets. Amos Jenkins (Boyd Holbrook, e Skeleton Twins), the sole survivor of the tragedy, unwillingly becomes a focal point of the resulting investigation. As tensions rise over who to blame for the deadly mishap, the teenage son of a top executive at the coal mine goes missing. Diane (Elizabeth Banks, Hunger Games), the boy’s mother, grows emotionally estranged from her husband, Bill (Josh Lucas, American Psycho), as they search in vain for their child. Turning to the local church for support, Diane not only nds a comforting friend in Amos but also meets one of her son’s classmates, Owen Briggs (Jacob Loand, Mud), whom she learns was present at the time of his disappearance. Featuring standout Festivals: AFI Docs performances from across the stellar cast, Little Accidents is a remarkable debut from rst-time director Sara Colangelo. Co- Farzad Sangari is a lmmaker originally from Iran. Prior to starring Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry) and Alexia Rasmussen making lms Farzad studied both Literature and Film and ( e Comedy). (Dir. by Sara Colangelo, 2014, USA, in English, 105 worked in Education. Mudbloods is his rst feature documentary. min., Not Rated) Digital

Festivals: Sundance, Seattle, San Francisco

Loft Film Fest is made possible in part by our generous sustaining members! Auteurs: Richard and Ann Bates Debi and Clint Mabie Jan and John Mueller Peggy Johnson and Joe Tarver Amy Zuckerman

Executive Producers: Leigh Bernstein Betsy Bolding Kim and Allen Halper Rick and Linda Hanson Bonnie Kay Paul and Mary Koss Hal Melfi Claire Scheuren Jennifer Schneider Sam and Linda Yalkowsky

Directors Circle: Arch and Laura Brown Joseph Chambers and David Daniell Dennis and Sevren Coon Richard Cortesi Richard and Galina DeRoeck Richard and Mary Rose Duffield Carolyn Evarts Price Fishback and Pamela Slaten Pam Grissom Shawn Miller SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

15 A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN 16 SHORT FILM SHOWCASE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 1:30PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 2:00PM 10TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING WITH Is it possible for eight short lms to cover the entire DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER SERGIO ARAU AND spectrum of human emotions? Probably not, but this STAR/CO-WRITER YARELI ARIZMENDI IN program comes close. In documentary, animation, sci- , PERSON! rom-com, and drama formats, these shorts can do it all. WINE, WOMEN & COGNAC - Living out his days in a retirement “Director Arau... and his co-writer, actress home, a petulant elderly man, Frank, creates a fantasy world in which Arizmendi, negotiate the story’s tricky mix of he was a man of international success. (Dir. by Louis Mans eld, 2014, comedy, social satire and science ction with USA, in English, 5 mins.) surprising aplomb.” – Maitland McDonagh, TV GRACE OF A STRANGER - A destitute man loses the one thing that Guide’s Movie Guide gives him hope, and an unlikely stranger nds himself in a position to help. (Dir. by Troy Hollar, 2013, USA, in English, 18 mins.) Marking the directorial debut of artist/musician Sergio Arau, son of Like Water for Chocolate director Alfonso Arau, A Day BREAKING UP - Two friends prepare a romantic dinner in a feeble Without a Mexican ponders the potentially catastrophic results attempt to get their exes back while simultaneously dealing with an unforeseen danger. (Dir. by Symeon Platts and Kaia Placa, 2014, USA, in that would occur if California-based Mexicans, who make up English, 11 mins.) over a third of the state’s population, were to suddenly disappear. e mockumentary postulates that the lack of Latino gardeners, SHAKER - e extraordinary story of a disabled man’s struggle as an nannies, cooks, policeman, maids, teachers, farm workers, artist and his broken identity after suering a traumatic brain injury construction crews, entertainers, athletes, and the world’s from a gunshot wound. (Dir. by Scott Parr and David Icely, 2013, USA, in largest growing consumer market would create a social, political, English, 18 mins.) and economic disaster, leaving the concept of the “California Dream” in shambles. A uniquely entertaining blend of sharply NOT ANYMORE: A STORY OF REVOLUTION - e story of the satirical comedy and biting social criticism, A Day Without a Syrian revolution as told through the experiences of two young Syrians, a male rebel ghter and a female journalist, as they ght an oppressive Mexican’s provocative “what if?” scenario proved controversial regime for the freedom of their people. (Dir. by Matthew VanDyke, 2014, even before its release: promotional billboards reading “On May USA, in English and Arabic with subtitles, 15 mins.) 14th, there will be no Mexicans in California” caused a stir with immigrant rights groups, who believed the sign was a statement ZARI - An aging household robot in the near future adapts to the world against the Latino community. 10 years after that initial release, around it. (Dir. by Courtney Marsh, 2014, USA, in English, 20 mins.) the lm remains as pointed and relevant as ever. (Dir. by Sergio Arau, 2004, USA/Mexico/Spain, in English and Spanish, 100 mins., HOW TO MAKE IT TO THE PROMISED LAND - Summer camp Rated R) 35mm gets really strange for 15-year-old Lizzie when she is forced to play a Holocaust role-play game. (Dir. by Sam Zalutsky, 2013, USA, in English, 16 mins.) Sergio Arau and Yareli Arizmendi met on the set of the classic lm Like Water for Chocolate in 1992, in which Yareli starred as the “mean” sister LIFE’S A BITCH - Love. Grief. Shock. Denial. Sleeplessness. Bubble Rosaura. Sergio’s father, screen legend Alfonso Arau, was the director. bath. Mucus. Masturbation. Pop tart. Pigeons. Toothpaste. Hospital. ey have been married ever since. e two “multi-undisciplined” artists F__k. Bye. Hair. Sports. Chicken. Bootie. Kids. Rejection. Squirrels. are a true power couple, and co-wrote the indie hit, A Day Without a Cries. Awkward—95 scenes, ve minutes: life’s a bitch. (Dir. by François Mexican, which Sergio directed and in which Yareli starred. It was e Jaros, 2013, Canada, in French with subtitles, 5 mins.) Loft’s biggest lm of the year, and we’re thrilled to bring Sergio and Yareli back for a discussion on its 10 year anniversary. SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

17 THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA 18 THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 4:15PM STORY OF AARON SWARTZ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 4:45PM SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! DIRECTOR BRIAN KNAPPENBERGER WILL PRESENTED BY GEICO BE HERE IN PERSON TO RECEIVE THE KIRBY DICK HUMANITARIAN AWARD, “A pinnacle of animation in the new WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY OSCAR- millennium.” - Matt Patches, IGN Movies NOMINATED DIRECTOR KIRBY DICK Isao Takahata is one of the co-founders of Japan’s legendary DURING A POST-FILM DISCUSSION. Studio Ghibli, and is responsible for some of the most in uential and timeless animation classics in the history of lm (and cited TUCSON PREMIERE! as an in uence on his colleague and Studio Ghibli co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki). Takahata’s Grave of the Fire ies, Only Yesterday, As a teenager, Aaron Swartz was a computer-programming Pom Poko, and My Neighbors the Yamadas represent the best of prodigy with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After what animated features can do: invite us into a world where emerging as a pioneer of Internet activism, education, and anything is possible. Eight years in the making, his new lm, e politics, he was indicted on multiple federal charges in 2011 Tale of Princess Kaguya, revisits a familiar Studio Ghibli theme, and 2012, setting o a complex chain of events that left the telling the story of a magical girl among ordinary humans. Internet community reeling. Shortly thereafter, at the age of 26, Swartz was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Brooklyn Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the apartment. , friends, and supporters immediately forest, he nds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He blamed the prosecutors of the case, who aimed to put him in jail brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa, and they decide for 35 years and brand him a convicted felon for life. Swartz was to keep her and raise her as a princess, though she is clearly persecuted for the very rights and freedoms for which he stood, not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, quickly and that ultimately broke him. Weaving together home video maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Soon, footage and anecdotal interviews from his closest condants, every suitor wants Kaguya, including the Emperor himself - but Brian Knappenberger creates a dynamic portrait of a precocious this is not a tale of courtship. True to the Studio Ghibli that boy who grew up to lead the Internet community into a new age brought us Ponyo, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Spirited Away, e of data sharing and free speech. (Dir. by Brian Knappenberger, Tale of e Princess Kaguya follows this strange young female as 2014, USA, in English, 105 min., Not Rated) Digital she creates her own identity. Takahata’s imagery is breathtaking - individually drawn, hand-colored frames ow like a river of Festivals: Sundance, Seattle delicate, detailed watercolor paintings. Like Miyazaki’s recent e Wind Rises, e Tale of Princess Kaguya is an extraordinary work Brian Knappenberger has created multiple award-winning of art from a master of the form. (Dir. by Isao Takahata, 2014, documentaries, including We Are Legion: e Story of the Japan, in Japanese with subtitles, 137 min., Rated PG) Digital Hacktivists about the online hacktivist nongroup Anonymous; Life After War about political tensions in postwar Afghanistan; Festivals: Cannes (Director’s Fortnight), Toronto and A Murder in Kyiv about the death of a Ukrainian journalist, reportedly at the hands of government ocials. He has crafted numerous other documentaries for PBS’s Frontline/World, the National Geographic Society, Bloomberg News, and the Discovery Channel. SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

19 NEBRASKA 20 WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 7:15PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 7:30PM WITH STARS BRUCE DERN AND STACY SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! KEACH IN PERSON FOR A POST-FILM DISCUSSION! “Shailene Woodley is all grown up… you will never look at her the same way again.” – Chase HOSTED BY THE LOFT CINEMA AND PICTURE Whale, e Playlist ARIZONA, LLC “SPELLBINDING. Eva Green is frighteningly This screening will be preceded by an good.” – Dennis Dermody, Paper offsite reception with Bruce Dern and Stacy Keach. Please check loftfilmfest.org for details.

“Is Nebraska a comedy or a drama? Like life, it’s both. is is a movie to bring home and live with, to kick around in your head after it hits you in the heart. It’s damn near perfect, starting with the acting.” - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Oscar-winning lmmaker Alexander Payne’s Nebraska is a bittersweet dramatic comedy about a father-and-son road trip through an emotionally and economically parched homeland. Kat Connors (Shailene Woodley, e Descendants, e Fault in After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous Our Stars) is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, father named Woody (Bruce Dern) thinks he’s struck it rich, Eve (Eva Green, Casino Royale), a beautiful, enigmatic, and and wrangles his son David (Will Forte) into taking a road haunted woman, disappears - just as Kat is discovering and trip with him to claim the fortune. As the duo embarks upon relishing her newfound sexuality. Having lived for so long in a their unusual journey, Woody’s foul-mouthed wife Kate (June stied, emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her Squibb), his older son Ross (Bob Odenkirk) and other assorted mother’s absence and certainly doesn’t blame her doormat of a family members join in the quest, leading to adventures father, Brock, (Christopher Meloni, Bound) for the loss. In fact, both poignant and hilariously unexpected, including an ever- it’s almost a relief. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips escalating run-in with Woody’s bitter former business partner with how deeply Eve’s disappearance has aected her. Returning Ed (Stacy Keach). Shot in shimmering black and white across home on a break from college, she nds herself confronted with four states, Nebraska is a funny, bracing and heartwarming the truth about her mother’s departure, and her own denial about tale of family life in the heartland of America. Nominated for the events surrounding it. Director Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin) six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, has created another dreamlike, funny, and ultimately mournful Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best exploration of American teenage life. (Dir. by Gregg Araki, 2014, Cinematography, Nebraska also scored leading man Bruce Dern USA, in English, 91 min., Rated R) Digital his rst-ever Best Actor nomination. (Dir. by Alexander Payne, 2013, USA, 115 mins., Rated R, Paramount Vantage) Digital Festivals: Sundance, Fantasia, London SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

21 A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT 22 DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS. DEAD NIGHT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 10:15PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 9:45PM ARIZONA PREMIERE! SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! “Bigger, brasher, bloodier, and with more “Watching A Girl Walks Home At Night, you get bowels, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead is a blast.” - the impression that you’re witnessing something Brian Tallerco, Film reat iconic and important unfold before you.” - Drew If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing Taylor, e Playlist your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm o , and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombied Nazi battalion, you’d have to assume that things couldn’t get much worse. In Martin’s case, that was only the beginning.

Strange things are afoot in Bad City. e Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps and other sordid souls, is a bastion of depravity and hopelessness where a lonely vampire stalks its most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom... blood red. Picking up immediately where the original left o , Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead wastes no time getting right to the gore-lled Cinema’s rst Iranian vampire western, Ana Lily Amirpour’s action, leaving a bloody trail of intestines in its wake. Director debut feature basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash- Tommy Wirkola returns to the helm with a vengeance, coming up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolic inuences up with more inventive ways to maim and dismember than span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror lms, and the you ever thought possible. Combining wry humor with horric Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno, and worst-case scenarios, this follow-up to the 2009 classic is sure Morricone-inspired ri s, its airy, anamorphic, black-and-white to shock the weak-of-heart and delight even the most hard-core aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering fans of the horror genre. Colonel Herzog is back, and he is not to tension of with the weird surrealism of David be f__ked with. (Dir. by Tommy Wirkola, 2014, Norway / Iceland, Lynch. Above all, Amirpour’s tale of love and squalor is fun. in English, Norwegian and German with subtitles, 100 min., Rated Why else would a vampire ride a skateboard? (Dir. by Ana Lily R) Digital Amirpour, 2014, Iran / USA, in Persian with subtitles, 99 min., Not Rated) Digital Festivals: Sundance, Fantasia, Toronto Festivals: Sundance, New Directors / New Films, London

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PRESENTED BY GEICO “An extraordinary visual and musical tapestry built around the compelling persona of real-life I Am Big Bird is a feature-length documentary about Caroll Spinney, who has been Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Oscar the Memphis R&B singer Willis Earl Beal.” - Andrew Grouch since 1969... and at 80 years old, he has no intention O’Hehir, Salon.com of stopping. ink you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don’t. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an oer to play Big Bird, but you probably don’t know that until a last minute change of heart by NASA, Big Bird was supposed to go to space aboard the Challenger. Or you may

A strange singer with “god given talent” drifts through the mythic city of Memphis under its canopy of ancient oak trees, shattered windows, and burning spirituality. Surrounded by lovers, legends, hustlers, preachers, and a wolfpack of kids, the unstable performer avoids the recording studio and is driven know that Oscar the Grouch got his voice from a cantankerous to spend time in his own form of self-discovery. Shown in cabbie, but you’d be surprised to learn that a re in his trash can fragments, his journey drags him from love and happiness right almost led to Caroll’s untimely demise. Caroll’s stories are the to the edge of another dimension. stu of legend. He has been a constant presence in our lives for Featuring an explosive performance and score from the singular over 40 years, his path weaving through American history. His recording artist-cum-wizard, Willis Earl Beal, Memphis is a lm time inside the Bird has taught him about the world and about steeped in folklore, music, surrealism, and the abstract search himself. I Am Big Bird peels away the instances in Caroll’s life that for glory. (Dir. by Tim Sutton, 2013, USA, in English, 75 min., Not inspired his creation of characters that inuenced generations of Rated) Digital children. And, as the yellow feathers give way to grey hair, it is the man, not the puppet, who will steal your heart. (Dir. by Dave Festivals: Venice 2013, Sundance 2014 LaMattina and Chad Walker, 2014, USA, in English, 90 min., Not Rated) Digital Preceded by the short lm PERSON TO PERSON

Festivals: Hot Docs, , Seattle International Waking up the morning after hosting a party, a man discovers a stranger Film Festival, AFI Docs passed out on his oor. He spends the rest of the day trying to convince her to leave. (Dir. by Dustin Guy Defa, 2014, USA, in English, 18 mins.) SUNDAY OCTOBER 19

25 DINOSAUR 13 26 ZERO MOTIVATION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 1:45PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 2:15PM TUCSON PREMIERE! SOUTHWEST PREMIERE!

“Works nearly as well as a certain Steven “Zero Motivation is the discovery of an exciting Spielberg thriller, creating the giddy, new original voice in cinema, who happens to ominous mood of past and present colliding in be really funny, intelligent and female. We can’t excitement.” - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New wait for more.” - Rodrigo Perez, e Playlist York

Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with Zero On August 12, 1990, in the badlands of South Dakota, Motivation, a zany, dark comedic portrait of everyday life for paleontologist and his team from the Black Hills a unit of young, female Israeli soldiers. e human resources Institute unearthed the largest, most complete oce at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast rex ever found. It was the nd of a lifetime - the world’s of characters who bide their time pushing paper and battling in greatest dinosaur discovery. ey named their dinosaur . computer games, counting down the minutes until they can return Two years later, when the FBI and the National Guard showed to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, up, battle lines were drawn over ownership of Sue. e US issues of commitment - to friendship, love, and country - are government, world-class museums, Native American tribes, and handled with humor and sharp-edged wit. A decorated veteran competing paleontologists became the Goliath to Larson’s David herself (of lm) with time spent at Sundance Labs, Berlinale, and as he and his team fought to keep their dinosaur and wrestled MoMA, Lavie combats the status quo by ipping genre on its with intimidation tactics that threatened their freedom as well. head and bending gender roles to a delightful extreme. Winner of the Best Award and the Nora Ephron Award at Dinosaur 13 chronicles an unprecedented saga in American this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. (Dir. by Talya Lavie, 2014, Israel, history and details the erce battle to possess a 65-million- in Hebrew with subtitles, 100 min., Not Rated) Digital year-old treasure. With consummate skill, lmmaker Todd Miller excavates layer after layer, exposing human emotion in a Festivals: Tribeca, London dramatic tale that is as complex as it is fascinating. (Dir. by Todd Douglas Miller, 2014, USA, in English, 95 min., Rated PG) Digital

Festivals: Sundance, Sydney, Traverse City SUNDAY OCTOBER 19

character he plays with a restless energy that has inuenced scores of young actors, never limiting himself to one type of role. Starting his acting career on the stage in the ‘60s, he made his Broadway debut in 1969 as Bualo Bill in Indians by Arthur Kopit, which won him a Tony nomination. Over the years, he has garnered numerous theatre accolades, including Obie and Drama Desk Awards. His lm career began with a memorable turn in e Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), and his breakthrough performance came in ’s classic Fat City (1972), in which he starred as a down-on-his-luck boxer opposite Je Bridges. He has since gone on to star in an incredibly diverse range of lms, including e Life and Times of Judge (1972, shot in Tucson), e Killer Inside Me (1976), Up in Smoke (1978), e 27 AN EVENING WITH BRUCE DERN AND Long Riders (1980), at Championship Season (1982, opposite STACY KEACH Bruce Dern) and American History X (1998). He has also found SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 4:30PM great success on television, perhaps most famously as Mickey Spillane’s hard-boiled detective in “e New Mike Hammer” HOSTED BY THE LOFT CINEMA AND PICTURE series (1984-1987), and in the title role of the 1988 mini-series ARIZONA, LLC “Hemingway,” for which he won a Golden Globe. Most recently, he has starred in Nebraska (2013), Planes: Fire and Rescue (2014) At this very special event, legendary actors Bruce Dern and Stacy and If I Stay (2014), and is soon scheduled to return to Broadway Keach will be on hand for a lively moderated discussion that will in the new revival of Love Letters. e Loft Film Fest is proud to also include tribute reels featuring highlights from each of their present Stacy Keach with this year’s Bob Shelton Award in honor respective careers. e Loft Film Fest will present Bruce Dern of his amazing and always surprising career. with the 2014 Lee Marvin Maverick Award, presented by Pam Special thanks to Picture Arizona, LLC (Michael A. Candela, Alan Williams, Eric Marvin, and Stacy Keach will be presented with the 2014 Bob Schumacher, Randy Jacob and Javier Badillo), e Shelton family, Carolyn Olson, Shelton Award, presented by Bob Shelton. e Arizona Western Heritage Foundation and Arnold Rodriguez of National Management and Implementation Consortium, LLC. BRUCE DERN emerged during the lmmaking revolution of the 1960s and 70s as the epitome of a new breed of American movie star. A virtuoso character actor who specialized in bringing complicated men to the screen, Dern made his mark in many of the denitive counterculture lms of the era, ranging from low-budget Roger Corman hits like e Wild Angels (1966) to obeat classics like Jack Nicholson’s directorial debut Drive, He Said (1971) and the sci- favorite Silent Running (1972). He also went down in lm history for his role in e Cowboys (1972), in which he became the rst man ever to kill on screen. Whether playing Tom Buchanan in e Great Gatsby (1974) or starring in ’s nal lm Family Plot (1976), Dern could always be counted on to make any lm more interesting by not playing is safe, bringing an edgy originality to every role. It was his powerful performance in Hal 28 GIRLHOOD Ashby’s Coming Home (1978) that earned him his rst Academy SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 4:45PM Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Since then, Dern has continued to surprise, entertain and delight audiences in SOUTHWEST PREMIERE! such lms as ’s Djanjo Unchained (2012) and Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and Alexander Payne’s Nebraska (2013), in which his unforgettable the boys’ law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life performance as the headstrong Woody Grant brought him his after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes rst Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. e Loft Film her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the Fest is proud to present Bruce Dern with the 2014 Lee Marvin gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom. Featuring a star- Maverick Award for his enormous contributions to lm and his making performance by Marietou Touré, Girlhood is a teeming continued refusal to play it safe. with life tour de force from one of e Loft Film Fest’s favorite

new directors, Céline Sciamma (Tomboy). (Dir. by Céline Sciamma, STACY KEACH is a versatile actor who has forged a long- 2014, France, in French with subtitles, 112 min., Not Rated) Digital running career that crosses all mediums. He has found major success in lm, television and live theatre, instilling every Festivals: Cannes, Toronto, London SUNDAY OCTOBER 19

29 THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME 30 THE TRIBE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 7:00PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 7:15PM TUCSON PREMIERE! NO ONE UNDER 18 WILL BE ADMITTED TO THIS FILM. PRESENTED BY ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM’S NATIVE EYES FILM SHOWCASE WITH ARIZONA PREMIERE! SUPPORT FROM TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER “It was a thrill to discover something so AND INDIGENOUS STRATEGIES. bold, innovative, and downright wayward.” - Jonathan Romney, “Filtering painstaking research on the evolution of Creek Nation hymns through a tragic narrative from Harjo’s family history, the director’s rst nonction feature is artful and illuminating.” - Guy Lodge,Variety

In 1962, lmmaker Sterlin Harjo’s grandfather disappeared mysteriously in Sasakwa, Oklahoma, and as the Seminole community searched for him, its members sang ancient songs of faith and hope. Harjo’s rst feature-length documentary explores the disappearance of his grandfather and the origins of these songs. Interviewing everyday people and the faith keepers of his tribe with his delicate touch and gentle inquiry, Harjo Somewhere in Ukraine, Sergey enters a specialized boarding traces the creation of their songs, which commemorate a great school for the deaf. Alone in this new and unfamiliar place, time of upheaval from their homeland when United States policy he must nd his way through the school’s hierarchy. Sergey dictated their relocation. Along the way, he learns that his tribe’s quickly encounters the tribe, a student gang dealing in crime singing style is tied to traditions that originated in Scotland, and prostitution. After passing their hazing rituals and being Appalachia, and the experiences of enslaved African Americans. inducted into the group, he takes part in several robberies and Sculpted with an aching sense of beauty, is May Be the Last begins to work his way up the chain of command to become Time reminds us that despite the hardships at hand, we can sing pimp-protector for two of the girls, who turn tricks at the local our way into the future and that forgiveness is essential if we truck stop. Finding himself in love with one of the, Sergey want to move forward in life. (Dir. by Sterlin Harjo, 2014, USA, in ultimately breaks all the unwritten rules of the tribe, with tragic English, 90 min., Not Rated) Digital consequences. An exhilarating experience in pure cinema, e Tribe launches the viewer into an unfamiliar new world while remaining completely riveting. Winner of three awards at this Festivals: Sundance, Seattle International Film Festival year’s Cannes Film Festival, including the Critics Week Grand Prize! (Dir. by Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, 2014, Ukraine, no dialogue, 130 min., Not Rated) Digital

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