During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of M, one of three terrorists, malfunctions and he is captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison he slowly loses his grip on reality, as he is forced to confront his ide- ological convictions. Director Masao Adachi is a living legend of Japanese political cinema, known for his experimental film work in the early ’60s and his collaborations with Nagisa Oshima and Koji Wakamatsu in films like Diary of a Shinjuku Thief and Ecstasy of Angels. In 1974, disillusioned with Japanese cinema, Adachi left Japan for the Middle East, to join the pro- Palestinian cause. After being extradited back to Japan in 2001, Adachi’s first film in 35 years is inspired by the Japanese Red Army member Kozo Okamoto, who was imprisoned by the Israelis after perpetrating the infa- mous massacre at Lod Airport in 1972. Prisoner / Terrorist is not concerned with recreating the true life details PRISONER / TERRORIST [YÛHEISHA / TERORISUTO] of the attack or with Okamoto’s subsequent incarceration. Instead it tack- SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 9PM les the immensely emotive subject of terrorism through a more abstract Country Japan Running Time 113 mins Format Digibeta SCREENING SPONSOR framework. Adachi analyses the imagination and the doctrine of a man Director/Screenplay Masao Adachi Producer Michio Koshikawa DoP Yuichi Nagata Cast Tomorowo Taguchi, Arata, driven to extreme acts and how his dogmatic ideas threaten to collapse Taka Okubo P/S Slow Learner E [email protected] under solitary confinement. A hugely provocative and ambitious work, this W www.prisoner-m.com is guaranteed to provoke a great deal of controversy and debate. JS

This latest example of the Japanese softcore pink film to play at Raindance begins with squid-jigging Haruo as he attempts to land a legendary tenta- cled whopper reported to be hiding somewhere out in Tokyo Bay, while his girlfriend Rika lends her enthusiastic support despite the lingering pres- ence of a jealous ex named Iwata. Then Haruo’s roguish Uncle Takashi arrives in town to further rock the boat, looking for ‘a new start’ and a place to stay for a while. A natural born loser, Uncle Takashi proves quite a handful for Haruo, permanently quaff- ing vitamin drinks while trying to get it on with every female within reach and literally marking his territory by scrawling his name on their bare backs with a red marker pen once the act is done. Things take a more serious turn for the worse however, when while praying at a Shinto shrine, Takashi receives a deadly shot of venom from UNCLE’S PARADISE [OJISAN TENGOKU/ ZETSURIN…] a snake which transfixes itself to his privates, and he is whisked off to the MONDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 9:15PM land of the dead. It is left to Haruo to play Orpheus and take the trip down Country Japan RT 64 mins Ft 35mm Dir Shinji Imaoka Prod SCREENING SPONSOR to the underworld to rescue his errant uncle from the grasp of Enma, King Daisuke Asakura S’play Fumio Moriya DoP Kazuhiro Suzuki Cast Shiro Shimomoto, M Yoshioka P/S [email protected] of Hell, but it soon becomes pretty obvious that when you’re someone like

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Manabu Yazaki had big dreams of success in Tokyo, until he lost all his money, his social standing and his family, and is forced to return home to the Hokkaido heartland in midwinter. There his elder brother Takeo manages a stable for Banei horseracing, a sleigh-pulling race unique to Hokkaido. Their long overdue reunion exposes the distance and estrange- ment between the two brothers. At first Takeo refuses to let his brother meet their aged mother living in a nursing home. However, while he watch- es Manabu interact with the quirky characters working in the stables and the horses, as they face the challenges of racing on a daily basis, a new understanding soon develops between the two brothers. The unjustly neglected Kichitaro Negishi began his filmmaking career in the ’80s with some of the most interesting films of the era, including Crazed Fruit (1981) and Distant Thunder (1981). This touching tale of sib- WHAT THE SNOW BRINGS [YUKI NI NEGAUKOTO] ling rivalry and forgiveness boasts some of the best talents working in the SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER AT MIDDAY industry today, and won a raft of awards at the Tokyo International Film Country Japan Running Time 112 mins Format 35mm SCREENING SPONSOR Festival, including the Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Lead Actor and the Director Kichitaro Negishi Producer Masako Tanabe S’play Masato Kato DoP Hiro Machida Cast Yusuke Iseya, Koichi Audience Award. JS Sato, Kyoko Koizumi P/S Eleven Arts E [email protected] W www.elevenarts.net

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Not to be confused with the British version of the tale directed by Michael Apted and released this year, Jeta Amata’s film is a historical landmark, in that it is the first 35mm feature ever made in Nigeria. In 1748, at the height of the slave trading era, English trader John Newton sails to the coast of Nigeria. Daily life is interrupted with great force and brutality; homes and villages are burned as families are rounded up before being placed captive in dungeons to await the transatlantic crossing. As Newton sets sail with his new cargo of slaves, his ship is afflicted by a violent storm which almost kills him. It is here that Newton is forced to re-evaluate his life. He attributes his miraculous escape to the amazing grace of God. Newton’s sensibilities change following this experience, but it isn’t until he comes into contact with a particular captive that he decides to renounce THE AMAZING GRACE the slave trade. Once home in England, in 1760, John Newton uses the SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 5PM melody of a local Nigerian anthem sung in adversity by the captured slaves Country Nigeria Running Time 92 mins Format 35mm Director Jeta Amata Producers to compose the world’s most famous hymn: Amazing Grace. Amata has Jeta Amata, Alicia Arce Screenplay Jeta Amata, Scott Cleverdon DoP Joseph Taylor Cast Nick Moran, Mbong Odungide, Fred Amata Print Source Wienerworld E [email protected] created a fitting tribute to the slaves and the land that led Mr Newton on W www.theamazinggracefilm.com the path to redemption. JS

This dazzling tribute to the silent movie owes much to cinematic masters such as Fritz Lang, Luis Buñuel and Tim Burton, but it still manages to exhibit a fresh imagination all of its own. The film takes place in an unnamed city where the inhabitants have had their voices stolen by the evil media mogul, Mr TV. He has the populace hooked on fast-food dinners and broadcasts featuring a mysterious and uniquely vocal female known only as The Voice. Mr TV has further plans for the city without a voice and only a young girl, her father and a blind boy stand in his way. La Antena brilliantly blends live-action and animation to create a beauti- IN COMPETITION ful expressionist vision which pays respectful homage to the early days of cinema whilst also having great fun with its conventions. Such silent film staples as wondrous machinery, evil henchmen and a blonde heroine are LA ANTENA all present here whilst the onscreen captions take on a life of their own in WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 7PM a series of playful and ingenious jokes. Country Argentina RT 90 mins Format 35mm Director/ SCREENING SPONSOR Director Esteban Sapir’s screenplay conveys an intelligent message Screenplay Esteban Sapir Producer Juan Aguirre, Federico Rotstein DoP Cristian Cottet Cast Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria about the power of the media to hypnotise and suppress the masses. This Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali Print Source Dogwoof Pictures is a lavish, cinematic fairy tale which like all such stories exists on the bor- E [email protected] W www.dogwoofpictures.com der between the magical and the downright strange. AD

Set in impoverished rural Brazil, this town is not the kind of place where a young girl can look to her grandfather for kindness and protection. Heitor, for instance, has his granddaughter, the pubescent Auxilidora, cleaning his house by day, while at night he parades her naked behind the filling station, where workers from the local sugar plantation pay to watch her while mas- turbating. In a land where misogyny and violence towards women is the norm she is lucky to be able to enjoy simple flirtations with the boy digging the cesspit beside Heitor’s house. But soon her beauty has caught the eye of violent thug Everado (played by City of God’s Matheus Nachtergaele) making her situation even more dangerous. With its tone similar to that of The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (Raindance ’05) Bog of Beasts is not exactly an easy watch, despite its most gruesome scene being given a welcome stylistic handling. For his BOG OF BEASTS [BAIXIO DAS BESTAS] second feature director Cláudio Assis casts an unblinking gaze over the WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER AT 8:45PM beauty of the landscape and its people while commenting on the byprod- Country Brazil Running Time 83 mins Format 35mm Director Cláudio Assis Producers ucts of poverty, lack of education and hopelessness. Bog of Beasts won Cláudio Assis, Julia de Morais Screenplay Hilton Lacerda DoP Walter Carvalho Cast Mariah Teixeira, Fernando Teixeira, Samuel Vieira P/S Medialuna Entertainment E [email protected] Best Film at the Brasilia Film Festival in 2006 and took a quarter share in Rotterdam’s 2007 Tiger Prize. SB

76 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Daniel (Tom Long) is a gifted, up and coming dancer/choreographer who goes missing while running a routine errand for his girlfriend and fellow dancer, Bridget (Anna Torv). With just hours to go before the opening night of a new show, everyone, especially devoted company director Isabel (Greta Scacchi) is left perplexed. Twelve days later he reappears at the loft he shares with Bridget bear- ing suggestive scratch marks on his back and signs of mental anguish. It quickly becomes apparent that he is not going to be able to cope and he leaves again – this time to turn his back on his career and live out an anonymous life in a pub. In flashback we see scenes of him kidnapped, drugged, bound and gagged and at the mercy of a trio of heavily cloaked women who are determined to use him for their own sexual pleasure. Director Ana Kokkinos has crafted a highly stylised film with lush cine- THE BOOK OF REVELATION matography and art direction. Tom Long is perfectly cast as the emotionally WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 9:15PM scarred dancer and Greta Scacchi brings depth to the role of Isabel. Based Country Australia Running Time 119 mins Format 35mm on the UK novel, co-written by Kokkinos and Andrew Bovell (Lantana), Director Ana Kokkinos Producer Al Clark Screenplay Ana Kokkinos, Andrew Bovell DoP Tristan Milani Cast Tom Long, The Book of Revelation poses the question – if men were the victims of Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels Print Source The Works rape, assault and sexual objectification, would it be tolerated? SB Email [email protected]

A bunny chow is a popular South African dish: a loaf of bread is cut in half, the soft inside scooped out and replaced with a variety of curried meats, vegetables or beans; it’s often consumed after a hard night of drinking. Here the dish becomes a metaphor for the rich cultural diversity that exists in the gritty urban jungle that is Johannesburg. Bunny Chow follows the lives of three young comedians as they try to make it whilst keeping their love lives off the rocks. Kags is a bit of a wise guy, always giving his friends a hard time and keeping his girlfriend, Kim, in a perpetual state of paranoia with his constant womanising. Joey is a devout Muslim although his faith (and his girlfriend) often take a backseat IN COMPETITION when the worldly delights of the club scene are on offer. Dave is an ambi- tious up-and-comer trying to make his mark in the comedy scene. His romantic misadventures provide a constant source of amusement for the BUNNY CHOW rest of the crew. Joined by hopeless slacker, Cope, they embark on a road TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 7PM trip to an annual rock festival held at Oppikoppi, where their trials, tribula- Country South Africa Running Time 92 mins Format 35mm Director John Barker Producer tions and adventures with the opposite sex unfold. Jeremy Nathan Screenplay John Barker, David Kibuuka DoP Zeno Peterson Cast David Kibuuka, Kim Engelbrecht, Kagiso Lediga, Joey Rasdien Print Source Dogwoof Pictures Email With a largely improvised script and a fresh cast, Bunny Chow is ener- [email protected] W www.dogwoofpictures.com getic, funny and intelligent; a welcome break from the tired ‘man slips on a banana peel’ style of past South African comedy features. WP

Timur Bekmambetov continues the outstandingly successful Russian leg- acy that began with Night Watch (Raindance ’05), which established the uneasy truce that is shared by the light and dark forces living in Moscow. This agreement has been brought into jeopardy by the emergence of a Great Other on each side, entailing a ruinous war and inescapable devas- tation to the losing party. Hero Anton is unwillingly torn between his son Egor, who has joined the evil Day Watch, and love-interest Svetlana, the beacon for light and hope. To make matters worse, Anton is on the run after having been accused of murder. Bekmambetov pulls out all the stops for this high-octane sequel, where mesmerising action sequences are met with a very human story about loyalty and guilt. While the film is effects-heavy, it also acknowledges the economic and cultural issues relevant to contemporary Russia. Konstantin DAY WATCH [DNEVNOY DOZOR] Khabensky once again creates an extremely likeable character in Anton, THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM who is matched by Maria Poroshina, who brings far more weight to the role Country Russia RT 140 mins Format 35mm Dir/S’play Timur of Svetlana than is seen in most action/horror heroines. Bekmambetov Prods Konstantin Enrst, Anatoli Maksimov DoP Sergei Trofimov Cast Konstantin Khabenski, Mariya Poroshina, Day Watch will undoubtedly satisfy those who were hungry for more as Vladimir Menshov P/S Fox E [email protected] its predecessor’s credits rolled, and will definitely gather new interest in W www.foxsearchlight.com/daywatch this exciting fantasy series. JM

FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 77 Back in their native New Zealand the writing, directing and performing team of Matt Heath and Chris Stapp are responsible for the anarchic and utterly outrageous TV show Back of the Y. This hilarious mix of foul-mouthed comedy, violence and over-the-top stunts has become cult viewing. The formula remains much the same for this big screen outing from the duo which features one of their TV creations, stunt man Randy Campbell. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of his late father, Flaming Reg Campbell, Randy joins up with the generally hopeless Timaru Hell Riders. Their lead- er, the appallingly arrogant Dick Johannsen immediately puts Randy to work as a toilet cleaner. IN COMPETITION When Johannsen wimps out on a stunt, Randy seizes his chance to become the troupe’s star but Johannsen isn’t going to give up his throne without a fight and he likes to fight dirty. THE DEVIL DARED ME TO The film is unashamedly rude and crude and as subtle as a punch to SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER AT 9:30PM the jaw. If you love sick humour (there is blood and pain galore), enjoyably Country New Zealand Running Time 75 mins Format 35mm SCREENING SPONSOR stupid stunts (leaping a line of upside down lawnmowers for instance) and Director Chris Stapp Producers Matt Heath, Karl Zohrab Screenplay Matt Heath, Chris Stapp DoP Duncan Cole testosterone fuelled antics then this is definitely the film for you. In fact Cast Bonnie Soper, Chris Stapp, Phil Brough Print Source The Devil Dared Me To is practically guaranteed to become a staple of Jason Cook E [email protected] www.headstrong.co.nz late-night viewing, no doubt accompanied by a six-pack or two. AD

When a broken-hearted busker (Glen Hansard) meets a struggling Czech girl (Marketa Irglova) on the streets of Dublin, their instant connection leads to the discovery of a shared musical bond that allows them to transcend the banalities of their everyday lives. Hansard’s character still lives with his father and repairs vacuum cleaners as his primary source of income, while Irglova supports her mother and child without the aid of her estranged husband who remains in their homeland. As their friendship progresses the duo direct their efforts to recording a demo in an effort to preserve something beautiful. Once will undoubtedly be described as a modern-day musical, though IN COMPETITION the songs are more in the vein of Jeff Buckley and Damien Rice than any West End numbers. Hansard and Irglova, who composed and perform the music themselves, give outstanding performances in a compelling tale ONCE that avoids all unoriginal pitfalls frequented in both the romance and musi- FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 7:15PM cal genres. Writer/director John Carney, who formerly played bass with Country Ireland Running Time 85 mins Format 35mm SCREENING SPONSOR Hansard in The Frames, presents an attractive and convincing story, aided Director/Screenplay John Carney Producer Martina Niland DoP Tim Fleming Cast Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová by the further depth of social context and well-rounded characters. Print Source Icon Email [email protected] Already the sleeper hit of the year in the US, Once fully deserves to repeat its success over here. JM

In 1982, director Çetin Inanç made the camp sci-fi comedy The Man Who Saves the World, also known as Turkish Star Wars and praised by Quentin Tarantino as the ultimate ‘trash-cult’ movie. 25 years later, its long-await- ed sequel arrives, and with a CGI budget of more than 2 million Euros, it counts as one of the most expensive productions ever mounted in Turkey. The year is 2055, and the universe is in a state of turmoil, awaiting the formation of a government that will establish universal peace. Until such a time, the Orion Union stands in its stead, an uneasy alliance made up not of planets, but of their individual states, overlorded by unruly gangs, short- sighted tyrants and hissing, domineering queens. In short, chaos reigns. As the Turks’ application to join the Orion Union is still being discussed by other member states, only one team seems to be able to put an end to this mess – the crew of the Turkish spaceship captained by Kartal Kaptan, TURKS IN SPACE [DÜNYAYI KURTARAN ADAM’IN OGLU] a ragtag collection of anarchic characters, who host barbecues in the cock- MONDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 7PM pit, get drunk on raki while attempting to pilot their way through the galaxy Country Turkey Running Time 110 mins Format 35mm Director Kartal Tibet Producer Cengiz as they dump their garbage into deep space. Will these Turks in Space be Cagatay S’play Murat Boyacioglu DoP Tolga Kutlar Cast Cüneyt Arkin, Haldun Boysan, Veysel Diker P/S Maxximum Film E [email protected] www.dunyayikurtaranadaminoglu.com able to save the cosmos from the troubles that besiege it? JS

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In this sizzling faux documentary, respected tough guy actor, Michael Madsen plays himself reinvented as a tabloid victim. When the ‘rags’ have Madsen’s name and photo permanently splashed across their front pages linking him to everything from illicit affairs, homosexual liaisons, vio- lence and finally, the brutal murder of young Hollywood starlet Vanessa Rappaport, Madsen can contain himself no longer. Supported by his silver-haired publicist he hires a documentary crew and lays out his plan. He wants to turn the tables on Billy Dant, the corn- fed photojournalist responsible, and get them to hound him with the same level of intrusiveness. Despite wrestling with telephoto lenses that peer into Dant’s living room, and booms that slap him on the head the egotisti- cal crew spend most of their time battling amongst themselves. There are testimonials from an army of Madsen supporters including his BEING MICHAEL MADSEN glamorous mother, writer, producer Elaine and his actress, sister Virginia. FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM There are also hilarious deadpan interviews with fellow actors David Country USA RT 88 mins Ft HDV Dir Michael Mongillo SCREENING SPONSOR Carradine, Darryl Hannah and Harry Dean Stanton. In interview Madsen Prods Daniel A Sherkow, Lawrence Steinberg, M Mongillo S’play M Mongillo, James Charbonneau DoP Jeff Hoyt Cast airs his backstory and views on the role of the media and the fame game Michael Madsen, Jason Alan Smith, David Carradine, Virginia itself. He proves himself to be that rare commodity – a Hollywood actor Madsen, Daryl Hannah P/S [email protected] with a sense of humour. SB

This is the story of Michel, an eccentric Belgian inventor whose ideas aren’t understood by his employers. After pitching his ideas to numerous poten- tial investors who show little interest, he slowly loses heart. In the midst of this Michel learns that he was adopted as a child, and that he was born in a barn out in Quebec. While there pitching an automatic lawn mower, he decides to investigate his past. Finding that everyone in his native village has the same surname Michel realises he’s on a lost cause. He decides to leave and hitches a ride back in what can only be described as an anachronistic hybrid car. On their way to Montreal they crash into an emu as it crosses the road. The accident changes Michel’s life forever (as well as that of the hitchhiker and that of the automotive industry). Writer/director Philippe Falardeau does a great job of keeping the CONGORAMA characters very real and very likable. Holding up as a very charming film, SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER AT 6:45PM this quirky little comedy has a good balance between its subtle doses of Country Canada Running Time 105 mins Format 35mm Director/Screenplay Philippe humour and emotion. A must-see. RS Falardeau Producers Luc Dery, Kim McGraw DoP Andre Turpin Cast Olivier Gourmet, Paul Ahmarani, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gabriel Arcand Print Source The Works Media Group Email [email protected] W www.theworksmediagroup.com

‘The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life. Unlike painting and literature, the cinema both gives to life and takes from it, and I try to render this concept in my films. Literature and painting both exist as art from the very start; the cinema doesn’t’

Jean-Luc Godard

80 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Three young men, Feller, Rifkin and Dixon. all lead different lives in New York, and yet will find themselves united by an unfortunate turn of fate as they are arbitrarily chosen to go and fight in a war on the other side of the world, in a country they know little about. Offering us a vision of a near and possible future in which men in the US would be drafted off to war, the film’s director, Brian Gunnar Cole, takes us through the next thirty days during which they must accept to leave their daily lives behind to face an uncertain future where death is all too often encountered. The film puts into play the opposing thoughts of three men from differ- ent backgrounds: a taxi driver with modest means, a young affluent lawyer, and a confused writer. What follows is not a heated political debate, but a demonstration of the ideological disparity between different members DAY ZERO of society and their beliefs. As personal and tragic events unfold, Brian SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 9:30PM Gunnar Cole provides us with a necessary reminder of the unfortunate Country USA Running Time 90 mins Format DVCPro fate of men who are faced with the difficulty of finding a stable moral HD Director Bryan Gunnar Cole Producer Anthony Moody Screenplay Robert Malkani DoP Matthew Clark Cast Elijah ground, when confronted with a war, confusing personal emotions with Wood, Chris Klein, Ginnifer Goodwin Print Source Anthony moral duties. TW Moody E [email protected] W www.dayzerothemovie.com

Mistaken identities, stolen hearts and self-discovery lie at the heart of Azazel Jacobs’ breathtaking sophomore feature. When two men shar- ing the name Rodolfo Cano turn up at the same army recruitment office, their lives take a whirlwind turn across the next 24 hours in Los Angeles. One is a middle-aged depressive trying to escape his own life, the other a highly-strung punk rocker whose tempestuous relationship with girlfriend Diaz has reached its breaking point. When the first Rodolfo follows the second home, only to find the angry punk storming out, he and Diaz find friendship in each other in the hope of finding meaning in their own lives. Throughout the course of the night, all three characters intertwine as they IN COMPETITION wander through the city. The beauty of the film lies not in its plot but in the masterful manner in which cinematic and musical styles blend seamlessly together. Shades THE GOODTIMESKID of Chaplin, early Godard and Tati are met with Gang of Four. Jacobs’ love SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER AT 9PM of silent cinema is evident as the film contains little dialogue, however he Country Country USA Running Time 77 mins Format SCREENING SPONSORS merely demonstrates how sometimes it’s just not needed. 35mm Director/DoP Azazel Jacobs Producer Sara Diaz Screenplay Azazel Jacobs, Geraldo Naranjo Cast Sara Diaz, Shot on 35mm film stolen from a big-budget feature, The GoodTimesKid Geraldo Naranjo, Azazel Jacobs P/S Azazel Jacobs is a perfect example of what indie cinema should be: defiant, insightful, and Email [email protected] W www.goodtimeskid.com above all a joy to watch. You won’t see anything else like it this year. JM

‘I’m just a worthless piece of shit that should just die and not get buried’ drones Wilson, our hero of sorts, to Jacob, his best friend and housemate. Wilson’s just been caught out masturbating in the living room to a photo- shopped picture of Min, Jacob’s live-in girlfriend. His drowning in self pity thing is not helped by the fact that he’s recently split with his girlfriend, spends his days rooted to the sofa, ventures out only to buy ice cream and smokes bong-load after bong-load. To top it all off it’s New Year’s Eve and Wilson is having a tough time with the fact he has no one to spend it with. Jacob manages to convince him that the only way out of his predica- ment is to get an ad up on Craigslist. The result is of the misanthrope IN COMPETITION seeks misanthrope variety. Later that day he meets Vivian, a no-nonsense, chain-smoking blonde who is in the process of deciding which date to spend the night with. Luckily for Wilson he’s the one, and the pair embark IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS on a conversation-fuelled night-time tour of LA. FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER AT 9:30PM With great performances from Scoot McNairy and Sara Simmonds in Country USA RT 98 mins Ft HD-Cam Dir/S’play Alex SCREENING SPONSOR the lead roles and stunning black and white shots of LA that make you Holdridge Prods Seth Caplan, Anne Walker-McBay, Scoot McNairy, DoP Robert Murphy Cast S McNairy, Sara Simmonds, think of Paris, Midnight Kiss has been hailed as the must-see American Brian McGuire P/S [email protected] indie of the year. SB

FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 81 Shot in 1985 on high contrast, black and white 16mm with a budget of just $25,000, Mala Noche is the debut feature that launched Gus Van Sant’s career. With its moody interiors, chiaroscuro lighting and lines like ‘I have to show him that I’m gay for him’, this slacker-noir draws the viewer into a taut, claustrophobic world of longing. Walt works the cash register at the local convenience store where he develops a crush on Johnny, a femme fatale of a Mexican boy, who has arrived in Oregon illegally with his macho friend, Pepper. Johnny doesn’t speak English and isn’t that interested in Walt except to hustle him out of a meal or a few drinks. Meanwhile Walt’s initial intense physical attraction to Johnny slowly morphs into something more profound. Loosely based on the novella by Portland, Oregon poet Walt Curtis, the film has served as a banner ad for all of Van Sant’s successive work and MALA NOCHE seems to have almost been a first draft for My Own Private Idaho. With SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 9:15PM [THE REX] Mala Noche, Spanish for bad night, Gus Van Sant took his first step toward Country USA Running Time 78 mins Format 35mm Director/Producer/Screenplay becoming one of the most influential directors around. SB Gus Van Sant DoP John J Campbell Cast Doug Cooeyate, Sam Downey, Nyla McCarthy Print Source Tartan Films Email [email protected]

Based on the novel by Blake Nelson, Gus Van Sant’s latest film continues in the same vein as previous titles Gerry, Elephant and Last Days. The title of the film seems not only to refer to the place – a homemade boarding facility set up by Portland, Oregon skaters where the film was shot – but also to the state of mind of its lead character. Alex is completely numbed by his world: from his lack of prowess as a skateboarder, his limited sexual encounters and his divorcing parents, to, more pointedly, the accusation that he is involved in the murder of a security guard. Stylishly shot by master cinematographer Christopher Doyle with super- CLOSING NIGHT GALA 8mm skateboarding footage supplied by Kathy Li Rain and accompanied by an eclectic score featuring everything from rap through to classical while showcasing a cast assembled from MySpace, Paranoid Park seals PARANOID PARK Van Sant’s status as one of our most influential indie auteurs. SB SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER AT 7:30PM Country USA Running Time 99 mins Format 35mm SCREENING SPONSOR Director/Screenplay Gus Van Sant Producers David Cress, Charles Gilbert, Nathanael Karmitz, Neil Kopp DoP Christopher Doyle, Kathy Li Cast Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen Print Source Tartan Films Email [email protected]

If you’ve ever wondered what someone was thinking while engaged in routine sex then Phantom Love may just have the answer. That answer being – lots of things. In this strikingly handsome feature from American indie auteur Nina Menkes, Lulu, a beautiful croupier is often caught staring into space as her spectacularly selfish lover pumps away on top of her. We learn not only of her job at the casino in Korea Town, LA, but of her strained relationship with her mother – a woman of non-specified Eastern European origin. Her sister also appears to have problems – she’s paranoid, medicated and into self-harm. Thrown into the mix are images of a deeply troubled childhood. Everyday events unfold as breaking news blares out on TV with vio- lent images ranging from explosions in Fallujah to scenes of US troops engaged in armed combat firmly anchoring the time line to the present. PHANTOM LOVE Menkes paints a harsh portrait of a young woman living in urban THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER AT 8:45PM America: stressed out, put upon by those closest to her, sexually unfulfilled Country USA Running Time 87 mins Format 35mm and hardly able to make sense of her own being. Nonetheless this is one Director/Screenplay Nina Menkes Producers Kevin Ragsdale, Nina Menkes, Rich Ragsdale DoP Christopher Soos of the most profoundly beautiful films of the year. Shot in black and white, Cast Marina Choif, Juliete Marquis, Laura Liguori, Noel Olken with a richly detailed sound design and exotic locations, Menkes dips into P/S Katapult Films E [email protected] the realms of the subconscious with consummate ease. SB

82 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Imagine going back in time to a gentler, kinder world when the US of A was still considered a glamorous place to live and Hugh Hefner, decked out in dressing gown and pipe was the newly crowned king of Californian-style soft porn. Anna Biller, director, producer, star, production designer and doer of just about every other job on this film, takes us back to those days. With an almost eerie attention to detail Biller perfectly replicates the look of the swinging ’60s and early ’70s. She gets it right down to the coloured glass ashtrays, molded plastic furniture, cheesy negligées and plaid carpeting, items which Biller spent years collecting from junk shops and garage sales. In Viva, even the actors’ bodies look like they came out of a time warp – bikini waxes and honed physiques are both hilariously absent. Biller herself plays Barbie, the wide-eyed housewife who is left at home while her husband goes skiing. She and her adventurous girlfriend VIVA go looking elsewhere for love. FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER AT 10PM [REX EXCLUSIVE] With all the plot complexities of your average porn flick, they wind up Country USA Running Time 120 mins Format 35mm Director/Screenplay Anna Biller in a brothel before moving on to a dalliance with a dope-smoking nudist Producers Anna Biller, Jared Sanford DoP C Thomas Lewis Cast Anna Biller, Jared Sanford, Bridget Brno, Chad England Print Source Anna Biller Productions E [email protected] philosopher, then running into a glamour ‘photographer’. W www.lifeofastar.com/viva.html Having worked independently as a writer/director of numerous shorts and stage plays this is Anna Biller’s remarkable debut feature. SB

This all-digital production is a collision of 8-bit video game graphics and animé created and screened with HD resolution. The film’s writer, director, animator, compositor, visual FX artist, composer and mixer M dot Strange is a visionary filmmaker who essentially created the entire work himself, a sheer masterpiece of DIY cinema using 2 Macintosh Computers and 7 PCs. Over 600,000 people have already watched the film’s youtube trailer. The story echoes glimpses of Howl’s Moving Castle and the animated film Paprika. The film chronicles two diametrically opposed outcasts who must fight for survival in a sinister fantasy world. Blue is an abused young woman navigating the Forest of Still Life, a nightmarish realm, all alone. When she meets Emmm, a fellow lost soul, an odd but likable doll-boy, she joins him on his journey to Stopmo City on his irrational quest for ice cream. The two join forces as they come up against mind-bending mon- WE ARE THE STRANGE sters like Ultraviolent Rain. MONDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 6:30PM This is an imaginative and a very technically innovative piece of work Country USA Running time 94 minutes Format HD SCREENING SPONSOR created in the style of filmmaking invented by M dot Strange entitled Director/Prod/S’play/DoP M dot Strange Cast David Choe, Stuart Mahoney, Halleh Seddighzadeh, M dot Strange, Chaylon Str8nime. M dot Strange spent the past 10 years honing his Str8nime Blancett P/S M dot Strange E [email protected] style which he states ‘combines strangeness + 8-bit videogame culture + W www.wearethestraange.com Japanese animé.’ IA

Dropout pals Dexter and Royce face an unimaginable situation when their friend Matilda overdoses on stolen heroin. Believing her to be dead, the only way to avoid the cops finding their stash is to bury her at the old drive- in cinema. If only things were so easy. Good news: she’s not really dead. Bad news: their DIY funeral happens to disturb some amateur Satanists who will stop at nothing to exact revenge. Now on the run from not only a psychotic cult but also an angry drug baron, the reckless trio must survive the night while trying to execute a heist of their own, dealing with a clan of medieval-obsessed dwarves and their own narcotic addictions. Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley deliver standout performances bal- OPENING NIGHT GALA ancing the laughs while conveying a more realistic nature of drug taking. Taryn Manning also shines as the ‘heroin chic’ figure of Matilda, who clearly sees the bigger picture but can’t quite escape her situation. WEIRDSVILLE Using a profoundly zany script by Willem Winnekers, cult director Allan TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER AT 7:30PM Moyle (Pump Up The Volume) delivers a truly hilarious and exciting vision Country Canada RT 90 mins Ft 35mm Director Allan Moyle SCREENING SPONSOR of small town Canada, where vividly constructed characters are intertwined Prod Nicholas Tabarrok S’play Willem Wennekers DoP Adam Swica Cast Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning with intriguing plot twists. Never descending into self-indulgent stupidity, P/S Contender Group Email [email protected] Weirdsville presents an exhilarating thrill-ride with added substance, illegal W www.weirdsville-the-movie.com of course. JM

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Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions of refugees took the perilous escape across the South China Sea to find freedom. Many drowned or died of starvation and thirst. Others were lost at sea for days only to be pillaged, robbed and raped by pirates. More than 30 years on, no major film or television programme has cared to tell their stories. Bolinao 52 voices an unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War – the story of the Vietnamese Boat People. JS

BOLINAO 52: A VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DOC SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER AT 5:30PM Country USA Running Time 58 mins Format Digibeta Director/Producer Duc Nguyen DoP Kato Takanobu Print Source Rhimp Productions Email [email protected] W www.bolinao52.com

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Dan Klores’ compelling film reveals the true story of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss’ disturbing love affair. Pugach, a successful 32 year old attorney, first set eyes on beautiful Riss when she was just 20. Impressed by his money and Hollywood lifestyle, she embarked on a whirlwind romance with him. Unbeknown to her, Burt was already married, and once Linda realised that his promises of leaving his wife were futile, she ended the relationship. Burt became insanely obsessed with getting her back, and in the summer of 1959, he hired a thug to throw acid on her face. Linda felt no pity when Burt was finally prosecuted and sent to prison. So the question remains, how under these circumstances, did Burt and Linda come to wed? IN COMPETITION The story is far from comfortable, but nevertheless gives an intriguing insight into how skewed human passions can become. It is fascinating to watch Burt and Linda recount their own versions of events, particu- CRAZY LOVE larly as Burt shows no signs of remorse for the hideous crime that was to FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 9PM change her promising future. With talking heads of friends and relatives, Country USA Running Time 92 mins Format 35mm Directors/Producer/Screenplay an expansive portfolio of personal photos and archive footage, Klores Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens DoP Wolfgang Held Featuring Linda Pugach, Burt Pugach, Jimmy Breslin Print Source Tartan Films Email [email protected] www.crazylovefilm.com slowly uncovers the darker side to human nature. Can the conclusion really be that sinister: do we ultimately only find love in the arms of whoever accepts us? SD

Director Shona Charlton is allowed a rare glimpse at the transgender com- munity of New Delhi. Her film takes us into the world of a group of men born ‘with the soul of a woman’, revealing how they have become wary of strangers after the daily abuse and prejudice they experience. The result is a film full of life tinged with tragedy. Charlton’s guide is the glamorous Bobby, a matriarch to a transgender family. With a shared love of clothes and jewellery they all possess a col- lective desire to fulfill the traditional role of an Indian woman. This mainly involves cooking, cleaning and looking after a man. Bobby takes Charlton on a shopping trip, to a beauty parlour and finally on to a transgender party which climaxes in a particularly bitchy catfight. The film’s protagonist is a wonderfully selfless character who, we learn, paid for her real siblings’ weddings even though she was forbidden from FLAMES IN THE LOOKING GLASS attending. This film does not allow us to be seduced by the glitz, behind it THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER AT 5PM all lie stories of beatings, rape and rejection. It also becomes increasingly Country Country UK/India Running Time 48mins Ft Mini-DV WATCH IT ON frustrating to realise that despite the hair, make up and expensive opera- Director/Producer Shona Charlton DoP S Chockalingam P/S Rasa Films E [email protected] tions, these men will never really be accepted as the women they long to

Playing with Odessa Girls 35 mins be. This is an inspiring tale of resilience, happiness and hope in the face of bigotry and ignorance. AD

86 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Life in Loops is a social documentary. And a music film. And a narrative drama. And a travelogue. And a remix. It’s experimental and yet incred- ibly watchable. Filmmaker, VJ and member of the band Sofa Surfers, Timo Novotny, has taken the forty hours of original footage which were dis- tilled into the incredible documentary Megacities (by Michael Glawogger, released in 1997), added some additional footage, and remixed the whole lot into a new, homogenous entity. Life in Loops skips back and forth between five megacities and profiles people living marginally, on the very edge of extinction. Inter-cutting between Mumbai, New York, Mexico City, Moscow and Tokyo, we are introduced to pimps and scammers, factory operators, a dye sifter, a lonely Manga addict, slaughterhouse workers. The audience is given brief moments to digest the rhythmic interludes bridging the stories. It is at times difficult to detect whether we have LIFE IN LOOPS – A MEGACITIES RMX jumped from one city to another, which is fitting since the struggle for FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 5PM survival and the dignity of the characters is what connects them, rather Country Austria Running Time 79 mins Format Various Director Timo Novotny than their location or culture. The images are as deep and powerful as Producers Ulrich Gehmacher, Timo Novotny DoP Wolfgang Thaler Print Source Paul Thiltges Email [email protected] W www.lifeinloops.com the stories, and visual themes such as transit, construction and death are

Playing with Time Patrol 3 mins interspersed throughout, reflecting the fact that progress has yet to reach the unfortunate people at the bottom of the food chain. DB

The huge success of Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 made director Michael Moore the cinematic darling of the American left. Some commentators however have questioned his methods and the accuracy of the facts behind his docs. Rick Caine and Debbie Melnyk considered themselves to be both liberals and fans of Moore’s work, which only makes their experiences in Manufacturing Dissent all the more fascinating. The pair followed Moore on his ‘slacker’ tour of America, in which he attempted to galvanise the American youth into voting out President Bush. They hoped to secure an interview with Moore but he proved decidedly reluctant to talk on camera. They also encountered regular harassment from Moore’s entourage somewhat out of line with the director’s appar- ent belief in freedom of speech. By visiting Moore’s home town in Flint, Michigan and exploring his back story Caine and Melnyk build a picture MANUFACTURING DISSENT of Moore as an egotistical showman prone to bouts of paranoia and not WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM afraid to manipulate the truth in order to further his career. Country Canada RT 74 mins Ft Digibeta, Mini-DV Dirs/Prods In a bold pastiche of Moore’s own work the pair use archive footage Debbie Melnyk, Rick Caine DoP Rick Caine Featuring Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader P/S Liberation coupled with new interviews, featuring both pundits and public alike, all Entertainment E [email protected] set to a rock soundtrack. Whether or not you agree with their findings you W www.manufacturingdissentmovie.com might agree that films like this are what democracy is all about. AD

The last family airlifted out of Saigon on the last day of the Vietnam War attempts to resolve its divided past. In 2000, Doan Hoang began filming her family in America, and kept the camera rolling as they journeyed back to Vietnam. Doan was one of the passengers on the last civilian helicop- ter out of Saigon, she was three years old, tragically her sister was left behind to endure kidnapping and imprisonment. Her film shows the pain of a father reunited with the brother he fought against decades after the conflict that split them; a mother forced to choose between her daughter and her husband. In seeking to uncover the mysterious circumstances of her fami- ly’s schism, Doan has compiled a documentary account that reveals the humanity of those who were soldiers, wives, children, prisoners, revolution- aries, and refugees. The war’s deep and lasting ramifications divided this OH SAIGON! family and many others between two worlds. Their lives demonstrate the SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER AT 5:30PM consequences of being forced to make split-second decisions, and how a Country USA Running Time 57 mins Format DVCAM, Super-8mm Director/Producer Doan war lives on inside people long after the fighting stops. More significantly Hoang DoP Ham Tran, Lara Frankena, Tim Furnish Cast Hoàng Nam, Vân Tran, Doan Hoang Print Source Nuoc Pictures Email [email protected] W www.ohsaigon.com however, we see the indomitable will and spirit of humans and their ability

Playing with Bolinao 52: A Vietnamese Boat People Documentary 58 mins to face adversity, to recover and change. JS

FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 87 This Is Nollywood tells the story of the Nigerian film industry – a revolu- tion enabling Africans with few resources to tell African stories to African audiences. Nigeria produces between 500 and 1,000 movies a year, selling wildly all over the continent. The actors have become stars from Ghana to Zambia. We experience the world of Nollywood through acclaimed direc- tor Bond Emeruwa’s quest to make a feature-length action film in just nine days. Armed only with a digital camera, two lights, and about $20,000, Bond faces challenges unimaginable in Hollywood and Bollywood. We meet some of the industry’s founding fathers who tell us of their responsibility to educate their massive audiences: many of the films deal with AIDS, corruption, women’s rights and other topics of concern to ordi- nary Africans. The impetus behind Nollywood is not purely commercial; the traditional role of storytelling is still alive and well – just different. THIS IS NOLLYWOOD ‘We are telling our own stories in our own way, our Nigerian way, African SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 2:45PM way,’ Bond says. ‘I cannot tell the white man’s story. I don’t know what his Country USA Running Time 55 mins Format Digibeta RECOMMENDED BY story is all about. He tells me his story in his movies. I want him to see my Director Franco Sacchi Producer Robert Caputo DoP Franco Sacchi, Robert Caputo Print Source Aimee Corrigan stories too.’ JS Email [email protected] W www.thisisnollywood.com ‘Fascinating and in-depth. Highly recommended’ – Everett True, Plan B

Tovarisch, I Am not Dead is a fascinating biography on the life of Garri Urban, directed by his son Stuart, a man who had the wits, guts and luck to escape both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Garri’s eventful and tormented past is reconstructed through interviews whilst the film con- centrates on the recent period as we follow Garri on his return to Eastern Europe. This documentary becomes a cinematic update to Garri’s 1980’s acclaimed autobiography. We observe Garri’s struggle to obtain his KGB file, the emotional return to his family home and the reunion with the fiancée he has not seen since 1943, when he was arrested. IN COMPETITION Observing Garri reliving his past through the present is a refreshing departure from the typical serial interview format, bringing the reality and ultimately the emotion closer to the audience. In addition the on-screen TOVARISCH, I AM NOT DEAD father-son relationship, particularly Stuart’s attempts to understand his MONDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 8:45PM father as a product of his past, is invitingly personal. Finally, it is the theme Country UK Running Time 83 mins Format Digibeta Director/Producer Stuart Urban DoP of survival, rather than defeat, under oppression which makes this docu- Shay Peleg, Ben Nicolosi-Endo Featuring Garri Urban Print Source Cyclops Vision Email [email protected] W www.tovarisch.net mentary inspiring, hopeful and therefore vital as a social lesson. AW

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U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance examines one man’s intel- lectual and sexual relationship with Tennessee Williams. A free-flowing and natural conversation between interviewer and interviewee Konrad Hopkins results in a montage of anecdotes, which produces a very distinct image of Tennessee at the height of his career. The portrayls of a sexually-driven man who remorselessly used and disposed of people as and when he felt, paint an often less than flattering portrait of Tennessee. The blunt and unashamed revelations about the playwright cast a new light on the man and subsequently on his works. The simplicity of the film, both in terms of its conversational interview style and the sparse editing, engenders the film with a laid-back and easy- going feel. Subsequently, our understanding of Tennessee’s character and personality isn’t predetermined or imposed but rather slowly develops and U & ME & TENNESSEE: AN AMERICAN… evolves through each anecdote. TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 4:30PM Hopkins too, is a captivating character, his frankness and openness Country UK Running Time 90 mins Format Mini-DV WATCH IT ON breaks down barriers between subject and audience and promotes an inti- Director/Producer Paul Birchard DoP Andrew Murray Featuring Konrad Hopkins, Paul Birchard Print Source macy otherwise difficult to acquire. Both heart-felt and humorous, this is a Paul Birchard Email [email protected] delightful and engaging documentary. AW W www.u-me-tennessee.co.uk

88 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL The Fulton Fish Market has served New York from the same downtown location for 183 years. It is to be relocated to the Bronx as part of the city’s planned renovations of that area. Up At Lou’s Fish chronicles the history of the market, the dedicated workers who sustain it, as well as the artists and writers who attempt to preserve its heritage in their work. We begin with the market as it has been since its inauguration; we meet a group of quirky, often funny individuals who make up the market’s workforce and other regulars. The history of the market is shown against the backdrop of its current state, and newsreel footage is used cleverly to assist with this. After we have gained an understanding of the market and its patrons, the prospect of unwanted relocation leaves us saddened, feeling empathetic towards the market workers whose lives are being dis- rupted and removed from their working home. UP AT LOU’S FISH This film accomplishes more than just showcasing the change in a note- MONDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 5PM worthy fish market, it asks questions about the need for the preservation Country USA Running Time 87 mins Format HDV Directors/Producers Alex Brook Lynn, of heritage, and of progress for progress’s sake. It shows the determi- Corinna Mantlo DoP Vickers Gringo Music Ronni Raygun Thomas Cast Barbara Mensch, Edward Koch, Evita Mendiola Print Source Alex Brook Lynn E [email protected] nation of a workforce with very little formal education. The use of Ronni W www.upatlousfish.com Raygun Thomas’ driving soundtrack is a bold addition to this story about an under-appreciated side of New York City. JG

There are currently more than 1.2 million orphaned children in South Africa, primarily due to the AIDS crisis, which has gripped the country over the last decade. Shot over a period of three years, We Are Together centres on 12-year-old Slindile Moya who lives at the Agape Orphanage with sev- eral of her younger siblings. The older children remain in the family home built by their parents who have both died of AIDS. Under the direction of ‘Grandma’ Zodwa Mqadi, the Agape kids are given a place to sleep, clean clothes and food. They are also coached to sing in a choir and are hard at work rehearsing for a fundraising show they plan to take to the UK. When the tour is delayed, a local rock star comes by to put the finishing touches on a replacement CD. He is suitably impressed, not only by the talent but also by the spirit of these kids who like him have grown up sing- ing all their lives. WE ARE TOGETHER [THINA SIMUNYE] In the midst of things, Slindile and her siblings discover that their eldest SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER AT 2:45PM brother, Sifiso, is suffering from HIV. More hardship arrives in the form of Country UK Running Time 86 mins Format DV-Cam Director/DoP Paul Taylor Producers a devastating electrical fire which means the children must be moved into Teddy Leifer, Paul Taylor Featuring Slindile Moya, Kanye West Print Source Rise Films Email [email protected] www.wearetogether.org makeshift accommodation. The film takes the viewer on a powerful emo- tional journey and has been the recipient of audience awards at Tribeca, Edinburgh and IDFA in Amsterdam. SB

An elderly lady stands alone on the streets of Yokohama, she is nameless and ageless, and for the past 50 years (since the second world war) she has worked as a prostitute. She is known as the most beautiful prostitute of her time and has been accepted as one of the city’s landmarks. People call her ‘Yokohama Mary’. In the winter of 1995, Mary disappeared. Having always maintained a somewhat mysterious presence, rumours started to spread and she had soon become the heroine of an urban legend. Whilst she remains an elu- sive character to most there are some people who had been close to her and had cared for and looked after her. Ganjiro Nagato, a Chanson singer with not much time to live, is one such person. He explains how he longs to meet Mary again: ‘I want to sing in front of her again’. After Mary disappeared, the young Takahiro Nakamura started interview- YOKOHAMA MARY ing various people, as if tracing a faint outline of her shadow. Mary seemed SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER AT 2:15PM to embody a universal sharing of emotions and fantasies that reveled the Country Japan Running Time 92mins Format 35mm SCREENING SPONSOR intricacies of people’s lives this city. After five years of filming, Nakamura’s Director/Screenplay Takayuki Nakamura Producer Kazuhiro Shirao DoP Kensuke Nakazawa Featuring Michiko Godai, findings have come together to create a sensitive documentary in which Ganjiro Nagato, Yoko Yamazaki Print Source Eleven Arts fragile dreams are revisited and brought back to life. JS Email [email protected] W www.elevenarts.net

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THE BRIDGE Austria 12 mins HDV, Mini-DV, DV-Cam Director/Producer Haris Bilajbegovic DoP Stefan Tauber Cast Mumin Kadiric Print Source [email protected] Based on an actual occurence that took place on a bridge during the Bosnia and Herzegovina war in 1992.

THE DEATH STRIP USA 35mm 30 mins Dir/S’play Nicole Haeusser Producers Birgit Weingaertner, Ulrich Schwarz, Vedra Mehagian Dallesandro DoP Darren Frey Cast Anne Ramsay, Deacon Frey, Mike Dunay Print Source [email protected] East Berlin 1980, Mike and his family attempt an escape across what was known as the Death Strip to West Berlin.

DEFACE USA Super-35mm 20 mins Dir/S’play John Arlotto Producer THIS LIGHT RAINS SIREN [SZIRENA] Roman Wyden DoP James Mann Cast Joseph Yang, Aira Kim, USA Mini-DV 27 mins Director/Screenplay Aaron Rabin Hungary Supe-35mm 11 mins Director/Screenplay Andras Alexis Rhee Print Source [email protected] Producers Elizabeth Collier, Nathaniel Halpern DoP Anna Novak Producers Andras Novak, Andras Muhi DoP Andras Sooyoung is a faceless worker in North Korea. But when his Farrell Cast Cort Garretson, Jennifer Faulkner Print Source Nagy Cast Jozsef Varga, Peter Katona, Nora Parti Print Source daughter dies of starvation, his outrage drives him to vandalise [email protected] [email protected] the propaganda billboards that decorate the town, an act that is On the morning a soldier leaves for war, he must bring his family The accidental and fatal acquaintance of a Hungarian boy and a punishable by death. together or risk losing them forever. Russian soldier during the 1956 Revolution in Budapest.

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SAVE TOMORROW UK Digibeta 9 mins Director Simon Ross Producers Simon Ross, Mihali Moore DoP Mihali Moore P/S [email protected] Two years ago Keith’s wife killed herself, jumping from a cliff. Now Keith patrols the cliffs at Beachy Head and has saved twelve people from suicide.

THE APOLOGY LINE UK HD-Cam 10 mins Dir/Prod James Lees DoP Matthias Nyberg Print Source [email protected] Based around the creation of a real-life apology line where members of the public can anonymously confess to absolutely anything, over the phone. NO ONE ESCAPES QUEST FOR FIRE UK DV 17 mins Dir/Prod/DoP Carole Hayman Print Source UK Beta SP 3 mins Director Steve Rainbow Producer Lucy SPECKY [email protected] Baxter Director of Photography Orin O’Reilly Print Source UK HDV 22 mins Dir/Producer Anne-Claire Pilley DoP Keith A documentary study of the ongoing toxicity of people’s lives due [email protected] Ingram Print Source [email protected] to their involvement with serial killers in the UK. A very short doc about the hottest curry in the world. A person spends four weeks training their eyes to see 20/20. CHEAT NEUTRAL THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN THE MOVIES ECU: EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL UK DV-Cam 14 mins Dir/Prod/DoP Beth Stratford Print USA 35mm 8 mins Director/Producer Monty Diamond Print UK HD 5 mins Dir/Prod/DoP Katrina MansfieldPrint Source Source [email protected] Source [email protected] [email protected] Since the sixties concentrations of heartbreak, cheating and jeal- Clips from 38 movies in which the World Trade Center appears, A university trip to Paris, with personal opinion as a major factor. ousy in the atmosphere have risen dramatically. set to classical music. One location scout’s reminiscence.

‘To be or not to be. That’s not really a question’

Jean-Luc Godard

92 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THE RELATIVES SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER AT 12:30PM

CLUB SODA USA HD-Cam 23 mins Dir/Producer/S’play Paul Carafotes DoP Eric Steelberg Cast James Gandolfini, Steven R McQueen Print Source [email protected] A young kid arrives in New York from Boston to become an actor and is befriended by a cast of characters while hanging out at a bar. He robs the joint which brings him into conflict with his friends forcing him to re-evaulte his life and change.

THE END Portugal HD-Cam 13 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Victor Candeias DoP Andre Szakowski Principal Cast Adelaide Sousa, Tiago Rodrigues, Alfonso Viela Print Source GOD’S WOUNDS POP FOUL [email protected] UK Super-35mm 15 mins Dir/S’play Wayne Holloway Producer USA Super-16mm 19 mins Director/Screenplay Moon Molson A writer who is trying to write the story told in the film. Emma Cairns DoP Theo Garland Cast Emily Beecham, Lee Producers Jennifer Handorf, Moon Molson DoP David R Jones Whitlock, Christina Cole Print Source [email protected] Cast Danielle K Thomas, Keith Bullard, Sekou Laidlow Print THE GIRLS An idyllic village becomes the target of animal rights activists Source [email protected] UK HD 10 mins Director/Screenplay Sebastian Godwin A boy sees his father take a beating from a local thug on the way Producer Hugo Godwin DoP Arnau Valls Colomer Cast WHAT DOES YOUR DADDY DO? home from a Little League game and agrees to help hide the Duncan Duff, Natascha Forkes-Pyfrom, Zoe Forbes-Pyfrom UK HD-Cam 15 mins Dir/S’play Martin Stitt Producer Bennett incident from his mother. The mother intuitively knows what may Print Source [email protected] McGhee, Katie Bevell DoP Duncan Telford Cast Jon Sidgwick, have really happened. The kid is torn between backing his dad A father comes home from work to find his two young daughters Helen Ashworth Print Source [email protected] up and telling the truth – a contemporary twist on an essential playing in the garden. The mood soon begins to darken. Brave men and women to protect children but at what cost? question of morality.

THE URBANITES SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER AT 12:30PM

BADMOUTH UK HD 11 mins Director/Producer Shanti Ramakuri Screenplay Shona Pollock, Shanti Ramakuri DoP Jamie Hammond Print Source [email protected] A retro short set in 1988 North London. A tale of tragedy and loss, set against the portrait of a neighbourhood. Shot in one continuous take.

CHERRIES UK HD 15 mins Director Tom Harper Producer Lisa Williams GROWING HEAD, HEART AND BALLS OR WHY I GAVE UP… Screenplay Fiona Kissane DoP Jakob Ihre Principal Cast UK Super-16mm 11 mins Director/Screenplay David Alexander USA HD 15 mins Dir/S’play Peter Foldy Prods Zach Evans, Neil Dudgeon, Sam Sprucell, Alfie Allen, Onari Carter Print Producer Sylvia Amanquah DoP Nicholas Schroder Principal Drew Masters DoP Erik Kaufmann Cast Adam Carolla, Angelica Source [email protected] Cast Rasheed Amanquah, Soloman Israel, Tina Christof Print Magana, Houston Graham Print Source [email protected] A class of teenage boys have a lesson they’ll never forget and Source [email protected] A young musician must overcome his insecurities, his overbear- one that will change their lives forever. A short study of three teenage boys, whose idle lifestyle of ing parents, and a pot-induced anxiety attack in order to get to smoking, joking around and chasing girls results in tragedy. Woodstock and lose his virginity. ELEVATOR MUSIC UK 16mm 3 mins Dir/Prod/S’play Serdar Ferit DoP Michael INTERIOR BEDSIT – DAY KITTENS Onder Cast Liam Nowlan, Natalie Mount, Shahin Osman Print UK 35mm 11 mins Dir/S’play James Larkin Producer Chantelle Ireland Super-16mm 11 mins Director/Screenplay Steve Source [email protected] de Carvalho DoP Liz Smith Cast Ian Hart, Peter Gunn Print Earls Producer Myles Payne DoP Michael Dierickx Cast Jack Problems arise when a conservative old man walks into the same Source [email protected] Thompson Print Source [email protected] lift as a 15 year old girl who likes to play loud music from her A struggling screenplay writer finds himself dabbling with fate as A day in the life of a kid growing up on the streets of london, mobile phone. he writes himself into his scripts into some interesting locations. estranged from family and friends.

THE THRILLERS SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER AT 5PM

ANNIVERSARY PRESENT I LOVE STORY UK 35mm 8 mins Dir/Prod/S’play Ben Dodd DoP Franz UK HDV 2 mins Dir/S’play Luke Losey Producer Maverick UK 35mm 13 mins Director/Screenplay Amit Gupta Producer Pagot Cast D Judite, Alison Moore P/S [email protected] Litchfield-Kelly DoP Crighton Bone Cast Alison Newman Print Richard Holmes DoP John Pardue Principal Cast Anthony The perfect couple. She organises a terrific anniversary present. Source [email protected] Green Print Source [email protected] But he gets it horribly wrong. A snapshot of a terrifying moment, only partially revealed. A young girl asks her father ‘Why do you love Mummy?’ As the man considers this question, his memories of the first sighting BLOOD ON HIS HANDS ISABEL of his future wife reveal the depth and complexity of his love UK HD-Cam 9 mins Dir/S’play J Coleman DoP N Philips Cast UK HD 3 mins Dir/Prod/S’play Katrina Mansfield DoP Carl for her. T Hunter, A Dixon, A Gathergood P/S [email protected] Spring Cast Jamie Rae, Peter Naylor, Shreeti Chohan Print In a historic trial, James Taylor must choose whether his brother’s Source [email protected] PARAFFIN murderer is sentenced to death or spends life in prison. Three un-connected people are thrown together. UK Super-16mm 17 mins Director/Producer Laurence Easenan Screenplay Gavin Whitfield Director of Photography Adam THE COLLECTORS LA COUPURE Frisch Principal Cast Andrew Dickens, Connor McIntyre Print UK Super-35mm 10 mins Dir/S’play Tim Elliott Producers Tim Canada Super-16mm 12 mins Dir/Prod/S’play Stephane Source [email protected] Elliot, Miles Wilkes DoP Stephen Blackman Cast Tom Burke, Grasso DoP Ian Macmillan Cast Sandra Dumaresq, Alex Gauvin, Finn, back from the war zone, suspects ex-para Tony of kidnap- Diana Kent Print Source [email protected] Danielle Allie Print Source [email protected] ping a local girl. Two strangers have to spend an uneasy night together in the A teacher is brutally assaulted. middle of a large English forest. SURPRISE LITTLE BO PEEP UK 35mm 2 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Ben Dodd THE DEMONOLOGY OF DESIRE USA 35mm 4 mins Dir/Prod/DoP Brandon Trost Cast Phillip DoP Franz Pagot Principal Cast Dave Judite, Alison Moore Canada 35mm 22 mins Director Rodrigo Gudino Print Source Roebuck Print Source [email protected] Print Source [email protected] [email protected] One man band artist, Phillip Roebuck, on a quest into the horizon A man lies useless, a woman looms over him. Time runs back- A twisted, young girl prays for unconditional love. with his latest music video, Little Bo Peep. wards revealing the truth behind the tragedy.

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WAITING FOR YESTERDAY France 15 mins HD Directors Julien Lecat, Sylvain Pioutaz, Producers Guillaume Colboc, Benjamin Pommeraud Screenplay Julien Lecat, Sylvain Pioutaz, Laurent Caillard DoP Eric Vallee Print Source [email protected] Bob lives in a world where everything moves in reverse: death is birth, people grow young, knowledge is erased from your mind as the clock ticks backward. It’s just business as usual until the night Bob suddenly finds himself moving forward in time.

SUPERNOVA MOONBABIES WAR ON SOUND POUR FINIR ICI [TO END UP HERE] USA 8 mins HD Animation Director/Producer Vidal Perez USA 5 mins HD Directors/Producers Eric Althin, Shannon France 15 mins HD Director/Screenplay Sébastien Caillat Print Source [email protected] Henegan DoP Istvan Borbas P/S [email protected] Producer Le Fresnoy DoP Dean Holmes Print Source Supernova is a surreal journey into the world of alchemy. The film New retro music video for War On Sound by Swedish band [email protected] narrates the fantastical transmutation process that takes place Moonbabies (Carina Johansson & Ola Frick). A man is travelling in his memory on the day of his funeral – a when a character is born from a teardrop and ultimately trans- mental journey parallel to the journey of his body to his tomb. forms into a star in the cosmos. PUBLIC SPACES Holland 10 mins HD Director/Producer Martijn Veldhoen DoP RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS: THE PIT AND… EELS AAL SCHADEL [EELS] Jaap Veldhoen, Martijn Veldhoen P/S [email protected] Canada 7 mins HD Dir Marc Lougee Prod Susan Ma S’play Germany 18 mins HD Animation Director Martin Rahmlow Prod Public Spaces is an animated one shot movie of exactly 10 min- Matt Taylor DoP Dean Holmes P/S [email protected] Anne Hoever P/S [email protected] utes, dealing with public space, where the dominance of mobile Combining traditional stop-motion animation puppet techniques A traveler suffers from a mysterious disease. He is searching for phones and the vague threat of terrorist assaults have changed with cutting edge visual effects in this adaptation of Edgar Allan salvation in this animated film. the way we behave slightly, but distinctively. Poe’s classic story.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS 2 WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 4:30PM

THE BIG LIE UK 13 mins DV-Cam Director/Producer/DoP Peter Everett Print Source [email protected] A volunteer remembers fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS FROM PEOPLE THAT I MET… UK 10 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/DoP Margherita Gramegna Print Source [email protected] Do you think I am good looking? If you were to see me on the street would you look at me? In a world of perceptions you are not who you are but what other people think you are.

HR GIGER’S SANCTUARY Switzerland 19 mins HDV Directors Nick Brandestini, Steve Ellington Producer/DoP Nick Brandestini Print Source [email protected] Eccentric artist and academy award-winner HR Giger. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN THE TOBACCO TRAP UK 15 mins Dir J Williams P/S [email protected] UK 12 mins DV Director/Producer Phil Stein Director of KISS ME QUICK Two brothers return to clear out their dead father’s possessions. Photography Phil Stein Featuring Chris Taylor Print Source UK 14 mins Mini DV Director/Producer Stella Sims, I Ganesh, [email protected] M Muna, A Majocchi P/S [email protected] VEIL OF IGNORANCE Would you pay for your own death? Big Tobacco wants millions The history of the dirty weekend in Brighton and its cultural, UK 21 mins HD Dir P Harris P/S [email protected] of poor Africans to pay for theirs. The film follows a small group mythical status and significance. Race hate crime in Hounslow, and the people trying to fight it. of campaigners working to stop them.

THE ROMANTICS THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER AT 4:30PM

AMELIA AND MICHAEL DUNNY Germany / UK 11 mins 35mm Dir D Cormack S’play Stephen USA 10 mins Super-16mm Director/Screenplay Phillip Van Betts Prods Daniel Cormack, Matt Gunner DoP M Gold Cast Producer Lisa Zlotnic, Phillip Van, Ryan Kampe, Sylvain Tron Anthony Head, Natasha Powell P/S [email protected] DoP George Gibson Cast Jonathan Ospa, Nicole Poole Print A married couple appear to have all the trappings of wealth, suc- Source [email protected] cess and happiness. An obese eleven-year-old with an affinity for chocolate tries to give a love letter to a girl that doesn’t like him and winds up at BELLA dinner with her suburban family. Costa Rica 3 mins HD Dir/Prod Alexander Berberich DoP Marfo Araya Cast Ampora Marie Sapp P/S [email protected] SUNDAY AFTERNOON Bella strolls on the beach of her youth, reflecting on life. Czech Republic / Italy 13 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/ Screenplay Gaia Adducchio DoP Jan Strand Cast Jana QUINCY AND ALTHEA DRAGONFLIES Plodkova, Ondrej Danis Print Source [email protected] USA 10 mins Super-16mm Director/Screenplay Doug Lenox Poland 15 mins 35mm Director/Screenplay Justyna Nowak A young woman sits on a sofa in the middle of a lake singing Producer Andrea Wilbon DoP John Nijhawan Cast Carol Producer Eosia Wierzbicka DoP Szymon Kluz Cast Marta an old lullaby. She is waiting for her brother to say goodbye to Sutton, Harold Evans, Karen-Kaia Livers P/S [email protected] Dobecka, Piotyr Libenza Print Source [email protected] a loved one. While the rest of New Orleans rebuilds, a couple searches for a Two teenagers living in the small town at the seaside. divorce amidst the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina. NOT A PICK UP ARTIST FORWARD USA 5 mins 35mm Director/Producer/Screenplay Johnny THE STRONGER USA 14 mins Super-16mm, 35mm Director/Screenplay Cecily Roc DoP Alejandro Lalinde Cast Johnny Roc, Cheyenne UK 10 mins HD Director Lia Williams Producer Dan McCulloch Rhett Producer Sandi Johnson DoP Andrea Burgess Cast Rushing, Chani Nicholas P/S [email protected] S’play Frank McGuinness DoP David Higgs Cast Claire Amy Ryan, Nick Offerman, Rona Benson P/S Cecily Rhett A young man is forced to choose between his best friend and Higgins, Fiona O’Shaughnessy P/S [email protected] A re-enactment of the Civil War and other bad breakups. his morals. The struggle for power and identity between mistress and wife.

94 FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THE OFFBEATS FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 4:30PM

JOYEUX NOEL THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS… France 8 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/DoP Ben Adler UK 25 mins 35mm Director James Griffiths Producer Charles S’play Ben Adler, Iain Alexander Cast Amaury de Crayencour, Henderson Screenplay Tim Key, Tom Basden DoP Richard Benedicte Vanderreydt P/S [email protected] Mott Cast Tim Key, Tom Basden P/S [email protected] An English guy brings his girlfriend to Paris for a romantic week- When jaded nice guy of folk Herb McGwyer agrees to play a end only to discover that she is there to see her lover. one-off exclusive gig on lottery winner Charles Heath’s Wallis Island, he is taken on a journey that ultimately re-ignites his pas- MEDIUM RARE sion for music. UK 14 mins 35mm Director/Screenplay Stefan Stuckert Producer Debbie Young DoP Paul Jenkins Cast Steve Furst, REAL MEN Sara Stewart, Gordon Alexander, Derren Brown Print Source USA 10 mins 35mm Director/Screenplay Sean Hanish [email protected] Producer Chris Sias DoP Christopher Sieyes Cast Eric A dark tale of lust and desire, set at night in a dreamlike city- Matheny, Will Potter P/S [email protected] THE CHAIR scape. Carl is a loser, a victim, the kind of man who never has Best friends push the boundaries of their relationship to discover USA 6 mins Super-8mm Director/Producer Greg Zinger much luck. When he has a bizarre encounter with a rich and what a ‘real man’ is. Screenplay Greg Zinger, Aren Haun Cast Aren Haun, Hillary beautiful stranger it seems his fortunes are about to change. Bergmann Print Source [email protected] FETCH A businessman refuses to get out of his office chair. PRADA AND PREJUDICE USA 20 mins Super-16mm Director/Screenplay Daniel UK 5 mins DVCPro, HD Director/Producer Tom Edmunds Bernhardt Producer Todd Grossman DoP Sergio Arguello BLINDERS Screenplay Dustin Demri-Burns DoP Luke Bryant Cast Daisy Cast Allison Dunbar, Bridget Riley, David Leitch, Lisa Stothard USA 10 mins HDV Director/Producer/Screenplay Sven Haggard Print Source [email protected] Print Source Daniel Bernhardt Email: [email protected] Kamm DoP Mark David Cast Heather Marie Marsden, Michael Things spiral out of control when a woman goes into a cobbler’s His name is John Fetcher but everyone calls him ‘Fetch’ because Rodrick, Mike Hagerty Print Source [email protected] to pick up her Prada heels. he gets things, that’s what he does. Where fantasy and reality meet for a drink.

THE ANIMATED SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 12:30PM

THE ANIMAL BOOK FLIGHTY SIDE DISH UK 10 mins Director/Screenplay Chris Randall, Natalie UK 2 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Leigh Hodgkinson UK 4 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Leigh Hodgkinson Hinchley Producer Chris Randall P/S [email protected] Print Source [email protected] Print Source [email protected] Two sisters exist in a threatening world of giant machinery. A short film about butterfly speed dating. SNOWTIME BEAUTY IS THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS GLIMPSE UK 1 min Min-iDV Director/Screenplay Dana Dorian UK 3 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/Screenplay Jon Yeo UK 9 mins 49 seconds Director/Producer/Screenplay Producer Sam McCarthy P/S [email protected] Print [email protected] Dustin Grella Print Source [email protected] Kill your deities. Open your eye. A study of the life of painter Willem de Kooning. TEAT BEAT OF SEX USA 4 mins Director/Screenplay Signe Baumane Producer CRANIUM THEATER GLITCH Pierre Poire Print Source [email protected] USA 7 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Jason Sandri Canada 11 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/Screenplay Print Source [email protected] Peter Ricq Print Source [email protected] WHALE Enter the world of the Brain Farmer. George is dragged into a twisted dimension and runs for his life. UK 5 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Rob Wicksteed Print Source [email protected] FISSION OVER THE HILL USA 5 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/Screenplay Kun-I UK 8 mins Director/S’play Peter Baynton Prod Ian Culbard, WINDOWS MASKS DOORS Chang Print Source [email protected] Margaret Milner Schmueck P/S [email protected] USA 5 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Sarah Orenstein A man who see himself as graffiti on the wall. Print Source [email protected] PUSHKIN SIMPLY THIS LANDSCAPE WITH DARKNESS UK 5 mins Mini-DV Director/Producer/Screenplay Trevor YOURS TRULY USA 7 min HDV Director/Producer/Screenplay Andrea Hardy Print Source [email protected] UK 8 mins Super-16mm Dir Osbert Parker Prods O Parker, F Giacomini Print Source [email protected] Poor Mrs Dombilard, her cat Pushkin has gone missing. Pitkin S’play O Parker, I Gouldstone P/S [email protected]

THE SURREAL SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER AT MIDDAY

FORNA JOB NO 2145 PENSION DAY UK 11 mins HD Director/Screenplay Oscar ‘Boxcar’ Sharp UK 4 mins HDV Directors/Screenplay/Producers/ Australia 5 mins Super-16mm Director Gordon Napier Producer Jenn Handorf DoP Guy Routledge Cast David Hale, Directors of Photography David Procter, Peter King Principal Producers Matt Holcomb,Trevor Holcomb Screenplay Trevor Genevieve Swallow Print Source [email protected] Cast Danielle Rhodes, Helen Masson, Sam Kaye Print Source Wood Director of Photography David Hawkins Principal A cock in a garden. [email protected] Cast John McTernan Print Source Gordon Napier Email gor- Door to door sales in the Lake District was never going to be [email protected] GUILTY BY NATURE easy. The mystery of an old man’s death unfolds before our eyes. UK 9 mins HDV, DVCAM Director/Screenplay Joseph Barnett Producer Laura Pye DoP Bruce Jackson Print Source joseph. JOY THE TRUFFLE HUNTER [email protected] UK 7 mins HDV Director/Screenplay Kieron Clark Producer UK 14 mins 35mm Director/Producer/Screenplay Tom The life cycle of a wild and vigorous shrub. Rob Speranza Director of Photography Paul Wiseman Tagholm Director of Photography Luke Scott Principal Cast Principal Cast Bernard Riles, Dale Ibbetson, Lee Civico- Stephanie Cornilard Print Source [email protected] HIGH MAINTENANCE Campbell Print Source [email protected] After years of searching, a struggling truffle hunter makes the USA 9 mins Super-16mm Dir Phillip Van Prods P Van, Cordula Joy tells the story of a modern day miracle and its effects on the discovery of a lifetime, with devastating results for his relation- Kablitz-Post S’play Simon Biggs DoP Felix Novo de Oliveira residents of a small seaside town. ship with his pig. Cast Nicolette Krebitz, W Mues P/S [email protected] A tale of on-again, off-again modern love. NEW TO LAUNDRY ZACKARY SAMUEL – ILLUSIONIST USA 6 mins Mini-DV Director/DoP Isa Totah Producers Isa Canada 17 mins 35mm Director/Screenplay Benjamin Steigen ITSY BITSY Totah, Will Potter Screenplay Isa Totah, Tim Lane, Will Potter Levine Producer Veronique Legane Director of Photography USA 9 mins 35mm Director/Screenplay David May Producer Cast Diane Luby Lane, Tim Lane, Will Potter Print Source Ivan Grbovic Principal Cast Andrew Shara, Adrianne Richards David May, Ike Jablon DoP Jeff Dolen Cast Amanda Zarr, Brett [email protected] Print Source [email protected] Simmons Print Source [email protected] When it comes to meeting single girls, a great line will work every Zackary Samuel is a talented illusionist who has been avoiding David discovers a Goliath Bird-eating Spider in his kitchen. time – or will it? people his whole life by performing disappearance tricks.

FIFTEENTH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 95 INDEX OF FILMS

The Amazing Grace 76 Flighty 95 Performance 63 The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters 72 Forna 95 Phantom Love 82 Amelia and Michael 94 Forward 94 Pop Foul 93 Animal Book 95 Frank & Cindy 62 Pour Finir Ici 94 Anniversary Present 93 The Girls 93 Prada & Prejudice 95 La Antena 76 Glimpse 95 Prisoner/Terrorist 73 The Apology Line 92 Glitch 95 Public Spaces 94 Badmouth 93 Gods Wounds 93 Pushkin 95 Bakushi: The Incredible Lives of Rope Masters 62 The GoodTimesKid 81 Quest for Fire 92 Beauty Is the Promise of Happiness 95 Growing 93 Quincy and Althea 94 Being Michael Madsen 80 Guilty By Nature 95 Ray Harryhausen Presents: The Pit and the Pendulum 94 Being Mickey 49 Head, Heart and Balls or Why I Gave up Smoking Pot 93 Real Men 95 Bella 94 High Maintenance 95 Red Like the Sky 69 Belle Époque 66 How I Produced a Cherry Boy 49 Save Tomorrow 92 The Big Lie 94 HR Giger’s Sanctuary 94 Shelter 69 Blinders 95 I 93 Side Dish 95 Blitzkrieg Bop 62 The Inheritance 58 Silver Jew 63 Blood on His Hands 93 In Search of a Midnight Kiss 81 Simplify This Landscape with Darkness 95 Bog of Beasts 76 Interior Bedsit Day 93 Siren 92 Bolinao 52: A Vietnamese Boat People Documentary 86 Isabel 93 Snowtime 95 The Book of Revelation 77 It’s Only Talk 72 So 49 The Boss of It All 66 Itsy Bitsy 95 South Coast 64 The Bridge 49 Job No 2145 95 Specky 92 The Bridge 92 Joy 95 The Stronger 94 Bunny Chow 77 Joyeux Noel 95 Summer Scars 59 The Chair 95 Kenedi Is Getting Married 68 Sunday Afternoon 94 Cheat Neutral 92 The Killing of John Lennon 58 Supernova 94 Cherries 93 Kiss Me Quick 94 Surprise 93 Children 66 Kittens 93 Teat Beat of Sex 95 Club Soda 93 Land of the Pines 49 Tesla and Katharine 70 The Collectors 93 Life in Loops – A Megacities Rmx 87 This Filthy World 64 Congorama 80 Little Bo Peep 93 This Is Nollywood 88 La Coupure 93 Love Story 93 This Light Rains 92 Cranium Theatre 95 M 72 Time Patrol 49 Crazy Love 86 Mala Noche 82 The Tobacco Trap 94 The Cream 67 Manhattan Rendez-vous 49 Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead 88 Day Watch 77 Manufacturing Dissent 87 The Truffle Hunter 95 Day Zero 81 The Man Who Would Be Queen 59 Turks in Space 78 Dear Mrs Ogi 49 Medium Rare 95 Twenty To Life: The Life and Times of John Sinclair 64 The Death Strip 92 Mimes of the Prairie 49 U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance 88 Deface 92 Moonbabies War on Sound 94 Uncle’s Paradise 73 The Demonology of Desire 93 New to Laundry 95 Up at Lou’s Fish 89 The Devil Dared Me To 78 New York Story 49 Uranya 70 Dolina 67 Not a Pick-up Artist 94 Valerie 70 Dragonflies 94 No One Escapes 92 Veil of Ignorance 94 Drink Up! 67 Notre Musique 56 Viva 83 Dunny 94 Odessa Girls 49 Waiting for Yesterday 94 ECU: European Independent Film Festival 92 Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa 63 Waz 59 Eels Aal Schädel 94 Oh Saigon! 87 We Are the Strange 83 Elevator Music 93 The Old Place 56 We Are Together 89 Eloge de L’Amour 56 Once 78 Weirdsville 83 The End 93 The One and Only Herb McGywer Plays Wallis Island 95 Whale 95 Ex Drummer 68 One Two Another 68 What Does Your Daddy Do? 93 Exhibit A 58 Our Father Who Art in Heaven 94 What the Snow Brings 73 Farmer Brown 49 Over the Hill 95 Windows, Masks, Doors 95 Fetch 95 Paranoid Park 82 The World Trade Center in the Movies 92 First Impressions from People that I Met on the Street 94 Paraffin 93 Yokohama Mary 89 Fission 95 Parents 69 Yours Truly 95 Flames in the Looking Glass 86 Pension Day 95 Zackary Samuel: Illusionist 95

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