6 how to fest 2012 PTFF FIRST HOW TO SEE THE THINGS FIRST FILM OF YOUR CHOICE Check in at the Sixty minutes before show time go to the venue and pick up a numbered ticket. A Hospitality Center, ticket in your hand guarantees you a seat. Cotton Building, Venues distribute numbered tickets on a 607 Water Street. first-come, first-served basis. Once you Hours: have picked up your ticket, you may leave the line until 30 minutes before show time, Thursday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Friday, 8 at which time you line up with other movie- a.m.–6 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., goers according to your ticket number. Sunday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Thirty minutes before show time come At Hospitality, you can: back to the venue and find your num- Get passes bered place in line before the line starts to Upgrade your pass move into the theatre. If you have a numbered ticket and the line Have a cocktail at Area 51 Cocktail has started to move when you return to Lounge the venue, you’re still guaranteed a seat. Buy merchandise from the PTFF Store CONCIERGE SERVICE If you can’t find your numbered place, you simply join the back of the line. Directors Get info and daily newsletters for awards Our incredible concierge service is a and Moguls should look for the theatre and updates benefit for all Director and Mogul pass manager, who will direct you to your Buy and swag from filmmakers holders. Meet your concierge when you preferred entry. Meet your friends between films pick up your pass at Hospitality. You can set up your whole schedule immediately Latecomers: If you show up after the Check-in with LOST & FOUND or call throughout the weekend for per- 30-minute mark with any kind of pass and you don’t have a ticket, or you are sonal service. a Director or Mogul pass holder who See the back of your pass for a phone has not checked in with the concierge, number to connect you to our desk, go immediately to the theatre manager FESTIVAL PASSES headed by Amanda Steurer. Just let the for available tickets. If the house is sold concierge know what film you want to out, there will be time to get to a different see and the number of tickets you re- venue and still get a seat for another great One-up $35 includes one film quire. If there is no answer, leave a mes- film. Four-up $85 includes four films; sage with ticket request details and the pass can be shared with a friend concierge will call you back to confirm. Festival $185 unlimited films Your concierge takes care of all of the RUSH TICKETS $10, $20 Director $650 ($450 tax deductible) reservation details. All you have to do When a theatre doesn’t fill up with pass unlimited films is go to the theatre 20 minutes prior to holders, we sell tickets for that film. Rush-ticket buyers gather in the rush- Mogul $1,250 ($1,000 tax deduct- show time, look for a manager wearing ticket line. Once the pass holder line ible) unlimited films a black baseball hat and collect your ticket(s) from him or her. The manager starts moving, the theatre managers know All passes come with one-year will guide you to the preferred seating exactly how many seats are available. PTFI membership. Members get entrance. Rush tickets for the special screenings of invitations to year-round events, “Wish Me Away” with Chely Wright and library privileges, and discounts If you’re unable to call the concierge “Smile” with Bruce Dern are $20; all other at the Rose Theatre and Pane d’ ahead of time, feel free to go to the film film rush tickets cost $10. Rush tickets Amore. Visit our website at www. venue up to an hour before show time are sold 15 minutes before the movie ptfilmfest.com/Festival/Passes and pick up tickets from the theatre begins until the lights go down. details. manager wearing a black baseball hat. Once you have your tickets, you are free Rush tickets are sold at theatres to wander off; but please be back 20 QUESTIONS? when pass-holder attendance has minutes before show time. Every venue line has one or two CROWD not reached capacity for $10 per LIAISONS who can answer your festi- seat, per film. Rush tickets for “Wish val questions. Those wearing a yellow Me Away” and “Smile” are $20. volunteer hat or a venue manager wearing a black baseball hat can assist you. You can find information booth locations on the festival map.

8 special events 2012 PTFF opening night event: “Reverberations” and Single screening of Yasujiro Ozu’s silent film “Woman of Tokyo,” installation “55: Music accompanied by a live performance of the original score by and Dance in Concrete” composer Wayne Horvitz Presented by Centrum, Fort Worden State Park Saturday and Sunday – Tokyo No Onna (Woman of Tokyo) Free Admission Japanese with English subtitles Live dance performances daily: Director: Yasujiro Ozu 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024676/ Self-guided tour of the installation 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Japan/1933/47 min. Friday, 6:15 p.m., Rose Theatre

This classic film will be accompanied live with an original jazz score played on piano by composer Wayne Horvitz and accom- panied by Geoff Harper, bass; Eric Eagle, drums; Jacques Willis, vibraphone; and Greg Sinabaldi, tenor sax and bass clarinet. Ozu’s sizzling melodrama is the story of Centrum, Washington’s Home for Creative Chikako, the dutiful woman of the title, who Arts and Education, in partnership with the does everything she can, both at home and Port Townsend Film Festival, inaugurates at work, to support the university education “Reverberations” with the world premiere of her younger brother Ryoichi. It emerges of a self-guided multi-media installation that Chikako, a typist by day, is not in fact titled “55: Music and Dance in Concrete.” spending her evenings assisting a profes- These works were created by Centrum Art- sor with translation, but instead is earning ists in Residence, including Seattle-based money on the side as an entertainer and composer Wayne Horvitz, Portland-based prostitute. Ryoichi fails to comprehend his audio engineer Tucker Martine, Japanese sister’s self-sacrificing motives with harrow- dancer/choreographer Yukio Suzuki, and Japanese video artist Yohei Saito. A por- ing consequences. tion of the music, which features 55 short Completed in just nine days, the film is improvised and 55 composed works, was a treasure among Yasujiro Ozu’s lifetime recorded in the Dan Harpole Cistern at Fort study of the rhythms and tensions of a country trying to reconcile modern and tra- Worden State Park, world-renowned for ditional values. Watch for his signature style: Static shots from the vantage point of its 45-second reverberation time. Thirty someone sitting low on a tatami mat, patiently pacing the isolated beauty of everyday minute dance performances by Yukio objects. Suzuki and his dance troupe from Japan Originally commissioned by the NW Film Forum, the “Woman of Tokyo” jazz project take place on top of the gun emplacement has been performed in Seattle, Syracuse and at the Winter Garden Theater in New platforms on Saturday and Sunday. A Discover Pass is not required for entry into York City. This performance is generously underwritten by Centrum, in collaboration the Park. Walking attire is recommended. with The Reverberations Festival (see sidebar). Limited shuttle service is available for mobility-impaired patrons. For directions and more information, log onto centrum. org/reverberations or call (360) 385-3102, Sponsored by ext. 110. “55: Music and Dance in Concrete” received initial funding from the MAP Fund and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, as well as support from the Arizona State University Art Museum where it presents following its premiere in Port Townsend. The project also receives support from the Japan Foundation through the PerformingArtsJAPAN program. The Centrum artist residency program is made possible by support from the Washington State Arts Commission and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. 9 2012 PTFF Wish Me Away What Does a Producer

Chely Wright appears with this fi lm on Do, Anyway? Friday night only! Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Directors: Bobbie Birleffi , Beverly Kopf Uptown Theatre Welcome producer Jeffery Kusama Hinte http://www.fi rstrunfeatures.com as he shares behind the scenes tales Saturday, 10 a.m., USA/2011/96 min. about introducing the concepts of this Upstage Theatre & Restaurant Friday, 6:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre remarkable fi lm “The Kids Are All Right” to an industry that had never before pre- With host Saturday, 12:15 p.m., sented non-traditional family issues in the Sedge Maritime Center Theatre context of a major motion picture. Writes Thomson Kusama Hinte: “‘The Kids Are All Right’ serves as a good example of the good, “Wish Me the bad, the ugly … and the really terrible- This lively, en- Away” has awful-horrible. It started off wonderfully tertaining and left audiences well. And then…” Join the producer for informative cheering! We an interview and the rest of the conversa- National Public share the tion following the screening of this ground Radio program is journey of a breaking fi lm. returning to Port young girl Townsend once from Kansas Featuring: again! WCL is a who makes live two hour radio the decision The Kids Are All Right variety show that that a life has been a Satur- Director: Lisa Cholodenko of integ- day morning Bay rity is worth USA/2011/106 min. Area staple and risking her Starring: Julianne Moore, is often (when not touring) Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo. photo by Michael Grangerry Michael by photo career. This broadcast from the Ferry Building in San documentary is a personal and intimate Francisco or the Freight & Salvage in look at Chely Wright, who, after a lifetime Berkeley. What makes this radio program of hiding, becomes the fi rst commercially so special is the likeable and ever-curious successful country music singer to come personality of Sedge Thomson. He and out as a lesbian. With unprecedented ac- his droll, literate troupers seek the cultural cess over three years that includes private variety that is widely available in Port video diaries, this fi lm chronicles Chely’s Townsend. The show broadcasts from 10 rise to fame and beyond the moment she a.m. – noon at The Upstage Restaurant. steps into the media glare and shatters Check http://www.WCL.org for the latest the cultural and religious stereotypes details on guests. Come join the theater audience! This popular show sells out, of Nashville. “Wish Me Away” shows The set-up: The son of a same-sex both the devastation caused by Chely’s so if you want a ticket, buy in advance couple enlists his sister in seeking out internalized homophobia and the transfor- for $15 at http://www.brownpapertickets. their sperm donor dad. The complica- mational power of living an authentic life. com/event/264650. Doors open at 9:30 tion: Thrilled to meet his long lost children Port Townsend Film Festival welcomes a.m. Tickets are $20 at the door, if there Chely Wright to the Uptown Theatre on whom he never expected to see, sperm are any left. You can fi nd affi liate radio Friday, September 21 at 6:30 p.m. for donor reaches out, challenging the stations to tune in at (http://wcl.org/ the screening of the fi lm, followed by a couple’s mothering. Further complica- where-to-hear-us) or listen online (and for conversation with fi lm critic and author tions: Sparks fl y between sperm donor a week after) via KALW at http://kalw.org/ Rebecca Redshaw. and mom who had the pregnancies, and local-music-player. who might be persuaded to switch sides. And the kids love him at fi rst sight. Sponsored by Sponsored by 10 special events 2012 PTFF a special evening Smile Director: Michael Ritchie with USA/1975/113 min. BRUce DeRn

Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre ruce Dern, this Before Dern broke into year’s Special fi lm, he paid his bills by B Guest, knows a doing lots of episodic lot about getting shot TV, including “Sea and/or killed. Hunt,” “Route 66,” and The beauty pageant’s about to get ugly. “Gunsmoke,” usu- In the movies, that is. The Santa Rosa Jaycees are organizing ally playing villains. “I a Californian version of the American He’s played plenty of learned that you could Junior Miss pageant. With 30 young villains, like the psycho- do one ‘Gunsmoke’ a women raised on hamburgers and soda path pilot who tries to year if you got killed,” blow up the Super Bowl he chuckles. pop striving to be everyman’s girl-next- in 1977s “Black Sun- door and a host of self-centered behind- The blunt-spoken Dern, day.” He’s also known the-scenes fl awed characters, we have a graduate of the pres- as ‘The Man who shot plot, setting, screwball comedy and a cult tigious Actors’ Studio, John Wayne’ a dubious, following ensured. repeatedly says he though distinctive, claim was lucky to work with Starring Bruce Dern and Barbara Fel- to movie fame. He shot “people who were truly larger than life” don, “contestants” include future stars: The Duke in the back, as a matter of fact, like John Wayne and Bette Davis. Coleen Camp, Denise Nickerson, Annette in the 1972 western, “The Cowboys.” O’Toole and Melanie Griffi th. The Chicago-born actor says one day Dern confi rms a well-known story that early in his career, he showed up on the Bringing together dozens of vignettes, Wayne leaned over and whispered, set of “Gunsmoke” at CBS and was the one-liners are great, especially the “America’s gonna hate you for this” surprised to see Davis “chain-smoking disingenuous “Santa Rosa is so beauti- before the shoot. And that he replied to four or fi ve packs a day as usual. I asked ful. I mean, I thought the shopping mall The Duke, “Yea, but they’ll love me in Miss Davis respectfully why she was do- in Anaheim was great until I saw yours. Berkeley.” ing TV, and she snapped back, ‘How else It’s… a credit to the vision of your busi- Dern, who recently turned 76, was am I gonna pay for these f---ing Chester- ness community.” nominated for Best Supporting Actor for fi elds?’” Dern chuckles. Vincent Canby, reviewing for the New 1978’s “Coming Home.” He’s often played The rail-thin Dern stays in shape the way York Times, called “Smile” “a rollicking oddball – if not always villainous – char- he always has, by running. He says he that misses few of the obvious tar- acters throughout his movie career, which once ran 72 miles in a single day. “I’ve gets, but without dehumanizing the vic- started in the early 1960s and includes run countless marathons,” he says, “and I tims… about a society in which optimism such classics as 1972’s dark sci-fi fi lm fi gure I’ve run the equivalent of four times and positive thinking virtually amount “Silent Running” in which he played the around the world.” Dern, the father of ac- to a political system, a guide to making caretaker of earth’s last forests. (He may tress Laura Dern (from his fi rst marriage to choices, the principal goal of which is to feel right at home here on the woodsy actress Diane Ladd), still runs 10-15 miles have fun.” Olympic Peninsula.) He also co-starred a week. When I ask if he’ll be running with Jack Nicholson in “The King of Mar- when he’s here at the Film Festival, Dern Join us for a conversation with Dern vin Gardens.” Last year, he won an Emmy replies, “I sure as hell don’t see why not.” as he spins yarns of his remarkable career for his scary polygamist role on HBO’s following the screening of “Smile.” acclaimed Utah-based series “Big Love.” Interviewed by Bill Mann Asked about a rare comedy in which he starred, “Smile,” this year’s Festival selec- tion, Dern reacts warmly, calling it “one of Sponsored by my fi ve favorite fi lms. Michael Ritchie was a terrifi c director and he had a great script to work with,” he says of “Smile,” argu- ably one of the funniest (and most cynical) fi lms ever – an underrated and overlooked comedy gem.

12 oUtDooR Movies 2012 PTFF E.T. The Empire Tootsie Director: Sydney Pollack the Extra-Terrestrial Strikes Back Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Director: Steven Spielberg Director: Irvin Kershner Taylor Street Outdoor Cinema Friday, 7:30 p.m., Taylor Street Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Taylor Street Outdoor Cinema Outdoor Cinema

It was America’s fascination with space and its race with the Soviet Union that ultimately led to the cultural phenomenon known as Star Wars. The epic space op- When “E.T.” was released in 1982, Steven era fi lm series created by George Lucas Spielberg already had an impressive began in 1977, 20 years after the Soviets’ track record for directing some of the Sputnik was launched. In “The Empire top grossing movies of the era: “Jaws,” Strikes Back,” the second entry of Lucas’ “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Star Wars Trilogy, Luke Skywalker (Mark After playing major roles in fi lms such as and “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” With “E.T.” Hamill) has grown from a naïve boy to “Death of a Salesman,” “Marathon Man,” though, something sparked a nerve with a seasoned warrior. Skywalker and his “Rain Man,” and “Little Big Man,” Dustin moviegoers. It is the story of a young boy Rebel Alliance friends, Han Solo (Harrison Hoffman shows us that he is “more than who befriends a gentle alien accidentally Ford) and Princess Leia Organa (Carrie just a woman” when he dons the wigs, left behind on Earth. The spirit and magic Fisher), battle the terrifying authority of clothing and eyeglasses of the 1980s and of the story moved audiences, swept the the Galactic Empire. Darth Vader is the gives us his “Miss Dorothy Michaels.” Academy Awards, and has endured for 30 brooding, robotic villain who pursues our We watch the transformation of Hoffman, portraying Michael Dorsey, unemployed years. The theme of yearning for love and hero with his technologically advanced actor who covertly dresses up as a connection was drawn from Spielberg’s space warriors. Skywalker, studies the own childhood and his fi rst-hand sense woman to land a role in a . Force under Jedi Master Yoda, and of being an outsider, being bullied on the He falls in love with his co-star, Jessica adheres to his sage advice: “Fear is the playground, and fi nding comfort from an Lange (Julie), but can’t step out of his role path to the dark side.” Hope for clear imaginary friend. In Elliott, we see a lonely as Dorothy and risk losing his job. Geena boy who discovers and befriends E.T., skies, stars and planets, as we sit outside Davis makes her screen debut as a day- protects him from the strange world in on hay bales, bundled up for this most time drama queen, and supporting actors which he is stranded, and helps him fi nd popular of the Star Wars trilogy! Bill Murray, Teri Garr, George Gaynes and his way back home. USA/1980/124 min. Dabney Coleman play their comic roles perfectly off of Hoffman’s high camp, USA/1982/115 min. highly confl icted prance. Shown with Luminaris, see page 26 USA/1982/110 min.

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14 naRRative featURes 2012 PTFF Dreamworld Foreign Letters Les Hommes Libres Director: Ryan Darst Director: Ela Thier www..com/title/tt1853548 www.foreignlettersthemovie.com (Free Men) Friday, 12:30 p.m., Uptown Theatre Friday, 9 a.m., Rosebud Cinema Director: Ismael Ferroukhi www.imdb.com/title/tt1699185 Saturday, 3 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Saturday, 9 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Friday, noon, Rosebud Cinema Sunday, 9 a.m., Rosebud Cinema

Harking back into ancient history, we now Two dreamers of epic proportions meet in have fi lms set in the pre-e-mail era of the this quirky but quiet road fi lm which ex- 1980s. plores the nature of a relationship based Schoolgirl Ellie, newly arrived to Con- on vulnerability, and we want them to necticut from Israel, is homesick, lonely, Friendship has a way of taking a person succeed in spite of what they do to each alienated and waits anxiously for letters down unexpected paths, in this case, other and themselves. from her best friend back home—a life- an apolitical Algerian immigrant who Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose line to who she was before she became joins the resistance during World War II confi dence is at a low point, meets so lost in America. because of a new friendship with a Jew- the captivating and impulsive Lily, who She meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee ish man. encourages him to drop everything and her age who becomes her new best This is a fact-based thriller set in Paris’ go with her to Northern California in the friend. The girls share commonality of Muslim community and in the city’s prin- hopes of fulfi lling his fantasy of working war-torn childhoods and adjustment to cipal mosque where Jews and members for Pixar Studios. Along the way our hero new territory but neither is prepared for of the resistance were kept safe in the learns disturbing things about his com- the treachery of junior high school. They basement while Nazi occupiers paused in panion and has to decide whether to face share being different, bullying, shame, their hunt for Jews to admire the Islamic reality or stay in ‘dreamworld.’ friendship and the love of family, in mark- art upstairs. In French with English sub- A riff on Jonathan Demme’s 1986 farce edly different cultural styles. titles. “Something Wild,” this “roguemantic” The fi lm score is a mélange of interna- France/2011/99 min. comedy employs French New Wave tional music, including songs by iconic Best Director: Abu Dhabi Film Festival, cinema verité. Israeli folk artist Chava Alberstein. Offi cial Selection: Cannes Film Festival & Rated QCWG, for quirky characters USA/2012/100 min. Toronto Film Festival wearing glasses. Special Jury Prize: Nashville Film Festival Shown with North Atlantic, see page 26 USA/2012/93 min. Shown with Los Gritones (The Screamers), see page 26

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“I thought I knew something about Rwanda, but I didn’t really know very much. I was moved by “Hotel Rwanda,” This is a simple story of just how far a but not really shaken this deeply,” says film reviewer Roger Ebert. serious man will go for love. By his own Jenn and Matt are best friends who admission, Stefan is alone but not lonely. met in college before Matt realized he Like the film “Crash,” “Kinyarwanda” tells But this changes when Hayley, weary six survival stories of apparently unrelated was gay. She teaches hot yoga; he is a from a high-pressure job with a self- characters whose lives eventually inter- blocked comic-book writer and grieving absorbed boss/boyfriend, returns to her twine, centering around documented acts his ex-boyfriend. hometown to visit her aging grandmother. of cruelty and courage during the 100 Sure she’ll never find a worthy man in all days of 1994 Rwandan genocide. When Stefan overhears Hayley tell her of , she asks Matt to father her grandmother that all she wants is a guy Unlike “Hotel Rwanda,” this film is pro- who makes her laugh, Stefan sets out to child – the old-fashioned way. duced by Rwandans and addresses the become funny and win her heart. Unfor- A deft and irreverent comedy with zingy way some crossed the lines of hatred to tunately, Stefan is not that funny, but his one-liners about friendship, loneliness, protect each other, including an Islamic attempt leads to important transforma- growing older, sex and the family you imam and Christian priest. tions for both of them. choose. These stories are true accounts from Tony Hale (Buster on Arrested Develop- USA/2012/88 min. survivors who took refuge at the Grand ment) portrays the affable, 40-ish Stefan Mosque of Kigali and the madrassa of with insight and charm, both as the clue- Narrative Feature, Best Acting Ensemble Nyanza. Jury Prize: Ashland Audience Award, less wannabe suitor to Hayley, and the Rwandan filmmaker Ishmael Ntihabose Narrative Feature Special Jury Prize: compassionate caretaker for her grand- IFFBoston, Best Feature Audience received a grant from the European Com- mother. This sweet, humble film is both Award, Best Director Award: Connecticut mission on Human Rights to produce the humorous and smart, and touches on the Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Audience film in collaboration with writer/director importance of family, friendship and truth. Award for Best Feature: Kansas City Gay Alrick Brown, who joins us as an honored and Lesbian Film Festival, Best Film: Fort guest of PTFF. USA/2011/105 min. Worth Gay & Lesbian International Film USA/2011/100 min. Audience Award & Best U.S. Feature: Festival Newport Beach Film Fest, Audience With English subtitles Shown with Clean, see page 34 Award Winner: Rainier Independent Film Audience Award World Cinema: Festival Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award: Shown with Luminaris, see page 26 AFI Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature Audience Award: Denver Film Festival

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Sponsored by 16 naRRative featURes 2012 PTFF QWERTY Io Sono Li Starbuck Director: Bill Sebastian Director: Ken Scott www.qwertythemovie.com (Shun Li and the Poet) www.imdb.com/title/tt1756750 Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Director: Andrea Segre Friday, 3:15 p.m., Peter Simpson Free Cinema www.iosonoli.com Maritime Center Theatre Sunday, 6 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Friday, 6 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Sunday, 12:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Maritime Center Theatre

“QWERTY” is a comedy about Scrabble, featuring sock monkeys with a 20-some- thing cast including Dana Pupkin, Eric Romance between an older man and Perpetual adolescent and deliveryman for Hailey and Bill Redding. younger woman is common, but between a butcher shop, 42-year-old sperm donor Zoe, a word geek who works for the an old Slavic fi sherman and a young Chi- David Wozniak discovers he has fathered Chicago Department of Motor Vehicles, nese immigrant on a provincial island off 533 children. checks every vanity plate request for the coast of Venice, Italy – is scandalous. Thugs are chasing him because he hidden dirty meanings. This is her JOB. Shun Li works in a textile factory in Rome owes them money, and 142 of his chil- She’s the black sheep of her own family when she is suddenly transferred to Chi- dren are trying to force the fertility clinic and possesses few social skills, co- oggia to work as a bartender in a pub. to reveal the true identity of ‘Starbuck,’ workers also think she’s WEIRD, (maybe the pseudonym he gives himself when A handsome fi sherman, Slavic Bepi, because she dreams of competing in the donating sperm, and the name of a nicknamed ‘The Poet’ by his friends, is national Scrabble contest). Canadian Holstein bull famous for fa- a regular at the inn. These two lonely thering thousands of calves by artifi cial Zoe fi nds a love interest, Marty, who’s people fi nd a tender and delicate poetic insemination in the 1980s and 1990s. lost his will to live after being fi red from escape in their meeting; but their friend- his job selling underwear in a retail store ship and romance stirs both the Chinese Wozniak’s girlfriend Valerie is also and whose friend is a homeless person and local communities’ deepest fears pregnant with his child and has choice who talks with Jesus. about ‘the other.’ opinions on whether or not he’s ma- ture enough to be a dad, unaware he’s A quirky, romantic comedy that will give This fi lm is described as “rapturous, already fathered many. you some winning Scrabble words! exquisite, delicate and atmospheric” by USA/2012/91 min. Guy Lodge in Variety and “an aesthetic Canada/2011/109 min. gem” in Sight and Sound, British Film In- French with English subtitles Best Film Music: Nashville Film Festival stitute’s magazine. In Italian with English Best Narrative Feature & Best of the Shown with TXT, see page 29 subtitles. Fest: Palm Springs International Film USA/2011/100 min. Festival, Audience Choice Awards: Santa Barbara Film Festival, Audience Favorite World Feature & Best Narrative Feature: Sonoma Film Festival, Best Of: SIFF Shown with Den Forste Anders (The First Anders), see page 26 Sponsored by Sponsored by

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If the multi-national corporation Dole Omi Vaidya, an American-born Indian Food Co. thought they could get away “It’s beautiful out here; it’s so beautiful it who grew up in Palm Springs, is forever with lawsuits, manipulation and squelch- hurts my feelings,” says Wayne White, changed after landing a part in Bolly- ing free speech when they sued a docu- who, along with other artistic pursuits, mentary fi lmmaker, they misunderstood wood’s “3 Idiots.” was the set designer of “Pee-wee’s the genre. The documentary, “Bananas!*,” Long before Omi and his fi lmmaker Playhouse.” “I learned art could be a 24/7 follows million-dollar personal injury at- friends realized “3 Idiots” would be an lifestyle,” says White, also a banjo player. torney Juan ‘Accidentes’ Dominguez on unanticipated hit in India, they packed up “Do what you love – it’s going to lead to his biggest case ever. Suing Dole Food and went to India to document Omi’s pre- where you want to go.” and Dow Chemical in a groundbreaking miere. They could never have anticipated Surreal, provocative and subversive, legal battle, Dominguez goes after the the hilarious events that transpired. multinationals for their use of a banned White may be best known for his gro- “Big in Bollywood” was fi lmed on fi ve pesticide that exposed 10,000 fi eld work- tesque sculptures of famous people’s cameras by fi ve fi lmmakers in fi ve differ- heads – whose eyes blink and jaws open ers to known sterility and death. With the release of the documentary, Dole turns ent video formats. Even the fi lmmakers and shut. After a decade-long stall in themselves are in front of the camera, a his career, White’s paintings caught the its wrath on Swedish fi lmmaker Fredrik Gertten. “Big Boys Gone Bananas!*” tells transparency that allows the audience attention of the art world. the story of how Gertten’s “Bananas” is in intimacy with this group of best friends. Director Neil Berkeley chronicles White’s effect censored: Initially selected for com- roller coaster career from his youth as a USA/2011/69 min. petition by the Los Angeles Film Festival, Tennessee farm boy, a truncated run in the director gets a message that it’s been Best Foreign Film: Las Vegas Film Festival television and his emergence as a fi ne pulled from the competition and instead is 2012, Best of Fest at International: Film artist. The fi lm is spliced with White nar- the subject of a scathing article in the LA Festival Manhattan Best Comedy Doc: Docufest 2011 rating his own slide show. Business Journal. He also receives a let- USA/2012/88 min. ter from corporate attorneys threatening Shown with him with legal action. Eventually the Los The Love Competition, see page 29 Best Doc: Cleveland Int’l Film: Angeles Superior Court and the Swedish DeadCENTER Film Fest & Crossroads Parliament get involved. Int’l Film Fest, Audience Award: Nashville Film Fest, Best Doc Sweden/2012/88 min. (Nonimated): WGA East For multiple award listings, go to wgfi lm. Shown with com Sponsored by , see page 28 Mr. Smith’s Peach Seeds Shown with Among Giants, see page 28

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“I’m fascinated with the beauty of it, the mutability of it, the malleability and the Over the last decade, students in a New fabulous shapes in which it can carve Follow the journey of a young Indian York inner-city school have learned to itself,” says fi lmmaker James Balog in a student, intent on becoming a journalist play chess, one of the world’s oldest 2009 TedTalk about Greenland’s shrink- in a country where girls are rarely allowed and most complicated games. Their ing glaciers and ice fi elds. “But,” he an independent voice. Her story? Indian achievements include winning over 26 says, “Ice is the canary in the global coal farmers, driven to despair by inescapable national chess titles and producing the mine.” Twenty-seven cameras deployed debt, are committing suicide. fi rst female, African-American Grand at 18 glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Determined to document why this is hap- Chess Master. the Nepalese Himalaya, Alaska and the pening in her village, she also exposes Rocky Mountains, record changes every Now threatened with a million-dollar how international industrial agriculture half hour, year round during daylight budget cut, the after-school program is (such as Monsanto Co.) is determining hours. Over 8,000 frames, taken by at risk. the fate of farming in India. each camera over a year’s time, have Say the teachers defending the program: been edited into spectacular time- lapse A number of stories are told here, but The kids “play chess in a theatre of hard sequences that reveal exactly how fast especially the collapse of one cotton work and determination, where they vast regions of the planet are transform- farmer’s life and farm as all his hard work negotiate larger confl icts by maneuvering ing. We share Balog’s struggle to capture comes to nothing. their armies of rooks, knights, pawns and astonishing change in impossible condi- “Bitter Seeds” is the fi nal fi lm of Micha X. bishops—and where they can become tions. Peled’s Globalization Trilogy that includes queens and kings, far beyond the table- USA/2012/74 min. “Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to top battlefi eld.” Town” and “China Blue.” People’s Choice Award: Hot Docs, USA/2012/101 min. Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit USA/India/2011/88 min. Shown with TXT, see page 29 Award: Mountainfi lm, Audience Award Offi cial Selection: Telluride Film Festival, Winner: South By Southwest, Excellence Oxfam Global Justice Award & IDFA in Cinematography: Sundance, Best Green Screen Competition Award: Adventure Film: Boulder International IDFA (Int’l Festival Film Festival, Best Feature Film: Big Sky Amsterdam) Shown with Shown with Water, see page 29 Song of the Spindle, see page 26 Sponsored by

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22 documentary FeatureS 2012 PTFF Go Ganges! High Ground Mulberry Child Director: JJ Kelley and Josh Thomas Director: Michael Brown Director: Susan Morgan Cooper www.dudesonmedia.com www.highgroundmovie.com www.mulberrychildmovie.com Saturday, 6:00 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Friday, 9:15 p.m., Saturday, 3:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Maritime Center Theatre Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Sunday, 9:30 a.m., uptown Theatre Peter Simpson Free Cinema Sunday, 3:30 p.m., uptown Theatre Jian Ping’s family is subjected to shame and brutality dur- ing China’s Cultural Revolution. Her parents undergo hu- miliation and Two seasoned Alaska wilderness adven- imprisonment turers attempt to travel 1,500 miles down With minds and bodies ravaged by at the hands India’s River Ganges, by whatever means war, 11 soldiers returning from Iraq and of the Red Guard, and the older children possible, encountering both the unspeak- Afghanistan join an expedition to climb are sent to brutal “re-education camps.” able and the divine. the 20,075-foot Himalayan giant Mount Born premature and sickly in 1960, Jian Josh Thomas and JJ Kelley, (PTFF Lobuche, eight miles from Everest. Led is emotionally abandoned by her mother. alums 2009) the comic pair of “Dudes on by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer She and her grandmother are banished Media,” and makers of the Emmy Award- and a team of Everest climbers as their to a remote mud hut to endure sub-zero winning “Paddle to Seattle,” ask the guides, they set out on an emotional temperatures and primitive conditions. question of “How could a river regarded and gripping climb to reach the top. The Her earliest memories are of villagers as a god, be so polluted?” mountain itself is a metaphor for one of throwing rocks at her as she tries to visit the basic concepts of military action – the her father in prison. After Mao Zedong’s The Ganges begins under the ice as a highest ground is the safest, most defen- death, China moves forward. Jian earns trickle from melting Himalayan glaciers sible place with the greatest perspective. a bachelor’s degree in English and im- and snakes across India’s subcontinent Something to listen for: The fi lm was migrates to the United States, where she of 400 million people to the Bay of Ben- scored by composer Chris Bacon, begin- must assimilate into a capitalist world. gal and the Indian Ocean. ning with conventional American guitars Following her move to America as a USA/2012/83 min. and instrumentation, and as the journey young adult, Jian’s privileged American- progresses, to more spiritual and exotic born daughter doesn’t understand her music as the wounded climbers over- mother’s emotional distance. They come emotional and physical challenges attempt to reconcile with a trip to the to reach their goal. Vertigo-inducing 2008 Olympics. Travel can open many cinematography through the villages of doors, even the doors of the heart. Nepal, over raging rivers and up terrify- USA/2011/85 min. ingly steep terrain by three-time Emmy- winning director Michael Brown. Best of Fest: Palm Springs International Film Fest, Best Editing: Madrid Film USA/2012/92 min. Festival, Best Writer: Nashville Film People’s Choice & Best Call to Action Festival Film: BIFF, Audience Choice: Vail, Audience Award Best Documentary: Sponsored by Newport Beach Shown with Sponsored by The Freedom Chair, see page 29 Sponsored by 23 2012 PTFF Otter 501 Smokin’ Fish The Eyes of Thailand Director: Bob Talbot Director: Luke Griswold-Tergis Director: Windy Borman www.otter501.com www.smokin’fi shmovie.com www.eyesofthailand.com Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Friday, 3:30 p.m., uptown Theatre Saturday, 6:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Peter Simpson Free Cinema Sunday, 9:15 a.m., Sunday, 12:30 p.m., uptown Theatre Sunday, 3 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Maritime Center Theatre

Cory Mann is a harried native business- man caught up in mass-producing, The saga of an orphaned pup rescued by importing, exporting and wholesaling tra- a sea kayaker could very well be one of ditional art to tourists in Juneau, Alaska. our own sea otters living in the bull kelp Like many Tlingit people, his mother left beds on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Juneau, where discrimination against This 3-day-old baby otter was found on Alaska Natives was as common as it was one of the beaches of Northern Califor- against African Americans in the south. nia, nursed on a baby bottle, taught how She raised him in San Diego until two to survive at the Monterey Bay Aquarium aunts decided to bring him back into the with a surrogate mom and released back family and back into Tlingit culture. Ter- into the wild. The score alone will have rifi ed of Alaska and not comfortable with The true story of Soraida Salwala, a pas- you in tears. his heritage, Cory works hard to become sionate Thai woman who has dedicated a successful capitalist. Cory succumbs 10 years of her life to saving victims of Instead of the usual dry documentary, to his hunger for smoked salmon, a fa- land mines. Her patients are endangered fi lmmakers introduced another character, vorite food from childhood, and decides Asian elephants, survivors whose griev- a young biologist, into the story hoping to spend the summer catching and ous wounds she nurses. She is deter- traditional storytelling would better engage smoking fi sh at his family’s fi sh camp. mined to build elephant-sized prostheses younger viewers’ empathy for the plight of Raised by seven women, including his so they can walk again. Elephants Mosha otters and other marine life. great-grandmother, who attempts to ne- and Matala are unforgettable recipients USA/2011/85 min. gotiate the clash of cultures themselves, of Salwala’s love and compassion in the Best Theatrical Award: International Cory tries to keep the IRS off his back world’s fi rst elephant hospital, meeting Wildlife Film Festival, Offi cial Opening and his business afl oat while dipping into the challenges caretakers face in caring Film at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival traditional waters. for a patient weighing 9,000-12,000 lbs. Shown with Canada/2011/81 min. USA/2012/63 min. The Majestic Plastic Bag, see page 29 Best Documentary: Montreal People Shown with julio Solis: a Moveshake First Film Fest, Offi cial Selection: IDFA- Story, see page 28 Amsterdam Shown with Day in Our Bay, see page 28

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Sponsored by Sponsored by 24 documentary FeatureS 2012 PTFF The Girls in the Band The Revolutionary Trash Dance Director: Judy Chaikin Producer/Directors: Irv Drasnin, Lucy Director: Andrew Garrison www.thegirlsintheband.com Ostrander & Don Sellers www.trashdancemovie.com www.revolutionarymovie.com Friday, 9 p.m., Rosebud Cinema Friday, 9:15 a.m., Rose Theatre Friday, 6:15 p.m., Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Maritime Center Theatre Sunday, 6:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Peter Simpson Free Cinema Saturday, 12:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution was em- braced by thousands of Chinese and one Sometimes inspiration is found in unex- American. pected places. Choreographer Allison Brilliant and Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage engaging trucks – and in the men and women who Sidney Rittenberg, now 91-years-old, pick up our trash. She joins city sanita- was a Chinese language expert sta- tion workers on their daily routes to listen, tioned in China at the end of World War learn and ultimately try to convince them II. He first met Mao Zedong in the caves to collaborate in a unique dance perfor- of Yan’an, birthplace of the revolution. mance. Hard-working people, often car- How did playing an instrument, particu- Seeking friendly relations with the United rying a second job, their lives are already larly drums and horns, become so gender States, Mao recruited Rittenberg to full with work, family and dreams of their specific that exceptional musicians are become his bridge to the western world. own. But some step forward, and after routinely ignored and forgotten because This story chronicles Rittenberg’s journey months of rehearsals, two dozen trash they’re women? Forgotten by most, as the only American member of the Chi- collectors and their trucks perform an ex- except by fans and musicians, such as nese Communist Party and his hopes for traordinary spectacle. On an abandoned ebullient sax player Roz Cron whose positive change and his subsequent fall airport runway, thousands of people memories sparked director Judy Chai- from grace and into prison. In 1968, im- show up to see how in the world garbage kin to make the film. “Girls in the Band” prisoned in solitary confinement, the Red trucks can ‘dance.’ Filmmaker Andrew contains footage from three generations Guard ran rampant, ransacking cultural Garrison illuminates the reality that all of all-women big bands, such as the and historical sites and terrorizing their work matters and has dignity. Ada Leonard Orchestra, the International own people. Rittenberg was released USA/2012/68 min. Sweethearts of Rhythm, the Melodears in 1977, a year after Mao’s death and and the Ingenues, as well as interviews returned to the US in 1980. Produced by 2012 Audience Award: Silverdocs & Full Frame, 2012 Special Jury Recognition: with players about their experiences and PTFF Alums, Lucy Ostrander and Don SXSW frustrations of exclusion. Have you ever Sellers, this film has been met with world- heard of saxophonist Vi Redd or trom- wide interest and acclaim. Shown with bonist Melba Liston? Variety magazine Driving William, see page 28 suggested this film might prompt a USA/2011/92 min. “rewrite of jazz history.” Shown with Ink & Paper, see page 28 USA/2011/87 min. Shown with The Way Home, see page 29 Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by

26 Short narrativeS 2012 PTFF Curfew Luminaris Song of the Spindle Director: Shawn Christensen Director: Juan Pablo Zaramella Director: Drew Christie Friday, 3:30 p.m., Friday, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 9:30 a.m., uptown Theatre Peter Simpson Free Cinema Peter Simpson Free Cinema Sunday, 3:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Sunday, noon, Rosebud Cinema Friday, 7:30 p.m., Taylor Street Oh, those ceta- Outdoor Cinema ceans, especially the great whales Sunday, 9:15 a.m., Rose Theatre we have come to To say that this care so much about! fi lm sheds new Who would have light on foster- guessed they share ing innovation in spindle neurons Despair can drive us to consider very sad the workplace in their brains with choices. In the midst of despair, it can would divert us humans. Why be a drag to be asked to baby-sit your attention from how brightly it illuminates on earth – or in the oceans – does that pre-teen niece, especially if it interrupts faces in the audience. It is creative, unusu- matter? Wouldn’t it be great if we could something very serious and personal! al, and rare to see stop-action animation just sit down with a whale and have an Hope and inspiration can come from the of live actors handled in such an incan- interesting chat about how whales spend most unexpected places and in the most descent way. We’ll just say “Luminaris” is their time? Would we want to know what unexpected forms. Suddenly the whole a brilliant fantasy, and a very high-wattage they think of us? world may be sharing your song, and life one at that! USA/2011/4 min. can take a much different turn! Argentina/2011/7 min. Shown with Chasing Ice, see page 19 USA/2011/19 min. Shown with eT (see page 12) & not That Funny (see page 15) Shown with The Dynamiter, see page 17 Den Forste Anders North Atlantic Los Gritones Director: Bernardo Nascimento (The First Anders) Director: Kristian Ussing Andersen (The Screamers) Friday, 12 noon, Rosebud Cinema www.thefi rstanders.com Director: Roberto Perez Toledo Sunday, 9 a.m., Rosebud Cinema Friday, 3:15 p.m., Friday, 12:30 p.m., uptown Theatre “Nature isn’t cruel, just Maritime Center Theatre indifferent.” So, goes Saturday, 3 p.m., Rosebud Cinema the old adage. For Sunday, 12:15 p.m., Rose Theatre Can a fi lm- one air traffi c controller maker tell a alone in his station in meaningful the Azores, contact- in-depth story ing the pilot of a small about a boy/ plane lost over the girl relation- North Atlantic offers a ship in only chance to provide criti- one and a half cal human support in a time of distress. minutes? Some feature fi lms have at- For the pilot, facing nature in all its cruelty, tempted to tell this kind of story in an hour the controller’s voice may be the last Did you think being a Viking was only and a half or more, and done less well in human voice he hears ... or perhaps not! about pillage and plunder? What if a the process. We think you’ll agree, but be Based on a true story. young man’s Viking ancestry isn’t suf- sure to let us know! Portugal/2011/15 min. fi cient to ward off his being bullied in Spain/2010/2 min. Shown with school? There are many things that can torture a man’s soul, even as he con- Shown with Dreamworld, see page 14 les Hommes libres (Free Men), see page 14 templates his Viking heritage. Can young Anders fi nd empowerment in a family saga shared by his father? Sponsored by Denmark/2011/9 min. Shown with Starbuck, see page 16

30 ShortS program 2012 PTFF known as bouldering. To compete in this how we play sport, Ashima learns to defy gravity by starting her climbs upside down at the (Adventure/Sports Program) base of a two-story boulder, finds holds Saturday, 9:15 p.m., Maritime Center Theatre as she moves across the bottom and up the curved side before nearing the top. Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Peter Simpson Free Cinema Under the tutelage of her passionate Our physical play may evolve from childhood exploration and simple games to sports, coach, Ashima seriously raises the bar for and then for many – extreme sports! How We Play explores the full range of the hu- competitive climbing. man physical play experience, with heartwarming stories, thrilling action and amazing USA/2012/22 min. photography. All.I.Can., Into the Middle of Moonwalk Director: Mikey Schaefer JP Auclair St. Segment Nowhere www.mikeyschaeferphotography.com Directors: Eric Crosland, Dave Mossop Director: Anna Ewert Cathedral www.sherpascinema.com Recent schol- Peak in Cross-country arly studies Yosemite is skiing is often have been the setting considered rather devoted to for this tame, but what if examining amazing it were to include ‘Nature Deficit film of the cross-house, Disorder’ rising full moon. How this brilliantly pho- cross-car, cross- a term coined for the trend of children tographed event was shot in real time and stair, and cross spending less time outdoors. While this synchronized with death-defying exploits everything else as may be true for some, it isn’t the case for by celebrated climber Dean Potter reflects elements? Follow the kindergarteners in Scotland’s Secret the genius of the filmmaker. The results one avid skier from Garden Outdoor Nursery. For these chil- are beautiful and breathtaking! British Columbia dren, a walk in the woods is occasion for USA/2012/3 min. as he traverses his favorite urban course, an exciting adventure and an opportunity allowing no obstacle to hinder his delight to stimulate their unbridled imaginations. in the sport. According to one little girl, “The lions like prowling around, so I give them prowling- Canada/2011/5 min. Cold around lessons!” Director: Skip Armstrong Scotland/Germany/2010/15 min. “This is where Unicorn Sashimi everyone dies!” That’s Directors: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel Obe and Ashima how Cory www.feltsoulmedia.com Richards Even within Directors: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer describes the wide range www.senderfilms.com his team’s of skiing styles descent from out there, film- a 27,000-foot makers Ben summit in Knight and Pakistan’s Himalayan Mountains. Gash- Travis Rummel erbrum II, also known as K4, is the 13th encountered a tallest mountain on Earth. After becoming new dimension with snow surfing in Hok- the only American to ever reach this sum- kaido, Japan. Figments of the Hokkaido mit in winter, Richards and his teammates unicorn could be sensed in the dense are forced to make their descent within mountainside forests where they filmed. just a day and a half window of forecast- Though they caught no unicorns, they did ed sunshine. Attempting the near-impos- catch extraordinary snowboarders moving Obe is a former rock-climbing star turned sible, the team confronted temperatures at breakneck speed through powder so coach. Ashima Shiraishi is his 9-year-old, that dropped to -44F, a freak blizzard, an dry, fine, and deep that the competitors 4-foot-tall protégé. Together they work avalanche, and an encounter with death. risked sinking below the surface on every to develop Ashima’s skill and competitive USA/Pakistan/2011/19 min. straightaway and turn. nature. She starts with indoor climbing walls and then moves outdoors to at- USA/2012/5 min. tempt the advanced rock-climbing activity

32 ShortS program 2012 PTFF regional The Kawamotos of Lake Leland tapeStry Director: Pamela Roberts The Kawa- Friday, 9:30 a.m., Peter Simpson Free Cinema moto fam- Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Peter Simpson Free Cinema ily’s ongoing farming experience Consider the Ant The Chinese Gardens in Jefferson Director: Ann Katsikapes Director: Valerie Soe County Consider http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/ could hardly what busy the_chinese_gardens_2012 be more critters different ants can than the one be! We depicted find them in Betty under MacDonald’s our feet, local memoir “The Egg and I,” published at our picnics, and sometimes in our in 1945! Instead, this Japanese-American food! Consider how physically fit they pioneer family was welcomed into the are, compared to us! Consider how hard Quilcene community and its schools, only they work! They pull much more than to then suffer the indignity of the World War II government-mandated expulsion. their own weight. Have these dedicated In 1890, there were nearly 450 Chinese How they escaped the oppressive and communal residents and diligent laborers people living in Port Townsend. By 1910, stifling environment of the internment found an especially welcoming home in they were gone! Despite expulsion, the camps provides an unusually positive Port Townsend? Chinese experience in Port Townsend may note to contrast with the sad endings of have been less tragic than elsewhere. “The USA/2012/9 min. these so-often anguished family stories. Chinese Gardens looks at the lost Chinese community in Port Townsend, Washington, USA/2012/29 min. examining anti-Chinese violence – lynch- Compassion Connects ings, beatings, and murders – in the Pacific Director: Tristan Stoch Northwest in the late 1800s and drawing It’s a Ring Thing Can connections between past and present traditional race relations in the U.S.” Director: Alison Hiatt Chinese USA/2012/15 min. medicine provide healing and com- fort and supple- ment tra- ditional Western medicine in third-world communities where medical care is Sponsored by expensive and unavailable? Near Kath- Portland’s development ordinances re- mandu, Nepal, a team of five Portland- quire preservation of the original iron rings area acupuncturists have volunteered imbedded in its sidewalks for securing to overcome “…tremendous obstacles horse-drawn carriages. Typically the rings of poverty, in regions where the struggle go unnoticed and ignored, except by the to survive often usurps basic medical occasional child who tugs on one, curi- needs…Through the practice of healing, a ous to learn what it is for. Scott Wayne connection between patient and volunteer Indiana is “an artist who builds commu- emerges, transcending the physical and nity through experimental, collaborative leading both parties into a relationship of play.” You’ll be delighted in the way he human connection and compassion that incites “people to notice what was always creates long-lasting effects within their around; what they had been missing – communities.” now they had found.” USA/Nepal/2012/29 min. USA/2011/10 min.

34 ShortS program 2012 PTFF reviewerS’ choice Clean This year’s Reviewers’ Choice program includes films with subject manner and Director: Jonathan Browning language not appropriate for children. Someone important is Saturday, 9:15 a.m., The Rose Theatre coming, and Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Peter Simpson Free Cinema the house is a mess! The Miners The Birthday Circle This needs to be picked Director: Toddy Burton Director: Philip Lepherd up; that needs to be hidden or put Against What appears to away! How could we allow anyone to the be a simple story be exposed to our sloppy habits? There unfold- of a childhood is so much at stake for this couple who ing radio birthday party scramble to make things presentable. news with two young Will they pull it off in time? story brothers gives you of the pause as you listen closely to the dialog. USA/2012/4 min. trapped When two adults appear at the party, these Brazil- two preschoolers assume much different ian miners, a young teenage girl must find roles. As you listen to the conversation The Photographs of Your a way to balance school, housekeeping, unfold, you find yourself reexamining how Junk (Will be Publicized) her first attempts at a social life and caring young and older family members relate. Director: Ronnie Butler, Jr. for her acutely depressed father who is United Kingdom/2010/5 min. fascinated by the miners’ story. The girl is In 2010, the New taunted by a threatening male schoolmate Statesman listed who calls her a freak, but as she struggles the poetry/song by to hold her life together, she is able to find Little Gil Scott-Heron, understanding and self-confidence through The Revolution will a string of most unusual circumstances. Horses not be Televised, as Director: one of the “Top 20 USA/2012/11 min. Levi Abrino Political Songs.” This performance video Post-divorce, the pays homage to the original with new “ex” begins a new insights that bring hard-hitting political l Homecoming life with a guy commentary up-to-date in the context of today’s social media world. Director: Gursimran Sandhu who’s just moved in. Dad is bitter USA/2011/5 min. about the divorce, and tries to compete for the attention of his son by buying the boy a pony for his birthday. The father’s Dik resources are few, but … Director: Christopher Stollery USA/2012/17 min. This film contains subject We can relate to the pain felt by a manner and language not 14-year-old girl whose father tells her Bear appropriate for children. that an “A” with a 96 score just isn’t Director: Nash Edgerton We try very hard to raise our children with good enough. This well-off East Indian- His ex-girlfriend appropriate gender orientation. We also American family struggles with the clash claims he took take our children’s art work very seriously! of Indian and American values, and the things too far. Jack When an 8-year old brings home a piece struggle is heightened when the girl is means well and has of art that he did in school, with words invited to her first homecoming dance good intentions, but that worry his father, and the color pink in and her father refuses to let her go. In the at times his judg- all the wrong places, his father believes process of seeking her father’s approval ment falters. Poor that he has cause to worry. and permission, the girl is forced for the Jack, it looks like he may be in trouble Australia/2010/10 min. first time to confront adult values and the with his new girlfriend over her birthday, difficult choices that adults may face. so with all the best intentions he comes Sponsored by USA/2011/26 min. up with a really creative way to surprise her! Australia/2011/11 min.

36 ptFF caSt and crew 2012 PTFF FeSTIval gueST Francesco Susan Solley & PTFI BOaRD THANKS! neWSleTTeR SeRvICeS Tortorici Kathleen Holt, eMeRITuS This Film Lovers’ Block Party could Luke Bogues Cherel Lopez Rick Wiley Filmmakers’ Jim Westall Lounge never take place without the help and FIlM HOSPITalITy PuBlICITy Linda Yakush Mark Welch & support we get from a whole army RevIeWeRS Monica Mick Toby Jordan Sharon Wenzler, Chris Pierson, of people who step up whenever we Hager, Manager Pam Kolacy, Manager Peter Simpson Pam Kolacy ask! We are amazed by our staff and Captain Jewel Atwell Caroline Littlefield Free Cinema Karen Gates Hildt the capable volunteers who plan, Narratives Kate Franco Bill Mann Marleis proofread, edit, review films, schlep vIDeOgRaPHy/ Kris Mayer, Linnea Patrick Marshall New PROMOTIOnal Egberding heavy stuff, clean, cook and gather Captain Jennifer Turney Rebecca Linda Maguire the troops! They do all of this and Jane Champion, Documentaries Redshaw Champion Video Cynthia Sears more with great attitudes and com- InFORMaTIOn Jonathan kIOSkS SOCIal MeDIa Productions Jim Grabicki munity spirit! Altemose Karen Anderson Tom Christopher Michael Delagarza Ian Hinkle We have to begin by thanking Steve Stevie Caddell Brian McLoughlin Julie Philips Peter Simpson Goff, who took on the enormous job InTeRvIeWS aT Phyllis Day vOlunTeeR Frank Ross of festival operations manager this unDeRTOWn SPeCIal Dennis Daneau evS enT COORDInaTIOn year. Kendra Golden, our volunteer Mara Lathrop John Considine Kendra Golden coordinator, is uber-organized and Barbara Ewing MaSTeR OF Joanne Bussa John Begley makes our lives easier. Thanks to Jim Ewing CeReMOnIeS Marlies Egberding WeB DeSIgn Glenda Hultman Cherel Lopez, whose contributions are Bob Febos Joey Pipia Laura Tucker Ann Welch Geerlofs too many to list and whose humorous Steve Gillard PaSS Alana Karsch gRanTORS Brent Shirley Carol McGough guidance has carried us through the Sue Gillard PRODuCTIOn Monica Mick Port Townsend year; Chris Martin, who has taken us Tom Christopher Hager Arts Commission Jim Marshall Martina Haley into the digital world of film presenta- Jim Ewing Amy Sousa Kitsap Bank Jim Ewing Jack Kopaid tion this year; and Raman Stika, for Patricia Girard TeCH TeaM Community Grant Bill LeMaster his patient herding of filmmakers and Cynthia Koan Cynthia Koan 2012 juRORS us, too! Nearly 250 volunteers and 100 narrative Lynn LeMaster Sue Raley Chris Martin businesses support this effort and for Features Lyman Leong Jeff Sabado all of you: We are deeply grateful! Victoria O’Donnell Todd Elgin Asia Martin PHOTOgRaPHy Victoria O’Donnell Adam Reid Brian McLoughlin Mark Saran, Mark Westlund Cynthia Sears PTFF STaFF Barbara Miles Coltan Newton Manager TRanSPORTaTIOn Documentary Janette Force, JoAnne Zeller Features Marcia Perlstein Tom Christopher Cherel Lopez PTFI Executive COnCIeRge Jim Bigham Director Nora Petrich PRInT Clyde McDade Amanda Steurer PROgRaM Linda Hattendorf Steve Goff, Liz Quayle venue Adam Sekuler POSTeR aRTIST Lili Glast Victoria O’Donnell, ManageRS Festival Matt Roark- Short narratives Max grover has Pamela Gould Editor in Chief Operations Catlett Terry Tennesen, Jon Gann been passionate Manager FaRMeRS Bonnie Theatre Czar about the Port Onyea Sholty Stephanie Argy Barbara Henthorn, MaRkeT McLaughlin Kieran Henthorn Alec Boehm Townsend Film Sponsors & Carrie Rice Ruth Stewart Henry Werch & Wayne Cossairt, Short Festival since Marketing Terry Wagner Alma Taylor Jan Halliday Taylor Street Documentaries its inception. Outdoor Cinema, Jill Orschel This is the fourth Jane Julian, FeSTIval Cody Thompson Jennifer Festival James-Wilson Upstage Panels Donovan Cook painting Max has BankIng Donn Trethewey created for the Programmer Sunny Parsons Baila Dworsky & JJ Kelley Genie Nastrie, Henry Werch Mike Johnson, festival poster. Chris Martin, Marian Roh, PTFI BOaRD Miss Money Jeff Youde Uptown Theatre His love affair Film Czar Penny program layout OF DIReCTORS Robert Force, with film, and Victoria O’Donnell, Linda Yakush & design Rocky Friedman, Port Townsend, Aldryth O’Hara, Magic Lantern & President Administrative Gooding, O’Hara gRanTS/ PROjeCTIOnISTS have inspired Manager Liquor Czar & Mackey SuRveyS Gary Engbrecht, Pam Dionne, this year’s image. Deborah Steve & Sue Vice President FeSTIval Matt Rowe Manager Max’s paintings Pedersen, Gillard, Rose PRODuCTIOn Andrew Burke Keven Elliff, have delighted Bookkeeper Kathy Stafford Theatre Secretary fans throughout Bonnie Amy Carlson Raman Stika, gRaPHIC Misha & Luna the country and Christoffersen, Sarah Hadlock, Film Wrangler DeSIgn Erik Durfey Meng, Maritime Treasurer can be seen Festival Designer Center Theatre locally at the Max OFFICe Brian McLoughlin, Renata Friedman Kathleen Kler Steve Emery, Festival Signs Chris Martin Gabe & Robin Grover Gallery, Cherel Lopez Security Ornelas, Area 51 Bob Rosen 630 Water Street, Terry Tennesen, Miles McRae Donna Bodkin Ted Krysinski, Cocktail Lounge Tina Flores- Port Townsend. Festival Art Lights & Grip Everett Moran McCleese Jean Boyer Design Nora Petrich & Lili Glast, Library Dan Sutton Janine Kowack, Brad Mace Nancy Johnson Rosebud Cinema Jane Champion

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