Wilma Theater Missoula, Montana February 17-23, 2005
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WWilmailma TheaterTheater Missoula, Montana February 17-23, 2005 | welcome | Welcome to the 2005 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! Big Sky focuses on the highest quality documentary films without any restriction on theme. The festival provides the opportunity for members of our community and visitors to view and discuss the genre. We aspire to bring the theatrical experience of enjoyable, entertaining and compelling non- fiction films to Montana for audiences to contemplate. Nearly six hundred films were submitted for consideration, revealing a range of styles and topics. With a wealth of remarkable documentary films, this year’s festival runs an entire week at the grand historic Wilma Theater. The program encompasses distinctive non-fiction works from more than fifteen countries. A new retrospective series showcases over 40 years of work by Maysles Films of New York and Kartemquin Films of Chicago; two of America’s finest and longest running independent production houses. It’s a pleasure to have you join us in celebrating the art of non-fiction film. We hope you enjoy the show! Festival Directors Toni Matlock & Doug Hawes-Davis | the inside | Welcome..............................................................02 Screening Schedule.........................................17 Contact Information...........................................03 People..................................................................03 Documentary Feature Competition films.........10 Staff.....................................................................04 Documentary Short Competition films.............16 Judges.................................................................05 Big Sky Award films..........................................24 Tickets & Passes.................................................07 Out of Competition films...................................26 Awards................................................................07 Maysles Films Retrospective.............................29 Special Events Schedule....................................08 Kartemquin Films Retrospective.......................31 Missoula Map.....................................................08 2 | people | Festival Director/Programmer Doug Hawes-Davis Doug Hawes-Davis, co-founder of High Plains Films with Drury Gunn Carr, has produced and distributed his own non-fiction films for more than a decade. He earned his Masters of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana in 1992 and his BA in Political Science from DePauw University in 1989. Winner of a 2001 Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, Hawes-Davis has directed, produced, and edited more than a dozen films, including four features, since 1992. His documentaries, which have been screened around the world and won more than 30 awards, are intended to increase viewers' understanding of the relationship between human society and the natural world. He is a faculty affiliate with the University of Montana Environmental Studies Graduate Program and manages a joint documentary fellowship with the program for one aspiring filmmaker per year. Hawes-Davis founded the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2003. Festival Director Toni Matlock Active in the Missoula arts community, Matlock exhibits her art nationally. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1992 and in 1996, earned an MFA in Fiber Arts from the University of Washington, Seattle. At present, she researches contemporary media art and the documentary genre in the Media Arts graduate program at The University of Montana. Her current work in progress explores memory and somatic experience through a commemorative multi-media exhibition that incorporates objects, audio, & video. Toni applies her educational experience and creativity to further develop BSDFF as a lively and stimulating annual cultural event. Education Coordinator Amy Colson Colson brings media production, program development, educational and communications experience to our staff. She has worked throughout the state as a writer, photographer and director of communication for several years after receiving her BA in Journalism from UM in 1995. While earning her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Montana Media Arts Program, she taught Media Production and assisted in the Introduction to Media Arts course. She works independently and collaboratively on video and motion graphics projects, such as Odyssey of the Stars: A Celebration of Artistic Journeys, a UM presentation, and Settling the Tab on Montana; Alcohol Culture which was a national finalist for the 2003 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award. She is currently producing a documentary on the historical and modern day culture of the Rocky Mountain Front and its communities. Colson facilitates community partnerships and the promotion of media literacy. | office information | | theater information | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Wilma Theater 131 South Higgins Ave. Suite 201 131 South Higgins Ave. Missoula, Montana 59802 Missoula, Montana 59802 (406) 541-FILM (406) 728-2521 www.bigskyfilmfest.org www.thewilma.com Doug Hawes-Davis, Festival Director/Programmer Bill Emerson, Manager / Projectionist Toni Matlock, Festival Director www.bigskyfilmfest.org | staff | Festival Directors Pre-screening Committee Event Coordinators Doug Hawes-Davis Dru Carr Caroline Jones Toni Matlock Colin Chisolm Nici Holt Ken Furrow Toni Matlock Festival Programmer Gary Gooch Damon Ristau Doug Hawes-Davis Doug Hawes-Davis Sarah Woods Margot Higgins Education Coordinator Paul Lachapelle Web & Graphic Design Amy Colson Toni Matlock Greg Twigg Tina Mills Sponsorship Coordinators Tom Platt Programming Assistant Caroline Jones Gita Saedi Kelly Neal Gary Gooch Chris Wall Toni Matlock Marianne Zugel Intern Nicole Mrazek Jared White The festival would not be possible without the help of many dozens of volunteers who serve as ushers, ticket takers, projectionists, runners, reception hosts, organizers, etc, etc. etc. Please be appreciative and kind to these folks who have donated their valuable time to help make sure the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is an enjoyable experience for all. | special thanks | We greatly appreciate the support of the Missoula community, local business sponsors, participating filmmakers and distributors, and specifically the following individuals and organizations. Thank you for supporting us! Les Benedict Tom Roy Bill Emerson Kay Grissom-Kiely Annick Smith Manager & Projectionist Cinda Hol Kettlehouse Brewery Historic Wilma Theater Sten Iverson Dan Funsch John Lilburn Montana Committee for the We couldn't do it without Bill! Laura Millin Humanities Karen Rice This project is funded in part by a grant from the Montana Committee for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 4 | judges | Jerry Blumenthal Jerry, one of the founding partners of Kartemquin Films, has been a director, producer, editor and sound recordist with Kartemquin since 1967. Blumenthal’s latest film, GOLUB: LATE WORKS ARE THE CATASTROPHES (2004), co-produced with Gordon Quinn, revisits the great American artist thirteen years after the award-winning GOLUB (1988). VIETNAM, LONG TIME COMING (done with Quinn and Peter Gilbert) aired on NBC and earned a national Emmy and the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Documentary of 1999. Among his many other films, Blumenthal lists THE LAST PULLMAN CAR, the two TAYLOR CHAIN films, THE CHICAGO MATERNITY CENTER STORY, NOW WE LIVE ON CLIFTON, and the Palestinian story in Kartemquin’s award-winning PBS series, THE NEW AMERICANS (2003). Judy Blunt Judy is an assistant professor of creative writing and the author of a bestselling memoir describing her life on an eastern Montana cattle ranch. BREAKING CLEAN was published by Knopf in 2002. Her nonfiction writing has gained national recognition with a PEN/Jerard Fund award, a Whiting Writers award, and most recently a 2004 NEA writer's fellowship. Blunt teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Montana. Drury Gunn Carr Carr is a founder of High Plains Films in Missoula, Montana. He and co-founder, Doug Hawes- Davis, have produced and distributed nearly 20 documentary films, including four features- –THIS IS NOWHERE, VARMINTS, KILLING COYOTE and LIBBY, MONTANA – during the past decade. High Plains Films also manages a stock footage archive, produces the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, sponsors a University of Montana documentary fellowship, and handles contract production for a wide range of industry clients. Challenging in both form and content, Carr’s work is intended to provide insight into the relationship between modern human society and the natural world. Steve Slocomb STEVE began his career in the early 1970's with the comprehensive designer/filmmaker Charles Eames. At the Eames studio he worked as a cameraman on numerous educational science based 35 mm film projects. He went on to work as a camera operator and special effects consultant on Hollywood and theme park productions. These included such films as STAR TREK, TOTAL RECALL, GHOST, PREDATOR and the various 65mm Disney theme park 3D shows. In 1993 he filmed the 35mm feature film, SEASON OF CHANGE, which was done in his hometown of the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. Setting up his own video production company, Looking Glass Films, he shifted gears and started doing interview based documentary style educational and historical projects. These included training films for the Forest Service,