A TRIBUTE TO KAYE BALLARD - SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 6:00PM

Tiburon International Film Festival proudly holds a tribute in honor of the great comedian, singer, actress, and television star Kaye Ballard, whose career has spanned eight decades. We salute Kaye and pay our homage with a documentary, Kaye Ballard–the Show Goes On!, covering her distinguished career, directed by Dan Wingate, who will be present at the screening.

A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM WELLMAN - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 6:00PM

Tiburon International Film Festival will pay homage to the legendary director, William Wellman, whose filmmaking career spanned nearly four decades, and left a special mark in the history of American cinema. We salute this distinguished director with his A Star is Born, which has been made several times since 1937, but it still holds its originality and cinematic importance, making the generation after generation to make their own version.

We are honored to have Mr. William Wellman Jr. to share his memories and life with his legendary father at the screening

MARIN FILMMAKERS - MONDAY, APRIL 15 AT 8:00PM

Staying true to its Marin roots, the Tiburon Film Festival will be showing a collection of films made by Marin County filmmakers titled Marin Filmmakers, a first program of its kind.

The films that will be featured are:

• Strangers at Night • Jormundur • Great American Solar Eclipse • The End • Lies and Miracles

In addition to this program, Buck Run, also from Marin County, will be shown on its own showtime.

The directors or subjects of these films will be present for the Q&A.

BAY AREA SHOWCASE - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 AT 8:00PM

Tiburon International Film Festival will be showing a collection of films made by the San Francisco Bay Area filmmakers titled Bay Area Showcase.

The films that will be featured are:

• The Statue • Spraying Under the Stars • The House on Lucky Street • Guest of Honor • The Adjunct • The Other Half • Land of the Eternal Spring

The directors or subjects of these films will be present for the Q&A.

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT 4:00PM SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 3:45PM SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 12:00PM Madagasikara 84 min | Madagascar/USA | 2018 I Tita, A Life of Tango 111 min | Argentina | 2017 SHORTS PROGRAM Director: Cam Cowan Director: María Teresa Costantini Documentary Cast: Mercedes Funes, Damian De Santo, Esther Fatherland 15 min | Georgia | 2018 Goris, Andrea Pietra, Ludovico Di Santo Mario Pasik Three resilient women fight for better futures for their Director: George Sikharulidze children in one of the most misunderstood countries This biopic of renowned tango singer and actress Tita Cast: Soso Lagidze, Anzor Gvadzabia, Beka in the world–Madagascar–a beautiful African island Merello traces her career starting with her early Lemonjava, Mariam Khachapuridze, Kakha Beridze nation crippled by decades of political instability and performances in the cabarets of Buenos Aires through Gori, Republic of Georgia, 2016: on the 63rd crushed by international sanctions imposed in 2009. her discovery and meteoric rise in theater and film. anniversary of Stalin's death, his worshipers gather outside of his birthplace to demand his canonization as a saint when out of nowhere Stalin himself returns FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT 5:45PM SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 6:00PM from the dead. Year of the Monkey 110 min | Macedonia | 2018 A TRIBUTE TO KAYE BALLARD Everything Alright 12 min | Germany/Hungary | 2017 Director: Vladimir Blazevski Director: Borbála Nagy Cast: Igor Angelov, Marija Kohn, Reshit Bereda, Faik Kaye Ballard–the Show Goes On! 90 min | USA | 2019 Cast: Benett Vilmányi, Ákos Orosz Mefailovski, Elena Trajkovska, Cun Lajchi, Refet Director: Dan Wingate [in person] Alpar has his first working day at the border between Abazi, Tanja Kocovska, Aleksandar Kamnarovski, Cast: Kaye Ballard, Woody Allen, Ann-Margret, Joy Hungary and Serbia. Supposed to save his country Peter Elliot Behar, Carol Burnett, Jerry Stiller, Carol Channing, from refugees, he is confronted with the reality of the Michael Feinstein, Mimi Hines, Peter Marshall, Rex A mild political satire about a peculiar friendship border guards. In order to adapt to the merciless Reed, Harold Prince between the impoverished zoo warden Cobe, and the customs, he has to leave his humaneness behind. lonesome monkey Koko, who inhabits the same Zoo. This charming documentary showcases the career of musical-comedy sensation Kaye Ballard, whose ability Mai 7 min | Spain | 2017 FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT 8:00PM to sing and tell jokes was ubiquitous in the late 20th Director: Marta González Buck Run 80 min | USA | 2018 century. Delightful moments are captured in rare Cast: Aida Flix, Aida Qui, Maria Pijuan Olga Masot, Director: Nick Frangione [in person] archival footage and interviews with Ann-Margret, Marisol Lavín, Franses de Dios Cast: James Le Gros, Nolan Lyons, Amy Hargreaves, Michael Feinstein and Ballard herself. Carmeta, Mari and Pilar are three old ladies from Kevin J. O’Connor, Alicia Goranson, Jim Parrack [in Sucs, a little village in Plana de Lleida, who spend person], Angus Macfadyen SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 8:00PM Translation of EBB 14 min | Iran | 2018 every afternoon sitting on a bench to catch up. The Set in rural Pennsylvania, Nick Frangione’s affecting arrival of a strange couple of young girls turns into Director: Javad Abdolahzade drama gives us 15-year-old Shaw, a bullied outsider the main topic of discussion among the three friends. Cast: Mostafa Nourzehi, Maryam Rasouli, Fereshteh trying to cope with his mother’s death and a reunion Arastouei Talent Scout 7 min | Spain | 2018 with his estranged, alcoholic father. Director: Jose Herrera The story of a family who loves fear and destruction, Animation FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT 10:00PM fear is the most honest sense and reminds us of Dominique had been the most prestigious talent scout Eternal Winter 110 min | Hungary | 2018 absence and destitution. People who play with the glory of the sea, they get closer to fear. in París. Now, he is only the shadow of his past until Director: Attila Szasz he discovers Sofía, a Spanish flamenco dancer who Cast: Marina Gera, Sándor Csányi, Laura Döbrösi, Amir 106 min | Iran | 2018 emigrates to France because of the Spanish civil war Diána Magdolna Kiss, Franciska Farkas and who hides the secret of the greatest talent in Director: Nima Eghlima history. The true story of an unlikely romance in a Soviet labor Cast: Milad Keymaram,Seyd Mostafa Ghadiri, camp. The very first feature film about the 700,000 Behdokht Valian, Sahar Dolat Shahi Showtime 15 min | USA | 2018 Hungarian victims of the Soviet labor camps whose Director: Shawn Antoine stories remained untold for over 70 years. Now in his thirties, Amir is beleaguered by other Cast: Joel Leitch, Dimitri Carter, Shemar Jonas, Lisa peoples’ problems. His friend Ali’s ex-wife and son Drouillard, Brigid Turner have gone missing, his sister is desperately trying to SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 12:00PM break away from the family, and his parents are Darius and Hakeem dance on New York City trains to trying to keep the family together. earn honest money and escape the crime-riddled Mike Wallace Is Here 94 min | USA | 2019 streets of Harlem. A woman sees Darius dancing on Director: Avi Belkin SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 10:00PM the train and offers him an opportunity to audition for Cast: Mike Wallace a Juilliard travel dance team. Skin 20 min | USA | 2018 Exhuming decades of never-before-seen footage from Director: Guy Nattiv Sufism 20 min | Tunisia | 2018 the 60 Minutes vault, filmmaker Avi Belkin crafts an Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Danielle Macdonald, Ashley Director: Younes Ben Hajria all-archival portrait that explores what drove and Thomas, Jackson Robert Scott, Lonnie Chavis Documentary plagued this restless reporter, whose storied career and troubled personal life were inherently entwined A small supermarket in a blue-collar town, a black This documentary presents the various stages in the with the evolution of broadcast journalism itself. man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the production of wool and its transformation into yarn to checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two make clothes, against the rhythm of the sound of the SATURDAY, APRIL 13 AT 1:45PM gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking machines. backlash. Winterlong 96 min | UK | 2018 Director: David Jackson Two for Joy 86 min | UK | 2018 Cast: Francis Magee, Harper Jackson, Carole Director: Tom Beard Paris You Got Me 9 min | Germany | 2018 Weyers, Doon Mackichan Cast: Samantha Morton, Billie Piper, Daniel Mays, Director: Julie Boehm Bella Ramsey, Emilia Jones, Badger Skelton Cast: Ksenia Parkhatskaya, Liam Scullion Francis leads his life resolutely on the margins, an existence that is by turns solitary, feral and lawless. An authentic and unwavering, ultimately uplifting “Art may change the inner as well as the external When his estranged teenage son, Julian, turns up on coming of age story; a visceral, moving exploration of world.” That’s how our protagonist Ksenia his doorstep one day, the two of them are forced into one British family’s life. Mother Aisha, her teenage experiences it. The street artist George lures her into an uneasy relationship together. daughter Vi and young adolescent son Troy, are at a his magic world of art illusions. An artistic dance crossroads in their lives. about the realization of your dreams. Tombe 9 min | Armenia | 2018 Lies and Miracles 40 min | USA | 2018 The Adjunct 7 min | USA | 2018 Director: Diana Kardumyan Director: Nancy Margulies [in person] Director: Paula Sozzi Saslow [in person] Cast: Narine Grigoryan Tatev Ghazaryan, Tatev Cast: George Landau [in person], Irenka Taurek [in Cast: Caitlyn Tella, Tim Kniffin, John Craven Hovakimyan, Armen Margaryan person] It’s nighttime in Silicon Valley, California. An escort Kara works in the Goldfish eatery all day long Reflecting on the experiences of WWII Poland, engages in sex work with the CEO of a robot dog washing dishes. Her life has become a closed circle of George Landau and Irenka Taurek–two survivors of company. As morning dawns, her real job will be grey days far from the colors of the big city. Every day expulsion to Siberia–tell a story of hope and slowly revealed. she walks home alone at night. But one night an gratitude. unexpected incident changes her daily routine. The Other Half 7 min | USA | 2019 SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 1:30PM TUESDAY, APRIL 16 AT 4:00PM Director: Christopher Kam [in person] Sivaranjani and Two Other Women 123 min | India | 2018 Hawaii 120 min | Romania | 2018 Cast: Grady Hecht, Grace Kallman Director: Vasanth S Sai Director: Jesus del Cerro A teen boy addicted to his digital half gets a snap Cast: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Parvathy Cast: Dragos Bucur, Cristina Flutur, Constantin back to reality. Thiruvothu, Kalieswari Srinivasan Cojocaru, Andi Vasluianu, Rodica Lazar, Gheorghe Ifrim You can never keep a good woman down! That is the clear warning to men in this superb, heart-warming Andrei and his father Vasile live in communist study of women in modern-day India. Romania. Unexpectedly, they receive news from Petrus, Vasile s brother who was assumed dead after Land of the Eternal Spring 4 min | USA | 2018 an escape attempt years before. Director: Boaz Dvir Cast: Jason Henry [in person] SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 3:45PM TUESDAY, APRIL 16 AT 6:15PM A documentary short that follows San Francisco- The Song of the Tree 93 min | Kyrgyzstan/Russia | 2018 The Divine Way 15 min | Germany | 2018 based photojournalist Jason Henry (New York Times, Director: Aibek Daiyrbekov Director: Ilaria Di Carlo Vice, Wall Street Journal) as he treks to Guatemala’s Cast: Temirlan Smanbekov, Omurbek Izrailov, Loosely based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, it takes most infamous landfill, Teculután. Saltanat Bakaeva viewers along on the protagonist’s epic descent This unexpectedly entertaining musical is a winning through an endless labyrinth of staircases. As the new genre for cinema from Kyrgystan, showing the woman journeys deeper, the staircases mutate and colorful nomadic traditions and the history and she is trapped and pulled into their dangerous THURSDAY, APRIL 18 AT 4:00PM customs of Kyrgyz people. landscape, conducting us through more than fifty The Little Comrade 100 min | Estonia | 2018 magnificent locations. Director: Moonika Siimets Eaten by Lions 95 min | UK/India | 2018 Cast: Helena Maria Reisner, Tambet Tuisk, Eva SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 6:00PM Director: Jason Wingard Koldits, Juhan Ulfsak, Liina Vahtrik A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM WELLMAN Cast: Antonio Aakeel, Jack Carroll, Asim Chaudhry, In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's Johnny Vegas, Vicki Pepperdine, Sarah Hoare, mom is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mom’s A Star is Born 110 min | USA | 1937 Stephanie Fayerman, Hayley Tamaddon last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to Director: William Wellman Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents be on her best behavior in the confusing grown-up Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, are eaten by lions, they embark on a journey to find world in the hope that it will bring her mom back. May Robson , Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, Owen Omar's real father. What follows is a journey of Moore self-discovery for both boys...in Blackpool. THURSDAY, APRIL 18 AT 6:00PM TWhen a young actress (Janet Gaynor) arrives in The Red Bicycle 11 min | Afghanistan | 2018 Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance TUESDAY, APRIL 16 AT 8:15PM Director: Fazila Amiri encounter places her under the wing of older actor The Last Post Office 16 min | Bangladesh | 2018 Cast: Farzana Nawabi, Mahal Wak Norman Maine (Fredric March). Adopting the stage Director: Aung Rakhine Mahal, a young Afghan woman, jailed for "moral name Vicki Lester, she co-stars with Norman in a Cast: Shariar Ferdous Shazeeb, Ashok Bepari, Ashish crime" in a women's prison, plots a daring escape in major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading Khondker order to meet with her lover before he departs for even as her career begins. After the couple wed, A fairytale with an evil twist. On the edge of war. Vicki's fame continues to grow, but Norman descends Bangladesh, cradled between mountains and water, into alcoholism, and she must decide between stands a post-office-the only mark of civilization. This pursuing her dream and caring for him. post office has a notorious reputation. People who Moon Hotel Kabul 100 min | Romania | 2018 work here, disappear. Director: Anca Damian SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 8:00PM Hotel Gagarin 94 min | Italy | 2018 Cast: Florin Piersic Jr., Ofelia Popii, Adrian Titieni, Aziza 13 min | Syria | 2019 Director: Simone Sword Florin Ghioca Director: Soudade Kaadan Cast: Claudio Amendola, Luca Argentero, Giuseppe Ivan Semciuc is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty Cast: Caress Bashar, Abdel Moneim Amayri Battiston, Barbora Bobulova, Silvia D'Amico, Caterina of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly Shulha, Philippe Leroy Ayman, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaching his meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a wife how to drive his car, the only thing left for him A crooked producer dupes five hopeful Italians into hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in from his country. The lesson takes a wrong turn into traveling to Armenia to shoot a film. When they Ivan's unshakeable lifestyle. madness and nostalgia. arrive, a war breaks out in what was supposed to be a shooting location, the secluded, wintry Hotel Gagarin. THURSDAY, APRIL 18 AT 8:00PM Madame 22 min | France | 2018 Above the Clouds 87 min | UK | 2018 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 AT 4:00PM Director: Garth Jennings Director: Leon Chambers In the Palace 22 min | Belgium | 2018 Cast: Evelyne Buyle, Damien Bonnard, Bernard Verley Cast: Naomi Morris, Andrew Murton, Philip Jackson, Director: Nelson Polfliet Inside a grand Parisian apartment lives an elegant Cordelia Bugeja, Glen McCready, Gordon Kennedy Cast: Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Goele Derick, Anouk elderly lady. And inside this lady lives a monster. Fortunier, Tomas Pevenage, Lotte Diependaele On her 18th birthday, headstrong Charlie discovers her parents have been keeping her biological father When the elderly burlesque dancer Elvira wishes to secret from her. Recruiting a rough sleeper to be her see her deceased husband Jean one last time, it is the ‘responsible adult’, sets off for Scotland on her devil who comes to pick her up. provisional driving license to go and find him. War Travelers 108 min | Syria/Lebanon/Tunisia | 2018 Director: Joud Said MONDAY, APRIL 15 AT 4:00PM Qualified 77 min | USA | 2019 Cast: Ayman Zeidan, Lojain Ismail, Lina Hawarneh, Bonobo 18 min | Switzerland | 2018 Director: Jenna Ricker Karam Shaarani, Lama Hakim, Tarek Abdo, Hussein Director: Zoel Aeschbacher Cast: Janet Guthrie, AJ Foyt, Dick Simon, Johnny Abbas Cast: Paul Minthe, Benjamin Sanou, Nicole Mersey Rutherford, Linda Vaughn, Donald Davidson, Tom Baha’a is ready to leave the war-torn, and take a trip Bigelow When the elevator of their public housing breaks with fellow travelers to his hometown. Strangers are down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a n the world of motorsports, the Indianapolis 500 has stuck together, trying to bring life back to a village single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a long been considered the only race. In May 1977, that has been destroyed and to wait out the war. young man passionate about dance, intertwine Janet Guthrie – the first woman to attempt Indy – towards an explosive ending where their limits will be earned herself a spot in the prestigious field of 33. SHORTS PROGRAM - SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 12:00PM tested. As Time Goes By 74 min | Italy | 2018 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 AT 6:15PM The films that will be featured are: Director: Simone Aleandri Abbey Leaks 9 min | Ireland | 2018 Cast: Silvano Campeggi Director: Phillip Briggs • Fatherland • Showtime Cast: Abe Smyth, Paul Sparkes, Michael O'Kelly, Silvano Campeggi was the last great cinema • Everything Alright • Sufism Gerry Grimes, Jeanne O'Connor, Charlie Ruxton, illustrator. His posters–Gone with the Wind, West Side Niall Brewster • Mai • Paris You Got Me Story, Casablanca, Ben Hur and so forth–inspired • Talent Scout • Tombe many viewers even before the movies were released. Based on a true story that happened in the town of As a prolific artist, he spent the 20th century with the Abbeyloix in Ireland in 2001. Its result was the death pencil in his hand, working every day until he was 95. of Irish Garda Sergeant John Effie who was shot in ABOUT WILLIAM WELLMAN, JR. the back by another Irish Garda. Actor William Wellman Jr., son of legendary MONDAY, APRIL 15 AT 5:45PM The Beginning of Something 90 min | Germany | 2019 Jan Palach 124 min | Czech Republic | 2018 Director: Thomas Berger director William A. Wellman, spent most of his Director: Robert Sedlácek Cast: Ina Weisse, Juergen Maurer, Franziska childhood surrounded by Hollywood celebrities. Cast: Michael Balcar, Denisa Baresová, Zuzana Hartmann, Hinnerk Schönemann, Gaby Dohm, He got the fresh taste of a film set as a youngster Bydzovská, Jacob Erftemeijer, Karel Jirák Hansjürgen Hürrig, Johann von Bülow, Johannes when he appeared unbilled in a couple of his Klaußner, Catrin Striebeck This fascinating biopic details the last six months of father's features. He is credited with nearly 200 the life of the political activist Jan Palach, the Czech A woman between reality and insanity: a sensitively movies and television shows, 17 stage student who self-immolated in protest against the told psychological drama based on a story by invasion of Czechoslovakia which crushed the Prague Siegfried Lenz. productions and some 200 commercial and Spring in 1968. industrial films. In addition to his acting work, his WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 AT 8:00PM nearly 50-year career includes writing and MONDAY, APRIL 15 AT 8:00PM producing efforts. He has occasionally appeared BAY AREA SHOWCASE MARIN FILMMAKERS as a guest lecturer and has been active at The Statue 16 min | USA | 2018 autograph conventions. Strangers at Night 12 min | USA | 2018 Director: Becca Wolff [in person] Director: Ian M. Adelson [in person] Cast: Ella Lee-Clark, Nikhil Gomez, Mohana ABOUT TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Cast: Jake Robinson, RJ Brown, Rebecca Knox Rajagapal, Olivia Dunn A young man with a mysterious past creates alternate, Hassan, a recently immigrated 2nd grader, struggles The Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF) is an annual successful personalities to ascend the ranks of New with his new life that only becomes more challenging event, which seeks to provide a greater understanding of the York's high society. Inspired by real people and when his dance teacher casts him in the class play. events. world and its many cultures through the artistic medium of film, and through the top quality films from around the world. Spraying Under the Stars 20 min | USA | 2018 Jormundur 5 min | USA/Iceland | 2018 Director: Claire Cai [in person] 6 Beach Road, 544 • Tiburon CA 94920 USA Director: Jack Bushell [in person], Alex Herz [in Cast: Meg Zany person], Madeline O’Hara [in person] phone: +1.415.251.TIFF [8433] | fax: +1.253.663.1255 Two graffiti activists are trying to wake the world up Cast: Jörmundur Ingi by the graffiti art they created, but the world is more [email protected] Follow Jörmundur Ingi, former high priest of the difficult to change than they thought. www.TiburonFilmFestival.com Icelandic pagan religion and one of the country's cultural figureheads, on a mythical journey through Iceland as he discusses science, faith, and the true power of being at one with the natural world. The House on Lucky Street 15 min | USA | 2018 Great American Solar Eclipse 6 min | USA | 2018 Director: Shani Heckman [in person] Director: Jim Sugar [in person] Cast: Gabe Sanchez, Amytra, MaryAnn Rodgers, Ash Documentary Kadian, Laura Long A total solar eclipse crossed the United States from A short film about the last two residents in the Oregon to South Carolina on August 21, 2017. This haunted Victorian at 13 Lucky Street in San film tells the story of what occurred on that day with Francisco's Mission District. The 100-year-old ghost, special attention to the stories of the people who were Carmelita Reyes, and the human resident, Matteo affected by that event. Florez, unite to fight their eviction. Guest of Honor 12 min | USA | 2018 The End 7 min | USA | 2018 Director: Lisa Belcher [in person] Director: Bill Zahn [in person] Cast: Lisa Belcher, Lukas Hassel, Maurice Moore, Cast: Powell Nielsen, Aidan Zahn, Link Henderson, David Allan Barrera, Deb O'Keefe, Cherell Monai, Wesley Vorhies Sarah Niarkos VENUE A young couple's big night is interrupted by a Struck by tragedy, a married couple goes ahead with catastrophic event that reveals more than they their anniversary party, when an unusual guest Playhouse Theater • 40 Main Street, Tiburon bargained for. arrives. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!