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October 6-16, 2016 | Mvff.Com OCTOBER 6-16, 2016 | MVFF.COM INKS NOTES CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS ROUND MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL Finished size 8.25” square 39 Regular Program Cover contact: JEFF ENSSLEN MVFF_RegularProgramCover_2015-06-09.ai 831 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94133 CMYK tel 415.675.7777 fax 415.675.7778 09 June 2016 APPROVALS SUBSTRATE AE: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________________ DD:_____________________________________________________ Date: ________________________ LD: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________________ P1: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________________ WHITE P2: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________________ CELEBRATE FILM 24 FRAMES PER SECOND | 365 DAYS A YEAR THE CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE CELEBRATES FILM YEAR-ROUND AT THE NON-PROFIT CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER, THROUGH CFI EDUCATION, AND DURING THE ANNUAL MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER | MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL | CFI EDUCATION The California Film Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. TABLE OF CONTENTS Sponsors 2 20% OFF FOR NEW MEMBERS CFI Supporters 4 Opening Night 6 Centerpiece Ensemble Spotlight 7 Closing Night 7 Tributes & Spotlights 8 Star Wars Trilogy Event 10 EXPERIENCE THE ENGAGING Special Premieres & Party 11 POWER OF CINEMA MVFF Music 12 YEAR ROUND Behind the Screens: 14 Panels | Master Classes | Conversations Mind the Gap: Women | Film | Tech 16 MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL Active Cinema 17 ¡Viva el Cine! 17 SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER CFI Education 18 CFI EDUCATION Family Films 18 Focuses 19 Sections & Premieres 20 Films 21 Calendar 50 Venues 56 Ticketing 57 JOIN ONLINE AT MVFF.COM/NEWMEMBER Sponsors 58 OR AT THE RAFAEL BOX OFFICE The Mill Valley Film Festival is presented by the California Film Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that also owns and operates the Smith Rafael Film Center and presents CFI Education programs throughout the year OFFER GOOD THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2016 © Copyright 2016 All rights reserved No portion of the Mill Valley Film Fes- PLEASE USE PROMO CODE 2016PP tival schedule may be duplicated in any form without written consent from the Mill Valley Film Festival and/or the California Film Institute 1 THANK YOU SIGNATURE CHRISTOPHER B. AND JEANNIE MEG SMITH MAJOR OFFICIAL AIRLINE PREMIER MEDIA 2 MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORS SILVER CIRCLE FOUNDATION SUPPORT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT MAJOR INDUSTRY SUPPORT COUNTY OF MARIN FESTIVAL CIRCLE 3 FILM•ANTHROPY THE ACT OF INSPIRING, ENGAGING, AND TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH THE ART OF FILM Photo @ Tommy Lau WE THANK THIS VITAL GROUP OF SUPPORTERS WHO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF FILM TO ENTERTAIN AND ENRICH LIVES. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING THAT INDEPENDENT CINEMA CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. LEADERSHIP CIRCLE GOLD CIRCLE Christopher B. and Jeannie Meg Smith Lorrie and Mark Fishkin Jennifer Coslett MacCready Griswold Family Fund, Bob and Alex Griswold Andree and John Jansheski INVESTOR CIRCLE Saul Zaentz Trust Ken and Jackie Broad Family Fund Drusie and Jim Davis, Drusie Davis Family Fund SILVER CIRCLE Gruber Family Foundation Estate of Dodie Gann Daniel Kenyon and Michelle Marchetta Kenyon Mary and Bill Poland Michael and Susan Schwartz Fund Vickie Soulier BRONZE CIRCLE Richard C. Barker PLATINUM CIRCLE Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs Jim Boyce Trust and Kris Otis Julie Erickson and Art Rothstein Margaret E. Haas Labe and Roberts The Jay Pritzker Foundation Nancy and Rich Robbins Eric Schwartz, EAS Fund Lois and Mel Tukman 4 FAST PASS | CFI Nancy Abodeely Katz Family Foundation Gertrud Parker Anonymous Karen and Gregg Lund Jonathan and Deborah Parker Beverly Butler Cynthia Maram Gordon Radley Alice Corning Kenneth and Vera Meislin Patricia Tanoury Sharon A. Fox Stephen and Mary Mizroch Henry O. Timnick Lynne Hale Cathy and Robert Nourafshan Julie Hauser Maggie O’Donnell Floum FAST PASS | MVFF The Allen Family Fund Frank Gaipa Suki and Russell Munsell Anonymous Lisa Graeber Tucky and John Pogue Brian and Nina Arellanes Mera Granberg Mark and Dorian Polite Laurie Bautista Larry and Carie Haimovitch Sylvia Reynolds Jane Bay Ann-Eve Hazen Karen and Harry Rosenbluth Susan and William Beech Russell and Susan Holdstein Jack and Judy Sherman Kamala Geroux-Berry and David Berry Elisabeth and Howard Jaffe Susan and Joel Sklar Inez Brooks-Myers Willa Jefferson-Stokes Jann Stanley and Soren Dalsager Marc and Robin Bussin Amy Keroes and Jeff Fisher Marjorie Swig Joe and Sue Carlomagno Roxanne Klein Lucinda Watson and Ted Bell Joel and Justine Coopersmith K.C. and Steve Lauck Skip and Aew Whitney Stephanie DiMarco Cindy and John McCauley Kate Wilson Joanne Dunn Catherine and Ted McKown Paul Zaentz Dennis P. Fisco and Pamela Polite Fisco James Mochizuki Zach and Marlies Zeisler Catherine and Peter Flaxman Monahan Parker, Inc. Janet Fox Linda Morgan Photo @ Tommy Lau Photo @ Drew Altizer Photography Photo @ Melanie Nichols CFI Education | Environmental Youth Forum at the Sir Ian McKellen, MVFF38 CFI Education My Place | My Story filmmaking student Christopher B. Smith Rafael Fil m Center WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS WHO HELP MAKE THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE EVERY YEAR! 5 OPENING NIGHT LA LA LAND ARRIVAL US 2016, 126 min Director Damien Chazelle US 2016, 116 min Director Denis Villeneuve E verything you love about classic musicals gets a pitch-perfect update I n award-winning director Denis Villeneuve’s (Sicario, Incendies) riveting in the cinematic, colorful, and enormously enjoyable La La Land. Emma and deeply thoughtful drama, five-timeO scar® nominee Amy Adams is a Stone and Ryan Gosling sing, dance, and crack wise their way through brilliant linguistics professor on a journey that leads her across time and Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash, MVFF 2014) exquisitely made love letter to space, to discover the force that unites all sentient beings on our planet dreamers and artists, to Hollywood, and to filmmaking itself. and any others that may exist: the power of communication. G uests: Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle G uest: Amy Adams Thursday, October 6, 7:00pm & 7:15pm | CinéArts Sequoia Thursday, October 6, 7:00pm | Century Cinema Program & Gala | $125 general | $110 CFI members Program Only | $60 general | $55 CFI members Gala Only | $90 general | $75 CFI members OPENING NIGHT SPONSOR MVFF39 OFFICIAL AIRLINE OPENING NIGHT GALA 9:00pm–Midnight | Live music by Ethan Tucker Band 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur 6 CENTERPIECE SPOTLIGHT CLOSING NIGHT 20TH CENTURY WOMEN LOVING US 2016, 110 min Director Mike Mills US 2016, 123 min Director Jeff Nichols I n the not-quite halcyon days of late-’70s Santa Barbara, on the cusp Based on real events, Jeff Nichols’ extraordinary film has a lyrical of a new era in sexual politics, single mother Dorothea Fields (Annette eloquence that honors the heart of the story of Richard and Mildred Bening) enlists two younger women (Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning) to help Loving (played with understated brilliance by Joel Edgerton and Ruth her raise her teenage son (Lucas Jade Zumann) in hopes that he will grow Negga), the interracial couple whose quiet courage helped change the into a man who truly understands women. face of the law of marriage in the US. O ur Centerpiece Ensemble Spotlight program will feature an onstage G uests: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Jeff Nichols conversation with the director and cast members of 20th Century Women, a screening of the film, and the presentation of the MVFF Award. For the first time, the MVFF Award will be given in recognition of the incredible Sunday, October 16, 5:00pm | Smith Rafael Film Center cast and their work as an ensemble under Mike Mills’ inspired direction. Sunday, October 16, 5:00pm & 5:15pm | CinéArts Sequoia G uests: Mike Mills, Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann Program & Party | $85 general | $75 CFI members Program Only (live Q&A) | $45 general | $40 CFI members Thursday, October 13, 7:00pm | Smith Rafael Film Center Program Only (simulcast Q&A) | $35 general | $30 CFI members Party Only | $50 general | $45 CFI members Program & Party | $85 general | $75 CFI members Program Only | $45 general | $40 CFI members CLOSING NIGHT SPONSOR CENTERPIECE ENSEMBLE SPOTLIGHT SPONSOR CENTERPIECE SPOTLIGHT RECEPTION CL OSING NIGHT PARTY 9:00pm–11:00pm | Beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres 7:30pm–11:30pm | Live music by Afrolicious 152 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley 601 Murray Cir, Sausalito 7 TRIU B TE SPOTLIGHT NICOLE KIDMAN ENWA MCGREGOR Academy Award®-winning actress Nicole Kidman has established L aunching to independent film star status in the mid-1990s with a remarkable career composed of equal parts luminous Hollywood impressive back-to-back performances in two landmark Danny Boyle glamour and genuine dramatic talent. She has achieved worldwide films Shallow( Grave, Trainspotting), Ewan McGregor later propelled recognition through her work in To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut, The Others, to superstardom as young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel Moulin Rouge!, Cold Mountain, and many others, winning the Academy trilogy (1999–2005), while steadily building an exceptional career across Award for Best Actress for her powerful work in The Hours. In TV, she stage, television, and screen (Moulin Rouge!, Big Fish, Black Hawk Down, received an Emmy® nomination for her portrayal of Martha Gellhorn in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen). American Pastoral marks McGregor’s HBO’s Hemingway and Gellhorn. She continues to challenge herself as a directorial debut. risk-taking performer and contributes a beautifully nuanced supporting turn as the mother of an adopted boy in her latest film,Lion . A MERICAN PASTORAL LION US 2016, 126 min Director Ewan McGregor S eymour “Swede” Levov (Ewan McGregor) seems destined to have it Australia/UK/US 2016, 129 min Director Garth Davis all: the beautiful wife (Jennifer Connelly), an adored daughter (Dakota With skill and delicacy, director Garth Davis knocks it out of the park Fanning), a successful business.
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