AUTUMN ADAGIO [FUWAKU NO ADAGIO] FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER AT 9:30PM
A nun going through her menopause might sound like the punch-line of a joke you wouldn’t tell your mum, but Tsuki Inoue’s disarmingly beautiful film Autumn Adagio takes what could have so easily been a premise ripe for exploitation and makes from it a profoundly moving and utterly restrained masterpiece. Mariko, who is first seen absent-mindedly plucking the stamen from a bouquet of lilies, lives a cloistered, routine life. One day, confused by the way she is feeling, she takes a leap of faith and volunteers to play the piano for the local ballet school. Whilst working she becomes entranced by the instructor’s graceful movements in a scene that is both gently surreal and quietly erotic. Although she plays well, the instructor tries to encourage her to put more of herself into the music. Moriko, who has spent her life repressing her sexuality and emotions, decides to let them out for a short time before they are lost forever and we can’t help but be swept along with her new enthusiasm. From then on the film is by turns disturbing, tragic and uplifting as she learns to reengage with the world. More and more we start to see her without her habit, and the change is striking. The tension between religion and sexuality has been explored in many films, but rarely has it been handled with such sensitivity. DB
Country Japan Running Time 70 mins Format HDCam Director/Producer/ Screenplay Tsuki Inoue DoP Yosuke Omori Cast Rei Shibakusa, Peyton Chiba, Takuo Shibuya Print Source Dongyu Email [email protected]
104 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL BOYS ON THE RUN [BOIZU ON ZA RAN] FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 6:30PM
Boys on the Run stars Kazunobu Mineta (frontman for punk-rock band Ging Nang Boyz) as Tanishi, a 29-year-old virgin stuck in a menial position at a failing company. Tanishi’s idle existence of porn and fantasizing is thrown into disarray after a night of drunken flirtation with his co-worker Chiharu. Despite Tanishi’s repeated acts of self-sabotage it seems that nothing can drive Chiharu away. But when Aoyama, star salesman of a rival capsule company becomes a rival Tanishi vows to fight him for Chiharu’s honour. Playing a bit like the Japanese take on 40 Year Old Virgin, Boys on the Run is based on a manga by Kengo Hanazawa and is the debut feature film from successful theatre director Daisuke Miura. Chock full of deliciously awkward moments, the film also has a lot more depth than the average sex comedy, asking us to consider how and when exactly a boy becomes a man. On the run from the ever-looming threat of responsibility and maturity, Tanishi tries to explore his masculinity through sex and after that fails, through violence. Boys on the Run is both a hilariously demented sex comedy and a surprisingly touching almost-love story that repeatedly and ingeniously turns underdog clichés on their head. CP
Country Japan Running Time 114 mins Format 35mm Director/Screenplay Daisuke Miura Producer Yasuhiro Masaoka, Takeshi Sawa, Hitoshi Endo DoP Shinya Kimura Cast Kazunobu Mineta, Mei Kurokawa, Ryuhei Matsuda Print Source Amuse Soft Entertainment Email [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 105 GEIDAI SHORTS THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER AT 9:45PM
YOTSUYA ALPHA BETA [YOTSUYA IROHA] BRING ME UP [TSUMAMARERU KOMA] Japan RT 7 mins Format HDCam Director Nana Anzai Japan RT 6 mins Format HDCam Director/S’play Miki Producer Mitsuko Okamoto Print Source Nana Anzai Tanaka Prod Koji Yamamura E [email protected] Email [email protected] A boy feels like a piece on his parents’ board-game until one A girl becomes caught in a surreal world of Japanese characters day he decides to cut off his relationship with them.
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI [KENJA NO OKURIMO] ANTI-CHAOS [KYOHAKUTEKI NA CHITSO Japan RT 13 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay NI TSUITE NO KAERU] Toshikazu Ishii Producer Yuichi Ito Print Source Toshikazu Japan RT 4 mins Format HDCam Director/S’play Shino Ishii Email [email protected] Nagasako Producer Yuichi Ito E [email protected] An apprentice magician and his wife struggle to find the funds A frog wants to make his companions stand in a perfect line. to buy christmas presents for each other. CLIMBER GATHERING [SHUSHUKA NO SAMPO] Japan RT 6 mins Format HDCam Director/S’play Akifumi Japan RT 6 mins Format HDCam Director/S’play/DoP Nonaka Producer Mitsuko Okamoto E [email protected] Akiko Omi Prod Takehito Deguchi E [email protected] Climbers struggle to surmount an impossible stone pillar until A stroll through the park creates a scrapbook of memories in they learn to work as a swarm this inventive blend of live action and animation. PAPA GETTING DRESSED [FUKU WO KIRUMADE] Japan RT 4 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Kumi Japan RT 9 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Matsui Producer Takehito Deguchi E [email protected] Aico Kitamura Producer Koji Yamamura Print Source Aico A girl explores a formless world, leaving footprints on the sand. Kitamura Email [email protected] A woman who lives alone, looking after her bird is forced to face GOOGURI GOOGURI the world when her cereal runs out. Japan RT 8 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay/ DoP Yoshiko Misumi Producer Koji Yamamura Print Source WOMAN WHO STOLE FINGERS [YUBI WO Yoshiko Misumi Email [email protected] NUSUNDA ONNA] Googuri is secret word shared between a girl and her grandpa. Japan RT 4 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Saori Shiroki Producer Koji Yamamura Print Source Saori Shiroki Email [email protected] A boy who becomes separated from his mother is found by a strange woman who takes his fingers.
106 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL HI! OTSUKA DRUGSTORE SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 1:45PM
The cranky Otsuka presides over the shambolic drug store of PRESENTED BY the title like a griffon in her den, scaring off customers with her grating manner and flatulence. Either that or she can be found sleeping behind the counter. No wonder she’s being robbed left right and centre and it certainly doesn’t help that she seems unable to tell a customer from a burglar. But when a girl drops by the store every morning to buy a different coloured nail varnish the older woman recognises this as an attempt to attract a crush, and against her worse nature decides to help. Through Nakasaku’s attempts to land the object of her desires, Otsuka seeks to relive her own past and in particular the failed high-school romance that saw her betrayed by her match-maker twenty five years ago. As her past comes flooding back her stern demeanour begins to melt and her advice to Nakasaku softens. Told in vivid over-saturated flash backs, with over-the-top manga sensibility and wonky framing that fits the film’s sultry central character perfectly, debutant director Yuu Katsumata none-the-less brings the film to a surprisingly moving finale. This is a promising early work that suggests Katsumata may soon be making endearingly quirky comedies along with the best of the new wave of Japanese indie directors. AW
Country Japan Running Time 48 mins Format Beta SP Director/Screenplay Yu Katsumata Producer Tokyo Net Movie Festival DoP Takashi Sakuma Cast Aya Anoji, Kana Kobayashi, Mayuko Arisue
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 107 LOST AND FOUND WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 5:15PM
In a non-descript Japanese train station several random characters pass one another by, each struggling with life in some way: a European man retraces the steps of his grandfather in postwar Japan, a girl struggles with the urge to abandon her child, a blind woman photographs the world that she will never see, and a disgraced business man teeters on the platform’s edge. These characters all share the fact that they have lost something and their stories revolve around Mr Togashi who runs the station’s lost property office. Unlike many Japanese indie films its eccentric characters remain very believable and empathetic as they are brought together and broken apart by a series of lost objects, each of which is given tremendous emotional weight thanks to Nobuyuki Miyaki’s subtle plotting and gentle camera work. This seems to evoke Mr Togashi’s own philosophy as he chides his young associate for dismissing some of the items he cares for as trash, saying: ‘that’s not for you to decide. If it comes in here then it belongs to someone. It’s important.’ Miyaki’s self-assured debut feature is a charming drama of fleeting encounters, which fans of Shunji Iwai or Edward Yang will love. Despite its subtlety its themes will resonate long after you leave the cinema. DB
Country Japan Running Time 75 mins Format HDCam Director Nobuyuki Miyake Producer Hirotaka Asano Screenplay Maki Arai, Nobuyuki Miyake DoP Toshiharu Yaegashi Cast Shun Sugata, Tomoyuki Hatanaka, Kaori Fujii Print Source Nobuyuki Miyake Email [email protected]
108 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL LOST GIRL SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 8:15PM
A carefully observed depiction of mental illness with brilliantly PRESENTED BY nuanced central performances; Lost Girl’s restrained, non- judgemental tone makes it a powerful experience. Ryoko Tanabe was once a successful chef who ran a restaurant with her partner Daichi, but we first meet her in the film wrapped in blankets in her tiny bedroom, surrounded by junk food packets and vomiting into a bucket. She has bulimia. The film hints at various causes: perhaps it was triggered by the incident in which she accidentally poisons a customer, perhaps she’s motivated by a perverse sense of rebellion, or maybe it’s because she can’t have children? These things are never easily explained and the film is all the better for not trying to prescribe a solution or give a reason. For his part Daichi can’t accept the person she has become, and tries everything to get her back; begging her to eat, using psychological tactics and eventually brute force born out of desperation. Lost Girl is an acutely aware and sensitive portrayal of depression from first time director Daisuke Yamaoka, and the fantastically subtle performances from the two leads push the film even further. DB
Country Japan Running Time 63 mins Format Beta SP Director/Screenplay Daisuke Yamaoka Producer Mountain Cross DoP Masayoshi Kunimatsu Print Source Mountain Cross
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 109 LUNAR CHILD [RUNA NO KODOMO] THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER AT 5:45PM
Stark, brutally honest and beautifully shot, Lunar Child offers a observation upon the fleeting and transient experiences of three women who seek love, but cannot grasp it tightly enough. Their barren relationships contain only a little hope; each is seeking meaning in relationships that are ultimately doomed. ‘Her Story’ concerns a young woman and an older man who spend the night together by chance, sharing their pain and misery with each other: he is terminally ill with cancer, she is traumatized by a recent abortion and the crumbling relationship with her boyfriend. Mizuki is distancing herself from her girlfriend, Maho; she already has doubts about their two-week-old relationship. Having grown up with liberal attitudes towards sex, she is beginning to see love-making as a meaningless and empty pastime. Hikari is a writer and the breadwinner of the household, supporting her unemployed and emotionally dependent husband. When her dreams are dashed she is forced to face the reality of her life and relationships. Her attempts to rekindle her marriage, however, cast a gentle glow of hope on all the female protagonists. LC
Country Japan Running Time 108 mins Format HDV Director/Screenplay Akihiro Suzuki Producer Keiko Tanaka DoP Tsuyoshi Kawarazuka Cast Kanaha Saeki, Makiko Oku, Eri Iwamoto Print Source SIG Email [email protected]
110 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PURE ASIA SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 5:45PM
Pure Asia follows a nameless Japanese teenager at a time of extreme tension between Japan and North Korea. When a beautiful girl saves him from a mugging she drags him away and onto a train. Hoping to meet her again, the next day he waits outside the station to see if she comes past. When she does, he is shocked to see that she is in Korean dress. As the boy stands helplessly by she is surrounded by a group of Japanese students who bully and eventually kill her. After watching the funeral from afar, the boy meets the girl’s sister, almost identical to her in appearance but the polar opposite in attitude. Hell-bent on revenge against just about everyone, she drags the boy on a journey of vicious destruction and blind vengeance. The director has enticed fresh, invigorating performances from the actors and puts equal skill into the camera-work. Shot in stark black and white, Pure Asia is a road movie of grief in all its guises. Shocking, affecting and lent extra strength by it its political resonance, it’s a morality tale that shows us that the greatest evil of all comes from those who stand by and do nothing. CP
Country Japan Running Time 108 mins Format HDCam Director Ikki Katashima Producer Ikki Katashima, Naoto Monma, Kazuyuki Kitaki Screenplay Junichi Inoue DoP Atsuhiro Nabeshima Cast Hanae Kan, Shige Kasai Print Source Pictures Dept Email [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 111 USB FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER AT 7:15PM
Yuichiro, played with just the right amount of ennui by Watanabe PRESENTED BY Kazushi, is twenty six and lives with his mother, who wants him to follow in the footsteps of his recently deceased father and go to medical school. The lazy, feckless Yuichiro, however, dreams of becoming a director – not that he does much to move either career forward besides befriending the terminally ill filmmaker Fujimori. Instead, desperate to pay off the massive debt he’s incurred with loan shark Nanbaru, Yuichiro is eventually forced into becoming a test subject in a dangerous experiment. Fans of maverick Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa will find much to appreciate here; there’s the same atmosphere of impending doom, the plot driven by hidden motivations and surreal events, the theme of mortality, and even the presence of a mysterious centuries old tree. The film also shares with Kurosawa’s masterpiece Pulse the sense of a doomed generation with its focus on young protagonists. The film’s events, unremarkable and surreal alike, unfold against the backdrop of a major radiation leak from a nearby power plant – a suitable atmosphere for a cursed generation attempting to live in the nuclear age. DB
Country Japan Running Time 95 mins Format Beta SP Director/Screenplay Shutaro Oku Producer M6 Trance Picture Works DoP Yonaha Masayuki Cast Kazushi Watanabe, Kaori Momoi, Kazanobu Mineta, Nao Omor, Ren Osugi Print Source M6 Trance Picture Works
112 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL YELLOW KID SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 12:45PM
Tamura, inspired by the heroic figure of Yellow Kid in Iga Taro’s manga, decides to become a boxer and thus a hero himself. But the characters at the local gym are far from heroes; most are nothing more than petty thugs headed by aggressive punk kid Enomoto. When Taro decides to write a sequel to Yellow Kid he bases his character on Tamura, thus completing the cycle of influence and inspiration. Tamura does his best to fit Taro’s new character whilst squaring up to the violent thugs at the gym and trying to fit into a repressive culture. Pushed too far by Enomoto and society as a whole, Tamura begins taking his comic book persona too seriously as he struggles to make sense of the world around him. A world of run down boxing clubs, violent loan sharks, grizzled coaches and one young boxer with a dream. You could be forgiven for thinking that you’ve seen this one before. Add a manga artist searching for a boxer on which to base his latest comic and outbursts of exaggerated violence and you have a recipe that is uniquely Japanese. Yellow Kid is an intense viewing, trading thick and fast comic book imagery with stark, kinetic cinematography that marks the very best of Japanese independent film. CB
Country Japan Running Time 107 mins Format HDV Director/Screenplay Tetsuya Mariko Producer Takashi Hara DoP Yutaka Aoki Cast Kaname Endo, Ryo Iwase, Kazuki Namioka Print Source Chihiro Takano E [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 113 YURIKO’S AROMA SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 8:45PM
Yuriko is a mid-thirties aromatherapy masseuse who heals her PRESENTED BY customers with a sensitive touch and perfectly chosen aromas. She becomes troubled however, when she catches the scent of her boss’ nephew, the hormonal teenager Tetsuya. An odd love triangle develops as Yuriko becomes fixated on Tetsuya and a female client begins to reveal her crush on Yuriko. Wonderfully restrained direction follows Yuriko’s actions and decisions as she gives into her fetish and develops and awkward relationship with the much younger Tetsuya. Smell is a difficult sense to capture on camera but director Kota Yoshida succeeds with the help of a committed performance from lead actress Noriko Eguchi. Focused close-ups and delicate camera movement capture the surreally intimate scenes between Tetsuya and Yuriko. The Japanese film industry has a long history of sex cinema – ‘pink film.’ The success of Yuriko’s Aroma can be found in the way it tackles those issues without the pornographic content. Here then is a meditation on fetish, and the consequences of finally giving into it. Erotic but never explicit, it’ subjects lie outside the mainstream; rather it celebrates human sexual diversity and the satisfaction of desire. JB
Country Japan Running Time 73 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Kota Yoshida Producer Tsuyoshi Goto, Koichi Kusakabe, Keiko Kusakabe DoP Akitoshi Minami Cast Noriko Eguchi, Shota Sometani, Saori Hara, Jun Miho Print Source Makotoya Co Ltd Email [email protected]
114 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
ARMLESS MONDAY 4 OCTOBER AT 6:30PM & TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 3PM
John is a mild-mannered insurance executive who harbors a dark secret. His wife, Anna, on the other hand, believes she’s married to Mr. Normal with whom she fully expects to live out her version of the American Dream. John’s Mom believes she’s got an upstanding citizen of a son that she can fully depend on. It comes as a shock to both when he abruptly vanishes. Panic- stricken, Anna eventually tracks him down to an anonymous hotel room in New York where she’s faced with a disturbing reality: her husband – in a closet – with a chainsaw. John’s secret has unraveled to reveal a man who is preparing to act on a burning desire – to rid himself of his arms and replace them with nubbins. A quirky dark comedy, the film boasts great performances all round. Daniel London, in particular is never less than fully believable as John, the low-key eccentric who suffers from the real life condition – Body Integrity Identity Disorder – in which the sufferer believes that in order to feel whole he must have one or more limbs removed. This is a debut feature from director Habib Azar who directed his first TV soap at the age of 22 and has gone on to direct more than 100 hours of episodic television. The film is based on a stage play of the same name by screenwriter Kyle Jarrow. SB
Country USA Running Time 82 mins Director Habib Azar Producers Carla Stuart, Hsiano Bian Screenplay Kyle Jarrow DoP Orson Robbins-Pianka Cast Daniel London, Janel Moloney, Matt Walton Print Source Habib Azar E [email protected]
116 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FLOODING WITH LOVE FOR THE KID TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 6:45PM
Flooding with Love for the Kid is debut director Zachary Oberzan’s bold retelling of the story of Rambo, made famous by Sylvester Stallone and based on the novel, First Blood by David Morrell. But that’s just about where any similarity ends. Oberzan’s one-man epic was shot on a sub-shoestring budget of 96 dollars. All of the action takes place in the directors’ 200 square foot Manhattan apartment with Oberzan acting out all the roles himself. Inspired by Rambo’s zeal, he also acted as his own one-man crew. The director embraces his self-imposed limitations to go on to tell a story that despite some dodgy props and locations – a paper cup becomes a megaphone, his bathtub serves as a river, his fireplace and a couple of twigs denote a forest – is still riveting. An extreme low budget film like you’ve never seen before, Flooding with Love for the Kid has received glowing reviews following its premiere showcase at the Anthology Film Archive in NY, described as an ‘outsider-cinema mastepiece’ (Time Out) with The Guardian claiming it was an ‘assault on the notion that high production values are necessary for compelling storytelling’. SB
Country USA Running Time 106 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay/DoP/ Cast/Print Source Zachary Oberzan Email [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 117 HELENA FROM THE WEDDING WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 9:15PM
Out in the snowy countryside a pair of newlyweds, Alice and Alex, play host to six old friends to see in the New Year. All together again, the couples drink, play games and catch up, gradually revealing more about their fractured relationships and the unspoken connections between them. When the young English model, Helena, turns up unexpectedly, a secret history between her and Alex begins to be revealed. As the film develops the fault lines in every relationship are explored; Nick has left his wife for another woman but now finds himself without either; Dom’s marriage to Lynn is descending into backbiting and disrespect; Alice and Alex are both troubled by the presence of Helena. Debut director Joseph Infantolino spins an enthralling web of social transactions around the viewer, leaving it up to the audience to judge where their allegiances lie. The cast fully convince as a group of young professionals inwardly questioning the decisions they have made – gripping and realistic Helena from the Wedding unflinchingly dissects marriage in modern-day America. PT
Country USA Running Time 89 mins Director/Screenplay Joseph Infantolino Producer Alexa Fogel DoP Stephen Kazmierski Cast Dagmara Dominczyk, Paul Fitzgerald, Dominic Fumusa P/S Joseph Infantolino E [email protected]
118 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INCREDIBLY SMALL SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 6:45PM & SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 10:30AM
Dean Peterson’s Minneapolis set feature debut describes itself as a 300 square foot love story; the setting may be incredibly small but it packs an incredibly big punch. When Emir and Anne move into their new apartment their fledging relationship immediately comes under strain. Anne is far from impressed with the studio flat’s ‘rustic charm’ (which seems to be another word for rising damp) and things only get worse when her parents arrive and conclude that their daughter has moved in with an imbecile. But if Emir is an eternal man-child then Anne is overbearing and idealistic, and the audience’s sympathy is skilfully bounced back and forth thanks to Peterson’s incredibly sharp script, which draws the utmost amount of pathos and humour. The cracks in the young couple’s relationship are fully prised open when their neighbour Tom, a Seinfield-esque college professor with wonderful hair, takes a shine to Anne and throws all of Emir’s faults into stark relief, even more so when his old friend Brian turns up on his doorstep with stories of how much dope ‘Eagle’ used to smoke in high school. DB
Country USA Running Time 83 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Dean Peterson Producers Dean Peterson, James Francis Flynn, Britni West DoP Adam Ginsberg Cast Stephen Gurewitz, Susan Burke, Alex Karpovsky Print Source Dean Peterson Email [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 119 THE LAKE EFFECT TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 9.10PM & WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 1:45PM
Rob is trying to get his latest business venture off the ground when his wife drags him away to his father’s old lakeside house for a month-long holiday. A few days in and his estranged eighteen-year-old daughter from a previous relationship turns up nine months pregnant. As they all struggle to work out what will become of the child, tensions in their relationship become apparent. With the baby just days away Rob desperately tries to SOMEWHERE NEVER TRAVELED hold onto his holiday, manage his broody wife, plan a future for USA 6 mins Format DVCPro Director/ his daughter and close a crucial business deal. S’play Ben Garchar Producer Douglas This is a classic American indie film, made with a small crew Schwartz DoP Matthew Beck Cast Alexander Michael, Taylor Cloyes, and fantastic locations. The interior of the modern lakeside house Jonathan Barajas P/Source B Garchar is beautifully shot, interspersed with some stunning photography One one love. Only one take. And then of the lake and its surrounds. The script is wonderfully what? constructed; every character brings a different perspective on life and love to the film and they clash in wonderfully delicate, subtle ways. Smart, funny and tender, the dialogue is brought to life by nuanced performances from all the actors. The Lake Effect is a film about growing up and taking responsibility for your actions. As mistakes and decisions are echoed through the generations, this family has a chance to come together or fracture forever. JB
Country USA Running Time 93 mins Director/Screenplay Tara Miele Producer Jennifer Westin DoP Brett Juskalian Cast Ross Partridge, Tara Summers, Kay Panabaker Print Source Jennifer Westin Email [email protected]
120 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL LOVERS OF HATE MONDAY 4 OCTOBER AT 8:30PM & TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 1:45PM
Kicked out by his wife Diana and without a steady job, Rudy is living in his car, showering in carwashes and stolen faucet water. When his successful writer brother Paul comes to town Rudy is desperate to prove he isn’t a total failure and tries to persuade Diane to pretend that they are still together. Their sibling rivalry is still strong and Rudy can’t bear to give Paul any more ammunition to bully him with. When the ruse collapses Rudy leaves, heading for a ski-lodge retreat. He hopes to work on his own novel, Lovers of Hate, but his plans are disrupted when Paul and Diane arrive. Rudy decides to remain hidden and becomes something of a ghostly presence in the house, leaving only occasional clues – the unflushed toilet – to his presence. As the film turns into a game of cat-and-mouse the two brothers rivalry turns vicious and the tone is expertly balanced between comedy and thriller. Lovers of Hate is a modern American tragi-comedy; designed to make you laugh, squirm and pity its characters. Brilliant direction keeps the cat-and-mouse game under tight control and the cinematographer does an excellent job of creating a claustrophobic locale. LC
Country USA Running Time 93 mins Format HDV Director/Screenplay Bryan Poyser Producer Megan Gilbride DoP David Lowery Cast Chris Doubek, Heather Kaska, Alex Karpovsky Print Source IFC Films Email [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 121 ON HOLIDAY THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER AT 6:30PM & FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 3:15PM
Peyton and his girlfriend decide to take their shot at the big dream. She’s an aspiring actor and he’s an electronic musician, and if there’s anywhere they’re going to make it big, it’s Los Angeles. However innocent their intentions are when they arrive in LA, they become firmly ensconced in a circle of friends that love nothing more than losing themselves in a serious drug party. They are immersed in a world of indulgence and intimacy that puts themselves, and their relationship, through the ringer. On Holiday is a whirlwind of personalities and interactions filmed from party to party as the couple interacts and evolves with their new big city friends. On Holiday is instead all about the private lives of the couple and how they unwittingly adapt to their ever-complicated new social scene. Focusing on Peyton the film maps his efforts and failures as he navigates this complex new world of experiences that he is completely unequipped to deal with. Amidst the lunatic antics of their Los Angeles parties, however is a close examination of two young people realising that they may finally need to grow up. SS
Country USA Running Time 85 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Brian McGuire Producer Bret Roberts, Logan Sparks DoP Jared Bariva Cast Whitmer Thomas, Jenn June Ross, Tipper Newton Print Source Brian McGuire
122 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL TREASURE OF THE BLACK JAGUAR SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 8PM & SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 7PM
Two best friends have a great idea – a get-rich-quick scheme which promises great returns. They quickly escape the grasp of their mother and girlfriend but land themselves behind bars, almost as quickly as they left. In the Mexican jail a man offers them two options, to stay there ‘and get arse-raped’, or escape with him on condition they help him find a secret treasure, the Black Jaguar. It quickly emerges that they might end up paying the ultimate price for their multi-million dollar cut. The cast at this film’s core seem destined for big things, with brooding Cameron van Hoy co-starring as one of the boys after a fast-buck, but also co-producing the film and co-writing the screenplay with director Mike Bruce. Michael Drayer – who plays the other half of the calamitous pair – is an adept comic companion to Van Hoy’s straight man role. Panoramic portrayals of desert endurance are interspersed with visual and verbal humour that flows thick and fast – as do lashings of blood, ensuring the boys’ classic plaid shirts are thoroughly smattered and sullied by their desert adventure. Sped-up sequences, innovative camera angles and bold saturated colours combine to immerse the viewer in this dizzying escapade, culminating in a film that is funny, trendy and laced with gore. AM
Country USA Running Time 93 mins Format HDCam Director Mike Bruce Producers Cameron Van Hoy Screenplay Mike Bruce, Cameron Van Hoy DoP Salvador Lleo de la Fe Cast Cameron Van Hoy, Michael Drayer, Timothy Murphy P/S Cameron Van Hoy E [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 123 VACATION! SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 8PM
Returning to Raindance a year on from Modern Love Is Automatic, maverick director/writer Zach Clark takes us on a wild ride to the seaside accompanied by four hormonal young women. Inviting her three old college friends on a week long vacation, Sugar arranges to take over a friend’s beach house in North Carolina. Lorelei is still hung up on her ex-boyfriend Dave, whilst glamazon Dee-Dee is caught up in a lesbian affair. Meanwhile Donna dodges all advances in order to remain single. Spending their days dressing up in blonde wigs to go shopping, getting high and hanging out with the local drug dealer, the breezy tone is abrubtly darkened when a girl is found dead after a night of partying. Clark reprises the talents of his last film, Maggie Ross in the role of Sugar and the statuesque Melodie Sisk as Dee-Dee. Trieste Kelly Dunn, recently voted one of 25 new faces to watch by Filmmaker magazine, plays Donna and Lydia Hyslop appears as Lorelei. Clark has developed his own retro style which, during the acid sequence, is doused with saturated colour for an almost hyper-realist aesthetic. He also collides digital images with those of the girls’ camcorders to create a breezy post punk feel that singles him out as a director to keep an eye on. SB
Country USA Running Time 95 mins Format HDCam Director/Screenplay Zach Clark Producer Zach Clark, Daryl Pittman, Melodie Sisk DoP Daryl Pittman Cast Trieste Kelly Dunn, Lydia Hyslop, Maggie Ross, Melodie Sisk Print Source Candy Castle Motion Pictures LLC Email [email protected]
124 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 12:15PM
Shot over a three year period and extracted from 300 hours of footage, this documentary is about the Afghan officers tasked with creating a national army and the American soldiers there to mentor them. This process is the heart of the US exit strategy: a functioning army must be set up in order for US troops to withdraw. The enormity of this task is made clear; most who sign up are impoverished and illiterate, having grown up in refugee camps and their motives are sometimes dubious. Problems arise as the Americans lose patience when some soldiers co-operate with the Taliban and the Afghans are frustrated by high turnover and lack of stability from their advisors. The film centres on the battle-weathered General Sayar, who has been a soldier in the Afghan army since age 13. Wary of the Americans his trust is eventually won by the sincere Colonel Shute. It is inspiring to see these men from such different backgrounds learning to work together and, despite cultural and language barriers, forming a strong emotional bond. This is an insightful and important documentary which refreshingly avoids sensationalism. Instead it gives an intimate, unbiased portrayal of the everyday realities of the American effort in Afghanistan, from the tragic to the mundane. SE
Country USA Running Time 88 mins Director Carol Dysinger Producer Jeff Levy- Hintie, Dallas Brennan Rexer Print Source Carol Dysinger
126 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THE CUTTING TRADITION: INSIGHTS INTO FEMALE GENITAL… WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 6PM
The cutting tradition focuses on the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM), a custom, which appears barbaric to the westernised eye but it is still practiced in many African and some Middle-Eastern countries. Despite being illegal in many of the places where it is practiced, FGM continues to be administered to very young women, often even little girls. In the majority of cases it exposes them to medical and psychological problems from which they sometimes never recover. This film is a balance and non-judgmental exploration into the reason for FGM which find their roots in religious cultural and historical grounds. Natives of Burkina Faso, Egypt and Ethiopia express their opinions and points of view both in support and against FGM. Their authentic, undiluted statements highlight the difficulty of resolving an issue that is deeply rooted in their cultures. Commissioned by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Cutting Tradition is narrated by Meryl Streep, with footage of traditional wedding celebrations and a shocking scene which follows a young girl experiencing FGM. Streep’s narration takes us through this journey in a delicate and non- judgmental way which, coupled with the astounding direction by Nancy Durell McKenna and John Howarth. MP
Country Burkina Faso/Djibouti,/Egypt/Ethiopia/UK Running Time 47 mins Director Nancy Durrell McKenna, John Howarth Producer Nancy Durrell McKenna Screenplay/DoP John Howarth Narrator Meryl Streep Print Source Nancy Durrell McKenna Email [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 127 ROUGE CIEL SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 3.45PM
French artist Dubuffet coined the term ‘art brut’ to describe works created outside of the conventional parameters of the art world. Established in the 1940s art brut was created by those who rejected preconceptions of art and a number of its contributors were clinically insane asylum inhabitants. The term primarily referred to the manner in which the pieces were created, through impulses, rather than from visual or stylistic guidelines. CATO IN WONDERLAND
Among those whose contributions are explored, we learn UK 5 mins Format HD Director/ about Fernand Desmoulin, the early 20th century French artist Producer/Screenplay/DoP/Print who drew in darkness, believing his hands were guided by spirits Source Cato Heath l while producing his works. Elsewhere and in the present day, A light-hearted and funny documentary American-born George Widener has memorized events from the short. A typical day in the life of Cato Heath, a 21-year-old college student last 2,000 years, and uses these memories to predict the future, living with cerebral palsy. committing his visions to ‘magic squares’ on a paper tablecloth. Director Bruno Decharme has an absolute passion for his subject, and he has approached this exploration of art brut in a highly imaginative fashion. Rouge Ciel provides an informative and educational analysis throughout. This film will be certain to appeal to art brut fans but it is also a celebration of humanity and the artistic impulse and that makes it accessible to all. CP
Country France Running Time 93 mins Director/Screenplay/DoP Bruno Decharme Producer Barbara Safarova Featuring Zdenek Kosek, Kunizo Matsumoto, George Widener Print Source Bruno Decharme Email [email protected]
128 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THE SOUND OF MUMBAI: A MUSICAL THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER AT 5:30PM
The opening shot of the sprawling, cramped Mumbai slums accompanied by the cheerful voice of Julie Andrews is the kind of contradiction that Sarah McCarthy’s insightful documentary is built around. Following a group of slum children rehearsing for a performance of the world’s favourite musical at the prestigious and affluent National Centre of the Performing Arts she skilfully juxtaposes the worlds of Mumbai’s wealthier class with that of its famous slums. McCarthy focuses her film on one boy, Ashish, upon whom Slumdog Millionaire’s protagonist could so easily have been based. Ashish dreams of a wealthy patron and perhaps even a beautiful upper-class girlfriend after he wins the glory of a few solo lines. His family make no secret of their hope that Ashish, with his command of English and new exposure, can be the one to take them out of the slums. Ultimately India’s rigid social structure isn’t going to be overthrown overnight by a musical but for those few involved it represents a precious opportunity to just maybe better their lives. McCarthy is careful not to let the film become swept away in their optimism however, she is always aware of the distance between dreams and reality. DB
Country UK Running Time 65 mins Format DigiBeta Director Sarah McCarthy Producer Joe Walters DoP Liam Iandoli Print Source Sarah McCarthy
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 129 STOLEN SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 4:45PM
Every week the UN organises family reunions in refugee camps across Western Sahara. Fetim is a young mother of three, who filmmakers Daniel Fallshaw and Violeta Ashawa document as she attempts to organise the week long reunion with her mother. In what starts as a feel-good family reunion, she discusses life in the camps and reluctantly delves into a forbidden subject, one of modern day slavery, and the enslavement of the black community. The camera quickly turns on the two Australian filmmakers as they try to discuss the issue with the UN refugee agency and soon afterwards are pursued by the Polisario Front police who scour the camp in the search of their hidden tapes. Fascinatingly shot, what started as a simple reunion turns into a story which sees the filmmakers escaping the country and being followed into France. What makes Stolen an even more important document, are the issues which ensued following the film’s premiere in Sydney, with the Polisario flying out the protagonists to protest against the filmmakers and state they had been forced to lie. Since then Polisario Front have tried to block screenings of the film, with several festivals dropping it as a result and most recently a festival in Norway was taken to court over the right to screen the film. XR
Country Australia Running Time 77 mins Format HDCam Directors/Screenplay/ DoPs Violeta Ayala, Dan Fallshaw Producer Tom Zubrycki, Violeta Ayala, Dan Fallshaw, Deborah Dickson P/S United Notions Film E [email protected]
130 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 5:45PM
There Once Was an Island follows the small community that inhabits the tiny Polynesian island of Takuu, and their personal engagement with the effects of rising sea levels. Only half a kilometre long and one metre above sea level, Takuu’s salty, poisoned gardens and rapid coastal erosion are the first signs of sea-level rise, which threatens to destroy this community and its culture. After a bad tidal flood, the community are torn between HOW GREEN WAS OUR VALLEY resettling to the mainland of Bougainville, or to stay, and face an Iran 32 mins Format BetaCam Director uncertain future, possibly watching their paradise disintegrate. Fereshth Joghataei Producer/DoP Life on the mainland is very different from the Takuu and Touraj Aslani E [email protected] adapting to a cash economy will irreversibly change their culture. Somewhere in dusty rural Iran a dam Briar March’s stunningly poignant eco-documentary follows the has been built and the water is rising. 63 villagers are being forced to relocate, but decisions of Taaku’s inhabitants. Some, like Teloo, are intent on don’t even understand what is happening, staying; hoping to salvage their culture. Others, like Satty, believe so turn to the shrine to pray for salvation. the best decision is to move to the mainland, aware of the island’s dwindling ability to sustain life. Whether you are an avid believer or a sceptic about the effects of global warming becomes a moot point – this is a film about a society struggling to decide its future when it meets the implacable force of nature. LC
Country New Zealand/Papua New Guinea Running Time 85 mins Format HDV Director/DoP Briar March Producer Lyn Collie Print Source Lyn Collie E [email protected]
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 131 THIS WAY OF LIFE FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 6:15PM
A unique and intimate portrait of family solidarity, This Way of Life follows the Maori Karena family as they rise to meet the challenges threatening to destabilize their rural lifestyle. Shot over four years, the documentary charts one couple’s refusal to concede their values to seemingly insurmountable troubles. With six children and fifty horses, Peter and Colleen somehow remain philosophical through arson, miscarriage and theft, dedicating SKYLIGHT themselves to the idyllic and isolated life they have chosen for UK 5 mins Format HDCam Director/ themselves and their children. Screenplay/DoP David Bass Shot against the jaw-achingly beautiful backdrop of New Producers David Bass, Sean Craig Cast Jason Groh Print Source David Bass Zealand’s Ruahine ranges, lush greens and mist-laced horizons become a peaceful anchor to familial drama. With knowing skill, An animated mock documentary about the ecological plight of penguins in the Tom Burnstyn’s camerawork is subtle and understated, allowing Antarctic, possibly foretelling cataclysmic the philosophies of Peter and Colleen to resonate with honesty results for the rest of the world. against the mountainous backdrop. As her fearless offspring ride bareback along empty beaches, Colleen’s worry that she is raising her children ‘to be disappointed’ by what lies outside their childhood seems at once understandable and ridiculous. Insightful yet unobtrusive, This Way of Life is a masterful exploration of the Karena’s unbreakable spirits, and their admirable refusal to compromise. JK
Country New Zealand Running Time 85 mins Director/DoP Thomas Burstyn Producer Barbara Sumner Burstyn Print Source Julie Rouyer Email [email protected]
132 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THE VICE GUIDE TO LIBERIA THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER AT 8:45PM
Liberia is the fourth poorest country in the world. Its massively turbulent recent history, various coups and horrifically brutal civil wars have left a devastating legacy of poverty and violence. With ex-president Charles Talyor currently on trial for war crimes at The Hague, Shane Smith sets out to investigate the state of the country and find out what has become of the civil war’s remaining warlords. Smith and his intrepid crew venture into Liberia’s capital, and there is an overarching feeling that they are genuinely in danger as they are often forced to flee from seemingly perilous situations. Things get particularly hairy when the team visit a brothel at night in ‘West Point’. The film focuses on Joshua Blahyi, formerly a ferociously violent warlord known as General Butt Naked (he was known for fighting naked), now an evangelist preacher and supposedly a reformed man. An interesting dynamic develops between Smith and the charismatic, but clearly sociopathic Blahyi. This is intense viewing, in keeping with Vice’s proclivity for extreme subject matter. It is an insightful and disturbing film which ultimately raises the question of what the future holds for Liberia. SE
Country UK Running Time 60 mins Format DV Director/Producer/DoP Shane Smith, Andy Capper Print Source VBS
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 133 WHEN THE WORLD BREAKS TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 3:45PM
When the World Breaks, follows the Great Depression that hit America in 1929., and explores the belief that men who survive tragedy and crisis can become stronger thanks to them. When the World Breaks features a collage of rare footage from the time, together with interviews and testimonies of those who lived through it. Robert F. Boyle, Jerry Stiller, Mickey Rooney, Richard Anderson and Paul Dooley, tell us how they found SIEGE OF THE END HILL FARM ways to overcome the hardship when everything seemed to be UK 3 mins Format Red Director/ doomed and what they learnt from the experience. The director, Producer/Screenplay Charlie Graley musician and filmmaker Hans Fjellestad says he jumped at the DoP David Groundwater Cast Pat Hodges, Spencer Edwards, Neil Chester chance to dig into such a formative period in American society, Print Source Charlie Graley art and identity and explore what turned out to be a period of This is the true story of the late John extraordinary creativity and innovation. Collingborn who stood up to the What this documentary proves is that those scars are a crucial authorities over the Agricultural Training part of the human experience. In light of today’s circumstances, Levy in 1970. in a world deeply affected by the recession, the message sent here becomes even more relevant. Despite its subject matter, When the World Breaks interesting, touching and even humorous testimonies make for an uplifting and inspiring film. MP
Country USA Running Time 84 mins Director/DoP Hans Fjellestad Producer Joe Mundo Featuring Jerry Stiller, Phyllis Diller, Buzz Aldrin Print Source Joe Mundo Email [email protected]
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LIFE+ COYOTE DREAM Running Time 11 mins Format H264 Director/Screenplay Running Time 8 mins Director/Screenplay Alex Blackwood Daniel Broadley DoP Anthony Thornton Cast Robert Paget Animation on the origins of mythical creatures. One persons kindness has the power to save another’s life. MODERNITY OF BLOOD AND WATER (EXCERPT) Running Time 8 mins Format H264 Director Alex Thornton Running Time 32 mins Format DV/Super-8mm Director/ The contrast between natural and urban landscapes explored. Screenplay Amanda Buckley Producer Patricia Bruen Peter and his mother escape their abusive stepfather. STAFF Running Time 13 mins Format HDV Director Sergei Kuzin A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL A species reliant on technology is questioned. Country UK/Chagos Islands Running Time 16 mins Format DVCam Director/Producer/Screenplay Phil Birchall SWITCH The government’s expulsion of the poor into small islands. Running Time 4 mins Format Super-16mm Director/DoP Alex Thonton Producer/Screenplay Alex Blackwood Cast INSOMNIA (CATCH A RAT) Graham Sessions Running Time 4 mins Format DVCam Director/Producer/ A man dreams in colour in a world of black and white. Screenplay Sean Page An experimental and mathematical examination of insomnia. A TIME FOR EVERYTHING Running Time 4 mins Format Super-16mm Directors Tim KAREN Marks, Steven Barrett Producer Patricia Bruen Running Time 9 mins Format HDV Dir/Pro/Screenplay Experimental approach to exploring life and the organic space Patricia Bruen, Steve Barrett, Katy McLean, Robbie Doran in which we live. An intimate look at individuals with learning difficulties. TOM & JENNA EMILY Running Time 10 mins Format DV Director/Producer/ Running Time 9 mins Format DVCam Director/Producer/ Screenplay Kelsey Fox Cast Tom Priest, Jenna Margetts Screenplay Sean Page Cast Heidi Dorschler, Karen Turton A look at today’s British youth culture. A girl struggles with her boyfriend’s death. IN SEARCH OF BEARS PLYMTOPIA Country UK/Canada Running Time 15 mins Format DV Running Time 1 min Format Super 8mm Director/Producer/Screenplay Peter Cayless Something stirs in a barren landscape. Documentary following orphaned bears in Canada.
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 137 NOVA EXPRESS FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER AT 5:15PM
DREAMLAND EXTRAORDINARY TOYS Country Canada Ft 35mm Writer/Director David Marriott Director/Prod/S’play Toby Dale Email [email protected] Producer Nathan Oliver E [email protected] When you’re young, your toys can do extraordinary things. Cross betwen Hollywood mythology & crime scene photography. THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET OVER YOUR MR BRADLEY MR MARTIN HEAR US THROUGH THE DEPRESSION HOLE IN THIN AIR Director/Producer Domitien Chen E [email protected] Director/Prod Greig Johnson Screenplay/Cast William Burroughs Email [email protected] THE EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS OF THE An alien agent is called home in this visually layered, EXTRAORDINARY GIRL expressionistic adaptation of William S Burroughs’ 1965 poem. Director/Producer Lucie Lamy E [email protected] Even extraordinary dreams can come true. ZYMOTIC AMAUROSIS: CONTAGIOUS ARBITRARY BLIND MANHATTAN 4.33 PM Ft 16mm Director/Prod Ozan Adam E [email protected] Writer/Director /DoP/Producer Lizzie Oxby Cast John Recordings taken through the eyes of an astronaut. Taylor Print Source Lizzie Oxby Email [email protected] A daydream to remind you of NYC’s skyline. THE GOLDFISH [ZLATÁ RYBKA] Dir/DoP Jacob Mendel E [email protected] GIVE YOUR ORDINARY SOMETHING EXTRA Set in Prague the lives of a man, a cat, and a goldfish intersect. Director Eben Bolter Producers/Cast Eben Bolter, Bobby Taylor Contact Eben Bolter Email [email protected] DEAR FRIEND Director/S’play Don Brosnan Email [email protected] CLOWN SHOWDOWN A man seeks resolution by tapping into the foreign and feminine Director Kevin Curtis E [email protected] aspects of his emotional life. A girl squares up to a clown in a cul-de-sac. It’s payback time.
FATUM CLOSE TO HOME Director Pablo Millan E [email protected] Director/DoPJason Robbins E [email protected] Fatum is the boundless force of opposition against free will. A scout robot explores its world.
MIKE 360 THE PRICE WE PAY Dir/DoP Peter Bunzl Cast Mike Hayes E [email protected] Dir J Steam S’play J Alice E [email protected] A 360 degree pixilation and time slice extravaganza How do you stamp your identity and personal style?
138 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL OFF THE RAILS – AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY SOMEWHERE NEVER TRAVELLED Country UK Director/Screenplay Jack H Hancox Director Ben Garchar E [email protected] A journey into freedom to an abandoned railway line. Only one love. Only one take. And then what?
SOMETIMES THE UNDERDOG WINS RADIO GIRL (UNDERGROUND MELODY) Director/Producer/DoP Edward Bryson Cast Andrew Pert- DirectorRonni Thomas DoP Eric Giovan Cast Vickers ‘Bastard’ jogger, Sebastian Slick the Snail E [email protected] Gringo, Legs Malone, Noble Robinette E [email protected]
THE PICK UP HALKKE 9 Dir Caz Kennedy Cast Tom Ardley E [email protected] Director Richard Yung Cast Laura Wadell, Tom Bonington, Ian Tom gets a text that sends him on a mission every man dreads. Swann E [email protected] A parody of a 1950s kitchen appliance commercial. THE UNQUIET MIND – EUPHORIAL Director Robbie Chihwen Lo Email [email protected] PRODUCT One dancers euphoric mood swings. Director/Producer/DoP Johan Mard Cast Ben Andrews,Pia Olmeadhra E [email protected] NO PLACE LIKE HOME Two outer-city youths talk about love and skin care. Director/Producer Peilin Kuo Email [email protected] A baby tries to find his way home. THE ACTRESS WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH HERSELF Director Martin Gooch DoP Martin Gooch, Anna Carrington SHAKE IT Cast Elena Byers, Jo Byers E [email protected] Director/DoP Christopher Swank Producer John Raftery Screenplay Rodney Raftery E [email protected] –C– A substitute aerobic instructor has some fresh ideas. Director Steffan Boje E [email protected] A cucumber talks about its ordeal in life. SIEGE OF THE END HILL FARM Director Charlie Graley E [email protected] RIBBON The true story of the late John Collingborn who stood up to the Director Joe Marcantonio E [email protected] authorities over the Agricultural Training Levy in 1970. A young couple ask for permission to marry.
CATO IN WONDERLAND SKYLIGHT Country UK Dir Cato Heath E [email protected] Director David Baas E [email protected] A day in the life of Cato, a student living with cerebral palsy. The ecological plight of penguins in the Antarctic
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 139 RISKY LIAISONS SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 2PM
IN THE MEADOW KARMA – A VERY TWISTED LOVE STORY Country UK RT 12 mins Ft HDCam Director/Screenplay Country USA RT 12 mins Ft Digibeta Director Kevin Foong Dave Alexander Smith Producer Nicola Clayton DoP Jonathan Producer Andreas Hager Screenplay Timothy Covell, Harvey Cast Chris Larkin, Tuppence Middleton Print Source Kevin Foong DoP Aksel Stasny Cast Micah Kaneko,Rila Ai Nicola Clayton Email [email protected] Fukushima, Shuya Chang Print Source Kevin Foong Email A married man and his younger mistress head into the English [email protected] countryside for an illicit birthday picnic. As the afternoon When the dashing Kazu meets the quirky Rei, he finds the progresses, events take a disturbing turn. love he thought he could never have. But can their romance overcome the fragility of their own natures? TRANSPARENT [TRANSPARENTE] Country Belgium RT 12 mins Ft Digibeta Director/ SILENT THINGS Screenplay Sammy Fransquet Producer Charlotte Joulia Country UK RT 12mins Ft HDCam Director Rob Brown DoP Jeremy Tondeur Cast Anne-Pascale Clairembourg, Olivier Producer Adam Merryfield Screenplay Rob Brown, Edward Massart Contact Sammy Fransquet E [email protected] Jackson DoP Justin Brown Cast Georgia Groome, Antonia Eve has an unusual problem; people in the streets bump into Campbell-Hughes, Andrew Scott Print Source Rob Brown her, cameras are unable to photograph her. Can her doctor help? Email [email protected] The friendship between an autistic man and woman is tested ANNIE GOES BOATING when an impulsive teenage girl comes between them Country USA RT 10 mins Ft DCP Director Noel Paul Producer Apryl Richards, Joy Saez Screenplay Katie Freeze, RETREAT Noel Paul DoP Michael Ragen Cast Alessandra Torresani, Country UK RT 11 mins Ft Digibeta Director Simon Richards Alycia Delmore, Davie Blue E [email protected] Producer Augusto Da Rocha, Simon Richards Screenplay A laconic portrait of a girl on a picnic in the park with her friends. Paul Richards DoP Phil Becque Cast Singad Beary, Sinead Shot in stereo 3-d, the film provides a restrained yet immersive Beary, Mark Killeen Print Source Simon Rickards Email glimpse into the group dynamics of this boating party. [email protected] When a couple take a trip to the country to save their failing THE BEEKEEPER marriage, they get far more than they bargained for. Country USA RT 27 mins Ft HDCam Director/Producer/ Screenplay Sean Jourdan DoP Kuba Zelazek Cast Michael Ward, Michelle Mueller, Oksana Fedunsyzn Print Source Sean Jourdan Email [email protected] When his son’s girlfriend becomes pregnant as a result of their affair, a beekeeper must sacrifice his integrity for his iniquity.
140 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL BEST UK SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 6:15PM
THE GOLDEN BOY STORAGE Country UK RT 15 mins Ft Red Director Craig Pickles Country UK RT 15 mins Ft 16mm Director/Screenplay David Screenplay Robert Jones DoP Sol Saihati Producer Daniel Lea DoP Piers Leigh Producer Kasia Skibinska Cast Tom Bishop Cast Philip Jackson, Michael Jibson, Bhasker Patel Hughes, Steve Lello P/S David Lea E [email protected] Print Source Craig Pickles Email [email protected] If you lived in a world only you understood, would you know if Two men follow the trail blazed by The Great Fire of London. someone was trying to help? All around them history. Between them, a secret. Ahead of them, death. DUST Country UK RT 10 mins Ft Super 16mm Director/DoP Ben WATCHING Lavington Martin Screenplay Jon Spira Producer Hank Starrs Country UK RT 14 mins Ft Red Director Max Myers S’play Cast William Hope Print Source Ben Lavington Martin Email Nico Mensinga DoP Dan Stafford-Clark Producer Ben Hilton [email protected] Cast Ian Hart, Charlie Cattrall, Susannah Fielding Print Source An astronaut begins to reflect upon his life and his place in the Dakus Films Email [email protected] universe after he is left stranded on the surface of the moon. Opportunities present themselves for the briefest of moments. If you miss them, they don’t come back. STANLEY PICKLE Country UK RT 11 mins Director Vicky Mather Producer NATURAL SELECTION Justine Watson DoP John Lee Cast Drew Caiden, Haruka Abe, Country UK RT 20 mins Ft 16mm Director/Screenplay Brett Nadia Morgan P/S Vicky Mather Email [email protected] Foraker DoP Mark Patten Producer Gwilym Gwillim, Annabel Stanley never goes outside. He likes to play with his clockwork Ridley Cast Simon Callow, James D’Arcy Print Source Zung toys and every night his mother kisses him goodnight. Stanley is Packer Email [email protected] twenty. Stanley thinks this is all quite normal, until an encounter ‘Professor Gwyndon, my name is John Henry Wilson and I with a mysterious girl turns his world upside down. have come to kill you.’ In a tense philosophical thriller, renowned atheist Ted Gwyndon returns from a book tour to find that an intruder awaits.
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 141 RELATIVE STATES SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER AT 1:30PM
ARITHMETIC, ANNIE’S LIFE IN LONDON ANY LITTLE THING Country Canada RT 13 mins Ft DVCPro Director/Screenplay Country Israel RT 11 mins Ft HDV Director Ma’ayan Rypp Michal Lavi Producer Michal Lavi, Kathleen Yee, Jennifer Screenplay Anat Gafni DoP Omri Shenhar Producer Noa Bysterveld DoP Ian Lister Cast Sarah Lind, Tye Evans, Kamryn Freiman Cast Efrat Gosh, Howard Rypp, Eden Luttenberg Print Roy P/S Michal Lavi E [email protected] Source Ma’ayan rypp Email [email protected] One may be the loneliest number, but it’s compromise-free A father visiting his daughter is sent by her to buy a six pack of water. On the way from the kiosk to her house he discovers in GUIDED TOUR [SIYUR MUDRACH] peculiar ways her secret, that she is having an affair with her Country Israel RT 25 mins Ft 16mm Director/Screenplay neighbour from downstairs, who is married with a child. Benjamin Freidenberg DoP Ehud Hermony Producers Ariel Benbaji, Einat Pinsky Cast Shir Shenar, Isaac Shwartz, Assia THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK Vilenkin Print Source The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Country USA RT 10 mins Ft 16mm Super Director/ Jerusalem Email [email protected] Screenplay Emmy Grinwis DoP Scott Kassenoff Producer Eitan lives alone in Jerusalem and works at night at painting Moira Michiels Cast Corena Chase, Matthew Marcy, Will Lyman lines on the streets of the city. Seeking another person’s Print Source Emmy Grinwis Email [email protected] company makes him wonder; between imagination and reality, The Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park explores the unconventional clarity and blurriness, on the border between identities, between friendship between a lonely young woman with a flair for the the broken lines. fantastical and a scruffy, peculiar boy.
OFFSPRING BRO Country Sweden RT 14 mins Ft MiniDV Director/ Country UK RT 18 mins Ft HDCam Director/Screenplay Screenplay/DoP/Producer Kristian A Söderström Cast Chris Dundon DoP Justin Brown Producer Jonathan Blagrove Michaela Berner, Anette Sevreus, Per Johansson Print Source Cast Sean Verey, Michael Davies, Ellie Paskell Print Source Kristian A Söderström Email [email protected] Chris Dundon Email [email protected] It’s Marie’s birthday and her newly separated parents are Simon’s brother Mark suffers from Fragile x syndrome. Simon coming to visit. Marie’s wish for a cozy gathering, without traces believes his failure to lead a normal adolescent life is solely of the shattered family situation, dies word by word when the down to his brothers disability. mother loses control over her bitterness. The birthday party is transformed in to a verbal war between the parents with Marie in the line of fire.
142 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THRILLER ZONE MONDAY 4 OCTOBER AT 4:45PM
DISAPPEARANCE REIGN OF DEATH Country USA RT 9 mins Ft Red Director/Producer/ Country UK RT 6 mins Ft Red Director/Screenplay Screenplay Zachary Volker DoP Richard Anthony Blake Matthew Savage DoP Ray Orton Producer John Giwa-Amu Cast Jordan McFadden, Travis Jahnnsen, Jacob Serban Print Cast Noel Clarke Print Source Matthew Savage Email Source Zachary Volker Email [email protected] [email protected] A haunting, atmospheric story of a young woman’s abduction In a 1930s vision of the future a gumshoe chases down a robotic and desertion in the woods – and the eight items left behind. murder suspect
BIG DAY OF FISHING ARTICLE #38 Country USA RT 10 mins Ft HDV Director/Screenplay Country UK RT 6 mins Ft HD Director/Screenplay Kuvera Timothy Cawley DoP Geoff McAuliffe Producer Zeke Bowman, Sivalingam, Nelson Sivalingam DoP Krshna Naganpillai Timothy Cawley, Mark Hankey Cast Steven Barkhimer, Zillah Producer Jayshree Viswanathan Cast Radha Kumar, Ragavan Glory, Scott Winters Print Source Timothy Cawley Email P/S Barking Mad Productions E [email protected] [email protected] An exiled former militant must save his kidnapped daughter from Two friends head out into the ocean for a day of fishing. One an unstable persecutor. The ransom – the stolen childhood in returns. the name of war.
SUNDAY PUNCH WHEN THE HURLYBURLY’S DONE Country USA RT 18 mins Ft 35mm Director/Screenplay Country Germany RT 16 mins Ft 16mm Director/Screenplay Dennis Hauck DoP Bill Fernandez Producer Dennis Hauck Alex Eslam, Hanna Maria Heidrich DoP Yoshi Heimrath Cast Aimée Barth Dichen Lachman, Samm Levine, David Yow Producer Axel Brügmann Cast Damien Molony, Fiona Print Source Foe Killer Films Email [email protected] Hampton, George Taylor Print Source Hanna Maria Heidrich A ring girl decides it’s high time to get out from under the thumb Email [email protected] of a local gangster, and burn every bridge she can on the way. She will bleed to death. Jacob is holding Gwynn in his arms. If he chooses to escape, she will die. MAN IN THE ROAD Country UK RT 10 mins, Ft Red Dir George Milton S’play ST. CHRISTOPHORUS: ROADKILL Mark Tilton DoP Peter Thwaits Producer Martino Sclavi Cast Country Germany RT 26 mins Ft 35mm Director Gregor Ruben-Henry Biggs, Orla Fitzgerald, George Lenz, Marveille Erler Screenplay Benjamin Karalic, Gregor Erler DoP Philipp Lukeba P/S Martino Sclavi E [email protected] Haberlandt Producer Martin Wippler Cast Matthias Ziesing, A short story about hope and hopelessness, faithlessness and Timo Dierkes, Patrick Von Blume faith. Two joggers find a man wounded in the road. He seems A young lawyer drives on a road towards Hamburg. But his ride certain to die – if they let him. takes an unexpected turn as he witness a tragic accident.
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 143 ABSTRACT NOTIONS THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER AT 5PM
ART OF BONDAGE [KINBAKU] FROG IN THE WELL Country Finland RT 29 mins Ft HD Director/Producer/ Country Japan RT 15 mins Ft HD Director/Producer Ken Screenplay Jouni Hokkanen DoP Jussi Käkkis Arhinmäki Ochiai Screenplay Ken Ochiai/Justin Miller DoP Justin Miller Cast Asagi Ageha, Osada Steve, Haruki Yukimura Print Cast Ken Ochiai, Chisato Sakurai, Kazuko Tajima Print Source Source John Hakalax E [email protected] Ken Ochiai Email [email protected] Rope meets flesh in Tokyo, the S&M capital of the world. Haruki Following his mother’s wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Yukimura is a rope master who has tied over 3000 people during Tokyo embarks on a solitary journey across Japan. his life. THE CHRONOSCOPE HORTUM Country Ireland RT 20 mins Ft 16mm Director/Screenplay Country Netherlands/USA RT 7 mins Ft Red Director/ Andrew Legge Producer Andrew Legge DoP Eleanor Bowman Screenplay Ayse Altinok Producer Neil Henry DoP Cast Serena Brabazon, Pat McCabe, Kevin Brownlow Print Christopher Blauvelt Cast Rick Chant Print Source Ayse Source Andrew Legge Email [email protected] Altinok Email [email protected] A mocumentary about a beautiful scientist in the 1930s who An artistic celebration of being at the edge, Hortum shows a invents a machine that can see into the past. slow descent into a place where delight and despair cohabit. THE OPERA SINGER MAN IN A SHELL Country UK RT 2 mins Ft HDCam Director/Producer/ Country Netherlands RT 15 mins Ft HDCam Director/ Screenplay Nadaav Soudry Email [email protected] Screenplay Genja Ferschtman Producer Edgar Kapp DoP An opera singing diva gives the performance of her life, but will Peterjan van der Burgh Cast Hugo Lammerink Print Source it sell? A sweet satire about selling out. Edgar Kapp Email [email protected] An artist builds form-work to be filled with concrete. But this is no ordinary form-work. Will anybody notice?
144 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL RAGING LIBERTIES WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER AT 4:45PM
K CITIZEN THE LADY WITH THE DOG [LA DAME AU CHIEN] Country USA/France RT 29 mins Ft Red Directors The Tullio Country France RT 16 mins Ft HD Director Damien Manivel Brothers Screenplay Stephane Tullio Producer Philippe Tullio Producer Le G.R.E.C. Screenplay Damien Manivel, Rémi DoP Elie Smolkin Cast Kate French, David A. Kimball, James Esterle DoP Julien Guillery Cast Elsa Wolliaston, Rémi Taffanel, Horan Print Source Philippe Tullio E [email protected] Stiki P/S Damien Manivel E [email protected] If you had the opportunity to go back in time, what would you On a hot summer afternoon, a teenager finds a stray dog in a say to yourself? local park. He decides to take the dog back to its owner. A fat black woman, half drunk, opens the door and asks him in by way THE AWAKENING of thanks. Country UK RT 13 mins Ft DVCPro/HD/Super- 8mm Director/Producer/Screenplay Gabriela Dworecki DoP MUDVAYNE: NEXUS, LIFE, DEATH Jason Brooks Cast Philip Munnoch Print Source Gabriela Country USA RT 13 mins Ft HDCAM Director/Screenplay Dworecki Email [email protected] Frankie Nasso Producer Raymond Foley, Lucille Hansen DoP Captain Zip plays a business man with a particular world hiding Chris Cannucciari Cast Anthony Marks, Diana Cherkas, Harvey under his bed, revealed only when the night falls. Also featuring Kaufmann P/S Frankie Nasso E [email protected] Scary Goth Girl. Satan’s creation of man and woman trying to procreate his spawn on earth and his failed attempts at doing so. He now WITH ANCHOVIES WITHOUT MAMA needs a human seed to foster his child. Country USA RT 25 mins Ft HDV Director/Screenplay Thomas Justino DoP Trent Ermes Producer Ken Regan Cast Adam Scarimbolo, Johnny Tammaro, Joli Tribuzio Print Source Thomas Justino Email [email protected] An anchovy makes its way onto a pizza.
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 145 ABSENT SENSE THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER AT 4:30PM
RED SHOES POPPING ROUND Country UK RT 11 mins. Ft Super-16mm Director Marta Loza Country UK RT 6 mins Ft HD Director Martin Gooch Alonso Producer/Screenplay Philippa Juul DoP Luca Ciuti Producer Eleanor Smithard, Leisha Anna, Martin Gooch S’play Cast Beth Winslet, Chloe Tannenbaum E [email protected] Eleanor Smithard DoP Pete Rowe Cast Eleanor Smithard A feisty urban girl loses her way in an eerie forest and discovers Leisha Anna P/S Martin Gooch E [email protected] just how far she will go to protect her sexy red shoes. It’s amazing how just popping round someone’s house can change their whole world forever. MEET PURSUIT DELANGE Country UK RT 25 mins Ft HDCam Dir/S’play Howard BAD CALL Webster DoP Callum McInnes E [email protected] Country UK RT 6 mins Ft HD Director/DoP Geoff Searle It’s not a wonderful. It’s Christmas, Pursuit is broke, unemployed, Producer Mark Straker Screenplay Geoff Searle, Mark in love with the wrong girl and his saviour is a sociopath. Straker Cast Sam Underwood, Ben Bishop, Amy Connery Print Source Geoff Searle Email [email protected] STALKER After stealing his girlfriend’s phone, furious Dave arranges a Country UK RT 10 mins Ft Super 16 mm Director Phil Haine date with a man he believes she is having an affair with. Producer Camilla Wren S’play Mark Brown DoP Toby Gorman Cast David Whitney E [email protected] MISSED CONNECTIONS A city boy finds an intruder in his shower, but instead of calling Country UK Dir/S’play Christopher Presswell Prod Oleg help, finds out a bit more about himself than he’d bargained for. Ozoling DoP Phillip Crosby E [email protected] Misanthrope Jamie becomes so amused by a newspaper’s ORIGIN missed connections column that he starts replying to them all. Country UK RT 14 mins Ft Super 16 mm Director/S’play Danny Stack Prods Danny Stack, Jo-Ann Challis DoP David LATITUDE CHASE [LATITUDE WINNER 2010] Raedeker P/S Danny Stack Email [email protected] Country UK RT 35 secs Director Mark Wilkins Screenplay A woman tries to keep her family together after her son falls ill Ellie Wilkins Cast Gillian Smith E [email protected] having been bitten by a mysterious creature. A young girls runs away from something at Latitude.
INTERLUDE SIGN LANGUAGE Country UK RT 7 mins Ft HDV Dir/S’play Ruaridh Webster Country UK RT 5 mins Director Oscar Sharp Prod Tiernan Producer Steffan Boje DoP Oliver Schofield Cast Lisa Hanby S’play Stephen Follows DoP Anthony Gurner Cast Pobereskin, Kenny Solomons E [email protected] Jethro Skinner, Laura Mugridge E [email protected] When two people with a common passion bump into each other, Meet Ben. He holds a sign in the street for a living – and loves anything can happen. his job more than almost anything. But today is his last day.
146 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL CHANGING LANES FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER AT 2:45PM
LA PLAYA THE POOL Country UK RT 23 mins Ft 16mm Director Elisa Cepedal Country Ireland RT 12 mins Ft Red Director Thomas Hefferon Screenplay Elisa Cepedal, Andrés Borda DoP Clara Kraft Screenplay TJ Hundtofte DoP Ruairi O’ Brien Producer Producer Mariana Murillo Cast Laura Diaz, Fernando Barona, Dave Leahy, Fiona Kinsella Cast Ryan Andrews, Thomas Guillermo Serrano Print Source Elisa Cepedal Email Kelly, Andy Gallagher Print Source Thomas Hefferon [email protected] Email [email protected] Ana is awakened from monotony by an unexpected encounter Three teenage boys break into their school swimming pool late with two youths from a neighbouring village. one night, with tragic consequences.
PASSENGERS DEEPER THAN YESTERDAY Country Belgium/France RT 13 mins Ft HDCam Director/ Country Australia RT 20 mins Ft 35mm Director/Screenplay Screenplay Samuel Feller DoP Michel Baudour Producer Ariel Kleiman DoP Peter Eastgate Producer Anna Kojevnikov, Isabelle Mathy Cast Julien Baumgartner, Erika Sainte Print Benjamin Gilovitz, Sarah Cyngler Cast Albert Goikhman, Dmitiri Source Samuel Feller Email [email protected] Pronin, Nikolai Nikolaeff Print Source Benjamin Gilovitz Motorcycling down a deserted road, a young couple encounter Email [email protected] three lonely individuals at a gas station, this encounter leads After three months submerged underwater, the men have them to seek a new harmony. become savages. Oleg fears that losing perspective may mean losing himself. CONFORMISTS Country UK RT 19 mins Ft HDCam Director/Producer/ SHADOWS OF SILENCE Screenplay Juriaan Booij DoP Justin Brown Cast Kay Country France RT 12 mins Ft Red Director/Screenplay Headley, Robert Emmanuel, Rob Talbot Print Source Juriaan Pradeepan Raveendran DoP Krshna Naganpillai Cast Krishna Booij Email [email protected] Subramania, Krishanthi Ananthakumar, Unitha Ananthakumar We witness the fraught encounter between a group of strangers, Print Source Predeepan Raveendran E [email protected] all of whom are dissatisfied with life. They choose to take their The nightmares and realities of a depressed person in exile. frustration out on someone who is different. .
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 147 LEARNING CURVES FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER AT 4:45PM
THE INVIGILATOR DIPLOMA Country Malaysia RT 12 mins Ft HDCam Director/ Country Israel RT 22 mins Ft HD Director/Screenplay Screenplay Manesh Nesaratnam Producer Amy Lim, Roshan Yaelle Kayam Producer Tal Siano DoP Ziv Berkovich Cast Ravichandran DoP John Goh Cast Cheryl Samad, Tony Eusoff, Osama Arbiaa, Youssra Barakat Print Source The Sam Spiegel Zahiril Adzim Print Source Amy Lim E [email protected] Film & TV School, Jerusalem Email [email protected] An idealistic trainee teacher decides to quit teaching after Hebron, the night of the Jewish settlement Masquerade. 15 year an embarrassing argument in class. Her experienced and old Samer insists on taking his older sister Ayat to collect her unconventional counterpart attempts to convince her otherwise. diploma from the Palestinian university. Walking through the city rooftops and narrow side allies they must avoid the settlers, the I LUV MATT JOHNSON army and the curious new foreign reporters. Country UK RT 17 mins Ft Red Director/Screenplay Jon Garbett Producer Aradhna Tayal DoP Dan Stafford-clark Cast THE TERMS Tamaryn Payne E [email protected] Country UK RT 12 mins Ft Red Director/Screenplay Jason 17 year old Zoe succeeds in juggling her GCSE retakes, LaMotte Producer Allon Wechsler DoP Lee Pulbrook Cast supermarket job and commitments to her friends until her Gary Lewis, Ciaran Flynn Print Source Jason LaMotte Email boyfriend and best mate betray her. [email protected] In this darkly amusing tale, a father and son forge a twisted pact: THE PROFESSIONALS one shot will decide between freedom and death. Country Bangladesh RT 13 mins Ft HDV Director Oniket Alam Screenplay Cal Jahan Producer Aref Syed DoP Aref Syed THE ROAD HOME Cast Aref Syed, Abdul Hannan, Arpon Mandol Print Source Country UK/India RT 21 mins Ft 35mm Director Rahul Aref Syed Email [email protected] Gandotra Screenplay Milja Fenger, Rahul Gandotra Producer What happens when Joshim, a simple mill worker, comes face to Ameenah Ayub, Rahul Gandotra DoP Christoph Brunner Cast face with the doctor whose negligence crippled him for life? Arrun Harker, Ashish Dharmadhikari, Emily Lucienne Print Source Rahul Gandotra Email [email protected] ROYALTY FREE Sent by his parents to an international boarding school in the Country USA RT 11 mins Ft Super-16mm Director/ Himalayas, Pico grapples with his identity as he escapes from Screenplay Michael Bernstein Producer Chris Bryant DoP his boarding school in search of the road back home to England. Allen Liu Cast Raymond Cham Jr., Catesby Bernstein, Solomon Bonne P/S Michael Bernstein E [email protected] Charlie, an entertainer, can bring a smile to anybody – except one miserable audience member. Every entertainer has an ego, even if he’s only 12 years old.
148 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL GONE ASTRAY SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 2:15PM
THE GRAND FALLS [LE GRAND SAULT] GUERRILLA GARDEN Country Canada RT 15 mins Ft DVCPro Director/ Country USA RT 19 mins Ft 35mm Director/Screenplay Screenplay/Producer Hervé Demers DoP Hervé Demers Rafael Palacio Illingworth DoP Autumn Cheyenne Durald Cast Janice Béliveau-Sicotte, Renaud Fortin Print Source Producer Eleonore Meier Cast Alex Patino, Eddie Ruiz, Herve Demers Email [email protected] Esteban Pena P/S Eleonore Meier E [email protected] A young woman has no idea that their peaceful meeting place On the golf course of a fancy hotel, three Mexican gardeners will be the scene of immense turmoil. compete against fifteen Chinese gardeners.
CHARLIE AND THE RABBIT BOXER Country USA RT 10 mins Ft HDV Director/Screenplay/ Country UK RT 17 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay DoP/Producer Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian Andrew Cumming DoP Garry Torrance Cast Lewis Howden, Cast Elias Graham Print Source Robert Graham Email Helen McAlpine Print Source Andrew Cumming Email [email protected] [email protected] After watching Bugs Bunny, Charlie, a four-year-old boy, decides In a decaying Scottish community, a lonely man witnesses a to hunt a rabbit of his own. violent attack that gives him a reason to exist.
HAPPY PILLS SYD Country Canada RT 8 mins Ft Digibeta Director/Screenplay Country France RT 21 mins Ft Red Director/Screenplay Tanya Lemke Producer Aeschylus Poulos DoP Rudolf Fabien Gazanhes DoP William Hulin Producer Fabien Blahacek Cast Christine Horne, Stephen McHattie Print Gazanhes Cast Manuel Montero, Antoine Stip, Dominik Bernard Source Tanya Lemke Email [email protected] Print Source Fabien Gazanhes E [email protected] A power struggle between an embittered father and his dutiful Syd is a famous tap dance performer, exuberant and narcissistic. daughter ends with a potent lesson in honesty and trust. The crowd’s cheers are his only reason to live..
NOREEN WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS Country Ireland RT 18 mins Ft DigiBeta Director/Screenplay Country Canada RT 8 mins Ft Super 16mm Director Lee Domhnall Gleeson Producer Juliette Bonass, David Clarke, Chambers S’play Lee Chambers, Christina Sharpe DoP Luke Ciaran Deeney DoP Ruairi O’Brien Cast Brendan Gleeson, Grandmont Producers Lee Chambers, Jeremy Landon Cast Brian Gleeson, Gerard Byrne, Sean McCarthy Print Source Basil Hoffman P/S Lee Chambers E [email protected] David Clarke Email [email protected] Calvin attempts to outwit some neighbourhood kids in a battle to Two Irish policemen learn life lessons on a housecall. Frank sell the most lemonade. is young and heartbroken, Con is weary. They’re both alone. They’re both idiots.
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 149 BEST INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER AT 4:30PM
HAPPINESS IS HATE THERAPY MOUSTACHETTE Country UK RT 8 mins Format HDV Director/DoP Brett Country USA RT 17 mins Format HDCam Director Patrick Blackwell Producers/Screenplay Ryan McDonald, Matthew Stump Producers Paul Klinke, Tobin Nageotte Screenplay Kloske Cast Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Pat Kelly, Peter Oldring Print Patrick Stump, Paul Klinke, Tobin Nageotte DoP Kevin Joelson Source Matthew Kloske Email [email protected] Cast Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Ryan Key Print Source Emily Joe gets together twice a week with his Hate Therapy group. Denker Email [email protected] This night things start to heat up when a newcomer joins the A quest for truth in a blanket of stupidity and tongue-in-cheek, group. satirical look at a group of pompous, misled young artists.
I AM A FAT CAT STILL Country USA RT 20 mins Format HDCam Director/ Country Cyprus RT 18 mins Format Mini DV Director/ Producer/Screenplay Alex Brook Lynn DoP Jarred Alterman Producer/Screenplay/DoP Alana Kakoyiannis Cast Niki Cast Shana Solomon, Tatiana Gomberg, Geoff Mosher Print Kafa, Gunay Hasmetoglu Print Source Alana Kakoyiannis Source Alex Brook Lynn Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Living in New York City surrounded by so much wealth and A poetic documentary reflecting on the notion of home through struggling to find some scraps for yourself, the fat cats are lost the lens of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot displacement on people dreaming big about the wrong things. the divided island of Cyprus.
FLY LIN Country Germany, Poland RT 26 mins Format HDCam Country UK RT 25 mins Format DCP Director/Producer/ Director Piotr J. Lewandowski Producers Carsten Strauch, Screenplay Piers Thompson DoP Alexander Krumov Cast Lin Piotr J Lewandowski, Arto Buhmann, Ben Deiss Screenplay Clifton Print Source Piers Thompson E [email protected] Finn-Ole Heinrich, Jan Oberlaender DoP Lars Petersen Cast A woman arrives in an unknown country at day break. She Jacob Matschenz, Sandra Hueller, Oktay Oexdemir Print appears to be running away from her past. Source Piotr J Lewandowski E [email protected] Dima, a petty criminal, is going to be deported from Germany. Meeting young student Sarah who is working on a documentary about young foreigners.He becomes the main subject of the film. Soon enough, Dima and Sarah get emotionally tied up, until reality hits their lives.
150 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY TONES SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 11:30AM
THE LAST CUT BARBER’S DOZEN Country UK, Mali RT 20 mins Ft HDV Director/Screenplay/ Country UK RT 7 mins Ft HDCam Director Tara Manandhar, DoP Damian Rafferty Producer Bintou Dicko Cast Lopa David O’Neill Producer Tara Manandhar, David O’Neill DoP Kothari, Bintou Dicko E [email protected] Tara Manandhar Cast Brain, Terry, Roland Print Source Tara How traditional African ways hold the key to shaking off the Manandhar Email [email protected] harmful practice of Female Genital Cutting in Mali. ON STONY GROUND BUNKY ECHO HAWK – PROFILE OF Country UK RT 7 mins Ft HDV Producer/Director/DoP A PROACTIVE ARTIST Rehana Rose Khan Print Source Rehana Rose Khan Email Country USA RT 7 mins Ft Mini-DV Director/Screenplay/ [email protected] DoP Tracy Rector Producer Longhouse Media Cast Bunky Two homeless alcoholics meet on Brighton beach. A film about Echo Hawk Print Source Tracy Rector E [email protected] friendship, creativity and alcohol. Bunky Echo Hawk works to break down stereotypes of Native American people using his paints, brushes, canvas and culture THE BIRD OF TAMWORTH Country UK RT 11 mins Ft Director Alastair Uhlig DoP Daniel ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND Chaytor Producer Adinia Lavinia Istrate Print Source Chrissy Country UK RT 24 mins Ft HDV Director Matthew Bright Email [email protected] Copson Producer Jeremy Taylor DoP Tom Bateman Cast Bridie Spicer, talks about coming to terms with the loss of her Andrei Zelenechii Print Source Matthew Copson Email son, Leon, a private in the Staffordshire Regiment, British Army, [email protected] killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005. He had been in Iraq for Andrei is a young and promising basketball player growing up only seven weeks. in Moldova, a country still coming to terms with the break up of the Soviet Union. UNEARTHING THE PEN Country Uganda, UK RT 13 mins Ft HDV Director/ TREE OF FORGETTING Producer/Screenplay/DoP Carol Salter Cast Locheng Print Country USA RT 9 mins Ft HDV Director/Producer/ Source Carol Salter Email [email protected] Screenplay/DoP Luis Boor, Valdovino Cast Familia Andersch, A Ugandan Boy faces insurmountable odds trying to get an Familia Cardona, Familia Valdovino Print Source Luis Boor, education; forty years ago, tribal elders buried a pen, placing a Valdovino Email [email protected] curse on the written word. The world’s shortest short story takes a detour to a place where time is a forking path of possibilities leading to the same eventuality, the past.
18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 151 ANIMATION CITY SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER AT 1:30PM
NEW DIGS THE HAIRY HANDS Country S Africa RT 2 mins Dir/S’play/DoP/Prod Martin Country UK RT 12 mins Ft DigiBeta Dir/Prod/S’play/DoP Sen Cast S Cutler P/S M Sen E [email protected] Ashley Thorpe Cast Ed Berry E [email protected] A little hamster, feeling neglected and unloved by his owner, Dartmoor: 953 km of desolate moorland, home to a thousand decides to leave his rotten home in search for a better one. ghosts and a fugitive racing down a haunted road to meet one!
ONCE UPON A MANY TIME TAKHABOT Country Canada RT 5 mins Ft DV Dir/S’play Eva Cvijanovic Country Lebanon RT 6 mins Director/S’play/DoP Ghassan ProdEva Cvijanovic, Ivan Ramadan E [email protected] Halawani P/S Kinda Hassan E [email protected] A film that explores our relationship with things, places and Intense feelings reflecting political chaos. people when forced to leave what we consider home. TALES FROM THE AFTERNOW: LITTLE ROCKS PRAYERS FOR PEACE Canada RT 12 mins Dir David T Krupicz E [email protected] Country USA RT 8 mins Director/Screenplay Dustin Grella From a bunker a hooded figure tells the story of his life. DoP Arthur Grella Producer Dustin Grella, Matt Israel Cast Devin Grella P/S Dustin Grella E [email protected] DANNY BOY Pastels on a slate chalkboard underscore life’s impermanence Country Switzerland/Poland RT 10 mins Director/S’play as the artist confronts the memory of his brother killed in Iraq. Marek Skrobecki DoP Andrezej Jaroszewicz Producer Luc Toutounghi, Zbigniew Zmudzki Cast Jisele Rime, Sylviane Tille THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE P/S Luc Toutounghi E [email protected] Country USA RT 5 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay In a world that seems lost, a young poet falls in love. Gerald Guthrie Email [email protected] The human conflict between basic physical requirements and NIGHT MUSIC the need for culture. Country UK RT 13 mins Dir/S’play Paul Jacques Prod Jill Bryan DoP Charlotte Knowles E [email protected] KITTEH KITTEH TRIPLE FEATURE: CATZILLA, THE TAIL Sailors, prostitutes, incest, alchemy and murder. RUNNER, CATZILLA & FATAL DANGER Country UK RT 2 mins Director Sam Lanyon Jones FUSE Producer Tom Atkinson DoP Andy Hague Print Source Sam Country UK RT 30 mins Dir/S’play Benjamin Barfoot DoP Lanyon Jones Email [email protected] Sophie Penwill Producer Lee Wade Cast Robin Mayes, Jack In these micro-epics from the directors at tokyoplastic we Bailey, Hilary Catherine Gillespie E [email protected] journey into the dreams of a little kitten and reveal the true A dark and epic tale of one man’s panicked awakening to an nature of sleeping cats everywhere empty city he can’t remember.
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INDEX OF FILMS
-C- 98, 139 Flooding with Love for the Kid 117 Lummox 58 32nd December 81 Fly 150 Lunar Child 110 9:06 80 Freight 54 Macho 98 The Actress Who Fell in Love with Frog in the Well 144 Man in a Shell 144 Herself 55, 139 Fuse 152 Man in the Road 143 Alive 82 Gathering 106 Manhattan 4:33pm 138 All I Ever Wanted: The Airborne Toxic Getting Dressed 106 Marieke, Marieke 89 Event Live from the Walt… 62 The Gift of the Magi 106 Meet Pursuit Delange 146 American Grindhouse 63 Give Your Ordinary Something Extra 138 Mike 360 138 Annie Goes Boating 140 The Golden Boy 141 Missed Connections 146 Anti-Chaos 106 The Goldfish 138 Moustachette 150 Any Little Thing 142 Googuri Googuri 106 Mr Bradley Mr Martin Hear Us Through Arithmetic – Annie’s Life in Numbers 142 The Grand Falls 149 the Hole in Thin Air 138 Armless 116 Guerrilla Garden 149 Mudvayne: Nexus, Life, Death 145 Article 38, 143 Guided Tour 142 The Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park 142 Autumn Adagio 104 The Hairy Hands 152 My Flesh My Blood 90 The Awakening 145 Halkke 9 52, 139 My Neighbour Totoro 49 Bad Call 146 Happiness Is Hate Therapy 150 Natural Selection 141 Barber’s Dozen 151 Happy Pills 149 Nausicaä and the Valley of the Wind 43 Bedways 64 Helena from the Wedding 118 The Necessities of Life 152 The Beekeeper 140 Here I Am 92 New Digs 152 Big Day of Fishing 143 Hi! Otsuka Drugstore 106 Night Music 152 The Bird of Tamworth 151 Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry: The Life and Nightrunner 91 Bo 83 Times Of Norman K Collins 66 No Place Like Home 139 Boxer 149 Hortum 144 Noreen 149 Boys on the Run 105 How Green Was Our Valley 131 Off the Rails: An Extraordinary Journey 139 Bring Me Up 106 Huge 55 Offspring 142 Bro 142 I Am a Fat Cat 150 Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World 59 Bunky Echo Hawk – Profile of I Believe in Angels 86 On Holiday 122 a Proactive Artist 151 I Luv Matt Johnson 148 On Stony Ground 151 Camp Victory, Afghanistan 126 In the Meadow 140 Once Upon a Many Times 152 Cannibal 84 Incredibly Small 119 One Foot on the Ground 151 Cato in Wonderland 128, 139 Interlude 146 The Opera Singer 144 Charlie and the Rabbit 149 Into the West 47 Origin 146 The Chronoscope 144 The Invigilator 148 Papa 106 Climber 106 Iron Doors 87 Passengers 147 Close to Home 138 Jackboots on Whitehall 56 The Pick Up 139 Clown Showdown 138 K Citizen 145 The Pool 147 Conformists 147 Karma – A Very Twisted Love Story 140 Popping Round 146 The Cutting Tradition: Insights into Kinbaku – Art of Bondage 144 Prayers for Peace 152 Female Genital Mutilation 127 Kino Karavan 88 The Price We Pay 138 Danny Boy 152 Kitteh Kitteh Triple Feature: Catzilla, Product 71, 139 Days of Harvest 85 Tail Runner, Fatal Danger 152 The Professionals 148 Dear Friend 138 L.A. Zombie 67 Pure Asia 111 Deeper Than Yesterday 147 La Playa 147 Question in Details 92 Diploma 148 The Lady with the Dog 145 The Quickest Way to Get Over Your Dirty Diaries 65 The Lake Effect 120 Depression 138 Disappearance 143 The Last Cut 151 Radio Girl (Underground Melody) 74, 139 Do Elephants Pray? 52 Latitude Chase 146 Rebels Without a Clue 60 Donoma 76 Legacy 57 Red Shoes 146 Dreamland 138 Lights Out 77 Reign of Death 143 The Extraordinary Dreams of the LIN 150 Retreat 140 Extraordinary Girl 138 Look at What the Light Did Now 68 Ribbon 85, 139 Extraordinary Toys 138 Lost and Found 108 The Road Home 148 Fatum 138 Lost Girl 109 Robert Mitchum Is Dead 78 Five Daughters 53 Lovers of Hate 121 Rouge Ciel 128
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SP_Raindance_148x210_hires.indd 1 12/08/2010 15:41:51 Asia House Pan-Asia Film Festival 2011 17 – 28 February 2011 From the Gulf to Japan… Asia’s new cinema
Asia House, Europe’s leading pan-Asian organisation, presents a compelling selection of the best new cinema from across Asia. +44 (0)20 7307 5454 [email protected] www.asiahouse.org
Sandrine Pinna in ‘Yang Yang’ directed by Yu Chieh-Cheng
Ciné lumière at the Institut français, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT 020 7073 1350 – www.institut-francais.org.uk