February 13-16 2014 People’S Choice Which Films Rock Your World? Take 10 Seconds to Vote

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february 13-16 2014 People’s Choice Which films rock your world? Take 10 seconds to vote. Grab a ballot, or, new this year, save a welcome tree and vote with your smart phone! Bribes not accepted. Winners Announced Closing Night. This year we're celebrating 10 years of amazing and fantastic love between the hip, legendary film audiences of Boulder and the very best of international film. You’ll be seeing many of these films on new-state-of-the art DCP technology, courtesy of long-time sponsor, RealD, who has also donated a big screen they engineered using their own groundbreaking technology. It’s new, it’s hot, and we cannot wait to see the first 3D film ever to be screened at the Boulder Theater! (Mr. Hublot - in Shorts Program) On opening night, we're thrilled to host a pre-release screening of one of the funniest, most- talked-about films of 2014, Fading Gigolo, starring John Turturro as a middle-aged man who becomes an "escort." Woody Allen plays his pimp. Turturro wrote this film, and he gives Allen one of his best acting roles in decades. On Friday night, Valentine's Day, we have created a spectacular new event called a "Foovie" (food and movie) with French appetizers, sparkling wine and chocolate, accompanied by a screening of the hit French movie, Le Chef, a luscious, flavorful restaurant film winning hearts in France. The Foovie is at eTown Hall, so there are only 200 tickets; we’ll host a drawing to win a $10,000 pair of one-of-a-kind earrings by Todd Reed. Très fabuleaux! For the first time ever at BIFF, we will present an amazing interactive event that unites modern technology and activism—the Global Town Hall. Focusing on the BIFF film God Loves Uganda, eTown founder Nick Forster will moderate a discussion that brings together festival goers, experts and lively participants from around the world for our first live streaming event and discussion on the disturbing international trend towards anti-gay legislation. During our closing night celebration and BIFF’s 10th birthday party, we will present the hot new film Tim's Vermeer, a documentary by Penn & Teller that has been named by some critics as one of the 10 Best Films of 2013. In it, Tim Jenison, an inventor, attempts to solve page one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Vermeer manage to paint so realistically? We left are thrilled to host the visionary himself, Tim Jenison, and the film's producer, Farley Ziegler, blank at the Festival. intentionally Bringing the Festival to life every year takes the remarkable time, effort and love of our 400+ enthusiastic volunteers and the unprecedented outpouring of support from Boulder’s business, corporate and philanthropic communities. They all deserve our heartfelt gratitude. Audiences, we have an absolute feast for you this year and we look forward to greeting you throughout the Festival. It’ll be a grand Valentine’s weekend you’ll never forget!

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BOULDER THEATER box office Friday Night Live Party Free 2032 14th Street Late Night Live Free Boulder, Colorado 80302 * plus service charges $ limited # of tickets boxoffice BAD: BIFF After Dark Party special event f Free with Pass / 25** ** box office festival hours available. regular hours $ Thursday, Feb. 13 3:00pm - 9:00pm Closing Night Film + AWARDS program BT-17 30* Monday - Friday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm Friday, Feb. 14 9:30am - 10:30pm Saturday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Saturday, Feb. 15 9:30am - 10:30pm venues Sunday, Feb. 16 9:30am - 9:00pm how to purchase tix First United N [before you call for tickets, please note the program numbers – you’ll need these to complete your order] Methodist Hotel Rembrandt Church eTown Hall P Boulderado 2 Yard online: box office phone: in person: 1 P www.biff1.com At The Boulder Theater Box Office Spruce St 303.786.7030

10th Oddfellows www.bouldertheater.com Or at the door 30’ before start time PG Boulder Theater Hall Shine George’s 5 Purchase in advance Purchase day of show picking up your tickets Pearl St Pearl Street Mall Broadway 13th 15th 11th 14th Advance purchase tickets for 16th 17th Advance tickets for all BIFF programs, Tickets can be purchased from the Boul- Boulder Theater: The 9th Bitter Bar W 3 PG workshops and events must be pur- der Theater online and over the phone this venue are available for pickup anytime that 4 Lazy Dog/ chased through the Boulder Theater until 90 minutes before the program be- the Boulder Theater box office is open. BIFF Filmmaker Box Office online, over the phone or gins. Tickets may also be purchased the Walnut St Lounge Boulder Public Library in person. day of the event at the program venue 30 First United Methodist Church R PG PG PG PG minutes before start time. Boulder High School St Julien Hotel eTown Hall: Canyon Blvd Questions? Call 303.449.2289 Advance purchase tickets for these venues will Or swing by the Free be available for pickup at the Boulder Theater W P P i rush tickets Saturday BIFF Info Booth anytime up to ONE HOUR before the program Tickets sold out? Boulder Public Library P & Sunday P at the Call2Action Tent begins. For pickup less than an hour before your Rush tickets are often available for on the Pearl Street Mall at 14th program begins, tickets will be available at the Arapahoe Ave purchase at the program venue venue in which the program is being held. Alfalfa’s/ Thursday, Feb. 13: 1:00pm - 7:00pm 10 minutes prior to showtime. Youth Workshops Friday, Feb. 14: 9:30am - 8:30pm Rush on over to find out! Print your ticket at home (or at work) and skip P Saturday, Feb. 15: 9:30am - 8:30pm the box office lines! (Fee Applies) Boulder ? Sunday, Feb. 16: 9:30am - 6:00pm film venues student pavilions registration party spots High Theater Boulder Theater/George’s Youth Pavilion St Julien Hotel & Spa 1. Hotel Boulderado 2032 14th St Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd 900 Walnut St 2115 13th St film passes PASS GOOD-TO-KNOWS First United CU @ BIFF Festival Registration 2. Rembrandt Yard Methodist Church (FUMC) Shine, 2027 13th St 1301 Spruce St 3 hours FREE Parking! THE BIFF FESTIVAL PASS For film lovers who want u Passes are non-transferable. Sorry, no sharing. 1421 Spruce St 3. Lazy Dog Lounge parking guaranteed entrance to BIFF film programs, public parties, events u Youth Workshops 1346 Pearl St Photo ID required for entry. Boulder High School Alfalfa’s, 1651 Broadway St City of Boulder Parking Services Parking Garage BIFF Filmmaker Lounge, and workshops. All programs at eTown Hall (films are second u Passholders must arrive for programs at least 1604 Arapahoe Ave free on weekends Friday Night Live, Happy is offering 3 hours of FREE parking Hour & Musician Showcase screenings only) and the Foovie Fundraiser are NOT included due eTown Hall on Thursday evening and Friday 15 minutes prior to the start of the film to 1535 Spruce St Parking Lot or Meters 4. The Bitter Bar all day at the 15th & Pearl streets to limited seating. guarantee entrance. 835 Walnut St free after 7pm parking garage (only). Present your W workshops/panels & Sundays Private Filmmaker Reception u Passes available for pickup ONLY at BIFF 5. Oddfellows Hall same-day BIFF ticket or pass to the THE BIFF RED CARPET PASS For the ultimate film lover registration at the St Julien starting Wednesday, Boulder Public Library 1543 Pearl St lot attendant. One ticket per exit. who wants priority entrance to ALL BIFF film programs, parties February 12 at 12:00pm. See hours below. Canyon Theater FUMC parking is BIFF After Dark Party 1000 Canyon Blvd BIFF Call2Action available Friday Parking is always free on Saturdays and workshops, AND second screenings at eTown Hall – and Wed. Feb. 12, 12pm – 6pm + Info Tent after 6pm and all day 6. eTown Hall and Sundays in garages. wants to be first in line! Foovie Fundraiser at eTown Hall not Passholder Lazy Dog Lounge Saturday only 1535 Spruce Registration Thurs. Feb. 13, 10am – 7pm 1346 Pearl St Pearl St Mall at 14th Foovie French Food + Film included. Red Carpet Pass available only for individual donors Hours Fri. Feb. 14, 10am – 6pm of $2,500 and up. Email: [email protected] for more information. Sat. Feb. 15, 10am – 4pm boulder high theater photos above Sun. Feb. 16, 10am – 2pm courtesy of jerry shapins 6 7 10th birthday party! partypartiesup closing opening night biff fundraiser awards celebration night program ET-01 Friday, February 14 & film eTown Hall red carpet gala program BT-17 $95 per person All passholders must purchase a ticket program BT-01 Sunday, February 16 ONLY 200 tickets available! Thursday, February 13 5:30pm Boulder Theater $65 / Free for Passholders $30 / Free for Passholders And now for something completely different! Enjoy a deluxe evening for lovers, Doors open at 6:45pm/6:30pm for Passholders film lovers and foodies alike! It’s BIFF’s 10th anniversary, so you know it’s going to Close out the Festival with a 10th birthday be spectacular! We will hold TWO simultaneous parties, It’s a Valentine’s Day combination of FOOD and a MOVIE at eTown Hall—and sweet celebration. There will be live music spread across TWO fabulous venues—the Hotel Boulderado music, sparkling wine and desserts, but we didn’t know how to work that in to the the BIFF filmmaker and the BIFF Awards Ceremony, where we’ll Ballroom and the Rembrandt Yard Event Center & Art event title! lounge honor the Best of the Fest with their hand- Gallery. Partiers can hop from one site to another, enjoy- crafted Vielehr award sculptures. The cer- Enjoy a fabulous French menu of appetizers prepared by Front Range Catering and Presented by ing live music, delicious food and libations, and—back by euro-gypsy jazz music by Sacrebleu! Then proceed to the screening of Le Chef, an at t h e l a z y d o g 1346 Pearl St. emony will be followed by a screening of the popular demand—costumed actors/revelers from some of Dave Riepe’s remarkable new Penn & Teller documentary inspired, flavorful, unapologetically wacky film some call the funniest restaurant Friday, February 14 11:00am – 1:00am Space Farmer Productions the best films in movie history! Charlie Chaplin and Darth movie since Ratatouille (see page 23 for the full synopsis). After the movie, head Saturday, February 15 1:00pm – 1:00am Tim’s Vermeer (see page 41 Vader showed up last year—you’ll be amazed to see who back to the party for gourmet French desserts from Shamane’s Bake Shoppe, Sunday, February 16 10:00am – 1:00am for the synopsis). will be helping celebrate 10 years of BIFF! presented by chocolates from Seth Ellis Chocolatier and Sofia sparkling wine from long-time Music 6:30-7:30pm Open to All. Buy one, get one 1/2 off dave riepe’s After the party, join our New Orleans-style “second line” as BIFF sponsor Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Très fabuleux! drinks with your BIFF ticket stub or pass. space farmer productions Awards Ceremony at 7:30pm we make our way over to the Boulder Theater, where you’ll Film at 8:00pm settle in for the evening’s presentation of Fading Gigolo. 5:30–6:45pm food music + festivity Welcome to the center of the social (See page 18 for more info on this fabulous film.) Appetizers from Front Range Catering action at BIFF. THE LOUNGE is party Sweets by Shamane’s Bake Shoppe & Indulge Bakery Gluten-free selections by Boulder Brands 10 Years— headquarters for BIFF attendees and B.A.D. Music by The Dexter Payne Quartet anyone who wants to rub egos with 5:30-7:30pm Thanks to Wines from Francis Ford Coppola Ten Thousand Dollars pre-film festivities Glutino, Beer from Boulder Beer worth of jewelry! filmmakers and film fans. The Lazy 2 parties 2 venues Udi’s and Dog will vend its usual delicious food [biff after dark] Earth Balance Music by Sacrebleu! special event F Hotel Boulderado Ballroom 2115 13th St. for delicious One lucky person at the and drink. THE LOUNGE will also Saturday, February 15 gluten-free 7:00–8:30pm screening of Le Chef Foovie will walk away with Tim’s Vermeer Rembrandt Yard Event Center & Art Gallery nibbles host workshops and panels, as well as 9:00pm–1:00am Directed by Teller a pair of earrings from Todd 1301 Spruce St. discussions, happy hour and a singer/ Oddfellows Hall 1543 Pearl St. Produced by Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler 8:30–9:30pm Reed worth over $10,000! Appetizers by Big Red F and Whole Foods dessert + bubbly songwriter showcase! Check the Late night snacks by Big Red F It could be you! Gluten-free sampling by Glutino, Udi’s and Earth Balance Desserts by Shamane’s Bake Shoppe program schedule for more info. Wines courtesy of Liquor Mart Wine by Francis Ford Coppola Winery Chocolates by Seth Ellis Chocolatier Tequila drinks from Suerte Beer by Avery Brewing + Boulder Beer Beer by Avery Brewing and Boulder Beer Music by The Purple Squirrel Open to Filmmakers, Passholders, At the lounge Ticket buyers, Volunteers (with 8+ hours) Costumes by Reinke Brothers + Monster Midian Makeup LIVE! $25 Only 50 tickets available Sneak peek at the brand new Audi A3 courtesy of Audi Boulder Friday, February 14 9:00pm – midnight See page 41 for soundrabbit (back by popular demand) Adults 21 + over. BRING ID. more on this 7:30pm Arrive early, space is limited. amazing film. boulder theater doors open One of the many benefits of being a BIFF 8:00pm Saturday, February 15 10:00pm – 1:00am opening night film Passholder is admission to this exclusive, Fading Gigolo (p. 18) pamlico sound This party’s hotter than the exhaust vip festival-favorite event. Indulge in crave- on your buddy’s ‘56 Chevy! Dance worthy foods and decadent desserts in the your sweet bippy off to the musical filmmaker coziest room in town, while chatting with happy hour mixer mayhem of The Living Deads and RESERVED SEATING only r e c e p t i o n our filmmakers and special guests. Enjoy Saturday, February 15 4:00pm – 6:00pm the Lucky Fews, get inked at the All Passholders must complimentary cocktails prepared by The Free drinks and appetizers with your BIFF temp-tattoo parlor and compete in

RSVP to reserve seats. Bitter Bar’s award-winning mixologists and ticket stub or Pass. our costume competitions! Whatever Friday, February 14 Please email [email protected] by wines from our official winemaker, Francis Raise a glass and have a bite, courtesy of goes! It’s a slice of rockabilly heaven, 4:00-6:00pm rsvp Friday, February 7th. Ford Coppola. You never know who you’ll run KUNC, Boulder’s NPR Station at 91.5 FM and so come raise some hell. The Bitter Bar Ticket buyers will receive seating 835 Walnut St. into at the Bitter Bar party! Bring your Pass 102.7 AM. upon purchase. and stop by early – space is limited. Passholders only

8 9 after the festival with listenup Phil, Oscar and BIFF Otis Taylor LIVE MUSIC AT BIFF

a night at Andy Palmer Scott Dale Rebecca Folsom Janis Kelly Patrick Dune Sherrie Scott John Bunzli Mer Sal Lindsey Saunders the Oscars® w i t h t h e singer/songwriter showcase @ the Lounge boulder friday February 14 friday + saturday February 14 & 15 philharmonic 4:00pm orchestra The Filmmaker Lounge @ The Lazy Dog Andy Palmer 5:00pm saturday, February 22 BIFF keeps the music alive for 2014 with the popular Singer/Songwriter Showcase. Scott Dale Festival goers are invited to the Filmmaker Lounge at the Lazy Dog to hear 6:00pm Rebecca Folsom 7:30pm great music and discover hot local talent. Macky Auditorium, CU Campus, 7:00pm Boulder more details at: biff1.com/biff-2014/listenup Janis Kelly opening night FRIDAY NIGHT Tickets at www.boulderphil.org Thursday, February 13 LIVE In celebration of the Boulder Interna- red carpet Parties at Rembrandt Yard Boulder’s Purple Squirrell 9:00pm-Midnight tional Film Festival’s 10th anniversary, SoundRabbit gala and Hotel Boulderado plays a rare breed of instru- this family-friendly concert by the Boul- See page 8 for details mental music, infused with der Phil features classic music from modern jazz, rock, funk and saturday February 15 Oscar-winning and nominated films. dance eat free drinks 4:00pm Highlights include music by J. Ralph Patrick Dune written for two acclaimed movies from valentine’s day Boulder’s own film community: Chasing FOOVIE fundraiser 5:00pm Ice, the climate change documentary Sherrie Scott + Mark Friday, February 14 Myers about photographer James Balog nomi- eTown Hall nated in 2012 for Best Original Song, See page 8 for details 6:00pm and The Cove, 2009 winner for Best Music by Sacrebleu! John Bunzli Documentary produced by the Boulder- – upbeat acoustic swing in 7:00pm based Oceanic Preservation Society. Sacrebleu! true Gypsy jazz style. Mer Sal of The Symbols You’ll also hear music from On Golden 7:45pm Pond (written by Boulder favorite Dave Lindsey Saunders Grusin), Harry Potter, Pirates of the closing night 8:45pm Caribbean, The Wizard of Oz and more. Sunday, February 16 Boulder Theater Otis Taylor & Friends BOULDER See page 9 for details PHILHARMONIC LATE NIGHT LIVE ORCHESTRA The Dexter Payne Quartet brings a mix of 10:00pm-Midnight Brazilian choro, samba and baiao to end the The Pamlico Sound Dexter Payne festival with an electric flavor of world music. SoundRabbit 11 workshops, panels + such

special event B w o r k s h o p don’t get sued! Antony Cooper teaching video skills^ Legal Ins & Outs for Filmmakers Saturday, February 15 special event D special event E 10:30-11:30am w o r k s h o p special event A w o r k s h o p The Filmmaker Lounge @ The Lazy Dog global town hall 1346 Pearl St. adventures in video skills Friday, February 14 Taking Your Video Skills $20/$15 students-must show ID screenwriting 1:00 – 2:30pm to a Higher Level Sunday, February 16 eTown Hall Sunday, February 16 Martin Scorsese can use Rolling Stones music 12:30–2:00pm 1535 Spruce St. 3:00–4:30pm in his movies... but YOU CAN’T! (Well, you can Boulder Public Library* $12 in person Boulder Public Library* join us for Free for Red Carpet passholders if you follow the proper procedure.) We’ll explain $35/$25 students-must show ID a live video why. Clearances, releases, permissions, copyright $25/$15 students-must show ID FREE for students ages 13-18 issues, etc.—legal pitfalls abound! Learn how to FREE for students ages 13-18 hookup (Space is limited) steer around them! Entertainment lawyer Justin (Space is limited) Director Roger Ross Williams + discussion Konrad from Hutchinson Black & Cook will joins Nick Forster at eTown Hall. Want to learn the ups and downs Sponsored by re: the disturbing discuss how to help filmmakers navigate legal of the screenwriting trade? Come Boulder Digital Arts problems and determine when legal counsel is international trend God Loves Uganda and learn from one of the pros! was on the shortlist necessary. Make your own film! Do you have a toward anti-gay Hollywood writer, director and for the Academy Awards story to tell? But you want it to look Instructor Justin Konrad joined producer Tim Kelleher will be on legislation & better than a home movie? Turn off Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC in hand to reveal hard-earned truths inhumane legislation 2007 and became a Member of the those auto settings on your camera! that can only be learned after 25 firm in 2012. As a former profes- Learn techniques to get better foot- years in the business. BIFF goes global. We’re excited to present a ground- sional musician and recording en- age, better sound and a better edit.

breaking interactive event which unites people, gineer, Justin has a special interest This 90-minute workshop will help Instructor Native New Yorker technology and sizzling topics—the Global Town Hall! in entertainment law and the legal you through the key steps towards Tim Kelleher began his career as a issues of musicians, filmmakers, more effective storytelling on video. In conjunction with our documentary feature film pre- writers and others in the entertain- standup comedian. In 25 years on There will be a practical demonstra- sentation God Loves Uganda (page 24), eTown founder ment industries. the West Coast, he has penned such tion with camera and lights, as well and host Nick Forster will moderate a discussion that movies as the recent Grudge Match as a description and discussion of brings together festivalgoers, experts and lively partici- special event C starring Robert De Niro and Sylves- ter Stallone, and First Kid; his TV key steps to an effective produc- pants from around the world for a live video hookup and credits include work on ground- tion—The concept. The planning. discussion on the disturbing international trend toward filmmaker breaking comedy shows such as “In The shoot. The edit, and the final anti-gay and inhumane legislation. Don’t miss this fast- Living Color” and “Two and a Half show. This workshop will cover what moving, cutting-edge debate! panel Men,” where he currently serves as you need to know. If the BIFF series Saturday, February 15 writer and consulting producer. For free live-streaming go to: 12:00 – 1:00pm has inspired you to make your mark, www.biff1.com The Filmmaker Lounge this is the class for you! @ The Lazy Dog Instructor Antony Cooper has Follow the conversation at: 1346 Pearl St. Free to the public directed and produced many award- #GlobalTownHall winning broadcast, corporate and documentary videos. He spent several BIFF’s longest-running special feature is back for years in music TV production for MTV Produced by Joellen Raderstorf its 10th year! Visiting filmmakers from around and Polygram Records working with Sponsored by Match Action, and with a grant from the world gather for a free-wheeling, off-the- names such as the Rolling Stones, the The Twisted Foundation wall discussion of all things cinematic, led by Who, Elvis Costello and INXS. Other moderator Brad Weismann. PLUS we take your projects include Director of Photogra- questions and comments! It’s stimulating conver- * Boulder Public Library events phy on award-winning environmental sation at its best. take place in the Canyon Theater documentaries The Nature of Cities at the Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd. and Transforming Energy. 13 You’ve been moved? cu@ Now keep it moving! > Have you left a film fired up and wondered what you can do? Here are a few ways to translate that energy and passion into action. C2A films are noted throughout free this program with the Call 2 Action logo, along with co-presenting community groups. So how can you keep the energy moving?

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 13, 14 + 15 call2 3 days of non-stop FREE films+ workshops act ion for kids ages 6-18 Check listings below for recommended age groups. Join in the dialog Go to the website Seating on a first-come, first-served basis. CU student pavilion Engage the filmmakers, presenters and fellow film lovers at the Visit biff1.com/call2action for more info and real ways to get Programmed by the BIFF Youth Advisory Council with funds provided by : Call 2 Action Tent and enjoy the afterglow of the film experience. involved and make a difference. See the 5 Actions you can take for the Youth Opportunities Advisory Board (YOAB), the boulder arts commission and the brett family foundation. Learn about actions you can take to make a difference. Share your each film. You’ve been moved. Now get moving! Saturday, February 15 thoughts and inspirations. live updates during the festival Shine Restaurant + Gathering Place Discussions take place after most C2A film programs at the Call 2 biff1.com/call2action #call2action 2027 13th Street Action Tent (14th and Pearl streets) or at the film venues. FREE CU student ID required an exciting FREE day of film programming produced youth films youth by CU students for CU students Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater workshops 1000 Canyon Blvd saturday Alfalfa’s Market Community Room 1651 Broadway (Park at Boulder 11:00am script readings thursday Library Parking lot) Field Trip Day at BIFF CU Theater Department actors read from Funds for bussing available on a first-come, first-served basis. favorite scenes in There Will Be Blood and l God Loves Uganda | Program CH-01 l Political Bodies | Program CH-08 l Documented | Program HS-07 Contact Patti for your class field trip at [email protected]. friday The Big Lebowski. Parent (or adult friend) and Child Friday, 10:00am, First United Saturday, 12:15pm, First United Sunday, 12:00pm, Boulder High School 9:10am Ernest and Celestine, grades 4-12 (see page 19) Methodist Church Methodist Church And Program ET-10 subtitled Filmmaking Workshop 12:00pm commercial video production For the discussion on this film, attend the Co-presented by Boulder Valley Sunday, 5pm, eTown Hall 11:00am Maidentrip subtitled, grades 6-12 (see page 33) Ages 6+ with adult 1:00–4:00pm Global Town Hall @ eTown Hall, $12 Women’s Health Center Co-presented by Intercambio: 1:10pm Freedom Summer, grades 9-12 (see page 37) Hear from award-winning directors of Image Bring the family and make a short film! Brew Productions, and see some of their ads Friday, 1:00pm, see page 12 for details www.boulderwomenshealth.org Uniting Communities No prior experience required. for Pearl Izumi, Oakley and Red Robin. (See synopsis on page 24) (See synopsis on page 32) www.intercambioweb.org friday (See synopsis on page 38) 10:30–11:30am Valentine’s Day Shorts, ages 6+ saturday 1:00pm shorts! l The Human Experiment | Program BT-03 l Watchers of the Sky | Program CH-11 Celebrate love, friendship and compassion. Surprise short films from the BIFF lineup. Friday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater Saturday, 7:30pm, First United l The Current | Program HS-08 Animation Workshop Bring the entire family… and friends, too! And Program ET-02 Methodist Church Sunday, 3:00pm, Boulder High School Ages 10+ 2:30pm from pre to post 1:30–2:30pm Taking Charge: A Program of Shorts 2:00–3:30pm Saturday, 10am, eTown Hall Co-presented by Facing History Co-presented by Make A Hero ages 10+ Meet the courageous kids who take charge Learn from film industry experts how to make Co-presented by Sierra Club-Indian and Ourselves www.makeahero.org of their lives and, sometimes, everyone else’s! Bring your inner animator to this hands-on your movie a reality. workshop presented by ASIFA (Association Peaks Group www.facinghistory.org (See synopsis on page 39) Double Feature Event: ages 10+ Internationale du Film d’Animation) www.rmc.sierraclub.org/ipg 5:00pm women in film (See synopsis on page 33) 3:45–5:45pm Fantastic Mr. Fox, PG & Boulder-based Mighty Fudge Studio. (See synopsis on page 21) l Uranium Drive-In | Program HS-09 6:30–8:30pm The Perks of Being a Wallflower, PG-13 Chicks talk flicks. l Tiny: A Story About Living Small | Sunday, 5:15pm, Boulder High School l The Genius of Marian | Program BT-04 Visual Effects Workshop 6:30pm CU student film Program BT-14 Co-presented by Frack Free Colorado saturday Ages 10+ competition + awards Friday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater www.frackfreecolorado.com 4:00–5:00pm Co-presented by the Alzheimer’s Association 10:30am High and Hallowed: Director Alex Cox (Sid and Nancy) moderates Co-presented by Center for Resource (See synopsis on page 40) This workshop will feature exciting live www.alz.org/co/ Everest 1963, this program showcasing student films. Conservation and ReSource Yard demos, on-camera tricks and editing tech- One lucky student will win (See synopsis on page 21) www.conservationcenter.org ages 10+ (see page 26) niques for effects like explosions, gunshots $1,000 from LUNAFEST! (See synopsis on page 36) 12:30–2:00pm Teen Short Films Competition and prosthetic makeup! l Alive Inside | Program CH-07 8:30pm pitch slam >Saturday, 10:00am, First United Showcase, all ages Our thanks to Call 2 Action founders Twisted Foundation, Philanthropiece, See the best of the best made by youth Questions? Methodist Church You’ll have 90 seconds to give your best pitch Sandy Younghans and Joellen Raderstorf, and supporters Red Empress Foundation, 12-18 on the big screen! Email [email protected] to a panel of judges. Top pitch wins big! Co-presented by Music and Memory Project Boedecker Foundation, Eliza Woloson and Tatiana Maxwell for never doubting or call 303-449-2289 www.musicandmemory.org 3:00pm The Current, ages 10+ (see page 39) the power of film to change the world in which we live. 14 9:00pm after party! (S ee synopsis on page 32) 15 thursday friday

program BT-02 Friday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater Ernest and Celestine opening night France, Animated Feature Film, 2014 , 80 min red carpet gala Appropriate for all ages; no subtitles

Nominated for a 2014 Academy Award ALL SEATING IS Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2014 RESERVED. fading gigolo PASSHOLDERS MUST $65 / Free for Passholders photos courtesy of millennium entertainment RSVP BY FEB 7TH. program BT-01 Parties 5:30pm–7:30pm This delightfully old-fashioned, hand-drawn film explodes [email protected] Thursday, Boulder Theater Film 8:00pm black tie across the screen like a gorgeous watercolor painting optional brought to life and tells the story of a forbidden friendship Fading Gigolo [See page 8 for full event details] ticket buyers will USA, Feature Film, 2013, 98 min between Ernest, a down-on-his-luck bear, and Celestine, an receive seating open-minded mouse, whose tender and playful relationship Pressed for money, a mild 50-ish florist named Fioravante (John Turturro) becomes a male upon purchase 5:30-7:30pm pre-film festivities provokes shock, anger and chaos within their respective escort and Woody Allen plays his pimp, Murray. It turns out that Fioravante has, well, a really worlds. With great storytelling, perfect comic timing and enormous talent for his new profession. His first client, Murray's dermatologist (Sharon Stone), 2 parties 2 venues wonderful on-screen chemistry between the two leads, this is so enthusiastic that she recommends Fioravante to her girlfriend (Sofia Vergara of “Modern Hotel Boulderado Ballroom + Rembrandt Yard Event is one of those rare films that audiences of all ages will Family”). Soon, through word of mouth, business is booming. But Fioravante falls hard for a Center & Art Gallery remember forever with a smile. potential client, Avigal (Vanessa Paradis), a beautiful Hasidic widow who has been kept away free drinks + bites from men for two years by her strict community. Naturally, she is interested in Fioravante’s Directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar live music + dancing talent and they develop a sweet romance. Big trouble for Murray the pimp, who is hauled and Benjamin Renner into Hasidic Court. Turturro has given Allen one of his biggest and funniest onscreen roles in Appetizers by Big Red F and Whole Foods Colorado Premiere decades. (No visible sex here, but there's a lot of innuendo... and kvetching.) Gluten-free bites by Glutino, Udi’s and Earth Balance Wine by Francis Ford Coppola Winery The just-completed English language voice cast Directed and written by John Turturro Beer by Avery Brewing and Boulder Beer includes Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Liev Schreiber and Vanessa Paradis Music by The Purple Squirrel Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman A Millennium Entertainment Film Costumes by Reinke Brothers + Monster Midian and Jeffrey Wright. Release date April 18, 2014 Special thanks to Bill Banowsky, Makeup and Effects Colorado Premiere owner of Violet Crown Cinemas, 7:30pm for helping to make this boulder theater doors open screening possible. 8:00pm film starts 18 19 friday

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program BT-03 Friday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater The Human Experiment USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 91 min

Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 program BT-04 Friday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater What if the greatest chemical disaster of our time did not The Genius of Marian involve oil spills or nuclear meltdowns? Instead, imagine much USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 85 min lower levels of exposure, inflicted over several generations and affecting every person on the planet. The result: rising World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 2013 rates of everything from cancer to autism to infertility. This “It’s a remarkable film, sobering documentary produced and narrated by Sean Penn not only for the obvious affection exposes the effects of thousands of untested chemicals in our with which it was made, everyday products, introduced into our environment by large but as art.” Indiewire corporations who are operating with little or no regulation and, in many cases, without any sense of morality or restraint. This The Genius of Marian is a compelling story about one film explores this issue from the front lines through the stories family’s struggle to come to terms with the changes of ordinary people who are working to make sure the products Alzheimer’s disease brings. After Pam White, whose we use every day are safe for us and our children. The film also mother was the renowned artist Marian Williams Steel, examines the U.S. regulatory system that has allowed more is diagnosed at age 61 with early onset Alzheimer’s, than 85,000 chemicals to reach and remain on the market life begins to change, slowly but irrevocably, for her without any testing. and everyone around her. Pam’s husband grapples with his changing role from primary partner to primary Directed by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Jr. caregiver. Her adult children find ways to show their Colorado Premiere love and support while mourning the slow loss of Dana Nachman in person their mother. And Pam begins a journey from fear to call acceptance. The film follows the family over the course 2 of three years, weaving together past and present, to action paint a positive contemporary portrait of motherhood, chronic illness and legacy. Co-Presented by Sierra Club-Indian Peaks Group Directed by Banker White and Anna Fitch Colorado Premiere

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program BT-05 See page 8 for all Friday, 4:30pm, Boulder Theater Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me the details USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 80 min

“I’ve got a certain amount of fame. Le Chef I’ve got money. program BT-06 France/Spain, Feature Film, 2012, 84 min I wish I could f--kin’ drive, Friday, 6:45pm, Boulder Theater Great Paris chef, Alexandre Lagarde, has run out of ideas and then I’d really be a menace.” Le Week-End is about to be fired by his new CEO as a cost-cutting measure. Elaine Stritch France/UK, Feature Film, 2013, 93 min Desperate after his staff abandons him, Lagarde hires dreamer, During her hit, long-running, one-woman cabaret show, Elaine Stritch sometimes From the director of Notting Hill and part-time handyman and wannabe-chef Jacky as his assistant. forgets a lyric, and when the audience snickers, she yells, “Well, what do you Hyde Park on Hudson To Lagarde’s surprise, Jacky is a kitchen visionary, creating his own want, goddammit, I’m 87 years old!” Here is a legendary star who first appeared masterpieces and making some of Lagarde’s classic dishes even on Broadway in 1948 and has dated JFK, Marlon Brando, Gig Young and Ben In this smart, raw, funny movie, Meg better. But can these two wildly temperamental men stick together Gazzara. “I dumped Ben Gazzara because I thought Rock Hudson was interested (Lindsay Duncan) and Nick (Jim Broadbent), long enough to keep Jacky’s beautiful wife happy and fool France’s in me, and look what happened with THAT!” Nominated for a total of 12 Tony and two academics from London, decide to leading food critics while saving the restaurant in the process? Emmy awards, Stritch won her third Emmy at the age of 83 for her recurring role spend a romantic weekend in Paris, the city This inspired, flavorful, unapologetically wacky film is one of the as Colleen, Alec Baldwin’s fearsome mother on “30 Rock.” “A lean, glaring lion of their honeymoon 30 years ago. But this funniest restaurant movies since Ratatouille. SUBTITLED of a woman,” the New York Times once called her. In this funny, ferocious, unfor- time they bring middle-age baggage—older Directed by Daniel Cohen gettable film, Elaine Stritch is taking her show on the road one last time. With bodies, job worries and disappointingly Colorado Premiere appearances by Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Nathan Lane, among others. small accomplishments in life. And now that they’re newbie empty nesters, they’re not Directed by Chiemi Karasawa sure that they even like each other anymore. Executive produced by Alec Baldwin Like many long-marrieds, they know exactly Colorado Premiere which buttons to push in the other, so even the smallest disagreement can, in seconds, explode into a magnificent George-and- Martha Götterdämmerung. Enter Morgan (Jeff Goldblum), a handsome former colleague of Nick’s at the University who has grown rich writing shallow self-help books, and who openly flirts with Meg. This pushes Nick’s old, nearly forgotten jealous button. Uh oh.

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program CH-02 fpo Friday, 12:15pm, First United Methodist Church The Only Son Belgium/Nepal/Netherlands, Feature Documentary, 2013, 78 min

The international gay rights issues This stunningly beautiful presented in God Loves Uganda will be documentary was filmed in the high ...to throw a mountains of Nepal and tells the the topic of the Global Town Hall no-hitter while held at eTown Hall on Friday at 1pm. story of 19-year-old Pema, who, tripping on LSD See page 12 for more info. because poverty and illness forced his parents to give most of their program BT-07 program CH-01 six children away, was raised in an Friday, 9:30pm, Boulder Theater Friday, 10:00am, First United Methodist Church orphanage in Kathmandu. Pema No No: A Dockumentary God Loves Uganda then studied in Holland, where program CH-03 USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 100 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 83 min he lived with his sister and her Friday, 2:30pm, First United Methodist Church adopted Dutch mother. Now he is Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2014 On the 2014 Academy Award shortlist Ida summoned by his parents, who are Poland, Feature Film, 2013, 80 min Winner of many documentary film awards from Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 around the world elderly, to come back home. He and Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2014 his sister make the 10-day journey, Dock Ellis was the only major league pitcher to throw Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams much of it by yak, to the beautiful “An astonishing work, a no-hitter while tripping on LSD. During his 12 years explores the role of the American Evangelical move- 13,000-foot pastoral village of their both graceful in the major leagues, the flamboyant player lived ment in fueling Uganda’s terrifying turn toward birth. Pema is shown the land he and haunting.” program CH-04 the expression “Black is Beautiful!” In his Afro, he biblical law and the proposed death penalty for would inherit and is told that he is Sundance Film Festival Friday, 4:30pm, First United Methodist Church homosexuality. Thanks to charismatic religious wore red and yellow curlers on the field. He stepped already betrothed to a girl from the Anna, an orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to take her The Rocket out of his Cadillac wearing the widest bell-bottoms leaders and a well-financed campaign, these village. Thoroughly modern Pema Australia/Thailand/Laos, Feature Film, 2013, 96 min draconian new laws are winning over the Ugandan vows when she’s sent to visit Wanda, her aunt and only living and the broadest collars. But when he put on his is dumbfounded. He is told that if relative. Top audience award at the Tribeca Film Festival, audience uniform, he was one of the most intimidating pitch- public. But these cruel policies and the money that he does not move back, his parents award at the AFI Fest, winner of 3 awards at the Berlin Film drives them aren’t all coming from Africa; they are A cynical, hard-drinking Communist Party judge, Wanda reveals Festival ers of the 1970s. After Dock retired from baseball, will die. But Pema says that with- that Anna’s real name is Ida and that her parents were Jews he was as outspoken about his addictions to alcohol being fueled by some of America’s largest mega out his computer and books, HE Australia’s submission to the Academy for churches. Through interviews and hidden camera murdered during the Nazi occupation. The two embark on an and amphetamines as he had been about racial would die. As the pressure grows, unusual journey through the wintry countryside to unearth their the Best Foreign Language Film prejudice during his career, and he spent his remain- footage, the film allows some American religious will Pema obey tradition or follow leaders and their young missionaries to explain family’s dark history. The film’s beautiful black-and-white imagery Filmed in the lush landscape of Laos, a country invisible to the ing decades using that blunt honesty as a counselor his own heart? subtitled their positions in their own words. Shocking and is so artfully composed that every frame belongs in an exhibition. world since the Vietnam War, this wonderful, funny film tells the helping hundreds of other addicts. This is the first The setting—a somber 1960s Poland—suggests an austere story of Ahlo, a twin whose brother was born dead. According to his time the legend—and the story of the man behind horrifying, God Loves Uganda will leave you ques- Directed by Simonka de Jong tioning just how closely this brand of Christianity combination of Catholicism, Communism and the Holocaust. But grandmother, this makes Ahlo cursed. it—will be told in a feature-length film. Boulder Premiere the film is vibrant and intimate and shares a subtle portrait of But Ahlo’s mother refuses to kill him, as his Grandma advises. resembles the one you think you know. subtitled Pema’s sister, Dorje Dolma, two fascinating, contrasting women: the sheltered Ida, who is From then on, Grandma blames Ahlo for every catastrophe that Directed by Jeffrey Radice in person Directed by exploring her faith, and Wanda, who—having seen the worst of hits the family. When Ahlo is 10, his family is relocated to a refu- Produced by Chris Cortez director in person Roger Ross Williams humanity—has no faith left. subtitled gee camp where he meets 9-year-old Kia and her violet-suited Colorado Premiere Boulder Premiere uncle, an amiable dreamer obsessed with James Brown. Kicked out Jeffrey Radice and Chris Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski of camp, the two families journey through the most bombed-out Cortez in person call2 Boulder Premiere country on earth, passing “sleeping tigers”—ancient, unexploded action American bombs—when Ahlo hears about a local Homemade filmmakers in person Thanks to our venue: Rocket Festival with a huge cash prize. Well, Kia’s alcoholic “Uncle Roger Ross Williams First United Methodist Purple” is kind of a munitions expert. So if they build a rocket out of a sleeping tiger, what could possibly go wrong? subtitled co-directors in person Boulder in person Church ~ Fighting for in person^ social justice for under- Directed by Kim Mordaunt served communities Colorado Premiere 24 25 saturday filmmakers + subjects friday

program CH-05 Friday, 6:45pm, First United Methodist Church High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 USA/Nepal, Feature Documentary, 2013, 48 min From Mountainfilm in Telluride 2013 Winner at the Torello Mountain Film Festival in Spain 2013 Narrated by Jon Krakauer Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 In May of 1963, a team of brave Americans assembled on Mt. Everest in an effort to be the first from the U.S. to stand atop the world’s tallest mountain. Jim Whittaker summited on May 1, planting the American flag for his teammates to see when they in person reached the top. Whittaker had climbed the traditional South Col route, but two of his comrades—Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld—attempted the daunting, and previously unclimbed, West Ridge, now considered one of the most daring attempts in history. This harrowing film also incorporates a modern-day attempt on the West Ridge in 2012 when the team of Charley program CH-06 Mace, Jake Norton, David Morton and Brent Bishop try their luck Friday, 9:15pm, First United in hideous conditions. Methodist Church I Am Divine Directed by David Morton and Jake Norton USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 90 min Dave Dingman and Tom Hornbein (subjects of the film), Young, chubby Harris Glenn Milstead liked David Morton (producer/director), Jake Norton (producer/direc- musicals and was drawn to girl stuff and tor) and Jim Aikman (co-director/writer/editor) in person ladies’ clothes. Glenn was also bullied. He Preceded by: began acting like a bad boy, shoplifting, writing bad checks and smoking a lot of program BT-08 Keeper of the Mountains reefer. But then Glenn met the man who Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater USA/Nepal, Documentary Short, 2013, 25 min would change his life—the legendary Finding Vivian Maier On Outside Magazine’s list of Best USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 83 min Adventure Films of 2013 director John Waters. Like Glenn, Waters was obsessed with movies and the two “It doesn’t matter if you’re Reinhold of them bonded over old, campy films. Messner or Ed Viesturs: your summit They began to forge a new character, one Playing to sold-out audiences at film festivals never happened unless Elizabeth who mocked the conventional “pretty” throughout the world, this film tells the story of in person^ Hawley says it did.” Outside Magazine drag queens, and a very vivid personality Vivian Maier, whose former charges describe her As a reporter for Reuters, Elizabeth Hawley started to emerge. She was outrageous, as a mysterious Mary-Poppins-like nanny, very has lived alone in Kathmandu since 1960 outlandish and obviously overweight. reserved, but who would often take them on the and has interviewed thousands of return- Glenn’s wicked, rebellious side matched most exciting day-trips to places like the Chicago ing mountaineers. Now 90, Ms. Hawley is the sensibilities of Waters, and Waters Stockyards and Chicago’s skid row. Often, she the world’s foremost authority on Himalayan christened his new star “Divine.” They would be wearing man’s clothes with a wide fedora mountaineering and the final arbiter of dis- began making movies together and revo- hat, but she always had a camera hanging from puted claims. This sharp, witty woman with lutionized pop culture. her neck. Decades later, in 2007, a real estate an encyclopedic memory has made some of salesman named John Maloof bought an unopened the world’s most formidable mountaineers Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz trunk at a storage locker auction and discovered quake with her post-expedition interroga- Boulder Premiere over 100,000 photos taken by Miss Maier of such quality that they took his breath away. Maier is tions, which they have fondly dubbed “The Preceded by Best of BIFF short: Second Summit.” now considered to be among the 20th century’s Gay By Dawn greatest photographers. Directed by Allison Otto USA, Short Film, BIFF 2005, 10 min Boulder Premiere Directed by Jonathan London Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel 26 Allison Otto in person Colorado Premiere 27 greenup Be part of BIFF’s Green Commitment with a few easy actions that you can take during BIFF. saturday 1. Bus, Bike, Walk, or Carpool to BIFF. 2. Yes We Can! BIFF Green Partners The festival is located in downtown Boulder. GO Boulder and the Drop it in the right can – that is. Many of our sponsors and partners have HOP are thrilled to offer FREE bus rides during BIFF (Feb. 13 –16). Rubbish, Compost, Recycle...use taken BIFF Green Pledge to reduce waste the bins available at most BIFF Just flash your BIFF Festival pass or ticket stub. and their impact on the environment. shorts venues, thanks to Western Disposal. Visit biff1.com/green to learn who. Program FREE 3 hours FREE parking ride baby, ride program BT-09 HOP during Thursday evening + all day Friday Boulder B-cycle is offering 50% off a Saturday, 12:15pm, Boulder Theater BIFF with 15th & Pearl streets parking garage (only). 7-day bike pass. Also screening at eTown Hall, Present your same-day BIFF ticket stub or Go to boulderbcycle.com to register. see page 53 Festival pass Use promo code BIFF2014 pass to the lot attendant. Mr. Hublot in 3D Do I Have to Take Care of or ticket One ticket per exit. France and Luxembourg, Short Animation, 2013, 11 min Everything? Parking is always free on Saturdays Finland, Short Film, 2012, 7 min and Sundays. 50% off Special thanks to RealD for providing DCP Nominated for 2014 Academy Award Thanks City of Boulder Parking Services! 3D equipment for what may be the very first 3D film at the Boulder Theater. Winner of the Best Comedy at Aspen Shortsfest Nominated for a 2014 Academy Award Sini tries frantically to get her family ready to leave for a wedding, but her husband and two children are interfering Mr. Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with with her efforts. subtitled obsessive-compulsive disorder, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet’s arrival turns his life upside Directed by Selma Vilhunen down when he is forced to share his home with this very Boulder Premiere invasive companion. Directed by Laurent Witz Irish Folk Furniture Colorado Premiere Ireland, Short Animation, 2012, 8 min Short film jury award for animation at the Sundance The Date Film Festival Finland, Short Film, 2013, 7 min In rural Ireland, old hand-painted furniture is associated Tino, 16, has to host a date for Diablo, his family’s stud with hard times. Because of this, much of the country’s cat… and Tino’s own manhood is put to the test. subtitled furniture heritage lies rotting in barns and sheds. In this Directed by Jenni Toivoniemi remarkable film, the director uses stop-motion animation Boulder Premiere to breathe life into 16 disregarded pieces of furniture, which are then returned to the homes they once inhabited. Saturday Girls Directed by Tony Donoghue France, Short Film, 2013, 15 min Boulder Premiere Audience award winner at Aspen Shortsfest 9 Meter Eva awakens alone in bed in the home of the man she met Denmark, Short Film, 2012, 17 min and slept with the night before. She discovers that she is In this beautiful short film, 16-year-old Daniel is a not alone when she meets a little boy, Leon. Eva finds out major long-jumping talent who constantly breaks his that Arthur, the man she slept with, is not Leon’s father, own records. His mother is in a coma, but Daniel expe- but rather his uncle. Arthur has gone to play golf, as he riences that every time he tells his mother about a new normally does every Saturday morning. But who takes care record, she reacts by moving a finger. In a desperate of Leon? subtitled attempt to avoid doctors shutting off his mother’s life Directed by Emilie Cherpitel support, Daniel starts to jump between extremely high Boulder Premiere rooftops. (Not for the vertiginous viewer.) subtitled Directed by Anders Walter Date with Fate Boulder Premiere Australia, Short Film, 2012, 4 min From the 2013 LUNAFEST Love and Germophobia USA, Short Film, 2012, 10 min Some things are meant to be—whether Winner at the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival you like it or not. Directed by Venetia Taylor A guy visits his girlfriend in the hospital. She desperate- ly needs a big, long hug, but he doesn’t want to get the flu—or possibly viral meningitis. What would you do? Directed by Tyler Spindel Boulder Premiere 28 29 saturday

program BT-11 Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder Theater Keep On Keepin’ On USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 84 min A special Work in Progress screening from director Alan Hicks and Boulder’s own Oscar-winning producer Paula DuPré Pesmen (The Cove, program BT-13 Chasing Ice and three Harry Saturday, 9:45pm, Boulder Theater Program BT-10 Potter films, among others) Saturday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater Mistaken for Strangers The Face of Love Australian filmmakers Alan Hicks and USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 75 min USA, Feature Film, 2013, 92 min Adam Hart travel to the U.S. to follow Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 89-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry over “… this gently airbrushed, four years to document an unlikely “Fantastic!” variety mentorship between Terry and an “Brilliant!” romantic fantasy unfolds incredible blind jazz pianist, 23-year-old huffington post in the most elegant, Justin Kauflin. Terry played in both Count Basie’s and Duke Ellington’s bands, Opening Night film at the Tribeca Film Festival 2013 tastefully furnished context taught Miles Davis and Quincy Jones as The real-life indie rock band, The National, has seen its last album become a smash, and imaginable.” Variety young musicians and is best known for now they’re leaving on the biggest tour of their career. Lead singer Matt Berninger invited his his 10-year gig with the Tonight Show little brother, Tom, to be a part of their tour crew. Tom, 30, still lives at home with his parents What if you lost the love of your life, and then, much later, saw that person Band. In this unforgettable film—with and hasn’t yet settled on a career choice, although he does have a vague ambition to be a again across a crowded room? In this sweet, sad, sexy romance, Nikki plenty of great jazz—Kauflin is invited filmmakers filmmaker—in the horror genre—so he brings his camera. But metal-head Tom is baffled (Annette Bening) spots Tom (Ed Harris) at an art gallery. Tom looks exactly to compete in an elite international by the indie rock world, resents his brother’s success and begins to drink too much, shirking like her beloved husband Garret, who was killed in an accident five years competition while battling terrible stage in person his roadie duties and driving the band crazy by bursting into rooms at inopportune times with ago. Ecstatic over the chance to live as if her husband had never died, Nikki fright. Over the course of filming, Clark his camera rolling. Matt fires him. Tom leaves with 200 hours of unlabeled film, and begins stalks Tom, signs up for his art class and the two leap into a passionate loses his sight, which deepens his bond a long, grueling edit. What results is this brilliant, hilarious self-mockumentary that critics love affair. But Tom has no clue that Nikki's love is actually meant for some- with Kauflin. As the clocks tick, we are have called one of the funniest band-films since Spinal Tap. program BT-12 body else, while Nikki's guilt forces her to hide both Garret's pictures from suddenly witness to two great friends Tom, and hide Tom from her family and friends. Yes, there's a movie poster tackling the toughest challenges of their Saturday, 7:30pm, Boulder Theater Directed by Tom Berninger for Vertigo on a wall in this film, but this incarnation of that story is a whole To Be Announced Boulder Premiere

lives. Featuring Quincy Jones and Herbie filmmaker lot sweeter. With an outstanding supporting cast, including Robin Williams. Hancock. Tom Berninger in person in person Program will be announced on BIFF1. Directed by Arie Posen Directed by Alan Hicks com, Facebook and Twitter in the days *from the song Colorado Premiere Produced by Paula DuPré Pesmen leading up to the Festival. Perhaps we “mistaken for and Quincy Jones should say “To Be Tweeted.” strangers” Associate produced and edited by by the national Davis Coombe Alan Hicks, Paula Dupré Pesmen and Davis Coombe in person

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Program CH-10 Program CH-11 Saturday, 5:00pm, First United Saturday, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church program CH-07 program CH-08 Methodist Church program HS-01 Saturday, 10:00am, First United Saturday, 12:15pm, First United Circles Watchers of the Sky Methodist Church Methodist Church Serbia, Feature Film, 2013, 112 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 115 min Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder High School Alive Inside Political Bodies Also screening at eTown Hall, Direct to BIFF from Maidentrip USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 75 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 80 min see page 53 Sundance 2014 USA/Australia/Ecuador/French Polynesia/Neth- Winner of the Documentary Feature Jury erlands/Netherlands Antilles/Panama/South Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2014 Africa, Feature Documentary, 2013, 82 min The Henry we first see in this remarkable film Award at the Austin Film Festival Serbia’s submission for the Best Foreign Over the past 10 years, the government is an old man who's been in a nursing home Language Academy Award Never before have this many women's of Sudan has carried out a campaign “Brilliant and for 10 years and who now sits hunched over “Exhilaration.” of ethnic cleansing against non-Arabs reproductive rights restrictions been eloquent, poetic + variety endearing.” in his chair, incapable of answering ques- passed in the U.S. Texas set up major in Darfur, resulting in the deaths of tions beyond a yes or no. But when Henry and haunting narration hundreds of thousands of people and Lincoln Center barriers to abortion with little protest. “A work of other patients suffering from degenerative In contrast, when Virginia legislators forcing millions into refugee camps diseases are handed an iPod full of music heroic art.” Indiewire across the border. The U.S. has called “This film is a attempted to pass everything from a program CH-09 celebration of the from their youth, a different person emerges. personhood amendment to trans-vaginal Saturday, 2:30pm, First United it an act of genocide. This remark- Marko, a Serbian soldier on leave during incredible promise of Immediately, Henry's face lights up. His eyes ultrasounds, that state quickly became Methodist Church able film introduces us to the man the war, returns to his Bosnian home- youth.” Variety open wide and he talks! "It gives me the ground zero in the fight for a woman's The Missing Picture who invented the word “genocide,” town. When three fellow soldiers brutally feeling of love, of romance. I figure right now right to choose. This film shines a light Cambodia/France, Feature Documentary, 2013, 96 min legendary international lawyer Raphael the world needs to come into music, singing. accost Haris, a Muslim shopkeeper, Marko Winner of awards at Banff, SXSW and on the legislators involved, the immedi- Nominated for a 2014 Academy Award Lemkin, along with four other modern- intervenes and faces the wrath of his Telluride Mountainfilm festivals You’ve got beautiful music here," Henry says, ate angry response of women of Virginia, day humanitarian-heroes who offer real countrymen. Twelve years later, when the before breaking into a version of "I'll Be Home and what can happen when citizens fight Winner of “Un Certain Regard Prize” at the examples of how the cycle of violence war is over, the consequences of this act for Christmas" by his favorite singer, Cab for their reproductive rights and stand Cannes Film Festival 2013 can be broken and future mass atroci- After spending the first five years of her of heroism are still having their repercus- Calloway. Alive Inside will inspire millions of up against the forces of control, restric- ties prevented. life on a sailboat during her parents’ own After the American military’s carpet-bombing sions. Marko’s father is rebuilding a church people and caregivers burdened by diseases tion and repression. What we witness in sail around the world, 14-year-old Laura of Cambodia during the Vietnam War helped in the countryside. When the son of one of Directed by Edet Belzberg that affect memory, and help to create a Virginia illustrates a nationwide move- Dekker sets out—camera in hand—on a foster the rise of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s the soldiers offers his help, he hesitates. Produced by Amelia Green-Dove and grassroots demand for this kind of low-cost ment where women draw the line on two-year voyage to be the youngest person new leader, Pol Pot, rounded up the entire Marko’s friend, a renowned surgeon in Elizabeth Bohart treatment. government control over their own bodies ever to sail around the world alone. In population of Cambodia’s capital—two million Belgrade, faces terrible choices when told Colorado Premiere and their own reproductive destiny. the wake of a yearlong battle with Dutch Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett people—and forced them into labor camps to operate on one of the three soldiers, now Amelia Green-Dove and Elizabeth authorities that sparked a global media Colorado Premiere in the countryside. This included 11-year-old Bohart in person Directed by Christopher Englese on the verge of death. As for the Muslim storm, Laura now finds herself far from Michael Rossato-Bennett in person Rithy Pan and his family. The camps were hell Colorado Premiere shopkeeper, he now lives in Germany and land, family and without a follow boat or on earth. Torture and executions were rampant. is faced with a unique opportunity to repay Christopher Englese in person Co-Presented by Facing a support team, exploring the world in Co-presented by the Music and Rations were perpetually depleting, people were his debt. Aware of how easily hatred and call call history and Ourselves search of freedom, adventure, memories 2 Memory Project Co-presented by forced to drink mud. During the next four years, violence can create life-shattering ripples, 2 and dreams. Jillian Schlesinger’s debut action call Rithy Pan lost his entire family to overwork, action 2 Boulder Valley Women’s the film looks at the consequences of moral features Laura’s brave, defiant voice action Health Center disease and starvation. Now an acclaimed film courage, asking whether a heroic act can through a mix of Laura’s own video record- director, Rithy Pan struggled for years to find a generate ripples of another kind. Based on ings at sea and her vérité footage from way to tell his story through film because there a true story. subtitled filmmakers places like the Galapagos, Polynesia, are no pictures of this monumental horror. His Australia and South Africa. Subtitled solution was to visualize events through the use Directed by Srdan Golubovic in person of haunting clay figurines inhabiting detailed Colorado Premiere Directed by Jillian Schlesinger dioramas, coupled with actual Khmer Rouge Boulder Premiere propaganda footage and and haunting narration that you will never forget. subtitled

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program HS-05 Saturday, 7:45pm, Boulder High School also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 best of biff program HS-02 program HS-03 Saturday, 12:15pm, Boulder High School Saturday, 2:30pm, Boulder High School shorts Omar Penny and Red: The Life of one Palestine, Feature Film, 2013, 96 min Secretariat’s Owner The Wednesdays The Screamers (Los Gritones) Nominated for a 2014 USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 60 min Ireland, Short Film, BIFF 2009, 14 min Spain, Short Film, BIFF 2012, 2 min Academy Award Narrated by Diane Lane Winner at Aspen, Chicago, Galway and There are moments in a relationship when Winner of “Un Certain Regard Prize” at the Barcelona Film Festivals you just want to scream. This bombshell of a movie is about Penny, Directed by Roberto Pérez Toledo Cannes Film Festival 2013 not her horse Secretariat, and in it we see a This funny, poignant tale follows an elderly couple who rediscover sensuality, love, fun Omar is accustomed to dodging surveil- tougher, more earthy woman than portrayed “Particle Fever succeeds by Diane Lane in the Disney film Secretariat. on every level!” and adventure with the help of some magic A Finger, Two Dots Then Me lance bullets to cross the separation wall pills. Because the supply is limited, they only USA, Short Film, BIFF 2012, 8 min The real Penny was far more assertive in The Hollywood Reporter to visit his secret love, Nadia. But occu- take the tablets on Wednesdays. “Oh, I do so her disintegrating marriage to Jack Tweedy, An electrifying poem about love and dying, pied Palestine knows neither simple love “Mind blowing.” look forward to Wednesdays,” the wife says, written by Beat poet Derrick Brown, who has nor clear-cut war. On the other side of far more disgusted at the blatant gender taking her husband’s hand and smiling shyly. discrimination in the sport of horse racing The New York Times performed this piece as an opening act in the wall, the sensitive young baker Omar What are these “magic pills” anyway? All we massive rock arenas around the world. becomes a freedom fighter who must and, in this film made by her son, John can say is that you can buy them too, without Tweedy, Penny matter-of-factly reveals that Directed by Daniel Holechek and David face painful choices about his life. When a prescription, right here in Boulder. Holechek Omar is captured after a deadly act of during her horse’s fairy-tale Triple-Crown Directed by Conor Ferguson resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse season, she was having a passionate extra- marital affair with her champion racehorse’s program HS-04 director Instead of Abracadabra game with the military police. Suspicion Peter and Ben Sweden, Short Film, BIFF 2010, 22 min and betrayal jeopardize his longtime trainer, Lucien Laurin (played by John Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder High School in person UK, Short Documentary, BIFF 2009, 10 min Nominated for a 2009 Academy Award trust with accomplices and childhood Malkovich in the Disney film). Her real life As a young man, Peter dropped out of was not exactly a Disney movie, yet Penny’s Particle Fever friends Amjad and particularly Tarek, USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 99 min society and became a sheep rancher in a “Quick hit laughs… zips along who is Nadia’s militant brother. Omar’s unvarnished story of stifled ambition liber- rolling, lush valley in Wales where he lived, with fierce economy.” feelings quickly become as torn apart ated by a horse of transcendent power is still This film gives us a front-row seat to contented and alone, for 30 years. Then Peter Sundance Film Festival one of grace and wonder. the launch of the biggest and most found Ben, an orphaned lamb who quickly as the landscape, and it’s soon evident Thomas, 25, unemployed and still living at expensive scientific experiment in grew into a big woolly sheep. A love story that everything he does is for his love of home, has Napoleon Dynamite delusions of Directed, produced and written by John Tweedy human history, the Hadron Collider, between a man and his sheep. Nadia. Subtitled grandeur and considers himself a big-time Written and filmed by Beret Strong where 10,000 scientists from 100 Directed by Pinny Gryllss magician. When a pretty nurse moves in next Directed by Hany Abu-Assad Penny Chenery, John Tweedy and Beret Strong countries joined forces for a single door, Thomas turns on his awkward charms. Colorado Premiere in person goal—to find the sub-atomic particle Pentecost Relentlessly funny and even a little sweet, Ireland, Short Film, BIFF 2012, 11 min that created all the matter in the Every year, crowds this film reveals cinematic magic all along universe, aka the “God” particle, the rush to get into Nominated for a 2012 Academy Award the way. Subtitled Higgs boson. Never in history have the Directed by Patrick Eklund stakes been higher: It could either be our shorts! Eleven-year-old Damian is to serve as an altar boy at an important Mass in his local the greatest scientific discovery of all Spider Yes, for a decade BIFF’s short-film parish. During his last Mass, he knocked time or, according to hysterical press Father O’Toole off the altar, so Damian is Australia, Short Film, BIFF 2007, 10 min accounts and fundamentalist religious programs have been incredibly serving a three-month ban from his only Winner at Sundance and Sydney Film Festivals leaders, the possible end of the world popular; many of those movies passion, football. Damian’s team, Liverpool As mum used to say: “It’s all fun and games as we know it. Particle Fever is a great FC, are soon playing in the European Cup have gone on to win awards and until someone loses an eye.” celebration of exploration and discovery, final. Damian’s father offers him a chance to revealing the very human stories behind propel their makers to even see the big game, if only he serves the Directed by Nash Edgerton this fantastical machine. greater projects. As a special Mass correctly. treat for our 10th anniversary, Directed by Peter McDonald filmmakers Directed by Mark Levinson we have gathered the finest (and Boulder Premiere subject Mark Levinson in person mostly funny) films from the last + 10 years to display in our two 34 in person “Best of BIFF Shorts” programs! 35 sunday the wind rises Directed by Stanley Nelson Produced by Cyndee Readdean Colorado Premiere program BT-16 Cyndee Readdean in person Sunday, 2:45pm, Boulder Theater Freedom Summer USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 112 min a tale of love, perseverance and making choices in a turbulent world Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53

filmmakers in person This remarkable film by Stanley Nelson (director of Freedom Riders, winner of the People’s program BT-15 Choice Award at BIFF 2011) shows the incredible summer of 1964 when a thousand Sunday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater volunteers entered Mississippi, a state virulently opposed to black people voting. What The Wind Rises began as a peaceful get-out-the-vote movement quickly became subject to harassment, Japan, Animated Feature Film, 2014, 126 min intimidation and violence as local law enforcement officials and members of the Ku Klux Klan resorted to arson and beatings—and the murder of three civil rights workers—to program BT-14 Touchstone Pictures presents thwart the registration campaign. Once again, the American people saw the ugly face of Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater a Studio Ghibli Film Southern racism on their evening news. Between electrifying film clips, Nelson interviews Tiny: A Story About Living Small From Academy Award Winner Hayao Miyazaki surviving volunteers and residents who witnessed Freedom Summer first hand. With the USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 62 min Supreme Court recently striking down a key section of the Voting Rights Act, Nelson’s film is producer in person a potent reminder of the vigilance still needed to protect what they accomplished. “Gorgeously photographed, and In The Wind Rises, Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, full of revealing interviews, this is inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted a fascinating documentary.” from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engi- Hot Docs in Toronto neering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative | 37 and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, With no building skills whatsoever, Boulderite depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of Christopher Smith sets out to construct a livable 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge 130-square foot house—no bigger than a stan- into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes dard parking space—with his girlfriend, Merete. his friendship with his colleague Honjo. Writer and director Hayao Miyazaki The design is part of a growing movement that pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in this epic is conscious of our environmental impact and tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices attempts to move away from excessive consump- in a turbulent world. tion to a more simple way of doing things. Like a perfectly realized tiny house, this documentary is Director: Hayao Miyazaki compact, economical and elegant, a fitting testa- Producer: Toshio Suzuki ment to the spirit of the tiny house movement and Original story and screenplay by: Hayao Miyazaki the do-it-yourself trend in non-fiction filmmaking. Featuring the voices of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Mae Whitman, Elijah Wood, Stanley Tucci, John Krasinski, Jennifer Grey, William H. Macy and Martin Directed by Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller Short Boulder Premiere Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller in person Co-presented by the Center for Resource The Wind Rises opens in theaters Conservation and Resource Yard February 21, 2014 (limited) and February 28, 2014 (wide). call co-directors in person act2ion

36 best of biff shortstwo Program HS-06 program HS-07Sunday, 12:00pm, Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder High School Boulder High School Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 Documented sunday USA/Philippines, Feature Documentary, 2013, 89 min Every year, crowds rush Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 53 to get into our shorts! Before American Pulitzer Prize-winning jour- nalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in the New York The Job Glenn Owen Dodds USA, Short Film, BIFF 2008, 3 min Australia, Short Film, BIFF 2011, 17 min Times, he began making this film to record what he was about to go through. Vargas has been “Brilliant.” Austin Chronicle. Winner of the International Prix Canal + Award, Clermont-Ferrand living in the U.S. illegally since he was brought The immigration debate just got a little from the Philippines at age 12 to live with his funnier. Michael Radcliffe was catching the morning grandparents in California, where teachers and Directed by Jonathan Browning bus like he does every day of his every day life. He didn’t expect to have a five-minute school administrators helped him gain college How to Ace an sit-down with G.O.D., Glenn Owen Dodds admission, a driver’s license and employment. Intervention that is, a mysterious man who claims to be He later landed a job at The Washington Post. USA, Short Film, BIFF 2005, 11 min God. Could he really be God? He seems to For the film, Vargas sent a camera back to the Your spouse comes into the kitchen and know an awful lot about Radcliffe. But what invites you to the living room to “talk.” You kind of God smokes cigarettes and looks like Philippines to interview his mother, whom he discover that your living room is filled with a hapless con man with a frightful filing hasn’t seen in 20 years because he can’t leave your friends and family, and they’re all star- system? Then again, how does Glenn Owen the U.S. In this gripping, emotional film, Vargas ing solemnly at the drink in your hand. What Dodds know the meaning of life? tells his story and the stories of some of the mil- to do? Try turning the tables on them by Directed by Frazer Bailey lions brought to the country illegally as children implementing the step-by-step procedures of world premiere another self-help program—assertiveness who would benefit from a path to permanent program HS-08 Careful with That Axe Sunday, 3:00pm, Boulder High School training. What have you got to lose? New Zealand, Short Film, BIFF 2011, 2 min residency under the stalled Dream Act. Directed by Ned Farr The Current A young boy discovers fun with an axe. Written and directed by Jose Antonio Vargas USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 45 min Pee Shy Directed by Jason Stutter Co-director Ann Lupo After he sold Warren Miller Entertainment, legendary adventure filmmaker Kurt USA, Short Film, BIFF 2005, 15 min Colorado Premiere Miller founded MakeAHero.org and turned his attention to adaptive sports, A group of scouts are led by Dan, the emotion- Once Upon a Crime Jose Antonio Vargasand Ann Lupo in person ally sadistic Scoutmaster-from-Hell who USA, Short Film, BIFF 2011, 11 min helping people of all abilities to experience the adrenaline rush and wild-eyed fun of outdoor sports. His first film, The Movement, showed high-speed, thrill- torments the troop with spooky campfire A prosecuting attorney breaks down the “fairy call Co-presented by Intercambio: 2 packed downhill adaptive-skiing. The Current, featuring Olympic gold medal stories late into the night. One night, Dan tale” as told by the witness on the witness act ion Uniting Communities tells a story so scary that Bobby pees his stand, asking the unasked questions about swimmer and Coloradan Missy Franklin, centers on adaptive water sports such pants, and it seems that the troop is about to the story that Ms. White has been telling for as surfing, scuba diving, free-diving and ocean kayaking alongside whales and become part of the scariest story of all. 152 years. dolphins in exotic locations, including Bimini, Bahamas, Cozumel, Mexico and Directed by Deb Hagan Directed by Lilli Birdsell director in person Kauai, Hawaii. Each cast member shares inspirational stories of perseverance director + subjects and an unwillingness to be held back by limitations. Tanghi Argentini Directed by Kurt Miller Belgium, Short Film, BIFF 2008, 13 min in person World Premiere Nominated for a 2008 Academy Award Kurt Miller, and film subjects Missy Franklin, Anthony Robles, Mallory Wegge- Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at mann, Grant Korgan, David Hosick and Jesse Murphree in person his workplace, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy. Instead of the cliché call Co-presented by MakeAHero.org Christmas gifts, Andre goes to great lengths 2 to give his colleagues something real and action precious. Tanghi Argentini is a modern fairy tale. Subtitled Directed by Guido Thys

38 39 Sunday, February 16 program BT-17 biff birthday party $30 / Free for Passholders + closing night awards & film Thanks to nationally If we had a candle for every laugh we’ve shared with thousands of you renowned artist Bill Vielehr for over the last 10 years, that’s what we’d like on our cake. Please join us creating fine art to celebrate one decade of independent film Boulder style! for BIFF Award winners for As always, we’ll close out the Festival with live the last music and the BIFF Awards Ceremony, where we’ll ten years. honor the Best of the Fest with their hand-crafted sunday Vielehr award sculptures. The ceremony will be followed by a screening of the remarkable new 10 years documentary feature Tim’s Vermeer. of the THE VIELEHR Sony Pictures Classics In association with “So entertaining, High Delft Pictures presents audiences hardly A Penn & Teller Film Produced by Penn Jillette even realize how closing Nominee, Best Documentary incendiary night BAFTA Awards, 2014 it is.” Variety festivities Critics Choice Awards, 2014 Tim’s Vermeer Doors open at USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 80 min Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of program HS-09 6:45pm/6:30pm for Passholders the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th-century Dutch Sunday, 5:15pm, Boulder High School Master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage Uranium Drive-In Music 6:30-7:30pm to paint so photo-realistically—150 years before the invention USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 70 min Awards Ceremony at 7:30pm of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discov- Film at 8:00pm ers. Spanning eight years, Jenison’s adventure takes him to The promise of jobs from a proposed uranium mill has a devastated mining commu- Sweets by Shamane’s Bake Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, on a nity hopeful for the first time in decades. But when environmentalists step in to Shoppe & Indulge Bakery pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David stop the mill, local residents are enraged. This fascinating film follows a proposed Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer Music by masterpiece in the collection of the Queen. Featuring Tim Jeni- uranium mill—the first of this kind to be built in the U.S. in 30 years—near the The Dexter Payne Quartet hardscrabble town of Naturita in southwestern Colorado and the emotional debate son, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Professor Philip Steadman, David pitting a population desperate for jobs against opposition from an environmental The flavors of electric + Hockney and Dr. Colin Blackemore. group based in the nearby resort town of Telluride. This beautifully shot film offers no world music mixed with Brazilian choro, samba Director TELLER easy answers, but aims instead to capture personal stories and paint a portrait of the Produced by PENN JILLETTE lives behind this potentially explosive issue. Uranium Drive-In offers a never-before- and baiao. Producer FARLEY ZIEGLER About Tim Jenison seen slice of American life—the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle that involves Executive Producers Tim Jenison is considered the visionary massive uranium extraction and processing. PETER ADAM GOLDEN GLENN S. ALAI force behind the desktop video revolution. Directed by Suzan Beraza TIM JENISON Jenison founded his technology company, Boulder Premiere TELLER NewTek, in 1985, and led the way in the Suzan Beraza in person development of a series of highly success- ful products, including DigiView (one of the first video digitizers for a computer), Co-presented by Frack Free Colorado call DigiPaint and the Video Toaster®. act2ion

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Robin Beeck, Executive Director Steve Katz, Digital Commando Joellen Raderstorf, Global Town Hall Producer Kathy Beeck, Director Amanda Kowalski, Digital Communications Management Dave Riepe, Technical Director Lisa Bell, Singer/Songwriter Coordinator, John Kubley, Program Distribution/BIFF Jerry Shapins, Senior Outreach Filmmaker Liaison Coordinator Signage Coordinator Kevin Smith, Executive Producer Ron Bostwick, Special Event Producer & Host Arlene LaMar, Registration Coordinator Sarah Stearns, Workshops and Panels Assistant Chad Carroll, Sustainability Coordinator Pat Mallek, Animation Director Natalie Sullivan, Festival Liaison Scott Chavkin, Information Booth Manager Marty Mapes, Jury President Anne Tengler, Marketing Co-Chair Jenn Cleary, Singer/Songwriter Coordinator Carolyn Matthews, Program Assistant Doug Turley, WebMaster Lenora Cooper, Fairy Line Mother Mary Molloy-Rios, BIFF IT Coordinator Brad Weismann, Senior Communications Officer, page Diana DeBrohun, Sponsor Liaison Ann Moss, Senior Outreach Moderator Coordinator left Jeanine Fritz, Social Media Maven Chris Northrup, Sponsorship Director Peter Wayne, Special Digital Projects blank intentionally Wendy Goldner, Marketing Co-Chair Alan O’Hashi, Video Production Jane Whittlesey, Fairy Line Mother Crystal Gray, Call 2 Action Coordinator Patti O’Rourke, Educational Outreach Manager, Ruth Wight, Educational Outreach Director Emeritus Program Manager Gary Guerriero, Merchandise Coordinator Arlan Beeck, Program Writer Ashley Peterson, Registration Coordinator Becca Heaton, Program Editor Betty Beeck, Film Tracker

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44 45 Miss a film? Here’s a second chance to see it! s e l e c t second please note: • The Festival Pass does not include eTown screenings. • All festival goers must purchase tickets for eTown screenings screenings, except for Red Carpet Passholders. saturday sunday

Program ET-02 Saturday, 10:00am Program ET-07 Sunday, 10:00am The Human Experiment Mistaken for Strangers See synopsis on page 21 See synopsis on page 31

Program ET-03 Saturday, 12:15pm Program ET-08 Sunday, 12:00pm High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 Best of BIFF Shorts 1 page See synopsis on page 26 left See synopses on page 35 Program ET-04 Saturday, 2:30pm blank Program ET-09 Sunday, 3:00pm intentionally No No: A Dockumentary Best of BIFF Shorts 2 See synopsis on page 24 See synopses on page 38 Program ET-05 Saturday, 5:00pm Program ET-10 Sunday, 5:00pm Shorts Program See synopses on page 29 Documented See synopsis on page 38 Program ET-06 Saturday, 7:15pm Program ET-11 Sunday, 7:00pm Circles See synopsis on page 33 Freedom Summer See synopsis on page 37

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