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FilmFest Program 2013.indd 1 3/31/2013 10:33:29 AM FilmFest Program 2013.indd 2 3/31/2013 10:33:34 AM kansas city filmfest1 contents After Parties ...... 22

Credits ...... 39

Feature Film Descriptions . . . 25

alamo drafthouse Festival Information . . . . . 3 1400 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Film Index ...... 5 816-286-4777 Filmmaker Panels ...... 23 www.kcfilmfest.org Guest Artists ...... 6

Reel Spirit Showcase . . . . . 23

Schedule ...... 20

KCWIFT Screenplay Contest . . 22

Short Film Programs . . . . . 11

Special Events ...... 22

Kansas City Filmmakers JUBILEE

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Kansas City FilmFest Competition Ticketing Info Of more than 100 films being shown at Kansas City • Available at the box office or online through www. FilmFest 2013, about two-thirds of them are partici- drafthouse.com/kansas_city/mainstreet. Tickets pating in competition. In addition to our competition for select events are available at kcfilmfest.org films, we’ve scoured the globe to find other great • General admission. There is no assigned seating. films that haven’t yet made it to Kansas City. We call • Non-refundable these “curated” films and they are not competing for awards at FilmFest. Prices The competition is the oldest part of the Kansas City $60 Festival Pass (Gold) Filmmakers Jubilee, the nonprofit organization that $25 Three Films for $25 (Silver) presents FilmFest each year. In 1996, Jubilee founder $10 Individual screenings Fred Andrews learned that Kansas City had an active $5 Individual seminars/panels/workshops (with out and growing filmmaking community but there were film screening) few venues for filmmakers to show their work. As a $10 Individual seminar w/ movie screening result, Andrews launched the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee which held its first festival in 1997. Seminars/Panels/Workshops Since then, the majority-volunteer run Kansas City Festival pass holders have free access to all seminars/ Filmmakers Jubilee has grown steadily, guided by the panels/workshops. Individual tickets to seminars/ continuing leadership of its founder, a large number panels/workshops are available on line at www. of filmmakers, and the Jubilee’s volunteer Board of drafthouse.com/kansas_city/mainstreet or at the Directors. The Jubilee received its 501(c)(3) designa- box office of Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet. tion in June of 1998. More than $200,000 in cash and prizes have been awarded. More than 200 visiting Festival Passes film professionals have come to Kansas City to share Festival passes include: All screenings, seminars, their work and experiences. workshops, panels, parties. Restrictions apply. Festival The competition begun by the Jubilee remains intact passes are not good for VIP Guest Events or Special even though the festival was expanded and renamed Screening/Events requiring a separate ticket purchase. in 2009. Passes do not include the Bronies screenings with special guest, Brony VIP parties, The Central Park Five screening with Midwest Innocence Project on Award Categories April 12, and It’s A Disaster with brunch on April 14. Filmmakers can submit narrative, experimental, animation and documentary films in four competitive A festival pass does not guarantee seating. Festival divisions. Awards are presented in each category: pass holders must obtain tickets from the Will Call Table in advance of each screening they plan to attend. US/International: Short and feature-length films. Heartland: Short and feature-length films by Mis- Seating souri and Kansas residents, present and past. If you have been given or won a complimentary ticket Heartland Student: Short and feature-length films voucher, the complimentary ticket voucher does not by Missouri and Kansas students. guarantee you a seat. Complimentary ticket vouchers must be redeemed for an actual ticket at the Will Call CinemaJAZZ: Short and feature-length films relating Table. to jazz. Ticketed patrons, including festival pass holders, must be seated 10 minutes before the scheduled start of film. After that, remaining seats will be released for sale to those waiting in the rush line. More information Call 816-286-4777 or visit kcfilmfest.org

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Feature Film Index Short Film Index 21st Century Farmer ...... 17 Me, The King and My Dad . . 13 Battle: Change America 101 ...... 19 Monster ...... 19 from Within ...... 25 Anecdote ...... 11 Muladhara ...... 15 Becloud (Vaho) ...... 25 Barbie Boy ...... 15 My Forest (Ma Forêt) ...... 19 Bowling ...... 25 A Beautiful Impurity ...... 19 My Kansas ...... 17 Bread & Circuses Behind The Scenes ...... 13 Nature Spontaneously .....17 (Kruha in Iger) ...... 25 Beyond the Deadend No One Knows ...... 17 (An Sooy e Bonbast) .....11 Nooner ...... 15 Bronies ...... 27 Bird of Flames ...... 13 The One Who Builds ...... 17 The Central Park Five ...27 BlindSight ...... 15 OrdinaryMan ...... 15 Charles Lloyd: The Bolt Cutters ...... 19 Papa Piñata ...... 15 Arrows Into Infinity ...25 Boom Box Kids ...... 15 Paper People ...... 17 The Commitment ...... 17 Picture A Girl With Red Hair . 15 The Discoverers ...... 25 Death of a Shadow Plateau ...... 13 Envisioning Home .....27 (Dood van een Schaduw) 11 Possum ...... 15 Graceland ...... 27 Delilah ...... 19 The Procession ...... 19 Disruption ...... 11 Quinn’s New Video Game . . 13 Heartland: A Portrait Don’t Lose Your Soul ...... 19 of Survival ...... 27 Rail Poem ...... 13 Donald Cox ...... 19 Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope . . 11 Hit and Stay ...... 27 Driveaway ...... 15 Rebel Rebel Rebel ...... 11 It’s a Disaster ...... 31 The Earthquake ...... 13 The Rest of Her ...... 15 Electric Theatre Arcade .....17 The Jogger ...... 31 Retrocognition ...... 13 Faisal Goes West ...... 19 The Road Led Here ...... 13 Lost on Purpose ...... 31 From Dad To Son ...... 19 Saving the Human Race My Father and Ghoul School ...... 13 (For Menneskeheten) ....15 the Man in Black .....31 Green Acres ...... 13 Sea Pig ...... 11 GUN ...... 11 Searcy County ...... 17 My Best Holidays (Nos Half Good Killer ...... 11 plus belles vacanes) . . 33 The Sidelines ...... 13 The Hard Day Knights ...... 15 Sinsis ...... 13 Narmada ...... 33 The History of Chance .....17 Stalled ...... 17 One Small Hitch ...... 33 Housebreaking ...... 13 Talking Dog For Sale, 10 Euros 11 House of Monsters ...... 13 Rhino ...... 33 The Things My Father The House With Nobody In It . 13 Never Taught Me ...... 15 Summer Children ...... 35 Into Thick Air ...... 17 Thumb ...... 15 A Teacher ...... 35 It’s Been A Pleasure ...... 15 Tokyo=Fukushima ...... 13 Jodi Orton: Fostering Change 17 Too Late Now ...... 17 The Trouble With Tooth ...... 11 the Truth ...... 35 The Joggers ...... 19 A Kiss For Gabriela ...... 17 Transit ...... 13 Twenty Feet from Lift ...... 19 Twenty Bucks ...... 11 Stardom ...... 35 Light Me Up ...... 13 Two Seconds After Laughter 11 Uprising ...... 37 A Little Something on the Side 19 Two Types of Sexism ...... 11 We Are Superman .....37 The Lynching of Bert Dudley 17 Viscosity ...... 11 Make A Wish ...... 13 What About Us? ...... 11 Winter Nomads Making Waste ...... 17 Wrong Number ...... 15 (Hiver Nomade) .....37 Me, My Wife and Our Cow . 13 X-Ray Man ...... 17

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michael brockhoff skizz cZsyk Michael Brockhoff is a non-fiction producer with Skizz Czyzk is a filmmaker, writer, musician, artist, hundreds of hours of programming to his credit. and film festival careerist. He has held positions at He has a unique talent for solving creative and MicroCineFest, Film Festival, Slamdance, logistical challenges while pushing the quality of the and Atlanta Film Festival. A filmmaker since 1983, his content and production values beyond the expected films include Hit & Stay, Freaks In Love, Little Cas- parameters. Michael has been instrumental in ex- tles, Managers Corner, and music videos for Beach panding the programming slate of many production House, Young Fresh Fellows, and many others. He companies and creating shows for networks like TLC writes for music and film magazines, is on the Board and National Geographic Wild. of Directors for Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and performs music with Go Pills, The Jennifers, Garage Sale, and Mink Stole & Her Wonderful Band.

michelle davidson Michelle Davidson is the president of Kansas City John de Lancie is an actor, producer, writer and Women in Film & TV and a board member of the musician. He is best known for his portrayal of the Film Commission of Greater KC and MOMMA. iconic, all-powerful Q, a recurring character on Michelle is an Emmy award winning writer, producer Star Trek: The Next Generation. Q is one of few and actor. She can be seen in the feature films characters appearing in multiple shows of the Star Nailbiter, Last Ounce of Courage and Lucky. On the Trek franchise. He has also become known for his small screen, Michelle hosts a daily entertainment voice work as the antagonist Discord on My Little show Kansas City Live on KSHB. She also co-hosts Pony: Friendship is Magic. De Lancie has appeared and produces CinemaKC, a weekly program show- in numerous films and television shows including casing filmmakers. Michelle wrote and directed the Breaking Bad, Legend, Stargate SG-1, The Unit, Law comedic short filmA Senior Moment, recognized & Order, Torchwood, The West Wing, The Hand the with a Celtx Seed Grant and awards at various film Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, and Fearless. festivals.

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lauren faust ARin Lieberman Lauren Faust is an Emmy and Annie award winner Arin Liberman is a film festival and production who has lent her talents to many beloved animated professsional, who spends most of her year wear- properties as artist, writer, director and producer. ing various hats with the True/False Film Fest in She has served as the Head Writer and Supervising Columbia, Mo. From a background in television and Producer for Cartoon Network’s hit series, Foster’s commercial production with companies such as Home for Imaginary Friends, and was a contributor National Geographic, the Discovery Channel and the to the wildly popular cartoon series, The Powerpuff Smithsonian Channel, her entrée to film fests came Girls. She has also animated on several features via the AFI Silverdocs Documentary Festival in Silver films including the critically acclaimed movie, The Spring, Maryland. There, she rose from program- Iron Giant. She is best known, however, as Creative ming intern to volunteer coordinator to Production Steward, Developer and Executive Producer of Has- Manager. Arin sees her festival work, from Silverdocs, bro/The Hub’s : Friendship is Magic. Telluride, Philadelphia, to True/False, as a platform Lauren is currently serving as Co-Producer and Story for enabling artists and visionaries to engage with, Editor for husband Craig McCracken’s upcoming Dis- challenge, and grow our communities. ney Channel series, .

charlie olsky edie robinette-petrachi Charlie Olsky was recently named the director of Educated at the Berklee College of Music, University publicity for Laboratories, the indie dis- of California–Santa Barbara, Boston University, and tribution label founded by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The University of Kansas Film and Media Studies, responsible for releasing We Need to Talk About Herbert Berghof Studios. A member of the Screen Kevin, Meek’s Cutoff, and Matteo Garrone’s Reality, Actor’s Guild, Edie is the president of Angel City currently in release. Olsky comes to Oscilloscope af- Film Works and currently is a director, producer, and ter five years as a publicist with Susan Norget, where screenwriter creating feature-length documentaries, he worked on the campaigns for a wide range of narrative films, behind-the-scenes films and narrative world-renowned auteurs, including Werner Herzog, documentaries as well as and film preservation and Errol Morris, Miranda July and Lars von Trier. Prior to restoration projects. Production credits include Heart working in publicity, Olsky spent several years in vari- of the Drum, Summer Children, Light is Everything, ous different capacities for and TV Silhouettes in Shadow and Light, Myth and Magic productions, worked for the Sundance, Tribeca and in Lawrence. Additional credits: Peewee’s Playhouse, New York Film Festivals, and wrote a regular column Eternity, Transformations, Catacombs, Zorro, New for the website Indiewire. He lives in Brooklyn. Monkees (Series), and I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.

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jack robinette Andrea Sporcic President of Robinette Productions, LLC, Jack has Andrea Sporcic, film office specialist for the Missouri more than 20 years in film and television as a Film Office, has been in the film biz in Missouri for producer and director. Summer Children (1965) over 14 years. Before joining the film office in 2005 and (2011), The Killing Kind, director, PBS films she spent eight years with Cinema St. Louis, the and independent films and commercials includ- producers of the St. Louis International Film Festival ing documentary Heart of the Drum, sponsored as director of operations. She holds BA degrees by the Kansas and Missouri Humanities Councils. in Theatre and Corporate Communications from at KYTV, the NBC and A fiBC affiliate, U.S. Army Lindenwood University. She has acted, directed and Officer in Charge of TV for the American Forces produced for the stage and screen. Korea Network. Speaker at; Slamdance Film Festival, the American Cinematheque, Grauman’s Egyptian Theater, and others. The Board of Directors of the Missouri Film Alliance (MFAS) and MOMMA. BA from Missouri State University.

gabe van amburgh mike white With over 15 years experience in film exhibition, Often mistaken for the ginger screenwriter/actor of Gabe Van Amburgh began working at the age of 17 the same name, Mike White has been a frequent in a 12 screen cinema in his home town of Odessa, contributor to publications such as CinemaScope, TX. In 2004 he moved to Austin, TX accepting an Paracinema, and The Metro Times. He’s served on offer to work at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema as a juries at the Slamdance, Cinekink and MicroCine- projection A/V manager, and continued to work for Fest film festivals as well as moderating panels at over 7 years in many different technical aspects at the Maryland Film Festival. Additionally, he’s been the Alamo, SXSW and Fanatastic Film Fest. In 2011 featured in the documentaries David Goodis: To a Gabe was hired on as a full time staff member and Pulp and The People Vs. George Lucas. In 2010, Technical Coordinator for the SXSW Film Festival, af- BearManor Media published White’s book, Impossi- ter having volunteered as a Projectionist Crew Chief bly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection. Look for a number of years. Since coming on as Technical for Mike’s next book, Cinema Detours, in 2013. Coordinator he has overseen all aspects of print traf- fic, technical coordination and exhibition as well as co-programming several shorts film categories.

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are we good? Adult fare Chaos and order

Ray Bradbury’s 16m Viscosity 7m Death of a Shadow 20m Kaleidoscope Adapted from established crime (Dood van een Schaduw) An adaptation of the Ray writer Jedidiah Ayres’ short story In a 2013 Oscar nominated short Bradbury short story. Hollis of the same name, the film fol- film set during WWI, a soldier (Brett Stimely) pulls together the lows three men after bar close is given a second life by an surviving crew of an exploded who begin telling various stories otherworldly shadow collector. spaceship carrier. The deeper of their early misadventures as Directed by Tom Van Avermaet. he digs in the moments before ‘masters of their own domains’ Belgium/France his almost certain death, the as they become progressively greater his risk of discovering more drunk. Directed by Paul von Tooth 4m what matters. Are memories Stoetzel. Having lost his first tooth, a young boy excitedly awaits the really worth more than dreams? Sea Pig 11m Directed by Eric Tozzi. Tooth Fairy, but troubles at home A man’s re-occurring sexual suspend her arrival. Directed by Talking Dog for Sale, 8m fantasies about a mermaid Laura Vanzee Taylor. 10 Euros tear his world apart and reveal disturbing insights into the object Twenty Bucks 14m When a man sees a curious An unemployed single dad advertisement for a talking dog of his desire. Directed by Andrew Gilchrist. struggles to raise his kid right, for sale cheap, he pursues the until a confrontation with a offer with natural skepticism... Two Types of Sexism 12m neighbor goes wrong. Directed Directed by Louis-Martin Soucy. An anti-sexism experimental by Jesus Beltran. France/Spain short film that tackles the issue Two Seconds After Laughter 16m GUN 17m of sexism in two cultures: the Muslim world and the West. A stunning blend of documen- GUN is a character study about tary, experimental dance-for- a young father named Roy who Anecdote 15m camera and dream-like fantasy buys a handgun to protect his When his mother commits inspired by choreographer Sri home and family after they expe- suicide, Adam moves in with Susilowati’s return to Indone- rience a terrifying break-in. The his new friend Deena who sia after 20 years in America. newfound sense of power that introduces him to a different Directed by David Rousseve. US/ Roy feels when carrying the gun life style. Adam throws himself Indonesia becomes an obsession that leads to the seedy streets in effort to him down a path that may have shed the scars of his past life. A Disruption 20m serious consequences. Directed chance encounter with Michael A depressed comic book by Spencer Gillis. hides a secret neither of them designer, who struggles with his family life and career, is mocked An Sooy e Bonbast 15m is prepared to face. Directed by Ahmed Ziari. and disgraced by a sociopathic (Beyond the Deadend) publisher—sending him over A bum living on the street doesn’t Rebel Rebel Rebel 25m the edge. Directed by Giulio care about anything except his As eccentric, self-absorbed DJ Poidomani. Italy shoes. One day his shoes get torn Josh LeCash lurches from one in an accident. Directed by Pouria disastrous gig to the next, his What About Us? 18m Heidary Oureh. Iran lazy, indifferent attitude gains him A family desperate to find their missing daughter soon realize Half Good Killer 28m a reputation as one of the worst DJs on the market; yet perversely, their daughters significance in A jaded child soldier fighting for society is based on their social an African rebel force struggles to his gigs, celebrity traction and popularity continue to soar at a and economic status. Directed by survive the war he was thrust into, Deatra Harris. as he reawakens to the life he death-defying rate. Directed by was destined to lead. Directed by Kyle Schneider. Brent Ryan Green. South Africa

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Experimental And animation heartland student

The Road Led Here 3m Quinn’s New Video Game 3m The Earthquake 10m A discontented voyager finally A mother and her son craft a video In a cramped Brooklyn apart- finds a place to end her journey, game using drawings, crossing a ment nine days after the but what is it about this place? child’s imagination with gaming. earthquake in Haiti, a pregnant Directed by Jennifer Hardacker. Directed by Heather Freeman. refugee fears she’s carrying a stillborn child--while Haitian Bird of Flames 5m The House With Nobody In It 3m children play a dangerous game Driven by the music of David To most people, it’s just a house in the next room. Directed by Lynch and Chrysta Bell, a medita- with nobody in it. Inspired by a Danielle Lessovitz. tion on the enigmatic nature of poem by Joyce Kilmer. Directed by love. Directed by Chel White. David Carnegie. Canada Plateau 10m Melody deals with the aftermath Transit 5m Green Acres 6m of a breakup while celebrat- An exploration of space, distance A parched tortoise in a vast ing her best friend’s upcoming and relationships between a desert must slip past the guard wedding. Directed by Catherine constantly shifting dance duet. to quench his thirst at an oasis. Licata. Directed by Jeff Curtis. Directed by James Beck. Ghoul School 22m Tokyo=Fukushima 10m Me, My Wife and Our Cow 7m Welcome to Baldwin High, A time-lapse film of the city of A patient old woman, an old man where the ghost principal with a Tokyo, six months after the nuclear in love, and their cow. Directed by macabre taste for discipline will meltdown at Fukushima. The film Azadeh Moezzi have you praying for deten- depicts Tokyo as throbbing with House of Monsters 7m tion. Directed by Brook Linder, life and electricity despite the crisis Gregory Shultz. and constant radioactive threat. Best described as ‘Rankin/Bass Directed by Jordan Baseman. UK meets Looney Tunes’ a 5,000 The Sidelines 24m year-old mummy takes drastic A 17-year old girl decides to Rail Poem 14m measures to impress a very special pursue her life-long love of Visual impressions from today lady. Directed by Dawn Brown. football by training to try out and daydreams from childhood, for her varsity football team as evoked by train traveling through Light Me Up 9m Meet the Wattsons, a family of a placekicker. Her best friend space and time. Directed by and crush is the team’s current Gregory Gutenko light bulbs that work in an antique shop. Directed by Ryan Walton, kicker who knows nothing about Sinsis 2m Derek Dolechek. her ambition. Will she have to A fun line drawing animation, a choose between her dream and celebration of bright colors set to Me, the King and My Dad 14m her friend? Directed by Rachel music. Directed by Carmen Lloret. Can a boy’s love of his father Weeda. Spain. and family change the fate of the kingdom? Directed by Azadeh Housebreaking 10m Behind the Scenes 3m Moezzi. Iran. An unemployed man desper- Adventures and mishaps from ate to escape his circumstances famous film sets including the Retrocognition 18m masterminds a home invasion “true story” of the composer of From Ozzie and Harriet of the plot. Directed by Jordan Kerfeld. the Indiana Jones main melody. ‘50s to the soccer mom of the Directed by Matej Jenko. Slovenia. ‘90’s, is the traditional family still the ultimate goal in US society? Make a Wish 3m Directed by Eric Patrick. A girl visits a magic cat who promises to alter her appearance, Nature Spontaneously 3m but is the price too high? Directed Not quite Walden, but Mr. Tho- by Hee Jin Kim. reau’s 150-year-old words seemed to help in setting the tone for this short record of a pleasant memory. Directed by Mike Snell.

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heartland narrative the lighter side

Driveaway 3m Barbie Boy 13m Thumb 6m This is a parody of the Dire Strait’s Bobby is a bright, imaginative After losing a ‘thumb war’, our song “Skateaway”. It looks at seven-year-old who plays with hero puts his losing digit through drivers and cyclists on the road. dolls. One day his father tells him a grueling training regimen in a Directed by Maia Ades. that dolls are for girls, sending quest to reclaim the title. Directed Bobby on a personal mission to by Sarah Gurfield. It’s Been a Pleasure 7m find what he should be playing A story of a young couple fanta- with. He must choose between his The Hard Day Knights 7m sizing about possible future sce- love for dolls or conform. Directed The angst-filled experience of a narios with each other in a house by Nick Corporon. struggling Beatles tribute band that is not their own. Directed by beset by a barrage of more suc- Michael Nielson, Matt Wright. Muladhara 22m cessful cover acts and ‘creative dif- Muladhara is a modern-day ferences.’ Directed by Alex Italics. The Rest of Her 14m metaphorical mystery/drama cen- When Gil purchases the BUILD-A- tered on Vanessa Russo, a woman Papa Piñata 7m GIRL kit, he is promised ‘The Girl plagued by reclusive tendencies, It’s a story about an abusive of His Dreams.’ And that’s what who spends her day routinely father... who happens to also be he gets in Inara, the beautiful girl preparing for the arrival of a a pinata. Directed by Andrew he assembles. No one is perfect special house guest only to have Furtatdo though. Directed by Timothy her efforts thwarted by that of two Friend. The Things My Father 7m unexpected visitors, each of whom Never Taught Me Wrong Number 6m has a drastically contrasting effect A man sets out to teach his three- Cinnamon Shultz (Winter’s Bone) on Vanessa’s willful, yet fragile year-old son how to be successful stars in a tale about two strang- psyche. Directed by Joel Mahr. with women. Directed by Burleigh ers that connect, when a wrong BlindSight 23m Smith. Australia. number brings them together. Adam Hauser is alone during his OrdinaryMan 18m Written by Amber Rapp. Directed premarriage counseling, discuss- by Patrick Rea. A former superhero adjusts to life ing the unusual history of his as an ordinary man while trying Picture a Girl with Red Hair 7m relationship with his fiancee. But to win the heart of a disillusioned A man searches for a mysteri- as he tells their story, it brings up little boy. Directed by Peter Pardini. ous woman as he struggles with hard questions and the realization the ephemeral nature of love. that he is more connected than he Boom Box Kids 21m Directed by Misti Boland. ever imagined. Directed by Brian A bro-manic comedy about L. Reese. the front men of a boy band, Nooner 12m who must put aside their solo A young woman struggling to ambitions or tear the band apart. overcome heartbreak spends a Directed by Taylor Gledhill. year of lunch hours watching from her window table at a restaurant Possum 9m as life passes her by. Can she When James decides to lie down move on? Will she take the steps on his apartment floor, nothing to reconnect with life? Directed by can convince him to get back up Kate Berneking Kogut. again. Directed by Chris Knight. Saving the Human Race 15m (For Menneskeheten) A zombie apocalypse comedy about the last boy on earth and his robot friend, who seek out the last woman in order to repopulate the planet. Directed by Stian Hafstad. Norway.

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midwestern tales Random relationships US/International DOCs

The Lynching of Bert Dudley 8m The History of Chance 23m Searcy County 6m In 1916, nearly 60 unknown men An enigmatic and haunting This short film depicts the little- arrived in downtown Olathe, drama about loss and rebirth, known and unusual world of the Kansas, to overpower the sheriff, in which a man consumed by Searcy County Livestock Auction break into the jail, and lynch a depression after his wife’s death in Marshall, Arkansas. a view convicted murderer named Bert makes a strange discovery. through the eyes of an outsider. Dudley. Directed by Greg Sheffer. Directed by Max Blustin. UK. Directed by Noam Osband. X-Ray Man 9m The Commitment 20m 21st Century Farmer 8m At the height of the Cold War, the An interracial gay couple meet A documentary describing the government attempted to create the very pregnant Asian birth- disappearance of the family ‘super troops’ by exposing them mother of their future adopted farm, as mainstream agriculture to high levels of radiation. Dar- child, a meeting that threatens and farming communities transi- rell Robertson, a Missouri dairy both the adoption process and tion from the traditional family farmer, miraculously survived their relationship to each other. farm to corporate farms and these experiments. Directed by Directed by Albert M. Chan. Hutterite colonies. Directed by Kerri Yost Reuben Tschetter. Canada No One Knows 9m Electric Theatre Arcade 18m When 12-year old Jason looks in A Kiss for Gabriela 29m Mike Freeland is a collector of his neighbor’s window, he learns An intimate portrait of a remark- classic video arcade games. He he’s not the only kid living in an able woman named Gabriela is determined to open up a full abusive environment. Directed Leite – the first known sex worker scale 1980s style arcade. The by Bunee Tomlinson. to run for Brazilian Congress. collapse of the arcade industry is She faces 822 opponents and also explained as Mike uncovers Too Late Now 10m challenges the male dominated these past treasures. Directed by A down-and-out drunk is political system. Directed by Laura Brad Johnson. seduced by a beautiful young Rebecca Murray. Brazil/USA prostitute who wants much more Into Thick Air 20m from him than his money. Di- Making Waste 36m Ten years after an unthinkable rected by Kelly Young-Silverman. ‘Making Waste’ chronicles one expedition, seven defiant moun- mans decent into solitude and taineers confront the long-lost Paper People 16m financial ruin after deciding footage of their attempt to climb The lives of a suicidal U.S. to walk away from a success- the abominable Seven Summits Marine, a predatory pedo- ful business career in order to of the Great Plains. Directed by phile, a single mother and her pursue his dream of making a David Story. precocious daughter collide with feature film. Directed by Stan incendiary results. Directed by Arthur and Scott Reus. My Kansas 28m Andrew Kightlinger. A comedic documentary us- The One Who Builds 37m ing vintage home movies that Stalled 16m The life and work of Dr. Omer explores one boy’s misadventures The script was composed using Omer, a Sudanese refugee who in adolescence in 1980s rural graffiti found on bathroom is giving back as the director of a middle America. Directed by walls across North America. The refugee resettlement organiza- Richard Uhlig and Don Cato story centers on a janitor. As she tion in Greensboro, North Caro- enters each stall, she becomes lina. Directed by Hillary Pierce, Jodi Orton: Fostering 24m the woman who wrote the words Nick Gooler, Peter Carolla. Change on the walls. Each is dealing with Jodi Orton candidly talks about a particular struggle and their her transformational change, honesty is heartbreaking. As she and her turbulent transition from prepares to leave for the day, she high powered senior paralegal to realizes it may finally be her turn devoted foster and adoptive par- to speak. Directed by Shannon ent. Directed by Sam Windsor- Kohli. New Zealand/Canada/ Phillips. UK Switzerland

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shorts with features

America 101 10m Faisal Goes West 33m A Little Something 11m A comedic tour of a man’s twisted Having just arrived in the US from on the Side version of the American experience. Sudan, Faisal and his family are Conflict and craziness ensue when Directed by Richard Speight, Jr. faced with the reality that are not Larry (Stephen Tobolowsky) tries (Supernatural, Band of Brothers). in the land of milk and honey they to escape from the watchful eyes Feature: It’s a Disaster. imagined. Directed by Bentley of his domineering wife (Justine Brown. UK/Hong Kong/Surdan/ Bateman). Directed by Stephen USA/UAE Tobolowsky. Feature: Narmada Feature: The Trouble With the Truth Monster 14m Monster is a harrowing story of addiction and insanity set against the rugged backdrop of the Canadian wilderness. A lonely, A Beautiful Impurity 13m estranged drug addict lives alone, An East London neo Nazi’s loyal- deep in the woods. The lines ties are tested when he falls in between delusion and reality love with a beautiful single mother From Dad to Son 5m begin to blur as Henry begins to who happens to be of mixed race. A prisoner receives the message believe in a fantasy world in which Direccted by Zaheer Ahmad. UK that his old father needs help with he is hunted by a mysterious and Feature: Battle: Change from tilling his field. In his unpromising menacing monster. Directed by Within situation the prisoner suddenly Tyler Moore. Canada has the idea to use the guards to Feature: The Jogger Bolt Cutters in Paris 15m till his dad’s land. Directed by Nils When the love of her life dumps Knoblich. Germany My Forest (Ma Forêt) 7m her, an American girl lost in Paris Feature: Rhino A stunning ethereal look at a small goes to fix things with a pair of boy and his lifelong connection bolt cutters. Directed by Zoe to the magic and mystery of the Robyn. France forest he played in as a child. Di- Feature: Bowling rected by Sébastien Pins. Belgium Feature: Lost on Purpose Delilah 4m Delilah reveals the secrets and family history of a woman discov- ering her African-American past. Directed by Carrie Hawks. Feature: Battle: Change from The Joggers 8m Within A short comedy set in Central Park Don’t Lose Your Soul 27m about two New Yorkers having an A portrait of two godfathers of affair... with each other, and with Asian-American jazz: Anthony jogging. Directed by Ben Tudhope. Brown and Mark Izu. Directed by Feature: One Small Hitch The Procession 13m When Jason (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) Chihiro Wimbush and Jim Choi. Lift 27m Feature: Arrows Into Infinity and his mother (Lily Tomlin) attend When addiction, resentment, & a funeral service of someone they Donald Cox 13m betrayal test the loyalty of three have never met, they accidentally Mini-doc based on Kansas City best friends, they are each caught wind up leading the procession. jazz legend Donald Cox. Directed up in a struggle for direction on Directed by Robert Festinger. by David Berry. one fateful day. Directed by John Feature: The Discoverers Feature: My Father and the Man Young. in Black Feature: Rhino

FilmFest Program 2013.indd 19 3/31/2013 10:33:57 AM 20 Schedule Theater 1 Theater 2 Theater 3 Time Title Page Time Title Page Time Title Page Wednesday april 10 3:40 Lost on Purpose 31 3:15 One Small Hitch `33 3:25 Shorts: Midwestern Tales 17

6:30 We Are Superman 37 6:00 My Best Holidays 33 5:50 Shorts: Chaos & Order 11 (Nos plus belles vacanes) 8:35 Rhino 33 8:45 Hit and Stay 27 Thursday april 11 3:00 Heartland: A Portrait 27 3:25 Shorts: Random 17 of Survival Relationships 7:15 Bronies with John de Lancie 27 5:45 Shorts: US/Int. Docs 17 6:15 Battle: Change from Within 25 (Special Event $20, No Passes) 9:45 It’s a Disaster 31 8:30 Lost on Purpose 31 9:00 Shorts: Experimental 13 and Animation

Friday april 12 3:50 The Discoverers 25 3:25 Uprising 37 3:00 My Father and the Man 31 in Black 6:15 The Central Park Five 27 5:40 Charles Lloyd: 25 6:00 Becloud (Vaho) 25 (Special Event $20, No Passes) Arrows Into Infinity 9:15 The Jogger 31 9:50 Shorts: Heartland Student 13 8:40 Shorts: Heartland Narrative 15 11:30 A Teacher 35 Saturday april 13 9:00 Reel Spirit Showcase 23 Workshops and Seminars 23 Workshops and Seminars 23 3:00 Shorts: Heartland Narrative 15 4:10 Shorts: Chaos & Order 11 3:30 Shorts: Random 17 Relationships 5:45 Twenty Feet from Stardom 35 6:15 Shorts: Midwestern Tales 17 5:35 Shorts: Midwestern Tales 17 8:00 Bronies with Laura Faust 27 9::00 Shorts: Experimental 13 8:20 My Father and the Man 31 (Special Event $20, No Passes) and Animation in Black 10:30 Shorts: Heartland Student 13 Sunday april 14 11:00a It’s a Disaster - Brunch! 31 11:30a Heartland: A Portrait 27 12:00 One Small Hitch 33 (Special Event $15, No Passes) of Survival 1:15 The Central Park Five 27 1:00 Rhino 33 2:35 Shorts: Random 17 Relationships 3:45 The Discoverers 25 3:15 Charles Lloyd: 25 4:45 The Jogger 31 Arrows Into Infinity

6:30pm Awards Ceremony and Reception

Awards ceremony in Theater 1 with reception immediately following.

FilmFest Program 2013.indd 20 3/31/2013 10:33:57 AM Schedule 21 Theater 4 Theater 5 Theater 6 Time Title Page Time Title Page Time Title Page WeDNESDAY april 10 3:00 Shorts: The Lighter Side 15 4:15 Shorts: Experimental 13 3:10 Shorts: Are We Good? 11 and Animation 6:15 Heartland: A Portrait 27 7:05 Shorts: US/Int. Docs 17 5:30 Uprising 37 of Survival 8:15 The Discoverers 25 Thursday april 11 3:15 The Trouble With the Truth 35 4:30 We Are Superman 37 3:35 Narmada 33

5:45 KCWIFT Screenplay Contest 22 6:45 Envisioning Home 27 7:00 My Father and the Man 31 in Black 7:45 A Teacher 35 8:50 Shorts: The Lighter Side 15 9:30 Rhino 33

10:45 Shorts: Adult Fare 11 Friday april 12 3:30 Shorts: Heartland Narrative 15 3:00 Shorts: Experimental 13 and Animation 6:35 Lost on Purpose 31 5:50 Envisioning Home 27 7:00 Shorts: Midwestern Tales 17

9:20 Summer Children 35 8:05 Battle: Change from Within 25 9:25 Shorts: Are We Good? 11 11:35 Shorts: Adult Fare 11 saturday april 13 Workshops and Seminars 23 Workshops and Seminars 23 3:45 Bowling 25 4:00 Shorts: US/Int. Docs 17

6:10 One Small Hitch 33 6:30 Narmada 33 9:00 The Jogger 31 8:30 Bread and Circuses 25

11:15 Graceland 27 11:00 Shorts: Adult Fare 11 sunday april 14 11:45 We Are Superman 37 12:15 Shorts: Chaos & Order 11 11:05a The Trouble With the Truth 35

1:30 Winter Nomads 37 2:45 Shorts: Heartland Student 13 1:40 Shorts: Are We Good? 11 (Hiver Nomade) 4:15 Lost on Purpose 31 5:00 Narmada 33 3:55 Shorts: The Lighter Side 15

6:30pm Awards Ceremony and Reception

Awards ceremony in Theater 1 with reception immediately following.

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special events AFTER Parties These events require a separate ticket purchase and are not covered under a festival pass. 5:45pm Thursday April 11 6:30pm Saturday April 13 Dinner with Discord Pony Pizza Party with Lauren Faust Chesterfield @ Alamo Drafthouse Chesterfield @ Alamo Drafthouse Dine with Discord! Empty the My Little Pony: Friendship is fridge with heavy appetizers and Magic: Enjoy pizza, muffins and snacks as Discord, John de Lancie, conversation with Lauren Faust! talks about his introduction to the Tickets are limited. Tickets $30. herd! Tickets $30. I AM NATION 11:00am Sunday April 14 8:30pm Wednesday April 10 6:15pm Friday April 12 It’s A Disaster — Brunch! Music by DJ Coombs The Central Park Five Chesterfield @ Alamo Drafthouse Chesterfield @ Alamo Drafthouse Proceeds benefit the Midwest In- Get your brunch on with Alamo nocence Project. Alamo Drafthouse Drafthouse’s Chef Selected Brunch 8:30pm Thursday April 11 Theater 1. Tickets $20. Menu and Todd Bergers’s dooms- Music by Victor and Penny day comedy! Tickets $15 includes a Snow & Co., 1815 Wyandotte complimentary Mimosa. 9pm Friday April 12 Providence New American Res- taurant in the President Hotel, 1329 9pm Saturday April 13 Don’t miss the KC FilmFest Awards Music by I Am Nation Opera House Coffee and Food 6:30pm Sunday April 14 Emporium, 500 Walnut Theater 1 with reception immediately following. 8:30pm Sunday April 14 Chesterfield @ Alamo Drafthouse

Thursday, April 11: KCWIFT screenplay contest

5:45pm-7:15pm Staged Reading of the six finalists, with announcement of the winner (Annie Walsh emcee) $5 7:15pm-7:45pm Break 7:45pm-9:30pm Join us Thursday, April 11 for Screenings of Rest of Her by staged readings of Kansas City Jennifer Friend, Wrong Number Women in Film and Television by Amber Rapp, and A Teacher short screenplay finalists’ scripts by Hannah Fidell, followed by a at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Q&A with Jennifer Friend (Linda Wiedmaier emcee) $10 Vote for your favorite screenplay and stay for a special screening of 9:30pm The Rest of Her, winner of the Party at Snow & Company with 2012 contest, and Wrong Number, music by Victor and Penny a 2012 contest finalist, and the award-winning film Sundance and SXSW film, A Teacher. Victor and Penny

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saturday, april 13: Seminars and Panels Theater 2 Theater 4 Theater 5 11:30am-1:30pm 10:00am-11:15am 10:00am-12:10pm Movie with Seminar: Summer Chil- Panel: Women Making Movies with Movie with Seminar: Hit and Stay dren followed by panel discussion Lauren Faust, Arin Liberman, Edie followed by panel discussion Mak- Lost Treasure Rediscovered and Robinette-Petrachi, Andrea Sporcic. ing a Documentary Case Study Restored with Jack Robinette and Moderated by Michelle Davidson. with directors Skizz Cyzyk and Joe Edie Robinette-Petrachi. $10 Co-sponsored by Women in Film Tropea. $10 1:55pm-3:25pm and Television. $5 Panel: You’re Almost Done With 12:00pm-2:00pm Chesterfield Your Film, Now What? with Skizz Movie with Seminar: UMKC College Czyzk, Arin Liberman, Charlie of Arts and Sciences sponsors We Olsky, Gabe Van Amburgh, and 11:00am-12:15pm Are Superman and A Community Panel: Crowdfunding Hits and Mike White. Moderated by Andrea Gathering Together to Revitalize Misses with Michael Brockhoff and Sporcic. $5 Their Neighborhood. $5 Skizz Czyzk. $5 (Chesterfield @ Alamo Drafthouse)

Saturday april 13: Reel Spirit Showcase and workshops Reel Spirit Showcase provides an Green Screen Made Easy authentic competitive opportuni- Have you ever wanted add special ty for young filmmakers to create, effects to your films? Perhaps you’d write, act, direct, film, edit and like to film a scene with someone produce video productions. Win- flying? “Green Screen Made Easy” ning nominees and their guests, offers practical advice and Hol- will attend a screening of their lywood techniques covering how to films on the big screen, Registra- create your own screen, light your tion begins at 8:15am followed by subjects, manipulate the camera to a red carpet to the showcase. get the best production footage, and utilize free and inexpensive reel spirit schedule software to get the desired finished reel spirit workshops effect. Chad Godfrey is a video pro- 9:00am-10:15am Theater 1 Reel Spirit is also pleased to offer ducer, director, and owner of Home Reel Spirit Showcase 1 three workshop opportunities on Video Studio of Lee’s Summit. Chad is a 50-time Hanley Award winner 10:00am-10:45am Theater 2 video production. These workshops are open to student filmmakers and for Excellence in Video Production. . Workshop: Mise-en-scène with Joe their guests. However, seating in Heyen Storyboarding in Animation limited to first come. and Film 10:30am-11:15am Theater 3 Mise-en-scène The first stage of any film or anima- Workshop: Green Screen Made Mise-en-scene refers to almost tion production is the planning Easy with Chad Godfrey everything that goes into the phase, and it is easily the most 11:00am-12:15pm Theater 1 composition of the shot, including important. This workshop will Reel Spirit Showcase 2 camera placement: framing, move- introduce concepts and methods of ment of the camera and characters, visual pre-production techniques. 12:00pm-12:45pm Theater 3 lighting, set design and general Film and animators ages 8 to18 are Workshop: Storyboarding in Ani- visual environment, even sound as invited to come to a pre-production mation and Film with Peter Hriso it helps elaborate the composition. workshop that focuses on story- 1:00pm-2:15pm Theater 1 Joe Heyen, is the producer, director, boarding, which helps the director Reel Spirit Showcase 3 and writer of the acclaimed docu- or animator plan their project. Tim- mentary Cowtown Ballroom…Sweet ing, point of view, shots and camera 1:15pm-2:15pm Theater 3 Jesus, one of the most successful angles for clarity, variety, and inno- Reel Spirit High School Showcase films made in Kansas City. Currently vation will be covered. Peter Hriso he is president of the Missouri Mo- is an associate professor at Missouri tion Media Association in charge of Western State University (MWSU) in lobbying for the film industry for the the Department of Art. state of Missouri.

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heartland Documentary foreign showcase

battle: Change from within becloud (Vaho) A documentary about educator Eliot Battle and On a dry lakebed in 1964, a trucker and his compan- the pivotal role he played in desegregating schools ion find a baby at the dry breast of its dead mother. and housing in the Columbia, Missouri community. Years later, the trucker operates an ice factory in a The director and producers Juanamaria Cordones- poor urban district with his son, José, who dreams Cook, Julie Middleton, and Barbara Williamson will of one day striking out on his own. Neighbor Felipe be attending the screening. Directed by Juanamaria works at an internet café and another neighbor, An- Cordones Cook, Michael Hicks, Julie Middleton, and drés, lives with his alcoholic father and studies ’s Barbara Williamson. 56m pre-Columbian golden age. All three share a defining Shorts: A Beautiful Impurity 13m, and Delilah 4m incident that links their destinies to the baby. Directed by Alejandro Gerber Bicecci. Mexico 115m

kea.nu/battle vimeo.com/12229332

foreign showcase foreign showcase

bowling bread & circuses (kruha in Iger) In the local cottage hospital in Carhaix, the peaceful A comedy with a scent of nostalgia about socialistic maternity unit has few births to deal with. Mathilde, Yugoslavia’s last breaths. It’s 1987 and the Novak a midwife, Firmine, a pediatric nurse, and Louise, family discover that they have been selected to ap- owner of the bowling alley, all live in the town. Then pear on a TV quiz show in the capital city of Ljublja- along comes Catherine, a HR director sent in to na. The family travel to the capital, getting involved restructure the hospital – a task which involves clos- in a silly incident with two policemen and then with ing down the loss-making maternity unit. These four the TV celebrity who hosts the programme. Directed women of different ages, backgrounds and convic- by Klemen Dvornik. Slovenia 94m tions will nonetheless form a quartet united by their humanity and humor to save the unit.. Directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. France 90m kea.nu/bowling www.kruhainiger.si/indexENG.html

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documentary features curated documentary

bronies the central park five Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were of My Little Pony is an exploration of the cultural arrested and charged with brutally attacking and phenomenon of Bronies, a group of mostly young raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News adult men who are dedicated fans of the animated media swarmed the case, calling them a “wolfpack.” series, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Why are The five would spend years in prison for a crime they these guys attracted to a cartoon intended for little didn’t commit before the truth became clear. Based girls? And why are they willing to brave society’s ridi- on Sarah Burns’ riveting book and co-directed by cule for their love of the show? Directed by Laurent her husband David McMahon and her father, the Malaquais. 87m acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, this incendiary film tells the riveting tale of innocent young men scape- goated for a heinous crime. 120m www.bronydoc.com

cinemajazz Narrative feature

Charles Lloyd: arrows into infinity the discoverers Charles Lloyd was one of the most influential jazz Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Griffin musicians of the 1960s, but by his early 30s, he Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids on a road abandoned his life of touring and recording and trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career went into seclusion in Big Sur, CA. Circumstance back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father brought him back to a public life in the late 1980s. goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenact- This is a journey in sound through Lloyd’s unusual life ment trek, Lewis is forced to make a detour. The and career using Lloyd’s own voice, and those who Birch family find themselves on a journey of discov- worked with him over the last five decades. Directed ery and connection as they make their own passage by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse. 114m west. Directed by Justin Schwartz. 104m Short: Don’t Lose Your Soul 27m Short: The Procession 13m

www.discoverersmovie.com

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heartland Documentary curated feature

Envisioning Home graceland During the 1968 tenant strike in St. Louis, two civic Family man Marlon Villar is the long-time driver leaders helped change the face of inner city life of Manuel Chango, a corrupt Filipino politician. by inspiring residents and creating more humane While he and his daughter accompany his boss’ places to live. Drawing on conversations, photos and preteen daughter home, Marlon is ambushed and memories, the film illustrates how, in spite of poverty the wrong girl is kidnapped. The driver’s life takes and racism, individuals with conviction and vision can a sudden, terrifying turn which propels him into a make a difference. Directed by Jason Epperson. 76m horrifying downward spiral and, as events in his life unravel, Marlon, Chango, and their families become entangled in a game of deceit and betrayal that will leave no one innocent. Directed by Ron Morales. Phillippines 84m www.envisioninghome.com kea.nu/graceland

heartland Documentary curated documentary

heartland: A Portrait of survival hit and stay Heartland is a gripping and inspiring documentary The amazing story of radical priests, nuns, and about a small town in Southern Missouri that was everyday people who risked prison and took on hit by one of the deadliest tornadoes in American the government to end the Vietnam War. On May history. Seamlessly blending together home movie 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective footage, police dispatch, news broadcasts and foot- Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, age shot within weeks after the storm, Heartland dragged stacks of Draft Board records out into the tells a story of survival and nostalgia. Directed by parking lot and set them on fire with homemade na- Erica Tremblay. 63m palm. They then prayed and waited to be arrested. In doing so, they kindled a wave of similar protests against the Vietnam War across the country. Directed by Skizz Czyzk and Joe Tropea. 90m www.facebook.com/heartlanddocumentary

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curated feature heartland Narrative

it’s a disaster the jogger In this doomsday comedy, four couples meet for As Paul enjoys the solitude of his jog, a car slowly Sunday brunch and find themselves stranded as the passes on a two-lane road. The driver of the vehicle, world may be about to end. When Tracy Scott (Julia informs Paul of his intentions to not only kill him, Stiles) decides to introduce her new beau Glenn but those that are closest to him as well. Through (David Cross) to her three friends Hedy (America flashbacks, the events leading up to the deadly Ferrera), Emma, and Lexi, her biggest fear is whether chase through the woods begin to reveal the identity or not her friends will approve of her new relation- of the mysterious stalker and the motives for the ship, little does she realize that’s the least of her murderous intentions. The cast includes Derek Phil- worries. Before long the couples find themselves in lips, Jason Wiles, Cameron Richardson. Directed by the midst of an apocalyptic disaster, catching them Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison. 72m all off guard. Directed by Todd Berger. 88m Short: Monster 14m Short: America 101 10m www.thejoggerthemovie.com

Narrative feature curated feature

lost on purpose my father and the man in black Ms Liz (Jane Kaczmarek) operates her third genera- An intense personal adventure with universal themes tion dairy farm outside the region’s domineering that just happens to feature one of 20th-century co-ops. To keep the place afloat, she’s employed five music’s greatest icons, ‘My Father and the Man In renegade ranch hands. Delbert Furgeson (C. Thomas Black’ tells the inside story of ‘bad boy’ Johnny Cash, Howell), the owner of the area’s largest co-op, is push- his talented but troubled manager, Saul Holiff, and ing to buy her out, and Ms Liz and Delbert launch a son searching for his father in the shadow of a into a full-blown war. The cast includes James Lafferty, legend. Directed by Jonathan Holiff. 90m Dale Dickey, Jeremy Ratchford and Olivia Spencer. Short: Donald Cox 13m Directed by Ian Helms and Eshom Helms. 100m Short: Ma Forêt (My Forest) 7m

follyfilms.com/Lost_on_Purpose.html facebook.com/MyFather.and.TheManInBlack

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foreign feature documentary feature

My Best Holidays narmada (Nos Plus belles vacanes) Shot on super 8, the film appears like a journey, a dream along the Narmada river in India, between July 1976, the year of the heat wave. Claude, an Al- myths of progress and myths of the river. ‘Dams are gerian Jew who came to France 15 years earlier, takes the temples of modern India’, claimed Nehru after his young wife Isabelle, his two sons and his mother- the country’s independence. Soon, one of the largest in-law Mamie to Brittany. The holidaymakers are dam complexes ever conceived will be completed on viewed with distrust by the locals. Algerian Jews from the Narmada. We travel on the river until the ocean, Paris and provincial Catholics don’t mix comfortably. on our way to meet inhabitants, beliefs, and convic- But gradually, the suspicion wanes, giving way to tions that cohabit and are brought into conflict as this friendship, laughter and holiday romance. Directed valley undergoes major transformations. Directed by by Philippe Lellouche. France 94m Manon Ott and Gregory Cohen. France 46m kea.nu/bestholiday Short: Faisal Goes West 46m

Narrative feature narrative feature

one small hitch rhino On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, An NFL veteran who’s become a college-town childhood friends Josh & Molly innocently agree to drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the fake a wedding engagement to make Josh’s dying relationship turns volatile and deadly. Starring Keith father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with Loneker, Malcolm Goodwin, Lindsay Benner and their two boisterous families, and a series of events Alicia Cabrera. Directed by Patrick Rea. 39m causes them to start planning a phony wedding. Shorts: From Dad to Son 5m, and Lift 27m When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions. Directed by John Burgess. 105m Short: The Joggers 8m

www.onesmallhitch.com www.senoreality.com/production/rhino.html

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jubilee showcase curated feature

summer children A teacher An early work from the American New Wave move- Diana Watts (Lindsay Burdge), a high school teacher ment, Summer Children is a time capsule of the cul- in Austin, Texas, is in the midst of an affair with one ture of the ‘60s. West (Stuart Anderson), a handsome of her students, Eric Tull (Will Brittain). As the reality young man born to a wealthy yet absent family, of their situation forces itself upon them, Diana puts falls in love with the ethereal Diana (Valora Noland). the relationship on hold. It’s only a matter of time Their innocence was forever lost as the Summer before she gives in again to her desire; this time Children became tangled in seduction, deception even more recklessly than before. Directed by Hanna and betrayal resulting in tragedy. Visually intoxicat- Fidell. 75m ing, photographed in a 1960s European-style by Academy Award winning cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond. Directed by James Bruner. 86m www.jackrobinette.com

curated feature curated documentary

the trouble with the truth twenty feet from stardom Musician Robert (John Shea) is a perpetual starving What would a pop song be without the riffs, refrains, artist with low overhead and minimal commitments. and harmonies of its backup vocalists? Although these When Robert’s daughter announces that she’s singers are usually relegated to the margins, their engaged, he advises her against it because his own work has defined countless songs. Twenty Feet from marriage to Emily (Lea Thompson) didn’t last. Yet Stardom juxtaposes interviews with industry legends when Robert and Emily reunite and dredge up old (Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, and others) and the memories, both discover they have a lot of unre- relative unknowns who support them like Darlene solved issues and that love, marriage and divorce Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, and Judith Hill as aren’t that simple. Directed by Jim Hemphill. 96m they illuminate the art of melding their own distinct Short: A Little Something on the Side 11m voices with lead vocals and reveal their desires for ca- reers as solo artists. Directed by Morgan Neville. 90m www.troublewiththetruth.com

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documentary features documentary features

uprising we are superman Produced by an Academy Award winning team, An inspiring look at a growing community effort to including the executive producer of Taxi to the Dark transform Kansas City’s Troost Avenue, long a racial Side and the editor of Inside Job, the film chronicles and economic dividing line, from a stigmatized the Egyptian revolution told from the perspectives of urban core into a gathering place. United in their its principal organizers, including four Nobel Peace vision and determination, residents are no longer Prize nominees. Directed by Fredrik Stanton. Egypt waiting on a Superman to save them. Directed by 85m Kevin Bryce. 80m

www.uprisingfilm.com www.wearesuperman-themovie.com

foreign showcase

winter nomads (hiver nomade) Carole and Pascal embark on their winter trans- humance with three donkeys, four dogs and eight hundred sheep, braving the cold and the snow, with a canvas cover and animal skins as their only shelter at night. An adventure film at the heart of a territory undergoing a radical transformation. Directed by Manuel von Stürler. France/Switzerland 90m

hivernomade.ch/en

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Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee Heartland Advisory Board Fred Andrews, Founder Patrick Clancy Kansas City Art Institute, Chair of Board of Directors Photography, New Media Department Chair: David R. Barnard, Attorney, Lathrop & Gage Walter Coppage, Actor Vice Chair: Rich Ambler, Filmmaker Abbe Feitelberg, Jackson County, County Counselors Vice Chair: Matt Antrim, Marketing, Filmmaker, Producer, T2 Office Vice Chair: Nadine Mummaw, Administration Women of Jerry Harrington, Tivoli Cinemas, Owner the Motion Picture Industry Peter Jasso, Director, Kansas Film Commission Treasurer: Jakeb Blake, Treasurer, CPA, BKD Jon McGraw, Sister Cities Association of Kansas City; Secretary: Ann McFerrin, KCMO Parks & Recreation Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC; Buttonwood Art Val Anderson, Producer, Outpost Productions Space, LLC Dennis Fallon, Filmmaker, Waldo West Productions John Niernberger, Director, Screenwriter, Author Robert Hubbard, Filmmaker, Writer Dr. Tom Poe, Past Board Chair, UMKC, Communication Janet Fisher, Alliance Française Studies Kevin Mullin, UMKC, Communication Studies Dept. Butch Rigby, Screenland Theaters Barbara Noble, Reel Spirit Young Filmmakers Teri Rogers, Film Commission of Greater Kansas City; Nita Norris, KCP&L T2 + Back Alley Films Cathy Runyan-Svacina, Community Volunteer John Shipp, Globe Cinemas Bobby Thompson, Photographer, Filmmaker Geoffrey Westra, Film Society of Greater Kansas City Halli Vrooman, Science Applications Int’l Corp Kevin Willmott, Screenwriter, Director, Actor, Kansas University Professor Key Staff Maggie Wood, Writer, Community Volunteer Veronica Elliott Loncar, Interim Executive Direcctor Matt Connolly, Volunteer Coordinator International Advisory Board Chris Swartz, Technical Coordinator Andy Anderson, Writer, Producer, Director, Anderson Film John Niernberger, Webmaster Tony Bifano, CineFilm Lab (Atlanta) Nita Norris, Graphic Designer Meaghan Brander, Film Circuit, Toronto International Film Bryan Colley, Program Book Graphic Design Festival (Toronto, ON) Larry Levenson, Photographer Julie Corman, Producer (LA) Lee Daniel, Cinematographer Programmers Gordy Hoffman, Screenwriter, BlueCat Screenplay Janet Fisher, Foreign Language Films Competition Sean Holmes, Experimental, James McKee, Earwax, Sound Design (SF) Robert Hubbard, Narrative Feature Steve Montal, Festival Consultant; San Diego State University Besty Rate, Programming Advisor (US, International) Rob Nilsson, Director, Screenwriter (SF) Cathy Runyan Svacina, Narrative Short Esther Robinson, Producer, Director (NY) Bobby Thompson, Documentary Mark Stolaroff, Director, No Budget Film School (LA) Eric Steck, CinemaJAZZ Tara Veneruso, Screenwriter, Director, Editor; Flaming Sandy Woodson, Animation Angel films (LA) Additional Screeners: Deborah Shouse, Kevin Willmott, Lois Vossen, Producer. Independent Lens, ITVS (SF) Maggie Wood, Ron Zoglin Sponsors & donors Donors: The Karen McCarthy Fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, BKD, LLC Lathrop & Gage, Andre’s Confiserie Suisse, Screenland Armour Theatre, Screenland Crossroads Theatre, Screenland Crown Center Theatre, Neal Family and CinemaKC, CinemaKC, KCPT, Women of the Motion Picture Industry, Rich Ambler, Jon McGraw, Nadine Mummaw, Cindy R. Orr, Robert Pearson, Cathy Runyan-Svanica, Janet Fisher, Katherine Hollar, David Barnard, Steph Suetos, Veronica Elliott Loncar, John Shipp, Halli Vrooman, and Dennis Fallon.

Sponsors: Andre’s Confiserie Suisse, Barbara Koval Nelson, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Slovenia, Buttonwood Financial Group, Film Commission of Greater Kansas City, H&R Block, Kansas City Fringe Festival, KC Stage Magazine, La Causerie Française, Missouri Arts Council, Take Two, The Collaboration, Aladdin Hotel & Spa, Alamo Draft House, Alliance Française de Kansas City, Allied Integrated Marketing, Beauty Brands, Boulevard Beer, Café Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen, Chez Elle Creperie & Coffeehouse, CinemaKC, Consulate General of Switzerland in Chicago, Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City, Cooper’s Hawk Winery, DJ Eric Coomes, Hawthorne Bank, Hello Art, Independent Filmmaker’s Coalition, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Kansas City Women in Film & Television, Kansas Film Commission, KCPT 19, KCTV5/KSMO-TV, Lathrop & Gage, Midwest Innocence Project, Missouri Film Commission, MJ Fitness, Monster Energy Drink, Opera House Coffee and Food Emporium, Outpost Worldwide, Pilates 1901, Reilly & Kelly Dickens-Hoffman, Snow & Company, The Aladdin Hotel, The Pitch, Through a Glass/TAG, UMKC College of Arts and Sciences, UMKC Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Yelp, Young Friends Of Art/Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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