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Welcome to the 9th Annual Boulder International Film Festival, a nonprofit com- festUP munity festival that MovieMaker Magazine has called “One of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world.” We’re living up to our reputation this year by welcoming one of the coolest char- circle up acters in film, Captain America from Easy Rider. Joining us in person is one of the most iconic and outspoken actors of our time: two-time Oscar nominee, Golden Globe winner and firebrand environmentalist Peter Fonda. light up On opening night, we’re thrilled to screen the hot new rock n’ roll movie, Muscle Shoals, fresh from its world premiere at Sundance. This film celebrates the electrifying musical chemistry of a small recording studio in Muscle Shoals, stand up Alabama, that created music that would last for generations — by artists includ- ing Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Simon & Garfunkel. This will be an opening act up night you’ll never forget. As you know, BIFF has been covering the explosion of digital and social tune up media for the last four years. Our 4th annual popular Digital Media Symposium welcomes two digital media giants— Andy Carvin, “the man who tweets revolu- tions” and senior social media strategist for NPR, and Blaise Agüera y Arcas, love [it] up the software architect of Bing Maps and futurist at Microsoft. New this year are two great film-student opportunities. Join us for CU@BIFF, where CU film students will offer a full day of content, alumni panels, student- live up created films and a great after-party. The BIFF Youth Pavilion will offer students three days of free BIFF films, workshops and student-made films. Thanks to Nick and Helen Forster for opening up eTown Hall to BIFF 2013. If you haven’t experienced this state-of-the-art facility, now is your chance. We’ll filmUP be hosting BIFF “Second Screenings” there on Saturday and Sunday. Many of BIFF’s films focus on conflict and injustice. Have you ever been so moved by a film knowing you had to do something but unsure what or how? Our Call 2 Action (C2A) program can help. Go to BIFF’s C2A Tent after the film to engage with filmmakers, presenters and fellow film lovers to translate your energy and passion into action. The Boulder International Film Festival is a favorite of the world’s independent filmmaker community because of its huge enthusiastic film-hip audiences, and that’s why each year more people are taking a memorable weekend vacation, buying a BIFF Festival pass and attending world-class films and great par- ties, while making new friends with filmmakers and VIPs from around the world.

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tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 5 for the offilm BOULDER THEATER box office 2032 14th Street lovevalentine’s weekend Boulder, Colorado 80302 box office festival hours3:00pm - 9:00pm boxoffice 9:30am - 10:30pm Thursday, Feb. 14 regular hours Friday, Feb. 15 9:30am - 10:30pm Monday - Friday: 3:00pm - 7:00pm Saturday, Feb. 16 9:30am - 9:00pm Saturday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday, Feb. 17 rush tickets Tickets sold out online? Rush tickets are often available for purchase at the program venue 10 minutes prior to showtime. Rush on over to find out! venues First United N Methodist Hotel Rembrandt Church eTown Hall P Boulderado 1 2 Yard P Spruce St 10th PG Boulder Shine CU Theater Oddfellows Hall call2 George’s 5 act ion i Pearl St Pearl Street Mall Broadway 13th 15th 11th 14th 16th 17th The 9th Bitter Bar W 3 PG 4 Lazy Dog/ BIFF Filmmaker Walnut St Lounge R PG PG PG PG St Julien Hotel Best Bites Café Canyon Blvd Tasty gluten-free P Free P samples of Udi’s, y W Saturday Glutino, and Earth Boulder Public Library P & Sunday P Balance. Arapahoe Ave

film venues R registration party spots P Boulder Theater/George’s St Julien Hotel & Spa 1. Hotel Boulderado Boulder 2032 14th St 900 Walnut St 2115 13th St High School Festival Registration Theater First United 2. Rembrandt Yard Methodist Church (FUMC) 1301 Spruce St 1421 Spruce St parking Boulder High School PG Parking Garage: 3. Lazy Dog Lounge 1604 Arapahoe Ave free on weekends 1346 Pearl St 3 hours FREE Parking! BIFF Filmmaker Lounge, City of Boulder Parking Services eTown Hall P Parking Lot or Meters: Friday Night Live, Happy 1535 Spruce St free after 7pm & Sundays Hour Mixers & Singer/ is offering 3 hours of FREE parking FUMC parking is available Songwriter Showcase on Thursday evening and Friday W workshops/panels Friday after 6pm and all day at the 15th & Pearl streets all day Saturday only 4. The Bitter Bar Boulder Public Library 835 Walnut St parking garage (only). Present your Canyon Theater same-day BIFF ticket or pass to the BIFF Call 2 Action Private Filmmaker Reception 1000 Canyon Blvd i lot attendant. One ticket per exit. + Info Tent 5. Oddfellows Hall Parking is always free on Saturdays y CU Pearl St Mall at 14th 1543 Pearl St student pavilions and Sundays. BIFF Youth Pavilion: 1000 Canyon Blvd BIFF After Dark Party CU @ BIFF: At Shine, 2027 13th St FILM PROGRAM TICKETS tickets REGULAR ADMISSION $12 STUDENTS / SENIORS 65+up WITH VALID I.D. $10

FESTIVAL PASS $375 thru Jan. 31 / $450 Feb 1 $ OPENING NIGHT valentine’s Gala program BT-01 65

DiMe Symposium $50/40student $65door $ $ WORKSHOP: Music in Film special event a 30/15 student 35door $ $ WORKSHOP: Producing the Documentary special event b 30/15 student 35door $ $ WORKSHOP: Screenwriting special event c 30/15 student 35door

Friday Night Live Party Free with Pass or ticket stub $ BAD: BIFF After Dark Party special event d Free with Pass / 20* $ Closing Night with Peter Fonda + AWARDS program BT-17 25

*limited # of tickets available how to purchase tix [before you call for tickets, please note the program numbers – you’ll need these to complete your order] online: box office phone: in person: www.biff1.com 303.786.7030 At The Boulder Theater Box Office www.bouldertheater.com Or at the door 30’ before start time Purchase in advance Purchase day of show picking up your tickets Advance tickets for all BIFF programs, Tickets can be purchased from the Boulder Theater: Advance purchase tickets for workshops and events must be pur- Boulder Theater online and over the this venue are available for pickup anytime chased through the Boulder Theater phone until 90 minutes before the that the Boulder Theater box office is open. Box Office online, over the phone or program begins. Tickets may also be Boulder Public Library in person. purchased the day of the event at the First United Methodist Church program venue 30 minutes before Boulder High School start time. eTown Hall: Advance purchase tickets for these venues Questions? Call 303.449.2289 will be available for pickup at the Boulder Or swing by the Theater anytime up to ONE HOUR before the i? BIFF Info Booth program begins. For pickup less than an hour at the Call2ActionTent before your program begins, tickets will be on the Pearl Street Mall at 14th available at the venue in which the program

Thursday, Feb. 14: 1:00pm - 7:00pm is being held.

Friday, Feb. 15: 9:30am - 8:30pm Print your ticket at home (or at work) and skip Saturday, Feb. 16: 9:30am - 8:30pm Sunday, Feb. 17: 9:30am - 6:00pm the box office lines! (Fee Applies)

film passes PASS GOOD-TO-KNOWS THE BIFF FESTIVAL PASS For film lovers who want guar- u Passes are non-transferable. Sorry, no sharing. anteed entrance to BIFF film programs, public parties and events. u Photo ID required for entry. Programs at eTown Hall (which are second screenings only) are u Passholders must arrive for programs at least NOT included due to limited seating. DiMe (Digital Media Sym- 15 minutes prior to the start of the film to posium) included, pending seat availability. guarantee entrance. u Passes available for pickup ONLY at BIFF THE BIFF RED CARPET PASS For the ultimate film registration at the St Julien starting Wednesday, lover who wants priority entrance to ALL BIFF film programs, the Feb. 13 at 12:00pm. See hours below. private celebrity reception, parties and workshops, AND second Wed. Feb. 13, 12pm – 6pm screenings at eTown Hall – and wants to be first in line! DiMe Passholder Thurs. Feb. 14, 10am – 7pm (Digital Media Symposium) included, pending seat availability. Registration Hours Fri. Feb. 15, 10am – 6pm Red Carpet Pass available only for individual donors of $2,500 Sat. Feb. 16, 10am – 4pm and up. Sun. Feb. 17, 10am – 2pm

tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 7 partyup Glam it up! opening Black tie night optional. valentine’s red carpet gala program BT-01 Thursday, February 14 5:30pm $65 / Free for Passholders What’s better than a BIFF Opening Night Party? TWO parties! For the first time, our red-carpet- walking guests will be able to enjoy a pre-film party so big that it’s spread out across two fabulous venues – the Hotel Boulderado and the Rembrandt Yard Gallery. Partiers can hop from one site to the other, enjoying live music, deli- cious food and libations – two complimentary drinks included. You’ll be surprised by who you might see!

Then head to the Boulder Theater for a breath- taking performance by Boulder’s famous aerial filmmaker dance troupe, Frequent Flyers, as you settle in vip r e c e p t i o n for the evening’s presentation of Muscle Shoals – see page 18 for more on this amazing film. Friday, February 15 4:00-6:00pm 5:30-7:30pm The Bitter Bar pre-film festivities 835 Walnut St. NEW 2 parties 2 venues Passholders only Hotel Boulderado Ballroom 2115 13th St. Rembrandt Yard 1301 Spruce St. One of the many benefits of being a BIFF Appetizers by Whole Foods Passholder is admission to this exclusive, Food sampling by Glutino, Udi’s and Earth Balance festival-favorite event. Indulge in craveable Wine by Francis Ford Coppola Winery food and decadent desserts in the cozi- Bhaktini featuring Bhakti Chai est room in town, while chatting with our Beer by Avery Brewing and Boulder Beer filmmakers. Enjoy complimentary cocktails Music by The Fever & Hot Club of Pearl Street prepared by The Bitter Bar’s award-winning mixologists, including a Bhakti Chai cocktail, 7:30pm boulder theater doors open and wines from our official winemaker, Aerial Performance by Frequent Flyers Francis Ford Coppola. Chocolates by Seth Ellis Chocolatier Bring your Pass and stop by early – 8:00pm opening night film space is limited. Muscle Shoals (p. 18)

RESERVED SEATING only All Passholders must RSVP to reserve seats. Please email [email protected] by rsvp Friday, February 8th. Ticket buyers will receive seating upon purchase. closing the BIFF filmmaker lounge night at t h e l a z y d o g 1346 Pearl St. & awards celebration Friday, February 15 11:00am – 1:00am an evening with Saturday, February 16 1:00pm – 1:00am Sunday, February 17 10:00am – 1:00am peter fonda Open to Filmmakers, Passholders, Ticket holders, Volunteers program BT-17 Welcome to the center of the social ac- Sunday, February 17 tion at BIFF. The Lounge is a private 6:30pm party pad for BIFF attendees only— Boulder Theater just flash your ticket stub or festival Price $25 / Free for Passholders pass to enter. The Lazy Dog will vend its usual fine food and drink. Through- Doors open at 6:45pm / 6:30pm for Passholders out the Festival The Lounge will host Music 6:30pm–7:30pm special events such as discussions and Awards Ceremony at 7:30pm Program at 8:00pm workshops. Close out the Festival with live music and the BIFF Awards Ceremony, where we’ll LIVE! honor the Best of the Fest with their Vielehr At the lounge sculptures. The ceremony will be followed by a presentation of the Pinnacle Award to Show BIFF pass or ticket stub for entry Presented by Peter Fonda, one of this country’s most piv- The hottest parties of the year! Meet the Dave Riepe’s otal contributors to American culture. visionary artists, dedicated documentar- Space Farmer Productions After the presentation, BIFF special event ians and passionate storytellers behind producer Ron Bostwick will conduct an the films at BIFF, while rockin’ to great unforgettable interview with the legendary live music. two-time Oscar-nominated actor, whose cred- B.A.D. its include Easy Rider, The Limey, Outlaw soundrabbit Blues, The Laramie Project, Ulee’s Gold, Friday, February 15 9:00pm – midnight [biff after dark] 3:10 to Yuma and The Big Fix. special event D danny bastos collective Saturday, February 16 See page 41 for more closing night details. & aotearoa 9:00pm–1:00am Saturday, February 16 9:00pm – midnight Oddfellows Hall 1543 Pearl St. Open to Filmmakers, Passholders, singer songwriter showcase Ticket holders, Volunteers (with 8+ hours) Saturday & Sunday, February 16 & 17 $20 Limited tickets on sale at the 4:00pm-9:00pm Boulder Theater Box Office See line-up on page 10. Adults 21 + over. BRING ID. Arrive early, space is limited. happy hour mixer As a tremendous thank you to all the Saturday, February 16 4:00pm – 6:00pm people who have made BIFF 2013 Free drinks and appetizers with your BIFF possible, we present BIFF After Dark. ticket stub or Pass. Those who attended last year know, Raise a glass and have a bite, courtesy of this party needs no description. People Productions, the folks behind our fabuous BIFF Trailer and Logo Reel.

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Photos in order of appearance singer/songwriter showcase Saturday + Sunday February 16 & 17 FILMS IN TUNE Keep the heart strings The Filmmaker Lounge saturday sunday humming and don’t miss these music-focused films. @ The Lazy Dog 4:45 - 5:30pm Show your BIFF ticket stub Kelly Aspen 4 - 4:45pm or Pass for entry Lisa Bell The Last Elvis 5 - 5:45pm New to BIFF is the Singer/ Branden Sipes 5 - 5:45pm Defiant Requiem Songwriter Showcase. Festival Dennis Wanebo Don’t Stop Believin’: Every goers are invited to The 6 - 6:45pm Drew Brightbill 5:45 - 6:30pm Man’s Journey Filmmakers Lounge at the Lazy | 11 Jeff Brinkman Beware of Mr. Baker Dog to hear great music and 7 - 7:45pm . discover local talent. Strangebyrds My Father and the Man in Cari Minor & Black Ray Smith Once in a Lullaby: The PS22 opening night 8 - 8:45pm valentine’s Jenn Cleary Chorus Story A Band Called Death red carpet gala Muscle Shoals more details at: dance eat free drinks biff1.com/biff-2013/listenup Thursday, February 14 LIVE! at THE LOUNGE 5:30-7:30pm The Filmmaker Lounge @ The Lazy Dog Parties at Rembrandt Yard and Show your BIFF ticket stub or pass for entry Hotel Boulderado Friday, February 15 Film at Boulder Theater 9:00pm-midnight See page 18 for full details soundrabbit The Fever performs party music, Original music spanning folk, world music, jazz, Latin, pop, indie, jam and straight-ahead rock. everything from jazz to rock.

Hot Club of Pearl Street is a hot Saturday, February 16 jazz and swing band founded on 9:00pm-midnight Boulder’s most famous street. danny bastos collective Be prepared to dance!! & aotearoa

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visionaries + creativity + new media special event A workshop music in film Saturday, February 16 10:00am-12:00pm THE DiMe: The Filmmaker Lounge @ The Lazy Dog 1346 Pearl Street digital media $30/$15 students-must show ID (advance) symposium $35 at the door Music is an essential part of the film experi- ence, yet filmmakers often find it to be one Friday, February 15 1:00pm-6:00pm of the trickiest and most elusive elements to navigate in their productions. This work- St Julien Hotel & Spa shop will explore the role of music in film 900 Walnut St. and take participants through the process $50/$65 door of creating a film score, from selecting the Students $40/$65 door composer all the way to the downbeat on

keynotes by NEW THIS YEAR: the scoring stage. The workshop concludes Blaise Agüera y Arcas^ Passholders welcome with a discussion of various film scoring FREE, on day of event techniques, including the five words com-

Andy Carvin pending seat availability. posers most dread hearing from directors.

The DiMe is the premier Instructor Jon Kull has showcase of innovators and technology in Colorado’s digi- worked as a film orches- tal entertainment industry. trator on more than 150 More details on page 20 films with many of the top composers in Hollywood, including James Horner (Avatar, Troy); James New- futurist Go to dimeboulder.com ton Howard (The Bourne for a complete list of Legacy, King Kong); and panelists and speakers. Elmer Bernstein (The Deep End of the Ocean, Twilight). SPECIAL EVENT C special event B free workshop: filmmaker workshop: screenwriting panel producing Make a Thousand Screenplays Bloom Saturday, February 16 A Seminar on Storytelling in Film 3:00pm–4:15pm your own Sunday, February 17 Boulder Public Library* documentary 3:00pm–5:00pm Free to the public Sunday, February 17 Boulder Public Library* 12:30pm–2:30pm BIFF’s oldest special feature Boulder Public Library* $30/$15 students-must show ID (advance) is back for the ninth year in a $35 at the door row. Anything can happen as $30/$15 students-must show ID FREE for students ages 13-18 directors, producers, writers (advance) and performers visiting BIFF $35 at the door All screenplays share the same basic from around the world come FREE for students ages 13-18 structure, but with certain unique charac- together for a free-wheeling, teristics. Learn those characteristics, play illuminating and fun look at the Sponsored by Boulder with structure and watch them interact with “reel deal.” Moderator Brad Digital Arts theme, plot and characters to make a film Weismann leads the conversa- tion as cinema pros field your bloom. Join writer Tod Davies in a highly Back by popular demand with questions and comments. It’s interactive discussion of story and how to exciting updates for 2013, this stimulating conversation at its tell it in screenplay form. workshop is for anyone who wants best. to make a documentary but isn’t Instructor Tod Davies is a screenwriter, sure where to start. Some film- indie film producer, radio host, cookbook Boulder Public Library making experience is helpful but writer, author, editor and *events take place in the not necessary. publisher. Her credits in- Canyon Theater at the clude Dennis Hopper’s The Library, 1000 Canyon Instructor Boulder-based Abigail Hot Spot, Backtrack, Alex Boulevard. Wright has been a professional Cox’s Three Businessmen filmmaker, writer, producer, theatre and Fear and Loathing in director and actor for 25 years. Las Vegas. She has taught She has written and produced four writing and producing in documentaries that have accumu- both the U.S. and the U.K., and now helms lated over 80 major the indie company Exterminating Angel awards. Press (exterminatingangel.com).

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FREE for students BIFF Youth Pavilion Boulder Public Library 1000 Canyon Blvd Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 15, 16 and 17 New this year—the BIFF Youth Pavilion! For the first time ever, a place for the film-hip youth in Boulder who love watching and making movies. Join us for three inspiring days of free BIFF films and workshops at the Boulder Public Library. Check schedule below for recommended age groups. Seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Programmed by the BIFF Youth Advisory council. CU Student Pavilion friday Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place The Painting Little World Opening Night: 2027 13th Street (see page 36) (see page 33) Moonrise Kingdom CU student ID required 10:30am–12:00pm 12:15–1:40pm 5:00–8:30pm Ages 13+ Ages 13+ Ages 13+ A full day of film programming for and by CU students, from “Saturday Morning Reservations required, contact [email protected] Cartoons” to panels and student-created and curated films. Space is limited, saturday so come early to CU @ BIFF! Animation Workshop Teen Short Films 3D Salon By Pat Mallek of Showcase 7:00-8:30pm saturday Mighty Fudge Studios 1:00–2:30pm Ages 13+ Saturday Morning Cartoons 10:30am–12:00pm All ages See 3D short films shot during 11:00am Ages 10+ this week’s 3D Filmmaking Discussion with Professor Chris Pearce, followed Once in a Lullaby Contest, organized by Alan by classic animation. (see page 37) O’Hashi. An expert from 5:00–7:00pm RealD will discuss the future CU Alumni in the Industry Ages 10+ of 3D filmmaking. (Or WHAT TO DO AFTER GRADUATION) sunday 1:00pm FREE workshops for students ages 13-18 A panel of successful CU graduates from the film, media and entertainment industries discuss age 19+: ticket purchase required their strategies and advice. Producing the Documentary Screenwriting Workshop Workshop 3:00-5:00pm Women in Film 12:30-2:30pm A highly interactive discussion 5:00pm Want to make a documentary but of story, and how to tell it in A panel of female filmmakers discuss gender in the don’t know where to start? This screenplay form. film industry. workshop will give you a guide to the whole process. CU Student Films QUESTIONS? EMAIL RUTH AT [email protected] OR CALL 303-449-2289 7:00pm A curated program of the latest work by CU The BIFF Youth Pavilion is supported by the filmmakers. Brett Family Foundation You’ve been moved. Now get 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 this program with the Call 2 Action logo, along with co-presenting community groups. So how can you keep the energy moving?

call act2ion Join in the dialog Go to the website Engage with filmmakers, presenters and fellow film lovers at the Visit biff1.com/call2action for more info and real ways to get 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 Learn about the actions you can take to make a difference. Share each film. You’ve been moved. Now get moving! your thoughts and inspirations. Discussions take place after most C2A film programs at the live updates Call 2 Action Tent (14th and Pearl streets) or at the film venues: biff1.com/call2action #call2action Boulder High School and First United Methodist Church.

A Fierce Green Fire | Program BT-02 > Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness > Friday, 9:30am, Boulder Theater Program HS-01 Co-presented by Sierra Club-Indian Peaks Group Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder High School rmc.sierraclub.org/ipg (See synopsis on page 19) Co-presented by Facing History and Ourselves facinghistory.org (See synopsis on page 32) > Digital Dharma: One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture Program BT-03 > The New Public | Program HS-03 Friday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater Saturday, 2:30pm, Boulder High School Co-presented by Naropa University, naropa.edu Co-presented by The Family Learning Center, tflc.org (See synopsis on page 21) (See synopsis on page 32) > The Last Ocean | Program CH-02 > Little World | Program HS-04 Friday, 12:00pm, First United Methodist Church Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder High School New Zealand, Feature Documentary, 2012, 87 mins Co-presented by City of Boulder Expand Program Co-presented by Colorado Ocean Coalition, coloradoocean.org and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (See synopsis on page 24) bouldercolorado.gov, lls.org (See synopsis on page 33) > Bidder 70 | Program CH-04 > Trash Dance | Program BT-14 Friday, 5:00pm, First United Methodist Church Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater Co-presented by Clean Energy Action Co-presented by Western Disposal Services cleanenergyaction.org (See synopsis on page 25) westerndisposal.com (See synopsis on page 34) Our thanks to Call 2 Action founders Twisted Foundation, Philanthropiece, La Source | Program BT-08 Sandy Younghans and Joellen Raderstorf, and supporters Red Empress > Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater Co-presented by Colorado Haiti Project Foundation, Boedecker Foundation, Eliza Woloson and Tatiana Maxwell for coloradohaitiproject.org (See synopsis on page 26) never doubting the power of film to change the world in which we live. tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 15 16 |

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Tuscan Table lunch buffet available Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. One complimentary glass of house wine or beer per customer, per ticket stub and visit. Offers valid at Jill’s Restaurant and T-Zero Lounge within St Julien Hotel & Spa only, Feb. 14-17, 2013. For more information and a list of participating partners, go to our Green Initiatives page at: biff1.com/green. greenup Be Part of BIFF’s Green Commitment it just got easier Here are some easy actions that you can take during BIFF. 1. Bus, Bike, Walk, or Carpool to BIFF. 2. YES WE CAN! The festival is located in downtown Boulder. GO Boulder and the HOP are thrilled to offer Drop it in the right can – FREE bus rides during BIFF (Feb. 14 –17). Just flash your BIFF Festival pass or ticket stub. that is. Or try alternative means of transportation by biking, walking or carpooling to the festival. Thanks to Western Disposal for providing recycle and compost bins at many of the FREE BIFF venues. HOP during BIFF with Festival pass or ticket 3. BIFF Green Partners We are excited that our sponsors and partners have joined us in our green FREE 3 hours free parking commitment. Many of them have taken City of Boulder Parking Services is offering 3 hours of FREE parking on the BIFF Green Pledge to reduce waste and Thursday evening and Friday all day at the 15th & Pearl streets parking their impact on the environment. garage (only). Present your same-day BIFF ticket stub or pass to the lot atten- dant. One ticket per exit. Parking is always free on Saturdays and Sundays.

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$65 / Free for Passholders Parties 5:30pm–7:30pm electrifying Film 8:00pm musicalprogram chemistry BT-01 [See page 8 for full event details] Thursday, Boulder Theater Muscle Shoals 5:30-7:30pm USA/Colorado, Feature Documentary, 2013, 111 min NEW 2 parties 2 venues Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2013 Hotel Boulderado Ballroom Rembrandt Yard During the most incendiary period of racial hostility, free drinks + bites white and black folks came together in Muscle Shoals, live music + dancing Alabama, to create music that would last for generations. At the heart of the story is Rick Hall. Over- Under the spiritual influence of 7:30pm coming crushing hardship, he managed to the "Singing River" as Native red carpet strut entice talent like Aretha Franklin and Wilson Americans called it, the music of boulder theater doors open Pickett to come and record what became their Muscle Shoals has helped create Aerial Performance by Frequent Flyers hit albums, backed up by the funkiest white some of the most important and Chocolates by Seth Ellis Chocolatier men ever—the homegrown house band, the resonant songs of all time. NEW THIS YEAR: ALL SEATING IS RESERVED. Swampers. As the word spread about the elec- PASSHOLDERS MUST RSVP BY FEB 8TH. SEE PAGE 8. trifying musical chemistry in this unexpected place, the likes of Bob Dylan, 8:00pm the Rolling Stones, the Staples Singers, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd film starts Skynyrd and Simon & Garfunkel magnetically followed suit. Interviewing an Q & A to follow with special guests incredible roster of musicians, the filmmaker unearths a rich history of this black tie optional unheralded gold mine of American music. 18 | (Sundance Film Festival) ‘‘

fridayup Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers /And ‘‘ they’ve been known to pick a song or two / LordSweet they Home Alabamaget me - Lynyrd off Skynyrd so

much / They pick me up when I’m feeling blue.

Lynyrd Skynrd, Sweet Home Alabama

program BT-02 Friday, 9:30am, Boulder Theater A Fierce Green Fire USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 101 min “Ardently passionate and naturally provocative.” Variety Environmentalism is one of the most momentous Stephen Badger - Producer worldwide social movements of the past century, Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier - Director, Producer but it has often been as contentious inside as it Matthew Davis Walker - Co-Producer has been controversial outside. Now you can get Raji Mandelkorn - Co-Producer the inside story of the major triumphs—along with Richard Lowe - Editor major fumbles—of the last 50 years in this often- Anthony Arendt - Director of Photography surprising documentary. From halting dams in the Jill Meyers - Music Supervisor Grand Canyon to the ouster of the great Sierra Club’s Colorado Premiere president David Brower, battling toxic waste at Love Stephen Badger, Freddy Camalier and Matthew Davis Walker in person Canal, Greenpeace saving the whales, the murder of plantation-fighting Chico Mendes and warnings of global climate change, this documentary covers the gamut. Directed by Mark Kitchell Stephen Badger, Freddy Camalier >> Colorado Premiere and Matthew Davis Walker in person call act2ion

filmmakers in person Co-presented by Sierra Club – Indian Peaks Group

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powerfully inspiring ”Nothing less than 12,000 ancient buddhist texts turning to dust electrifying.” Washington Post enter a mormon who devotes his life to preserve + share them join his triumphant journey to india

program BT-03 program BT-04 Friday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater Friday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater Digital Dharma: Defiant Requiem One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 85 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 82 min Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. One of the most powerful movies you'll ever see, Defiant Requiem tells the Like monks in Europe during the Dark Ages, the tradi- incredible story of conductor Raphael Schächter, an inmate at the Terezin tional role of monasteries in Tibet was to recopy and Nazi concentration camp, who formed a choir of 150 Jewish prisoners that preserve the history of a religion and a people—in committed Verdi’s fantastically difficult chorale “Requiem” to memory and this case, 1,500 years of Buddhist and Indian litera- performed it 16 times, often to international visitors and inspectors escorted ture, history and wisdom. Many thousands of ancient by Adolf Eichmann. But the Nazis didn't understand Latin, and they didn't Sanskrit and Tibetan texts were burned during the know that Verdi's immortal “Requiem” was a towering, operatic rage against turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s, but many thousands oppression and death. In this film, conductor Murry Sidlin brings an orches- more were hidden in homes and caves or smuggled tra and 150-voice choir back to the same warehouse in Terezin to produce a out of the country. Exposed to the elements, the soaring performance that you will never, ever forget. English and subtitled history of a whole society—its beliefs, customs and sense of enlightenment—was in danger of turning Directed and produced by Doug Shultz to dust. Enter E. Gene Smith, a Mormon from Utah, Produced by Whitney Johnson who devoted his life to find, preserve and share these Colorado Premiere ancient insights into mankind’s consciousness. Doug Shultz, Whitney Johnson and Terezin survivors Edgar and Hana Krasa This powerfully inspiring film follows Gene's trium- in person phant journey back to India as he set out to deliver to the main lamas of the four Buddhist traditions Co-presented by the Boulder Jewish Community Center (JCC) and 18 Pomegranates 12,000 digitized volumes of priceless ancient texts Introduced by Kathryn Bernheimer, Cultural Arts Director, JCC that had been salvaged from destruction.

call Directed by Dafna Yachin 2 Colorado Premiere in person action Dafna Yachin in person

Co-presented by Naropa Institute filmmakers + Terezin survivors director in person

tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 21 Life is a one-time performance finding dignity when the lights go out

program BT-05 Friday, 5:00pm, Boulder Theater with no rehearsals. Flicker Sweden, Feature Film, 2012, 100 min When it comes to planning for life, you "(The) dead-straight cast anchors the absurd flights of Eklund's chirpy fantasy all the way to a persuasively spectacular finale." need a financial partner who’s on the same Hollywood Reporter page as you. Have you ever had one of those days that, despite your best inten- At the Millstone Evans Group of Raymond tions, goes slowly into the crapper? Then you'll feel right at home James, we’ll listen to you to understand your in this hilarious rapid-fire comedy about the serious middle-class hopes and dreams – so we can help you population of an entire Swedish town being sucked down into a vortex of wildly funny, humiliating, embarrassing absurdities, all triggered by achieve the financial independence to live a simple power outage. The action is centered in the office of a local the way you want to. telecom company where the clueless CEO is trying to change the com- pany's gloomy, Bergman-esque ads that imply domestic violence into something involving a Superhero. Then the lights go out, and director Patrik Eklund weaves in his trademark brand of cascading sideways thinking, while preserving a warm, if often absurd, picture of ordinary people trying to find their place and their dignity in a world they do not understand. Subtitled

Directed by Patrik Eklund (2009 Oscar Nominee for Instead of Abracadabra) Colorado Premiere Patrik Eklund in person

1942 Broadway, Suite 400 // Boulder, CO 80302 303.402.6907 // Toll-Free: 800.201.4554 Fax: 866.522.9588 // millstoneevans.com director in person ©2012 Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC finding dignity when the lights go out from homeless lounge singer to rock star complexcomplex disturbing deeply disturbing magical magical

program BT-06 program CH-01 Friday, 7:30pm, Boulder Theater Friday, 10:00am, First United Methodist Church Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey War Witch USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 113 min Canada, Feature Film, 2012, 90 min Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. Nominated for a 2013 Academy Award

Don’t stop believing in the Journey franchise. Their iconic song is the most When Komona was 12, the rebel army overran her village, downloaded tune in iTunes history, and, four nights a week, the band plays abducting her and forcing her to kill her parents. Now at to 15,000-person Bic-flicking audiences all over the world. That’s why 14, Komona is a rebel soldier who has seen unspeakable picking a replacement singer was a really big deal for Journey guitarist Neal atrocities and trudges through the jungle carrying an AK-47 Schon who, after listening to thousands of singers covering Journey songs, while talking to the child growing inside her belly. Her best finally heard Arnel Pineda, a slight 40-something Filipino lounge singer on friend is the Wizard, a 15-year-old boy who introduces her to YouTube. “I had to walk away because I thought he can’t be that good. I a hallucinogenic tree-sap that will protect her. One day, while called him that night,” says Schon. This film tells the real life rock and roll on patrol, her parents appear as ghosts warning her of an fairy tale of the dynamic Pineda and how he opens huge new markets for imminent attack by government troops. Komona survives and American music throughout the world. But can Arnel, with his history of earns status within the rebels as a War Witch, which means homelessness, alcohol and drugs, resist the overwhelming temptations and that she can no longer be beaten. Newcomer Rachel Mwanza pressure of big-time rock and roll? is amazing in this complex, deeply disturbing but magical film. Directed by Ramona S. Diaz Directed by Kim Nguyen Colorado Premiere Colorado Premiere

program BT-07 Friday, 10:00pm, Boulder Theater Easy Rider USA, Feature Film, 2012, 90 min

Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), two long-haired California bikers, complete a drug deal and stash the money in their motorcycle gas tanks, then set out across America towards Mardi Gras in New Orleans. They get thrown in jail and get released with help from a drunken lawyer (Jack Nicholson), who travels with them to New Orleans. The trio is run out of town, beaten up and the lawyer is killed. Wyatt and Billy continue on toward Florida, expecting to retire on their drug money. But fate intervenes, in the form of two lowlifes in a pickup truck with a shotgun. Produced, written by and starring Peter Fonda Directed, written by and starring Dennis Hopper

23 the last ocean

program CH-02 Friday, 12:00pm, First United Methodist Church The Last Ocean New Zealand, Feature Documentary, 2012, 87 min There is one last, absolutely wild, wonder of the world, The Ross Sea, Antarctica. This vast, frozen landscape is filled with life – whales, seals and penguins carving out a place on the very edge of existence. It is one of the last places on earth where the delicate balance of nature still prevails untouched by humans. But an international fishing fleet has recently found its way to the Ross Sea and is targeting Antarctic toothfish, sold as Chilean Seabass in up-market restaurants around the world. The catch is so lucrative it is known as white gold. Ecologist David Ainley knows that unless fishing is stopped, the natural balance of the Ross Sea will be lost forever. He rallies his fellow scientists, and photos by John B. Weller begins a campaign taking on commercial fishermen and governments in a race to protect Earth’s last untouched ocean from our civilization’s insatiable appetite for ir- replacable creatures of the sea. Boulder-based photographer John B. Weller is interviewed in this film.

Directed by Peter Young Colorado Premiere Peter Young in person call act2ion Co-presented by The Colorado Ocean Coalition

director in person program CH-04 Friday, 5:00pm, First United Methodist Church Bidder 70 USA/Colorado, Feature Documentary, 2012, 73 min

Winner at Mountainfilm in Telluride, Traverse City, and 5 Other U.S. film festivals

During the last frantic month of the Bush Administra- tion, the Bureau of Land Management attempted to illegally auction off vast tracts of Western land to oil companies. College senior Tim DeChristopher (aka Bidder 70) monkey-wrenched the sale by bidding $1.8 million to save 22,000 acres of Utah’s pristine red rock wilderness, money that DeChristopher had no intention of or ability to pay. Now he’s paying for it with his future. While the Obama Administration invalidated the leases right after the inauguration, DeChristopher was nevertheless indicted and ultimately convicted on federal charges. This is the story of standing up for what you believe in no matter the cost, the story program CH-03 of young people fed up with corporate control of their Friday, 2:30pm, First United Methodist Church government, the story of a principled young man and Shun Li and the Poet the bravery of his commitment to a livable world. Italy, Feature Film, 2011, 100 min Directed by Beth and George Gage Boulder Premiere Winner of 9 major film festivals throughout Europe Beth and George Gage in person Shun Li is a young Chinese woman who has succeeded in emigrating to Italy, but Co-presented by Clean Energy Action without her son (who she sorely misses) and with a debt to pay back to the illegal network that “helped” her to get there. She works in a bar in Chioggia, a small but beautiful city-island in the Venetian lagoon, where she meets Pepi “The Poet,” a call2 retired Slavic fisherman who emigrated decades prior. He is drawn to Shun Li’s ever- action present sense of contentment and joy, masking her sadness and loneliness. They share a mutual passion for poetry and develop a deep platonic affection, which is misinterpreted by the ignorant, racist locals as an exotic sexual affair that involves the Chinese Mafia. This elegant, extremely moving film displays the towns of the Venice lagoons as shimmering watercolor paintings while it tells the classic story of chaste forbidden love. This is filmmaking at its finest. Subtitled

Directed by Andrea Segre Boulder Premiere in person Beth+George Gage tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 25 saturday>

program CH-05 program CH-06 program BT-08 Friday, 7:00pm, First United Methodist Friday, 9:30pm, First United Methodist Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater Church Church La Source The Last Elvis My Brother the Devil USA/Haiti, Feature Documentary, 2012, 71 min Argentina, Feature Film, 2012, 91 min UK, Feature Film, 2012, 111 min Also screening at eTown Hall, Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. see page 34. Winner at Sundance, Berlin and London Film Festivals Every immigrant daydreams about making The reason that pudgy Argentine Elvis-im- life better for the people they love back personator Carlos Gutierrez is so amazingly “An energetic and imaginative tale... a film home. Although busy with his large family, good—just close your eyes while you listen that so artfully refuses to surrender to colorful Princeton janitor Josue Lajuenesse's to the film's many rockin’ Elvis classics— convention.” Variety dream is to bring permanent fresh water is that he is not imitating Elvis. Carlos to his impoverished and cholera-plagued believes that he actually IS Elvis, returned In this cool, muscular, street-smart film, hometown of La Source, Haiti, after the to Earth. A factory worker by day, Carlos is swaggering gang leader Rash rules his terri- nightmarish 2010 earthquake. So how does the Toast of Argentina at night, with adoring tory in East London like a king, mentoring an uneducated Haitian immigrant tackle the fans wherever he goes. His stardom and and watching over his sensitive younger huge logistical challenges of raising money, obsession has already cost him his family, brother Mo, who will clearly never become a along with planning, engineering and and we fear that Carlos may be spiraling very convincing gang member. Mo idolizes implementing La Source’s brand new water into madness. But just then a car accident Rash and insists on joining his older brother system, the first in the town’s history? This puts his ex-wife, Alejandro, in a long hospi- in the drug trade. It all goes terribly wrong documentary, narrated by Oscar nominee tal stay, and his estranged daughter, Lisa of course, and the episode escalates into Don Cheadle, is a filmic work of art, con- Marie, in Carlos' care. Putting everything a major gang confrontation and a bloody trasting the grayness of a Princeton winter on hold, Carlos embraces the time with crisis of loyalty. Bursting with energy, this with the riotous colors of tropical Haiti, as his daughter, but after Alejandro recovers film shows a part of London that we never it follows the gentle Josue and his jovial and takes back Lisa Marie, Carlos is once saw during the Queen's Jubilee. Subtitled brother, Chrismedonne, on their ambitious again left on the precipice. Far richer and Directed by Sally El Hosaini journey. English and subtitled more surprising than most father-daughter Colorado Premiere Directed by Patrick Shen bonding movies, this film rocks with honesty Boulder Premiere from beginning to end. Subtitled thanks to our venue Josue Lajuenesse, Patrick Shen in person Directed by Amanda Bo First United Methodist Church Colorado Premiere call – fighting for social justice for 2ion under-served communities. act

Co-presented by Colorado Haiti Project director + subject in person Josue Lajuenesse^+ Patrick Shen>> 26 | biff1.com program BT-09 Saturday, 12:15pm, Boulder Theater Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34.

shorts program one Abuelas (Grandmothers) Felix UK, Short Animated Film, 2011, 9 min Germany, Short Film, 2012, 43 sec Winner of a record-breaking 52 awards, Every action has a reaction. including a BAFTA nomination (British Oscar) Directed by Anselm Belser Using real-life testimonials, this animated Colorado Premiere documentary is a testament to the extraor- dinary tenacity of the women who continue This is Not a Cowboy Movie fighting for the truth about their 30,000 France, Short Film, 2012, 12 min “disappeared” grandchildren from General Winner at the Queer Palm Cannes Videla’s 1976-83 military dictatorship in “A film with guts and a huge amount of tender- Argentina. Subtitled ness.” Nisimazine Directed by Afarin Eghbal Boulder Premiere This hilarious, irreverent film is about four French school children who are naive and somewhat prudish, but who nonetheless swear Hatch like the kids of South Park. They have a lot of Austria, Short Film, 2012, 19 min questions about a wicked movie they saw on TV On a wintry Vienna night, a young couple makes called Brokeback Mountain. Subtitled the decision to give up their child, knowing they Directed by Benjamin Friend cannot raise it and realize their own youth- Colorado Premiere ful dreams. Across town, another couple is desperate for a child of their own, with no way to conceive one. When the paths of these two Curfew couples briefly cross, fate holds an unexpected USA, Short Film, 2012, 20 min lesson for both of them. Winner at the Stockholm, Brussels, Sapporo and Directed by Christoph Kuschnig Clermont-Ferrand Film Festivals Colorado Premiere In the midst of attempting to end his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him Lunch Date if he can look after his niece, Sophia, for a few United Kingdom, Short Film, 2011, 12 min hours. Richie decides to cancel his plans and From LUNAFEST and Aspen Shortsfest spends the evening with Sophia. But Sophia Getting dumped always hurts, even more so has preconceived notions of who Richie is, and when your boyfriend sends his 14-year-old Richie has to overcome this perception, even brother to break the news. though he lacks social graces. The evening turns out like neither of them planned. Directed by Sasha Collington Produced by Christopher Schneider Directed by Shawn Christensen Director Sasha Collington in person Colorado Premiere Centrifuge Brain Project director in person Germany, Short Film, 2012, 7 min Sasha Winner at the Aspen Shortsfest Collington>> A group of scientists conduct a series of bizarre experiments to study their effects on the human brain. Directed by Til Nowak Boulder Premiere

26 | biff1.com 27 program BT-10 program BT-11 Saturday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder Theater The Summit Beware of Mr. Baker Ireland/UK, Feature Documentary, 2013, 98 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 92 min Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2013 “The second-best rock documentary of the year…” Rolling Stone What exactly went wrong on that terrible day in August 2008 when 11 mountain climbers were killed Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith is the greatest drummer of all on K-2, including the extraordinary climber Ger Mc- time. Yes, improbably, he’s still alive, even planning a comeback tour. Donnell? What happened has never been resolved. With his dual bass drums, powerful thundering tom-toms and towering Nick Ryan offers a stark and painstakingly detailed crashing solos of complex polyrhythmic African beats, Baker became investigation, together with astounding found the idol of every rock drummer since the 1960s. But wild genius can footage and re-enactments on K-2 itself, in hope of have its temperaments, and this film chronicles Baker’s many bands, solving the mystery of what actually happened on lawsuits, marriages, drug addictions and bankruptcies partly through the deadliest day in mountain-climbing history. The the testimony of those who knew him—Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Steve Summit pits Man against Mother Nature in her most Winwood and Carlos Santana, along with Stewart Copeland and Johnny majestic and terrifying extreme. Rotten. We catch up with the mercurial Mr. Baker at his ranch in South Africa where we meet his new wife and family, along with his 39 polo Directed by Nick Ryan ponies. Baker had generously invited Jay Bulger, the filmmaker, to stay Colorado Premiere at his ranch for months for this film, but near the end, Baker angrily Nick Ryan in person smashed Bulger across the nose with a cane. The sign above his ranch gate said it all: “Beware of Mr. Baker.”

Directed by Jay Bulger Colorado Premiere director in person program BT-13 Saturday, 9:30pm, Boulder Theater On the Road USA, Feature Film, 2012, 124 min

“One of the 10 best independent films of the year.” National Board of Review Co-starring global superstar Kristen Stewart, whose films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide.

The only people for me are

the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to program BT-12 Saturday, 7:15pm, Boulder talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same Theater To Be Announced time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles Program will be announced on BIFF1.com, Facebook and Twitter exploding like spiders across the stars... Jack Kerouac in the days leading up to the Festival. Perhaps we should say In 1957, Jack Kerouac invited square America for a ride in his car—to barrel into a “To Be Tweeted.” restless, supercharged frontier of unlimited freedom, kick-ass pot, loud music and loud sex. Kerouac's book, an optimistic but incendiary blast at dull unquestioning conformity, singlehandedly revolutionized a major slice of America's youth. The Beats soon morphed exponentially into the vast, unruly American counterculture that still influences the world today. In this sexy, electrifying film, they're all back: Sal (Sam Riley), his best friend; the amiable super-stud Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), Dean's wild, uninhibited nympho girlfriend, Marylou (Kristen Stewart, who inter- viewed the daughter of the real Marylou to prepare for this role), along with Dean's wife Camille (a stellar Kirsten Dunst), William Burroughs (Viggo Mortensen), and a young poet named Allen Ginsberg (Tom Sturridge), who later founded the Jack Ker- ouac School of Disembodied Poets in Boulder. And after one love scene, you'll never look at Steve Buscemi the same way again. Directed by Walter Salles Colorado Premiere

tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 29 program CH-07 Saturday, 10:00am, First United Methodist Church Fallen City China, Feature Documentary, 2012, 90 min Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2013 Sensitive to public opinion on its reaction to natural disasters, the Chinese Government rushed in and built a brand new gleaming city to replace the town of Beichuan that was entirely leveled by a 2008 earthquake that killed 90,000 people. Buried with the bodies were memories, old values and an old way of program CH-08 life. As the physical structures appear at a Saturday, 12:15pm, First United Methodist Church breakneck pace, we see that people’s hearts Seeking Asian Female cannot be repaired as easily. A devoted father, USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 82 min a divorced older woman and a runaway teen- age boy, each on their own journey, become a “If you betray me three times, I will cut out your eyes!” mail-order fiance Jian-hua tells her big, collective image of the Chinese people strug- clueless American husband-to-be... in Mandarin. Steven smiles broadly and says to the camera, gling to find their place in a new world. Direc- “I don’t know what she said but it sounded pretty.” Despite their formidable language barrier, Ste- tor Qi Zhao gives us a rare intimate look at ven, age 60, beams like a kid with a new lollipop, but gradually his naive fantasies about Asian a rural Chinese culture thousands of years women—quiet, servile and respectful of men—are shattered by 30-year-old office-manager old by focusing on the peoples’ unshakable Jian-hua’s truly awesome temper. In this entertaining movie, filmmaker Debbie Lum is awkwardly familial love, commitment and tradition to find sucked into translating for the couple during their loud domestic quarrels, often over embarrass- love amid heart-rending desolation. Subtitled ing personal issues. Will this unconventional love affair and (gulp) marriage last for the ages? Directed by Qi Zhao (Last Train Home) Directed by Debbie Lum Colorado Premiere Colorado Premiere

program CH-09 Saturday, 2:30pm, First United Methodist Church Lore Australia/Germany, Feature Film, 2012, 109 min Nominated For 8 Australian Academy Awards After the arrest of her SS parents for their involvement in the death camps, Lore, a blonde, blue-eyed teenager from the Hitler Youth, is left with the task of getting herself and her four younger brothers and sisters across war-torn Germany to her grandmother's house. Along their way, Lore encounters massive destruction and the wrenching forces of guilt, denial and bewil- derment of her fellow Germans, who are dealing with shocking defeat. Although a child of privilege, Lore quickly learns the currency of survival, above all pretending that you are refugees from the "good" side of the war. Then Lore meets her possible savior in the form of Thomas, a lonely young Jewish man with travel privileges because of his Jewish identification papers. This is a powerful, unforgettable film. Directed by Cate Shortland Boulder Premiere program CH-10 Saturday, 5:00pm, First United Methodist Church Blancanieves (Snow White) Spain, Feature Film, 2012, 104 min On the Academy Award shortlist Winner and opening night film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 program CH-12 Every crisp black-and-white scene in this stunning, sumptuous, silent melodrama snaps and Saturday, 9:30pm, First United Methodist crackles with new production technologies, and the lush, exciting flamenco score weaves its exot- Church ic spin throughout. The story is Snow White, but set in the Seville of the 1920s. The daughter of a A Band Called Death famous bullfighter is raised by an evil stepmother. Instead of a mirror on the wall (though she has USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 96 min one of those), the stepmother relies on a fashion magazine to say who’s the fairest of them all. “... an incredibly thoughtful and compelling A plot to kill the girl, now grown up, fails when she is rescued by a band of travelling bullfighting film, one of the best music documentaries to dwarfs, who care for her until she’s ready for a triumphant rise to fame in the corrida (bullfight) come out in years.” Los Angeles Film Festival under the stage name Blancanieves. No bulls were harmed during the making of this film. Directed by Pablo Berger Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even Colorado Premiere the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three black teenage program CH-11 brothers in the early ‘70s formed a band in Saturday, 7:15pm, First United Methodist Church their spare bedroom, began playing a few My Father and the Man in Black local gigs and even pressed a single. But Canada, Feature Documentary, 2012, 90 min this was the era of Motown and disco. Record companies found Death’s music—and band Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. name—too intimidating, and the group Winner at the Edinburgh, Hamburg, Vancouver disbanded before they even completed one and Calgary International Film Festivals album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary “Extraordinary documentary that is full and vital.” and epic family love story, A Band Called Village Voice Death chronicles the incredible journey of what happened almost three decades later After the suicide of Saul Holiff, long-time manager when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way to Johnny Cash, Saul’s son Jonathan in a quest out of the attic and found a huge audience on to learn more about his distant father, finds a storage unit crammed with Cash memorabilia, the Internet. Playing music impossibly ahead including Saul’s audio-diary containing a day-to-day account of all the years he spent as Cash’s of its time, Death is now being credited as the manager. Saul met and became Cash’s manager in 1958, and we hear Saul’s thrill of turning Cash first punk band, and the members are finally into a major act in the early ‘60s and his suggestion that Cash hire June Carter. It was Saul who receiving their long overdue recognition as cleaned up after Cash during the dark years of booze, drugs, arrests and concert no-shows, often true rock pioneers. making good to outraged promoters with his own money. Saul even stayed after Cash’s conversion to hard-core Christian fundamentalism. But there was one line he would not cross: Saul Holiff Directed by Marc Christopher Covino would not accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. and Jeff Howlett Colorado Premiere Directed by Jonathan Holiff Colorado Premiere Jonathan Holiff and Myra Richman, interview subject, in person

tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 31 program HS-01 program HS-02 program HS-03 Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder High School Saturday, 12:15pm, Boulder High School Saturday, 2:30pm, Boulder High School Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories Rising From Ashes The New Public of Justice and Forgiveness USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 82 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 87 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 80 min Winner at the Hamptons International Film Festival How do you start a brand new public high The President of the UN invited this film Produced and narrated by Forest Whitaker school from scratch in Bedford-Stuyvesant to screen before the General Assembly on (Bed-Stuy) of all places? Well, it's a lot September 13, 2012 before he introduced a like watching sausage being made. In resolution on reconciliation and forgiveness. During the violent 1994 Hutu-Tutsi conflict in Rwanda, seven-year- this unprecedented documentary, we see old Adrien Niyonshuti did exactly the birth of a new school in this New York The war’s over, the treaties are signed, the City neighborhood, much from students blood and screams have gone. Now for what his parents told him and started running. Coming back from themselves who are given cameras on the the sake of fragile peace and the future of first day of school. We follow them, like Hoop your family, you must move on. You must the bush days later, he found that six of his brothers were dead. Today, Adrien is a Dreams, for four tumultuous years through cross the vast chasm between rage and ac- the school’s first graduation. There are no ceptance, but how do you even begin? This world-renowned bicycle racer, leading his team of Hutu and Tutsi Rwandans— answers here, but this story explores issues unforgettable film travels the world to find of class, race and culture in the tough front victims of horrendous violence who have Lycra-clad and coached by the first Ameri- can to ride in the Tour de France—to the lines of urban education. This film's long forgiven, and sometimes almost befriended, timeframe allows rich character develop- those who have caused them pain. The 2012 Summer Olympics. Their next goal is the Tour de France. How did this happen? ment and compelling story turns that could stories are so numerous they’re impossible not have been achieved in less time. This is to dismiss as aberrations, and we begin to This film is a triumph of forgiveness and reconciliation. a truly moving story about the real contem- realize that forgiveness of one’s enemies porary America. is not just for saints but is a universal and necessary part of human survival. This Directed by TC Johnstone beautiful film presents people who have Boulder Premiere Directed by Jyllian Gunther risked everything to transform tragedy into Produced by Essie Chambers the foundation for a new chapter in their Edited by Penelope Falk history, and from them we can learn how Colorado Premiere cycles of hatred and violence are broken a Jyllian Gunther, Essie Chambers, Penelope little at a time, every day, all over the world. Falk, Kevin Greer (teacher) and John Dargin English and subtitled (student) in person call Directed by Roger Spottiswoode Co-presented by 2 and Lekha Singh The Family Learning Center action Colorado Premiere call2 Co-presented by action Facing History and Ourselves director in person program HS-04 program HS-05 Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder High School Saturday, 7:15pm, Boulder High School Little World Xingu Spain, Feature Documentary, 2012, 85 min Brazil, Feature Film, 2012, 102 min

World premiere and winner at the prestigious International This grand, sweeping adventure of a lifetime began for the three Documentary Federation Amsterdam (IDFA) Villas-Bôas brothers when they joined the 1943 Roncador-Xingu expedition to explore the vast unknown interior of Brazil, build airstrips Sometimes we over-plan our vacations. Imagine walking out your and roads, and find a location for the supermodern city of Brasilia. front door tomorrow morning with your lover-friend, a tiny video The adventurous brothers - Leonardo, Claudio and Orlando are soon camera and 26 dollars to travel 18,000 miles halfway around the promoted to key positions, and it is they who are among the first to world. Could you do it? Now imagine that you’re in a wheelchair. begin the dangerous encounters with the area’s native populations, This fantastic, good-hearted documentary gives you step-by- most of whom have never had contact with the outside world. In this step instructions as we watch the charming, street-hustling, stunningly lush landscape of churning rivers, we see the brothers wheelchair-bound Albert and his friend Ana on their remarkably change from conquerers to protectors as the mechanized march of scenic and trouble-free tour of the continents. Their destination is progress threatens to wipe out much of the area’s rich culture and as far away as possible from his home in Barcelona: a lighthouse ethnic peoples. Decades later, their efforts have changed Brazil’s in New Zealand. This jaunty film is not only a genuine serendipitous history, resulting in one of the biggest national parks on earth, Xingu account of a grand adventure, but a wonderful love story as well. National Park, which covers an area the size of Belgium. Xingu tells The only thing wrong with Little World is that, well, we wanted it to an inspiring story of human rights and environmental activism that be longer. remains as controversial and relevant today as it was 60 years ago. Directed by Marcel Barrena Colorado Premiere Directed by Cao Hamburger Colorado Premiere Co-presented by The City of Boulder call 2ion EXPAND program act A RENTAL, STAGING AND EVENT PRODUCTION COMPANY and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society STAGING & PRODUCTION SPECIALIZING IN CONFERENCES, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND CORPORATE MEETINGS USING CUTTING EDGE VIDEO, AUDIO AND LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES TO INSURE YOUR EVENTS SUCCESS

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program ET-01 Saturday, 10:00am The Last Elvis program BT-14 Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater See synopsis on page 26 Trash Dance program ET-02 Saturday, 12:15pm USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 67 min Defiant Requiem See synopsis on page 21 Winner of the Audience Award at the American Film Institute Silverdocs program ET-03 Saturday, 2:30pm Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey See synopsis on page 23 Like Christo, artist Allison Orr likes to think graceful— and big. As a dance choreographer, Orr is fascinated program ET-04 Saturday, 5:00pm by the movements of ordinary people during their work, The Summit and she translates their routines into dance. Accord- See synopsis on page 28 ingly, it was a natural transition for Orr to choreograph the fluid, graceful, romantic movements of Venetian program ET-05 Saturday, 7:15pm gondolas into a huge ballet, using the gondolas them- Beware of Mr. Baker See synopsis on page 28 selves as dancers. But garbage trucks? Like Christo, Orr had to sell the idea to a lot of skeptical adminis- trators, but most of all she had to sell it to the truck drivers. Orr dons the fluorescent over shirt and rides with drivers for six months, loading cans and picking sunday up dead animals. The brilliance of this documentary is how it focuses on the lives of the sanitation workers program ET-06 Sunday, 10:00am Shorts Program 1 themselves, who, by the way, perform brilliantly in their See synopses on page 27 grand dance performance. This film got an extended standing ovation at its world premiere in Austin. program ET-07 Sunday, 12:30pm La Source See synopsis on page 26 Directed by Andrew Garrison Colorado Premiere program ET-08 Sunday, 3:00pm Co-presented by Western Disposal Services The Painting (Le Tableau) See synopsis on page 36 call2 program ET-09 Sunday, 5:00pm action Shorts Program 2 See synopses on page 35

program ET-10 Sunday, 7:00pm My Father and the Man in Black See synopsis on page 31

34 | biff1.com program BT-15 Sunday, 12:30pm, Boulder Theater shorts Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 34. program two

Mime for the Taking Friend Request Pending How to Mow Your Lawn on PCP USA/Colorado, Short Film, 2012, 4 min UK, Short Film, 2011, 12 min USA, Short Film, 2012, 2 min In this not-so-classical tale, a mime be- Winner at the Aspen Shortsfest PCP doesn’t stand for Pretty Crappy Plan, comes discouraged in a world that doesn’t With the help of her giggly friend Linda, even if it is. seem to appreciate him. Mary (Judi Dench) attempts to navigate Directed by David Ward Directed by Larissa Rhodes the strange, treacherous shoals of social Colorado Premiere U.S. Premiere networking to attract the romantic atten- David Ward in person tions of the handsome but clueless local Tiny Miny Magic choirmaster, Trevor. ASAD USA, Short Film, 2012, 9 min Directed by Chris Foggin USA/Somalia, Short Film, 2012, 17 min Written and produced by Chris Croucher Nominated for a 2013 Academy Award When Sam Cabbage decides to show her (Downton Abbey) From Mountainfilm in Telluride appreciation for her mailman by leav- Boulder Premiere ing him a present in her mailbox, she is Set in a war-torn fishing village in Somalia, delighted when he leaves her a present an all-Somali refugee cast brings to life back. The film culminates in a twist ending this coming-of-age fable of a Somali boy of a real love connection Sam could never who is faced with falling into the pirate life have imagined. or rising above to choose the path of an Directed by Danielle Lurie honest fishing man. Subtitled Colorado Premiere Danielle Lurie Directed by Bryan Buckley Danielle Lurie in person Tiny Miny Magic Produced by Mino Jarjoura and Matt LeFebvre When You Find Me Boulder Premiere USA, Short, 2012, 29 min Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura and Matt On the Academy Award short list LeFebvre in person>> The story of two sisters who find their carefree lives on a farm shattered by the sudden loss of their mother. Lisle, the filmmakers younger and more imaginative of the two, becomes fixated on the idea of finding a in person spaceship in the woods that will transport them to heaven so they can reunite with their mom. Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard Produced by Ron Howard

34 | biff1.com tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 35 program BT-16 Sunday, 3:00pm, Boulder Theater No Place on Earth UK/Germany/USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 83 min

program HS-06 “... one of the most incredible stories of Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder High School Holocaust survival to make it to the big screen.” Toronto International Film Festival The Painting (Le Tableau) France, Feature Animation, 2012, 78 min Chris Nicola was spelunking in a 77-mile-long Ukrainian cave in 1993 when he discovered stoves, buttons and shoes that were clearly left by people who had lived there. Fascinated, he began to “Inventive and beautifully ask locals for an explanation. “Maybe some Jews lived there” was crafted tale is a color riot the most he could get. After a decade of searching, Nicola found a man in the Bronx who, with his extended family, had lived under- for all ages...” Variety ground for 511 days starting in 1942, the longest uninterrupted underground survival in recorded human history. Through interviews On the 2013 Academy Award short list and diaries, Nicola and director Janet Tobias piece together the his- tory of the 38 people who lived there. The film reaches its emotional Jean-Francois Laguionie has created a brilliant film pinnacle as some of the survivors travel back to the caves, and we that splashes in the artist’s palette, breathing life into witness these former dwellers as they see their long-time home for miraculous characters painted in Impressionist style the first time since 1944. who come—brushstrokes included—into eye-popping Director Janet Tobias life within their unfinished canvas. It quickly becomes a Colorado Premiere stratified world, made up of Allduns (fully completed and Janet Tobias in person colored figures), Halfies (partly finished) and Sketchies (well, just a few hastily scribbled lines). The Sketchies are impressed into household service and slavery by the increasingly militaristic Allduns, who chase three of the characters completely off the painting to the studio floor. There they hook up with other unfinished characters from other paintings and begin a grand search for the Artist director in person himself. Now add Italian opera and Venetian history, and you have a rousing eye-feast of an adventure. All you artists out there will learn a valuable lesson—finish your work! Subtitled

Directed and animated by Jean-Francois Laguionie Colorado Premiere aging race

program program HS-07 HS-08 Sunday, 12:30pm, Boulder High School Sunday, 2:45pm, Boulder High School Once in a Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story Life According to Sam USA, Feature Documentary, 2012, 87 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 94 min “Be prepared to be Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2013 enormously moved!” What is aging in Sam Berns is aging in all of us. But in Sam’s Los Angeles Times body the process is rapidly accelerated. When Sam was diag- nosed with the extremely rare and fatal prognosis of progeria This 5th grade chorus from Staten Island is pretty at age 2, his parents, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns, good—50 million YouTube hits good. As you’ll see refused to accept that they would lose their only son by age 13, in this fantastic documentary, these kids are just the average age of death of a child with this disease. Eleven ordinary rambunctious, never-sit-still 10-year-olds years later, Sam is now 13 and his parents’ incredible race to who have had the wonderful luck to discover the vast save their son may one day shed light on unlocking the aging inner talent and power that they never knew they had. process in us all. That’s what great teachers and coaches do. This is a Directed by Sean and Andrea Fine film about high excitement, being invited to perform Colorado Premiere at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony, seeing Disneyland for the first time and walking backstage to rehearse for the first time at the magnificent Kodak Theater. But most of all, excitement is having a teacher like the sensational Mr. B (Gregg Breinberg), who hugs every kid and wipes off every tear. This movie is about what it means to invest in children, and the incredible lessons that the arts and great teachers can provide. Directed by Jonathan Kalafer Colorado Premiere

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Water Tower USA, Short Documentary, 2012, 27 min

In central Kenya, northeast of the Rift Valley, there is a tower. It is a monumental granite swell with a crumbling pinnacle that stretches 17,058 feet into the sky. Mt. Kenya, the second tallest peak in Africa, is home to 70 percent of the nation’s water supply, fed by glaciers and annual storms that eddy around this looming rock island. Pete McBride climbed it with his family when he was nine. Returning in 2012, he noticed something frightening: The glaciers were nearly all gone.

Directed by Peter McBride in person Colorado Premiere Peter McBride Peter McBride in person

Open Heart USA, Short Documentary, 2012, 39 min Nominated for a 2013 Academy Award

There are an estimated 12 million children in Africa afflicted with rheumatic heart disease and in need of urgent surgery. The disease kills 300,000 people every year. This is the story of eight Rwandan children who leave their families behind and embark on a life-or-death journey to receive high-risk open-heart surgery in Africa’s only free-of-charge, state-of- the-art cardiac hospital, the Salam Center run by Emergency in Sudan. Some of the children have only months to live. Directed by Kief Davidson Colorado Premiere flowcreative.co

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Award Without Peter Fonda, there is no modern American cinema. His vision gave birth to Easy Rider, the film that changed American movies and moviemaking giuliano bekor forever, ushering in an age of exceptional creativity and independence called the American New Wave that came to include the work of filmmakers such as Doors open at 6:45pm / 6:30pm for Passholders Altman, Schrader, Scorsese, and Coppola. Two-time Music 6:30pm–7:30pm Oscar-nominated actor and moviemaker Peter Fonda is nothing less than a cinematic and cultural icon. Awards Ceremony at 7:30pm Program at 8:00pm As an actor, Fonda has consistently delivered moving, sharply observed performances. He debuted on Retrospective of Peter Fonda’s work Broadway in 1961 in “Blood, Sweat and Stanley Presentation of the Pinnacle Award Poole,” for which he won the New York Critics Circle Interview by Ron Bostwick, BIFF’s Award for Best New Actor. He began his feature Special Event Producer film career in 1963, playing the romantic lead in Audience Q&A Tammy and the Doctor. Fonda then began a famous association with Roger Corman, starring in the 1966 Drinks available for purchase film The Wild Angels and 1967’s psychedelic odyssey Specially priced wines by Francis The Trip. Ford Coppola Winery Hot teas by Bhakti Chai 1969’s Easy Rider, which he also co-produced and Live Music co-scripted, earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, as well as featuring him as the freewheeling “Captain America.” In 1971 Fonda directed his first film, The Hired Hand, a critically acclaimed Western in which he also starred. Fonda’s acting credits include The Limey, Outlaw Blues, and The Laramie Project; and cult classics such as Futureworld, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and Race with the Devil.

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tickets at 303.786.7030, biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com biff1.com | 53 FRIDAY SATURDAY feb 15 feb 16 Boulder First United Other Boulder First United Boulder Theater Methodist Church Venues Methodist Theater Church High School 9 10am–6pm WEDS Passholders Registration feb 13 BT-02 @ st julien 12pm – 6pm 10 9:30am A Fierce CH-01 BT-08 CH-07 HS-01 Passholders 10am 10:30am–12pm 10am 10am 10am Registration Green Fire War Witch Youth Pavilion:* La Source Fallen City Beyond Right and Opens pg 24 Wrong: Stories 11 The Painting pg 26 pg 30 @ St Julien pg 23 11am – 1am of Justice and The BIFF film- @ Boulder Forgiveness passholder maker lounge Public Library pg 32 registration hours during 12 @ The the festival BT-03 CH-02 Lazy Dog 12pm 12pm (aka: “THE 12:15 – 1:40pm BT-09 CH-08 HS-02 Thur Feb. 14 Digital Dharma: 10am – 7pm The Last Ocean LOUNGE”) Youth Pavilion:* 12:15pm 12:15pm 12:15pm 1 One Man’s Shorts: Seeking Asian Mission to Save pg 24 1 – 6pm Little World Rising From Fri Feb. 15 a Culture @ Boulder Program 1 Female Ashes 10am – 6pm DiMe pg 27 pg 30 pg 21 Public Library pg 32 Symposium Sat Feb. 16 2 @ St Julien 10am – 4pm pg 20

BT-04 CH-03 BT-10 CH-09 HS-03 Sun Feb. 17 10am – 2pm 3 2:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm Defiant Shun Li and The Summit Lore The New Public Requiem the Poet pg 28 pg 30 pg 32 4 pg 21 pg 25 4 – 6pm VIP filmmakers thurs reception feb 14 5 @ The Bitter BT-05 CH-04 5 – 8:30pm BT-11 CH-10 HS-04 opening night Bar 5pm 5pm Passholders Youth Pavilion:* 5pm 5pm 5pm valentine’s Flicker Bidder 70 Opening Night: Beware of Blancanieves Little World red carpet 6 only pg 22 pg 25 Moonrise Mr. Baker (Snow White) pg 33 gala Kingdom pg 28 pg 31 @ Boulder BT-01 7 Public Library 5:30pm CH-05 pre-event BT-12 CH-11 HS-05 festivities 7pm BT-06 The Last Elvis 7:15pm 7:15pm 7:15pm @ Hotel 8 7:30pm pg 26 TBA My Father and Xingu Boulderado Don’t Stop the Man in Black Ballroom and pg 33 Believin’: pg 31 Rembrandt Everyman’s Yard 9 Journey 9pm – midnight 7:30pm pg 23 Sound Rabbit Boulder Theater BT-13 CH-12 doors open CH-06 @“THE LOUNGE” 10 9:30pm 9:30pm 9:30pm 8pm BT-07 opening night My Brother the On the Road A Band Called film: 10pm Devil pg 29 Death Muscle Shoals Easy Rider pg 26 pg 31 11 pg 23 pg 22

12 SUNDAY feb 17 eTown Other Boulder Boulder eTown Other Hall Venues Theater High School Hall Venues 9 10am–4pm 10am–2pm Passholders Registration Passholders @ st julien Registration @ st julien 10 ET-01 10am – 12pm BT-14 HS-06 ET-06 10am Workshop: 10:30am –12pm 10am 10am 10am The Last Elvis Music in Film Youth Pavilion:* Trash Dance The Painting Shorts pg 26 @“THE (Le Tableau) Program 1 11 11am Animation pg 34 11am – 1am LOUNGE” Workshop pg 36 pg 27 CU Student The BIFF film- Pavilion: @ Boulder maker lounge Public Library Saturday @ “THE LOUNGE” 12 Morning Cartoons ET-02 @ Shine BT-15 HS-07 ET-07 12:30 – 2:30pm 12:15pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm Workshop: Defiant 1 12pm – close 1pm 1 – 2:30pm Shorts: Once in a... La Source Producing Requiem your own The BIFF CU Student Youth Pavilion:* Program 2 The PS22 pg 26 pg 21 Documentary filmmaker Pavilion: Teen Short Films pg 35 Chorus Story lounge CU Alumni Showcase pg 37 @ Boulder 2 @ “THE in the Industry @ Boulder Public LIbrary LOUNGE” @ Shine ET-03 Public Library 2:30pm HS-08 3 3– 4:15pm 3 – 5pm Don’t Stop BT-16 2:45pm ET-08 Believin’: Filmmaker Panel 3pm Life According 3pm Workshop: Everyman’s @Boulder No Place to Sam The Painting Screenwriting Journey Public Library on Earth pg 37 (Le Tableau) @ Boulder 4 4 – 6pm pg 23 pg 36 pg 36 Public LIbrary Happy Hour Mixer 4 – 6:45pm @“THE Singer 5 ET-04 LOUNGE” 5pm 5 – 7pm ET-09 Songwriter HS-09 5pm CU Student Youth Pavilion:* 5pm Showcase Pavilion: 5:15pm The Summit 4 – 9pm Once in a Shorts @“THE Short Docs: Program 2 6 pg 28 Singer Women in Lullaby Water Tower LOUNGE” Songwriter Film @ Boulder Open Heart pg 35 pg 38 Showcase @ Shine Public Library BT-17 @“THE 6:30 – 10pm 7 7pm 7 – 8:30pm ET-10 LOUNGE” Closing Night & ET-05 CU Student Youth Pavilion:* Awards Party 7pm 7:15pm Pavilion: 3D Salon An Evening with My Father 8 Beware of CU Student @ Boulder Peter Fonda and the Man Mr. Baker in Black Films Public Library pg 40 pg 28 @ Shine pg 31 9 9pm – midnight Danny Bastos Collective Aotearoa 10 @“THE LOUNGE”

9pm – 1am 11 B.A.D. Party [BIFF After Dark] Youth Pavilion:* Call2Action @ Oddfellows (for details, see pg 14) (see pg 15) Hall 12

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BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

feb 14 -17 2013