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PROGRAM GUIDE OPENING NIGHT TAKING PLACE AT THE HISTORIC LEMON TEXAS THEATRE, BISHOP ARTS THEATRE

welcome to the CENTER, KESSLER THEATER, AND (USA, 90 MINS) 7:30 PM - THUR JUNE 8 TEXAS THEATRE NUMEROUS OTHER VENUES AROUND Dir. Janicza Bravo SIXTH JEFFERSON BOULEVARD AND THE R.I.Y.L - Arrested Development, Te Jerk Drama teacher Isaac Lachmann (Brett Gelman), a ANNUAL BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT JUNE 8-11, 2017. tall, balding man of extreme moods, is argumentative with everyone except for one student, Alex (Michael Cera). Willing to debase himself to get any kind of job Led by the Aviation Cinemas team, who in TV commercials, Isaac lets his relationship with longtime girlfriend, Ramona (Judy Greer), a blind took over operations at the Texas Teatre woman, fall to pieces. In her directorial debut, Janicza in December of 2010, and backed by the Bravo displays an impressive sense of composition, timing, and humor wrapped in absurdist comedy. 501 3(c) Oak Cliff Foundation, the Oak Cliff DFW PREMIERE Film Festival features the very best of Oak FILMMAKER JANICZA BRAVO AND Cliff’s theater venues, highlights the popular WRITER/STAR BRETT GELMAN IN ATTENDANCE restaurants and bars of the area, and seeks to showcase the best of independent and brave filmmaking of all stripes from Texas, CLOSING the rest of the country, and the world. NIGHT Tis year’s theme was inspired by minimalist artwork and Te Golden Ratio, A GHOST STORY a mathematical idea that proposes artistic (USA, 87 MINS) 8:00 PM - SUN composition of all types adheres to an JUNE 11 TEXAS THEATRE unspoken natural order. Te state of the Dir. David Lowery film industry is widely thought to be in a R.I.Y.L - Tree of Life, Ain’t Tem Bodies Saints transitional time, one that many are both With A GHOST STORY, acclaimed director David Lowery (Ain’t Tem Bodies Saints, Pete’s Dragon) returns with excited and apprehensive about. As people a singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection. Recently look for new ways to make and present the deceased, a white-sheeted ghost (Academy Award- medium, there is increasingly less concern winner Casey Affleck) returns to his suburban home to console his beref wife (Academy Award-nominee about sticking to established modes of Rooney Mara), only to find that in his spectral state he creation in film. In this climate, it seemed has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly appropriate to underscore the most basic slip away. Increasingly unmoored, the ghost embarks on a cosmic journey through memory and history, tenant of filmmaking: “looking”, without confronting life’s ineffable questions and the enormity any attachment to a specific iconography of existence. An unforgettable meditation on love and grief, A GHOST STORY emerges ecstatic and surreal. or strict definition of genre. Te maps and TEXAS PREMIERE washed out colors of the fest’s design are FILMMAKER DAVID LOWERY IN those of vintage maps of Oak Cliff itself, with ATTENDANCE. PRODUCERS TOBY HALBROOKS, JAMES M. JOHNSTON, AND the sepia toned hues of Texas in summer. ADAM DONAGHEY IN ATTENDANCE. Te OCFF 2017 theme is meant to be open to 2 3 interpretation, just like the art form itself. films and events EVENTS & PARTIES

WEDNESDAY | JUNE 7 PRE-FESTIVAL VIP BADGEHOLDER WELCOME - WILD DETECTIVES - 7:30 - 9:30 PM Pick up your OCFF 2017 VIP badge and join this year’s sponsors, filmmakers, and guests for a cocktail party kick-off event featuring DJ Wild in the Streets! ************** THURSDAY | JUNE 8 A MILLION MATZO BALLS OPENING NIGHT PARTY - TEXAS THEATRE - 10:30 PM - 1:00 AM Stick around Festival HQ afer LEMON for drinks and a live set with DJ Travis Box. VIP BADGE— $175* ************** Full-access badge gets you into all screenings, parties, FRIDAY | JUNE 9 and music events. First in line for all films + access to BADGEHOLDER HAPPY HOUR - TURNER HOUSE - 5:00 - 7:00 PM the VIP Filmmakers Lounge at the Texas Teatre. Cocktails & Croquet at one of Oak Cliff’s most beautiful properties. Sponsored by Don Julio and Lone Star. *** ************** INDIVIDUAL TICKETS— $11.50 A LIFE IN WAVES AFTER PARTY - TEXAS THEATRE - 11:00 PM - 1:00 AM at the door for each venue, at the Texas Teatre box Dallas Ambient Music Nights presents an afer show for A LIFE IN WAVES behind office, and online. the screen! NEW FUMES + DALLAS ACID + ATOP with visuals by Evan Henry ************** *** AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY AFTER SHOW - WILD DETECTIVES - 10:30 - 11:30 PM SPECIAL EVENTS + MUSIC Stick around for Subsahara following the backyard screening $ (Various Prices) of AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY! *** ************** FREE HAPPENINGS SATURDAY | JUNE 10 Please check filmoakcliff.com for details. PLAY YOUR OWN VINYL HAPPY HOUR - TOP TEN RECORDS - 4:00 - 6:00 PM Learn about this Oak Cliff Record shop established in Oak Cliff in 1958 and converted to a non-profit in 2017. Spin a 45 on one of the vintage record players and hear about the plans *** for the new version of the shop! Beverages sponsored by Full Clip Craf Distributors. VIP FILMMAKERS LOUNGE Safe Room at the Texas Teatre - Sponsored snacks ************** and wares to cure what ails you. Filmmaker or VIP ADANOWSKY LIVE - TEXAS THEATRE - 10:00 - 11:30 PM Badge required. Adanowsky plays his special blend of French Chilean acoustic Bedroom Folk + Experimental Psych rock heros Charalambides open. Live at the Texas Teatre! Lobby DJ Set by Mutarrancho. Nightly from 6:00 PM - SAT June 10 & SUN June 11 ************** midnight from 12:00 - 4:00 PM SWINDLE THEN SWILL AFTER PARTY - SMALL BREW PUB - 10:30 PM - 1:00 AM Join Cinestate for some boozy fun to come down from 68 KILL, the gory *** heist from hell that will definitely need to be chased by alcohol. R.I.Y.L. = RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE **************

*PLUS PROCESSING FEE SUNDAY | JUNE 11 SCARED SHEETLESS CLOSING NIGHT AFTER PARTY - TEXAS THEATRE - 10:30 PM - 1:00 AM Stick around Festival HQ afer A GHOST STORY to sign oﬀ from OCFF 2017 with drinks and a live set by DJ Gabriel and George Quartz.

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ENDLESS POETRY PERSON TO PERSON (CHILE, 122 MINS) 7:15 PM - SAT JUNE 10 - TEXAS THEATRE (USA, 84 MINS) 2:15 PM - SAT JUNE 10 - TEXAS THEATRE Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky Dir. Dustin Guy Defa R.I.Y.L - Santa Sangre, Te Holy Mountain, Jean Cocteau, Luis Buñuel R.I.Y.L - Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, Woody Allen Alejandro Jodorowsky’s films are like no one else’s. Te 88 year-old Bene hosted a party at his place last night, and this morning, there’s Chilean maestro sends perhaps his most autobiographical film to OCFF a stranger passed out on his floor who won’t leave. Tis is NYC, so as a continuation piece to 2014’s Dance of Reality. Te film stars two of Bene isn’t the only character grappling with the mundanity of Alejandro’s sons, Brontis Jodorowsky and Adan Jodorowsky (who also life. An ensemble cast of Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Michaela composed the score), as father and son; sometimes Alejandro himself Watkins, and Bene Coopersmith together depict a group of New breaks the fourth wall and enters the family within the film as well. York oddballs - a reserved apartment dweller, an impassioned (Don’t worry it will all make sense once you lick that Aztec frog.) record collector, and a field reporter on her first day of work, among TEXAS PREMIERE others - over the course of one day. Teir stories don’t necessarily intersect, but it’s their experience of the city that ties them together. COMPOSER AND ACTOR ADAN JODOROWSKY IN ATTENDANCE Endless Poetry DFW PREMIERE Person To Person ************** PRODUCERS TOBY HALBROOKS AND JAMES 68 KILL M. JOHNSTON IN ATTENDANCE (USA, 93 MINS) 9:00 PM - SAT JUNE 10 - BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER CO-PRESENTED BY: DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dir. Trent Haaga ************** R.I.Y.L - Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn, Blood Simple DEATH OF LOUIS XIV Ex Troma screenwriting hero Trent Haaga comes out swinging hard in his (FRANCE, 115 MINS) 12:45 PM - SUN JUNE 11 - TEXAS THEATRE sophomore directorial effort. Lead actor Matthew Gray Gubler (“Intern” from A Life Aquatic) throws everything into hyper-drive in this punk-rock afer- Dir. Albert Serra hours epic bloodbath about femininity, masculinity, and the thef of $68,000. R.I.Y.L - Ikiru, Barry Lyndon DFW PREMIERE “Everything revolts me.” - King Louis XIV CO-PRESENTED BY: CINESTATE Te annual OCFF “Sunday Slow-Core” returns with French King Louis XIV (played to perfection by Jean-Pierre Léaud - the kid from ************** 1959’s Te 400 Blows!) wearing a wig and surrounded by servants 68 Kill Death of Louis XIV THE LITTLE HOURS who just want him to eat an egg. Candlelit Cinematography: Check; One Epic Dolly Shot with equally Epic Music Cue: Check; Crying out (USA, 90 MINS) 5:30 PM - SUN JUNE 11 - TEXAS THEATRE in the night for water: Check; Bloodletting and other questionable Dir. Jeff Baena medical practices: Check. Nursing your hangover with the depiction of the laborious, painful death of an elderly king: Check! R.I.Y.L - Life Afer Beth, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Black Phillip from Te Witch DFW PREMIERE A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the middle ages. Yet another ************** scene-stealing performance from Aubrey Plaza will quench the THE CHALLENGE thirsts of the faithful, A blessed ensemble cast, including Alison (FRANCE/ITALY, ARABIC LANGUAGE, 70 MINS) Brie, whose turn as a nun feels ordained, fills out this entertaining 12:30 PM - SAT JUNE 10 - KESSLER THEATER medieval romp with foul mouthed nuns. If you wanted an absurdist version of Te Witch, this will work just fine for you. Dir. Yuri Ancarani TEXAS PREMIERE R.I.Y.L - Samsara, Manakamana, Stanley Kubrick FILMMAKER JEFF BAENA IN ATTENDANCE Falconry has a history that stretches back over 40 centuries. In the Te Little Hours West, it was a prevailing passion of the medieval aristocracy, but its Te Challenge ************** prestige continues undiminished in contemporary Arab culture. Te spirit of a tradition that today allows its practitioners to keep a close PORTO rapport with the desert, despite their predominantly urban lifestyle, (USA/PORTUGAL, 76 MINS) 9:45 PM - THURS JUNE 8 - TEXAS THEATRE is captured grace of three years of field observation. In the glaring light of an empty landscape, following flight lines and lures, the film Dir. Gabe Klinger recounts a strange kind of “desert weekend,” in which technological R.I.Y.L - Before Sunrise, Jim Jarmusch, Jacques Demy and anthropological microcosms hang in the air, like the falcon, Gabe Klinger’s PORTO brings a new style and sensibility to the drifing on the irreversible currents of images. Also one of the shieks American-meets-a-pretty-girl-in Europe genre. Lensed by Wyatt owns a well behaved cheetah and an impractical Lamborghini. Garfield, the film uses mixed films stocks and aspects via Super DFW PREMIERE 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm to present a certain melancholy, lived-in feel and one of the last on-screen roles from Anton Yelchin. CO-PRESENTED BY: DALLAS MEDIANALE DFW PREMIERE - PRESENTED ON 35MM 6 FILMMAKER GABE KLINGER AND 7 Porto CINEMATOGRAPHER WYATT GARFIELD IN ATTENDANCE films and events films and events SPOTLIGHT FEATURES REPERTORY

FINDING JOSEPH I: THE HR FROM BAD BRAINS DOCUMENTARY SANTA SANGRE (1989) (USA, 92 MINUTES) 3:15 PM - SUN JUNE 11 - KESSLER THEATER Dir. James Lathos (MEXICO, ITALY, 123 MINS) R.I.Y.L - A Band Called Death, Bad Brains, Fugazi 4:30 PM - SAT JUNE 10 - TEXAS THEATRE HR “Finding Joseph I” is a feature documentary chronicling the Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky eccentric life and struggles of punk rock reggae singer, Paul “HR” Hudson, a.k.a. Joseph I. Te charismatic frontman’s energetic and R.I.Y.L - La Strada, Freaks, Te Last Circus. explosive live performances helped pioneer hardcore punk rock with In SANTE SANGRE, the traumatized son of a the Bad Brains, one of the most influential bands to rise out of the circus knife thrower and a trapeze artist bond 1980’s. HR’s heavy devotion to the Rastafarian faith guided him in a grotesquely with his now-armless mother. Te spiritual direction, leaving the band several times to explore his love movie is ofen considered Jodorowsky’s most for reggae music as a solo artist. Over the years, the Bad Brains have accessible and, although many Jodorowsky films reunited several times only to struggle with a unpredictable singer with defy easy categorization, the film has found a life Finding Joseph I: Te HR From psychological troubles. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials and as a cult horror film. Roger Ebert said of SANTA Bad Brains Documentary new interviews with HR, his bandmates, and musicians he’s inspired SANGRE: “It is a horror film, one of the greatest, like Ian MacKaye, this is a complex portrait of a rock n roll legend. I am reminded by Alejandro Jodorowsky that TEXAS PREMIERE true psychic horror is possible on the screen – horror, poetry, surrealism, psychological pain CO-PRESENTED BY: DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL and wicked humor, all at once”. Te film stars Alejandros’s sons Axel Jodorowsky and, in his ************** first on-screen performance, Adan Jodorowsky, as SCARRED HEARTS the young son who would grow up to be insane. (ROMANIA, 141 MINS) 7:30 PM ACTOR ADAN JODOROWSKY IN ATTENDANCE SUN JUNE 11 - ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CEDARS CO-PRESENTED BY: TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND Dir. Radu Jude R.I.Y.L - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, M.A.S.H, AFERIM! Emanuel, a man in his early 20s, spends his days at a sanatorium suffering from bone tuberculosis. He narrates his and his fellow patients’ Scarred Hearts attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies slowly wither, but their minds refuse to give in. SCARRED HEARTS is a dark and sometimes SOMETHING WILD (1986) silly comedy inspired by Romanian author Max Blecher’s 1937 book about love, terminal illness, and how to sometimes look on the bright side of life. Shot on 35mm in a 1.37 Academy ratio with bright colors and (USA, 114 MINS) gorgeously framed static shots, the film presents a stylized window in 8:45 PM - SAT JUNE 10 - THE BETTER BLOCK the past. An art film with many rewards for the patient moviegoer, or Dir. Jonathan Demme as Te Hollywood Reporter recently warned, “beyond a tough sell.” R.I.Y.L - Ray Liotta’s stare, Midnight Run TEXAS PREMIERE Long Synopsis: Te uneventful life of a the CO-PRESENTED BY: THREE STAR CINEMA businessman Charles Driggs (Jeff Daniels) suddenly changes when he meets the wild ************** and sexy Lulu (Melanie Griffith). But, the A LIFE IN WAVES fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her (USA, 74 MINS) 9:15PM - FRIDAY JUNE 9 - TEXAS THEATRE ex-convict husband (Ray Liotta) shows up. An unbridled Jonathan Demme effortlessly Dir. Brett Whitcomb weaves a slapstick tone with unflinching drama. A Life In Waves R.I.Y.L - MOOG, Te Rock-A-Fire Explosion Part romance, part road movie, part blood- “I wanted technology to be sensual, that was always my directive.” spattered drama, “it’s a schizophrenic movie,” Early synth music pioneer Suzanne Ciani was behind some of the Mr. Demme has said, “a screwball comedy most innovative sounds and jingles of the 70s and 80s, including that turns into a film noir, as life itself does.” spots for Atari and Coca-Cola and multiple soundtracks. A LIFE IN FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING WAVES utilizes a wealth of archival footage from Suzanne’s endless CO-PRESENTED BY: BETTER BLOCK catalog of music. It’s a compelling look at one woman’s ability to break into a mostly male-dominated field, against all odds. DFW PREMIERE DIRECTOR BRETT WHITCOMB IN ATTENDANCE 8 CO-PRESENTED BY: DALLAS AMBIENT MUSIC NIGHTS 9 NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

ASSHOLES LUCKY (USA, 75 MINS) 9:30 PM - FRI JUNE 9 (USA, 88 MINS) 5:00 PM - SUN JUNE 11 BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CEDARS Dir. Peter Vack Dir. John Carroll Lynch R.I.Y.L - Tim & Eric’s Awesome Show Great Job!, Te Fly, Interention R.I.Y.L - Te Straight Story, Paris, TX. Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to Does legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton play himself stay sober. Afer meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, in this pseudo comedy western about a 90 year-old cowboy who they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest can’t figure out how he’s still alive? Probably. Te film also features assholes in New York City. Literally. Writer/Director Peter great turns by Ron Livingston and Tom Skerritt, as well as David Vack makes his feature directorial debut with an undeniably Lynch as an old bar friend who just want’s to find his pet tortoise. special, WTF film, that will have you cry-laughing-nauseated. DFW PREMIERE DFW PREMIERE Assholes PRODUCER JOHN LANG IN ATTENDANCE Lucky DIRECTOR PETER VACK IN ATTENDANCE CO-PRESENTED BY: USA FILM FESTIVAL Preceded by CHILD PSYCHOLOGY ************** INFINITY BABY (USA, 15 MINS) Dir. Ron Brown (USA, 80 MINS) 3:30 PM - SUN JUNE 11 - TEXAS THEATRE Dir. Bob Byington Four kids visit their analyst. Te same four visit their analyst 15 years later. R.I.Y.L - Somebody Up Tere Likes Me, Summer of Blood Child Psychology Owing to a genetic mix-up involving stem cell research, the ************** recently founded company Infinity Baby, run by the garrulous GOLDEN EXITS Neo (Nick Offerman), is able to offer a service for aspiring parents who never want to leave the baby bubble: infants that (USA, 94 MINS) 7:00 PM - FRI JUNE 9 - TEXAS THEATRE do not age. Ben (Kieran Culkin), a serial monogamist who says Dir. Alex Ross Perry he wants to find the right woman, but is always looking for R.I.Y.L - Interiors, Cries in Whispers the next one, and his competent pals Larry (Kevin Corrigan) Infinity Baby and Malcolm (Martin Starr), are hired to market the service Alex Ross Perry’s (Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth) fifh to those keen to nurture. Does having a baby automatically feature is an intersectional narrative of two families in confer some level of maturity? Will Ben’s mom, the sarcastic Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness and demanding Hester (Megan Mullally), approve of Ben’s new that occurs when a young foreign girl (Emily Browning) girlfriend (Trieste Dunn)? Will Malcolm recover from a disastrous spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides. With accident with kitchen cleaner? Te answers to these questions an ensemble cast, including Jason Schwartzman, Adam and more await in Byington’s heady and hilarious potpourri. Horovitz and Mary-Louise Parker, GOLDEN EXITS is a finely tuned, unhurried examination of characters in stasis. DFW PREMIERE

Golden Exits TEXAS PREMIERE DIRECTOR BOB BYINGTON IN ATTENDANCE ************** ************** THE STRANGE ONES LA BARRACUDA (USA, 81 MINS) 6:30 PM - SAT JUNE 10 (USA, 100 MINS) 12:00 PM - SAT. JUNE 10 - TEXAS THEATRE BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER Dir. Julia Halperin and Jason Cortlund Dir. Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein R.I.Y.L - Te Talented Mr. Ripley, Crazy Heart, Tender Mercies La Barracuda R.I.Y.L - Badlands, Mysterious Skin A young British woman named Sinaloa comes to Texas to find Co-directors Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein’s feature Merle (Allison Tolman), her half-sister by way of their dead length debut stems from a short by the same name, following the country musician father. And while the family music legacy mysterious events of two alleged brothers as they travel across brought this stranger to town, darker motives are woven a remote, American landscape. Along the way, questions arise into the songs she sings, showing glimpses of a violent rage as to the nature of the relationship between the two drifers, as that’s been building for years. LA BARRACUDA is a subtle, what first seems an innocuous vacation, slowly burns, giving way creeping thriller with a good dose of country music. to a much more complicated and darker truth. Atmospheric and DFW PREMIERE Te Strange Ones heady, THE STRANGE ONES focuses on isolation and dissonance, while presenting hints at the supernatural and ambiguous DIRECTORS JULIA HALPERIN AND nature of two wanderers hiding from something in their past. JASON CORTLUND IN ATTENDANCE DFW PREMIERE CO-PRESENTED BY: DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 10 CO-PRESENTED BY: KENDALL CREATIVE 11 films and events DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY CINEMA TRAVELERS TRUE CONVICTION WORLD WITHOUT END (USA, 81 MINS) 8:45 PM - FRI JUNE 9 (INDIA, 96 MINS) 3:00 PM - SUN JUNE 11 (USA, 84 MINS) 2:30 PM - SAT JUNE 10 (NO REPORTED INCIDENTS) WILD DETECTIVES ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CEDARS KESSLER (USA, 57 MINS) 7:30 PM - SAT JUNE 10 Dir. Ronnie Garza and Charlie Vela Dir. Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya Dir. Jamie Meltzer BASEMENT GALLERY R.I.Y.L - Los Punks R.I.Y.L - Cinema Paradiso, Reel Paradise R.I.Y.L - Paradise Lost, West of Dir. Jem Cohen An overlooked part of America, the Rio Grande “Magic Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought Memphis, Making a Murderer R.I.Y.L - San Soleil, Fugazi Valley” boasts one of its most eclectic music scenes. the wonder of the movies to faraway villages Tere’s a new detective agency in Jem Cohen, best known as the filmmaker From 1960’s garage rockers, to Tejano punks wearing in India once every year. Seven decades on, as Dallas, Texas started by Johnnie Lindsey, behind the Fugazi document Instrument lucha libre masks, and everything in between, the their cinema projectors crumble and film reels Christopher Scott, and Steven Phillips, who and the elegiac Museum Hours, brings area has served as a melting pot over the years - not become scarce, their patrons are lured by slick have decades in prison between them. Now us a new anti-documentary film in just for different genres, but for Mexican and Texan digital technology. A benevolent showman, a exonerated, the trio has formed their own WORLD WITHOUT END. Cohen travels cultures. Covering four generations worth of music shrewd exhibitor, and a maverick projector pseudo-detective agency that frees innocent to a sea village near London to interview history through testimonials and archival footage, mechanic bear a beautiful burden: to keep the people from behind bars. Te cases they locals and survey the land. As per his AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY champions last traveling cinemas of the world running. pursue resemble their own: the sort of cases Viennale statement, “I embraced the the do-it-yourself spirit and finding your voice. DFW PREMIERE that the justice system should backstop, chance encounter and rejected the very DFW PREMIERE but usually does not. Taking viewers into idea of the definitive. What I discovered CO-PRESENTED BY: DFW SOUTH the real-life crime drama that surrounds is that the estuary and its insistent tides CO-PRESENTED BY: WILD DETECTIVES ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL these imperfect freedom fighters on their brought in not only nature and history, quest for justice, TRUE CONVICTION but prize-winning Indian curries, an highlights the importance of asking the encyclopedic universe of hats, and a CALIFORNIA DREAMS questions that bureaucracy does not. nearly lost world of proto-punk music.” DALLAS PREMIERE (USA, 83 MINS) 4:15 PM - SAT JUNE 10 TEXAS PREMIERE BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER THE MEN OF TRUE CONVICTION - CO-PRESENTED BY: DALLAS VIDEOFEST Dir. Mike Ott CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, JOHNNIE LINDSEY & STEVEN PHILLIPS IN ATTENDANCE R.I.Y.L - Harmony Korine, Actress CO-PRESENTED BY: DOMINGO Filmmaker Mike Ott (Lake Los Angeles, Littlerock) follows a GARCIA LAW FIRM rag-tag ensemble of small-time underachievers whose shared, cherished fantasy of making it in the movies gets them up in the morning, but not much further than that. Blurring the line between simulated vérité and authentic observation, it’s ofen impossible to tell whether those on camera are playing themselves, simply being themselves or a combination of the two. Trow in Mike Gioulakis’ (It Follows) serenely gorgeous cinematography and you’re in for both a beautiful and perplexing experience. DFW PREMIERE 12 CO-PRESENTED BY: THIN LINE FILM FESTIVAL 13 films and events SHORT FILM PROGRAMS NARRATIVE SHORTS (84 MINS) 1:30 - 3:00 PM - SAT JUNE 10 BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER

Mother’s Day Parthenon Imago Life Boat Pregnant American Paradise

MOTHER’S DAY LIFE BOAT (USA, 2 MIN) (USA, 18 MIN) Dir. James M. Johnston Dir. Lorraine Nicholson A mom spends a typical Saturday Six teenagers are led into an intriguing game with her curious daughter. of survival by their guidance counselor. ************** ************** PARTHENON PREGNANT (USA, 14 MIN) (USA, 9 MIN) Dir. Frank Mosely Dir. Joseph Sackett A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. A pregnant man communicates psychically with his unborn fetus. ************** IMAGO ************** AMERICAN PARADISE (USA, 10 MIN) Good Crazy Dir. Liz Franke (USA, 18 MIN) Te courageous, life-altering decision to Dir. Joe Talbot never let anyone treat him badly ever again A forgotten man in Trump’s America tries - not even his own father - leads a 15-year- to shif his fate with the perfect crime. old gay teen to fully embrace who he is. Based on an unfortunate true story. ************** GOOD CRAZY (USA, 14 MIN) Dir. Rosa Salazar A complex chick deals with a vanilla beau, a shitty brunch and a dead coyote all in a Los Angeles day.

14 15 films and events SHORT FILM PROGRAMS DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (90 MINS) 1:00 - 3:00 PM - SUN JUNE 11 KESSLER THEATER

RICHARD TWICE THE ARIA OF BABYFACE (USA, 10 MIN) CAULIFLOWER BROWN Dir. Matthew Salton (USA, 5 MIN) Richard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early Dir. Tim Grant 70’s California Pop Duo, ‘Richard Twice’ was on his way An independent professional wrestler to stardom and a huge career in the music business philosophizes on the craf, narrative, Te Aria of Babyface Cauliﬂower Brown when he mysteriously walked away from it all. and possible meaning found in what ************** some consider a fake sport. ELECTION NIGHT ************** (UK, 8 MIN) 116 C AMERAS Richard Twice Dir. Ryan Scafuro (USA, 16 MIN) An international crowd gathers until the early Dir. Davina Pardo morning to watch the US election at a pub in London. As the Holocaust survivor community ages, As dawn breaks, things take a turn for the worse. the USC Shoah Foundation has embarked on an ambitious new project to transform ************** survivors into 3D digital projections that TROLL: A SOUTHERN TALE will interact with generations to come. (USA, 12 MIN) ************** Dir. Mariah Janello THE POLAROID JOB 116 Cameras An eccentric artist navigates self-expression through (USA, 9 MIN) his experiences living and growing up in the South. Dir. Mike Plante

Election Night ************** A family gets in the business of photographing THE RABBIT HUNT strangers at store openings. (USA, 12 MIN) ************** Dir. Patrick Bresnan LOS ANGELES PLAYS NEW YORK Every weekend, seventeen year old Chris and his (USA, 18 MIN) family hunt rabbits during sugarcane ﬁeld burning and harvesting in the Florida Everglades. Dir. John Wilson Behold the true force of American Justice.

Te Poloroid Job

Troll: A Southern Take

16 17 Te Rabbit Hunt Los Angeles Plays New York films and events SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12am 12am-wee hours

7:30–9:30p 9:45–11:25p 11:00p–1:00a Texas Theatre Lemon Porto-35mm A Million Matzo Balls Opening Night After Party

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12am 12am-wee hours

7:00–9:00p 9:15–10:30p 11:00p - 1:00a Texas Theatre Golden Exits A Life in Waves A Life in Waves After Party

7:00–9:00p 9:30–11:00p Bishop Arts Theatre Center Texas Student Shorts Assholes

5:00–7:00p Turner House VIP Badgeholder Happy Hour

Wild Detectives 8:45–10:15p 10:30–11:30p As I Walk Through the Valley Subsahara After Show

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12am 12am-wee hours

11:00a–12:30p 1:00–2:30p Oak Cliff Cultural Center Cinematography Cinematography Workshop pt 1 Workshop pt 2 4:00–6:00p Top Ten Records Top Ten Records Happy Hour 5:00–7:00p 7:30–8:30p 8:45–10:45p Basement Gallery A World Cinema 16 Shorts Without End Late Night Shorts 1:30–3:00p 4:15–5:45p 6:30–8:15p 9:00–10:30p Bishop Arts Theatre Center Narrative Shorts California Dreams The Strange Ones 68 Kill

Kessler Theater 12:30–1:45p 2:30–4:00p The Challenge True Conviction Texas Theatre 12:00–2:00p 2:15–3:55p 4:30–6:45p 7:15–9:45p 10:00–11:30p La Barracuda Person to Person Santa Sangre Endless Poetry Adanowsky The Better Block 8:45–10:15p Something Wild 10:30p - 1:00a Small Brew Pub Swindle Then Swill After Party

SUNDAY, JUNE 11 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12am 12am-wee hours

3:00–4:40p 5:00–7:00p 7:30–10:30p Alamo Drafthouse Cedars Cinema Travelers Lucky Scarred Hearts 1:00–3:00p 3:15–4:45p Kessler Theatre Documentary Shorts Finding Joseph I 12:45–2:45p 3:30–5p 5:30–7:00p 8:00–10:00p 10:30p - 1:00a Texas Theatre Death of Louis the 14th Inﬁnity Baby The Little Hours A Ghost Story Scared Sheetless Closing Night Party

Narrative Documentary Spotlight Repertory Events Parties, Music 18 Short Films Panels/Workshops & Special Events Free Screening 19 films and events SHORT FILM PROGRAMS LATE NIGHT SHORTS (76 MINS) 8:45 - 10:45 PM - SAT JUNE 10 BASEMENT GALLERY

RUBBER HEART LOVEWATCH (USA, 8 MIN) (USA, 8 MIN) Dir. Lizzy Sanford Dir. Harrison Atkins Lovewatch A first time sexual encounter between a man and Te world of video dating takes a bizarre turn. a woman who don’t know each other well. ************** ************** REDMOND HAND, PRIVATE DICK OH DAMN (USA, 13 MIN) (USA, 8 MIN) Dir. Todd Selby Dir. Pat Bishop & Matt Ingebretson LA’s most notorious private dick, Redmond Rubber Heart A man gets too stoned and then has a paranoid, Hand (Felicia “Snoop” Pearson from Te Wire), surreal experience at the movies. is enlisted by a beautiful seductress to find. ************** ************** GHOSTING THE PARTY YEAH, SO I’VE GOT THIS Redmond Hand, Private Dick (USA, 8 MIN) SEARING PAIN Dir. Charles Alberto Fernandez Lopez (USA, 5 MIN) A gang of gal pals conjure up a frenzy at a Dir. Chris Ohlson Halloween party afer a drug-fueled dare exposes A comedy piece first published by the true nature of a mysterious guest. McSweeney’s, is a fevered and joyful ************** satire on sharing and oversharing. BUSINESS ************** Oh Damn (USA, 8 MIN) GREAT CHOICE Dir. Kati Skelton (USA, 7 MIN) Yeah, So I’ve Got Tis Searing Pain A terrified young man gets caught up in Dir. Robin Comisar a surreal and demoralizing “business A woman gets stuck in a Red Lobster Commercial. opportunity.” Will he make it out alive? ************** HELL FOLLOWS (USA, 11 MIN) Dir. Brian Harrison Betrayed by his clan and murdered for his past evil deeds, a sadistic killer’s soul possesses his identical twin’s body and sets out onto the road of Ghosting the Party vengeance for one final crusade of extermination. Great Choice

20 21 Business Hell Follows films and events films and events SHORT FILM PROGRAMS SHORT FILM PROGRAMS CINEMA 16 SHORTS TEXAS STUDENT SHORTS (80 MINS) 5:00 - 7:00 PM - SAT JUNE 10 CO-PRESENTED BY THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION BASEMENT GALLERY (85 MINS) 7:00 - 9:00 PM - FRI JUNE 9 BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER

A CENTURY THIS IS YATES LIPSTICK MOSCA (FLY) PLANT IN BLOOM (USA, 25 MIN) (USA, 3 MIN) (USA, 9 MIN) (USA, 10 MIN) Dir. Joshua Yates Dir. Connor Clif Dir. Lizette Barrera Dir. Ross Meckfessel An exercise in catharsis, this Snapshot of a brief but A wayward teen revisits her As the future starts devouring fragmented visual autobiography defining moment. hometown to reconnect with her the present, how can we interweaves decades of serene cousin, despite her aunt’s wishes. hope to remember the past? and violent home movies. ************** A Century Plant in Bloom Pics or it never existed. SOUTH TEXAS ************** Lipstick ************** COW PUNK CARRINGTON ROAD ************** FACADE (USA, 17 MIN) (USA, 18 MIN) C-5-11 (USA, 11 MIN) Dir. Carlo Nasisse Dir. Mitchell O’Hearn (USA, 3 MIN) Dir. Carol Nguyen Steve Scheiman was one of For thirty years, filmmaker Dir. Edward Ramsay-Morin An exploration of human the early South Texas punk Mitchell O’Hearn was spared Matter and Energy, Mind and connection within a flawed rockers who threw DIY shows the drama of his parent’s early Spirit, Science and Magic. system. Four individuals along the U.S.-Mexico border. separation. It wasn’t until the discover that the main element Now in his 50’s, Steve struggles death of his mother that his father ************** that unites them is also the with sobriety and the burden began to open up and express his reason for their isolation. EVERY GHOST HAS of taking care of his mother. hurt from all those years ago. C-5-11 South Texas Cow Punk AN ORCHESTRA ************** ************** ************** (USA, 7 MIN) GIRL BECOMES SNOW INERTIA LOST NIGHTS Dir. Shayna Connelly (USA, 7 MIN) (USA, 15 MIN) (USA, 11 MIN) Te question of what happens Dir. Te Beschert Bros. Dir. Mick Henry Taylor Dir. Tony Costello afer we die is a universal A VHS rendition of what A veteran, struggling to question explored by paranormal A chance encounter between two happens when we die - an reacclimate to civilian life, researcher and experimental men in a sleepy diner leads to investigation into death tries to say goodbye to his composer Michael Esposito. some unsettling realizations. induced dream ephemera. younger brother who’s ************** ************** leaving for basic training. Every Ghost ************** ATTACK OF THE INTO THE FIELDS Inertia has an Orchestra THE WORLD IS PARTICLE DISRUPTORS (USA, 10 MIN) NOT OUR OWN (USA, 7 MIN) Dir. Artemis Anastasiadou (USA, 23 MIN) Dir. Nick Zedd When Rebecca tries to steal Dir. Susannah Sayler her daughter Mora from the Te particle disruptors attack! and Edward Morris grandparents’ house, she gets (WORK IN PROGRESS) confronted with her daughter’s Explores the boundaries between conflicting needs and desires. wildness and control and the human desire to connect with, but also to dominate, the Other. Attack of the Into the Fields Particle Disruptors

22 23 Tis Is Yates Facade Girl Becomes Snow Te World Is Not Our Own Mosca (Fly) Carrington Road Lost Nights THE TURNER LOCATIONS BASEMENT HOUSE GALLERY PARTY VENUE THE TEXAS THEATRE 401 N Rosemont Ave | Dallas, TX 75208 SCREENING VENUE 214-946-1670 OFFICIAL SCREENING VENUE, FILMMAKER’S LOUNGE & FESTIVAL HQ 115 S Beckley Ave | Dallas, TX 75203 Home of the Oak Cliff Society 231 W Jefferson Blvd | Dallas, TX 75208 A Dallas underground art gallery of Fine Arts, Turner House is a whose mission is to bring creativity modified prairie house built in 214-948-1546 | 645 Seats and art awareness to the community 1912. The OCSFA preserves Dallas’ with Graffiti and pop art. early history, builds community Built in 1931 and financed by Howard Hughes, the historic relationships, and enhances the quality of life in North Oak Cliff. Texas Teatre first gained fame for being the place Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested afer allegedly assassinating WILD President John F. Kennedy. Today it hosts a mix of first-run DETECTIVES independent films, repertory cinema, and special events. PARTY & SCREENING VENUE 314 W Eighth St | Dallas, Texas 75208 214-942-0108 OAK The Wild Detectives is an independent CLIFF BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER Bookstore Bar Venue whose aim is to encourage community- CULTURAL OFFICIAL SCREENING VENUE driven cultural conversation. 215 S Tyler St | Dallas, TX 75208 CENTER 214-948-0716 | 170 Seats WORKSHOP VENUE 223 W Jefferson Blvd | Dallas, TX 75208 Te Bishop Arts Teatre Center is home to TeCo 214-670-3777 TOP TEN Te Oak Cliff Cultural Center (OCCC) Teatrical Productions and offers a full season of provides the residents of Oak Cliff RECORDS with art and cultural experiences theater and jazz performances and year-round arts reflecting the diversity of the EVENT VENUE surrounding neighborhood. education programs. Formally the Bluebird Teatre, a 338 W Jefferson Blvd | Dallas, TX 75208 silent movie house, the building was erected in 1914. 214-942-7595 Te shop has been a staple for the Oak Cliff neighborhood since its inception and has a strong history of supporting local and DIY music. THE KESSLER THEATRE BETTER OFFICIAL SCREENING VENUE BLOCK 1230 W Davis St | Dallas, TX 75208 SCREENING VENUE ALAMO 700 W Davis St | Dallas, TX 75208 214-272-8346 | 273 Seats 214-862-6556 DRAFTHOUSE Better Block Foundation is a 501(c)3 Te historic Kessler Teater opened in 1942 and nonprofit that educates, equips, CEDARS and empowers communities was once owned by Gene Autry. It has been hit by and their leaders to reshape and SCREENING VENUE reactivate built environments to a tornado, been burned down, and was a revival 1005 S Lamar St | Dallas, TX 75215 promote the growth of healthy and vibrant neighborhoods. tabernacle. It had been dormant for 30 years but is 214-914-4443 Te Alamo Drafhouse is dinner, drinks, 24 now open to the public. Witness the resurrection! movies and events, all under one roof. 25 WORKSHOPS A BIG THANKS Please RSVP to the 2017 OCFF Team

PAINTING WITH NEW LIGHT CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKSHOP CO-PRESENTED BY KD CONSERVATORY AND SPONSORED BY THE DALLAS OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS With additional support from KODAK, PANASONIC, WOODEN CAMERA, AND FILMWORKERS BARAK EPSTEIN JASON REIMER ADAM DONAGHEY AMANDA PRESMYK Co-Founder, Co-Founder, Co-Founder, Festival 11:00AM - 2:30PM - SAT JUNE 10 Programming, & Programming, & Programming, & Coordinator OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER Technical Director Creative Director Filmmaker Services Tis free, hands-on workshop targeted at high-school/ college-level students and recent grads (but open to all!) will lead attendees through a curriculum that focuses on the craf of cinematography both as an art and a vocation. Topics covered include: changes in the art and technology of cinematography over time and how to make a career in the camera department from breaking in (i.e. “what does a focus puller or camera PA do?”) to what to do PARKER MAY JEREMY BARTEL KELLY BURNS ROBERT STEVENS once you’ve made it. Te session will close with hands Programming Shorts Volunteer Assistant Volunteer on demos of current digital cinema camera set-ups. Coordinator Programmer Coordinator Coordinator FREE LUNCH INCLUDED DURING A SESSION BREAK. RSVP REQUIRED VIA PREKINDLE AND LIMITED TO 25 STUDENTS.

FEATURING CINEMATOGRAPHER WYATT GARFIELD (PORTO, BEATRIZ AT DINNER, GAFFER ON ASHTON CAMPBELL RACHEL WILSON ELIANA PIRES TREVOR THRALL BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD) Media Producer Social Media Hospitality Event DENNIS BISHOP (CHAIR, MOTION PICTURE Maven & Travel Assistant Coordinator PRODUCTION PROGRAM AT KD CONSERVATORY) SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTER MATT MCCLAIN (SENIOR COLORIST AT FILMWORKERS CLUB)

JASMINE BELL ANNIE BRUNER CHRIS GARDNER MARK SHARON VIP Lounge Publicity Team Transportation Tech Coordinator Coordinator Captain Not Pictured TEXAS THEATRE STAFF ERIC STEELE Co-Founder JASON HESS Print Traﬃc MARY KATHERINE MCELROY BRYAN CAMPBELL Operations Manager Design Czar MATT FICKEL A/ V Specialist JASON PICKETT RYAN CULBERT Manager Chief Projectionist RODNEY ROESKE BATC Projectionist VIANCA VEGA TATIYANA KELLOUGH Popcornista Tapster MIKE WALKER Field Audio Technician SYDNEY RUSSELL JORDIN TAYLOR Concessionaire Barkeep AND A HUGE CHRIS BILLINGS JONATHAN BARNES THANKS TO ALL Sound Specialist Alewife OF OUR FESTIVAL JOSEPH CORDOVA CHRIS HAWKINS VOLUNTEERS: Trailer Editor Gatekeeper 26 We couldn’t do this without you! our

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