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1 Dominion 2 The Lure WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT 7:30PM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT 7:45PM NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE ARIZONA PREMIERE
Sponsored by UA Poetry Center PRESENTED BY THE DIRECTED BY Agnieszka PREVIOUS FESTS: Sundance Film NEW YORK FILM CRITICS SERIES DIRECTED BY Steven Bernstein Smoczyńska Festival, Fantastic Fest WINNER: 10 Awards including Special Jury 2016, USA, 101 mins., Not Rated 2015, Poland, in Polish with subtitles, 92 mins., Not Rated Prize, Sundance 2016 “Dominion is terrific … a daring, demanding meditation on “Abetted by impressive lo-fi effects work, the musical the poet’s final hours.” numbers alone come to resemble the wildest dreams of – Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter every Eurovision show producer.” Dominion tells the dramatic story of the great Welsh poet - Guy Lodge, Variety Dylan Thomas (Rhys Ifans, Notting Hill) and his last day of sentient interaction with the world, for which he was both One dark night, at water’s edge, a family of musicians idolater and arch nemesis. Drink was his poison, and on that encounter aquatic sirens Silver and Golden. After assuring the particularly day in 1953, the poison was delivered via eighteen family that they won’t eat them up, the winsome mermaids are double scotches in less than eleven hours. But alcohol was not recruited to join the Figs and Dates band at a neon-lit Warsaw his only solace, as his poetic sensibility and his inventive use dance club. When Silver becomes romantically entangled with of language allowed him to transmogrify his imagined world beautiful blonde bassist Mietek, the more cunning Golden, who into something not only tolerable, but at times beautiful, if cannot escape her bloodthirsty nature and assimilate, worries still tinged with the bittersweet and maudlin. How these that her sister’s relationship will doom their shared dream of contradictory predispositions joined battle might be the swimming to a new life in America. real story of his final hours, as he examines his memory and This weird, wild, 1980s-set musical horror film wittily plays experience, his loves and his rage, while looking for meaning with the lust and repulsion the bewitching sisters create and peace. Featuring a stellar supporting cast including John with their combination of Barbie doll–smooth bodies and Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons), Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld), impressively long glittering mermaid tails. With a knack for Zosia Mamet (Girls) and Tony Hale (Arrested Development), both burlesque and the grotesque, first-time feature director Dominion is a revealing, moving and inventive look at a troubled Agnieszka Smoczyńska creates a world saturated in color literary genius. and Europop slickness that twists with absurdity and drips with blood. JOIN US under the stars for the opening night party, featuring PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM The Itching In this handmade, free champagne, delicious light h’ordeuvres and live music stop-motion collaboration, a shy wolf tries to connect with a starting at 6:30pm! group of hip, party-loving bunnies, but finds her body in revolt. Directed by Dianne Bellino, 2016, USA, 15 mins.
With Elvis Mitchell, noted film critic and host of NPR’s The Treatment, and director Steven Bernstein in person.
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3 The Martian with Astronaut 4 Tombstone Rashomon Mark Kelly FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 6:30PM DIRECTED BY Alex Cox, 2016,USA, 83 mins., Not Rated DIRECTED BY Ridley Scott, 2015, USA/UK, 144 mins., Rated PG-13 A special Work in Progress Premiere screening with director Alex Cox, 2016 Lofty Achievement Closing Night of the Loft Film Fest 2016 will feature a special Science Award winner, in person! on Screen presentation of the acclaimed 2015 sci-fi drama The Martian, with an introduction and post-film discussion with American astronaut, retired Navy combat veteran and New York Times bestselling author, SPONSORED BY Old Tucson Studios Mark Kelly! Acclaimed filmmaker Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, SPONSORED BY Congressman Ron and Nancy Barber Walker) appears at the Loft Film Fest for the Work in Progress Part of Science on Screen at The Loft Cinema Premiere of his latest film, Tombstone Rashomon, filmed at Old Tucson Studios. This screening will include a career highlight reel During a manned mission to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney and presentation of the Lofty Achievement Award before the (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and film, and a discussion with the director and other guests from left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds the production following the film. himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and been tirelessly recreated in films, television and western towns spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in Tombstone alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international Rashomon, the truth is shared by six conflicting perspectives. scientists work tirelessly to bring “the Martian” home, while his In doing so, the film’s narrative becomes prismatic and the crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible rescue result is perhaps the most comprehensive telling of the most mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world important gunfight in American history. Filmed at the historic comes together to root for Watney’s safe return. Based on Old Tucson Studios by a crew of local filmmakers and recent Andy Weir’s best-selling novel, and directed by Ridley Scott film school graduates, Tombstone Rashomon is proud to have (Blade Runner, Alien), this gripping sci-fi adventure also stars its Work In Progress Premiere at The Loft Film Fest among the Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Michael Peña, Jeff very folks who helped bring it to life! Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Donald Glover. The Lofty Achievement Award is presented each year at the JOIN US after the movie to celebrate The Loft Cinema’s Loft Film Fest to an industry professional whose career and body of 44th birthday with an outdoor party featuring free snacks work have significantly contributed to the world of cinema, and and birthday cake! who continues to inspire, entertain and enlighten audiences. This year, the Loft Film Fest is proud to present the 2016 Lofty Achievement Award to internationally-acclaimed, cutting-edge filmmaker Alex Cox!
Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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5 Neruda SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 7:00PM The eventful and unorthodox life of the Nobel Prize–winning poet, politician, committed communist, unapologetic hedonist, and Chilean cultural icon Pablo Neruda provides plentiful territory for cinematic exploration. Now, Pablo Larraín, Chile’s most inventive and provocative contemporary filmmaker, takes a wholly unique approach to his famous countryman’s life and work with Neruda, which is set during the poet’s sojourn underground in the late 1940s. Following the Chilean president’s outlawing of communism in 1948, Neruda (Luis Gnecco) and his artist wife Delia (Mercedes Morán) are forced into hiding. ARIZONA PREMIERE Meanwhile, Óscar Peluchonneau (Gael García Bernal, who previously starred in Larraín’s Oscar-nominated No), is an SPONSORED BY UA Poetry Center Chile’s submission for Best ambitious police inspector hoping to make a name for himself DIRECTED BY Pablo Larrain Foreign Language Oscar by capturing the celebrity fugitive. Elegant and beguiling, PREVIOUS FESTS: Cannes Film 2016, Chile, Spanish with Festival, Toronto International Neruda offers a (fittingly) Nerudian vision of its protagonist. subtitles, 107 mins., Not Rated Film Festival, Telluride Film It’s a metafictional fable that blends historical recreation Festival,New York Film Festival, with literary and cinematic fabrication. Pushing the limits of London Film Festival filmic biography, Larraín offers a stimulating and sometimes startling rumination on the split that can exist between the “Pablo Larraín has captured Pablo Neruda in all of his person and the persona, the man and the artist. pomposity, pretense, courage, and undeniable genius.” - Oleg Ivanov, Slant Magazine
6 The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 5:00PM Between 1957 and 1965, groundbreaking LIFE Magazine photojournalist W. Eugene Smith obsessively photographed and taped the goings-on at the dilapidated Sixth Avenue loft he called home. As revealed in this astonishing documentary time capsule, the “Jazz Loft” became a scene for all-night jams and recordings, and was a regular meeting place of jazz- obsessed bohemians and legendary musicians. What Smith captured on film and audio tape is a treasure trove of NYC jazz of the period, including a three-week rehearsal by the great Thelonious Monk and jazz and classical music lessons ARIZONA PREMIERE given by the Juilliard-trained Hall Overton. Watching the 1950s turn to the 60s with Smith’s camera pointing out from SPONSORED BY The Center for PREVIOUS FESTS: Full Frame his window perch, director Sara Fishko has crafted an artful Creative Photography Documentary Film Festival, DOC and unsentimental portrait of unstable genius and a long-lost DIRECTED BY Sara Fishko NYC, International Film Festival Rotterdam Manhattan. The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith is the 2016, USA, 87 mins., Not Rated first film to make use of Smith’s vast collection of 4,000 hours of audio tape and 40,000 photographs from the Jazz Loft - an “An exceptionally vivid picture of bohemian life during one of archive now housed at the Center for Creative Photography at New York City’s most exciting eras.” the University of Arizona in Tucson. - John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter With director Sarah Fishko and Leslie Squyres, Head of the Volkerding Study Center at The Center for Creative Photography, in person!
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7 Cameraperson SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 2:00PM A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, SOUTHWEST PREMIERE Cameraperson is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it DIRECTED BY Kirsten Johnson PREVIOUS FESTS: Sundance Film means to train a camera on the world. 2016, USA, 102 mins., Not Rated Festival | 8 Awards, The Kirby Dick Social Justice Award, named after the including Best Documentary Feature, Traverse City & San Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, is presented each Francisco Film Fests year at the Loft Film Fest to a filmmaker whose work displays a galvanizing passion for social change through cinema. This year, the Loft Film Fest is proud to present the 2016 Kirby “One of the most original, challenging and sometimes Dick Social Justice Award to acclaimed cinematographer, infuriating documentaries of recent times.” filmmaker and human rights activist Kirsten Johnson, director - Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com of Cameraperson!
Post-film Q&A with Oscar-nominated director Kirby Dick in person and director Kirsten Johnson, recipient of this year’s Kirby Dick Social Justice Award, via Skype!
8 Fire at Sea SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 11:15AM Gianfranco Rosi’s beautifully-crafted documentary observes Europe’s migrant crisis from the vantage point of a Mediterranean island where hundreds of thousands of refugees, fleeing war and poverty, have landed in recent decades. Rosi shows the harrowing work of rescue operations but devotes most of the film to the daily rhythms of Lampedusa, seen through the eyes of a doctor who treats casualties and performs autopsies, and a feisty but anxious pre-teen from a family of fishermen for whom it is simply a peripheral fact of life. With its emphasis on the quotidian, the film reclaims an ongoing tragedy from the abstract sensationalism of media headlines. SOUTHWEST PREMIERE PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM In the Distance It’s calm and DIRECTED BY Gianfranco Rosi Italy’s submission for the Best peaceful above the clouds. But the chaos that lurks in the 2016, Italy/France,English and Foreign Language Oscar. 6 distance draws closer each night. Directed by Florian Grolig, Italian with subtitles, 114 mins., awards, including the Golden 2015, Germany, 7 mins. Not Rated Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival PREVIOUS FESTS: Berlin International Film Festival, “Gianfranco Rosi’s beautiful, mysterious and Toronto International Film moving film is a documentary that looks like a neorealist Festival, Chicago International classic.” Film Festival – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
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9 Do Not Resist FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 5:00PM An urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, Do Not Resist – the directorial debut of Detropia cinematographer Craig Atkinson – offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future. The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action – from a ride-along with a South Carolina SWAT team and inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of “righteous violence” to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of TUCSON PREMIERE military equipment in small-town police departments – before DIRECTED BY Craig Atkinson PREVIOUS FESTS: Tribeca Film exploring where controversial new technologies, including 2016, USA, 72 mins., Not Rated Festival, Hot Docs, Human predictive policing algorithms, could lead the field next. Rights Watch Film Festival WINNER: Best Documentary Feature, Tribeca Film Festival Panel discussion following the movie, moderated by Tucson City 2016 Councilperson Steve Kozachik and featuring Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus, Tucson NAACP President Doris Snowden, and ACLU of Arizona Executive Director Alessandra Soler.
DIRECTED BY Ivan Reitman, 1984, USA, 105 mins., Rated PG 10 Ghostbusters (1984) 70mm FILM PRINT! With the Arizona Ghostbusters in person! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 7:30PM “It hits the target every single time - the jokes, the chemistry Who ya gonna call when you want to see the original 1984 onscreen, and the effects all fall into place. Ghostbusters comedy classic Ghostbusters on the big screen in spectacular, is as entertaining today as it ever was, a classic to be ectoplasmic 70mm? Loft Film Fest! treasured by all.” See what happens when New York’s finest spectre-hunters – Carline Westbrook, Empire Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson pile into their converted ambulance to take on the haunted New York Public Library, demonic pooches from hell, an evil EPA agent, an angry Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and Sigourney Weaver’s freaky refrigerator. Hilarity, action and much slimy transdimensional demon combat ensue. Spawning a sequel, two animated TV series, a 2016 big screen reboot and an insanely catchy hit theme song, Ghosbusters is the guaranteed go-to ‘80s comedy if you’re looking to scare up some major laughs.
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11 A Quiet Passion 12 Lost in Paris SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 1:15PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 5:00PM ARIZONA PREMIERE SOUTHWEST PREMIERE
DIRECTED BY Terence Davies PREVIOUS FESTS: Berlin SPONSORED BY Alliance 2016, France & Belgium, French 2016, UK, 125 mins., Not Rated International Film Festival, Française de Tucson with subtitles, 85 mins., Not Toronto International Film DIRECTED BY Dominique Abel Rated Festival, New York Film Festival &Fiona Gordon PREVIOUS FESTS: Telluride Film Now recognized as a genius who committed to paper some Festival, London Film Festival of the most important verse in American literature, Emily The inimitable beanpole duo of Fiona Gordon and Dominique Dickinson was virtually unknown in her lifetime, with fewer Abel (The Fairy, Rumba) apply their idiosyncratic comic than a dozen of her nearly 1,800 poems published. A recluse eccentricity to this wayward tale of being down but not out who eventually boarded herself up in her bedroom, Dickinson in the City of Light. Gordon plays a naïve librarian who leaves explored her inner self in great detail. As source material, her her snowbound home for Paris, to rescue her long-lost aunt story is as poetic as her work itself. (Emmanuelle Riva, Amour). On arrival, Fiona loses her rucksack A Quiet Passion is a world of interiors in which Dickinson’s and her bearings but finds homeless Dom (Abel), teaming family plays a key role. Emily, as portrayed by Cynthia Nixon, with him on a series of absurd adventures that showcase the led such a deeply introverted existence, it is her encounters with pair’s physical elasticity and elegant, Jacques Tati-like comic her mother, father, and sister that provide the hinge around timing. The duo mix comic-strip visual sensibility with child-like which the film is structured. These moments, are sensitively innocence and an outrageous sense of mischief. rendered, but it is the seamless manner in which Dickinson’s PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM Fish An elderly couple struggles luminous poetry is integrated into the film that is the central to save their pet fish after an accident, and finds a surprising joy of A Quiet Passion. way to keep it alive. Directed by Saman Hosseinpuor, 2016, Iran, in Kurdish with subtitles, 4 mins.
13 Chicken People FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 1:00PM In a high stakes world where a single broken feather can mean a shattered dream, Chicken People follows the trials and tribulations of those who breed exotic birds in the world of competitive poultry. In the tradition of Spellbound comes a feature documentary about three remarkably rich and diverse personalities who come together to compete in their shared passion to raise the perfect chicken. The film follows the struggles and triumphs of these characters, along with a wide array of competitors-both human and chicken-from the Ohio National Poultry Show, considered the Westminster of Chickens, to the Dixie Classic in Tennessee.
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DIRECTED BY Nicole Lucas PREVIOUS FESTS: SXSW Film Haimes Festival, AFI Docs Film Festival 2016, USA, 83 mins., Not Rated
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14 Animation Show of Shows 15 Narrative Shorts THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 4:45PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 11:30AM
TUCSON PREMIERE SPONSORED BY The University of Arizona School of Theatre, Estimated running time: Approximately 90 mins., Not Rated Film & Television
The Animation Show of Shows returns for its second year Spanning a range of styles, emotions, and techniques, this in theaters with 16 extraordinary new films. Highlights year’s collection of short films offers something for everyone. include “About a Mother,” a new folktale with echoes of Shel The vision of these directors is a glimpse into the promising Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree,” Disney/Pixar’s sweet “Piper,” and future of narrative filmmaking. This program is appropriate for the latest in 360º storytelling in Google’s touching father-and mature audiences only. daughter-journey “Pearl” by Academy Award winner Patrick Osborne. Featuring techniques ranging from hand-drawn to Volta A mother and daughter start out from downtown Athens stop-motion to the latest computer-generated imagery, the 16 and head to the northern suburbs of the city. films in this program were created by animators from Belgium, DIRECTED BY Stella Kyriakopoulos, 2015, Greece, Greek with Canada, France, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Scotland, subtitles, 10 mins. the U.K., and the U.S. Their themes range from gay issues and civil rights, to deeply felt personal stories, to the wacky humor Rainbow Party In her quest to be accepted by the popular girls that animation does so well. in her class, Sofia finds herself sacrificing her true friendships For 16 years, The Animation Show of Shows, founded and morals. If you can’t beat them, join them! dIRECTED BY Eva Sigurdardottir, 2015, Iceland, Icelandic with subtitles, 15 mins. and curated by Ron Diamond, has been presenting new and innovative short films to animation studios, societies, Two Weeks A young woman’s self-destructive tendencies puts schools and festivals around the world. Over the years, her relationships at risk. DIRECTED BY Ana Humphrey, 2016, USA, 32 of the films showcased in the Show of Shows went on to 14 mins. receive Academy Award nominations, with nine films winning the Oscar. With director Ana Humphrey in person! The Mink Catcher Dallas, Texas, 1980: At a high society party, a FILMS gossip columnist hunts down Dallas’ new First Lady to unearth Stems - Ainslie Hendersen (Scotland) the truths underneath her legendary mink coat. DIRECTED BY Shift - Cecilia Puglesi & Yijun Liu (U.S.) Samantha Buck, 2015, USA, 12 mins. Pearl - Patrick Osborne (U.S.) Crin-crin - Iris Alexandre (Belgium) B-Bot After the loss of his best friend, a robot must find Mirror - Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, Ira Glass (U.S.) happiness in a world destroyed by nuclear war. DIRECTED BY Last summer in the garden - bekky O’Neil (Canada) Bryan McAdams, 2016, USA, 6 mins. Waiting for the New Year - Vladimir Leschiov (Latvia) Piper - Alan Barillaro (U.S.) With director Bryan McAdams in person! Bøygen - Kristian Pedersen (Norway) ¡Mais Duro! In late-90s Colombia, the curious and introverted Afternoon Class - Seoro Oh (Korea) Amalia unknowingly begins the universal progression toward About a Mother - Dina Velikovskaya (Russia) self-awareness. DIRECTED BY Amalia Andrade, 2015, Colombia, Exploozy - Joshua Gunn, Trevor Piecham, & John McGowan (U.S.) Spanish with subtitles, 13 mins. Corpus - Marc Héricher (France) Blue - Daniela Sherer (Israel) Manoman - Simon Cartwright (England) All Their Shades - Chloé Alliez (Belgium)
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narrative shorts continued –
Dogwalker A dark-comedy adventure of a young dog walker, Over During the course of nine wide shots, we watch an after the unexpected death of one of her favorite clients. intriguing story unfold. What’s happened in this quiet DIRECTED BY Kim Sherman, 2016, USA, 12 mins. neighbourhood? A murder, hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected. DIRECTED BY Jörn Threlfall, How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps Losing weight and getting 2015, UK, 14 mins. fit has never been easier! Shed those unwanted pounds with these simple tricks your gym doesn’t want you to know about. One Man An 80-year-old man follows the traces left by a car You won’t believe what happens next! DIRECTED BY Benjamin accident in a story that unravels in reverse. DIRECTED BY Phillipe Berman, 2016, USA, 7 mins. Gregoire, 2016, Canada, French with subtitles, 13 mins.
16 Documentary Shorts FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 2:15PM Previous iterations of the Loft Film Fest’s Documentary Shorts have highlighted two eventual Oscar-nominated short films. This year’s collection of offers a stunningly diverse bunch of films, with windows into the way people live across the world.
The Carousel A day in the life of The Singing Women of Požega, a group of enthusiastic elderly women. Through poetic images, seasoned with a lot of humour, we learn about their views of love, joy as well as the ephemerality of life. DIRECTED BY Luka Popadić, 2015, Serbia, Serbian with subtitles, 15 mins.
DaQueen With humor and honesty, DaQueen Yaes narrates a tour of South Tucson and an account of how she’s made it to where she is. DIRECTED BY Tom Mickelson & Matty Jonas, 2016, USA, 7 mins. Celebrate Now Jennifer Coughlan learned to love Tucson With director Matty Jonas in person! through the All Souls Procession. When she learns that she has MissMe: The Artful Vandal At the height of a successful career stage 4 breast cancer, she finds solace and meaning through at a top advertising agency, Montreal-based “MissMe” quit her participation in Tucson’s beloved tradition. DIRECTED BY her job and took to the streets to become an underground Leslie Ann Epperson, 2016, USA, 11 mins. street artist to be a loud, counter-voice to the objectification of women in mainstream advertising. DIRECTED BY Mohammad With director Leslie Ann Epperson in person! Gorjestani, 2016, Canada, French with subtitles, 4 mins.
Another Kind of Girl For three months, a group of Syrian girls Invisible Point Although dancing is illegal in Iran, a mother and living in Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp participated in a daughter retreat to the desert to practice their art. DIRECTED BY media workshop to document their everyday lives - how it Tanin Torabi, 2016, Iran, Persian with subtitles, 5 mins. looks, feels and sounds from the ground, at the heart of their world. This video was filmed by Khaldiya, 17, from Dara’a, Syria. These C*cksucking Tears This funny and touching documentary DIRECTED BY Khaldiya Jibawi, 2016, Jordan, Arabic follows Pat Haggerty, the man behind the world’s first and only with subtitles, 10 mins. gay-themed country music album, Lavender Country, 40 years after its release. DIRECTED BY Dan Taberski, 2016, USA, 15 mins. Chekov A heartbroken filmmaker secretly records his sister reading an embarrassing love letter from his ex-girlfriend. Flower of a Thousand Colours An intimate slice of the life of DIRECTED BY Jack Dunphy, 2015, USA, 5 mins. Emiliana, a loving single mother of seven who struggles every day with her environment: a Bolivian mining camp. DIRECTED Peace in the Valley Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is home to both BY Karen Vazquez Guadarrama, 2016, Belgium, Spanish with the largest outdoor Passion Play in the United States and an subtitles, 23 mins. important vote on LGBT rights. This film follows the town’s inhabitants as they prepare for the historic vote. DIRECTED BY Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri, 2016, USA, 15 mins.
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FILMS IN COMPETITION 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
Screen 1 Opening Night Party
Screen 3
THURSDAY, NOV. 10
18 The Bride 19 The Brand 6 The Jazz Loft Screen 1 + 12pm / 96min New Testament 5pm / 87min Q&A 2:15pm / 113min
Screen 3 28 Speed Sisters 36 After the Storm 14 Animation Show 23 The Chosen Ones 12:15pm / 78min 2pm / 117min of Shows 7:00pm / 105min 4:45pm / 90min
FRIDAY, NOV. 11
13 Chicken People 21 9 Do Not Resist Screen 1 100 Years + 12:15pm / 83min 2:30pm / 76min 5:00pm / 72min Q&A
20 Son of Joseph 16 Documentary 35 Marinoni: The 38 Contemporary Screen 3 + 11:45am / 115min Shorts Q&A Fire in the Frame Color 2:15pm / 120min 5:15pm / 90min 7:15pm/ 107min
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
Screen 1 17 Seasons 34 I, Daniel Blake 39 Trespass 5 Neruda 11:45am / 97min Against Us 7:00pm / 107min 2:15pm / 100min 4:30pm / 99min
15 Narrative Shorts 24 37 Obit Screen 3 + Occupy, Texas + 11:30am / 120min Q&A 2:30pm / 100min Q&A 5:15pm / 93min
SUNDAY, NOV. 13
40 11 Screen 1 Things to Come A Quiet Passion 25 The Rebound 3 The Martian 11am / 102min 1:15pm / 125min + Q&A w/ Mark Kelly 4pm / 65min 6:30pm / 144min
8 7 12 27 Screen 3 Fire at Sea Cameraperson + Lost in Paris Closet Monster 11:15am / 114min 2pm / 102min Q&A 5pm /83min 7pm / 90min
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11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
1 Dominion Screen 1 + 7:30pm / 101min Q&A
Screen 3 2 The Lure 7:45pm / 92min
THURSDAY, NOV. 10
Screen 1 10 Ghostbusters 29 The Eyes of My 70mm Mother 7:30pm / 105min 10pm / 76min
23 22 Screen 3 The Chosen Ones + Kills on Wheels 7:00pm / 105min Q&A 9:45pm / 105min
FRIDAY, NOV. 11
4 Tombstone 30 Evolution Screen 1 + Rashomon Q&A 10pm / 81min 7:30pm / 83min
Screen 3 38 Contemporary 31 Creepy Color 9:45pm /130min 7:15pm/ 107min
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
Screen 1 5 Neruda 32 Staying Vertical 7:00pm / 107min 9:30pm / 100min
25 33 Screen 3 Jackson Another Evil + 7:30pm / 93min 9:45pm / 90min Q&A
SUNDAY, NOV. 13
Screen 1 3 The Martian + w/ Mark Kelly Q&A 6:30pm / 144min
Screen 3 27 Closet Monster 7pm / 90min
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17 Seasons SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 11:45AM After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud (Winged Migration) return to more familiar ground, the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age. Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when, in a relatively short period of time the ice retreated, the landscape metamorphosed, the cycle of seasons was established and the beasts occupied their new kingdom. It was only later than man arrived to share this habitat, first tentatively as migratory hunter/gatherers, then making inroads in the forest as settled agriculturalists, and ARIZONA PREMIERE later more dramatically via industry and warfare. Seasons, with its exceptional footage of animals in the wild, is the Directed by Jacques Perrin and PREVIOUS FESTS: Tokyo awe-inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long and Jacques Cluzau International Film Festival, tumultuous shared history that inextricably binds humankind Seattle International Film 2015, France, French with with the natural world. subtitles, 97 mins., Not Rated Festival “Truly beautiful. Captures the poetry, humor and drama of wildlife.” - Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
18 The Bride (La Novia) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT NOON Based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s classic tragedy, Blood Wedding, this fervent, sumptuously-lensed romantic drama from Spanish director Paula Ortiz spins the hot-blooded tale of a love triangle gone wrong, following two lovers who defy all moral and social rules as they are swept away by their forbidden passion. The Bride, The Groom and Leonardo have formed an inseparable triangle since they were children, but Leonardo and The Bride possess an invisible, unbreakable and ferocious bond. The years go by, and The Bride, in anguish, prepares for her wedding with The Groom in the middle of the bleached white desert where she lives with her father. SOUTHWEST PREMIERE The day before the ceremony, a mysterious beggar knocks on her door and offers her a chilling piece of advice: “Don’t get DIRECTED BY Paula Ortiz PREVIOUS FESTS: San Sebastián married if you don’t love him.” Taking this advice to heart, on 2015, Spain, in Spanish with International Film Festival the day of her wedding, The Bride and Leonardo escape on subtitles, 96 mins., Not Rated WINNER: 17 Awards including 2 Goya Awards: Best Actress horseback to live their love, only to find their transgression will Luisa Gavasa and Best have devastating consequences. Soaked in Lorca’s fatalistic Cinematography romanticism, The Bride is propelled by stunning visuals and a swooning intensity that builds to a shocking and tragic conclusion.
“Heady … ecstatic … visceral … a brilliant spin on Federico Garcia Lorca’s classic play, Blood Wedding.” - Mia Leonin, Miami New Times
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19 The Brand New Testament THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 2:15PM When Ea gets fed up with her overbearing father (who happens to be God), she decides to follow in her older brother’s footsteps by leaving the house, gathering her own apostles, and writing her own testament. The Brand New Testament begins with one simple conceit: God exists! He lives in Brussels and he’s a real bastard, a petty tyrant to his wife and daughter. His son is known well; JC managed to escape his father’s grasp and live among us, getting himself killed in the process. But God has a daughter, too. Ea is ten years old and has had enough of her father using humanity as his playthings. When she spies the right opportunity, she hacks into his computer and leaks to the SOUTHWEST PREMIERE entire world via text message their inevitable date of death. DIRECTED BY Jaco Van Dormael PREVIOUS FESTS: Cannes Film What follows is Jaco Van Dormael’s witty and eccentric 2015, Belgium/ France/ Festival WINNER: 11 Awards answer to the loaded question: what would you do if you knew Luxembourg, French & German including 4 Belgian Magritte exactly how much time you had left to live? Starring Catherine Awards. Nominated for a with subtitles, 113 mins., Not Deneuve, Yolande Moreau, Benoit Poelvoorde and Pili Groyne. Rated 2016 Golden Globe Award, Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language “Irresistibly laugh-out-loud and feel-good.” - Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
20 Son of Joseph FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 11:45AM One of French cinema’s most distinctive voices, and arguably its most idiosyncratic stylist, Eugène Green (La Sapienza) returns with this splendid deadpan comedy/modern day parable about a young man in search of a father. Newcomer Victor Ezenfis plays Vincent, a discontented teenager determined to solve the mystery of his paternity, which his forbearing mother (Natacha Régnier) has kept strictly secret. Tracking down pompous publisher Oscar (Mathieu Amalric, in impeccably snooty form), Vincent finds himself attempting (with little success) to bond with his self-absorbed absentee father and venturing into the lofty climes of the Parisian literary world (deliciously mocked by Green), before SOUTHWEST PREMIERE Oscar’s kindly brother Joseph (Fabrizio Rongione) enters the DIRECTED BY Eugène Green PREVIOUS FESTS: Berlin picture and offers a new paternal alternative. This complex, 2016, France/Belgium, French International Film Festival, New unpredictable and humorous story, a buoyant nativity story with subtitles, 114 mins., Not York International Film Festival, reboot intent on skewering French cultural pretensions, sees London Film Festival Rated Green elegantly mixing genres—mystery story, adventure, coming-of-age tale, satirical farce—while sustaining the peculiar tone of enigma and contemplation that result from his singular shooting style.
“Delightful and beguiling … offbeat French formalist Eugène Green delivers his most accessible work to date with this … honey-drizzled, farcically funny fable of an unhappy teenager seeking a father.” — Guy Lodge, Variety
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21 100 Years: One 22 Kills on Wheels 23 The Chosen Ones Woman’s Fight for Justice THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 2:30PM AT 9:45PM AT 7:00PM
ARIZONA PREMIERE ARIZONA PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE A PRESENTATION OF THE NATIVE EYES DIRECTED BY Atilla Till DIRECTED BY David Pablos FILM SHOWCASE 2016, Hungary, Hungarian with subtitles, 2015, Mexico, Spanish with subtitles, DIRECTED BY Melinda Janko 105 mins., Not Rated 105 mins., Not Rated 2016, USA, 76 mins., Not Rated Set in the border city of Tijuana, The
When Elouise Cobell, a petite Blackfeet Chosen Ones follows innocent 14-year- warrior from Montana, started asking An action-comedy about a wheelchair old Sofia (Nancy Talamantes) as she falls questions about missing money from gang, where two disabled teenagers for young Ulises (Oscar Torres), unaware government managed Indian Trust gain a mentor in a paralyzed hitman that he is being forced to operate a accounts, she never imagined that one who enlists them as his partners in pernicious scheme on behalf of his father day she would be taking on the world’s crime. They have little to lose, although and older brother to lure unsuspecting most powerful government. But what things are never as they first appear. The girls into the family business of she discovered as the Treasurer of her boundaries between fantasy and reality prostitution and sexual slavery. When tribe was a trail of fraud and corruption blur as the unlikely heroes stumble from Ulises falls in love with Sofia, he leading all the way from Montana to one close encounter to the next and we confesses the truth to her on the eve Washington DC. 100 Years is the story of gain an unusual insight into their lives on of her abduction. The pair attempt an her 30-year fight for justice for 300,000 the periphery of society. Both a story of escape, but they are caught and Sofia Native Americans whose mineral rich acquiring empowerment by any means is promptly put to work, leading Ulises lands were grossly mismanaged by necessary, and a funny and effective to consider a morally devastating plan the United States Government. In genre exercise, Kills on Wheels is a in order to save her. With The Chosen 1996, Cobell filed the largest class completely unique film experience. Ones, director David Pablos (a native of action lawsuit ever filed against the Tijuana) has crafted an uncompromising federal government. For fifteen long PREVIOUS FESTS: Karlovy Vary International and chilling feature film highlighting the years, and through three Presidential Film Festival, London Film Festival | frightening reality of human trafficking administrations, Elouise Cobell’s Hungary’s submission for Best Foreign in Mexico. Language Oscar unrelenting spirit never quit. This is the compelling true story of how PREVIOUS FESTS: Cannes Film Festival, she prevailed. San Sebastián International Film Festival WINNER: 7 Awards including Ariel Award, PREVIOUS FESTS: Santa Fe Independent Film Mexico, Best Film & Best Director Festival. With director David Pablos in person!
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24 Occupy, Texas 25 The Rebound 26 Jackson SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 2:30PM AT 4:00PM AT 7:30PM
ARIZONA PREMIERE ARIZONA PREMIERE SOUTHWEST PREMIERE DIRECTED BY Jeff Barry DIRECTED BY Shaina Allen DIRECTED BY Maisie Crow 2016, USA, 93 mins., Not Rated 2016, USA, 65 mins., Not Rated 2016, USA, 92 mins., Not Rated Beau Baker, a washed out ‘Occupy, The Rebound is an insider’s look at
Wall Street’ protester, is woken up on the struggling Miami Heat Wheels What does life look like in a place where the streets of NYC with news that his wheelchair basketball team following a the anti-abortion movement has parents have died and he must return defeat at the national championships. made access to legal abortion nearly home to Texas where his parents have In community supported wheelchair impossible? Shannon Brewer is the left him in charge of his two teenage basketball programs across the nation, director of Jackson Women’s Health sisters and their estate. This sets Beau players push their way physically, Organization, the only remaining off on a journey to search for and find mentally and emotionally through each abortion clinic in Mississippi. Barbara the strength to reunite with his sisters, season without the recognition or the Beavers runs the Center for Pregnancy his past and himself. resources of mainstream sports. Choices and is a leader of the anti- This whip-smart dramedy features Debut filmmakers Shaina Allen abortion movement in Mississippi. a great lead performance from its (Director) and Mike Esposito (Producer) April Jackson is a young mother of screenwriter, Gene Gallerano, along step deep inside the lives of three four children faced with another with fantastic supporting work from players as they endure and respond to unplanned pregnancy. Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Lorelei Linklater adversity, and fight their way to a second Set against the backdrop of the fight (Boyhood), and a star-making turn from chance. Friends, family, and pride hang over the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, Catherine Elvir in her debut role in the balance as these men find an Jackson is an intimate, first-of-its-kind extraordinary gift in the hand life has look inside the issues surrounding PREVIOUS FESTS: Raindance Film Festival, dealt. With each victory, the players, and abortion through three women who Mill Valley Film Festival their team, get closer to the idea that stand on all sides of this debate and anything is possible—and it’s all about live at a turning point for reproductive With director Jeff Barry in person! how you rebound. healthcare in America.
PREVIOUS FESTS: Brooklyn Film Festival, PREVIOUS FESTS: New Orleans Film Festival, Cinequest Human Rights Watch Film Festival
With director Shaina Allen, producer Michael Esposito, and star Mario Moran in person!
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27 Closet Monster SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 7:00PM Written and directed by Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster features a closeted Newfoundland teen who dreams of becoming a special-effects makeup artist, and is terrified of his macho father finding out the truth about his sexuality. A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar (Connor Jessup, American Crime) hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town. After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy ( voiced by Isabella Rossellini) and faces his demons to find the SOUTHWEST PREMIERE life he wants. DIRECTED BY Stephen Dunn PREVIOUS FESTS: Toronto PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM Add Contact Just as he does 2016, Canada, English, 90 mins., International Film Festival every weekend, Jaime stumbles home after partying all night. Not Rated WINNER: 10 awards including This time, he encounters some curious travelers Directed by Best Canadian Feature at David Oeo, 2016, Spain, in Spanish with subtitles, 3 mins. Toronto International Film Festival Dunn plays around with perspective and style, but all the flash doesn’t obscure the film’s emotion and heart, which are deep and true.” - Kate Erbland, IndieWIRE
28 Speed Sisters THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 12:15PM Demolishing stereotypes while avoiding wrecking their cars, the Speed Sisters are the Middle East’s first all-female race car team. Demonstrating their high-octane talent, and the marketing savvy to draw attention to their camera- friendly lineup, this diverse, engaging group competes in Palestine’s makeshift motor sports circuit across the West Bank, overcoming Israeli checkpoints and restrictive societal expectations to become hard-driving role models for a new generation of young Arab women in the process. Weaving together their lives on and off the track, the engaging documentary Speed Sisters introduces viewers to five women who have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male- ARIZONA PREMIERE dominated Palestinian car racing scene, going further and DIRECTED BY Amber Fares A PARTNERSHIP WITH faster than anyone thought they could, flattening every 2015, Palestine/USA/Qatar, The Tucson International Jewish stereotype in their path. Arabic with subtitles, 78 mins., Film Festival Not Rated PREVIOUS FESTS: Hot Docs; Doc “Speed Sisters is a muscular, unapologetic and surprisingly NYC; Vail Film Festival feel-good documentary about the Middle East’s first all- female team of racing drivers.” – Kevin Mahr, Times (UK)
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29 The Eyes of My Mother THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 10:00PM In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor horrifyingly shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a distinctly dark form. Shot in crisp black and white, the haunting, and at times disturbing, visual compositions of The Eyes of My Mother evoke its protagonist’s isolation and illuminate her deeply unbalanced ARIZONA PREMIERE worldview. Genre-inflected, but so strikingly unique as to defy DIRECTED BY Nicolas Pesce PREVIOUS FESTS: Sundance Film categorization, writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s assured feature 2016, USA, English and Festival; Chicago International debut allows us only an elliptical presence in Francisca’s world, Portuguese with subtitles, 76 Film Festival; Fantasia guiding our imaginations to follow her into peculiar, secret International Film Festival mins., Rated R places. PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM The Puppet Man. A supernatural “Shockingly original … equal parts Ingmar Bergman, Tim killer stalks a young woman and her friends in a seedy, neon- Burton and Tobe Hooper .. the discovery of this year’s lit dive bar in this short film featuring horror legend John Sundance Film Festival.” Carpenter. Directed by Jacqueline Castel, 2016, USA, 9 mins. – Eric Kohn, Indiewire
30 Evolution FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 10:00PM This eerily seductive mind-bender is a dark, dreamlike descent into the depths of the unknown. Ten-year-old Nicolas (Max Brebant) lives in a remote seaside village populated only by boys his age and adult women. But when he makes a disturbing discovery beneath the ocean waves—a dead boy with a red starfish on his stomach—Nicolas begins to question everything about his existence. What are the half-remembered images he recalls, as if from another life? If the woman he lives with is not his mother, then who is she? And what awaits the boys when they are all suddenly confined to a hospital? The long-awaited new film from the acclaimed director of Innocence is awash in ARIZONA PREMIERE the haunting, otherworldly images of a nightmare.
DIRECTED BY Lucile PREVIOUS FESTS: Toronto “Hadzihalilovic’s latest nightmarish allegory is entirely her Hadzihalilovic International Film Festival, own invention, an open-ended visual feast.” 2015, France, in French with Fantastic Fest, London Film subtitles, 81 mins., Not Rated Festival - Peter Debruge, Variety
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31 Creepy 32 Staying Vertical FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 9:45PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 9:30PM ARIZONA PREMIERE ARIZONA PREMIERE
DIRECTED BY Kiyoshi Kurosawa PREVIOUS FESTS: Berlin DIRECTED BY Alain Guiraudie PREVIOUS FESTS: Cannes Film 2016, Japan, Japanese with International Film Festival, 2016, France, in French with Festival, New York Film Festival, subtitles, 130 mins., Not Rated London Film Festival, Fantasia subtitles, 100 mins., Not Rated London Film Festival, Sarajevo International Film Festival but appropriate for audiences 18 Film Festival WINNER: Best Director, Fantasia and above only International Film Festival
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who made his name with classics Cure Filmmaker Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. and Bright Future, gets back to his roots by putting the During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free- thumbscrews to the audience with his latest, Creepy. A year spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and deadly, ex-detective Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and his wife with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor Marie abandons both of them. Leo finds himself alone, with (Teruyuki Kagawa). His old cop colleagues come calling for his a baby to care for. It’s not easy, but deep down, he loves help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange it. Through a series of unexpected and unusual encounters, goings-on next door, in this insidiously-constructed narrative struggling to find inspiration for his next film, Leo will do that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock on whatever it takes to stay standing. Alain Guiraudie follows top of shock. Stranger by the Lake (featured at the 2014 Loft Film Fest) Winner of the Un Certain Regard – Directing Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with this intimate, heart-stopping tale set amidst a wilderness in which secret desires are revealed.
33 Another Evil SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 9:45PM After encountering a ghost in their vacation home, Dan (Steve Zissis, Togetherness) and his wife Mary (Jennifer Irwin, Eastbound & Down) consult an exorcist. Unsatisfied with the verdict, Dan goes behind his wife’s back to seek a second opinion, and secretly hires Os (Mark Proksch, The Office), who promises to get rid of the beings. Os and Dan spend a week together in the vacation home exorcising the “EFD” (Evil Fully Determined) beings, but Dan soon realizes that ridding the home of evil won’t be as simple as it seems. Director Carson Mell, a writer for Silicon Valley, creates a unique world where the viewer never quite knows what will happen next. The result is a disarming sensation that is funny, ARIZONA PREMIERE uncomfortable, and creepy in equal measure. DIRECTED BY Carson Mell PREVIOUS FESTS: SXSW Film 2015, USA, 90 mins., Not Rated Festival, Seattle International Director Carson Mell in person! Film Festival
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34 I, Daniel Blake SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 2:15PM Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the latest from legendary director Ken Loach is a gripping, human tale about the impact one man can make. Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a man out of time: a widowed woodworker who’s never owned a computer, he lives according to his own common sense moral code. But after a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children. Graced with humor and heart, I, Daniel Blake is a moving, much-needed ARIZONA PREMIERE reminder of the power of empathy from one of the world’s DIRECTED BY Ken Loach PREVIOUS FESTS: Cannes Film greatest living filmmakers. 2016, UK, 100 mins., Not Rated Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival “One of Loach’s finest films, a drama of tender devastation WINNER: Palme d’Or, Cannes that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity Film Festival 2016 that goes right back to the plainspoken purity of Vittorio De Sica.” - Owen Gleiberman, Variety
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35 Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 5:15PM Giuseppe Marinoni found his calling when he transitioned from champion cyclist to master bike craftsman. But after years hunched over toxic fumes, his passion almost killed him. Now age 75, Marinoni is back in shape, and decides to attempt the world hour record for his age group on a legendary bike he built with his own hands almost 40 years ago.
“Another remarkable senior gets the spotlight in this wonderful, inspiriting doc about a legend of the cycling world.” - David Noh, Film Journal International TUCSON PREMIERE
DIRECTED BY Tony Girardin PREVIOUS FESTS: Vancouver 2015, Canada and Italy, English, International Film Festival, French and Italian with subtitles, Hot Docs 90 mins., Not Rated
36 After the Storm 37 Obit THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 2:00PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 5:15PM TUCSON PREMIERE ARIZONA PREMIERE
DIRECTED BY Hirokazu Koreeda PREVIOUS FESTS: Cannes Film DIRECTED BY Vanessa Gould PREVIOUS FESTS: Tribeca Film 2016, Japan, Japanese Festival, Toronto 2016, USA, 93 mins., Not Rated Festival, AFI Docs Film Festival, with subtitles, 117 mins., International Film Festival Traverse City Film Festival Not Rated There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the The latest narrative from acclaimed director Hirokazu world, and none are better than at The New York Times, where Koreeda’s (Our Little Sister, Like Father Like Son, I Wish) follows obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Obit Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) as he dwells on his past glory as a prize- is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial winning author while wasting the money he makes as a private obituaries, and the film invites some of the most essential detective on gambling, barely able to pay child support. After questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and inevitable passage of time. What do we choose to remember? beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their What never dies? lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, The writers de-emphasize the death, and tell stories of lives Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to lived in extraordinary ways, often below the radar. With this find a lasting place in the life of his young son (Taiyo Yoshizawa) comes uncommon insights – insights only the rare obituary - until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly writer could have – into the passage of generations, the bond again. astonishing cycle of life, the ebb and flow of time, and culture as it appears to accelerate and vanish at the same time.
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38 Contemporary Color 39 Trespass Against Us FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 7:15PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 4:30PM ARIZONA PREMIERE ARIZONA PREMIERE
DIRECTED BY Bill Ross IV & Turner PREVIOUS FESTS: Tribeca DIRECTED BY Adam Smith PREVIOUS FESTS: Toronto Ross Film Festival, Seattle 2016, UK, 99 mins., Rated R International Film Festival, 2016, USA, 107 mins., Not Rated International Film Festival | London Film Festival WINNER: Best Editing and Best Cinematography in a Trespass Against Us is set across three generations of the Documentary Feature, Tribeca Cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner Film Festival 2016 of Britain’s richest countryside. Chad Cutler (Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs) is heir apparent to his In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged bruising criminal father, Colby (Golden Globe-nominated actor an event at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to celebrate the art Brendan Gleeson, The Guard) and has been groomed to spend of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, his life hunting, thieving and tormenting the police. But with rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the his own son, Tyson (Georgie Smith) coming of age, Chad soon likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from of his young family. When Colby learns of Chad’s dreams for across the US and Canada, Contemporary Color is a beautifully another life he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the filmed snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live event filled with music, archaic order that has bound the Cutler family for generations. movement and joyful energy, from the acclaimed directors of He engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving the award-winning 2012 documentary, Tchoupitoulas. a heist, a high-speed car chase and a manhunt, which leaves Chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake.
40 Things to Come SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AT 11:00AM What happens when the life you’ve worked so hard to build falls apart all at once? Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert, in a radiant performance) is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to- day demands of career and family (including frequent visits to her drama queen mother, played by the legendary Édith Scob). But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie’s life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets out to define this new phase of her life ARIZONA PREMIERE and to rediscover herself. Winner of the Best Director award at DIRECTED BY Mia Hansen-Løve PREVIOUS FESTS: Berlin the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, the new film from 2015, France, French with International Film Festival, Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden) is an uncommonly intelligent, soul- subtitles, 102 mins., Not Rated Toronto International Film searching look at what it means to create a life of one’s own. Festival, New York Film Festival WINNER: Best Director, Berlin International Film Festival 2016
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