2014 Festival Program Guide
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WELCOME A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Welcome to the 2014 Festival! I am truly As Charlie would also be the first to humbly and to whom I dedicate this edition of the honored to guide the 2014 Festival in mention, the festival could not have grown Festival. my first year as Executive Director. I and planted its roots here without the would first and foremost like to single community support that exists year-round, With over 75 films from across the globe out the dynamic vision and incredible that overwhelms the Island each June, that and right here in New Jersey, this year’s leadership of my predecessor and great brings filmmakers back year after year. It’s festival lineup offers a lineup spanning the friend, LIFF Founder Charlie Prince. The this sense of community, of resilience of best and brightest in film and filmmaking. monumental task of creating from scratch spirit, of joy to share the beauty and the From the intensely personal, gripping a community where filmmakers, cinephiles charms of LBI that shines through in LIFF journey chronicled in Darius Clarke and visitors to LBI can come to see the alumni Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman’s Monroe’s EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL, latest and greatest in the independent film THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, the LIFF 2014 to the tremendous feature-film debut of world cannot be understated. Charlie’s Opening Night Film. A stirring documentary LIFF alumnae Kat Candler’s HELLION, to dedication, commitment to excellence and that chronicles the Island in the year the breakout comedy of Charles Rogers sheer love of LBI and independent film has immediately following Hurricane Sandy, and Sarah-Violet Bliss’s award-winning created a truly special event here on LBI, it is an open letter to you, the people of FORT TILDEN, we feel that the program allowing film to flourish and making LIFF LBI, of this time in history and we could celebrates the voices of independent film, a permanent location in the festival world. not be happier to premiere the film right both right now and where it is headed. With It is not overstating in any way to say that here, directly to LBI. As the film shows, these films, these filmmakers, and most of Charlie’s contribution to the arts on LBI is the people of Long Beach Island are what all, the people who live here on LBI, I look immeasurable. makes this place so special and to whom I forward to celebrating this year’s Festival. promise that I will carry on Charlie’s vision – ERIC JOHNSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STAFF & SPECIAL THANKS FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR LOGISTICS SENIOR SALES KERI OLDHAM FESTIVAL PRINT & WEB CHARLIE PRINCE FRED SCHRAGGER COORDINATORS MARYANN & TOM DESIGN SAL & ANNA SALIBELLO GUTCHIGIAN ORANGEYOUGLAD: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STUDENT OUTREACH VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR TAMMY DUNCAN ANNEMARIE ARESCO NIKOS TZAVARAS MARY DEMICHELE ERIC JOHNSON DIRECTOR PATRICIA DENGLER MICHELE SIMMONEAU, CONSTANCE LEONARD TOM BLAKE CAROLINE KIM MANAGING DIRECTOR KATIE PRINCE FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS WADE BOWAN CHRISTINE ROONEY CHARLIE PRINCE INTERACTIVE MEDIA CHARLOTTE PRINCE SURFING FILM ADVISOR CHERYL KIRBY SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM MORGAN BERK DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DIRECTOR SUSANNAH GORA TERRY YUEN CHRISTINE ROONEY JOHN MILLER CHERIE SCHAIBLE CHERYL KIRBY LEGAL ADVISORS DAMIAN SCHAIBLE MAGGIE O’NEILL DAMIAN SCHAIBLE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM ERIC JOHNSON CHRISTINE ROONEY CHERIE SCHAIBLE PROGRAMMING MATTHEW KIERNAN CHERIE SCHAIBLE BETH MANN FRED & ARLENE DAMIAN SCHIABLE ADAM SHPEEN ERIC JOHNSON SCHRAGGER JOSHUA RULAND ALEC PANGIA STEPHEN & SONDRA HOPE GARDINER JOANNA MORK SPONSORSHIP DIRECTOR BENINATI WEBSITE DIRECTOR LORI PEPENELLA CHARLOTTE PRINCE MAGGIE O’NEILL INTERN MARY DEMICHELE FILM SOCIETY TEAM ALEC PANGIA STEPHEN & SONDRA HOPE GARDINER TECHNICAL DIRECTOR BENINATI KARL MEHRER TRAVEL DIRECTORS CHRISTINE ROONEY COMMERCIALS CHARLOTTE PRINCE ERIC JOHNSON LBI TV 22 FRED SCHRAGGER SENIOR PROGRAMMERS CHARLIE PRINCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MATTHEW KIERNAN JET BARRETT DAMIAN SCHAIBLE RADIO TREASURER DR. SHARON DAILEY WBNJ 91.9 FM JOHN MILLER BERNICE SCHOKET PROGRAMMERS PAT DENGLER CHARLIE PRINCE ARLENE & ERIC JOHNSON FRED SCHRAGGER PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNICAL COORDINATORS ONLINE SUBMISSIONS / SARA CARUSO TOM BLAKE BETH MANN WITHOUTABOX PUBLIC RELATIONS & CHRISTIAAN TAHYAR CHIP PARHAM YASMINE HANANI CREATIVELY YOURS, MARKETING CHRISTINE ROONEY DAYNA ARLENE SCHRAGGER HOSPITALITY/HOUSING DR. SHARON DAILEY LOGO DESIGN CHERYL FEDYNA COORDINATOR FUNNYA GLEASON ROBERT SCHUELLEIN MARJORIE AMON MAGGIE O’NEILL HOPE GARDINER ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR JILL VOSHEL HOPE GARDINER KATHERINE LILLICRAPP 3 BREAKFAST WITH THE FILMMAKERS MEET & EAT WITH GLENN KENNY! Start your festival day off right with renowned film critic Glenn Kenny moderating a special breakfast discussion with filmmakers in town for the Lighthouse International Film Festival. The event will take place at 9:00 AM on the mornings of Saturday, June 7th and Sunday, June 8th at Joe Pop’s Shore Bar, 2002 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, NJ. Complimentary continental breakfast will be provided by A Little Bite of Italy. Glenn Kenny was the senior editor and chief film critic for Premiere magazine from 1998 to 2007. He has written on film and music for The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, The New GLENN KENNY York Daily News, TV Guide, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He is the editor of the book A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Writers and Artists on 25 Years of “Star Wars.” He currently contributes to MSN Movies, The Auteurs’ Notebook, and the DGA Quarterly and maintains the blog Some Came Running. For passholders only. Entry limited on a space available basis. TICKET INFORMATION INDIVIDUAL TICKET FOR ALL FILMS, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE $12 ONLINE OR AT THE DOOR AT ALL SCREENINGS, PENDING AVAILABILITY ALL ACCESS PASS MAY BE BOUGHT AT THE $125 DOOR AT ALL SCREENINGS www.lighthousefilmfestival.org NOTE: All sales are final. Tickets and Passes only guarantee seats until 15 minutes before show time. Entry limited on a space available basis. 4 HEADLINERS HEADLINERS DOCUMENTARY CENTERPIECE FILM NJ PREMIERE OPENING NIGHT FILM NJ PREMIERE EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL (DIR. DARIUS CLARK MONROE) Grand Prize Winner at the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the film asks: How does a 16 year-old evolve into a bank robber? Director Darius Clark Monroe asks this very question—about himself. After seeing his mother and stepfather struggle to make ends meet while living outside of Houston, Texas, Monroe decided to help them by robbing a bank with two friends. Monroe interviews his family THIS TIME NEXT YEAR members, close friends and mentors who recount the (DIR. JEFF REICHERT, FARIHAH ZAMAN) stages of his transformation from a joyous childhood In 2012, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East to the moment he realized the severity of his family’s Coast. THIS TIME NEXT YEAR is one NJ financial problems, and how their struggles changed community’s story of what it takes to rebuild. his outlook and his life as a whole. Returning to his LIFF alumni Jeff Reichert and co-director/ neighborhood several years after the crime, Monroe producer Farihah Zaman follow the residents creates an incredibly intimate and personal journey of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, during the of reflection and forgiveness while beautifully first full year after the storm. Featuring stories examining lower class struggles, the desperation of a of resilience, bravery, heartbreak and hope, the NJ PREMIERE teen under pressure, and the emotional impact that film spins a story both universal and extremely CLOSING NIGHT FILM rippled in the aftermath of that day. (USA, 2014) IN personal and local at the same time. The must- PERSON: Darius Clark Monroe see film for every NJ resident affected by HELLION Hurricane Sandy, LIFF is proud to kick off its (DIR. KAT CANDLER) 2014 Festival with this Special Presentation of NARRATIVE CENTERPIECE FILM the film. (USA, 2014) IN PERSON: Co-Directors Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) gives a commanding Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman performance as a beleaguered single father, and FORT TILDEN Josh Wiggins explodes onto the acting scene (DIR. SARAH-VIOLET BLISS, CHARLES ROGERS) in Kat Candler’s terrific debut feature about a delinquent thirteen-year-old whose behavior Grand Prize Winner at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, pushes his family to the brink. Featuring top- this epic day-trip-gone-wrong focuses on one simple notch supporting performances from Juliette fact: Getting to the beach shouldn’t be this hard. Lewis and Deke Garner, HELLION works on A wickedly funny, satirical (but with love) take on multiple levels through story and character and is twenty-something culture starts out like a modern truly one of the best films of the year. (USA 2014) day Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – two girls take the day IN PERSON: TBA off to go to the beach. But soon enough, we see the razor-sharp, turns the filmmakers make, leading us to evaluate and critique an entire generation. Simultaneously hilarious, cringe-inducing and fresh, the film serves as a warning shot. These girls are out there. And they have your bike. (USA, 2014) IN PERSON: co-director Sarah-Violet Bliss, SHARE FROM THE FESTIVAL actor Clare McNulty Hi guests of LIFF 2014! Remember to include the #LIFF2014 hashtag if you’re posting from the festival. 6 HEADLINERS #LIFF2014 @lighthousefilm You can also find us on Twitter @lighthousefilm. SPECIAL EVENTS Entry limited to film makers, All Access Pass Holders, Special Guests, & Volunteers on a space available basis. SPOTLIGHT FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT PARTIES Come join the fun. Mingle with filmmakers, actors, sponsors FILMS and festival staff and volunteers over a drink at The Dutchman’s Brauhaus. The parties start early and go late, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR so come by on your way to a film or stop by after to tell (DIR. DESIREE AKHAVAN) everyone what you think and plan the rest of your festival.