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2014-WFF-Guide-.Pdf UW Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program UW Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium Asian American Studies Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 2014 WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL • MADISON • APRIL 3–11, 2014 • WIFILMFEST.ORG • 877.963.FILM • WIFILMFEST.ORG • 2014 3–11, APRIL • MADISON • FESTIVAL FILM WISCONSIN 2 WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL • MADISON • APRIL 3–11, 2014 • WIFILMFEST.ORG • 877.963.FILM • WIFILMFEST.ORG • 2014 3–11, APRIL • MADISON • FESTIVAL FILM WISCONSIN 3 EIGHTH ANNUAL PAUL ROBBINS ROSARIO DAWSON ERLE ELLIS CHINA MIÉVILLE KEVIN NOONE Director, Nelson Institute Actress and activist; co-founder, Associate professor, University Award-winning science ction Director, Swedish Secretariat NELSON INSTITUTE for Environmental Voto Latino; spokesperson of Maryland, Baltimore author; associate professor for Environmental Earth Studies, University of for One Billion Rising and County; senior fellow, The of creative writing, Warwick System Sciences, Royal EARTH DAY CONFERENCE Wisconsin-Madison Environmental Media Association Breakthrough Institute University in England Swedish Academy of Sciences earth to be determined ECOLOGY, ECONOMY AND JUSTICE IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 M O N O NA T E R R A C E COMMUNITY AND CONVENTION CENTER MADISON nelson.wisc.edu/earthday facebook.com/nelsoninstitute @nelsoninstitute and #earthdayconf We’ve entered the Anthropocene -- the age of humans -- requiring new strategies for conservation and prosperity. 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The Festival presents the best new independent film (feature, documentary, experimental), world cinema, and restorations and rediscoveries, and showcases the works of Wisconsin filmmaking artists. CONTACT WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL THURSDAY, APRIL 3 – THURSDAY, APRIL 10 1050 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706 608-262-9009, 800-963-FILM The Wisconsin Film Festival is back [email protected]; wifilmfest.org with another vibrant bouquet of films made DURING THE FESTIVAL See 2014.wifilmfest.org everywhere from across the globe to across For additional questions or emergencies, call the Box Office 608-265-2933. the street. Dive in to cinema of all kinds: uproarious comedies, powerful documentaries, mind-boggling sci-fi, freewheeling animations, scorching music films, far-out experimental The Wisconsin Film Festival is presented by the UW Arts Institute in association with the Festiva Staff shorts, plus the newly appointed Greatest Film ADMINISTRATION (UW ARTS INSTITUTE) UW Department of Communication Arts. of All Time. UW ARTS INSTITUTE Norma Saldivar, Faculty Director 324 Lathrop Hall Christina Martin-Wright, Managing Director These films were made to be seen with an 1050 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706 Susan Horein, Business Manager audience, and by attending, you complete the 608-263-4086 Ben Reiser, Festival Coordinator [email protected]; arts.wisc.edu Bruce Ehlinger, Box Office Manager experience with your neighbors. In this age The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arts Institute Christina King, Graphic Designer is dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary arts of mobile isolation, here’s a chance to laugh, research and creative work. The Institute speaks Tim Hamilton, Web Designer for and on behalf of the collective voice and vision Aliza Rand, Events Coordinator scream, and think as a community, and to interact of the arts at UW-Madison. We advance the arts as an invaluable resource to a vital university, and we Liam Walsh, Volunteer Coordinator with artists ranging from first-time directors to promote all forms of artistic expression, experience, and interpretation as fundamental paths to engaging Bernadette Watts, Partnership Coordinator current Oscar nominees. and understanding our world. Steve Winnicki, Press Liaison UW ARTS INSTITUTE STAFF Erica Pelzek, Social Media Coodinator The Festival, a production of the UW- Norma Saldivar, Executive Director 877.963.FILM • WIFILMFEST.ORG • 2014 3–11, APRIL • MADISON • FESTIVAL FILM WISCONSIN Christina Martin-Wright, Associate Director for Pavel Shnelov, Festival Videographer Madison Arts Institute in partnership with the External Relations Kate Hewson, Interdisciplinary Arts Residency FESTIVAL TRAILER BY Program Manager Department of Communication Arts, is fueled Mary Perkinson, Arts Outreach Coordinator Steve Donovan (Tweedee Productions) and Sarah Schaffer, Recording Project and Madison Early Ben Reiser (Catfood Meezus) by community, built on countless volunteer Music Festival Coordinator Sarah Chapeau, Department Administrator FILM PROGRAMMING hours in honor of great films produced against Susan Horein, Financial Specialist Ben Reiser, Film Festival Marketing Specialist (UW DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION ARTS) astronomical odds. Kate Lochner, Program Associate Lea Jacobs, Faculty Director Marina Kelly, Creative Arts & Design Learning Community Coordinator Jim Healy, Director of Programming Here’s to an eight day celebration of the Alan Carr, Project Assistant Jay Burlingham, Project Assistant Mike King, Senior Programmer, Technical Director incredible range of cinema that exists beyond UW ARTS INSTITUTE Matt Connolly, Print Traffic Coordinator, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wisconsin’s Own Coordinator the multiplex; let’s get together and watch some Norma Saldivar, Executive Director; Ann Archbold, Theatre & Drama; Patricia Boyette, University ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING BY movies! Theatre; Susan C. Cook, School of Music; Kelley Conway, Communication Arts; Thomas Dale, Art John Powers and Matt Connolly History; Lea Jacobs, Cinematheque; Amaud Johnson, English–Creative Writing; Li Chiao-Ping, Dance FILM PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN BY Department; Tom Loeser, Art Department; Willie Jim Healy (JH), Mike King (MK), Matt Connolly (MC), John Powers Ney, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives; Russell Panczenko, Chazen Museum of Art; Robert Rengel, (JP), Jenny Oyallan-Koloski (JO-K), Johann Poschung (JPos), I is Guid Design Studies; Ralph Russo, Memorial Union; Sherry Ben Reiser (BR), and Tom Yoshikami (TY) FILM DESCRIPTIONS BEGIN ON PAGE 8 Wagner-Henry, Bolz Center for Arts Administration. PROJECTIONISTS DAILY SCHEDULE GRIDS ARE ON PAGES 20 & 21 Doug McLaren, Olivia Babler, Tanner Engbretson, Roch Gersbach, FILM SERIES LISTS ARE ON PAGE 33 Becca Hall, Rebecca Lyon, and Kyle Westphal A CHECKLIST OF ALL FILMS IS ON PAGE 34 The Arts on Campus website is a collaborative project COMMUNICATION ARTS SUPPORT STAFF sponsored by the Arts Institute and University Communications TICKET INFORMATION
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