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gcc iS A PRo UD SPo NSoR o F thE mill VA llEY Film FEStiVAl TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME TO MVFF37

2 SUPPORT CFI 3-6 Sponsors 7 ¡ el Cine! 8-9 Thank You 10-11 Opening Night and Gala 12 Spotlight: 13 Special Screening: & CecIlia Chiang 14 Centerpiece: 15 Spotlight: 16 Tribute: Chuck Workman 17 Closing Night Film and Party 18 Special Screening: & 19 Premieres | Focus | Film Categories 21 : MVFF Artists in Residence 22 Active Cinema 23 New Movies Lab 24 CFI Membership 26 A Musical Celebration of Jaco 27 3 Still Standing: On Stage 27 Robin Williams: A Celebration 32 CFI Education 33 Children’s FilmFest 34-36 Short Films 37-66 Films 70 Venues 71 Tickets | Festival Guidelines 72 : Episode V— MVFF37 At-a-Glance - Removable Calendar

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40+ Lifestyle Showcase Fort Docs Pig In A Pickle According To Hoyle Fred Water POP Mama POP American Society Geoffrey & Janet Conley Post Street Occupational of The University Of The Grateful Dog, Medicine & Urgent Care Balboa Cafe Doggy Playcare & Wellness Center Ronna Perelson Bettina Hughes Johnny Doughnuts SAG-AFTRA San Francisco Big Jim’s BBQ Judy’s Breadsticks San Rafael Business Blink Inc Julie Walker Improvement District Bloomingayles Kate Kinney San Rafael Elks Lodge Book Passage Libby Ginsberg Seager Gray Gallery Bring That Beat Back Djs Lifefactory Theresa & Johnny’s Buzz Photo Booth LUNAFEST Three Legged Pig Design Carribean Spices Marin French Cheese Company Triad Of Health Family The Crackerjack Djs Marin Symphony Healing Center Crate and Barrel Mill Valley Car Wash V2 Wine Group CreatorUp Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Veggie Grill Delicious! Catering Mill Valley Flowers West End Cafe Fiske Smith Movibeta The Wine Foundry Fiorello’s Artisan Gelato Nothing Bundt Cakes Yet Wah

6 MVFF.COM FOCUS ¡ VIVA EL CINE! The Festival’s exploration of current Latin-American and Spanish-language cinema includes inspiring doc- umentaries, -defying narratives, and exuberant . ¡Viva el Cine! also features a particular fo- CUS cus on music: from female musicians offering a fresh take on traditional mariachi music in Que Caramba Es la Vida, to modern rock stars with a fl amenco twist O Rodrigo y Gabriela in For Those About to Rock, to Spain’s most devoted Beatles fan in 1960s-set Living F Is Easy with Eyes Closed. Celebrating universal stories through Latino and Hispanic cultures from around the FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK world, este es el cine moderno.

La exploración del Festival del cine español y latino Americano corriente alcanza a incluir documentales inspiradores, narrativos que desafían género y anima- ciones exuberantes. ¡Viva el Cine! también ofrece un enfoque particular en la música: de músicas femeninas ofreciendo una fresca interpretación de la música ma- riachi en Qué Caramba Es la Vida a los estrellas del roc modernos con sabor de fl amenco Rodrigo y Gabri- ela en For Those About to Rock, hasta el más devoto afi cionado español de los Beatles puesto en los ‘60s Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed. Celebrando narrativas universales a través de las culturas latinas e hispanas de NATURAL SCIENCES alrededor del mundo, este es el cine moderno.

5@5 LA PISTOLA Y EL CORAZÓN (various) 10,000 KM (LONG DISTANCE) (Spain) THE BOY AND THE WORLD (Brazil) FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (Mexico) LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED (Spain) NATURAL SCIENCES (Argentina) QUE CARAMBA ES LA VIDA (Germany/Mexico) STOCKHOLM (Spain) LA TIRISIA (Mexico) A WOLF AT THE DOOR (Brazil) QUE CARAMBA ES LA VIDA

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MVFF.COM 7 THANK YOU

“THE WORLD IS SHAPED BY TWO THINGS... STORIES TOLD AND THE MEMORIES THEY LEAVE BEHIND.”

- VERA NAZARIAN

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE... SHARING STORIES AND MAKING MEMORIES FOR 37 YEARS.

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SILVER CIRCLE Christopher B. and Jeannie Meg Smith Craves Family Foundation Jennifer Coslett MacCready Gertrud Parker

INVESTOR CIRCLE BRONZE CIRCLE Drusie and Jim Davis, Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs Mark and Dorian Polite Drusie Davis Family Fund Gruber Family Foundation Michael and Susan Schwartz Fund FAST PASS | CFI Anonymous PLATINUM CIRCLE The Allen Family Fund Beverly Jim Boyce Trust and Kris Otis Alice Corning Ken and Jackie Broad Family Fund Sharon A. Fox Margaret E. Haas Katz Family Foundation The Jay Pritzker Foundation Daniel Kenyon Eric Schwartz, EAS Fund and Michelle Marchetta Kenyon Lois and Mel Tukman Caroline Labé Christine Zecca Foundation Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation GOLD CIRCLE Karen and Gregg Lund Maggie O’Donnell Floum Alex and Elizabeth Aal Lynne Hale Jessica and Tommy Igoe Stephen and Mary Mizroch Andree and John Jansheski Nancy and Rich Robbins Saul Zaentz Trust

8 MVFF.COM THANK YOU

FAST PASS | MVFF Brian and Nina Arellanes Don and Donna Kelleher Jill Benioff and Alex Petrov Amy Keroes and Jeff Fisher Kamala Geroux-Berry and David Berry Roxanne Klein John Brennan and Stephanie McKown Ellen Krantz Weiss Inez Brooks-Myers The KT Fund Marc and Robin Bussin K.C. and Steve Lauck Joe and Sue Carlomagno Cathie Lee Nancy and Gary Carlston Cindy and John McCauley Mark Cavagnero Catherine and Ted McKown Brian and Marie Collins Kevin and Rosemary McNeely Joel and Justine Coopersmith Kenneth and Vera Meislin Suzette deVogelaere Monahan Parker, Inc. Stephanie DiMarco Linda Morgan Gail and Doug Dolton Russell and Suki Munsell Joanne Dunn Cathy and Robert Nourafshan Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein Gordon Radley Julie Erickson and Art Rothstein Heidi Richardson and Michael Dyett Dennis P. Fisco and Pamela Polite Fisco Carolyn Cavalier Rosenberg, Lorrie and Mark Fishkin Sanford Rosenberg, and Catherine and Peter Flaxman Media Research Associates Janet Fox Karen and Harry Rosenbluth Leonard and Chandra Gordon Sue Schoenthaler Kenneth and Joan Gosliner Jack and Judy Sherman Lisa Graeber Susan and Joel Sklar Mera Granberg Vickie Soulier Carmine and Wendy Guerro Jann Stanley The Larry and Carie Haimovitch Elliott and Shayna Stein Charitable Fund Marjorie Swig Ann- Hazen Family Fund Patricia Tanoury Susan and Richard Idell Lucinda Watson and Ted Bell Willa Jefferson-Stokes Zach and Marlies Zeisler

We would also like to thank the hundreds of volunteers and other contributors who help make the Mill Valley Film Festival a memorable experience every year!

MVFF.COM 9 OPENING NIGHT

Welcome to the 37th Mill Valley Film Festival.

THE HOMESMAN Director US 2014 122 min

Writer-director Tommy Lee Jones brings classic scope and modern sensitivity to this literal anti- about a spinster (Hilary Swank) and a claim jumper (Jones) escorting three women eastward through a dangerous and desolate frontier landscape. See page 48 for complete fi lm synopsis.

Thursday, October 2, 6:45 pm and 7:00 pm CinéArts@Sequoia

Program and Gala: $125 general | $110 CFI members Program only: $60 general | $55 CFI members SPECIAL GUEST: HILARY SWANK

OPENING NIGHT GALA FOLLOWS THE OPENING NIGHT SCREENINGS Thursday, October 2, 9:00 pm–midnight Town Center Corte Madera 770 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera OPENING NIGHT SPONSOR Join us for a sensational party!

10 MVFF.COM OPENING NIGHT The 11-day celebration kicks off with two exceptional Opening Night fi lms and a Gala to remember.

MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN Director US 2014 116 min

Men, Women & Children follows the story of a group of teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-images, and their love lives. See page 55 for complete fi lm synopsis.

Thursday, October 2, 7:00 pm Century Cinema Corte Madera

Program and Gala: $125 general | $110 CFI members Program only: $60 general | $55 CFI members SPECIAL GUEST: JASON REITMAN

Enjoy delicious offerings provided by Balboa Luscious libations from our at Cafe, Big Jim’s BBQ, Spices, Equator Lagunitas Brewing Company along with Coffees, Il Fornaio, Johnny Doughnuts, Judy’s local wineries, are a perfect complement Breadsticks, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Pig in a Pick- to the scrumptious spread. le, and Pizza Antica. Infectious rhythms from The Brothers Comatose and tunes spun by The Cracker- OPENING NIGHT jack DJs. SPONSOR

MVFF.COM 11 SPOTLIGHT

LOW DOWN ELLE FANNING Director Jeff Preiss US 2014 114 min Elle Fanning launched her career at the tender age of three and now, at age 16, already has built an extraordinary body of Elle Fanning is Amy-Jo, a teenager growing up in 1970s work. As a child actress, she cultivated her craft opposite the with her gifted but troubled jazz-pianist best in the business—, , , and father, () and her grandmother , to name a few—and then landed breakout (). Director Jeff Preiss’s atmospheric imagery roles in Sofi a Coppola’s Somewhere and J.J. Abrams’s Super and spot-on casting immerse us in the ever-changing 8. Described as a “Streepian mixture of poise, intensity and rhythms of the music and her story. technical precision” and a performer of “heartbreaking clarity See page 54 for complete fi lm synopsis. and grace,” Fanning now has an enviable career grounded in thoughtful indie terrain (Ginger & Rosa) and studio successes (Malefi cent). She continues to shine in current projects Low Down, Young Ones, and .

PROGRAM and PARTY Saturday, October 4, 7:00 pm Smith Rafael Film Center

Join us for a Spotlight program featuring a conversation Program and Party with Elle Fanning and a screening of Low Down. Fanning $85 general | $75 CFI members will be presented with the MVFF Award. Program only $45 general | $40 CFI members

After the program, join us at Il Fornaio. PARTY SPONSORED BY Il Fornaio Corte Madera offers elegant dining and authentic, award-winning Italian cuisine. Town Center Corte Madera

12 MVFF.COM SPECIAL SCREENING

WAYNE WANG and CECILIA CHIANG The Mill Valley Film Festival is proud to honor the contribu- SOUL OF A BANQUET tions of renowned fi lmmaker Wayne Wang and the subject of Director Wayne Wang his new fi lm, legendary culinary artist Cecilia Chiang, with this US 2014 78 min special screening of Soul of a Banquet. Both Chiang and Wang have deep roots in the and, as immi- From director Wayne Wang comes this mesmerizing, moving tribute to Cecilia Chiang, the celebrity chef who grants and visionaries, have made extraordinary contributions changed the face of Chinese food and culture in the Bay in their respective artistic domains. As the owner-founder of Area. In 1961, Chiang opened San Francisco’s world-fa- the beloved Mandarin Restaurant, Chiang pioneered a new mous Mandarin Restaurant and a culinary star was born. style of Northern Chinese cuisine. Wang’s fi lms have often em- braced the role of food in the creation and transmission of See page 13 for complete fi lm synopsis. culture (Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, The Joy Luck Club). We promise an unforgettable SPONSORED BY evening of culinary and cinematic delights.

PROGRAM and PARTY Sunday, October 5, 5:00 pm Smith Rafael Film Center

Join us for a special program featuring a conversation with Wayne Wang and Cecilia Chiang and a screening Program and Party of Soul of a Banquet. $85 general | $75 CFI members Program only After the program, join us at Cavallo Point $45 general | $40 CFI members 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito

MVFF.COM 13 CENTERPIECE

The MVFF Centerpiece celebrates the midpoint of 11 days of superb cinema.

BLACK AND WHITE Wednesday, October 8, 7:30 pm Director Mike Binder Smith Rafael Film Center US 2014 121 min Program and Party: After the deaths of his wife and daughter, an attorney $85 general | $75 CFI members () becomes entangled in a custody battle with his biracial granddaughter’s paternal grandmother Program only: $45 general | $40 CFI members (). This hopeful fi lm explores a volatile discussion in American life and aims straight for the heart. See page 40 for complete fi lm synopsis. SPECIAL GUEST: MIKE BINDER

PROGRAM and PARTY

After the program, join us at Frantoio Ristorante & Olive Oil Co., one of Marin County’s premier dining destinations, 152 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley.

CENTERPIECE SPONSORED BY

14 MVFF.COM SPOTLIGHT

THEORY OF EDDIE REDMAYNE EVERYTHING Debuting on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Director James Marsh is never a bad way to break into show business. Eddie UK/US 2014 123 min Redmayne ’s career launched from this auspicious begin- Stephen Hawking’s (Eddie - ning, eventually winning him an Olivier Award and a Tony mayne) future looks limitless, his for his acclaimed work in John Logan’s Red. brilliant mind ensuring his success as came calling, and Redmayne has toiled steadily on both a cosmologist, while his relationship sides of the pond, building a distinguished profi le in The with fellow Cambridge student Jane Felicity Jones Good Shepherd, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Other Wilde ( ) promises a fulfi lling personal life. Then tragedy Boleyn Girl, and The Pillars of the Earth. Redmayne’s star Michelle Wil- strikes when he is diagnosed with a truly ascended when he was cast opposite motor neuron disease at age 21. liams in My Week with Marilyn, then landed the role of Marius in ’s Les Misérables. With his per- See page 61 for complete fi lm synopsis. formance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything already generating awards SPOTLIGHT SPONSORED BY buzz, Redmayne looks primed to JENNIFER COSLETT MACCREADY catapult into the stratosphere.

PROGRAM and PARTY Thursday, October 9, 7:00 pm Smith Rafael Film Center

Join us for a Spotlight program featuring a conversation with Program and Party Eddie Redmayne and a screening of Theory of Everything. $85 general | $75 CFI members Redmayne will be presented with the MVFF Award. Program Only $45 general | $40 CFI members After the program, join us at Farmshop Jeff Cerciello’s (Bouchon) new California-chic restaurant at PARTY SPONSORED BY the Marin County Mart, for farm-to-table cuisine, refreshing libations, and great company.

MVFF.COM 15 TRIBUTE

CHUCK WORKMAN MAGICIAN Director Chuck Workman Just about anytime you watch an inspirational Academy US 2014 96 min Award clip montage or memorable fi lm , you are witnessing the genius of Chuck Workman. In addition to From Tinseltown’s boy wonder creating short fi lms and openings for 20 Academy Award to guerrilla-fi lmmaking out- cast, to cinematic legend, Or- presentations, Workman has directed the Oscar-winning son Welles remained cryptic, short Precious Images, produced several documentaries insatiable, and fi ercely inde- (Superstar, The Source, The First 100 Years), edited main pendent. Oscar-winner Chuck titles and sequences for countless fi lm and television Workman traces Welles’s re- series, and crafted the iconic trailers for Star Wars, markable life and career Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and American using a wealth of archival footage and a who’s who of Graffi ti, among many others. Workman continues the cinematic and theatrical worlds. to galvanize audiences with his stirring cinematic See page 54 for complete fi lm synopsis. compositions and demonstrates his absolute command of the form in homage to another master, , in this year’s Magician. TRIBUTE SPONSOR

PROGRAM and PARTY Friday, October 10, 7:00 pm Smith Rafael Film Center

Join us for a Tribute program featuring a conversation with Chuck Workman and a screening of Magician. Workman will Program and Party be presented with the MVFF Award. $85 general | $75 CFI members After the program, join us at Il DAVIDE. Program only $45 general | $40 CFI members

16 MVFF.COM CLOSING NIGHT

WILD Director Jean-Marc Vallée Sunday, October 12, 5:00 pm US 2014 120 min CinéArts@Sequoia and Smith Rafael Film Center stars in this adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir, a striking Program and Party: account of the 1,100-mile Pacifi c Crest Trail trek she $85 general | $75 CFI members undertakes to grieve the death of her mother () and help give closure to a troubled past.

See page 64 for complete fi lm synopsis. CLOSING NIGHT SPONSORED BY

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY Immediately following the screenings, celebrate the grand fi nale of the 37th Mill Valley Film Festival. Sunday, October 12, 7:30–11:30 pm Enjoy live music on the terrace or a martini in the Drake Maple Lawn Estate at the Elks Lodge Room bar. Sol Food, Theresa & Johnny’s Comfort 1312 Mission Avenue, San Rafael Food, Big Jim’s BBQ, and West End Cafe are just a few of the wonderful caterers for this special evening.

MVFF.COM 17 Special Screening and Party

F rank Whaley and Leighton Meester Critically acclaimed -writer-director Frank Whaley has successfully maneu- Like Sunday, Like Rain vered his extensive acting career (Born on the Fourth of July, , The Director Frank Whaley Freshman, The Doors, , Career Opportunities, Swing Kids, Swimming US 2014 104 min With Sharks) into an admirable renaissance as an accomplished filmmaker. His first feature, Joe The King (MVFF22), premiered at Sundance and won the esteemed When struggling young musician Eleanor Award. He has continued to create compelling inde- (Leighton Meester, in the antithesis of pendent films T( he Jimmy Show, City Serenade), including his lyrically Gossip Girl type) lands a job as a nanny for resonant new feature Like Sunday, Like Rain. prodigy Reggie, their unanticipated friend- ship irrevocably alters both of their lives. Leighton Meester came to prominence as the inimitable Blair Waldorf on the up- See page 53 for complete film information. scale television drama Gossip Girl, frequently hailed as the series’ breakout star. She has parlayed this small screen celebrity into a burgeoning film career, gaining roles and momentum in Country Strong, Date Night, The Roommate, and Monte Screening sponsored by Carlo. This year, she is featured in two films at MVFF: Frank Whaley’s indie charmer Like Sunday Like Rain and David Dobkin’s studio dramedy The Judge.

special screening and Party Monday, October 6, 7:00 pm Smith Rafael Film Center

Join us for an onstage conversation with special guests: After the program, join us at Tiburon Tavern Frank Whaley and Leighton Meester for exquisite cocktails and elegant comfort food paired with ’s freshest coastal influences Program & Party: 1651 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon $75 General / $65 CFI members Program Only: P ARTY SPonSORED BY $30 General / $25 Members

18 mvff.com THE MENU

WORLD PREMIERES ¡VIVA EL CINE! 3 STILL STANDING Latin-American and Spanish-language cinematic gems from around the globe 316 come right here to Marin County. ¡Que viva! CUS ALLoT 5@5 LA PISTOLA Y EL CORAZÓN (various) 10,000 KM (LONG DISTANCE) (Spain) (A Long List of Things) O THE BOY AND THE WORLD (Brazil) FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (Mexico) A BRIDGE TO A BORDER F LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED (Spain) NATURAL SCIENCES (Argentina) QUE CARAMBA ES LA VIDA (Germany/Mexico) STOCKHOLM (Spain) CAPTURING GRACE LA TIRISIA (Mexico) A WOLF AT THE DOOR (Brazil) DYING TO KNOW: & Timothy Leary FINDING THE GOLD WITHIN HUMOR – In the Jocular Vein F R E E Thirsty vampires, stand-up comics hungry for laughs, Scandinavian and Eastern GARDENERS OF EDEN European black humor, Italian commedia, and good ol’ fashioned American IN PLAIN SIGHT CUS musical comedy comprise this international crop of winningly funny delights.

PLASTIC MAN: O THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO 3 STILL STANDING The Artful Life of F CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW COWBOYS Jerry Ross Barrish AND DISAPPEARED I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT STATES OF GRACE IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE LUCKY STIFF WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS A WOMAN AS A FRIEND THE WEDDING CONTRACT: A Balinese Love Story

THE ART of the SCIENCES The hard and soft sciences and their passionate practitioners are the subjects NORTH AMERICAN of these inspiring and revelatory fi lms addressing the mysteries of matter and

PREMIERES CUS mind in illuminating and artful ways.

1000 RUPEE NOTE O HOW I CAME TO HATE MATH

CATCH ME DADDY F THE IMMORTALISTS THE PATENT WARS THEORY OF EVERYTHING YALOM’S CURE THE PATENT WARS A WOMAN AS A FRIEND YALOM’S CURE VALLEY of the DOCS SPONSORED BY The latest in documentary fi lmmaking, from heartfelt stories of activism to historical pieces, to current events. US PREMIERES US CINEMA CHARLIE’S COUNTRY A showcase for new fi lms from around the US by COWBOYS master and emerging fi lmmakers who share a talent for GETT: independent storytelling. The Trial of Viviane Amsalem WORLD CINEMA HIDE AND SEEK Stories from six continents that will change the way we JIM BOYCE TRUST and KRIS OTIS THE LAMB understand our global neighbors and ourselves. LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN CHILDREN’S FILMFEST NUOC 2030 Giving young people and their families a taste of cultures SOLEILS and adventures they won’t fi nd anywhere else, while STOCKHOLM nurturing their love of fi lm. LA TIRISIA 5@5 and MVFF SHORTS TU DORS NICOLE An assortment of short cinematic gems, sometimes preceding feature fi lms, sometimes in a program of their own. Many amazing feature fi lms start their journey to the big screen as shorts. Catch them now!

MVFF.COM 19 METALLICA: MVFF ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

MVFF37 is delighted to welcome Metallica, locals and longtime friends of the festival, as Artists in Residence. Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and (L. to R.) have each selected a film to host at the festival and will be present to introduce and discuss their chosen films. Kirk, a noted horror movie aficionado presents an unadulterated, schlock-filled, Z-movie euphoria, late-night screening of the 1971 favorite Dracula vs. Frankenstein. Robert brings MVFF audiences a sneak peek at Jaco, the new documentary that brings the story of legendary bassist to the screen; produced by Trujillo with John Battsek of Passion Pictures. See page 26 for complete information on the live event, A Musical Celebration of Jaco.

Lars makes a cutting-edge selection with Whiplash. This indie feature about an aspiring drummer and his ruthless teacher won multiple awards at Sundance this year. Following the screening, director- will join Lars on stage for a conversation.

James’ classic pick The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is in all its restored, big-screen glory. Be sure to catch it. Tickets: $35 general / $30 CFI member

KIRK HAMMETT ROBERT TRUJILLO LARS ULRICH JAMES HETFIELD DRACULA VS. JACO WHIPLASH THE GOOD, THE BAD FRANKENSTEIN AND THE UGLY

Friday, Oct 3 | See page 43 Monday, Oct 6 | See page 51 Tuesday, Oct 7 | See page 64 Wednesday, Oct 8 | See page 47

mvff.com 21 active cinema QUESTION ENGAGE TRANSFORM MVFF’s Active Cinema films are united in their commitment to explore the world and its issues, engage audiences, and transform society. After the cred- its roll and the lights come up, onscreen images continue to have significant impact. Transforming ideas into action is what Active Cinema is all about!

GET ACTIVE! IN PLAIN SIGHT Discover a world of inspiration in Ac- Directed by Erica tive Cinema. Join us for Active Cinema In association with Make a Stand screenings throughout the Festival, support the grassroots activism of THE NEW filmmakers, and engage with admi- rable work by special guests, co-pre- ENVIRONMENTALISTS senters, and Active Cinema partners. Directed by John Antonelli, Tom Dusenbery, Will Parrinello ACTIVE CINEMA PANEL In association with the Saturday, October 11, 12:30 pm Goldman Environmental Prize This panel will look at new platforms ORIGINS and how filmmakers can use and IN PLAIN SIGHT understand their potentials in order Directed by Will Parrinello to engage audiences and get issue- In association with Seva Foundation driven works to be as effective and inspiring as we hope they can be. RACING TO ZERO: In Pursuit of Zero Waste CAPTURING GRACE Directed by Christopher Beaver Directed by David Iverson and Diana Fuller In association with Dance for PD In association with Bioneers DYING TO KNOW: THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS Ram Dass & Timothy Leary Directed by Steven Kochones Directed by Gay Dillingham In association with In association with Peace Action West Drug Policy Alliance NETWORKING IN NATURE THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS FINDING THE GOLD WITHIN Directed by Karina Epperlein Active Cinema Nature Hike In association with Saturday, October 4 10:15 am - 12:30 pm Free Hunters Point Family Meet at Tennessee Valley trailhead parking lot. Hike to the ocean. Share F R E E ideas and the view. Directed by Suzanne LaFetra and David Collier Some of the best information is garnered in peer-to-peer connec- In association with tions. Join Festival staff and guests to Destiny Arts Center hike and exchange ideas and wisdom on , filmmaker resources, GARDENERS OF EDEN activism, and strategies for action. Directed by Austin Peck Bring water and sunblock, wear good RACING TO ZERO and Anneliese Vandenberg hiking shoes. Get some fresh air and In association with the fresh ideas with filmmakers, friends, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and cinephiles during this hour-long hike through beautiful terrain. All are HOW I GOT OVER welcome! Directed by Nicole Boxer Tennessee Valley info: nps.gov/goga/ Look for this icon in the In association with Center Point planyourvisit/tennessee_valley Festival film notes pp. 34 - 66

22 mvff.com NEW MOVIES LAB

The Mill Valley Film Festival presents workshops and panels on the art, technology, and business of fi lmmaking with top fi lmmakers and industry professionals. All New Movies Lab participants are subject to change; fi nd updates and complete program details at mvff.com. Tickets are $14.00 general / $11.50 CFI members

THE BEST OF TIMES OR THE WORST OF TIMES: and in particular, efforts to remove the remnants of the THE MVFF STATE OF THE INDUSTRY CONVERSATION old military base on top of the West Peak. Saturday, Oct 4, 11:00 am Rafael 3 Invited Guests: Join us for this industry panel on the ever-changing - actor, author, and activist possibilities for producing, marketing, and distributing Liza Crosse - Marin Municipal Water District board fi lms in today’s climate. member Gary Yost - fi lmmaker, activist Invited Guests: Ed Arentz Ida - Managing Director, Music Box Films ( , INSIGHT: A MASTER CLASS WITH TED HOPE The Green Prince, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Sunday, Oct 5, 1:00 pm Rafael 3 Paul Cohen - veteran movie executive; distributor Mephisto Off the Map); ( ); producer ( ED, Torchlight Film Ted Hope offers visionary insights into fi lm and Program, State University fi lmmaking fi ltered through his unique indie wisdom, with Geoffrey Gilmore - Chief Creative Offi cer, Tribeca readings and reference to his fi rst book, Hope for Film. Enterprises; UCLA Dept of Film, Theater and Television A book signing, courtesy of Copperfi eld’s Books, will faculty; Director (1991-2009) follow. Reception to follow the panel DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING WORKSHOP WITH VARIETY CONTENDERS CONVERSATIONS: TOM SCHLESINGER FOCUS ON ANIMATION Sunday, Oct 5, 3:30 pm Rafael 3 Conversations with fi lmmakers from fi lms that are part of awards season, these discussions are designed Renowned story consultant Tom Schlesinger leads this to illuminate the creative fi lmmaking process. workshop in which participants will learn the 12 essential elements of documentary storytelling, how to engage Edited versions of the discussions will be available the widest audience, and how to have the greatest social at variety.com. impact. Schlesinger has taught storytelling seminars at THE BOXTROLLS Animation Studios, Lucasfi lm Ltd., AFI, and the WGA. Saturday, Oct 4, 1:15 pm Rafael 3 Steven Gaydos - VP, Executive Editor, Variety, will lead ACTIVE CINEMA TOOLKIT: UPGRADES FOR CHANGE discussion on The Boxtrolls. Saturday, Oct 11, 12:30 pm Rafael 3 Invited guests: Directors Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi A dynamic panel of fi lmmaker-innovators will discuss Producer their work and practices—in transmedia storytelling, participatory technology and other tools—and discuss THE LEGO MOVIE ways that new platforms can support fi lmmakers Saturday, Oct 11, 11:00 am Rafael 3 and their efforts to use the power of story to inspire Steve Chagollan - Senior Features Editor, Variety, will quantifi able engagement. lead the discussion on The Lego Movie. Invited guests: Invited Guests: Helen De Michiel Love Lunch Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller - fi lmmaker, writer ( Community; Tarentella MVFF 1995) Pete Nicks The ACTIVE CINEMA: THE INVISIBLE PEAK - Emmy Award-winning fi lmmaker ( Waiting Room, 2012 A SCREENING, DISCUSSION AND CALL TO ACTION ), Sundance Media Advisor, Sundance/Skoll Stories of Change program. Saturday, Oct 4, 3:30 pm Rafael 3 Wendy Levy - Director, New Arts Axis; Senior Consultant, Gary Yost and Peter Coyote’s beautiful, compelling Program; Co- short fi lm, The Invisible Peak, was made for the National Founder of Sparkwise; Executive Director, NAMAC Parks Conservancy to inaugurate the Tamalpais Lands Levine - (moderator) Founder, FilmFinders; Collaborative’s efforts to restore and maintain Mt. Tam— Writer/Editor, SydneysBuzz on Indiewire

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A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF JACO

October 6, 9:00 pm Sweetwater Music Hall 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Tickets: $150

Purchase tickets at sweetwatermusichall.com Tickets are not available through MVFF. Festival badges not valid

MVFF and Steep Productions present:

A musical celebration honoring the pioneering jazz musician Jaco Pastorius and the work-in-progress screening of JACO – See page TK for fi lm details.

Hosted by Robert Trujillo, Music Director and JACO Producer

Featuring: MAERIC with Mary Pastorius, David Pastorius & Eric Young Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo of Metallica Rodrigo y Gabriela Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction L. Shankar And special guests

A benefi t for the California Film Institute Associate Producer -- Famous4

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3 STILL STANDING – ON STAGE! ROBIN WILLIAMS: A CELEBRATION Saturday, October 4, 8:00 pm Sunday, October 5, 1:00 pm 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley

Free, but ticket required

Professional comedians and award-winning film- Join us for an informal celebration of the life of makers weave together film and live stand-up one of the most beloved and brilliant members of comedy for a unique storytelling experience—a our community: Robin Williams. His connections hilarious and memorable journey into the lives with Marin run deep, from his time at Redwood of three gifted comedians. High School and College of Marin, to sightings on his bike, at local coffee shops, and trying out new An evening that is part movie, part stand-up, all material at 142 Throckmorton Theatre. He trained funny, this live comedy event follows the world pre- at Juilliard, won an Oscar and a Grammy, and miere of the film3 Still Standing. See page 38 for amassed a legendary body of work on screen and film details and ticket information. stage with his force-of-nature comedy. We’ll show footage from his appearances at the Mill Valley Film Performers: Festival, including a spontaneous routine with his Will Durst mentor Jonathan Winters, as well as his 1988 MVFF Larry “” Brown trailer, in which, playing campy film critic Lex Leed, Johnny Steele he interviewed himself as five different filmmakers. More details and guests TBD. This is a free event, Special guests to be announced. but will be ticketed.

Two tickets per patron; see mvff.com for details.

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CFI Education provides community members, all engag- students of all ages and diverse ing in dialogue with the speakers. backgrounds the opportunity to Presented in partnership with ITVS learn about themselves and the and PBS’s Independent Lens and world through fi lm. P.O.V. series.

For 37 years, the Mill Valley Film CFI EDUCATION AT MVFF Festival and the California Film In- CFI Education hosts free screen- stitute have pioneered creative ings for schools, drawn from a se- fi lm programs for the community, lection of festival fi lms, often fol- providing year-round screenings, lowed by Q&A sessions with guest interactive sessions with fi lm pro- fi lmmakers. fessionals, and hands-on workshops to introduce students of all ages to FILMMAKERS GO TO SCHOOLS fi lm as a vibrant tool of creativity, communication, and cultural experi- Throughout the year—but particu- ence. CFI Education serves students larly during MVFF—CFI Education as well as families, teachers, and matches schools with fi lmmakers adults throughout the Bay Area. for classroom presentations and this year at Microsoft at the Village at Corte Madera. A PLACE IN THE WORLD A seven-fi lm, eight-month curricu- MY PLACE | MY STORY lum for 100 students from diverse schools in the East Five-day intensive workshops for youth from under- Bay, San Francisco, and Marin. Students examine in- served communities use fi lm as a visual storytell- ternational fi lms addressing universal coming-of-age ing technique and a tool for empowerment. Youth issues with fi lmmaker and documentary subject Q&As. are referred from various community social service agencies. Students write and fi lm their own personal ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH FORUM stories. Programs take place in Marin, the East Bay, Hundreds of students, grades 1–12, from around and San Francisco. My Place 2.0 brings graduates the Bay Area, participate in a two-day forum of fi lm from former workshops back to hone their skills. screenings, Q&As with fi lmmakers and subject ex- perts, and panel discussions examining pressing SUMMERFILM environmental issues. The forum has an “active cin- This is a series of three programs for young adults ema” component wherein representatives from en- aged 13–18 who are interested in the fi lm industry vironmental groups provide information about the on all levels. They learn how to watch, critique, and work their organizations do. understand tricks of the moviemaking trade. COMMUNITY CINEMA Multigenerational monthly daytime screenings fea- Learn more about how you, your school, business, ture previews of hard-hitting, topical documenta- or organization can participate in CFI Education. ries, followed by discussions with fi lmmakers and 415.383.5256 x135 education@cafi lm.org special guests. Attendees include school groups and cfi education.org

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5@5: THIS BIRD’S GONNA FLY THE 3D SIDESHOW THE BOY AND THE WORLD HOPPITY GOES TO TOWN MINUSCULE: VALLEY OF THE ANTS MVFF YOUTH REEL 2014

Music dominates this year’s family fi lms. Whether it’s the hip-shaking beat of Brazil or the lilting of 1940s swing, most of our programs will have you dancing MINUSCULE: VALLEY OF THE LOST ANTS your way out of the theater after the credits roll. Music speaks its own language, so even our foreign fi lms have no dialogue. The Boy and the World starts with simple washes of color and samba and ends with neon cityscapes, hip-hop, and scarcely a word spoken. In France’s 3D animation Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, there are no frantic melodies but instead a lovely, upbeat score that complements the action as our ant friends move sugar cubes across perilous landscapes.

The MVFF free screening is the 1941 animation by the Fleischer Brothers, Hoppity Goes to Town, THE 3D SLIDESHOW a takeoff on Jimmy Stewart fi lms that will have everyone swinging to jazz and crooning love songs.

Shorts programs let musical notes tell the stories, too, including the wonderful 3D Sideshow, compiled by 3D enthusiast and scholar Robert Bloomberg, that features music and fascinating fi lms, old and new, that let the third dimension sing.

On October 12, 3:00–5:00 pm,

enjoy a children’s party hosted by 5@5: THIS BIRD’S GONNA FLY Microsoft at the Village at Corte Madera. Join us for refreshments, entertainment, short fi lms, and fun!

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5@5 A MATTER OF TIME 5@5 LA PISTOLA Y EL 5@5 ONE TIME, ONE NIGHT CORAZÓN

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62 min 70 min 63 min “And I hope it’s all it seems, not another FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! “Esta noche tan “A wise man was telling stories to me, dream. There’s a time for you and me, in oscura, con sus sombras tan tranquilas y about the places he had been to and the a place living happily.” Life lessons echo el viento me sigue cantando, esta humilde things that he had seen.” These true-life in these shorts about the bonds of family canción.” Whether immersed in the mysti- tales begin with Counting the Dead (US, 7 and asserting one’s independence. A fam- cal or grounded in the real, these Latin- min), Catharine Axley’s chronicle of a 50- ily’s quiet night together has fateful re- American and Spanish-language shorts year quest to uncover the names of 1906 percussions in Erich Steiner’s haunting In traverse a universe of emotion. Pablo Pérez earthquake victims. In Megan McHugh’s the Still of the Night (Austria, 14 min). Sib- Lombardini uses to depict Demolition: Troll (US, 10 min), the Bay ling rivalry between sisters takes an unex- a young man’s search for The Enchanted Bridge’s symbolic guardian faces eviction. pected turn in Lara Gallagher’s American Lagoon (Mexico, 17 min) and the unnerv- Ben Proudfoot’s The Ox (US, 10 min) pro- Gladiators (US, 10 min). A dying mother ing turn his journey takes. In Jesse Al- files a Vietnam veteran and woodworker tries to reconcile her fractured family in len’s dark comedy The Clean Up (US, 13 helping empower youth through hands-on Barbara Zemljic’s moving The Right to Love min), two office-building cleaning ladies arts education. With Ahh…San Francisco (Slovenia, 17 min). Personal expression en- run into a most unexpected late-night (US, 12 min), Barrett Edmonds adapts a ters an aquatic dimension for a young girl problem. and animation meld classic newspaper column by Herb Caen. in Lexi Lefkowitz’s playful Freestyle (US, in a surreal urban rhapsody in Guilherme Matthew Callahan’s delightful Downton 7 min). And insecurities and deceptions Marcondes’s The Master’s Voice: Caveirão by Lamplight (US, 14 min) goes behind the arise when a lesbian couple prepares for (Brazil/France, 12 min). Maricarmen Mari- scenes at the Lamplighters Music Theatre a hurricane in Melissa Finell’s Disaster Pre- no’s lovely Bella (Mexico, 10 min) explores as they mount a send-up of the popular paredness (US, 15 min). a young man’s mortality through his moth- British costume drama. Lastly, Joe Kay- —Sterling Hedgpeth er’s memories and contemplations. And ser presents two short docs for the Marin in Melissa Hickey’s Ni-Ni (US, 18 min), an Humane Society: The Page Turners (US, 4 Thursday, Oct 9, 9:30 pm Rafael 3 unlikely reunion becomes a meditation on min), about a dyslexic girl who discovers Saturday, Oct 11, 1:30 pm 142 gang violence and dangerous choices. other kids reading to dogs at the library; Throckmorton —Sterling Hedgpeth and The Rabbit Whisperer (US, 5 min), an inspirational story of a stroke sufferer who Tuesday, Oct 7, 9:00 pm Rafael 3 volunteers at the animal shelter. Thursday, Oct 9, 4:30 pm Sequoia 2 —Kelly Clement Friday, Oct 3, 5:00 pm 142 IN ASSOCIATION WITH LATINO COUNCIL Throckmorton AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Monday, Oct 6, 9:15 pm Rafael 3

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5@5 ROUND AND ROUND 5@5 SHAKIN’ SHAKIN’ 5@5 THAT TRAIN WON’T SHAKES STOP HERE

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67 min 65 min 58 min “Round and round and up and down and “It shakes down to the sea. It shakes up to “Looking out my window, I see my world round and round and dizzy, dizzy till I the volcano. And then it starts to . has changed. The sun won’t rise this can’t see.” Tonal shifts abound in these And Lord, it makes me tremble.” Tension, morning.” Whether you desire dark, intro- shorts about life and death, love and horror, and sci-fi thrills rule this selection spective, or tubed-meat undertones, this business. For starters, welcome to the of memorable shorts. A dinosaur-fighting, year’s stop-motion and hand-drawn ani- new corporate landscape of leadership in space-exploring couple embarks on a new mation shorts program will take you on lo- Martin Sweeney’s visionary Femto-Man- adventure in Michael Lukk Litwak’s The comotive rides both comedic and surreal. agement: A Micromentary (US, 12 min). In Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Kicking off the journey is Tamara Hahn’s Omar el Zohairy’s dry comedy Aftermath Danger (US, 10 min). A baby elephant faces Gnosis (US, 5 min), featuring a monster’s of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at peril in the jungle in Soyeon Kim’s beauti- desire to steal a baby, followed by Santi- Kilometer 375 (Egypt, 18 min), a single fully animated Ahco on the Road (South ago “Bou” Grasso’s Father (Argentina, 12 sneeze takes on Kafkaesque proportions Korea/US, 9 min). Ramin Serry presents min), in which a woman ponders over her for one government official. In Danny a time-travel comedy about a lazy father dear wartime leader. José Miguel Ribeiro Madden’s remarkably animated Confu- who becomes a Future Hero (US, 7 min). takes us on a gorgeously illustrated Jour- sion Through Sand (US, 13 min), a desert In David Coyle and Lewis Costin’s Enfilade ney to Cape Verde (Portugal, 17 min). Then soldier is at war with both the enemy and (Australia, 10 min), a single room can rep- Eric Cheng’s Higher Sky (US, 6 min) slaps a the elements. Memorializing a girlfriend’s resent the horror of eternity. With Tal Za- kung-fu lesson to a monkey and swallow. ex becomes a nightmare scenario for one greba’s disturbing Humor (, 5 min), Brats and chicken sizzle alive at the beach modest beau in John Salcido’s raucous a moment of expression takes on a viral in Carlo Vogele’s Wurst (US, 6 min). The Tribute (US, 18 min). And a middle-aged life of its own. Alex Clark’s creepy Siren animation train screams to a stop with vi- gay couple uncover new revelations while (Canada, 9 min) joins paramedics who face sual effects master Phil Tippett’s first in- mattress shopping in Jonathan Wysocki’s more than they bargained for in an emer- stallment of Mad God (US, 11 min), where Adjust-a-Dream (US, 6 min). gency response. And playing on a roof, an characters writhe in macabre, nightmarish —Sterling Hedgpeth imaginative boy finds a dangerous new splendor. toy in Frank Jerky’s tense Six (US, 8 min). —Amanda Todd Monday, Oct 6, 1:30 pm Sequoia 2 —Sterling Hedgpeth Wednesday, Oct 8, 9:15 pm Rafael 3 Wednesday, Oct 8, 3:45 pm Sequoia 2 Friday, Oct 3, 9:30 pm Rafael 3 Friday, Oct 10, 9:30 pm Rafael 3 Tuesday, Oct 7, 4:45 pm Sequoia 2

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5@5 THIS BIRD’S GONNA THE 3D SIDESHOW THE ART OF AMAZING FLY 4K SHOWCASE

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64 min 90 min 90 min Nonverbal or in English. “So this bird’s got Thrill to these depth-defying shorts, all Experience the cutting edge of film tech- to fl y…I’m tellin’ you, honey, this bird’s got in 3D! Watch a ribbiting rogues gallery in nology! This shorts program captures the to fl y.” This program of animated shorts from Robert Bloomberg’s Frogs & Friends (US, 7 full potential of eight million pixels’ worth around the world is sure to delight children min). Jason Jameson and James Hall’s One of high definition: a state-of-the-art, ultra- of all ages. The Argentinian Llama Drama Night in Hell (US, 7 min) depicts a skel- high-resolution visual experience with the gets us off to a hilarious start. The French eton’s underworld journey. Did Georges hidden details, vibrant colors, and capti- LaMi (in three segments) tells the story of Méliès create the world’s first ? vating compositions unlocked only by 4K. the notes of the scale as they make friends. See for yourself in The Infernal Cauldron Watch online a selection of up to 15 short Miriam’s Kite from Estonia follows the ad- (France, 3 min). Harold Lloyd gets another films—abstract, narrative, technical, and ventures of Miriam and her duck. Nunavut, dimension of thrills in Fred Newmeyer and genre-bending—and vote for your favorite. Canada brings us the Inuit The Orphan and Sam Taylor’s classic Safety Last! (US, 4 min The filmmaker finalists will be included in the Polar Bear. The evolution of the New excerpt). A train journey goes surreally off this free showcase. Prizes will be awarded World is a bright, bouncy short short from track in Santiago Caicedo’s Moving Still by a panel of industry judges from MVFF, the UK’s Oliver Sin, followed by a bright and (Colombia, 3 min), while Jeff Boller’s A Sharp Electronics, THX Ltd., Ltd., bouncy 13 from Marin’s own Cynthia Pepper. Geek Like Me (US, 4 min) is a tribute to RED , and Adobe, based on The Australian The Gallant Captain is a boy shared interests. Joséphine Derobe’s Di- creativity, technical quality, and the ability on a mission. A blend of 2D and 3D, Rab- ary of a Fridge (France, 9 min) chronicles to capture detailed, vivid scenes showcas- bit and Deer, our centerpiece from Hungary, 30 years in a family’s life. All Is Not Lost ing all of the benefits of 4K. Join us as we will amaze and tickle you. Russia’s A Tin Can (US, 4 min) is a kaleidoscopic view of hu- go boldly into the future of digital film! bounces down some funny roads. The poi- man connection via OK Go, Pilobolus, and There’s still time to vote at sharpartofamaz- gnant, child-produced The Man Who Loved Trish Sie. Bob Venezia’s Pieces of the Fair ing.com! Voting begins September 15, and to Whistle is more of a heart-wrencher; it was (US, 3 min) reveals the secret life of car- runs through October 8, 2014. Please see produced in Croatia by our cultural partner, nival rides. David Silverman’s The Longest page 25 for more details. SAF Cakovec. All ages. Daycare (US, 5 min) pits Maggie Simpson —John Morrison against the Ayn Rand School for Tots. Trish Thursday, Oct 9, 7:00 pm Sequoia 2 Sie’s (US, 3 min) combines Sunday, Oct 5, 11:00 am Rafael 2 12 pups and a rock band. In Lauren Mac- This screening is free. Get your Sunday, Oct 12, 12:00 pm 142 Mullan’s Get a Horse! (US, 6 min), Mickey complimentary ticket at mvff.com. Throckmorton Mouse takes a special wagon ride. And fi- nally, Patrick Osborne’s Feast (US, 6 min) shows one man’s love life from his dog’s perspective. Ages 6+ —Robert Bloomberg

Saturday, Oct 4, 11:00 am Rafael 1 Sunday, Oct 12, 11:00 am Sequoia 1

Tickets $18 general / $15 CFI members / $10 children

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10,000 KM (Long T he 100-Year-Old Man 1000 Rupee Note Distance) Who Climbed Out the (Ek Hazarachi Note) Window and Disappeared w orld cinema world cinema world cinema

Spain 2014 • 99 min 2013 • 114 min India 2014 • 89 min

Director/Screenwriter/Editor Carlos Director/Producer/Screenwriter Director/Producer/Editor Shrihari Marques-Marcet Producers Tono Felix Herngren Producers Malte Sathe Screenwriter Shrikant Bojewar Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Díaz Forssell, Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, Ming Kai Leung Juhl Screenwriter Clara Roquet Patrick Nebout Hans Cast Usha Naik, Sandeep Pathak, Cinematographer Dagmar Weaver- Ingemansson, Jonas Jonasson Shrikant Yadav, Ganesh Yadav, Pooja Madsen Editor Juliana Montañés Cast Cinematographer Göran Hallberg Nayak, Devendra Gaikwad Print Source Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer Print Editor Henrik Källberg Cast Robert Infinitum Productions Source Visit Films Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Mia Skäringer, Jens Hultén “ When the goddess of wealth comes, she FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish with Print Source Studio Canal brings trouble with her, too.” And so it un- English subtitles. Sergi and Alex (Game of folds in Phulambri, a village in India’s Ma- Thrones’ Natalie Tena), a striking young FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN harashtra state struggling to maintain its couple living together in Barcelona, are In Swedish with English subtitles. Life has gentle rhythms and traditions in the face of ready to take their passionate love affair been one extraordinary, accidental adventure endemic corruption. Lonely widow Budhi— to the next level when 10,000 kilometers after another for explosives buff Allan Karls- distraught since her farmer son, drowning suddenly come between them. Alex has son, and he sees no reason why the fun should in debt, took his own life—has nonetheless been offered a year-long, all-expenses- stop at age 100. He slips out of the retirement found comfort and balance among her fel- paid artist’s residency in Los Angeles. home and boards a bus, inadvertently sad- low villagers. Most of them are as poor as Sergi, hesitant at first, encourages Alex to dled with an unpleasant stranger’s luggage. she is, but unfailingly generous with what- follow her dream, leaving them with only Allan makes friends easily, especially around ever they have, be it goat’s milk for tea or one way to bridge the divide: digital. As booze, but his impromptu jaunt is somewhat freshly baked fluffy bread in the morning. the days roll by, Skype acts as savior, and complicated by the suitcase’s contents: 50 That delicate balance is upended the mo- we witness the happy, painful, and revela- million kronor in cash. Pursued by both a lack- ment a politician shoves a 1,000-rupee note tory process of a long-distance relation- adaisical policeman and a pack of dim-bulb into Budhi’s hands at a campaign rally, set- ship sustained—and reinvented—through thugs in the employ of an English gangster, ting off a chain of events that will take her the ether. At first plunging us into the the droll centenarian hits the road with an ex- to the brink of despair and back again. With most intimate moments of a couple’s life, panding circle of quirky acquaintances. The a palette and buoyant original 10,000 KM then mediates our experience, top-grossing film in Sweden last year, Felix songs, this deeply humanistic morality tale as it does theirs, through texts, Herngen’s delightful romp (adapted from Jo- is a feast for the eyes, ears, and brain, and chats, and social media updates, probing nas Jonasson’s international bestseller) pep- lingers long after the credits roll. North the nature of technology and connection pers Allan’s globe-hopping life story—high- American Premiere while it chronicles the story of a young lighted by history-altering encounters with —Atissa Manshouri couple separated not only by distance, Franco, Truman, Stalin, and Reagan—with but also dreams and desires. richly absurd flashbacks. The whimsical and T hursday, Oct 9, 6:00 pm CCM —Angelique Smith witty score is by Matti Bye, whose acclaimed ensemble is a perennial favorite at the San Francisco Festival. This screening is free for CFI members. T hursday, Oct 9, 8:45 pm Rafael 2 Get your complimentary ticket at mvff.com. Saturday, Oct 11, 2:45 pm Sequoia 1 —Michael Fox

Wednesday, Oct 8, 5:45 pm Sequoia 1 In association with 3rd I south i n association with the Consulate Thursday, Oct 9, 12:45 pm Rafael 1 General of Spain, Latino Council, asian films and Hispanic Chamber of COmmerce Friday, Oct 10, 2:45 pm Rafael 3 Sponsored by Wu ith S pport from the Consulate General of Sweden and the barbro well s fargo osher Pro Suecia Foundation

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3 STILL STANDING 316 ’71

VALLEY OF THE DOCS WORLD CINEMA WORLD CINEMA

US 2014 • 90 min 2014 • 72 min UK 2014 • 100 min

Directors/Producers/ Director/Producer/Screenwriter Payman Director Yann Demange Producers Robert A. Campos, Donna LoCicero Haghani Screenwriter Reza Keshani Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch Producers Tommy Gil, Allison Hatcher Cinematographer Davood Malek Screenwriter Gregory Burke Editors Brandon Dumlao, Eli Olson Cast Hosseini Editor Hayedeh Safiyari Print Cinematographer Tat Radcliffe Editor Larry “Bubbles” Brown, Will Durst, Source Noori Pictures Chris Wyatt Cast Jack O’Connell, Johnny Steele, Dana Carvey, Paula Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Poundstone, Robin Williams Print In Persian with English subtitles. As the old Sean Harris, Martin McCann, Charlie Source Beanfield Productions saw goes: You can’t know a woman unless Murphy, Sam Reid, Killian Scott, you have walked a mile (or many) in her David Wilmot Print Source Roadside FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN shoes. Softly echoing Marjane Satrapi’s Attractions For one bright, shining moment, three Persepolis, in 316, a woman recalls her life San Francisco standup comics seemed in Iran, and we literally step into the shoes A young British army recruit is stranded in poised for the big time. Will Durst, Johnny of those she holds most dear, journeying the bombed-out warrens of a riot-rocked Steele, and Larry “Bubbles” Brown were through the dramatic, rapidly shifting so- Belfast in this potent of survival that killing audiences in the Holy City Zoo, cial and political terrain of late-20th– and takes place over the course of one hellish the Punch Line, and all the other packed, 21st-century Iran. From the courtship of her day, one year before Bloody Sunday. Gary brick-walled venues that made San Fran- youthful leftist parents through the tumult Hooks (rising star Jack O’Connell) is as- cisco the country’s best, most radical of the , her own rebel- signed to a Northern Ireland emergency comedy scene in the 1980s. Agents—and lious upbringing, courtship, motherhood, peacekeeping force just as the Troubles Vegas—came calling, and why not? Robin and eventual solitude, our narrator takes are exploding. After becoming separated Williams, Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, stock of the things that matter the most, from his unit during a house raid-turned- Bobcat Goldthwait, and numerous oth- while fantasizing about other things she riot, an unarmed Hooks escapes through ers were honing their unique talents be- always wanted to do but knows she never the backstreets, and we witness 24 hours neath the same spotlights and becoming will—like bungee jumping, shaving her of his fiery baptism. The lines between stars. Then, as the ’90s dawned, the local head, or seeing in . Direc- friend and foe shift and blur, but direc- comedy scene died, and SF’s era of cut- tor Payman Haghani’s one-of-a-kind tribute tor Yann Demange, in his inaugural fea- ting-edge, no-holds-barred humor faded to the comical, romantic, and sorrowful ture, puts a tight focus on the characters’ into legend. What did these three comics parade of days seamlessly melds archival sensory experience of their war-ravaged do? They kept telling jokes however they footage with dramatic sequences, mingled surroundings. Underpinned by grainy cin- could—and they still do. This loving, lively with animation and anchored by a narrated ematography and cacophonous sound de- documentary—packed with hilarious vin- life-story brimming with heart, “sole”…and sign matched to the era and its horrifying tage footage, intimate interviews, rat-a- shoes! WORLD PREMIERE events, ’71 details a very specific odyssey tat editing, and a jazzy score—captures but strikes with a staggering universality. the triumphs and struggles, the art and Saturday, Oct 4, 1:30 pm 142 —Janis Plotkin dedication, of three indomitable perform- Throckmorton ers who still bring it every time. WORLD Tuesday, Oct 7, 5:00 pm Sequoia 1 Saturday, Oct 4, 2:45 pm Lark PREMIERE Tuesday, Oct 7, 11:15 am Sequoia 1 —Jeff Campbell IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY Saturday, Oct 4, 5:00 pm Sequoia 1 Wednesday, Oct 8, 1:30 pm Rafael 1 DOLBY LABORATORIES Friday, Oct 10, 2:15 pm Sequoia 1

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AFTER THE FALL ALLOT (A LONG LIST OF THE ART OF LIFE THINGS)

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US 2014 • 110 min US 2014 • 90 min This trio of shorts delves into the lives and decades-long careers of three brilliant Director/Screenwriter/Editor Saar Director/Screenwriter/Editor John Bay Area artists: sculptor Jerome Kirk, Klein Producers Sarah Green, Sanborn Producers Video Free America metal artist Victor Ries, and painter Wilma Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Producer/Cinematographer Skip Daubenspeck Cliff. Hans Graffunder Screenwriter Joe Sweeney Cinematographer Roger Jones Conway Cinematographer Matthias Editor Khaboshi Imbukwa Cast Miranda KIRK Koenigswieser Editor Hank Corwin Cast Sanborn, Thais Schwab, David Meyer Wes Bentley, Jason Isaacs, Vinessa Print Source John Sanborn US 2014 • 31 min Shaw, Print Source Phase Director Ashley James 4 Films For the millions who grew up alongside ’s epic Up Series (Seven Influenced by Calder, Smith, and Bertoia, On the surface, Bill Scanlin (a sad-eyed Up!, etc.), multimedia wizard John San- kinetic sculptor Jerome Kirk’s hypnotic Wes Bentley) is living the American dream. born (PICO, MVFF 2013; The Planets, MVFF art has been described as the combined A hard-working insurance broker, he is a 2011) has upped the ante with a film that work of “poet, mystic, and mechanical stand-up guy with a wife and two sons, brims with mindful self-reflection and engineer.” Kirk is a gorgeously filmed in- a big house, and a pool. But in a world plenty of heart. In ALLoT, Sanborn attends vestigation into a lifetime of passion and where nice guys finish last, Bill’s strict his 40th high-school reunion with a film commitment, from the artist’s humble be- moral code has cost him his job—he’s just crew to interview former classmates and ginnings in to his present-day stu- not making it hard enough for clients to gain a measure of closure on some open- dio in Oakland. file claims. Hiding his unemployment from ended chapters of his life. High school is, his wife, he grows increasingly desper- after all, where you dream with friends METAL MAN: THE STORY OF ate as the financial walls start to cave in. about what you will do with your future. VICTOR RIES Then, almost accidentally, Bill discovers a Engaging with his former classmates from US 2014 • 36 min different, riskier line of work—and he gets New York’s Walt Whitman High School, good at it. But his wife and new buddy Sanborn pulls no punches with his ques- Director Bill Chayes Frank (Jason Isaacs), a cop whose own tions: Who did you imagine you’d become, moral code needs some fine-tuning, be- and, after 40 years, who are you now? The The Bauhaus-influenced Metal Man, re- gin to suspect something is awry. Direc- result is a highly personal and surprisingly spected teacher, and visionary in liturgical tor Saar Klein’s gripping, unpredictable universal memoir sparkling with contem- sculpture was Victor Ries, who died last feature debut is a powerful clash of con- plative conversation and meditations on year at age 105, leaving behind metal art- ceit and conscience where doing the right the unpredictable challenges and trans- works of all kinds and sizes, from jewelry to thing is not quite as obvious as it seems. formations of life—and that’s ALLoT: A altar installations in places of worship. This WORLD PREMIERE —Joanne Parsont Long List of Things. is the story of his incredible life and career. —KD Davis Saturday, Oct 11, 8:00 pm Sequoia 2 ART IS THE TREE OF LIFE Sunday, Oct 12, 2:00 pm Lark Friday, Oct 3, 7:30 pm 142 US 2013 • 26 min Throckmorton Directors Christine Weicher, Geoffrey SPONSORED BY Sunday, Oct 5, 8:30 pm Rafael 3 Quinn VIMEO At 95 years old, Wilma Daubenspeck Cliff is an undiscovered painter with a remark- able sense of color and a life well lived— though not without tragedy. In this short, the artist narrates her journey.

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BELOVED SISTERS BLACK AND WHITE THE BOY AND THE WORLD (DIE GELIEBTEN SCHWESTERN) (O MENINO E O MUNDO)

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Germany/Austria 2013 • 170 min US 2014 • 121 min Brazil 2013 • 85 min

Director/Screenwriter Dominik Graf Director/Producer/Screenwriter Mike Director/Screenwriter/Editor Alê Abreu Producer Uschi Reich Cinematographer Binder Producers Kevin Costner, Producers Fernanda Carvalho, Tita Michael Wiesweg Editors Barbara Todd Lewis Cinematographer Russ T. Tessler Cinematographers Débora Buhl, Bettina Ricklefs, Katja Kirchen, Alsobrook Editor Roger Nygard Cast Fernandes, Débora Slikta, Luiz Andreas Schreitmüller, Heinrich Mis Kevin Costner, Jennifer Ehle, Gillian Henrique Rodrigues, Marcus Vinicius Cast Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Jacobs, Octavia Spencer, Bill Burr Print Vasconcelos Cast Vinicius Garcia, Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Claudia Source IM Global Felipe Zilse, Alê Abreu, Lu Horta, Messner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Maja Marco Aurélio Campos Print Source Maranow Print Source Music Box Films CENTERPIECE PROGRAM Kevin Costner GKids made a deep, instinctual commitment to In German with English subtitles. In this sump- Black and White (he’s producer and star), FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! Nonverbal. Hand- tuous costume drama set in late–18th-century and it shows: This searing, complicated drawn animation and music from luminar- Germany, two aristocratic sisters fi nd them- film addresses tough issues head-on, yet ies in Brazil’s contemporary music scene selves drawn inexorably to the young Sturm aims straight for the heart. Several years enhance this wordless tale of a boy’s trav- und Drang poet Friedrich Schiller and dar- after his daughter’s passing, els to find his father, who no longer can ingly forge a lifelong secret triangle. When attorney Elliot Anderson (Academy Award- earn a living from the land. Traveling from younger sister Charlotte von Lengefeld fi rst winner Costner) is dealt another blow when his rainforest playground through the cot- meets Schiller in 1788, he is a penniless dra- his wife dies in an accident. Together, they ton harvests and factories where people matist whose early controversial writings— had been raising their biracial granddaugh- like his father find work, to the anonymous and penury—render him an unsuitable hus- ter —played with wise-child aplomb city littered with a confusion of signs, bill- band. But Charlotte and her married sister by newcomer Jillian Estell. As Elliot’s ever- boards, and flyers that tout the values of a Caroline discover an intoxicating kinship with deepening grief is increasingly fueled by commercialized society, the boy keeps look- Schiller and his Romantic ideals of universal alcohol, Eloise’s African-American grand- ing for his father. He sees his birds, trees, knowledge and the transformational power mother Rowena (the luminous Octavia and song replaced by endless lines of trucks, of literature. The sisters’ pact of loyalty to Spencer) blindsides him with a custody suit. piles of trash, and displaced people and each other and Schiller is tested as their Where should custody reside: with über- knows only that he wants to restore his private intrigues—revealed through a clever, loving matriarch Rowena and her extended happy family and life of color and wonder. and cleverly filmed, exchange of coded let- family; with Eloise’s serially absent, drug- But the new world has chosen progress—ar- ters—unfold against a backdrop of revolu- gie dad; or with her white, alcoholic grand- mored monsters razing forests and people tionary Europe at the violent dawn of democ- father? As the custody trial unfolds, so do turned into identical, anonymous commodi- racy. Gorgeous period details, breathtaking latent prejudices and assumptions on both ties—over traditional ways of life, cultural sylvan landscapes, and a refreshingly modern sides. Writer-director Mike Binder explores heritage, and natural diversity. Awash with sensibility animate this speculative drama a continuing volatile discussion in American color, motion, music, and wonder, The Boy based loosely on historical events. life, demonstrating that the power of love, and the World is an experience meant for —Peter L. Stein above all, is the key to Eloise’s future. the big screen, even as it precisely captures —Leah LoSchiavo the viewpoint of one so small. Ages 6+ Friday, Oct 10, 7:00 pm Lark —Roberta McNair Sunday, Oct 12, 12:00 pm Rafael 3 Wednesday, Oct 8, 7:30 pm Rafael 1 Sunday, Oct 5, 11:00 am Sequoia 2 Sunday, Oct 12, 11:15 am Rafael 1 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONSULATE See page 14 for complete Centerpiece GENERAL OF GERMANY event pricing and informaton. IN ASSOCIATION WITH LATINO COUNCIL CO-SPONSORED BY AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UNION BANK AND FRANTOIO RISTORANTE & OLIVE OIL CO.

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A BRIDGE TO A BORDER CAPTURING GRACE CATCH ME DADDY

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US 2014 • 92 min US 2014 • 64 min UK 2014 • 107 min

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Director/Producer/Screenwriter David Director/Screenwriter Daniel Wolfe Rob Nilsson Producers Michelle Iverson Cinematographer Eddie Marritz Producers Mike Elliot, Hayley Anton Allen, Marshall Spight Editor Gail Huddleson Print Source Williams Screenwriter Matthew Wolfe Cinematographers Chris Damm, Galina Kikim Media Cinematographer Robbie Ryan Editors Pasternak Editors Gustavo Ochoa, Luis Tom Lindsay, Dom Leung Cast Gary de la Para, Faith Vasquez Cast Richard What happens when a group of adults with Lewis, Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor Castrillon, Tristan Cunningham, Jeff Parkinson’s disease collaborates with lead- McCarron, Nichola Burley, Anwar Kao, Deniz Demirer, Alex Hero, Tiziana ing professionals from the Mark Morris Hussain Print Source Altitude Film Sales Perinotti, Michelle Anton Allen Print Dance Group to stage a performance? One Source Citizen Cinema of the participants puts it succinctly: “When In English and Punjabi with English subtitles. the dance class is going on, there are no pa- A riveting story of star-crossed young lov- There is a saying that goes, “When a man tients. There are only dancers.” This inside ers who’ve fled family and escaped to live crosses a bridge, he faces a border.” With look at a visionary program, led by in love—and poverty—in a caravan park Bridge to a Border, Rob Nilsson (Collapse, former Mark Morris company member David on the Yorkshire moors, Catch Me Daddy MVFF 2013; Maelstrom, MVFF 2012) de- Leventhal, offers evidence for the benefi cial marks the impressive, confident debut livers a compelling with aspects of physical activity in alleviating the of filmmaker Daniel Wolfe. For Laila, a a deeply philosophical bent. US Border debilitating symptoms of the disease. But, British Pakistani, and Aaron, her Scot- Patrol officer Pakal Gomez has made a ca- more dramatically, it challenges our expec- tish boyfriend, life on the lam is less than reer out of calculated risks, but following tations about illness and art. Director-pro- cozy as they struggle to get by on what his escape from prison (after having been ducer David Iverson, a radio broadcaster she earns as a hairdresser. Her bullying incarcerated for a crime he did not com- known to Bay Area audiences as the Friday dad, outraged by the perceived dishonor mit), he’s ready to risk it all. Radicalized host of KQED’s Forum call-in show, was him- she has brought upon the family, hires a in jail by an insurgent group dedicated to self diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2004. He couple of white thugs to bring her home, “being heard,” Gomez and “The Bridge follows the proceedings with rapt attention, with providing back-up. The Group” plan a terrorist action intended as men and women of diverse backgrounds suspense and macho bravura of a clas- to give them an international media forum fi nd acceptance and unlock potential in a sic western meet the raw sensibilities of for their views. In this emotionally charged common cadence. WORLD PREMIERE the Red Riding trilogy (MVFF 2009) as the and suspenseful narrative, Nilsson re- —Rob Avila pursuit of the runaways is underscored by flects on the subject of domestic terror- clashes of race and gender politics. Laila ism from the perspective of those lured PRECEDED BY is up against the impossible; yet in Wolfe’s into its web. In the aftermath of the Oc- highly charged, atmospheric story, in- cupy movement, this gripping and rumina- RIDING MY WAY BACK spired by the rash of honor killings in the tive film takes a sobering and speculative US 2013 • 28 min UK, there is heartrending and unforgetta- look at who is Right and what is left of the ble poetry. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Director Robin Fryday Left. —Zoë Elton —KD Davis Aaron, a military veteran suffering from in- Friday, Oct 3, 6:15 pm Rafael 2 juries that left him suicidal, learns to care Friday, Oct 10, 9:00 pm Rafael 2 Monday, Oct 6, 9:00 pm Sequoia 1 for a horse named Fred, and through their Saturday, Oct 11, 2:45 pm Rafael 3 relationship begins healing the terrible, in- visible wounds of war that had nearly de- SPONSORED BY feated him. FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON Friday, Oct 10, 6:00 pm Sequoia 1 IN SAN RAFAEL Saturday, Oct 11, 1:45 pm Rafael 2

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CHARLIE’S COUNTRY CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA COWBOYS (KAUBOJI)

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Australia 2013 • 108 min US/France//Germany 2014 • Croatia 2013 • 107 min 124 min Director/Producer/Screenwriter Rolf Director/Screenwriter Tomislav De Heer Producers Nils Erik, Peter Director/Screenwriter Mršić Producer Suzana Pandek Djigirr Screenwriter Producers Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Cinematographer Predrag Dubravčić Cinematographer Ian Jones Editor Karathanos, Jean-Louis Porchet, Editor Hrvoje Mršić Cast Živko Cast David Gulpilil, Gérard Ruey Cinematographer Yorick Anočić, Hrvoje Barišić, Rakan Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford, Jennifer Le Saux Editor Marion Monnier Cast Rushaidat, KrunØ Klabučar, Ivana Budukpuduk Gaykamangu, Peter , Kristen Stewart, Rushaidat, Radovan Ruždjak Print Minygululu Print Source Visit FIlms Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Source Kabinet Johnny Flynn Print Source IFC In English and Yolngu with English subtitles. FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN David Gulpilil received a Best Actor award When the internationally renowned actress In Croatian with English subtitles. This glori- at Cannes this year for his performance Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is offered a ously dark comedy features a well-loved cin- as a character largely based on his own role in a revival of a career-defining ematic scenario: A group of outcasts comes life experience in Australia’s Aboriginal drama that she appeared in two decades together to put on a show. Downtrodden, community. In his third collaboration with earlier, she’s confronted with a dilemma: depressed, and otherwise not-quite-right- filmmaker (, MVFF Does she accept the older character now in-the-head, this bunch of (mostly) lovable 2006), Gulpilil is the soulful embodiment being offered her—and is she prepared to misfits lives in a claustrophobic, one-horse of Charlie, a restless elder in alcohol-free let go of the younger one? Aided and abet- industrial town where not much is going Arnhem Land who feels the government’s ted by her assistant Val (Kristen Stewart), on. When a big-city director comes back to growing grip on his culture while he de- she retreats to the secluded Sils Maria, in restart his hometown theater, there isn’t a cries the rapid disappearance of Yolngu the Swiss Alps. In an exquisite pairing of “real” actor to be found, so he takes these traditions. Although well past his prime, talents, Stewart proves herself a terrific misfits and molds them into a troupe. They Charlie decides to “go bush” and sets match for the always wonderful Binoche in mount—what else?—a classic Hollywood out into the wild to practice the old ways, scenes partly about an actor’s process, Western. Breaking every rule of stagecraft, without reckoning how much things really partly about intimacy and their personal the untrained embrace their charac- have changed and exactly where he might dynamic. And then, there’s the inevitable ters and the tropes of movie Westerns— be going. The film eloquently depicts the generational shift, underscored by the ap- good versus evil, civilization against the wil- daily indignities endured by a marginal- pearance of Chloë Grace Moretz as the derness—and, in the process, change the ized and impoverished people, and in Gul- upstart Hollywood starlet who will play course of their lives. Based on a popular, pilil’s remarkable face it finds a vessel of Enders/Binoche’s earlier role. With inspired award-winning Croatian play, Cowboys is both bemusement and despair, often at casting, filmmaker Olivier Assayas’s multi- part social drama, part farce, and all wacky, the same time, as Charlie confronts - layered variations on the themes of life, art, with a denouement that will have everyone ern society with outrage, resilient humor, and age are a rich, satisfying experience. cheering in the aisles. US PREMIERE US and more than a measure of mischief. — Zoë Elton PREMIERE —Charles Purdy —Richard Peterson Friday, Oct 3, 8:45 pm Sequoia 1 Saturday, Oct 4, 5:00 pm Rafael 2 Monday, Oct 6, 1:00 pm Rafael 1 Tuesday, Oct 7, 5:30 pm Rafael 3 Sunday, Oct 5, 7:45 pm Lark Wednesday, Oct 8, 12:00 pm Sequoia 1 SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY BAYNETWORK A PARTY CENTER SPONSORED BY IL FORNAIO

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DIPLOMACY DRACULA VS. (DIPLOMATIE) FRANKENSTEIN

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France 2014 • 88 min 1971 • 90 min

Director/Screenwriter Volker Director/Producer Al Adamson Schlöndorff Producers Marc de Producer John Van Horne Screenwriters Bayser, Frank Le Wita, Sidonie William Pugsley, Samuel M. Sherman Dumas Screenwriter Cyril Gely Cinematographers Paul Glickman, Gary Cinematographer Michel Amathieu Graver Editor Irwin Cadden Cast J. Editor Virginie Bruant Cast André Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Zandor Dussollier, Niels Arestrup Print Source Vorkov Zeitgeist Films Ltd. For some people, Dracula vs. Frankenstein In French and German with English subtitles. is mindless, lowbrow dreck without artistic In the predawn hours of August 25, 1944, merit. For the rest of us, it’s time to party! was almost obliterated. That it was Let’s head back to 1971 and bask in the not is reimagined as an all-night act of badly lit glow of Dracula vs. Frankenstein desperate diplomacy in this crackling on the big screen! Come one, come all! Be- World War II drama. Swedish consul Raoul hold the twisted visions of fabled schlock- Nordling (André Dussollier) must some- meister Al Adamson! See legendary Lon how convince German general Dietrich Chaney, Jr., as Groton the mute man-boy, von Choltitz (Niels Arestrup) not to follow clumsily wield an ax! Witness the strangest Hitler’s order to blow up the City of Light, Count Dracula of all time, Zandor Vorkov, even as the Allied army is poised to retake recite his dialogue through an echo box! it. Based on a 2011 play and remade for Watch brain-dead , a drugged-up the screen by Oscar- and Palme d’Or-win- lounge singer, and a wild-eyed mad scien- ner Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), this tautly tist (J. Carrol Naish) try to explain what the written pas de deux features two actors hell is around them! Who needs who mesmerize us with every calculated coherence, polish, and subtlety when every glance. “What if an order is absurd?” line of semi-philosophical dialogue mixes Nordling challenges. Bound by duty, von with random shots of miscellaneous ob- Choltitz is not blind to consequences, jects and locations to create nonstop giddi- and the impossibility of his position—for ness, unexpected hilarity, and overwhelm- him, every choice sacrifices something vi- ing wonder? This is unadulterated Z-movie tal—is unexpectedly moving. “What would euphoria. you do in my shoes?” the general retorts. —Brendan Peterson Nordling has no answer, and the question rings loudly today. Friday, Oct 3, 10:00 pm Rafael 1 —Jeff Campbell

Saturday, Oct 4, 8:00 pm Sequoia 1 Kirk Hammett will introduce the film Wednesday, Oct 8, 3:30 pm Rafael 3 as part of MVFF’s Metallica Artist in Residence screenings. See page 21.

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DYING TO KNOW: RAM FINDING THE GOLD WITHIN FOR THOSE ABOUT TO DASS & TIMOTHY LEARY ROCK: THE STORY OF RODRIGO Y GABRIELA VALLEY OF THE DOCS VALLEY OF THE DOCS VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2014 • 95 min US 2014 • 92 min Mexico/US 2014 • 84 min

Director/Producer Gay Dillingham Director/Producer/Cinematographer/ Director/Producer/Screenwriter Producers Michael Donnelly, Sol Tryon, Editor Karina Epperlein Alejandro Franco Cinematographer/ Tao Raspoli Screenwriter/Editor David Cinematographers Andy Black, Editor Rubén Gabriel Márquez Ignorosa Leach Cinematographer Alan Kozlowski Vicente Franco Editor James Gowdey Cast Rodrigo Sánchez, Gabriela Cast Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), Cast Kwame Scruggs, Jerry Kwame Quintero, Robert Trujillo Print Source Timothy Leary, Dr. Andrew Weil, Roshi Williams, Darius Simpson, Brandyn Sentido Común Joan Halifax, Huston Smith, John Perry Costa, Stacee Starr, Shawntrail Smith Barlow, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Zach Print Source Karinafilms FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish and Leary, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Peggy English with English subtitles. This aptly Mellon Hitchcock Print Source CNS “If there is no enemy within, no enemy titled (after the AC/DC anthem) filmic sa- Communications, LLC from without can harm you.” That’s one lute is a primer on how to persevere and of the countless nuggets of wisdom, usu- stay true to your music, even if it doesn’t Turn on, tune in, and drop out (this is Mill ally encased in a myth, passed down over fit neatly into any standard category. Gui- Valley, after all), but don’t forget to “be the last decade to hundreds of black tarists Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quin- here now” for this fascinating film about adolescents who’ve participated in tera grew up in Mexico City and met as the lifelong friendship and fearless ex- a unique, multi-year mentoring program. teenagers, bonding over their love of heavy plorations of LSD guru Timothy Leary and Alchemy, Inc.’s approach is centered on metal. After playing together for years they Eastern spiritualist Richard Alpert, aka a drum circle that fosters self-awareness have developed their own unique sound: Ram Dass, who together radically altered and sharing and instills self-confidence, acoustic metal with flamenco and salsa in- 20th-century consciousness. Having met critical thinking, maturity, and a deter- fluences. “We always try to make a whole while on the faculty at Harvard in the early mination to succeed. Those qualities are sound just with two guitars,” Quintera says. 1960s, the seemingly disparate intellec- readily apparent in the six college fresh- Music journalist and first-time director tuals quickly formed a bond that lasted men that Bay Area filmmaker Karina Ep- Alejandro Franco’s engaging film traces for decades. Their wild yet wise journeys perlein (Awakening from Sorrow: Buenos Rodrigo y Gabriela’s career, from playing through psychotropic drug trips, commu- Aires 1997, MVFF 2009) follows as they in a metal band and working day jobs to nal living, Tibetan mysticism, radical poli- leave home for the first time. Obliged to busking on the streets of Dublin, to playing tics, polymorphous pleasure, and even im- deflect and reflect stereotypes and rac- sold-out around the world, from prisonment (Nixon considered Leary “the ism from other students, in addition to Glastonbury to Red Rocks. That they have most dangerous man in America”) led the all the usual challenges that go with step- succeeded is evident in generous perfor- counterculture dynamic duo through the ping up a level, they must draw on every mance excerpts and testimonials from mu- doors of perception and toward a transfor- internal resource. At a certain point in sicians like Al Di Meola, Peter Gabriel, and mational understanding of the final fron- this intimate and poetic film, a new group Robert Trujillo of Metallica. tier: death. As surprising and inspiring as of sixth graders takes their place behind —Margarita Landazuri a magic mushroom trip, yet thankfully with- the drums. The circle remains unbroken. WORLD PREMIERE out the side effects, Gay Dillingham’s lively Sunday, Oct 5, 8:00 pm Rafael 1 celebration of these two profound philoso- —Michael Fox phers—unrepentant hippies to the end—is Tuesday, Oct 7, 2:15 pm Rafael 2 a cinematic vision quest safely tethered to Friday, Oct 3, 8:00 pm Lark the here and now via ’s re- Saturday, Oct 4, 8:00 pm Rafael 3 IN ASSOCIATION WITH LATINO COUNCIL assuring narration. WORLD PREMIERE AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Spoken-word performance by members —Steven Jenkins of Alchemy, Inc. at each screening. Saturday, Oct 4, 4:00 pm Rafael 1 Tuesday, Oct 7, 1:45 pm Sequoia 2 Friday, Oct 10, 11:45 am Rafael 3 IN ASSOCIATION WITH HUNTERS POINT FAMILY

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FORCE MAJEURE F R E E

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Sweden/Norway/Denmark/France 2014 • US 2014 • 133 min US 2013 • 73 min 118 min Director/Producer Directors/Producers Suzanne LaFetra, Director/Screenwriter/Editor Ruben Producers , Jon Kilik, David Collier Cinematographer David Östlund Producers Erik Hemmendorff, Anthony Bregman Screenwriters E. Max Collier Editor Jennifer Chinlund Print Marie Kjellson, Philippe Bober Frye, Cinematographer Source Suzanne LaFetra Cinematographer Fredrik Wenzel Editors Stuart Levy, Editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger Cast Conor O’Neill, Jay Cassidy Cast Steve A group of Oakland teens fi nds personal lib- Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Carell, , , eration and mutual support while working to- Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent , , ward a collaborative performance at Destiny Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Print Source Arts Center, an organization devoted to youth Metelius Print Source Magnolia Pictures Pictures Classics empowerment through dance, theater, and martial arts. David Collier and Suzanne LaFe- In Swedish, English, and French with Eng- This year at Cannes, the Best Director tra’s stirring, up-close documentary follows lish subtitles. A ski vacation meant to bond award went to Bennett Miller (, fi ve of the teens in the Destiny Arts Youth Per- a family together takes an unexpected turn Capote) for this hypnotic and multilayered formance Company as they co-create a piece when a moment of panic reveals a father’s drama based on a true story that is truly that asks them to dig deeply into the motivat- cowardice in this darkly funny blend of sat- “stranger than fiction.” Channing Tatum ing dilemmas and hopes of their lives—to tell ire and , the winner stars as Olympic Gold Medal-winning the truth, even if it hurts, because the truth of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the wrestler , who is invited by will in some degree set them free. Not that . Tomas (Johannes Bah wealthy heir () the very real challenges before these young Kuhnke), Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli), and to move onto the family estate and train people will simply disappear. Candid discus- their two kids’ holiday goes in for the 1988 Olympics. They enlist sions of poverty, alienation, HIV status, sexual Force Majeure’s most thrilling (and chilling) Mark’s older brother—and fellow gold abuse, and gang violence arise as dauntingly scene, when Tomas abandons his family in medalist—Dave (Mark Ruffalo) to head complex, if not insurmountable, obstacles to the face of an out-of-control “controlled” Team Foxcatcher, although Mark is as happiness. But under the gentle guidance and avalanche. Writer-director Ruben Östlund determined to emerge from his beloved support of Destiny Arts’ Sarah Crowell, the began his career making ski fi lms, and he sibling’s shadow as du Pont is to win the young dancers fi nd release and acceptance returns to his roots with several exhilarat- respect of his disapproving mother (Van- in performing their stories, turning the cour- ing action scenes. Shooting in the Alps, he essa Redgrave). This richly atmospheric age, determination, and stamina demanded and cinematographer Fredrik Menzel make drama boasts outstanding performances, of their lives into a contagious joy. WORLD the most of the location, the humans and with evident physical demands on Tatum PREMIERE their problems small against the majesty and Ruffalo, but Carell is a revelation as —Rob Avila of the mountains. Off the slopes, Östlund the eerie aristocrat, his otherworldly man- observes his characters sharply but with de- ner and sinister cadence providing strong PRECEDED BY tachment, in a cutting portrait of a picture- contrast to the blue-collar brothers as he perfect family unraveling when its illusions steers the foreboding narrative to its in- SWIMMING: MIND, BODY, SPIRIT are laid bare. exorable conclusion. US 2014 • 10 min —Pam Grady —Richard Peterson Directors Jim Sugar, Mathieu LaCounte Tuesday, Oct 7, 7:30 pm Sequoia 2 Friday, Oct 10, 8:30 pm Sequoia 2 This film explores how and why perfectly Sunday, Oct 12, 8:30 pm Sequoia 1 normal people endure—and thrive—dur- WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE ing a hard swim workout at 5:30 am, five GENERAL OF SWEDEN AND THE BARBRO SPONSORED BY days a week. OSHER PRO SUECIA FOUNDATION TOWN CENTER CORTE MADERA Saturday, Oct 11, 7:30 pm 142 Throckmorton SPONSORED BY Sunday, Oct 12, 2:30 pm Rafael 2 Dance performance by Destiny Arts members at Oct 11 screening.

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THE FUTURE STARTS HERE GARDENERS OF EDEN GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM (GETT: LE PROCÈS DE VIVIANE AMSALEM) US CINEMA VALLEY OF THE DOCS WORLD CINEMA

US 2014 • 90 min US/Kenya 2014 • 64 min Israel/France/Germany 2014 • 115 min

Director/Screenwriter/Editor Tiffany Director/Cinematographer/Editor Directors/Screenwriters Ronit Elkabetz, Shlain Producer/Screenwriter/Editor Austin Peck Director/Cinematographer Shlomi Elkabetz Producers Marie Arne Johnson Producer/Screenwriter Anneliese Vandenberg Producer Kristin Masmonteil, Sandrine Brauer, Shlomi Sawyer Steele Screenwriters Davis Cast Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Elkabetz Cinematographer Jeanne Karen Everett, Ken Goldberg Julius Shivenga, Nick Trent Print Source Lapoirie Editor Joëlle Alexis Cast Cinematographer Jesse Dana Print RYOT Films Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Simon Source AOL, Inc. Abkarian, Sasson Gabay, Eli Gorstein, Even in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park, Gabi Amrani Print Source Music Box A wildly entertaining and inspiring ride elephants aren’t safe from poachers. The Films exploring what it means to be human in surging price of ivory has given rise to our increasingly connected world, The organized gangs that hunt and kill these In Hebrew with English subtitles. During Future Starts Here is an Emmy-nominated majestic creatures for their tusks, usually the sometimes comic, sometimes harrow- original series by Tiffany Shlain: acclaimed leaving orphans in their wake. Continu- ing religious court proceeding that may filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, ously on the lookout and always ready to finally secure her a divorce, long-suffer- and Mill Valley native. Season one (2013) come to the rescue, the David Sheldrick ing Viviane Amsalem (the deeply moving of the web series was an instant hit, with Wildlife Trust has a well-established pro- Ronit Elkabetz) blurts out, “I don’t want over 20 million views, delving into the nu- tocol for transporting and caring for the to live anymore with this man! It is my ances of motherhood, robots, and tech traumatized baby elephants and, just right.” To which a rabbi responds, “But it etiquette. Using her award-winning style as crucially, a remarkable record of suc- is not your choice.” That is the jarring re- of fast-paced archival images, colorful cessfully reintroducing them to the wild. ality in today’s Israel, where only a gett, , and witty insights, Shlain not Everyone we meet in this eye-opening a decree issued by an all-male rabbinic only explores the intersection of modern film—from pilots to nursery keepers, anti- tribunal, with the husband’s consent, society and technology, she also ques- poaching trackers to Dr. Dame Daphne can legally dissolve a marriage. Attuned tions the relationship—even suggesting Sheldrick, who founded and continues to this inherent misogyny, Elkabetz, who that viewers extract themselves from con- to lead the organization in its fourth de- co-wrote and -directed with her brother, nectivity through a weekly “Technology cade—gives proof that the serpent does stages the final chapter in the Amsalems’ Shabbat.” Join Shlain and MVFF for this not rule the garden. WORLD PREMIERE hollow marriage as a Kafkaesque ritual, by special interactive screening of select epi- —Michael Fox turns tragic and farcical. Confined within sodes from season one and a sneak peek a nondescript courtroom, yet featuring at season two, as we come together to PRECEDED BY remarkably layered performances, Gett— consider the changing landscape of me- which won the Best Israeli Feature award dia, art, and technology as they intersect FROM THE GROUND TO THE at this year’s Film Festival—is with daily life and the small and large CLOUD a strange journey into the enigmas of a screens. couple and a society caught between tra- US/Tanzania 2014 • 8 min US PREMIERE —Alexis Whitham dition and modernity. Director Denise Zmekhol —Peter L. Stein Wednesday, Oct 8, 6:00 pm 142 Throckmorton In English and Swahili with English subtitles. Monday, Oct 6, 7:30 pm Sequoia 2 Watch how the Jane Goodall Institute uses Wednesday, Oct 8, 6:00 pm Rafael 3 mapping technology on mobile devices SPONSORED BY for forest monitoring and chimpanzee BON AIR CENTER con servation. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL Saturday, Oct 4, 2:00 pm Sequoia 1 Sunday, Oct 5, 4:45 pm Rafael 2 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAN Tuesday, Oct 7, 11:45 am Rafael 2 FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST

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The Good, the Bad and The Hi De Ho Show Hide and Seek the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) world cinema us cinema world cinema

Italy 1966 • 179 min US • 100 min UK 2014 • 80 min “Get Ready”: This Hi De Ho homage to Director/Screenwriter the great American soul labels, curated Director/Screenwriter Joanna Coates Producer Screenwriter by music-meister John Goddard from his Producer/Screenwriter Daniel Luciano Vincenzoni Cinematographer personal video collection, promises to Cinematographer Ben Hecking Editor Tonino Delli Colli Editors Eugenio inspire “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”—and not “just a Maya Maffioli Cast Josh O’Connor, Alabiso, Nino Baragli Cast Clint little bit!” Goddard, our great guru of the Hannah Arterton, Rea Mole, Daniel Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef groove, continues his exploration of the Metz Print Source Daniel Metz Print Source Park Circus pop explosions of the ’60s, that time un- forgettable for rock and pop, and Winner of the best British film at the Ed- A morally ambiguous symphony of bloody , and a whole lotta soul. While the inburgh Film Festival, Coates’s sensual bullets and twisted townsfolk, 1966’s The Beatles were making waves across the first feature tracks four young Londoners Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a giddy cel- Atlantic Ocean, —along as they endeavor to reject social conven- ebration of eccentric cinema from Ital- with Motown and Stax—was making sure tions and embrace polyamory. Coming ian Sergio Leone. Never mind the the airwaves weren’t completely invaded together at a remote rural estate, Leah, “” label, this is electric by Liverpudlians. Americans were rede- Max, Jack, and Charlotte embark on their filmmaking that transcends genre. Clint fining soul, with a “Back at ’Cha” chan- new life together, one that is communally Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wal- neled through brilliant artists like Wilson erotic, fully egalitarian, deliberately be- lach play the respective title characters Pickett, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Carla reft of technology—beyond a well used with dogged dedication and dirty drive, Thomas, The Supremes, , record player—and cut off from the out- while ’s iconic music The Rascals, and Otis Redding. Their stun- side world. Their days unfold as a series creeps into your consciousness. Leone’s ning musical legacy may have left some of sun-drenched, idle afternoons, evening explosive combination of one-hit Brits wondering “Where Did Our parlor games, and ever-shifting couplings landscapes and close-up character por- Love Go?”—yet it united young people in the “marital bed.” In the midst of this, traits creates a mind-blowing movie-buzz. across boundaries of race and place. Put Charlotte’s ex-boyfriend turns up, spoil- From the opening seconds to the closing on those “Hi-Heel Sneakers,” “Hitch Hike” ing their carefully constructed Arcadia. credits, this epic tale, set against the Civil on over, and celebrate the greats! Exhibiting immense respect for the intri- War, focuses on the cold-blooded reali- cacy and intimacy of her subject matter, ties of gold-hungry bounty hunters and —Zoë Elton Coates sketches a remarkable portrait of the people they love to kill. Pulsing with a generation seeking significance in their reckless energy, this exploitation art-film Saturday, Oct 4, 8:45 pm Sequoia 2 lives, crafting a haven of idyll and commu- brims with colorful, cold-blooded people, Friday, Oct 10, 3:00 pm Rafael 2 nion as respite from the isolation of the breath-taking visuals, and penetrating modern world. US Premiere twists on the Western framework that will —Leah LoSchiavo leave you gasping and grinning at once. (This version contains restored footage.) Saturday, Oct 4, 3:00 pm Sequoia 2 —Brendan Peterson Monday, Oct 6, 3:30 pm Rafael 2

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THE HOMESMAN HOPPITY GOES TO TOWN HOW I CAME TO HATE (AKA MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN) MATH (COMMENT J’AI DÉTESTÉ LES MATHS) US CINEMA CHILDREN’S FILMFEST VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2014 • 122 min US 1941 • 78 min France 2013 • 103 min

Director Tommy Lee Jones Producers Director/Screenwriter Director/Screenwriter , , Brian Producer Max Fleischer Screenwriters Producers Laurence Petit, Carole Kennedy Screenwriters Wesley A. Dan Gordon, Ted Pierce, Isidore Scotta, Bruno Nahon Screenwriter Oliver, Miles Hood Swarthout, Kieran Sparber, Carl Meyer, Graham Place, Amandine Escoffier Cinematographer Fitzgerald Cinematographer Rodrigo Bob Wickersham, William Turner, Cal Alexis Kavyrchine Editors Tina Baz, Prieto Editor Roberto Silvi Cast Tommy Howard Cinematographer Charles Fabrice Rouaud Print Source Doc & Film Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, , Schlettler Editors Willard Bowsky, International , James Spader Print Shamus Culhane, H.C. Ellison, Source Roadside Attractions Thomas Johnson, Graham Place, Stan FOCUS: THE ART OF THE SCIENCES In Quackenbush, Dave Tendlar, Myron English and French with English subtitles. It OPENING NIGHT FILM Tommy Lee Jones Waldman Cast Kenny Gardner, Gwen has given us personal computers, medical steers this unruly and fascinating anti- Williams, Jack Mercer, Ted Pierce, Carl breakthroughs, and a man on the moon, Western, a cross-country odyssey through Meyer, Stan Freed yet mathematics still gets a bad rap, for- the Nebraska Territory of the 1850s that ever doomed to be the academic version brings classic scope and modern sensi- The City of Mill Valley, Mill Valley Recre- of spinach. Enter French filmmaker Olivier tivity to the complex history of frontier ation, the Chamber of Commerce, and Peyon (Stolen Holiday), who sets out to dis- America. Two-time Academy Award-win- MVFF invite you to a free outdoor screen- pel the myth that math is only for brainiacs ner Hilary Swank stars as Mary Bee Cuddy, ing of a croony, swoony animation classic or less lyrical than poetry. Giving a forum the prim yet forthright spinster who per- that’ll delight the young—and the young to students and stockbrokers, Stanford suades Jones’s reprobate claim jumper to at heart! Bugville, a bustling insect com- and UC Berkeley professors and Fields help her escort three deranged women to munity, sits at the edge of a city garden Medal-winners, the filmmaker creates a Iowa and the hospice of a minister’s wife. that’s threatened by foot traffic and con- 360-degree portrait of the ways math af- Their journey honors those destroyed by struction. Good-hearted grasshopper Hop- fects our everyday lives. “Mathematics is the unendurable extremes of pioneer life, pity returns to Bugville to find Mr. Bumble too often reduced to calculations,” one and the film becomes—in a perversion and Honey, his lovely daughter—and Hop- subject claims. “But it’s the largest manu- would have appreciated—an pity’s bee-loved—fearing for their commu- facturer of concepts in the world.” Run- Eastern, as the odd couple trudges away nity’s safety from big-shoed humans. They ning the gamut from how France’s contro- from the West’s broken promise. Adapted should worry more about C. Bagley Beetle versial “New Math” curriculum reflected from Glendon Swarthout’s acclaimed and his droning henchmen, Swat the Fly the country’s spring-of-’68 revolution to novel and featuring colorful supporting and Smack the Mosquito. Beetle wants the way applied mathematics played a performances from , Tim Honey for himself—and he doesn’t care part in the recent global financial crisis, Blake Nelson, Meryl Streep, and James who he has to squash to get her. Hoppity this whimsical, free-form look at a subject Spader, Jones’s second feature is by turns thinks he’s found a way to give the bugs a many of us take for granted is anything comic, ominous, and lyrical, traversing safe and beautiful home, but it’ll require but by-the-numbers. landscapes of desolate beauty, relentless trusting some “human ones” and foiling —David Fear danger, and lingering psychological dam- Beetle’s schemes. The whole family will en- age at the ragged edges of civilization. joy the rich colors, buzzy animation, and Friday, Oct 10, 4:00 pm Lark —Leah LoSchiavo swinging songs by Hoagy Carmichael and Saturday, Oct 11, 4:45 pm Rafael 2 Frank Loesser. —Roberta McNair See page 10 for complete Opening Night WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE Gala details and pricing. Preceeded by Mill Valley Redux, GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO Tiffany Shlain and Devon McAllister’s AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL Thursday, Oct 2, 6:45 pm Sequoia 1 SOCIETY Thursday, Oct 2, 7:00 pm Sequoia 2 homage to Rita Abrams’s 1970 home- town hit. SPONSORED BY Friday, Oct 10, 7:45 pm Old Mill Park WELLS FARGO Free

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HOW I GOT OVER I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I ICE POISON WANT (BING DU) (SMETTO QUANDO VOGLIO) VALLEY OF THE DOCS WORLD CINEMA WORLD CINEMA

US 2014 • 87 min 2014 • 100 min Myanmar/Taiwan R.O.C 2014 • 95 min

Director/Producer Nicole Boxer Director/Screenwriter Sydney Sibilia Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Editor Producer Tim Rockwood Cinematogra- Producers , Matteo Midi Z. Cinematographer Fan Sheng- phers Neil Barrett, M. Holden Warren Rovere Screenwriter Valerio Attanasio, Siang Editor Lin Sheng-Wen Cast Wu Editor Michelle M. Witten Print Source Andrea Garello Cinematographer Ke-Xi, Wang Shin-Hong Print Source Fushia Films Vladan Radovic Editor Gianni Vezzosi Seashore Image Productions Cast Edoardo Leo, Valerio Aprea, “Can art save your life?” Nicole Boxer (14 Pietro Sermonti, Paolo Calabresi, In Yunnan Chinese and Burmese with English Women, MVFF 2007) takes this question Libero De Rienzo Print Source 01 subtitles. In this stunning, naturalistic film and turns it into an action statement in Distribution set in Myanmar, drought and despair lead her must-see film that follows a group of a young farmer to risk everything for fam- women—all residents of the Washington, FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN ily and survival. Faced with a failing veg- DC, recovery community N Street Village— In Italian with English subtitles. Poor Pro- etable crop, the farmer pawns his cow for as they prepare to turn their harrowing life fessore Pietro can’t catch a break: His a moped and starts a taxi service in the stories into a theater piece. This they do, sketchy research funding sources fall city. In six months, he must make enough with a commitment and honesty that cre- through and even the wealthy students to buy the cow back, or it will be slaugh- ates performances worthy of the Kennedy he tutors can’t be bothered to pay him tered and sold for meat. His new venture Center, where their premiere will be held. for his services. All of his equally brilliant is proving to be another failure until he Guided by their dedicated, charismatic di- academic colleagues are scraping by at picks up his first fare, a woman desper- rector, the women find inner strength work- minimum-wage jobs, scamming gypsy ate to leave an arranged marriage in ing through layers of personal pain—a feat card games, or applying for entry into lo- and bring her son back to live with her. that is a testament to the power of art. In cal crime syndicates. After chasing down They team up in the only steady business recounting their tales, they learn to become one of his delinquent students at a night- in opium poppy country. In its simple, di- commanding, professional performers in club, he receives payment in the form of a rect style, Ice Poison balances moments control of their stories, no longer victims of cocktail laced with legal designer drugs. of pure joy—on the open road and in the their pasts. Though there’s plenty of heavy Pietro probes into the government loop- karaoke parlor—with the stark reality of material here, there’s laughter, too, among hole of this criminal endeavor and hatches a country re-emerging after decades of this supportive, tight-knit group unafraid to a plan involving the unique talents of his underdevelopment. poke fun at each other. And like the soar- scholarly band of post-doctoral brothers. —Carol Harada ing rendition of the gospel tune that gives What happens when a theoretical chem- Boxer’s film its name, there’s a great deal ist, a macroeconomist, an anthropologist, Sunday, Oct 5, 6:00 pm Rafael 3 of hope. a neurobiologist, and two Latinists walk Saturday, Oct 11, 11:45 am Sequoia 1 —Cheryl Eddy into a bar? First-timer and director-to- watch Sydney Sibilia assembles a witty, Sunday, Oct 5, 7:45 pm Sequoia 2 energetic script, nimbly executed by his IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER FOR Thursday, Oct 9, 2:45 pm Rafael 2 charismatic cast, with nods to Breaking ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA Saturday, Oct 11, 8:30 pm Rafael 3 Bad and Trainspotting, yet spiked with its own signature blend of withering social and buongusto. CENTER POINT IN ASSOCIATION WITH —Leah LoSchiavo

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THE IMITATION GAME THE IMMORTALISTS IMPERIAL DREAMS

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US/UK 2014 • 113 min US 2013 • 80 min US 2014 • 87 min

Director Morten Tyldum Producers Director/Producer/Cinematographer Director/Screenwriter Malik Vitthal , , David Alvarado Director/Producer Jason Producers Katherine Fairfax Wright, Screenwriter Graham Sussberg Producer Kate McLean Editor Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Moore Cinematographer Óscar Annukka Lilja Print Source The Film Sperling Screenwriter Ismet Prcic Faura Editor Collaborative Cinematographer Monika Lenczewska Cast , Keira Editor Suzanne Spangler Cast John Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory FOCUS: THE ART OF THE SCIENCES Boyega, Rotimi Akinosho, Glenn Kinnear, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Benjamin Franklin may have written, “In Plummer, , De’Aundre Allen Leech Print Source The Weinstein this world nothing can be said to be cer- Bonds, Justin Coach, Ethan Coach Print Company tain, except death and taxes,” but don’t try Source Katherine Fairfax Wright to convince American Bill Andrews and Brit FOCUS: THE ART OF THE SCIENCES Aubrey de Grey of that. These vanguards An aspiring and gifted young writer, Benedict Cumberbatch’s magnificent in- of the anti-aging movement may have con- freshly returned to his Watts neighbor- carnation of British mathematician Alan flicting theories about the mechanics of hood after a two-year prison stint, dreams Turing is just one of the remarkable ele- longevity, but their quests for a medical of better days for himself and his son in ments of director Morten Tydlum’s highly means to stave off death run along parallel this unexpectedly hopeful depiction of anticipated fourth feature. Based on tracks. And amidst the complicated issues inner-city life. There is no one to greet ’s biography, Alan Tur- of chromosome biology, nanobot technol- 21-year-old Bambi on the day he’s re- ing: The Enigma, The Imitation Game en- ogy, and the ethics of overpopulation, one leased, and his homecoming is tellingly acts an electrifying series of events cen- question continually resurfaces: Are their grim: His alcoholic mother is passed out on tered around Turing’s intelligence work efforts quixotic or prophetic? In Jason the couch and his four-year-old, Day, plays at Bletchley Park during World War II, as Sussberg and David Alvarado’s spellbind- alone in a corner. Against the odds and the Brits rushed to crack the top-secret ing film, we follow them from Oxford to Sil- with criminal temptations all around—in- German military communications code. icon Valley, to the Himalayas, and witness cluding ultimatums from his drug-dealing “I think Alan Turing is hiding something,” the rewards and setbacks of their single- uncle—Bambi sets out to end this seem- say police as they attempt to investigate minded pursuits. Surrounded by death and ingly endless cycle of poverty and despair, a robbery at Turing’s Manchester com- disease, financial hardship, and skepticism only to butt up against incessant bureau- puting laboratory. Arriving too late, they from their professional peers, Andrews cratic catch-22s. Writer-director Malik Vit- find Professor Turing himself sweeping up and de Grey maintain an unwavering man- thal forgoes gangsta-movie clichés in his cyanide, collecting bits of evidence, and tra: “Live forever…or die trying.” tender and insightful feature debut. Its mightily bothered by the intrusion. With —Sterling Hedgpeth heart is the relationship between Bambi poignant flashbacks to Turing’s forma- and Day, and its soul is the performance tive years in Sherborne as a brilliant but PRECEDED BY of (Attack the Block), a rising outcast student, alongside stand-out per- star straight outta London but riveting in formances from Keira Knightley, Charles ONE YEAR LEASE the slums of L.A. Dance, Matthew Goode, and Mark Strong, US 2014 • 11 min —Leah LoSchiavo The Imitation Game is a splendid marriage of intrigue and character exploration of Director Brian Bolster Saturday, Oct 4, 5:30 pm Lark one of the 20th century’s most brilliant Sunday, Oct 5, 2:00 pm Rafael 2 Ahhh, renting an apartment in : and enigmatic heroes. Wednesday, Oct 8, 11:30 am Rafael 2 Tiny, challenging spaces coupled with enor- —KD Davis mous rents. One Year Lease documents the Saturday, Oct 4, 5:45 pm Sequoia 2 travails of Brian, Thomas, and Casper as they IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRIDGE THE GAP endure a year-long sentence with Rita, the Monday, Oct 6, 4:00 pm Rafael 1 COLLEGE PREP cat-loving landlady.

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Norway/Sweden/Denmark 2014 • 116 min US/India/Guana/Tibet 2013 • 57 min US 2014 • 100 min

Director Hans Petter Moland Director Director/Producer/Screenwriter/ Directors Stephen Kijak, Paul Marchand Hans Petter Moland Producers Cinematographer/Editor Erica Jordan Producers John Battsek, Robert Trujillo Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae Screenwriter Print Source Pivotal Eye Cinematographer Roger de Giacomi Kim Fupz Aakeson Cinematographer Editor Paul Marchand Cast , , Philip Øgaard Editor Jens Christian Travelers routinely see Indian women , Geddy Lee, Bootsy Fodstad Cast Stellan Skarsgård, Tobias carrying bricks or visit carpet-weaving Collins, Jaco Pastorius Print Source Santelmann, Bruno Ganz, Birgitte Hjort “schools” for Egyptian children. These Passion Pictures Sørensen Print Source Paradox people work in plain sight, but how many realize that they could be among the 27 Special preview of a work in progress. There FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN million-plus enslaved in the world today? are few musicians who fundamentally change In Norwegian and Swedish with English sub- Humanitarian photographer Lisa Kris- their instrument and fewer still who tran- titles. Nils Dickman (Stellan Skarsgård), a tine makes it her mission to seek out and scend their instrument altogether. Jaco Swedish snowplow driver and pillar of his document global slavery. Director Erica Pastorius did both. His lyrical fretless bass small-town Norwegian community, is a Jordan follows Kristine as she negotiates style redefined the role of the bass in Scandinavian assimilation success story: her way into Sonagachi, the largest red- 1970s jazz music. Almost overnight, crit- Citizen of the Year, “but not so lucky with light district in Kolkata, India, and the sub- ics hailed Pastorius alongside visionaries that name.” When tragedy strikes, Dick- ject of the Academy Award-winning Born like , , Patti Smith, man is called to identify the body of his Into Brothels (MVFF 2004). There, Kristine and Herbie Hancock. Driven by a desire to deceased son. But he isn’t buying the shoots portraits of the enslaved women create the music he wanted to hear, Pas- cause of death; he soon discovers his while Jordan records their sessions with a torius transformed himself from a poor, boy was an innocent casualty in a drug hidden camera. The focus is on Kristine, unknown Florida boy into an international war between “The Count” (Tobias San- but what expands its scope is her quest to sensation, all without any formal training. telmann) and a Serbian crime don (Wings keep her eyes wide open and document He led his fans toward the music inside of Desire’s Bruno Ganz). In a flash, this the world before her, in all its despair, him, refusing to be merely a sideman, and mild-mannered everyman starts plowing beauty, and hope. WORLD PREMIERE earned his nickname “the punk of jazz” by his way to the criminal responsible for the —Frako Loden defiantly jumping off amplifiers and heav- , one body at a time. Director Hans ing his bass through the air during live Petter Moland (A Somewhat Gentle Man, performances. Now, more than 25 years MVFF 2010) gives us a Tarantino-esque since his untimely death, Jaco (produced IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAKE A STAND landscape of vegan kingpins, closeted-ho- by Metallica’s Robert Trujillo and illumi- mosexual henchmen, crooks with movie- PRECEDED BY nated by Flea, Joni Mitchell, Sting, and others) captures the story of his restless, character nicknames, a spaghetti-Western THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS , and some seriously black indestructible spirit. Scandinavian humor. It’s a stunning, - US 2013 • 28 min Monday, Oct 6, 6:00 pm Sequoia 1 filled thriller reminding us that revenge is Director Steven Kochones a dish best served cold. —David Fear Photojournalists who cover war zones re- Robert Trujillo will introduce the film count their experiences revealing stories of as part of MVFF’s Metallica Artist in Friday, Oct 10, 5:45 pm Rafael 2 sacrifice, courage, and the emotional toll Residence screenings. See page 21. Sunday, Oct 12, 2:45 pm Sequoia 2 they and their subjects endured. Don’t miss the live music event, “A Musical Celebration of Jaco.” See SPONSORED BY page 26. SIMPLE DCP IN ASSOCIATION WITH PEACE ACTION WEST Tickets: $35 general / $30 CFI Saturday, Oct 4, 4:45 pm 142 members Throckmorton Thursday, Oct 9, 1:45 pm Sequoia 2 SPONSORED BY NUTIVA

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THE JUDGE THE LAMB (KUZU)

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US 2013 • 141 min US 2014 • 100 min Turkey 2014 • 85 min

Director/Producer David Dobkin Director Producers Director/Producer/Screenwriter/ Producers Susan Downey, David Myles Nestel, Alix Madigan, Steve Cinematographer Kutlug Ataman Gambino Screenwriters Nick Schenk, Golin, Rosalie Swedlin Screenwriter Producers Fabian Gasmia, Henning Bill Dubuque Cinematographer Janusz Andrea Seigel Cinematographer Ben Kamm Editor DETAIL FILM Cast Nesrin Kaminski Editor Cast Kasulke Editor Nat Sanders Cast Keira Cavadzade, Cahit Gök, Nursel Köse, Robert Downey Jr., , Knightley, , Chloë Grace Güven Kıraç, Sıra Lara Cantürk, Mert , Vincent D’Onofrio, Moretz Print Source A24 Tastan Print Source The Institute Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Print Source Warner Bros. FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN In Turkish with English subtitles. A boy’s When it comes to coming-of-age stories, circumcision and the attendant ceremony From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Road- Megan (Keira Knightley) is a seriously late become a point of contention for his fam- show Pictures comes The Judge, which pairs bloomer. A poster child for late-20s aim- ily and the village at large in this multifac- two-time Oscar nominee Robert Downey, Jr., lessness, she nevertheless unwittingly em- eted portrait of life in rural Turkey. Living (Chaplin, ) and Oscar winner barks on a spiritual journey, jump-started in a starkly beautiful mountainous region Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies), starring to- by an unwelcome marriage proposal and of northeastern Anatolia, young Mert rep- gether for the fi rst time on the big screen. The a run-in with carefree teenager Annika resents the titular animal being led to the fi lm also stars Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Chloë Grace Moretz). And so begins Lynn slaughter; older sister Vicdan terrifies him (Up in the Air, MVFF 2009) and Oscar win- Shelton’s very funny and perceptive explo- with stories about the looming procedure, ner Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), and is ration of what’s often lacking when you’re while mother Medine wonders why her directed by David Dobkin. In The Judge, busy slacking. As Megan takes a weeklong husband Ismail’s new job won’t provide Downey stars as big-city defense attorney respite from her life-too-ordinary with enough money for a modest celebratory Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood Annika and her goofy father (the always feast. Within this simple framework, di- home where his estranged father, the town excellent Sam Rockwell), she faces tough rector Kutlug Ataman weaves a complex judge (Duvall), is suspected of murder. He questions amidst some playful escapism story of simmering familial and societal sets out to discover the truth and along the in this warm and winning character study. tensions. Vicdan’s manipulations of her way reconnects with the family he walked Leading a terrific cast, Knightley shines, attention-stealing brother and Medine’s away from years before. proving her comedic instincts aren’t lim- plot to avenge the villagers’ lack of sup- ited to period pictures, while Shelton port for her plight offer powerful critiques Friday, Oct 3, 6:30 pm Rafael 1 shows great directorial confidence as she of gender inequality, while a sly portrayal Monday, Oct 6, 4:00 pm Sequoia 2 paints a skillful, hilarious contemporary of a lounge singer who captivates Ismail portrait of how the road to self-discovery reveals the dearth of professional options can often be the strange, scenic route. for Turkish women. With concision and —Sterling Hedgpeth surprisingly wry humor, this not-so-gentle Lamb tenders the cautionary strength of a US PREMIERE Thursday, Oct 2, 7:30 pm Rafael 1 classic fable. Opening Night tickets: $25 general / $20 —Rod Armstrong CFI members Wednesday, Oct 8, 3:00 pm Sequoia 1 Friday, Oct 3, 3:00 pm Rafael 1 Sunday, Oct 12, 11:30 am Rafael 2 Regular price IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TURKISH SPONSORED BY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA KATZ FAMILY FOUNDATION

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LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN THE LITTLE HOUSE LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES (CHIISAI OUCHI) CLOSED (VIVIR ES FACIL CON LOS OJOS CERRADOS) US CINEMA WORLD CINEMA WORLD CINEMA

US 2014 • 104 min 2014 • 136 min Spain 2013 • 108 min

Director/Screenwriter Frank Whaley Director Producers Hiroshi Director/Screenwriter David Producers Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek Fukasawa, Hiroyuki Saito Screenwriters Trueba Producer Fernando Trueba Cinematographer James Jones Editor Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu, based Cinematographer Daniel Vilar Editor Miran Miosic Cast Leighton Meester, on the novel Chiisai ouchi, by Kyoko Marta Velasco Cast Javier Cámara, , , Nakajima Cinematographer Masashi Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer Julian Shatkin Print Source Paradigm Chikamori Editor Iwao Ishii Cast Takako Print Source Outsider Pictures Matsu, , Takataro Kataoka, Eleanor (Leighton Meester), a working- , , FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish with Eng- class 20-something from Oneida, is a bit Chieko Baisho Print Source lish subtitles. In the mid-’60s, Antonio (the down on her luck. After dumping her dead- wonderful Javier Cámara) teaches English beat musician boyfriend (Green Day’s Billie In Japanese with English subtitles. While in a small Spanish school—by using Beatles Joe Armstrong) by throwing his guitar out cleaning out the apartment of his deceased lyrics. When he discovers that John Len- the window, she finds herself homeless, great aunt Taki, a young Japanese man finds non is to fi lm a movie (Richard Lester’s How jobless, and friendless on the mean streets her autobiography. He recalls sitting with I Won the War) in Almería, he sets out to of . In what may as well be an al- his kindly, melancholy relative, helping her meet him. On the way, he picks up a cou- ternate universe, 12-year-old prodigy Reg- sort through various remembrances—how, ple of hitchhikers: Belén, a young woman gie (brilliant newcomer Julian Shatkin) re- in 1936, the young Taki (Haru Kuroki, who who’s pregnant, and Juanja, a teenage run- sides in an über-opulent Upper East Side won the best actress award at the Berlin away whose overbearing dad criticized his mansion, heroically thwarting the efforts of Film Festival for her performance) travels Beatles haircut one too many times. The his mother (Debra Messing) to normalize from the countryside to , taking a job perennially upbeat (though somewhat so- him. Seizing an opportunity, Eleanor be- as a maid. She tends to a toy maker, his wife, cially isolated) Antonio leads our motley comes Reggie’s au pair and an unlikely and their polio-stricken son. Everything seems trio down the long and winding road to the friendship evolves over plates of tofu curry idyllic until rumors of war begin to circulate, village near the fi lm set. Despite setbacks, and lazy summer afternoons. Whaley’s film and Taki fi nds herself caught up in the mach- Antonio remains undaunted. He manages to focuses on the peacefully ruminative hours inations of history. A veteran fi lmmaker re- sneak into a screening of the movie’s these kindred spirits share, and whose rela- sponsible for the long-running Tora-san se- at the village cinema, catching a glimpse of tionship reaches across age, class, and so- ries, Yoji Yamada (, MVFF 2013) his hero and inspiring him to continue his cial norms. Their shared musicality under- delivers the sort of traditional shomin-geki quest. David Trueba’s story of a nowhere scores this contemplative tale of two souls (family drama) that Shochiku used to pro- man in search of his hero is a complete au- who find harmony in each other’s company. duce by the pound during Japanese cin- dience-pleaser: charming, whimsical—and US PREMIERE ema’s golden age. It’s a look back at a a defi nite ticket to ride. —Leah LoSchiavo tempestuous period in the country’s not- —Zoë Elton so-distant past that manages to be nostal- Monday, Oct 6, 7:00 pm Rafael 1 gic and bittersweet in equal measure. Thursday, Oct 9, 8:00 pm Sequoia 1 Special event; see mvff.com for prices and —David Fear Friday, Oct 10, 12:45 pm Rafael 1 information. Friday, Oct 3, 6:00 pm Rafael 3 THE CONSULATE Wednesday, Oct 8, 4:15 pm Rafael 1 Saturday, Oct 4, 11:00 am Lark WITH SUPPORT FROM GENERAL OF SPAIN Thursday, Oct 9, 3:45 pm Rafael 3 CENTER FOR Regular price IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LATINO COUNCIL ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPONSORED BY STRAWBERRY VILLAGE SPONSORED BY WHERE MAGAZINE

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LOW DOWN LUCKY STIFF MAGICIAN

US CINEMA US CINEMA VALLEY OF THE DOCS

US 2014 • 114 min US 2013 • 78 min US 2014 • 96 min

Director Jeff Preiss Producers Albert Director Christopher Ashley Director/Editor Chuck Workman Berger, Ron Yerxa, Mindy Goldberg Producers Victor Syrmis, J. Todd Producer Charles S. Cohen Screenwriters Topper Lilien, Amy Harris Screenwriter Lynn Ahrens Cinematographers John Sharaf, Tom Albany Cinematographer Christopher Cinematographer Gregory Gardiner Hurwitz, Michael Lisnet Print Source Blauvelt Editor Michael Saia Cast Elle Editors Trudy Ship, Jeremiah Cohen Media Group Fanning, John Hawkes, Glenn Close, O’Driscoll, Annette Davey Cast Flea, , Taryn Manning Dominic Marsh, Nikki M. James, Dennis TRIBUTE: CHUCK WORKMAN “A writer Print Source Oscilloscope Farina, Pamela Shaw, Jason Alexander needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a Print Source Light Iron filmmaker needs an army.” With no lack of SPOTLIGHT: ELLE FANNING Young Amy- talent and fearlessness, Orson Welles took Jo is growing up in a vivid world full of FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN the Hollywood establishment by storm, music and love in 1970s Los Angeles. She A sad-sack London shoe salesman’s drab, only to find that Tinseltown couldn’t cope adores her father, the gifted jazz pianist kitchen-sink-drama existence bursts into with his class of genius. He was thereby Joe Albany, and he clearly dotes on her. a Technicolor musical when an uncle he forced to become a pioneer of guerrilla But he’s also an addict fighting his own never knew leaves him a fortune—on the filmmaking, cobbling together resources demons, often sending Amy-Jo to stay condition that he fulfill the terms of the in the service of half-finished projects with her grandmother. The sublime John will during a fun-filled week in Monte and compromised masterpieces. In this Hawkes (MVFF 2012 Spotlight) embod- Carlo. Meek Harry (Dominic Marsh) trav- entrancing survey of Welles’s life, Acad- ies Joe’s charisma and flaws. Elle Fan- els to Monaco, but he’s not alone. Anna- emy Award-winning director Chuck Work- ning is a revelation as Amy-Jo, first as a bel (Nikki M. James), a representative of man—renowned for his Oscars movie-clip 12-year-old with knowledge beyond her the will’s alternate beneficiary; the dead montages—blends archival footage with years, and, later, as a teenager swept up man’s brash mistress Rita (Pamela Shaw); a veritable who’s who of the cinematic in her first romantic love just as her first and her browbeaten brother Vinnie (Ja- and theatrical worlds to follow the trajec- true love, her father, re-enters her world. son Alexander) all hope to claim the in- tory of a career that went from boy won- Glenn Close (MVFF 2011 Tributee) rounds heritance. An animated title sequence der to outcast, to legend. A master class out the spot-on casting, playing Amy-Jo’s by Emily Hubley sets the retro mood of of assembly, the film alternates between grandmother and the rock of the family. this effervescent, 1970s-set variation on breakneck momentum and more thought- Director Jeff Preiss knows jazz—he edited Weekend at Bernie’s that blends screwball ful meditations on a visual maestro who Let’s Get Lost, Bruce Weber’s influential comedy, exuberant production numbers, remained cryptic, insatiable, and fiercely documentary on Chet Baker, and was a tender romance, and cartoon fantasy— independent, leaving us a body of work longtime fan of Albany’s music—and his not to mention a quasi-Greek chorus of with few equals in movie history. production choices immerse us in the drag queens. Breezy, funny, and as - —Sterling Hedgpeth ever-changing rhythms of the music and orous as its Riviera setting, Lucky Stiff also Amy-Jo’s story. stars Broadway’s Cheyenne Jackson as a Friday, Oct 10, 7:00 pm Rafael 1 —Laura Henneman charismatic nightclub emcee and the late Dennis Farina (in his final role) as Harry’s See page 16 for complete Tribute event Saturday, Oct 4, 7:00 pm Rafael 1 enigmatic new friend Luigi. details and pricing. —Pam Grady See page 12 for complete Spotlight event Sunday, Oct 12, 11:00 am Lark details and pricing. Wednesday, Oct 8, 8:15 pm Rafael 2 Regular price. Thursday, Oct 9, 2:15 pm Sequoia 1 Friday, Oct 10, 11:30 am Sequoia 1 Regular price. SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY STERLING BANK AND TRUST NORTHBAY BIZ MAGAZINE

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MARIE’S STORY MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN MINUSCULE: VALLEY OF (MARIE HEURTIN) THE LOST ANTS (MINUSCULE: LA VALLÉE DES FOURMIS PERDUES) WORLD CINEMA US CINEMA CHILDREN’S FILMFEST

France 2014 • 95 min US 2014 • 116 min France/Belgium 2014 • 89 min

Director Jean-Pierre Améris Producers Director/Producer/Screenwriter Jason Directors/Screenwriters Thomas Szabo, Denis Carot, Sophie Revil Screenwriter Reitman Producer Helen Estabrook Hélène Giraud Producer Philippe Philippe Blasband Cinematographer Screenwriters , Delarue Cinematographer Eric Bornes Virginie Saint-Martin Editor Olivier based on work by Charles Kultgen Print Source Futurikon Walczak Cast Ariana Rivoire, Laure Cinematographer Editor Duthilleul, Martine Gautier, Sonia Dana E. Glauberman Cast Judy Greer, Nonverbal. A real forest landscape is the Laroze, Patricia Legrand, Christophe , , Emma backdrop for a 3D animated story about Tourrette, Gilles Treton, Isabelle Carré, Thompson Print Source Paramount the tiny, scuttering creatures that live Brigitte Catillon. Print Source Film Pictures there, including our petite protagonist: Movement a recently hatched ladybug who is minus OPENING NIGHT FILM Men, Women & one wing and one family after an encoun- In French with English subtitles. Inspired by Children follows the story of a group of ter with a gang of flies. Finding refuge in the life of Marie Heurtin, her Story is a play- teenagers and their parents as they attempt a tin full of sugar cubes—part of a picnic ful, inspirational, and tremendously mov- to navigate the many ways the internet has abandoned by two humans driving, of all ing emotional journey between teacher changed their relationships, their commu- things, a VW Beetle—the ladybug is car- and student, set in the rapturous beauty nication, their self-images, and their love ried off by a pillaging troop of black ants of fin-de-siècle French countryside. Four- lives. The film attempts to stare down so- hungry for the sweet loot. But a red ant teen-year-old Marie arrives at a school cial issues such as video game culture, an- wants to take the booty back to the red for deaf girls run by Catholic sisters. Born orexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the ants’ queen, and right in the middle of the deaf and blind and trapped ever since in proliferation of illicit material on the inter- epic battle for the sugar is the plucky lit- a world of darkness and silence, she is, at net. As each character and each relation- tle ladybug. Despite being on location in first, near-feral: wild, disheveled, unreach- ship is tested, we are shown the variety of Provence, les insectes of Minuscule don’t able. But the idealistic Sister Marguerite roads people choose—some tragic, some speak a word of French, or a word of any- feels a deep and instant need to free her hopeful—and it becomes clear that no one thing, in this buzzed-about film. There from her sensory prison. Newcomer Ari- is immune to this enormous social change is no rapid-fire dialogue but lots of Tati- ana Rivoire is fierce and luminous as Ma- that has come through our phones, our esque sound effects and a wordless im- rie, first battling with will and body, then tablets, and our computers. mersion in the wondrous—and sometimes delighting in her breakthroughs. Isabelle menacing—natural world. All ages. Carré is divinely indomitable, yet not with- Thursday, Oct 2, 7:00 pm CCM —Roberta McNair out a sense of humor, as Sister Margue- rite, who was sanctified for her selfless See page 11 for complete Opening Night Saturday, Oct 4, 12:00 pm Sequoia 2 dedication to this enfant sauvage. With Saturday, Oct 11, 11:00 am Rafael 1 echoes of Truffaut’s classic film and The Gala details and pricing. Miracle Worker, but a heft and tenderness all its own, this true-life tale will awaken SPONSORED BY WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE both the heart and the senses. WELLS FARGO GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL —Joanne Parsont SOCIETY Friday, Oct 3, 5:30 pm Lark Saturday, Oct 11, 8:30 pm Rafael 1 SPONSORED BY BELLAM SELF STORAGE & BOXES WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY

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MOMMY MR. TURNER NATURAL SCIENCES (CIENCIAS NATURALES)

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Canada 2014 • 140 min UK 2014 • 149 min Argentina 2014 • 71 min

Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor Director/Screenwriter Director/Producer/Screenwriter Matías Producer Nancy Grant Producer Georgina Lowe Lucchesi Screenwriter Gonzalo Salaya Cinematographer André Turpin Cast Cinematographer Dick Pope Editor Jon Cinematographer Sebastian Ferrero Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Gregory Cast Timothy Spall, Dorothy Editor Delfina Castagnino Cast Paula Suzanne Clément Print Source Roadside Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Hertzog, Paola Barrientos, Alvin Attractions Lesley Manville, Martin Savage Print Astorga, Arturo Goetz, Sergio Boris, Source Sony Pictures Classics Vanesa Wainber, Eugenia Alonso Print In French and English with English subtitles. Source Urban Distribution International When Xavier Dolan won the Jury Prize at Mr. Turner is a magnificent achievement, Cannes for Mommy, he told jury president with Mike Leigh at his masterful best in FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish with that seeing as a this rich portrait of the great British artist, English subtitles. A strong-willed girl reaches teenager inspired him to write roles for brilliantly embodied by Timothy Spall. Liv- a pivotal moment in her life when she over- women, “beautiful women with soul, will ing with his father, J.M.W. Turner is a com- hears a small detail hinting at the identity and strength, not victims.” With Anne pelling figure, supremely confident in his of the father she’s never known and sets Dorval in his film’s title role, he does just extraordinary talents and success, a tetchy her mind on finding him. Writer-director that. Dorval’s Die is a self-assured force of eccentric whose blustery, jowly sputter- Matías Lucchesi’s feature debut—winner nature, as she navigates her relationship ings bring “harrumph” to new heights. of the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at this with her punchy, mercurial, out-of-control, Resolutely single, he mostly subordinates year’s Berlin Film Festival—sets 12-year-old ADHD-addled teenage son, Steve, who’s the women in his life to his career, though Lila’s quest against a stunning landscape just returned from a special care facility. in his later-life mistress (Marion Bailey) he of frozen Argentine mountains and reti- Antoine-Olivier Pilon’s Steve is a matching finds a moving tenderness. Leigh’s bril- cent adults who prefer that she stop asking force, alternately provocative and seduc- liance also shines in small moments that questions and raising the past. In a com- tive in his relationship with Die and with add insightful texture and emotional pelling performance, Paula Hertzog (The Kyla (Suzanne Clément), the mousy, intro- richness to the landscape of his film. For Prize, MVFF 2011) inhabits Lila with a quiet verted teacher-neighbor who becomes instance, in a terse greeting (“Turner.” ferocity, capturing that familiar balance of the third in this rambunctious ménage. “Constable.”), we get a complete picture preteen irritability and tender emotional Confident and completely original, Xavier of the history of these famously feuding yearning. As the quest shifts from a failed Dolan’s fifth feature (at the ripe age of 25) rivals of the Royal Academy. Filmed in runaway attempt on horseback to a tense confirms his exceptional talents. It’s an a way that illuminates the artistry of its road trip in the company of a sympathetic audacious, visually compelling film driven subject—and with that teacher, Lila’s resolve remains unbroken. by extraordinary performances and his in- offers the possibility of seeing the world But, as on all journeys of self-discovery, the credible artistry. through new eyes—Mr. Turner is like a col- path takes some unexpected turns and ulti- —Zoë Elton laboration through time, each participant mately leaves Lila with a hopeful new sense a genius in his own right. of direction. Saturday, Oct 11, 1:30 pm Rafael 1 —Zoë Elton —Deanna Quinones Sunday, Oct 12, 11:00 am Sequoia 2 Friday, Oct 3, 5:45 pm Sequoia 2 Sunday, Oct 5, 7:30 pm 142 Wednesday, Oct 8, 6:30 pm Sequoia 2 Throckmorton WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF QUÉBEC Friday, Oct 10, 1:30 pm Lark SPONSORED BY

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NUOC 2030 ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL THE PATENT WARS (SUR LE CHEMIN DE L’ECOLE)

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Vietnam 2014 • 98 min France 2013 • 77 min Germany 2014 • 80 min

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Nghiem- Director/Screenwriter Pascal Plisson Director/Screenwriter/Editor Minh Nguyen Vo Producers Dang Tam Producer Barthelemy Fougea Hannah Leonie Prinzler Producers Chanh, Nguyen The Thanh Producer/ Screenwriter Marie-Claude Javoy Katrin Springer, Volker Ullrich Cinematographer Bao Nguyen Editor Cinematographer Simon Watel Editors Cinematographer Rasmus Sievers Cast Julie Béziau Cast Sao Quynh Hoa, Sylvie Lager, Sarah Anderson Print Michele Boldrin, James Dyson, Anil Giang Quy Binh, Thi Thach Kim Long, Source Distrib Films Gupta, V.K. Gupta, Francis Gurry, They Hoang Tran Minh Duc, Thanh David Martin, David Ravicher, Julie Hoang Phi Print Source Premium Films In Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, and Swahili with Samuels Print Source Filmkantine UG English subtitles. Many classic films, such In Vietnamese with English subtitles. Scien- as The 400 Blows and Ferris Bueller’s Day FOCUS: THE ART OF THE SCIENCES In tists say that the earth is experiencing a Off, celebrate the Western concept of— English, German, and Hindi with English global-warming hiatus due to the oceans’ and the glee kids find in—playing hooky. subtitles. If patents exist to protect in- ability to absorb heat. But warming will re- Pascal Plisson’s 2014 César winner, par ventors—and ensure society continues to sume in 2030, so we should heed the warn- contre, extols the true value and worth benefit from creativity and innovation— ings of Nuoc 2030 (Water 2030), a ravish- of getting, and getting to, an education. should they also deny crucial medications ingly beautiful film that blends elements Epically structured and stunningly shot in to people of the developing world? Pat- of romance, murder mystery, and ven- Kenya, Patagonia, Morocco, and the Bay ents filed in the US today bear little re- geance tale to dramatize the Mekong Del- of Bengal, the film follows the perilous semblance to those granted even 30 years ta’s impending environmental nightmare. journeys of four children on their ways ago; they have become tools to clinch In a near-future southern Vietnam, where to school: Jackson crosses the savannah market domination, conceal mediocrity, rising waters have displaced 80 percent on foot, avoiding dangerous elephants; and manipulate world trade. Everything of the people, and vegetables are scarce, Carlito rides on horseback across lonely from pre-existing human genes to crops the remaining citizens live on houseboats plains and rushing rivers; Zahira treks grown for centuries can be patented, and catch what fish are left. The secretive over treacherous Atlas Mountain passes; sometimes with just a description. The Dai Thanh Corporation operates a float- Samuel, in his antediluvian wheelchair, is patent holders then can decide how much ing farm nearby, using desalination and pushed by his brothers over sand dunes people must pay to test for that gene or solar power and—it’s rumored—meth- and through swamps. While the breath- plant that seed, thereby allowing access ods more ominous. When her husband is taking cinematography reveals the splen- only to those who can afford the privilege. found dead, young widow Sao gets a job dor of their homelands, and the dangers With its imaginative use of graphics and at so she can find his killer. The of these voyages keep you on the edge insightful interviews with key players from dramatic human consequences of climate of your seat, at the heart of this unforget- around the world, The Patent Wars reveals change are given a sensuous and lyrically table film is the children’s resilience and the wholesale abuse of the system but elegant treatment by Nghiem-Minh, a their unstoppable yearning to learn and offers hope from dedicated opponents Vietnamese American who was a physicist improve their lives. of the current US patent structure work- before embarking on his filmmaking ca- —Laura Costantino ing to promote innovation and share its reer. US PREMIERE bounty. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE —Frako Loden Sunday, Oct 5, 11:30 am Rafael 1 —Roberta McNair Monday, Oct 6, 9:00 pm Rafael 2 Thursday, Oct 9, 6:45 pm Rafael 3 Saturday, Oct 4, 5:15 pm Rafael 3 Friday, Oct 10, 9:00 pm Sequoia 1 Monday, Oct 6, 6:30 pm Rafael 3 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE SOCIETY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER FOR GENERAL OF GERMANY ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA SPONSORED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TO CELEBRATE SPEAK TO ME LIFE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

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PATRICK’S DAY PLASTIC MAN: THE ARTFUL QUE CARAMBA ES LA VIDA LIFE OF JERRY ROSS (DIESES SCHÖNE SCHEISSLEBEN) BARRISH

WORLD CINEMA VALLEY OF THE DOCS VALLEY OF THE DOCS

Ireland 2014 • 97 min US 2014 • 70 min Germany 2014 • 90 min

Director/Screenwriter Terry McMahon Director/Cinematographer William Director/Screenwriter Doris Dörrie Producer Tim Palmer Cinematographer Farley Producer Janis Plotkin Producer Helge Albers Cinematographer Michael Lavelle Editor Emer Reynolds Screenwriter Adam Keker Editor Richard Daniel Schönauer Editor Frank Müller Cast Moe Dunford, , Philip Levien Print Source Janis Plotkin Cast María del Carmen, Las Estrellas de Jackson, Catherine Walker Print Source Jalisco, Las Pioneras de Mexico Print Ignition Film Jerry Ross Barrish’s tale is one of metamor- Source Flying Moon Filmproduktion phoses: First an activist bail bondsman in GmbH Superior performances from leads Moe 1960s San Francisco, then an indie fi lmmaker, Dunford, Kerry Fox (Friends, MVFF 1993, he now shapes society’s detritus into fi gures FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish with Eng- Fanny and Elvis, MVFF 1999), and Cathe- alive with feeling. “Don’t perish in jail—Call lish subtitles. With their guitars and horns, rine Walker infuse Terry McMahon’s sec- Barrish for bail!”was a mantra for the student sombreros, and bedazzled outfits, maria- ond feature with a keen empathy for all activists and civil rights protesters whose re- chis have become a familiar representa- facets of an off-kilter love triangle. Patrick lease would be secured by the successful tion of Mexican culture. And, despite its and Maura, his mother, celebrate his 26th young bondsman-with-a-conscience, but his flamboyance, mariachi is a musical tradi- birthday in their annual ritual, an outing life would change dramatically while walking tion with a decidedly masculine bent—one to the St. Paddy’s Day parade. After the on a beach. Seeing images in the plastic that might even call it an old hombres club. But two get separated in the holiday melee, had washed up, he began fashioning hun- strong women always find a way to make Patrick’s chance encounter with Karen, dreds of sculptures from it, leading critics to their voices heard, as demonstrated each a flight attendant who’s made an irrevo- hail Barrish as a junk-artist magician. His night on the Plaza Garibaldi in the heart cable decision about her life, takes off story—teeming with prizefi ghters, gangsters, of Mexico City. It is here that powerhouse over a slow dissolve of drinks, laughs, and and other larger-than-life characters ranging vocalist Maria del Carmen holds her own hotel room keys. The guileless Patrick is from Willie Brown to —is cap- amongst a horde of male musicians who not only a virgin, but also a schizophrenic, tured in this brilliantly photographed docu- generally frown upon her participation. And and their one-night interlude—for him, mentary. Plastic Man probes success, 20th- it is here that the mostly female group Las anyway—becomes an epic love affair that century art, dyslexia, and the struggle to Estrellas de Jalisco ply their trade—house- his controlling mother will do anything to find oneself through the lens of Barrish’s wives by day, mariachis by night. Director derail. Ultimately, everyone grapples with own Jewish-working-class past, and ends Doris Dörrie (How to Cook Your Life, MVFF their own demons in Terry McMahon’s with a monumental art commission. WORLD PREMIERE 2007) intimately documents their lives and powerful exploration of the need for love their music, including the true matriarchs and the desire for control. —Tim Sika of the mariachi: members of the first fe- —Leah LoSchiavo male mariachi band formed more than 50 PRECEDED BY years ago, still going strong and still pour- Sunday, Oct 5, 8:00 pm Sequoia 1 BRICOLAGE ing their hearts into every song. Tuesday, Oct 7, 8:00 pm Rafael 2 US 2013 • 5 min —Joanne Parsont Friday, Oct 3, 6:00 pm Sequoia 1 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRISH Michael Schwartz FESTIVAL Saturday, Oct 4, 1:15 pm Rafael 1 Artist and best-selling author Keri Smith Saturday, Oct 11, 11:00 am Sequoia 2 (Wreck This Journal) poses the question: “How can we care about something if we don’t no- tice it?” And then she invites the camera to WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE explore the world she creates for her readers. GENERAL OF GERMANY

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RACING TO ZERO: IN SOLEILS SOUL OF A BANQUET PURSUIT OF ZERO WASTE

WORLD CINEMA VALLEY OF THE DOCS VALLEY OF THE DOCS France/Burkina Faso 2014 • 96 min US 2014 • 78 min US 2014 • 59 min Director/Producer/Screenwriter Olivier Director/Producer Wayne Wang Director/Cinematographer Christopher Delahaye Director Dani Kouyaté Producer Jonathan Bing Producer/ Beaver Producer Diana Fuller Editors Cinematographer Dominique Colin Cinematographer/Editor Richard Wong Maureen Gosling, Kyung Lee Print Editor Linda Attab Cast Binda Ngazolo, Cast Cecilia Chiang, Alice Waters Print Source Trash 24 Nina Mélo, Barbara Hendricks (voice), Source Oscilloscope Serge Avedikian, Issaka Sawadogo, For 20 years, San Francisco’s Department of Ildevert Medah Print Source Odelion SPECIAL SCREENING From director the Environment has been working toward Wayne Wang comes this mesmerizing, mov- zero waste and now recycles, composts, In French with English subtitles. Part road ing homage to Cecilia Chiang, the celebrity and reuses 80 percent of its garbage— trip through time, part heroine’s journey chef who changed the face of Chinese food but the race to eradicate trash continues, through memory, Soleils is a beautifully ren- and culture in the Bay Area. In 1961, Chiang and this rousing film exhorts us to join in. dered meditation on the wisdom of Africa, opened San Francisco’s world-famous Man- Follow along as the city’s food scraps are as a young woman is initiated into the roots darin Restaurant, and a culinary star was taken to Sonoma County farms, where they and legacy of her heritage. Dokamisa has lost born. Her unlikely journey from to are composted into the rich soil that grows her memory and her dreams; her grandfather San Francisco is brought to life as Wang the crops that feed us all. Find out how summons his trusted friend Sotigui (the char- (, The Joy Luck Club) goes glass bottle recycling stays local and forms ismatic Binda Ngazolo) to save her. Embark- beyond the secret spices and confidential a closed-loop cycle by addressing garbage ing on an epic journey from the 13th-century kitchen talk to delve deep into the soul of at its source. Zero-waste experts show how Mandingo Empire to now, they encounter this amazing, worldly woman. Centered far we’ve come in managing our resources, iconic thinkers—Voltaire, Hegel, Sufi mystic around an absorbing, emotional interview from medications and electronics to cloth- Tierno Bokar, Mandela—and their disparate with Chiang herself and sprinkled with col- ing and building materials. Even turning viewpoints on the continent. Afro-European orful insights from Alice Waters and Ruth rubbish into art, these innovators zero in on collaborators Dani Kouyaté (, the Dream Reichl, Soul of a Banquet brings to the table new possibilities for greater sustainability. of the Python, MVFF 2001) and Olivier Dela- a unique San Francisco success story while —Carol Harada haye’s magical-realist mystery tour is a wise, illuminating the reality of an immigrant find- inventive, witty journey that turns the tables ing a new home. Foodies and fans of Bay IN ASSOCIATION WITH BIONEERS on historically Eurocentric “explorer” stories. Area culture will find plenty to enjoy in this It’s a long walk to freedom, but with Sotigui poignant celebration of life, family, and the PRECEDED BY as our guide and griot, and Dokamisa em- perfect preparation of “beggar’s chicken.” THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS: bodying our hope in the future, we are in —Brendan Peterson great hands. As a special treat, “A Long Walk FROM ITHACA TO THE to Freedom,” the of Barbara Sunday, Oct 5, 5:00 pm Rafael 1 US/Estonia/India/Indonesia/Peru/Russia/ Hendricks’s inspiring rendition of a gospel Special screening honoring Wayne Wang South Africa 2014 • 27 min song specially written for Soleils, will pre- cede the screening. US PREMIERE and Cecilia Chiang. See page 13 for Directors John Antonelli, Tom Dusenbery, complete event details and pricing. Will Parrinello Narration Robert Redford —Zoë Elton Saturday, Oct 11, 5:00 pm Sequoia 2 Tuesday, Oct 7, 2:15 pm Sequoia 1 These environmental heroes put themselves Sunday, Oct 12, 5:15 pm Rafael 2 in harm’s way building strong grassroots sup- Regular price. port in the face of intimidating adversaries. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF SPONSORED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GOLDMAN FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE CELEBRITY CRUISES ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY Saturday, Oct 4, 2:00 pm Rafael 2 Monday, Oct 6, 7:30 pm 142 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Throckmorton Wednesday, Oct 8, 2:30 pm Rafael 2 SPONSORED BY THE JIM BOYCE TRUST SPONSORED BY MARIN SANITARY SERVICE AND KRIS OTIS

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STAR WARS: EPISODE V— STATES OF GRACE STOCKHOLM THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

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US 1980 • 127 min US 2014 • 75 min Spain 2013 • 90 min

Director Producers James Directors/Producers Helen S. Cohen, Director/Producer/Screenwriter Rodrigo Bloom, Gary Kurtz, George Lucas, Mark Lipman Cinematographer Mark Sorogoyen Producers Borja Soler, Maria Robert Watts Screenwriters Leigh Lipman Editor Kenji Yamamoto Print Jesús del Amo, Eduardo Villanueva, Brackett, , story by Source Open Studio Productions LLC Alberto del Campo Screenwriter Isabel George Lucas Cinematographer Peter Peña Cinematographer Álex de Pablo Suschitzky Editor Paul Hirsch Cast The profound transformation of a Bay Area Editor Alberto del Campo Cast Aura Mark Hamill, , Carrie family fuels this stirring, heartfelt story of Garrido, Javier Pereira Print Source Fisher, Billy Dee Williams Print Source resilience and the power of second chances. Outsider Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. For Dr. Grace Dammann, a pioneering San Francisco AIDS specialist, a routine drive FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish with Eng- As we count down to Episode VII, dust off across the Golden Gate Bridge turned lish subtitles. Moonlit Madrid is the back- your lightsaber, channel your inner , tragic when she was in a head-on collision. drop to this confident, genre-defying film, and come join us at MVFF’s favorite fam- After a 48-day-long coma and nine surger- which starts with that most recognizable of ily night out as we celebrate Star Wars: ies, Grace was left with a body that would movie tropes: Boy and girl meet cute at a Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back on the never be the same. Surrounded by doctors, friend’s party. Zeroing in on the charismatic big screen—as it was meant to be seen! family, and friends, Grace returned home to Él and the moody Ella, director–co-writer “It is a dark time for the Rebellion.” More Green Farm Zen Center in Muir Rodrigo Sorogoyen slowly away at than three decades later, these words still Beach, where she and her partner Fu Schro- expectations as we follow the couple on a ring with delicious, ominous anticipation, eder pieced together a new life with their meandering stroll through the city. Trad- promising exactly what they did when we daughter, Sabrina. Poetic, beautifully shot, ing their thoughts about love, secrets, and first read them: the best sequel of all time and emotionally charged, this documentary desire, Él and Ella cautiously peel back to the most revolutionary sci-fi film in his- combines interviews and up-close-and-per- the layers of artifice and reveal their true tory, George Lucas’s Star Wars. Han and sonal footage to capture the complex fam- selves. But is that what they’re really doing? Leia kiss! Luke and Leia kiss! is wise! ily dynamics created when rules and rela- Lest anyone expect a Spanish version of Boba Fett is cool! R2 fixes the hyperdrive! tionships are turned upside down. Helen dialogue-driven Before Sunrise, Sorogoyen Luke discovers that Darth Vader—wait! Cohen and Mark Lipman delicately docu- has surprises in store for his characters— Everyone raise your still-attached hand: ment the pain and power of one woman’s and his audience—as the pervasive melan- Who hasn’t seen it? Okay, okay, no spoil- fi ght to reinvent herself while illuminating choly of the first act contorts into menace ers. This special screening of Empire is the fragility and splendor of family connec- and confusion in the second. Notable for meant for people of all ages and friends tions and life on earth. WORLD PREMIERE its stylish minimalism, engrossing perfor- from all galaxies. —Brendan Peterson mances, and the cult status it has achieved —Jeff Campbell in its native country, Stockholm takes us PRECEDED BY hostage and doesn’t let go. US PREMIERE Monday, Oct 6, 5:00 pm CCM IN MEMORY: A LOVE POEM FROM —Atissa Manshouri Monday, Oct 6, 8:30 pm CCM A SON TO HIS MOTHER Thursday, Oct 9, 6:00 pm Rafael 2 US 2014 • 7 min Saturday, Oct 11, 5:30 pm Lark Tickets: $15 general / $14 CFI members / $10 children Director Sean Mirkovich IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONSULATE Join us for a Festival Star Wars tradition. An intimate and expressionistic look at the GENERAL OF SPAIN, LATINO COUNCIL, Costume parade! Prizes! Special guests! effects Alzheimer’s disease has on people, AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE See mvff.com for details. whether they have the disease or are a caregiver to someone who has it. SPONSORED BY Sunday, Oct 5, 5:15 pm Sequoia 1 GHILOTTI CONSTRUCTION Tuesday, Oct 7, 2:00 pm Rafael 1 COMPANY Thursday, Oct 9, 11:30 am Sequoia 1

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SUMMER ‘82: WHEN ZAPPA THE TALE OF PRINCESS THE THEORY OF CAME TO SICILY KAGUYA EVERYTHING (KAGUYA-HIME NO MONOGATARI) VALLEY OF THE DOCS WORLD CINEMA WORLD CINEMA

Italy (Sicily) 2013 • 80 min Japan 2013 • 137 min UK/US 2014 • 123 min

Director Salvo Cuccia Producers Director/Screenwriter Isao Takahata Director James Marsh Producers Eleonora Cordaro, Abra&Cadabra, Producers Yoshiaki Nishimura, Seiichiro , , Lisa Bruce Zappa Family Trust Screenwriters Salvo Ujiie Screenwriter Riko Sakaguchi Producer/Screenwriter Anthony Cuccia, Sarah Kass Cinematographers Cinematographer Keisuke Nakamura McCarten Cinematographer Benoît Clarissa Cappellani, Jim Iacona Editor Cast Aki Asakura, , Takeo Delhomme Editor Jinx Godfrey Cast Benni Atria Cast Frank Zappa, Gail Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Zappa, Diva Zappa, Moon Zappa, Takahata, Tomoko Tabata, Print Source Charlie Cox, , Simon Dweezil Zappa, Massimo Bassoli, Steve GKids McBurney, David Thewlis Print Source Vai Print Source Abra&Cadabra Focus Features In Japanese with English subtitles. The re- In English and Italian with English subtitles. vered Studio Ghibli retells one of the old- SPOTLIGHT: EDDIE REDMAYNE FOCUS: July 14, 1982, was a tumultuous day in Palermo. est of Japanese legends. An elderly bam- THE ART OF THE SCIENCES The young Not only was the Sicilian city in the throes of boo cutter discovers a tiny child growing Stephen Hawking’s (Eddie Redmayne) fu- a mafi a war, the ecstasy of the Feast of Santa out of a shining bamboo shoot. He carries ture looks limitless, his brilliant mind en- Rosalita, and the mania of soccer’s World her home, even as she begins to magi- suring his success as a cosmologist, while Cup, but Frank Zappa had just arrived for his cally grow in his hand, and, along with his his relationship with fellow Cambridge stu- fi nal European performance. As 20,000 fans wife, adopts her. When another bamboo dent Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones) promises gathered in a stadium to witness their hero shoot starts gushing with gold and silks, a fulfilling personal life—then tragedy in the fl esh, fi lmmaker Salvo Cuccia—then a the woodsman becomes convinced their strikes when he is diagnosed at age 21 20-year-old Zappa zealot—was en route to beautiful “Princess” daughter is destined with a motor neuron disease. A romantic the concert. Little did he or Zappa know for a grander existence and uproots the drama, as well as a biopic of one of the that this show was to prove a pivotal event family to an opulent life in the city. But towering minds of our time, this adapta- for them both. Cuccia’s lovingly assembled her background is more magical than tion of Jane Hawking’s memoir, Traveling to film is a celebration of Zappa’s mind-bog- even the princess herself suspects. In a Infi nity: My Life with Stephen, charts Hawk- gling talent and a multigenerational family stunning style that is at once evocative ing’s progression from awkward youth with saga that delves deep into The Man from of the woodblock prints of Hokusai and an intimidating intellect to a fighter who Utopia’s Italian ancestry. With a Zappa- Hiroshige and the broad brushstrokes of refuses to surrender after he is given two esque blend of electrifying concert footage, animators John and Faith Hubley, direc- years to live. His illness inspires him to em- Super-8 , colorful claymation, tor Isao Takahata—in his last film before bark on his career-defining study of the and candid interviews with Frank’s widow, retirement—paints a perfectly elliptical nature of time, and, in defiance of the their children, and longtime friend and irre- ending of love and loss. death sentence handed him, he marries pressible nose-picker Massimo Bassoli, Cuc- —John Morrison Jane. Redmayne (My Week with Marilyn, cia champions the rock-‘n’-roll satirist as an MVFF 2011) gives one of the finest perfor- enduring icon of freaky freedom. Sunday, Oct 5, 1:00 pm Lark mances of his career, fully inhabiting the —Steven Jenkins Thursday, Oct 9, 11:00 am Rafael 2 character and undergoing a startling phys- ical transformation in a touching tale of PRECEDED BY love and science. ORIGINS —Pam Grady SPONSORED BY U.S. 2014 • 9 min COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER OF Thursday, Oct 9, 7:00 pm Rafael 1 Director Will Parrinello MARIN

Wavy Gravy, Ram Dass, , See page 15 for complete Spotlight event and others explore the origins of the Seva details and pricing. Foundation. SPONSORED BY IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEVA FOUNDATION JENNIFER COSLETT MACCREADY Sunday, Oct 5, 4:45 pm Sequoia 2 Tuesday, Oct 7, 4:45 pm Rafael 1

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TIMBUKTU LA TIRISIA TU DORS NICOLE (PERPETUAL SADNESS)

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France/Mauritania 2014 • 97 min Mexico 2014 • 111 min Canada 2014 • 93 min

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Director/Producer/Screenwriter/ Director/Screenwriter Stéphane Lafleur Screenwriter Cinematographer Jorge Pérez Solano Producers Luc Dery, Kim McCraw Kessen Tall Cinematographer Sofian Producer César Gutiérrez Miranda Cinematographer Sara Mishara Editor El Fani Editor Nadia Ben Rachid Cast Editor Francisco X. Rivera Cast Gustavo Sophie Leblond Cast Julianne Côté, Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Abel Jafri, Sánchez Parra, Adriana Paz, Noé Catherine St-Laurent, Marc-André Fatoumata Diawara, Hichem Yacoubi, Hernández, Gabriela Carto, Mercedes Grondin, Francis La Haye, Simon Kettly Noël Print Source Cohen Media Hernández, Alfredo Herrera Print Larouche, Godefroy Reding Print Group Source Media Luna New Films Source Seville International

In Arabic, Bambara, French, English, Song- FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Spanish with In French with English subtitles. Twenty-two- hay and Tamasheq dialogue with English English subtitles. Spare and poetic, this vi- year-old Nicole is having trouble sleeping, subtitles. A cri de coeur from Timbuktu to sually arresting feature depicts two women even before her brother moves his groupe de here, director–co-writer Sissako’s vibrant, concerned about their impending child- rock-‘n’-roll into the living room. It’s a swel- graceful fi lm depicts a community and family births, while also presenting a complex tering summer and she is still living at home, fraying and fracturing—though also fi nding and fi nely detailed portrait of a rural town while her peers pass her by on the path to moments of joy and fun—under forced oc- in southwestern Mexico. Both Cheba and adulthood. Even Nicole’s 10-year-old charge cupation. Set during the jihadist takeover of Ángeles are right to be confl icted about Martin seems her philosophical senior, with northern Mali in 2012, the story focuses on their pregnancies, and the reasons why un- his delightfully bizarre baritone disquisitions the mild-mannered herdsman Kidane, who spool very carefully in the course of the fi lm. on life and declarations of his love—“Do what runs afoul of the rebels when his beloved Above all, though, director Jorge Pérez So- you want, I will wait for you!” Nicole isn’t sure cow, affectionately named “GPS,” goes lano is interested in a holistic, bordering what she wants, but, when push comes to astray. But everyone suffers as standard on mythological, portrayal of a community shove, is spurred into action and makes her village modes of restitution and punishment where cacti loom like sentinels, women own defi ant statement. Julianne Côté is exqui- clash with the stricter edicts and gun-crazy hang their children’s umbilical cords from site as the amiable, aimless Nicole, capturing bullying of the jihadis. While Timbuktu has trees, and opportunistic politicians don’t that moment when a young person realizes the piercing tragedy of Kidane and his loving even bother to of the car when coming of age can be a bit of a comedown. family at its heart, there is humor and inge- cruising through on campaign stops. The Writer-director Stéphane Lafl eur’s spot-on nuity in its portrait of other villagers’ small Spanish-language title refers to a sadness script, excellent use of music, and velvety rebellions: a fishmonger’s refusal to wear of the soul, refl ected particularly by its two black and white textures contribute to a gloves, a trio singing forbidden music, young main characters but also by the generally cheerfully dreamlike, understated fi lm that, as men playing soccer with an imaginary ball. oppressive nature of being poor and for- its title hints, is destined to be a sleeper hit. Forced to shoot in neighboring Mauritania gotten. Magnifi cently shot by César Gutiér- —Laura Henneman due to unsafe conditions in Mali, Sissako rez Miranda, La Tirisia features a passel (Bamako; Life on Earth, MVFF 1998) remains of memorable characters trying to grope PRECEDED BY deeply committed to portraying the plight their way out of despondency and into and fortitude of his people with a kaleido- something—anything—better. MADAM ARMANDE scopic and singularly humane vision. US PREMIERE Canada 2014 • 2 min —Rod Armstrong —Rod Armstrong Directors Laurence Christen, Frédérique Dallaire, Catherine Picard, Alexandra Sunday, Oct 5, 1:45 pm Rafael 1 Saturday, Oct 11, 7:45 pm Rafael 2 Thibault Monday, Oct 6, 3:00 pm Sequoia 1 Sunday, Oct 12, 2:30 pm 142 Throckmorton In French with English subtitles. A poetic es- WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE say on dance, gallantry, and Alzheimer’s. GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE CONSULATE Friday, Oct 10, 3:45 pm Rafael 1 THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL WITH SUPPORT FROM GENERAL OF MEXICO Saturday, Oct 11, 8:45 pm Sequoia 1 SOCIETY AND THE INSTITUT FRANÇAIS LATINO COUNCIL THE GOVERNMENT THE MUSEUM OF IN ASSOCIATION WITH WITH SUPPORT FROM IN ASSOCIATION WITH AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF QUÉBEC THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

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TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT UNCERTAIN TERMS THE WEDDING CONTRACT: (DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT) A BALINESE LOVE STORY

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Belgium/France/Italy 2014 • 95 min US 2014 • 71 min Indonesia/US 2013 • 92 min

Directors/Producers/Screenwriters Director/Screenwriter Nathan Silver Director/Producer/Screenwriter/ Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Producer/Screenwriter Chloe Domont Cinematographer/Editor David Dawkins Producer Denis Freyd Cinematographer Producers Josh Mandel, Richard Peete Producers D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Alain Marcoen Editor Marie-Hélène Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Editor Hegedus Print Source David Dawkins Dozo Cast Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Cody Stokes Cast David Dahlbom, India Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Menuez, Cindy Silver, Tallie Medel, In English and Balinese with English sub- Catherine Salée, Baptiste Sornin, Alain Hannah Gross, Gina Piersanti, Caitlin titles. A rollicking, cross-cultural Romeo- Eloy Print Source Sundance Selects Mehner, Adinah Dancyger, Casey and-Juliet story without the tragedy, The Drogin, Nathan Silver Print Source Wedding Contract chronicles filmmaker In Arabic and French with English sub- Konec David Dawkins’s decades-long love af- titles. Marion Cotillard gives a transcen- fair with his Balinese wife—and the life dent performance in this heart-wrenching A quiet rebellion is simmering at Aunt and customs of Bali itself. Dawkins has drama of the working class from Belgium’s Carla’s home for pregnant teens. His mar- been living in a Balinese village for sev- . Following an absence riage disintegrating, handsome Robbie eral years. His neighbors affectionately from work due to a mental breakdown, flees Brooklyn and an unfaithful wife for refer to him by their word for “drifting,” Sandra returns to a small solar-panel fac- his aunt’s wooded upstate retreat. There since that’s how they regard his footloose tory, only to discover that her job has been he does odd jobs, ignores his wife’s phone existence. After a two-year romance with eliminated and a substantial bonus prom- calls, shares ill-advised cigarettes, and Mariyati, from a neighboring town, he fi- ised to the remaining employees. Her stirs up longing in—and intense rivalry nally appears ready to commit. But when husband Manu (Fabrizio Rongione) offers among—the wayward girls. Stripping his efforts to win her father’s approval emotional sustenance, but Sandra worries down a typically salacious subject, direc- are rejected, Dawkins’s own village rallies that his modest job alone won’t support tor Nathan Silver exposes the far more in- around him with an elaborate plan to allow their two children. The only chance she timate complexities of human attraction, the couple to marry without parental con- has to salvage her position is to spend a while deft camerawork and naturalistic sent. The scheme—part of a centuries-old weekend tracking down enough cowork- performances capture the dy- tradition—includes a written “contract of ers willing to vote her back—and give up namics of this once peaceful refuge. In the love,” religious conversion, and a kidnap- their bonuses. Fighting despair and pop- midst of all the fervor, Silver’s own mother ping that is as intricately choreographed ping too many antidepressants, Sandra provides the earthy, pragmatic center of as a legong danced by Balinese girls. embarks on this seemingly impossible the film as Aunt Carla, in a part inspired by WORLD PREMIERE two-day quest, with every encounter im- her real-life experiences. Confidently tra- —Margarita Landazuri plicitly revealing the vulnerability of work- versing its rocky terrain, Uncertain Terms ers on the fringes of today’s economy. Co- embraces life’s imperfect variety and em- Thursday, Oct 9, 5:00 pm Sequoia 1 tillard’s brave and unglamorous portrayal boldens the heart to find its home. Friday, Oct 10, 12:15 pm Rafael 2 perfectly complements the Dardennes’ re- —Leah LoSchiavo alism in a story filled with human compas- sion and lifted by little spiritual triumphs. PRECEDED BY —Richard Peterson SURE THING Saturday, Oct 11, 5:45 pm Sequoia 1 US 2014 • 12 min Sunday, Oct 12, 2:00 pm Rafael 1 Director Deborah Reinisch

WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CONSULATE When a guy approaches a girl and makes GENERAL OF FRANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO an overture, her response sets the encoun- AND THE FRENCH AMERICAN CULTURAL ter off in a different direction—time and SOCIETY time again—in this loopy, looping experi- ment in first impressions. Friday, Oct 3, 9:15 pm Rafael 2 SPONSORED BY TV5MONDE Sunday, Oct 5, 11:45 am Sequoia 1 Monday, Oct 6, 12:15 pm Sequoia 1

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WHAT WE DO IN THE WHIPLASH WILD SHADOWS

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US/New Zealand 2014 • 86 min US 2014 • 106 min US 2014 • 120 min

Directors/Screenwriters Jemaine Director/Screenwriter Damien Director Jean-Marc Vallée Producers Clement, Producers Chazelle Producers Jason Blum, Helen Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea Emanuel Michael, Chelsea Winstanley, Estabrook, David Lancaster, Michel Screenwriters , based Taika Waititi Cinematographers Richard Litvak Cinematographer Sharone Meir on the book by Cheryl Strayed Bluck, D.J. Stipsen Editors , Editor Cast Miles Teller, J.K. Cinematographer Yves Bélanger Editor Yana Gorskaya, Jonathan Woodford- Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Martin Pensa Cast Reese Witherspoon, Robinson Cast , Austin Stowell, Nate Lang Print Source Gaby Hoffmann, Laura Dern, Michael Taika Waititi, , Jonathan Sony Pictures Classics Huisman Print Source Fox Searchlight Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stuart Pictures Rutherford Print Source Unison Films Two strong wills collide when a conserva- tory student who dreams of becoming the CLOSING NIGHT FILM A grieving woman FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN next Buddy Rich comes to the attention of alone in the wilderness with ill-fi tting boots In a much lighter vein then any run-of- a despotic teacher who longs to discover and one enormous backpack: not an ideal the-mill, fly-by-night zom-com bromance, and develop a future jazz legend. Bleed- way to begin a solo 1,100-mile journey. But What We Do in the Shad ow s liberally and lit- ing fingers from nonstop practice pay off that’s just how Cheryl Strayed set off to hike erally raises the stakes of the vamp-camp for 19-year-old drummer Andrew Neyman the Pacifi c Crest Trail and how her harrow- genre, featuring an irresistibly toothsome (Miles Teller) when feared and revered in- ing, triumphant story begins on screen. Re- cast, including co-directors–co-stars Je- structor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) ese Witherspoon portrays Strayed, who, af- Clement () invites him to join his prestigious jazz en- ter the death of her mother (a radiant Laura and Taika Waititi (Boy) as a coupla wild semble. Neyman quickly becomes Fletch- Dern), spent years struggling with depres- and crazy dead guys who join dark forces er’s star pupil, which makes him a bigger sion and self-destructive behavior. Walking to fight for the right to, well, party vam- target for the verbal and physical abuse alone allows her no distractions, no way to pire-style in the tony clubs of , that Fletcher heaps on all of his students. avoid her memories; she walks not to escape New Zealand. But eternal life is not all fun Teller and Simmons are dazzling com- her past but to accept it, and to heal her- and games: The four flatmates must ne- batants in this film born of experience: self through extreme exertion, solitude, and gotiate their night-to-night routines, like Writer-director Damien Chazelle (Guy and self-reliance. Witherspoon optioned the fi lm house tidying (i.e., squabbling over the Madeline on a Park Bench, MVFF 2009) rights to Strayed’s best-selling memoir be- dreaded chore wheel) and troubles with was a drum student in a conservatory. fore the book was published, and her dedi- modern technology, ex-girlfriends, and The brilliance of this feature—winner of cation shows in her remarkable performance, overly cheery police inspectors. You are both the grand jury and audience awards captured in Jean-Marc Vallée’s (Dallas Buy- guaranteed to go batty for this must-see, at the Sundance Film Festival—is that the ers Club, MVFF 2013) insightful direction. soon-to-be “occult classic” in the style of filmmaker focuses equally on teacher and —Laura Henneman Christopher Guest. It will leave you thirsty student. Andrew is as arrogant and intran- for more. Bloody good fun! sigent and devoted to achieving perfec- PRECEDED BY —KD Davis tion as his new mentor, setting the stage for conflict in this gripping, jazz-infused LAVA Tuesday, Oct 7, 7:45 pm Rafael 1 drama. US 2014 • 7 min Thursday, Oct 9, 4:00 pm Rafael 1 —Pam Grady Director James Ford Murphy Tuesday, Oct 7, 7:00 pm CCM SPONSORED BY From Disney’s Pixar, Lava is a musical love TURNER DUCKWORTH story taking place over millions of years. Lars Ulrich will introduce the film as part of MVFF’s Metallica Artist in Resi- Sunday, Oct 12, 5:00 pm Rafael 1 dence screenings. See page 21. Sunday, Oct 12, 5:00 pm Sequoia 1 Tickets: $35 general / $30 CFI See page 17 for complete Closing Night members Gala details and pricing. SPONSORED BY SPONSORED BY LUCASFILM LTD. AND TECHNICOLOR JACKSON SQUARE PARTNERS

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A WOLF AT THE DOOR A WOMAN AS A FRIEND YALOM’S CURE (O LOBO ATRAS DA PORTA) (UNA DONNA PER AMICA)

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Brazil 2013 • 100 min Italy 2014 • 90 min Switzerland 2014 • 77 min

Director/Screenwriter Fernando Director/Screenwriter Giovanni Director/Screenwriter Sabine Coimbra Producers Sonia Hamburger, Veronesi Producer Domenico Procacci Gisiger Producer Philip Delaquis Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Screenwriter Ugo Chiti Cinematographer Cinematographer Helena Vanières Rodrigo Castellar Cinematographer Arnaldo Catinari Editor Giogiò Editor Barbara Weber Print Source Das Lula Carvalho Editors Karen Akerman, Franchini Cast Fabio De Luigi, Laetitia Kollektir fur audiovisuelle Ricardo Cutz Cast Leandra Leal, Casta Print Source Warner Bros. Milhem Cortaz, Fabiula Nascimento, FOCUS: THE ART OF THE SCIENCES Juliano Cazarré, Paulo Tiefenthaler FOCUS: HUMOR—IN THE JOCULAR VEIN Author, existentialist, and popular scholar Print Source Outsider Pictures In Italian with English subtitles. Claudia, Irvin D. Yalom is one of the most infl uential (gorgeous Laetitia Casta, memorable in Ar- living psychotherapists; his work has been FOCUS: ¡VIVA EL CINE! In Portuguese with bitrage), and Francesco (top Italian come- described as mind- and life-altering. For him, English subtitles. Brilliantly structured, dian Fabio De Luigi) are best friends. She is a a straightforward documentary quite simply Fernando Coimbra’s slow burn of a psycho- hypersensitive veterinarian; he is a passion- would not do. So director Sabine Gisiger logical thriller questions human nature and ate and unconventional lawyer specializing (Guru, MVFF 2010) defi es the classic cine- the nature of truth. When a child goes miss- in lost causes. They laugh, hang out, and biography, skimming over career milestones, ing, police must sift through the testimo- enjoy the slow-paced life in sunny Salento, and instead allowing the dulcet tones of Dr. nies of the mother, the father, and a young along the Adriatic shore. In this paradisiacal Yalom to guide us. As he ponders Freud, ex- woman, each of whose stories is at odds setting, the friends play out their carefree pounds personal and universal philosophies, with the others’. This compelling explora- relationship until Claudia meets drop-dead and poses questions, we are brought along on tion of the motivations behind unfathom- gorgeous Giovanni and decides to marry an existential journey through the many layers able acts is all the more powerful for its ba- him in three days. When reality hits, she of the human mind. Yalom shares 50 years of sis in real-life events that shocked Brazil in seeks comfort again from Francesco, who professional insights and the wisdom gained the 1960s. Though the story is updated to has fi nally embarked on a romance of his through a life well lived. Interviews with Ya- current-day Rio de Janeiro, Coimbra’s city own. At this point, four hearts are at stake. lom’s grown children and wife Marilyn Yalom, will be unfamiliar to moviegoers and tele- Whose will survive? Director Giovanni Vero- also a renowned scholar, are intertwined with novela afi cionados accustomed to Rio’s nesi, a master of the Italian romantic com- his refl ections, and Gisiger’s interludes of picture-postcard coastline and towering edy (Manual of Love), deftly depicts a com- placid landscapes and serene instrumentals labyrinths of favelas. Unrelentingly gray mon theme with uncommon levity and very provide space for refl ection between heady skies, crumbling concrete, and nondescript genuine sensitivity. Viva l’amore! NORTH philosophical threads. The result is a voyage suburbs sprawling at the foot of the hilltop AMERICAN PREMIERE of self-exploration for subject and viewer NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Nossa Senhora da Penha sanctuary are —Laura Costantino alike. given noirish treatment by cinematogra- —Alexis Whitham pher Lula Carvalho. Claustrophobic close- Saturday, Oct 4, 8:15 pm Lark ups and sinister textures registered on Wednesday, Oct 8, 1:00 pm Sequoia 2 PRECEDED BY 16mm supply the visual dread for an out- Thursday, Oct 9, 11:00 am Sequoia 2 come that remains incomprehensible. GLOBE TROT —Shari Kizirian US 2013 • 4 min WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ITALIAN Saturday, Oct 4, 11:00 am Sequoia 1 CULTURAL INSTITUTE AND ITALY IN US Director Mitchell Rose Sunday, Oct 5, 4:30 pm Lark Fifty-four filmmakers shoot two seconds of SPONSORED BY movement by choreographer Bebe Miller. THE LODGE AT TIBURON IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONSULATE Tuesday, Oct 7, 5:00 pm Rafael 2 GENERAL OF BRAZIL, LATINO COUNCIL, AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Wednesday, Oct 8, 9:00 pm Sequoia 1

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THE YOUNG KIESLOWSKI YOUTH REEL ZAKIR HUSSAIN: SESSIONS

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US 2014 • 94 min 100 min US 2014 • 140 min From all over the world these stellar youth- Director/Screenwriter Kerem Sanga Directors/Producers Anisa produced shorts have wended their ways Producers Caplan, Daniel Leiner, Qureshi, Taylor Phillips Producers to us, from the northern reaches of Marin Ross Putman, David Hunter, Chris Antonia Minnecola, Zakir Hussain County and out to the East Bay, in from Colbert, Ben Ross Cinematographer Cinematographers Alrik Bursell, John the southern sunshine of Los Angeles and Ricardo Diaz Editor Ryan Brown Cast Espey, Scott Snell Cinematographer/ the out-east of Illinois and Virginia, blow- Ryan Malgarini, Haley Lu Richardson, Editor Jake Richmond Editor George ing down from Nova Scotia and British Co- Joshua Malina, James LeGros, Melora Rosenfeld Cast Zakir Hussain, Steve lumbia, swimming in from the salmon fish- Walters, Osric Chau Print Source Smith, Eric Harland, Giovanni Hidalgo, eries of Sweden and the big-pond island Midnight Kiss Inc. Ganesh Rajagopala, with host Randall of Great Britain. Every year in July, jurors Kline Print Source Route 66 Pictures aged 13–18 spend two weeks training for, A little bit of Juno for all the young dudes, then officiating, our young curators pro- The Young Kieslowski tackles teenage gram. With the gentlest adult guidance, Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain is a Bay Area pregnancy from the viewpoint of the un- this year’s jurors—Justine Marler, Lachlin treasure, creating mesmerizing and thrill- expectedly expecting father. When Brian Lipscomb, Clayton Allen, Sophie Keaney, ing improvisations with the world’s best meets Leslie at his first college kegger, Ravi Joshi-Wander, Cole Lederer, and musicians. In this electrifying concert their loopy instant connection drifts on Aaron Davis—sifted through 140 films to film made during his 2013 residency at into the wee hours of the morning and, come up with these 20. This is the most di- the SFJAZZ Center, Indian classical super- awkwardly and sweetly, into bed. They verse youth reel we’ve ever presented and stars, jazz percussion greats, and the likes emerge to find themselves in emotional has many gems that even a seasoned pro of banjo genius Béla Fleck and double foreign territory and stumbling headlong could be proud of. We thank YoungCuts of bassist Edgar Meyer joined him onstage. into the land of early adulthood. These for their participation. Ages 13+ Hussain brings the infectious spirit of play two now ex-virgins—one a physics nerd, to all his rhythmic and melodic collabora- the other a Bible-thumper—must navigate —John Morrison tions. His easy leadership while perform- this new world of indecision, mistrust, Saturday, Oct 11, 3:00 pm Lark ing with Indian classical rising stars, sitar acceptance, and despondence, all un- player Niladri Kumar, violinist Ganesh derscored by youthful, unwavering hope. Rajagopalan, and bansuri flutist Rakesh Writer-director Kerem Sanga hits a serio- WITH SUPPORT FROM YOUNGCUTS, Chaurasia, sets the tone for a vibrant comic stride in his nimble second feature, MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC show. And Hussain still plays with an open drawing endearing performances from and lively curiosity, evident in his call and his two young leads (Ryan Malgarini and response with jazz drummers Steve Smith, Haley Lu Richardson), bolstered by indie Eric Harland, and Giovanni Hidalgo. His film stalwarts James Le Gros and Melora father, the late, great tabla master Alla Walters. Though blindsided by fecundity, Rakha, advised, “Just try to be a good stu- these kids are gonna be all right. dent.” And, as we are carried along on this —Leah LoSchiavo creative journey, we can do just that. It is the next best thing to experiencing Zakir Saturday, Oct 4, 8:15 pm Rafael 2 and friends live. Sunday, Oct 5, 1:45 pm Sequoia 2 —Carol Harada Friday, Oct 10, 12:00 pm Sequoia 2 Wednesday, Oct 8, 8:30 pm 142 Throckmorton SPONSORED BY Sunday, Oct 12, 5:30 pm 142 PIZZA ANTICA Throckmorton

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MVFF.COM 71 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

STAR WARS: EPISODE V—THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Monday, Oct 6, 5:00 (Family Screening) and 8:30 pm (Fan Screening) Century Cinema Corte Madera Tickets: $15 general / $14 CFI members / $10 children

As we count down to Episode VII, dust off your lightsaber, channel your inner Jedi, and come join us at MVFF’s favorite family night as we celebrate Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back on the big screen—as it was meant to be seen!

Skywalker Sound veterans Matthew Wood and David Acord will be on hand to discuss the sounds of the Star Wars universe, including some audience participation voice changing and sound effects trivia!

Get photos with authentic Star Wars-costumed characters! Come dressed as your favorite for the costume parade at the Family Screening.

See mvff.com for full details on this long-running MVFF tradition.

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