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2 CUFF.DOCS | FESTIVAL INFO SCHEDULE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY NOV. 17, 2016 NOV. 18, 2016 NOV. 19, 2016 NOV. 20, 2016 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 1:45 PM 12 PM Opening Night Film KATE PLAYS CAMERAPERSON GAZA SURF CLUB ACCIDENTAL CHRISTINE US, Dir. Kirsten Germany, Dir. Philip COURTESY US, Dir. Robert Greene, Johnson, 102 min (p. 8) Gnadt, Mickey Yamine, US, Dir. Matt Ornstein, 112 min (p. 6) Screens with the short 87 min (p. 12) 95 min (p. 4) OLGA Screens with the short (6 min) Q&A following the SURF ANYWHERE screening (10 min) 9:45 PM 9:45 PM 4:30 PM 2:30 PM 24 X 36 ALIVE AND KICKING OFF THE RAILS Canda, Dir. Kevin Japan / UK / US, Dir. US, Dir. Susan Glatzer, Canada, Dir. Adam Burke, 83 min (p. 5) Stephen Kijak, 95 min 84 min (p. 9) Irving, 87 min (p. 13) Screens with the short (p. 7) Screens with the short TWISTED Screens with the short TINY TRACKS (14 min) JOHNNY PHYSICAL LIVES (10 min) (22 min) 7:00 PM 5:00 PM Opening Night After Party at The Derrick (620 8 Ave THE HAPPY FILM YARN SW, across the street US, Dir. Hillman Curtis, Iceland, Dir. Una from Globe) following the Ben Nabors, Stefan Lorenzen, 76 min screening of ACCIDENTAL COURTESY Sagmeister, 95 min (p. 14) (p. 10) 9:30 PM 7:30 PM THE HOLLYWOOD THE LAST LAUGH SHORTIES US, Dir. Ferne US, Dir. Ryan Steven Pearlstein, 85 min Green, 85 min (p. 11) (p. 15) Screens with the short Screens with the STAMPEDE CITY (7 min) short IN THE NAME OF Q&A following the COMEDY screening (19 min)

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ACCIDENTAL COURTESY United States DARYL DAVIS, RACE & AMERICA 2016, 95 min 18+ DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHERS FESTIVALS Matt Ornstein Matt Ornstein Sam Gezari SXSW 2016 Noah Ornstein Peter Castagnetti Cleveland International Film Festival 2016 Opening Night Film with Director Matt Ornstein in attendance! timely and Musician Daryl Davis has an unusual hobby. He’s played all over the world, but it’s what he does in his free time that sets him apart. Daryl thought likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan – something provoking few black men can say. In his travels, he collects robes and other Paste Magazine Sponsor artifacts from friends who have left the Klan, in hopes of eventually opening a “Museum of the Klan”. In ACCIDENTAL COURTESY, Daryl’s Opening Night After Party: journey takes him across the United States, from old friends who The Derrick (620 8 Ave SW, have left the Klan, to friends still active in the organization. across the street from Globe) Community Partner

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24x36 Canada A MOVIE ABOUT MOVIE POSTERS 2016, 83 min 18+ DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Kevin Burke David Lawson Jr. Kevin Burke Fantastic Fest 2016 Graham Lee DEDFest 2016

A documentary that explores the birth, death and resurrection of A chance to illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities from the past four decades, 24×36 aims to answer mourn the the question – what happened to the illustrated movie poster? In the passing of mid 2000s, filling the void left behind by Hollywood’s abandonment the classic of illustrated movie posters, independent artists and galleries began selling limited edition, screenprinted posters. With the emergence of movie poster. groups such as Mondo, Skuzzles and Grey Matter Art, the movement Slashfilm Community Partners has quickly exploded into a booming industry with prints selling out online in seconds, inspiring Hollywood studios to take notice of illustration in movie posters once more.

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM TWISTED 14 min, 2016, Canada, Director Jay Cheel A movie legend was made when a real-life tornado hit a drive-in theatre during a screening of TWISTER in in the summer of 1996.

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United States 2016, 112 min KATE PLAYS 18+ CHRISTINE DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Robert Greene Douglas Tirola Sean Price Williams Sundance Film Festival 2016 Susan Bedusa Berlinale Forum 2016

Filmmaker Robert Greene cleverly forgoes your standard talking-head-and-sound-bite approach to Non-fiction nonfiction storytelling, instead choosing to employ actress Kate Lyn Sheil as a conduit to understanding an impossibly complex issue. Cast as Christine Chubbuck – a local Florida newscaster who committed suicide filmmaking by shooting herself in the head on live television in 1974 – Kate travels to Christine’s hometown and by way of candidly pulls back the curtain on her acting process to get into the role of Christine. Committed to doing psychologi- justice to Christine’s life, Kate reveals the biases and presumptions even supposed experts can provide in their diagnosis. KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE boldly challenges its subjects and audience alike to accept that cal thriller. answers from the past are never easy. The Skinny

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Japan/United Kingdom/United States 2016, 95 min WE ARE X 18+

DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Stephen Kijak John Battsek Sean Kirby Sundance Film Festival 2016 Diane Becker SXSW 2016

A transcendent rock & roll story about , the world’s biggest It’s one of and most successful band you’ve never heard of ... yet. Under the enigmatic direction of drummer, pianist, composer and producer those ‘so , X Japan has sold over 30 million records, and pioneered crazy you a spectacle driven style of visual rock. Chronicling the band’s couldn’t Community Partner exhilarating, tumultuous and unimaginable history over the past three decades, the film culminates with preparations for their make it up’ reunion concert at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden. sorts of Produced by the team behind the Oscar winning SEARCHING FOR things. SUGAR MAN, WE ARE X is an intimate portrait of a deeply haunted – Variety but truly unstoppable – virtuoso and the music that has enthralled legions of the world’s most devoted fans.

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM JOHNNY PHYSICAL LIVES 22 min, 2015, United States, Director Joshua Neuman A love letter from one brother to another uses animation to mythologize Jonathan’s fantasy life as punk singer Johnny Physical.

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United States 2016, 102 min CAMERAPERSON 18+

DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Kirsten Johnson Kirsten Johnson Kirsten Johnson Sundance Film Festival 2016 Marilyn Ness Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; a fascinating the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into CAMERAPERSON, a tutorial for tapestry of footage captured over the 25-year career of documentary both artists cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (CITIZENFOUR, FAHRENHEIT 9/11). and Community Partner Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension audiences. between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the The Washington Post complex interaction of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, CAMERAPERSON is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM OLGA : AN AREQUIPA STORY 6 min, 2016, Canada, Director Gabriel Yee Olga, a girl with a foot deformity, and her mother travel from their Peruvian village to Arequipa for life-changing treatment. 1st Place Winner, Big Rock Eddies Short Film Festival 2016

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United States 2016, 84 min ALIVE AND KICKING 18+

DIRECTOR PRODUCER CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Susan Glatzer Susan Glatzer John MacDonald SXSW 2016 Naples International Fim Festival 2016 ALIVE AND KICKING explores the culture surrounding swing Wowza. dance from the emergence of the lindy hop to the modern-day international phenomenon. More than a historical narrative, ALIVE The Austin Chronicle AND KICKING is an inside look into the world of swing dancing and Community Partner the characters who make it special. The documentary explores the lives of the dancers to find their personal stories, how they became hooked on the art form, but most of all – why it fills them with joy. Follow the growth of Swing dance from its purely American roots as an art form, to countries all over the world – where Swing is now experiencing a modern-day revival.

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United States 2016, 95 min THE HAPPY FILM 18+ DIRECTORS PRODUCER CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Stefan Sagmeister Ben Nabors Ben Wolf Tribeca Film Festival 2016 Ben Nabors Hot Docs 2016 Hillman Curtis Austrian graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister is doing well. He lives in New York, and he has success in his fast-paced, work, designing album covers for , Jay-Z and the Talking Heads. In the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more and so he decides to turn himself into a design project. Is it painfully possible to train his mind to get happier? He pursues three controlled experiments of meditation, therapy, honest, and drugs, grading himself along the way. But real life creeps in and confounds the process: art, sex, love, stressfully and death prove impossible to disentangle. His unique designs and painfully personal experiences mark a journey that travels closer to himself than ever intended. contempla- tive. Wired

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United States 2016, 85 min THE HOLLYWOOD 18+ SHORTIES DIRECTOR PRODUCER CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Ryan Steven Green Ryan Steven Green Craig Evans SXSW 2016 Craig Evans San Francisco Doc Fest 2016

Director Ryan Steven Green in attendance! Beginning in the 1950’s and rising to prominence in the 1980’s, the Hollywood Shorties were a basketball A triumph. team, the first of their kind – an organized sport team in the American dwarf community. Formed from an The Guardian insular community of recognizable-but-typecast actors, the team began as a rare outlet for little people to gather publicly. As the team’s athletic skill increased, so did its popularity. By the early 1980’s, the Shorties had created a niche in entertainment akin to the Harlem Globetrotters, playing exhibitions from Hawthorne High to the Fabulous Forum with their signature blend of comedy and basketball prowess. Simultaneously, the Hollywood Shorties found themselves the vanguard of a revolutionary movement to bring little people into the public eye as something other than objects of curiosity.

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM STAMPEDE CITY 7 min, 2016, Canada, Director Keifer Dallison A documentation of those downtown during the 2015 Calgary Stampede.

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Germany 2016, 87 min GAZA SURF CLUB Arabic and Engligh with English subtitles 18+ DIRECTORS PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Philip Gnadt Benny Theisen Niclas Reed Middleton Toronto International Film Mickey Yamine Stephanie Yamine Festival 2016 Andreas Schaap IDFA 2016

Trapped in “the world’s largest open-air prison” and ruled by war, a Directors new generation is drawn to the beaches. Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their own personal freedom in the waves Philip Gnadt of the Mediterranean – they are the surfers of Gaza. Gaza, a strip and Mickey of land with a population of 1.7 million citizens, is wedged between Yamine have Community Partner Israel and Egypt and isolated from the outside world. Yet, against this background there is a small movement. About 40 surfboards have ridden the been brought into the country despite strict sanctions. It is those big wave with boards that give surfers an opportunity to experience a small slice of this superb freedom – between the coastal reminder of a depressing reality and the Israeli-controlled three-mile marine border. documentary Dorkshelf

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM SURF ANYWHERE 10 min, 2016, Canada, Directors Desiree Bilon and Glenn Dixon A group of river surfing pioneers are building a world-class wave on the Kananaskis River – 45 out- side of landlocked Calgary – and a river surfing community.

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Canada / United States 2016, 87 min OFF THE RAILS 18+

DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Adam Irving Adam Irving Adam Irving Hot Docs 2016 Glen Zipper Full Frame 2016

OFF THE RAILS tells the remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger’s syndrome Offbeat and whose overwhelming love of transit landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus enjoyable. drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. Darius was taught the ins and outs of the subway system from childhood by transit workers, and over the next three decades, he commandeered hundreds The Hollywood Reporter of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule; actions that landed him 23 years in maximum security prison. Adam Irving’s debut is a fascinating, frustrating and heartbreaking documentary, a profile of a man seemingly born for one thing – and of a legal system that does not know how to deal with him.

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM TINY TRACKS 10 min, 2016, Canada, Director Naomi Hocura Ivor worked for more than 20 years on a detailed, miniature replica of his favourite Boston streetcar line; this short film takes us down the tiny tracks he left behind.

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Iceland 2016, 76 min YARN English, Icelandic and Swedish with English subtitles 18+ DIRECTORS PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER FESTIVALS Una Lorenzen Heather Millard Iga Mikler SXSW 2016 Thordur Jonsson Göteborg Film Festival 2016

Meet the artists who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet, the edgy side bringing yarn out of the house and into the world. Reinventing STASHA our relationship with this colorful tradition, YARN weaves together of knitting. yarns, accessories, & classes wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers into Elle Magazine a visually-striking look at the women who are making a creative stance while building one of modern art’s hottest trends. Starting at the beginning – with the sheep and the grass – this colourful documentary travels across the globe to uncover the history of the Sponsors craft, and women’s complex relationship to it. A feminist art doc at its Community Partner core, YARN explores the surge in popularity of knitting as a means of self-expression and a legitimate art form. yarns, accessories, & classes STADESIGNSH FOR PEOPLE DOING GOOD THINGS

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United States 2016, 85 min THE LAST LAUGH 18+ DIRECTOR PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHERS FESTIVALS Ferne Pearlstein Ferne Pearlstein, Robert Ferne Pearlstein Tribeca 2016 Edwards, Amy Hobby, Anne Anne Etheridge Hot Docs 2016 Hubbell, Jan Warner THE LAST LAUGH asks the ultimate taboo question: Can the Holocaust be funny? Shot on Super 16mm, [An] THE LAST LAUGH thoughtfully weaves together an intimate cinema verité portrait of Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone alongside archival footage, clips from comics, and interviews with influential comedians entertaining, and thinkers. From Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman and Gilbert Gottfried to authors Etgar Keret and Shalom thought- Auslander, THE LAST LAUGH offers fresh insights into the Holocaust in a way we haven’t seen before. In provoking exploring the line between funny and offensive, the documentary questions what happens if we make the Holocaust off limits, as well as the implications for other controversial subjects – 9/11, AIDS, racism – in a documentary society that prizes freedom of speech. Variety

STASH yarns, accessories, & classes PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM Visit us at 1309 9th Ave SE IN THE NAME OF COMEDY in the heart of Inglewood 19 min, 2016, United States, Director Jon Hart stashlounge.com A frustrated comedian makes a viral video, but it winds up being his worst nightmare.

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