Welcome to the 18th Ojai Film Festival There’s no place like home ... Let me find yours. Executive Director Artistic Director Donna Welcome to the thrilling Ojai Film Festival. Welcome to the eighteenth annual Ojai Film Festival! More than 80 films will be screened along with Throughout our history, we have programmed a great workshops and special programs spotlighted diversity of unique motion pictures from around the with famed cinematographer Johnny E. Jensen, world, including many that would otherwise have actors Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman. been inaccessible. At the same time, our festival Maryse Gartner Steve Grumette provides a valuable service to filmmakers by giving This year we received over 80 screenplays for our second RE/MAX GoldSallen Coast Realtors them access to a sophisticated and highly appreciative audience that 805-798-0516 annual Screenwriter’s Competition. We will host the popular includes film industry professionals who can help guide their careers. Live Screenplay Read to showcase the winning script on Sunday, November 5. Come join us! The Ojai Film Festival has chosen to identify itself with the theme “Enriching the Human Spirit Through Film.” While any great work The 18th annual Film Festival is a culmination of what has of art enriches the spirit, we decided to give special preference to already been a busy year with three programs: the Women In films that explore the human condition; films that broaden our Film Legacy Film with Piper Laurie in March, two animation understanding of our place in the world and encourage us to exert workshops in June, and the International Ocean Film Tour in a constructive influence on our planet and its people. August, co-sponsored by the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy. These successful Film Festival happenings provided Ventura, Included in this year’s array of 79 distinguished films in Los Angeles and S anta Barbara residents with reasonably priced competition from around the globe are works that we hope will entertainment/educational offerings. entertain and educate, move you to tears or fill you with joy, stimulate you to think and perhaps even inspire you to action. As Executive Director for the Film Festival, I am honored to work with some of the most tireless volunteers in the Ojai We are particularly proud of the fact that over a dozen films first Valley, a working Board of Directors and operating staff. With shown at the Ojai Film Festival have gone on to win great honors over 100 volunteers dedicated to the Ojai Film Festival, I am elsewhere, including and Nominations. humbled by their commitment and devotion to this film We are very pleased to continue our association with Panavision celebration. Corporation, which once again will be donating a $60,000 camera Enjoy the wonder and magic of film with independent directors rental package to the winner of the Limelight Award for Best and producers from around the world. The Ojai Film Festival is Student Film. designed to “enrich the human spirit.” I look forward to sharing And so, it is with great pleasure that I invite you once again to join the Festival with you. with us in celebrating the art of film in the uniquely inviting environment of the Ojai Valley.

Located on the preStigiouS eaSt end of ojai, PRE-K—12, COLLEGE PREP down a private Lane, SitS an eLegantLy modern home Oak Grove School The Arts of Living and Learning OPEN HOUSE and ALL-SCHOOL SHOWCASE Discover the arts of living and learning at Oak Grove School. Tour our expansive campus, explore our classrooms, meet the teachers, and Located in the heart of downtown ojai SpectacuLar SpaniSh home, onLy few minuteS waLking diStance to downtown ojai enjoy student performances. Find out more about our dynamic college-preparatory high school, boarding program, junior high, elementary and Donna Sallen early childhood programs. There’s no place like home ... TH 805-798-0516 www.oakgroveschool.org/openhouse SATURDAY, NOV. 4 Let me find yours. www.donnasallen.com 220 WEST LOMITA • OJAI 1:00-4:00PM Ojai Film Festival 2017 3 OjaiFilmFest ad- half pg- Sep 2017.indd 1 Ojai Film Festival — 2017 09/19/17 9:49 AM3 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Special Events Calendar at a Glance JOHNNY E. JENSEN, ASC November 2-12, 2017 ______9:00 AM – 8:00 PM Filmmakers Lounge in the Ojai Art Center (OAC) Fireside Room every day OAC events are Director of Photography scheduled. Thursday, Nov. 2 ______ohnny Jensen, Director of He has acted as Director of Photography on numerous 7:00 – 9:00 PM Free Opening Night screening of Mad Hot Ballroom movie. The students of several New York City JPhotography, has worked in television productions. He received Emmy Award nominations elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a citywide dance competition. the motion picture industry for for Best Cinematography for the television movie Into The – Libbey Bowl nearly half a century. Early in Badlands and again for An American Story. His series television his career, Johnny worked as a experience includes L.A. Dragnet and Heartland. Friday, Nov. 3 ______Cinemobile technician for The Johnny has directed a number of films for television including Godfather, a camera assistant 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Student Filmmakers Program – We are bringing back the popular Student Filmmakers Program The Lazarus Man and The Ditchdigger’s Daughters, which for Altered States, and a camera operator for An Officer and a to the Ojai Film Festival on Friday, November 3. There will be two 45-minute sessions held at the received a nomination for Best Film, Best Actress (Kimberly Gentleman among many other projects. Ojai Art Center and st udents will be invited to attend Film Festival movie screenings after lunch. Elise) and Best Original Score by the Cable Ace Awards. Students are also invited to attend film screenings on Saturday, Nov. 4. Johnny began work as a Director of Photography/Cinemato- He currently teaches the craft/art of cinematography at Dodge grapher for feature films in the early 1980s. He served as Director 9:00 - 11:00 PM Filmmaker’s Reception – OAC Gallery College of Film and Media Arts, part of Chapman University, of Photography on Rambling Rose for Director Martha Coolidge, ______where he enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion with his Saturday, Nov. 4 with whom he works to this day. This film was nominated for two students. He still works in features and television. 2:00 – 4:00 PM Stuart Crowner will interview and lead audience Q&A with 2017 Lifetime Achievement Honoree for Academy Awards with an additional Spirit Award nomination for Cinematography Johnny E. Jensen, about his craft and its importance in making a film. – OAC Best Cinematography. He went on to do the Cinematography for Johnny is a proud member of The International Cinematog- Gallery many feature films including Grumpy Old Men, Rosewood, and The rapher’s Guild, The Directors Guild of America, The American Game of Their Lives (a film about the United States National soccer Society of Cinematographers, The Academy of Motion Picture 4:00 – 7:00 PM 2017 Lifetime Achievement Honoree film and TV personality Ed Asner joins a screening of his team competing in the 1950 World Cup). Arts & Sciences, and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 2017 movie In Vino followed by a Q&A with the actor led by Bret Bradigan. A reception in the OAC Gallery follows. Stuart Crowner will interview Jensen about his career and show clips from various projects he has worked on, Saturday, November 4 at 2 pm in the Ojai Art Center Gallery. 9:00 – 11:00 PM Festival Welcome Party – OAC Gallery Sunday, Nov. 5 ______10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Brunch/Ojai Film Festival Award Presentation – OAC Courtyard 2:00 – 4:00 PM Live Read of winning screenplay from the Screenplay Com petition that had over 80 submissions. ED ASNER – OAC Gallery 4:00 – 6:30 PM Focus Earth workshop sponsored by Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC). Environmental film Award Winning Actor and Activist shown followed by a panel. OVLC information booth available pre-and post-show. – OAC Theater Monday, Nov. 6 ______ersatile, committed, and is set to shoot the feature The Instigator written by Tom 10:00 AM – 9:30 PM Gold Coast Screenings at OAC. A panoply of films created in and around Ventura County. Veloquent and talented are Porter and Maggie Grant in Georgia early next year. all adjectives that describe Wednesday, Nov. 8 ______Asner starred in 2017’s In Vino by director Leonardo Foti, a actor/activist and award- comedic thriller with Sean Young and Marina Benedict. The 7:00 – 9:30 PM Free community screening of The Triplets of Belleville at the atrium behind the Ojai Arcade. winning actor Ed Asner. The movie will screen at the Ojai Film Festival’s tribute to Ed Asner, Seating on grass. Patro ns bring chairs and blankets. former president of the Screen followed by a Q&A and reception. Asner is best known for his ______Actors Guild and 60-year Friday, Nov. 10 comedic and dramatic talent as the gruff but soft-hearted entertainment veteran starred as Carl Fredricksen in Pixar’s 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Young Filmmakers Competition Screening – Ojai Film Society Under the generous auspices of journalist Lou Grant, the role he originated on the landmark Oscar-winning Best Picture Up! Asner has made dozens of the Ojai Film Festival, the Ojai Film Society presents the winning films of its 2017 Ojai Young TV news room comedy, The Show and motion pictures including They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, JFK and the Filmmakers competition. The presentation will be followed by a student Q&A and a reception. continued in the newspaper set drama Lou Grant which earned box office hit, Elf with Will Farrell and James Caan. 7:00 – 10:30 PM Debut screening of Beautifully Broken with Ojai actress Emily Hahn. Emily was active in Ojai him five Emmys and three Golden Globe Awards. Community Theater and voice-over work. She now works in Hollywood. – OAC Theater Asner starred opposite Joseph Fiennes and Tom Cavanagh in In March 2002, he was honored by the Screen Actors Guild Reception follows in the OAC Gallery. the Disney feature The Games Maker, and Joe’s War with with the prestigious Life Achievement Award for career ______Armand Assante, the animated feature The Nutcracker Sweet, achievement and humanitarian accomplishment, presented Saturday, Nov. 11 and Love Meet Up opposite Amanda Markowitz. The latter won annually to an actor who fosters the highest ideals of the 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Join the filmmakers of Straight from the Pen as they and several former prison inmates discuss Best Independent Film of the Year from The Hollywood Reel profession. Independent Film Festival. crime, prison, and the challenges of bringing about meaningful personal change in oneself. A screening of Asner's latest film In Vino on Saturday, – OAC Gallery The talented actor just shot the film Waiting in the Wings: The November 4 will be followed by a Q&A with Asner 4:00 – 7:00 PM Women in Film present Cloris Leachman in her Legacy Film bio, followed by a Q&A with the Musical written by Arie Gonzales and Jeffrey A. Johns, a short moderated by publisher Bret Bradigan. Held at the Ojai Art actress in the OAC Theater. A reception in the OAC Gallery will be held following the event. film called Closer written by Seraphine Nova and Mark Glass, Center, the event ends with a reception in the Gallery.

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6 6 www.OjaiFilmFestival.comwww.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival — 2017 7 2nd Annual Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition A Special Thank You to Our 2017 Sponsors LIVE READ Sunday, November 5 at 2 PM Ojai Art Center Gallery Winning Screenplay Over 80 entries this year for the second annual Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition came from across America and Europe. Each entry was read by a panel of readers and five finalists have been named. The winning script receives a LIVE READ on November 5 as the grand prize. Director Larry Swerdlove will lead a table read of the winning script using the many talented Ojai and area actors.

The five finalists for 2017 are: 2017 Judges Potter’s Ground by Pearse Lehane Peter Bellwood Last year’s winner, Pearse Lehane returns, this time with a Peter has enjoyed a thirty-plus year classic western set in 1880s Northern California and dealing career in Hollywood as actor, with time-honored themes of the genre: loss, redemption, screenwriter, artist and musician. As a and the struggle between good and evil. Again Lehane creates screenwriter, his films include the cult vivid characters driven to their limits in an authentic world. hit, Highlander and its sequel, Highlander The Paper Route by Danny Howell 2: The Quickening. His next project is Monster Butler, with Malcolm McDowell Danny Howell takes us to a grim, yet compelling, poverty- and . Television credits include La Femme Nikita stricken Indiana town in 1964, where 15-year-old Paul tries and an Emmy-Award-winning CBS comedy special starring to navigate life under the thumb of an abusive father in a . fascinating “Hoosier Gothic” tale. The Moonbeam Fisherman by John Michael Ewing Michael is partnered with director Peter Dummer Segal in Callahan Filmworks and An homage to the science-fiction stories of a more innocent oversees the development and time puts a young, aspiring writer of sci-fi under the shadow production of numerous feature film and of the Apollo moon landing, and challenges him to solve the television projects. Their nine movies mystery of a local hermit. John Dummer’s writing delivers have grossed over $1.2 Billion at the this tale with authority and affection for a different era. World Wide Box Office. Most recently, he produced Grudge Match starring Robert Deniro and My Husband, The Dick by Keith Davidson Sylvester Stallone, Get Smart starring and Anne Keith Davidson gives us a Nick and Nora Charles for the Hathaway, and executive produced the box office hits The Nestled in the heart twenty-first century in this audacious melding of styles and Longest Yard, starring , Chris Rock and Burt of scenic downtown perspectives as a struggling true-crime writer turns to her Reynolds, 50 First Dates, and co-produced Anger Management. Ojai, the Emerald private-eye fiancé to help her solve the case that could Segal has directed all three films. Iguana Inn is an intimate and bring them both fame and riches—if she can keep her story luxurious hideaway, straight, and free from the self-serving “improvements” Valerie Levett inviting relaxation offered by both her fiancé and her editor. Valerie recently retired from a 33-year and rejuvenation career with Warner Brothers where she amid a lush oasis of Second Best Bed by Terri Kauffman exquisite beauty. worked in the Feature Film Story Terri Kauffman wades into the language and the lore of Department as both a Story Analyst and Elizabethan England to deliver a speculative imagining, with Story Editor. She was the first to read Two Distinct Hotels ~ One Unique Vision echoes of Shakespeare in Love, that the long-whispered Harry Potter for Warner’s (and, yes, rumors of Christopher Marlowe’s authorship of the works of recommended it!). Now she is pursuing e Blue Iguana Shakespeare are true. her own writing and grateful to have the time to devote to it. Inn is a distinctive villa inn and local artistic treasure. Minutes from downtown Ojai it Many thanks to the readers who scored the first round of judging: was distinguished as “hip and stylish” Steve Cleary Bob Earhardt Cheri Rossbach by Sunset Magazine. Alice Delp Sarah Howery Hart Virginia Souza Erin Druckenmiller Jeff Larsen Vivian Sudhalter 805.646.5277 iguanainnsofojai.com

9 8 8 w w w .www o j a i f i l m f e.OjaiFilmFestival.com s t i v a l . c o m OjaiOjai F Filmilm Festival Festival — 2017 2017 9 Straight from the Pen FOCUS EARTH Toxic Puzzle (Documentary Feature) Live Presentation and Q&A Fri. Nov. 3, 4:00 PM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, Chaparral With neurological diseases on the rise, medical researchers are in a race against time to find answers. Narrated Saturday, November 11, 11AM - 12:30PM – Ojai Art Center Gallery by , Toxic Puzzle follows a group of renowned scientists as they piece together the links between cyanobacteria and some of the world’s most devastating illnesses. In the process, they discover a potential cure from a most unlikely source.

Point of No Return "Pre-Release Preview" (Documentary Feature) Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, OACT Two pilots attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane fueled exclusively by sunlight. Their mission—to realize the potential of clean technology and inspire hearts and minds. Point of No Return chronicles one of the most suspenseful and pioneering scientific adventure stories of the 21st century, offering a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit.

The New Fire (Documentary Feature) Sat. Nov. 4, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Wed. Nov. 8, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Nuclear power frequently plays the villain in popular culture. Now, a team of young entrepreneurs wants to convince the public that next-generation reactors may prov ide the key to averting global catastrophe. The New Join the filmmakers of Straight from the Pen as they and several former prison inmates discuss crime, prison, Fire tells a provocative and startlingly positive story about a planet in crisis and the new heroes who are trying and the challenges of bringing about meaningful personal change in oneself. During the making of the film, to save it. the goal was to help these men, through a unique writing program, find a voice to tell their stories, to express their fears and insecurities, and more importantly, their hopes and dreams for the future. Join them as they SOS: The Salton Sea Walk (Documentary Feature) share their incredible stories for the first time, live, outside of prison. As the filmmakers learned, they can Tue. Nov. 7, 4:00 PM, Chaparral teach us much—about themselves, about ourselves, and about the society we live in. Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Born with only one kidney, Randy Brown takes his life into his hands to stop the ecological disaster facing California’s largest lake. As Brown circumnavigates the Salton Sea on foot, he raises awareness about the lake’s severe water loss. SOS: The Salton Sea Walk is a call to action, which features breathtaking cinematography and innovative solutions to an environmental crisis.

For Flint (Documentary Short) Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, OACT The city of Flint is in crisis mode. A federal state of emergency has deemed its drinking water unsafe for consumption, adding to an already decaying infrastructure and dizzying crime rate. In the face of this grim reality, the people of Flint are forming a new narrative of hope and optimism.

Water (Documentary Short) Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 7:00 PM, OACT Take a whirlwind tour of spectacular glaciers, waterfalls, beaches, rivers and waterways, from Iceland and Brazil to the United States and the Dominican Republic. Water provides an awe-inspiring look at some of the planet’s most impressive natural wonders. This documentary short from Window Channel Network features a musical score by Peter Simmer and Wieland Reissman. Shadow of Drought: Southern California’s Looming Water Crisis (Documentary Short) Tue. Nov. 7, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, Chaparral From 2012-2016, California experienced its worst drought in recorded history, placing unprecedented strain on the state’s complex water management system. Despite a record wet winter in 2017, California’s water supply remains under threat from population growth and climate change. Shadow of Drought explores California’s looming water crisis and the dire consequences of inaction.

Charged – The Eduardo Garcia Story (Documentary) Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, OACT Co-sponsored by the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy In 2011, Chef Eduardo Garcia was shocked with 2400 volts of electricity in a freak incident deep in Montana’s backcountry. Near death, alone and miles from help, Eduardo got up and took his first step towards what would ultimately be years of recovery and rehabilitation. Eduardo lost an arm, ribs, muscle mass, and nearly his life, but more important than what he lost is what he found.

10 10 www.OjaiFilmFestival.comwww.OjaiFilmFestival.com OjaiOjai FFilmilm FestivalFestival —2017 2017 1111 FILM INDEX 2017 NARRATIVE FEATURES Title ...... Page # Not Yet ...... 15 A Thousand Mothers ...... 21 Once Upon A Line ...... 23 After Words Half Ticket After Words ...... 13 2015, USA, Director and Producer: 2016, India, Director: Samit Kakkad, Our Wonderful Nature - Juan Feldman; 91 min. Producer: Nanu Jaisinghani; 100 min. Alike ...... 22 The Chameleon ...... 24 Basha Man ...... 21 Panic Attack! ...... 24 GIFTS PETS Sat. Nov. 4, 7:00 PM, OACT S G N I N E E R C S Sun. N O Nov. I 5, T 1:00 I PM, T E OACT P M O C Blind Sushi ...... 21 Pearl ...... 24 HEALING CLEANSE RHINSTONES Sun. Nov. 12, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, OACT ECO-FRIENDLY Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise . 17 ORGANIC GARDENING Academy award winner Marcia Gay Harden stars as Jane, a Two brothers living in the slums of Mumbai long to taste their first Penny and Paul ...... 15 MACROBIOTIC HANDMADE CRAFTS Catherine ...... 14 bookish introvert who loses her job as a librarian and spirals into slice of pizza. It will take all their street smarts to outwit the myriad Pizza Shop: ARTS CONSCIOUS DHARMA suicidal depression. Before she ends her life, Jane travels to Costa obstacles in their way. Featuring an original soundtrack and a Charlie vs Goliath ...... 17 An Italian-American Dream ...... 17 Rica, where she meets Juan, a charismatic tour guide. As she talented cast, Half Ticket explores the divide between the haves and Chasing Trane ...... 17 experiences the Pura Vida (Pure Life), Jane discovers a new sense the have-nots in a winning coming of age story. Point of No Return - of purpose. Child for Child ...... 14 Pre-Release Preview ...... 20 Citizen ...... 14 Pushing Dead ...... 13 Pushing Dead The Descendants Corky ...... 22 Real Artists ...... 16 2016, USA, Director: Tom E. Brown, 2017, Iran, Director: Yaser Talebi, Producers: Eyde Belasco, Jim Bloom, Producer: Mitra Roohimanesh; 80 min. Crime of the Big Leagues ...... 21 Retouch ...... 16 Richard LaGravenese, and Chris Martin; Dancing in Limbo ...... 21 Revelation - The City of Haze . . . . . 24 110 min. Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Dear Death ...... 22 Risk ...... 16 Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 7:00 PM, OACT Duende: The Red Shoes ...... 14 An Iranian-Jewish man travels to Sweden to search for his son Robert Shaw - Man of Many Voices . 20 When a struggling writer—HIV-positive for 20+ years—deposits following his wife’s devastating illness. When he arrives, he Early Mourning ...... 14 a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for sans réponse (Without Answer) . . . . 16 discovers that his son has disappeared, leaving only an empty earning too much. In an era of quasi-universal care, his only Echo Park Blues ...... 14 apartment and a fake phone number. Alone in a foreign country, Sauti (Voice) ...... 20 options are long shots: take on a faceless bureaucracy, or come the father must grapple with poverty, isolation, and the customs Elle ...... 14 up with $3000 a month to buy medication. A quirky comedy with Shadow of Drought: Southern of an alien culture. an engaging ensemble cast. Erlking ...... 23 California’s Looming Water Crisis . 22 Faces of Santa Ana ...... 21 Sirens ...... 16 For Flint ...... 22 Sos: The Salton Sea Walk ...... 20 The Maestro Union Leader 2017, USA, Director: Adam Cushman, 2017, Canada, Director and Producer: Game ...... 14 Straight from the Pen ...... 20 Producer: David J. Phillips; 96 min. Sanjay Patel; 105 min. Go to City Ele ...... 23 Tales by Light: Life and Death . . . . . 20 Half Ticket ...... 13 The Cinema Travellers ...... 20 Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 7:00 PM, OACT He Who has Two Souls ...... 23 The Crossing ...... 24 Thu. Nov. 9, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Mentor to some of Hollywood’s most celebrated musical talents Determined to send his son to Hope ...... 23 The Descendants ...... 13 (Henry Mancini, Randy Newman, Andre Previn), Mario medical school, Jay takes a job at I Got You Babe ...... 15 The Finger ...... 16 Castelnuovo-Tedesco composed music for over 200 films. He got a factory that manufactures highly toxic chemicals. When his credit for 7. The Maestro explores Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s life co-workers begin dying of chromium sulfate exposure, Jay I'm Free ...... 22 The Lost Letter ...... 24 through his relationship with his student, Jerry Herst, a talented but jeopardizes his job and his son’s future to organize a union. Set Icarus ...... 15 The Maestro ...... 13 insecure musician who struggles to make a career for himself in in India, Union Leader invokes a rich tradition of labor activism post-war Hollywood. in cinema. In The Parlor: The Final Goodbye . . 17 The New Fire ...... 20 It’s Just a Gun ...... 15 The Wishgranter ...... 24 Waiting for You Joint-Tenants ...... 23 This is Jack ...... 16 Rainbow Annex for Pets & Gifts 2017, United Kingdom, Kathmandude ...... 15 Toxic Puzzle ...... 21 (Formerly Rainbow Warehouse) Director: Charles Garrad, Producer: Simon Bosanquet; 92 min. Kosher Love ...... 17 Unhinged ...... 24 805.646.9200 L.A. Fadeaway ...... 15 Union Leader ...... 13 Rainbow Bridge Natural Foods & Deli Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 11, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Light Sight ...... 23 Waiting for You ...... 13 805.646.4017 Compelled by grief and curiosity, a young Englishman travels to Lunch Time ...... 15 Water ...... 22 France where he meets an elegant, imperious older woman. As the May I Be Happy ...... 17 Weavers of Imagination ...... 22 Matilija Street in Ojai two wage a cat-and-mouse game of wits, the young man unearths wwwww.rainbowbridgeojai.com long-buried secrets about the father he never knew—and about Miss Kiet’s Children ...... 17 What Haunts Us ...... 21 himself. Waiting for You weds gothic suspense with stylish modern Not One of Us ...... 23 Whoever Was Using this Bed ...... 16 flare. Starring Fanny Ardant and Colin Morgan.

12 www.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival — 2017 13 12 www.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival 2017 1 2017 N ARRATIVE S HORTS N A R R AT I V E S H O R T S , CONT’D Catherine Child for Child I Got You Babe Icarus 2017, USA, Director: Sebastien Nuta, 2016, USA, Director: Juan Avella, 2017, USA, Director: Ashton Avila, 2016, USA, Director: Tom Teller, Producer: Nasser Akkari; 15 min. Producer: Sharon Waich B.; 11 min. Producer: Shamola Kharkar; 27 min. Producer: Michelle Evans; 20 min. Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 4:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Thu. Nov. 9, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 1:00 PM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, Chaparral A divorced, single mother succumbs to temptation and hires a Thu. Nov. 9, 4:00 PM, Chaparral male escort during her son’s visit with his father. Things take an Daivi is a devoted family man who does whatever it takes to When a Mars colony's comm satellite is damaged, Emilia Riley It’s August 26, 1965 and President Lyndon B. Johnson has just unexpected turn when her car is stolen. Desperate to keep her support his son, including the occasional kidnapping. On his last embarks on a seemingly harmless repair expedition. A shuttle signed an executive order ending marital deferments for the indiscretion a secret, Catherine must overcome a suspicious ex- job, Daivi gets a taste of his own medicine when the father of his malfunction cuts connectivity to the ground and Chris, her son, draft. Claudia, an ambitious young woman, must decide what husband, a demanding son, and her own feelings of guilt as she latest kidnap victim retaliates. Faced with the loss of his own makes an impulsive decision to go after her. Icarus is about a she is willing to sacrifice. Should she marry her boyfriend to save unravels the mystery of her missing car. son, Daivi experiences first-hand the emotional torment he has young man’s struggle to cope with failure and overcome the inflicted on others. him from the Vietnam War or pursue her dream of an death of a loved one. independent life?

Citizen Duende: The Red Shoes It’s Just a Gun Kathmandude 2017, USA, Director: Robert Bracker, 2015, USA, Director: Tina Love, 2017, USA, Director: Brian Robau, 2017, USA, Director: Jacob Kirby, Producer: Marissa Messina; 15 min. Producer: David Bradstreet; 10 min. Producer: John Sayage; 14 min. Producer: Ning Zhao; 11 min.

Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 1:00 PM, Chaparrall A female Border Patrol agent must choose between her job and A pastor’s wife gets more than she A young boy lives in a world of bullying, domestic violence, and Burnt-out addict Adam flees the wreckage of his past by her family when her 8-months pregnant sister gets deported. bargained for when she meets her former gypsy flamenco dance policy brutality. When Gabe finds a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson traveling halfway around the world to Kathmandu, Nepal. After Citizen depicts the real-world impact of U.S. immigration laws teacher for a secret private lesson. In this feminist reframing of revolver, he sets in motion a series of events that will change him taking a psychedelic drug at a trendy club, Adam embarks on a through this story of one woman’s conflicted loyalties. A film of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale “The Red Shoes,” a woman forever. It’s Just a Gun examines the complex issues of poverty trip that will bring him face-to-face with his inner demons. gritty authenticity directed by Nogales, Arizona native, Robert finds liberation from self-doubt and a restrictive marriage through and urban violence through one fateful day in the life of a gun. Kathmandude is the story of one man’s ultimate journey of Bracker, with the cooperation of the U.S. Border Patrol. the magic of dance. self-discovery.

Early Mourning Echo Park Blues L.A. Fadeaway Lunch Time 2017, USA, Director: Meg Sutton, 2017, Iran, Director and Producer: 2017, USA, Director: Ben Hartley, 2016, USA, Director: Michael Bofshever, Producer: John Marsaglia; 18 min. Alireza Ghasemi; 15 min. Producer: Lisa Donmall-Reeve; 6 min. Producer: Jacquelyn South; 17 min. Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, OACT Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Wed. Nov. 8, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Tue. Nov. 7, 7:00 PM, Chaparral A sixteen-year-old girl arrives at a morgue to identify her A successful photographer is living the life of her dreams in New The year is 1977 and budding musician Drew longs for a chance mother’s body only to be turned away due to her young age. York City. When her idyllic relationship with the love of her life is What is the definition of success, and how does an artist balance to prove her talent. When Drew invites sultry blues singer, Lunch Time examines the breakdown of a family against the unexpectedly shattered, the woman struggles to accept the a career with a personal life? Echo Park Blues explores this Marcie, to sing at a local club, she grapples with her growing backdrop of a harsh, impersonal bureaucracy. Nominated for reality of her loss. Early Mourning is a short dance film feelings for Marcie’s boyfriend, Reid, and the hypocrisy of LA’s question through the story of Teddy Bender, a washed-up the Palm D’Or in the Short Film category at the 2017 Cannes choregraphed to the music of Scottish singer-songwriter Angela music scene. A film about overcoming heartbreak and McCluskey. saxophonist who is determined to take one last shot at love, Film Festival. success, and redemption by writing the song of his life. disillusionment to find your voice.

Elle Game Not Yet Penny and Paul 2016, Iran, Director: Arian Vazirdaftair, 2015, USA, Director: Michael Bond, 2016, USA, Director: Jeannie Donohoe, 2016, USA, Director: Brian Rawlins, Producer: Majid Barzegar; 15 min. Producers: Michael Bond, Caro Kay, Producer: Joey Horvitz; 15 min. Producer: Patrick Alexander; 12 min. and Lara Lihiya; 18 min. Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Tue. Nov. 7, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 1:00 PM, OACT Tue. Nov. 7, 7:00 PM, Chaparral A middle-aged couple Skypes their daughter, Hasti, who is A new kid tries out for the boys’ basketball team at a local high Free spirit Penny thinks she’s met the man of her dreams during an Thirteen-year-old Anna must redefine her concept of family and studying abroad, to wish her a happy birthday. Despite the school and instantly makes an impression. Will talent and drive impulsive trip to Vegas. Reality sets in the next day on a drive through herself when she discovers that her widower father is distractions of her life abroad, Hasti longs for her old home in be enough to make the team when the coach discovers the the Mojave Desert. As Penny talks non-stop about their new life in romantically involved with her French tutor. Between teenage Iran. Meanwhile, her parents are intent on concealing their prodigy’s secret? Game is a story about defying expectations and Houston, Paul, a lapsed preacher in the middle of an existential crisis, melancholia and taking care of the home since her mother’s crumbling marriage. Not Yet offers a poignant look at an realizing your full otential.p Winner of numerous awards on the begins plotting his escape. passing, Anna seeks a way to accept a new mother figure and estranged couple and their conflicted feelings for each other. leave her childhood behind. film festival circuit.

14 www.OjaiFilmFestival.com 15 14 www.OjaiFilmFestival.com OjaiOjai F Filmilm Festival Festival — 2017 2017 15 N ARRATIVE S HORTS , CONT’D 2017 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES Real Artists Retouch Catching Sight of Thelma and Louise Charlie vs. Goliath 2017, USA, Director: Cameo Wood, 2017, Iran, Director and Producer: 2016, USA, Director and Producer: 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Producers: Alexa Fraser-Herron, Kaveh Mazaheri; 20 min. Jennifer Townsend; 87 min. Reed Lindsay; 75 min. Ryon Lane, and Cameo Wood; 12 min. Wed. Nov. 8, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Wed. Nov. 8, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 10:00 AM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 10:00 AM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, OACT Maryam has endured a lifetime of insults from her weightlifting Take a dramatic and exciting ride with Thelma and Louise. Set to A penniless, 75-year-old, former Catholic priest takes on Against all odds, Sophia Baker just scored her dream interview at husband. Then a random accident places her in a position of clips from the classic film, this documentary chronicles the establishment politics when he runs for the U.S. Senate in the world-famous Semaphore Animation Studios. But when she power over her tormentor. As her husband hovers between life intimate, personal stories of ordinary women as they negotiate Wyoming. Going up against an incumbent candidate with an meets mysterious executive Anne Palladon, she learns all is not and death, Maryam has a choice—will she save the man who the challenges of the 21st century. Through their stories, Catching enormous war chest, Charlie relies on a ragged band of as she expected. Based on a short story by Ken Liu, Real Artists has made her life a misery or make a fateful escape from an Sight of Thelma & Louise explores the reasons behind ‘Thelma & volunteers and grass roots fundraising for his campaign. Charlie asks a provocative question—what role does an artist play in the unhappy marriage? Louise’s' enduring hold on popular culture. vs. Goliath confronts the difficulty of reforming a political system high-tech world of a dystopian future. bankrolled by big money. sans réponse (Without Answer) Risk 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Chasing Trane In the Parlor: The Final Goodbye 2016, USA, Director: David Usner, William Papadin; 4 min. 2017, USA, Director and Producer: 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Producer: Terry Lamb, Steven Lee, John Scheinfeld; 99 min. Heidi Boucher, Co-Producer: Joel Roth, and David Usner; 18 min. Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, OACT Ruby Sketchley; 79 min. Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, OACT Sun. Nov. 5, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Thu. Nov. 9, 1:00 PM, Chaparral A filmmaker returns to his home town and takes up residence in Sun. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 11, 1:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 10:00 AM, Chaparral his mother’s basement. Existing on video games and Old Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the As the rising costs of “traditional funerals” place them out of Two people from opposite walks of life bond over a shared love Fashioneds, Guillaume ponders some of life’s more important 20th century, Chasing Trane brings John Coltrane to life as a fully reach for ordinary families, the bereaved are resurrecting a lost of Leonard Cohen. Francis is an accountant who’s been fired questions, like what happens to missing socks and why all his dimensional being, inviting the audience to engage with the man art—the home funeral. In the Parlor: The Final Goodbye is the after forty years with the same firm. Suzie is a young woman thoughts are in French. Winner of the Audience Award for Best behind the legend. Written and directed by critically-acclaimed passion project of Heidi Boucher, an independent filmmaker trapped in a relationship with her abusive ex-husband. When Foreign Short at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. documentary filmmake r John Scheinfeld (The U.S. vs. John Lennon and home funeral advocate who works with families to create their paths cross, Francis and Suzie have a life-changing and Who Is Harry Nilsson). sacred spaces for saying goodbye. experience that takes them in very different directions. The Finger May I Be Happy Sirens 2016, USA, Director: Corydon Wagner, Kosher Love Producers: Chris Carfizzi, Chris Kubik, 2017, France, Directors: Eric Georgeault 2014, Israel, Director: Shiri Amit, 2017, USA, Director: Evan Beloff, and Hilary Mann; 10 min. Producer: Bunbury Films; 43 min. and Hélène Walter, Producers: Eric Producer: Karin Shavit; 24 min. Georgeault and Hélène Walter; 77 min. Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, OACT Thu. Nov. 9, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Maya, a young army widow, returns to her home town on the When Luke plans a special evening to celebrate his relationship What happens when a rabbinical matchmaker, a newly married America’s youth face unprecedented stress from poverty, Sea of Galilee for a National Memorial Day service. There she with girlfriend Laura, a simple injury derails his plan for the perfect Hasidic couple and a single, religious hip-hop artist explore the violence, and a host of other social pressures. In the San reconnects with Nurit, her childhood friend and sister-in-law. date. As the evening veers from one catastrophe to another, Luke precise meaning of True Love? Kosher Love documents the hopes Francisco Bay Area, a team of educators is bringing Surrounded by ceremonies of death, memory, and independence, and Laura let go of perfection and savor the messy reality of and revelations of several religious Jews as they search for mindfulness training to the classroom. May I Be Happy shows the two women are compelled to acknow ledge the complexity of commitment. A quirky comedy about the absurdity of love. lasting love and biblically-instructed marriage in a wired, secular how mindfulness education can lower stress, increase a sense their love for each other. world of disposable relationships. of well-being, and ease the suffering of students from dramatically different socioeconomic backgrounds. This is Jack Whoever Was Using this Bed 2017, USA, Directors: Darrett Sanders, 2016, Australia, Director: Andrew Miss Kiet’s Children Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream and Amanda Tepe, Producers: Kristi Kotatko, Producers: Andrew Kotatko 2016, Netherlands, Directors: Peter 2017, USA, Director: Antony Osso, Producers: Anderson Ornstein, Darrett Sanders and Marie Slaight; 20 min. Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch, Laura Nespola and Anthony Osso; 56 min. and Amanda Tepe; 21 min. Producer: Peter Lataster; 114 min. Wed. Nov. 8, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 7:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 10:00 AM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 7:00 PM, Chaparral A married couple is woken in the Kiet Engels is the kind of teacher you’d wish for every Charlie and Fred Osso, immigrant High School senior Jack has trouble living in reality. Socially dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they schoolchild. Strict, but never harsh, loving, but never soft, her brothers from Calabria, Italy, have run isolated and hopelessly in love with fellow bandmate, Daisy, Jack are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and patience is endless. As the children entrusted to her care adapt their pizzeria in a New Jersey strip mall for over 40 years. Now finds the catalyst for personal transformation through a creative desires. Based on a story by Raymond Carver, Whoever Was to life in the Netherlands, Miss Kiet goes beyond instruction in they’re facing forced relocation, construction of a new writing assignment. As Jack writes to his future self, he finds the Using this Bed is a multi-award winning short psychological reading and writing, teaching lessons in problem-solving and restaurant, and their sons’ efforts to update their management courage to connect with his peers and win the girl of his dreams. drama starring Jean-Marc Barr, Radha Mitchell, and Jane Birkin. respect that will last a lifetime. style. Through the story of the Osso brothers, Pizza Shop offers a contemporary look at the American Dream.

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19 : S S . 12 . N , S – 3 . N , F E L U D E H C S G N I N E E R C V O AY D N U V O AY D I R D O C U M E N TA R Y F E AT U R E S , CONT’D D OCUMENTARY F EATURES , CONT’D Point of No Return – Pre-Release Preview Robert Shaw—Man of Many Voices Toxic Puzzle What Haunts Us 2017, USA, Directors: Noel Dockstader 2016, USA, Directors: Peter Miller 2017, USA, Director and Producer: 2017, USA, Director: Paige Goldberg and Quinn Kanaly, Producers: and Pamela Roberts, Producers: Bo Landin; 82 min. Tolmach, Producers: Frank Marshall Noel Dockstader and Quinn Kanaly; David Druckenmiller, Peter Miller, and Matt Tolmach; 66 min. 93 min. Pam Roberts, and Kiki Wilson; 71 min. Fri. Nov. 3, 4:00 PM, OACT Tue. Nov. 7, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, Chaparral With neurological diseases on the rise, medical researchers are Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, OACT Tue. Nov. 7, 7:00 PM, Chaparral in a race against time to find answers. Narrated by Harrison Within the last 35 years, six men from Porter Gaud High School’s graduating class of 1979 have committed suicide. When Paige Robert Shaw was a brilliant musician and a complicated man Ford, Toxic Puzzle follows a group of renowned scientists as they Two pilots attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane Goldberg Tolmach gets word that another former student from who rose from a pop music background with very little formal piece together the links between cyanobacteria and some of the fueled exclusively by sunlight. Their mission—to realize the her beloved high school has killed himself, she takes a deep dive training to become one of the premiere symphony conducto rs of world’s most devastating illnesses. In the process, they discover potential of clean technology and inspire hearts and minds. Point into her past to uncover some surprising truths and release the the 20th century. In a film the New York Times calls “poignant a potential cure from a most unlikely source. of No Return chronicles one of the most suspenseful and ghosts that haunt her hometown. pioneering scientific adventure stories of the 21st century, and compelling,” the filmmakers explore Shaw’s personal demons and improbable career. offering a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit. 2017 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Sauti (voice) SOS: The Salton Sea Walk A Thousand Mothers Basha Man 2017, USA, Directors: Gayle Nosal and 2017, USA, Director: Corbin Schweitzer, 22016, USA, Director and Producer: 2016, USA, Director: Daniel Chein, Beret E. Strong, Producers: Gayle Nosal Producers: Blake Alexander and Kim Shelton; 39 min. Producers: Helen Citlalli Shope and and Beret E. Strong; 73 min. Corbin Schweitzer; 61 min. Sufen Yen; 12 min.

Fri. Nov. 3, 1:00 PM, OACT Tue. Nov. 7, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Tue. Nov. 7, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Thu. Nov. 9, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, OACT For the people of Uganda’s Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, being Born with only one kidney, Randy Brown takes his life into his High above the majestic Irrawaddy River, a community of nuns Basha boasts idyllic mountain landscapes and notoriety as home a refugee is a protracted affair that can last for decades. Sauti hands to stop the ecological disaster facing California’s largest redefines what it means to be a woman in 21st century to China’s “Last Tribe of Gunrunners.” As tourists flood the tiny (“voice” in Swahili) follows five women brought to the settlement lake. As Brown circumnavigates the Salton Sea on foot, he raises Myanmar. At this ancient Buddhist nunnery, young girls receive village, the Miao community must grapple with unintended as children who dream of life beyond the refugee camp. Posing awareness about the lake’s severe water loss. SOS: The Salton Sea food and education, while their mentors find wisdom and humor consequences to their simple way of life. Basha Man follows tour hard questions about the refugee crisis, Sauti is a testament to Walk is a call to action featuring breathtaking cinematography through a life of service. A Thousand Mothers is a powerful guide, Gun Ni La, and his family as they try to find balance in a resilience and the enduring power of hope. and innovative solutions to an environmental crisis. meditation on how to live a meaningful life. changing town. Crime of the Big Leagues Tales by Light: Life and Death Blind Sushi Straight from the Pen 2016, USA, Director: Randy Field, 2017, Directors: Paul & Lori Sutton, 2016, Australia, Director: Abraham Joffe, 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Producer: Randy Field and Producers: Louis Cooper Robinson, Hamish Producers: Paul and Lori Sutton; Eric Heimbold; 17 min. Michael Pickman; 11 min. 51 min. Macdonald, and Jason McLean; 47 min. Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 1:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, OACT Sat. Nov. 11, 1:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Tue. Nov. 7, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, OACT A blind adventure writer teams up with the world’s first Twenty-four prisoners come face to face with a dozen college Documentary photographer Stephen Dupont has spent a lifetime sustainable sushi chef in search of enlightenment. As the two Just about everybody’s heard of Jackie Robinson, the students on a maximum-security prison yard. The writing that covering wars and disasters. He is now seeking to uncover a new men dive in the murky waters off the New England coast, they groundbreaking slugger who broke major league’s color barrier. emerges is life-changing, as prisoners trade the alienation, perspective on death – to see if he can uncover a more natural discover a whole new way of seeing the world. Blind Sushi is an However, very few Americans know Lester Rodney, the intrepid disaffection, and violence of self-preservation for openness and view of the subject that has overshadowed his entire working award-winning documentary short dire cted by Eric Heimbold. sports editor of The Daily Worker who campaigned for over a honesty. Through their often-intimate collaboration, both groups life. Tales by Light: Life and Death is a film by internationally decade to desegregate baseball. Crime of the Big Leagues find hope and humanity in a place where they expected neither. award-winning Australian cinematographer Abraham Joffe. remedies this oversight, introducing filmgoers to one of Dancing in Limbo America’s unsung heroes. The Cinema Travellers 2017, USA, Directors: Hannah Bradford, The New Fire Amanda Larsh, Nick McDonald, and Faces of Santa Ana 2016, India, Directors: Shirley Abraham and 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Caroline Roffe, Producers: Amanda 2015, USA, Director: Daud Sani, Producers: Amit Madheshiya, Producers: Shirley Abraham David Schumacher; 84 min. Larsh and Caroline Roffe; 14 min. and Amit Madheshiya; 96 min. Wendy Campbell and Daud Sani; 14 min. Sat. Nov. 4, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 3, 4:00 PM, OACT Wed. Nov. 8, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, OACT Fri. Nov. 3, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Nuclear power frequently plays the villain in popular culture. Fri. 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www.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival 2017 20 20 www.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival — 2017 21 21 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS, CONT’D FROM PG 17 ANIMATION, CONT’D For Flint Weavers of Imagination Erlking Go to City ELE 2017, USA, Director: Brian Schulz, 2017, Iran, Director: Sadegh Jafari, 2015, Switzerland, Director: Georges 2015, China, Director and Producer: Producers: Matthew Mills, Producers: Sadegh Jafari and the Schwizgebel, Producers: Izabela Rieben Wenyu Li; 9 min. Brian Schulz, Chris Vivion; 18 min. Documentary and Experimental Film and Georges Schwizgebel; 6 min. Center; 21 min. Sun. Nov. 5, 1:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, OACT Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, OACT Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, OACT Fri. Nov. 10, 7:00 PM, Chaparral A sick little boy encounters the mysterious king of the elves Inspired by glossy pictures in magazines, a piglet has big plans The city of Flint is in crisis mode. A federal state of emergency for his first trip to Ele City. Reality hits hard when he arrives in Weaving carpets demands precision and creative vision. during a frantic ride through the forest with his father. As he has deemed its drinking water unsafe for consumption, adding to town as the elephants who call Ele City home stare at and shun Weavers of Imagination follows a group of blind weavers who journeys to the Erlking’s world, the boy is both exhilarated and an already decaying infrastructure and dizzying crime rate. In the young pig. Then a ferocious storm teaches the piglet that use Braille to perform this exacting work. Longing for a place terrified by what he sees. Erlking is based on Goethe’s poem the face of this grim reality, the people of Flint are forming a new “Erlkonig” and a dramatic score featuring the music of Schubert some differences really are only skin deep. narrative of hope and optimism. where they can work unhindered by the sighted world, these artisans create a community founded on mutual respect and and Liszt. dedication to their craft. I’m Free 2017, Norway, Directors: Edvard 2017 ANIMATION He Who Has Two Souls Hope Karijord and Bendik Mondal, Producer: 2015, France, Director: Fabrice Luang- 2016, Switzerland, Director: Michael Westerdals Oslo ACT (College); 20 min. Alike Vija, Producer: Sophie Fallot; 17 min. Scherrer, Producer: Samuel Scherrer; 6 min. Thu. Nov. 9, 1:00 PM, Chaparral 2015, Spain, Directors: Daniel Martínez Lara Sun. Nov. 12, 10:00 AM, Chaparral and Rafa Cano Méndez, Producers: Daniel Sat. Nov. 4, 10:00 AM, OACT Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, Chaparral On October 8, 2013, Geir Karijord goes missing in Romsdal Valley, Martínez Lara and Nicolás Matji; 8 min. Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 7:00 PM, OACT Norway. Geir’s disappearance leaves his family in limbo - should they mourn their brother and son, or should they hope for his Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, OACT As beautiful as a woman, and handsome as a man, an Separated from his mother after an unsuccessful attempt to indigenous Eskimo youth resists social pressure to conform to return? I’m Free depicts the Karijord family’s experience of Geir’s Sat. Nov. 11, 7:00 PM, Chaparral escape a prison camp, a young boy fights hunger by eating disappearance, providing an intimate look at loss, hope and living traditional gender roles. Although he embraces the masculine the seeds his mother leaves him. When his last seed falls Copi is a devoted dad trying to teach his son, Paste, the right with unanswered questions. and feminine sides of himself, the young man is lonely, until he through the floor, the little boy faces starvation and despair. way to live. Just one problem. Copi’s busy life is getting in the meets a woman as unconventional as he is. A sensuous Then an unexpected act of kindness gives the boy a newfound way of figuring out the right path. Alike contrasts the celebration of gender in all its forms. sense of hope. Shadow of Drought: Southern California’s alienating bustle of the city with the emotional demands of Looming Water Crisis parenthood to create an insightful commentary on the challenges of modern life. 2017, USA, Director: Bill Wisneski, Light Sight Producers: Mona Urban and Joint-Tenants 2016, Iran, Director: Seyed M. Tabatabaei, Bill Wisneski; 41 min. Corky 2015, France, Director: Delphine Priet-Mahéo, Producer: Producer: Simin Farrokh Ahmadi; 8 min. Tue. Nov. 7, 4:00 PM, Chaparral 2017, USA, Director: Ty Primosch, Jean-François Le Corre; 11 min. Sat. Nov. 11, 10:00 AM, Chaparral Producer: K-J Mathieson; 6 min. Fri. Nov. 3, 4:00 PM, OACT Fri. Nov. 3, 7:00 PM, Chaparral From 2012-2016, California experienced its worst drought in Sun. Nov. 5, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Fri. Nov. 10, 4:00 PM, Chaparral recorded history, placing unprecedented strain on the state’s Fri. Nov. 10, 1:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, OACT When M.E. is trapped in a darkened room, the light from a complex water management system. Despite a record wet winter Camille leads a solitary life ordered by the ring of her alarm hanging lamp inspires him to escape. However, each of M.E.’s in 2017, Calif ornia’s water supply remains under threat from A corkscrew with a loose screw does battle with a giant bottle to clock, her cat, and trips to the supermarket. One day, a man attempts ends in failure, until he experiences a transformation population growth and climate change. Shadow of Drought unleash seven magical lightning bugs trapped inside. With no slips into Camille’s house and begins living there while she’s that provides an unexpected way out. Light Sight is an award- explores California’s looming water crisis and the dire dialogue, Corky relies on visual story-telling to express its themes of away at work. Slowly but surely, he shakes Camille out of her winning 3-D animation by Iranian director Seyed M. Tabatabaei. consequences of inaction. valuing acceptance and understanding over appearances, reminding rut and gives her a new lease on life. viewers that a little gratitude goes a long way in a complicated world. Water Dear Death Not One of Us Once Upon a Line 2017, USA, Director: Mark Knight, 2017, USA, Director and Producer: 2016, United States, Director and Producer: Jim Wilmer; 4 min. 2016, USA, Director and Producer: Kate Isenberg; 7 min. Bill Jarcho; 9 min. Producer: Alicja Jasina; 7 min. Sun. Nov. 5, 7:00 PM, Chaparral Tue. Nov. 7, 1:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 4, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 7:00 PM, OACT Sun. Nov. 5, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sat. Nov. 11, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Sun. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, OACT Wed. Nov. 8, 4:00 PM, Chaparral Take a whirlwind tour of spectacular glaciers, waterfalls, beaches, Callous actions escalate to a shocking finale when a brutish rivers and waterways. From Iceland and Brazil to the United States Stewball, a bipedal horse working a dead-end job, craves band of clay-morphing meanies invades and conquers a tribe A man leads a monotonous, unfulfilling life until a chance and the Dominican Republic, Water provides an awe-inspiring look stability and security above all else. When Death begins stalking of peaceful natives. Featuring a sly humor and retro 80s meeting with the girl of his dreams turns his world upside-down. at some of the planet’s most impressive natural wonders. This him, Stewball writes him a letter demanding answers. 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24 24 www.OjaiFilmFestival.comwww.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival — 2017 25 Seven distinguished jurors screened the competing films selected for viewing at this year’s festival and determined a winning entry Jurors in each category. Pick your favorites—then come to the Awards Ceremony on Sunday, November 5, and see which films won! GOLD COAST SCREENINGS

Michael Addison (Narratives) – Director, Producer Catherine Ann Jones (Narratives) – Screenwriter, Presented by Gold Coast Broadcasting Playwright, Author Michael Addison served for nine seasons as Artistic Director of 10:00 AM - 9:30 PM, Monday, November 6 – Ojai Art Center Theater the California Shakespeare Festival, was head of the Professional Catherine Ann Jones, M.A. in depth psychology, is an award- Theater Training Program at UC San Diego, and Dean of Theater winning author, playwright, and screenwriter. Her screenplay for Screening Block #1 starts at 10:00 AM Screening Block #3 start s at 4:00 PM at CalArts. His Shakespeare productions—more than 70 in all— The Christmas Wife received four Emmy nominations. Her other have been seen at the Oregon, Utah, San Fra ncisco, and Colorado Shakespeare screenplays include “Unlikely Angel,” staring Dolly Parton, an episode of the A Squirrel’s Tale Luke festivals. He has staged productions as diverse as The Importance of Being Earnest series. As an author she’s written The Way of Story, Heal 2016, USA, Director: Forest Rain, Producers: 2017, USA, Director and Producer: and Waiting for Godot at regional theaters, including the Berkeley Repertory, the Your Self with Writing (Nautilus Book Award 2014), What Story Are You Living? Malek Houlihan and Jami Deva; 5 min. Dylan Reiss; 8 min. Seattle Bathhouse, San Diego Repertory, and Ventura’s Rubicon theaters. He has and Freud’s Oracle, A Fulbright Scholar to India studying shamanism, she has directed other productions in Australia, Europe, and the UK. twenty years teaching experience at The New School University in New York A curious squirrel venture s out of his forest home and Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, Luke has City and University of Southern California Film School in Los Angeles. This is meets an alluring mermaid. Despite their differences, the two form a powerful never accepted his physical limitations. Now 9, Luke strives to be like any Jim Becket (Documentaries) – Writer, Director, Producer Catherine’s 17th year as a judge. www.wayofstory.com bond, but not all is as it seems. When darkness falls, the squirrel experiences other boy, filling his days with swimming, baseball, and bowling. Luke is a transformation that will test his new relationship. A Squirrel’s Tale is a an inspirational film that celebrates the potential of people with disabilities Jim Becket has written, produced, and directed eight narrative tribute to the innocence and promise of first love. and the incredible determination that they possess. feature movies and made numerous documentaries. His latest Stuart Crowner (Narratives) – Television Producer documentary is Sons of Africa, about climbing Kilimanjaro with the Stuart Crowner is a veteran television producer whose non- Don’t Sell My Guitars Field Song sons of Idi Amin and Julius Nyerere. He is currently working on a fiction TV shows have appeared on all major networks and 2017, USA, Director and Producer: 2017, USA, Director: Bradley Bischoff, documentary about the life of Vandana Shiva, the Indian environmental activist. numerous cable channels. Among the shows he’s produced are Lynn Montgomery; 20 min. Producers: Bradley Bischoff and The People’s Choice Awards, Entertainment Tonight, The Jenny Jones Jürgen Gottschalk (Documentaries) – Cinematographer Show, The Mike Douglas Show, and a number of Larry King specials. He won an Kenny Montgomery was picking Oklahoma cotton by Alex Hidalgo; 6 min. the age of 5. At age 7, Kenny bought his first guitar from the Sears Roebuck Jürgen Gottschalk, a filmmaker born in Munich, Germany, works Emmy for Gardens of the World (with Audrey Hepburn). He produced Roberto has spent his life working the fields of Ventura County. As a boy, Shakespeare’s and Yes, Virginia at Ojai Art Center Theater and I catalogue, igniting a lifelong passion for music. Now in the final days of his he survived poverty and a brutal step-father. Field Song follows Roberto, as a cinematographer, editor, and motion graphics designer. long life, Kenny has one last request that will lead to a surprising revelation Having taught at various film schools around Southern California Do! I Do! and She Loves Me for Ojai Performing Arts Theater. now an old man, for one day, as he tours the fields where he used to work about his beloved Sears Roebuck Silverstone guitar. and recounts the lesson his late mother taught him—that everything in life and the United Kingdom, he passionately promotes the power is tempora ry. and value of documentary film and has enabled countless students to tell the Karin Stellwagen (Documentaries) – Producer The Shift story that inspires them. He is currently producing media for UC Merced. Karin Stellwagen’s production experience includes national 2017, USA, Director: Brock Heasley, The Boatmaker television series and cutting-edge video installations for major Producers: Travis Cluff, Brock Heasley, 2017, USA, Director: Casey McGarry, Cathy Karol-Crowther (Animation) – Animator museums worldwide. She received a master’s degree in visual and Chris Lofing; 21 min. Producer: Robert Allan and Casey McGarry; Cathy Karol-Crowther began her career in animation in 1973. anthropology from USC and taught documentary film production She started as a background artist and assistant animator on TV at Brooks Institute in Ventura. Credits include New Heroes for PBS, Hannibal for A man in the middle of an aggressively bad day encounters a mysterious 37 min. specials, commercials, titles, and theme park films. She has the History Channel, “Wright Brothers” for PBS Nova, Rocket Challenge for stranger with the power to change his life forever. Does Kevin accept a job Ken Minor, a Santa Barbara architect, dreams of building his own boat and completed eight independent animated short films that have Discovery, and Bataan Rescue for PBS American Experience. She served as offering untold power and fame or does he refuse and risk being hounded by sailing around the world. After 25 years, Ken has completed work on a 30’ played in film festivals around the world. She is a member of the Short Films production manager for renowned video artist Bill Viola, working at numerous the devil for the rest of his miserable life? A science fiction film about Bristol Channel Cutter and is ready to put his craft in the water. The Boatmaker confronting your dark side. and Animation Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She museums, including the National Gallery of England, the Guggenheim, Los is a story about a man, his boat, and what it takes to fulfill a life-long dream. is also a well-respected teacher at Santa Monica College in the Academy of Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Entertainment and Technology. Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Repatriation Lives Well Lived 2016, USA, Director: Douglas Mu eller, 2017, USA, Director and Producer: Producers: Ryan Barton-Grimley; 73 min. Sky Bergman; 72 min. Military veteran Chad Tyler returns to the Forty senior citizens, with a collective life Midwestern town he calls home. As he tours his old stomping grounds, Chad experience of 3000 years, share their secrets, wit, and wisdom on how to basks in the warm welcome of former classmates and relives his glory days as live a meaningful life. Their thoughtful perspectives reveal a treasure trove the star of his high school baseball team. However, encounters with old of powerful lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying friends soon reveal a more complicated portrait of this home town hero. positive in the middle of life’s great challenges. Live s Well Lived proves that sometimes age is just a number. Screening Block #2 starts at 1:00 PM Screening Block #4 starts at 7:00 PM Among Wolves 2017, USA, Director: Zach Frankart, Uncanny Valley Producers: Joel Hodge and Diesel Pfingsten; 2017, USA, Director and Producer: 11 min. Barry Galperin; 4 min. An ordinary young man ventures into the criminal underworld to search for a After the mysterious disappearance of his mother, Elliot mysterious woman named Amy. When the man confronts a ruthless sex struggles to cope with his grief, a police investigation that goes nowhere, trafficking ring, he discovers an untapped potential for brutality within and his grandfather’s outlandish antics and conspiracy theories. When the himself. Among Wolves is a suspenseful cross-genre action film composed of two men receive a strange visito r, they must confront their pain and rely equal parts spag hetti western and pulp film noir. on each other to survive the encounter. The Prototype The Swan Girl 2017, USA, Director and Producer: 2015, USA, Director and Producer: John Dowalo; 17 min. Johnny Coffeen; 15 min. Alan and Jamie are wide eyed-scientists with dreams of A solitary artist eases his loneliness by crafting changing the world. Desperate to save their fledgling start up from bankruptcy, whimsical figures out of wood. As he works, the artist reflects on the they concoct a story about a prototype medical device that can instantly family he lost, revealing in flashback the events that brought him to his diagnose any illness or disease. Their fraudulent claim captures the interest of current life and the identity of the mysterious Swan Girl . A surreal fantasy an investor, but his surprising revelation is about to change their lives forever. in the tradition of Pan’s Labyrinth and Eraserhead. Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia In the Orchard 2016, USA, Director: Alex D'Lerma, 2017, USA, Director: Christopher Knoblock, Producer: Markus Linecker; 91 min. Producer: Dana White; 101 min. Chet is a 28-year-old agoraphobe who still lives with Charlotte Winston is recovering from a devastating his mother. When she unexpectedly moves away, Chet searches for a new car crash that took the lives of her husband and son when she meets Nick, roommate and emotional anchor. Enter Maggie, a volatile female Marine with a marine veteran with PTSD. Bound together by happenstance and trauma, her own personal issues. As the two misfi ts become emotionally entangled, Charlotte and Nick form a tenuous life together. Then, a series of they struggle to escape their self-imposed prisons. unforeseen events jeopardize their complicated relationship. Background photo along Gaviota coastal area

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32 32 www.OjaiFilmFestival.comwww.OjaiFilmFestival.com Ojai Film Festival — 2017 33 FestivalOjai Film Operations Festival Staff 2017Festival Ojai Film Operations Festival Jon Lambert, Board President SteveArtistic Grumette, Director Artistic Director, BoardFilmmaker Member Liaison FilmArtistic Director ScreeningFilmmaker Panel Liaison Herb Hemming, Chief Financial Officer, Board Member Steve Grumette Anne Shrage Steve Grumette Anne Shrage Maryse Gartner, Executive Director, Board Member Thank You to our many screeners who did the first elimination round of over 400 films. KathleenTechnical Kaiser, Director Marketing & PR Director,Traffic BoardManager Member Technical Director Traffic Manager TamPatrick my Bennett, Duffy Special Events Director,Nathan Board Wickstrum Member ThePatrick Screening Duffy Panel is made up ofNathan professionals Wickstrum with Bruce Novotny, Screenwriter’s Competition and Gold Coast Films backgrounds in film or theater, as well as serious film fans Manager,Director Board of Operations Member Hospitality fromDirector our local of Operations community. Hospitality KarenHerb Birbeck, Hemming Volunteer CoordinatorTammy Bennett Herb Hemming Tammy Bennett Alicia D’Anna Kasey Moore Joan Oliva, Volunteer Coordinator Audio Engineer Box Office AudioAngela Engineer Daily BoxKathy Office Curtin Linda Knight, Volunteer Coordinator Angela Hoxsey Larry Swerdlove RosieRoger Patterson, Phelps Volunteer CoordinatorDianne Bullard Roger Phelps Dianne Bullard Billy Criswell Sonja Lindstrom, Submissions Manager Larry Yuva Gold Coast Series Submissions Coordinator Gold ChrisCoast Anacker Series Submissions Coordinator Fred Magness, Film Screener Manager Laura Pfeifer Bruce Novotny Peggy Jones BruceChris Novotny Hutchinson Peggy Jones Liz Grumette, Film Programming Assistant Linda Brennan Christine Okada RogerVolunteer Hartman, Director Traffic Manager Web Design Volunteer Director WebLois Design Powell Eleza Jackson AnneKa renSchrage, Birbeck Concierge Director, FilmmakerJohn Shelton Liaison Coordinator Karen Birbeck JohnMary Shelton Marshall Elise Lorimer Carla Mezori, Concierge Manager, Board Member Matthew Heminger Elizabeth Silva BobVolunteer O’Connor, Coordinators Board Attorney, BoardProgram Member Guide Volunteer Coordinators ProgramNathan Guide Shrage Frank Binder BarJoanry Hamlin, Oliva Technical Director e.D Brooks Joan Oliva e.DRichard Brooks Powell Gerri French WilliamLinda Munsterman, Knight Technical Director Linda Knight Rick Ricksen Submission Data Entry Heather Havens Submission Data Entry Roger Phelps, Audio Engineer Special Events Moderator Vegie Hansen SpecialHugh Events Halayudha Moderator VegieRobert Hansen Ehrhardt Lisa Angle, Webmaster, Social Media Manager Ian Fish Robin Gerber ArdenStu Smith,Crowner Social Media CoordinatorChandra Jones Stu Crowner Chandra Jones Jean ZeibaK Sarah Howery-Hart Heather Havens, Program Guide Writer Sharon McBee e.D. Brooks, Program Guide Design Jorgine Jensen Suzan Estrada Peter Fox, Grant Writer Julie Gerard Julie Heyman Vicki Jelley And the over 100 incredible volunteers whose efforts make this Festival happen! Justina Powell Warren Petersen

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