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2006Program.Pdf 2 2006 BIG SKY documentary film festival Dear Friends, Welcome to the 2006 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! In 2004 we decided to share our passion for documentary film with Missoula by hosting the inaugural Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and the communi- ty responded. Over the last three years Big Sky has grown beyond any of our wildest expectations. This year we will be screening 96 outstanding documentary films from 28 countries, including 14 World Premiers, 10 North American and United States Premiers, 39 Northwest Premiers and 19 Montana Premiers. This year we received over 800 entries, making our event one of the most entered documentary festivals in the world. With such a wealth of films to choose from, the festival will once again run an entire week at the historic Wilma Theatre downtown Missoula. Filmmakers from around the world will be in attendance to address the audiences after their films screen, providing a tremendous opportunity for our community to interact with these extraordinary artists. We are thrilled to bring the theatrical experience of artistic, entertaining and compelling non-fiction films to Missoula for all to enjoy and discuss. Viewers have the opportunity to experience human stories that otherwise would never be shown in this area. These films allow us to connect with, and better under- stand one another, the world, and ultimately ourselves. We invite you to join us in watching some incredible films and celebrating the art of documentary. Enjoy the show! Damon Ristau, Festival Director Contents Staff . 4 Special Thanks . 4 Contact Information . 4 Staff Bios . 5 Judges . 7 Awards. 9 Events Schedule . 10-11 Ticket Information. 12 Directions . 13 Feature Competition films . 15-20 Short Competition films . 23-32 Big Sky Award films. 35-38 Out of Competition films . 40-48 Les Blank Retrospective . 50-53 Diann Kelly - Program Design, Missoulian Kate Murphy - Art Director, Missoulian Greg Twigg - Cover Design, Twiggarts 2006 BIG SKY documentary film festival 3 Staff Festival Programmer Doug Hawes-Davis Festival Director Damon Ristau Programming Associates Gita Saedi and Dru Carr Volunteer Coordinator Valerie Krex Event Coordinators Sarah Woods, Tina Mills, Margot Higgins, Marianne Zugel and Caroline Jones Box Office Manager Ginger Moore Projectionists Ken Furrow and Bill Emerson Web and Graphic Design Greg Twigg Special Thanks Les Blank To m Ro y Kettlehouse Brewing Co. Toni Matlock Amy Colson Sten Iversen Elisabeth Ristau Diann Kelly Janet Taylor Kate Murphy Holly Kuehlwein Jackie Walawander Mark Sherouse Kim Anderson Yvonne Gritzner and to all the volunteers who make the event happen! Festival Information Theatre Information Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Wilma Theatre 131 South Higgins Ave. Suite 201 131 South Higgins Ave. Missoula, MT 59802 Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 541-FILM (406) 728-2521 [email protected] www.thewilma.com www.bigskyfilmfest.org 4 2006 BIG SKY documentary film festival Damon Ristau - Festival Director After coaxing a degree out of the University of Montana in 2003, Damon Ristau coordinated the inaugural Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Recently, he co-founded Walkabout Workshop, a film and video production and post firm based in Utah that pro- duces documentary films for international non-profit organizations. Ristau is dedicated to the continual development of BSDFF and the creation of space to help Missoula grow into a premier interna- tional venue for documentary film. He resides in Missoula with his wife Elisabeth, and two kids, Mariposa and Summit. Doug Hawes-Davis - Festival Programmer Doug Hawes-Davis, co-founder of High Plains Films with Drury Gunn Carr, has produced and distributed his own non-fiction films for more than a decade. Winner of a 2001 Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, Hawes-Davis has directed, produced, and edited numerous award-winning documentaries that have screened around the world. Hawes-Davis founded the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2003. Dru Carr - Programming Associate Dru Carr, co-founder of High Plains Films, has been directing, pro- ducing, shooting and editing documentaries for nearly 15 years. Carr's most recent feature doc, Libby, Montana (2004), co-directed with Doug Hawes-Davis, has been screened around the world and received universal acclaim from critics. As a board member of the Big Sky Film Institute, he has been involved in the planning and development of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival since its inception. Gita Saedi - Programming Associate Gita Saedi has been producing, directing and editing documentary films and videos for over 15 years. She was the Series Producer for the award-winning PBS national series The New Americans and has also recently field and line produced several other critically acclaimed projects on race and culture. Saedi works on a variety of non-broadcast videos for universities, community groups and labor unions as both producer and editor. She currently lives in Montana with her husband and son. Valerie Krex - Volunteer Coordinator Valerie Krex earned her undergraduate degree in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 and, after realizing that she would never use it, headed west to Missoula, Montana. After work- ing as a documentary photographer for several years, Valerie opted to change her primary medium to video so that she could include new variables, such as sound and motion, into her documentary work. Valerie completed her MFA in Media Arts at the University of Montana in 2005 and currently produces non-fiction work that investigates the human experience on an individual scale. 2006 BIG SKY documentary film festival 5 6 2006 BIG SKY documentary film festival The Judges John Hoskyns-Abrahall John Hoskyns-Abrahall is the co-owner of Bullfrog Films, North America's leading distributor of films about environmental and social justice issues. Born in England, he received a B.A. from Oxford University. He received an M.A. in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania where he met his future wife and partner, Winifred Scherrer. For the first Earth Day in 1970, John and some friends produced CIRCUIT EARTH, which was shown at the first Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. John and Winnie began their professional careers as part of the Rodale Press Film Division, before co-founding Bullfrog Films in 1973. Les Blank Les Blank began his career in 1960 and continues to produce exciting new work today. Blank's films began as a series of intimate glimpses into the lives and music of passionate people who live at the periph- ery of American society. In 1990, Blank received the American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award for outstanding lifetime achievement as an independent filmmaker. In 1989-1990 Blank was the distin- guished filmmaker-in-residence at San Diego State University and in 1991, adjunct assistant professor in film at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also the Louis B. Mayer filmmaker-in-residence at Dartmouth College and a directing fellow at the Sundance Institute in Utah (both in 1984). Les Blank is one of America's most acclaimed documentarians. His work spans nearly 40 years and a wide range of topics. The 2006 BSDFF will feature a full retrospective of Blank's work. Please see page 50 for film titles and information. Denise Dowling Denise Dowling worked in television and radio newsrooms for twenty years before becoming an Assistant Professor in the Radio-Television department in the School of Journalism at the University of Montana. Dowling has held positions ranging from studio camera operator to director to executive producer and managing editor. She has earned several Emmy Awards for her work and was also honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award in 1996. Roger Hedden Roger Hedden's play, “Bodies, Rest, and Motion” premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre. He adapted “Bodies, Rest, and Motion” for the screen, and co-produced the Fine Line film. As a producer, he gathered five writer friends to co-write the M.G.M. film “Sleep With Me". He subsequently wrote and directed the Lions Gate release “Hi-Life". He is a graduate of Columbia University and was the recipient of an N.E.A. Playwrighting fellowship. 2006 BIG SKY documentary film festival 7 The Judges Amy King Amy King studied film, French and art history at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the Institut Americain in Aix-en-Provence, France. She has worked in Los Angeles as a producer on short films, music videos and commercials, and in New York as an associate pro- ducer and post supervisor in television production. After ten years in film and TV production, she got a gig as Segment Producer for the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival and became hooked on film festival work. Amy currently serves as the Associate Director of SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival and lives in Washington, DC. Mary Lance Mary Lance is an award-winning filmmaker with over twenty-five years' experience in documentary production. Lance's films have won numerous awards and have shown at venues around the world and have been televised in numerous countries. Her critically acclaimed documentary on the world renowned minimalist painter, “Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World,” is showing out of compe- tition at the 2006 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. She currently lives in New Mexico, where she works as a line producer and field producer for various television companies including ABC News, The Learning Channel, and various cable series. She has worked on location as a producer in Mexico, Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan, and Russia. Andrew Smith Andrew Smith is a writer and filmmaker who lives in Brooklyn and Missoula, Montana. An Assistant Professor in the Media Arts pro- gram at the University of Montana, Andrew did his graduate work at the University of Iowa, where he received an M.A.
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