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AFGHAN STAR
Director: Havana Marking
Producers: Kaboora Production
Camera: Phil Stebbing
Editor: Ash Jenkins
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: A look at how contestants on the musical contest program "Pop Idol" in Afghanistan risk their lives to appear on the show.View Trailer and Additional Information
Screening:
Saturday • Avalon Theatre • 12:30pm • 87min • Q&A
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AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)
Writer: Dashiell Hammett, Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich
Director: W. S. Van Dyke
Producer: Hunt Stromberg
Music: William Axt
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Penny Singleton
Genre: comedy, mystery
Synopsis: Nora's stuffy family expect the couple to join them for a formal dinner. Nick is despised by Nora's Aunt Katherine, as his immigrant heritage are considered below Nora. The true reason for their invitation is that Nora's cousin Selma's ne'er-do-well husband Robert has been missing. Nick is coerced into a little quiet detective work for the family.
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Screening: CLOSING FILM
Sunday • Avalon Theatre • 7:00pm • 112min • Discussion w/ critic Chris Orr |
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ALEXANDER THE LAST
Directed, Edited and Photographed by Joe Swanberg
Producer: Noah Baumbach, Anish Savjani, Joe Swanberg
Cast: Jess Weixler, Barlow Jacobs, Justin Rice, Amy Seimetz, Josh Hamilton, Jane Adams
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: From director Joe Swanberg comes this sexy drama about a married actress, her sister, and their various attractions. A sensual and intimate portrait of a young marriage, focusing on an artistic young couple. Swanberg illuminates the challenges of monogamy amidst myriad sexual and creative temptations.
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Screening:
Saturday • Academy Art Museum • 6:00pm • 72min
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ART & COPY
Director: Doug Pray
Producers: Jimmy Greenway and Michael Nadeau
Original Concept: Gregory Beauchamp, Kirk Souder
Executive Producers: Mary Warlick, David Baldwin, Gregory Beauchamp, Kirk Souder
Director of Photography: Peter Nelson
Editor: Philip Owens
Original Music: Jeff Martin
Cast: Lee Clow, Phyllis K. Robinson, Mary Wells, Cliff Freeman
Synopsis: a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. It reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time
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Screening:
Sunday • Avalon Theatre • 10:00am • 86min • Q&A
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COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE ART & HISTORY OF THE TRAILER
Synopsis:Enjoy a taste of some of the best films ever made in this unique look behind the scenes at the movies that make us go to the movies: the trailer. How did they start, who makes them, what goes into them and how do they move us so? An informative exploration of this minimalist art form with active Disney trailer editor Kira Burt and esteemed filmmaker, trailer editor and Oscar tribute legend Mike Shapiro, hosted by accomplished editor and Talbot Cinema Society founder Bill Gordean.
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Screening:
Saturday, Avalon Theatre • 10:00am • 83min |
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HERB & DOROTHY
Director: Megumi Sasaki
Producer: Megumi Sasaki
Executive Producer: Karl Katz, Catherine Price
Associate Producer: Takeshi Yamasaki
Cinematographers: Axel Baumann, Rafael De la uz
Editor: Bernadine Colish
Composer: David Majzlin
Synopsis:He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion and disciplines and defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector.
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Screening:
Saturday • Academy Art Museum • 3:30pm • 98min • Art Curator Q&A
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HOMEGROWN*
Director/Producer/Editor: Robert McFalls
Director of Photography: Arthur Yee
Music: Composers Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Additional Music: Ted Masur
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Homegrown is the inspiring true story of a family "living off the grid" in the heart of urban Pasadena, California. They harvest over 6,000 pounds of produce on less than a quarter of an acre, while running a popular website that is known around the world. The film is an intimate human portrait of what it's like to live like "Little House on the Prairie" in the 21st Century
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Screening:
Saturday • Historical Society Auditorium • 7:30pm • 52min
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KIMJONGILIA
Producer/Director: N.C. Heikin
Editors: Peterson Almeida, Mary Lampson
Cinematographer: Kyle Saylors
Original Music: Michael Gordon
Animation: Wilhelm Ogterop
Executive Producer: Mike Figgis
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Synopsis: For 60 years, North Korea has been one of the most isolated countries in the world, a totalitarian nightmare from which almost no images or stories escape to the Western world. N.C. Heikin’s fascinating, formally inventive film chronicles the experiences of a number of defectors from the country, who tell harrowing stories of concentration camps, mass famine, and seemingly impossible escapes.
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Screening:
Saturday • Avalon Theatre • 3:00pm • 75min • Panel Q&A |
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PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI*
Director: Paul Saltzman
Producers: Paul Saltzman, Patricia Aquino
Cinematographers: Bongo, Don Warren and Mr. Saltzman
Editors: Kevin Schjerning, Stephen Phillipson and David Ransley
Music: Jack Lenz and Asher Lenz
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: One town. Two proms. Until now.
Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman follows students, teachers, and parents in the lead-up to the big day. Morgan Freeman addresses the student body. Girls shop for dresses and get their hair done. Boys rent tuxedoes and buy corsages. These seemingly inconsequential rites of passage suddenly become profound as the weight of history falls on teenage shoulders.
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Screening:
Sunday • Academy Art Museum • 3:00pm • 90min |
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ROUGH AUNTIES
Director: Kim Longinotto
Executive Producer: Peter Dale
Producer: Teddy Leifer, Paul Taylor
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Lloyd Evans
Editor: Ollie Huddleston
Sound: Mary Milton
The Women: Mildred, Studla, Thuli, Jackie, Eureka
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis:Fearless, feisty and resolute, the "Rough Aunties" are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa.
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Screening:
Saturday • Academy Art Museum • 10:00am • 103min
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STOP-LOSS
Director/Writer/Producer: Kimberly Peirce
Producer: Mark Roybal
Director of Photography: Chris Menges
Editor: Claire Simpson
Composer: John Powell
Music Supervisor: Jim Dunbar, Randall Poster
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Channing Tatum
Genre: Drama
Synopsis:Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind.
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Screening:
Saturday • Academy Art Museum • 12:30 • 112min • Writer Q&A |
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THE BEACHES OF AGNES
Director/Writer: Agnes Varda
Art Director: Franckie Diago
Assistant Director: Benjamin Blanc, Julia Fabry
Cast: With Agnes Varda, Blaise Fournier, Andree Vilar, Stephane Vilar, Rosalie Varda
Genre: Documentary
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Screening:
Saturday • Academy Art Museum • 8:00pm • 110min • Q&A
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THAT EVENING SUN
Director: Scott Teems
Writer: William Gay (short story), Scott Teems (screenplay)
Producer: Laura Smith and Terence Berry
Director of Photography: Rodney Taylor
Music: Michael Penn
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Mia, Wasikowska, Carrie Preston, Walton Goggins
Genre: Drama
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Screening:
OPENING NIGHT FILM • Friday • Avalon Theatre • 8:00pm • 110 min • filmmakers Q&A |
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THE END OF THE LINE
Director: Rupert Murray
Author of the book The End of the Line: Charles Clover
Producer: Claire Lewis, George Duffield
Executive Producer: Christopher Hird
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: As the world's demand for fish and other seafood increases and the technology available to commercial fisherman becomes more sophisticated, the annual harvest from global seaports has grown tremendously in recent years. However, the rise of industrialized fishing has not come without consequences,
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Screening:
Saturday • Oxford Community Center • 10:30am • 89min • local panel
Saturday • St. Michaels Library • 1:00pm • 89min • local panel |
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THE LEGACY
Director: Andres Faucher
Writer: Kevin Allen Jackson
Producer: Andres Faucher
Director of Photography: Raquel Fernandez
Editor: Rita Da Silva, Kevin Allen Jackson
Original Music: Bela Bartok, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss
Cast: David Arben, Emilio Vincente Argento, Paule Marjolaine Bodson-Clermont
Genre: Documentary, Music
Synopsis: Through the eyes of nine members of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, an impoverished 9-year old from Margarita Island, and a survivor of seven concentration camps who went on to become the Associate Concert Master of the Philadelphia Orchestra, THE LEGACY explores the hope, dignity and joy that the pursuit of excellence engenders in a human being.
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Screenings:
Sunday • Avalon Theatre • 4:00pm • 98min • Panel Q&A |
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THE OVERBROOK BROTHERS
Director: John E. Bryant
Writers: John E. Bryant, Jason Foxworth
Producer: Chris Ohlson
Director of Photography: Mike Washlesky
Editor: David Fabelo
Music: Adam Blau
Cast: Nathan Harlan, Mark Reeb, Laurel Whitsett, Steve Zissis, Kerbey Smith
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: Jason comes home for Christmas and his arch-rival brother, Todd, has a big surprise waiting for him—but it's not a gift. It's secret information: the reason why Jason has always been the "least favorite" child, and it sends our hero on a hilarious cross-country journey to find out the truth about himself and his family.
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Screening
Saturday • Avalon Theatre • 8:30pm • 92min • Director Q&A |
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THE QUEEN AND I
Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Producer:
Cinematographer: Nicklas Karpaty
Editor: Zinat S. Lloyd
Music: Mirage
Cast:
Genre: Documentary
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Screening:
Sunday • Avalon Theatre • 1:00pm • 90min • Panel Q&A |
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TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Writer/Director: So-yong Kim
Cinematographer: Anne Misawa
Editor: So-yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray
Music: Asobi Seksu
Cast: Hee-yeon Kim, Mi-hyang Kim, Song-hee Kim, Soo-ah Lee
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: In Seoul, Korea, two sisters must look after one another when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
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Screening:
Sunday • Academy Art Museum • 5:00pm • 89min • Q&A |
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YOUSSON N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE
Director/writer: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Directors of Photography: Nick Doob, JoJo Pennebaker, Scott Duncan and Hugo Berkeley
Editor: Jonathan Oppenheim, Fernando Villena
Score: James Newton Howard, Martin Davich
Cast: Yousson N’dour, Peter Gabriel, Moustapha Mbaye, Kabou Gueye,
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice of Africa." At the height of his career, Youssou became frustrated by the negative perception of his Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam..
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Screening:
Sunday • Academy Art Museum • 12:30pm • 102min • Q&A
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WITH ONE VOICE
Executive Producer: Matthew Flickstein
Release Date: 2008
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Never before have these mystics shared their visions and experiences in one venue: experiences that are remarkably similar, visions that are extraordinary in their breadth and depth. In only seventy-eight minutes, the mystics in With One Voice offer their perspective on the most profound questions asked by philosophers, seekers, and all of humanity for thousands of years.
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Screening:
Sunday • Academy Art Museum • 10:00am • 78min • Film Guest Q&A |
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WOMEN ON FILM
A unique collection of films created by women focusing on issues of marriage, sexuality, and the nature of female friendship. From modern narrative to experimental animation, these fascinating films explore the many sides of women's lives, from the dark edges of doubt and heartbreak to the humor and support of friendship.This series consists of one film, "It was great, but i was ready to come home.", and four shorts.
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Screening:
Saturday • Historical Society • 3:00 pm • Q&A
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SPECIAL SCREENING
As two close-knit families grieve the loss of a beloved matriarch, startling revelations jeopardize the bonds that have kept them together and spur unexpected journeys of self-discovery.
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Screening:
Saturday • Avalon Theatre • 5:30 pm • Q&A
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HELP! I'M A FISH.
BEST OF NY INT’L CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
Animation: Fjeldmark/Hegner
Genre: Children
Synopsis: From the Academy Award nominated director of When Life Departs comes the animated undersea adventure of three kids, Fly, his baby sister Stella, and cousin Chuck, who stumble upon the hidden cave-laboratory of mad professor MacKrill and drink a potion that transforms them into sea creatures.
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Screenings:
Saturday • Historical Society Auditorium • 5:30pm • 72min
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KID FLIX MIX 2009 (SHORT FILMS)
BEST OF NY INT’L CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
Genre: Animation
Synopsis:The world renowned New York International Children’s Film Festival presents this kaleidoscopic collection of the best animated short films from around the world, for ages 3 to 8. The program features musical and narrative works from Sweden, France, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland, the UK, and the US, and offers a spectacular array of traditional, CGI, collage, and stop motion animation styles. Program is in English.
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Screenings:
Saturday • Historical Society Auditorium • 10:00am • 65min
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THAT EVENING SUN PANEL
CFF Artistic Director Doug Sadler hosts this unique in-depth discussion with the principal creative talents behind CFF's award-winning opening night film
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Screenings:
Saturday • CoffeeCat • 10:00am
SCRIPT TO SCREEN: GETTING IT DONE
A conversation with CFF guest filmmakers about the unique challenges in making a film.
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Screenings:
Sunday • CoffeeCat • 10:00am
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