Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival
Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival
Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival
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124 FILMS A – Z [P–R] The 37th <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS<br />
JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS<br />
GREG GUND MEMORIAL<br />
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION<br />
ISLAMIC AND ARAB SOCIETIES, IT’S EASY BEING GREEN<br />
WOMEN OF THE WORLD<br />
Putzel<br />
Directed by Jason Chaet<br />
USA 2013<br />
88 minutes<br />
Sunday, April 7 Monday, April 8<br />
6:10 PM I Code PUTZ07 4:15 PM I Code PUTZ08<br />
Tuesday, April 9<br />
11:50 AM I Code PUTZ09<br />
All is not well at Himmelstein’s House of Lox in New York.<br />
Walter “Putzel” Himmelstein, heir apparent to the Himmelstein<br />
smoked fish empire, is having yet another crisis. He is pathologically<br />
unable to go beyond the boundaries of the Upper<br />
West Side. His Uncle Sid refuses to retire and give him the<br />
keys to the store. His ex-wife is flaunting her relationship with<br />
a local goon. The neighborhood ladies still regard him as the<br />
endearing schlub who hasn’t matured since his days growing<br />
up behind the store counter. Indeed, Putzel seems to be living<br />
up to everybody’s low expectations. But one day a beautiful<br />
dancer walks into their lives—and she really knows her lox<br />
from her Nova. While Uncle Sid lusts after her, Walter senses<br />
she might be his ticket to a life beyond 59th Street. PUTZEL<br />
is a sweet, good-natured indie comedy that features Jack T.<br />
Carpenter and Melanie Lynskey as the mismatched couple. —B.B.<br />
Producers~Rick Moore, Jason Chaet, Shahrzad “Sheri” Davani, Allegra Cohen<br />
Screenwriting~Rick Moore Cinematography~Ryan Samul Editing~<br />
Federico Rosenzvit, Joel Plotch Principal Cast~Jack T. Carpenter, Melanie<br />
Lynskey, John Pankow, Susie Essman<br />
Print Source~Rick Moore / rickamoore@hotmail.com / www.putzelmovie.com<br />
About the Director~Jason Chaet is a filmmaker, theater director, and acting<br />
teacher based in New York, New York. He got his start at NYC’s Ensemble Studio<br />
Theater, working with playwrights including David Mamet and Arthur Miller.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>ography~PUTZEL (2013)<br />
Sponsored by:<br />
Community Partner:<br />
Rafea: Solar Mama<br />
Directed by Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim<br />
USA, DENMARK, UNITED KINGDOM, JORDAN, INDIA 2012<br />
75 minutes<br />
Wednesday, April 10 Thursday, April 11<br />
9:15 AM I MAMA10 2:30 PM I Code MAMA11<br />
Friday, April 12<br />
7:20 PM I Code MAMA12<br />
Thirty-two-year-old Rafea raises her daughters in an extremely<br />
poor Bedouin community in Jordan. Her unemployed husband<br />
isn’t much help as he spends most of his time with his first<br />
wife. Needless to say, things could be better. As luck would<br />
have it, Rafea is given a chance to travel to Barefoot College<br />
in India to participate in a program that trains illiterate women<br />
to become solar engineers. If successful, she’ll be able to provide<br />
electricity for her village and earn a living training others.<br />
Her conservative husband doesn’t share her enthusiasm for<br />
attending, often going out of his way to sabotage her efforts.<br />
Despite this opposition and the challenges presented by her<br />
illiteracy, she completes the program and gains an abundance<br />
of hope and confidence along the way. But will that positivity<br />
and optimism rub off at home? Can Rafea motivate her neighbors<br />
to get involved? RAFEA: SOLAR MAMA shines a spotlight<br />
on one woman’s incredible determination to change her world.<br />
(In English and Arabic with subtitles) —E.F.<br />
Producer~Mette Heide Cinematography~Mona Eldaief Editing~Jenny Golden,<br />
Jean Tsien<br />
Print Source~Noujaim <strong>Film</strong>s / eldaiefm@gmail.com / www.rafeasolarmama.com<br />
About the Directors~Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief are documentary filmmakers<br />
from Egypt. Noujaim studied at Harvard University, while Eldaief graduated<br />
from NYU. In addition to directing and producing, they’ve also worked as cinematographers<br />
for both film and television. Collaborative <strong>Film</strong>ography~RAFEA:<br />
SOLAR MAMA (2012)<br />
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Community Partner:<br />
Media Partner: