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54 FILMS A – Z [B] The 37th Cleveland International Film Festival WOMEN OF THE WORLD GREG GUND MEMORIAL STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION JEWISH AND ISRAELI VISIONS WOMEN OF THE WORLD Blondie Directed by Jesper Ganslandt SWEDEN 2012 88 minutes Thursday, April 4 Friday, April 5 4:30 PM I Code BLON04 1:50 PM I Code BLON05 Saturday, April 6 9:00 PM I Code BLON06 Brilliant Swedish director Jesper Ganslandt has an unfailing eye for character and an uncanny ability to work in wildly varying styles. After making one raw film about rural slackers and one disturbing suspense thriller, he now presents BLONDIE, an acerbically funny take on the melodramatic Scandinavian family drama. Sigrid’s three daughters are convening in her elegant country home for her 70th birthday. Following a brief cheerful reunion, their happy-family veneer quickly starts to peel away. Elin is a fashion model, bitter at being sent to work in Milan at 15. Unhappy Katarina is a mom and a doctor who’s having incredible sex with a colleague. Youngest sister Lova dreads the drama she knows is just waiting to happen. Following a panic attack and a fire at her carefully planned party, Sigrid is stricken and becomes comatose—which, oddly enough, allows her daughters to talk to her for the first time. All four actresses deliver lovely performances, but the hilarious family theatrics alone are worth the price of admission. (In Swedish with subtitles) —B.B. Producer~Jesper Kurlandsky Screenwriting~Jesper Ganslandt Cinematography~ Linda Wassberg Editing~Johan Bjerkner, Anna Ivanova Principal Cast~ Carolina Gynning, Helena af Sandeberg, Alexandra Dahlström, Marie Göranzon, Olle Sarri Print Source~Swedish Film Institute / gunnar.almer@sfi.se / www.sfi.se About the Director~Jesper Ganslandt was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He graduated from Lund University with degrees in the History of Ideas and Philosophy. A self-taught filmmaker, Ganslandt was our “Someone to Watch” director at the 34th CIFF. Filmography~“Falkenberg Farewell” (2006)—30th CIFF, “The Film I’m No Longer Talking About” (2009), “The Ape” (2009)—34th CIFF, BLONDIE (2012) Brave Miss World Directed by Cecilia Peck USA, ISRAEL 2013 99 minutes Thursday, April 11 Sunday, April 14 7:15 PM I Code BRAV11 12:20 PM I Code BRAV14 Linor Abargil, an Israeli beauty queen, was raped two months before being crowned Miss World in 1998. Ten years later, she’s ready to talk about it—and to encourage others to speak out. Now a globe-trotting victims’ advocate, Linor encourages people to stand against sexual violence by putting an end to their silence. She travels to speak with teens in South Africa, where girls are statistically more likely to be raped than educated. She visits Princeton and UC Santa Barbara, where women describe a campus culture that fails to take assaults seriously. From Cleveland’s Rape Crisis Center to Hollywood’s living rooms, Linor is met with emotional support. Yet when she attends a celebrity rape trial that hits too close to home, she suffers a breakdown. In searching for something to ease her pain, Linor turns to Orthodox Judaism. For victims of sexual assault, the journey toward wholeness never ends; still, Linor Abargil, the BRAVE MISS WORLD, continues her unflinching efforts to keep the nightmares at bay. (In English and Hebrew and Italian with subtitles) —B.B. Producers~Cecilia Peck, Inbal B. Lessner, Motty Reif Cinematography~ Uri Ackerman, Tamara Goldsworthy Editing~Inbal B. Lessner Print Source~Linor Documentary, LLC / cecilia@linordocumentary.com / www.linorspeaksout.com About the Director~Cecilia Peck, a graduate of Princeton University, is drawn to stories of individuals who stand up for their beliefs. She produced “A Conversation with Gregory Peck,” an intimate portrait of her father, which premiered as a Special Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Filmography~“Shut Up & Sing” (2006), BRAVE MISS WORLD (2013) Sponsored by: Community Partner: Community Partner:
CUYAHOGA COUNTY OF OHIO PROGRAM UPDATES > www.clevelandfilm.org < TICKETS > Call 877.304.FILM FILMS A –Z 55 NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION FILM IS ART WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITED AIRLINES WORLD TOUR Breaking the Frame Directed by Marielle Nitoslawska CANADA 2012 100 minutes Thursday, April 11 Friday, April 12 9:30 PM I Code BREA11 11:50 AM I Code BREA12 A densely-textured experimental film, BREAKING THE FRAME weaves the art of ground-breaking feminist Carolee Schneemann into footage of her journals and paintings in order to capture the multi-dimensionality of her work. Schneemann, a central figure in 20th century avant-garde movements, is not only a painter, poet, installation artist, and filmmaker, but also a pioneer of performance art who expanded the very definition of art to include discourses on the body and gender. Filmmaker Nitoslawska and artist Schneemann have both been censured for focusing on woman-generated porn as they have undertaken an exploration of the viewer’s relationship to nature and sexuality. Canadian TV network Telequebec financed “Bad Girl,” Nitoslawska’s unblinking look at the porn industry, only to ban it from being broadcast. And Schneemann’s “Meat Joy,” “Fuses,” and “Interior Scroll,” with their uninhibited sex and emphasis on new ways of seeing the female body, proved too much for many audiences in the 60s and 70s. Carolee Schneemann’s progressive visions continue to explode our frame of reference about women’s art. —B.B. Producer~Marielle Nitoslawska Screenwriting~Marielle Nitoslawska Cinematography~Marielle Nitoslawska Editing~Monique Dartonne Print Source~Picture Palace Pictures / picturepalacesale@yahoo.com / www.breakingtheframe.com About the Director~Marielle Nitoslawska graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz and began teaching in the Film Production Program at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Quebec in 1989. As a director and a cinematographer, her research and studio practice focus on new approaches to documentary filmmaking. Filmography~BREAKING THE FRAME (2012) Broken Directed by Rufus Norris UNITED KINGDOM 2012 90 minutes Thursday, April 4 Saturday, April 6 6:35 PM I Code BROK04 3:45 PM I Code BROK06 A girl witnesses the beating of a timid boy named Rick by their neighbor Mr. Oswald, whose troubled daughter has falsely accused the boy of sexual assault. The beating begins a tragic series of events. The girl, Skunk to her friends, is witness to it all. Severely diabetic, she faces the terrors of a first year at secondary school and the joys of a first love. Rick has suffered a breakdown from his beating and is institutionalized. The violent Oswald family feel they must break others to hide their own pain, and Skunk watches her neighborhood begin to crack and crumble. Then one of the Oswald girls becomes pregnant and Rick, whose rage is chained only by his medication, is coming home for a weekend. It leads to an explosion of shocking violence. Skunk, unaware of the horrors unfolding around her, walks right into the middle of them. Balancing moments of great tenderness and harrowing darkness, BROKEN is a masterful film that shows how the power to heal is in the most broken among us. —C.R. Producers~Tally Garmer, Bill Kenwright, Dixie Linder, Nick Marston Screenwriting~ Mark O’Rowe Cinematography~Rob Hardy Editing~Victoria Boydell Principal Cast~Eloise Laurence, Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth Print Source~Film Movement / rebeca@filmmovement.com / www.filmmovement.com About the Director~Rufus Norris trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was named Outstanding Newcomer in 2001 by the London Evening Standard and went on to win two Olivier Awards. He has acted in several feature films. Filmography~BROKEN (2012) Sponsored by: Community Partner: This film is presented with the generous support of TOBY DEVAN LEWIS. CUYAHOGA COUNTY OF OHIO Community Partners: Media Partner:
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