2004 Program - Tiburon International Film Festival

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F EATURE FILMS
The Barbeque People
West Coast Premier
Israel :: 2003 :: 102 min
director David Ofek & Joseph Madmopy
cast Victor Ida, Reimond Abecasis, Israel Breit,
Dana Ivgi
Tuesday, March 16, 5:15 pm
Israel in the late 80s: the first Intifada events. A wild
barbecue feast takes place on the green hills bordering
a small workers town, as an immigrant Iraqi family
celebrates the 40th Independence Day. As it moves
through the different stories of the family members, the
plot portrays a complex past where different individual
stories intersect and are revealed in a new light.
Behind the Chutes
West Coast Premier
US :: 2003 :: 50 min
director Ann Lukacs
Ann Lukacs in person
Sunday, March 14, 2:10 pm
This film travels for several years with rodeo bareback
riders to understand their passion for riding bucking
horses. These cowboys tell us in their own words about
the demands they face, their beliefs and attitudes and
their lifestyle. They share their stories of camaraderie
and explain what drives them to put it all on the line for
eight seconds.
Bellissima
Poland :: 2002 :: 69 min
director Artur Urbanski
cast Ewa Kasprzyk, Maria Góralczyk,
Pawe Wilczak, Maria Morin-Kielar
Friday, March 12, 5:25 pm
The chief aim of 15-year-old Mary's mother is to make
her daughter a topnotch model. An eventual career of
the daughter is supposed to make up for all the trials
and tribulations of the mother and secure a quality life for
the girl, far surpassing that of her peers. The end seems
to justify whatever means there are at hand. Quietly,
though critically, Mary watches her mother’s endeavors.
One day, however, she decides to break free. She
leaves her home and starts on her own, only to discover
that she is not free from weaknesses either.
Screeing with:
Independence Day
Screening with:
Ticker
Screening with:
Savior
Black Box
Argentina :: 2002 :: 83 min
director Luis Ortega
cast Dolores Fonzi, Eduardo Couget,
Eugenia Bassi
Thursday, March 18, 5:20 pm
Dorotea, a beautiful, young girl lives with her 100-yearold
grandmother, Eugenia, an extremely lucid, Italian
immigrant with constant peaks of madness. Dorotea’s
father, Eduardo, who neither she nor her grandmother
have a relationship with, has recently been let out of
prison. Dorotea seeks Eduardo out to try and establish a
bond, wanting nothing more than a connection with her
father. The lonely lives of three people are placed next
to their deep desire to rekindle these bonds of family that
they have long before left behind.
Screening with:
Fire Butterflies
Bola De Nieve
Spain/Cuba :: 2003 :: 73 min
director Jose Sanchez-Montez
Sunday, March 14, 3:10 pm
Bola De Nieve (1911-1971) is Cuban, black,
homosexual, a Santeria practitioner, a revolutionary
and, above all, a musician who is part of 20th century
Latin American folklore, though his life and music are
not otherwise well-known. In this documentary we learn
about both Bola and of the era in which he lived. We
learn of a man with a tormented soul, whose spare use
of a piano and a magnetic voice could still manage to
stand the hairs on end for Edith Piaf, Andres Segovia,
Pablo Neruda, Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker, Alejo
Carpentier and Nicolas Guillen.
Screening with:
Eve’s Dropping In
The Book of Stars
US :: 2000 :: 108 min
director Michael Miner
cast Mary Stuart Masterson, Jena Malone,
Carl Geary
Friday, March 12, 7:50 pm
Magic realism about two sisters, who help each other
survive life’s most important challenges. One a poet
turned prostitute, the other sick with a fatal disease,
who find salvation in a memory book that produces
unforeseen magic.
Screening with:
Boobie Girl
©2004 Tiburon International Film Festival
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