2004 Program - Tiburon International Film Festival

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The Real Hussein
US :: 2003 :: 3 min
director Dominic Tocci
Friday, March 12, 4:15 pm • Screening as part of Short Program #2
Saddam Hussein has many body doubles, but the U.S. is only interested in the
Real Hussein. Watch Saddam Hussein rap in a parody of Eminem’s ‘’The Real Slim
Shady’’.
S HORT FILMS
Rendezvous
West Coast Premier
Australia :: 2003 :: 12 min
director Aaron Wilson :: cast Prue Robbins, Michael
Rafferty, Julia Martin, Zachary High
Sunday, March 14, 7:10 pm :: Screening with Police Woman
Jack is reluctantly meeting up with his ex-lover. This rendezvous, however, is about
more than his infidelity.
Reveille
Northern California Premier
US :: 2003 :: 12 min
director Adam & Donovan Montierth :: cast David
James
Wednesday, March 17, 3:20 pm :: Screening as part of Short Program #3
A Navy Veteran’’s daily routine of putting up the flag in a retirement community is
interrupted when an Army Veteran moves in across the courtyard. They begin a war
of one-upmanship as they fight to beat each other to the flag each morning.
Routine
Israel :: 2003 :: 14 min
director Yuval Shafferman
Monday, March 15, 9:40 pm :: Screening with The Day My God Died
A glimpse into the life of two parents, bearing the Israeli routine, in the shadow of
fear.
Run, Dragon, Run!!
US :: 2003 :: 5 min
director Ricardo Biriba
Running Through History, Part One
US :: 2003 :: 8 min
director Lucinda Luvaas
Lucinda Luvaas in person
Thursday, March 18, 4:15 pm :: Screening as part of Short Program #6
Despite popular belief, all dragons aren’t fierce and mean! This is a story about a
sweet and starving Dragon being chased by a wild Medieval mob.
Saving Worms
Teen Flix Program
US :: 2003 :: 14 min
director Chris Prouty :: cast Lakieth Evans, Justin
Spackman
Chris Prouty in person
Saturday, March 13, 10:50 am :: Screening as part of the Teen Flix Program
This autobiographical short is about a latch-key kid, Eli, who preys to God for a friend.
When Brent and Michael Schultz move in next door, Eli thinks his prayers have been
answered until he realizes Brent has a terminal illness. The film deals with death,
grieving, and the value of friendship.
Seniors for Peace
Marin Filmmakers Program
US :: 200 :: 26 min
director David Brown
David Brown in person
Sunday, March 14, 11:40 am :: Screening as part of Marin Filmmakers Program
“Seniors for Peace” is a documentary on a group of extraordinary, passionate and
articulate anti-war seniors (average age 85) from The Redwoods in Mill Valley, CA.
The committed senior peace group grew to a peak size of 160 members in the weeks
before the war on Iraq and continues It’’s weekly demonstrations today.
Monday, March 15, 5:30 pm :: Screening with Aging Out
History resonates when we can experience, empathize, or in some way personally
“be” in the period we are learning about; we must absorb the atmosphere of the
times we’re investigating in order to truly appreciate them. Part One covers the WTC
disaster, the Warsaw Ghetto: WWII, the American West and the Gold Rush Days.
Savior
West Coast Premier
Iceland :: 2003 :: 28 min
director Erla Skuladottir :: cast Freydis Kristofersdottir,
Kristjana Julia Thorsteinsdottir
Erla Skuladottir will be in person
Friday, March 12, 5:25 pm :: Screening with Bellissima
about a lonely teenage girl’s quest for independence. Forced by her neglectful parents
to spend the summer in a camp for much younger children, Kaja runs away. What she
encounters on her journey are the dangers of the exotic Icelandic wilderness and her
deepest fears.
Shooting Conflicts
US Premier
Israel :: 2003 :: 47 min
director Noam Shalev
Tuesday, March 16, 7:35 pm • Screening with The Road to Jenin
For seven years they have witnessed every major event from both sides of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, filming terrorist attacks, military occupation, aftermaths of suicide
bombings, peace initiatives and human suffering.
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