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wxxi&LITTLEHonoreeMimi Kennedya celebrationof the Little!Tuesday, October 23, 6pm to 9pmNew York Filmmakers QuarterlyThe Little Theatre’s New York Filmmakers Quarterly isan exciting opportunity to see quality short films from allover New York State! Every quarter, the Little showcasesthe best short films that are made by independentfilmmakers in New York State! This event is open to NewYork State filmmakers, regardless of age, education, orprofessional status. Join us on Wednesday, October24 and Saturday, October 27 for 90 minute screenings.October 24, 7 PM & October 27, matineeJoin the Little Theatre and our Honorary Chairs Jack and BarbaraKraushaar for an evening of food, fun, and friends as we presentRochester’s own Mimi Kennedy with the Vanguard Award! This year ourtheme is the “Roaring 20’s” – harkening back to the days when our doorsfirst opened.The Little Theatre Film Vanguard Award recipient Mimi Kennedy is athree-career woman as a celebrated actress, author, and activist. Shehas successfully juggled a busy life working in theatre, film, and TV whilebecoming a published author and passionate playwright. She is alsoFounding National Advisory Board Chair for Progressive Democrats ofAmerica. Ms. Kennedy will be joined by two other award recipients atthe celebration. Owner and curator of 1975 Gallery Erich S. Lehman willreceive the Good Neighbor Award and Ron Von Perlstein will receiveThe Friends of the Little Theatre Award.The Awards Ceremony will be held in Theatre 1 at 6 pm, followed by aparty, in True Roaring Twenties fashion, in Theatres 2 - 5. Period dress ishighly encouraged! Complimentary valet parking will be available.Tickets are $100. Please RSVP by October 19. For ticket information,call 258-0252 or visit us online at www.thelittle.org.All proceeds benefit The Little Theatre Film Society, a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization.Special thanks to our Marquee Sponsor MVP Health Care and Café sponsor F. Oliver’s.Support comes from Valley Manor, Parker Law Offices and LaBella & Associates.Food sponsors are Lento, Voula’s, Tap and Table, Veneto’s, and Sticky Lips.photo: Bjeorn KommerellManhattan Short Film FestivalSaturday, October 6, 3PM and 7PMJoin us for a worldwide short film festival where you can vote forthe winners! On Saturday, October 6 at 3 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.we’ll screening the ten film finalists chosen among 520 entriesreceived from 49 countries around the world. Each film is 18minutes or under in length. Countries represented this year includeNorway, The Netherlands, Russia, England, Ireland, Peru, France,Romania, Spain and the USA, in what festival organizers describeas the “United Nations of Film Festivals.” In one week, over 100,000people from all over the world, to over 150 cinemas in 47 U.S. stateswill come together to view and vote on these 10 films.When you enter the Little Theatre you’ll be handed a voting cardand asked to vote for the one film you feel should win. Votesare tallied at each participating cinema and submitted to festivalheadquarters where the winner will be announced in New YorkCity, as well as posted online at www.ManhattanShort.com onSunday, October 7, at 10 p.m.Project 5’s screening of V/H/S Saturday, October 13, 7 PMProject 5, the independent film series featured in Theatre 5 of the Little, presents the horror film V/H/S on Saturday,October 13 at 7:00 PM. A VHS trade event, where guests can trade old school VHS tapes, will follow immediately afterthe screening.Prepare to shake, squeal, and squirm as you watch six short stories intersect with a main theme of found footage. Foundfootage, a genre of film that presents footage as discovered or left by dead or missing protagonists, has been popularizedin horror film culture by films such as The Blair Witch Project (1999), Paranormal Activity (2007), and Cloverfield (2008).In V/H/S, directors Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and directing quarter RadioSilence craft a terrifying narrative where a group of misfits break into an abandoned house to retrieve a videotape, and findmore found footage than they bargained for.The Little’s Project 5 is an “all-encompassing” term for events in Theatre 5. We will strive to bring independent cinemato the theatre that would otherwise not be seen in the Rochester area. Films with limited or no distribution and seriesdevoted to the independent spirit will be showcased with unique monthly/ weekly series and special events. We will dorotating showings of these films and also “one-night-only” events. Project 5 will also embody the spirit of collaborationas we reach out to local colleges, art galleries, film festivals, and non-profits to foster programming that engages theRochester community at new levels.