PFF Program 2018

Welcome to the 9th annual
Prescott Film Festival!
This is an exciting time for those of us who love original and well-told stories! As we expand from
traditional network television and movie chains to cable, satellite, and the internet, opportunities for
independent filmmakers have exploded! Our movie reviewers had a formidable task this year as SO many
of the films they viewed and scored were simply amazing!
Our Opening Night film this year (A Boy Called Sailboat) is a sterling example of the skill and dedication
these independent filmmakers have woven into their films. Join us for the Opening Night Cabaret Party on
stage at the YCPAC – sponsored by El Gato Azul!
In addition to a slate of entertaining and thought-provoking films, we have several Special Events planned
for you! This year’s Gourmet Dinner is again prepared by BigA and promises a culinary delight! The annual
Wine Tasting will pair some outstanding wines with more of the culinary flare from BigA. You have the
choice of enjoying a behind the scenes look at the Psycho shower scene (78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower
Scene) following the tasting. Or enjoy a film before you indulge with Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell in
Woman Walks Ahead.
This year we have scheduled several free opportunities to engage with fellow movie-enthusiasts:
• We are excited to again bring our Student Film Competition to the festival, encouraging young people
to tell their stories and compete for a chance to win scholarships to the Yavapai College Film & Media Arts
Program!
• The YC Film & Media Arts Program again sponsors the free Workshops & Film Talks during the festival.
• We are bringing back our famous After-Parties at local restaurants! See the schedule inside for the
locations and which nights these will take place!
• Free outdoor movie screenings
Our closing night film (The Pretend One) will also feature a Cabaret After Party – again sponsored by El
Gato Azul. This film is the perfect ending to a wonderful film experience of the 9th annual festival.
We encourage you to explore these and the rest of the festival. It’s an exciting time to discover new
voices and new takes on classic storytelling. We look forward to hearing YOUR voice in the conversation!
Helen Stephenson
Founder
Executive Director
Contents
Ticket Information. ............. 2
Map. ........................ 2
VIP Director’s Loft. ............. 2
Schedule. .................... 3
Special Events. ................ 4
Workshops. ................... 6
Film Guide Friday 6/8 ........... 7
Film Guide Saturday 6/9 ......... 7
Film Guide Sunday 6/10 ......... 8
Film Guide Monday 6/11. ........ 9
Film Guide Tuesday 6/12......... 9
Film Guide Wednesday 6/13...... 10
Film Guide Thursday 6/14........ 10
Film Guide Friday 6/15 .......... 10
Film Guide Saturday 6/16 ........ 11
Student Short Film Program ...... 13
Festival Leadership............. 13
Sponsors..................... 14
Film Index .................... 16
Prescott Film Festival 2018 • 1

Tickets
YC Performing Arts Center
General Admission: $13.00
Student: $7.00
10 Pack General Admission: $110
Gourmet Dinner and Film: $75
Wine Tasting and Film: $45
Platinum Pass: $275
(All Access Pass to the festival)
All Film Pass: $160
(Reserved seat admission to all films)
Opening Weekend Pass: $110
(All Access Pass for June 8-10)
Closing Weekend Pass: $75
(All Access Pass for June 15-16)
For more details go to prescottfilmfestival.com/attend
Tickets & passes may be purchased online at
PrescottFilmFestival.com/tickets.
Tickets may also be purchased at the Yavapai
College Performing Arts Center box office
beginning May 21st. Box office hours before
the festival will be Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.
After the festival begins, in addition to the
normal hours above, the box office will also
open 1 hour prior to the first show of the day
and close 30 minutes after the last show of
the day begins.
Will Call: Tickets purchased online will be
available at the Festival Box Office when it
is open.
Yavapai College Campus Map
VIP Director’s Loft
Free Parking
Performing
Arts Center
Movies
Tickets
Food
WineTasting
Outdoor Yavapavilion
Room 3-119
Workshops
Food
Prescott Film Festival is proud to host our visiting
filmmakers and Platinum Pass holders in the V.I.P.
Director’s Loft, located on the upper mezzanine
level of the Yavapai College Performing Arts
Center (YCPAC).
Enter using the stairs to the left of the lobby and
enjoy wonderful food and refreshments (there is
also an elevator to the right of the lobby).
Sheldon Street
To Routes 89/69
Free Parking
Lunch will begin serving at
11:30 am
Loft hours:
Saturday 6/9 • 9:00a-3:00p
Friday 6/15 • 11:00a-3:00p
Saturday 6/16 • 9:00a-3:00p

Prescott Film Festival • June 8-16
Fri
June 8
Sat
June 9
YC Performing Arts Center
Prog
1 7:00p A Boy Called Sailboat
Downside Up
Cabaret Party sponsored by El Gato Azul
following the feature
2 10a Heart, Soul and Hilarity: 5 Short Films
3 1:00p Mary Goes Round
Nosebleed Building 3, Room 119
4 4:00p Arizona Films: 4 Short Films 3-4p Creating Film and Media in Arizona W p.6
5 7:00p Meerkat Maantuig (Meerkat Moonship)
Quantum
Documentary
Short Film
Arizona Premiere
World Premiere
W Workshop
Filmmakers in attendance
16+ Ages 16yrs+ Filmmakers via Skype
Presenter: Matthew Earl Jones, AZ State Film
Commissioner
Sun
June 10
Mon
June 11
Tue
June 12
6 3:00p Woman Walks Ahead (Sneak Peek)
Two Strangers Meet Five Times
7 5:30p Wines to Die For (Wine Tasting)
8 7:00p 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene
Good Morning
9 9:00p Psycho – Free Movie in the outdoor pavilion
10 7:00p Die göttliche Ordnung (The Divine Order)
I Got You Babe
11 7:00p Fail State
1-2:30p Student Shorts Program (free) p.14
2-3:30p Behind the Scenes of Documentary Filmmaking W p.6
4-5p 4-5 pm – You’re a Foley Artist! W p.6
2-3:30p Documentaries: How Film can Foster
Social Change W p.6
4-5p The Film Critics –
What the Heck Were they Thinking? W p.6
Wed
June 13
12 5:30p Gourmet Dinner provided by BigA
13 7:00p Kincsem
The Candidate
3:30-5p Name that Film! W p.6
Thurs
June 14
14 7:00 The Wild Ponies of Chincoteagua
Silent Connection
9a-5p
Intro to Filmmaking: From Story Boarding to Story Live
Action (Day 1 of filmmaking bootcamp) W p.6
4-5p So – Your Life is a Movie? W p.6
Fri
June 15
Sat
June 16
15 4:00p The Song of Sway Lake
And Guest
16 7:00p Ol’ Max Evans: The First Thousand Years
Edges
17 9:00p The Rounders – Free Movie in the Outdoor Pavilion
18 10:00a Stories about Amazing Humans:
4 Biographical Shorts
19 1:00p Bram Fischer: An Act of Defiance
The Zim
20 4:00p Liyana
The Driver is Red
21 7:00p The Pretend One
Teatime with Mr. Patterson
Cabaret Party sponsored by El Gato Azul
following the feature
9a-5p
2:30-
3:30p
Intro to Filmmaking: From Story Boarding to Story Live
Action (Day 2 of filmmaking bootcamp) W p.6
Weaving Webs (screenwriting) W p.6
Prescott Film Festival.com
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Prescott Film Festival 2018 • 3

Special Events
Friday, June 8 • 6:30p $13
Opening Night Film and Cabaret
JK Simmons stars in this quirky, fun film, A Boy
Called Sailboat. Experience this heartwarming,
uplifting story about a little boy with a tiny guitar
and determination to write “the perfect song.”
Join us for a Cabaret Party on the stage following
the film, sponsored by El Gato Azul.
(Cabaret party admission included with film ticket.)
Sunday, June 10 • 5:30p
Wines to Die For Wine Tasting
Dark, Bold, Innovative, Complex… are these words
describing the wine, the movie that follows it…. or both?
Prescott Film Festival is proud to continue it’s annual
tradition of presenting delicious vintages perfectly
paired with hors de’ oeuvres from the incomparable
BigA. Admission to 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene
is included. The film gives a behind the scene look at
the Psycho shower scene, “45 seconds that changed
movie-going forever.” (Filmmaker scheduled to attend.)
This culinary event could
also be paired with Woman
Walks Ahead, which immediately precedes
the wine tasting. In this gorgeous period
piece, set in the late 1800’s, a female New
York artist travels across the country by
herself to paint the portrait of Sitting Bull.
Based on a true story, this film is a “sneak
peek” starring Jessica Chastain.
Movies Under the Stars!
Free Screening at our Outdoor Yavapavilion
June 10, 9:00p
Psycho
You saw 78/52: Hitchcock’s
Shower Scene…. Now you have
the behind-the-scenes scoop….
It’s time to experience the film as
an insider!
(Filmmaker from 78/52 scheduled to attend.)
June 15, 9:00p
The Rounders
This Western comedy from 1965 starring Glenn
Ford and Henry Fonda, is about two aging cowboys
with an idea to make it big. Shot in Sedona this film
is based on the book written by the award-winning
author Max Evans, the bigger-than-life subject of the
documentary preceding this screening.
(Filmmakers from the documentary scheduled to attend.)
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Special Events
Wednesday, June 13 • 5:30p
Senses
Pop-Up Gourmet Dinner
Chef John Panza of BigA has created
a special menu you will “treasure” to
pair with the movie Kincsem. Kinscem
is a rollicking period piece with an
attitude. Based on the true story of a
horse who won every race she ever ran,
(54 races over a period of four years.)
Find out who gets the girl and who gets
the horse in this cinematic ride. BigA
is known as one of the best dining
experiences in Prescott. If you have
not heard of BigA yet, you will! Each
three-course meal comes with a glass
of wine and a movie ticket.
Dinner seating is VERY limited so
purchase your tickets early.
Chef John Panza has created a special menu
to pair with your films:
Salad
Summer Peach Salad, Local Butter Lettuce,
Arugula & Baby Kale
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Goat Cheese, Market
Radish, Caramelized Peach Dressing
Entrée
Sherry Braised Lamb Shank, Parmesan
Rosemary White Bean Puree, Braised Greens,
Buttered Radishes, Pea Coulis, Crimini
Mushroom Reduction
Dessert
House Made Ice Cream, Garden Mint, Dark
Chocolate Chunks, Tuile Cookie
Weeknight After Parties:
Can't wait to talk about the film you just saw? Then come
to our Weeknight After-Parties! Join us after the film at
these local restaurants for lively discussion about the
films, Film Talks or Workshops you experienced that day
during the festival. Cheers!
Monday June 11th
The Office
Tuesday June 12th
the Glass Bar at the
Hassayampa
Wednesday June 13th
The Raven Cafe
Thursday June 14th
Prescott Brewing
Company
June 16, 7:00 p.m.
Closing Film and Cabaret Party
One film reviewer in Australia called it, “one of the most
beautiful, heartfelt, emotional and complex on-screen
relationships in Australian film history” and it’s “between
an adult woman and her imaginary friend.” Join us for
this out-of-the-box film, The Pretend One. Followed
immediately by the Closing Night Cabaret Party on stage,
sponsored by El Gato Azul. (Cabaret party admission
included with film ticket.)
Prescott Film Festival 2018 • 5

Workshops
Sponsored by the Yavapai College Film & Media Arts Program
All workshops are free and will be held in building 3, room 119
Saturday June 9th
3 – 4pm
Creating Film and Media in
Arizona
Learn what AZ has to offer for
independent filmmakers. With Arizona
Film Commissioner Matthew Earl Jones
Sunday June 10th
1:00 – 2:30
Student Shorts
Join us in supporting the next
generation of filmmakers! High
School and College students will be
showcasing their latest work!
Monday June 11
2:00 - 3:30
Behind the Scenes of
Documentary Filmmaking
How do you take a fascinating person’s
story and turn it into a great film?
Find out as the filmmakers for The
Man Behind the Music (Evan Archerd
and Bob Burton) join us to screen this
"work-in-progress" then talk about
creating this fantastic film.
4:00 – 5:00
You’re a Foley Artist!
Come experience what it’s like to be
a Foley Artist during the Hands-on
workshop with film sound engineer
Noah Blough!
Tuesday June 12
2:00 – 3:30
Documentaries: How Film can
Foster Social Change
Watch “Freedom Runners,” a
documentary featuring Tel Aviv-based
teacher Rotem Genossar, who
established a running team for his
African refugee students, followed
by a discussion with Yavapai College
Sociology Professor Dr. Karly Way
Schauwecker.
4:00 – 5:00
The Film Critics – What the
Heck Were they Thinking?
Join film critic Bill Pierce and YC Film &
Media Arts Instructor Lindsay Bane as
they take a look at film criticism from the
early days to the present.
Wednesday June 13th
3:30 – 5:00
Name that Film!
Join us for A Few Good Lines, an original
live play written by Mikki Sheldon that
uses well-known lines from classic films.
Thursday June 14th
4:00 – 5:00
So - Your Life is a Movie?
Learn how to document your life in a
manner consistent with how movies flow
or novels are written and what to expect
when offering you inner moments to the
silver screen. With Philip Sedgwick
June 14th and 15th
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(Bring a sack lunch)
Intro to Filmmaking: From
Story Boarding to Story
Live-Action
Join professional and award-winning
filmmakers Bruce Dorn, Alan Davis
and producer John de Dios for a
two-day boot camp to explore the
tools and techniques of contemporary
documentary and narrative filmmaking.
From finding an idea to storyboarding
to actually working in teams to create
a scene, you are a part of a real-world
filmmaking crew! Work with some of
the top-of-the-line technology in the
business courtesy of Yavapai College’s
Film & Media Arts Department.
Friday June 15th
2:30 – 3:30
Weaving Webs
Screenwriter Philip Sedgwick outlines
methods for structuring plot points, sub
plots and creating riveting interactions
between characters. Whether a
screenwriter, novelist - or aspiring in either
of those worlds - or wanting to become a
better storyteller, this is for you.
6 PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype

Friday, June 8 • 7pm
A Boy Called Sailboat
USA • 2017 • 85min • Nar. Feature
J.K. Simmons, a slanted house, and a
“little guitar” come together in a small
town filled with charming and offbeat
characters to bring joy and awaken a
global desire. Sailboat and his ukulele
are inseparable, and when his gravely
ill grandmother instructs him to write
a song for her, Sailboat takes on many
adversities to deliver the unimaginable -
the greatest song ever written.
FF • Comedy,Drama,Music
Director: Cameron Nugent
Cast: J.K. Simmons, Noel Gugliemi,
Jake Busey
Downside Up
Belgium • 2016 • 15min • Narrative Short
In a world where the whole population
consists of people with Down syndrome,
a normal boy struggles to fit in.
FF • Drama
Director: Peter Ghesquière
Cast: Hélène De Vos, Jan De Vroey,
Milo Huyghebaert
Saturday, June 9 • 10am
Heart, Soul and Hilarity:
5 Short Films
Heart of Paradise
USA • 2018 • 26min • Narrative Short
Two winemaker bachelors collide with
a mother-daughter duo whose surprise
arrival at Heart Hill Vineyard reveals
more than they bargained for. A double
romance blossoms in unexpected soil,
warming a widower’s heart and changing
the course of a young bride’s life forever.
FF • Romance
Director: Dina Mande
Cast: Casey Biggs, Martha Hackett,
Spencer M.N. Oberan
Buttercup
USA • 2017 • 13min • Narrative Short
As Maggie struggles with her mother's
death a surprise visitor helps her find
joy again. Buttercup is about grief,
friendship, and how those we lose never
really leave us.
13+ • Drama
Director: Megan Brotherton
Cast: Elizabeth B. Bates,
Megan Brotherton
A Boy Called Sailboat
Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
A Bitter Reckoning
USA • 2018 • 24min • Narrative
Short
Detective Rodgers is troubled by
the suicide of Lester's father. Soon
it become obvious that this isn't an
open-and-shut case.
13+ • Crime,Mystery,Thriller
Director: Albert Fry Jr.
Cast: Albert Fry Jr., Ben Nolte,
Michael Sare
Swimming in the Desert
USA • 2017 • 16min • Narrative Short
In the drought-stricken town of Agua Dulce,
in the California High Desert, a ten year old
girl challenges her grandfather, a cranky
retired firefighter, to follow a crazy plan and
bring the water back to the dry river.
13+ • Drama
Director: Alvaro Ron
Cast: Tony Plana, Melody Marquez,
Karen Strassman
Your Call is Important to Us
Australia • 2017 • 14min • Narrative Short
A short comedy that confirms our fears
about what really goes on at call-centers
when we're asked, 'Please hold?'
16+ • Comedy
Director: T.J. Power
Cast: Wade Briggs, Sarah Roberts,
Richard Davies
A Bitter Reckoning
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype
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Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Saturday, June 9 • 1pm
Mary Goes Round
Canada • 2017 • 84min • Nar. Feature
For Mary, life is a merry-go-round of
drinking and remorse. Drink, remorse,
repeat. The irony? Mary is an addictions
counselor. When the drinking gets her into
deeper trouble she returns home to a dad
she's ignored for the past 15 years and a
step-sister who barely knows she exists.
16+ • Drama
Director: Molly McGlynn
Cast: Aya Cash, Kimberly-Sue Murray,
Aaron Poole |
Nosebleed
USA • 2018 • 15min • Nar. Short
After experiencing similar symptoms that
killed his twin, Norm decides to live his
last days to the fullest. Yet, after a year
of traveling and checking off his bucket
list, he's broke and still not dead. Now
he's questioning how to move forward
with life or if he should even move
forward at all.
13+ • Drama
Director: Nick Gapp
Cast: Paul Sean Ward, Alana Bills,
Dace Likethefish
Saturday, June 9 • 4pm
Arizona Films:
4 Short Films
Whipstone Farms
USA • 2017 • 8min • Documentary Short
A devastating storm comes close to
wiping out a small rural farm in Paulden.
What happens next reveals the strength
of a community.
FF • Family
Director: Sean Openshaw
The Secret Lives of Teachers
USA • 2017 • 13min • Narrative Short
A quirky romantic comedy about two
teachers who find unexpected love in a
most unexpected way.
FF • Comedy
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Kevin Mulhare, Sean Dillingham,
Judith Eisenberg
For the People
USA • 2017 • 14min • Nar. Short
From Teen Street Films, Tucson AZ:
It's 2052. Hillcorp has taken control of
the regional water supply leaving the
Flatlanders to fend for themselves and
putting a law in place making water theft
a capital crime. Yet two groups of teens
from opposing factions decide to risk
their lives to help those in need.
FF • Drama
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Brendan Guy Murphy
Gray Area: Wolves of the
Southwest
USA • 2017 • 49min • Doc. Feature
In the American Southwest, a unique
species of wolf unlike any other is
making a comeback. Considered extinct
nearly 40 years ago, the little known
Mexican gray wolf has slowly pulled back
from the very brink — against all odds.
Wolves are both adored and loathed by
many, raising the question; “Is it possible
for man and wolf to coexist?”
FF • History
Director: Alan Lacy
Cast: Chris Morgan
Saturday, June 9 • 7pm
Meerkat Maantuig
South Africa • 2017 • 96min • Nar. Feat.
Gideonette de La Reys is a timid and
visionary girl. Her dad Gideon battles daily
to allay her fears about a family curse: that
they die at an early age but Gideonette is
convinced an early death will be her fate.
When something happens to reinforce
her beliefs in the curse, the frightened
13-year-old recoils from the world.
Her mother sends her to stay with her
grandparents who are... "different." While
there, she meets Bhubesi, a little boy who
cheerfully spends his days training to be an
astronaut. Meerkat Moonship takes us on
an enchanting magical journey of hope.
13+ • Drama,Mystery
Director: Hanneke Schutte
Cast: Anchen du Plessis, Rika Sennett,
Pierre van Pletzen, Themba Ntuli
Quantum
USA • 2017 • 11min • Narrative Short
When a boy battling a brain tumor is
ready to give up, his little sister helps him
discover a message of hope.
13+ • Drama
Director: Ryan Willards
Cast: Amy Hargreaves,
Christian Campbell, Joe Perrino
Mary Goes Round
8
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype

Sunday, June 10 • 3pm
Woman Walks Ahead
USA • 2017 • 101min • Narrative Feature
This gorgeously photographed femalecentric
Western is set during the waning
days of the U.S. military campaign to
slaughter and subdue Native Americans.
Based on a true story, wealthy New York
widow Catherine Weldon is an artist in
the 1890's who decides to walk away
from her privileged lifestyle and heads
west, to Dakota. She has a passionate
belief in the Native American cause
and an ambition to paint a portrait of
Hunkpapa Lakota holy man Sitting Bull.
While there she becomes embroiled in
the Lakota peoples' struggle over the
rights to their land.
13+ • Biography,Drama,History
Director: Susanna White
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds,
Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes
Two Strangers Who Meet
Five Times
United Kingdom • 2017 • 12min •
Narrative Short
Alistair and Samir meet five different times,
but it is only when they meet as old men
that they can finally put their prejudices
aside and meet as friends. This film
champions friendship and compassion
over separation and distrust.
13+ • Drama
Director: Marcus Markou
Cast: Laurence Spellman, Georgina
Blackledge, Sargon Yelda
Sunday, June 10 • 7pm
78/52: Hitchcock's
Shower Scene
USA • 2017 • 91min • Doc. Feature
That iconic shower scene…. Probably the
best-known movie sequence in modern
cinema. Cinephiles and casual film viewers
will revel in the details of this three-minute
sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
(1960) that crafted together 78 camera setups
and 52 cuts. Guillermo del Toro, Danny
Elfman, Peter Bogdanovich, Jamie Lee
Curtis (and her body double Playboy Bunny
Marli Renfro) are among the interviewees
weighing in on the film and the scene. This
documentary celebrates the power and
mastery of an almost 60-year-old movie
that still feels cutting-edge.
16+ • History
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Cast: Elizabeth Allan, Judith Anderson,
Desi Arnaz
Good Morning
Woman Walks Ahead
USA • 2017 • 12min • Narrative Short
A young woman and her father adapt to
terrifying changes they never expected.
Good Morning was created via the
inaugural Warner Brothers Emerging Film
Directors Workshop, in which only five
filmmakers were chosen from over 5,000
applicants worldwide.
13+ • Comedy,Drama,Horror
Director: Elaine Mongeon
Cast: Maya Kazan, Jamie McShane
Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Sunday, June 10 • 9pm
Free Movie in the
Outdoor Yavapavilion
Psycho
USA • 1960 • 109min • Narrative Feature
In 1960, Village Voice film critic Andrew
Sarris called Hitchcock “the most daring
avant-garde film-maker in America today”.
He also said, “Psycho should be seen
at least three times by any discerning
film-goer, the first time for the sheer terror
of the experience, … the second time for
the macabre comedy … and the third for all
the hidden meanings and symbols lurking
beneath the surface.
R • Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh,
Vera Miles
Monday, June 11 • 7pm
Die göttliche Ordnung
Switzerland • 2017 • 96min • Nar. Feature
American women got the right to vote
nationwide in1920. Flash forward from then
to 1970. Women in Switzerland still weren’t
able to vote. The Divine Order follows the
story of an unlikely hero in the movement.
Nora, a traditional “quiet” homemaker living
in a tiny village, cooking, cleaning, taking care
of two sons and a rotten father-in-law. When
she wants to get a part-time job…. Well….
That changes everything.
16+ • Biography,Comedy,Drama
Director: Petra Biondina Volpe
Cast: Marie Leuenberger,
Maximilian Simonischek,
Rachel Braunschweig
I Got You Babe
USA • 2017 • 26min • Nar. Short
An ambitious young woman must decide
what she is willing to sacrifice should she
marry her boyfriend before midnight to
save him from the Vietnam War draft due
to an executive order signed by President
Johnson on August 26th, 1965.
13+ • Drama
Director: Ashton Avila
Cast: Taylor Owen, Matthew Derek Davis,
Lesette Maxwell
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype
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Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, June 12 • 7pm
Fail State
USA • 2018 • 94min • Doc. Feature
"This year, over 7 million low-income
Americans will attend college. Most of
them won't graduate." Executive produced
by news legend Dan Rather, Fail State
investigates the dark side of American
higher education, chronicling decades
of policy decisions in Washington DC
that have given rise to a powerful and
highly-predatory for-profit college industry.
With echoes of the subprime mortgage
crisis, the film lays bare how for-profit
colleges exploited millions of low-income
and minority students, leaving them with
worthless degrees and drowning in student
loan debt.
13+ • History
Director: Alexander Shebanow
Cast: Nicholas Adams,
Alexander Shebanow
Wednesday, June 13 • 7pm
Kincsem
Hungary • 2017 • 130min • Nar. Feature
A lavishly beautiful period drama based
on the true story of a legendary racehorse,
Kincsem. The record-breaking
racehorse serves as the
backdrop to a fictionalized
romantic drama set at the peak
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Kincsem is a household name
in Hungary. Sired by a stallion
owned by Queen Victoria, she
became a sensation across
Europe and was the most
successful thoroughbred
racehorse in history. Budapest’s
main horse racing track now
bears her name.
13+ • Adventure, Drama,
History
Director: Gábor Herendi
Cast: Ervin Nagy, Andrea
Petrik,
Tibor Gáspár
The Candidate
USA • 2017 • 6min • Narrative Short
The Candidate must go through a
rigorously impossible vetting process
to determine if he is "The One" for
someone's very specific agenda.
13+ • Comedy
Director: Michael Hilf
Cast: Blaire Baron, Will Gressman,
Robin McDonald
Thursday, June 14 • 7pm
The Wild Ponies of
Chincoteague
USA • 2017 • 58min • Doc. Feature
An upbeat documentary that chronicles
the island of Chincoteaque's famous
annual round-up during Pony Penning
week, including its Pony Swim and Pony
Auction. But it’s so much more than that.
The film tells the story of three Feather
Fund recipients, one of whom was saved
from severe depression and self-harm by
her Chincoteague pony.
13+ • Family
Director: Kurt Kolaja, Tod Mesirow
Cast: Sabrina Dobbins
Silent Connection
USA • 2015 • 11min • Doc.Short
Marc is a special needs man who works
with horses to help ease his fears of
the world. Working with equine coach
Marie Delmarle, he not only develops his
manual dexterity but grows in confidence
to interact with his environment.
FF • Biography
Director: Michael Travers
Cast: Bruce Adams, Marc Adams,
Marie Delmarle
Friday, June 15 • 4pm
The Song of Sway Lake
USA • 2017 • 94min • Nar. Feature
Ollie Sway's father was a record collector;
a passion he passed down to his son.
They shared a mutual devotion to the
idea that preserving records preserves
art and beauty so it can live on. After
Ollie’s father commits suicide, Ollie
teams up with his new friend from
Russia to steal a rare and priceless 78
vinyl record, (an original pressing of The
Song of Sway Lake which made the lake
famous) from his family’s lake house.
The film’s theme of longing to recapture
better days is hauntingly underscored by
fantastic music in the film.
16+ • Drama
Director: Ari Gold
Cast: Rory Culkin, Robert
Sheehan, Isabelle McNally
And Guest
USA • 2018 • 6min •
Narrative Short
It's a party in 1936.... Or is it?
13+ • Mystery
Director: Maxime Brulein
Cast: Jean Kengsington, Dana
Benedict, Barney Cheng
Kincsem
10
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype

Friday, June 15 • 7pm
Ol' Max Evans: The First
Thousand Years
USA • 2017 • 79min • Doc. Feature
Renowned best-selling author Max
Evans has been a miner, prospector,
movie producer, soldier, artist, and
hard-drinking, calf-roping cowboy. He is a
vanishing breed of hero of the American
West. He wrote the book The Rounders,
which was turned into a film of the
same name, starring Glenn Ford and
Henry Fonda. Evans used his passion for
cinematic storytelling to help establish
the New Mexico Film Commission.
Narrated by Peter Coyote and Sam
Elliott, the film takes you on a fast-paced
ride through his life, legends and the
changing West.
13+ • Biography,Western
Director: Lorene Mills
Cast: Peter Coyote, Sam Elliott
Edges
USA • 2016 • 9min • Documentary Short
At the ripe age of 90, Yvonne Dowlen was
ice skating at least five days a week and
competing in figure skating competitions
across the country. After experiencing
severe physical obstacles in her 80’s
Yvonne discovered the secret to recovery
and longevity: staying active and simply
in doing what you love.
FF • Biography
Director: Jonathan Hiller, Katie Stjernholm
Cast: Yvonne Dowlen
Friday,
June 15 • 9pm
Free Movie in
the Outdoor
Yavapavilion
The Rounders
USA • 1965 • 85min •
Narrative Feature
Two aging bronc-busters
The Rounders (Glenn Ford and Henry
Fonda) make their meager
money by breaking wild horses. They
dream of better days--possibly retiring to
some island paradise--but they tend to
spend all their money on booze and girls.
They think their no-dough days are done
until they acquire a wild drunkard horse
which they enter in a bucking contest. No
one can ride the wild, hiccupping nag but
the boys have a plan: to take that horse to
the Sedona Rodeo and bet their bankroll
that no cowboy there can stay on the
horse.
13+ • Comedy,Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda,
Sue Ane Langdon
Saturday, June 16 • 10am
Stories about Amazing
Humans: 4 Short Films
Portrait of a Superhero
USA • 2018 • 14min • Documentary Short
On the streets of Clearwater Florida walks a
man wearing bright red spandex. He helps
the homeless, sick and disadvantaged,
aids stranded motorists, and patrols the
streets to prevent crime. Dale Pople uses
Science Fiction movies as role models and
overcomes a troubled childhood to become
a “Real Life Superhero.”
FF • Biography
Director: Tony Armer
Cast: Dale Pople
YC Performing Arts Center
Bud's Odyssey
USA • 2017 • 26min • Doc. Short
On a mission over the Mediterranean, B-17
Pilot Bud and his crew are shot down. Bud
becomes the sole survivor by swimming 32
hours to the Italian shore and then spent
20 months in Stalag Luft III. After years
of suffering from sole survivors guilt and
severe PTSD, he finally found a road to
healing and reconciliation.
13+ • Biography
Director: Mark Kirkland
Cast: Robert ""Bud"" Kingsbury
Mr. Connolly Has ALS
USA • 2017 • 32min • Documentary Short
A high school principal is embraced
by his community as he continues to
lead the school, despite rapidly losing
his ability to walk and speak due to
the debilitating effects of Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). (Dedicated to
Eugene George Zimmerman, who lost his
battle with ALS 2.12.18.)
FF • Biography
Director: Dan Habib
Cast: Gene Connolly
My Indiana Muse
USA • 2018 • 44min • Doc. Short
When artist Robert Townsend
purchases a carousel of old Kodachrome
slides form the 1960’s on eBay he
discovers his new muse: Helen. What
could be so powerful about this one
woman that inspires Robert to spend
the next 10 years of his life devoted to
painting just her? Why does he identify
with her? Why is he charmed by this
woman? Helen is our aunt, our neighbor,
the woman at the grocery store…. and as
the film reveals, the precious individual
lives we each lead should be cherished.
FF • Biography
Director: Jen Serena, Ric Serena
Cast: Robert Townsend, Cheryl Berea
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype
Prescott Film Festival 2018 • 11

Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Saturday, June 16 • 1pm
Bram Fischer:
An Act of Defiance
South Africa • 2017 • 123min • Nar. Feat.
A riveting historical drama, 10 political
activists (including Nelson Mandela
and his inner circle of Black and Jewish
supporters) face a possible death
sentence for conspiracy to commit
sabotage after they are arrested by the
apartheid South African government
during a raid in the town of Rivonia
during the summer of 1963. Bram
Fischer (exceptionally played by Peter
Paul Muller), a sympathetic lawyer, risks
his career and freedom to defend these
men, attempting to hide the fact that he,
too, frequently convened on the farm
where they were arrested.
13+ • Biography,Drama
Director: Jean van de Velde
Cast: Peter Paul Muller, Antoinette Louw,
Sello Motloung
The Zim
USA • 2017 • 17min • Nar Short
Daniel Silva (played by director Bedria)
is a multi-generation land-owner/farmer.
He takes a stand to protect his land
when he becomes the next target of
the government. William, his long time
farm hand and friend, is played by native
Zimbabwean Tongayi Chirisa.
16+ • Drama,Thriller,War
Director: Alexander Bedria
Cast: Alexander Bedria, Tongayi Chirisa,
Amanda Wing
Saturday, June
16 • 4pm
Liyana
Swaziland • 2017 •
76min • Doc. Feature
A Swazi girl embarks on
a dangerous quest to
rescue her young twin
brothers. This animated
African tale is born in
the imaginations of
The Pretend One
five orphaned children
in Swaziland who
collaborate to tell a story of perseverance
drawn from their darkest memories and
brightest dreams. Their fictional character's
journey is interwoven with poetic and
observational documentary scenes to
create a genre-defying celebration of
collective storytelling.
13+ • Biography
Director: Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp
Cast: Gcina Mhlophe
The Driver is Red
USA • 2017 • 15min • Doc. Short
Animated documentary set in 1960
Argentina. The true crime story of how
secret agent Zvi Aharoni hunts down one
of the highest-ranking Nazi war criminals
on the run. What he discovered in the
remote outskirts of Buenos Aires would
send shock waves around the world.
13+ • Mystery
Director: Randall Christopher
Cast: Mark Pinter
Saturday, June 16 • 7pm
The Pretend One
Australia • 2017 • 86min • Nar. Feat.
Roger and his adult daughter Charlie run
a busy cotton farm in Australia. There’s
not much time for socializing, but that
doesn’t matter to Charlie. She still has
her imaginary friend from childhood,
Hugo. Hugo has stayed with her into
adulthood despite concerns from her
family and her therapist. But - When a
real man is forced into her life, Hugo's
existence is threatened and Charlie finds
herself caught in the middle. Then Hugo
realizes he’s in love with Charlie and
fights to become real.
13+ • Drama,Fantasy,Romance
Director: Tony Prescott
Cast: David Field, Geraldine Hakewill,
Elijah Perris
Tea Time with Mr. Patterson
USA • 2018 • 16min • Narrative Short
Lucy, a young girl, yearns for connection
from her single mother, Stacey. When
she doesn't find it she turns to her
imaginary friend Mr. Patterson. A
coming of age story about overcoming
fears and traumas.
13+ • Drama
Director: David Mandell
Cast: Ivy George, Emily Osment,
David Mandell"
Liyana
12
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers in attendance
Filmmakers via Skype

Sunday, June 11 • 12:15pm in Room 3-119
Peter Jackson was 16 when he made his first film, a stop-motion and live action film
about a rift in the space-time continuum. Tim Burton made his first film, an animated
adaptation of The Island of Doctor Moreau, at 13. Steven Spielberg’s first film? The Last
Train Wreck at the ripe old age of --- 11.
Student Short Film Program
These great directors began showing their skills at a young age, as do our selected
student filmmakers for 2018. These students are not only creative – they are daring and have
the courage to tell their stories in a unique way, and not influenced by the lens of time.
This year’s student filmmakers rose to the occasion! Competing for three scholarships
($1,000, $500 and $250) to the Yavapai College Film and Media Arts Program sponsored by
a generous private donation made to the Yavapai College Foundation.
Co-sponsored by the Prescott Film Festival and the YC Film & Media Arts Program, we
hope you will join us for a FREE screening of these films on Sunday, June 10 at 1:00 pm in
the Workshop room
(Building 3, room 119).
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Festival Leadership
The Prescott Film Festival is a volunteer led and run organization. We are thankful to all of those who work to make the festival
and our year round events possible. To all those who work in many ways throughout the year, thank you for your support.
Board of
Directors
Chairman: Ron Hammer
Clint Ewell
Jared Haxton
Dave Shoemaker
Don Stephenson
Shawn Van Hecke
Executive
Director
Helen Stephenson
Leadership Team
Suzy Campbell
Joan Gustafson
Debbie Hammer
Pam Kramer
Audrey Mae
Barbara Rye
Nicole Sorenson
Program and
Poster
Beth Hammer
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Jury
Lesley Cessna-Kontowicz
(Award Winning
Screenwriter)
Joe Fortunato
(Professor, Arizona State
University)
Dr. Janna Jones
(Professor, Northern Arizona
University; Screenwriter.)
Bob O’Neil
(Award Winning Film
Restoration Expert)
Philip Sedgwick
(Award Winning
Screenwriter)
Helen Stephenson
(Director, Yavapai College
Film and
Media Arts program)
Dr. Suzanne Waldenberger
(Professor, Yavapai College;
AZ Humanities Scholar)
Complete bios available at
PrescottFilmFestival.com/About
Film Review Team
Director: Shawn Van Hecke
Andy Davis
Audrey Mae
Barbara Sussman
Benna Tiensvold
Bob Harner
Bob ONeil
Bonnie Manko
Carol Arthurs
Cathy Huntress Cindy
Reynolds
Clint Ewell
Cynthia Daddona
Danielle Stephenson
Dave Shoemaker
Denise Shoemaker
Diana Stoneberg
Don Stephenson
Gail Trembly
Helen Stephenson
Jay Arthurs
Jeanne MacKenzie
Jim Paley
Marianne Paley
Jim Falin
Joanie Nickel
Joya Comeaux
Kara Giannetto
Karly Schauwecker
Karyl Moore
Kathy Silvas
Kitty Newell
Leigh Hay-Martin
Linda Carter
Linda Kaul
Lori Catron
Lou Blazquez
Lucia Figueroa
Marty Trembly
Mary Jo Dhein
Mary Timpany
Megan Campos
Melinda Carr
Mike Simonyi
Nancy Raimondo
Naomi Farnell
Pat Shaw
Patricia Watkins
Philip Sedgwick
Rita Toikka
Shelley Bartolomeo
Sherry Gagnon
Susan Crutcher
Susan Malanga
Tamara Beckwith
Tobey Levine
Tony Stephenson
Vahe Ohanian
Prescott Film Festival 2018 • 13

Sponsors
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Film Index
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene, 9
And Guest, 10
A Bitter Reckoning, 7
A Boy Called Sailboat, 7
Bram Fischer: An Act of Defiance, 12
Bud's Odyssey, 11
Buttercup, 7
The Candidate, 10
Die göttliche Ordnung
(The Divine Order), 9
Downside Up, 7
The Driver is Red, 12
Edges, 11
Fail State, 10
For the People, 8
Freedom Runners, 6
Good Morning, 9
Gray Area: Wolves of the
Southwest, 8
Heart of Paradise, 7
I Got You Babe, 9
Kincsem, 10
Liyana, 12
Mary Goes Round, 8
Meerkat Maantuig
(Meerkat Moonship), 8
Mr. Connolly Has ALS, 11
My Indiana Muse, 11
Nosebleed, 8
Ol' Max Evans: The First
Thousand Years, 11
Portrait of a Superhero, 11
The Pretend One, 12
Psycho, 9
Quantum, 8
The Rounders, 11
The Secret Lives of Teachers, 8
Silent Connection, 10
The Song of Sway Lake, 10
Swimming in the Desert, 7
Tea Time with Mr. Patterson, 12
Two Strangers Who Meet Five
Times, 9
Whipstone Farms, 8
The Wild Ponies of Chincoteague, 10
Woman Walks Ahead, 9
Your Call is Important to Us, 7
The Zim, 12
$100K for Year 10
The Prescott Film Festival looks forward
to our 10th Annual Festival in 2019!
Thanks to our partnership with Yavapai
College, we have access to a beautiful
venue, the YCPAC, which has great
sound, comfortable seating, and
professional personnel. What’s missing?
The next generation of presentation
technology – a DCP compliant projector
and screen. This is the new standard
for theaters across the globe and what
Filmmakers expect in order to provide
the optimal experience for the viewer
and top security for their film. We need
to upgrade our technology to continue to
have access to the best films with fresh
ideas and new stories.
The Prescott Film Festival needs your
help to raise $100,000 by our 10th
annual festival which we will donate to
support the college’s efforts to acquire
this technology. This will not only benefit
the annual festival but will also allow
the YC Film and Media Arts program
to screen unique films throughout the
year— films which will not make their
way to our local Cineplex.
Head to prescottfilmfestival.com and
click the Donate button. Donations
of any size are appreciated. If you
or your company are considering
a larger gift, please email helen@
prescottfilmfestival.com to review the
many benefits of joining our corporate
sponsorship program.
Join us as we
celebrate our
10th year!
June 7-15
2019

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and
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