PFF Program 2019 - web

Welcome to the 10th Annual
Prescott Film Festival!
The Prescott Film Festival was started for people who, like us, love and appreciate the movies!
Movies are a unique art form that tells stories. At their best, these stories make us laugh, move us to
tears, inspire us to take action, or bring us to a deeper understanding of the human condition. With
the help of our creative, talented and dedicated board of directors and volunteers, we are fortunate
to bring some of the best independent, foreign, and documentary films from across the country and
around the world to Yavapai County.
This year we are bringing you some very special events. We are very excited to be bringing you Silent
Symphony. We will screen a beautifully remastered version of The General with live accompaniment by the
Mont Alto Silent Film Orchestra. For over 25 years, Mont Alto has been delighting audiences across the
country from Lincoln Center to the Telluride Film Festival and beyond. They are known for their authentic
photoplay style which allows the music to speak for the film, just as music did over a century ago when
films were not “talkies.”
We also have arranged for an exhibit of historic film posters to be exhibited in the Yavapai College Art
Gallery. Many thanks to Tom Slaback for sharing the posters of films shot in Yavapai County from his
personal collection!
Soon to be added to that poster collection is the one for the made-in-Prescott film, Wish Man. We are
THRILLED to open the 10th annual festival with the premiere of this film about long time Prescott resident
and co-founder of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Frank Shankwitz.
I would like to thank the many local sponsors, foundations, and donors for their financial and in kind
support, as well as our board members (who work on the festival year round) and hundreds of dedicated
volunteers who have made the festival into the success it is today. Together, we have created an event that
is making Yavapai County an even better place to live. Thank you for your support! See you at the fest!
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 6/7 ........... 8
Film Guide Saturday 6/8 ......... 8
Film Guide Sunday 6/9 .......... 10
Film Guide Monday 6/10. ........ 11
Film Guide Tuesday 6/11......... 11
Film Guide Wednesday 6/12...... 11
Film Guide Thursday 6/13........ 12
Film Guide Friday 6/14 .......... 12
Film Guide Saturday 6/15 ........ 12
Student Short Film Program ...... 14
Festival Leadership............. 14
Sponsors. .................... 15
Film Index .................... 16
Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 1

Tickets
YC Performing Arts Center
General Admission: $13.00
Student: $7.00
10 Pack General Admission: $110
Gourmet Dinner and Film: $75
Silent Symphony Film:
$25 • $20 (65+) • $15 (student with ID)
Taste of Arizona Event: $45
(Includes free admission to Silent Symphony)
Platinum Pass: $280
(Your most complete festival pass)
All Film Pass: $175
(Access pass to all film programs)
Opening Weekend Pass: $80
(Access to all film programs & VIP Director’s Loft, June 7-9)
Closing Weekend Pass: $80
(Access to all film programs & VIP Director’s Loft, June 14-15)
For more details go to prescottfilmfestival.com/tickets
Prescott Film Festival • June 7-15
Fri
June 7
Sat
June 8
Sun
June 9
YC Performing Arts Center Building 3, Room 119
Prog
1 7:00p Wish Man
Cabaret Party sponsored by El Gato Azul
following the feature
Filmmaker Bootcamp (Day 1) W pg.7
6 1:00p Unlikely 10a Student Shorts Program (free) pg.7
7 4:00p Old Boys
Stag
8 7:00p Skid Row Marathon
Fallen Feathers
12-6p Filmmaker Bootcamp (Day 2)W pg.7
Tickets & passes may be purchased
online at PrescottFilmFestival.com/
tickets or at YCPAC.com.
Tickets may be purchased in person or by
phone at the Yavapai College Performing
Arts Center ticket office beginning May
21st. 928.776.2000 | 877.928.4253
Ticket office hours are Monday-Friday,
10am-4pm. The Ticket office is also open
1 hour prior to the first show of the day
and will close 30 minutes after the start
of last show of the day.
Tickets purchased online or by phone will
be e-mailed to you (print-at-home), sent
to your mobile phone, or can be available
at Will Call.
Mon
June 10
10 5:30p Gourmet Dinner - Chef Robert Barr of the Sedona
Culinary School of Yavapai College
11 7:00p Olympia 16+
Two Balloons
10a-5p Filmmaker Bootcamp (Day 3) W pg.7
2-3:30p The Best Narrative Short Films from 10 Years of the
Prescott Film Festival W pg.6
4-5p Hand-to-Hand Combat in Film: How to Stay Safe and
Look Real W pg.6
Yavapai College Campus Map
Free Parking
Performing
Arts Center
Movies
Tickets
Food
WineTasting
Sheldon Street
Outdoor Yavapavilion
Room 3-119
Workshops
Food
To Routes 89/69
Free Parking
VIP Director’s Loft
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).
Lunch will begin serving at 11:30 am
Loft hours:
Friday 6/7 • 5:30-7pm
Saturday 6/8 • 9am - 7pm
Sunday 6/9 • 3-7pm
Tuesday 6/11 • 5:30-7pm
Thursday 6/13 • 5:30-7pm
Saturday 6/15 • 9am-7pm
The loft will not be open on June 10 and 12,
or during the Taste of Arizona (June 14)
Tue
June 11
Wed
June 12
Thurs
June 13
Fri
June 14
Sat
June 15
12 7:00p The Samuel Project
Portraitist
2 10a Narrative Shorts Program – 7 short films 16+ 10a-
5p
3 1:00p Freaks (Sneak Peek) 16+
CC 16+
4 4:00p The Weight of Water
Reaching for the Andes
5 7:00p Wild Rose (Sneak Peek) 16+
Do You
8:30p True Grit (2010)
Free screening in the Outdoor Yavapavilion
12- The Best Documentary Short Films from 10 Years of the
1:30p Prescott Film Festival W pg.6
1-5p Filmmaker Bootcamp (Day 4) W pg.7
2-3:30p Tech kills the movies! Film at 11! W pg.6
4-5p Made in Yavapai County! (YC Art Gallery) pg.6
2-3p Thriller Versus Horror Films and Why We
Can’t Get Enough W pg.7
13 5:30p Gourmet Dinner provided by El Gato Azul 3-5p The Silence of the Lambs screening W pg.7
14 7:00p Ruben Brandt, Collector
Man of the Hour
15 7:00 Mustang Saviors
My Paintbrush Bites
16 5:30p Taste of Arizona
(Local Wine, Beer, & Spirits Tasting)
17 7:00p Silent Symphony: The General
accompanied by the Mont Alto Motion
Picture Orchestra Reserved Seating
18 10:00a Documentary Shorts – 6 short films
19 12:30p The Sound of Music – sing-a-long
Featuring special guest Kim Karath (Gretl)
20 4:30p Bias
25 Texans in the Land of Lincoln
21 7:30p Storm Boy
The Wonder
Cabaret Party sponsored by El Gato Azul
following the feature
2-3p It’s Not the Monster but the Situation that Frightens W pg.7
3:30-5p Why Bad Life Choices Make Good Movies W pg.7
4-5p Made in Yavapai County! (Part II) (YC Art Gallery) W pg.6
Documentary
Short Film
Arizona Premiere
Southwest Premiere
W Workshop
Filmmakers in attendance
16+ Ages 16yrs+ Filmmakers via Skype
Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 3

Special Events
Special Events
Friday, June 7 • 7:00p $13
Opening Night Film and Cabaret Party
Wish Man
Prescott’s own Frank Shankwitz is the subject of Wish Man, a
biographical drama about the co-founder of the Make-A-Wish
Foundation which has granted wishes for more than 450,000
children in 50 countries.
Frank and his wife Kitty are scheduled to attend.
Immediately followed by the Cabaret Party with light appetizers
from El Gato Azul and a cash bar.
(Cabaret party admission included with film ticket.)
Movies Under the Stars!
Free Screening at our Outdoor Yavapavilion
Saturday, June 8 • 9:00p
Taste of Arizona
(Friday, June 14 • 5:30p, $45)
A unique event in the Yavapai
College Sculpture Garden offering
4 tastings of local beers,
wines, and spirits paired with
foods from Lucky’s BarBQ and
Panera while enjoying music
from The Ping Brothers.
Includes Silent Symphony event.
Silent Symphony
Friday, June 14 • 7pm
$25 • $20 Seniors 65+ • $15 Students with ID
We will screen a beautifully remastered version of
The General with live accompaniment by the Mont Alto
Motion Picture Orchestra.
Buy your tickets early, all seats reserved
for this special event.
Gourmet Dinner #1
Monday, June 10 • 5:30p, $75
True Grit
This remake of the classic was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Starring
Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, and Matt Damon. An introduction
by film historian Helen Stephenson, Director of the Prescott Film Festival will
precede the screening.
Platinum Passholders
may choose ONE of the 2 dinners
as part of their pass.
Sound of Music Sing-a-long
(Saturday, June 15 • 12:30pm)
Come see this classic film on the big screen and don’t worry about
being “shushed” when you start singing with the classics – we’ll even
have subtitles for all the songs!
Special guest Kym Karath (who played Gretl) is scheduled to attend!
Prepared by Chef Robert Barr of
the Sedona Culinary School of
Yavapai College
Includes wine pairings and feature
film Olympia
Menus for both dinners
available at
prescottfilmfestival.com
Gourmet Dinner #2
Wednesday, June 12 • 5:30p, $75
Prepared by Chef Barry Barbe
of El Gato Azul
Includes wine pairings and feature
film Ruben Brandt, Collector
Saturday June 15, 7:30 p.m.
Closing Film and Cabaret Party
In Storm Boy, a businessman starts experiencing flashbacks on the
eve of a critical business venture, bringing to mind memories of
his boyhood pet pelican, Mr. Percival. Join us for this wonderful
screen adaptation of Colin Thiele's beloved Australian children's
novel. Immediately followed by the Cabaret Party with light
appetizers from El Gato Azul and a cash bar.
4 Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 5

Workshops
Workshops
Sponsored by the Yavapai College Film & Media Arts Program
All workshops are free and will be held in building 3, room 119
Wednesday, June 12th
Thursday, June 13th
Made in Yavapai County
Located in the Yavapai College Art Gallery in the Performing Arts Center
Film is an art form. Movie poster designers have always been charged with
creating art that not only represents the film, but also engages people and
piques their curiosity enough to go to the movie. As part
of our 10th annual festival celebration, the Prescott Film
Festival is thrilled to present a movie poster exhibition in
the Yavapai College Art Gallery May 18th - June 15th. The
exhibit is curated and designed by Brandelyn Andres, YC
Art Faculty, and utilizes posters from the collection of Tom
Slaback, an avid collector of movie posters from films
made in Yavapai County. Tom’s extensive collection
ranges from the silent era to the present.
Sunday, June 9th
10:00 a.m.
High School Student Film
Competition
Join us in supporting the next generation
of filmmakers! Arizona high school
students compete for three scholarships
($1,000, $500 and $250) to attend
classes in the Yavapai College Film and
Media Arts Program. This competition
is sponsored by a generous private
donation made to the Yavapai College
Foundation.
FREE screening of the best of student
films in Building 3, room 119.
An opening reception for the exhibition will be held
May 24th, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Monday, June 10th
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
The Best Narrative Short Films
from 10 Years of the Prescott Film
Festival
Join us as we relive the best of our
narrative short films to grace the screen
during the first nine years of the Prescott
Film Festival. What was YOUR favorite?
Come see if it made the cut!
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Hand – to – Hand Combat in Film:
How to Stay Safe and Look Real
In this workshop students will learn to
take and give a punch, kick, or slap for
believable film and TV fight scenes.
Students will learn and practice the
proper professional terms of napping,
masking and blocking. Some choking
and hair pulling are thrown in for good
measure. Most importantly students will
learn the importance of safety first for
themselves and their partner.
Presented by Scottie Scott (Certified
Combatant: hand-to-hand, quarterstaff,
rapier and dagger)
Tuesday, June 11th
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
The Best Documentary Short Films
from 10 Years of the
Prescott Film Festival
Join us as we relive the best of our
documentary short films from the first
nine years of the Prescott Film Festival.
Will we choose one of YOUR favorites?
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Tech Kills the Movies! Film at 11!
“Every time there has been a
groundbreaking technical advance in
the making of motion pictures, there are
those who feel it heralds not an advance
but the potential death knell of the
medium. Sound, color, wide screen…they
have all had their detractors. Now, along
comes computer graphics, a technology
that is maturing at an astonishing pace.
Will that finally be the advance that kills
filmmaking?”
Presented by Novelist and Screenwriter
Alan Dean Foster
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Made in Yavapai County! Part I
Join us in the YC Art Gallery for a deeper
exploration of selected movie posters
in this exhibition of posters from films
made in Yavapai County. This talk will
be presented by movie poster curator
and local film historian, Tom Slaback.
Tom has been studying the history of
filmmaking in the county, including
interesting stories behind the making and
locations of the films. Film history comes
to life in this interesting talk!
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Thriller Versus Horror Films and Why
We Can’t Get Enough
What are the psychological components
of The Silence of the Lambs and why
does it mesmerize audiences? How do
the filmmakers craft the themes and
supernatural components with stories
of ordinary people in extraordinary
situations contributed to their success?
What are the common denominators in
films like The Omen, The Exorcist, and
Rosemary's Baby? Why is it that what is
not seen on the screen and left to the
imagination can reveal an innate fear far
more powerful and effective than buckets
of blood?
Presented by Producer/Director/Film
Distributor Jeffery Cooper
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The Silence of the Lambs screening
Presented by Jeffery Cooper
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
It’s Not the Monster but the Situation
that Frightens: Understanding the
Structure of a Horror Film
Traditional theories of horror emphasize
the role of the monster as being the
source of fear, or what is known as the
horror-effect. For example, It is not really
about a clown that eats children, but is
about the nature of fear itself. Both fear
and the possibility of losing our grasp
on reality are frightening. The monsters,
however, are only mediums by which
these ideas are communicated—they are
not the focus of the fear.
In this film talk, YC professor, Dr. Winters,
will present an argument in support
for what he calls situational horror.
Participants will then have their own
opportunity to create and explore horrific
situations as a basis for creating a horror
film plotline.
Presented by Yavapai College Philosophy
Professor Dr. Andrew Winters
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Why Bad Life Choices Make Good
Movies
Ever watch a movie and wonder how the
main character decided on a course of
action that seemed dumb and doomed?
There’s a reason… Come find out why
and how to apply that inside knowledge
to your own film and/or screenplay.
Presented by Philip Sedgwick
Friday, June 14th
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Made in Yavapai County! Part II
Join us in the YC Art Gallery for an
exploration of selected movie posters in
the exhibition.
Presented by Tom Slaback
Filmmaker
Bootcamp
Join us for this FREE hands-on
exploration of creating film and
media content. During the camp,
you’ll participate in creating a
group film! Presented by the
Yavapai College Film and Media
Arts Program
Limited to the first 30 sign-ups at
PrescottFilmFestival.com
Saturday, June 8th
10:00 – 5:00
Camera and Sound Instruction:
Angie Johnson-Schmit and
Andrew Johnson-Schmit
Sunday, June 9th
Noon – 6:00
Pre-Production, Casting,
Location Scouts: Jeff Wood
Monday, June 10th
10:00 – 5:00
Film, including B-roll, Pick Up
Shots: Angie Johnson-Schmit
and Andrew Johnson-Schmit
Tuesday, June 11th
1:00 – 5:00
Editing: Jeff Wood
6 PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
Filmmakers in attendance
Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 7
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype

Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Friday, June 7 • 7pm
Saturday, June 8 • 4pm
Saturday, June 8 • 7pm
Wish Man
USA • 2019 • 107min • Narrative Feature
Shot in Prescott, Wish Man tells the story of Frank
Shankwitz, Prescott HIgh School Graduate (1961) and
co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Follow
Frank’s story - his difficult childhood, how he rose above
it while never forgetting his roots - to the conception
and development of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, which
has granted wishes for more than 450,000 children in
50 countries. Frank and his wife, Kitty, are scheduled to
attend for a Q&A following the film.
Arizona Premiere
FF • Bio
Director: Theo Davies
Cast: Andrew Steel, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Frank Whaley
Saturday, June 8 • 10am Narrative Short Film Program
They Came in Crowded
Boats and Trains
Finland • 2018 • 20min • Narrative Short
Based on the true stories of immigrants
seeking safe harbor from violence in
their homelands.
Arizona Premiere
13+ • Bio
Director: Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts
The Bumbry Encounter
USA • 2017 • 10min • Narrative Short
The year is 1961. Jackie Bumbry has
a black eye. Her house is full of police
officers. Her husband, Terry, is being
spoken to in the other room. What really
happened last night?
13+ • Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller
Director: Jay Raja
Cast: Lauren McFall, Ross Turner,
Skipper Elekwachi
Imagination
USA • 2015 • 8min • Narrative Short
Journey with a young boy through his
imagination. Arizona Premiere
FF • Animation, Family, Fantasy
Director: Marc Donahue, Roth Rind
Cast: Kai Burich
Boxed
USA • 2019 • 6min • Narrative Short
Based on the true story of the daring
escape of Henry "Box" Brown, who used
creativity and courage to escape from
slavery in 1849. Southwest Premiere
13+ • Bio
Director: Wanjiru M. Njendu
Cast: Adetokumboh M'Cormack, William
Joseph Hill, Gregor Manns
The Cold Season
USA • 2019 • 10min • Narrative Short
An ex-cop, tormented by his past, makes
a final attempt at finding peace in the
company of the man he never caught.
Arizona Premiere
16+ • Crime, Drama
Director: Josiah Stendel, Silvio Wolf Busch
Cast: Tim Ross, John Wells,
Silvio Wolf Busch
Have it All
Wish Man
USA • 2018 • 6min • Narrative Short
The true story of one meeting, one baby,
and one big myth.
13+ • Comedy
Director: Katie Locke O'Brien
Cast: Katie Locke O'Brien
Jesse's Girl
USA • 2018 • 18min • Narrative Short
At her bridal shower, a bride-to-be
acknowledges her doubts, begs for help
and takes action - with catastrophic
consequences.
16+ • Drama
Director: M. Keegan Uhl
Cast: Rochelle Robinson, Katie Locke
O'Brien, Tacey Adams
Saturday, June 8 • 1pm
Freaks
Sneak Peek
CAN/USA • 2018 • 104min • Nar. Feature
Experience a genre-bending
psychological sci-fi thriller as a bold girl
discovers a bizarre, threatening, and
mysterious new world beyond her front
door - a front door whose threshold she
has never dared to cross. Who is this
girl and the seemingly paranoid man she
lives with? Why has she learned to hide
and create backstories? Who are the
bad guys that she is told will find her?
And what about the mysterious driver
of the ice cream truck which frequently
parks outside her house? Will he lure her
outside for the first time...
16+ • Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Cast: Emile Hirsh, Bruce Dern,
Lexy Kolker
CC
Canada • 2018 • 14min • Narrative Short
AIDCC28002025, known as CC, is an AID
(Artificially Intelligent Device). She has
been leased by Cloverhill Nanny Agency to
Lena Howard to take care of her daughter,
Adelaide. When a violent incident occurs
between CC and Lena, an investigative
team must determine what happened.
Southwest Premiere
16+ • Sci-Fi
The Weight of Water
Director: Kailey Spear, Sam Spear
Cast: Audrey Wise Alvarez, Michelle
Choi-Lee, Susan Hogan
The Weight of Water
USA • 2018 • 79min • Doc. Feature
Erik is totally blind and is solo kayaking
the length of the Grand Canyon. In
Lava Falls, a large dangerous rapid, he
discovers that despite what people might
say, barriers can be real and they hurt ...
a lot. Join us for our reviewers’ favorite
documentary film of the year.
13+ • Documentary, Adventure
Director: Michael Brown
Cast: Erik Weihenmayer
Reaching for the Andes
USA • 2019 • 27min • Doc. Short
Fourteen-year-old Tyler Armstrong, his
father Kevin, and their team of guides
and friends travel to Peru to climb
Artesonraju, a near 20,000 foot peak in
the Andes.
FF • Documentary
Director: Neal Barenblat
Cast: Tyler Armstrong
Wild Rose
Sneak Peek
UK • 2018 • 100min • Narrative Feature
Wild Rose is the rags to riches story of
Rose-Lynn Harlan, an ex-con country
singer and her journey to fame at
the Grand Ole Opry. Though talented,
every opportunity presented to Rose
creates hard choices between career
goals and two young children. This is a
bittersweet yet uplifting film, with music
that will pierce your heart and leave you
starstruck over the awesome talent of
Jessie Buckley (Rose).
16+ • Drama, Music
Director: Tom Harper
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters,
Craig Parkinson
Do You
USA • 2018 • 18min • Narrative Short
Jane, newly pregnant, is determined
to make amends with her estranged
and mentally ailing mother, Gloria, now
living in a senior care home where she
torments her caregiver, Donny.
FF • Comedy
Director: Kenry Allan Hutchinson
Cast: Lacey Chabert,
Wendie Malick, George Basil
Wild Rose
8 PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
Filmmakers in attendance
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs} Filmmakers in attendance Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 9
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype

Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Saturday, June 8 • 9pm
Sunday, June 9 • 1pm
Monday, June 10 • 7pm
Tuesday, June 11 • 7pm
Wednesday, June 12 • 7pm
True Grit
USA • 2010 • 110min • Narrative Feature
Following the murder of her father by
hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old
farm girl, Mattie Ross, sets out to
capture the killer. To aid her, she hires
the toughest U.S. marshal she can find,
a man with true grit, Reuben J. Rooster
Cogburn. Against his wishes, Mattie
insists on accompanying Cogburn in his
trek into the Indian Nations in search of
Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger
LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own
purposes. The unlikely trio find danger
and surprises on the journey, and each
has his or her grit tested. Nominated for
10 Academy Awards. An introduction by
film historian Helen Stephenson, Director
of the Prescott Film Festival, will precede
the screening.
PG-13 • Western
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt
Damon, Josh Brolin
Unlikely
USA • 2018 • 113min • Doc. Feature
The Chronicle of Higher Education called
Unlikely, “A film about higher education
that should bother you a little.” Set in the
cities of Akron, Atlanta, Boston, and Los
Angeles, the film investigates America's
college dropout crisis through the lives
of students navigating the broken higher
education system and the innovators
working to close the opportunity divide.
Sponsored by Yavapai College.
Arizona Premiere
FF • Documentary
Director: Adam Fenderson
Sunday, June 9 • 4pm
Old Boys
UK/ Sweden • 2018 • 96min • Nar. Feature
Set in an English boarding school, this
is a quirky modern retelling of Cyrano.
Amberson, an imaginative yet awkward
pupil, helps Winchester, a handsome
yet spectacularly dim student, pursue
Agnes, the fiery daughter of a visiting
French teacher.
Arizona Premiere
13+ • Comedy
Director: Toby MacDonald
Cast: Alex Lawther, Jonah Hauer-King,
Pauline Etienne
Sunday, June 9 • 7pm
Skid Row Marathon
USA • 2017 • 85min • Doc. Feature
When a criminal court judge starts a
running club on LA’s notorious skid
row and begins training a motley
group of addicts and criminals to run
marathons, lives begin to change. Skid
Row Marathon follows four runners as
they rise from the mean streets of LA
to run marathons around the world,
fighting the pull of homelessness and
addiction at every turn. Their story is
one of hope, friendship, and dignity. This
story exemplifies the power that each of
us possess to affect change in our own
way—even with a problem as pervasive
as homelessness.
Arizona Premiere
13+ • Documentary
Director: Mark Hayes
Old Boys
Olympia
USA • 2018 • 93min • Narrative Feature
Olympia Welles (McKenzie Chinn) is a
struggling Chicago artist on the precipice
of 30. She has big dreams, a dead end
job, a relationship she is unsure of,
and an overly priced apartment with a
roommate. Follow her as she makes
important decisions with humor and
grace. Filled with love, insightful humor,
and artistic creativity, we connect with
rich and layered characters and walk
alongside Olympia on her journey of
self-discovery. Olympia is an intimate
coming of adulthood tale.
Southwest Premiere
16+ • Drama, Romance
Director: Gregory Dixon
Cast: McKenzie Chinn, Charles Andrew
Gardner, Ericka Ratcliff
Two Balloons
USA • 2017 • 9min • Narrative Short
In this animated film, two adventurous
lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway
around the world to a place where
happenstance brings them together and
fate threatens to separate them forever.
Southwest Premiere
FF • Romance, Adventure, Animation
Director: Mark C. Smith
The Samuel Project
USA • 2018 • 92min • Narrative Feature
Eli, an outcast teen, is an aspiring
young artist. When he learns that his
grandfather Samuel (Hal Lynden) is
a Holocaust survivor, he makes his
grandpa the subject of an animated art
project for school.
Arizona Premiere
FF • Drama
Director: Marc Fusco
Cast: Liza Lapira, Hal Linden, Michael Silver
Portraitist
LUX • • 15min • Narrative Short
A grandfather kindles a relationship with
his granddaughter through art.
Southwest Premiere
13+ • Drama
Director: Cyrus Neshvad
Cast: Albert Delpy, Herve Sogne
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Hungary • 2018 • 96min • Nar. Feature
A psychotherapist suffers violent
nightmares inspired by legendary works
of art. Four of his patients, expert
thieves, offer to steal the works that are
haunting him. He becomes a wanted
criminal known as "The Collector". Who
will dare to catch him and his gang in
this exciting heist film? Awarded “Best
Animated Feature” by the Chicago Film
Critics Association.
R • Animation, Action, Crime
Director: Milorad Krstic
Cast: Iván Kamarás, Gabriella Hámori,
Zalán Makranczi
Man Of the Hour
UK • 2018 • 17min • Narrative Short
Gemma receives a mysterious invitation
to the birthday party of an enigmatic
millionaire who has asked her to pass
herself off as his old friend and to mingle
with his glittering guests—but why?
Southwest Premiere
13+ • Drama, Mystery
Director: James Curle, Linda Ludwig
Cast: Charlotte Ritchie, Ed White,
Richard Durden
Stag
USA • 2017 • 15min • Nar. Short
A man purchases his fiancé dance
lessons for their upcoming wedding.
When she breaks off the engagement, he
goes anyway in hopes of learning about
dance and himself.
FF • Comedy
Director: Jonnie Stapleton
Cast: Herbert Russell, Richard
Riehle, Austin Zajur
Fallen Feathers
USA • 2019 • 8min • Documentary Short
Jody Kieran runs a wild bird rescue
where many of the volunteers are healed
as they nurture their patients.
FF • Documentary, Nature
Director: Matthew Torres-Gomez
Cast: Jody Kieran
Unlikely
Ruben Brant, Collector
10 PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
Filmmakers in attendance
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs} Filmmakers in attendance Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 11
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype

Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Film Guide
YC Performing Arts Center
Thursday, June 13 • 7pm
Friday, June 14 • 7pm
Saturday, June 15 • 4:30p
Saturday, June 15 • 7:30p
Mustang Saviors
USA • 2019 • 90min • Documentary Feature
Horse lovers won’t want to miss this film. American veterans
are killing themselves by the thousands each year. It’s a national
tragedy on an epic scale. A remarkable treatment is proving more
powerful than ever imagined - wild mustangs taken straight off
the range! Watch as pairing horses with veterans is miraculously
turning despair into enduring hope.
13+ • Documentary, Horses
Director: David Glossberg
My Paintbrush Bites
USA • 2018 • 16min • Documentary Short
A film about a horse that paints and so much more! Watch as a
reclusive man and a racehorse on the brink of death save each
other. Bring the tissues!
FF • Documentary, Horses
Director: Joel Pincosy, Joe Egender
The General
Saturday, June 15 • 10am Documentary Short Film Program
Transforming Agave
USA • 2018 • 7min • Doc. Short
Kyle Bert finds balance as he connects
to nature through the ancient practice of
crafting didgeridoos...in Arizona!
FF • Documentary, Nature
Director: Bryan Nelson
Cast: Kyle Bert
A New View of the Moon
USA • 2018 • 3min • Documentary Short
A lunar flashmob?? Become reacquainted
with awe alongside strangers interacting
with a telescope trained at the moon.
FF • Documentary, Space
Director: Wylie Overstreet, Alex Gorosh
Hoan Alone: Personal
Stories from the Bridge
USA • 1926 • 67min • Narrative Feature
Silent Symphony - the screening of a beautifully remastered
version of The General with live accompaniment by the Mont Alto
Silent Film Orchestra. Considered by many as one of the best
comedies of the silent era, The General is a true classic exhibiting
the beauty of black and white film! Mont Alto has been delighting
audiences from the Lincoln Center to the Telluride Film Festival
and beyond. Their authentic photoplay style allows the music
to speak for the film, just as music did over a century ago when
films were not "talkies".
All seats reserved for this special event:
$25 Adult | $20 Seniors (65+) | $15 (Students with ID)
G • Action, Adventure, Comedy
USA • 2018 • 9min • Doc Short
Milwaukee's Hoan Bridge is one of the city's
most recognizable landmarks. It's also a
popular site for suicides. This film explores
the issues of the bridge and suicide
through three intimate interviews.
Arizona Premiere
13+ • Documentary, Mental Health
Director: Aaron Johnson
Project Andrew:
A Yavapai Firewise
Community in Arizona
USA • 2018 • 7min • Documentary Short
Memorialize a tragedy with action. Parents
of Andrew Ashcraft, fallen Prescott 19
Firefighter, work with their community
to become safer by adopting firewise
practices created in Prescott, AZ.
World Premiere
FF • Documentary, Local Interest
Director: John Schaffer
Cast: Andrew Ashcraft
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
Walk On
USA • 2018 • 9min • Doc. Short
When Kendra Johnson was born with an
extremely severe physical disability, the
doctors didn't know if she would live -- let
alone walk. Kendra's mom sought out
every possible form of therapy that could
give her daughter a fighting chance at an
independent life. Little did she expect that
the solution would come in the form of four
hoofs and a saddle.
FF • Documentary, Health, Horses
Director: Vincent DeLuca, Ethan Downing
Cast: Kendra Johnson
Teaching in Arizona
USA • 2018 • 28min • Doc. Short
This film follows three Tucson educators to
deliver an intimate portrait of what it’s really
like to be a teacher today. It also depicts
the impact of the teacher workforce crisis
on the future generations that will influence
the prosperity of a state and a nation.
FF • Documentary, Education
Director: Lisa Molomot
Cast: Tia Lei Tsosie-Begay, Nathaniel Rios,
Janet Acree
Saturday, June 15 • 12:30p
The Sound of Music
USA • 1965 • 172min • Narrative Feature
Get ready to yodel in Prescott! This is
your chance to sing-a-long to the most
successful movie musical of all time.
Sing-a-long Sound of Music is not just a
chance to see the classic movie on the
big screen in magnificent Technicolor
and glorious cinemascope, it’s a major
audience participation event with
subtitles for all the songs. Come dressed
as your favorite character and receive a
free kids’ sized popcorn! Afterwards, we
will be joined by Kym Karath, who played
the youngest Von Trapp, Gretl, and she
will share some of her memories of
making this iconic film.
G • Biography, Family, Music, Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher
Plummer. Kym Karath
The Sound of Music
Bias
USA • 2018 • 88min • Documentary Ft.
The toxic effects of bias make headlines
every day: sexual harassment, racial
profiling, the pay gap. As humans we are
biased; yet, few of us are willing to admit
it. We confidently make snap judgments,
but are shockingly unaware of the
impact our assumptions have on those
around us. The documentary feature
Bias follows filmmaker Robin Hauser
on a journey to uncover her hidden
biases and explore how unconscious
bias defines relationships, workplaces,
our justice system, and technology.
Hauser contemplates the most pressing
question: can we de-bias our brains?
Sponsored by the Yavapai College
RESPECT campaign.
13+ • Documentary
Director: Robin Hauser
25 Texans in the Land of
Lincoln
USA • 2019 • 33min • Documentary Short
The US-Mexican War is the war
Mexicans never forget and Americans
never remember. Join 25 Texan college
students on a quirky 2,000 mile quest as
they ask an Illinois museum to repatriate
General Santa Anna’s prosthetic leg to
Mexico. The students demonstrate how
to have difficult discussions with respect
and humility, even with passionately
different points of view.
FF • Documentary, History
Director: Ellen Brodsky
Storm Boy
Australia • 2019 • 99min • Narrative Ft.
When Michael Kingley, a successful
retired businessman starts to see
images from his past that he can't
explain, he's forced to remember his
childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued
and raised an extraordinary orphaned
pelican, Mr. Percival. Kingley reflects on
the importance of family and nature, as
he’s faced with current day angst about
both. Based on the children’s book by
Colin Thiele, this is a multi-generational
film, for tweens, teens, parents, and
grands too.
Arizona Premiere
13+ • Adventure, Drama, Family
Director: Shawn Seet
Cast: Jai Courtney, Geoffry Rush, Finn Little
The Wonder
CAN • 2019 • 7min • Documentary Short
The Wonder is a reflective journey
exploring the human sense of awe
and wonder amidst the landscape and
wildlife of Kenya.
Arizona Premiere
FF • Documentary, Nature
Director: Goh Iromoto, Courtney Boyd
Cast: Ninian Lowis
The Wonder
12 PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs}
Filmmakers in attendance
PFF Ratings • FF {Family Friendly} 13+ {not suitable for children under 13yrs} Filmmakers in attendance Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 13
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype
16+ {Admittance restricted to 16yrs+} R {MPAA Rated R}
Filmmakers via Skype

Student Short Film Program
Sponsors
Sunday, June 11 • 12:15pm in Room 3-119
J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek, Star Wars: Episode VII) started his career in the movie
industry when he was 15, writing the music for the 1982 film Nightbeast.
Director, Screenwriter, Producer and Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of
Water) started making films in high school.
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom) started writing plays
and making 8mm movies when he was very young.
These successful filmmakers dove in and started making films at a very young age,
as have our selected student filmmakers for 2019. These students are creative,
think outside the box, and have stories to tell!
Arizona high school students whose films are selected to be in this
year’s competition are 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.
The Prescott Film Festival thanks each of the grantors and businesses that support our
efforts to bring quality independent films to Prescott.
Grants
J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation
James Family Trust
Margaret T. Morris Foundation
Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe
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 9th at 10:00 a.m. in the Workshop/Film Talk
Room, Building 3, Room 119.
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
Brandelyn Andres
Joan Gustafson
Debbie Hammer
Ellen Harp
Audrey Mae
Barbara Rye
Nicole Sorenson
Janice Soutee
Lindsay Bane
Program and
Poster
Beth Hammer
bethhammer.com
Jury
Lesley Cessna-Kontowicz
(Award Winning Screenwriter)
Jeffrey Cooper
(Cut Entertainment Group)
Bob O’Neil
(Award Winning Film
Restoration Expert)
Philip Sedgwick
(Award Winning Screenwriter)
Helen Stephenson
(Emmy award-winning producer/
director, Yavapai College Film
and Media Arts program)
Sandy Moss
(Television and radio broadcaster,
arts and entertainment writer
and movie reviewer)
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
Beatris Castro
Beatriz Limon
Benna Tiensvold
Beth Worthington
Bob Harner
Bob ONeil
Bonnie Manko
Caleb Williams
Calliandra Bevers
Carol Arthurs
Carol Ogburn
Carolyn Jacobsen
Caryle Woolf
Catherine R. Gray
Cathi Johnson
Clint Ewell
Colette Claude
Dave Shoemaker
David White
Deb Alberty
Denise Shoemaker
Donna Forster
Ellen Finch
Gail Trembly
Heather Knowles
Helen Stephenson
Ivy Broiles
Jeff Woolf
Jefferson Hammel
Jennifer Beyer
Jim Heuerman
John Larsen
John Scott
Joya Comeaux
Jude Conroy
Karen Benson
Karly Schauwecker
Karyl Moore
Kathy Mancino
Kathy Silvas
Kenny Scott
Kitty Newell
Laura Sandoval
Lori Catron
Lucia Figueroa
Maria I. Garcia
Marilou Blair
Marty Trembly
Mary Jo Dhein
Mary Timpany
Mary Zink
Matthew Harris
Maureen Costa
Megan Campos
Michael "Xylon" Cate
Michael Marquez
Mike Simonyi
Nancy Raimondo
Noah Blough
Philip Smith
Rita Toikka
Sandy Moss
Shawn Van Hecke
Shelley Bartolomeo
Sonya Scott
Steve Appel
Tobey Levine
Trevor Kuntze
Services
Allan's Flowers
Chipotle
El Gato Azul
Harkins
Hensley
Lucky’s Barbeque
Mortimer Nursery
Natural Healing Garden
Panera
Pepsi
Sedona Culinary Institute at
Yavapai College
Sodexo
Sprouts
Starbucks
Watter's Garden
Wells Fargo
Yavapai College
Yavapai College Film and Media
Arts Program
Yavapai Title
Bands
Jo B. & Walton
Ping Brothers
Wine & Spirits
AZ Stronghold Vineyards
chateau TUMBLEWEED
Granite Creek Vineyard
Granite Creek Vineyards
Granite Mountain Brewing
Lonesome Valley Brewing
Page Springs Cellars
Southwest Wine Center at
Yavapai College
Thumb Butte Distillery
Wish Man
Screening
Dr. David Hess & Pam Jones
Fain Signature Group
Guidance Aviation
Jim and Suzanne Robb
Olsen's Grains
Prescott Living Magazine
Producers of the film, Wish Man
Quad City Business Journal
SignalsAZ (Guy Rogison)
Steve and Sue Rutherford
Billie Orr
14 Prescott Film Festival 2019 • 15

Film Index
25 Texans in the Land of
Lincoln, 13
Bias, 13
Boxed, 8
The Bumbry Encounter, 8
CC, 9
The Cold Season, 8
Do You, 9
Fallen Feathers, 10
Freaks, 9
The General, 12
Have it All, 8
Hoan Alone, 12
Imagination, 8
Jesse's Girl, 8
Man Of the Hour, 11
Mustang Saviors, 12
My Paintbrush Bites, 12
A New View of the Moon, 12
Old Boys, 10
Olympia, 11
Portraitist, 11
Project Andrew: A Yavapai
Firewise Community in
Arizona, 12
Reaching for the Andes, 9
Ruben Brandt, Collector, 11
The Samuel Project, 11
Skid Row Marathon, 10
The Sound of Music, 13
Stag, 10
Storm Boy, 13
Teaching in Arizona, 12
They Came in Crowded
Boats and Trains, 8
Transforming Agave, 12
True Grit, 10
Two Balloons, 11
Unlikely, 10
Walk On, 12
The Weight of Water, 9
Wild Rose, 9
Wish Man, 8
The Wonder, 13
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