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COVER DESIGN: MINE TM | WWW.MINESF.COM<br />
OCTOBER 4–14 | 2007<br />
Presented by the <strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
Christopher B. Smith Smith<br />
Rafael <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Center Center • CineArts@Sequioa<br />
CinéArts@Sequoia<br />
142 Throckmorton Throckmorton Theatre Theatre<br />
Tickets: 877 877.874.MVFF 874 MVFF | mvff.com mvff.com
CFI would like to thank the following individuals<br />
and foundati<strong>ons</strong> for their generous support of<br />
the Milestone campaign.<br />
Leadership circLe<br />
Christopher B. and Jeannie<br />
Meg Smith<br />
investor circLe<br />
Anonymous<br />
Jennifer Coslett MacCready<br />
Gruber Family Foundation<br />
pLatinum circLe<br />
Henry Timnick<br />
Christine Zecca Foundation<br />
GoLd circLe<br />
Anonymous<br />
Richard Barker<br />
Jackie and Ken Broad<br />
William Hudson<br />
and Nora Gibson<br />
Katz Family Foundation<br />
Michael Klein<br />
K.C. and Steve Lauck<br />
Monahan Parker, Inc.<br />
Terese and Robert Payne<br />
Robin Wright Penn<br />
and Sean Penn<br />
Lente Louw and Eric Schwartz<br />
Susan and Michael Schwartz<br />
Ruth and Alan Scott<br />
Lois and Mel Tukman<br />
siLver circLe<br />
Anonymous<br />
Jennifer Barker<br />
Kamala Geroux-Berry<br />
and David Berry<br />
Gloria and Jack Clumeck<br />
Alice Corning/Springcreek<br />
Foundation<br />
Marie and Brian Collins<br />
Leonard Eber<br />
Margaret E. Haas<br />
Nancy Hudson<br />
Andrée Poirier Jansheski<br />
Bobbie Meyer<br />
Heidi Richardson<br />
and Michael V. Dyett<br />
Lynn Robbie and David Hering<br />
Ruthellen and Monte Toole<br />
Saul Zaentz<br />
Bronze circLe<br />
Jeffrey Edman<br />
Catherine and Peter Flaxman<br />
CFI Milestone Campaign<br />
For three decades the <strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
and the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> have enriched<br />
the cultural lives of Marin County and Bay<br />
Area residents. With the opening of the<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center in<br />
1999, the <strong>Institute</strong> found a first-class fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
venue and a permanent, year-round home for<br />
its many programs. The community has also<br />
embraced this unique gem, one of the few<br />
nonprofit film centers in the country.<br />
As CFI and the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
celebrate turning 30, we are initiating a<br />
long-term effort to secure the legacy of this<br />
exceptional cultural organization by making it<br />
financially sustainable. In taking these steps<br />
now, as we celebrate a milestone, we ensure<br />
that future generati<strong>ons</strong>—and future audiences—<br />
will be able to enjoy the rich and varied<br />
offerings of the <strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, the<br />
Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and the Smith Rafael<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Center.<br />
THE 30TH MILL VALLEY FILM<br />
FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY<br />
Karen Fry<br />
Lisa Graeber<br />
Donna and Don Kelleher<br />
Fred M. Levin and Nancy<br />
Livingston, The Shenson<br />
Foundation<br />
Zara and Dennis Muren<br />
Mary and Bill Poland<br />
Gordon Radley<br />
Marlies and Zachary Zeisler<br />
major foundation support<br />
Bernard Osher Foundation<br />
William and Flora Hewlett<br />
Foundation<br />
Marin Community Foundation<br />
Miranda Lux Foundation<br />
San Francisco Foundation<br />
Academy of Motion Pictures<br />
Arts and Sciences<br />
Barbro Osher Pro Suecia<br />
Foundation<br />
Government support<br />
County of Marin<br />
National Endowment for<br />
the Arts<br />
Through the generous support of our<br />
community, we will be able to:<br />
• Continue the high-quality, innovative<br />
programming that has earned CFI its<br />
international reputation<br />
• Maintain the Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center’s<br />
pristine condition and keep pace with the<br />
latest industry technology and innovati<strong>ons</strong><br />
• Increase our creative and financial<br />
support of filmmakers, not only through<br />
film exhibition, but also through a new<br />
model for nonprofit film distribution<br />
• Expand our Education programs to offer<br />
more groundbreaking media-literacy<br />
programs and bring more filmmakers into<br />
Bay Area schools<br />
for information about how you can support the milestone campaign, please email<br />
us at development@cafilm.org.
Contents<br />
3 | Director’s Note<br />
Mayor’s Proclamation<br />
5 | Major Donors<br />
CFI Milestone Campaign<br />
7 | Sp<strong>ons</strong>ors<br />
11 | Fe<strong>stival</strong> Information<br />
Maps and Venues<br />
13 | CFI Membership<br />
15 | CFI Board of Directors<br />
17 | In Memoriam<br />
19 | MVFF 30th Anniversary<br />
Pre-Fe<strong>stival</strong> Presentation<br />
21 | Opening Night<br />
22 | Centerpiece<br />
23 | Closing Night<br />
24 | Outdoor Art Club<br />
Battleship Potemkin with<br />
the Marin Symphony<br />
25 | Live Performances at 142<br />
Throckmorton Theatre<br />
29 | New Movies Lab<br />
30 | Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest<br />
31 | Youth Workshops<br />
Youth Focus<br />
33 | CFI Education<br />
41 | The MVFF Award<br />
T u r n i n g 3 0<br />
43 | Tribute to Ang Lee<br />
50 | Spotlight on Terry George<br />
56 | Spotlight on Jennifer Jason Leigh<br />
61 | Feature: The Music Never Stopped<br />
70 | Feature: The Camera and<br />
the Spoon<br />
81 | <strong>Film</strong> Categories<br />
MVFF Premieres<br />
2007 Focus<br />
82 | <strong>Film</strong>s A to Z<br />
111 | The Tao of <strong>Film</strong><br />
113 | <strong>Film</strong> Calendar<br />
157 | How to Volunteer<br />
159 | Creative Credits<br />
160 | Fe<strong>stival</strong> Staff<br />
167 | Acknowledgments<br />
169 | CFI Members<br />
181 | Print Sources<br />
187 | <strong>Film</strong>s by Country<br />
188 | <strong>Film</strong>maker Index<br />
191 | Advertiser Index<br />
192 | Title Index
Mayor’s<br />
Proclamation<br />
city of mill valley, office of the mayor<br />
WHEREAS, the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> has<br />
presented outstanding local and<br />
international films in this community for 30<br />
years; and<br />
WHEREAS, the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
fulfills the important function of providing<br />
filmmakers an audience for their works; and<br />
WHEREAS, international filmmakers and the<br />
film community in Marin County enhance our<br />
cultural life by participating in the Mill Valley<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>; and<br />
WHEREAS, filmmakers, volunteers,<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ors and filmgoers join together to<br />
make the <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> one of the Bay Area’s<br />
social and cultural highlights of the year;<br />
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Christopher Raker,<br />
Mayor of the City of Mill Valley, take great<br />
pleasure in supporting the 30th Annual<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> by proclaiming October 4–14, 2007,<br />
as Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Days in Mill Valley.<br />
christopher raker<br />
Mayor of Mill Valley<br />
Director’s Note<br />
a note from the executive director<br />
Welcome to the 30th Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>!<br />
As our Fe<strong>stival</strong> turns 30 we have taken this opportunity<br />
not only to look back but also to c<strong>ons</strong>ider what is<br />
important to us, in the hope that we can be part of<br />
creating a better future. Perhaps personifying this moment<br />
of maturity, several of our guests this year are returning<br />
tributees, coming to share their new work with us.<br />
As we honor renowned director Ang Lee, we look back<br />
15 years to MVFF 1992, when we introduced Lee’s<br />
first feature, Pushing Hands, in its US premiere. At the<br />
same time we celebrate the present, proudly opening<br />
the Fe<strong>stival</strong> with his latest masterpiece, Lust, Caution,<br />
which won the Golden Lion award at this year’s Venice <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>.<br />
We are also extremely fortunate to have 2004 MVFF Spotlight honoree Laura Linney with<br />
us on Opening night, to present her film, The Savages, directed by Tamara Jenkins and costarring<br />
Philip Seymour Hoffman.<br />
Director Terry George, whose Some Mother’s Son closed the Fe<strong>stival</strong> in 1996, follows his<br />
2004 award-winning Hotel Rwanda with the powerful and eloquent Reservation Road. In<br />
addition to screening his new film, we are pleased to welcome George back to the Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
with a Spotlight program, where we will present him with the new MVFF Award (see page<br />
41 for more information on the creation and presentation of this special sculpture).<br />
Jennifer Jason Leigh won a special Golden Globe ® award as part of the ensemble cast<br />
of Robert Altman’s Shortcuts, which opened the 1993 Fe<strong>stival</strong>. And in 1994, her film Mrs.<br />
Parker and the Vicious Circle was the Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s closing film. We are honored to have Leigh<br />
here this year as a Spotlight honoree and recipient of the MVFF Award, and to screen her<br />
latest film, Margot at the Wedding, directed by her husband Noah Baumbach (The Squid<br />
and the Whale, MVFF 2005).<br />
John Korty, Doris Dörrie, Rob Nilsson, John Sanborn, Marc Forster and dozens of other<br />
returning MVFF artists will be here as well, to help us celebrate our 30th and guide the<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> into the future.<br />
Every year we show an abundance of extraordinary films: films that tell great stories, poignant<br />
films that have something important to say, films that resonate both personally and universally.<br />
This year, after once again viewing hundreds of films, submitted through our call for entries<br />
and from sales agents and distributors, we discovered a distinct pattern: a compelling<br />
theme of courage and morality. In both documentaries and narrative films, we are seeing<br />
an array of eloquent stories about people faced with situati<strong>ons</strong> in which they are forced to<br />
take great risks or make personal sacrifices in order to stand by their beliefs. The Price of<br />
Sugar, Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience, Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution, Reservation Road,<br />
Rendition, Gone Baby Gone and Michael Clayton are just a few of the incredible films that<br />
fall into this category.<br />
They all share difficult subject matter—the loss of a child, the harsh lives of immigrant field<br />
workers, soldiers who become c<strong>ons</strong>cientious objectors—not necessarily what one would<br />
c<strong>ons</strong>ider big box-office material. Yet all of these filmmakers made a c<strong>ons</strong>cious choice to tell<br />
these stories. It would be easy to say that these are the annual Oscar ® contenders and, thus,<br />
the so-called serious films of 2007; but I believe it is much more. Perhaps a c<strong>ons</strong>equence of<br />
9/11 or the war in Iraq—or our current politics or a new self-awareness—today’s filmmakers,<br />
actors, producers and financiers appear to be more interested in affecting change in positive<br />
and dramatic ways, through a personal vision. It gives me hope that they are indeed trying to<br />
change the world through their films, and the 30th MVFF honors and celebrates this change.<br />
As I do each year, I want to remind our Fe<strong>stival</strong> attendees that approximately half of the<br />
income we need to produce this Fe<strong>stival</strong> comes from contributi<strong>ons</strong>. And again I thank<br />
everyone who has once more worked tirelessly to make the Fe<strong>stival</strong> possible: our generous<br />
donors, our dedicated staff, our board of directors and volunteers, our wonderful audiences<br />
and, most importantly, the artists whose creati<strong>ons</strong> we are so privileged and excited to share.<br />
mark fishkin<br />
MVFF Founder-Director<br />
online | mvff.com
MAJOr SPONSOrS<br />
MAJOr FOuNDATION AND INDIVIDuAL SuPPOrT<br />
The Bernard Osher Foundation<br />
MAJOr EVENTS<br />
SILVEr CIrCLE<br />
CONSuLATE SuPPOrT<br />
Christopher B. and Jeannie Meg Smith<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
Insurance<br />
Services<br />
Jennifer Coslett MacCready Miranda Lux Foundation<br />
Christine Zecca Foundation<br />
MEMBErSHIP CrEATIVE SuPPOrT<br />
SPECIAL SuPPOrT<br />
C<strong>ons</strong>ulate of Sweden<br />
County of Marin
MAJOr MEDIA<br />
FESTIVAL CIrCLE<br />
FESTIVAL EVENT SPONSOrS<br />
COMMuNITY PArTNErS<br />
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PrOMOTIONAL PArTNErS<br />
HOTEL SPONSOrS<br />
IN-kIND DONOrS<br />
Adina World Beat Beverages<br />
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Aidells Sausage Company<br />
All Seas<strong>ons</strong> Catering<br />
Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria<br />
Arrivaderci<br />
Arrowood Vineyards & Winery<br />
Art Headquarters<br />
Barbary Post<br />
Bay Area Video Coalition<br />
Beacon Street Studios<br />
Blowfish Sushi<br />
Bogie’s Café/<br />
From Soup to Nuts Catering<br />
Bonterra Vineyards<br />
Broken Drum Brewery<br />
& Wood Grill<br />
The Bubble Lady<br />
Café Gratitude<br />
Champagne French<br />
Bakery Café<br />
Cheesecake Factory<br />
Chelsea Pictures<br />
Clover Stornetta Forms<br />
Cocina Poblana<br />
Cosentino Signature Wineries<br />
Kim & Rob SChaCteR<br />
The Crepevine<br />
Crystal Geyser<br />
Debbie Does Dessert & More<br />
Delicious, Inc.<br />
Double Rainbow<br />
A Drummer’s Tradition<br />
Dub Express<br />
Christine Dudley<br />
E&O Trading Co.<br />
Earl’s Organic Produce<br />
Edible Arrangements<br />
Ellis Casting<br />
ETC Catering<br />
Final Draft<br />
Fiske Video Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Five Rivers Vineyards<br />
Fort Docs<br />
Gourmet Mushrooms/MyCOPIA<br />
Grand Food Inc.<br />
Heather Glen Winery<br />
Highlands Winery<br />
Il Davide Restaurant<br />
IZZE Beverage Co.<br />
Ted Jenkins<br />
Jewish Community Center<br />
of the East Bay<br />
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EXCLUSIVE AIRLINE SPONSOR<br />
OF FOCUS: INDIA<br />
Juan’s Place<br />
Judy’s Breadsticks<br />
La Boulange Café & Bakery<br />
La Méditerranée, Berkeley<br />
La Méditerranée, San Francisco<br />
Libraries for Peace Project<br />
Lien Cowan Casting<br />
Lotus Cuisine of India<br />
l’Uvaggio di Giacomo<br />
Maker’s Mark Handmade<br />
Kentucky Bourbon<br />
Mark West Winery<br />
Mill Valley Flowers<br />
Muffin Mania<br />
Natural Snacks (Mexi-Snax)<br />
Noah’s Bagels, Bon Air Center<br />
NT Audio<br />
Rudi O’Meara<br />
The Organic Wine Company<br />
Peter Paul Wines/<br />
Grove Street Winery<br />
Piazza D’Angelo<br />
Pizza Antica Mill Valley<br />
Polarica USA Inc.<br />
Prime Smoked Meats<br />
Radium<br />
RMA Office Design<br />
Robert Mondavi Winery<br />
Robin Scott Catering<br />
Royal Hawaiian Seafood<br />
Sabor of Spain<br />
Salsa DeLuna<br />
The San Francisco<br />
Chocolate Factory<br />
San Rafael Joe’s<br />
Scharffen Berger<br />
Chocolate Maker<br />
Christopher Simm<strong>ons</strong><br />
Skywalker Sound<br />
Sparkology<br />
Stefano’s Solar Powered Pizza<br />
“Take a Dip” Fondue Fountains<br />
Talking House Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Tea-n-Crumpets LLC<br />
thumbprint cellars<br />
TOP Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Veritable Vegetable<br />
Video Droid<br />
Villani, Inc.<br />
Visual FX: eight vfx<br />
Whole Foods Market Mill Valley<br />
Woodlands Market
Maps<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> Information Maps and Venues<br />
paRKing<br />
In Mill Valley: Two-hour parking meters in<br />
downtown Mill Valley operate 9:00 am–6:00 pm<br />
Monday through Friday; cars parked over two<br />
hours are subject to ticketing. Although meters<br />
are free after 6:00 pm and on weekends, the<br />
two-hour limit is still enforced. See map for<br />
directi<strong>ons</strong> and parking areas.<br />
In San Rafael: There are parking garages<br />
throughout the downtown San Rafael area.<br />
Two-hour parking meters in San Rafael operate<br />
9:00 am–6:00 pm, Monday through Saturday;<br />
cars parked over two hours are subject to<br />
ticketing. Meters are free after 6:00 pm and on<br />
Sundays. See map for directi<strong>ons</strong> and parking<br />
areas.<br />
publiC tRanSpoRtation<br />
Call Golden Gate Transit at 415.923.2000 for<br />
information about taking public transportation<br />
to and from the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>.<br />
membeRShip inFoRmation<br />
Membership information will be available at<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> ticket outlets, the Outdoor Art Club<br />
and at the Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center. New<br />
members may join, and old friends may renew<br />
or upgrade their existing memberships.<br />
FeStival ShopS<br />
Visit our Fe<strong>stival</strong> shops for official Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
merchandise—they make great holiday gifts<br />
for yourself and other film lovers. The Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
shops are located at the San Rafael ticket outlet<br />
and the Outdoor Art Club during the Fe<strong>stival</strong>.<br />
etiquette<br />
As a courtesy and in fairness to others, we ask<br />
that you only hold one seat per person when<br />
attending screenings and events. Please turn<br />
off pagers, cell phones and watch alarms.<br />
photogRaphy, video and<br />
ReCoRding<br />
Photography, video and audio recording are<br />
prohibited in all theatrical and other Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
venues.<br />
P<br />
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B Street<br />
RAF<br />
P<br />
A Street<br />
Court<br />
ReSeRved Seating<br />
The Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> is made possible in<br />
part through the generous support of our<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ors and patr<strong>ons</strong>. The reserved seating<br />
section at our screenings and events is<br />
provided for filmmakers and sp<strong>ons</strong>ors, to show<br />
our appreciation for their contributi<strong>ons</strong> and<br />
their generous support of the Fe<strong>stival</strong>.<br />
oRdeRing tiCKetS–the FaSteSt Way<br />
to buy tiCKetS iS online<br />
We offer many convenient ways to purchase<br />
tickets. Tickets go on sale to members on<br />
September 12 and to the general public on<br />
September 16. you may purchase tickets in<br />
the following ways:<br />
oRdeR online: mvff.com<br />
24 hours daily, beginning:<br />
Sept. 12 at 5:00 pm for Members<br />
Sept. 16 at 9:00 am for the General Public<br />
oRdeR by phone:<br />
Toll-Free 1.877.874.MVFF (6833)<br />
Opening for Members: Sept. 12, 5:00–8:00 pm<br />
Members Only: Sept. 13–15, 9:00 am–5:00 pm<br />
General Public: Sept. 16–Oct. 14, 9:00 am–5:00 pm<br />
buy in peRSon:<br />
San Rafael ticket outlet<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
1118 Fourth St.<br />
mill valley ticket outlet<br />
Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce<br />
85 Throckmorton Ave.<br />
Ticket outlet hours and information about how<br />
to purchase tickets can be found on our Web<br />
site and on page 66 of the MVFF newsprint<br />
schedule.<br />
P<br />
*Each phone, mail or online order is charged a<br />
$2.50 nonrefundable processing fee.<br />
Fifth Street<br />
Fourth Street<br />
Third Street<br />
Second Street<br />
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER<br />
From US 101, take the Central San Rafael exit. Go west to 1118 Fourth Street.<br />
Lootens<br />
US 101<br />
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online | mvff.com<br />
OAC<br />
THR<br />
Throckmorton<br />
tiCKet pRiCeS*<br />
$12 General Admission<br />
$10 Members<br />
$10 Seniors (65+)<br />
$10 Children (12 and under) available for Children’s<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Fest only<br />
*unless otherwise noted on individual programs<br />
FeStival venueS<br />
CinéArts@Sequoia (SEQ)<br />
25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley<br />
Christopher B. Smith rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center (rAF)<br />
1118 Fourth St., San Rafael<br />
142 Throckmorton Theatre (THr)<br />
142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley<br />
Century Cinema<br />
41 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera<br />
Outdoor Art Club (OAC)<br />
1 W. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley<br />
Lytton Plaza<br />
Corner of Miller and Sunnyside, Mill Valley<br />
Mill Valley Community Center<br />
180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley<br />
Frantoio ristorante<br />
152 Shoreline Hwy., Mill Valley<br />
Gaylord India restaurant<br />
201 Bridgeway, Sausalito<br />
Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium<br />
Marin Civic Center<br />
10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael<br />
George Lucas Theater at kerner Optical<br />
90 Windward Way, San Rafael<br />
Marin Youth Center (the MYC)<br />
1115 Third Street, San Rafael<br />
Marin Academy<br />
1600 Mission Ave., San Rafael<br />
San Francisco Art <strong>Institute</strong><br />
800 Chestnut St., San Francisco<br />
SEq<br />
Tickets P<br />
Lytton<br />
Plaza<br />
Blithedale Avenue<br />
| Miller Avenue<br />
P P Miller Avenue<br />
CINéARTS@SEqUOIA AND 142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE<br />
From US 101, take the Tiburon/East Blithedale exit and proceed west on<br />
Blithedale toward downtown Mill Valley. Turn left onto Throckmorton.<br />
Sunnyside<br />
US 101<br />
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<strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
• Presenting the annual Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
• Exhibiting film year round at the Christopher<br />
B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
• Building the next generation of filmmakers<br />
and audiences through CFI Education<br />
become a member<br />
Membership Provides<br />
A discount on Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong><br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> tickets<br />
The privilege to purchase Mill<br />
Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> tickets before<br />
the general public<br />
A complimentary “Friend of the<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong>” screening during the<br />
Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
A reduced regular admission<br />
ticket price of $5.50 at the<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong><br />
Center—Anytime! Any day!<br />
Member Screenings, often<br />
well-known filmmakers as guests<br />
at fascinating Q-and-A sessi<strong>ons</strong><br />
Exclusive access to special events<br />
And more!<br />
More than 3,000 CFI members share our passion for great<br />
film that inspires and challenges us to see the world around<br />
us from a new perspective.<br />
The nonprofit <strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> relies on the generosity<br />
of its community to thrive. Your financial support enables CFI<br />
to continue offering quality programming and events at the<br />
Rafael and the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, and to offer our free<br />
education program to children and young adults.<br />
join us today!<br />
Online at cafilm.org<br />
At all Mill Valley Fe<strong>stival</strong> ticket outlets<br />
For a full list of membership benefits visit us online at cafilm.org<br />
Membership Sp<strong>ons</strong>or<br />
Celebrate the best in independent and world cinema all year long!
2007 officers<br />
Richard Idell, President<br />
Christopher B. Smith, Vice President<br />
Steve Shane, Vice President<br />
Evelyn Topper, Secretary<br />
Zach Zeisler, Treasurer<br />
executive director, founder<br />
Mark Fishkin<br />
2007 Board of Directors<br />
RICHARD BARKER W. ROBERT GRISWOLD JR. RICHARD IDELL JENNIFER MACCREADY<br />
KC LAUCK CHARLES MCGLASHAN<br />
BRUCE KATZ<br />
foundinG Board<br />
Mark Fishkin, President<br />
Lois Kohl Shore, Vice President<br />
Rita Cahill, Secretary/CFO<br />
emeritus Board<br />
Ann Brebner<br />
Rita Cahill<br />
Mark Fishkin<br />
Sid Ganis<br />
Gary Meyer<br />
Gordon Radley<br />
Henry Timnick<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
CHRISTOPHER B. SMITH EVELYN TOPPER<br />
ZACH ZEISLER<br />
STEVE SHANE<br />
honorary advisory Board<br />
Stewart and Barbara Boxer<br />
Jeff Fisher<br />
Peter Flaxman<br />
Robert Greber<br />
Linda Gruber<br />
Peggy Haas<br />
Nancy Hudson<br />
Amy Keroes<br />
Andrew McGuire<br />
Jann Moorhead<br />
Mary Poland<br />
Lente and Eric Schwartz<br />
Michael and Susan Schwartz<br />
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In Memoriam<br />
Great Masters, PassinG<br />
Earlier this year, I went to Fespaco, the west African film fe<strong>stival</strong>. The<br />
hotel where I stay is always the center of activity for the fe<strong>stival</strong>, and there<br />
are lots of filmmakers around. Particularly, there’s a shaded table outside<br />
by the pool where Ousmane Sembene always sits, smoking his pipe; the<br />
great wise one of African cinema. He wasn’t there this year. Someone<br />
said he had been ill; then, a few months later, in June, his passing was<br />
announced. This man, who had worked in the dockyards of Marseilles<br />
and returned to his native Senegal to speak his truths as a novelist and<br />
filmmaker, was revered as the father of African cinema.<br />
And then, the news that Ingmar Bergman had died. Another of the great<br />
masters. My first encounter with Bergman was as a drama student in<br />
London, going to the Everyman in Hampstead one night—completely<br />
innocent of any expectati<strong>ons</strong>—to see Persona. I was blown away by it,<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
and returned there, religiously, to see the rest of the Bergman series they<br />
were showing.<br />
The same day I heard news about Bergman, news arrived of the death of<br />
Michelangelo Antonioni—whose eye on the ’60s, whether Mod London or<br />
the L.A. desert, shifted people’s ways of seeing. How curious it was that<br />
within a 24-hour period in July, Bergman and Antonioni both were gone.<br />
Sembene, Bergman, Antonioni: each a great master of cinema, capturing<br />
something particular about their time, their place and their culture, and in<br />
doing so, changed the way we perceive ourselves and our world. These<br />
are people whose sensibilities, whose intense connection with their<br />
creative spirit, have embodied and articulated the essence of the time we<br />
live in. —Zoë Elton, MVFF programming director<br />
INGMAR BERGMAN OUSMANE SEMBENE MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI<br />
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MVFF 30th anniversary<br />
pre-Fe<strong>stival</strong> presentation<br />
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>,<br />
the <strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> is proud to present this special event<br />
honoring Emile Hirsch with the MVFF Award* for breakthrough<br />
performance of the year.<br />
into the Wild | US 2007 150 MINS<br />
With special guests Sean Penn and Emile Hirsch<br />
SCReening and aWaRd pReSentation<br />
Thursday, September 13, 6:30 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
Reception following at San Rafael Joe’s<br />
931 Fourth St., San Rafael<br />
SCREENING, AWARD PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION $150<br />
For tickets call 877.874.MVFF (6833) or visit mvff.com. Limited availability.<br />
Director/Screenwriter Sean Penn Producers Art Linson, Sean Penn, William Pohlad<br />
Cinematographer Eric Gautier Editor Jay Cassidy Cast Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, William<br />
Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Catherine Keener, Hal Holbrook, Jena Malone Print Source<br />
Paramount Vantage<br />
Actor-writer-director Sean Penn masterfully crafts a visually stunning<br />
and emotional true story of a young man’s self-imposed exodus from<br />
the comforts of the modern world into the feral heart of the Alaskan<br />
wilderness. Based on Jon Krakauer’s bestselling book, the film<br />
features Emile Hirsch in a truly star-making performance as an<br />
Emory University graduate eager to leave behind the scars of his<br />
parents’ dysfunctional marriage. Tossing away his life savings and<br />
dumping his car, he ventures into the vast landscape of the<br />
American West. Reinvented as Alexander Supertramp and equipped<br />
with limited supplies and a collection of favorite books, “Alex”<br />
encounters a vibrant array of free spirits, misfits and lonely souls<br />
(wonderful supporting work by Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener and<br />
Hal Holbrook) as he overcomes the obstacles in his path and<br />
reminds us all what it really means to be alive in a world so much<br />
larger than ourselves. Also starring William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden<br />
and Jena Malone. —Josh Moore<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
Spotlight on emile hiRSCh<br />
Sweet boy next door or cold-blooded killer? Emile Hirsch will draw<br />
you in either way. With a fresh, fearless approach to his craft, Hirsch<br />
deftly uncovers real complexities and contradicti<strong>ons</strong> in each role he<br />
plays, and whether it’s a dramatic or a comedic scene, his youthful<br />
wide eyes tell the truth. Hirsch has developed a vast array of intricate<br />
characters in his ambitious career, including the reckless skateboarder<br />
Jay Adams in Lords of Dogtown, the innocent high school senior<br />
who falls for his porn-star neighbor in The Girl Next Door and the<br />
ruthless criminal in Alpha Dog. With upcoming roles as the idealistic<br />
yet doomed Christopher McCandless in Into the Wild, directed by<br />
Sean Penn, and the beloved ace driver in the eagerly anticipated<br />
Speed Racer, by the Wachowski brothers, Emile Hirsch has only<br />
begun to amaze audiences with the fierce commitment he brings to<br />
each performance.<br />
Please join us for this exclusive Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> 30th<br />
anniversary event. A special presentation of Into the Wild will<br />
be followed by a post-screening discussion with actor Emile<br />
Hirsch and writer-director Sean Penn, and the presentation of<br />
the MVFF Award to Emile Hirsch. After the program, join us<br />
down the street for a reception at San Rafael Joe’s. Well<br />
known for its old-fashioned Italian cooking, we’re kicking off<br />
our 30th birthday at this long-standing Marin institution that is<br />
turning 60. Raymond wines will be served.<br />
*See page 41 for more information about the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Award.<br />
SPONSORED By<br />
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Opening Night<br />
In honor of the Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s 30th birthday, we return<br />
to the downtown Mill Valley plaza for our Opening<br />
Night Gala. Join us for wine, fine food and song,<br />
with jazzsters Con Alma and deejayed tunes, and<br />
hors d’oeuvres from Ora, E&O Trading Co., Robin<br />
Scott Catering, Pizza Antica and Cocina Poblana.<br />
With a glass of Raymond or Peter Paul wine in one<br />
Lust, caution | CHINA/US 2007 158 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 4, 6:30 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
invited Guests: ang Lee, james schamus, joan chen, tang Wei<br />
6:30 PM FILM AND GALA $125 LUST04P<br />
6:30 PM FILM ONLY $25 LUST04R<br />
Director Ang Lee Producers Bill Kong, Ang Lee, James Schamus Screenwriters Wang Hui<br />
Ling, James Schamus Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto Editor Tim Squyres Cast Joan Chen,<br />
Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Wang Lee Hom Print Source Focus Features<br />
Oscar ® -winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; The Ice Storm,<br />
MVFF 1997) proves once again that his filmmaking excels in any genre; this<br />
time he has chosen the erotic espionage thriller. Loyalties are spread thin in<br />
Shanghai during World War II, as political tension mounts between Chinese<br />
Nationalists and Japanese occupiers. For a young stage actress, Wong<br />
(Tang Wei in an explosive debut performance), this tension comes to a boil<br />
when she finds herself in a deadly game of espionage and sexual intrigue<br />
with Mr. Yee (Tony Leung), a powerful political figure and Japanese<br />
collaborator. Wong goes deep undercover to expose Yee, quickly earning<br />
the trust of his neglected wife (Joan Chen)—while becoming the man’s<br />
mistress. Based on a short story by acclaimed Chinese novelist Eileen<br />
Chang, Lust, Caution smolders on the screen, revealing layers of emotion<br />
and sexual desire in a thrilling tale that resonates deep within the human<br />
heart. —Josh Moore<br />
Note: This film is rated NC-17 and contains explicit sexual content. No<br />
one under 18 admitted.<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
hand and something from Marin French Cheese<br />
Company or Judy’s Breadsticks in the other . . . or<br />
try some of the chocolate-covered fruit from “Take<br />
a Dip” Fondue Fountains and Edible Arrangements.<br />
Opening Night will please all your senses and set<br />
the mood for the next ten days!<br />
openinG niGht GaLa<br />
Thursday, October 4, 9:30 pm–12:00 am<br />
Lytton Plaza, Mill Valley<br />
SEE BELOW FOR TICKET OPTIONS<br />
the savaGes | US 2007 113 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 4, 6:45 pm and 7:00 pm<br />
CinéArts@Sequoia<br />
invited Guests: Laura Linney, tamara jenkins<br />
6:45 PM FILM AND GALA $125 SAVA04P<br />
6:45 PM FILM ONLY $25 SAVA04S<br />
7:00 PM FILM AND GALA $125 SAV204P<br />
7:00 PM FILM ONLY $25 SAV204S<br />
Director/Screenwriter Tamara Jenkins Producers Ted Hope, Anne Carey Cinematographer Mott<br />
Hupfel Editor Brian A. Kates Cast Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco<br />
Print Source Fox Searchlight<br />
Two exceptional actors navigate the bumpy terrain of shifting familial<br />
resp<strong>ons</strong>ibility. Weighed down by family dysfunction and sibling rivalry, adult<br />
siblings Wendy Savage (Laura Linney, MVFF Spotlight 2004) and her<br />
brother, John (Philip Seymour Hoffman), become reluctant caretakers for<br />
a man neither has spoken to for years, when their estranged father is<br />
suddenly in need of long-term care. Opti<strong>ons</strong> are limited, so John, a fortysomething<br />
unmarried professor with a paunch and a passion for Bertolt<br />
Brecht, checks their parent into a nursing home. Wendy, a neurotic<br />
aspiring playwright who’s also single but sleeping with her older married<br />
neighbor, is guilt-ridden over institutionalizing Dad—even if they are taking<br />
better care of him than he ever did of them. From The Slums of Beverly<br />
Hills to the nursing homes of Buffalo, director Tamara Jenkins’ films dwell<br />
in the hot spots of family dramedy, where irony lives side by side with<br />
misery. —Joanne Parsont<br />
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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0<br />
Centerpiece<br />
MAN IN THE CHAIR<br />
centerpiece<br />
Thursday, October 11, 6:30 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
Reception to follow at Gaylord India Restaurant<br />
CENTERPIECE AND RECEPTION $35 MAN11P<br />
CENTERPIECE ONLY $15 MAN11R<br />
invited Guests tBa—check mvff.com<br />
man in the chair | US 2006 109 MINS<br />
Director/Screenwriter Michael Schroeder Producers Michael Schroeder,<br />
Randolf Turrow, Sarah Schroeder Cinematographer Dana Gonzales<br />
Editor Terry Cafaro Cast Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano,<br />
M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Wagner, Joshua Boyd, Mimi Kennedy<br />
Print Source Outsider Pictures<br />
The superb Christopher Plummer is Flash, a curmudgeon<br />
with a hankering for classic movies and booze.<br />
Cameron (Michael Angarano) is a volatile teen who<br />
commits grand theft auto just because the car is an<br />
exact replica from Christine. Their relati<strong>ons</strong>hip is forged<br />
in the darkness of a movie theater and fueled by a<br />
mutual appreciation of rebellion and cinema. Cameron<br />
enters a student film contest, though he lacks the<br />
resources of his peers. Learning that Flash is a retired<br />
Hollywood gaffer—and the only surviving crew member<br />
from Citizen Kane—Cameron follows him to his home at<br />
the Motion Picture Residence for the Elderly, a colony<br />
of aging film folk set aside by the industry. A quirky<br />
fellowship develops, in which Flash and his friends help<br />
Cameron make his film, and, in doing so, change his<br />
life. Plummer is outstanding as the cantankerous cynic<br />
who becomes an ardent mentor.<br />
As we pAss the midpoint of the<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong>, our Centerpiece program<br />
rings in a second full weekend of<br />
films and parties. Our featured film<br />
for the evening is director Michael<br />
Schroeder’s Man in the Chair, featuring<br />
Christopher Plummer’s latest bigscreen<br />
performance. It’s another great<br />
role for Plummer, whose photo has<br />
recently been splashed across<br />
magazine and newspaper pages in<br />
celebration of a 2007 Tony Award<br />
nomination for his star turn in<br />
Broadway’s Inherit the Wind. Veteran<br />
of nearly 200 film and TV producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
and a heralded master of Shakespearean<br />
theater, Plummer’s formidable<br />
presence, with his commanding voice,<br />
fierce intelligence and raconteur’s<br />
charm, makes every performance<br />
simmer, on both stage and screen.<br />
So it is with this brilliant portrayal of a<br />
character thankfully very far from his<br />
real life—a Hollywood retiree.<br />
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Please join us for the Centerpiece<br />
screening of Man in the Chair, with<br />
special guests in attendance,<br />
including director Michael Schroeder.<br />
After the program, join us at one of<br />
Sausalito’s finest, Gaylord India<br />
Restaurant, featuring wines from<br />
Mark West Winery. A taste of India<br />
on the Bay, Gaylord is c<strong>ons</strong>istently<br />
rated one of the top ten Indian<br />
restaurants in the United States.
Closing Night<br />
Join us as we say farewell to our 30th Fe<strong>stival</strong> at the Mill Valley Community Center. Feet<br />
First Eventertainment DJs will induce you to dance away the evening, while you enjoy<br />
delicious foods by From Soup to Nuts Catering, Cocina Poblana and sweet desserts<br />
from “Take a Dip” Fondue Fountains and Edible Arrangements. Our exclusive wines for<br />
the evening are from the award-winning Bonterra and Five Rivers Vineyards.<br />
the Kite runner<br />
Sunday, October 14, 5:00 pm<br />
CinéArts@Sequoia<br />
FILM AND PARTY $65 KITE14P<br />
FILM ONLY $25 KITE14S<br />
the Kite runner<br />
Sunday, October 14, 5:15 pm<br />
CinéArts@Sequoia<br />
FILM AND PARTY $65 KIT214P<br />
FILM ONLY $25 KIT214S<br />
invited Guests: Khaled hosseini, david Benioff, marc forster<br />
US 2007 122 MINS<br />
Director Marc Forster Producers William Horberg, Walter F. Parks, Rebecca Yeldman, E. Bennett Walsh Screenwriter David Benioff Cinematographer<br />
Roberto Schaefer Editor Matt Chesse Cast Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla, Nasser Memarzia, Said Taghmaoui Print Source Paramount Vantage<br />
Director Marc Forster’s (Finding Neverland, MVFF 2004) reverent envisioning of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel is<br />
that rare example of refined literary adaptation, which makes a beloved book transcendent on screen. Wonderfully well<br />
told, this heartrending story of friendship and redemption begins in Afghanistan in 1978, where two boys are<br />
inseparable, but unequal: Amir is the privileged son of a wealthy businessman, and Hassan is his loyal servant and a<br />
member of the disdained Hazara minority. Their social inequality and a brutal incident ultimately tarnish their joyful youth<br />
together, and when the Soviets invade in 1979, Amir and his father flee the country, completing the boys’ separation. As<br />
an adult, Amir finds the past resurfacing, along with long-buried feelings of shame and failure. But an unexpected<br />
opportunity to “be good again,” takes him on a perilous journey back to his war-torn homeland, where carefree children<br />
once finessed bright-colored kites across the snow-dusted rooftops of Kabul. —Joanne Parsont<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
cLosinG niGht party<br />
Sunday, October, 14, 7:30–10:30 pm<br />
Mill Valley Community Center<br />
PARTY ONLY $55 PARTY14<br />
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Outdoor Art Club<br />
the outdoor art Club is the PlaCe to be durinG the Mill Valley FilM FestiVal!<br />
From October 5–14, join us at the Outdoor Art Club (OAC) at<br />
1 West Blithedale in downtown Mill Valley, just across the street<br />
from the CinéArts@Sequoia theater.<br />
Socialize and relax at the OAC before and after films. It’s the hub of<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> activity, with a café, live music, Fe<strong>stival</strong> merchandise and a<br />
<strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> (CFI) table, where you can get information<br />
about and join CFI.<br />
PerForManCe and eVent sChedule<br />
friday, octoBer 5<br />
6:00–7:30 pm | Austin Willacy<br />
8:00–9:30 pm | Clockwork<br />
9:00–11:00 pm | Tribute to Ang<br />
Lee Reception; See page 43.<br />
saturday, octoBer 6<br />
1:00–3:00 pm | Children’s<br />
<strong>Film</strong>Fest Opening Party;<br />
See page 30.<br />
6:00–7:00 pm | Neil O’Neil<br />
7:30–9:00 pm | Michelle Conte<br />
the Mill Valley FilM FestiVal and the Marin syMPhony Present<br />
Battleship Potemkin<br />
alasdair neale, conductor<br />
Sunday, October 7, 7:30 pm<br />
Tuesday, October 9, 7:30 pm<br />
Pre-Concert Conversation 6:30 pm<br />
Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium<br />
Marin Civic Center, San Rafael<br />
Prices range from $27–$65 (students half price)<br />
sunday, octoBer 7<br />
12:00 pm–1:30 pm | The Richter<br />
Scales<br />
5:00 pm | How to Cook Your<br />
Life party; See page 93.<br />
7:00–9:00 pm | Todd Boston<br />
monday, octoBer 8<br />
6:00–8:00 pm | Amy Wigton<br />
9:00 pm | Riding Solo to the<br />
Top of the World benefit with<br />
Sukhawat Ali Khan;<br />
See page 104.<br />
Tickets for this event are available only through the Marin Symphony box office.<br />
Please call 415.499.6800 or go to www.marinsymphony.org.<br />
Operated by Bogie’s Café, the Fe<strong>stival</strong> café serves drinks and<br />
delicious food such as made-to-order sandwiches, a daily pasta<br />
special, hot entrees, soups, salads and assorted munchies.<br />
Live music by talented Bay Area musicians will be featured throughout<br />
the Fe<strong>stival</strong>. The performance schedule is listed below. Happy hour<br />
is from 5:00 to 6:00 pm daily, with free wine.<br />
Please note: The café will be closed on October 14.<br />
tuesday, octoBer 9<br />
6:00–8:00 pm | Anna Corona<br />
and Shakina<br />
Wednesday, octoBer 10<br />
6:00–8:00 pm | Amira Diamond<br />
thursday, octoBer 11<br />
6:00–8:00 pm | Megan Slankard<br />
friday, octoBer 12<br />
6:00–7:30 pm | Judge & Lauren<br />
Murphy<br />
8:00–9:30 pm | Evan and Vir<br />
In partnership with the Marin Symphony, the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> presents<br />
Sergei M. Eisenstein’s 1925 black-and-white silent film classic, with a live<br />
orchestral score by legendary composer Dmitri Shostakovich from the 1976<br />
restoration of the film. Conducted by Alasdair Neale, the concert is preceded<br />
by a half-hour conversation with the audience, during which Maestro Neale will<br />
also discuss the musicological and historical significance of the Shostakovich<br />
score, and the unique challenges of conducting live music for film. This event is<br />
a rare opportunity you won’t want to miss!<br />
For a complete film description, see page 85.<br />
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saturday, octoBer 13<br />
6:00–7:00 pm | Leon Bristow<br />
9:00–11:00 pm | Spotlight on<br />
Jennifer Jason Leigh Reception;<br />
See page 57.<br />
sunday, octoBer 14<br />
11:00 am–12:30 pm | Flying<br />
Without Instruments
liVe PerForManCes at<br />
142 Throckmorton Theatre<br />
I’M NOT THERE<br />
MARK PITTA<br />
PEARL HARBOUR<br />
A vibrant center for the arts and long-time friend of the<br />
Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, 142 Throckmorton Theatre is the<br />
premier venue for unique Fe<strong>stival</strong> screenings of works<br />
produced on video, including exciting new documentaries<br />
and the groundbreaking V(ision)Fest.<br />
This year’s live entertainment includes two exciting and<br />
unique music events and the popular Tuesday Night<br />
Comedy Show.<br />
The Mill Valley FilM FesTiVal PresenTs<br />
dyLan (interpreted)<br />
Sunday, October 7, 9:00 pm<br />
$65 MUSC07T<br />
In celebration of the fascinating new Todd Haynes film I’m Not There (see page<br />
94), an eclectic lineup of stellar musicians, including special guests from the<br />
film’s soon-to-be-released soundtrack, will gather to perform classic Bob Dylan<br />
songs. The evening will feature Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, John Doe, Bob Weir, Rob<br />
Wasserman, Jay Lane, Dan Hicks, and Mostly Dylan as house band, with music<br />
director Tom Corwin. Produced by Steep Producti<strong>ons</strong>, Inc. (Clare Wasserman<br />
and Stephanie Clarke).<br />
• • •sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by larry Goldfarb & lrG Capital Group, llC<br />
in assoCiaTion wiTh The Mill Valley FilM FesTiVal, 142 ThroCkMorTon TheaTre PresenTs<br />
tuesday niGht comedy With marK pitta and friends<br />
Tuesday, October 9, 8:00 pm<br />
$15 COME09T<br />
Add a few good laughs to your life! Join us for Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark<br />
Pitta and friends. Pitta hosts an evening for established headliners as well as<br />
up-and-coming comics to work on new material. You may see an improv group,<br />
a comedy video or several live comics, or a scene from a play in progress. For<br />
more information, visit www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.com.<br />
The Mill Valley FilM FesTiVal and new waVe CiTy PresenT<br />
pearL harBour: ceLeBratinG joe strummer<br />
Friday, October 12, 9:00 pm<br />
$25 MUSC12T<br />
In celebration of Julien Temple’s documentary about The Clash rock legend, Joe<br />
Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (see page 95), new wave innovator and Bay<br />
Area favorite Pearl Harbour has put together a band for a rare performance. A<br />
good friend of Strummer’s (and former wife of Clash bassist Paul Simonon),<br />
Harbour formed Pearl Harbour and the Explosi<strong>ons</strong> in 1978 in San Francisco,<br />
and the band toured with The Clash, The Talking Heads and Elvis Costello.<br />
Following the performance, dance to guest DJs Skip and Shindog, from San<br />
Francisco’s First and Foremost 80s Dance Party, New Wave City. They’ll spin<br />
classic Clash, Strummer and, in honor of Anton Corbijn’s new film Control (see<br />
page 88), Joy Division and New Order.<br />
For more information visit www.newwavecity.com.<br />
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New Movies Lab<br />
c<strong>ons</strong>uLtinG sessi<strong>ons</strong> With<br />
roBert haWK<br />
Saturday, October 6, 11:00 am–1:00 pm<br />
Sunday, October 7, 11:00 am–1:00 pm<br />
Outdoor Art Club, Hospitality Suite<br />
FREE Half-hour sessi<strong>ons</strong><br />
Sign-up required, on a first come, first served basis.<br />
Sign-ups begin at 11:00 am for that day’s sessi<strong>ons</strong>.<br />
Independent film c<strong>ons</strong>ultant and producer Robert<br />
Hawk will be in residence at MVFF both mornings of<br />
the first weekend of the Fe<strong>stival</strong>, to conduct informal<br />
one-on-one and small-group c<strong>ons</strong>ultati<strong>ons</strong> about<br />
independent filmmaking. Don’t miss this rare<br />
opportunity. Hawk is an incredible resource, a<br />
longtime advisor to filmmakers such as Kevin Smith,<br />
Ed Burns, David Siegel and Scott McGehee, and to<br />
fe<strong>stival</strong>s like Sundance, Berlin and LAIFF.<br />
Bring questi<strong>ons</strong> about your script, the creative<br />
development of your project or the nuts and bolts<br />
of launching your film into the world of fe<strong>stival</strong>s and<br />
distribution, and discuss them with one of the<br />
independent film world’s most respected c<strong>ons</strong>ultants.<br />
robert hawk | Twenty-five-year veteran of the indie<br />
film scene and a longtime advisor to filmmakers and<br />
film fe<strong>stival</strong>s, Hawk had his own business, ICI<br />
(Independent C<strong>ons</strong>ultation for Independents) for<br />
nearly 15 years. He served on the advisory selection<br />
committee of the Sundance <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> for its<br />
entire existence (1987–1998) and is currently on<br />
the advisory board of the IFP Market in New York.<br />
His producer credits include: Ballets Russes, Trick,<br />
The Slaughter Rule (MVFF 2002), Chasing Amy.<br />
cinemasports<br />
Saturday, October 6, Intro Meeting 9:00 am<br />
Old Mill Park, Mill Valley<br />
FREE<br />
Saturday, October 6, Screening 8:30 pm<br />
142 Throckmorton Theatre<br />
$10 CINE06T<br />
An energetic fusion of imagination, collaboration<br />
and tournament, Cinemasports is a race against the<br />
clock to make a film in a day—and anyone can<br />
participate. Crews just need to arrive at 9:00 am<br />
self-equipped and ready to shoot and edit their own<br />
cinematic masterpieces by the same-day deadline.<br />
Everyone gets the same list of three mandatory<br />
“ingredients” for their films and must return with a<br />
completed short film (3.5 minutes running time or<br />
less) by 7:00 pm that evening. Instant gratification<br />
comes one hour later at a public screening of<br />
entries submitted by the deadline. There we get to<br />
witness the multifarious ways in which the exact<br />
same ingredients have been cooked up into entirely<br />
different movies. For the third year in a row the Mill<br />
Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and Cinemasports are pleased<br />
to co-present this fun and exciting opportunity for<br />
filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike. Come be a<br />
filmmaker for a day, or just attend the screening to<br />
behold the unique, miraculous and often hilarious<br />
results! For entry guidelines and how to sign up,<br />
visit www.cinemasports.com.<br />
the future is noW: neW trends<br />
in the speciaLty fiLm marKet<br />
Saturday, October 6, 11:00 am–1:00 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
$15 SEM06R<br />
Is this a golden age for independent filmmaking,<br />
or is the new generation of filmmakers simply<br />
experiencing their Warholian 15 minutes of fame<br />
via YouTube? Hear what experts have to say about<br />
current and future opportunities for independent film.<br />
From documentaries to star-powered producti<strong>ons</strong>,<br />
independent films are a gamble for distributors and<br />
theater owners. At the same time, independent-film<br />
distributors are creating specialty subdivisi<strong>ons</strong><br />
focusing on films with limited theater runs that serve<br />
primarily ancillary markets, both traditional (like cable<br />
television) and developing (like the Internet).<br />
The panel will discuss new paradigms for distribution,<br />
the complexities of intellectual property, domestic<br />
and international markets and marketing opportunities,<br />
and the hope for the increasing empowerment of<br />
independents in the digital future.<br />
INVITED GUESTS<br />
howard cohen | co-president, Roadside<br />
Attracti<strong>ons</strong> (Super Size Me, What the Bleep Do<br />
We Know!?, Ladies in Lavender)<br />
eric d’arbeloff | co-president, Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Kirk honeycutt | film critic, The Hollywood<br />
Reporter<br />
david straus | CEO and co-founder, Withoutabox<br />
richard j. idell | entertainment attorney, Idell and<br />
Seitel, LLP<br />
revoLuti<strong>ons</strong>! @ 24 frames<br />
per second<br />
Sunday, October 7, 12:30–2:30 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
$15 SEM07R<br />
While researching her latest film, Women Art<br />
Revolution, Lynn Hershman Leeson uncovered<br />
some shocking stories among four decades of<br />
interviews with women artists whose work has<br />
been variously lauded, applauded—and ignored.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, art and revolution are on the table for this<br />
panel of incredible women, whose work as artists<br />
and filmmakers, activists and teachers has been<br />
recognized internationally. Addressing their<br />
experiences, from human rights activism to the<br />
infamous Guerrilla Girls and beyond, this panel<br />
explores the revolutionary act of being a woman<br />
artist. (By the way, can you name the three women<br />
Academy Award–nominated directors?)<br />
INVITED GUESTS<br />
ericka huggins | leading member of the Black<br />
Panther Party; human rights activist; faculty member,<br />
women’s studies department, CSU East Bay<br />
Kathe Kollwitz | founding member, Guerrilla Girls<br />
Lynn hershman Leeson | writer-director, Strange<br />
Culture, Teknolust<br />
Kyle stephan | producer Women Art Revolution;<br />
film programmer, British <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
online | mvff.com<br />
fiLmmaKinG’s next dimension:<br />
an insider’s LooK<br />
Saturday, October 13, 2:00–4:00 pm<br />
George Lucas Theater at Kerner Optical<br />
90 Windward Way, San Rafael<br />
$15 SEM13G<br />
If you love to watch gigantic fiery explosi<strong>ons</strong>,<br />
humongous buildings crumbling to dust and<br />
creatures crashing through bucolic neighborhoods,<br />
this presentation is for you. Kerner Optical (recently<br />
spun off from Industrial Light and Magic), has been<br />
creating real-world special effects for more than 30<br />
years as ILM’s physical effects department.<br />
Onsite in the George Lucas Theater, a panel of<br />
award-winning experts from Kerner and elsewhere<br />
will share their expertise and will show film clips<br />
from some of the most popular films of all time as a<br />
visual explanation of the process involved in creating<br />
Real World FX. And talk about effects . . . the<br />
audience will get a sneak preview of Kerner’s new<br />
3-D stereoscopic display units, the latest in FX<br />
dimensi<strong>ons</strong>.<br />
INVITED GUESTS<br />
marty rosenberg | VFX director of photography<br />
(Pirates of the Caribbean, Poseidon, War of the<br />
Worlds, Star Wars episodes I, II and III)<br />
phil tippett | animation supervisor (Starship<br />
Troopers, Robocop, Drag<strong>ons</strong>layer, Star Wars)<br />
doug Griffin | motion capture supervisor (Star<br />
Wars episodes I and III, Signs, The Mummy)<br />
George murphy | VFX supervisor (King Kong,<br />
Matrix Reloaded, Planet of the Apes, Mission<br />
Impossible, Forrest Gump)<br />
Brad nelson | 3D technical inventor<br />
MODERATOR<br />
richard hart, Next Step 2.0<br />
Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by WIRED magazine<br />
please note: the lineup of panelists may change.<br />
We cannot guarantee that those listed will be the<br />
final guests. updates will be listed at the fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
ticket outlets, or check our Web site at mvff.com.<br />
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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0<br />
Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest<br />
the mill valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> is proud to present the 13th annual Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest<br />
So many children’s films from around the world never appear on American screens. Our eight<br />
feature films and two abundant shorts programs prove that Pixar isn’t the only studio in<br />
town with savvy rodents, sprightly sea life and chatty fowl. Our Opening film, a jazzy<br />
animation from Denmark called The Ugly Duckling and Me (a British print in English),<br />
proves that show biz isn’t the best route to self-esteem, even when your agent is an<br />
aggressive but lovable rat. Another rat—this one named Halvorsen—is far kinder but just as<br />
amazing in the live-action film Svein and His Rat. Canadian Indians fall in with a<br />
precocious Orca whale in Luna: Spirit of the Whale, a story that includes the rehabilitation of<br />
a very angry young boy. Puppet animation makes a comeback that will stun you in the Danish<br />
production The Three Musketeers. From Belgium and Korea, Gilles and Ice Bar each follow<br />
gutsy young boys who risk all for the memory of their dads. And a prescient young girl helps<br />
a troupe of misfits become heroes in the Israeli film Little Heroes. Our classic film this year<br />
takes us back to the last years of the Depression, following a pack of homeless kids hopping<br />
trains in William Wellman’s Wild Boys of the Road. Catering to children ages eight and under,<br />
our two short-film programs are filled with animation, live action and a wondrously beautiful<br />
fairy tale from Tomi Ungerer called Moonman.<br />
ABOUT SUBTITLES<br />
To enhance our very young viewer’s appreciation of foreign language films in the Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest, we provide a<br />
unique service of having actors read the subtitles aloud, which we play through individual headphones, so that those<br />
who do not require the service have an equally pleasurable film experience. We are one of the few children’s fe<strong>stival</strong>s<br />
to do this. We have a limited number of headsets, however, so we offer them on a first-come, first-served basis. In a<br />
very few situati<strong>ons</strong> we also have subtitles read aloud through the theater sound system. To avoid confusion and<br />
disappointment please check the film listings for individual program subtitle information; the headset logo indicates<br />
subtitled screenings.<br />
AGE RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
Please bear in mind that the age range following each children’s film program description is a suggestion only. It may<br />
only refer to a program’s length or subject matter, while it cannot adequately address everyone’s sense of appropriate<br />
or inappropriate content. Each child is different and each parent has different standards.<br />
the ugly duCKling and me<br />
Saturday, October 6, 11:00 am<br />
Cinéarts@Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 6, 1:00 pm<br />
Opening Party at the Outdoor Art Club<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Party $15 Adults, $12 Children UGLy06P<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Only $12 Adults, $10 Children UGLy06S<br />
Party Only $5 Adults, $4 Children PARTy06<br />
Following the premiere of The Ugly Duckling and<br />
Me (page 107), join us at the Outdoor Art Club<br />
where our party for kids will have scrumptious<br />
finger food and lots of entertainment, including the<br />
fabulous Bubble Lady.<br />
KaZoo paRade<br />
Sunday, October 14, 3:30 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
After our short films program Bunnies and<br />
Butterflies (page 86) for ages eight and under, join<br />
us in a kazoo parade around the block and then to<br />
Double Rainbow for free ice cream. We provide<br />
the kazoos and whistles. Dress up, be bold, and<br />
get ready to blow. We’ll be led by our favorite<br />
musical duo, Orange Sherbet.<br />
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ChildRen’S <strong>Film</strong>FeSt<br />
pRogRamS<br />
bunnies and butterflies (shorts)<br />
gilles<br />
ice bar<br />
little heroes<br />
luna: Spirit of the Whale<br />
outer and inner Spaces (shorts)<br />
Svein and his Rat<br />
the three musketeers<br />
the ugly duckling and me<br />
Wild boys of the Road<br />
opening <strong>Film</strong> and FeStivitieS CloSing <strong>Film</strong> and FeStivitieS<br />
the thRee muSKeteeRS<br />
Sunday, October 14, 10:00 am<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
Closing Event at the Marin youth Center<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Event $12 Adults, $10 Children THRE14R<br />
Join us after the film for a concert by the kid band<br />
Crunchy Frog at the Marin youth Center (the<br />
MyC).
Youth<br />
Workshops<br />
SCRipt to SCReen goeS gReen<br />
Saturday, october 13 and Sunday, october 14<br />
10:00 am–6:00 pm (attendance required both days)<br />
Intel Computer Clubhouse<br />
at the Marin youth Center (the MyC)<br />
1115 Third St., San Rafael<br />
$220 for either workshop, both days, including lunch<br />
Limited enrollment. Ages 11–19.<br />
“Green” is the theme for these two youth video<br />
workshops, DVTEK1 for newcomers and DVTEK2<br />
for those with some experience. Come produce<br />
digital video messages to change the way we think,<br />
act and c<strong>ons</strong>ume in the world.<br />
DVTEK1: $220 WORK01<br />
DVTEK2: $220 WORK02<br />
Please select just one workshop.<br />
DV: TEK1<br />
Learn how to create professional videos and<br />
post them on the Internet. From storyboard to<br />
postproduction, shoot with professional equipment<br />
and green screens, mix sound and create titles.<br />
DV: TEK2<br />
you’ve done some editing and made some videos<br />
but want to take it to the next level. This is the place<br />
to learn how to sharpen your storyboard skills, boost<br />
your audio and create special effects, working with<br />
professionals to produce a video for inclusion on<br />
FyI-Marin, Marin’s public access youth video show.<br />
For more information, visit www.digiquest.org.<br />
Youth Focus<br />
In addition to our Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest and the youth Reel, The iGeneration<br />
Download (see below), the Fe<strong>stival</strong> includes many other films that feature<br />
young people. See the list below as a reference to these films. Note: Please<br />
check the film descripti<strong>ons</strong> and use your own judgment as to whether a film is<br />
appropriate for a young person. Our recommendati<strong>ons</strong> are not a substitute for a<br />
well-informed adult decision.<br />
youth FoCuS pRogRamS<br />
autism: the musical<br />
bee-ing me<br />
butterfly<br />
Chicago 10<br />
Colors of memory<br />
Control<br />
Crossing the dust<br />
youth Reel<br />
The young Critics Jury has evolved into a<br />
rich program since its inception six years<br />
ago. The popular three-day crash course<br />
held each July includes everything about<br />
film we can cram in, through lectures,<br />
round-table talks and hands-on work.<br />
young critics depart the course<br />
significantly better prepared to understand<br />
the world through this medium.<br />
This summer’s film industry guests<br />
included everyone from the screenwriting<br />
team of Finn Taylor and Jeff Brown to<br />
veteran stuntwoman Jean Malahni. Sound<br />
editor Vivien Hilgrove and foley artist<br />
Dennie Thorpe (whose collective credits<br />
read like a volume of contemporary film<br />
history) paired up to talk about the<br />
importance of sound in film. Bob Cilman<br />
discussed being the subject of a<br />
documentary (the upcoming BBC<br />
production Young@Heart), and Jeffrey<br />
Weissman talked about being a film actor.<br />
Mike Terpstra came to talk about his work<br />
with special-effects company The<br />
Orphanage, and Academy Award–nominee<br />
and documentary filmmaker Connie Field<br />
showed clips from her latest work, while<br />
Craig Baldwin’s daring presentation from<br />
his Other Cinema delved into experimental<br />
film. On the other side of the camera, film<br />
critic Michael Fox spoke about film<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
doubletime<br />
the Kite Runner<br />
Kiviuq<br />
Kobra’s decision<br />
london to brighton<br />
Red Robin<br />
uranya<br />
aesthetics, and pianist Bruce Loeb showed<br />
how to score a silent film, accompanying<br />
Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms.<br />
The following week, six jury members and<br />
one alternate were chosen from the larger<br />
group to peer jury hundreds of youthproduced<br />
work that eventually became our<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> youth Reel. It’s a daunting task to<br />
create a 90-minute reel from a hundred<br />
hours of film. This year’s reel, called The<br />
iGeneration Download, comprises 20<br />
films from the US, Mexico and Germany.<br />
Jury members were Mira Levy, Charlotte<br />
Townsend, Hannah Norby, Cody Harris,<br />
Zoe Kaufman, Evan Greenwald and Harley<br />
Fisher.<br />
At the iGeneration Download screening,<br />
on Saturday October 13 at 11:00 am, the<br />
youth filmmakers will be presented with a<br />
copy of Final Draft, the premier<br />
screenwriting software for professionals.<br />
CFI Education will begin taking<br />
applicati<strong>ons</strong> for its 2008 young Critics<br />
Jury course in April. For information, email<br />
John Morrison, director of CFI Education,<br />
at jmorrison@cafilm.org, or go to the CFI<br />
website, www.cafilm.org.<br />
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<strong>California</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> Education<br />
BuiLdinG the next Generation of fiLmmaKers and audiences<br />
<strong>Film</strong> engages and inspires like no other medium. For<br />
two decades the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and CFI<br />
Education have pioneered creative film programs for<br />
Bay Area young people, providing year-round<br />
screenings, interactive sessi<strong>ons</strong> with film professionals<br />
and hands-on activities to introduce students to the<br />
power of film as a vibrant tool of communication.<br />
We’re not just at the festivaL<br />
In addition to our activities at the Fe<strong>stival</strong>, CFI Education<br />
presents programs at the beautiful Christopher B. Smith<br />
Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center in Marin, the Pacific <strong>Film</strong> Archive in<br />
Berkeley and other Bay Area theaters. We also come<br />
directly to schools with our interdisciplinary, intercultural<br />
film-study programs that are designed to supplement<br />
the fields of literature, history, science and social<br />
studies. To add depth to the viewing experience we’ve<br />
created study guides, which are geared to conform to<br />
<strong>California</strong> educational standards.<br />
here are some of our current programs:<br />
in-schooL fiLmmaKer proGram durinG<br />
the miLL vaLLey fiLm festivaL<br />
Each year three interns will work with the CFI Education<br />
director to bring filmmakers and their films from the Mill<br />
Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> into Bay Area schools. In mid-August<br />
we sign up schools and teachers, and in September<br />
match up filmmakers with schools for an exciting<br />
classroom exchange between students and filmmakers.<br />
seLected screeninGs for schooLs<br />
Throughout the year we provide schools with free<br />
monthly screenings of important films. In addition, every<br />
year we select six to eight feature films from the more<br />
than two hundred films in the Fe<strong>stival</strong> and screen them<br />
for schools for free during Fe<strong>stival</strong> time. Most of these<br />
screenings occur during the school day at the Smith<br />
Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center; others are held at theaters in the East<br />
Bay and San Francisco. After each screening, questionand-answer<br />
sessi<strong>ons</strong> with filmmakers challenge students<br />
to think their way through the films and to c<strong>ons</strong>ider what<br />
goes on both behind and in front of the camera.<br />
younG critics jury<br />
Held every July, the Young Critics Jury is a three-day<br />
intensive workshop for youths aged 13–18 to learn<br />
media literacy skills directly from filmmakers and film<br />
historians. Directors, screenwriters, location scouts,<br />
actors, animators, critics, documentary filmmakers,<br />
cinematographers and others make this event an<br />
exceptional educational experience. Six students are<br />
chosen from the workshop to spend the following week<br />
as jury and curators of the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Youth<br />
Reel. Applicati<strong>ons</strong> for this program are available on our<br />
Web site.<br />
CFI EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM<br />
The Bernard Osher Foundation<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
a pLace in the WorLd<br />
This six-film curriculum is a school-year-long study of<br />
youth from youth’s point of view. Teachers enroll groups<br />
of students who commit to viewing and examining the<br />
content of a selection of international films focusing on<br />
defining moments in young people’s lives. The films<br />
explore topics such as school, death, war, sexuality,<br />
religion, racism and family, and they are supplemented<br />
by speakers, study guides and other tools that explain<br />
the films and amplify their themes. Now in its third year,<br />
this program has received rave reviews from teachers<br />
and students alike.<br />
my pLace<br />
Our new My Place program combines hands-on<br />
filmmaking with storytelling skills. Local directors,<br />
location scouts and the Center for Digital Storytelling in<br />
Berkeley help students learn to see where they live<br />
through different eyes—like a director. In our initial<br />
program in April of this year, eight youths from Marin<br />
City and the Canal district of San Rafael each made a<br />
film about their places in their communities. In August<br />
we worked in the Mission and Hunter’s Point in San<br />
Francisco.<br />
Part of My Place’s function is to help deepen alliances<br />
among the various community and social services that<br />
come together to assist us in locating student<br />
participants. The My Place program is generously<br />
funded by the Marin Community Foundation, Miranda<br />
Lux Foundation and the San Francisco Foundation.<br />
teachinG media Literacy in the<br />
cLassroom<br />
Another new project involves teacher workshops on<br />
using film in the classroom, using innovative techniques<br />
to widen the uses teachers can make of the film<br />
medium. We launched the workshops in March and our<br />
first session included 49 English teachers from the<br />
Tamalpais School District.<br />
Other programs underway include media literacy<br />
workshops and screenings and a summer 2008 young<br />
critics program, all directed to students in grades 2–5.<br />
CFI Education serves more than 4,000 students every<br />
year. Join us, and help us grow!<br />
call, email or visit us online:<br />
phone: 415.383.5256 x113<br />
email: jmorrison@cafilm.org<br />
online: cafilm.org<br />
Miranda Lux Foundation<br />
LEF FOuNdATiON<br />
Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston,<br />
The Shenson Foundation
The Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Award<br />
PHOTO: JAkub MOSur<br />
A noncompetitive fe<strong>stival</strong>, the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong><br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s objective has always been to<br />
celebrate and honor great work in film. For its<br />
30th anniversary, the time seemed ripe to<br />
instigate a Fe<strong>stival</strong> award: a work of art that<br />
would embody the intenti<strong>ons</strong> and spirit of the<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> and those whose work it honors. And<br />
in Mill Valley artist and ceramicist Alice<br />
Corning’s work, the Fe<strong>stival</strong> has found the<br />
exemplary piece of art it was looking for, to<br />
represent its highest regard for the art of film.<br />
Corning originally began her creative life as a<br />
poet and writer, but then she discovered clay.<br />
She describes its attracti<strong>ons</strong> as “tactile and<br />
visual . . . I liked the concreteness of it, the<br />
fact that you created something and it was<br />
there to look at and look at again. It had a<br />
connection to the past, to man’s earliest<br />
culture. Clay [made] the first art forms that<br />
human beings achieved.” As she menti<strong>ons</strong> too<br />
its ready availability, the universality of<br />
creativity comes to mind: “[What] I like about<br />
clay is that it’s a very humble material. It’s<br />
really everywhere in the world; it’s nothing<br />
until it’s worked by man.”<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
From her earlier work making bowls, Corning<br />
began incorporating more figurative elements,<br />
inspired by pre-Columbian forms, which she<br />
felt imbued a feeling of ritual and ceremony.<br />
Now that one of her pieces is to become an<br />
award, she says, “The ritual and ceremony of<br />
the tributes . . . I think that’s pretty interesting,<br />
that these things are coming together.”<br />
Corning says she made the transition from<br />
clay to bronze as she became increasingly<br />
aware of the fragility of clay, particularly after<br />
the earthquake of 1989. At the same time,<br />
she realized that she glazed her clay pieces in<br />
very bronze-looking colors, “So it was a short<br />
jump to do some of the pieces in bronze, and<br />
the figures were especially suited to that.”<br />
For the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, the evolution<br />
of Corning’s work has resulted in the beautiful<br />
bronze statue to be given to the recipients of<br />
MVFF’s Tributes and Spotlights. Corning noted<br />
that “each one will be a little different—it’s not<br />
just a mass produced thing,” and says of her<br />
piece, “The purpose is to show the power and<br />
dignity of a human being.” Thus it is with great<br />
work in film.<br />
The MVFF Award will be presented to the recipients of Tributes and Spotlights, our special programs<br />
honoring and celebrating the work of distinguished artists and innovators in the filmmaking community.<br />
Our Tributes recognize a career and legacy of work, while our Spotlights highlight the exceptional<br />
talents of a film artist as exemplified by a current project.<br />
PHOTO: JAkub MOSur<br />
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Tribute to Ang Lee<br />
Lust, Caution<br />
tribute to ang lee<br />
Friday, October 5, 7:00 pm<br />
Christopher b. Smith rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
reception to follow at the Outdoor Art Club<br />
TrIbuTe ANd reCePTION $60 TrIb05P<br />
TrIbuTe ONly $25 TrIb05r<br />
The Tribute program to Ang lee begins<br />
with a selection of film clips, followed by<br />
an <strong>ons</strong>tage interview conducted by Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
programming director Zoë elton, and the<br />
presentation of the MVFF Award.* After<br />
the program, the evening will continue with<br />
a dinner reception in the director’s honor<br />
at the Outdoor Art Club in Mill Valley, with<br />
authentic Italian cuisine from popular Mill<br />
Valley restaurant Piazza d’Angelo, and fine<br />
wines from Sonoma County’s Verité<br />
Winery.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
Christopher b. and<br />
Jeannie Meg smith<br />
*See page 41 for more information about the Mill<br />
Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Award.<br />
Cautionary tales<br />
My 15 Minutes With ang lee<br />
By Zoë Elton<br />
It’s September, four days since Ang lee<br />
won his second Golden lion at the Venice<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>—his first was for the muchawarded<br />
Brokeback Mountain in 2005—<br />
and I have 15 minutes of his time on a day<br />
full of interviews for him. The award for<br />
Lust, Caution (page 98), his erotic thriller<br />
based on eileen Chang’s story set in<br />
World War II Shanghai, comes as a relief.<br />
“It does one good thing,” he says: “I don’t<br />
have to explain to people that this is not a<br />
porno film. It’s a drama!”<br />
I am a little stunned. When I saw the film<br />
several weeks ago, the very explicit sex in<br />
it didn’t make me think it was porn; it made<br />
me curious about what lee was exploring—<br />
eroticism, sex and power, profound<br />
intimacy coming unexpectedly out of a<br />
secret liaison. Over the years of watching<br />
his work, I trust lee implicitly as a director<br />
and filmmaker, and trust his thoughtfulness<br />
and his sense of resp<strong>ons</strong>ibility. lee’s films<br />
generally reveal and explore his characters’<br />
stories and their themes with an incredible<br />
compassion for the universality of the<br />
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human experience. So, not only do I trust<br />
lee, but I feel that I can give myself over to<br />
the experience of his films: I know I am in<br />
good hands, and I know I am in good<br />
company.<br />
The intense sexual content in the film has<br />
generated lots of comment—plus an NC-17<br />
rating in the uS and a half hour excised for<br />
viewing in China. before the award helped<br />
legitimize it, interviewers grilled lee about<br />
his intenti<strong>ons</strong>, and he found himself having<br />
to explain a lot and steer the conversation<br />
toward art. “It takes a lot of effort, so [the<br />
Golden lion Award] shortened a lot of the<br />
conversation in interviews . . . and saved<br />
me a lot of energy!”<br />
Although there is levity in his voice, lee<br />
emphasizes the work it takes to execute, in<br />
an art film, scenes of incredible intimacy.<br />
“To me,” he says, “It’s the ultimate acting<br />
job, the ultimate performance. So to go<br />
through that actual act of filming, and carry<br />
such intense motivation—acting skills and<br />
technical aspect—it’s quite exhausting.” The<br />
preparation for his actors—in this instance,<br />
Tony leung and newcomer Tang Wei—<br />
involved “a long education and research<br />
period. Information, films and then just the<br />
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way [the characters] are: walk, talk, use of<br />
words, nuances. It doesn’t come easy. It<br />
takes a long time.”<br />
There is a scene in which leung drops Tang<br />
off at her house. It is before they become<br />
lovers and the intensity between the two is<br />
palpable, spoken in look and gesture and<br />
double entendre; it’s languid and<br />
provocative, beautifully photographed and<br />
underscored by Alexandre desplat’s<br />
excellent music. I wondered whether this had<br />
been shot early in the process, when the two<br />
actors were still relatively new to working<br />
together. lee said it was the second scene<br />
they shot, both for logistical reas<strong>ons</strong> and for<br />
the dramatic setup of the relati<strong>ons</strong>hip and<br />
chemistry of the two. Also, “It has a very sexy<br />
and adventurous fashion—and also hunter<br />
and prey from both sides.” Indeed, that sense<br />
of hunter and prey creates a gripping<br />
dynamic, a clandestine undertone known to<br />
the audience and only suspected by<br />
characters who are about to surrender all.<br />
Lust, Caution is gorgeous—the color, the<br />
feel, the sound, the use of soundtrack. As an<br />
audience, you intuit a deep sense of the<br />
contrasts between what’s happening<br />
externally and what’s happening internally.<br />
There are, lee notes, two parts to the film.<br />
BrokEBaCk Mountain<br />
The first part is in Hong kong, then a british<br />
colony. “It’s very colorful and also part of the<br />
story is about innocence, youth and naiveté,<br />
so we used a lot of color that represents<br />
[that]. We used that purplish red flower a<br />
lot.” He went for “the natural color of the old<br />
Hong kong, which you don’t see that any<br />
more—I’m happy to retrieve it.” The second<br />
half of the film “is more film noir, [we] used<br />
color [that was] more repressed.” About the<br />
noir influence, lee continues, “you want to<br />
inherit that spirit, but you don’t want to copy<br />
it, because it becomes so overused. So you<br />
find other ways and means to treat shadow<br />
and depth of focus, I think, to give the<br />
mystery of feeling.” but there are, as lee<br />
notes, “lots and lots . . . hundreds of<br />
elements: the lighting, the art department at<br />
work.” It’s lee’s mastery of these myriad<br />
elements that creates such incredible work.<br />
lee’s last two films—Lust, Caution and<br />
Brokeback Mountain—are based not on<br />
novels, but short stories, yet they are very full<br />
stories. As a form, the short story usually has<br />
a succinct focus: an epiphany, a central<br />
revelation, something very specific. About<br />
these two films, lee says, “A couple of<br />
things [are] most important for me. both<br />
short stories are about the same length,”<br />
laughing as he continues, “by very brave<br />
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gusty women writers [eileen Chang and<br />
Annie Proulx]. And they come from a very<br />
taboo angle. Brokeback, for obvious<br />
reas<strong>ons</strong>. They’re both very scary for me.<br />
Portraying an American gay cowboy, that gay<br />
element in the wild, wild west.” He laughs<br />
again. “It takes a woman to put it over. And<br />
the other is women’s sexuality, which I have<br />
never read [about] in Chinese literature.<br />
From that sort of angle . . . to examine<br />
something we all grew up with in Asia, the<br />
patriotism—she put that in the backdrop of<br />
the Sino-Japanese war. . . . It’s a very macho<br />
resistance in the patriarchal society. So that<br />
is very frightening—sex and war against<br />
China. like: How dare you. It’s very<br />
frightening.”<br />
lee then offers an insight into the experience<br />
of directing, and into his personal connection<br />
with the work that has made him one of the<br />
great filmmakers of his time: “I very much<br />
identify with the main character, even though<br />
she’s a girl, but in terms of acting: Through<br />
pretending and playing a different part, you<br />
forget about the c<strong>ons</strong>equence and become<br />
braver . . . somehow [you] touch the true<br />
nature of [the] you that is trying to hide, [that<br />
you’re] not aware of, so that I very much<br />
identify with. I wouldn’t dare to challenge<br />
patriotism, or the macho pure gay nature of
the west. [but to] tell a story . . . gets me<br />
excited; I tend to forget, and I’m empowered.<br />
So I feel very much like the central character.”<br />
lee’s point underscores the reason that<br />
stories are so important, whether they’re in<br />
books or <strong>ons</strong>creen: they can lead us to an<br />
understanding of truth. He emphatically<br />
agrees that this is what motivates his work:<br />
“yes! That’s why I make movies; that’s why<br />
people go to the movie theater in the dark<br />
space, and look into and react to something<br />
on the silver screen. [It may be] an image, a<br />
fantasy that’s totally fake and artificial, but [it]<br />
might be the truth.”<br />
A screenwriter on his earlier projects, lee<br />
now mostly directs. He frequently works with<br />
the same writers—in the case of Lust,<br />
Caution, longtime collaborators Hui-ling<br />
Wang and James Schamus—and he has a lot<br />
of input into the way his projects are<br />
developed, working and creating together<br />
with the screenwriters, and, when it’s in<br />
Chinese, finalizing the script. Occasionally,<br />
he has to write something while the film is in<br />
production. but, he says, “I don’t call myself<br />
writer; I see myself as director.”<br />
lee’s collaboration with James Schamus is<br />
one of those great filmmaking partnerships. It<br />
began with lee’s first feature. “[I] got money<br />
in Taiwan to make Pushing Hands (MVFF<br />
1992), and came back to New york, [as] it<br />
was written to be shot here. So, through<br />
some mutual friends . . . I got to meet Ted<br />
Hope, [Schamus’] partner in Good Machine.<br />
right then, they [worked at] two tables in the<br />
back of another company.<br />
“I pitched them the story in broken english.<br />
They told me they were the kings of nobudget<br />
filmmaking. They [said] listen: no<br />
budget, not low budget. So we hit it off, and<br />
I was just praying the whole time that they<br />
weren’t crooks! I had no idea. . . . Talk about<br />
fate!”<br />
From that fateful moment an incredibly<br />
successful long-term creative partnership<br />
was born. One of the things notable about<br />
lee and Schamus as a duo is the diversity of<br />
the work they’ve produced together. The<br />
choices they make come about in different<br />
ways. lee says, “every project is different—<br />
[James] does development, too, for his<br />
company. The first four movies were just<br />
something I wanted to do. The first three<br />
(Pushing Hands, the Wedding Banquet,<br />
Eat Drink Man Woman), sometimes I<br />
[wrote], sometimes I [developed]. The fourth<br />
movie, sense and sensibility, was pitched to<br />
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me. I didn’t know anyone in england, I was<br />
very afraid, so I dragged him along.” lee<br />
laughs as he remembers their foray to<br />
england together: “He started out being my<br />
entourage then ended up producer of the<br />
movie—[meanwhile] learning how to really<br />
produce.”<br />
by the time they made sense and<br />
sensibility, their work together had<br />
developed c<strong>ons</strong>iderably. “you know, we sort<br />
of grow together, and the ice storm (MVFF<br />
1997) is just something that he introduced<br />
to read, as reading, for pleasure, then I [said]<br />
I want to make this into a movie.” From ice<br />
storm’s look into early ’70s American<br />
suburbia, they hopped to the Civil War:<br />
“ride With the Devil (MVFF 1999) was<br />
something [James] developed, he brought to<br />
my attention as movie.” The next one was<br />
lee’s choice: “Crouching tiger was<br />
something I wanted to do. It goes both ways.<br />
This one is something I wanted to do. And I<br />
always ask his opinion. If he says, ah, that’s<br />
rubbish, then that’s discouraging to me, but<br />
if he says great, that’s a plus to me.<br />
Brokeback . . . it was something he wanted<br />
to produce in the past and couldn’t get it off<br />
the ground. [The script was already] written,<br />
[it was] a set-to-go project, and . . . he green<br />
lit it.”<br />
As our 15 minutes come to an end, I ask lee<br />
about the clip program we will be putting<br />
together for his Tribute at MVFF: does he<br />
have requests, does he want to sign off on<br />
our choices beforehand? He thinks a little,<br />
and says, “No, I trust you.” Ah, that makes<br />
two of us.<br />
Zoë Elton is director of programming for MVFF,<br />
and an artist, writer and theater director.<br />
seleCted FilMography<br />
Lust, Caution (2007)<br />
Brokeback Mountain (2005)<br />
Hulk (2003)<br />
Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)<br />
ride with the Devil (1999)<br />
the ice storm (1997)<br />
sense and sensibility (1995)<br />
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)<br />
the Wedding Banquet (1993)<br />
Pushing Hands (1992)<br />
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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0<br />
Spotlight on Terry George<br />
in the naMe oF JustiCe<br />
By Michael Fox<br />
Irish writer-director Terry George has a<br />
singular gift for weaving moral dilemmas into<br />
intensely emotional sagas. More than most<br />
contemporary screenwriters and directors,<br />
George’s themes are rooted in the real-world<br />
circumstances that defined his childhood.<br />
Growing up in belfast in the ’50s and ’60s,<br />
he learned the importance of personal<br />
resp<strong>ons</strong>ibility as well as the c<strong>ons</strong>equences<br />
of violence. When he began writing<br />
screenplays, it was only natural that his focus<br />
HotEL rWanDa<br />
was “the troubles.” The trio of films he made<br />
with Jim Sheridan, in the name of the Father<br />
(which garnered the co-writers an Academy<br />
Award ® nomination), some Mother’s son<br />
(marking George’s directing debut; MVFF<br />
1996) and the Boxer, rank among the most<br />
memorable movies of the ’90s.<br />
The Irish trilogy established George as a<br />
master of shaping real-life drama to the<br />
contours of a movie screen—or, more<br />
accurately, he pulled and stretched the<br />
screen to accommodate the complicated,<br />
unwieldy nuances of true stories. With the<br />
acutely shattering Hotel rwanda, George<br />
deftly moved beyond the borders of his<br />
native land, earning a second Oscar nod for<br />
his screenplay, which movingly contrasted<br />
one man’s courage with international<br />
indifference. but Hotel rwanda was not as<br />
great a stretch as one might imagine, he told<br />
an interviewer: “I had a particular knowledge<br />
of sectarian division and how that’s<br />
manipulated, the fear that’s injected into<br />
ordinary people from the threat of the ‘other<br />
side.’ It’s a millionfold the story of Northern<br />
Ireland, but the root of it is still the same:<br />
divide and conquer, create a sense of fear<br />
that the other person is going to rob you of<br />
your property and possibly your life.”<br />
The director takes another leap with<br />
reservation road, his first film set in this<br />
country. It is also a departure from his earlier<br />
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work in that it is adapted from a novel, by<br />
John burnham Schwartz. but the film is in<br />
the same vein as George’s previous dramas,<br />
continuing his obsession with individuals<br />
who stubbornly refuse to accept societal,<br />
institutional or governmental injustice. Terry<br />
George’s movies always have a hero, though<br />
he or she is assuredly not a superhero. His<br />
protagonists are simply ordinary people who<br />
are compelled beyond all logic and<br />
reasonableness to do the right thing.<br />
soME MotHEr’s son<br />
George segues from history to fiction with<br />
reservation road, and one expects (and we<br />
hope) he will move between the two in the<br />
future. While the lure of true stories is<br />
irresistible for most filmmakers, George<br />
brings them to the screen with an integrity<br />
and seriousness of purpose that is precious<br />
and rare. It is a resp<strong>ons</strong>ibility that he<br />
embraces wholeheartedly. “It’s like the<br />
distillation of wine into brandy, almost; you<br />
take the facts and you compress them<br />
together to give an emotional experience, a<br />
flavor and a taste of what went on, for an<br />
audience. That, for me, becomes the<br />
challenge. I do feel a big obligation to history<br />
because, for better or worse, feature film has<br />
become the main source of in-depth<br />
information about big events.”<br />
Michael Fox is a critic and journalist, and curator<br />
and host of the Friday night CinemaLit film series<br />
at the Mechanics’ institute in san Francisco.<br />
seleCted FilMography<br />
Writer-director:<br />
reservation road (2007)<br />
Hotel rwanda (2004)<br />
a Bright shining Lie (TV) (1998)<br />
some Mother’s son (1996)<br />
Writer:<br />
Hart’s War (2002)<br />
the Boxer (1997)<br />
in the name of the Father (1993)
EsErVation roaD<br />
spotlight on terry george<br />
Wednesday October 10, 7:00 pm<br />
Christopher b. Smith rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
reception to follow at Frantoio ristorante<br />
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reservation road | uS 2007 102 MINS<br />
Director Terry George Producers Nick Wechsler, A. kitman Ho Screenwriters John burnham Schwartz, Terry<br />
George Cinematographer John lindley Editor Naomi Geraghty Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Mark ruffalo, Jennifer<br />
Connelly, Mira Sorvino, elle Fanning Print Source Focus Features<br />
invited guests: Mark ruffalo, Mira sorvino<br />
A car accident is a tragic occurrence, but an accident nonetheless. A hit-and-run is<br />
another matter entirely: The accident is just the beginning, the ending shaped by a human<br />
resp<strong>ons</strong>e with immeasurable c<strong>ons</strong>equences. In this powerful film version of John burnham<br />
Schwartz’s heartrending novel by director Terry George (Hotel rwanda; some Mother’s<br />
son, MVFF 1996), two fathers end up on their own collision course after a dark night on<br />
a winding Connecticut road. desperately seeking justice and retribution, ethan (Joaquin<br />
Phoenix) becomes obsessed with near-vigilante efforts to solve a case the police can’t,<br />
while divorced dad dwight (Mark ruffalo) struggles to do the right thing and still sustain<br />
a relati<strong>ons</strong>hip with his son. The stellar cast (including Jennifer Connelly as ethan’s wife<br />
and Mira Sorvino as dwight’s ex) delivers phenomenal performances, as grief and rage<br />
clash with guilt and fear, in a dramatic battle of wills and combustible reacti<strong>ons</strong>.<br />
—Joanne Parsont<br />
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The evening’s Spotlight program features an<br />
<strong>ons</strong>tage conversation between Terry George<br />
and Fe<strong>stival</strong> director Mark Fishkin, a<br />
screening of reservation road and the<br />
presentation of the MVFF Award.* Following<br />
the program, we return to one of our favorite<br />
party venues, Frantoio ristorante in Mill<br />
Valley, for a lovely dinner complemented by<br />
wines from silver oak and twomey Cellars.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
*See page 41 for more information about the Mill Valley<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Award.<br />
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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0<br />
Spotlight on Jennifer Jason Leigh<br />
absolute authentiCity<br />
By kristine kolton<br />
Without realizing it, you may be standing next to<br />
Jennifer Jason leigh in line at the coffee shop.<br />
Why would she elude your notice? Her<br />
chameleon-like ability to seamlessly blend into her<br />
surroundings and disappear into a character<br />
makes her, paradoxically, invisible as well as<br />
memorable.<br />
Think about it: Stacy, the wide-eyed teen who<br />
loses her innocence in Fast times at ridgemont<br />
High; Tralala, the tragic prostitute in the harrowing<br />
Last Exit to Brooklyn; Hedy, the psychotic<br />
DoLorEs CLaiBornE<br />
roommate from hell in single White Female; Amy,<br />
the snappy girl Friday whose intelligence crackles<br />
and sparks with a fury in the Hudsucker Proxy;<br />
lois, the phone sex worker who, unbeknownst to<br />
her callers, is changing diapers as she talks dirty<br />
to them in robert Altman’s short Cuts; Sally, the<br />
witty, brilliant actress holding onto the shreds of<br />
youth and fame that define her in the anniversary<br />
Party; and the exhilaratingly acerbic dorothy<br />
Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle—to<br />
name just a few.<br />
From the beginning, leigh has been no stranger to<br />
show business. Her father was actor Vic Morrow<br />
and her mother is actress-screenwriter barbara<br />
Turner, who wrote one of leigh’s most complex<br />
and riveting roles, the painfully and resolutely lost<br />
Sadie in Georgia. leigh thrived in her early artistic<br />
environment, earning her Screen Actors Guild<br />
card as a teenager, in an episode of Baretta. Since<br />
then, her ability to play a great diversity of roles<br />
has made her one of the most mesmerizing actors<br />
of her generation.<br />
Offscreen, leigh has proven herself a successful<br />
filmmaker. In 2001, with friend Alan Cumming, she<br />
co-wrote and co-directed the anniversary Party,<br />
a bristling comedic ensemble that takes a very<br />
honest look at Hollywood. leigh has also<br />
appeared <strong>ons</strong>tage, acting in producti<strong>ons</strong> of the<br />
Glass Menagerie, Proof and Cabaret (as Sally<br />
bowles), among others.<br />
up next, leigh stars opposite Nicole kidman and<br />
Jack black in Margot at the Wedding (written and<br />
directed by her husband, Noah baumbach) and<br />
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reunites <strong>ons</strong>creen with Alec baldwin (her co-star<br />
in the quirky 1990 crime thriller Miami Blues) in<br />
Lymelife.<br />
One factor unites the performances leigh brings<br />
to life. She is a risk taker. She tirelessly researches<br />
each role she takes on, developing an absolutely<br />
authentic voice. Through characters unhampered<br />
by the need to be liked or, ultimately, understood,<br />
leigh challenges us to recognize elements of the<br />
human condition that are at once completely alien<br />
and all too familiar.<br />
Although associated with intense, unconventional<br />
roles, Jennifer Jason leigh is in fact one of us. And<br />
with the compassionate awareness she devotes to<br />
each character she plays, they become one of us<br />
too. Was that her studying you from the table in<br />
the corner? you should be so lucky.<br />
Freelance writer kristine kolton has worked for<br />
various film-related organizati<strong>ons</strong> and is currently<br />
employed at Lucasfilm Ltd.<br />
Fast tiMEs at riDGEMont HiGH<br />
seleCted FilMography<br />
Margot at the Wedding (2007)<br />
Palindromes (2004)<br />
the Machinist (2004)<br />
in the Cut (2003)<br />
road to Perdition (2002)<br />
the anniversary Party (2001)<br />
the king is alive (2000)<br />
Existenz (1999)<br />
a thousand acres (1997)<br />
Washington square (1997)<br />
kansas City (1996)<br />
Georgia (1995)<br />
Dolores Claiborne (1995)<br />
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)<br />
the Hudsucker Proxy (1994)<br />
short Cuts (1993)<br />
single White Female (1992)<br />
Backdraft (1991)<br />
rush (1991)<br />
Miami Blues (1990)<br />
the Big Picture (1989)<br />
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)<br />
Fast times at ridgemont High (1982)
MarGot at tHE WEDDinG<br />
spotlight on JenniFer Jason leigh<br />
Saturday, October 13, 6:30 pm<br />
Christopher b. Smith rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
reception to follow at the Outdoor Art Club<br />
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Margot at the Wedding | uS 2007 93 MINS<br />
Director/Screenwriter Noah baumbach Producer Scott rudin Cinematographer Harris Savides Editor Carol littleton<br />
Cast Nicole kidman, Jennifer Jason leigh, Jack black, John Turturro Print Source Paramount Vantage<br />
In a truly inspired feat of casting, Nicole kidman and Jennifer Jason leigh are estranged<br />
sisters with more in common than they’d care to admit. Simultaneously self-righteous<br />
and self-loathing, Margot (kidman) and Pauline (leigh) bring a wickedly wry humor and a<br />
mass of insecurities to a turbulent relati<strong>ons</strong>hip that turns on a dime. After years apart,<br />
Margot decides to visit Pauline for Pauline’s impending wedding to Malcolm (Jack black, in<br />
fine disheveled form), an unemployed artist and musician of whom Margot clearly<br />
disapproves. As the sisters spar and personal secrets unravel, a storybook wedding<br />
seems an unlikely prospect. It doesn’t help that the nasty next-door neighbors demand<br />
they chop down the old tree under which they plan to marry. As with the squid and the<br />
Whale (MVFF 2005), writer-director Noah baumbach paints an authentic, sardonic<br />
portrait of a family falling apart and fighting to put itself back together again.<br />
—Joanne Parsont<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
The Spotlight program for Jennifer Jason<br />
leigh features an <strong>ons</strong>tage interview<br />
conducted by ben Fong-Torres, followed by a<br />
screening of Margot at the Wedding and the<br />
presentation of the MVFF Award.* Afterward<br />
we move on to the historic Outdoor Art Club,<br />
where Amiee Alan Custom Catering will<br />
provide a stellar meal accompanied by Silver<br />
Oak and Twomey Cellars wines.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
*See page 41 for more information about the Mill Valley<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> Award.<br />
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the MusiC never stopped<br />
Music at the Fe<strong>stival</strong>, then and now<br />
By Joshua Moore<br />
On the eve of the 30 th anniversary of the<br />
Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, co-founder and<br />
executive director Mark Fishkin and cofounder<br />
rita Cahill sat down with longtime<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> collaborators and music producers<br />
Clare Wasserman and Stephanie Clarke,<br />
to reminisce and discuss the highlights of<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> musical events over the years. “So,<br />
a trip down memory lane here,” rita begins,<br />
eliciting gentle laughter as everyone settles in.<br />
“yeah, that’s the problem!” Mark quickly<br />
replies, “I can’t remember what the first<br />
music show we ever did was.” More laughter,<br />
as they put their heads together and agree<br />
that that first event featured the great blues<br />
guitar legend Mike bloomfield, best known<br />
for his guitar work with bob dylan on the<br />
classic album Highway 61 revisited. “yeah,<br />
you know, that was the first event we did<br />
together, rita, the bloomfield event. Oh, I had<br />
forgotten about that!” Clare recalls.<br />
Once upon a time, Mark Fishkin ran the<br />
Saturday Night Movie, a crowd-pleasing<br />
event created to showcase independent and<br />
foreign cinema to audiences in Mill Valley.<br />
From this successful venture he went on<br />
to launch the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>. Mike<br />
bloomfield used to go to the Saturday Night<br />
Movie and perform for everyone, and he<br />
and Mark developed a friendship. When,<br />
a few years later, there was a film about<br />
bloomfield’s life, it was a natural to have<br />
a bloomfield music event at the Mill Valley<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>. “We had a movie that Marty<br />
balin produced about Mike bloomfield,<br />
and we decided to also present live music<br />
that would support the essence of the film,”<br />
Clare describes.<br />
The bloomfield show started an annual<br />
tradition of music at the Fe<strong>stival</strong>, with events<br />
ranging from the cozy club scene to one<br />
of the Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s largest, most memorable<br />
events, in 1984: a tribute to legendary bay<br />
Area music promoter and rock ’n’ roll Hall<br />
of Fame member, bill Graham. Clare recalls<br />
pitching the idea to bill: “We wanted to do<br />
something with him, and bill lived in Mill<br />
Valley, so we went in and had a meeting with<br />
him, and he basically said, ‘you’re crazy, and<br />
no one likes me and why would you want to<br />
do a tribute, they’re all going to throw things,<br />
and I don’t want to do it’; and we talked him<br />
into it basically.”<br />
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It was this can-do attitude that Stephanie<br />
remembers as the essential element in<br />
producing great music events for the<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong>. “We started coming up with all<br />
these crazy but wonderful ideas for shows<br />
that sounded impossible, and I think a lot<br />
of what the Fe<strong>stival</strong> became known for was<br />
achieving the impossible.” The bill Graham<br />
Tribute was held at the Marin Center and<br />
emceed by actors Howard Hesseman and<br />
saturday night Live regular don Novello<br />
(aka Father Guido Sarducci), with support<br />
from robin Williams, and featured live<br />
performances by a who’s who of musicians,<br />
including Graham’s personal favorites Jerry<br />
Garcia, Carlos Santana and Tito Puente.<br />
A video made prior to the event included<br />
Mick Jagger and keith richards, elton John,<br />
eric Clapton and the Grateful dead among<br />
others, all saluting Graham.<br />
In 1986, the Fe<strong>stival</strong> presented another<br />
monumental event: Music in the Movies,<br />
a celebration of music in film, held at the<br />
Warfield Theater in San Francisco and<br />
produced in partnership with bill Graham<br />
Presents and with support from bMI and<br />
ASCAP in los Angeles. The Tribute honored<br />
17 master film composers in attendance,<br />
including Alan and Marilyn bergman (who<br />
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returned for their own MVFF Tribute in 2001,<br />
interviewed <strong>ons</strong>tage by Senator barbara<br />
boxer), elmer bernstein, bill Conte, Thomas<br />
Newman and Jack Nitzsche, and featured<br />
live performances by Tangerine dream, ry<br />
Cooder and the Paris, texas soundtrack band,<br />
Stewart Copeland and Spinal Tap, reunited<br />
specifically for the Tribute. robin Williams<br />
once again added his inimitable flare.<br />
Stephanie describes the event in detail: “We<br />
had film clips and live performances that we<br />
used to illustrate how sound is layered into<br />
film, and dolby came up with this amazing<br />
segment that used the film amadeus, and<br />
they layered all the different types of sound<br />
that go into building a soundtrack, and it<br />
was phenomenal.” Never before had such<br />
an extraordinary lineup of composers and<br />
musicians been assembled in the bay Area<br />
under one roof for an event. The Music in<br />
the Movies Tribute came together thanks<br />
to an unprecedented collaboration with<br />
organizati<strong>ons</strong> like dolby labs, lucasfilm<br />
ltd., bill Graham Presents and esprit—as bill<br />
Graham himself mentioned, it would never<br />
happen anywhere but in the bay Area.<br />
Mark turns to recalling some of the Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s<br />
smaller, yet equally remarkable, music events<br />
held at the Sweetwater Saloon, and calls<br />
programming director Zoë elton into the<br />
conversation. Over the years, the<br />
Sweetwater—a Mill Valley cultural institution<br />
and live music venue for more than 30 years<br />
that, sadly, is set to close this year—has been<br />
PeArl HArbOur<br />
a wonderful and popular Fe<strong>stival</strong> venue for all<br />
musical genres. Zoë recalls performances<br />
with guests like bluesman keb’ Mo’ and the<br />
world-renowned Calypso rose, who both<br />
played after screenings of documentaries<br />
featuring their music.<br />
Mark recollects an unforgettable experience<br />
at the Sweetwater, in 1987: “I remember<br />
Aaron Neville performing at the Sweetwater<br />
and somebody told him my dad’s favorite<br />
song was “Ave Maria,” and there I was, sitting<br />
in the front row, hearing Aaron Neville singing<br />
it.” Also at the Sweetwater that night were<br />
elvis Costello, Grateful dead guitarist bob<br />
Weir, bassist rob Wasserman and the Paris,<br />
texas band with Harry dean Stanton and<br />
david lindley. Clare adds about Stanton that,<br />
“he hadn’t really toured before, and so we<br />
re-formed the Paris, texas band for our show,<br />
and after that Harry dean went out on the<br />
road with that band.”<br />
Along with the Sweetwater, Village Music,<br />
the store owned by John Goddard—whose<br />
tenure began 50 years ago when he worked<br />
there as a teenager—is also set to close<br />
this fall. These great venues truly capture<br />
the spirit and enthusiasm Mill Valley has<br />
for music, and will be greatly missed by all.<br />
More than a decade ago, Zoë invited John<br />
Goddard, who she describes as “a walking,<br />
talking encyclopedia of music and American<br />
pop culture” to host and veejay what has<br />
become a legendary annual Fe<strong>stival</strong> event at<br />
the CinéArts@Sequoia theater, the Hi De Ho<br />
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show. Sharing his comprehensive knowledge<br />
of musical history, each year he presents an<br />
assemblage of rare video footage of music<br />
performances that enthrall audiences, often<br />
into the wee hours of the night. The Hi De<br />
Ho show will be on hiatus this year, but we<br />
expect it to return in future Fe<strong>stival</strong>s.<br />
In 1990, the Fe<strong>stival</strong> paid tribute to esteemed<br />
music producer and longtime saturday night<br />
Live music director Hal Willner. Produced<br />
by Clare and Stephanie, the event, held<br />
at the Marin Theater Company, featured<br />
extensive clip reels and a phenomenal lineup<br />
of performers: Marianne Faithfull, Todd<br />
rundgren, don Was, david Sanborn, bob<br />
Weir, rob Wasserman, Michael McClure,<br />
Charlie Haden and Michelle Shocked. The<br />
house band c<strong>ons</strong>isted of Garth Hudson,<br />
Prairie Prince and other luminaries.<br />
A particularly notable show at the Sweetwater<br />
in 1991 followed the robert Mugge film<br />
Deep Blues, when musician lonnie Pitchford<br />
wowed the audience by building a diddleybow—a<br />
one-string guitar—by hand on stage<br />
and then performing with it. Pitchford’s<br />
diddley-bow still hangs on the wall of the<br />
Sweetwater.<br />
In another Wasserman and Clarke–produced<br />
Tribute, to singer-songwriter rickie lee Jones,<br />
in 1996, Jones performed at the larkspur<br />
Cafe Theatre, which held only 100 seats,<br />
following a screening of the documentary<br />
about her life, naked songs. Mark remembers
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the performer’s stage fright that evening. “She<br />
wasn’t going to go on stage, so I gave her my<br />
arm and said, ‘Madame, can I accompany you<br />
to the stage,’ and I escorted her to the stage,<br />
where she played a terrific set.” The Tribute to<br />
rickie lee was hosted by Peter Coyote and<br />
featured the late legendary jazz saxophonist<br />
Joe Henderson.<br />
Following the screening of Zakir and His<br />
Friends in 1998, Alexander’s rugs in Mill<br />
Valley was the setting for a performance<br />
by Zakir Hussain, the world-renowned<br />
percussionist who played tabla on the<br />
soundtrack to apocalypse now, and bassist<br />
rob Wasserman. The following year,<br />
Alexander’s hosted another great Indian<br />
musician, sarangi master ustad Sultan khan,<br />
following the screening of Jinnah. More<br />
greats of world music were featured at 142<br />
Throckmorton Theatre in 2005, when khalil<br />
ragheb, ustad Aziz Herawi and ehsan<br />
Ahmad performed in celebration of Stephen<br />
Olsson’s sound of the soul.<br />
One of the first music events held at the<br />
Smith rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center was the set<br />
Grateful dead member david Grisman played<br />
in 2000, after the world premiere of Grateful<br />
Dawg, the documentary by his daughter,<br />
Gillian Grisman, about his musical friendship<br />
with Jerry Garcia. bonnie raitt, a longtime<br />
supporter of the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>,<br />
came to the rafael in 2002 to introduce<br />
one of her all-time favorites, musician Oliver<br />
Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe’s best-selling pop artist.<br />
Thirty years later, the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
music events continue to work their magic.<br />
last year’s doors film and music event<br />
featured founding member ray Manzarek<br />
and an evening with G.e. Smith, original and<br />
longtime band leader for saturday night<br />
Live. Other performers that night included<br />
bob Weir and rob Wasserman, dan Hicks<br />
& the lickettes, and a guest appearance by<br />
saturday night Live alum dana Carvey, on<br />
the drums. And in 2005, Fe<strong>stival</strong> Tributee<br />
Jeff daniels and Talking Heads guitarist<br />
Jerry Harrison were seen rocking out at the<br />
Sweetwater, to robert randolph and the<br />
Family band.<br />
This year will prove no different. Following<br />
the screening of director Todd Haynes’ new<br />
bob dylan–inspired film, i’m not there (page<br />
94), Clare Wasserman and Stephanie Clarke<br />
will present the live music event “dylan<br />
(Interpreted)”, featuring surprise special<br />
guests from the film’s highly anticipated<br />
soundtrack, including ramblin’ Jack elliott<br />
and John doe, as well as a number of<br />
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performers who have supported the Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
over the years. Another event will feature<br />
new-wave pioneer Pearl Harbour, of Pearl<br />
Harbour and the explosi<strong>ons</strong>, and ex-wife of<br />
Clash bassist Paul Simonon, following the<br />
screening of famed music-video director<br />
Julian Temple’s documentary Joe strummer:<br />
the Future is unwritten (page 95). See page<br />
25 for more information on both of these live<br />
shows.<br />
before the conversation ends and everyone<br />
heads back to work, Stephanie says, “Some<br />
of my closest friends are people I met through<br />
the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>.” rita agrees, “The<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> has always been like a family of friends<br />
that opens its doors to the community and<br />
invites everyone to come along and enjoy the<br />
process, as well as to delight in the end result.”<br />
Clare adds, “As bill Graham said so many<br />
times, ‘It could only happen here’—we are so<br />
blessed to be able to work in this remarkable<br />
community.” At this 30th anniversary mark,<br />
with the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> about to begin,<br />
Mark admits, “30 is young,” and there’s more<br />
film and music yet to come.<br />
Joshua Moore is the assistant programmer for the<br />
Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and an alumnus of san<br />
Francisco state university.<br />
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the CaMera and the spoon<br />
intersecti<strong>ons</strong> of Food and <strong>Film</strong><br />
By Carrie Laing Pickett<br />
As a nation, we are in the middle of a<br />
vigorous debate about food. Our current<br />
culinary craze has introduced Americans at<br />
large to the parlance and activities of the<br />
food world. From ratatouille (2007) we<br />
learn the stati<strong>ons</strong> of a traditionally run<br />
upscale restaurant kitchen, while social<br />
critiques like super size Me (2004) and<br />
Fast Food nation (2006) inform us of the<br />
nutritional and environmental hazards and<br />
fat profits of the fast-food industry.<br />
Often in this debate the deeply pleasurable<br />
experience of cooking and dining is pitted<br />
against the need for convenience and<br />
inexpensiveness, and more in-depth<br />
discussion about health, economics and<br />
well-being becomes a casualty in the fray.<br />
Meanwhile, we all struggle on, working out<br />
how to get something to eat between the<br />
other activities of our lives, and how to care<br />
for and enjoy ourselves as best we can.<br />
For those of us passionate about food, any<br />
film that reveals an authentic connection<br />
with it is rich with meaning. One such<br />
cinematic benchmark is Babette’s Feast<br />
(1987). At the heart of this sincere and<br />
elegant film about the meeting of high<br />
european culture and plain-living<br />
Protestantism is an exquisite homage to the<br />
intersecton of art and spirituality that is<br />
illustrated by an age-old and basic activity:<br />
a cook’s desire to express herself through<br />
her work, and the absolute, wholesome<br />
effect of her efforts.<br />
The lengthy feast scene in the film gives<br />
viewers such fine detail that we<br />
subc<strong>ons</strong>ciously yearn for a sip of the Clos<br />
de Vougeot or a taste of the turtle soup, to<br />
find out for ourselves just how good they<br />
are. We become part of the legendary<br />
French dining experience: hours long, with<br />
myriad courses carefully designed down to<br />
the smallest nuance of a single ingredient,<br />
color or preparation, to give the diner a<br />
succession of sensory experiences that<br />
together create an extraordinary sense of<br />
well-being and fellow feeling.<br />
Following along so closely, by the end of the<br />
film we look around for a little something to<br />
complete the experience, or wish we could<br />
head out right then for a truly well-made<br />
repast.<br />
BaBEttE’s FEast<br />
When the camera focuses so clearly on food,<br />
or on its preparation or on the experience of<br />
eating, one immediately senses something<br />
important is being said. Small movements,<br />
such as the licking of a fingertip after<br />
touching the icing of a cake, or pausing to<br />
smell and look at a piece of fruit before<br />
taking a bite—movements that show real<br />
appreciation or c<strong>ons</strong>ideration of food—<br />
suddenly give that moment a real-time,<br />
depth: a moment of a person’s lived<br />
experience.<br />
German director doris dörrie’s How to<br />
Cook Your Life (page 93) focuses expressly<br />
on this rich, lived experience. Through the<br />
medium of cooking, the film’s subject,<br />
edward espe brown, renowned Zen priest,<br />
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cook and food author, connects the many<br />
facets of being human. Contrasting massproduced<br />
food with the choosing and<br />
handling of ingredients ourselves, he<br />
draws out the hazards, satisfaction and<br />
importance of preparing food under the<br />
influence of life. For brown, nourishment<br />
doesn’t “come out of a package, it comes<br />
from your heart.”<br />
Attentive food films like How to Cook Your<br />
Life and Babette’s Feast aside, there are<br />
other equally vital ways that food appears in<br />
film. like clothes, living spaces and modes<br />
of transportation, food is often used on<br />
screen to set a location or scene, or to<br />
establish characters’ personalities and their<br />
cultural, class and social background. In<br />
august Evening (page 84), for example, a<br />
point is made about a character’s eating with<br />
his hands. In Blame it on Fidel (page 86),<br />
the protagonist’s parents alter the family fare<br />
from fine bourgeois cuisine to beans and<br />
rice, indicating a significant lifestyle shift.<br />
Within a film narrative, the sharing of a<br />
meal is frequently used as a time in which<br />
characters interact with one another, working<br />
out problems, making plans, revealing<br />
themselves. In the Darjeeling Limited (page<br />
89), a family dynamic is revealed in the<br />
ordering of food, and stages (page 105)<br />
plays out an estranged couple’s relati<strong>ons</strong>hip<br />
over meals.<br />
Meals are often times of reckoning, too,<br />
when moments of meaning spring up amid<br />
the act of communal dining. A boy’s
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blessing of a meal in rails & ties (page<br />
103) quickly alters the tone and relational<br />
dynamics at the dinner table, while in<br />
Clouds over Conakry (page 87), mealtime<br />
serves to produce insightful conversation.<br />
Sometimes a film attracts and enlightens<br />
us with a food-related detail we have not<br />
experienced before, as with the harsh<br />
realities of the mass production of sugar in<br />
the dominican republic documented in<br />
the Price of sugar (page 102). For most<br />
Americans, simply seeing someone eating<br />
raw cane, as the malnourished workers do in<br />
this film, is a revelation.<br />
Is food art, or fuel? Sometimes one,<br />
sometimes the other, most often both and<br />
something more. In spite of simply needing<br />
to eat to live, we exalt in our food when it<br />
looks, smells and tastes good, and we love<br />
variety as well as comfort. In a world of<br />
many cultures there are myriad ways of<br />
cooking and eating, and one of the great<br />
things about movies is the opportunity to<br />
see into other people’s lives, finding out<br />
how they live, what they’re like, the choices<br />
they make—and what and how they eat.<br />
While stories often move us by revealing<br />
the commonalities of human life, it’s the<br />
unique details of difference that draw us<br />
into new ways of thinking about ourselves<br />
and about others.<br />
riding solo to the top of the World (page<br />
104) is an eloquent example of this idea. It<br />
combines the dreamy universal theme of the<br />
pursuit of parts unknown with the specifics<br />
of actual endeavor to create a startlingly<br />
beautifully shot work of art. A one-man<br />
operation, filmmaker and long-distance<br />
motorcyclist Guarav Jani travels via bike<br />
and camera from Mumbai, India, up to the<br />
highest habitable place in the world, the<br />
Changthang Plateau, between the<br />
Himalayas and the karakoram range,<br />
bordering China. Time after time the<br />
mountain people he meets and visits with<br />
invite him to share their food (even when, in<br />
one case, he’s distinctly turned off by a<br />
dish). On a couple of occasi<strong>ons</strong>, seasoned<br />
old-timers insist he eat huge platefuls, or<br />
they add meat to their usually vegetarian<br />
dishes, in order to sustain Jani on his<br />
journey. Poor in terms of money, they share<br />
their lives with a sympathetic sojourner.<br />
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It takes an entire local community to come<br />
together to create a film fe<strong>stival</strong>, a celebration<br />
of rich artistic expression within the larger<br />
culture. All sorts of people, businesses and<br />
organizati<strong>ons</strong> work together to fashion a<br />
network of aesthetic experiences and<br />
practical resources that will entertain and<br />
also take care of Fe<strong>stival</strong> goers. If you<br />
haven’t yet discovered these resources at<br />
the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, your first stop<br />
should be the lovely Outdoor Art Club<br />
(OAC), a century-old retreat just across the<br />
street from the CinéArts@Sequoia theater<br />
in Mill Valley. There’s a pleasant tree-shaded<br />
patio garden and Fe<strong>stival</strong> café, where folks<br />
can hang out, eat, drink and rest between<br />
films. Many of the Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s recepti<strong>ons</strong>,<br />
dinners and parties also take place there,<br />
with food from local restaurants, caterers<br />
and other food purveyors. (see page 24<br />
for more about oaC offerings during the<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong>.)<br />
All this is done to allow us to immerse<br />
ourselves in an art form that takes time to<br />
experience, while enabling us to take care of<br />
ourselves. Which brings us to what you’re<br />
going to do about food before or after your<br />
next film. If you haven’t already done<br />
reconnaissance, Mill Valley and San rafael<br />
are both full of an easy variety of cafés and<br />
restaurants. So come a little early or wander<br />
out after the show, and find a spot to let your<br />
hair down or to discuss a film. dinner and a<br />
movie: a time-honored combination.<br />
Carrie Laing Pickett is a Bay area writer,<br />
editor and longtime cook and is the MVFF<br />
copy editor.<br />
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<strong>Film</strong> Categories<br />
WorLd cinema<br />
Whether they aim to move, provoke, entertain,<br />
amuse or thrill, the films in the World Cinema<br />
section tell stories that reveal elements of the<br />
universal, while changing our ways of seeing and<br />
understanding our global neighbors.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
vaLLey of the docs<br />
Reality spins some of the most fascinating yarns<br />
of all. The Valley of the Docs presents the latest<br />
in documentary filmmaking, in which filmmakers<br />
from around the world explore the c<strong>ons</strong>equences<br />
of truth.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
7 islands and a Metro<br />
14 Women<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus)<br />
Body & Soul: diana & Kathy<br />
Butterfly<br />
<strong>California</strong> dreamin’ (Endless)<br />
Caramel<br />
Cassandra’s dream<br />
The Colors of Memory<br />
Compound Eye<br />
Crossing the dust<br />
djanta<br />
The End of the Neubacher Project<br />
Go Together<br />
focus: romania<br />
Romania is poised to become the national<br />
cinema of choice among film aficionados. Three<br />
new award-winning films give a snapshot of life<br />
before, during and after the1989 revolution: The<br />
Way I Spent the End of the World, The Paper<br />
Will Be Blue and <strong>California</strong> Dreamin’ (Endless).<br />
us cinema<br />
A showcase for new American films, US Cinema<br />
celebrates the work of well-known masters and<br />
emerging filmmakers who share a talent for<br />
independent, insightful storytelling.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
chiLdren’s fiLmfest<br />
A cinematic globetrot for kids of all ages, the<br />
Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest gives young people a taste of<br />
cultures and adventures they won’t get anywhere<br />
else, including hands-on filmmaking workshops.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
MVFF Premieres<br />
2007 Focus<br />
Heartbreak Hotel<br />
ice Bar<br />
irina Palm<br />
iron Ladies of Liberia<br />
Juncture<br />
Kiviuq<br />
Laviva<br />
Luna: Spirit of the Whale<br />
Mind the Gap<br />
My Brother is an Only Child<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy<br />
The People’s Advocate: The Life &<br />
Times of Charles R. Garry<br />
focus: Germany<br />
New German cinema includes some of the world’s<br />
most talented directors including Doris Dörrie<br />
(How to Cook Your Life); Christian Wagner<br />
(Warchild) and Christian Petzold (Yella).<br />
Other countries and regi<strong>ons</strong> strongly represented<br />
this year include Africa, India, Iran, Israel and<br />
Sweden.<br />
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v(ision) fest<br />
Tomorrow’s technology is today’s medium for the<br />
imagination. V(ision)Fest mediamakers come<br />
from the school of all possibilities. They are the<br />
innovators and experimenters who are ready to<br />
shake, rattle and reboot the state of cinema.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
5@5 & mvff shorts<br />
Eclectic in content and style, our shorts programs<br />
are an assortment of filmic gems by emerging<br />
artists and established masters. Our 5@5 matinee<br />
series takes its program titles from the songs of a<br />
musical performer; this year’s selected artist is<br />
beloved singer-songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen.<br />
sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by<br />
Possession<br />
Presque isle<br />
Que Viva la Lucha (Wrestling in Tijuana)<br />
Red Robin<br />
The Secrets<br />
Stages<br />
Strong Love<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
uranya<br />
used<br />
When darkness Falls<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution<br />
active cinema movement<br />
This category offers a selection of films by<br />
filmmakers whose work is committed to the<br />
causes their stories portray, even beyond the<br />
screen. These films have the potential to inspire<br />
audiences to connect and get involved. This year’s<br />
selection: Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy; Djanta;<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience; Strong Love; Women of<br />
Tibet: A Quiet Revolution and the documentary<br />
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5@5: Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye TOTAL PROGRAM 79 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 5:00 pm 5AT509S Sequoia<br />
Thursday, October 11 5:00 pm 5AT511R Rafael<br />
Partings are often loaded times of in-betweenness. Mark Andrews’ Violet (US 21 mins) looks at what happens<br />
when someone never quite learns to let go. An imaginary ball is the connection at the heart of Ruben Grijalva’s<br />
lyrical Shadow Ball (US 12 mins). In Dead Letters (New Zealand 14 mins) Paolo Rotondo takes on war, loss and<br />
the power of communication. Keith Bogart’s sparse The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed into Heaven (US 5 mins),<br />
written by Don DeLillo, explores the inner mind of the athlete at a point of departure. In Karen Dee Carpenter’s Sarah<br />
& Dee (US 20 mins), two young women try to break free from the restricti<strong>ons</strong> of their lives. Ramon Alos’ Before<br />
and After Kissing Maria (Spain 7 mins) follows the yearnings of a young boy, and the nature of goodbye. —Osnat<br />
Shurer<br />
5@5: I’m Your Man TOTAL PROGRAM 82 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 5:00 pm 5AT508S Sequoia<br />
Wednesday, October 10 5:00 pm 5AT510R Rafael<br />
We all want to be cherished by someone, to be truly loved. And yet when love comes, are we able to receive it? In<br />
Kurt Kuenne’s quirky Validation (US 17 mins), a young man uses kind words to make everyone feel validated, worthy.<br />
But can he make the girl smile? Moon Molson’s Pop Foul (US 20 mins) takes a painful look at what happens when a<br />
boy loses respect for his father. Mike Jonathan’s Hawaikii (New Zealand 15 mins) plays out in a very different family<br />
dynamic, but the question remains the same: Will a father be able to come through for his child? In Thouly Dosios’<br />
House of the Olive Trees (Greece 30 mins), set in the beautiful Greek Islands, a young woman yearns for love. But<br />
can she bring herself to accept it when it comes? —Osnat Shurer<br />
5@5: Take This Longing TOTAL PROGRAM 84 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 5:00 pm 5AT505R Rafael<br />
Thursday, October 11 5:00 pm 5AT511S Sequoia<br />
At the heart of these short films lies a longing for something more. Sometimes it’s a longing for like-minded friends,<br />
as in Suzi Yoonessi’s delightful Dear Lemon Lima, (US 11 mins). Sometimes it’s a geeky boy who returns from<br />
the jellyfish display with his dreams completely transformed, as in Rob Meyer’s Aquarium (US 17 mins). Michael<br />
Karbeinikoff’s Balloon Animals (US 18 mins) explores the universal longing to connect, through an unlikely friendship<br />
between an aging clown and a young prostitute. Atsushi Ogata’s wonderful Eternally Yours (Japan 15 mins) turns<br />
expectation on its head, while Michelle Hung’s Chinese Dumplings (US 8 mins) looks at the bonds of sisterhood.<br />
Per Hanefjord’s Fore Checking Grandpa (Sweden 14 mins) beautifully explores how we project our yearnings onto<br />
others and how hard it is for us to just let each other be ourselves. —Osnat Shurer<br />
5@5: The Future TOTAL PROGRAM 88 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 5:00 pm 5AT505S Sequoia<br />
Monday, October 8 5:00 pm 5AT508R Rafael<br />
Some say the only time we truly have is the present moment, that the past and future are but a figment of our<br />
imagination. But we humans have always been fascinated by our past, and how it creates our future. Jonathan<br />
Browning’s pithy The Job (US 3 mins) imagines a moment in which roles are reversed. The theme continues in Marty<br />
Shea’s quirky The Planning Lady (US 9 mins), which looks at our culture’s obsession with planning our children’s<br />
futures. Oskar Thor Axelsson’s Misty Mountain (Iceland 30 mins) is an elegant meditation on time and the power<br />
of love. Christopher Clark’s The King Boys (New Zealand 15 mins) explores darker family connecti<strong>ons</strong>. Andreas<br />
Tibblin’s When Elvis Came to Visit (Sweden 11 mins) is an astute observation of what happens to prejudice when<br />
it’s faced with the simplicity of a child, while Ciro Altabas’ DVD (Spain 18 mins) is a delightful romp about geeks<br />
and freaks and the interactivity of our times. —Osnat Shurer<br />
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5@5: There Is a War TOTAL PROGRAM 84 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 5:00 pm 5AT510S Sequoia<br />
Friday, October 12 5:00 pm 5AT512R Rafael<br />
In times of war, everything seems heightened. These courageous short films encourage us to look at it all—the<br />
tragedy, the betrayals and the moments of great love. In Michaela Danby’s poignant Tatterson (Australia 5 mins) an<br />
uncle describes the jungle in the form of a children’s story in a letter to his young niece and nephews back home.<br />
Set in Korea, John Arlotto’s powerful Deface (US 20 mins) explores what happens to a man when everything is<br />
taken away. Nicole Haeusser’s The Death Strip (US 30 mins) looks at war and betrayal through a mother’s eyes. A<br />
different, but no less brutal war is fought in Jenifer Malmqvist’s Peace Talk (Sweden 15 mins). In Fredrik Emilson’s<br />
delightful Love and War (Sweden 14 mins) puppets act out a classic wartime love story accompanied by a lovely<br />
romantic libretto. —Osnat Shurer<br />
5@5: Waiting for the Miracle TOTAL PROGRAM 88 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 5:00 pm 5AT509R Rafael<br />
Friday, October 12 5:00 pm 5AT512S Sequoia<br />
Someone once defined a coincidence as a miracle for which God chooses not to take any credit. The only difference<br />
between the two, it seems, is in perception itself. In Shyam Balsé’s lovely M<strong>ons</strong>oon (US 22 mins), the coming of<br />
the rain is a cosmic sign of a father’s death. Or is it all just the rantings of an old man? Will there be time to forgive?<br />
Forgiveness, a miracle in its own right, seems even more distant on the battlefield, when two enemy soldiers meet<br />
alone face to face in Jason Eli Lewis’ Stars (US 14 mins). In Guido Thys’ Tanghi Argentini (Belgium 14 mins) office<br />
Christmas presents take on new meaning. Two people born on the same day in the same hospital meet again as<br />
adults in Rob Sorrenti’s Wednesday (UK 24 mins). A young boy watches as art, nature and great patience take flight<br />
in Seamus McNally’s gentle To Paint the Portrait of a Bird (US 15 mins), based on the poem by Jacques Prévert. A<br />
miracle? Perhaps. —Osnat Shurer<br />
7 Islands and a Metro INdIA 2006 100 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 1:30 pm 7ISL06R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 4:30 pm 7ISL13T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Director Madhusree Dutta Producer Flavia Agnes Cinematographer Avijit Mukul Kishore Editors Reena Mohan, Shyamal<br />
Karmakar Cast Harish Khanna, Vibha Chibbar Print Source Majlis<br />
In English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Bombaiya with English subtitles • Madhusree Dutta’s 7 Islands and a Metro<br />
is a meditation on the magnificent, misery-saturated city known variously as Bom Bahia, Bombay, Mumbai. Its many<br />
names reflect a turbulent history dating back to 1534, when the Portuguese colonized one of the seven islands<br />
that make up the sprawling metropolis. Through remarkably poetically charged imagery and music, Dutta depicts<br />
everyday scenes, introducing us to the city’s workers who labor in professi<strong>ons</strong> such as window washing, moviestunt<br />
horseback riding, and beer-bar dancing. Threaded through their testimonies wind the words of two legendary<br />
writers, questioning how the city’s story can be told when the ground beneath is “as restless as mercury.” The story<br />
itself, meanwhile, continues on its own: Squatters find housing in ancient graveyards; high-rise owners push to close<br />
centuries-old open-air markets. This eloquent film reveals a complex city “hung in pieces and parts” and rife with the<br />
tragedies and triumphs of survival. North American Premiere —Frako Loden<br />
14 Women US 2007 79 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 14 12:00 pm 14WO14R Rafael<br />
Director Mary Lambert Producers Sharon Oreck, Nicole Boxer, Mary Lambert Cinematographers Mary Lambert, Bill Pope<br />
Editors Michelle Harrison, Stephen Kanter Print Source Vertical <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
What does it take to be one of the 14 female senators of the 109th senate? Four-term senator Barbara Mikulski,<br />
D-Md., observes, “Just because you get tackled, doesn’t mean you get out of the game—you brush yourself off, put<br />
that lipstick on.” With an explicitly bipartisan stance, director Mary Lambert attends to these 14 senators through<br />
interviews, days-in-the-life and home visits. Lambert, the sister of Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and producer Nicole<br />
Boxer, the daughter of Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., allow us an intimate view of the senators at work in committee,<br />
at conventi<strong>ons</strong> and fund raising, and at dinner with their families. Civics primer as well as portraiture, 14 Women<br />
includes a conversation with Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., about the Moscone-Milk assassinati<strong>ons</strong> and the launching<br />
of her political career, and it reminds us that healthcare, education, employment and the environment are no longer<br />
so-called women’s issues but human issues. World Premiere —Lisa Katovich<br />
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365 (nascor nasci natus): Parts 1 and 2 US 2007 140 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 6:00 pm NAS107R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Editor John Sanborn Print Source John Sanborn<br />
John Sanborn (MM1, MVFF 2002; Psychic Detective, MVFF 1995) is at it again. Experimental filmmaker, humorist<br />
and master media magician, with 365 Sanborn has composed a four-part “docu-montage” opus to . . . daily life.<br />
Whether looking out of his window in Berkeley or fixing our gaze on the vacant chair in an L.A. recording studio<br />
where a no-show Shaquille O’Neal is being paid to (not) sit, Sanborn is a brilliant and acerbic archivist of our most<br />
mundane and profound thoughts, a master weaver of the textures of daily life. In Parts 1 and 2, he worries about<br />
his ability to be a good dad to Miranda, his wild-haired, free-spirited daughter. He starts a new media company and<br />
makes deals with Shaq and Alanis Morissette. For Parts 3 and 4, stay tuned! World Premiere —Karen Davis<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus): Parts 3 and 4 US 2007 140 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 14 4:00 pm NAS214R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Editor John Sanborn Print Source John Sanborn<br />
Director John Sanborn continues his four-part “docu-montage” opus to daily life with a trip to the Tribeca <strong>Film</strong><br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong>, where MM1 is showing. Feeling honored but anonymous among lower Manhattan’s red-carpet royalty,<br />
Sanborn is overjoyed to discover he is taller than Robert De Niro. With his rock ’n’ roll cooking show sputtering out<br />
on the back burner, he feels his professional life may be at a standstill, but maybe he doesn’t care? Back at home in<br />
Berkeley, daughter Miranda joins an all-male t-ball team, and the family goes on an annual seaside retreat. Miranda<br />
starts school; John accepts a job at eBay, and life goes on, whirling with color and sound, like a little girl after her<br />
birthday party: giddy, silly, slightly sick to her stomach from too much cake—and too excited to go to sleep. World<br />
Premiere —Karen Davis<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer US 2007 90 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 8:00 pm ANIT06R Rafael<br />
Monday, October 8 9:45 pm ANIT08R Rafael<br />
Directors/Editors Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden Producer Mellisa Davis Cinematographer Ian McCrudden Print Source<br />
Elan Entertainment<br />
“All you can do in this world is learn to be a good loser,” jazz singer Anita O’Day once said, “and come out smiling.”<br />
Before her death last Thanksgiving at age 86, O’Day, one of jazz’s most complex and rhythmic vocalists, smiled on<br />
the music world for six decades. This captivating film portrait captures all the magic that took this sly Chicago native,<br />
a white girl who could hold her own against Billie and Ella, from Gene Krupa’s bandstand to solo stardom. The film<br />
is packed with great film footage: O’Day’s appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Fe<strong>stival</strong>, immortalized in the 1960<br />
documentary Jazz on a Summer’s Day and excerpted here, may be the defining moment of the post-bebop era.<br />
Like the woman herself, Anita O’Day hits all the right notes and, despite all the pain and struggle, ends with a smile.<br />
—Greg Cahill<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Doc <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> of San Francisco State University<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by KDFC<br />
August Evening US 2007 129 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 3:30 pm AUGU07R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter/Editor Chris Eska Producers Jason Wehling, Connie Hill Cinematographer Yasu Tanida Cast Pedro<br />
Castaneda, Veronica Loren, Abel Becerra, Walter Perez Print Source Doki-Doki Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
In Spanish with English subtitles • Writer-director Chris Eska’s sensitive, understated debut is deliberately layered<br />
to expose the frailty and strength of the human connection. From the opening shots of a man laboring on a chicken<br />
farm and a young woman nervously washing dishes in a kitchen restaurant and then patiently teaching guitar to a<br />
group of children, this careful visual storytelling slowly reveals the fragile lives of an older, undocumented Mexican<br />
farm worker, Jaime (Pedro Castaneda), and his widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe (Veronica Loren). Rooted in family<br />
traditi<strong>ons</strong>, their way of life places them at odds with a new generation awkwardly struggling with the realities of the<br />
American Dream. Castaneda and Loren give standout performances as the leads of an award-winning ensemble<br />
cast. Arresting cinematography by Yasu Tanida reveals a sometimes ominously beautiful Texas landscape, as well<br />
as the slow stillness of the characters, whose silences often betray more eloquence than their words. —Margaret<br />
Daniel<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Canal Alliance<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Peet’s Coffee & Tea<br />
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Autism: The Musical US 2007 94 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 4:30 pm AUT13R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 2:30 pm AUT14S Sequoia<br />
Director/Cinematographer Tricia Regan Producers Tricia Regan, Sasha Alpert, Perrin Chiles Editors Kim Roberts, Jeffrey<br />
McMahon, Carla Garcia Print Source Bunim/Murray Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Single mother of an autistic boy and tireless founder-director of the Miracle Project, a Southern <strong>California</strong> program<br />
for autistic children, Elaine Hall proposes that the kids create and perform a show, in keeping with the project’s<br />
aim of developing social skills and self-confidence. The months leading up to the performance provide an ideal<br />
framework for director Tricia Regan to involve us with these incredible kids. Henry, for example, is an expert on<br />
dinosaurs and reptiles, while Lexi is a gifted singer. But for every breakthrough there’s a setback, often just moments<br />
later. Filled with extraordinary people, in particular the kids’ remarkable parents, and unflinching in the face of hard<br />
realities, Autism: The Musical accomplishes the rare feat of being at once heartwarming and heart-wrenching. This<br />
is one of the richest documentaries of the year—even before the kids take the stage and steal the show (yet again).<br />
—Michael Fox<br />
• • • Presented in association with Autism Speaks/Cure Autism Now<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by CBS 5 TV<br />
Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) USSR 1925 66 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 7:30 pm Marin Civic Center<br />
Tuesday, October 9 7:30 pm Marin Civic Center<br />
Director/Editor Sergei M. Eisenstein Producer Jacob Bliokh Screenwriters Nina Agadzhanova, Sergei M. Eisenstein<br />
Cinematographer Edward Tisse Cast Aleksander Antonov, Vladiir Barsky, Grigori Alekandrov, Mikhail Gomorov, A. Levshin Print<br />
Source Sheldon M. Rich & Associates Inc.<br />
With English intertitles • All the power and glory of this 1925 silent film classic comes alive accompanied by the<br />
Marin Symphony in live performance of legendary composer Dimitri Shostakovich’s triumphant, alternative musical<br />
score. It’s 1905, and the sailors aboard the battleship Potemkin are in the midst of a fiery uprising against their<br />
senior officers in a collective, courageous act of resistance to inhumane conditi<strong>ons</strong> aboard ship. Tragedy strikes<br />
one of the sailors, and, as the ship docks in the Odessa harbor, a revolution soon spreads among the passionate<br />
citizenry, sparking a bloody confrontation (the inimitable Odessa Steps sequence) that results in triumph over social<br />
injustice. Long hailed by critics and cinemagoers as one of the most innovative, landmark films of all time (even<br />
Charlie Chaplin admitted it was his favorite), director Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin remains a testament<br />
to the mightiness of the moving image. —Josh Moore<br />
• • •See page 24 for more information on this special live music event.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by the Marin Symphony<br />
Beaufort ISRAeL 2007 120 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 9:00 pm BEAU07S Sequoia<br />
Tuesday, October 9 8:15 pm BEAU09R Rafael<br />
Director Joseph Cedar Producers David Silber, David Mandil Screenwriters Ron Leshem, Joseph Cedar Cinematographer<br />
Ofer Inov Editor Zohar M. Sela Cast Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Itay Turgeman, Ohad Knoller, Arthur Faradjev Print Source<br />
Kino International<br />
In Hebrew with English subtitles • Winner of the Silver Bear for best director at the 2007 Berlin <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>,<br />
director Joseph Cedar employs an effective minimalist style in this intense, subtle study of war. Southern Lebanon,<br />
2000: Israeli troops have held the strategic Beaufort Castle for 18 years, but international concerns about the<br />
occupation leads to their covert withdrawal. A small cohort of soldiers still occupies the fort, led by the tough,<br />
taciturn Liraz (Oshri Cohen). As the soldiers wait, unclear whether their mission serves a justified purpose, long days<br />
in the remote, picturesque locale unfold slowly and skillfully, moments of bravery and cowardice alongside simpler<br />
scenes of mealtime chats and bedtime music. Tension builds as Hezbollah mounts an offensive and the film moves<br />
toward the moment of Israeli retreat. With more recent Israeli–Lebanese history clearly in mind, Cedar has crafted a<br />
riveting reminder of the frustrati<strong>ons</strong> and futility of armed conflict. —Rod Armstrong<br />
• • • Presented in association with the San Francisco Jewish <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
Bee-ing Me TOTAL PROGRAM 97 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 2:45 pm BEE06T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Sunday, October 14 6:00 pm BEE14T 142 Throckmorton<br />
ACTIVE CINEMA MOVEMENT • Vanities, ventures and vulnerabilities collide in this program of nonfiction shorts.<br />
In Jesse Erica Epstein’s The Guarantee (US 11 mins) a dancer reveals discomfort with his nose. Bees charm their<br />
way into your heart after their arduous journey, in Singeli Agnew and Joshua Fisher’s Pollen Nation (US 26 mins).<br />
Civil disobedience or performance art? Local young activists set up parks in open spaces in Matthew Passmore’s<br />
Park(ing) Day (US 14 mins). Children from Richmond sound off on life in the hood in May Lin Au Yong’s Bullet<br />
Proof Vest (US 6 mins). Soldiers from Iraq speak out on post-battle adjustment in Peter Jordan and John Kane’s Left<br />
in Baghdad (US 13 mins), and in Julie Caine and Charlotte Buchen’s All the Way Home (US 27 mins) a soldier’s<br />
return is only the beginning of his and his family’s emotional adjustment. —Janis Plotkin<br />
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Blame It on Fidel (La faute à Fidel) FRANce 2006 110 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 7:45 pm BLAM07S Sequoia<br />
Thursday, October 11 6:00 pm BLAM11R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Julie Gavras Producer Sylvie Pialat Cinematographer Nathalie Durand Editor Pauline Dairou Cast Nina<br />
Kervel-Bey, Stefano Accorsi, Julie Depardieu, Benjamin Feuillet Print Source Koch Lorber <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
In French with English subtitles • This accomplished first feature depicts the shifting familial landscape of an<br />
intelligent, precocious girl, Anna (the remarkable Nina Kervel-Bey). Anna’s Spanish father (Stefano Accorsi) and<br />
French mother (Julie Depardieu) begin to question their politics and bourgeois lifestyle when Anna’s uncle is<br />
murdered under Franco’s regime. After a trip to Chile during Salvador Allende’s election, they move the family to<br />
more modest housing and open their home for leftist meetings, arousing the curiosity and resentment of young<br />
Anna and her more sanguine brother, François (Benjamin Feuillet). Director Julie Gavras (daughter of Costa Gavras)<br />
explores her young central character’s growing political awareness, as the children puzzle out the meaning of “group<br />
solidarity,” engage in games of “putsch” around the house and try to accommodate their bearded revolutionary<br />
visitors. With the camera often at Anna’s level, Gavras lets us see up close as Anna finds her way to her own first<br />
epiphanies. —Rod Armstrong<br />
Bunnies and Butterflies TOTAL PROGRAM 74 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 10:30 am BUNN07R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 2:15 pm BUNN14R Rafael<br />
In various languages with English subtitles • An international sampling of little-person-friendly short films featuring:<br />
a snowman and rabbit competing for the same thing in Carrot! (Partell Tall, Estonia 7 mins); fantasies from a kid’s<br />
view in We’ve All Fallen from Mars (SAF Cakovech workshop, Croatia 2 mins); dancing like butterflies in Flutterby<br />
(Cynthia Pepper, US 5 mins); animated madness in Garlic Boy (John R. Dilworth, US 7 mins); a lunar cat in Puss<br />
and the Moon (Suzanne Tuyman, Netherlands 5 mins); a nervous mother giraffe in Jungle Beat—Born to Be Wild<br />
(Brent Dawes, Zimbabwe 5 mins); mean people in Hard-Boiled Chicken (Arjan Wilschut, Netherlands 5 mins) and<br />
Meany (Sarah Klein, US 3 mins); Tomi Ungerer’s transcendent fairy tale Moonman (Fritz Böhm, Germany 30 mins);<br />
and finally, the crescendo, with Come Blow Your Kazoo! (John R. Dilworth, US 3 mins). All ages. —John Morrison<br />
• • •The October 14 screening will be followed by a kazoo parade and free ice cream. See page 30.<br />
Butterfly (Bolboreta, Mariposa, Papallona) SPAIN 2006 87 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 8:00 pm BUTT07R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 1:00 pm BUTT13S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter/Editor Pablo García Producers Yolanda Olmos, Luis Miñarro, Pablo García Cinematographer Beth<br />
Rourich Cast Fele Martínez, Tzeitel Rodríguez, David Bendito Print Source Doble Banda<br />
In Spanish, Catalan and Galician with English subtitles • A delicate interplay of stylized documentary and fiction,<br />
Pablo García’s captivating debut c<strong>ons</strong>iders filmmaking from both sides of the camera. Director Victor (Fele Martínez)<br />
has discovered during the editing of his feature film that he hadn’t captured the specific atmosphere of his film’s<br />
location. With his assistant Laura (Tzeitel Rodríguez) he travels back to the region of Galicia (in northwest Spain) to<br />
photograph the rustic streets of a small village and interview the inhabitants. Fiction and reality intersect as Victor<br />
encounters an actual group of local, precocious young cinema workshop students and charges them with finishing<br />
the film. García and cinematographer Beth Rourich gracefully juxtapose the village’s easy rhythms with the gruff<br />
visage of Victor and the wise ruminati<strong>ons</strong> of the children as they operate handmade cameras and create storyboard<br />
collages to trace the film’s emotional arcs, in this rich and subtle study of the everyday imaginary. North American<br />
Premiere —Margaret Daniel<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’ (Endless) (Nesfârsit) ROMANIA 155 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 9:00 pm CAL09S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 4:15 pm CAL14R Rafael<br />
Director Cristian Nemescu Producer Andrei Boncea Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Cristian Nemescu, Catherine Linstrum<br />
Cinematographer Liviu Marghidan Editor Catalin Cristutiu Cast Armand Assante, Razvan Vasilescu, Jamie Elman, Maria Dinulescu,<br />
Ion Sapdaru, Alex Margineanu Print Source MediaPro Distribution<br />
FOCUS: ROMANIA • In Romanian with English subtitles • A promising auteur’s legacy is captured here. Writerdirector<br />
Cristian Nemescu died in a car crash while this film was in postproduction. Onscreen, his keen political<br />
vision is alive and well in a story inspired by a true event: During the war in Kosovo in1999, a NATO train on a<br />
classified mission is literally stopped in its tracks by a Romanian station master with his own agenda. As the US<br />
lieutenant (Armand Assante, Gotti) faces off against the station agent (Razvan Vasilescu), the rest of the village goes<br />
mad, NATO soldiers eye eager local girls and the casualties of war reveal themselves to be, as always, too close to<br />
home. Awarded the Un Certain Regard prize at this year’s Cannes <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>. US Premiere —Deanna Quinones<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Romanian Cultural <strong>Institute</strong> New York<br />
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Caramel LebANON/FRANce 2007 95 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 6:30 pm CARA08C Cinema<br />
Director Nadine Labaki Producer Anne-Dominique Toussaint Screenwriters Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Rodney Al Haddad<br />
Cinematographer Yves Sehnaoui Editor Laure Gardette Cast Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad,<br />
Siham Haddad Print Source Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
In Arabic with English subtitles • A Beirut beauty salon is the colorful center around which the lives of five women<br />
friends revolve, and a microcosm of the issues Lebanese women face today. Layale is trying to end her affair with a<br />
married man, while her salon colleagues also face matters of the heart: Nisrine is soon to have a traditional Muslim<br />
wedding and is trying to cover up the fact that she’s not a virgin, and Rima is realizing her attraction to women.<br />
Their client Jamale is obsessed with her looks and in denial about aging, and Rose, a seamstress, has sacrificed her<br />
desire for love in order to take care of her somewhat crazy sister. True to its title, Nadine Labaki’s feature debut is<br />
a sweet confection of a film, offering intimate and provocative opini<strong>ons</strong> about love, life and sex, and challenging the<br />
hypocrisy in both Christian and Muslim communities with delicious warmth and humor. US Premiere —Zoë Elton<br />
• • • Friends of the Fe<strong>stival</strong> screening on October 8 is free to members presenting a ticket from the box office.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Tamalpais Bank<br />
Cassandra’s Dream UK/US 2007 108 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 9:00 pm CASS08C Cinema<br />
Director/Screenwriter Woody Allen Producers Letty Ar<strong>ons</strong>on, Stephen Tenenbaum, Gareth Wiley Cinematographer Vilmos<br />
Zsigmond Editor Alisa Lepselter Cast Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson Print Source<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
Set in contemporary London, Academy Award-winning writer and director Woody Allen’s new drama is a powerful<br />
and thrilling story about two working-class brothers who are desperate to better their troubled lives. Terry (Colin<br />
Farrell) is a chronic gambler in debt over his head, and Ian (Ewan McGregor) is a young man in love with a beautiful<br />
and seductive actress (newcomer Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. The brothers’ lives gradually become entangled<br />
in a sinister situation, with intense and unfortunate results, when they are presented with a startling request by their<br />
wealthy uncle (Tom Wilkinson) that may solve all their problems. Superb performances from the entire cast and a<br />
powerful, driving score by master composer, Philip Glass, make Cassandra’s Dream a gripping drama that examines<br />
the lengths people will go to preserve their dreams. US Premiere —Josh Moore<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by KGO Newstalk AM810<br />
Chicago 10 US 2007 103 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 1:00 pm CHIC07R Rafael<br />
Monday, October 8 6:30 pm CHIC08R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Brett Morgan Producers Graydon Carter, Brett Morgan Editor Stuart Levy Cast Hank Azaria, Dylan<br />
Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber Print Source Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Director Brett Morgan forgoes the role of objective historian in this wonderfully unique simulacrum of the 1968<br />
Chicago Democratic Convention. The film jumps right into the fray—the emoti<strong>ons</strong>, determination and indomitable<br />
drive for justice of a ragtag group of hippies, yippies, Panthers and other “undesirable elements” intent on giving voice<br />
to the spirit of their generation. Deftly and provocatively mixing archival footage and original animation, Chicago 10<br />
recalls the disastrous trial of the men charged with organizing civil disobedience to counter empty political promises.<br />
The film flashes between scenes of the kangaroo court and increasingly violent encounters between protesters and<br />
police. Censuring Bobby Seale for laying claim to his c<strong>ons</strong>titutional rights, the judge orders him physically restrained<br />
and gagged, while on the streets, the tactics are cruder. The film’s stylized visuals and riotous soundtrack may prove<br />
jarring, but how better to wake the activists of tomorrow? —Ilya Tovbis<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by the Katz Family Foundation<br />
Clouds Over Conakry (Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry) GUINeA 2006 113 MINS<br />
Friday, October 12 7:15 pm CLOU12S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 7:00 pm CLOU13R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Cheick Fantamady Camara Cinematographer Robert Millié Cast Alex Ogou, Bakary Kéita,<br />
Tella Pkomahou Print Source COP <strong>Film</strong><br />
In French with English subtitles • Twenty-five-year-old BB seems to have everything going for him. A talented artist<br />
who works as a political cartoonist at the town newspaper, he’s in love with a beautiful young woman, Kesso, a<br />
Web designer and daughter of his boss and mentor. Yet this modern young man’s life becomes entangled in a<br />
web of secrets when his father, an imam and griot who is unaware of his son’s vocation (BB signs his works with a<br />
pseudonym), chooses him as his successor over BB’s pious, religious older brother. To complicate matters, BB’s<br />
girlfriend is pregnant. With humor and lyricism, director Cheick Fantamady Camara shapes an insightful, compelling,<br />
cautionary tale that explores destiny and desires in conflict with family expectati<strong>ons</strong> and religious traditi<strong>ons</strong>. His<br />
characters’ nuances and challenges compose an intriguing portrait of the contradicti<strong>ons</strong> of contemporary African<br />
life. Camara’s feature debut suggests that he is an impressive new talent in African cinema. —Zoë Elton<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Museum of the African Diaspora<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Gordon Radley<br />
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The Colors of Memory IRAN/GeRMANy 2007 102 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 3:45 pm COL06R Rafael<br />
Tuesday, October 9 9:45 pm COL09S Sequoia<br />
Director Amir Shahab Razavian Producers Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Amir Shahab Razavian, Seyed Saeed Razavian<br />
Screenwriters Amir Shahab Razavian, Armin Hofmann, Mohammad Farokhmanesh Cinematographers Daari Ayari, Mohamad<br />
Reza Sokoot, Claus Bosch Dos Santos Editor Faramarz Hootaham Cast Shahbaz Noshir, Ezatollah Entezami, Saber Abar Print<br />
Source Brave New Work <strong>Film</strong> Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
In Farsi and German with English subtitles • Layers of metaphor knit one man’s path of discovery from a broken life<br />
back to his now earthquake-ravaged childhood home in Iran. Returning from abroad ostensibly to perform surgery,<br />
Dr. Parsa sees modern Iran through the eyes of his young driver, while at the same time he rediscovers the soul of<br />
the culture under the tutelage of his father’s old friend. A quest to revive the family’s palm groves and the search for<br />
a childhood love evolve into an unexpected pilgrimage, not only to the spiritual center of a country in transition but<br />
also to the soul of a man who’s been adrift, devoid of spirit and heart. Part road trip, part vision quest, The Colors of<br />
Memory highlights both the value of remembrance and the vitality of place as that which feeds and forms us. North<br />
American Premiere —Melissa Howden<br />
• • • Presented in association with Iranian.com<br />
Compound Eye US 2006 74 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 5:30 pm COM07S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 2:45 pm COM13R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor yahn soon Screenwriters yahn soon and cast Cast Fausto Caceres, Jesse<br />
Reklaw, Atosa Babaoff, Josh Millican, Jill Pixley, Jonathan Kaplan Print Source John Balquist Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Blurring documentary and fiction, Compound Eye explores the lives and work of two artists and “militant vegans”<br />
who share a warehouse/studio in Oakland, <strong>California</strong>. Jesse Reklaw spends his waking nights drawing inspiration for<br />
his weekly comic strip, Slowave, by reading other people’s dreams. He becomes the center of a controversy when<br />
one dreamer conjures an Afghan refugee-run IHOP standing where the twin towers once did. Jesse’s roommate,<br />
Fausto Caceres, works with found sound to create audio collages for his pirate radio show. Through a discarded<br />
scrapbook of letters and photographs, he befriends a long-dead schizophrenic. Director yahn soon (Scared New<br />
World, MVFF 2005) worked with an improvised script, drawing, in turn, upon the actual lives of the cast. He has<br />
woven these gleaming threads of the real with the surreal (there’s an unforgettable scene involving a circular rope<br />
swing and a ukulele) into a fascinating metafictional fabric. World Premiere —Holly Roach<br />
Control UK 2006 121 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 9:15 pm CONT05R Rafael<br />
Friday, October 12 9:30 pm CONT12S Sequoia<br />
Director Anton Corbijn Producers Orian Williams, Anton Corbijn, Todd Eckert Screenwriter Matt Green Halgh Cinematographer<br />
Martin Ruhe Editor Andrew Hulme Cast Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara Print Source The Weinstein<br />
Company<br />
The haunting story of the brief sad life of British punk rock singer Ian Curtis, of the influential ’80s band Joy Division,<br />
is a luminous feature debut for director Anton Corbijn and was awarded a special mention for first feature film at<br />
Cannes this year. Shot in black and white in almost minimalist style, the emotional complexities of the troubled<br />
musician, who took his life at age 23, are memorably portrayed by Sam Riley, part of a cast that astonishingly<br />
re-creates Joy Division’s music with crisp accuracy. There’s no need to be a punk fan; the film delves into the<br />
humanity of its subject with such poignancy that it becomes a transcendent experience. A remarkable performance<br />
by Samantha Morton as the singer’s wife bearing up under the pain of Curtis’ depression and his affair with a pretty<br />
Belgian woman (Alexandra Maria Lara) adds dimension to this very touching work. US Premiere —Peter Stack<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by San Francisco magazine<br />
The Crazy Quilt US 1966 70 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 2:15 pm CRAZ06R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Cinematographer John Korty Editor David Schickele Cast Tom Rosqui, Ina Mela, Ellen Frye<br />
Print Source Korty <strong>Film</strong>s Inc.<br />
This lighthearted, cleverly cynical fable by Marin’s John Korty (Oscar-winning director of Who Are the DeBolts?<br />
And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?; first MVFF tributee, 1978) takes a brilliant look at men, women and<br />
expectati<strong>ons</strong>. Narrated by Burgess Meredith, with Tom Rosqui as the humorless but practical husband, Henry, and<br />
Ina Mela as his perpetually idealistic wife, Lorabelle, the film follows as their hapless relati<strong>ons</strong>hip ebbs and flows<br />
between what they each think they want from one another and what they actually find. <strong>Film</strong>ed in Marin and San<br />
Francisco, Korty’s first feature remains a treasured classic, a soft-spoken masterwork of American independent<br />
cinema of the ’60s. “US cinema has seldom produced a picture as sophisticated in style as Crazy Quilt…. He<br />
[Korty] dem<strong>ons</strong>trates day by day, crisis by crisis, how fear and lust and ignorance transform at last into the sacred<br />
mystery of marriage.” (Time, September 16, 1966). —Maureen Dixon<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Marin Acura<br />
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Crossing the Dust (Parinawa la Ghobar) KURdISTAN/FRANce 2006 76 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 4:30 pm CROS06S Sequoia<br />
Tuesday, October 9 9:30 pm CROS09R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Shawkat Amin Korki Producers Hasan Ali, Nechirvan Argosi, Toraj Aslani, Shawkat Amin Korki<br />
Cinematographer Toraj Aslani Editor Ebrahim Saeedi Cast Adil Abdolrahman, Hossein Hasan, Abdola Awayd, Aba Rash, Ayam<br />
Akra Print Source Arc En Ciel <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
In Kurdish and Arabic with English subtitles • While the American invasion of Iraq is in its initial stages, two<br />
Kurdish militants heading home from Iraq encounter a major obstacle: a little boy (named after the deposed dictator)<br />
searching for his missing parents. The younger, idealistic soldier is determined to help the lost child; the older<br />
man, physically maimed and psychologically scarred by years of fighting, wants nothing to do with the kid. As the<br />
trio travel in search of the boy’s family, they encounter a land filled with righteous holy men and stoic American<br />
troops, abandoned corpses and looting villagers, mass graves and marauding youths. Evoking both classic Italian<br />
neorealism and the roots of Iranian cinema’s recent renaissance, Shawkat Amin Korki’s humanistic parable paints a<br />
tragic picture of life during wartime. Even those who are shellshocked and who have had their innocence stolen are<br />
capable of hope for a better tomorrow. US Premiere —David Fear<br />
The Darjeeling Limited US 2007 91 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 4 9:30 pm DARJ04S Sequoia<br />
Director Wes Anderson Producers Scott Rudin, Lydia Pilcher, Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola Screenwriters Wes Anderson,<br />
Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola Cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman Editor Andrew Weisblum Cast Owen Wilson, Adrien<br />
Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan Print Source Fox Searchlight<br />
SPECIAL SCREENING • In director Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have<br />
not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India, with a plan to find themselves and bond with<br />
each other—to become brothers again like they used to be. Their “spiritual quest,” however, veers rapidly off course<br />
(due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup and pepper spray), and they eventually find<br />
themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer and a laminating machine. At<br />
this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman shine<br />
as brothers Francis (the complete control freak), Jack (who has left his pregnant wife at home) and Peter (who is . . .<br />
well, between girlfriends). Surprise cameos just add more spice to an already fantastic journey. —Lily Buchanan<br />
Daughters of Wisdom US 2007 68 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 82 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 11:00 am DAUG07T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Sunday, October 14 12:30 pm DAUG14S Sequoia<br />
Director/Producer Bari Pearlman Cinematographer Gena K<strong>ons</strong>tantinakos Editor Carla Ruff Print Source BTG Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
In English and Tibetan with English subtitles • In beautiful, remote eastern Tibet, one visionary lama and 300 joyful<br />
nuns are changing the destiny of women “born into suffering.” Graciously they welcome filmmaker Bari Pearlman and<br />
her crew to Kala Rongo, a Buddhist monastery dedicated solely to the devotional practice of women. Founded by Lama<br />
Norlha Rinpoche, a survivor of the Chinese genocide, Kala Rongo is a spiritually and politically complex mixture of exile<br />
and return. Freed of household duties and gender-based expectati<strong>ons</strong>, the nuns find happiness and fulfillment through<br />
dedicating their lives to Buddhist spiritual practice. In documenting the monastery as it enters its third decade, this film<br />
reveals an inspiring new generation of female spiritual leaders in contemporary Tibetan culture. —Carol Harada<br />
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The Headman and I Director Peå Holmquist<br />
Sweden 2007 14 MINS In Swedish with English subtitles • An intimate portrait of the 30-year relati<strong>ons</strong>hip between a<br />
Swedish photographer and a Hmong tribal chief, as both mature through the years.<br />
• • • Presented in association with Bay Area Friends of Tibet<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Back to Earth Organic Catering<br />
Days of Darkness (L’Age des tenèbres) cANAdA/FRANce 2006 109 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 9:30 pm DAYS05S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Denys Arcand Producers Daniel Louis, Denise Robert Cinematographer Guy Dufaux Editor Isabelle<br />
Dedieu Cast Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Sylvie Léonard, Caroline Néron, Rufus Wainwright, Macha Grenon Print Source Studio<br />
Canal<br />
In French with English subtitles • The dehumanizing world of government bureaucracy provides fertile ground for<br />
the latest work from Oscar-winning Denys Arcand (The Barbarian Invasi<strong>ons</strong>; MVFF tributee 2003). Jean-Marc<br />
Leblanc (Marc Labrèche) is an anonymous civil servant who is ignored at home by his workaholic realtor wife,<br />
despised by his iPod-obsessed teenage daughters and burdened by resp<strong>ons</strong>iblity for his bedridden mother. At<br />
work he must listen to the endless misery of his clients he is powerless to help, due to mountains of governmental<br />
red tape. To counter his frustrati<strong>ons</strong>, Leblanc escapes into a Walter Mitty–like series of vivid daydreams, where he<br />
becomes an exotic prince, a sword-swinging samurai, a famous author, and star of the stage, each fantasy sequence<br />
cleverly inserting a satirical comment on the Kafkaesque state of Canadian politics. Chosen for the prestigious<br />
closing night slot at Cannes this year, Days of Darkness is classic Arcand: an entertaining satire with plenty of<br />
teeth. US Premiere<br />
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Dig-It-All! TOTAL PROGRAM 81 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 7:00 pm DIG08T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Saturday, October 13 12:00 pm DIG13T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Eleven wondrous shorts represent this year’s finest experimental work. Stacey Steers’ Phantom Canyon (US 10<br />
mins) is a surrealistic collage based on Muybridge’s work. Rachel Mayeri’s Primate Cinema: Babo<strong>ons</strong> as Friends<br />
(US 6 mins) crafts a parable of behavior among the “naked apes.” Marina Shoupe’s Bounce (US 6 mins) explores<br />
the altered textures of aging. Tamara Taddeo’s haunting Cold Rust (Canada 11 mins) is a daughter’s letter to her<br />
absent father. Singular perspectives of Bay Area bicyclists are featured in Sinisa Kukik’s Pump (US 5 mins). Set in<br />
the lower Ninth Ward, Ben Mor’s Help Is Coming (US 8 mins) “unmasks” despair in New Orleans. In Alex Potts’<br />
Anthem (US 10 mins), patterns of moving lightbeams create beautiful washes of color. In Vanessa Woods’ 5 Cents<br />
a Peek (US 7 mins) a woman searches for identity in strange places. Stephanie Maxwell’s animation melds with<br />
Michaela Eremiasova’s music in Runa’s Spell (US 4 mins). Tiffany Doesken-Polos’ M (US 4 mins) is a sensuous<br />
study of the body in space. And Naveen Singh’s 27,000 Days (US 10 mins) is a powerful memoir scripted at the<br />
end of a life. —Karen Davis<br />
Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) FRANce 2007 112 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 5:00 pm DIV13S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 2:00 pm DIV14S Sequoia<br />
Director Julian Schnabel Producers Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood Cinematographer Janusz<br />
Kaminski Editor Juliette Welfing Cast Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne C<strong>ons</strong>igny, Patrick Chesnais<br />
Print Source Miramax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
In English and French with English subtitles • Diving Bell and the Butterfly is the remarkable true story of Jean-<br />
Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he<br />
is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical<br />
challenges of Bauby’s fate leave him with little hope for the future, he begins to discover how his life’s passi<strong>ons</strong>, his<br />
rich memories and his newfound imagination can help him achieve a life without boundaries. The film brings together<br />
the incredible creative talents of director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat; Before Night Falls) and screenwriter Ronald<br />
Harwood, whose beautiful screenplay is based on Bauby’s bestselling book. Spielberg regular Janusz Kaminski’s<br />
cinematography is superb, as is the cast. Through moments both internal and external, and encounters full of both<br />
ordinary and extraordinary intimacy, this is a testament to the power of the human spirit. —Lily Buchanan<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by the Katz Family Foundation<br />
Djanta bURKINA FASO 2007 106 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 6:00 pm DJAN11S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 12:00 pm DJAN13R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo Cinematographers Sékou Ouédraogo, Jean Yves Nana Editor<br />
Véronique Holley Cast Sandra Soubeiga, Maimouna Kouaté, Blandine Yaméogo Print Source Label Video<br />
In French with English subtitles • Djanta is doing well at university: She is smart and c<strong>ons</strong>cientious, has a talent for<br />
writing and has a boyfriend. At the behest of the pastor who has raised her since childhood, she returns to visit her<br />
family in their rural village. Their traditional ways of life and the strict patriarchy they live under are a striking contrast<br />
to the familiarity of city life. And Djanta is stunned to find that her father expects her to marry a polygamous older<br />
man to whom she was betrothed as a baby. The resulting conflict causes huge rifts in the family and community, as<br />
Djanta’s mother and little sister side with her against her father and attempts are made to force Djanta to submit to<br />
the destiny chosen for her. Director Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo’s exploration of the traditional/contemporary divide<br />
is movingly rendered, and while tragedy hovers, the possibility of change lights the way forward. North American<br />
Premiere —Zoë Elton<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Museum of the African Diaspora<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Joie de Vivre Hospitality<br />
Doubletime US 2007 82 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 12:30 pm DOUB06T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Monday, October 8 5:15 pm DOUB08R Rafael<br />
Director/Cinematographer Stephanie Johnes Producers Stephanie Johnes, Alexandra Johnes, Andrea Meditch Editors Michael<br />
Culyba, Paul Frost, M. Wantanbe Milmore Print Source Cactus Three<br />
Skipping rope has busted out of the grade-school playground and boxing gym in a big way. No more nursery rhymes;<br />
we’ve got four, five, six jumpers and twirlers leaping, diving and throwing out martial arts moves as they weave in<br />
and out of the ropes to a hip-hop beat. Doubletime follows two teams as they move toward the double Dutch<br />
champi<strong>ons</strong>hip competition at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. We get to know the members of both groups, a mostly white<br />
team from North Carolina and a mostly black team from South Carolina, as they train and prepare for the big night,<br />
and we witness the ways race and class play out in this emerging sport. The dedication and atheleticism of these<br />
young people is inspiring, and if they seem at first a little intimidated by the international competition, there are some<br />
surprises in store. —Peter Moore<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by the Marin Independent Journal<br />
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Drained (O Cheiro do ralo) bRAzIL 2006 105 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 9:45 pm DRA10R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 6:45 pm DRA13T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Director Heitor Dhalia Producers Heitor Dhalia, Joana Mariani, Marcelo Doria, Matias Mariani, Rodrigo Teixeira Screenwriters<br />
Heitor Dhalia, Marcal Aquino. Cinematographer Jose Roberto Eliezer Editors Jair Peres, Pedro Becker Cast Selton Mello, Paula<br />
Braun, Lourenco Mutarelli, Silvia Lourenco, Fabiana Gugli, Martha Meola Print Source Ondamax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
In Portugese with English subtitles • A wild and witty deadpan daydream, Drained is adapted from Lourenco<br />
Mutarelli’s novel and focuses on the troubled mind of a twisted pawnbroker and the eccentric characters that cross<br />
his path. Lourenco (Selton Mello) is a strange, scruffy man who spends his days having philosophical conversati<strong>ons</strong><br />
about the value of gold watches, glass eyes and rakes. Things take a turn for the weird when a horrible smell coming<br />
from his workplace drain, and his unadulterated lust for the specific body part of a local waitress, push Lourenco<br />
into a mind-bending loop of comedy and confusion. <strong>Film</strong>maker Dhalia uses minimalist sets, a scattering of evocative<br />
music and crisp editing to create a hypnotic atmosphere in which to portray the unexpected acti<strong>ons</strong> of these<br />
unconventional people. Absurd, funny and giddily absorbing from the first frame, Drained is one-of-a-kind experience<br />
that will charm filmgoers in search of a new cult classic. —Brendan Peterson<br />
Elvis and Anabelle US 2007 105 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 9:30 pm ELV11S Sequoia<br />
Friday, October 12 7:15 pm ELV12R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Will Geiger Producers Nick Quested, Carolyn Pfeiffer Cinematographer Conrad W. Hall Editor<br />
Sandra Adair Cast Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Joe Mantegna, Keith Carradine, Mary Steenburgen Print Source Goldcrest <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
International<br />
Elvis and Anabelle finds romantic innocence in dark and bizarre places. Elvis (Max Minghella, Bee Season, MVFF<br />
2005), the brooding yet devoted son of a mortician, meets Anabelle (Blake Lively, The Sisterhood of the Traveling<br />
Pants), a lovely young Texas pageant queen, as he prepares her for her funeral. Miraculously, he discovers she’s<br />
alive. Resurrected, Anabelle yearns for joy in her second life. She is also strangely drawn to Elvis’ funeral home,<br />
captivated by a vision she can’t quite remember. Elvis slowly becomes enchanted by Anabelle’s vibrant, pure spirit,<br />
while her curiosity threatens to expose his secret, that he has secretly taken over the business for his brilliant but<br />
now tragically disabled father. Lush cinematography, a haunting soundtrack and characters with a distinct voice and<br />
depth are finessed by powerful performances by Minghella and Blakely, who radiate boundless chemistry as the<br />
titular couple, and by Mary Steenburgen and Joe Mantegna. —Kristine Kolton<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Pacific Union<br />
The End of the Neubacher Project AUSTRIA/NeTheRLANdS 2006 74 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 1:00 pm END06S Sequoia<br />
Monday, October 8 9:30 pm END08R Rafael<br />
Director Marcus J. Carney Producers Lukas Stepanik, Rolf Orthel, Georg Tschurtschenthaler Cinematographers Marcus J.<br />
Carney, Ludwig Löckinger, Rolf Orthel Editors Marcus J. Carney, Georg Tschurtschenthaler Print Source Marcus J. Carney<br />
In English and German with English subtitles • <strong>Film</strong>maker Marcus J. Carney’s gripping and intimate film examines<br />
“Morbus Austracus,” a so-called Austrian psychic disease with symptoms including a “disability to accept historical<br />
facts, denial of resp<strong>ons</strong>ibility and covering shame with persistent silence.” Specifically, Carney focuses on his<br />
grandparents, who had been high-ranking members of the Austrian Nazi Party, and the way in which his relatives<br />
persist in the pretense that their family has no skelet<strong>ons</strong> in the closet. In the course of making the film, Carney also<br />
documented his mother’s losing battle with lung cancer. A devastating chronicle of one nation’s refusal to confront a<br />
less-than-stellar legacy, The End of the Neubacher Project is also one man’s attempt to find peace with his parents.<br />
Like fellow first-person documentarian Ross McElwee, Carney knows how to seamlessly match the political with<br />
the personal. What begins as a scathing social indictment becomes an extraordinary testament to the power of<br />
forgiveness. North American Premiere —David Fear<br />
• • • Presented in association with Facing History and Ourselves, the San Francisco Jewish <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and the Doc <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> of San Fancisco State<br />
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Four Sheets to the Wind US 2007 91 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 3:30 pm FOUR07S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 5:00 pm FOUR13R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Sterlin Harjo Producers Ted Kroeber, Chad Burris Cinematographer Frederick Schroeder Editor David<br />
Michael Maurer Cast Cody Lightning, Tamara Podemski, Laura Bailey, Jerri Arredondo Print Source Ted Kroeber<br />
In English and Muscogee with English subtitles • “Every now and then, good things happen in Oklahoma,” promises<br />
the film’s narrator, and the wry melancholy of this observation infuses every frame of this haunting portrait of modernday<br />
Native Americans. The simple, unaffected story—a Seminole-Creek family coping with the untimely death of<br />
its taciturn patriarch—unfolds with disarming quiet, as if the c<strong>ons</strong>tricted choices of poverty and Indian life have<br />
c<strong>ons</strong>tricted voices as well, words being too precious to spend. But as silence gives way to talking, and listening, the<br />
characters’ emoti<strong>ons</strong> break through in heart-rending waves. After the death of his father, dutiful son Cufe Smallhill<br />
leaves home to visit his self-destructive, hard-living sister, Miri, in Tulsa. Here, he meets Miri’s white neighbor Francie,<br />
whose genuine affection for Cufe opens him up—to grief, reconciliation and new possibilities. This first feature by<br />
Oklahoma native Sterlin Harjo crackles with lived authenticity, nuanced acting and an unexpectedly cool soundtrack.<br />
—Jeff Campbell<br />
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Frozen Life JAPAN 2007 106 MINS<br />
Friday, October 12 9:45 pm FROZ12R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 11:30 am FROZ14S Sequoia<br />
Director/Editor shin Producer Noriaki Shimizu Screenwriters shin, Naoto Kitahara Cinematographer Kenichi Negishi JSC<br />
Cast Yuuri, Junkichi Sawamura, Ryo Katayama, Akira Fujino, Zenki Kitajima, Kaichi Yamaguchi Print Source Frozen Life Production<br />
Committee<br />
In English and Japanese with English subtitles • Director shin’s beautifully photographed first feature film is a<br />
delightfully unpredictable tale of love, loss and mistaken identity. Grieving over the loss of her husband, a woman<br />
named Riri receives an unexpected package on her birthday, containing a single item that turns her already fragile<br />
world upside-down. This event causes her to pack her beloved Theremin and move to the vacant family home in<br />
the countryside, to try to come to terms with the past. As she’s settling in, a mysterious young man, Wataru, shows<br />
up on her doorstep. He seems interested only in photographing traditional Japanese architecture, but it becomes<br />
apparent that he has a hidden agenda that concerns Riri’s late husband. As past ties between Riri and Wataru<br />
begin to unfold, events gravitate toward one climactic moment that will change their lives forever. A touching human<br />
drama, Frozen Life will resonate long after you leave the theater. —Kelly Clement<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Japan Information Center and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Ora Restaurant<br />
Gilles (Buitenspel) beLGIUM 2005 100 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 4:00 pm GILL05R Rafael<br />
Wednesday, October 10 4:30 pm GILL10S Sequoia<br />
Director Jan Verheyen Producer Dirk Impens Screenwriter Ed Vanderweyden Cinematographer Danny Elsen Editor Philip<br />
Ravoet Cast Ilya Van Malderghem, Filip Peeters, Joke Devynck Print Source Dirk Impens<br />
In Flemish with English subtitles • An offside ruling in soccer can be complicated and subjective, and for 12-yearold<br />
Gilles it’s more than a game penalty. Gilles is a talented soccer player whose father Bert’s passionate support<br />
and coaching feed their dream that Gilles will make the Red Devils pro team. When Bert’s enthusiasm causes a<br />
heart attack, a grieving Gilles finds a way to bring his father back to life so that he (but no one else) sees his dad<br />
everywhere, especially when playing soccer. But there’s a down side to Bert’s continuing presence: When Gilles<br />
learns that soccer might jeopardize his future, Bert still pushes Gilles to keep playing. Is this Gilles’ desire too, or<br />
only his father’s? While his mother urges him to quit and his friends offer encouragement, in the end Gilles must rule<br />
a buitenspel (“offside” in Dutch), either as his penalty or his father’s trap. Ages 9+ —Roberta McNair<br />
Go Together US 2007 94 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 9:15 pm GOTO13R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Rob Nilsson Producers Denney Dey, Rob Nilsson Cinematographer Mickey Freeman Editors Nadine<br />
Laule, Chikara Motomura Cast Denny Dey, Michelle Allen, Robert Viharo, Paige Olson, Kieron McCartney, Michael Edo Keane Print<br />
Source Citizen Cinema<br />
In this last installment of his 9@Night series, Rob Nilsson (Opening, Pan, MVFF 2006) conjures a remarkably<br />
haunting, expressionist homage to cinema. 9@Night antihero, Malafide (Robert Viharo), undergoes an identity-swap,<br />
and so does his counterfeit cash. Seeking respite from the streets, Malafide watches scenes from his own life (clips<br />
from earlier Nilsson films) unspool as psychic-cinematic projecti<strong>ons</strong> on the screen of Oakland’s historic Parkway<br />
Theater. Meanwhile, the challenge of a life in the film industry is explored through the strained sexual relati<strong>ons</strong>hip<br />
of theater-owners Denny and Michelle, who struggle to keep the Parkway out of the hands of the pornographers<br />
and swindlers. Michelle needs what Denny cannot provide: something “amazing”; something as powerful as pure,<br />
unadulterated “total cinema.” In a beautiful climax of fiction-meets-reality and past-meets-present, she gets her wish.<br />
As viewers of this cinematic love song to the passionate art of filmmaking, so do we. See also program note for<br />
Used, page 108. World Premiere —Karen Davis<br />
Gone Baby Gone US 2007 114 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 7:00 pm GONE09C Cinema<br />
Director Ben Affleck Producers Ben Affleck, Sean Bailey, Alan Ladd, Jr., Danton Rissner Screenwriters Ben Affleck, Aaron<br />
Stockard Cinematographer Jon Toll Editor William Goldenberg Cast Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed<br />
Harris, Amy Ryan Print Source Miramax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
A decade after his screenwriting Oscar win for Good Will Hunting, Ben Affleck returns to his Boston roots with<br />
a dynamic directorial debut and a screenplay he adapted from a Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) novel—a potent<br />
combination reinforced by a powerhouse cast led by younger brother Casey Affleck, as private detective Patrick<br />
Kenzie. Kenzie and partner Angie (Michelle Monaghan) are hired to assist with the investigation of a missing fouryear-old<br />
neighborhood girl. But a seemingly familiar tale of child abduction twists and turns, beginning with a lessthan-model<br />
mother with a drug habit, a police chief (Morgan Freeman) desperate to avenge his own daughter’s<br />
murder years earlier, and a tough, New Orleans–born detective (Ed Harris) who doesn’t always play by the rules.<br />
Much like in Mystic River, an explosive undercurrent ripples through this blue-collar community in which broken<br />
families and broken dreams make for rough edges, quick tempers and some very bad decisi<strong>ons</strong>. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Jennifer Coslett MacCready<br />
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Grace Is Gone US 2006 92 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 7:15 pm GRAC09S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter James C. Strouse Producers Galt Niederhoffer, John Cusack, Grace Loh, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin<br />
Lundberg Cinematographer Jean-Louis Bompoint Editor Joe Klotz Cast John Cusack, Shélan O’Keefe, Grace Bednarczyk,<br />
Alessandro Nivola Print Source The Weinstein Company<br />
John Cusack gives his most mature performance in this emotion-charged story of a midwestern big-box store<br />
manager who can’t find a way to tell his preteen daughters their mom, a soldier in the Iraq war, has been killed.<br />
Swallowing his grief, patriotic dad Stanley Phillips (Cusack) plunges into the American landscape of strip malls and<br />
farmlands, taking his daughters, Heidi, 12, and Dawn, 8, on an impromptu road trip to a Florida theme park. Only a<br />
brief visit enroute with a mouthy antiwar brother (Alessandro Nivola) treats the war as controversial. This study of<br />
a man trapped between parental care and heart-rending grief becomes a spiritual journey as well, as Cusack turns<br />
the seemingly simple conceit of this film into a soulful exploration of loss and hope. A strong directorial debut by<br />
screenwriter James C. Strouse (Lonesome Jim). —Peter Stack<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Coldwell Banker<br />
A Guest of Life (Az élet vendége) hUNGARy 2006 80 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 2:15 pm GUES06S Sequoia<br />
Tuesday, October 9 7:30 pm GUES09R Rafael<br />
Director Tibor Szemzo Producer Attila Bognár Screenwriter László Sári Cinematographer István “Taikyo” Szaladják Editor Teri<br />
Losonci Cast Susannah York, Mari Töröcsik Print Source Magyar <strong>Film</strong>unio<br />
In Hungarian with English subtitles • In 1819, the scholar Alexander Csoma de Körös set out on foot from his home<br />
in Transylvania to discover “the original Hungarians.” What he found was a peaceful Asiatic civilization living at the<br />
foot of the Himalayas. Csoma’s writings would later introduce the rich culture of Tibet and the practice of Buddhism<br />
to the world at large. Tibor Szemzo’s mesmerizing and meditative film charting Csoma’s spiritual journey combines<br />
grainy Super-8 footage of the region’s geography and ancient rituals with animated renderings of Romanian folktales<br />
(narrated by Susannah York). This unique hybrid of media perfectly mirrors Csoma’s connection of the spiritual Old<br />
World of Eastern philosophy and the scholarly New World of Western knowledge, creating a singular celebration of<br />
both the man and his mythic life. —David Fear<br />
Heartbreak Hotel SwedeN 2006 110 MINS<br />
Friday, October 12 10:00 pm HEAR12S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 5:30 pm HEAR13S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Colin Nutley Cinematographer Olof Johnson Editor Perry Schaffer Cast Helena Bergström, Maria<br />
Lundqvist, Claes Mãnsson, John Rabaeus, Erica Braun, Marie Robertson Print Source Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
In Swedish with English subtitles • Gudrun, a dour metermaid, cites the posh Elisabeth for a parking violation, and<br />
the encounter quickly descends into a flurry of name-calling, threats and vulgarity. Two chance meetings later, one<br />
at the Heartbreak Hotel, a local club, the women see things another way. The spirited Elisabeth snaps the solemn<br />
Gudrun out of her lonely nights of TV game shows and crossword puzzles. Gudrun gives the recently divorced<br />
Elisabeth a partner in crime, ultimately becoming the driving force behind the forty-somethings’ increasingly “teenile”<br />
(senile teen) behavior. When a mysterious man shows up at the Heartbreak Hotel, the duo’s friendship is called into<br />
serious question. Veteran actresses Helena Bergström and Maria Lundqvist breathe confidence and defiance into<br />
their roles, even as their characters face moments of crushing insecurity and betrayal. <strong>Film</strong>ed with humanity and<br />
humor by writer-director Colin Nutley, Heartbreak Hotel gently maps the contours and contradicti<strong>ons</strong> of the second<br />
stage of adult life. North American Premiere —Aaron Lazenby<br />
• • • Presented in association with the C<strong>ons</strong>ulate General of Sweden of San Francisco<br />
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How to Cook Your Life (Wie man sein Leben kocht) GeRMANy 2007 100 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 3:00 pm HOWT07S Sequoia<br />
Tuesday, October 9 5:30 pm HOWT09R Rafael<br />
Director/ Screenwriter Doris Dörrie Producers Franz X. Gernstl, Fidelis Mager Cinematographers Joerg Jeshel, Doris Dörrie<br />
Editor Suzi Giebler Print Source Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
FOCUS: GERMANY • In English and German with English subtitles • In the search for enlightenment, one need<br />
look no further than the kitchen. Cooking, as practiced by Zen priest and chef Edward Espe Brown, is not just<br />
working with food but working on ourselves. Director Doris Dörrie (Enlightenment Guaranteed, MVFF 2000) spends<br />
time with Brown at a Buddhist retreat in Austria and at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in <strong>California</strong>, exploring<br />
our spiritual connection to food in ways that are both soothing and provocative. A tenzo, or chief cook, at Tassajara<br />
since the ’60s and author of The Tassajara Bread Book, among others, Brown blends cooking class with Dharma<br />
teaching, imploring us to treat food “as if it was your eyesight”—a precious commodity. Offset by archival clips of his<br />
mentor, Zen priest Suzuki Roshi, Brown exhibits wisdom and passion, anger and frustration as he laments the means<br />
of modern food production and c<strong>ons</strong>umption, while encouraging us to salivate and meditate. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • •The October 7 screening will be followed by a party at the Outdoor Art Club, featuring organic foods by Back to Earth Catering.<br />
Separate ticket required. $20 PARTY07<br />
• • • Presented in association with the C<strong>ons</strong>ulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany<br />
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Ice Bar (Ice-keki) SOUTh KOReA 2006 95 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 10:00 am ICEB07S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 10:30 am ICEB13S Sequoia<br />
Director Ingwang Yeo Screenwriter Mi-Jeong Ham Editor In-dae Mun Cinematographer Ki-Seok Hwang Cast Ji-bin Park, Shiu<br />
Aera Print Source MK Pictures<br />
In Korean with English subtitles • It’s summer, and all boys should be having fun. But ten-year-old Young-rae<br />
wants to know where his long-lost father is, and he doesn’t believe his mother when she says she doesn’t know.<br />
Overhearing a conversation, he suspects his dad probably lives in the capital, Seoul. The enterprising boy sets out<br />
to sell ice cream in the town square all summer, to raise the money for the trip. But his quest is hindered by his<br />
mom, who keeps getting arrested for selling black-market cosmetics, and by his best friend, who always needs to<br />
be rescued from bullies. And Young-rae’s worst enemy is a money-hungry ice-bar maker who keeps changing the<br />
rules about Young-rae’s profits. Set in a meticulously re-created 1960s South Korea, this delightful comedy stars<br />
Ji-bin Park, who is as famous in Asia as Macauley Culkin is here. He will make your heart melt faster than a popsicle<br />
in August. Ages 9+ US Premiere —John Morrison<br />
The iGeneration Download TOTAL PROGRAM 86 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 11:00 am IGEN13R Rafael<br />
From around the world—including Marin—our annual Youth Reel is peer juried and curated by the Young Critics Jury<br />
program. The excellent offerings in this year’s packed program include: Delirium (Max Sokoloff, US 4 mins); Dessert<br />
(Max Strebel, US 4 mins); Catastrophe in the Hotel del Gallo (Enrique Vargas Celis, Mexico 5 mins); In Superheroes<br />
We Trust (Ryan Gallagher, US 10 mins); The Rose (Marko Zerjav, Croatia 2 mins); The Jungle (Ramona Polk, US<br />
3 mins); Rendezvous (Sarah Blake, US 6 mins); The Bottle Half Empty (Antonio Beroldo, US 1 min); Cheating the<br />
Dream (David Crawford, US 7 mins); The Stop (Toby Narat, US 3 mins); Berkeley (Mollie Penberthy, Luisa Romeo, US<br />
3 mins); Jabberwocky (Blaire Stapp, US 3 mins); The Life Effect (Katie Flynn, US 3 mins ); What Makes You Different from<br />
Everybody Else? (Jean Karnow, US 3 mins); The Homecoming (Max Strebel, US 10 mins); The Pig (Alex Babakitis, US<br />
2 mins); Learning to Curse (Bert Kervan, US 3 mins); My Adventure (Fernando Mís, US 3 mins); iGeneration (Emily<br />
Buder, US 8 mins); The Quiet World (Noah Averbach-Katz, US 3 mins). —John Morrison<br />
I’m Not There US 2007 135 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 5:45 pm IMNO07S Sequoia<br />
Tuesday, October 9 8:00 pm IMNO09R Rafael<br />
Director Todd Haynes Producers Christine Vachon, James D. Stern, John Sloss, John Goldwin Screenwriters Todd Haynes, Oren<br />
Moverman Cinematographer Edward Lachman Editor Jay Rabinowitz Cast Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin,<br />
Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Winshaw Print Source The Weinstein Company<br />
“You don’t have to write anything down to be a poet…. Me, I’m a trapeze artist.” Poet, prophet, outlaw, star—Bob<br />
Dylan is an acrobat extraordinaire, able to re-create himself time and again. Writer-director Todd Haynes (Far From<br />
Heaven, Velvet Goldmine) has crafted a singular pseudobiography, as unconventional as its inimitable subject—a<br />
poem to a poet. Six characters embody the different personas and days of Dylan: Marcus Carl Franklin as Woody,<br />
a rail-riding black boy with a beat-up guitar and a soul full of blues; Heath Ledger as Robbie, the actor lothario<br />
and reluctant father; Richard Gere as Billy, the weather-beaten desperado; Christian Bale as Jack, the ’60s folk<br />
icon and “troubadour of c<strong>ons</strong>cience”; Ben Winshaw as Arthur, the poet for all times; and a brilliantly androgynous<br />
Cate Blanchett as Jude, the rebellious rock star. Watching the tales unfold is like inhabiting a classic Dylan album—<br />
soundtrack included. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • •The October 7 screening will be followed by Dylan (Interpreted), a live music event. Separate ticket required. See page 25 for more information.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Larry Goldfarb & LRG Capital Group, LLC<br />
In Search of a Midnight Kiss US 97 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 9:45 pm INSE06R Rafael<br />
Monday, October 8 9:00 pm INSE08R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Alex Holdridge Producers Seth Caplan, Scoot McNairy Cinematographer Robert Murphy Editor<br />
Frank Reynolds Cast Scoot McNairy, Sara Simmonds, Brian Matthew McGuire, Katie Luong Print Source Midnight Kiss Inc.<br />
New Year’s Eve brings the promise of a fresh start and the pressure for a perfect ending. Having endured a year of<br />
misfortune, the charming but jaded Wilson can’t wait to leave it behind. After a humiliating incident in which he is<br />
caught fantasizing about his best friend’s girlfriend, lonely Wilson is persuaded to post a personal ad on craigslist:<br />
“Misanthrope seeks Misanthrope.” Desperate to escape the past and start the New Year with the perfect guy, sassy,<br />
attractive Vivian responds. In stunning black and white paired with a jazzy soundtrack, Wilson and Vivian traipse<br />
through L.A., managing to pack all of the revelati<strong>ons</strong>, blow-ups, break-ups and make-ups of a relati<strong>ons</strong>hip into a<br />
single day. But what will happen at midnight? This delightfully classic touch to the very modern story of finding<br />
romance in the digital age was touted by the Edinburgh International <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> as “the American indie discovery<br />
of the year.” —Holly Roach<br />
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Irina Palm beLGIUM/LUxeMbOURG/UK/GeRMANy/FRANce 2007 103 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 8:45 pm IRIN06S Sequoia<br />
Monday, October 8 9:45 pm IRIN08S Sequoia<br />
Director Sam Garbarski Producer Sebastien Delloye Screenwriters Philippe Blasband, Martin Herron, Sam Garbarski<br />
Cinematographer Christopher Beaucarne Editor Ludo Troch Cast Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop, Siobhán<br />
Hewlett, Dorka Gryllus, Jenny Agutter Print Source Strand Releasing<br />
Marianne Faithfull goes from shy widowed grandma to superstar sex worker in this funny and charming film set in<br />
London’s Soho district. When Maggie (Faithfull) learns that her grandson needs an expensive life-saving operation,<br />
she knows desperate measures are necessary. In this case, desperate measures appear as a Hostess Wanted<br />
sign in front of the Sexy World club. And before you can say “Mitchell Brothers,” middle-aged Maggie has morphed<br />
into Irina Palm, the most popular companion of club regulars. With laser-like focus, Maggie winds her way through<br />
an unknown world of London’s underbelly, meeting a wild crew of new friends while alienating some of her fiftysomething<br />
peers back in the suburbs. <strong>Film</strong>maker Garbarski perfectly balances comedy and drama as Faithfull<br />
delivers a hilarious, heartfelt performance that captures the amusing and awkward fish-out-of-water reality of an<br />
old-fashioned matriarch plunged into a seedy sea of sex and sin. US Premiere<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Marin French Cheese Company<br />
Iron Ladies of Liberia US/LIbeRIA 2007 74 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 6:30 pm IRON05R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 7 3:45 pm IRON07T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Directors Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott Johnson Producers Henry Ansbacher, Jonathan Stack Cinematographer Daniel Junge<br />
Editor Davis Coombe Print Source Just Media<br />
After surviving a 14-year civil war and a government riddled with corruption, the African nation of Liberia elected<br />
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to be the country’s first woman president and lift it from debt and devastation. <strong>Film</strong>makers<br />
Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson explore a historic transition from authoritarianism to democracy in this joyous,<br />
inspirational testimony of the political power of women’s leadership and diplomacy. We watch the newly elected<br />
head of state during the first year of her presidency, as she populates her cabinet with strong women, including her<br />
ministers of finance, justice and commerce; together, these “iron ladies” tackle indolent bureaucracy, black markets<br />
and the omnipresent threat of violent riots. Expertly straddling the dual public identites of “Old Ma” and Chief<br />
Executive, President Sirleaf teaches generati<strong>ons</strong> of Liberians trained to rule and be ruled by violence and fear that<br />
the expression “compassion is revolutionary” is far more than a slogan. —Sara Schieron<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Museum of the African Diaspora<br />
Jellyfish (Meduzot) FRANce/ISRAeL 2007 78 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 7:15 pm JELL06R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 8:00 pm JELL13S Sequoia<br />
Directors Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen Producers Yael Fogiel, Amir Harel, Ayelet Kit Screenwriters Shira Geffen, Etgar Korot<br />
Cinematographer Antoine Héberlé Editors François Gédigier, Sasha Franklin Cast Sarah Adler, Nicole Leidman, Gera Sandler,<br />
Noa Knoller Print Source Zeitgeist <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
In Hebrew with English subtitles • This highly cinematic seriocomic ensemble piece adds a touch of whimsy to its<br />
exploration of existential loneliness. Various intertwined story strands share the themes of the human need for love<br />
and of our inability to communicate, as a panoply of protagonists wander through contemporary Tel Aviv in search<br />
of meaningful connecti<strong>ons</strong> and discover that frolics, friendships and family ties aren’t quite as nurturing as a solid<br />
sense of self and a well-timed visit from the ice-cream man. Acclaimed fiction writers–turned–co-directors Etgar<br />
Keret and Shira Geffen have made a fluid transition to film, winning this year’s Camera d’Or for best first feature at<br />
the Cannes <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>. A wistful, wonderfully wise rumination on hope and happenstance, Jellyfish, like its titular<br />
creature, appears delicate and amorphous yet stings when you least expect it. —Steven Jenkins<br />
• • • Presented in association with the San Francisco Israel Center<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Comcast<br />
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten IReLANd/UK 2006 124 MINS<br />
Friday, October 12 6:30 pm JOES12S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 7:30 pm JOES14R Rafael<br />
Director Julien Temple Producers Amanda Temple, Anna Campeau, Alan Moloney Cinematographer Ben Cole Editors Mark<br />
Reynolds, Tobias Zaldua, Niven Howie Print Source IFC First Take<br />
Son of a diplomat pines away in a British boarding school, dreams of becoming a rock star and graduates at the top<br />
of the class of ’77, the rag-tag collection of punk and New Wave bands that challenged the corporate music world.<br />
That’s just part of the mythical life of singer, guitarist and songwriter Joe Strummer, whose politico-punk rock band<br />
the Clash became one of the most influential rock outfits of the modern era. <strong>Film</strong>maker Julien Temple (The Great<br />
Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle) has crafted here perhaps the best-filmed account of the British punk scene. Structured as<br />
a fireside wake, featuring Jim Jarmusch, Johnny Depp, Pearl Harbour, Bono, John Cusack and more, and including<br />
riveting rare film footage of home movies of Strummer and his nascent band and <strong>ons</strong>creen interviews old and new,<br />
Joe Strummer rekindles the fiery musical cauldron that spawned some of the most vital music of the Reagan years.<br />
—Greg Cahill<br />
• • •The October 12 screening will be followed by a live music event with Pearl Harbour. Separate ticket required. See page 25 for more information.<br />
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Juncture US 2007 106 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 9:15 pm JUNC06R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 9:00 pm JUNC13T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Director James Seale Producers Kevin V. Duncan, James Seale Screenwriter Robert Gosnell Cinematographer Richard Lerner<br />
Editors Peder Morgenthaler, James Seale Cast Kristine Blackport, John Hutton, Bill LeVasseur Print Source Front Range <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Anna Carter’s life is a nightmare come true. Diagnosed with a terminal illness at 28, Anna’s jet-setting lifestyle has<br />
come crashing down. The respected director of a national foundation that funds programs to help children, she has<br />
always strived to make life better for kids. But now she sees the world through different eyes. Using her prestigious<br />
job as a cover, Anna travels the country, searching for criminals that have slipped through cracks in the justice<br />
system and then dispensing her own style of brutal retribution. As the police close in and death knocks at her door,<br />
will she complete her plan? And will she be c<strong>ons</strong>idered a hero ... or a sociopath? The uncompromising story of an<br />
ordinary woman turned vigilante, Juncture is a controversial, fast-paced action-thriller that casts a harsh light on the<br />
darkness, perversion and greed lurking just beneath the surface of society. World Premiere —Kelly Clement<br />
Kenny AUSTRALIA 99 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 6:30 pm KENN05S Sequoia<br />
Wednesday, October 10 9:45 pm KENN10S Sequoia<br />
Director/Editor Clayton Jacobson Producers Rohan Timlock, Clayton Jacobson Screenwriters Clayton Jacobson, Shane<br />
Jacobson Cinematographers Clayton Jacobson, Sean Lander Cast Shane Jacobson Print Source Lightning Entertainment<br />
At first glance, Kenny is an extraordinary piece of nonfiction working-class social realism replete with an unforgettable<br />
everyman protagonist who empties portable toilets for a living Down Under. Indeed, the lisping, rotund, deliciously<br />
outspoken Kenny Smyth is endearingly real in his humble and earnest proletarian gravitas, as he travels to music<br />
fe<strong>stival</strong>s, air shows, parades, carnivals, drag races and even Nashville, Tennessee, plying his unenviable yet<br />
fascinating trade. But the sheer brilliance of filmmaker Clayton Jacobson’s wildly entertaining narrative feature is<br />
that it’s fictional, employing the standard trickery of the mockumentary in a time when the blurring of reality and<br />
fiction is more confounding than ever. A superb, warm and humorous portrait of the artist as a middle-aged porta-loo<br />
specialist from Melbourne, Australia (wonderfully played by Jacobson’s sibling, Shane Jacobson), Kenny is winsome<br />
proof that the mockumentary hasn’t exhausted its filmic capacity. —Andrew Bailey<br />
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The Kite Runner US 2007 122 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 14 5:00 pm KITE14S Sequoia $25<br />
Sunday, October 14 5:15 pm KIT214S Sequoia $25<br />
Director Marc Forster Producers William Horberg, Walter F. Parks, Rebecca Yeldman, E. Bennett Walsh Screenwriter David<br />
Benioff Cinematographer Roberto Schaefer Editor Matt Chesse Cast Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla, Nasser Memarzia, Said<br />
Taghmaoui Print Source Paramount Vantage<br />
CLOSING NIGHT • In English and Dari with English subtitles • Director Marc Forster’s (Finding Neverland, MVFF<br />
2004) reverent envisioning of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel is that rare example of refined literary adaptation,<br />
which makes a beloved book transcendent on screen. This heartrending story of friendship and redemption begins<br />
in Afghanistan in 1978, where two boys are inseparable, but unequal: Amir is the privileged son of a wealthy<br />
businessman, Hassan his loyal servant—and a member of the disdained Hazara minority. Their social inequality, and<br />
a brutal incident, ultimately tarnish their joyful youth, and when the Soviets invade in 1979, Amir and his father flee<br />
the country, completing the boys’ separation. As an adult, Amir finds the past resurfacing, along with long-buried<br />
feelings of shame. But an unexpected opportunity to “be good again,” takes him on a perilous journey back to his<br />
war-torn homeland, where carefree children once finessed kites across the rooftops of Kabul. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • • For Closing Night event information, see page 23.<br />
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Kiviuq cANAdA 2007 72 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 1:30 pm KIV07T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Monday, October 8 7:30 pm KIV08R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter John Houston Producer Kirt Ejesiak Cinematographer Dave Albiston Editor John Brett Cast Lamech<br />
Kadloo, Annie Peterloosie, June Shappa, Samson Quinangnaq, Henry Evaloarjuk Print Source Drumsong Communicati<strong>ons</strong> Inc.<br />
In Inuktitut with English subtitles • Renowned Canadian director John Houston tells the story of the Inuit culture’s<br />
celebrated epic hero, the prophet and shaman Kiviuq. The tale of Kiviuq, who was born when the world began,<br />
is c<strong>ons</strong>idered “the secret Bible” in Inuit tradition, and Houston—who is known worldwide for making movies that<br />
celebrate Inuit culture—relates this millennia-old tale as told to him by Inuit elders. In a unique performance piece,<br />
spoken in Inuktitut and filmed in one room, Houston lets the Inuit arts of music, dance, song and storytelling reveal<br />
a timeless story about bravery, betrayal and survival. Not only does this intriguing work preserve a rich history in<br />
danger of being lost, it also instructs viewers which paths to take and which paths to avoid, no matter what century<br />
they live in. US Premiere —Nora Isaacs<br />
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Knee Deep US 2007 81 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 12:00 pm KNEE06S Sequoia<br />
Tuesday, October 9 6:00 pm KNEE09R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Editor Michael Chandler Producers Michael Chandler, Sheila Canavan Print<br />
Source The Moenkopi Group, Inc.<br />
Josh Osborne quit school when he was 12 to work full time on his family’s farm in rural Maine. He spent years<br />
laboring 16 hours a day on the farm. It was what he knew and loved, and it was promised to him. Then one day,<br />
learning that his mother planned to sell the farm to developers, Josh tried to murder her. Seems straightforward, but<br />
former Bay Area filmmaker Michael Chandler uncovers rich complexities in this absorbing, surprisingly touching true<br />
story. Through probing interviews, first-rate footage and a suspenseful telling of the facts, Chandler uncovers the<br />
complicated path to committing an unthinkable crime. The moment we form an opinion about any of the colorfully<br />
candid people involved, more information comes to light, making it harder to take a side. After putting yourself in<br />
someone else’s shoes, you may be surprised by what you might do. —Kristine Kolton<br />
Kobra’s Decision IRAN 2007 81 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 7:15 pm KOBR11R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 11:00 am KOBR13S Sequoia<br />
Director/Producer Sirous Hassanpour Screenwriters Sirous Hassanpour, Payam Yazdani Cinematographers Parviz<br />
Malekzadeh, Hassan Asadi Editor Varuzh Karim Masihi Cast Zeinab Sohrabi, Hooriyyeh Mirmohammadi, Fatemah Khan Baba’ee,<br />
Mohaddaseh Heidari Print Source CMI<br />
In Farsi with English subtitles • Kobra (Zeinab Sohrabi), a young orphan girl who shepherds in the Iranian countryside,<br />
is summoned back to her tribe’s camp, where she is issued an order from her guardian: Spend several days in town<br />
with a mysterious elderly woman. Reluctant to leave behind her life (and her beloved horse), Kobra goes, though<br />
she has a hard time in her new surroundings and yearns to rejoin her people. Like his previous film, the wonderfully<br />
fairy tale-like The Liar Shepherd (MVFF 2006), director Sirous Hassanpour’s latest work has a folklore feel that’s<br />
complemented by an impressive sense of poetic naturalism. Iranian cinema has long had a knack for making films<br />
about children; this fable on the importance of community and finding your place in the world speaks eloquently to<br />
audiences, whoever and wherever they are. —David Fear<br />
• • • Presented in association with Iranian.com<br />
Laviva NIGeRIA 2007 105 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 5:30 pm LAV07R Rafael<br />
Monday, October 8 9:00 pm LAV08T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Director Izu Ojukwu Producers Onyebuchi Eriobu, Peace Anyiam Fiberisima Screenwriter Amoto Okomanyi Cinematographer<br />
Chimezie Ojukwu Editor Emeka Ojukwu Cast Joy Egbunu, JT Tom West, Hank Anuku, Frances Duru Print Source Jamie Meltzer<br />
In Pidgen with English subtitles • One of the most ambitious directors in Nigeria’s booming digital-cinema industry,<br />
Izu Ojukwu adroitly blends domestic melodrama with the camaraderie and tension of a soldiers-in-arms saga in<br />
Laviva. During the Liberian civil war in 1992, the Nigerian government sends a “peacekeeping mission” to Liberia,<br />
targeting Liberian rebels. Civilians are caught in the middle and suffer the most, of course. A Liberian nurse whose<br />
father died at the hands of the Nigerians, Laviva (Joy Egbunu) encounters a Nigerian officer with genuine ideals,<br />
and her hatred begins to dissolve. “We are all Africans,” he declares during a prickly confrontation with a group of<br />
women at the village pump. “We are one people, one blood and one love.” This heartfelt drama honors the idealism<br />
and chronicles the brutality of war with nuance and fidelity. The filmmaker’s own travails in making this picture are<br />
documented with humor and pathos in Welcome to Nollywood (see page 109). North American Premiere<br />
—Michael Fox<br />
• • • Presented in association with the San Francisco Black <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and the Museum of the African Diaspora<br />
Little Heroes (Giborim Ktanim) ISRAeL 2006 76 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 10:30 am LITT06T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Sunday, October 14 10:30 am LITT14S Sequoia<br />
Director Itai Lev Producers Roni Dvash, Ayelet Imberman Screenwriter Eran B. Y. Cinematographer Ofer Harari Editor Gila<br />
Cohen Cast Alon Lysy, Anastasia Safonov, Daniel Damidov, Nir Zwickel, Dana Ivgy, Avigail Ariely, Miki Kam Print Source Itai Lev<br />
In Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles • Life is hard when you’re a misfit, but it’s even harder for a kid who<br />
feels alone. In Little Heroes, four square pegs embark on a quest, and their naive courage affects everyone in their<br />
lives. Alicia is a recent immigrant from Russia who is resp<strong>ons</strong>ible beyond her years, and hears and knows things<br />
others don’t. Sure that a couple is injured and in danger somewhere in the desert, she enlists aid from Erez, a boy<br />
trying to recover from his father’s recent death while enduring well-meaning indulgence from adults and resentful<br />
bullying from classmates. Though doubtful about Alicia’s mission, Erez sets off with her and her childlike, strapping<br />
older brother, Lev. Their search proves more difficult than anticipated, but the trio find support from Lior, an outsider<br />
in his kibbutz community. Enemies become allies, bullies find compassion, and adults reach understanding in this<br />
moving story. Ages 8+ —Roberta McNair<br />
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London to Brighton UK 2006 90 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 9:45 pm LOND13R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 7:15 pm LOND14R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Paul Andrew Williams Producers Allistair Clark, Rachel Robey, Ken Marshall Cinematographer<br />
Christopher Ross Editor Tom Hemmings Cast Lorraine Stanley, Johnny Harris, Sam Spruell, Nathan C<strong>ons</strong>tance, Alexander Morton,<br />
Georgia Groome Print Source Outsider Pictures<br />
In this harrowing award-winning thriller, a London prostitute and a 12-year-old runaway girl form a desperate alliance<br />
to escape a violent pimp and a callous strip club owner who both want to possess them for their own evil ends.<br />
Writer-director Paul Andrew Williams refuses to make this journey into darkness anything close to comfortable,<br />
but the intense drama frequently alludes to the loveliness of innocence, a saving grace skillfully rendered. Lorraine<br />
Stanley as Kelly, the scuffed-up hooker, and Georgia Groome as her unexpected ward, Joanne, are superb in their<br />
emotional interplay, thrust into an awkward sisterhood in a sinister world. The unkempt pimp, Derek, is played with<br />
chilling menace by Johnny Harris. Not for the faint of heart, this one’s an audacious look at the dark side, seething<br />
with danger yet brushed by hope—and not without powerful assurances that innocence forges its own brand of<br />
redemption. —Peter Stack<br />
Luna: Spirit of the Whale cANAdA 2006 91 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 10:45 am LUNA07R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 10:00 am LUNA13R Rafael<br />
Director Don McBrearty Producer Trish Dolman Screenwriter Beth Stewart Cinematographer Jan Kiesser Editor Michael John<br />
Bateman Cast Adam Beach, Jason Priestley, Aaron Miko, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal Print Source Screen Siren Pictures<br />
When a friendly young Orca takes up residence near a Vancouver fishing village, news crews and tourists scramble<br />
to get close to nature. Behind the scenes, a showdown is brewing between the local Mowachaht-Muchakaht First<br />
Nati<strong>ons</strong>, convinced that the whale carries the spirit of their chief, and the government agency that claims concern<br />
for the animal’s safety. The chief’s wayward son, Mike (Adam Beach, Flags of Our Fathers), returns for a funeral<br />
and steps into the fray, locking horns with tribe members who expect him to take his father’s place, and with the<br />
underhanded Fisheries honcho (Jason Priestley, playing against his 90210 type) who sees the situation as a mere<br />
public relati<strong>ons</strong> nuisance. A fictionalized account of a real-life drama, Luna is an engaging journey that carries us<br />
below the waves, to the whales’ fluid beauty, and above the surface, to witness a young man discovering his true<br />
nature. Ages 7+ US Premiere —Deanna Quinones<br />
Lust, Caution (Sie jie) chINA/US 2007 158 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 4 6:30 pm LUST04R Rafael $25<br />
Director Ang Lee Producers Bill Kong, Ang Lee, James Schamus Screenwriters Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus Cinematographer<br />
Rodrigo Prieto Editor Tim Squyres Cast Joan Chen, Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Wang Lee Hom Print Source Focus Features<br />
OPENING NIGHT • In Mandarin with English subtitles • Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; The<br />
Ice Storm, MVFF 1997) proves once again that his filmmaking excels in any genre; this time he has chosen the erotic<br />
espionage thriller. Loyalties are spread thin in Shanghai during World War II, as political tension mounts between<br />
Chinese Nationalists and Japanese occupiers. For a young stage actress, Wong (Tang Wei in an explosive debut<br />
performance), this tension comes to a boil when she finds herself in a deadly game of espionage and sexual intrigue<br />
with Mr. Yee (Tony Leung), a powerful political figure and Japanese collaborator. Wong goes deep undercover to<br />
expose Yee, quickly earning the trust of his neglected wife (Joan Chen)—while becoming the man’s mistress. Based<br />
on a short story by acclaimed Chinese novelist Eileen Chang, Lust, Caution smolders on the screen, revealing layers<br />
of emotion and sexual desire in a thrilling tale that resonates deep within the human heart. —Josh Moore • Note: This<br />
film is rated NC-17 and contains explicit sexual content. No one under 18 admitted.<br />
• • • For Opening Night event information, see page 21.<br />
Man in the Chair US 2006 109 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 6:30 pm MAN11R Rafael $15<br />
Director/Screenwriter Michael Schroeder Producers Michael Schroeder, Randolf Turrow, Sarah Schroeder Cinematographer<br />
Dana Gonzales Editor Terry Cafaro Cast Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Wagner, Joshua Boyd,<br />
Mimi Kennedy Print Source Outsider Pictures<br />
CENTERPIECE • The superb Christopher Plummer is Flash, a curmudgeon with a hankering for classic movies<br />
and booze. Cameron (Michael Angarano) is a volatile teen who commits grand theft auto just because the car is an<br />
exact replica from Christine. Their relati<strong>ons</strong>hip is forged in the darkness of a movie theater and fueled by a mutual<br />
appreciation of rebellion and cinema. Cameron enters a student film contest, though he lacks the resources of his<br />
peers. Learning that Flash is a retired Hollywood gaffer—and the only surviving crew member from Citizen Kane—<br />
Cameron follows him to his home at the Motion Picture Residence for the Elderly, a colony of aging film folk set<br />
aside by the industry. A quirky fellowship develops, in which Flash and his friends help Cameron make his film, and,<br />
in doing so, change his life. Plummer is outstanding as the cantankerous cynic who becomes an ardent mentor.<br />
• • • For Centerpiece event information, see page 22.<br />
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Margot at the Wedding US 2007 93 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 6:30 pm SPOT13R Rafael $25<br />
Director/Screenwriter Noah Baumbach Producer Scott Rudin Cinematographer Harris Savides Editor Carol Littleton Cast<br />
Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro Print Source Paramount Vantage<br />
SPOTLIGHT ON JENNIFER JASON LEIGH • In a truly inspired feat of casting, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer<br />
Jason Leigh are estranged sisters with more in common than they’d care to admit. Simultaneously self-righteous<br />
and self-loathing, Margot (Kidman) and Pauline (Leigh) bring a wickedly wry humor and a mass of insecurities to a<br />
turbulent relati<strong>ons</strong>hip that turns on a dime. After years apart, Margot decides to visit Pauline for Pauline’s impending<br />
wedding to Malcolm (Jack Black, in fine disheveled form), an unemployed artist and musician of whom Margot<br />
clearly disapproves. As the sisters spar and personal secrets unravel, a storybook wedding seems an unlikely<br />
prospect. It doesn’t help that the nasty next-door neighbors demand they chop down the old tree under which they<br />
plan to marry. As with The Squid and the Whale (MVFF 2005), writer-director Noah Baumbach paints an authentic,<br />
sardonic portrait of a family falling apart and fighting to put itself back together again. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • • For Spotlight event information, see page 57.<br />
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Michael Clayton US 2007 120 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 7:00 pm MICH10S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Tony Gilroy Producers Sydney Pollack, Steven Samuels Cinematographer Robert Elswit Editor John<br />
Gilroy Cast George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack Print Source Warner Bros<br />
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At<br />
the behest of the firm’s co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops,<br />
takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work, cleaning up clients’ messes, from hit-and-runs and damaging<br />
stories in the press to shoplifting wives and crooked politicians. At the agrochemical company U/North, the career<br />
of in-house chief counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the settlement of the suit that Kenner, Bach &<br />
Ledeen is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. When Kenner’s top litigator, the brilliant Arthur Edens (Tom<br />
Wilkinson), has an apparent breakdown and tries to sabotage the entire case, Bach sends Clayton to tackle this<br />
unprecedented disaster and, in doing so, Clayton comes face to face with the reality of who he has become.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Maroevich, O’Shea & Coghlan<br />
Mind the Gap (Se upp för därarna) SwedeN 2007 102 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 9:30 pm MIND11R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 3:00 pm MIND13S Sequoia<br />
Director Helena Bergström Producer Colin Nutley Screenwriters Helena Bergström, Denize Karabuda Cinematographer Olof<br />
Johnson Editor Perry Schaffer Cast Rakel Wärmländer, Nina Zanjani Print Source Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
In Swedish with English subtitles • A charming story about knowing yourself, knowing where you came from<br />
and taking opportunities because you deserve them, Mind the Gap concerns two young women from different<br />
backgrounds who become friends while training at the Swedish Police Academy. The rebellious daughter of a<br />
famous criminologist, Elin has something to prove; Yasmín, a thoughtful Turkish immigrant whose family is falling<br />
apart, is idealistic. As the two struggle to make the cut, their dreams, fears and lives become intertwined. Yasmín’s<br />
father, a respected surgeon in his home country, can now only find work as a subway driver. Yasmín’s devotion to<br />
her family simultaneously keeps her from and pushes her toward true maturity. Elin’s bold nature serves as a shield,<br />
so that she doesn’t have to trust anyone. Together, they learn to mind the gaps along the path toward independence<br />
and self-discovery. North American Premiere —Kristine Kolton<br />
• • • Presented in association with the C<strong>ons</strong>ulate General of Sweden of San Francisco<br />
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Miss Universe 1929 AUSTRIA/NeTheRLANdS 2006 70 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 6:30 pm MISS05T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Saturday, October 6 6:00 pm MISS06R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Péter Forgács Producers Cesar Messemaker, Georg Misch, Ralph Wieser Cinematographers Archiv<br />
Material, Péter Forgács Editor Péter Sass Print Source Mischief-films<br />
In English and Hungarian with English subtitles • Master of found-footage filmmaking Péter Forgács (El Perro<br />
Negro, MVFF 2005) uses rare archival material and home movies to craft an intimate look at one woman’s journey<br />
from fräulein to famous beauty. Lisl Goldarbeiter was just another pretty girl growing up in early 20th-century Vienna.<br />
Her cousin, Marci Tenczer, had two interests: the cinema, and Lisl. After obsessively filming his objet d’amour,<br />
the amateur auteur sent her photo to a beauty pageant committee; Lisl ended up being crowned Miss Universe,<br />
the most gorgeous woman in the world. She also attracted the interest of Hollywood’s elite, married a gamblingaddicted<br />
heir to a European necktie empire and subsequently watched war destroy almost everything she held dear.<br />
In Forgács hands, Lisl’s story is a time capsule of the 20th century, a testament to the power of the seventh art and<br />
a chronicle of infatuation with an unlikely happily-ever-after ending. —David Fear<br />
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Mr. Dial Has Something to Say US 2007 56 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 79 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 5:15 pm MRD06T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Wednesday, October 10 6:00 pm MRD10R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer Celia Carey Cinematographer Christopher Holmes Editors Jared Shull, Chris Tomberlin Print Source<br />
APT<br />
This enlightening documentary makes its case regarding the way one of America’s most prolific and talented living<br />
artists has been overlooked. Told through the unlikely relati<strong>ons</strong>hip between Bill Arnett, a white man obsessively<br />
searching the South for undiscovered African-American art, and Thornton Dial, a self-taught Southern black artist<br />
who crafts breathtakingly complex assemblages, the film chronicles Dial’s attempts to enter the art world and his<br />
subsequent wild ride from nowhere to success and back. With a stellar soundtrack and beautifully shot images, this<br />
provocative, lyrical film reveals a troubling underside of the museum and gallery world. —Carrie Lozano<br />
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Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide Director Ben Wu<br />
US 2006 23 MINS A beautifully crafted portrait of the artists at work at San Francisco’s acclaimed Creativity Explored<br />
workshop for the developmentally disabled—and amply gifted—community.<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Berkeley Art Center and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy FRANce/UK 2006 87 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 4:30 pm MYEN08S Sequoia<br />
Friday, October 12 4:45 pm MYEN12R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Kevin Macdonald Producers Rita Dagher, Kevin Macdonald Cinematographer Jean-Luc Perreard<br />
Editor Nicolas Chaudeurge Print Source The Weinstein Company<br />
In French with English subtitles • Haunting yet sharply relevant today, this alarming documentary by director Kevin<br />
Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, MVFF 2006) does much more than dust off history when it looks at the<br />
twisted life of infamous Nazi Klaus Barbie, “the butcher of Lyon.” Through chilling footage of events and interviews,<br />
Barbie emerges as focal point for a scary reality: Rightist ideologues, particularly American ones that once battled<br />
Hitler, can be perfectly comfortable colluding with former enemies. Never mind justice. In Barbie’s case, the ruthless<br />
torturer eluded authorities, tried to create a Fourth Reich in Latin America and survived a noted trial in France for<br />
his Nazi criminal deeds. And, not incidentally, he worked for the CIA. Macdonald calls his film “alternate history.”<br />
Produced by Rita Dagher (Fahrenheit 9/11), My Enemy’s Enemy is a much-needed historical study of hypocrisy<br />
magnified, a vision hard to shake off. US Premiere —Peter Stack<br />
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The Orphanage (El Orfanato) SPAIN 2007 105 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 9:00 pm ORPH05S Sequoia<br />
Friday, October 12 10:00 pm ORPH12R Rafael<br />
Director Juan Antonio Bayona Producers Mar Targarona, Joaquin Padro, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo del Toro Screenwriter Sergio<br />
G. Sanchez. Cinematographer Oscar Faura Editor Elena Ruiz Cast Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Montserrat<br />
Carulla, Andres Gertrudix, Edgar Vivar, Geraldine Chaplin. Print Source Picturehouse<br />
In Spanish with English subtitles • Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) as producer presents Juan Antonio Bayona’s<br />
stunning feature directorial debut, a spine-tingling tale with extraordinary emotional depth about a haunted locale<br />
and its frightening effects on the relati<strong>ons</strong>hip between a mother and son. After 30 years away, Laura (Belen Rueda,<br />
The Sea Inside) returns with her husband, Carlos, and their young son, Simón, to the orphanage where she grew<br />
up on the coast of Spain. They plan to reopen it, but Simón’s imaginary friends soon begin leaving deadly clues to<br />
Laura’s haunted past, and Laura suspects an outside presence may be looming in the dark depths of the orphanage,<br />
and may threaten her son’s safety. It’s up to Laura to find the answers as she navigates the orphanage’s eerie<br />
pathways and murky cellar. Not only a masterful ghost story, The Orphanage is also a heartfelt portrait of the strength<br />
needed to overcome loss. —Josh Moore<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by SF Weekly<br />
Outer and Inner Spaces TOTAL PROGRAM 78 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 4:00 pm OUTE11R Rafael<br />
Friday, October 12 4:30 pm OUTE12R Rafael<br />
In various languages with English subtitles • For the slightly older kid crowd this stunning collection features: David<br />
and Steven go crazy in the minimalist Black and White: Ladies Shoes (Jon Izen, Canada 1 min); a little bit of blarney<br />
with The Boy Who Had No Story (Aidan Hickey, Ireland 13 mins): wacky imagination in Portable Living Room<br />
(Ransom Riggs, US 3 mins); a little girl with a big problem in Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot (David Chai, US 7 mins);<br />
Brazilian break-dancing with Mare Capoeira (Paola Barrero LeBlanc, Brazil 15 mins); an imaginative Shipwrecked<br />
(Devon Bolton, Canada 10mins); more David and Steven getting crazy in Black and White: Movie Magic (John Izen,<br />
Canada, 1 min); the all-important book in Charlie and Lola: But That Is My Book (Kitty Taylor, UK 12 mins), and a<br />
magic book in Magic Cellar: Where Stories Came From (Firdaus Kharas, Zimbabwe 12 mins); and the doubting<br />
teacher in A Great Big Robot Stole My Homework (Mark Shira, Canada 2 mins). Ages 8+ —John Morrison<br />
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The Paper Will Be Blue (Hîrtia va fi Albastra) ROMANIA 2006 95 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 7:00 pm PAPE09S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 2:00 pm PAPE14R Rafael<br />
Director Radu Muntean Producers Dragos Potop, Dragos Vilcu Screenwriters Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean, Razvan<br />
Radulescu Cinematographer Tudor Lucaciu Editor Alexandru Radu Cast Paul Ipate, Adi Caraleanu, Dragos Bacur, Tudor Aron<br />
Istodor Print Source Romanian Cultural <strong>Institute</strong><br />
FOCUS: ROMANIA • In Romanian with English subtitles • Set during the final days of the Ceausescu regime,<br />
Radu Muntean’s stunning docudrama transports viewers to the moment when revolution was in the air and riots<br />
filled Romania’s streets. While militia forces try to keep various terrorist facti<strong>ons</strong> from seizing power after the leader’s<br />
fall, a soldier (Paul Ipate) assigned to protect Bucharest’s suburbs decides to abandon his post and join the cause.<br />
His unit attempts to track him down, with disastrous results. Like fellow countrymen Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr.<br />
Lazarescu) and Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 East of Bucharest), director Muntean has a knack for lacing Eastern<br />
European dourness with humanism and bone-dry humor. But it’s the film’s refusal to candy-coat a politically turbulent<br />
moment that makes this you-were-there view of the country’s liberation something akin to a gutpunch. —David Fear<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Romanian Cultural <strong>Institute</strong> New York<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Cinda Home Furnishings<br />
Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm US 2007 74 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 2:00 pm PASS06R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 2:15 pm PASS13T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Directors/Producers/Screenwriters/Editors Wendy Slick, Emiko Omori Cinematographer Emiko Omori Print Source Wabi<br />
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Well worth all the great buzz it’s generated, this intriguing film looks at the evolution of women’s sexual satisfaction<br />
through one simple invention—the vibrator. The informative yet playful documentary expertly takes us through the<br />
vibrator’s secret history, from its use by Victorian doctors to relieve women of “hysteria” to its resurgence during the<br />
sexual revolution of the 1970s and on to its status today, when in some states laws still exist that restrict the number of<br />
vibrators one may own. Interviews feature sexologist Betty Dobson, Ph.D.; pioneering feminist Dell Williams, founder<br />
of the first sex-toy store exclusively for women; and Dr. Rachel Maines, a historian who, accidentally uncovering ads<br />
for vibrators in early 20th century magazines while researching needlepoint patterns, set off on a historical journey<br />
to uncover the truth about women’s pleasure, passion and power. —Nora Isaacs<br />
• • • Presented in association with Bay Area Women in <strong>Film</strong> and Television<br />
The People’s Advocate:<br />
The Life & Times of Charles R. Garry US 2007 59 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 85 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 4:45 pm PEOP06R Rafael<br />
Monday, October 8 9:30 pm PEOP08S Sequoia<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Editor Hrag Yedalian Cinematographer Ara Soudjian Print Source Hrag Yedalian<br />
Charles R. Garry was one of the great badass radicals of the ’60s. The San Francisco criminal defense attorney<br />
changed the way American law was practiced when he won freedom for clients like Black Panthers Huey Newton<br />
and Bobby Seale, and the antiwar activists dubbed the Oakland Seven, in the most highly charged political trials of<br />
the day. This is a superb portrait of “the defender of the despised,” whose career came to a shattering end when his<br />
client, the Reverend Jim Jones, enacted a mass suicide at Jonestown. World Premiere —Deanna Quinones<br />
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Common Enemies Directors Nick Guroff, Tonantzin De Aztlan<br />
US 2007 26 MINS In Arabic and English with English subtitles • The true story of a most uncanny alliance forged in the<br />
’80s between American Indian, Chicano and Black activists and Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy.<br />
• • • Presented in association with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and the Bay Area Video Coalition<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by In Ticketing<br />
The Pixar Story US 2007 87 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 7:00 pm PIXA06R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 7 6:30 pm PIXA07R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Leslie Iwerks Cinematographer Suki Medenevic Editors Leslie Iwerks, Stephen Meyers<br />
Print Source Leslie Iwerks<br />
It’s the Story Behind the Stories: In the mid 1980s, three men united together to follow a dream; Ed Catmull, John<br />
Lasseter and Steve Jobs pushed beyond the boundaries of what was known in the world of art and science to form<br />
Pixar Animation Studios. In 1995, their Academy Award–winning computer-animated film, Toy Story, launched an<br />
entirely new animation industry, and the seven films that have followed have entertained milli<strong>ons</strong> of people worldwide.<br />
Yet over the last 20 years, Pixar’s dramatic rise has often been one of struggle, belief and sheer commitment, as the<br />
group forged their way in an unknown medium. The result has been a serendipitous blend of art, science, business<br />
acumen and extraordinary vision and talent. Through never before seen archival footage, candid interviews and<br />
visually stunning art and animation, Oscar-nominated director Leslie Iwerks takes us inside the fascinating and<br />
unique world of Pixar.<br />
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Possession (Badha) INdIA 2005 94 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 4:30 pm POSS06R Rafael<br />
Wednesday, October 10 7:15 pm POSS10S Sequoia<br />
Directors/Producers Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar Screenwriter Sumitra Bhave Cinematographer Sanjay Memane Editor<br />
Mohit Takalkar Cast Amruta Subhash, Devika Daftardar, Rajesh More, Renuka Daftardar Print Source Vichitra Nirmiti<br />
In Marathi with English subtitles • In the visually striking first moments of Possession, an only son disappears from<br />
the barren landscape of a shepherding village, opening the door into this montage of interconnected incidents in the<br />
life of a small community. This latest work from directors Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar (Long Live Life, MVFF<br />
1998) plays like music, exploring variati<strong>ons</strong> on a theme, the battle between fear and faith. A grandmother believes<br />
a boy must be born to her family, in order to attain salvation; her daughter-in-law endures the fear and anguish of<br />
an unc<strong>ons</strong>ummated marriage; the wife of a soldier serving on the borderlands lives alone, has no children of her<br />
own and is accused of witchcraft. Against the complexity of the emoti<strong>ons</strong> that run through the village, Bhave and<br />
Sukthankar’s film questi<strong>ons</strong> whether the instinct for hope and compassion can break through fear and superstition.<br />
World Premiere —Zoë Elton<br />
• • • Presented in association with the India Community Center<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Events Ondine<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora US/AFGhANISTAN 2007 85 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 1:30 pm POST13R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 2:00 pm POST14T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Directors Wazhmah Osman, Kelly Dolak Producers Stephen Jabl<strong>ons</strong>ky, Wazhmah Osman, Kelly Dolak Screenwriter Wazhmah<br />
Osman Cinematographer Kelly Dolak Editor Stephen Jabl<strong>ons</strong>ky Print Source Obscured Pictures<br />
In English and Farsi with English subtitles • This powerful and innovative documentary combines intimate observation<br />
with artistic animation to tell the story of war’s legacy on family and country through the eyes of an Afghan woman<br />
returning home after 20 years. Wazmah Osman had a peaceful childhood growing up in Kabul until the Soviet<br />
invasion in 1972. Over the following years, she witnessed government coups, violence and death, and her father’s<br />
imprisonment and subsequent involvement in the resistance movement—until she left everything behind to escape<br />
to a Pakistani refugee camp. Returning to Afghanistan 20 years later to look for evidence of her former life, Osman<br />
struggles with the truth of what she finds: ruins, rubble, traumatized people, estrangement. But while this story is one<br />
of immeasurable loss, pain, fortitude and survival it is also a testimony of reconciliation, as Osman meets her father<br />
again and returns to the land she had had to leave behind. —Nora Isaacs<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Asia Foundation<br />
Presque Isle US 2007 94 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 7:15 pm PRES05S Sequoia<br />
Thursday, October 11 9:15 pm PRES11R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Rob Nilsson Producers Jeremiah Birnbaum, James Savoca, Rob Nilsson Cinematographer Mickey<br />
Freeman Editor Milena Grozeva Lely Cast Kieron McCartney, Kara McCartney, Robert Viharo, Michael Edo Keane, Elizabeth Skylar,<br />
Carrie Paff Print Source Citizen Cinema<br />
Rob Nilsson’s powerful and complex tale dives into the heart of a man driven to confront his past in order to heal<br />
the pain of the present. Danny (Kieron McCartney, featured in Nilsson’s Pan, MVFF 2006) is a tortured man-child<br />
who returns to his family’s abandoned island retreat and finds himself beset by fantasies of deceased ancestors,<br />
former lovers and concerned friends. Frazier (Robert Viharo, featured in Nilsson’s Attitude, MVFF 2003) is Danny’s<br />
enigmatic father-figure, and the man Danny’s deceased mother Alicia passionately loved but could not let herself<br />
have. Both men are prisoners of their pasts; neither can abandon their passionate devotion to Alicia. Produced<br />
in collaboration with the San Francisco School of Digital <strong>Film</strong>making, Presque Isle captures the tone of Ingmar<br />
Bergman’s early work in its psychological exploration of characters set in a physical and emotional landscape<br />
colored by loneliness, rich memories and a soul-baring search for meaning. World Premiere —Karen Davis<br />
The Price of Sugar US 2006 90 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 101 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 12:15 pm PRIC07S Sequoia<br />
Wednesday, October 10 7:15 pm PRIC10R Rafael<br />
Director Bill Haney Producers Bill Haney, Eric Grunebaum Cinematographers Eric Cochran, Jerry Risius Editor Peter Rhodes<br />
Print Source Uncommon Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
In English and Spanish with English subtitles • This story of a modern saint follows Father Christopher Hartley as he<br />
unites immigrant cane cutters in the Dominican Republic against the oppressive sugar empire. While the US pays for<br />
Dominican sugar products at twice the world market rate, Haitian cane workers are stripped of their identification and<br />
rights. Devoting himself to the laborers, Father Christopher has built soup kitchens and broken a centuries-old taboo by<br />
bringing doctors into the bateyes (shantytowns). His efforts have been met with death threats and calls for his removal.<br />
Director Bill Haney weaves a tight film, smoothly integrating information about national history, bigotry and economics to<br />
render fully a tale of the suffering of many for the benefit of the few. Narrated by Paul Newman. —Sara Schieron<br />
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Turn Back South Director Igor Borovac<br />
US 2007 11 MINS In Spanish and English with English subtitles • The realities of the US–Mexico border, told from the<br />
dual perspective of migrating families and their supporters, and US Border Patrol agents.<br />
• • • Presented in association with Marin Interfaith Task Force of the Americas<br />
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Que Viva la Lucha (Wrestling in Tijuana) US/MexIcO 2007 54 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 69 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 2:30 pm QUEV13R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 4:00 pm QUEV14T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Director/Producer Gustavo Vazquez Cinematographer Luis Martel Editor Jonathan Parra Print Source Maskarte Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
In Spanish with English subtitles • Professional wrestlers in Mexico are like mid-level rock stars, especially in the sport’s<br />
capital, Tijuana. They walk the streets and pilot their big cars in their masks, signing autographs and posing for pictures.<br />
But the spectacle in the ring goes beyond anything the WWF sancti<strong>ons</strong>. The bad guys (heroes and villains are a staple<br />
of the sport) taunt the crowd with rude, crude obscenities, while every wrestler gets blasted with blows to the head from<br />
steel chairs and ladders. “Sometimes you don’t gauge the c<strong>ons</strong>equences correctly,” one competitor wryly remarks about<br />
the extreme and occasionally bloody leaps and falls that are de rigueur. Gustavo Vazquez’s affectionate, action-packed<br />
documentary exposes the surprising variety of nuances in a seemingly macho culture. World Premiere —Michael Fox<br />
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Learning to Fly: A First Year of BASE Jumping Director Lincoln Else<br />
US 2007 15 MINS A year in the life of avid BASE jumper Chris McNamara as he completes 395 jumps in 365 days—well<br />
on his way to flying like a bird.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Best Beverage Catering<br />
Rails & Ties US 2007 105 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 8:15 pm RAIL13S Sequoia<br />
Director Alison Eastwood Producers Robert Lorenz, Peer Oppenheimer, Barrett Stuart Screenwriter Micky Levy Cinematographer<br />
Tom Stern Editor Gary D. Roach Cast Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer, Eugene Byrd Print Source Warner Bros<br />
Unable to face the possibility of losing his wife to illness, Tom Stark buries himself in his job as a train engineer. But<br />
when Tom’s train hits a car on the tracks, a young woman is killed and her son, Davey, is left to cope with the loss<br />
of his mother. The accident puts the Starks and Davey on their own collision course. Instead of leading to tragedy,<br />
however, this crossing could mean new hope for a woman who has only one chance left to fulfill her dreams, for a<br />
man who must learn to open his heart before it is too late and for a boy who has never known the true meaning of<br />
family. The directorial debut of Alison Eastwood, Rails & Ties stars Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Marin Magazine<br />
Red Robin (Sineh Sorkh) IRAN 2006 81 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 12:00 pm REDR06R Rafael<br />
Friday, October 12 4:30 pm REDR12S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Parviz Sheikhtadi Producer Majid Esmaeili Cinematographer Sirus Abdoli Editor Shahrzade Pouya<br />
Cast M. R. Davoodnejad, Reza Safaipour, Yousef Maradian Print Source Aviny Cultural Artistic <strong>Institute</strong><br />
In Farsi with English subtitles • Red Robin takes place against the backdrop of a beautiful hillside area. While<br />
a group of adults watch a bullfight, some local children play games, chasing young Aliyar through the fields with<br />
a scarecrow. But when Aliyar tries to get his own back on his best friend, Gholam Hossein, tragedy occurs, and<br />
Aliyar fears that he has been the cause of Gholam Hossein’s death. A Muslim, Aliyar has noticed that members<br />
of the Christian church nearby believe in resurrection; moreover, the priest has recently acquired a new cross for<br />
his church, hoping this will make it the most beautiful in the area. So Aliyar resolves to search for someone who<br />
has the breath of Christ in order to resurrect his friend. Director-writer Sheikhtadi’s mystical tale about faith and<br />
the interconnectedness of all people is told with a gentle power that recalls Majid Majidi’s Color of Paradise and<br />
Children of Heaven. North American Premiere —Zoë Elton<br />
• • • Presented in association with Iranian.com<br />
Rendition US/SOUTh AFRIcA 2007 123 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 6:00 pm REND06S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 7 8:45 pm REND07R Rafael<br />
Director Gavin Hood Producers Steve Golin, Marcus Viscidi Screenwriter Kelley Sane Cinematographer Dion Beebe Editor<br />
Megan Gill Cast Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep Print Source New Line<br />
What if someone you knew just ... disappeared? In Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood’s (Tsotsi; A Reasonable Man,<br />
MVFF 1999) gripping film, Anwar El-Ibrahim inexplicably vanishes on his return from South Africa to Washington<br />
DC. His wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), is left in the dark about his whereabouts. but with the aid of a friend and<br />
budding politician (Peter Sarsgaard), she learns Anwar is the victim of “extraordinary rendition”—the policy developed<br />
in the ’90s that allows terror suspects to be transferred secretly from one country to another. Anwar, meanwhile, is<br />
held and interrogated in an undisclosed detention facility in northern Africa, where CIA analyst Douglas Freeman<br />
(Jake Gyllenhaal), assigned as an observer, questi<strong>ons</strong> the nature of this unorthodox practice and makes a daring<br />
attempt to secure Anwar’s release. Performed by an incredible ensemble cast, Rendition is a powerful, layered<br />
examination of the US government’s methods of interrogation and their devastating effects. —Josh Moore<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by the Gruber Family Foundation<br />
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Reservation Road US 2007 102 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 7:00 pm SPOT10R Rafael $25<br />
Director Terry George Producers Nick Wechsler, A. Kitman Ho Screenwriters John Burnham Schwartz, Terry George<br />
Cinematographer John Lindley Editor Naomi Geraghty Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino, Elle<br />
Fanning Print Source Focus Features<br />
SPOTLIGHT ON TERRY GEORGE • A car accident is a tragic occurrence, but an accident nonetheless. A hitand-run<br />
is another matter entirely: The accident is just the beginning, the ending shaped by a human resp<strong>ons</strong>e<br />
with immeasurable c<strong>ons</strong>equences. In this powerful film version of John Burnham Schwartz’s heartrending novel by<br />
director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda; Some Mother’s Son, MVFF 1996), two fathers end up on their own collision<br />
course after a dark night on a winding Connecticut road. Desperately seeking justice and retribution, Ethan (Joaquin<br />
Phoenix) becomes obsessed with near-vigilante efforts to solve a case the police can’t, while divorced dad Dwight<br />
(Mark Ruffalo) struggles to do the right thing and still sustain a relati<strong>ons</strong>hip with his son. The stellar cast (including<br />
Jennifer Connelly as Ethan’s wife and Mira Sorvino as Dwight’s ex) delivers phenomenal performances, as grief and<br />
rage clash with guilt and fear, in a dramatic battle of wills and combustible reacti<strong>ons</strong>. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • • For Spotlight event information, see page 51.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Frantoio Ristorante and Kerner Optical<br />
Riding Solo to the Top of the World INdIA 2006 94 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 7:00 pm RID08S Sequoia<br />
Wednesday, October 10 8:15 pm RID10R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Cinematographer Gaurav Jani Editor Sankalp Meshram Print Source Dirt Track Prod.<br />
Gaurav Jani is a one-man film crew and “star” of this remarkable documentary: a solo motorcycle trek to the highest<br />
habitable place on earth, the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. From teeming Mumbai, Jani rides his<br />
350 cc. Enfield, creaking under the weight of movie equipment, fuel and camping gear, negotiating hairpin turns<br />
on an ascent to more than 18,000 feet. There’s nary a false note in this adventure as he rides undaunted from one<br />
outpost to another, toughing out altitude sickness and cold so bitter his bike won’t run. The barren landscape is<br />
gorgeous and lonesome, but Jani finds astonishing humanity at every turn. In the great middle-of-nowhere he meets<br />
the nomadic herding Chang-pas people, chances upon a rare religious fe<strong>stival</strong> and films the inside of an isolated<br />
monastery never filmed before. It is a surprising mix of scenery, soulful simplicity and flat-out fun. —Peter Stack<br />
• • •T he October 8 screening will be followed by a Children’s Medical Aid Foundation benefit at the Outdoor Art Club, featuring fine food and beverages<br />
and live music by Sukhawat Ali Khan and Musicians. Separate ticket required. $30 PARTY08<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Indian Community Center<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by American Airlines<br />
The Rind (La Cáscara) URUGUAy 2007 105 MINS<br />
Friday, October 12 9:30 pm RIND12R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 12:30 pm RIND13R Rafael<br />
Director/Screenwriter Carlos Ameglio Producers Diana Frey, Luis Miñarro, Mariana Secco Cinematographer Juan Carlos<br />
Lenardi Cast Juan Manuel Alari, Martin Voss Print Source <strong>Film</strong> Department—Salado Media<br />
In Spanish with English subtitles • Ad-agency creative director Juan’s sudden death just before he is to create<br />
a new flu-meds campaign presents a career—if not an existential—crisis for his assistant, Pedro, when he inherits<br />
his boss’s job. A slacker who has never experienced an original thought, Pedro investigates Juan’s life, trying to<br />
recover his ideas. But the answer to Pedro’s dilemma may lie with Juanito, the odd, spaceship-obsessed little boy<br />
he befriends. Deadpan humor drives this quirky black comedy that might be described as character driven, except<br />
that the self-absorbed, m<strong>ons</strong>trously passive-aggressive Pedro does not have much in the way of actual character<br />
as he goes to ridiculous lengths to avoid doing any actual work. In spite of that, he is a likeable lout. This deadbeat<br />
antihero prowling the streets of Montevideo could have stepped out of a Jim Jarmusch film, so evocative is The<br />
Rind’s deliberate pacing and off-kilter vibe. —Pam Grady<br />
The Savages US 2007 113 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 4 6:45 pm SAVA04S Sequoia $25<br />
Thursday, October 4 7:00 pm SAV204S Sequoia $25<br />
Director/Screenwriter Tamara Jenkins Producers Ted Hope, Anne Carey Cinematographer Mott Hupfel Editor Brian A. Kates<br />
Cast Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco Print Source Fox Searchlight<br />
OPENING NIGHT • Two exceptional actors navigate the bumpy terrain of shifting familial resp<strong>ons</strong>ibility. Weighed<br />
down by family dysfunction and sibling rivalry, adult siblings Wendy Savage (Laura Linney, MVFF Spotlight 2004)<br />
and her brother, John (Philip Seymour Hoffman), become reluctant caretakers for a man neither has spoken to<br />
for years, when their estranged father is suddenly in need of long-term care. Opti<strong>ons</strong> are limited, so John, a fortysomething<br />
unmarried professor with a paunch and a passion for Bertolt Brecht, checks their parent into a nursing<br />
home. Wendy, a neurotic aspiring playwright who’s also single but sleeping with her older married neighbor, is<br />
guilt-ridden over institutionalizing Dad—even if they are taking better care of him than he ever did of them. From The<br />
Slums of Beverly Hills to the nursing homes of Buffalo, director Tamara Jenkins’ films dwell in the hot spots of family<br />
dramedy, where irony lives side by side with misery. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • • For Opening Night event information, see page 21.<br />
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The Secrets ISRAeL/FRANce 2006 120 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 8:45 pm SECR11S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 13 9:30 pm SECR13R Rafael<br />
Director Avi Nesher Producers Avi Nesher, David Silber Screenwriter Hadar Galron Cinematographer Michel Abramowicz<br />
Editor Isaac Sehayek Cast Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler Print Source United King <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
In Hebrew and French with English subtitles • Set in Safed in Northern Israel where the mystical texts of the<br />
Kaballah were first interpreted and studied, three women meet on the road to redemption. Naomi knows her sacred<br />
texts better than her own heart. Michelle’s passion needs purpose. Ailing Anouk brings them together. Each seeks<br />
reconciliation with G-d and her own female essence. Daughter of an esteemed rabbi, Naomi tricks her father,<br />
postponing an arranged marriage to attend a seminary for women. Her father does not know that she harbors the<br />
desire to be a rabbi herself. She and Michelle deliver food for the soul to Anouk. Raiding forbidden Kaballah texts,<br />
they create the rituals to release her from her painful past. As Naomi and Michelle’s bond intensifies, old secrets are<br />
revealed and new ones must be kept. They risk all to fulfill their commitment to their sick friend and to each other. To<br />
err is human; to forgive, divine. US Premiere —Carol Harada<br />
• • • Presented in association with the C<strong>ons</strong>ulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience US 2007 86 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 8:30 pm SOLD05T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Sunday, October 7 11:00 am SOLD07R Rafael<br />
Directors/Producers Gary Weimberg, Catherine Ryan Cinematographer Kevin O’Brien Editors Gary Weimberg, Josh Peterson<br />
Print Source Luna Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
ACTIVE CINEMA MOVEMENT • How does a patriotic West Point graduate become a c<strong>ons</strong>cientious objector?<br />
How does a person trained to kill deal with the moral c<strong>ons</strong>equences of taking a human life? These fascinating<br />
questi<strong>ons</strong> are the core of this philosophical documentary. Using the Iraq war as a backdrop, filmmakers Catherine<br />
Ryan and Gary Weimberg (Three Women and a Chateau, MVFF 2006) delve deep into the hearts of soldiers who<br />
joined up for love of country, were asked to kill for that love and were unable to pull the trigger. Intimate interviews<br />
with several soldiers reveal the different paths that brought them to the battlefield and then to the difficult and drastic<br />
decision to become a c<strong>ons</strong>cientious objector, opposed to all war, in the midst of combat. Narrated by Peter Coyote,<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience transcends general politics to uncover weightier thinking about free will, morality and life<br />
during wartime. —Brendan Peterson<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Episcopal Diocese of <strong>California</strong> and the Marin Interfaith Council<br />
Stages (Tussenstand) NeTheRLANdS 2007 80 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 8:30 pm STAG05R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 7 1:30 pm STAG07S Sequoia<br />
Director Mijke de Jong Producers Joost de Vries, Leontine Petit Screenwriters Jolein Laarman, Mijke de Jong Cinematographer<br />
Ton Peters Editor Dorith Vinken Cast Elsie de Brauw, Marcel Musters, Stijn Koomen Print Source Lemming <strong>Film</strong><br />
In Dutch with English subtitles • Roos and Martin are intellectual, middle-aged and divorced. Despite their<br />
estrangement, they find plenty of time to rehash the details, and c<strong>ons</strong>equences, of their relati<strong>ons</strong>hip over dinner and<br />
drinks, in Mijke de Jong’s chatty, intimate family drama. While the two cry, taunt, reminisce and even exchange blows,<br />
their teenage son Isaac becomes increasingly isolated, avoiding contact with his family and the outside world, in<br />
favor of sneaking into nearby homes while the neighbors are away. A unique mix of formalism and verité, the film<br />
intersperses a series of conversati<strong>ons</strong> with spare tableaus featuring the morose Isaac. Using extreme close-ups and<br />
positioning actors partially out of frame, director de Jong masters the anxious fatalism that plagues his characters,<br />
and—as Roos and Martin try to find a way to move on with their lives that doesn’t require them to leave their family<br />
behind—makes Stages an exceptional chamber piece. US Premiere —Aaron Lazenby<br />
Starting Out in the Evening US 2006 105 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 9:00 pm STAR06S Sequoia<br />
Thursday, October 11 7:00 pm STAR11S Sequoia<br />
Director Andrew Wagner Producers Nancy Israel, Fred Parnes, Gary Winick, Jake Abraham Screenwriters Andrew Wagner, Fred<br />
Parnes Cinematographer Harlan Bosmajian Editor Gena Bleier Cast Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Adrian Lester,<br />
Karl Bury, Anitha Gandhi Print Source Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Anchored by the award-winning performance of Frank Langella and filled with fascinating insights into the life of a<br />
writer, Starting Out in the Evening is a sweet, sad, spellbinding exploration of cross-generational longing and desire.<br />
Leonard Schiller (Langella) is a lonely, aging, prominent New York City author who has seen better days. Heather<br />
Wolfe (Lauren Ambrose) is an energetic graduate student who plans to save Leonard from obscurity by reviewing<br />
his out-of-print work in her master’s thesis. Over time, this intellectual odd couple form an unexpected bond, as they<br />
debate everything from artistic inspiration to the fine line between fact and fiction. Meanwhile, Leonard’s daughter,<br />
Ariel (Lili Taylor), struggles with her own aging and intimacy issues. Director Andrew Wagner focuses on intimate<br />
moments, thoughtful conversati<strong>ons</strong> and on Langella’s sublime, subtle acting to craft a delicate, deep tale about the<br />
volatile nature of writing, love and family. —Brendan Peterson<br />
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Strong Love / Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy TOTAL PROGRAM 96 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 11:00 am STRO07S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 11:45 am STRO14R Rafael<br />
ACTIVE CINEMA MOVEMENT • Not long ago, being born with an acute developmental disability such as Down<br />
Syndrome was a one-way ticket to life in an institution. But as disabled rights have gained ground, this marginalized<br />
population shows that disabled does not have to mean disenfranchised. The dynamic duos in this poignant pair of<br />
documentaries have certainly not let disability prevent them from fulfilling lives. In Alice Elliott’s Body & Soul: Diana<br />
& Kathy (USA 40 mins), a 61-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and a woman with Down Syndrome have<br />
been together for 38 years. Their remarkable example of independent living is outdone only by their unrelenting<br />
activism—they jeopardize their Medicare benefits in order to travel the country and lobby for disabled rights. In her<br />
equally inspiring Strong Love (USA 56 mins World Premiere), director Bonnie Burt introduces Holly and Jon, a local<br />
couple with Down Syndrome and many personal achievements, who met as kids and now prepare for their wedding,<br />
their lives graced by family support and their own unconditional love. —Joanne Parsont<br />
• • • Presented in association with Lifehouse<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by the Pacific Sun<br />
Svein and His Rat (Svein og Rotta) NORwAy 2006 72 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 10:00 am SVEI06R Rafael<br />
Tuesday, October 9 4:00 pm SVEI09R Rafael<br />
Director Magnus Martens Producer Dag Alveberg Screenwriters Siv Rajendram, Kristin Ulseth Cinematographer Marius<br />
Johansen Hansen Editor Kirsti Marie Hougen Cast Thomas Saraby Vatle, Luis Engebrigtsen Bye, Celine Louise Dyran Smith,<br />
Benjamin Gulli, Miriam Sogn, Aslag Guttormsgaard Print Source Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
In Norwegian with English subtitles • Svein doesn’t understand why everyone hates rats. He loves them, particularly<br />
his pet, Halvorsen. Except for chewing through wiring and rubber tubing, Halvorsen’s a very cool pet. He has a<br />
great life with Svein’s family, and gets to play with Svein’s friend Dan’s pet rat, James Bond. Svein decides he has<br />
to prove that rats are cooler than other pets. His new friend Melissa thinks Halvorsen’s great and encourages Svein<br />
to enter him in the annual pet competition. But Svein’s desire to make his point pushes him to take Halvorsen to<br />
school and the hospital, where rat-haters abound and chaos ensues. When Svein’s parents tell him that if he doesn’t<br />
keep Halvorsen out of mischief, it’s back to the pet store, Svein takes drastic action. Though run-ins with bullies,<br />
romantic bumps, and appliance disasters create obstacles, the love between a boy and his rat stays true. Ages 8+<br />
—Roberta McNair<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire US/UK 2007 117 MINS<br />
Friday, October 12 7:00 pm THIN12R Rafael<br />
Sunday, October 14 2:15 pm THIN14R Rafael<br />
Director Susanne Bier Producers Sam Mendes, Sam Mercer Screenwriter Allan Loeb Cinematographer Tom Stern Editors<br />
Pernille Bech Christensen, Bruce Cannon Cast Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alison Lohman Print Source<br />
Paramount<br />
Academy Award winners Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro star in director Susanne Bier’s (Oscar-nominated After<br />
the Wedding, MVFF 2006) compelling drama. When Audrey Burke (Berry) loses her husband (David Duchovny)<br />
in an act of random violence, she forges an unlikely relati<strong>ons</strong>hip with Jerry Sunborne (Del Toro), a down-and-out<br />
addict who has been her husband’s close friend since childhood. Desperate to fill the painful void caused by her<br />
husband’s death, Audrey invites Jerry to move into the room above their garage in the hope that he can help her and<br />
her children cope with their sudden loss. Fighting a daily battle to stay off drugs, Jerry finds a core of inner resilience<br />
in his unexpected role as surrogate parent and friend to Audrey’s children. Though their fragile bond is c<strong>ons</strong>tantly<br />
tested as they navigate grief and denial, working together they find the strength to move on. US Premiere<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Dolby Laboratories<br />
The Three Musketeers (De Tre Musketerer) deNMARK 2006 75 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 4:00 pm THRE11S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 10:00 am THRE14R Rafael<br />
Director Janis Cimermanis Producers Peter Garde, Mikael Olsen Screenwriter Maris Putnins Cinematographer Evalds Lecis<br />
Editors Janis Cimermanis, Evalds Lecis, Rasmus Madsen Print Source Danish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST CLOSING • In English • Ladies, gentlemen, children of all ages, prepare yourself for the<br />
finest puppet animation on earth. This Latvian-Danish-British retelling of Dumas’ classic swashbuckler is so original<br />
and the dialogue so rich that the characters seem to transform themselves from mere cloth into flesh without your<br />
even noticing, and their faces are as expressive as any method actor’s. The feckless D’Artagnan, the evil Cardinal<br />
Richelieu and the brave musketeers Aramis, Porthos and Athos are all in their places—in love, opposition and<br />
friendship. And they’re accompanied by a comic host of characters, including D’Artagnan’s sway-backed but faithful<br />
horse. With luxurious traditional stop-motion animation by some of Europe’s old masters, this marvelous labor of<br />
love is incredibly refreshing to watch, particularly at a time when everyone’s rushing to duplicate today’s fast-paced<br />
computer animation. Ages 5+ —John Morrison<br />
• • •The October 14 screening will be followed by a Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest Closing event at the Marin Youth Center (the MYC). See page 30.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Bellam Self-Storage & Boxes<br />
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Tooned to Murder: Daring Duels and Dastardly Deeds TOTAL PROGRAM 72 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 9:30 pm TOON05R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 6 10:00 pm TOON06R Rafael<br />
Distorted reality, introspection, political satire and murder are the themes of this year’s MVFF animation program in<br />
2D, 3D and stop motion. Providing a whimsical introduction, Troy Morgan’s The Instrumentalist (US 2 mins) plays<br />
organ to the seas<strong>ons</strong>, while various animators join forces in Michelle Meeker’s When I Grow Up (US 7 mins). Reality<br />
takes a turn for the sinister in Peter Ricq’s Glitch (Canada 11 mins) and John Jota Leaños’ politically charged Los<br />
ABCs ¡Qué vivan los Muertos! (US 5 mins). Jahmad Rollins’ Slum Noir (US 5 mins) gives chase through a concrete<br />
jungle while Magnus Fredriksson’s The Blue Shoe (Sweden, 5 mins) seeks reprieve from a mundane existence.<br />
Dana Dorian’s Fetch (Scotland, 2 mins) and Anton Dawson’s Anatomy 101 (US 8 mins) give new visual meaning<br />
to the sardonic beating before a visit to Bill Plympton’s mysterious Shuteye Hotel (US 7 mins). Find hope in Jeff<br />
Riley’s innovative Operation: Fish (US 11 mins) before wrapping up the program with the best of comical combat<br />
in Francisco Ruiz and Sean McNally’s A Gentlemen’s Duel (US 8 mins). —Amanda Todd<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong> US 2007 60 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 9:30 pm TRIP10T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Director/Producer Eric Christensen Cinematographers Chuck Hastings, Eric Christensen, Russ Johnson, Chris Felver Editor<br />
Schooner Stephenson Print Source Eric Christensen<br />
Eighteen months before the Summer of Love, a handful of San Francisco performance artists, filmmakers, musicians,<br />
entrepreneurs and futurists planted the seeds of countercultural happenings. The result: the Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong>, a mindblowing<br />
three-day multimedia rock show featuring guerilla theater, light shows and music by the Grateful Dead.<br />
For many celebrants, the event—replete with LSD-spiked ice cream—proved a transformative experience that would<br />
radiate throughout the culture. <strong>Film</strong>maker Eric Christensen shows how the Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong> became the blueprint for<br />
Burning Man, raves and much more. The fe<strong>stival</strong> inspired its presenter, Bill Graham, to book his first rock show at<br />
the Fillmore Auditorium; its producer, Stewart Brand, would go on to create the seminal Whole Earth Catalog and<br />
pioneering online community the Well. Narrator Peter Coyote likens this hip happening to “the proverbial lightning<br />
bolt that hit the primordial soup . . . just the right spark to create a new life form.” Get on the bus. . . . World Premiere<br />
—Greg Cahill<br />
• • •Screening will be followed by a panel discussion with special guests from the film.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Kim & Rob Schacter<br />
Tuya’s Marriage (Tuyade Hunshi) chINA 2006 92 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 6:30 pm TUYA06S Sequoia<br />
Monday, October 8 7:30 pm TUYA08R Rafael<br />
Director/Editor Wang Quan’an Producer Yan Jugang Screenwriter Lu Wei Cinematographer Lutz Reitemeier Cast Yu Nan,<br />
Bater, Sen’ge, Zhaya Print Source Xi’an Motion-Picture Co. Ltd.<br />
In Mandarin with English subtitles • The physical hardship and relati<strong>ons</strong>hip quandaries of Mongolian peasant life<br />
are depicted without romanticism, but with gentle humor, in Wang Quan’an’s remarkable third film. Tuya (Yu Nan)<br />
walks 30 kilometers a day just to gather the day’s water from the well. Since her infirm husband, Bater, cannot work,<br />
she also does the farming while he looks after their two children. After Tuya suffers a serious back injury, relatives<br />
recommend she divorce and find someone who’ll take care of her. Once word spreads, a plethora of suitors arrive<br />
from long distances to propose, including her neighbor Sen’ge, who has matrimonial problems of his own. Our non<strong>ons</strong>ense<br />
heroine, however, has other ideas, stemming from her reluctance to part from her loving husband. Winner<br />
of the Golden Bear for best film at this year’s Berlin <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, Tuya’s Marriage is the story of one remarkable<br />
woman’s attempt to have her cake and eat it too. —Rod Armstrong<br />
• • • Presented in association with Center for Asian American Media<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Gaylord India Restaurant<br />
The Ugly Duckling and Me (Den grimme ælling og mig) deNMARK 2006 89 MINS<br />
Friday, October 5 4:30 pm UGLY05S Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 6 11:00 am UGLY06S Sequoia<br />
Directors Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich Producer Irene Sparre Hjorthøj Screenwriters Stefan Fjeldmark, Michael Hegner,<br />
Karsten Kiilerich, Mark Hodkinson Editors Thorbjorn Christoffersen, Virgil Kastrup Print Source Danish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
CHILDREN’S FILMFEST OPENING • In English • A very irreverent retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy<br />
tale, this beautifully made animated film creates a new character. Escaping from some big over-muscled rats he’s<br />
offended, crafty Ratso decides to hide out in a nice barnyard among ducks and chickens until the coast is clear.<br />
He pretends to be a show-biz promoter to impress them and win their protection. When an errant egg hatches<br />
and becomes the strangest duck ever seen, Ratso names him Ugly. Nobody wants him, but something about this<br />
awkward and innocent bird brings out the tenderness in Ratso. Forced out of the barnyard, Ugly and Ratso travel<br />
on together, Ugly hilariously growing from chick to adult until he becomes . . . well, let’s just say he isn’t a duck. This<br />
classically crazy animation harks back to the golden years of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, including ultra-snappy<br />
smart dialogue. Ages 6+ —John Morrison<br />
• • •The October 6 screening will be followed by a Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest Opening Party at the Outdoor Art Club. Separate ticket required. See page 30.<br />
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Uranya GReece 2006 95 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 11:45 am URAN06R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 2:45 pm URAN13S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Costas Kapakas Producers Haris Padouvas, Despoina Mouzaki Cinematographer Stefano Kapakas<br />
Editor Giorgos Mavropsaridis Print Source Cinegram S.A.<br />
In Greek with English subtitles • In this charming coming-of-age story from Greece, a boy, Achilles, longs to<br />
escape his village, his bickering parents and the unbearable destiny of being a blacksmith’s son. It’s 1969, and the<br />
town, you see, doesn’t have a television. The problem distresses everyone, but particularly Achilles, who dreams<br />
of being an astronaut and wants to watch the Apollo 11 lunar landing. The genre’s amusing tropes provide good<br />
slapstick comedy—gossiping wives, bumbling authority figures and the eternal adolescent quest to lose one’s<br />
virginity—while the film evokes its historical moment so distinctly, and Achilles exudes such a poignant lightness of<br />
being, that we are transported with him above the fray. Getting a television means cutting through a Gordian knot<br />
of challenges political, familial, financial, and Achilles’ only tool is his determination. But, desire can work miracles,<br />
the film proposes, perhaps none more astonishing than putting a man on the moon itself. North American Premiere<br />
—Jeff Campbell<br />
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Used US 2007 84 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 7:15 pm USED13R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Rob Nilsson Cinematographer Chikara Motomura Editor Rob Lee Cast Robert Viharo,<br />
Paige Olson, Edwin Johnson, Johnny Tidwell, Kieron McCartney, Rob Nilsson Print Source Citizen Cinema<br />
Rob Nilsson (Opening, Pan, MVFF 2006) returns with the second chapter in the 9@Night series. 9@Night resident<br />
antihero, Malafide, departs his part-time lover Tracey’s restful digs for the streets. After a mental breakdown, he<br />
develops a strong bond with a homeless man as they embark on a journey to bring a “mystical man,” named People,<br />
“to his spiritual place.” Tracey enlists the help of her underworld, coke-addicted nephew to help pay off a debt<br />
to “Uncle Kenny.” Nilsson explores his signature themes with gritty, dynamic characters, portraying the socially<br />
marginalized as honorable, dignified, even spiritually gifted, and illuminating indefinable connecti<strong>ons</strong> between human<br />
beings. Used distinguishes itself among the 9@Night films with its stark landscape photography, in which the<br />
desolate beauty of the Nevada desert mirrors the characters’ own. The series draws to a close at MVFF with the<br />
final installment, Go Together (see page 92). World Premiere<br />
Warchild (Stille Sehnsucht- warchild) GeRMANy/SLOveNIA 2006 103 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 6 3:00 pm WARC06S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 7 9:15 pm WARC07R Rafael<br />
Director Christian Wagner Producers Christian Wagner, Dunja Klemenc Screenwriters Edin Hadzimahivic, Stefan Daehnert<br />
Cinematographer Thomas Mauch Editor Jens Klüber Cast Labina Mitevska, Katrin Sass, Senad Basic, Otto Kukla, Crescentia<br />
Dünesser, Miranda Leonhardt Print Source Christian Wagner <strong>Film</strong><br />
FOCUS: GERMANY • In German, Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian with English subtitles • The frantic ache of<br />
a displaced loved one carried off to safety elsewhere during wartime haunts the striking heroine of the second<br />
installment in Christian Wagner’s Balkan Blues Trilogy. Labina Mitevska (Before the Rain) stars as Senada, a young<br />
mother whose only daughter Aida was removed from Bosnia-Herzegovina during the worst years of the war and<br />
presumably adopted into a Western European family. Searching for her after the war, Senada follows her intuition;<br />
eventually she enters illegally into Germany, where she discovers through a UNICEF worker (played by Katrin Sass,<br />
so memorable as the frazzled mother in Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin!) the harsh truth of postwar adoption:<br />
Aida is alive and well and living happily with a German family. Dark secrets then emerge, leaving no one unscathed<br />
in this expertly crafted, superbly performed drama. —Andy Bailey<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Goethe <strong>Institute</strong> San Francisco<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Blithedale Terrace<br />
The Way I Spent the End of the World (Cum mi-am petrecut sfarsitul lumii) ROMANIA 2006 110 MINS<br />
Tuesday, October 9 4:30 pm WAY09S Sequoia<br />
Sunday, October 14 11:30 am WAY14R Rafael<br />
Director Catalin Mitulescu Producers Catalin Mitulescu, Daniel Mitulescu and David Thion Screenwriters Catalin Mitulescu,<br />
Andreea Valean Cinematographer Marius Panduru Editor Cristina Ionescu Cast Dorteea Petre, Timotei Duma, Cristian Vararu,<br />
Ionut Becheru Print Source <strong>Film</strong> Movement<br />
FOCUS: ROMANIA • In Romanian with English subtitles • Most recent exports from Romania’s extraordinary new<br />
wave have focused on the aftermath of former president Nicolae Ceausescu’s reign of terror, but Catalin Mitulescu’s<br />
drama unflinchingly looks at life under the stranglehold of communist rule. The country’s “Christmas revolution”<br />
is still several months away, and the teenage Eva (Doroteea Petre, winner of the 2006 Un Certain Regard best<br />
actress award at Cannes) is struggling under the yoke of frustrated parents and suffocating under her high school’s<br />
stifling rules. After her boyfriend accidentally breaks a bust of their Beloved Leader and lets her take the rap, Eva is<br />
transferred to an even stricter reformatory school. And what’s with their rebellious new neighbor and his mysterious<br />
scheme? Filled with tenderness and tart with humor, this coming-of-age story filters a nation’s turbulent history<br />
through an adolescent’s awakening. —David Fear<br />
• • • Presented in association with the Romanian Cultural <strong>Institute</strong> New York<br />
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Welcome to Nollywood US 2007 57 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 72 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 3:30 pm WELC07R Rafael<br />
Tuesday, October 9 7:30 pm WELC09A SF Art <strong>Institute</strong><br />
Director Jamie Meltzer Producers Henry S. Rosenthal, Cayce Lindner Cinematographer Bruce Dickson Editor Daniel Friedman<br />
Print Source Jamie Meltzer<br />
Roger Corman meets the digital age in Nigeria, where a hyperactive young film industry churns out an astonishing 2,400<br />
movies a year. Entrepreneurial producer-directors shoot fast and cheap, targeting the ravenous direct-to-DVD market.<br />
Some of these young moguls are artists at heart, dreaming of making “serious” films as they labor away under extremely<br />
trying conditi<strong>ons</strong>. With a perfect blend of respect and deadpan humor, director Jamie Meltzer documents the ambiti<strong>ons</strong><br />
and struggles of several Nollywood filmmakers on the rise, including Izu Ojukwu, who is embarking on a daunting, largescale<br />
film about the Liberian civil war, based on actual events (Laviva, MVFF 2007; see page 97). Interviews with actors,<br />
journalists and industry professionals round out this excellent introduction to the Nigerian film explosion. —Michael Fox<br />
PRECEDED BY<br />
Salim Baba Director Tim Sternberg<br />
India/US 2007 15 MINS In Bengali with English subtitles • A handcranked-cinema-cart projectionist artfully edits his own<br />
medley of Bollywood’s best song and dance spectacles for his young viewers.<br />
• • • Presented in association with the San Francisco Black <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> and the Museum of the African Diaspora<br />
When Darkness Falls (När Mörkret Faller) SwedeN 2006 134 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 9:30 pm WHEN10S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Anders Nilsson Producer Joakim Hansson Cinematographer Per Arne Svenson Editor Darek Hodor<br />
Cast Oldoz Javidi, Lia Boysen, Reuben Sallmander, Per Graffman, Bibi Anderson, Peter Engman Print Source Swedish <strong>Film</strong><br />
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In Swedish with English subtitles • With shifting storylines reminiscent of Crash, this intense, understated Swedish<br />
thriller unfolds in a compromised society in which danger lurks in even the most seemingly benign situati<strong>ons</strong>. Two<br />
young sisters discover their immigrant family’s deadly notion of honor when their parents suspect one of them has<br />
shamed them by c<strong>ons</strong>orting with boys; after years of abuse, an award-winning television journalist has her husband<br />
arrested, only to see her colleagues take his side; a restaurateur receives death threats after agreeing to testify<br />
against the gunman that shot his bouncer. Tension and dread increase as each of these characters, regardless of<br />
personal cost, manages to find the will to stand up against the twin threats of injustice and social censure—and a ray<br />
of light begins to peek out of the bleak Stockholm winter. North American Premiere —Pam Grady<br />
• • • Presented in association with the C<strong>ons</strong>ulate General of Sweden of San Francisco<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Frank Howard Allen Realtors<br />
Wild Boys of the Road US 1933 68 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 75 MINS<br />
Monday, October 8 4:30 pm WILD08R Rafael<br />
Director William Wellman Producer Robert Presnell, Sr. Screenwriter Earl Baldwin Cinematographer Arthur L. Todd Editor<br />
Thomas Pratt Cast Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan, Edwin Phillips Print Source Warner Bros. Classics<br />
In 1933, the year Oscar winner William Wellman’s hard-hitting movie about kids who leave home to ride the rails<br />
was released, the Great Depression was at its lowest point and Franklin D. Roosevelt had just begun to implement<br />
his sweeping governmental reforms. Frankie Darro, who played the lead, and his “leading lady,” Dorothy Coonan,<br />
were both 16. Their two characters meet while hopping trains, and they eventually hook up with a large community<br />
of kids living rough because their parents can’t support them. As they wander from state to state in search of work,<br />
a glimmer of hope finally appears when New Deal reforms offer jobs to young people. Never released on video and<br />
seldom shown in Warner Brother retrospectives, Wild Boys, with its gritty realism and natural acting, nonetheless<br />
wins audiences every time it’s shown. Ages 10+ —John Morrison<br />
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Betty Boop for President Director Dave Fleischer<br />
US 1932 7 MINS Betty runs for president in the same year as FDR, in this parody of politics that is very relevant to<br />
Depression-era concerns.<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution US 2007 57 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 95 MINS<br />
Wednesday, October 10 7:00 pm WOME10T 142 Throckmorton<br />
Saturday, October 13 3:30 pm WOME13R Rafael<br />
Director/Producer Rosemary Rawcliffe Cinematographer Peter McCandless Editor Miriam Telles Print Source Frame of Mind<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s, Inc.<br />
ACTIVE CINEMA MOVEMENT • In English and Tibetan with English subtitles • In 1959, Tibetan women in Lhasa<br />
took to the streets to oppose the violent occupation of their country by Chinese forces, and remained there until<br />
heavy shelling forced their surrender. Some were jailed; some risked escape across the Himalayas. The exiled<br />
elders of what became known as the Tibetan Women’s Uprising are at the heart of this second film in director<br />
Rosemary Rawcliffe’s trilogy about women of Tibet. Interviews with three generati<strong>ons</strong> of women—including Ama<br />
Adhe Tapontsang, Dolma Tsering Teykhang and Tseten Choeden—as well as with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, reveal<br />
incredible stories of long incarceration, of perilous treks and of women in exile who continue to embody their country’s<br />
cultural legacy as they build schools, clinics and communities, and work as doctors, engineers and politicians. The<br />
rare footage and thoughtful beauty of the film, combined with these deeply moving stories, make this a perfect<br />
companion piece to last year’s Gyalyum Chemo—The Great Mother (MVFF 2006). World Premiere —Zoë Elton<br />
• • •A panel discussion with special guests will follow both screenings.<br />
• • • Presented in association with Bay Area Friends of Tibet<br />
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman US 2007 85 MINS<br />
Sunday, October 7 1:00 pm WORD07R Rafael<br />
Monday, October 8 7:15 pm WORD08S Sequoia<br />
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Amber Edwards Cinematographers Mike Budd, Paul Horvath, Dean Krueger Editors Amber<br />
Edwards, Tim Hufnel Print Source NJN Public Television<br />
“When they passed out talent,” Broadway star Carol Channing says of composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, “Jerry<br />
stood in line twice.” Herman rose to acclaim during the 1960s, penning the words and music to some of the greatest<br />
musicals to hit Broadway, including Hello, Dolly! and Mame and the cult fave Mack & Mabel. This charming look at a<br />
true American master takes you backstage through insightful on-camera interviews and brings out rare photographs<br />
and archival footage of the original Broadway cast performances—the film clip alone of a 1964 White House command<br />
performance of Hello, Dolly! is worth the price of admission. It’s a moving portrait of an uncompromising artist who<br />
weathered ups and downs before his triumphant 1983 comeback with La Cage Aux Folles. Critics have dismissed<br />
Herman as a lightweight; you won’t make that mistake after seeing this film. —Greg Cahill<br />
• • • Presented in association with Broadway by the Bay<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Sherman Clay<br />
Yella GeRMANy 2007 89 MINS<br />
Thursday, October 11 8:30 pm YELL11R Rafael<br />
Saturday, October 13 12:45 pm YELL13S Sequoia<br />
Director/Screenwriter Christian Petzold Producers Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber Cinematographer Hans<br />
Fromm Editor Bettina Boehler Cast Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schoenemann, Burghardt Klaussner, Barbara Auer,<br />
Christian Redl Print Source Cinema Guild<br />
FOCUS: GERMANY • In German with English subtitles • In this superb metaphysical thriller crafted by acclaimed<br />
writer-director Christian Petzold (Wolfsburg), a woman named Yella decides to leave behind a failed marriage and<br />
broken dreams in her small eastern German town for a new life on the other side of the Elbe. In Hanover, she meets<br />
Philipp, a young executive at an equity firm, who hires her as his assistant. Although she has no knowledge of the<br />
world of venture capital, Yella discovers she has a knack with ruthless businessmen, and sees a potential future with<br />
Philipp. As she begins to worry that her new life could be too good to be true, strange voices and sounds suddenly<br />
start to plague her—truths from her past coming back to haunt her. Nina Hoss (Something to Remind Me) won the<br />
Berlin <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>’s Silver Bear for best actress for her performance in the title role.<br />
My Brother Is an Only Child (Mio fratello e figlio unico) ITALy/FRANce 2007 100 MINS<br />
Saturday, October 13 9:45 pm MYBR13S Sequoia<br />
Director Daniele Luchetti Producers Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz Screenwriters Sandro Petraglia, Stefano<br />
Rulli, Daniele Luchetti Cinematographer Claudio Collepiccolo Editor Mirco Garrone Cast Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio,<br />
Diane Fleri, Alba Rohrwacher Print Source THINK<strong>Film</strong><br />
During the 1960s and ’70s in the small central Italian town of Latina, a city created by Mussolini’s Fascist government,<br />
Accio (Elio Germano) is his working-class parents’ despair, irritable and a troublemaker, impulsive and explosive,<br />
fighting every battle like a war. His brother, Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio), is handsome, charismatic, loved by all,<br />
but just as dangerous. The brothers also have opposing political beliefs and are in love with the same woman (Diane<br />
Fleri). Through their endless confrontation, the two live through a period of their lives made up of escaping, returning,<br />
fighting and great passi<strong>ons</strong>. Already a hit in Italy and featured at the Cannes <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong>, this coming-of-age tale is<br />
also a panoramic snapshot of Latina through time, as fifteen years of Italian history pass through the adventures of<br />
two brothers so different, yet alike.<br />
• • •Sp<strong>ons</strong>ored by Fireman’s Fund<br />
Screening Committee Members<br />
Adrian Belic<br />
Nick Boglea<br />
Micah Brenner<br />
Chris Brown<br />
Jeff Brown<br />
Megan Cassidy<br />
Tiffany Che<br />
Amy Corbin<br />
Molly Debower<br />
Rama Dunayevich<br />
Rico Estrada<br />
Blake Facente<br />
Michael Falter<br />
Gary Flatow<br />
Catherine Flaxman<br />
Michael Fox<br />
Rick Goldsmith<br />
Stacey Goodman<br />
Dianne Griffin<br />
Jennifer Hammett<br />
Caroline Hanni<br />
Mitra Karimi<br />
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Nancy Kelly<br />
Hossein Khosrowjah<br />
Vivian Kleiman<br />
Becky Mertens<br />
Christine Metropoulos<br />
Peter Moore<br />
Elizabeth Morse<br />
Mike Overbeck<br />
Joanne Parsont<br />
BZ Petroff<br />
Francesca Prada<br />
Tala Russell<br />
Golareh Safarian<br />
John Sanborn<br />
Molli Amara Simon<br />
Wendy Slick<br />
Dale Sopheia<br />
Melinda Stone<br />
Stacey Wisnia<br />
Doug Wolens<br />
Kenji Yamamoto
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thursday october 4<br />
saturday october 6<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
7 pm 8 pm 9 pm<br />
Lust, Caution<br />
6:30PM LUST04R<br />
158 MINS<br />
The Savages<br />
6:45PM SAVA04S<br />
113 MINS<br />
The Savages<br />
7:00PM SAV204S<br />
113 MINS<br />
10 pm 11 pm<br />
The Darjeeling<br />
Limited<br />
9:30PM<br />
DARJ04S<br />
91 MINS<br />
friday october 5<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm<br />
Gilles<br />
4:00PM GILL05R<br />
100 MINS<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
5@5: Take This<br />
Longing<br />
5:00PM 5AT505R<br />
84 MINS<br />
5@5: The Future<br />
5:00PM<br />
5AT505S<br />
88 MINS<br />
The Ugly<br />
Duckling and Me<br />
4:30PM<br />
UGLY05S<br />
89 MINS<br />
Tribute to Ang Lee<br />
7:00PM TRIB05R<br />
90 MINS<br />
Iron Ladies of<br />
Liberia<br />
6:30PM<br />
IRON05R<br />
74 MINS<br />
Kenny<br />
6:30PM<br />
KENN05S<br />
99 MINS<br />
Miss Universe<br />
1929<br />
6:30PM<br />
MISS05T<br />
70 MINS<br />
Presque Isle<br />
7:15PM<br />
PRES05S<br />
94 MINS<br />
Stages<br />
8:30PM<br />
STAG05R<br />
80 MINS<br />
Soldiers of<br />
C<strong>ons</strong>cience<br />
8:30PM<br />
SOLD05T<br />
86 MINS<br />
Control<br />
9:15PM CONT05R<br />
121 MINS<br />
Tooned to Murder:<br />
Daring Duels and<br />
Dastardly Deeds<br />
9:30PM TOON05R<br />
72 MINS<br />
Days of Darkness<br />
9:30PM DAYS05S<br />
109 MINS<br />
The Orphanage<br />
9:00PM<br />
ORPH05S<br />
105 MINS<br />
10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm<br />
Svein and the<br />
Rat<br />
10:00AM<br />
SVEI06R<br />
72 MINS<br />
Red Robin<br />
12:00PM<br />
REDR06R<br />
81 MINS<br />
The Future Is Now<br />
11:00AM SEM06R<br />
The Ugly<br />
Duckling and Me<br />
11:00AM<br />
UGLY06S<br />
89 MINS<br />
Little Heroes<br />
10:30AM<br />
LITT06T<br />
76 MINS<br />
Uranya<br />
11:45AM<br />
URAN06R<br />
95 MINS<br />
Knee Deep<br />
12:00PM<br />
KNEE06S<br />
81 MINS<br />
Doubletime<br />
12:30PM<br />
DOUB06T<br />
82 MINS<br />
Passion and Power:<br />
The Technology of<br />
Orgasm<br />
2:00PM PASS06R<br />
74 MINS<br />
7 Islands and a<br />
Metro<br />
1:30PM 7ISL06R<br />
100 MINS<br />
The End of<br />
the Neubacher<br />
Project<br />
1:00PM END06S<br />
74 MINS<br />
see page 115 for color key<br />
The Crazy<br />
Quilt<br />
2:15PM<br />
CRAZ06R<br />
70 MINS<br />
A Guest of Life<br />
2:15PM<br />
GUES06S<br />
80 MINS<br />
Warchild<br />
3:00PM<br />
WARC06S<br />
103 MINS<br />
Bee-ing Me<br />
2:45PM<br />
BEE06T<br />
97 MINS<br />
Possession<br />
4:30PM<br />
POSS06R<br />
94 MINS<br />
The Colors of<br />
Memory<br />
3:45PM COL06R<br />
102 MINS<br />
The People’s Advocate:<br />
The Life & Times of<br />
Charles R. Garry<br />
4:45PM PEOP06R<br />
85 MINS<br />
Crossing the<br />
Dust<br />
4:30PM<br />
CROS06S<br />
76 MINS<br />
Miss Universe<br />
1929<br />
6:00PM<br />
MISS06R<br />
70 MINS<br />
Mr. Dial Has<br />
Something to Say<br />
5:15PM<br />
MRD06T<br />
79 MINS<br />
The Pixar Story<br />
7:00PM<br />
PIXA06R<br />
87 MINS<br />
Jellyfish<br />
7:15PM<br />
JELL06R<br />
78 MINS<br />
Tuya’s Marriage<br />
6:30PM<br />
TUYA06S<br />
92 MINS<br />
Rendition<br />
6:00PM REND06S<br />
123 MINS<br />
Anita O’Day: The<br />
Life of a Jazz<br />
Singer<br />
8:00PM ANIT06R<br />
90 MINS<br />
Juncture<br />
9:15PM<br />
JUNC06R<br />
106 MINS<br />
Irina Palm<br />
8:45PM IRIN06S<br />
103 MINS<br />
In Search of a<br />
Midnight Kiss<br />
9:45PM INSE06R<br />
97 MINS<br />
Starting Out in the<br />
Evening<br />
9:00PM STAR06S<br />
105 MINS<br />
Cinemasports<br />
8:30PM CINE06T<br />
120 MINS<br />
Tooned to<br />
Murder<br />
10:00PM<br />
TOON06R<br />
72 MINS<br />
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sunday october 7<br />
monday october 8<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
cinema<br />
10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm<br />
Ice Bar<br />
10:00AM<br />
ICEB07S<br />
95 MINS<br />
5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm<br />
Doubletime<br />
5:15PM<br />
DOUB08R<br />
82 MINS<br />
Wild Boys of<br />
the Road<br />
4:30PM WILD08R<br />
75 MINS<br />
5@5: The Future<br />
5:00PM<br />
5AT508R<br />
88 MINS<br />
Soldiers of<br />
C<strong>ons</strong>cience<br />
11:00AM<br />
SOLD07R<br />
86 MINS<br />
Luna: Spirit of the<br />
Whale<br />
10:45AM LUNA07R<br />
91 MINS<br />
Bunnies and<br />
Butterflies<br />
10:30AM<br />
BUNN07R<br />
74 MINS<br />
5@5: I’m Your Man<br />
5:00PM 5AT508S<br />
82 MINS<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy<br />
4:30PM MYEN08S<br />
87 MINS<br />
Strong Love/Body<br />
& Soul<br />
11:00AM<br />
STRO07S<br />
96 MINS<br />
Daughters of<br />
Wisdom<br />
11:00AM<br />
DAUG07T<br />
82 MINS<br />
Chicago 10<br />
6:30PM CHIC08R<br />
103 MINS<br />
Dig-It-All!<br />
7:00PM<br />
DIG08T<br />
81 MINS<br />
Tuya’s Marriage<br />
7:30PM<br />
TUYA08R<br />
92 MINS<br />
Kiviuq<br />
7:30PM<br />
KIV08R<br />
72 MINS<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman<br />
7:15PM WORD08S<br />
85 MINS<br />
Riding Solo to the Top<br />
of the World<br />
7:00PM RID08S<br />
94 MINS<br />
Caramel<br />
6:30PM<br />
CARA08C<br />
95 MINS<br />
Chicago 10<br />
1:00PM CHIC07R<br />
103 MINS<br />
Words and Music<br />
by Jerry Herman<br />
1:00PM<br />
WORD07R<br />
85 MINS<br />
Revoluti<strong>ons</strong>! @ 24<br />
Frames Per Second<br />
12:30PM SEM07R<br />
The Price of Sugar<br />
12:15PM PRIC07S<br />
101 MINS<br />
Stages<br />
1:30PM<br />
STAG07S<br />
80 MINS<br />
Kiviuq<br />
1:30PM<br />
KIV07T<br />
72 MINS<br />
TBA<br />
3:00PM<br />
In Search of a<br />
Midnight Kiss<br />
9:00PM INSE08R<br />
97 MINS<br />
The End of the<br />
Neubacher Project<br />
9:30PM END08R<br />
74 MINS<br />
The People’s<br />
Advocate<br />
9:30PM PEOP08S<br />
85 MINS<br />
Laviva<br />
9:00PM LAV08T<br />
105 MINS<br />
Cassandra’s Dream<br />
9:00PM CASS08C<br />
108 MINS<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
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11 pm<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life<br />
of a Jazz Singer<br />
9:45PM ANIT08R<br />
90 MINS<br />
Irina Palm<br />
9:45PM IRIN08S<br />
103 MINS<br />
August Evening<br />
3:30PM AUGU07R<br />
129 MINS<br />
Welcome to<br />
Nollywood<br />
3:30PM<br />
WELC07R<br />
72 MINS<br />
How to Cook Your<br />
Life<br />
3:00PM HOWT07S<br />
100 MINS<br />
Four Sheets to<br />
the Wind<br />
3:30PM<br />
FOUR07S<br />
91 MINS<br />
Iron Ladies<br />
of Liberia<br />
3:45PM<br />
IRON07T<br />
74 MINS<br />
tuesday october 9<br />
cinema<br />
Laviva<br />
5:30PM LAV07R<br />
105 MINS<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus):<br />
Parts 1 and 2<br />
6:00PM NAS107R<br />
140 MINS<br />
Compound Eye<br />
5:30PM<br />
COM07S<br />
74 MINS<br />
5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm<br />
Svein and<br />
His Rat<br />
4:00PM SVEI09R<br />
72 MINS<br />
The Pixar Story<br />
6:30PM<br />
PIXA07R<br />
87 MINS<br />
I’m Not There<br />
5:45PM IMNO07S<br />
135 MINS<br />
How to Cook Your<br />
Life<br />
5:30PM HOWT09R<br />
100 MINS<br />
Knee Deep<br />
6:00PM<br />
KNEE09R<br />
81 MINS<br />
5@5: Waiting for the<br />
Miracle<br />
5:00PM 5AT509R<br />
88 MINS<br />
5@5: Hey That’s<br />
No Way to Say<br />
Goodbye<br />
5:00PM 5AT509S<br />
79 MINS<br />
The Way I Spent the<br />
End of the World<br />
4:30PM WAY09S<br />
110 MINS<br />
Butterfly<br />
8:00PM<br />
BUTT07R<br />
87 MINS<br />
Blame It on Fidel<br />
7:45PM BLAM07S<br />
110 MINS<br />
Rendition<br />
8:45PM REND07R<br />
123 MINS<br />
I’m Not There<br />
8:00PM IMNO09R<br />
135 MINS<br />
A Guest of Life<br />
7:30PM<br />
GUES09R<br />
80 MINS<br />
The Paper Will Be<br />
Blue<br />
7:00PM<br />
PAPE09S<br />
95 MINS<br />
Grace Is Gone<br />
7:15PM<br />
GRAC09S<br />
92 MINS<br />
Gone Baby Gone<br />
7:00PM GONE09C<br />
114 MINS<br />
Warchild<br />
9:15PM WARC07R<br />
103 MINS<br />
Beaufort<br />
9:00PM BEAU07S<br />
120 MINS<br />
Dylan (Interpreted)<br />
9:00PM MUSC07T<br />
Beaufort<br />
8:15PM BEAU09R<br />
120 MINS<br />
Crossing the<br />
Dust<br />
9:30PM<br />
CROS09R<br />
76 MINS<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’<br />
(Endless)<br />
9:00PM CAL09S<br />
155 MINS<br />
The Colors of<br />
Memory<br />
9:45PM COL09S<br />
102 MINS
wednesday october 10<br />
us cinema WorlD cinema ValleY of the Docs chilDren’s filmfest V(ision)fest 5@5 & mVff shorts triButes/spotliGhts seminars/music/tBa<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm<br />
5@5: I’m Your<br />
Man<br />
5:00PM<br />
5AT510R<br />
82 MINS<br />
5@5: There Is a War<br />
5:00PM 5AT510S<br />
84 MINS<br />
Gilles<br />
4:30PM<br />
GILL10S<br />
100 MINS<br />
Mr. Dial Has<br />
Something to Say<br />
6:00PM<br />
MRD10R<br />
79 MINS<br />
special venues<br />
Spotlight on Terry<br />
George<br />
7:00PM SPOT10R<br />
147 MINS<br />
Women of Tibet: A<br />
Quiet Revolution<br />
7:00PM<br />
WOME10T<br />
58 MINS<br />
Riding Solo to<br />
the Top of the<br />
World<br />
8:15PM<br />
RID10R<br />
The Price of Sugar<br />
7:15PM PRIC10R<br />
101 MINS<br />
Possession<br />
7:15PM<br />
POSS10S<br />
94 MINS<br />
Michael Clayton<br />
7:00PM MICH10S<br />
120 MINS<br />
marin civic center<br />
Battleship potemkin<br />
October 7, 7:30PM and October 9, 7:30PM<br />
66 MINS<br />
See page 24 for more information.<br />
san francisco art institute<br />
Welcome to Nollywood<br />
October 9, 7:30PM WELC09A<br />
72 MINS<br />
george lucas theater<br />
at Kerner optical<br />
filmmaking’s Next Dimension:<br />
an Insider’s look<br />
October 13, 2:00PM SEM13G<br />
See page 29 for more information.<br />
outdoor art club<br />
How to cook your life party<br />
October 7, 5:00PM PARTY07<br />
See page 93.<br />
riding solo benefit<br />
October 8, 9:00PM PARTY08<br />
See page 104.<br />
Drained<br />
9:45PM<br />
DRA10R<br />
105 MINS<br />
Kenny<br />
9:45PM<br />
KENN10S<br />
99 MINS<br />
friday october 12<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
11 pm<br />
When Darkness Falls<br />
9:30PM WHEN10S<br />
134 MINS<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
9:30PM TRIP10T<br />
60 MINS<br />
thursday october 11<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm<br />
My Enemy’s<br />
Enemy<br />
4:45PM<br />
MYEN12R<br />
87 MINS<br />
Outer and<br />
Inner Spaces<br />
4:30PM<br />
OUTE12R<br />
78 MINS<br />
5@5: There Is a War<br />
5:00PM 5AT512R<br />
84 MINS<br />
5@5: Waiting for the<br />
Miracle<br />
5:00PM 5AT512S<br />
88 MINS<br />
Red Robin<br />
4:30PM<br />
REDR12S<br />
81 MINS<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm<br />
Outer and<br />
Inner Spaces<br />
4:00PM<br />
OUTE11R<br />
78 MINS<br />
5@5: Hey That’s No<br />
Way to Say Goodbye<br />
5:00PM 5AT511R<br />
79 MINS<br />
5@5: Take This<br />
Longing<br />
5:00PM 5AT511S<br />
84 MINS<br />
The Three<br />
Musketeers<br />
4:00PM<br />
THRE11S<br />
75 MINS<br />
Things We Lost in<br />
the Fire<br />
7:00PM THIN12R<br />
117 MINS<br />
Elvis and Anabelle<br />
7:15PM ELV12R<br />
105 MINS<br />
Clouds Over Conakry<br />
7:15PM CLOU12S<br />
113 MINS<br />
Joe Strummer: The<br />
Future Is Unwritten<br />
6:30PM JOES12S<br />
124 MINS<br />
Centerpiece:<br />
Man in the Chair<br />
6:30PM MAN11R<br />
109 MINS<br />
Blame It on Fidel<br />
6:00PM<br />
BLAM11R<br />
110 MINS<br />
Djanta<br />
6:00PM DJAN11S<br />
106 MINS<br />
Kobra’s<br />
Decision<br />
7:15PM<br />
KOBR11R<br />
81 MINS<br />
Starting Out in the<br />
Evening<br />
7:00PM STAR11S<br />
105 MINS<br />
Yella<br />
8:30PM<br />
YELL11R<br />
89 MINS<br />
The Orphanage<br />
10:00PM<br />
ORPH12R<br />
105 MINS<br />
The Rind<br />
9:30PM<br />
RIND12R<br />
105 MINS<br />
Frozen Life<br />
9:45PM FROZ12R<br />
106 MINS<br />
Heartbreak Hotel<br />
10:00PM HEAR12S<br />
110 MINS<br />
Control<br />
9:30PM CONT12S<br />
121 MINS<br />
Pearl Harbour: Celebrating<br />
Joe Strummer<br />
9:00PM MUSC12T<br />
Mind the Gap<br />
9:30PM MIND11R<br />
102 MINS<br />
Presque Isle<br />
9:15PM PRES11R<br />
94 MINS<br />
Elvis and Anabelle<br />
9:30PM ELV11S<br />
105 MINS<br />
The Secrets<br />
8:45PM SECR11S<br />
120 MINS<br />
12 am<br />
11 pm<br />
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saturday october 13<br />
sunday october 14<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
rafael<br />
sequoia<br />
sequoia<br />
throck<br />
10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm<br />
Luna: Spirit of<br />
the Whale<br />
10:00AM<br />
LUNA13R<br />
91 MINS<br />
Ice Bar<br />
10:30AM<br />
ICEB13S<br />
95 MINS<br />
10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm<br />
The Three<br />
Musketeers<br />
10:00AM<br />
THRE14R<br />
75 MINS<br />
The iGeneration<br />
Download<br />
11:00AM<br />
IGEN13R<br />
86 MINS<br />
Kobra’s<br />
Decision<br />
11:00AM<br />
KOBR13S<br />
81 MINS<br />
Little Heroes<br />
10:30AM<br />
LITT14S<br />
76 MINS<br />
Djanta<br />
12:00PM<br />
DJAN13R<br />
106 MINS<br />
Dig-It-All!<br />
12:00PM<br />
DIG13T<br />
81 MINS<br />
14 Women<br />
12:00PM<br />
14WO14R<br />
79 MINS<br />
The Rind<br />
12:30PM<br />
RIND13R<br />
105 MINS<br />
The Way I Spent the<br />
End of the World<br />
11:30AM WAY14R<br />
110 MINS<br />
Strong Love/Body<br />
& Soul<br />
11:45AM<br />
STRO14R<br />
96 MINS<br />
Frozen Life<br />
11:30AM FROZ14S<br />
106 MINS<br />
Butterfly<br />
1:00PM<br />
BUTT13S<br />
87 MINS<br />
Yella<br />
12:45PM<br />
YELL13S<br />
89 MINS<br />
Daughters of<br />
Wisdom<br />
12:30PM<br />
DAUG14S<br />
82 MINS<br />
Postcards from<br />
Tora Bora<br />
1:30PM<br />
POST13R<br />
85 MINS<br />
Que Viva la<br />
Lucha (Wrestling<br />
in Tijuana)<br />
2:30PM QUEV13R<br />
69 MINS<br />
Compound<br />
Eye<br />
2:45PM<br />
COM13R<br />
74 MINS<br />
Things We Lost in<br />
the Fire<br />
2:15PM THIN14R<br />
117 MINS<br />
The Paper Will Be<br />
Blue<br />
2:00PM<br />
PAPE14R<br />
95 MINS<br />
Bunnies and<br />
Butterflies<br />
2:15PM<br />
BUNN14R<br />
74 MINS<br />
Diving Bell and the<br />
Butterfly<br />
2:00PM DIV14S<br />
112 MINS<br />
Autism: The<br />
Musical<br />
2:30PM AUT14S<br />
94 MINS<br />
Postcards from<br />
Tora Bora<br />
2:00PM<br />
POST14T<br />
85 MINS<br />
Mind the Gap<br />
3:00PM MIND13S<br />
102 MINS<br />
Uranya<br />
2:45PM<br />
URAN13S<br />
95 MINS<br />
Passion and Power:<br />
The Technology of<br />
Orgasm<br />
2:15PM PASS13T<br />
74 MINS<br />
Women of<br />
Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution<br />
3:30PM WOME13R<br />
58 MINS<br />
Autism: The<br />
Musical<br />
4:30PM AUT13R<br />
94 MINS<br />
TBA<br />
4:45PM<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’ (Endless)<br />
4:15PM CAL14R<br />
155 MINS<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus):<br />
Parts 3 and 4<br />
4:00PM NAS214R<br />
140 MINS<br />
Que Viva la<br />
Lucha (Wrestling<br />
in Tijuana)<br />
4:00PM QUEV14T<br />
69 MINS<br />
Four Sheets to<br />
the Wind<br />
5:00PM<br />
FOUR13R<br />
91 MINS<br />
Heartbreak Hotel<br />
5:30PM HEAR13S<br />
110 MINS<br />
Diving Bell and the<br />
Butterfly<br />
5:00PM DIV13S<br />
112 MINS<br />
7 Islands and a<br />
Metro<br />
4:30PM 7ISL13T<br />
100 MINS<br />
The Kite Runner<br />
5:00PM KITE14S<br />
122 MINS<br />
The Kite Runner<br />
5:15PM KIT214S<br />
122 MINS<br />
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Spotlight on Jennifer<br />
Jason Leigh<br />
6:30PM SPOT13R<br />
133 MINS<br />
Bee-ing Me<br />
6:00PM BEE14T<br />
97 MINS<br />
Clouds Over Conakry<br />
7:00PM CLOU13R<br />
113 MINS<br />
Used<br />
7:15PM<br />
USED13R<br />
84 MINS<br />
Drained<br />
6:45PM DRA13T<br />
105 MINS<br />
Joe Strummer: The<br />
Future Is Unwritten<br />
7:30PM JOES14R<br />
124 MINS<br />
London to<br />
Brighton<br />
7:15PM<br />
LOND14R<br />
90 MINS<br />
Jellyfish<br />
8:00PM<br />
JELL13S<br />
78 MINS<br />
TBA<br />
8:00PM<br />
TBA<br />
8:00PM<br />
TBA<br />
8:30PM<br />
Go Together<br />
9:15PM<br />
GOTO13R<br />
94 MINS<br />
Rails & Ties<br />
8:15PM RAIL13S<br />
105 MINS<br />
London to<br />
Brighton<br />
9:45PM<br />
LOND13R<br />
90 MINS<br />
The Secrets<br />
9:30PM SECR13R<br />
120 MINS<br />
My Brother Is<br />
an Only Child<br />
9:45PM<br />
MYBR13S<br />
100MINS<br />
Juncture<br />
9:00PM JUNC13T<br />
106 MINS
It’s not too late to volunteer!<br />
The success of the Mill Valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
depends on the dedication and enthusiasm<br />
of its volunteers. Each year our volunteers<br />
help us produce an internationally acclaimed<br />
event and are part of one of Mill Valley’s most<br />
exciting annual celebrati<strong>ons</strong>. It’s a great way<br />
to get involved, make new friends and see<br />
great films!<br />
important dates<br />
saturday, septemBer 15<br />
SIGN-UP SESSION #1<br />
AND VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION<br />
9:00–11:00 am Sign-up<br />
11:00 am–12:00 pm Orientation<br />
FREE Fe<strong>stival</strong> film screened<br />
after orientation<br />
Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
monday, septemBer 17<br />
SIGN-UP SESSION #2<br />
4:00–7:00 pm<br />
142 Throckmorton Theatre<br />
it’s easy to get involved!<br />
in order to volunteer:<br />
• Attend a sign-up session<br />
• Commit to a minimum of 12 hours of<br />
volunteer work<br />
• Attend volunteer meetings and trainings<br />
for your shifts<br />
• Be friendly, enthusiastic and flexible!<br />
did you miss siGn-up or orientation? it’s stiLL not too Late!<br />
There are plenty of volunteer opportunities throughout the fe<strong>stival</strong>.<br />
Please contact Ryan Jones, volunteer coordinator, at 415.526.5869 or<br />
mvffvolunteers@cafilm.org.<br />
tuesday, septemBer 18<br />
SIGN-UP SESSION #3<br />
4:00–7:00 pm<br />
Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center
mvFF theatRiCal tRaileR<br />
director Ted Jenkins<br />
Written by Dennis Scheyer<br />
agency Scheyer/SF<br />
agency Producer Katie Porter<br />
Executive Producers Allison Amon, Lisa Mehling<br />
associate Producers John LaChapelle, Gina Zapata<br />
Producer Adam Guliner<br />
Production Manager Jamie Anderson<br />
Editorial Barbary Post<br />
Editor Kristen Jenkins<br />
Executive Producer Bob Spector<br />
assistant Editors Jenni Nelson, Daniel Truog<br />
Music Beacon Street Studios<br />
composer Andrew Feltenstein<br />
visual Effects Eightvfx<br />
vfx designer Baptiste Andrieux<br />
logo design MINE<br />
CAST<br />
Professor Daamen Krall<br />
daphne Jocelin Donahue<br />
Boring Girl Jenn Diedrich<br />
hangman Troy Terashita<br />
student 1 Errol Chapnick<br />
student 2 Angela DeSilva<br />
student 3 Chris Kerner<br />
student 4 Susannah Thorainsson<br />
director of Photography Jeff Venditti<br />
1st assistant director Allison Amon<br />
2nd assistant director Ann Reilly<br />
1st assistant camera Andy Sydney<br />
2nd assistant camera Pamela Howard<br />
Gaffer Rich Paisley<br />
Best Boy Electric Cameron Lee Michael<br />
key Grip Mark Pars<strong>ons</strong><br />
Best Boy Grip Mitch Lookabaugh<br />
Grips Randy Berrett, Joe Passarelli, Rob Kraetsch<br />
Production designer Carlos Osorio<br />
hair/Makeup Ismenia Dane<br />
stylist Maude Feil<br />
script supervisor Ana Birch<br />
vTR Michael Moretti<br />
sound Mixer Bob Israel, C.A.S.<br />
Production assistants Wilson Gabbard, Timothy Riese,<br />
Nate Minier, Noboru Ito, Sara Edwards, Dustin Cabeal<br />
Talent Payment American Residuals & Talent, Inc.<br />
casting Lien Cowan Casting, Alice Ellis Casting<br />
caterer Alex’s Gourmet Catering<br />
location Glendale Community College: Lawrence Serot,<br />
Vice President; Guido Girardi, Performing Arts Production,<br />
Manager; Marco Navarro, Technical Director<br />
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Creative Credits<br />
camera Otto Nemenz<br />
Electric Equipment Cinelease, Inc.<br />
Grip Equipment Bullet Grip, Inc.<br />
Production supplies Line 204<br />
insurance Taylor & Taylor, Inc.<br />
Props Hand Prop Room Omega/CP2<br />
Trucks Galpin Motors Studio Rentals<br />
Walkies Pro-V Communicati<strong>ons</strong><br />
film stock Kodak<br />
sound Mix Skywalker Sound<br />
Re-recording Mixer Jürgen Scharpf<br />
sound opticals NT Audio<br />
film Processing/Prints Technicolor<br />
Telecine Technicolor Creative Services Hollywood<br />
di Technicolor Digital Intermediates<br />
“mvFF tuRning 30” <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
inteRStitialS<br />
design and animation l.inc Design<br />
creative director/designer Lisa Berghout<br />
senior animator Ken Krueger<br />
Executive Producer Anastacia Maggioncalda<br />
Producer Rowena Cape<br />
Mastering Radium<br />
Music Talking House Producti<strong>ons</strong>, San Francisco<br />
Project direction Cindy McSherry-Martinez<br />
composer Paul Ruxton<br />
Engineers Pete Krawiec, Willie Samuels<br />
agency Scheyer/SF<br />
Producer/creative director Dennis Scheyer<br />
logo design MINE<br />
adveRtiSing/pRint mateRialS<br />
agency Scheyer/SF<br />
creative direction/copy Dennis Scheyer<br />
design MINE<br />
designer Christopher Simm<strong>ons</strong><br />
digital artist Chris Dudley<br />
Web site design MINE<br />
publiCity<br />
agency Hamilton Ink<br />
Principal Pam Hamilton<br />
Publicists Stephanie Clarke, Serene Moussa,<br />
Clara Franco, Samantha Barshop<br />
agency Larsen Associates<br />
Principal Karen Larsen<br />
Publicists Timothy Buckwalter, Chris Wiggum<br />
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Fe<strong>stival</strong> staff<br />
Founder and Director<br />
Mark Fishkin<br />
Director of Programming<br />
Zoë Elton<br />
pRogRamming<br />
Senior Programmer<br />
Karen Davis<br />
Programmers<br />
Kelly Clement<br />
Janis Plotkin<br />
Osnat Shurer<br />
Amanda Todd<br />
Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest Programmer/<br />
CFI Education Manager<br />
John Morrison<br />
Assistant Programmer<br />
Joshua Moore<br />
Programming Administrator<br />
Holly Roach<br />
Programming Assistant<br />
Rachel Aloy<br />
Seminar Coordinator/<br />
Programming Assistant<br />
Beverly Thorman<br />
opeRationS<br />
Operati<strong>ons</strong> Manager<br />
Steven Reder<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> Manager<br />
David Owen<br />
Print Traffic Manager<br />
Alexandra Cantin<br />
Print Traffic Assistants<br />
Chris Stolebarger<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> Receptionist<br />
Noah Nelson<br />
Volunteer Coordinator<br />
Ryan Jones<br />
Assistant Volunteer Coordinator<br />
Jennie-Sue Nuccio<br />
Database Manager<br />
Myles Downes<br />
SpeCial eventS<br />
Special Events Manager<br />
Jessika Diamond<br />
Special Events Assistant/<br />
Outdoor Art Club Manager<br />
Andrea Vecchione<br />
Logistics Manager<br />
Paul Hegarty<br />
Logistics Assistant<br />
Craig Walton<br />
adminiStRation/development<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Maureen Galliani<br />
Finance Manager<br />
Connie Chang<br />
Director of Business Development<br />
Judith Mayer<br />
Development Manager<br />
Atissa Manshouri<br />
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Corporate Development<br />
Amanda Todd<br />
Membership and Volunteers Manager<br />
Lori Malm<br />
Development Assistant<br />
Christine Wright<br />
Administration Assistant<br />
Abigail Millikan-States<br />
Membership Assistants<br />
Suzi Hynes<br />
Suzie Kidder<br />
maRKeting/publiCity<br />
Marketing and Communicati<strong>ons</strong> Manager<br />
Simone Nelson<br />
Principal Publicists<br />
Pam Hamilton, Hamilton Ink<br />
Karen Larsen, Larsen Associates<br />
Publicists<br />
Samantha Barshop, Timothy Buckwalter,<br />
Stephanie Clarke, Clara Franco, Serene<br />
Moussa, Chris Wiggum<br />
Photography Coordinator<br />
Patrik Argast<br />
Videographer/youth Workshop Coordinator<br />
John MacLeod<br />
publiCationS/deSign<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Joanne Parsont<br />
Art Director<br />
Michele Johnston<br />
Copy Editor<br />
Carrie Pickett<br />
Proofreaders<br />
Linda Moore<br />
Christine Rickerby<br />
Graphic Designers<br />
Rose DeHeer<br />
Michele Johnston<br />
Production/Digital Prepress<br />
Giraffex Inc.<br />
Kenneth Lockerbie<br />
Richard Repas<br />
Print Ads<br />
Winifred MacLeod<br />
Database Designer<br />
Sandy Gow
gueSt SeRviCeS<br />
Guest Services Manager<br />
Joni Cooper<br />
Hospitality Coordinators<br />
Caitlin Sherman<br />
Jill Spinelli<br />
Transportation Coordinator<br />
Molli Amara Simon<br />
theateR/teChniCal<br />
opeRationS<br />
Theater Operati<strong>ons</strong> Coordinator<br />
Deanna Williams<br />
Technical Director<br />
Hal Rowland<br />
Fe<strong>stival</strong> Theater Managers<br />
Kate Aragon<br />
Kate Carroll<br />
James Hummel<br />
Technical Advisor<br />
Marty Brenneis<br />
Technical Advisor/Editor<br />
Marcus Pun<br />
Box Office Management<br />
In Ticketing<br />
Lead Projectionists<br />
Ryan Hastie, Nathan Hoffman, Ben<br />
Lopata, Nayt Myers, Doug Nadeau,<br />
Max Savage, Jake Waddell<br />
Projectionists<br />
Zoe Cohen, Ben Hadden, David<br />
Krah, Cindy Norman<br />
Theater Staff<br />
Patrick Baxter, Abbey Byers, Carly<br />
Callaghan, Sue Campbell, James<br />
Chenney, Patricia Cogley, Griffen<br />
Couillard, Alberto Diaz, Ren Dodge,<br />
Allana Ehlers, Julia Feldman, Fay<br />
Ferency, Aidan Gavet, Nick<br />
Gregg, Rory Harlib, Suzi Hynes,<br />
John Kemmeter, Christine King,<br />
Ana Mazarizgos, Jamie Mott,<br />
Natalie Schoch, Allen Snyder,<br />
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Cole Sutton, Ilya Tovbis, Sean<br />
Warner, Becky West, Chris Wren,<br />
Jake Zeisler<br />
ChRiStopheR b. Smith<br />
RaFael <strong>Film</strong> CenteR<br />
Director of Programming<br />
Richard Peterson<br />
Manager<br />
Dan Zastrow<br />
Programming and Publicity<br />
Associate<br />
Maureen Dixon<br />
Program C<strong>ons</strong>ultant<br />
Jan Klingelhofer<br />
Assistant Manager<br />
Tim Fross<br />
Shift Manager<br />
Brandon Wisecarver<br />
Interns<br />
Programming Interns<br />
Noelle Kessler, Cheryl Mak,<br />
Marissa Phillips, David Shane,<br />
Blake Thorman, Alicia Williams<br />
Community Outreach Interns<br />
Libby Rader, Shevaun Stapp<br />
Special Events Intern<br />
Julie Le<br />
Education Interns<br />
Brooke Callen, Danielle Graves,<br />
Katie Norby, Michael Wanger<br />
Development Intern<br />
Beverly Sterry<br />
CFI Interns<br />
Gary Flatow, Muriel Hammond,<br />
Murray Hammond, Ron Jennings,<br />
Gail Simmonds, Allen Snyder,<br />
Richard Vance<br />
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Sylvie Adair<br />
Nicolette Aizenberg<br />
Ioan Allen<br />
Allison Amon<br />
Ed Arentz<br />
Steven Argula<br />
Seema Arora<br />
Brian Auger<br />
BAFTA<br />
Garbiz Baghdassarian<br />
Krissy Bailey<br />
Bill Banning<br />
Richard Barker<br />
Daria Bauer<br />
Bay Area Video Coalition<br />
Peter Belsito<br />
Kim Bender<br />
Sheila Benson<br />
Jodi Berman<br />
Mary Bitterman<br />
Linda Blackaby<br />
David Bonbright<br />
Scott Bondlow<br />
Mayor Al Boro<br />
Janis Bosenko<br />
Bruno Bossio<br />
Larry Brackett<br />
Bread & Roses<br />
Ann Brebner<br />
Marty Brenneis<br />
Peter Broderick<br />
Jill Brooke<br />
Kristen Brown<br />
Tom Bruchs<br />
Desiree Buford<br />
Patti Burke<br />
Meghann Burns<br />
Rita Cahill<br />
<strong>California</strong> Newsreel<br />
Brooke Callen<br />
Campos-Emert Enterprises<br />
Sarah Cathers<br />
CFI Volunteers and Interns<br />
Micheline Chau<br />
James Chenney<br />
Cima Media International<br />
Stephanie Clarke<br />
Jane Clemm<strong>ons</strong><br />
Coastside Communicati<strong>ons</strong><br />
Gail Cohon Stein<br />
Anne Collins<br />
C<strong>ons</strong>ulate General of India<br />
Alice Corning<br />
Cassandra Cosby<br />
Peter Coyote<br />
Dalila Cunha<br />
Eric d’Arbeloff<br />
Nancy Davis<br />
Ninfa Dawson<br />
Paul Dektor<br />
Tara Dempsey<br />
Aurora Dennis<br />
Denver <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
Dolby Laboratories<br />
Rama & Bernard Dunayevich<br />
Susan Dutton<br />
Shiree Dyson<br />
Flor A. Emert<br />
Richard Emert<br />
Moy Eng<br />
Amir Esfandiari<br />
Tareq Fakhouri<br />
Emily Feingold<br />
David Fenkel<br />
Cathy Ferrari<br />
Connie Field<br />
Tom Filcich<br />
Final Draft<br />
Lindsay Fishkin<br />
Lorrie Fishkin<br />
Nancy Fishman<br />
Gary Flatow<br />
Jim Flavell<br />
Focus Features<br />
Raissa Fomina<br />
Ben Fong-Torres<br />
Julie Fontaine<br />
Fox Searchlight Pictures<br />
Neil Friedman<br />
Sid Ganis<br />
Mark Garwood<br />
Felecia Gaston<br />
Leslie Gavin<br />
John Goddard<br />
Dan Godfrey<br />
John Godsey<br />
Sandy Gow<br />
Garrett P. Graham<br />
Danielle Graves<br />
Alice Gray<br />
Robert Griswold<br />
Linda and Jon Gruber<br />
David Guastavino<br />
Adam Guliner<br />
Peggy Haas<br />
Lynne Hale<br />
Mary Hammond<br />
Muriel and Murray Hammond<br />
Amanda Hansen<br />
Pearl Harbour<br />
Hilary Hart<br />
Liz and Tia Hart<br />
JoAnn Hastings<br />
Bob Hawk<br />
Anna Heidinger<br />
Ron Henderson<br />
Mary Herr<br />
Lynn Hershman-Leeson<br />
Bob Hoffman<br />
Karen Holmes<br />
Christine Horstmann<br />
Dot Howden<br />
Melissa Howden<br />
Marcus Hu<br />
Suzi Hynes<br />
Richard Idell<br />
In Ticketing<br />
Steve Indig<br />
Terri Jaffe<br />
Aliya Jaffe Whitney<br />
Sheran James<br />
Lange Jane<br />
Ted Jenkins<br />
Ron Jennings<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
Lisa Johnson<br />
Juanita Jones<br />
Miranda Jones<br />
Jin Woo Joo<br />
Bruce Katz<br />
Deborah Kaufman<br />
Deirdre Kennedy<br />
Betsy Kenney<br />
Suzie Kidder<br />
Erin King<br />
Jan Klingelhofer<br />
Katie Korzun<br />
Henri-Pierre Koubaka<br />
Don Krim<br />
KT Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
Claudia Landsberger<br />
Juliet Michele Lanfried<br />
Larsen and Associates<br />
K.C. Lauck<br />
Graham Leggat<br />
Allison Levenson<br />
Sydney Levine<br />
Michael Levinson<br />
Sarah Lewin<br />
Lee Lewis<br />
Bill Longen<br />
Mickey Luckoff<br />
Lucy<br />
Tom Luddy<br />
Michael Lumpkin<br />
Jay Lustgarten<br />
Jennifer Coslett MacCready<br />
Nancy Mackle<br />
John MacLeod<br />
Miss Madhi “Bless Her”<br />
Anastacia Maggioncalda<br />
Mark Mancuso<br />
Nikki Marelich<br />
Carol Marshall<br />
Dan Martin<br />
Doug Martin<br />
Jean Mathieson<br />
Charles McGlashan<br />
Mary Jane, Paul and Phoebe<br />
McKown<br />
Peter McLaughlin<br />
Marcus McWaters<br />
Denise Meehan<br />
Ann Marie Melanephy<br />
Lucy Mercer<br />
Gary Meyer<br />
Meylan C<strong>ons</strong>truction<br />
Dan Miller<br />
Miramax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Tom and Susan Monahan<br />
Anne Montgomery<br />
Cheryl Moody<br />
Cornelius Moore<br />
Julie Morgan<br />
Jakub Mosur<br />
Sue Muzzin<br />
Kjellaug Myhre<br />
Roy Nee<br />
Russell Nelson<br />
New Wave City<br />
New Line<br />
Jane Ng<br />
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Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
Rudi O’Meara<br />
Bernard and Babro Osher<br />
Courtney Ott<br />
Erin Owens<br />
Pacific <strong>Film</strong> Archive<br />
Paige Poulos<br />
Communicati<strong>ons</strong><br />
Paramount Vantage<br />
Jonathan and Deborah<br />
Parker<br />
Dominic and Paolo Patrove<br />
Micha Peled<br />
Alicia Perre-Dowd<br />
Jeff Perry<br />
Peter Peterson<br />
Mark Phillips<br />
Picturehouse<br />
Mark Pitta<br />
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L. Shay, Diane Sidjakov, Skip Sikora, Gail Silba,<br />
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Rixey, Susan A. Haag, Fiske Smith, Cathy<br />
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Takayama, Caryn Tantilla-Lentz, Nancy Terry,<br />
Ellen and Robert Tollen, Millicent Tracey, Paula<br />
L. Tuttle, Stan Vail, C<strong>ons</strong>tance Vandament,<br />
Jeannine Voix Paganini, Dan Volbrect, Ms. Mary<br />
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James Watson, Jon and Arlene Wedereit,<br />
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Adam, Claire Adams and Steven Seifert,<br />
Carolyn Adducci Charyn and Ron Charyn, Chris<br />
Adessa and George McCluney, Toni Albert,<br />
Karen Albini, Ioan Allen, Juliette Ambatzidis,<br />
Sara J. Anderson, Erik Anderson, Richard I.<br />
Anderson, Janice Anderson-Gram, Elizabeth<br />
Arnold, Douglas Ascher, Stephen Atwater and<br />
Christine Des Jarlais, Richard Atwood and<br />
Kamila Kubasova, Fabio and Ann Aversa, Maria<br />
Aversa, Anne Baele Kouns and John Kouns,<br />
Doris Law Bagley, Ms. Georgia Bailey, Stanley<br />
and Sara Bailis, Diane Baker, Suzanne Baker,<br />
Richard and Violet Baker, Theodore H. and Amy<br />
Barnett, Cora Baron, Brannin Beal, Lisa and<br />
Brian Beaudoin, Robert and Ingrid Becker, Jean<br />
M. Bedecarrax, John Beebe, Bob and Alice<br />
Behray, Patricia Hale Belden, Entela Belishova,<br />
Sue Bennett and Donald Campbell, Marshall<br />
and Dorothy Bentley, Ernest and Starr Bergman,<br />
Barbara Berman, Linden and Carl Berry, Loraine<br />
and Bob Berry, Kathryn Beyers and Rich<br />
Rusdorf, Jillian Biggs, Adrienne Biggs, Arthur<br />
and Joanne Bjork, Franklin and Jan Blackford,<br />
Nancy Bloom, Jacqueline Bly, Joseph E.<br />
Bodovitz, Elizabeth Bolton, Erin and Steven<br />
Borden, Leilani Borenstein, Mayor Albert and<br />
Mrs. Patricia Boro, Gray Boyce, Robert<br />
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Brazer, Ann Brebner, Kurt Brellenthin, Anji<br />
Brenner, George Brewster, Lisa Brinkmann, Jill<br />
Brooke, Lisa G. Brow, Jane Brown and Steve<br />
Voss, Arlen Brownstein, Julie Bruly, Nanci Buck,<br />
Janet and Don Buder, Judy Burgio and Dale<br />
Biron, Machelle L. Burkstrand, Marilyn S. Burns,<br />
Robert and Elza Burton, Kathy Simon, Robert<br />
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Daniel and Karlene Caldwell, Carney and Kay<br />
Campion, Anne and John Caple, Joan and<br />
Robert Capurro, Cathleen Carter, Donna<br />
Casella, Robert Cassani, Dr. Padma Catell and<br />
Ms. Shelli Scher, Nancy Chandler, Sam<br />
Chapman, James Chenney, Jane Cheshire-Allen,<br />
Kirk Citron, William Clark, Marilyn Cleland,<br />
Barbara and Frank Clifford, Leslee Coady, Ann<br />
and Mac Coffey, Richard and Carolyn Cogan,<br />
Nina R. Cohen, Robert and Marilyn Cohen, Don<br />
Cohon, Michael Colacchio, Cayla and Jerry<br />
Coleman, lita Collins, Giselle T. Confehr, Ted<br />
and Melissa Congdon, Patti and Tom Cook,<br />
Wayne and Geri Cooper, Pali Cooper, Joel and<br />
Justine Coopersmith, Ron Cope, Jacqueline<br />
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Curley, Linda Curtis, Diane Curtis, Catherine<br />
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Martini, Suzette de Vogelaere, Kathy DeLeon<br />
and Nanci Turnbull, Janine DeMartini, Sandra<br />
DeMond, Anne Desmond, Le Roy and Victoria<br />
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Dombey, Hillary and Joan Don, Gayle D<strong>ons</strong>ky<br />
and Morton Stein, Emily Douglas, Cheryl<br />
Douglas/dkla, Ruth Downing, Daniel Drasin,<br />
Rebecca Dugan, Rama and Bernard<br />
Dunayevich, Susan Duncan, Ms. Tedi Dunn and<br />
Mr. William Svabek, Fred and Barbara Dupuis,<br />
Marc Duro, Ms. Sheila Dutton and C.H. Fotch,<br />
Marla Lee and Robert Eaton, Mary Edwards,<br />
Larry Eilenberg, Richard and Diane Einstein,<br />
Herb and Renee Eisenburch, Dinna and<br />
Frederick Eisenhart, Carolyn Eitel, Carol<br />
Ekelund, Ms. Nancy Ellenbogen and Mr. Joel<br />
Lurie, Lisa Ellis, Suzanne Engelberg, Steven<br />
Englander and Fougere Robertson, Robert<br />
Engman and Claudia Trinklein-Engman,
Monique Epstein, Judith D. Ets-Hokin, Anna<br />
Everest, Joseph A. Faimali and Donita Decker,<br />
B.F. and Mary Falk, David Fankushen and Nancy<br />
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Farrell, Richard Favaro, Mr. and Mrs. F. Conger<br />
Fawcett, Sonia Feder, Saul and Gloria Feldman,<br />
James L. Feller, Josh and Stefanie Felser, Alan<br />
and Carol Feren, George Fernbacher, Teresa A.<br />
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Alan Finneran, Dennis and Pam Fisco, Sally J.<br />
Fish, Robert Fithian and Lenore Fithian, Gary<br />
Flatow, Phillip Fleishman, Carl Flemming and<br />
Catherine M. McCormick, Margritha Fliegauf,<br />
Beth Flye, Jean-Louis and Judith Forcina, Arlene<br />
Ford, Jan Foster, Rebecca Foust and Brian<br />
Pilcher, Sharon A. Fox, Abbi and Robert Fox,<br />
Deborah Fox, Ms. Lynne Frame and Mr. Richard<br />
Hoskins, Sandra Francour, Bruce and Caroline<br />
Frantzis, Gerald and Gloria Fraser, Jessica<br />
Frederick, Jeffrey Freedman, Richard Fregulia<br />
and Lynn G.Fregulia, Myra and Sheldon<br />
Freisinger, Mark Friedlander, Alexandra S.<br />
Friedman, SF Weekly, Lindsey and Theresa<br />
Fross, Candice Fuhrman, Katie Gaier, Peter<br />
Gamez, Frank and Maureen Gamma, Meredith<br />
Gandy, Liza Garfield, Sanford and Nancie<br />
Garfinkel, Mark Garwood, Peter and Leslie<br />
Gavin, Diana Gay-Catania, David Geisinger,<br />
Lawrence Gelb, Fred and Annette Gellert, Rita<br />
Gershengorn, Jacqueline Gerson, Ms. Linda<br />
Gibbs and Mr. David Levick, Lewis and Helene<br />
Gibbs, Dennis and Susan Gilardi, Jeff and<br />
Jeane Gilliam, Janet Goldberg, James Goldberg,<br />
Barbara Golden, Paul and C<strong>ons</strong>tance C.<br />
Goldsmith, Sylvia Goodman, Diane Gorczyca,<br />
Richard and Theresa Gordon, Lenore J.<br />
Gordon, Linda Gore, Ned Gorman, Catherine T.<br />
Goshay, Lori Grace, Mark Graham, Linda<br />
Graham, Steve Grant and Lindy Bianchi, Alice<br />
gray, George M. Green and Karen Goldberg,<br />
Zane Gresham and Carole J. Robinson, James<br />
Griffiths, Linda and Pat Groah, Maureen Groper,<br />
Wynne Grossman, Daniel L. Grossman, Diane<br />
Grubb, Anita Haagens, Stuart Hagmann,<br />
Kathleen Hahn, Mary Hall, Fran Halperin and<br />
Eric Christ, Marvin Halpern, Cynthia Halvorson<br />
and Marion Higgins, Mary Hammond, Rev.<br />
Murray and Mrs. Muriel Hammond, William J.<br />
Hanna, Karen Hardesty, Kevin Haroff, Lauri<br />
Harper, Elizabeth Harrington, Steven Harris,<br />
Mimi Hartford, Ms. Gayle Hartsook, Fern<br />
Hassin, Patricia Jean Hassman, Reilly Hayes<br />
and Sharon Gottfried, Helen Hebert, Wayne H.<br />
Heldt, Charles Hendricks, Tom Herington and<br />
gary Cooper, David Hess, John Hess and Gail<br />
Sullivan, Jane Hills, Nancy K. Hills, Elizabeth<br />
Hockinson, Bob Hoffman, James and Mary D.<br />
Holden, Russell and Susan Holdstein, Deborah<br />
Holley and Scott Enblidge, Karen and Douglas<br />
Holmes, Eliot and Margot Holtzman, Derek<br />
Hooper, Bruce and Linda Hopper, Dr. Philip and<br />
Mrs. Leona Hordiner, Gloria Horton, Jo Howard,<br />
Jim and Christine Howey, Marin Airporter, Dr.<br />
Trevor Hughes and Ms. Judy Derstine, Patrick<br />
C. Hunt and Suzanne Chock-Hunt, Chris and<br />
Ken Hurwitz, Suzi Hynes, Shahram Ijanbijan,<br />
Rex Ishibashi, Mark and Nancy Jacobs, Susan<br />
Jacobs, Dennis and Paula Jaffe, Helene Jaffe,<br />
Nick and Sandy Javaras, Roberta Jeffrey, Janet<br />
Jennings, Buz and Jan Johanson, Sheila-Merle<br />
Johnson, Jill C. Johnson, K. Mary Jones, Laura<br />
Jorgenson, Alison Juestel, Jeanette and Jack<br />
Kadesh, Laurie Kahn, Ray Kaliski and Carla<br />
Daro, Gail and Kelly Kane, Raymonde Kaplan,<br />
Dan Kasman, Peggy Katcher, Lisa and John<br />
Katovich, Lawrence Katz, Suzanne Kavert, Barry<br />
and Barbara Kay, Alan and Jean Kay, Gillian<br />
Keirle, Gregg Kellogg, Claudia Kelly, Todd<br />
Kendall and Susan Nelson Kendall, Joan<br />
Kermath and David Eddy, Tom and Mari Kernan,<br />
Charles Keyes, Suzie Kidder, Russ and Marilyn<br />
Kiernan, Jean Killacky, Kathleen King and Gerald<br />
Cahill, Mary Kirincic, Gail Kirst, Christina Kitze,<br />
Joyce Klein, William and Marion Kleinecke,<br />
Michelle Klurstein, Claire Koffel, Craig Kolb,<br />
Howard Kopit and Dorothy McQuown, Bruce<br />
Koren, Kathleen Korth and Laura Fenamore,<br />
Josephine Kreider, Jeff and Tina Kroot, K.H.<br />
William and Andrea Krueger, Bob Kustel, Ellen<br />
and Louise Kutten, Dan Lagomarsino, David and<br />
Christine LaHorgue, Suellen and Mario Lamorte,<br />
Renee Lande, Jeffrey Lapic and Geraldine<br />
Caldarola, Ellen Larner, Karen Larsen, Lawrence<br />
Lasky and Melissa Lasky, Michael and Marsha<br />
Lasky, Amy Laughlin, Larry Lautzker, Judith<br />
Layne, Kathryn Lazzaretti, Ms. Sharon Leach<br />
and Mr. Harry Oppenheimer, Eileen Leatherman<br />
and Mike Watt, Stephen and Annemarie<br />
Lechner, Katy Leese, Marni Leis, Barry and Patti<br />
Lemieux, Dr. Peter and Mrs. Natalie Lenn,<br />
Bonnie Leonard, Myla Lerner and Larry Kramer,<br />
Leslie and Jacques Leslie, David Lesnini, Susan<br />
B. Levine, David and Sheila Levine, Warren and<br />
Barbara Levinson, Lynn Lewis, Jason and Lori<br />
Lewis, Andrea and Marvin Lewis, Joan Lillevand,<br />
Janet Linde, Valerie Lindsay, Erica Lindstrom-<br />
Dake, Mark Litwin, Ruth Livingston, Cynthia<br />
Lohr, James and Susan Long, Ellen Loring,<br />
William Lowe, Catalina Lozano, Jennifer Lucas,<br />
Mr. Michael Luckoff, Thomas Lumsden, Cheryl<br />
S. Ly<strong>ons</strong>, DigiQuest, Nicholas Maczkov, Charles<br />
and Rose Maher, Dr. Jan Maisel and Mr. Doug<br />
Currens, Michael and Linda Malone, Gordon<br />
and Carol Manashil, Ms. Lisa Mannheimer,<br />
Richard Mannheimer, Michele Manos, Theresa<br />
Mar-Elia, Jeanette and Alan H. Margolin, Judith<br />
and Melvyn Mark, Van and Lydia Maroevich,<br />
Maroevich, O’Shea & Coghlan, Diane Martin,<br />
Roberta and Matt Masson, Susan Matson-<br />
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Trish McCall and Mr. Gary Friedman, John and<br />
Cindy McCauley, Alice McCulloh, Carla<br />
McDonald, Judith McKelvey and Robert F.<br />
Shaw, Cameron McKinley, C. McKown, Marcia<br />
McLean, Stephen and Patricia McMahon, Steve<br />
and Kay McNamara, Wallace McOuat, Nancy<br />
Meden, Paige Medina and Matt Marron, Barbara<br />
Meislin, Ann Marie Melanephy, Jill Melchione-<br />
Spinelli, Bob and Ink Mendelsohn, Anita<br />
Mendoza, Janet Mercer Cohen and Charles<br />
Cohen, Nikki Meredith, Miriam Meshel, Lauren<br />
Metzroth, Merle and Carole Meyers, Jan<br />
Mickelson, Kathleen Mikkelson, Rosalyn and<br />
Kevin Miller, Mimi Mindel, Madhav Misra,<br />
Stephen and Mary Mizroch, Kathleen Moore,<br />
Sheila Moore, Jann Moorhead, Katrina and Dan<br />
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5 Cents a Peek<br />
Vanessa Woods<br />
415.606.1027<br />
vcw47@hotmail.com<br />
7 Islands and a Metro<br />
Majlis<br />
+91 22 65017723<br />
Majlis@vsnl.com<br />
14 Women<br />
Vertical <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
323.646.7415<br />
(fax) 202.547.1015<br />
nicboxer@mac.com<br />
27,000 Days<br />
University of Southern <strong>California</strong><br />
Naveen Singh<br />
310.391.5335<br />
jerimas@hotmail.com<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus)<br />
John Sanborn<br />
510.917.0203<br />
sanborn707@aol.com<br />
All the Way Home<br />
101 <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
415.722.1006<br />
101films@gmail.com<br />
Anatomy 101<br />
Visual Concepts Entertainment<br />
415.308.5889<br />
clark_joe@hotmail.com<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz<br />
Singer<br />
Elan Entertainment<br />
310.663.9307<br />
(fax) 310.663.9307<br />
melissadavis@gmail.com<br />
Anthem<br />
AP Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
510.459.5728<br />
alex_potts@hotmail.com<br />
Aquarium<br />
Rob Meyer <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
718.578.8425<br />
robpaulmeyer@gmail.com<br />
August Evening<br />
Doki-Doki Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
512.925.9787<br />
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Autism: The Musical<br />
Bunim-Murray Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
818.989.8955<br />
(fax) 818.989.8969<br />
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HKM <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
212.577.5984<br />
(fax) 212.577.5985<br />
natasha@hkmny.com<br />
Battleship Potemkin<br />
Sheldon M. Rich & Associates Inc.<br />
212.877.5959<br />
SMR2710@aol.com<br />
Beaufort<br />
Kino International<br />
212.629.6880<br />
dkrim@kino.com<br />
Before and After Kissing Maria<br />
PROMOFEST<br />
+34 619539180<br />
promofest@mixmail.com<br />
Berkeley<br />
Berkeley High School<br />
510.644.6121<br />
Betty Boop for President<br />
Paramount Repertory<br />
818.380.7818<br />
Kristene_bellante@paramount.com<br />
Black and White: Ladies Shoes<br />
March Entertainment<br />
705.670.9831<br />
(fax) 705.670.9640<br />
jizen@marchentertainment.com<br />
Black and White: Movie Magic<br />
March Entertainment<br />
705.670.9831<br />
(fax) 705.670.9640<br />
jizen@marchentertainment.com<br />
Blame It on Fidel<br />
Koch Lorber <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
212.741.0562<br />
suzanne.fedak@kochent.com<br />
The Blue Shoe<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+46 8 665 1134<br />
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Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy<br />
Welcome Change Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
212.924.7151<br />
(fax) 212.206.8326<br />
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Bottle Half Empty<br />
Berkeley High School<br />
510.644.6121<br />
Bounce<br />
Mythica Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
415.902.4158<br />
marina@znet.com<br />
The Boy Who Had No Story<br />
+44 0 2920747444<br />
(fax) +44 0 29 20754444<br />
einir.davies@s4c.co.uk<br />
Bullet Proof Vest<br />
Steadfast <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
650.521.3685<br />
chargrill@gmail.com<br />
Butterfly<br />
Eddie Saeta<br />
+34 93 467 70 40<br />
(fax) +34 93 467 74 89<br />
eddie@eddiesaeta.com<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’ (Endless)<br />
MediaPro Distribution<br />
+40 748 234 247<br />
(fax) +4031 82 56 430<br />
Caramel<br />
Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
323.828.8490<br />
(fax) 323.854.7262<br />
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Carrot!<br />
OÜ Nukufilm<br />
+372 6414307<br />
(fax) +372 6414307<br />
nukufilm@nukufilm.ee<br />
Cassandra’s Dream<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
646.862.3404<br />
(fax) 917.368.6988<br />
marc.balgavy@weinsteinco.com<br />
Catastrophe in the Hotel del<br />
Gallo<br />
Enrique Vargas Celis<br />
+52 5522150128<br />
mcelisdv@yahoo.com<br />
Charlie and Lola: But That Is<br />
My Book<br />
Tiger Aspect Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
+44 020 7529 9423<br />
(fax) +44 020 7434 1798<br />
Cheating the Dream<br />
Tamalpais High School<br />
415.388.3292<br />
(fax) 415.380.3526<br />
aimteachers@mac.com<br />
Chicago 10<br />
Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
323.828.8490<br />
(fax) 323.854.7262<br />
MeghannB@roadsideattracti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
Chinese Dumplings<br />
Michelle Hung<br />
310.699.8337<br />
michelle.hung@yahoo.com<br />
Clouds Over Conakry<br />
COP <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
+33 0 6 64 87 90 85<br />
annabelthomas@yahoo.fr<br />
Cold Rust<br />
Tamara Taddeo<br />
Canada<br />
514.598.8972<br />
tamarataddeo@hotmail.com<br />
The Colors of Memory<br />
Brave New Work FIlm<br />
Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
+49 40 48401900<br />
(fax) +49 40 4840 1900<br />
Come Blow Your Kazoo<br />
Stretch <strong>Film</strong>s, Inc.<br />
212.691.9969<br />
(fax) 212.647.7025<br />
maria@stretchfilms.com<br />
Common Enemies<br />
Nick Guroff<br />
415.786.1868<br />
nickguroff@gmail.com<br />
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Compound Eye<br />
John Balquist Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
510.684.5810<br />
withrom@earthlink.net<br />
Control<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
646.862.3404<br />
(fax) 917.368.6988<br />
marc.balgavy@weinsteinco.com<br />
The Crazy Quilt<br />
Korty <strong>Film</strong>s Inc.<br />
415.663.1932<br />
kortyviz@svn.net<br />
Cross Your Eyes Keep Them<br />
Wide<br />
Stanford University<br />
650.380.8601<br />
ehudson@stanford.edu<br />
Crossing the Dust<br />
Arc En Ciel <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
+33 1 49 17 16 48<br />
(fax) +33 8 72 43 87 48<br />
arcencielfilms@free.fr<br />
The Darjeeling Limited<br />
Fox Searchlight<br />
310.369.2016<br />
Russell.Nelson@fox.com<br />
Daughters of Wisdom<br />
BTG Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
917.554.3174<br />
bari@btgproducti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
Days of Darkness<br />
Studio Canal<br />
+33 1 71 35 08 57<br />
(fax) + 33 1 71 35 11 98<br />
muriel.sauzay@canal-plus.com<br />
Dead Letters<br />
New Zealand <strong>Film</strong> Commission<br />
+6443827688<br />
(fax) +6443849719<br />
hayley@nzfilm.co.nz<br />
Dear Lemon Lima,<br />
Sanguine <strong>Film</strong><br />
917.653.7773<br />
(fax) 212.579.0344<br />
syoonessi@sanguinefilm.com<br />
The Death Strip<br />
Little Joe Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
310.699.2512<br />
nicole@littlejoeproducti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
Deface<br />
Painting Pictures<br />
323.578.2582<br />
jarlotto@att.net<br />
Delirium<br />
SF Art & <strong>Film</strong><br />
415.864.2026<br />
rchase@chaseartfilm.com<br />
Dessert<br />
Max Strebel<br />
415.824.3843<br />
(fax) 415.829.7949<br />
mstrebel@urbanschool.org<br />
Diving Bell and the Butterfly<br />
Miramax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
212.219.4100<br />
Nicolette.Aizenberg@miramax.com<br />
Djanta<br />
Label Video<br />
+226 70251306<br />
tahirouo@yahoo.fr<br />
Doubletime<br />
Cactus Three<br />
212.905.2340<br />
johnes@email.unc.edu<br />
Drained<br />
Ondamax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
305.535.3577<br />
ariane@ondamaxfilms.com<br />
DVD<br />
PROMOFEST<br />
+34 619539180<br />
promofest@mixmail.com<br />
Elvis and Anabelle<br />
Goldcrest <strong>Film</strong>s International<br />
212.243.4700<br />
(fax) 212.624.1740<br />
fhu@goldcrestfilms.com<br />
The End of the Neubacher Project<br />
Marcus J. Carney<br />
+43 699 18176964<br />
(fax) +43 1 9176964<br />
carney@chello.at<br />
Eternally Yours<br />
Globetrot Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
(fax) 011.81.3.3721.3323<br />
atsushi@compuserve.com<br />
Fetch<br />
Scottish Screen<br />
+44 141 3021756<br />
(fax) +44 141 3021778<br />
bryony.mcintyre@scottishscreen.<br />
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Flutterby<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s That Dance<br />
415.479.5709<br />
(fax) 415.499.5704<br />
cpepperdance@aol.com<br />
Fore Checking Grandpa<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
petter.mattsson@sfi.se<br />
Four Sheets to the Wind<br />
Ted Kroeber<br />
310.384.0966<br />
tkroeber@hotmail.com<br />
Frozen Life<br />
Frozen Life Production<br />
Committee<br />
+81 3 5300 9670<br />
(fax) +03 5300 9623<br />
project@frozen-life.com<br />
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot<br />
House of Chai<br />
408.813.8919<br />
dave@houseofchai.net<br />
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Garlic Boy<br />
Stretch <strong>Film</strong>s, Inc.<br />
212.691.9969<br />
(fax) 212.647.7025<br />
maria@stretchfilms.com<br />
A Gentlemen’s Duel<br />
Blur Studio<br />
310.581.8848<br />
(fax) 310.581.8850<br />
tim@blur.com<br />
Gilles<br />
c/o Producer: Dirk Impens<br />
+32 9 235 73 70<br />
(fax) +32 9 235 73 79<br />
info@atrix-films.com<br />
Glitch<br />
Autacoid <strong>Film</strong>s and the Mel<br />
Hoppenheim School<br />
514.457.4408<br />
(fax) 514.457.0628<br />
br8k@hotmail.com<br />
Go Together<br />
9 @ Night <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
510.527.7217<br />
(fax) 510.528.4770<br />
rnilsson@robnilsson.com<br />
Gone Baby Gone<br />
Miramax <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
212.219.4100<br />
Nicolette.Aizenberg@miramax.com<br />
Grace Is Gone<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
646.862.3404<br />
(fax) 917.368.6988<br />
emily.feingold@weinsteinco.com<br />
A Great Big Robot Stole My<br />
Homework<br />
Vancouver <strong>Film</strong> School<br />
604.685.5808<br />
mthomas@vfs.com<br />
The Guarantee<br />
Jesse Epstein<br />
212.539.3776<br />
jesse@ohmsmedia.org<br />
A Guest of Life<br />
Magyar <strong>Film</strong>unió<br />
+31 1 351 7760<br />
(fax) +31 1 352 6734<br />
kati.vajda@filmunio.hu<br />
Hard Boiled Chicken<br />
Il Luster Prodcti<strong>ons</strong><br />
+31 0 30 24 007 68<br />
distribution@illuster.nl<br />
Hawaikii<br />
New Zealand <strong>Film</strong> Commission<br />
+6443827688<br />
(fax) +6443849719<br />
hayley@nzfilm.co.nz<br />
The Headman and I<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+46 8 665 11 41<br />
(fax) +46 8 666 36 98<br />
sara.yamashita.ruster@sfi.se<br />
Heartbreak Hotel<br />
Svensk <strong>Film</strong>industri, AB<br />
46 70 64 82 611<br />
anita.simovic@sf.se<br />
Help Is Coming<br />
Smuggler<br />
323.817.3344<br />
(fax) 323.817.3333<br />
The Homecoming<br />
SF Art & <strong>Film</strong><br />
415.864.2026<br />
rchase@chaseartfilm.com<br />
House of the Olive Trees<br />
Bomba Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
323.874.6516<br />
thouly@yahoo.com<br />
How to Cook Your Life<br />
Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
323.828.8490<br />
(fax) 323.854.7262<br />
MeghannB@roadsideattracti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
I’m Not There<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
646.862.3404<br />
(fax) 917.368.6988<br />
marc.balgavy@weinsteinco.com<br />
Ice Bar<br />
MK Pictures<br />
+82 2 2193 2002<br />
(fax) +82 2 2193 2199<br />
soojin@mkpictures.co.kr<br />
iGeneration<br />
Tamalpais High School<br />
415.388.3292<br />
(fax) 415.380.3526<br />
aimteachers@mac.com<br />
In Search of a Midnight Kiss<br />
Midnight Kiss Inc.<br />
310.228.8761<br />
seth@insearchofamidnightkiss.com<br />
In Superheroes We Trust<br />
Tamalpais High School<br />
415.388.3292<br />
(fax) 415.380.3526<br />
aimteachers@mac.com<br />
The Instrumentalist<br />
Troy Morgan<br />
213.804.6665<br />
troy@troymorgan.net<br />
Into the Wild<br />
Paramount Vantage<br />
323.956.5000<br />
(fax) 323.862.2005<br />
aurora_belchic@paramount.com<br />
Irina Palm<br />
Strand Releasing<br />
310.836.7500<br />
(fax) 310.836.7510<br />
marcus@strandreleasing.com<br />
Iron Ladies of Liberia<br />
Just Media<br />
303.871.9015<br />
(fax) 303.871.9085<br />
daniel@just-media.org<br />
Jabberwocky<br />
Sir Francis Drake High School<br />
Communicati<strong>ons</strong> Academy<br />
415.458.3429<br />
Jellyfish<br />
Zeitgeist <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
212.274.1989 x15<br />
stephanie@zeitgeist.com<br />
The Job<br />
Screaming Frog Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
323.829.1955<br />
info@screamingfrog.com<br />
Joe Strummer: The Future Is<br />
Unwritten<br />
IFC First Take<br />
646.273.7214<br />
(fax) 646.273.7250<br />
Juncture<br />
Front Range <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
303.753.4442<br />
kduncan@duncanoil.com<br />
The Jungle<br />
CFI Education<br />
415.383.5256<br />
jmorrison@cafilm.org<br />
Jungle Beat: Born to Be Wild<br />
Sunrise Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
310.740.6119<br />
(fax) +27 21 702 0816<br />
rita@sunrise.co.za<br />
Kenny<br />
Lightning Entertainment<br />
310.255.7999<br />
(fax) 310.255.7998<br />
rsguardian@lightning-ent.com<br />
The King Boys<br />
New Zealand <strong>Film</strong> Commission<br />
+6443827688<br />
(fax) +6443849719<br />
hayley@nzfilm.co.nz<br />
The Kite Runner<br />
Paramount Vantage<br />
323.956.5000<br />
(fax) 323.862.2005<br />
aurora_belchic@paramount.com<br />
Kiviuq<br />
Drumsong Communicati<strong>ons</strong>, Inc.<br />
902.422.7174<br />
(fax) 902.422. 8945<br />
Knee Deep<br />
The Moenkopi Group, Inc.<br />
435.259.0924<br />
(fax) 435.259.3594<br />
chancan@citlink.net<br />
Kobra’s Decision<br />
CMI<br />
cmi@cmi.ir<br />
Laviva<br />
Jamie Meltzer<br />
Stanford University<br />
845.235.2361<br />
songpoemCD@yahoo.com<br />
182 2007 MVFF TICKETS | 877.874.MVFF (6833)<br />
Learning to Curse<br />
Bret Kerven<br />
212.203.8354<br />
bretkerven@rcn.com<br />
Learning to Fly: A First Year of<br />
BASE Jumping<br />
Lincoln Else<br />
415.407.5785<br />
lincoln@aya.yale.edu<br />
Left in Baghdad<br />
Localfilms and Middlepath<br />
919.491.1933<br />
peter@localfilms.org<br />
The Life Effect<br />
Katie Flynn<br />
858.342.6217<br />
katers113089@yahoo.com<br />
Little Heroes<br />
Itai Lev<br />
+972 54 6528977<br />
(fax) +972 3 5233678<br />
itailev@netvision.net.il<br />
London to Brighton<br />
Outsider Pictures<br />
323.965.7869<br />
(fax) 323.571.8867<br />
peter@outsiderpictures.us<br />
Los ABCs ¡Qué Vivan los<br />
Muertos!<br />
Burning Wagon producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
415.517.8884<br />
leanos@firstworld.net<br />
Love and War<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+46 8 665 1100<br />
(fax) +46 8 666 3698<br />
gual@sfi.se<br />
Luna: Spirit of the Whale<br />
Screen Siren Pictures<br />
nicole@screensiren.ca<br />
Lust, Caution<br />
Focus Features<br />
818.777.7373<br />
kyle.thorpe@focusfeatures.com<br />
M<br />
Tingle Tangle <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
415.285.1026<br />
(fax) 415.826.1390<br />
tiffanydoesken@earthlink.net<br />
Magic Cellar: Where<br />
Stories Come From<br />
Chocolate Moose Media Inc.<br />
613.820.6121<br />
infundi@morula.co.za<br />
Man in the Chair<br />
Outsider Pictures<br />
323.965.7869<br />
(fax) 323.571.8867<br />
peter@outsiderpictures.us<br />
Maré Capoeira<br />
PB <strong>Film</strong>es<br />
paoleb@gmail.com<br />
Margot at the Wedding<br />
Paramount Vantage<br />
323.956.5000<br />
(fax) 323.862.2005<br />
aurora_belchic@paramount.com<br />
Meany<br />
Sarah Klein<br />
415.310.4225<br />
thesarahklein@yahoo.com<br />
Michael Clayton<br />
Warner Brothers<br />
415.591.9610<br />
(fax) 415.837.0930<br />
sspicer@thaweb.com<br />
Mind the Gap<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+46 8 665 1100<br />
(fax) +46 8 666 3698<br />
gual@sfi.se<br />
Miss Universe 1929<br />
Mischief.films<br />
+43 1 585 23 24 23<br />
(fax) +43 1 585 23 24 22<br />
office@mischief-films.com<br />
Misty Mountain<br />
Zik Zak <strong>Film</strong> Works<br />
hlin@zikzak.is<br />
M<strong>ons</strong>oon<br />
Shyam Balsé<br />
University of Southern <strong>California</strong><br />
323.655.5820<br />
(fax) 323.655.5820<br />
shyambalse@gmail.com<br />
Moonman<br />
Toccata <strong>Film</strong><br />
+49 179 1015995<br />
(fax) +49 89 45222245<br />
boehm@toccata-film.com<br />
Mr. Dial Has Something to Say<br />
APT<br />
205.807.7882<br />
jwhitson@aptv.org<br />
My Adventure<br />
CFI Education<br />
415.383.5256<br />
jmorrison@cafilm.org<br />
My Brother Is an Only Child<br />
Thinkfilm<br />
212.444.7900<br />
eowens@thinkfilmcompany.com<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy<br />
The Weinstein Company<br />
646.862.3404<br />
(fax) 917.368.6988<br />
marc.balgavy@weinsteinco.com<br />
Operation: Fish<br />
Jeff Riley<br />
505.515.7713<br />
riley.j@comcast.net<br />
The Orphanage<br />
Paramount<br />
www.Paramount.com
The Paper Will Be Blue<br />
Romanian Cultural <strong>Institute</strong><br />
212.687.0180<br />
(fax) 212.687.0181<br />
oana.radu@ecumest.ro<br />
Parking Day<br />
REBAR/IMA Interactive<br />
415.637.4614<br />
massmore@yahoo.com<br />
Passion and Power: The<br />
Technology of Orgasm<br />
Wabi Sabi Producti<strong>ons</strong> LLC<br />
415.383.6023<br />
slickfilm@earthlink.net<br />
Peace Talk<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
petter.mattsson@sfi.se<br />
The People’s Advocate: The Life<br />
& Times of Charles R. Garry<br />
Hrag Yedalian<br />
818.207.5274<br />
hragyed@gmail.com<br />
Phantom Canyon<br />
Stacey Steers<br />
stacey.steers@colorado.edu<br />
The Pig<br />
Sir Francis Drake High School<br />
Communicati<strong>ons</strong> Academy<br />
415.458.3429<br />
The Pixar Story<br />
Leslie Iwerks Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
310.869.4442<br />
liwerks@speakeasy.net<br />
The Planning Lady<br />
Ian Bonner<br />
773.989.8501<br />
(fax) 773.989.8501<br />
bonneria@hotmail.com<br />
Pollen Nation<br />
Singeli Agnew<br />
505.259.3462<br />
beedocumentary@gmail.com<br />
Pop Foul<br />
Moon Molson<br />
212.854.0353<br />
moonmole@mac.com<br />
Portable Living Room<br />
Ransom Riggs<br />
323.938.1138<br />
randy@randyriggs.com<br />
Possession<br />
Vichitra Nirmiti<br />
+91 20 25410607<br />
(fax) +91 20 25447171<br />
sunilsukthankar@yahoo.com<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora<br />
Obscured Pictures<br />
917.693.2869<br />
rj@obscuredpictures.com<br />
Presque Isle<br />
9 @ Night <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
510.527.7217<br />
(fax) 510.528.4770<br />
rnilsson@robnilsson.com<br />
The Price of Sugar<br />
Uncommon Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
781.647.4470<br />
(fax) 781.647.4484<br />
debra@uncommonproducti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
Primate Cinema<br />
Harvey Mudd College<br />
909.607.0461<br />
mayeri@hmc.edu<br />
Pump<br />
Resini <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
323.518.9030<br />
sinisa@resinifilms.com<br />
Puss and the Moon<br />
Lilly DeHaan<br />
lilly.dehaan@kmt.hku.nl<br />
Que Viva la Lucha (Wrestling in<br />
Tijuana)<br />
Maskarte Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
415.585.6984<br />
(fax) 415.200.6602<br />
gustavov@exo.net<br />
The Quiet World<br />
Sir Francis Drake High School<br />
Communicati<strong>ons</strong> Academy<br />
415.458.3429<br />
Rails & Ties<br />
Warner Brothers<br />
warnerbrothers.com<br />
The Rapture of the Athlete<br />
Assumed into Heaven<br />
Parallax Group Inc.<br />
310.384.7555<br />
keithbogart@mac.com<br />
Red Robin<br />
Aviny Cultural Artistic <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+98218857213488572140<br />
(fax) +982188572134<br />
info@Avinyfilm.com<br />
Rendezvous<br />
SF Art & <strong>Film</strong><br />
415.864.2026<br />
rchase@chaseartfilm.com<br />
Rendition<br />
New Line<br />
Freddymartinez@newlinecinema<br />
Reservation Road<br />
Focus Features<br />
818.777.7373<br />
kyle.thorpe@focusfeatures.com<br />
Riding Solo to the Top of the<br />
World<br />
Dirt Track Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
+91 22 2877 4620<br />
gaurav@dirttrackproducti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
The Rind<br />
Salado Media<br />
+598 2 413 3664<br />
ceciliagarcia@saladomedia.com<br />
The Rose<br />
SAF Cakovec Workshop<br />
+385 40 310 458<br />
(fax) +385 40 310 458<br />
saf@ck.t-com.hr<br />
Runa’s Spell<br />
Stephanie Maxwell<br />
585.425.1832<br />
sampph@rit.edu<br />
Salim Baba<br />
Ropa Vieja <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
718.783.7665<br />
(fax) 718.783.7665<br />
tsternb@gmail.com<br />
Sarah & Dee<br />
Bird Pictures<br />
215.413.0909<br />
karendee@temple.edu<br />
The Savages<br />
Fox Searchlight<br />
310.369.2016<br />
Russell.Nelson@fox.com<br />
The Secrets<br />
United King <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
972.3.517 7101<br />
(fax) +972 3 5103311<br />
lilach@metrocom.co.il<br />
Shadow Ball<br />
The Easily Distracted Theatre<br />
415.753.1593<br />
(fax) 415.753.1593<br />
ruben.grijalva@gmail.com<br />
Shipwrecked<br />
Burning Bridge Entertainment<br />
403.560.4373<br />
(fax) 403.451.1477<br />
kristen@burningbridge.ca<br />
The Stop<br />
Berkeley High School<br />
510.644.6121<br />
The Three Musketeers<br />
Danish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
lizetteg@dfi.dk<br />
Shuteye Hotel<br />
Bill Plympton<br />
212.675.6021<br />
(fax) 212.741.5522<br />
plympto<strong>ons</strong>@aol.com<br />
Slum Noir<br />
Illworkz<br />
818.625.9730<br />
jahmod@aol.com<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience<br />
Luna Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
510.526.9500<br />
(fax) 510.526.4887<br />
lunaprods@earthlink.net<br />
Stages<br />
Lemming <strong>Film</strong><br />
+31 0 20 661 04 24<br />
(fax) +31 0 20 661 09 79<br />
info@lemmingfilm.com<br />
Stars<br />
Fable Yarn <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
818.878.9660<br />
jasonelilewis@gmail.com<br />
Starting Out in the Evening<br />
Roadside Attracti<strong>ons</strong><br />
323.828.8490<br />
(fax) 323.854.7262<br />
MeghannB@roadsideattracti<strong>ons</strong>.com<br />
online | mvff.com<br />
Print Sources<br />
Strong Love<br />
Bonnie Burt Producti<strong>ons</strong><br />
510.548.1745<br />
(fax) 510.658.1583<br />
bb@bonnieburt.com<br />
Svein and His Rat<br />
Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+47 22 47 45 76<br />
(fax) +47 22 47 45 97<br />
knut.skinnarmo@nfi.no<br />
Tanghi Argentini<br />
Another Dimension of an Idea<br />
+32 16 63 33 69<br />
(fax) +32 16 63 33 69<br />
ad.idea@pandora.be<br />
Tatterson<br />
Australian <strong>Film</strong> TV and Radio<br />
School<br />
+61 2 9805 6578<br />
(fax) +61 2 9805 1275<br />
meganp@aftrs.edu.au<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire<br />
Paramount<br />
www.paramount.com<br />
To Paint the Portrait of a Bird<br />
Loose Moon Producti<strong>ons</strong>, Inc.<br />
212.213.5190<br />
(fax) 212.213.0091<br />
loosemoontnt@aol.com<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
Eric Christensen<br />
415.383.7611<br />
ericchristensen3@gmail.com<br />
Turn Back South<br />
Igor Borovac<br />
831.392.6883<br />
iborovac@hotmail.com<br />
Tuya’s Marriage<br />
Xi’an Motion-Picture Co. Ltd.<br />
+29 85 53 07 77<br />
(fax) +29 85 52 76 06<br />
PPO-99@xayingshi.com<br />
The Ugly Duckling and Me<br />
Danish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
lizetteg@dfi.dk<br />
Uranya<br />
Cinegram S.A.<br />
+30 210 6078983<br />
(fax) +30 210 6078993<br />
f.economopoulou@cinegram.gr<br />
Used<br />
Citizen Cinema<br />
510.527.7217<br />
(fax) 510.528.4770<br />
rnilsson@robnilsson.com<br />
Validation<br />
Kurt Kuenne<br />
818.567.4950<br />
(fax) 818.567.4950<br />
kkuenne@earthlink.net<br />
Violet<br />
Pixar University<br />
415.302.2201<br />
nelson@pixar.com<br />
Warchild<br />
Christian Wagner <strong>Film</strong><br />
004917193178<br />
(fax) 004989487124<br />
christianwagner@Wagnerfilm.de<br />
The Way I Spent the End of<br />
the World<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Movement<br />
212.941.7744 x212<br />
(fax) 212.941.7812<br />
cassidy@filmmovement.com<br />
We’ve All Fallen from Mars<br />
SAF Cakovec<br />
+385 40 310 458<br />
(fax) +385 40 310 458<br />
saf@ck.t-com.hr<br />
Wednesday<br />
Future Time Pictures<br />
+44 79 32 75 4498<br />
rob.sorrenti@futuretimepictures.com<br />
Welcome to Nollywood<br />
Jamie Meltzer<br />
Stanford University<br />
845.235.2361<br />
songpoemCD@yahoo.com<br />
What Makes You Different from<br />
Everybody Else?<br />
San Francisco University<br />
High School<br />
415.447.3100<br />
(fax) 415.447.5801<br />
danny.plotnik@sfuhs.org<br />
When Darkness Falls<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
+46 8 665 1100<br />
(fax) +46 8 666 3698<br />
gual@sfi.se<br />
When Elvis Came to Visit<br />
Swedish <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
petter.mattsson@sfi.se<br />
When I Grow Up<br />
Michelle Meeker<br />
415.282.2623<br />
rosenmeeker@earthlink.net<br />
Wild Boys of the Road<br />
Warner Bros. Classics<br />
818.379.1863<br />
(fax) 818.986.7565<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution<br />
Frame of Mind <strong>Film</strong>s, Inc.<br />
510.524.1926<br />
rosemary@frameofmindfilms.com<br />
Words and Music by Jerry<br />
Herman<br />
NJN Public Television<br />
203.426.6219<br />
(fax) 203.270.9333<br />
chezamber@aol.com<br />
Yella<br />
Cinema Guild<br />
212.685.6242<br />
(fax) 212.685.4717<br />
info@cinemaguild.com<br />
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The * symbol following a film title indicates either that the film takes<br />
place in a country other than the one it’s listed under, or that another<br />
country is the film’s primary subject of interest.<br />
AFGHANISTAN<br />
The Kite Runner *<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
Kenny<br />
Tatterson<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman *<br />
AUSTRIA<br />
The End of the Neubacher<br />
Project<br />
Miss Universe 1929<br />
BELGIUM<br />
Gilles<br />
Irina Palm<br />
Tanghi Argentini<br />
BRAZIL<br />
Drained<br />
Maré Capoeira<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy<br />
BURKINA FASO<br />
Djanta<br />
CANADA<br />
Black and White:<br />
Ladies Shoes<br />
Black and White:<br />
Movie Magic<br />
Cold Rust<br />
Days of Darkness<br />
Glitch<br />
A Great Big Robot Stole<br />
My Homework<br />
Kiviuq<br />
Luna: Spirit of the Whale<br />
Magic Cellar: Where<br />
Stories Come From<br />
Shipwrecked<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman *<br />
CHINA<br />
Daughters of Wisdom *<br />
Lust, Caution<br />
Riding Solo to the Top<br />
of the World *<br />
Tuya’s Marriage<br />
CROATIA<br />
The Rose<br />
We’ve All Fallen from Mars<br />
DENMARK<br />
The Three Musketeers<br />
The Ugly Duckling and Me<br />
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<br />
The Price of Sugar *<br />
ESTONIA<br />
Carrot!<br />
FRANCE<br />
Blame It on Fidel<br />
Caramel<br />
Crossing the Dust<br />
Diving Bell and the<br />
Butterfly<br />
Irina Palm<br />
Jellyfish<br />
My Brother Is an Only<br />
Child<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy<br />
The Secrets<br />
GERMANY<br />
The Colors of Memory<br />
The End of the Neubacher<br />
Project *<br />
How to Cook Your Life<br />
Irina Palm<br />
Miss Universe 1929 *<br />
Moonman<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy *<br />
Warchild<br />
Yella<br />
GREECE<br />
House of the Olive Trees<br />
Uranya<br />
GUINEA<br />
Clouds Over Conakry<br />
HUNGARY<br />
A Guest of Life<br />
Miss Universe 1929<br />
ICELAND<br />
Misty Mountain<br />
INDIA<br />
7 Islands and a Metro<br />
27,000 Days<br />
The Darjeeling Limited *<br />
M<strong>ons</strong>oon *<br />
Possession<br />
Riding Solo to the Top<br />
of the World<br />
Salim Baba<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution *<br />
IRAN<br />
The Colors of Memory<br />
Kobra’s Decision<br />
Red Robin<br />
IRAQ<br />
Crossing the Dust<br />
Left in Baghdad *<br />
IRELAND<br />
The Boy Who Had<br />
No Story<br />
Joe Strummer: The Future<br />
Is Unwritten<br />
ISRAEL<br />
Beaufort<br />
Jellyfish<br />
Little Heroes<br />
The Secrets<br />
ITALY<br />
My Brother Is An Only<br />
Child<br />
JAPAN<br />
Eternally Yours<br />
Frozen Life<br />
KENYA<br />
Primate Cinema<br />
KOREA<br />
Deface *<br />
KURDISTAN<br />
Crossing the Dust<br />
LATVIA<br />
The Three Musketeers<br />
LEBANON<br />
Caramel<br />
LIBERIA<br />
Iron Ladies of Liberia<br />
Laviva *<br />
LIBYA<br />
Common Enemies *<br />
LUXEMBOURG<br />
Irina Palm<br />
MEXICO<br />
August Evening *<br />
Catastrophe in the Hotel<br />
del Gallo<br />
Que Viva la Lucha<br />
(Wrestling in Tijuana)<br />
MONGOLIA<br />
Tuya’s Marriage *<br />
NEPAL<br />
A Guest of Life *<br />
NETHERLANDS<br />
The End of the Neubacher<br />
Project<br />
Gilles *<br />
Hard-Boiled Chicken<br />
Miss Universe 1929<br />
Puss and the Moon<br />
Stages<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
Dead Letters<br />
Hawaikii<br />
The King Boys<br />
NIGERIA<br />
Laviva<br />
Welcome to Nollywood *<br />
NORWAY<br />
Svein and His Rat<br />
ROMANIA<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’<br />
(Endless)<br />
The Paper Will Be Blue<br />
The Way I Spent the End<br />
of the World<br />
RUSSIA<br />
Battleship Potemkin<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
Fetch<br />
SLOVENIA<br />
Warchild<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Jungle Beat: Born to Be<br />
Wild<br />
Magic Cellar: Where<br />
Stories Come From<br />
Rendition<br />
SOUTH KOREA<br />
Ice Bar<br />
SPAIN<br />
Before and After Kissing<br />
Maria<br />
Butterfly<br />
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SWEDEN<br />
The Blue Shoe<br />
Fore Checking Grandpa<br />
The Headman and I<br />
Heartbreak Hotel<br />
Love and War<br />
Mind the Gap<br />
Peace Talk<br />
When Darkness Falls<br />
When Elvis Came to Visit<br />
THAILAND<br />
The Headman and I *<br />
TIBET<br />
A Guest of Life *<br />
Riding Solo to the Top<br />
of the World *<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution *<br />
UK<br />
Cassandra’s Dream<br />
Charlie and Lola: But That<br />
Is My Book<br />
Control<br />
Fetch *<br />
Irina Palm<br />
Joe Strummer: The Future<br />
Is Unwritten<br />
London to Brighton<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire<br />
The Three Musketeers<br />
Wednesday<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman *<br />
URUGUAY<br />
The Rind<br />
US<br />
5 Cents a Peek<br />
14 Women<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus)<br />
27,000 Days<br />
All the Way Home<br />
Anatomy 101<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life of a<br />
Jazz Singer<br />
Anthem<br />
Aquarium<br />
August Evening<br />
Autism: The Musical<br />
Balloon Animals<br />
Berkeley<br />
Betty Boop for President<br />
Body & Soul: Diana<br />
& Kathy<br />
Bottle Half Empty<br />
Bounce<br />
Bullet Proof Vest<br />
Cassandra’s Dream<br />
Cheating the Dream<br />
Chicago 10<br />
Chinese Dumplings<br />
Come Blow Your Kazoo!<br />
Common Enemies<br />
Compound Eye<br />
The Crazy Quilt<br />
Cross Your Eyes Keep<br />
Them Wide<br />
The Darjeeling Limited<br />
Daughters of Wisdom<br />
Dear Lemon Lima,<br />
The Death Strip<br />
Deface<br />
Delirium<br />
Dessert<br />
Doubletime<br />
Elvis and Anabelle<br />
The End of the Neubacher<br />
Project *<br />
Flutterby<br />
Four Sheets to the Wind<br />
Fumi and the Bad Luck<br />
Foot<br />
Garlic Boy<br />
A Gentlemen’s Duel<br />
Go Together<br />
Gone Baby Gone<br />
Grace Is Gone<br />
The Guarantee<br />
Help Is Coming<br />
The Homecoming<br />
House of the Olive Trees<br />
I’m Not There<br />
iGeneration<br />
In Search of a Midnight<br />
Kiss<br />
In Superheroes We Trust<br />
The Instrumentalist<br />
Into the Wild<br />
Jabberwocky<br />
The Job<br />
Juncture<br />
The Jungle<br />
The Kite Runner<br />
Knee Deep<br />
Learning to Curse<br />
Learning to Fly: A First<br />
Year of BASE Jumping<br />
Left in Baghdad<br />
The Life Effect<br />
Los ABCs ¡Qué Vivan<br />
los Muertos!<br />
Lust, Caution<br />
M<br />
Man in the Chair<br />
Margot at the Wedding<br />
Meany<br />
Michael Clayton<br />
Misty Mountain<br />
M<strong>ons</strong>oon<br />
Mr. Dial Has Something<br />
to Say<br />
My Adventure<br />
Operation: Fish<br />
Park(ing) Day<br />
Passion and Power: The<br />
Technology of Orgasm<br />
The People’s Advocate:<br />
The Life & Times of<br />
Charles R. Garry<br />
Phantom Canyon<br />
The Pig<br />
The Pixar Story<br />
The Planning Lady<br />
Pollen Nation<br />
Pop Foul<br />
Portable Living Room<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora<br />
Presque Isle<br />
The Price of Sugar<br />
Primate Cinema<br />
Pump<br />
Que Viva la Lucha<br />
(Wrestling in Tijuana)<br />
The Quiet World<br />
Rails & Ties<br />
The Rapture of the Athlete<br />
Assumed into Heaven<br />
Rendezvous<br />
Rendition<br />
Reservation Road<br />
Runa’s Spell<br />
Salim Baba<br />
Sarah & Dee<br />
The Savages<br />
Shadow Ball<br />
Shuteye Hotel<br />
Slum Noir<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience<br />
Stars<br />
Starting Out in the<br />
Evening<br />
The Stop<br />
Strong Love<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire<br />
To Paint the Portrait of a<br />
Bird<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong><br />
Turn Back South<br />
Used<br />
Validation<br />
Violet<br />
Welcome to Nollywood<br />
What Makes You Different<br />
from Everybody Else?<br />
When I Grow Up<br />
Wild Boys of the Road<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman<br />
WALES<br />
The Boy Who Had<br />
No Story<br />
Fetch *<br />
ZIMBABWE<br />
Jungle Beat: Born to Be<br />
Wild *<br />
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<strong>Film</strong>maker Index<br />
Affleck, Ben<br />
Gone Baby Gone . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
Agnew, Singeli<br />
Pollen Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Allen, Woody<br />
Cassandra’s Dream . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Alos, Ramon<br />
Before and After Kissing<br />
Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Altabas, Ciro<br />
DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Ameglio, Carlos<br />
The Rind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
Anderson, Wes<br />
The Darjeeling Limited . . . . . . 89<br />
Andrews, Mark<br />
Violet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Arcand, Denys<br />
Days of Darkness . . . . . . . . . . 89<br />
Arlotto, John<br />
Deface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Averbach-Katz, Noah<br />
The Quiet World . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Axelsson, Oskar Thor<br />
Misty Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Babakitis, Alex<br />
The Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Balsé, Shyam<br />
M<strong>ons</strong>oon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Baumbach, Noah<br />
Margot at the Wedding . . 57, 99<br />
Bayona, Juan Antonio<br />
The Orphanage . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Bergström, Helena . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
Mind the Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99<br />
Beroldo, Antonio<br />
The Bottle Half Empty . . . . . . 94<br />
Bhave, Sumitra<br />
Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Bier, Susanne<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire . . 106<br />
Blake, Sarah<br />
Rendezvous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Bogart, Keith<br />
The Rapture of the Athlete<br />
Assumed into Heaven . . . . 82<br />
Böhm, Fritz<br />
Moonman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Bolton, Devon<br />
Shipwrecked . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Borovac, Igor<br />
Turn Back South . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Browning, Jonathan<br />
The Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Buchen, Charlotte<br />
All the Way Home . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Buder, Emily<br />
iGeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Burt, Bonnie<br />
Strong Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />
Caine, Julie<br />
All the Way Home . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Camara, Cheick Fantamady<br />
Clouds Over Conakry . . . . . . .87<br />
Carey, Celia<br />
Mr. Dial Has Something<br />
to Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Carney, Marcus J.<br />
The End of the Neubacher<br />
Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />
Carpenter, Karen Dee<br />
Sarah & Dee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Cavolina, Robbie<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life of a<br />
Jazz Singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
Cedar, Joseph<br />
Beaufort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Chai, David<br />
Fumi and the Bad Luck<br />
Foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Chandler, Michael<br />
Knee Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Christensen, Eric<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong> . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Cimermanis, Janis<br />
The Three Musketeers . . 30, 106<br />
Clark, Christopher<br />
The King Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Corbijn, Anton<br />
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88<br />
Crawford, David<br />
Cheating the Dream . . . . . . . 94<br />
Cressman, KK<br />
In Superheroes We Trust . . . 94<br />
Danby, Michaela<br />
Tatterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Dawes, Brent<br />
Jungle Beat: Born to<br />
Be Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Dawson, Anton<br />
Anatomy 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Dawson, Ashley<br />
In Superheroes We Trust . . . 94<br />
De Aztlan, Tonantzin<br />
Common Enemies . . . . . . . . 101<br />
de Jong, Mijke<br />
Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Dhalia, Heitor<br />
Drained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />
Dilworth, John R.<br />
Garlic Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Dilworth, John R.<br />
Come Blow Your Kazoo! . . . . 86<br />
Doesken-Polos, Tiffany<br />
M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Dolak, Kelly<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora . . 102<br />
Dorian, Dana<br />
Fetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Dörrie, Doris<br />
How to Cook Your Life . . . . . 93<br />
Dosios, Thouly<br />
House of the Olive Trees. . . . 82<br />
Dutta, Madhusree<br />
7 Islands and a Metro . . . . . . 83<br />
Eastwood, Alison<br />
Rails & Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Edwards, Amber<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />
Eisenstein, Sergei M.<br />
Battleship Potemkin . . . . . 24, 85<br />
Elliott, Alice<br />
Body & Soul: Diana<br />
& Kathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />
Else, Lincoln<br />
Learning to Fly: A First Year<br />
of BASE Jumping . . . . . . . 103<br />
Emilson, Fredrik<br />
Love and War . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Emrich, Kelly<br />
Cheating the Dream . . . . . . . 94<br />
Engel, Mackenzie<br />
Cheating the Dream . . . . . . . 94<br />
Eremiasova, Michaela<br />
Runa’s Spell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Epstein, Jesse Erica<br />
The Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Eska, Chris<br />
August Evening . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
Fisher, Joshua<br />
Pollen Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Fleischer, Dave<br />
Betty Boop for President . . . 109<br />
Flynn, Katie<br />
The Life Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Forgács, Péter<br />
Miss Universe 1929 . . . . . . . 99<br />
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Forster, Marc<br />
The Kite Runner . . . . . . . . 23, 96<br />
Fredriksson, Magnus<br />
The Blue Shoe . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Gallagher, Ryan<br />
In Superheroes We Trust . . . 94<br />
Garbarski, Sam<br />
Irina Palm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />
García, Pablo<br />
Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Gavras, Julie<br />
Blame It on Fidel . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Geffen, Shira<br />
Jellyfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />
Geiger, Will<br />
Elvis and Anabelle . . . . . . . . . 91<br />
George, Terry<br />
Reservation Road . . . . . 51, 104<br />
Gilroy, Tony<br />
Michael Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . 99<br />
Grijalva, Ruben<br />
Shadow Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Guroff, Nick<br />
Common Enemies . . . . . . . . 101<br />
Haeusser, Nicole<br />
The Death Strip . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Hanefjord, Per<br />
Fore Checking Grandpa . . . . 82<br />
Haney, Bill<br />
The Price of Sugar . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Harjo, Sterlin<br />
Four Sheets to the Wind . . . . 91<br />
Hassanpour, Sirous<br />
Kobra’s Decision . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Haynes, Todd<br />
I’m Not There . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Hegner, Michael<br />
The Ugly Duckling<br />
and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 107<br />
Hickey, Aidan<br />
The Boy Who Had<br />
No Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Holdridge, Alex<br />
In Search of a Midnight<br />
Kiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Holmquist, Peå<br />
The Headman and I . . . . . . . . 89<br />
Hood, Gavin<br />
Rendition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Houston, John<br />
Kiviuq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
Hung, Michelle<br />
Chinese Dumplings . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Huntsman, Galen<br />
The Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Ingwang Yeo<br />
Ice Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Iwerks, Leslie<br />
The Pixar Story . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />
Izen, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
Black and White:<br />
Ladies Shoes . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Izen, Jon<br />
Black and White:<br />
Movie Magic . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Jacobson, Clayton<br />
Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
Jani, Gaurav<br />
Riding Solo to the Top of<br />
the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
Jenkins, Tamara<br />
The Savages . . . . . . . . . 21, 104<br />
Johnes, Stephanie<br />
Doubletime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Jonathan, Mike<br />
Hawaikii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Jordan, Peter<br />
Left in Baghdad . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Junge, Daniel<br />
Iron Ladies of Liberia . . . . . . . 95<br />
Kane, John<br />
Left in Baghdad . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Kapakas, Costas<br />
Uranya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Karbelnikoff, Michael<br />
Balloon Animals . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Karnow, Jean<br />
What Makes You Different<br />
from Everybody Else? . . . . 94<br />
Keret, Etgar<br />
Jellyfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />
Kerven, Bret<br />
Learning to Curse . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Kharas, Firdaus<br />
Magic Cellar: Where Stories<br />
Come From . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Kiilerich, Karsten<br />
The Ugly Duckling<br />
and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 107<br />
Kitade, Shinya<br />
Frozen Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
Klein, Sarah<br />
Meany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Korki, Shawkat Amin<br />
Crossing the Dust . . . . . . . . . 89<br />
Korty, John<br />
The Crazy Quilt . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kuenne, Kurt<br />
Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Kukik, Sinisa<br />
Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Labaki, Nadine<br />
Caramel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Lambert, Mary<br />
14 Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Leaños, John Jota<br />
Los ABCs ¡Qué Vivan<br />
los Muertos! . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Leblanc, Paola Barrero<br />
Maré Capoeira . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Lee, Ang<br />
Lust, Caution . . . . . . . . . . 21, 98<br />
Lev, Itai<br />
Little Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Lewis, Jason Eli<br />
Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Luchetti, Daniele<br />
My Brother Is an Only<br />
Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />
Macdonald, Kevin<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy . . . . . . . 100<br />
Macho, Jimmy<br />
In Superheroes We Trust . . . 94<br />
Malmqvist, Jenifer<br />
Peace Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Martens, Magnus<br />
Svein and His Rat . . . . . . . . 106<br />
Maxwell, Stephanie<br />
Runa’s Spell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Mayeri, Rachel<br />
Primate Cinema: Babo<strong>ons</strong><br />
as Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
McBrearty, Don<br />
Luna: Spirit of the Whale . . . 98<br />
McCrudden, Ian<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life of a<br />
Jazz Singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
McNally, Seamus<br />
To Paint the Portrait of<br />
a Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Meeker, Michelle<br />
When I Grow Up . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Meltzer, Jamie<br />
Welcome to Nollywood . . . . 109<br />
Meyer, Rob<br />
Aquarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Mis, Fernando<br />
My Adventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Mitulescu, Catalin<br />
The Way I Spent the End<br />
of the World . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Molson, Moon<br />
Pop Foul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Mor, Ben<br />
Help Is Coming . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Morgan, Brett<br />
Chicago 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Morgan, Troy<br />
The Instrumentalist. . . . . . . . 107<br />
Muntean, Radu<br />
The Paper Will Be Blue . . . . 101<br />
Narat, Toby<br />
The Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Nash, Sean<br />
Los ABCs ¡Qué Vivan<br />
los Muertos! . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Nemescu, Cristian<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’<br />
(Endless) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Nesher, Avi<br />
The Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Nienow, Sasha<br />
The Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Nilsson, Anders<br />
When Darkness Falls. . . . . . 109<br />
Nilsson, Rob<br />
Go Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
Presque Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Noble, Brendan<br />
The Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Nutley, Colin<br />
Heartbreak Hotel . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />
Ogata, Atsushi<br />
Eternally Yours . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Ojukwu, Izu<br />
Laviva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Omori, Emiko<br />
Passion and Power: The<br />
Technology of Orgasm . . . 101<br />
Osman, Wazhmah<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora . . 102<br />
Ouédraogo, Tahirou Tasséré<br />
Djanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Passmore, Matthew<br />
Park(ing) Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Pearlman, Bari<br />
Daughters of Wisdom . . . . . . 89<br />
Penberthy, Mollie<br />
Berkeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Penn, Sean<br />
Into the Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Pepper, Cynthia<br />
Flutterby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Perri, Ashlyn<br />
Dessert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Petzold, Christian<br />
Yella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />
Plympton, Bill<br />
Shuteye Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Polk, Ramona<br />
The Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Potts, Alex<br />
Anthem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Raney, Bitty<br />
iGeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Rawcliffe, Rosemary<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
Razavian, Amir Shahab<br />
The Colors of Memory . . . . . . 88<br />
Regan, Tricia<br />
Autism: The Musical . . . . . . . 85<br />
Ricq, Peter<br />
Glitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Riggs, Ransom<br />
Portable Living Room . . . . . 100<br />
Riley, Jeff<br />
Operation: Fish . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Rivest, Chris<br />
iGeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Rollins, Jahmad<br />
Slum Noir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Romero, Luisa<br />
Berkeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Rotondo, Paolo<br />
Dead Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Ruiz, Francisco<br />
A Gentlemen’s Duel . . . . . . 107<br />
Ryan, Catherine<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience . . . . 105<br />
SAF Cakovech Workshop<br />
We’ve All Fallen from Mars . . 86<br />
Sanborn, John<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus) . . . 84<br />
Schnabel, Julian<br />
Diving Bell and the Butterfly . 90<br />
Schroeder, Michael<br />
Man in the Chair. . . . . . . . 22, 98<br />
Schwartz, Taylor<br />
Cheating the Dream . . . . . . . 94<br />
Seale, James<br />
Juncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
Shea, Marty<br />
The Planning Lady . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
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Sheikhtadi, Parviz<br />
Red Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
shin<br />
Frozen Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
Shira, Mark<br />
A Great Big Robot Stole<br />
My Homework . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Shoupe, Marina<br />
Bounce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Singh, Naveen<br />
27,000 Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Slick, Wendy<br />
Passion and Power: The<br />
Technology of Orgasm . . . 101<br />
Sokoloff, Max<br />
Delirium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
soon, yahn<br />
Compound Eye . . . . . . . . . . . 88<br />
Sorrenti, Rob<br />
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Stapp, Blaire<br />
Jabberwocky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Steers, Stacey<br />
Phantom Canyon . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Sternberg, Tim<br />
Salim Baba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
Stratton, Catherine<br />
The Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Strebel, Max<br />
Dessert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
The Homecoming . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Strouse, James C.<br />
Grace Is Gone . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />
Sukthannkar, Sunil<br />
Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Szemzo, Tibor<br />
A Guest of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />
Taddeo, Tamara<br />
Cold Rust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Tall, Pärtel<br />
Carrot! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Taylor, Kitty<br />
Charlie and Lola: But That<br />
Is My Book . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Temple, Julien<br />
Joe Strummer: The Future Is<br />
Unwritten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />
Thys, Guido<br />
Tanghi Argentini . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
Tibblin, Andreas<br />
When Elvis Came to Visit . . . 82<br />
Tuyman, Suzanne<br />
Puss and the Moon . . . . . . . . 86<br />
Vara, Alex<br />
iGeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Vargas Celis, Enrique<br />
Catastrophe in the Hotel<br />
del Gallo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Vazquez, Gustavo<br />
Que Viva la Lucha<br />
(Wrestling in Tijuana) . . . . 103<br />
Vera, Will<br />
In Superheroes We Trust . . . 94<br />
Verheyen, Jan<br />
Gilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
Wagner, Andrew<br />
Starting Out in the<br />
Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Wagner, Christian<br />
Warchild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Wang Quan’an<br />
Tuya’s Marriage . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Weimberg, Gary<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience . . . . 105<br />
Wellman, William<br />
Wild Boys of the Road . . . . 109<br />
Williams, Paul Andrew<br />
London to Brighton . . . . . . . . 98<br />
Wilschut, Arjan<br />
Hard-Boiled Chicken . . . . . . . 86<br />
Woods, Vanessa<br />
5 Cents a Peek . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />
Wu, Ben<br />
Cross Your Eyes Keep<br />
Them Wide . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Yedalian, Hrag<br />
The People’s Advocate:<br />
The Life & Times of<br />
Charles R. Garry . . . . . . . . 101<br />
Yong, May Lin Au<br />
Bullet Proof Vest . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Yoonessi, Suzi<br />
Dear Lemon Lima, . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
Zerjav, Marko<br />
The Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
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13 Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186<br />
A Party Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
A Woman Named Harrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
Academy of Motion Picture Arts<br />
and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112<br />
Adolph Gasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185<br />
Alexander’s Rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186<br />
Alice Ellis Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162<br />
All Seas<strong>ons</strong> Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144<br />
Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Amiee Alan Custom Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151<br />
Argast Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186<br />
Aroma Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136<br />
Arrowood Vineyards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124<br />
Art Works Downtown, San Rafael . . . . . . . . . .148<br />
AT&T Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
AT&T Yellow Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
Back To Earth Organic Catering . . . . . . . . . . .164<br />
Bank of Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC<br />
Barbary Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166<br />
Baskin Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136<br />
Bay Club Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Bellam Self-Storage & Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />
Best Beverage Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121<br />
Blanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Blithedale Terrace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />
Bogies Cafe / From Soup to Nuts Catering . .142<br />
Boxoffice Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125<br />
Brown-Forman Wines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123<br />
Budish Insurance Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />
Cagwin, Seymour & Hamilton Realtors . . . . . . . 52<br />
CBS 5 TV - KPIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Chambers and Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136<br />
Chelsea Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
Cinda Home Furnishings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153<br />
Clear Channel Outdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120<br />
Clover Stornetta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
Cocina Poblana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185<br />
Coldwell Banker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
Comcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126<br />
Coquelicot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162<br />
Cosentino Signature Wines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129<br />
Crossroads Dental Care<br />
- Frederick Y. Tan, DDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142<br />
Crystal Geyser Water Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
Delicious Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154<br />
Dimitroff’s Frame Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155<br />
Dolby Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Dorothy Slattery, DDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138<br />
Dub Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138<br />
E&O Trading Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186<br />
Eastman Kodak Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163<br />
Edible Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154<br />
Eight VFX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144<br />
Events Ondine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
Extended Stay Deluxe Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144<br />
Fabrizio Ristorante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162<br />
Falco C<strong>ons</strong>truction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
Final Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184<br />
Fireman’s Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
Fiske Video Producti<strong>ons</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184<br />
Fliqz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146<br />
Focus Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
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Fort Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
Four Points Sheraton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143<br />
Framecrafters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134<br />
Frank Howard Allen Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127<br />
Frantoio Ristorante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
Frogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142<br />
G2 Mill Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />
Galliani Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166<br />
Gaylord India Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br />
Giraffex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165<br />
Helen Baldovinos - Morgan Stanley. . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Holiday Inn Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184<br />
Hotel Sausalito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173<br />
ICG Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141<br />
Idell & Seitel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118<br />
Idllywild Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Il Davide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129<br />
In Ticketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156<br />
IZZE Beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147<br />
Jacqueline-of-All-Trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157<br />
Joie de Vivre Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139<br />
Judy’s Breadsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
Karen Fairty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
Kathleen Dughi Jeweler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
KDFC Classical 102.1 FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
Kerner Optical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
KGO Newstalk AM810 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132<br />
KQED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122<br />
l.inc Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162<br />
La Boulange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130<br />
La Ginestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />
Lexus of Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
Lien Cowan Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
The Lodge at Tiburon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123<br />
Lucasfilm Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OBC<br />
Margritha Fliegauf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118<br />
Marin Acura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />
Marin Community Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
Marin French Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150<br />
Marin Independent Journal / ANG . . . . . . . . . .168<br />
Marin Luxury Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Marin Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145<br />
Marin Oriental Rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78<br />
Marin Suites Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177<br />
Marin Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Maroevich, O’Shea & Coghlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Massage Therapists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />
McGuire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131<br />
Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . .184<br />
Mill Valley Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Mill Valley Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138<br />
MINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172<br />
Montecito Shopping Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185<br />
Mountain Home Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154<br />
MW General Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
NT Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148<br />
Ora Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
Pacific Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176<br />
Pacific Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135<br />
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Paige Poulos Communicati<strong>ons</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
Pearls’ Phat Burgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184<br />
Peet’s Coffee & Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119<br />
Peter Paul WInes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147<br />
Pizza Antica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138<br />
Piazza D’Angelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124<br />
Post Street Surgery Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br />
Qantas Airways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Radium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166<br />
Raymond Vineyards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190<br />
Richards, Watson & Gershon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Richardson Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
Rims & Goggles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134<br />
Ritz Carlton Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
RMA Office Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Robert Mondavi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130<br />
Robin Scott Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118<br />
Roundhouse Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140<br />
Russell & Davis Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Sabor of Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124<br />
The San Francisco Chocolate Factory . . . . . . 147<br />
San Francisco magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149<br />
San Rafael BID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Scandinavian Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />
Scheyer/SF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158<br />
SF Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134<br />
SF Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133<br />
Sherman Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
Skywalker Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />
Sparkology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130<br />
Stefano’s Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136<br />
Stephan-Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
Stephanie Witt - Pacific Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
Strawberry Village Dental Care<br />
- Joseph L. Bauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134<br />
Studio Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Sutton Suzuki Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC<br />
Sweet Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Sweet Things At Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
“Take A Dip” Fondue Fountains . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
Talking House Producti<strong>ons</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178<br />
Tamalpais Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
Technicolor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />
The Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136<br />
Theresa Coleman - Morgan Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
THX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128<br />
Top Producti<strong>ons</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130<br />
Toyota Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
University of <strong>California</strong> Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124<br />
U.S. Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
Vérité Wines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179<br />
Villani, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148<br />
Vision Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
Vision Real Estate - Ronald Parks . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Vodka 360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174<br />
Wanderley Home Renewal & Staging . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Wells Fargo Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
White Knuckle Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180<br />
Wired magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br />
Yelp! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152<br />
Yet Wah Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129<br />
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5 Cents a Peek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
5@5: Hey That’s No Way to<br />
Say Goodbye . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
5@5: I’m Your Man . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
5@5: Take This Longing . . . . . . .82<br />
5@5: The Future . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
5@5: There Is a War . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
5@5: Waiting for the Miracle . . .83<br />
7 Islands and a Metro . . . . . . . . .83<br />
14 Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
365 (nascor nasci natus) . . . . . .84<br />
27,000 Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
All the Way Home . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Anatomy 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Anita O’Day: The Life of a<br />
Jazz Singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84<br />
Anthem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Aquarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
August Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84<br />
Autism: The Musical . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Balloon Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Battleship Potemkin . . . . . . . 24, 85<br />
Beaufort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Bee-ing Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Before and After Kissing<br />
Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Berkeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Betty Boop for President . . . . . 109<br />
Black and White: Ladies<br />
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Black and White: Movie<br />
Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Blame It on Fidel . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Blow Your Kazoo! . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
The Blue Shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy . . 106<br />
The Bottle Half Empty . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Bounce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
The Boy Who Had No Story . . 100<br />
Bullet Proof Vest . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Bunnies and Butterflies . . . . . . . .86<br />
Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
<strong>California</strong> Dreamin’ (Endless) . . .86<br />
Caramel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Carrot! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Cassandra’s Dream . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Catastrophe in the Hotel<br />
del Gallo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Charlie and Lola: But That Is<br />
My Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100<br />
Cheating the Dream . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Chicago 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Chinese Dumplings . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Clouds Over Conakry . . . . . . . . .87<br />
Cold Rust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
The Colors of Memory . . . . . . . . .88<br />
Come Blow Your Kazoo! . . . . . . .86<br />
Common Enemies . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />
Compound Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88<br />
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88<br />
The Crazy Quilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88<br />
Cross Your Eyes Keep<br />
Them Wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Crossing the Dust . . . . . . . . . . . .89<br />
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The Darjeeling Limited . . . . . . . . .89<br />
Daughters of Wisdom . . . . . . . . .89<br />
Days of Darkness . . . . . . . . . . . . .89<br />
Dead Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Dear Lemon Lima, . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
The Death Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Deface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Delirium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Dessert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Dig-It-All! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Diving Bell and the Butterfly . . . .90<br />
Djanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Doubletime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Drained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91<br />
DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Elvis and Anabelle . . . . . . . . . . . .91<br />
The End of the Neubacher<br />
Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91<br />
Eternally Yours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Fetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Flutterby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Fore Checking Grandpa . . . . . . .82<br />
Four Sheets to the Wind . . . . . . .91<br />
Frozen Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92<br />
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot . . 100<br />
Garlic Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
A Gentlemen’s Duel . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Gilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92<br />
Glitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Go Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92<br />
Gone Baby Gone . . . . . . . . . . . .92<br />
Grace Is Gone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93<br />
A Great Big Robot Stole<br />
My Homework . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
The Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
A Guest of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93<br />
Hard-Boiled Chicken . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Hawaikii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
The Headman and I . . . . . . . . . . .89<br />
Heartbreak Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . .93<br />
Help Is Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
The Homecoming . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
House of the Olive Trees. . . . . . .82<br />
How to Cook Your Life . . . . . . . .93<br />
Ice Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
iGeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
The iGeneration Download . . . . .94<br />
I’m Not There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
In Search of a Midnight Kiss . . . .94<br />
In Superheroes We Trust . . . . . .94<br />
The Instrumentalist. . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Into the Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19<br />
Irina Palm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95<br />
Iron Ladies of Liberia . . . . . . . . . .95<br />
Jabberwocky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Jellyfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95<br />
The Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Joe Strummer: The Future<br />
Is Unwritten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95<br />
Juncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96<br />
The Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Jungle Beat—Born to Be Wild . . .86<br />
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Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96<br />
The King Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
The Kite Runner . . . . . . . . . . 23, 96<br />
Kiviuq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96<br />
Knee Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Kobra’s Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Laviva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
Learning to Curse . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Learning to Fly: A First Year of<br />
BASE Jumping . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Left in Baghdad . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
The Life Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Little Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97<br />
London to Brighton . . . . . . . . . . .98<br />
Los ABCs ¡Qué Vivan<br />
los Muertos! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Love and War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Luna: Spirit of the Whale . . . . . .98<br />
Lust, Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 98<br />
M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Magic Cellar: Where Stories<br />
Come From . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Man in the Chair. . . . . . . . . . 22, 98<br />
Maré Capoeira . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Margot at the Wedding . . . . .57, 99<br />
Meany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Michael Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99<br />
Mind the Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99<br />
Miss Universe 1929 . . . . . . . . . .99<br />
Misty Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
M<strong>ons</strong>oon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Moonman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Mr. Dial Has Something to Say 100<br />
My Adventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
My Brother Is an Only Child . . . 110<br />
My Enemy’s Enemy . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Operation: Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
The Orphanage . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Outer and Inner Spaces . . . . . 100<br />
The Paper Will Be Blue . . . . . . 101<br />
Park(ing) Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Passion and Power: The<br />
Technology of Orgasm . . . . 101<br />
Peace Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
The People’s Advocate:<br />
The Life & Times of<br />
Charles R. Garry . . . . . . . . . 101<br />
Phantom Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
The Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
The Pixar Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />
The Planning Lady . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Pollen Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85<br />
Pop Foul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Portable Living Room . . . . . . . 100<br />
Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Postcards from Tora Bora . . . . 102<br />
Presque Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
The Price of Sugar . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Primate Cinema: Babo<strong>ons</strong><br />
as Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Puss and the Moon . . . . . . . . . . .86<br />
Que Viva la Lucha (Wrestling<br />
in Tijuana) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
The Quiet World . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
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Rails & Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
The Rapture of the Athlete<br />
Assumed into Heaven. . . . . . .82<br />
Red Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Rendezvous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Rendition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Reservation Road . . . . . . . 51, 104<br />
Riding Solo to the Top of<br />
the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
The Rind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
The Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Runa’s Spell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90<br />
Salim Baba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
Sarah & Dee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
The Savages . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 104<br />
The Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Shadow Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Shipwrecked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
Shuteye Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Slum Noir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Soldiers of C<strong>ons</strong>cience . . . . . . 105<br />
Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Starting Out in the Evening . . 105<br />
The Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
Strong Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />
Svein and His Rat . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />
Tanghi Argentini . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Tatterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Things We Lost in the Fire . . . 106<br />
The Three Musketeers . . . . 30, 106<br />
To Paint the Portrait of a Bird . . .83<br />
Tooned to Murder: Daring Duels<br />
and Dastardly Deeds . . . . . .107<br />
The Trips Fe<strong>stival</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Turn Back South . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
Tuya’s Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
The Ugly Duckling<br />
and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 107<br />
Uranya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Violet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82<br />
Warchild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
The Way I Spent the End of<br />
the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
We’ve All Fallen from Mars . . . . .86<br />
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83<br />
Welcome to Nollywood . . . . . . 109<br />
What Makes You Different from<br />
Everybody Else? . . . . . . . . . . .94<br />
When Darkness Falls. . . . . . . . 109<br />
When Elvis Came to Visit . . . . . .82<br />
When I Grow Up . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br />
Wild Boys of the Road . . . . . . 109<br />
Women of Tibet: A Quiet<br />
Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
Words and Music by<br />
Jerry Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . 110<br />
Yella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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