SANTA ROSA FILM FESTIVAL - Santa Rosa International Film Festival

Roxy 2, 4:30 pm Roxy 2, 4:30 pm
Total
Running
Time:
67
Minutes
Animated Shorts Program
Arts in Film
Our specially selected Animated Shorts
Program ranges from pure visual beauty
to a voyage into Dante’s Inferno. Special
guest includes Hélène Cardona.
Cockroach
DIR: Luke Eve 14 Minutes, 2010, Australia
It is a live action short with an animated
CGI lead character.The film took a year to
complete.
Night Fishing with Cormorants
DIR: Betsy Kopmar 5 Minutes, 2009, USA
An abstract meditation, inspired in part by
the 17th Century Japanese screen printing
by Kano Tanyu “Night Fishing with Cormorants”
and by the very stark and beautiful
novel of Akira Yoshima, Shipwrecks. “I am
not telling a natualistic story in one piece,
but rather I have tried to make a work that
will hold in equal reverence the spirit of
the bird, the fish, and the fisherman.”
Woman and Wind
DIR: Aija Bley 11 Minutes, 2011, Latvia
A short animated tale from Latvia about
a woman from the West who falls in love
with the Wind of the East. Bright, colorful
and poetic, this story of love with no limits
will capture your heart.
Sunday, September 18 Sunday, September 18
Animated Shorts Program, cont.
Dante’s Inferno - Animated
A Masterpiece is 700! World Premiere
DIR: Boris Acosta PROD: Boris Acosta
CAST: Armand Mastroianni,
Eric Roberts, Vincent Spano, Jeff
Conaway, Hélène Cardona
37 Minutes, 2011, USA
Poet & Actress Hélène Cardona
(Chocolat) will discuss Dante
and his influence on language
and the arts. In Person.
The SRIFF/WCFF 25th Anniversary celebration would not
be complete without other great anniversaries... and in
fact, 2011 is the 700th anniversary of Dante’s Inferno, the
150th anniversary of Gustave Dorés lithographs of The
Divine Comedy, the 100th anniversary of L’Inferno - the
first Italian feature film ever and the 50th anniversary
of Salvador Dali’s abstract 100 paintings of The Divine
Comedy.
Dante’s Inferno Animated, inspired by 14th century
Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece, The Divine
Comedy, takes us on a astonishing and terrifying tour of
the afterlife. Dante (voiced by Eric Roberts), on a quest
to be reunited with Beatrice, his one true love, joins his
mentor Virgil (Vincent Spano) on a journey through the
descending circles of Hell in search of the point of entry
into Purgatory. Hélène Cardona portrays the Lustful
Francesca.
Featuring animated paintings of artist-filmmaker Boris
Acosta, Dante’s Inferno Animated is an accessible
entertaining interpretation of the epic poem. The visually
engaging and intellectually stimulating film is sure to stir
interest in the “father of the Italian language” Dante in a
new generation. Happy Anniversary All!
3rd Street Cinemas 1, 6:00 pm
DIR:
Francine
Cavanaugh;
Adams
Wood
PROD:
Jillian
Elizabeth,
Deann
Borshay
Liem, Dan
Frishwasser,
Eric
Falkenstein,
J.
Robert
Spencer
ED: Mary
Lampson
MUS:
Steven
Gutheinz
FEATUR-
ING: Ed
Wiley, Bo
Webb,
Judy
Bonds,
Maria
Lambert
81
Minutes,
USA
On Coal River
Eco Cinema
In this documentary about a real-life David
and Goliath battle, a bitter feud between
the residents of Coal River Valley, in West
Virginia, and coal company Massey Energy
rages on over a five-year period.
Former coal miner Ed Wiley is concerned
about the toxic waste facility that he used
to work for now threatening his granddaughter’s
elementary school. Bo Webb
retired from the Marines to live in his childhood
home, except that the valley is being
destroyed by a company practicing mountaintop
removal, or blowing up mountains
in order to extract coal. Judy Bonds left her
family’s home when a mine opened next
door and kept sending black water down
the creek. Maria Lambert brings in scientists
to confirm that Massey Energy has
contaminated her entire neighborhood’s
water supply.
These four leaders, along with the community,
fight against the local school board,
state government and Massey Energy to
protect their children and their home. When
they feel ignored, Wiley raises money to
build a new elementary school, and walks
from West Virginia to Washington, D.C. to
speak directly to Senator Robert Byrd.
Every individual exhibits dedication, vivaciousness
and the will to keep fighting, even
when down. This dramatic film’s end will
have you cheering and proves that, even
against all odds, anything is possible.
Summerfield Cinemas 3, 6:15 pm
DIR: Janez
Burger
PROD:
Conor
Barry,
Morgan
Bushe,
Tomas
Eskilsson,
Macdara
Kelleher,
Petri Rossi,
Jozko Rutar,
Fredrik
Zander
SCR:
Janez
Burger
CAM: Divis
Marek
ED: Milos
Kalusek
MUS:
Drago
Ivanusa
CAST:
Leon Lucev,
Ravil
Sultanov,
Pauliina
Räsänen,
René Bazinet,
Daniel
Rovai
73
Minutes,
2011,
Slovenia
Silent Sonata
World Cinema
A SRIFF GEM - A MUST SEE!
A recent UCLA study determined that 93%
of human communication is nonverbal.
Director Janez Burger takes this premise a
step further with Silent Sonata, a poignant
film that contains no dialogue whatsoever
(which you will not miss).
“When we think of how humanity has lived
for the past few thousand years, we don’t get
the impression that it lived in peace which
was occasionally broken by wars,” Burger
observes. “On the contrary, humans have
lived in war with occasional cease fires.”
The story is about a father and his children
who live in a dilapidated house in the
middle of a barren warzone. As they await
the enemy’s next volley, they are paid a visit
by Circus Fantasticus, a wandering caravan
complete with acrobats, a fire-eater, a
hobo clown skilled at both accordion and
sleight-of-hand magic tricks, and a dying
Ringmaster.
In this visual stunner, the forces of good
overcome those of evil. It is a film of
feelings, atmosphere, sensibility, and
surrealism. With Special Guests..
-James Conrad
ALSO PLAYING: Saturday, Sept. 17,
8:00 pm
Deerfield Ranch Al Fresco
48 49