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FEsTIvAl sPONsORs...........................................5
ROll cAll..............................................................36
wElcOmE TO BENDFIlm.....................................7
A list of filmmakers who have indicated they plan to attend this year's BendFilm.
A Message from the BendFilm Board of Directors.
hOw TO BENDFIlm................................................8 When, where, how and how much? Here's what you need to know to enjoy the year's selections of great indie films.
BENDFIlm AwARDs..............................................11 A rundown of the categories within which this year's films will be awarded.
ThE JURY.................................................................13 Meet our accomplished jurors who reviewed this year's BendFilm official selections.
ThE PARTIEs...........................................................14 What's a festival without a party? This is your party guide for 2012.
BENDFIlm PANEls................................................17
BENDFIlm mERchANDIsE................................37 Take home some swag commemorating BendFilm 2012.
ThE cREw...............................................................37 A special thanks to the people who tirelessly work to make this festival possible.
FUTURE FIlmmAkERs.........................................38 Student filmmakers will have the chance to display their talents at this year's festival.
BENDFIlm kIDs.....................................................38 Join us for a free screening of Sisbro’s Lost in the Woods! Activities by Mama Bear Odens.
BENDFIlm mEmBERshIP....................................39 Help support independent film in Bend. Here's how.
Peek behind the curtains of the indie filmmaking, hosted by our visiting filmmakers and jurors.
sPOTlIghT FIlms.................................................18 Highlighted films of 2012.
vENUEs....................................................................19 Festival venue map
cOmPlETE schEDUlE OF EvENTs..............20 BENDFIlm - whAT's shOwINg! Feature Films........................................................23 Documentaries.....................................................26 Conservation Films..............................................29 Shorts.....................................................................30 Student Shorts.....................................................34
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A message from BendFilm We welcome you to the 2012 BendFilm Festival, a celebration of independent cinema. You are here because you love film. You’re here to support independent filmmakers. They may be the ones creating cinematic labors of love, but they could not be doing so without you. It is your own love of film — of great acting, directing, screenwriting, cinematography and more — that sustains indie filmmakers. BendFilm is thrilled to bring its ninth annual festival to Central Oregon. We are proud to enrich the cultural life of Central Oregon during these four October days. One of the finest things about BendFilm, we believe, is the connections and conversations this festival facilitates. We hope you will expand your personal horizons as you watch films, attend panels, and interact with actors, filmmakers, your friends and neighbors. The films you will see bring voices and visions to our community from the perspective of so many human experiences and cultures, and remind us of our differences, but also our similarities. We hope that the moving pictures of BendFilm bring you a little closer to the big picture of life. There are many people and organizations to thank for making this festival possible. Foremost is our founding sponsor, Brooks
Resources. They have been essential to BendFilm from the start; without Brooks, we would not have been able to accomplish or sustain what we have. The same can be said for our many other sponsors who continue to make this festival happen, year after year; to the cities and citizens of Central Oregon, who give such marvelous annual support to the festival; and to tbd advertising, the creative and professional agency so responsible for getting our message out. Our deepest gratitude to Orit Schwartz, festival director, for her tireless dedication to excellence and for pouring her passion and life into making the BendFilm Festival outstanding. We are grateful to our scores of volunteers and managers who are with us, lending their time and expertise to make us a success. From watching hundreds of hours of film submissions, to taking charge of tickets BendFilm Board of Directors or production, to giving a few hours in guest Frank Groundwater services, their contribution is invaluable and Ben Dittman, president Tina Borders, vice-president Michael Gough embraced with deep appreciation. April Munks, secretary Gina McClard Our success is only possible through your Orit Schwartz, festival director Justin Snyder continued participation. It is an honor and a John Gottberg Anderson privilege to present this festival each year to Kim Cooper Findling the people of Central Oregon.
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The Basics BendFilm showcases a variety of artists and films that are fresh, edgy and, more importantly, which offer an independent view. The festival runs Thursday, Oct. 11, through Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. Most venues, as well as the festival office ("Hub"), are located in downtown Bend or in the nearby Old Mill District. For information of any kind before or during the festival, visit the BendFilm website - www.bendfilm.org or call us at 541.388.3378. Special needs arrangements will be willingly made as long as BendFilm is notified by Wednesday, Oct. 10.
scREENINg vENUEs Tower Theatre
FEsTIvAl OFFIcE (ThE hUB)
835 NW Wall St., Bend
McMenamins Old St. Francis School 700 NW Bond St., Bend
The Oxford Hotel Minnesota Ballroom 10 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend
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Liberty Theater ( THE HUB) 849 NW Wall St.,Bend
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Liberty Theater, 849 NW Wall St.,Bend This is the location of the BendFilm box office during the festival, as well as the organization's base of operations. The historic Liberty Theater is the beautiful building two doors north of the Tower Theatre. Thanks to a generous contribution, we have exclusive use of this space as our headquarters throughout the festival. Here we sell BendFilm memberships and merchandise (t-shirts, ball caps and more) and answer all your questions. Filmmakers also check in and hang out there. Free wi-fi is generously provided by BendBroadband.
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Thursday, Oct. 11 - 12 to 8p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 - 9:30a.m. to 7p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 - 9:30a.m. to 7p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 - 9:30a.m. to 1p.m.
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For downtown Bend filmgoers, we recommend leaving your car in the City Parking Garage on Lava Street at Minnesota Avenue. The garage is about two blocks from the Tower Theatre and about three blocks from McMenamins. The City of Bend has graciously suspended the daily time limits for the duration of the festival. Two hour parking limits remain in place, however, where they are zoned and marked on downtown streets. Parking is free in the shops at the Old Mill District in Bend.
ADA AccEssIBlE For those with special needs, we are happy to make arrangements so long as BendFilm is notified by Wednesday, October 10th. Thank you!
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where To Buy Tickets The fastest and easiest way to get tickets to films is to purchase them online at www.bendfilm.org. Here you can take your time, read about each film and decide what you want to see without leaving your home or office. You may also flip through the pages of this festival guide for descriptions of all scheduled movies. Tickets may be purchased online or at The Hub.
INDIvIDUAl TIckETs: If you intend to view only a few films during the festival weekend, you will probably want to purchase individual film tickets. They are priced at $11 online, or $12 at The Hub or at the door. Tickets are sold in a block, which includes a full-length film and a short film for a single price. Blocks cannot be broken up; tickets cannot be sold for the short films only.
PAssEs: To absorb as many films as possible with VIP treatment, we recommend you purchase a festival pass. You'll get *priority seating at all times, ensuring you the best available seat in the house.
INTRODUcINg...ThE INDIE PAss, $1000 If you don't want to have to wait in line and still get the best seats in the house, then this is the pass for you. This pass is good for any film, party or BendFilm festival event you want to attend. You must arrive 5 minutes prior to start time or you WILL lose your privileges. Only five available.
FUll FEsTIvAl PAss, $200
This assures express access to all components of the festival: Single admission to the Opening Night Film at 5:00 p.m. and the Opening Night Reception at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 11; single admission to the BendFilm Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13; and priority seating at all films.
FUll FIlm PAss, $125 If films are the only things that really matter to you - if you'd rather skip the party food and cocktails to pack a few more films into your weekend - then this is the pass for you. It allows priority seating at all films, including the Opening Night Film. * Priority seating means pass holders must arrive no later than 20 MINUTES prior to showtime to be guaranteed admission to films. An even earlier arrival time is recommended at McMenamins and the Oxford theatres, where pass holders are NOT guaranteed seats. Please wear your pass at all times during the festival. Holders of the Full Festival Pass must RSVP for party attendance by emailing info@bendfilm.org no later than Monday, Oct. 8.
RUsh lINE If seats remain available after ticket holders and pass holders have been seated, tickets for those seats will be sold to those waiting in the Rush Line. This is for lastminute film buffs willing to take their chances to get an empty seat. We recommend arriving at least a half-hour early at the theater to take your place in the Rush Line.
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■ Independent WOMEN for Independent Film: Over a hundred incredible women brought together by Pamela Hulse Andrews to support BendFilm at a most critical time. Their contribution is funding cash prizes for filmmakers as well as the awesome BendFilm award statue, branding our festival for years to come. Thank you ladies! Ida Alul, Karen Anderson, Pamela Hulse Andrews, Kate Bailey, Heidi Berkman, Becky Breeze, Sandy Brooke, Ann Bullwinkel, Karen Cammack, Judy Campbell, Patricia Carlson, Sue Carrington, Pamela Carty, Rebecca Charlton, Cerstin Cheathem, Pat Clark, Tiffany Clark, Debbie Cole, Jamie Danek, Beth Davies, Kathy Deggendorfer, Carolyn Dietz, Lisa Dobey, Stacey Dodson, Anonymous, Norma DuBois, Andie Edmonds, Ann Golden Eglé, Lori Elkins, JoAnn Engel, Lori Fletcher, Molly Foerster, Amy Fratzke, Noelle Fredland, Kathy Garling, Sandy Garner, Melanie Grandjackques, Julie Gregory, Brenda Grigsby, Kathy Grim, Margi Heater, Kirsten Heinz, Erica Hollern Kelly, Leslie Hollern Lynch, Sheila Hollern, Sue Hollern, Jodie Hueske, Alana Hughson, Polly Jacobson, Gina Johnnie, Patty Jones, Josie Juhasz, Terry Kemple, Melissa Kent, Michelle Klein, Sharon ‘Shay’ Knorr, Carolyn Koenig, Cristy Lanfri, Priscilla Martin, Gina McClard J.D., Gwenn McGill, Teri McKinnon, René Mitchell, Romy Mortensen, Sara W. Murphy, Martha Murray, Stacey Nyman, Sherry Ortega, Gitta Ramsay, Margie Robberson, Virginia Ross, Cassondra Schindler, Chris Schroeder, Orit Schwartz, Sarah Sennett Cyr, Barbara Slater, Trish Smith, Courtney Souther, Susie Stevens, Amanda Stuermer, Joanne Sunnarborg, Sandy Taylor, Deb Tebbs, Chris Telfer, Lesley Truman, Billye Turner, Amy Tykeson, Janeanne Upp, Jessica Valentine, Kaari Vaughn, Tonya Vaughan, Alicia Vickery, Jody Ward Betsy Warriner, Patricia West-Del Ruth, Karen Wolfe, Kirsti Wolfe, Carol J. Woodard-Kozimor CPA, Laurie Woolery
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ThE JURY ANDY gRIEvE, FIlmmAkER ~ 2012 DOcUmENTARY JUROR Andy is currently editing Academy Award winner Alex Gibney’s new documentary on the Wikileaks scandal that is set for a festival run and release in the fall of 2012. He was accepted into the Director’s Guild of America in 2012 for directing and editing the feature length documentary “Can’t Stand Losing You” about the band The Police for The Yari Film Group. His credits include: Jason Kohn’s “Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)”, winner of the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Documentary as well as the 2008 Cinema Eye award for Best Editing; Errol Morris' “Standard Operating Procedure,” winner of the 2008 Berlin Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. Andy won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing for his work on a short film directed by Errol Morris for the “Stand Up To Cancer” prime time special.
ThOmAs PhIllIPsON, NORThwEsT FIlm cENTER ~ 2012 DOcUmENTARY JUROR Thomas is the Regional Services Manager for the Northwest Film Center, a sister organization to the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. He is responsible for organizing the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival and programming the Film Center’s “Northwest Tracking” series. Thomas is the Coordinator for Region One of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s ® Student Academy Awards and administers the Oregon Media Arts Fellowship. He is also the chief liaison from the Film Center to the community of Northwest filmmakers, which includes those in Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington State.
BETsY shARkEY, FIlm cRITIc, lOs ANgElEs TImEs ~ 2012 NARRATIvE JUROR
gREgORY JBARA AcTOR ~ 2012 NARRATIvE JUROR Mr. Jbara won the 2009 Tony Award©, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award® for Featured Actor in a Musical as ‘Dad’ in Billy Elliot the musical. Film credits include Broken City, Big Miracle, Tangled, Remember Me, Out Of Step, Exit Speed, Project 96b (48 Hour Film Project-LA Winner ‘07), Enchanted, In & Out, Jeffrey, A Midsummer Night's Dream, One Fine Day and World Trade Center. Graduate of The Juilliard School. Currently appearing as DCPI Garrett Moore on the CBS police drama Blue Bloods.
Betsy is a veteran journalist who began her career with the Dallas Morning News. A graduate of Texas Christian University with a bachelor's in journalism and a master's in communications theory, she has written widely about entertainment for a diverse range of national publications, among them The New York Times, TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly, where she is a contributing critic for Critical Mass. She joined the Times in '98 as TV editor, then film and entertainment editor before being named film critic. She has co-authored two memoirs by Oscar-winning actresses: "Looking for Gatsby" with Faye Dunaway and "I'll Scream Later" with Marlee Matlin.
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Jon is a Shorts Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival & Outfest. Previously, he worked as an Associate Programmer at AFI FEST and as Associate Creative Producer for CineVegas. As a writer, his work has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Bold Italic, The Bay Citizen, McSweeney’s The Goods, and Filmmaker. Jon is the co-creator of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart and a Jeopardy! champion.
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BENDFIlm ThE PARTIEs
The annual BendFilm Festival is about more than movies. It’s about new friends and old friends getting together to raise a glass (or two) and share stimulating conversation. Here is a list of major social events planned for the weekend.
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FRIDAY NIghT FEvER DANcE PARTY
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Cascades Theatrical Company 148 NW Greenwood, Bend 9:30 to 2:00AM, $10 at the door. Admittance included with Full Festival pass. Open to film lovers 21 and over.
OPENINg NIghT REcEPTION The Oxford Hotel 10 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend 7:30PM start time Admittance included for Full Festival pass holders Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door
OPENINg NIghT FIlm Ethel
Mark Bailey, writer; Rory Kennedy, director (97m, USA, 2012) Ethel, a feature length documentary about the remarkable life of Ethel Kennedy, is a revealing portrait told by those who know her best: her family. Directed by her Emmy-Award winning daughter, Rory Kennedy, and featuring candid interviews with Ethel and seven of her children, the film is a deeply personal look inside a political dynasty strengthened by family bonds, a compassion for others, and a wisdom forged from both hardship and triumph.
The Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend 5:00PM start time Admittance included for Festival pass holders Tickets: $11 in advance or $12 at the door
Central Oregon’s hippest urban hotel is once again throwing the kickoff cocktail party in its swanky Minnesota Ballroom. The Oxford’s finedining restaurant, 10 Below, will serve a wide choice of hors d’oeuvres, complimentary local microbrews from Boneyard Beer, fantastic wine courtesy of Southern Wine Group, as well as a no-host bar for 10 Below’s signature cocktails. Meet fellow filmmakers, film lovers and film supporters at this fabulous party to kick off a weekend of films and fun.
The BendFilm Dance Party Extravaganza returns! After the showing of Girl Walk // All Day (A feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follow three dancers across New York City), the Cascades Theatrical Company is transformed into a hopping nightclub for an awesome dance party to last late into the evening. Locally famous disc jockey DJ Swett turns the tables and cranks the dance music for revelers. Between turns on the dance floor enjoy no-host wine, beer and specialty cocktails served by Twist Cocktail Catering. Food from some of Bend’s favorite food carts will also be on hand for purchase.
ThE AFTER PARTY @ mcmENAmINs McMenamins Old St. Francis School, Father Luke’s Room 700 NW Bond St., Bend 9:00PM start time, Free admission No-host bar; Live music until 11:00PM. Join us after the opening night party in Father Luke’s Foundation Room at McMenamins for some great live music and a full no-host bar. If you’ve still got your groove on when the band calls it quits, head to McMenamins wonderful outdoor cigar and scotch bar O’Kanes, which remains open until 12AM. Back inside, enjoy the Fireside, which pours drinks until 1:30. Late night happy hour stretches from 10pm until midnight.
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AwARDs REcEPTION & cEREmONY The Oxford Hotel 10 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend 7:00PM Start Time Admittance included with Full Festival pass. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door
Tasting Room & Tours offered on Saturdays from noon-5pm
Join Master of Ceremonies Yancy Faulkner for a lively evening in the Oxford Hotel’s snazzy Minnesota Ballroom, concluding with the announcement of winners in all categories of the 2012 BendFilm Festival — including the Audience Award winner and Best of Show. The 10 Below restaurant will serve hearty small plates at this celebratory event as well as complimentary local microbrews from Boneyard Beer, fantastic wine courtesy of Southern Wine Group, plus a no-host bar for 10 Below’s signature cocktails!
clOsINg NIghT PARTY Astro Lounge 939 NW Bond St., Bend 9:30PM to close Open to film lovers 21 and over. Downtown Bend’s super hip bar, the Astro Lounge, serves no-host drinks and food in a cool urban setting. Join us after the awards ceremony to mingle with BendFilm fans and filmmakers one last time before the weekend winds down. Dance the night away to great tunes by Charles Button and his blues band.
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sURvIvINg "ThE BUsINEss" Friday, October 12th, 2012 The Nature of Words 224 NW Oregon Avenue 10:30AM – Noon
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planning through all of the hurdles unique to this genre of filmmaking. Today’s technology allows for new ways to access and deliver the story and the result has been several commercially successful documentaries. Our panelists will explain how they choose their subjects, and what they learned along the way to create the documentaries at this year’s festival. Joining us for this panel: Brian Bolster, The Lookout, director; Sarah Henderson, We Grew Wings, director, cinematographer, producer; Todd Kellstein, Buffalo Girls, director; Constantine Papanicolaou, The Ordinary Skier, director; Forrest Pound, Watershed, director.
The constant refrain in Hollywood is "Don't quit your day job." In addition to the fact that “the business” is incredibly competitive, it’s also difficult to ascertain which jobs within it actually pay. Aspiring writers, directors and producers have to figure out what pitching, getting an agent and optioning actually mean while staying financially afloat. Join our awardwinning panel for an enlightening session on traditional and innovative ways to bring home the bacon. From getting your foot in the door, to networking, our filmmakers will share their first-hand experiences to help you develop a specific plan, as well as provide answers to the question “How do these guys make a living?”
Moderated by: Andy Grieve, 2012 juror
Joining us for this panel: Morgan Faust, Tick Tock Time Emporium, director & Gimme the Loot, editor; Tom Gandy, Stitched, director; Aundré Johnson, Krakow, director; Jena Moreno, Stitched, director; Seth Stark, The Dancer, director.
Orphans and inmates on opposite sides of the world, both considered the lowest in their respective societies, find each other and together find something they'd both lost...hope. The catalyst? An unassuming couple from Bend, Oregon. This panel will discuss how storytelling through film— here the story of two people who are dramatically changing hundreds of lives—can profoundly touch audiences while bringing attention to important causes and inspiring meaningful action.
Moderated by: Betsy Sharkey, Film Critic for the Los Angeles Times
mAsTERINg YOUR FEsTIvAl RUN Friday, October 12th, 2012 The Nature of Words 224 NW Oregon Avenue 1:00PM – 2:30PM Film Festivals provide independent filmmakers the chance to connect with audiences, gain broad public exposure and attract critical attention for their work. Navigating through the hundreds of festivals out there can be a daunting and an expensive task. What are film festival programmers looking for and what exactly happens inside the film festival jury room? And what are filmmakers coming up against as they start their festival journey? Thomas Phillipson, film programmer at the Northwest Film Center and Director of the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival & 2012 juror, is joined by filmmakers & jurors to offer a peek behind the curtain and a practical overview of the festival process, from finding the right festival types to interacting with festivals to maximize your experience. Learn how to streamline your efforts, avoid common pitfalls and focus on getting your film in front of the right eyes. Joining us for this panel: Jonathan Foster, Not That Funny, writer; Jim Hemphill, The Trouble with the Truth, director; Jon Korn, 2012 juror; Katie O’Grady, Hot in the Zipper, actor & 2011 Best of the Northwest award winner, Rid of me; Steven Wilson, 2012 juror. Moderated by: Thomas Phillipson, Northwest Film Center, 2012 juror
ThE "A-hA" mOmENT - ThE DOcUmENTARY FIlm Saturday, October 13th, 2012 The Nature of Words 224 NW Oregon Avenue 10:30AM – Noon Many of us have heard or said the words "That would make a great movie!" Documentary films begin with the same spark. These panelists have fanned that original idea into a finished film. Researching your story, shooting hundreds of hours of footage, adding archival elements and paring it down to a piece that informs and entertains is a challenging process. Examine documentary filmmaking from the early stages of
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Saturday, October 13th, 2012 The Nature of Words 224 NW Oregon Avenue 1:00PM – 2:30PM
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Joining us for this panel: Charles Otto, former child soldier & orphan; Bob & Carol Higgins, founders of Otino Waa Children's Village; Douglas Omara, assistant administrator of Otino Waa; Sandy Cummings, director. Moderated by: Bruce Cummings
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sPOTlIghT FIlms OPENINg NIghT FIlm ThURsDAY, OcT. 11Th, 5:00Pm The Tower Theatre
Ethel
Mark Bailey, writer Rory Kennedy, director (97m, USA, 2012) Ethel, a feature length documentary about the remarkable life of Ethel Kennedy, is a revealing portrait told by those who knew her best: her family. Directed by her Emmy-Award winning daughter, Rory Kennedy, and featuring candid interviews with Ethel and seven of her children, the film is a deeply personal look inside a political dynasty strengthened by family bonds, a compassion for others, and a wisdom forged from both hardship and triumph. With an encore presentation: Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:00am, Tower Theatre
shOwcAsE FIlm Presented by Magnolia Pictures FRIDAY, OcT. 12Th, 5:30Pm The Tower Theatre
Deadfall
West Coast Premiere Zach Dean, writer Stefan Ruzowitzky, director (94m, USA, 2012) In the wintry countryside near Canada, smooth-talking heist man Addison (Eric Bana) and his femme fatale sister Liza (Olivia Wilde) are on the run with a bag full of cash from a casino job. With a deadly blizzard swirling around them, they split up to make a desperate dash for the border. Meanwhile, troubled boxer Jay (Charlie Hunnam) has just been released from prison and is heading home to spend Thanksgiving with his mother (Sissy Spacek) and retired sheriff father (Kris Kristofferson). A twist of fate sets them all on a collision course, hurtling this icy thriller to a shocking climax.
FIlm / FRIDAY NIghT FEvER DANcE PARTY FRIDAY, OcT. 12Th, 8:00Pm Cascades Theatrical Company
Girl Walk // All Day West Coast Festival Premiere Jacob Krupnick, director (75m, USA, 2012)
A feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follow three dancers across New York City. They turn the city's sidewalks, parks, and stadiums into an evolving stage as a story of rebellion, love, and discovery unfolds. Shot entirely in public spaces, and funded entirely by crowd-sourcing, Girl Walk // All Day is a statement about the power of community and public space. Set to the album by mashup musician Girl Talk, it's also an insanely fun love letter to New York.
Friday Night Fever Dance Party!
After the showing of Girl Walk // All Day, the Cascades Theatrical Company will be transformed into a hopping nightclub for an epic dance party! Locally famous disc jockey DJ Swett will turn the tables and crank the dance music for revelers. Between turns on the dance floor, enjoy no-host wine, beer, and specialty cocktails by Twist. Tickets are $10 at the door. Free with paid admission to the film. Full Festival Pass holders – price included with your pass!
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vENUEs
BEND mAP 1. Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend
2. McMenamins Old St. Francis School 700 NW Bond St., Bend
3. The Oxford Hotel Minnesota Ballroom 10 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend
4. Regal Old Mill 16
The Shops at the Old Mill District, Bend
5. Cascades Theatrical Company 148 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend
6. Tin Pan Theater
869 NW Tin Pan Alley, Bend
7. Liberty Theater
849 NW Wall St., Bend
8. Parking Garage Lava & Minnesota, Bend
9. Nature of Words 224 NW Oregon Ave., Bend
PARkINg cONsIDERATIONs Your car will be fine...not fined... The City of Bend has graciously suspended the daily time limits in the downtown parking garage from Oct 11-14. Please park in the garage to ensure an easy, stress-free parking experience.
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FIlm schEDUlE ThURsDAY 10/11/12 NARRATIvE FEATURE; DOcUmENTARY; shORT FIlms TOwER
REgAl 1
5:00p
Ethel with Raise My Hands
Now, Forager with Someone
cTc
TIN PAN
cTc
TIN PAN
81 min
Spaghetti für Zwei, Far, Depois da Queda, The Runner
9:00p 86 min
99 min
Dead Man’s Burden with Home Turf
Narrative
OxFORD
Int’l Shorts Block
8:30p
8:00p Narrative
Free Samples with The Maiden & the Princess
mcmENAmINs
6:30p
Narrative 98 min
105 min
OPENINg NIghT FIlm:
REgAl 2
6:00p
Documentary
108 min
lATE EvENINg
EARlY EvENINg
ThU
7:30p – 9:30p
Documentary
OPENINg NIghT REcEPTION
Trash Dance with Seeing Death Valley
FRIDAY 10/12/12 NARRATIvE FEATURE; DOcUmENTARY; shORT FIlms
The Next, Best West & Watershed
99 min.
91 min.
92 min.
104 min . 106 min.
Narrative Sironia with Distance
9:30p – Till Last Call! ThE 2012
DANcE PARTY DJ / BAR
Documentary Trash Dance with Seeing Death Valley
8:30p
Documentary Girl Walk//All Day with DANCE PARTY! (included in price of your admission)
The Sea is All I Know, A Good Thing, The Dancer, The Miners, The Maiden & the Princess 6:00p
86 min.
83 min.
85 min.
100 min.
75 min.
89 min. 82 min. 93 min.
Conservation Block
Shorts Block
8:00p
Documentary Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself with Krakow
The Trouble with the Truth with BFF
Now, Forager with Someone
3:30p
93 min.
A Little Closer with When You Find Me
Family Without Parents, Mr. Christmas, Home Turf, Gaula – River of Silver & Gold 8:00p
Narrative
9:00p
lATE NIghT
92 min.
101 min.
101 min.
6:30p
Narrative The Kitchen with Hot in the Zipper
Doc. Block
It’s a Disaster with The Last Stand
Narrative
5:30p
75 mi n.
An Affair of the Heart with Strange Date
The Eyes of Thailand with David & Goliath
Wolves Unleashed with A Short Film
Narrative
Queen, The Men’s Room, Monster Slayer, Cherry Waves, Bench Seat 1:00p
Narrative
5:30p
Documentary
8:30p
Documentary 99 min.
The Ordinary Skier with Double or Nothing
A Big Love Story with Even Handed
The Revolutionary with Baby Boy Church
Shouting Secrets with Kiss Me
Shorts Block
3:00p
Documentary
4:30p
Narrative
8:00p
Documentary 89 min.
lATE EvENINg
8:00p
Joe Papp in Five Acts with Installation
The Kill Hole with Kids with Guns
3:00p
Documentary
6:00p
Documentary 89 min.
Deadfall with Pass The Salt, Please
Narrative
5:30p
Narrative
2:00p
Stitched with It's a Ring Thing: The Portland Horse Project
Narrative
10:30a
12:30p
Documentary
99 min.
5:30p
Not That Funny with First Kiss
WONDER WOMEN! with She, Who Excels in Solitude
Lost & Found with The Lookout
10:00a
12:30p
Documentary
3:30p
Narrative 102 min.
103 min.
Documentary High Ground with Still
91 min.
3:00p
We Grew Wings with Meeder's Mosaic
Documentary
11:30a
Narrative Gimme the Loot with Benchmark
10:00a
Documentary
75 min.
3:00p
Getting Up: The Tempt One Story with First Match
Narrative Rumblestrips with The Procession
OxFORD
9:00a
1:00p
Documentary 87 min.
98 min.
Birth Story with Krakow
97 min.
12:30p
Documentary
107 min.
EARlY EvENINg
lATE AFTERNOON
EARlY AFTERNOON
12:30p
Buffalo Girls with PUSH Tunisia
99 min.
The Whale with CatCam
Documentary
mcmENAmINs
10:30a
96 min.
Documentary
10:00a 98 min.
10:00a
REgAl 2
94 min.
REgAl 1
102 min.
TOwER
101 min.
lATE mORNINg
FRI
Student Shorts Block Tick Tock Time Emporium, Kiss Me, Black Irish, Past Due, First Match, The Treehouse
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sATURDAY 10/13/12 * Pass the Salt, Please May not be suitable for all audiences/Explicit language
NARRATIvE FEATURE; DOcUmENTARY; shORT FIlms
Narrative A Little Closer with When You Find Me
Documentary Getting Up: The Tempt One Story with Black Irish
Birth Story with The Dancer
9:00p
The Kill Hole with Kids with Guns
7:00p
Narrative Gimme the Loot with Benchmark
Documentary The Eyes of Thailand with David & Goliath
Documentary We Grew Wings with Meeder's Mosaic
80 min.
5:30p
Narrative
7:00p
AwARDs cEREmONY
The Next, Best West & Watershed
3:00p Narrative Sironia with Distance 5:30p
Documentary The Whale with Catcam
99 min.
Not That Funny with First Kiss
93 min.
89 min.
4:30p
Narrative
Joe Papp in Five Acts with Installation
Conservation
106 min.
Documentary
Documentary
3:00p 89 min.
102 min.
90 min.
101 min.
96 min.
96 min. 91 min.
8:00p 87 min.
8:30p
High Ground with Still
6:30p
The Ordinary Skier with Double or Nothing
3:00p
Pass the Salt, Please, Hot in the Zipper, Strange Date, The Procession, Past Due, First Kiss, The Last Stand, A Short Film
*
12:30p
8:00p
Narrative A Big Love Story with Even Handed
8:00p
Documentary Stitched with It's a Ring Thing: The Portland Horse Project
85 min.
WONDER WOMEN! with Gaula – River of Silver & Gold
Documentary
The Trouble with the Truth with BFF
Documentary
Buffalo Girls with PUSH Tunisia
FUTURE FIlmmAkERs
12:30p
Documentary
2:00p
Narrative
The Revolutionary with Baby Boy Church
Comedy Shorts
101 min.
Documentary
5:30p 103 min.
105 min.
6:00p
Dead Man’s Burden with A Short Film
3:30p
An Affair of the Heart with The Distance Between
10:30a
Documentary
12:30p
Documentary
TIN PAN
10:00a
83 min.
It’s a Disaster with The Procession
Narrative
Wolves Unleashed with Distance
89 min.
Narrative
Rumblestrips with Tick Tock Time Emporium
Dead Dad with The Treehouse
cTc
10:00a
11:30a
Documentary
3:00p 96 min.
101 min.
3:00p
Narrative
104 min.
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself with Krakow
A Good Thing, The Lookout, The Runner, The Sea Is All I Know, She, Who Excels in Solitude
Narrative
1:00p
102 min.
94 min.
Documentary
12:30p 101 min.
12:30p
Free Samples with The Distance Between
9:00a
Shorts Block
91 min.
Ethel with Raise My Hands
Narrative 89 min.
105 min.
Documentary
10:30a
OxFORD
98 min.
10:00a
mcmENAmINs
101 min.
10:00a
REgAl 2
104 min.
REgAl 1
75 min.
TOwER
102 min.
Shorts Block Queen, The Men’s Room, Monster Slayer, Cherry Waves, Bench Seat
9:30p 100 min.
lATE NIghT lATE EvENINg
EARlY vENINg
lATE AFTERNOON
EARlY ATERNOON
lATE mORNINg
sAT
Narrative Shouting Secrets with The Miners
sUNDAY 10/14/12
AwARDs wINNERs & BEsT OF ThE FEsT! sUN
TOwER
REgAl 2
Award Winner Best of Show
3:30p TBD To be announced Saturday night!
XXX min.
6:00p TBD XXX min.
XXX min.
6:00p TBD
To be announced Saturday night!
To be announced Saturday night!
To be announced Saturday night!
1:30p TBD To be announced Saturday night!
4:00p TBD To be announced Saturday night!
6:30p TBD XXX min.
Award Winner Audience Award
1:00p TBD
XXX min.
XXX min. 3:30p TBD
XXX min.
Award Winner Best Narrative
XXX min.
XXX min.
XXXmin.
1:00p TBD
Award Winner Best Documentary
mcmENAmINs
11:00a TBD XXX min.
10:30a TBD
lATE mORNINg EARlY AFTERNOON lATE AFTERNOON EARlY EvENINg
REgAl 1
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12:00p
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BENDFIlm NARRATIvE FEATUREs
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A BIg lOvE sTORY Pacific Northwest Premiere Dale Zawada, writer; Ryan Sage, director (93m, USA, 2012) Sam is a former college football star whose chance to play in the NFL abruptly ends with a blown out knee. Seven years later, he finds himself alone, working a minimum wage job and weighing a deadly 413 lbs. The time has come for some change! The time has come for some weight loss! Enter Cassie, a personal trainer who not only helps him lose weight but find love. Steering clear of the standard transformation formula seen on many current television shows, Sam finds acceptance and love - in unexpected places.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 6:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
DEAD DAD Oregon Premiere Kyle Arrington, writer; Ken J. Adachi, writer/director (82m, USA, 2012) When their dad dies unexpectedly, estranged siblings Russell, Jane and their adopted brother, Alex, come home to tend to his remains. Though a stubborn and proud group, they are able to agree on one thing: nobody wants to keep the ashes. With little guidance and mounds of resentment among them, the three must work together to achieve a proper goodbye. The man who split them apart brings them closer together as the siblings learn what it means to be a family without their dad.
Saturday, Oct. 13th, 9:00am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
DEAD mAN's BURDEN Oregon Premiere Jared Moshe, writer/director (93m, USA. 2012) In the contentious wake of the Civil War, a divided country tries to reunite by forging a future in the West. For one homesteader, that future is cut short by a bullet. Now his lawman son returns home to discover a sister that thinks him dead and an injustice waiting to be righted. A classic western, Dead Man's Burden explores post-civil war era allegiances in the western frontier, divisions created by modern progress, and family rifts that struggle to resolve themselves in an unforgiving landscape.
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 8:00pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Regal Old Mill
FREE sAmPlEs Pacific Northwest Premiere Jim Beggarly, writer; Jay Gammill, director (80m, USA, 2012) Another rough night at the bar for aimless twenty something Jillian spells an even rougher morning when her best friend Nancy asks her to cover her all-day shift doling out free samples from Mike's Dream ice cream truck—all before she's even had her first cup of coffee. Her fiancÊ Danny is "distant" to say the least, and her decision to take a semester off from Stanford Law is feeling more and more permanent every day. But this is just the tip of the iceberg when Jillian's hangover is met with a quirky cast of quirky dessert-seeking Angelenos, all of whom get more sass than they bargained for.
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 6:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:00am, Regal Old Mill
gImmE ThE lOOT Pacific Northwest Premiere Adam Leon, writer/director (80m, USA, 2012) Malcolm and Sophia are the ultimate Bronx teenage graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but need to raise $500 to pull off their scheme. Over the course of two sun-soaked summer days, Malcolm and Sophia embark on an epic adventure involving black market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high stakes heist, and a beautiful girl whose necklace is their key to becoming the biggest writers in the city.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 1:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 9:00pm, Regal Old Mill
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BENDFIlm NARRATIvE FEATUREs
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IT's A DIsAsTER Oregon Premiere Todd Berger, writer/director (88m, USA, 2012) Four couples come together for their monthly brunch and get so involved in their messy relationship issues, betrayals and personality meltdowns that they hardly notice the apocalypse is knocking on the front door.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Tower Theatre
ThE kIll hOlE
Oregon Premiere
Mischa Webley, writer/director (92m, USA, 2012) Living on the margins of Portland as a taxi driver, Lt. Drake is a troubled veteran, haunted by a dirty secret from his past. He comes to realize that he remains the pawn of the military’s venal independent contractors, who deliver one final order: search out and eliminate a renegade vet, Sgt. Carter, who witnessed his crime. Pitted against each other in the spectacular Oregon wilderness, a tenuous bond forms between these two troubled souls.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 4:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
ThE kITchEN Pacific Northwest Premier Jim Beggarly, writer; Ishai Setton, director (78m, USA, 2012) Jennifer is turning 30 and her best friend Stan is throwing her a party. But she’s in no mood to celebrate today. She has just left her job as well as her cheating boyfriend, Paul. And her cynical sister Penny is overshadowing the whole affair by making a most inappropriate announcement at the most inopportune time. In this ensemble comedy set entirely inside a kitchen, what starts out as a well-intentioned celebration quickly spirals into an ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Regal Old Mill
A lITTlE clOsER Oregon Premiere Matthew Petock, writer/director (73m, USA, 2011) In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, fifteen year-old Marc and eleven year-old Stephen. Hoping to meet the love of her life and bring home a father for her boys, she frequents a depressing, weekly mixer for the towns aging singles set. Meanwhile, Marc is desperate to lose his virginity, and spends his days working at a used car lot. And his brother Stephen, in the throes of sexual discovery, becomes infatuated with his schoolteacher while struggling to win the approval of a group of peers who adamantly detest her.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 6:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:30pm, Tower Theatre
NOT ThAT FUNNY Jonathan Foster, writer; Lauralee Farrer, writer/director (98m, USA, 2012) Not That Funny is a simple story of how far a serious man will go for love. Stefan Lane claims he is "alone but not lonely"—until the day Hayley Richmonde returns to the little town of Sierra Madre, California. Weary of her self-absorbed boss/boyfriend, Hayley says all she wants is someone who makes her laugh. Stefan, a man who is not that funny, tries to learn to be the man Hayley says she wants. In the process, they each find unexpected transformation.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 6:30pm, Regal Old Mill
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NOw, FORAgER Pacific Northwest Premiere Jason Cortlund, writer; Jason Cortlund & Julia Halperin, directors (93m, USA, 2012) Lucien and Regina gather wild mushrooms and sell them to restaurants around New York. Their lifestyle is simple, their income unstable. To improve their financial security and pursue a more fulfilling personal career path, Regina decides to take a job cooking at a high-end restaurant. Lucien instead proposes they give up their apartment and live as full-time itinerant foragers. As individual desires take them down divergent paths, their marriage is put to a test.
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 8:30pm, Regal Old Mill Friday, Oct. 12th, 1:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
RUmBlEsTRIPs Oregon Premiere John Adams & Toby Poser, writers/directors (84m, USA, 2012) Broke and emotionally blistered after the death of her husband, Toby has turned to a beloved pastime, growing marijuana, to provide for her family. When she is arrested and convicted, she packs up the RV and takes her two young daughters on a far-flung road trip while uneasily awaiting sentencing.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Regal Old Mill
shOUTINg sEcRETs Oregon Premiere Mickey Blaine, Steven Judd, Tvli Jacob, writers; Korinna Sehringer, director (88m, USA, 2011) Shouting Secrets is the tale of a fractured family brought together by tragedy. A richly realized portrait of kin repairing bonds once thought irretrievably broken. Wesley, a young, successful novelist, long ago left the San Carlos Apache Reservation in his rear view mirror. He remains close to his mother but alienated the rest of the family with his autobiographical bestseller. It’s a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 9:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
sIRONIA Pacific Northwest Premiere Wes Cunningham, Thomas Ward, writers; Brandon Dickerson, writer/director (104m, USA, 2011) Thomas Fisher is a talented musician who has been chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood music machine. Frustrated by his broken career, he and his wife Molly impulsively pack up and move to small town Sironia, Texas to live a more authentic life and raise their first child near Molly's brother and his family. Despite the change of scenery, Thomas's deep resentment over his lost dreams gets the best of him as he struggles to make peace with his stalled career, until he remembers what he loved about music - and Molly - in the first place.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
ThE TROUBlE wITh ThE TRUTh Pacific Northwest Premiere Jim Hemphill, writer/director (96m, USA, 2011) Musician Robert (John Shea) is a perpetual starving artist with low overhead and minimal commitments. When Robert's daughter announces that she's engaged, he advises her against it - his own marriage to Emily (Lea Thompson) didn't last, and he doesn't understand why anyone would want to give up their independence. Yet when Robert and Emily reunite and dredge up old memories and hurts, both discover they have a lot of unresolved issues and that love, marriage and divorce aren't quite as simple as they'd like.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:30pm, Regal Old Mill
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AN AFFAIR OF ThE hEART BIRTh sTORY: INA mAY West Coast Premiere gAskIN AND Sylvia Caminer, director ThE FARm mIDwIvEs (93m, USA, 2012)
BUFFAlO gIRls
In a cultural phenomenon every bit as fanatical as Deadheads and Bieber Fever, pop star Rick Springfield’s fans have been following him with religious devotion for 30 years. Bursting onto the global music scene in 1981 with “Jessie’s Girl,” his matinee idol good looks and starring role on General Hospital have often overshadowed his status as a serious musician … but not to the millions of international fans who make pilgrimages to his concerts just to spend time with other "Rick-a-holics" and be transported back to the glory days of the 1980's. We take an intimate and often comical look into this fascinating sub-culture and the lives of a few of these diehard fans, exploring how the relationship with their idol and his music has personally inspired and affected their lives and ALL those around them.
Buffalo Girls tells the story of two 8-year-oldgirls, Stam and Pet, both professional Muay Thai prizefighters. Set in small villages throughout rural Thailand, the film chronicles these young girls’ emotional and sometimes heartbreaking journey as they fight in small underground arenas to win prize-money and help provide for their families. After many months of rigorous training and a long schedule of fights, Stam and Pet face each other for the 20 Kilo championship belt of Thailand and a cash prize that will change the winner’s life forever.
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 11:30am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Sara Lamm & Mary Wigmore, directors (93m, USA, 2012) The story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other’s babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. With Ina May as their leader, the women taught themselves midwifery from the ground up, and became an integral part of a new, entirely communal, agricultural society called The Farm. The people of the Farm grew their own food, built their own houses, published their own books, and, as word of their social experiment spread, created a model of care for women and babies that changed a generation’s approach to childbirth.
Pacific Northwest Premiere Todd Kellstein, director (64m, USA/Thailand, 2012)
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, The Oxford Hotel
Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, The Oxford Hotel
hIgh gROUND Oregon Premier
ThE EYEs OF ThAIlAND Oregon Premiere
gETTINg UP: ThE TEmPT ONE sTORY
Tim O'Brien, writer; Windy Borman, writer/director (63m, USA/Thailand, 2012)
Pacific Northwest Premiere
The Eyes of Thailand tells the true and inspirational story of one woman’s quest to help two elephant landmine survivors walk on their own four legs. Treating their wounds was only part of the journey; building elephant-sized prostheses was another. Narrated by Ashley Judd, The Eyes of Thailand is a story of sacrifice and perseverance that shows how far one woman will go to save an endangered species from threats above and below ground.
Tony 'TEMPT' Quan is a legendary LA graffiti artist, social activist and publisher. In 2003, he was diagnosed with ALS (also called Lou Gherig’s Disease), a degenerative nerve disorder which has rendered him unable to move, breathe or speak... but his mind and creative spirit are still intact. In 2009, Mick Ebeling and his Not Impossible Foundation brought a motley crew of international hackers and artists to Los Angeles to attempt the impossible: Allow Tempt to once again create art.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 4:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 7:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Caskey Ebeling, director (72m, USA, 2012)
Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Regal Old Mill
Brian Mockenhaupt, writer; Michael Brown, director (92m, USA, 2012) Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. With blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest Summiteers as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S. history. Representing nearly every branch of the military, the veterans, and the Gold Star Mom who joins their trek, bring humor and deep emotion to this hero’s journey all captured with breathtaking, vertigo-inducing cinematography by three-time Emmy® winner, director Michael Brown. Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm, Regal Old Mill
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JOE PAPP IN FIvE AcTs
lOsT & FOUND
ThE ORDINARY skIER
West Coast Premiere
West Coast Premiere
Oregon Premiere
Tracie Holder & Karen Thorsen, directors (82m, USA, 2012)
Bruce Cummings, writer; Sandy Cummings, writer/director (59m, USA, 2012)
Constantine Papanicolaou, director (78m, USA, 2011)
Joe Papp in Five Acts is the story of New York’s indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts who nurtured an entire generation of artists, along with their works - from Hair to A Chorus Line. Papp's great accomplishments and his own tumultuous personal history is told by the artists he helped create - and sometimes tried to destroy - Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, James Earl Jones, Olympia Dukakis and Larry Kramer, among others.
Ugandan orphans targeted for abduction by Joseph Kony's militia are rescued by a pair of courageous former high school teachers from Bend, OR. Fate connects the orphans to an unlikely group of benefactors 9,000 miles away: inmate-artists, some of whom will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Lost & Found is the inspiring true story of finding hope in the most unlikely places.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
PlImPTON! sTARRINg gEORgE PlImPTON As hImsElF West Coast Premiere Tom Bean & Luke Poling, writers/directors (89m, USA, 2012) Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself is a feature length documentary film about the exciting life and times of Paris Review cofounder, participatory journalist, protean New York literary impresario, and friend to many, George Plimpton. Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:00pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Tower Theatre
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, The Oxford Hotel
For Seth Morrison, skiing is much more than a sport or job, it's a way of life. It's not a privilege he was born with; it's a passion he discovered on his own. Through hard work and dedication, Morrison has become one of the best skiers in the world. The Ordinary Skier traces his journey from the middle class suburbs of Chicago to the Colorado Rockies and into the underground skibum subculture that would eventually become Freeskiing. This is the story of how a collection of misfits turned an elite sport upside down, and how an ordinary kid chased his dream and became one of skiing's most iconic heroes. Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:00pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 2:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
ThE REvOlUTIONARY Oregon Premiere Irv Drasnin, Lucy Ostrander & Don Sellers, producers (92m, USA, 2012) The Cultural Revolution was among the most catastrophic and least understood events of the 20th-century. Mao Zedong’s call to “make revolution” was answered by millions of Chinese and one American, Sidney Rittenberg. An intimate of the Party's leadership, Rittenberg gained unprecedented power in the government. But he was twice betrayed, and served a total of 16 years in solitary confinement. This film is an uncompromising account of events all but removed from China’s official history. Friday, Oct. 12th, 2:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:00am, The Oxford Hotel
sTITchED Pacific Northwest Premiere Jena Moreno, writer/director (72m, USA, 2012) Stitched is a fun-filled documentary following three controversial, competitive quilters racing to complete their entries for the largest quilt show in the nation. Quilting legend Caryl Bryer Fallert was the first to win a major prize for her quilt made with a sewing machine. She mentored Hollis Chatelain who caused a stir when she won an award for a painted quilt. And Hollis mentored Randall Cook who sparked controversy with his quilt of a male nude. Behind every stitch, there is a story. Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
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wE gREw wINgs
ThE whAlE
Oregon Premiere
World Premiere
Oregon Premier
Andrew Garrison, director (67m, USA, 2012)
Erich Lyttle, writer; Sarah Henderson & Erich Lyttle, directors (81m, USA, 2012)
Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfit, directors (85m, Canada, 2011)
Sometimes inspiration can be found in unexpected places. Choreographer Allison Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and the men and women who pick up our trash. Filmmaker Andrew Garrison follows Orr as she joins city sanitation workers on their routes to listen and learn, eventually rallying the reluctant trash collectors in an extraordinary dance spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, two dozen sanitation workers—and their trucks— inspire an audience of thousands. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 9:00pm, Regal Old Mill Friday, Oct. 12th, 6:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
Two Teams. Two Eras. Two Chances. We Grew Wings is a story of camaraderie, struggles, triumphs and the differences and similarities between two generations of athletes. While the well-known University of Oregon men’s track and field dominated the spotlight, the early women’s track program strove to break new ground just as Title IX was presenting challenges and opportunities for universities across the country. This is a story about yesterday’s athletic legacy and today’s triumphs. More than anything, it is about the common bond we all share through sports. Friday, Oct. 12th, 9:00am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
wOlvEs UNlEAshED Pacific Northwest Premiere Andrew Simpson, director (89m, Canada/Siberia, 2012) Battling temperatures of -60C, a documentary film crew and the wolves are tested physically and mentally on a daily basis. This film will make people question everything they thought they knew about wolves. They will see the wolf as an animal that is graceful, caring and trusting. The animal action in this film has never been seen before. There are no computer effects; everything you see is real. This film will also show one man's struggle as he wrestles with the decision to use his unique bond with these animals against them. Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 1:00pm, Regal Old Mill
wONDER wOmEN! ThE UNTOlD sTORY OF AmERIcAN sUPERhEROINEs Oregon Premiere Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, director (62m, USA, 2012) WONDER WOMEN! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating birth, evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman and introduces audiences to a dynamic group of fictional and real-life superheroines fighting for positive role models for girls, both on screen and off. Friday, Oct. 12th, 11:30am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 6:00pm, Tower Theatre
An extraordinary true story of contact between species, The Whale, narrated by Ryan Reynolds, is a classic combination of star power and grassroots heart. When a young male orca, nicknamed Luna, loses contact with his family in a fjord on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, he overthrows the established order of humans versus everything else with his determination to make friends with people. Through his life among us, he challenges all our preconceptions, from politics to science to the spirit, making us rethink our most fundamental ideas about the nature of love and friendship. Filled with laughter, amazement, tears, and drama, The Whale is a life-affirming film with demonstrated appeal to all audiences. Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
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gAUlA - RIvER OF sIlvER & gOlD Pacific Northwest Premiere Daniel Göz & Anton Hamacher, writers/directors (43m, Germany, 2012) Gaula - River of Silver & Gold is a fly-fishing film about the pursuit of the elusive Atlantic salmon. Yet, it is much more than that. It is a documentary on one of the last wild salmon rivers in Europe: River Gaula in Norway. The main character of the film isn't the angler, it's the wild river and its fish, where salmon migrate upstream to reproduce like they have for millennia.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 6:00pm, Tower Theatre
ThE NExT, BEsT wEsT Hal Clifford, writer; Hunter Sykes and Darren Campbell, directors (36m, USA, 2012) The Next, Best West explores our changing relationship with the land that sustains us. It tells the story of how the conventional American concept of progress has steered our exploitation of the Western landscape, and takes you to three diverse places; Colorado, Montana and Washington, where a vibrant new conception of progress presages a better future.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 9:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
sEEINg DEATh vAllEY Pacific Northwest Premiere Rory Banyard, director (19m, USA, 2011) Seeing Death Valley, narrated by Donald Sutherland, reveals Death Valley National Park as an extraordinary landscape, rich in natural history and cultural stories. The film features the perspective of the Timbisha Shoshone, the Native people of the area, shows the diversity of life in the Park, and looks at the Park’s history as a tourist destination. It plays in the new theater at Death Valley National Park visitor center and is the Park’s official film.
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 9:00pm, Regal Old Mill Friday, Oct. 12th, 6:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
wATERshED Pacific Northwest Premiere Mark Decena, writer/director (57m, USA, 2012) “Whiskey is for drinkin’. Water is for fightin’,” says Jeff Ehlert, a fly fishing guide in Rocky Mountain National Park, recalling a well worn saying heard throughout the Colorado River Basin. As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support thirty million people across the western United States, can we find harmony amongst the competing interests of cities, agriculture, recreation, wildlife, and indigenous communities with rights to the water? Executive produced & narrated by Robert Redford.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 9:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
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BABY BOY chURch
BENch sEAT
BENchmARk
BFF West Coast Premiere
Oregon Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
World Premiere
Neil LaBute, writer; Anna Mastro, director (19m, USA, 2011)
Vincent Lin, writer/director (11m, USA, 2012)
Neil LaBute, writer/director (8m, USA, 2012)
Stacey Shaw, director (9m, USA, 2012) Imagine learning that nearly everything that you had known about your identity was not actually true. What if your ethnicity, your siblings, your entire life story were suddenly different from what you had been led to believe? This is the experience of late discovery adoptees. In the short film, Baby Boy Church, Ron Morgan tells the story of discovering, at age 36, that he was adopted as he went through his deceased mother's belongings.
A classic love story with a musical twist, Bench Seat is a brief moment in the lives of a young couple on the verge of either moving forward or breaking up. While the girl envisions a bright and happy future with her boyfriend, he can only think of all the things he’s missing out on by being trapped in their relationship. But he reconsiders breaking up with her once she has relayed the story of the last boy who dared dump her.
Donny and T have been best friends for years. As their high school graduation approaches, the realization of their inevitable separation begins to settle in and the future may not be anything like the past. Friday, Oct. 12th, 1:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 9:00pm, Regal Old Mill
F riday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:30pm, Regal Old Mill
Friday, Oct. 12th, 2:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:00am, The Oxford Hotel
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
cATcAm
chERRY wAvEs
ThE DANcER
Oregon Premiere
Oregon Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Seth Keal, director (16m, USA, 2012)
Carey Williams, writer/director (15m, USA, 2012)
Seth Stark, writer/director (11m, USA, 2011)
When a German engineer creates a tiny camera for his newly adopted stray cat to wear, the photographs reveal more than ever expected.
Angie Adams, a hardened yet spiritual street fighter faces her biggest challenge: whether to continue living her life for others or finally live for herself and the woman she loves.
100-degree heat. 4-day shoot. 2-man crew. 1-man cast. Shot on location in a remote village in India, The Dancer is an inspiring true story of resilience and courage. A young orphan boy in India struggles through strife and circumstances to make a better life for himself.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
Jack has been 'best friends forever' with Jill since she moved to Brooklyn. One afternoon, Jill arrives unexpectedly at Jack's apartment to discuss her growing anxiety due to her boyfriend's increasingly erratic behavior. She is sure that he is having an affair but is uncertain what to do about it. Jack, against his own best judgment, offers to shadow Jill's boyfriend to uncover the truth. The truth, however, does not always set you free.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, The Oxford Hotel
DAvID AND gOlIATh Pacific Northwest Premiere George Zaverdas, writer/director (12m, USA, 2010) Based on a true story, set in 1943. David a Jewish resistance fighter, flees for his life as he is being hunted by Nazis. He finds refuge and ultimately a ferocious German Shepherd becomes his savior. Friday, Oct. 12th, 4:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 7:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Bendfilm guide 2012 / 31
DEPOIs DA QUEDA ThE DIsTANcE (AFTER ThE FAll) BETwEEN
DOUBlE OR NOThINg
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
World Premiere
Bruno Bini, writer/director (18m, Brazil, 2011)
Christopher Tillman, writer; Emily Ting, director (9m, USA, 2012)
Neil LaBute, writer; Nathaniel Krause, director (11m, USA, 2011)
Desiree Robinson, director (26m, USA, 2012)
Jen & Ian have been roommates for 1 year and 37 days. They've been secretly in love with each other for 1 year 36 days and 23 hours. Every day they go through their morning routines while planning a 'spontaneous' encounter with each other. Today could be the day it finally works.
Clark and Becca leave a bar after a night out with friends. When a homeless man approaches them on the street, Clark gets an idea. Adam Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David star in this dark comedy by master playwright Neil LaBute.
A copywriter with a great opportunity. A reluctant prostitute. A father with a daughter between life and death. After the fall, their lives collide. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 6:30pm, Regal Old Mill
Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:00am, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 11:30am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:00pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 2:00pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
FAmIlY wIThOUT PARENTs
What would life be like growing up without parents? Follow the journey of two sets of siblings in this documentary short that explores the importance of the sibling bond for children who have been separated from their brothers and sisters in the child welfare system. Through a week at Camp To Belong Northwest, the national camp organization's Oregon chapter, separated siblings reunite for six days. The campers create new memories and share special moments but must inevitably return to their separate homes. Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, The Oxford Hotel
FAR (DADDY) US Premiere Per Dreyer, writer/director (35m, Denmark, 2011) It is Christmas Eve and Beth and the children are waiting for Daddy to come home. There is a war outside and Far (Daddy) is 'keeping the family safe' in the cellar. When he arrives it is evident that he has his own expectations for what the day shall bring. As a prisoner in her own home, Beth transforms unimaginable cruelty into a strange fantasy of protective love for the sake of her children. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 6:30pm, Regal Old Mill
FIRsT kIss
A gOOD ThINg
hOmE TURF
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
West Coast Premiere
Michael Consiglio, writer; Charles Hood, writer/director (4m, USA, 2012)
Mark Tobey, writer/director (22m, USA, 2011)
Ross Whitaker, director (15m, Ireland, 2011)
A guy and a girl encounter all kinds of obstacles while trying for their first kiss.
An elderly couple, isolated and alone at their desert service station, are confronted by a man fitting the description of a wanted serial killer.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 6:30pm, Regal Old Mill
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill
For generations, turf cutters in County Kerry, Ireland, have gathered turf by hand to use as winter fuel. Unwilling to give up the farming tradition that has brought them together in friendship and camaraderie for years, a band of old turf cutters works alongside modern turf cutting machines that have displaced the old method. Home Turf is a nostalgic celebration of a tradition that will soon disappear. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 8:00pm, Tower Theatre Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, The Oxford Hotel
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IT's A RINg ThINg: ThE PORTlAND hORsE PROJEcT
hOT IN ThE ZIPPER kRAkOw World Premiere
Alison Hiatt & Kris Jones, writers/ directors (11m, USA, 2011)
Hot in the Zipper is a screwball comedy set in a 1947 Manhattan apartment building, following 3 lovely ladies as they fight over the hunky piano player next door. Filmed entirely in one 18-minute take, this film is brimming with female hijinks, mischievous sexuality, and some amazingly bad singing.
Oregon Premiere
A Portland street artist creates unexpected, daily delights by using the city's historic sidewalk horse rings in his creations. The project inspired community members to adopt rings and expand the art project citywide. Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
Pacific Northwest Premiere
James Westby, writer/director (18m, USA, 2012)
Aundré Johnson, writer/director (5m, Poland, 2012) A young man on a tram looks for the woman of his dreams. Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, Tower Theatre Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:00pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Tower Theatre
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater
ThE lAsT sTAND Pacific Northwest Premiere
Brian Sack, writer; Tommy Smeltzer & Jon Hill, directors (3m, USA, 2011) Bobby has done everything right. He fought off the zombie horde, rescued the hapless Maya and barricaded the door, buying them a few precious minutes. With only two bullets left, it's obvious there's only one thing left to do. Yet it may take all of his charm and knock down good looks to convince Maya that the best way to make a last stand is to take it lying down. Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater
ThE lOOkOUT
ThE mINERs
mONsTER slAYER
mR. chRIsTmAs
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Toddy Burton, writer/director (12m, USA, 2012)
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Caskey Ebeling, writer/director (13m, USA, 2011)
Nick Palmer, director (15m, USA, 2012)
Every morning, Ben is visited by a motley crew of imaginary playmates, products of his psychiatric disorder. Embodiments of the best and worst in Ben, these hallucinations both bring him comfort and create chaos. This forces Ben to make a difficult choice: continue to live in his fantasy world, or confront reality, by taking a pill that will destroy his imaginary world.
Every Christmas, Bruce Mertz lights up the neighborhood with 50,000 lights covering his house. For decades he's obsessively added to his display, creating beautiful, towering fixtures that people travel across the country to see. In this offbeat, touching portrait, we learn what drives him, and discover how a kid who grew up on a farm with no electricity became Mr. Christmas.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, The Oxford Hotel
Brian Bolster, director (16m, USA, 2012) The term ‘fire lookout’ is used to describe both a person and a place - and both, even in our modern age, remain critical components in the detection and prevention of wildfires that can destroy our national forests. The Lookout steps inside the day-to-day working life of Leif Haugen, a fire lookout tasked with spending a season manually scanning the landscape for untamed wildfires, while living a life of quiet solitude on top of a mountain in northwestern Montana. Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill
The story of a man whose immobilizing sadness is only slightly overshadowed by his obsession with the news coverage of trapped underground miners. While he sits glued to the radio broadcasts tracking the miners’ rescue – his reclusive 12-yearold daughter, Louise, confronts her own fixation and her first crush: a would-be car thief. When her estranged father’s fixation transforms his reality, Louise might have to trust this teenage hoodlum in order to rescue him. Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 9:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Bendfilm guide 2012 / 33
PAss ThE sAlT, PlEAsE Oregon Premiere
ThE PROcEssION
PUsh TUNIsIA
QUEEN
Pacific Northwest Premiere
West Coast premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Jeffrey James Ircink, writer; Tatjana Najdanovic, director (13m, USA, 2011)
Robert Festinger, writer/director (13m, USA, 2012)
Nathan Gray, director (34m, Tunisia, 2012)
Nick Smoke, writer; Adam Rose, writer/director (23m, USA, 2012)
Julie (Lucy Punch) tearfully asks her brother, Jason (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), and their Mom (Lily Tomlin) to attend the funeral of a friend. Mom and Jason would rather not – they’ve never even met the deceased woman. But they can’t say no. They do manage to negotiate with Julie, agreeing to go to the service, but not the burial. After the service, Mom and Jason, both famished, try to drive past the cars exiting the church and get stuck in the funeral procession.
PUSH Tunisia features a group of skateboarders and street artists on a trip to Tunisia eleven months after the Arab Spring / Jasmine revolution. The diverse crew flew in from Jordan, Egypt, Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia and USA to 'push' the skate and street art scene and tap into the energy of the Tunisian youth. The crew documents the use of common interests in skateboarding and art as instruments for creating positive interactions amongst youth of diverse backgrounds in Tunisia.
Dinner. A glass of wine. Stimulating conversation. What better way to wind down the day? A couple’s dinner repartee quickly morphs into a scene ripped straight from the script of an adult film. Who wins this battle of the sexes is anyone’s guess. Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Tower Theatre
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, The Oxford Hotel
After finding out that her plans to adopt a child will be denied, Nikki Holiday, a drag queen cabaret star, still getting over a break up with her long term boyfriend, does her best to fill the void in her life. When a young bouncer, who works at the theater, lends a helping hand in furthering her pursuit to become a parent, Nikki comes to realize what she's had all along. Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
RAIsE mY hANDs Pacific Northwest Premiere Elliot V. Kotek, writer; Frank Kelly, director (8m, USA, 2012) On Nelson Mandela's birthday, photographer Scott McDermott captured famous faces – e.g. Clint Eastwood, Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman - raising their hands to pledge to improve their planet. In Kelly's film, Raise My Hands, writer Elliot Kotek ponders the experiences behind these simple gestures - war, peace, violence, freedom, fame, disease - and considers the impact of these hands on the world in which we live. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 5:00pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:00am, Tower Theatre
ThE RUNNER Parker Ellerman, writer/director (9m, Germany, 2012) The Runner is about a little boy from a township in Cape Town. He needs to find money for his mother’s vital surgery and pays a high price that changes his world. The lead role is played by 10-year-old Cwangco Mayekiso who actually lives in the Gugulethu township. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 6:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill
ThE sEA Is All I kNOw Oregon Premiere
A shORT FIlm
Jordan Bayne, writer/director (29m, USA, 2011)
Rick Williamson, writer/director (3m, USA, 2010)
An honest portrait of a family coming to terms with their relationship to death. When estranged couple Sara (Melissa Leo) and Sonny (Peter Gerety) come to the aid of their dying daughter, the experience sends them spiraling into spiritual crisis and brutal heartbreak. In the end, an act of selfless love renews their lives, transcending their loss of faith and even death itself.
The epitome of a short Western film with short actors, short horses and long credits.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, The Oxford Hotel Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Regal Old Mill
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sOmEONE Pacific Northwest Premiere Josh Lunden, writer/director (6m, USA, 2012) While walking home from school, a young boy discovers the body of a dead homeless man. This strange introduction to mortality inspires immediate fear in the boy, but these emotions evolve into a curious fascination. The film explores a sudden awareness of death and subsequent consideration of identity through the experience of one unburdened by the etiquette of adulthood. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 8:30pm, Regal Old Mill Friday, Oct. 12th, 1:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
(cONTINUED)
sPAghETTI FüR ZwEI (sPAghETTI FOR TwO)
sTRANgE DATE
whEN YOU FIND mE
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Jeff Grimm & Jeff Lorch, writers; Peter Castagnetti, director (6m, USA, 2012)
Dane Charbeneau, writer; Bryce Dallas Howard, director (29m, USA, 2012)
Jarod is excited about his second date with Scarlett. Things are about to get a little strange. Strange Date is a short romantic comedy that seriously takes place under the auspices of an absurd proposition.
From executive producer Ron Howard, a story of two sisters whose childhood bond is tested by a tragedy they are too young to understand. Alternating between past and present, "when you find me" is an emotional fable of two people coping with loss in very different ways, and what it takes to find peace within yourself and reconciliation with the ones you love.
Betina Dubler, writer; Matthias Rosenberger & Betina Dubler, directors (19m, Germany, 2012) The likeable but lonesome Finn is on his way to lunch. Awaiting him, the outside world lurks menacingly: in his imagination it swarms with would-be crooks, hussies and criminals. What should have been a routine stroll develops into a dark odyssey, triggering a troubled conflict against himself and against the world... and ultimately, it is the underdog who is victorious.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 6:30pm, Regal Old Mill
BENDFIlm sTUDENT shORTs
BlAck IRIsh
DIsTANcE
EvEN hANDED
FIRsT mATch
World Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Leandro DiMonriva, writer; Anika Poi tier, director
Sang Joon Kim, writer/director New York School of Visual Arts (2m, South Korea, 2012)
Samantha Highsmith & Gabriella Huggins, directors Spy Hop Productions (6m, USA, 2011)
Olivia Newman, writer/director Columbia University (15m, USA, 2011)
AFI's Directing Workshop for Women
(15m, USA, 2012) Black Irish is the story of a young man, Gabriel Martin, who can't afford to take care of his family. In order to get a much needed promotion he must hide his true identity. 27x40_Black-Irish_One-Sheet.indd 1
Friday, Oct. 12th, 6:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:30pm, Tower Theatre
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Regal Old Mill
A generational gap that any dad and son can have, Distance captures the moment where the dad and son fight over the TV channel as a metaphor of the common generation gap that we all experience with our parents. The Movie’s tension and impact to the movie, there are several surrealistic scenes that highlights the son's emotion which plays a big factor. 4/1/12 11:42 PM
Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company Saturday, Oct. 13th, 1:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
Even Handed tells the story of a straight teenage girl who tries to answer the question posed about her Human Rights Commission sticker: “If you’re not gay, why should you care?” Friday, Oct. 12th, 6:00pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
Fourteen year-old Monique “Mo” Morris is the only girl on what has been the all-boys wrestling team. As she prepares for her first, co-ed high school match, we learn that her desire to dominate the male opponent she will face on the mat is about more than proving to her skeptical teammates that she has earned her starting position. She is also wrestling to connect to her father, a former wrestler and struggling single dad. Friday, Oct. 12th, 12:30pm, Regal Old Mill Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
BENDFIlm sTUDENT shORTs
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(cONTINUED)
INsTAllATION
kIDs wITh gUNs
kIss mE
Laura Green, director Stanford University (7m, USA, 2011)
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Logan Rees, writer/director Florida State University (9m, USA, 2012)
Jules Nurrish, writer/director UCLA (12m, USA, 2012)
Trying to prove he's got what it takes, young Theo decides to tag along with his older brother for the day, unaware that Finn's new friend is a juvenile delinquent intent on pushing the boys past their limit.
Kid Vargas is forced to face up to a devastating truth after he kills his opponent, Jonny Vasquez, in the ring. Kiss Me is a gritty, contemporary, neo-noir drama set in the often clandestine world of Latino boxing in East Los Angeles.
Sculpture and construction, as well as art and labor, are often imagined as not only unrelated but at odds with one another. Installation is a visual poem that documents the day-to-day labor of riggers, truckers, and construction workers as they assemble Richard Serra’s immense steel sculpture “Sequence.” This beautifully composed film captures workers and steel in moments of unexpected grace.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 4:30pm, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
Friday, Oct. 12th, 5:30pm, Regal Old Mill Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:00am, Cascades Theatrical Company Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
ThE mAIDEN & ThE PRINcEss Pacific Northwest Premiere Joe Swanson, writer; Ali Scher, writer/director USC (18m, USA, 2011) Little Emmy Adams kisses a girl on the playground and is left feeling isolated and alone. The Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules and Standards led by Bernard (Julian Sands) sends her a heteronormative fairytale to set her down the 'right' path in life. With the help of fairy godmother and rogue fairytale narrator, Hammond (David Anders), Emmy searches for herself amidst this musical fairytale. Thursday, Oct. 11th, 6:00pm, Regal Old Mill Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:30pm, Tin Pan Theater
mEEDER's mOsAIc World Premiere Elizabeth Tennant, director The Art Institute of Portland (8m, USA, 2012) A documentary short based on Kim Meeder's testimony of finding faith and healing through horses. She found hope when she had lost everything. This film is a reminder to all that there is always hope. Where we have fear and doubt we can replace it with joy and peace. We can turn our weaknesses into strengths, and melt our suffering and grief into something whole and beautiful. Meeder's Mosaic is a small glimpse of Kim Meeder's life, yet through her story, we see that we are capable of being the change we want to see in the world. Friday, Oct. 12th, 9:00am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 3:00pm, Cascades Theatrical Company
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Oregon Premiere
Oregon Premiere
Jane Pickett, writer/director AFI's Directing Workshop for Women (15m, USA, 2012)
Denise Plumb, writer/director AFI's Directing Workshop for Women (20m, USA, 2012)
The Men's Room is an emotionally charged short film dealing with explicit themes of male sexuality, intimacy, and the concept of public decency. When Thomas ventures into a park for a sexual encounter with a stranger, he uncovers a striking complexity composed of desire, fear, and betrayal. The Men's Room explores the seemingly unwelcome yet enduring pastime of public sex, a world of secrecy and code lurking just below the surface of normalcy.
Drowning in debt, Evelyn’s quiet life is turned upside down by the relentless harassment of collection agent Scott Burgess. With nothing left to lose, Evelyn sets out to face the situation head on and stumbles across a payment plan she can afford.
Friday, Oct. 12th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 8:00pm, Tin Pan Theater
Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Tin Pan Theater
shE, whO ExcEls IN sOlITUDE Pacific Northwest Premiere Mako Kamitsuna, writer/director AFI's Directing Workshop for Women (20m, USA, 2012) In 1960 during the Space Race, a woman vying to become the first female astronaut meets a nurse ready to give up on a dream of her own. Inspired by a true event. Friday, Oct. 12th, 11:30am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School Saturday, Oct. 13th, 10:30am, Regal Old Mill
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Pacific Northwest Premiere
World Premiere
Ruby Stocking, Pasqual Gutierrez, Jose Tadeu Bijos & Michael Barth, directors Chapman University (11m, USA, 2012)
A.J. Sheeran, writer/director; Sam Shapson, director Columbia College Chicago (14m, USA, 2012)
As society enters a new era of awareness about environmentalism on land, little is known about the environmental future of what covers over 70% of earth: our oceans. Still dives into the life of Carlos Eyles, an author, free diver, and ocean photographer. Through Carlos, we are able to understand the indefinite spiritual connection between the ocean and humankind. Friday, Oct. 12th, 3:00pm, Tower Theatre Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm, Regal Old Mill
Angela has been Matt's neighbor for all eleven years of his life, but he rarely dares to speak to her, afraid he'll be caught with the weirdo who thinks she's from another planet. But one day, after his mom has passed away, he doesn't run when Angela approaches him. Instead, he listens to her claims of a spaceship hidden in her treehouse, a planet full of lost spirits, and the journey the two of them will have to make together. Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 9:00am, McMenamins Old St. Francis School
The following filmmakers have indicated they will be attending this year’s BendFilm Festival. Many times, attending filmmakers are present for a Q&A sessions at the conclusion of their films. Please welcome them all to the festival!
The Maiden & The Princess, Student Short Competition Ali Scher, writer/director
Meeder's Mosaic, Student Short Competition Elizabeth Tennant, director Kim Meeder
The Men's Room, Student Short Competition Jane Pickett, writer/director
Baby Boy Church, Short Competition
The Next, Best West, Conservation
Stacey Shaw, director
Competition
A Big Love Story, Narrative Competition
Darren Campbell, director
Ryan Sage, director
Not That Funny, Narrative Competition
BFF, Short Competition
Jonathan Foster, writer
Tim Harms, producer/editor
The Ordinary Skier, Documentary
Black Irish, Student Short Competition
Competition
Anika Poitier, director; Leandro DiMonriva,
Constantine Papanicolaou, director
writer, actor, Leslie Stevens, actor
Past Due, Student Short Competition
Buffalo Girls,
Denise Plumb, writer/director; Celeste
Documentary Competition
Pechous, actor; Katie Neff, actor
Todd Kellstein, director; Lanette Phillips,
PUSH Tunisia, Short Competition
producer
Jesse Roberts, artist casting/production
Cherry Waves, Short Competition
The Revolutionary, Documentary
Carey Williams, writer/director
Competition
The Dancer, Short Competition
Lucy Ostrander & Don Sellers, producers;
Seth Stark, writer/director
Sidney Rittenberg, The Revolutionary
David And Goliath, Short Competition
Rumblestrips, Narrative Competition
George Zaverdas, writer/director
John Adams & Toby Poser, writers/directors/
Dead Man's Burden, Narrative Competition
actors; Lulu & Zelda Adams, actors
Richard Riehle, actor
She, Who Excels in Solitude, Student Short
The Eyes of Thailand,
Competition
Documentary Competition
Leslie Stevens, actor
Arthur Jolly, story consultant
Shouting Secrets, Narrative Competition
Family Without Parents, Short Competition
Korinna Sehringer, director
Desiree Robinson, director; Charley & Karyn
Someone, Short Competition
Schimmels, directors of Camp To Belong; Beth
Josh Lunden, writer/director; Ben Mercer,
Bunch & Sara Woodcock, Camp to Belong
producer
First Kiss, Short Competition
Stitched, Documentary Competition
Charles Hood, writer/director
Jenalia Moreno & Tom Gandy, directors
Free Samples, Narrative Competition
Strange Date, Short Competition
Jay Gammill, director/producer/editor
Jeff Lorch, writer; Peter Castagnetti, director
TIck TOck TImE EmPORIUm
Gimme the Loot, Narrative Competition
A Short Film, Short Competition
Morgan Faust, editor
Rick Williamson, writer/director
High Ground, Documentary Competition
Tick Tock Time Emporium, Student Short
Pacific Northwest Premiere
Didrik Johnck, camera operator/still
Competition
Morgan Faust, writer/director Columbia University (17m, USA, 2011)
photographer
Morgan Faust, director
Hot in the Zipper, Short Competition
The Treehouse, Student Short Competition
When Max discovers a magical pawnshop that sells time, she thinks all her problems are solved, until the cranky owner catches her stealing some expensive merchandise, and she learns that her problems have just begun. Friday, Oct. 12th, 8:30pm, Tin Pan Theater Saturday, Oct. 13th, 12:30pm, Regal Old Mill
Katie O'Grady, actor/producer; Elizabeth
A.J. Sheeran, writer/director
Strelow- actor/executive producer; Jana
The Trouble with the Truth, Narrative
Lee Hamblin, actor; Raija Talus, associate
Competition
producer
Jim Hemphill, writer/director
It's a Ring Thing: The Portland Horse Project, Short Competition
Watershed, Conservation Competition
Alison Hiatt & Kris Jones, writers/directors
We Grew Wings, Documentary Competition
The Kill Hole, Narrative Competition
Ellen Schmidt-Devlin, executive producer;
Mischa Webley, writer/director
Sarah Henderson, Director, DP, Producer;
Krakow, Short Competition
Erich Lyttle, director/writer/producer
Forrest Pound, Producer
AundrĂŠ Johnson, writer/director
The Lookout, Short Competition
** Please note all confirmed filmmakers
Brian Bolster, director
attending are subject to change!
Lost & Found, Documentary Competition Sandy Cummings, director; Bruce Cummings, producer; Charles Otto, Douglas Omara, Bob & Carol Higgins
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Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. – 11:30 am Cascades Theatrical Company, Admission $5
The BendFilm Future Filmmakers program encourages youth to share their voices and talents through moving pictures. Now in its eighth year, Future Filmmakers, founded by Michelle Alvarado of Wahoo Films, has grown to become a very popular part of the festival. This screening shows the results of two programs: The Oregon Student Video Contest is open to grades 5 through 12 and showcases films of one to five minutes made in the last year. The 72 Hour Shootout, a competition requiring students to make a short film within a long weekend, is also shown during this screening. The theme for this competition was announced on September 24 and students had three days to shoot, edit and submit their films. There are three cash winners, sponsored by G5: Best in Show ($200) and Audience Favorite ($100) for both the 72-Hour Shootout and the Oregon Student Video Contest. New this year, the Best in Show will be chosen by a panel of jurors instead of by the audience, and will automatically be submitted to the LA Film Festival to compete with their peers on a national level. This wonderful event continues to be sponsored by BendBroadband and will be emceed by Dave Jones.
JURORs: We'd like to thank our lovely panel of jurors for donating their time and being our first. Cheers! Michelle Alvarado owns Wahoo Films, a video production company that produces powerfully compelling “docu-mericals”. Michelle founded Future Filmmakers Festival in 2005 and continued to run it until 2011. Trevor McCreery is a native Central Oregonian, except when he attended school in Australia at Hillsong International Leadership College, a TV Media College. He has worked as an audio tech, morning show director, commercial producer and currently works at Zolo Media as their Creative Services Manager. Bob Shaw first moved to Bend in 1983 after serving in the Navy and then working for a college ministry. In Bend he started work in the recreational vehicle industry and then later found himself launching a new career in television and returning to college. He recently completed his degree work and certification as a Meteorologist and currently serves as Meteorologist for KTVZ News At Sunrise and as the Community Affairs Director for KTVZ. Patricia West-Del Ruth, M.A. has worked/works as an actor, producer and acting teacher in So. Cal and Central Oregon. She has won several awards including some Telly's, is a member of SAG and currently the Associate Artistic Director for Innovation Theatre.
Sunday, Oct. 14, 12:00 noon, McMenamins Admission FREE
Award-winning, Portlandbased Sisbro Studios creates high quality films about the natural world for kids. Their creations are known for being clever, funny and lovely. This year BendFilm presents Lost in the Woods, a halfhour, live action Sisbro movie that was created to accompany the children's book by the same name. An old box turtle (named Shirley) meets a raccoon (named Fernando Hernandafandavez) who is totally lost in the forest. Shirley helps Fernando discover the magic of spring, as well as the tale of a newborn fawn in the springtime woods. All the animals think the fawn is lost, but is he? Winner of over 33 awards and screened at over 16 film festivals, this short film includes several original songs, including a jazzy tune called The Signs of Spring sung by a lounge-singing tree frog. Accompanying the film will be Christine of Mama Bear Oden’s Preschool, leading activities for kids inspired by nature and including pine cone animals and animals in tree houses. Join us for this mid-day interactive good time. McMenamins offers great snacks at the theatre, including popcorn, pizza, burgers and sodas.
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