The 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival Program

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Welcome to your 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival! This year more than ever, we here at DSFF are doing everything we can to make it great just for you.

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A few things jump to mind as I consider this year’s fest. The big one is-obviously- that we have decided to make every single film screening FREE of charge this year. This was a big decision for us as we wanted to really try, in our 5th year, to get as many people as possible to attend these incredible films.

Each year we grow, but we are really hoping that this year we will be introducing the festival to a larger audience of people who were just a bit unsure as to what this crazy thing is all about. By offering free screenings, we know that audiences will really have the chance to experiment, access, and engage with attending the festival.

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All films at The 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival are

FREE of Charge

If you would like to obtain priority seating, we recommend purchasing an ALL-

ACCESS BADGE:

$30.00 - Festival All-Access Badge

entitles it's holder the opportunity to be seated prior to the general public.

Please note that each film or event has a limited capacity and we strongly recommend purchasing an All-Access Badge in advance to assure priority seating.

FESTIVAL HQ AND HOSPITALITY CENTER:

Festival information and general lounging can be found here, in The Zeitgeist Arts Atrium.

You may also pick up All Access Badges and mingle.

Zeitgeist Arts Atrium 222 E. Superior St. Duluth, MN 55802 PARKING INFO:

For maps and detailed parking information, we encourage you to visit Greater Downtown Duluth’s website at www.downtownduluth.com/maps.

The other big festival news is that the legendary actress Patty Duke has decided to join us this year.

We are pleased and honored to host such an icon at our humble fest. I’m sure it helped that actor Mackenzie Astin…Patty’s son…attended last year’s festival and had such a great time. Mack said to me at the end of the 2013 fest, ‘…I wonder if my Mom might like to come next year…’ I said, ‘Yes, please!’

Tremendous thanks to Mack. He’ll be back again this year as well playing the lead role as Juror of our Maximus Lepus Award.

We’d be remiss if we didn’t thank all the great organizations who helped us make this thing happen every year. Visit Duluth…what can we say. You have been there for us since the beginning and are still our hero. Same shout out goes to The Sheraton Hotel who stepped up extra big at a very critical moment for the festival’s future. We cannot thank The Sheraton enough.

Lots of sponsors came back on board again this year. Thanks to Kernz and Kompany, KDAL, KDLH, Zeitgeist Arts, Clyde Iron, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and Lake Superior Brewing for their continued support.

We’ve got some new friends as well with The Edgewater Hotel, Beacon Pointe Hotel, Glensheen Historic Estate, Whole Foods Coop, Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank and Human Development Center. We cannot do this without you.

As for our film selections this year, you’re going to find great stuff all around. As always we try to mix it up with great films from the festival circuit, outstanding regional and local films, music videos and shorts, international hits, and even a little late night naughtiness. We’ll open up the festival on a tall ship at Clyde Iron Event Center and close it down with a blast from our movie making past at Glensheen, with tons of great stuff in between. Don’t forget that we’re bringing some superlatively talented filmmakers to chat with you about their films as well. Many, many filmmakers present!

I need to thank our outstanding staff for their tireless efforts, as we got to keep just about everyone from the 2013 gig. Riki, Letisha, Brittany, Mark…drinks are on me. And to Johnathon who delivered this incredible list of films to us…Duluth will sorely miss you…Best. Lineup.Ever.

I think that’s just about enough of my ramblings…why don’t we just start showing you some great free films. Thanks to everyone who comes out and have a great festival!

Founder and Director Richard Hansen

highlighted events

OPENING NIGHT FILM AND RECEPTION

EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 TIME: 6:00PM/doors, 8:00PM/show, 9:30 PM reception VENUE: Clyde Iron Works Event Center and Mezzanine

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SPECIAL EVENT PRIVATE RECEPTION WITH PATTY DUKE DATE: Friday, May 30th TIME: 5-7 PM VENUE: The Sheraton Hotel Ballroom COST: $50

COST: FREE

Please note: Due to the special nature of this event, DSFF All Access Passes are not valid for this event.

Join us as we celebrate the OPENING NIGHT OF THE 2014 DULUTH SUPERIOR FILM FESTIVAL!

As you may have heard, Film and Television Icon Patty Duke will be in attendance of The 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival.

OPENING NIGHT film Expedition To the End Of The World

If you would like to come meet, mingle, get an autograph or photo with this Hollywood legend, champion of mental health awareness, and true American icon...please join us.

A real adventure film – for the 21st century. On a three-mast schooner packed with artists, scientists and ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus, we set off for the end of the world: the rapidly melting massifs of North-East Greenland. An epic journey where the brave sailors on board encounter polar bear nightmares, Stone Age playgrounds and entirely new species. But in their encounter with new, unknown parts of the world, the crew of scientist and artists also confronted the existential questions of life. Curiosity, grand pathos and a liberating dose of humour come together in a superbly orchestrated film where one iconic image after the other seduces us far beyond the historical footnote that is humanity.

A film conceived and brought to life on a grand scale - a long forgotten childhood dream lived out by grown artists and scientists.Reception Highlights include: Smooth musical entertainment by Duluth DJ Collective The Crunchy Bunch Free Beer courtesy of Lake Superior Brewing Company Free appetizers courtesy of Clyde Iron Works

SPECIAL EVENT Iron Will Cast and Crew Reception Saturday, May 31st 7-9 PM Zeitgeist Atrium In the rush of the Iron Will screening at The 2013 Duluth Superior Film Festival…we forgot to slow down, reminisce about the fun we had shooting Iron Will, and properly enjoy ourselves. So we thought since Mack is back for the 2014 edition of DSFF, we’d take some time to do it now.

This event is open to all…but expect to see many of the cast and crew from that film shoot to be hanging around enjoying some food and talking about how much fun it was to make that film.

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FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE All Films are FREE of Charge Pantone=Visiting Guest in attendance

Wednesday 5/28 7:00 PM Clyde Iron

9:00 PM 8 PM- Expedition To The End Of The World

Thursday 5/29 Zinema Teatro Zuccone

7:00 PM 7:00 20,000 Days on Earth

9:00 PM 9:10 A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

7:00 Stop The Pounding Heart

9:05 PM Cult

Friday 5/30 Zinema

CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND SPECIAL EVENT

Sunday, June 1st, 2014 PASS HOLDERS ADMITTED BEGINNING AT 7 PM GENERAL PUBLIC AT 8 PM FILM START AT 8:30 PM

PATTY DUKE PRESENT! FREE

Bring your lawnchairs and blankets as The Duluth Superior Film Festival presents this very special, outdoor, under the tent Closing Night Event with The Glensheen Mansion.

A pregnant Los Angeles widow journeys to her late husband's Minnesota hometown to finally meet his mother and family, but she quickly discovers they're a very strange--and homicidal--lot. Director Lamont Johnson's 1972 thriller stars Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas and Sian Barbara Allen.

Extra special thanks to: The Glensheen Mansion

Teatro Zuccone

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

7:00 I Believe In Unicorns

9:00 Sorcerer

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

7:00 Hide Your Smiling Faces 7:00 PM 7:00 Short Films

The PROVE Gallery

9:00 PM 8:30 Music Videos

10:00 PM 9:15 Live Rock and Roll Music

Saturday 5/31 2:00 PM Zinema 1:45 Old Man Teatro Zuccone

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

7:00 PM 5:30 Stay Then Go 5:00 PM

9:00 PM

10:00 PM

8:00 The Starfish Throwers 10:00 Late Night Naughtinesss 7:00 PM

3:00 Strange Little Cat 5:00 Food Patriots

7:00 The Final Member

Sunday 6/1 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Zinema 1:00 Michigan Beer Film 3:45 Cold Love 5:30 Manakama 7:00 PM Glensheen Mansion

9:00 PM 8:00 You’ll Like My Mother

2014 DSFF Jury Members

DULUTH SUPERIOR FILM FEST STAFF FESTIVAL DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER Richard Hansen

In 2013 DSFF presented its inaugural award for Best Film or as we like to call itThe Maximus Lepus. These jurors have agreed to view each of the films In Competition and award the 2014 prize. Thank you, Jurors!

FILMMAKER LIAISON Riki McManus

Mackenzie Astin Actor Mackenzie Astin began acting at the tender age of 9 and has since appeared in volumes of films and television shows. In 1992 he starred in the Disney film Iron Will which was shot right here in Duluth. In 2013 he returned to Duluth for a reunion screening and had such a good time he agreed to be on our 2014 jury and even bring his wife Jennifer.

FILM PROGRAMMER Jonathon Olsen VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Letisha Rice HOSPITALITY and SOCIAL NETWORK COORDINATOR Brittany Sanford MARKETING DIRECTOR Ryan Kern VENUE MANAGEMENT Mark Lundgren

Anna Tanski

FISCAL AGENT Zeppa Family Foundation

Earlier this year, Anna was selected as President/CEO of Visit Duluth. A lifelong resident of the Twin Ports, showcasing the fabulous City of Duluth to visitors from around the globe is a dream come true! Anna is a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan who enjoys reading, watching the PGA, movies and spending time with her husband Jason and her two children, Allison and Steven.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM CONSULTANT Joellyn Gum FESTIVAL TRAILER SHOOK Media Design Dan Branovan/Alexis LeBlanc MASTER OF CUTENESS Oliver Enlai Hansen-Gum A very special thanks to our volunteers and to anyone we might have missed!

Zach Shedd Writer Director Producer Zach Shedd returns to Duluth in 2014 after taking home the 2013 Maximus Lepus for his film Hide Your Smiling Faces. We are very happy to welcome him back and we look forward to seeing his upcoming film, Americana, which is currently in pre-production.

Al Milgrom Alex Giuliani Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Bob Monahan Nick Hansen Grant Carlson Craig Samborski Andrew Peterson Reilly Tillman Clyde Iron Restaurant Oliver Gum Dorothy Gum Earl Gum

acknowledgements

Lucy Hansen Deanna Hansen Christopher Hansen Buck Hansen Hansen Lake Doug Bremer Leanne Joynes Barb Swanson Irene & Robert Synnott Joellyn Gum Ryan Kern The Jewels of The Nile Steve Grazier Terry Mattson

Anna Tanski Gene Shaw Scott Keenan Kris Eide Johnathon Olsen Ed Newman Brad Nelson Tim Nelson Barbara Berry Jim Brunzell Sarah Chasson Christa Lawler Kris Lee-Wicklund John Wicklund

Matt Wicklund Emily McNeill Trey Wodele Tony Cuneo Andy Bennett Zeppa Family Foundation Dale and John of Lake Superior Brewery Kelli Latuska Bob DeArmond Shannon Szymkowiak Sara J. Zeleznikar Jim Brunzell

EXPLORERS CLUB AT DSFF

In an attempt to acknowledge the incredibly brave programming at Zinema 2 for the EXPLORERS CLUB series, The Duluth Superior Film Festival presents the following films which match the spirit of THE EXPLORERS CLUB.

EXPLORERS CLUB AT DSFF

In an attempt to acknowledge the incredibly brave programming at Zinema 2 for the EXPLORERS CLUB series, The Duluth Superior Film Festival presents the following films which match the spirit of THE EXPLORERS CLUB.

A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS

Thursday, May 29th Zinema 2 9:10 PM FREE

A SPELL follows an unnamed character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life. With little explanation, we join him in the midst of a 15-person collective on a small Estonian island; in isolation in the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland; and during a concert as the singer and guitarist of a black met al band in Norway.

Marked by loneliness, ecstatic beauty and an optimism of the darkest sort, A SPELL is a radical proposition for the existence of utopia in the present.

Starring musician Robert AA Lowe (best known for his intense live performances under the name LICHENS) in the lead role, A SPELL lies somewhere between fiction and non-fiction - it is at once a document of experience and an experience itself, an inquiry into transcendence that sees the cinema as a site for transformation.

Director: Ben Rivers and Ben Russell 2013 98 minutes

Friday, May 30 Zinema 2 7:00 PM FREE

I Believe In Unicorns tells the story of an imaginative teenage girl who runs away from home with an older boy, but not even unicorns can save her now.

From Student Academy Award nominated director Leah Meyerhoff (Twitch), Oscar nominated producer Heather Rae (Frozen River), and Emmy Award winning executive producer Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging), I Believe In Unicorns stars emerging talents Natalia Dyer (The Healer), Peter Vack (I Just Want My Pants Back), Julia Garner (Electrick Children), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color) and the director's mother Toni Meyerhoff.

Director: Leah Meyerhoff 2014 80 minutes

STRANGE LITTLE CAT

STOP THE POUNDING HEART

In the hands of masters like Jacques Tati, Lucrecia Martel, and Chantal Akerman, cinema that at first appears to merely observe and record is in fact masking intricately constructed commentaries, built from seemingly mundane experiences. In the case of The Strange Little Cat, an extended family-dinner gathering becomes an exquisitely layered confection ready for writer-director Ramon Zürcher’s razorsharp slicing. A mother desperately trying not to implode and her youngest daughter who explodes constantly form poles between which sons and daughters, aunts and uncles, cats and cousins weave in and around each other in the tight domestic space of a middle-class Berlin flat. Fans of Béla Tarr and Franz Kafka will find much to love, as will devotees of The Berlin School, of which this film represents a third-generation evolution. A comedic examination of the everyday that has been captivating audiences since its premiere at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival.

Sara is a young girl raised in a family of goat farmers. Her parents homeschool their twelve children, rigorously following the precepts of the Bible. Like her sisters, Sara is taught to be a devout woman, subservient to men while keeping her emotional and physical purity intact until marriage.

When Sara meets Colby, a young amateur bull rider, she is thrown into crisis, questioning the only way of life she has ever known.

Saturday, May 31 Teatro Zuccone 3:00 PM FREE

Director: Ramon Zurcher 2014 81 minutes

Thursday, May 29 Teatro Zuccone 7:00 PM FREE

In a stunning portrayal of contemporary America and the insular communities that dot its landscape, Stop the Pounding Heart is an exploration of adolescence, family and social values, gender roles, and religion in the rural American South.

Director: Roberto Minervini 2013 98 minutes

EXPLORERS CLUB AT DSFF

In an attempt to acknowledge the incredibly brave programming at Zinema 2 for the EXPLORERS CLUB series, The Duluth Superior Film Festival presents the following films which match the spirit of THE EXPLORERS CLUB.

SORCERER

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Friday, May 30 Zinema 2 9:00 PM FREE

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A group of outcasts from different backgrounds/nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America. When fire breaks out of control, four of the outcasts are given the opportunity to earn enough money to get out by transporting six crates of unstable dynamite through miles of jungle in two ancient trucks. Will they succeed and regain their honor and citizenship, or get blown up for their efforts?

O P E N D A I LY

Director William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) has finally resolved a labyrinth of legal issues and won the battle to bring his greatest film (seriously!) back to the big screen. The film has been restored by Warner Bros. under Friedkin's supervision. "The new restoration makes the film appear as if it was just made. None of the essentials -- the clothes, the hair -- are dated in any way. It looks the way it looked to me when I looked through the lens of the camera," said Friedkin. "I have a great fondness for Sorcerer, more than any other film I've made.. Sorcerer is the one I hope to be remembered for and the one film that came closest to my vision." The brilliant score from the geniuses of Tangerine Dream has also been remastered from the original 4-track stereo masters.

7 AM – 9 PM

Stay & Play!

A remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's WAGES OF FEAR, this is the rare remake that actually improves on a perfect film. Don't miss SORCERER in all its big screen glory!

in duluth, mn

Director: William Friedkin 1977 121 minutes

MANAKAMA Sunday, June 1 Zinema 2 5:30 PM FREE

$7999

$11999 $13999

Weekdays

Fridays

reserve now: High above a jungle in Nepal, pilgrims make an ancient journey by cable car to worship Manakamana.

800.777.7925 or DuluthWaterpark.com

Director: Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez 2014 118 minutes

Based on availability. Excludes holidays and special events. Not valid with any other offer. Must provide valid ID. Valid August 1-31, 2014.

Saturdays

IN COMPETITION

The following 6 films are In Competition for The 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival Maximus Lepus Award. Good luck to each of these outstanding films and thank you to our talented jury.

IN COMPETITION

The following 6 films are In Competition for The 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival Maximus Lepus Award. Good luck to each of these outstanding films and thank you to our talented jury.

THE STARFISH THROWERS

STAY THEN GO

Editor/Co-Executive Producer Bill Kersey Present!

Director Shelli Ainsworth Present!

Producer Geoffrey Sass Present!

Saturday, May 31 Zinema 2 8:00 PM FREE

By turns poignant and heartwarming, The Starfish Throwers explores how three of the world's most fiercely compassionate individuals fight hunger and struggle to restore hope to the hopeless in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways. Half a world apart, a five-star chef, a retired school teacher and a sixthgrade master gardener fight for a seemingly lost cause—until they discover their impact may reach further than their actions.

Director: Jesse Roesler 2014 83 minutes

Saturday, May 31 Zinema 2 5:30 PM FREE

Stay Then Go is an emotional mystery that examines the limits of love and sacrifice. In a hospital waiting room, a mother reviews her experience raising her son who has autism. This leads her to a startling discovery which alters their course forever.

Director: Shelli Ainsworth 2014 100 minutes

This film is generously sponsored by Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. Thank you.

OLD MAN

MICHIGAN BEER FILM

Director Dan S. Present!

Director Kevin Romero Present!

Saturday, May 31 Zinema 2 1:45 PM FREE

April of 2013, four months prior to the destruction of Boulder, Colorado by a record-breaking flood, Andrew Schneidkraut stands in front of the store he has owned for 25 years and recites a poem that recalls a great flood from the past.

So begins the story of Old Man. A documentary constructed like none other, Old Man more closely resembles a biographical novel than a film. Set in and around a dying record store and told through striking still images and detailed personal stories, Old Man captures the enduring relationship between a father and son as they confront personal failures and a history of familial trouble and violence.

Director: Dan S 2014 169 minutes

Sunday, June 1 Zinema 2 1:00 PM FREE

Michigan craft beer embodies the uniquely American spirit of blue collar authenticity combined with innovation and entrepreneurship.

Director Kevin Romeo and Rhino Media Productions from Kalamazoo, Michigan began with a humble idea to produce a film for beer fans and movie fans alike. Starting at rapidly growing Greenbush Brewing Co, the documentary travels the span of Michigan from Sawyer to Marquette and Grand Rapids to Detroit. Visiting brewers like Scott Sullivan, Ryan Sylvester, Eric Kuhnhenn, Joe Short; Hop growers like Brian Tennis, Joel Mulder, Jeff and Bonnie Steinman; Entrepreneurs like Ben Fleckenstein, Michael Kiser and Stephen Roginson.

The Michigan Beer Film celebrates old core values in a new generation of community-conscious consumers and the proliferation of the Michigan craft beer industry. At the same time, the film addresses some challenges that brewers and entrepreneurs encounter in the midst of the industry’s rapid growth.

Director: Kevin Romeo 2013 118 minutes

IN COMPETITION

The following 6 films are In Competition for The 2014 Duluth Superior Film Festival Maximus Lepus Award. Good luck to each of these outstanding films and thank you to our talented jury.

CULT

Director Lance Karasti Present!

Thursday, May 29 Teatro Zuccone 9:05 PM FREE

When a youth bible study is manipulated by their insane leader into performing a group suicide, two of the members conspire to stop it. Through their stories we begin to understand the leader's madness. Cult is a dark drama that explores mental illness, sibling relationships, and youth in power.

Director: Lance Karasti 2014 80 minutes

FOOD PATRIOTS

Saturday, May 31 Teatro Zuccone 5:00 PM FREE

Touched by their teenage son’s battle with a foodborne superbug, filmmakers Jeff & Jennifer Spitz document their family’s struggle to raise backyard chickens, grow food, and transform into Food Patriots. Food Patriots features people from all walks of life who are trying to change the way Americans eat and buy food, and educate the next generation of consumers.

Director: Jeff Spitz 2014 72 minutes

This film is generously sponsored by Whole Foods Co-op.

Thank you.

WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:30, 6:30 & 10:00

regional shorts collection

REGIONALLY MADE MUSIC VIDEOS

DSFF presents a collection of short films whose themes are significantly influenced by the people and places of The Twin Ports.

Curated by film and video maker Patrick Pierson, please enjoy this unique collection of music videos. There is even a world premiere from a band we're pretty sure you know.

Friday May 30th PROVE Gallery 7:00 PM FREE

The Job Of The Architect Directed by Horacio Devoto

With the music of indie rock group Low, “The Job of the Architect” tells the story of renowned Duluth-based architect David Salmela. Using images from Salmela’s residential work; Jackson Meadow, the conservation community in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota; and the headquarters of Loll Designs at the Hawks Boots Sustainable Manufacturing Facility, “The Job of the Architect” looks at Salmela influences, background and approach to architecture and design.

Wind Song

Directed by Directed by: Christine Dennis and Christine Rapsys

The story follows Maya, a young woman whose best friend, Zoe, dies tragically in an unexpected accident. Distraught with grief, Maya finds it hard to cope and move forward.

Through intense visual imagery, poetic voiceover and flashbacks of memories juxtaposed with the beautiful nature of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, we follow Maya on her inner journey to acceptance and healing. She soon discovers that her friend is not gone, but is a part of everything the universe has created.

Golden Hour

As his visions are revealed, Jim's memories begin to invade his reality - cold autumn streets are blurred with crashing waves and hot summer sand. Jim becomes consumed with unraveling the Golden Hour.

Jack Campbell and The Skeleton Keys Absentee Directed by Lakefront Films-Present!

Hey Ocean If I Were A Ship Directed by Katie Maren Nelson

Hastings 3000 Speed of Light Directed by Patrick Pierson-Present!

Artist: Magneto Effect Title: Kaboom REDUX Directored by Justin Staggs

Trampled By Turtles Are You Behind The Shining Star Directed by Phil Harder-Present!

Sha La Spirits in a Bottle Directed by Paul Moehring

Doomtree Beacon Directed by Bo Hakala-Present!

Buffalo Moon Machista Directed by Kevin Horn

Red Mountain Put Me Through Directed by Lakefront Films-Present!

Lolo Heard It From A Friend Directed by Daniel Cummings

Low Just Make It Stop Directed by Phil Harder-Present!

Don’t forget to stick around for some live rock and roll music to keep the party going. Immediately following the screenings of The 2014 DSFF Music Videos.

Directed by Carrie Clark, Carrie Bush and Molly Katagiri

Jim is troubled by memory loss and is desperate to uncover his past. He relies on a book of prompts and post-it reminders to get him through simple daily tasks. Jim's mind has become scrambled with film clips of his life, where he searches to uncover the fragmented memory of a lost love.

Friday May 30th PROVE Gallery 8:30 PM FREE

Poustinia

Directed by Kristian Berg

“Poustinia” tells of Gendron Jensen, a man passionately devoted to his artistic callinghe draws detailed, precise images of bones.

Though bones traditionally represent sterility and death, Gendron sees them as “emissaries-portals unto exaltation, bespeaking all of creation”.

Guatemala-Honduras Mission Trip Directed by Ben Kohler

2014 Best in Fest, Cinematography from EDU Film Festival A short film made for the Benilde-Saint Margaret's Guatemala/Honduras mission trip in 2013.

9:15-10 PM Performance by Minneapolis based musician Hastings 3000.

It will be brief and very loud. Maybe smoky.

FESTIVAL HITS AND SPECIALTY FILMS

FESTIVAL HITS AND SPECIALTY FILMS

HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH

PRODUCER ZACH SHEDD PRESENT! Friday, May 30 Teatro Zuccone 7:00 PM FREE

2013 DSFF 'MAXIMUS LEPUS' AWARD WINNER!

Hide Your Smiling Faces vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as they abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend’s mysterious death. The event ripples under the surface of their town, unsettling the brothers and their friends in a way that they can’t fully understand.

Once familiar interactions begin to take on a macabre tone in light of the tragic accident, leading Eric, 14, and Tommy, 9, to retreat into their wild surroundings. As the two brothers vocally face the questions they have about mortality, they simultaneously hold their own silent debates within their minds that build into seemingly insurmountable moral peaks. Hide Your Smiling Faces is a true, headlong glimpse into the raw spirit of youth, as well as the calluses that one often develops as a result of an unfiltered past.

Thursday, May 29 Zinema 2 7:00 PM FREE

An inventive ode to creativity, 20,000 Days on Earth fuses drama and reality by weaving the journey of a fictional day in Nick Cave’s life, giving us a window into his creative process through staged but not scripted scenes and encounters as well as more traditional footage of his rehearsals and performances. Winner of two awards at Sundance, the film is the debut feature film by visual artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard and features an original score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Director: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard 2014 95 minutes

Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone USA 2013 81 minutes

THE FINAL MEMBER

COLD LOVE

DIRECTOR LONNIE DUPRE PRESENT! Sunday, June 1 Zinema 2 3:45 PM FREE

Saturday, May 31 Teatro Zuccone 7:00 PM FREE

Paris has the Louvre, London has the Tate Modern, and New York the Metropolitan Museum. But Husavik, Iceland—a diminutive village on the fringe of the Arctic Circle—boasts the world’s only museum devoted exclusively to painstakingly preserved male genitalia. Founded and curated by Sigurður “Siggi” Hjartarson, the Icelandic Phallological Museum houses four decades worth of mammalian members, from a petite field mouse to the colossal sperm whale, and every “thing” in between. Lamentably, Siggi’s collection lacks the holy grail of phallic phantasmagoria: a human specimen. Siggi’s world changes dramatically when he receives generous offers from an elderly Icelandic Casanova and an eccentric American. However, as the competition for eternal penile preservation heats up between the two men, Siggi soon discovers that this process is more complicated than it initially appeared.

In their debut feature film, Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math follow Siggi on his dogged, often emotional quest to complete his exhibition in a peculiar, yet startlingly relatable, story of selffulfillment and the value of personal legacies (both big and small).

Director: Jonah Bekhor & Zach Math 2013 75 minutes

Why do Polar explorers and mountain climbers leave the comforts of home to explore our planet’s remote world of ice and snow? How can they fall in love with something so harsh and unforgiving?

Cold Love reveals the dramatic beauty and life-giving forces of our earth’s frozen places. When viewed up close, both the breathtaking majesty and the heartbreaking fragility of this world is clear for all to see. And in the seeing, we can’t help but be inspired to love and protect our earth’s frozen places, which regulate the global climate and provide a stable environment.

For the past 3 decades, Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre has traveled — by dogsled, skis and kayak — more than 15,000 miles throughout the High Arctic and polar regions. His life-long love of the Arctic and the knowledge he has gained by traveling and living with the Inuit people has led him to pursue one aim: advocating for these fragile Arctic environments that impact the well being of the whole planet.

Director: Lonnie Dupre 2014 50 minutes

Late Night Naughtiness at DSFF Entertainment selections for the big kids. Some sex, some violence, lots of fun.

Saturday May 31 Zinema 2 10:00 PM FREE

The Re-Gift Welcome attendees of the

Duluth Superior Film Festival

Filmmaker and Star Debbie DeLisi Present!

Producer Adam DeLisi Present!

THE RE-GIFT is a hard-hitting, bombastic comedy romp with deeper undertones. 'What goes around comes around' has long been at play in the world. Admitted or denied, we “re-gift” all the time — one man's trash is another man's treasure!

Multiple Stab Wounds Director Shane May Present!

2100 Water Street | Duluth, MN | beaconpointeduluth.com

Multiple Stab Wounds is a no-budget, bloody whodunit that tips its hat to the grindhouse slashers and Italian Giallo thrillers of the 70s and 80s with a convoluted plot that’ll keep you guessing all the way to the end credits.

JOHN FORD’S

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE At the Zinema 2 on Father’s Day June 15 at Noon.

Pair it with brunch at the Zeitgeist Arts Cafe Served 10 AM - 3 PM. That day all Dads get a Free shot of Old Grand Dad Whiskey with any Entree.