39th Seattle International Film Festival (2013)

2013 Cadillac ATS

Newly restored Silent Films from CINEMA’S MASTER OF SUSPENSE

July 26–28

SIFF Cinema Uptown

The Director’s Only Surviving Silent Films

On the Giant Screen with Live Musical Scores

Plus: July 29–August 1

Selections from Hitchcock’s

Early British Sound Films

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GREETINGS

FROM SIFF’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Although they have only been around for 80 years, there are so many choices in terms of what kind of film festivals to attend in today’s world. Interestingly, the first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932 for the purpose of promoting Mussolini’s fascist agenda. When the Seattle International Film Festival launched in 1976, there were still only a handful of film festivals in existence in the U.S. and around the world.

My first experience or knowledge of film festivals started when I made a short film at NYU and was encouraged to enter it for consideration. I really didn’t have a clue in terms of what that meant or how one would even get into a film festival, but this critical moment in my life awakened my curiosity. When I returned to Seattle, I made a point of buying a few tickets to something called the Seattle International Film Festival, an event previously unknown to me. After seeing some extraordinary films from the likes of Peter Greenaway, Lars von Trier, and Agnieszka Holland, I was hooked. The next year, I bought a pass and wondered aloud how someone might get a full-time job at such a festival.

Today, those formative experiences drive my passion for what I do every day at SIFF. I look forward to the next film I might see. While not every film will provide that once-in-a-lifetime transformative experience, each has the opportunity to open my eyes to a new point of view or to provide me with the elixir of laughter, to put a smile on my face or to provoke me with an idea to ponder, argue with, disagree with, or to open up a dialogue with others. Filmgoing can also be pure escapist entertainment, another essential element that helps rejuvenate and reboot one’s state of mind when we must step back into the light and into the realities of everyday life.

I’m excited to share my passion for all things film over the next 25 days and hope you discover many of the extraordinary films we have to offer this year.

Carl Spence, SIFF Artistic & Co-Director

FROM SIFF’S MANAGING DIRECTOR

I’m thrilled to be a part of SIFF as it heads into its 39th festival season. Just this past February, I moved across the Seattle Center lawn from the Space Needle & Chihuly Garden and Glass executive offices, to join SIFF as Managing Director. The transition has been an energizing whirlwind comprised of excitement, challenge, creativity, and new colleagues.

As a longtime sponsor, frequent volunteer, and even as a reporter assigned to cover the Festival, I’ve been involved and engaged with SIFF since 1988. But this new and exciting role enables me to experience SIFF with new perspective. In shifting position from spectator to an internal participant, I’m all the more impressed with this longstanding cultural institution. A large-scale event such as the annual Festival contains many, often moving, parts, but an extraordinary team of year-round and seasonal staff, and volunteers, brings tireless enthusiasm, curiosity, and expertise to SIFF’s continued success. Their creative talents and diverse voices make me more eager than ever to get into our Festival season, and learn about every angle—from the inside.

With an excellent board firmly committed to our mission of creating experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world, combined with our passionate and dedicated internal team, and an array of outstanding community partners and sponsors, SIFF is well-positioned to continue as Seattle’s preeminent year-round film organization.

In addition to the global filmmakers who share their vision with us, SIFF is made all the more dynamic by the dedication of its community. So I want to thank each of you for your deep commitment to film. Cinema necessitates a spectator, and without you, neither the Festival, nor our year-round programs, would be possible. The art of film, the experience of film, and the stories we all have to tell, continue to thrive because you believe in cinema and are invested in fostering a community that is more informed, aware, and alive.

Mary Bacarella, SIFF Managing & Co-Director

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Film is a powerful art form, and the experiences we have with film can transform our lives. Founded in 1976, SIFF does just that: our mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. As a constantly evolving, year-round organization that brings the best in international and independent film to the Seattle area, it is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware, and alive.

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■ SIFF Education expands and strengthens the community of film lovers and filmmakers in Seattle. Our programs include FutureWave (youth and educators), Catalyst (filmmakers) and Film4All (cinema education for everyone).

■ Futurewave, SIFF’s youth program, provides free access to more than 14,000 students a year and expands cinema through education. The Catalyst programs offers training, forums and workshops for aspiring filmmakers. Films4All offers informative and enlightening behind the scenes discussion for cinema audiences of all ages.

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■ Our two SIFF Cinema locations offer an innovative year-round film program highlighting new discoveries from around the world alongside established filmmakers and talent.

■ Reaching more than 100,000 attendees annually, with our flagship SIFF Film Center and SIFF Cinema Uptown.

■ The largest and most highly-attended film festival in the United States, with more than 150,000 attendees each year.

■ The 25-day festival is the region’s most accessible and highly publicized film event and is renowned for its comprehensive programming with more than 450 features, short films, and documentaries from over 70 countries annually.

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We connect the wide interests of our audience with the passion and craft of filmmaking artists. Partnerships with small businesses, international consuls, non-profits, and community organizations throughout Seattle are vital to SIFF’s mission. We collaborate with over 50 different organizations that sponsor and promote films directly impacting their interests and passions in this community.

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GreetinGs From siFF’s boarD oF DireCtors

On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of SIFF, welcome to the 39th Seattle International Film Festival.

While festival is always a time of celebration, this year is particularly special because we celebrate Deborah Person and welcome our new Managing Director, Mary Bacarella.

Deborah’s endless dedication and outstanding leadership helped SIFF become an integral part of Seattle’s cultural landscape and we are forever grateful. Although Deborah has stepped down from her role as Managing Director, rest assured that she will remain actively involved in SIFF. We on the Board are confident that Mary Bacarella and Carl Spence are the perfect team to lead SIFF into the future. Mary’s long standing relationship with SIFF and other nonprofit arts organizations in our community combined with her business acumen is the ideal fit for us.

Last year was also a huge year of growth and transformation for SIFF. In October, we celebrated our one-year anniversary in our two new facilities: The SIFF Film Center and SIFF Cinema Uptown. The support we have received from you—our patrons, sponsors, members, donors, volunteers, and staff has been overwhelming and we would like to express our deepest gratitude. Because of you, our attendance at SIFF Cinema has grown from nearly 30,000 attendees to over 100,000 last year, membership has increased by 30%, and we created an active gathering place for the community with our permanent home the SIFF Film Center.

Celebrate with us as we honor SIFF’s accomplishments and toast to the future!

Michelle Quisenberry President, SIFF Board of Directors

OFFICERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michelle Quisenberry, President

Brian LaMacchia, Vice President

Billy O’Neill, Vice President

Ian G. J. MacNeil, Treasurer

Seán Kreyling, Secretary

William Belickis Kyle Cable John W. Comerford Sharon Conner Christopher Conrad

Katherine De Bruyn Rich Fassio Craig Friedson

Scott Lipsky Darryl Macdonald

Kraig L. Marini-Baker Mary Metastasio

Richard Meyer Rick Rasmussen Lance Rosen

Mark Rosencrantz Keith Simanton Aron Michael Thompson Carl Tostevin Edwin Weihe

BOARD EMERITI

Dan Ireland

Deborah Person tom Skerritt Rick Stevenson

GREETINGS

FROM THE GOVERNOR

I am delighted to welcome you to the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF).

At 25 days, SIFF is the largest film festival in the United States, and offers hundreds of feature films and shorts from dozens of countries. Attracting many visitors from around the world, attendance continues to reach unprecedented numbers, growing each and every year.

Cinema is more than entertainment; it is also a wonderful medium for exploring the human condition and the world around us. This celebration of the international language of film can only serve to enlighten us and enhance the diversity of our people, and I applaud the participating filmmakers and the many SIFF organizers and volunteers who have worked hard to make this special event possible.

Thank you all for being part of this year’s festival, and please accept my best wishes for a memorable event.

Very truly yours,

Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington

FROM THE MAYOR

Greetings,

Welcome to the Seattle International Film Festival, and thank you for coming out to support this cultural institution. Every year, I am impressed by the amount of work and dedication that goes into creating the largest film festival in the nation. From the work put in by SIFF’s staff and volunteers to the dedication of the filmmakers and the support of the fans, this festival represents an opportunity to celebrate cinema and affirm the value of a film festival in today’s society.

Seattle loves film, and for the duration of this festival we will be treated to some of the finest films available. I hope that you will take advantage of the speaker’s panels and forums, ask questions and provide feedback, and also that you will visit SIFF and enjoy their programming year round. Seattle is fortunate to have this festival, and I am proud to support it.

Welcome to SIFF—enjoy the show!

Michael McGinn, Mayor of Seattle

GREETINGS

FROM THE MAYOR OF RENTON

We are thrilled that the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is returning to Renton for the third straight year, and we are proud of the relationship we have built with SIFF. We’re also particularly proud of the reputation we’re nurturing in the region as a supportive community of the arts, culture and cinema.

On behalf of the Renton Community Marketing Campaign—which includes the Renton Chamber of Commerce/Renton Visitors Connection, Renton School District, Renton Technical College, Valley Medical Center, and the City of Renton—it is my pleasure to welcome you to SIFF-Renton.

SIFF-Renton is a weeklong screening of films at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center from May 23-29, 2013. The films screened during SIFF-Renton are as diverse as our community, covering a broad spectrum of genres, from action and adventure to comedy and romance. There’s sure to be something for everyone to enjoy during the screenings.

SIFF is the longest-running, largest, and most highly-attended film festival in the United States. Hosting SIFF gives us the opportunity to showcase Renton as a city with a thriving arts and culture scene, and a diverse community that fosters cross-cultural understanding. I am proud to say that Renton is truly a great place to live, work, learn and play.

We would like to thank the SIFF-Renton Host Committee as well as the numerous volunteers and generous donors for all their help in making your Renton cinema experience a memorable one. While you’re here enjoying our beautiful city, please take advantage of Renton’s affordable hotels, diverse dining opportunities, entertainment, and shopping options.

For more information about exploring Renton, the city “Ahead of the Curve,” please visit rentonwa.gov.

So, without further ado, let’s raise the curtain on what is sure to be another fabulous festival!

Denis Law, Mayor of Renton

FROM THE MAYOR OF KIRKLAND

The City of Kirkland is once again happy to welcome the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) to the Kirkland Performance Center. This is the fifth year of what we hope will be many years of partnership between the festival and the City of Kirkland. I am happy to report that there are new restaurants and shops within walking distance of the Performance Center, including Volterra and Savrika Tea, and Plume, on Kirkland Way, along with the award-winning Trellis Restaurant at the Heathman Hotel.

Of course, downtown Kirkland is best known for its location on the Lake Washington waterfront. Consider coming to Kirkland by boat—Argosy can get you to the foot of downtown, at Marina Park. Enjoy waterfront parks and trails dotted with our extensive public art collection or walk up the hill to the festival and sample our many restaurants, boutiques, and coffee houses. For more information on Kirkland assets or to request a visitor’s or dining guide, visit ExploreKirkland.com.

Lights! Camera! Action! SIFF!

Sincerely,

Joan McBride, Mayor of Kirkland

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MEET THE PROGRAMMERS

SIFF is more than just an annual festival of the world’s greatest films; it’s a community of creative, passionate people who live and breathe cinema. This section is dedicated to our talented team of 18 programmers—the people who work (and watch movies) all year long to prepare the best films possible for the continually growing Seattle festival. We asked them to tell us a little bit about the film that has had the greatest impact in their lives.

CARL SPENCE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

“I can’t name just one. From The Wizard of Oz, Blade Runner, Drowning by Numbers, North Avenue Irregulars, Freaky Friday, An Officer and a Gentleman to Lars von Trier’s Zentropa and Peter Greenaway’s Drowning by Numbers all had a collective impact on me from annual TV broadcasts, into the VHS era, and finally at big screen festival screenings.”

BETH BARRETT DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

“The first film I went to by myself was a second run screening of The Killing Fields, in the now defunct Wheaton Theatre. Once I felt the power of experiencing another world in that dark theatre, I never looked back.”

ANGELO ACERBI

FILM PROGRAMMER

“The Sheltering Sky by Bernardo Bertolucci left a deep mark on me. I can still recall the feelings of infinite pain and wonder those vast, empty deserts evoked in my young heart. I was hooked to the medium of films forever…”

FOCUS: Italy, Europe

MARYNA AJAJA

FILM PROGRAMMER

“Story-wise, and with constant images of desert and water, Paris Texas taught me about paradox. A man escapes to a place without his language and journeys back home to speak with the one he loves. On his lonely search, he learns to be human again.”

FOCUS: Eastern Central Europe, Russia and Central Asia

KEITH BACON

FILM PROGRAMMER

“From early grade school, I remember these weird short films where a boy and his dog would get into dramatic cliffhanger situations; the teacher would shut off the projector before the conclusion and make us sit in the dark imagining their fate. Warped me for life.”

FOCUS: Short films, LGBTQ films

JUSTINE BARDA

FILM PROGRAMMER

“As we launch the African Pictures program, I’ve been thinking about the great Egyptian director Youssef Chahine. My father was born in Alexandria, and took me to see Alexandria, Why? on its release in 1979. That fantastic chronicle of Egyptian society in upheaval makes me wonder about the film Chahine would have made about his country today.”

FOCUS: Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe

SOPHIE CABON PROGRAMMING ASSISTANT

“My first memorable cinematic experience was watching The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. I was eight years old and found Terry Gilliam’s bizarre world— with its floating heads, flying boat, and sea monster—deeply fascinating. It’s still one of my favorite movies.”

DAN DOODY

FILM PROGRAMMER

“Bride of Frankenstein is, quite simply, the most sublime film ever made: a weird and wondrous mix of horror, fairy tale, and gothic humor—it’s a film I never tire of viewing.”

FOCUS: Midnight Adrenaline, United Kingdom and Ireland, Shorts

RUTH HAYLER

FILM PROGRAMMER

“My best filmgoing experience was watching Abel Gance’s Napoleon with the director present, outdoors at the Telluride Film Festival, with the three-screen-wide triptych finale.”

FOCUS: Foreign films, Archive

DUSTIN KASPAR

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MANAGER

“Rutger Hauer’s final speech in Blade Runner opened my eyes to the exquisite beauty of our individual experiences in life. In the aftermath of that monologue, I knew I was to become a teacher, bringing unique artistic experiences to students of all ages.”

FOCUS: Films4Families, FutureWave, and African Pictures

MEGAN LEONARD

PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was one of my favorites as a kid and as an adult. It had so much adult content masked behind the animated characters we all loved while growing up. And Disney and Warner Bros teaming up? Amazing!”

CLINTON MCCLUNG

FILM PROGRAMMER

“In college I was a big fan of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and saw Wings of Desire because they were featured. Lyrical, romantic, expressionistic—it completely changed my perception of what a film should be. Seeing that film on the big screen in a funky old arthouse theatre ignited my passion for the big screen audience experience.”

DALE NASH

FILM PROGRAMMER

“In 1968, I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time. I was 13 years old. It totally changed my vision of what a film might be and how it could impact an audience. I have never watched a film in the same way since. This was “the stuff that dreams are made of...”

FOCUS: Documentaries

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LAEL ROGERS

PROGRAMMING INTERN

Donnie Darko definitely blew my mind in high school, mostly because it showed me that films can do so much more than just make money at the box office.”

STAN SHIELDS

FILM PROGRAMMER

“As a teenager, I wandered into a screening of Wings Of Desire. Today, I’m amazed by how much that film has shaped my tastes and values—in film, in music, and in my approach to living. Ask me—I’ll bore you with the details.”

FOCUS: Canada, Face the Music, South America

ANDY SPLETZER

FILM PROGRAMMER

“David Lynch’s Eraserhead introduced my high school self to a world of films beyond Hollywood. The story made sense only on a subconscious level and the details were surreal. This film was a surprise. It exploded what was possible and blew my mind.”

FOCUS: Alternate Cinema

ANITA MONGA

FILM PROGRAMMER

“David Lynch’s Eraserhead changed my life. It opened my eyes (and ears) to the real language of cinema. A language that combines sound, image, music, dialogue, and time. A language that can express the otherwise inexpressible. Words fail me.”

BRAD WILKE

FILM PROGRAMMER

“Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. From its British Invasion soundtrack to its whimsical design and memorable characters, this film found its way to me at a pivotal time in my life and left a lasting impact with its themes of friendship, loss, and fresh starts.”

FOCUS: Catalyst, New American Cinema

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“What sort of film do I feel like seeing tonight?”

With our handy Moods groupings, we’ve made it easy to find the type of cinematic experience you’re in the mood for. Instead of using traditional categories, which require a bit of work to figure out, we’ve aimed to connect films with you, the audience, by organizing them into 10 areas that match your mood.

THRILL ME

Suspense, thrills, and action. Films with a faster pace that might also surprise you when you least expect it!

TO THE EXTREME

Explore the outer limits with films that go beyond the edge.

PROVOKE ME

Mesmerizing dramas and documentaries that explore thought-provoking questions, realities, and topics.

LOVE...

Romance and love in all its forms, pleasures, and idiosyncrasies.

MAKE ME LAUGH

Films that make you chuckle and tickle your funny bone.

OPEN MY EYES

SHOW ME THE WORLD

Prepare to be taken to another place— from exotic, far-off lands to vibrant experiences outside

SCI-FI AND FACT

Revealing films and documentaries revolving around history, politics, and contemporary events from around the world.

Science, technology, environment, the future— and beyond!

CREATIVE STREAK

The exploration of artistic endeavors from all disciplines: literature, film, art, dance, and performance.

FACE THE MUSIC

Films that intersect the world of music on all fronts: from biopics and concert films, to musicals and live events.

Director: Joss Whedon

Producers: Joss Whedon

Kai Cole

Daniel S. Kaminsky

Screenwriters: Joss Whedon

William Shakespeare

Cinematographer: Jay Hunter

Editors:

Daniel S. Kaminsky

Joss Whedon

Music: Joss Whedon

Cast: Amy Acker

Alexis Denisof

Clark Gregg

Nathan Fillion

Reed Diamond

Fran Kranz

Sean Maher

Running Time: 109 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Roadside Attractions

Film Website: muchadothemovie.com

Selected Filmography: The Avengers (2012) Serenity (2005)

Much Ado About Nothing USA 2012

THURSDAY MAY 16 7:00 PM McCAW HALL

Following the completion of Marvel’s The Avengers, which would go on to become one of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, director Joss Whedon’s follow-up film was a surprising choice—a personal, micro-budget version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The play follows the romantic exploits of Claudio and Benedick, who have returned to Messina following a successful military campaign. Upon arriving home, they are met by the Governor Leonato, his daughter, Hero, and his niece, Beatrice. Claudio immediately falls in love with the lovely Hero, while his companion Benedick scoffs at the very idea of love, an attitude shared by Beatrice, his long-time nemesis and verbal sparring partner. As Benedick and Beatrice resume their “merry war” of insults and bon mots, the villainous Don John plots to ruin Claudio and Hero’s impending nuptials. Retaining the Bard’s original dialogue and filmed in just twelve days at his own Santa Monica house, Whedon fills his uproarious Shakespearean rom-com with many of the familiar faces from his television “Whedonverse”—including Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, and Nathan Fillion—and in doing so, offers a dark, sexy, and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love.

Director: Morgan Neville

Producers: Gil Friesen

Caitrin Rogers

Cinematographers: Graham Willoughby

Nicola Marsh

Editors: Jason Zeldes

Kevin Klauber

Douglas Blush With: Darlene Love

Judith Hill

Merry Clayton

Lisa Fischer

Lou Adler

Stevvi Alexander

Patti Austin

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Elle Driver

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC

Film Website: twentyfeetfromstardom.com

Selected Filmography: Troubadours (2011)

Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges’ Raw Power (2010)

Johnny Cash’s America (2008) The Cool School (2008)

Twenty Feet from Stardom USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 1 5:30 PM EGYPTIAN

ENCORE SCREENING: SUNDAY JUNE 2 4:00 PM EGYPTIAN

When you’re singing along with the chorus of your favorite song, do you really know who, you’re singing with? Veteran filmmaker Morgan Neville does, and his new film tracks the astounding careers, contributions, and sacrifices of pop music’s most recognizable yet least known artists—the backup singers. Twenty Feet from Stardom focuses primarily on four singers—Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, and Judith Hill—charting the rise of the modern pop vocal sound from its origins in the gospel tradition, through the demand for new, more impassioned sounds during the turbulent ’60s, and into their declining options in the modern recording era. Over his prolific career, Neville has profiled musicians ranging from Johnny Cash to the Rolling Stones, and uses his connections to access a vault’s worth of archival footage. Twenty Feet from Stardom boasts a wealth of celebrity interviews, including Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, and others. But this time the superstars take a backseat to the backup singers, recalling some of these ladies’ most legendary recording sessions. Trust us—you’ll never hear “Gimme Shelter” the same way once you’ve seen Jagger and Clayton describe the night she sang that song.

Director: Sofia Coppola

Producers: Roman Coppola

Sofia Coppola

Youree Henley

Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola

Cinematographers: Christopher Blauvelt

Harris Savides

Editor: Sarah Flack

Music: Daniel Lopatin

Brian Reitzell

Cast: Emma Watson

Taissa Farmiga

Israel Broussard

Katie Chang

Claire Julien

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: A24

Film Website: theblingring.com

Selected Filmography: Somewhere (2010)

Marie Antoinette (2006)

Lost in Translation (2003)

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

The Bling Ring

USA 2013 North American Premiere

SUNDAY JUNE 9 6:30 PM CINERAMA

Born into Hollywood royalty, writer/director Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides) has made her mark with her patented brand of intensely personal, leisurely paced, deeply emotional drama. This time, Coppola sets her sights on the fame- and celebrity-obsessed teens of Los Angeles in a story ripped from the tabloid headlines and gossip news programs, a story as strange as it is true. Five Tinseltown teenagers (including Emma Watson and Taissa Farmiga) wish to live like the rich and famous, but they’ll settle for robbing them instead. The gang, referring to themselves as “The Bling Ring,” track the internet goings-on of SoCal’s A-list celebs with ease, waiting for just the right moment to break into their vast mansions and run off with their high-class goods. But when rebelliousness turns to recklessness, the group’s crimes catch up with them, in this bitingly funny satire with a razor-sharp edge.

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Director: Régis Roinsard

Producer: Alain Attal

Screenwriters: Régis Roinsard Daniel Presley Romain Compingt

Cinematographer: Guillaume Schiffman

Editors: Laure Gardette

Sophie Reine

Music: Rob d’Orlando

Emmanuel d’Orlando

Cast: Romain Duris

Déborah François Bérénice Bejo

Shaun Benson

Mélanie Bernier

Miou-Miou

Running Time: 111 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, English, and German, with English subtitles

International Sales: Wild Bunch

Print Source: Weinstein Company

Film Website: populaire-lefilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Populaire France 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 6:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

ENCORE SCREENING: TUESDAY MAY 21 6:30 PM EGYPTIAN

It’s the spring of 1958 in a village in Normandy. 21-year-old Rose (Déborah François) aspires to be more than just a housewife or an assistant at her father’s small-town grocery, so she moves to another town and applies for a job as a secretary. Rose discovers, unfortunately, that she is a terrible secretary; she proves, however, to be a devilishly good typist. Her handsome boss, Louis (Romain Duris) takes her under his wing, and resolves to turn her into the fastest typist in the world. Rose is swept into a life of training, as if typing were an Olympic sport, as Louis coaches her to become a regional, national, and eventually an international speed-typing competitor. Rose’s final challenge will be found at a typing competition in New York City. Find out if romance and speedtyping mix in this high-concept 1950s-era French romantic comedy that combines a Mad Man aesthetic with an I Love Lucy sensibility.

Awards:

COLCOA 2013 (First Feature Award)

Sponsored by Clark Hodder & Elizabeth Davidson

Director: Lynn Shelton

Producers: Steven Schardt

Mel Eslyn

Lacey Leavitt

Screenwriter: Lynn Shelton

Cinematographer: Benjamin Kasulke

Editor: Lynn Shelton

Music: Vinny Smith

Cast: Rosemarie DeWitt

Allison Janney

Ron Livingston

Scoot McNairy

Ellen Page

Josh Pais

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Selected Filmography: Your Sister’s Sister (2012) Humpday (2009)

My Effortless Brilliance (2008) We Go Way Back (2006)

Touchy Feely USA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 23 7:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

ENCORE SCREENING: SATURDAY MAY 25 1:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Lynn Shelton’s latest is a touching comedy about touching people. Returning after their collaboration on Your Sister’s Sister, Rosemarie DeWitt plays Abby, a massage therapist who develops a sudden aversion to bodily contact. This gets in the way of her job, of course, but also her relationship with her boyfriend Jesse (Scoot McNairy), who has just asked her to move in with him. Or maybe the affliction arises because she has agreed to move in with him. Meanwhile, her emotionally absent brother Paul (Josh Pais) has been relying on his daughter Jenny (Ellen Page) to keep his dying dental practice functioning, at least until he accidentally discovers he can heal a painful jaw disorder. As Abby retreats from the world in order to gain more perspective, Paul enters into it more fully. He even starts seeing Abby’s Reiki master (Allison Janney) who he normally would have dismissed outright as New Age nonsense. As with all of Shelton’s films, the performances are phenomenal: DeWitt deftly balances discomfort with a longing to connect; Pais is heartfelt and hilarious; and Ellen Page is heartbreaking as a girl struggling with unrequited love. In a movie full of people who are uncomfortable in their own skin, they each confront their issues and discover the healing power of human connections.

Directors: Nat Faxon

Jim Rash

Producers: Kevin J. Walsh

Tom Rice

Screenwriters: Nat Faxon

Jim Rash

Cinematographer: John Bailey

Editor: Tatiana S. Riegel

Music: Rob Simonsen

Cast: Steve Carell

Toni Collette

Allison Janney

Sam Rockwell

Maya Rudolph

Liam James

Running Time: 103 minutes

Presentation

Format: DCP

Print Source: Fox Searchlight

Film Website: facebook.com/ TheWayWayBack

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Way, Way Back USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 25 6:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

ENCORE SCREENING: SUNDAY MAY 26 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Bad enough that his parents have divorced; but now 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) must spend the summer at the beach house of his mother’s new boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell). While Pam (Toni Collette), anxiously inclined to settle for what she can get, has apparently decided to overlook Trent’s wandering eye, her son isn’t willing to forgive either his peccadilloes or his condescending meddling. What looks to be a season of glum turns around when Duncan, desperate to get away from his increasingly dysfunctional family, takes a job at the Water Wizz water park, and comes under the protective wing of its manager Owen (Sam Rockwell), who guides the young boy through troubled times with every ounce of effort his good-humored slackerdom will allow. The co-directorial debut for the Oscar®-winning screenwriters of The Descendants, The Way, Way Back expertly balances its uproarious moments with tender observations of loss and pain. Faxon and Rash have mustered a sterling cast of scene-stealers (including Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, and themselves, appearing as eccentric co-workers of Rockwell’s) against whom newcomer James more than holds his own.

Director: Marcus Markou

Producer: Sara Butler

Screenwriter: Marcus Markou

Cinematographer: James Friend

Editor: Sebastian Morrison

Music: Stephen Warbeck Cast: Stephen Dillane

Georges Corraface

Georgia Groome

Selina Cadell

Ed Stoppard

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: 7 and 7

Print Source: 7 and 7

Film Website: papadopoulosandsons.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Papadopoulos & Sons

United Kingdom 2012

THURSDAY MAY 30 8:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

ENCORE SCREENING: FRIDAY MAY 31 7:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

This robust and audience-pleasing British comedy about the meaning of home and family follows a rich London Greek family who lose it all in the latest economic crash. After over-leveraging his latest business venture, selfmade millionaire Harry Papadopoulos (Stephen Dillane) finds his assets seized, leaving him with only the derelict fish-and-chip shop that jump-started his career. Forced to reunite with his estranged and freewheeling brother Spiros (Georges Corraface), the two men must set aside their differences to save the Papadopoulos family. Along with Harry’s three children, Harry and Spiros set about bringing the shop back to life under the suspicious gaze of Hassan, the neighboring Turkish kebab shop owner whose son has his eyes on Harry´s daughter, Katie. As the chip shop begins to thrive, old memories are stirred, romances are forged, and Harry soon discovers that it’s only when you lose can you be free to find it all.

Awards: Thessaloniki Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

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Director: Darren Stein

Producers: Stephen Israel

Richard Bever

Darren Stein

George Northy

Screenwriter: George Northy

Cinematographer: Jonathan Hall

Editor: Phillip J. Bartell

Music: Brian H. Kim Cast: Megan Mullally

Horatio Sanz

Natasha Lyonne

Andrea Bowen

Rebecca Gayheart

Evanna Lynch

Michael J. Willett

Paul Iacono

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: The Film Collaborative Film Website: thefilmcollaborative.org/films/ gbf.php

Selected Filmography: Put the Camera on Me (2003) Jawbreaker (1999) Sparkler (1997)

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 7:00 PM

Tanner is happy enough living in the closet and the shadows, but when circumstance outs him to his entire high school, he finds himself cast as the hottest new accessory that the three rival queen bees of the school need, like, yesterday: a Gay Best Friend. Brent, his own best friend, would love to be in Tanner’s shoes, causing a falling out that quickly turns to war as prom season approaches and the stakes get higher. Beyond being just plain fun, the film raises important points about straight female-gay male friendships and the hyper or non-sexualization of gay men, especially in the media. Evanna Lynch (Harry Potter’s Luna Lovegood) is a special treat as the absurd McKenzie Price, who embodies the self-delusion and hypocrisy of the Westboro Baptist Church with zeal and war paint. Fast-paced and witty, there’s little not to love in this part homage to, part parody of, the iconic Mean Girls (2004).

Director: Henk Pretorius

Producers: Lance Samuels

Kweku Mandela

Janine Eser

Screenwriters: Janine Eser

Henk Pretorius

Cinematographer: Trevor Calverley

Editor: Avril Beukes

Music: Adam Schiff

Cast: Eduan van Jaarsveldt

Zethu Dhlomo

Angelique Pretorius

Jerry Mofokeng

Motlatsi Mafatshe

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English, Zulu, and Afrikaans, with English subtitles

International Sales: Indigenous Film

Print Source: Indigenous Film

Film Website: faniefouriemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Bakgat! 2 (2009) Bakgat! (2008)

Fanie Fourie’s Lobola

South Africa 2013

FRIDAY JUNE 7 6:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

ENCORE SCREENING: SATURDAY JUNE 8 11:30 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola, a South African tradition that finds the groom’s family negotiating for the bride’s hand? When Fanie Fourie, a young Afrikaner who designs custom cars that resemble African animals, accepts a dare to take a beautiful Zulu entrepreneur, Dinky Magubane, to his brother’s wedding the stage is set for romance. She accepts on the condition that Fanie pretends to be her boyfriend so that she can stop her deeply traditional father from pressuring her into marriage. Of course, as Dinky and Fanie start to fall in love, their hoax to annoy their families becomes a meaningful relationship. But can it transcend their cultural differences, family politics, and especially, the thorny tradition of lobola? Fanie Fourie’s Lobola effectively skewers South African cultural expectations, furthering conversations about interracial relationships and whether lobola retains its relevance in a modern society, among others. Based on a popular South African book, the hilarious script by director Henk Pretorius and Janine Eser is populated with genuinely likeable characters whose chemistry will melt even the coldest of hearts. Don’t miss this contemporary fairy tale about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society.

Awards: Jozi Film Festival 2013 (Audience Award) Sedona International Film Festival 2013 (Audience Award)

Director: Joe Swanberg

Producers: Paul Bernon

Andrea Roa

Sam Slater

Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg

Cinematographer: Ben Richardson

Editor: Joe Swanberg

Music: Jagjaguwar

Cast: Olivia Wilde

Jake Johnson

Anna Kendrick

Ron Livingston

Ti West

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: burnlater.com/drinking-buddies

Selected Filmography: 24 Exposures (2013)

All the Light in the Sky (2012)

Uncle Kent (2011)

Alexander the Last (2009) Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

LOL (2006)

Kissing on the Mouth (2005)

Drinking Buddies USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 8 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

ENCORE SCREENING: SUNDAY, JUNE 9 4:00 PM

EGYPTIAN

Barley. Hops. Love? Tensions simmer at this Chicago microbrewery, between workers Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (New Girl’s Jake Johnson) and their respective partners (Ron Livingston and Up in the Air’s Anna Kendrick).

Director Joe Swanberg’s cast improvised this thoughtful and candidly emotional breakthrough. Garnering laughs at SXSW Film Festival, Swanberg’s eighth and biggest budget feature to date hinges on the success of his actors’ disciplined improv. The conflict is set as both couples get away to a cabin one weekend. Luke’s fiancée is good for him, but would Kate be a better match? As Kate and Luke navigate their platonic friendship, which always seems on the verge of bubbling over into romance, their relatable situation and naturalistic dialogue keeps audiences in the moment. It’s a testament to the talents of each that, working from no script, their chemistry and cleverness constructs a scenario that feels true to life. Beasts of the Southern Wild cinematographer Ben Richardson lingers over shots of bottles and glasses as beer plays the ever-present role of instigator in the plot. Avid home-brewer Swanberg’s love for suds shows, and his cast’s energetic, sensitive gamesmanship pack this feature with flavor.

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Director: Steven Bernstein

Producers: Clark Peterson

Johnathan Brownlee

Keith Kjarval

Steven Bernstein

Sahil Chanana

Stuart Ross

Screenwriters: Adam Bernstein

Steven Bernstein

Michael Moss

Cinematographer: Ted Hayash

Editor: Douglas Crise

Music: Steven Bramson

Cast: Helen Hunt

Samantha Morton

Aaron Paul

Rashida Jones

Bradley Whitford

Maggie Grace

Alice Eve

Running Time: 91 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Radiant Films International

Print Source: Radiant Films International

Film Website: decodingannieparkerfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Decoding Annie Parker USA 2013

THURSDAY JUNE 6 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

SATURDAY JUNE 8 1:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Based on true events, this touching film follows a 15-year war against a cruel illness, waged on both scientific and emotional fronts by a pair of women demonstrating extreme bravery under pressure. Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) is on intimate terms with breast cancer, having watched both her mother and sister succumb to it. When she herself is diagnosed with the disease, she struggles to hold her family together, displaying a force of spirit that belies the odds. Elsewhere, geneticist Mary-Claire King (Helen Hunt) is researching the idea of an undiscovered link between DNA and cancer, a process that finds her scrambling for both funding and the support of her disbelieving colleagues. Funny, irreverent, and heartwarming without the burn, director Steven Bernstein’s feature debut deftly balances the seriousness of the situation with the all-too-human response, finding unpredictable grace notes of beauty and wit during even the darkest of times. Featuring stellar performances by Morton, Hunt, and a first-rate supporting cast including Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, and Maggie Grace, Bernstein’s film pays ample tribute to one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century as well as the people forever changed in its wake.

Special Benefit Screenings to support the King Lab at the University of Washington (UW)—a group devoted to the understanding of inherited breast and ovarian cancer, as described in Decoding Annie Parker. The events of the film take place in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, when Dr. King worked at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1995, Dr. King and her group moved to UW when she was appointed as the American Cancer Society Professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine. Her group at UW includes undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and young faculty members in medical genetics and oncology. As the film indicates, in 1990, Dr. King and her group proved that a gene, subsequently named BRCA1, was linked to breast and ovarian cancer in some of the most severely affected families. Annie Parker and her family were among these. The present day work of the King Lab is devoted to understanding how mutations in BRCA1 lead to breast and ovarian cancer, to the identification and characterization of “sister genes” of BRCA1 that also influence risk of breast and ovarian cancer; and to the application of genomic technologies to identify women at high risk. Most recently, the King Lab has developed a genomic platform, which they named BROCA, to identify mutations in all breast cancer genes and thus to identify women at extremely high risk of breast and ovarian cancer in a thorough, accurate, and cost-effective way. The BROCA test is in clinical use at UW, and the King lab has not patented BROCA, but are instead teaching colleagues from labs worldwide how to use it. These screenings of Decoding Annie Parker will benefit the King Lab, and funds raised will be used to buy supplies to provide genetic testing, using BROCA, for uninsured women.

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Director: Jacob Kornbluth

Producers: Jen Chaiken Sebastian Dungan

Cinematographers: Svetlana Cvetko Dan Krauss

Editors: Kim Roberts Miranda Yousef

Music: Marco D’Ambrosio

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC Film Website: inequalityforall.com

Selected Filmography: The Best Thief in the World (2004) Haiku Tunnel (2001)

Inequality For All USA 2013

JUNE 2 6:30 PM EGYPTIAN

JUNE 3 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Four hundred people own half of the total assets of the United States. If you are not one of them, you may want to see this film. Fresh from Sundance, where it won the Special Jury Prize, Inequality for All examines widening income inequality in the United States of America. Presented by Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration, and now a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, the film investigates how the rich have gotten richer and the rest of us haven’t. Director Jacob Kornbluth takes complex economic ideas and deftly explains how they relate to the quality of everyday life as lived by most ordinary people. One of the film’s great strengths is its interview subjects, who range from Erika Vaclav, a Costco checkout clerk, to Nick Hanauer, a Seattle billionaire who believes—like Warren Buffett—that his taxes should go up. Incisive, accessible, and funny (who knew Reich had such a sense of comic timing?) Inequality for All is a landmark documentary on the defining issue of our time.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (U. S. Documentary Special Jury Prize)

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Director: Jason Wise

Producers: Christina Wise

Jason Wise

Jackson Myers

Screenwriter: Jason Wise

Cinematographer: Jackson Myers

Editors: Bryan Carr Jackson Myers

Music: Brian Carmody With: Bo Barrett

Shayn Bjornholm

Dave Cauble

Ian Cauble

Andrea Cecci

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, French, Italian, and German, with English subtitles

Print Source: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Film Website: jbwpro.com/JBWpro/SOMM.html

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SOMM USA 2012

SUNDAY JUNE 2 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY JUNE 4 7:30 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

The Master Sommelier exam is a test with one of the lowest pass rates in the world: fewer than 200 people have taken it successfully since 1966. SOMM follows four Master Sommelier hopefuls as they prepare for two years in order to spend 25 minutes on a blind tasting, along with an oral theory exam and a practical service exam. While the film is cognizant of the depth of knowledge represented by the exam and the Court of Master Sommeliers that administers it, a healthy amount of irreverent humor provides a welcome reprieve from some of the obsession and intensity involved in the process—humor that often comes from the mouths of the prospective test-takers themselves. There is also, of course, plenty of focus on wine itself, with interviews from industry professionals and loving images of wine (and some breaking of wineglasses).

A limited number of tickets will be available for a wine-tasting experience following the screenings at Collections Cafe in Seattle and Volterra in Kirkland.

FACE THE MUSIC

LIVE MUSIC EVENTS

The intersections of film and music illuminate each medium in their own way, whether through a shared sense of dramatic storytelling or via the less predictable pathways of history, home, and reinterpretation. This year’s live music events were curated by longtime local journalist and KEXP DJ Hannah Levin.

THURSDAY, MAY 30 | TRIPLE DOOR

A Tribute to the Music of Muscle Shoals with Patterson and David Hood

$20 advance/$22 day-of-show

SHOWTIME: Doors 6 p.m., show 7:00 p.m. (all-ages)

Patterson Hood grew up in North Alabama. Muscle Shoals Sound was the studio co-founded by his father David Hood, who also worked in the legendary Alabama recording facility as a producer and session player. Patterson’s formative experiences watching the works-in-progress of iconic artists such as Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Traffic, and Wilson Pickett helped shape his love of rock-n-roll and laid the groundwork for his later musical career as both a solo artist and frontman for Drive-By Truckers. At this rare and truly unique event, father and son will share the stage, performing songs, trading stories, and reflecting on the magical properties of that space. The documentary Muscle Shoals screens at SIFF on Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. at SIFF Cinema Uptown and Thursday, May 30 at 4:30 p.m. at the Egyptian. Local guitarist Jeff Fielder (Mark Lanegan, Sera Cahoone) opens.

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 | TRIPLE DOOR

The Maldives and The Wind

$16 advance/$18 day-of-show

TWO SHOWS: 7:00 p.m. (All ages) and 9:30 p.m. (21+)

Seattle-based band The Maldives created an unforgettable evening in 2011 when they composed a live score to accompany the psychedelic western Riders of the Purple Sage. This year, they tackle the tumultuous romantic drama that informs the storyline of The Wind, a recently resurrected 1928 classic starring silent screen siren Lillian Gish.

FACE THE MUSIC FILMS

Music is an outburst of the soul, and some of this year’s musical films endeavor to capture that outburst in all of its emotional, raw, unbridled glory. Check out this year’s

FACE THE MUSIC

films to find a thrilling musical experience in a theater near you.

A Band Called Death

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Harana

I Used to Be Darker Mistaken for Strangers Muscle Shoals

The Otherside

Peaches Does Herself

The Punk Singer

Sing Me the Songs

That Say I Love You -–A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

Twenty Feet from Stardom

The Wind

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DAVID AND PATTERSON HOOD

THE MALDIVES

DALE, LESLIE AND TEAM CHIHULY CONGRATULATE DEBORAH PERSON ON HER 34 YEARS OF SIFF INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PASSION AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE FILM COMMUNITY.

Film doesn’t appear out of thin air. It may begin with a spark of inspiration, but it requires talent, ingenuity, and a great deal of hard work to transform that spark into a touching, affecting, exciting, informative finished product. It takes true courage to bare one’s soul for the sake of artistry, to dedicate one’s life to their craft. Those who answer to the call of creativity are the ones who inspire new generations to keep watching and making films. These are the charismatic, magnetic screen personalities and auteurs that keep us in the only place where it’s OK to be in the dark: the theater.

Each year, the Seattle International Film Festival welcomes honorees for our annual Tribute presentations. These people exemplify what’s great about filmmaking, and their visits offer SIFF audiences a chance to connect with the industry for an evening of merriment and celebration. In recent years, we’ve been thrilled to host appearances by actress Sissy Spacek and director William Friedkin (2012); actor Ewan McGregor and adventure director Warren Miller (2011); actor Edward Norton (2010) and visionary directors Spike Lee and Francis Ford Coppola (2009); Sir Ben Kingsley (2008), and Sir Anthony Hopkins (2007). We were proud to present them with awards recognizing their achievements and excellence in the field. This year is no different, as we host acclaimed actor and director Kyle MacLachlan and Peter Greenaway. Please join us in our Tribute festivities in honor of these two cinematic greats.

KYLE MACLACHLAN

With effortless charm and fierce tenacity, Kyle MacLachlan is one of America’s most charismatic and steadfast actors. Whether using his handsome looks to his advantage or tapping into the dark reaches of his soul for his work with David Lynch, he has infused each and every one of his characters with a dogged vivacity and measured delivery reminiscent of the marquee idols of the Hollywood Golden Age.

Born in 1959 in Yakima, Washington, the self-admittedly “very sheltered” MacLachlan found his solace in acting, performing scenes adapted from Hardy Boys books during his youth and progressing to full-fledged dramas on the local and high school level. Graduating from the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program in 1982, he subsequently found a home with Seattle’s Empty Space Theatre, performing in such plays as Tartuffe. The following year, he was spotted by a talent agent, who convinced him to audition for an upcoming science fiction epic helmed by an Oscar® nominated filmmaker. The film was Dune—an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel—the director was David Lynch, and the rest was history.

Although Dune was considered a box office failure upon its release in late 1984, it has since garnered a robust cult following focused mainly on Lynch’s idiosyncratic style and MacLachlan’s transcendent performance as the prophetic lead character Paul Atreides. More importantly, it solidified MacLachlan as Lynch’s alter ego, and the two would go on to even bigger and better things.

This pairing gained worldwide acclaim with 1986’s Blue Velvet, a wicked, wild, warped thriller about what lies beneath the placid surface of suburbia. Playing Jeffrey, a college student who gets wrapped up in a psychosexual murder mystery, MacLachlan matched wits with the likes of Isabella Rossellini and a perhaps career-best Dennis Hopper, no easy feat, contributing to a film whose incendiary power can still be felt over 25 years later.

MacLachlan’s breakout role arrived in the form of yet another Lynch project, a television drama series about a fictional Washington lumber town rocked by murder and deceit. The series was Twin Peaks (1990-1991), a freaky genre mash-up of detective fiction, small town strangeness, and surreal dream sequences. MacLachlan led the star-studded cast as the pie- and coffeeloving FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, sent to the titular town to investigate the murder of local teenager Laura Palmer. As a reward for his brave performance, he garnered Emmy nominations for both of the show’s seasons and received the 1991 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Drama. Despite being canceled after two seasons, MacLachlan would later reprise his awardwinning role in the cinematic prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992).

Select Filmography

Dune (1984)

Blue Velvet (1986)

The Hidden (1987)

Twin Peaks (1990-1991)

The Doors (1991)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

The Trial (1993)

Rich in Love (1993)

The Flintstones (1994)

Showgirls (1995)

The Trigger Effect (1996)

One Night Stand (1997)

Hamlet (2000)

Timecode (2000)

Sex and the City (2000-2002)

Northfork (2003)

Touch of Pink (2004)

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Desperate Housewives (2006-2012)

Portlandia (2011-Present)

Throughout the ’90s, MacLachlan impressed audiences far and wide with a variety of stellar roles, proving that his work with Lynch was no fluke. Notable performances include keyboardist Ray Manzarek in Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991), the persecuted Josef K. in Harold Pinter’s adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial (1993), an openhearted supporting role in the lovely romantic drama Rich in Love (1993), and villain roles in films family-friendly (1994’s The Flintstones), controversial (1995’s Showgirls), and Shakespearean (Michael Almereyda’s 2000 modern retelling of Hamlet).

MacLachlan acquired a whole new generation of fans upon his return to serialized television with HBO’s Sex and the City. Over two years and 23 episodes, he brought the beloved series a deliciously smarmy energy as Charlotte York’s first husband, the wealthy mama’s boy Trey MacDougal, followed by six years on ABC’s nighttime soap Desperate Housewives. His mid-career television resurgence has continued with spots on such myriad shows as The Good Wife, How I Met Your Mother, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Currently, he appears in a recurring guest role on IFC’s Portlandia, playing the passionate, excitable, bicycle-loving Mayor of Portland.

He currently lives in New York with his wife (Project Runway executive producer Desiree Gruber) and their son Callum.

AN EVENING WITH KYLE MACLACHLAN

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 7:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

The special tribute event for actor Kyle MacLachlan will include the presentation of the Seattle International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting, an onstage interview with film clips from his career, and the opportunity for answering questions from the audience, followed by a screening of the pilot of Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks Pilot USA 1990

Twin Peaks received both critical acclaim and cult status upon its premiere in 1990. Co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the show was a hybrid of surreal soap opera and metaphysical mystery-thriller surrounding the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Found on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic, Laura’s death devastates her family and the community at large. When a second girl, Laura’s high school classmate Ronette Pulaski, is found wandering disoriented on a bridge, dressed in only a negligee, Sheriff Harry Truman calls in FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper. As the pair investigates the circumstances surrounding Laura’s death, they uncover a dark, dangerous world beneath Twin Peaks’ placid veneer. Kyle MacLachlan’s idiosyncratic performance as Dale Cooper captured audiences’ imagination, and in tandem with the use of iconic northwest imagery, Lynch’s aesthetic, and Angelo Baldimenti’s score, established the tone for the series throughout. MacLachlan’s loveable Agent Cooper was intelligent and quirky, yet also warm and genial—the cool counterpoint to the intensely emotional currents raging through this once sleepy small town. Twenty-three years after its premiere, Twin Peaks remains one of the most singular and influential shows ever to air on network television.

Director: David Lynch

Producers: David Lynch

Mark Frost

Screenwriter: Mark Frost

Cinematographer: Frank Byers

Editor:

Jay Ignaszewski

Music:

Angelo Badalamenti

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan

Michael Ontkean

Mädchen Amick

Richard Beymer

Lara Flynn Boyle

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: HD digital

Select Filmography

PETER GREENAWAY

Death of Sentiment (1962)

Tree (1966)

Train (1966)

The Falls (1980)

The Draughtman’s Contract (1982)

A Zed and Two Naughts (1986)

The Belly of an Architect (1987)

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989)

Prospero’s Books (1991)

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

Iconoclastic provocateur Peter Greenaway creates cinema that is a collage of academia and art. Rejecting devotion to what he considers the vagaries of traditional textual narrative, Greenaway’s paintings, films, novels, operas, exhibitions, and installations instead utilize visual language. The resulting works are richly realized explorations of death, sexual pleasure, obsession, and architecture.

Born in Newport, Wales on April 5, 1942, and educated in London, Greenaway was a precocious artist who entered the Walthamstow College of Art at the age of 12 to study painting. His resulting imagery was influenced by Renaissance paintings and this background continues to influence his films, novels, and operas. In 1965, he began work as a film editor and director for the United Kingdom’s Central Office of Information. Shortly thereafter, and in his early twenties, he began making short experimental films.

Greenaway’s first feature-length film, The Falls premiered in 1980, though it was his first narrative feature film, The Draughtsman’s Contract, completed in 1982, that established him internationally as a visionary film maker. With Drowning by Numbers (1988)—an innovative film that used number-counting, game rules, and repeated plot—Greenaway won the award for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989), starring Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren, featured visually arresting cinematography, frank depictions of sexuality, and a reliance on intelligence over sentimentality. These, combined with costuming designed by fashion icon, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and a score from frequent Greenaway collaborator, Michael Nyman, made this his most successful (and perhaps most controversial) film.

One of his most experimental feature films was Prospero’s Books (1991), a radical interpretation and cinematic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. Stylistically innovative, Greenaway began exploring the use of overlaying images to

expand the visual language he can convey, while also including animation, dance, and mime as part of the expanded narrative.

Greenaway found critical and popular success again with The Pillow Book (1996). With a visual style that that bridged image and text through exquisite body painting using Chinese and Japanese characters, The Pillow Book explored a story of love, tradition, and eventually death that captivated audiences and proved to be one of the strong early triumphs of young Ewan McGregor’s career.

But Greenaway is always looking to push the boundaries of his artworks, and his most ambitious project is The Tulse Luper Suitcases. The multimedia project was anchored by four feature films released in 2003-5, but also included multiple online websites and books exploring the contents of 92 suitcases used by Tulse Luper from Moab, Utah in 1928 to his disappearance at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Nightwatching (2007) is part of the director’s “Dutch Masters” series, and stars Martin Freeman as the artist, Rembrandt. Rembrandt’s J’Accuse, released the following year in 2008, is a documentary that addresses 34 “mysteries” of Rembrandt’s Nightwatch painting through a forensic search that also serves as a criticism on visual illiteracy.

At 71 years old, Greenaway continues his unwavering commitment to visually compelling film with Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012). Profoundly thought-provoking, decadent, and awash in sexually provocative imagery, Goltzius explores eroticism and religious hypocrisy through a 16th-century tale about a Dutch engraver who clashes with the authorities when his reenactments of lustful scenes from the Old Testament are deemed inappropriately carnal and outrageously distasteful.

Greenaway, who believes that the death of cinema is contributing to visual illiteracy, is Professor of Cinema Studies at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts an Intensive Summer Seminar. Drowning by Numbers (1988) and The Pillow Book (1996) are both recipients of Seattle International Film Festival’s Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director in recognition of SIFF audiences’ favorite films. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife and two children.

The Pillow Book (1996)

8½ Women (1999)

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)

A Life in Suitcases (2005)

Nightwatching (2007)

Rembrandt’s J’Accuse (2008)

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012)

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AN AFTERNOON WITH PETER GREENAWAY

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 4:00PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Peter Greenaway, the iconoclastic genius behind such astonishing films as The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The Pillow Book, and Goltzius and the Pelican Company, provides a premise and a challenge in his upcoming forum: is the contemporary cinema’s dependence on text leading to the death of cinema? Citing examples from both sides of the equation, Greenaway presents a fascinating treatise on the ways in which our reliance on text in film is creating a populace of “visual illiterates.” Join us for what promises to be a fascinating and hugely entertaining afternoon with one of the medium’s leading provocateurs. Illustrated with numerous clips and striking visual imagery, Peter Greenaway’s lecture promises to be enlightening and exciting adventure. The talk will follow a screening of Goltzius and the Pelican Company.

Goltzius and the Pelican Company

At 71 years old, iconoclast Peter Greenaway has lost none of his contrarian spirit or unwavering commitment to visually compelling film. His latest work is profoundly visual, thought provoking, decadent, and awash in sexually provocative imagery. Set in the year 1590, the story follows Hendrick Goltzius (Ramsey Nasr) and his crew of writers, workers, and performers as they arrive in Colmar at the palace of a rich and powerful margrave (F. Murray Abraham), who the engraver hopes will finance a printing press he can use to publish illustrated versions of the Old Testament and the works of Ovid. In order to seal the deal, Goltzius needs to titillate the nobleman and his court with live renditions of what he refers to as the “Six Sexual Taboos,” beginning with Adam and Eve’s original sin and covering such transgressions as incest (via the Genesis passages on Lot and his daughters), prostitution (through the tale of Samson and Delilah), and necrophilia (in the story of St. John the Baptiste and Salome). Greenaway again stakes his claim as one of cinema’s preeminent stylists, lending a painterly quality to the screen that leads the eye artfully into each scene. The unrelenting provocateur, Greenaway does not fail to include various forms of erotic antics, erections, and simulated intercourse in this rowdy cultural collage. The final product is unforgettable, as both a journey through Goltzius’ artistic conflict with the powers that be, and as a venue for Greenaway’s infamous directorial psyche.

Awards: Rome International Film Festival 2012 (Silver Mouse for Best Film Out of Official Competition)

Director: Peter Greenaway

Producer: Kees Kasander

Screenwriter: Peter Greenaway

Cinematographer: Reinier van Brummelen

Editor: Elmer Leupen

Music:

Marco Robino

Cast: F. Murray Abraham

Ramsey Nasr

Vincent Riota

Alba Rohrwacher

Halina Reijn

Running Time: 128 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, Dutch, and French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Bankside Films

Print Source: Bankside Films

Film Website: bankside-films.com/films/ goltzius-the-pelican-company

Selected Filmography: Nightwatching (2007)

The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003-2004)

8 1/2 Women (1999)

The Pillow Book (1996) Prospero’s Books (1991)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)

AFRICAN PICTURES

SIFF is thrilled to present African Pictures, showcasing the best filmmaking happening in and about Africa today. This three-year program, made possible through the generous support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will bring shorts and features, documentaries and fiction films to American audiences who might never have the chance to see them otherwise. This is a not-to-be missed opportunity to experience innovative and inspiring filmmaking from across the continent.

In the wake of the Arab Spring, which began in Tunisia before spreading to Egypt and Libya, there has been unprecedented interest in film from North Africa. While this part of the world has a long and distinguished filmmaking tradition, the struggle against repression has compelled filmmakers to tell their stories with a new urgency and purpose.

plished work with a uniquely African voice. These films reflect the maturation

Beneath the Sahara, our robust program announces the arrival of accomplished work with a uniquely African voice. These films reflect the maturation of Nigeria’s Nollywood cinema, the blossoming filmmaking communities in Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia, and the strong creative craft of South Africa’s industry, as well as illuminating documentary films from Mali and Zimbabwe.

Best of all, we’re bringing many of these filmmakers to the Festival to present their work. So come and meet them, experience their films, and hear them discuss this new international hotspot of exciting filmmaking activity.

After the Battle Coming Forth by Day

Comrade President

Die Welt

Fanie Fourie’s Lobola

Finding Hillywood

The Forgotten Kingdom

A Hijacking

Horses of God

The Kampala Story

Last Flight to Abuja

Mother of George

Nishan (Medal of Honor)

The Pardon

The Repentant

Sand Fishers

Spud 2: The Madness Continues

ALTERNATE CINEMA

Memory is an unreliable narrator, and in that vein this year’s Alternate Cinema section explores the ideas of truth and memory. In Belleville Baby, Stockholm-based documentary filmmaker Mia Engberg is asked by a long-lost lover to eminisce about their turbulent time together after he gets out of prison, and this collection of home movies, recollections, and phone conversations is her response. The fragility of memory is captured in the emotionally-resonant, minimalist Thai film 36 after a location manager loses a year’s worth of photos to a crashed hard drive. Then there’s the documentary Tito on Ice, a surreal and often animated(!) road trip through the Balkans with the mummified remains of Marshal Tito. Finally, last year’s ALT Shorts Masters filmmaker Abigail Child is back with A Shape of Error, the home movie that Frankenstein author Mary Shelley would have made if movies had been invented then.

Speaking of shorts, we also have another amazing ALT Shorts package. One trend of late is that experimental filmmakers have been re-cutting found footage and found sound in compelling ways. This playful look at the past will be contrasted with more formal experiments in film and video—taking you to a place that is far beyond narrative. One thing’s for sure: You won’t forget this year’s line-up of Alternate Cinema films.

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ALT Shorts

Belleville Baby

A Shape of Error

Tito on Ice

AMBIENTE: NEW SPANISH CINEMA

This year’s array of Spanish films offer a heady mix of sights and sounds that will transport you from the temperate Northwest to the sunny Mediterranean.

Reunite with old friends in award-winning director Fernando Trueba’s new film The Artist and the Model, a moving tale of an aging sculptor’s rejuvenation when a young Spanish refugee becomes his muse. Sample small plates of surprising comedies, like the real-life story of two men’s heist caper to keep Franco’s wife from getting Eva Peron’s jewels (¡Atraco!), or Bypass, in which a man professes his love to a woman on her deathbed, but then she simply refuses to die. Have a drink with director Cesc Gay (V.O.S., SIFF 2010) and his all-star cast as they explore Spain’s shifting gender roles in A Gun in Each Hand. Or plunge into a Mediterranean of intrigue with Invader, the new thriller from the producers of Cell 211 (SIFF 2010), in which a soldier’s fragmented memories set him on a dangerous quest for the truth. Whichever of these films you choose will transport you into the atmosphere—the ambiance—of Spain.

Ali

The Artist and the Model

¡Atraco!

Bypass

¡Cinema Magnifico!

Fuga

A Gun in Each Hand

Invader

Isle of the Dead

My Right Eye

(The Apple of My Eye)

Mystery

Orange Honey

The Plague

Postcards from the Moon

Routine

Taboule

Voice Over

Yesterday Never Ends

ASIAN CROSSROADS

Asian Crossroads at the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival brings diverse voices from an expansive region, with contributions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India, and The Philippines.

Aayna Ka Bayna is a kinetic mash-up of the Step Up films and the musical Moulin Rouge, in which nine Marathi Indian boys living in an oppressive juvenile home challenge their circumstances by banding together to enter a prominent dance competition. Japan’s master of screwball comedy Kenji Uchida returns with Key of Life, a cynical and hilarious tale about a failed actor who switches identities with a stranger at a bath house—only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin. The Philippines’ Bwakaw is one of the year’s most charming surprises and stars veteran Filipino superstar Eddie Garcia as Rene, an elderly, hilariously cantankerous gay man coming out of his shell late in life. From a stylish Hong Kong noir thriller in Nightfall to the naturalistic drama of The Land of Hope, about a rural family’s struggle to survive the aftermath of the devastating Tōhoku earthquake of March 2011 and the resulting Fukushima nuclear crisis, to rural Laos, where a scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny by joining a model rocket competition with his misfit friend and her eccentric uncle in the aptly named The Rocket, Asian Crossroads explores psychological depths (Pieta, Fatal), starcrossed lovers (Ripples of Desire), and the connective bond of film itself (Filmistaan).

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Aayna Ka Bayna

The Act of Killing

Bwakaw

Capturing Dad

Celluloid Man

Cold War

Comrade Kim Goes Flying

Drug War

Fatal

Filmistaan

Full Circle

Go Grandriders

The Great Passage

The Guillotines

Harana

Kalpana

Key of Life

The Land of Hope

A Man Vanishes

Nightfall

Pieta

Ripples of Desire

A River Changes Course

The Rocket

Salma

Tai Chi Hero

Television

These Birds Walk

Together

Two Weddings and a Funeral

When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep Wolf Children

“The eye candy extends to what’s on the plate”

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ARCHIVAL FILMS/ARCHIVAL SHORTS

“

In order to experience something and find new values in it, it’s got to be there in the first place. You have to preserve it. All of it. ”

–

Martin Scorsese, 2013 Jefferson Lecture

New digital technologies are helping films of the celluloid era––many with badly damaged original elements––find new life through painstaking, meticulous, and gorgeous new restorations that look better than ever on the giant screen. Talented preservationists from around the world are hard at work on the careful overhaul of a 90-year-old nitrate print (Safety Last! ), unearthing the original elements of a neglected international wonder (Kalpana), and reassembling a battered classic in the highest resolution possible (Richard III ). With the support of organizations like Scorsese’s The Film Foundation, the World Cinema Foundation, and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, films from around the world are being saved, so that our past can also be a part of our future.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Kalpana

A Man Vanishes

Phase IV

Port of Shadows

Richard III

Safety Last!

The Wind

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SIFF CATALYST

Building on the success of last year’s inaugural program, SIFF Catalyst returns to the Festival with a slate of six must-see indies (including four world premieres!) and a full day of educational panels designed to give you the inside scoop on the current state of independent cinema.

Catalyst describes the role of the filmmaker in the newly evolving creative landscape from which the films selected for this program emerged. As much as we love the romantic idea of filmmaker as maverick auteur, we’re moving in a new cultural direction that will find the next wave of independent filmmakers thriving thanks to the collaborative support of their peers and the financial support of hundreds of fans. In this new creative dynamic, the filmmaker exists as the catalyst of the creative process, tapping into vast, emerging networks to build a community around a body of work.

This year, we will present six carefully selected feature films that represent this exciting creative vanguard, including four world premieres (The Little Tin Man, Mutual Friends, Teddy Bears, Worm) and two emerging festival favorites (The Forgotten Kingdom, A Song Still Inside).

The Forgotten Kingdom

The Little Tin Man

Mutual Friends

A Song Still Inside

Teddy Bears

Worm

All Catalyst films will be eligible for the FIPRESCI Award (the New American Cinema juried prize) as well as audience awards, including Best Film, Director, Actor, and Actress. In addition to the screenings, we will be hosting a variety of special events that will offer Seattle audiences an opportunity to participate in conversations with filmmakers and special guests, including Franklin Leonard (founder of The Black List), local transmedia creators, distribution executives, and more.

SECRET FESTIVAL

Here’s what’s up: Our annual festival-within-akind of secret kind of secret thing. Consider the Egyptian Theatre your cave and the hundreds of fellow Secret Festival-goers

Each of the four Secret Festival screenings is held at 11:00AM every Sunday. Your ceremonial membership of $45 ($43 for SIFF members) allows you to see screenings of coming-soon, unreleased, private collection, and exceedingly rare films— but only you will know what they are.

No blogging, Facebooking, tweeting, or old-fashioned babbling allowed.

Friends of SIFF Club

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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

For the documentarian, the world around us provides a seemingly inexhaustible source of material. Music, dance, art, sports, history, politics, the natural world—all of these offer an infinite number of stories that we’ve never heard, or think we know well but that might require another look. These stories expand our horizons and deepen our understanding of the world we live in, and the people and creatures we live among. From the ridiculous to the sublime and everything in between, documentary art is about showing the world how it is, how it was, and how it could be. SIFF is proud to present the 12 films in this year’s Documentary Competition, which explore everything from the love lives of mussels (Mussels in Love) to the life and times of Muhammad Ali (The Trials of Muhammad Ali), from the home movies of President Richard Nixon (Our Nixon) to the powerful dance of South Africa (The African Cypher).

The African Cypher

Director Bryan Little

South Africa 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

Director Pratibha Parmar USA 2013

US PREMIERE

Breathing Earth

Director Thomas Riedelsheimer

Germany/Scotland 2012

US PREMIERE

The Crash Reel

Director Lucy Walker USA 2013

Her Aim Is True

Director Karen Whitehead USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

Mussels in Love

Director W.J.A. Kluijfhout

Netherlands 2012

Our Nixon

Director Penny Lane USA 2013

The Punk Singer

Director Sini Anderson USA 2013

Sand Fishers

Director Samouté Andrey Diarra

Mali/France 2012

Town Hall

Directors Jamila Wignot, Sierra Pettengill USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Director Bill Siegel USA 2013

A World Not Ours

Director Mahdi Fleifel

Lebanon/United Kingdom/Denmark 2012

NEW AMERICAN CINEMA COMPETITION

When we begin the film selection process in the fall, each film lover on SIFF’s programming team leaves the office with bags full of film screeners, each disc containing the hopes and dreams of filmmakers, casts and crews from around the world. By far, we receive the largest volume of submissions from independent American filmmakers and, each year, we are only able to select a fraction of those that we love. However, each of the films we’ve chosen this year to represent the collective output of U.S. independents we love very much, and hope that you will, too.

Each of these films has found a champion on the programming team. Someone who fought to have this or that particular film included in the group that we would eventually present to our audience as the best and brightest work of U.S. filmmakers. Spanning the range of genres and employing innovative storytelling devices, these are the films that you will be talking about long after the festival has come to an end. These are the films that you will share with your friends to allow them to experience that same sense of wonder that accompanied your discovery of the character, story or emotion that first spoke to you from the screen.

What you’re seeing when you watch one of the films in our New American Cinema program is the future of the filmic art form. These writers, directors, actors and craftspeople are our modern day shamans, translating their unique experience into a communal, participatory ritual of which we each partake when we enter the darkened theater. Join us as we explore the art of storytelling in its most modern, dynamic and engaging form: the moving image.

9 Full Moons

Director Tomer Almagor USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

Clutter

Director Diane Crespo USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

C.O.G.

Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez USA 2013

The Forgotten Kingdom

Director Andrew Mudge USA 2013

Last I Heard

Director David Rodriguez USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

The Little Tin Man

Director Matthew Perkins USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

The Moment

Director Jane Weinstock USA 2013

Mutual Friends

Director Matthew Watts USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

A Song Still Inside

Director Gregory Collins USA 2013

Teddy Bears

Directors Thomas Beatty, Rebecca Fishman USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

Test

Director Chris Mason Johnson USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

Worm

Director Andrew Bowser USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION

Be at the cutting edge of world cinema and take a little risk in your viewing. There are thirteen lucky films from twelve different counties included i n the 2013 edition of SIFF’s New Director’s Competition. To qualify for the competition, the films must be dramatic features, a director’s debut or second feature, and be without U.S. distribution at the time of SIFF selection. The films are selected for their original innovative scripts and cinematography and for unique insights into people, places, and story. A New Directors Award jury comprised of film industry professionals and journalists will choose the winning filmmaker during the Festival’s final weekend. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Award and receive a cash prize of $2,500.

Breach in the Silence

Directors Andrés Rodríguez, Luis Rodríguez

Venezuela 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

The Cleaner

Director Adrian Saba

Peru 2012

Coming Forth by Day

Director Hala Lotfy

Egypt/United Arab Emirates 2012

Die Welt

Director Alex Pitstra

Netherlands/Tunisia/Qatar 2012

Fatal

Director Lee Don-ku

South Korea 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Fuck Up

Director Øystein Karlsen

Norway 2012

Harmony Lessons

Director Emir Baigazin

Kazakhstan/Germany/France 2013

House With a Turret

Director Eva Neymann

Ukraine 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Love Is in the Air

Director Alexandre Castagnetti

France 2013

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

The Plague

Director Neus Ballús

Spain 2013

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Sadourni’s Butterflies

Director Dario Nardi

Argentina 2012

Short Stories

Director Mikhail Segal

Russia 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

LASSE HALLSTROM (MY LIFE AS A DOG)

GARY OLDMAN (PRICK UP YOUR EARS)

BILL PLIMPTON (YOUR FACE)

ALAN RUDOLPH (THE MODERNS)

TOM HULCE (DOMINICK AND EUGENE)

MARTIN DONOVAN (APARTMENT ZERO)

RUTGER HAUER (LEGEND OF A HOLY DRINKER)

JOHN LASSETER (TIN TOY/KNICKKNACK)

PETER GREENAWAY (DROWNING BY NUMBERS)

ERROL MORRIS (A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME)

ANG LEE (THE WEDDING BANQUET)

TILDA SWINTON (ORLANDO)

MIMI ROGERS (REFLECTIONS ON A CRIME)

NICK PARK (THE WRONG TROUSERS)

LARS VON TRIER (THE KINGDOM)

NICOLE KIDMAN (TO DIE FOR)

KEVIN SPACEY (THE USUAL SUSPECTS)

DANNY BOYLE (TRAINSPOTTING)

LILI TAYLOR (GIRLS TOWN)

PETER GREENAWAY (THE PILLOW BOOK)

ROBIN WRIGHT-PENN (LOVED)

BRENDAN FRASER (STILL BREATHING)

STEPHEN FRY (WILDE)

KEN BURNS (FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT)

TOM TYKWER (RUN LOLA RUN)

JOHN SAYLES (LONE STAR)

RUPERT EVERETT (AN IDEAL HUSBAND, UK)

WIM WENDERS (BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB)

ZHANG YANG (SHOWER)

TIM BLAKE NELSON (O)

JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL (HEDWIG AND

THE ANGRY INCH)

ISABELLE HUPPERT (THE PIANO TEACHER)

MORITZ BLEIBTREU (DAS EXPERIMENT)

NIKI CARO (WHALE RIDER)

MOON SO-RI (OASIS)LUIS TOSAR (TAKE MY EYES)

GREGG ARAKI (MYSTERIOUS SKIN)

JOAN ALLEN (YES)

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (MYSTERIOUS SKIN)

RYAN GOSLING (HALF NELSON)

MARION COTILLARD (LA VIE EN ROSE)

DANIEL BRÜHL (SALVADOR)

JESSICA CHASTAIN (JOLENE)

ALAN RICKMAN (BOTTLE SHOCK)

KATHRYN BIGELOW (THE HURT LOCKER)

SAM ROCKWELL (MOON)

GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD

For the past 28 years, the Seattle International Film Festival has celebrated its most popular films and filmmakers with the Golden Space Needle Audience Award. Created to recognize SIFF audiences’s favorite films, awards are given to the Festival’s Best Feature Film, Documentary Film, Director, Actor, Actress, and Short Film. Winners are announced on June 9.

SIFF is elated to announce that this year’s award was commissioned from Seattle artist Piper O’Neill. With an impressive and diverse body of work— ranging from sculpture and delicate tissue collages to video installations and short film—O’Neill will mount her second solo exhibition at Winston Wächter Fine Art in January 2014. For more information about the artist, visit winstonwachter.com.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE (WINTER’S BONE)

LUIS TOSAR (CELL 211)

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ALAN CUMMING (ANY DAY NOW)

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

The world of short film is full of possibilities. Short films emerge from unusual or controversial ideas, unorthodox approaches, and can provide filmmakers freedom from the financial constraints of a feature film. Shorts offer the opportunity for a man to make a pact with the insect world, or for two mimes to rob a bank. As the impossible is envisioned as possible, a marionette can fight for the love of his sweetheart, a person can be born with music literally pouring out of them, and a comic book can come to life through animated origami.

Each year, SIFF is proud to present a collection of short films we believe take full advantage of (im)possibilities. While these films may be onscreen for mere moments, they make lasting impressions.

Every short film at the Seattle International Film Festival is eligible for both the Golden Space Needle Audience Award and Jury Award. The Golden Space Needle prizewinner is determined by SIFF audiences.

Our Shorts Competition jurors will choose winners in the Narrative, Animation, and Documentary categories. Each jury winner will receive $1,000; winners may also qualify to enter their respective Short Film category of the Academy

In 2013, SIFF became an Acedemy Award®-qualifying festival in The Short Documentary film category, meaning that now all Shorts Fest jury award winners may qualify to enter the appropriate Short Films category of the Academy Awards® for the concurrent season without the theatrical run.

MIDNIGHT ADRENALINE

Midnight Adrenaline is a dangerous and highly addictive cinematic experience. When taken in small doses, Midnight Adrenaline has been found to have a minor stimulant effect: heightened perception, sharpened awareness, and increased alertness.

100 Bloody Acres

All the Boys Love

Mandy Lane

Cheap Thrills

Cockneys vs. Zombies

Dead Meat Walking –A Zombie Walk

Documentary

Fateful Findings

However, when consumed in larger doses, the effects of Midnight Adrenaline are unpredictable. Cases have been reported of subjects experiencing strong psychoactive symptoms. Fantastic visions are common, particularly those of a psychedelic or even supernatural type. Feelings of uneasiness, dread, and paranoia are often exhibited. Cardiac and respiratory rates increase to dangerous levels. All of which may trigger hyperarousal—the so-called “fight-or-flight” response.

On the rare occasion when an overdose of Midnight Adrenaline has been recorded, subjects’s higher brain functions—rational thought, moral reasoning, language faculties—begin to degrade. Motor skills falter into catalepsy. Spontaneous cerebral incidents frequently occur, leading to coma, death, or, even worse, zombification. Tissue samples taken from the undead invariably detect high quantities of Midnight Adrenaline present.

PROTECT YOUR HUMANITY! SIFF cannot take any responsibility for compulsive attendance at Midnight Adrenaline screenings. Failure to enjoy screenings in moderation may result in grievous bodily injury, irreparable psychological damage, and/or Restless Dead Syndrome.

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NORTHWEST CONNECTIONS

DISCOVERING A TREASURE TROVE OF CINEMA IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

Seattleites see more films per capita than the residents of any other American city, and a growing number of these selections have their roots in the fertile Pacific Northwest film community. Each year, SIFF honors the many ways in which the Puget Sound region contributes to the world of cinema, whether it acts as an evocative location for outside filmmakers or as inspiration for local filmmakers ready to strut their stuff.

Hometown heroine Lynn Shelton returns to the Festival—her previous film Your Sister’s Sister opened SIFF 2012—with Touchy Feely, in which a massage therapist inexplicably develops an aversion to bodily contact. Brady Hall directs his third feature with the gritty drama Scrapper, starring Michael Beach as a south end metal scrapper struggling to make ends meet. Watch out for those brain-chomping undead with the non-fiction Dead Meat Walking, which includes Seattle in its glimpse inside the worldwide phenomenon of zombie walks. Barzan digs into political turmoil of our post-9/11 world, centering on an Iraqi-born Bothell resident accused of terrorism.

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If our local arts scene is more your style, delve into the life of rock photographer and Seattle resident Jini Dellaccio in the documentary Her Aim Is True, explore Seattle’s underground hip-hop scene in Daniel Torok’s The Otherside, or trace a local performance group’s behind-the-scenes struggles in Dayna Hanson’s Improvement Club.

REEL NW AWARD

Alive and Well Barzan

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

Dead Meat Walking –A Zombie Walk Documentary

Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington

Finding Hillywood

Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Her Aim Is True Improvement Club Middleton

The Otherside

The Punk Singer Scrapper

Seattle Supersonic Shorts Shadowed

Touchy Feely

SIFF again welcomes KCTS 9 as proud sponsor of the Reel NW Award, which is presented to a feature-length film in the Northwest Connections section. In 2012, the inaugural Reel NW Award went to Eden, directed by Megan Griffiths. Selection as a Reel NW Award winner indicates excellence in storytelling as reflected in writing, character development and story structure, story-enhancing production values, and a creative spirit emblematic of independent filmmaking.

The winning film will receive a $2,500 cash prize from KCTS 9 and an offer to be broadcast on KCTS 9’s Reel NW independent film series, contingent on meeting broadcast requirements. To be eligible for consideration, a film must not have a distribution deal in place when reviewed by the Reel NW Award jury. The jury is comprised of Randy Brinson, Executive Director of Programming for KCTS 9; Lyall Bush, Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum; and Chris Swenson, Film and Special Events Program Manager at Seattle Office of Film + Music.

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Join us on May 17, 2013 at the Snoqualmie Casino for a complimentary showcase celebrating Native American Cinema.

At 6PM Nationally recognized Native media arts organization Longhouse Media will be presenting in person a selection of inspiring Native American Short films created by young filmmakers.

At 7:30PM celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sherman Alexie’s Smoke Signals

Presented by:

EXPANDING CINEMA THROUGH EDUCATION

SIFF Education is the umbrella for SIFF’s three education pillars: FutureWave (for educators), Catalyst (for filmmakers), and Film4All (cinema education for everyone). For more information, visit SIFF.net/education.

FUTUREWAVE

Programs for youth and educators.

■ All City Youth Media – integrated media-literacy program in schools and community organizations throughout Seattle

■ Crash Kids – non-competitive movie production challenge

■ FutureWave Committee – year-round youth advisory committee

■ National Young Filmmakers Program - summer program for ages 14-18

■ School Screenings and Filmmaker Visits

■ Educator Media Trainings

■ Young Women Filmmakers Program

CATALYST

Education programs for filmmakers.

■ First Draft – monthly script reading

■ Film & Lecture Series

■ Fly Filmmaking Challenge

FILM4ALL

Cinema education, discussions, and workshops for the public.

■ Crash Cinema – eight-hour film challenge

■ Digital Cinema at Antioch University

■ Talking Pictures – post-film panels

■ All City Media – Live Event Production with the Vera Project

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ALL CITY MEDIA LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION

SUMMER FILMMAKING PROGRAM

YOUNG WOMEN FILMMAKERS PROGRAM

FILMS4FAMILIES FEATURES

Join SIFF each weekend morning throughout the Festival for extraordinary matinees of both international and new American films created for children and the young at heart.

Films4Families is a celebration of the whole family coming together to share the movie-going and filmmaking experience at SIFF. We are proud to present our outstanding 2013 line-up featuring some of the best children’s features and shorts from around the world. Seattle families will be among the first audiences to enjoy a select few of these creative treasures. In addition, SIFF is proud to be creating opportunities for expanded filmmaking activities for our younger audiences at the SIFF Film Center throughout the Festival.

SIFF is also delighted to have the Films4Families Youth Jury back for SIFF 2013. Comprised of five elementary and middle school youth, the jury will watch all of the features to determine their favorite, and crown the winner with the Youth Jury Award for Best Films4Families Feature at the Golden Space Needle Awards on June 9, 2013.

Epic (USA, 2013)

Directed by Chris Wedge

In English.

Ernest & Celestine

(France/Luxembourg/Belgium, 2012)

Directed by Benjamin Renner, Stephane Aubler, and Vincent Patar

In French with English subtitles. Recommended for all ages.

Monsters University

(USA, 2013)

Directed by Dan Scanlon

In English.

Moon Man

(Germany/France/United Kingdom, 2012)

Directed by Stephan Schesch

In English. Recommended for all ages.

Safety Last!

(USA, 1923)

Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor

Silent with English intertitles. Recommended for all ages.

Wolf Children

(Japan, 2012)

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

In Japanese with English subtitles. Recommended for ages 8+

Get Animated:

Animation Workshop for Kids

Ages 8-14

See page 115

The Family Picture Show

Gather your family around the flickering glow of the big screen for this magical set of animation, live action, and documentary short films the whole family will enjoy.

See page 125

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FUTUREWAVE

Since its inception in 2010, the SIFF FutureWave Committee has grown into an exceptionally active and exciting aspect of SIFF Programming and Outreach. Comprised of 15 diverse students from across the Seattle Metro area, they make film more accessible for young film enthusiasts, planning events and promoting awareness of a unique cinema world that has exciting programming for their age group. The FutureWave Committee hosts screenings and classes while creating unique marketing to their peers. “Like” SIFF FutureWave on Facebook for more information on upcoming FutureWave events and email futurewave@siff.net for an application to join the 2012/13 SIFF FutureWave Committee.

SIFF is a participating TeenTix venue. TeenTix are available on the day of show for any regularly priced film in the Festival.

For its fifth year, SIFF has selected a jury of seven high school students to view all eight Futurewave films and award their favorite film with the Youth Jury Award for Best FutureWave Feature.

7 Boxes (Paraguay, 2012)

Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori

Appropriate for teens 15 and up. Contains language and intense sequences.

The African Cypher (South Africa, 2012)

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Directed by Bryan Little

Appropriate for teens 13 and up.

Ali (Spain, 2012)

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Directed by Paco R. Baños

Appropriate for teens 13 and up. Contains language, smoking, and adult situations.

Blackbird (Canada, 2012)

Directed by Jason Buxton

Appropriate for teens 15 and up. Contains language and tense depiction of prison life.

Geography Club (USA, 2012)

Directed by Gary Entin

Appropriate for teens 13 and up. Contains language and sexual situations.

I Declare War (USA, 2012)

Directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson

Appropriate for teens 13 and up. Contains language and imagined gun violence.

The Spectacular Now (USA, 2013)

Directed by James Ponsoldt

Appropriate for teens 15 and up. Contains language and sexual situations.

Spud 2: The Madness Continues (South Africa, 2013)

WORLD PREMIERE

Directed by Donovan Marsh

Appropriate for teens 13 and up. Contains language and teen sexual fantasies.

What’s Your Style: High School Filmmakers Scene Workshop

In this workshop, young actors and directors review different filmmaking styles and learn how to ensure that a scene captures a clear and distinctive vision. See page 117.

Futurewave / Best of NFFTY

Celebrate the extraordinary voices of the future wave of filmmaking talent. Just because these filmmakers are all 18 or under doesn’t mean these aren’t some of the best and most personal films in the Festival. See page 105.

2012 FUtUREwAVE YOUth JURY

FUtUREwAVE COMMIttEE

SIFF is proud to present FutureWave Shorts, a program of new films created by filmmakers younger than 18 years old whose talents celebrate the creative possibilities of the art form. This year we are also showcasing a selection of the best films from the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), the largest youth film festival in the world, which is presented annually in Seattle.

FutureWave Shorts and Best of NFFTY 2013

Celebrate the extraordinary voices of the future wave of filmmaking talent. Just because these filmmakers are all 18 or under doesn’t mean these aren’t some of the best and most personal films in the Festival. (90 minutes)

Abracadabra! Australia 2012, 7 minutes

Director: Catriona Warren

A hapless magician finally gets a trick right, but unfortunately it’s the one that causes the most trouble.

City Series: San Francisco USA 2013, 3 minutes

Director: Miles Crist

Inspired by the avant garde modern aesthetic of the films from the 1920s, San Francisco becomes a beautiful character.

Doodle USA 2012, 10 minutes

Director: Charles Frank

A young artist struggles with her mother’s traditional Asian-American academic expectations.

FUTUREWAVE SHORTS AND BEST OF NFFTY

These inspiring original short films represent some of the best short filmmaking from around the world. Also included in the program will be the J. Michael Rima Award winner from the Seattle Times Three-Minute Masterpiece digital film contest and the 2013 MOHAI “History Is…” Competition Youth Winner.

The WaveMaker Award for Excellence in Youth Filmmaking will be presented to a film chosen in recognition of its artistic and technical achievement. In addition to the recognition award, TheFilmSchool will also be providing a scholarship to their Prodigy Camp, a weeklong, immersive overnight film camp for youth ages 12-18 held in late July.

Globe USA 2013, 2 minutes

Director: Connor Brock

A stop-motion tour of the globe created out of handmade paper.

History is... You USA 2013, 3 minutes

Director: Emily Jarris human experiences make up what we have come to call history. those experiences vary from person to person, making everyone’s history unique.

Left USA 2012, 3 minutes

Director: Travis Chen

A curious explorer robot accidentally gets left behind.

Ned USA 2012, 8 minutes

Director: Greyson Horst

Ned thinks he is content with a life of solitude, but his world is about to change.

No Regrets United Kingdom 2012, 7 minutes

Director: Alfie Barker

A heartbreaking tale of Grace, a woman with alzheimers and her regular calls to her son.

The Painted Girl USA 2013, 6 minutes

Director: Ben Kadie

Megan is a 16-year-old graffiti artist who uses her art to share an important message for her mother.

Piece of Cake Canada 2012, 6 minutes

Director: Susan Procopio, Katherine Procopio

twin girls host an unconventional cooking show.

A Quest For Peace: Nonviolence

Among Religions USA 2012, 10 minutes

Director: Matthew Evans

A passionate a look at one of the most pressing issues in our modern society: violence among religions.

Recipe for Love Canada 2012, 4 minutes

Director: Gwyneth Christoffel

A lonely cupcake bakes a friend.

Versus USA 2012, 4 minutes

Director: Shannon Macintyre, Danae Fishman, Hannah Christman

In invitation to open your eyes and change your ways.

Week of Wonders USA 2013, 3 minutes

Director: Allison Charoni World Premiere

A portrait of the rock band week of wonders created during the SIFF / Vera Project All City Media workshop.

FLY FILMMAKING CHALLENGE 2013

Breathing In Wartime

WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING:

MONDAY MAY 27 4:00 PM

EGYPTIAN THEATRE

ENCORE SCREENING:

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 4:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF thanks Presenting Partner KCTS 9’s Reel NW and Alaska Airlines for their partnership and support of this educational program.

With only three days to shoot, five days to edit, and three days of post-production, the long, rich history of providing SIFF audiences a glimpse of what Seattle filmmakers have to offer continues!

This year’s Fly Filmmaking Challenge is a true partnership of our creative communities. The undeniable talents of the 2012 fellows from Artist Trust serve as the inspiration behind each script, with Seattle’s most iconic neighborhood locations supplying the backdrop of an undeniably entertaining program.  These creative hurdles, coupled with a documentary narrative from the most promising local educational filmmaking programs, frame the whole picture that highlights Washington’s filmmaking community.

Golden Silence

CURTIS TAYLOR director

Co-Producers: David Morgan, Brian Homman

Screenwriter: Curtis Taylor

Cinematographer: Ronnie Dennis

Editor: Duncan Sharp

Cast: Erika Mayfield, Ben Gonio, Chris Maslen, Kara O’Connor, Maureen Hawkins, Emilie Rommel Shimkus, Frank Lawler

Breathing in Wartime is a circular narrative that elides the transformation of an industrial district with the uncertain progress of its citizens.

Curtis Taylor is the founder of a performance-storefront named Vodvil under which he has created original murder-ballad operas and film-hybrids. He has premiered work at the Northwest Film Forum, On the Boards, Center on Contemporary Art, SXSW, and was recently artist-in-residence at New City Theater where his play The White Days premiered in 2011.

Inspired by a goldfish while attending a Humanities Conference, Derek Sheffield crafted a poem based on duality and symbolism, which strongly inspired Curtis Taylor’s Breathing in Wartime

Art Institute of Seattle, Ryan Abe (Director), Justin Headley, Sara Mustilin, Dania Rinker, Mikael Howell, Vaun Raymond (Faculty)

The Only Time We Have

Co-Producers: Sarah R. Crowe, Sarah MacAaron

Screenwriters: Scot Auguston, Amy Enser

Cinematographer: Ty Migota

Editor: Kris Boustedt

Music: Bradley Hawkins

Cast: Jordan Henderson, Joe McGovern, Ernie Joseph, Kathy Okawa

What does it mean to be the last in a lineage? The Only Time We Have explores the day in a life of an elderly man who reflects back on a sliver of time that changes the course of his life forever.

AMY ENSER director

An Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Amy’s documentary experience brings an innovative eye for authenticity to her narrative work. She has been prolific in Seattle, Washington since 2004 as a freelance editor, and in 2011 joined new media company Studio216. As Creative Director and Lead Editor, Amy oversees all video production work.

A Gift

A Gift introduces Samuel Green, Washington State’s first poet laureate, whose poetry inspired The Only Time We Have. Samuel uses poetry to make sense of his life experiences as well as to better understand others.

Seattle Central Community College, Julia Hechler (Director), Sydney Farrer, Jenna Pool, Jen Germain, Sandy Cioffi (Faculty), Luke Knecht (Faculty)

When my heroes got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.

John Hughes

The Three Stars

Co-Producers

Screenwriter

Cinematographer

Editor: Ali Mohsenian

Music: Ed Hartman

Cast: Simon Hamlin, Josh Truax, Dennis Su, Sarah Milici, Samantha Boshnack

Amid an atmosphere of mounting cultural and economic tensions, an innocent stopover brings an elderly shop owner, a business man, and his wife together in an unexpected and powerful tale of prosperity, longevity and good fortune.

BEN ANDREWS director

Ben has worked in many roles on both sides of the camera. His 2010 directorial debut short, The Sheets Must Be Silk, screened in several festivals. His newest shorts, Stop Requested and Enmity Gauge will be completed mid 2013. He loves Seattle film and has a passion to bring a more viable film market to Seattle.

It’s Music, People!

A glimpse into the world of Samantha Boshnack, an eclectic musician and diverse composer whose work provides the foundation for Ben Andrews’ The Three Stars Seattle University, Sean Mears (Director), John Ned, Dalyce Lazaris, Kaitlin Kolke, Mike Attie (Faculty)

Two Friends

Co-Producers: Melinda Simon, Heather Murphy

Screenwriters: Lulu Gargiulo, Maria Gargiulo

Cinematographer: Theo Angell

Editor: Cindy Sangster

Music: BC Campbell, Jovino Santos Neto

Cast: Frank Buxton, Marcel Davis, Don Taylor, Kristine Rooke

Two Friends is a day in the life of Bobby, a gregarious 80-year-old nursing home resident, and his caregiver Solomon, a shy African immigrant. In this unlikely relationship, we see that there’s more than one way to care for a friend.

LULU GARGIULO director

Lulu Gargiulo is a professional camera assistant, operator, and cinematographer. In addition to commercials and music videos, Lulu’s narrative work includes Reno 911!: Miami, The Year of My Japanese Cousin, and Spare Me. She is currently producing the documentary Howdy Pardner—Tales of the Cowboy Hat. Lulu also played guitar in the Seattle punk band The Fastbacks.

The Rhythm of Inspiration

Jovino Santos Neto, the artist who inspired Lulu Gargiulo’s Two Friends, details his journey through the transformative power of music, its link to nature, and the sounds that surround our everyday lives.

THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF SEATTLE’S

Shoreline Community College, Duygu Erdoğan Monson (Director), Justin Robert Vinali, Sophia Perez, Nick Terry, Nathan Beykovsky, Kris Boustedt (Faculty)

–Best of CitySearch–

“Best Pizza Seattle 2008”

“Best Restaurants 2009” Seattle Magazine

SUPERFLY AND NATIVE SHORTS SHOWCASE

SIFF FutureWave empowers youth to work collaboratively as creative storytellers and positive voices in their communities. This mission is embodied in the SuperFly Filmmaking Experience, a partnership with Longhouse Media, a Native-run nonprofit that works in tribal communities.

On May 30th, 50 young filmmakers from around the country will convene in Seattle to participate in the 8th Annual SuperFly, a 36-hour filmmaking workshop organized by Longhouse Media. Divided into five teams, the filmmakers are provided with the production tools to storyboard, direct, shoot and edit a collection of unique stories based in the Suquamish Tribal Community, home of Chief Sealth (Seattle). Guided by talented mentors such as Sterlin Harjo, Drew Christie, Kiliii Fish, Them Savages, and BC Campbell, the students will dive into curious community stories including the infamous Sasquatch, arranged marriages, bootlegging, and contemporary teen life on the rez.

Previous SuperFly films (based on scripts by Sherman Alexie, Sterlin Harjo, Peter Bratt, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, and Sierra Ornelas) have played at festivals around the country, inspiring other communities to use digital media for education and social activism. SuperFly has caught the attention of many youth media organizations and national media centers, including the Smithsonian Museum’s media initiatives, Sundance programmers, and National Geographic. Finally, included at this year’s SuperFly screening, there will be a live acoustic performance by returning SuperFly mentors Them Savages

Join us for the SuperFly 2013 premiere on June 1st at 4:00 pm at the Harvard Exit as we celebrate the 8th Anniversary of this unique program.

Barefoot

Canada, 2012, 11 minutes

US PREMIERE

Director: Danis Goulet

In a tight-knit Cree community in northern Saskatchewan, 16-year-old Alyssa’s plans to become a mom begin to unravel.

Hummingbird

USA, 2013, 6 minutes

WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Tracy Rector

the hummingbird dives and darts with great agility, representing fertility and joy. huitzilopochtli is an expression of willpower, strength and survival carried forward through dance.

In Your Heart

Canada (Québec), 2012, 4 minutes

US PREMIERE

Director: Raymond Caplin

A young guitar player really puts his heart into his music.

We Prayed in Water

USA, 2012, 5 minutes

Director: Joseph Erb

Going to water was once a very common place for morning prayers of the Cherokee people. they now face issues and fears of the pollution in the local water streams and rivers.

Wind

Canada (Québec), 2011, 3 minutes

Director: Nodin Wawatu

Young Nodin expresses his Anishnabe cultural pride through hip-hop dancing.

SIFF IN THE SCHOOLS

FUTUREWAVE: IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND…

FutureWave offers youth and educators a direct link both to the festival and the local filmmaking community. Celebrating two complementary activities—film viewing and filmmaking—FutureWave includes compelling, relevant, and enjoyable films alongside meaningful workshops for youth. Together, these components advance SIFF’s leadership role in creating an audience that is more informed, aware, and alive.

For more information on any of these programs email futurewave@siff.net

FILMMAKER VISITS

SIFF sees the arrival of more than 200 international filmmakers to the Festival and throughout the school year. SIFF brings many of these artists into classrooms across Puget Sound to share their real-world experience.

SCHOOL SCREENINGS

Films are carefully selected across a broad range of content areas and learning levels to engage students and teachers. Screenings may occur at SIFF Cinema and occasionally screened in a theatrical setting at schools.

NATIONAL YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROGRAM

The eight-week-long digital film production workshop is for youth aged 14-18. The goal is to create a core production team that will begin defining and developing their own unique artistic voice, then hosting their own small community event.

ALL CITY YOUTH MEDIA

SIFF Education provides two to eight-week filmmaking workshops to schools and Community-Based Organizations throughout Seattle. This program is designed to bolster academic classwork and student involvement. “I have a student who literally never comes to school, but the SIFF project got him to attend class and put time into learning. I am very impressed with the SIFF project.” — Ms. Smoot, Social Studies Teacher.

TEACHER TRAININGS

SIFF Education provides technical trainings to educators throughout Washington. In addition, we collaborate with organizations such as KCTS in providing year-round media literacy workshops and support to teachers.

CRASH KIDS

SIFF Crash Kids is a movie production challenge, taking participants from concept to screening in one day. Crash Kids is open to anyone 9-19 years of age and their parents or mentors. The objective of Crash Kids is to engage local schools, youth, and their families in a more meaningful and hands-on way with cinema.

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FESTIVAL FORUMS

Our Festival Forums set the stage for engaging discussions, extraordinary demonstrations, and hands-on workshops for a variety of ages and experience levels. Don’t miss these great opportunities to deepen your connection to the art of cinema! Visit siff.net for expanded information on Forum events.

Forum events are free for SIFF Passholders (except Crash Cinema)

SATURDAY, MAY 18 Panel: Transition from Stage to Screen

2:00pm – 4:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF/SAG/AFTRA Members

Explore resources and tools for stage actors to thrive on the big screen. SPONSOR: SAG/AFTRA

SATURDAY, MAY 18 New Queer Cinema with B. Ruby Rich

4:00pm – 5:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

Critic, curator, journalist, and scholar B. Ruby Rich explores the phenomenal expansion of the queer cinema movement with a panel of next generation filmmakers—20 years after first coining the phrase New Queer Cinema in the Village Voice. The influence of such mavericks as John Waters, Lizzie Borden, and Derek Jarman along with the second wave of Rose Troche, Todd Haynes, Cheryl Dunye, Gus Van Sant, and Gregg Araki amongst others will be explored with filmmakers from the festival.

SUNDAY, MAY 19 Inside Stunts: Meet the Men and Women that Pack the Punch into our Movies

1:00pm – 3:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$10 – General Audience, $5 – SIFF/SAG/AFTRA Members

Seasoned professionals and filmmakers will engage the audience on issues ranging from industry standards, groundbreaking stunt artists, and local resources for budding daredevils. SPONSOR: SAG/AFTRA

SUNDAY, MAY 19 Get Animated: Animation Workshop for Kids (ages 8-14)

1:00pm – 3:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$15 – General Audience, $10 – SIFF Members

Create your own character and learn how to animate it. Using flipbooks, participants will learn the basics of stop-motion and GET ANIMATED! Facilitator: Tony White

FRIDAY, MAY 24 Short Filmmakers Happy Hour & Panel: Making the Most of Any Festival

4:30pm-6:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$10 – General Audience, $5 SIFF Members

Join us for important tips from fellow filmmakers that will make your experience at any festival an exceptional one. Moderator: Chris Hammersley with Guest speaker Douglas Horn. Happy Hour beverages provided.

SATURDAY, MAY 25 Rule the World of Independent Filmmaking –From Indie Distribution to Smart Phone Productions.

1:00pm – 3:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF/Northwest Screenwriter’s Guild/Women in Film Members

Learn the new entrepreneurial, legal, distribution, and marketing strategies that filmmakers in all disciplines need to know to navigate the new landscape of independent film. SPONSOR: NORTHWEST SCREENWRITERS GUILD, WOMEN IN FILM.

SATURDAY, MAY 25 Sheroes in Media: From Guerrilla Girls to Women in Film

3:00pm – 4:30pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

How are women, both real and fictional, represented in American culture? How do advocates of media literacy and makers, subvert these messages or offer alternatives for empowerment through their own sheroic work? Join the conversation with activists and the groundbreaking artists.

SUNDAY, MAY 26 The Alchemy of Film Scoring

1:00pm – 2:30pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

Adam Gehrke will present a composer commentary that explores the effects of good and bad scoring. Live demonstrations explore how composers integrate the perfect mood into a film. SPONSOR: SAG/AFTRA

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Digital Storytelling in the Classroom:

A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers

9:00am – 12:00pm (KCTS Digital Media Lab)

Free Workshop for Educators

Participants will get an overview of best practices in teaching digital media in the classroom. Clock hours will be available for participating educators. SPONSOR: ADOBE YOUTH VOICES, KCTS

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 SIFF Catalyst Panels

9:00am – 5:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 per Panel / $15 for all – Free for SIFF Members

SIFF Catalyst offers a full day of public panels and dynamic, thought-provoking discussions around the dual themes of Co-creation and Community in the new digital space.

9:00am: Kickass Kickstarters: Recipes for Success

10:30am: Made for the Web: Transmedia in Washington

12:15pm: The Future of Distribution

1:30pm: Catalyst Filmmaker Panel

3:00pm: Keynote: Franklin Leonard (The Black List)

4:00pm: Catalyst Happy Hour @ Tin Lizzie

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Behind the Curtain of Documentary Filmmaking

3:00pm – 5:00pm (VERA Project)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

Join visiting documentary filmmakers for an illuminating discussion on the art form and function of modern documentaries.

FESTIVAL FORUMS

DIGITAL MEDIA LAB WEEKEND

(presented by The Mac Store)

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 – SUNDAY, JUNE 2 SIFF Crash Cinema: Filmmaking Challenge with Filmmaker Mentors

SIFF Film Center

$50 – General Audience, $35 – SIFF Members

Never made a movie before but have always wanted to? This is a hands-on movie production challenge, taking beginning participants (teens and up) from preproduction to screening in two days. Local filmmakers will act as mentors for each group to support throughout the process.

Saturday, June 1 SIFF Crash Cinema Part I: PRE-PRODUCTION

10:00am – 11:00am: Crash Cinema Introduction

11:00am – 1:00pm: Story Development & Screenwriting

1:00pm – 2:30pm: Getting to know Final Cut X

Sunday, June 2 SIFF Crash Cinema Part II: PRODUCTION Shooting/ Editing/ Screening

9:00am – 12:30pm: Shooting on location at Seattle Center

12:30pm – 3:30pm: Editing

3:30pm – 4:00pm: Free Public Screening at Film Center Theater

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Resources for the Modern Filmmaker

1:00pm – 3:00pm, (Film Center theater)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

Aspiring filmmakers will explore new platforms in copyright usage and digital archiving with an Intellectual Property and Rights Management specialist from Nimia.

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 First Draft

6:30pm – 9:30pm (Film Center theater)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

First Draft centers on a table reading of a script in development with professional actors, followed by audience feedback and a networking reception. SPONSOR: NAKED CITY BREWERY & TAPHOUSE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 Getting the Most out of the Media

5:30-7:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 – General Audience, Free - SIFF/SAG/AFtRA Members

Engage with film reviewers about media techniques to capture the attention of critics, bloggers, and the next generation of promotion. SPONSOR: SAG/AFTRA

SATURDAY JUNE 8 Acting for the Camera with Story Town Studios

10am – 2:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$10 – General Audience, $5 – SIFF Members

Acting for the Camera gives students the opportunity to explore acting in all four-camera shots (wide, over-the-shoulder, medium and close up).

SATURDAY JUNE 8 What’s Your Style: High School Filmmakers Scene Workshop

2:00pm– 4:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$10 – General Audience $5 - SIFF/SAG/AFtRA Members

In this workshop, young actors and directors review different filmmaking styles and learn how to ensure that a scene captures a clear and distinctive style.

SPONSOR: SAG/AFTRA

SATURDAY JUNE 8 The Explosion of African Cinema

2:30pm – 3:30pm (Film Center theater)

$5 – General Audience, Free – SIFF Members

Join our attending African filmmakers for an in-depth exploration of the current trends in African filmmaking.

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 State of the Industry with Amy Lillard

4:00pm – 5:00pm (Film Center theater)

Free Presentation

Explore how Washington Filmworks, the production incentive, and the statewide industry are working together to make the most of filmmaking in Washington State.

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For the past five years, SIFF’s ShortsFest has presented the finest short cinema on offer to an ever-growing, enthusiastic audience. This year, ShortsFest Weekend will run from Thursday, May 23rd, through Monday, May 27th, at SIFF Cinema Uptown.

Short films are a wonderfully protean form, brevity being the only rule. A filmmaker can turn a sci-fi survival tale into something more intimately frightening, tell how a Hollywood legend and a scientist team up to launch the country’s first AIDS research foundation, or show a gun fighter seeking revenge upon death itself. When successful, a short film creates a unique and singular impression upon the audience, not easily forgotten though only fleetingly seen.

Since 2009, SIFF has been an Academy Award®-qualifying festival in the categories of Best Short Film and Best Animated Short Film; this year SIFF became an Academy Award-qualifying festival in the Short Documentary Film category, meaning that each short film jury award winner may qualify to enter the appropriate Short Films category of the Academy Awards for the concurrent season without the standard theatrical run.

ALT Shorts ShortsFest Opening Night

THURSDAY MAY 23 7:00 PM

It is our great pleasure to open ShortsFest Weekend with this collection of superb short films from around the world that exemplify the art of storytelling in all its variety. Comedy and drama, live action and animation-these films prove that short is truly sweet. (87 minutes)

Boneshaker

USA 2013, 12 minutes, Director: Frances Bodomo

A Ghanaian immigrant family journeys to a Louisiana tent revival to cure a problem child.

HowardCantour.com

USA 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Shia LaBeouf

Most critics will give any movie three-and-a-half stars if it flatters their self-image; Howard Cantour takes it much more seriously.

Kiruna-Kigali

Sweden/Rwanda 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Goran Kapetanovic

Two single pregnant women are separated by thousands of miles, but share the same fear of entering the unknown world of motherhood in the moments before birth.

Ouverture

USA 2013, 5 minutes, Director: Bracey Smith, Neil Dvorak

What do you do when you’re born with music pouring out of your heart?

Premature

Norway 2012, 17 minutes, Director: Gunhild Enger

On their first visit to meet his parents, Martin and his Spanish girlfriend are in for a long drive home.

Walking the Dogs

United Kingdom 2012, 27 minutes, Director: Jeremy Brock

A Buckingham Palace guard takes the Queen’s corgis out for a walk and while he’s away an intruder breaks in for a chat with the monarch.

Sponsored by Chris Newell

THURSDAY MAY 23 9:00 PM

Highlights this year include recontextualized found footage, surreal humor, and direct animation. (87 minutes)

A Beginning a Middle and an End

USA 2013, 5 minutes, Director: Jon Behrens

World Premiere

A truck explodes into a kaleidoscope of painted, optically printed animation.

Charade

USA 2013, 9 minutes, Director: Salise Hughes

World Premiere

Using the 1963 film Charade, Hughes explores the many identities of Cary Grant.

Funny Games Ghost

Austria 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Stefan Hafner, Karin Hammer

North American Premiere

Scenes from both versions of Michael Haneke’s Funny Games layered on top of each other.

In Transit

USA 2013, 6 minutes, Director: Adam Sekuler, Shannon Stewart, Meredith Meiko

World Premiere

Airline travel and dance are combined through a cinematic filter.

Keep a Modest Head

Canada 2012, 19 minutes, Director: Deco Dawson

US Premiere

Colorfully surrealistic biography of one of the last French surrealists.

Radio Minos

USA 2013, 5 minutes, Director: Steve Demas

World Premiere

Archival footage and a jazzy soundtrack contrast with modern dark humor.

Retrocognition

USA 2012, 18 minutes, Director: Eric Patrick

WWII-era radio dramas are cut up with animated photos to deconstruct the nuclear family.

Sunny Afternoon

Austria 2012, 7 minutes, Director: Thomas Renolder

US Premiere

A humorous structural film that muses on the concept of time (and sitting down).

Tricolor

Austria 2012, 8 minutes, Director: Marina Heyduk

North American Premiere

Direct animation that paints, scratches, and perfectly syncs with its soundtrack.

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY MAY 26 9:00 PM

From a mercenary hired to kill Death to hungry, hungry heroes, these animations are not Saturday morning cartoons. (81 minutes)

Arcane

France 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Bastien Belvaux

In a world that doesn’t accept him, a man will have to find a way to turn his differences into strengths.

The Hunter

Australia 2012, 7 minutes, Director: Marieka Walsh

A lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow-covered mountains.

Isle of the Dead

Spain/Germany 2012, 8 minutes, Director: Vuk Jevremovic

What if Franz Kafka convinced F.W. Murnau to make a film about his short story “In the Penal Colony?”

Little Plastic Figure

Germany 2012, 4 minutes, Director: Samo-Sama

US Premiere

Even heroes are sometimes hungry.

Machinehead

USA 2012, 12 minutes, Director: Micah Gallagher

A traveler moves through four unique rooms, each representing a distinct stage of his development.

Malaria

Brazil 2013, 6 minutes, Director: Edson Shundl Oda

A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.

Noodle Fish

South Korea 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Jin-man Kim

“To be a grown-up, you’ve got to get out of the water”—with this advice, a young fish finds himself in increasingly larger ponds.

Palmipedarium

France 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Jérémy Clapin

Simon knows ducks quite well, but sometimes it’s a bit confusing.

Peach Juice

Canada 2012, 8 minutes, Director: Callum Paterson, Nathan Gilliss, Brian Lye

While on vacation at the seaside, a youth becomes attracted to his aunt.

Woody

Australia 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Stuart Bowen

Woody dreams of becoming a concert pianist despite his obvious limitations.

SATURDAY MAY 25 6:00 PM

Lovers’ secret codes, a wondrously surreal recital, and a haunted Brooklyn apartment-come discover the accomplished and eclectic range of work found in Spanish short cinema today. (87 minutes)

Fuga

Spain 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Juan Antonio Espigares

When Sara arrives at St. Cecilia’s Conservatory, she discovers there are different ways to interpret her talent.

My Right Eye (The Apple of My Eye)

Spain 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Josecho de Linares

On the last day of summer, Zurdo makes one last visit to his grandmother with the feeling that he may never see her again

Mystery

Spain 2013, 11 minutes, Director: Chema García Ibarra

They say that if you put your ear to the back of his neck, you can hear the Virgin speak.

Postcards from the Moon

Spain 2012, 19 minutes, Director: Juan Francisco Viruega

North American Premiere

Two brothers embark upon a trip to the south of Spain, hoping to find the place where they were happiest during childhood.

Presence Required

USA 2012, 12 minutes, Director: Maria Gordillo

A Brooklyn couple freaks out when they find out that the ghost that has haunted their home for years has left without notice.

Routine

Spain 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Ana Ortiz

North American Premiere

As their sexual desire fades, Lucia and Alberto’s relationship begins to slip away from them.

Taboule

Spain 2012, 4 minutes, Director: Richard García

There’s more than one method to counting the ways you love someone.

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SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Everyday Revelations Crossing the Line

SATURDAY MAY 25 2:30 PM

These titles and films push boundaries and address taboo topics. (93 minutes)

Auschwitz on My Mind

Israel/Poland/United Kingdom 2013, 16 minutes, Director: Assaf Machnes

World Premiere

An Israeli teenager tries to win the affection of a girl in his class while on a school trip.

F**k the Parents

USA 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Ethan Kuperberg

When Max’s girlfriend dumps him, he starts dating the next best thing: her parents.

The Flogsta Roar

Sweden 2012, 19 minutes, Director: Johan Palmgren

The Flogsta Roar, a college tradition, happens every evening at 10:00 p.m.

Likeness

USA 2012, 9 minutes, Director: Rodrigo Prieto

All Mia wants is to be beautiful, but when all she sees are stick thin girls she begins to question her own body.

Mobile Homes

USA/France 2012, 14 minutes, Director: Vladimir de Fontenay

A pregnant woman chooses to escape her bleak existence when she realizes her son might be taken away from her.

Nude Photos!

USA 2012, 9 minutes, Director: Joann Self Selvidge

In 1971, Murray Riss curated a contemporary photography show at the Memphis Academy of Arts, sparking a citywide controversy and kidnapping scandal.

Up and Down the Horizon

Germany 2012, 16 minutes, Director: Sabrina Sarabi

A young couple’s fledgling relationship suffers the first tremors of jealousy and longing.

SUNDAY MAY 26 12:00 PM

This program encourages us to take a look at our surroundings, and see the many things that can go unnoticed. (89 minutes)

Angel Ireland 2012, 9 minutes, Director: Ruan Magan

A young girl wanders alone through Dublin’s streets bringing hope to those in despair.

Deflated

USA 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Dustin Shroff

In the toy aisle, a boy must decide between a deflated green ball and a bright pink one.

Home

New Zealand 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Thomas Gleeson

We often think of houses as solid, strong, permanent things. In fact they can be weak, fragile and, as this film shows, mobile.

Magnetic Reconnection

Canada 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Kyle Armstrong

An experimental film about the Aurora Borealis, featuring a score by Jim O’Rourke.

Pretty Thing

Canada 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Matthew De Filippis, Elisia Mirabelli

An elderly man reflects on the lost moments and broken truths surrounding the butterflies that escaped from the mouth of the girl who got away.

The Sea [is still] Around Us

USA 2012, 4 minutes, Director: Hope Tucker

Postcards tell the story of the polluted, contaminated Lake Sebasticook in Corinna, Maine.

Summer Suit

Australia 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Rebecca Peniston-Bird

Tomboy Robbie suffers from occasional epileptic seizures that make her feel like a freak. But when she discovers a discarded suit in her brothers’ closet, she adopts a new identity.

Ten Thousand Days

New Zealand 2013, 18 minutes, Director: Michael Duignan

World Premiere

Darby Duncan meets Arabella at his cousin’s funeral and reveals the family cursehe will be next to die. When better to fall in love?

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SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

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FRIDAY, MAY 24 3:30 PM

Bananas

USA 2012, 7 minutes, Director: Aaron Rosenbloom

US Premiere

A meditation on fruit.

California

USA 2012, 21 minutes, Director: Tomas Vengris

Andrius, a Lithuanian immigrant, comes to California seeking to reconnect with his older brother, only to realize that his brother’s American dream is not all that he had imagined.

Good Karma $1

USA 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Jason Berger, Amy Laslett

When you’re left with nothing to tell your message, what do you do?

I Am What I Eat

USA 2013, 12 minutes, Director: Erik Shirai

World Premiere

What would be your last meal?

‘Keys. Wallet. Phone.’

Germany/USA 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Juliet Lashinsky-Revene

A woman seeks peace over breakfast in a cafe.

Net Worth

USA 2013, 10 minutes, Director: Lane Stroud

World Premiere

When four Seattle-area business women bought the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, they became a model of independent ownership and the first women-owned pro sports franchise to win a national championship.

Today

USA 2013, 9 minutes, Director: Phillip Montgomery

World Premiere

After suffering a tragic accident, a doctor faces new, unthinkably difficult challenges.

SATURDAY MAY 25 11:00 AM

Gather your family around the flickering glow of the big screen for this magical set of animation, live action, and documentary short films the whole family will enjoy. (93 minutes)

The Blue Umbrella

USA 2013, 7 minutes,

Director: Saschka Unseld

Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas—one blue, one not— fall eternally in love in The Blue Umbrella

The Collector’s Gift

USA 2012, 9 minutes,

Director: Ryan Kravetz

A modern day fairytale about a young girl who discovers the key to creating a new world.

Great Adventures

Australia 2012, 7 minutes,

Director: Gerard Lambkin

A sweeping, suburban epic that celebrates the power of imagination and the bond between generations.

Hannah and the Moon

United Kingdom 2012, 6 minutes,

Director: Kate Charter

Hannah’s mom is always busy so when the night comes Hannah talks to the moon, until one night when the moon doesn’t appear.

Hedgehogs and the City

Latvia 2012, 10 minutes,

Director: Evalds Lacis

The Hedgehogs and their animal friends learn to make money and use it to remodel the city.

Hop Frog

Russia 2012, 5 minutes,

Director: Leonid Shmelkov

North American Premiere

The antics of a variety of animated creatures are hypnotically delightful.

Macropolis

United Kingdom 2012, 7 minutes,

Director: Joel Simon

A pair of rejected toys struggle to find a place in the store display.

The Mole at the Sea

Russia 2012, 5 minutes,

Director: Anna Kadykova

North American Premiere

Everyone is off to the sea and the Mole travels as well to find out what is so exciting.

Snap

Belgium/United Kingdom 2012, 6 minutes,

Director: Thomas G. Murphy, Hilere

When one underwater critter has trouble catching dinner he turns everyone’s world upside down after he learns some tricks from a frog.

Subway Train

USA 2013, 4 minutes,

Director: Garrett Davis

The music of The Pop Ups gives these animals a fabulous song on their morning train.

Sweetly Broken

Czech Republic/USA 2012, 6 minutes,

Director: Chung Lam

When a boy puppet is separated from the girl puppet he loves, he will go to any length to reunite with her.

Uski Baarish

India 2012, 5 minutes,

Director: Archana Phadke

An Indian boy makes his younger sister the red umbrella she has always wanted.

While You Weren’t Looking

USA 2012, 11 minutes,

Director: Jeremy Mackie

A kid’s first adventure starts when mom’s not looking.

The Window

Switzerland 2012, 5 minutes,

Director: Camille Müller

Two dragon-loving kids find their own fairy tale romance.

Seven short films about what obsession, desperation, and money can make us do. (85 minutes)

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SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FutureWave Shorts and Best of NFFTY 2013

MONDAY MAY 27 3:00 PM

Celebrate the extraordinary voices of the future wave of filmmaking talent. Just because these filmmakers are all 18 or under doesn’t mean these aren’t some of the best and most personal films in the Festival. (75 minutes)

Abracadabra!

Australia 2012, 7 minutes,

Director: Catriona Warren

A hapless magician finally gets a trick right, but unfortunately it’s the one that causes the most trouble.

City Series: San Francisco

USA 2013, 3 minutes,

Director: Miles Crist

Inspired by the avant garde modern aesthetic of the films from the 1920s, San Francisco becomes a beautiful character.

Doodle

USA 2012, 10 minutes,

Director: Charles Frank

A young artist struggles with her mother’s traditional Asian-American academic expectations.

Globe

USA 2013, 2 minutes,

Director: Connor Brock

A stop-motion tour of the globe created out of handmade paper.

History is... You

USA 2013, 3 minutes,

Director: Emily Jarris

Human experiences make up what we have come to call history. Those experiences vary from person to person, making everyone’s history unique.

Left

USA 2012, 3 minutes,

Director: Travis Chen

A curious explorer robot accidentally gets left behind.

Ned

USA 2012, 8 minutes,

Director: Greyson Horst

Ned thinks he is content with a life of solitude, but his world is about to change.

Gay By Any Means

SUNDAY MAY 26 6:30 PM

From life in a possible future to the issues being faced here and now, staying in the closet is not an option for the men in these intriguing and touching stories. (83 minutes)

No Regrets

United Kingdom 2012, 7 minutes,

Director: Alfie Barker

A heartbreaking tale of Grace, a woman with alzheimers and her regular calls to her son.

The Painted Girl

USA 2013, 6 minutes,

Director: Ben Kadie

Megan is a 16-year-old graffiti artist who uses her art to share an important message for her mother.

Piece of Cake

Canada 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Susan Procopio, Katherine Procopio Twin girls host an unconventional cooking show.

A Quest For Peace: Nonviolence Among Religions

USA 2012, 10 minutes,

Director: Matthew Evans

A passionate a look at one of the most pressing issues in our modern society: violence among religions.

Recipe for Love

Canada 2012, 4 minutes,

Director: Gwyneth Christoffel A lonely cupcake bakes a friend.

Versus

USA 2012, 4 minutes,

Directors: Shannon Macintyre, Danae Fishman, Hannah Christman In invitation to open your eyes and change your ways.

Week of Wonders

USA 2013, 3 minutes, Director: Allison Charoni World Premiere

A portrait of the rock band Week of Wonders created during the SIFF / Vera Project All City Media Workshop.

Burger

United Kingdom/Norway 2013, 11 minutes, Director: Mangus Mork

North American Premiere

In a Cardiff burger bar catering to late-night revelers, everybody’s after something. And tonight, anything goes.

It’s Not a Cowboy Movie

France 2012, 12 minutes, Director: Benjamin Parent

After watching Brokeback Mountain, two sets of teenaged friends share surprising reactions and revelations.

The Naturalist

USA 2013, 20 minutes, Director: Connor Hurley

World Premiere

In a genetically modified society where deviance is punishable by death, a gay man must choose between his love, his dignity, and his survival.

Spooners

USA 2012, 14 minutes, Director: Bryan Horch

When a gay couple goes shopping for a new mattress, their sleeping together becomes a hilarious matter of opinion.

Taboule

Spain 2012, 4 minutes, Director: Richard García

There’s more than one method to counting the ways you love someone.

Win or Lose

USA 2012, 16 minutes, Director: Daniel Koehler

An art project becomes an opportunity to stand up and be recognized in this inspiring story from the struggle for marriage equality.

Y2GAY

Australia 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Dan Ilic, James Pender

Will an underground bunker be protection enough for folks terrified by the threat of gay marriage.

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SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Ready for Anything Nightmare Mystery Theatre

Sex, drugs, a kidnapping gone horribly wrong and other nightmares that will make you wake up screaming. (95 minutes)

Flytopia

Hungary/United Kingdom 2012, 20 minutes, Director: Saul Freed, Karni Arieli US Premiere

During a sweltering summer heat wave, Jonathan enters into a pact with the insect inhabitants of his rural cottage.

Penny Dreadful

USA 2012, 18 minutes, Director: Shane Atkinson

When Dennis is asked to help abduct a nine-year-old girl, he is eager to take the job…until this simple plan goes horribly awry.

Perfect Drug

Belgium 2012, 14 minutes, Director: Toon Aerts North American Premiere

After a botched burglary, Yumiko tries to calm down the local crime boss while Misha enjoys a drop from a glowing green test tube.

The Quiet Girl’s Guide to Violence

USA 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Rafael Antonio Ruiz

Holly, a victim of childhood bullying, decides she will no longer suffer silently.

Root

USA 2012, 12 minutes, Director: Caleb Johnson

A young woman’s affair leaves her with a dreadful mark, and her efforts to remove it grow increasingly desperate.

The Sleepover

USA 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Chris Cullari

The town of Derry has a secret, but no one told the new kid; it’s gonna be a long night.

Voice Over

Spain 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Martin Rosete

Three extreme situations—which will you survive?

Seven short films about snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. (86 minutes)

Chiva

USA 2012, 16 minutes, Director: Julian Jimenez

Carmen, a Colombian immigrant living in Queens, New York, pursues the American Dream by running a party bus.

The Curse of Eleanor Crabtree

Australia 2012, 10 minutes, Director: James Cowen

The twisted tale of a curious, compassionate woman who longs for true love and to escape the clutches of her bewitching twin sister.

Dog Eat Dog

USA 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Sian Heder

Oliver is madly in love. The love of his life is behind bars. When he discovers a rival for her affections, desperate times calls for desperate measures.

Eating Lunch

Sweden 2013, 13 minutes, Director: Sanna Lenken

Five young patients try to eat lunch together where every bite is a triumph.

The First Step

USA 2013, 13 minutes, Director: Lauren Palmigiano

World Premiere

For Claire, a voice over actress who works at home, there’s a thin line between homebody and home bound.

Lolotte

USA/France 2013, 15 minutes, Director: Felix Thompson

A father spends one last day with his daughter in a rundown French coastal town when he dubiously comes into a large sum of money.

Thumb

USA 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Sarah Gurfield

After losing a playful ‘thumb war’ to his date, our hero embarks upon a grueling Rocky-esque training regimen.

FRIDAY MAY 24 6:00 PM

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SATUDAY MAY 25 9:30 PM

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Ripped from the Headlines

FRIDAY MAY 24 1:00 PM

Battle of amfAR

USA 2013, 40 minutes, Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Epstein and Friedman (The Celluloid Closet, Paragraph 175) recount the creation of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, centering on the partnership between research scientist Dr. Mathilde Krim and movie star Elizabeth Taylor.

Exit Wound

USA 2012, 26 minutes, Director: Hunter Holcombe

A touching and insightful documentary about injured Iraq vets learning to channel their addiction to adrenaline into outlets like skiing and paragliding.

On His Own Two Feet

Russia/USA 2012, 33 minutes, Director: Natasha Shaginian-Needham

Born without legs and abandoned in an orphanage, Sasha Shulchey’s life looked bleak, until he met Natasha Shaginian-Needham, founder of Happy Families International Center, changing both their lives forever.

Seattle Supersonic Shorts

MONDAY MAY 27 11:00 AM

Celebrating the past and the future, the awkward and the poignant, this collection of short films captures Seattle. (104 minutes)

3-Minute Masterpieces Winner USA 2013, 3 minutes

How hard could it be to make a three-minute film? We challenged you to find out.

Bound to Be Different

USA 2013, 3 minutes,

Director: Stefan Hajek

A blue-collar man comes home, puts on a dress, and pops open a beer; what comes next? Sound of Silents Audience Winner.

By the Salish Sea

USA 2013, 12 minutes,

Director: Serge Gregory World Premiere

On the Northwest coast in the early 19th century, a Salish native’s dream quest is disturbed by the arrival of a tall ship.

Cavalier

USA 2013, 21 minutes,

Director: Steven Schardt

An irresponsible father kidnaps his son but has no idea what it means to be there for him.

Duck Dodge

USA 2012, 4 minutes,

Director: Andrew Franks

An intimate look at the Lake Union boat race that happens on Friday nights.

History is... Small Business

USA 2013, 4 minutes,

Director: Khoumsup Suwanchote History is around us. Events are created by masses of people and by individuals; through the large corporations and the small businesses. Suwanchote wanted to show a glimpse of what his parents, craftspeople at Pike Place Market, do and why do they do it.

History is... Subject to Interpretation

USA 2013, 4 minutes,

Director: Peter Edlund

A concise epic based on concrete facts of great dispute.

The Next Step

USA 2013, 7 minutes, Director: Mel Eslyn

World Premiere

A funny and mysterious meeting between one awkward couple and a peculiar gentleman.

The Roper

USA 2012, 6 minutes,

Director: Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands

The true short story of Kendrick, a young calf roper in Lafayette who dreams of one day making it to the rodeo national championship in Las Vegas.

Scrap Metal

USA 2013, 14 minutes,

Director: Jeff Warner

World Premiere

In a dystopian future, humanity’s redemption is found in the form of a gardening magazine.

Ufologist

USA 2012, 17 minutes, Directors: Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands

Peter Davenport runs the National UFO Reporting Center. As a one-man operation he takes the job very seriously, despite all the prank calls and hoaxes. Now he’s looking for his replacement.

A Walk in the Woods

USA 2012, 1 minute, Director: Tess Martin Beware the forest, beautiful yet treacherous.

Yours Truly,

USA 2013, 8 minutes,

Director: Mandy Hubbard

World Premiere

A love letter to anyone who’s ever written to a celebrity.

Iraqi vet adrenaline junkies, a Hollywood icon’s passionate crusade, and a Russian orphan’s remarkable rebirth—discover the whole story behind the headlines. (99 minutes)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Thriller Night

SUNDAY MAY 26 2:30 PM

Vigilante justice. Burning battlefield grudges. Robots seeking revenge. As these gripping tales of action-packed, high-stakes drama unfold, just try to hang on to the edge of your seat. (88 minutes)

Binner

Canada 2012, 12 minutes, Director: Jay Fox, Steven Deneault

US Premiere

A mysterious drifter knows something horribly wrong has happened to his only friend. It’s up to him to make it right.

Fallen

Germany 2012, 19 minutes, Director: Christoph Schuler

Three soldiers return home from their tour of duty in Afghanistan. But the damage done is just beginning.

Gun

USA 2012, 18 minutes, Director: Spencer Gillis

After a terrifying break-in, a man buys a gun for protection. But his newfound sense of power leads him down a dangerous path.

I Can’t See You Anymore

Ireland 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Michael Kinirons

Awaking from a coma after an accident, a psychiatrist is forced to confront the consequences of his own actions.

Spine

Australia 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Sophie Miller

When a quadriplegic struggling to come to terms with his injuries finds himself face to face with a violent criminal, his desire to survive is put to the ultimate test.

Tears of Steel

Netherlands 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Ian Hubert

Saving the world from a destructive robot invasion will require an unforgettable trip through time in this visually stunning sci-fi actioner created by the Blender Institute, set up specifically to facilitate the creation of open content films and games.

FRIDAY MAY 24 10:00 PM

Think you know where you’re going? Guess again. These quick flicks pack unexpectedly powerful punches. (82 min)

The Book of Joe

USA 2013, 9 minutes, Director: Mario Pena World Premiere

The world is ending! And only Joe can save us.

Honey Day

USA 2013, 10 minutes, Director: Jay Buim World Premiere

Two friends refusing to accept the inevitability of growing up and getting older.

Honk if You’re Horny

New Zealand 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Joe Lonie US Premiere

A ribald comedy about tall stories and the folly of being too quick to judge a book by its cover.

Linda LeThorn & the Musicbox

USA 2012, 17 minutes, Director: Meg Skaff US Premiere

Inside of a dysfunctional love triangle, Linda LeThorn is brought to her breaking point by a possessed music box she inherits from her Aunt Lucinda.

Oh Sheep!

Germany 2012, 7 minutes, Director: Gottfried Mentor

Two shepherds go to increasingly extreme lengths to keep their flocks separated.

Old Man

USA 2011, 7 minutes, Director: Leah Shore

For more than 20 years Charles Manson has refused to communicate to the outside world. Until now.

Playpals

Australia 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Yianni Warnock

A man yearns helplessly in his home attempting to deal with the small task of existing.

Sea Pig

USA 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Andrew Gilchrist, Jesse Allen

A man’s sexual fantasy of a mermaid becomes all too real when he begins to discover his true desires.

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ShortsFest Closing Night

MONDAY MAY 27 6:30 PM

SIFF’s annual celebration of the short form finishes off with this wonderfully varied program examining the breezy joy and tremendous complexity found in the best short films. (86 minutes)

The Arm Reach

South Korea 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Hyung-Gon Lee

World Premiere

In order to pass a flight attendant test, Ju-Hee gets her finger made longer but ends up having to put it to a different use.

Best If Used By

USA 2012, 23 minutes, Director: Aemilia Scott

A grocery store clerk’s boyfriend suddenly dies, but she keeps their love alive by taking his body to the store’s freezer.

Decimation

USA 2013, 30 minutes, Director: Wade Jackson

World Premiere

When 10 Russian soldiers are forced to select which one of them will be executed in the morning, their last traumatic hours will unveil the horrors of war and their dreams of a better life over the horizon.

Irish Folk Furniture

Ireland 2012, 9 minutes, Director: Tony Donoghue

In this animated documentary, 16 pieces of abandoned folk furniture are restored and brought to life.

Search For Inspiration Gone

United Kingdom 2012, 9 Minutes, Director: Ashley Michael Briggs

A poet awakens within a strange garden in need of his notebook, pencil, and inspiration.

SIFF is pleased to once again partner with The Seattle Times for the seventh annual 3-Minute Masterpiece contest.

Each year we challenge filmmakers around Seattle to create short, family-friendly films that last no longer than a mere three minutes. Any subject matter may be explored as long as there is no sex, violence, or obscenities.

There are several opportunities for awards and recognition for contest participants. Filmmakers under 18 are eligible for the J. Michael Rima Award, celebrating young Seattle directors. The winner of this award will have his or her film featured during the Festival’s FutureWave Shorts Program. Other winning films will be featured on The Seattle Times website as well as at the Festival. The Grand Prize winner will also receive one Full Series pass to this year’s Festival.

Here is a list of last year’s winners:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Chad Perkins for Godlizza

J. MICHAEL RIMA WINNER

(the best entry made by a director under 18 years old)

Benjamin Davis for Alternative Energy

PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER

Todd Gardiner for Split-Minute

OTHER WINNERS

Hula Hoop, directed by Tess Martin Kickstarter Kidnap, written/directed by Trish Harnetiaux and Jacob A. Ware

Construction/Deconstruction, directed by Brad Skiff

Car Alarm-B-Gone, directed by William Ross

UNDER-18 WINNERS

A Chicken with a Dream, directed by Joey McManus

Have a Day, directed by Sho Schrock-Manabe

Immigrant Sheep, directed by Mai Schrock-Manabe

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Behind the Word

Rwanda 2013, 21 minutes,

Director: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

WORLD PREMIERE

A young student finds that her lack of English brings her considerable ridicule from her classmates. Screens with Finding Hillywood

The Big House

Yemen/USA 2013, 5 minutes

Director: Musa Syeed

WORLD PREMIERE

When a young boy finds a key to the empty mansion down the street, he lets himself and his imagination run wild in the big house. Screens with A World Not Ours

The Big Leap

Poland/Sweden 2013, 14 minutes

Director: Kristoffer Rus

WORLD PREMIERE

Three people meet at the top of a skyscraper during an economic crisis and question what lies beyond. The only way to tell is to jump. Screens with About 111 Girls

The Blue Umbrella

USA 2013, 7 minutes

Director: Saschka Unseld

Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas— one blue, one not—fall eternally in love in The Blue Umbrella. Screens with Monsters University

Brain Power:

From Neurons to Networks

USA 2012, 11 minutes

Director: Tiffany Shlain

A mixed animation exploration of the similarities between the human brain and the internet. Screens with Terms and Conditions May Apply

Dialemi

Gabon 2012, 21 minutes

Director: Nadine Otsobogo

US PREMIERE

In a house by the sea, a man finds himself unable to find inspiration for his art, until a mysterious woman arrives. Screens with Sand Fishers

Down

South Africa 2013, 8 minutes

Director: Lev David

WORLD PREMIERE

A boy imagines the different men he might become. With music by Koko & the Sweetmeats. Screens with The African Cypher

Fora

Rwanda 2012, 7 minutes,

Director: Ayuub Kasasa Mago

A father learns a valuable lesson from his sons. Screens with Finding Hillywood

Grandma Ocean

South Korea 2012, 6 minutes,

Director: Hui-Jin Kang, Ah-Ryeom Han

An animated documentary portraying the life of the Haenyo (traditional female divers of Jeju Island). Screens with Go Grandriders

His to Keep

Kenya 2013, 15 minutes

Director: Amirah Tajdin

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

An older man remembers the pain of his youth in the resistance against colonial power. Screens with The Pardon

In Their Room: London

USA 2013, 35 minutes

Director: Travis Mathews

A number of highly naturalistic and insightfully candid interviews with guys of all ages, shapes, and sizes talking about sex, dating, and intimacy in London. Screens with Interior. Leather Bar

Listen

Ethiopia 2013, 19 minutes

Director: Zelalem Woldemariam

A talented Ethiopian drummer encounters a deaf woman who opens his eyes to a new world. Screens with The Kampala Story

A Little More

Ireland 2012, 7 minutes

Director: Conor Ferguson

Proud Madame Rousseau embarks on an epic journey to eat cakes with sweet abandon. But life has some bittersweet lessons to teach her. Screens with Youth

Lollywood

Liberia 2012, 10 minutes

Director: Todd Looby

Edwin G Kollie, a 15-year-old Liberian war orphan and honor student, always wanted to make a Nollywood movie. So one day he wrote a script, cast the 30 actors needed, and in just three hours he and his fellow students built an entire African village. Screens with Flight to Abuja

Loot

South Africa 2013, 11 minutes

Director: Greg Rom

On a day seemingly like any other, a stranger strolls into a bustling bank and, armed with little more than a plan, seeks to get away with the contents of the vault. Screens with Fanie Fourie’s Lobola

Miseducation

South Africa 2012, 5 minutes,

Director: Nadine Cloete

Kelina shares her world on her daily trip to school in a challenging township around Cape Town, South Africa. Screens with Spud 2: The Madness Continues

My Favorite Picture of You

USA 2013, 3 minutes

Director: TJ Martin

A short film by documentary Oscar®-winners T.J. Martin and Dan Lindsay about Martin’s grandparents, told through a lifetime of family photos and an audio interview, encapsulating youth, old age, and everything in between. Screens with Stories We Tell

A Pretty Funny Story

Canada 2012, 19 minutes

Director: Evan Morgan

How far would you go to keep your silly-dance secret from your neighbors? Screens with Dead Meat Walking

The Rattle of Benghazi

Ireland 2012, 11 minutes

Director: Paco Torres

A brother and sister play outside the school, unaware of the danger surrounding them. Screens with These Birds Walk.

Sacrifice

Iceland 2012, 15 minutes,

Director: Jakob Halldorsson

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Oli, his girlfriend, and his best friend are fleeing the Icelandic financial crisis with a fortune in forbidden cash. But when they’re marooned on a freezing outcrop of rock, they’ll learn of all that money can’t buy. Screens with F**k Up

Synchrony

Japan/United Kingdom 2012, 4 minutes,

Director: Kacey Morrow

Multiple split screens show two tourists traveling alone…together. Screens with A Shape of Errors

They Look Right Through You

USA 2013, 10 minutes

Director: Tess Martin

WORLD PREMIERE

Whether a cat person or a dog person, you probably think you have some kind of relationship with your pet. But does your pet feel the same way? Screens with Furever

Tiwilit Flowers

Tunisia 2012, 13 minutes

Director: Wassim Korbi

A beautifully shot journey across the North African waterfront celebrates a way of life. Screens with Die Welt

Vladimir Putin In Deep Concentration

USA/Russia 2013, 9 minutes

Director: Dana O’keefe, Sasha Kliment Vladimir Putin is the most powerful man in the world. Screens with Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer.

SIFF prides itself on curating films from around the world, giving Seattle audiences the international cinematic experience they crave. This is the power of film, where an audience can be transported from a darkened theater in the Pacific Northwest to anywhere on Earth in just a few minutes. All you need is a ticket, a place to sit, and an open mind.

Elsewhere in this catalog, we have broken down our feature film listing by genre (see Moods, page 29) and grouped them in traditional subject categories (see Film Programs, beginning on page 73). On the following pages, however, we’re offering you the whole world of cinema at once with our listing of alphabetized feature films.

With a program that literally spans the globe, each page allows you discover worlds both familiar and unknown, from the chilly streets of Sweden to the deserts of Chile, from the dark alleys of Hong Kong to the crowded schools of Taiwan. Take a trip to the Catalan countryside or the volatile Israel-Palestine border. Discover the Rwandan film community of Hillywood, experience life behind the curtain in North Korea, and climb the snow-capped Himalayas. Visit post-revolution Tunisia, post-tsunami Japan, and the zombie-infested East End of London. Time-travel to 16th-century Denmark, 14th-century Eurasia, 18th-century China, 1920s France, or 1950s Spain. And, of course, we still have lots of films from American filmmakers, including many from right here in the Pacific Northwest.

With more than 270 films from 85 countries for 25 days every spring (and more at SIFF Cinema!), we bring you the whole wide wonderful world, from A to Z!

100 Bloody Acres

AUSTRALIA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 MIDNIGHT

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 9:30 PM

Brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan run an organic fertilizer business in rural Australia. Despite being only a two-man operation, the Morgan Brothers have managed to turn it into a thriving enterprise thanks to a rather unorthodox secret ingredient—the bodies of car crash victims supplied by a tricky stretch of road surrounding the family farm. But it’s been months since their last find and an important new customer is waiting on a delivery. When Reg comes across three twentysomethings stranded on a remote country road, he concocts a radical solution to their supply problem, and a way of finally gaining the respect of his bossy big brother. Things don’t quite go to plan, however, when Reg crushes hard on Sophie, one of their new captives. Now Reg must make a decision: go through with the plan and finally win Lindsay’s approval, or save Sophie and her friends while quite possibly destroying the family business in the process. In their feature film debut that plays like a mash-up of Wolf Creek with Tucker and Dale vs Evil—brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes craft a witty horror-comedy that blends sly Aussie humor with tons of gory fun.

Directors:

Colin Cairnes

EGYPTIAN

Cameron Cairnes

Producers:

Julie Ryan

Kate Croser

Screenwriters: Colin Cairnes

Cameron Cairnes

Cinematographer: John Brawley

Editors:

Ian Carmichael

Joshua Waddell

Cast:

Damon Herriman

Angus Sampson

Anna McGahan

Oliver Ackland

Jamie Kristian

Running Time: 91 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: The Works

Print Source: Music Box Films

Film Website: musicboxfilms.com/ 100-bloody-acresmovies-68.php

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

DOS MÁS DOS

ARGENTINA 2013

US PREMIERE

SATURDAY MAY 18 11:30 AM

MONDAY MAY 20 9:30 PM

Married and successful, Diego and Emilia live a traditional family life with their 14-yearold son. Diego’s business partner, Richard, seems to have a pretty ordinary relationship with his girlfriend, Bettina, as well. But during a drunken celebration one night, Bettina confesses to Emilia that she and Richard are actually members of a swingers club. Titillated, Emilia tries to convince the reluctant Diego that they should try out the swinging lifestyle for themselves. Diego, though he’s willing to discuss it, isn’t sure that he’s ready to go all the way. Undaunted, the other three launch a campaign to change Diego’s mind. With this simple premise, this Argentinian box-office hit is off and running; taking the couples from huge swinger parties to more. . . intimate gatherings. Diego Kaplan is a director who loves actors, and all four performers deliver delicious performances, especially Adrián Suar’s flustered Diego, whose nervous prattling manages to inspire both chuckles and sympathy at the same time. Meanwhile, Kaplan keeps the pace moving in this funny and bittersweet comedy about two couples trying to explore their sexual boundaries while simultaneously juggling the everyday problems of getting their kids to soccer practice on time.

Director: Diego Kaplan

Producers: Alejandro Cacetta

Juan Vera

Juan Pablo Galli

Screenwriters: Daniel Cuparo

Juan Vera

Cinematographer: Félix Monti

Editor: Pablo Barbieri Carrera

Music: Iván Wyszogrod

Cast: Carla Peterson

Adrián Suar

Julieta Díaz

Juan Minujín

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: BluRay, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Filmsharks International

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Film Website: strandreleasing.com/films

Selected Filmography: Just Like Me (2010) ¿Sabés nadar? (2002)

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36

THAILAND 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 1:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 6:00 PM

Sai is a location manager who takes lots of photos and archives them by year. As the movie opens, she and Oom, the art director, are scouting locations for a feature film. They start to warm to each other and Oom asks her to take their picture together. At this point we cut to the film’s credits, and when we return to the story years have passed. She’s onto another movie and needs to find photos of that time, but discovers that her hard drive has failed. As she waits to see if the photos can be recovered, she wonders the same thing about the relationship. Director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit captures this story in 36 beautifully composed shots, each of which is numbered and has a descriptive title. Instead of constraining the characters, his framing device implies a bigger world where characters are free to walk off-screen or have their backs to the camera, and things happen outside of the constraints of the story. There’s an intimacy to the movie, as if we’re seeing a series of candid snapshots and overhearing conversations. This minimalist approach helps accentuate the emotions so, by the end, a small smile becomes a joyous revelation.

Awards:

Cinemanila International Film Festival 2012 (Best Director) Busan International Film Festival 2012 (New Currents Award, FIPRSECI Award)

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Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

Producer: Aditya Assarat

Screenwriter: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

Cinematographer: Pairach Khumwan

Editor:

Chonlasit Upanigkit

Music:

Wuttipong Leetrakul

Cast:

Koramit Vajrasthira

Wanlop Rungkumjad

Nottapon Boonprakob

Siriporn Kongma

Running Time: 68 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Thai, with English subtitles

International Sales: Ramonda Films

Print Source: Ramonda Films

Film Website: pascaleramonda.com/36

Selected Filmography:

Debut Feature Film

7 CAJAS

7 Boxes

PARAGUAY 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 6:00 PM

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In a crowded outdoor marketplace in Asunción, Paraguay, 17-year-old Victor is offered $100 to deliver seven boxes. A movie nut, he believes that to get famous he needs a cell-phone that shoots video, so he eagerly agrees, but the boxes are linked to a serious crime and a large stash of money. Soon he’s being pursued by the cops as well as an array of bad guys with sinister agendas. Victor has to use all his wits, with help from his resourceful friend Liz (who’s becoming more than a friend), to stay a step ahead of his pursuers, in an adrenaline-fuelled game of cat and mouse. This low budget first feature by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori is a breakneck joyride that rivals Hollywood action movies for inventiveness and thrills-per-minute, but also conveys a rich and gritty sense of place, with a range of vivid characters. Meneglia and Schémbori make impressive use of their location, choreographing exciting and elaborate chase scenes using little more than people pushing long, wooden wheelbarrows.

Awards:

San Sebastian Film Festival 2012 (Youth Award)

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 (New Voices, New Visions Special Jury Mention)

Directors:

Juan Carlos Maneglia

Tana Schémbori

Producers: Rocío Galiano

Camilo Guanes

Tana Schémbori

Screenwriters: Juan Carlos Maneglia

Tana Schémbori

Cinematographer: Richard Careaga

Editors:

Juan Carlos Maneglia

Juan Sebastián Zelada

Music: Fran Villalba

Cast:

Celso Franco

Lali González

Víctor Sosa

Nico García

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Spanish and Guarani, with English subtitles

International Sales: Shoreline Entertainment

Print Source:

Shoreline Entertainment

Film Website: 7cajas.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

9 Full Moons

WORLD PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 1:45 PM

Popular wisdom tells us that love heals all wounds. Frankie (Amy Seimetz) is an emotional train wreck, careening around the East Los Angeles music scene drinking and meeting strangers. Lev (Bret Roberts) is a taciturn and tormented soul. He drives a limo and wants to work in the music business. They begin a relationship after they connect with each other one night at a party. This dark romance explores what love is like for two quiet people who may be damaged beyond repair. Lev gets to explore his musical dreams working for star Charlie King Nash (Donal Logue) and learn about the practical realities that restrain talent to make artistic dreams so complicated and frustrating. Together Frankie and Lev explore the challenges of a serious relationship, trying to determine if it’s something either of them can handle. This moody piece goes beyond romantic movie clichés to explore the intricate interactions of two lovers who don’t fit into any neat categorizations.

Director: Tomer Almagor

Producers: Gabrielle Almagor

Joy Saez

Bret Roberts

Screenwriter: Tomer Almagor

Cinematographer: Robert Murphy

Editors: Robert Murphy

Tomer Almagor

Music: Ted Speaker

Cast: Bret Roberts

Amy Seimetz

Donal Logue

Brian McGuire

Foster Timms

Running Time: 103 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Media Luna

Print Source: Media Luna

Film Website: 9fullmoons.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Aayna Ka Bayna

INDIA 2012

US PREMIERE

TUESDAY MAY 28 8:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 9:30 PM EGYPTIAN

FRIDAY JUNE 7 6:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Dance can be a transformative experience for some people. Aayna Ka Bayna follows the story of nine young men who are housed in the Yashwant Juvenile Detention Center overseen by the brutal Warden Sathe (Sachin Khedekar). The warden believes that harsh discipline is the way to turn these boys’ lives around, while dance teacher Shivani (Amruta Khanvilkar) has a softer approach. The boys escape in an effort to compete in a national dance competition, but first they must evade the police. Bright cheerful dance numbers combine with a gritty depiction of the tough situations that led to the incarcerations for a musical that is uniquely Indian. The innovative choreography makes good use of diverse backgrounds and in many cases emphasizes a percussive element that makes this a treat to listen to as well as to watch. The young actors are as skilled at dancing as they are at tugging at your heartstrings making Aayna Ka Bayna a movie you won’t soon forget.

Director: Samit Kakkad

Producers: Amar Kakkad

Pushpa Kakkad

Manju Paras Porwal

Screenwriter: Samit Kakkad

Cinematographer: Sanjay Jadhav

Editor:

Rahul Bhatankar

Music: Ajit-Sameer

Cast: Sachin Khedekar

Amruta Khanvilkar

Ganesh Yadav

Raqesh Vashisth

Vivek Chabuksvar

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Marathi, with English subtitles

International Sales: Akshara Films Division

Print Source: Akshara Films Division

Film Website: facebook.com/ akbthedancefilm

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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DARBARE 111 DOKHTAR

About 111 Girls

IRAQ 2012

FRIDAY MAY 24 9:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY MAY 25 12:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

About 111 Girls is a satirical road movie about a pompous but empathetic government bureaucrat sent by the Iranian president himself to investigate the case of 111 young women threatening to jump off a cliff together in the tiny far-off corner of Kurdistan. Due to economic and political strife, there seem to be no prospective husbands around, and these young women are protesting the conditions that have left them spinsters. The bureaucrat, accompanied by an assistant and a little boy who seems to be both guide and interpreter, leads the search to find the women. Shot like a documentary—peppered with real interviews with real locals—the film follows the investigation. Are these girls serious about committing suicide or not? The local residents are reluctant to talk to the minister and he really gets nowhere until he comes to a mountain tea house where one girl tells him the truth. Absurdly comic, with trenchant insights into issues of marriage and independence, these 111 girls’ desperate message is one about respect.

Co-presented by the Global Film Initiative, as part of the Global Lens 2013 Film Series. For more information, visit www.globalfilm.org.

Awards:

Pan-Asia Film Festival 2013 (Asia House Best Film Award)

PRECEDED BY:

The Big Leap

Poland/Sweden 2013, 14 minutes, Director: Kristoffer Rus World Premiere

Three people meet at the top of a skyscraper during an economic crisis and question what lies beyond. The only way to tell is to jump.

The Act of Killing

DENMARK/NORWAY/UNITED KINGDOM 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 4:00 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 9:30 PM

Directors:

Nahid Ghobadi

Bijan Zmanpira

Producers: Bahman Ghobadi

Abbas Ghazali

Screenwriter: Bahman Ghobadi

Cinematographer: Hamid Ghavmi

Editors:

Nemtollah Narenji

Bahman Ghobadi

Music: Niki Mirza

Cast: Reza Behboudi

Mehdi Sali

Amin Sadeghi

Running Time: 79 minutes

Presentation Format: DigiBeta, in Farsi, Persian, and Kurdish, with English subtitles

Print Source: Global Film Initiative

Film Website: mijfilm.com/ filmography/111-girls

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer travelled to Indonesia in an attempt to find surviving victims of the 1960s death squads who were willing to talk on camera. Fear kept many of them silent, but there were others who were happy to tell stories of that time: the former leaders of the death squads. Anwar Congo and other paramilitary gangsters murdered over a million alleged Communists, and still consider themselves heroes for their actions. Fans of Hollywood movies, these unrepentant killers take their reminiscence a step further, staging dramatic re-enactments of their crimes that include film noir tropes, elaborate musical numbers, and heroic cowboys. The resulting film is a startlingly original documentary, a hallucinatory fever dream, and an unsettling journey deep into the shocking banality of evil. As Anwar begins to confront his actions on screen a surprising change begins to occur. The weight of history becomes evident, and the edifice of genocide as a “patriotic struggle” begins to fall apart. After viewing an early cut, directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog signed on to help complete the film, with Herzog exclaiming, “I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade...it is unprecedented in the history of cinema.”

Awards:

CPH:DOX 2012 (Grand Jury Prize)

Berlin 2013 (Audience Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury) Danish Film Academy’s Award 2013 (Best Documentary)

ZagrebDox Film Festival 2013 (Movies that Matter Award)

One World Film Festival 2013 (Best Film)

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Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer

Christine Cynn

Anonymous

Producers: Errol Morris

Werner Herzog

André Singer

Joram ten Brink

Signe Byrge Sørensen

Torstein Grude

Joshua Oppenheimer

Michael Uwemedimo

Joram ten Brink

Anne Köhncke

Screenwriter: Joshua Oppenheimer

Cinematographers: Lars Skree

Carlos Arango de Montis

Editors: Niels Pagh Andersen

Janus Billeskov Jansen

Mariko Montpetit

Charlotte Munch

Bengtsen

Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas Mestre

Music: Elin Øyen Vister

Running Time: 115 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Indonesian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Danish Film Institute

Print Source: Drafthouse Films

Film Website: theactofkilling.com

Selected Filmography: Joshua Oppenheimer: The Globalization Tapes (2003)

Christine Cynn: The Globalization Tapes (2003)

The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998)

The African Cypher

SOUTH AFRICA 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY MAY 18 6:30 PM

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This is the physicality of the dance; the awe of a body flowing through space, flipping, spinning, and snaking as if giving birth to a new means of self-expression. Across South African cities and townships, dance has long been a mirror of the community, replaying allegorical stories that both educate and entertain. Director Bryan Little harnesses the energy of the unique and diverse performance styles of isiPantsula and sBhujwa to Krump and B-boy. Crime and poverty may be a challenging reality in township life, but the dancers featured describe how their art has enriched their lives with new avenues, and pay it forward by engaging with youth through mentorship and dance training that breaks the cycle of crime and offers hope. Little’s survey of dancers and styles returns often to an extraordinary duo, the Movers & Shakers, eventually following them to the expected narrative trope of the “Big Dance Competition.” But, life is not a movie, and reality turns the audience’s gaze beyond the stage. At times breathless and others profound, The African Cypher is a cinematic experience that explores the emotional journey of a performer.

Awards:

Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

Durban International Film Festival 2012 (Best South African Documentary)

PRECEDED BY:

Down

South Africa 2012, 8 minutes, Director: Lev David A boy imagines the different men he might become. With music by Koko & the Sweetmeats.

DESPUES DE LUCIA

After Lucia

MEXICO 2012

MONDAY MAY 20 3:30 PM

Director: Bryan Little

Producer: Filipa Domingues

Cinematographer: Grant Appleton

Editor: Grant Birch

Music: Simon Kohler

Running Time: 89 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Sotho, and Tsotsitaal, with English subtitles

Print Source: Fly on the Wall Film Website: facebook.com/TheAfricanCypher

Selected Filmography: Fokofpolisiekar: Forgive Them for They Know not What They Do (2009)

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In the aftermath of his wife’s death in a car accident, Roberto and their daughter Alejandra move from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico City, where Roberto plans to open a restaurant. Alejandra quickly makes friends with the popular kids in high school, but when a drunken sexual experience gets recorded and circulated, she becomes the object of vicious bullying. She keeps it all a secret from her father, concerned for his state of mind in the wake of her mother’s death. Roberto’s struggle to cope with the loss of his wife blinds him to what’s happening to his daughter until it’s already gone too far. Winner of numerous awards, including the prestigious Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the searing After Lucia firmly establishes Michel Franco as a major talent. Employing a rigorous and highly personal style that favors subtext and visual clues over straightforward dialogue, Franco nails the emotionally devastating story, drawing restrained but intense performances from Hernan Mendoza and Tessa Ia Gonzalez.

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2012 (Un Certain Regard Prize)

Chicago International Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Prize)

San Sebastian Film Festival, 2012 (Horizontes Special Mention)

Director: Michel Franco

Producers: Michel Franco

Marco Polo Constandse

Elias Menasse

Fernando Rovzar

Screenwriter: Michel Franco

Cinematographer: Chuy Chávez

Editor: Antonio Bribiesca Ayala

Cast: Hernan Mendoza

Tessa Ia Gonzalez

Gonzalo Vega Sisto

Tamara Yazbek Bernal

Francisco Rueda

Paloma Cervantes

Running Time: 103 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Bac Films

Print Source: Bac Films

Film Website: despuesdelucia.mx

Selected Filmography: Daniel and Ana (2009)

Afternoon Delight

SATURDAY JUNE 1 6:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 3:00 PM

This sparklingly raunchy mixture of comedy and drama follows the mid-life crisis of thirtysomething mom Rachel (Kathryn Hahn). In an effort to spice up her bland sex life with her husband (Josh Radnor), she arranges a saucy evening at a Los Angeles strip club, only to develop an unhealthy fixation on young exotic dancer McKenna (Juno Temple). Desperate to escape the numbingly dull preschool parents in her neighborhood, Rachel arranges an “accidental” coffee date with the blonde stripper and, in the first in a series of bad decisions, offers McKenna a gig as a live-in nanny. Soon Rachel is on a rebellious downward spiral that culminates in joining her new friend on an uncomfortable professional visit. Kathryn Hahn moves from long time supporting character (Step Brothers, Parks & Recreation, Girls) to leading lady in a bold and quick-witted performance, supported by a cast of comic talents that include Jane Lynch and Bridesmaids alumni Jessica St. Clair and Annie Mumolo. Writer/director Jill Soloway, known for her work as show-runner for TV’s The United States of Tara, makes her feature film debut with this smart burlesque about the frustrations and imperfections of a so-called perfect life.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Directing Award: U. S. Dramatic)

Director: Jill Soloway

Producers:

Sebastian Dungan

Jen Chaiken

Screenwriter: Jill Soloway

Cinematographer: Jim Frohna

Editor: Cate Haight

Music:

Craig Wedren

Cast:

Kathryn Hahn

Juno Temple

Josh Radnor

Jane Lynch

Jessica St. Clair

Annie Mumolo

Running Time: 108 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source:

72 Productions

Film Website: afternoondelightfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

BAAD EL MAWKEAA

After the Battle

FRANCE/EGYPT 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 6:30 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY MAY 25 2:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

After footage of men riding horses and camels into the crowds of protesters in Tahrir Square played on screens around the world, the men themselves became the object of near universal condemnation. But in After the Battle, Egypt’s foremost working director, Yousry Nasrallah, explores the story of one of the men in question to craft a more nuanced portrait of a society in upheaval. Mahmoud, an impoverished rural horseman lured by the promise of a lucrative job, is recruited by the Mubarak regime to disrupt the demonstrations. But when he falls off his horse and is beaten by the angry mob, his humiliation is captured on camera and quickly goes viral. To make matters worse, the unrest has devastated the tourist industry, his former source of income. Enter Rim, an impetuous middleclass activist from Cairo who meets Mahmoud when a friend brings her to a horse show. The sparks that fly between them—and the clash of values that ensues—captures something of the excitement, the promise, but also the colossal complexity of the Egyptian revolution itself.

Director: Yousry Nasrallah

Producers: Georges-Marc Benamou

Walid El-Kordy

Screenwriters: Yousry Nasrallah

Omar Schama

Cinematographer: Samir Bahsan

Editor: Mona Rabei

Music:

Tamer Karawan

Cast: Menna Chalaby Bassem Samra

Nahed El Sebai

Salah Abdallah

Running Time: 122 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Arabic, with English subtitles

International Sales: MK2

Print Source: MK2

Selected Filmography: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)

The Aquarium (2008)

The Gate of Sun (2004)

The City (1999)

Marcides (1993)

Summer Thefts (1988)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

After Tiller

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 24 8:30 PM

SATURDAY MAY 25 4:00 PM

Dr. George Tiller was assassinated in May 2009, the fourth abortion provider to be murdered in eleven years. Since his death, there are only four doctors left in the United States who are willing to perform third-trimester abortions. Having taken Tiller’s place as the primary targets of the anti-abortion movement, these doctors continue to risk their lives every day to carry out the work that they believe is vitally important. Taking us into both their waiting rooms and their homes, directors

Martha Shane and Lana Wilson sidestep the usual, didactic portrayal of the abortion issue, immersing us instead in the lives of these doctors and the patients who seek their help. While the patients’ identities remain anonymous, the specifics of their circumstances are presented in great detail, allowing the audience to consider the myriad of issues involved in each decision. Equally revealing is how each physician wrestles with the ethical implications of their decision to treat each potential patient. After Tiller provides a vivid portrait of the daily realities of abortion in America, not as an answer to the debate, but in order to present a complete examination of the issue, so that a fully informed debate can happen.

Directors:

Martha Shane

Lana Wilson

Producers:

Martha Shane

Lana Wilson

Screenwriters: Greg O’Toole

Martha Shane

Lana Wilson

Cinematographer: Emily Topper

Editor: Greg O’Toole

Music: Andy Cabic Eric D. Johnson

Running Time: 87 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: Ro*co Films

Print Source: Oscilloscope Laboratories

Film Website: aftertillermovie.com

Selected Filmography:

Martha Shane: Bi the Way (2008)

After Winter, Spring

FRANCE/USA 2012

SUNDAY MAY 19 4:00 PM

MONDAY MAY 20 8:30 PM

Judith Lit’s sure-handed directorial debut documents the catch-22 of a rural farming community in the Périgord region of Southwest France. Shot over a three-year period, the film captures the struggle of four family farmers to stave off the 21st Century of Big Agriculture, Big Government, and exurban sprawl. Lit, who grew up on a family farm in Pennsylvania, mixes archival footage of farms like hers with emotional first-hand accounts of the French farmers that grow food whose terroir connotes a sense of place. The farmers eat farm-to-fork, not pre-packaged or readymade. The way we farm today is just as revelatory, the film showing how the fate of family farmers intersects with that of global health. Observing the momentum of the organic movement in France, a glum-faced farmer snipes. “You have to adapt to evolution but with awareness.” Such sniping isn’t fruitless. More and more people are going local and even traveling to places that feed us, and the film shows just such a thriving agrotourism operation. The farmers’ answers to such varied questions illuminate not only their frustration but also their hope that a more plant-based, micro-local, and ultra-seasonal movement is gaining momentum and isn’t just for the food-obsessed.

Awards: Mill Valley Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

Director: Judith Lit

Producer: Judith Lit

Cinematographer: Stéphane Carbon

Editor: Jennifer Chinlund

Music: Todd Boekelheide

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French and English, with English subtitles

Print Source: Terra Productions LLC

Film Website: afterwinterspring.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

HARVARD EXIT

HARVARD EXIT

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 31 9:00 PM

FRIDAY JUNE 7 9:00 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

This gorgeously poetic elegy to outlaw lovers tells the story of Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), who, through a series of bad decisions, find themselves in the middle of a messy shoot out with the police. During the chaos, Ruth shoots a police detective. Bob takes the blame and is sent to prison as Ruth gives birth to their daughter. Overwhelmed with the urge to reunite with his family, Bob escapes after four years of incarceration. Though still loyal to her man, the intervening years have filled Ruth with conflicted emotions. She has found a new importance in motherhood, made a quiet life for herself with the help of an old friend (Keith Carradine), and developed an unexpected relationship with the police officer she injured (Ben Foster). Set in 1970s Texas, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints contains dazzling cinematography that is bathed in dark greens and golden hues to evoke the lyrical impressionism of the American West. Reminiscent of Terrence Malick and Robert Altman, director David Lowery’s talent is singular, and even through moments of explosive action, he paints a humanistic portrait of romance drenched with longing and loss.

Awards:

Sundance 2013 (U. S. Dramatic Cinematography Award) Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 (Directors to Watch)

Director:

David Lowery

Producers:

Toby Halbrooks

James M. Johnston

Jay Van Hoy

Lars Knudsen

Amy Kaufman

Cassian Elwes

Screenwriter: David Lowery

Cinematographer: Bradford Young

Editors: Craig McKay

Jane Rizzo

Music:

Daniel Hart

Cast:

Rooney Mara

Casey Affleck

Ben Foster

Nate Parker

Keith Carradine

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: IFC Films

Film Website: facebook.com/

AintThemBodiesSaints

Selected Filmography: St. Nick (2009)

SPAIN 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 7:00 PM

HARVARD EXIT SATURDAY JUNE 8 11:00 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

In a role reversal that is challenging for any young adult, Ali has become a caretaker to her mother’s delicate mental health. While her mother’s mood alternates between boyfriendinduced happiness to solitary depression, Ali is left to rebelliously carve her own place in the world. Scarred by the past, she chainsmokes, refuses to learn to drive, and is terrified of falling in love. Ali spends her days working in a supermarket and the rest of her time off on misadventures with her friend. But when she meets Julio, her tough veneer starts to crack and she may have to amend her strict rules of non-engagement. Nadia de Santiago gives a star-making performance as Ali, a multi-layered young woman who has been forced to grow up too quick yet is holding on desperately to her youth. The world that writer-director Paco R. Baños has designed for her is delightfully quirky, giving her a true sense of charisma that affords her buoyancy to float above her challenging situation. Baños’ debut feature is an assured debut that breathes life into the coming-of-age genre, stylistically painting in lush primary colors but finding the more complicated colors mixing beneath the surface.

Awards:

Malaga Film Festival 2012 (Best Debut Film)

Ourense Independent Film Festival 2012 (Best Actress, Director)

Director: Paco R. Baños

Producer: Álvaro Alonso Gómez

Screenwriters: Paco R. Baños

Rafael Cobos

Cinematographer: Álvaro Gutiérrez

Editor: José M. Moyano

Music: Julio de la Rosa

Cast: Nadia de Santiago

Verónica Forqué

Julián Villagrán

Adrián Lamana

Angy Fernández

Running Time: 86 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

Print Source: Letra M Productions

Film Website: alilapelicula.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

ALI HA GLI OCCHI AZZURRI

Ali Blue Eyes

ITALY 2012

MONDAY MAY 20 6:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

MONDAY MAY 27 1:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Nader and Stefano, two teenagers living in a working-class Roman suburb, spend their days like any number of the world’s youths— committing petty crimes, dating whomever they please without any regard to the consequences, and defying their parents. But for Nader, an Egyptian Muslim born in Italy, his rebellion comes with a price. Upset that his parents disapprove of his Italian Christian girlfriend Brigitte, Nader hot-headedly runs away from home, hoping to establish his independence from his family’s repressive traditions. Now living on the streets, Nader is forced to intervene on Stefano’s behalf, committing an act of violence that only manages to push him further into hiding. Working with natives of Ostia, the film’s immigrant-heavy setting, director Claudio Giovannesi has managed to infuse a robust sense of verisimilitude into the work, allowing for a near-documentary feel bound to place the viewer directly into Nader’s world.

Awards:

Rome International Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Prize)

Director: Claudio Giovannesi

Producer: Fabrizio Mosca

Screenwriters: Claudio Giovannesi

Filippo Gravino

Cinematographer: Daniele Cipri

Editor: Giuseppe Trepiccione

Music: Claudio Giovannesi

Andrea Moscianese

Cast: Nader Sarhan

Stefano Rabatti

Brigitte Apruzzesi

Marian Valenti Adrian

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Italian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Intramovies

Print Source: Intramovies

Film Website: intramovies.com

Selected Filmography: Brothers of Italy (2009)

The House in the Clouds (2009)

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 31 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 1 10:00 AM

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth offers a penetrating look at the life and work of this artist, human rights activist, and self-confessed renegade. Though Walker broke into national prominence in 1983 as the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, her influence on American literature was already wellestablished. Director Pratibha Parmar traces Walker’s extraordinary journey from the cotton fields of Georgia, through her precarious life as a black rights activist living in an interracial marriage, to her international fame as the writer of The Color Purple. But the success of that novel, as well as the subsequent film and stage versions, came at a high price. Employing intimate interviews with Walker and members of her inner circle including Angela Davis, Quincy Jones, Gloria Steinem, Howard Zinn, and Walker’s ex-husband, Beauty in Truth seeks not simply to document Walker’s many achievements, but to restore her to her rightful place in history; not only as a key literary figure of the 20th Century, but as a profoundly influential activist whose inspiring journey reflects the national story of our country and people during a time of great historical change.

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Pratibha Parmar

Producers: Shaheen Haq

Pratibha Parmar

Screenwriter: Pratibha Parmar

Cinematographer: Sophie Constantinou

Editors: Paul Monaghan

Pratibha Parmar

Linda Peckham

Running Time: 84 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Kali Films Ltd

Film Website: alicewalkerfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Nina’s Heavenly Delights (2006)

The Righteous Babes (1998)

The Color of Britain (1994)

Warrior Marks (1993) A Place of Rage (1991)

Seattle Perugia Sister City Association

Alive and Well

USA/UNITED KINGDOM/KENYA/ CANADA 2013 WORLD PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 7:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

THURSDAY MAY 23 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Huntington’s disease, an incurable degenerative disorder, affects an estimated 30,000 people in the United States; and because children of its sufferers have a 50/50 chance of developing it themselves, another 150,000 are potentially at risk. These dry statistics are clothed in flesh and blood in this documentary, which intimately chronicles how the disease impacts many lives. A bike enthusiast who has tested positive for the genetic markers shrugs off any sympathy tossed her way, insisting on living for the present while caring tenderly for a mother whose cramped, shaking immobility reveals her own future. A housewife thinks lovingly of her husband, his gait now stiffened by the disease, and their young son paralyzed by early-onset Huntington’s, and tearfully worries if they’d made the right decisions. A young woman whose father has died finally decides to be tested herself, nervously awaiting the results in her doctor’s office. The subjects are not doctors or scientists viewing the situation from afar, but average people showing extraordinary resolve as they stare down a medical nightmare. Their testimonials, passed along without judgment, speak of courage and terror, anxiety and hope in equal, flowing measure.

Director:

Josh Taft

Producer:

Kate Bayley

Cinematographer: Tadd Sackville-West

Editor:

Chris Perkel

Music:

Saunder Jurriaans

Daniel Bensi

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: I-90 Films

Film Website: huntingtonsdisease documentary.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

USA 2006

FRIDAY MAY 31 MIDNIGHT EGYPTIAN SUNDAY JUNE 2 8:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Mandy Lane (Amber Heard) is the perfect 16-year-old Texas angel. Since the beginning of junior year, all the boys (and men) in her small town want to possess the local sweetheart but none have succeeded. When her friend Chloe invites Mandy on a weekend trip to a secluded ranch, Mandy sees it as an excellent opportunity to cement new friendships in the wake of a recent tragedy. On the road, her new friends begin to chip away at Mandy’s infamous reserve, all the while plotting their moves for when they arrive at their destination. As night falls, a volatile mix of drugs, alcohol, and hormones turns explosive, and Mandy finds herself pitted in a brutal struggle for survival against a legion of spurned wouldbe lovers and one terrifying secret admirer. Stuck in distribution limbo for years, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane has already achieved cult status among horror aficionados as a smart, sexy subversion of slasher films with a nasty edge.

Director:

Jonathan Levine

Producers: Chad Feehan

Felipe Marino

Joe Neurauter

Screenwriter: Jacob Forman

Cinematographer: Darren Genet

Editor:

Josh Noyes

Music:

Mark Schulz

Cast: Amber Heard

Anson Mount

Whitney Able

Michael Welch

Edwin Hodge

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC

Film Website: facebook.com/pages/ All-the-Boys-LoveMandy-Lane

Selected Filmography: Warm Bodies (2013) 50/50 (2011)

The Wackness (2008)

MER ELLER MINDRE MANN

The Almost Man

NORWAY 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 9:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 31 11:00 AM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Growing up can be one of the hardest decisions we ever have to make. 35-year-old Henrik (Henrik Rafaelson) has always had a playful relationship with his girlfriend Tone (Janne Heltberg Haarseth), but his life has suddenly gotten a lot more complex. He has a new job with co-workers who aren’t very welcoming, an apartment with a hefty price tag, and Tone is pregnant. Rafaelson’s restrained portrayal details Henrik’s powerful internal struggle as he clings to his immature friends while reaching out for a future with the woman he loves, knowing he can’t have both. As Henrik’s distress grows, his relationship with Tone becomes more strained, until he finally reaches an epiphany based on a pair of bedroom slippers. The Almost Man is a gentle and funny tour through the awkward adolescent stage than can last long into adulthood. Director Martin Lund contrasts scenes of deep tenderness with bawdy roughhousing full of full-frontal male nudity, bringing us along with all of the movie’s passion and pathos.

Awards: Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2012 (Grand Prix Crystal Award, Best Actor)

Director: Martin Lund

Producer: Ruben Thorkildsen

Screenwriter: Martin Lund

Cinematographer: Morten Halfstad Forsberg

Editor: Lars Apneseth

Cast: Henrik Rafaelsen

Janne Heltberg Haarseth

Tov Sletta

Per Kjaerstad

Tore Sagen

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Norwegian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Norwegian Film Institute

Print Source: Norwegian Film Institute

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Anita USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 25 7:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY MAY 26 3:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

MONDAY MAY 27 10:00 AM EGYPTIAN

Academy Award®-winning documentarian Freida Mock (Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision) spotlights Anita Hill, the woman who in 1991 was subpoenaed to testify to accusations of sexual harassment regarding future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Hill, now a professor of social policy, law, and women’s studies at Brandeis University, as well as the author of a 1997 autobiography, Speaking Truth to Power, has long declined filmmakers’ requests to revisit the landmark hearings. She agreed to Mock believing she was the right person to tell the story, and that she would be in good hands. While Hill’s goal with her testimony was to speak truth as to the character of Thomas, and not to bring awareness to problems of sexual harassment and the workplace, the hearings became a watershed moment in terms of women’s rights, as well as a cultural flashpoint that ignited public debates about sexual politics. Mock uses the 20th anniversary of the hearings to reflect on where America was culturally and politically in the early 1990s, where we are now, and what has—or hasn’t— changed as a new generation enters schools and the workforce.

Director: Freida Mock

Producer: Freida Mock

Cinematographers: Bestor Cram

Don Lenzer

Erik Daarstad

Jesse Beecher

Hiroki Miyano

Editor:

Brian Johnson

Music:

Lili Haydn

Running Time: 84 minutes

Presentation Format: BluRay

Print Source: American Film Foundation

Film Website: facebook.com/ anitahillmovie

Selected Filmography: G-Dog (2012)

Lt. Watada (2010)

Sing China! (2009)

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)

Bird by Bird with Anne (1999)

Return with Honor (1999)

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1995)

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IL VOLTO DI UN’ALTRA

Another Woman’s Face

ITALY 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 5:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SUNDAY MAY 19 8:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 6:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Pitched midway between soap opera and surreal camp, Another Woman’s Face is a candy-colored satire on the beauty industry in the poisoned bonbon tradition of John Waters and Pedro Almodóvar. Aptly named Bella (Laura Chiatti) hosts a television show broadcast from her husband René’s (Alessandro Preziosi) plastic surgery center in the Alps, on which viewers can watch his patients stumble about as heavily bandaged as horror-movie mummies. When ratings fall and research indicates audiences have grown tired of Bella’s face, she’s fired; which sends her storming out in a rage, and directly into a traffic accident involving the clinic’s maintenance man (Lino Guanciale) and an errant toilet bowl. Though she’s only mildly injured, the greedy René sniffs out an opportunity for a much greater payday, so long as the insurance company (and the ever-fickle, beauty-chasing public) can be convinced Bella has been horribly disfigured, and in need of his miraculous attentions. Promises to unveil Bella’s new face on their own show lead to the expected media circus; meanwhile, an asteroid named Tony is on a collision course with Earth. A stinging farce as gleefully over-the-top as that last plot point suggests.

Director: Pappi Corsicato

Producers: Tilde Corsi

Gianni Romoli

Screenwriters: Pappi Corsicato

Monica Rametta

Gianni Romoli

Cinematographer: Italo Petriccione

Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli

Cast: Laura Chiatti

Alessandro Preziosi

Lino Guanciale

Iaia Forte

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Italian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Rai Trade

Print Source:

Rai Trade Film Website: rcproduzioni.com/volto

Selected Filmography: Armando Testa - Povero ma moderno (2009)

The Seed of Discord (2008)

Chimera (2001) Black Holes (1995) Libera (1993)

The Artist and the Model

SPAIN 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 4:30 PM

THURSDAY MAY 30 7:00 PM

When Mercè, a beautiful young refugee escaping General Francisco Franco’s Spain, is offered shelter by Lea, an elderly woman in German-occupied France, she sparks a creative rebirth in Lea’s husband, an aging sculptor named Marc Cros. After years of artistic drought and cynicism about life, Cros, portrayed by celebrated actor Jean Rochefort, finds in Mercè both a partner in genuine friendship and a muse to inspire his final work. As Cros shares his creative passion with Mercè, she in turn offers passion for life. The Artist and the Model is a powerful contemplation of art, human connection, life, and death, with much for the mind and the eyes to linger over; both the craft that Cros studies and creates, and the natural scenery of rural France, are treated as objects of art. Quietly beautiful, and stunningly shot in black-and-white, the film was nominated in 13 categories in the Goya Awards, and took home the Best Director prize at the 2012 San Sebastián Film Festival.

Awards: San Sebastián Film Festival 2012 (Best Director)

Director: Fernando Trueba

Producer: Christina Huete

Screenwriters: Jean-Claude Carrière

Fernando Trueba

Cinematographer: Daniel Vilar

Editor: Marta Velasco

Cast: Jean Rochefort

Claudia Cardinale

Aida Folch

Gotz Otto

Chus Lampreave

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, French and Catalan, with English subtitles

International Sales: 6 Sales

Print Source: Cohen Media Group

Film Website: cohenmedia.net/artistand-the-model

Selected Filmography: Chico and Rita (2011)

The Dancer and the Thief (2009)

Miracle of Candeal (2004) White and Black (2003)

The Shanghai Spell (2002)

Street 54 (2000)

The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)

Two Much (1995)

Belle Epoque (1992) Twisted Obsession (1989) Year of Enlightment (1986)

Coarse Salt (1984)

Opera Prima (1980)

EGYPTIAN

HARVARD EXIT

EL ARTISTA Y LA MODELO

Atraco!

SPAIN/ARGENTINA 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 9:30 PM

EGYPTIAN

FRIDAY MAY 24 6:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

SATURDAY MAY 25 11:00 AM

Mixing together ingredients from caper films and political dramas, without losing any of the former’s frothy charm or the latter’s tart sting, ¡Atraco! imagines the hidden historical forces behind a real-life jewelry heist. In mid-’50s Madrid, loyalists to the exiled Juan Perón raise money for his relocation to Spain by pawning off some jewelry belonging to the late Evita. The plan is to purchase them back before their public appearance can create a scandal, but the glittering baubles catch the eye of “Mrs. Necklaces” herself, Franco’s wife Carmen Polo. With the jeweler’s cooperation a fake heist is quickly set up before Polo can claim the jewels and start showing them off around town. Security officer Merello (Guillermo Francella), a devout Peronista with years of experience at such skullduggery, and Miguel (Nicolás Cabré), an actor as perpetually nervous as he is unemployed, are paired up as the faux-robbers. Blasé Merello and bumbling Miguel make a great, snappy odd couple; but as Inspector Ramos (Óscar Jaenada) starts closing in, events take a sharp dramatic turn, reminding you that for all the laughs along the way this is still the story of a crime attempted under the nose of a dictatorship.

The Attack

LEBANON/FRANCE/QATAR/EGYPT/BELGIUM 2012

SUNDAY MAY 26 6:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN TUESDAY MAY 28 4:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

Director:

EGYPTIAN

Eduard Cortés

Producers:

Pedro Costa

Gerardo Herrero

Luis Alberto Scalella

Screenwriters:

Eduard Cortés

Piti Español

Marcelo Figueras

Cinematographer: David Omedes

Editor:

Fernando Pardo

Music:

Federico Jusid

Cast: Guillermo Francella

Nicolás Cabré

Amaia Salamanca

Óscar Jaenada

Jordi Martínez

Running Time: 116 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Latido Films

Print Source: Latido Films

Film Website: latidofilms.com

Selected Filmography:

The Pelayos (2011)

Ingrid (2009)

Ostra dias vendran (2005)

La Vida de nadie (2002)

Based on Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra’s critically-acclaimed international bestseller, The Attack tells the story of Dr. Amin Jaafari (Ali Suliman), a Palestinian citizen of Israel and a highly respected surgeon. When a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv café kills 17 people, he is called in to treat the survivors at a nearby hospital. Anxious to share the disturbing news with his wife, he receives an even greater shock when the police inform him that his wife was, in fact, the bomber. Brought in for interrogation as a potential accomplice, Jaafari is quickly cleared. But this is the point at which the real investigation begins as he attempts to understand his wife’s secret life as a terrorist. In The Attack, Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut) has crafted both a psychological thriller and a powerful exploration of one of the most complex political issues of our time.

Awards:

San Sebastián Film Festival 2012 (Special Mention of the Jury, TVE Otra Mirada Award)

Marrakech International Film Festival 2012 (Golden Star Grand Prize) COLCOA 2013 (Audience Award, Critics Prize)

Director: Ziad Doueiri

Producers: Jean Bréhat

Rachid Bouchareb

Muriel Merlin

Screenwriters: Joëlle Touma

Ziad Doueiri

Cinematographer: Tommaso Fiorilli

Editors: Dominique Marcombe

Ziad Doueiri

Music: Éric Neveux

Cast: Ali Suliman

Reymonde Amsellem

Evgenia Dodina

Karim Saleh

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Hebrew and Arabic, with English

subtitles

International Sales: Wild Bunch

Print Source: Cohen Media Group

Film Website: wildbunch.biz/films/ the_attack

Selected Filmography: Lila Says (2004) West Beirut (1998)

Augustine

FRANCE 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 11:00 AM

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 7:00 PM

Set in Belle Epoque France, Augustine tells the true-life tale of pioneering 19th century neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (Vincent Lindon), a mentor to Sigmund Freud, and his precocious teenage patient, Augustine. When Augustine, a servant girl at an upperclass home in Paris, suffers a seizure while waiting at table, she is immediately shipped off to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Psychiatric Hospital. There she meets the good doctor, a specialist in female “hysteria,” who is intrigued by her condition, characterized by convulsions in which she seems to experience intense physical pleasure. Charcot enlists Augustine as his principal subject in experiments involving hypnosis, in which he tries to arouse her fits at will. To generate funding for his practice, he makes these experiments—and their impressive results—into a kind of public spectacle. Despite the vast power imbalance in gender, class, and education, a relationship of intricate interdependence between doctor and patient ensues. Lush and painterly in its aesthetic, this sensual first feature from Alice Winocour marked the emergence of an important new talent at Cannes 2012, despite the fact that not a single woman director was chosen to compete for the Palme d’Or.

Director: Alice Winocour

Producers: Isabelle Madelaine

Emilie Tisné

Laurent Petin

Michele Petin

Screenwriter: Alice Winocour

Cinematographer: Georges Lechaptois

Editor: Julien Lacheray

Music: Jocelyn Pook

Cast: Soko

Vincent Lindon

Chiara Mastroianni

Olivier Rabourdin

Roxane Duran

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Kinology

Print Source: Music Box Films

Film Website: AugustineMovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

A Band Called Death

USA 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 3:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 28 9:00 PM

Did punk rock start in England with the Sex Pistols, or in New York with the Ramones? A Band Called Death offers a new theory: Detroit, 1974. It was there that three brothers from a working-class black neighborhood created a pioneering and uncompromising group with the most punk rock of band names: Death. Born to Motown-loving Catholic parents, David, Bobby and Dannis Hackney formed their own rock-influenced funk band, rehearsing daily in a makeshift bedroom studio. Their driving creative force was the energetic and imaginative David. After the tragic death of their father, he embraced a new vision exploring the reality of death in their music and imagery. After recording one scorching single, “Politicians in My Eyes,” and an album, David refused to sacrifice the band’s controversial name in exchange for a record deal. Thirty years later, Bobby’s son discovers that the band’s single has become a highly sought after collector’s item, and their entire career is reborn. Directors Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s A Band Called Death is the punk version of Oscar®-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, an electrifying tale of musical expression, and a family chronicle of brotherly love.

Awards: SXSW 2013 (Audience Award Winner)

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Directors: Jeff Howlett

Mark Covino

Producers: Matthew Perniciaro

Scott Mosier

Kevin Mann

Jerry Ferrara

Cinematographer: Mark Covino

Editor:

Rich Fox

Music:

Sam Retzer

Tim Boland

Featuring: David Hackney

Bobby Hackney Sr. Dannis Hackney

Running Time: 98 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source:

Drafthouse Films

Film Website: facebook.com/ abandcalleddeath

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Barzan

USA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 23 7:00 PM

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SUNDAY JUNE 2 12:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Imagine waking up on a quiet Tuesday morning in your suburban neighborhood only to find your home surrounded by police and news trucks while your father is being arrested on several counts of terrorism. That’s what the Malakandi family awoke to several years ago in their small town of Bothell, Washington. Their kind and compassionate father, who happily spent many years working long hours and merciless jobs to provide them with a safe life in America, was now up against an unjust judicial system in a culture quick to assume guilt. With a mission to fight these allegations, the Malakandi family skillfully rallied their friends, community, and even strangers to show the world and the judicial system that their father is not a terrorist–but will their efforts be enough to keep him home? Filmmakers Alex Stonehill and Bradley Hutchinson take viewers on the intimate journey of Sam “Barzan” Malakandi’s path from Iraqi refugee to family man striving for the American Dream to assumed terrorist.

Directors:

Alex Stonehill

Bradley Hutchinson

Producer:

Morgan Dusatko

Screenwriter: Sarah Stuteville

Cinematographer: Alex Stonehill

Editor:

Bradley Hutchinson

Music: Morgan Dusatko

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Farsi and English, with English

subtitles

Print Source: The Last Quest

Film Website: barzanthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

FØR SNØEN FALLER

Before Snowfall

NORWAY/GERMANY 2012

SUNDAY MAY 19 12:30 PM

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At the beginning of this unconventional road movie, a 16-year-old boy is wrapped in plastic and lowered into a tank truck full of crude oil so he can be smuggled across an international border. Then things start getting truly difficult for Siyar (Taher Abdullah Taher), a Kurdish Iraqi who embarks on a perilous journey west through Europe. Following the death of his father, Siyar becomes the eldest man in his family. As tradition dictates, he is therefore responsible when his older sister, Nermin (Bahar Özen), runs from an arranged wedding and flees to Turkey. As Siyar pursues her, with an intention to kill her for her transgression, he meets a teenaged girl named Evin (Suzan Ilir). Initially Evin tries to rob Siyar, but the two itinerant souls develop a gradual friendship and she decides to tag along, unaware of Siyar’s true motives. Director Hisham Zaman, who has been a hit on the short film festival circuit, enters into feature territory in this dazzling drama about the shifting definitions of family, love, and honor. Shooting in four different countries, Zaman includes stunning visuals to illustrate the pair’s travels from the tradition-bound culture of Northern Iraq to the freewheeling West. His decision to use mostly non-professional actors only heightens the reality of Siyar’s predicament. As he nears his destination, Siyar must grapple with his own identity and the lengths he will go to protect his honor.

Awards: Göteborg International Film Festival 2013 (Dragon Award) Tribeca Film Festival 2013 (Best Cinematography)

Director: Hisham Zaman

Producers: Finn Gjerdrum

Stein B. Kvae

Screenwriters: Hisham Zaman

Kjell Ola Dahl

Cinematographer: Marius Matzow Gullbrandsen

Editor: Sverrir Kristjansson

Music: David Reyes

Cast: Taher Abdullah Taher Suzan Ilir

Bahar Özen

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Kurdish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Norwegian Film Institute

Print Source: Norwegian Film Institute

Film Website: nfi.no

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Belleville Baby

SWEDEN 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SUNDAY JUNE 2 9:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 3:30 PM

Director Mia Engberg was head-over-heels in love and living a bohemian life with her thuggish boyfriend and a cat named Baby. She was a student and he was from the wrong side of the tracks, until one day when he disappeared without a trace. Eight years later he calls her out of the blue. She now has two kids and he’s just released from prison. He wants her to help him recall memories of their life together in order to reconnect with a better part of himself, but she’s not sure she’s ready to revisit that period of her life. Engberg opens this docu-essay about the subjective nature of memory, truth, and love with a retelling of the myth of Orpheus, who went into the underworld to retrieve his true love Eurydice, but lost her forever when he couldn’t keep his promise not to look at her before they return to the land of the living. For Engberg, who obviously identifies with Orpheus, the moral is that it may not be possible to save someone with love—or maybe that Eurydice didn’t actually want to be saved. Using home movies, recollections, and reconstructed phone conversations, Belleville Baby is a poetic approach to a very personal story.

Awards: Göteborg International Film Festival 2013 (Dragon Award Special Mention)

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Director: Mia Engberg

Producer: Tobias Janson

Screenwriter: Mia Engberg

Cinematographer: Mia Engberg

Editor: Mia Engberg

Music: Michel Wenzer

Cast: Olivier Desautel

Mia Engberg

Running Time: 76 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French and Swedish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Story AB

Print Source: Swedish Film Institute

Film Website: bellevillebaby.com

Selected Filmography: Dirty Diaries (2009) Bitch & Butch (2003)

ENTRE VALES

Between Valleys

BRAZIL/GERMANY/ URUGUAY 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SUNDAY JUNE 2 8:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 4:30 PM

How secure is your job, your family, your home–your sanity? And what would you do if you lost them all? Philippe Barcinski’s ambitious Between Valleys tells the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man, living as a Hurgadores—one of the homeless, trash scavengers who live and work in Brazil’s enormous garbage dumps. Vicente seems to have it all, but as we watch his life begins to crumble little by little. Meanwhile, Antônio, already at rock bottom, struggles to rebuild his life. Barcinski and cinematographer Walter Carvalho artfully realize both of these worlds, especially as they plunge Vicente/Antônio into the garbage dump’s pulsing ocean of trash, where each bulldozer’s passing creates hypnotic waves that appear as if they might engulf the man at any moment. With Between Valleys, Barcinski returns to a recurring theme in his work: the fragile nature of the trappings that we often believe define our lives. But he reinvigorates the concept here with a resourceful twin-timeline narrative, and an honest, hopeful take on an individual’s capacity to recreate themselves.

Director: Philippe Barcinski

Producers: Malu Viana Batista

Andre Montenegro

Rui Pires

Philippe Barcinski

Screenwriters: Fabiana Barcinski

Werneck

Philippe Barcinski

Cinematographer: Walter Carvalho

Editor: Leopoldo Joe Nakata

Music: Rica Amabis

Luca Raele

Tejo Damasceno

Cast: Angelo Antonio

Melissa Vettore

Daniel Hendler

Ines Peixoto

Matheus Restiffe

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Spanish and Portuguese, with English

subtitles

Print Source: Polo de Imagem

Film Website: degraufilmes.com.br

Selected Filmography: Not by Chance (2007)

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A Casual Steakhouse with a Southern Flair

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Lunch 11am – 3pm M-F

Brunch 10am – 2pm on Weekends

Dinner 3pm – 2am Daily

1419 12 Ave – Capitol Hill

206-325-6574

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Monday Funday

All-day happy hour every Monday

- Enjoy amazing food and drinks at discounted prices all night

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Half o select bottles of red, white and sparkling wine every Tuesday

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3 Courses for $30 - Entrees include Flat Iron Steak, Thyme Roasted Halibut and Buttermilk Fried Chicken

CAPITOL HILL’S STEAKHOUSE

Manhattan is a casual steakhouse with a variety of seating options for groups of all sizes, from cozy couples to large parties. Manhattan’s interior is comfy and chic. Vintage urban photography is projected into gold frames on the north wall, surrounded by a unique damask by designer Barneby Gates. Our bar is a reclaimed and refurbished apothecary shelf, and looking over it is an iconic ram sculpture by artist Peter Gronquist.

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 31 6:00 PM

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SATURDAY JUNE 1 1:30 PM PACIFIC

The world scandalized James Broughton, a sartorial-minded pre-Beat filmmaker and poet, so he, in turn, scandalized it. In Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton, directors Eric Slade and Stephen Silha detail Broughton’s courage and impertinence in rejecting the heteronormative life of the 50s onward with its emphasis on frenetic consumerism and careerism. He embraced the avantgarde movement of the early 20th century by erasing the boundaries between poetry and cinema, thereby creating a new aesthetic in film. At the Cannes Film Festival, while bestowing a special award for Broughton’s 1953 film The Pleasure Garden, Jean Cocteau enthused, “Bravo! An American who made a French film in England.” Slade and Silha capture the many personalities like Pauline Kael, doyenne of the arts, with whom he had a child, and Anna Halprin, dancer and choreographer that orbited Broughton throughout his life. Broughton’s performative films heavily influenced the “happenings” of the 1960s and, later, the gay liberation movement of the 1970s. Their common denominator is the interplay of humor, play, and the id imbued with a theatrical dimension. After his 1967 effervescent film The Bed, the mainstream accepted sexuality in all its forms in film. Broughton erased the division between life and art, philosophy and practice, poetry and cinema, etc., creating a new idiom that defied categorization.

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

USA 2012

TUESDAY MAY 21 9:00 PM

SUNDAY MAY 26 8:30 PM

Directors: Eric Slade

Stephen Silha

Producers: Stephen Silha

Eric Slade

Cinematographer: Ian Hinkle

Editors: Dawn Logsdon Kyung Lee

Music: Jami Sieber

Evan Schiller

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Big Joy Project

Film Website: bigjoy.org

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a unique portrait of the seminal rock band who crafted three albums now considered to be pop masterpieces. Never experiencing popular success in their time—even today, they’re most widely known for their song “In the Street,” heard on television’s That ’70s Show—Big Star has been cited as an influence by artists including REM, The Replacements, and Wilco. The film traces the history of the band from then-teenage singer Alex Chilton’s stardom with The Box Tops in the Sixties, through the tumultuous recording of the group’s landmark albums, and each band member’s subsequent struggles to define themselves after the band’s demise. Weaving never-before-seen footage and photos of the band together with in-depth interviews, director Drew DeNicola has created a unique portrait of four incredibly talented musicians who fell victim to the corporate stranglehold that the major record labels and radio stations held over the music industry. Most triumphantly, Big Star also documents the resurrection of the band by passionate musicians and music journalists, who discovered their music in later years, and came to treasure it as, in the words of singersongwriter Robyn Hitchcock, “a letter that got lost in the mail.”

Director: Drew DeNicola

Producers: Danielle McCarthy

Olivia Mori

Drew DeNicola

Cinematographer: Drew DeNicola

Editors: Christopher Branca

Drew DeNicola

Music:

Big Star

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: bigstarstory.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Bitch Hug

SWEDEN 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY JUNE 8 9:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 3:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS BITCHKRAM

Pretty, blonde, and popular—Kristin counts down the days to her high school graduation, when she’ll finally get to leave her manipulative sister and small Swedish town behind for New York City. Everything is set perfectly: the airline tickets purchased, an apartment rented, and the local town newspaper has promised to publish Kristin’s columns about life in the city that never sleeps. But when she misses her flight after a drunken high school graduation party, she hides out at the country home of the shy, sullen Andrea until she can catch a standby flight. While she waits, the pair strike up a wary but genuine friendship, as they turn their house in the middle of nowhere into a virtual Big Apple adventure, which Kristin chronicles for everyone at “home” to follow … until the day reality comes knocking. In his follow-up to Simple Simon, director Andreas Öhman crafts an endearing portrait of surprising friendship and life’s quixotic journey at that moment when innocence gives way to experience.

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Director:

Andreas Öhman

Producer:

Bonnie Skoog Feeney

Screenwriters:

Jonathan Sjöberg

Andreas Öhman

Cinematographer: Niklas Johansson

Editor: Andreas Öhman

Music:

Martin Senter

Cast:

Linda Molin

Fanny Ketter

Mathilda von Essen

Adam Lundgren

Fabian Fouren

Running Time: 97 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Swedish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Swedish Film Institute

Print Source: Swedish Film Institute

Film Website: bitchkram.se

Selected Filmography: Simple Simon (2010)

Blackbird

CANADA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 31 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN SUNDAY JUNE 2 11:00 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

In the wake of the Columbine and Newtown shootings, Jason Buxton’s debut feature offers a timely, cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked paranoia in the cyberbullying age. Seeking to protect himself from a classmate, teen outcast Sean Randall (Connor Jessup) threatens him online and is almost immediately arrested. Certain that they have a Columbine-style killer on their hands, authorities place Sean in Waterville, one of the country’s toughest youth prisons, as he awaits his trial. Frustrated by the bureaucratic delays of the court and the abuse suffered at the hands of fellow inmates, Sean agrees to take a plea deal in order to get released, but soon learns that the court of public opinion will not change its decision as quickly. Writerdirector Buxton never cheapens the realworld stakes of his story by treating it simply like a generic thriller. Instead, he employs a chilling, incremental logic to show how one bad decision, coupled with a climate of fear, can lead to typical teen angst being misread as murderous intent. All the while, Jessup’s subtle performance compliments Buxton’s approach, showing Sean’s growing maturation as he slowly discovers that the worst prisons are still the ones that we create for ourselves.

Awards:

Toronto International Film Festival 2012 (Best Canadian First Feature Film)

Vancouver International Film Festival 2012 (Best Canadian Feature Film)

Atlantic Film Festival 2012 (Best Feature Film, Director, Screenwriter) Genie Awards (Claude Jutra Award)

Director: Jason Buxton

Producers: Marc Almon

David Miller

Jason Buxton

Screenwriter: Jason Buxton

Cinematographer: Stephanie Weber-Biron

Editor: Kimberlee McTaggart

Music: Asif Illyas

Shehab Illyas

Cast: Connor Jessup

Alexia Fast

Michael Buie

Alex Ozerov

Running Time: 106 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Films Boutique

Print Source: A71 Entertainment

Film Website: blackbirdthefilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Blackfish

USA/CANADA/SPAIN 2013

TUESDAY MAY 28 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 1 11:00 AM

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Many of us have experienced the excitement and awe of watching 8,000-pound orcas, or “killer whales,” soar out of the water at sea parks, as if in perfect harmony with their trainers. Yet in our contemporary lore, this mighty black-and-white mammal is like a two-faced Janus—beloved as a majestic, friendly giant yet infamous for its capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, spotlighting the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who—unlike any orca in the wild—has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what exactly went wrong? Employing shocking, never-before-seen footage and riveting interviews with trainers and experts, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite sheds light upon the orca’s extraordinary nature, the species’ cruel treatment in captivity over the last four decades, and the growing disillusionment of workers who were misled and endangered by the highly profitable sea park industry. This emotionally wrenching, tightly structured story challenges us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans have learned from these highly intelligent and enormously sentient fellow mammals.

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Producers: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Manuel V. Oteyza

Screenwriters: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Eli Despres

Cinematographers:

Jonathan Ingalls

Christopher Towey

Editor:

Eli Despres

With: Kim Ashdown

Samantha Berg

John Jett

John Crow

Jeff Ventre

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English and Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: magpictures.com/ blackfish

Selected Filmography: City Lax: An Urban Lacrosse Story (2010)

The Bling Ring

Born into Hollywood royalty, writer/director Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides) has long since made her mark with her patented brand of intensely personal, leisurely paced, deeply emotional drama. This time, Coppola sets her sights on the fameand celebrity-obsessed teens of Los Angeles in a story ripped from the tabloid headlines and gossip news programs, a story as strange as it is true. Five Tinseltown teenagers (including Emma Watson and Taissa Farmiga) wish to live like the rich and famous, but they’ll settle for robbing them instead. The gang, referring to themselves as “The Bling Ring,” track the internet goings-on of SoCal’s A-list celebs with ease, waiting for just the right moment to break into their vast mansions and run off with their high-class goods. But when rebelliousness turns to recklessness, the group’s crimes catch up with them in this bitingly funny satire with a razor-sharp edge.

Sponsored by Craig Friedson & Craig Brown

Director: Sofia Coppola

Producers: Roman Coppola

Sofia Coppola

Youree Henley

Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola

Cinematographers: Christopher Blauvelt

Harris Savides

Editor: Sarah Flack

Music:

Daniel Lopatin

Brian Reitzell

Cast:

Emma Watson

Taissa Farmiga

Israel Broussard

Katie Chang

Claire Julien

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: A24

Film Website: theblingring.com

Selected Filmography: Somewhere (2010) Marie Antoinette (2006) Lost in Translation (2003) The Virgin Suicides (1999)

BRECHA EN EL SILENCIO

Breach in the Silence

VENEZUELA 2012 NORTH

AMERICAN PREMIERE

TUESDAY MAY 28 9:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

19-year-old Ana is deaf and has spent most of her life slaving away at a sewing machine, working with her mother in a textile factory to help support their family. Ashamed of Ana’s disability, her mother monitors her every move, refusing to even allow her to learn sign language. At home, Ana is forced to care for her younger brother and sister while her mother dotes on her new husband instead. Trapped in a world that either can’t or won’t hear her, Ana suffers her parent’s abuses and indignities stoically, taking solace in the affectionate relationship she has with her siblings. But when the abuse begins to affect her brother and sister, she decides to save them, hoping to steal them away in a desperate bid for freedom. Before making films, Luis and Andrés Rodríguez worked as social workers with abandoned children, providing the directors with an intimate knowledge of the realities of the bottom rung of Venezuela’s social ladder and the often inexpressible dreams of the children who dwell there. They wed this understanding with a inventive visual style and Vanessa Di Quattro’s sophisticated performance as Ana to create an arresting tale of a young woman’s courageous quest to control her own life.

Directors: Andrés Rodríguez

Luis Rodríguez

Producer:

Manuel Perez

Screenwriters: Rafael Pinto

Luis Rodríguez

Andrés Rodríguez

Cinematographer: Antonio García

Editor: Carlos Mendoza

Music: Clipzen

Cast: Vanessa Di Quattro

Juliana Cuervos

Rubén León

Carmily Artígas

Jonathan Pimentel

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: CNAC

Print Source: CNAC

Film Website: brechaenelsilencio. com.ve

Selected Filmography: Gentle Hands (2010)

Breathing Earth

GERMANY/SCOTLAND 2012 US PREMIERE

SUNDAY MAY 19 10:30 AM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

TUESDAY MAY 21 7:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY JUNE 9 6:00 PM

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Director Thomas Riedelsheimer, whose previous work includes the documentary Rivers and Tides—profiling sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist, Andy Goldsworthy— here explores the works of kinetic sculptor and Japanese artist, Susumu Shingu. Creating his artwork in dialogue with nature, Shingu believes that wind is an absolute and that it speaks to him. His sculptures convey the wonder of nature by translating its messages into movement. The artist dreams of a place where sustainability and art collide, and of creating a wind-powered village where his graceful wind and water sculptures can breathe with the earth. His quest to create an awareness of our planet, our breathing earth, and our human values is documented in this gorgeous film.

Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer

Producers: Leslie Hills

Stefan Tolz

Screenwriters: Stefan Tolz

Leslie Hills

Cinematographer: Thomas Riedelsheimer

Editor: Thomas Riedelsheimer

Music:

Shinya Kitamura

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, Japanese, and Italian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Celluloid Dreams

Print Source: Ramonda Films

Film Website: breathing-earth.de

Selected Filmography: Souls Birds (2009)

Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie (2004)

Rivers and Tides: Andy

Goldsworthy Working with Time (2001) Lhasa (1997)

The Broken Circle Breakdown

BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS 2013

SUNDAY MAY 19 9:00 PM

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FRIDAY MAY 24 4:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Elise and Didier’s relationship is wild and passionate. She owns a tattoo shop in a little Belgian town and uses her body as a canvas, each tattoo covering up a little memento of a past lover. He plays the banjo in a bluegrass band and idealizes America. They meet, fall in love and have a daughter. But when little Maybelle becomes seriously sick, their relationship starts unraveling. In this perfectly constructed drama, flashbacks and flash-forwards are intertwined with an impressive fluidity, juxtaposing the ups and downs of Elise (the marvelous Veerle Baetens) and Didier’s (Johan Heldenberg) love story. After revealing Maybelle’s fatal disease, director Felix Van Groeningen rapidly takes us back through the couple’s happiest moments, inserting quick glimpses of the heartbreaking hospital visits and aftermath. But the most remarkable asset of the film is the fantastic bluegrass soundtrack, composed by Bjorn Eriksson, which turns this poignant love story into a truly haunting film.

Awards:

Berlin Film Festival 2013 (Audience Award, Label Europa Cinemas) Tribeca Film Festival 2013 (Best Actress, Screenplay)

Director:

Felix van Groeningen

Producer:

Dirk Impens

Screenwriters:

Felix van Groeningen

Carl Joos

Cinematographer: Ruben Impens

Editor:

Nico Leunen

Music:

Bjorn Eriksson

Cast:

Johan Heldenbergh

Veerle Baetens

Nell Cattrysse

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Dutch, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Match Factory

Print Source: Tribeca Film

Film Website: thebrokencircle breakdown.be

Selected Filmography: The Misfortunates (2009)

With Friends Like These (2007)

Bwakaw

PHILIPPINES 2012

TUESDAY MAY 21 9:15 PM

THURSDAY MAY 23 4:00 PM

One of the year’s most charming surprises, the life-affirming, gently comic drama Bwakaw balances comedy and melancholy with aplomb. Veteran Filipino superstar Eddie Garcia portrays Rene, an elderly, ornery, cantankerous gay man who has only come to terms with his homosexuality in his 70s. With only his dog Bwakaw to call his friend, Rene spends his days thinking about death and dying, repeatedly updating his will and purchasing a cheap coffin he must keep in his home. When Rene develops a friendship with Sol, a tough-looking tricycle taxi driver who helps him care for an ailing Bwakaw, he discovers a new zest for life—much to the astonishment of his neighbors and former colleagues. Garcia, now in his 80s, portrays Rene as a nuanced character navigating love, loss, and self-discovery late in the game.

Awards:

Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film) Cinemalaya 2012 (Audience Award, Best Actor)

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Director: Jun Robles Lana

Producer: Ferdinand Lapuz

Screenwriter: Jun Robles Lana

Cinematographer: Carlo Mendoza

Editor: Lawrence Ang

Music: Jema Pamintuan

Cast: Eddie Garcia

Rez Cortez

Armida Siguion Reyna Gardo Versoza

Alan Paule

Running Time: 110 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Tagalog, with English subtitles

International Sales: Fortissimo Films

Print Source: Fortissimo Films

Film Website: facebook.com/ bwakawthemovie

Selected Filmography: Yesterday Today Tomorrow (2011)

My Neighbor’s Wife (2011)

Tarot (2009)

Gigil (2006)

Bypass

SPAIN 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

TUESDAY MAY 21 7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 4:30 PM

Byzantium

UNITED KINGDOM/IRELAND 2012

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

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A fresh spin is put on the tried-and-true in this ingenious romantic comedy nominated for Best Basque Film of the Year at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Xabi (Gorka Otxoa) has carved out quite the life for himself in Barcelona, his career as an economist on the rise and his relationship with the lovely Nerea (Bárbara Goenaga) going well—though he has other options available on that front. When he’s contacted by old friends and informed that college acquaintance Maria (Sara Cozar) is suffering from a terminal disease, he returns to his old haunts of Bilbao; and when they inform him that Maria has never gotten over her unrequited love for Xabi, he decides to sweeten her final days by pretending he’s always felt the same for her. The declaration enlivens not only Maria’s spirit, but her body as well; soon she’s rallying back to health, with each day bringing a new, sunnier prognosis. And speaking of medical updates, Nerea informs Xabi that she’s pregnant. His lies to both women colliding as they start spiraling out of control, Xabi frantically strains to juggle old ties and new obligations.

Directors: Patxo Telleria

Aitor Mazo

Producer: Joxe Portela

Screenwriter: Patxo Telleria

Cinematographer: Aitor Mantxola

Editor: Asier Pujol

Music:

Bingen Mendizabal

Cast:

Gorka Otxoa

Bárbara Goenaga

Sara Cozar

Aitor Mazo

Itziar Atienza

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish and Basque, with English subtitles

International Sales: Imagina

Print Source: Imagina

Film Website: imaginasales.com

Selected Filmography:

Aitor Mazo: The Could Painting Machine (2009)

FRIDAY MAY 17 9:30 PM

HARVARD EXIT SATURDAY MAY 18 1:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Academy Award®-winner Neil Jordan presents a feminine twist to vampire lore with this stylish and haunting gothic thriller about an ageless pair, Clara (Gemma Arterton) and Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan), who come to a sleepy English coastal town. Volatile and mature Clara is a true vamp, seeking prey on the tawdry boardwalk and entrancing the lonely owner of the run-down Byzantium Hotel. Her sister Eleanor, an eternal schoolgirl who loves to write stories, seeks out the elderly and infirm, preferring only to take the life of those who are ready to end theirs. This attracts the attention of Frank (Caleb Landry Jones), a young man with Leukemia who is prone to bleeding. As Clara and Eleanor are settling into their new life, an ancient order continues their hunt for the femme bloodsuckers, and now the past is about to catch up with them. Jordan last visited this world with 1994’s Interview With the Vampire, and he returns with his trademark seductive style and lush visuals, including a stunning and bloody new manner of transformation, for a vampire tale where the stories and mythologies are much more complex and tragic than is first revealed.

Director:

Neil Jordan

Producers: Stephen Woolley

Elizabeth Karlsen

Alan Moloney

Screenwriter: Moira Buffini

Cinematographer: Sean Bobbitt

Editor: Tony Lawson

Music: Javier Navarrete

Cast: Gemma Arterton

Saoirse Ronan

Sam Riley

Caleb Landry Jones

Running Time: 118 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

West End Films

Print Source: IFC Films

Film Website: westendfilms.com

Selected Filmography: Ondine (2009)

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

The Good Thief (2002)

The End of the Affair (1999)

In Dreams (1999)

The Butcher Boy (1997) Michael Collins (1996)

Interview With the Vampire (1994)

The Crying Game (1992) Mona Lisa (1986)

Company of Wolves (1984) Angel (1982)

what’s your flavor?

Camion CANADA (QUÉBEC) 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 6:30 PM

THURSDAY MAY 30 4:30 PM

Refreshingly honest in its treatment of both character and place, director Rafaël Ouellet’s Québécois family drama is as precise and direct as its one-word title suggests (“camion” is French for “truck”). After long haul trucker and widower Germain (the impressive Julien Poulin) is involved with a head-on collision, he finds himself remorseful and depressed, no longer able to continue his work. Concerned for his wellbeing, Germain’s sons, janitor Samuel (Patrice Dubois), and rootless Alain (Stéphane Breton), return to their small town family home to help their father get back on his feet while attempting to solve their own romantic and psychological crises. An understated and redemptive drama about the hazards of the past, Ouellet punctuates his three-character narrative with grounded observations of what life is like in this hard rural milieu. With no gratuitous plot twists or grand resolution, the carefully observed details of character and setting make for an exquisite cinematic drama.

Awards:

Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2012 (Best Director, Ecumenical Prize)

Jutra Awards 2013 (Best Actor, Score)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

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Director:

Rafaël Ouellet

Producer: Stéphanie Morissette

Screenwriter: Rafaël Ouellet

Cinematographer: Geneviève Perron

Editor: Rafaël Ouellet

Music:

Viviane Audet

Robin-Joël Cool

Cast: Julien Poulin

Patrice Dubois

Stéphane Breton

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Coop Vidéo de Montréal

Print Source: Coop Vidéo de Montréal

Selected Filmography: New Denmark (2009)

Behind Me (2008)

Mona’s Daughters (2007)

Capturing Dad

JAPAN 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 7:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

THURSDAY JUNE 6 4:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

In Ryota Nakano’s debut feature film, Sawa, a long divorced mother with two complex, angst-ridden teenaged sisters, sends her daughters on a cross country trip to capture a photo of their estranged dying father who they can barely remember. He left her fourteen years earlier for another woman and she is determined to laugh in his face, even if it’s only in a photograph. Alas, he passes away before the two girls arrive, and they are left to meet with their mysterious paternal relatives and attempt to take the photograph their mother bitterly demanded of them. From a slightly perverted uncle to an adorable younger halfbrother that the girls’ never were told about, the odd cast of their father’s family help the girls slowly piece together who he really was. What begins as a frivolous quest for their dismissive mother becomes a journey of self-discovery, reconciliation, and love for the two teens. This study on family and death is surprisingly lighthearted; dropping bits of quirky humor and memorable character traits that carry the film through it’s brisk 74 minutes.

Awards:

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival (Best Director, Japanese Feature Film, Audience Choice)

Director: Ryota Nakano

Producer: Ryota Nakano

Screenwriter: Noriyasu Hirakata

Cinematographer: Shingo Hirano

Editor: Ryota Nakano

Music:

Takashi Watanabe

Cast: Makiko Watanabe

Erisa Yanagi

Nanoka Matsubara

Kenichi Takito

Satoshi Nikaido

Running Time: 74 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Japanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Fortissimo Films

Print Source: Fortissimo Films

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

NEBESNYE Ž ENY LUGOVYKH MARI

Celestial Wives of Meadow Mari

RUSSIA 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 8:30 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

SATURDAY JUNE 8 9:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY JUNE 9 4:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

From Aleksey Fedorchenko, the director of Silent Souls and The First on the Moon comes Celestial Wives of Meadow Mari, a wholly original, humorous, colorful, and beautiful folk tale surrounding twenty-two Mari women whose names all begin with the letter O. They believe in magic birch-trees and in shamans, in the power of spells and the wisdom of nature. Above all they believe in life and combine this with a healthy appetite for sex. The tales of these wise but temperamental women who practice their ancient traditions take place in the Mari El Autonomous Republic region of Russia, near Yoshkar-Ola on the Volga River. The Mari are, in fact, a Volga-Finnic ethnic group and they have their own language and customs of worshipping nature. They have survived centuries of Christian and Muslim hegemony in this region of Russia that is just five hundred miles east of Moscow. Today the Mari’s continue to preserve their language and heritage. Director Fedorchenko’s methodology and approach to this independent populace is both loving and full of bawdy wit.

Director:

Aleksey Fedorchenko

Producers:

Dmitry Vorobyev

Leonid Lebedev

Mikhail Schukin

Screenwriter:

Denis Osokin

Cinematographer: Shandor Berkeshy

Editor:

Roman Vazhenin

Music:

Andrey Karasev

Cast:

Julia Aug

Yana Esipovich

Vasiliy Domrachev

Daria Ekamasova

Yana Troyanova

Running Time: 106 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Russian and Mari, with English subtitles

Print Source: 29th February Film Company

Film Website: 29f.org

Selected Filmography:

Silent Souls (2010)

The Railway (2007)

The First on the Moon (2005)

Celluloid Man

INDIA 2012

THURSDAY MAY 30 9:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 1 10:00 AM HARVARD EXIT

In this masterful tribute to Indian film heritage, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur artfully weaves together dazzling archival footage with new material to illuminate the contributions of film archivist and conservationist P.K. Nair. In the mid-twentieth century, many countries created national film archives; it was not until 1964, that Nair took the task upon himself and founded the National Film Archive of India. Since then, over 12,000 films have been preserved in the archive, and the quest for cinematic conservation has become Nair’s lifework. In the past 40 years, the archive has grown increasingly dilapidated, and Nair’s former office is in effect a junkyard, suggesting a climate that is apathetic to the importance of a preserving film history. Nonetheless, Nair remains obsessively passionate about his work. Director Dungarpur worked tirelessly for permission to film Nair, the archive, and interview the scores of Indian filmmakers and directors who have been influenced by Nair’s commitment to film history, in what is ultimately a love song to Indian films of the 20th century and their champion, P.K. Nair.

Director: Shivendra Singh

Dungarpur

Producer: Shivendra Singh

Dungarpur

Screenwriter: Shivendra Singh

Dungarpur

Cinematographers: Mahesh Aney

V. Gopinath

K.U. Mohanan

Aveek Mukhopadhyay

Ranjan Palit

Editor: Irene Dhar Malik

Music: Ram Sampat

With: P.K. Nair

Krzysztof Zanussi

Yash Chopra

Dilip Kumar

Gulzar

Lester James Peries

Running Time: 150 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, Hindi, and Bengali, with English subtitles

International Sales: Dungarpur Films

Print Source: Dungarpur Films

Film Website: dungarpurfilms.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Cheap Thrills

USA 2013

FRIDAY JUNE 7 MIDNIGHT

EGYPTIAN

SATURDAY JUNE 8 9:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

This fiendishly twisted black comedy is guaranteed to elicit gasps of both humor and horror, as two friends engage in an escalating game of degradation in exchange for shocking sums of money. New father Craig (Pat Healy, unforgettable in last year’s Compliance) is in a bind. His family is about to be evicted and he has been laid off from his mechanic job. Despondent, he heads to the local bar and meets up with old friend Vince (Ethan Embry), an ex-con also struggling to make ends meet. They attract the attention of a wealthy couple celebrating their anniversary, the boisterous Colin (David Koechner) and the arrestingly sexy Violet (Sara Paxton), who impishly propose some bar bets: nothing much, just some darts and maybe a few naughty dares in exchange for a little cash. The games soon intensify, and as the antes are upped and these two cash-strapped friends find that they have underestimated their own limits. First-time director E.L. Katz nimbly directs a wickedly entertaining script that blends brutality and razor sharp wit into a morality tale that walks to edge of the fiscal cliff...and jumps off.

Awards:

SXSW 2013 (Audience Award Midnighters) Boston Underground Film Festival 2013 (Best Feature)

Director: E.L. Katz

Producers: Gena Wilbur

Curtis Raines

Travis Stevens

Gabriel Cowan

John Suits

Screenwriters: Trent Haaga

David Chirchirillo

Cinematographers: Sebastian Wintero

Andrew Wheeler

Editor: Brody Gusar

Music: Mads Heldtberg

Cast: Pat Healy

Ethan Embry

Sara Paxton

David Koechner

Amanda Fuller

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Drafthouse Films

Film Website: drafthousefilms.com/film/ cheap-thrills

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Children of Sarajevo

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA/GERMANY/FRANCE/TURKEY 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 4:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 9:00 PM

Set against the backdrop of a cold Balkan winter, this tale of two orphaned siblings follows hardworking 23-year-old restaurant cook, Rahima, who struggles to make ends meet while looking after her juveniledelinquent younger brother, Nedim. Nedim is causing trouble in school, where he is scorned by some of his nouveau-riche classmates, and Rahima has enough on her plate without social services breathing down her neck. The orphaned siblings serve as a metaphor for universal struggles in the war-damaged Bosnian society, illuminating the stark contrasts of postwar Sarajevo, where flashy new villas and fancy cars coexist with grinding poverty. In a place where the New Year’s fireworks recall the sound of mortar fire, corruption and injustice are common features of the postwar society, and the government’s privatization schemes line the pockets of politicians and criminals at the expense of the needy. In her ambitious follow-up to Snow (SIFF 2009), writer and director Aida Begić tackles Bosnia’s wavering moral compass, and the country’s torturously slow transition after a state of war.

Awards: Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film) Cannes 2012 (Un Certain Regard Special Distinction of the Jury)

Sarajevo Film Festival 2012 (Cineuropa Prize)

Pesaro Film Festival 2012 (Best Film, Amnesty International Award, Young Jury Prize)

HARVARD EXIT

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director: Aida Begic

Producer: Aida Begic

Screenwriter: Aida Begic

Cinematographer: Erol Zubcevic

Editor: Miralem Zubcevic

Cast: Marija Pikic

Ismir Gagula

Nikola Đuričko

Velibor Topic

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Bosnian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Pyramide International

Print Source: Pyramide International

Selected Filmography: Snow (2008)

Circles

SERBIA/GERMANY/FRANCE/CROATIA/SLOVENIA 2013

MONDAY JUNE 3 8:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN SUNDAY JUNE 9 6:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

Circles is a well-crafted, brilliantly-acted, complex story about five people who were affected by a heroic act during the war in the Balkans, and an exploration of war wounds and their lasting emotional tolls. Bosnia— 1993, Marko (Vuk Kostic), a soldier, interferes in a civilian being beaten by three fellow soldiers. Twelve years later, the war is over but not in people’s souls. Marko’s fiancée (Hristina Popovic) leaves her country and in her way tries to move on. Marko’s father (Aleksander Bercek) is rebuilding a church. An unemployed young man (Nikola Rakocevic) offers to help him but Marko’s father doesn’t want anything to do with him. Marko’s closest friend, a surgeon (Nebojša Glogova) who witnessed the beating, now must save the life of a killer. And Haris (Leon Lucev) who was the Muslim civilian in the altercation, and now lives in Germany, finds a way to pay back the people who saved him. Director Srdan Golubovic gradually reveals the true-life events by the end of the film but hardly needs to spell them out.

Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2013 (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award) Berlin Film Festival 2013 (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)

Director: Srdan Golubovic

Producers: Jelena Mitrovic

Alexander Ris

Emilie Georges

Boris T. Matic

Danijel Hocevar

Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic

Melina Pota Koljevic

Cinematographer: Aleksandar Ilic

Editor: Marko Glusac

Music: Mario Schneider

Cast: Aleksandar Bercek

Leon Lucev

Nebojša Glogovac

Hristina Popovic

Nikola Rakocevic

Running Time: 112 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Serbian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Memento Films

Print Source: Memento Films

Film Website: international. memento-films.com/ now/circles

Selected Filmography: The Trap (2007)

Absolute Hundred (2001)

EL LIMPIADOR

The Cleaner

PERU 2012

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 9:30 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

FRIDAY JUNE 7 4:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

In this unsettling and intimate dystopian tale, a mysterious epidemic has taken its toll on Lima, Peru, forcing a group of people to become custodians of the dead, cleaning up their lives upon their untimely passing. While clearing out a recently deceased woman’s apartment, forensic cleaner Eusebio (Victor Prada) stumbles upon her eight-year-old son Joaquin (Adrian Du Bois), untouched by disease and frightened by the pestilence of the outside world. Soon, a tentative trust and sense of caring gradually builds between them, allowing them to find humanity as the epidemic rages on. Making an impressive debut feature as writer and director, Adrian Saba shows admirable restraint in letting the relationship between two deeply guarded characters gently unfold, incorporating dryly comedic touches and artfully composed long takes. Prada and Du Bois bring a painful humanity to their characters, tempered by a remarkably controlled intensity.

Awards:

San Sebastián Film Festival 2012 (New Director Award) Palm Springs International Film Festival (New Voices/New Visions Award)

Director: Adrian Saba

Producers: Carolina Denegri

Adrian Saba

Screenwriter: Adrian Saba

Cinematographer: Cesar Fe

Editor: Justin Beach

Music: Karin Zielinski

Cast: Victor Prada

Adrian Du Bois

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Film Republic

Print Source: Film Republic

Film Website: facebook.com/ ElLimpiadorFilm

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

PARDÉ

Closed Curtain

IRAN 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

FRIDAY MAY 17 3:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY JUNE 4 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

To make an independent film in Iran often means delving into the theater of the absurd. Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, Crimson Gold, This is Not a Film) has been under house arrest since 2010 for making “anti-government propaganda” and has been officially banned from filmmaking by Iranian officials until 2030. In response, the defiant Panahi has taken his allegorical meta-filmmaking style to a new level by setting part of Closed Curtain at his own Caspian Sea villa. Panahi’s co-director, Kambuzia Partovi, stars as a screenwriter in hiding with his illegal dog, considered “unclean” under Islamic law. Holed up, he tries to get some writing done, until a mysterious woman named Melika (Maryam Moghadam) and her brother, Reza (Hadi Saeedi), break into the villa while on the run from the authorities. The line between the fiction and real life continues to blur; in February 2013, the passports of Partovi and Moghadam were confiscated by the government, preventing them from leaving Iran to promote the film. Closed Curtain is an absorbing meditation on the nature of fiction vs. reality, standing as a testament to the spirit of a visionary artist who quietly refuses to bow to censorship despite his physical and artistic confinement.

Awards: Berlin Film Festival 2013 (Silver Bear for Best Screenplay)

Directors: Jafar Panahi

Kamboziya Partovi

Producer: Jafar Panahi

Screenwriter: Jafar Panahi

Cinematographer: Mohamad Reza

Jahanpanah

Editor:

Jafar Panahi

Cast:

Kamboziya Partovi

Maryam Moghadam

Jafar Panahi

Hadi Saeedi

Running Time: 106 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Farsi, with English subtitles

International Sales: Ramonda Films

Print Source: Ramonda Films

Selected Filmography: Jafar Panahi:

This Is Not a Film (2011) Offside (2006)

Crimson Gold (2003)

The Circle (2000)

The Mirror (1997)

The White Balloon (1995)

The Last Exam (1992)

Kamboziya Partovi: Border Café (2005)

Naneh Lala va bacheharesh (1997)

The Legend of Two Sisters (1994)

Bazi-e bozorgan (1992)

The Fish (1991)

The Singer Cat Golnar (1990)

Clutter

USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 7:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN SUNDAY JUNE 9 11:30 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Charlie Bradford is haunted by his mother’s hoarding. An eccentric, often depressed widow, his mother, Linda (Carol Kane), has amassed an incomprehensible amount of things: boxes and piles of trinkets, toys, mugs, trash. Her love for her unreasonable collection is as stubborn and strong as her hold on her children—Charlie (Joshua Leonard), an aspiring filmmaker in his 30s, feels tied to her, and his younger sisters, Lisa (Natasha Lyonne) and Penny (Halley Feiffer), still live with her. Lisa, a brassy, sarcastic health aide, has penchant for petty theft, and painfully shy Penny struggles to begin her career as home stager. When the county health department threatens to take Linda’s house, the siblings must help their mother part with her precious collection. As they clear away their mother’s copious belongings, the siblings unearth layers of longheld resentment and grief. Punctuated with sequences of colorful stop-motion collages, and studded with moments of laughter, Clutter sorts through the often messy relations of a family that shares the inability to let go.

Director: Diane Crespo

Producers: Paul Marcarelli

Molly Pearson

Screenwriter: Paul Marcarelli

Cinematographer: Dan Hersey

Editor: Erin Greenwell

Music: William Brittelle

Cast: Joshua Leonard

Carol Kane

Natasha Lyonne

Halley Feiffer

Kathy Najimy

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Audible Productions

Film Website: clutterthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Arranged (2007)

Cockneys vs. Zombies

UNITED KINGDOM 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 8 MIDNIGHT

EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 8:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

When two construction workers unearth a 17th-century crypt and break its seal, they discover the real purpose behind London’s Great Fire—to eradicate a zombie outbreak.

Before you know it, London’s East End is swarming with a deadly legion of flesheating nutters. But the Macguire family has more pressing issues: A property developer is threatening to tear down Ray’s retirement home unless he can come up with a sizeable payment. In a desperate attempt to save their granddad’s home, brothers Terry and Andy hatch a plan to rob a local bank with help from their cousin Katy, friend Davy, and hired gun “Mental” Mickey. Fortunately for our heroes, the police are otherwise engaged with the walking dead as the robbery goes down; unfortunately, their choice of bank lies at ground zero of the zombie-pocalypse. Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, Ray organizes a geriatric band of soldiers, armed with wheelchairs and crutches, determined to save themselves from the cockney undead. In his feature film debut, director Matthias Hoene delivers a murderous, blood-splattered horror crime caper.

Awards: Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

Director: Matthias Hoene

Producers: James Harris

Mark Lane

Screenwriter: James Moran

Cinematographer: Daniel Bronks

Editors: Neil Farrell

John Palmer

Music: Jody Jenkins

Cast: Michelle Ryan

Harry Treadaway

Alan Ford

Georgia King Honor Blackman

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: SC Films International

Print Source: Shout! Factory Film Website: scfilmsinternational.com/ cockneys.html

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

C.O.G. USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 24 4:00 PM EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY MAY 26 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

MONDAY MAY 27 6:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Based on a short story from David Sedaris’ collection, Naked, this is the first time Sedaris has licensed a film based on his work, and thus the first filmic adaptation of his trademark humorous storytelling. C.O.G. is a funny and poignant portrait of a lost soul and the amusing characters he meets. David (played by Tony Award nominee and Glee star, Jonathan Groff) is dismissive, elitist, and out of his element as he pursues his Steinbeckian dream—to spend his summer working on an apple farm in Oregon. Writer/director Kyle Patrick Alvarez (who in 2010 won the Someone to Watch Award at the Independent Spirit Awards for his debut film, Easier with Practice) made C.O.G. in just 18 days, shooting on location near Portland, Oregon, and on a budget of less than $1 million. With an eclectic cast of character actors as co-stars, including Denis O’Hare, Corey Stoll, and Dean Stockwell, this adaption remains true to the author’s voice.

Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Producers: Cookie Carosella

Stephen Nemeth

Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Screenwriter: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Cinematographer: Jas Shelton

Editor:

Fernando Collins

Music: Steve Reich

Joe Berry

Cast: Jonathan Groff

Denis O’Hare

Corey Stoll

Dean Stockwell

Casey Wilson

Running Time: 87 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

Preferred Content

Print Source:

Preferred Content

Film Website: cog-movie.com

Selected Filmography: Easier with Practice (2010)

Welcome to Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s unique blend of East and West, old and new provides an ideal environment for creativity to thrive alongside the city’s more traditional business sectors. Some 34 000 creative industry-related establishments and over 189 000 practitioners are engaged in fields ranging from animation to digital entertainment, fashion to industrial design, film making and special effects to music, dance, painting and many other art forms.

The arts and cultural scene in Asia’s world city is set to become even more colourful as the West Kowloon Cultural District develops on a harbour front site over the next five years

Hong Kong Economic and Trade O ce, San Francisco

www.hketosf.gov.hk

Cold War

HONG KONG 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 8:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FRIDAY MAY 31 9:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 1 3:00 PM EGYPTIAN

Opening with a bomb ripping through a movie theater, Cold War throws the audience pellmell into a dizzying world of police corruption, criminal conspiracies, and political infighting, roaring out the gate as the stylish debut of two directors who’ve long played a significant role in Hong Kong film. With the police commissioner overseas, his duties have been split between the crisp Sean Lau (Aaron Kwok) and the rough-and-tumble M. B. Lee (Tony Leung Ka-fai). The two men’s rivalry is already fractious before a police van carrying an emergency-squad team is hijacked and ransomed for $12 million. With Lee’s son among the hostages he commandeers the rescue operation, a botched embarrassment that leads to investigations of both Lee and Lau. But what the fiery young investigator (Aarif Rahman) seems to uncover is a convoluted plot to affect both men’s fortunes within their own department. Long-time assistant director Sunny Luk and art director Longman Leung show off what they’ve learned behind the scenes in this slick, engrossing thriller that earned 9 awards at the 2013 Hong Kong Film Awards.

Awards:

Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2012 (Best Editing)

Hong Kong Film Awards 2013 (Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor, New Performer, Visual Effects, Score, Sound Design, Editing)

Directors: Longman Leung

Sunny Luk

Producers: Bill Kong

Ivy Ho

Matthew Tang

Screenwriters: Longman Leung

Sunny Luk

Cinematographers: Jason Kwan

Kenny Tse

Editors: Chi-Leung Kwong

Hoi Wong

Music:

Peter Kam

Cast:

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Aaron Kwok

Charlie Yeung

Lam Ka Tung Gordon

Kar Lok Chin

Aarif Rahman

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Cantonese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Edko Films Ltd.

Print Source: Edko Films Ltd.

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

AL-KHOROUG LEL-NAHAR

Coming Forth by Day

EGYPT/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2012

SUNDAY MAY 19 6:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

An exciting new female auteur from the Arab world, Hala Lotfy makes her debut with Coming Forth by Day. In the wake of the protests of 2011, Lotfy found herself moved to “deliver a sense of revolution into [her] work,” resulting in a metaphorical portrait of Egyptian society as stuck, inert, and unable to change. As Lotfy herself observes, “Any idiot can face a crisis. It’s day-to-day living that wears you out.” The day-to-day life in this case, is that of Soad, a young woman who lives with her mother and gravely ill father on the outskirts of Cairo. As she shares the burden of his care with her mother who works nights at a hospital, she seems to have put her own life on hold. Coming Forth by Day is the literal translation of the title of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, and while bright sunlight and the sounds of the city suggest life behind the halfclosed shutters of the family apartment, it is unclear whether or not Soad will be able to escape, and what it will mean if she does.

Awards:

Oran Arab Film Festival 2012 (Golden Lion)

Carthage Film Festival 2012 (Bronze Tanit)

Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 (Best Director from Arab World, FIPRESCI Award)

Director: Hala Lotfy

Producers: Hala Lotfy

Manal Khalil

Screenwriter: Hala Lotfy

Cinematographer

Mahmoud Lotfy

Editor: Heba Othman

Cast: Donia Maher

Salma Al-Najjar

Ahmed Loutfi

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format

DCP, in Arabic, with English subtitles

International Sales

Ramonda Films

Print Source: Hassala Productions

Film Website: comingforthbyday.

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Selected Filmography

Debut Feature Film

Computer Chess

USA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 30 7:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 31 4:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

In 1980, the greatest minds in computer programming come together in a tawdry hotel conference room to pit their cumbersome, state-of-the-art computers against each other in the ultimate game of strategy: computer chess. Up-and-coming engineers challenge frustrated former champions for mathematical supremacy, and between matches they share nerdy obsessions, crush on the only girl in their midst, take psychedelic drugs, and discover the philosophical side of artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, the hotel has been invaded by an oddball couples’ support group, and an industry renegade wanders the halls in search of a spare bed. Writer/director Andrew Bujalski, whose 2002 film Funny Ha Ha defined the modern micro-budget independent film, has created a nostalgic and droll comedy that not only explores the scruffy early days of computer technology, but of video as well. Using the now-antique format of magnetic analogue video tape, the same kind used for local TV newscasts of the period, Bujalski gives the proceedings the look and feel of a vintage documentary, while also showcasing the strangely hypnotic beauty of the format. Populating the cast are several real life computer programmers, film critic Gerald Peary, and Richard Linklater alumnus Wiley Wiggins, all of whom add to the naturalism of the proceedings, making Computer Chess a goofy and profound celebration of eccentric genius.

Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Alfred P. Sloan Prize)

Comrade Kim Goes Flying

BELGIUM/NORTH KOREA/UNITED KINGDOM

2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 6:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SUNDAY JUNE 2 12:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Director: Andrew Bujalski

Producers: Houston King

Alex Lipschultz

Screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski

Cinematographer: Matthias Grunsky

Editor: Andrew Bujalski

Music: Morgan Coy

Kevin Bowersdorf

Cast: Patrick Riester

Myles Paige Robin Schwartz

Gerald Peary

Wiley Wiggins

Running Time: 91 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales:

The Film Sales Company

Print Source: Kino Lorber

Film Website: computerchessmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Beeswax (2009)

Mutual Appreciation (2005)

Funny Ha Ha (2002)

The first Western-financed fiction feature made entirely in North Korea, Comrade Kim Goes Flying tells the story of Kim Yong-mi (Han Jong-sim), a young woman following in the dusty footsteps of her coal miner father (Kim Son-nam). Outside of work, however, Yong-mi is devoted to her amateur acrobatics. When she’s offered a post with a construction crew in Pyongyang, she jumps at the chance, not least because it’ll allow her to see her heroine, gymnast Ri Su-yon (Kim Un-yong). Like many a plucky young girl with a dream before her, Yong-mi gets backstage at the circus, and meets Su-yon and the other acrobats, including stuck-up male star Pak Jang-phil (Pak Chung-guk). A chance to audition for them on the high wire is a dream come true, but the young miner’s trapeze skills fail her, and Jang-phil mocks her for the attempt. Yong-mi, however, is not so easily deterred, determined to prove that just because she works underground doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be able to fly.

Awards: Pyongyang International Film Festival 2012 (Best Direction)

Directors:

Anja Daelemans

Nicholas Bonner

Kim Gwang Hun

Producers: Anja Daelemans

Nicholas Bonner

Mi Hwa Ryom

Screenwriters: Myong Sik Sin

Chol Kim

Cinematographer: Jin Sok Hwang

Editors: Alain Dessauvage

Kim Yun-sim

Bing Gao

Jia Ren

Music: Chol Ham

Frederik Van de Moortel

Cast: Han Jong-sim

Pak Chung-guk

Ri Yong-ho

Kim Son-nam

Han Kil-myong

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Korean, with English subtitles

Print Source: Another Dimension of an Idea

Film Website: comradekimgoes flying.com

Selected Filmography: Kim Gwang Hun: Great Bear (2009)

Watch Us (2008)

Unforgettable Man (2002) My Wish (2001)

Comrade President

ZIMBABWE 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 8:30 PM

FRIDAY JUNE 7 3:30 PM

Samora Moises Machel was raised in a Mozambique hindered by Portuguese colonialism. Using his tremendous charisma, Machel rose in the fight for independence to become a psychologically resourceful leader and a daring military strategist. Once independence was won, Machel and his communist ideology find themselves leading the fledgling country. But Mozambique needs friendly neighbors and Machel’s opposition to racist Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa lend external funding to a Mozambican Civil War. After supporting Rhodesia’s shift to independent Zimbabwe, Machel turns toward South Africa to fight apartheid with expectation that his Russian friends will back him up, but the collapse of communism leaves him without an ideology. Still backed by the popular support of his people and his government, Machel ultimately finds that he is staring down the beast of South African apartheid alone. Comrade President features unbelievable access to world leaders from all sides of the political and personal life of Samora Machel including Graça Machel (Samora’s widow who is now married to Nelson Mandela), Dr. Kenneth Kaunda (President of Zambia), and even Afonso Dhlakama (leader of the Civil War opposition). Director Mosco Kamwendo expertly lays out Machel’s narrative in such a way that it illuminates why people across Africa are still inspired by him and endorses why the world should know more about his passionate politics.

Awards: Dubai Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Award, Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary Special Mention)

Concussion

USA 2013

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

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Director: Mosco Kamwendo

Producers: Jesesi Mungoshi

Marilia Angove

Mosco Kamwendo

Screenwriter: Mosco Kamwendo

Cinematographer: Americo Matola

Editor: Justin Kennaugh

Music: John Hardy

With: Graça Machel

Kenneth Kaunda

Afonso Dhlakama

Running Time: 89 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English and Portuguese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Velvet Productions

Print Source: Velvet Productions

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

FRIDAY MAY 17 9:30 PM

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SATURDAY MAY 18 12:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Stuck in a sexless marriage a mind-numbingly boring family life, lesbian suburban stay-athome mother Abby (Deadwood’s Robin Weigert) feels completely empty inside, but after suffering a mild concussion at the hands of her baseball-throwing son, everything is about to change. Finally brave enough to challenge her monotonous existence, Abby impulsively hires a female prostitute, looking for a spark of sensuality. The “date” doesn’t go off without a hitch, and after confessing her misdeeds to male friend Justin (Johnathan Tchaikovsky), he suggests that she see somebody with a little more panache and experience. Enamored with this new world, Abby takes it upon herself to join the fold—so to speak—reestablishing herself as Eleanor, a high-class escort to the lonely women of New York City. Treated with tenderness and restraint, Concussion examines the woes of married life without ever calling attention to its characters sexuality, opting instead to handle its universal themes with maturity.

Awards: Berlin Film Festival 2013 (Teddy Jury Award)

Director: Stacie Passon

Producer: Rose Troche

Screenwriter: Stacie Passon

Cinematographer: David Kruta

Editor: Anthony Cupo

Music:

Barb Morrison

Cast: Robin Weigert

Maggie Siff

Johnathan Tchaikovsky

Julie Fain Lawrence

Emily Kinney

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Paradigm

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC

Film Website: concussionmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature FIlm

The Crash Reel

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 31 9:30 PM

HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY JUNE 2 1:15 PM EGYPTIAN

The Crash Reel takes an unrelenting look at the meteoric rise and brutal fall of freestyle snowboarder Kevin Pearce. Battling with rival Shaun White as the Vancouver Olympics approach, Pearce seeks a trick that will earn him a gold medal—until he crashes during practice at Park City, Utah. Kevin is left with a severe traumatic brain injury, and even as his desire to get back on a snowboard drives his long recovery, Kevin’s family struggles with the selfish nature of his passion. Where is snowboarding headed? How much further can athletes push their limits? While The Crash Reel explores the nature of risk and takes a critical look at the nature of action sports, the power of the film lies in the human drama. The love and devotion of Kevin’s family, and our inclusion in their intense and difficult conversations, are the centerpiece of the film. A sobering counterpoint to the flash and hype of events like the X Games, The Crash Reel is clear-eyed and smarm-free, even when its characters aren’t.

Director: Lucy Walker

Producers: Julian Cautherly

Lucy Walker

Screenwriters: Pedro Kos

Lucy Walker

Cinematographer: Nick Higgins

Editor: Pedro Kos

Music: Chemical Brothers

Underworld M83 Jose Gonzalez Moby

Sigur Ros

Lykke Li

Running Time: 109 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: The Film Sales Company

Print Source: The Film Sales Company

Film Website: thecrashreel.com

Selected Filmography:

Countdown to Zero (2010)

Waste Land (2010)

Blindsight (2006)

Devil’s Playground (2002)

Crystal Fairy

CHILE 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 8 7:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 5:00 PM SIFF

Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) expands his horizons as Jamie, a rude, crude, ignorant dude visiting Chile in search of mild-altering substances. Inspired by a Bosch painting, Jamie and his friends embark on a journey into the Atacama Desert in search of a fabled and hallucinatory cactus, the ultimate trip. But when Jamie meets Crystal Fairy (Gaby Hoffmann), a sprightly and carefree neo-hippie from San Francisco, she decides to tag along, forcing Jamie to reconsider his unsympathetic and uncompassionate attitude. Crystal Fairy marks the English-language debut of Chilean director Sebastián Silva, whose previous film The Maid played in SIFF 2009.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (World Cinema Dramatic: Directing Award)

Director: Sebastián Silva

Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín

Pablo Larraín

Screenwriter: Sebastián Silva

Cinematographer: Cristián Petit Laurent

Editors: Diego Macho

Sofía Subercaseaux

Sebastián Silva

Cast: Michael Cera

Gaby Hoffmann

Juan Andrés Silva

José Miguel Silva

Agustín Silva

Running Time: 98 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

Content

Print Source:

Sundance Selects

Film Website: fabula.cl

Selected Filmography: Magic Magic (2013)

Old Cats (2010)

The Maid (2009) La Vida me Mata (2007)

HARVARD EXIT

CINEMA UPTOWN

Cutie and the Boxer

USA 2013

SUNDAY MAY 26 11:00 AM

TUESDAY MAY 28 7:00 PM

Like any couple married for nearly 40 years, Ushio and Noriko Shinohara have had their share of joys, disappointments, laughter, and resentment. For the Shinoharas, however, the emotions of their long relationship are heightened by their shared profession: Both are artists of Japanese descent who have struggled on the periphery of New York City’s avantgarde art scene for decades. In this intimate documentary, Zachary Heinzerling explores their complicated, co-dependent relationship that has soured over the years but lost none of its strength. Ushio first gained notoriety in the 1960s for his neo-Dadaist sculptures and “boxing” paintings, made by punching a canvas with paint-covered boxing gloves. A few years after immigrating to New York, he met 19-year-old art student Noriko. Instantly smitten, they have been together ever since, although their professional trajectories never rose as high as they had expected. Today, at age 80, Ushio is trying for one more successful show to seal his artistic legacy, while the 59-year-old Noriko is finally making a name for herself with her “Cutie” series of R. Crumblike illustrations depicting her relationship with Ushio and his earlier struggles with alcoholism. Through vérité camerawork, archival footage, and animated sequences of Noriko’s drawings, Cutie and the Boxer is an intimate, funny, uncompromising portrait of the Shinoharas’s unique love story that stubbornly refuses to follow an easy or conventional path.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (U.S. Documentary Directing Award)

Dead Meat Walking –A Zombie Walk Documentary

USA 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

HARVARD EXIT

HARVARD EXIT

Director:

Zachary Heinzerling

Producers:

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Patrick Burns

Sierra Pettengill

Cinematographer: Zachary Heinzerling

Editors:

David Teague

Andy Grieve

Akiko Iwakawa

Music:

Yasuaki Shimizu

With:

Noriko Shinohara

Ushio Shinohara

Running Time: 81 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English and Japanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC

Film Website: cutieandtheboxer.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

FRIDAY MAY 24 MIDNIGHT EGYPTIAN

SATURDAY MAY 25 8:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Zombies walk among us in Dead Meat Walking, a spellbinding, visually horrific, and decadently delightful film. From Los Angeles to Pittsburgh, Seattle to Toronto and around the globe, they stagger through the streets—gory, rotting spectacles on an endless search to quell their insatiable hunger for human brains and flesh. Documentarian Omar J. Pineda follows the international phenomenon known as the “zombie walk” from its origins (there were only six participants at the first one) to walks attracting more than 15,000 undead zealots in an attempt to set the Guinness world record. Pineda delves into the psyches of zombie aficionados, who’ve decided that making themselves up like zombies is not only an avocation but also the ultimate tribute to the literature, films, and legends of the walking dead. Featuring interviews with Norman Reedus, Academy Award®-winning makeup artist and director Tom Savini—who provides new insights into his collaboration with the godfather of zombie cinema, George Romero—Dead Meat Walking is a fun and riveting documentary that offers a unique focus into the extraordinary and ghoulish pastime that has devoured the imaginations of zombie fans.

PRECEDED BY:

A Pretty Funny Story

Canada 2012, 19 minutes, Director: Evan Morgan How far would you go to keep your silly-dance a secret from your neighbors?

Director: Omar J. Pineda

Producers: Omar J. Pineda

Klaus Whitley

Cinematographers: Omar J. Pineda

Klaus Whitley

Editor: Alexis J. Estevez

Music: Jeff Findley

Sherri Chung

Running Time: 70 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Rebar Films

Film Website: deadmeatwalkingmovie. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Decoding Annie Parker

USA 2013

THURSDAY JUNE 6 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 1:30 PM

Based on true events, this touching film follows a 15-year war against a cruel illness, waged on both scientific and emotional fronts by a pair of women demonstrating extreme bravery under pressure. Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) is on intimate terms with breast cancer, having watched both her mother and sister succumb to it. When she herself is diagnosed with the disease, she struggles to hold her family together, displaying a force of spirit that belies the odds. Elsewhere, geneticist Mary-Claire King (Helen Hunt) is researching the idea of an undiscovered link between DNA and cancer, a process that finds her scrambling for both funding and the support of her disbelieving colleagues. How the paths of these two women intersect is funny, irreverent, and heartwarming without the burn. Director Steven Bernstein’s feature debut deftly balances the seriousness of the situation with the all-too-human response, finding unpredictable grace notes of beauty and wit during even the darkest of times. Featuring stellar performances by Morton, Hunt, and a first-rate supporting cast including Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, and Maggie Grace, Bernstein’s film pays ample tribute to one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century as well as the people forever changed in its wake.

Special Benefit Screenings to support the King Lab at the University of Washington (UW)—a group devoted to the understanding of inherited breast and ovarian cancer, as described in Decoding Annie Parker. Funds raised will be used to buy supplies to provide genetic testing, using BROCA, for uninsured women.

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The Deep

ICELAND/NORWAY 2012

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Steven Bernstein

Producers: Clark Peterson

Johnathan Brownlee

Keith Kjarval

Steven Bernstein

Sahil Chanana

Stuart Ross

Screenwriters: Adam Bernstein

Steven Bernstein

Michael Moss

Cinematographer: Ted Hayash

Editor: Douglas Crise

Music: Steven Bramson

Cast: Helen Hunt

Samantha Morton

Aaron Paul

Rashida Jones

Bradley Whitford

Maggie Grace

Alice Eve

Running Time: 91 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Radiant Films

International

Print Source: Radiant Films International

Film Website: decodingannieparkerfilm. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

FRIDAY MAY 17 12:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY MAY 18 12:30 PM EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY MAY 19 9:00 PM EGYPTIAN

This real-life survival tale offers a powerful, authentically elemental depiction of an incident that still haunts the Icelandic psyche. When the rusty fishing trawler Breki sets out to sea off the Westman Islands in March 1984, an accident causes the boat to capsize in rough waters. The entire crew is swept overboard into the cold, dark Atlantic. To the horror of the shy, portly, 20-something crewman Gulli, the others quickly succumb to the elements— including his best friend, Palli. Calmed and comforted by a seagull wheeling above him, Gulli (Ólafur Darri Ólafssen) swims and talks to stay alive, telling the bird about the unfinished business that he wishes that he could live to complete. Gulli miraculously survives six hours in the freezing ocean, ultimately reaching safety. A story told without the use of computer graphics or special effects, The Deep is an Icelandic spin on a classic survival tale, in which hope and perseverance combat brutal, frozen elements.

Awards:

Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film) Edda Awards 2013 (Best Film, Director, Actor, Cinematography, Editing Music, Visual Effects)

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Producers:

Agnes Johansen

Baltasar Kormákur

Screenwriters: Jón Atli Jónasson

Baltasar Kormákur

Cinematographer: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson

Editors:

Sverrir Kristjansson

Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir

Cast: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Jóhann G. Jóhannsson

Björn Thors

Porbjörg Helga

Porgilsdóttir

Theódór Júlíusson

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Icelandic, with English subtitles

International Sales: BAC Films

Print Source: The Film Centre

Selected Filmography: Contraband (2012)

Inhale (2010)

Brú guminn (2008)*

Jar City (2006)

A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

The Sea (2002)

101 Reykjavík (2000)

Die Welt

NETHERLANDS/TUNISIA/QATAR 2012

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 8:30 PM

FRIDAY JUNE 7 3:00 PM

An audacious hybrid between fiction and documentary, set in contemporary Tunisia shortly after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011, Die Welt portrays a society in the vacuum between dictatorship and democracy. A clerk in a DVD store, young Abdallah has become increasingly frustrated by the limitations of his life. While the country is looking forward to its first free elections since Ben Ali fled the country, and hopes are high, the troubled economy is prompting many young Tunisians to take advantage of their newly gained freedom, by seeking a better life in Europe. After meeting the Dutch tourist Anna, he starts dreaming of the possibilities in Europe, or Die Welt (the world), as his father calls the promised land on the other side of the Mediterranean. In his feature film debut, Dutch director Alex Pitstra investigates his Tunisian roots, working with both professional actors as well as family members in supporting roles, in this immersive portrait of Tunisia today.

PRECEDED BY:

Tiwilit Flowers

Tunisia 2012, 13 minutes, Director: Wassim Korbi

A beautifully shot journey across the North African waterfront celebrates a way of life.

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director: Alex Pitstra

Producer:

Alex Pitstra

Screenwriters:

Alex Pitstra

Thijs Gloger

Abdallah Rezgui

Cinematographer:

Thijs Gloger

Editors: Alex Pitstra

Thijs Gloger

René Duursma

Music: Renger Koning

Cast: Abdelhamid Naouara

Mohsen Ben Hassen

Rahma Ben Hassen

Ilse Heus

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Arabic, Dutch, and English, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Premium Films

Print Source: Premium Films

Film Website: dieweltfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Dirty Wars USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 24 7:00 PM

SATURDAY MAY 25 11:30 AM

Long gone are the days when American involvement in a war meant a public declaration from Congress and an assurance that a noble and just cause was being defended. In acclaimed director Richard Rowley’s scathing indictment of United States military policy over the last few decades, Dirty Wars follows investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, author of the international bestseller Blackwater, behind the lines in America’s covert war operations, from Somalia to Yemen to today’s ongoing struggle in Afghanistan. Rowley’s cameras follow Scahill as he tracks down the CIA agents, military generals, and Special Forces operators who operate with an almost total lack of governmental restraint, many of whom have never gone on the record before about their top-secret activities. Scahill also interviews those on the other side of the “black ops” equation—the survivors of night raids and drone strikes, and victims of torture in undisclosed detention sites. Dirty Wars chronicles the history of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the most secret fighting force in U.S. history. JSOC teams are granted impunity to “find, fix, and finish” their targets, which can include law-abiding U.S. citizens, without due process. Dirty Wars takes viewers into a real-life “heart of darkness” and asks whether our collective sense of homeland security can justify the shocking human rights violations that were committed in its name.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Cinematography Award, U.S. Documentary)

Director: Richard Rowley

Producers: Brenda Coughlin

Anthony Arnove

Jeremy Scahill

Screenwriters: David Riker

Jeremy Scahill

Cinematographer: Richard Rowley

Editors: Richard Rowley

David Riker

Music: David Harrington

Kronos Quartet

With:

Nasser Al Aulaqi

Saleha Al Aulaqi

Muqbal Al Kazemi

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: Sundance Selects

Film Website: dirtywars.org

Selected Filmography: Deserter (2007) The War of 33 (2007) The Fourth World War (2003) Black & Gold (2001)

This is What Democracy Looks Like (2000) Zapatista (1999)

HARVARD EXIT

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Doch (The Daughter)

RUSSIA 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 5:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY MAY 19 11:30 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

A skillful merging of coming-of-age narratives and nail-biting whodunits, The Daughter follows quiet, responsible teenager Inna, who whiles away her days in a provincial Russian town until she befriends Masha, the new girl in school whose independent character represents everything Inna’s traditional father hates. But when Masha becomes the latest victim of an on-the-loose serial killer, Inna turns to the priest’s son, whose sister has also been murdered. As local Inspector Bakhmetyev’s investigation leads to harsh truths and shocking revelations, Inna discovers the pitfalls of Orthodox patriarchy as epitomized by the town’s priest, who struggles to balance the bonds of the confessional with the need to protect human life. This beautifully shot, marvelously performed, very Russian drama is about people whose longheld beliefs in faith, hope, and love are put to the toughest test. It’s a film about being able to choose when no choice is possible, about the courage to accept events, and about the strength to withstand circumstances that could destroy the world around you, your character, and your life.

Awards:

Warsaw Film Festival 2012 (FIPRESCI Award)

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2012 (FIPRESCI Prize)

Directors:

Alexander Kasatkin

Natalia Nazarova

Producers:

Sergei Zernov

Svetlana Kuchmaeva

Screenwriter: Natalia Nazarova

Cinematographer: Andrey Naidenov

Editor:

Olga Proshkina

Music:

Alexander Manockov

Cast: Maria Smolnikova

Yana Osipova

Igor Mazepa

Oleg Tkachev

Vladimir Mishukov

Running Time: 110 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Russian, with English subtitles

International Sales: KinoAtis

Print Source: Gorky Film

Selected Filmography:

Alexander Kasatkin: Slushaya tishnu (2007)

CARNE DE PERRO

Dog Flesh

CHILE/FRANCE/GERMANY 2012

SUNDAY JUNE 2 6:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN TUESDAY JUNE 4 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Middle-aged Alejandro (Alejandro Goic) is a Chilean taxi driver who has been stranded while his broken-down vehicle undergoes repairs. Internally, Alejandro is himself broken down in a much more fundamental way—he is a former member of the Chilean Intelligence Service that was responsible for torturing hundreds of dissidents during the brutal regime of Augusto Pinochet. More than 20 years later, he is now a solitary, fragile, and unpredictable man who remains warped by his hyper-violent past. Abandoned by his ex-wife (Amparo Noguera) and his daughter, the taciturn Alejandro tries to sooth his inner demons with therapeutic showers and visits to the local swimming pool. However, he is still prone to lash out dangerously with horrific violence, often aimed at his elderly pet dog. (Animal lovers, be forewarned) Alejandro meets a single mother named Gabriela (Maria Gracia Omegna) and sees a relationship with her as a potentially redemptive force. But as he tries to contact Gabriela again, he discovers that she has some secrets of her own. Rather than address the Pinochet atrocities from the perspective of the victims, director Fernando Guzzoni provocatively chose to focus on an unsympathetic cog in the regime’s torture machine to highlight the dictatorship’s universally corrosive effects on the human psyche. The casting of Goic, a real-life victim of torture under Pinochet, adds an extra layer of frisson to this uncompromising portrayal of a monster attempting to rediscover his humanity.

Awards:

San Sebastián Film Festival 2012 (New Directors Award)

Göteborg International Film Festival 2013 (Ingmar Bergman Award)

Director: Fernando Guzzoni

Producers:

Adrian Solar

Jacques Bidou

Gunter Hanfgarn

Screenwriters: Fernando Guzzoni

Cinematographer: Bárbara Alvarez

Editor: Javier Estévez

Cast: Alejandro Goic

Amparo Noguera

Daniel Alcaíno

Sergio Hernández

María Gracia Omegna

Running Time: 81 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: FiGa Films

Print Source: FiGa Films

Film Website: figafilms.com

Selected Filmography: La Colorina (2008)

Drinking Buddies USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 8 7:00 PM

EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 4:00PM EGYPTIAN

Barley. Hops. Love? Tensions simmer at this Chicago microbrewery, between workers

Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (New Girl’s Jake Johnson) and their respective partners (Ron Livingston and Up in the Air’s Anna Kendrick). Director Joe Swanberg’s cast improvised this thoughtful and candidly emotional breakthrough. Garnering laughs at SXSW Film Festival, Swanberg’s eighth and biggest budget feature to date hinges on the success of his actors’ disciplined improv. The conflict is set as both couples get away to a cabin one weekend. Luke’s fiancée is good for him, but would Kate be a better match? As Kate and Luke navigate their platonic friendship, which always seems on the verge of bubbling over into romance, their relatable situation and naturalistic dialogue keeps audiences in the moment. It’s a testament to the talents of each that, working from no script, their chemistry and cleverness constructs a scenario that feels true to life. Beasts of the Southern Wild cinematographer Ben Richardson lingers over shots of bottles and glasses as beer plays the ever-present role of instigator in the plot. Avid home-brewer Swanberg’s love for suds shows, and his cast’s energetic, sensitive gamesmanship pack this feature with flavor.

Director: Joe Swanberg

Producers: Paul Bernon

Andrea Roa

Sam Slater

Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg

Cinematographer: Ben Richardson

Editor: Joe Swanberg

Music: Jagjaguwar

Cast: Olivia Wilde

Jake Johnson

Anna Kendrick

Ron Livingston

Ti West

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: burnlater.com/ drinking-buddies

Selected Filmography: 24 Exposures (2013)

All the Light in the Sky (2012)

Uncle Kent (2011)

Alexander the Last (2009)

Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

LOL (2006)

Kissing on the Mouth (2005)

Drug War

HONG KONG 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY MAY 25 7:00 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 12:30 PM

Working with his longtime collaborator Wai Ka-fai, Hong Kong action auteur Johnnie To takes his distinctive brand of operatic crime drama to Mainland China. Following the explosion of his illegal amphetamine production plant, Choi ends up in the hospital where he falls into the custody of Tianjin police Inspector Zhang. In order to save himself from the death penalty, Choi agrees to help Zhang and his partner Xiao Bei infiltrate the cartel led by the infamous drug kingpin “Uncle Bill” Li. Zhang adopts the identity of Brother HaHa, embarking upon a dark and dangerous deep cover operation with only Choi as his guide. However, right before Zhang’s squad is about to crack the case, he realizes the relationship between Choi and Li may not be what it seems. Like a cross between The French Connection and The Wire, Drug War is a tense, gritty police procedural that is as uncompromising as it is exhilarating.

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Director: Johnnie To

Producers: Johnnie To

Wai Ka-fai

Screenwriters: Wai Ka-fai

Yau Nai-hoi

Ryker Chan

Yu Xi

Cinematographer: Cheng Siu-Keng

Editors: David Richardson

Allen Leung

Music: Xavier Jameux

Cast:

Sun Honglei

Louis Koo

Huang Yi

Gao Yungxiang

Wallace Chung

Running Time: 107 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Mandarin and Cantonese, with English

subtitles

International Sales:

Media Asia Distribution

Print Source: Well Go USA

Selected Filmography: Romancing in Thin Air (2012)

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (2011)

Life Without Principle (2011)

Vengeance (2009)

Sparrow (2008)

Mad Detective (2007)

Triangle (2007)

Exiled (2007)

Triad Election (2006)

Election (2005)

Breaking News (2004)

Full Time Hitman (2001)

The Mission (1999)

The Heroic Trio (1993)

The East USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 18 9:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 24 8:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Too often when a large corporation hurts an underprivileged community with a poorly tested drug or a toxic spill, the punishment is a slap on the wrist and a token fine. The anarchist collective The East hates that—so they’ve decided that the CEOs and decisionmakers should be punished in an eye-foran-eye sort of way. Brit Marling (Sound of My Voice, Another Earth) co-wrote and stars as Sarah, a corporate spy hired to infiltrate The East and stop their reign of terror, not to mention make a lot of money for her company, which sells a sort of “terrorism insurance” to shady, large corporations. Sarah proves to be an excellent agent, hitchhiking with anarchist activists until she finds her way into the ecoterrorist organization. There she meets the leader, Benji (Alexander Skarsgård), and his second-in-command, Izzy (Ellen Page), who are initially skeptical of her. As with any undercover agent, the deeper she gets into it the more her loyalties become divided. Director Zal Batmanglij co-wrote The East with Marling as a follow up to their indie hit Sound of My Voice, and this film takes themes from the last and explodes them onto an even larger level. The East is an exciting thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.

Director: Zal Batmanglij

Producers:

Tony Scott

Ridley Scott

Michael Costigan

Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson

Brit Marling

Screenwriters: Zal Batmanglij

Brit Marling

Cinematographer: Roman Vasyanov

Editors: Andrew Weisblum

Bill Pankow

Music: Halli Cauthery

Harry Gregson-Williams

Cast: Brit Marling

Alexander Skarsgård

Ellen Page

Toby Kebbell

Shiloh Fernandez

Running Time: 116 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Fox Searchlight

Film Website: theeastmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Sound of My Voice (2011)

Éden

BRAZIL 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 10:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 2:00 PM

Dazed, vulnerable, and eight months pregnant, Karine (Leandra Leal) is brought to the Church of Éden, run by the charismatic Pastor Naldo. Desperate following the tragic death of her husband, Karine hesitantly accepts the church’s support and soon becomes Naldo’s new favorite. In return, the opportunistic pastor begins to groom her to become an “ambassador” for his new religious mission, thus setting in motion this exquisitely realized tale of religious hypocrisy. Employing an ingenious and provocative narrative structure, writer-director Bruno Safadi inter-cuts the story of Karine’s indoctrination with elliptical flashbacks of her life with her husband, cleverly redefining her story with each reveal. Furthermore, Safadi and his cinematographer Lula Carvalho balance these atmospheric interludes with documentary-style footage of Éden’s gritty street missions, and infuse the scenes of Karine’s life behind the church doors with a claustrophobic, lurking menace. With a nuanced performance as Pastor Naldo, João Miguel (Xingu, SIFF 2012) demonstrates again why he is quickly becoming known as one of Brazil’s finest actors, but the real revelation here is Leal’s dynamic performance as Karine, conveying the woman’s inner turmoil with a range that can shift from subtle to seismic in a single scene.

Awards:

Rio International Film Festival 2012 (Best Actress)

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Director: Bruno Safadi

Producer: Jan Roldanus

Screenwriters: Antonia Pellegrino

Bruno Safadi

Cinematographer: Lula Carvalho

Editor:

Rodrigo Lima

Music: Guilherme Vaz

Cast: Leandra Leal

João Miguel

Julio Andrade

André Ramiro

Cristina Lago

João Zappa

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Portuguese, with English subtitles

Print Source:

TB Produções

Selected Filmography:

Harmonica’s Howl (2013)

Belair (2009)

My Name Is Dindi (2007)

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SUNDAY MAY 19 4:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

A 3D animated adventure about a fantastical society of forest guardians and the girl who helps them save the world, Epic is part actionromp and part whimsical comedy. Based on William Joyce’s childrens book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, the story is brought to the big screen with the voice talents of a star-studded cast, including acclaimed actors Amanda Seyfried and Christoph Waltz, as well as musical powerhouses Beyoncé, Steven Tyler, and Pitbull. Seyfried plays M.K., the teenaged daughter of a professor studying the warriors of the forest, called the Leafmen. M.K.’s search for her missing father leads to her to join the Leafmen and a rag-tag group of allies against the villainous Boggans in a war between the forces of good and evil, a conflict with repercussions for her own world. Through it all, the animation impresses, from the quirky details of its characters to the sumptuous, jewel-like scenery of the secret forest world. Ultimately the biggest success of Epic is it’s focus on character with a great script that allows it’s star cast to shine, transporting the audience into a world of spectacular fantasy.

Director: Chris Wedge

Producers: Lori Forte

Jerry Davis

Screenwriters: Tom J. Astle

Matt Ember

James V. Hart

Cinematographer: Renato Falcão

Editor: Andy Keir

Music: Danny Elfman

Voices of: Amanda Seyfried Josh Hutcherson

Beyoncé Knowles

Christoph Waltz

Steven Tyler

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: 20th Century Fox

Film Website: epicthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Robots (2005) Ice Age (2002)

Ernest & Celestine

FRANCE/LUXEMBOURG/BELGIUM 2012

SUNDAY MAY 19 10:00 AM

FRIDAY MAY 24 6:30 PM

In a world largely dominated by 3D animation, Ernest & Celestine’s old-fashioned charm, meaningful message, and magical watercolors trump any animated film from the past year. The movie wastes no time introducing the curious Celestine, a surprisingly open-minded mouse who challenges her headmistress’ stern warnings about interacting with bears, who live like humans above ground. After creating mayhem on the surface, she bumps into a down-on-his-luck bear named Ernest. The two artistic souls take an immediate liking to each other and soon find themselves hibernating at Ernest’s cabin. Because Celestine has gone missing from her home, the mice have sent the police out looking for her, and before the credits roll the young mouse and bear will turn the whole world upside down. Ernest & Celestine is one of those rare movies that grabs audiences with its playful creativity, but by the end of the second act, an emotional foundation has been formed and it becomes obvious that the film speaks profoundly to audiences of all ages.

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Directors:

Benjamin Renner

Stephane Aubier

Vincent Patar

Producers:

Didier Brunner

Henri Magalon

Vincent Tavier

Screenwriter:

Daniel Pennac

Editor: Fabienne Alvarez-Giro

Music:

Vincent Courtois

Voices of: Pauline Brunner

Anne-Marie Loop

Lambert Wilson

Running Time: 79 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: StudioCanal

Print Source: GKids

Film Website: ernestetcelestine-lefilm. com

Selected Filmography: Stephane Aubier/Vincent

Patar: A Town Called Panic (2009)

Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington

USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 9:30 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 12:00 PM

Set in the 2012 campaign season, this film follows ACLU activist Alison Holcomb, travel writer Rick Steves, politicians such as Pete Holmes, and law enforcement officials as they crusade for Initiative 502, a hardnosed plan to legalize marijuana in Washington State at the ballot box. Seattle-based director Riley Morton, whose mountaineering documentary, Found on Everest (2001), is the apex of many adventure films he shot abroad, stays close to home to document this fierce, local mêlée. Medical marijuana activists and criminal defense lawyers oppose the initiative, with its bitter pills designed to appease the mainstream swing voters. Morton is joined by Jason Reid, Darren Lund, and Adam Brown, the team behind Webby Award-winning Sonicsgate that chronicled the Sonics basketball team’s departure from Seattle in 2008. With intimate access to players on all sides, Evergreen delivers intimate portraits of Washingtonians as they, and thus the audience, experience the optimism, confrontation, and gaps between ideals and reality that emerge as voting day draws closer. These emotional contours heighten the story’s resonance with drug reform efforts in America and across the world; engaging its audience as witnesses to a truly historical moment.

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SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director:

Riley Morton

Producers:

Riley Morton

Nils Cowan

Jason Reid

Screenwriter: Nils Cowan

Cinematographer: Riley Morton

Editors:

Darren Lund

Jason Reid

Music:

John Low

With:

Rick Steves

Alison Holcomb

Pete Holmes

Vivian McPeak

Doug Hiatt

Running Time: 86 minutes

Presentation Format:

HDCAM

Print Source: Evergreen Film/Hemlock

Productions

Film Website: evergreendocumentary. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

TUTTI I SANTI GIONI

Every Blessed Day

ITALY 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

MONDAY MAY 20 9:15 PM

HARVARD EXIT

THURSDAY MAY 30 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

What makes a relationship successful? Latin scholar Guido (Luca Marinelli) comes home every morning from his job as a night porter at a fancy hotel to wake his girlfriend Antonia (Thony). He tells her about the saints over breakfast, she goes to her job as a car rental clerk. At night she sings in bars. This loving couple is tested when Antonia tries to become pregnant and it’s not as easy as they expect. Every Blessed Day showcases the beauty of its Italian setting while exploring universal situations like the possibilities of parenthood and how we relate to our families. Along the way we visit the pope’s gynecologist and learn about the unusual requests a night porter receives on the job. A colorful cast of characters accompany the lovers as they try to find their way through their difficulties, making this a movie that is as funny as it is thoughtful.

Awards:

Villerupt Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

Director: Paolo Virzi

Producer: Elisabetta Olmi

Screenwriters: Simone Lenzi

Paolo Virzi

Francesco Bruni

Cinematographer: Vladan Radovic

Editor: Cecilia Zanuso

Music: Thony

Cast: Luca Marinelli

Thony

Micol Azzurro

Claudio Pallitto

Stefania Felicoli

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Italian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Intramovies

Print Source: Intramovies

Film Website: intramovies.com

Selected Filmography:

The First Beautiful Thing (2010)

Your Whole Life Ahead of

You (2008) Napoleon and Me (2006)

Fanie Fourie’s Lobola

SOUTH AFRICA 2013

FRIDAY JUNE 7 6:30 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 11:30 AM

What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola, a South African tradition that finds the groom’s family negotiating for the bride’s hand? When Fanie Fourie, a young Afrikaner who designs custom cars that resemble African animals, accepts a dare to take a beautiful Zulu entrepreneur, Dinky Magubane, to his brother’s wedding the stage is set for romance. She accepts on the condition that Fanie pretends to be her boyfriend so that she can stop her deeply traditional father from pressuring her into marriage. Of course, as Dinky and Fanie start to fall in love their hoax to annoy their families becomes a meaningful relationship. But can it transcend their cultural differences, family politics, and especially, the thorny tradition of lobola? Fanie Fourie’s Lobola effectively skewers South African cultural expectations, furthering conversations about interracial relationships and whether lobola retains its relevance in a modern society, among others. Based on a popular South African book, the hilarious script by director Henk Pretorius and Janine Eser is populated with genuinely likeable characters whose chemistry will melt even the coldest of hearts. Don’t miss this contemporary fairy tale about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society.

Awards:

Jozi Film Festival 2013 (Audience Award)

Sedona International Film Festival 2013 (Audience Award)

PRECEDED BY:

Director: Henk Pretorius

Producers: Lance Samuels

Kweku Mandela

Janine Eser

Screenwriters: Janine Eser

Henk Pretorius

Cinematographer: Trevor Calverley

Editor: Avril Beukes

Music: Adam Schiff

Cast: Eduan van Jaarsveldt

Zethu Dhlomo

Angelique Pretorius

Jerry Mofokeng

Motlatsi Mafatshe

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English, Zulu, and Afrikaans, with English subtitles

International Sales: Indigenous Film

Print Source: Indigenous Film

Film

Website: faniefouriemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Bakgat! 2 (2009) Bakgat! (2008)

Loot

South Africa 2013, 11 minutes, Director: Greg Rom

On a day seemingly like any other, a stranger strolls into a bustling bank and, armed with little more than a plan, seeks to get away with the contents of the vault.

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story

THURSDAY MAY 30 9:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 9:30 PM

Armed with just sixty dollars, an innate artistic ability, and his revolutionary attitude, 24-yearold Tomi Ungerer found himself on his way to America after coping with the loss of his father and the aftermath of a childhood under Nazi rule. Eventually landing a job as an ad illustrator, he quickly realized success in many different illustration fields but found his greatest joy to be children’s literature. However, his powerful anti-war posters and his sexually-explicit erotica led to him becoming an outcast. Detailing the evolution of Ungerer from Hitler youth to ad-man to the beloved, awardwinning children’s book author, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story explores Ungerer’s life-long testing of societal boundaries. This thoughtful depiction of Ungerer’s journey by director Brad Bernstein uses a mix of candid conversations with Ungerer, archival footage, absurd animation, and interviews with Ungerer’s peers, including Maurice Sendak and Jules Feiffer to illustrate the root of the peculiar artist’s popularity and eventual disappearance from the scene. Highlighting Ungerer’s empathy for all people and great love of the ambiguity between what is declared good and evil, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough will leave you with an admiration for Ungerer’s constant rebellion and a fresh appreciation of the beauty of human eccentricity.

Director: Brad Bernstein

Producer:

Brad Bernstein

Screenwriter: Brad Bernstein

Cinematographer: Jim O’Donnell

Editor: Jason Schmidt

With:

Tomi Ungerer

Maurice Sendak

Jules Feiffer

Steven Heller

Michael Patrick Hearn

Running Time: 99 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French and English, with English subtitles

International Sales: Le Pacte

Print Source: First Run Features

Film Website: faroutthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

KASHI-GGOT

Fatal

SOUTH KOREA 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 4:00 PM

THURSDAY JUNE 6 9:45 PM

A brutal crime from the past still holds its grip upon victim and perpetrator alike in this stark thriller. Sung-gong (Nam Yeon-wo) is first seen being taunted and tossed into the adjoining room by fellow high-school students. But this is no mere display of school bullying; in the next room lies Jang-mi (Yang Jo-a), drugged unconscious and raped by each boy in turn. Sung-gong has refused to participate, but his cohorts are not having that as an option. Ten years later Sung-gong insists to himself that he did nothing more wrong that day then stay silent. Whether because of that silence or a greater complicity he refuses to acknowledge, his guilt weighs heavily enough upon him that a chance meeting with street missionaries sends him scurrying to their church, hoping for some consolation. There he reencounters Jang-mi, and painfully becomes aware that the cruel harm done to her is a debt still needing to be paid. This uncompromising look at a man hoping for redemption and learning of its limits, marks first-time director Lee Don-ku as one of South Korea’s most promising young voices.

Director: Lee Don-ku

Producer: Kim Hee-Sung

Screenwriter: Lee Don-ku

Cinematographer: Kang Moon-bong

Editor: Lee Don-ku

Music: Park Hee-sun

Cast: Nam Yeon-woo

Yang Jo-a

Hong Jeong-ho

Kang Ki-doong

Kim Hee-sung

Running Time: 103 minutes

Presentation Format:

HDCAM, in Korean, with English subtitles

International Sales: Finecut Co. Ltd.

Print Source: Finecut Co. Ltd.

Film Website: finecut.co.kr

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

HARVARD EXIT

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Fateful Findings

USA 2013 WORLD PREMIERE

SATURDAY MAY 25 MIDNIGHT

Director and actor Neil Breen offers us a staunchly self-serious film that gives Tommy Wiseau’s The Room a run for its money in this mash-up of relationship drama and paranormal-political thriller. “It’s a magical day” are the words scribbled onto the notebook of Dylan’s childhood girlfriend as they discover what seems to be a mystical pendant buried under a mushroom in the forest. Years later (thirty or so for Dylan, maybe fifteen for his attractive childhood sweetheart), Dylan has a master’s degree in computer science and is an acclaimed novelist, living with his pill-popping girlfriend in a modest apartment. A brutal car accident reignites Dylan’s paranormal abilities and fuels his ambition as a covert hacker to expose shocking government secrets. As the spectral presence increases, Dylan’s relationship with his current girlfriend crumbles, and the passion between him and his old flame grows more intense, and more dangerous. Fateful Findings delivers a knockout combination of completely absurd actions and reactions, deadpan dialogue from socially inept characters, and ghostly special effects reminiscent of the early ’90s children’s show Ghostwriter. The bizarre dry humor found in this low-budget, genredefying film, paired with its penchant for outrageous scenes of violence, may very well create a cult following for architect-turned-director Neil Breen.

LA CINQUIÉME SAISON

The Fifth Season

BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS/FRANCE 2012

SUNDAY MAY 26 8:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 10:30 AM

Director: Neil Breen

Producer: Neil Breen

Screenwriter: Neil Breen

Cinematographer: John Mastrogiacomo

Editor: Neil Breen

Cast: Neil Breen

Klara Landrat

Jennifer Autry

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: BluRay

Print Source: Neil Breen

Film Website: fatefulfindings.biz

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Beautifully photographed in a palette of icy blues and cold earth tones, Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth’s appropriately chilling contemporary fable draws on traditional peasant folklore to chronicle what happens when Mother Nature turns her back on a small Ardennes village and simply refuses to let winter give way to spring. As they do every year, the villagers—including newly cemented young couple Alice and Thomas (Aurélia Poirier and Django Schrevens)—gather for the traditional bonfire celebrating the coming end of winter, only to have the pyre refuse to catch fire. It soon becomes plain that this is not just a baffling, if mildly ominous, occurrence. Even though time passes, the season stays the same. Perpetual winter—with crops failing, starvation increasing and barbarity on the rise—becomes the norm and the locals grow more desperate by the day. Spiked throughout with surreal visual touches and charcoalblack humor, Brosens and Woodworth’s eerie tale strikes home with the force and truth of the best kind of cinematic art.

Awards:

Venice Film Festival 2012 (Green Drop Award)

Valladolid Film Festival 2012 (FIPRESCI Prize, Special Jury Prize)

Les Arcs European Film Festival 2012 (Best Photography, Best Actress, Cineuropa Prize)

Directors:

Peter Brosens

Jessica Hope Woodworth

Producers:

Peter Brosens

Diana Elbaum

Sébastian Delloye

Joop van Wijk

JB Macrander

Philippe Avril

Screenwriters: Peter Brosens

Jessica Hope Woodworth

Cinematographer: Hans Bruch Jr.

Editor: Jessica Hope Woodworth

Music:

Michael Shöpping

Cast: Aurélia Poirier

Django Schrevens

Sam Louwyck

Gill Vancompernolle

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French and Flemish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Films Boutique

Print Source: Films Boutique

Film Website: thefifthseason.be

Selected Filmography: Altiplano (2009) Khadak (2006)

EGYPTIAN

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

FRIDAY MAY 17 2:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 9:00 PM

TUESDAY JUNE 4 5:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

HARVARD EXIT

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Film fanatic Sunny (Sharib Hashmi) is dying to act but gets turned down at every potential opportunity. A friend suggests that he take a job as an assistant director instead and he goes on assignment with an American crew shooting a commercial in a remote area of Rajasthan near the Pakistani border. Mistaken for an American, he is kidnapped by a terrorist group and spirited off to a Pakistani border village. When the inept terrorists discover their mistake, they decide to keep him hostage even though he is “not worth a sparrow’s fart.” The house where he is detained belongs to a Pakistani who smuggles pirated DVDs from India. Immediately, they find a common passion— Hindi films. In this touching comedy, the outgoing and charming Sunny gets to be the actor he always wanted to be—acting scenes from Bollywood films for the delight of the local villagers. An irrepressible optimist, he easily breaks down barriers having found a common language: the love of movies. But will that help him get back home?

Awards:

Delhi International Film Festival (Best Feature Film Indian Showcase)

Jaipur International Film Festival (Best Upcoming Film)

Kerala International Film Festival (Best Director)

Director: Nitin Kakkar

Producers: Subhash Choudhary

Shaila Tanna

Screenwriter: Nitin Kakkar

Cinematographer: Subhransu Das

Editor: Sachindra Vats

Music: Arijit Datta

Urvi Ashar

Shipra Rawal

Cast: Sharib Hashmi

Inaamulhaq

Kumud Mishra

Gopal Dutt

Sanjay Mehta

Running Time: 117 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Hindustani, with English subtitles

Print Source: Satellite Pictures

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Final Member

CANADA/ICELAND/ITALY/USA 2012

SUNDAY MAY 26 9:00 PM

HARVARD EXIT

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 4:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Many people wonder what they will pass on to future generations. Sigurdur “Siggi” Hjartarson, the founder and head of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, has decided that his legacy will be penises. Lots of penises. Feel free to laugh at Siggi, but he is very serious about his collection, which he started in 1974 and now contains more than 280 specimens from 93 different species. But Siggi is missing the final member that will complete his collection: the human penis. This film tells the story of Siggi’s quest and the men who are candidates in the search for the final penis. It’s possible that 95-year-old legendary Icelandic adventurer Pall Arason may come to the rescue, though due to Seinfeldian shrinkage, his penis may prove too small to qualify. Another candidate is Tom Mitchell, a Californian, determined that his All-American seven-incher “Elmo” should be the first. Further, he’s willing to donate his penis before he dies. Got all that? Reality is truly stranger and definitely more hilarious than fiction in this unbelievable documentary about legacy, manhood, and humanity.

Directors: Jonah Bekhor

Zach Math

Producers: Jonah Bekhor

Zach Math

Cinematographers: Sean Stiegemeier

Viggo Knudsen

Editors: Andrew Dickler

Tyler Hubby

Music:

Rob Simonsen

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English and Icelandic, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Film Sales Company

Print Source: The Film Sales Company

Film Website: thefinalmember.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Finding Hillywood

USA/RWANDA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 4:00 PM

In Hillywood (Rwanda’s film industry named for the country’s rolling hills) there is a blossoming film community. As Rwanda is still healing from the wounds of a cultural genocide almost 20 years ago, cinema has become a way for artists to express themselves and create cultural discussion. Finding Hillywood efficiently introduces the major players who set the beginning of the industry in motion. Eric Kabera founded the Kwetu Film Institute, directed the first Rwandan feature, and created the Rwanda Film Festival. Ayuub Kasasa Mago is a renaissance man within the industry, equally adept at directing, acting, scouting, or “fixing” just about anything a production might need. While it is easy to see that Eric is the heart of the industry, as the film continues Ayuub comes to represent its soul with his all-encompassing passion. Local Seattle filmmakers Leah Warshawski and Chris Towey have created a stirring documentary that functions as a Rwandan history lesson but also reveals the power of media as a catalyst for cultural healing. The film’s final act takes a breathtaking final turn as Hillywood connects the people of Rwanda with the goosebumps of seeing their culture represented on the biggest screen available.

PRECEDED BY:

Behind the Word

Rwanda 2012, 21 minutes, Director: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

World Premiere

A young student finds that her lack of English brings her considerable ridicule from her classmates.

Fora

Rwanda 2012, 7 minutes, Director: Ayuub Kasasa Mago

A father learns a valuable lesson from his sons.

Five Dances

USA 2013

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Directors: Leah Warshawski

Chris Towey

Producers: Leah Warshawski

Chris Towey

Screenwriter: Christina Ruddy

Cinematographer: Chris Towey

Editor: Eric Frith

Music:

Zain Effendi

Running Time: 57 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: Inflatable Films

Print Source: Inflatable Films

Film Website: findinghillywood.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

FRIDAY MAY 17 7:00 PM

SATURDAY MAY 18 1:30 PM HARVARD

Recently arrived in New York from Kansas on a ballet scholarship, 18-year-old Chip (Ryan Steele, of Broadway’s Newsies, who became integral to director Alan Brown’s script) hopes that his years of hard training haven’t been all for naught. Joining a small SOHO-based modern dance troupe, Chip soon discovers that a dancer’s career and personal life are inseparable, and that professional experience and romance often parallels the challenges of artistic expression. Structured around a five-section dance and set mostly in the troupe’s loft rehearsal space, this is a raw, real, and refreshing examination of the politics of movement. Featuring kinetic energy from the likes of New York’s finest dancers (Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller, Luke Murphy) and choreographed by renowned Jonah Bokaer of the legendary Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Five Dances is Brown’s most dynamic film to date, and a classic tale of seeking love and success in the big city.

Director: Alan Brown

Producers: Tracy Utley

Agathe David-Weill

Screenwriter: Alan Brown

Cinematographer: Derek Mckane

Editor: Jarrah Gurrie

Music: Nicholas Wright

Cast:

Ryan Steele

Kimiye Corwin

Reed Luplau

Catherine Miller

Luke Murphy

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Wide Management

Print Source: TLA Releasing

Film Website: fivedancesthemovie.com

Selected Filmography:

Private Romeo (2011)

Superheroes (2007)

Book of Love (2004)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

EXIT

FLIMMER

Flicker

SWEDEN 2012

MONDAY JUNE 3 6:00 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

THURSDAY JUNE 6 9:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 9:00 PM EGYPTIAN

There’s something strange, and strangely hilarious, afoot in the Swedish town of Backberga. The city’s biggest employer, an electric utility called Unicom, suffers from frequent blackouts and constant harassment from a Luddite group of anti-technology zealots. A freak accident causes a major power failure, setting in motion a cascade of unfortunate events for the townspeople. Unicom’s chief accountant, Kenneth (Jacob Nordenson), is the company’s scapegoat for all that goes wrong in the office. He’s equally unlucky in the romance department, despite having a haircut that slightly resembles Ted Danson’s majestic coif. Meanwhile, Unicom cleaning lady Birgitta (Anki Larsson), suffers an emotional setback when her therapy session to cure her arachnophobia is cut short by a blackout at the worst possible time. Another co-worker Roland (Jimmy Lindstrom) tries to cope with a major electrical shock to his genitals soon after he and his wife Karin (Saga Garde) had decided to start having children. Writer/director Patrik Eklund, in his feature film debut, evenly sprinkles in uproarious slapstick, droll satire and poignant human emotions as these characters intertwine and react to their bizarre predicaments. Through it all, though, the characters prove surprisingly resilient in this commentary on the disruptive nature of digital communication and the ultimate triumph of face-to-face relationships.

Awards: Fantastic Fest 2012 (Best Picture)

Director: Patrik Eklund

Producers: Jan Blomgren

Mathias Fjellström

Screenwriter: Patrik Eklund

Cinematographer: David Grehn

Editors: Stefan Sundlöf

Patrik Eklund

Music: John Erik Kaada

Cast: Kjell Bergqvist

Allan Svensson

Jacob Nordenson

Anki Larsson

Olle Sarri

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Swedish, with English subtitles

International Sales: TrustNordisk

Print Source: Swedish Film Institute

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

LE VOL DES CIGNOGNES

Flight of the Storks

FRANCE/GERMANY/ SOUTH AFRICA 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY MAY 25 8:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 10:00 AM

Jonathan Anselme (Harry Treadway), a young English academic, has teamed up with Max Böhm, an amateur Swiss ornithologist, to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa. They hope to discover why so many of them never return from this trip. However, when Max is found dead in mysterious circumstances (high up in a stork’s nest), Jonathan decides to make the trip alone, never suspecting that he will find himself caught up in an international web of intrigue. While Swiss detective Dumaz investigates Max Böhm’s murky past, Jonathan journeys from Bulgarian gypsies to Israeli kibbutz to the confines of the Central African jungle, along the pathway of the migrating storks and their deadly secret. He is constantly confronted by the blurry/terrifying memories of his past, including old family friend Sonderman (a chilling Rutger Hauer). A tense thriller based on the eponymous novel by best-selling author Jean-Christophe Grangé, published in more than 15 languages, the twists and turns in this stunning mini-series builds to a terrifyingly satisfying climax.

Director: Jan Kounen

Producers: Thomas Anargyros

Edouard de Vesinne

Damien Couvreur

Screenwriters: Jean-Christophe Grangé

Denis McGrath from Grangé’s novel

Cinematographer: Lance Gewer

Editors: Anny Danché

Florent Vassault

Music: Éric Neveux

Cast:

Harry Treadway

Rutger Hauer

Clemens Schick

Perdita Weeks

Clemens Schick

Running Time: 180 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: TF1 International

Print Source: The Festival Agency

Film Website: tf1international.com

Selected Filmography: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) 99 Francs (2007)

Darshan: The Embrance (2005)

Other Worlds (2004) Renegade (2004) Dobermann (1997)

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

HARVARD EXIT

Forbidden Voices

SWITZERLAND 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 3:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY MAY 25 5:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Even as the world’s dictatorships clamp down ever harder on their citizens, the internet has provided a new check to official lies and a new way to speak truth to power. The medium’s potential for radical change is demonstrated in this portrait of three women bloggers who’ve refused to be silent in the face of oppression. Yoani Sánchez has chronicled Cuba’s harsh treatment of political prisoners despite her country’s limited online access, posting from hotels and disseminating her works on CDs and flash drives. Farnaz Seifi’s activism for woman’s equality in Iran forced her to leave for Germany, where she now has the freedom to write as she pleases even as it comes with the pain of exile. Chinese dissident Zeng Jinyan’s sardonic accounts of her house arrest capture the horrific limbo of being under surveillance in a police state. A lovely recurring motif has words of these women typed in the sky above their homelands (images captured by covert crews posing as tourists); if any ring out as the film’s motto it is perhaps these by Sánchez: “The century of silence is ending—now we have to bring the loudspeakers of internet and Twitter to all the citizens.”

Awards: WACC-SIGNIS Human Right Award 2012

Director:

Barbara Miller

Producer: Philip Delaquis

Cinematographer: Peter Indergand

Editor:

Andreas Winterstein

Music:

Marcel Vaid

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Mandarin, Spanish, Farsi, and English with English subtitles

Print Source: Women Make Movies

Film Website: forbiddenvoices.net

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Forgotten Kingdom

USA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 30 6:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 9:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Writer-director Andrew Mudge crafts an intimate tale of lost soul Atang (Zenzo Ngqobe) on the occasion of his return to his ancestral land of Lesotho to bury his estranged father. Grown used to the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg, he must quickly adjust to the more spiritual rhythms of the Basotho people. In Lesotho, Atang meets Dineo (Nozipho Nkelemba), a young schoolteacher that rekindles feelings about his people and his past that he thought were long forgotten. As their relationship develops, Atang begins to encounter villagers that lead him further on this unexpected, often mystical, journey into his past. Taking his inspiration from the films of David Lynch, John Sayles, and Nicolas Roeg, writer-director Mudge crafts a lyrical, humanist portrait of a young man attempting to find his place in the world, both geographically and spiritually. Mudge’s intent, in his own words, was to create “a quiet, meditative tone that parallels the character arc of the protagonist.” In so doing, Mudge has created an intimate, moving portrait of lives in transition, and the sacrifices people must make in order to connect with each other in a meaningful way.

Director: Andrew Mudge

Producers:

T.R. Boyce Jr.

Pieter Lombaard

Cecil Matlou

Andrew Mudge

Screenwriter: Andrew Mudge

Cinematographer: Carlos Carvalho

Music: Robert Lewis

Cast: Zenzo Ngqobe

Nozipho Nkelemba

Jerry Mofokeng

Lebohang Ntsane

Moshoeshoe Chabeli

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Sesotho, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Little Film Company

Print Source: The Little Film Company

Film Website: forgottenkingdom themovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Frances Ha

USA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 9:45 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY MAY 18 4:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

27-year-old Frances lives in New York, sharing an apartment with her best friend Sophie. But when Sophie decides to move to her dream loft in Tribeca with another friend, Frances is left to find a new place for herself, in more ways than one. The film follows her progress through half a dozen short, and shorter-term, living arrangements, crashing with some rich friends one month, flying home to Sacramento the next, even making a spontaneous weekend trip to Paris. Housing issues aside, the fact is that several years after graduation, she finds herself in a seemingly perpetual postcollegiate phase, unable to make the transition to real adulthood, whatever that might turn out to be. Worse still, she’s struggling to find her own path amongst friends who seem to have it all figured out. Shot in black-and-white in a style reminiscent of the French New Wave, this new film from director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding) reunites him in happy collaboration with star and co-writer Greta Gerwig.

Director: Noah Baumbach

Producers: Noah Baumbach

Lila Yacoub

Scott Rudin

Rodrigo Teixeira

Screenwriters: Greta Gerwig

Noah Baumbach

Cinematographer: Sam Levy

Editor:

Jennifer Lame

Cast: Greta Gerwig

Mickey Sumner

Running Time: 86 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: IFC Films

Film Website: ifcfilms.com/films/ frances-ha

Selected Filmography: Greenberg (2010)

Margot at the Wedding (2007)

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Mr. Jealousy (1997)

Kicking and Screaming (1995)

FREIER FALL

Free Fall

GERMANY 2013

FRIDAY JUNE 7 4:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 9:30 PM

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EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 1:30PM EGYPTIAN

On a weekend police-training course, Marc meets fellow officer, Kay, and begins to develop feelings for him. Kay is spontaneous and a little illicit, which is not Marc’s day-today life. Back at home though, Marc thinks nothing of it—until Kay is transferred to his unit. Torn between his love for his pregnant girlfriend Bettina and the rush of a completely new experience, his life spins increasingly out of control. As they deepen their affair, Marc becomes tangled in a web of lies and deceit, becoming more and more estranged from his family, but running away with Kay is not an option. When Kay disappears without warning and leaves no forwarding address, it dawns on Marc that his absence has ripped a gaping hole in his life. Marc can no longer satisfy everyone’s expectations - least of all his own. Director Stephan Lacant’s atmospheric and sexy feature explores the dramatic story of a man who veers off the conventional path he thought he was on and suddenly finds himself in free fall.

Director: Stephan Lacant

Producers: Christoph Holtof

Daniel Reich

Screenwriters:

Stephan Lacant

Karsten Dahlem

Cinematographer: Sten Mende

Editor:

Monika Schindler

Music: Dürbeck & Dohmen

Cast: Hanno Koffler

Max Riemelt

Katharina Schüttler

Maren Kroymann

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in German, with English subtitles

Print Source: Wolfe Releasing

Film Website: freierfall-film.de

Selected Filmography: Fireflies (2006)

ET

The Fruit Hunters

SATURDAY MAY 18 10:00 AM

MONDAY MAY 20 7:00 PM

Environmental documentaries come in all shapes and sizes, but chances are you won’t have seen any quite as appetizing as this sensual and seductive tribute to nature’s sweetest bounty. There is a reason that so many painters have turned to the bowl of fruit for inspiration, and if filmmakers have been slow to follow suit, Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze, China Heavyweight) is quick to make amends. Inspired by Adam Leith Gollner’s book of the same name, and accompanied by a motley group of fruit fanatics including the Hollywood actor Bill Pullman, Chang explores a wider, weirder world of fruit: stinky durians, cherimoyas, ice cream beans. Adventurers Noris Ledesma and Richard Campbell scour the jungle for rare mangos, hoping to intervene before the plants are steamrolled by industrialization. Pioneering scientist Juan Aguilar races to breed bananas resistant to a deadly fungus that threatens the worldwide crop.

And fruit detectives including Isabella Dalla Ragione investigate Renaissance-era paintings for clues, hoping to rediscover lost varietals. Pullman’s efforts to seed a community orchard in the Hollywood hills are interspersed with juicy historical tidbits tracing cultivation across centuries and continents.

EGYPTIAN

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director: Yung Chang

Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin

Katerine Baulu

Bob Moore

Screenwriters: Mark Slutsky

Yung Chang

Cinematographer: Mark Ó Fearghail

Editors:

Hannele Halm

Omar Majeed

Mila Aung-Thwin

Music: Olivier Alary

Johannes Malfatti

Narrator: Bill Pullman

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, Italian, English, Balinese, and Malay, with English

subtitles

International Sales: National Film Board of Canada

Print Source: Cinedigm

Film Website: eyesteelfilm.com/ fruithunters

Selected Filmography: China Heavyweight (2012) Up the Yangtze (2007)

TUESDAY MAY 21 9:30 PM

THURSDAY MAY 30 9:30 PM

For the first time in years, Jack is getting his life back onto the straight and narrow. He decides to stop his brazen womanizing, rededicate himself to his live-in girlfriend and child, and cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Unfortunately for Jack, his best friend Glen has lousy timing. While carrying 2.5 kilos of cocaine concealed in the trunk, Glen crashes his car into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border, landing him in the hospital, thus unable to make the scheduled delivery to the local drug cartel. In order to save Glen from the cartel’s enforcers, Jack enlists his colleagues Rasmussen and Robin to help him on a desperate errand: get the drugs out of police custody and complete the transaction himself while hopefully keeping his friends and family alive. As he is about to find out, though, when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse. In his feature film debut, director Øystein Karlsen blends equal parts Jo Nesbø crime thriller and Coen Brothers absurdism to create a black comedy that is darker than a Scandinavian winter’s night.

PRECEDED BY:

Sacrifice

Iceland 2012, 15 minutes, Director: Jakob Halldorsson North American Premiere Oli, his girlfriend, and his best friend are fleeing the Icelandic financial crisis with a fortune in forbidden cash. But when they’re marooned on a freezing outcrop of rock, they’ll learn of all that money can’t buy.

Director: Øystein Karlsen

Producers: Anders Tangen

Hillevi Råberg

Screenwriter: Øystein Karlsen

Cinematographer: Pål Bugge Haagenrud

Editor: Andreas Nilsson

Music:

Knut Avenstroup

Cast: Jon Øigarden

Tuva Novotny

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Atle Antonsen

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Norwegian, with English subtitles

International Sales:

AB Svensk Filmindustri

Print Source: Norwegian Film Institute

Film Website: nfi.no

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

EGYPTIAN

FEI YU LAO REN YUAN

Full Circle

CHINA 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 6:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FRIDAY MAY 31 2:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

MONDAY JUNE 3 7:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

A group of residents at the Guanshan Nursing Home in northern China are the charming ensemble cast of this heartwarming film by director Zhang Yang. Some of the residents have poor health and are struggling against illness, some are bitter towards their families for institutionalizing them, and some are simply trying to stay entertained. The group of senior citizens develops a youthful energy when one of them decides that they should compete in a televised acting and variety show competition. The enterprising elderly cohort bands together to write, act, and direct a dramatic piece, despite having very little acting experience. They are determined to present their work at the competition, which will take place in a town near the seaside. The seniors must disobey the orders of a humorless nurse who wants to stop them from embarking on the dangerous journey, but these irrepressible, intrepid seniors find a way to realize their shared dream by buying a bus and sneaking out of the nursing home. On their trip, they discover a renewed zeal for life and experience the unparalleled pleasure of striving for and achieving an unlikely dream.

Awards:

Tokyo International Film Festival 2012 (Asian Film Award Special Mention)

Furever

USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 18 6:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY MAY 19 11:00 AM HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY JUNE 9 6:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Director:

Zhang Yang

Producers:

Ann An

Li Li

Qiang Zhang

Screenwriters: Xin Huo

Chong Zhang

Cinematographer: Tao Yang

Editor:

Hongyu Yang

Music:

San Bao

Cast: Huanshan Xu

Tianming Wu

Li Bin

Bingyan Yan

Running Time: 104 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Mandarin, with English subtitles

International Sales: Fortissimo Films

Print Source: Fortissimo Films

Selected Filmography:

Driverless (2010)

Getting Home (2007)

Sunflower (2005)

Quitting (2001)

Shower (1999)

Spicy Love Soup (1998)

In 2012 alone, the 62% of Americans who own pets spent $52.9 billion on them. Furever not only shows us the outlandish ways pet owners can contribute to this sum of money, but also offers an intimate look into why this investment is profound. Weaving interviews with pet mourners, veterinarians, scientists, academics, and undertakers, this documentary looks beyond the meaning of these precious creatures and investigates how the act of memorializing them is distinctly human. In imagery that is at once striking and meditative, director Amy Finkel visually explores the fine line between our perception of meaning and lifelessness. Furever is a sober spectacle with something for everyone as it explores practices such as taxidermy, mummification, and cloning; drawing on themes of death, spirituality, industry, mental health, popular perception, and money.

PRECEDED BY:

They Look Right Through You

USA 2013, 10 minutes, Director: Tess Martin World Premiere

Whether a cat person or a dog person, you probably think you have some kind of relationship with your pet. But does your pet feel the same way?

Sponsored by Deborah Person

Director: Amy Finkel

Producer: Amy Finkel

Screenwriters: Amy Finkel

Clare Lyell

Lila Place

Cinematographer: Gregg de Domenico

Editors: Lila Place

Amy Finkel

Music: Tyler Sargent

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Gaia Indie Films

Film Website: fureverfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

IL COMANDANTE E LA CICOGNA

Garibaldi’s Lovers

ITALY/SWITZERLAND/ FRANCE 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SUNDAY MAY 26 9:30 PM

EGYPTIAN

TUESDAY MAY 28 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Also known as The Commander and the Stork, Garibaldi’s Lovers is a contemporary love story told with magical realism and comedy against the backdrop of an increasingly materialism-driven and morally crumbling Italy. Widowed, working-class Leo is grappling with the trials of raising two teenaged children, whose actions he does not always understand, while also entertaining visions of his late, eccentric wife, who has limited sympathy for his hardships. Into his unconventional life comes destitute artist Diana, who is dodging demands for rent payment from her landlord; circumstances bring the two of them together at the office of a ridiculous and arrogant lawyer. The story unfolds beneath the gazes of the statue of Commander Giuseppe Garibaldi, with his running commentary of disapproval at the state of the nation, and the watchful stork who represents the chance for a new beginning. The film is populated with the absurd yet at the same time quietly tender and hopeful.

Director: Silvio Soldini

Producer: Lionello Cerri

Screenwriters: Doriana Leondeff

Marco Pettenello

Silvio Soldini

Cinematographer: Ramiro Civita

Editor: Carlotta Cristiani

Music: Banda Osiris

Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino

Claudia Gerini

Alba Rohrwacher

Luca Zingaretti

Valerio Mastandrea

Running Time: 108 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Italian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Intramovies

Print Source: Film Movement

Film Website: intramovies.com/newreleases

Selected Filmography: Come Undone (2010)

Days and Clouds (2007)

Agata and the Storm (2004)

Burning in the Wind (2002)

Bread and Tulips (2000)

The Acrobat (1997)

The Peaceful Air of the West (1990)

G.B.F. USA 2013

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 7:00 PM

THURSDAY JUNE 6 4:00 PM

Tanner is happy enough living in the closet and the shadows, but when circumstance outs him to his entire high school, he finds himself cast as the hottest new accessory that the three rival queen bees of the school need, like, yesterday: a Gay Best Friend. Brent, his own best friend, would love to be in Tanner’s shoes, causing a falling out that quickly turns to war as prom season approaches and the stakes get higher. Beyond being just plain fun, the film raises important points about straight female-gay male friendships and the hyper or non-sexualization of gay men, especially in the media. Evanna Lynch (Harry Potter’s Luna Lovegood) is a special treat as the absurd McKenzie Price, who embodies the selfdelusion and hypocrisy of the Westboro Baptist Church with zeal and war paint. Fastpaced and witty, there’s little not to love in this part homage to, part parody of, the iconic Mean Girls (2004).

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EGYPTIAN

Director: Darren Stein

Producers: Stephen Israel

Richard Bever

Darren Stein

George Northy

Screenwriter: George Northy

Cinematographer: Jonathan Hall

Editor: Phillip J. Bartell

Music: Brian H. Kim

Cast: Megan Mullally

Horatio Sanz

Natasha Lyonne

Michael J. Willet

Paul Iacono

Andrea Bowen

Rebecca Gayheart

Evanna Lynch

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: The Film Collaborative

Film Website: thefilmcollaborative.org/ films/gbf.php

Selected Filmography: Put the Camera on Me (2003)

Jawbreaker (1999) Sparkler (1997)

Geography Club

USA 2013

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

SATURDAY MAY 25 11:00 AM HARVARD EXIT

High school can be one of the most awkward experiences of our lives, and young love is never easy. Nerdy kid Russell (Cameron Stewart) is questioning his sexuality, and arranges online to meet up for a date with another guy in his high school. He ends up seeing a popular football player named Kevin (Justin Deeley). The date is a secret, but they are seen by Min (Ally Maki), who slips them both a note. Will she reveal their secret? Will Kevin’s goofy best friend Gunnar (Andrew Caldwell) ever lose his virginity? Based on the popular novel by Brent Hartinger, this is a sweet and funny look at teenaged angst. Quirky characters and unusual plot twists help to lift this movie above its all-too-familiar setting, and SNL alum Ana Gasteyer appears as an offbeat teacher who knows her way around a cucumber. Come see why the Geography Club is so important to some kids, and experience the drama and laughter of high school again, at a safe distance.

Director: Gary Entin

Producers: Michael Huffington

Anthony Bretti

Screenwriter: Edmund Entin

Cinematographer: Matthew Irving

Editor: William Yeh

Music:

Lior Rosner

Cast: Cameron Stewart

Justin Deeley

Andrew Caldwell

Ally Maki

Allie Gonino

Meaghan Martin

Ana Gasteyer

Scott Bakula

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: Shoreline Entertainment

Print Source: Shoreline Entertainment

Film Website: shorelineentertainment. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

HEUTE BIN ICH BLOND

The Girl with Nine Wigs

GERMANY/BELGIUM 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 6:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

FRIDAY JUNE 7 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

At 21 years old, Sophie is a young, energetic student whose life plans are interrupted by a rare form of cancer. But with the help of nine wigs, Sophie rejects the limitations of her diagnosis, as well as the limitations of identity, as she uses each one in turn to become a different version of herself: Cute, girlish Daisy. Enigmatic, sensual Oema. Sue, who can dance and flirt the night away. Stella. Blondie. Platina. Pam. Lydia. Bebé. Sophie is no object of pity, but a person who actively determines how she engages with her new world, and how the rest of the world engages with her. Part comedy and part drama, The Girl with Nine Wigs is a candid account of a self-proclaimed holiday from cancer, a way of accepting a formidable reality while choosing not to mourn it. Based on the bestselling autobiographical book by Sophie van der Stap.

Director: Marc Rothemund

Producers: Andreas Bareiß

Sven Burgemeister

Screenwriter: Katharina Eyssen

Cinematographer: Martin Langer

Editor: Simon Gstöttmayr

Music: Mousse T.

Cast: Lisa Tomaschewsky

Karoline Teska

David Rott

Maike Bollow

Peter Prager

Running Time: 117 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in German, with English subtitles

International Sales: Beta Cinema

Print Source: Beta Cinema

Film Website: heute-bin-ich-blond.de

Selected Filmography: Men Do What They Can (2012)

Single by Contract (2010)

Pornorama (2007)

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

The Duo (2003) Hope Dies Last (2001) Ants in the Pants (1999)

Love Scenes From Planet Earth (1998)

BU LAO QI SHI

Go Grandriders

TAIWAN 2012

FRIDAY MAY 31 3:30 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 1 4:00 PM

FRIDAY JUNE 7 1:30 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Touring the 1,178 kilometer coast of Taiwan by motor scooter offers majestic views of the Pacific, but also many of the hazards you’d expect, including grueling mountain passages and truck drivers aggressively asserting their dominance of the road. Despite an average age of 81, the 17 senior citizens who participate in this 13-day ride refuse to let any of that deter them from heading out on the highway and enjoying a grand adventure in their twilight years. The trip was organized by a Welfare Center in part to demonstrate how society underestimates the elderly, a lesson confirmed at every bend in the road in what’s become the most popular documentary in Taiwanese history. Avoiding the panoramic sights, the film smartly keeps focus on the riders, who bond over war stories and tales of short-fused wives, shrug off medical complaints and even a few injuries to keep going, and display their delight in the voyage and their own perseverance in broad, contagious smiles. “It’s like the journey of life,” one explains in her gently philosophic way, “with highs and lows, ups and downs. But you just have to keep going.”

PRECEDED BY:

Grandma Ocean

South Korea 2012, 6 minutes, Director: Hui-Jin Kang, Ah-Ryeom Han

An animated documentary portraying about a life of the Haenyo (traditional female divers of Jeju Island).

Goltzius and the Pelican Company

FRIDAY MAY 17 6:30 PM

Director:

Tien-hau Hua

Producers:

Yi-ying Lin

Ben Tsiang

Xenia Chang

Cinematographers: Tien-hau Hua

Ying-min Chang

Wei-cheng Chang

Editor: Nien-hsiu Li

Music:

Jian Kang Studio

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Chinese and Taiwanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: CNEX Foundation Limited

Print Source:

CNEX Foundation Limited

Film Website: cnex.org.tw

Selected Filmography: Perfect Match (2012)

Greeting the Future (2011)

Chen Yin-Hui (2009)

EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY MAY 19 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

At 70 years old, iconoclast Peter Greenaway has lost none of his contrarian spirit or unwavering commitment to visually compelling film. His latest work is profoundly visual, thought provoking, decadent, and awash in sexually provocative imagery. Set in the year 1590, the story follows Hendrick Goltzius (Ramsey Nasr) and his crew of writers, workers, and performers as they arrive in Colmar at the palace of a rich and powerful margrave (F. Murray Abraham), who the engraver hopes will finance a printing press he can use to publish illustrated versions of the Old Testament and the works of Ovid. In order to seal the deal, Goltzius needs to titillate the nobleman and his court with live renditions of what he refers to as the “Six Sexual Taboos,” beginning with Adam and Eve’s original sin and covering such transgressions as incest (via the Genesis passages on Lot and his daughters), prostitution (through the tale of Samson and Delilah), and necrophilia (in the story of St. John the Baptist and Salome). Greenaway again stakes his claim as one of cinema’s preeminent stylists, lending a painterly quality to the screen that leads the eye artfully into each scene. The unrelenting provocateur, Greenaway does not fail to include various forms of erotic antics, erections, and simulated intercourse in this rowdy cultural collage. The final product is unforgettable, as both a journey through Goltzius’ artistic conflict with the powers that be, and as a venue for Greenaway’s infamous directorial psyche.

Director: Peter Greenaway

Producer: Kees Kasander

Screenwriter: Peter Greenaway

Cinematographer: Reinier van Brummelen

Editor: Elmer Leupen

Music:

Marco Robino

Cast: F. Murray Abraham

Ramsey Nasr

Vincent Riota

Alba Rohrwacher

Halina Reijn

Running Time: 128 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in English, Dutch, and French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Bankside Films

Print Source: Bankside Films

Selected Filmography: Rembrandt’s J’Accuse (2009)

Nightwatching (2007)

The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003-2004)

The Pillow Book (1996)

Prospero’s Books (1991)

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Drowning By Numbers (1988)

The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)

FUNE WO AMU

The Great Passage

JAPAN 2013

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

TUESDAY JUNE 4 9:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 8 3:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Mitsuya Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) is, by all accounts, a word person. Physically clumsy and socially awkward, he only truly feels at home within the rules and confines of lexicography, or when relaxing in solitude at his boarding house with his cat, Tora-san. After struggling in the sales division of the Genbu Books publishing company, he manages to land his dream job in the Dictionary Editorial Department, where he can use his talents to compile a new dictionary, called “The Great Passage.” Partnering with Mitsuya are an elderly professor who is nearing retirement after devoting his life to studying the Japanese language and a callow young man who is slow to develop an appreciation for the challenging task ahead. Mitsuya’s love of language, however, leaves him speechless when he meets Kaguya (Aoi Miyazaki), his landlady’s granddaughter, who moves into his building and beguiles him with her obsession with cooking knives and fine cuisine. Mitsuya soon finds that the words he has studied his whole life are inadequate to express his true feelings for Kaguya. Meanwhile, complications begin piling up as the dictionary department descends into chaos. Rising Japanese director Yuya Ishii (Sawako Decides, Mitsuko Delivers) sets this gentle dramatic comedy in the 1990s, well before the Wild West attitude of Google and Wikipedia. The Great Passage is a kindhearted tribute to a time when the written word still contained an element of magic and romance.

Director: Yûya Ishii

Producers: Tomoo Tsuchii

Kimitaka Goka

Fumitsugu Ikeda

Yasuyuki Iwanami

Screenwriter: Kansaku Watanabe

Cinematographer: Junichi Fujisawa

Editor: Junichi Fujisawa

Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda

Aoi Miyazaki Jô Odagiri

Kumiko Aso

Kazuki Namioka

Running Time: 133 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Japanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Shochiku Co., Ltd

Print Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd

Film Website: shochikufilms.com

Selected Filmography:

Mitsuko Delivers (2011)

A Man with Style (2011)

Sawako Decides (2010)

Kimi to arukou (2009)

Bare-assed Japan (2007)

Of Monster Mode (2007)

Girl Sparks (2007)

Rebel, Jiro’s Love (2006)

The Guillotines

HONG KONG 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 MIDNIGHT EGYPTIAN

It’s 18th-century China, and the Qing Dynasty’s Emperor Qian Long has a stranglehold over the defeated Han Chinese. To ensure that the Qing line remains in power, Emperor’s father had assembled a secret team of elite assassins, called the Guillotines, to eliminate anyone who dared to oppose his rule. Led by master fighter Leng (Ethan Juan), the squad gets its name from a unique bladed weapon that envelopes the heads of its victims and quickly decapitates them. Under the Guillotines’s reign of terror over the Han, they have never failed to eliminate their targets in 348 consecutive missions. The new Emperor, however, sees his father’s Guillotines as outdated. On their next mission, the Guillotines track down and capture a Han dissident named Wolf (Huang Xiaoming) and intend to use him as a pawn to gain more power with the Emperor. But Wolf’s gang ambushes the Guillotines and Wolf escapes, taking one of the Guillotines hostage. Now the rest of the squad must fight a war on two fronts—against Wolf and his band of Han rebels, and the Emperor’s emissaries, who are eager to replace the squad with Western firearms. This tale of intrigue, deceit, and betrayal is brought to life by Hong Kong legend Andrew Lau (Young and Dangerous, Infernal Affairs), who films the visceral martial-arts action in breathtaking depth. The Guillotines is both a pulse-pounding “wuxia” thriller and an elegy to a fading way of life based on honor, loyalty, and tradition.

Director: Andrew Lau

Producers: Peter Ho-Sun Chan

Jojo Hui Yuet-chun

Screenwriters: Aubrey Lam

Joyce Chan

Cinematographer: Fung Yuen-man

Editor: Chung Wai-chiu

Music:

Kwong Wing-chan

Cast: Huang Xiaoming

Ethan Juan

Shawn Yue

Li Yuchun

Boran Jing

Running Time: 112 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Cantonese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Media Asia Distribution

Print Source: Variance

Film Website: Mediaasia.com

Selected Filmography:

Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen (2010)

Confession of Pain (2006)

Initial D (2005)

Infernal Affairs II (2003)

Infernal Affairs (2002)

The Storm Riders (1998) Young and Dangerous (1996)

UNA PISTOLA EN CADA MANO

A Gun in Each Hand

SPAIN 2012

SUNDAY MAY 26 6:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 4:00 PM

“The course of true love never did run smooth”—an axiom proven time and again for the eight men in Cesc Gay’s newest feature, A Gun in Each Hand, a hilarious collection of vignettes that offers a compelling portrait of modern masculinity. Two old friends bump into each other in an elevator: J is openly weeping and depressed, while E is only marginally better off, having lost everything and now residing once again with his mother. After dropping his son off with his ex-wife, S makes an attempt to win her back, after two years of separation. As L is walking his dog, he encounters G, who is staking out the house of his wife’s lover. P makes advances on a fellow office worker he’s never really spoken with before. Meanwhile, Maria gives her husband’s friend A a ride, while elsewhere Maria’s husband encounters A’s wife Sara at a party they’re both attending. What at first appears to be a collection of disparate episodes, weave and twine together through Gay’s direction to create a perceptive and witty dissection of midlife crises with all their accompanying poignancy and bewilderment.

Awards:

Miami International Film Festival 2013 (Special Mention)

Goya Awards 2013 (Best Actress)

Halima’s Path

CROATIA 2012

HARVARD EXIT

HARVARD EXIT

Director:

Cesc Gay

Producer:

Marta Esteban

Screenwriters:

Cesc Gay

Tomás Aragay

Cinematographer:

Andreu Rebes

Editor:

Frank Gutierrez

Music:

Jordi Prats

Cast:

Ricardo Darín

Javier Cámara

Luis Tosar

Eduardo Noriega

Candela Peña

Running Time: 97 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Match Factory

Print Source: The Match Factory

Film Website: the-match-factory.com/ films

Selected Filmography: V.O.S. (2009)

Fiction (2006)

In the City (2003)

Nico and Dani (2000) Hotel Room (1998)

MONDAY MAY 20 6:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN TUESDAY MAY 21 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

This is the third feature film from acclaimed director Arsen Anton Ostojic (A Wonderful Night in Split, SIFF 2005). Halima’s Path tells the tragic but inspiring story of a strong-willed Muslim woman who tries to find the remains of her husband and son who were buried in one of the many mass graves during the Bosnian War. Her husband’s remains are found but her son remains missing, leading to the unfolding of the story of why DNA samples, used to identify remains, will not and cannot find her son. Strong Halima (Alma Prica) must track down her estranged niece who carries a mysterious connection to her son. In doing so, other hidden facts are uncovered. Halima’s story resonates with other unimaginable, but all too real, stories of war where neighbors kill neighbors and kin kill kin. As a survivor of tragedy, she is a witness to what was and what remains. A genuine Balkan co-production, this poignant and powerful film was inspired by a real-life story of a couple in a village near Prijedor in Western Bosnia who searched for their son’s biological mother for twenty years.

Awards:

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Prize) Pula Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award, Young Cinephiles Jury Award) Mons International Film Festival 2013 (Best Film, Best Actress, Cinefemme Foundation Award)

Director: Arsen Anton Ostojic

Producers: Slobodan Trninic

Arsen Anton Ostojic

Screenwriter: Fedja Isovic

Cinematographer: Slobodan Trninic

Editor: Dubravko Slunjski

Music:

Mate Matisic

Cast:

Alma Prica

Olga Pakalovic

Mijo Jurisic

Daria Lorenci Flatz

Miraj Grbic

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Bosnian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Arkadena

Print Source: Arkadena

Film Website: arsenantonostojic.com

Selected Filmography: No One’s Son (2008)

A Wonderful Night in Split (2004)

Harana

PHILIPPINES 2012

SATURDAY MAY 25 3:00 PM

SUNDAY MAY 26 11:30 AM

Courtship has become a digital process: flirtation in 140 characters or less. But this was not always the case. In the Philippines, there was the “harana,” a traditional form of courtship where men wooed women by serenading beneath her window. There were strict rules that governed this nocturnal activity—it is too hot during the day to think of romance— and the women swooned en masse. After his father’s death, classical guitarist Florante Aguilar returned to his homeland and rediscovered the harana music tradition that has long since ceased. Traveling to the remote provinces, Aguilar uncovers three surviving performers and courts their untrained golden voices to join him on a performance tour.

Director Benito Bautista’s film is a treasure chest of exquisitely romantic Filipino music sweeping these beautiful performers from real-life courting to the concert hall to stardom as the nostalgia of the song tradition grips the country. More than just a chronicle of the once lost art of the serenade, Harana recalls a time when human connection was prized above digital communication. This is the ultimate SIFF 2013 date movie!

Awards: Hawaii International Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award for Best Documentary)

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Director: Benito Bautista

Producers: Florante Aguilar

Fides Enriquez

Screenwriters: Florante Aguilar

Benito Bautista

Cinematographer: Peggy Peralta

Editor:

Chuck Gutierrez

Music:

The Harana Kings

With: Florante Aguilar

Felipe Alonzo

Celestino Aniel

Romeo Bergunio

Running Time: 104 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Tagalog and English, with English subtitles

Print Source: New Art Media

Film Website: haranathemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Boundary (2011)

The Gift of Barong: a Journey from Within (2006)

UROKI GARMONII

Harmony Lessons

KAZAKHSTAN/GERMANY/FRANCE 2013

TUESDAY JUNE 4 8:30 PM

THURSDAY JUNE 6 3:00 PM

Young Kazakh director Emir Baigazin’s film Harmony Lessons was part of the Main Competition at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival—a rarity for a debut. Stark and surreal in somber blue tones, Baigazin’s mature clear vision and precise command of film as both visual and emotional storytelling clearly reveal the life of children imprisoned in their own society. It’s easy to understand how constant dysfunction, a microcosm of larger dysfunction, builds and dominates the life of an adolescent. Harmony Lessons opens with Aslan butchering a goat while his grandmother looks on. The rest of the action takes place at school. An incident where Aslan is humiliated and then ostracized makes him withdraw and begin to exhibit obsessive hygiene and other weird behaviors. Burying himself in studies of electricity, biology, evolution, peace, and war, he quietly and methodically plans his future actions. How to survive bullies without being a bully? Will the new kid Mirsayan save him? Shot in HD on a RED camera, the film is the work of an impeccable visual stylist.

Awards: Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Camera)

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Director: Emir Baigazin

Producer:

Anna Katchko

Screenwriter: Emir Baigazin

Cinematographer: Aziz Zhambakiyev

Editor: Emir Baigazin

Cast:

Timur Aidarbekov

Aslan Anarbayev

Mukhtar Anadassov

Anelya Adilbekova

Beibitzhan Muslimov

Running Time: 110 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Kazak, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Films Distribution

Print Source:

Films Distribution

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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LES SAVEURS DU PALAIS

Haute Cuisine

FRANCE 2012

FRIDAY MAY 31 9:30 PM

EGYPTIAN

SATURDAY JUNE 1 8:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

For a sumptuous experience sure to whet any cinematic appetite, there’s no better place than the Elysée Palace to sample the culinary delights of France. Haute Cuisine, based on the real-life story of the personal chef to former French president François Mitterrand in the late 1980s, takes the viewer on a foodlover’s holiday through the most mouthwatering creations imaginable. In this charming comedy, Catherine Frot plays Hortense, a provincial chef and restaurant owner who is plucked from obscurity to become the personal cook for M. President, who has a craving for the traditional regional dishes of his youth. The only problem is that, for health reasons, the President’s doctor has put the world leader on a strict diet (mon dieu!), which eliminates the heavy creams, sauces, and spices that the President craves. In a bit of devilishly ironic casting, the portly President is played here by journalist Jean d’Ormesson, best known to French audiences for being one of Mitterrand’s staunchest critics during his presidency. As the rustic Hortense tries to fit in with the palace’s urbane staff—including her pastry-cook assistant Nicolas (Arthur Dupont)—and chafes against the bureaucracy and casual sexism she faces each day, director Christian Vincent lets his roving camera linger over the chef’s delectable creations, described in minute detail and conjured by her staff with utmost care. Be sure not to view this screening on an empty stomach.

Awards: COLCOA 2013 (Audience Special Prize)

Her Aim Is True

USA 2013 WORLD PREMIERE

SUNDAY MAY 26 4:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

MONDAY MAY 27 2:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

Director: Christian Vincent

Producers: Etienne Comar

Philippe Rousselet

Screenwriters: Etienne Comar

Christian Vincent

Cinematographer: Laurent Dailland

Editor: Monica Coleman

Music: Gabriel Yared

Cast: Catherine Frot

Jean d’Ormesson

Hippolyte Girardot

Arthur Dupont

Brice Fournier

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Wild Bunch

Print Source: Weinstein Company

Film Website: lessaveursdupalais.com

Selected Filmography:

Quatre Etoiles (2006)

The Children (2005)

Suave-moi (2000)

What’s so Funny About Me? (1997)

La Séparation (1994)

Beau fixe (1992)

La Discrete (1990)

Jini Dellaccio speaks in this film about her life and photos. She was born in Indiana, grew up during the Depression, fell in love with jazz, and worked as a self-taught fashion photographer in the 1950s. Dellaccio had already lived a pretty interesting life by the time she started snapping photos of aspiring rockers in the early sixties, and producing the body of work she is known for among both musicians and photographers. At 48, Dellaccio started working with bands like The Sonics and The Wailers, shooting iconic album cover photos of band members with great works of architecture and sculpture, climbing trees, or foregrounded by leather boots. Dellaccio rejected the boring five-member line-up band photograph, and established herself as one of the most exciting, innovation composers in rock photography. Now 96 years old, Dellaccio lives in Seattle, and this masterful film about her fearless life and groundbreaking work was shot entirely in the Pacific Northwest, featuring legendary local music venues like Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley and other Washington sites where Dellaccio worked. The film features striking photos taken by Dellaccio of young rockers, models, and even a few self-portraits along with archival photos and film from her early life. The soundtrack and interviews capture the explosion of Pacific Northwest rock that Dellaccio was so keen on documenting.

Director: Karen Whitehead

Producers: Karen Whitehead

Karim Chrobog

Cinematographers: John Jeffcoat

Ryan McMackie

Editor: Kelli Boyd

With: Jini Dellaccio

Merrilee Rush

The Sonics

Buck Ormsby

Steve Lalor

Running Time: 70 minutes

Presentation Format:

HDCAM

International Sales: Story House Group

Print Source: Story House Group

Film Website: heraimistruemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

AHI VA EL DIABLO

Here Comes the Devil

MEXICO/USA 2012

TUESDAY JUNE 4 9:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 9:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

While on vacation in Tijuana, young parents Felix and Sol allow their children Sara and Adolfo to explore a hillside near the rest stop unattended. What follows is every parent’s worst nightmare—the children enter a dark cave and disappear. Working with local authorities conducting the search, the couple nevertheless returns to their hotel room without finding their children. Their ordeal appears to come to an end when both Sara and Adolfo are found alive and unharmed the next morning. However, the good fortune of their return soon changes with the children’s behavior suggesting ominous and unspeakable events that occurred the night the children were lost. As Felix and Sol try to care for and protect their children, they begin hearing halfwhispered legends of the caves too strange to believe and too dangerous, no matter how insane, to ignore. In Here Comes the Devil, director Adrián García Bogliano crafts an exceptional supernatural thriller steadily building a palpable sense of dread and paranoia that leads to shocking, horrific revelations.

Awards:

Fantastic Fest 2012 (Best Horror Picture)

Director: Adrián García Bogliano

Producer:

Andrea Quiroz Hernández

Screenwriter: Adrián García Bogliano

Cinematographer:

Ernesto Herrera

Editor:

Carmen Vargas

Music:

Julio Pillado

Cast:

Francisco Barreiro

Laura Caro

Michele García

Alan Martinez

Running Time:

97 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Spanish, with English subtitles

Print Source: Magnet Releasing

Film Website: herecomesthedevil.com

Selected Filmography:

Penumbra (2011)

Cold Sweat (2010)

The Accursed (2010)

Watch’em Die (2009)

I’ll Never die Alone (2008)

36 Steps (2006)

Scream at Night (2005)

Rooms for Tourists (2004)

Riddlebox (2004)

A Hijacking

DENMARK/KENYA 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 6:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 31 1:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

When volatile Somali pirates ambush a Danish cargo ship in the Indian Ocean and demand a ransom for safe passage of the crew, the shipping company’s CEO Peter Ludvigsen (Søren Malling) rashly decides to handle negotiations himself. After all, he reasons, he’s a cutthroat dealmaker by trade. But tensions in the Copenhagen negotiation chamber soon echo those on board the freighter, and his confidence is not shared by the hostages as days in cramped, increasingly fetid confinement drag into weeks of high-stakes negotiations—and an escalating potential for explosive violence with no release in sight. Unflinching realism remains center stage throughout—a credit to director and screenwriter Tobias Lindholm, whose low-key, documentary style makes this fictional crisis all too believable. This is impressive, gripping moviemaking straight from news headlines, and a tense thriller about modernday piracy that was one of the buzz titles at the Venice Film Festival.

Awards:

Marrakech International Film Festival 2012 (Jury Prize)

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 (Directors to Watch)

Danish Film Academy Awards 2013 (Best Film, Actor, Screenplay, Editor, Sound)

Director:

Tobias Lindholm

Producers: René Ezra

Tomas Radoor

Screenwriter:

Tobias Lindholm

Cinematographer: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

Editor:

Adam Nielsen

Music: Hildur Gudnadottir

Cast: Pilou Asbæk

Søren Malling Roland Møller

Dar Salim

Running Time: 99 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Danish, English, and Somali, with English subtitles

International Sales: Danish Film Institute

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: ahijacking.com

Selected Filmography: R (2010)

The Horde

RUSSIA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 3:30 PM

EGYPTIAN

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 9:30 PM EGYPTIAN

FRIDAY MAY 31 6:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Power rules in this exciting and bloody historical epic set in 14th-century Eurasia, the time when the Golden Horde ruled Russia and Central Asia. When the current Khan is killed by his brother Dzhanivek (Innokenti Dakaiarov), their mother Taidula must decide to persecute the conspirator or bless the new Khan’s reign. Suddenly and mysteriously Taidula goes blind so she sends for Saint Alexius (Maksim Kukhanov) the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of Russia. The new Khan threatens to burn Moscow if Saint Alexius does not cure his mother. The Horde boasts a Shakespearean performance by Roza Khairullina, who plays the blinded Taidula and was awarded Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival (2012) for her standout performance. Director Andrei Proshkin took the Best Director award. While there may be some controversy around archetypical depictions of life under the Golden Horde, director Proshkin defines his work as “historic fiction,” saying it was not intended as a true-to-life depiction. Features rich set designs, splendid costuming, and a rebuilt city of Sarai Batu outside of Astrakhan, Russia.

Awards:

Moscow Film Festival 2012 (Best Director, Actress, NETPAC Award) Nika Awards 2013 (Best Feature, Director, Screenplay, Actor, Actress)

Director: Andrei Proshkin

Producers: Natalia Gostyushina Sergey Kravets

Screenwriter: Yuri Arabov

Cinematographer: Yury Raysky

Editor: Natalya Kucherenko

Music: Alexey Aygi

Cast: Maksim Sukhanov Roza Khairullina Innokenti Dakaiarov

Aleksandr Yatsenko

Vitaliy Khaev

Running Time: 128 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Russian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Rezo

Print Source: eOne Home Video

Film Website: orda-film.ru

Selected Filmography: Apelsinovyy sok (2010) Minnesota (2009)

Soldatskiy Dekameron (2005)

Igry motylkov (2004) Spartacus and Kalashnikov (2002)

LES CHEVAUX DE DIEU

Horses of God

MOROCCO/FRANCE/BELGIUM

2012 US PREMIERE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 6:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY JUNE 8 6:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

In Horses of God, Nabil Ayouch tells the story of two young soccer-loving friends, Yachine and Nabil, growing up under the fierce protection of Yachine’s older brother Hamid. But in the sprawling slums of Sidi Moumen, not even Hamid can defend them against the harshness and injustice of the life that surrounds them. Fed up with that life, Hamid throws a rock at a police car and earns himself two years in prison. When he returns, an eerie calm masks his newfound zealotry, and his fundamentalist friends seem to exercise a powerful influence. Inspired by the real-life 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca, Ayouch’s film is a thoughtful and affecting inquiry into how ordinary people come to do desperate, unfathomable things. A major achievement by one of North Africa’s most important filmmakers, the film was hugely successful both at Cannes and in its native Morocco and has won acclaim from public and critics alike.

Awards: Carthage Film Festival (2012)

Director: Nabil Ayouch

Producers: Nabil Ayouch

Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Eric Van Beuren

Patrick Quinet

Screenwriter: Jamal Belmahi

Cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie

Editor: Damien Keyeux

Music: Malvina Meinier

Cast: Abdelhakim Rachid

Abdelilah Rachid

Hamza Souidek

Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani

Running Time: 115 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Arabic, with English subtitles

International Sales: Wild Bunch

Print Source: Wild Bunch

Film Website: wildbunch.biz/films/ horses_of_god

Selected Filmography: My Land (2011)

Whatever Lola Wants (2008)

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000) Mektoub (1998)

DOM S BASHENKOY

House With a Turret

UKRAINE 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

TUESDAY JUNE 4 9:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY JUNE 7 11:00 AM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

This black-and-white wartime drama unfolds in Soviet Russia as an eight-year-old boy travels back to Ukraine from Moscow with his sick mother. Traveling toward his grandfather, they end up in an unknown war-torn town where the boy’s mother is transported to a nearby hospital. In the uncertain times of WWII, who will help him find the house with the turret where his relatives live? Who can help when everyone is desperately entrenched in their own survival? Director Eva Neymann’s touching film creates a stunning visual journey into a country covered in snow and left poor by war. This is a place of beautiful, deserted landscapes and people overcome by both need and greed. The tranquil black and white images created by Lithuanian cameraman Rimmvydas Leipus masterfully evoke the atmosphere of the times. The film is based on the autobiographical story by writer and screenwriter Friedrich Gorenstein, who penned the script for Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Nikita Mikhalkov’s A Slave of Love. House With a Turret is a take on old-fashioned filmmaking of the very highest quality.

Awards:

Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2012 (East of the West Award)

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2012 (Grand Prix)

Batumi Film Festival 2012 (Jury Prize)

Shanghai International Film Festival (Golden Goblet Award)

Director: Eva Neymann

Producers:

Aleksander Tkachenko

Stanislav Zurahov

Screenwriter: Eva Neymann

Cinematographer: Rimmvydas Leipus

Editor: Pavel Zalesov

Music:

Jürgen Gröziner

Erik Satie

Cast: Dmitriy Kobetskoy Yekaterina Golubeva

Mikhail Veksler

Running Time: 81 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Russian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Wide Management

Print Source: Wide Management

Film Website: eyeonfilms.org/film/ house-with-a-turret-en

Selected Filmography: At the River (2007)

The Human Scale

DENMARK 2012

MONDAY MAY 27 6:30 PM

HARVARD EXIT WEDNESDAY MAY 29 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

How do you go from perfect isolation to a meeting of perfect strangers? The Human Scale is inspired by the work of Jan Gehl and Gehl Architects, the urban design consulting firm he co-founded. Gehl documented his systematic observation of human behavior in cities in the 1960s and became one of the foremost advocates for designing cities centered around—you guessed it—people. Humans are social creatures, yet the majority of our biggest cities isolate and compartmentalize personal experiences. So the modernists had left a legacy of tightly packed high-rises and vast networks of roads planned around the automobile. But what happens when you can no longer fit all the cars and living units in places that have already lost the warmth and intimacy of human interaction? Gehl and likeminded experts in high-growth cities around the world are looking to the transformation of Copenhagen as a model of a more sustainable and pedestrian-friendly vision of urban planning. Director Andreas M. Dalsgaard’s exploration of what happens, and can happen, when communities are invited to enjoy the spaces between buildings is simultaneously beautiful, thought-provoking, and haunting. The Human Scale looks beyond the magnificent cityscapes to see the difference between people shaped by development and efficiency with cities shaped by people’s needs.

Director: Andreas M. Dalsgaard

Producers: Andreas M. Dalsgaard

Monica Hellstrom

Maria Kristensen

Signe Byrge Sørensen

Screenwriter: Andreas M. Dalsgaard

Cinematographers: Manuel Alberto Claro

Heikki Farm

Casper Hoyberg

Editors: Soren B. Ebbe

Nicolas Servide

Music: Kristian Eidnes Andersen

With:

Jan Gehl

Rob Adams

He Dongquan

Robert Doyle

Lars Gemzoe

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English and Danish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Autlook Filmsales

Print Source: KimStim

Film Website: thehumanscale.dk

Selected Filmography: Traveling with Mr. T. (2012)

Cities on Speed: Bogota Change (2009)

Afghan Muscles (2006)

The Hunt

DENMARK 2012

TUESDAY JUNE 4 7:00 PM

THURSDAY JUNE 6 4:00 PM

Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is well-liked and respected in the suburban town where he grew up and made a life. A divorced daycare worker, Lucas is focused on forging a relationship with his teenage son, spending time with his lifelong best friends Theo and Bruun, and working as a beloved teacher to the children under his care. However, a misunderstanding with Theo’s young daughter spurs a poisonous thorn into Lucas’ otherwise tenable life: she implies to the head of the daycare that Lucas has acted inappropriately. Caught up in the rumor, several small children at the local kindergarten confirm the accusation, one by one. The rumors become innuendo, and eventually spread insidiously to the conclusion that Lucas is a pedophile. He becomes a reviled pariah in the small town where he grew up and made a life. In his most successful film since The Celebration, Dogme co-founder Thomas Vinterberg remorselessly turns the screws on Lucas, showing how easily public opinion can embrace mob mentality and blood lust, and testing how even a fundamentally good man responds to such malignant force. The film explores how a lie, especially one of a sexual nature, contaminates perceptions and ruins lives. This probing psychological drama is as gripping and cathartic as any thriller, with a searing performance from Mikkelsen at its core.

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2012 (Best Actor)

Vancouver International Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

Mumbai Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

I Declare War

USA 2012

HARVARD EXIT

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Producers: Morten Kaufmann

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Screenwriters: Tobias Lindholm

Thomas Vinterberg

Cinematographer: Charlotte Bruus

Christensen

Editors: Janus Billeskov Jansen

Anne Østerud

Music: Mikkel Maltha

Cast:

Mads Mikkelsen

Thomas Bo Larsen

Annika Wedderkopp

Lasse Fogelstrøm

Susse Wold

Running Time: 111 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Danish, with English subtitles

International Sales: TrustNordisk

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: magpictures.com/thehunt

Selected Filmography: Submarino (2010)

When a Man Comes

Home (2007)

Dear Wendy (2004)

It’s All About Love (2003)

The Celebration (1998)

MONDAY MAY 20 7:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 21 4:30 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Almost every afternoon, a group of 13-yearold friends gather for a game of “Capture the Flag” in the woods. Using sticks and old toys as weapons, these would-be warriors form allegiances, stage rebellions, and discover treacheries that blur fantasy and reality. P.K. Sullivan, a brilliant military tactician—his favorite film is Patton—leads a crack team to frequent victory. The commander is Quinn, whose attitude is less serious because he is enamored with the game’s sole female player. One afternoon, loose canon Skinner decides to challenge the rules and stage a mutiny. He is hell-bent on destroying P.K. by any means necessary, starting by taking his best friend as a prisoner of war. Directors Robert Wilson and Jason Lapeyre clearly remember how, in childhood, everyday emotions can feel incredibly intense. In a clever nod to those feelings, the children’s fake weapons turn real in their hands, but never fear, I Declare War is more attuned to Stand By Me than Lord of the Flies, and any combat wounds are cleared up with a count of ten.

Awards: Fantastic Fest 2012 (Audience Award)

Directors: Jason Lapeyre

Robert Wilson

Producers: Patrick Cameron

Robert Wilson

Lewin Webb

Screenwriter: Jason Lapeyre

Cinematographer: Ray Dumas

Editor: Aaron Marshall

Music: Eric Cadesky

Nick Dyer

Cast: Siam Yu

Gage Munroe

Michael Friend

Aidan Gouveia

Mackenzie Munro

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Moviehouse Entertainment

Print Source: Drafthouse Films

Film Website: ideclarewar.ca

Selected Filmography: Jason Lapeyre: Cold Blooded (2012) Faceless (2011)

Robert Wilson: Warriors of Terra (2006)

I KORI

I Kori (The Daughter)

GREECE/ITALY

2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 9:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 5:30 PM

A nation imploding into chaos forms the backdrop for a young girl’s desperate actions in this arresting noirish thriller. When her father (Yorgos Symeonidis) disappears, 14-yearold Myrto (Savina Alimani) searches for him through Athens streets cluttered with rioters angrily demonstrating against Greece’s economic collapse. The source of the protesters’ misery is her father’s as well, who seems to have gone into hiding one step ahead of the massive debts incurred when his lumberyard went bankrupt. This is all a matter of great indifference to Myrto’s divorced mother, happily rid of her ex, leaving the girl to find a solution of her own. Assessing the situation with a profound, if perhaps naïve, clarity (“There are no monsters,” she says, “only bad people”), Myrto lays blame on her father’s business partner, and seeks her retribution by kidnapping the man’s 8-year-old son (Aggelos Papadimas). Hiding the boy away among the gleaming wood of her father’s failed business, threatening him with sadistic uses of pliers and saw, Myrto will discover the limits of her own monstrosity in a time where outside forces are making brutes of everyone around her.

HARVARD EXIT

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director:

Thanos Anastopoulos

Producers:

Stella Theodoraki

Thanos Anastopoulos

Screenwriters:

Thanos Anastopoulos

Vasilis Yiatsis

Cinematographer: Elias Adamis

Editor:

Napoleon Stratogiannakis

Cast:

Savina Alimani

Aggelos Papadimas

Yorgos Symeonidis

Ieronymos Kaletsanos

Ornela Kapetani

Running Time: 87 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Greek, with English subtitles

International Sales: Celluloid Dreams

Print Source: Ramonda Films

Film Website: pascaleramonda.com/ the-daughter

Selected Filmography:

Correction (2008)

All the Weight of the World (2004)

Imagine

POLAND/FRANCE/PORTUGAL 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY MAY 21 7:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY MAY 26 6:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Ian (Edward Hogg) is charismatic, confident, and blind. When Ian wanders into a renowned clinic for the blind in the center of the city of Lisbon, sheltered from the bustling world of the city, he presents his method of experiencing the world by “imagining” the landscape through which he walks and through the nonvisual sensory information he can access. Hesitantly, the institute allows Ian to stay, and he develops a friendship with another blind person: Eva (Alexandra Maria Lara), who lives down the hall. He takes Eva under his wing, and he tries to teach her to experience the world without feeling vulnerable or afraid—and most notably, without a cane. Together, Eva and Ian weave through the clamoring streets of Lisbon, using their minds to envision the city without physically seeing it. Eventually, and not without skepticism from the institute, Ian begins training a small group of students in his innovative methods. Shot entirely on site in Lisbon, director Andrzej Jakimowski’s captivating cinematic exploration of blindness transmits both the thrill and the danger of blindly interacting with a world, and a desire to be free from limitations.

Awards: Warsaw Film Festival 2012 (Best Director, Audience Award)

Director: Andrzej Jakimowski

Producers: Andrzej Jakimowski

Vladimir Kokh

Francois d’Artemare

Screenwriter: Andrzej Jakimowski

Cinematographer: Adam Bajerski

Editor: Cezary Grzesiuk

Music: Tomasz Gassowski

Cast: Edward Hogg

Alexandra Maria Lara

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Beta Cinema

Print Source: Beta Cinema

Film Website: imaginethefilm.org

Selected Filmography: Tricks (2007)

Squint Your Eyes (2002)

Improvement Club USA 2013

TUESDAY JUNE 4 7:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 4:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

Improvement Club offers the fictionalized back-story of a real theatrical work: Dayna Hanson’s Gloria’s Cause, a satirical fantasia on the founding of America that played to Seattle audiences in 2010. The snippets of the production on display suggest what is sure to be a lively night at the theater; but the real focus here is behind-the-scenes, with Hanson and her collaborators playing themselves (or, more likely, slyly sideways variations on themselves) as everything that could go wrong during the shaping of a stage piece does. A crucial New York performance is cancelled; late changes to the scenario, such as George Washington showing up on Jerry Springer, sit less than well with some members of the troupe; and the actress playing the bald eagle (Peggy Piacenza) can’t decide which underwear to wear beneath her bird mask. The film’s warm humor and intimacy find their perfect aural complement in the bright score from Hanson’s band Today!, with some scenes playing out like a charmingly cracked musical comedy. A salute to the indefatigable spirit of performers who refuse to say die even when their van does, leaving them running down the road in full revolutionary regalia with their instruments in tow.

Director: Dayna Hanson

Producers: Mel Eslyn

Dayna Hanson

Screenwriter: Dayna Hanson

Cinematographer: Benjamin Kasulke

Editor: Sean Donavan

Music: Today!

Cast:

Dayna Hanson

Dave Proscia

Ellie Sandstrom

Trevor Stadtmiller

Peggy Piacenza

Running Time: 98 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Film Website: daynahanson.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

In a World... USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 24 9:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SUNDAY MAY 26 1:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Writer-director Lake Bell’s feature film debut (and Sundance award winner), In a World… follows struggling vocal coach Carol (Bell) as she goes head-to-head with the top voice actors in Los Angeles (including her own father) to land a career-making gig on a studio blockbuster trailer. Unwilling to acknowledge his daughter’s voice acting abilities, Sam (Fred Melamed) treats Carol with condescension, dismissing her attempts to break into the voice acting trade as a humorous boondoggle. As Carol struggles to make ends meet as a vocal coach, Sam lives like a king, bestowing his favor on up-and-coming male protégés with nary a second thought. When she gets a shot at the gig of a lifetime on an upcoming blockbuster movie trailer, and then becomes the front-runner, her father and his voice acting cronies circle the wagons in hopes of keeping Carol out of their elite boys’ club. Meanwhile, Carol’s sister, Dani (Michaela Watkins), tries to salvage her marriage to Moe (Rob Corddry), which puts Carol in the awkward position of acting as go-between for the sparring lovers. Featuring a cast stocked with some of today’s funniest people, including Nick Offerman, Demetri Martin, and Tig Notaro, In a World… is one of the most entertaining films of the year.

Awards: Sundance 2013 (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic)

Director: Lake Bell

Producers: Lake Bell

Mark Roberts

Jett Steiger

Eddie Vaisman

Screenwriter: Lake Bell

Cinematographer: Seamus Tierney

Editor: Tom McArdle

Music:

Ryan Miller

Cast: Lake Bell

Fred Melamed

Rob Corddry

Michaela Watkins

Ken Marino

Nick Offerman

Demetri Martin

Tig Notaro

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Roadside Attractions

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Inch’Allah

CANADA (QUÉBEC) 2012

FRIDAY MAY 31 4:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 1 9:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

“Inch’Allah is not a film about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict,” avows writer-director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette. “It’s a film about a Québecer in Palestine, about a doctor who is thrown into the deep end of the war. I wanted to talk, first and foremost, about what happens to us when we’re confronted with a reality so much bigger than us: war.” Barbeau-Lavalette first visited Palestine in the course of making a documentary 12 years ago. It was a powerful experience, rife with the complications and contradictions any western woman would likely feel, and it was these mixed emotions that convinced her to make a film. Evelyne Brochu plays Chloe, an obstetrician working in a poorly resourced clinic in a West Bank refugee camp, but living on the other side of the Wall, in Israel. She enjoys her evenings drinking with Ava, a young Israeli soldier who lives next door. But she’s also increasingly protective of Rand, a pregnant Arab woman she treats at the clinic, and Rand’s immediately family. In fact, the more she sees the harder it becomes to maintain her neutrality. Authentic and passionate, Inch’Allah puts a human face on the front line of the conflict.

Awards:

Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (FIPRESCI Prize, Panorama) Jutra Awards 2013 (Best Supporting Actress)

Director:

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Producers: Luc Déry

Kim McCraw

Screenwriter: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Cinematographer: Philippe Lavalette

Editor: Sophie Leblond

Music: Levon Minassian

Cast: Evelyne Brochu Sabrina Ouazani Sivan Levy

Yousef Sweid

Running Time: 101 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, English, Arabic, and Hebrew, with English subtitles

International Sales: eOne US

Print Source: eOne US

Film Website: inchallah-lefilm.com

Selected Filmography: Small Giants (2009) Le Ring (2007)

Inequality for All USA 2013

SUNDAY JUNE 2 6:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 4:30 PM

Four hundred people own half of the total assets of the United States. If you are not one of them, you may want to see this film. Fresh from Sundance, where it won the Special Jury Prize, Inequality for All examines widening income inequality in the United States of America. Presented by Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration, and now a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, the film investigates how the rich have gotten richer and the rest of us haven’t. Director Jacob Kornbluth takes complex economic ideas and deftly explains how they relate to the quality of everyday life as lived by most ordinary people. One of the film’s great strengths is its interview subjects, who range from Erika Vaclav, a Costco checkout clerk, to Nick Hanauer, a Seattle billionaire who believes—like Warren Buffett—that his taxes should go up. Incisive, accessible, and funny (who knew Reich had such a sense of comic timing?) Inequality for All is a landmark documentary on the defining issue of our time.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (U. S. Documentary Special Jury Prize)

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Jacob Kornbluth

Producers: Jen Chaiken

Sebastian Dungan

Cinematographers: Svetlana Cvetko

Dan Krauss

Editors: Kim Roberts

Miranda Yousef

Music:

Marco D’Ambrosio

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC

Film Website: inequalityforall.com

Selected Filmography: The Best Thief in the World (2004) Haiku Tunnel (2001)

Interior. Leather Bar.

USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 18 9:30 PM

SUNDAY MAY 19 3:30 PM

Hollywood multi-hyphenate James Franco teams up with gay film director Travis Mathews to workshop a production that imagines the 40 minutes of sexually explicit footage, cut to avoid an X Rating, from William Friedkin’s controversial 1980 film Cruising. However, Interior. Leather Bar. is not that footage. Nor is it a documentary. Nor a porno. It is an experiment in boundaries, one that uses the language of film and the workaday camaraderie of a film set to break down the barriers between the straight and queer worlds. Franco may be the magnet that brings together this production, but the star is Val Lauren, a self-professed Al Pacino fanatic and long time friend of Franco’s, who reluctantly agrees to star in the new footage. Lauren worries that his comfort level will be overly challenged and, as a straight actor, appearing in an explicitly sexual gay film may upset his career. That, according to Franco, is the point, to challenge oneself to face uncomfortable situations and to make art that celebrates sex in all its forms, be it straight or gay, S&M bootlicking or sloppy oral sex.

PRECEDED BY:

In Their Room: London

USA 2013, 35 minutes, Director: Travis Mathews

A number of highly naturalistic and insightfully candid interviews with guys of all ages, shapes, and sizes talking about sex, dating, and intimacy in London.

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Directors:

Travis Mathews

James Franco

Producers:

James Franco

Iris Torres

Michael Lannan

Vincent Jolivette

Screenwriter: Travis Mathews

Cinematographers: Keith Wilson

James Franco

Travis Mathews

Samantha Barrows

Seana Carroll

Editor: Travis Mathews

Music:

Brian Jones

Cast: Val Lauren

James Franco

Travis Mathews

Christian Patrick

Brenden Gregory

Running Time: 60 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: The Film Sales Company

Print Source:

The Film Collaborative

Film Website: interiorleatherbar.com

Selected Filmography: I Want Your Love (2012)

V TUMANE

In the Fog

GERMANY/RUSSIA/BELARUS/NETHERLANDS/LATVIA 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 9:30 PM SIFF

FRIDAY MAY 24 1:00 PM PACIFIC

In the forested frontier of the USSR, two Belarusian partisans escort a civilian to his death. The year is 1942, and Sushenya, a railroad worker, has been snared in a wicked tangle of nationalism, collaboration, honor, and survival in an impossible and inescapable moral quagmire. After he is arrested and then inexplicably released by the Nazi occupation, word quickly spreads that helpless Sushenya is a traitor, and although he can feel fate’s cruel fingers slowly wind around his neck, he can do little to stop them. Sergei Loznitsa’s second narrative feature is an unflinching examination of the physical and existential brutalities wrought upon the common man during wartime. Cinematographer Oleg Mutu aids the film’s dreamlike drama through the film’s titular haze which provides space for ghostly apparitions that haunt the men’s descent toward destiny. In the Fog focuses its quiet, observational camera on the superbly restrained performances of its three central figures, whose story will haunt you long after you’ve left the theater.

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2012 (FIPRESCI Prize)

Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival 2012 (Grand Prix for Best Film)

Minsk International Film Festival 2012 (Grand Prix Golden Listapad)

Yerevan International Film Festival 2012 (Golden Apricot)

Odessa International Film Festival 2012 (Best Feature Film)

Cottbus International Film Festival 2012 (Award for Outstanding Actor, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)

Trieste International Film Festival 2013 (Best Film)

Director: Sergei Loznitsa

Producer: Heino Deckert

Screenwriter: Sergei Loznitsa

Cinematographer: Oleg Mutu

Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis

Cast: Vladimir Svirski

Vlad Abashin

Sergei Kolesov

Vlad Ivanov

Julia Peresild

Nadezhda Markina

Running Time: 128 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Russian, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Match Factory

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Film Website: inthefog-movie.com

Selected Filmography: My Joy (2010)

Revue (2008)

Settlement (2001)

CINEMA UPTOWN

PLACE CINEMAS

In the Name Of POLAND 2013

THURSDAY MAY 23 9:30 PM

FRIDAY MAY 24 4:30 PM

In the Name Of is an artfully rendered, unpredictable, and emotional film staring, as Father Adam, the magnetic Andrzej Chyra (Kieślowski’s Decalogue IV, Wajda’s Katyń). Running over the most beautiful countryside and forests is not the only thing the small parish village priest Adam runs from. He has great rapport with his parishioners and with his tough-talking young men that are in his care, playing soccer, swimming, and working together. Yet an old doubt dwells deep inside of him, sliding him into spiritual despair. But isn’t loving a true and logical outcome of faith?

Małgośka Szumowska wrote the script with Michał Englert (also the cinematographer), and together they tackle the controversial topics of the Roman Catholic priesthood in Poland. “The subject of the film is faith, doubt, repression, and the longing for feelings,” says director Szumowska (33 Scenes from Life, Elles). What sets director Szumowska’s work apart is a close and private approach to her subjects and her serious investigation into the major issues of ordinary lives.

Awards: Berlin Film Festival 2013 (Teddy Award: Best Feature Film)

Director: Małgośka Szumowska

Producer: Agnieszka Kurzydlo

Screenwriters: Małgośka Szumowska

Michał Englert

Cinematographer: Michał Englert

Editor: Jacek Drosio

Music: Pawel Mykietyn

Adam Walicki

Cast: Andrzej Chyra

Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Maja Ostaszewska

Lukasz Simlat

Maria Maj

Running Time: 101 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Polish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Memento Films International

Print Source: Film Movement

Film Website: international.mementofilms.com/now/ in-the-name-of

Selected Filmography:

Elles (2012)

33 Scenes from Life (2008)

Stranger (2004)

Happy Man (2000)

In the Shadow

CZECH REPUBLIC/POLAND/SLOVAKIA 2012

FRIDAY JUNE 7 9:30 PM

HARVARD EXIT

SATURDAY JUNE 8 11:00 AM HARVARD EXIT

Set in Prague in 1953, this suspenseful crime drama follows honest police captain Hakl (Ivan Trojan) and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s shop. In a fraught political climate, this incident is seized by the Communist authorities, who usurp and manipulate the investigation to serve a grander scheme of power and deception. On the orders of State Security, Hakl’s investigation is taken over by Major Zenke (Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others), an East German specialist, who has been ordered to “prove” the dubious claim that the gold was stolen by the Jewish community to finance Zionist terrorism. But the experienced Hakl’s instincts put him on the path of an altogether different story, opposing that of his state-sanctioned superiors. Can one just man stand up to the forces of an increasingly oppressive state?

Somber and atmospheric, In the Shadow is a compelling study of the Stalinist era. Writerdirector David Ondříček is the son of the famous cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček (Amadeus, Ragtime, Silkwood ).

Awards:

Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film) Czech Lion Film Awards 2012 (Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor, Cinematographer, Music, Editing, Visual Arrangements)

Director: David Ondříček

Producers: David Ondříček

Kryštof Mucha

Ehud Bleiberg

Screenwriters: Marek Epstein

David Ondříček

Misha Votruba

Cinematographer: Adam Sikora

Editor: Michal Lansky

Music: Jan P. Muchow Michal Novinski

Cast: Ivan Trojan

Sebastian Koch

Jiri Stepnika

Sona Norisova

David Svehlik

Running Time: 106 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Czech and German, with English subtitles

International Sales: Bleiberg Entertainment

Print Source: Bleiberg Entertainment

Film Website: intheshadowfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Grandhotel (2006)

One Hand Can’t Clap (2003)

Loners (2000) Septej (1996)

Prouza a Priessnitz (1992)

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

HARVARD EXIT

Invader

SPAIN 2012

FRIDAY JUNE 7 9:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 8 4:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

When his transport is destroyed by an IED, Military Doctor Pablo Garre (Alberto Ammann) and his fellow soldier Diego (Antonio de la Torre) must escape on foot through the deserts of Iraq. Subsequently wounded in battle, Garre comes home to his wife and daughter to recover in their isolated home on the northern coast of Spain. But when he learns that he and Diego are being praised for their discovery of a terrorist cell, he’s taken aback. Though his memories of the events that led to his injury are fragmented, a consequence of post-traumatic stress, he recalls enough to know the truth was far more nightmarish and less heroic than the official story. As he begins to hunt down what really happened, pressing a stonewalling Diego for details, the same government forces that had welcomed him back now emerge as a sinister threat to his own life—and his family’s. Nominated for five Goya Awards, Invader is a political thriller that marries visceral action with clear-eyed moral outrage at the brutalities of war, and the coverups that follow.

Director:

Daniel Calparsoro

Producers:

Juan Gordon

Emma Lustres

Borja Pena

Screenwriters: Jorge Arenillas

Javier Gullón

Cinematographer: Daniel Aranyó

Editors:

Antonio Frutos

David Pinillos

Music:

Lucas Vidal

Cast:

Alberto Ammann

Antonio de la Torre

Inma Cuesta

Karra Elejalde

Running Time: 98 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Spanish, Arabic, and English, with English

subtitles

International Sales:

Filmax International

Print Source:

Filmax International

Selected Filmography: Ausentes (2005)

Warriors (2002)

Asfalto (2000)

Blinded (1997)

Pasajes (1996)

Salto al vacio (1995)

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

SATURDAY MAY 18 2:30 PM

This 1970 Italian crime drama, in a stunning 4K Digital Restoration, is one of the most renowned international films from its decade. The late Gian Maria Volonté stars in one of his most famous roles, that of a police inspector who kills his mistress and then leaves increasingly obvious clues to see if he will be charged for the crime. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion blends a critique of police corruption with a psychological study as the viewer puzzles out whether the inspector truly seeks discovery by his colleagues, who seem unable to grasp the possibility of his guilt, or is merely gloating over his invincibility. The film was released at a time of political and social upheaval in Italy, and suspicion of police corruption was rampant; both popular and controversial, it unsurprisingly came under fire from those in power in Italian law enforcement. Despite the backlash, however, it ended up the most critically successful film from director Elio Petri’s career.

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 1970 (Grand Prize of the Jury, FIPRESCI Prize) Academy Awards 1971 (Best Foreign Language Film)

Restored in 4K by Colorworks in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata.

Funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Director: Elio Petri

Producers: Marina Cicogna

Daniele Senatore

Screenwriters: Elio Petri

Ugo Pirro

Cinematographer: Luigi Kuveiller

Editor: Ruggero Mastroianni

Music: Ennio Morricone

Cast: Gian Maria Volonté

Florinda Bolkan

Gianni Santuccio

Running Time: 112 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Italian, with English subtitles

Print Source: Sony Pictures Repertory

Selected Filmography: Buone notizie (1979)

Todo modo (1976)

Property is No Longer a Theft (1973)

Lulu the tool (1971)

Un tranquillo posto di campagna (1968)

The 10th Victim (1965)

I giorni contati (1962)

The Assassin (1961)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN INDAGINE

BOVEN IS HET STIL

It’s All So Quiet

NETHERLANDS/GERMANY

2013

THURSDAY MAY 30 9:30 PM

FRIDAY MAY 31 1:00 PM

Played with stoic grace by the late Jeroen Willems of Dutch theater renown, middle-aged rancher Helmer wears a lifetime of repressed desires and disappointments on his face. After moving his ailing, dismissive father upstairs, he timidly begins to shape his life to his own needs. Will he respond to the shy overtones from the local dairy trucker, the friendly flirtations of the neighbor ignored by her absentee husband, or the more overt advances of his new, young farmhand? Or is Helmer too damaged to sustain human connection, instead retreating into isolation and bitterness? Based on Gerbrand Bakker’s beloved bestseller, It’s All So Quiet delivers a spare but hopeful story of self-denial and personal growth. Dutch art-house veteran Nanouk Leopold’s patient camera captures the richness and desolation of the countryside to create a subtle portrait of rural loneliness in a minimalist tour-de-force that’s not to be missed.

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director: Nanouk Leopold

Producers: Stienette Bosklopper

Els Vandevorst

Screenwriter: Gerbrand Bakker

Cinematographer: Frank van den Eeden

Editor: Katharina Wartena

Music: Paul M. van Brugge

Cast: Jeroen Willems

Henri Garcin

Wim Opbrouck

Martijn Lakemeier

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Dutch, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Films Distribution

Print Source:

Films Distribution

Film Website:

Filmsdistribution.com

Selected Filmography: Brownian Movement (2010)

Wolfsbergen (2007) Guernsey (2005)

Îles Flottantes (2001)

I Used to Be Darker

USA 2013

TUESDAY JUNE 4 6:30 PM

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 3:30 PM

Director Matthew Porterfield’s indie drama

I Used to Be Darker is a film about family, love, and learning to be our best selves. When Northern Irish runaway Taryn (Deragh Campbell) takes refuge with her estranged Aunt Kim (Kim Taylor), Uncle Bill (Ned Oldham), and cousin Abby (Hannah Gross) in Baltimore, they each are forced to deal with life’s challenges. Taryn runs into trouble in Ocean City and escapes to the safe harbor offered by her Aunt Kim and Uncle Bill in nearby Baltimore. Former bandmates, Kim still makes her living as a musician, but Bill has moved on to other pursuits. This tension has taken a toll on their marriage, but they’ve been trying to keep it together for the sake of their daughter, Abby. But, when Abby returns home from school for the summer, this patchwork clan must finally deal with their very real problems that neither music nor wine can wash away. Filled with music (including two full-length original songs that help to anchor the narrative), Porterfield’s I Used to Be Darker is a film about old problems, new beginnings, and the lingering notes of the past.

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Director: Matthew Porterfield

Producers: Steve Holmgren

Ryan Zacarias

Eric Bannat

Screenwriters: Amy Belk

Matthew Porterfield

Cinematographer: Jeremy Saulnier

Editor: Marc Vives

Music: Ned Oldham

Kim Taylor

Cast: Deragh Campbell

Hannah Gross

Kim Taylor

Ned Oldham

Geoff Grace

Nick Petr

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Film Website: iusedtobedarkermovie. com

Selected Filmography: Putty Hill (2010) Hamilton (2006)

Jin

TURKEY 2013

MONDAY MAY 20 9:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

THURSDAY MAY 23 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF 2011 Emerging Master Reha Erdem (Kosmos, Times and Winds) returns to the Festival with this vivid and visually stunning depiction of a teenage Kurdish freedom fighter, Jin. One evening, having decided to lay down her arms, she hugs her comrade and slips away into the forest that blankets the mountains of Turkey. There she finds comfort in the rough beauty that surrounds her, and forges relationships with the animals she encounters—a stag, a falcon, a black bear. In search of civilian clothes, she makes a brief foray into human civilization, where the barbarism she encounters quickly sends her back to the forest. But as the Turkish soldiers always on patrol remind her, not even the forest is entirely free from the savagery of man. Truly stunning camera work captures the splendor of the landscapes and evokes both masterful still photography and beautifully illustrated fairy tales. Deniz Hasgüler is mesmerizing as the title character.

Director:

Reha Erdem

Producer: Ömer Atay

Screenwriter: Reha Erdem

Cinematographer: Florent Herry

Editor: Reha Erdem

Music: Hildur Gudnattor

Cast: Deniz Hasgüler

Onur Ünsal

Sabahattin Yakut Yıldırım Şimşek

Running Time: 122 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Turkish and Kurdish, with English subtitles

Print Source:

Atlantik Film

Film Website: jin-film.com.tr

Selected Filmography: Kosmos (2009)

My Only Sunshine (2008) Times and Winds (2006)

Mommy, I’m Scared (2004)

A Run for Money (1999)

Oh Moon (1989)

Jump

IRELAND/UNITED KINGDOM 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 9:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY JUNE 2 3:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 8:45 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

An intricate and deliciously twisted tale of fractured fate, Jump traces the lives of several characters whose paths weave and collide in Derry, Northern Ireland, on a wildly eventful New Year’s Eve filled with fast talk, wild coincidences, and comic intrigue. Eddie Kelly is missing after having run afoul of local crime boss Frank Feeney. Eddie’s brother Pearse will stop at nothing to uncover the truth about his brother’s disappearance—and neither will Feeney, who sends hired thugs Ross and Jack to find Eddie and the large sum of money he quite possibly stole. Frank’s spoiled daughter Greta, bedeviled by a sense of purposelessness in life, picks tonight to end it all by jumping off the Derry Peace Bridge, only to be interrupted by her father’s goons with a belligerent Pearse in tow. Meanwhile, Greta’s best mates, Marie and Dara, get caught up in trouble of their own when they have to deal with the aftermath of a fateful car accident. What starts as a struggle of wills evolves into a complex, wildly inventive, and occasionally giddy mix of crime caper, star-crossed romance, and fateful morality tale.

Awards: Palm Springs International FIlm Festival 2013 (HP Bridging the Borders Award)

Director: Kieron J. Walsh

Producer: Brendan J. Byrne

Screenwriters:

Steve Brookes

Kieron J. Walsh

Cinematographer: David Rom

Editors: Eimear Reynolds

Jake Roberts

Music: Edith Progue

Cast: Martin McCann

Nichola Burley

Richard Dormer

Ciaran McMenamin

Charlene McKenna

Valene Kane

Lalor Roddy

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: AV Pictures Ltd.

Print Source: Blinder Films Ltd

Film Website: avpictures.co.uk/jump. htm

Selected Filmography: When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)

Just Like a Woman

MONDAY MAY 20 9:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

FRIDAY MAY 24 11:00 AM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

From an outsider’s perspective, Marilyn (Sienna Miller) and Mona (Golshifteh Farahai) have little in common, one a receptionist at a computer repair company, the other a minimart-owning Algerian immigrant. But both Chicago women yearn to break free of their troubled home lives, and when fate intervenes, their paths intersect in this free-spirited road movie in the vein of Thelma & Louise Returning home to find her husband in the arms of another, Marilyn decides to pack up her car and head to New Mexico, hoping to compete in a renowned belly dancing competition. Along the road she unexpectedly encounters Mona, an acquaintance who shares her affinity for dance. But Mona is harboring a secret: she’s on the lam after accidentally poisoning her badgering motherin-law. Making his English-language debut, French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb presents a slice of Americana, detailing the ways in which the United States interacts with the Arab world.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

Producer: Jean Breat

Screenwriters: Marion Doussot

Joelle Touma

Rachid Bouchareb

Cinematographer: Christophe Beaucarne

Editors:

Yannick Kergoat

Matt Garner

Music: Éric Neveux

Cast: Sienna Miller

Roschdy Zem

Golshifeh Farahani

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Cohen Media Group

Print Source: Cohen Media Group

Film Website: cohenmedia.net/just-likea-woman

Selected Filmography:

Outside the Law (2010)

London River (2009)

Days of Glory (2006)

Little Senegal (2000)

Dust of Life (1994)

Cheb (1991)

Baton Rouge (1985)

CSAK A SZÉL

Just the Wind

HUNGARY/GERMANY/FRANCE 2012

MONDAY MAY 20 9:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 21 4:00 PM

This spare, intense, naturalistic drama from Magyar auteur Bence Fliegauf (Womb, SIFF 2011) puts a human face on the victims of racially motivated violence. Based on real events in Bosnia, Just the Wind creates an atmosphere of mounting threat without ever resorting to histrionics. At a time when Hungarian politics are taking an increasingly nationalistic turn, the film’s frank acknowledgement of the country’s entrenched racism appears especially brave. The film focuses on a Romany family from an isolated village where five other families were gunned down in their own homes. The plot spans a tense 24-hour period in the village after the violence. A palpable, mounting sense of threat plagues the family after the series of racially motivated hate crimes. Middle-aged Mari rises with the sun and works two manual labor jobs in between caring for her invalid father. Meanwhile, the responsible teen Anna goes to school and bold 11-year-old Rio plays hooky and prepares a secret fortress deep in the forest. The somber, siege-like atmosphere hanging over their village is explained gradually, as details about recent attacks come to light.

Awards: Berlin Film Festival 2012 (Grand Jury Prize) Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film)

Director: Bence Fliegauf

Producers: Mónika Mécs

András Muhi

Ernö Mesterházy

Screenwriter: Bence Fliegauf

Cinematographer: Zoltán Lovasi

Editor:

Xavier Box

Music: Bence Fliegauf

Tamás Beke

Cast: Lajos Sárkány

Katalin Toldi

Gyöngyi Lendvai

György Toldi

Running Time: 87 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm, in Hungarian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Match Factory

Print Source: Match Factory

Film Website: the-match-factory.com/ films/items/just-thewind.html

Selected Filmography: Womb (2010)

Milky Way (2007)

Trance (2005)

Dealer (2004)

Forest (2003)

Talking Heads (2001)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

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Kalpana INDIA 1948

MONDAY MAY 27 2:30 PM

One of the treasures of Indian cinema, this 1948 masterpiece returns to movie screens newly restored by the World Cinema Foundation. The only film made by the legendary dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar (older brother of the late musician, Ravi), who spent five years on this film as its writer, director, choreographer, and star, Kalpana sets up its dazzling blend of reality and imagination from the start, as a screenwriter attempts to interest a film producer in his project. The described story, roughly following Shankar’s own struggles to found an academy, is envisioned as a dance; more than 80 whirl through the film, from narrative interludes to nightmarish fantasy sequences. Though this was the first film from the country to feature a dancer as its protagonist, don’t expect just another diverting spectacle in the Bollywood tradition that followed. Made at a time that Shankar’s own professional fortunes were ebbing, Kalpana emerges as a stirring call for artists to operate free from commercial constraints, and its inventive mix of fiction, autobiography, surrealism, and dance is one-of-a-kind, as unique today as it was 65 years ago.

Restoration by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, with support from The World Cinema Foundation

Director: Uday Shankar

Producer: Uday Shankar

Screenwriters: Uday Shankar

Amritlal Nagar

Cinematographer: K. Ramnoth

Editor: N.K. Gopal

Music: Traditional Indian Music

Cast: Uday Shankar

Lakshmi Kanta

Usha Kiran

Amala Shankar

Running Time: 160 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Hindi, with English subtitles

Print Source: World Cinema Foundation

Film Website: worldcinemafoundation. org/films/kalpana

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Kampala Story

UGANDA 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

MONDAY JUNE 3 6:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN TUESDAY JUNE 4 5:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

14-year-old Karamojong girl Apio and her mother run their household on money wired through a mobile money service from their father, who works at a security firm in Kampala. When her father suddenly ceases communication at a time when Apio’s pregnant mother might need a costly medical operation, Apio travels to the Ugandan capital to find him so they can wire money quickly back home.

Donald Mugisha and Kasper Bisgaard’s exceptional docudrama marries this comingof-age exploration with an observational portrait of a modern Africa, where the mobile phone has become a part of the cultural fabric for both communication and commercial purposes. The film is anchored by an extraordinary performance by Apio Mary Reste, whose own experience mirrored the filmmaking as she had never traveled to the big city of Kampala from her home in Karamoja. Filmed in a beautiful documentary style, The Kampala Story not only invites the audience to experience Apio’s personal story of self-discovery but also functions as a passport to one of Africa’s great cities in a way that is emotionally accessible and culturally significant.

PRECEDED BY: Listen

Ethiopia 2013, 19 minutes, Director: Zelalem Woldemariam A talented Ethiopian drummer encounters a deaf woman who opens his eyes to a new world.

Directors: Donald Mugisha

Kasper Bisgaard

Producers: Tine Fischer

Patricia Drati Rønde

Screenwriters: Donald Mugisha

Kasper Bisgaard

Cinematographer: Kasper Bisgaard

Editor: Donald Mugisha

Cast: Apio Mary Reste

Olut Bonny

Jovani Angelo

Elungani Maria

Running Time: 62 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Luganda, with English subtitles

Print Source: Kasper Bisgaard

Film Website: facebook.com/pages/ The-Kampala-Story

Selected Filmography: Donald Mugisha: Yogera (2012)

Kasper Bisgaard: Debut Feature Film

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KAGI-DOROBÔ NO MESODDO

Key of Life

SATURDAY MAY 18 6:30 PM

EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY MAY 19 6:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Japan’s master of screwball comedy Kenji Uchida returns with this cynical and hilarious tale about Sakurai (Masato Makai), an aging and unemployed actor with nothing left to live for. While visiting a bathhouse to soak and steam away his misery, Sakurai stumbles upon a way to start a new life when Kondo (Teruyuki Kagawa), a mysterious stranger, accidentally knocks himself unconscious and leaves his locker unguarded. Realizing the greatness of this opportunity, Sakurai assumes the stranger’s identity and takes over his upscale apartment, only to quickly discover that this man is an assassin with ties to the Yakuza. Meanwhile, Kondo awakens in hospital with a terrible case of amnesia. After checking the ID found on his person, he logically assumes that he is Sakurai, and he sets out to restructure “his” struggling acting career while attempting to recover his memory. Throw in another delectable subplot involving magazine editor Kanae (Ryôko Hirosue), who’s set a deadline for finding a husband, and you have the ingredients for a very tasty, very funny comic stew.

Awards:

Shanghai International Film Festival 2012 (Golden Goblet)

Hawaii International Film Festival 2012 (Best Narrative Feature)

Director:

Kenji Uchida

Producer:

Satoshi Akagi

Screenwriter:

Kenji Uchida

Cinematographer:

Akira Sako

Editor:

Shinichi Fushima

Music:

Yûsuke Tanaka

Cast:

Masato Sakai

Teruyuki Kagawa

Ryôko Hirosue

Running Time: 128 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Japanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Klockworx Co., Ltd

Print Source: Film Movement

Film Website: kagidoro.com

Selected Filmography: After School (2008)

A Stranger of Mine (2005)

The Kings of Summer USA 2013

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 7:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

THURSDAY MAY 30 4:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

The Kings of Summer is a hilarious comingof-age film about Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), a teenager who builds a house in the woods that changes his life forever. Heartfelt, funny, and honest, it’s an unsentimental look at growing up that is sure to be an audience favorite. Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts from a script by Chris Galletta, The Kings of Summer follows three friends that break free of their suburban constraints and head into the woods to live off the land. Tired of how they are treated by their respective parents, they each yearn for the type of freedom that can only come from true independence. As the summer wears on and their parents scour the surrounding area for signs of their missing children, the boys’ new found freedom is interrupted by the arrival of Kelly (Erin Moriarty), an outsider that upsets the delicate balance of friendship by introducing a romantic rivalry that threatens to bring down the house. The stellar cast, led by Nick Robinson (Joe), Gabriel Basso (Patrick), Moises Arias (Biaggio), and Erin Moriarty (Kelly), also features Nick Offerman (Frank Toy), Megan Mullally (Mrs. Keenan), and Alison Brie (Heather Toy) in what is certain to be one of this year’s most crowd-pleasing films.

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Producers: Tyler Davidson

Peter Saraf

John Hodges

Screenwriter: Chris Galletta

Cinematographer: Ross Riege

Editor:

Terel Gibson

Music:

Ryan Miller

Cast: Nick Robinson

Gabriel Basso

Moises Arias

Erin Moriarty

Nick Offerman

Megan Mullally

Alison Brie

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Cinetic Media

Print Source: CBS Films

Film Website: thekingsofsummermovie. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SATURDAY JUNE 1 9:00 PM EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY JUNE 2 9:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Inside San Francisco’s historic Armory building, a video director named Maitrese Madeline is running down a list of the day’s video shoot. “We are going to tie you up today. We are going to spank you. We are going to flog you. We might cane you. We might paddle you.... We’re going to make love to your butthole, too.” Welcome to the offices of Kink.com, the world’s most popular BDSM website. Founded in a Columbia University dorm room by Peter Acworth in 1997, the site has grown into a fetish empire, anchored by a 200,000-squarefoot film studio where production never stops. If porn were a high school lunchroom, this would be the goth table, a tight-knit family of outsiders fostering an environment that is safe, sane, and consensual. Executive Producer James Franco—whose equally explicit film Interior. Leather Bar. is also featured in this year’s festival—and director Christina Voros plunge deep inside this sweaty but sweet world for an uncensored look at the whipsmart fetish lovers behind the scenes. They eloquently discuss the stigmas and misconceptions surrounding their work for a revealing look at those who take pride in their work causing pain for pleasure.

Director: Christina Voros

Producers: James Franco

Miles Levy

Vince Jolivette

Christina Voros

Screenwriters: Christina Voros

Ian Olds

Cinematographers: Christina Voros

Dave Malloure

Kim Parker

Editor: Ian Olds

With: Peter Acworth

Princess Donna

Running Time: 79 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

Preferred Content

Print Source:

Preferred Content

Film Website: kinkdoc.com

Selected Filmography:

Debut Feature Film

EESTIANNA PARIISIS

A Lady in Paris

ESTONIA/BELGIUM/FRANCE 2012

FRIDAY MAY 24 12:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

MONDAY MAY 27 6:30 PM EGYPTIAN

With tongue-in-cheek charm, A Lady in Paris is an intimate comedic portrait of two very different women—making A Lady in Paris actually about two ladies in Paris. Anne (Laine Mägi) is provincial and comes from Estonia. Frida’s much younger former lover Stéphane has hired Anne to take care of wealthy Frida, played by Jeanne Moreau, a legend of French Cinema who at 84, is as charismatic and saucy as ever. Frida doesn’t want any help from mousey Anne, but Stéphane is desperate for Anne to stay and look after her, even against the old lady’s will. In this conflict of strangers, they find their own ways to come together. The affection that grows proves to be greater than their fear, egotism, or jealousy. A moving and elegant film about age, character, loss, and love. It’s also an insight into the real dilemmas families face with aging feisty women or men, and ultimately proves that it’s never too late to start a new life.

Awards: Locarno Film Festival 2012 (Ecumenical Prize)

Director: Ilmar Raag

Producers: Milena Poylo

Gilles Sacuto

Screenwriters: Ilmar Raag

Agnès Feuvre

Lise Macheboeuf

Cinematographer: Laurent Brunet

Editor: Anne-Laure Guégan

Music: Dez Mona

Cast: Jeanne Moreau

Laine Mägi

Patrick Pineau

François Beukelaers

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French and Estonian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Pyramide International

Print Source:

Pyramide International

Selected Filmography: The Class (2007) Killing Tartu (1998)

The Land of Eb

MARSHALL ISLANDS/USA 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 9:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 8:30 PM

HARVARD EXIT

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

A tender and personal look at a forgotten community in Hawaii made up of people from the Marshal Islands who still struggle to recover from the nuclear age. From 1946 to 1958, the U.S. tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands. Many Marshallese moved and took refuge in the nearby Hawaiian Islands. In this rare look at a fragmented community, we meet the admirable Joseph, a family man in Kono who is a bit of an amateur cameraman. Unfortunately he’s sick, which he keeps to himself. He just wants to provide his family with a little security before he dies, and so works any job he can get, mostly manual work like mowing lawns or picking coffee. Not being able to communicate his feelings to his loved ones, he finally turns his camera on himself and records the story of his people, the Marshallese. The Land of Eb offers a unique view of a Hawaii that we don’t usually see—a land of volcanic rock, refugees, and a place where some will never feel at peace. The film comes full circle to remind us of the consequences and lasting effects of our nuclear age.

Director:

Andrew Williamson

Producers:

Andrew Williamson

John Hill

Jonithen Jackson

Screenwriters: John Hill

Andrew Williamson

Cinematographer: Josh Harmsworth

Editor:

Andrew Williamson

Music: Daniel Nietz

Cast:

Jonithen Jackson

Rojel Jonithen

Jeff Nashion

Tarke Jonithen

Kodo Miyaoka

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English and Marshallese, with English subtitles

Print Source: Kona Film Group

Film Website: thelandofeb.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

KIBOU NO KUNI

The Land of Hope

JAPAN 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 3:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 21 9:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Prolific director Sion Sono, known for focusing on the dark side of Japanese society, departs from his usual subject matter in this naturalistic drama, inspired by true events, about a rural family’s struggle to survive the aftermath of the devastating Tōhoku earthquake of March 2011 and the resulting Fukushima nuclear crisis. Set in the fictional prefecture of Nagashima, The Land of Hope follows the plight of farmer Yoichi Ono (Jun Murakami) and his pregnant wife Izumi (Megumi Kagurazaka), whose lives are upended by the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear reactor meltdown. While most of Nagashima lies within the 20-kilometer evacuation zone, their property sits just outside the perimeter, forcing the Onos to face an agonizing dilemma about whether to stay and risk becoming contaminated by radiation or to give up the farm that has been in their family for generations. Concerned for their unborn child, the Onos decide to leave while Yoichi’s parents stay behind. However, the new, highly urbanized city they move to does not give them much comfort, as Izumi becomes paranoid that the radiation is still following them. Back on the farm, Yoichi’s parents face mounting pressure from the authorities to leave, but they decide to stay for reasons that are later revealed. Partially filmed within neighborhoods wiped out by the tsunami or turned into ghost town by fears of radiation, The Land of Hope is a poignant drama about identity, loss, and survival that has the immediacy and realism of a documentary.

Director: Sion Sono

Producers: Yuko Shiomaki

Yuji Sadai

Mizue Kunizane

Screenwriter: Sion Sono

Cinematographer: Shigenori MIki

Editor: Jyunichi Ito

Music: Hajime Komiya

Cast: Isao Natsuyagi

Naoko Otani

Megumi Kagurazaka

Jun Murakami

Hikari Kajiwara

Running Time: 133 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Japanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Pictures Dept. Co.Ltd.

Print Source: Pictures Dept. Co.Ltd.

Film Website: picturesdept.com/titles/ hope

Selected Filmography: Guilty of Romance (2011)

Himizu (2011)

Cold Fish (2010)

Love Exposure (2008)

Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

Hazard (2005)

Strange Circus (2005)

Noriko’s Dinner Table (2005)

Suicide Club (2001)

Dankon: The Man (1998)

Bicycle Sighs (1991)

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La Playa D.C.

COLOMBIA/BRAZIL/FRANCE 2012

SUNDAY JUNE 2 10:30 AM

MONDAY JUNE 3 9:15 PM

HARVARD EXIT

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

When their father is killed in the seaside town of Buenaventura, three teenage AfroColombian brothers flee the civil war and land in the capital of Bogotá. Their mother’s new boyfriend promptly kicks them out and they must fend for themselves. The sounds of local hip-hop fills the streets, where the brothers roam. Chaco dreams of going to the U.S., while his brother Jairo falls into crack addiction and debt. 13-year-old Tomas tries his hand at cleaning hubcaps, and eventually finds a place for his creative talent working as an apprentice in a barbershop. There, Tomas learns to create “tropas,” the elaborate and fanciful hair designs popular with young Afro-Colombian men. With a probing, hand-held camera, and an instinctive feel for the throbbing pulse of his native Bogotá, debut director Juan Andrés Arango brings his highly topical narrative to life with a commitment to social realism. The story is ultimately a hopeful one, eschewing sentimentality but affirming the possibility for youths like Tomas to find their way on the tough streets of Bogotá rather than emigrating or escaping into crime and drug addiction.

Director: Juan Andrés Arango

Producers: Diana Bustamante

Jorge Andrés Botero

Screenwriter: Juan Andrés Arango

Cinematographer: Nicolás Canniccioni

Editor:

Felipe Guerrero

Music:

Erick Bongcam

Jacobo Vélez

María Mulata

Socavón Timbiquí

Diocelino Rodriguez

Flaco Flow & Melanina

Choquibtown

Jiggy Drama

Cast: Luis Carlos Guevara

Andrés Murillo

James Solís

Einer Cortes

Hamilton Quinones

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

HDCAM, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Doc & Film International

Print Source: Artmattan Productions

Film Website: laplayadc.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Last Flight to Abuja

NIGERIA/ UNITED KINGDOM 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY JUNE 8 5:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 12:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

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Nollywood’s ultra low-budget, stylized action, and pulpy stories, have seen a prolific audience cultivated by DVDs sold on Nigerian streets. While local audiences delight in these films, few attain a level of quality that enables a wider audience. By amassing larger budgets and crafting deeper storylines, a new wave of filmmakers (including Abuja director and screenwriter, Obi Emelonye) aim to bring Nollywood cinema to international attention. Emelonye has developed his second feature with an eye toward current Nigerian events within the airline industry. Opening in the midst of the titular flight’s technical problems, the script plays liberally with the film’s timeline by slowly unveiling the stories that brought these passengers to this ill-fated flight. Suspense is created through the interactions of a hot shot pilot, a spurned lover, a football star, an executive committee from a Lagos business, and a suspected murderer. A box office smash in Nigeria, Last Flight to Abuja marks Emelonye as a rising star of contemporary African cinema.

Awards: Nollywood Ireland Film Festival 2012 (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress)

PRECEDED BY:

Lollywood

Liberia 2012, 10 minutes, Director: Todd Looby

Edwin G. Kollie, a 15-year-old Liberian war orphan and honor student, always wanted to make a Nollywood movie. So one day he wrote a script, cast the 30 actors needed, and in just three hours he and his fellow students built an entire African village.

Sponsored by University of Washington African Studies

Director: Obi Emelonye

Producers: Obi Emelonye

Charles Thompson

Screenwriter: Obi Emelonye

Cinematographer: James M. Costello

Editor: Ben Nugent

Music: Luke Corradine

Cast:

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Jim Iyke

Anthony Monjaro

Ali Nuhu

Running Time: 78 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, with English subtitles

International Sales: Talking Drum

Entertainment

Print Source: Talking Drum

Entertainment

Film Website: lastflighttoabujamovie. com

Selected Filmography: The Mirror Boy (2011)

Echoes of War (2004)

Last I Heard

SATURDAY JUNE 8 6:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 2:30 PM

Veteran actor Paul Sorvino gives a rare lead performance in this touching Sopranos-like character study. After serving 20 years in a federal prison, mafia capo Joseph “Mr. Joe” Scoleri (Sorvino) is released for health reasons. As he reconnects with his daughter Rita (Renee Props) and tries to build a relationship with his neighbors, he realizes life will never be what it once was. Director David Rodriguez, filming in his hometown of New York City, expertly captures both the gritty streets of Queens and the pain of a man facing his own mortality. The film notably features the first onscreen pairing of mafia movie legends Sorvino and Chazz Palminteri (The Usual Suspects), but you’ll find other recognizable faces—including Michael Rapaport and Steven Bauer—in a cast filled with character actors given a chance to shine. When asked about the film, Sorvino described it as “a story close to my heart from the moment I picked up the script,” and you can see from the first minute that this is a different type of mafia drama.

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Director:

David Rodriguez

Producers:

Kevin Kelly

David Rodriguez

Michelle Manning

Screenwriter:

David Rodriguez

Cinematographer: John Barr

Editor:

Frank Reynolds

Music:

Geoff Zanelli

Cast: Paul Sorvino

Michael Rapaport

Renee Props

Chazz Palminteri

Steven Bauer

Andrea Nittoli

Lev Gorn

Running Time:

100 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

International Sales:

Preferred Content

Print Source:

Preferred Content

Film Website: facebook.com/LastIHeard

Selected Filmography: American Bully (2009) Push (2006)

Lasting

POLAND/SPAIN 2013

SATURDAY MAY 18 8:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY MAY 19 3:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

The word “lasting” connotes endurance—a key component of a lasting relationship and a quality young couples don’t usually possess. 20-year-old Michał (Jakub Gierszał) and Karina (Magdalena Berus) attend school in Poland and are madly in love. While spending the summer in Valencia, Spain working together, one single irreversible moment happens to Michał that changes everything. When he confesses to Karina, unexpected reactions are the result. Yet Karina holds back something too. Lasting is a contemporary look at the human condition in micro scale through the eyes of young people. Director Jacek Borcuch (All That I Love, SIFF 2009) wanted to show the collapse of their well-ordered beautiful world. The resulting script is an unusual collaboration between directors Borcuch, Peruvian director Claudia Llosa (The Milk of Sorrow), and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanića (Grbavica). Borcuch concentrated on the male roles in the script, Llosa and Žbanića helped to bring forth the female. Besides the original soundtrack by Daniel Bloom, Lasting also features tracks by Cocteau Twins and Beach House.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic)

Director: Jacek Borcuch

Producers: Piotr Kobus

Agnieszka Drewno

Screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch

Cinematographer: Michal Englert

Editor: Beata Walentowska

Music: Daniel Bloom

Cast: Jakub Gierszał

Magdalena Berus

Angela Molina

Juanjo Ballesta

Joanna Kulig

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm, in Polish and Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: AP Mañana

Print Source: AP Mañana

Film Website: lasting.pl

Selected Filmography: All That I Love (2009)

Tulips (2004) Cauliflower (1999)

NIEULOTNE

The Last Ocean

NEW ZEALAND 2012

FRIDAY JUNE 7 3:30 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

SATURDAY JUNE 8 3:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

What you don’t know can affect you deeply.

Director Peter Young turns his attention to the Ross Sea, a pristine aquatic environment in Antarctica and the most untouched marine ecosystem on Earth. Due to the Antarctic Treaty, there was no commercial fishing in this area until 1996 when New Zealand started harvesting the Antarctic Toothfish (popularly known as the Chilean Sea Bass), starting a modern-day gold rush, which has led populations of the fish to quickly plummet. With the fate of their critical research lab in jeopardy, a coalition of scientists tries to stop the destruction before the damage cannot be undone. Peter Young captures striking images of Emperor penguins, orcas, and the brilliance of the white landscape that may soon be lost forever. You’ll leave The Last Ocean with an understanding of why this issue is so tricky, why it affects all of us, and what you can do to help.

Awards: Boulder International Film Festival 2013 (Best Call 2 Action Film)

Director: Peter Young

Producer: Peter Young

Screenwriter: Peter Young Richard Langston

Cinematographer: Peter Young

Editors: Jonno WoodfordRobinson Richard Lord

Music: Plang

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: LevelK

Print Source: LevelK

Film Website: lastocean.org

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

DOM

The Last Sentence

SWEDEN 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 4:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 28 9:30 PM

A dramatic and poetic true story about a man who could not be silenced, The Last Sentence weaves together a psychologically insightful love story with a portrayal of the tenuous political situation neutral Sweden found itself in during the Second World War, and proves that at 81, the esteemed filmmaker Jan Troell is still at the height of his powers. Torgny Segerstedt (Jesper Christensen) was one of the leading journalists in Sweden in the 20th century. As managing editor of the Gothenburg economic daily Handelstidningen, he fought a one-man battle against Adolf Hitler and fascism throughout the war years. It was a difficult fight, only made possible because of his reputation, the power of his conviction, and the fact that he had friends in high places, not least among them his lover, the Jewish intellectual Maja Forssman (another tour-de-force performance from Pernilla August), the wife of his publisher. Exquisitely filmed in black and white, The Last Sentence continues Troell’s mission to illuminate history.

Awards:

Montreal World Film Festival 2012 (Best Director) Chicago Film Festival 2012 (Silver Hugo, Best Actress)

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Jan Troell

Producer: Francy Suntinger

Screenwriters: Klaus Rifbjerg

Jan Troell

Cinematographers: Jan Troell

Mischa Gavrjusjov

Editors: Jan Troell

Ulrika Rang

Cast: Jesper Christensen

Pernilla August Ulla Skoog

Björn Granath

Amanda Ooms

Peter Andersson

Running Time: 125 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Swedish, with English subtitles

International Sales: TrustNordisk

Print Source: Music Box Films

Selected Filmography: Everlasting Moments (2008)

Hamsun (1996)

The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

Zandy’s Bride (1974)

The New Land (1972)

The Emigrants (1971)

L’ULTIMO PASTORE

The Last Shepherd

ITALY 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 6:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 24 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

High on a hill lives a lone shepherd (apologies to Rodgers & Hammerstein). Renato Zucchelli is the last man to tend sheep in the region of Lombardy, an area increasingly overrun by urban sprawl. Although blessed with family and friends, Renato has a dream: to introduce the children of Milan to the all-but-forgotten joys of his profession. With his comrade Piero in tow, Renato brings his flock to the center of the city, where the intersections and espresso stands lie wholly unprepared. Melding reality with flights of fancy, director Marco Bonfanti’s film is an utterly charming concoction, with gorgeous scenery and a beautiful soundtrack providing the trimmings to this modern Don Quixote tale. Enchanting as the developing journey becomes, however, the irresistible main draw remains Zucchelli himself, a giant of a good-humored man whose ebullience spills over the borders of wherever his fairy tale mission takes him. Funny, touching, and ultimately thought-provoking, The Last Shepherd is a warmly endearing portrait of a man who conquers a city with nothing more than the power of imagination.

Director:

Marco Bonfanti

Producers:

Anna Godano

Franco Bocca Geisi

Marco Bonfanti

Screenwriter: Marco Bonfanti

Cinematographer: Michele D’Attanasio

Editor:

Valentina Andreoli

Music:

Danilo Caposeno

Running Time: 76 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Italian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Visit Films

Print Source: Visit Films

Film Website: lultimopastore.it

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Laurence Anyways

CANADA (QUÉBEC)/FRANCE 2012

FRIDAY MAY 24 8:30 PM EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY MAY 26 1:00 PM EGYPTIAN

23-year-old writer and director Xavier Dolan, who made his name with the promising I Killed My Mother and Heartbeats, tells an emotionally rich and mature story filled with lovingly crafted characters. Set in 1990s Montreal, Laurence Anyways stars French art-cinema mainstay Melvil Poupaud as the eponymous transgender hero. Laurence and his lover Frédérique, played by Suzanne Clément, are beautiful and bohemian, unquestionably and unconventional in love, and devoted to one another. Their otherwise buoyant relationship sinks like stone when a sobbing, heartbroken Laurence tells his secret: that he feels like a woman trapped in man’s body. What follows is the dazzling mini-epic spanning a decade of the on-again, off-again relationship between Laurence and Fred, and the inevitable pressure from Laurence’s family as he transitions into his true self. While Laurence must navigate the ugliness and prejudice of coming out as a transgendered person, he is ultimately an empowered hero who emerges triumphant— with his family and relationships in tow. Laurence Anyways is an enticing, stylish love story—focusing on self-love, above all else.

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2012 (Director’s Fortnight: Best Actress)

Toronto International Film Festival 2012 (Best Canadian Feature) César 2013 (Nominated, Best Foreign Film)

Director: Xavier Dolan

Producer: Lyse Lafontaine

Screenwriter: Xavier Dolan

Cinematographer: Yves Bélanger

Editor: Xavier Dolan

Music: Xavier Dolan

Noia

Cast: Melvil Poupaud

Suzanne Clément

Nathalie Baye

Monia Chokri

Running Time: 168 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: MK2

Print Source: Breaking Glass Pictures

Film Website: laurenceanyways.ca

Selected Filmography: Heartbeats (2010)

I Killed My Mother (2009)

COMME UN LION

Little Lion

FRANCE 2012

MONDAY MAY 20 4:00 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 6:00 PM

For Mitri’s (Mytri Attal) friends, soccer is an agreeable diversion, a way to kick up dirt on the roads of their tiny Senegalese village. But for the 16-year-old phenomenon who reverently tucks a photo of a footballer in his Koran during prayers, it’s a calling and a chance to move up in life. The opportunity seems to present itself when a recruiter approaches his grandmother (Khady Aïdara) offering to send the young man to France for tryouts; provided she can pay certain fees up front, of course. He arrives to find himself quickly abandoned by a cruel scam. Now under the helpful but impersonal protection of French social services, Mitri must seemingly abandon his dreams of soccer stardom even as he shamefully keeps his troubles hidden from his grandmother back home. Until a chance encounter with a self-described “second-rate coach in a third-rate club” (Marc Barbé) gets him back on the pitch where he belongs. But the coach is also a victim of thwarted dreams, and it’s no guarantee he’ll help Mitri realize his own. Inspired by true stories, Little Lion combines a naturalistic portrait of the struggles facing immigrants with the rousing, crowd-pleasing charms of a sports film.

Director:

Samuel Collardey

Producer:

Grégoire Debailly

Screenwriters: Catherine Paillé

Nadège Trebal

Samuel Collardey

Cinematographers:

Charles Wilhelem

Samuel Collardey

Stéphane Raymond

Editor:

Sylvie Lager

Music: Magou

Cast:

Marc Barbé

Anne Coesens

Marc Berman

Jean-François Stévenin

Mytri Attal

Khandy Aïdara

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Pyramide International

Print Source:

Pyramide International

Film Website: pyramidefilms.com

Selected Filmography: The Apprentice (2008)

The Little Tin Man USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 1 6:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY JUNE 2 12:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

The Little Tin Man is an intelligent and hilarious exploration of a struggling actor’s refusal to accept the status quo as he attempts to transcend his inherent limitations and land the role of a lifetime in Martin Scorsese’s (fictional) remake of The Wizard of Oz. To say that Herman (Aaron Beelner) is dissatisfied would be an understatement of epic proportions. Unfulfilled working in his brother’s restaurant and unhappy with the arc of his acting career, he is ready for something different. When he’s offered a spot to audition for the Mayor of Munchkinland in an upcoming, big budget remake of The Wizard of Oz, he takes the opportunity to aim just a little bit higher. To help him nail the audition, he enlists the help of his pals to showcase his talents, including Miller (Kay Cannon), his brother, Gregg (Jeff Hiller), and their mutual friend, Juan (Emmanuel Maldonado). As life begins to imitate art, Herman and his pals find themselves on a humor-filled journey of self-discovery that delivers big laughs and even bigger insights into the lengths we’ll go for the things we love. Making his feature-film directorial debut, Matthew Perkins delivers a rare thing, indeed: a truly funny, often touching indie comedy.

Director: Matthew Perkins

Producers: Matthew Perkins

Nathan Bridges

Screenwriters: Matthew Perkins

Nathan Bridges

Cinematographer: Brad Reeb

Editor: Gordon Holmes

Music: Erick Lee

Eric Marshall Brian T. Murphy

Cast: Aaron Beelner

Kay Cannon

Jeff Hiller

Chris Henry Coffey

Emmanuel Maldonado

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Visionheir Pictures

Film Website: facebook.com/TheLittleTinMan

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Love is in the Air

FRANCE 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 11:00 AM

One bright sunny New York morning, soonto-be-married Julie (the effervescent and charming Ludivine Sagnier) flits from post-it note to post-it note, making sure that she has taken care of everything before returning to Paris. Handsome Casanova Antoine (Nicolas Bedos, in his first starring role), on the other hand, awakens late, handcuffed, surrounded by empty bottles and nameless ladies. By chance, they are seated next to each other in first class, though it isn’t a welcome arrangement—he broke her heart three years prior, and they haven’t spoken since. Over the next seven hours, their initial verbal sparring gives way to genuine reminiscences and awkward silences. Told both in real-time and flashbacks to their love affair, this is a breezy and decidedly glossy Gallic take on the classic comedy of remarriage, ripped right from the pages of a Hollywood romantic comedy playbook.

Low Profile

FRANCE 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Alexandre Castagnetti

Producers: Mathieu Robinet

Julien Ralanto

Screenwriters: Nirina Ralanto

Brigitte Bemol

Julien Simonet

Xavier Nemo

Castagnetti

Nicolas Bedos based on an original screenplay by Vincent Angell

Cinematographer: Yannick Ressigeac

Editor: Scott Stevenson

Music:

Nicolas Wauquiez

Cast: Ludivine Sagnier

Nicolas Bedos

Jonathan Cohen

Arnaud Ducret

Brigitte Catillon

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French and English, with English

subtitles

International Sales: Kinology

Print Source: Kinology

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SATURDAY JUNE 8 6:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 11:00 AM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Divorced, 30-something Yvan is a relatively wellrespected schoolteacher, and still hunky enough to get attention from women, but overall, he’s pretty washed up. His wife left him to live with her new lover in Thailand. His teenage daughters moved out to live with his OCD but lovable sister Ariane, and they aren’t too wild about their dad: one of them is organizing a boycott of the school cafeteria and the other thinks he is a womanizer. He is depressed and tired of his life in Paris, and is ready to leave his teaching gig at a public school for a cushier position at a private school in Brittany. But just when Yvan decides to give up, he feels obliged to adopt a reticent little boy named Léo—the product of his ex-wife’s love affair with another man. Léo moves in, and although he doesn’t talk much, and insists on carrying around a raggedy doll, Yvan tries his best to care for the boy. Around the same time, Yvan starts a flirtation with a fiery, beautiful woman, who seems interested in Yvan despite the many failings that seem so obvious to the other people in his life. With these two new relationships, Yvan finds that he does, in fact, have reasons to stay and rebuild his life. With great performances by Vanessa Paradis and Denis Ménochet and an uplifting acoustic indie soundtrack, Low Profile examines the way people can get lost, but eventually begin to find each other, and themselves, again.

Director: Cécilia Rouaud

Producer: Saga Blanchard

Screenwriter: Cécilia Rouaud

Cinematographer: Renaud Chassaing

Editor: Fabrice Rouaud

Music: JP Nataf

Cast: Denis Ménochet

Vanessa Paradis

Léa Drucker

Laurent Lucas

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Kinology

Print Source: Kinology

Film Website: rezofilms.com/ distribution/je-mesuis-fait-tout-petit

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Ludwig II

GERMANY/AUSTRIA 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY MAY 30 9:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 31 9:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY JUNE 1 12:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

The story of “Mad King Ludwig,” the 19th century Bavarian monarch known mostly for his lavish fairytale castles and his solitary nature, has been elevated to almost mythical status as the subject of more than 4,000 books and four films, most notably Luchino Visconti’s 1972 film, Ludwig. In this lushly artdirected biopic, co-directors Peter Sehr and Marie Noëlle give the life of King Ludwig II an epic treatment while also managing to understand the emotions that drove him. At a young age, Ludwig (Sabin Tambrea) develops a deep appreciation for art and music, believing that it has mystical powers to change the course of humanity. The embodiment of his ideals is the music of Richard Wagner, for whom he becomes a devoted patron. Pressured to produce an heir, he is briefly engaged to his cousin Sophie (Paula Beer), though it is clear their relationship is strictly platonic. The outside world, of course, intrudes on Ludwig’s idyll in the form of the Franco-Prussian War, which forces him to make tough political choices. As his kingdom is absorbed by a unified Germany, Ludwig increasingly retreats from public life, prompting his ministers to declare him mentally unfit to rule, leading to tragic consequences. While the real Ludwig famously said he wished to “remain an eternal enigma to myself and to others,” Sehr and Noëlle’s portrait manages to shed a humanizing light on the tragic life of a deeply misunderstood monarch.

Awards:

Bavarian Film Awards 2013 (Best Young Actor)

NINGEN JÔHATSU

A Man Vanishes

JAPAN 1967

Directors:

Peter Sehr

Marie Noëlle

Producer:

Ronald Mühlfellner

Screenwriters:

Marie Noëlle

Peter Sehr

Cinematographer: Christian Berger

Editor:

Hans Funck

Music:

Bruno Coulais

Cast: Sabin Tambrea

Hannah Herzsprung

Gedeon Burkhard

Tom Schilling

Paula Beer

Running Time: 140 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in German, with English subtitles

International Sales: Global Screen

Print Source: Global Screen

Film Website: warnerbros.de/ludwigII/#

Selected Filmography:

Marie Noëlle:

The Anarchist Wife (2008)

Peter Sehr:

The Anarchist Wife (2008)

Love the Hard Way (2001)

Obsession (1997)

Kaspar Hauser (1993)

Das Serbische Mädchen (1991)

One of the most important and complex works by two-time Palme d’Or-winning director Shôhei Imamura, A Man Vanishes begins as an investigation into one of the thousands of missing persons cases that occur in Japan each year. The documentary opens with newsreel footage recounting the case of Tadashi Oshima, a 32-year-old plastics salesman who inexplicably vanished two years earlier. Imamura and his crew set out to discover what happened to Tadashi by interviewing those who knew him best—his co-workers, friends, and his fiancée Yoshie—all the while gathering contradictory information concerning his character. But as their investigation delves deeper into Tadashi’s dubious business ventures and his enigmatic relationship with Yoshie and, possibly, her sister, the line between filmmaker and subject, fact and fiction, blur in perilous fashion. Radical in its scope, aesthetic, and technique, A Man Vanishes showcases many of Imamura’s central themes and obsessions, all of which culminate in a stunning sequence that transforms the film’s reality into an ever more mercurial mystery.

Director: Shôhei Imamura

Producer: Shôhei Imamura

Screenwriters: Shôhei Imamura

Kirio Urayama

Cinematographer: Kenji Ishiguro

Editor: Mutsuo Tanji

Music: Toshirô Mayuzumi

Running Time: 130 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm, in Japanese, with English subtitles

Print Source: Icarus Films

Film Website: icarusfilms.com/ new2012/manv.html

Selected Filmography: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Dr. Akagi (1988)

The Eel (1997)

Black Rain (1989)

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Eijanaika (1981)

Vengeance is Mine (1979)

Karayuki-San: The Making of a Prostitute (1975)

The Pirates of Bubuan (1972)

The Profound Desire of the Gods (1967)

The Pornographers (1966)

The Insect Woman (1963)

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Stolen Desire (1958)

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Marie Krøyer

DENMARK 2012

FRIDAY MAY 31 4:00 PM

TUESDAY JUNE 4 9:30 PM

This exquisite-looking period romance is the first Danish feature film in two decades by the Oscar®-winning director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror, The Best Intentions). Regarded as the most beautiful woman in Denmark in the early 20th century, Marie was a muse for her husband, the renowned (but mentally ill) painter P.S. Krøyer. They lived in remote Skagen where numerous artists gathered, attracted by the exceptional light and natural scenery. An artist herself, Marie finds frustratingly little time to develop her talent since she is torn between serving as her husband’s favorite model and sometime nurse, homemaker, and caring mother to their young daughter. Exhausted by her husband’s manic episodes, Marie visits Sweden where composer Hugo Alfven’s dashing looks, admiring words, and sexual charisma sweep her off her feet. Since the possessive Krøyer won’t agree to a divorce, they try a disastrous menage-à-trois in Skagen. But when Marie abandons her life and social status in Denmark to follow her love to his native land, her dreams are thwarted. The painterly art direction shines here, with close attention to the Nordic light and almost impressionist exteriors—a true visual treat.

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director:

Bille August

Producers: Signe Leick Jensen

Karin Trolle

Screenwriter: Peter Asmussen

Cinematographer: Dirk Brüel

Editor: Gerd Tjur

Music: Stefan Nilsson

Cast:

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Søren Sætter-Lassen Sverrir Gudnason

Tommy Kenter

Lene Maria Christensen

Running Time: 98 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Danish, with English subtitles

International Sales: AB Svensk Filmindustri

International Sales

Print Source: Danish Film Institute

Film Website: sfinternational.se/film/ marie-kroyer

Selected Filmography: Goodbye Bafana (2007)

Return to Sender (2004)

Les Miserables (1998)

Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)

The House of the Spirits (1993)

The Best Intentions (1991)

Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

Mercy

GERMANY/NORWAY 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 9:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 20 4:00 PM

Looking for a new start, a German couple and their son move to Hammerfest, the world’s northernmost city perched on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. During the winter, the sun never rises above the horizon, creating a surreal, almost darkly magical constant twilight. Niels (Jürgen Vogel) works at a natural gas plant, while Maria (Birgit Minichmayr) finds a job at the local hospice, taking care of the terminally ill. One night, in the middle of the dark Norwegian winter, Maria leaves the scene of a hit-and-run car accident. Wrapped in guilt, she confides in her husband. But Maria is not the only one looking for forgiveness, and the mesmerizing landscape becomes the backdrop of an intense family drama in which the son plays the role of a silent witness. Featuring understated but striking performances by Jürgen Vogel and Birgit Minichmayr, Mercy is a powerful portrayal of guilt and redemption.

HARVARD EXIT

HARVARD EXIT

Director: Matthias Glasner

Producers: Kristine Knudsen

Matthias Glasner

Andreas Born

Screenwriter: Kim Fupz Aakeson

Cinematographer: Jakub Bejnarowicz

Editor:

Heike Gnida

Music:

Home Sweet Home

Cast: Jürgen Vogel

Birgit Minichmayr

Henry Stange

Running Time: 132 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm, in German, Norwegian, and English, with English subtitles

International Sales: Beta Cinema

Print Source: Beta Cinema

Selected Filmography: This Is Love (2009)

The Free Will (2004)

Fandango (2000)

Sexy Sadie (1996)

Die Mediocren (1995) Requiem (1987)

Middleton

USA

FRIDAY MAY 17 7:00 PM

HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY MAY 19 1:00 PM EGYPTIAN

It’s not only teenagers who find themselves when they go off to college. Disillusioned Edith (Vera Farmiga) meets stick-in-the-mud George (Andy Garcia) while they are taking their children to visit the campus of prestigious Middleton College. Edith’s daughter Audrey (played by Vera’s real-life sister Taissa Farmiga) is aggravated by her mom’s jokes. George’s son Conrad (Spencer Lofranco) would rather be somewhere else. Annoyed with their kids, Edith and George end up abandoning the official tour to explore the campus on their own. During the course of the day, they get to know each other and rediscover their inner children, embracing the sunshine and a moment in time where they are freed from their normal lives. This charming romantic comedy takes turns between silly and serious but never veers into the territory of gross out humor. The cast includes a curmudgeonly professor played by Tom Skerritt and a welcome turn by Peter Riegert as a campus deejay. As infectious music accompanies the impressive architecture filmed on campuses around Washington State, the joy of this film will linger long after the credits roll.

Director:

Adam Rodgers

Producers:

Glenn German

Sig Libowitz

Andy Garcia

Screenwriters: Adam Rodgers

Glenn German

Cinematographer:

Emmanuel Kadosh

Editor:

Suzy Elmiger

Music:

Arturo Sandoval

Cast:

Vera Farmiga

Andy Garcia

Taissa Farmiga

Spencer Lofranco

Tom Skerritt

Peter Riegert

Running Time: 99 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

International Sales: Film Bridge International

Print Source:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Film Website:. filmbridgeinternational. com/movie-middleton. htm

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Mistaken for Strangers

USA 2013

MONDAY MAY 20 7:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 21 4:00 PM

What’s it like to be on tour with breakout indie rock band The National? How does it feel to live in the shadow of an older brother who has already realized your dreams of fame and artistic success? Find out in this intimate and revealing documentary. In 2010, after ten years and five albums, The National embarked on their biggest tour yet, and lead singer Matt Berninger invited his brother Tom along for the ride as a roadie. Tom, an aspiring horror filmmaker and heavy metal fan, decided to bring his camera along to record the experience. In the process he created not just a portrait of the band, but of two brothers at different points in their life. Follow this metal head as he is baffled by the indie rock world, experiences some wild nights on tour, and struggles with his ambivalent feelings about his brother’s success. A must see for fans of The National, great music, or anyone who has ever had a complicated relationship with a sibling.

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Tom Berninger

Producers: Craig Charland

Marshall Curry

Screenwriters: Tom Berninger

Carin Besser

Matt Berninger

Cinematographer: Tom Berninger

Editors: Matthew Hamachek

Tom Berninger

Music: Bryce Dessner

Aaron Dessner

Running Time: 92 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: American Mary Productions

Film Website: facebook.com/Mistaken

ForStrangersMovie

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Moment

USA 2013

FRIDAY JUNE 7 9:30 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SUNDAY JUNE 9 1:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

International photojournalist Lee (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is caught up in a tumultuous relationship with troubled writer John (Martin Henderson)—until he mysteriously disappears. Assuming that he has left her and overwhelmed by feelings of abandonment, Lee retreats to a mental hospital to recover. She meets a fellow patient who bears a strong, uncanny resemblance to John, and befriends him. With the help of her new friend and her psychologist, Lee struggles to string together her splintered memories to discover the truth behind her lover’s disappearance. Lee’s already unstable sanity wavers as the clues take an unexpected turn toward herself. Director Jane Weinstock uses Lee’s volatile mental state to consider notions of guilt and responsibility, immersing the audience in Lee’s dizzying swirl of fractured memories and lost sanity. Twisting, racy, and absorbing, The Moment keeps viewers guessing until its final moments.

Director: Jane Weinstock

Producers: Mary Jane Skalski

Julia Eisenman

Gloria Norris

Allan Jones

Jane Weinstock

James Welling

Screenwriters: Gloria Norris

Jane Weinstock

Cinematographer: James Laxton

Editors: Stan Salfas

Ruben Sebban

Music:

Nathan Larson

Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh

Martin Henderson

Alia Shawkat

Meat Loaf

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

HDCAM

Print Source:

Knit One Production

Film Website: facebook.com/

TheMomentMovie2013

Selected Filmography: Easy (2003)

Monsters University

USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 8 7:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SUNDAY JUNE 9 10:00 AM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a scarer, and he knows better than anyone that the best scarers come from Monsters University (MU). But during his first semester at MU, Mike’s plans are derailed when he crosses paths with hotshot James P. Sullivan, “Sulley” (voice of John Goodman), a natural-born scarer. The pair’s out-of-control competitive spirit gets them both kicked out of the University’s elite Scare Program. To make matters worse, they realize they will have to work together, along with an odd bunch of misfit monsters, if they ever hope to make things right. Screaming with laughter and oozing with heart, Disney·Pixar’s Monsters University is directed by Dan Scanlon (Cars, Mater and the Ghostlight, Tracy), produced by Kori Rae (Up, The Incredibles, Monsters, Inc.) and features music from future Rock-and-Roll-Hall-ofFame-inductee and award winning composer Randy Newman (Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 3).

PRECEDED BY:

The Blue Umbrella

USA 2013, 7 minutes, Director: Saschka Unseld

Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas—one blue, one not—fall eternally in love in The Blue Umbrella.

Director: Dan Scanlon

Producer: Kori Rae

Screenwriters: Andrew Stanton

Pete Docter

Music: Randy Newman

Voices of:

Billy Crystal

John Goodman

Steve Buscemi

Helen Mirren

Alfred Molina

Dave Foley

Frank Oz

Julia Sweeney

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in 3D

Print Source: Walt Disney

Film Website: disney.go.com/ monsters-university

Selected Filmography: Tracy (2009)

Moon Man

GERMANY/FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM 2012

SATURDAY MAY 25 1:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

SUNDAY JUNE 2 10:00 AM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

The man on the moon is bored. He just sits around all day. One evening a comet passes by and he catches a ride down to Earth. The President believes that it is an “attack from outer space.” He sounds the alarm, fearing the invasion will put his domination of Earth in jeopardy, but all his army finds are the Moon Man’s silvery footprints. While exploring, the Moon Man finds many fantastical things, from a doctor who rides a yo-yo and lives in an Escher-esque house to Italians who sell gelato to octopi. Unfortunately, the world is not well because the Moon Man’s absence from his post means that all the children are unable to sleep. The film is a race to find the whereabouts of the wandering Moon Man and get him back where he belongs. With a style that leans toward a family-friendly expressionism, this colorful and creative feature feels like the audience is given invitation to play inside the mind of a child. Cleverly expanding on the children’s picture book of the same name by Tomi Ungerer (who is profiled in another SIFF doc: Far Out Isn’t Far Enough), Moon Man is a fuzzy, warm blanket the whole family can share.

Director: Stephan Schesch

Producer: Stephan Schesch

Screenwriter: Stephan Schesch

Editor: Laurent Lepaumier

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Le Pacte

Print Source: Tribeca Film

Film Website: le-pacte.com/ international/new-films/ single/moon-man/

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

More Than Honey

GERMANY/AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY JUNE 4 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

As entrancing as March of the Penguins, More Than Honey features some of the most spectacular footage of bees ever put on film. But this is not just a picturesque nature documentary. It’s also an investigation into a mystery. What is killing off the world’s bee populations at an alarming rate? This dire situation is devastating to the human species, too; without bees, one-third of the world’s food would not exist. To find answers, Academy Award®nominated director Markus Imhoof travels the world, talking to and observing the inner-workings of beekeepers, farmers, and scientists. Through the use of amazing point-of-view cinematography that defies the imagination, we actually soar through the air with the bees. A top audience favorite at both the Vancouver International Film Festival and IDFA (the world’s most prestigious documentary festival), the movie is also a personal narrative. Imhoof’s grandfather owned an orchard and cannery and built a special house for 150 bee colonies. Heartfelt, gorgeously shot, and suspenseful, More Than Honey is an important, thoughtprovoking, and enriching experience.

Awards:

Bavarian Film Award 2013 (Best Documentary) Swiss Film Awards 2013 (Best Documentary, Music)

Director: Markus Imhoof

Producers: Hubert von Spreti

Markus Imhoof

Thomas Kufus

Helmut Grasser

Pierre-Alain Meier

Screenwriter: Markus Imhoof

Cinematographer: Jörg Jehsel

Editor: Anne Fabini

Music: Peter Scherer

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation

Format: HDCAM, in German and English, with English subtitles

International Sales: Films Boutique

Print Source: Kino Lorber

Film Website: morethanhoney. senator.de

Selected Filmography: Fire in Paradise (1997)

Les Petites illusions (1991)

The Mountain (1990)

The Journey (1986)

Via Scarlatti 20 (1982)

Mother of George USA 2013

THURSDAY JUNE 6 6:30 PM

FRIDAY JUNE 7 4:00 PM

Having emigrated from Nigeria to marry the restaurateur Ayodele (Isaach De Bankolé), Adenike (Danai Gurira) finds her Brooklyn neighborhood still steeped in the colors and traditions of their homeland. At the couple’s wedding, Adenike’s imperious mother-in-law (Bukky Ajayi) confers the conventional Yoruba blessings, including the right of naming their future son George. But as the months pass and Adenike fails to get pregnant, the pressures of family—and a culture that places all responsibility for conception upon the wife— increase, and only her more worldly friend Sade (Yaya Alafia) stands by her side and bears all her secrets. Ultimately Adenike is driven to consider a solution that will set the attitudes she’s begun to adopt from her new home in conflict with those from her old. With only his second feature Andrew Dosunmu has already earned comparisons to Visconti, not only for the poetic vibrancy of his images (cinematographer Branford Young won the Sundance Film Festival Award for his remarkable effects here) but also the compassion and humanity which he invests in his characters and their conflicts.

Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Cinematography Award U. S. Dramatic)

Sponsored by University of Washington African Studies

Director: Andrew Dosunmu

Producers: Lars Knudsen

Jay Van Hoy

Matt Parker

Carly Hugo

Darci Picoult

Chris Maybach

Saemi Kim

Patrick Cunningham

Tony Okungbowa

Screenwriter: Darci Picoult

Cinematographer: Bradford Young

Editor: Oriana Soddu

Music:

Philip Miller

Cast: Isaach De Bankolé

Danai Gurira

Anthony Okungbowa

Yaya Alafia

Bukky Ajayi

Running Time: 106 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Oscilloscope

Selected Filmography: Restless City (2011)

Much Ado About Nothing

USA 2012

THURSDAY MAY 16 7:00 PM

Following the completion of Marvel’s The Avengers, which would go on to become one of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, director Joss Whedon’s follow-up film was a surprising choice—a personal, micro-budget version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing

The play follows the romantic exploits of Claudio and Benedick, who have returned to Messina following a successful military campaign. Upon arriving home, they are met by the Governor Leonato, his daughter Hero, and his niece Beatrice. Claudio immediately falls in love with the lovely Hero, while his companion Benedick scoffs at the very idea of love, an attitude shared by Beatrice, his longtime nemesis and verbal sparring partner. As Benedick and Beatrice resume their “merry war” of insults and bon mots, the villainous Don John plots to ruin Claudio and Hero’s impending nuptials. Retaining the Bard’s original dialogue and filmed in just twelve days at his own Santa Monica house, Whedon fills his uproarious Shakespearean rom-com with many of the familiar faces from his television “Whedonverse”—including Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, and Nathan Fillion—and in doing so offers a dark, sexy, and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love.

Director: Joss Whedon

Producers: Joss Whedon

Kai Cole

Daniel S. Kaminsky

Screenwriters: Joss Whedon

William Shakespeare

Cinematographer: Jay Hunter

Editors: Daniel S. Kaminsky

Joss Whedon

Music: Joss Whedon

Cast:

Amy Acker

Alexis Denisof

Clark Gregg

Nathan Fillion

Reed Diamond

Fran Kranz

Sean Maher

Running Time: 109 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Roadside Attractions

Film Website: muchadothemovie.com

Selected Filmography: The Avengers (2012) Serenity (2005)

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MCCAW HALL

Muscle Shoals

USA 2013

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 7:00 PM

THURSDAY MAY 30 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

From the banks of the Tennessee River—“The Singing River” as the local Native Americans called it—emerged some of the most creative and defiant music of a generation. In the 1960s, the tiny town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama became one of the most soughtafter recording destinations in the country, attracting artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to Lynyrd Skynyrd, from Paul Simon to the Rolling Stones. At the heart of this musical movement is Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios, a place where black and white musicians could meet as musical equals during Alabama’s turbulent struggles with race relations. Overcoming his impoverished childhood and a tragedy-filled life, Hall was instrumental in creating both the Muscle Shoals Sound and its legendary rhythm section, The Swampers. Director Greg Camalier provides a bounty of performance stills and archival footage intertwined with illuminating recollections from the artists themselves. Anecdotes from Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, the Stones’s Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Etta James, and others redefine a multitude of songs, including “Respect,” “Brown Sugar,” and “Free Bird.” While no single film could be the comprehensive word on the Muscle Shoals Sound, Camalier has created one that stands as a testament to its magnetism, mystery, and continuing influence today.

L’AMOUR DES MOULES

Mussels in Love

NETHERLANDS 2012

MONDAY JUNE 3 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 1:00 PM

Director: Greg Camalier

Producers: Stephen Badger

Greg Camalier

Screenwriter: Greg Camalier

Cinematographer: Anthony Arendt

Editor: Richard Lowe

Music: Jill Meyers

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: muscleshoalsmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Mussels in Love is a tasty documentary that reveals the love life of the Netherlands Zeeland mussel. The mussel’s complete life cycle is minutely examined: the mussel that loves, the mussel that holds on with all its might, and the mussel that is cast off by the storm. The Belgians and French look forward to eating them with bated breath. On its odyssey from seabed to restaurant plate, the mussel encounters passionate enthusiasts who, like itself, fall in love, struggle, and overcome. Biologist Annelies Pronker introduces us to the sex life of mussels. Then she becomes pregnant. Top chef Sergio Herman, after a love-hate relationship with the mussel, now specializes in preparing them. Gynecologist Jan Deprest uses the glue of mussels to save the lives of unborn babies. A quirky music score by Tuur Florizoone, and the orgasmic extreme close-ups of director of photography Remko Schnorr (The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology), gives this shellfish romance a look of abstract art and makes it much more than just a dry exploration of bivalves. Be prepared to see shellfish erotica like you’ve never seen before and delve deep into the love life of bibalvia mollusca, the humble, hardy, and sexy mussel.

Director: W.J.A. Kluijfhout

Producer: Reinette van de Stadt

Cinematographer: Remko Schnorr

Editors: Dieter Diependaele Govert Janse

Music: Tuur Florizoone

Running Time: 73 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Dutch, with English subtitles

International Sales: Autlook Filmsales

Print Source: Autlook Filmsales

Film Website: lamourdesmoules.nl

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Mutual Friends

USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

FRIDAY MAY 31 6:30 PM

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When you’ve found someone, how do you know it’s the right someone? This film about young New Yorkers in love follows several storylines of mutual friends as they try to find the answer to that question. Liv (Caitlin Fitzgerald) is engaged to Christoph (Cheyenne Jackson) while being pursued by Nate (Peter Scanavino), her best friend and one-time lover. Liv plans a surprise party for Christoph that brings many of the main couples together and into conflict over fancy cocktails, individual bags of chips, and a cake that wasn’t really what the hostess ordered. The movie depicts new romance, married love, and stories of infidelity, all while showing director Matthew Watts’s obvious appreciation for New York City in both settings and storylines. Quirky characters add to the mix and remind us that no matter how odd, there is indeed someone for everyone. There is a lot of laughter to be found in the pursuit of romantic happiness, and ultimately Mutual Friends comes to the conclusion that love isn’t as complicated as we think it is.

Director:

Matthew Watts

Producer:

Jennifer Westin

Screenwriters:

Amy Higgins

Matthew Watts

Olivia Silver

Jessica Sue Burstein

Craig Difolco

Frank Angones

Ross Partridge

Cinematographer: Ming Kai Leung

Editor: Jeff Gilbert

Music:

Justin Rice

Cast:

Caitlin Fitzgerald

Peter Scanavino

Ross Partridge

Cheyenne Jackson

Michael Stahl-David

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Covert Productions

Film Website: mutualfriendsmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

MÔJ PES KILLER

My Dog Killer

SLOVAKIA/ CZECH REPUBLIC 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 9:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY JUNE 7 12:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Unfolding over the course of a single day, Mira Fornay’s sophomore effort tells a disturbing tale of family shame and ethnic conflict. 18-year-old Marek lives with his father in a vineyard on the Slovak-Moravian border. When he’s not training his pit bull, Killer, Marek usually spends his time with the local skinheads—being trained himself. His family has other plans for him today. Things have gotten so bad at the vineyard, that his father must sell their other property, which requires the signature of his estranged wife—Marek’s mother— who abandoned the family in disgrace years before. Since no one in the family wants to see her, Marek is assigned the task of meeting her in town with the contracts. But when he gets to town, he discovers that she has brought his half-brother with her. As Marek wrestles with his situation, Fornay maintains an observational style, allowing the audience to reach their own understanding of the unpleasant nature of Marek’s dilemma. She combines this approach with authentic locations, a nonprofessional cast (including local skinheads), and strategically placed radio newscasts and music, to give My Dog Killer a documentary feel that makes Marek’s choices all the more heartbreaking.

Awards: Rotterdam Film Festival 2013 (Tiger Award)

Director: Mira Fornay

Producer: Juraj Buzalka

Screenwriter: Mira Fornay

Cinematographer: Tomáš Sysel

Editor: Hedvika Hansalová

Cast: Adam Mihál

Marián Kuruc

Irena Bendová

Libor Filo

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Slovak, with English subtitles

International Sales: m-Appeal

Print Source: m-Appeal

Film Website: m-appeal.com

Selected Filmography: Foxes (2009)

VUOSAARI

Naked Harbour

FINLAND/AUSTRIA/GERMANY 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 9:30 PM

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MONDAY MAY 27 8:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

It is fascinating to watch the urban love story Naked Harbour as reality hits you in the face. All the characters show how imperfect, weak, or lost they all are. And they desperately want to be loved. Director Aku Louhimies is one of Finland’s most popular and successful directors, here creating a world of parallel stories that take place in the East Helsinki suburb of Vuosaari. Louhimies has been called controversial because of his dark hard-hitting depictions of Finnish society in a style that’s more Cassavetes than Dogme. “Aki Kaurismäki’s films are like fairytales, mine are as realistic as possible. I like to call them the illusion of truth.” Focusing on outsiders and on winter landscapes, the imperfect characters here are driven by the same need to be loved, seen, and touched. After building up a world of tension, the film comes into feelings of forgiveness and new beginnings—but only in the final analysis.

Director: Aku Louhimies

Producers: Liisa Penttilä

Pauli Pentti

Screenwriters: Aku Louhimies

Niina Repo

Mikko Kouki

Cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri

Editor:

Benjamin Mercer

Music: Markus Koskinen

Cast: Jasper Pääkkönen

Laura Birn

Matleena Kuusniemi

Amanda Pilke

Lenna Kuurmaa

Running Time:

123 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Finnish and English, with English

subtitles

International Sales:

Wide Management

Print Source:

Wide Management

Film Website: vuosaarielokuva.fi

Selected Filmography:

Tears of April (2008)

Frozen City (2006)

Frozen Land (2005)

Lovers & Leavers (2002)

Restless (2000)

Nightfall

HONG KONG 2012

SUNDAY MAY 19 9:00 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 9:00 PM

Director Roy Chow teams up with two of Hong Kong’s most exciting action stars for Nightfall—a gritty, brutal story of love, hate, and vengeance. When the burned body of Hong Kong’s most renowned opera singer is found floating in the ocean, Inspector Lam (Simon Yam) is assigned to solve the case. He quickly establishes Wong Yuen-yeung (Nick Cheung), a newly released convict with a brutal past and possible ties to the family, as the chief suspect. However, Wong proves to be an ever-resourceful and elusive quarry. But what Lam surmises as a clear-cut case of revenge gets murkier the deeper he investigates. What connects Wong to Han and his beautiful daughter Zoe? Who is the victim and who is the real killer? Buried beneath 20 years of lies, a shocking secret threatens to pull down Lam’s entire case. Part Dante Lam and part James M. Cain, Nightfall is a slick noirish thriller in which gut-wrenching violence, corrupted innocence, obsession, and voyeurism provide the grist for the film’s grisly mill.

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Director: Roy Chow

Producer: William Kong

Screenwriters: Roy Chow

Christine To

Cinematographer: Ardy Lam

Editor: Ka-Fai Cheung

Music:

Shigeru Umebayashi

Cast: Simon Yam

Michael Wong

Nick Cheung

Running Time: 107 minutes

Presentation Format: BluRay, in Cantonese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Edko Films Ltd

Print Source: Well Go USA

Film Website: facebook.com/ movienightfall

Selected Filmography: Murderer (2009)

Nishan (Medal of Honor)

ETHIOPIA 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 6:00 PM

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Nishan is a strong Ethiopian woman who has recently obtained a rare visa to leave the city and work abroad. But fate will intervene as her family, her independence, and her dreams are derailed by a sequence of accidental events. Nishan’s father returns one night from gambling with the prize of an antique golden gun. Unbeknownst to him, the gun is a highly prized memento avidly sought by a pair of ruthless thieves. As the thieves move closer to discovering the gun’s whereabouts, Nishan must resist the advances of Engda, her boss’s conniving son who intends to trap her into marriage. Luckily, romance has recently blossomed with a young doctor who is always there to help her find a solution to her problems. Entangled in a web of deceit and danger, Nishan must navigate through these ordeals to preserve her independence, protect her family, and realize her ambitions for a better life. A rising star on the Ethiopian film scene, writer-director-editor Yidnekachew Shumete Desalegn has crafted a thrilling feature that twists and turns while effectively developing a strong set of characters. Nishan (Medal of Honor) is a strong new feature from Ethiopia and marks the film community in Addis Ababa as an exciting new film center to watch.

Director: Yidnekachew Shumete

Desalegn

Producers: Yidnekachew Shumete

Desalegn

Bertukan Befkadu Haile

Screenwriter: Yidnekachew Shumete

Desalegn

Cinematographer: Mulugeta Megerssa

Editor: Yidnekachew Shumete

Desalegn

Music: Abreham Tesfaye

Paulos Regassa

Cast:

Berukan Befkadu

Feleke Abebe

Tewodros Sifraye

Alebachew Mekonnen

Afework Bekele

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in Amharic, with English subtitles

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Northwest

DENMARK 2013

MONDAY MAY 27 8:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

MONDAY JUNE 3 9:30 PM EGYPTIAN SUNDAY JUNE 9 11:00 AM HARVARD EXIT

Northwest situates itself in the seedy underbelly of Copenhagen’s rough neighborhoods. Casper is a loyal 18-year-old living with his single mother, younger brother, and baby sister, who in an effort to make ends meet, dabbles with small time burglaries. Cutting between home life and nightlife, Casper is a disgruntled youth determined to find the means to an easier and more enjoyable life. Unhappy with his arrangement, Casper accepts an offer to join a new crew, finding fast money through the trade of drugs and prostitution. His early successes are happily enjoyed by his family, which leads Casper to develop an even more enthusiastic work ethic. In order to gain approval by his new boss, Casper enlists the aid of his younger brother, Andy. The two are able to enjoy a period of plenty before becoming the targets of their old partners. Ultimately, Casper must not only decide what is best for him, but must learn what sort of self-sacrifice is most appropriate and accommodating for his family.

Awards: Göteborg Film Festival 2013 (FIPRESCI Award)

Director: Michael Noer

Producers: René Ezra

Tomas Radoor

Screenwriters:

Rasmus Heisterberg

Michael Noer

Cinematographer: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

Editor:

Adam Nielsen

Cast: Gustav Dyekjær Giese

Oscar Dyekjær Giese

Nicholas Westwood Kidd Roland Møller

Lene Maria Christensen

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Danish, with English subtitles

International Sales:

TrustNordisk

Print Source: Danish Film Institute

Selected Filmography: R (2010)

MIEL DE NARANJAS

Orange Honey

SPAIN/PORTUGAL 2012

SATURDAY MAY 25 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

MONDAY MAY 27 11:30 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

THURSDAY JUNE 6 6:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

At the tail end of the Anglo-Spanish war, Enrique’s military service finds him pushing pencils in the high command offices. Daily he witnesses absurd political interrogations and he is given the responsibility of scheduling the daily executions. After ordering the death of his mother’s caregiver for printing pamphlets, he has had enough. Enrique begins living a double life, supporting the revolution while living right under the nose of the enemy. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Imanol Uribe recreates 1950s Andalusia with exquisite historic authenticity and blends politics, history, and passion into a potent cinematic cocktail. The tension mounts through twisting allegiances and surprising revelations but Uribe pulls the audience into the drama with multidimensional human characters. Iban Garate inhabits a star-making performance as Enrique with Blanca Suarez stellar as his fiancé, but even the supporting roles find memorable complexity. Beautiful cinematography by Gonzalo Berridi perfectly contrasts the light and dark textures of Enrique’s double life. Punctuated by chilling period footage from the Franco regime’s news reels, Orange Honey thrillingly captures the flavor of its setting while addressing the need for political opposition in our contemporary world.

Awards: Montreal World Film Festival 2012 (Special Grand Prix of the Jury)

Malaga Film Festival 2012 (Best Direction, Script)

The Otherside

USA 2013 WORLD PREMIERE

FRIDAY MAY 31 7:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 8:30 PM

Director: Imanol Uribe

Producers: Luís Galvão Teles

Enrique González Macho

Screenwriter: Remedios Crespo

Cinematographer: Gonzaldo Berridi

Editor: Buster Franco

Music:

Nuno Malo

Cast: Iban Garate

Blanca Suarez

Karra Elejalde

Eduard Fernández

Carlos Santos

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Beta Cinema

Print Source: Beta Cinema

Selected Filmography: Carol’s Journey (2002)

Plenilune (1999)

Bwana (1996)

Días Contados (1994)

The Dumbfounded King (1991)

La Luna Negra (1989)

Bilbao Nlues (1986)

La Muerte de Mikel (1984)

La Fuga de Segovia (1981)

While Seattle is known by music fans around the world as the birthplace of Jimi Hendrix and grunge rock, few have realized that there is a new sound developing in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle’s underground hip-hop artists are redefining the genre as they attempt to capitalize on the music world’s current, do-it-yourself, digital age. Director Daniel Torok traveled around the country, documenting the burgeoning national presence of the Seattle hip-hop scene. Mixing interviews together with concert footage, the filmmakers have created a nearly encyclopedic Who’s Who of the up-and-coming artists that comprise this movement: Blue Scholars, Dyme Def, Jake One, Larry Mizzell, Jr., Don’t Talk to the Cops, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Shabazz Palaces, and many more. Following the artists into their homes, studios, and performances, The Otherside examines their daily struggles for success as they reach for stardom. Don’t miss your chance to get a firsthand look at the diverse mix of talent that defines Pacific Northwest hip-hop.

Director: Daniel Torok

Producers: J.R. Celski

Vinny Dom

Daniel Torok

Screenwriters: J.R. Celski

Vinny Dom

Daniel Torok

Jake Greene

Cinematographer: Terrence Santos

Editor: Stephan Gray

With: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Massive Monkees

Shabazz Palaces

Blue Scholars

Fresh Espresso

Larry Mizzell, Jr. Mad Rad

Running Time: 47 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: M.A.D. Northwest

Film Website: theothersidenw.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Our Children

BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG/FRANCE/SWITZERLAND 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 9:30 PM

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FRIDAY MAY 31 1:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Belgium-born Murielle and Moroccan immigrant Mounir are desperately in love and recently married. The newlyweds enjoy flirtatious smiles and elongated goodbyes. To save money, the couple moves in with Mounir’s adoptive father and employer, Andre. Soon it is clear that Andre and Mounir have formed a deep and complicated relationship that leaves Murielle progressively isolated. As their family grows larger with the birth of three successive daughters, Murielle’s world grows smaller, crowded by her increasingly domineering husband and his father. The weight of the men and the waning presence of hope in her life crush Murielle, and eventually drive her to unforgivable ends. Shot with extreme intimacy and framed to represent Murielle’s claustrophobic and collapsing world, Our Children marks director Joachim Lafosse’s fifth and most impressive film to date. Anchored by a heartbreaking performance by Emilie Dequenne (Rosetta), and reuniting A Prophet stars Tahar Rahim and Niels Arestrup as the two men, the film builds effortlessly to its tragic end.

Awards:

Cannes Film Festival 2012 (Best Actress, Un Certain Regard)

Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film)

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 (Best Actress)

Director: Joachim Lafosse

Producers: Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Olivier Bronckart

Jani Thitges

Sylvie Pialat

Thierry Spicher

Screenwriters: Joachim Lafosse

Thomas Bidegain

Matthieu Reynaert

Cinematographer: Jean-Francois Hensgens

Editor: Sophie Vercruysse

Music: Adriano Giardina

Cast: Emilie Dequenne

Tahar Rahim

Niels Arestrup

Beya Belal

Stephane Bissot

Running Time: 111 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in French and Arabic, with English

subtitles

International Sales: Les Films Du Losange

Print Source: The Cinema Guild

Selected Filmography: Free Student (2008)

Private Property (2006)

Ça rend heureux (2006)

Private Madness (2004)

Our Nixon USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 18 7:00 PM

SUNDAY MAY 19 1:30 PM

When H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and Dwight Chapin accepted their positions as Richard Nixon’s top political aides, they had no idea their political careers would end in prison. Buzzing with enthusiasm and romance for government, these staffers filmed as much of their time in the White House as possible on their Super8 cameras. Filled with the bright eyes of young political leaders constantly in awe of their positions, Our Nixon shows us an administration full of hope and fun. However, this joy slowly gives way to Nixon’s need for control, intoxication with power, and exploitation of his staff’s naivety. Tying the footage together with interviews by Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Chapin, we start to learn the way that Nixon laid the bricks in the path to corruption. After sitting in a basement for nearly 40 years after the seizure in the Watergate investigations, director Penny Lane brings these recordings to life, painting a portrait of Nixon very different from the one most of us knew.

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Director:

Penny Lane

Producers: Brian L. Frye

Penny Lane

Cinematographers: H.R. Haldeman

John Ehrlichman

Dwight Chapin

Editor: Francisco Bello

Music: Hrishikesh Hirway

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

International Sales: Autlook Film Sales

Print Source: Cinedigm

Film Website: ournixon.com

Selected Filmography:

Debut Feature Film

Out in the Dark

ISRAEL/USA 2012

SATURDAY MAY 25 9:30 PM

SUNDAY MAY 26 2:00 PM

Sometimes the best way to explore a conflict is by looking at a few individuals affected by it. For Nimr and Roy, the divide between Israel and Palestine will try their love and test the failing systems of each of their countries. Nimr meets Roy in a tiny gay bar, after sneaking into Tel Aviv from Ramallah. The instant chemistry between them makes their love seem like a foregone conclusion, but the hatred between the Israeli and Palestinian governments and their own families thwart their simple desire to be together at every turn. Nimr has a student permit to cross into Tel Aviv, though like everything else in the region, the politics and governmental pressures don’t stop to care about little things like love, especially not love as taboo as that between two men. Director and co-writer Michael Mayer approaches his characters beautifully: the only time the film feels peaceful is when Roy and Nimr are together, hidden away from the people who are certain that those on the other side of the conflict have no redeeming qualities. Mayer and his co-writer Yael Shafrir have created characters in Roy and Nimr that are flawed and exist with the prejudices of their peoples, but their feelings for each other allows them to grow, and should give us all hope: perhaps this endless conflict can find an end through love.

Awards: Haifa Film Festival 2012 (Best Picture)

Out of Print

USA 2012

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Director:

Michael Mayer

Producers: Lihu Roter

Michael Mayer

Screenwriters: Yael Shafrir

Michael Mayer

Cinematographer: Ran Aviad

Editor:

Maria Gonzales

Music: Mark Holden

Michael Lopez

Cast:

Nicholas Jacob

Michael Aloni

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Hebrew and Arabic, with English subtitles

International Sales: m-Appeal

Print Source: Breaking Glass Pictures

Film Website: outinthedark.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

MONDAY MAY 20 7:00 PM

TUESDAY MAY 21 5:00 PM

As bookstores continue to close and the publishing industry consolidates into a few powerful conglomerates, it has become clear that the digital revolution has forever changed how we read. What does that mean for the future of books, not the ones you can read on your computer, but the ones made out of paper? Meryl Streep narrates this enthralling, in-depth debate about the turbulent and exciting future of the printed word. In the quest to understand the extraordinary transformations that the printed word has undergone in recent years, director Vivienne Roumani, a former librarian, surveys all of those who have a vested interest from the top down: authors, publishers, critics, booksellers, librarians, educators, digital pirates, self-publishers, readers, and luminaries like the late Ray Bradbury, Authors Guild President Scott Turow, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, and New Yorker columnist Jeffrey Toobin. All are asked a fundamental question “Is the book dead?” The answer is far from it as there are complex issues of copyright, preservation, and diversity of access that threaten the future of books. A future which may impact the very core of our civilization.

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Director: Vivienne Roumani

Producers: Vivienne Roumani

Morton Denn

Cinematographers: Mitchell Reichler

Zach Kuperstein

Ed Slatery

Ben Shapiro

Editor: Tom Patterson

Music: Alexander Lasarenko

Narrated by: Meryl Streep

Running Time: 55 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English and Italian, with English subtitles

Print Source: VR Films LLC

Film Website: outofprintthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: The Last Jews of Libya (2007)

Papadopoulos & Sons

UNITED KINGDOM 2012

THURSDAY MAY 30 8:00 PM

FRIDAY MAY 31 7:00 PM HARVARD

This robust and audience-pleasing British comedy about the meaning of home and family follows a rich London Greek family who lose it all in the latest economic crash. After over-leveraging his latest business venture, self-made millionaire Harry Papadopoulos (Stephen Dillane) finds his assets seized, leaving him with only the derelict fish-and-chip shop that jump-started his career. Forced to reunite with his estranged and freewheeling brother Spiros (Georges Corraface), the two men must set aside their differences to save the Papadopoulos family. Along with Harry’s three children, Harry and Spiros set about bringing the shop back to life under the suspicious gaze of Hassan, the neighboring Turkish kebab shop owner whose son has his eyes on Harry´s daughter, Katie. As the chip shop begins to thrive, old memories are stirred, romances are forged, and Harry soon discovers that it’s only when you lose can you be free to find it all.

Awards:

Thessaloniki Film Festival 2012 (Audience Award)

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Director: Marcus Markou

Producer: Sara Butler

Screenwriter: Marcus Markou

Cinematographer: James Friend

Editor: Sebastian Morrison

Music: Stephen Warbeck

Cast: Stephen Dillane

Georges Corraface

Georgia Groome Selina Cadell Ed Stoppard

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: 7 and 7

Print Source: 7 and 7

Film Website: papadopoulosandsons. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature

PARADIES: GLAUBE

Paradise: Faith

AUSTRIA/GERMANY/FRANCE 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 6:30 PM

SATURDAY MAY 25 12:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

The second film of Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy follows Anna Maria (Maria Hofstatter, one of the director’s frequent collaborators), the fanatically religious self-flagellating sister of the main character from Paradise: Love, who decides to spend her vacation time doing missionary work in the suburbs of Vienna. With a foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary in tow, she travels through immigrant communities imposing her beliefs on those she meets. Her work is interrupted by the surprise return of her husband Nabil (Nabil Saleh), an Egyptian Muslim who has been absent for two years and is now confined to a wheelchair. He is shocked by the change in his wife, and the two soon engage in an abrasive theological faceoff. With Paradise: Faith, the director gleefully examines the hypocrisies of religious zealotry through expressive confrontation, satire, and a shockingly explicit chance encounter. But the film also shows tenderness, as the relationship between husband and wife, fractured as it may have become, is their true saving grace.

Awards: Venice Film Festival 2012 (CinemAvvenire Award, Special Jury Prize)

Director: Ulrich Seidl

Producer: Ulrich Seidl

Screenwriters: Veronika Franz Ulrich Seidl

Cinematographers: Wolfgang Thaler Ed Lachman

Editor: Christof Schertenleib

Cast: Maria Hofstätter

Nabil Saleh

Natalija Baranova Rene Rupnik

Dieter Masur

Trude Masur

Running Time: 120 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in German, with English subtitles

International Sales: The CoProduction Office

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Film Website: coproductionoffice.eu/ film/paradise-faith

Selected Filmography: Paradise: Hope (2013)

Paradise: Love (2012)

Import/Export (2007)

Jesus, You Know (2003) State of the Nation (2001)

Dog Days (2001) Models (1998)

Animal Love (1995) Loss is to be Expected (1992)

Good News (1990)

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Paradise: Hope

AUSTRIA/GERMANY/FRANCE 2013

THURSDAY MAY 23 6:30 PM

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SATURDAY MAY 25 3:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy concludes as it began, with divorced mother Teresa sending her daughter Melanie off to weight loss camp, but this final chapter has a lighter touch and a surprising sweetness. A chubby 13-yearold, Melanie (Melanie Lenz) is not at all excited about this drab, industrialized campground in the middle of the woods where dieticians and fitness coaches impose a boot-camp style regimen. That is, until she meets Verena (Verena Lehbauer), a ribald cabin mate who loves to share tales of her extensive sexual experience, and even sneaks Melanie into town for a spirited night of drinking and dancing. This awakens feelings within Melanie, which manifest themselves through the stomach cramps that she fakes in order to feed her infatuation with the camp doctor. While Paradise: Hope contains all the hallmarks of Seidl’s distinctive and provocative style, here he fills the story with a sensitive openness, with Melanie as a particularly poignant heroine, that provides an unexpected and refreshing finale to the series, ending on a true note of hope.

Director:

Ulrich Seidl

Producers:

Michael André

Philippe Bober

Christine Ruppert

Screenwriters: Ulrich Seidl

Veronika Franz

Cinematographers:

Edward Lachman

Wolfgang Thaler

Editor:

Christof Schertenleib

Cast:

Melanie Lenz

Verena Lehbauer

Joseph Lorenz, Viviane Bartsch

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in German, with English subtitles

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Film Website: coproductionoffice.eu/ node/145

Selected Filmography:

Paradise: Faith (2012)

Paradise: Love (2012)

Import/Export (2007)

Jesus, You Know (2003)

State of the Nation (2001)

Dog Days (2001)

Models (1998)

Animal Love (1995)

Loss Is to be Expected (1992)

Good News (1990)

PARADIES: LIEBE

Paradise: Love

AUSTRIA/GERMANY/FRANCE 2012

TUESDAY MAY 21 6:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY MAY 25 10:00 AM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Austrian iconoclast Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy is an epic thematic tapestry telling the story of three women, whose stories delicately crossover between films, each finding themselves at a turning point in their lives while on a journey to find happiness. The first story, Paradise: Love, follows 50-year-old divorced hausfrau Teresa, who sends her daughter to weight loss camp before heading to the Kenyan beaches for a vacation. There, a salacious friend introduces her to the world of sexual tourism, where older women become “Sugar Mamas” for strapping young beach boys. Uncomfortable at first, Teresa eventually meets Munga (Peter Kuzungu), a more sensitive suitor who seems to feel a genuine affection towards the older woman. But it soon becomes unclear who is the exploiter and who is the exploited. Seidl sets the tone for the trilogy with his signature blend of realism, social commentary, and warped humor, which combines a rich pictorial sensibility—realized by master cinematographers Wolfgang Thaler and Ed Lachmann—with mostly improvised scripts, developed in the manner of Mike Leigh. Giving a truly brave performance is lead actress Margarethe Tiesel, who embodies the tragedy of a woman looking for true romance in a society where that is the one thing money cannot buy.

Awards:

Austrian Film Awards 2012 (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress)

Director: Ulrich Seidl

Producer: Frédérique Dumas

Screenwriters: Ulrich Seidl

Veronika Franz

Cinematographers: Wolfgang Thaler

Ed Lachmann

Editor: Christof Schertenleib

Cast: Margarethe Tiesel

Peter Kazungu

Inge Malix

Running Time: 120 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in German, with English subtitles

International Sales: Coproduction Office

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Film Website: coproductionoffice.eu/ film/paradise-love

Selected Filmography:

Paradise: Hope (2013)

Paradise: Faith (2012)

Import/Export (2007)

Jesus, You Know (2003)

State of the Nation (2001)

Dog Days (2001)

Models (1998)

Animal Love (1995)

Loss Is to be Expected (1992)

Good News (1990)

IMBABAZI

The Pardon

RWANDA 2013

SUNDAY MAY 26 6:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

MONDAY MAY 27 3:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Manzi and Karemera are best friends who seem inseparable; but as ethnic tensions rise in 1994 Rwanda, the forces of history and violence tear them apart. After the death of the president, the country is plunged into an ethnic civil war and Manzi finds his Hutu heritage stronger than his relationship to his Tutsi friend. Karemera’s family pays the ultimate price, scarring Karemera for life with the memory of his family’s murders. 15 years later, Manzi is released from prison and returns to the town to pick up the pieces of his life but Karemera still holds a grudge and believes Manzi should still be punished more for his role in the genocide. Rwandan filmmaker,Joel Karekezi has crafted a beautiful film that reflects the horror of past genocide but advocates for reconciliation and a brighter future in the next generation. The strong central performances from Wilson Egessa and Okuyo Joel Atiku Prynce bridge the film’s seeming narrative simplicity to a deeper emotional catharsis. As a survivor himself, Karekezi offers audiences a unique connection to the tragic events as well as an opportunity to search within for the forgiveness society needs to heal and flourish.

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His to Keep

Kenya 2013, 15 minutes, Director: Amirah Tajdin

North American Premiere

An older man remembers the pain of his youth in the resistance against colonial power.

Director: Joel Karekezi

Producers: Joel Karekezi

Casey Schroen

Veronique N. Doumbe

Screenwriters: Joel Karekezi

Casey Schroen

Cinematographer: Jack Elliot

Editor:

Veronique N. Doumbe

Music:

Ioannis Kourtis

Cast: Wilson Egessa

Okuyo Joel Atiku Prynce

Rehema Nanfuka

Brenda Ibarah

Michael Wawuyo

Running Time: 73 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Film Website: imbabazi.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Peaches Does Herself

GERMANY 2012

SATURDAY MAY 25 9:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 9:00 PM

Artist, provocateur, and electro-rock goddess Peaches brings her sensational stage show to the big screen in a no-holds-barred neoqueer extravaganza channeled through the wild, pumping, sexually skewed fibers of her unstoppable imagination. A jukebox musical with a sex change, Peaches Does Herself is a mythical biography that travels through the artist’s four provocative albums (“The Teaches of Peaches,” “Fatherfucker,” “Impeach my Bush,” and “I Feel Cream”). On the advice of a 65-year-old stripper, Peaches charts a course of sexually forthright music that leads her to develop magical sexual powers. As her popularity increases she becomes defined by the image expected by her fans, and it is only after Peaches has her heart broken by a beautiful she-male that she discovers her true self. Staged in the heart of Berlin’s art and theatre scene, the show unfurls on intricately connected sets filled with a progressively swelling synth band, teams of dancers in eye-popping costumes (or lack-thereof), elaborate theatrics (including one unforgettable entrance through an enormous sequined vagina), and a cast that features trans porn star Danni Daniels and The Naked Cowgirl, Sandy Kane. In the middle of this sexed-up, art-fuck spectacle there is Peaches, doing herself, and loving every moment of it.

Director: Peaches

Producer: Peaches

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Screenwriter: Peaches

Cinematographer: Robin Thomson

Editor: Robin Thomson

Music:

Peaches

Cast: Peaches

Danni Daniels

Sandy Kane

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: I U She Productions

Film Website: peachesdoesherself.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

UNITED KINGDOM/IRELAND 2012

THURSDAY JUNE 6 4:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 8 10:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Director Sophie Fiennes and philosophical provocateur Slavoj Zizek join forces again to extend the performance piece of their instant classic The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2006). This time they apply a psychoanalytic lens to the interpretation of movies. Using clips from classic films both famous and obscure, they present a compelling cinematic journey into the heart of ideology. The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology intends to produce a new understanding of how our world is structured using examples that range from movies to music to history and current events. Throughout the film, Zizek, the Slovenian media-savvy philosopher, as well as film and psychoanalytic theoretician, dons costumes and appears on “sets” constructed to look like those of the movies that he is discussing. Not too many philosophy professors dress up in a nun’s habit, but there’s Zizek doing just that “in” a scene from The Sound of Music. The clips serve to illustrate the ideas and the ideas illuminate the clips making for a brilliantly creative and endlessly engaging trip to the movies.

Director:

Sophie Fiennes

Producers: James Wilson

Martin Rosenbaum

Katie Holly

Sophie Fiennes

Screenwriter: Slavoj Zizek

Cinematographer: Remko Schnorr

Editor: Ethel Shepherd

Music: Magnus Fiennes

With: Slavoj Zizek

Running Time: 134 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Doc & Film International

Print Source: Zeitgeist Films

Film Website: thepervertsguide.com/ ideology

Selected Filmography:

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010)

The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2006)

Hoover Street Revival (2002)

Phase IV

USA/UNITED KINGDOM 1974

SUNDAY JUNE 9 2:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Following a mysterious cosmic event, strange structures and mystifying patterns begin to appear in the desert. Scientists James Lesko and Ernest Hubbs lead a research team into the desert to investigate their origins only to be shocked to discover that the local ant colonies have rapidly evolved into a sophisticated hive mind. The scientists soon find themselves at odds not only with the ants but with each other; Lesko proposes they attempt to communicate with the ants, while Hubbs sees no better option than to wipe out the ant’s central colony before they have a chance to destroy humanity. As the war escalates, the stakes for both sides increase exponentially, leading to an unforgettable denouement. The only feature-length film to have been directed by the legendary Oscar®-winning graphic designer Saul Bass, Phase IV is now recognized as a visionary piece of ’70s cinematic science fiction, and this special presentation of a brand new 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive includes Bass’s original psychedelic ending sequence, long thought lost.

PHASE IV alternate ending

Saul Bass, 1974, DCP, 8 minutes Digitally reconstituted by the Academy Film Archive, with thanks to Paramount Pictures.

New 35mm print created for the Academy Film Archive’s collection, with thanks to Paramount Pictures.

Special thanks to Paramount Pictures and Jennifer Bass for making this program possible.

Director: Saul Bass

Producer: Paul Radin

Screenwriter: Mayo Simon

Cinematographer: Dick Bush

Editor: Willy Kemplen

Music: Brian Gascoigne

Cast: Michael Murphy

Nigel Davenport

Lynne Frederick

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm

Print Source: Academy Film Archives

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Pieta

SOUTH KOREA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 10:00 PM

SUNDAY MAY 19 9:00 PM PACIFIC

Highly acclaimed, and very controversial, Kim Ki-duk is one of the most contentious figures in world cinema. The gruesome first half of Pieta will offend some, but it sets the groundwork for a profound psychological study that others will find transcendent. Pieta is the story of Kang-do, a merciless collector for a loan shark. One day, a mysterious woman shows up on his doorstep, claiming to be the mother who abandoned him as a baby. No matter how many cruel tests he inflicts on her, she continues to look at him adoringly. Kang-do gradually falls under her spell and starts to show signs of vulnerability, until she becomes the most important part of his life. This brilliant, much talked-about film suggests themes of love, hope, and ultimately salvation. In the director’s own words, “Although the film starts with violence and cruelty, it purifies the sins with forgiveness and salvation that lie inside humans.”

Awards: Venice Film Festival 2012 (Golden Lion)

Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film) Dubai International Fim Festival 2013 (Best Director)

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Director: Kim Ki-duk

Producer: Kim Soon-mo

Kim Ki-duk

Screenwriter: Kim Ki-duk

Cinematographer: Jo Yeong-jik

Editor: Kim Ki-duk

Music: Park In-young

Cast: Cho Min-soo

Lee Jung-jin

Kang Eunjin

Kim Jae-rok

Jin Yong-ok

Running Time: 104 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Korean, with English subtitles

International Sales: Finecut

Print Source: Drafthouse Films

Selected Filmography: Arirang (2011)

Time (2006)

3-Iron (2004) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Bad Guy (2002)

Address Unknown (2001)

The Isle (2000)

Crocodile (1996)

Pit Stop USA 2013

SUNDAY MAY 19 6:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 20 4:30 PM

Inspired by the overlooked gas stations and rest stops of the Texas highways, Yen Tan’s Pit Stop illustrates the parallel lives of two gay men living in a small rural town. Ernesto lives with his younger ex-boyfriend Luis as he waits for him to form plans for his future and move out. He avoids confronting Luis about his lack of motivation by devotedly visiting the hospital bedside of a comatose ex-lover and reading him gossip magazines. Suffocating feelings of inertia begin to close in on Ernesto until he demands Luis move out immediately, hoping that he doesn’t end up old and alone like him. Meanwhile, Gabe is a construction worker still very much involved in the home life of his ex-wife and daughter despite recently having come out as gay. Heartbroken over an illending affair with a married man and watching his ex-wife’s love life blossom, Gabe struggles with the idea of a romance all his own. These coexisting tales weave through each other in a slow and minimalistic pace, focusing on the similar emotional isolation of the two main characters until they are at last brought together. Tan emphasizes the unhurried measure of the plot as well as the unembellished setting in a way that completely absorbs the viewer in this quietly stirring character-driven drama.

Director:

Yen Tan

Producers:

Kelly Williams

Jonathan Duffy

James M. Johnston

Eric Steele

Screenwriters: Yen Tan

David Lowery

Cinematographer: HutcH

Editor: Don Swaynos

Music: Curtis Glenn Heath

Cast:

Bill Heck

Marcus DeAnda

Amy Seimetz

John Merriman

Alfredo Maduro

Corby Sullivan

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in English and Spanish, with English

subtitles

Print Source: The Film Collaborative

Film Website: pitstopthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Ciao (2008)

Happy Birthday (2002)

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LA PLAGA

The Plague

SPAIN 2013 NORTH

AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 9:15 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 8 2:30 PM

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In the scenic Catalan countryside, five seemingly unrelated people who work on the outer fringes of Barcelona cross paths with each other every day without knowing how their lives all intersect. There’s Lurie, a Moldavian lucha libre wrestler who is working on a farm while he awaits notice for his Spanish citizenship. Lurie was hired by Raül, who took over the farm from his parents, but it has not thrived. His fields are overrun with a plague of insects that threatens to destroy his livelihood. Raül’s neighbor, Maria, is nearly 90 years old and suffers from respiratory problems that finally forced her to move off her farm and into a retirement home. In the retirement facility, she meets eldercare nurse Rosemarie, a recent immigrant from the Philippines, who walks to work every day on foot. Each day, Rosemarie walks past Maribel, who sits on a wobbly garden chair on the side of the road, trying to earn a living as a sex worker to care for her unemployed son. Though each character leads vastly different lives, all five are struggling with the effects of displacement and uncertainty caused by rampant globalization. In her feature debut, director Neus Ballús worked with nonprofessional actors who essentially play fictionalized versions of themselves. The Plague is an impressive fiction/documentary hybrid focusing on people who have been left behind by the European freetrade economy, but could easily be a microcosm for working-class people struggling worldwide.

Populaire

FRANCE 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 6:30 PM

TUESDAY MAY 21 6:30 PM

Director: Neus Ballús

Producers: Jordi Ambrós

Jordi Balló

Pau Subirós

Screenwriters: Pau Subirós

Neus Ballús

Cinematographer: Diego Dussuel

Editors:

Domi Parra

Neus Ballús

Music:

David Crespo

Cast:

Raül Molist

Maria Ros

Rosemarie Abella

Iurie Timbur

Maribel Martí

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation

Format:

DCP, in Catalan, Spanish, Ilokano, Moldavian, and Russian, with English subtitles

Print Source:

Movies For Festivals

Film Website: laplaga.cat

Selected

Filmography: Debut Feature Film

It’s the spring of 1958 in a village in Normandy. 21-year-old Rose (Déborah François) aspires to be more than just a housewife or an assistant at her father’s small-town grocery, so she moves to another town and applies for a job as a secretary. Rose discovers, unfortunately, that she is a terrible secretary; she proves, however, to be a devilishly good typist. Her handsome boss, Louis (Romain Duris) takes her under his wing, and resolves to turn her into the fastest typist in the world. Rose is swept into a life of training, as if typing were an Olympic sport, as Louis coaches her to become a regional, national, and eventually an international speed-typing competitor. Rose’s final challenge will be found at a typing competition in New York City. Find out if romance and speed-typing mix in this highconcept 1950s-era French romantic comedy that combines a Mad Man aesthetic with an I Love Lucy sensibility.

Sponsored by Clark Hodder and Elizabeth Davidson.

Director: Régis Roinsard

Producer: Alain Attal

Screenwriters: Régis Roinsard

Daniel Presley

Romain Compingt

Cinematographer: Guillaume Schiffman

Editors:

Laure Gardette

Sophie Reine

Music:

Rob d’Orlando

Emmanuel d’Orlando

Cast: Romain Duris

Déborah François Bérénice Bejo

Shaun Benson

Mélanie Bernier

Miou-Miou

Running Time: 111 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in French, English, and German, with English subtitles

International Sales: Wild Bunch

Print Source: Weinstein Company

Film Website: populaire-lefilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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EGYPTIAN

LE QUAI DES BRUMES

Port of Shadows

FRANCE 1938

SATURDAY JUNE 8 4:30 PM

Lauded as one of director Marcel Carné’s finest films, Port of Shadows explores the fogshrouded zone between past and future, life and death, and the (im)possibility of escape. When Jean, a deserter from the Colonial Army, arrives in Le Havre searching for a place to lie low, he doesn’t expect to wind up in the middle of a percolating dispute between gangster Lucien and Zabel, a local shop owner. Nor does he expect to fall in love with Zabel’s goddaughter, Nelly, a mysterious teenager with too many admirers and a missing ex-boyfriend named Maurice. With the Gendarme investigating him for the disappearance, Lucien relentlessly questions Zabel and Nelly about Maurice’s whereabouts, and in the process unwittingly ignites the fuse on a powder keg of jealousy, blackmail, and murder. Meanwhile, Jean finally stumbles upon the means to escape his own past, but can he leave the only person who has ever made him happy to a disastrous fate? Recently restored and featuring newly translated subtitles, Port of Shadows is the greatest crime thriller to emerge from ’30s French cinema.

Awards:

Prix Louis Delluc 1938

Venice Film Festival 1938 (Special Recommendation)

Prince Avalanche USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 1 9:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY JUNE 4 4:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Director:

Marcel Carné

Producer:

Gregor Rabinovitch

Screenwriters: Jacques Prévert

Cinematographer: E. Schufftan

Editor: R. Le Hénaff

Music:

Maurice Jaubert

Cast: Jean Gabin

Michel Simon

Michele Morgan

Pierre Brasseur

Running Time: 91 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

Print Source: Rialto Pictures

Film Website: rialtopictures.com/ portofshadows.html

Selected Filmography: Young Wolves (1968)

Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965)

Chicken Feed for Little Birds (1963)

The Adultress (1953)

Gates of the Night (1946)

Children of Paradise (1945)

Hotel du Nord (1938)

Alvin (Paul Rudd) is a bookish, nature loving road worker who relishes his tedious job painting traffic lines on a seemingly endless stretch of highway that travels through a fire-damaged forest. His co-worker Lance (Emile Hirsch), the brother of his current girlfriend, cares less for the job, preferring to escape into the city to party and meet girls. Forced to spend long, lonely stretches in each other’s company, it isn’t long before this odd couple begin butting heads. As the riotous barbs and malicious exchanges increase, the pair find that they are forming an unexpected bond, and the charred woods begin to reveal unusual secrets in the guise of a mysterious truck driver offering some primo homemade hooch. Director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) returns to the style of his early independent films George Washington and All the Real Girls, blending poetic visuals, a stirring soundtrack by Explosions in the Sky, and subtle character exploration into a charmingly laconic comedy that redefines male bonding. Based on the Icelandic film Either Way (SIFF 2012), Prince Avalanche also features a sly cameo from Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton.

Director: David Gordon Green

Producers: Lisa Muskat

Derrick Tseng

Craig Zobel

James Belfer

David Gordon Green

Screenwriter: David Gordon Green

Cinematographer: Tim Orr

Editor:

Colin Patton

Music: Explosions in the Sky

David Wingo

Cast:

Paul Rudd

Emile Hirsch

Lance LeGault

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

International Sales: Cinetic Media

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: magpictures.com/ princeavalanche

Selected Filmography: The Sitter (2011)

Your Highness (2011)

Pineapple Express (2008) Snow Angels (2007)

Undertow (2004)

All the Real Girls (2003)

George Washington (2000)

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The Punk Singer

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 24 9:30 PM

HARVARD EXIT

SUNDAY MAY 26 1:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

“That girl she holds her head up so high, I think I wanna be her best friend, yeah.” So go the lyrics to Bikini Kill’s punk rock “Rebel Girl.” In 1990s Olympia, Washington, feminist activist Kathleen Hanna was the very girl she sang about—headstrong, seemingly self-confident, and a natural leader. A spoken word poet turned musician, she spearheaded the so-called “Riot grrrl” movement, igniting a revolution with feminist politics and DIY ‘zines that confronted sexism in the media representation of women. But Hanna, the famously outspoken icon that many looked to as a voice of third wave feminism stopped performing in 2005. Six years later she was diagnosed with an advanced case of Lyme disease. In this feature-length directorial debut from Sini Anderson (co-founder and Artistic Director of Sister Spit) creates a biographical documentary using 20 years of archival footage. Interviews with Hanna, Le Tigre’s Johanna Fateman and JD Samson, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, Joan Jett, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, Hanna’s husband (and Beastie Boy) Adam Horowitz, among others, bring an intimacy to the film and to this vital, influential artist. As Hanna tells the camera, “I lied when I said I was done. I knew I wasn’t done. Singing’s my life, and I have to do it or I’m gonna go totally bananas,” proving she’s still the rebel girl who’s the queen of our hearts.

Director: Sini Anderson

Producers: Tamra Davis

Gwen Bialic

Rachel Dengiz

Erin Owens

Alan Oxman

Cinematographers: Jennie Jeddry

Moira Morel

Editors: Bo Mehrad

Jessica Hernandez

Music: Kathleen Hanna

With: Kathleen Hanna

Tobi Vail

Kathi Wilcox

Johanna Fateman

Kim Gordon

Adam Horovitz

Carrie Brownstein

JD Samson

Corin Tucker

Allison Wolfe

Joan Jett

Running Time: 80 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Long Shot Factory

Film Website: thepunksinger.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

POKAZATELNYY PROTSESS: ISTORIYA PUSSY RIOT

Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer

RUSSIA/UNITED KINGDOM 2013

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 9:30 PM EGYPTIAN

SUNDAY JUNE 2 3:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

SUNDAY JUNE 9 7:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

On February 21, 2012, five young women from the Russian feminist punk-rock art collective Pussy Riot, known for their guerrillastyle protest performances, rushed the altar of a venerated Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the heart of Moscow. Wearing colorful ski masks and balaclavas, they began a satirical “punk prayer” in protest of the inequities of Putin’s Russia. They only performed 40 seconds before being pulled off stage, and three members—Nadia, Masha, and Katia—were incarcerated without bail, put on trial for “hooliganism,” and sentenced to prison. Initially there was little support for these idealistic young activists, but thanks to their YouTube video international awareness began to grow, transforming them into human rights icons. Academy Award®-nominated producer Mike Lerner (Hell and Back Again) and Russian collaborator Maxim Pozdorovkin tell this story—one that veers from farce to tragedy—with courtroom footage highlighting the trial’s bizarre twists and interviews with families and friends. The result is an inspirational story revealing how even a small act of protest can have repercussions around the world, told with the same punk spirit that the growing Pussy Riot movement represents.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize)

PRECEDED BY:

Vladimir Putin In Deep Concentration USA/Russia 2013, 9 minutes, Director: Dana O’Keefe, Sasha Kliment Vladimir Putin is the most powerful man in the world.

Directors: Mike Lerner

Maxim Pozdorovkin

Producers: Maxyne Franklin

Nick Fraser

Xenia Grubstein

Cinematographer: Antony Butts

Editors: Simon Barker

Esteban Uyarra

Music: Simon Russell

With: Mariya Alyokhina Ekaterina Samutsevich

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Russian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Cinetic Media

Print Source: Roast Beef Productions

Film Website: roastbeeftv.com/885/ pussy-riot-a-punk-prayer/ film

Selected Filmography: Mike Lerner: Debut Feature Film

Maxim Pozdorovkin: Capital (2009)

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Putzel

USA 2012

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A “putzel” is a “little putz” and for Walter Himmelstein (an endearing Jack Carpenter), being known by that nickname does not exactly bode well for an exciting life amongst the go-getters of New York City. But that is quite okay with young Walter—he is a homebody, perfectly content to remain within the familiar confines of his mundane life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, seeing in his Uncle Sid’s (John Pankow) smoked fish emporium a comfortable future among the salmon. Until, that is, his married uncle takes up with the vivacious Sally (Melanie Lynskey), throwing Walter’s succession plans into disarray. Jason Chaet’s winning debut reflects his background in theater mainly through the uniformly fine performances of Carpenter, Pankow, and Lynskey. Carpenter’s Walter has been all too willing to acquiesce to his family’s verdict—“putzel!”—throughout his young life, but he blossoms wonderfully under the tutelage of Lynskey’s Sally, who evolves from Walter’s adversary to his co-conspirator. A breezy coming-of-age tale, Putzel is as fresh as Uncle Sid’s fish.

Awards: Phoenix Film Festival 2012 (Best Film)

Director: Jason Chaet

Producers: Rick Moore

Jason Chaet

Allegra Cohen

Sheri Davani

Screenwriter: Rick Moore

Cinematographer: Ryan Samul

Editor: Federico Rosenzvit

Music: Rob Niederpruem

Jonathan Benedict

Cast: Jack Carpenter

Melanie Lynskey

Susie Essman

John Pankow

Stephen Park

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Stouthearted Films

Film Website: putzelmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

USTANI Č KA

Redemption Street

SERBIA 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

MONDAY MAY 27 8:30 PM

TUESDAY MAY 28 4:30 PM

A young lawyer living in the shadow of his law-professor father gets the chance to prove himself while researching his first important case. In this Serbian war crime investigation, Dušan (played by Gordan Kičić, who also produced Redemption Street), is a talented, though inexperienced, lawyer with a pregnant wife. A top-secret investigation into Serbia’s war crimes commission falls into his lap. The focus of his mission is the men of a paramilitary unit, which operated on the 1990s battlefields in Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Kosovo and was responsible for several brutal massacres. Some of those soldiers have disappeared without a trace. Among Belgrade’s ruined buildings, Dušan works from an empty decrepit apartment. The Chief Prosecutor (Rade Šerbedžija, Fugitive Pieces) supplies him with everything he needs: files, a car, and food. Dušan’s dogged investigation quickly gets political, and personal, as he drives the guilty from their hidings places, and naively exposes himself and his family to danger. Exceptional acting, slick production value, and emotional tension serve in making this film a simmering thriller.

Awards: Sarajevo Film Festival 2012 (Best Actor)

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Director: Miroslav Terzić

Producer: Gordan Kičić

Screenwriters: Dorde Milosavlević Nikola Pejavokić

Cinematographer: Miladin Colaković

Editor: Desan Urošević

Music: Ivan Brkljacic

Cast: Gordan Kičić

Uliks Fehmui

Rade Šerbedžija

Jelena Dokić

Petar Božović

Running Time: 97 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Serbian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Fortissimo Films

Print Source: Fortissimo FIlms

Film Website: ustanickaulica.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Red Obsession

AUSTRALIA/CHINA/FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM 2012

TUESDAY JUNE 4 6:00 PM

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SUNDAY JUNE 9 3:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Crazy about Bordeaux? You’re not alone. Warwick Ross and David Roach’s documentary explores the recent explosion of interest in high-end wine, centered on Chinese consumers and collectors who can’t get enough of the juice. France’s Médoc region is stunningly shot as the filmmakers explore old-school and high tech cellars that are producing the most coveted varietals. Filmed in 2011, Red Obsession is a snapshot of a facet of the quickly moving global wine scene in the 21st century. Who consumes high-priced bottles and what are the topics du jour for various talking heads including Francis Ford Coppola and venerable winemaker Christian Moeuix. All aspects of Bordeaux’s relationship to China are covered, from collectors to forgeries to the purchasing of French land. Driven by glamour and good taste, a society’s clamor for a very special product reaches a fever pitch—and Red Obsession spills the tale. With narration by Russell Crowe.

Directors:

Warwick Ross

David Roach

Producer:

Warwick Ross

Screenwriters:

Warwick Ross

David Roach

Cinematographers: Lee Pulbrook

Steve Arnold

Editor:

Paul Murphy

Music: Burkhard Dallwitz

Amanda Brown

Featuring:

Russell Crowe (Narrator)

Francis Ford Coppola

Sir Michael Parkinson

Jancis Robinson MW

Oz Clarke

Yue-Sai Kan

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in English and Mandarin, with English subtitles

International Sales: uConnect

Print Source:

Film Buff

Film Website: lionrockfilms.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Remote Area Medical

USA 2013

SUNDAY MAY 26 3:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN MONDAY MAY 27 5:30 PM

The parking lot of the Bristol Motor Speedway, a NASCAR track just south of the Kentucky border in eastern Tennessee, starts attracting visitors eighteen hours before the start of a weekend-long event. Semi trucks arrive unloading not racecars but mobile medical facilities into the arena for the annual “popup” clinic put on by the non-profit Remote Area Medical (RAM). Patients camp out in the parking lot for as long as two days in order to receive medical, dental, and vision care, putting a face to the statistics at the center of the United States healthcare crisis. Stan Brock, the 76-year-old flight-suit adorned, bicycle-riding founder of RAM, posits that people who live in the United States today and cannot afford or do not have access to care might as well be on the moon. Founded in 1985, RAM has worked in remote international and domestic communities, putting on volunteer-run clinics in places where there is a shortage of providers or an abundance of those who cannot afford care. Remote Area Medical highlights the relief and gratitude felt by hundreds of patients receiving care that would otherwise be inaccessible while underscoring the vast unmet need that exists.

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Directors: Jeff Reichert

Farihah Zaman

Producers: Jeff Reichert

Farihah Zaman

Dan O’Meara

Cinematographers: Jarred Alterman

Steven Bognar

Nadia Hallgren

Gary Griffin

Errol Webber

Erick Stoll

Editor:

Sam Pollard

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: Remote Area Medical

Film Website: catapultfilmfund.org/ project/remote-areamedical

Selected Filmography: Gerrymandering (2010)

EL TAAIB

The Repentant

ALGERIA/FRANCE 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 8:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 4:00 PM

Nearly a decade into the country’s civil war, Rashid, a young Jihadi fighter, takes advantage of a national amnesty to leave the mountains and rejoin civil society. In keeping with the 1999 law of “pardon and national harmony,” he must surrender to the police and give up his weapon. Those who do so are known as “repentants.” Rashid moves into town and begins working in a café, struggling with reintegration into a community that now loathes him. Also trying to get on with his life is the local pharmacist, Lakhdar, separated from his wife and grieving the disappearance of their daughter. When the two men cross paths, they find that, law or no law, the past is not so easily set aside, and banding together with Djamila, Lakhdar’s ex-wife, they undertake to face their demons together. This beautifully made, deeply felt drama from veteran director Merzak Allouache may be the finest work of his career.

Awards: Cannes Film Festival 2012 (Label Europa Cinemas)

Kerala International Film Festival 2012 (FIPRESCI Award)

Chicago International Film Festival 2012 (Silver Hugo Special Mention)

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Director: Merzak Allouache

Producers: Yacine Djadi

Jacques Bidou

Marianne Dumoulin

Screenwriter: Merzak Allouache

Cinematographer: Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune

Editor: Sylvie Gadmer

Cast: Adila Bendimerad

Khaled Benaissa Nabil Asli

Running Time: 87 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Arabic, with English subtitles

International Sales: Doc & Film International

Print Source: Doc & Film International

Film Website: jbaproduction.com

Selected Filmography: Burn (2009)

L’autre monde (2001)

Salut cousin! (1996)

Bab El-Oued City (1994)

Un amour à Paris (1987)

Mughamarat batal (1979)

Omar Gatiato (1977)

YEK KHANEVADEH-E MOHTARAM

A Respectable Family

IRAN/FRANCE 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY JUNE 4 4:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Upon returning home to Iran after more than two decades abroad, visiting professor Arash is quickly thrust into a past he’s spent his whole life trying to escape. With an estranged father on his deathbed and a mother who wants nothing to do with her husband’s shady past, Arash finds himself at the mercy of the rest of the family who have their own ideas about what should happen to his father’s assets. Meanwhile, Arash is also grappling with the legacy of his brother’s mysterious, long-ago death. A stranger in his native country, he struggles to navigate the labyrinthine state bureaucracy, as well as the darker twists and turns of a corrupt and violent netherworld. Deftly blending the personal and the political into suspenseful social commentary, Massoud Bakhshi’s drama charts the corrupt dealings of an Iranian family from the early years of the Revolution (archival footage from the Iran-Iraq conflict is skillfully incorporated) up to the present day.

Director: Massoud Bakhshi

Producers: Mohammad Afarideh

Jacques Bidou

Marianne Dumoulin

Screenwriter: Massoud Bakhshi

Cinematographer: Mahdi Jafari

Editor: Jacques Comets

Cast: Babak Hamidian

Mehrdad Sedighian

Ahoo Kheradmand Mehran Ahmadi

Parivash Nazarieh

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Farsi, with English subtitles

International Sales: Pyramide International

Print Source: Pyramide International

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Richard III

UNITED KINGDOM 1955

SATURDAY JUNE 1 2:00 PM

In his third, and arguably finest, cinematic Shakespeare adaptation, Laurence Olivier brought the bard’s greatest villain to life with such malicious relish that the role became one of his most iconic. Diabolically captivating, Olivier gives a virtuoso performance as the hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who will stop at nothing to wrest the throne away from his brother King Edward IV. Upon the succession of Edward to England’s rule, Richard begins his Machiavellian machinations by first plotting the imprisonment of his other brother George, Duke of Clarence, as well as ingratiating himself with the Lady Anne Neville, the widow of Edward’s former royal rival. With these two plots in motion, Richard skillfully plays upon the Royal Court’s poisonous atmosphere to engineer his own ascendancy. Featuring one of the greatest British casts ever assembled on film, including an exceptional John Gielgud as the ill-fated Duke of Clarence, Richard III has been vividly restored to its full Technicolor glory and 161-minute running time from an original VistaVision negative.

Restored by The Film Foundation and Janus Films, in association with the BFI National Archive, ITV Studios Global Entertainment Ltd., the Museum of Modern Art, and Romulus Films.

Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation.

Restoration supervised by Grover Crisp and Tom Heitman.

Awards: Berlin Film Festival 1956 (Silver Berlin Bear International Prize) Golden Globes 1957 (Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film)

HUA YONG

Ripples of Desire

TAIWAN 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THURSDAY JUNE 6 7:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 5:30 PM

Director: Laurence Olivier

Producer: Laurence Olivier

Screenwriters: Laurence Olivier

Alan Dent

Cinematographer: Otto Heller

Editor: Helga Cranston

Music: Sir William Walton

Cast: Laurence Olivier

Ralph Richardson

John Gielgud

Claire Bloom

Cedric Hardwicke

Running Time: 161 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Janus Films

Film Website: criterion.com/films/ 366-richard-iii

Selected Filmography: Hindle Wakes (1976)

Three Sisters (1970)

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Hamlet (1948)

Henry V (1944)

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In the South Sea of the Ming Dynasty, rife with pirates, courtesans, and star-crossed lovers, Drift Island is a thriving community where protection comes in the form of the rugged trader Master Hai and his loyal crew. Except it seems that nothing can help visitors from dropping their guard in Madame Moon’s Flower House. Twin sisters White Snow and White Frost and are the star courtesans who mesmerize regulars and newcomers alike with their beauty and musical talent. Yet behind their smiling faces they hide a gruesome secret that sets off a fatal gamble to uncover the truth of human nature. Starring pop idols Jerry Yen and Michelle Chen, and set in 17th century Taiwan, Ripples of Desire is one of the biggest budget period Taiwanese films ever. Taking a break from her award-winning LGBT films, director Zero Chou has created a bigscreen blockbuster with cinematic ambition that remains unequivocally Taiwanese.

Director:

Zero Chou

Producer:

Wang Mimi

Screenwriter:

Zero Chou

Cinematographer: Liu Hoho

Editor: Chen Powen

Music:

Chen Ming-Zhang

Cast: Michelle Chen

Ivy Chen

Jerry Yen

Simon Yam

Joseph Cheng

Running Time: 112 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Mandarin, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Serenity Entertainment

International

Print Source: Serenity Entertainment

International

Selected Filmography: Drifting Flowers (2008)

Spider Lilies (2007)

Vision of Darkness (2005)

Splendid Float (2004)

Timewalker (2003)

Floating Islands-Before the Radiation (2000)

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A River Changes Course

CAMBODIA/USA 2013

SUNDAY MAY 26 5:30 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 12:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Time is catching up with Cambodia, and its people are bearing witness. With rapid development changing the country, once self-sufficient rural communities are finding themselves in an unwilling state of transition, with forests being cleared, fishing stocks vanishing, and land becoming increasingly costly. As their debts accrue, many villagers are forced to seek employment elsewhere, leaving their families behind and traveling to the industrial factories of the capital city Phnom Pehn, a journey that threatens to consume their prospective wages before they’ve even had an opportunity to punch a clock. Filmed over a period of two years, director Kalyanee Mam’s engrossing and bracingly clear-eyed feature debut achieves a remarkable intimacy with her subjects, delving into their pasts and imagined futures with a respectful yet persistent gaze. Mam, previously the cinematographer for the Academy Award®-winning documentary Inside Job, here takes a verité approach to her material, eschewing narration and explanatory text for a harshly beautiful look at the reality shift occurring in her native land. Avoiding both excess sentiment and distracting pathos, her film finds drama enough in the people and the places, as well as the effects that each element is having on the other.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary)

Director: Kalyanee Mam

Producers: Kalyanee Mam

Ratanak Leng

Cinematographer: Kalyanee Mam

Editor:

Chris Brown

Music:

David Mendez

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Cambodian, with English subtitles

Print Source: The Film Collaborative Film Website: thefilmcollaborative.org/ films/ariverchanges course.php

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Rocket

AUSTRALIA/LAOS/THAILAND 2013

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 4:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY MAY 24 6:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

It’s not easy being Ahlo. The 10-year-old Laotian boy is believed to be a bad luck charm and is blamed for several disasters that befall his village and destroy his family’s home. While moving through the still-battle-scarred landscape of Laos, Ahlo (Sitthiphon Disamoe) and his family meet Kia, a plucky nine-year-old orphan girl, and her eccentric “Uncle Purple” (Thep Phongam), a purple-suited former soldier with a weakness for rice wine and James Brown records. Determined to prove that he’s not cursed, Ahlo decides to enter the local Rocket Festival, an annual competition to see who can build the biggest and best model rocket. With the help of Kia and Purple, Ahlo works feverishly and risks a potential explosion to get his design ready before the competition deadline. The Rocket effectively ratchets up the tension while also tugging at the audience’s heartstrings in this moving tale of a misunderstood boy desperately seeking redemption any way he can find it. Writer and director Kim Mordaunt (Bomb Harvest) gets an expressive and moving performance from Disamoe, a former real-life street performer. The Rocket is also notable for being one of the first feature films since the end of the Vietnam War to be shot in Laos, the most bombed country, per-capita, on the planet. Mordaunt was able to gain unprecedented access to ancient Laotian rituals and festivals that have rarely been captured on film.

Awards: Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (Best Debut Film, Crystal Bear Generation Kplus Best Film, Amnesty International Film Prize) Tribeca Film Festival 2013 (Best Feature, Actor)

Director: Kim Mordaunt

Producer:

Sylvia Wilczynski

Screenwriter: Kim Mordaunt

Cinematographer: Andrew Commis

Editor: Nick Meyers

Music: Caitlin Yeo

Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe

Loungnam Kaosainam

Thep Phongam

Bunsri Yindi

Sumrit Warin

Alice Keohavong

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Lao, with English subtitles

International Sales: LevelK

Print Source: LevelK

Film Website: therocket-movie.com

Selected Filmography: Bomb Harvest (2007)

Jammin’ in the Middle E (2005)

Copyrites (1998)

Survival (1997)

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LAS MARIPOSAS DE SADOURNI

Sadourni’s Butterflies

ARGENTINA 2012

MONDAY JUNE 3 4:30 PM

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 6:30 PM

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SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

First-time feature director Dario Nardi’s Sadourni’s Butterflies is a labor of love that he started as far back as 1998. It took some time to find a producer willing to risk financing a stylized, surrealistic melodrama about a circus dwarf jailed for a crime of passion; released early for good behavior, he finds work dubbing fetish films and quickly becomes besotted with a beautiful fellow voice-over artist and dreams of the operation that would make her attainable. (The right fairy godfather/producer did come along eventually: Donald K. Ranvaud, the man behind City of God, Central Station, and Farewell My Concubine). Trained in animation and illustration, Nardi has created a visually stunning film, something redolent of film noir, German expressionism, Tod Browning, and Alejandro Jodorowski (El Topo, Santa Sangre). But this is not simply pastiche; Nardi has crafted a strange and magical movie about identity, alienation, and daring to dream. The result is utterly captivating.

Awards: Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 (Cine Latino Award Honorable Mention)

Director: Dario Nardi

Producers: Donald K. Ranvaud

Enrica de Biasi

Pierluigi Navoni

Screenwriter: Dario Nardi

Cinematographer: Mariano Cuneo

Editor:

Alberto Ponce

Music:

Pablo Crespo

Cast: Cristián Medrano

Antonella Costa

Nicola Costantino

Alejandro Sergi

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Stealth Media Group

Print Source: Buena Onda International

Film Website: stealthmediagroup.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

SUNDAY MAY 26 11:00 AM

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin was the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is the every man. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is the perfect introduction to his work—laughout-loud funny and featuring jawdropping spectacle in equal measure. In one of his best roles, Lloyd plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, where he hopes to “make good” so he can finally marry his sweetheart Mildred. Once there, he finds employment as a lowly department store clerk. In order to convince Mildred of his success, he sends her expensive gifts, which he cannot really afford, prompting Mildred, with encouragement from his mother, to join him in the city. Desperate to hide the truth from her when she shows up, he comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw customers into the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derringdo that gives him a head start on the climb to success. Newly restored from the original nitrate elements, Safety Last! is an unforgettable movie experience, featuring Lloyd’s most iconic set-piece.

Awards:

National Film Preservation Board (Selected to the National Film Registry)

Directors: Fred Newmeyer

Sam Taylor

Producer: Hal Roach

Screenwriters: Hal Roach

Sam Taylor

Tim Whelan

Cinematographer: Walter Lundin

Editor: T. J. Crizer

Music: Carl Davis

Cast: Harold Lloyd

Mildred Davis

Bill Strother

Noah Young

Westcott Clarke

Running Time: 67 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Janus Films

Film Website: janusfilms.com/safetylast

Selected Filmography: Fred Newmeyer: The Little Rascals (TV Series) (1955)

General Spanky (1936)

A Scream in the Night (1935)

The Fighting Gentleman (1932)

The Night Rider (1932)

They Never Come Back (1932)

Discarded Lovers (1932)

Sam Taylor:

Nothing But Trouble (1944)

Vagabond Lady (1935)

Coquette (1929)

Exit Smiling (1926)

For Heaven’s Sake (1926)

The Freshman (1925)

Girl Shy (1924)

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Salma

UNITED KINGDOM/INDIA 2013

SUNDAY MAY 26 4:00 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 9:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

A Muslim Tamil girl is locked away at home by her family. She’s not the only one. This tradition follows a strict, though unwritten code of keeping pubescent girls from school or leaving their house. Yet this specific shut-in is a poet and writing is Salma’s solace, even if she had to hide her words. Salma talks about life indoors, reading, writing, and sharing a tiny window with her sister where they watched their small slice of world. Not wanting to get married, her family arranged her marriage anyway and even then she was not allowed to go out. But nothing could keep Salma from writing, and as her poems are smuggled out and published, she ultimately becomes a famous Tamil poet, reluctant politician, and a voice for human rights. In director Kim Longinotto’s subtlely told story of quiet defiance, Salma emerges as a determined person who gives voice to her story. Longinotto studied camera and directing at England’s National Film School, and her award-winning work is known and acclaimed internationally. Her many films are sharp portraits of women’s lives and cultural customs, and her vision of Salma proves that you can lock an artist up, but not shut them up.

Director: Kim Longinotto

Producer: Kim Longinotto

Screenwriter: Ollie Huddleston

Cinematographer: Kim Longinotto

Editor: Ollie Huddleston

Music:

Samuel Sim

Running Time: 89 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Tamil, with English subtitles

Print Source: Women Make Movies

Film Website: wmm.com/salma

Selected Filmography: Rough Aunties (2009)

Hold Me Tight Let Me Go (2007)

Sisters in Law (2005)

The Day I Will Never Forget (2003)

Runaway (2001)

Gaea Girls (2000)

Divorce Iranian Style (1998)

Shinjuku Boys (1995)

Dream Girls (1993)

The Good Wife of Tokyo (1992)

Hidden Faces (1990)

Eat the Kimono (1989)

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Sand Fishers

MALI/FRANCE 2012

SUNDAY MAY 26 1:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

TUESDAY MAY 28 6:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

The Bozo people of Mali are famous for their fishing and are often referred to as the “masters of the river.” They have a recognized connection with the spirits of the water that their neighboring communities do not possess. The Niger River is the principal vein of Mali and especially the rapidly modernizing city of Bamako. The Bozos have been finding their pirogues (fishing boats) coming up empty, and in recent years many have transitioned to fishing for sand. While Mali has a lot of sand, the best for construction is found at the bottom of the river. The “fishers” must dive to the river bed and fill their pirogues with the premium sand for sale to contractors in Bamako. Director Samouté Andrey Diarra has crafted a superb examination of a rare profession that is born out of necessity and finite, both in terms of the resources of sand and the reality that machines will soon replace this unusual physical labor. With a mix of direct interviews and cinematic observation, Sand Fishers draws the audience in to this extraordinary world and presents a portrait of life that has to be seen to be believed.

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Dialemi

Gabon 2012, 21 minutes, Director: Nadine Otsobogo US Premiere

In a house by the sea, a man finds himself unable to find inspiration for his art, until a mysterious woman arrives.

Director: Samouté Andrey Diarra

Producer: Samouté Andrey Diarra

Screenwriter: Samouté Andrey Diarra

Cinematographer: Abdélah Coulibaly

Editor: Jean-François Hautin

Music: Zoumana Théréta

Running Time: 72 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Bamanankan and French, with English subtitles

Print Source: SMAC

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

TUESDAY MAY 21 6:00 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 4:00 PM

Hollis Wallace (Michael Beach) has a unique job. A metal scrapper, he spends his days trudging through Seattle, amidst alleyways, dumpsters, junk heaps, and dockyards, hoping to come across the riches that come from found copper, aluminum, and other such treasures. Although he is socially isolated and barely able to support his ailing mother with his monetary return, Hollis is set in his ways and content with his lot in life. All of that threatens to fall apart, however, when Hollis suddenly meets 18-year-old Swan (Anna Giles) hiding in the basement of a neighbor’s house. Swan’s a dumpster-diving, train-hopping runaway who challenges Hollis’s routine, showing him that there is more to life than the cast-off scraps of others in this visceral drama shot in and around the south end of the Emerald City. Michael Beach and Anna Giles (in her breakout role) have a dynamic chemistry, giving heartrending performances in this locally filmed effort by Brady Hall.

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Director: Brady Hall

Producers: Ed Dougherty

Tarek Kutrieh

Screenwriters: Brady Hall

Ed Dougherty

Cinematographer: Connor Hair

Editor: Brady Hall

Cast: Michael Beach

Anna Giles

Aidan Gillen

Rachel Blanchard

Joanna Angel

Running Time: 87 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Blue Flower Productions

Film Website: scrappermovie.com

Selected Filmography: Hello, My Name Is Dick Licker (2011) June & July (2006)

Shadowed

USA 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 4:00 PM

Ever get the feeling you were being watched?

For this group of five friends on a backpacking trip in the Cascade Mountains, it’s most likely their collective past that is catching up to them. The wilderness camping trip is planned six months after the mysterious death of their mutual friend, Sophia (Danielle Barnum). While they are mourning their friend, another tragedy occurs, revealing long-held resentments and suspicions within the group. As their cohesion breaks down, the friends must survive one more night in the wilderness, where mistrust grows, along with the tension. Is there someone else stalking them out in the woods, or is the killer sitting around the campfire with the rest of the group? To unravel the mystery, each person must piece together what happened to their friend Sophia, whose killer was never found, and what connection she had to a sleazy bar owner named Dan Liebning (Sean Nelson, My Effortless Brilliance, Treatment). This intelligent, tightly-plotted thriller by first-time director Joey Johnson makes brilliant use of Pacific Northwest scenery and includes many Seattle actors in the ensemble cast, including David S. Hogan, Conner Marx, Tara Simmons, and Nelson, former lead singer of the Seattle band Harvey Danger. Shadowed is a fast-paced, heart-pounding murder mystery with enough plot twists to keep you guessing whodunit until sunrise, and may make you reconsider your next camping trip.

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Director: Joey Johnson

Producer: Greg Brotherton

Screenwriter: Joey Johnson

Cinematographer: Ryan Purcell

Editor: Greg Brotherton

Music: Charles-Henri Avelange

Cast: Sean Nelson

Conner Marx

Erwin Galan

Tara Simmons

David S. Hogan

Alison Monda

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Shadowed, LLC

Film Website: www.shadowedmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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A Shape of Error

SUNDAY MAY 19 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 8:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

When an experimental filmmaker leaps into narrative features, the result is always interesting but not always as good as Abigail Child’s A Shape of Error. Subtitled “Fragments from the Life of Mary Shelley” and based on the life and diaries of Mary Shelley and her stepsister Claire, the movie focuses on the time when she first met her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley up through her writing Frankenstein

When you look at the details of her life, you would think it was from 25 years ago, not 200. The daughter of progressive intellectuals, she fell for Percy when she was 16 and he was 22 and married. Even more shocking than her running off with him were their bohemian ideals of free love and feminism. Shot like a home movie, this impressionistic view of Mary Shelley’s life incorporates split screen footage, reenactments, and lots of narrated bits from her writing and diaries. Taken together, there’s an immediacy to the storytelling that is visually and emotionally compelling. According to Child, “The Shelleys were brave and complicated, restless and obsessed, egocentric and at certain points, simply cruel. Their story and its connections to now, to our nation’s own mixed and hypocritical dealings with sexuality and art, its rejection of the working class in favor of the upper percentile of the wealthy, are resonant themes.”

PRECEDED BY:

Synchrony

Japan/United Kingdom 2012, 4 minutes, Director: Kacey Morrow Multiple split screens show two tourists traveling alone…together.

RASSKAZI

Short Stories

RUSSIA 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY MAY 25 5:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

MONDAY MAY 27 3:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 6:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Director: Abigail Child

Producer:

Abigail Child

Screenwriter: Abigail Child

Cinematographer: Abigail Child

Editors:

Abigail Child

Yael Bitton

Mary Patierno

Music:

Zeena Parkins

Cast: Eileen Ryan

Nick Wilding

Aurelia d’Antonio

Richard Wittman

Running Time: 73 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Childworks

Film Website: shapeoferror.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature FIlm

Get ready for five intelligent, stylish, and entertaining short stories. Director Mikhail Segal’s film presents a profoundly humorous glimpse into today’s Russia. It begins with the writer. Even though the publishers reject his work, his manuscript curiously finds its way back into each one of their lives. In one story, a young couple meets their wedding planner who turns into a life-coach. Next, we follow the money from a petty bribe to the top brass to the inaccessible highest man in the land. We meet a librarian extra-sensor Pushkin scholar who the police engage to find a missing girl. And in the land of famous traffic jams, we experience an erotic traffic encounter with a couple from different generations. Short Stories is brought together by the writer who had been told that short stories aren’t marketable. Director Segal imbues his film with humor and biting social commentary. He shows an adept handling of plot achieved through satire and stylish precision—a nice counterbalance to the dark masterpieces of his contemporaries. All five stories create a fine and savvy vision of ultracontemporary Russian tales told by a brilliant short story writer.

Awards:

Open Russian Film Festival 2012 (Best Screenplay)

Vivat Kino Rossi Festival 2012 (First Prize)

Russian Film Week in Paris 2012 (Audience Award)

Director: Mikhail Segal

Producers: Anastasia Kavunovskaya

Andrey Kretov

Screenwriter: Mikhail Segal

Cinematographer: Eduard Moshkovich

Editor: Mikhail Segal

Music: Anjey Petras

Cast: Andrei Merzlikin

Igor Ugolnikov

Tamara Mironova, Anatoli Pukhalsky

Sergey Fetisov

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Russian, with English subtitles

International Sales: RUmedia

Print Source: RUmedia

Selected Filmography: Franz + Polina (2006)

Short Term 12

SUNDAY JUNE 2 6:30 PM

MONDAY JUNE 3 4:30 PM

This day in the life of a foster-care group home for troubled teens is an unsparing, remarkably direct film, following the daily routines of Grace (Brie Larson), a counselor in her 20s who was also brought up in the fostercare system. Each day, she oversees petty squabbles and almost daily fights among the youths and calms them as best she can with anything that works, including music. When new ward, Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever), arrives at the center, she somehow triggers long-buried emotions in Grace. Old demons from Grace’s troubled past that have laid dormant for years come bubbling to the surface, affecting her ability to act as an impartial counselor for the other at-risk youths. Grace is finally forced to confront her own scars and begin the healing process for herself before she can attend to the needs of others. Short Term 12 is an expanded version of director Destin Daniel Cretton’s 2008 short film of the same name, which won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize for Short Films at SIFF 2009. The feature format gives Cretton more room to add depth and backstories for the characters, giving the story an added element of authenticity. This uplifting story of redemption and healing, Cretton’s second feature following his 2011 debut, I Am Not a Hipster, is told with great candor and some surprising humor.

Awards: SXSW 2013 (Grand Jury Winner)

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Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Producers: Asher Goldstein

Maren Olson

Joshua Astrachan

Ron Najor

Screenwriter: Destin Daniel Cretton

Cinematographer: Brett Pawlak

Editor:

Nat Sanders

Music: Joel P. West

Cast: Brie Larson

John Gallagher Jr. Kaitlyn Dever

Rami Malek

Keith Stanfield

Running Time: 96 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Cinedigm

Film Website: shortterm12.com

Selected Filmography: I Am Not a Hipster (2012)

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You –A Concert for Kate McGarrigle USA 2012

SATURDAY MAY 25 4:30 PM EGYPTIAN

MONDAY MAY 27 6:00 PM

This rousing tribute to legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle was recorded at New York City’s Town Hall in May 2011 and features her famously musical family— children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, older sisters Anna and Jane—and equally gifted friends including Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Jimmy Fallon, and Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons). Their voices resonate with a great sense of loss, but also with the strength of a deeply inspired, and inspiring, tribute to life. McGarrigle died in 2010, leaving behind a legacy of captivating harmonies and bittersweet lyrics, captured so perfectly by the array of performers. Lushly shot in blackand-white, Australian filmmaker Lian Lunson (Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man) interweaves concert footage with candid interviews, archival footage, home video, and family memories in this immensely enjoyable and poignant portrait of a legend.

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Director:

Lian Lunson

Producers:

Lian Lunson

Teddy Wainwright

Screenwriters:

Martha Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright

Cinematographer: Matt Egan

Editor:

Lian Lunson

Music:

Kate McGarrigle

Anna McGarrigle

With: Rufus Wainwright

Martha Wainwright

Emmylou Harris

Norah Jones

Anna McGarrigle

Jimmy Fallon

Running Time: 107 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

International Sales: Cinephil

Print Source:

Cinephil

Selected Filmography: Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (2005)

SOMM

USA 2012

SUNDAY JUNE 2 4:00 PM

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TUESDAY JUNE 4 7:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

The Master Sommelier exam is a test with one of the lowest pass rates in the world: fewer than 200 people have taken it successfully since 1966. SOMM follows four Master Sommelier hopefuls as they prepare for two years in order to spend 25 minutes on a blind tasting, along with an oral theory exam and a practical service exam. While the film is cognizant of the depth of knowledge represented by the exam and the Court of Master Sommeliers that administers it, a healthy amount of irreverent humor provides a welcome reprieve from some of the obsession and intensity involved in the process—humor that often comes from the mouths of the prospective test-takers themselves. There is also, of course, plenty of focus on wine itself, with interviews from industry professionals and loving images of wine (and some breaking of wineglasses). SOMM was the opening night film at the 2012 Napa Valley Film Festival.

Director:

Jason Wise

Producers: Christina Wise

Jason Wise

Jackson Myers

Screenwriter: Jason Wise

Cinematographer: Jackson Myers

Editors: Bryan Carr

Jackson Myers

Music: Brian Carmody

With: Bo Barrett

Shayn Bjornholm

Dave Cauble

Ian Cauble

Andrea Cecci

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, French, Italian, and German, with English subtitles

Print Source: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Film Website: jbwpro.com/JBWpro/ SOMM.html

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

A Song Still Inside

USA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 30 8:30 PM

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Writer-director Gregory Collins (Thokozani) brings a degree of authenticity and empathy to A Song Still Inside that infuses his characters with a spark of reality seldom seen in narrative filmmaking. As the story of Michael and Maggie unfolds, the audience begins to understand the motivations behind their sometimes difficult to fathom decisions, revealing Collins’s deep connection to his characters and their struggles. Becoming a new parent while trying to launch your career is a daunting task for most people. But, when Michael (Rodrigo Lopresti) and Maggie (Susan Highsmith) both have opportunities that may finally cement their careers in the creative arts, they’re faced with a dilemma that offers no easy solution. With neither of them willing to sacrifice their big break, they each embark on a series of potentially destructive decisions that explore the nature not only of what it means to be in a relationship, but also of how that dynamic evolves when a child is added to the equation. Leads Susan Highsmith and Rodrigo Lopresti bring life and depth to writer-director Gregory Collins’s portrait of young parents in conflict. In doing so, they explore ages-old questions about the nature of sacrifice, parenthood, and inter-generational relationships.

Director: Gregory Collins

Producers: Patricia Beaury

Rodrigo Lopresti

Screenwriter: Gregory Collins

Cinematographer: Eun-ah Lee

Cast: Rodrigo Lopresti

Susan Highsmith

Jacqueline Knapp

Jayce Bartok

Running Time: 85 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Film Website: asongstillinside.com

Selected Filmography: Thokozani (2010)

Spark: A Burning Man Story

USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 25 9:00 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 2:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 9:00 PM

Learn about the annual Burning Man experience through the actions and work of staff, attendees, and the founder himself, Larry Harvey. The primal experience is able to successfully exist through ten founding principles: radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. Each of these principles becomes part of the ethos at the Black Rock Desert, where Burning Man takes place. By witnessing the community’s origins and history, the importance that Burning Man has for love, art, and creation becomes organic and explains why the experience has lasted so long. With over 60,000 visiting Burner’s, the temporary city develops into an ever-growing permanent community that has expanded around the globe. As Spark shows, it is through the founding principles that these communities can flourish as self-reliantly and self-expressing as it was originally intended. Witness the year-round efforts that bring the prodigious art and vast community alive to spark each other’s imagination.

Directors: Jessie Deeter

Steve Brown

Producers: Steve Brown

Jessie Deeter

Cinematographer: John Behrens

Editor: Andrew Gersh

Music: Joachim Cooder

Running Time: 94 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Spark Pictures LLC

Film Website: sparkpictures.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Spectacular Now

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 24 7:15 PM

SATURDAY MAY 25 1:30 PM

Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) is a high school senior with a freewheeling outlook on life— while teetering on the verge of alcoholism. Seldom seen without a drink in hand, Sutter is the life of the party with no real plan for the future beyond maintaining his long-time job at the local men’s clothing store. Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley) is Sutter’s polar opposite. College-bound and a bit of a nerd, she’s always been one step ahead of her peers. Excited for what the future may hold beyond the confines of her small town, Aimee’s been careful to keep her nose clean and her record perfect. But, when she finds Sutter passed out on her family’s lawn one Sunday morning, they both wind up having their worlds rocked in ways that will profoundly affect each of their lives. Featuring stand out performances from Woodley and Teller, pitch-perfect direction from James Ponsoldt, and a stellar script from the writing team of Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter ((500) Days of Summer), The Spectacular Now is a seriously funny comedy about teens dealing with very adult problems.

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (U. S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting)

Director: James Ponsoldt

Producers: Tom McNulty

Shawn Levy

Andrew Lauren

Michelle Krumm

Screenwriters: Scott Neustadter

Michael H. Weber

Cinematographer: Jess Hall

Editor: Darrin Navarro

Music: Rob Simonsen

Cast: Miles Teller

Shailene Woodley

Brie Larson

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: A24

Film Website: facebook.com/The

SpectacularNowMovie

Selected Filmography: Smashed (2012) Off the Black (2006)

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Spud 2: The Madness Continues

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At the conclusion of Spud (an audience favorite at SIFF 2011) John “Spud” Milton had survived his first year at a private school in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. But sophomore year isn’t going to be a breeze. He and his friends, dubbed the Crazy Eight, want to rule the school, but their boarding master, derogatorily named Sparerib, and his prefects, Death Breath and Earthworm, have set into motion a plan to get the Crazy Eight expelled. Beyond Spud’s possible expulsion, he’s having romantic problems with his girlfriend, Mermaid, which leaves the door open for sultry Amanda to vie for his affections. Even his parents are causing problems as they fight though the stress of their privileged white lifestyle in perceived upheaval by the shift away from apartheid in 1991. Amidst all of the madness, The Guv (the always delightful John Cleese) provides a moral center, encouraging Spud’s civil disobedience and his personal journey of adolescent discovery. Filled with mischievous activities that only the libidinous adolescent male mind can concoct, Spud 2: The Madness Continues is hilarious, bittersweet, tragic, and real as Spud and his friends take steps toward the possibility of maturity.

PRECEDED BY:

Miseducation

South Africa 2012, 5 minutes, Director: Nadine Cloete Kelina shares her world on her daily trip to school in a challenging township around Cape Town, South Africa.

Director:

Donovan Marsh

Producer: Ross Garland

Screenwriter: Donovan Marsh

Cinematographer: Lance Gewer

Editor:

Megan Gill

Music: Ed Jordan

Cast: John Cleese

Jason Cope

Troye Sivan

Alex McGregor

Jeremy Crutchley

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Rogue Star Films

Selected Filmography: Spud (2010)

Dollars and White Pipes (2005)

Still Mine CANADA 2012

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James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold star as Craig and Irene, an elderly couple who reside on the large farm they’ve inhabited for decades on the New Brunswick shore. While Craig is hearty and headstrong, Irene has lately been showing signs of aging, and though he’s determined to avoid the subject, their grown children are suggesting the time is coming to put her in a ‘home’. Deciding that the answer to this dilemma is to build them a new, smaller house on their property where they can live out their days together, Craig sets about building it. But events start to spin out of control as he runs afoul of the local bureaucracy, and his obstinacy threatens to upend his plans for the couple’s happy elder days. Cromwell has never given a finer performance than he does in this stirring and surprisingly upbeat tale, and Bujold is a wonder to behold as his faltering, occasionally headstrong wife. Together the pair provide a treat for the eyes and the heart as a couple who’ve weathered life’s traumas and are devoted to each other, still.

Director: Michael McGowan

Producers: Michael McGowan

Avi Federgreen

Jody Colero

Tamara Deverell

Screenwriter: Michael McGowan

Cinematographer: Brendan Steacy

Editor: Roderick Deogrades

Music: Hugh Marsh

Don Rooke

Michelle Willis

Cast:

James Cromwell

Genevieve Bujold

Campbell Scott

Julie Stewart

Rick Roberts

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Film Website: samuelgoldwynfilms.com

Selected Filmography:

Score: A Hockey Musical (2010)

One Week (2008)

Saint Ralph (2004)

My Dog Vincent (1998)

Stories We Tell

FRIDAY MAY 17 4:00 PM

SUNDAY MAY 19 5:00 PM

Acclaimed actress and Academy Award®nominated writer-director Sarah Polley comes from a family of storytellers. Her dad, Michael, is a retired actor and writer with a talent for wry language. Her mother Diane, who died of cancer when Polley was eleven, was a free spirit who encouraged her children to express themselves and follow their passions. Her brother and sister make up stories at the dinner table, teasing Sarah that she looks nothing like the rest of the family. One day, Polley receives a message from another kind of storyteller— a reporter—who reveals that he has uncovered a long-buried family secret. Picking up the camera, Polley begins a five-year journey of exploration into her family history and the truth about her sometimes-reckless mother. As disparate memories of Diane surface, the director playfully deconstructs the story with probing interviews, home movies, and the blending of past and present to reconstruct the truth. An audacious and elegiac journey, Stories We Tell shares themes with the director’s acclaimed narrative films Away From Her and Take This Waltz and is a compassionate exploration of relationships, betrayals, forgiveness, and the complexities of memory.

Awards: Toronto Film Critics Association Award 2013 (Best Documentary, Best Canadian Film)

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My Favorite Picture of You USA 2013, 3 minutes, Director: TJ Martin A short film by documentary Oscar®-winners T.J. Martin and Dan Lindsay about Martin’s grandparents, told through a lifetime of family photos and an audio interview, encapsulating youth, old age, and everything in between.

Storm Surfers 3D

AUSTRALIA 2012

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Director: Sarah Polley

Producer: Anita Lee

Screenwriter: Sarah Polley

Cinematographer: Iris Ng

Editor: Mike Munn

Music: Jonathan Goldsmith

Running Time: 108 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: National Film Board of Canada

Print Source: Roadside Attractions

Film Website: storieswetellmovie.com

Selected Filmography:

Take This Waltz (2011)

Away From Her (2006)

SATURDAY MAY 18 9:30 PM

SUNDAY MAY 19 2:30 PM

Storm Surfers 3D takes sports filmmaking to the next level by creating a truly immersive sensory experience like none other: sliding through a mountainous pipe of water, wiping out in spectacular fashion, and surfing the world’s craziest waves from the very front of the board. Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll, surfing legends who are still going strong even as they approach middle age, search for the holy grail of waves 75 kilometers off the coast of Australia, some of the most audacious and dangerous surfing terrain in the world. Braving extreme conditions and near-death experiences, they are aided in their search by meteorologist Ben Matson, who reverently follows weather patterns to determine where the biggest, wildest waves will appear. Directors Justin McMillan and Chris Nelius wisely avoid simply pasting together a series of “Oh wow!” moments (though there are plenty of those) by also presenting the delightful life-long friendship of this surfing duo, and their thrilling quest for the ultimate rush. When the surfboards hit those unbelievable waves in all their heartstopping, giant-screen, three-dimensional glory, you can practically smell the salt water in the air.

Directors: Justin McMillan

Chris Nelius

Producers: Marcus Gillezeau

Ellenor Cox

Screenwriters: Christopher Nelius

Justin McMillan

Cinematographers: David Maguire

Dean Cropp

Editor: Rodrigo Balart

Music: Michael Yezerski

Richard Tognetti

With: Ross Clarke-Jones

Tom Carroll

Ben Matson

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: 6ixty Foot Films

Print Source: XLrator Media

Film Website: stormsurfers.tv

Selected Filmography:

Storm Surfers: Dangerous Banks (2008)

The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story (2006)

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Stuck in Love

USA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 7:00 PM

MONDAY MAY 20 4:00 PM

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First-time director Josh Boone’s Stuck in Love dramatizes the emotional and physical fallout of divorce in a sharply observed comedy of manners. Celebrated novelist Bill Borgens (a terrific Greg Kinnear) can’t accept that his sweet-tempered wife Erica (Jennifer Connelly) has left him for a younger man. Three years later, he is still obsessed with her and her new husband, despite being pushed back into the dating pool by neighbor-with-benefits Tricia (Kristen Bell). Kinnear here dishes up a man-child, whose arrested development stifles those closest to him. Daughter Sam (Lily Collins), a phenom, publishes her first novel at nineteen to some fanfare and dad’s chagrin: they share DNA but not books. When not garnering awards, she conquers men with a mannered insouciance. Unlike her oddball brother, Rusty (Nat Wolff with plenty of brio), Sam embraces the Zeitgeist, a toss-away smorgasbord with a Lady Gaga-cum-Jersey Shore ethos. Despite her slick, enameled life, she falls hard for Lou, a chivalrous if mild throwback. Rusty vexes both Sam and his father as he hasn’t their sexual verve. Bill cautions Rusty that a writer is an amalgam of experiences. An emboldened Rusty pursues “it” girl, Kate (Liana Liberato), but we wonder whether she is worth the bother of this singleminded pursuit. With everyone coupled-up, Erica attempts to reconcile with Sam. Ersatz drama ensues with a revelatory ending that’s sure to satisfy.

Director: Josh Boone

Producer: Judy Cairo

Screenwriter: Josh Boone

Cinematographer: Tim Orr

Editor: Robb Sullivan

Music:

Mike Mogis

Nate Walcott

Cast: Greg Kinnear

Jennifer Connelly

Liana Liberato

Lily Collins

Nat Wolff

Kristen Bell

Running Time: 97 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: CAA

Print Source: Millennium Entertainment

Film Website: stuckinlovemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Summit

IRELAND/UNITED KINGDOM 2012

THURSDAY MAY 30 6:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN SATURDAY JUNE 1 1:00 PM HARVARD EXIT

Peaking at 28,251 feet above sea level, K2 is the world’s second highest mountain. Revered by mountaineers as the ultimate challenge, it also has a more sinister reputation as the most difficult, dangerous mountain to summit. In August 2008, 18 climbers from a party of 24 reached the top; 48 hours later, 11 people were dead or had simply vanished into the thin air—a full account of the events has never been determined. Utilizing found footage, reenactments, interviews with the survivors and families of victims, director Nick Ryan attempts to reconstruct what happened over the course of those fateful two days, one of the deadliest in mountain-climbing history. At the mystery’s heart lies the story of Ger McDonnell, whose decision to risk his own life to save others leads to unforeseen consequences and repercussions. Filled with breathtaking cinematography of K2 at its most majestic and terrifying extremes, The Summit plays more like a whiteknuckle thriller than a documentary, providing one of the most extreme film-going experiences since Touching The Void

Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary)

Director: Nick Ryan

Producer: Nick Ryan

Screenwriter: Mark Monroe

Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan

Editor: Ben Stark

Music: Nick Seymour

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, Italian, Basque, and Nepalese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: Sundance Selects

Film Website: thesummitfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

EGYPTIAN

Tai Chi Hero

CHINA 2012

FRIDAY MAY 24 1:30 PM

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Lu Chan, the hero of Tai Chi Zero, is still trying to find his place in Chen Village, the legendary town where everyone is a martial arts master and Chen-style Tai Chi is forbidden to outsiders. But as a result of helping save the town from a frightening steam-powered machine, Yuniang, the beautiful daughter of Grandmaster Chen (Tony Leung Ka-fai), agrees to marry Lu Chan and bring him into the family. It’s only a formality, though—she is the teacher, and he is the student—a fact Yuniang makes clear with every lesson showcasing her superior prowess. This suits Lu Chan just fine, as the mutant horn on his head gives him incredible kung fu skills but leaves him dumber each time he uses such powers. But when Grandmaster Chen’s prodigal son returns, his reappearance invokes a curse on the town due to Lu Chan’s presence. Meanwhile, Yunjang’s scorned fiancé seeks his own revenge with the backing of the British East India Company. As with the previous installment of the trilogy, director Stephen Fung and legendary action choreographer Sammo Hung have created a steampunk-infused, kung fu throwdown that will knock you out of your seat.

Director:

Stephen Fung

Producers:

Wang Zhonglei

Chen Kuo-Fu

Zhang Dajun

Stephen Fung Tak-Lun

Daniel Wu

Screenwriter: Chen Kuo-Fu

Cinematographers: Ngor Chi-kwan

Lai Yiu-fai

Du Jie

Editors:

Cheng Hsiao-tse

Matthew Hui

Zhang Jialu

Zhang Weili

Music:

Katsunori Ishida

Cast:

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Yuan Xiaochao

Angelababy

Eddie Peng

Feng Shaofeng

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: BluRay, in Mandarin, with English subtitles

International Sales: Huayi Brothers

International

Print Source:

Well Go USA

Film Website: wellgousa.com/theatrical/ tai-chi-hero

Selected Filmography: Tai Chi 0 (2012)

Jump (2009)

House of Fury (2005)

Enter the Phoenix (2004)

A Teacher USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 18 9:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

TUESDAY MAY 21 4:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Taking a page from the infamous Mary Kay Letourneau controversy, director Hannah Fidell’s second feature follows Diana Watts (Lindsay Burdge), an English teacher with a sordid secret. Amidst her monotonous suburban Texas existence, her only source of solace and intimacy is her torrid but meaningless sexual affair with Eric, an attractive high school senior. When the school is rocked by a similar but unrelated scandal, also involving minors and sex, Diana begins to retreat from Eric, worried that her carefully constructed life could unravel at any moment. As their affair becomes more forbidden than ever, Diana finds excitement flirting with the danger of it all. Fidell explores the emotional struggle and ultimate downfall of one woman who crosses the line and isn’t sure if she can make it back over safely. Accompanied by an effectively discordant score, A Teacher rises above television melodrama and treats its topic with subtlety, sensitivity, and intelligence.

Director: Hannah Fidell

Producers:

Kim Sherman

Hannah Fidell

Screenwriter: Hannah Fidell

Cinematographer: Andrew Droz Palermo

Editor: Sofi Marshall

Music: Brian McOmber

Cast: Lindsay Burdge

Will Brittain

Jennifer Prediger

Jonny Mars

Julie Dell Phillips

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

Visit Films

Print Source: Oscilloscope Laboratories

Film Website: ateacherfilm.com

Selected Filmography: We’re Glad We’re Here (2010)

Teddy Bears

USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

SATURDAY JUNE 1 9:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 3:30 PM

Andrew (David Krumholtz), despondent over the death of his mother, invites his closest friends, two couples, and his devoted girlfriend Hannah (Melanie Lynskey), to join him in the Joshua Tree desert for an emotionally healing retreat––which just so happens to include a therapeutic orgy. His shocking request is dismissed as a joke, but Andrew is convinced that feeling a wealth of love all at once is the only way he can overcome depression. An outrageous weekend transpires as this group of friends debate Andrew’s request, share uncomfortable hot tub time, and visit a nearby town in hopes of finding an alternate solution with some ladies of the night. But the time to decide is running out, and Andrew is becoming more and more unhinged. Using the magical, desolate landscape of the Joshua Tree desert as their backdrop, husband and wife directorial team Thomas Beatty and Rebecca Fishman explore the comedic depths of despair, relationships, sexual longing, and unjust demands with a top-notch ensemble cast that also includes Gillian Jacobs (Community), Ahna O’Reilly (The Help), and Jason Ritter, plus a moving cameo from the legendary Ned Beatty.

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Directors: Thomas Beatty

Rebecca Fishman

Producers: Jennifer Westin

Thomas Beatty

Screenwriter: Thomas Beatty

Cinematographer: Aaron Kovalchik

Editor:

Eric Potter

Music: Julian Wass

Cast: David Krumholtz

Melanie Lynskey

Gillian Jacobs

Zachary Knighton

Ahna O’Reilly

Jason Ritter

Ned Beatty

Running Time: 89 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Covert Productions

Film Website: teddybearsthemovie.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Television

BANGLADESH/ GERMANY 2012

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

TUESDAY MAY 21 8:30 PM

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 9:15 PM PACIFIC

Unfolding with humor, this Bangladeshi parable is about the fundamental traditionalist versus the contemporary world. Amin Patowary, a religious fundamentalist, is the community leader of his small water-locked village. He won’t allow his people to have access to television or other technology. He even speaks against imagination and he keeps very close tabs on everything that goes on in his village, putting way too much pressure on those nearest and dearest, including his independent-thinking son. When the Hindu elementary school teacher buys a television set and large numbers of villagers crowd inside the teacher’s house to watch it, Amin Patowary puts his foot down. The villagers are immediately smitten by technology and begin to react against the rules. Meanwhile Amin hopes and dreams of the Hajji, the annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca. Amin’s interpretations of Islamic beliefs keep him closed to new ideas until he has his own religious breakthrough. Television is a sharp satire, with great local landscapes, many memorable faces, and a little bit Theatre of the Absurd with a lot of comedy.

Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Producer: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Screenwriters: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Anisul Haque

Cinematographer: Golam Maola Nobir

Editor: Razon Khaled

Music: Ayub Bachchu

Ripon Nath

Cast: Shahir Kazi Huda

Chanchal Chowdhury

Mosharraf Karim

Nusrat Imroz Tisha

Running Time: 106 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Bengali, with English subtitles

International Sales: Ramonda Films

Print Source: Ramonda Films

Film Website: pascaleramonda.com/ television

Selected Filmography:

Third Person Singular Number (2009)

Made in Bangladesh (2007)

Bachelor (2003)

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Terms and Conditions

May Apply

USA/UNITED KINGDOM/AUSTRIA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 30 6:30 PM

PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

FRIDAY MAY 31 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

If you have ever used the internet, email, a smart phone, iTunes, Google, Facebook, or almost any computer program, then odds are you have blindly agreed to a “terms and conditions” agreement. Director Cullen Hoback takes a microscope to these labyrinthine contracts of rules and concessions, uncovering an epidemic of nearly invisible data mining, which allows multinational corporations and government agencies nearly unlimited access to our personal information. Conferring with lawyers, consumer advocates, senators, and software engineers, Hoback takes us on what starts as an affable exploration that turns Orwellian as he discovers frightening examples of the slow, voluntary erosion of our privacy. A comedian finds a SWAT team at his door after quoting Fight Club on Facebook. A tourist cheekily tweets about a weekend of drinking, and then finds himself detained for suspected terrorist activities. As legislation like the Patriot Act continues to expand the level of surveillance that is allowed, usually under full cooperation of the corporations to whom we willingly share information, is there any hope for the future of privacy? This provocative, insightful, and unnerving documentary doesn’t have the answers, but will make you think more carefully before clicking “I accept”.

PRECEDED BY:

Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks USA 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Tiffany Shlain A mixed animation exploration of the similarities between the human brain and the internet.

Test USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

FRIDAY JUNE 7 7:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 9 1:30 PM

Director:

Cullen Hoback

Producers:

Cullen Hoback

John Ramos

Nitin Khanna

Screenwriter: Cullen Hoback

Cinematographer: Ben Wolf

Editor:

Cullen Hoback

Music:

John Morgan Askew

With:

Danah Boyd

Doug Rushkoff

Margaret Atwood

Mark Zuckerberg

Moby

Running Time: 79 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Ro*Co Films

Print Source: Hyrax Films

Film Website: tacma.net

Selected Filmography:

Friction (2010)

Monster Camp (2007)

Freedom State (2006)

Set in the early days of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, this film is poignant, character driven, and illuminated with stunning modern dance. Frankie is a perpetual understudy in a modern dance company, and his relationship to dance and music informs our own understanding of the fear and uncertainty that was being gay in 1985. Headlines ask if there should be a gay quarantine. Dancers won’t touch each other—because what if you can get the virus through sweat? Test perfectly captures the historical context of a time that’s hard to contextualize even just 25 years later— condoms were a relatively unknown novelty, and homophobia was rampant. Writerdirector Chris Mason Johnson manages to highlight elements of fear and uncertainty to us in a way that maintains the truth of the time, but also is understandable to a modern audience, particularly through the dancing of his main characters.

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HARVARD EXIT

Director: Chris Mason Johnson

Producers: Chris Mason Johnson

Chris Martin

Screenwriter: Chris Mason Johnson

Cinematographer: Daniel Marks

Editor: Adam Raponi

Music: Ceiri Torjussen

Cast:

Matthew Risch

Scott Marlowe

Katherine Wells

Rory Hohenstein

Myles Thatcher

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source:

Serious Productions

Film Website: TestTheFilm.com

Selected Filmography: The New Twenty (2008)

THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUX

Thérèse

FRANCE 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 7:00 PM

THURSDAY MAY 30 4:30 PM

In his final film, director Claude Miller has crafted a masterful adaptation of François Mauriac’s legendary 1927 novel of French provincial life. Thérèse Desqueyroux (Audrey Tautou) is a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to her dull and pompous landowning neighbor. Her only consolations are the vast pine forests that surround their estate and her friendship with her sister-in-law Anne. But when Anne falls head over heels for a handsome Portuguese student, Thérèse begins to awaken to what has been missing from her life. Enlisted by her husband’s family to dissuade Anne from pursuing her affair, she witnesses first hand the power of passionate love and is inspired to plot a rebellion of her own. Tautou is marvelous in the title role, bringing to life a complex heroine in the tradition of Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina. Set and shot in the magnificent forests of the Landes area in southwest France.

Director: Claude Miller

Producer: Yves Marmion

Screenwriters: Natalie Carter

Claude Miller

Cinematographer: Gérard de Battista

Editor: Véronique Lange

Music:

Mathieu Alvado

Cast: Audrey Tautou

Gilles Lellouche

Anaïs Demoustier

Stanley Weber

Running Time: 110 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales:

TF1 International

Print Source: MPI

Film Website: tf1international.com

Selected Filmography: Voyez comme ils dansent (2010)

Un Secret (2008)

La Petite Lili (2003)

Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001)

The Little Thief (1989)

These Birds Walk

PAKISTAN/USA 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 2:00 PM

THURSDAY MAY 23 6:00 PM

For many young boys in Karachi, Pakistan, running away is a risk that facilitates an escape from a hurtful home, but also acts as a demonstration of defiance and independence. These Birds Walk opens a transparent dialogue with Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of the EDHI foundation, and showcases his devotion and organization’s immeasurable impact. The EDHI foundation is the largest welfare organization in Pakistan and is also one of the few resources for young runaways. This documentary focuses on a dedicated ambulance driver and the young runaways he is reuniting with their families. Through this process we learn of the struggles and outlooks of those involved. We hear the young boys imagining their overwhelming reception by family and neighbors, while their faces betray their dreams. We hear the staff lamenting over politics and gas prices, while faced with parents that are unable to pay for the proper burial of their children. The story eschews narrative, allowing its subjects to intimately connect with the audience, with much of the story being shown through the eyes of the children and ambulance driver.

PRECEDED BY:

L’Effrontée (1985)Mortelle Randonnée (1983)

Garde à vue (1981)

Dites-lui que je l’aime (1977)

La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976)

The Rattle of Benghazi Ireland 2012, 11 minutes, Director: Paco Torres A brother and sister play outside the school, unaware of the danger surrounding them.

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Directors: Omar Mullick

Bassam Tariq

Producers: Sonejuhi Sinha

Valentina Canavesio

Omar Mullick

Bassam Tariq

Cinematographer: Omar Mullick

Editor: Sonejuhi Sinha

Music: Todd Reynolds

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in Urdu, with English subtitles

Print Source: Oscilloscope Laboratories

Film Website: thesebirdswalk.net

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

EGYPTIAN

HARVARD EXIT

This Is Martin Bonner

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 7:00 PM

FRIDAY MAY 31 4:30 PM

Seattle actor Paul Eenhoorn stars as Martin Bonner, an older gentleman starting a new life in Reno, NV. He’s gotten a job for a Christian organization that helps prisoners transition back to civilian life once they’re released, despite having fallen away from the church. Meanwhile, Travis Holloway (Richmond Arquette) has just been released after serving 12 years. Travis adopts Martin as a mentor and an unlikely friendship forms. Director Chad Hartigan has pulled together a quietly observational film that is naturalistic and never boring. Martin fills his weekends by going to auctions and selling his purchases on eBay… and it’s fascinating! He referees at kids’ soccer games… because he enjoys it! The details are all so believable, thanks to great writing and expert performances, that it’s easy to see why it won an audience award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Though it was made on a shoestring budget, This Is Martin Bonner is less of a youth-obsessed American indie and more like a confident European art film. It’s the kind of movie that not only makes you glad you saw it, it makes you feel good.

Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2013 (Audience Award: Best of NEXT)

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Director:

Chad Hartigan

Producer:

Cherie Saulter

Screenwriter:

Chad Hartigan

Cinematographer:

Sean McElwee

Editor:

Julio C. Perez IV

Music:

Keegan DeWitt

Cast:

Paul Eenhoorn

Richmond Arquette

Sam Buchanan

Robert Longstreet

Demetrius Grosse

Running Time: 83 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: Monterey Media Inc.

Film Website: martinbonner.com

Selected Filmography: Luke and Brie Are on a First Date (2008)

Tito on Ice

GERMANY/SWEDEN 2012 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SUNDAY MAY 26 8:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

TUESDAY MAY 28 3:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

To promote their comic book Bosnian Flat Dog (published by Seattle’s own Fantagraphics Books), Swedish artists Max Andersson and Lars Sjunnesson toured the countries of former Yugoslavia with a mummified Marshal Tito in a refrigerator. The book itself was based on a trip they took to an alternative comics convention in Sarajevo. Now comes the documentary, Tito on Ice, which takes Super 8 footage of their tour and animates it with cardboard cutouts and garbage and other recycled materials. The result is a surreal trip through the Balkans that is part promotion, part performance art, and part history of Marshal Tito and the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. It’s also about the underground arts and music venues that popped up when the country split apart. Through it all there is a comics creator’s eye at work. Liveaction interviews suddenly switch to animation, which is like moving from one panel to the next in a comic book. The result emphasizes the content or the context of what is being said. More than 50 sets were built for the film, all shot and animated on Super 8 film. Tito on Ice is a joyous trip through the war torn subconscious of an underground artist.

Directors:

Max Andersson

Helena Ahonen

Producer:

Max Andersson

Screenwriter:

Max Andersson

Cinematographer: Max Andersson

Helena Ahonen

Editor:

Max Andersson

Cast:

Lars Sjunnesson

Max Andersson

Helena Ahonen

Stefan Skledar

Katerina Mirovi

Running Time: 77 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in German, SerboCroatian, Swedish, and English, with English subtitles

International Sales: Nail Films

Print Source: Nail Films

Film Website: titoonice.wordpress.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

TIAN MIMI

Together

MONDAY JUNE 3 8:30 PM

TUESDAY JUNE 4 3:30 PM

KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

The hidden threads that bond even strangers into one community are explored in this delicate, life-affirming drama. Together’s ensemble is built around 17-year-old Xiao Yang (Shao-Yang Huang), who sees how those around him are wrecked by heartache even as they maintain a false front of contentedness. Both of his parents spend most of their time at their separate workplaces; not out of work ethic, but because each has developed feelings for another and would rather dwell on their new love than sit around with their old spouse. Xiao Yang’s sister has made a string of bad relationships, and her latest seems no improvement. Even his schoolmates bicker and deceive one another as relationships sour or wither on the vine. Determined to cure everyone of their misery, Xiao Yang employs seemingly off-hand suggestions, covertly written love letters, and his imperturbable faith in love’s miraculous qualities to bring happiness to these wounded lives and improve his own romantic options in the bargain.

Director: Hsu Chao-Jen

Producer: Liu Ta-wu

Screenwriters: Chuang Shih-hung Hsu Chao-Jen

Cinematographer: Hsia Shao-yu

Editors: Lin Tzu-shien Huang Wen-lung

Music: Blaire Ko

Cast: Shao-Yang Huang Lieh Lee

Sonia Sui

Kenny Bee

Umin Boya

Running Time: 114 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Mandarin and Taiwanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Serenity Entertainment

International

Print Source: Serenity Entertainment

International

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Touchy Feely USA 2013

THURSDAY MAY 23 7:00 PM

RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

SATURDAY MAY 25 1:30 PM EGYPTIAN

Lynn Shelton’s latest is a touching comedy about touching people. Returning after their collaboration on Your Sister’s Sister, Rosemarie DeWitt plays Abby, a massage therapist who develops a sudden aversion to bodily contact. This gets in the way of her job, of course, but also her relationship with her boyfriend Jesse (Scoot McNairy), who has just asked her to move in with him. Or maybe the affliction arises because she has agreed to move in with him. Meanwhile, her emotionally absent brother Paul (Josh Pais) has been relying on his daughter Jenny (Ellen Page) to keep his dying dental practice functioning, at least until he accidentally discovers he can heal a painful jaw disorder. As Abby retreats from the world in order to gain more perspective, Paul enters into it more fully. He even starts seeing Abby’s Reiki master (Allison Janney) who he normally would have dismissed outright as New Age nonsense. As with all of Shelton’s films, the performances are phenomenal: DeWitt deftly balances discomfort with a longing to connect; Pais is heartfelt and hilarious; and Ellen Page is heartbreaking as a girl struggling with unrequited love. In a movie full of people who are uncomfortable in their own skin, they each confront and discover the healing power of human connections.

Director:

Lynn Shelton

Producers: Steven Schardt

Mel Eslyn

Lacey Leavitt

Screenwriter: Lynn Shelton

Cinematographer: Benjamin Kasulke

Editor:

Lynn Shelton

Music:

Vinny Smith

Cast: Rosemarie DeWitt

Allison Janney

Ron Livingston

Scoot McNairy

Ellen Page

Josh Pais

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

International Sales: Submarine Entertainment

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Selected Filmography: Your Sister’s Sister (2012)

Humpday (2009)

My Effortless Brilliance (2008)

We Go Way Back (2006)

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Town Hall

USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

FRIDAY MAY 31 7:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SATURDAY JUNE 1 2:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Modern conservatism has gone through a major overhaul since 2008 election, and no movement epitomizes that shift more than the American Tea Party. Ostensibly focused on concepts of limited government and Constitutional originalism, it emerged in 2009 as a force to be reckoned with. To some, the party seems a patriotic rallying cry to restore the United States to its former glory, but to many others it’s nothing more than an ignorant, irrational, Koch Brothers-sponsored sham. Town Hall sets out to examine this political phenomenon by spending two years with Katy and John, two Central Pennsylvania citizens who feel that the Obama administration has altered their beloved country beyond recognition. From political rallies to their home lives and places of worship, directors Sierra Pettengill and Jamila Wignot are granted full access into the lives of this pair of Tea Party activists, resulting in an impartial but volatile glimpse into the fluctuations of American political thought.

Directors:

Jamila Wignot

Sierra Pettengill

Producers:

Jamila Wignot

Sierra Pettengill

Cinematographer: Zachary Henzerling

Editor:

Cindy Lee

Music:

Erik Carlson

Area C

Running Time: 74 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Town Hall Films

Film Website: townhallfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

The Trials of Muhammad Ali USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 25 3:30 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FRIDAY JUNE 7 6:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY JUNE 8 4:00 PM EGYPTIAN

Between his first bout with Sonny Liston and his memorable fights with Joe Frazier and George Foreman, heavyweight champion boxer Muhammad Ali had to fight the toughest and longest battle of his life in defense of his personal and political beliefs. Ali, née Cassius Clay, had officially aligned himself with the Nation of Islam in 1964 soon after winning his first heavyweight champion title against Liston and taken on the now iconic name given to him by leader Elijah Muhammad. When he refused to serve in the Vietnam War a few years later, Muhammad Ali became the fighter who wouldn’t fight for America. From Cassius Clay to Cassius X and on to Muhammad Ali, from a charismatic celebrity recruit of Malcolm X to an outspoken icon of anti-war social activism, the identity of Ali is intricately tied to the Nation of Islam and to social justice. The Trials of Muhammad Ali masterfully pieces together famous footage and previously unseen material with insight from those closest to him. It sheds light on a formative period in Ali’s life as he fought racial prejudice, and the American legal system, to ultimately find his way back into the ring.

Director: Bill Siegel

Producers: Rachel Pikelny

Bill Siegel

Cinematographers: Andrew Black

Marcel Cabrera

Slawomir Grunberg

Dana Kupper

Ines Sommer

Stanley Staniski

Aaron Wickenden

Jeff Freeman

Editor:

Aaron Wickenden

Music:

Joshua Abrams

Running Time: 92 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Kartemquin Films

Print Source: Kartemquin Films

Film Website: kartemquin.com/films/ the-trials-ofmuhammad-ali

Selected Filmography: The Weather Underground (2002)

Twenty Feet from Stardom

USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 1 5:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 4:00 PM

When you’re singing along with the chorus of your favorite song, do you really know who you’re singing with? Veteran filmmaker Morgan Neville does, and his new film tracks the astounding careers, contributions, and sacrifices of pop music’s most recognizable yet least known artists—the backup singers.

Twenty Feet from Stardom focuses primarily on four singers—Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, and Judith Hill—charting the rise of the modern pop vocal sound from its origins in the gospel tradition, through the demand for new, more impassioned sounds during the turbulent ’60s, and into their declining options in the modern recording era. Over his prolific career, Neville has profiled musicians ranging from Johnny Cash to The Rolling Stones, and uses his connections to access a vault’s worth of archival footage. Twenty Feet from Stardom boasts a wealth of celebrity interviews, including Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, and others. But this time the superstars take a backseat to the backup singers, recalling some of these ladies’ most legendary recording sessions. Trust us—you’ll never hear “Gimme Shelter” the same way once you’ve seen Jagger and Clayton describe the night she sang that song.

EGYPTIAN

EGYPTIAN

Director: Morgan Neville

Producers: Gil Friesen

Caitrin Rogers

Cinematographers: Graham Willoughby

Nicola Marsh

Editors: Jason Zeldes

Kevin Klauber

Douglas Blush

With:

Darlene Love

Judith Hill

Merry Clayton

Lisa Fischer

Lou Adler

Stevvi Alexander

Patti Austin

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Elle Driver

Print Source: RADiUS-TWC

Film Website: twentyfeetfromstardom. com

Selected Filmography: Troubadours (2011)

Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges’

Raw Power (2010)

Johnny Cash’s America (2008)

The Cool School (2008)

Twin Peaks Pilot USA 1990

MONDAY JUNE 3 7:30 PM

Twin Peaks received both critical acclaim and cult status upon its premiere in 1990. Co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the show was a hybrid of surreal soap opera and metaphysical mystery-thriller surrounding the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Found on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic, Laura’s death devastates her family and the community at large. When a second girl, Laura’s high school classmate Ronette Pulaski, is found wandering disoriented on a bridge, dressed in only a negligee, Sheriff Harry Truman calls in FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper. As the pair investigates the circumstances surrounding Laura’s death, they uncover a dark, dangerous world beneath the Twin Peaks’ placid veneer. Kyle MacLachlan’s idiosyncratic performance as Dale Cooper captured audiences’ imagination, and in tandem with the use of iconic northwest imagery, Lynch’s aesthetic, and Angelo Badalamenti’s score, established the tone for the series throughout. MacLachlan’s loveable Agent Cooper was intelligent and quirky, yet also warm and genial—the cool counterpoint to the intensely emotional currents raging through this once sleepy small town. Twentythree years after its premiere, Twin Peaks remains one of the most singular and influential shows ever to air on network television.

Director: David Lynch

Producers: David Lynch

Mark Frost

Screenwriter: Mark Frost

Cinematographer: Frank Byers

Editor: Jay Ignaszewski

Music: Angelo Badalamenti

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan

Michael Ontkean

Mädchen Amick

Richard Beymer

Lara Flynn Boyle

Running Time: 94 minutes

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ZWEI LEBEN/TO LIV

Two Lives

GERMANY/NORWAY 2012

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 9:30 PM

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SATURDAY JUNE 8 1:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

SUNDAY JUNE 9 1:00 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

It’s Europe in 1990. The Berlin Wall has just crumbled. Katrine is a Norwegian “war child,” raised in East Germany, who has been living in Norway for the past 20 years. She enjoys a happy life with her mother, her husband, daughter, and granddaughter. When a lawyer asks Katrine and her mother to testify in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealment and secrets is revealed, including truths that shake the family to its core. This tense drama addresses an important but taboo topic in Norwegian history: the way Norwegian women who had relationships with German occupation soldiers were treated by their country after World War II, and what happened to them under the Stasi regime in the former East Germany. The film features a rare performance by the legendary Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann.

Director:

Georg Maas

Producers:

Dieter Zeppenfeld

Rudi Teichmann

Axel Helgeland

Screenwriters: Georg Maas

Christoph Tolle

Stale Stein Berg

Judith Kaufman

Cinematographer: Judith Kaufmann

Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich

Music:

Christoph M. Kaiser

Julian Maas

Cast:

Juliane Köhler

Liv Ullmann

Ken Duken

Rainer Bock

Running Time:

97 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in German and Norwegian, with English subtitles

International Sales:

Beta Cinema

Print Source:

Beta Cinema

Selected Filmography:

The Buddah Walla (2010)

The Real World of Peter

Gabriel (2009)

New Found Land (2003)

Pathfinder (1998)

Escaped (1995)

Ametnot (1991)

Two Mothers

AUSTRALIA/FRANCE 2013

FRIDAY MAY 17 9:30 PM

SATURDAY MAY 18 3:00 PM

Lil (Naomi Watts) and Roz (Robin Wright) have been best friends since childhood. In middle age, they find themselves still close, now single (Lil a divorcée, Roz a widower), with adult sons, Tom and Ian, who are also friends. With summer upon them, the group spends their days sunning on the beach and swimming in the sea. One night after a dinner at which everyone has had a bit too much to drink, Tom makes a pass at Lil. When Ian discovers their secret shortly afterward, he follows suit with Roz. But what begins as a Chardonnay-fueled misstep soon takes on a life of its own, with repercussions that prove hard to predict or contain. Director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) handles her material with intelligence and empathy, avoiding easy answers to the complicated questions sometimes raised by the human heart. Based on a novella by British Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing.

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Director: Anne Fontaine

Producers: Dominique Besnehard

Philippe Carcassonne

Michel Feller

Francis Boespflug

Andrew Mason

Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton

Cinematographer: Christophe Beaucarne

Editor: Luc Barnier

Music: Christopher Gordon

Cast:

Naomi Watts

Robin Wright

Xavier Samuel

James Frechevile

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: CAA

Print Source:

Exclusive Releasing

Selected Filmography: My Worst Nightmare (2011)

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

The Girl from Monaco (2008)

Nouvelle chance (2006)

Entre ses mains (2005)

Nathalie... (2003)

How I Killed My Father (2001)

Two Weddings and a Funeral

SOUTH KOREA 2012

MONDAY MAY 27 1:00 PM

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WEDNESDAY MAY 29 9:30 PM HARVARD EXIT

Min-soo (Kim Dong-yun) is a well-respected obstetrician who has figured out a way to conceal his homosexuality by marrying a lesbian colleague named Hyo-jin (Ryoo Hyoun-kyoun). With the marriage in place, everything seems figured out for the conspiring duo. If it isn’t enough that coworkers at the hospital seem fooled by the charade, the marriage registration will finally make it possible for Hyo-jin and her lover, Seo-young (Jung Ae-youn) to adopt a child. Min-soo faces some adjustment as he clumsily reconstructs his apartment to fool his parents, but the real challenge comes when Min-soo finds love and discovers the difficulty in sweeping two secret lovers under the rug of holy matrimony. Buckling under societal pressure to be someone else, Min-soo’s relationships with his wife and lover come to a crossroads. He must now face himself and navigate what is best for his livelihood and the community he keeps secret. Featuring a vibrant gang of similarly gay-identifying characters who counsel and critique Min-soo through his decisions, this jaunty romantic comedy is sure to entertain and offer a touching look on what it means to face one’s self and one’s culture.

Director: Kimjho Gwan-soo

Producers: Lee Sun-mi

Lee Ji-yeon

Kim Jing-young Park Hyun-ta

Screenwriters: Park Hae-young Kim Yoon-sin

Cinematographer: Kim Myeong-joon

Editor: Kwon Hyo-lim

Music: Kim Dong-uk

Cast: Kim Dong-yun

Ryoo Hyoun-kyoun

Song Yong-jin

Jung Ae-youn

Running Time: 108 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Korean, with English subtitles

International Sales: M-Line Distribution

Print Source: M-Line Distribution

Selected Filmography: Be With Me (2009)

Una Noche

CUBA/UNITED KINGDOM/USA 2012

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 7:00 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

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A young Cuban, Elio, pulls back from his close relationship with his twin sister Lila when he befriends Raul, a sexy, volatile co-worker. Raul dreams of emigrating to Miami, but his dream becomes a desperate get-away plan when he gets in trouble with the law. With Elio’s help, Raul scrounges up the equipment and supplies necessary to sail from Cuba to the USA. In an unexpected twist, Lila impulsively joins them, and the trio begins a harrowing 90-mile voyage by boat. First-time director Lucy Mulloy boldly explores a side of Havana never before seen on film. She displays an impressive visual flair and a grasp of the complexities and contradictions in the hearts and minds of today’s young Cubans. A section of the film is shot on water, which is as emotionally intense as it is technically impressive. With the Havana sun scorching and the ocean waves lapping, Una Noche is sensory, youthful, vibrant, and tense, and builds over the course of a single day to a shocking climax.

Awards:

Tribeca Film Institute 2012 (Best Actor, Cinematography, Creative Promise Emerging Narrative Award)

Stockholm International Film Festival 2012 (Telia Award)

Athens International Film Festival 2012 (Best Script)

Deauville American Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Prize)

Brasilian International Film Festival 2012 (Best Script)

Oaxaca International Film Festival 2012 (Best Actor)

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2012 (Best Foreign Film)

International Film Festival of India 2012 (Special Jury Prize)

Director: Lucy Mulloy

Producers:

Lucy Mulloy

Daniel Michael Mulloy

Maite Artieda

Sandy Perez Aguila

Yunior Santiago

Screenwriter: Lucy Mulloy

Cinematographers: Trevor Forrest

Shlomo Godder

Editor: Cindy Lee

Cast: Dariel Arrechaga

Anailín de la Rua de la Torre

Javier Nuñez

Naomi Faye Battrick

Jonny Burt

Running Time: 90 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Sister Films

Print Source: Sundance Selects

Film Website: unanochefilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Unfinished Song

THURSDAY MAY 30 7:00 PM

SATURDAY JUNE 1 12:30 PM

Two heavy-hitting stars of the English old guard, Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave, come together in this hilarious but poignant film. Grumpy, hard to please Arthur (Stamp) becomes even more difficult to deal with after his wife, Marion (Redgrave), is diagnosed as terminally ill. Marion, however, is determined to continue singing with the local seniors’ choir, despite her declining health and her husband’s wishes. Of course, it’s the choir and the prospect of a solo in a forthcoming competition that keep Marion going in the face of illness and disease. As Marion’s health worsens, Arthur is eventually forced to take her place in the choir—and he is surprised to discover that the choir and the music are the forces keeping him afloat in the midst of his wife’s decline. Perhaps borrowing a trick from the popular documentary Young at Heart, the film is energized with scenes of old people tearing into the B-52s and Salt-n-Pepa’s “Let’s Talk About Sex,” a cheeky choice by their cheery musical director (Gemma Arterton). A film for all ages, Unfinished Song glows from the performances by Stamp and Redgrave, and hums with the restorative power of community music making.

Awards: British Independent Film Award 2012 (Nominated for Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress)

Director:

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Paul Andrew Williams

Producers:

Ken Marshall

Philip Moross

Screenwriter:

Paul Andrew Williams

Cinematographer:

Carlos Catalan

Editor:

Dan Farrell

Music:

Laura Rossi

Cast:

Terence Stamp

Vanessa Redgrave

Gemma Arterton

Christopher Eccleston

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: eOne Entertainment

Print Source: Weinstein Company

Selected Filmography: Cherry Tree Lane (2010)

The Cottage (2008) London to Brighton (2006)

Unhung Hero

USA 2013

TUESDAY JUNE 4 6:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 4:00 PM

Patrick Moote is a man who prefers to acknowledge his shortcomings head on. After enduring one of the most cringe-inducing marriage proposal rejections imaginable (UCLA’s live Jumbotron screen, a crowd of sports spectators, a viral YouTube video, and the word “no” all feature prominently), Moote finds out something even worse than public humiliation. His now-ex-girlfriend tells him the reason for her refusal is the inadequate girth of his manhood. Rather than wilting, Moote surges forward on a global quest to find out the root of one of the deepest insecurities of all males. First-time director Brian Spitz follows Moote as he experiments with increasingly dubious methods to enlarge his member. But as he plunges deeper into the subject, Moote begins talking to former girlfriends, doctors, anthropologists, and sex experts (including Seattle’s own sex-advice columnist Dan Savage) to answer the eternal question asked by all men at some point in their lives: Does size really matter? Moote’s quest leads him to far-flung corners of the world to interview everyone from medicine men in Papua New Guinea to sex museum proprietors in Korea. Along the way, he gains insight about how different cultures view sex and what it really means to be a man. An extremely personal documentary in every sense of the word, Unhung Hero is well-endowed with charm, candor, and humor—although some women may wonder what all the fuss was about in the first place.

Director: Brian Spitz

Producers: Christoph Pellander

Lynn Schmitz

Thomas Brettschneider

In-Ah Lee

Cinematographer: Brennan Maxwell

Editor: Justin Guerrieri

Music: Sarah Schachner

With:

Brian Spitz

Patrick Moote

Jonah Falcon

Dan Savage

Annie Sprinkle

Running Time: 84 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: The Film Sales Company

Print Source: The Film Sales Company

Film Website: unhunghero.launchrock. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Valentine Road

USA 2013

SATURDAY JUNE 1 2:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 6:00 PM

In February 2008, openly gay and transgendered eighth-grade student Lawrence King approached fellow student Brandon McInerney on the playground of an Oxnard, California middle school and asked him to be his Valentine. Two days later, King was shot twice at point-blank range and killed by McInerney with a handgun he’d brought to school. Lost within a swirl of higher-profile school shootings in recent years with higher death tolls, the tragic 2008 incident barely registered nationally, but it became a small media frenzy in the Oxnard area, with reports swirling about McInerney’s alleged involvement with neo-Nazi hate groups. As director Marta Cunningham investigated what seemed to be an open-and-shut case of bigotry and homophobia, she began to see nuances in the stories of the victim and the shooter, both of whom were physically abused and came from broken homes. With interviews of all parties involved, including some members of the jury in McInerney’s trial who attempted to justify the actions of the troubled 14-year-old, Valentine Road tells this heartbreaking story from the perspective of the murdered boy and his killer, who could both be considered victims of a legal system ill-equipped to mete out justice in the case or to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

Director: Marta Cunningham

Producers: Sasha Alpert

Eddie Schmidt

Marta Cunningham

Cinematographer: Arlene Nelson

Editors: Tchavdar Georgiev

Yana Gorskaya

Music:

Dave Stone

Justin Gage

Running Time: 88 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: The Film Collaborative

Film Website: valentineroad documentary.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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V/H/S/2

USA/INDONESIA 2012

SATURDAY MAY 18 MIDNIGHT

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TUESDAY MAY 21 9:30 PM PACIFIC PLACE CINEMAS

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static— white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil. From the demented minds that brought you last year’s V/H/S comes V/H/S/2, an all-new anthology of dread, madness, and gore that ventures even further down the demented path blazed by its predecessor: A prosthetic eye bestows horrifying visions upon its recipient; a bike messenger joins the voracious ranks of the undead; an Indonesian cult leader promises his followers a taste of immortality; and a weekend prank war between siblings is interrupted by outer-worldly visitors. Reinventing modern horror and shrewdly subverting audience expectations about viral videos in ways that are just as satisfying as they are sadistic, V/H/S/2 is that rarest of all video nasties—a second generation with no loss of quality.

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The Wall

AUSTRIA/GERMANY 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 6:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 12:45 PM

Directors:

Gareth Evans

Simon Barrett

Jason Eisener

Eduardo Sanchez

Gregg Hale

Timo Tjahjanto

Adam Wingard

Producers: Gary Binkow

Brad Miska

Roxanne Benjamin

Zak Zeman

Jamie Nash

Adam Wingard

Simon Barrett

Tom Owen

Screenwriters: Simon Barrett

Jamie Nash

Timo Tjahjanto

Gareth Evans

John Davies

Jason Eisener

Cinematographers:

Tarin Anderson

Stephen Scott

Seamus Tierney

Jeff Wheaton

Abdul Dermawan Habir

Editors:

Adam Wingard

Eduardo Sanchez

Bob Rose

Gareth Evans

Jason Eisener

Music:

Steve Moore

Nik Mueller

James Guymon

Fajar Yuskemai

The Death Set

Cast:

Adam Wingard

Lawrence Levine

L.C Holt

Kelsy Abbott

Hannah Hughes

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation

Format:

DCP, in English and Indonesian, with English subtitles

International Sales: Magnolia Pictures

Print Source: Magnolia Pictures

Film Website: magnetreleasing. com/vhs2

Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others) enthralls as the single human left alive in the remote Alps after an apocalyptic event, in this adaptation of Marlen Haushofer’s 1962 dystopian novel. Forcefully blocked not only from city life but humanity itself by an invisible wall, the unnamed woman documents her daily routine, which she shares with a few farm animals, in a journal. Her story is told here in an effective voiceover. The woman’s new life is contemplative and monotonous, although punctuated by moments of high anxiety and spiritual sublimity. Nightmares begin to creep into her psyche as she endures the seasonal changes year after year. Gedeck artfully carries the full weight of the minimalist source material and Julian Pölsler’s equally challenging film. Snow-dusted mountains melt into shimmering springtime, as the woman is seen basking against tree trunks or in lush meadows. Insects flutter around her in rays of sunlight; her dog is always nearby. Cricket calls and birdsong are louder than ever before. The woman’s account of survival is ultimately a story of rediscovering personality and strength among the sometimes harsh essentialities of nature.

Awards:

Berlin Film Festival 2012 (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)

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Director: Julian Roman Pölsler

Producers: Antonin Svoboda

Martin Gschlacht

Bruno Wagner

Rainer Kölmel

Wasiliki Bleser

Screenwriter: Julian Roman Pölsler

Cinematographers: Markus Fraunholz

Martin Gschlacht

Bernhard Keller

Helmut Pirnat

Hans Selikovsky

Richi Wagner

Editors: Thomas Kohler

Bettina Mazakarini

Cast: Martina Gedeck

Ulrike Beimpold

Karlheinz Hackl

Wolfgang M. Bauer

Julia Gschnitzer

Hans-Michael Rehberg

Running Time: 108 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English and German, with English

subtitles

International Sales: The Match Factory

Print Source: Music Box Films

Film Website: musicboxfilms.com/ the-wall-movies-11.php

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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Watchtower

TURKEY/GERMANY/FRANCE 2012

TUESDAY MAY 28 8:30 PM

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SATURDAY JUNE 1 11:30 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

High in the remote mountains of Turkey, Nihat has found himself a job as a lookout in a watchtower, scanning the forests for fire. In retreat from his former life, which has been curtailed by tragedy, he seems to take some comfort in solitude. One day, while venturing into town for supplies, he crosses paths with Seher, who, secretly pregnant, is trying to make an escape of her own. But when, after giving birth, Seher leaves the newborn baby by the side of the road, Nihat intervenes, and their deeply personal struggles become inextricably linked by the past as much as the present. A powerful portrait of the tragedies that befall us and the struggles of conscience that sometimes ensue, as well as the possibilities for redemption that we can offer one another. With her third feature, Pelin Esmer establishes herself as a leading light of new Turkish cinema.

Awards:

Director: Pelin Esmer

Producers: Tolga Esmer

Nida Karabol Akdeniz

Pelin Esmer

Screenwriter: Pelin Esmer

Cinematographer: Ozgur Eken

Editors: Ayhan Ergursel

Pelin Esmer

Cast: Olgun Simsek

Nilay Erdonmez

Running Time: 100 minutes

Presentation Format: BluRay, in Turkish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Visit Films

Print Source: Film Movement

Film Website: watchtowerfilm.com

Selected Filmography: 10 to 11 (2009)

The Play (2005)

The Way, Way Back USA 2013

SATURDAY MAY 25 6:30 PM

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Bad enough that his parents have divorced; but now 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) must spend the summer at the beach house of his mother’s new boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell). While Pam (Toni Collette), anxiously inclined to settle for what she can get, has apparently decided to overlook Trent’s wandering eye, her son isn’t willing to forgive either his peccadilloes or his condescending meddling. What looks to be a season of glum turns around when Duncan, desperate to get away from his increasingly dysfunctional family, takes a job at the Water Wizz water park, and comes under the protective wing of its manager Owen (Sam Rockwell), who guides the young boy through troubled times with every ounce of effort his good-humored slackerdom will allow. The co-directorial debut for the Oscar®-winning screenwriters of The Descendants, The Way, Way Back expertly balances its uproarious moments with tender observations of loss and pain. Faxon and Rash have mustered a sterling cast of scene-stealers (including Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, and themselves, appearing as eccentric co-workers of Rockwell’s) against whom newcomer James more than holds his own.

Directors:

Nat Faxon

Jim Rash

Producers: Kevin J. Walsh

Tom Rice

Screenwriters: Nat Faxon

Jim Rash

Cinematographer: John Bailey

Editor: Tatiana S. Riegel

Music: Rob Simonsen

Cast: Steve Carell

Toni Collette

Allison Janney

Sam Rockwell

Maya Rudolph

Liam James

Running Time: 103 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP

Print Source: Fox Searchlight

Film Website: facebook.com/

TheWayWayBack

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

Fribourg International Film Festival 2013 (Ecumenical Jury Award, Don Quixote Award)

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

USA 2013

FRIDAY MAY 17 6:00 PM

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SATURDAY MAY 18 11:00 AM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Julian Assange started as a computer hacker under the pseudonym Mendax, derived from a phrase meaning “nobly untruthful,” before founding a website (some say a movement) that prompted a profound shift in freedom of information and accountability: WikiLeaks. Marshaling anonymous contributors, the site revealed massive corporate cover-ups and government corruption, and gained international attention with a video clip titled “Collateral Murder,” which revealed U.S. helicopter pilots in Baghdad gunning down unarmed civilians. The video’s source was eventually revealed to be US Army Private Bradley Manning, who over time perpetuated the largest leak of classified military documents in the digital era. Manning’s story paints a fascinating and complex picture of a troubled soul who is thrust into a military culture of isolation, misunderstanding, and abuse. Meanwhile, Assange’s noble persona begins to fall apart as personal attacks and allegations of sexual assault make him even more secretive than those he labored to expose. With exhaustive research, insightful graphics, and probing interviews with key players, Oscar®-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) digs deep into the story of WikiLeaks, and finds that there are some secrets that may never be revealed.

Director:

Alex Gibney

Producers: Alex Gibney

Marc Shmuger

Alexis Bloom

Cinematographer: Maryse Alberti

Editor:

Andy Grieve

Music:

Will Bates

Running Time: 130 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source:

Focus World

Film Website: facebook.com/ WeStealSecrets

Selected Filmography: Magic Bus (2011)

Freakonomics (2010)

Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)

Gonzo: the Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)

Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

What Maisie Knew

USA 2012

SUNDAY MAY 19 6:30 PM

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A modern New York City story loosely based on Henry James’s 1897 novel, What Maisie Knew. Precocious six-year-old Maisie (the remarkable Onata Aprile) develops an understanding of emotional warfare watching her self-absorbed parents (played by Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan) use her as ammunition against each other during their divorce and subsequent remarriages. Her mother is an aging rock star, and her father, a narcissistic art dealer. Their childish and insensitive battles inflict invisible trauma on the person that most needs their love and protection. Moore and Coogan are expectedly solid in their roles—though it’s Aprile in her role as Maisie who gives the standout performance; all the more noteworthy given that she’s in nearly every scene. Dad subsequently marries the nanny, Margo (Joanna Vanderham), mom marries a handsome bartender named Lincoln (Alexander Skarsgård), and the new relationships underscore the damage done to a child at the center of custody battle. The directorial team of Scott McGehee and David Siegel combined with a script from Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne with the benefit of honest, compelling performances make for a heartbreaking film about a broken family and the emotional lives of children.

Directors: Scott McGehee

David Siegel

Producers:

Daniela Taplin Lundberg

Daniel Crown

William Teitler

Charles Weinstock

Screenwriter: Carroll Cartwright

Nancy Doyne

Cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens

Editor: Madeleine Gavin

Music: Nick Urata

Cast:

Onata Aprile

Julianne Moore

Steve Coogan

Alexander Skarsgård

Joanna Vanderham

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales: Fortissimo Films

Print Source: Millenium Entertainment

Film Website: whatmaisieknew.com

Selected Filmography: Uncertainty (2008)

Bee Season (2005)

The Deep End (2001) Suture (1993)

When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep

TAIWAN 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 6:00 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 6:00 PM

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Tung (Taiwanese heartthrob Kai Ko) awakens one morning to find that his girlfriend has abandoned him, leaving only a single note stuck onto his forehead. Reeling from this turn of events, Tung accepts a job at a copy shop, printing examination materials for the nearby cram school. His existence seems humdrum, bound to remain static for the rest of his life, until he finds a precious drawing of a sheep on one of the returned documents. This is the work of student and illustrator

Yang (Man-Shu Chien), a deeply philosophical, tomboyish eccentric biding her time until she can find a comfortable career. Despite still harboring feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Tung impulsively draws a wolf onto the exam and returns it to her. Coming together in their time of need, the two manage to find common ground despite their ideological differences and the weight of their combined pasts in this cheerful, romantic crowd-pleaser.

Director: Chi-jan Hou

Producer: Aileen Li

Liu Wei-jan

Screenwriter: Hou Chi-Jan

Editor: Chiang Yi-ning

Music: Owen Wang

Cast: Kai Ko

Man-Shu Chien

Tasi Chen-nan

Kuo Shu-yau

Lin Ching-tai

Running Time: 110 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Mandarin, with English subtitles

Print Source:

Atom Cinema

Selected Filmography: One Day (2010)

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When I Saw You

PALESTINE/JORDAN/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2012

SUNDAY JUNE 2 3:00 PM

TUESDAY JUNE 4 9:30 PM

Set in the summer of 1967,  When I Saw You begins when Israeli forces seize control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. Thousands of Palestinians pour into Jordan, and some families are separated by the chaos of war. Among them are 11-yearold Tarek and his mother, Ghaydaa, who wind up in the Harir refugee camp. Unable to adjust to life in the camp, Tarek, an independent and intrepid child, sets out in search of his missing father. On his way, he discovers a clandestine site in the Dibeen Forest, where volunteers from the refugee camps receive military training in order to become freedom fighters and liberate their lands. Adopted as a pint-sized comrade-in-arms, Tarek finds a new sense of belonging in a community bound together by longing, hope, and determination. Written and directed by Annemarie Jacir, Palestine’s first female director.

Awards:

Official Oscar Submission 2012 (Foreign Language Film)

Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 (Best Director)

Cannes Film Festival 2012 (FIPRESCI Prize) Berlin Film Festival 2013 (Netpac Award)

Director: Annemarie Jacir

Producer: Ossama Bawardi

Screenwriter: Annemarie Jacir

Cinematographer: Helene Louvart

Editors: Annemarie Jacir

Panos Voutsaras

Music: Kamran Rastegar

Cast: Mahmoud Asfa

Ruba Blal

Saleh Bakri

Ali Elayan

Firas Taybeh

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Arabic, with English subtitles

International Sales: The Match Factory

Print Source: The Match Factory Film Website: whenisawyou.com

Selected Filmography: Salt of This Sea (2008)

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The Wind

USA 1928

FRIDAY JUNE 7 7:00 PM

FRIDAY JUNE 7 9:30 PM

One of the last and greatest of the silent films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Wind is an epic, poetic melodrama about man battling nature, starring Lillian Gish as a Southern belle trying to adapt to the harsh world of the Texas prairie. Innocent and naive Letty Mason (Gish) moves from her Virginia home to the west Texas town of Sweet Water to live on the hardscrabble ranch of her cousin Beverly (Edward Earle) and his jealous wife Cora (Dorothy Cumming). Realizing that she will be considered a threat to Cora unless she is married, Letty reluctantly agrees to wed Lige Hightower (Lars Hanson) from a nearby ranch. Despite her betrothed status, she is still pursued by an aggressive suitor, Wirt Roddy (Montagu Love), which leads to tragic consequences. Throughout the film, director Victor Sjöström, considered the father of Swedish filmmaking, turns the relentless prairie wind into a supernatural force, driving Letty toward madness and exposing the malevolence behind each character’s actions. Shooting some scenes on location in the Mojave Desert, Sjöström and Gish worked closely on this 1928 adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dorothy Scarborough. With dreamlike, psychological imagery and groundbreaking naturalistic performances, The Wind represents Gish and Sjöström at the pinnacle of their storied careers, just before the arrival of talking pictures. Live score composed and performed by The Maldives.

Wish You Were Here

AUSTRALIA 2012

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TRIPLE DOOR

Director: Victor Sjöström

Producers: Kevin Brownlow

David Gill

Screenwriters: Frances Marion

Dorothy Scarborough

Cinematographer: John Arnold

Editor: Conrad A. Nervig

Cast: Lillian Gish

Lars Hanson

Montagu Love

Edward Earle

Dorothy Cumming

Running Time: 95 minutes

Presentation Format: DVD

Print Source: MGM

Selected Filmography:

Under the Red Robe (1937)

The Masks of the Devil (1928)

The Scarlet Letter (1926)

The Phantom Carriage (1921)

You and I (1918)

FRIDAY JUNE 7 9:30 PM

EGYPTIAN SUNDAY JUNE 9 3:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

A vacation on the tropical beaches of South East Asia leads to a psychologically complex mystery when one of a group of friends goes missing in this gripping thriller from acclaimed Australian actor Kieran Darcy-Smith (Animal Kingdom). Dave (Joel Edgerton, Zero Dark Thirty) and his wife Alice (Felicity Price) are accompanying her younger sister (Teresa Palmer) on a spontaneous trip to Cambodia. Organized by her new beau Jeremy (Antony Starr), about whom they know very little save that he is in the “import business”, the vacation begins serenely. Then a night of wild dancing and drinking under the full moon inspires them to share a handful of ecstasy pills...and Jeremy disappears. Back home in Sydney, the truth of that evening is obscured, and Dave is peculiarly evasive with an inquiring police detective, causing trust to disintegrate and relationships to fracture. With a style that shifts between dream-like and naturalistic, Darcy-Smith reveals the events leading to the disappearance through non-linear fragments of memory, building an unsettling intimacy. As moments of sun-drenched pleasure play out alongside horrifying truths, their dream vacation becomes a waking nightmare.

Awards: Australian Cinematographers Society 2012 (NSW and ACT Gold Award) Australian Film Institute 2013 (Best Screenplay, Supporting Actor)

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith

Producer: Angie Fielder

Screenwriters: Felicity Price

Kieran Darcy-Smith

Cinematographer: Jules O’Loughlin

Editor: Jason Ballantine

Music: Tim Rogers

Cast: Joel Edgerton

Teresa Palmer

Felicity Price

Antony Starr

Nicholas Cassim

Running Time: 89 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

International Sales:

LevelK

Print Source: eOne US

Film Website: wishyouwereherethefilm. com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

OOKAMI KODOMO NO AME TO YUKI

Wolf Children

JAPAN 2012

SATURDAY JUNE 1 11:00 AM

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MONDAY JUNE 3 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

Mamoru Hosoda exhibits his mastery of understated drama and the subtleties of emotion in this beautifully animated film. Hana’s decisions while raising her part-wolf children won’t leave you shocked, but they will leave you aching with sweet melancholia at her selfless decisions. Hosoda’s meticulous animation is a lovely change from television anime, and he uses the medium to bring the supernatural elements of the story to life in a way that wouldn’t be possible with a liveaction film. Most importantly, however, is the extraordinary (and extraordinarily well written) character Hana, who navigates the burdens of motherhood with fragile grace. She sets a shining example of adoring and supporting her two very different children as their secrets set them each down very different paths. Wolf Children received the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, also from Hosoda, did in 2007.

Awards:

Japan Academy Awards 2013 (Best Animation)

Mainichi Film Awards 2013 (Animation Film Award)

Oslo Films From the South Festival 2012 (Best Feature, Audience Award)

Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival, 2012 (Best Animated Feature Film)

ALAM LAYSA LANA

A World Not Ours

LEBANON/UNITED KINGDOM/DENMARK 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 3:00 PM

MONDAY MAY 27 8:30 PM

Director:

Mamoru Hosoda

Producers:

Takuya Ito

Yuichiro Saito

Takashi Watanabe

Screenwriters: Mamoru Hosoda

Satoko Okudera

Cinematographer: Shigeru Nishiyama

Editor:

Shigeru Nishiyama

Music:

Masakatsu Takagi

Voices of: Aoi Miyazaki

Takao Osawa

Huru Kuroki

Running Time: 117 minutes

Presentation Format: 35mm, in Japanese, with English subtitles

International Sales: Nippon Television Network Corp

Print Source: FUNimation Entertainment

Film Website: wolfchildrenmovie.com

Selected Filmography: Summer Wars (2009)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005)

Superflat Monogram (2003)

Director Mahdi Fleifel’s first documentary feature is a uniquely engaging and personal project. Drawing on a family history of videotaping, Fleifel offers an intimate glimpse into the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon—a settlement of less than a square mile that’s home to over 70,000 people and has existed for over 60 years. Dubai-born and Londonbased writer, director, and cinematographer Fleifel spent his formative years in the camp in the 1980s, before his family settled in Denmark. For years he’s been returning and keeping a video diary, and in A World Not Ours he provides a frank yet affectionate portrait of the community. Fleifel’s conversations with the camp residents provide an unfiltered take on Palestinian grievances with Israel, Lebanon, and their own political leaders. Elsewhere he explores how residents use the World Cup series to articulate their own ideas of home, community, victory, and hope. Engaging and accessible, with a quirky, upbeat soundtrack, Fleifel’s personal journey offers a fresh and inviting point of entry to a thorny political history.

Awards:

Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 (Best Documentary, NETPAC Prize, FIPRESCI Prize)

Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (Peace Film Prize)

PRECEDED BY:

The Big House

Yemen/USA 2013, 5 minutes, Director: Musa Syeed World Premiere

When a young boy finds a key to the empty mansion down the street, he lets himself and his imagination run wild in the big house.

Director: Mahdi Fleifel

Producers: Patrick Campbell

Mahdi Fleifel

Screenwriter: Mahdi Fleifel

Cinematographer: Mahdi Fleifel

Editor: Michael Aaglund

Music: Jon Opstad

Cast: Mahdi Fleifel

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Arabic and English, with English subtitles

International Sales: MPM Film

Print Source: MPM Film

Film Website: nakbafilmworks.gb.net/ a-world-not-ours

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

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HARVARD EXIT

Worm

USA 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

FRIDAY MAY 31 9:30 PM

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SATURDAY JUNE 1 12:00 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Andrew Bowser’s Worm is a true original. Shot entirely with a GoPro Hero 2 mounted to a Snorricam and featuring only one seamless edit, Worm uses new technology to tell a timeless story of the lengths we will go to protect our family. Filmed on location in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Worm follows the titular character (played by writer-director Bowser, in a tour-de-force performance), in real time, as he attempts to clear his name and save his daughter from a group of vicious criminals. As Worm comes to understand his role in an ever-expanding conspiracy, his transformation from town laughingstock to local hero takes place before our eyes, offering a rare glimpse into that singular moment when one must choose to stand and fight…or risk having everything they hold dear taken away by powers beyond their control. Worm chooses to fight, and we’re with him every step of the way. Employing an intimate shooting style that places you in the middle of the action, Worm is part neo-noir, part experiment and, ultimately, a satisfying indie thriller that hooks you from the beginning and doesn’t let up until the adrenaline-fueled finale.

Director: Andrew Bowser

Producer: Andrew Bowser

Screenwriter: Andrew Bowser

Cinematographer: Ian Van Woods

Editor: Andrew Bowser

Music: Aaron Marsh

Cast: Andrew Bowser

Drew Pollock

Running Time: 93 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM

Print Source: Highway 7 Productions

Film Website: wormfilm.com

Selected Filmography: Jimmy Tupper vs The Goatman of Bowie (2010)

The Mother of Invention (2009)

Yellow USA 2012

THURSDAY MAY 23 7:00 PM EGYPTIAN

FRIDAY MAY 24 4:30 PM SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

SATURDAY MAY 25 6:00 PM RENTON IKEA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Skittles are yellow, but that’s not what Mary Holmes (Heather Wahlquist) is popping when she begins to have a breakdown. The substitute teacher is plagued by hallucinations and daydreams: her classroom going wild in a torrent of indoor rain as she stands calmly in the center of a chaotic world. She figuratively falls through the palm tree-lined streets of Los Angeles until hitting a scandalous rock bottom. Career in tatters, Mary retreats to her native Oklahoma, where she’s newly confronted with the familial drama that running away couldn’t leave behind. Nick Cassavetes’ newest feature, co-written with Wahlquist, is a left-field jolt of hypercolor surrealism that’s several gradients removed from his tender touchstone The Notebook. With Cassavetes’ vibrant, expressionistic flair, Mary’s mind-melt is portrayed through both her actions and her visions. Wahlquist has earned festival nods for a performance of exquisite collapse, in a film Indiewire’s Eric Kohn writes “suggests Bad Teacher by way of Bob Fosse and Todd Solondz.”

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Producers:

Manu Kumaran

Chris Hanley

Jordan Gertner

Chuck Pacheco

Screenwriters: Nick Cassavetes

Heather Wahlquist

Cinematographer: Jeff Cutter

Editor: Jim Flynn

Music:

Aaron Zigman

Cast:

Heather Wahlquist

Sienna Miller

Gena Rowlands

Ray Liotta

David Morse

Lucy Punch

Max Theoriot

Riley Keough

Daveigh Chase

Melanie Griffith

Running Time: 105 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP

Print Source: Medient Studios, Inc

Film Website: yellowthefilm.com

Selected Filmography: My Sister’s Keeper (2009) Alpha Dog (2006)

The Notebook (2004) John Q (2002) She’s So Lovely (1997) Unhook the Stars (1996)

AYER NO TERMINA NUNCA

Yesterday Never Ends

SPAIN 2013 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SATURDAY JUNE 1 5:30 PM

SUNDAY JUNE 2 12:00 PM

It’s the near future in Spain, but there are no flying cars, nor is there an apocalyptic landscape—at least not yet. As Isabel Coixet’s melancholy film opens in Barcelona, circa 2017, Western Europe is still mired in an economic crisis that has steadily gotten worse. Society itself teeters on the edge of collapse, but Coixet is interested only in showing how the economic calamity affects an estranged middle-aged couple, identified only as “J” and “C.” After spending five years apart, they agree to meet at the grave of their dead son on the outskirts of Barcelona. The cemetery where he rests is about to be demolished and they are coming to say their final goodbyes, to their son and to each other. As they meet, however, they begin discussing how their lives have fractured since their son’s death, with J (Javier Cámara) moving to Cologne, Germany, to find work and start an new family, while C (Candela Peña) staying behind in Spain to join violent protests against the economic policies. As their conversation continues, they reveal more about how their lives spun out of control over the past five years. This visually inventive, haunting look at Spain’s near-future, based loosely on the play GIF, by Lot Vekemans, cleverly reduces the collapse of capitalism to the dissolution of a once-loving marriage in the wake of a tragedy. Yesterday Never Ends is a haunting, character-driven story about coping with loss, grief, and, finally, acceptance.

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Director: Isabel Coixet

Producers: Isabel Coixet

Adolfo Blanco

Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet

Cinematographer: Jordi Azategui

Editor: Jordi Azategui

Music:

Alfonso de Vilallonga

Cast: Javier Cámara

Candela Peña

Running Time: 108 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in Spanish, with English subtitles

International Sales: Gaumont

Print Source: Gaumont

Film Website: acontracorrientefilms.com

Selected Filmography: Listening to the Judge (2011)

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009)

The Secret Life of Words (2005)

My Life Without Me (2003)

Those Who Love (1998)

Things I Never Told You (1996)

Youth

FRANCE 2012

FRIDAY MAY 17 6:30 PM

SUNDAY MAY 19 12:00 PM

Justine Malle’s semi-autobiographical debut feature is a tribute to the French New Wave and to her father Louis, who died in 1995 when she was 20. A very French film, it is pro-intellectual, promovies, pro-love, and pro-youth, with a fondness for shooting on the Paris streets. The protagonist is Juliette, a 20-year-old college student struggling with her philosophy classes, her first love, and her virginity. As she stumbles on her way to adulthood, her father is succumbing to a fatal degenerative disease. At one point she leaves Paris to visit her dad. She turns on the TV and we see her start to cry as the movie’s narrator intones, “Once again memory fills the foreground. Once again, I’m incapable of living in the present, of feeling it, of touching it…” In one sense this is exactly what she’s feeling, unable to fully connect with her father and wanting to go back to how she remembers him. It’s even more powerful when you know that the narrator is Louis Malle himself and the movie is Phantom India, a documentary he made for French television. Then she’s back to Paris, returning to her boy troubles and concerns of her emerging womanhood as her father slips away. Though there may be a death at the center of it, Youth is ultimately about finding something to live for.

Director: Justine Malle

Producers: Justine Malle

Rémi Pradinas

Screenwriters: Justine Malle

Cécile Vargaftig

Cinematographer: Nicolas Pernot

Editor: Olivier Ferrari

Music:

Dakota Suite

Cast: Esther Garrel

Didier Bezace

Emile Bertherat

Lucia Sanchez

Running Time: 75 minutes

Presentation Format: HDCAM, in French, with English subtitles

International Sales: Pyramide International

Print Source: Pyramide International

Film Website: jeunesse-lefilm.com

Selected Filmography: Debut Feature Film

PRECEDED BY:

A Little More

Ireland 2012, 7 minutes, Director: Conor Ferguson

Proud Madame Rousseau embarks on an epic journey to eat cakes with sweet abandon. But life has some bittersweet lessons to teach her.

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TU SERAS MON FILS

You Will Be My Son

FRANCE 2012

WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 7:00 PM

SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

FRIDAY JUNE 7 8:30 PM KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

Blood may be thicker than water, but in Gilles Legrand’s gripping drama You Will Be My Son, fine red wine may be thickest of all. Paul de Marseul (Niels Arestrup) is the owner of a prestigious vineyard in Saint-Émilion, near France’s rich Bordeaux region. His son, Martin (Lorànt Deutsch), works closely with him on the family estate; but Paul, a demanding and passionate winegrower, has serious doubts that his son has the persistence, talent, and creativity to succeed him in the family business. Paul reminds Martin of his opinions via constant subtle jabs and put-downs, although nothing is explicitly stated. However, when Philippe (Nicolas Bridet), the well-educated son of Paul’s steward, arrives at the vineyard, the plot is set in motion as Paul immediately ignores Martin and transfers his attention to the new protégé. In Philippe, Paul sees the ideal son he feels he never had and makes it clear who he would prefer to continue his legacy. Thus begins a tense chess game between the two parents and two sons, while the women in their lives look on helplessly, until an unexpected event changes the families forever.

You Will Be My Son is a full-bodied drama, ripe with Shakespearian undertones of familial intrigue and finishing with strong notes of jealousy, with a hint of betrayal.

Zaytoun

UNITED KINGDOM/ISRAEL/FRANCE 2012

MONDAY MAY 27 8:30 PM PACIFIC

WEDNESDAY MAY 29 4:30 PM PACIFIC

Director: Gilles Legrand

Producers: Frederic Brillion

Gilles Legrand

Screenwriters: Gilles Legrand

Delphine de Vigan

Cinematographer: Yves Angelo

Editor: Andrea Sedlackova

Music:

Armand Amar

Cast: Niels Arestrup

Lorant Deutsch

Patrick Chesnais

Nicolas Bridet

Running Time: 102 minutes

Presentation Format:

DCP, in French, with English subtitles

Print Source: Cohen Media Group

Film Website: universalpictures-film.fr/ film/tu-seras-mon-fils

Selected Filmography:

The Maiden and the Wolves (2008) Malabar Princess (2004)

There’s no place like home, and once left, the desire to return is one of the strongest human instincts. Set in Beirut in 1982, Zaytoun follows an Israeli fighter pilot, Yoni (Stephen Dorff), and a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Fahed (Abdallah El Akal), who abruptly meet when the young boy shoots down Yoni’s plane. Fahed lives in a refugee ghetto in Beirut and has seen those around him brutally murdered by Israeli forces. Yoni represents his oppressors, but he also offers Fahed an opportunity. If Fahed will help him escape and return home to his pregnant wife, Yoni will take him out of Lebanon and back to the Palestinian village where he once lived. Neither trusts the other, but forced to cooperate along their journey, they manage to discover some humanity within the hostility. Part unlikely buddy movie, part wartime thriller, this latest offering from director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride) reaffirms his gift for finding common ground in the midst of conflict.

Director: Eran Riklis

Producers: Gareth Unwin

Fred Ritzenberg

Screenwriter: Nader Rizq

Cinematographer: Dan Laustsen

Editor: Herve Schneid

Music: Cyril Morin

Cast: Stephen Dorff

Abdallah El Akal

Alice Taglioni

Loai Noufi

Ali Suliman

Running Time: 117 minutes

Presentation Format: DCP, in English, Arabic, and Hebrew, with English subtitles

International Sales: Pathe International

Print Source: Strand Releasing

Selected Filmography: Playoff (2011)

The Human Resources Manager (2010)

Lemon Tree (2008)

The Syrian Bride (2004) Vulcan Junction (1999) Zohar (1993)

One a Clear Day You Can See Damascus (1984)

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Finecut Co. Ltd. Sue Kim march33@finecut.co.kr

First Run Features

Paul Marchant paul@firstrunfeatures.com www.firstrunfeatures.com

Fly on the Wall Filipa Domingues filipa@flyonthewall.co.za www.flyonthewall.co.za

Focus World

Kyle Thorpe kyle.thorpe@focusfeatures.com www.focusfeatures.com

Fortissimo Films

Laura Talsma laura@fortissimo.nl www.fortissimofilms.com

Fox Searchlight

Russell Nelson Russell.Nelson@fox.com www.foxsearchlight.com

FUNimation Entertainment

Chiho Mori chiho.mori@Funimation.com

Gaia Indie Films

Eliza Flug info@fureverfilm.com www.stringsofmyheart.com

Gaumont

Caroline Pan assistant_sales@gaumont.fr www.gaumont.fr

GKids

Dave Jesteadt dave@gkids.com www.gkids.com

Global Film Initiative

Jeremy Quist jeremy@globalfilm.org www.globalfilm.org

Global Screen

Gisela Wiltschek gisela.wiltschek@globalscreen.de www.globalscreen.de

Gorky Film

Maria Finogina finogina@gorkyfilm.ru

Hassala Productions

Maatrje Alders info@hassala.org www.hassala.org

Highway 7 Productions

Andrew Bowser andrewbowserdirector@gmail.com

Huayi Brothers

International

Leslie Chen sales@huayimedia.com www.hbpictures.com

Hyrax Films

Cullen Hoback cullenhoback@gmail.com

I U She Productions

Cyndy Villano cyndy.villano@gmail.com

I-90 Films

Kate Bayley lowx@mac.com

Icarus Films

Livia Bloom livia@icarusfilms.com www.icarusfilms.com

IFC Films

Elizabeth Brambilla ebrambilla@ifcfilms.com www.ifcfilms.com

Imagina

Miguel García Sánchez miguel.garcia@imagina.tv www.imaginasales.tv

Indigenous Film

Helen Kuun

Helen@indigenousfilm.co.za www.indigenousfilm.co.za

Inflatable Films

Leah Warshawski leah@inflatablefilm.com

Intramovies

Jef Nuyts j.nuyts@intramovies.com www.intramovies.com

Janus Films

Sarah Finklea finklea@janusfilms.com www.janusfilms.com

Kali Films Ltd

Shaheen Haq Shaheen@kalifilms.com www.kalifilms.com

Karekezi Film Production & Ndolo Films Joel Karekezi imbabazifilm@gmail.com www.ndolofilms.com

Kartemquin Films Rachel Pikelny rachel@kartemquin.com www.kartemquin.com

Kasper Bisgaard kbisgaard@rocketmail.com www.kasperbisgaard.dk

KimStim Ian Stimler ian@kimstim.com

Kino Lorber Jason Leaf jleaf@kinolorber.com www.kinolorber.com

KinoAtis Olga Granovskaya olga-granovskaya@yandex.ru

Kinology Grégoire Graesslin festivals@kinology.eu www.kinology.eu

Knit One Production Julia Eisenman julia@knitoneprod.com

The Klockworx Co., Ltd Kana Koido kanakoido@mac.com

Kona Film Group Martina Zaiek m.zaiek@konafilmgroup.com www.24fol.com

Kurat Pictures PLC Yidnekachew Shumete Desalegn yidshu@yahoo.com

The Last Quest Cassidy Dimon cassidy@thelastquest.org

Latido Films Oscar Alonso oalonso@latidofilms.com www.latidofilms.com

Le Pacte Arnaud Aubelle a.aubelle@le-pacte.com www.le-pacte.com/international

Les Films Du Losange Thomas Petit t.petit@filmsdulosange.fr www.filmsdulosange.fr

Letra M Productions Paco R. Baños pacoletram@yahoo.es

LevelK Freja Johane Nørgaard Sørensen freja@levelk.dk www.levelk.dk

The Little Film Company Robbie Little robbie@thelittlefilmcompany.com

Long Shot Factory Erin Owens erin@longshotfactory.com

m-Appeal

Katja Lenarcic films@m-appeal.com www.m-appeal.com

M-Line Distribution

Dana Kim sales@mline-distribution.com

Mad Northwest Vinny Dom vinny@madnorthwest.com

Magnolia Pictures / Magnet Releasing Martin Wendel booking@magpictures.com www.magpictures.com

The Match Factory

David Bauduin festivals@matchfactory.de www.thematchfactory.de

Media Asia Distribution

Fred Tsui fredtsui.mediaasia@gmail.com

Media Luna

Alessandro Lombardo alessandro@medialuna.biz www.medialuna.biz

Medient Studios, Inc Pankaj Kapoor pankaj@medient.com www.medient.com

Memento Films

Marion Klotz marion@memento-films.com www.memento-films.com

Millennium Entertainment

Vicky Eugia veguia@millenniumentertainment.me www.millenniumentertainment.me

MK2

Benoit Claro beniot.claro@mk2.com www.mk2.com

Monterey Media Inc.

Carly Schmidt cschmidt@montereymedia.com

Moviehouse Entertainment

Mark Vennis markvennis@moviehouseent.com www.moviehouseent.com

Movies For Festivals

Johanna Tonini info.moviesforfestivals@gmail.com www.moviesforfestivals.com

MPI

Emily Woodburne woodburne@gmail.com www.mpimedia.com

MPM Film Adrien Léongue adrien@mpmfilm.com www.mpmfilm.com

Music Box Films

Rebecca Gordon rgordon@musicboxfilms.com www.musicboxfilms.com

Nail Films

Max Andersson info@maxandersson.com

National Film Board of Canada

Lucie Charbonneau l.charbonneau@nfb.ca

Neil Breen films111@aol.com www.Double-Down.biz

New Art Media

Fides Enriquez fides@haranathemovie.com www.wanderlustprojectfilms.com

Nippon Television Network Corp

Tzeling Huang huang-tzl.stf@ntv.co.jp

Norwegian Film Institute Stine Oppegaard stine.oppegaard@nfi.no www.nfi.no

Oscilloscope Laboratories

Dan Berger info@oscilloscope.net www.oscilloscope.net

Paradigm upwards@earthlink.net

Pathé International sales@patheinternational.com

Pictures Dept. Co.Ltd. Yuko Shiomaki yuko.shiomaki@picturesdept.com www.picturesdept.com

Polo de Imagem

Heloisa Jinzenji hej@polodeimagem.com.br

Preferred Content

Zac Bright zac@preferredcontent.net

Kevin Iwashina kevin@preferredcontent.net

Premium Films

Kasia Karwan kasia.karwan@premium-films.com

Pyramide International Ilaria Gomarasca ilaria@pyramidefilms.com www.pyramidefilms.com

Radiant Films International info@radiant-films.com

RADiUS-TWC

Christina Zisa Christina.Zisa@weinsteinco.com www.radiustwc.com

Rai Trade Catia Rossi catia.rossi@raitrade.it www.raitrade.it

Ramonda Films

Pascale Ramonda pascale@pascaleramonda.com www.pascaleramonda.com

Rebar Films

Omar J. Pineda omarpineda@gmail.com

Remote Area Medical Jeff Reichert jeffreichert9@gmail.com

Rezo Lucie Cottet festival@rezofilms.com www.rezofilms.com

Rialto Pictures

Eric DiBernardo eric@rialtopictures.com www.rialtopictures.com

Ro*Co Films info@rocofilms.com www.rocofilms.com

Roadside Attractions

Stephanie Northern stephanien@roadsideattractions.com www.roadsideattractions.com

Roast Beef Productions

Mike Lerner mike@roastbeeftv.com

Rogue Star Films

Ross Garland ross@roguestarfilms.com

RUmedia

Anastasia Shabunina sheba@ru-media.com

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Teresa DiMartino teresa@idpfilm.com www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com

Satellite Pictures

Nitin Kakkar kvicky5@gmail.com

Serenity Entertainment International

Shao-Yi Chen shaoyi.chen@serenity-group.com

Serious Productions

Chris Mason Johnson chrismasonjohn@gmail.com

Shadowed, LLC

Joey Johnson johnsonism@gmail.com

ADVERTISING INDEX

Shochiku Co., Ltd

Chiaki Omori omori@shochiku.co.jp www.shochikufilms.com

Shoreline Entertainment

Tom Davia tom@slefilms.com www.slefilms.com

Shout! Factory Vishal Panchal vpanchal@shoutfactory.com www.shoutfactory.com

Sister Films

Laura D’Asta laura@sisterfilms.co.uk www.sisterfilms.co.uk

SMAC

Jean-François Hautin jf.hautin@smacprod.fr

Sony Pictures Repertory Christopher Lane Christopher_Lane@spe.sony.com

Spark Pictures LLC

Steve Brown brown2020@gmail.com

Stealth Media Group Michael Cowan michael@stealthmediagroup.com www.stealthmediagroup.com

Story AB tobias@story.se www.story.se

Story House Group Karim Chrobog mail@storyhousepro.com www.storyhousepro.com

Stouthearted Films

Rick Moore rickyamoore@gmail.com

Strand Releasing Nathan Faustyn nathan@strandreleasing.com www.strandreleasing.com

StudioCanal

Pascale Hornus pascale.hornus@studiocanal.com www.studiocanal.com

Submarine Entertainment

David Koh dk@submarine.com

Sundance Selects

Elizabeth Brambilla ebrambilla@ifcfilms.com www.sundanceselects.com

Swedish Film Institute

Gunnar Almer gunnar.almer@sfi.se www.swedishfilm.org

Talking Drum

Entertainment info@talkingdrum-entertainment.com www.talkingdrum-entertainment.com

TB Produções

Bruno Safadi tbproducoes@gmail.com

Terra Productions LLC

Judith Lit judith@terrafilms.org www.terraproductions.com

TF1 International www.tf1.fr

TLA Releasing

Lewis Tice lewistice@gmail.com www.tlareleasing.com

Town Hall Films

Sierra Pettengill sierrapettengill@gmail.com

Tribeca Film

Kate Brokaw kbrokaw@tribecafilm.com www.tribecafilm.com

TrustNordisk

Alexandra Emilia Kida alexandra@trustnordisk.com www.trustnordisk.com

uConnect Peta Browne peta@umedia.eu

Variance

Dylan Marchetti dylan@variancefilms.com www.variancefilms.com

Velvet Productions Marilia Angove mangove@ntlworld.com

Visionheir Pictures Matthew Perkins perk715@gmail.com

Visit Films Lita Robinson lr@visitfilms.com www.visitfilms.com

VR Films LLC

Vivienne Roumani vivienneroumani@gmail.com

Weinstein Company

Erin Lowrey Erin.Lowrey@weinsteinco.com www.weinsteinco.com

Well Go USA

Crystal Decker crystal@wellgousa.com www.wellgousa.com

West End Films info@westendfilms.com www.westendfilms.com

Wide Management Mattias Angoulvant festivals@widemanagement.com

Wild Bunch

Elodie Sobczak esobczak@wildbunch.eu www.wildbunch.biz

Women Make Movies Kristen Fitzpatrick kfitzpatrick@wmm.com www.wmm.com

The Works sales.international@ theworksmediagroup.com

World Cinema Foundation Douglas Laible dlaible@worldcinemafoundation.org www.worldcinemafoundation.org

XLrator Media

Mike Radiloff mike.radiloff@xlratormedia.com www.xlratormedia.com

Zeitgeist Films Clemence Tallandier clemence@zeitgeistfilms.com www.zeitgeistfilms.com

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KIRKLAND

105 min.

8:00PM Papadopoulos & Sons*

81 min. 6:00PM The Horde 128 min. 9:00PM Ain’t

3:30PM Go Grandriders

Invader 98 min. 7:00PM Monsters University 97 min. 10:00PM The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology 134 min. 10:00AM Monsters University 97 min. 1:00PM The Moment 90 min. 3:30PM Bitch Hug 97 min. 6:00PM Breathing Earth 93 min. 9:00PM Here Comes the Devil 97 min.

Our Festival Forums set the stage for engaging discussions, extraordinary demonstrations, and hands-on workshops for a variety of ages and experience levels. Don’t miss these great opportunities to deepen your connection to the art of cinema!

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Learn the new entrepreneurial, legal, distribution, and marketing strategies filmmakers in all disciplines need to know to navigate the new landscape of independent film. SPO n SO r: nO r T h W e ST S C reen W r IT er S Gu I l D , W OM en I n F l M

Visit siff.net for expanded information on Forum events. Forum events are free for SIFF Passholders (except Crash Cinema).

Saturday, May 25 Sheroes in Media: From Guerrilla Girls to Women in Film 3:00pm –4:30pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members

How are women, both real and fictional, represented in American culture? How do advocates of media literacy, and makers, subvert these messages or offer alternatives for empowerment through their own work? Join the conversation with activist and groundbreaking artists.

Friday June 7 Getting the Most out of the Media

5:30-7:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 –General Audience, FreeSIFF/SAG/AFTRA Members

Engage with film reviewers about media techniques to capture the attention of reviewers, bloggers, and the next generation of promotion. SPO n SO r: SAG/AFT r A

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Saturday, June 1–Sunday, June 2

SIFF Crash Cinema: Filmmaking Challenge with Filmmaker Mentors

SIFF Film Center $50 –General Audience, $35 –SIFF Members

Saturday June 8 Acting for the Camera with Story Town Studios 10am –2:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$10 –General Audience, $5 –SIFF Members

Acting for the Camera gives students the opportunity to explore acting in all four-camera shots (wide, over-theshoulder, medium and close up).

Saturday June 8 What’s Your Style: High School Filmmakers Scene Workshop 2:00pm–4:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5SIFF/SAG/AFTRA Members

$10 –General Audience

In this workshop, young actors and directors review different filmmaking styles and learn how to ensure that a scene captures a clear and distinctive style. SPO n SO r: SAG/AFT r A

Never made a movie before but have always wanted to?

This is a hands-on movie production challenge, taking beginning participants (teens and up) from preproduction to screening in two days. Local filmmakers will act as mentors for each group to support throughout the process.

Saturday, June 1 SIFF Crash Cinema Part I: PRE-PRODUCTION 10:00am –11:00am: Crash Cinema Introduction 11:00am –1:00pm: Story Development & Screenwriting 1:00pm –2:30pm: Getting to know Final Cut X

Sunday, June 2 SIFF Crash Cinema Part II: PRODUCTION Shooting/Editin g/ Screening 9:00am –12:30pm: Shooting on location at Seattle Center 12:30pm –3:30pm: Editing 3:30pm –4:00pm: Free Public Screening at Film Center Theater

Saturday, June 8 The Explosion of African Cinema 2:30pm –3:30pm (Film Center Theater)

Sunday, June 2 Resources for the Modern Filmmaker 1:00pm –3:00pm, (Film Center Theater)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members Join our attending African filmmakers for an in-depth exploration of the current trends in African filmmaking.

Aspiring filmmakers will explore new platforms in copyright usage and digital archiving with an intellectual property and rights management specialist from Nimia.

Saturday, June 8 State of the Industry with Amy Lillard 4:00pm –5:00pm (Film Center Theater)

Free Presentation

Explore how Washington Filmworks, the production incentive, and the statewide industry are working together to make the most of filmmaking in Washington State.

Saturday, May 18

Panel: Transition from Stage to Screen 2:00pm –4:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF/SAG/AFTRA Members Explore resources and tools for stage actors to thrive on the big screen. SPO n SO r: SAG/AFT r A

Saturday, May 18

Sunday, May 26 The Alchemy of Film Scoring

1:00pm –2:30pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members

Adam Gehrke will present a composer commentary that explores the effects of good and bad scoring. Live demonstrations explore how composers integrate the perfect mood into a film. SPO n SO r: SAG/AFT r A, Se ATT le C OMPOS er S All IA n C e

Saturday, June 1 Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers

9:00am –12:00pm (KCTS Digital Media Lab) Free Workshop for Educators Participants will get an overview of best practices in teaching digital media in the classroom. Clock hours will be available for participating educators. SPO n SO r: A DO be yO u T h V OIC e S , KCTS

Saturday, June 1

SIFF Catalyst Panels 9:00am –5:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 per Panel / $15 for all –Free for SIFF Members

SIFF Catalyst offers a full day of public panels and dynamic, thought-provoking discussions around the dual themes of Co-creation and Community in the new digital space.

9:00: Kickass Kickstarters: Recipes for Success

10:30: Made for the Web: Transmedia in Washington

12:15: The Future of Distribution

1:30: Catalyst Filmmaker Panel 3:00: Keynote: Franklin Leonard: (The Black List) 4:00: Catalyst Happy Hour @ Tin Lizzie

t ue S day, June 4 First Draft 6:30pm –9:30pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members

First Draft centers on a table reading of a script in development with professional actors, followed by audience feedback and a networking reception.

Saturday, June 1 Behind the Curtain of Documentary Filmmaking 3:00pm –5:00pm (VERA Project)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members Join visiting documentary filmmakers for an illuminating discussion on the art form and function of modern documentaries.

New Queer Cinema with B. Ruby Rich 4:00pm –5:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF Members Critic, curator, journalist, and scholar B. Ruby Rich explores the phenomenal expansion of the queer cinema movement with a panel of next generation filmmakers –20 years after first coining the phrase New Queer Cinema in the Village Voice. The influence of such mavericks as John Waters, Lizzie Borden and Derek Jarman along with the second wave of Rose Troche, Todd Haynes, Cheryl Dunye, Gus Van Sant and Gregg Araki amongst others will be explored with filmmakers from the festival.

Sunday, May 19

Inside Stunts: Meet the Men and Women that Pack the Punch into our Movies 1:00pm –3:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$10 –General Audience, $5 –SIFF/SAG/AFTRA Members

Seasoned professionals and filmmakers will engage with audience about industry standards, groundbreaking stunt people, and local resources for budding daredevils.

SPO n SO r: SAG/AFT r A

Sunday, May 19

Get Animated: Animation Workshop for Kids (ages 8-14)

1:00pm –3:00pm (Film Center Classroom)

$15 –General Audience, $10 –SIFF Members

Create your own character and learn how to animate it. Using flipbooks, participants will learn the basics of stopmotion and GET ANIMATED! F ACI l ITATO r: T O ny Wh IT e

Friday, May 24

Short Filmmakers Happy Hour & Panel: Making the Most of Any Festival

4:30pm-6:00pm (Film Center Theater)

$10 –General Audience, $5 SIFF Members

Join us for important tips from fellow filmmakers that will make your experience at any festival an exceptional one. * with special guest speaker Doug Horn. Happy Hour beverages provided. M OD er ATO r: Chr IS hAMM er S ley

Saturday, May 25

Rule the World of Independent Filmmaking –From Indie Distribution to Smart Phone Productions 1:00pm –3:00pm (Film Center Theater)

Friday, May 24 Classroom) Classroom) Classroom) Classroom)

$5 –General Audience, Free –SIFF/Northwest Screenwriter’s Guild/Women in Film Members

Visit siff.net for up-to-date schedule information, guest announcements, extended film descriptions, trailers, and more.

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