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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome Letter from the Executive Director Festival Policies Frequently Asked Questions Acknowledgments Featured Guest Biographies Festival Moderators Biographies Ticket Information & Prices Film Schedule Festival Programmers 2013 Print Source for Publication Decoding Annie Parker - Opening Night Film August: Osage County - Closing Night Film Programming Highlights Films Children’s Animated Shorts Program Children’s Live Action Program Membership Beneﬁts and Form Free Screenings Information Donations

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Supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts which receives support from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Supported in part by a grant from the Scottsdale Cultural Council.

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It’s 2013, our lucky 13th Festival!

My passion for foreign film is one I share with thousands here in metropolitan Phoenix, but our supporters come from all over the state, the nation, and yes indeed, all around the globe. The Scottsdale International Film Festival unites Arizona with the world through the expression of film. Every year, our patrons tell us that “this year was even better than last year!” This time around, we offer special opportunities for children to see world film. I have a stake in wanting to offer children provocative imagery and story lines that they will not encounter with television, games or rentals. Catch them early in the formative years, and they will probably keep coming back as they and the Festival mature together. (Maybe we will also engage their parents in the process!) The quality of the two programs—one with animation and the other with live action— is exceptional. We believe that the children who enter our screening rooms will be entertained, exposed to different cultures, and enjoy learning through the experience.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q. DOES A SINGLE TICKET ENSURE ME A SEAT? A. Provided that you are seated at least five minutes before show time, you will have a seat. However, all seats are on a first-come, first-served basis after the VIPs and return line/multitickets holders are seated. There will be sold out shows, so it’s best to queue up early. Q. HOW EARLY SHOULD I SHOW UP? A. We cannot predict how popular a film will be. It is best to be there 30 minutes to an hour prior to the start time. Q. HOW CAN I OPTIMIZE MY SEATING AND FILM SELECTIONS? A. Festival screenings are a community experience, so be sure to talk with fellow movie lovers in the lines about which films are attracting the largest audiences to help you plan your queuing strategy. Q. IF A MOVIE IS SOLD OUT SHOULD I JUST GIVE UP? A. No. Sometimes ticket holders do not show up and we form a “rush line” for those Festivalgoers who want to get seats that have not been taken five minutes before show time. Rush line seats will always be at the front of the auditorium and, keep in mind, it could be difficult to find seats together.

This year, we will be presenting 55 films from 31 nations to select from! There is a rhyme and reason to the programming. The idea is that each day of programming in each auditorium serves Q. HOW DO I DECIDE WHICH TYPE OF TICKET OR PASS TO PURCHASE? up films at a specific pace, with peaks and valleys and a mix of subjects as well as comedies A. • If you want to be first into the auditorium and not have to preselect physical tickets, then and dramas. When you decide to stay in one room to see multiple films, you will be on the you want to become a Scottsdale Film Forum Member at the Supporting level or above. receiving end of a well-intentioned experience. See page 20 for details on the levels that include the Full-Color VIP pass. Note that several directors will present their films and participate in a Q & A with the audience. Don't forget that the opening, (DECODING ANNIE PARKER) and closing night (AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY) films always pack the house. By the time the Festival closes, attendees will have taken a tour around the world, peeked into the cultures of one or more countries, religions, or ethnicities, and emerged with new insights and knowledge. The Festival has prompted patrons to travel to a place they saw on our screen. This aligns 100 percent in line with our vision, and I anticipate that it will happen again this year. Our festival seeks to offer something for everyone. So “Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!” and let us know how we did this year.

A. • If you want to be first into the auditorium and do not mind preselecting your tickets by

Oct. 3rd at 5:00 pm, then you will buy a Gray & Green VIP pass and then select up to 27 tickets. Each VIP pass holder receives a unique redemption code for making their selections. Only one ticket may be selected per film. Couples will want to coordinate their schedules before making ticket selections.

A. • If you do not require priority seating and want to see up to 27 films at a significant

discount, the Full Festival Discount Package is for you.

A. • If you want to buy 10 tickets to any Festival screenings of your choice, the Build-a-10

Package is for you - and it also gives you a special discount.

A. • If you want to buy five tickets to any Festival screenings of your choice, the Build-a-5

Package is for you - and it too gives you a special discount.

A. • If you want to save money on single tickets, buy them online before October 3rd at 5:00 pm. A. • If you want to wait until the Festival starts, you may purchase tickets at the Harkins Shea 14

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box office at full price.

Q. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP? A. There are multiple membership options. See page 20 for all the details.

FESTIVAL POLICIES ADULTS ONLY ADVISORY

ELECTRONIC DEVICES POLICY

Many of the ﬁlms in the Film Festival are unrated by the M.P.A.A.; therefore, viewer discretion is advised. Further, we suggest you consider that the great majority of the ﬁlms in this Festival are for adults only. Please use your discretion in determining whether your child is mature enough to attend.

Please turn off your cell phone, pager, and other communication devices upon entering the auditorium. The staff will require cell phone users to leave the theatre until they have finished their calls. The staff will also require anyone operating a hand-held device with an illuminated screen to leave until they have finished viewing the screen. Therefore, please do not send or review text messages during the films.

RECORDING DEVICES Audio and video recording devices are prohibited inside the Film Festival theatres. Admission will be denied to any ticket or pass bearer who attempts to enter with a recording device. If a recording device is utilized, it will be forfeited and the operator will be removed from the theatre. Unauthorized recording will be reported to the appropriate authority.

Q. WHEN DO TICKETS GO ON SALE AT THE HARKINS SHEA 14 THEATRE BOX OFFICE? A. Friday, Oct. 4th, at 9:30 AM. Harkins Shea 14 Theatre 7354 East Shea Boulevard Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Q. WHAT CAN I DO TO ENSURE MY COMFORT DURING THE FESTIVAL? A. Since auditorium temperatures fluctuate, bring a sweater. (Your mother would be proud!) Please remember to take time to eat, and wear comfortable shoes for waiting in the queues. Your neighbors in line can share a wealth of good suggestions, so make new friends, and get the buzz on Fest films they may have already seen.

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thanks the following foundations, sponsors and individuals for their generous support

Our Members and Donors make the difference! The Scottsdale International Film Festival depends upon memberships and contributions to remain viable and to grow. A percentage of our costs are covered by ticket sales, but the rest comes from foundations, sponsors, and individuals like you. DONORS:

SCOTTSDALE FILM FORUM MEMBERS:

Caralee Allsworth Anonymous Anonymous Linda Artac Kay Bouma Mary Boyle Nancy Brandl Mary Budzien Earl & Karen Casper P. Michelle Cavalier Vanna Chisamore Diane Ciulla Catherine & Gene Colby Susan Cooper

Carol Corsica Ruth Cox Helen Davis Taki Ernst Ardie Evans Loretta Forrest DeeDee & Rick Friedlander Sandy Fromm Selma Glass Robert Graci Norma Homco James Kearns Maureen King Katheryn Lamm

Betyy Leibsohn Books of Life Fund Sharron Lewis Beth Marsh Kathleen Miller JP & Monique Millon Eve & Dennis Mykytyn Kitty Nagy Gloria Nathan Joy Partridge Fran Reich Brock Rippere Diane Rippere Anne Samyn Diane Sanders

Bruce Scharbach Kathryn & Dave Schwarz Steve & Mary Serlin Jake Shinners Duane Sommers Elizabeth Stewart Ann Till Darren Toohey Herman Van Der Laak Sheila Van Der Laak Mary Walker Drew Wesner Katherine Woods Lois Young

Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Mary & Terry Bohnsack Matching Donation Corn Products International Matching Donation Cavalia Ana Arbel Catherine Bell Cy Carney P. Michelle Cavalier Diane Ciulla Elaine Cohen

Dave Connell Helen Davis Mary Anne Desmond Carol Dobson Elisa Egan Christopher Estes JoAnn Alberts Garvin Selma Glass Joseph Hassell Norma Homco Kathy Hotchner Heather Jameson Mick Jepsen Irma Jurado

Roslyn Klein John Lafko Karen LeDonne Jean Margul Melissa Myers Kitty Nagy Frank Nejdl Ellen & Roger Nusbaum Marion Nusbaum Rodney Ott Fran Reich Robert Reymont Loran Rodewald Bruce Scharbach

Kathryn & David Schwarz Richard & Rosemary Sedowski Barbara Slater Duane Sommers Gandolfa Stegmann John Sullivan David Taylor Pamela Taylor Anne Till Shelley Todd Denise Troy Candace Walters Maria Warner Lois Wienshienk

Jana Wilcke Mary Lee Winer Katherine Woods Josephine Work Eileen Yellin Lois Young

Loretta Forrest DeeDee & Rick Friedlander Selma Glass Robert Graci

Brian Gregory Katherine Hotchner Cindy Johnson Tom & Beth Kenney

Hope & Steve Leibsohn JP & Monique Millon Molina Fine Jewelers Judith Poll

Robert Reymont Julie Rubinstein Anita Ryan Mike Simonyi

Phyllis Stone Pamela Taylor Ann Till Lois Wienshienk

Mary Lee Winer Lois Young

CENTURY ARTS FOUNDATION - $10,000 MATCHING CHALLENGE GRANT

David Appleford Linda Artac Nancy Berg Frances Blechman

Irene Boland Kay Bouma Nancy Brandl Earl & Karen Casper

P. Michelle Cavalier Vanna Chisamore Leon DeHaven Joseph Ettinger

The following sponsors and individuals deserve special mention. They are indispensable to the Festival and their support of the Festival is crucial to its success: SPONSORS AND INDIVIDUALS: Francine Archer – Keenan Bosworth – The Arizona Republic Pig & Pickle GRANT SUPPORT Kelly Aubey – Brooke Christofferson – Arizona Commission on the Arts/ FilmBar The Arizona Republic National Endowment for the Arts Danielle Betterman – J. Compton and N. Wentworth CALA Alliance Harkins Theatres Julie Condie – City of Scottsdale Janet Betts – The Arizona Republic Scottsdale Cultural Council Sherman & Howard LLC FOUNDATION SUPPORT Century Arts Foundation

Tyler Cooper – Harkins Theatres Gene D'Adamo – Republic Charities David Duarte – Deer Valley USD Wendy Sue Early – AJ’s Fine Foods

James Eggimann – The Ritz-Carlton Kelli Fawcett – The Arizona Republic Cliff Fontaine – KJZZ-FM and KBAQ-FM/NPR Fiesta Furnishings Steve Geiogamah – City of Scottsdale

Dan Harkins – Harkins Theatres Ana Bertha Iberri – Consulado General de Mexico Cami Kaiser – The Arizona Republic Tracy Johnson – Gainey Suites Hotel

Krista Levine – AJ’s Fine Foods Mercedes-Benz Nancy Mitchell – KJZZ-FM and KBAQ-FM/NPR Alfredo Molina – Molina Fine Jewelers/ Consulate of the Kingdom of Spain

Tracey Phalen – The Arizona Republic Bob Segelbaum – Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Borg Siburg – Speedpro Imaging of Scottsdale

US Airways Heidi Vega – Deer Valley USD James Williams – The Arizona Republic Michael Williams – Scottsdale Resort & Athletic Club

The following is a list of the people who work on the Festival throughout the year and during the event. The Festival would not exist without the dedication of everyone who pitches in:

Madelaine Adelman – Editor Lori Alderfer – Allied Advertising & Intergrated Marketing Zac Atherton – Allied Advertising & Integrated Marketing

Verity Bendel – Hospitality Coordinator John Burns – Ovationtix.com Scot Claus – Dickinson/Wright – Festival Attorney Dave Connell – Bookkeeping

MARKETING & SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE: Mike Binder Diane Hammond Nick Butler Cindy Johnson Leon DeHaven Doug Mings Lindsay Derr Sally Oscherwitz

Darrell Copp – Scottsdale Community College Liaison/Moderator Tim Cullison – Festival CPA Shanna Erlich – Allied Advertising & Integrated Marketing

Fran Reich Jenni Rusk Lori Rusk Andrea Small

Diane Frank – Editor Alison Frost – Olson Communications Shelley Goto – Bryan Cave LLP – Festival Attorney Bob Hammond – Media Solutions

JJ Jensen – Ticket Sales Administration Tom Kenney – Volunteer Team Leader Ted Kirby – Festival Manager Dunya Kops – Web Designer

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE: Michelle Dew Nicholas Salerno Taki Ernst Michael Simonyi Durrie Parks Michael Tuckman Loran T. Rodewald

Bryan Laurel – SyndicatePR Fred Linch – OSHER Liaison Ryan Mix – Video Production Manager Ellen Nusbaum – Editor

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Claudia Work – President Lori Rusk – Vice President Lindsay Derr – Secretary Ellen Nusbaum – Treasurer

Rodney Ott – Grant Writer Patty Pelfrey – Ofﬁce Assistant Alexandra Perakis – Ovationtix.com Beth Renfro Melissa Rich – SyndicatePR

Kelly Aubey – Director Kolby Granville – Director Rodney Ott – Director Craig Prater – Director

Janet Robinson – Scottsdale Community College/Moderator Laura Rodriguez – Marina Tours and Travel Nicholas Salerno – Editor Kevin Sandler – ASU Intern Coordinator/

Moderator Mike Simonyi – Print Traffic Andrea Small – Office Assistant Sheldon Stanley – Office Assistant

Amy Ettinger – Ex Ofﬁcio

Thanks to the Festival’s incredible Event Volunteers for their spirit of giving. Some names were not available at deadline. (08/21) We thank you ALL just the same: Neena Abraham Carol Alabaster Stephanie Beard Carol Bedner Claire Bickel Claude Bigot Carol Bloom

Deb Blume Christine Blunt Nicole Bozzani Kassee Bulen Marian Cepuran Linda Chicoine Andrew Cornwall

Tim Cullison Kimberly Deaton Leon DeHaven Rebecca Dill Jason DiMinico Daniel Duddy Grace Fillucco

Sarah Fox Selma Glass Bonnie Godfrey John Gordon Adam Henry Tamara Hock Kirsten Ibarra

Miriam Iverson Eileen Kane Tom Kenney Amanda Kittell Ruth Margolin Margaret Martin Ayn Mattei

Nicole McClusky Robin Miner Rosetta Minner Roni Nassberg David Nassberg Greg Novarro Cindy O’Dell

Anne Owens Joyce Ramacciato Dennis Rusk Bruce Scharbach Pam Scott Karen Smith Marge Sparks

Beverly Sutor Shallonda Trim Oscar Vela Ceciley Villegas Tatyana Voytov Sandra Westcott Jo Whittle

Aron Winter Josephine Work Dr. Eileen Yellin Kay Zabransky Mary Zedick Larry Zuiker

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FEATURED GUESTS BIOGRAPHIES directors SÉRGIO ANDRADE – JONATHAS’ FOREST Mr. Andrade is scheduled to present his film and participate in a post-film discussion on Saturday, October 5th at 6:40 PM and again on Sunday, October 6th at 5:30 PM. Sérgio Andrade was born in 1967 in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. He has worked as a producer of many local and international documentaries and short and feature films, both for TV and the film industry. He was Manager of the Amazonas Film Commission for eight years and an Associate Producer of the feature film “A Festa da Menina Morta,” directed by Matheus Nachtergaele, which was awarded the prestigious Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard prize in 2008. Mr. Andrade also began as a director of short films in 2008. In 2010, his first feature film script “A Floresta de Jonathas” (Jonathas’ Forest) was the first project from the North Region of Brazil to win the Brazilian Ministry of Culture Grant Program for Low Budget. His new feature “Time was Endless” will be produced in 2014.

STEVEN BERNSTEIN – DECODING ANNIE PARKER Mr. Bernstein and Ms. Parker are scheduled to present their film and participate in a post-film discussion on Friday, October 4th starting at 7:30 PM. SEBASTIAN DEL AMO – THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL Mr. Del Amo is scheduled to present his film and participate in a post-film discussion on Saturday, October 5th at 3:15 PM and again on Sunday, October 6th at 3:30 PM. Sebastián del Amo was born in Paris, France in 1971 and from an early age attended school in Mexico. He studied filmmaking at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. He has worked as director, writer, and director of photography on numerous short films. THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL is his first feature film.

TERRY GREEN – NO GOD, NO MASTER Mr. Green is scheduled to present his film and participate in a post-film discussion on Monday, October 7th at 12:10 PM and again on Tuesday, October 8th at 4:50 PM. Terry Green is the founder and president of Strata Productions, Inc., a motion picture production company in Chicago. In 2000, he produced and directed “Almost Salinas,” starring John Mahoney, Linda Emond and Academy Award nominees Virginia Madsen and Lindsay Crouse. “Almost Salinas” garnered Best Feature Film honors at the 2001 Stony Brook Film Festival and the 2001 Temecula Valley Film and Music Festival. In 2004, Mr. Green produced and directed “Heavens Fall,” starring Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn, Leelee Sobieski, and Anthony Mackie. “Heavens Fall” premiered at the 2006 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, was the Opening Night Feature Film at the 2006 Stony Brook Film Festival, won the Best Feature Film Award at the 2006 Hollywood Film Festival, and also won the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama. NO GOD, NO MASTER, starring David Strathairn, is Terry’s third feature film as a director. A graduate of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa and DePaul/ Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, Terry began his career in the Chicago theatre scene during the 1980’s, where he worked for several years as an actor and director before becoming a filmmaker. His next feature film is “The Camera,” which is being produced in France.

ANTHONY POWELL – ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE Mr. Powell is scheduled to present his film and participate in a post-film discussion on Monday, October 7th at 4:45 PM and again on Tuesday, October 8th at 5:35 PM. Anthony Powell is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker. He had to design and build many of the camera systems used in this film in order to come up with equipment that would function in the extreme cold of the Antarctic winter. His footage appears in numerous museums, TV shows, films, and magazines, including the New York Natural History Museum, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and most recently was featured in BBC’s Frozen Planet. The Frozen Planet team won an Emmy Award for photography this year. Mr. Powell grew up on a farm just outside Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand and worked for many years as a communications tech for Telecom New Zealand in the rural Taranaki region.

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producer & writer

ANNE PARKER Cancer has stalked Anne Parker since before she was born. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was pregnant with Annie. Now 62, and the subject of a new feature film, DECODING ANNIE PARKER, the three-time cancer survivor is drawing something positive from her ordeal and achieving one of her major life goals, helping women understand that predisposition for breast and ovarian cancer can be hereditary and genetic screening can help save lives. Annie was 13 when cancer finally took her mother. Breast cancer took her cousin next, and then the last surviving member of her immediate family, her beloved sister, Joan. Not surprisingly, Annie had a sense of foreboding throughout her 20’s, a relentless gut feeling she’d be the next victim. Doctors reassured her saying cancer wasn’t hereditary, but at age 29 Annie’s hunch proved accurate and she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Eight years after that, Annie was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer and seven years later, a tumor near her liver. All required surgery and chemo and throughout, she fought to learn everything she could and to survive. As the film DECODING ANNIE PARKER illustrates, during the same 15-year period that Annie was fighting to save her own life, a brilliant geneticist in California, Mary-Claire King, was fighting the medical establishment for funding to prove that there was a genetic link to certain cancers. When Dr. King discovered the BRCA1 and BRCA 2 genes and their link to breast and ovarian cancer, it was recognized as one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. “It’s all very, very humbling,” says Parker. “I had no idea my story would ever be told let alone be a feature film. This will certainly be a tremendous way to get the word out.”

RUSSELL GROVES AND BRADLEY JACKSON – LORD MONTAGU Mr. Groves and Mr. Jackson are scheduled to present their ﬁlm and participate in a post-ﬁlm discussion Friday, October 4th at 4:45 PM and again on Saturday, October 5th at 11:45 AM. RUSSELL WAYNE GROVES,

Producer

Russell Wayne Groves began his film and business career in 2002 while attending the University of Texas at Austin. In July 2010, Groves wrapped production on the comedic feature film Austin High. Most recently, he co-produced a 23-minute short film entitled “The Man Who Never Cried,’” which won the $100,000 grand prize and Audience Choice Award for the Doorpost Film Project.

BRADLEY JACKSON,

Co-Writer

Bradley Jackson has won numerous awards for his short ﬁlms, including “Play Land” (ﬁnalist for the 2009 Doorpost Film Project), “Playing Chicken,” (Audience Award and Best Narrative Short at the SXSW Click Film Festival) and “The Man Who Never Cried” (2010 Doorpost Film Project $100,000 prize and Audience Choice Award).

FESTIVAL MODERATORS SCC Moderator, DARRELL COPP, received his BS in Communication and Performance Arts from Eastern Michigan University and his MA in Communication from ASU. He coordinates the Film Humanities program in the Department of Communication and Performance Arts at Scottsdale Community College.

SCC Moderator, JANET ROBINSON, has been teaching film studies at Scottsdale Community College since 2000. With years of experience in the Los Angeles movie industry, and a Master’s degree in Education, Janet has taught foreign film abroad, ranging from silent film in China to Czech film in Prague, through the Education Abroad Program at SCC.

OSHER Moderator, FRED LINCH, has had a passion for the world of great cinema, since the age of six. At 73, he still has that passion. He recently traded his work on ﬁlm festival juries and ﬁlm festival production to teach in the ASU Lifelong Learning Program for people over 50 at the Tempe Library.

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HOW TO PURCHASE VIP PASSES, PACKAGES & TICKETS... Before The Festival – (Sept. 3rd – Oct. 3rd by no later than 5:00 PM)

During The Festival – (Only from Oct. 4th - Oct. 8th)

Online: www.ScottsdaleFilmFestival.com

Harkins Shea 14 Box Ofﬁce 7354 East Shea Boulevard • Scottsdale 85260

PASS & TICKET POLICIES — please read the instructions below before making any purchase! The VIP pass provides priority position in lines but does require a physical ticket to see any given film and does permit the holder to remain in the auditorium between films. VIP Pass holders must still arrive 30 minutes before their films start, and seating is not guaranteed to anyone once a film has begun. Please note that VIP Passes are also included with memberships starting at the level of Supporting

BOX OFFICE HOURS: Friday: 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM • Sat to Tues: 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM

Member and above and do not require physical tickets. Single ticket and multi-ticket package holders alike will leave the auditorium after each screening/Q&A and join a holding line for their next ﬁlm. This policy is fairer to the VIP Pass holders, who have paid a premium price for the privilege of avoiding lines. Please plan your schedule accordingly.

The Full Festival Discount Package offers those die-hards who want to see as many ﬁlms as possible a way to do so affordably! If your derriere can actually make it through a possible 27 ﬁlms, this package is the one for you! Or, share your tickets with a pal, because you get to decide how to allot them.

VIP PASSES, PACKAGES & TICKET DESCRIPTIONS... VIP Passes – Only available BEFORE the Festival starts, until 5:00 PM, Oct. 4th. NEW FOR 2013 – Full-color VIP Passes, which are included with some memberships, do NOT require physical tickets starting at the level of Supporting Member and above. See page 20 for details. NEW FOR 2013 – Gray & Green VIP Passes purchased without a membership require the buyer to pre-select their

tickets online prior to Oct 4th. Tickets are required to gain entry to all auditoriums. VIP passes provide priority position in lines to see any given film and do permit the holder to remain in the auditorium between films. VIP Pass holders must still arrive 30 minutes before their films start, and seating is not guaranteed to anyone once a film has begun.

In the event of a sellout, no one is guaranteed a seat after the film has started. Each pass holder will receive one complimentary medium popcorn and one medium soda. A limited number of VIP Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Full Festival Discount Package

Build-A-Five Package

Build-A-Ten Package

eGift Cards

See up to 27 ﬁlms! With this package, you must pre-select your tickets at the time of purchase. Please remember, you will be required to leave the auditorium after each screening/Q&A and join a line for your next ﬁlm, so plan your schedule accordingly.

With this package, you must pre-select your tickets at the time of purchase. Please remember, you will be required to leave the auditorium after each screening/Q&A and join a line for your next ﬁlm, so plan your schedule accordingly.

Redeemable Only Before the Festival Starts. Share the gift of the Festival with your friends and MAY NOT BE REDEEMED AT THE BOX OFFICE family without having to determine which tickets they want to purchase. eGift Cards can be emailed and/or DURING THE FESTIVAL (NO EXCEPTIONS). printed out. There are several price points from which to choose, and our eGift Cards don’t expire!

Only available BEFORE the Festival starts, until 5:00 PM, Oct. 3rd.

Only available BEFORE the Festival starts, until 5:00 PM, Oct. 3rd. Five tickets for $45. Save $5.00!

Only available BEFORE the Festival starts, until 5:00 PM, Oct. 3rd. Ten tickets for $90. Save $10!

Only available online BEFORE the FESTIVAL starts until 5:00 PM, Oct.1st.

Pass and Package Prices – Only available before the Festival starts. VIP PASS (Gray & Green)................................................................................$250 FULL FESTIVAL DISCOUNT PACKAGE.......................................$215 BUILD-A-TEN PACKAGE..................................................................................... $90 BUILD-A-FIVE PACKAGE ................................................................................... $45

*Single Ticket Prices:

Shows Starting 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM............................2-for-$10 Only available before the Festival starts (See above) Shows Starting after 12:00 PM ................................................$10 Single Ticket price during the Festival ...........................$12 all shows

PASS, PACKAGE & TICKET INFORMATION...

Pre-Orders: Tickets, passes, and packages ordered by midnight Thursday, Sept 26. 2013 will be mailed. Handling Fee: There is a $5 handling fee added to all orders, including Will Call. (This is a ﬂat per order fee, not per ticket.)

Will Call Tickets: Orders placed after Thursday, Sept. 26 and before 5:00 PM Thursday, Oct. 3 will be waiting for you at Will Call at the Harkins Shea 14 Theatre when you attend your ﬁrst screening. To claim your order, please present a photo ID or the card you used to make the purchase.

Tickets At-The-Door during Festival: Subject to availability, single tickets may be purchased at the Harkins Shea 14 Theatre Box Office starting Friday, Oct. 4 before the first show time. Student discounts are available at-the-door. Students purchasing tickets must show a current student ID. The Harkins Theatre Box Office opens 30 minutes before the first screening of the day and remains open through the start time of the last Festival film of the day. Please note we do not accept Harkins movie passes.

**Student Discount during the Festival........................................$8 (*Excludes opening — **Valid student ID required)

Suggested: To avoid sellouts, plan your Festival schedule ahead of time, and purchase tickets as early as possible. Sold Out? We try to hold back some tickets for sale a few minutes before show time when a screening is sold out, but remember, your best opportunity to buy tickets or passes is before the Festival starts. Accessibility Seating: All Harkins Theatres are ADA compliant.

Refunds and Schedule Changes: All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. In the unlikely event that a film becomes unavailable, the Scottsdale International Film Festival reserves the right to make a substitution. If a performance must be canceled after tickets have been sold, you will be able to exchange your ticket for one of equivalent value through the Festival box office. There are no exceptions to this policy. If there are changes, they will be announced at the Festival.

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SCHEDULE OF FILMS – Timetable of all movies shown at the Scottsdale International Film Festival

SUNDAY October 6

MONDAY October 7

TUESDAY October 8

9:15am Coming Of Age

11:35am Matterhorn

THEATER 3 9:00am Il Futuro THEATER 4

9:20am About 111 Girls

THEATER 6

9:10am Shyamal Uncle...

1:20pm How To Describe...

1:00pm Fanie Fourie’s Lobola

11:00am The Pin 11:15am Student 10:50am Modest Reception

THEATER 1

10:30am Child Animated...

THEATER 3

10:35am Wrinkles

THEATER 1

10:40am Child Live Action

THEATER 14

10:30am Aftermath

3:10pm The Parade

1:35pm Aftermath

3:30pm The Fantastic World ...

1:05pm How To Describe... 12:10pm No God, No Master

2:15pm Simon & The Oaks

12:40pm ¡Atraco!

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S RECOMMENDATIONS

Don’t Miss These Films!

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, THE CONGRESS, DECODING ANNIE PARKER, GO FOR SISTERS, GREAT EXPECTATIONS and LAST VEGAS have been heavily praised by ﬁlm fest audiences and critics around the world. Off the beaten path, the following seven picks are certainly buzz worthy and ﬁlms that I’m glad to have seen: ANTARCTICA: CAIRO 78 THE PIN A YEAR ON ICE LORD MONTAGU WRINKLES THE BROKEN CIRCLE NO GOD, NO MASTER Good Fest! – Amy BREAKDOWN

11 pm

Q&A

9:15pm ¡Atraco!

7:55pm Beijing Flickers

5:50pm A Perfect Life 6:05pm The Jewish Cardinal

8:05pm Southwest

5:40pm Go For Sisters

8:05pm Last Vegas

5:30pm Jonathas’ Forest

6:05pm A Perfect Life 5:50pm The Jewish Cardinal

4:50pm No God, No Master

10 pm

8:30pm We Are What We...

6:40pm Jonathas’ Forest

4:45pm Antarctica: A Year On Ice

3:10pm Coming Of Age

9 pm

7:30pm Decoding Annie Parker

Q&A

8:00pm The Broken Circle 8:15pm Beijing Flickers 7:50pm Southwest

5:35pm Paris Manhattan

2:50pm Key Of Life 2:40pm Fanie Fourie’s Lobola

12:35pm The Pin 12:15pm Sweet Dreams

2:55pm The Parade

8 pm

6:00pm The Congress

3:55pm Paris Manhattan 3:00pm Dream Team 1935

1:15pm Cairo 678

7 pm

4:05pm Dream Team 1935 3:15pm The Fantastic World ...

1:00pm Cairo 678

11:10am Modest Reception

4:00pm A.C.O.D

Q&A 2:05pm Wrinkles

11:45am Lord Montagu

6 pm

4:45pm Lord Montagu

2:45pm Oh Boy

1:35pm The Broken Circle ...

5 pm

Q&A

THEATER 1

11:30am Matterhorn

11:00am Student

9:30am Shyamal Uncle...

12:55pm Sweet Dreams

4 pm

7:25pm Great Expectations 7:15pm Il Futuro

5:35pm Antarctica: A Year On Ice

7:25pm Oh Boy

Q&A

THEATER 6

9:15am About 111 Girls

3 pm

Q&A

THEATER 4

2 pm

Q&A

SATURDAY October 5

9:45am Downtown Express

1 pm

Q&A

10:30am Simon & The Oaks

THEATER 1 9:00am Key Of Life THEATER 3

12 pm

Q&A

THEATER 14

11 am

Q&A Q&A

FRIDAY October 4

10 am

Q&A

9 am

8:00pm August: Osage County

CENTERPIECE FILMS The three CENTERPIECE ﬁlms are advance premieres and are scheduled on Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings in prime time. Please refer to the ﬁlm listings on pages 13-18 for the summaries, and see above for schedule information. They are:

THE CONGRESS GO FOR SISTERS GREAT EXPECTATIONS

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FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS MICHELLE DEW is a Film and Media Studies student at Arizona State University (ASU) who has been involved in several film festivals in Arizona and other states, including the Paradise Valley Community College International Film Festival, the LGBT Desperado Film Festiva, and the Sundance Festival. TAKI ERNST speaks fluent Japanese and possesses a special passion for Asian film.

DURRIE PARKS is an award winning record and film producer, and founder of the Arizona Film Society. LORAN T. RODEWALD, ﬁlm buff extraordinaire, began attending ﬁlm festivals in the early 1990’s. She annually attends the Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Sedona Film Festival in the quest for Scottsdale Film Festival programming. Loran speaks Spanish and some Portuguese.

NICHOLAS SALERNO taught Film History and Victorian Poetry at ASU, where he is now Professor Emeritus. He has published widely, in both scholarly and popular magazines, and has served as film critic for many of the local newspapers and television stations. MICHAEL SIMONYI is a foreign film aficionado who has assisted with the Scottsdale Film Festival’s programming throughout the past nine years.

MICHAEL TUCKMAN is a veteran of the independent film industry, beginning his career at The Cinema Guild, where he created the company’s theatrical distribution division. He now provides theatrical booking services to independent film distributors and also works directly with filmmakers to release their films under their own banners. He has served as a panelist and juror at multiple film festivals and is a frequent participant in film industry panel discussions.

2013 PRINT SOURCE FOR PUBLICATION Anthony Powell antzkiwi@gmail.com PH: 949. 484.9166 ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE CBS Films LAST VEGAS Dominion Productions Brigitte Huff e. brigittejune@gmail.com PH: 310.993.9046 DECODING ANNIE PARKER Downtown Express LLC Chris Wolf David Grubin Productions 125 West 94th Street New York, NY 10025 cwolf@grubin.com PH: 212.866.4000 x7003 DOWNTOWN EXPRESS Drafthouse Films Sumyi Khong Antonson VP, Marketing & Distribution sumyi.antonson@drafthouse. com PH: 310.351.1185 THE CONGRESS eOne Entertainment Dylan Wiley dwiley@entonegroup.com WE ARE WHAT WE ARE

Figa Films Sandro Fiorin, VP 3925 Cazador St. Los Angeles CA 90065 PH: 323.229.9816 PH: 323.258.5241 sandro@figafilms.com JONATHAS’ FOREST Film Arcade Andy Bohn 360 North La Cienega Blvd. Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90048 abohn@thefilmarcade.com A.C.O.D Filmmovement Rebeca Conget VP Acquisitions and Distribution 109 W. 27th Street, Suite 9B New York, NY 10001 PH: 212.941.7744 x213 rebeca@filmmovement.com THE JEWISH CARDINAL THE KEY OF LIFE Rob Fruchtman robfru@gmail.com SWEET DREAMS Geyrhalter Film Barbara Kern kern@geyrhalterfilm.com COMING OF AGE

Gkids Dave Jesteadt PH: 212. 528.0500 dave@gkids.com WRINKLES Global Film Initiative 145 Ninth Street, #105 San Francisco, CA 94103 PH: 415.934.9500 ABOUT 111 GIRLS BEIJING FLICKERS CAIRO 678 THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL MODEST RECEPTION THE PARADE SHYAMAL UNCLE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS SOUTHWEST STUDENT Indigenous Film Production Jana Erasmus jana@indigenousﬁlm.co.za FANIE FOURIE’S LOBOLA KMT Global Films Michelle Taboada Executive Director 1321 Upland Dr. #2069 Houston, TX 77043 michelle@kmtglobalﬁlms. com PH: 347.863.0395 PARIS MANHATTAN A PERFECT LIFE SIMON & THE OAKS

Luke Korem PH: 469.371.1904 luke@lukekorem.com LORD MONTAGU Latido Films Oscar Alonso C/ Veneras 9, 6º - 28013 Madrid - Spain oalonso@latidofilms.com PH: +34 91 548 88 77 ¡ATRACO! Main Street Films Josh Green josh@game7films.com GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE PIN Media Luna Films Ida Martins Aachener Strasse 24 | D-50674 Cologne Germany idamartins@medialuna.biz PH: +49 221 51091891 HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD MATTERHORN Menemsha Entertainment Neil Friedman 213 Rose Avenue - 2nd Floor Venice, CA 90291 neilf@menemshafilms.com PH: (310) 712-3720 AFTERMATH

Music Box Films 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 RGordon@musicboxﬁlms. com PH: (312) 492-9364 OH BOY

Strata Productions, Inc. Terry Green 630 Davis Street, Suite 301 Evanston, Illinois 60201 strata1@sbcglobal.net PH: 847.864.7777 NO GOD, NO MASTER

Northwest Film Forum Elizabeth Shepard 1515 12th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122 liz@nwﬁlmforum.org PH: 206.329.2629 CHILDRENS PROGRAMMING ANIMATION CHILDRENS PROGRAMMING LIVE ACTION

Tribeca Enterprises Ian Tarbert- Marketing Coordinator 375 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10013 itarbert@tribecaenterprises. com PH: 212.941.2422 THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

Perry Street Advisors Daris Delins daris.delins@ perrystreetadvisors.com DREAM TEAM 1935 Strand Releasing Nathan Faustyn 6140 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 nathan@strandreleasing. com PH: 310.836.7500 IL FUTURO

The Weinstein Company Erin Lowery Erin.Lowrey@weinsteinco. com AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Variance Films Dylan 99 Madison Ave, Suite 614 New York, NY 10016 dylan@varianceﬁlms.com PH: 212.537.6769 GO FOR SISTERS

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

DECODING ANNIE PARKER

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

DIRECTOR: Steven Bernstein COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 91 minutes SHOWS: Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 pm

Director Steven Bernstein and Anne Parker will be in attendance to present the ﬁlm and participate in post-ﬁlm Q&A.

DIRECTOR: JOHN WELLS COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 130 MINUTES SHOWS: Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 8:00 pm

In this amazing true story, the lives of cancer-stricken Annie Parker and geneticist Mary-Claire King intertwine, leading to the world-changing discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene. 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. 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 that includes Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, and Maggie Grace, Bernstein’s film pays deserving tribute to one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century, as well as the people forever changed in its wake. PRINCIPAL CAST: Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Bradley Whitford, Maggie Grace, Alice Eve WRITERS: Adam Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, Michael Moss PRODUCERS: Clark Peterson, Johnathan Brownlee, Keith Kjarval, Steven Bernstein, Sahil Chanana, Stuart Ross CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ted Hayash EDITOR: Douglas Crise MUSIC: Steven Bramson

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name made its Broadway debut in December 2007 after premiering at Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theatre earlier that year. It continued with a successful international run and was the winner of ﬁve Tony Awards in 2008, including Best Play. AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is directed by John Wells (THE COMPANY MEN) and features an all-star cast. PRINCIPAL CAST: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Misty Upham WRITER: Tracy Letts PRODUCERS: George Clooney, Jean Doumanian, Grant Heslov, Steve Traxler, Harvey Weinstein CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adriano Goldman EDITOR: Stephen Mirrione MUSIC: Carter Burwell

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PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS… SPOTLIGHT ON ITALY We thought it was time to spotlight a few films from and about Italy, after all, our first Festival in 2001 featured the huge Italian hit BREAD & TULIPS. Feeling somewhat nostalgic, we decided to explore, and here’s what we discovered: the hard scrabble life of present day teenagers; Italians looking for something other than a materialistic existence; and an American production about early Italian immigrants to the USA, featuring the story of Sacco and Vanzetti: IL FUTURO; A PERFECT LIFE; and NO GOD, NO MASTER. SPOTLIGHT ON LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN The Festival regularly presents films from Latin America and Spain as part of its programming. We are proud to be a grant recipient of the CALA Alliance. As part of out CALA programming we are featuring films from Mexico and Brazil. Together, the spotlight includes: ¡ATRACO!; THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL; JONATHAS’ FOREST; SOUTHWEST; and WRINKLES.

SPOTLIGHT ON JEWISH FILMS & JEWISH THEMES The high caliber of Jewish films and international Jewish submissions from which to choose each year is nothing short of bountiful. We are particularly delighted with the variety of themes available in our line-up: AFTERMATH; THE JEWISH CARDINAL; PARIS MANHATTAN; THE PIN; and SIMON & THE OAKS. SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENINGS/ ARIZONA PREMIERES We are privileged to offer nine highly anticipated releases! These films will be screened theatrically later this year (or in 2014), but you can be the first to see: A.C.O.D.; AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY; THE CONGRESS; DECODING ANNIE PARKER; GO FOR SISTERS; GREAT EXPECTATIONS; LAST VEGAS; OH BOY; and WE ARE WHAT WE ARE.

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A.C.O.D. SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING/ARIZONA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Stuart Zicherman COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 87 minutes

AFTERMATH (POKŁOSIE) DIRECTOR: Władysław Pasikowski COUNTRY: Poland YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 104 minutes LANGUAGE: Polish; subtitled in English

¡ATRACO! (HOLD UP!) DIRECTOR: Eduard Cortés COUNTRY: Spain YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 116 minutes LANGUAGE: Spanish; subtitled in English

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN DIRECTOR: Felix van Groeningen COUNTRY: Belgium/Netherlands YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 112 minutes LANGUAGE: Dutch; subtitled in English

Carter has spent much of his life mediating fights between his acrimoniously divorced, ill-behaved mother and father and taking on the role of designated authority figure to his carefree younger brother, Trey. Inspired by Trey’s sudden engagement, Carter resolves to negotiate a truce between his parents, a process that nearly unhinges him. Adding insult to injury, a frantic sprint back to his childhood therapist, Dr. Judith, reveals he was a prime subject in her selfhelp book on the “least-parented, least-nurtured generation” ever. Adam Scott’s increasingly befuddled everyman is flanked by vivacious comic performances from Catherine O’Hara and Amy Poehler, as his stubborn mom and sassy stepmom, respectively. ~ Sundance Film Festival Principal Cast: Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Poehler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clark Duke

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 4:00 pm

PRESENTED BY:

An ordinary village. Ordinary people. A dark secret. Franciszek Kalina (Ireneusz Czop) returns to Poland after many years abroad, alarmed by the news that his younger brother (Maciej Stuhr) has come into conflict with his village neighbors. Upon arriving, he discovers the reason is a dark secret from the past. The brothers, who have been quarrelling for years, try to get to the truth. Their investigation intensifies the conflict in the village, which develops into open aggression. Shedding light on the secret will take its toll on the lives of the brothers and their neighbors. The film was inspired by true events. “To be Polish is to be brave. To be Polish is to be proud of your past, and never to hide from even the darkest pages of history”. ~ Warsaw Film Festival Principal Cast: Maciej Stuhr, Ireneusz Czop, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Danuta Szaflarska

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 1:35 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10:30 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 of the exiled leader, Juan Perón, raise money for his return to Spain by pawning off some articles of his late wife Evita’s jewelry. 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 to prevent Polo from claiming the jewels and showing them off around town. ~ Seattle International Film Festival Principal Cast: Guillermo Francella, Nicolás Cabré, Amaia Salamanca, Óscar Jaenada, Jordi Martínez SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:15 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 12:40 pm

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Punky Elise runs a tattoo shop. Cowboy Didier plays banjo in a bluegrass band. When they meet, it’s love at ﬁrst sight. When they move into a homey old farmhouse, where their daughter Maybelle is born, their happiness is complete. But then a crisis strikes the hopeful new family, and these two very different lovers are forced to ﬁght for their marriage together. Their love and faith are tested as they drift farther away from each other, grasping for moments of connection amid their rousing country concerts. The Broken Circle Breakdown is an epic, crowd-pleasing, tear-jerking, one-of-a-kind musical romance. ~ Tribeca Film Festival Principal Cast: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg, Nils De Caster, Robby Cleiren

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 1:35 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 8:00 pm

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ABOUT 111 GIRLS (Darbare 111 Dokhtar) DIRECTORS: Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zamanpira COUNTRY: Iraq YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 79 minutes LANGUAGES: Farsi/Persian and Kurdish; subtitled in English

A government ofﬁcial, carrying a message from Iran’s president, travels across Iranian Kurdistan with his driver and a young guide on a mission to stop 111 young Kurdish women from committing suicide in protest against conditions that have left them spinsters. Racing against the clock, they travel into territory simmering with resentment at ofﬁcial neglect and the hardship it has sown among a proud people. Against a dramatically colorful physical and human landscape, wistful longing mingles with dreamlike desire and absurdist humor as the three travelers meander helplessly in a land riddled with contradictions. Principal Cast: Reza Behboodi, Mehdi Saki, Amin Sadeghi

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:15 am and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9:20 am

The never-before-seen wonders of a year in Antarctica, from the point of view of the everyday workers, who are there to keep the stations running in the coldest place on the planet. The ﬁlm was made with unparalleled inside access, over 15 years, including 9 winters, isolated from the rest of the world, in 24-hour darkness and mind-numbing cold for months at a time. This is a portrayal of the extremes of the harshest conditions on Earth and of stunning beauty that few people will ever get to see. ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE DIRECTOR: Anthony Powell COUNTRY: Antarctica/New Zealand YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 91 minutes

BEIJING FLICKERS (YOU-ZHONG) DIRECTOR: Zhang Yuan COUNTRY: China YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 96 minutes LANGUAGES: Mandarin; subtitled in English

CAIRO 678 DIRECTOR: Mohamed Diab COUNTRY: Egypt YEAR: 2010 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 100 minutes LANGUAGES: Arabic; subtitled in English

Principal Cast: Anthony Powell, Keri Nelson, David Prutsman, Peter Lund, Tom Hamann, Christine Powell, Casey O’Brien, Andrew Velman, Genevieve Bachman, George Lampman, Michael Christiansen

SHOWS: Monday, Oct. 7 at 4:45 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 5:35 pm Director Anthony Powell will be in attendance to present his ﬁlm and participate in a post-ﬁlm Q&A.

San Bao is a young man left behind by Beijing’s fabulous nouveau riche, having just lost his job, his apartment, and the woman he loves, who’s left him for a wealthier man. Even Happiness, his dog, has run away from him. Lovelorn, self-destructive, and desperately aimless, San Bao nevertheless has moments of euphoria amid his own despair, as he roams the sleek, shifting city with other soulful, cash-poor dreamers and misﬁts. These losers form the vital spirit of Beijing in acclaimed director Zhang Yuan’s gorgeously gritty, angst-ridden portrait of youthful disaffection and perseverance in the teeth of heartbreak, ruthless inequality, and unfeeling ambition. Principal Cast: Duan Bowen, Lv Yulai, Shi Shi, Li Xinyun, Han Wenwen

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7:55 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 8:15 pm

Three Cairene women from different backgrounds join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has impacted each of their lives. We begin at an overcrowded bus line, dreaded by Fayza as the daily site of humiliation and anguish. Responding to a self-defense talk by Seba, whose own assault has driven her marriage asunder, Fayza ﬁghts back—and soon has a police detective searching for her amid public panic. Meanwhile, Nelly, an aspiring comic, faces pressure from family to drop the lawsuit against her attacker. Mohamed Diab’s deftly braided narrative tells a gripping, timely, social tale through a patchwork of interconnected lives and deeds. Principal Cast: Bushra, Nelly Karim, Maged El Kedwany, Nahed El Seba’I, Ahmed El Feshawy

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 1:00 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 1:15 pm

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COMING OF AGE (ANFANG 80) DIRECTORS: Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl COUNTRY: Austria YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 120 minutes LANGUAGES: Austrian; subtitled in English

DOWNTOWN EXPRESS DIRECTOR: David Grubin COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2011 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 91 minutes

Rosa meets Bruno. Two people who consider themselves to be over the hill and irrelevant in today’s world suddenly learn what it means to pursue once-in-a-lifetime happiness, to ﬁnd one’s soul mate. They set up house together and are then forced to face the question of whether happiness has an expiration date or if memories of special moments with the kind of a person you meet only once are much more important. COMING OF AGE is a touching ﬁlm about a special couple living in a society that shuts out its older members: A romance involving individuals who aren’t usually seen as lovers, who then do everything they can to prove the world wrong, then prove it’s never too late for new love. Principal Cast: Karl Merkatz, Christine Ostermayer, Erni Mangold, Branko Samarovski, Joseph Lorenz

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9:15 am and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 3:10 pm

DOWNTOWN EXPRESS tells a classic story of youthful rebellion, but tells it with a unique voice through music. Set in the world of Russian immigrants living in New York City, Downtown Express explores the ways that old world values inevitably clash with the lure and excitement of a new country. Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard. But when he meets Ramona, a downtown singer/songwriter, joins her band, and falls in love, he careens frantically between two musical worlds and must decide whether or not to break with his father and forge his own destiny. The ﬁlm stars two acclaimed musicians: Philippe Quint, a Grammy-award nominated classical violin virtuoso, and Nellie McKay, a singer-songwriter whose songs, part jazz, part sparkly pop, are noted for their wit and quirky humor. Principal Cast: Nellie McKay, Carolyn McCormick, Philippe Quint, Declan Bennett, Ashley Springer

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:45 am

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THE CONGRESS SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING/ARIZONA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Ari Folman COUNTRIES: Israel YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 122 minutes

DREAM TEAM 1935 DIRECTOR: Aigars Grauba COUNTRY: Latvia YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 120 minutes LANGUAGES: Latvian; subtitled in English

GO FOR SISTERS SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING/ARIZONA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: John Sayles COUNTRY: USA/Mexico YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 123 minutes LANGUAGES: Spanish; subtitled in English

Principal Cast: Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Zethu Dlomo, Jerry Mofokeng, Marga van Rooy, Chris Chameleon, Lillian Dube, Motlatsi Mafatshe, Yule Masiteng, Connie Chiume, Richard van der Westhuizen

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 1:00 pm and Monday, Oct. 7 at 2:40 pm

When they were girls, Bernice and Fontayne were as close as sisters. Time and trouble have taken their toll, and 20 years later they meet again–when one is the parole officer for the other. Bernice needs help from the dark side and calls on Fontayne, who is just out of prison and fighting to stay clean. Bernice’s son Rodney is missing and may be found on the Mexican border, either in hiding or in the hands of smugglers. The friends enlist “The Terminator,” Freddy Suárez, a disgraced ex-LAPD detective suffering from macular degeneration, to help them find the boy before it’s too late. How far would you go for an old friend? Principal Cast: Edward James Olmos, LisaGay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Hector Elizondo, Harold Perrineau, Isaiah Washington

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 5:40 pm PRESENTED BY:

Principal Cast: Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Jon Hamm, Danny Huston, Harvey Keitel SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6:00 pm PRESENTED BY: Geneva, Switzerland: 1935. Europe is struggling to unite itself, while U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s idea to unite Europe by means of the League of Nations is being pursued. American missionaries, since the 1920s, have introduced Europeans to a new sport called basketball. The first European Championship in basketball is about to take place. The national teams are meeting for the first time. Each wants the honor of becoming the first champions. Meanwhile, in Latvia, coach Baumanis is convinced that he can gather a team and take it to Geneva. However, on his journey, he quickly learns that triumph and defeat are a part of the game. Dream Team 1935 their game made them a team their spirit made them champions. Principal Cast: Janis Amanis, Inga Alsina, Vilis Daudzinš, Peteris Gaudinš, Intars Rešetins, Marcis Manjakovs, Gints Andžans, Andris Bulis, Viktors Ellers, Arturs Kruzkops, Martinš Liepa, Martinš Pocs, Janis Vimba, Arturs Putninš, Mikelis Žideluns

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 4:05 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3:00 pm Move over Ed Wood! Mexico’s half-forgotten B-movie master, “involuntary surrealist,” Juan Orol, receives a pitch-perfect tribute. In a glorious black-and-white ﬂashback mingling memories of his Galician childhood, forced exile to Cuba, and arrival in Mexico, intrepid “Juanito“ pursues failed careers as a baseball player, a boxer, a bullﬁghter and a gangster, before landing in the movies—where failure kind of works for him.

What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu gal fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? It’s a recipe for disaster, explored in Fanie Fourie’s Lobola, a contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Funny yet hard-hitting, the ﬁlm tackles the thorny subject of cross-cultural relationships with humor and honesty. FANIE FOURIE’S LOBOLA DIRECTOR: Henk Pretorius COUNTRY: South Africa YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGES: English, Zulu and Afrikaans; subtitled in English

Directed by Ari Folman (Oscar®-nominated Waltz With Bashir), starring Robin Wright (House Of Cards; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Jon Hamm (AMC’s Mad Men), Paul Giamatti (Sideways; John Dies At The End) and Harvey Keitel (Taxi Driver; Bad Lieutenant). THE CONGRESS blends live-action and psychedelic animation as an aging, out-of-work actress (Wright, playing an alternate reality version of herself) accepts her ﬁnal job: preserving her digital image for a future Hollywood. Empire Magazine proclaims it “an extraordinary and very touching ﬁlm that exists somewhere in the twilight zone between the existential brainteasers of Charlie Kaufman and the psychedelic wonders of Hayao Miyazaki.”

THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL (EL FANTÁSTICO MUNDO DE JUAN OROL) DIRECTOR: Sebastián del Amo COUNTRY: Mexico YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGES: Spanish; subtitled in English

Principal Cast: Roberto Sosa, Gabriela de la Garza, Roger Cudney, Ximena González-Rubio, Fernanda Romero, Jesus Ochoa Director Sebastián del Amo will be in attendance to present his ﬁlm and participate in a post-ﬁlm Q&A.

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3:15 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3:30 pm

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Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) has taken a classical approach, restoring the story of the humble blacksmith’s son raised up in class by a mysterious benefactor to Victorian England, and to the lovely landscape of Kent, where it seems most at home. Ralph Fiennes plays the convict, Magwitch, whose destiny is intertwined with Pip’s. ~ Palm Spring International Film Festival GREAT EXPECTATIONS SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING/ARIZONA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Mike Newell COUNTRY: UK YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 128 minutes

Principal Cast: Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, Holliday Grainger, Sally Hawkins, David Walliams, Olly Alexander, Toby Irvine, Helena Barlow, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jessie Cave, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, William Ellis

SHOWS: Monday, Oct. 7at 7:25 pm

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When Lilling’s mother becomes blind, Lilling is lured back to the small island where she grew up. Relying on language, she tries to connect her mother with the world again. While, in the city, she has a strange friendship with an older artist and becomes more aware of the value of her own imagination. This increases her attraction to the inexplicable and Lilling becomes drawn into the mystery of the artist and of her own life. Principal Cast: Lu Huang, Lu Yi Ching, Wu Pong Fong HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD DIRECTOR: David Verbeek COUNTRIES: Taiwan YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: Blu-ray RUNTIME: 80 minutes LANGUAGES: Mandarin; subtitled in English

THE JEWISH CARDINAL DIRECTOR: Ilan Duran Cohen COUNTRY: France YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: Blu-Ray RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGE: French; subtitled in English

KEY OF LIFE (KAGI-DOROBÔ NO MESODDO) DIRECTOR: Kenji Uchida COUNTRY: Japan YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 128 minutes LANGUAGE: Japanese; subtitled in English

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 1:20 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 1:05 pm

The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church, Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope John Paul II and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew, earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz, Lustiger ﬁnds himself a mediator between the two communities and he may be forced, at last, to choose his side. Principal Cast: Laurent Lucas, Aurélien Recoing, Audrey Dana, Pascal Greggory, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6:05 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 5:50 pm

JONATHAS’ FOREST (A FLORESTA DE JONATHAS) DIRECTOR: Sérgio Andrade COUNTRY: Brazil YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 99 minutes LANGUAGES: Portuguese; subtitled in English

Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but ﬁrst he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. While there, he meets the very prosperous Kondo, who subsequently suffers a fall, erasing his memory. On a whim, Sakurai switches locker keys, steals the man’s belongings, and decides to pass himself off as Kondo. What Sakurai does not know is that Kondo runs an illegal business, which brings him into contact with ornery Yakuza members. Meanwhile, Kondo has been convinced that he is actually the failed actor Sakurai. Principal Cast: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryõko Hirosue

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:00 am and Monday, Oct. 7 at 2:50 pm

As the youngest member in parliament and sole heir to his family’s 7,000 acre English estate, Lord Edward Montagu’s life was rich and privileged. However, in 1954, Edward Montagu, then aged twenty-ﬁve, became England’s most infamous aristocrat when he was arrested for homosexual offenses and eventually sentenced to a year in prison. Despite the odds against him, Montagu persevered to become a prominent national ﬁgure by turning his estate into one of England’s greatest tourist attractions and leading the way into a new era of the British aristocracy. LORD MONTAGU DIRECTOR: Luke Korem COUNTRIES: USA/UK YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 80 minutes

IL FUTURO DIRECTOR: Alicia Scherson COUNTRY: Italy YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 99 minutes LANGUAGES: Italian and Spanish; subtitled in English

Principal Cast: Oliver Tobias, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Prince Michael of Kent

SHOWS: Friday, Oct. 4 at 4:45 pm and Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11:45 am Producers and writer RUSSELL GROVES and BRADLEY JACKSON will be in attendance to present their ﬁlm and participate in a post-ﬁlm Q&A.

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LAST VEGAS Director: Jon Turteltaub Country: USA Year: 2013 Format: DCP Runtime: 104 minutes

Devastated by the loss of their parents, newly orphaned teens, Bianca and Tomás, face an uncertain future. Despite a slight physique, Tomás dreams of becoming a bodybuilder and befriends two personal trainers, Libian and Bolognan. The two new acquaintances soon move in with the siblings, and while they bring a semblance of structure to the chaotic household, they also offer an opportunity the brother and sister seemingly can’t refuse: scamming a wealthy recluse and former action-movie star named Maciste (Rutger Hauer). Framed as a crime drama, IL FUTURO is much more. It’s also an engrossing meditation on Italy’s moviemaking past. San Francisco International Film Festival Principal Cast: Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Luigi Ciardo, Nicolas Vaporidis

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9:00 am and Monday, Oct. 7 at 7:15 pm

Jonathas lives with his parents and his brother, Juliano, in a cottage in a rural area of the Amazon. The family harvests and sells local produce at a roadside fruit stand, a place of contact with new friends and novelties from the rest of the world. Juliano is outgoing and laid-back, while Jonathas is introspective and emotional. They meet Milly, a visitor from the Ukraine, and a local native, Kedassere. The group decides to spend the weekend at a campground in the jungle. Seduced by Milly and the forest, he undertakes a journey full of discovery, in which emotion will be his sole guide. Principal Cast: Begê Muniz, Francisco Mendes, Viktoryia Vinyarska, Chico Diaz, Ítalo Castro

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6:40 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 5:30 pm Director Sérgio Andrade will be in attendance to present his ﬁlm and participate in a post-ﬁlm Q&A.

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Starring four legends like you’ve never seen them before, LAST VEGAS tells the story of Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam (played by Academy Award®-winners Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline), best friends since childhood. When Billy, the group's sworn bachelor, ﬁnally proposes to his thirtysomething (of course) girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days. However, upon arriving, the four quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they never imagined. The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands and Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip, but it’s these four who are taking over Vegas. The ﬁlm co-stars Academy Award® winner Mary Steenburgen. Principal Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Jerry Ferrara, Romany Malco, Roger Bart

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 8:05 pm

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Fred is 54 years old and lives alone. He rides around on the local bus, virtuously attending church and eating his green beans, meat, and potatoes at six o’clock on the dot every day. One day, Theo wanders into Fred’s life and turns his wellorganized existence upside down. With the special talent of this stranger, Theo, Fred sets out into the big, wide world. Will he fulﬁll his unspoken dream? Principal Cast: Ton Kas, René van‘t Hof, Porgy Franssen MATTERHORN DIRECTOR: Diederik Ebbinge COUNTRY: The Netherlands YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 88 minutes LANGUAGE: Dutch; subtitled in English

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11:30 am and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 11:35 am

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MODEST RECEPTION (PAZIRAIE SADEH) DIRECTOR: Mani Haghighi COUNTRY: Iran YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 100 minutes LANGUAGE: Farsi/Persian; subtitled in English

OH BOY SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING/ARIZONA PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Jan Ole Gerster COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGE: German; subtitled in English

PARIS MANHATTAN DIRECTOR: Sophie Lellouche COUNTRY: France YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 77 minutes LANGUAGE: French; subtitled in English

THE PIN DIRECTOR: Naomi Jaye COUNTRY: Canada YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 86 minutes LANGUAGE: Yiddish; subtitled in English

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Leila and Kaveh are a mysterious pair from Tehran, traveling the mountainous countryside in their Lexus coupe to push big bags of money on the locals. This turns out to be not so easy, but fascinating to watch, as the cagey couple must invent increasingly brazen stratagems to place cash in the hands of the wary, proud, or indifferent folk. Will they push things too far? Are they losing sight of their mission? What exactly is their mission? Led by riveting performances from Taraneh Alidoosti and writer-director Mani Haghighi, this bold comedy/drama unfurls with unexpected force amid subtle themes of power, privilege, and corruption. Principal Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Changizian, Esmail Khalaj, Saber Abar, Mohammad Aghebati SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11:10 am and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 10:50 am

Jan Ole Gerster’s wry and vibrant feature debut OH BOY, which swept the 2013 German Oscar Awards, paints a day in the life of Niko, a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then, on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes; his girlfriend rebuffs him, his father cuts off his allowance, and a strange psychiatrist dubiously conﬁrms his ‘emotional imbalance’. Unable to ignore the consequences of his passivity any longer, Niko ﬁnally concludes that he has to engage with life. Shot in timeless black and white and enriched with a snappy jazz soundtrack, this slacker dramedy is a love letter to Berlin and the Generation Y experience. Principal Cast: Friederike Kempter, Marc Hosemann, Tom Schilling SHOWS: Friday, Oct. 4 at 2:45 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7:25 pm

Alice is an offbeat pharmacist surrounded by a nice, yet dysfunctional family and still single to the great consternation of her parents. She actually did meet the perfect man 20 years ago…but he married her sister! Since then, no one has come up to her expectations. She takes refuge in Woody Allen movies in her daydreams, in which she has long talks with the director/author, asking him about everything from love to work. When she meets Vincent, the perfect guy, her life seems to change for the better. But she also meets Victor. NOT the perfect guy. He’s never even seen a Woody Allen movie! As Woody Allen has “told” her, “You have to be your own person and make your own moral choice, even when it does require real courage. Otherwise you’re like a robot, a lizard.” Principal Cast: Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme, Woody Allen SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3:55 pm and Monday, Oct. 7 at 5:35 pm

PRESENTED BY: Lithuania circa 1941: An embittered elderly Shomer, a religious watchman responsible for guarding the souls of the dead before their burial, comes faceto-face with his long lost first love Leah when her dead body is wheeled into the morgue one fateful night. Time melts as he relives their days and nights spent hiding in a barn in Lithuania, fighting for survival as World War II rages around them. Brought together in these extreme circumstances, what starts as mistrust develops into love. In the end, the Shomer is able to find peace after a lifetime of regret by fulfilling a promise he made to the young Leah. ~ Naomi Jaye. THE PIN is the first Yiddish film to be made in Canada; it was partly inspired by the writer/director’s late grandmother, Leah, whose personal phobia formed the core of this moving story. Principal Cast: Grisha Pasternak, Milda Gecaite, David Fox

SHOWS: Sunday, Oct. 6 at 11:00 am and Monday, Oct. 7 at 12:35 pm

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A plot to overthrow the U.S. government is uncovered in New York City in 1919 when William Flynn, a ﬁeld agent for the Bureau of Investigation, is sent to investigate a bomb threat that has targeted some of America’s most powerful politicians and leaders of commerce, New York millionaire John D. Rockefeller, Sr. among them. Flynn’s investigation takes him on a journey into the underworld of homegrown terrorism and introduces him to a competitive culture of violence and murder. Greed, power, and politics are at the center of the story and Flynn must distinguish the villains from the merely discontented. ~ Sedona International Film Festival NO GOD, NO MASTER DIRECTOR: Terry Green COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: Blu-ray RUNTIME: 94 minutes

Principal Cast: David Strathairn, Sam Witwer, Alessandro Mario SHOWS: Monday, Oct. 7 at 12:10 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 4:50 pm Director Terry Green will be in attendance to present his ﬁlm and participate in a post-ﬁlm Q&A.

A group of gay activists in Belgrade strikes a tense alliance with Limun, a Serbian crime boss, whose ﬁancée demands an extravagant wedding, which only the struggling gay theater director, Mirko and his friends, can provide. In exchange, macho Limun reluctantly agrees to provide security for the group’s Pride parade. It’s a tall order; previous attempts to march have met with mass violence from right-wing skinheads. When Limun’s gang balks at the assignment, he recruits a band of former Balkan war combatants, now dear friends, who will stand up to the aggressors Seven Samurai style in a rollickingly shrewd and humane comedic take on this current and vital human rights issue.

THE PARADE (PARADA) DIRECTOR: Srdjan Dragojevic Principal Cast: Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov, Hristina Popovic COUNTRY: Serbia YEAR: 2011 SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3:10 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2:55 pm FORMAT: DVD Darrell Copp will moderate a post-ﬁlm discussion with the audience. RUNTIME: 115 minutes LANGUAGE: Serbo-Croatian; subtitled in English

A PERFECT LIFE (LA VITA FACILE) DIRECTOR: Lucio Pellegrini COUNTRY: Italy YEAR: 2011 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 102 minutes LANGUAGE: Italian; subtitled in English

Luca Manzi, an Italian doctor who has abandoned life in Rome to work in a ramshackle hospital in rural Kenya, is surprised to hear that his life-long friend, Mario Tirelli, is coming to Kenya to assist him at the hospital. Mario enjoys the trappings of wealth and success that life as a well-known surgeon has brought him and, from the moment of his arrival, it’s plain that his materialistic, impatient ethos will not serve him well in Africa. Yet Mario says he wants to give his life new meaning, and the two men rekindle their friendship, as Mario adjusts to his new existence. However, when Mario’s beautiful wife, Ginevra, arrives from Rome with news of her husband’s involvement in a scandal, it seems that Mario’s motivations for moving to Africa may have been far more complex than they ﬁrst appeared. Principal Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Stefano Accorsi, Vittoria Puccini SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 5:50 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 6:05 pm

An 80-year-old Kolkata retiree is on a mission to get his neighborhood streetlights turned off at sunrise after he notices they stay on all day. Shyamal Uncle finds his sense of propriety upset by this wasteful expense of electricity. But finding someone to take him seriously proves a battle against an indifferent bureaucracy and a complacent status quo (and is just maybe a welcome distraction from his otherwise dull routine). Suman Ghosh’s véritéstyle film is alive with the sights, sounds, and personalities of this old Kolkata neighborhood, as his unlikely protagonist pursues a quest that adds up to a SHYAMAL UNCLE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS wry, revealing, highly original tour of modern India.

DIRECTOR: Suman Ghosh COUNTRY: India YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 70 minutes LANGUAGE: Bengali; subtitled in English

Principal Cast: Shyamal Bhattacharya SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:30 am and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9:10 am

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SIMON & THE OAKS DIRECTOR: Lisa Ohlin COUNTRY: Sweden/Germany YEAR: 2011 FORMAT: Blu-ray RUNTIME: 122 minutes LANGUAGE: Swedish; subtitled in English

STUDENT DIRECTOR: Darezhan Omirbayev COUNTRY: Kazakhstan YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGE: Kazakh and Russian; subtitled in English

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An epic drama spanning the years 1939-52, this is the gripping story of Simon who grows up in a loving working class family on the outskirts of Gothenburg, but he always feels out of place. Intellectually gifted, he stubbornly persists in acquiring an education normally reserved for young men of the professional classes. He ﬁnally convinces his father to send him to an upper-class grammar school, where he meets Isak, the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller who has ﬂed Nazi persecution in Germany. Simon is dazzled by the books, art, and music he encounters in the home of Isak’s father Ruben. Isak draws comfort from learning to do something with his hands, helping Simon’s dad make boats. Two households slowly merge, connecting in unexpected ways as war rages. SIMON AND THE OAKS is based on the Swedish bestseller of the same name, written by Marianne Fredriksson. Principal Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Jan Josef Liefers

SHOWS: Friday, Oct. 4 at 10:30 am and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 2:15 pm A solitary philosophy student steers his directionless life toward the commission of a violent crime, spurred on by postmodern musings and a post-Soviet order that is characterized by growing inequality, institutional corruption, and a ruthless ethic of “eat or be eaten.“ Inspired by Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”, director Darezhan Omirbayev roots his nameless student among the have-nots of Kazakhstan’s new capitalist era, where the population watches the rich rise above common legal proscriptions and old-fashioned communal values. Omirbayev’s brooding protagonist may prove the willing student of the age, but he alone reckons with the consequences of his actions—a gesture strikingly at odds with a world losing a consistent concept of justice. Principal Cast: Nurlan Baitasov, Maya Serikbayeva, Edige Bolysbayev, Bakhytzhan Turdaliyeva, Aruzhan Sain

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11:00 am and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 11:15 am In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, THE MASTER) and Rose (Julia Garner, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. A re-imagining of the 2010 Mexican ﬁlm of the same name, director Jim Mickle paints a gripping portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive. Principal Cast: Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell, Kelly McGillis

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 6 at 8:30 pm

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SOUTHWEST (SUDOESTE) DIRECTOR: Eduardo Nunes COUNTRY: Brazil YEAR: 2011 FORMAT: DVD RUNTIME: 128 minutes LANGUAGE: Portuguese; subtitled in English

SWEET DREAMS DIRECTORS: Lisa and Rob Fruchtman COUNTRY: USA/Rwanda YEAR: 2013 FORMAT: Blu-ray RUNTIME: 89 minutes LANGUAGE: Kinyarwanda, English; subtitled in English

WRINKLES (ARRUGAS) DIRECTOR: Ignacio Ferreras COUNTRY: Spain YEAR: 2012 FORMAT: DCP RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGE: Spanish; subtitled in English

In this gorgeously dreamlike and mysterious tale, a young woman named Clarice gives birth on her deathbed to a baby girl, also christened Clarice by the bruxa (witch) attending the nearly simultaneous moments of death and birth. Spirited away to a remote lakeside village, baby Clarice lives her whole life in the span of twentyfour hours, and yet as the ﬁlm’s vast, black-and-white panoramas suggest even so compressed a lifetime remains impossible to fully grasp or contain. In Eduardo Nunes’s solid debut feature, precious strands of memory, identity, and desire add up to a palpable fairytale, afﬁrming our place in the ineffable stream of life. Principal Cast: Simone Spoladore, Raquel Bonfante, Julio Adrião, Dira Paes, Mariana Lima, Everaldo Pontes, Victor Navega Motta, Regina Bastos, Léa Garcia

SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 8:05 pm and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 7:50 pm PRESENTED BY: In 1994, Rwanda suffered a devastating genocide. Close to a million people were killed by neighbors, friends, even family. And when it was over, those who remained were broken, dead inside. The country has made great strides in economic recovery, but “people are not like roads and buildings” says Kiki Katese, pioneering Rwandan theater director. “How do we rebuild a human being?” Kiki decided to start Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda’s first and only women’s drumming troupe, open to women from both sides of the conflict. Yet the struggle to survive and provide for their families still persists. So, when Kiki comes up with the idea to open Rwanda’s first and only ice cream shop, the women are intrigued … What is ice cream, exactly, and how would they do it?

SHOWS: Friday, Oct. 4 at 12:55 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 12:15 pm

Based on Paco Roca’s Award-winning graphic novel, WRINKLES illustrates the visual beauty and tender emotion that can be created by traditional animation. The story opens with former bank manager, Emilio, being dispatched to a retirement home by his family. His new roommate is a wily, wheeler-dealer named Miguel, who cheerfully swindles small amounts of cash from the more befuddled residents but is also full of handy insider tips that are crucial to survival. Like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” in an old folks home, we are introduced to daily pill regimens, electric gates, and an eccentric cast of characters. Dementia-induced fantasies leave plenty of room for both tears and laughter and pull no punches in this insightful critique of society’s attitude towards the elderly. Principal Cast: Mabel Rivera, Álvaro Guevara, Tacho Gonzalez SHOWS: Saturday, Oct. 5 at 2:05 pm and Monday, Oct. 7 at 10:35 am PRESENTED BY:

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Runtime: 70 minutes SHOWS: Monday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 am

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For all ages: A few scenes depict danger in a couple of ﬁlms, but there are always happy endings. One ﬁlm (Emilie) is subtitled in English

Feel like taking a trip around the world? Then hop aboard a celluloid magic carpet to take a trip all the way from the Arctic to Mozambique, with stops along the way to see animated sights in Turkey, Germany, France, Argentina, and India! Bottle (USA): A story about a long distance relationship, between a sandman and a snowman. Istanbul (Turkey): The sights, sounds and people of a vibrant city come alive for a young girl. Chinti (Russia): An ant works hard to build his dream castle out of bits of trash, never realizing he is in the shadow of greatness. Tuurngait (France): An Inuit child wanders away from his village, fascinated by a wild bird. His father follows his trail, determined to find him before he gets lost on the ice floe. The Town Musicians of Bremen (Japan): A retelling of an old fairy tale, brought vividly to life. Emilie (Germany): A not-so-silly goose saves the day when his friends are about to be cooked for Christmas dinner! Luminaris (Argentina): In a world controlled by light, a young man who works in a light bulb factory is determined to find his own way.

Runtime: 70 minutes SHOWS: Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10:40 am

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Ages 7+: Several of these films depict scenes of emotional difficulty, with happy endings. Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese; 2 films subtitled in English.

The girls and boys in these films are full of determination to live life to the maximum—despite obstacles and challenges that sometimes seem daunting. You’ll be amazed by their ingenuity, strength and sense of adventure. See the world and feed your mind with this collection of live action shorts. Hoverboard (USA): After watching the ﬁlm “Back to the Future,” a girl and her teddy bear set out to make a real, functioning hoverboard. Calling Quilombola (Brazil): Kids in rural Brazil tell the stories of their lives through the old-fashioned game of “telephone.” Minnie Loves Junior (Australia): The story of a girl’s admiration for a boy and how she proves to him how valuable her friendship can be. The Homework (Colombia): A simple homework assignment turns into a magical adventure for a boy who loves learning. In a Heartbeat (Iceland): A young girls ﬁnds the courage to stand up to bullies. B-Boy (USA): A 13-year-old boy break dances all the way to his Bar Mitzvah.

A Shadow of Blue (France): A little girl sits on a park bench, but her mind takes her far away to an exhilarating adventure. The Change (Mozambique): Farmers in Mozambique look for a better way to live in harmony with their surroundings.