SCREENING SCHEDULE FOR CIFF 2010
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Wednesday May 12 |
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Cannes Independent Film
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Filmmakers Conference 1 Time:
16:00 |
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DOCUMENTARY: Beginning with his
great, great grandparents, Oaxacan artist, Alejandro
Santiago’s family were all born and lived in the
Zapotec village of Teococuilco. |
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TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND ONE dir: Patricia Van Ryker Time: 17:00 (47 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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DOCUMENTARY: An ambitious filmmaker
travels to France to capture a singer's rise to fame, but
dirty secrets and the dark allure of show business lead her
to a destination that no one could have foreseen |
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DIRTY STEP UPSTAGE dir: Amber Moelter Time: 18:00 (84 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2
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PIECE OF PAPER (18 min) by Cesar Raphael (reserve) PLAYGROUND (12
min) OFFICIAL
SELECTION (11 min) ENIGMA
(40 min) BEWARE THE BEAR
(20
min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 1 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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COMEDY: Two down and out
friends hatch a wild get-rich-quick scheme that involves |
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THE RAT THING dir: Kevin
Keresey Time: 19:15 (99 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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PIECE OF PAPER
(18 min) PLAYGROUND (12
min) OFFICIAL
SELECTION (11 min) ENIGMA
(40 min) BEWARE THE BEAR
(20
min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 2 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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COMDEDY: Upon getting laid off
from their corporate desk jobs, two men use their
severance packages to fund one final summer vacation. |
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LAID OFF dir: John Launchi Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (96 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent
Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Thursday May 13 |
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Filmmaker Meet and Greet
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Filmmakers Conference 2 Time:
16:00 |
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DRAMA: 'As if you could kill
time without |
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FOUR ROSES dir: Kris
De Meester Film to be followed by Q&A with filmmakers. Time: 17:00 (80 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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DOCUMENTARY: The film chronicles
seven homeless people living on the streets of Hollywood,
California struggling with |
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CURB CREATURES dir: Carlos Manuel Aguilar Time: 18:00 (90 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2
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BREAKING NEWS BREAKING
DOWN (36
min) SEED
(15 min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 2 Time: 18:30 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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COMEDY: A 20-something slacker
girl meets a charming rebel at her best friend's funeral and
teams up with him to |
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PRIME OF YOUR LIFE dir: Kelly
King Time: 19:15 (91 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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THRILLER: Returned soldier Ben
Cross will stop at nothing to find his missing sister.
Backpacker Nina Attica will risk her holiday, and her life,
to help him. Together they journey down the lonely back roads
and into the sinister world |
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THE BACKPACKER dir: Dion Boland Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 20:00 (91 min) Location: Gray d'Albion, Screening room 1
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HORROR: What happens when good
buds go bad... Three couples spend the night |
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TRIPPIN' dir: Devi Snively Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (88 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Friday May 14 |
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Indie Film Financing Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 3 Time:
16:00 |
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SCI - FI: Meet detective Sean
Nault, a cop on a parallel Earth whose technology is powered
exclusively by magic. Sean investigates a baffling series of
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PARADOX dir:
Brenton Spencer Location: Palais de Festival, Screening room J
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DOCUMENTARY: Cinematic reclamation
of sexual abuse between father and son. |
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POSTCARD TO DADDY dir: Michael Stock Time: 17:00 (80 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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COMEDY: Adam, a romantically
challenged filmmaker, learns that true love is far more
complicated than it's portrayed in the movies when he tries
to relive the most romantic night of his life on film. |
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MY MOVIE GIRL dir: Adam Bronstein Time: 18:00 (83 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2
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DOCUMENTARY: To find the right piano
for world-class musicians, with the necessary |
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PIANOMANIA dir: Lilian Franck Time: 19:30 (93 min) Location: Rivera, Screening rm 2
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COMEDY: Rock Mock Doc |
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STONEKING dir:
Richard Daily Time: 20:00 (90 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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SHORT DRAMA: xxx |
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ABRACADABRA dir: Julie Pacino Time: 20:30 (11 min) Location:
Palias
des Festivals,
Screening room K
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FANTASY: Micro-budget prequel to
the Lord of |
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BORN OF HOPE dir: Kate Madison Time: 20:30 (76 min) Location:
Palias
des Festivals,
Screening room K
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Cannes Independent
Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Saturday May 15 |
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Low-budget Screenwriting Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 4 Time:
16:00 |
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Vancouver's Gay Pride
parade director travels to places where Pride is steeped in
protest to experience the powerful oppression that still
exists, and discovers Pride is more than a parade, it's a
giant step on the road to global human rights. |
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BEYOND GAY: dir: Bob Christie Time: 17:00 (85 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2
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ALEX AND
THE GHOSTS NOESIS
(6 min) BREAK
(40 min) SNIPER
(6 min) PUMZI
(20 min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 3 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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DRAMA: M is the highest paid
professional of |
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BIRTHDAY dir: James
Harkness Time: 19:00 (105 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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COMDEDY: Rodger Keaton, soccialy
inept, |
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THE MAKEOVER dir: Colm O'murchu Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (96 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Sunday May 16 |
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Moving from Shorts to Features Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 5 Time:
16:00 |
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DRAMA/THRILLER: Erica uses her
sexuality as a weapon against men by sleeping with as many
people as possible until one comes back for his revenge. |
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RED WHITE & BLUE dir: Simon Rumley Time: 16:00 (103 min) Location: Gray d'Albion, Screening rm 1 |
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INT MUSIC
VIDEOS: |
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Time: 17:00 (30 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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BORG El HAMAM (27min) by Sherif Milad (reserve) FINGERS
(24 min) UNRESERVED
(14 min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 4 Time: 17:30 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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DOCUMENTARY: To find the right piano
for world-class musicians, with the necessary |
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PIANOMANIA dir:
Lilian Franck Time: 19:00 (93 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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FAST ONE
(4min) X-MAN
(5 min) |
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SHORTS
BLOCK 5 Time: 20:30 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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SCI - FI: Meet detective Sean
Nault, a cop on a parallel Earth whose technology is powered
exclusively by magic. Sean investigates a baffling series of
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PARADOX dir:
Brenton Spencer Time: 21:00 (90 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent
Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Monday May 17 |
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Low-budget Shooting Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 6 Time:
16:00 |
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HORROR: Six childhood friends
hold a reunion |
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LANGE NACHT dir: Till Kleinert Film to be followed by Q&A with filmmakers. Time: 17:00 (90 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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LIMINAL
(14 min) THE STOOP
(18 min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 6 Time: 18:30 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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DRAMA: ‘Gafla’, a
slang for the Hindi word ‘ghapla’, means ‘scam’
and is inspired by the much publicized scams in the Indian
stock markets & financial markets, which have come to be
the el dorado of middle class. The film tries to examine the
issues of ethics and morality in this Machiavellian world
defined by winners and losers rather than good & bad. |
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GAFLA (ENG TITLE: ‘SCAM’) dir:
Sameer Hanchate Time: 19:00 (127 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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ADVENTURE: An outwardly wealthy
businessman |
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CRIMSON MASK dir: Elias Plagianos Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 20:30 (85 min) Location: Palais de Festival, Screening room I
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SCI - FI: Meet detective Sean
Nault, a cop on a parallel Earth whose technology is powered
exclusively by magic. Sean investigates a baffling series of
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PARADOX dir:
Brenton Spencer Time: 20:00 (90 min) Location: Gray d'Albion, Screening room 4
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COMDEDY: Melinda is a
16-year-old born again Christian who visits her cousin Elliot
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THE VISIT dir: Richard Daily Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (90 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Tuesday May 18 |
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DRAMA/THRILLER: Erica uses her
sexuality as a weapon against men by sleeping with as many
people as possible until one comes back for his revenge. |
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RED WHITE & BLUE dir: Simon Rumley Time: 16:00 (103 min) Location: Palais des Festivals, Screening rm K |
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Low-Budget Post-Production Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 7 Time:
15:30 |
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DOCUMENTARY: The film uncovers the
unbelievable plight of people around the world displaced by
climatically induced environmental disasters. |
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CLIMATE REFUGEES dir: Michael Nash Time: 16:30 (87 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2
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FATHERS DAY (21 min) by Brian Rolling (reserve) TIME
TRAVEL BOYFRIENDS (10 min) LAMBS
(13 min) RED LETTER (30
min) |
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SHORTS
BLOCK 7 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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DRAMA: After a tragic accident
John begins an obsessive crusade to bring his comatose sister
back to the waking world. In his sleep he walks the afterlife
where she is trapped and soon John finds himself playing a
game for her soul, a game that can’t be won, against
the only opponent who can never be beaten, Death. |
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LOVELORN dir: Becky
Preston Time: 19:15 (85 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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DRAMA/COMEDY: Dark satire of the
Manhattan entertainment industry in which a |
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SEDUCING CHARLIE BARKER dir: Amy Glazer Time: 21:00 (96 min) Location: Lerins, Screening rm 2 |
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THRILLER: Returned soldier Ben
Cross will stop |
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THE BACKPACKER dir: Dion Boland Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (91 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent
Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Wednesday May 19 |
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WORKING WITH SALES AGENTS PANEL
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Filmmakers Conference 8 Time:
16:00 |
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DRAMA/COMEDY: Dark satire of the
Manhattan entertainment industry in which a |
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SEDUCING CHARLIE BARKER dir: Amy Glazer Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 17:00 (96 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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SOUVENIRS (20 min) by Andy Pearson (reserve) SMELLS
LIKE TEEN SPIRIT (5 min) MR OKRA (12
min) THE PRICE TO PAY (5
min)
SATAY SATAY (5
min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 8 Time: 18:30 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2 |
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DOCUMENTARY: A real-life journey of
an archaeologist entering into an archaeological/antique
puzzle in quest of an ancient Egyptian royal tomb - the story
of a century long search for an important royal tomb whose
location is defined by an ancient manuscript |
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THE
TOMB ROBBERY dir: A C
Lily T. Rampenthal Time: 19:00 (99 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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DRAMA/THRILLER: Erica uses her
sexuality as a weapon against men by sleeping with as many
people as possible until one comes back for his revenge. |
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RED WHITE & BLUE dir: Simon Rumley Time: 21:00 (103 min) Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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Cannes Independent Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Thursday May 20 |
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Working with Actors Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 9 Time:
16:00 |
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PICTURES
AT AN EXHIBITON (36 min) |
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Shorts Block 8 Time: 17:00 (60 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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KILL YOUR TV (13
min) TAKE MY WIFE (20
min) THE GROWTH (8
min) THE DON OF VIRGIL JR
HIGH (20
min) TEST (5
min) |
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SHORTS
BLOCK 9 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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COMEDY: A tale of growing up as
a Catholic |
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TALES FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ELVIS dir: Mercy
Malick Time: 19:00 (86 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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SHORT FILM:
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NOW OR NEVER dir: Angie Hill Time: 20:30 (24 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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ADVENTURE: An outwardly wealthy
businessman |
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CRIMSON MASK dir: Elias Plagianos Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (85 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent
Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Friday May 21 |
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Planning a Second Feature Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 10 Time:
16:00 |
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DRAMA: Scottie Ballantyne, a rock and roll singer, inherits a run-down bar in the salt marshes of South Carolina. In order to make 'Kokonuts' a success, she and her brother must battle against raging motorcycle clubs, gun toting gang bangers, a devilish loan shark and a deadly neighbor hell bent on sabotaging their efforts. |
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ANGEL CAMOUFLAGED dir: R. Michael Givens Time: 17:00 (117 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 2
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DOCUMENTARY: film about the victims
of Agent Orange 30 years after the Viet Nam War. The goal of
this documentary film is to |
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AGENT ORANGE: 30 YEARS LATER dir: John Trinh Film to be followed by Q&A with filmmakers. Time: 17:00 (56 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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MILDRED RICHARDS (19 min) by Marc Kess (reserve) HAPPY
FACE (14 min) THE SCRAPER BIKE KING
(13
min) MAGNUM
FARCE (10 min) |
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SHORTS
BLOCK 10 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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HORROR: When Eva sees her
sister murdered in |
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DARK SPIRITS dir: Huck
Keppler Time: 19:00 (99 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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SHORT FILM:
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A PENA DO PANA dir: Lucia Grillo Time: 20:45 (21min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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DRAMA/ COMDEDY: The Devil dallies with
a woman whose husband is no longer interested and puts the
husband through, well, hell. |
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EMMA BLUE dir: Robert Maclean Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:15 (84 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent Film
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Time:
23:00 |
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Saturday May 22 |
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Filmmakers and Festivals Panel
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Filmmakers Conference 1 Time:
16:00 |
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DOCUMENTARY One midwife's journey
from Bali to the Tsunami disaster discovering how birth is
critical in the development of our human capacity to love.
Guerrilla Midwife is the story and purpose of Ibu Robin Lim,
2006 recipient of the Alexander Langer Euromediteranea Award
for Peace. |
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GEURILLA MIDWIFE dir: Deja
Bernhardt Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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DOCUMENTARY The assassination of a
Cambodian labor leader leads into a mystery set against the
backdrop of the international garment trade. All is not as it
seems ... Did two innocent men pay the price for our cheap
clothes? |
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WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA dir:
Bradley Cox Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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NOURISHING
THE KIDS OF KATRINA (40 min) BROKE
(12 min) POLE TO POLE (10
min)
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SHORTS
BLOCK 1 Time: 18:00 Location: CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1 |
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DOCUMENTARY: From Purity Balls to
Silver Rings, Abstinence is the prominent method of Sex
Education in America, but is it |
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DADDY I DO dir:
Cassie Jaye Time: 19:00 (90 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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THRILLER: A dark fairytale set
one evening in a 1930's London theatre where all is |
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BURLESQUE FAIRYTALES dir: Susan Luciani Film to be followed by Q&A with director. Time: 21:00 (80 min) Location:
CIFF Villa, Screening rm 1
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Cannes Independent
Film
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Time:
23:00 |