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The Jacksonville Film Festival / MOCA Film Series Continues
- Around The World In Films – FIELDS OF DEMETER filmed all over Europe- 48 minutes And THE BIRTHDAY filmed in Iran – 63 minutes
The Jacksonville Film Festival continues their partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, 333 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202, Tel: (904) 366-6911. The Around The World In Film series began on February 5, 2009 and ends this Thursday through April 2nd, 2009.
This Thursday April 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. the festival presents a double feature; FIELDS OF DEMETER and THE BIRTHDAY
Fields of Demeter Director: Knut Krzywinski 2007
Norway and various other nations in Europe
The film highlights the life values of the people for whom European landscape is their homeland. The landscape is not only a physical entity; but has an intellectual content. Memories, myths, and ideas relating to the land are invisible factors. The films focus is on relations between the younger generation and the European landscape heritage and how involvement by the coming generation will mitigate landscape diversity loss. “Fields of Demeter” is a voyage through the visible and invisible European cultural landscape. With the power of the eagle two young girls set out on a journey to experience the history, diversity, myths and people in the cultural landscape.
The Birthday
Winner – Best International Feature Documentary – 2008 Jacksonville Film Festival
Director: Negin Kianfar, Daisy Mohr 2007
Iran
Iran’s surprisingly liberal policies regarding transsexuals are explored in this illuminating documentary profiling male-to-females and one female-to-male in the Islamic society. Because the Koran doesn’t say anything about transsexuals, unlike homosexuality, it is not forbidden-Ayatollah Khomeini himself granted religious permission for surgeries. The Birthday focuses on one male-to-female’s transition and her relationship with family members who question why a man would willingly take on a female’s subservient position in Iranian society.
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‘Getting Home’ (Luo Ye Gui Gen), a Chinese film by Yang Zhang , part of the prestigious 2009 Global Lens Film Series, will screen at Studio @ 620 at 8:00pm- Friday, April 10th. Tickets are $8 at the door, but members of the Gasparilla International Film Festival may attend free.
Synopsis
Mandarin, with subtitles in English
China, 2007 (101 minutes)
In this soulful and humane comedy, Zhao, a middle-aged construction worker, struggles to fulfill a dying co-worker’s last wish to be buried in China’s Three Gorges region. Setting out with his colleague’s body in tow, Zhao travels hundreds of miles across extraordinary countryside, encountering a number of colorful adventures and characters – and even discovering love in some unlikely quarters. Director Zhang Yang’s humorous and moving tale of friendship offers a powerful, and sometimes slapstick, commentary on the value of community and human connectivity in modern China.
About the Director
Zhang Yang was born in Beijing, China in 1967. In 1992, he graduated from the Central Theatre Academy. He then directed a theatrical production of Kiss of the Spider Woman and went on to direct over twenty underground music videos. His first feature film, Spicy Love Soup, swept the domestic Chinese awards and his second feature, Shower, won the FIPRESCI prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Getting Home is his fifth feature film.
WHEN: Friday, April 10, 2009, 8 pm
WHERE: Studio @ 620, 620 First Avenue South St., Petersburg
ADMISSION: $8 general admission (Students/Seniors $5).
Gasparilla International Film Festival Members Attend for Free.
Visit the Gasparilla International Film Festival website by clicking here.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 5, 2009 under Archived |
The York Public Library continues its series of critically acclaimed foreign films on Sunday afternoons now through April. All screenings start at 3 p.m., the public is invited, and admission is free. In addition, there will be free popcorn, and beverages will be offered for $1.
Upcoming films in the series are:
March 8: “The Lives Of Others” (2006, Germany). Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, this first-rate thriller opts for character development over car chases. The place is East Berlin, the year is 1984, and it all begins with a simple surveillance assignment: Stasi officer Capt. Gerd Wiesler has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend. Though Dreyman is known to associate with the occasional dissident, his record is spotless.
Everything changes when Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. Wiesler’s sympathies shift away from the government, and he uses his privileged position to effect a change in Dreyman’s life. The move he makes may be minor and untraceable, but it will have major consequences for all concerned, including Wiesler himself. Rated R for some sexuality/nudity. Writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck starts with a simple premise that becomes more complicated and emotionally involving as his assured debut unfolds. 137 minutes.
March 22: “Caramel” (2007, Lebanon). This romantic comedy centers on the lives of five Lebanese women in Beirut, showing us a Lebanon we rarely see. The setting is a beauty salon owned by Layale whose frequent absences from her place of business are due to trysts with a married man. Working in the shop is Rima, whose same-sex infatuation with a beautiful patron is subtly explored, and regulars in the salon include an aging wannabe actress, a nonvirgin bride-to-be, and an older seamstress. How the characters interact, displacing each other’s anxieties with caring friendship, offers each of the actresses many fine moments. Rich cinematography and an atmospheric musical score complete this tender, humorous, and gently sentimental tale. Rated PG for thematic elements involving sexuality, language and some smoking. 95 minutes.
The Foreign Film Series is made possible by the volunteer Library Film Group. Those interested in participating in the Library Film Group are encouraged to contact any group member or to leave their name and phone number at the front desk of the library.
York Public Library is located at 15 Long Sands Road. For information, call the library at 363-2818 or visit www.york.lib.me.us.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 4, 2009 under Archived |
The March installment of the HollyShorts Monthly Screening series this Saturday at the Echo Park Film Center. Get ready for some great short films, a Q&A with the filmmakers, free drinks courtesy of Pura Casta and Dry Soda and our world famous raffle.
In addition, the audience will select one of the shorts from the evening to play at the 5th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (August 6-9, 2009).
All attendees get a $5 discount on submitting their short film for consideration for this year’s fest (Call For Entries are currently going on, for details visit www.hollyshorts.com).
When: Saturday, March 7, 2009 @ 8pm – 11pm
Where: Echo Park Film Center Address: Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd) Los Angeles, CA 90026
What: Sreening short films, followed by Q& A.
Tickets are $10 at the door
RSVP at: staff@hollyshorts.com
This month’s films include the following:
InCONVENIENCE
Directed by Christopher De Maria (cdemaria@msn.com)
When brothers Brad and Victor, short on money and not exactly long in street smarts, decided to rob a convenience store, they didn’t count on the cash register holding only 35 bucks. But they’ve come too far to turn back. “InConvenience” is the story of why they should have!
THE ART OF STALKING
Directed by Amitabh Klemm (amitabh.klemm@gmail.com)
“When a well-intentioned but misguided young man comes to realize that the object of his affection is in danger, he takes matters into his own hands.”
THE BOOK OF TOMORROW
Directed by David Yohe (dave@isotropicfilms.com)
Young Billy Allen is pulled into an incredible adventure when he discovers a forgotten chest containing a comic book with unimaginable powers that he must learn to master to avert disaster coming to Robertstown.
RETICENCE
Directed by Scott Fernstrom and Robert Manning, Jr. (scott@alphaandomegafilms.com)
RETICENCE revolves around a man who loses his wife to his best friend and the string of events that conclude the divorce process. It is a gritty drama that focuses on the emotional well being of the characters, and how they are affected by their actions and the loss of each other.
DAYDREAMS
Directed by Chris Luccy (lucci33@yahoo.com)
Narrative Music Video for Ryan Huston shot on location in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
