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All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert
Festival Award
Documentary Feature 2011, 74 min
Directed by: Vivian Ducat
Interests: Biography,  Documentary

 

This film chronicles the journey of Winfred Rembert, an African American artist whose art sells at a Madison Avenue gallery but who earlier in his life had served seven years on a chain gang in Georgia. His brightly colored, intensely autobiographical paintings, executed on leather canvases which Rembert also tools, describe life in the Jim Crow south in the 1950’s and 60’s. A native of Georgia, Rembert now lives with his wife and eight children in a rough neighborhood in New Haven but also operates in the social universe of well-off white collectors in Connecticut who buy his work. The film traces his life and contextualizes the era it describes. Winfred is a fascinating, remarkable man. You will be enthralled by his stories, even the tough ones, and how he translates them into his art. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 1:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 7:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 10:30AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 12:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Tue, Oct 23, 3:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Thu, Oct 25, 2:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 9:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 11:45AM AMC Castleton Square 14  


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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Festival Award
Narrative Feature 2012, 100 min
Directed by: Thierry Binisti
Interests: Drama,  International

 

Tal is a 17-year-old girl from France who has settled in Jerusalem with her family. She writes a letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother throws it into the sea near Gaza, where he is carrying out his military service. A few weeks later, Tal receives an e-mail response from a mysterious “Gazaman,” a young Palestinian named Naïm. Thus begins a turbulent but tender long-distance friendship between two young people that are separated by a history they are trying both to understand and change. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea does a marvelous job of representing the people on opposite sides of conflict, people who can connect with one another in spite of their circumstances, and, more importantly, provide hope in the middle of darkness. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 11:00AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 6:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 11:15AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sun, Oct 21, 7:15PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Mon, Oct 22, 5:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 7:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Wed, Oct 24, 4:45PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 1:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  


Buzkashi Boys
Festival Award
Documentary Short 2011, 28 min
Directed by: Sam French
Plays In: Festival Award Shorts 2
Interests: Drama,  International

 

Set against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the national sport of Buzkashi—a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat —Buzkashi Boys tells the compelling coming-of-age story of two best friends; a charismatic street urchin and a defiant blacksmith’s son, both of whom struggle to realize their dreams. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 3:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 7:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 1:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 8:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Wed, Oct 24, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Thu, Oct 25, 11:45AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sat, Oct 27, 1:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  


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Cairo 678
Festival Award
Narrative Feature 2010, 100 min
Directed by: Mohamed Diab
Interests: Drama,  International

 

The stories of three women of different social classes unfold as they unite in their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt. Fayza, a conservative mother of two, violently takes matters into her own hands; Seba, an affluent jewelry designer and victim to a gang attack, lectures women on retaliating against these vulgar acts; and Nelly, an amateur stand-up comedian, gets nationally condemned for being the first Egyptian to file a sexual harassment lawsuit. Fayza emerges as a phantasmal hero, subsequently joined by the other women who aspire to be like her when they realize such violence makes a difference. Cairo 678 is one of those rare films that truly makes a difference in the world; in this case, causing new legislation to be enacted in Egypt to reprimand sexual harassers. Tackling a difficult subject with a beautiful and fluid style, Cairo 678 is an important reminder of the issues faced by women around the world. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 11:15AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 9:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 11:00AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 5:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14 Note  
Mon, Oct 22, 2:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 4:15PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Wed, Oct 24, 4:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 6:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 9:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  


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Dva
Festival Award
Narrative Short 2012, 26 min
Directed by: Mickey Nedimovic
Plays In: Festival Award Shorts 2
Interests: International,  War

 

Serb—wander aimlessly through the desolate countryside of Croatia. When their paths unexpectedly cross, their immediate struggle against each other leads to being involuntarily bound together by a common destiny. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 3:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 7:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 1:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 8:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Wed, Oct 24, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Thu, Oct 25, 11:45AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sat, Oct 27, 1:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  


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Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Festival Award
Documentary Feature 2012, 99 min
Directed by: Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke
Interests: Documentary,  Health

 

Escape Fire tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? American healthcare costs are rising rapidly. We pay more, yet our health outcomes are worse. About 65% of Americans are overweight and almost 75% of healthcare costs are spent on preventable diseases that are the major causes of disability and death in our society. The current battle over cost and access does not ultimately address the root of the problem: we have a disease-care system, not a healthcare system. Escape Fire examines the powerful forces maintaining the status quo, a medical industry designed for quick fixes rather than prevention, for profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. After decades of resistance, a movement to bring innovative high-touch, low-cost methods of prevention and healing into our high-tech, costly system is finally gaining ground. This film follows dramatic human stories as well as leaders fighting to transform healthcare at the highest levels of medicine, industry, government and even the US military. Escape Fire is about finding a way out. It’s about saving the health of a nation. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 12:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 8:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 10:45AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Mon, Oct 22, 7:15PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Tue, Oct 23, 2:15PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Wed, Oct 24, 12:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Thu, Oct 25, 4:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 11:15AM AMC Castleton Square 14  


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Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 10:45AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 4:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 7:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Mon, Oct 22, 4:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 2:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 11:00AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  



Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 3:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 7:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 1:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 8:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Wed, Oct 24, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Thu, Oct 25, 11:45AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sat, Oct 27, 1:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  


Future Weather
Festival Award
Narrative Feature 2012, 100 min
Directed by: Jenny Deller
Interests: Drama,  Environment

 

When her single mom runs off to California, Lauduree, a passionate environmentalist, clings to her rural home and a carbon sequestration experiment. But her grandmother Greta, a caustic nurse on the verge of moving in with her long-distance boyfriend, has other plans. Thrust into each other’s lives, the two women must learn to trust each other and leap into the unknown. Future Weather is an impressive debut feature from Jenny Deller; the film wonderfully captures the impossibilities of an unpleasant situation and a young girl’s resolve to keep fighting until things are as right as she can make them. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 1:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 8:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 2:45PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 3:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 5:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Thu, Oct 25, 5:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 26, 3:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sat, Oct 27, 6:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  


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Inocente
Festival Award
Documentary Short 2012, 40 min
Directed by: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Plays In: Festival Award Shorts 1
Interests: Documentary,  Social Issues

 

At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by being an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years. Color is her personal revolution and its sweep on her canvases creates a world that looks nothing like her own dark past. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 10:45AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 4:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 7:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Mon, Oct 22, 4:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 2:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 11:00AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  


It's Such a Beautiful Day
Festival Award
Unknown 2012, 23 min
Directed by: Don Hertzfeldt
Plays In: Festival Award Shorts 1
Interests: Animation,  Experimental

 

Bill finds himself in a hospital struggling with memory problems, in this third and final chapter to Don Hertzfeldt’s Everything Will Be OK trilogy. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 10:45AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 4:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 7:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Mon, Oct 22, 4:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 2:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 11:00AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  


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Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Festival Award
Documentary Feature 2012, 87 min
Directed by: Jesse Vile
Interests: Documentary,  Health

 

When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, they said he would never make music again and that he wouldn’t live to see his 25th birthday. 22 years later, without the ability to move or to speak, Jason is alive and making music with his eyes. It’s the incredible story of a guitar legend who refuses to give up on his dream of being a musician despite the most incredible odds. It is a story of dreams, love and the strength of the human spirit. A rising star in 80s rock bands, Jason had just reached a pinnacle, replacing Steve Vai in David Lee Roth’s band, when the symptoms of ALS began. Just when you think you know where this story will go, it takes unexpected turns. Always close to his family, Jason has been lovingly cared for by his parents and caregivers, extending his life far beyond expectations. Most striking is Jason’s own attitude and will to live. Though he can only communicate with his eyes, he continues to compose music and release albums. This is not a story of a rock band guitarist, it’s the story of remarkable talent, that through love and a strong will to live continues despite debilitating physical obstacles. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 1:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 10:00PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 11:00AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sun, Oct 21, 5:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Mon, Oct 22, 7:45PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Thu, Oct 25, 1:45PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 2:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 8:45PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  


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Kipp Normand
Festival Award
Documentary Short 2012, 11 min
Directed by: Jonathan Frey
Plays In: Festival Award Shorts 1
Interests: Biography,  Documentary

 

For ten years Kipp Normand has recreated now-lost objects by connecting them to the present. Kipp Normand shows the value of history to our world, the beauty of art to our minds and the importance of stories to our hearts through the eyes of an artist who chooses to truly see what many pass over as insignificant. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 19, 10:45AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Fri, Oct 19, 4:15PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 20, 12:30PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Sun, Oct 21, 7:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Mon, Oct 22, 4:30PM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Tue, Oct 23, 2:00PM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  
Fri, Oct 26, 11:30AM AMC Castleton Square 14  
Sat, Oct 27, 11:00AM AMC Showplace Traders Point 12  


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Rising From Ashes - with A Special Introduction by Jack Hanna
Festival Award
Event 2012, 82 min
Directed by: T.C. Johnstone
Interests: Documentary,  Sports

 

In support of the Heartland Film Festival Award-winning film Rising From Ashes, Jack Hanna will be bringing his furry friends from the Columbus Zoo to be a part of the Festival. The animals will not participate in the Q&A, but they are sure to work their way into your heart! Read More

Screenings

Mon, Oct 22, 7:00PM Pike Performing Arts Center