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All-Star Comedy Roundtable presented by Ben Stiller with Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, and Andy Samberg
Signature Program
Event, 90 min
Interests: Comedy
Presented by NFF board member Ben Stiller, the roundtable includes special guest Zach Galifianakis (writer/comedian, The Hangover, TV’s Bored To Death) and Sarah Silverman (writer/comedian, The Sarah Silverman Program), and Andy Samberg (writer/comedian, Saturday Night Live). Read More
Signature Program
Event, 90 min
Interests: Comedy
Presented by NFF board member Ben Stiller, the roundtable includes special guest Zach Galifianakis (writer/comedian, The Hangover, TV’s Bored To Death) and Sarah Silverman (writer/comedian, The Sarah Silverman Program), and Andy Samberg (writer/comedian, Saturday Night Live). Read More
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| Sat, Jun 19, 12:00PM | Nantucket High School | $25 |
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Alma
Shorts Program I
Short Narrative, 2009, 5 min
Directed by: Rodrigo Blaas
Plays In: Shorts Program I
Interests: *Short Films, Animation, Family Film
Little Alma is intrigued by a strange doll in an antique toy store window. She enters and embarks on an adventure. Read More
Shorts Program I
Short Narrative, 2009, 5 min
Directed by: Rodrigo Blaas
Plays In: Shorts Program I
Interests: *Short Films, Animation, Family Film
Little Alma is intrigued by a strange doll in an antique toy store window. She enters and embarks on an adventure. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 1:00PM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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| Sun, Jun 20, 10:00AM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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Another Harvest Moon
15th Anniversary Sidebar
Feature Narrative, 2009, 87 min
Directed by: Greg Swartz
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Drama
Anne Meara and Greg W. Swartz in attendance. With a powerful performance by Anne Meara as Ella, Another Harvest Moon is a sensitive drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. Read More
15th Anniversary Sidebar
Feature Narrative, 2009, 87 min
Directed by: Greg Swartz
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Drama
Anne Meara and Greg W. Swartz in attendance. With a powerful performance by Anne Meara as Ella, Another Harvest Moon is a sensitive drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 5:00PM | Coffin School | $13 |
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Apollo
Short in front of Feature
Short Narrative, 2010, 6 min
Directed by: Felix Gönnert
Precedes: Toy Story 3
Interests: *Short Films, Animation, Family Film
A tiny rocket makes an impact. From a distance, Earth is the most beautiful place in space. Read More
Short in front of Feature
Short Narrative, 2010, 6 min
Directed by: Felix Gönnert
Precedes: Toy Story 3
Interests: *Short Films, Animation, Family Film
A tiny rocket makes an impact. From a distance, Earth is the most beautiful place in space. Read More
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| Thu, Jun 17, 4:00PM | 'Sconset Casino | $25 |
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| Sun, Jun 20, 3:00PM | 'Sconset Casino | $10 |
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Best of Fest Repeat
Festival Film
Feature Narrative,
Interests: *Feature Length Films
The best of the festival gets an encore screening! If you missed it the first time, be sure to take advantage of this repeat performance of a program highlight. Read More
Festival Film
Feature Narrative,
Interests: *Feature Length Films
The best of the festival gets an encore screening! If you missed it the first time, be sure to take advantage of this repeat performance of a program highlight. Read More
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| Sun, Jun 20, 8:00PM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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Bill Cunningham New York
Festival Film
Feature Documentary, 2010, 84 min
Directed by: Richard Press
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Arts & Artists, Biography
Richard Press and Philip Gefter in attendance. “We all get dressed for Bill,” says longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour about Bill Cunningham, the 80-year-old New York Times photographer and unlikely man about town. Read More
Festival Film
Feature Documentary, 2010, 84 min
Directed by: Richard Press
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Arts & Artists, Biography
Richard Press and Philip Gefter in attendance. “We all get dressed for Bill,” says longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour about Bill Cunningham, the 80-year-old New York Times photographer and unlikely man about town. Read More
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| Sat, Jun 19, 5:30PM | Nantucket High School | $13 |
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| Sun, Jun 20, 5:30PM | Coffin School | $13 |
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The Birth of Big Air
Family Film Series
Feature Documentary, 2010, 52 min
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Biography, Sports
In 1985, at the tender age of 13, Mat Hoffman entered the BMX circuit as an amateur, and by 16 he had risen to the professional level. Throughout his career, Hoffman has ignored conventional limitations and focused his efforts on the purity of the sport and the pursuit of the next big thing. Read More
Family Film Series
Feature Documentary, 2010, 52 min
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Biography, Sports
In 1985, at the tender age of 13, Mat Hoffman entered the BMX circuit as an amateur, and by 16 he had risen to the professional level. Throughout his career, Hoffman has ignored conventional limitations and focused his efforts on the purity of the sport and the pursuit of the next big thing. Read More
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| Sat, Jun 19, 8:00PM | Nantucket High School | $10 |
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Cairo Time
Festival Film
Feature Narrative, 2009, 88 min
Directed by: Ruba Nadda
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Female Director, Romance
A throwback to classic films with the restrained emotional tension of the work of Jane Austen, Cairo Time is a love letter to a city intertwined with a love story. Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a magazine editor, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark, a United Nations official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. Mark is delayed and sends his friend and former security officer, Tareq (Alexander Siddig), to escort Juliette around the beautiful and exotic city. Read More
Festival Film
Feature Narrative, 2009, 88 min
Directed by: Ruba Nadda
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Female Director, Romance
A throwback to classic films with the restrained emotional tension of the work of Jane Austen, Cairo Time is a love letter to a city intertwined with a love story. Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a magazine editor, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark, a United Nations official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. Mark is delayed and sends his friend and former security officer, Tareq (Alexander Siddig), to escort Juliette around the beautiful and exotic city. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 10:30AM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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| Sun, Jun 20, 12:30PM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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Capture the Flag
Shorts Program I
Short Narrative, 2010, 14 min
Directed by: Lisanne Skyler
Plays In: Shorts Program I
Interests: *Short Films, Drama, Family Film
In the turbulent early 1970s, Annie struggles to hold onto a family tradition in the wake of her parents’ divorce. Read More
Shorts Program I
Short Narrative, 2010, 14 min
Directed by: Lisanne Skyler
Plays In: Shorts Program I
Interests: *Short Films, Drama, Family Film
In the turbulent early 1970s, Annie struggles to hold onto a family tradition in the wake of her parents’ divorce. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 1:00PM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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| Sun, Jun 20, 10:00AM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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The Concert
Festival Film
Feature Narrative, 2009, 123 min
Directed by: Radu Mihaileanu
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Arts & Artists, Drama, World Cinema
Andrei was once the celebrated Russian conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, but his championing of Jewish musicians led to his demotion to concert hall janitor. When Andrei intercepts an invitation to the current orchestra to perform in Paris, he masterminds a plan to pose as the leader of the group in order to make a triumphant return to the music scene. Read More
Festival Film
Feature Narrative, 2009, 123 min
Directed by: Radu Mihaileanu
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Arts & Artists, Drama, World Cinema
Andrei was once the celebrated Russian conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, but his championing of Jewish musicians led to his demotion to concert hall janitor. When Andrei intercepts an invitation to the current orchestra to perform in Paris, he masterminds a plan to pose as the leader of the group in order to make a triumphant return to the music scene. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 10:00AM | 'Sconset Casino | $13 |
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| Sat, Jun 19, 6:00PM | Starlight Theater | $13 |
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Countdown to Zero
Festival Film
Feature Documentary, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Lucy Walker
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Female Director, Politics
During the Cold War, the bomb loomed large in the public mind. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the bomb became a symbol of another era. In recent years, however, the threat of nuclear proliferation has grown more urgent, and the political will to eliminate nuclear weapons is greater than ever in our history. Read More
Festival Film
Feature Documentary, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Lucy Walker
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Female Director, Politics
During the Cold War, the bomb loomed large in the public mind. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the bomb became a symbol of another era. In recent years, however, the threat of nuclear proliferation has grown more urgent, and the political will to eliminate nuclear weapons is greater than ever in our history. Read More
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| Sat, Jun 19, 8:00PM | Coffin School | $13 |
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Diner
Barry Levinson Retrospective
Feature Narrative, 1982, 110 min
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Classic, Comedy
Barry Levinson in attendance. A lively, poignant tale set in 1959, Diner centers on a group of young male friends coping with early adulthood and the new responsibilities that come with it while hanging out at Fells Point Diner. The first of four distinctly personal and semi-autobiographical films set in the Baltimore of Levinson's youth, Diner launched successful careers for Kevin Bacon, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser, and Mickey Rourke. Read More
Barry Levinson Retrospective
Feature Narrative, 1982, 110 min
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Classic, Comedy
Barry Levinson in attendance. A lively, poignant tale set in 1959, Diner centers on a group of young male friends coping with early adulthood and the new responsibilities that come with it while hanging out at Fells Point Diner. The first of four distinctly personal and semi-autobiographical films set in the Baltimore of Levinson's youth, Diner launched successful careers for Kevin Bacon, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser, and Mickey Rourke. Read More
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| Sat, Jun 19, 2:00PM | 'Sconset Casino | $13 |
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Diplomacy
Shorts Program II
Short Narrative, 2009, 9 min
Directed by: Jon Goldman
Plays In: Shorts Program II
Interests: *Short Films, Politics
When the U.S. Secretary of State meets Iran’s Foreign Minister for the first high-level diplomatic talks in 30 years, interpreters play a key role. Read More
Shorts Program II
Short Narrative, 2009, 9 min
Directed by: Jon Goldman
Plays In: Shorts Program II
Interests: *Short Films, Politics
When the U.S. Secretary of State meets Iran’s Foreign Minister for the first high-level diplomatic talks in 30 years, interpreters play a key role. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 10:00AM | Coffin School | $13 |
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| Sun, Jun 20, 12:30PM | Coffin School | $13 |
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The Extra Man
Opening Night Film
Feature Narrative, 2010, 108 min
Directed by: Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Comedy
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini return to the Nantucket Film Festival with a sophisticated and offbeat comedy. Louis (Paul Dano) moves to New York City and finds residence with Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline), a man with a bizarre unpredictable schedule as an “extra man” – a male escort who serves as a social companion for wealthy widows. Read More
Opening Night Film
Feature Narrative, 2010, 108 min
Directed by: Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Comedy
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini return to the Nantucket Film Festival with a sophisticated and offbeat comedy. Louis (Paul Dano) moves to New York City and finds residence with Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline), a man with a bizarre unpredictable schedule as an “extra man” – a male escort who serves as a social companion for wealthy widows. Read More
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| Thu, Jun 17, 8:00PM | Nantucket High School | $25 |
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| Sat, Jun 19, 10:00AM | Coffin School | $13 |
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Freedom Riders
Centerpiece Film
Feature Documentary, 2010, 115 min
Directed by: Stanley Nelson
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Politics
Special screening and conversation with Freedom Rider Bernard Lafayette and Stanley Nelson presented with Facing History and Ourselves. Freedom Riders is a powerful, harrowing, and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed the United States forever. From May to November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives—many enduring beatings and imprisonment—by simply traveling together on buses and trains through the Deep South. Read More
Centerpiece Film
Feature Documentary, 2010, 115 min
Directed by: Stanley Nelson
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Politics
Special screening and conversation with Freedom Rider Bernard Lafayette and Stanley Nelson presented with Facing History and Ourselves. Freedom Riders is a powerful, harrowing, and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed the United States forever. From May to November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives—many enduring beatings and imprisonment—by simply traveling together on buses and trains through the Deep South. Read More
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| Fri, Jun 18, 3:30PM | Nantucket High School | $13 |
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