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Another Harvest Moon
15th Anniversary Sidebar
Narrative Feature, 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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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

The Concert
Festival Film
Narrative Feature, 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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Get Low
Spotlight Film
Narrative Feature, 2009, 100 min
Directed by: Aaron Schneider
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Drama

Get Low is based on the true story—and American folktale—of Felix “Bush” Breazeale, played in an outstanding performance by Robert Duvall. The film follows this backwoods recluse as he rides to town with a shotgun and a wad of cash and announces his intention to stage a “living funeral,” where anyone who has heard a story about him is welcome to tell it. Read More

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Joy Division
Shorts Program I
Short Narrative, 2010, 6 min
Directed by: Beate Antares-Piotrowski
Plays In: Shorts Program I
Interests: *Short Films, Drama

In 1941, Heinrich Himmler issued a directive to create concentration camp brothels, deemed the “joy division” as an incentive to increase productivity. Read More

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Nowhere Boy
Closing Night Film
Narrative Feature, 2010, 98 min
Directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Drama, Female Director

Imagine... John Lennon’s childhood. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into the new and exciting world of rock and roll, where his fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the teenage Paul McCartney. Read More

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Patrol
Shorts Program II
Short Narrative, 2009, 20 min
Directed by: John Patton Ford
Interests: *Short Films, Drama, Family Film

Ashamed of his job, Norman pretends to be a police officer to impress his 6-year-old son. Read More

Peter in Radioland
Short in front of Feature
Short Documentary, 2009, 10 min
Directed by: Johanna Wagner
Precedes: Smash His Camera
Interests: *Short Films, Drama

Comforted by his analog radios, his memories, and his loving wife, Peter yearns for the old days. Read More

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Underwear
Shorts Program I
Short Narrative, 2009 , 15 min
Directed by: Tomer Gendler
Plays In: Shorts Program I
Interests: *Short Films, Drama, Romance

A stylized look on communication, life, and love between two seniors who communicate via an old, tethered clothesline that joins their two buildings across a fantastical distance. Read More

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Winter's Bone
15th Anniversary Sidebar
Narrative Feature, 2010, 100 min
Directed by: Debra Granik
Interests: *Feature Length Films, Drama, Female Director

Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, Winter’s Bone tells the story of 17-year-old Ree Dolly. Ree sets out to track down her father, who put up her family’s house as his bail bond and then disappeared. If Ree fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Read More