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Sat 28 Feb | 3pm Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 1:59:00
1/31/2015 Page 22 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Commencement USA | 2012 | 94 min • Narrative Feature Director: Steve Albrazzi Producers: Steve Albrezzi, Vero Shamo-Garcia, Charles R. U.Y. Writer: Steve Albrezzi Cast: Amelia Rose Blaire, Bryan Dechart, Ayre Gross, Rachel Dipillo Bright and shiny Christa Richmond is at the top of her class and the world. She delivers the valedictory speech at her university commencement, then heads home to celebrate and conquer the rest of the universe — only to discover that the next 24 hours is the beginning of her real education. Starting with a relationship crisis and a roadside emergency, Christa’s well-organized plans unravel in funny and unexpected ways, beginning with a prickly tow-truck guy and discoveries from the family and friends that have gathered for her graduation party. Her loving but troubled parents cannot keep their struggles from erupting in ways that challenge Christa’s security while her quirky grandparents remind her that “people will surprise you” and that learning to dance through life’s detours might be the best education of all.
USA | 2014 | 17 min Narrative Short
Adam runs Homework Lab, an ingenious underground cheating society that has taken over Monroe High School. When Drew (Adam's ex) threatens to expose his 'Big Cheat' in the school newspaper, Adam is forced to choose between what is right and what he loves. Tue 24 Feb | 3pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Thu 26 Feb | 9:10am Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 2 Total Running Time: 1:51:00
1/31/2015 Page 23 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Copenhagen Canada/US/Denmark | 2014 | 98 min • Narrative Feature Director/Writer: Mark Raso Executive Producers: Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Burton Ritchie, Joseph Raso Producers: Mauro Mueller, Mette Thygesen Cast: Gethin Anthony, Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Sebastian Armesto, Christian Brandt After weeks of traveling through Europe the immature William finds himself at a crossroads in Copenhagen. Not just another European city, Copenhagen is also the birthplace of his father. When the youthful Effy befriends the older William they set off on an adventure to find William’s grandfather. Effy’s mix of youthful exuberance and wisdom challenges William unlike any woman ever has. As the attraction builds and William truly connects with someone for the first time in his life, he must come to grips with destabilizing elements of his family’s sordid past. Preceded By: You've Got to be Kidding USA | 2014 | 11 min Narrative Short
Andrew Nunemacher, Mike Bobbit, Evan Kishiyama, John Kishiyama, Chantel Cagle, Christopher McDonald It's New Years Eve and Ted, a 28 year old man who is stuck in a bit of an apathetic slump, makes a wish that he could be happy again, like he was as a kid. He wakes up to discover that everyone in the world has mentally turned into children! Throughout the day as he desperately tries to get things back to normal he discovers the inner child in himself and realizes that happiness is all in your perspective. Thu 26 Feb | 9pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Sun 1 Mar | 9:20am Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 6 Total Running Time: 1:49:00
1/31/2015 Page 24 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Crying Earth Rise Up USA | 2015 | 57 min • Documentary Feature Director: Suree Towfighnia Producers: Suree Towfighnia, Courtney Hermann "Crying Earth Rise Up" tells the story of two women who resolve to uncover the human cost of uranium mining and its impact on sacred water. Debra White Plume is a Lakota grandmother and tireless leader in the fight to protect her people's water and land from corporate polluters. Debra is the lead plaintiff in a case challenging uranium mining on Lakota treaty territory. Elisha Yellow Thunder intimately understands the dangers of contaminated water. A young mother and a geology student, she unknowingly drank water with high levels of radiation while pregnant with her first daughter, whose severe medical anomalies are life-threatening. "Crying Earth Rise Up" documents the growing movement of native and non-native people of the Great Plains in their battle to stop the expansion of uranium mining.
USA | 2014 | 57 min Documentary Feature
The worst environmental disaster in U.S. history is quickly approaching, yet very little is being done to stop it. A casualty of the “water wars” in the Southwest, California's largest lake is disappearing. The receding Salton Sea reveals a toxic mix of fine dust and chemicals that is threatening the health of millions. Thu 26 Feb | 12:20pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 6 Sat 28 Feb | 3pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Total Running Time: 1:54:00
1/31/2015 Page 25 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Dig Two Graves USA | 2014 | 97 min • Narrative Feature Director/Writer/Producer: Hunter Adams Cast: Samantha Isler, Ted Levine A girl's obsession with her brother's disappearance leads her on a nightmarish journey through a small town's Gothic landscape where she is faced with a deadly proposition. How far will she go to save the people she loves? One part Gothic thriller, one part dark comedy and one part Dickensian mystery, "Dig Two Graves" dramatizes the cycle of violence that perpetuates itself over generations in a small backwoods town. The title is a reference to a Confucian proverb that warns “When you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” Preceded By: Not It (Zafo) Mexico | 2014 | 5 min Narrative Short
Castillo Camacho A group of kids draw straws to carry out an uncomfortable task.
Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 2 Sat 28 Feb | 6pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Total Running Time: 1:42:00
1/31/2015 Page 26 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Diplomacy France | 2014 | 85 min • Narrative Feature Director: Volker Schlöndorff Producers: Marc de Bayser, Frank le Wita Writers: Cyril Gély, Volker Schlöndorff Cast: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober As the Allies march toward Paris in the summer of 1944, Hitler gives orders that the French capital should not fall into enemy hands, or if it does, then ‘only as a field of rubble’. The person assigned to carry out this barbaric act is Wehrmacht commander of Greater Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, who already has mines planted on the Eiffel Tower, in the Louvre and Notre Dame and on the bridges over the Seine. Nothing should be left as a reminder of the city’s former glory. However, at dawn on 25 August, Swedish Consul General Raoul Nordling steals into German headquarters through a secret underground tunnel and there starts a tension-filled game of cat and mouse as Nordling tries to persuade Choltitz to abandon his plan. In this riveting adaptation of the stage success by Cyril Gély, the great Volker Schlöndorff (Academy Award winner "The Tin Drum") has created a psychologically elaborate game of political manners between two highly contrasting characters. While Choltitz entrenches himself behind his duty to obey unquestioningly all military orders, Nordling tries everything he can to appeal to reason and humanity and prevent the senseless destruction of the beloved 'City of Light'.
USA | 2014 | 9 min Animation Short
The fires of hatred have been unleashed and now we, victims of a burning paradise, kneel at the pedestal of death, begging for salvation from this hell of flesh, wire and ash. Welcome to our nightmare. Based on a true story, "Hands of Flame" is a thesis film by Steven Markowitz from the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology, told entirely in silhouettes and featuring a unique blend of 3D computer animation and traditional 2D watercolor animation. Remembering the Fallen France | 2014 | 15 min Narrative Short
A French veteran of the second world war remembers a particular day. The day he met his old friend, Ludwig, a German soldier.
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Thu 26 Feb | 12pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Total Running Time: 1:49:00
1/31/2015 Page 27 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Druid Peak USA | 2014 | 111 min • Narrative Feature Director/Writer: Marni Zelnick Producers: Julie Buck, Dana Morgan, Jeff Petriello Cast: Spencer Treat Clark, Andrew Wilson, Rachel Korine Set against the backdrop of the wolf reintroduction program in Yellowstone National Park, "Druid Peak" is a coming of age story about a troubled teenage boy who finds a home tracking wolves in the wild lands of the Wyoming.
Sixteen year-old Owen isn’t just rebellious — he’s a bully with a mean streak. Growing up in coal country West Virginia, he struggles against the claustrophobia of small town life, lashing out against school and family. But when his actions lead to the death of a friend, Owen is sent to live with his estranged father, Everett, a biologist on Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction program. At first, Owen wants no part of this new life. Then he comes face to face with a Canadian grey wolf. The creature’s deep, penetrating gaze startles him, stirring something long dead inside his own self. Sensing the first signs of change in his son, Everett encourages Owen to collect some basic data about the wolf he saw and its family pack — the Druid Peak pack. Owen’s small assignment grows into a passion and his own life becomes deeply tied to the Druid Peak wolves and their struggle for survival. When a change in government policy threatens the animals, Owen must decide how far he will go to protect the wolves, his father and the place he has finally come to call home. A coming of age story with a conservation twist, "Druid Peak" is a film about the human soul’s need for wild things, and the challenges of holding onto them. Thu 26 Feb | 6pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sat 28 Feb | 6:10pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 2 Total Running Time: 1:51:00
1/31/2015 Page 28 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Force Majeure Sweden/France/Norway | 2014 | 118 min • Narrative Feature Director/Writer: Ruben Ostlund Producers: Philippe Bober, Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson Cast: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Vincent Wettergren, Clara Wettergren Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film! Sweden's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film! A critical favorite at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family — handsome businessman Tomas, his willowy wife Ebba and their two blond children — on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche suddenly bears down on the happy diners. With people fleeing in all directions and his wife and children in a state of panic, Tomas makes a decision that will shake his marriage to its core and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as family patriarch. Sun 22 Feb | 9am Sedona Performing Arts Center Tue 24 Feb | 9:10pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 2 Total Running Time: 1:58:00
1/31/2015 Page 29 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Frank vs. God USA | 2013 | 100 min • Narrative Feature Director/Writer: Stewart Schill Producers: Jeff Merriman-Cohen, Alan Pruzan, Scott Schill, Daniel Springen, Jillian Stein Cast: Henry Ian Cusick David Frank (Henry Ian Cusick) thinks he’s lost everything. Unable to move past the grief of losing his wife, this former lawyer has all but given up. That is, until a tornado not only destroys his house, but takes from him the last real connection to the world, his beloved dog Brutus. When the insurance company deems the loss an “act of God,” David is desperate, and is convinced someone has to pay. He decides to serve God — with a lawsuit. David’s provocative and clever legal antics turn the courtroom into a riveting spectacle as he cross-examines representatives of the world’s religions. But when he meets his match — charming and intelligent defense lawyer Rachel (Ever Carradine) — sparks fly and his assumptions are challenged. David’s act of desperation just might be his salvation. "Frank vs. God" is a comedy that raises questions about faith and religion with a light-hearted tone and an open mind. The film is an uplifting story of one man’s search for answers, by taking them to a higher court.
USA | 2014 | 9 min Narrative Short
The Arizona monsoon is powerful, unique and beautiful. The short film "Monsoon" takes viewers on a journey through the stormy summer of 2014 in time-lapse photography. More than 14,000 miles driven across Arizona over the course of three months reveals torrential rains, massive dust storms, intense lightning strikes and incredible cloud structures. "Monsoon" is a film created from passion and struggle against nature. Countless hours on the road hoping to capture the best weather scenes that the monsoon can offer. Wed 25 Feb | 9pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sat 28 Feb | 6pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Total Running Time: 1:49:00
1/31/2015 Page 30 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Gardeners of Eden Kenya/USA | 2014 | 62 min • Documentary Feature Directors: Austin Peck, Anneliese vanDenberg Executive Producer: Kristin Davis Producer: Bryn Mooser Writer: Austin Peck For over 40 years, Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick has been pioneering the art and science of raising orphaned elephants with a human family, so that one day, they may rejoin the wild herds and the life they were destined to lead. Over that past half-century, the once infinite-seeming population of Africa's elephants, has dwindled to less than 10% of their original numbers- to create piano keys and trinkets that each cost the life of a deeply sentient creature. Today, her knowledge has become a critical part of the battle to save the elephants that remain. Flanked by her family and an elite team of anti-poaching rangers, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust confronts the perpetrators in the bush and rescues the young of fallen elephants, who gain a loving human family and cohort of fellow orphans, in preparation to eventually go back to the wild. Through their work, the Sheldrick Trust have revealed that the two species — human and elephant — are not only capable of profound connection, but find ourselves in a state of desperate mutual dependence, upon which the survival of our species depends. "Gardeners of Eden" is an immersive film, designed to bring an audience to the shores of this connection, to the feeling of being in the presence of these majestic creatures in their own environment, and with urgency, to the realization that within a generation they may all be gone. Preceded By: Shortage Of Children (A Court D'Enfants) France | 2014 | 42 min Narrative Short
Winter 1963. Two children, Camelien (10) and Lenais (5), from the Reunion Island are taken away from their mother to help in the resettlement policy of the French government.
Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 5 Mon 23 Feb | 3pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Total Running Time: 1:44:00
1/31/2015 Page 31 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem France/Germany/Israel | 2014 | 115 min • Narrative Feature Directors/Writer: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Producers: Marie Masmonteil, Sandrine Brauer, Shlomi Elkabetz Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her country’s religious marriage laws, in this powerhouse courtroom drama from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz. In Israel, there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce; only Orthodox rabbis can legalize a union or its dissolution, which is only possible with the husband’s full consent. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Viviane Amsalem has been applying for a divorce for three years but her religiously devout husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian of "Casino Royale" and "Persepolis"), continually refuses. His cold intransigence, Viviane’s determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the rabbinical judges shape a procedure where tragedy vies with absurdity and everything is brought out into the open for judgment. Winner of the Israeli Film Academy Ophir Award for Best Picture and propelled by the craft of Ronit Elkabetz "(Late Marriage", "The Band's Visit"), one of Israeli cinema’s most acclaimed actresses, "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem" is an uncompromising, heart-rending portrait of a woman’s struggle to overcome an unmoving patriarchy and live a life of her own design.
Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 6 Wed 25 Feb | 6pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Total Running Time: 1:55:00
USA | 2014 | 100 min • Narrative Feature Director: Jay Silverman Producers: Will Newman, Keefe Kaupanger-Swaker, Bethany Cerrona Writer: Joey Curtis Cast: Peter Coyote, Taylor Sprietler, Gil Bellows, Elizabeth Pena, Amy Davidson, Mackenzie Phillips, Rex Lee, Amy Price-Francis "Girl on the Edge" is a powerful true story about the journey of a troubled teenage girl who finds healing in the most unlikely of places, and who must choose to either invest in her own recovery or succumb to the trauma of her past. Hannah Green is a teenager struggling with the aftermath of a horrific trauma caused, in part, by social media and the old wounds from her childhood that it reopens. Despite her resistance, she is sent away to an oasis of healing called 'Maheo' that uses innovative techniques like equine therapy to empower its troubled girls. With the help of an eclectic group of mentors, peers, and a bond with her horse Betsy, she starts to invest in her own recovery and overcome this powerful rite of passage. Mon 23 Feb | 12pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Sat 28 Feb | 9pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 1 Total Running Time: 1:40:00
1/31/2015 Page 32 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z The Goodbye Girl USA | 1977 | 111 min • Narrative Feature Director: Herbert Ross Producer: Ray Stark Writer: Neil Simon Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict Richard Dreyfuss won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for "The Goodbye Girl". At the time he became the youngest man to win an Oscar for Best Actor. The film was nominated for four additional Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won four Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Dreyfuss), Best Actress (Marsha Mason) and Best Screenplay (Neil Simon). Dancer Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason) and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy (Quinn Cummings) live in a Manhattan apartment with her married boyfriend, until one day, he dumps and deserts her to go act in a movie in Italy. Before he left and unbeknownst to Paula, Tony subleased the apartment to Elliot Garfield (Richard Dreyfuss), a neurotic but sweet aspiring actor from Chicago, who shows up in the middle of the night expecting to move in. Though Paula is demanding, and makes clear from the start that she doesn't like Elliot, he allows her and Lucy to stay. After some negotiation the two decide to share the apartment even though she has vowed to stay away from actors.
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