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- Sun 22 Feb | 3pm
- The Larry Dunn Anthology of Earth Wind Fire
- Luke and Andrew Wilson Event: Satellite Beach
- Sat 28 Feb | 12pm
- Sun 22 Feb | 6pm
- 1,000 Rupee Note (Ek Hazarachi Note)
- Preceded By: Cloth Paper Dreams
- 1,000 Times Good Night
- Wed 25 Feb | 12:10pm
- Advanced Style
- Preceded By: The Mural
- Agave is Life
- Preceded By: Osa: The Jewel of Costa Rica
- Sun 22 Feb | 12pm
- All About Love: The Music of Larry Dunn
- Mon 23 Feb | 6pm
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1/31/2015 Page 1 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - SPECIAL EVENTS FDR: Ed Asner Bringing to life one of America's most beloved and influential presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR (starring Ed Asner) focuses primarily on the political figure's battle with polio and reveals the humanity and grace of the man who led the country through some of its most difficult times, including the Great Depression and World War II. FDR is based on the play Sunrise at Campobello by Dore Schary, which was originally produced on Broadway by the Theatre Guild and ran 556 performances — one of the longest running plays of all time. Sun 22 Feb | 3pm Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 1:30:00
“This Filthy World” is John Waters’ one-man show: a “vaudeville” act that celebrates the film career and obsessive tastes of the man William Burroughs once called “The Pope of Trash.” Focusing in on Waters’ early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of sexual politics, this joyously devious and continuously updated monologue is a rally cry against the tyranny of good taste and serves as a call to arms for filth followers everywhere. In his 50-year career, Waters has created one of the most influential and beloved bodies of work in all of American cinema. His first six features are enduring staples of the midnight-movie circuit: maniacal exercises in high-camp shock humor, each with the emotional pitch of an opera and content that wouldn’t be out of place in a psychological text on sexual fetishes. Waters was influenced by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, Russ Meyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis. In 1972 Waters created what would become the most "notorious" film in the American independent cinema of the 1970's, "Pink Flamingos". The film went on to become a smash success at midnight screenings in the U.S. and all over the world. Waters followed the success of "Pink Flamingos" with three more pictures, spanning the remainder of the decade: "Female Trouble", "Desperate Living" and "Polyester" — a wide-screen comic melodrama starring Divine and Tab Hunter. In "Hairspray" (1988), Waters created "an almost big-budget comedy extravaganza about star-struck teen-age celebrities in 1962, their stage mothers and their quest for mental health." The film was a box office and critical success and starred the then-unknown Ricki Lake, Deborah Harry, the late Sonny Bono, Jerry Stiller, Pia Zadora and Ric Ocasek. The success of "Hairspray" brought Waters major Hollywood backing for his next feature, "Cry-Baby" (1990), a juvenile delinquent musical comedy satire, starring Johnny Depp. In 1994, Waters released "Serial Mom", the well-reviewed, socially un-redeeming comedy starring Kathleen Turner and Sam Waterston, which was the closing night attraction at that year's Cannes Film Festival. Concurrent to his career as a filmmaker, John Waters is also an author and photographer whose work — first represented by American Fine Arts and presently, the Marianne Boesky Galley in New York — has been shown in galleries all over the world since 1992.
Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 1:30:00
1/31/2015 Page 2 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - SPECIAL EVENTS The Larry Dunn Anthology of Earth Wind & Fire We are kicking off the film festival with our BIGGEST concert event EVER: The Larry Dunn Anthology of Earth Wind & Fire — nine musicians, four singers and one magical night of music! Former keyboard mastermind for Earth Wind & Fire (EW&F), Larry Dunn wrote, produced and arranged many of the band's legendary hits from 1972 to 1983 and performed on them all — and last year, performed, produced and arranged three songs on Earth Wind & Fire’s latest album, “Now, Then & Forever”. Dunn helped transform EW&F into one of the all-time most successful R&B/funk/soul bands in the world, with sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide, six Grammys, 13 Grammy nominations, four American Music Awards, 32 Gold and Platinum/Multi-Platinum records, a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 as well as many other industry awards. In addition to playing keyboards, organ, synthesizer, piano, clavinet, kalimba and about anything else sitting around, Dunn held the position as EW&F’s longtime musical director. In addition, he rehearsed Earth Wind & Fire for live stage performances and wrote many of the musical segues and medleys. His creative influence can be felt in such classics as "Shining Star," "Spirit," "Be Ever Wonderful," "Runnin'," "See The Light," "Let Me Talk," "And Love Goes On," "Jupiter," as well as other melodies that will live on in the hearts of fans and popular music lovers alike. As one of the key people behind the scenes, much of the group's musical success can be attributed to him. Continuing in that vein of musical style and artistic nuance, Dunn has brought together some of the world's greatest musical talents to recreate the Larry Dunn Anthology of Earth Wind & Fire. Dunn's unique rhythmic style, combined with artistic composing and arranging talent, meld into a legendary performance with music’s greatest talents. The set list includes favorite and memorable hits and — maybe something we have not yet heard. Larry Dunn’s distinctive groove, funky sync and tight polish will be featured as the special opening act of the Festival on Friday, February 20 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. It will be a great way to get the party started for all the special events and movies ahead! Fri 20 Feb | 7pm Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 2:00:00
1/31/2015 Page 3 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - SPECIAL EVENTS Luke and Andrew Wilson Event: Satellite Beach Join brothers Luke and Andrew Wilson and Steve Eckelman for a special screening of their award-winning short film "Satellite Beach" and a conversation about independent filmmaking! "Satellite Beach" follows the unique journey of the Endeavour space shuttle as it travels through the streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center and the final move of the Atlantis space shuttle to the Kennedy Space Center. Watch as Warren Flowers, a devoted and unlikely shuttle manager navigates the missions on his own accord while the citizens, reporters, and officials are perplexed by his involvement. The film was directed by both Wilson brothers, directed by Luke (and starring him as well) and produced by Eckelman (who is also featured in the film). Join the three for a lively conversation about independent filmmaking and the art of writing, directing, acting and producing. The event may also include a screening of their feature film "The Wendell Baker Story", which stars Luke and the third Wilson brother, Owen. Sat 28 Feb | 12pm Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 1:30:00
Between 1970-1976, Orson Welles worked on a film entitled, "The Other Side of the Wind" — the story of a great director (played by John Huston) trying to make a comeback movie in the New Hollywood of the early 1970s. Though the film was ultimately never completed, it has remained an object of fascination for Wellesian's and movie aficionado's alike, while news of its possible release making the cover of the New York Times in late 2014. Join us for a discussion about the film, it's legendary director and the colorful story behind it's making, with a panel that includes: Welles' daughter Beatrice; film producer Filip Jan Rymsza; actors Pat McMahon and Peter Jason; cameraman Mike Ferris; editor Rick Shore and Josh Karp, author of the forthcoming book "Orson Welles' Last Movie: The Making of The Other Side of the Wind."
Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 2 Total Running Time: 1:30:00
1/31/2015 Page 4 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - SPECIAL EVENTS Oscars on the Rocks Enjoy Tinseltown's brightest stars on Hollywood's biggest night LIVE — right here in Sedona on Sunday, Feb. 22! Join in the fun and festivities at "Oscars on the Rocks", the official spot to catch the Academy Awards on the big screen. You will feel like you are right in the midst of the Oscar action — now showing at TWO festival locations: the Mary D. Fisher Theatre and Harkins Theatres. Roll out the red carpet, make your Oscar picks and join your fellow movie-lovers for a night out on the town! Sun 22 Feb | 6pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 5 Sun 22 Feb | 6pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 6 Sun 22 Feb | 6pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Total Running Time: 4:00:00
“Oxymorons” is a live, 40-minute comedy set on two park benches — starring Ed Asner and Mark Rydell, written and directed by Brian Connors. The delightful production is a play about two brothers as they hash out their sibling rivalries over anything and everything be it money, women or Lincoln Logs! The performance will also include a screening of “Good Men” — a 12-minute award-winning short film about the conspiracy allegations surrounding 9/11. “Good Men” has screened in over 50 film festivals around the world. Before the Q&A with the audience, the show will feature a retrospective of Ed Asner — winner of 7 Emmy Awards and 5 Golden Globe Awards, with a career spanning decades in TV and Film. It will also feature a retrospective of Academy Award-nominee Mark Rydell with clips of his work as both actor and director.
Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 1:30:00
1/31/2015 Page 5 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - SPECIAL EVENTS A Twist of Lemmon “A Twist of Lemmon” — a critically-acclaimed live show — is Chris Lemmon’s heart-warming, musical and comical exploration of his unique, yet universal, father/son story, couched in the lore of the golden age of Hollywood, as told by Chris in the voice of his father — Jack Lemmon — one of the most beloved actors of all times. Wonderful behind-the-scenes stories, dozens of imitations of some of the world's greatest entertainers. A score of some of Jack's favorite Gershwin songs, performed by Chris, a classically trained pianist. And all the while, at its core, an incredibly touching glimpse into a father/son journey through life. “What was it like to be Jack Lemmon’s son? The one question I was asked more than any other my entire life. And if you think about it, a pretty difficult question for a kid to try to answer; any kid for that matter. In my case it was magnified a thousand-fold, because, you see, during the latter part of the 20th century, my father was probably the world’s most beloved actor. That question has led me on a lifelong journey of discovery. It led me to write and publish my memoir, and it brings me now to a project four years in the making, my new one man show: “A Twist of Lemmon”. And the crazy thing is, after all that, I’m not even the best person to answer it. After all I was just a kid. No, there was someone who had a much clearer view of the impact that “one little question” had on my formative years: my father, Jack Lemmon. I invite you to join us both, onstage, live, as we both do our best to make you laugh, cry, and maybe even take a little look inside yourself. We two Lemmons, doing our best to find an answer to that etherial question: What was it like?” — Chris Lemmon With a career spanning 30 years, Chris Lemmon has starred in more than 25 feature films, including “Just the Ticket”, “Lena’s Holiday” and “That’s Life”. He’s starred in television series for all major networks, including “Knot’s Landing” (CBS), “Studio 59” (ABC), “Brothers & Sisters” (NBC), and most notably Fox's highly-acclaimed, network-launching situation comedy “Duet”. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with degrees in classical piano and composition, as well as a degree in the theatrical arts, and went on to appear in numerous stage productions.
Sedona Performing Arts Center Total Running Time: 1:30:00
1/31/2015 Page 6 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z 1,000 Rupee Note (Ek Hazarachi Note) India | 2014 | 89 min • Narrative Feature Director/Producer: Shrihari Sathe “When the goddess of wealth comes, she brings trouble with her, too.” And so it unfolds in Phulambri, a village in India’s Maharashtra state struggling to maintain its gentle rhythms and traditions in the face of endemic corruption. Lonely widow Budhi-distraught since her farmer son, drowning in debt, took his own life-has nonetheless found comfort and balance among her fellow villagers. Most of them are as poor as she is, but unfailingly generous with whatever they have, be it goat’s milk for tea or freshly baked fluffy bread in the morning. That delicate balance is upended the moment a politician shoves a 1,000-rupee note into Budhi’s hands at a campaign rally, setting off a chain of events that will take her to the brink of despair and back again. With a Technicolor palette and buoyant original songs, this deeply humanistic morality tale is a feast for the eyes, ears, and brain, and lingers long after the credits roll.
USA | 2013 | 12 min Documentary Short
At the confluence of the three holiest rivers in India during the world's largest spiritual pilgrimage, three men converge, each bringing what connects them to something greater than themselves.
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Fri 27 Feb | 9pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Total Running Time: 1:41:00
1/31/2015 Page 7 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z 1,000 Times Good Night Norway/Ireland/Sweden | 2014 | 111 min • Narrative Feature Director: Erik Poppe Producers: Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae Writers: Erik Poppe, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Kirsten Sheridan Cast: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle Kennedy Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of the world's top war photojournalists, capturing dangerous and chilling images in the most dire landscapes, all in an effort to shed light on the real cost of modern war. But she's also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone. After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband Marcus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) levels an ultimatum: give up the dangerous profession or lose the family she counts on being there when she returns from each assignment. Yet the conviction that her photos can make a difference keeps pulling at Rebecca's resolve, making it difficult for her to walk away entirely. With an offer to photograph a refugee camp in Kenya, a place allegedly so safe that daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny) is allowed to join her, Rebecca comes face to face with just how much she risks each time she steps back into the fray. Wed 25 Feb | 12:10pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 2 Thu 26 Feb | 9pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Total Running Time: 1:51:00
1/31/2015 Page 8 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Advanced Style USA | 2014 | 72 min • Documentary Feature Director: Lina Plioplyte Producer: Ari Cohen Writers: Ari Cohen, Lina Plioplyte "Advanced Style" examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famed blog of the same name, this film paints intimate and colorful portraits of independent, stylish women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, aging, and Western’s culture’s increasing obsession with youth.
Spain/USA | 2014 | 20 min Documentary Short
"The Mural" is a 20-minute documentary film following the stories of several artists with developmental disabilities from the non-profit The Arc San Francisco as they work together with a group of civic artists to paint a wall that aims to erase barriers. The film explores the unlimited nature of art and its capacity to express freedom, even for those individuals whose lives seem to be confined to the boundaries of their disabilities.
Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 5 Tue 24 Feb | 9pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Total Running Time: 1:32:00
1/31/2015 Page 9 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z Agave is Life USA | 2014 | 60 min • Documentary Feature Directors: Meredith Dreiss, David Brown Producers: Meredith Dreiss, Sharon Greenhill, David Brown Writers: Meredith Dreiss, David Brown, Jennifer Lane, Sharon Greenhill "Agave is Life" is the story of mankind's symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico's iconic distilled spirit is derived. Told through the lens of archaeological and historical investigations, this colorful film with both original and traditional folk music relies upon ethnographic materials, archival footage and interviews to explore ten thousand years of the human-agave relationship. Once a critical resource for hunter- gatherers living in arid regions of the American Southwest and Latin America, and later playing a role in the rise of ancient civilizations, agave, the buffalo of plants, was a source of food, drink, textiles, fuel, and medicines. We learn that this unique desert plant, once embedded in cultural identity, mythology, art, and rituals, faces an uncertain future. Today, ancient folkways, from fiber craftsmanship to traditional pulque and mescal productions, are rapidly disappearing. While entrepreneurs and scientists work to turn the tide, a loss of diversity of both cultivated and wild species may be the ultimate arbitrator.
USA | 2014 | 51 min Documentary Feature
The Osa Peninsula is an incredibly lush and vibrant corner of the world. Lush rain forests reach unimpeded from the ocean to mountain peaks. Wildlife abounds. Plant and animal species are recovering and ranges are expanding. This is the story of a place where individuals and groups are making a successful positive difference in caring and healing one of the most beautiful biological tropical rain forests in the world. They are showing that man and nature can live in symbiosis, that sustainability can be commercially viable, and individuals, groups and businesses can come together to protect and heal the land. The Osa Peninsula itself is the central and primary character. Her beauty, her remoteness, her limited development, her rich load of natural wealth, and the abundance of individual stories make her unique and intriguing. All the stories on the peninsula are driven from her magnificent presence. She is at her best when allowed to be her incredibly prolific and diverse source of life. She is beautiful, alluring, overwhelming and mysterious. She is welcoming and dangerous. She shapes the lives of all who live in or near her and yet she is vulnerable to the thoughtlessness and vicissitudes of men far away from her verdant soil. She is the foil by which we can examine our actions and values and see ourselves in her reflection. Who will win in the long run and what will happen to the Osa is unknown. It is a story of our times unfolding right now.
Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 5 Tue 24 Feb | 6:20pm Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 6 Total Running Time: 1:51:00
1/31/2015 Page 10 SIFF 2015 PROGRAMS - GENERAL FILM SCREENINGS A-Z All About Love: The Music of Larry Dunn USA | 2014 | 52 min • Documentary Feature Director/Writer/Producer: Greg Miller Keyboard legend and founding member of Earth Wind & Fire, Larry Dunn, shares his story of rising from humble beginnings to making musical magic. Featuring candid moments with fellow music greats (Hubert Laws, Munyungo Jackson, Beloyd Taylor and more) during the seven year process in creating his new album, N2 The Journey. An inspiring and heartwarming glimpse at Larry and his wife Luisa's secret to making great music — it’s "All About Love". (Including impromptu performances, vintage EWF photography by Bruce W Talamon.) Mon 23 Feb | 6pm Mary D. Fisher Theatre Wed 25 Feb | 9:20am Harkins Sedona 6 Theatre 6 Total Running Time: 0:52:00
USA | 2014 | 95 min • Narrative Feature Director/Producer: Bryan Michael Stoller Cast: Will Spencer, Nicki Kelly, Tommy Lister Young Bobby Spade who has an anxiety disorder, discovers that his therapy dog Ozzy is actually 600 years old and was once owned by a powerful wizard from ancient times. Upon his twelfth birthday, Bobby is propelled into a new life when he learns the truth about his faithful pet who soon determines the boy and his widowed mother's destiny. "The Amazing Wizard of Paws" was shot primarily in Sedona last year and features many Sedona locals in the cast and as extras! You will notice several popular locations and some beautiful scenery. From the filmmakers of "First Dog", which played to rave reviews at the Sedona International Film Festival a few years ago, comes a charming family film starring — once again — the adorable Little Bear, our four-legged friend!
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