Mill Valley Film Festival - October 12

5@5: Change Your Mind

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:44:57 -0500

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When our mind plays tricks on us, many strange and beautiful things can happen. From deep dreams to mental challenges, these shorts travel the byways of our brains to great effect.

SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Assertion Techniques, Paradox, Phobias, Rose, She He, Vagabond Shoes

5@5: Truth Be Known

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:49:10 -0500

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How do we judge what is true and what is real? How can the medium of film or video manipulate the truth and fabricate a whole new reality? Complicated questions call for shrewd shorts, and here's where to get 'em!

SHORTS IN PROGRAM: 00h17, Apocalypse Oz, Cataract, Filter, Gandhi at the Bat, Screening

Bonkers

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:18:43 -0500

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Little Bonnie confronts loss, her “bonkers” mother, and a world into which she doesn't fit using instinct and resiliency, traits she shares with the elephants she adores, as well as her legacy of love.

Going Private

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:39:50 -0500

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A garden party on Switzerland's trendy Gold Coast goes irreparably awry in this dramatic investigation into the overlapping of work and private life.

Good Year

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:50:07 -0500

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Six years after their staggering collaboration on Gladiator, Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe have reunited in making 2006 a good year, indeed. A delightful tale that reminds us that fine wine in the Provençal sunshine can change your life, if you're ready for it.

I'll Call You

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:59:27 -0500

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A fresh look at modern romance that avoids boy-meets-girl, etc.: What happens when two people, not romantically right for each other, find a connection and candor they can't find in anyone else?

Journals of Knud Rasmussen

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:46:53 -0500

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The directors of Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner (MVFF 2001), return to the incredible icy landscapes of northern Canada's Iglulik, in a story that chronicles the conversion to Christianity of Avva, a famous shaman.

Liar Shepherd

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:53:32 -0500

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Filmmaker Sirus Hassanpur upholds Iranian cinema's tradition of exquisite stories centered around children with this fable about a boy who spares a sick animal out of pity and sets off a chain reaction with dire consequences.

Live!

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:53:56 -0500

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The engrossing story of a middle-aged woman who lets go of a haunted past in order to live fully and deeply in the present.

Nail Polish

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:53:41 -0500

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Side ponytails, midriff-baring tanks and Jawzee accents abound in newcomer Jane Ainbinder's Nail Polish, an endearingly awkward look at the life of two girls in the 1980s who are navigating the difficult terrain of sexual curiosity on the Jersey shore.

Observer

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:29:59 -0500

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Badrul, a young Malaysian man, embarks on an extraordinary journey away from his regular pursuits (like making a skateboarding video) and trains to be an election observer in Afghanistan.

Stolen Holidays

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:58:53 -0500

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A day trip with her grandchildren takes a psychological turn when retired schoolteacher Danielle refuses to return the kids to their parents, and what begins as a grand adventure for the children becomes increasingly alarming.

Stranded

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:06:33 -0500

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With Stranded and The Glenmoore Job we are presented with two new directorial talents from Australia who handle their stories of lives in transition with sensitivity and a large dose of that unique Aussie humor.

Summer Palace

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:55:25 -0500

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Star-crossed lovers meet, part and reunite against a backdrop of contemporary Chinese society and the giddy rise of the student-led pro-democracy movement in this poetic, sexually charged story from director Ye Lou.

Venus

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:49:33 -0500

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Peter O'Toole stars as Maurice, an aging actor who develops a uniquely tender and subtly sensual intergenerational relationship with Jessie, the grandniece of his best friend and fellow actor, Ian. Also featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Venus gives new meaning to the term "for mature audiences only."