Friday, October 13th |
3 Needles
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Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald's 3 Needles, a tripartite look at the AIDS epidemic, forgoes headline sensationalism to focus on how different communities and families in varying corners of the globe cope with the AIDS epidemic. Fri. Oct 13, 7:15PM, Sequoia |
5@5: Change Your Mind
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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 All 5@5 Programs are only $5Thu. Oct 12, 5:00PM, Sequoia |
5@5: Comes a Time
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There comes a time when our lives call out for a change. Follow the journeys of the colorful characters in this array of shorts as they each embark on their singular searches to find a new way of life. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Cold Kenya, Disappearing, Duck Man, Dupe, Fishy, It's My Turn Now, Ready All 5@5 Programs are only $5Mon. Oct 9, 5:00PM, Rafael |
Between the Lines: India's Third Gender
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Thomas Wartmann's Between the Lines: India's Third Gender explores the complexities of gender and identity in this intimate and provocative portrait of the Hijra, India's eunuch subculture. Fri. Oct 13, 9:15PM, Sequoia |
Figner: The End of a Silent Century
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The finest and last practioner of a fading art, analog soundtrack designer Edgar Figner is cast aside by contemporary Russian society and retreats into the past, where reality, memory and stunning footage from Soviet films blend into an intimate portrait of the post-Soviet Russian experience. Wed. Oct 11, 7:00PM, Rafael |
Frozen City
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Full of frank and believable conversations and interactions, this portrait of a taxi driver whose life is on a downward trajectory offers an indelible, intimate portrait of a life gone awry. Fri. Oct 13, 6:45PM, Rafael |
The Host
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This surprise hit of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival—starring a 30ft. long squid-thing that terrorizes the citizens of Seoul—is a genre-bending, raucous fun and definitely frightening monster flick. Fri. Oct 13, 10:15PM, Sequoia |
I Am
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Conjuring shades of Truffaut's 400 Blows, I Am is a visually stunning film about a young boy's search for home. Piotr Jagielski's performance as 11-year-old Kundel fascinates. Fri. Oct 13, 7:00PM, Sequoia |
Klunkerz
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Originating in MVFF's backyard–Mt. Tam, to be exact–as an outgrowth of Bay Area counterculture, the global phenomenon of mountain biking is celebrated in this fast-moving documentary that honors the sport's gonzo riders. PRECEDED BY: Russian Hill Roulette Sun. Oct 8, 6:30PM, Sequoia JUST ADDED! |
The Mystery of the Sardine
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An exploding pooch inexplicably destroys Professor Tim Boerhave’s legs, setting in motion Erik van Zuylen’s The Mystery of the Sardine, a surreal, twisty story of broken people and fractured families struggling with disruption, crime and punishment, memory and dreams. Wed. Oct 11, 6:30PM, Sequoia |
The Orange Thief
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If Jim Jarmusch shot a musical Sicilian folk tale, it might look, and sound, something like this delightful, rustic charmer about a young man whose dream of owning a bit of land depends on the whims of a murdering epicurean and his girlfriend. Sat. Oct 7, 3:45PM, Sequoia |
Pettson and Findus: Pettson's Promise
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This sweet Swedish series about a farmer and his cat Findus and their easy-going adventures appears in its third episode, where a Christmas promise is made but is fulfilled in a very magical way. Fri. Oct 13, 4:30PM, Rafael |
Read You Like a Book
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Set off when a mysterious book is delivered, this tale of intrigue, scandal, love and redemption follows 24 hours of an extraordinary day at a small neighborhood Berkeley bookstore. Fri. Oct 13, 9:00PM, Rafael |
Severance
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"Another bloody office outing" becomes, well, just that, as a sales team from a multi-national arms supplier go for a team-building weekend in the depths of Hungary. Imagine the cast of The Office in a slasher pic, and you'll get the idea. Severance is a gleefully gruesome tour-de-force. Sat. Oct 7, 10:15PM, Sequoia |
Starfish Hotel
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A hypnotic metaphysical mystery about a Tokyo businessman whose investigation of his wife's disappearance draws him into the center of his favorite author's strange fictional world. Fri. Oct 13, 9:15PM, Rafael |
Ten Canoes
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A narrator's voice begins, "Once upon a time in a land far, far away..." and then shifts: "No, it's not like that. It's not like your story–but it's a good story all the same." Ten Canoes proves that some stories speak to all people in any time. Fri. Oct 13, 6:30PM, Rafael |
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
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This gripping account of race and injustice in the US legal system tells the nearly incredible story of a wrongfully convicted man's 20-year quest for vindication in the North Carolina legal system. Fri. Oct 13, 9:15PM, Throckmorton |
Wanted: Man
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Intent on resuscitating his mother's romantic life, Bas places a classified ad. Shocked by her precocious son's bold gesture, Rosalie begins to come to terms with her fractured family, and to imagine a love life that makes space for her eccentric son. Fri. Oct 13, 7:00PM, Throckmorton |
