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Winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes, Corneliu Porumboiu’s tragicomic blend of bitterness and poignancy is reminiscent of the great 1960s Czech political comedies by Forman, Passer and Menzel. PRECEDED BY: A Quiet Street Sat. Oct 7, 8:00PM, Rafael New Addition to the Schedule as a |
50 Watt Fuse
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50 Watt Fuse presents the musical life of quintessential sideman, musicologist and guitarist G.E. Smith, front man for Saturday Night Live's house band for 10 years and guitarist for Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, among others. PRECEDED BY: Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business Discussion and mini-set by G.E. Smith and Simon Kirke follows the October 6 screening. G.E. Smith & Friends perform a live concert at 142 Throckmorton Theatre on October 7. Click here for more details. Fri. Oct 6, 8:00PM, Rafael |
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 |
5@5: Falling off the Face of the Earth
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With suspense, humor, poignancy and often surprising equanimity, these captivating shorts encourage us to confront mortality-some with a gentle nudge and others with a powerful punch. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Across the Hall, Kuboå, Morbid Curiosity, The Shovel, The Substitute, 'Til Death All 5@5 Programs are only $5Tue. Oct 10, 5:00PM, Sequoia |
5@5: I Am a Child
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Family dynamics are an endless resource of rich, funny and heartbreaking stories. And, as in these shorts, it's often our childhood experiences that set us up for the tales to be told later. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Bright Lights, Father's Day, Fourteen, Locked Upstairs, The Ranch, The Stories, What Remains All 5@5 Programs are only $5 Mon. Oct 9, 5:00PM, Sequoia |
5@5: Truth Be Known
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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 All 5@5 Programs are only $5Fri. Oct 6, 5:00PM, Sequoia |
5@5: When You Dance You Can Really Love
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The beautiful but complicated choreography of love and intimacy is explored from many perspectives and camera angles in these shorts of passion, both blossoming and breaking. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Breathe Me, I'm Not Going to Think About Her, The Lovers, Minutiae, Mono, Orange Blossom, Shortstop All 5@5 Programs are only $5Fri. Oct 6, 5:00PM, Rafael |
Beneath the Southern Cross
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Christmas comes in summer, and water drains in the other direction, but filmmakers on the south side of the equator are anything but backward. These eclectic shorts demonstrate keen attention to the human condition and the ways that others' choices can dramatically affect our lives. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Blue Willow, Break, Elalini (Place of Rest), Fish Out of Water, Karma, Story of Hong Sun. Oct 8, 10:30AM, Rafael |
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
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The makers of The Red Shoes and the Thief of Baghdad turn a hat trick with this 1972 period piece about a boy, aliens, the Tower of London, television waves and the bothersome problem of being turned yellow. PRECEDED BY: The Thief Sun. Oct 15, 10:00AM, Rafael |
The Breast Cancer Diaries
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With grace, grit and humor, TV journalist and full-time mom Ann Murray Paige documents her own journey with stage 2 breast cancer. Through nine months of medical treatment, this luminous Everywoman goes through hell and keeps going, fighting to maintain a sense of herself as a woman, mother, wife and professional. PRECEDED BY: Toxic Bust: Chemicals and Breast Cancer Sat. Oct 14, 10:45AM, Sequoia |
Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace
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Narrated by Debra Winger, Lilly Rivlin's passionate documentary focuses on Israeli and Palestinian women who insist on dialogue, inspiring hope that women may lead the way to peaceful coexistence in the Middle East. PRECEDED BY: Voices of Patriots: Why Are We In Iraq? Sat. Oct 7, 12:30PM, Throckmorton |
Cine Manifest
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This poignant, hilarious and fascinating film charts the giddy highs and teeth-gnashing lows of a unique Marxist political film collective that rose from the utopian ideologies of the '60s and somehow survived the turmoil and tumult of the '70s. PRECEDED BY: McLaren's Negatives Sun. Oct 8, 6:00PM, Rafael |
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
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This irreverent yet unexpectedly poignant documentary relates the incredible-but-true saga of the German Jewish chemist behind that hippy-chic iconic bottle of peppermint Castile soap, and the son who devised his own inspiring way of following in dad's footsteps. PRECEDED BY: Diet Leibovich Tue. Oct 10, 9:15PM, Sequoia |
Emile Norman: By His Own Design
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A wonderfully warm portrait of a renowned and respected gay American artist in his 80s who transforms dirt, wood, rock and cement into works as beautiful and quirky as his own trademark purple beret. PRECEDED BY: Phoenix Dance Sat. Oct 14, 1:00PM, Rafael |
Fuss, Mess and Scrumble
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These short films for little people are dedicated to the joy of discovery by new eyes.You'll enjoy a hand-picked mélange of giraffes, dinosaurs, cats, dogs, fish, ants, lobsters and an entire barnyard. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: The Brave Cat, Coconut Island, Fence, Fuss, Mess and Scrumble, Happy Day, I Love My Doctor, The Impatient Patient, Invasion of the Space Lobsters, James Marshall's Cinderella, Little Blue, Little Pig Is Flying, Moondance, On the Farm, The Propellerbird, Small Ant Syndrome, There Was the Moon and a Fox , War and Peas
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Georgi and the Butterflies
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Dr. Georgi Lulchev's indefatigable entrepreneurial scheming has kept his home for psychologically challenged men afloat in the turbulent waters of post-Cold War capitalism in Bulgaria. PRECEDED BY: Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott Mon. Oct 9, 6:30PM, Rafael |
Grown Up
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Kids can be more grown up than adults at times, and these five different films from five different countries prove it. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Ayla, the Tsunami Girl, Big Girl, Chicle, Heavy Metal Jr., I Swear I Saw It: Iara Sun. Oct 8, 11:30AM, Rafael |
Hyphy
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Fourteen films equals fourteen fresh views on life, including one on what hyphy means to Berkeley High students. The filmmakers and the jury are invited and will be onstage for the celebration of these talented new filmmakers. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Colony, Envious Heart, Every 15 Minutes, Humor Me, Maggie and Ernie, Mirrors, Moab Monster, Modern Attraction, Nine Days, Oranges, The Hyphy Movement, Tree in the Forest, The Trend Experiment, Valentine's Day, What If Jesus Were Gay? Sat. Oct 14, 10:15AM, Rafael |
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! |
Lorange, Muffin and Dartanjang
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Dad, son and grandfather couldn't be happier, particularly at times when everyone else seems at their worst. This cartoon family makes the Simpsons look stiff. PRECEDED BY: A Fish with a Smile Sun. Oct 8, 10:00AM, Rafael |
Move Your World
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Music, music, music in two great films about the African experience: one where fhree talented teens go to Tanzania, the other in Mali where a griot sings the beautiful tale of a boy searching for the knowledge of life. PRECEDED BY: Knowledge for Life Sun. Oct 8, 11:00AM, Throckmorton |
One Winter Story
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Surfer Sarah Gerhardt gained celebrity status as the first woman to conquer Northern California's legendary Maverick's. Her dramatic personal journey, from poverty and despair to accomplishment and peace, takes center stage in this beautifully layered and artful film. PRECEDED BY: Talking to My Mom Sun. Oct 8, 4:15PM, Sequoia |
Orozco: Man of Fire
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A rich, multihued portrait of a master Mexican painter, Orozco: Man of Fire portrays a life that was as colorful and explosive as the art it engendered. PRECEDED BY: Working Title Sat. Oct 7, 12:30PM, Sequoia |
Outside/In
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These five fine, fearless films explore with dignity and respect the risks and rewards of lives lived outside the mainstream, either by choice, by birth or by social assignation. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: The Blood of Yingzhou District, The Days and the Hours, One in 2000, Reporter Zero, Stuffed Fri. Oct 6, 9:30PM, Throckmorton |
Purvis of Overtown
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Purvis of Overtown is a beautifully constructed portrait of Purvis Young, a self-taught painter influential in the contemporary folk art world and beacon of hope to the residents of the blighted community where he continues to live and paint. PRECEDED BY: A Taste of Nate Sat. Oct 7, 5:00PM, Throckmorton |
Swim for the River
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In 2004, Chris Swain swam the entire 315 miles of New York's Hudson River. Yuck! This heartfelt chronicle of his journey aims to bring a larger awareness to the river's ongoing pollution problems and to inspire more homemade environmental activism. PRECEDED BY: Titans of the Coral Sea Sat. Oct 7, 7:00PM, Rafael |
Toon In, Turn On, Drop Dead
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Happy endings are not what you should expect from this year's animated shorts selections as death can lurk within each one. Not intended for the very young. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Animal, Dash, Din, Dragon, The Little Matchgirl, Message from the Boss, The Mexican Cloud Swing Disaster, One Rat Short, Ujbaz Izbeneki Has Lost His Soul, The Wallet Sat. Oct 7, 5:45PM, Rafael |
VidéOnze
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Eleven shorts featuring some sensuous and sonorous forays into the world of abstract animation. SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Afraid So, All That Remains, Ambassadors Day, Arcs of Texture , Falling , Going Home, The Intimacy of Strangers , Outside, Phantom Limb, Vitruvius' Toybox, Wakeup Fri. Oct 6, 6:30PM, Throckmorton |
