October 16, 2019
POSTMARK PARADISE
DescriptionDescription In his warm and unpredictable feature debut, director Thompson E. Clay takes us to Paradise, Michigan to find out what happens to mail-order-brides. In Paradise, a big night out for the guys means hanging at the local bar and reading mail-order-bride catalogs for fun. One night, the regulars decide to give something special to...
October 16, 2019
THE PROUD FAMILY
DescriptionDescription Animation as a whole is in the midst of a real renaissance right now, like a smack in the head-or a body blow, as is evident in the opening short PUMP-ACTION, where balloon animals meet RESERVOIR DOGS. On the more traditional side comes the suburban teen comedy PROUD FAMILY which inlvolves a young girl...
October 16, 2019
A PARADISE UNDER THE STARS (UN PARAISO BAJO LAS ESTRELLAS)
DescriptionDescription Winner of the Audience Award at the 1999 Havana Film Festival, this literally colorful story of love and rivalry is a delightful Caribbean comedy of errors. The action centers around the Tropicana, a glorious Cuban cabaret where Sissy dreams of dancing. The hilarious sequence of events begins when Candido and his best friend Promedio...
October 16, 2019
PEPPERMINT
DescriptionDescription The first feature from director Costas Kopokos-whose shorts hove merited several European awards-PEPPERMINT won on unparalleled nine prizes at Greece's Stole Film Awards. This charming coming-of-age story shows us the funny and poignant adventures of a boy in 1960s Greece. At his mother's deathbed, a photo album sparks 40-year-old Stefanos's return to his childhood....
October 16, 2019
ORDINARY LOVE (GELIEBTER ALLTAG)
DescriptionDescription Leave it to the Europeans to help us understand matters of the heart. This captivating program of shorts range from romantic to poignant, passionate to funny, and from sweet to just plain offbeat. In the charming ENCHANTED, a boy, a girl, a doll and the mischievous mind of a child set a young man...
October 16, 2019
OREGON
DescriptionDescription The Dark and Quirky Comedy Shorts Program contains seven offerings ranging from the inventive and humorous to the scary and dismal. The program opens with RATILER, the story of a Samaritan who takes the good neighbor scene just a little too far. BLACK XXX-MAS, a dark and violent look at human nature, reminds us...
October 16, 2019
ONE DAY CROSSING
DescriptionDescription In recent years, filmmakers have been challenged to be different and nowhere is it more evident than in this year's Short Drama selection. In ONE DAY CROSSING, a woman struggles to protect her family during a crisis point in WWII. After watching his father drown a litter of puppies in BURLAP, a young boy...
October 16, 2019
THE OPPONENT
DescriptionDescription Have you ever felt so frustrated-so taunted-that you wished you could just beat some sense into the offending party? Patty has. A victim of domestic abuse, Patty is at her wits' end as she wakes up in the temporary shelter of a motel. There, she meets June, a caring soul who offers her a...
October 16, 2019
NAKED STATES
DescriptionDescription New York photographer Spencer Tunick spent two years crossing the country by van, asking strangers in every state to pose nude in public spaces. Beginning with his arrest at a Times Square photo shoot, NAKED STATES follows Tunick's trek, including his run-ins with South Dakota bikers and 1,200 willing participants at a Phish concert....
October 16, 2019
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
DescriptionDescription Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney) is a garrulous, silvertongued, petty criminal, having some difficulty adjusting to the regimentation of life as a man sentenced to a term of hard labor in Mississippi. Reluctant to spend any more time crushing rocks, he scams his way off the chain gang with a clumsy duo of lame...
