- April 24, 2024
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If a film is marked "Artist in Attendance" that means you are in for an incredible experience. One or more of the filmmakers (director/producer/writer/etc.) will be in the theater to do a Q&A with the audience after the movie. Actors sometimes appear as well.THE DISCOVERERS
Artist in Attendance
Griffin Dunne is scheduled to appear at the Q&A with director Justin Schwarz and producer Laura Kleger
48 Hour Special: Spotlight Film at Regular Ticket Price!
The debut feature from writer/director Justin Schwarz, THE DISCOVERERS is the story of Lewis Birch (Griffin Dunne), an academic struggling to complete his masterwork on the Lewis and Clark expedition. The father of two teenaged children with whom he has little real connection, Lewis is also estranged from his own father, who annually re-enacts Lewis and Clark’s journey along the Oregon Trail. Forced to confront his past while fighting to salvage his career, Lewis and his family head into the woods on an ill-fated road trip, reluctantly trying to re-create the past while re-connecting with one another.
Fri, 4/12 7:30 PM
CONCUSSION
Artist in Attendance
CONCUSSION follows Abby (Robin Weigert) a fortysomething, bored, wealthy, married, lesbian housewife as she experiences a mid life crisis after getting smacked in the head by her son’s baseball. This incident sends her searching for some sort of fulfillment. She takes on a new project and purchases a loft in Manhattan to renovate and flip. While working with her builder (Johnathan Tchaikovsky) on the loft, Abby confesses to a titilating past experience, leading toward an unexpected new encounter that opens a new, unforeseen path.
Fri, 4/12 6:45 PM
Sun, 4/14 3:45 PM
A SONG STILL INSIDE
Artist in Attendance
Independent Visions Competition Presented by Factory 25
Mike is an actor. Or he used to be. Or he still could be. Except Maggie is also an actor, and a more successful one at that. As Maggie books bigger and bigger roles – and works longer and longer hours – Mike is left at home taking care of their newborn son. About to miss yet another audition due to Maggie’s schedule, Mike makes a life-changing mistake: he leaves their son alone and goes anyway. Gregory Collins’ A SONG STILL INSIDE is a look into the struggles of living a creative life while trying to preserve your identity within a family.
Fri, 4/12 2:30 PM
I USED TO BE DARKER
Artist in Attendance
Matthew Porterfield has established himself as a filmmaker to watch by blending the techniques of fiction and non-fiction storytelling in his films. With his new film I USED TO BE DARKER, Porterfield’s style has evolved, magnifying the emotional lives of his characters. Bill (Ned Oldham) and Kim (Kim Taylor) are a pair of musicians whose troubled marriage seems to be coming to an end, which deeply hurts their daughter Abby (Hannah Gross). But when their niece Taryn (Deragh Campbell) arrives unannounced, the dissolving marriage is silhouetted by the girls’emerging troubles and desire to be free.
Fri, 4/12 2:45 PM
Sun, 4/14 7:00 PM
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SURVIVAL PRAYER
Artist in Attendance
SURVIVAL PRAYER is a journey to the edge of the world. Following individual food harvesters as they gather and prepare for the winter, the film celebrates the modern lifeways of a remote indigenous community and bears witness to a profound relationship between individuals and the land that sustains them, Haida Gwaii, an archipelago drifting off the northwestern edge of the North American continent. Facing the imminent extinction of the Haida language, Naanii Mary Swanson, a last speaker, frames this portrait of age-old traditions at risk. An intimate ethnographic reflection, this meditative encounter reveals poignant possibility amid deep loss.
Fri, 4/12 2:30 PM
Sun, 4/14 1:45 PM
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BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME
Artist in Attendance
BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME is a feature-length documentary about legendary Memphis band Big Star. While mainstream success eluded them, Big Star’s three albums have become critically lauded touchstones of the rock music canon. A seminal band in the history of alternative music, Big Star has been cited as an influence by artists including REM, The Replacements, and Elliot Smith, to name just a few. With never-before-seen footage and photos of the band, in-depth interviews and a rousing musical tribute by the bands they inspired, BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME is a story of artistic and musical salvation.
Fri, 4/12 4:45 PM
Sat, 4/13 8:00 PM
THE OXBOW CURE
Artist in Attendance
After the death of a her father, a young woman named Lena (Claudia Dey) leaves the comforts of her life behind in order to try and recrudesce in the woods, away from the pressures and condolences of her friends. In their sophomore feature The OXBOW CURE, the filmmaking partnership known as C&Y presents a portrait of isolation that is at once riveting as it is beautiful. Using the frozen landscape of the Canadian winter as a cinematic backdrop for Lena’s slow road to forgiveness, C&Y have created a poetic portrait of a women seeking to heal herself.
Fri, 4/12 4:45 PM
Sun, 4/14 4:30 PM
