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Fri. October 10 Sat. October 11 Sun. October 12
2:30 PM (Shorts Program A) 38 mins
-‐Habitat -‐ The Valley Time Trade-‐For the Love of Dogs
3:30 PM (Shorts Program B) 20 mins
-‐ Pint (AUS)-‐Dark Roast-‐ Things I Have Learned About Sex and Dogs (AUS)
4:00 PM Wallabout (102 mins)
6:15 PM 3 Mile Limit (NZ) 105 mins
8:30 PMR. Michelson Galleries Gala, featuring a wine tasGng by Black Birch Vineyard, delicious food from Spoletos and music from jazz quartet FlavaEvoluGon
10:00 PMPackard’s AQer Hours Party
10:15 AM Panel Discussion: Producing & WriGng for the Indie World (60 mins)
11:30 AMToxic Hot Seat (91 mins)
1:15 PM Oil & Water (77 mins)
2:45 PM (Shorts Program C) 68 mins
-‐Dear Santa-‐Anniversary-‐ Sheltered Love-‐Tobacco Burn
4:00 PMPaper City (45 mins)
5:00 PMThe God QuesGon (89 mins)
6:45 PM (Shorts Program D) 39 mins
-‐Bricolage-‐BuXerfly FluXering (RUS)-‐The ExhibiGon (Lebanon)
7:35 PM Tu Seras un Homme / You’ll Be a Man (FR) 87 mins
9:00 PMPackard’s AQer Hours Party
11:30 AMCherry CoXage (76 mins)
1:00 PM (Shorts Program E) 54 mins
-‐ The Bath-‐But It Doesn’t Have Me
2:15 PMRaising MaXy ChrisGan (85 mins)
4:00 PMOld Fashioned (115 mins)
6:15 PM(Shorts Program F) 35 mins
-‐A Man on the Edge (AUS)
-‐UnidenGfied-‐A Teacher’s Reward
7:10 PMThe FronGer (90 mins)
9:00 PMAwards Ceremony
9:30 PMPackard’s AQer Hours Party
KEYEvents Feature FilmsDocumentariesShorts
Schedule | 2
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WallaboutA single woman struggles to rebuild her life in Brooklyn aOer spending 10 years abroad as the unrecognized muse to a famous filmmaker. USA (102 mins)
Director: Eric McGintyStarring: Ivy Elrod, Steve Ward, Jo-‐Anne Lee Q&A with director Eric McGinty following the screening
3 Mile Limit -‐ Opening Night Feature Film23-‐year-‐old journalist Richard Davis is determined to break the Government’s monopoly on broadcasZng and bring rock n’ roll to a younger generaZon. New Zealand (105 mins)
Director: Craig NewlandStarring: MaT Whelan, Belinda Crawley, David Aston
The God QuesWonA scienZst asks an experimental super-‐intelligent computer the ulZmate quesZon: Is there evidence for God, for a spiritual framework to life? To his astonishment, it arrives at an answer. USA (89 mins)
Director: Douglas GordonStarring Keith Langsdale, Jim Lobley, Cate DamonQ&A with producer Stan Freeman following the screening
Feature Films
Features | 4
Tu Seras un Homme / You’ll be a ManLeo is 10 and wise beyond his years. A solitary dreamer who seeks refuge in books. When the carefree 20-‐year-‐old Theo steps into his life, it forces Leo out of his shell. France (87 mins)
Director: Benoît CohenStarring: Aurélio Cohen, Jules Sagot, Eléonore Pourriat
Features | 5
Old FashionedA former frat boy and a free-‐spirited woman together a`empt the impossible: an “old-‐fashioned” courtship in contemporary America. USA (115 mins)
Director: Rik SwartzwelderStarring: Elizabeth Roberts, Rik Swartzwelder, LeJon Woods Q&A with director Rik Swartzwelder following the screening
The FronWerSean, a reZred literature professor and civic acZvist, writes a le`er to his estranged son, Tennessee, a ranch hand who hasn’t been home for years. USA (90 mins)
Director: MaT RabinowitzStarring: Max Gail, Anastassia Sendyk, Oliver SeitzQ&A with producer Jeff DeCola following the screening
City of NorthamptonNorthampton Community Television
Northampton B•i•DHampshire County RTC
Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
Northampton Area Young ProfessionalsWGBY 57
Dena HouseCharles J. Bobala
Cheryl Fuller MalinowskiAndrew & Ma` McDonough
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Toxic Hot SeatAn HBO Documentary about a courageous group of firefighters and mothers, journalists and scienZsts, poliZcians and acZvists who fight to expose a shadowy campaign of decepZon that leO a toxic legacy in our homes and bodies. USA (91 mins)
Directors: James Redford, Kirby Walker
Oil & WaterThe story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world’s worst toxic disasters: the contaminaZon of Ecuador’s Amazon region by reckless oil drilling. USA / Ecuador (77 mins)
Directors: Laurel Spellman Smith, Francine StrickwerdaQ&A with David Poritz following the screening
Paper City A story about the American Dream in one of the naZon’s arson capitals. The film examines the school-‐to-‐prison pipeline—the naZon-‐wide phenomenon in which high dropout rates coincide with mass incarceraZon of urban youth. USA (45 mins)
Director: Akil GibbonsFeaturing: Holyoke Mayor Alex MorseQ&A with director Akil Gibbons following the screening
Documentaries
Cherry CoTage: The Story of an American HouseTells the story of America through the owners and inhabitants of a small co`age in Stockbridge, Massachuse`s. USA (76 mins)
Director: Dave SimondsFeaturing: Arlo Guthrie, Barbara Allen, Henry W. Art Q&A with director Dave Simonds following the screening
Documentaries | 7
Raising MaTy ChrisWanA profile of the life of Ma`hew G. ChrisZan (1983-‐2009), known as ‘Ma`y’ from the town of Canton, Massachuse`s, who was born without a full set of arms and legs and without a tongue. USA (91 mins)
Director: ChrisWan de Rezendes
It's not called Show-‐Art:Producing and WriWng in the Indie World
Join Sco` Ki`redge and Rufus Chaffee for a panel discussion about producing and wriZng scripts for indie budgets. From working on films such as Batman & Robin to winning awards from top independent film fesZvals, they both have extensive experience in film development and producZon. Currently, Sco` has opZoned a book and is working with Rufus on developing the screenplay adapZon. Sco` is set to direct and Rufus will produce the film in the summer of 2015.
Filmmaker Panel Discussion
Saturday, October 11, 2014 | 10:15 am
Documentaries | 8
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Shorts | 10
Shorts
PintNobody really wants him at the wedding – not his girlfriend, not her Grandpa, and not least the Bride. And he really shouldn’t be drinking as much as he is…Director: Nic BarkerAustralia (10 mins)
Dark RoastA supernatural horror-‐comedy about a Reaper who falls in love with the mortal she was assigned to usher into the aOer-‐life.Director: Pete YagminUSA (3 mins)
Things I Have Learned About Sex and DogsA young woman delivers relaZonship advice gleaned from the wisdom she has learned from her past boyfriends and her loyal dog.Director: Janet DuncanAustralia (7 mins)
Dear SantaWhen Ann asks Santa Claus to turn her into a boy for Christmas, her request throws her conservaZve mother into a tailspin.Director: Maura SmithUSA (23 mins)
AnniversaryOn the day of their anniversary celebraZon, two ‘on the spectrum’ engineering professors discover a huge fault line in their 20-‐year marriage.Director: Elizabeth Foley, Peter HobbsUSA (18 mins)
Sheltered LoveIn blissful 1950s suburbia, a lovestruck bobbysoxer and her no-‐good-‐nik boyfriend seek refuge from her overprotecZve and hot-‐headed father.Directors: Alex ItalicsUSA (10 mins)
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Tobacco BurnA slave community on a Kentucky tobacco farm struggles with the arrival of a brutal overseer.Director: JusWn LibermanUSA (17 mins)
BuTerfly FluTeringA modern girl, young and beauZful tries to follow her own insZncts. She is searching for someone to love and real feelings.Director: Roman KayumovRussia (24 mins)
The ExhibiWonA photographer on a mission to stop at nothing to get it done. Along the way, he becomes a family man himself.Director: Youssef NassarLebanon (10 mins)
The BathA woman with Alzheimer's wreaks havoc on her family, but manages to bestow a blessing on both her burned-‐out caregiver husband and overtaxed daughter.Director: Mark LundstenUSA (25 mins)
A Man on the EdgeWhen a troubled man on a cliff top is on the verge of commiung suicide, he is interrupted by a young vivacious woman.Director: Edward LyonsAustralia (11 mins)
UnidenWfiedA teenage girl, home alone, finds herself in an unnerving situaZon when an unfamiliar car appears in her driveway.Director: Bradley GrenonUSA (7 mins)
A Teacher’s RewardA feeble old woman welcomes a former student into her home but quickly realizes he hasn’t just come for tea.Director: Laura BrownUSA (17 mins)
Documentary Shorts | 12
HabitatA Puerto Rican immigrant struggles to empower himself to change his environment and find his true calling.Directors: ScoT Hancock, Jesse KermanUSA (8 mins)
The Valley Time TradeSeveral community members in Western Massachuse`s find ways to share their skills and Zme in a blooming barter economy.Director: Ali PinschmidtUSA (4 mins)
For the Love of DogsFollow a brilliant and talented 11-‐year-‐old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome as his passion for dogs opens up his communicaZon with the world around him.Director: Tim O’DonnellUSA (26 mins)
BricolageA day spent with best-‐selling author Keri Smith at her home in Western Massachuse`s.Directors: Michael SchwartzUSA (5 mins)
But it Doesn’t Have MeLong-‐Zme resident of Amherst, Massachuse`s, Deb Waldron, struggles to cure the incurable disease that binds her to a wheelchair.Director: Rosie WalunasUSA (29 mins)
Documentary Shorts
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