GLOBE CINEMA

VENUEGlobe Cinema - 617 8 Ave SW

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CREDITSFESTIVAL DIRECTOR: Brenda Lieberman

OPERATIONS MANAGER: Brennan Tilley

PROGRAMMERS: Brenda Lieberman, Cameron Macgowan, Brennan Tilley, Jeff Wright, Christian Kelley, Bryn Evans

MARKETING COORDINATOR: Laura Carlson

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Cole Binder

BOX OFFICE & VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS: Karilynn Thompson & Aleesha Hallahan

GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Mark Kowalchuk

FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHERS: Caitlind Brown & Mike Tan

BAR MANAGER: Courtney Smith

BOARD OF DIRECTORSAmy Darling, Lauren Frosst, Peter Hemminger, Steven J. Hodges, Deitra Kalyn, Joe Kelly, David Kenney, Colin Mitchell, Emmett Scrimshaw, Nina Sudra

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SCHEDULE | CUFF.DOCS

THURSDAY NOV. 17, 2016

FRIDAYNOV. 18, 2016

SATURDAYNOV. 19, 2016

SUNDAYNOV. 20, 2016

7:00 PM

Opening Night FilmACCIDENTAL COURTESYUS, Dir. Matt Ornstein,95 min (p. 4)Q&A following the screening

7:00 PM

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINEUS, Dir. Robert Greene,112 min (p. 6)

1:45 PM

CAMERAPERSONUS, Dir. Kirsten Johnson, 102 min (p. 8)Screens with the short OLGA (6 min)

12 PM

GAZA SURF CLUBGermany, Dir. Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine, 87 min (p. 12)Screens with the short SURF ANYWHERE (10 min)

9:45 PM

24 X 36Canda, Dir. Kevin Burke, 83 min (p. 5)Screens with the short TWISTED (14 min)

9:45 PM

WE ARE XJapan / UK / US, Dir.Stephen Kijak, 95 min (p. 7)Screens with the short JOHNNY PHYSICAL LIVES (22 min)

4:30 PM

ALIVE AND KICKINGUS, Dir. Susan Glatzer, 84 min (p. 9)

2:30 PM

OFF THE RAILSCanada, Dir. Adam Irving, 87 min (p. 13)Screens with the short TINY TRACKS (10 min)

7:00 PM

THE HAPPY FILM US, Dir. Hillman Curtis, Ben Nabors, Stefan Sagmeister, 95 min (p. 10)

5:00 PM

YARN Iceland, Dir. Una Lorenzen, 76 min (p. 14)

9:30 PM THE HOLLYWOOD SHORTIES US, Dir. Ryan Steven Green, 85 min (p. 11)Screens with the short STAMPEDE CITY (7 min) Q&A following the screening

7:30 PM

THE LAST LAUGH US, Dir. Ferne Pearlstein, 85 min(p. 15)Screens with the short IN THE NAME OF COMEDY (19 min)

Opening Night After Party at The Derrick (620 8 Ave SW, across the street from Globe) following the screening of ACCIDENTAL COURTESY

4 CUFF.DOCS | ACCIDENTAL COURTESY

Opening Night Film with Director Matt Ornstein in attendance!Musician Daryl Davis has an unusual hobby. He’s played all over the world, but it’s what he does in his free time that sets him apart. Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan – something few black men can say. In his travels, he collects robes and other artifacts from friends who have left the Klan, in hopes of eventually opening a “Museum of the Klan”. In ACCIDENTAL COURTESY, Daryl’s journey takes him across the United States, from old friends who have left the Klan, to friends still active in the organization.

TIMELY AND THOUGHT PROVOKINGPaste Magazine

DIRECTORMatt Ornstein

PRODUCERSMatt OrnsteinNoah Ornstein

CINEMATOGRAPHERSSam GezariPeter Castagnetti

FESTIVALSSXSW 2016Cleveland International Film Festival 2016

ACCIDENTAL COURTESY United States 2016, 95 min

18+

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7 PM THURSDAY NOV. 17

Opening Night After Party: The Derrick (620 8 Ave SW, across the street from Globe)

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524x36 | CUFF.DOCS

A documentary that explores the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities from the past four decades, 24×36 aims to answer the question – what happened to the illustrated movie poster? In the mid 2000s, filling the void left behind by Hollywood’s abandonment of illustrated movie posters, independent artists and galleries began selling limited edition, screenprinted posters. With the emergence of groups such as Mondo, Skuzzles and Grey Matter Art, the movement has quickly exploded into a booming industry with prints selling out online in seconds, inspiring Hollywood studios to take notice of illustration in movie posters once more.

A CHANCE TO MOURN THE PASSING OF THE CLASSIC MOVIE POSTER.Slashfilm

DIRECTOR Kevin Burke

PRODUCERSDavid Lawson Jr. Graham Lee

CINEMATOGRAPHER Kevin Burke

FESTIVALSFantastic Fest 2016DEDFest 2016

24x36 Canada

2016, 83 min18+

A MOVIE ABOUT MOVIE POSTERS

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

TWISTED 14 min, 2016, Canada, Director Jay Cheel A movie legend was made when a real-life tornado hit a drive-in theatre during a screening of TWISTER in in the summer of 1996.

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9:45 PM THURSDAY NOV. 17

6 CUFF.DOCS | KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE

7 PM FRIDAY NOV. 18

Filmmaker Robert Greene cleverly forgoes your standard talking-head-and-sound-bite approach to nonfiction storytelling, instead choosing to employ actress Kate Lyn Sheil as a conduit to understanding an impossibly complex issue. Cast as Christine Chubbuck – a local Florida newscaster who committed suicide by shooting herself in the head on live television in 1974 – Kate travels to Christine’s hometown and candidly pulls back the curtain on her acting process to get into the role of Christine. Committed to doing justice to Christine’s life, Kate reveals the biases and presumptions even supposed experts can provide in their diagnosis. KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE boldly challenges its subjects and audience alike to accept that answers from the past are never easy.

NON-FICTION FILMMAKING BY WAY OF PSYCHOLOGI-CAL THRILLER.The Skinny

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE

United States 2016, 112 min

18+

DIRECTORRobert Greene

PRODUCERSDouglas TirolaSusan Bedusa

CINEMATOGRAPHERSean Price Williams

FESTIVALSSundance Film Festival 2016Berlinale Forum 2016

WE ARE x | CUFF.DOCS 7

A transcendent rock & roll story about X Japan, the world’s biggest and most successful band you’ve never heard of ... yet. Under the enigmatic direction of drummer, pianist, composer and producer Yoshiki, X Japan has sold over 30 million records, and pioneered a spectacle driven style of visual rock. Chronicling the band’s exhilarating, tumultuous and unimaginable history over the past three decades, the film culminates with preparations for their reunion concert at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden. Produced by the team behind the Oscar winning SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, WE ARE X is an intimate portrait of a deeply haunted – but truly unstoppable – virtuoso and the music that has enthralled legions of the world’s most devoted fans.

IT’S ONE OF THOSE ‘SO CRAZY YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT UP’ SORTS OF THINGS.VARIETY

WE ARE X Japan/United Kingdom/United States 2016, 95 min

18+

9:45 PM FRIDAY NOV. 19

DIRECTORStephen Kijak

PRODUCERSJohn BattsekDiane Becker

CINEMATOGRAPHERSean Kirby

FESTIVALSSundance Film Festival 2016SXSW 2016

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

JOHNNY PHYSICAL LIVES 22 min, 2015, United States, Director Joshua Neuman A love letter from one brother to another uses animation to mythologize Jonathan’s fantasy life as punk singer Johnny Physical.

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8 CUFF.DOCS | CAMERAPERSON

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into CAMERAPERSON, a tapestry of footage captured over the 25-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (CITIZENFOUR, FAHRENHEIT 9/11). Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, CAMERAPERSON is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.

CAMERAPERSON

1:45 PM SATURDAY NOV. 19

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A FASCINATING TUTORIAL FOR BOTH ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES.The Washington Post

United States 2016, 102 min

18+

DIRECTORKirsten Johnson

PRODUCERSKirsten JohnsonMarilyn Ness

CINEMATOGRAPHERKirsten Johnson

FESTIVALSSundance Film Festival 2016Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

OLGA : AN AREQUIPA STORY 6 min, 2016, Canada, Director Gabriel Yee Olga, a girl with a foot deformity, and her mother travel from their Peruvian village to Arequipa for life-changing treatment. 1st Place Winner, Big Rock Eddies Short Film Festival 2016

9ALIVE AND KICKING | CUFF.DOCS

ALIVE AND KICKING explores the culture surrounding swing dance from the emergence of the lindy hop to the modern-day international phenomenon. More than a historical narrative, ALIVE AND KICKING is an inside look into the world of swing dancing and the characters who make it special. The documentary explores the lives of the dancers to find their personal stories, how they became hooked on the art form, but most of all – why it fills them with joy. Follow the growth of Swing dance from its purely American roots as an art form, to countries all over the world – where Swing is now experiencing a modern-day revival.

WOWZA. The Austin Chronicle

ALIVE AND KICKING United States 2016, 84 min

18+

4:30 PM SATURDAY NOV. 19

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DIRECTORSusan Glatzer

PRODUCERSusan Glatzer

CINEMATOGRAPHERJohn MacDonald

FESTIVALSSXSW 2016Naples International Fim Festival 2016

10 CUFF.DOCS | THE HAPPY FILM

Austrian graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister is doing well. He lives in New York, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and the Talking Heads. In the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more and so he decides to turn himself into a design project. Is it possible to train his mind to get happier? He pursues three controlled experiments of meditation, therapy, and drugs, grading himself along the way. But real life creeps in and confounds the process: art, sex, love, and death prove impossible to disentangle. His unique designs and painfully personal experiences mark a journey that travels closer to himself than ever intended.

FAST-PACED, PAINFULLY HONEST, STRESSFULLY CONTEMPLA-TIVE. Wired

THE HAPPY FILM United States 2016, 95 min

18+

7 PM SATURDAY NOV. 19

DIRECTORSStefan SagmeisterBen NaborsHillman Curtis

PRODUCERBen Nabors

CINEMATOGRAPHERBen Wolf

FESTIVALSTribeca Film Festival 2016Hot Docs 2016

11THE HOLLYWOOD SHORTIES | CUFF.DOCS

Director Ryan Steven Green in attendance!Beginning in the 1950’s and rising to prominence in the 1980’s, the Hollywood Shorties were a basketball team, the first of their kind – an organized sport team in the American dwarf community. Formed from an insular community of recognizable-but-typecast actors, the team began as a rare outlet for little people to gather publicly. As the team’s athletic skill increased, so did its popularity. By the early 1980’s, the Shorties had created a niche in entertainment akin to the Harlem Globetrotters, playing exhibitions from Hawthorne High to the Fabulous Forum with their signature blend of comedy and basketball prowess. Simultaneously, the Hollywood Shorties found themselves the vanguard of a revolutionary movement to bring little people into the public eye as something other than objects of curiosity.

A TRIUMPH.The Guardian

THE HOLLYWOOD SHORTIES

United States 2016, 85 min

18+

9:30 PM SATURDAY NOV. 19

DIRECTORRyan Steven Green

PRODUCERRyan Steven GreenCraig Evans

CINEMATOGRAPHERCraig Evans

FESTIVALSSXSW 2016San Francisco Doc Fest 2016

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

STAMPEDE CITY 7 min, 2016, Canada, Director Keifer Dallison A documentation of those downtown during the 2015 Calgary Stampede.

12 CUFF.DOCS | GAZA SURF CLUB

Trapped in “the world’s largest open-air prison” and ruled by war, a new generation is drawn to the beaches. Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their own personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean – they are the surfers of Gaza. Gaza, a strip of land with a population of 1.7 million citizens, is wedged between Israel and Egypt and isolated from the outside world. Yet, against this background there is a small movement. About 40 surfboards have been brought into the country despite strict sanctions. It is those boards that give surfers an opportunity to experience a small slice of freedom – between the coastal reminder of a depressing reality and the Israeli-controlled three-mile marine border.

DIRECTORS PHILIP GNADT AND MICKEY YAMINE HAVE RIDDEN THE BIG WAVE WITH THIS SUPERB DOCUMENTARYDorkshelf

GAZA SURF CLUB Germany 2016, 87 min

Arabic and Engligh with English subtitles

18+

12 PM SUNDAY NOV. 20

DIRECTORSPhilip GnadtMickey Yamine

PRODUCERSBenny TheisenStephanie YamineAndreas Schaap

CINEMATOGRAPHERNiclas Reed Middleton

FESTIVALSToronto International Film Festival 2016IDFA 2016

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

SURF ANYWHERE 10 min, 2016, Canada, Directors Desiree Bilon and Glenn Dixon A group of river surfing pioneers are building a world-class wave on the Kananaskis River – 45 out-side of landlocked Calgary – and a river surfing community.

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13OFF THE RAILS | CUFF.DOCS

OFF THE RAILS tells the remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger’s syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. Darius was taught the ins and outs of the subway system from childhood by transit workers, and over the next three decades, he commandeered hundreds of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule; actions that landed him 23 years in maximum security prison. Adam Irving’s debut is a fascinating, frustrating and heartbreaking documentary, a profile of a man seemingly born for one thing – and of a legal system that does not know how to deal with him.

OFFBEAT AND ENJOYABLE.The Hollywood Reporter

OFF THE RAILS Canada / United States 2016, 87 min

18+

2:30 PM SUNDAY NOV. 20

DIRECTORAdam Irving

PRODUCERSAdam IrvingGlen Zipper

CINEMATOGRAPHERAdam Irving

FESTIVALSHot Docs 2016Full Frame 2016

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

TINY TRACKS 10 min, 2016, Canada, Director Naomi Hocura Ivor worked for more than 20 years on a detailed, miniature replica of his favourite Boston streetcar line; this short film takes us down the tiny tracks he left behind.

14 CUFF.DOCS | YARN

5 PM SUNDAY NOV. 20

Meet the artists who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet, bringing yarn out of the house and into the world. Reinventing our relationship with this colorful tradition, YARN weaves together wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers into a visually-striking look at the women who are making a creative stance while building one of modern art’s hottest trends. Starting at the beginning – with the sheep and the grass – this colourful documentary travels across the globe to uncover the history of the craft, and women’s complex relationship to it. A feminist art doc at its core, YARN explores the surge in popularity of knitting as a means of self-expression and a legitimate art form.

THE EDGY SIDE OF KNITTING.Elle Magazine

YARN Iceland2016, 76 min

English, Icelandic and Swedish with English subtitles 18+

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DIRECTORSUna Lorenzen

PRODUCERSHeather MillardThordur Jonsson

CINEMATOGRAPHERIga Mikler

FESTIVALSSXSW 2016Göteborg Film Festival 2016

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15THE LAST LAUGH | CUFF.DOCS

PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM

IN THE NAME OF COMEDY 19 min, 2016, United States, Director Jon Hart A frustrated comedian makes a viral video, but it winds up being his worst nightmare.

THE LAST LAUGH asks the ultimate taboo question: Can the Holocaust be funny? Shot on Super 16mm, THE LAST LAUGH thoughtfully weaves together an intimate cinema verité portrait of Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone alongside archival footage, clips from comics, and interviews with influential comedians and thinkers. From Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman and Gilbert Gottfried to authors Etgar Keret and Shalom Auslander, THE LAST LAUGH offers fresh insights into the Holocaust in a way we haven’t seen before. In exploring the line between funny and offensive, the documentary questions what happens if we make the Holocaust off limits, as well as the implications for other controversial subjects – 9/11, AIDS, racism – in a society that prizes freedom of speech.

[AN] ENTERTAINING, THOUGHT- PROVOKING DOCUMENTARYVARIETY

THE LAST LAUGH United States 2016, 85 min

18+

7:30 PM SUNDAY NOV. 20

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DIRECTORFerne Pearlstein

PRODUCERSFerne Pearlstein, Robert Edwards, Amy Hobby, Anne Hubbell, Jan Warner

CINEMATOGRAPHERSFerne PearlsteinAnne Etheridge

FESTIVALSTribeca 2016Hot Docs 2016