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Andrew Rogers has a vision. Every year he gets closer to bringing that vision to reality. Since he arrived in 2005, the RiverRun International Film Festival has blossomed ever closer to being the premiere fi lm festival on the east coast.

what was a four day festival now spans nine days and covers parts of two weekends. andrew rogers' vision is in full bloom. ws arts is happy to be the primary print/online media partner for the 2nd consecutive year and his bring that vision into your home.

The 16th annual Festival will be held April 4–13, 2014. Founded in 1998, RiverRun was inspired by the French Broad River near Brevard, North Carolina, where the festival was originally held. each year since its inception, RiverRun has grown substantially. The 2014 festival will feature 146 fi lms, including 66 features and 77 shorts from 35 different countries. along with the screenings of fi lms from around the world, riverrun plans many special events including panels and public parties. you can fi nd out all the details about the 2014 Festival’s panels, Happy Hours and parties in the center pages of this edition.

comparable in size and scope to fi lm festivals in nashville, atlanta and boston, the festival offers an eclectic program from fi lm studios, independent distributors and fi rst-time fi lmmakers. as the festival has obtained national and international recognition, RiverRun has attracted substantial press and increased levels of attendance. the festival issued more than 15,000 tickets in 2013.

each year fi lmmakers and industry veterans are invited to come and spend a few days in winston-salem discussing their fi lm with the audiences. every year the festival presents an award to a fi lmmaker or performer whose body of work represents the very highest levels of artistic achievement. recent master of cinema and emerging master honorees and special guests have included: paul schneider (2012) michael shannon (2011), andie macdowell (2010), david gordon green (2010), peter bogdanovich (2010), ramin bahrani (2009), bill pullman (2008), pam grier (2008), ned beatty (2006), cliff robertson (2005) and sissy spacek (2004).

the 2014 festival will mark the 2nd year of the community cinema Initiative (ccI) to further riverrun's community outreach efforts and ensure the festival is accessible to audiences from varied socio-economic backgrounds. this initiative will further their mission of fostering a deeper understanding of the many people, cultures and perspectives of our world through great fi lms and fi lmmakers. these fi lms are free and open to the public!

In addition to the regular programming riverrun presents free public screenings to students and participating schools during the run of the annual festival. this education outreach initiative is part of the most active component of riverrun’s year-round activities and is called “films with class.” through these efforts, riverrun helps thousands of students understand the diversity of the human experience and become better global citizens.

the festival is committed to bringing you outstanding independent fi lms not in wide release. therefore, most of the fi lms shown are not yet rated by the motion picture association of america (mpaa). In an effort to help you choose great fi lms for yourself and your family, riverrun has included content ratings for each movie featured in this magazine. the system includes three categories:

• mt (mature) – signifi cant mature content.• tn (teen+) – may have some mature content.• fm (family friendly) – suitable for children as young as 8-12.ws arts is excited and proud to be a sponsor for riverrun. we'll see you at the movies.All in the Arts,Ed

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RIVERRun to hold FREE ScREEnIngS & A FIlm

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the riverrun International film festival will again offer free screenings for the community during the 16th annual festival, running april 4-13 in winston-salem.

“we offer free community screenings to connect with audiences from throughout the community,” said andrew rodgers, riverrun’s executive director. “this program also furthers our outreach efforts and ensures the festival’s demographics match both the diversity of our local community and the diversity of the fi lms we present.”

this year, six fi lms will be screened free for the public. one of the free screenings, “up” will be the headline fi lm at the annual fido frolic, an open-air screening for dog-owners and their pets. riverrun will also welcome back its ever-popular saturday morning cartoons series (free for ages 18 and under) which includes animation submissions for the youngest festival-goer.

up FIdo FRolIc & FIlmsaturday, april 5th at one park vista on 4th street; festivities begin at 6:30 p.m., fi lm at duskbring the whole family and your dog to this free outdoor screening of up! retired balloon salesman carl fredricksen is ready for his last chance at high-fl ying excitement. tying thousands of balloons to his house, carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. unbeknownst to carl, an overeager 8-year-old is on carl's front porch! stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, carl realizes that sometimes life's biggest adventures aren't the ones you set out looking for.Sponsored by Flow SubaruThis is RiverRun’s annual Fido Frolic selection. Audiences are encouraged to bring their dogs and families to this open-air screening.

thE WIzARd oF oz tuesday, april 8th at hanesbrands theatre; film begins at 6:00 p.ma 1939 american musical fantasy fi lm produced by metro-goldwyn-mayer, in which dorothy gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and

embarks on a quest to see the wizard who can help her return home. It is based on the 1900 novel The wonderful wizard of oz by l. frank baum. Sponsored by hanesbrands Inc.

SAtuRdAy moRnIng cARtoonSsaturday, april 5 and 12th at hanesbrands theatre; festivities begin at 9 a.m., fi lm at 10 a.m.the thrill of watching colorful, funny and sweet cartoons is something every child loves, and sometimes so do adults! once again our programming staff has searched through our animation submissions to fi nd the perfect stories for our youngest festival-goers. festivities include a performance at 9 a.m. by chuck fold’s band, big bang boom, and free krispy kreme doughnuts.Sponsored by Salem Smiles orthodontics

lAndScApES oF thE hEARt tuesday, april 8th at secca; film begins at 6:30 p.m.this documentary chronicles the life of elizabeth Spencer, a controversial Southern author still writing in her nineties. Spencer authored the novella “light in the piazza” and other poignant stories of race, class and sexuality during a defi ning period

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of american history. director rebecca cerese, producer sharon swanson, and elizabeth spencer will be in attendance. presented in partnership with Bookmarks Book Festival

thE coloR puRplE sunday, april 13th at uncsa main theatre; film begins at 1:00 p.m.based on the pulitzer prize-winning novel by alice walker, the color purple spans the years 1909 to 1949, relating the life of celie (whoopi goldberg), a southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband, sharecropper Albert (danny glover).

thE tRIAlS oF muhAmmAd AlI wednesday, april 9th at broyhill auditorium at wake forest university; film begins at 7 p.m.the trIals of muhammad alI is a kartemquin documentary exploring ali's lifelong journey of spiritual transformation. from his louisville roots, through his years in exile, to receiving the presidential medal of freedom, trials traces ali's path from poet to pariah to global ambassador for peace.Sponsored by Wake Forest School of Busines

The full lineup of fi lms, panels and parties of the 2014 Festival is available at riverunfi lm.com. sponsors: the sponsors of the 2014 riverrun International Film Festival help sustain the organization's mission to foster a greater appreciation of cinema and a deeper understanding of the many people, cultures and perspectives of our world through regular interaction with great fi lms and fi lmmakers. festival sponsors include: title sponsors – the arts council of winston salem and forsyth county, reynolds american, the university of north carolina school of the arts; presenting sponsors – city of winston-salem, the millennium fund, and the winston-salem foundation; marquee sponsors – flow companies Inc., Elephant in the Room, John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation, Wells Fargo, Hanesbrands Inc.; premiere sponsors – Jdl castle corporation, kilpatrick townsend & stockton llp, and kilpatrick design.

tIcKEtS And InFo: tickets are on sale at the stevens center box offi ce, via www.riverrunfi lm.com or over the phone (336-721-1945). It is recommended to purchase tickets in person or over the phone to avoid third-party handling fees. for up-to-date information, visit www.riverrunfi lm.com or call 336-724-1502.

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WELCOME TO THE 16TH ANNUAL RIVERRUN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL! As always, we’re thrilled to announce the films showing in this year’s Festival. In addition to our regular line-up of competition features and shorts from around the world, we are again presenting a mixture of sidebar programs this year we hope you’ll enjoy. For our Spotlight section, for example, we’re showcasing films on 35mm from the collections of renowned archives around the world (including the University of North Carolina School of the Arts) to draw attention to the importance of preserving our shared cinematic history. Whether you make it out for one of our competition films, a free screening (and we have many) or catch this rare opportunity to see classic films on the big screen, we hope you’ll enjoy your time at RiverRun this year! TICKETS & PASSES There are multiple ways to purchase tickets for RiverRun: 1) Buy individual tickets for each film or event.

Ticket prices are $6 (matinee screenings Monday-Friday until 5:00pm), $12 (regular screenings) and $18 (select special events). *Unless otherwise noted, all films and events listed in this brochure are $12.*

Students who present a valid student ID and purchase tickets in person will receive a discount of $2 off all film tickets except matinees.

2) Purchase a Festival Ticket Sampler from any Festival box office.

These cards cost $108 but allow you to pick and choose up to $120 in Festival tickets.

You can redeem the credits on the card all at once, or spread them out over the course of the 2014 Festival.

The card can be used at any RiverRun venue during the Festival or prior to the Festival at The Stevens Center Box Office. *Please note that many films sell out in advance and it is recommended that you use your Ticket Sampler to acquire film tickets in advance.

3) For groups of 10 people or more special rates are available by calling 336-724-1502 x109.

BOX OFFICE INFO Every year, many screenings sell out before the Festival even begins. For that reason, attendees are advised to purchase tickets in advance. The main Festival box office is open 11:00am-6:00pm Mon.-Fri. Purchase tickets in person at the Stevens Center (405 W. Fourth St.) By phone - 336-721-1945 Or online - www.riverrunfilm.com. (Please note that all internet and phone

sales will include an additional service charge, which is charged by the ticketing company, not RiverRun. To avoid paying the extra service charges, please purchase your tickets in person.)

From April 4-6 & 11-13, a second Festival box office will open at the ACE Cinematheque Complex at the UNC School of the Arts campus - 1533 S. Main Street - for walk-up sales only.

For screenings at the three other Festival locations – a/perture cinema, Hanesbrands Theatre and SECCA –day-of walk-up sales will be available starting one hour before each show.

WAIT LIST / “SOLD OUT” SHOWS Because RiverRun has limited seating capacities and strives to accommodate as many patrons as possible, we create a “Wait List” an hour before the start of any “sold out “ show to fill every seat possible. Fifteen minutes prior to the start of every “sold out” film, RiverRun will sell any empty seats to patrons who are present and on the Wait List. Therefore, we suggest all ticket holders arrive at Festival venues far enough in advance (45 minutes is typically sufficient) to ensure that they are in their seats at least 15 minutes prior to showtime. If you purchase a ticket and are turned away due to all seats being filled prior to your arrival, RiverRun will refund the price of your ticket or exchange it for another ticket of equal value. RATINGS INFORMATION RiverRun is committed to bringing you outstanding independent films not in wide release. As a result, however, most of the films we show are not yet rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). To help you choose the best films for you and your family, we have included content ratings – either our own, or the MPAA’s when available – for each program or film in this brochure. Our rating system includes three categories:

MT (Mature) – Significant mature content TN (Teen+) – May have some mature content FM (Family Friendly) – Suitable for children as young as 8-12

If you have further questions about a film’s appropriateness for you or your family, you may also want to refer to our website – www.riverrunfilm.com – or our 2014 Film Guide to see a more in-depth content guide for each film program, denoting any potentially troubling content. FOR MORE INFORMATION Please visit the RiverRun website (www.riverrunfilm.com) or call the office at 336-724-1502.

2014 VENUES The 2014 Festival Headquarters is again located in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem at 305 W. Fourth Street, where RiverRun attendees can find the latest information on film screenings, check out Festival merchandise and talk with our qualified volunteers about all of the Festival’s activities.

FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS 305 W. Fourth Street 336-724-1502 UNCSA ACE CINEMATHEQUE COMPLEX 1533 S. Main Street 336-721-1945 A/PERTURE CINEMA 311 W. Fourth Street 336-722-8148 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Farrell Hall - 1834 Wake Forest Road 336-758-5422

STEVENS CENTER 405 W. Fourth Street 336-721-1945 HANESBRANDS THEATRE 209 N. Spruce Street 336-747-1414 SECCA 750 Marguerite Drive 336-725-1904

HOST HOTEL Rooms are available at a special discounted rate for RiverRun attendees at the Brookstown Inn (200 Brookstown Avenue), the Festival’s Host Hotel. The hotel is a historic old textile mill that has been renovated into a modern hotel right in the heart of Winston-Salem. The special RiverRun patron rate is $79. For reservations please call 336-725-1120 and ask for the RiverRun rate. FESTIVAL UPDATES While this brochure gives a great overview of the Festival, due to printing deadlines and space constraints, it does not contain everything we have to offer. You can find out much more information on our website – www.riverrunfilm.com – in our 2014 Film Guide, which will be available throughout the Festival, and from our 2014 smartphone app. We will post any schedule changes and updates to our website, app and in our newsletter so please check them often to get the most up-to-date information. PARKING UNCSA ACE Theatre Complex – Parking on campus is only available for those with state-issued handicap parking passes or special RiverRun credentials. All parking for film screenings and events will be at the Novant Health building behind the Gateway YWCA located at 1300 S. Main Street; a shuttle service will run every 20 minutes between Novant Health and ACE Theatre (info below). RiverRun Headquarters, a/perture, The Stevens Center Box Office – Parking for the RiverRun HQ (305 W. Fourth Street), a/perture cinema (311 W. Fourth Street) and The Stevens Center (405 W. Fourth Street) will not be designated, but metered parking is available on Fourth Street, Cherry Street and Marshall Street. Street parking is free after 6:00pm in the evening. There is also a paid parking deck located between Marshall and Cherry Streets with entrances from either direction. Hanesbrands Theatre – Parking for the Hanesbrands Theatre (209 N. Spruce Street) is available on Spruce Street, directly across from the main entrance of The Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. This is a paid parking lot. For more information please call 336-747-1414. SECCA – Parking is available directly outside of SECCA. For more information please call 336-725-1904. SHUTTLE SERVICE The RiverRun International Film Festival is pleased to offer a shuttle service to the ACE Theater complex located on campus at UNC-School of the Arts. Shuttle service originates at the Novant Health building behind the Gateway

YWCA located at 1300 S. Main Street, drops at the ACE Theatre at UNCSA and loops back to the parking lot at the Novant Health building behind the YWCA.

The shuttle will run approximately every 20 minutes. To arrive at your screening/event on the UNCSA campus, please plan to arrive

45 minutes before your desired arrival time on campus.

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS Big names. Big talents. Big films. RiverRun’s Special Screenings offer audiences a chance to catch an early glimpse of films destined for the multiplex.

OPENING NIGHT FILMS: Presented by Flow Audi of Winston-Salem

Le Chef Director: Daniel Cohen FRANCE/SPAIN / 2012 / 84 MIN. / RATING: PG-13 In this uproarious comedy, a famous veteran chef (Jean Reno) faces off against his restaurant's new CEO, who wants the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy. SCREENINGS: April 4 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Main April 9 / 4:00pm / Hanesbrands - $6 To Be Takei Directors : Jennifer M. Kroot & Bill Weber USA / 2014 / 90 MIN. / RATING: MT At 76 years old, George Takei is probably more popular than ever, even more than his Sulu days on Star Trek. He has become an iconic figure in the movement for marriage equality and for reparations for the victims of Japanese internment camps through his active social media presence. SCREENING: April 4 / 7:30pm / SECCA

CLOSING NIGHT FILM Bicycling with Molière Director: Philippe Le Guay FRANCE /2013/104 MIN./RATING: MT Retired actor Serge (Fabrice Luchini) is approached by Gauthier to star in a revival of Molière’s The Misanthrope, but he plays hard to get. Serge's new lover, the play's producer and his agent arrive on the same weekend to pressure him to make up his mind. SCREENING: April 13 / 7:00pm / UNCSA – Main

CENTERPIECE PREMIERE Obvious Child Director: Gillian Robespierre USA / 2014 / 83 MIN. / RATING MT Recent SNL alum Jenny Slate stars in this honest and hilarious story about what happens when a Brooklyn comedian gets dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for the best/worst Valentine's Day of her life. SCREENINGS: April 11 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Main Breathe In Director: Drake Doremus USA / 2013 / 98 MIN. / RATING: R Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones and Amy Ryan star in this story of an exchange student who challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships when she arrives in their small upstate New York town, forever altering their lives. SCREENING: April 10 / 8:30pm / SECCA The German Doctor Director: Lucía Puenzo ARGENTINA/FRANCE/SPAIN/NORWAY/ 2013 / 93 MIN. / RATING: PG-13 A family in 1960s Argentina take in a German boarder as the first guest in their new lodging house, unaware of his true identity. They are all gradually won over by this charismatic man – until they discover they are living with one of the world’s most notorious criminals. SCREENING: April 9 / 7:00pm / Hanesbrands

God Help the Girl Director: Stuart Murdoch UK / 2014 / 111 MIN. / Rating: MT Written and directed by Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, this musical is set in Glasgow and follows a young woman dealing with emotional problems. Songwriting begins as a way for her to get better, but ultimately becomes her way forward, leading her to the City where she meets two musicians who are each at a crossroads of their own. SCREENING: April 10 / 5:30pm / SECCA SOUTHERN SPOTLIGHT Joe Director: David Gordon Green USA / 2013 / 117 MIN. / RATING: MT Ex-con Joe Ransom (Nicolas Cage) becomes the unlikely role model to Gary (Tye Sheridan), the oldest child of a poor family run by an abusive drunk. Joe takes Gary under his wing and together they try to find a path to redemption in small-town Mississippi. SCREENING: April 5 / 7:30pm / UNCSA – Main - $18 Locke Director: Steven Knight UK/USA / 2013 / 85 MIN. / RATING: R With a powerful performance by Tom Hardy, this intimate film shows how a single phone call causes the life of a successful construction manager to unravel during his drive home. SCREENING: April 12 / 7:30pm / UNCSA - Main

Tom at the Farm Director: Xavier Dolan CANADA/FRANCE / 2013 / 105 MIN. / RATING: MT The story of Tom, who is in the grip of grief and depression following the death of his lover. When he meets the family of the deceased, it is revealed the mother was not aware of her son's sexual orientation, or his relationship with Tom either, for that matter. SCREENING: April 8 / 8:30pm / Hanesbrands Le Week-end Director: Roger Michell UK / 2013 / 93 MIN. / RATING: R Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum star in this story of an aging British couple who return to Paris, the site of their honeymoon, in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage. SCREENING: April 6 / 7:30pm / UNCSA - Main Words and Pictures Director: Fred Schepisi USA / 2013 / 111 MIN / RATING: PG-13 A flamboyant English teacher (Clive Owen) and a new, stoic art teacher (Juliette Binoche) collide at an upscale prep school. A high-spirited courtship begins and they find themselves enjoying the battle between which is more powerful, the word or the picture. SCREENINGS: April 9 / 7:30pm / SECCA

OPENING NIGHT GALA April 4 / 9:00pm / SECCA Please join us for the celebration of RiverRun’s Opening Night and help us welcome our filmmakers and industry guests from around the world. The festivities will begin immediately following the conclusion of the Opening Night Films. Featuring a DJ, photo booth, desserts from area restaurants and drinks from our cash bar, this promises to be a great way to start the 2014 Festival! Presented by Flow Audi of Winston-Salem

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NARRATIVE COMPETITION Emerging talents mixed with established masters. Representing some of the very best films of the year from around the world, the ten films in the Narrative Competition are eligible for the Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Audience Award. 1982 Director: Tommy Oliver USA / 2013 / 90 MIN. / RATING: MT Based on a true story, 1982 chronicles a young African American father whose wife suffers from a crack cocaine addiction, and his efforts to protect their 10-year old daughter from experiencing life as the child of a drug addicted mother. SCREENINGS: April 11 / 11:00am / a/perture 1 - $6 April 12 / 7:00pm / Hanesbrands April 13 / 12:30pm / a/perture 1 2 Autumns, 3 Winters Director: Sébastien Betbeder FRANCE / 2013 / 91 MIN. / RATING: MT Arman is 33 and ready for change, set in motion by a chance encounter with the lovely Amélie. During five fateful seasons, Arman, Amélie and his friend Benjamin share the unexpected accidents, unconventional romances and unforgettable memories that will define who they are. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 7:00pm / a/perture 1 April 6 / 4:00pm / a/perture 1 April 7 / 2:00pm / a/perture 1 - $6 Grigris Director: Mahamat Saleh Haroun FRANCE/CHAD / 2013 / 101 MIN. / RATING: MT Despite having a paralyzed leg, Grigris, 25 years old, dreams of being a dancer, which is a challenge to say the least when his dreams are dashed when his uncle falls critically ill. To save him, Grigris resolves to enter the dangerous job of a petrol trafficker. SCREENINGS: April 7 / 5:00pm / a/perture 1 April 8 / 11:00am / a/perture 1 - $6 April 9 / 8:00pm / a/perture 1

Ida Director: Pawel Pawlikowski POLAND/DENMARK / 2013 / 80 MIN. / RATING: MT Anna, a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is on the verge of taking her vows when the Mother Superior insists she visit her sole living relative. Anna soon arrives at her cynical aunt Wanda’s door, where she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi regime. SCREENINGS: April 6 / 1:30pm / UNCSA - Main April 11 / 5:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock April 12 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Gold Nightingale Director: Philippe Muyl FRANCE/CHINA / 2013 / 101 MIN. / RATING: MT After years in Beijing, Zhigen resolves to keep a promise to his deceased wife and return to his native village. He arrives with two unlikely travelers in tow – his beloved pet bird and his spoiled granddaughter, who is more familiar with iPads than trekking through forests and rice paddies. SCREENINGS: April 9 / 5:00pm / a/perture 1 April 10 / 2:00pm / a/perture 1 - $6 April 12 / 7:00pm / a/perture 1

Sarah Prefers to Run Director: Chloe Robichaud CANADA / 2013 / 95 MIN. / RATING: MT Avid runner Sarah has a chance to join the track team at a top Quebec university, but her sheltering mother is doubtful and refuses any financial support. Her lovelorn roommate suggests they get married instead to secure a grant. She agrees, only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere: Sarah prefers to run. SCREENINGS: April 10 / 8:00pm / a/perture 1 April 11 / 5:00pm / a/perture 1 April 12 / 4:00pm / a/perture 1 Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Director: Sam Fleischner USA / 2013 / 102 MIN. / RATING: MT When a young autistic boy runs away from his Mexican-immigrant family on the fringes of New York City, he embarks on an unintended odyssey that forces his splintered family to reconcile their differences. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 1:00pm / a/perture 1 April 6 / 8:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock April 9 / 11:00am / a/perture 1 - $6 The Summer of Flying Fish Director: Marcela Said CHILE/FRANCE / 2013 / 95 MIN. / RATING: MT Manena’s father, a rich Chilean landowner, devotes his vacation to one obsession: eradicating the carp that invade his lagoon. As he resorts to more extreme methods, Manena experiences her first love and discovers the world of the Mapuche Indians who claim access to these lands… and who stand up to her father. SCREENINGS: April 11 / 11:30am / a/perture 2 - $6 April 12 / 1:30pm / a/perture 2 April 13 / 1:30pm / a/perture 2

Tanta Agua Directors: Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge URUGUAY/MEXICO/NETHERLANDS/ GERMANY / 2013 / 102 MIN. / RATING: MT Alberto, a hapless divorced man, hopes to bond with his kids on a vacation to a Uruguayan resort. Mother nature has other plans, though, and non-stop rain forces them to re-imagine their stay in this amusing love letter to awkward teens and well-meaning single fathers. SCREENINGS: April 7 / 8:30pm / a/perture 2 April 8 / 11:30am / a/perture 2 - $6 April 10 / 11:30am / a/perture 2 - $6 Walesa: Man of Hope Director: Andrzej Wajda POLAND / 2013 / 127 MIN. / RATING: MT Depicting the extraordinary life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, this explosive film traces in dramatic fashion the growth of the Polish Solidarity movement, which was central to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Poland's transition to democracy. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 4:00pm / a/perture 1 April 7 / 8:00pm / a/perture 1 April 8 / 2:00pm / a/perture 1 - $6

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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Compelling stories told with innovative style. RiverRun helps audiences see the world through the eyes of others by showcasing some of the year’s best real-life stories. The ten films in the Documentary Competition are eligible for the Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Audience Award. Bending Steel Director: Dave Carroll USA / 2013 / 93 MIN. / RATING: MT This deeply moving and inspiring documentary explores the life of 43-year-old Chris Schoeck as he trains in the lost art of Oldetime Strongmen and struggles to overcome the limitations of both his body and mind. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 1:30pm / a/perture 2 April 6 / 2:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock April 7 / 11:30am / a/perture 2 - $6 The Case Against 8 Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan White USA / 2014 / 109 MIN. / RATING: MT Shot over five years, this intimate, behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California’s ban on same sex marriage follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. SCREENINGS: April 7 / 8:00pm / Hanesbrands April 8 / 3:00pm / Hanesbrands - $6 April 13 / 10:30am / a/perture 2 The Expedition to the End of the World Director: Daniel Dencik DENMARK/SWEDEN/GREENLAND / 2013 / 90 MIN. / RATING: MT Offering a grand and adventurous journey of discovery to the last uncharted areas around the globe, this stirring documentary reminds us that no matter how far we go and how hard we try to find answers, we ultimately meet ourselves and our own transience. SCREENINGS: April 8 / 5:00pm / a/perture 1 April 10 / 5:00pm / a/perture 1 April 11 / 2:00pm / a/perture 1 - $6

A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at the New York Times Director: Samantha Grant USA / 2013 / 75 MIN. / RATING: MT Jayson Blair may just be the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time. Grant’s film offers us a chance to see first-hand how he unleashed the massive scandal that rocked The New York Times and the entire world of journalism. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 4:30pm / a/perture 2 April 6 / 4:30pm / UNCSA - Main April 7 / 2:30pm / a/perture 2 - $6 The Kill Team Director: Dan Krauss USA / 2013 / 79 MIN. / RATING: MT Specialist Adam Winfield is a 21-year-old infantryman in Afghanistan who attempted, with the help of his father, to alert the military to the heinous war crimes his platoon was committing. This is his story. SCREENINGS: April 10 / 11:00am / a/perture 1 - $6 April 11 / 5:30pm / UNCSA - Gold April 12 / 4:00pm / Hanesbrands Manakamana Directors: Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez NEPAL/USA / 2013 / 118 MIN. / RATING: TN In this work of sensory ethnography we witness ten individual journeys high above the jungle in Nepal. Pilgrims there make an ancient excursion by cable car to worship at the Manakamana Temple, the sacred place of the Hindu Goddess Bhagwati. SCREENINGS: April 6 / 10:00am / a/perture 1 April 8 / 8:30pm / a/perture 2 April 9 / 11:30am / a/perture 2 - $6

Marmato Director: Mark Grieco Colombia/USA / 2014 / 87 min. / RATING: MT Colombia is the center of the new global gold rush and the town of Marmato is the new frontier. Chronicled over the course of nearly six years, the film reveals how the townspeople confront a Canadian mining company that covets the $20 billion in gold beneath their homes. SCREENINGS: April 10 / 5:30pm / a/perture 2 April 11 / 2:30pm / a/perture 2 - $6 April 12 / 4:30pm / a/perture 2 Mundial: The Highest Stakes Director: Michal Bielawski Poland / 2013 / 95 MIN. / RATING: MT When their national team qualified for the 1982 World Cup, Poland briefly forgot the bleak reality of censorship, oppression and prisons filled with members of the political opposition. This fascinating film chronicles the untold story of sport and politics in an aberrant period of martial law. SCREENINGS: April 7 / 11:00am / Hanesbrands - $6 April 12 / 10:00am / UNCSA - Gold April 13 / 1:30pm / UNCSA – Gold

Song from the Forest Director: Michael Obert GERMANY/USA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / 2013 / 98 MIN. / RATING: MT In this moving epic, U.S. citizen Louis Sarno follows music to live with the Bayaka pygmies in the jungles of central Africa. When he finally returns to New York twenty-five years later with a thirteen year-old son, his seemingly utopian world goes off kilter. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 10:30am / a/perture 2 April 6 / 7:30pm / a/perture 2 April 8 / 2:30pm / a/perture 2 - $6 WHITEY: United States of America v. James J. Bulger Director: Joe Berlinger USA / 2014 / 120 MIN. / RATING: MT Infamous gangster James “Whitey” Bulger wielded a mystique as the Robin Hood of South Boston. Bulger’s legend captured the imagination of the entire country, and this riveting documentary challenges conventional wisdom by detailing shocking new allegations. SCREENINGS: April 6 / 7:00pm / a/perture 1 April 8 / 5:30pm / a/perture 2 April 9 / 2:00pm / a/perture 1 - $6

Marmato

WHITEY: United States of America v. James J. Bulger


FOCUS Festival favorites too good to miss. RiverRun’s Focus sidebar offers an eclectic mix of films from emerging talents, RiverRun alums and veteran filmmakers alike. Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth Director: Pratibha Parmar USA/UK / 2013 / 84 MIN. / RATING: MT The compelling story of an extraordinary woman’s journey from a shack in the cotton fields to becoming one of the key writers of our time. Alice Walker made history as the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her groundbreaking novel The Color Purple. SCREENINGS: April 7 / 2:00pm / Hanesbrands - $6 April 13 / 4:30pm / UNCSA - Gold Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett USA / 2014 / 74 MIN. / RATING: TN An investigation into the power music has to awaken deeply locked memories. When a social worker decides on a whim to bring iPods to a nursing home he discovers that many residents suffering from memory loss seem to respond to music from their past. SCREENINGS: April 12 / 10:00am / a/perture 1 April 13 / 4:00pm / UNCSA - Main All Cheerleaders Die Directors: Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson USA / 2013 / 90 MIN. / RATING: MT A rebel girl signs up a group of cheerleaders to help her take down the captain of their high school football team, but a supernatural turn of events thrusts the girls into a different battle. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 10:00pm / a/perture 2 April 11 / 8:30pm / a/perture 2

Coherence Director: James Ward Byrkit USA / 2013 / 89 MIN. / RATING: MT A mind-bending puzzle of a film that twists logic to the breaking point. A group of friends gather on the night a strange celestial object passes overhead, causing reality and relationships to fracture. SCREENINGS: April 11 / 8:00pm / a/perture 1 April 12 / 9:30pm / a/perture 1 Freedom Summer Director: Stanley Nelson USA / 2014 / 113 MIN. / RATING: TN Fifty years later, this film takes a look back at the summer of 1964, when more than 700 student activists took segregated Mississippi by storm, registering voters, creating freedom schools and establishing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sponsored by First Tennessee Bank SCREENINGS: April 6 / 7:00pm / Hanesbrands April 8 / 8:00pm / a/perture 1 Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way Director: Donna Zacaro USA / 2013 / 86 MIN. / RATING: MT Though Geraldine Ferraro’s history-making campaign is well-known, few know much about her journey from an impoverished childhood or the hurdles she faced and overcame in order to achieve what no woman had done before. SCREENINGS: April 12 / 7:30pm / a/perture 2 April 13 / 5:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia Director: Nicholas D. Wrathall USA/Italy / 2013 / 89 MIN. / RATING: MT

Few 20th century figures have had a more profound effect on the worlds of literature, film, politics and culture than Gore Vidal. Anchored by intimate interviews with the man himself, this is a fascinating portrait of the last lion of the age of American liberalism.

SCREENINGS: April 6 / 1:00pm / a/perture 1 April 10 / 4:00pm / Hanesbrands - $6 Gringo Trails Director: Pegi Vail USA/BHUTAN/BOLIVIA/MALI/THAILAND 2013 / 79 MIN / RATING: MT Combining stunning footage from Bolivia, Thailand, Mali and Bhutan, this film follows the well-worn ‘gringo trail’ travel route in Latin America and beyond and reveals a complex web of relationships and raises urgent questions about one of the most powerful global industries of our time: tourism. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 10:00am / a/perture 1 April 6 / 10:00am / Hanesbrands Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Director: Whitney Ransick USA / 2013 / 78 MIN. / RATING: MT A documentary about the independent film company that rose to the top of the 90’s film scene with the Academy Award-winning Slingblade before financial risk-taking caused its spectacular crash. This is the story of the "Enron of independent films.” SCREENINGS: April 5 / 2:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock April 6 / 5:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock

Siddharth Director: Richie Mehta CANADA / 2013 / 96 MIN. / RATING: MT Mahendra, a chain-wallah from Delhi, must travel across India in search of his missing son, Siddharth, after he learns he may have been taken by child-traffickers. With little resources, he sets off in hot pursuit to return his son home unharmed. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 7:00pm / Hanesbrands April 6 / 10:30am / a/perture 2 That Guy Dick Miller Director: Elijah Drenner USA / 2014 / 91 MIN. / RATING: MT Dick Miller is the last of the great American character actors. Whether sharing the screen with Nicholson, DeNiro, Schwarzenegger or The Ramones, Dick has been stealing scenes since his debut in 1955 and has made nearly 200 films in six decades. SCREENINGS: April 12 / 1:00pm / a/perture 1 April 13 / 2:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock When Jews Were Funny Director: Alan Zweig CANADA / 2013 / 90 MIN. / RATING: MT Insightful and hilarious, Alan Zweig’s latest film surveys the history of Jewish comedy, from the early days of the Borscht Belt to the present, ultimately exploring not just ethnicity in the entertainment industry but also the question of what it means to be Jewish. SCREENINGS: April 12 / 1:00pm / Hanesbrands April 13 / 3:30pm / a/perture 1

Freedom Summer

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ALTERED STATES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN AMERICAN CINEMA With technological breakthroughs and new distribution models rapidly democratizing the landscape of the motion picture industry, RiverRun’s Altered States program features a new wave of exciting, independent American filmmakers who are charting heretofore unexplored geography within the medium. These are films that push the creative boundaries of style, structure and content and feature diverse and authentic young voices, predominantly first or second feature films from directors just on the cusp of wider prominence in the filmmaking community.

PANELS In addition to the many films we offer, RiverRun also provides a variety of panel discussions that are all FREE and open to the public. Media Restoration & Preservation April 5 / 1:30pm / UNCSA–Main With the advance of digital filmmaking and new technological advances, the 35mm film print has become something of a relic. RiverRun and UNC School of the Arts have joined forces with the top archives around the country, to construct a panel of experts to discuss the mammoth job of preserving and exhibiting some of the world’s last remaining film prints. Pitch Fest & Panel April 11 / 10:00am / Hanesbrands In an effort to further promote the development of new filmmaking talent, RiverRun is again joining forces with a consortium of universities around the state to present our annual Pitch Fest. Student filmmakers, who were preselected by each school, will pitch their ideas for new documentaries to our panel of expert judges in the hopes of being awarded a cash prize and recognition within the industry. Following the competition, our judges will participate in a discussion about current trends in documentary filmmaking. Sponsored by Wells Fargo. NC Rebate Debate April 6 / 2:00pm / 411 West 4th Street The State of North Carolina offers a 25 percent refundable tax credit on film productions that spend at least $1 million within the state. But the credit is set to expire at the end of 2014 unless the legislature takes steps to extend it. Hear from the NC Film Office and other experts about the impact the film incentive has had on the state’s production industry – and what it would mean to lose it.

Congratulations! Director: Mike Brune USA / 2013 / 90 MIN. / RATING: MT

In this absurdist comedy, an eight year-old boy goes missing in his own house, throwing the Gray family into chaos. Luckily, Detective Skok and his team of investigators specialize in this kind of oddball mystery.

SCREENINGS: April 10 / 8:30pm / a/perture 2 April 11 / 8:00pm / UNCSA - Gold April 12 / 8:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock Hank and Asha Director: James E. Duff USA / 2013 / 73 MIN. / RATING: MT What do you do if your first real love is half a world away? In this charming romantic comedy, an Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional video courtship — two strangers searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 8:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock April 6 / 10:00am / UNCSA - Gold April 7 / 5:30pm / a/perture 2

The Heroes of Arvine Place Director: Damian Lahey USA / 2013 / 75 MIN. / RATING: MT In this heartwarming first feature from UNCSA alum Damian Lahey, a recent widower and struggling children’s author makes one last push for his career while trying to take care of his two little girls over the holidays. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 1:00pm / UNCSA - Gold April 6 / 4:30pm / a/perture 2 April 7 / 5:00pm / Hanesbrands Hide Your Smiling Faces Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone USA / 2013 / 81 MIN. / RATING: MT The sudden death of a close friend forces two adolescent boys to confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality. Hide Your Smiling Faces is an atmospheric exploration of rural American life through the often distorted lens of youth. SCREENINGS: April 5 / 7:30pm / a/perture 2 April 6 / 1:30pm / a/perture 2 April 7 / 11:00am / a/perture 1 - $6

My Sister's Quinceañera Director: Aaron Douglas Johnston USA / 2013 / 72 MIN / RATING: MT Big brother Silas dreams of leaving his hometown and starting a new life while his family prepares for his sister’s fifteenth birthday. Made with Mexican-American residents of Iowa, the film shows how circumstances and family ties clash with American aspirations. SCREENINGS: April 9 / 2:30pm / a/perture 2 - $6 April 11 / 5:30pm / a/perture 2 April 12 / 10:30am / a/perture 2 We Gotta Get Out of This Place Directors: Simon Hawkins & Zeke Hawkins USA / 2013 / 91 MIN. / RATING: MT Billy Joe robs his cotton farmer boss Giff to pay for one last blow-out weekend at the beach before his friends leave for college. When Giff learns of their misdeed, the teens are forced into a dangerous heist that will test friendships and accelerate their journey into adulthood. SCREENINGS: April 9 / 8:30pm / a/perture 2 April 10 / 2:30pm / a/perture 2 - $6 April 11 / 7:30pm / UNCSA - Babcock

SHORT PROGRAMS

Narrative Shorts 1 84 min. / Rating: MT April 5 / 10:00am / UNCSA - Gold April 12 / 11:00am / UNCSA - Babcock Narrative Shorts 2 85 min. / Rating: MT April 6 / 4:00pm / UNCSA - Gold April 12 / 4:00pm / UNCSA - Gold Documentary Shorts 1 93 min. / Rating: MT April 5 / 11:00am / UNCSA - Babcock April 12 / 1:30pm / UNCSA – Main Documentary Shorts 2 92 min. / Rating: MT April 6 / 11:00am / UNCSA - Babcock April 12 / 5:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock

Late Night Shorts 82 min. / Rating: MT April 5 / 9:30pm / a/perture 1 April 12 / 10:00pm / a/perture 2 NC Shorts 1 91 min. / Rating: MT April 6 / 1:00pm / Hanesbrands April 11 / 3:30pm / Hanesbrands - $6 NC Shorts 2 85 min. / Rating: MT April 6 / 4:00pm / Hanesbrands April 11 / 6:30pm / Hanesbrands

Animated Shorts 95 min. / Rating: MT April 5 / 5:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock April 12 / 2:00pm / UNCSA - Babcock Saturday Morning Cartoons 51 min. / Rating: FM – Intended for children ages 8 and up April 5 / 10:00am / Hanesbrands - 18 & under FREE April 12 / 10:00am / Hanesbrands - 18 & under FREE Sponsored by Salem Smiles Orthodontics


SPOTLIGHT: MEDIA RESTORATION & PRESERVATION When RiverRun created the Spotlight section in 2010, it was purposefully left undefined to allow for a variety of future curatorial choices. Since then, the Spotlight has been on a specific country, a genre, a filmmaker’s body of work or some combination thereof. This year, we want to shine the lights on archival 35mm films, as well as some video from the collections of renowned archives around the world to draw attention to the importance of preserving our shared cinematic history. Cry Danger Director: Robert Parrish USA / 1951 / 79 MIN. / B&W / RATING: TN FORMAT: 35mm PRINT Sent up for a heist he didn’t commit, an ex-con seeks revenge on the crooks who set him up. Dick Powell stars in the directorial debut of Robert Parrish, who skillfully elevates this equally caustic and humorous film into an underappreciated noir gem. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation. SCREENING: April 5 / 3:30pm / UNCSA - Gold The Emperor Jones Director: Dudley Murphy USA / 1933 / 76 MIN. / B&W / RATING: MT FORMAT: 35mm PRINT When his subjects revolt, a Caribbean dictator, who was a former Pullman porter, reflects on the path that led to his downfall. In his most dynamic and memorable film role, Paul Robeson plays Brutus Jones, a character Robeson perfected on stage during a long run of this Eugene O’Neill hit. Preserved by the Library of Congress. SCREENING: April 5 / 10:30am / UNCSA - Main

Lonesome Director: Pál Fejös (as Paul Fejos) USA / 1928 / 69 MIN. / B&W (Tinted) / RATING: TN FORMAT: 35mm PRINT This dazzling, visually expressive masterpiece set against a vibrant New York City tells a simple yet powerful story of boy meets girl. One of the great films made during Hollywood’s transitional period from silents to talkies, it features three scenes with dialogue and includes live piano accompaniment by Gil Fray. From the collection of George Eastman House. Preservation funded by the Packard Humanities Institute and Universal Studios. SCREENING: April 6 / 10:30am / UNCSA – Main Santa Fe Satan (aka Catch My Soul) Director: Patrick McGoohan USA / 1974 / 97 MIN. / COLOR / RATING: PG FORMAT: 35mm PRINT In this musical film adaptation of Jack Good’s rock-opera version of Shakespeare’s Othello, singer/songwriter Richie Havens plays the titular role, but in this interpretation, Othello is a religious prophet on a hippie commune who succumbs to the treachery of Iago. From the collection of the UNCSA Moving Image Archives. PRECEDING SHORT: Tar Heel Family / Director: George Stoney / US / 1951 / 22 MIN. From the collection of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. SCREENING: April 12 / 1:00pm / UNCSA - Gold

This Happy Breed Director: David Lean UK / 1944 / 111 MIN. / COLOR / RATING: TN FORMAT: 35mm PRINT David Lean’s first Technicolor film evocatively depicts Noël Coward’s epic chronicle of a working-class family in the decades between the two World Wars as they make the most of their lives in a dreary London rowhouse. PRECEDING SHORT: Snow / Director: Geoffrey Jones / UK / 1963 / 8 MIN. / FORMAT: 35mm PRINT Both titles from the collection of the British Film Institute. SCREENING: April 6 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Gold Upstream Director: John Ford USA / 1927 / 60 MIN. / B&W / RATING: TN FORMAT: 35mm PRINT This long-lost John Ford film centers on the daily routines of assorted stage actors, comedians and stuntmen who live in a ramshackle boarding house. When a desperate producer gives one of the actors a chance to perform Hamlet in London, the thespian reveals his true colors. We will present the film with live piano accompaniment by Gil Fray. Preservation through a partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Twentieth Century Fox, and the New Zealand Film Archive. SCREENING: April 5 / 6:30pm / UNCSA - Gold

Shorts from the Anthology Film Archives USA/MEXICO / 60 MIN. / RATING: MT FORMATS: 16mm & 35mm PRINTS, VIDEO, DIGITAL FILES The Anthology Film Archives presents a selection of avant-garde shorts, including films by Esther Shatavsky, Marjorie Keller, Luther Price, Manuel De Landa, Francis Lee, and Stom Sogo. Preservation through a partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. SCREENING: April 6 / 1:00pm / UNCSA - Gold

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COMMUNITY CINEMA / FILMS WITH CLASS The 2014 Festival will mark the fourth annual presentation of our Community Cinema program, created to broaden our outreach efforts and ensure the Festival is accessible to audiences from all backgrounds. These free screenings further our mission of fostering a deeper understanding of the many people, cultures and perspectives of our world through great films and filmmakers. RiverRun’s year-round FILMS WITH CLASS program gives area teachers the opportunity to expose their students to Festival films. During the Festival, students attend and participate in private screenings with the filmmakers and special guests. Then, throughout the school year, RiverRun brings films into classrooms to help enrich and enhance school curriculum. Sponsored by Wells Fargo The Color Purple Director: Steven Spielberg USA / 1985 / 154 MIN. / RATING: PG-13 Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, this groundbreaking work spans the years 1909 to 1949, relating the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), a Southern black woman effectively sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband, sharecropper Albert (Danny Glover). SCREENING: April 13 / 1:00pm / UNCSA – Main (FREE) Landscapes of the Heart - The Elizabeth Spencer Story Director: Rebecca Cerese USA / 2013 / 59 MIN. / RATING: TN This documentary chronicles the life of Elizabeth Spencer, a controversial Southern author still writing in her nineties. Spencer authored the novella Light in the Piazza and other poignant stories of race, gender and sexuality during a defining period of American history. This film will show as part of the Films With Class program. Presented in partnership with Bookmarks. SCREENING: APRIL 8 / 6:30PM / SECCA (FREE)

If You Build It Director: Patrick Creadon USA / 2013 / 85 MIN. / RATING: TN Set in rural Bertie County, North Carolina, this powerful documentary follows two activists who work with high school students to help transform both their community and their lives, despite the challenges of dwindling grant money and a very resistant school board. This film will show as part of the Films With Class program. SCREENING: APRIL 9 / 5:30PM / A/perture 2 Particle Fever Director: Mark Levinson USA / 2013 / 97 MIN. / RATING: TN Ten thousand scientists from more than 100 countries joined forces to recreate the conditions just moments after the Big Bang and found the Higgs boson particle, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But their efforts raise a larger question: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist? This film will show as part of the Films With Class program. SCREENING: APRIL 10 / 7:00PM / Hanesbrands

The Trials of Muhammad Ali Director: Bill Siegel USA / 2013 / 86 MIN. / Rating: MT Prior to becoming the most recognizable face on earth, legendary boxer Muhammad Ali found himself in the crosshairs of conflicts concerning race, religion and wartime dissent. This captivating documentary chronicles his toughest bout: the battle to overturn a five-year prison sentence for refusing US military service. Presented in partnership with ITVS Community Cinema and Wake Forest University. SCREENING: April 9 / 7:00pm / Wake Forest School of Business – Farrell Hall (FREE) FIDO FROLIC & FILM Up Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson USA / 2009 / 96 MIN. / RATING: PG By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway in this recent Pixar triumph. Sponsored by Flow Subaru SCREENING: APRIL 5 / Gates Open At 6:30PM / Film Starts At 8:15 / Fourth Street @ Trade (FREE)

The Wizard of Oz Director: Victor Fleming USA / 1939 / 102 MIN. / RATING: PG Nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, this heartwarming Technicolor tale tells of Dorothy Gale, who is swept away by a tornado to a magical land and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. Sponsored by Hanesbrands Inc. SCREENING: April 8 / 6:00pm / Hanesbrands (FREE)

ABOUT RIVERRUN Located in Winston-Salem, NC, the RiverRun International Film Festival annually presents a rich blend of new films by established and emerging filmmakers, showcasing a diverse collection of cinematic voices from around the world. Our mission is to foster a greater appreciation of cinema and a deeper understanding of the many people, cultures and perspectives of our world through regular interaction with great films and filmmakers.

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A Beloved Southern Author to Attend RiverRun International

Film Festival by stephanie hess

It has been saId that there are two kInds of people – the

kInd who travel and the kInd who stay put. when lee smIth

speaks about her mentor and contemporary, elIzabeth

spencer, In landscapes of the heart: the elIzabeth spencer

story, she descrIbes a woman who has traveled – not only

physIcally, but by transcendIng the norms of cultural,

racIal, and gender roles. landscapes tells the story of a

wrIter who challenged conventIon at a tIme when doIng

so meant alIenatIon from her communIty.


ElIzABEth SpEncER’S StoRyBorn in 1921, Elizabeth Spencer was reared in Car-rollton, mississippi in the midst of the great depres-sion. Throughout her adolescence, she observed first-hand the racial and gender inequities of the american south. growing up at teoc, a post-Reconstruction cotton plantation owned by her grandfather and worked by descendants of former slaves, spencer came of age alongside the real and immediate remembrance of the civil war. It was the intolerance she witnessed, and the literary spotlight Spencer shone on it, that would eventually drive a wedge between elizabeth and her family, especially her father, a deeply religious and conservative mis-sissippi entrepreneur. She went on to live abroad in rome and montreal, away from the american south - a life spent in exile from the discontent of family and a literary community indifferent to her non-tra-ditional writings about the south. In the later part of the 20th Century, as progress has been made and the views once thought of as radical or subversive are accepted as true and unifying, elizabeth spen-cer has been “reclaimed” as a beloved daughter of the American South, and she has lived, taught and written in Chapel Hill, NC since 1986.

SpEncER’S lEgAcyelizabeth spencer’s best-known work is likely her novella, “the light in the piazza,” which was adapt-ed into a 1962 film starring olivia de havilland and george hamilton. In recent years it won six tony awards as a Broadway musical. Her distinguished career includes nine novels and seven books of short stories, including 2001's “the southern woman." Spencer continues to write into her nineties, and a new collection of stories, “starting over”, was released just this year. perhaps her most defining achievement, detailed in landscapes of the heart, was the novel which established her voice as a writ-er and ultimately led to a long exile from the south. three years before “to kill a mockingbird,” spencer authored “the voice at the back door,” one of the earliest novels recounting racial tension in the South. In landscapes elizabeth spencer explains that her goal was to write about the injustice she saw, build-ing a story around men returning from world war II that had experienced life outside of the conventions of the american south, just as she had spending her early adulthood in Italy. recommended for a 1957 pulitzer prize that was never awarded, her early works are now viewed as among the most impor-tant literature from a female writer of the 1950s and 1960s.

lAndScApES oF thE hEARtthis film shares the story of a remarkable literary career and a courageous woman whose books and stories about race, class, gender and politics contin-ue to inspire. landscapes features archival photog-raphy and film clips, re-enactments, and interviews with many of today’s most important writers of the american south. Interviews with authors allan gur-ganus, lee smith, hodding carter, randall kenan, and pulitzer-winner douglas blackmon, among oth-ers, share how her early works are viewed as some of the most “dangerous” and “important” literature to come from a female writer, or any writer, in the American South during the 1950s and 1960s. These voices from the literary community chronicle how, decades later, her works are finally receiving critical recognition and further study. “elizabeth spencer, one of the great voices of amer-ican literature, has in landscapes of the heart the biographical documentary she deserves. It tells the story of a long and complicated life, of a woman whose talent and intellect and sheer desire took her from her home in mississippi and sent her around the world. the beauty of it all made me cry.”— daniel wallace, author of "big fish" and "the kings and Queens of roam"

thE documEntARy tEAmsharon swanson, executive producer, has written extensively on the life and work of elizabeth spen-cer. she is a native southerner whose work has been published in the news & observer, our state maga-zine, metro magazine, chapel hill magazine, the Chapel Hill News among many other publications. sharon holds a graduate degree in nonfiction writing from bennington college, and a master’s degree in public administration from east carolina university.rebecca cerese, landscapes producer and direc-tor, is an award-winning filmmaker and passionate social justice advocate. her first documentary, “feb-ruary one – the story of the greensboro four,” tells the story of the 1960 greensboro civil rights sit-ins that served as a nationwide catalyst for the non-violent protests that would follow. this film is shown nationally on pbs each year as well as regular airings on starz network. rebecca currently serves as vice president of the peoples channel, the public access station in chapel hill and durham, n.c. she recently completed her term serving on the boards of the the southern documentary fund as well as the aclu of north carolina. rebecca holds dual degrees in communications and english from the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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In addition to the many films we offer, riverrun International Film Festival also provides a variety of panel discussions that are free and open to the public. one of three panel discussions this year is our “nc rebate debate,” to be held april 6, 2014 at 2:00pm

at 411 west 4th street. on april 6, come join us for an expert panel discussion on the impact the film incentive has had on the state’s production industry – and what it would mean to lose it.

the state of north carolina offers a 25 percent refundable tax credit on film productions that spend at least $1 million within the state. As it stands, the incentive makes it possible for productions to end up with more credit than spent in taxes, which earns the company a refund. many states adopt policies like this is because of the economic development benefits of productions shot on location. There stands much to be gained economically; job creation for production crew members and extras, local companies hired for support services, hotel rooms booked, restaurant spending and local shops.

since 2010, hundreds of hollywood productions been lured to North Carolina by the credit, an experienced production workforce thanks to local film schools, and the state’s diverse, natural offerings. from the picturesque mountains, quaint country roads to the sunny shoreline, North carolina offers the perfect backdrop to nearly any film. some of the most recent, popular productions filmed here include the films the hunger games, Ironman 3 and the hit television shows, “homeland” and “sleepy hollow.” but the credit is

RiverRun panel discussion: nc Rebate debate

by annie e. Johnson

set to expire at the end of 2014 unless the legislature takes steps to extend it. many debates have broken out in the state

capital over whether or not to renew the incentive. Some state representatives advocate budget cuts across the board, cutting out the incentive for filmmakers. our expert panel will be moderated by guy gaster, production services executive of the nc film office. panelists

include aaron sryett, director of the nc film office, rebecca clark, director of the piedmont triad film commission, and susan ruskin, dean of the school of filmmaking at uncsa, who will discuss the pros and cons of leaving the tax credit to expire. also joining the panel will be local state representative Edward Hanes Jr. as well as Representative susie hamilton, a winston-salem native currently representing Wilmington, NC.


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When RiverRun created the Spotlight section in 2010, it was purposefully left undefined to allow for a variety of future curatorial choices. Since then, the

spotlight has been on a specific country, a genre, a filmmaker’s body of work or some combination thereof. this year, we want to shine the lights on archival 35mm films, as well as some video from the collections of renowned archives around the world to draw attention to the importance of preserving our shared cinematic history.

“we are excited to offer our audiences these very rare screening opportunities to enjoy the richness of 35mm film and to learn more of the care and keeping of our cinematic heritage,” said riverrun executive director, andrew rodgers.

with the rise of digital filmmaking and new technological advances, the 35mm film print has become something of a relic. riverrun and unc school of the arts have joined forces with the top archives around the country, to construct a panel of experts from the ucla film & television archive, the collection of george eastman house, and the british film Institute and the nc department of cultural resources to discuss their mammoth job of preserving and exhibiting some of the world’s last remaining film prints. the moving Image archives at uncsa is proud to host our archival colleagues as they highlight the field’s technical achievements together.

at this crucial juncture in the evolution of both motion picture production and theatrical exhibition technologies alike, the future of the medium and the way we experience it has certainly been at the forefront of our minds these last several years.

the rapid phasing out of physical film projection in movie theatres big and small (our own a/perture cinema being no exception) in favor of exclusively digital formats has given us pause to think. what exactly is the relevance, application, and ultimately the intrinsic value of physical film as a format for interacting with motion pictures moving forward? Simply put, what is it we stand to lose in its potential absence? Quite a lot, in our estimation. terms such as “bit rot”, “dropouts” and “pixellation” have

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already begun to permeate our consciousness in regard to the deficiencies of digital, and its inherent instabilities have gotten our collective ones and zeroes all atwitter about the sea change within the medium.

winston-salem is home of one of the nation’s largest sanctuaries for 35mm film prints, located at unc school of the arts’ moving Image archives. enlisting the expertise of their senior curator, david Spencer, we resolved to shine this year’s Spotlight on media restoration and preservation. representatives from several of the nation’s leading film archives—uncsa included—have been assembled to join us during the Festival to showcase and discuss cherished works from each of their respective institutions as well as participate in a panel discussion to shine a focused light on the artistry, philosophy, and historical significance of preserving works of cinema on the structurally permanent material that is motion picture film stock.

this is an extremely rare opportunity to see classic films on the big screen. our curated selection includes the following films.:

pAnEl dIScuSSIon: spotlight on media restoration & preservationaprIl 5 / 1:30 pm / uncsa maIn theatre / freeour cultural history has been presented on a variety of formats – including film and magnetic video – during the industrialized 20th century. New digital technologies are now the vanguard, forcing audiovisual archives to confront the reality that if they want to preserve the old formats, they must migrate to new digital platforms. our spotlight on media restoration & preservation panel will focus on saving and reformatting both film and magnetic video, and will explore the potential advantages and pitfalls of the digital revolution for audiovisual archives.

cry dangerdirector: robert parrishusa / 1951 / 79 mIn. / b&w / ratIng: tn / format: 35mm prIntsent up for a heist he didn’t commit, an ex-con seeks revenge on the crooks who set him up. dick powell stars in the directorial debut of robert parrish,


who skillfully elevates the equally caustic and humorous cry danger into an underappreciated noir gem. 35mm restored print courtesy of the ucla film & television archive. preservation funding provided by the Film Noir Foundation.

the Emperor Jonesdirector: dudley murphyusa / 1933 / 76 mIn. / b&w / ratIng: mt / format: 35mm prIntwhen his subjects revolt, a caribbean dictator, who was a former pullman porter, reflects on the path that led to his downfall. In his most dynamic and memorable film role, paul robeson plays brutus Jones, a character robeson perfected on stage during a long run of this eugene o’neill hit. preserved by the library of congress.

lonesomedirector: pál fejös (as paul fejos)usa / 1928 / 69 mIn. / b&w (tinted) / ratIng: tn / format: 35mm prIntthis dazzling, visually expressive masterpiece set against a vibrant new york city tells a simple yet powerful story of boy meets girl. one of the great films made during hollywood’s transitional period from silents to talkies, it features three scenes with dialogue, but the screening will have live piano accompaniment by gil fray. from the collection of george eastman house. preservation funded by the packard humanities Institute and universal studios.

Santa Fe Satan (a.k.a. catch my Soul)director: patrick mcgoohanusa / 1974 / 97 mIn. / color / ratIng: pg / format: 35mm prIntIn this musical film adaptation of Jack good’s rock-opera version of shakespeare’s othello, singer/songwriter Richie Havens plays the titular role, but in this interpretation, othello is a religious prophet on a hippie commune who succumbs to the treachery of Iago. from the collection of the uncsa moving Image Archives.

ShoRt: tar heel Family director: george stoney / us / 1951 / 22 mIn. from the collection of the nc department of cultural Resources.

this happy Breeddirector: david leanuk / 1944 / 111 mIn. / color / ratIng: tn / format: 35mm prIntdavid lean’s first technicolor film evocatively depicts noël coward’s epic chronicle of a working-class family in the decades between the two world wars as they make the most of their lives in a dreary london rowhouse.

short: snow / director: geoffrey Jones / uk / 1963/ 8 mIn. / format: 35mm prInt both titles from the collection of the british film Institute.

Shorts from the Anthology Film Archivesusa & meXIco / 60 mIn. / ratIng: mt / format: 16mm & 35mm prInts, vIdeo, dIgItal fIlesThe Anthology Film Archives presents a selection of avant-garde shorts, including films by esther shatavsky, marjorie keller, luther price, manuel de landa, francis lee, and stom sogo. preservation through a partnership with the National Film preservation foundation and the andy warhol foundation for the visual arts.

upstreamdirector: John fordusa / 1927 / 60 mIn. / b&w / ratIng: tn / format: 35mm prIntthis long-lost John ford film centers on the daily routines of assorted stage actors, comedians and stuntmen who live in a ramshackle boarding house. when a desperate producer gives one of the actors a chance to perform hamlet in london, the thespian reveals his true colors. we will present the film with live piano accompaniment by gil fray. preservation through a partnership with the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, twentieth century fox, and the new zealand film archive.

Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones in The Emperor Jones, circa 1933.

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| Volunteer Spotlight

When pat craig started volunteering at RiverRun International Film Festival seven years ago, she never thought of it as a “pay it forward” experience. originally

she just wanted to score a few free movie passes, and learn about how a film festival works. she signed up to take tickets, usher and work special events. she enjoyed it so much, that she convinced her husband clark to join her the next year.

since the start, pat’s done it all as a volunteer – from selling riverrun merchandise to working in the box office, and even being a sponsor one year. but her favorite activity is chauffeuring screenwriters, directors and actors around town.

“I love this duty because I get the behind-the-scenes interview,” says pat. In this rare, one-on-one time, she curiously peppers the high-profile guests with questions about their films and themselves.

Craig is also an active volunteer within the

winston-salem community as well. she helps out the elks club, reynolda presbyterian church, Jaycees, and dixie classic fair, but says riverrun is her favorite.

“every year gets better,” says pat. now, the craigs help out to earn the “coveted” ticket passes, and share them with family and friends. pat says they schedule their year around the Festival, with plans to volunteer and host out-of-town guests.

“this is the most rewarding and fun because it’s spring – I’m ready to get out and see anything new and creative,” says pat. “I encourage anyone who enjoys movies and people to come sign up [to volunteer]. You will be on your way being put to good use for a good cause.”

pat is pictured here with her cherished 2013 riverrun collage she had made and framed. It includes film tickets, a riverrun poster, a riverrun pin and it is signed by family that attended and volunteered for the event.

patricia craigBy Annie Johnson


photographs

featuring

alaska's yup'ik

people are on

display at the

wake forest

museum of an-

thropology. The

exhibition, enti-

tled "the yup'ik

way of life: an

alaskan people

in transition, is a student-curated exhibit.

the photographs, taken by greensboro native

John rucker between 1979 and 1987, document a

the yup'ik Way of life:an alaskan people in transition-exhibition

now open at the museum of anthropology

lifestyle that has largely disappeared with the arrival

of modern influences such as telephones, fast food

and television in the intervening years. The images

are integrated with objects made by yup'ik artisans

and collected by early moravian missionaries with

connections to winston-salem. the objects provide

a link to the past and further document the cultural

transitions of the yup'ik since european contact.

when: open through aug. 29, 2014

where: the wake forest museum of anthropology

for more information please contact sarah drake

boerkircher, assistant director, news & communica-

tions wake forest university 336.758.3640 boerkisd@

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Three students in the school of dance at the university of north carolina school of the arts (uncsa) won awards

at the chicago semi-finals of the youth america grand prix (yagp) this past weekend.

high school senior darion flores of cary won the gold medal in the Classical and Contemporary categories, and high school senior hannah davis of chapel hill won the silver medal in the classical category. Both also won the Silver medal in the ensemble category, for their classical pas de deux from le corsaire.

A third student, high school junior anha lipchik of shorewood, wisc., was ranked in the top 12 in the Classical and Contemporary categories.

for his gold medal, flores will compete in the yagp new york finals, which will be held april 3-8, with the Final Round on April 9 and 10.

The students were coached by misha tchoupakov, who joined the uncsa school of dance faculty in august 2013. he also accompanied them to Chicago.

"we are excited that our students made such an impression at the yagp regionals," said susan Jaffe, dean of the uncsa

uncSA dAncE StudEntS WIn At youth AmERIcA gRAnd pRIX REgIonAlShigh school student from cary to compete in finals in new york

school of dance. "their awards demonstrate the exceptional work of our incredible faculty, who teach them every day. I am especially grateful to misha tchoupakov, who prepared our students for this competition."

youth america grand prix (yagp) is the world's largest student ballet scholarship competition. It is held annually around the world and in New york city, and is open to dance students of all nationalities 9-19 years old. launched in 1999 by two former dancers of the world-renowned bolshoi ballet, larissa and gennadi saveliev, yagp is also a nonprofit organization created with a mission to provide extraordinary educational and professional opportunities to young dancers, acting as a stepping stone to a professional

dance career. Now in its 15th season, yagp has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships to the leading dance schools worldwide.

as america's first state-supported arts school, the university of north carolina school of the arts is a unique stand-alone public university of arts conservatories. With a high school component, uncsa is a degree-granting institution that trains young people of talent in music, dance, drama, filmmaking, and design and production. established by the n.c. general assembly in 1963, the school of the arts opened in winston-salem ("the city of arts and Innovation") in 1965 and became part of the university of north carolina system in 1972. for more information, visit www.uncsa.edu.

from left to right: ahna Lipchik, Dance faculty member Misha Tchoupakov, Darion flores and hannah Davis

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