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Three Days, Four Screens, Twenty Amazing Films!

Feature Films & Documentaries:

PIANOMANIA 
Directed by: Robert Cibis & Lilian Franck Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: German Country: Austria
Showtimes: Sat. - 8 pm & Sun. - 6 pm Run Time: 93 Minutes
Cast Includes: Pierre-Laaurent Almard, Lang Lang, Till Fellner
Description: Pianomania follows Stefan Knüpfer, a piano tuner from Steinway and his famous clients Lang Lang, Brendel, Buchbinder and Pierre-Laurent Aimard as they search for the perfect pitch.==>MORE

A CAT IN PARIS 
Directed by: Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: French Country: France
Showtimes: Fri - 8 pm & Sun - 4 pm Run Time: 70
Cast Includes: Voices of Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone,Jean Benguigui
Description: Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day, he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother, Jeanne, is a police officer. By night, he works with Nico, a burglar with a big heart. Zoe has plunged herself into silence following her father's murder at the hands of gangster Costa. ==>MORE

ANITA 
Directed by: Marcos Carnevale Venue:Theater Two
Language: Spanish Country: Argentina
Showtimes: Sat - 6 pm Run Time: 104 Minutes
Cast Includes: Norma Aleandro, Luis Luque, Leonor Manso
Description: Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome (Alejandra Manzo) who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora (Academy Award nominee Norma Aleandro). ==>MORE

BOY 
Directed by: Taika Waititi Venue:Theater Two
Language: English Country: New Zealand
Showtimes: Sat - 2 pm & Sun - 8 pm Run Time: 87 Minutes
Cast Includes: James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi
Description: It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). ==>MORE

CHICO & RITA 
Directed by: Tono Errando & Javier Mariscal Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: Spanish Country: Spain
Showtimes: Sat - 6 pm & Sun - 12 Noon Run Time: 94 Minutes
Cast Includes: Voices of Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Ona, Mario Guerra
Description: Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice.==>MORE

CIRCO 
Directed by: Aaron Schock Venue:Morse Center for the Arts
Language: Spanish Country: Mexico
Showtimes: Sun - 2 pm & Sun - 6 pm Run Time: 75 Minutes
Cast Includes: Tino Ponce and his family
Description: Tino Ponce operates Circo Mexico, which journeys across the Mexican countryside in search of paying customers. Wanting to please his father and continue the family business, Ponce has recruited his young children as performers while laboring night and day to maintain the circus's faltering financial fortunes. ==>MORE

CIRCUS DREAMS 
Directed by: Signe Taylor Venue:Morse Center for the Arts
Language: English Country: USa
Showtimes: Fri - 6 pm / Fri - 8 pm / Sun - 4 pm Run Time: 82 Minutes
Cast Includes: A cast of non-professonal youth circus performers
Description: Circus Dreams captures not only the drama inherent in a traveling circus but the passion and commitment displayed by every member of the troupe, whether behind the scenes or in the ring, as they strive to make every performance the best Smirkus show ever.==>MORE

COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN 
Directed by: Carlos César Arbelaez Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: Spanish Country: Columbia
Showtimes: Sun - 8 pm Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes: Hernan Mauricio Ocampo, Nolberto Sanchez, Genaro Aristizabal
Description: Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, gives him a new ball. ==>MORE

CULTURES OF RESISTANCE 
Directed by: Iara Lee Venue:Theater Two
Language: English Country: USA
Showtimes: Fri. - 6 pm & Sun. - 12 Noon Run Time: 73 Minutes
Cast Includes: A Cast of Non-Professionals
Description: Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction. After several years, travelling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change. This is their story. ==>MORE

DOWNTOWN EXPRESS 
Directed by: David Grubin Venue:Theater One
Language: English Country: USA
Showtimes: Sat. - 2 pm & Sun. - 12 Noon Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes: Phillippe Quint, Nellie McKay, Michael Cumpsty
Description: Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but overbearing father, a cellist determined to manage his son's career. While Sasha prepares for a critical recital that will launch him on a path to a glittering future, he is increasingly drawn to the rhythms he hears on the streets of New York. ==>MORE

THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE 
Directed by: Serge Bromberg & Eric Lange Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: French Country: France
Showtimes: Fri. - 6 pm Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes: Ciosta Gavras, Michel Gondry, Martin Scorsese
Description: . Directed by Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange. With Costa Gavras, Michel Gondry, Martin Scorsese, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Michel Hazanavicius. Cinema’s most unforgettable image is perhaps that of the Man in the Moon being poked in the eye by a rocket ship. The magical Georges Méliès, one of the celebrated heroes of Martin Scorsese’s new movie Hugo, was the creator of that image, and his Trip to the Moon thrilled audiences in 1902. ==>MORE

GIVE ME A BANJO 
Directed by: Marc Fields Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: English Country: UDA
Showtimes: Sat. - 2 pm & Sun. - 2 pm Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes: Steve Martin, Bela Fleck, Earl Scruggs
Description: Narrated by Steve Martin, a banjoist himself, the film explores the roots of American music — the minstrel show, ragtime and early jazz, blues, old-time, folk, bluegrass and country. It is a story of America's quintessential musical instrument from its African slavery roots to the 21st century, featuring performances and commentary from contemporary folk musicians such as Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, Taj Mahal, Béla Fleck and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, as well as from leading music historians, instrument builders and collectors. ==>MORE

IN GOOD TIME: THE PIANO JAZZ OF MARIAN McPARTLAND 
Directed by: Huey Huey Venue:Theater Two
Language: English Country: USA
Showtimes: Sat. - 12 Noon & Sun. - 4 pm Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes: Marian McPartland, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall
Description: Pianist, educator, and radio personality Marian MacPartland just celebrated her 93rd birthday. ==>MORE

LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS 
Directed by: Joseph Dorman Venue:Theater Two
Language: English Country: USA
Showtimes: Fri. - 8 pm & Sat. - 4 pm Run Time: 93 Minutes
Cast Includes: Rachel Dratch, Hillel Halkin, Jason Kravits
Description: A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature.==>MORE

LESS MODERN TIMES 
Directed by: Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: Spanish Country: Argentina
Showtimes: Sat. - 12 Noon Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes: Oscar Payaguala
Description: Hollywood Reporter: “A Gods Must Be Crazy for Latin America, Simón Franco's film is dry instead of antic but just as winning in its depiction of commercialized technology intruding on centuries-old folk lifestyles. Set in Argentina's mountainous Patagonia region, the film stars a gaucho, Payaguala, who continues to enjoy his simple pleasures even as mining company geologists crowd his ranch and a nearby American tour operator tries to pimp him out as cheap local color. ==>MORE

LITTLE GIRL (LA PIVELLINA) 
Directed by: Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel Venue:Morse Center for the Arts
Language: Italian Country: Italy
Showtimes: Sun. - 12 Noon & Sun. - 8 pm Run Time: 100 Minutes
Cast Includes: Ptricia Gerardi, Tairo Caroli, Walter Saabel
Description: In what appears to be his debut, middle-aged actor Oscar Payaguala is charismatic in the role while seeming not to try: portly and goateed, with stringy black hair held under a beret, he carves whistles for fun in the evening and is happy with sheep as companions. One day a mysterious crate is dropped on Paya's doorstep. He finds a TV, phone, and satellite dish—gifts from a program spreading the gift of free telecommunications throughout rural Argentina.” 95 minutes, in Spanish with subtitles.==>MORE

MONSIEUR LAZHAR 
Directed by: Philippe Falardeau Venue:Theater One
Language: French Country: Canada
Showtimes: Sat. - 4 pm & Sun. - 8 pm Run Time: 94 Minutes
Cast Includes: Mohammed Feliag, Sophie Nélisse Emillen Néron
Description: Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir's painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. ==>MORE

TOMBOY 
Directed by: Céline Sciamma Venue:Cabaret Room
Language: French Country: France
Showtimes: Sat. - 4 pm Run Time: 84 Minutes
Cast Includes: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson
Description: A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure (Zoé Heran) and 6-year-old Jeanne (Malonn Lévana), moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and decides to pass herself off as Mikael, a boy like the others but different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa (Jeanne Disson) who becomes smitten with him. ==>MORE

THE FAIRY 
Directed by: Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon Venue:Theater Two
Language: French Country: France
Showtimes: Sun. - 6 pm Run Time: 93 Minutes
Cast Includes: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philippe Martz
Description: Dom works the night shift in a small hotel near the industrial sea port of Le Havre. One night, a woman arrives with no luggage and no shoes. Her name is Fiona and she tells Dom that she is a fairy that can grant him three wishes. ==>MORE

THE KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND 
Directed by: Marius Holst Venue:Theater Two
Language: Norwegian Country: Norway
Showtimes: Sun. - 2 pm Run Time: 120 Minutes
Cast Includes: Stellan Skarsgard, Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner
Description: Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastoy, located in the Oslo fjord live a group of delinquent, young boys aged 11 to 18. The boys daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. Instead of the boys being straightened out with education they end up being used as cheap, manual labor. ==>MORE

THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG HOUSE 
Directed by: Venue:Theater One
Language: English Country: USA
Showtimes: Sat. - 8 pm / Sun. - 4 pm Run Time: 90 Minutes
Cast Includes:
Description: Little House in the Big House takes us inside the Vermont state women’s prison, where 45 women build a single-family home from start to finish.==>MORE

THE TOPP TWINS 
Directed by: Leanne Pooley Venue:Theater One
Language: English Country: New Zealand
Showtimes: Fri. - 8 pm / Sun. - 6 pm Run Time: 84 Minutes
Cast Includes: Jools Topp, Linda Topp
Description: If you see only one documentary about lesbian, country-singing, comedian twins from New Zealand, make this the one! ==>MORE

THE WOMEN ON THE SIXTH FLOOR 
Directed by: Philippe Le Guay Venue:Theater Two
Language: French Country: France
Showtimes: Sat. - 8 pm Run Time: 104 Minutes
Cast Includes: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke
Description: Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. ==>MORE

WEEKEND 
Directed by: Andrew Haigh Venue:Theater One
Language: English Country: United Kingdom
Showtimes: Sat. - 12 Noon & Sun. - 2 pm Run Time: 97 Minutes
Cast Includes: Tom Cullen, Chris New, Laura Freeman
Description: On a Friday night after a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special. ==>MORE

WINDFALL 
Directed by: Laura Isreal Venue:Theater One
Language: English Country: USA
Showtimes: Fri. - 6 pm & Sat. - 6 pm Run Time: 81 Minutes
Cast Includes: A Cast of Non-Professionals
Description: Wind power... It's green... It's good... It reduces our dependency on foreign oil... That's what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement this farm town's failing economy with a farm of their own -- that of 40 industrial wind turbines. ==>MORE

 

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