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| THE WACKNESS Jonathan Levine (USA, 2008) 99 mins.  schedule
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| I Want to Live Dir. Sunil Gupta (India, 2009), 39 mins Over 3 million people are infected by HIV in India. After considerable pressure from the international community and court challenges from within, the Indian government rolled out a programme of free access to ARV drugs through its public health care system. However, as the testimonies in this film show, the right to access free treatment is hard to put into practice. Testimonials cover a range of issues from diagnosis, confidentiality, treatment through to rights. schedule
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| Stonewall Dir. Nigel Finch (UK, 1995) 99 mins Stonewall is a fictionalized narrative of the weeks leading up to the infamous Stonewall Riots a decisive moment in the American gay rights movement. Told through the words of drag queen La Miranda this film follows the individual struggles of characters such as Matty Dean a handsome young gay man and newcomer to NYC, Bostonia, the self-proclaimed matriarch of the drag queens and Vinnie, the deeply closeted owner of the Stonewall Inn. As the film progresses the characters individual struggles culminate in one of the seminal events of the wider social and political struggle for gay rights in the U.S.A. schedule |
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| The Times of Harvey Milk Dir. Rob Epstein (USA, 1984) 90 mins This film documents the rise of Harvey Milk from neighborhood activist through to becoming San Fransisco’s first openly gay supervisor. The Times of Harvey Milk was produced after Milk’s assassination at San Fransisco’s City Hall. This documentary includes original interviews, exclusive documentary footage, news reports, and archival footage. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary film in 1985 and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival. schedule |
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| THIN Lauren Greenfield (USA: 2004) With unprecedented access and an unflinching eye, THIN offers an emotional journey through the world of eating disorders. Photographer Lauren Greenfield, in her directing debut, filmed over a six-month period at the Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of eating disorders in South Florida.
The documentary focuses on four women struggling with anorexia and bulimia. Greenfield’s camera follows them to places most have never ventured: one-on-one and group therapy sessions, emotionally wrought mealtimes, early morning weigh-ins, heated arguments with staff, and tense encounters with family members.
As the film follows these individuals, it also explores the institution that is their home, investigating the process of treatment, the culture of rehab, and the relationships, rules and rituals that define everyday life in an institution.
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| KIDS + MONEY Lauren Greenfield (USA: 2008) Money Talks. Teens in Los Angeles discuss money: getting it, spending it and learning to live without it. Kids + Money is an original short film by award-winning filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield.
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| AT CLOSE RANGE WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Olive Bucklin (USA:2007) At Close Range with National Geographic follows photographer Joel Sartore as he visits some of the most exotic locations in the world. His job not only puts himself in danger from wildlife, but also allows him to be at the forefront to witness things many will never see. The film interviews the National Geographic editors who find the right images for each publication. The film also discusses the effect being a National Geographic photographer has on his personal life and marriage. At Close Range with National Geographic allows the viewer to see internationally acclaimed photographer Joel Sartore under extreme pressure for the right shot and allows us to see his passion for his home state, the environment and his family.
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| THE PHOTOGRAPHERS: SAM ABELL AND ALEXANDRA AVAKIAN National Geographic Society (USA: 2009) This film focuses on two National Geographic photographers; Sam Abell and Alexandra Avakian. Alexandra Avakian documents the culture of the Muslim world and has travelled for the past two decades exploring this culture. Alexandra looks into the way of life that deals with deep faith and love as well as conflict. She goes to Muslim communities that are war-torn and searches the world to take an in-depth look at the culture. Sam Abell is a veteran National Geographic photographer. In the film, the viewer gets an in-depth look at his techniques he uses to capture his best photographs. This documentary looks at both photographers’ styles and specialties as they have been with National Geographic for long periods of time.
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| EYE OF THE LEOPARD Dir. Beverly Joubert and Dereck Joubert (USA: 2006) This film documents the life and journey of a young leopard cub named Legadema, or “Light of the sky.” The film follows Legadema for 3 years throughout Botswana. The film first starts when Legadema is just a cub. The husband and wife team who are both directors and photographers, Beverly Joubert and Dereck Joubert won an Emmy Award for Eye of the Leopard. Narrated by Jeremy Irons, this documentary film by the National Geographic allows the viewer to see one of the most feared predators up close and the struggles leopards endure to survive.
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| THE PHOTOGRAPHERS: MARK MOFFETT AND ANNIE GRIFFITHS BELT National Geographic Society (USA: 2008) This film focuses on two National Geographic photographers; Mark Moffett and Annie Griffiths Belt. Mark Moffett has travelled the world looking at nature up-close. He has discovered new species and is one of the few to earn his Ph.D. under the famous ecologist, E. O.Wilson. Annie Griffiths Belt was one of the first females to be hired by National Geographic as a photographer. She has worked on all continents, except Antarctica. The films focus is on her book “A Camera, Two Kids And A Camel,” where Annie took her children on her adventures for her work as a National Geographic photographer. These two photographers show the dedication and passion it takes to be a successful photographer.
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| GOD GREW TIRED OF US: THE STORY OF LOST BOYS OF SUDAN Christopher Dillon Quinn (USA: 2006) God Grew Tired of Us follows 3 of the 25 000 “lost boys of Sudan,” John Bul Dau, Daniel Pach and Panther Bior. These boys escaped Sudan in the 1980’s by walking thousands of miles for 5 years to leave their homeland conflicted with war. Along the way thousands died from different causes including starvation, dehydration, murder and war. From first escaping Sudan, and then from Ethiopia, the boys found safety in Kenya. The film follows the 3 boys as they leave many of the other refugees to come to the United States. The boys are thrown into a new culture and forced to adapt, but do not forget about helping the others they left behind in Kenya. The film looks at the boys new lives in a brand new country, how it has changed them and what they are doing to try to support their friends and loved ones.
The film was narrated by Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman and was executive produced by Brad Pitt. At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival the film won 2 awards; The Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the category of Independent Film Competition: Documentary. At the 2006 International Documentary Association Awards, Christopher Dillion Quinn won Emerging Documentary Filmmaker for God Grew Tired of Us.
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| MEMENTO Christopher Nolan (France: 2000) Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator whose short-term memory has been damaged following a head injury he sustained after intervening on his wife's murder. Leonard is determined to avenge his wife's murder. He attempts to do this by using valuable tools, from tattooing notes on his body to taking Polaroid’s of familiar circumstances, to remind himself, despite his disabled state. The movie is told in forward flashes of events that are to compensate for his unreliable memory, during which he has liaisons with various complex characters, which assist him in getting closer to solving his wife’s murder. 113 mins. schedule |
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| LE FABULEAUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France: 2001) Amélie is the story of a young woman who is a waitress in central Paris and her curious interactions with her neighbours, co-workers, customers and family. One such relationship with a mysterious Photomaton-image collector and one of his even more mysterious photo subjects provides Amélie with a new approach to life as she learns more about herself. The movie’s attention to detail provides a decadent and fantastical approach of one young woman’s understanding of life, love and the pursuit of happiness. 122 mins. schedule |
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| BLOW-UP Michelangelo Antonioni (USA: 1966) BLOW-UP is a provocative film about the dilemma of a man trapped in a life-style
of inaction and non-commitment. David Hemmings plays an egocentric photographer in free-swinging mid-1960's London. A series of his photographs make him think that he has witnessed a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together. 110 mins. schedule |
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| EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED Liev Schreiber (USA: 2009) Jonathan, a young Jewish American, flies to the heart of the Ukraine to Odessa, in search of his grandfather’s past. He brings with him the name and a photograph of the village. The past illuminates everything in this film as Jonathan and his hired companions from the Odessa Heritage Tours partake in this expedition. As Jonathan collects found objects from the present he is illuminating his families past. 106 mins. schedule |
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| ONE HOUR PHOTO Mark Romanek (USA: 2002) This film showcases the morose and lonely life of Seymour ‘SY’ Parrish which fuels his growing obsession of the seemingly ‘perfect’ Yorkin family. SY is the local photograph developer working at a department store the Yorkin family uses to process family photos. SY has worked as a developer for over 20 years and is as obsessed with modern photography practices as he is with the personal inner-workings of the Yorkin family. As SY discovers that the Yorkin family is not as perfect as they seem, he begins to take it personally and becomes a man possessed to expose the imperfections of the family which could tear them apart. 96 mins. schedule |
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| LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT Jacques Tati (France: 1953) The peace and quiet of the hotel guests at a seaside resort doesn't last very long when Monsieur Hulot goes on a holiday at the resort. Mishaps and calamities follow him where ever he goes because although his intentions are good, they always turn out disastrous. 114 mins.
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| MON ONCLE Dir. Jacques Tati (France: 1958) Monsieur Hulot lives a very different life from his family, the Arpels. His sister, her husband and their son Gerard live in an ultra modern house, equipped with all the latest automated conveniences. They've decorated the property in a minimalist theme and are highly regimented in every aspect of their lives. Gerard enjoys escaping his “un-friendly” reality to spend time with his Uncle M. Hulot who lives a more lackadaisical lifestyle in a smallish apartment in an old building in a more established neighborhood. M. Arpel in particular doesn't like the influence his brother-in-law has on his son. The Arpels try to make M. Hulot, fit in better with themselves and their group of friends. M. Hulot even tries working for his brother-in-law at his factory after much insistence from M. Arpel. Of course nothing works out as planned when M. Hulot is around, either at work or at a social gathering! Perhaps in the end the Arpels can learn more from M. Hulot then the other way around. 117 mins.
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| PLAY TIME Dir. Jacques Tati (France: 1967) Monsieur Hulot gets caught up in yet another calamity when he becomes lost in a maze of a new modern Paris which he is unfamiliar with, while looking for an American official he needs to contact. M. Hulot ends up following a group of American tourists, causing chaos in his usual manner along the way. 155 mins.
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| TRAFIC Dir. Jacques Tati (Italy: 1971) M. Hulot designs an ingenious car for Altra Motors and to be expected, it has many clever features. M. Hulot follows the tow truck, which is bringing his prototype to an auto show in Amsterdam, in his own car and is also followed by a glamorous PR executive named Maria in her own sports car. This road trip has every imaginable problem, delaying the arrival of the prototype for the auto show; a flat tire, no gas, an accident, a run-in with police, a stop at a garage, and numerous traffic jams.Through interactions with different common town’s people, Maria gradually loses her imperious conceit, learning a few things about herself along the way. 96 mins.
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| CITIZEN KANE Dir. Orson Welles (USA: 1941) This is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of Kane, one of the world's richest and most powerful men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - "Rosebud..." Pieces of newsreel-like footage detail how Kane amassed his fortune, turning full circle in the end. 119 mins.
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| WILD STRAWBERRIES Dir. Ingmar Bergman (Sweden: 1957) An elderly physician, Professor Isak Borg, experiences disillusionment as he reflects upon his life and begins to perceive his mortality. He finds himself repeatedly affected by intrusive dreams and hallucinations that expose his darkest fears, as he travels to Lund to receive an honorary award after 50 years of medical practice. He begins to realize that the choices he made in the past have created a cold and empty life, devoid of real meaning or value. Through the love and forgiveness of his family he finally achieves redemption and reintegration. 91 mins.
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| 8 ½ Dir. Federico Fellini (Italy: 1963) An Italian director, named Guido Anselmi has lost all inspiration for his upcoming movie, and it's too late to back out. Aside from the fact that he can't make the film, his mistress, wife, producer, and all the rest of his friends, are pressuring him about one thing or another. As he retreats into his dreams to shelter himself from the pressures, he finds inspiration to make his new film, and face the world. 138 mins.
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| THE NUTTY PROFESSOR Dir. Jerry Lewis (USA: 1963) After a football coach humiliates Professor Julius Kelp a “nerd” who's been picked on by everyone, in front of his class and his beautiful student, Stella, Julius decides he will create a potion. After drinking the potion, he turns into, Buddy Love a wild and a popular party animal, plus, he isn't afraid to talk to Stella anymore. There's only one problem, the potion wears off quickly. 107 mins.
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| LES INVASIONS BARBARES Dir. Denys Arcand (Canada: 2003) A man dying of cancer tries to find peace in his last moments. He is having a difficult time accepting the reality of death and feeling regretful of his past. His estranged son, ex-wife, ex-lovers and old friends will all come to him to share his last breath. 99 mins.
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| LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON Dir. Julian Schnabel (France: 2007) Using his left eye to blink out his memoir, Jean-Dominique Bauby, an Elle France editor, who suffered a stroke at age 43 that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye, eloquently described the aspects of his interior world. From the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind, Baudy shares his story.
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