2007 - Port Townsend Film Festival

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Greetings from the
President
Time flies when you’re having fun, as the saying goes. As the board of directors and staff of
the Port Townsend Film Festival prepare for its
eighth edition, we look forward — with no little
amazement — to a decade of film festivals in
just two more years. Much has happened since
that first festival in 2000.
In reviewing the official program from that first
festival, the growth since is immediately evident. That year we had 25 films to screen at four
different venues; this weekend, we’ll present 38
features and 40 shorts in six venues. The official
program in 2000 was 24 pages; this edition is 32. In our first years we programmed films only
by invitation, but it soon became clear that films would be submitted whether we wanted
them or not, so we decided to embrace them. Some years we have received as many as 325
films from all over the world.
The first festival meeting place was Rocky Friedman’s living room. When the organizing committee grew larger, it met weekly in the Skookum board room, and one of the organizers kept
the festival records in her office at home. Our second year, we had a real office — a charming
10’ by 10’ by 16’ ground-level space in the Mount Baker Block Building. We’re still there, but
now we’re on the third floor and have three times the room. Even that is beginning to feel
cramped.
We naïvely started with a nine-person organizing committee and after the first year decided
never to visit that kind of punishment on ourselves again and instead hired Linda Yakush
to — in effect — do it all by herself the second year. That, too, was naïve, so we split up the
duties and asked Peter Simpson to share them. Then, Nancy Sendler came on as operations
director.
Now, it’s time for a change again. As the festival becomes more and more complex, we have
decided to reorganize and add one more person. Effective immediately, Sherry Grover takes
a new position as general manager and will be responsible for the business side of the operation. Peter Simpson will become artistic director, focussing his attention on programming.
Nancy will continue her yeoman’s effort as operations director. What hasn’t changed is our
continuing need for 300 volunteers each year. That you continue to turn out makes us forever
grateful.
Toby Jordan
President, Board of Directors
Greetings from
the Mayor
On behalf of the City of Port Townsend, I’m
delighted to welcome you to our beautiful community. Port Townsend is known as
the City of Dreams and we take pride in our
incomparable natural setting, our maritime
heritage, lively arts and music scene, and
historic neighborhoods. The Port Townsend
Film Festival is an event that our community
looks forward to each year and it has been a
pleasure to see it grow and attract more and
more film enthusiasts. My experience of the
festival is that it is not only an opportunity to
see a range of films I might not otherwise see,
but it’s also a time to chat with old friends and
make new ones.
I hope you will plan to take advantage of Port
Townsend’s many other attractions during
your stay, including dining and shopping in
the uptown and downtown historic districts,
exploring our parks and trails, and learning
some of the fascinating history of this special
city.
CONTENTS
How to Fest
2-3
Drop-In Theatre
22-23
Special Programs
4-7
talkmovies@theupstage
24
Taylor Street Outdoor Theatre
8
Hosts and Moderators
25
Almost Midnight Movies
9
Musical Acts
25
Sponsors
26
Contributors
27
Board, Staff, & Committees
28
Volunteers
29
First Features
10-11
Encore Directors
11
World Films
Documentaries
12-13
13-15, 18
Schedule
16-17
Membership
30
Shorts
18-21
Library/Archive
30
Best Narrative & Documentary
21
PTFF Members
31
Poster Artist
21
Film Index
31
LAMBERT
#0294
F E S T I VA L G U I D E
HOW TO FEST
PASS & TICKET OPTIONS
Rush Tickets ($8)
Regular (Red) Pass ($150 PTFF members,
$175 general public)
Sold in the Yellow Q 15 minutes before the
movie begins until the lights go down.
The Bishop Hotel Tent
714 Washington Street
Access to film screenings and Q&A sessions
on a first-come, first-seated basis (see The
Q, below). Includes the Friday night Sicilian
feast on Taylor Street, sponsored by the Silverwater Café.
Other Tickets
Thurs 12 pm - 6 pm
Sat 9 am - 9 pm
Preferred (Blue) Pass ($500)
Same as Red Pass except you skip the Q and
may be admitted directly to the venues 30
minutes before your film starts.
Guaranteed (Green) Pass ($1,250)
Same as Red Pass except you skip the Q and
may be admitted directly to the venues beginning 30 minutes before your film begins
and are guaranteed seating until the lights
go down.
Advance Tickets ($8 PTFF members, $10
general public, $20 A Very Special Evening)
You may be admitted directly to the venues
30 minutes before the film starts until the
lights go down.
Sold on a first-come, first-served basis beginning September 10 for PTFF members and
September 17 for the general public from
www.ptfilmfest.com or our Festival box office
number 360-379-0198.
Online and Festival box office advance ticket sales close at noon on Friday, September
28 and reopen at 4 pm at the Uptown and
Rose Theatres.
Will Call - Advance tickets may be picked
up beginning Friday, September 28 at 4 pm
and before each screening. Advance tickets
for the Rose and Rosebud Theatres may be
picked up at the Rose box office. Advance
tickets for the Uptown Theatre and A Very
Special Evening may be picked up at the Uptown box office.
FILM CAMP
Sedge Thomson’s West Coast Live! broadcast
tickets are available from www.WCL.org or
415-664-9500.
Film class with Bruce Hattendorf, Shaping Reality: An Introduction to the Documentary. Tickets
are available at the talkmovies@theupstage
door for $5. Sponsored by Peninsula College.
FREE!
(Although we request a donation)
The Taylor Street Outdoor Theatre cosponsored by the Eisenbeis Condominiums, SOS
Printing, and Lehani’s Deli & Coffee House.
Drop-In Theater at the Community Center
uptown at Lawrence & Tyler streets. Sponsored by Waltenbaugh Construction.
THE Q
The Q insures that our first-come, first-seated policy works. The Q is a line as well as a
numbered slip of paper you use to hold your
place so you can get a bite to eat, visit the
wine & beer garden, use the restroom, etc.
Q
Join the Q for the film you want to see
• Red Q - Red Passes/Vouchers
• Yellow Q - Yellow Passes/Vouchers &
Rush Tickets
Starting 60 minutes before your film, pick up
your numbered Q
Leave or hang out
No less than 30 minutes before your film, return to your Q
• Red Q admits in numerical order.
Late? Go to the end of the Q!
• At 15 minutes, Yellow Q admits in
numerical order
Child Care/Film Camp Pass - $60
No Q for you!
(can be shared among siblings ages 2 - 12)
Fun and educational film activities, arts,
crafts and science experiments, themebased projects and more.
30 minutes before the film starts, Blue and
Green Passes/Vouchers and Advance Ticket
holders may be seated. Green Passes/Vouchers and Advance Tickets may enter anytime
until the lights go down.
Fri 4 pm - 10 pm
Sat 9:30 am - 10 pm
Pope Theatre
Sun 10 am - 5 pm
or by arrangement
360-379-1129
filmcamp@ptfilmfest.com
Pope Marine Theatre Q is first-come, firstseated for ticket buyers and all pass holders.
Provided by Firefly Academy.
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HOSPITALITY CENTER
2007 Port Townsend Film Festival
Fri 10 am - 9 pm
Sun 9 am - 9 pm
THIS IS THE PLACE!
• Pick up or purchase Red, Blue, & Green passes
• Become a PTFF member
• Pick up Festival programs
• Lost & found items
• Volunteer Center
• Bus stop
TAYLOR STREET
INFORMATION KIOSK
Next to the Haller Fountain.
POLK STREET
INFORMATION TENT
Next to the Uptown Theatre.
QUESTIONS?
Volunteers in yellow hats and venue managers
in red hats are ready to answer your questions.
RESTROOMS
Restrooms are available in all venues and on
Water Street next to the police station. Portable restrooms are available on the corner
of Taylor and Washington streets and at the
Uptown Theatre on Polk Street.
DAILY NEWSLETTER
Daily breaking news, highlights, and schedule changes are available on Friday at 4 pm,
and Saturday and Sunday at noon at Hospitality and all venues.
GETTING AROUND
(See Map on inside cover)
Parking downtown can be inconvenient.
Here are some solutions:
Park at the Jefferson Transit Park and Ride
(turn off Sims Way between McDonald’s and
Safeway) and take the number 11 shuttle to
Water and Adams streets downtown. Walk
one block to the Festival on Taylor Street.
Festival bus service, provided by All Points
Charters and Tours, will stop at the Taylor
Street Information Kiosk next to the Haller
Fountain on Washington Street, the Uptown
Theatre, the Drop-In Theatre at the Commu-
THE FINE PRINT
• Programs are subject to change. Check
daily newsletter (at Hospitality and venues)
for updates.
• Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, and
beepers during all programs.
• Recording devices of any kind are prohibited.
• Seat-saving is prohibited – period.
• Children younger than 6 are permitted only
at the Outdoor Movies. (See Child Care/Film
Camp)
• Most of the films are not rated. We will try to
alert you if there is graphic violence, strong
language, nudity, etc. Parental discretion is
advised.
• Check program timing! Run-times do not
include Q&A sessions nor introductions. We
have staggered the film start times to help
you see as many films as possible.
• Out of kindness to the people who sit on the
straw bales, no dogs on Taylor Street please.
CANCELLATIONS
If a program is canceled, rush ticket holders
see the theatre manager and advance ticket
holders go to the theatre box office.
MERCHANDISE
Official PTFF limited edition gear: T-shirts,
caps, note cards and posters, and PTFF filmmakers’ DVDs. This year’s T-shirts are made
from 100% organically grown cotton. They
are manufactured by participating members
of the Fair Wear Foundation, which supports
fair and ethical trade. Merchandise is on sale
at the Hospitality Center, Thursday through
noon Friday, then at the Taylor Street merchandise booth.
LIBATIONS
In keeping with our superhero Outdoor Theatre theme, the Green Lantern Wine & Beer
Garden on Taylor Street will feature refreshing
beverages from PT Brewery & the Wine Seller.
Check the Festival’s daily newsletter for the
schedule of filmmakers’ appearances at the
Green Lantern. Sip a brew with a director and
get her autograph. Over 21 only. Sponsored
by Roger Katz and Associates, Architects.
RECYCLING
Look for marked recycling bins on Taylor
Street and Polk Street at the Uptown Theatre. Please separate your garbage and recyclables into the clearly marked receptacles.
Thank you!
THEATRE VENUES
(See map on inside cover)
Uptown Theatre (Lawrence & Polk).
Take the Festival bus uptown to our newest venue. Music, food, restrooms, advance
ticket sales, and will-call. Sponsored by
PTGuide.com. (320 seats)
Polk Street Music Stage (Lawrence & Polk).
Join the Uptown Theatre Q to the beat of local entertainment. Sponsored by Crossroads
Music.
CONTACT US
Port Townsend Film Festival
211 Taylor Street, Suite 33
P.O. Box 594, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Business: 360-379-1333
Box Office: 360-379-0198
info@ptfilmfest.com
www.ptfilmfest.com
INTERACTIVE FESTIVAL
PROGRAM GUIDE
Drop-In Theatre (Lawrence & Tyler). Take the
Festival bus uptown to our free, continuousrun screening room in the Community Center.
Films from 10 AM - 6 PM, Saturday and Sunday. No passes or tickets required. Sponsored
by Waltenbaugh Construction. (25 seats)
Pope Marine Theater (Water & Madison). An
equal opportunity venue – first come, first
seated for ticket buyers and all pass holders.
Sponsored by B-Side Entertainment. (75 seats)
F E S T I VA L G U I D E
nity Center, the Pope Marine Theatre, the Hospitality Center, and by request at the Jefferson
Transit Park and Ride. Cosponsored by Skookum and All Points Charters and Tours.
Rose Theatre (235 Taylor). Sponsored by
Windermere Real Estate Port Townsend. (150
seats)
Rosebud Cinema (235 Taylor). Sponsored
by Baffle Gab. (78 seats)
Taylor Street Music Stage (Taylor between
Water & Washington). Relax on Taylor Street
to the beat of local entertainment. Sponsored by Olympic Energy Systems.
Taylor Street Outdoor Cinema. Sit on straw
bales under the stars each night of the Festival and watch superheroes Bam! and Pow!
into the night. Family friendly, bring blankets
and extra seating. Sponsored by Kitsap Bank.
talkmovies@theupstage (Upstage Theatre
and Restaurant, 923 Washington, behind the
Rose Theatre). Site for short classes, panel
discussions, West Coast Live! broadcast and
wrap party. Sponsored by Peninsula College.
(125 seats)
VOTE FOR YOUR
FAVORITE PROGRAMS!
As you enter each venue, you will receive
a ballot. After the program, please make a
small tear at the appropriate rating and give
the ballot to a volunteer as you exit. We listen
to you; we use these ballots for the Audience
Favorite Award and to plan next year’s program. Sponsored by Puget Sound Energy.
FESTIVAL SURVEY
Please complete a survey available from
each venue beginning Saturday afternoon
and online at www.ptfilmfest.com. You will be
entered in a drawing for a free 2008 Festival
pass. We use these surveys to improve each
festival.
www.ptfilmfest.com
Log on to our Interactive Festival Program
Guide on our website:
www.ptfilmfest.com
Films
• See scheduled films by title
• Read details (synopsis, cast and crew,
images, trailers, website)
• Search for films by title, country of
origin or genre
• See lists of top rated & most viewed
PTFF films as they build
• Send emails to friends alerting them to
films you like
Schedule and Venues
• See schedule by date or venue
By registering as a member (My Festival)
you can also
• Build your personal calendar of PTFF ‘07
films
• Rate the films you see and watch the
buzz build
• Add comments to your rating and read
what other Festival attendees have to say
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
CHARLES BURNETT PROGRAMS
OPENING NIGHT FILM
Four by Burnett
With Director Charles Burnett
SUNDAY 6:15 PM
Rose Theatre
Several Friends
Filmed while Charles Burnett was a student,
this is a gritty and poetic precursor of his first
feature, Killer of Sheep. It tells the story of an
African American family and their unemployed friends in South Central Los Angeles.
Killer of Sheep
FRIDAY
6:30 PM
Uptown Theatre
For 30 years, Charles
Burnett`s Killer of Sheep has been considered a masterpiece by critics and the few
movie-goers who have been able to see
it. Because it was made in 16mm as a student project, Burnett could not afford the
music rights or the conversion to 35mm,
which might have interested a distributor.
Instead the film languished, only to become legendary in film schools and among
hardcore cinephiles. Now this quiet view
of the ordinary daily life of a Watts family,
whose head of household kills sheep in a
slaughterhouse, has been restored, the
music rights have been purchased, and it
has been transferred to 35mm. As Roger
Ebert says, “(Burnett) pays attention to the
heroic efforts of a man and wife to make a
good home for their children. Poverty in
the ghetto is not the guns and drugs we
see on TV. It is more often like life in this
movie: Good, honest, hard-working people
trying to get by, keep up their hopes, love
their children, and get a little sleep.” The
Port Townsend Film Festival is proud to
present Killer of Sheep, and two other Burnett programs.
USA/2007/83 mins
Director: Charles Burnett
Producer: Charles Burnett
Screenwriter: Charles Burnett
Principal Cast: Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee
Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene
Cheery, Jack Drummond.
Print Source: www.milestonefilms.com
“We had students make movies about their
experience,” says Burnett. “It wasn’t this Hollywood kind of thing or self-indulgent, but
about a political experience.”
USA/1969/21 mins
The Horse
Adapted from one of his short stories, Burnett has created a lyrical short film about
race relations and a boy’s coming-of-age.
On and around the porch of an abandoned,
disintegrating farm house, an assortment of
characters anxiously await the violent death
of a horse. The film, recently restored by
UCLA Film and Television Archive, won first
prize at Oberhausen’s Short Film Festival.
USA/1973/13 mins
When It Rains
Watts, 1960s. On a mission to save a mother
and her children from eviction by a landlord,
a quest for money turns into a superbly comical, outrageous expedition. A parable on the
value of community. Chosen as one of the
Ten Best Films of All Time by critic Jonathan
Rosenbaum in the Sight & Sound poll, 2002,
who called it, “A near miracle!”
USA/1995/13 mins
Principal Cast: Ayuko Babu
Quiet as Kept
A quiet, humorous slice of family life in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and black
representation in the media. A relocated New
Orleans family discusses its possible evening
plans and after some comedic digression,
comes to a sobering conclusion.
USA/2007/6 mins
Sponsors
Sponsor
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My Brother`s
Wedding
SATURDAY 12:30 PM
Uptown Theatre
Pierce Mundy works at his parents’ dry cleaners with no prospects for the future and his
childhood buddies in prison or dead. With
his best friend just getting out of jail, and
his brother busy planning a wedding to a
snooty upper-middle-class black woman,
Pierce navigates his conflicting obligations
while trying to figure out what he really
wants in life.
He has a distinct romantic notion about life
in the ghetto and yet, in spite of his naïve
sensitivity, he is given the task of being his
brother’s keeper; he feels rather than sees,
and consequently his capacity for making sound judgments is limited. This brings
about circumstances that weave themselves
into a set of complexities he desperately tries
to avoid. The film is wise, funny, heartbreaking and timeless.
USA/1983/82 mins
Director: Charles Burnett
Producers: Charles Burnett, Gaye Shannon-Burnett
Screenwriter: Charles Burnett
Cinematographer: Charles Burnett
Editor: Thomas Penick
Principal Cast: Everette Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye
Shannon Burnett, Ronald E. Bell, Dennis Kemper, Angela
Burnett, Ashia Cherry, Eugene Cherry, Charles Bracy
Sponsor
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
FORMATIVE FILM
All movie-lovers have favorite films, movies that have touched them in some way, creating a response
that remains with them since first viewing. As Director John Carpenter says, “We go to movies to find out
who we are.”
This year’s Formative Films curator is former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. No poet since Robert Frost
has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. His work has appeared
in a variety of periodicals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Scholar; he is a
Guggenheim fellow and a New York Public Library “Literary Lion.” His last three collections of poems have
broken sales records for poetry. His readings are usually standing-room-only, and his audience, enhanced
tremendously by his appearances on National Public Radio, includes people of all backgrounds and age
groups. The poems themselves best explain this phenomenon. The typical Collins poem opens on a clear
and hospitable note but soon takes an unexpected turn; poems that begin in irony may end in a moment
of lyric surprise. No wonder Collins sees his poetry as “a form of travel writing” and considers humor “a
door into the serious.” It is a door that many thousands of readers have opened with amazement and
delight. His take on Dr. Strangelove is eagerly anticipated.
Dr. Strangelove
or How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and
Love the Bomb
Billy Collins, photo by Jersery Walz
SOS
#9687
With Billy Collins
SATURDAY 3:30 PM
Uptown Theatre
KCP
#0295
Convinced the “Commies” want to pollute
America’s precious bodily fluids, a crazed
general orders a nuclear air strike on the
USSR. Stanley Kubrick`s black comedy classic
about an “accidental” nuclear attack received
four Oscar nominations (including Best Picture). As his aide, Captain Mandrake (one of
four roles played by Peter Sellers) scrambles
to unlock a recall code to prevent the bombing. The US President (Sellers) calls a drunken
Soviet premier, claiming the forthcoming attack is all a silly mistake.
USA/1964/95 mins
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Columbia Pictures
Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry
Southern
Principal Cast: Peter Sellars, George C. Scott, Sterling
Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
TERRA SOL
#0192
Sponsor
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With Producer Ricky Strauss
SUNDAY 6:30 PM
Uptown Theatre
Thomas Jefferson suggested that a revolution might be advisable every 20
years because, “the people cannot be all, and always, well-informed.” One such
revolution occurred in the summer of 1968 on the streets outside the halls
of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. There, protestors, denied
permits to demonstrate against the war in Vietnam, repeatedly clashed with
police who waged a week-long campaign that resulted in riots witnessed live
by a television audience of more than 50 million. The leaders of the demonstrations, known collectively as the Chicago 10, went to trial. This film mixes bold
and original animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the
buildup to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial.
USA/2007/103 mins
Director: Brett Morgan
Producer: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Peter Schlessel, William Phlad, Laura Bickford,
Ricky Strauss
Principal Cast: Hank Azaria (voiceover), Dylan Baker (voiceover), Nick Nolte (voiceover), Mark
Ruffalo (voiceover), Liev Schreiber (voiceover), Jeffrey Wright (voiceover)
Sponsor
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Chicago 10
KITSAP BANK
#0171
www.ptfilmfest.com
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OUTDOOR MOVIES
OUTDOOR MOVIES
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Spider-Man 2
SUNDAY 7:30 PM
Superman: The Movie
FRIDAY 7:30 PM
Taylor Street
Thirty years have not diminished critic Roger
Ebert’s take on Superman: The Movie. “A pure
delight,” he called it, “a wondrous combination of all the old-fashioned things we never
really get tired of: adventure and romance,
heroes and villains, earthshaking special effects and . . . wit!”
And adding to the festivities, host Joey Pipia
is conducting a Superman or Superwoman
Contest during which costumed members of
the audience will test their Superhero powers. Winners will be determined by the audience, so bring your capes, your family and
your friends.
UK/1978/143 mins
Director: Richard Donner
Producers: Alexander Salkind, Pierre Spengler,
Michael Thau
Screenwriters: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie
Newman, Robert Benton
Cinematographer: Georffrey Unsworth
Editors: Stuart Baird, Michael Ellis
Principal Cast: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman,
Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn
Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine,
Maria Schell, Terrence Stamp
Sponsor
Taylor Street
Dick Tracy
SATURDAY 7:30 PM
Taylor Street
All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a
quiet life with boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy. But there’s something pretty rotten going
on in town, with someone pretty rotten behind it, and Tracy has his hands full with the
likes of villainous Big Boy Caprice and with
the almost irresistible Breathless Mahoney,
played by Madonna who sings two equally
irresistible Stephen Sondheim songs, one of
which won the Oscar(r). And then there’s that
yellow fedora and top coat, a color used to
make Tracy stand out in the primitive comic
book printing techniques but adapted by Beatty to challenge the viewers’ imagination.
Host Joey Pipia will conduct a movie trivia
contest with prizes and a bonus for the first
person to arrive in yellow topcoat and fedora.
Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two
years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his
life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves
is engaged to someone else, his grades are
slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs and
on top of it, the newspaper, The Daily Bugle,
is viciously claiming that Spider-Man is a
criminal. He reaches the breaking point and
gives up the crime fighter’s life, once and for
all. But after a failed fusion experiment, eccentric and obsessive scientist Dr. Octavius is
transformed into super villain Doc Ock, having four long tentacles as extra hands. Peter
guesses it might just be time for Spider-Man
to return, but would he act upon it? Roger
Ebert says, “Spider-Man 2 is a superhero
movie for people who don’t go to superhero
movies, and for those who do, it’s the one
they’ve been yearning for.”
Hosted by Joey Pipia. Come dressed as your
favorite superhero. Bonus points for original
superheroes with unique powers. Winners
will be decided by audience vote.
USA/1990/105 mins
Director: Warren Beatty
Producer: Warren Beatty
Screenwriters: Chester Gould, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr.
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
Editor: Richard Marks
Principal Cast: Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna,
Paul Sorvino, Dustin Hoffman, Glenne Headly
USA/2007/127 mins
Director: Sam Raimi
Producers: Avi Arad, Lorne Orelans, Laura Ziskin
Screenwriters: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Alfred Gough,
Miles Millar, Michael Chabon, Alvin Sargent
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Editor: Bob Murawski
Principal Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred
Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murpy, Willem
Dafoe, Cliff Robertson
Sponsor
Sponsor
EISENBEIS
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Condominiums
FRIDAY 11:30 PM
Rose Theatre
EL SARAPE
#9969
America’s raunchiest country music singer,
Larry Pierce, attempts to thrust his dirty songs
out of obscurity into the spotlight with the help
of a young band with dirty songs of its own.
Paving the way for Larry are several legends of
the raunchy music business, including piano
virtuoso Dr. Dirty, rap pioneer Blowfly, and the
original party band, Doug Clark’s Hot Nuts, who
share the stories of their unlikely careers. This
documentary is ultimately a success story, however vulgar its language and the imagery of its
songs. Perhaps surprisingly, the guys are good
musicians. The verses rhyme, but poetic it’s not.
[No one under 17 admitted.]
USA/2007/70 mins
Directors: Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher
Producers: Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher, Todd Hansen
Cinematographers: Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher
Jack The Vomiter
SATURDAY 11:30 PM
Rose Theatre
LANZA’S
#0182
WINESELLER
#0567
Robert Louis Stevenson`s novel, Dr. Jekyl & Mr.
Hyde, is said to have inspired the 19th century
serial killer Jack the Ripper, who stalked the
streets of London night after bloody night.
And Jack, bless his murderous soul, must
have inspired the three directors of this horror short in which a killer stalks the streets of
a re-imagined 19th-century slum, preying on
women, on the ragged prostitutes who walk
the alleys at night. Once they meet Jack, however, their streetwalking nights are brought
to a most gruesome and unusual end. Some
movies are meant for each other.
USA/2006/21 mins
Directors: Travis Hibner, Mike Corrigan, Gary
McLeod, Derrick King
Producers: Travis Hibner, Mike Corrigan, Gary
McLeod, Derrick King
Screenwriters: Travis Hibner, Mike Corrigan, Derrick
King, Gary McLeod
Cinematographers: Gary McLeod, Travis Hibner,
Derrick King, Mike Corrigan
Principal Cast: Jon Swanstrom, Reese McMullin,
Alan Petrie, Forrest Rettkowski, Heather Swanstrom,
Jerome Larsen, Leah Sottile, Rachel Schoonover,
Steph Sammons, Suzette Mileson.
BELLTOWER
#0174
ALMOST MIDNIGHT MOVIES
Dirty Country
Followed by
Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde
According to critic Brian Koller, Sigmund
Freud would have approved of the first sound
adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr.
Jekyl & Mr. Hyde. Several silent depictions had
preceded, and countless sound remakes were
made subsequently, but it was Russian director
Rouben Mamoulian who made what is likely
the ultimate version. What separates this lurid
1931 film from its peers is the insistence that
the evil in man stems purely from lust. Critics
have noted that the dynamic and sadistic Mr.
Hyde adds unexpected black comedy to his
character. Insulting encounters with strangers
and waiters are entertaining, and you never
know what he’ll do next. Lengthy scenes having him torment pathetic showgirls are both
chilling and diabolically humorous.
USA/2004/98 mins
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Screenwriters: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath,
based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
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FIRST FEATURES
First Features is the Port Townsend Film Festival’s annual salute to independent filmmakers by providing a standard theatrical venue for the screening of their first effort in creating a feature-length narrative film. Filmmakers are given an opportunity to introduce their film, participate in a Q&A
after the screening, and speak further about their projects at a special panel scheduled for Sunday. See talkmovies@theupstage on page 24.
August the First
With Director Lanre Olabisi
All the Days
Before Tomorrow
SATURDAY 12:15 PM
SUNDAY 3:15 PM
Rose Theatre
A quirky episodic tale about a friendship
that’s almost something more. Alison and
Wes are pals who ought to be lovers but
their timing has never been right. On their
last night together, the two chums travel
down an emotional memory lane, discovering truths about their relationship in the
process. Richard Roundtree is cast as Wes’s
comical guardian angel.
USA/2007/100 mins
Director: François Dompierre
Producers: François Dompierre, Kevin Leydon
Screenwriter: François Dompierre
Cinematographer: Gavin Kelly
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SATURDAY 9:45 AM
SUNDAY 12:15 PM
Rose Theatre
August the First begins promisingly as preparations are wrapping up for a college graduation party. Friends and family have agreed to
reunite on this day to honor Tunde, the graduate. One guest, however, threatens to upset
the day’s festivities. Unbeknownst to most,
Tunde has orchestrated the return of his long
estranged father, Dipo, from Nigeria. Dipo’s
return resurrects unresolved family anguish
against the backdrop of Tunde’s graduation
party. As the day turns to night, the fallout
begins. Director Olabisi will be in attendance.
[Language]
USA/2006/81 mins
Director: Lanre Olabisi
Producers: Nicky Arezu Akmal, Lanre Olabisi, Gabriel
‘Swede’ Sedgwick
Screenwriters: Lanre Olabisi, Shawn Alexander
Cinematographer: Larry Hillier
Sponsor
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of the Threads
SATURDAY 6:15 PM
SUNDAY 6:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
Abraham Ashley and his loosely pulled-together gang of thieves devise a scheme
to rob the Federal District Reserve Bank,
Memphis Branch. Little do they know that
the Feds are the last of their problems. A
series of pulp gangsters come crawling out
of the woodwork, bringing back events
from the past and debts that still have to be
paid. Somewhere along the way, all of the
“Threads” pull together for a clever heist that
seems too good to be true.
USA/2006/83 mins
Director: Anthony Howald
Producers: Bevan Bell, Brad Alsobrook, Anita Howald
Screenwriter: Bevan Bell
Cinematographer: Bevan Bell
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With Director Michael Knowles,
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Rosebud Cinema
With Director Charles Oliver
SATURDAY 3:15 PM
SUNDAY 9:15 PM
Rose Theatre
Take occurs over two days – one day in the
present and one day in the past. Ana drives
through the desert to witness the execution
of Saul, a stranger who destroyed her life
many years before. Saul waits out the final
hours of his life. Both are caught in the memory of the day when their lives crossed paths
and changed forever. After its screening earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival in
Manhattan, the Hollywood Reporter wrote,
“Take ultimately is haunting for the precision
of its visual style.” The film was directed by
Bainbridge Island native Charles Oliver who
will attend the screenings.
USA/2007/99 mins
Director: Charles Oliver
Producer: Chet Thomas
Screenwriter: Charles Oliver
Cinematographer: Tristan Whitman
Principal Cast: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby
Coleman
Sponsor
SATURDAY 6:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night
unaware of the fact that their lives are about
to change. As the night unfolds, the characters all convene at the same music venue,
and their lives intersect in ways both humorous and poignant. We can see that they’re
driven by an unconscious desire for human
connection, and their interactions with
strangers reveal to them what they’ve been
missing, allowing them to see others – and
themselves – in a truer light. By the morning, their lives have changed – some subtly,
some dramatically, but all irreversibly. One
Night demonstrates how alone and unaware
of other people we can be, yet also demonstrates the joy that can happen when we
truly open ourselves up to others.
USA/2007/97 mins
Director: Michael Knowles
Producers: John Ramos, Michael Knowles
Screenwriter: Michael Knowles
Cinematographer: Michael Knowles
Principal Cast: Christian Campbell, Robert Clohessy,
Melissa Leo, Michael Muhney, Bill Dawes, Billy Lush,
and Bill Sage
SATURDAY 9:05 PM
ENCORE DIRECTORS
FIRST FEATURES CONT...
Joe Swanburg`s second feature film, LOL,
opened the 2006 Port Townsend Film Festival. Not one to rest on his laurels, Joe has directed a third film that we present here, Hannah Takes The Stairs. The film tracks Hannah,
played by LOL`s Greta Gerwig, an attractive
young playwright, as she moves through the
men in her orbit. First one guy, then the next,
then another. Each affair brings communion,
flirtation, new excitement, waning attention,
and heartbreak. The film is merciless as it
tracks the minutiae of her short romantic attention span. Sly and nuanced, Swanberg`s
social observations are spot on.
USA/2007/84 mins
Director: Joe Swanberg
Producers: Rajen Savjani, Anish Savjani
Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg
Cinematographer: Joe Swanberg
Editor: Joe Swanberg
Principal Cast: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Ry
Russo-Young, Mark Duplass, Todd Rohai
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Director: Michael Knowles
Producer: Michael Knowles, John Ramos
Screenwriter: Michael Knowles
Cinematographer: Ben Wolf
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FILMS
WORLD
El Corazon
(The Heart)
With Director Diego Garcia Moreno
FRIDAY 9:15 PM
Rose Theatre
SUNDAY 9:35 AM
Rosebud Cinema
Cages
FRIDAY 6:15 PM
Rose Theatre
SUNDAY 3:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
The force of a story is in the honesty of its
emotional truth. In this allegorical tale an
emotionally-crippled ex-paramedic takes
daring steps to piece her failing relationship
back together. First-time director Masset-Depasse drives the film off a surrealist cliff only
to bring the narrative back to a realistic conclusion. Cages is an exercise in letting everything fall apart in order to watch it come back
together. [Frontal nudity, sexual scenes.]
Belgium/2006/88 mins
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Screenwriter: Olivier Masset-Depasse
Cinematographer: Tommaso Fiorilli
Editor: Damien Keyeux
Principal Cast: Anne Coesens, Sagamore Stevenin,
Micheline Goethals
Print Source: Films Distribution
The human heart lies at the core of symbolic
truth. Based on this idea, El Corazon is a year
in the life of two couples living in a society
whose most vital organ has been serious
wounded. A soldier’s heart is torn apart by
shrapnel from a land mind. His life is saved
by one of the cardiovascular surgeons from
the medical team holding the world record
for most open-heart operations. The soldier
is forced to retire from the army but, inspired
by his love for his new wife and the child they
are expecting, he battles to earn a living.
Meanwhile, the surgeon’s wife is diagnosed
with cardiac arrhythmia. The pulse of these
different characters draws an electrocardiogram of the nation, Columbia, consecrated a
century ago to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in
an attempt to save it from ongoing war that
has disrupted the 100 years of its existence
and continues today.
Columbia/2006/80 mins
Director: Diego Garcia Moreno
Producer: Yalile Gioranelli
Screenwriter: Diego Garcia Moreno
Cinematographer: Diego Garcia Moreno
Editor: Carlos Marciales
Sponsors
Eden
With Director Michael Hoffman
FRIDAY 9:00 PM
Rosebud Cinema
SUNDAY 12:30 PM
Uptown Theatre
This quiet, poignant film explores love,
jealousy and, perhaps most important, the
transformative power of food.
Michael Hofmann`s character study about
friendship and intimacy, Eden centers on the
relationship between a beautiful, married
but lonely waitress, and a hulking, socially
awkward and stubborn chef. But, oh, what a
chef he is. Through his cooking – his ability,
despite his apparent personal asexuality, to
prepare cucina-erotica – the pair embark on
an unlikely relationship. A nuanced film, it is
at times heartwarming, at others heartbreaking, and deftly addresses aloneness, relationships, and redemption.
Director Michael Hoffman was born in 1961
in Germany and made his first short film in
1982. He has been capturing memorable
moments both big and small since his debut
feature, Trouville Beach, in 1998. He is attracted to stories that are both tragic and comic,
using film to make sense of the ruthlessness
and the ironies of life.
Germany/Switzerland/2007/98 mins
Director: Michael Hofmann
Producer: Michael Jungfleisch
Screenwriter: Michael Hofmann
Cinematographer: Jutta Pohlmann
Editors: Bernhard Wiessner, Isabell Meie
Principal Cast: Josef Ostendorf, Charlotte Roche,
Devid Streisow, Max Rudlinger, Leonie Stepp
Print Source: Gambit Film Und Fernsehproduhtion
GmBH, m.jungfleisch@gambit-film.de
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Zeppelin!
SATURDAY 12:05 PM
SUNDAY 9:45 AM
Rosebud Cinema
Rose Theatre
SUNDAY 12:00 PM
In a skillful blend of archival film and reenactments, both fictional and historic, veteran
German director Gordian Maugg offers an
unsubstantiated, but nevertheless plausible
answer to the question: Why did the Hindenburg crash on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst,
New Jersey? The fictional story builds from
the discovery of a faded notebook that leads
to a critical visit to the Zeppelin Museum in
Friedrichshafen, where a young man learns of
his father’s role in the fatal voyage. Caught on
film and live radio, the spectacular crash killed
35 passengers and crew. Remarkably, 62 survived, but the zeppelin lost its commercial appeal thereafter. Like the passenger ship Titanic 20-some years before, the Hindenburg with
its Nazi flags a-flying seemed just one more
example of overreaching national pride.
Pope Theatre
In contemporary Tel-Aviv the political and military strife of the Middle East seems far away.
Its actors represent scraps of humanity, like so
many messages in a bottle. At her wedding
reception, a bride breaks a leg. A strange little
girl comes out of the sea and follows a young
woman like a shadow. A maid from the Philippines works for a tough old lady. A portrait of a
messy world in which everyone is looking for
love, for something to remember or to forget.
The film won the Camera dÒr award for first
feature film at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
It will be released in the US in 2008.
Directors: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen
Producers: Yael Fogiel, Amir Harel, Avelet Kit
Screenwriter: Shira Geffen
Cinematographer: Antoine Heberle
Editor: Francois Gedigier
Sponsors
English/2005/97 mins
Director: Gordian Maugg
Producers: Gordian Maugg Film und Fernsehproduktions-GmbH
Screenwriters: Gordian Maugg, Alexander Hausser
Cinematographer: Christine A. Maier
Editor: Monika Schindler
Principal Cast: Olaf Rauschenbach, Alexander May, Agnieszka Piwowarska, Christoph Bach, Hendrik Massute
Beyond the Call
FRIDAY 9:30 PM
Uptown Theatre
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
Jellyfish
The verve of Indiana Jones and the call of
Mother Teresa merge to cast this true adventure of three irreverent, middle-aged men,
former soldiers and modern-day knights, who
travel the world delivering life-saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians
and doctors in some of the most dangerous
yet beautiful places on Earth – the front lines
of war. Their specialty is going where death
from land mines, bullets, or bombs is as frequent as death from hunger, disease, or the
elements. Their personal convictions and
courage drive them to places where few, if
any, other humanitarian organizations are.
The camera follows this trio as they take us on
a journey into the heart of humanity and the
soul of courage. [Language]
USA/2006/71 mins
Director: Adrian Belic
Producer: Adrian Belic
Cinematographer: Adrian Belic
Editor: Jennifer Chinlund
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Forever
SATURDAY 9:35 AM
Facing Sudan
SATURDAY 10:00 AM
Uptown Theatre
A custodian. A housewife. A pediatrician. A
grandmother. Seemingly ordinary individuals.
Yet these individuals have a story to tell. A story of suffering and death. A story of refugees.
A story of terrified villagers running for cover.
Yet, at the same time, it is a story of strength,
courage, and hope. It is the story of Sudan.
Over the last 20 years, millions have died in
Sudan. A civil war devastated the south, and
currently genocide is occurring in the western
region of Darfur. Facing Sudan is the story of
ordinary individuals, moved into action by the
events in Sudan. Ordinary people can do extraordinary things, even in Sudan.
USA/2006/90 mins
Director: Bruce Janu
Producer: Bruce Janu
Sponsors
Rosebud Cinema
Finding Kraftland
With Director Richard Kraft
SATURDAY 3:00 PM
Pope Theatre
After the death of his older brother and challenges to his own health, a Hollywood talent
agent drags his son through an obsessive
quest to recapture his childhood involving
zero gravity flights, obsessive collecting of
pieces of Disneyland, and a trek around the
world to discover the perfect roller coaster.
Along the way both father and son discover
one another and the true meaning of living
life to its fullest.
USA/2006/75 mins
Directors: Adam Shell, Richard Kraft
Producer: Richard Kraft
Screenwriters: Adam Shell, Richard Kraft
Cinematographers: Adam Shell
Principal Cast: Richard Kraft, Nicky Kraft, Stacey
Asward
Sponsors
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
Uptown Theatre
The Père-Lachaise Cemetery is the largest
cemetery in Paris and a final repository of the
famous. Among its occupants are medieval
lovers Heloise and Abelard, modernist icons
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, and ‘60s
rocker Jim Morrison. Through its gates come
tourists toting cameras to the burial site of
Marcel Proust (though they might never
have read him) and singing at the gravesite
of Yves Montand and Edith Piaf. Widows of
well-remembered husbands, meanwhile,
sweep their late spouses’ gravestones and
water the flowers. Into this ripe milieu, Heddy Honigmann – Peruvian-born Dutch documentarian and career-long chronicler of dislocation – brings her unique perspective and
boundless curiosity, looking for the key to art
and eternity, the allure of a celebrity afterlife,
and the solace to be found in a necropolis of
stars. Never reticent about asking a question,
Honigmann`s trademark is getting people
to open up in ways that must surprise even
them. But she exercises the greatest respect,
even awe, for those who walk among the
headstones or occupy the more ethereal
world of Forever.
Netherlands/2006/95 mins
Director: Heddy Honigmann
Producer: Carmen Cobas
Screenwriters: Heddy Honigmann, Ester Gould,
Judith Vreriks
Cinematographer: Robert Alazraki
Editor: Danniel Danniel
Principal Cast: Yoshino Kimura, Bertrand Beyern,
Reza Khoddam, Bruno Douchet, Valerie Bajou, Christophe Menez, David Pouly, Stephane Heuet
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SATURDAY 12:00 PM
Pope Theatre
SUNDAY 9:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
The parent-child relationship is emotionally
charged from the moment a person is born,
but it becomes especially complex when a
single parent is mentally unstable. Filmmaker
Tara Wray, in her first venture behind the camera, travels to rural Kansas in an attempt to reconnect with her mother for the first time since
her psychotic breakdown five years earlier. Tara
finds a parent still chasing her demons, both
real and imagined, struggling to make a career
for herself as an abstract artist, and searching
for the Geodetic Center of the US, the finding of which, she believes, will bring about
world peace. [Programmer’s note: Please stay
through the end credits for a final comment on
this complex mother-daughter relationship.]
USA/2006/79 mins
Director: Tara Wray
Producers: Tara Wray, Alan Oxman, Michel Negroponte
Screenwriter: Tara Wray
Cinematographers: Tara Wray, Randy Bell (Orphans
of Mathare), Michel Negroponte
Preceded by
Orphan
A 30-something wannabe screenwriter examines his troubled relationship with his
stepmother, a male hustler, and incestuous
fantasies about his father. This provocative
film demonstrates how lack of affection can
lead to alienation and empty relationships.
[Graphic sexual situations]
The Sugar Curtain
FRIDAY 9:00 PM
SATURDAY 9:00 PM
Pope Theatre
Born in Chile in 1971, Camila Guzmán Urzúa
was the daughter of guerrilla filmmaker,
Patricio Guzmán, who would soon become
one of the most notorious figures in Latin
American cinema. Forced to leave her native
country at the age of two by the bloody coup,
she and her family were welcomed in revolutionary Cuba, where she grew up until she
left in 1990 to join her father in Paris. Now
she has fashioned an eloquent lament of lost
youth, with its uninhibited expressions of joy
and its infinite possibilities. During her days
spent in Cuba, revolutions brewed all over
the world and seemed on the verge of being fulfilled. But slowly, things went wrong.
Support from the Soviet bloc evaporated
and the US blockade became more stringent. Severely disillusioned, many left Cuba
for Europe. “People have become materialistic,” they lament. Guzmán Urzúa holds the
Cuban Revolution to a high standard: that it
live up to the ideals of her youth. One should
expect nothing less.
France/Spain/2006/82 mins
Director: Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Producers: Camila Guzmán Urzúa, Nathalie Trafford
Screenwriter: Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Cinematographer: Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Editor: Claudio Martinez
Wonders Are Many
FRIDAY 6:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
SUNDAY 9:00 PM
Pope Theatre
Manhattan, Kansas
Award-winning director Jon Else revisits the
subject of an earlier documentary, J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the
atomic bomb, but he fashions a completely
different film with this fascinating look at the
making of the San Francisco Opera’s 2005
world premiere of Doctor Atomic. Else tracks
the collaborative process undertaken by the
opera’s composer, John Adams, and its director, internationally renowned visionary dramaturge Peter Sellars. They search for their
story in Oppenheimer’s correspondence
and poetry. Footage of the making of the
opera is juxtaposed with archival interviews
with Oppenheimer and his fellow physicists,
scenes of the test site, and recently declassified footage of nuclear testing. This archival
footage inspires the opera’s props team to
create a remarkable bomb set-piece, which
in the gifted hands of Sellars and Adams
transforms a seminal, still-shocking moment
in American history into a work of art.
USA/2006/94 mins
Director: Jon Else
Producers: Bonni Cohen, Jon Else
Screenwriters: Jon Else
Cinematographers: John Shenk, Michael Chin
Editor: Deborah Hoffman
Principal Cast: John Adams, Peter Sellars
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USA/2006/19 mins
Director: Michael Jortner
Producer: Michael Jortner
Screenwriter: Michael Jortner
Cinematographer: Zach Jordan
Principal Cast: Scott Strassner, Charles Gorgano,
Pamela Salem, Steve Maher
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one day it will. There is no charge for the outdoor movies, but
donations are appreciated. Films start at 7:30pm. See page 8 for
descriptions of the films.
ROSEBUD
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9:35 AM
FOREVER
95 mins
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9:45 AM
AUGUST
THE FIRST
+Q&A
81 mins
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78 mins
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SHAPING
REALITY:
FACING
SUDAN
90 mins
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82 mins
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TAKE
+Q&A
99 mins
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THE LIVES
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CAGES
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WONDERS
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88 mins
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KILLER OF
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83 mins
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59 mins
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9:00 PM
THE SUGAR
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THE GEFILTE
FISH
CHRONICLES
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EDEN
+ Q&A
98 mins
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9:15 PM
EL
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(The Heart)
+Q&A 80 mins
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BEYOND THE
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71 mins
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THE SUGAR
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82mins
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ONE NIGHT
97 mins
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12 mins
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JELLYFISH
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ACCESS TV
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EL
CORAZON
(The Heart)
+Q&A 80 mins
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12:05 PM
THE TOUCH
+Q&A
115 mins
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9:45 AM
ZEPPELIN!
97 mins
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10:00 AM
FOREVER
95 mins
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DIRTY
COUNTRY
71 mins
Page 9
10:00 AM
Panel:
FIRST
FEATURES
Page 24
12:15 PM
AUGUST THE
FIRST
+Q&A
81 mins
Page 10
12:30 PM
EDEN
+Q&A
98 mins
Page 12
12:30 PM
Panel:
CASTING THE
INDIE FEATURE
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FILM 2880
120 mins
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11:30 PM
Almost Midnight
Movie:
DR. JEKYL &
MR. HYDE
98mins
with
Jack the Vomiter
21 mins
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11
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Noon
1
pm
2
REEL WORLD
FLIX
75 mins
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3:05 PM
CAGES
88 mins
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ALL THE
DAYS BEFORE
TOMORROW
100 mins
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4
pm
3:30 PM
TBA
5
pm
6
6:05 PM
6:15 PM
DIVINE
MANIPULATION FOUR SHORT
FILMS
OF THE THREADS
83 mins
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CALIFORNIA
SPLIT
pm
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6:00 PM
118 mins
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3:15 PM
by Charles Burnett
+Q&A
59 mins
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6:30PM
CHICAGO 10
+Q&A
103 mins
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+Q&A
108 mins
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9:05 PM
WONDERS
ARE MANY
MANHATTAN,
KANSAS
94mins
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79mins
with Orphan
19 mins
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9:15 PM
10
pm
TAKE
+Q&A
99 mins
Page 11
9:30 PM
TBA
Page 21
11:30 PM
Almost Midnight
Movie:
UPSTAGE
THEATRE
9:35 PM
Can GWTW Make It
On YouTube?
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SHOP
LOCALLY
9:05 PM
HANNAH
TAKES THE
STAIRS
CELLULOID
BAINBRIDGE
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
96 mins
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6:00 PM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
12:15 PM
pm
6
pm
POPE
THEATRE
12:00 PM
3:05 PM
THE
FINDING
KRAFTLAND UNFORESEEN
75 mins
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10:00 AM
UPSTAGE
THEATRE
12:30 PM
100 mins
Page 10
3:00 PM
UPTOWN
THEATRE
12:05 PM
JELLYFISH
1:30 PM
An Introduction to
the Documentary
with Bruce
Hattendorf
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ROSE
THEATRE
SUNDAY
10-ish
IT’S A WRAP
PARTY!
11
pm
Midnight
1
am
Film 2880
SATURDAY 9:15 PM
Rose Theatre
On Friday, September 7th at 7 PM, filmmakers from all over the world received a theme, a line
of dialogue and the name of a common household prop via email. By Sunday, September
9th, again at 7 PM – exactly 2,880 minutes (or 48 hours) later – filmmakers produced a short
film of less than 10 minutes that they wrote, shot, edited, and scored, complete with titles
and credits.
The top ten films from the 2007 Film 2880 Contest will be shown at the historic Rose Theatre
on Saturday night during the 8th annual Port Townsend Film Festival. Films are judged on
originality, use of props, dialogue, adherence to the theme, and production values.
The Unforeseen
SATURDAY 3:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
“I didn’t want to be a cowboy, I didn’t want to
be a farmer,” comments well-intentioned but
misguided Austin housing developer Gary
Bradley. His sentiment is not uncommon.
Every day young people leave their families
in search of freedom and success. Though a
modest real estate developer, Bradley had big
ideas. His concept was the 4,000-acre Circle C
Ranch, an upscale subdivision – a city within
a city. Partnering with a large developer gave
Bradley economic clout but also proved to
be his downfall. Director Laura Dunn does
not oversimplify, but instead asks complex
questions: what are an individual’s rights to
own, develop and sell property; how much
growth is good; when does public space turn
into a marketplace; and who is accountable
for the repercussions of this growth?
USA/2006/93 mins
Director: Laura Dunn
Producers: Jef Sewell, Douglas Sewell, Laura Dunn
Cinematographer: Lee Daniel
Editors: Laura Dunn, Emily Morris
Principal Cast: Gary Bradley, William Greider, Ann
Richards, Dick Brown, Willie Nelson, Robert Redford,
Wendell Berry
Sponsors
Film 2880 exists to challenge the resourcefulness and creativity of filmmakers, film students,
and anyone crazy enough to sign up. The annual filmmaking project was founded and is still
managed by Port Townsend-based filmmaker Peter Wiant, assisted by graphic designer Lou
Faulkner. www.film2880.com
Sponsor
Reel World Flix
SUNDAY 3:00 PM
Pope Theatre
In late August, 12 area students between the ages of 14 and 18 created a short documentary
from concept to edited product in just six days. Under the tutelage of videographer Jane
Champion and writer/educator Jessica Plumb, the students developed the story and vision,
engaged in pre-production planning and scheduling, chose a production style, shot the film
using different techniques, and finally, edited and scored the piece. The results of this intense
workshop will be presented at this screening, followed by a discussion of the work by students and professional filmmakers.
Jane Champion founded Champion Video Productions in Port Townsend in 1999, after working
as a video producer in the corporate world for two decades. With a degree in broadcasting and
film from the University of Iowa, she worked first for an ABC affiliate, then became a producer/
director at the largest teaching hospital in the country, creating hundreds of programs. She also
collaborated with various artists, including New York choreographer/dancer Bill T. Jones, and
journalist Bill Moyers.
Jessica Plumb, founder of Plumb Productions, has over a decade of experience creating innovative programs and curricula for young people. Most recently, as director of education
programs at Centrum, a state wide center for the arts based in Port Townsend, she developed
weeklong workshops in digital media, visual art, dance, theatre, and creative writing that
drew talented students from all over the state.
Sponsors
The Harborside Inn
Thank You
to Our
Volunteers!
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With Kathleen Thorne, TJ Raddis
and Cory Kelley
SHOP LOCALLY
The Kolaborator
SUNDAY
9:30 AM
With Filmmaker Tianna Langham
SUNDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
For eleven years, the
Bainbridge Island Arts
and Humanities Council (BIAHC) in cooperation with the public access television station,
BITV, has been encouraging filmmaking by
Bainbridge Islanders. Each year a two-day film
festival of these films screen at the Historic
Lynwood Theatre to large audiences. Subject
matter ranges from vanishing generations,
to a survey of Island social and cultural institutions, to Eagle Harbor live-aboards, to the
annual Great Zucchini Race. Unintentionally,
the project has served to record much of the
history of the island community. Kathleen
Thorne of BIAHC, Cory Kelley, of BITV, and tj
faddis of the Lynwood Theatre will lead a Q&A
and show several films from the project.
USA/2007/120 mins
Sponsors
Pope Theatre
Cadmium Red Light
With Director Galen Garwood
SUNDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
The life of Lennie Kesl, artist, jazz singer,
teacher, eccentric, disposaphobic and bookaphile, as seen by former Port Townsend
artist, Galen Garwood. With a 78 rpm mind,
Kesl is the irrepressible lover of women, jazz,
art, arcane knowledge, irrefutable trivia, and
almost anything for free.
USA/2006/51 mins
Director: Galen Garwood
Producer: Galen Garwood
Cinematographer: Galen Garwood
Island Roots
With Director Lucy Ostrander
SUNDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
In the late 1920s and early 1930s thousands
of young Filipinos emigrated to the US in
search of a better future.
SHORTS
Celluloid Bainbridge
During the conflict in the Balkans, a young
soldier is forced to choose between his own
life and the life of an old friend.
Australia/Romania/United Kingdom/2007/15 mins
Director: Chris Bessounian
Producers: Chris Bessounian, Tianna Langham,
Patricia Poienaru, Raphael Bessounian
Screenwriters: Chris Bessounian, Tianna Langham
Cinematographer: Shawn Grice
Walk
With Director Gabe Van Lelyveld
SUNDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
Filmmaker Gabe Van Lelyveld documented another young man’s commitment to
peace and his search for meaning. This Port
Townsend man set out one morning with
a sign that read, “Walk `til I Drop for Peace,”
and proceeded to walk without nourishment
(only hydrating) until he dropped.
USA/2007/25 mins
Director: Gabe Van Lelyveld
Producer: Gabe Van Lelyveld
Cinematographer: Gabe Van Lelyveld
Sponsors
Some of these immigrants arrived in Seattle
and lived a seasonal migratory life traveling up and down the west coast. A few of
these young men settled on Bainbridge Island where they worked for the Japanese
American strawberry farmers. Island Roots is
an historical portrait of this community. This
is the third film director Lucy Ostrander has
presented at PTFF.
USA/2007/13 mins
Director: Lucy Ostrander
Producer: Lucy Ostrander
Cinematographer: Don Sellers
MARICEE
#0327
Shifting Currents
SUNDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
A student documentary from Bainbridge Island about the Elwha Dam removal, just west
of Port Angeles. Made in association with
Bainbridge Island Television.
USA/2007/15 mins
Directors: Eagle Harbor High School students
www.ptfilmfest.com
Thank You
to Our
Filmmakers!
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SHORTS
THE LIVES OF WOMEN
FRIDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
The Gefilte Fish
Chronicles
SATURDAY 6:00 PM
Pope Theatre
In 1904, Abe and Minnie Dubroff emigrated
from Russia to Brooklyn, where they raised
seven daughters and a son. For more than a
century, the family has gathered at Passover
and celebrated the seder together. Led now
by three surviving sisters – Sophie Patasnik,
Peppy Barer, and Rosie Groman – traditional preparations are made for the seder at
Peppy`s home. They shop and chop, taste
and season. Using recipes nearly a century
old, they begin to put together the gefilte
fish, cholent, horseradish, and sponge cake.
In this loving, living album of the seder, the
motto is, “Don’t just stand there, cook! Don’t
just sit there, eat!”
USA/2006/59 mins
Director: David Burnett
Producers: Ira Burnett, William Kaplan
Cinematographers: David Burnett, James Robinson
Editors: Dick Swanson, Stephanie Daniels
SATURDAY 9:05 PM
Rosebud Cinema
Christine.1403
Portraits of Hope
A magical cry for peace from the midst of the
100 Years’ War, Christine.1403. is inspired by
the words and allegory of medieval writer
Christine de Pizan, Europe`s first professional
writer. A cry for peace from the 1400s.
Portraits of Hope is the story of Lynette Huffman
Johnson, a professional photographer based in
Seattle, formerly of Port Townsend, who volunteers her time and services to families of terminally ill children, providing them with studio
quality finished black-and-white prints.
USA/2006/13 mins
Director: Erica Berg
Screenwriter: Erica Berg
Cinematographer: Alexander Berg
USA/2007/8 mins
Director: Jon Ward
Kau Fangota:
Gleaners of the Sea
A contemporary look at women who glean
seafood and gather edible seaweeds from tidal flats in Tonga. This film demonstrates women’s significance in providing for their families’
nutritional needs. It explores the relationship
between women’s traditional knowledge and
the sustainability of the environment.
USA/2007/27 mins
Director: Melinda Ostraff
Producer: Jospeh Ostraff
Screenwriter: Melinda Ostraff
Cinematographer: Brian Wilcox
I Always Do My Collars First:
A Film About Ironing
Six-Day Bicycle Race
USA/2007/59 mins
Directors: Mark Tyson, Jeff Groman, Joffre Nye
Sponsors
American-Israeli poet Shirley Kaufman gives
a tour-de-force reading of a new work,
Ezekiel`s Wheels, a contemplation of loss,
longing, and the nature of true seeing. Inspired by her experience of losing her sight,
Kaufman has visions like those of the exiled
biblical prophet Ezekiel. Apocalyptic fires in
the sky, wheels within wheels, and a valley
of bones are encountered on a journey that
leads from destruction toward revelation.
USA/2007/15 mins
Directors: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow
Producers: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow
Screenwriter: Shirley Kaufman
With
The glamour sportsmen of the early 20th century, riders in the six-day bicycle races were
some of the best paid and most respected
athletes of the day. It was a seen and be-seen
event every year in all the major metropolitan
areas of the United States and Canada. Movie
stars, politicians, and gangsters mixed with everyday sports fans to create an atmosphere not
found in any other sport. Jazz bands and song
pluggers performed in the infield as the bookies plied their trade. The finest sports writers of
the day spun tales of heroes and villains. Riders
raced for big money and big endorsements.
This film traces the history of a completely forgotten sport from its early days in the 1880s
through its sad demise in the 1950s.
Ezekiel`s Wheels
Pillow Girl
Originally created for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, the covers and inside
pages of a number of lurid vintage paperbacks were scanned, then run through a variety of synthesizers to create a soundtrack
for the images in the film which consists of
more than 200 covers, one illustrated figure
morphing into the next every two seconds.
I Always Do My Collars First follows four Cajun
women in southwestern Louisiana as they go
about their daily lives while telling and showing us what ironing means to them. Ironing is
a nurturing, emotional, and learned process,
transmitted from mothers to daughters; it is
an activity performed with aesthetic sensibilities that connect these women to other
women in their community.
USA/2006/25 mins
Screenwriter: Conni Castille
Cinematographer: Allison Bohl
USA/2006/8 mins
Director: Ronnie Cramer
Producer: Ronnie Cramer
Screenwriter: Ronnie Cramer
Cinematographer: Ronnie Cramer
The Lives of Women Sponsors
The Clothes Horse
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PTFF poster artist
The Key of G
MIKE BISKUP
With Director Robert Arnold
Each year, the Port Townsend Film Festival
selects a local artist to provide the image
for its poster and other publications. The
2007 choice was Port Townsend artist Mike
Biskup, who spurs imagination, invokes
contemplation, and tickles fancy with his
wonderfully whimsical watercolors.
SATURDAY 9:30 AM
Pope Theatre
The remarkable life of 22-year-old Gannet
Hosa-Betonte is lovingly chronicled in this
inspiring documentary. Born with MowatWilson syndrome, Gannet has difficulty
integrating what he hears, sees, and feels
because the two halves of his brain do not
communicate well. However, he is able to express “yes” and “no” by touch, and can reveal
his wants and needs by pointing at icons in
a specially-made book. Documentarian
Robert Arnold sensitively portrays Gannet’s
biggest life transition: moving out of his
mother’s home for the first time and moving
into a new home with his devoted caregiver
friends.
USA/2006/59 mins
Director: Robert Arnold
Producers: Robert Arnold, Lindsay Sablosky
Cinematographer: Robert Arnold
Editor: Malcolm Pullinger
Preceded by
Phoenix Dance
Imagine a dancer. The body is his instrument, his legs and feet are essential. What if,
one day, he is missing a leg? Is dancing still
possible? Can he dance with one leg? Homer
Avila does just that – he dances with one leg.
No crutches, no wheelchair, nothing. And he
makes it look like the most beautiful thing on
earth. He is flying, soaring...
USA/2007/22 mins
Director: Karina Epperlein
Producer: Karina Epperlein
Cinematographer: John Knoop
Editors: Karina Epperlein, GinaLeibrecht
Sponsors
Mike grew up in a fig orchard in central California with his two older brothers, Tim and
Steve, riding bikes, skateboarding, cutting
open golf balls, and playing loud music. All
three were budding young artists, who created – with pencils, pens, and paints – thousands of quirky characters, mean monsters,
fast cars, and funky dudes. After his brothers left town to seek broader horizons, Mike
went to University of California, Santa Cruz,
where he earned an art degree. He then
returned to Fresno to live next door to his
parents, with his elementary school friend
and new wife Lisa, turning his attention to
organic farming and raising kids.
After moving to Port Townsend in 2002,
Mike was inspired by the artistic density of
the area and began to exhibit his artwork at
cafes and galleries to an appreciative public. Since then Mike has taught classes, created commissioned works, coloring books,
cards, and a large body of original paintings
and prints.
Mike always intended to do art
for fun rather
than profit and
claims high success! However, in
2005, with stress
mounting over
how to do what
he loves and help
support a growing family, Mike
embarked on a mental and spiritual journey to begin a process of waking up. Waking from the dream of “I’m a starving artist”
to the new dream of “I can be, do or have
anything I want.”
SHORTS
Transitions:
Today, Mike paints a lot, shares his experiences of self-discovery as a “stress relief educator,” and turns his attention to whatever
brings him joy.
Mike’s paintings are bold, colorful, and
beautiful. He plants seeds of stories in viewers, which are ready to spring to life at the
right time in the right mind. He works from a
relaxed state of being, a place of peace with
the world, and an attitude of gratitude.
His art can be purchased locally at Artisans on
Taylor, across the street from the Rose Theatre,
in Port Townsend, where he is the featured
artist for September. His website offers more
art, and more about his stress relief education
programs. – www.mikebiskup.com.
BEST IN SHOW
The Port Townsend Film Festival’s judges announce their top picks for Best in Show at a gala
reception Saturday night, September 29. The awards are given to films that stand out in their
specific category: feature-length narrative, feature-length documentary, short narrative and
short documentary. PTFF awards cash and service prizes thanks to generous contributions by
the Port Townsend Paper Corporation and Alpha Cine Forde Labs. PTFF screens the two winning feature-length films, best narrative film and best documentary, on Sunday.
Best
Feature-Length
Narrative
SUNDAY 3:30PM
Best
Feature-Length
Documentary
SUNDAY 9:30PM
(Time is subject to change)
Upstage Theatre
(Time is subject to change)
Uptown Theatre
Sponsor
Sponsor
www.ptfilmfest.com
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D R O P - I N T H E AT R E
The Drop-In Theatre
is located in the
Community Center
Card Room
Reconstructing
Creole
SATURDAY 9:00AM
A burned-out Louisiana plantation home is restored, and the memoir of its former mistress
reveals a world of slavery and society balls, of
race-mixing and family bonds, of cruelty, love
and joie de vivre. Its history is so strong and,
distinct that the house seems to consider Hurricane Katrina as a mere nuisance.
USA/2006/57 mins
Director: Jennifer John Block
Producer: Jennifer John Block
Cinematographer: Jake Springfield
Mississippi Son
SATURDAY 10:50AM
While the national media focused on New Orleans in its coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Son reminds us that
the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast was completed destroyed. Born and raised in Gulfport, Los
Angeles-based filmmaker Don Wilson was so
moved by the losses of his friends and family
that he returned to talk with those who lived
through the hurricane and continue to struggle with life in the aftermath of the nation’s
greatest natural disaster. Of interest to Port
Townsend residents will be the coverage of
the community of Bay St. Louis, the town adopted by local residents to provide support.
USA/2007/95 mins
Director: Don Wilson
Producers: Leslie Wilson, Don Wilson
Screenwriters: Leslie Wilson, Don Wilson
Cinematographers: Bayou Krewe, Katrina survivors
Editor: Don Wilson
An American Opera
SATURDAY
12:15 PM
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, America suffered the
worst domestic animal crisis
in its history. Tens of thousands of house pets were
left to perish in neighborhoods all across the
Gulf when owners were forced to evacuate
without their pets.
Tom McPhee went to Louisiana not knowing how he would help, knowing only that
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he needed to help. Volunteering at a refugee
center, by chance he found himself spending
the next four days taking picture after picture of thousands of house pets rescued from
flooded New Orleans. For the next 16 months
Tom would document this historic event as
it unfolded, trying to understand where it all
went wrong.
USA/2007/91 mins
Director: Thomas McPhee
Producer: Thomas McPhee
Cinematographer: Thomas McPhee
Garden
Insects
SATURDAY 1:55PM
Just when you thought it was
safe to walk barefoot in nature comes this
fascinating look at what really lurks between
those lovely blades of grass. Learn about
the multitude of insects in your own garden
– which are beneficial, which are destroying
your vegetables, who eats whom and why.
This film covers 12 insect families. A unique
aspect of this film is that the film’s director is
both a biodynamic farmer and a professional
filmmaker. His insights come from hard-won
hours in the field and a love for the garden
ecosystem. We are not as separate from nature as we might think.
USA/2007/50 mins
Director: Chris Korrow
Producer: Chris Korrow
Cinematographer: Chris Korrow
Crossings
SATURDAY 2:55 PM
El Grupo Misterio Musical, takes on a new
challenge when they return from their Los
Angeles home to Oaxaca for a long-awaited
reunion with family and friends. Tagging
along is a new gringo acquaintance, who is
learning to operate his camera and speak
a little Spanish as he goes. This adds up to
a journey of self-discovery and a revealing
border-crossing tale.
Mexico/USA/2006/60 mins
Producer: Terry Holzgreen
Screenwriter: Roberto Olivares
Cinematographer: Terry Holzgreen
Drop-In Theatre Sponsor
Waltenbaugh Construction
Jazz on a
Winter’s Day
SATURDAY 4:00 PM
This documentary follows the American jazz
musician Bob Stewart in a three-day-workshop with traditional brass musicians in remote Austria. Performing on the snowy peak
of the Stubnerkogel at 2,230 meters, Stewart
gives insights into how a musician changes
because of his surroundings. Even though
it’s hard for the musicians (who traditionally
come from marching bands) to follow him in
the beginning of the workshop, he teaches
them to perform honestly by following their
instincts. “It’s all about the soul of music,” he
tells them.
Austria/2007/44 mins
Director: Sven Jansel
Producer: Sven Jansel
Cinematographer: Sven Jansel
Crack in the Sidewalk
SATURDAY 4:50 PM
Artists can impact strangers so deeply that
they feel they’ve lost a personal friend when
they die. On New Year’s Day 2006, a, littleknown musician, Bryan Harvey, made national
news when he was brutally murdered. To the
world this was simply a sensational headline,
but for those who treasured Harvey’s music, a
part of themselves was extinguished.
USA/2006/11 mins
Director: Kris Kristensen
Producers: Holly Houser (Flickering Memories), Amy
Lillard Dee, Jennifer Roth
Cinematographer: Roy Wilson
Smells Like Money:
The Story of Bellingham’s
Georgia Pacific Plant
SATURDAY 5:10 PM
The pulp mill on Bellingham’s waterfront was
more than that to its employees, for whom
the plant represented stability, innovation,
and many close friendships. This film tells the
story of the pulp mill using a combination of
interviews, images, historic film clips, newspaper articles, and television reports. It’s about
the human side of a place and people that
many had labeled the enemy.
USA/2006/40 mins
Director: David Albright
Producer: David Albright
Source
to Sea:
SUNDAY 9:45 AM
This film follows Christopher Swain’s historic 13month swim for clean water and human rights,
down all 1,243 miles of the Columbia River,
from the cool mountains in British Columbia to
its voracious mouth at the Pacific Ocean.
USA/2007/88 mins
Director: Andy Norris
Two Rivers
SUNDAY 11:15 AM
Two Rivers documents a journey of a Native
American reconciliation group that begins,
virtually by accident, in a couple’s home in
a small town in north central Washington.
As the group grows, Natives and non-Natives are drawn from across the state. As the
anger and hurt felt by natives, arising from
centuries of prejudice behavior is explored,
relationships begin to change.
Half Life:
A Journey to Chernobyl
With Director David Bickerstaff
SUNDAY 2:40 PM
Au Suivant
SATURDAY 5:15 PM
Based on Mario Petrucci’s award-winning
book-length poem about Chernobyl, this film
tells the story of the people who dealt with the
world’s worst nuclear disaster at ground level:
the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the ‘liquidators,’
and their families. Producer and cinematographer Phil Grabsky is expected to attend.
A tollbooth operator in the middle of nowhere is faced with a life decision when a car
does something a car has never done before
– it stops after passing through. Directed by
Douglas Bensadou.
United Kingdom/2006/40 mins
Director: David Bickerstaff
Producer: Phil Grabsky
Screenwriter: Mario Petrucci
Cinematographer: Phil Grabsky
Canada/2006/10 mins
Director: Douglas Bensadoun
Producers: Douglas Bensadoun, Nicolas Comeau
Screenwriter: Douglas Bensadoun
Cinematographer: Marc Charlebois
69 Cents
SATURDAY 5:30 PM
When two men having bad days collide in a
liquor store, comedy ensues, and every penny counts.
USA/2006/57 mins
Director: Rodney Mitchell
Producer: Rodney Mitchell
Cinematographer: Mark Vicente
Row Hard No Excuses
SATURDAY 3:25 PM
The Reckoning:
USA/2007/88 mins
Director: Luke Wolbach
Producers: Luke Wolbach (Co-Producer Seeds of
Tibet: Voices of Children in Exile), Bill Wolbach
Cinematographers: Luke Wolbach, Tom Mailhot,
John Zeigler
D R O P - I N T H E AT R E
The Columbia
River Swim
dream of winning possible, but once on the
water, obstacles arise. An inherently exciting
sports-adventure story on the surface, Row
Hard No Excuses is, more importantly, an intimate portrait of the two-man crew, and a
deeper exploration of their personal quest.
USA/2007/11 mins
Director: Michael Fitzgerald
Producer: Dan Smith
Screenwriter: Michael Fitzgerald
Cinematographer: Imre Juhasz
At 51 and 41 respectively, John Zeigler and
Tom Mailhot are among the oldest competitors to participate in a 3000 mile race across
the Atlantic in a rowboat. They spend three
years (and personal savings) to make their
Remembering
the Dutch Resistance
SUNDAY 1:00 PM
War erupts in Europe as Germany invades Poland. Eight months later, Hitler publicly broadcasts that he will not invade Holland due to
their neutrality during World War I. Within
hours, this promise would become a treacherous lie that engulfed the small country in
World War II. The documentary tells a compelling story, with eyewitness accounts from six
survivors in the war-torn Netherlands. With
the revelation of Hitler’s final solution and
the uncertainty of liberation, the intensely
human aspect of the Dutch struggle against
Nazi tyranny is revealed.
CANNAVARO
#9998
USA/2006/96 mins
Director: John Evans
Producer: Corey Niemchick
Screenwriter: Corey Niemchick
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TA L K M O V I E @ T H E U P S TA G E
Shaping Reality:
An Introduction to the
Documentary
Class with Bruce Hattendorf
FRIDAY1:30 PM
Upstage Theatre
From the Lumière Brothers’ first projected images of everyday life to contemporary “blockbusters” like Fahrenheit 9/11 and March of the
Penguins, film documentaries have sought
to record, inform, entertain, and persuade
using a variety of film styles, sometimes with
controversial results. Enjoy this quick tour of
the history and art of documentary film, focusing on major styles, seminal films, and a
few debates.
West Coast Live!
With Host Sedge Thompson
SATURDAY 10:00AM
Doors Open at 9:30 AM
Upstage Theatre
The Biospherical Digital-Optical Aquaphone
is a mysterious device. It is also the trademarked signature of Sedge Thompson’s
“West Coast Live,” the live variety show on
public radio. The Aquaphone’s distinctive
sound of lapping waves makes people wonder and smile and, perhaps, plunge in – a
metaphor for being at the water’s edge, in
reality and in spirit.
For two hours Saturday, Thompson and his
company will stage their latest samplings
of what is fresh, outrageous or penetrating
in music, books and culture from the bays of
Alaska to the shaky, volcanic Pacific Rim, to
the Bay of Port Townsend. These droll, literate, almost budget-less troupers seek wild
cultural variety, in the form of a Wavy Gravy
or a Calvin Trillin, a Japanese surf band, a
bagpipe orchestra, or Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Put them together on stage, press the
“On Air” button and watch what happens.
“Usually, there’s a kind of spontaneous combustion that provokes thought and laughs,”
according to Rick DelVecchio, staff writer for
the San Francisco Chronicle who composed
most of the copy above. The doors will open
at 9:30 a.m.
Sponsor
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Story:
Can Gone With The Wind
Ever Be Shown on YouTube?
SATURDAY 1:00 PM
Upstage Theatre
Has the reduction of the video screen to
almost the size of a credit card spelled the
doom of the epic film? Can the passion of
Scarlett O`Hara and Rhett Butler transfer to
ones wrist. And what of the burning of Atlanta. At that size won’t it just be an orange
glow? This panel seeks to explore the types
of narratives that will work best on the new
technology. Will the stories be large scale
or little slices of life? Will they be live action
or animated? Hour-long or three minutes.
Come speculate on the possibilities.
Sponsors:
Ajax Cafe
Petals Flowers
Independent
Filmmaking and
Public Access
Television
SATURDAY 3:00 PM
Upstage Theatre
Public access television serves many purposes. It can bring local citizens closer to their
government by broadcasting government
meetings; it can offer instruction in everything from food preparation to yoga; it can
serve as a forum for local elections. The Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council
has for more than a decade encouraged local
filmmaking and in the process has worked
closely with the Bainbridge Island public access channel to both produce and broadcast
local filmmaking. In this panel, representatives from Bainbridge Island and others will
discuss how each group can benefit themselves and one another.
Sponsors:
Henery’s Garden Center
Holly’s Fine Flowers
Casting the
Indie Feature
With Actor Abby Dylan
& Panelist Deena Beatty
SUNDAY 12:30 PM
Upstage Theatre
Breakthroughs in technology have made
independent filmmaking infinitely easier to
make. Yet, it has created a dilemma for many
filmmakers. If a film can be made for $3,000
to $10,000, that leaves precious little if any
money for the actors. Filmmakers tend to find
acting friends and promise them whatever to
entice them to perform gratis or for a pittance.
in 1997 the Screen Actors Guild established
SAGIndie, traveling to film festivals, trade
shows and conventions spreading the word:
Just because a film isn’t produced by a studio
doesn’t mean it can’t use professional talent.
Moderator: Abby Dylan, member, Screen Actors Guild national board of directors
Panelist: Dena Beatty, Executive Director Seattle/Portland chapter of Screen Actors Guild
Sponsors:
McMenamin and McMenamin
Potpourri NW Interiors
First Features
With Directors Charles Oliver & Lanre Olabisi
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
Upstage Theatre
That distance between a short film and a
full-length film can be a real stretch for filmmakers, like the reach the short-story writer
takes when she (or he) tackles a first novel.
The forms are related, but definitely not the
same. Listen to and discuss with the directors
of August the First (Lanre Olabisi) and Take
(Charles Oliver) as they relay the challenges
they faced and how they dealt with issues
with actors and continuity, producers and
distributors, writers and editors. Ask them, if
you dare, what the current spending limit is
on their credit cards.
Sponsors:
Summer House Design
Wilson Insurance
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Abby Dylan
Abby moved to the Northwest
from New York City where she
worked Off Broadway, primarily
at the Circle Repertory Theatre.
She acted in more than 25 productions with many talented artists, including
Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello and
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson. She is currently working on the premiere
of “Sea Village Gerl” by Seattle/Port Townsend
playwright Mara Lathrop, which will be read
and produced in both LA and NYC. Recently
Governor Gregoire appointed Abby to the
Washington State Film Incentive Board.
tj faddis
tj has managed the Historic Lynwood Theatre on Bainbridge Island since 1984. She has
been the Lynwood’s figurehead/community
liaison/manager/programmer since 2000.
The theatre shows independent fare, foreign
films, documentaries, and the classics. In order to meet the demands of her discerning
Lynwood Theatre patrons, tj watches more
than 200 films per year.
Bruce Hattendorf
Bruce Hattendorf has taught
English, film appreciation, and
screenwriting at Peninsula College since 1999. He also founded
and helps coordinate the college’s Magic of
Cinema Film Series, which screens classic, independent and foreign films in the college’s
Little Theater during the fall, winter, and spring
quarters each year. Before coming to the
Olympic Peninsula, he lived in NYC, working in
the publishing industry and later acting as Associate Producer for a documentary on Charles
and Anne Lindbergh, produced for the A&E
Television Network’s Biography program.
Ian Hinkle
Ian Hinkle has been shooting, directing, and producing documentaries around
the world since 1992, focussing on social-political
issues, the environment,
and outdoor adventure. From Tibetan refugee camps to documentaries of the isolated
British Columbia coast, his passionate lens
work helps bring important stories to filmgoers around the world. Most recently, he
has completed directing and editing Long
Road North, recording the 18-month bicycle
ride from the southern shores of Patagonia
to the Canadian Arctic Ocean by Vancouver
resident, Gwendal Castellan
Robert Horton
Film critic for KUOW
FM and the (Everett)
Herald, Horton is an
annual fixture at the
Port Townsend Film Festival, fulfilling many
functions. He works with drama students at
Port Townsend High School to expand their
understanding and appreciation of movies.
He interviews Festival guests, talks about
film informally with festival-goers, and leads
and participates in panel discussions.
Cory Kelley
Production manager for Bainbridge Island
TV, Cory believes that only boring people get
bored, and therefore strives to keep life interesting and exciting. With a degree in motion
picture/video production, he has developed
an interest in new interactive media & motion graphic design. Since arriving in the Seattle area in 2006 he has kept himself busy
freelancing as a motion graphic designer/
post production expert. His experience is diverse, ranging from commercial video editor
to managing an upscale wine bar.
Kathleen Thorne
PEN FLOOR
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Kathleen Thorne is the founder of Celluloid
Bainbridge, an annual celebration of film by
Bainbridge Island filmmakers. She is also a
program manager for the Bainbridge Island
Arts & Humanities Council, grant writer for
Bainbridge Performing Arts, editor of the
Bainbridge Island Arts News, and a part-time
legal assistant. For excitement, she volunteers at West Sound Wildlife Shelter, where
she is routinely hissed at, bitten, crapped on,
and dive-bombed.
MUSICAL ACTS
Friday
TAYLOR ST. MUSIC STAGE
4:30–6:00 PM
RHYTHM PLANET
MUSIC
HOSTS & MODERATORS
World rhythms from roots to groove;
teen-based band
POLK ST. MUSIC STAGE
4:30–6:00 PM
MARROWSTONE
Cinema rock, original jazz, rock
Saturday
9:00–10:00 AM
BARBARA MCCOLGAN PASTORE
Harp music
10:30AM–12:30 PM
DAVE SHEEHAN
Americana
12:30–2:00 PM
FRANCO
2:30–4:30 PM
LAUREN KOHN & BRUCE COWAN
Jazz standards from the movies
5:00–7:00 PM
SOUTHBOUND
Country, blues, swing and folk
1:00–2:00 PM
VICKIE TOWNSEND
Cuban tunes and Cajun grooves
Sunday
10:30 AM–12:30 PM
THE DWYER FAMILY
Bluegrass, Dawg, old-time
2:30–4:30 PM
JIM NYBY
Blues
5:00–7:00 PM
SKELETON CREW
Songs from the Grateful Dead
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
YER MUM
A trip back into rock
12:00–2:00 PM
Actors bring on-screen scenes to life!
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SPONSORS
Thank you 2007 Port Townsend Film Festival sponsors. These businesses and individuals recognize the value of supporting cultural and educational institutions. Without these enlightened organizations we would not be able to program as many films, transport as many filmmakers,
or keep rush ticket prices at $8. And we ask that you thank them too. Let them know they make this community special.
SIGNATURE
SPONSOR
PREMIERE/
VENUE
SPONSORS
PRESENTING
SPONSORS
SELECT
SPONSORS
PROGRAM SPONSORS
The
Bowers
Family
Rainshadow Properties
Mount Baker
Block Building
BENEFACTOR
SPONSORS
MEDIA
SPONSOR
Waltenbaugh Construction
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CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS
The following generous businesses have donated given in-kind goods and services in addition to or separate from a Festival sponsorship.
Cynthia
Koan
385-4234
A
Port Townsend
rts Commission
Joie de Vivre Hotels
San Francisco
Mirabelle
Catering
Philadelphia
SAN FRANCISCO
INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
Steven Barclay
AGENCY
Miyako Hotel
INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
San Francisco
PACIFIC RIM
SHIPBROKERS
Vancouver
International
Film Festival
Goethe Institute
San Francisco
Film
Olympia
Festival
Seattle
International
Film Festival
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GENEROUS
INDIVIDUALS
Maryna Ajaja
Jane Champion
John Considine
Sue Cook
Ryan Davis
tj faddis
Judy and Palmer Hartl
Bruce Hattendorf
Murray Horwitz
Mike Kaplan
Kevin Mason
David Miller
John Morton
Richie Meyer
Tony Petrillo
Rich Ruggles
Michael Seiwerath
Brent Shirley
Stewart Stern
Kathleen Thorne
Mark Welch
Henry Werch
Dan Yezbick
FILMMAKER HOSTS
William Chapman
Dianne Diamond
Robert & Leticia Huber, Los
Hubers Inn B&B
Johanna and Michael King
Linda Maguire
Robby & Hilary Metzger
Ken & Linda Nelson
Jim & Gail Oldroyd, Commander’s
Beach House B&B
Palace Hotel
Ann Raab, Morgan Hill Getaways
Carrie & Rex Rice
Janet Rigby
Mark Saran
Henry Werch & Stephanie Reith
Patti & Bill Wickline
Susan Yawman
Water Street Hotel
GIFT BASKET
Ancestral Spirits
Artisans on Taylor
Bread & Roses
The Candle Store
Copper Canyon Press
Elevated Ice Cream
Food Coop
Max Grover Gallery
Michael Hale Artist
Mt. Townsend Creamery
Penny Saver
Pane d’Amore
Pacific Traditions Gallery
Port Townsend Brewing
Company
Port Townsend Farmers Market
Silverwater Café
Townsend Bay Soap Co.
Tusaicos Bath
Victorian Square Café
Wild Sage
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BOARD, STAFF & COMMITTEES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Toby Jordan, president
John Considine, viice president
Peter Simpson, Secretary
Marlies Egberding
Jim Ewing
Ian Hinkle
Glenda Hultman Geerlofs
Karen Gates Hildt
Pam Kolacy
Frank Ross
Linda Marie Yakush
EMERITUS BOARD
John Begley
Rocky Friedman
Jim Grabicki
Jim Marshall
Cynthia Sears
Brent Shirley
Jim Westall
STAFF
Sherry Grover, general
manager
Peter Simpson, artistic director
Nancy Sendler,
operations director
COMMITTEES
Box Office
Kerry Bourke
Tom Christopher
Editing
Pat Simpson
Marsha Wiener
Festival Banking
Aldryth O’Hara
Festival Management
Monica Mick’Hager,
festival manager
Mark Saran, assistant
Steve Arbuckle,
music coordinator
Suzy Church,
venue coordinator
Steve Emery, security
Wes Eng, sign wrangler
Ted Krysinski, lighting
Caroline Littlefield, signs
Film Locator
Bruce Goodnoe
Jeff Kelety,
Taylor Street Music Stage
Film Reviewers
Pam Kolacy, chair
Rob Eisner
Pat Jordan
Patricia Kenny
Carolyn Latteier
Linnea Patrick
Film Reviewers Cont.
Theresa Percy
Jan Schroeder
Nancy Sendler
Jane Souzon
John Watts
Carolyn Watts
Henry Werch
Membership & Passes
Sue Raley, chair
Judy Ruggles
Film Traffic
Hollis Kenney
Flower Wrangler
Etta Roth
Food Coordinator
Marlies Egberding
Ruth Merryman
Graphic Design
Lynne Bennett, chair
Jim Ewing,
pass design/video trailer
Ian Hinkle, video trailer
Dave Simpson, poster design
Guest Services
Mary Buckham, chair
Dianne Joy Diamond,
gift baskets
Clyde McDade, transportation
Patti Wickline, gift baskets
Hospitality Services
Mara Lathrop
Darlene Keefe
Library
Pam Gray
Linnea Patrick
Film Assembly
Rocky Friedman
Marketing
Toby Jordan, chair
Laura Bobovski, public
relations
Mary Buckham, distribution
Gigi Glenn, writer
Pat Jordan, festival survey
Carrie Rice, farmers market
Jakob Vala, newsletter layout
Film Dispatcher
Robert Huber
Office
Patricia Girardi, database
Gwen Lovett
Photography
Elizabeth Becker
David Conklin
Kevin Mason
Frank Ross
Mark Saran
Poster Artist
Mike Biskup
Projectionists
Reneé Baribault
Amy Carlson
Matthew Dillon
Ivan Dunn
Gary Engbrecht
Renata Friedman
Ian Hinkle
Tana Klebanow
Jack Ondracek
Liesl Slabaugh
Ronald Wiley
Programming Committee
Peter Simpson, chair
Jim Ewing
Ian Hinkle
Toby Jordan
Special Events
Janette Force, chair
Venue Managers
Mark Welch, Drop-In Theatre
Dennis Daneau, Pope Theatre
Julie Jaman, Pope asst.
Kurt Steinbach,
Rosebud Cinema
Keith O’Leary, Rosebud asst.
Steve Gillard, Rose Theatre
Sue Gillard, Rose asst.
Wendy Quayle,
Rose crowd liaison
Amy Bryant,
Rose crowd liaison asst.
Courtney Keith,
Taylor Outdoor Theatre
Liz Goldstein,
Taylor Street asst.
Sherry Kimbrough,
Upstage Talk Movies
Terry Tennesen,
Uptown Theatre
Sheffield Edgerton,
Uptown asst.
Volunteer Coordination
Darlene Quayle, chair
Linda Yakush, trainer
Sherry Kimbrough
HENERY HARDWARE
#0373
MAIN ST.
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Master of Ceremonies
Joey Pipia, Outdoor Movies
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NIFTY FIFTY’S
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Venue Set-up
Ian Hinkle
Terry Tennesen
George Yakush
Jurors
Kathy Anderson
Michael Bosold
Frank Buxton
Linda Loar
Frank Ross
Steve Treacy
Linda Yakush
Film 2880
Peter Wiant, director
Lou Faulkner
Film Camp
Firefly Academy
Merchandise
Cherel Lopez, co-chair
Holly Stone-Cabe, co-chair
Joyce Morton
Robert Force, beer & wine
garden
Charlie Moore, VIP reception
Gayle Moore, VIP
receptionVideography/Reel
World Flix
Jane Champion
Jessica Plumb
VOLUNTEERS
This Festival is for you and couldn’t happen without you.
Thank you!
HOMESTONE
#9597
SUBWAY
#9783
Evyan Abookire
Mariah Acuff
Laura Alisanne
Brian Allen
Kathy Anderson
Marti Anthony
Steve Arbuckle
Celeste Archambault
Ken Barnett
Elizabeth Becker
Lynne Bennett
Don Berg
Michael Bosold
Kerry Bourke
Daniel Bryant
Amy Bryant
Mary Buckham
Sheila Burrell
Nan Burris
Frank Buxton
April Canaday
Jane Champion
Tom Christopher
Dinese Christopher
Suzy Church
Helen Cleveland
Julia Cochrane
David Conklin
John Considine
Susan Cook
Janine Cortell
Katie Cox
Virginia Crandall
Andrea Dahdah
Dennis Daneau
William Darlington
Shannon Davis
Dianne Diamond
Amy Dumond
Ellen Dustman
Sheffield Edgerton
Marlies Egberding
Robert Eisner
Nancy Elder
Steve Emery
Wes Eng
Daphne Evans
Jim Ewing
Mary Gail Falk
Bruce Fallick
Karen Farr
Lou Faulkner
Robert Force
Janette Force
Cathy Formusa
Bella Fox
Kate Franco
Maureen Freehill
Rocky Friedman
Rachel Gaspers
Karen Gates Hildt
Sue Gillard
Steve Gillard
Patricia Girardi
Gigi Glenn
Daniel Goldstein
Elizabeth Goldstein
Suzanne Graber
Pam Gray
Karen Grooms
Seth Hager
Suzanne Hainsworth
Ian Hinkle
Robert Huber
Carole Huelsberg
Glenda Hultman Geerlofs
Julie Jaman
Audrey Jean
Katherine Jensen
Pat Jordan
Toby Jordan
Denise Joy
Patrick Kane
Sharon Kania
Jerry Kania
Dustin Kaspar
Rachel Katz
Darlene Keefe
Courtney Keith
Jeff Kelety
Patricia Kenny
Blaik Kessinger
Sherry Kimbrough
Connie Kinyon
Pamela Kolacy
Jane Kopriva
Judy Koven
Ted Krysinski
Counsel Langley
Mara Lathrop
Carolyn Latteier
Michael Levine
Melanie Lewis
John Liczwinko
Jana Lien
Leslie Lincoln
Eleanore Little
Caroline Littlefield
Linda Loar
Cherel Lopez
James Lopez
Gwen Lovett
Linda Lyon
John Maguire
Mary Mandell
Clara Mason
Kevin Mason
Sharon Mattioli
Nancy Mattson
Ann McCullough
Ron McCullough
Clyde McDade
Elisabeth Mention
Ruth Merryman
Monica Mick`Hager
Gayle Moore
Charlie Moore
Brian Moratti
John Morton
Ann Morton
Joyce Morton
Mari Mullen
DeeAnn Nelson
Crystal Nev
Heidi Nielsen
Kim Nunes
Clara Nyby
Keith O`Leary
Aldryth O’Hara
Robin Ornelas
Gabe Ornelas
Morgan Osmer
Linnea Patrick
Theresa Percy
Penny Perka
Rania Peters
Rima Phillips
Joanne Pickering
Jessica Plumb
Karen Pomposo
Shirley Poon
Pat Powell
Susan Pratt
Taylor Prejean
Michael Pruitt
Darlene Quayle
Samantha Quayle
Wendy Quayle
Sue Raley
Linda Rhines
Rex Rice
Carrie Rice
Paul Richmond
Laura Roberts
Susan Robinson
Frank Ross
Tanya Rublaitus
Judy Ruggles
Una Salvatore
Mark Saran
Jan Schroeder
Gayle Selby
Adam Shaffer
Dave Simpson
Michael Sloan
Jackie Smith
Brook Sorgen
Jane Souzon
Linda Spurgeon
Scott Spurgeon
Kathleen Stafford
Debbi Steele
Kurt Steinbach
Noelle Stoffl
Holly Stone-Cabe
Tina Summers
Teresa Swanson
Janet Sweeney
Stevi Teagarden-Marrs
Caroline Teal
Terry Tennesen
Kevin Torres
Steve Treacy
Nan Toby Tyrrell
Lydia Vadopalas
Brent Vadopalas
Jakob Vala
Bryan Varner
Nancy Villagran
Terry Wagner
Jean Walat
Gale Wallis
Ciarrai Walsh
Margaret Walthall
Carolyn Watts
John Watts
Norian Wayan
Elisa Welch
Mark Welch
Henry Werch
Pat White
Jennifer Whitney
Peter Wiant
Patti Wickline
Marsha Wiener
Stephen Wilson
Daniel Wilson
George Yakush
Linda Yakush
Susan Yawman
FIRST FEDERAL
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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Film Buff $25
Film Family $50 (your whole household)
Cinematographer $100/$175
Director $250/$450
Producer $500/$900
Patron $1,250/2,300
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PTFF film & book library borrowing priviledges
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Port Townsend Film Festival is more than just a three-day block
party. PTFF facilitates community conversations with film-based
year-round programs. You can help keep PTFF moving forward by
purchasing a membership.
Advance purchase opportunity for festival
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Advance notice/purchase on year-round PTFF programs X
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Discounts on Festival merchandise
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Your membership enabales us to...
Recognition in Festival print program
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• Bring you news on Festival filmmakers, like director of The Cats of
Mirikitani, Linda Hattendorf
2 (or 4) tickets to year round PTFF special programs
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Festival Poster
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• Sponsor Reel World Flix, the youth documentary filmmaking program
15% discount on 1 (or 2) Festival passes
1 (or 2) Preferred Seating Pass to the Festival
• Celebrate Marlon Brando’s work with George Englund, his friend
and producer of The Ugly American
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1 (or 2) invitation to Festival’s VIP Reception/Awards
Ceremony
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• Present silent film programs with live accompaniment by noted accompanist Donald Sosin
Festival’s Friday Night Dinner
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MEMBER LEVELS
❑ Film Buff $25
❑ Film Family* $55
❑ Cinematographer $100/$175
❑ Director $250/$450
❑ Producer $500/$900
❑ Patron $1,250/$2,300
Check or Visa/MC #________-________-_______-________ Exp. Date ____/____
Return to: PTFF, P.O. Box 594, Port Townsend, WA 98368
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
• Partner with the Port Townsend Library to present Scribe to Screen,
an exploration of The Year of Living Dangerously and The Last Picture
Show
All memberships are active for one year.
1 (or 2) Guaranteed Seating Pass to the Festival
X
1 (or 2) invitation to Festival’s Filmmakers’ Reception
X
1 (or 2) invitation to year-round Festival receptions
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Onscreen recognition
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Support of PTFF’s mission to bring great films and
filmmakers to our community conversation
PTFF FILM LIBRARY
211 Taylor Street, Suite 33, Port Townsend
9 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday
Your PTFF membership gives you the privilege of borrowing three videos, DVDs, and
books for three business days from our rapidly expanding library. Select from over 500
films and 200 books including many of your
favorites from past Festivals.
SAVE THE DATE:
FEBRUARY 24, 2008
HOMER SMITH
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The Envelope, Please… PTFF’s premier party and annual fundraiser. Dine and watch
the Academy Awards live broadcast with
your elegantly dressed friends while bidding on fabulous items, events and packages. Sign up for the PTFF eNewsletter
(www.ptfilmfest.com) to stay tuned.
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PTFF MEMBERS
Barry Lerich
Caroline Littlefield
Gwen Lovett
Brad & Christina Mace Sharon Mattioli
& Joe Finn
Sonja Schoenleber
Robin Greenwood
Clara & Jim Mason
Dale Crytzer
Suzanne Hainsworth Jan Schroeder
Mike Mortenson
Julie & David
& Sue Raley
David Sheehan
Leah Hammer
Donna Nockleby
McCulloch
Dennis Daneau &
Julie Smith
Susan Hodge
Jan North
Ann & Ron
Debbi Steele
David Hundhausen Camille Speck
Earl Pickering
McCullough
Burl & Verla Davies
Dee Stewart
Carolyn Hunt
Stephanie Reith
Dianne & Sandy
David Sullivan
Audrey Jean
Homer McFadden
Judy Ruggles
Diamond
Tina Summers
Katherine Jensen
& Lalage Owen
Dave Satterlee
Lori Dugdale &
Richard Talbot
Sara Johani
Jones
Brent Shirley
Robert Podrat
Nan Toby Tyrrell
Darcie Johannson
Lynn & Charlie
Ellen Dustman
Terry Wagner
Jay Johnson
Meyer &
Director
& Oliver Henry
Margaret Walthall
Nadine Jonientz
Sandy Randall
Sarah Bird
David & Heidi
Wendy White
Jan Kahn
Peggy Myre &
Margo Bowers
Eisenhour &
Kristina Wilkening
Alice King
Tony Petrillo
Donna Pollack
Helga Winter
Mike King
Jim, Kellie, Clara, Ivan Steve Levin
Dave Woodruff
Pam & Chris Elder
Film Buff II
Mary Jane Knecht
& Nik Nyby
Sue & John Estes
Dirk & Kathryn
Pamela Kolacy
Susan & Kathleen
Joan Fabian
Anderson
Colette Kostelec
Ohlson & Roger
Producer
Joe Finn
Margarett Furey
Greg Lalish
Steinfort
Harry Applewhite
David & Linda
D. Jean Gilliland
Tana Leach
Robin & Gabe Ornelas Merrily Applewhite
Gaenicke &
Sara Katz
Duayne Lewis
Darlene, Wendy &
Sharon Black
Paul Rosga
Linda Loar
Linda Lindemann
Samantha Quayle Astrid Considine
Linda Gerrard &
Barbara MacLean
Dixie Llewellin
Rhonda &
Roberta Frissell
Walter Parsons
Marshall New
Sue Long
Steven Scharf
Molly Gordon
Larry & Helen
Nancy Newman
Efra Lopez
Barbara & Bill Selig Phil Hallin
Goldman
Beth Lorber-Bonyun James Oliver
Nancy & Rosealie
Naomi Marcus
Susanne & Valen
Libby Palmer
O`Neill Louchard
Sendler
Barbara Mason
Hardesty &
David Simpson
Deedra Ludwig
Alex & Elena Spear Roth Mason
Michael Thompson Jerry & Teresa
Stephanie Lutgring Jane Souzon
Linnea Patrick
Dorothy Hoffman & Swanson
Marsha Wiener
Beth Mackey
Ellen Poitevin
Scott Marble
Film Buff III
Selden McKee
Claudia & Joe Wagner Mary Rizzardi
J. Lynn &
Lenore Waldron
Will Middlebrooks
Mary Louise
Lorraine Vagner
Darryl Hrenko
Film Family
Kathy Monks
& Patrick Wait
Penny Varteresian
Brad, Connor, &
Betty Abersold
Joyce Morton
Ruth & David Whitney Lynne Webster
Jo Alber & Dave Fraser Ross Jensen &
Carl Nomura
Patti & Bill Wickline Joe Wheeler
Mary MacKenzie Don Wright
Michael Baker
Susan O`Brien
Renate Wheeler
Walter & Robin
& Judy Tobin
Sandra Olson
George Yoder
Miles Yanick
Jordan
Brenda Bennett,
Deborah Pedersen
Cinematographer
Bill & Gayle Kaune
Phillip Dubois
Charlie Petersen
Thatcher Bailey
& Terry Smithson Scott Landis &
Oliver Phillips
Wendy Chapman
Patron
Kathleen Mitchell
Patricia Berg &
Christa Pierson
Dinese Christopher Toby Jordan
Ellen Larkin &
Donald Leiper
K. C. Pilon
John Clise
Pat Jordan
Dan Packard
Bette & Robert Biffle
Harvey Putterman
Janet Cox
Ellen Lerich
Greg & Nancy
Carrie Rice
Georgia Donnelly
Geraldine Lesser
Blackmer &
Paul Richmond
Rachael Gabriel
& Ralph Owens Lil Grace
Sally Parks
Jeanette Richoux
Mack & Barb Boelling Thomas &
Don Roberts
Marcia Jones
Joann Loehr
John & Linda Bovee
Susan Robinson
Janet Kennedy
Cherel & James Lopez Kathryn Knapp
Denys Carrillo
Julia Schachter
69 Cents ....................22
Acting 101 ................11
All the Days Before
Tomorrow ................10
An American
Opera .......................22
August the First .....10
Beyond the Call .....13
Cadmium
................. Red Light 19
Cages ........................12
California Split .........5
Casting The Indie
Feature (panel) ......24
Celluloid
Bainbridge ..............19
Chicago 10 ................7
Christine.1403 ........20
El Corazon ..............12
Crack in
the Sidewalk ...........23
Crossings .................23
Dick Tracy ..................8
Dirty Country ........... 9
Divine Manipulation
of the Threads ........10
Dr. Strangelove ........6
Eden ..........................12
Ezekiel’s Wheels .....20
Facing Sudan ..........14
Film 2880 .................18
Finding Kraftland ..14
First Features
(panel) ......................24
Forever .....................14
Four Short Films ......4
Garden Insects .......22
Gefilte Fish
Chronicles ...............20
Half-Life: A Journey
to Chernobyl ..........23
Hannah Takes
the Stairs ..................11
The Horse ................. 4
UPNUTRITION
#9938
MIMI’S
#9994
www.ptfilmfest.com
I Always Do My
Collars First.............. 20
The Independent
Filmmaker and Public
Access Television
(panel) ......................24
Island Roots ............19
Jack, the Vomiter ....9
Jazz on a
Winter’s Day ............23
Jellyfish .....................13
Kau Fangota;
Gleaners of the Sea
......................................20
The Key of G ..........21
Killer of Sheep ..........4
The Kolaborator ...19
The Lives of Women
(6 shorts) ..................20
Manhattan,
Kansas .......................15
Mississippi Son ......22
My Brother’s
Wedding ....................4
One Night ................11
Orphan .....................15
Phoenix Dance ......21
Pillowgirls ................20
Portraits of Hope ...20
Quiet as Kept ............4
Reconstructing
Creole ........................22
Reel World Flix .......18
Row Hard, No
Excuses .....................22
Several Friends ........4
Shaping Reality
(short course) ......... 24
Shifting Currents ...19
Shot Locally 19
Six-Day
Bicycle Race ............20
Smells Like Money 23
Source to Sea .........23
Spider-Man 2 ............8
Story: Can Gone With
The Wind be remade
for YouTube? (panel)
......................................24
The Sugar Curtain..15
Au Suivant ...............22
SupermanThe Movie ..................8
Take ...........................11
The Touch .................5
Transitions
(2 shorts) ..................21
Two Rivers ...............23
The Unforeseen ......18
F I L M I N D E X, P RO G R A M S & PA N E L S
Film Buff I
Kay Adamson
Judith Alexander
Hilda Anderson
Stephen Arulaid
Virginia Ashby
John Austin
Judi Bird
Dennis Bittle
Jennifer Bloeser
Lowell & Barbara
Bogart
Brenda Bole
Kerry Bourke
Bonnie Brock
Collin Brown
Cheryl Brunette
Betty Burgett
Barbara Burnett
Frankie Campbell
Bruce Cannavaro
Lauri Chambers
Jerry Chawes
William Clark
Jonathan Clemens
Barb Cochran
John Considine
Dick Conway
Katie Cox
Rae Crenshaw
Jim Daubenberger
Sharon David-Melly
Jack Davis
Rick Dennison
Erik Durfey
Dennis Dutton
John Dwyer
Jon Eden
Muazzez Eren
Janette Force
Pat Fox
Kate Franco
Rita Frangione
Marilyn Friedrich
Jane Fulmer
Nancy Giebink
Peter Gillis
Patricia Girardi
Ronald Goss
Richard Grant
Robert & Barbara
Gray
Walk ............................19
West Coast Live! .....24
When It Rains 4
Wonders Are
Many ..........................15
Zeppelin....................13
31

2007 - Port Townsend Film Festival

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