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SCHEDULE OF FILMS FOR 2007

[ Gala Films ]   [ Shorts ]   [ Tributees ]   [ NM Film Expo ]   [ New York Jewish Film Festival ]   [ All Roads Film Project ]

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FEATURE FILMS (page 4)

SHEDDING SKIN
What if someone asked you if you wanted to be immortal? Would you say yes? Wouldn't it be nice to know that you had all the time in the world? Plays with the short MACONIE’S LIST. Total Running Time: 105 min. New Mexico Film Expo
FRI 11/23 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 8:00 PM
FRI 11/30 NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM 8:45 PM

A SHOUT INTO THE WIND

The fate of an entire culture lies in the hands of a few determined individuals. Watch them struggle against the threats of modern-day life to keep alive the traditions and memories of the Skolt Sámi people in Finland. Plays with the shorts MY BROTHER VINNIE and TAVAKE. Total Running Time: 95 min. All Roads Film Project
FRI 11/30 INDIAN ARTS MUSEUM (MIAC) 1:45 PM
SUN 12/2 INDIAN ARTS MUSEUM (MIAC) 1:45 PM
SILVER JEW
silverjewmovie.com/
In the midst of the first Silver Jews world tour in the summer of 2007, celebrated poet/musician David Berman, his wife Cassie, and the rest of the band--Tony Crow (keyboards), Brian Kotzur (drums), Peyton Pinkerton (guitar), and William Tyler (guitar)--stopped off in Israel to play two shows and visit Jerusalem. SILVER JEW documents this unforgettable trip. Director: Michael Tully (2007, USA, Israel, 51 minutes) Plays with CHEAP MAGIC INSIDE and BESS BALL. Total Running Time: 111 min. Art Matters
SAT 12/1 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 4:00 PM
SUN 12/2 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1:30 PM

SISTER
Paired with LIZA, both new documentaries by Pavel Fattakhutdinov, exploring love and life, betrayal and commitment, and the strains that make it tough for families to stay together in contemporary Russia. Total Running Time: 91 min. Eye on the World
THURS 11/29 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 3:45 PM
TRIBUTEE SALUTE
 
SOLOVKY POWER
This first Soviet film about Stalin’s gulags was a groundbreaking event in the political and cultural life of Russia. Introduced by Luminaria Tributee Marina Goldovskaya.  Running Time: 93 min.
FRI 11/30 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 5:45 PM
SONAM…THE FORTUNATE ONE
Follow Himalayan Monpa yak herders from a remote region in India in this tale of love, lust and repentance. Running Time: 120 min. All Roads Film Project
THURS 11/29 SCREEN 7:45 PM
SAT 12/1 SCREEN 9:45 AM
SONG OF SONGS
This timely documentary film explores our human experiences with romantic relationships and the modern dynamics that challenge long-term monogamy and commitment. Plays with the shorts HARDLY MARRIED, DOG RUN and BEST MAN. Running Time: 104 min. Making It Reel
THURS 11/29 TIPTON HALL 2:45 PM
SAT 12/1 TIPTON HALL 8:45 PM
GALA PRESENTATION

THE SON OF RAMBOW
A comedy about friendship, faith and the weird business of growing up, focusing on a home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Running Time: 96 min.
SAT 12/1 DeVARGAS I 6:00 PM

STRICTLY BACKGROUND
The world of the professional Hollywood extra exposed. What would you do for a second and a half of fame? Plays with the short BLUE BUNNY. Running Time: 102 min. Art Matters
FRI 11/30 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1:30 PM
SUN 12/2 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 8:30 PM
TRIBUTEE SALUTE
SUFFERING MAN’S CHARITY
"An outrageous horror-comedy carefully designed to offend the entire population of the planet…” – Salon.com. From Maverick Award Winner Alan Cumming, and featuring Cumming, Anne Heche and Karen Black. Running Time: 92 min.
SAT 12/1 SCREEN 12:15 PM
SUPER AMIGOS
www.opencityworks.com/superamigos/
In Mexico City, five ordinary men, dressed as lucha libre wrestlers, become modern-day superheroes to fight for social justice and human rights. Appearing in person: One of the Super Amigos. Plays with the short 133 SKYWAY. Total Running Time: 104 min. All Roads Film Project
WED 11/28 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 7:15 PM
SAT 12/1 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1:30 PM
SUPERHEROES

The story of a wounded Iraqi War veteran who struggles to live with the psychological and physical scars of battle, and of the young filmmaker who accompanies him to a cabin in the Catskills to document his story.  Plays with the short THE REPLACEMENT CHILD. Total Running Time: 109 min. Independent Spirits
FRI 11/30 SAMTA FE FILM CENTER 3:15 PM
SUN 12/2 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 6:00 PM
SUSAN HERO

A young woman embarks on a desperate search to locate a renegade geneticist, hoping he will bring her deceased daughter back to life. Filmed in Albuquerque. Plays with shorts by Hubert, Romero, Trochei and Trujillo. Total Running Time: 124 min. New Mexico Film Expo
SUN 11/25 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 3:00 PM
WED 11/28 NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM 4:00 PM
 
TAKE
The lives of two strangers, a struggling mother and a gambling addict, converge in unspeakable tragedy. Years later, they must come to terms with themselves and one another. With Minnie Driver. Plays with the short THE END. Total Running Time: 112 min. Independent Spirits
FRI 11/30 DeVARGAS II 12:30 PM
SAT 12/1 DeVARGAS II 5:15 PM
TAKING FATHER HOME

A desire for revenge motivates a young Chinese man from Sechuan province to seek out his father, who has abandoned the family. Prizewinner, Singapore Film Festival. Plays with the short THE LETTER. Total Running Time: 115 min. Eye on the World
SAT 12/1 SCREEN 5:30 PM
3055 JEAN LEON
www.bausanfilm.com/largo_jeanleon_eng.asp
Meet Ceferino Carrión, a Spanish stowaway who reinvented himself as Jean Leon, owner of La Scala in Beverly Hills, winemaker and confidante of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Hollywood’s biggest stars. Plays with the short THE WINE BAR. Total Running Time: 105 min. Making It Reel
THURS 11/29 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 6:15 PM
 
THREE SHORTS BY ALANIS OBOMSAWIN
Our 2007 Luminaria Tributee introduces three of her most compelling shorts on indigenous culture – GENE BOY CAME HOME, RICHARD CARDINAL and POUNDMAKER’S LODGE: A HEALING PLACE. Total Running Time: 85 min. Tributee Salute
SUN 12/2 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 11:00 AM
 
TIMES AND WINDS
Turkish director Reha Erdem’s intensely lyrical feature depicts the bumpy emotional lives of three preteen friends and the ways their families curb their dreams and desires as surely as the mountain and sea confine their isolated village. Running Time: 111 min. Eye on the World
THURS 11/29 SCREEN 12:00 PM
SAT 12/1 SCREEN 3:00 PM
 
TOOTS

Father, brother, gambler, bum. Toots Shor was the owner of the legendary saloon on West 51st Street. Directed by his granddaughter, Toots is a provocative, loving, and unmistakably authentic portrait.  Running Time:85 min. Selection from the New York Jewish Film Festival
WED 11/28 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 3:00 PM
THURS 11/29 NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM 10:45 PM
 
TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE
www.twoticketstoparadisemovie,com
Three men on the verge of 40 realize all the best things in their life happened before they turned 20. A spontaneous road trip adventure allows them to break with the disappointments of the past. With Ed Harris, D.B. Sweeney, John C. McGinley. Plays with the short TRAIN TOWN. Total Running Time: 110 min. Independent Spirits
THURS 11/29 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 8:15 PM
SAT 12/1 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 3:15 PM
UNDER THE SAME MOON
www.foxsearchlight.com/underthesamemoon
Patricia Riggen’s poignant debut tells parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. Living apart, in two different nations, unexpected circumstances drive both to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Running Time: 109 min. Eye On the World
THURS 11/29 DeVARGAS II 3:00 PM
SUN 12/2 DeVARGAS II 7:30 PM
 
TRIBUTEE SALUTE
WABAN-AKI: PEOPLE FROM WHERE THE SUN RISES
In what may be her most personal film, Alanis Obomsawin crafts a vivid portrait of the Abenaki people, such as a young artist determined to continue the tradition of birch-bark canoes to the damning legacy of the Indian Act. Running Time: 105 min.
FRI 11/30 ARMORY FOR THE ARTS 5:00 PM
SPECIAL PRESENTATION 

THE WALKER
Woody Harrelson plays a “walker,” or escort to rich, high-society women,  in Paul Schrader’s complex tale of murder and redemption, set amongst the political elite in Washington, D.C. Co-starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin. Running Time: 108 min.
FRI 11/30 DeVARGAS I 6:00 PM

WATER FLOWING TOGETHER
www.waterflowingtogether.com
An intimate portrait of a remarkable artist, an exploration of transition and complex identity. Jock Soto, who is Navajo Indian, Puerto Rican and openly gay, retires from the New York City Ballet after a 24-year career.  Plays with the short IT MUST BE THE WATER. Total Running Time: 106 min. Art Matters
THURS 11/29 ARMORY FOR THE ARTS 4:30 PM
WESTERN MOVIE

Nick French takes a cue from BLAZING SADDLES in offering this farcical, revisionist Western, shot entirely in the Santa Fe area. Playing with LOS GRINGOS. 125 min. New Mexico Film Expo 
SUN 11/25 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 8:00 PM
THURS 11/29 NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM 8:30 PM
WE WALK AS DINÉ
Collection of eight short films exploring contemporary life on the Navajo Reservation, curated by Charmaine Jackson-Johns, with the New Mexico Film Office. Also featuring a live performance. Total Running Time: 88 min. All Roads Film Project
THURS 11/29 INDIAN ARTS MUSEUM (MIAC) 11:30 AM
SAT 12/1 INDIAN ARTS MUSEUM (MIAC) 1:45 PM
WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE
Set in a troubled border town in the Negev, WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE interweaves an ensemble of characters in a multi-layered narrative concerning foreign workers in post-Intifada Israel. Winner of four Israeli Academy Awards. Running Time: 104 min. Selection from the New York Jewish Film Festival
WED 11/28 SANTA FE FILM CENTER 6:00 PM
SUN 12/2 NEW MEXICO FILM MUSEUM 3:45 PM

WORLD IN BRIEF
Burglars and cheats, cads and lovers populate this diverse collection of seven shorts from Australia, Canada, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom.  Works include CENTRIGRADE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE (WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES), JOBURG, KNIFE GRINDERS’ TALE, WELCOME HOME, WRONG ANSWER and ZOHRA. Total Running Time: 107 min. Eye on the World
FRI 11/30 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 4:00 PM
SUN 12/2 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 3:45 PM

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