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5th Anniversary Montana CINE International
The Last Best Film Fest
Cultures and Issues of Nature & the Environment
October 6-12, 2008
Historic Roxy Theater
Missoula, Montana
CALL FOR ENTRIES THROUGH AUGUST 1, 2008
For an entry form, categories and entry fees, please go to
http://www.wildlifefilms.org/festivals/mtcine/entries.html
Montana CINE International
October 6-12, 2008
www.wildlifefilms.org
Dir./Prod.: Andrea Kreuzhage
Andrea-K Productions
1000 Journals is a film about people whose lives are touched by 1000 traveling journals. These blank journals were released into the world in the summer of 2000, by Someguy, a San Francisco-based artist. Some people found a journal, or got it from a friend or stranger. Some signed up on the Web and received it in the mail. Some wrote in them, others doodled, pasted in photographs, or added artworks. Some kept them. Some passed them on. There are no rules, and no one really monitors these journals and their movements. And yet, they are connecting tens of thousands of people worldwide, provoking and inspiring them.
In September 2003, one of the 1000, number 526, returned to Someguy, filled. What happened to the other 999? This film tells their stories. 1000 Journals shares the experience of their worldwide journeys, and chronicles the self-governed collaboration of thousands of random people who have added to this global "message in a bottle."
Slamdance 2009 is now accepting submissions
The 15th annual Slamdance Film Festival will be held January 15-23, 2009
Early Submission Deadline: August 25th
Final Submission Deadline: October 10th
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Dir.: Steven Sebring; Prods.: Margaret Smilow, Scott Vogel
Palm Pictures
http://www.dreamoflifethemovie.com/#
Patti Smith: Dream of Life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self-expression. Known as the godmother of punk, she emerged in the 1970s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music and trademark swagger. The filmmaker follows this multitalented and private artist over 11 years of international travel, through her spoken words, performances, lyrics, interviews, paintings and photographs. Dream of Life reveals a complicated, charismatic personality, Patti Smith, who narrates the film, wrestles with life’s many paradoxes. She defines the human experience as an overwhelming contradiction. She pulls the strings of her guitar and simply makes music.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
ON THE ROAD IN AMERICA - Episode 10: Cairo – Several members of the “On the Road” production team travel to the Middle East to visit the erstwhile travelers in their home countries. In Egypt, Ali introduces Lara and his new American friends to his family and shows off his hometown, Cairo. Ali’s family and friends discuss their perceptions of how he has changed since returning from the U.S. The group enjoys Ramadan celebrations, a tour of the pyramids and a sailing trip on the Nile.
Directed by Jerome Gary.
Dir: Aaron Rose; Prods.: Rich Lim, Jon Barlow, Chris Green, Noah Khoshbin
Sidetrack Films
http://www.beautifullosers.com/
Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural movements of a generation. In the early 1990s, a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip-hop and graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories...speaking to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize
at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Trouble the Water is directed and
produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia
Lessin and Carl Deal. The film tells the story of an aspiring rap artist
and her streetwise husband, trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters,
who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. It’s
a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes
that takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on
screen. Trouble the Water is a transformative story about passion, resilience
and heroism among the poorest residents of America's most downtrodden
city. Q&A following the screening with filmmakers Carl Deal &
Tia Lessin. Tickets $10 – adults, $7 seniors and students. The Ojai
Playhouse Theatre, 145 East Ojai Ave.
Roman Polanski is certainly admired and respected as one of the world’s great film directors. But his reputation has been forever tarnished by his public conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor some 30 years ago and his subsequent flight from the United States to avoid going to jail. At least that's what everyone thinks. In her riveting reopening of this controversial and, as it turns out, very complex case, filmmaker Marina Zenovich fashions a perceptive and intelligent exploration of what really happened those many years ago and casts a very different light on Polanski’s decision as well as the workings of the legal system. Q&A following the screening with filmmaker Marina Zenovich. Tickets $10 – adults, $7 seniors and students. The Ojai Playhouse Theatre, 145 East Ojai Ave.
This is a frank, unflinching portrait of a segregated Shangri-La and the disenfranchised minority for whom the promise of the American Dream has crumbled away year-by-year, brick by brick, hope by hope and child by child. In setting out to examine the decades-long cycle of social deterioration and despair that has led to the rise of the violent African-American gang culture in Los Angeles, director Stacy Peralta has created more than just another documentary exposé on gangs. This film is a compassionate sociological and psychological exploration and history of the African-American men and women who have been all too simply dismissed as gangbangers. Narrated by Forest Whitaker.
From Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney comes a probing look into the uncanny life of national treasure and gonzo journalism inventor Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance,” goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts. Narrated by Johnny Depp.