2013 iiff program book final

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OPENING NIGHT

Thursday 8:00 PM

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Welcome to the 2013Irvine International Film Festival

How to buy Tickets

You can buy tickets online at www.IrvineFilmFest.comWe encourage you to order early to avoid soldout shows.

Same Day Tickets

You may purchase SAME DAY TICKETS ONLY IN PERSON at Festival venues (first come, first served basis). Box office opens one hour before the first screening of the day.

Ticket PricesGeneral Admission $12Seniors/Children/Students/Military Discount $10

Thursday $12Friday $40Saturday $60Sunday $60Monday $30Awards Presentation $205-Day Pass $175 (Access to all films) VIP Pass $200 (Access to all films. VIP reserved seating will be held up to 10 min prior to the screening. Includes breakfast with filmmakers on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings and VIP seating at the awards presentation at the Embassy Suites in Irvine)

Consider a Pass – A pass gets you a greater level of access and lets you bypass the regular ticketing process.

All programs and times are subject to change without notice.No refunds or exchanges.

Hope you enjoy the festival.

Day Pass

Kevin Derek - Festival DirectorJack Kaprielian - Executive DirectorSamy Chouia - Coordinating Director Ray Roschmann - Marketing Director Renee Hendrixson - Programming Vera Kaprielian - Festival Coordinator Oscar Alvarez - Youth Division DirectorKristin Hess Dalton - Volunteer Coordinator

Special Thanks toJoseph SlowenskyDon HallNatsu FuruichiNatalie KampelmacherBrady BowenJennifer WarrenKate AmendMitchell BlockConer Barrett

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Opening Film - Thursday 8:00 PM

90 min, Iran/USA – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Directed by Till Schauder - Expected to attend THE IRAN JOB (Orange County Exclusive)

HEAD OVER HEELSDirected by Timothy Reckart

A husband and wife have grown apart over the years. He lives on the floor, she lives on the ceil-ing, and their marriage hangs in the balance.

10 min, United Kingdom – ANIMATION SHORT

Friday 1:45 PMMY FATHER’S MISTRESS

Directed by Kousuke Sakoda

38 min, Japan – SHORT

When American basketball player Kevin Sheppard accepts a job to play in one of theworld’s most feared countries – Iran – he expects the worst. But what he finds is acountry brimming with generosity, acceptance, and sensuality. With a charismaticpersonality that charms everyone he meets, Kevin forms an unlikely friendship with threeoutspoken Iranian women who share with him their strong opinions on everything frompolitics to religion to gender roles.

Kevin’s season in Iran eventually culminates in something much bigger than basketball:the uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran’s reformist Green Movement – apowerful prelude to the sweeping changes currently unfolding across the Middle East inthe wake of the Arab Spring.

OSCAR TOP 10 LIST FOR BEST ANIMATION SHORT

Opening night mixer following the screening TBA

A girl who grew up in a quarreling family con-fronts her father’s mistress with a surprising reac-tion from both as her father lays sick in a hospital.

Screening 5 SHORTS

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O QUADRO (U.S. Premiere)Directed by Humberto Gomes Da Rosa & Thalron MendesA woman receives a mysterious painting of a girl, who changes positions as if alive, hence an investi-gation to uncover the mystery behind this painting.

16 min, Brazil – SHORT

LE TRAIN BLEU Directed by Stephanie Assimpacopoulo

18 min, France – SHORT

HOME (California Premiere)

Four months after the passing of his be-loved wife, Keisuke tries to move on while his daughter Mai struggles to hold on to her memories. They both share the same pain, but can’t console each other. What does it take to rebuild their relationship?

Directed by Kosuke Sasaki & Megumi IwasaAoyama Gakuin University

14 min, Japan – SHORT

From the money-grubbing homeless, to the wanton barmaids and armed grocery bandits... Or how a seemingly ordinary day becomes a significant turning point for an unremark-able man, thanks to a minimal shift of fate.

SPAGHETTI FUR ZWELDirected by Matthias Rosenberger

19 min, Germany - SHORT

He wants to dump her, not so nicely. She’s confused. An Angel turns the tables at the Blue Train Bar.

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Friday 3:45 PM

111 min, USA - Drama/Comedy - FEATURE

Directed by David SpaltroTHINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND (Orange County Premiere)

Violet Kubelick, a brilliant young grad student studying near-death experiences, nowwithdrawn and closed-off after a mysterious, failed suicide attempt. She and her two artist roommates are forced by financial matters to finally step out of the protectivebubble they’ve created for themselves in their Brooklyn loft while Violet herself formsa cathartic relationship with a young, terminally-ill girl in a hospice she is in-terviewing for her thesis and the damaged bartender who lives downstairs.A story of changing, relationships, love, life and what comes after we die.

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Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treatable disease from childhood strep throat, the kids have only months to live.

Open Heart reveals the intertwined endeavors of Dr. Emmanuel Rusingiza, Rwanda’s lone government cardiologist, as he fights to save the lives of his young patients, and Dr. Gino Strada, the Salam Center’s head surgeon who must convince Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir’s government to keep Africa’s only link to life-saving cardiac surgery free of charge for the millions who need it.

OPEN HEART (Orange County Premiere)Directed by Kief Davidson - Expected to attend

40 min, USA - DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Every third Monday of the month, brassy Long Island, New York sisters Cynthia and Rachel open up their hair salon, called Racine, and offer free beauty services for women undergo-ing chemotherapy. Determined to make their customers feel beautiful, the glamour duo knows that Mondays at Racine goes beyond purple painted toes or a frothy facial. The sisters are determined to give women who are losing their hair, eyebrows and eyelashes a sense of normalcy and dignity in a traumatic and uncertain time. The story of what hair means in our culture quickly unfolds into an unexpected look at womanhood and marriage.


MONDAYS AT RACINE (Orange County Premiere)

Friday 6:00 PM

Directed by Cynthia Wade

**OSCAR TOP 8 LIST FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT**

** OSCAR TOP 8 LIST FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT**

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Neal is in the middle of a quarter life crisis. After catching his girlfriend cheating on him with his best friend, he quits his job and begins to reevaluate his entire life. His mischievous friends try to get him out of his funk by showing him how to manipulate women on the Internet (Missed Connections). He has great success until he meets Jane, who may be just as devious and damaged as he is.

MISSED CONNECTIONS (Orange County Premiere)

77 min, USA - FEATURE COMEDY

Directed By Eric Kissack - Expected to attend

LOVE AND GERMOPHOBIA

Friday 8:00 PM

If your girlfriend had the flu, would you still kiss her? What about if she might have viral Meningitis? For David (TJ Miller), the answer is simple: absolutely not! Unfortunately, David’s girlfriend (Kelly Stables) doesn’t see it that way.

Expected to attend - Directed by Tyler Spindel

11 min, USA – SHORT

Saturday 10:30 AM

Bring the whole family and join us for a complimentary breakfast with our young filmmak-ers followed by the O.C. Premiere of award winning animations

Saturday 9:30 AM

Pink Panther and Big Nose overcome consumer-ism and egotism to save Christmas.

A VERY PINK CHRISTMASDirected by Ron Brewer - Expected to attend

22 min, Jordan/Philippines/USA - SHORT

Complimentary breakfast for ticket holders

“WINNER” Boston International Film Festival “WINNER” Cleveland International Film Festival

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The Gruffalo’s Child tells the delightful tale of a little Gruffalo who ignores her father’s warnings and tip-toes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse.

THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD Directed by Uwe Heidschötter & Johannes Weiland

26 min, UK - ANIMATION SHORT

Inspiring adventure. Bullies don’t win. Friends come in all shapes & sizes.

SNAPDirected by Thomas G. Murphy

6 min, UK - ANIMATION SHORT

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOWDirected by Brent Dawes

5 min, South Africa – ANIMATION SHORT DRAWING FOR MEMORYDirected by Andy Glynne

4 min, UK- ANIMATION SHORT

PASTEURIZED

While conducting experiments on a quiet night, a scientist receives an unexpected visitor whose

arrival will change everything.

Directed by Nicolas Villarreal

8 min, Argentina - ANIMATION SHORT

When Chameleon steps into a puddle of mud he does all he can to get clean. Finally he man-ages to clean up only to realize he enjoyed hav-ing a bit of color, so how’s he going to get it back?

Family hangout spot at Diamond Jamboree (details to be announced after screening).

The Afghanistan war has caused many families to separate. This is the story of Ali as part of a series called “Seeking Refuge.”

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Saturday 12:00 PM

The EBE award-winning feature documentary, ‘The Hidden Hand” examines the phenom-ena surrounding UFOs, Extra Terrestrials, alien abduction, and the U.S. secret military cover-up of supposed E.T. contact and back-engineering of alien technology. The film in-corporates interviews with military insiders like astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, and Col. John Alexander. It also interviews UFO experts like hypnotherapist, David Jacobs, and those who claim to have had actual E.T. contact. Nar-rative scenes are interspersed throughout the film to shape the concepts of the film from complimentary viewpoints, weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction into a new worldview that may be shocking and eye-opening for the viewer.

THE HIDDEN HAND (California Premiere)Directed by James Carman

80 min, USA – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

(Orange County Premiere) DOOD VAN EEN SCHADUW

Soldier Nathan died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance: a second life against 10,000 captured shadows. It is love that guides him as he sets out to meet Sarah again, the woman he fell in love with before he died. But then he discovers that she’s already in love with someone else. Jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him towards a bitter decision, not without consequences.

Expected to attend - Directed by Tom Van Avermaet

20 min, Belgium/France – SHORT

** OSCAR TOP 11 LIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM**TION**

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Saturday 2:00 PM

A short comedy about Paulie, a child prodigy who goes on a quest to take down the school bully af-ter the bully beats him in the big essay contest.

Directed by Andrew Nackman (USC) PAULIE

ACCUSED (World Premiere)Directed by Marcus “Casian” Kolodjski (Saddleback College) - Expected to attendAttacked on the highway by a hitchhiker, a young woman is picked up by a couple who take her to a local diner where she confronts her attacker.10 min, USA – SHORT


WATER ON MARS

Unhappy with his unstimulating home life, 9-year-old Daniel yearns to be abducted by aliens. He sneaks out of his house to relive the kind of adventures he once shared with his dad, but encounters a seedy cast of characters on his journey to see the universe.

Directed by Chase Smith (Dodge College)


BORN TO DANCE THIS WAYDirected by Jerell Rosales (UCLA)

JOO SI, fierce, fabulous... and overweight, au-ditions for the opportunity of a lifetime to be a principal backup dancer for the sexy female pop singing sensation, THE 4PLAY LADIES.

12 min, USA – COMEDY SHORT

NOITE PERDIDA- WASTED NIGHT

Two friends reunite after a frustrating night with two girls. Both of them lie about the out-come of their dates. The lies trigger a flash-back that reveals what really happened that night.

Directed by Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra

16 min, Brazil - COMEDY SHORT

THE VISIT (World Premiere)

When a tragic event turns Diana’s life upside down, she receives a visit from the last person from whom she wants help – her estranged moth-er. Can they bridge the gap that divides them…

Expected to attend - Directed by Fara Pasarell


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Screening 6 shorts

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Saturday 4:15 PM

1 TIME ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE 2 TIME GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE2 TIME DGA AWARDS NOMINEE3 TIME EMMY AWARD NOMINEE

AN EVENING WITH

MARK RYDELL

OUR 2013 RECIPIENT OF “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” AS A DIRECTOR

Join us in a lively Q&A with Mark Rydell

Special screening of “GOOD MEN” starring Ed Asner and Mark Rydell - Directed by Brian Connors (12 min, USA)

LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE

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(World Premiere) A PERFECT DAY

A timely and powerful short film about two seem-ingly ordinary strangers existing in the heart of per-fect suburbia, fated to meet at a life-changing mo-ment, both confronting the demons we all share.

Expected to attend - Directed by Adam Rubin

19 min, USA - SHORT

On Bob Boone’s journey to endure through home-lessness, two strangers inadvertently give him a place to belong. Ryan Simpkins (Arcadia, A Single Man) and Jason Field (House M.D., CSI: NY) star in this socially relevant and moving story about three strangers who serendipitously connect when they need each other most.

1426 CHELSEA STREET (O.C. Premiere)

20 min, USA - SHORT

Directed by Alanna Brown - Expected to attend

(O.C. Premiere) PESARAN-E-BUZKASHI

28 min, Afghanistan/USA - SHORT

Expected to attend - Directed by Sam FrenchA compelling coming-of-age story of two best friends, a charismatic street urchin and a defi-ant blacksmith’s son, who struggle to realize their dreams as they make their way to manhood in one of the most war-torn countries on Earth, Afghanistan.


A beautiful woman, two killers, and a dog are entangled in a shakedown that goes awry.

Directed by Chris Levitus - Expected to attendWALTER DON’T DANCE

OSCAR TOP 11 LIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM

Saturday 5:15 PM

A short film about a man with Alzheimer’s who refuses to let go.

(World Premiere) RICE PUDDING PLEASEExpected to attend- Directed by Jake Honig

14 min, USA - SHORT

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When Jim asks Bridget to marry him, she asks a simple and honest question that he can’t quite answer: “Why would you want to ruin this?”

Congratulations is a heartfelt, voyeuristic examination of two people deciding to move for-ward after disagreeing over the question of marriage. When Jim and Bridget pretend to be engaged for the weekend for the sake of Jim’s mother’s health they discover that the label of marriage might just tear them apart. Filled with exceptional performances from an ensemble including Brian Dietzen (NCIS), Abby Miller (Justified), Kevin Rankin (Friday Night Lights), and Debra Jo Rupp (That 70’s show), Congratulations will be sure to have you questioning what you would do to stay together.

93 min, USA – FEATURE

CONGRATULATIONS (California Premiere)Directed by Eric M. Levy and Juan Cardarelli - Expected to attend

Doug has landed his dream gig, he is about to join the Venture Scouts (a Boy Scout-like or-ganization) as a Troop Leader. He is taking over for his childhood mentor, Jerry, the former leader of Venture Scout Troop 544 who has been offered a plush job at the Venture Scout National Headquarters. The film takes place over the course of a day, as Jerry shows Doug the ropes before his initiation ceremony. An old, corrupt regime is leaving with a new one taking over, but not without conflict first. It is a story of power, corruption, and morality.

Expected to attend - Directed by Ari Costa


LEADER OF THE PACK

Saturday 7:30 PM

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A former dental technician and current insurance salesperson Yoon Young-nam is hor-rified to find her missing 10-year-old daughter bleeding excessively in a garbage heap. When she reports the rape to the police, Yoon is instead accused of assault and finds out just how male-centric and disrespectful of women the police are. After trying and failing several times to get justice for her daughter - mostly because of the indifference of the police and utter inaction of her ex-husband – Yoon sets out to catch the rapist and exact revenge in the only way a mother knows.

AZOOMA GONG JEONG SA HOE (U.S. Premiere)Directed by Jiseung Lee - Expected to attend

75 min, South Korea - FEATURE

VICIOUS CIRCLEDirected by Jae II Son

A man’s carelessness causes him and his surround-ings so much trouble, yet it is repeated without awareness.

3 min, South Korea/USA – SHORT

Saturday 10:15 PM

“JAW-DROPPING PAYOFF!”“SUSPENSEFUL!”

“A WRENCHING YARN!”-Variety

“WINNER!” DGK AWARD

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Experience the global flavors of Asia in one vibrant center.

Visit our website for

dining guide and post-

film festival specials!

diamond-jamboree.com

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Experience the global flavors of Asia in one vibrant center.

Visit our website for

dining guide and post-

film festival specials!

diamond-jamboree.com

Sunday 9:30-10:30 AMBring the whole family and join us for a complimentary breakfast with our young film-makers followed by the World Premiere of Cardboard Camera (must present ticket) plus a special screening of our K-12 films.

Cameron is a 10-year-old boy who can’t afford a video camera, so he creates a cardboard camera instead. Hoping to enter a kids film competition, he will need to use his imagination in order to create a movie with the help of his two friends.

Directed by Carlo Olivares Paganoni - Expected to attendCARDBOARD CAMERA (World Premiere)

19 min, USA - SHORT

K-12 SCREENINGS

Sunday 10:30 AM

ERASING THE LINES - Directed by Alexander Powell (6 min)

BOOKSTORE - Directed by Alexander Haney (10 min)

RECIPE FOR LOVE - Directed by Gwyneth Christoffel (3 min)PARKOUR RACE - Directed by Pierre Schantz (5 min)

MAGIC OF THE MOMENT - Directed by Jake Bowren (2 min)

FINNY’S MAGICAL MOMENT - Directed by Melodie Pugar (5min)REVERSE DOGCHOLOGY - Directed by Izabella Olivia (7min)

Family hangout spot will be announced after the screening.

THE MONEY PET Directed by Gary Hawes

“The Money Pet” is a hilarious take on the age-old adage that warns us not to

kill the Golden Goose.

19 min, USA - SHORT

(O.C. Premiere)

Expected to attend

Complimentary breakfast for ticket holders

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This unique documentary raises compelling questions and highlights a 15-year investi-gation by one of America’s leading and acclaimed private investigators William C. Dear, along with a team of internationally recognized scientific and medical experts in their fields. Each expert has come to the same, independent conclusion.

The documentary includes references to key communication between the LAPD and agen-cies responsible for the original trial and lead investigator Dear, making viewers wonder: why was the overlooked suspect we have identified not more vigorously pursued? Was there a coverup?

We have distilled over 5,000 hours of detailed research and investigation into a thought- provoking, viewer-friendly documentary that will empower the public to decide what they feel about the biggest murder trial of the 20th century.

Directed by David Nerman - Expected to attend (California Premiere) “OVERLOOKED SUSPECT - WHAT IF O.J. SIMPSON DIDN’T DO IT?”

61 min, Canada - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Despite living with ALS, screenwriter Scott Lew maintains his voice in the world through his scripts, giving added meaning to the expression “living to write”.

Directed by Chetin Chabuk - Expected to attendJUJITSUING REALITY


SEE THE DIRTDirected by Erik Mauck


Sunday 12:30 PM

“WINNER!”Doc Miami Film Festival

A teenager’s unique hobby that sucks. Scott, a typi-cal 14-year-old kid, in many ways. But his interest in vacuum cleaners sets him apart from other kids. He’s not just an enthusiast, He’s smart, and wants to work for NASA some day.

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Sunday 2:30 PM

Produced by an Academy Award-winning team including the Executive Producer of Taxi to the Dark Side and the Editor of Inside Job, UPRISING tells the inside story of the Egyp-tian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of a brutal dictatorship has changed the face of the Middle East and provided hope for millions of oppressed people across the world. Above all, it is a story of profound hope, of courage rewarded, of a people who beat back a police state and threw off the shackles of decades of degradation and op-pression.

85 min, Egypt/USA - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

UPRISING (Southern California Premiere) Directed by Fredrik Stanton

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Sunday 4:30 PM

INOCENTE is a personal and vibrant coming-of-age story about a young artist’s determi-nation never to surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by being an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years. Color is her personal revolution and its sweep on her canvases creates a world that looks nothing like her own dark past. INOCENTE is both a timeless story about the transformative power of art and a timely snapshot of the new face of homelessness in America: children. The challenges are staggering, but the hope in her story proves that her circumstance do not define her, her dreams do.

Directed by Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine - - Expected to attendINOCENTE


In the 1970s and 80s, hundreds of thousands of senior citizens migrated from New York City to Kings Point, a typical retirement community in Florida. Lured by blue skies, sun-shine, palm trees, and the promise of a rich social life, they bought their way to paradise with a $1,500 down payment. Now, as an aging community faces its own mortality, para-dise has begun to exact a higher price. Through the experiences of five longtime residents, ‘Kings Point’ captures both the allure and the darker complexities of living in a world where “nobody gets too close.” Poignant, funny and dark, ‘Kings Point’ is an empathetic portrait of the last act of the American dream.

KINGS POINT (Orange County Premiere)Directed by Sari Gilman


**OSCAR TOP 8 LIST FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT***

**OSCAR TOP 8 LIST FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT***

Screening 4 short documentaries

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**OSCAR TOP 8 LIST FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT**

Three immigrant window cleaners risk their lives every day rappelling down some of Chi-cago’s tallest sky-scrapers. Paraiso reveals the danger of their job and what they see on the way down.

Directed by Nadav Kurtz - Expected to attendPARAISO (Orange County Premiere)


Through interviews with train conductors and locomotive engineers, this documentary highlights a different side of the fatalities that occur almost every day on the nation’s rail-roads. Most employees that have worked for a few years on the railroads have experienced at least one critical incident. For an engineer that operates the train, that often means watching another human being in their last seconds of life - a front view ticket to something terrible but unstoppable. For a conductor, it means walking back after the incident to see what was actually hit. This is not your average nine-to-five job.

THE LONG WALK BACK (Southern California Premiere)Directed by Jonas Klittmark


**AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHORT**

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Luke, 25, is autistic and has lived a sheltered life with his grandparents. But his world is turned upside down when his grandmother dies and he is forced to live with his dysfunc-tional relatives who have no patience for him or his senile grandfather, who they quickly force into a nursing home. Luke is left with his grandfather’s final semi-coherent words: “Get a job. Find a girl. Live your own life. Be a man!” For the first time in his life, Luke has a mission. He is about to embark on a quest.

THE STORY OF LUKE (Orange County Exclusive)Directed by Alonso Mayo - Expected to attend

95 min, USA - FEATURE

Sunday 6:30 PM

HOW TO KILL YOUR CLONEDirected by Jack McWilliams - Expected to attendDick wants to kill his out of control clone, but due to their identical physical and mental abili-ties, he must hire the third party Clone Killer Corporation to do his dirty work.


“WINNER!” BEST FILM SAN DIEGO FILM FESTIVAL“WINNER!” AUDIENCE AWARD AT FORT LAUDERDALE FILM FESTIVAL

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Sunday 8:45 PM

FAT CAT (California Premiere) Directed by Michele FiascarisItaly - a night club’s parking lot. We hear gunshots and screams coming from inside the club. Burro and Zeus, two goofy gangsters, come out running, jump in a car and speed away. What has happened? In the meantime their boss, a flamboyant psycho known as Mosca, is having a meeting with a gun-trafficker in his magnificent castle. Mosca is a schizophrenic millionaire whose best friend is a bronze sculpture of a cat, named Renato. He receives a phone call from the Baron, owner of the nightclub: Burro and Zeus have just shot and killed a go-go dancer during a brawl. Mosca is furious but decides to forgive his two incompetent men, but the Baron, secret lover of the dancer, is in furious rage and wants revenge.88 min, United Kingdom/Italy – FEATURE (Gangster Comedy)

FRESH GUACAMOLEDirected by PES

2 min, USA - ANIMATION SHORT

Fresh Guacamole is a stop motion anima-tion that is on the top 10 Oscar short list

OSCAR TOP 10 LIST FOR BEST ANIMATION SHORT

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Join us for a complimentary breakfast with our teenage filmmakers followed by 3 short films plus a special screening of our teen films.

Monday 9:30-10:30 AM Complimentary breakfast for ticket holders

Monday 10:30 AMDR. GRORDBORT PRESENTS:

THE DEADLIEST GAME

This sci-fi adventure on Venus is based on the world of Dr. Grordbort by Greg Broadmore.

Directed by James Cunningham

7min, New Zealand – ANIMATION SHORT

ZING

Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people’s lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the door-bell. It’s a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she’s the next life on Mr. Grimm’s list.

Directed by Kyra Buschor & Cynthia Collins

8 min, Germany - ANIMATION SHORT

TEEN SHORTS

PAINT ME A PICTURE - Directed by Vincent Varga (12 min)

VLOG: A TRUE STORY - Directed by Cameron Lew and Michael Keane (7 min)

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE REVOLUTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE Directed by Mehar Nangia and Kenneth Shinozuka (10 min)

A QUEST FOR PEACE: NONVIOENCE AMONG RELIGIONSDirected by Matthew Evans (10 min)

REMEMBER TO FORGET - Directed by: Antonio Le Fosse (14 min)

“G” (water)- Luke Broyles (5 min)

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Monday 12:30pm

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INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILDIN PARTNERSHIP WITH

IRVINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALPRESENTS

AN AFTERNOON OF 10 SHORT FILMS HONORING THE BEST OF ICG’S EMERGING CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Daron Keet, Pete Villani, Robert C. Webb, James Takata, Brian O’Carroll, John Barr, Stewart Whelan, Michael Pescasio, Basil Smith and Michael Alden Lloyd

Monday 12:30 PM

Cinematographers expected to attend

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Monday 3:30 PM - Closing film

LE SAC DE FARINE (BAG OF FLOUR) U.S. PREMIEREDirected by Kadija LeclereAlsemberg, December 1975, 8-year-old Sarah lives in a Catholic foyer. One day, her biological father, whom she has never met before, comes to take her for a weekend in Paris. But it is in Morocco that Sarah wakes up, in a little town in the middle of the Atlas Mountains. Very soon, her father leaves, abandoning her without any explana-tion. Sarah then slips into the life of a little Moroccan girl where the only schooling she is offered is ‘knitting.’ Nine years later, we find Sarah, now a 17-year-old teenager like all the others... or almost. The year is 1984, in the middle of a hunger revolt (The Re-volt of ‘Aw- bach’). Sarah’s father has never sent the money he promised to send, and for the family where she is staying, each mouth to feed accounts for more and more. Sarah now has to find a way to earn her room and board. And then, there’s Nari, that beau-tiful politically engaged student. But then, there is also her wish of leaving, to go back to Belgium of her childhood, the school, the books and a life that Sarah imagines free.92 min, Belgium/Morocco – FEATURE

**OSCAR TOP 11 LIST FOR BEST SHORT FILM**

ASAD

An all Somali refugee cast brings to life this coming-of-age fable of a Somali boy struggling to survive in his war-torn homeland.

Directed by Bryan Buckley - Expected to attend

17 min, South Africa/USA – SHORT

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Monday 7:00 PM - Awards Ceremony

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by Arthur Wing Pinero The Magistrate

HD Best of British theatre broadcast to a cinema near you

John Lithgow takes the title role in this classic Victorian farce.

Feb 9 at 7:15pm

HHHH“A Victorian corker of a show.” - Daily Mail

“John Lithgow is priceless.” - The Times

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ARTS ORANGE COUNTY

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