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2008 FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM
FESTIVAL VILLAGE MAP FESTIVAL CALENDAR - DAY BY DAY
Get excited! The 2008 Festival will screen more than 75 AMAZING NEW FILMS and present an array of thrilling special events like the Tribute to Michael Keaton, live musical performances, special celebrity appearances, filmmaker Q&As, sizzling parties, and a grand Opening Night Gala party at Jacuzzi Winery.
This year’s festival films will showcase exciting and in some cases career-topping work by heralded stars and breakthrough talent, including Alan Alda, David Lynch, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bruce Dern, Brittany Murphy, Martin Sheen, Virginia Madsen, Bette Midler, Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Sisto, Colin Firth, Matthew Modine, Mary Stuart Masterson, Bill Pullman, Michael York, Max Minghella, Joe Mantegna, Blake Lively, Mary Steenburgen, Matthew Lillard, D.B Sweeney, Kristen Bell, John Ratzenberger, Malcolm MacDowell, Liev Schreiber and Winona Ryder.
COMPLETE FESTIVAL FILM DESCRIPTIONS, SCREENING TIMES, AND THEATERS:
 Elvis and AnabelleIn person: Director Will Geiger
Starring Joe Mantegna, Blake Lively, Max Minghella, Mary Steenburgen
A gothic love story set in West Texas. At the moment of her coronation, a beauty pageant winner dies of eating disorders compounded by the pressure from an overbearing stage mom. Her demise lands her on the embalming table of an embittered young man whose love for his brain-damaged mortician father (Joe Mantegna) keeps him from following his dreams. When Anabelle is miraculously resurrected, their touching, hilarious, and very strange romance sparks a tabloid media sensation.
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Love and Other DisastersIn person: Director Alek Keshishian and star Matthew Rhys!
Starring Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Orlando Bloom, and Gwyneth Paltrow
From Alek Keshishian, the cult director of Madonna: Truth or Dare and presented by Luc Besson and David Fincher. A stylish, sexy comedy about an obsessive matchmaker (Murphy) with a fast-paced life at British Vogue.
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LynchStarring David Lynch, and featuring the cast of Inland Empire including Jeremy Irons, Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Julia Ormand, William H. Macy, and Harry Dean Stanton. A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the life of award-winning cinematic genius, David Lynch, director of contemporary classics like Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and The Elephant Man.click here for screening times and location
Fugitive Pieces (Canada, Greece)In person: Rachelle LeFevre, Ayelet Zurer, and international film star Rade Sherbedgia
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Starring Stephen Dillane, Rosamund Pike, Rachelle LeFevre, Ayelet Zurer, and Rade Serbedzija
This dramatic and poetic epic follows the life journey of a child who makes a courageous escape from Poland during World War II and heads to Greece before coming of age as a famous writer. click here for screening times and location
 Amexicano
Starring: Carmine Famiglietti, Raul Castillo, Jennifer Pena
Sure
to be a Festival favorite!!! A classic working-class American tale with
unforgettable performances, this rare gem explores the surprising bond
between
a hard-working illegal immigrant and a blue-collar Italian American
from Queens. Wrestling with language barriers and racial prejudices,
the two grow closer as their worlds expand. The spector of permanent
deportation hangs over this unusual buddy film. Lovely, funny, and
ultimately
heartbreaking.
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Flatland: The MovieStarring Martin Sheen, Michael York, and Kristen Bell
Based on Edwin Abott's classic, mind-bending 1880’s mathematical novella, this animated film dramatizes the conflicts, hopes and fates of a community of geometric characters living in a two-dimensional world. When a young geometric figure decides to "think outside the box" (in a world where such thought is forbidden), her life is threatened and it is up to her grandfather to save her life. (SEE SHORTS PROGRAM SCHEDULES BELOW)
Young@HeartGarnering huge buzz across the country, a musical documentary that follows the SENIORS ONLY choir "Young@Heart" as they amaze and stun with their unexpected covers of artists from Jimi Hendrix to Coldplay to Sonic Youth.click here for screening times and location
 Beetlejuice In person: Michael Keaton!
Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O'HaraA special screening event as part of the celebration of Michael Keaton. A
wild, weird and wonderful classic from the mad mind of Director Tim
Burton, showcases a brilliantly manic, unforgettable star performance by Festival Tributee Michael Keaton. Also features a great gothic performance by Sonoma County homegirl
Winona Ryder!
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Amal (India/Canada)
In person: Director Richie MehtaSaint-like autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small but vital role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, dying billionaire, who, moved by Amal's humility, bequeaths him his entire estate… placing Amal in the deadly path of money-hungry family members and corrupt business partners.
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Diminished CapacityStarring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Dylan Baker, and Virginia Madsen
Terry
Kinney's delightful film presents an odd couple definitely not functioning
on all cylinders. Broderick plays a Chicago newspaper editor
who's suffered a concussion that's left him unfocused. He travels home
to rural Missouri to visit his aging and increasingly senile uncle (Alda in a fabulous performance!). During the visit the uncle reveals a
rare baseball card, prompting the two addled men to head back to
Chicago -- along with the nephew's high school sweetheart (Madsen) --
in the hopes of selling the card at a sports memorabilia convention.
Courtesy of IFC.
click here for screening times and location MORE FABULOUS FILMS:
Captain Abu Raed (Special Limited Screening of a Sundance award-winner)
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Jar City (Brilliant murder mystery from Iceland)
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (Narrated by Don Cheadle)
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Then She Found Me (Stars Helen Hunt & Bette Midler)
click here for screening times and locationThe Journey Makes Us One (With amazing LIVE performance)
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Opa! (Stars Matthew Modine)
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Golden Days (with amazing LIVE musical performance!)
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The Village Barbershop (John Ratzenberger appearing in person!)
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Not Fade Away (Oscar-winner Shirley Knight is heart-breaking)
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The Cake Eaters (Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson)
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Entry Level (stars D.B. Sweeney, Missi Pyle)
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Never Apologize (Malcom McDowell in a tour-de-force performance!)
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One of Our Own
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Mr. Dial Has Something to Say
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This Dust of Words
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Beyond Belief
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Lost and Found In Mexico
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My Tale of Two Cities
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Operation Filmmaker
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A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
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Riding Solo to the Top of the World
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The Neighbor
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Row Hard No Excuses
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Unsettled
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The Art of Travel
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Kenny
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Molotov Alva
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Corked
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Let Them Chirp Awhile
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SHORT FILMS SCHEDULE
Lounge Shorts Program
Friday 4/11 9:30am Ravenswood Lounge
Sunday 4/13 9:30am Ravenswood Lounge
The Great Wall of Texas
These Boots are Made for Walken
ESP
Speed Dating
I'm Pretty, Too
Just a Slice
Bay Area Spotlight
Friday 4/11 9:00am Vine Theater
Sunday 4/13 6:00pm Vine Theater
'my olympic summer'
Ed Meets His Maker
State of Grace
A Day's Work
Estranged
"Rose´": Shorts Program 1
Friday 4/11 3:00pm Vine Theater
Saturday 4/12 9:00am Vine Theater
Morning Fall
The Homecoming
No. 6
Pitstop
The Postman
"White": Shorts Program 2
Friday 4/11 6:00pm Vine Theater
Saturday 4/12 6:00pm Vine Theater
Un Certain Regard
Wednesday
Dear Lemon Lima,
Driftwood
High Maintenance
"Red": Shorts Program 3
Friday 4/11 9:00pm Vine Theater
Saturday 4/12 9:00pm Vine Theater
The War Prayer
Trigger Effect
The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed into Heaven
Still Life
She Pedals Fast (For A Girl)
Festival Experience
Animated Shorts Program
Friday 4/11 12:00pm Vine Theater
Sunday 4/13 9:00am Vine Theater
Zoologic
Flatland: The Movie
Big Dreams
MFA
The Toll
'Till Death Do Us Part
Bare
A Shady Deal
The Intruder
Fantaisie in Bubblewrap
Marcelino and Bartolomeo: 'Bye-Bye!'
 2008 OPENING NIGHT GALA AT DAZZLING NEW JACUZZI WINERY
The
Film Festival's most glamorous, star-studded social event, Thursday
April 10, featured lavish cuisine, the finest wines, entertainment,
music and dancing into the night!
Learn more about the 2008 Film Festival... "How to Festival", activities, updates, news and FAQs. More questions? Call us! (707) 933-2600.
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