TUESDAY GO-TO GUIDE: Two for Tuesday Ticket Sale! More Great Film Choices! Matinee Madness! FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE!
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Two for Tuesdays! For the first time ever, buy one ticket for any Sarasota Film Festival Tuesday screening and receive a second ticket of equal value free. Premium platinum value! Titanic savings! (No, you don't get into that movie, you have to see one of ours!) Such the deal!
OFFER GOOD ON TUESDAY SCREENINGS ONLY. Must redeem in person at the Box Office at Regal Cinemas Hollywood 20, 1993 Main St., Sarasota.
MATINEE MADNES continues! All screenings before 5:00 PM today are only 8 bucks. (And yes, they are two for one as well! Yow! SHAZAM!!!)
Okay, let me catch my breath here and get back to the business of giving you the head's up about some great films we're showing today.
Our spotlight goes to I AM A GOOD PERSON, I AM A BAD PERSON by the very talented Ingrid Veninger. Her first screening is today at 5:00 PM. Ingrid is a SFF mainstay. I'd tell you how many times she's been here, but she does such a great job of getting that (and so much more) across that I'm going to let her take it away. CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON to hear Ingrid tell you all about her work and her last est film!
I AM A GOOD PERSON, I AM A BAD PERSON also plays Friday at 7:30 PM at the Neal Auditorium!
So what else do we have for you? Well, since you asked so nicely...
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
SHORTS 5: SHORT SLICES OF LIFE
2:00 PM
* ABUELAS | Afarin Eghbal 2011
* AQUADETTES | Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari
* CATCAM | Seth Keal
* FAMILY NIGHTMARE | Dustin Guy Defa
* FINISH LINE | Gina Pei Chi Chen
* NO WINE LEFT BEHIND | Kevin Gordon
* ODYSSEUS' GAMBIT | Àlex Lora Cercos
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
DANCING ON A VOLCANO
3:30 PM
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
DANCING ON A VOLCANO is the tale of Nadja Hammermann, a young Austrian Jew. She was a strong willed artist who, in 1939, came to Paris seeking exit visas for her family from the Chilean consul general, Armando Marine. A single kiss was the price Nadja had agreed to pay in exchange for Armando's help, a kiss that developed into a secret romance. Armando liberated hundreds of refugees from the Nazis under Nadja's influence. In 1941, Nadja and Armando left Paris and, through her great artistic talent, found a future in New York City, where she became a senior illustrator for the New York Times. But could love endure a life in exile?
Additional screening just added! 11:15 AM Sunday. Save the date!
VETERANS OF COLOR
5:30 PM
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
In VETERANS OF COLOR , Director (and Ringling College's own) Mark Parry gives voice to the stories of the African American men and women who served in our nation's Armed Forces. Spanning the experiences of veterans who served from World War II through Vietnam and our more recent armed conflicts, VETERANS OF COLOR tells the tale of a history of heroic service from soldiers of all stripes who had to conquer the enemy while battling for equality. Comprised of interviews with many of our community's local veterans, VETERANS OF COLOR is a proud reminder of the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.
HIGH GROUND - Sunshine from Darkness
6:30 PM
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
THE PERFECT WEDDING
7:30 PM
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
Filmed in Sarasota and Venice, this touching romantic comedy is about two men, Paul and Gavin, who meet over the holidays while planning the "perfect wedding" for Paul's sister, Alana. Paul is a recovering alcoholic who cheated on Alana's best friend, Roy. Not wanting to look like a loser for still being single, Roy asks his friend, Gavin, to come with him to help plan Alana's wedding. Things go awry when Paul unknowingly starts falling for Gavin, inspiring revelation and introspection among family and friends.
Keep watching this space - I have a fantastic interview coming up with the filmmakers and actress Kristine Sutherland for this sensational crowd pleaser! And yes, we added a screening for Sunday, April 22nd at 5:00 PM!
MATINEE MADNESS
SHORTS 2: WHO NEEDS SOAPS
12:15 PM
BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES
12:30 PM
Four disabled Israeli veteran soldiers are part of a group invited to Aspen, CO. They participate in the program Golshim L'Chaim (Ski To Live) which was started in 2008 by Rabbi Mendel Mintz of the Chabad Jewish Community Center in Aspen. The program is entirely supported by donations from the local community and teaches Israeli soldiers to ski. The opportunity to remove themselves from their everyday existence gives them the freedom to forget the limitations of their disabilities. On the mountain, they obtain the ability to overcome adversity and challenge themselves physically, a transformative experience for everyone involved.
WAYNE McGREGOR: GOING SOMEWHERE
1:30 PM
If you bought a ticket to Trash Dance or Joffrey: Mavericks of Dance, you must see this incredible ballet film, too!
POETRY OF RESILIENCE
2:30 PM
Poetry of Resilience from Penelope Pictures on Vimeo.
LAS MALAS INTENCIONES
4:15 PM
While Nine-year-old Cayetana's mother is studying abroad for several months, accompanied by her step-father, the girl is left in her family's mansion with a staff of governesses. When the couple returns from their trip, Cayetana learns that her mother is pregnant. Alone and lonely, the self-involved little girl has created a fantasy world in her morbid imagination, populated exclusively by Peruvian national heroes. She is convinced that she will die on the day her little brother is born and withdraws into her fantasy world.
Part of our outstanding youthFEST program! For ages 15+.
REBELLION
4:15 PM
LGBT
Mosquita Y Mari
9:15 PM
Mosquita y Mari Trailer from Augie Robles on Vimeo.
RECOMMENDED BY DEBRA ZIMMERMAN OF WOMEN MAKE MOVIES!
WATER CHILDREN
1:30 PM
In WATER CHILDREN, filmmaker Aliona van der Horst follows Dutch Japanese pianist and artist Tomoko Mukaiyama as she sets up a huge installation piece on womanhood and fertility in Japan. She creates a cathedral-like space out of twelve thousand white silk dresses in which visitors, as in a ritual, roamed around and fall silent. Within that environment people confessed intimate details about children who were or were not born, about sexuality and life-choices. It is a meditation on fecundity, motherhood, miscarriages and menopause. The film explores womanhood in a visual and poetic way
JUSTICE FOR SALE
9:15 PM
Also part of our Documentary Film Competition!
SCARLET ROAD
9:30 PM
This festival just gets more exciting by the day - and I promise, you ain't seen nothin' yet!
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