BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Atlanta Film Festival 2008//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080410T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080410T211100 SUMMARY:The Lena Baker Story DESCRIPTION:Shot in Colquitt\, Georgia at the Southwest Film Commission's Jokara-Micheaux Film\, Television\, and Music Production Studio\, THE L ENA BAKER STORY recounts the tragic true story of the first and only wom an sentenced to die in the electric chair in the state of Georgia. Again st her will\, African American housekeeper\, Lena Baker (Tichina Arnold\ , searing and vivid) engages in a complicated and controversial affair w ith Eliot Arthur (Peter Coyote)\, the father of her white employer (Chri s Burns). Warned to stay away from the abusive drunkard by both her moth er (Beverly Todd) and the town sheriff (Michael Rooker in a subtle\, and complex performance)\, Baker gives into Arthur's advances in a misguide d attempt to protect her family. When she finally has enough\, Lena atte mpts to break away. Arthur threatens her with a gun and a shocking confr ontation ensues leaving Baker facing a murder wrap in the Jim Crow era s outh\, at the mercy of a jury of twelve white men. \nIn 2005\, Baker wa s posthumously pardoned\, undoing sixty years later\, the damage done in a speedy six hour trial. Inspired by the 1998 Dr. Lena Bond Phillips' b ook credited with re-opening the case\, this film changes the names of a ll the major players\, with the exception of Lena Baker. \n\nThis debut feature film from writer\, director and producer Ralph Wilcox is a work of tremendous promise\, marking the arrival of another major force to t he growing roster of Georgia-based powerhouse producers.\nCast and crew will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A. \n\nAfter the post-scre ening join us for an Opening Night celebration at the Atlanta Contempora ry Art Center (Home of the Atlanta Film Festival Offices) \n\nQ&A with: \nRalph Wilcox\, Director \nTichina Arnold\, Actor \nBeverly Todd\, Act or \nMichael Rooker\, Actor \nChris Burns\, Actor CATEGORIES:Opening Night LOCATION:Regal Atlantic Station URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thelenabakerstory_atlanta2008 UID:68371865-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T203500 SUMMARY:The Cake Eaters DESCRIPTION:Easy Kimbrough is mourning his recently deceased wife while l iving with his youngest son\, Beagle\, in a small town. The shy Beagle\, who was left to serve as caregiver to his mother during her illness\, m eets and falls in love with Georgia\, who has a terminal nervous system disease and an overprotective mother. Life has settled into a seemingly comfortable routine until Beagle’s older brother\, Guy\, returns from Ne w York where he was chasing rockstar dreams. His return upsets the delic ate balance as Easy tries to hold onto a long-held secret and Georgia pu rsues Beagle against her mother’s wishes. The Cake Eaters is one of thos e quiet movies where much is said in the silences and provides an authen tic portrait of rural life without drifting into melodrama. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thecakeeaters_atlanta2008 UID:62060453-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T201800 SUMMARY:The Big Question DESCRIPTION:A troubled man bursts into your child's schoolhouse. Without warning\, he chases out all the boys and lines the girls up. Then he beg ins to shoot them one by one. For decades your people's backs have been broken by the oppressive yoke of Apartheid. Suddenly\, the tables are tu rned and you and your friends are in power. Your own mother is brutally raped and slain by a random burglar. What would you do? Could you forgiv e? Should you forgive? In this remarkable new film the filmmakers explor e “The Big Question” through astonishing acts of forgiveness\, courage a nd will. Featuring Desmond Tutu\, Deepak Chopra\, Sr. Helen Prejean\, Th ich Nhat Hanh\, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Hopi Elders.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thebigquestion_atlanta2008 UID:62051602-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T210500 SUMMARY:American Teen DESCRIPTION:American Teen intimately follows the lives of four teenagers in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. U sing cinema vérité footage\, interviews\, and animation\, it presents a candid portrait of being a teenager and all that goes with it. A modern day “Breakfast Club”\, we see the insecurities\, the cliques\, the jealo usies\, the first loves and heartbreaks\, and the struggle to make profo und decisions about the future. A hit at Sundance\, the film picked up the Documentary Directing Award there for Nanette Burstein\, the Oscar-n ominated director of On the Ropes. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/americanteen_atlanta2008 UID:62038579-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T224200 SUMMARY:Conflict and Resolution Shorts DESCRIPTION:DEVIL GOES DOWN\nDirector: John Petrini – USA - 6 minutes\nA young man shooting hoops gets offered an intriguing wager for a game of one-on-one against a mysterious stranger.\n\nMEXICAN IN THE CLOSET\nDire ctor: Charles Moore – USA - 25 minutes\nLloosely based on a true life cr ime\, a volatile Anglo wife brings Umberto\, an illegal immigrant\, into her home in hopes he will kill her cop husband. But days pass. The hus band lives. Umberto stalls. He's grown accustomed to the unlikely comfor t of living in Hannah's guest room closet.\n\nRACE\nDirector: Peter Coyo te – USA - 22 minutes\nKira\, an Asian-American woman\, and Luke\, an Af rican-American man\, work together like a machine as Vice Presidents of a Research Firm. When their Caucasian boss\, Jack\, announces to them t hat one of them will be promoted to become Senior Vice President based o n the presentation that needs to take place the next day\, they suddenly become at odds with each other.\n\nVEILS\nDirector: Dan Susman - United Kingdom - 13 minutes\nIn English\, Arabic\, and Hebrew with English sub titles\nA Jewish woman and a Palestinian man prepare on their wedding da y\, but not everyone iin their families is happy about the impending nup tials.\n \nWOMAN IN BURKA\nDirector: Jonathan Lisecki – USA - 21 minutes \nA darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post 9/11 culture.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/conflictandresolutionshorts_atlan ta2008 UID:62737373-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T230100 SUMMARY:XXY DESCRIPTION:Argentina’s official submission to the Academy Awards is a fi lm about Alex\, a 15-year-old teenager with a dark secret. Soon after he r birth\, her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to settle in an isola ted wooden house tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. Th en\, a couple of friends from Buenos Aires come for a visit with their 1 6-year-old son Álvaro. Álvaro´s father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between both teenagers forces them all to face their worst fe ars… Rumours are spreading around town. Alex gets stared at as if she we re a freak. People´s fascination with her can become dangerous.\n CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/xxy_atlanta2008 UID:62059755-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080411T233000 SUMMARY:Dance of the Dead DESCRIPTION:Prom night can be a time of great joy\, but also a time of gr eat anxiety what with making sure you have the right dress or tux and th e right date\, or if you have to worry about an oncoming zombie invasion . That’s the problem that faces the students in Dance of the Dead as the dead rise on prom night hungry for human flesh\, and only the losers wh o couldn’t get dates are left as the town’s only defense against the zom bie horde. Filmed in Rome\, Georgia with many local cast and crew the fi lm delivers on the zombie drama with a lot of humor\, a lot of style\, a nd\, yes\, a lot of blood. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/danceofthedead_atlanta2008 UID:61933549-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T130000 SUMMARY:Komaneko - The Curious Cat DESCRIPTION:Komachan is a kind-hearted kitten living with her grandfather in a house on top of a hill. She loves creating little adventures for h er favorite doll and\, with boundless imagination and talent\, sets out to make her very own animation film. In a series of five episodes\, Koma neko charts her successes and disappointments with tenderness\, humor an d hardly any dialogue except the occasional ‘meow’. An unbelievably cute film\, which has been a hit in Japan and will delight children and adul ts everywhere. It may have caught the attention of animation fans for it s beautiful (and playfully accurate) portrayal of a stop-motion animated character making a stop-motion animated film\, but Komaneko owes its su ccess first and foremost to its gorgeous charm.\n\n CATEGORIES:Animated Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/komanekothecuriouscat_atlanta2008 UID:61935747-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T130000 SUMMARY:Alternate Distribution World DESCRIPTION:With the advancement of technology at the speed of light\, co mes new opportunities to show independent work on multi-platform levels. Film festivals are even partnering with some of those outlets to help g ive independent films a life after the circuit. This panel will welcome representatives who are a part of some of these latest new outlets and w ill discuss these different opportunities of creative alternatives to wi de release distribution. \nModerated by Walker Anderson\, Marketing & Me dia-Comcast Atlanta\n \n$10 General Public/Free IMAGE Members\nIndividu al Tickets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wyndham Midtown Atlanta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/alternatedistributionworld_atlant a2008 UID:71695661-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T120500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T132800 SUMMARY:Farm Girl In New York DESCRIPTION:When Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town of 'Shick ville\,' for New York City\, they are surprised to see that hot girls li terally line up in the streets. So\, after months of failure they come u p with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet women. Hilarity ensues w hen dozens of hot\, talentless\, babes show up competing for a job that doesn't exist\, but when one of the actresses shows actual acting skill and wins Sam’s heart at the audition\, he is inspired to write a play. N ext thing you know Sam and Matt are rehearsing for a staged reading\, bu t unfortunately they have no idea what they're doing. Full of Broadway t heater jokes as well as broad humor – think Wedding Crashers meets Waiti ng for Guffman – Farm Girl in New York is a hilarious romp down the Grea t White Way.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/farmgirlinnewyork_atlanta2008 UID:61933846-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T134600 SUMMARY:Land Of Confusion DESCRIPTION:In March of 2004 a Pennsylvania filmmaker was activated with his National Guard unit and deployed to Iraq. During the next twelve mon ths he would document his unique experiences from training for desert de ployment in a broken down army camp in the cold winter to Iraq as he and his platoon were tasked with the politically charged mission of searchi ng for the infamous weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The search would take them from the heart of Baghdad to rural Iraqi farms. Land Of Confu sion offers a never-before seen account of working with the\, then secre tive\, Iraq Survey Group (ISG) as they travel throughout the country sea rching for evidence that Saddam had the WMDs. The soldiers speak frankly about everything from the media coverage and the politics of the war th at they are fighting because they are speaking to one of their own. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/landofconfusion_atlanta2008 UID:61935855-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T144500 SUMMARY:The State of Intellectual Property DESCRIPTION:Come hear the latest news and unprecedented cases regarding i ntellectual property issues that are also affecting film content. Whethe r your film is a narrative\, documentary\, animation\, webisode or gamin g content\, this panel will cover the latest laws surrounding how to han dle creating content and getting clearings for the ever-changing distrib ution platform options that are cropping up everyday. \nModerated by Mic hell Davis\, attorney\, RegisterLett\, LLC\n \n$10 General Public/Free IMAGE Members\nIndividual Tickets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wyndham Midtown Atlanta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thestateofintellectualproperty_at lanta2008 UID:71699960-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T142500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T161300 SUMMARY:Make-out with Violence DESCRIPTION:Make-out with Violence is a genre-bending tale of a boy tryin g to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. Set against the backdrop of a summer of cicadas and melty milkshakes\, it tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling\, newly gr aduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the disapp earance of their friend\, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysterio usly animated corpse\, the boys secretly transport Wendy to an empty hou se in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. Part zombie movie\, pa rt moody teen melodrama\, and full of style\, the Deagol Brothers have c reated a film that defies easy classification.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/makeoutwithviolence_atlanta2008 UID:61936773-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T162000 SUMMARY:Young @ Heart DESCRIPTION:Prepare to be entertained by the inspiring individuals of You ng @ Heart\, a New England senior citizens chorus that has delighted aud iences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash t o Coldplay. As Stephen Walker’s documentary begins\, the retirees\, led by their demanding musical director\, are rehearsing their new show\, s truggling with a discordant Sonic Youth number (as Juno would say\, “It’ s just noise”) and giving new meaning to James Brown’s “I Feel Good.” W hat ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving testament to f riendship\, creative inspiration\, and reaching beyond expectations. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/youngheart_atlanta2008 UID:62045676-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T164100 SUMMARY:The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) DESCRIPTION:Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festiv al\, the new film from Fatih Akin (Head-On) presents a complex interweav ing tale that crosses between Germany and Turkey. When widower\, Ali\, i nvites a prostitute\, Yeter\, to move in with him\, his son Nejat initia lly disapproves until he discovers that the money is going to pay for he r daughter\, Ayten’s university education in Turkey. Ayten\, meanwhile i s on the run from the Turkish police and has been taken in by the smitte n Lotte in Germany. With an interweaving story and fractured time struct ure\, Akin delivers on the promise he has shown to establish himself as one of the most important young international filmmakers working today. \n\n CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theedgeofheavenaufderanderenseite _atlanta2008 UID:62053820-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T161500 SUMMARY:A Conversation with Actor\, Michael Rooker DESCRIPTION:Local actor and writer\, Steve Coulter will host this one-on- one conversation with actor\, Michael Rooker\, from this year's opening film\, THE LENA BAKER STORY. In this intimate\, one hour interview\, Mic hael will share his experiences acting in large repertoire of films incl uding JUMPER\, SLITHER\, CLIFF HANGER\, DAYS OF THUNDER\, JFK and EIGHT MEN OUT\, to name only a handful. Steve will delve into his background\, future projects on the horizon\, and his personal experience acting in the THE LENA BAKER STORY Prepare to be both entertained and inspired! \n Moderated by Steve Coulter\, Actor and Writer\n \n$10 General Public/Fr ee IMAGE Members\nIndividual Tickets can be purchased the day of the pan el at the Wyndham Midtown Atlanta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/aconversationwithactormichaelrook er_atlanta2008 UID:71702129-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T182900 SUMMARY:My Effortless Brilliance DESCRIPTION:Successful\, self-involved novelist Eric Lambert Jones (Sean Nelson) has been unceremoniously dumped by his life long buddy Dylan (Ba sil Harris). In an attempt to piece together the fractured friendship\, Eric takes a side trip from his latest book tour to drop in on Dylan\, n ewly settled in the picturesque backwoods of Washington state. Eric and Dylan gingerly navigate their way through the wreckage of their relation ship but tension brims to the surface with the addition of Dylan’s new f riend\, Jim (Calvin Reeder). An awkward weekend ensues as the three men chop wood\, match wits and ultimately embark on a late-night\, booze-soa ked cougar hunt. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/myeffortlessbrilliance_atlanta200 8 UID:61937114-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T184900 SUMMARY:At the Death House Door DESCRIPTION:At the Death House Door follows the remarkable career journey of Carroll Pickett\, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville\, Texas. During that tim e he presided over 95 executions\, including the very first lethal injec tion done anywhere in the world. After each execution\, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of that fateful day. The film also tells the story of Carlos De Luna\, a convict whose execution affected Pickett more tha n any other. Pickett firmly believed the man was innocent and two Chicag o Tribune reporters turn up evidence that strongly suggests he was right . As in most of their work\, James and Gilbert tell an engrossing person al story that sheds light on larger social and political issues.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/atthedeathhouse_atlanta2008 UID:62046711-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T181500 SUMMARY:Out On Film: Distribution Issues in LGBT Film DESCRIPTION:Why is it sill so hard to sell LGBT content and get it out to a wider audience\, even after the huge success of BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN? We will open up a candid\, no holds barred discussion and delve into why these films are still so seldom distributed in a theatrical wide releas e market. We'll also compare and examine differences between LGBT film f estivals from other mainstream film festivals\, as well as other niche f estivals as far as distribution opportunities. \nModerated by Ryan Lee\, Senior Editor\, Southern Voice\n \n$10 General Public/Free IMAGE Membe rs\nIndividual Tickets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wynd ham Midtown Atlanta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/outonfilmdistributionissuesinlgbt film_atlanta2008 UID:71704313-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T185500 SUMMARY:JUMP! DESCRIPTION:JUMP! is a feature-length character-driven documentary about competitive jump rope that follows five teams of kids from Texas\, Ohio\ , Idaho\, and West Virginia who push physical and psychological limits i n pursuit of winning the World Championship. Part extreme sport\, part a rt form\, their moves are masterfully choreographed and bursting with rh ythm\, sweat and originality. These teens sacrifice everything to get wh ere they are and each has his or her own reason to be so driven. After a rduous drilling and mind-boggling performances\, rivalry and collaborati on have dramatic unexpected results. Through obsessive love of jumping a nd unparalleled sportsmanship\, these athletes invent a new sport and le arn powerful lessons sure to change their lives forever.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/jump_atlanta2008 UID:61937442-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T192000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T205100 SUMMARY:Let Them Chirp Awhile DESCRIPTION:Let Them Chirp Awhile follows Bobby\, a struggling screenwrit er taking care of a feisty Jack Russell puppy because of a deal he made with a girl he's hoping to sleep with. During a month of every day life in New York City\, Bobby grapples with his womanizer friend Scott and a foe Hart Carlton\, who steals Bobby's screenplay ideas and puts them in to a campy morality play about 9-11. All of this occurs while Bobby has several failed relationships of his own. What results is a social-sati re about moral-relativism\, self-reliance\, authorship and authenticity and an homage to Vittorio De Sica's 1952 Italian neo-realist gem 'Umbert o D.' Let Them Chirp Awhile is a stylized art-film comedy with the fear less spirit of 1970's Cinema. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/letthemchirpawhile_atlanta2008 UID:62041160-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T213000 SUMMARY:SEX: The Revolution DESCRIPTION:Two episodes (“Do Your Thing” and “Tainted Love”) of a multi- part documentary series on the sexual revolution and its enduring influe nce on American culture will be screened. It's a story of a time in our history that challenged centuries of traditional morality about sex: a time that eradicated people's fear\, loathing and ignorance about sex\, and in the end\, a time when laws were changed and rulings made to end c ensorship and legal retribution for people's private sexual behavior. I t was a time of incredible styles\, scenes\, visionaries\, movements\, f anatics\, charlatans\, and middle-class experimentation\, but also provo ked people of traditional values who felt threatened by it all\, who con demned it\, and launched a counter-revolution. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/sextherevolution_atlanta2008 UID:62043522-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T201000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T213700 SUMMARY:FIGHTFUCKPRAY DESCRIPTION:Fightfuckpray is the story of seven individuals whose lives i ntensely intersect at a party on New Year's Eve. Walker\, Cass\, and Et han are everything male. It's Walker's first day out jail\, and this ins eparable\, charged trio plans to celebrate in style – drinks\, drugs\, a nd animal intensity. Ben is a hermit\, but\, insists his cousin Ringo\, it's New Year's Eve\, and he'll have to come out of his shell. Meanwhil e there's Kate\, unhappily engaged\, and yet feeling her biological cloc k tick\, she's reaching a crisis in her life that maybe only someone lik e Ben would understand. Rebecca returns home to find her husband David dead. As the characters meet through tragedy\, comedy\, and violence\, bits and pieces of their personal drives and purposes are revealed. They come out the other end of the night self-aware\, bruised\, exhausted\, and ready to begin again. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/fightfuckpray_atlanta2008 UID:61934160-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T214000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T231200 SUMMARY:Bohica DESCRIPTION:Bohica takes place over 24 hours on a patch of desert in Amer ican-occupied Afghanistan\, where four US Army Reservists are stuck on a meaningless mission guarding a radio tower. Dying of boredom rather tha n enemy fire\, the monotony is broken when the US Air Force mistakenly a ir-drops a keg of beer and these Weekend Warriors embark upon an afterno on of booze\, banter\, and bonding. But as night falls\, the reality of war interrupts the drunken respite\, as an Afghani militia attacks their station. Bohica is at once a recognition of the absurdity and futility of war and an acknowledgement of the men and women who are compelled to fight it. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/bohica_atlanta2008 UID:61932974-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T221500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T234300 SUMMARY:Experimental Shorts DESCRIPTION:24 FRAMES PER DAY\nDirector: Sonali Gulati - USA - 7 minutes\ nConceived by combining 24 photographs taken each day over a period of 9 months combined with a conversation with a taxicab driver while returni ng from the airport \, the film raises important questions around immigr ation\, cultural stereotypes\, and the meaning of home from a transnatio nal perspective.\n\nA CONVOLUTION OF IMAGINED HISTORIES\nDirector: Micah Stansell - USA – 9 minutes\nThis film is comprised of four chapters\, t elling four separate stories that make up a meta-narrative. The works ar e the result of imagining the visual track to the story of someone else' s memories. They focus on the small\, mundanemoments that surround the d ramatic (or traumatic) moments.\n\nDEAR BILL GATES\nDirector: Sarah J. Christman - USA - 17 minutes\nA simple correspondence evolves into a poe tic visual essay exploring the ownership of our visual history and cultu re. Combining original and archival film\, video\, and images from the i nternet\, the film draws unexpected connections among mining\, memory an d Microsoft.\n\nDOXOLOGY\nDirector: Michael Langan - USA – 7 minutes\nAn experimental comedy about tennis\, dancing cars\, and God.\n\ndrop\nDir ector: Bryan Leister - USA – 4 minutes\nThe aesthetic journey of a drop of water - animation sound and image are combined to create a zen-like e xploration of fluidity and nature.\n\nOFFICE MOBIUS\nDirector: Seung Hyu ng Lee - USA - 6 minutes\nAn abstract story demonstrating the relationsh ips of people working in generic whose behavior is confined to an infini te reiteration in time in a circular and seamless mobius strip series of actions.\n\npassage\nDirector: Peter Byrne - USA – 7 minutes\nA reflect ion on the peripheral - An inquiry into memory\, landscape\, and departu re\, this work visually catches sight of experience\, as it moves past. In this work\, the artists create a layered encounter with streams of im agery and sound.\n\nrewind\nDirector: Atul Taishete - India – 9 minutes\ nThree thieves have managed to crack a safe full of diamonds worth milli ons\, but then greed takes over as they decide to play Russian roulette with the last one alive getting the diamonds. The film moves in reverse towards the beginning as the opening of the film evolves as the climax. \n\nSHAKE OFF\nDirector: Hans Beenhakker - Netherlands – 10 minutes\nA p erspiring boy dances magically across borders. True street scenes combin ed with animation and studio recordings flow smoothly into each other. His dance is a climax of fast and spectacular moves consisting of a mix of classical ballet technique with street dance.\n\nSUCH AS IT IS\nDirec tor: Walter Ungerer - USA - 12 minutes\nThe film is divided into four pa rts and four themes: the underground in the city\; above ground in the c ity\; a field in the country\; and fog and the ocean. Each theme has its separate identity\, yet they are not separate. Through manipulation and abstraction of imagery the four parts are joined\, as the land\, and th e air\, and the oceans are joined by the earth.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/experimentalshorts_atlanta2008 UID:62742199-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080412T235200 SUMMARY:Nerdcore Rising DESCRIPTION:Nerdcore is the term for a new wave of hip-hop in which nerdy white guys rap about topics such as Magic the Gathering card\, Chewbacc a\, math\, and other geek-culture staples. Like their hip-hop counterpar ts\, nerdcore artists are simply rapping about their life experiences an d what they know. The film follows the godfather of the genre\, MC Front alot\, on his first national tour. The tour is moved along by Front's in teraction with band mates and the critical supporting role played by his fans: a special breed of loyal and super smart dorks who can't get enou gh of the Front. Commentary from industry notables like Weird Al Yankovi c\, Prince Paul\, and Jello Biafra pepper the film to examine the legiti macy of nerdcore as a subgenre of hip hop\, the larger rise of nerd cult ure\, and the desperation of one MC who's trying to make it.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/nerdcorerising_atlanta2008 UID:61937594-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T135000 SUMMARY:The Stone Angel DESCRIPTION:Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Laurence\, The St one Angel is the story of feisty firecracker Hagar Shipley (Christine Ho rne\, Ellen Burstyn). Her passionate heart has always ruled her head and her choices have put her at odds with family and friends. With her life nearly behind her\, she sets out in search of a way to reconcile hersel f to her turbulent past. Through her reflections we come to know a passi onate and rebellious young bride\, her love for her two sons\, the freed oms she claimed\, and the joys she denied herself. In addition to the Os car-winning Burstyn\, the stellar cast features performances from Ellen Page\, Cole Hauser\, Dylan Baker\, and Kevin Zegers.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thestoneangel_atlanta2008 UID:62057392-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T130000 SUMMARY:Post-Traumatic Stress: Why Aren't Films Finishing in Georgia? DESCRIPTION:This question is asked frequently\, but what steps are being taken to tackle this problem? We're bringing together some of the most i nfluential local industry professionals who are in the best situation to address and enlighten us regarding this all-important issue to the live lihood of our local film industry. It is also an opportunity for an impr omptu brainstorming session with enlightening commentary from different areas of the post-production world. We welcome all those in the film ind ustry to come out and contribute to this very important topic. \nModerat ed by Joe Binford\, Jr. Director\, Screenwriter\, and Editor\, CEO of Ch icken Filters\, LLC\n \n$10 General Public/Free IMAGE Members\nIndividu al Tickets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wyndham Midtown Atlanta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/posttraumaticstresswhyarentfilmsf inishingingeorgia_atlanta2008 UID:71708296-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T134400 SUMMARY:First Person Documentary Shorts DESCRIPTION:99 TO 1: OVARIAN CANCER AND ME\nDirector: Phoebe Brown - USA - 20 minutes\nIn the summer of 2005 the doctors said they were 99% sure filmmaker Phoebe Brown did not have ovarian cancer. She turned out to be the 1%. This is her story.\n\nmy olympic summer\nDirector: Daniel Ro bin - USA - 13 minutes\nThe filmmaker chronicles the subterranean curren ts of the his parents' young marriage\, set againt he historical backdro p of the taking of hostages at the Munich Olympic games of 1972. Their s tory indirectly parallels and comments on the filmmaker's own recent fai led marriage in this exploration of how we perceive homemovies.\n\nREDEM PTION STONE-THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOM LEWIS\nDirector: Tom Dziedzic - US A - 30 minutes\nAn African-American journey through the eyes of Tom Lewi s\, a compelling storyteller of quiet power who brings an extraordinary spirit to his work with inner-city children at a place called The Fishin g School.\n\nRUN FOR LIFE\nDirector: Eric Grant - Switzerland - 26 minut es\n40 year-old Clara Klaar tells the story of her fight against leukemi a. A year of unspeakable pain illustrated by the images of the Marathon des Sables\, one of the most difficult foot races in the world.\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/firstpersondocumentaryshorts_atla nta2008 UID:62746138-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T142800 SUMMARY:The Flyboys DESCRIPTION:Jason and Kyle\, recent friends from different sides of the t racks\, become embroiled in the adventure of their lives when they disco ver a mysterious airplane at the local small-town airport. The boys sne ak aboard the plane for a look\, but are forced to hide in the luggage c ompartment when two strange men show up. Soon Jason and Kyle unexpected ly find themselves airborne over the open Arizona desert. Jesse James a nd Reiley McClendon star (along with Stephen Baldwin and Tom Sizemore) i n this high energy coming of age film about the importance of friendship \, loyalty\, and courage. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theflyboys_atlanta2008 UID:61934475-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T150000 SUMMARY:Producer Talk DESCRIPTION:Come hear inspiring stories by successful industry profession als who are practically in your own backyard. We have a variety of produ ction people who have had great success working on many great feature fi lms but have continued to reside in Georgia (or at least have made succe ssful careers at some point while living in Georgia) instead of relocati ng to Hollywood. this is a rare opportunity to meet and hear entertainin g stories from these seasoned veterans in our local community. \nModerat ed by Katie Troebs\, Independent Producer\, Production Manager for Film and Television\n \n$10 General Public/Free IMAGE Members\nIndividual Ti ckets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wyndham Midtown Atlan ta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/producertalk_atlanta2008 UID:71712932-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T154500 SUMMARY:Hidden in Plain Sight DESCRIPTION:Hidden in Plain Sight is inspired by the tradition of cinemat ic city symphonies and is made up of footage shot in four cities: Santia go de Chile\, Hanoi Vietnam\, Dakar Senegal and Marseille France. Vignet tes from each place are juxtaposed so that the viewer is pulled from pla ce to place\, picking up the pieces\, making connections only to have th em disappear just as quickly. Historical details (about Salvador Allende and Ho Chi Minh\, among others)\, quotes from writing (by Miriama Ba an d Charles Baudelaire and others)\, laconic captions\, scored music\, and expressionistic sound design offer contrasting contexts in which to vie w these images. Hidden in Plain Sight offers a dynamic way of viewing st reet life in these locales\, encouraging us to think about how we appreh end a place visually and conceptually. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/hiddeninplainsight_atlanta2008 UID:62054839-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T161800 SUMMARY:Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story DESCRIPTION:Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story chronicles the last g reat American showman\, filmmaker William Castle\, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience par ticipation gimmicks. In the 1950s and 60s\, Castle treated delighted mov iegoers to buzzing seats\, flying skeletons\, luminescent ghosts and lif e insurance policies. His is a rags to riches tale of a larger than life showman who climbed his way up the Hollywood ladder by reinventing hims elf as a modern P.T. Barnum\, all the while driven by a fear of failure and a longing to be respected among his peers.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/spinetinglerthewilliamcastlestory _atlanta2008 UID:62051224-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T170200 SUMMARY:Woodpecker DESCRIPTION:Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in th e Arkansas bayou\, searching for concrete proof of the recently-spotted Ivory Billed Woodpecker\, previously thought to be extinct. Rabid enviro nmentalists\, opportunistic small-town entrepreneurs\, skeptics and disg runtled loggers and hunters vie for prominence in the ensuing chaos. Ent er amateur birder and philosopher Johnny Neander\, who has convinced his taciturn sidekick that he will be the one to find it. Exploring the twi light of uncertainty between narrative and documentary styles\, all trut h becomes subjective in this existential comedy about a troubled man des perately searching for an elusive bird that may\, or may not\, be 'real' .\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/woodpecker_atlanta2008 UID:62061926-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T170000 SUMMARY:Anatomy of a Release: An Autopsy of Distribution and Marketing Mo del Scenarios DESCRIPTION:What is the definition of success in filmmaking? Is it money\ , awards\, etc? This panel will focus in detail on the success and learn ing experiences of a few specific but very different distribution and ma rketing model examples. Whether your goal is a wide release\, straight t o DVD\, or distribution through marketing on a grass roots level\, this panel will enlighten you on the successes and pitfalls of these various models. \nModerated by Felicia Feaster\, Film Critic\n \n$10 General Pu blic/Free IMAGE Members\nIndividual Tickets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wyndham Midtown Atlanta CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/anatomyofareleaseanautopsyofdistr ibutionandmarketingmodelscenarios_atlanta2008 UID:71682745-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T181500 SUMMARY:The AIDS Chronicles - Here to Represent DESCRIPTION:The AIDS Chronicles focuses on the social and cultural impact of HIV/AIDS on the African American community of Atlanta. These stori es\, produced from material gathered over the last four years\, give ins ight into the reasons why HIV/AIDS is still a major threat to the black population of urban centers nationwide and reveal how the thoughts and a ctions of African Americans of every walk of life\, every economic and e ducational level\, and every gender identification are affected. Throug h frank interviews with activists\, health educators\, and victims the v iewer sees the struggle of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS to br eak its death grip. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theaidschroniclesheretorepresent_ atlanta2008 UID:61932401-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T182700 SUMMARY:To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore DESCRIPTION:In 1947\, the Los Angeles Daily News described him as Boris K arloff\, Salvadore Dali\, and Nijinsky all in one. He was Brother Theodo re\, a former millionaire playboy who endured the sobering loss of his e ntire family\, his fortune\, and his own identity\, as a survivor of Dac hau concentration camp. Shipped to America destitute\, Theodore yearned to reclaim his high-status and wealth. As a displaced foreigner\, and co ntinually haunted by his decisive loss\, he eventually outwitted despair to re-invent himself as an acclaimed performer who unleashed his extrao rdinary brand of existential philosophy and dark humor. As a result\, Th eodore became one of America’s most respected humorists and monologists garnering the attention and admiration of Woody Allen\, Eric Bogosian\, Billy Crystal\, Harlan Ellison and others.\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/tomygreatchagrintheunbelievablest oryofbrothertheodore_atlanta2008 UID:62051990-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T193400 SUMMARY:Coyote DESCRIPTION:When two friends find out their Mexican pal has been deported \, they decide to smuggle him back across the border. Surprised at how e asy it was\, they see it as a business opportunity and open a “kinder\, gentler” human trafficking company. It’s fun and profitable for a while as they gain allies across the border and are able to beat the Minutemen at thier own game\, but when the real coyotes discover what they’re up to they don’t look kindly to being cut out of a piece of the action. The film is able to balance between a comic satire on the state of the immi gration debate and a classic thriller of bad guys versus good guys with tragic flaws.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/coyote_atlanta2008 UID:61933329-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T190000 SUMMARY:Writer Spotlight: 2007 Screenplay Competition Reading DESCRIPTION:Writer\, Steven Brooks\, will have his screenplay\, APPARITIO N\, spotlighted and brought to life with help from our local actors in t his one night event! The story involves a young artist\, who after movin g into an old Victorian apartment building\, starts to see frightening v isions of dead girls and suspects something powerful within herself may be attracting them. Apparition was picked for this reading from the 6 es teemed winners of our first annual Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Comp etition held in 2007. \n$10 General Public/Free IMAGE Members\nIndividua l Tickets can be purchased the day of the panel at the Wyndham Midtown A tlanta\n CATEGORIES:Panels LOCATION:Hotel Midtown URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/writerspotlight2007screenplaycomp etitionreading_atlanta2008 UID:71715107-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T205300 SUMMARY:Around the World Shorts DESCRIPTION:THE EXECUTION OF SOLOMON HARRIS\nDirectors: Wyatt Garfield\, Ed Yonaitis – USA - 9 minutes\nWhen the equipment breaks down in an elec tric chair execution\, delivering a non-lethal jolt of electricity that leaves the prisoner screaming in pain. Protocol and routine fail to pro vide a resolution\, and the warden has to cope with the human dilemma th at falls into his hands.\n\nLES VULNERABLES\nDirector: Bent-Jorgen Perlm utt - Congo\, USA - 14 minutes\nIn French and Swahili with English subti tles\nA coming-of-age story about a schoolboy who tries to prove his man hood to his once-famous\, now-handicapped father by helping him smuggle goods over the border between Congo and Rwanda. It follows the journey of Stewart\, a puny teenager who must push his father in a wheelchair th rough the streets of a vibrant Congolese town in order to reach the bord er.\n\nSOFT\nDirector: Simon Ellis - United Kingdom - 15 minutes\nA shor t film about fear\, as a father and his son are independently terrorised by the same gang of youths. In order to preserve his fragile sense of masculinity\, Dad is forced to deal with problems that he hasn't had to face since leaving school.\n\nX\nDirector: Josh Brolin - USA - 16 minute s\nAn inmate escapes prison to reunite with his daughter and searches fo r her murdered mother in order to ultimately exhume her body and give he r a proper burial.\n\nCHIEF\nDirector: Brett Wagner - USA - 21 minutes\n In English and Samoan with English subtitles\nSemu Fatutoa drives a taxi in Honolulu\, Hawaii. Once he was a village Chief in Samoa\, but traged y compelled him to cover his tattoos and flee his home. Now he drives in circles\, slowly forgetting his old life.\n\nCOSMOS\nDirector: Clayton Hable - USA - 23 minutes\nIn Russian with English subtitles\nDuring the fall of the USSR in 1991\, a lone Cosmonaut circles the earth in space S tation Mir. without communication and unaware of his country's collapse\ , some will call him the last Soviet Citizen.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/aroundtheworldshorts_atlanta2008 UID:62675127-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T204700 SUMMARY:When Clouds Clear (Después de la Neblina) DESCRIPTION:When Clouds Clear is a gripping story of human survival and s acrifice. Junín\, a remote Ecuadorian town of 270 people has managed to preserve their cloud forest and water sources against the intrusion of i nternational mining companies. The people fight radically to keep their community free of contamination and are often forced to take an extreme approach in their resistance. The economic pressures of foreign companie s have caused much confusion\, greed and division within families and be tween communities. Junín has banished those who support mining and unite d in the fight. Told through the eyes of a 14 year-old boy who has conti nued his education in order keep mining out\, his outlook is optimistic and he believes the fractured relationships between families will one da y be repaired.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/whencloudsclear_atlanta2008 UID:62058815-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T220000 SUMMARY:The Project DESCRIPTION:Three ambitious yet naive filmmakers Justin\, Dana and John m ove to Brooklyn intent on making a revealing documentary about clashing factions of inner-city life. Justin follows the day to day lives of two NYPD officers while Dana's portion focuses on Thomas\, a black youth poi sed to move up from the hardships of low-income living. As the filming p rogresses\, both the subjects of the documentary as well as the filmmake rs are confronted with challenges that cloud their objectives. Stories m erge\, relationships corrode and the filmmakers can not remain impartial observers\, but instead become active participants in the underground w orld they set out to observe. This Audience Award-winning film from Slam dance examines the sometimes problematic relationship between documentar y filmmakers and their subjects within the framework of a gritty urban t hriller. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theproject_atlanta2008 UID:62061421-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T231500 SUMMARY:Fugitive Pieces DESCRIPTION:Based on the beloved best-selling novel by award-winning writ er Anne Michaels\, Fugitive Pieces is a powerful\, poetic\, and emotiona lly-charged drama about love\, loss and redemption. The film tells the s tory of Jakob Beer\, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experi ences during WWII. As a child in Poland he is orphaned during wartime th en saved by a compassionate Greek archeologist. Over the course of his l ife\, he attempts to deal with the losses he has endured. Through his wr iting\, and then through the discovery of true love\, Jakob is ultimatel y freed from the legacy of his past.\n\n CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/fugitivepieces_atlanta2008 UID:62054413-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T214500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080413T231700 SUMMARY:Out on Film Shorts DESCRIPTION:COMING OUT~COMING IN: FAITH\, IDENTITY AND BELONGING\nDirecto r: Susan Campbell – USA – 30 minutes\nComing Out~Coming In gives voice t o gay and lesbian Christians who have struggled to reconcile faith and s exual orientation. Intimate and personal stories\, from dedicated Chris tians of all ages and various walks of life\, take viewers beyond the cu rrent debate in American churches to reveal the everyday efforts of fait hful people.\n\nDANDELION FALL\nDirector: Lauren Wolkstein – USA – 14 mi nutes\nIn New York City\, a naïve cowgirl from the West falls into an ob sessive\, destructive sexual relationship with a social Manhattanite.\n\ nA LESSON IN BIOLOGY.\nDirector: Keno Rider - USA - 20 minutes\nOn prom night\, 1968\, in the Deep South. Eighteen-year-old Tom confronts his me ntor and biology teacher\, Mr. Williams\, about dangerous secrets they h ave shared and about what the future may hold for both of them\n\nMOVE\n Directors: Jason Brown\, Richard LeMay - USA - 28 minutes\nIn 2006 photo grapher James Houston brought together over 50 dancers to photograph for a book called “Move\,” a dynamic photographic essay capturing the raw e nergy and emotion of movement. Focusing on the creative process and the various challenges posed to Houston throughout the shoot\, this documen tary gives an insight into the making of the book and the Move for AIDS benefit project.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/outonfilmshorts_atlanta2008 UID:68980073-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T140000 SUMMARY:Teen Screen: Born in the USA DESCRIPTION:Experience different stories from teens covering everyday com mon issues growing up in the United States. Historical documentaries\, s poken word on 9/11\, war and immigration are conveyed through insightful visuals as interpreted by today's generation of teens.\n \nAbraham’s B akery (9:42) Aaron Davidson\n \nMiami\, FL\n \nMexican Immigrants (3:00 ) Luis Rivera \n \nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, NM\n \nThe Causes of the Civil War (10:00) \nMorgan Szymanksi\n \nDruid Hills HS\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nNo More War (16:14) Yonatan Araya\n \nPeripheral Visions Commun ity Media\nAtlanta\, GA\n \nSpeaking Truth to Power (10:00)\nMelissa Me rgner\n \nMontgomery Blair HS\, Silver Spring\, MD\n \nThe Great Presid ential Decision (4:28) \nAdam Holder\n \nDuluth\, GA\n \nThe Iraq War\, Some Numbers (1:00) \nSaydy Quitana\n \nEpanola Valley\, HS\, Espanola\ , NM\n \nThe Countdown (6:00) Rene Dongo \n \nInstitute of Contemporary Art\nBoston\, MA\n \nOperation Iraqi Freedom? (3:00) \nDavid Salazar\n \nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, NM \n \nI Want to Be Somebody (3:48) \nKyanha Cruz\n \nReel Works\, Brooklyn\, NY\n \nIs Iraq Another Vietn am (4:00) \nSarah Romero\n \nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, NM\n \nDr . Phil or Dr. Do-Little (13:38) \nMobil Film School\n \n Free and Open to the Public CATEGORIES:Teen Screen LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/teenscreenbornintheusa_atlanta200 8 UID:68373898-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T134800 SUMMARY:The Big Question DESCRIPTION:A troubled man bursts into your child's schoolhouse. Without warning\, he chases out all the boys and lines the girls up. Then he beg ins to shoot them one by one. For decades your people's backs have been broken by the oppressive yoke of Apartheid. Suddenly\, the tables are tu rned and you and your friends are in power. Your own mother is brutally raped and slain by a random burglar. What would you do? Could you forgiv e? Should you forgive? In this remarkable new film the filmmakers explor e “The Big Question” through astonishing acts of forgiveness\, courage a nd will. Featuring Desmond Tutu\, Deepak Chopra\, Sr. Helen Prejean\, Th ich Nhat Hanh\, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Hopi Elders.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thebigquestion_atlanta2008 UID:62051654-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T143100 SUMMARY:Land Of Confusion DESCRIPTION:In March of 2004 a Pennsylvania filmmaker was activated with his National Guard unit and deployed to Iraq. During the next twelve mon ths he would document his unique experiences from training for desert de ployment in a broken down army camp in the cold winter to Iraq as he and his platoon were tasked with the politically charged mission of searchi ng for the infamous weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The search would take them from the heart of Baghdad to rural Iraqi farms. Land Of Confu sion offers a never-before seen account of working with the\, then secre tive\, Iraq Survey Group (ISG) as they travel throughout the country sea rching for evidence that Saddam had the WMDs. The soldiers speak frankly about everything from the media coverage and the politics of the war th at they are fighting because they are speaking to one of their own. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/landofconfusion_atlanta2008 UID:61935901-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T160500 SUMMARY:The Cake Eaters DESCRIPTION:Easy Kimbrough is mourning his recently deceased wife while l iving with his youngest son\, Beagle\, in a small town. The shy Beagle\, who was left to serve as caregiver to his mother during her illness\, m eets and falls in love with Georgia\, who has a terminal nervous system disease and an overprotective mother. Life has settled into a seemingly comfortable routine until Beagle’s older brother\, Guy\, returns from Ne w York where he was chasing rockstar dreams. His return upsets the delic ate balance as Easy tries to hold onto a long-held secret and Georgia pu rsues Beagle against her mother’s wishes. The Cake Eaters is one of thos e quiet movies where much is said in the silences and provides an authen tic portrait of rural life without drifting into melodrama. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thecakeeaters_atlanta2008 UID:62060531-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T161600 SUMMARY:Let Them Chirp Awhile DESCRIPTION:Let Them Chirp Awhile follows Bobby\, a struggling screenwrit er taking care of a feisty Jack Russell puppy because of a deal he made with a girl he's hoping to sleep with. During a month of every day life in New York City\, Bobby grapples with his womanizer friend Scott and a foe Hart Carlton\, who steals Bobby's screenplay ideas and puts them in to a campy morality play about 9-11. All of this occurs while Bobby has several failed relationships of his own. What results is a social-sati re about moral-relativism\, self-reliance\, authorship and authenticity and an homage to Vittorio De Sica's 1952 Italian neo-realist gem 'Umbert o D.' Let Them Chirp Awhile is a stylized art-film comedy with the fear less spirit of 1970's Cinema. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/letthemchirpawhile_atlanta2008 UID:62041132-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T174800 SUMMARY:Make-out with Violence DESCRIPTION:Make-out with Violence is a genre-bending tale of a boy tryin g to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. Set against the backdrop of a summer of cicadas and melty milkshakes\, it tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling\, newly gr aduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the disapp earance of their friend\, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysterio usly animated corpse\, the boys secretly transport Wendy to an empty hou se in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. Part zombie movie\, pa rt moody teen melodrama\, and full of style\, the Deagol Brothers have c reated a film that defies easy classification.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/makeoutwithviolence_atlanta2008 UID:61936802-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T181000 SUMMARY:JUMP! DESCRIPTION:JUMP! is a feature-length character-driven documentary about competitive jump rope that follows five teams of kids from Texas\, Ohio\ , Idaho\, and West Virginia who push physical and psychological limits i n pursuit of winning the World Championship. Part extreme sport\, part a rt form\, their moves are masterfully choreographed and bursting with rh ythm\, sweat and originality. These teens sacrifice everything to get wh ere they are and each has his or her own reason to be so driven. After a rduous drilling and mind-boggling performances\, rivalry and collaborati on have dramatic unexpected results. Through obsessive love of jumping a nd unparalleled sportsmanship\, these athletes invent a new sport and le arn powerful lessons sure to change their lives forever.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/jump_atlanta2008 UID:61937489-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T180000 SUMMARY:Hidden in Plain Sight DESCRIPTION:Hidden in Plain Sight is inspired by the tradition of cinemat ic city symphonies and is made up of footage shot in four cities: Santia go de Chile\, Hanoi Vietnam\, Dakar Senegal and Marseille France. Vignet tes from each place are juxtaposed so that the viewer is pulled from pla ce to place\, picking up the pieces\, making connections only to have th em disappear just as quickly. Historical details (about Salvador Allende and Ho Chi Minh\, among others)\, quotes from writing (by Miriama Ba an d Charles Baudelaire and others)\, laconic captions\, scored music\, and expressionistic sound design offer contrasting contexts in which to vie w these images. Hidden in Plain Sight offers a dynamic way of viewing st reet life in these locales\, encouraging us to think about how we appreh end a place visually and conceptually. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/hiddeninplainsight_atlanta2008 UID:62054901-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T205000 SUMMARY:The Axe in the Attic DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\, two filmmakers\, draw n together by outrage\, take a sixty-day road trip from New England to N ew Orleans. Along the way they meet evacuees and witness the loss\, dign ity\, perseverance\, and humor of people who have become exiles in their own country. The Axe in the Attic documents the natural and human lands cape of Katrina and how evacuees adjust to new environs – some achingly familiar and others wholly alien. Having lost everything\, they seek saf ety and comfort however they can. Amid the grieving and isolation\, fami ly\, church\, cell phones\, and consumer goods become life support. The breakdown of trust between a government and its citizens\, the influence of race\, class\, and gender – as well as the ethics of documentary fil mmaking itself – form the backdrop for this universal story of the searc h for home.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theaxeintheattic_atlanta2008 UID:62047246-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T190500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T204800 SUMMARY:Roman de Gare DESCRIPTION:In the still of the night\, three lives are about to cross... a woman abandoned\, a stranger awaiting his chance and\, a best-selling author who imagines the thriller of the year. Deceptively layered and in triguingly misleading\, this highly anticipated new film from Oscar-winn ing director Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman) stars Dominique Pinon an d Fanny Ardant as an unlikely pair caught up in a game with high stakes – and deadly consequences.\n\n CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/romandegare_atlanta2008 UID:62056547-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T191000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T204700 SUMMARY:Algeny: The Genetic Factor DESCRIPTION:Algeny is the modern-day tale of a young man whose dreams of starting and belonging to a family are shattered after discovering he’s a marked man by one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the count ry. Justin Thomas is a walking mystery. An orphan trying to make a lif e for himself in adulthood\, he yearns to create the family he never had \, but when he discovers the secrets of his past\, his hopes for the fut ure and his life are put in jeopardy. Justin finds out that his body is an experiment that could change the nature of the world for good or ill . Those who want him will stop at nothing. The chase begins. When it en ds\, Justin will either assist mankind or help along its ultimate destru ction. Either way\, his world will be forever changed in this all too p resent day thriller. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/algeny_atlanta2008 UID:61932626-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T202900 SUMMARY:Intimidad DESCRIPTION:Cecy and Camilo\, both 21 years-old\, recently migrated to Re ynosa\, Mexico from Santa Maria\, Puebla with a dream to buy land and bu ild a home. A year later they return to their rural hometown to reunite with their daughter. What seems like a satisfying reunion turns into a c onfusing dilemma that transforms the course of their marriage. The title is truly appropriate as we get an intimate look over four years of one family trying to live out the “Mexican Dream” of owning their own home. So often our view of Mexico is colored by the immigration debate that it is refreshing to see a straightforward look at the life of a family in our neighbor to the South.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/intimacy_atlanta2008 UID:62053212-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T224200 SUMMARY:The Skyjacker DESCRIPTION:In the Northwest of the 1970's\, a down and almost out loner comes up with an escape plan from his life — to hijack an airplane and d emand a ransom. Cigarettes and bourbon fuel his resolve to pull off the dangerous gambit\, which he undertakes with steely-eyed determination. I f he can resist the charms of the flight's lovely young stewardess\, he just might get away with it. The Skyjacker was inspired by the persona o f D.B. Cooper\, the perpetrator of the only unsolved domestic hijacking in the United States. While the plot may be standard thriller\, the fi lm eschews traditional narrative structure and technique\, using long si lences and a sometimes dissonant soundtrack. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theskyjacker_atlanta2008 UID:62044172-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T213500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T231800 SUMMARY:A Snow Mobile for George DESCRIPTION:A Snow Mobile for George motors across America in search of w hat drives environmental policy in the Bush White House. Fired up when his kid first asks him why the family's snowmobile belches out so much s moke\, filmmaker Todd Darling realizes that no one around knows why rule s to clean up this two-stroke engine have been scuttled by President Bus h. On his travels\, director Todd Darling visits Yurok Indians in North ern California\, Cowboys in Wyoming\, and Wall St. workers in New York C ity\, and along the way he smog-checks his snowmobile\, cruises the buff alo and geysers of Yellowstone\, and acquires ever-larger hood ornaments . Delivered with a dry sense of humor\, the filmmaker's journey discove rs the personal costs of de-regulation and\, thanks to his snowmobile\, uncovers a sophisticated political strategy. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/asnowmobileforgeorge_atlanta2008 UID:62044560-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T214000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T232100 SUMMARY:Off the Beaten Trail Shorts DESCRIPTION:ABOUT FILM FESTIVALS\nDirector: jim jacob - USA - 7 minutes\n This film is intended to offer useful advice on attending film festivals . It deals with issues such as: how do you learn about film festivals\, how do you decide what to see\, what are the protocols and rules of ett iquette at film festivals\, and what sort of unpredictable events are po ssible during the fest.\n\n* THE ADVENTURE\nDirector: Mike Brune - USA - 22 minutes\nA retired couple’s quiet picnic in the park is violated by a silent intruder whose story exposes the troubling mysteries of existen ce.\n\n* HEAVEN IS A COLOURFUL PLACE\nDirector: A. Jonathan Benny - Cana da - 8 minutes\nA mother\, a daughter and grandma's comforting voice. A brief look at trans-generational racism.\n\nMY NAME IS POCHSY: AN INDUS TRIAL FILM\nDirector: Karen Hines - Canada - 7 minutes\nPochsy works at Mercury Packers ... where she packs mercury. This is Pochsy's film: a m ercury-addled meditation on life\, death\, karmic reckoning and the futu re of the human soul.\n\nTHE OUTHOUSE\nDirector: Jack Truman - USA - 5 m inutes\nThe story of a 60-something woman and her backyard outhouse\n\nT HE PHONE BOOK\nDirector: Kurt Kuenne - USA - 23 minutes\nThe first ever film adaptation of perhaps the most widely owned book in creation\, the telephone directory. To preserve the artistic integrity of the source m aterial\, all dialogue has been reproduced exactly as it appears in the original work.\n\nPINK SHORTS\nDirector: Jeffrey Huston - USA - 9 minute s\nAfter a girl purchases a pair of pink shorts that God Himself instruc ted her to buy\, they become her most prized possession. She wears them always...until one day when God has a change of plans.\n\nTHE RAPTURE O F THE ATHLETE ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN\nDirector: Keith Bogart - USA - 6 minu tes\nA reporter interviews a tennis player who achieves his greatest thr ill as an athlete on the last day of his life.\n\nSLOW\nDirector: Kurt K uenne - USA - 9 minutes\nThe story of a traffic safety worker who is acc identally caught in the background of a published newspaper photo -- and his life is changed forever.\n\nSWEDISH BLUEBALLS\nDirector: Kent Osbor ne\, Joe Swanberg – USA – 5 minutes\nAn American finds out whether Swedi sh girls really will do anything.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/offthebeatentrailshorts_atlanta20 08 UID:62749671-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T214500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080414T232100 SUMMARY:The World Unseen DESCRIPTION:In 1950’s South Africa\, apartheid is just beginning. Free-sp irited Amina (Sheetal Sheth) has broken all the rules of her own convent ional Indian community\, and the new apartheid-led government\, by runni ng a café with Jacob her ‘coloured’ business partner. When she meets Mir iam (Lisa Ray)\, a young traditional wife and mother\, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her. When Amina helps Miriam’s sister-in-law to hide from the police\, a chain of event s is set in motion that changes both women. From overcoming oppression t o finding personal freedom\, from the hardships of a loveless marriage t o the hesitant joy of an unexpected love affair\, The World Unseen trans ports the viewer to a vibrant\, colorful world that is universal in its themes.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theworldunseen_atlanta2008 UID:62059239-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T134400 SUMMARY:Intimidad DESCRIPTION:Cecy and Camilo\, both 21 years-old\, recently migrated to Re ynosa\, Mexico from Santa Maria\, Puebla with a dream to buy land and bu ild a home. A year later they return to their rural hometown to reunite with their daughter. What seems like a satisfying reunion turns into a c onfusing dilemma that transforms the course of their marriage. The title is truly appropriate as we get an intimate look over four years of one family trying to live out the “Mexican Dream” of owning their own home. So often our view of Mexico is colored by the immigration debate that it is refreshing to see a straightforward look at the life of a family in our neighbor to the South.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/intimacy_atlanta2008 UID:62053272-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T140400 SUMMARY:My Effortless Brilliance DESCRIPTION:Successful\, self-involved novelist Eric Lambert Jones (Sean Nelson) has been unceremoniously dumped by his life long buddy Dylan (Ba sil Harris). In an attempt to piece together the fractured friendship\, Eric takes a side trip from his latest book tour to drop in on Dylan\, n ewly settled in the picturesque backwoods of Washington state. Eric and Dylan gingerly navigate their way through the wreckage of their relation ship but tension brims to the surface with the addition of Dylan’s new f riend\, Jim (Calvin Reeder). An awkward weekend ensues as the three men chop wood\, match wits and ultimately embark on a late-night\, booze-soa ked cougar hunt. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/myeffortlessbrilliance_atlanta200 8 UID:61937160-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T145700 SUMMARY:FIGHTFUCKPRAY DESCRIPTION:Fightfuckpray is the story of seven individuals whose lives i ntensely intersect at a party on New Year's Eve. Walker\, Cass\, and Et han are everything male. It's Walker's first day out jail\, and this ins eparable\, charged trio plans to celebrate in style – drinks\, drugs\, a nd animal intensity. Ben is a hermit\, but\, insists his cousin Ringo\, it's New Year's Eve\, and he'll have to come out of his shell. Meanwhil e there's Kate\, unhappily engaged\, and yet feeling her biological cloc k tick\, she's reaching a crisis in her life that maybe only someone lik e Ben would understand. Rebecca returns home to find her husband David dead. As the characters meet through tragedy\, comedy\, and violence\, bits and pieces of their personal drives and purposes are revealed. They come out the other end of the night self-aware\, bruised\, exhausted\, and ready to begin again. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/fightfuckpray_atlanta2008 UID:61934205-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T142000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T154300 SUMMARY:Farm Girl In New York DESCRIPTION:When Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town of 'Shick ville\,' for New York City\, they are surprised to see that hot girls li terally line up in the streets. So\, after months of failure they come u p with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet women. Hilarity ensues w hen dozens of hot\, talentless\, babes show up competing for a job that doesn't exist\, but when one of the actresses shows actual acting skill and wins Sam’s heart at the audition\, he is inspired to write a play. N ext thing you know Sam and Matt are rehearsing for a staged reading\, bu t unfortunately they have no idea what they're doing. Full of Broadway t heater jokes as well as broad humor – think Wedding Crashers meets Waiti ng for Guffman – Farm Girl in New York is a hilarious romp down the Grea t White Way.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/farmgirlinnewyork_atlanta2008 UID:61933952-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T144000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T160200 SUMMARY:Nerdcore Rising DESCRIPTION:Nerdcore is the term for a new wave of hip-hop in which nerdy white guys rap about topics such as Magic the Gathering card\, Chewbacc a\, math\, and other geek-culture staples. Like their hip-hop counterpar ts\, nerdcore artists are simply rapping about their life experiences an d what they know. The film follows the godfather of the genre\, MC Front alot\, on his first national tour. The tour is moved along by Front's in teraction with band mates and the critical supporting role played by his fans: a special breed of loyal and super smart dorks who can't get enou gh of the Front. Commentary from industry notables like Weird Al Yankovi c\, Prince Paul\, and Jello Biafra pepper the film to examine the legiti macy of nerdcore as a subgenre of hip hop\, the larger rise of nerd cult ure\, and the desperation of one MC who's trying to make it.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/nerdcorerising_atlanta2008 UID:61937661-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T180400 SUMMARY:At the Death House Door DESCRIPTION:At the Death House Door follows the remarkable career journey of Carroll Pickett\, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville\, Texas. During that tim e he presided over 95 executions\, including the very first lethal injec tion done anywhere in the world. After each execution\, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of that fateful day. The film also tells the story of Carlos De Luna\, a convict whose execution affected Pickett more tha n any other. Pickett firmly believed the man was innocent and two Chicag o Tribune reporters turn up evidence that strongly suggests he was right . As in most of their work\, James and Gilbert tell an engrossing person al story that sheds light on larger social and political issues.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/atthedeathhouse_atlanta2008 UID:62046758-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T180000 SUMMARY:Teen Screen: Teens Speak Up And Speak Out! DESCRIPTION:These teens have chosen to give back by speaking up on import ant issues that affect us all. Get a glimpse of the process by which tee ns develop their social conscience and find their voice in very diverse and unique ways through filmmaking\n \nIn a Place Like This (13:38)\n \ nMobile Film School\n \nBullying Hurts (:30) Brittany Rich\n \nBoca Rat on\, FL\n \nCorn in the USA (4:30) \n \nGlobal Action Project\, New Yor k\, NY\n \nFever (1:00) Allison Anderson \n \nPerpich Center for Arts E ducation\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nAbusive Relationships (1:10) Brian Jo nes and Adam Holder\n \nTri-Cities HS\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nSoPo Bikes: A Community Bike Shop (11:28) Yonatan Araya\n \nPeripheral Visions Communi ty Media\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nWashington (10:00) \n \nAyanna Clarke\, Peo ple TV/ Atlanta\, GA\n \nPSA Level 1 (:30)\n \nPeople TV/ Fuel Media\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nPSA Level 2 (:30)\n \nPeople TV/ Fuel Media\, Atlanta\ , GA\n \nPSA Level 3 (:30) People TV/ Fuel Media\n \nAtlanta\, GA\n \n Tossed Up (3:00) Safiyya Archuleta\n \nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, N M\n \nTwo Roads (2:30) James Holder\n \nTri-Cities HS\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nThe Path of a Plant (2:41) Sean Struble\n \nPerpich Center for Arts E ducation\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nSo it Goes (14:09) Max Blecker\n \nRe el Works / Brooklyn\, NY\n \nModeled Citizens (8:29) Vincent Turturice\ n \nReel Works / Brooklyn\, NY\n \nOut of the Picture (8:32) Dameon Mil ls\n \nReel Works / Brooklyn\, NY\n \nApplying for Change (9:30)\n \nCo mmunity TV Network\, Chicago\, IL\n \n Free and Open to the Public CATEGORIES:Teen Screen LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/teenscreenteensspeakupandspeakout _atlanta2008 UID:68374607-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T181700 SUMMARY:Bohica DESCRIPTION:Bohica takes place over 24 hours on a patch of desert in Amer ican-occupied Afghanistan\, where four US Army Reservists are stuck on a meaningless mission guarding a radio tower. Dying of boredom rather tha n enemy fire\, the monotony is broken when the US Air Force mistakenly a ir-drops a keg of beer and these Weekend Warriors embark upon an afterno on of booze\, banter\, and bonding. But as night falls\, the reality of war interrupts the drunken respite\, as an Afghani militia attacks their station. Bohica is at once a recognition of the absurdity and futility of war and an acknowledgement of the men and women who are compelled to fight it. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/bohica_atlanta2008 UID:61933092-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T203000 SUMMARY:Rapid i Movement DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/rapidimovement_atlanta2008 UID:65464455-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T190500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T202800 SUMMARY:For Our Sons DESCRIPTION:Tennis legend and activist Arthur Ashe sat down and wrote a l etter to his young daughter to be read and re-read for inspiration and c omforted as she got older and he wasn't around. The genesis of the docum entary For Our Sons is in that same vein. It is a cinematic broadcast o f life lessons and love for for the many fatherless black boys in the US who are in danger of becoming a statistic. The film tells the story of Black men from different walks of life\, men who have been through the fire of growing up Black and male in the oftentimes hostile environment of the inner city but through strength and perseverance built for themse lves their own versions of the American dream. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/foroursons_atlanta2008 UID:61934658-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T191000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T205000 SUMMARY:Iris Chang\, The Rape Of Nanking DESCRIPTION:In July 1937 the Japanese Imperial Army\, which already contr olled a large section of northeastern China\, launched an undeclared war against the Republic of China. Five months later its troops entered the capital city of Nanking and began raping and murdering its citizens in an orgy of violence that has few parallels in modern history. The Rape o f Nanking was front page news when it happened but it was soon forgotten in the west until 1994 when a young Chinese-American writer named Iris Chang saw photographs of the atrocities at a conference in California. C hang\, whose own grandparents had barely escaped the massacre\, decided it was her responsibility to rescue this event from oblivion.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/irischangtherapeofnanking_atlanta 2008 UID:61934899-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T202800 SUMMARY:Semper Fi\, One Marine's Journey DESCRIPTION:Jeff Key is a Marine. You can tell the instant you look at h im. Born in rural Alabama -- schooled in the Church Of Christ\, Jeff is a true believer in God and in Country. Jeff Key is also Gay. A spirit ual kid\, he struggled with the secret he carried in his heart until he moved to Hollywood where he found freedom and acceptance\, which gave hi m the courage to join the Marine Corps at age 34. After the terrible ev ents of 9/11\, he went to war for his country\, but once in Iraq his pat riot's heart was broken by what he saw. After returning back home\, Jef f used his war journals to create a one-man show with which he travels t he country -- a play that never flinches from what it meant to be Gay an d at war -- revealing the dignity and power of his experience. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/semperfionemarinesjourney_atlanta 2008 UID:62043093-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T212000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T231000 SUMMARY:Saturn in Opposition (Saturno Contro) DESCRIPTION:A group of friends have formed a surrogate family unit in pre sent day Rome. There is the married couple with children\, the gay coupl e and one of their exes\, the sarcastic mother hen and her husband\, the young attractive woman who may have a problem with drugs\, and the newc omer Paolo. They meet regularly for dinner parties and despite the fact that they appear mis-matched\, they have developed a strong bond of loya lty. When tragedy strikes and secrets become exposed the strength of the group is tested. The large ensemble cast is compelling and writer/direc tor Ozpetek (Steam: The Turkish Bath\, Facing Windows) maneuvers from ch aracter to character and story to story with a deft touch.\n\n CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/saturninoppositionsaturnocontro_a tlanta2008 UID:62056801-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T212500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T225200 SUMMARY:This Beautiful City DESCRIPTION:Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end. Chatter from a dinn er party in Harry and Carol’s nouveau riche condo drifts through an open balcony door\, as two freebase cokeheads\, Pretty and Johnny\, have a p arty on their own in the alley below. As the dinner guests leave\, the h ostess is nowhere to be found. Until\, a wet thud and a sharp scream ris e up to the balcony. Pretty stares in horror at Carol’s body\, splayed o n the alley floor\, as Harry screams for help from above. The sharp burs t of police sirens sends the cokeheads running as Peter\, a middle aged police officer\, sprints from his cruiser to check Carol’s vitals. Beaut iful things can happen when you hit rock bottom. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thisbeautifulcity_atlanta2008 UID:65111094-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T225800 SUMMARY:Renewal DESCRIPTION:Renewal examines the growing American religious-environmental movement in which people from many faiths have taken to their spiritual beliefs that they are to be stewards of the Earth and the environment. The film presents eight individual stories from around the nation of pe ople from different faith traditions who re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on and use this planet. From Evangelicals standin g up against the devastation of mountaintop removal in Appalachia to Mus lims in Chicago supporting the sustainable organic raising of chickens a nd meat to Buddhists in San Francisco working to persuade major magazine s to publish on recycled paper\, Renewal provides an inspiring account o f how religions today can bring people together through a common concern for the earth. Nature Meditations Photographed by Dan Kowalski CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/renewal_atlanta2008 UID:62041965-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T214000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080415T232800 SUMMARY:Comedy Shorts DESCRIPTION:AQUARIUM\nDirector: Rob Meyer - USA - 17 minutes\nAt fifteen\ , David and his two buddies are the youngest members of the Boston Aquar ium Society. The three make their way to a monthly meeting\, but David h arbors a secret he is reluctant to share.\n\nCLAIRE\nDirector: Liz Tucci llo - USA - 15 minutes\nA divorced couple visit the home of their recent ly deceased daughter\, Claire\, to look through the things that their so n-in-law has gathered for them. His sister is there to oversee things\, and an argument erupts.\n\nTHE DIAGNOSIS\nDirector: Coleman Hough - USA - 13 minutes\nFrom Coleman Hough\, screenwriter of Full Frontal and Bubb le\, comes a dark comedy about what we want to know from doctors and wha t they are willing to tell us.\n\nHIRSUTE\nDirector: A.J. Bond - Canada - 14 minutes\nKyle\, a young scientist\, is struggling to build a time m achine when he is confronted by an arrogant future version of himself. S hocked to discover that his future holds a preoccupation with body-hair removal and boiled eggs\, Kyle vows to change the course of his life.\n\ nMAKING THE MAN\nDirector: John Susman - USA - 12 minutes\nA crucial int erview hangs on the brink of disaster as one man stumbles through a mine field of questions with comic and potentially life-changing consequences .\n\nPRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY\nDirector: Bo Price - USA - 14 minutes\nA grou p of misfits believe the Modern World has made people lazy and boring. So they make inventions out of old crap they find to test their creativ ity. But when a new member joins the ranks\, his invention is so great it threatens to destroy the movement.\n\nSTRUCK\nDirector: Taron Lexton - USA - 7 minutes\nStruck by an arrow that won't come out\, Joel resolve s to live with his unusual affliction\, despite the torments from life.\ n\nVACUUM\nDirector: Trey Hock - USA - 9 minutes\nAfter the death of the planet below them\, two stranded astronauts must decide how to spend th eir final days.\n\nWHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMON\nDirector: Chuck Moore - US A - 7 minutes\nA deadpan\, post-modern screwball comedy. Larry Lemon is a simple man whose home and extensive lemon-related art collection are invaded by an emotionally unhinged FBI Agent.\n CATEGORIES:shorts LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/comedyshorts_atlanta2008 UID:62685319-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T140000 SUMMARY:Teen Screen: Identity Crisis DESCRIPTION:This collection of entertaining shorts showcases a variety of stories from serious teen issues to completely wacky\, humorous narrati ves! This program exemplifies teen angst and their struggle to define th emselves and each other.\n \nWho am I? (2:00) Ivy Romero\, Carol Martin ez\,\nNikkileigh Allison-Guierrez\n \nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, NM \n \nJerry (14:00) SpyHop Productions\n \nLake City\, UT\n \nDefinitio n of a Black Male (7:00) Graylin Taylor\n \nPeople TV/ Fuel Media\, Atla nta\, GA\n \nThe Duel Egos of Calvin Colbalt (2:41) William Ford- Conow ay\n \nCAPA HS for Creative and Performing Arts\, Philadelphia\, PA\n \ nTwins (3:00) David Salazar\n \nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, NM\n \n Why You Hatin’ on Me? (4:30) People TV/ Fuel Media\n \nAtlanta\, GA\n \ nBroken Hearted: Jasmin’s Version (6:00) Rasheena Nash\n \nVideo Visions Entertainment\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nThe Other Me (5:00) Kell High School\ n \nMarietta\, GA\n \nStreets of Atlanta (5:00) Kell High School\n \nM arietta\, GA\n \nThe Biggest Tease I know (4:24) Kyle Lacy\n \nDekalb Sc hool of the Arts\,A tlanta\, GA\n \nDisplace (4:00) Abraham Pineda- Fis cher\n \nPerpich Center for Arts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nGui dance (7:34) Oliver Anderson\n \nInstitute of Contemporary Art\, Boston\ , MA\n \nDifferent Branches\, Same Tree (7:05) Nadia Burgess\n \nReel W orks / Brooklyn\, NY\n \nComfort (5:35) Erica Lamy\n \nReel Works / Bro oklyn\, NY \n \nThe Chosen One (8:24) Corrine Phillips\n \nReel Works\, Brooklyn\, NY\n \n Free and Open to the Public CATEGORIES:Teen Screen LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/teenscreenidentitycrisis_atlanta2 008 UID:68375044-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T142200 SUMMARY:Algeny: The Genetic Factor DESCRIPTION:Algeny is the modern-day tale of a young man whose dreams of starting and belonging to a family are shattered after discovering he’s a marked man by one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the count ry. Justin Thomas is a walking mystery. An orphan trying to make a lif e for himself in adulthood\, he yearns to create the family he never had \, but when he discovers the secrets of his past\, his hopes for the fut ure and his life are put in jeopardy. Justin finds out that his body is an experiment that could change the nature of the world for good or ill . Those who want him will stop at nothing. The chase begins. When it en ds\, Justin will either assist mankind or help along its ultimate destru ction. Either way\, his world will be forever changed in this all too p resent day thriller. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/algeny_atlanta2008 UID:61932625-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T151300 SUMMARY:A Snow Mobile for George DESCRIPTION:A Snow Mobile for George motors across America in search of w hat drives environmental policy in the Bush White House. Fired up when his kid first asks him why the family's snowmobile belches out so much s moke\, filmmaker Todd Darling realizes that no one around knows why rule s to clean up this two-stroke engine have been scuttled by President Bus h. On his travels\, director Todd Darling visits Yurok Indians in North ern California\, Cowboys in Wyoming\, and Wall St. workers in New York C ity\, and along the way he smog-checks his snowmobile\, cruises the buff alo and geysers of Yellowstone\, and acquires ever-larger hood ornaments . Delivered with a dry sense of humor\, the filmmaker's journey discove rs the personal costs of de-regulation and\, thanks to his snowmobile\, uncovers a sophisticated political strategy. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/asnowmobileforgeorge_atlanta2008 UID:62044623-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T155700 SUMMARY:To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore DESCRIPTION:In 1947\, the Los Angeles Daily News described him as Boris K arloff\, Salvadore Dali\, and Nijinsky all in one. He was Brother Theodo re\, a former millionaire playboy who endured the sobering loss of his e ntire family\, his fortune\, and his own identity\, as a survivor of Dac hau concentration camp. Shipped to America destitute\, Theodore yearned to reclaim his high-status and wealth. As a displaced foreigner\, and co ntinually haunted by his decisive loss\, he eventually outwitted despair to re-invent himself as an acclaimed performer who unleashed his extrao rdinary brand of existential philosophy and dark humor. As a result\, Th eodore became one of America’s most respected humorists and monologists garnering the attention and admiration of Woody Allen\, Eric Bogosian\, Billy Crystal\, Harlan Ellison and others.\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/tomygreatchagrintheunbelievablest oryofbrothertheodore_atlanta2008 UID:62052081-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T161300 SUMMARY:Semper Fi\, One Marine's Journey DESCRIPTION:Jeff Key is a Marine. You can tell the instant you look at h im. Born in rural Alabama -- schooled in the Church Of Christ\, Jeff is a true believer in God and in Country. Jeff Key is also Gay. A spirit ual kid\, he struggled with the secret he carried in his heart until he moved to Hollywood where he found freedom and acceptance\, which gave hi m the courage to join the Marine Corps at age 34. After the terrible ev ents of 9/11\, he went to war for his country\, but once in Iraq his pat riot's heart was broken by what he saw. After returning back home\, Jef f used his war journals to create a one-man show with which he travels t he country -- a play that never flinches from what it meant to be Gay an d at war -- revealing the dignity and power of his experience. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Out on Film LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/semperfionemarinesjourney_atlanta 2008 UID:62042935-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T180000 SUMMARY:The Project DESCRIPTION:Three ambitious yet naive filmmakers Justin\, Dana and John m ove to Brooklyn intent on making a revealing documentary about clashing factions of inner-city life. Justin follows the day to day lives of two NYPD officers while Dana's portion focuses on Thomas\, a black youth poi sed to move up from the hardships of low-income living. As the filming p rogresses\, both the subjects of the documentary as well as the filmmake rs are confronted with challenges that cloud their objectives. Stories m erge\, relationships corrode and the filmmakers can not remain impartial observers\, but instead become active participants in the underground w orld they set out to observe. This Audience Award-winning film from Slam dance examines the sometimes problematic relationship between documentar y filmmakers and their subjects within the framework of a gritty urban t hriller. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theproject_atlanta2008 UID:62061472-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T175700 SUMMARY:The Skyjacker DESCRIPTION:In the Northwest of the 1970's\, a down and almost out loner comes up with an escape plan from his life — to hijack an airplane and d emand a ransom. Cigarettes and bourbon fuel his resolve to pull off the dangerous gambit\, which he undertakes with steely-eyed determination. I f he can resist the charms of the flight's lovely young stewardess\, he just might get away with it. The Skyjacker was inspired by the persona o f D.B. Cooper\, the perpetrator of the only unsolved domestic hijacking in the United States. While the plot may be standard thriller\, the fi lm eschews traditional narrative structure and technique\, using long si lences and a sometimes dissonant soundtrack. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theskyjacker_atlanta2008 UID:62044217-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T181700 SUMMARY:When Clouds Clear (Después de la Neblina) DESCRIPTION:When Clouds Clear is a gripping story of human survival and s acrifice. Junín\, a remote Ecuadorian town of 270 people has managed to preserve their cloud forest and water sources against the intrusion of i nternational mining companies. The people fight radically to keep their community free of contamination and are often forced to take an extreme approach in their resistance. The economic pressures of foreign companie s have caused much confusion\, greed and division within families and be tween communities. Junín has banished those who support mining and unite d in the fight. Told through the eyes of a 14 year-old boy who has conti nued his education in order keep mining out\, his outlook is optimistic and he believes the fractured relationships between families will one da y be repaired.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/whencloudsclear_atlanta2008 UID:62058833-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T203700 SUMMARY:Torn from the Flag DESCRIPTION:Torn from the Flag is a high-profile English-language feature documentary about the fall of communism and the significant global effe cts of the Hungarian Freedom Fight of 1956. This revolution was the firs t important indicator of and catalyst for the future downfall of communi sm and later political and economic rearrangement of the world\, and had important effects on the ending of the Cold War. Hungary's Freedom Figh t opened the world's eyes to the fact that human and civil rights were b eing horribly abused under communism\, and provided a precedent and exam ple for other nations' future similar endeavors. The uprising revealed t he profound hypocrisy of the 'People's State\,' and initiated a process that culminated three decades later in the demise of the Soviet Union.\n \n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/tornfromtheflag_atlanta2008 UID:62057858-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T190500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T203700 SUMMARY:Liberty Kid DESCRIPTION:There have been many films about the attacks of 9/11 and thei r aftermath\, but it is rare to find one as subtle\, yet affecting as Li berty Kid. Two friends\, Derrick and Tico\, were barely getting by to be gin with\, so when they lose their jobs at the Statue of Liberty after i t is closed because of the attacks\, they find that their options even m ore limited. Tico turns to low-grade street hustling and selling drugs w hile Derrick gets his GED and looks to college\, but he comes to realize that the only way he may be able to afford it is by joining the Army ju st months before the invasion of Iraq. Their volatile friendship is put to the test as they each follow their different paths. The film touches on issues like the Iraq War and immigration\, but never in a heavy-hande d way instead letting the natural powerful performances and poignant sto ry deliver message.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/libertykid_atlanta2008 UID:61936174-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T191000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T201200 SUMMARY:Team Picture DESCRIPTION:If you want to classify mumblecore as a genre\, Team Picture would seem to fit nicely alongside those films that have been grouped un der that term. It involves David\, a twenty-something protagonist who l ives with his best friend and has a contentious relationship with his am bitious artist girlfriend. While working at his stepfather’s sporting g oods store\, he dabblies with becoming a musician while resisting the pr essures for him to grow up and go to college. When he meets an attracti ve wanderer\, his life begins to take some direction even if that direct ion is simply following her.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/teampicture_atlanta2008 UID:62044829-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T202700 SUMMARY:'Bama Girl DESCRIPTION:Bama Girl follows a young black woman's quest to become the 2 005 \nHomecoming Queen at the University of Alabama\, running against n ot \nonly 15 other co-eds\, but a strictly segregated Greek system\, in ternal \nblack politics\, and\, most ominously\, a secret all-white ass ociation \ncalled 'The Machine' that has been controlling campus politi cs at the \nUniversity for most of the past century. This is a film ab out black \nand white\, about the Old South and the New South\, and abo ut an \nunexpected microcosm of electoral politics that mirrors much of what \nis happening across our country today. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/bamagirl_atlanta2008 UID:61787318-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T212500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T222100 SUMMARY:Where the Water Meets the Sky (formerly Voices of Samfya) DESCRIPTION:In a remote village in Northern Zambia\, twenty-three women l earn the art of filmmaking as a way to speak out about their lives and c hallenge the local traditions which have\, until now\, kept them silent. Many in the group are illiterate\, most of them are desperately poor\, few have been exposed to film or television\, but with the help of two t eachers\, and a charity funded project the group produces a film and pre sents it to thousands of people across their community. Their film recou nts the moving\, real-life experiences of Penelop\, an 18-year-old AIDS orphan. By sharing her story\, Penelop\, and her fellow filmmakers\, hel p lift the veil of silence around an issue which has touched the lives o f countless people in their community.\n\n Narrated by Morgan Freeman CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/voicesofsamfya_atlanta2008 UID:62058122-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T232000 SUMMARY:European Shorts DESCRIPTION:GAINING GROUND (LAND GEWINNEN)\nDirector: Marc Brummund - Ger many - 21 minutes\nIn German and Russian with English subtitles\nAndrej and his family have been living in Germany illegally for years. When his son reaches school age\, he can’t hide any longer as his son’s educatio n and future is at stake.\n\nLIGHTBORNE (ALUMBRAMIENTO)\nDirector: Eduar do Chapero-Jackson - Spain - 15 minutes\nIn Spanish with English subtitl es\nA family faces the last night of its eldest member\, showing their d ifferent ways of dealing with a life’s ending. In a surprising manner\, overcoming fear and taboo\, one of them will guide the passing.\n\nLULLA BY\nDirector: Kevin Markwick - United Kingdom - 15 minutes\nLullaby is t he story of a mothers love for an unborn child and how the time has come to leave the memories safely behind and move on.\n\nTHE SOUND OF PEOPLE \nDirector: Simon Fitzmaurice - Ireland - 8 minutes\nThe Sound of People is the story of a moment in the life of an eighteen boy\, standing on t he brink of his life and death.\n\nTANGHI ARGENTINI\nDirector: - Belgiu m - 14\, \nIn Dutch with English subtitles\nWhen an office worker tells a woman he met on the internet that he can dance the tango\, he needs to get a crash course from a reluctant co-worker.\n\nTONY ZEAR (TONY ZOREI L)\nDirector: Valentin Potier - France - 20 minutes\nIn French with Engl ish subtitles\nTony is a single 28-year-old who inherited from an remark able physical particularity. He has very big ears and suffers from an ex treme sensitivity to the slightest noise. Looking for love\, he collects failures with women who reject his difference. His life has thus become a true nightmare.\n\nWAVES (VALURI)\nDirector: Adrian Sitaru - Romania - 17 minutes\nIn French and Romanian with English subtitles\nAt the seas ide\, on the beach\, two people experience extreme situations. A beautif ul Western mother asks a gypsy boy to look after her 4 year old baby\; a husband and father fights ennui by flirting with the same beautiful for eigner while teaching her how to swim.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/europeanshorts_atlanta2008 UID:62738464-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T213500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T230700 SUMMARY:Woodpecker DESCRIPTION:Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in th e Arkansas bayou\, searching for concrete proof of the recently-spotted Ivory Billed Woodpecker\, previously thought to be extinct. Rabid enviro nmentalists\, opportunistic small-town entrepreneurs\, skeptics and disg runtled loggers and hunters vie for prominence in the ensuing chaos. Ent er amateur birder and philosopher Johnny Neander\, who has convinced his taciturn sidekick that he will be the one to find it. Exploring the twi light of uncertainty between narrative and documentary styles\, all trut h becomes subjective in this existential comedy about a troubled man des perately searching for an elusive bird that may\, or may not\, be 'real' .\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/woodpecker_atlanta2008 UID:62062046-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T214000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080416T225900 SUMMARY:Monster Camp DESCRIPTION:For 48 consecutive hours-- there are no breaks\, not even for sleep -- immerse yourself in a world completely unlike our own: a world built upon fantasy\, chivalry\, and imagination\; a place where you can be anything\, dress however\, have almost any power\, and live as a her o\, healer\, or villain. It’s a place that lets you transform yourself\, perhaps becoming the person you wish you really were. Monster Camp me ticulously examines the lives of die-hard gamers at NERO Seattle. The de voted group congregates at a secluded state park where they act out batt les complete with magic potions\, evil spells\, and legendary sword figh ts. By day\, these people are software engineers\, department store mana gers\, and high school students\, but for one weekend they seamlessly tr ansform into dwarves\, dragons\, and green lizard people. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/monstercamp_atlanta2008 UID:61936977-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T132600 SUMMARY:Where the Water Meets the Sky (formerly Voices of Samfya) DESCRIPTION:In a remote village in Northern Zambia\, twenty-three women l earn the art of filmmaking as a way to speak out about their lives and c hallenge the local traditions which have\, until now\, kept them silent. Many in the group are illiterate\, most of them are desperately poor\, few have been exposed to film or television\, but with the help of two t eachers\, and a charity funded project the group produces a film and pre sents it to thousands of people across their community. Their film recou nts the moving\, real-life experiences of Penelop\, an 18-year-old AIDS orphan. By sharing her story\, Penelop\, and her fellow filmmakers\, hel p lift the veil of silence around an issue which has touched the lives o f countless people in their community.\n\n Narrated by Morgan Freeman CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/voicesofsamfya_atlanta2008 UID:62058160-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T145000 SUMMARY:The Axe in the Attic DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\, two filmmakers\, draw n together by outrage\, take a sixty-day road trip from New England to N ew Orleans. Along the way they meet evacuees and witness the loss\, dign ity\, perseverance\, and humor of people who have become exiles in their own country. The Axe in the Attic documents the natural and human lands cape of Katrina and how evacuees adjust to new environs – some achingly familiar and others wholly alien. Having lost everything\, they seek saf ety and comfort however they can. Amid the grieving and isolation\, fami ly\, church\, cell phones\, and consumer goods become life support. The breakdown of trust between a government and its citizens\, the influence of race\, class\, and gender – as well as the ethics of documentary fil mmaking itself – form the backdrop for this universal story of the searc h for home.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/theaxeintheattic_atlanta2008 UID:62047399-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T150400 SUMMARY:Coyote DESCRIPTION:When two friends find out their Mexican pal has been deported \, they decide to smuggle him back across the border. Surprised at how e asy it was\, they see it as a business opportunity and open a “kinder\, gentler” human trafficking company. It’s fun and profitable for a while as they gain allies across the border and are able to beat the Minutemen at thier own game\, but when the real coyotes discover what they’re up to they don’t look kindly to being cut out of a piece of the action. The film is able to balance between a comic satire on the state of the immi gration debate and a classic thriller of bad guys versus good guys with tragic flaws.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/coyote_atlanta2008 UID:61933394-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T155800 SUMMARY:Renewal DESCRIPTION:Renewal examines the growing American religious-environmental movement in which people from many faiths have taken to their spiritual beliefs that they are to be stewards of the Earth and the environment. The film presents eight individual stories from around the nation of pe ople from different faith traditions who re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on and use this planet. From Evangelicals standin g up against the devastation of mountaintop removal in Appalachia to Mus lims in Chicago supporting the sustainable organic raising of chickens a nd meat to Buddhists in San Francisco working to persuade major magazine s to publish on recycled paper\, Renewal provides an inspiring account o f how religions today can bring people together through a common concern for the earth. Nature Meditations Photographed by Dan Kowalski CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/renewal_atlanta2008 UID:62042194-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T175000 SUMMARY:The Cake Eaters DESCRIPTION:Easy Kimbrough is mourning his recently deceased wife while l iving with his youngest son\, Beagle\, in a small town. The shy Beagle\, who was left to serve as caregiver to his mother during her illness\, m eets and falls in love with Georgia\, who has a terminal nervous system disease and an overprotective mother. Life has settled into a seemingly comfortable routine until Beagle’s older brother\, Guy\, returns from Ne w York where he was chasing rockstar dreams. His return upsets the delic ate balance as Easy tries to hold onto a long-held secret and Georgia pu rsues Beagle against her mother’s wishes. The Cake Eaters is one of thos e quiet movies where much is said in the silences and provides an authen tic portrait of rural life without drifting into melodrama. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thecakeeaters_atlanta2008 UID:140952562-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T180000 SUMMARY:Teen Screen: After School Special DESCRIPTION:From the sublime to the ridiculous\, we have it all in this a fternoon's lineup of shorts made for teens by teens. This collection of shorts runs the gamut from narratives\, animations\, public service anno uncements\, and so much more!\n \nDark (6:45) Morgan Szymanski\n \nDrui d Hills HS\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nPrey (7:40) Alex Bunda \n \nKennesaw\, GA \n \nThe Prologue (1:14) Erica Hungerford\n \nPerpich Center for Arts E ducation\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nWear Gloves (1:00) Alex Uhrich\n \nPe rpich Center for Arts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nFind My Way (3 :00) Derek Vigil\, Chris Shamy\nEspanola Valley HS\, Espanola\, NM\n \n The B-Day Breakfast (4:26) William Ford-Conoway\n \nCAPA HS Creative and Performing Arts\n \nDon’t Harass Geese (:43) Tyler Dubois\n \nPerpich Center for Arts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n In the Kitchen (2:32) Casey Ward\n \nAlpharetta\, GA\n \nThe Stalking Stalker (8:56) Casey W ard\n \nAlpharetta\, GA\n \nButt Riders (3:54) Casey Ward\n \nAlpharett a\, GA\n \nHandgun Handguns (3:03) Casey Ward\n \nAlpharetta\, GA\n \n When He Shows Up Again (3:11) Natasha Van Zandt\n \nPerpich Center for A rts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nYellow Cracks (4:02) Samantha Hi ller\n \nPerpich Center for Arts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nLon e Wolves (2:50) Martin Bergman\n \nClarkston HS Norh\, New City\, NY\n \nEmo Jeremy (10:56) Jeremy Trombetta\n \nThe Lovett School\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nWater Fountain (4:05) Steven Beverly\, Andrew Moore\n \nThe Love tt School\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nHow to Get a Girl to Like You (7:00) Steve n Beverly\, Andrew Moore\n \nThe Lovett School\, Atlanta\, GA\n \nThe I nventor (2:29) Steven Ojeda\n \nClarkston HS North\, New City\, NY\n \n Ping Pong (2:06) James Hodgens\n \nClarkston HS North\, New City\, NY\n \nFor Frances (5:23) Whitney Garner\n \nPerpich Center for Arts Educati on\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nIluminate (2:18) Allison Anderson\n \nPerpi ch Center for Arts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \nBelle (1:43) Maya Blevins\n \nPerpich Center for Arts Education\, Golden Valley\, MN\n \ n Free and Open to the Public CATEGORIES:Teen Screen LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/teenscreenafterschoolspecial_atla nta2008 UID:68375879-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T180800 SUMMARY:For Our Sons DESCRIPTION:Tennis legend and activist Arthur Ashe sat down and wrote a l etter to his young daughter to be read and re-read for inspiration and c omforted as she got older and he wasn't around. The genesis of the docum entary For Our Sons is in that same vein. It is a cinematic broadcast o f life lessons and love for for the many fatherless black boys in the US who are in danger of becoming a statistic. The film tells the story of Black men from different walks of life\, men who have been through the fire of growing up Black and male in the oftentimes hostile environment of the inner city but through strength and perseverance built for themse lves their own versions of the American dream. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/foroursons_atlanta2008 UID:61934738-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T210000 SUMMARY:Mongol DESCRIPTION:Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of th e Mountains) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in this stu nning historical epic. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written b y Bodrov and Arif Aliyev\, Mongol (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Lang uage Film) delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the rul er who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his per ilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny\, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror\, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype\, but as an inspiring\, fearless a nd visionary leader. Mongol shows us the making of an extraordinary man\ , and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relat ionship with his wife\, Borte\, his lifelong love and most trusted advis or.\n\n CATEGORIES:Featured, Foreign Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/mongol_atlanta2008 UID:62056013-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T190500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T203400 SUMMARY:Coming of Age Shorts DESCRIPTION:BLUE DRESS\nDirector: Katie Stern - USA - 20 minutes\nBlue Dr ess is the story of twelve-year-old Hadley\, who is devastated when her older brother goes away to camp\, leaving her to endure an endless summe r alone with her parents. But when the bookmobile rumbles into town one dusty morning\, Hadley discovers a new source of companionship and begi ns to crave independence.\n\nCHICKAMAUGA\nDirector: John Henry Summerour - USA - 15 minutes\nA teenager in rural Georgia rashly throws out his s ister‚Äôs kitten\, then experiences the spark of first love at a funeral . What these two events share in common is revealed in the deep of the woods as his experiences of love and death become forever tangled.\n\nSM ALL AVALANCHES\nDirector: Gillian Munro - USA - 16 minutes\nStill a chil d but longing to be an adult\, thirteen-year-old Nancy encounters her fi rst real threat as a female when an older man aggressively pursues her o n her way home.\n\nTHE STATE OF SUNSHINE\nDirector: Z. Eric Yang - USA - 23 minutes \nIn Chinese with English subtitles\nTwo young immigrant sib lings\, who engage in prostitution to work off the enormous debt they ow e their smugglers\, are torn by a glimpse of hope that suddenly enters t heir lives.\n\nTHE TRUTH ABOUT FACES\nDirector: Lindsey Shockley - USA - 15 minutes\nOverprotective super-mom Patricia Whitfield appears to be k eeping it all together despite the fact that the center of her universe\ , her only daughter Jules\, is moving away to Africa. But beneath her u pbeat exterior lurks a painful secret.\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/comingofageshorts_atlanta2008 UID:62730855-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T191000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T205100 SUMMARY:Kings of the Evening DESCRIPTION:Homer Hobbs (Tyson Beckford)\, home after two years in jail\, returns to a town caught in the depths of the Great Depression where he is thrown together with four strangers\, each struggling to survive: Be nny\, the street hustler eager to begin life anew in the sunshine of Flo rida\; Clarence\, a nobody who aches to be somebody\; Gracie\, the despa iring owner of a boarding house\; Lucy\, whose past has caught up with h er. Life is grim\, but on Sunday nights\, the men of the neighborhood pi ece together the finest attire their meager lives can muster to compete in an underground contest like no other. The nominal award is the five-d ollar prize\, but the real prize is the chance to feel like a king\, jus t for an evening.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/kingsoftheevening_atlanta2008 UID:61935110-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T201300 SUMMARY:On A Wing And A Prayer DESCRIPTION:On A Wing And A Prayer leads viewers into the world of Monem Salam and his family as Monem attempts to fulfill his lifelong goal of g etting his private pilot’s license. The film tells an emotionally uplift ing\, inspiring story of vital importance for our contemporary world abo ut the fears\, hopes\, and aspirations of a man and his family attemptin g to live out dreams that for most Americans would seem simple\, but for Muslims are increasingly challenging. 9/11 so greatly changed the perce ptions of Muslims\, however\, that Monem was initially advised by friend s and family\, in particular his wife\, not too attempt his pilot’s lice nse for fear of government investigation\, or worse\, placement on the n ebulous “No Fly List.”\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/onawingandaprayer_atlanta2008 UID:62050792-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T212500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T225200 SUMMARY:Skills Like This DESCRIPTION:The day before his 25th birthday\, Max Solomon faces the awfu l truth that he will never be a writer. In a desperate attempt to find his next artistic endeavor\, he turns to crime and pulls off a great fea t. His newfound talent ignites a passion within him and sends his two b est friends on their own journeys. It may not be the time to fall in lo ve\, but when Max meets Lucy\, it's decision time. Over the course of t hree days\, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one o f them realizes that larceny might be his best skill. Winner of the Aud ience Award at SXSW\, this inventive comedy is a fast and furious ride a bout the lengths to which the disaffected will go to achieve their dream s.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #7 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/skillslikethis_atlanta2008 UID:62043731-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T213500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T230300 SUMMARY:Chance Encounters Shorts DESCRIPTION:THE ELEVATOR - MORNING DEPARTURE – SIMON - LA TANGENTE CATEGORIES:shorts LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/chanceencountersshorts_atlanta200 8 UID:62683715-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T214000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T230000 SUMMARY:What Are We Doing Here? DESCRIPTION:Filmmakers Brandon\, Nicholas\, Daniel and Tim Klein (3 broth ers and a cousin) travel overland from Cairo-to-Cape Town\, across 12 co untries\, transporting viewers to aid projects on the ground as they exp lore some of the most important (and most misunderstood) issues in the w orld\; issues of poverty that effects hundreds of millions of people acr oss Africa. The filmmakers hear firsthand how foreign aid inadvertently prolonged the genocide in Rwanda and how food aid may actually increase famine and hunger. The filmmakers look at the root causes of famine as t hey follow a Kenyan TV\, CNN award winning journalist as she covers the 'annual' famine in Kenya. This film challenges the world's understanding of Africa\, and poverty\, asking the question: why is this incredible c ontinent still impoverished after billions of dollars in foreign assista nce?\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/whatarewedoinghere_atlanta2008 UID:86399577-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T214500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T230300 SUMMARY:Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story DESCRIPTION:Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story chronicles the last g reat American showman\, filmmaker William Castle\, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience par ticipation gimmicks. In the 1950s and 60s\, Castle treated delighted mov iegoers to buzzing seats\, flying skeletons\, luminescent ghosts and lif e insurance policies. His is a rags to riches tale of a larger than life showman who climbed his way up the Hollywood ladder by reinventing hims elf as a modern P.T. Barnum\, all the while driven by a fear of failure and a longing to be respected among his peers.\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/spinetinglerthewilliamcastlestory _atlanta2008 UID:62051256-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T140000 SUMMARY:Teen Screen: Road to Rome DESCRIPTION:Come for a special matinée screening of the documentary featu re\, ROAD TO ROME\, created by some of our own local Georgia teens. Shot both in Rome and in Atlanta\, this documentary covers Grady High School seniors' study abroad trip to Italy where their goal was to study and c onnect with Italian students\, and together\, create an artistic mural d epicting their experience. The screening will open with the documentary short\, ONE LIGHT\, also made by a local Georgia teen.\n \nONE LIGHT (2 0:00) Angad Singh\n \nRoswell\, GA\n \nROAD TO ROME (47:00) Various Dir ectors\n \nGrady High School\, Atlanta\, GA\n \n Free and Open to the P ublic CATEGORIES:Teen Screen LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/teenscreenroadtorome_atlanta2008 UID:68376607-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T150200 SUMMARY:Liberty Kid DESCRIPTION:There have been many films about the attacks of 9/11 and thei r aftermath\, but it is rare to find one as subtle\, yet affecting as Li berty Kid. Two friends\, Derrick and Tico\, were barely getting by to be gin with\, so when they lose their jobs at the Statue of Liberty after i t is closed because of the attacks\, they find that their options even m ore limited. Tico turns to low-grade street hustling and selling drugs w hile Derrick gets his GED and looks to college\, but he comes to realize that the only way he may be able to afford it is by joining the Army ju st months before the invasion of Iraq. Their volatile friendship is put to the test as they each follow their different paths. The film touches on issues like the Iraq War and immigration\, but never in a heavy-hande d way instead letting the natural powerful performances and poignant sto ry deliver message.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/libertykid_atlanta2008 UID:61936212-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T161200 SUMMARY:Skills Like This DESCRIPTION:The day before his 25th birthday\, Max Solomon faces the awfu l truth that he will never be a writer. In a desperate attempt to find his next artistic endeavor\, he turns to crime and pulls off a great fea t. His newfound talent ignites a passion within him and sends his two b est friends on their own journeys. It may not be the time to fall in lo ve\, but when Max meets Lucy\, it's decision time. Over the course of t hree days\, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one o f them realizes that larceny might be his best skill. Winner of the Aud ience Award at SXSW\, this inventive comedy is a fast and furious ride a bout the lengths to which the disaffected will go to achieve their dream s.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/skillslikethis_atlanta2008 UID:62043865-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T174100 SUMMARY:Kings of the Evening DESCRIPTION:Homer Hobbs (Tyson Beckford)\, home after two years in jail\, returns to a town caught in the depths of the Great Depression where he is thrown together with four strangers\, each struggling to survive: Be nny\, the street hustler eager to begin life anew in the sunshine of Flo rida\; Clarence\, a nobody who aches to be somebody\; Gracie\, the despa iring owner of a boarding house\; Lucy\, whose past has caught up with h er. Life is grim\, but on Sunday nights\, the men of the neighborhood pi ece together the finest attire their meager lives can muster to compete in an underground contest like no other. The nominal award is the five-d ollar prize\, but the real prize is the chance to feel like a king\, jus t for an evening.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/kingsoftheevening_atlanta2008 UID:61935169-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T181200 SUMMARY:'Bama Girl DESCRIPTION:Bama Girl follows a young black woman's quest to become the 2 005 \nHomecoming Queen at the University of Alabama\, running against n ot \nonly 15 other co-eds\, but a strictly segregated Greek system\, in ternal \nblack politics\, and\, most ominously\, a secret all-white ass ociation \ncalled 'The Machine' that has been controlling campus politi cs at the \nUniversity for most of the past century. This is a film ab out black \nand white\, about the Old South and the New South\, and abo ut an \nunexpected microcosm of electoral politics that mirrors much of what \nis happening across our country today. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #3 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/bamagirl_atlanta2008 UID:140952808-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T203600 SUMMARY:Son of Rambow DESCRIPTION:A runaway audience smash at the Sundance Film Festival\, Son of Rambow is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendsh ip\, family\, film heroes and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. It all begins in 1980s Britain\, when young Will Prou dfoot\, raised in isolation among The Brethren\, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden\, encounters somethin g beyond his wildest fantasies: a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood. Hi s virgin viewing of the iconic thriller blows his mind – and rapidly exp anding imagination – wide open. Now\, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully\, Lee Carter\, to make their own a ction epic\, devising wildly creative\, on-the-fly stunts\, not to menti on equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment an d non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren.\n\n CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/sonoframbow_atlanta2008 UID:62057160-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T203500 SUMMARY:What Are We Doing Here? DESCRIPTION:Filmmakers Brandon\, Nicholas\, Daniel and Tim Klein (3 broth ers and a cousin) travel overland from Cairo-to-Cape Town\, across 12 co untries\, transporting viewers to aid projects on the ground as they exp lore some of the most important (and most misunderstood) issues in the w orld\; issues of poverty that effects hundreds of millions of people acr oss Africa. The filmmakers hear firsthand how foreign aid inadvertently prolonged the genocide in Rwanda and how food aid may actually increase famine and hunger. The filmmakers look at the root causes of famine as t hey follow a Kenyan TV\, CNN award winning journalist as she covers the 'annual' famine in Kenya. This film challenges the world's understanding of Africa\, and poverty\, asking the question: why is this incredible c ontinent still impoverished after billions of dollars in foreign assista nce?\n\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/whatarewedoinghere_atlanta2008 UID:68806128-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T230500 SUMMARY:True Love DESCRIPTION:Max moves into town and promptly finds a job as a real estate agent. Helen\, the owner of the agency\, and her husband Jim have been trying to get pregnant and the seven failed IVF procedures are putting a strain on their marriage. In this anxious environment Jim spots the b eautiful and young Monica\, who has just been blindsided by a divorce re quest from her newlywed husband\, jogging near his home. Meanwhile Max meets Betty\, an artist\, and it’s immediately apparent that these two a re meant to be together. From this vantage point we witness the emotion al ebb and flow that romantic relationships bring to bear\, as these cha racters struggle with issues of honesty\, trust\, communication and pers everance.\n\n CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/truelove_atlanta2008 UID:62045251-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T213500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T231100 SUMMARY:Animation Extravaganza DESCRIPTION:THE ADVENTURES OF BAXTER & MCGUIRE\nDirector: Mike Blum - Rom ania\, USA - 3 minutes\nThis animated buddy-comedy chronicles the advent ures of Baxter and McGuire\, the closest of pals who never leave each ot her's side. They also just happen to be testicles.\n\nBAD HABIT\, LITTLE RABBIT\nDirector: Christian Effenberger - Germany - 8 minutes\nA little rabbit with a special fondness for carrot tips finds the biggest carrot in the world\, but that huge thing sticks rock-solid in the ground. Hi s energetic attempts to get closer to his lunch cause some seeerious con sequences.\n\nBOTTLED\nDirector: Jian Lee - USA - 4 minutes\nAn animated woman who lives in a bottle in the studio of her artist creator\, who n otices that she is lonely and bored. So the artist creates a male compa nion\, but will they get along?\n\nBUNNYHEADS\nDirector: Jim Blashfield - USA – 5 minutes\nWith characters based upon and inspired by work of sc ulptor Christine Bourdette\, this mysterious stop-motion animated film t akes viewers on a visit to a hive of strange archetypal beings who inhab it a netherworld reminiscent of both Fritz Lang's Metropolis and some my sterious place under someone's basement stairs.\n\nBUT SOME ARE BRAVE\nD irector: Grace Channer - Canada - 6 minutes\nA five-minute oil painted a nimated film infused with evocative vocals and a lyrical soundscape. A p oetic chronicle\, it weaves the cultural and political histories of comm unities under attack into a visually spectacular testament to the power of struggle and resistance.\n\nTHE CHESTNUT TREE\nDirector: Hyun-min Lee - USA - 4 minutes\nA mother and daughter create memories under the Ches tnut Tree.\n\nDEADLY DESIRE\nDirector: Darius Hill - USA - 2 minutes\nBl inded by love\, a small turtle has become deeply infatuated with one of his natural predators\, a hawk.\n\nFETCH\nDirector: Dana Dorian - United Kingdom - 2 minutes\nColin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a g ame of fetch\, but Cumberland has other ideas. What happens when mans b est friend refuses to co-operate?\n\nFINAL JOURNEY\nDirector: Lars Zimme rmann - Germany - 12 minutes\nJake Waylon dreams of leaving his meager l ife behind and dreams of taking an expensive trip to a south sea planet. When the company he works for holds a competition with that very trip a s a prize\, Jake immediately sees his chance to finally achieve his pers onal aim.\n\nHITLER'S BRAIN\nDirector: Count Lear Bunda - USA - 12 minut es\nAfter spending his life online some dude wakes up hungover to find h imself as the mouse cursor on the desktop. A Survivalist Guy helps show him the ropes and more importantly: how to survive. Together and in sear ch for pizza they buy pots\, fight internet vikings\, ride marta\, and a rgue until they encounter Hitler's Brain.\n\nKIDTASTROPHE\nDirector: - USA - 1 minute\nKid-tastrophe: Seated next to you is an overwhelmed pare nt with a crying baby. Seated directly behind you is a child intent on kicking the back of your seat for the duration of the flight\, while the ir parent is oblivious.\n\nLAV DANCE\nDirector: - USA - 1 minute\nThe L av Dance: the awkward sidestep involving the person rushing to leave the lav and the individuals lined up in front of it. Eye contact must neve r happen between participants in the Lav Dance\n\nTHE MADNESS OF BEING\n Director: Hal Miles - USA - 8 minutes\nOur character\, who is confined i n an extremely small and isolated room for all of eternity\, confronts i t’s madness of being by painfully witnessing a series of agonizing situa tions about itself. Or does it?\n\nMOVIEKISS: THE LITE BRITE VIDEO\nDire ctor: Gina Niespodziani - USA - 5 minutes\n'Moviekiss' transforms more t han 2\,400 photographs of art created on a Lite Brite '80s illuminatory toy into the psychedelic subject of a stop-motion music video.\n\nTHE PL USH LIFE\nDirector: Timothy Heath - USA - 4 minutes\nTwo buddies overcom e an unfortunate incident on their daily commute.\n\nRUNNING SEASONS\nDi rector: Y. Grace Park - USA - 6 minutes\nA black and white tale about a boy's life that is symbolized by the inside of a train. As the boy moves from one car to the other\, he grows older and the world inside the tra in becomes colder.\n\nSNAPSHOTS\nDirector: James Mullins - USA - 6 minut es\nAverage Joe alien takes a trip to an asteroid field. While enjoying the scenery of one of the larger asteroids\, he mistakenly picks a flowe r that is much more than a common flower.\n\nWHEN I GROW UP\nDirector: M ichelle Meeker - USA - 7 minutes\nA group of 7 to 10-year-olds talk abou t what they want to be when they grow up interspersed with elders’ stori es about what they dreamt of being when they were younger and where life took them. CATEGORIES:Animated Shorts LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/animationextravaganza_atlanta2008 UID:62624148-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T134400 SUMMARY:Priceless (Hors de prix) DESCRIPTION:Jean (Gad Elmaleh)\, a shy young bartender\, is mistaken for a millionaire by a beautiful seductress named Irene (Audrey Tautou). Whe n Irene discovers his true identity\, she abandons him\, only to find th at a love-struck Jean has no intention of letting her get away. Jean’s c omical attempts to gain her affections gradually evolve into setting him self up as a gigolo at a luxury hotel\, until Irene finally starts to wa rm to her persistent\, persuasive suitor. Against the wildly atmospheric backdrop of the south of France\, Pierre Salvadori (Apres Vous) directs this sexy and thoroughly charming romantic comedy\, which is a fresh re -imagining of the cinema classic\, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. CATEGORIES:Foreign Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/pricelesshorsdeprix_atlanta2008 UID:62056263-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T134300 SUMMARY:Kids In Docs DESCRIPTION:AN EQUAL SHARE (À PART ÉGALE)\nDirector: Melissa Vincelli - C anada - 19 minutes\nIn French with English subtitles\nIn St-Marcel-de-Ri chelieu (Quebec\, Canada)\, only 32 children are studying at the element ary school\, which is divided in 2 classes with 3 different teaching lev els in each one. What could be the consequences of this situation whose main goal is to prevent this shool from closing down? Is every child rec eiving an equal share of education?\n\nkids + money\nDirector: Lauren Gr eenfield - USA - 32 minutes\nTeens discuss money: getting it\, spending it and learning to live without it.\n\nZEBRA KIDS\nDirector: Gabriel Goo denough - USA - 37 minutes\nBaltimore City public schools are some of th e roughest in the country. It takes an African Drum/Dance Master from th e Ivory Coast to reveal how creative and courageous city kids can be if given a chance.\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/kidsindocs_atlanta2008 UID:65053137-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T160500 SUMMARY:Like Moles\, Like Rats DESCRIPTION:Azura Skye stars as Sarah in this Post-Apocalyptic Fairy Tale about a young woman’s journey to deliver the first child born in 15 Yea rs. Sarah’s refusal to give up is inspired by a lone voice on her radio . Michael (Joshua Leonard) broadcasts dim and distant messages of hope mixed with the music he scavenges from the dead. Forced from her basemen t home by drought and relentlessly pursued by those who want her baby\, Sarah crosses paths with Michael in a cavernous\, underground refuge of disparate survivors. It is from Three Caves that Michael and Sarah will embark on a journey beyond the boundaries of the Southern Corridor and i nto the unknown future. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/likemoleslikerats_atlanta2008 UID:61936630-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T161500 SUMMARY:Dance of the Dead DESCRIPTION:Prom night can be a time of great joy\, but also a time of gr eat anxiety what with making sure you have the right dress or tux and th e right date\, or if you have to worry about an oncoming zombie invasion . That’s the problem that faces the students in Dance of the Dead as the dead rise on prom night hungry for human flesh\, and only the losers wh o couldn’t get dates are left as the town’s only defense against the zom bie horde. Filmed in Rome\, Georgia with many local cast and crew the fi lm delivers on the zombie drama with a lot of humor\, a lot of style\, a nd\, yes\, a lot of blood. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/danceofthedead_atlanta2008 UID:61933684-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T183000 SUMMARY:Dance of the Dead DESCRIPTION:Prom night can be a time of great joy\, but also a time of gr eat anxiety what with making sure you have the right dress or tux and th e right date\, or if you have to worry about an oncoming zombie invasion . That’s the problem that faces the students in Dance of the Dead as the dead rise on prom night hungry for human flesh\, and only the losers wh o couldn’t get dates are left as the town’s only defense against the zom bie horde. Filmed in Rome\, Georgia with many local cast and crew the fi lm delivers on the zombie drama with a lot of humor\, a lot of style\, a nd\, yes\, a lot of blood. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/danceofthedead_atlanta2008 UID:140939509-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T184200 SUMMARY:Full of Life Doc Shorts DESCRIPTION:THE ART OF KARAOKE\nDirector: Will Hartman - USA - 8 minutes\ nArt Himmel discovered in the twilight of his life that he could sing l ike Sinatra. Now\, this WWII veteran and Cancer survivor sings karaoke t hree nights a week. In a youth-obsessed world\, Art is living\, singing proof that you're never too old to be as young as you feel.\n\nBODY & SO UL: DIANA & KATHY\nDirector: Alice Elliott - USA - 40 minutes\nWhen they met 37 years ago\, Diana and Kathy faced early death or a restricted li fe in a nursing home. Instead\, they slipped out of the system\, became advocates for all people with disabilities\, and began a grand experimen t in living meaningful\, independent lives. Body & Soul is an exploratio n of the remarkable bond between a woman with cerebral palsy and a woman with down syndrome.\n\nTHE LADIES\nDirector: Christina Voros - USA - 13 minutes\nIn English and Hungarian with English subtitles\nWhen Vali and Mimi closed their couture shop on Lexington Avenue they kept a dozen of their best clients\, moved the business into the spare bedroom\, and mo ved Mimi to the pull-out couch. Still sewing forty hours a week\, the 87 and 93 year old sisters reflect on the dying of a craft\, the importanc eof family and the persistence of the creative spirit.\n\nONE OF THE LA ST (UNO DEGLI ULTIMI)\nDirector: Paul Zinder - Italy - 12 minutes\nIn It alian with English subtitles\nMauro is a 78-year-old Italian peasant who loves his life. He picks olives\, grapes\, cherries. He wonders why a nybody would want to do anything else. As his weathered body climbs his ancient olive tree to begin yet another day's work\, Mauro wonders why humankind is so neglectful.\n\nTHE SHERIFF\nDirector: Jeff Giordano - US A - 14 minutes\nA portrait about 70 year-old Eugene Alexander\, an albin o\, African-American from the mountains of North Carolina. He works at Industries For The Blind in North Carolina\, where he helps visually imp aired individuals manufacture mattresses\, sold to North Carolina colleg es\, prisons\, and the United States military.\n CATEGORIES:Documentary Short LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #8 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/fulloflifedocshorts_atlanta2008 UID:62747585-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T045423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080419T211800 SUMMARY:The Visitor DESCRIPTION:Writer/Director Thomas McCarthy follows up his first feature film (the multiple Independent Spirit and Sundance Award-winning The Sta tion Agent) with another film about isolated people who find a connectio n with each other. Sixty-two-year-old widower Walter Vale (Richard Jenk ins) is sleepwalking through his life as a tenured professor at a Connec ticut University. Having lost his passion for writing and teaching\, he tries to regain a spark by taking piano lessons. When his college send s him to a conference on global economics\, he finds that a young couple has taken up residence in his usually vacant New York City apartment. Tarek (Haaz Sleiman)\, a Syrian man\, and Zainab (Danai Gurira)\, his Se negalese girlfriend\, are illegal immigrants who have been taken by a re al estate scam and have nowhere else to go. When Walter reluctantly all ows them to stay\, the three lives become inevitably intertwined. In pa rticular Walter bonds with the high-spirited Tarek\, who in return teach es Walter to play the African drum and introduces him to the world of lo cal jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles.\n\nThough the issue of imm igration is certainly addressed in The Visitor\, McCarthy\, an actor him self (Good Night and Good Luck\, Flags of our Fathers\, and as reporter Scott Templeton on the latest season of The Wire)\, focuses on the human istic aspects of the story over the political. Veteran character actor Richard Jenkins (Flirting with Disaster\, Six Feet Under) shines in the starring role giving the prickly Walter heart and soul\, and Sleiman\, n ewcomer Gurira\, and Hiam Abbass (as Tarek’s mother) round out the compe lling ensemble.\n\nThe film will be followed by a question and answer se ssion with Thomas McCarthy and the Closing Night Party at Guillotine Pos t. CATEGORIES:Closing Night LOCATION:Landmark Midtown #4 URL:http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/thevisitor_atlanta2008 UID:68370260-atlanta.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR