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17th Annual Austin Film Festival
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October 21-October 28, 2010
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The Festival boasts an outstanding program of narrative, animation and documentary features and shorts, including premieres, advanced screenings, and independent films. Film screenings are complemented by lively and informative Q&A sessions with cast members and filmmakers.
This October, the Austin Film Festival will again showcase the very best that the city has to offer – convenient downtown venues, fun parties at Austin’s fine bars and restaurants, and community partnerships – while presenting exclusive and interactive movie events. So, join us for the 17th Annual Austin Film Festival, October 21-28, 2010 and be the first to see all of the great movies everyone will be talking about next year.
The Film Festival boasts an outstanding program of narrative, animation and documentary features and shorts, including premieres, advanced screenings, and independent films complemented by Q&A sessions with cast members and filmmakers.
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Multiple Locations
Austin, TX 78702
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Tickets:
$42
Info Phone: 512.478.4795
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Dates:
October 21-October 28, 2010
Times:
Various
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Film Fest Retrospective"
Review
posted by:
Mitchell Mazurek
from Austin, TX,
Oct 29, 2010
In a city of many festivals, the Austin Film Fest is one of, if not perhaps THE best festival of the year. Aside from being easily one of the more well-organized fests around town, the number of...
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In a city of many festivals, the Austin Film Fest is one of, if not perhaps THE best festival of the year. Aside from being easily one of the more well-organized fests around town, the number of offerings as well as the caliber of quality events and screenings is astounding. Q&A's after so many of the viewings, great locations, incredible films, friendly helpful everything, free stuff, panels, community.
But what is so unique about Film Fest, and what I feel separates it from other fests like, say ACL or Fantastic Fest, is the creator aspect of it. Most other fests are generally for entertainment purposes, but Film Fest, in a way, is that plus a competition, plus a gathering of a hyper-charged creative community. Aside from filmmakers with their own films in the fest, many goers are creators themselves, which creates this great communal aspect to the entire thing. It's truly a unique experience and perspective on the arts. Doing rather than just watching.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Miss Nobody: Love, murder and climbing the corporate ladde"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 29, 2010
Miss Nobody is an enjoyable movie. Sarah Jane
applies for a promotion but the job is given to
someone else. After accidentally killing him she
tries to cover her tracks by killing off the other...
Expand
Miss Nobody is an enjoyable movie. Sarah Jane
applies for a promotion but the job is given to
someone else. After accidentally killing him she
tries to cover her tracks by killing off the other
executives in the company who have learned about
the murder. Subsequently she also takes their jobs,
moving up to the #2 spot in the company. To
complicate matters Sarah Jane falls in love with the
cop who is investigating the murders. The movie
was a light comedy and easy to watch. It started off
a bit slow but picked up speed as the murders
starting happening faster and faster. Kathy Baker
played Sarah Jane's crazy mother who ran a
boarding house. All though the movie she wore
crazy wigs and elaborate dresses. She had me
laughing in almost all of her scenes. Missi Pyle
created a full character as Sarah Jane's best friend
Charmaine. I enjoyed her as the opposite of sweet
Sarah Jane. You believed her to be dumb until the
twist at the end. I had fun watching this movie.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Black Swan: Beautiful but disorienting"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 28, 2010
Black Swan is the story of a rising ballet star as she
struggles to embody both the white and black
swans in the ballet Swan Lake. Nina is cast in first
lead role as the Swan Queen. She has no...
Expand
Black Swan is the story of a rising ballet star as she
struggles to embody both the white and black
swans in the ballet Swan Lake. Nina is cast in first
lead role as the Swan Queen. She has no problem
being the delicate white swan but has trouble
finding her inner seductress to dance the part of
the black swan. She strives for complete perfection
in her dancing and it is this perfection that drives
her over the edge. As she loses her self in the black
swan her also loses her grip on reality, having
delusions and not knowing what is real. I loved the
many beautiful ballet scenes. I was surprised how
much ballet there was in the movie. Nina was a
very whiny character. She fretted though the entire
movie. I did share in her joy and cry with her when
she found out she got the part. The movie left my
mind in a whirl. As I left the theatre I had no idea
what really happened, what was real, what was fake
or why it ended they way it did. Only after some
reflection could I make any sense of it
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Brother's Justice: Funny, But Too Long"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 27, 2010
Brother’s Justice is a documentary style film about
Dax Shepard as he tries to leave comedy to become
a karate action star. He convinces his friend, Nate
Tuck, to produce the movie titled...
Expand
Brother’s Justice is a documentary style film about
Dax Shepard as he tries to leave comedy to become
a karate action star. He convinces his friend, Nate
Tuck, to produce the movie titled Brother's Justice.
There is however, no script and no one wants
anything to do with the movie. Nate is just about
broke after trying to produce other movies that Dax
wanted to make. The friendship falls apart during
the movie as Dax demands more money and
blames Nate for all the troubles they are facing.
Nate finally leaves Hollywood broke and defeated.
Two years go by and Dax has been forced to make
three more comedies. He finds Nate who agrees to
work on Dax newest project, a western version of
Brother's Justice. The movie and funny and I
enjoyed it. Two times during the movie I got bored
and thought, "this is too long." They had several big
name stars in it, Ashton Kutcher to name one. I had
a hard time watching Dax take advantage of Nate
over and over again. In all the movie was funny and
enjoyable.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Do You Believe In Magic?"
Review
posted by:
Mitchell Mazurek
from Austin, TX,
Oct 25, 2010
Not just in a young girl's heart, but in the hearts of a handful of other teenagers, too.
At the Austin Film Festival, "Make Believe" is a documentary about different teen-magicians from all over the...
Expand
Not just in a young girl's heart, but in the hearts of a handful of other teenagers, too.
At the Austin Film Festival, "Make Believe" is a documentary about different teen-magicians from all over the world with different amounts of experience all gearing up for and competing to be the number one teen-magician in the world at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas.
"Make Believe" is an explosion of coming of age tales, as these young adults face their dreams, still with the optimism and hopefulness of youth, and then how all but one of the teenagers dreams is met with the wall of what the now-jaded adult populace would call the reality of the real world, and shows the stark nature of how one can be good but not exceptional enough to continue with one's dreams.
"Make Believe" is a story about hopes, and dreams, and passions, and longing, and you of how it felt back when you had a dream of who you would be now, and revives your inner-child so that maybe your dreams don't need to die.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"The Last Lovecraft=Ridiculous/Awesome"
Review
posted by:
Allison
from austin, tx,
Oct 25, 2010
The Last Lovecraft follows the adventures of the last relative in the bloodline of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Jeff and his friend Charlie...
Expand
The Last Lovecraft follows the adventures of the last relative in the bloodline of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Jeff and his friend Charlie have to save the world from impending doom when the creatures from Lovecraft’s work turn out to be real. If you know nothing about H.P. Lovecraft, don’t worry, I didn’t either, but you don’t have to. The writer fills you in along the way. It’s a crazy fun time. Don’t go looking for some serious horror, this film embraces its ridiculous nature, and quite frankly, it’s fantastic!
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Shorts are always a suprise"
Review
posted by:
Allison
from Austin, Tx,
Oct 24, 2010
I love seeing short film series because they are always so diverse in what they have to offer. Mathieu Riccordi’s False Creek Stories , Andrew Olsen’s Quest for Adventure, and Allen Keller’s...
Expand
I love seeing short film series because they are always so diverse in what they have to offer. Mathieu Riccordi’s False Creek Stories , Andrew Olsen’s Quest for Adventure, and Allen Keller’s Welcome to the Jungle Gym were all entertaining, but, to me, the real highlights of this series of short films was Day Labor, directed by Lowell Frank and Public Relations, directed by Gianna Sobol. Day Labor follows an excerpt from the life of an illegal Mexican immigrant named Santiago as he tries to earn enough money to take care of his family. It was a very captivating piece. I was in it every moment. This heart felt drama was immediately followed by the quirky, upbeat Public Relations. This movie follows the life of two personal assistants, answering the question "What would happen if you finally got to meet one of the people behind the daily faceless phone conversations for work and they turned out to be really hot?" Shorts 8 was so great! Do yourself a favor and go see some shorts.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Blue Valentine took my heart"
Review
posted by:
Allison
from Austin, Tx,
Oct 23, 2010
Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance, is a life experience, following the story of a young couple's relationship over a cross cutting time line. This film was a long term project that ended up...
Expand
Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance, is a life experience, following the story of a young couple's relationship over a cross cutting time line. This film was a long term project that ended up being completed 6 years later than originally expected. In the end, the director shared with us that over 60 drafts of this script were written. I personally am grateful for every extra moment it took because the life experience that the director said he and all those working on the film gained over that time could definitely be seen throughout the film. Every moment between Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams felt so true to real life, that I left feeling I had emotionally experienced two whole lives separate from my own, each painful and harsh moment of reality. My only complaint would be that i wish there had been more. The credits rolled and I was still waiting, not ready to leave these people and their complicated world. Its a heart breaker, but I definitely recommend it.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"LUNAfest 2010 - Films for, by and about women"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX,
Oct 22, 2010
There were 9 amazing films shown tonight ranging from animated to documentary and Drama. All the films were wonderful and high quality. The Translator was a story about a foreign film translator...
Expand
There were 9 amazing films shown tonight ranging from animated to documentary and Drama. All the films were wonderful and high quality. The Translator was a story about a foreign film translator making choices as she finds her story on a subway line. It was engaging, insightful and empowering. A little film about big moments is what the director called it. Irene is a documentary about a Scottish woman dealing with Alzheimer's, how it affects her daughter and how she tries to keep her independence. This film made me cry because it reminded me of the struggle my own grandmother went through. Her daughter stayed with her every day to take care of her but in the end it was not safe for her to live alone. It was heart breaking to watch the struggle of mother and daughter. Love on the Line is a hinged paper doll type animation about two young lovers having "cybersex" through the telegraph. I loved the animation style and the story was very funny. Thank you to the film makers for the Q&A.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Shorts are sure to please"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 22, 2010
I attended the viewing of The Butterfly Circus, The
Man Who Knew How to Fly, Sad Bear, Make Up and
Spanola Pepper Sauce Company. They were all
outstanding! Make Up was by far my favorite but it...
Expand
I attended the viewing of The Butterfly Circus, The
Man Who Knew How to Fly, Sad Bear, Make Up and
Spanola Pepper Sauce Company. They were all
outstanding! Make Up was by far my favorite but it
was a close race. It is a story of a lady selling
cosmetics door to door. It has a major twist at the
end that I suspected early on but they threw me off
track with another twist. Spanola Pepper Sauce
Company was a very simple film. It had only one
actor and was set in an empty field. The man tells
about the pepper sauce, what he does with his
family on a typical Sunday, how he kills Vampires
when he happens to come across them and how his
wife was turned into one. It is an intriguing and
thought provoking film that I loved. Sad Bear was
my least favorite but it was still a great film. It was
touching and little sad but the bear did not look like
any bear I have ever seen. Three of the filmmakers
stayed after the viewing to do a talk back. It was
wonderful to hear about their inspiration.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Film Fest Retrospective"
Review
posted by:
Mitchell Mazurek
from Austin, TX,
Oct 29, 2010
In a city of many festivals, the Austin Film Fest is one of, if not perhaps THE best festival of the year. Aside from being easily one of the more well-organized fests around town, the number of...
Expand
In a city of many festivals, the Austin Film Fest is one of, if not perhaps THE best festival of the year. Aside from being easily one of the more well-organized fests around town, the number of offerings as well as the caliber of quality events and screenings is astounding. Q&A's after so many of the viewings, great locations, incredible films, friendly helpful everything, free stuff, panels, community.
But what is so unique about Film Fest, and what I feel separates it from other fests like, say ACL or Fantastic Fest, is the creator aspect of it. Most other fests are generally for entertainment purposes, but Film Fest, in a way, is that plus a competition, plus a gathering of a hyper-charged creative community. Aside from filmmakers with their own films in the fest, many goers are creators themselves, which creates this great communal aspect to the entire thing. It's truly a unique experience and perspective on the arts. Doing rather than just watching.
Collapse
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Miss Nobody: Love, murder and climbing the corporate ladde"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 29, 2010
Miss Nobody is an enjoyable movie. Sarah Jane
applies for a promotion but the job is given to
someone else. After accidentally killing him she
tries to cover her tracks by killing off the other...
Expand
Miss Nobody is an enjoyable movie. Sarah Jane
applies for a promotion but the job is given to
someone else. After accidentally killing him she
tries to cover her tracks by killing off the other
executives in the company who have learned about
the murder. Subsequently she also takes their jobs,
moving up to the #2 spot in the company. To
complicate matters Sarah Jane falls in love with the
cop who is investigating the murders. The movie
was a light comedy and easy to watch. It started off
a bit slow but picked up speed as the murders
starting happening faster and faster. Kathy Baker
played Sarah Jane's crazy mother who ran a
boarding house. All though the movie she wore
crazy wigs and elaborate dresses. She had me
laughing in almost all of her scenes. Missi Pyle
created a full character as Sarah Jane's best friend
Charmaine. I enjoyed her as the opposite of sweet
Sarah Jane. You believed her to be dumb until the
twist at the end. I had fun watching this movie.
Collapse
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Black Swan: Beautiful but disorienting"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 28, 2010
Black Swan is the story of a rising ballet star as she
struggles to embody both the white and black
swans in the ballet Swan Lake. Nina is cast in first
lead role as the Swan Queen. She has no...
Expand
Black Swan is the story of a rising ballet star as she
struggles to embody both the white and black
swans in the ballet Swan Lake. Nina is cast in first
lead role as the Swan Queen. She has no problem
being the delicate white swan but has trouble
finding her inner seductress to dance the part of
the black swan. She strives for complete perfection
in her dancing and it is this perfection that drives
her over the edge. As she loses her self in the black
swan her also loses her grip on reality, having
delusions and not knowing what is real. I loved the
many beautiful ballet scenes. I was surprised how
much ballet there was in the movie. Nina was a
very whiny character. She fretted though the entire
movie. I did share in her joy and cry with her when
she found out she got the part. The movie left my
mind in a whirl. As I left the theatre I had no idea
what really happened, what was real, what was fake
or why it ended they way it did. Only after some
reflection could I make any sense of it
Collapse
-
Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Brother's Justice: Funny, But Too Long"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 27, 2010
Brother’s Justice is a documentary style film about
Dax Shepard as he tries to leave comedy to become
a karate action star. He convinces his friend, Nate
Tuck, to produce the movie titled...
Expand
Brother’s Justice is a documentary style film about
Dax Shepard as he tries to leave comedy to become
a karate action star. He convinces his friend, Nate
Tuck, to produce the movie titled Brother's Justice.
There is however, no script and no one wants
anything to do with the movie. Nate is just about
broke after trying to produce other movies that Dax
wanted to make. The friendship falls apart during
the movie as Dax demands more money and
blames Nate for all the troubles they are facing.
Nate finally leaves Hollywood broke and defeated.
Two years go by and Dax has been forced to make
three more comedies. He finds Nate who agrees to
work on Dax newest project, a western version of
Brother's Justice. The movie and funny and I
enjoyed it. Two times during the movie I got bored
and thought, "this is too long." They had several big
name stars in it, Ashton Kutcher to name one. I had
a hard time watching Dax take advantage of Nate
over and over again. In all the movie was funny and
enjoyable.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Do You Believe In Magic?"
Review
posted by:
Mitchell Mazurek
from Austin, TX,
Oct 25, 2010
Not just in a young girl's heart, but in the hearts of a handful of other teenagers, too.
At the Austin Film Festival, "Make Believe" is a documentary about different teen-magicians from all over the...
Expand
Not just in a young girl's heart, but in the hearts of a handful of other teenagers, too.
At the Austin Film Festival, "Make Believe" is a documentary about different teen-magicians from all over the world with different amounts of experience all gearing up for and competing to be the number one teen-magician in the world at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas.
"Make Believe" is an explosion of coming of age tales, as these young adults face their dreams, still with the optimism and hopefulness of youth, and then how all but one of the teenagers dreams is met with the wall of what the now-jaded adult populace would call the reality of the real world, and shows the stark nature of how one can be good but not exceptional enough to continue with one's dreams.
"Make Believe" is a story about hopes, and dreams, and passions, and longing, and you of how it felt back when you had a dream of who you would be now, and revives your inner-child so that maybe your dreams don't need to die.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"The Last Lovecraft=Ridiculous/Awesome"
Review
posted by:
Allison
from austin, tx,
Oct 25, 2010
The Last Lovecraft follows the adventures of the last relative in the bloodline of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Jeff and his friend Charlie...
Expand
The Last Lovecraft follows the adventures of the last relative in the bloodline of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Jeff and his friend Charlie have to save the world from impending doom when the creatures from Lovecraft’s work turn out to be real. If you know nothing about H.P. Lovecraft, don’t worry, I didn’t either, but you don’t have to. The writer fills you in along the way. It’s a crazy fun time. Don’t go looking for some serious horror, this film embraces its ridiculous nature, and quite frankly, it’s fantastic!
Collapse
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Shorts are always a suprise"
Review
posted by:
Allison
from Austin, Tx,
Oct 24, 2010
I love seeing short film series because they are always so diverse in what they have to offer. Mathieu Riccordi’s False Creek Stories , Andrew Olsen’s Quest for Adventure, and Allen Keller’s...
Expand
I love seeing short film series because they are always so diverse in what they have to offer. Mathieu Riccordi’s False Creek Stories , Andrew Olsen’s Quest for Adventure, and Allen Keller’s Welcome to the Jungle Gym were all entertaining, but, to me, the real highlights of this series of short films was Day Labor, directed by Lowell Frank and Public Relations, directed by Gianna Sobol. Day Labor follows an excerpt from the life of an illegal Mexican immigrant named Santiago as he tries to earn enough money to take care of his family. It was a very captivating piece. I was in it every moment. This heart felt drama was immediately followed by the quirky, upbeat Public Relations. This movie follows the life of two personal assistants, answering the question "What would happen if you finally got to meet one of the people behind the daily faceless phone conversations for work and they turned out to be really hot?" Shorts 8 was so great! Do yourself a favor and go see some shorts.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Blue Valentine took my heart"
Review
posted by:
Allison
from Austin, Tx,
Oct 23, 2010
Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance, is a life experience, following the story of a young couple's relationship over a cross cutting time line. This film was a long term project that ended up...
Expand
Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance, is a life experience, following the story of a young couple's relationship over a cross cutting time line. This film was a long term project that ended up being completed 6 years later than originally expected. In the end, the director shared with us that over 60 drafts of this script were written. I personally am grateful for every extra moment it took because the life experience that the director said he and all those working on the film gained over that time could definitely be seen throughout the film. Every moment between Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams felt so true to real life, that I left feeling I had emotionally experienced two whole lives separate from my own, each painful and harsh moment of reality. My only complaint would be that i wish there had been more. The credits rolled and I was still waiting, not ready to leave these people and their complicated world. Its a heart breaker, but I definitely recommend it.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"LUNAfest 2010 - Films for, by and about women"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX,
Oct 22, 2010
There were 9 amazing films shown tonight ranging from animated to documentary and Drama. All the films were wonderful and high quality. The Translator was a story about a foreign film translator...
Expand
There were 9 amazing films shown tonight ranging from animated to documentary and Drama. All the films were wonderful and high quality. The Translator was a story about a foreign film translator making choices as she finds her story on a subway line. It was engaging, insightful and empowering. A little film about big moments is what the director called it. Irene is a documentary about a Scottish woman dealing with Alzheimer's, how it affects her daughter and how she tries to keep her independence. This film made me cry because it reminded me of the struggle my own grandmother went through. Her daughter stayed with her every day to take care of her but in the end it was not safe for her to live alone. It was heart breaking to watch the struggle of mother and daughter. Love on the Line is a hinged paper doll type animation about two young lovers having "cybersex" through the telegraph. I loved the animation style and the story was very funny. Thank you to the film makers for the Q&A.
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Event Name: 17th Annual Austin Film Festival
"Shorts are sure to please"
Review
posted by:
Laura
from Liberty Hill, TX ,
Oct 22, 2010
I attended the viewing of The Butterfly Circus, The
Man Who Knew How to Fly, Sad Bear, Make Up and
Spanola Pepper Sauce Company. They were all
outstanding! Make Up was by far my favorite but it...
Expand
I attended the viewing of The Butterfly Circus, The
Man Who Knew How to Fly, Sad Bear, Make Up and
Spanola Pepper Sauce Company. They were all
outstanding! Make Up was by far my favorite but it
was a close race. It is a story of a lady selling
cosmetics door to door. It has a major twist at the
end that I suspected early on but they threw me off
track with another twist. Spanola Pepper Sauce
Company was a very simple film. It had only one
actor and was set in an empty field. The man tells
about the pepper sauce, what he does with his
family on a typical Sunday, how he kills Vampires
when he happens to come across them and how his
wife was turned into one. It is an intriguing and
thought provoking film that I loved. Sad Bear was
my least favorite but it was still a great film. It was
touching and little sad but the bear did not look like
any bear I have ever seen. Three of the filmmakers
stayed after the viewing to do a talk back. It was
wonderful to hear about their inspiration.
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