11:00am - Dehli In a Day Directed by: Prashant Nair
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-Pre-movie show with Daytona Beach Bellydance!  don't miss it.

INDIA / 2011 / 88 min / English & /Hindi w/English subtitles
 
When the money of an idealistic British traveler disappears in a nouveau-riche Delhi home, the staff of the house are blamed and given twenty-four hours to replace it or face the consequences.
 
Writer: Prashant Nair / Producer: Prashant Nair, Chintu Mohapatra / Art Director: Kishan Dagar / Editor: Sylvie Landra, Bhuvan Srinivasan / Cinematographer: Eun-Ah Lee / Principal Cast: Lee Williams, Lillete Dubey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Victor Banerjee and Anjali Patil / Contact: Prashant Nair, +336.76.09.63.52, pn@nomadproductions.tv
 
THE DIRECTOR: Prashant is a former social media entrepreneur turned filmmaker. Born in India, he was raised and has lived in Europe, Africa and North America. His short film "Max & Helena" was an official selection at numerous film festivals and garnered several awards and nominations. He has just finished his second short film, "Yes" and is currently in pre-production on his second feature. Prashant is based in Paris.






11:15am - Sweet Little Lies Director:  William J. Saunders
Cinematique Theater

Not Rated / 2011/ 80 minutes
Producer:  Maya Anand
www.sweetlittleliesmovie.com

Bess, a rebellious trailer park teen, has just lost her mother. With only a faded photograph and scribbled address in hand, she decides to seek out her father, a man she's never known. With a state-enlisted social worker hunting her down, Bess grabs her friend Waldo, steals a car and make a desperate journey from Kansas to Vegas. It isn't long before this troublesome duo catch the attention of Roach, a career con man trying to find his own way back home. This unlikely trio of misfits embark on an adventure through the beautiful and dangerous landscapes of America's Midwest, where they encounter an array of lost-souls, deadbeats and grifters, and ultimately learn that family can be found in the oddest of places.




1:00pm Afternoon w/ Peter Ford
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"We are all three people," actor Glenn Ford said in a 1949 interview,"the person we think we are, the person the world thinks we are, and the person we really are." In son Peter Ford's new biography Glenn Ford: A Life we learn, in dramatic fashion, just how true that statement really is. On screen, in such classic Hollywood  films as Gilda, 3:10 to Yuma,The Big Heat, The Rounders, and Blackboard Jungle, the Canadianborn Ford was cast as an American Everyman,developing a naturalistic on-screen style that allowed him to effortlessly shift among almost every film genre, from drama to film noir to western to romantic comedy. Following his discovery in theatre, he worked on radio and in television in addition to his extensive film appearances. In the pages of numerous fan magazines he starred, alongside wife, Eleanor Powell (MGM's first lady of film dance), and son, Peter, as part of the Perfect Family," a devoted husband and father living the good life in Hollywood's Golden Age. But behind the scenes, Ford's personality and his private life were in stark contrast to his easygoing public persona. Glenn Ford: A Life reveals a driven, dedicated, enormously talented actor whose career spanned seven decades and over 100 film appearances. But it also reveals a man who could be intensely distant to those closest to him, and whose serial philandering (with the likes of Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, and Judy Garland) led to a series of failed marriages and personal heartache. The result is a moving, nuanced portrait of one of Hollywood's greatest stars told with the keen insight and unflinching candor that only his son could provide.

Growing up as the son of film stars, Peter had the opportunity to meet many legends including Eddie Cantor, Sophie Tucker and Al Jolson, who were regular visitors. One clear memory is of going to Pickfair as a child, the social 'watering hole' in those days, and sitting on Mary Pickford's knee as she told me stories of the days of yore. Clark Gable, Bette Davis or Barbara Stanwyck would come to dinner. Neighbor James Mason was often his baby sitter and Charlie Chaplin, who lived next door, was not the Little Tramp but the villain of Peter's young life when he accidentally killed Peter's beloved dog,Bill. In a foot note to Rock and Roll history, Peter was responsible for the Bill Haley and the Comet's song Rock Around the Clock being used as the theme song of his father's film, Blackboard Jungle in 1955. Musically precocious, young Peter's record collection and his recommendations were the source that director Richard Brooks used for this MGM film. This song, that Dick Clark dubbed the natio nal anthem of rock and roll,ushered in the rock and roll revolution that was to significantly shape American culture.After graduating from college, Peter pursued a career as an actor and singer.

Under contract to Capitol Records, Peter was mentored by the incomparable Nat King Cole. Later, his single, Blue Ribbons, resulted in appearances on many teen music television shows, including American Bandstand, Hullabaloo and Ninth Street West. He eventually formed his own group, The Creations, who appeared in various local clubs, as well as the Whiskey a Go-Go in San Francisco and the El Cortez Club in Las Vegas. Peter appeared in eight movies with his father as well as many other movies, television shows, and stage productions. He eventually left acting and singing and became a licensed contractor and built and remodeled homes for many of the most famous people in Hollywood. By the time he retired from building in 1996, his work had been published in architectural magazines across the world. Later, he hosted a successful late-night political talk show on radio. Peter met his wife, Lynda, when they were both students at USC. They have been married for over 40 years and have three children. SPECIAL GUEST: PETER FORD Discussing his new book about his father GLENN FORD.





1:15pm - 20 Cigarettas
Cinematique Theater

94 mintues / Italy / English Subtitles
 
Aureliano, 28 year old anarchist and anti-war activist with a passion for cinema gets an offer in Iraq as assistant director on a film about the Italian military peace mission. Witness and victim of the attack on the Italian army barracks in Nassiriya on the 12th of November 2003, he becomes an accidental hero.














3:15pm - The Pill directed by J.C. Khoury
Cinematique Theater

USA / 2011 / 83 min / English

It happens. You meet someone at the bar, one thing leads to another, and the next thing you know you're waking up wondering (and potentially regretting) exactly what took place the night before. Such is the case for Fred, who starts to panic when his free-spirited one night stand, Mindy, informs him that she's not on birth control; but for some reason isn't too concerned. Fred, determined not to become a father, is forced into an all-day adventure with Mindy that is filled with awkward social situations and untimely roadblocks as he struggles to preserve his New York City world. With a resolution finally in sight, the no-boundaries Mindy starts to grow on the overly anxious Fred, forcing him to make a decision that will change the rest of his life.

Writer: J.C. Khoury / Producers: J.C. Khoury, Jonathan Berke, Trevor Herrick / Camera: Andreas von Scheele / Principal Cast: Noah bean, Rachel Boston, Anna Chlumsky, Dreama Walker / Contact: Shoot First Entertainment, jc@shootfirstent.com



 

 




3:30pm - Documentary Shorts
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1. BOOT & BBQ PRESENTS: GRILLS GONE WILD
Producer Chappell Films
USA / 40 minutes/ English

Once a year, the quaint town of Starke, Florida becomes a bustling Mecca of old fashioned Southern barbeque and home to the Boots-N-BBQ festival and the Florida BBQ Association's State Championship. 2011, Alex Ortiz (HBO's Bad Boys of Comedy) invades Starke to capture all of the inner workings of the concerts, entertainers and food fest. Alex mingles with some of the premier barbecue experts in the country, tracking both novice and veteran teams, contrasting their techniques. Alex also pokes around backstage, peeling back the curtain on the happenings of the celebrities performing at the event, including: Jimmie Van Zant , Pinklon Thomas (Former World Heavyweight Champion boxer), and Dory Funk Jr. Contact: chappellfilmsandentertainment.com



2. A DOG GOES FROM HERE TO THERE
Directed by Carl Knickerbocker
USA / 6 minutes / English

A children's picture book comes to life in this colorful & quirky film in the Suburban Primitive style of artist Carl Knickerbocker.
Selected for Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dream film series and awarded a United Arts of Central Florida grant. Contact: www.carlknickerbocker.com 



3. THE WETHERWAX LEGACY
Directed by Gary Lester
USA / 8:30 minutes/ English

Features the world's foremost animal trainer, Bob Weatherwax. Bob describes a family history that has provided Hollywood with such iconic animal stars as Asta from The Thin Man, Toto in Wizard of Oz, and the immortal Lassie.  Animal activist Temple Grandin joins Bob to help share his dream of training dogs for a higher purpose in life -- as service animals for people with disabilities. Contact: bhfilms@aol.com



 

4. WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED directed by Dave Porfiri & Linda Duvoisin
USA / 2011 / 11 min / DVD / English

The Nashville Sit-ins of 1960 were among the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement. Over a period of several months, college students from Fisk University and other schools staged a very well-organized, non-violent protest at downtown lunch counters. The protests caught the city's white establishment off-guard and culminated in the mayor agreeing to end segregation of lunch counters while facing thousands of protestors gathered on the steps of City Hall and the eyes of the nation watching. It was just the first step in ending segregation in all facets of life throughout the city and it inspired similar movements throughout the South.  Writers: Dave Porfiri & Linda Duvoisin / Camera: Dave Porfiri / Editor: Linda Duvoisin / Contact: dpvision@yahoo.com





5:15pm - Women on the 6th Floor 
Cinematique Theater

Not Rated / 104 minutes / French w/ Subtitles

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne (Sandrine Kiberlain, Mademoiselle Chambon) while their children are away at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria (Argentinean-born actress Natalia Verbeke) through whom Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building's sixth floor, the servants' quarters. There, Jean-Louis befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids (Pedro Almodovar regular Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Calan), refugees of the Franco regime, who teach him there's more to life than stocks and bonds, and whose influence on the house will ultimately transform everyone's life.



6:00pm - Silver Case directed by Christian Filippella
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Italy/US / 2011 / 87 min. / NTSC / English

In Tinseltown, the world of scheming reaches a nasty low when a powerful producer known as the 'Senator' hatches a plan to undermine the future success of the 'Master', his shady arch rival. His plot begins with the delivery of a silver briefcase. But the case goes missing, which sets off a chain of events that are not part of the plan. The Senator engages the best of his team to locate the package but doesn't count on the tenacity of two thugs who have the mysterious prize in their possession.

Writers: Christian Filippella, Jason A. White / Producer: Christian Filippella / Executive Producers Claire Falconer, Corrado Musso / Associate Producers: Andrea Cangioli, Brian Keith Gamble, Val Tasso, Salvatore Zannino / Line Producer: Kevin Hinds / Art Director: Philipp Fera / Editor: Christian Filippella / Cinematographer: Christian Filippella / principal Cast: Eric Roberts, Brian Keith Gamble, Chris Facey, Brad Light, Claire Falconer, Shalim Ortiz, Nectar Rose, Kelvin Han Yee, Art Hsu, Seymour Cassel, Vincent De Paul, Fernanda Romero / Contact: Satyricon Pictures 1752 N Serrano Ave, #204, 90027, Los Angeles, CA
www.satyriconpictures.com, 1 310.691.0353, cfilippella@satyriconpictures.com

THE DIRECTOR: Born in Italy, Christian Filippella is an award winning Italian filmmaker living and working in Hollywood. A Fulbright grant recipient, Filippella obtained a directing diploma from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and was the first Italian to have obtained a directing degree from the world renowned American Film Institute in Los Angeles.  Christian is the recipient of the Sergio Corbucci Prize and the Accolade Award. He received the Philip Morris Cinema Award twice, and his upcoming feature, White Widow, has been selected by the New Filmmaker Panavision Program.




8:00pm - Corked
News Journal Center - Enjoy the Halifax Wine Festival and then the movie!

USA / 90 minutes/ not rated/ English
Directed by Paul Hawley , Ross Clendenen

A wry comedic look at the wine business and its characters from insiders who thoroughly know the process from the vine to the street.  The puffy egos of vintners, sommeliers, wine critics, wine marketers and know-it-all fans are lampooned in this faux travel guide through Northern California vineyards.  The film weaves a witty texture of these driven, obsessed characters as they struggle to  bring their wine to market, leaving no grape uncrushed in their quest to win the ultimate recognition … The Golden Harvest Award. Cast:  Ross Clendenen, Ben Tolpin, Rob Reinis, Jeffrey Weissman, Martina Finch.  Contact:







7:30 pm - 3 A film by Tom Tykwer
Cinematique Theater

Not Rated / 119 minutes / German w/subtitles

Hannah and Simon have been a couple for 20 years. They live in Berlin, side by side in combative harmony. They are attractive, modern, mature, childless, cultivated, down-to-earth. Affairs, wanting children, moving in together, miscarriage, fleeing and returning; this anchorwoman and art technician have put a lot behind them, but they don't have so much ahead of them anymore. That is until both, without knowing about the other's actions, fall in love with the same man, Adam. Strand Releasing.