THURSDAY June
23, 2005
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BLOC A MINDFUL MORNINGS
Premier Engagements
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PLEASANT STREET 10:00 - 11:06
Pleasant Street Toronto
Premiere Director’s
Choice
Dir Gerry Rogers
Canada, St. John’s NF
01 hr : 06 min : 00 sec
FD Meet neighbors Ken, Leida and “My Left Breast” filmmaker,
Gerry Rogers. They have all been diagnosed with
cancer; two of them have been given six months
to live. Pleasant Street is an intimate look
at these two people and how they are living with
dying.
PILAR 11:08 - 12:00
Pilar World
Premier Programmers
Pick
Dir Leda Maliga
U S A, Los Angeles, CA
00 hr : 51 min : 24 sec
LFD Of particular controversy in the medical and educational communities
is the use of cochlear implants. The National
Association of the Deaf (NAD) encourages parents
and deaf adults to research other options besides
implantation. Pilar was born almost completely
deaf and grew up expressing herself through her
art in the hearing world. In her late 20's she
participated in a study on the cochlear implant
and began a journey into a world of sound. This
is a heartfelt portrait of Pilar as she overcomes
obstacles with inspiring humor and grace.
 Members
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BLOC B
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I DARE NOT GO 12:30 - 12:58
I Dare Not Go Toronto
Premiere
Dir Andriana Maggs
Canada, St. John’s NL
00hr : 27 min : 47 sec
SF I Dare Not Go is the Story of neglected Crystal who is haunted
by a brother she doesn’t remember. She
visits him where he drowned eight years before
but when she gets a boyfriend, she stops needing
him and he begins to haunt her. It is the story
of a family who are desperate to move past the
death of their son.
A PLACE LIKE THIS 13:00 - 13:59
A Place Like This Canadian
Premiere
Dir Yvonne Kenney
U S A, New York, NY
00 hr : 59 min : 00 sec
LFD We go beyond the “No Visitors” sign of an increasingly
rare institution, a Catholic-run women's residence
in New York City, and focus on the emotional
worlds of its diverse and eccentric residents
as we watch these women pursue their dreams and
wrestle their demons. Through their stories,
an in-depth portrait of the residence appears,
leaving us with a greater understanding of the
value and risk of these women-only residences.
THROUGH THE EYES OF ARTISTS 14:00 - 14:51
Through the Eyes of Artists Toronto
Premiere
Dir Yvonne DuBourdieu
Canada, Edmonton, AB
00 hr : 51 min : 00 sec
LFD A group of artists with developmental disabilities came together
to create art and discuss human rights and citizenship.
But who will listen? They are convinced their
voices will not be heard.
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BLOC C ARTICULATE
AFTERNOONS
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NOT GOOD-BYE 16:00 – 16:22
Not
Good-Bye World Premiere Programmers
Pick
Dir
James Beatty
U S
A, Orange, CA
00 hr
: 22 min : 12 secSF Jesse Finley is a man who is lost himself, when an abused girl
on the run, named Sylvia, turns to Jesse for
help. Reluctantly, Jesse rescues her and in the
process, saves himself as well.
The issues of child abuse responsibility,
self-respect, fatherhood and family are all delicately
woven into this short film. James says about
his film, “[this film was] made directly
from my heart as a tribute to my father who had
passed away a year earlier.”
DANCING WITH YOU 16:25 - 16:36
Dancing With You World
Premiere
Dir Cornelia Moore
U S A, Seattle, WA
00 hr : 10 min : 23 sec
DM/SF Dana, an injured ballerina, must decide whether to keep mourning
her lost career or move on, when a man in a bar
asks her to dance with him. 'Dancing With You'
is a love story with both swing dance and ballet
sequences, filmed in New York, and starring principal
dancers Jenifer Ringer and James Fayette of New
York City Ballet.
THREE RIVERS 16:36 -
16:51
Three Rivers: Wild Waters, Scared Places North American Premiere
Dir Marten Berkman
Canada, White Horse, YK
00hr : 15 min : 00 sec
SF Eight incredibly vastly different artists interpret the Yukon Territory
in all is grandeur and uniqueness, by incorporating
its fabulous vistas and amazing geological landscape
into their own personal views & abilities
on art.
SO GLAD I MADE IT 16:55 - 18:33
So Glad I Made It World
Premiere Director’s
Choice
Dir Chris Sautter
U SA, Washington, DC
01 hr : 37 min : 48 sec
FD So Glad I Made It' is the saga of singer songwriter Roger Salloom,
a 50-something former 1960s psychedelic rocker
and 1970s Nashville songwriter, who tries to
jump-start his career after a 20 years absence
from the music business.
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BLOC D EXPRESSIVE EVENINGS
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FREEDOM FROM DESPAIR 19:00 - 20:35
Freedom From Despair Theatrical Premiere
Dir Brenda Brkusic
USA, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
01hr : 35 min : 00 sec
FD FREEDOM FROM DESPAIR portrays the incredible story of Kruno Brkusic,
who as a young man risked his life to flee from
the Communist Yugoslavia - a regime that suppressed
Croatian culture through state-sanctioned terror
- and later became an American activist fighting
to save his war ravaged homeland in the 1990's.
The film examines the role certain administrations
had in allowing the massacre of over 250,000
people to occur in the Balkan War and a shocking
look at mainstream media including the American
government’s attempt keep Yugoslavia together
by supporting two of the world’s bloodiest
dictators, Josip Broz Tito and Slobodan Milosevic.
Narrated by John Savage, with voice-overs by
Michael York and Beata Pozniak, and a special
interview with Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
LEO Y JULITA 20:35 - 21:07 Filmed With PRIDE
Leo y Julita North
American Premiere
Dir Ana María Reyes-Sánchez
Cuba & Paris, France
00 hr : 32 min : 00 sec
SF Julita moves to Cuba to prepare for her piano scholarship to Moscow,
and encounters her new landlord Leo. While there
she enters the same Art School where Leo teaches
drama. Their admiration turns into a love affair
triggering a series of events that threaten their
relationship to the point where they become outcasts
in their own country.
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THE
HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE -
MORNING
1, MORNING 2, MORNING 3, MORNING 4 - 21:15 – 21:34
HISTORIA
THS KATAKTHSHS TOU DIASTHMATOS-PRΩINO
1, PRΩINO 2, PRΩINO 3, PRΩINO
4
Athens,
Greece
00hr
: 19 min : 00 sec
SF When a stranger intrudes in the space of
a family, “pater-familias” is summoned
to preserve what is his. However, the members
of the family, one after the other, together
with him, succumb to his “charm”.
ORIGINAL PRIDE - 21:35 - 22:30 Filmed With PRIDE
Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club Canadian Premiere
Dir Scott Bloom
USA, Toluca Lake CA
00hr : 55 min : 03 sec
LFD An historic look at the real origins of the Modern Gay Pride movement.
This film offers a revealing look at the evolution
of the gay motorcycle club culture and it's influence
on the lives of all gay people. Transported via
archive photos, footage and first hand accounts
by the men who where there, it's a step back
in time to a place only few of us can remember.
LARAMIE INSIDE OUT 22:35 - 23:31 Filmed With PRIDE
Laramie Inside Out Canadian
Premiere Programmers
Pick
Dir Beverly Seckinger
U S A, Tucson, AZ
00 hr : 56 min : 00 sec
LFD This intimate personal documentary explores the aftermath of Matthew
Shepard's 1998 murder on the filmmaker's Wyoming
hometown by incorporating the dimension of a
personal diary, which adds a uniquely intimate
perspective on the murder and its aftermath.
Laramie Inside Out also focuses on a diverse
group of Laramie residents who were inspired
to positive social action in the wake of the
murder.
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BLOC F MIDNIGHT MACHINATIONS
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SOMETER 23:45 – 23:50 Filmed With PRIDE
00 hr: 05 min: 00 sec
Dir Iris Almaraz
SF Spanish: someter a una prueba, probar, examinar, ensayar,
comprobar, analizar. English: A series of questions,
problems, or physical responses designed to
determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
A procedure for critical evaluation; a means
of determining the presence, quality, or truth
of something; a trial: a test...
BURNT ORANGES 23:55 - 01:25
Burnt Oranges Canadian
Premier Programmers
Pick
Dir Silvia Malagrino
Argentina via USA, Chicago Illinois
01 hr : 30 min : 00 secs
FD BURNT ORANGES is an experimental documentary about the long-term
effects and repercussions of Argentina's 1970’s
state terrorism. The film vividly reveals current
life in Buenos Aires through the eyes of a long-gone
native, while it also records and uncovers compelling
testimonies of resistance, transformation, and
hope. Juxtaposing an intimate first person witness
narration with interviews, documentary, and re-created
footage, issues of memory, historical time, identity,
love, loss and accountability emerge.
RHIFF Legend
FF Feature
Film [+80
minutes]
LFF Long
Form Film [-60
minutes]
SH Short
Film [-40
minutes]
FD Feature
Documentary [+80
minutes]
LFD Long
Form Documentary [-60
minutes]
SD Short
Documentary [-40
minutes]
D/M Dance
or Music Related Film
AN Animation
