2017 Schedule

Mar 02 Thursday

	Jesse Auditorium	Missouri Theatre	Showtime Theater at The Blue Note	The Picturehouse	Rhynsburger Theatre	The Globe	Forrest Theater	Big Ragtag	Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	Cafe Berlin	Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse	Other
4pm			4:30pm Secret Screening Argon Film 86 min 4:30 - 5:56pm NRT Secret Screening Argon The mythic outlaw looms large in the American consciousness, but this story is more complex than mere heroes and villains.				4:30pm The War Show Film 101 min 4:30 - 6:11pm NRT The War Show A bohemian group of friends get caught up in the intoxicating energy of the Arab Spring, risking everything for a new Syria.
5pm		5:30pm The Jubilee Reception 75 min 5:30 - 6:45pm The Jubilee For our opening night, we kick it up a notch with a masquerade gala at Missouri Theatre right before the exhilarating new film Step. Don your black tie, little black dress, or whatever makes you feel fashion forward, and of course don’t forget your mask. This year, the festivities spill out onto Ninth street, under the Fest’s palatial party pavilion. Sample culinary creations from bleu Events and Fresh Ideas in the tent. In the Theatre lobby, enjoy scrumptious bites prepared by Brook Harlan’s students at the Columbia Area Career Center. Our friends at Columbia Art League open their gallery space, where you can see their latest exhibit: Quintessence, which explores the elemental substance of all things. Stop by the cocktail stations scattered throughout, each featuring a handcrafted libation created by one of Columbia's finest bartenders. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.						5:30pm Brimstone & Glory Film 64 min 5:30 - 6:34pm NRT Brimstone & Glory A heart-stopping, visually acrobatic pilgrimage to Mexico’s National Pyrotechnic Festival. Presented by Spirit of '76 Fireworks	5:00pm Venus Film 80 min 5 - 6:20pm NRT Venus Intimate interviews with young women in Copenhagen, who bravely share their fantasies, fears, and more.
6pm
7pm		7:00pm Step Film 83 min 7 - 8:23pm NRT Step Senior year at a Baltimore charter school, and the irrepressible step dance team balances prepping for college with gunning for the all-city championship.	7:15pm Long Strange Trip Film 259 min 7:15 - 11:34pm Long Strange Trip Counterculture icons the Grateful Dead were an unlikely utopian experiment illuminated by five decades of recordings and photos. The runtime includes a 20-minute intermission.	7:00pm The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton) Film 84 min 7 - 8:24pm NRT The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton) Even though Joe Carman endangers his marriage, custody of his kids and his mental and physical health, the 40-year-old pipefitter can’t pull himself away from the ring. Co-presented with the San Francisco International Film Festival	7:00pm Communion Film 72 min 7 - 8:12pm NRT Communion Fourteen-year-old Ola becomes the default caretaker for her irreverent brother, Nikodem, in this exquisite film.		7:15pm Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Film 84 min 7:15 - 8:39pm NRT Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Lindy Lou sets out on an unconventional road trip across the South, tracking down her fellow jurors who sentenced a man to die.		7:30pm Gulîstan, Land of Roses Film 84 min 7:30 - 8:54pm NRT Gulîstan, Land of Roses An all-female regiment of guerillas in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party prepares for war against Daesh. Presented by the Consulate General of Canada
8pm								8:00pm Distant Constellation (work-in-progress) Film 80 min 8 - 9:20pm NRT Distant Constellation (work-in-progress) Full of Tarkovskian atmospherics and featuring the inhabitants of a Turkish retirement home – pranksters, historians, artists and would-be Casanovas. A T/F Work-In-Progress Screening.
9pm		9:45pm Rat Film Film 82 min 9:45 - 11:07pm Rat Film An eccentric, era-hopping essay about a Baltimore that is born and reborn daily, presided over by some four-footed denizens.		9:45pm Secret Screening Xenon Film 91 min 9:45 - 11:16pm NRT Secret Screening Xenon An outlandish figure crosses an ethical Rubicon, setting off a chain reaction.	9:30pm Stranger in Paradise Film 72 min 9:30 - 10:42pm NRT Stranger in Paradise Smug, conventional wisdom falls by the wayside as this masterful provocation implicates us all in the refugee crisis. Presented with CPH:DOX					9:00pm Berlin Thursday Night Showcase Concert 210 min 9 - 12:30am Berlin Thursday Night Showcase New Orleans virtuoso steel guitarist Chris Christy, Brooklyn avant art rockers Jesse and Forever and L.A. via Alabama inspired indie pop favorites DeQn Sue; a line up that runs the gamut of genre but bursts with a raw, energetic talent. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, Busker Band, Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
10pm							10:00pm Manifesto Film 90 min 10 - 11:30pm NRT Manifesto Cate Blanchett shapeshifts from hobo to rocker to anchorwoman and beyond, audaciously proclaiming 50 versions of The Future.	10:30pm Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio Short 72 min 10:30 - 11:42pm NRT Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio Can’t they get some peace? We track down an exile in Brazil, then interrupt the oldest interracial newlyweds in the U.S.	10:00pm Récréations Film 54 min 10 - 10:54pm NRT Récréations Lord of the Flies on a French playground, as filmed by True Vision recipient Claire Simon.			10:00pm @CTION @Tonic! Party 180 min 10 - 1am @CTION @Tonic! Now on a new night, this legendary party is held at one of our favorite downtown nightclubs. Artists transform the space into a whiskey-laced wonderland where you can dance the night away to the bass-heavy beats of 18aC, U.S. Girls, and DJ Agile One. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.
11pm
12am
1am

4:30pm

Showtime Theater at The Blue Note

Secret Screening Argon

Film

86 min

4:30 - 5:56pm
NRT

Secret Screening Argon
The mythic outlaw looms large in the American consciousness, but this story is more complex than mere heroes and villains.
Forrest Theater

The War Show

Film

101 min

4:30 - 6:11pm
NRT

The War Show
A bohemian group of friends get caught up in the intoxicating energy of the Arab Spring, risking everything for a new Syria.

5:00pm

Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

Venus

Film

80 min

5 - 6:20pm
NRT

Venus
Intimate interviews with young women in Copenhagen, who bravely share their fantasies, fears, and more.

5:30pm

7:00pm

7:15pm

7:30pm

Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

Gulîstan, Land of Roses

Film

84 min

7:30 - 8:54pm
NRT

Gulîstan, Land of Roses
An all-female regiment of guerillas in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party prepares for war against Daesh. Presented by the Consulate General of Canada

8:00pm

Big Ragtag

Distant Constellation (work-in-progress)

Film

80 min

8 - 9:20pm
NRT

Distant Constellation (work-in-progress)
Full of Tarkovskian atmospherics and featuring the inhabitants of a Turkish retirement home – pranksters, historians, artists and would-be Casanovas. A T/F Work-In-Progress Screening.

9:00pm

Cafe Berlin

Berlin Thursday Night Showcase

Concert

210 min

9 - 12:30am

Berlin Thursday Night Showcase
New Orleans virtuoso steel guitarist Chris Christy, Brooklyn avant art rockers Jesse and Forever and L.A. via Alabama inspired indie pop favorites DeQn Sue; a line up that runs the gamut of genre but bursts with a raw, energetic talent. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, Busker Band, Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.

9:30pm

Rhynsburger Theatre

Stranger in Paradise

Film

72 min

9:30 - 10:42pm
NRT

Stranger in Paradise
Smug, conventional wisdom falls by the wayside as this masterful provocation implicates us all in the refugee crisis. Presented with CPH:DOX

9:45pm

10:00pm

10:30pm

Big Ragtag

Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio

Short

72 min

10:30 - 11:42pm
NRT

Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio
Can’t they get some peace? We track down an exile in Brazil, then interrupt the oldest interracial newlyweds in the U.S.