Wednesday, Feb 29 • Thursday, Mar 1 • Friday, Mar 2 • Saturday, Mar 3 • Sunday, Mar 4
Wednesday, Feb 29
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10:00pmEastside ShowcaseThe Eastside Tavern hosts a kick-off show featuring Hott Lunch, Catacombz and Enemy Airship.
Thursday, Mar 1
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4:30pmThe Waiting RoomSNEAK PREVIEW This fly-on-the-wall tour de force looks at the waiting room of an emergency room in Oakland, California
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5:00pmAbendlandThe latest from Nikolaus Geyrhalter, director of Our Daily Bread (2005): a secret tour of Europe after dark
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5:30pmThe BelovsTrue Vision honoree Victor Kossakovsky’s first documentary immerses us in the lives of Russian farmers
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6:00pmThe Jubilee (feat. Undefeated)Our second annual fancypants gala at the Missouri Theatre, including a special screening.
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7:00pmAi Weiwei: Never SorryShot over a period of years, this film follows Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei as he finds creative paths to rebellion against an oppressive system
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7:00pmThese Birds WalkWork in Progress. A mysterious, poetic look at a Pakistani home for orphans
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7:30pmLow & ClearSNEAK PREVIEW Two friends fish and face off in this exquisitely shot film
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7:30pmUndefeatedA lumber salesman turned high-school footballcoach inspires inner-city teens to become contenders in this Oscar-nominated doc
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8:00pmSecret Screening LavenderA jaw-dropping look at prejudice run amok
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9:00pmThursday Night ShowcaseCharmed performances by Cindy Woolf, Bramble and Les Trois Coups.
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9:45pm1/2 RevolutionA true-life thriller shot in Cairo during the Arab Spring brings us into the middle of the resistance
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9:45pmOnly the YoungSNEAK PREVIEW In the Southern California desert, this film discovers a potent blend of teenage urgency, boredom, and young love that adults misconstrue as aimless wandering
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10:00pmSecret Screening PurpleThis boldly cinematic doc celebrates the American city like no one since Jane Jacobs
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10:00pmMojo’s ShowcaseMojo’s hosts a showcase featuring: Bassdrum of Death, Jerusalem and the Starbaskets, and Ming Donkey One-Man Band. Doors at 8pm. Show at 10pm. Free for Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders, $5 for other passholders, $8 general admission.
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10:30pmV/H/SIn this gory, entirely fictional horror film, hooligans break into a house looking for a valuable VHS tape
Friday, Mar 2
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12:00pmMarina Abramović: The Artist is PresentAn emotionally riveting portrait of the self-described “grandmother of performance art”
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12:00pmThe Vanishing Spring LightSNEAK PREVIEW An intimate portrait of a Chinese matriarch
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12:30pmRe:Vision (shorts)Six filmmakers show that the past is not dead at all, but still flopping around.
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12:30pmThe Guy Who Built The Influencing MachineGraphic designer Erik Buckham, who created the T/F 2012 poster, talks about his career influencing the masses by designing posters for David Fincher and Spike Jonze movies to Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, The Art of the Steal, Bombay Beach, and many more.
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12:30pmSecret Screening BlueA new kind of tangential journalism that acts as a fitting tribute to fellowship, friendship, and faith
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2:30pmSecret Screening OrangeA businessman with deep pockets says he can reopen a small-town factory—but can he be trusted?
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2:30pmFrom the Department of Recorded SoundFilm music drives audience emotions, and individual scenes can be defined by a particular song or music cue. Essential as it is, film music is often under budgeted and misunderstood. This conversation with Music Supervisors Joe Rudge and Kate Urcioli will explore effective tactics for finding a film’s sound as well as the practical realities for licensing source material. This event is free and open to the public.
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2:30pmGoing Up the StairsSNEAK PREVIEW An Iranian grandmother becomes and artist and gets her first solo show in Paris. But will her husband let her go?
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3:00pmGypsy DavyFlamenco guitarist David Serva Jones left behind a clutch of wives, girlfriends, and children wherever he went—a group that includes Rachel Leah Jones, the director of this film
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3:00pmSummer of GiacomoSNEAK PREVIEW For a couple of young Italians, summer is a never-ending, languid idyll
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3:00pmSecret Screening GoldAfter falling from grace, a mercurial artist attempts to climb back to the top
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4:00pmKids TodayT/F 2012 features some of the most unforgettable children in recent documentary memory. In a self-conscious world fueled by social media, how does one coax natural “performances” from subjects? These directors share stories and lessons learned.
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4:30pmLow & ClearSNEAK PREVIEW Two friends fish and face off in this exquisitely shot film
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5:00pmHerman’s HouseSNEAK PREVIEW A former Black Panther, locked up in solitary confinement, is visited by a young artist who helps him design his dream house
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5:30pmArgentinian LessonRomance blooms for a Polish boy in Argentina
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5:30pmMarch MarchThe festival’s signature kickoff parade through the streets of Columbia. All are welcome to watch and participate. Dress up as robots or wear a tinfoil hat! It’s free!
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5:30pm¡Vivan Las Antipodas!Russian auteur and 2012 True Vision Award winner Victor Kossakovsky offers up a creative vision of planetary opposites
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5:30pmReality BitesSample tasty appetizers from Columbia’s finest restaurants in the Missouri Theatre lobby.
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6:00pmSecret Screening RedBig government tamps down dissent, but it might not be able to control these crafty heretics
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7:00pmThe ImposterIn this nonfiction thriller, a missing Texas boy turns up in Spain. What happened?
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7:00pmThe Island PresidentGlobal warming may make the Maldives disappear, but can President Mohamed Nasheed save the day?
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7:00pmThe AmbassadorSatirist and adventurer Mads BrĂĽgger (Red Chapel) shows how easy it is to become a diamond-smuggling African diplomat
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7:30pmThe ConnectionEight junkies in search of a fix
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7:30pmThe Queen of VersaillesMeet the family with the mostest: a couple that wants to build the biggest house in America
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8:00pmCanĂculaSNEAK PREVIEW The tensions of tradition and modernity are explored in this look at the lives of the Totona people of Mexico
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8:30pmBuilding BabelSNEAK PREVIEW The embattled developer of the Ground Zero mosque just wants to build a community center—so why all the fuss?
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8:30pmDetropiaThe directors of Jesus Camp find hazy beauty and tenacious locals in Motor City
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9:00pmFriday Night ShowcaseBerlin Theater brings together festival favorites Pearl and the Beard, Toughcats and Malone
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9:30pmCampfire StoriesJoin us at the Odd Fellows Lodge as eight filmmakers gather around a “campfire” to swap tales of the scene that got away
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10:00pmMe @ The ZooA sexually ambiguous teen living in the rural South is saved by YouTube, but fame is a complicated thing
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10:00pmComic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s HopeMorgan Spurlock takes us inside the superhero, fantasy, & sci-fi spectacle that is the San Diego Comic Convention
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10:00pmThis Monkey’s Gone to Heaven (shorts)Inspired by the Pixies’ meditation on the divine (and toxic sludge), we spotlight eight shorts that illustrate a fragile hold on life
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10:00pmV/H/SIn this gory, entirely fictional horror film, hooligans break into a house looking for a valuable VHS tape
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10:00pm@CTION! PartyThe now-legendary Friday night party held at a downtown nightclub, featuring DJ’s from DC’s legendary Fatback party
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10:30pmAbendlandThe latest from Nikolaus Geyrhalter, director of Our Daily Bread (2005): a secret tour of Europe after dark
Saturday, Mar 3
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8:00amTrue Life RunThe second-annual mad dash through the streets of downtown Columbia.
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10:00amSecret Screening LavenderA jaw-dropping look at prejudice run amok
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10:00amThird Coast Breakfast ClubAn hour-long “screening” of unforgettable audio stories, presented by the Third Coast fest in Chicago.
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10:00amThe AmbassadorSatirist and adventurer Mads BrĂĽgger (Red Chapel) shows how easy it is to become a diamond-smuggling African diplomat
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10:30amBuilding BabelSNEAK PREVIEW The embattled developer of the Ground Zero mosque just wants to build a community center—so why all the fuss?
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10:30amSecret Screening RedBig government tamps down dissent, but it might not be able to control these crafty heretics
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10:30amPoetic JournalismStraightforward reportage packed with “just the facts, ma’am” has long dominated the world of documentary and television journalism. But more and more filmmakers are attacking reality with sideways blows, immersing us in strange worlds that can’t be reduced to broadcast convention. See how the new guard approaches “the news.”
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10:30amCanĂculaSNEAK PREVIEW The tensions of tradition and modernity are explored in this look at the lives of the Totona people of Mexico
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10:30amThe Island PresidentGlobal warming may make the Maldives disappear, but can President Mohamed Nasheed save the day?
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11:00amOnly the YoungSNEAK PREVIEW In the Southern California desert, this film discovers a potent blend of teenage urgency, boredom, and young love that adults misconstrue as aimless wandering
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11:45amThe Speculative StrollFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film “The Cruise,” accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn’t know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office.
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12:00pmRe:Vision (shorts)Six filmmakers show that the past is not dead at all, but still flopping around.
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12:30pmThe BelovsTrue Vision honoree Victor Kossakovsky’s first documentary immerses us in the lives of Russian farmers
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12:30pmThe New Cinematic NonfictionIt’s no secret that revolutionary new cameras have transformed the way documentaries are made, but there’s no substitute for a perceptive artist behind the lens. In True Vision award winner Victor Kossakovsky’s formulation, filmmakers who utilize instinct and intuition can “provide viewers with new impressions they never had before.”
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12:30pmSummer of GiacomoSNEAK PREVIEW For a couple of young Italians, summer is a never-ending, languid idyll
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12:30pmMe @ The ZooA sexually ambiguous teen living in the rural South is saved by YouTube, but fame is a complicated thing
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1:00pmThe Waiting RoomSNEAK PREVIEW This fly-on-the-wall tour de force looks at the waiting room of an emergency room in Oakland, California
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1:00pmHerman’s HouseSNEAK PREVIEW A former Black Panther, locked up in solitary confinement, is visited by a young artist who helps him design his dream house
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1:00pmSearching for Sugar ManRodriguez’s music emboldened apartheid-era South Africa before he disappeared in a swirl of mystery
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1:30pmGypsy DavyFlamenco guitarist David Serva Jones left behind a clutch of wives, girlfriends, and children wherever he went—a group that includes Rachel Leah Jones, the director of this film
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2:30pmThe Speculative StrollFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film “The Cruise,” accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn’t know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office.
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2:30pmEditing Master Class with Pedro KosOne of the most skilled editors working in documentary, Pedro Kos (The Island President), shares his insights.
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2:30pmLow & ClearSNEAK PREVIEW Two friends fish and face off in this exquisitely shot film
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3:00pmThe Vanishing Spring LightSNEAK PREVIEW An intimate portrait of a Chinese matriarch
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3:00pmGoing Up the StairsSNEAK PREVIEW An Iranian grandmother becomes and artist and gets her first solo show in Paris. But will her husband let her go?
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3:00pmMarina Abramović: The Artist is PresentAn emotionally riveting portrait of the self-described “grandmother of performance art”
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3:30pmSecret Screening PurpleThis boldly cinematic doc celebrates the American city like no one since Jane Jacobs
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3:30pmSecret Screening OrangeA businessman with deep pockets says he can reopen a small-town factory—but can he be trusted?
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3:30pmBully2012 True Life Fund Film. Filmmaker Lee Hirsch makes the bullying epidemic in American schools intensely personal, demonstrating how, for some kids, mere survival can be a daily battle
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4:00pmSecret Screening GoldAfter falling from grace, a mercurial artist attempts to climb back to the top
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4:00pmFilmmaker FĂŞtePS:Gallery, on Walnut Street, hosts this year’s banquet in honor of our visiting filmmakers, catered by Sycamore.
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5:00pmThe Waiting RoomSNEAK PREVIEW This fly-on-the-wall tour de force looks at the waiting room of an emergency room in Oakland, California
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5:30pmThe ConnectionEight junkies in search of a fix
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5:45pm¡Vivan Las Antipodas!Russian auteur and 2012 True Vision Award winner Victor Kossakovsky offers up a creative vision of planetary opposites
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6:00pmThis Monkey’s Gone to Heaven (shorts)Inspired by the Pixies’ meditation on the divine (and toxic sludge), we spotlight eight shorts that illustrate a fragile hold on life
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6:00pmSecret Screening BlueA new kind of tangential journalism that acts as a fitting tribute to fellowship, friendship, and faith
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6:00pmDetropiaThe directors of Jesus Camp find hazy beauty and tenacious locals in Motor City
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6:30pmThe Queen of VersaillesMeet the family with the mostest: a couple that wants to build the biggest house in America
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6:30pmAi Weiwei: Never SorryShot over a period of years, this film follows Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei as he finds creative paths to rebellion against an oppressive system
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7:30pmThese Birds WalkWork in Progress. A mysterious, poetic look at a Pakistani home for orphans
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8:00pmAbendlandThe latest from Nikolaus Geyrhalter, director of Our Daily Bread (2005): a secret tour of Europe after dark
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8:30pmArgentinian LessonRomance blooms for a Polish boy in Argentina
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8:30pmThe ImposterIn this nonfiction thriller, a missing Texas boy turns up in Spain. What happened?
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8:45pmHow to Survive a PlagueA powerful and poetic history of ACT UP, the activist group that changed the face of AIDS treatment
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8:45pmMojo’s A-Go-GoStomp out a day’s documentaries at Mojo’s with Believers, Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?, Dark Dark Dark and Cassie Morgan.
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9:00pmSaturday Night ShowcaseWelcome back Run On Sentence and introduce festival newcomers Nick Jaina and Busman’s Holiday.
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9:00pm1/2 RevolutionA true-life thriller shot in Cairo during the Arab Spring brings us into the middle of the resistance
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9:30pmGimme Truth!See America’s favorite documentary game show, as you decide whether films are true or false
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9:30pmComic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s HopeMorgan Spurlock takes us inside the superhero, fantasy, & sci-fi spectacle that is the San Diego Comic Convention
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10:00pmBuilding BabelSNEAK PREVIEW The embattled developer of the Ground Zero mosque just wants to build a community center—so why all the fuss?
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10:30pmV/H/SIn this gory, entirely fictional horror film, hooligans break into a house looking for a valuable VHS tape
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10:30pmSecret Screening GreenA Situationist stunt turns one long-running pop cultural institution inside out
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11:15pm!@#% Comedy NightFalling down stand-up comedy from Johnny St. John and Dan Friesen + friends
Sunday, Mar 4
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9:30amThe Weird Wake-Up BreakfastJoin us at the Odd Fellows Lodge, as we eat breakfast provided by Cafe Berlin, Uprise & Kaldi’s and partake of one of the more unusual screenings at the Fest, Secret Screening Green.
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10:00amDetropiaThe directors of Jesus Camp find hazy beauty and tenacious locals in Motor City
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10:00amThis Monkey’s Gone to Heaven (shorts)Inspired by the Pixies’ meditation on the divine (and toxic sludge), we spotlight eight shorts that illustrate a fragile hold on life
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10:00amSecret Screening OrangeA businessman with deep pockets says he can reopen a small-town factory—but can he be trusted?
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10:00amGypsy DavyFlamenco guitarist David Serva Jones left behind a clutch of wives, girlfriends, and children wherever he went—a group that includes Rachel Leah Jones, the director of this film
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10:30amThe Vanishing Spring LightSNEAK PREVIEW An intimate portrait of a Chinese matriarch
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10:30amThe Manic Pixie Dream Girl Subverted: Real Life Women in Documentary FilmThe Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a term coined by critic Nathan Rabin, has become a too-common caricature in contemporary indie film. How do documentary filmmakers navigate these common tropes to deal with gender?
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10:30amHow to Survive a PlagueA powerful and poetic history of ACT UP, the activist group that changed the face of AIDS treatment
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10:30amSecret Screening GreenA Situationist stunt turns one long-running pop cultural institution inside out
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11:45amThe Speculative StrollFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film “The Cruise,” accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn’t know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office.
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12:30pmComic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s HopeMorgan Spurlock takes us inside the superhero, fantasy, & sci-fi spectacle that is the San Diego Comic Convention
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12:30pmUncomfortable QuestionsIt’s not easy for filmmakers to be simultaneously delicate and assertive in confronting interview subjects head-on. These fearless directors lead the way.
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12:30pmThese Birds WalkWork in Progress. A mysterious, poetic look at a Pakistani home for orphans
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12:30pmSummer of GiacomoSNEAK PREVIEW For a couple of young Italians, summer is a never-ending, languid idyll
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12:30pmThe Island PresidentGlobal warming may make the Maldives disappear, but can President Mohamed Nasheed save the day?
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1:00pmGoing Up the StairsSNEAK PREVIEW An Iranian grandmother becomes and artist and gets her first solo show in Paris. But will her husband let her go?
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1:15pmThe Queen of VersaillesMeet the family with the mostest: a couple that wants to build the biggest house in America
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1:30pmSecret Screening RedBig government tamps down dissent, but it might not be able to control these crafty heretics
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1:30pmAi Weiwei: Never SorryShot over a period of years, this film follows Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei as he finds creative paths to rebellion against an oppressive system
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2:30pmThe Speculative StrollFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film “The Cruise,” accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn’t know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office.
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3:00pmSecret Screening GoldAfter falling from grace, a mercurial artist attempts to climb back to the top
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3:00pmRe:Vision (shorts)Six filmmakers show that the past is not dead at all, but still flopping around.
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3:00pmSecret Screening BlueA new kind of tangential journalism that acts as a fitting tribute to fellowship, friendship, and faith
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3:00pmBully2012 True Life Fund Film. Filmmaker Lee Hirsch makes the bullying epidemic in American schools intensely personal, demonstrating how, for some kids, mere survival can be a daily battle
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3:15pmFirewalls & Firestorms: New Media in China and BeyondIt’s a cat-and-mouse game as journalists and citizens alike bravely risk imprisonment and personal safety to circumvent censorship all over the world.
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3:30pmHerman’s HouseSNEAK PREVIEW A former Black Panther, locked up in solitary confinement, is visited by a young artist who helps him design his dream house
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4:00pmOnly the YoungSNEAK PREVIEW In the Southern California desert, this film discovers a potent blend of teenage urgency, boredom, and young love that adults misconstrue as aimless wandering
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4:00pm¡Vivan Las Antipodas!Russian auteur and 2012 True Vision Award winner Victor Kossakovsky offers up a creative vision of planetary opposites
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4:00pm1/2 RevolutionA true-life thriller shot in Cairo during the Arab Spring brings us into the middle of the resistance
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5:00pmSecret Screening LavenderA jaw-dropping look at prejudice run amok
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5:30pmMarina Abramović: The Artist is PresentAn emotionally riveting portrait of the self-described “grandmother of performance art”
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5:30pmCanĂculaSNEAK PREVIEW The tensions of tradition and modernity are explored in this look at the lives of the Totona people of Mexico
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6:00pmSecret Screening PurpleThis boldly cinematic doc celebrates the American city like no one since Jane Jacobs
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6:15pmClosing Night ReceptionA common meal for all who attend our closing night film at the Missouri Theatre, catered by, catered by Addison’s.
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6:30pmHow to Survive a PlagueA powerful and poetic history of ACT UP, the activist group that changed the face of AIDS treatment
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6:30pmUndefeatedA lumber salesman turned high-school footballcoach inspires inner-city teens to become contenders in this Oscar-nominated doc
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7:00pmThe AmbassadorSatirist and adventurer Mads BrĂĽgger (Red Chapel) shows how easy it is to become a diamond-smuggling African diplomat
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7:30pmSearching for Sugar ManRodriguez’s music emboldened apartheid-era South Africa before he disappeared in a swirl of mystery
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8:00pmThe ImposterIn this nonfiction thriller, a missing Texas boy turns up in Spain. What happened?
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8:00pmArgentinian LessonRomance blooms for a Polish boy in Argentina
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10:00pmBuskers Last StandIn the Missouri Theatre lobby, one last impromptu session with our visiting buskers, surrounded on all sides by festival friends.