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Dallas VideoFest 29

Video Association of Dallas


http://videofest.org
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Video Association of Dallas:


Full Feature Film List, Special Presentations,
Shorts including Texas Show
Playing 29 Dallas VideoFest
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DALLAS, Oct 5, 2016 Films, presentations and showcase screenings with live
music accompaniments, which are rarely seen anywhere else but a festival,
screen during the 29th edition of the Dallas VideoFest (http://videofest.org/)
from October 18-23, 2016. Overall, approximately 125 programs including
narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, and experimental videos
will be screened during the 6-day Festival. This years VideoFest will, of course,
include the latest films from many local filmmakers.
This year, VideoFest features three special presentations with journalists
discussing how the news reporting process has changed over time and continues
to evolve. One presentation offers a look back at the WFAA archives housed at
SMU Libraries with panel of notable DFW journalists; another features a
long-time editor of the CBS staple, 60 Minutes; and the third, presented by
Associate Publisher Doug Latino of The New York Times, covers the latest in
Virtual Reality.
VideoFest is proud to partner with Women In Film.Dallas
(http://www.wifdallas.org/) for its 15 anniversary of the Chick Flicks Festival
with shorts and two feature films: HARDY and QUAKER OATH. VideoFest also
shows new works from Austins Rooster Teeth (http://www.roosterteeth.com/)
with several of its co-creators here to talk about the future of independent
studios and distribution.
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VideoFest celebrates Democracy through Documentary with the 50


anniversary of Kartemquin Films, which boasts a remarkable legacy of
inspiring action through documentary by showing two classics: HOOP DREAMS
(1994 Directors Cut) and THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI (2013) and the
latest documentary, UNBROKEN GLASS (2016) with one of the three founders,
Gordon Quinn in attendance. (http://www.ktq50.org/)
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VideoFest stays true to itself by running the gamut from new documentaries of
media, people and societal issues to narrative features and shorts.

Features, presentations, shorts playing Dallas VideoFest 29


Opening Night Oct. 18, 8 p.m. at Dallas City Performance Hall
Dallas Chamber Symphony presents
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Conductor: Richard McKay
Composer: Joe Kraemer
Score performance: Dallas Chamber Symphony
Dallas Chamber Symphony shares the opening night of its fifth season with the
opening night of Dallas VideoFest with its commissioned premiere of a new score by
film composer Joe Kraemer live to a screening of F.W. Murnaus acclaimed silent film
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927) Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m., at Dallas
City Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. downtown.
Presented as part of the orchestras UnSilent Film Series, this romantic drama,
released at the very end of the silent era, is widely regarded as one of the best and
most important films ever made. SUNRISE is the only Academy Award winner for
Unique and Artistic Picture at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. #UnSilentFilm
Ticket holders are invited to both the premiere at Dallas City Performance Hall and the
after-party with the composer. They are presented with the generous support of the
Jean Baptiste (Tad) Adoue III Fund of The Dallas Foundation.
Website:
https://www.dcsymphony.org/concert-tickets/2016-17-season-schedule/sunrise/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/M5GBF5HJhSQ

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Special Screening Oct. 19, 7 p.m. at Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson


Blvd.)
REBIRTH OF A NATION
Director: DW Griffith
Reinterpretation: DJ Spooky
Score performance: SYZYGY Quartet
Presented by Video Association of Dallas, Ignite Arts Dallas/SMU Meadows School of
the Arts and MAP - Make Art with Purpose.
More than 100 years after the release of D. W. Griffith's epic THE BIRTH OF A NATION
(1915), performance artist and musician Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal
Kid, has applied a "DJ mix" to one of the most revered and yet also reviled films ever
made. Miller's reading of the overt racism depicted in a Reconstruction-era South
hurtles Griffith's images into the 21 Century, a socio-political landscape that has
evolved beyond all expectations.
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SYZYGY Quartet is the name of the Meadows New Music Ensemble, directed by Dr.
Lane Harder. It performs the music of living composers, creating high-quality
encounters with new music that are innovative, engaging, and relevant to a diverse
audience.
Website: http://www.rebirthofanation.com/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/3ljIq0lz0qY
FILMS AND PROGRAMS AT ANGELIKA STARTING OCT 20

349
Kristen Lauth Shaeffer
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
349 is a collaborative animated film that explores the idea that we're all
imperceptibly connected. A dance performance was videotaped and converted
into a series of still frames. 349 different people each redrew one of these
frames to represent themselves and someone with whom they have an important
connection).
Website: http://www.kristenlauthshaeffer.com/349

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9546 km
Sergio Garca Locatelli
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
I came here more than 7 years ago from a place 9546 km away, and I keep
looking into myself to see if Madrid is still my city.

The Act
Dorukhan Turan
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Duygu is an actress whos finally landed a role, but shes nervous because the
part is an unusual one for her. Shes excited to screen the movie to her friends.

The Adventures
Chuck Workman
Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A man about to turn ninety, living in a nursing home, talks revealingly about the
past, the present, and the future, and the dying girl who chose him to create one
of her final memories.

THE ART OF DIRECTING: FRANK CAPRA


Allan Holzman
Documentary Feature
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 3:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3

Director Frank Capra delves into his art of directing, revealing inspiring insights
into his methodology of storytelling, working with actors, writers, and studio
chiefs, while offering gems of information still relevant to todays filmmakers.
Directed and edited by two time Emmy winner Allan Holzman.

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Director in Attendance

audible static
Sai Selvarajan
Narrative Short
Plays with Maid
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:45 p.m. at Angelika 3
Thaddeus is a teenager in love. Love comes with panic. Silence. Racing thoughts,
but no words. Just, audible static. In the last days on analogue, Thaddeus finds a
way to cheat the system.
Director in Attendance

Baba Yaga
Cydney Cox
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at Angelika 7
A desperate father makes an unimaginable sacrifice in order to save his dying
daughter.
The Bahian (Brazil)
Camilo Estrada
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
In Brazil, a country currently going through a severe economic crisis, special
people like Ivan appear to give some hope. From the state of Bahia, (northeast
Brazil) he goes to Rio de Janeiro on vacation and visits the beautiful beaches of
Copacabana and Ipanema, where he learns to enjoy what was once work to him:
fishing.

Ball is Life

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Terry Bluez
Plays with TEMPLE SHALOM SOFTBALL: THE FIRST INNING
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Ball is Life is the story of a young female basketball star on the verge of
earning a Division I scholarship under the intense coaching of her overbearing
father. But when her hoop dreams are jeopardized by an unplanned pregnancy,
she must decide which is more important, Ball or Life?
Filmmaker in attendance

THE BIG SECRET


Alex Voss, Susan Downs, M.D.
Documentary Feature
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 7:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
THE BIG SECRET is the latest work by five-time Emmy Award-winning producer
Alex Voss with the assistance of multi award winning filmmaker and integrative
physician, Susan Downs. Vosss personal journey to regain his health brought
him face-to-face with the impacts big money has had on the American healthcare
system. Join Voss as he looks at the history of medicine in the US and how
wealth and power affect the decisions doctors make. My goal, says Voss, is to
empower people with knowledge and start a conversation that will ultimately
lead to life-saving changes to our personal health, and reform in our healthcare
system. THE BIG SECRET is only the beginning.

BLUR CIRCLE
Chris Hansen
Narrative Feature
Thursday Oct. 20th, 7 p.m. at Angelika 3
Jill Temple is a single mother still grieving the loss of her young son after he
disappeared two years ago. Unable to face the possibility that she has lost him
forever, she pursues every lead and meets Burton Rose, a man with a shrouded
past. The details of that past and how Burton has responded to it force Jill to
look at her life in a completely new way.
Director in Attendance
Website: http://www.hansenfilms.com/blur_circle.html

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Bossman
Theresa Varga
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A spaced out but wildly imaginative stoner goes on a quest to the seek the truth
about "Bossman" a local chicken shop owner and his secret chicken shop plans
that seem out of this world.
Website: http://www.theresavarga.co.uk
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/178975882

THE BOY ON THE TRAIN (Hungary)


Roger Deutsch
Experimental Feature
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 4:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
An American experimental film director screening his new film in Budapest meets
one of the subjects of that film. What starts as a simple chat over coffee turns
into an alternately comic and suspenseful road trip.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/132089380

Breakfast in Bed
Payton Thropp
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A young girl faces changes in her family with bravery and hope.

Brinston: "Free AF"


Sierra Sintic
Experimental Short

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Performance Value Compilation


Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 2
Matthew Brinston is a Dallas-based visual artist who leaves clues to the locations
of his latest, free-art drop via Instagram (MatthewBrinston). He travels to Los
Angeles, leaving his art scattered across the Southwestern landscape.

Bubbles Don't Lie


Stepan Etrych
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A typical day starts as engineer Cmiral wakes and brushes his teeth in the
bathroom. Then a comic book bubble appears above his head with 6 inside it.
Soon everyone in the world has an overhead bubble and a number, but no one
knows why.
Website: http://english.aquariuspictures.cz/portfolio/bubbles-dont-lie/

BURDEN
Tim Marrinan & Richard Dewey
Documentary Features
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 3 p.m. at Angelika 3
For more than 45 years, Chris Burden's work has challenged ideas about the
limits and nature of modern art. His pioneering and often dangerous
performance works of the 1970s earned him a place in art history books while he
was still in his early 20s. But as the 70s progressed Burden became disillusioned
with expectations and misconceptions based on his early works, and as the
pressure grew, the line between his life and his art blurred.
Website: http://www.chrisburdenfilm.com/

Candle Light Vigil


Mark Birnbaum
Short

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Ritual Beauty Compilation


Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at Angelika 3
Reflections on the Dallas shooting

THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT (Australia)


Richard Kuipers
Documentary Features
Community Partner: Asian Film Festival Dallas
Saturday Oct. 22, 11:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A wandering Australian musician walks into a Phnom Penh karaoke bar. What
happens next is the story of Julien Poulson and Srey Thy, a poor village girl with
an incredible voice. Using wonderfully inventive graphics and archival footage
from the personal films of Cambodias King Sihanouk, this is an intimate story of
music, love and the cross-cultural challenges faced by two struggling performers
as success takes them from the ancient Khmer Kingdom of Angkor, to the streets
of Brixton and all the way to the Motown Studios of Detroit.
Website: http://rockcambodia.com/

Chasing Light
Brian Newman
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm at the Angelika Theater 7
Wyman Meinzer is one of a kind. Hes part cowboy, conservationist, biologist,
hunter, trapper, and world class photographer. A jack of all wild trades, he
doesnt fit any traditional mold.

CHIKA DIE HNDIN IM GHETTO (Chika Dog From the Ghetto)


(Germany)
Short
Plays with Last Laugh
Thursday Oct. 20th, 7 p.m. at the Angelika 2

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The film is based on the book of the Shoah survivors Batsheva Dagan and
insights into life in the Warsaw Ghetto from the perspective of a little Jewish boy.

Cinerama
Excerpt
On Film Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously
from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen,
subtending 146 of arc. The Cinerama Corporation marketed the trademarked
process.

Cold City Heaven


Donald Rubinstein
Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 2
We hold heaven and hell together, shaking one and then the other. There is
mystery in memory. A meditation on life and death.

Concealed
Dakota Ford
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Students can carry concealed handguns on campus so she uses her right in
doing so. She goes to campus to work on a project and stays late into the night.
She has to decide quickly if hes a threat or not.
Director In Attendance

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Confessions of a Breastimator
Jisu Kim
Narrative Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm at the Angelika Theater 7
Confessions of a Breastimator is a story of a breast aficionado who reflects
back on her life as an animator with a passion for cartoons and animating double
Ds. Although created fully digitally, the film uses traditional hand-drawing
methods that pay tribute to the limited animation style of the 50s.

Contigo
Luis Valdovino
Documentary Short
Re-inventing the Image
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Contigo is a waltz with family and tradition, close to the South Texas border.
This film explores a musical style that evolved in the lower Rio Grande Valley in
the early 19 Century after local musicians began using accordions brought by
German settlers. The project is based on a song written by one of the pioneers
of conjunto music, Don Santiago Jimnez. His son, Santiago Jimnez Jr,
performs it in this video.
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Crystal Lake
Jennifer Reeder
Experimental Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
When a struggling young Muslim girl feels unsafe at the skate park, a group of
girls takes over, forming an all-female force field on the half pipe. Maximum
daylight, zero boys: a group of girls band together to help a friend in need. This
film is a grrrl power anthem.

Dead Mall

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Dustin Morrow
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Once bright and shiny temples of commerce, malls across America have become
virtual ghost towns ravaged by online shopping, new upmarket urban shopping
communities, and big box discount stores.

Deafblind Couple
Esteban Pedraza
Narrative Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Deafblind Couple is a short cinematic ode to the sensation of touch and the
feeling of intimacy with another human being. A man and woman who can
neither see nor hear wake up in bed next to each other, communicate, and
rekindle their relationship through touch alone.

Door
Andrea Schmitz
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Gaia must summon the bravery to face her fears and come together with her
mother to defeat the evil living just behind the mysterious green door in their
creepy house.)

A Drag Queen For Kids


Byron Karabatsos
Documentary Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2

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A Drag Queen for Kids follows Dito Van Reigersberg and his alter ego, Martha
Graham Cracker, as they perform. Jokes are reshaped, songs carefully altered,
and innuendos abound. This short film shows that what makes a drag queen
powerful and dangerous isnt her clothes. Its her empathy.
Dreams about Kimono
Nikolay Kozlov
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
In a small provincial town in Central Russia, a teenager is passionate about judo,
but his mother is too poor to buy him a new robe. The teenager enters
competitions to win the first place prize a new robe.

El Submarine (Spain)
Wenceslao Scyzoryk
Narrative Short
On Film Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Even at 95 years old, Juan Marin goes to work every day at the School of
Cinema, where he enters a laboratory called The Submarine to painstakingly
create a colossal machine whose one goal is to restore the splendor of damaged
celluloid films.

Electric Pilgrims
Van McElwee
Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Shot over many years in numerous locations, the piece was edited for two years
and finished under a Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowship. McElwee
describes the new work as an intersection of worlds, swollen with apparitions.
He adds The monumental setting of the Public Media Commons is the ideal
venue to premier Electric Pilgrims.

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An Errand of Hip and Chin


Richard Bailey
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Casey enjoys hooping and playing drums. One day a mysterious phone call sends
him on an errand. Borrowing loosely from the Book of Amos, the film takes
viewers on an adventure that blends the prophetic imagination with the popular
enthusiasm of hooping.

First person singular with Roland Steel


Paul Wahlstrom
Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Prog Rock + Outsider Art + Cool Name = Talented person. This film explores the
life and music of Roland Steele, who died in 2011 and is remembered for his
videos Non-Sectarian and Messiah Complex. Video courtesy of Irving
Community Television Network, 1985.

FULL COURT: THE SPENCER HAYWOOD STORY


Martin Spirit
Documentary Feature
Community partner: AMS Pictures
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 5 p.m. at the Angelika 2
In 1970, Spencer Haywood, the 68 basketball phenom, quickly made a name for
himself by setting records in high school, the 1968 Olympics, the University of Detroit
and the NBA. The ultimate underdog from impoverished beginnings opened the league
to a new crop of talented young players. But with that came a hefty price.
Website: http://www.fullcourtfilm.com/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/zxwzlbXSdlM

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The Gabriella Order


Robert Bell
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
When lonely guy Patrick calls a random number in the middle of the night to
meet a beautiful stranger, he gets much more than he bargained for.

GREETINGS FROM AMARILLO


Chip Lord
Performance
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 7:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3

Chip Lord has partnered with Hayden Pedigo, a young musician and native
of Amarillo, TX, to produce a video portrait (with live musical
accompaniment) of the wind-swept landscape of Amarillo that begins and
ends at Cadillac Ranch.

Happy Birthday Kevin


John Psathas
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
At 15, Kevin risks it all for a shot at greatness.

Happy F-ing Valentine's Day


Sheila Schroeder
Narrative Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3

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Valentines Day provides the backdrop for this comedy short that asks the
question: How can trying to do something so good turn out so f-ing wrong?

Hardy
Natasha Verma
Documentary short
Chick Flicks presentation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 3:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Inspirational, true film on Heather Hardy who rises above the gender inequalities
in pro-boxing to become a world champ.
Website: http://hardythemovie.com/press-reviews/

Hit & Run


Jason Neulander
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
In this Lovecraft-inspired short, Katie finds an amulet by the side of the road and
suffers the consequences of picking it up.

HOOP DREAMS (Directors Cut)


Steve James
Documentary Feature
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 2
HOOP DREAMS chronicles the lives of two inner city Chicago boys who struggle
to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. HOOP
DREAMS screens in celebration of 50 years of Kartemquin Films.
Kartemquin is a collaborative center for documentary media makers who seek to
foster a more engaged and empowered society. In 2016, Kartemquin celebrates
50 years of sparking democracy through documentary.
Founder and artistic director of Kartemquin, Gordon Quinn will attend.

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Website: https://www.kartemquin.com/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/109284111

How the News Got Made: A Rare Look at SMU's WFAA Newsfilm and a
Conversation with the People who Created It
Jeremy Spacklen
Presentation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Discover how the news was captured and shared in the days before the internet
and 24-hour news networks. A panel of notable WFAA staff, including on screen
personalities and behind the scenes personnel, present clips and share stories of
how news was gathered in the 1960s and 1970s.
Co-presented by SMU Libraries
Director in Attendance

Huan Nuo Yuan


Thomas Riccio
Documentary Short
Ritual Beauty Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A documentation of the Huan Nuo Yuan ritual of the Miao people who live deep
in the Wu Ling Mountains of western Huan, China. The Badai conduct the two
day ritual, a practice that goes back thousands of years.

Hummingbird & Crane


Veronica Rodriguez
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the first event of the 54th World Series of Youth
Birding, Bird Call Replication, takes place. Underdog Dorrie Davis plans to
dethrone reigning champion Heidi Hammerstein.

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Hymns of Three Cities


Lisa Mills
Documentary Short
Black History Re-imagined
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Orlando and its tourist destinations impose a celebratory narrative on Central
Florida, but dark corners of history reveal racial violence and injustice. This film
explores a personal narrative of three cities and uses the poetry of Dr. Stephen
Caldwell Wright to address our collective past.

The Itching
Dianne Bellino
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm at the Angelika 7
The Itching is about a shy wolf who attends a dance party thrown by a group
of hip, freewheeling bunnies. Though the wolf longs to connect with the exotic
strangers, anxiety overwhelms her, and she descends into obsessive itching.

Jackdaw
Travis Champagne
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A father mourns on the one year anniversary of his wife's disappearance.

Jenny & Tom


Ford Gunter
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7

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Jenny and Tom have found the happiness that eludes others by living life on
their own terms. But sometimes doubt comes from the warmest of places.
Juke Passages From the Films of Spencer Williams
Thom Anderson
Black History Re-imagined
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Juke, in which Thom Andersen reconsiders the films of Spencer Williams, the
pioneering African American screenwriter, director, and actor whose 1940s
melodramas centered on sinners and saintsBeale Street mamas and storefront
preachers, crime bosses and upwardly striving lawyers and soldierswho are
tempted by jazz and sex and then set back on the glory road to salvation. I
began to notice a remarkable documentary record of black life in the 1940s in
these films, Andersen observes. There are the nightclub scenes, of course, but
there is also a precious recording of residential spaces, from the shack in THE
BLOOD OF JESUS to the comfortable middle-class rooming house in JUKE JOINT.
[My] film brings out these documentary qualities by looping shots of empty
interiors and showing actions freed from the plot. I am not trying to make some
new meaning from these films; I am striving to bring out the meanings that are
there but obscured by the plot lines: the dignity of black life and the creation of
dynamic culture in the segregated society in small-town north Texas. I regard
my movie as akin to Walker Evans photographs of sharecroppers home in 1930s
and George Orwells essays on English working class interiors.

THE LAST LAUGH


Ferne Pearlstein
Documentary Feature
Community Partner: 3 Stars Jewish Cinema
Texas Premiere
Thursday Oct. 20th 7 p.m.at the Angelika 2
THE LAST LAUGH pairs clips from films, performances and interviews with top
comedians and prominent Jewish leaders including Mel Brooks, Sarah
Silverman, Joan Rivers, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Abraham Foxman, and Shalom
Auslander to ask the ultimate taboo question: Can the Holocaust be funny?
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lastlaughfilm/?fref=ts

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Last Night
Shannon Cloud
Experimental Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
On the final night of their DIY stand up comedy tour around Texas, five comics
grow closer as friends.

La Petite Mort
Anna Maria Alaimo
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Two eighty-year-old ladies have been best friends for decades. When they are
given an opportunity of a lifetime only one of them may claim, what's been
lurking beneath the surface of their friendship is exposed with unexpected and
funny results.

LEFT ON PEARL (Preview Screening)


Susan Rivo
Documentary short
Community Partner Chick Flicks
Friday Oct. 21st, 7 p.m. at the Angelika 2
What happens when Boston's 1971 International Women's Day marchers turn
left on Pearl Street in Cambridge and seize an empty building (later used for a
women's center) that lies on land in a largely African American neighborhood
near Harvard University. This film explores the legacy of this event 45 years
later.
Website: LeftOnPearl.org
Trailer: https://youtu.be/q-Ax3i2Iv28

Like a Photograph

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Tom Varisco
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, Angelika 7, 8:45 p.m.
A casual snapshot of a woman reveals a dark truth about the photographer. The
whole thing is based on a single snapshot photograph that Varisco shot a
number of years ago.

Little Match Girl


Carlos Arreola
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A drama short-film adaptation. The greatest female magician, Ellie The
Enchantress lost her husband a long time ago. It is through the memory of
Daniel and a few matches that she will be able to bring back her lost magic.

Lonely Logan
Daniel Duerto
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
My friend Logan is lonely.

Long Departure
David Ellis
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Award-winning filmmaker David Ellis explores the relationship between moving
image and sound. Long Departure is a visual poem about time, aging and the
blur between departure and destination. In this non-traditional storytelling

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portrayal, the interplay of image, sound and atmosphere lets viewers create their
own narrative, in a cinema created as pure visual poetry. Shot on B&W Super8
film in Paris, with video montage and a minimalist musical score from Hanois
Nhung Nguyen. (soundawakener.com).
Director in Attendance

A Long Way from Home


Jay Rosenblat
Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A hand processed celluloid invocation of Jesus last hours that hints at the
relationship between the spirit and the flesh. Had there been actual footage of
the crucifixion dug up by archaeologists, it might have looked like this.

THE LOVE WITCH


Anna Biller
Narrative Feature
Community Partner: Women Texas Film Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 11:30 p.m. at the Angelika 2
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her
gothic Victorian apartment, she makes spells and potions; then picks up men and
seduces them. However, her spells work too well and she ends up with a string
of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her
desperation to be loved drives her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a
visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1960s, THE LOVE
WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological
narcissism.
Website: http://www.lifeofastar.com/lovewitch.html
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/151970316

Maid
Raphael Parry

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Narrative Short
WORLD PREMIERE!
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
An imaginative retelling of the spiritual journey of Joan of Arc, transposed to
modern-day Marfa, Texas. In one long night, Joan's enemies, her saints and the
mysterious Marfa Lights all converge to chase her toward the fire that will
complete her mythic destiny.
Filmmaker in Attendance

Man Without Country


Jennie Lyn Hamilton
Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A poetic and personal search for human connection, Man Without Country
shows a vast and desolate landscape through the eyes of an Alien Being.
Isolation and broken communication journeys our Alien from a fragmented past
through a portal of renewal to an aura of rebirth. Shot on Super 8mm with a
layered audio track of archived family phone messages and conversations, Man
Without Country explores mans struggle with what humanity expects and
what humanity gives.

Mini Maestro
Cheryl Allison
Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3

The power of imagination as seen through the eyes of a 3-year old boy.

Mining the Mother Lode


H. Paul Moon
Documentary Short
Re-inventing the Image

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Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7


Combining cinematic western landscapes with intimate poetry recitation, Mining
the Mother Lode is an agrarian dirge on wasted resources, our culture of
consumption, and brokers who trade on our most precious resource: water.

Minor Setback
Augustine Frizzell
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
High school dropouts and BFFs, Jessie and Angela come up with a brilliant
excuse to skip out on work so they can spend a day at the beach. The pleasures
of laying in the sand, smokin' fatties and eating donuts are so close they can
almost taste them ... until something unexpected goes down.

A Miracle of Hanukkah
Adi Spektor
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A man arrives home early from a business trip to celebrate the first day of
Hanukkah and he finds a supernatural surprise.

Molly Blooms
Elena Megalos
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, Angelika Theater 7, 8:45 p.m.
Molly, proprietress of a small flower shop, makes three bouquets over the course
of her day, confronting a private experience in the process. Story, artwork, and
stop-motion animation by Elena Megalos. Sound by David Scott. Music by Tim
Or.

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This Moment
Sven D.
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
This Moment is a visual poem dedicated to surfing and the search for that
moment when your body and soul become one with nature.

More Than Four Hours


Bryan Poyse
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
On his first day on the job, a high school algebra teacher mixes up his
medications to disastrous results.

Mu
Tom Ludwig
Experimental Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A meditation on impermanence inspired by the destruction by fire of a neighbor's
house and life expressed through personal/lyrical imagery and the thoughts and
poems of Ed Sanders.

Muscle
Heidi Miami Marshall
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Amanda is married to Craig, a terminally ill man. She has been by his side,
bathing and feeding him for the past seven years. She cares for him day in and
day out, the weight of it all taking a toll on her life and her marriage. But their

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marriage was broken long before the disease, and those cracks have never gone
away. Now, frayed by a life in stasis, Amanda realizes it's time to make a choice.
A meeting with a stranger becomes Amanda's final chance to regain her hope.

Oddball
Joshua Moore
Short
On Film compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A creative profile on Stephen Parr, the Oddball behind San Francisco's Oddball
Films.

Ode to the Port


Desiree Kapler
Narrative Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A filmmaker recalls her experience with childhood cancer and explores the
relevance of life, death, loss and survivorship.

Old Table - Dancin in Hell (official music video)


Tim Nicholas
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Official music video for Dancin' in Hell by Old Table. Shot in 120fps slow
motion on an iPhone 6S in a single take.

OTHER PEOPLES FOOTAGE: COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE


Diane E. Carson, Robert Johnson
Documentary Feature

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Sunday Oct. 23rd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3


This film explores critical questions around fair use exemptions for art. It uses
pre-existing footage, music and sound created by others -- without permission or
paying fees. Through on-camera interviews with noted documentarians, film and
legal experts, OPF also reviews relevant court cases and tries to clarify legal
issues regarding trademark, parody, and shooting on location or in a controlled
setting.
Website: http://otherpeoplesfootage.com/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/185435509

Paleta Power
Ruben Chang
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7

An inspiring story about a single mother, Rosa, and her daughter, Lily. Rosa
makes a living selling paletas and is in disbelief. Lily's misfortune finally
brings community in and pushes Rosa's faith to go against the
establishment with a voting campaign that brings community together
overcoming adversity defeating the establishment.

Parametric
Amila Kumarasinghe
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
The endless needs of man have destroyed nature and turned us blind to the fact
that humans are part of nature. If you were the last person on earth, how would
you ensure your survival?

Pen
Diego Rico & Carlos Corra

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Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Richard, a young college graduate, is moving into his new apartment to begin his
life away from home. After speaking with his brother over the phone, Richard
recalls an old girlfriend who also lives in the same city. Before he can finish
writing down the phone number, Richard is interrupted by his new neighbor.

Peor Es Nada (Nothings Worse)


Gabriel Duran
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Marco is determined to get to the U.S. and be reunited with his wife and new
baby. He makes a deal with a local coyote and ends up in the U.S., but he has
no idea how he got there. With a metal box attached to his arm, he must find his
way to his family. Director in Attendance

Please Forgive My Pain


Sheldon Elias Schiffer
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 p.m.at the Angelika 7
A father uses phone messages to earn his sons love and attention, trying poetic
inspiration, bald emotional honesty and gut wrenching threats of mayhem to
reach a son who is afraid of his father's unstable mind.

Priyanath
Anietie Antia-Obong
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday, Oct. 22, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Six year-old Priyanath imagines himself to be a superhero taking down imaginary
villains with his extraordinary powers. But when he learns of a real danger near

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his home, Priyanath must decide if hes actually got what it takes to be a real life
superhero.

The Prodigy
Richard Krall
Music Video
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A young female scientist creates a clone of herself as she had always hoped to
be seen by the world.

Push Pull
Edward Ramsay-Morin
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Push Pull is a collage film created using clips from the Prelinger Archives. It
taps footage from scientific films to explore themes of power and control and
combines them to imply fragmented and distorted physiologies and create spatial
and psychological tension.

QUAKER OATHS
Louisiana Kreutz,
A Chick Flicks Presentation
Narrative Feature
Thursday Oct. 20th, 9 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Premiere

When Quakers get married, they ask every wedding guest to sign their marriage
certificate. Its a sweet tradition that signifies the importance of community. But
when Joe and Emily want to get divorced, that sweet tradition creates an
unexpected challenge: now every guest must cross off their name to make the
split official. In this off-beat comedy, our two would-be divorcees hit the highway

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to track down friends and relatives, revisiting old feelings and discovering new
ones along the way.
Website: http://www.quakeroathsmovie.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxyqFdwd07

Random Access Archive No. 1 (Australia)


John Di Stefano
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Random Access Archive No.1 is an ode to structuralist filmmaking and to
theories of the gaze in cinema. Random Access Archive No. 1 uses GIFs from
varied and random sources that have been assembled in a perpetual montage
process.

Rebel Skeletal
Mark Ridlen
Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A loving tribute to David Bowie and a few of the different forms of mystical
religions he followed during the 1970s. Through the dream lens of two of his
young fans you too will wonder - what is real and what is imagined? Music by
Lithium X-mas.

REMEMBERING TRACY HICKS


Mark Birnbaum
Documentary Feature
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 7:15 p.m. at the Angelika 2
REMEMBERING TRACY HICKS is a short film by award-winning Dallas
filmmaker Mark Birnbaum. The 35-minute film focuses on a memorial and career

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retrospective of artist Tracy Hicks, which was held shortly after Hicks' death, and
includes interviews with those who were closest to him.
Filmmaker in Attendance

Roadside Assistance
Bears Fonte
Narrative Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A mysterious woman stranded by the side of the road hitches a ride with a
passing stranger.

ROOSTER TEETH
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 4:45 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A pioneering Austin studio is responsible for some of the biggest online series in
history, such as the award-winning and longest-running web series,
Connected follows two people who give up their smartphones, laptops and the
internet for 24 hours. Cast Member Blaine Gibson in Attendance
Day 5, Episode 1, Waking Nightmare, set in the aftermath of a fatal sleep
epidemic and encroaching apocalypse, fuses serial drama and thriller around a
human story of survival and redemption. Co-creators Josh Flanagan, Chris
Demarais, and Daniel Fabelo in attendance
Website: roosterteeth.com

Sacred Waters of Bali


Mara Alper
Short
Ritual Beauty
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Water is sacred in Bali and graces every offering and ceremony and purifies each
prayer. This short entwines sensual images with sounds to reveal rich Bali Hindu
traditions that endure in the modern day.

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SIGGRAPH
Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 2
This special session of SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer
GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques) at VideoFest presents highlights from
SIGGAPHs 2016 Computer Animation Festival, which celebrated its 43st year
as the world's most innovative exploration of computer-generated animation and
visual effects.
Website: http://s2016.siggraph.org/

So's Nephew by Remes (Thanx to Michael Snow) by Jorrie Penn Croft


Jennifer Proctor
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
In collaboration with Justin Remes from his essay, Boundless Ontologies:
Michael Snow, Wittgenstein, and the Textual Film and Michael Snow's classic
text-based film, So Is This, this video examines the nature of the textual film
on both theoretical and formal levels.

Some Dark Place


Cecelia Condit
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika Theater 7
In Some Dark Place, filmmaker Cecelia Condit explores the dislocations of
identity and memory that ageing forces upon us, without losing sight of lifes
beauty.

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Sound and Time


Angela & Mark Walley
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Inspired by his sensitivity to sound at a very young age, artist Justin Boyd has
been recording and working with sound and music since the mid 90s. This film
follows Boyd as he captures field recordings and integrates sound with found
objects.

Spectratta
Susan Maughlin Wood
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Spectratta, is a video companion to Sonatina for Violin and Piano "Parallel
Plaid, in which time stretches and compresses in ways that will be familiar to
those affected by Autism SD and ADHD/ADD. The film seeks to celebrate the
spectrum of neurodiversity.

Spider Veins
Frank Mosley
Narrative short
Plays with Maid
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A mercurial narrative about the reunion of two old friends. Loosely inspired by
Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'.

Split Decision
Kel Davis
Narrative Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7

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Spunkle
Lisa Donato
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A brother contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited
wife ask him to be their sperm donor.

STENOGRAPHY
Lee Murray and David Smith
Documentary Feature
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 7
This is an experimental comedy using poetry and prose and is inspired by events
in Germany in 1923, when right- and left-wing revolutionaries fought for the soul
of Germany and the world.

STREETS OF A SCION
Gabriel Duran
Narrative Feature
Thursday Oct. 20th, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 2
Award-winning graduate filmmaker Gabe Duran is releasing a hood drama for his
latest film, STREETS OF A SCION. In STREETS OF A SCION, a young man
named Bobby loses his father and moves into an unfamiliar neighborhood. He
tries to find himself in Cee, a neighborhood thug.
Director in Attendance
Website: http://duran1films.wixsite.com/gabrield
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQBemNyDX4&feature=youtu.be

Sweet Love
Stephen Crompton

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Documentary Short
On Film Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
From a sprawling Florida retirement community, entertainment producer Alvin
Bojar recounts his brief foray into softcore porn production in the early 1970s.

Temple Shalom Softball: THE FIRST INNING


Randy Kramen
Documentary Feature
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 7
This parody of Ken Burns' "Baseball" documentary chronicles the 40-year history
of a mens recreational softball league. Narration by MLB Hall-of-Fame radio
announcer Eric Nadel & Brad Sham, radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys. Ringers,
rivals, replicas of iconic baseball moments, and mustached reenactments bring
the color and comedy of this storied league to life. THE FIRST INNING charts
the origins of the league: From its roots as a parking lot pickup game to its
schoolyard-style draft and the evolution of the first-player evaluations.

TICK, TICK, TICK WITH 60 MINUTES EDITOR


Editor: Stephanie Palewski
Saturday, Oct. 22nd, 7 p.m. at the Angelika 2
Editor Stephanie Palewski offers an inside look into the respected and
award-winning television news magazine, 60 MINUTES, now in its 49
season. Ms. Palewski has edited over a hundred segments for the broadcast
during the past 17 years and will explain and demonstrate how a 60
MINUTES story is created from concept to air. This is a rare opportunity to
see what it takes to produce the program that is regarded as the gold standard
of network journalism.
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Website: http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/

TITO

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The Yes Men


Short
Catching Up with the Yes Men, Snowden and Julian
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Native Comedian Tito Ybarra sings about cultural appropriations.

TRACKTOWN
Jeremy Teicher & Alexi Pappas
Narrative Feature
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:45 p.m. at the Angelika 2
In a small town obsessed with competitive running, a famous but lonely track
star is torn between chasing love and chasing her Olympic dreams.
TRACKTOWN stars Alexi Pappas, co-writer/co-director, an actress and elite
athlete who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Co-Director Jeremy Teicher in Attendance
Website: http://tracktownmovie.com/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/184622009

THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI


Bill Siegel
Documentary Feature
Part of Kartemquin 50 Year Celebration
Friday Oct. 21st, 7 p.m. at the Angelika 3
THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI covers the explosive crossroads of Alis life.
When Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali, his conversion to Islam and refusal
to serve in the Vietnam War leave him banned from boxing and facing a
five-year prison sentence. Alis choice of belief and conscience over fame and
fortune resonates far beyond the boxing ring, striking issues of race, faith and
identity that continue to confront us all today.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Vt_TD2oYS0A

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Two Landscapes
Neil Needleman
Narrative Short
A Different Perspective
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm in Angelika Theater 7
A clash between the landscape the eye perceives and the one thats deeply
embedded in the mind. Starring Herb Rogoff as the artist.

TWO TRAINS RUNNIN'


Director: Sam Pollard
Documentary Feature
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:30 p.m. at the Angelika 2
Mississippi was a dangerous place in the summer of 1964, when hundreds of
college students traveled south to challenge the Ku Klux Klan and a violent police
force. Against this backdrop, two groups of young men neither aware of the
other also headed to Mississippi on a mission to find two forgotten blues
singers and bring them out of retirement. In this searing documentary, Sam
Pollard explores the Freedom Summer in Mississippi and the captivating hunt for
the musicians Son House and Skip James -- two campaigns that collided in tragic
fashion. Narrated by Common and featuring new music by Buddy Guy, Gary
Clark Jr., Lucinda Williams and others, TWO TRAINS RUNNIN' is a must-see
film about hot-button issues police brutality, racism, civil rights, and the
legacy of black music that are as urgent today as they were in 1964.
Website: http://www.twotrainsrunnin.com
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/121266222

UNBROKEN GLASS
Dinesh Sabu
Documentary Feature
Part of Kartemquin 50 Year Celebration
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 4:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
When he was six-years-old, Dinesh Sabus parents died. Raised by his siblings,
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Dinesh sets out on a journey to piece together their story. Uncovering a silenced
family history and disturbing truths, Dinesh and his siblings must reconcile
themselves with the past and confront the trauma of losing their parents and the
specter of mental illness.
Director in Attendance
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UnbrokenGlassFilm/

Undertow
Shelly Brandon
Short
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A visual and emotional journey through one woman's experience with
depression.

Virtual Reality from The New York Times


Doug Latino
Presentation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9 p.m. at the Angelika 2
The New York Times has taken aggressive steps in confronting the new world
and opportunities of the new digital news landscape. First, by creating a new
way to think about video and journalism with Op-Docs, and then moving into the
world of Virtual Reality.
Virtual Reality, is often used for visceral thrills like a roller coaster, but the
Times vision puts you into the world where news is happening in an
unprecedented way. Associate Publisher, Doug Latino, who has been working
closely with VR, will tell us why and how the paper has done it. Hell also show
what they have learned, what works, and what does not work. Virtual Reality
is all the buzz now, but we are still waiting to learn what the visual language is.
Presenter Doug Latino in attendance.
Website:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/insider/events/jake-silverstein-virtual-realit
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Wake Up
Wes Sutton
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A man wakes up to a new job and a perfect day with his family, but all may not
be as it seems.
Director in Attendance

When You Awake


Jay Rosenblatt
Re-inventing the Image
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
Sigmund Freud
An unscientific study of what happens when two people are hypnotized leading
into an exhilarating journey into the unconscious mind (the repository for fears,
desires, aggression, dreams) where all the images, sounds and music are from
found footage.

Where's I.W. Abel?


Gordon Quinn
Kartemquin 50-Year Celebration
Plays with THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Friday Oct. 21st, 7 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film
documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement
between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies,
made without a vote by the membership of the union.
Trailer: https://www.fandor.com/films/wheres_iw_abel

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White Cane
Katie McCullough
Narrative Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Vanessa, a passionate would-be dancer who is blind, develops a deep friendship
with Danielle, who struggles to translate her love of dance into movement.

wintry mix ep ii: las posadas de los muertos


Mark Aaron Sharon
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
The singing always brings him back. The most joyous time of year for most, but
for Ramiro, the posadas (Mexican carols) remind him of a costly mistake.
Director in Attendance

Wikileaks V6.1
The Yes Men
Catching Up with the Yes Men, Snowden and Julian
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Angelika 3
The Yes Men hang out with Julian.

Yochi (work in progress)


Ilana Lapid
Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Yochi, an 8 year-old selectively mute Mayan boy, guards a nest of yellow-headed
parrot chicks on sacred land entrusted to him by his grandfather, only to
discover that his beloved older brother is poaching birds in order to pay his
debts.

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Texas Show 2016


Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8:30 p.m. at the Angelika 2
***Closing Night: Every year, Dallas VideoFest closes with the Texas Show, a
juried showcase of shorts highlight what filmmakers in Texas are exploring.***
Ana with Elisio (Austin)
Lizzette Barrera
Narrative
It's New Year's Eve and Ana does not want to go home after her much older
boyfriend, Elisio, simply takes her out to eat.
The Control Room (Dallas)
Calvin Herbst
Horror
Drew gets the feeling that something in his hotel is wrong...and it might just be
him. He uses drugs to suppress his "normal personality" and talks to a voice he
thinks is in his head. When things start to get strange, and the drugs wear off,
he realizes the world he has been obliviously forced into is not real.
Director in Attendance
Divided Together (Dallas)
Christian Vasquez
Documentary
Divided Together chronicles a mass shooting in Dallas, Texas, in which five
police officers were killed during a Black Lives Matter protest.
Director in Attendance
Guillo (Pasadena)
Abigail Hagan
Documentary

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Guillo tells the story of Dr. Gregorio "Guillo" Yanez, a doctor at the Shoulder to
Shoulder clinic in Santa Ana, Honduras, who overcame poverty to get a medical
education.
Piece of Naan (Irving)
Rijaa Nadeem
Narrative
An outcast in Pakistan, Rafi is a transvestite who earns a living through begging
and selling his body. He meets Nadia, a member of the upper class forced into
prostitution by her indebted father.
Director in Attendance
Rashad Released (Arlington)
Fatimah Films
Documentary
Released from prison after 5 years, Rashad Abdul-Walee seeks difficult
challenges in adjusting to the real world. Rashad's biggest obstacle is gaining
trust and respect from his 4 children whom he fathered by four different women.
However, with faith, love and support by his family and religious values, he will
continue to strive for a new beginning.
Director in Attendance
A Song for Danny (Austin)
Andrew Garbus
Narrative
Danny, a jazz pianist in Austin, Texas, gets an offer to sign with a big recording
label in New York. Over the course of one night, Danny must decide what's more
important, his career or his relationships with those he will have to leave behind.
Thread (Forth Worth)
Erik Clapp
Documentary Short
About artist Gabriel Dawe at the Amon Carter Museum
Director in Attendance
Wakinyan (Arlington)

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4 Tone Poem
Wakinyan is a Lakota word meaning thunder or thunder spirit. The language is
one used by native people of the American Great Plains. Thunder is one of the
few things that still exist on the Plains unaltered by man. It has always existed,
and will hopefully - remain unchanged. Wakinyan offers a glimpse into a
pristine, natural world displayed on a canvas as big as the sky.

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DALLAS VIDEOFEST 29
Updated Fact Sheet

WHAT:
VideoFest 29 presented by the Video Association of Dallas
VideoFest.org
FESTIVAL BADGES and TICKETS:
http://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/2454570830469247
All-Festival Badges: $150
(Includes Opening Night Tickets and all films, and Festival Lounge)
WHEN and WHERE:
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m.
Opening Night Event:
Dallas Chamber Symphony presents
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927)
Dallas City Performance Hall
2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201
Opening Night tickets
Single performance, individual tickets:
$19-$55 each
$15 for students
VideoFest Badge

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Opening Night tickets available online at:


https://www.dcsymphony.org/concert-tickets/2016-17-season-schedule/sunrise/
Note: ALL Opening Night seats must be reserved even with a Festival Badge
RSVP to festival@videofest.org
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m.
DJ Spookys REBIRTH OF A NATION with musical accompaniment by SMU's SYZYGY
Quartet
Presented by Video Association of Dallas, Ignite Arts Dallas/SMU Meadows School of
the Arts and MAP Make Art with Purpose
The Texas Theatre
231 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75208
General Admission tickets for this Special Screening
Single performance, individual tickets:
$20 each
VideoFest Badge
Thursday Sunday, Oct. 20 23 two or three screens
Angelika Film Center Dallas
5321 E. Mockingbird Ln.
Dallas, TX 75206
Sat. & Sun. Weekend Badges: $50
Saturday or Sunday Day Badges: $25
Individual tickets for films and programs at Angelika Oct. 20-23:
$10/regular programs
For membership in Video Association of Dallas:
http://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/24545708300616170
Connect with VideoFest: #DVF29
Sign up for the Video Association of Dallas Newsletter:
http://tinyurl.com/DVFNewsletter
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Videofest

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Twitter:
https://twitter.com/videofest
Instagram:
http://instagram.com/videofest
About Dallas VideoFest 29:
VideoFest (VideoFest.org) is now the oldest and largest video festival in the United
States and continues to garner critical and popular acclaim. VideoFest prides itself on
bringing films to the theater that are rarely available to be seen anywhere else. Films
like Experimental/Art Films, Animation, Narrative and Documentary Shorts, as well as
Documentary and Narrative Features and some hard-to-find Classic TV episodes and
Classic Films are often in the mix.
History of VideoFest: Cutting-Edge Art
Merging art and technology since 1987, VideoFest has specialized in independent,
alternative, and non-commercial media, presenting hard-to-find works rarely seen on
television, in movie theaters, or elsewhere, despite their artistic excellence and cultural
and social relevance. Even in a Web 4.0 environment where everything is seemingly
available on the Internet, the VideoFest provides curatorial guidance, a critical voice in
the wilderness navigating the vast and diverse landscape of media, helping to
interpret its cultural and artistic significance. The event provides a communal
environment for real-time, face-to-face dialogue between makers and audiences.
Dallas VideoFest 29 Sponsors
MAJOR SPONSORS: Jeff & Jani Leuschel; City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs;
Texas Commission on the Art; Dallas Film Commission; The National Endowment for
the Arts; AMS Pictures; Alford Media Services; KERA; CharlieUniformTango;
Mockingbird Station; Prekindle; and Selig Polyscope Company. Sponsors: Angelika
Film Center Dallas; FilmFreeway; Studio Movie Grill; Harry Moss Foundation; F R E E M
A N Audio Visual Solutions; Proof and Pantry; Jersey Mikes on Greenville; and
Instagram Cat Mom. REBIRTH OF A NATION Co-Sponsors: Ignite Arts Dallas/SMU
Meadows School of the Arts; MAP - Make Art with Purpose. Dallas VideoFest 29
Lounge Sponsor: Dallas Film Commission. Media Sponsors: KERAs Art & Seek;
AMS Pictures; The Common Desk; Selig Film News; Sell.com; SullivanPerkins;
TheaterJones; and Freeman. Special Programs Sponsors: Fort Worth Film
Commission; Houston Film Commission; Texas Film Commission; and Texas
Association of Film Commission. Sponsors and Contributors-Special Thanks: Jeff
& Jani Leuschel; Jim & Deborah Nugent; Spencer Michlin; Andy Streitfeld; and Texas
Theatre. Transportation: American Airlines. Content Support: Women in Film.Dallas.
ABOUT VIDEO ASSOCIATION OF DALLAS

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The mission of the Video Association is to promote an understanding of video as a


creative medium and cultural force in our society, and to support and advance the
work of Texas artists working in video and the electronic arts. The Video Association
of Dallas (VAD) is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated on April 25, 1989. It began in
1986 as a weekend event, Video As A Creative Medium, presented at the Dallas
Museum of Art by independent curators Barton Weiss and John Held. That first event,
which included two nights of video by selected local and national video artists, was a
great popular success, which led to the founding of the Dallas Video Festival (DVF) in
1987. Video Association of Dallas also presents the 24-Hour Video Race, North Texas
Universities Film Festival, Three Star Cinema, and other programs throughout the
year.
VIDEO ASSOCIATION OF DALLAS 1405 Woodlawn Dallas, TX 75208
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