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| Pelican Man (Finland) 2004, 85min, 35mm (1.85:1) In Swedish with English subitles. Dir: Liisa Helminen Cast: Kari Ketonen, Roni Haarakangas, Inka Nuorgam, Jonna Jårnefelt, Liisa Kuoppamåaki, Tommi Raitolehto.. UTAH PREMIERE.
A pelican walks onto a beach, and observes the human species. Curious about these humans he disguises himself as a man, and learns mannerisms and the language. Only two children can see him for what he is. Analogically the film is about a beach bum or homeless person and how people treat him humanely only because he is wearing a suit. |
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THE OFFICIAL FILMS OF THE 2005 ZION INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL WERE ANNOUNCED on OCTOBER 15, 2005. First priority was given to films that were voted on by audience members who attended the Z Preliminary screenings, which began May 21st, 2005 at the Washington County Film Society. ZION INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: |
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 CLOSING FILMHuman Error (USA) 2005, 90min, 35mm (1.85:1) Narrative. Dir: Robert Young This reworking of the Sundance curio is based on the play Below the Belt and uses stylized computer animation to create the “black box” feel for the film audience. The film satirizes the working class in the characters’ battle for title, acceptance, promotion and mostly word play. plays with  THE ACT (USA) 2005 9min, 35mm (1.85:1) Narrative.Cast: Debra Jo Rupp A comedian who jokes about having a lazy husband has a secret and a prayer. Sunday, November 13, 11:30am |
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 FILM TOUR FEATUREMyron’s Movie (USA) 2004, 88min, miniDV (1.33:1) Dir: Maggie Soboil, Cast: Miles Marcus (Myron,) Orson Bean (Stanley,) Sheelagh Cullen (Iris,) Robin Dearden (Julia,) Lucinda Faraldo (Wendy,) Michael Bryan French (Alex,) Robert Lee Jacobs (Leo,) Bellina Logan (Melinda,) Judith Montgomery (Elaine,) Donald Reiker (Joe,) Shiva Rose (Toni,) Sam Scarber (Hoover,) Noah Segan (hank,) Francesca Tosti (Rachel.) Thirteen year old Myron, the 'filmmaker’ of his family, is called on by his mother Julia to make a movie celebrating the life of an uncle who has just died. Myron is appalled at the hypocrisy - everybody hated the guy. To crown it all, his divorced father Alex is bringing his new girlfriend Toni to the memorial service. Also attending are the widow Elaine who hasn’t uttered a word in the last decade, Myron’s grandmother Iris in the first stages of Alzheimer’s, his perpetually inebriated grandfather Stanley, his obsessively health and body-conscious uncle Leo, his feisty but delicious cousin Rachel, the only one who seems to care about the deceased, his older brother Hank who is intent on laying everything that moves and a female minister with a secret. Myron decides he'll make a movie - but not quite the one his mother is expecting. He'll put a spy cam in every room of the house revealing this insane family as the dysfunctional beings they really are. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE Saturday, November 11, 1:15pm • Town Hall Saturday, November 11, 5:30pm • OC Tanner Greenroom |
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| ¡FLOREO! FEATURE Jesus the Driver (USA) 2003, 95min, Super16mm (1.85:1) Narrative |
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Citizen Tanouye (USA) 2005, 1hr, MiniDV (16:9) Dir: Craig Yahata & Robert Horsting |
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| Citizen Tanouye is a kinetic “shoot-from-the-hip” style documentary that follows the three-day journey of eight ethnically diverse students as they search for clues to uncover the lost story of local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient Ted Tanouye. The film starts as a local quest for the history of a national hero of the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team, but quickly develops into a universal story about how a people’s struggle for acceptance as Americans and one man’s actions sixty years earlier can profoundly affect today’s youth. Preceded by the shorts The Malt Shop in the Sky and Grand Luncheonette. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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| The Drugging of Our Children (USA) 2004, 89MIN MiniDV/DVCAM (1.33:1) Documentary. Dir: Gary Null, Subjects: Corey Baadsgaard, Michael Weathers, Columbine High, Michael Moore, Neil Bush. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My Brother's Summer (L'estate di mio fratello) (Italy) Subtitled. 2005, 81min, 35mm (1.66:1) Dir: Pietro Reggiani, Cast: Davide Veronese, Tommaso Ferro. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5th World (USA) 2004, 75min, Super16mm (1.66:1) Dir: Blackhorse Lowe, Cast: Liva'ndrea Knoki, Sheldon Silentwalker, Ernest Tsosie III. Cinema Kokopelli |
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| Families' lives have been dramatically altered by the serious problems and side effects of prescription drugs given to children and teenagers. Expert testimony includes input from doctors, teachers, psychologists who call into question current practices and the social causes such as overstressed families, unmanageable classroom sizes, poor diet, and the dangers of the ‘easy fix’ solution of prescription medication by people who did drugs in the sixties. The intellectual discussion is balanced by dramatic personal experience. A mother loses her son to government officials because she won’t put him on psychiatric medication; two young people describe their singular journeys when they’re prescribed medication; a beautiful young woman is hospitalized for newly acquired aggressive behavior. Preceded by Repressing Tansy. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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| In Verona, 1970, young Sergio is not at ease with the world and prefers keeping to himself and his daydreams. When his parents, during a summer spent in the country, tell him that he is going to have a little brother, he begins to daydream and ends up imagining several different scenarios involving a little sybling. With tragedy, Sergio comes face to face with a tremendous sense of guilt. A slightly twisted tale with a spoonful of black comedy. Preceded by the short films Anna and the Soldier and Candy Viola. Saturday, October 29, 7:30pm, UTAH PREMIERE, Coral Cliffs Cinema 8, $7 (includes popcorn and a free drink.) Saturday, November 12, 7:30pm, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $7 |
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| Andrei and Aria are young Navajos hitchhiking their way back home across the reservation. Along the way they reconnect with their heritage and culture and the beautiful landscape of the American Southwest. They talk about music and movies, native clans, Navajo curse words, injun-butts, mutton and The Simpsons. After meeting Andrei’s family, Aria finds the sense of belonging that has always eluded her. But will a dark cultural secret keep her and Andrei from finding true happiness? Preceded by experimental short Al'keme 1345. Filmmakers in attendance. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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| Façade (USA) 2005, 95min, Super16mm (1.85:1) Dir: Brian Bedard, Cast: Brian Bedard, Shannon Coltrane, Patrick J. Adams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part of the Game (Canada) 2004, 98min, DVCam (16:9) Dir: Rick Alyea, Cast: Colin Lawrence, Heather Feeney, Richard de Klerk |
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| Everything's Coming My Way (Canada) 2005, 68min, MiniDV/16mm (1.33:1) Dir: Malcolm Fraser, Stacey DeWolfe Subject: Gordan Thomas. Senior Screen. U.S. PREMIERE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brian Bedard has written and directed this chilling story about the loss of his close friend. Harry finds himself celebrating his 19th birthday in the company of a drug-dealing stranger, manipulative girlfriend, and seemingly deranged best friend. This real-rime story shows in just 89 minutes the truth each character tries to hide, leading Harry to make the most visceral decision of his life. As his mother, best friend, and girlfriend all abandon him, Harry is finally left with no one but himself. Being alone isn't something Harry does well. Preceded by The Keeper. Filmmakers in attendance. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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| You have all the money and power, but when something affects your personal life, what do you do? Robert, a drug king-pin of sorts, has his life turned upside down when he finds out his kid sister Janice becomes hooked on heroin. Robert's efforts to help his sister lead him to question his own activities in the drug trade. This ultimately brings him into conflict with his long time partner Marcus, ending in explosive results trying to save his sister's life. Friday, November 4, Saturday, November 12 |
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| In what could be the oddest documentaries you will ever see, this is the portrait of Gordon Thomas, an 87-year-old New York singer who has been recording and independently releasing albums for the past forty years. Producing completely uncommercial music with an untrained voice, Gordon has managed to write remarkably catchy tunes that have caught the ears of a small fan base... and he is still hoping for his big break. This film draws us in and questions what is music and why we listen? It is a film about the human spirit, what we share, and what drives us. Preceded by Pawns of the King. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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Planting Melvin (USA) 2005, 98min, 24pDVCPro50 (16:9) Dir: Kari Nevil, Cast: Irene Bedard, Hal Robinson, Yvette Freeman, Alma Martinez, Don Most. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Memories of Tomorrow (New Zealand) 2005, 86min, miniDV-Pal (16:9) Dir: Amit Tripuraneni, Cast: Richard Thompson, Rachel Gilchrist, Ray Trickitt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A woman named Billie makes bold choices, ovecomes regrets and embraces the freedom of trust by escaping a violent marriage. She finds solace in the friendship of a dying photojournalist with a secret about a government official. Preceded by Gotan Mora. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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| Spirit Riders ((USA) 2005, 88min. MiniDV/BetacamSP/Super8mm (1.33:1) Dir: James Kleinert, Narrated by Peter Coyote. Subjects: Charlotte Black Elk, Viggo Mortensen, Chris Leith, Ron McNeil. Cinema Kokopelli. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| John is a man with memory loss looking for his past while Tanya wants to look away from it. They live a peaceful, settled life in New Zealand until it is turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, Roger. What are the secrets that lie behind? What is the truth? Two worlds collide in the fusing and morphing times. The mystery unravels the depths of time and the circular life in this futuristic thriller. Preceded by The Morning News. Filmmakers in attendance. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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| From the stunning images of wilderness landscapes to the dramatic footage of Peace and Unity horseback rides, this film is a visual delight. The film introduces us to the Lakota tadition of ceremonial horseback rides and how in the last fifteen years these rides haave become a source of inspiration for the Lakota people and a medium for a worldwide message of peace. We explore the annual Big Foot Peace and Unity rides which each year, are conducted to a different ssacred site on the summer solstice. On that day, June 21st, a ceremony is held for peace among all people of the world and harmony with the environment. It is the hope of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people that June 21st will come to be recognized all over teh globe as World Peace Day. Preceded by Healing Our Spirit. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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Self-Medicated (USA) 2005, 104min, Super 35mm (2.35:1) Dir: Monty Lapica, Cast: Diane Venora, Michael Bowen, Greg Germann, Monty Lapica. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Based on true events. After the death of his father, 17 yr-old Andrew Eriksen’s inability to cope with the loss catapults him down a path of denial, self-loathing and emotional entropy, and a drug-addled path to self-destruction. Resentful of his mother for her own drug addiction, Andrew withdraws only further at a time when they need each other most. His mother’s last resort is to hire a company that kidnaps troubled teens and places them in a locked-down and controversial psychiatric hospital in St. George, Utah. Preceded by Lucky. Filmmakers in attendance. Friday, November 11, Saturday, November 12 |
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