The Naples International Film Festival
NOV. 5-8, 2009 | SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The Cove Japan • 2009 • 91 minutes • English • Louie Psihoyos,director
THE BUZZ
• Text NIFF to 47201 to join the festival mobile VIP alerts club or twitter.com/ naplesfilmfest
• Cruise with director Louie Psihoyos and the team from “The Cove” on a dolphin cruise aboard the M/V Double Sunshine, courtesy of Cruise Naples and lunch upon return at Pincher’s Crab Shack Nov. 7 at 9:30 a.m. at Gordon River in historic Tin City. Go to www.naplesfilmfest.com
• Concerts at Mercato Friday Sunday, with musical guests Like the Movies, SWFL Symphony Youth Chorus, Femme- 2Fatale, The Sheffield Crew, Casey Weston, Phoenix Falling, Jacob Jeffries Band, Little Eddie & the Fat Fingers and Casey Weston
• Afterparty at Sway Lounge Nov. 7 at 10 p.m. for Erad’s Badass Radass Film Fetish Afterparty. 2059 E .Tamiami Trail, Naples, to mix and mingle with filmmakers, cineasts, directors, producers while they get down at the club. Call 810-6323 for VIP.
That Evening Sun U.S.A. • 2009 • 109 minutes • English • Scott Teems, director
• Art Commissioned to produce NIFF’s inagural poster, meet Lawrence Gartel, who will be signing posters at the festival and at The von Liebig Art Center Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.
• Oscar? Louis Psihoyos’ film “The Cove” could be up for an Oscar this year, according to Roger Ebert. Meet Louis at The Phil Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.
THE TIMES & LOCATIONS
THURSDAY, NOV. 5
Philharmonic Center for the Arts
6:00 p.m. Doors Open
7:00 p.m. Founders Opening Remarks
7:20 p.m. Guest Speaker:
Louie Psihoyos
7:30 p.m. The Cove
9:00 p.m. Q&A with Louie
and the Cove team
10:30 p.m. After Party
with live band
(VIP Only)
The Baker England • 2009 • 89 minutes • HDCam • English • Gareth Lewis, director
FRIDAY, NOV. 6
Silverspot Luxury
Cinema
11:00 a.m. Favorite Son
11:45 a.m. The Human
Experience
12:15 p.m. Official Rejection
1:00 p.m. The Way We
Get By
1:45 p.m. Li Tong
2:45 p.m. Shorts: The Things
We Do For Love
3:00 p.m. Shooting Beauty
and Shorts
3:45 p.m. Official Rejection
5:00 p.m. The Baker
5:15 p.m. Desdemona with
Q&A after movie
6:15 p.m. Shorts: Cutting
Edge Comedy
7:00 p.m. The Back Nine with
Q&A after movie
8:00 p.m. That Evening Sun
The Norris Center
4:00 p.m. A Bridge Life with
Q&A after movie
6:00 p.m. The Way We
Get By
8:00 p.m. The Baker
Li Tong China • 2009 • 75 minutes • Chinese, English Subtitles • Nian Liu, director
The von Liebig Art Center
2:00 p.m. Laurence Gartel
7:00 p.m. Shooting Beauty
and Shorts
SATURDAY, NOV. 7
Silverspot Luxury Cinema
10:00 a.m. Kids Day until
1:00 p.m.
11:30 a.m. MomZ Hot Rocks
1:30 p.m. InGreedients with
Q&A after movie
1:45 p.m. Shorts: Cutting
Edge Comedy
1:45 p.m. Desdemona with
Q&A after movie
3:45 p.m. Shorts: The Things
We Do For Love
4:15 p.m. The Way We
Get By
4:30 p.m. A Bridge Life with
Q&A after movie
5:45 p.m. The Back Nine
6:30 p.m. Li Tong
6:45 p.m. NerdCore Rising
7:45 p.m. Bitter/Sweet with
Q&A after movie
8:30 p.m. True North
8:45 p.m. MomZ Hot Rocks
with Q&A after movie
Bitter/Sweet Thailand • 2009 • 108 minutes • Thai, English Subtitles • Jeff Hare, director
The Norris Center
4:00 p.m. The Human
Experience
6:00 p.m. Big Cypress
Swamp: The
Western
Everglades
with Q&A after
movie
8:00 p.m. Shorts: The Things
We Do For Love
The von Liebig Art Center
2:00 p.m. Laurence Gartel
7:00 p.m. Shorts: Cutting
Edge Comedy
SUNDAY, NOV. 8
Silverspot Luxury Cinema
11:30 p.m. Immokalee, U.S.A.
12:00 p.m. Bitter/Sweet
12:15 p.m. InGreedients
1:15 p.m. Big Cypress
Swamp: The
Western
Everglades
with Q&A after movie
2:15 p.m. Favorite Son
2:30 p.m. Nerdcore Rising
2:45 p.m. Shorts: Strictly
Local
4:15 p.m. The Baker
4:45 p.m. The Knowers
4:45 p.m. True North
6:15 p.m. Li Tong
6:30 p.m. Bitter/Sweet
6:45 p.m. Official Rejection
Shooting Beauty U.S.A. • 2008 • 63 minutes • English • George Kachadorian, director
TO ORDER TICKETS, GO ONLINE OR CALL:
The Philharmonic Center for the
Arts: $29/ticket (general admission)
www.thephil.org
597-1900
The Silverspot Luxury Cinema:
$12.50/ticket, $8/ticket for
Children’s Program (adult or child)
www.silverspotcinema.com
592-0300
The von Liebig Art Center:
$12/ticket 262-6517
The Norris Center:
$12/ticket 213-3058
www.naplesfilmfest.com
MEET THE CELEBS:
• Bitter/Sweet Jeff Hare (director) for Q&A after the movie Nov. 7 at 7:45 p.m. at Silverspot • Desdemona: A Love Story Denton Blane Everett (actor), James LaMarr (producer) for Q&A after the movie Nov.6 at 7:45 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 1:45 p.m. at Silverspot • A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home Joshua Grossberg (director) for Q&A after the movie Nov.6, ay 4:00 at Norris and Nov.7 at 4:30 p.m. in Silverspot • The Back Nine Jon Fitzgerald (director) for Q&A after the movie Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. Silverspot • inGREEDients David Barton (director) for Q&A after the movie Nov.7 at 1:30 p.m. at Silverspot • MomZ Hot Rocks Kate Perotti (director) for Q&A after the movie Nov. 7 at 8:45 p.m. at Silverspot • BIG CYPRESS SWAMP: THE WESTERN EVERGLADES Elam Stoltzfus (director) for Q&A after the movie Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. The Norris Center
The Way We Get By U.S.A. • 2009 • 84 minutes • HDCam • English • Aron Gaudet, director
MEET LOCAL FILMMAKERS:
• Silverspot Nov. 8 local showings Roy LoCascio, Daniel Hererra, Eric Raddatz, Elizabeth D’Onofrio, Greg Kahn, Heili Basham, David Carter, Richard Volpe, Ken Olsen and many more
Big Cypress Swamp: The Western Everglades U.S.A. • 2009 • 60 minutes • English • Elam Stoltzfus, director
THE MOVIES
The Cove
Japan • 2009 • 91 minutes • English • Louie
Psihoyos,director
Desdemona: A Love Story
U.S.A. • 2009 • 89 minutes • HDCam • Spanish
and English • Phillip Guzman, director
That Evening Sun
U.S.A. • 2009 • 109 minutes • English • Scott
Teems, director
Favorite Son
U.S.A. • 2009 • 88 minutes • HDCam • English
• Howard Libov, director
The Baker
England • 2009 • 89 minutes • HDCam • English
• Gareth Lewis, director
Li Tong
China • 2009 • 75 minutes • Chinese, English
Subtitles • Nian Liu, director
True North
Germany, Ireland, UK • 2006 • 96 minutes •
English • Steve Hudson, director
Bitter/Sweet
Thailand • 2009 • 108 minutes • Thai, English
Subtitles • Jeff Hare, director
The Human Experience
U.S.A., Ghana, Peru • 2008 • 90 minutes •
HDCam • English • Charles Kinnane, director
The Back Nine
U.S.A. • 2009 • 85 minutes • HDCam • English
• Ron Vignone and Jon Fitzgerald, directors
A Bridge Life
U.S.A. • 2009 • 69 minutes • English • Joshua
Grossberg, director
MomZ Hot Rocks
U.S.A., Canada • 2008 • 90 minutes • HDCam •
English • Kate Perotti, director
Nerdcore Rising
U.S.A. • 2008 • 81 minutes • HDCam • English
• Negin Farsad, director
Shooting Beauty
U.S.A. • 2008 • 63 minutes • English • George
Kachadorian, director
The Way We Get By
U.S.A. • 2009 • 84 minutes • HDCam • English
• Aron Gaudet, director
InGREEDients
U.S.A. • 2009 • 75 minutes • English • David
Burton, director
Official Rejection
U.S.A. • 2009 • 107 minutes • English • Paul
Osborne, director
Shorts:
The Things We Do For Love
THE OPTICIAN
United Kingdom • 15 minutes • English • Jane
McGee, director
LE PRIX A PAYER (THE PRICE TO PAY)
France • 24 minutes • French, English Subtitles
• Paul Gayord, director
YOU’RE OUTTA HERE
U.S.A. • 3 Minutes • English • George Griffin,
director
MAX & HELENA
U.S.A. • 10 Minutes • English • Prashant Nair,
director
SUN SESSIONS
U.S.A. • 28 minutes • English • Eddie O’Keefe,
director
Shorts - Cutting Edge Comedy
BOUTONNIERE
U.S.A. • 10 minutes • English • Coley Sohn,
director
MY FOUR INCH PRECIOUS
U.S.A. • 11 minutes • English • Sou Yun Sim,
director
SKYLIGHT
Canada • 5 minutes • English • David Bass,
director
PLEASE RECYCLE
U.S.A. • 5 minutes • English • Jamie Delgrosso,
director
SMILE
U.S.A. • 4 minutes • English • Bruno Vaks,
director
GOOD RULES FOR BAD GUYS
U.S.A. • 12 minutes • English • CJ Niemira,
director
BRONX BALLETOMANE
U.S.A. • 24 minutes • English • Jeremy Joffee,
director
Shorts - The Arts, showing with
Shooting Beauty
PATIENCE OF THE MEMORY
Germany • 7 minutes • Vuk Jevremovie, director
LEONARDO
U.S.A. • 10 minutes • English • Jim Capobianco,
director
AMELIE & ALCHEMY
U.S.A. • 7 minutes • English • Konstantin
Brazhnik, director
Big Cypress Swamp: The
Western Everglades
U.S.A. • 2009 • 60 minutes • English • Elam
Stoltzfus, director
The Knowers
U.S.A. • 2009 • 75 minutes • English • Roy
LoCascio, director
Immokalee, U.S.A.
U.S.A. • 2008 • 78 minutes • English • Georg
Koszulinski, director
Strictly Local - Shorts
DEAR BASEBALL: I LOVE YOU
U.S.A. • 11 Minutes • English • Sanibel • David
E. Carter, director
RE-NUDE
U.S.A. • 9 minutes • English • Naples High
School Students • Heili Basham, director
THE RESURRECTION OF
AMALIA MENDOZA
U.S.A. • 13 minutes • English • Naples • Greg Kahn,
director
USEPPA ISLAND: FLORIDA’S
SECRET SILVER MINE
U.S.A. • 29 minutes • English • Useppa Island •
Richard Volpe, director
SELLING BUDDHA
U.S.A. • 5 minutes • English • Naples • Ken Olsen,
director
PURPLE MARTIN
U.S.A. • 11 minutes • English • Fort Myers • Eric
Raddatz, director
THE CHOCOLATE FETISH
U.S.A. • 12 minutes • English • Naples • Lis Anna,
director
Children’s Festival
Ages 3-8 ~
Best Of NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival Kid Flix Mix
2009 (Short Films) Animation, Various, 65 minutes, in
English. Recommended for ages 3 to 8
The world-renowned New York International Children’s
Film Festival presents this kaleidoscopic
collection of the best animated short films from
around the world for ages 3 To 8. The program
features musical and narrative works from Sweden,
France, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland,
the UK, and the US, and offers a spectacular
array of traditional, Cgi, CollAge, and stop motion
animation styles. Program is in English.
7 DAYS OF THE WEEK
Animation, Mcbride/Cowles, U.S.A., 3 minutes
KNUFFLE BUNNY
Animation, Mo Willems, U.S.A., 8 minutes
BREAKING THE MOULD
Animation, Manley/Paulli, UK, 1 minute
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER ZZZEEE
Animation, Thomas Szabo, France, 5 minutes
DINOSAUR SONG
Animation, Christian Robinson, U.S.A., 3 minutes
HEDGEHUG
Animation, Dan Pinto, U.S.A., 5 minutes
HORSIE
Animation, Sarah Wahl, Finland, 2 minutes
THE NEW SPECIES
Animation, Evalds Lacis, Latvia, 10 minutes
NO MONKEY
Animation, Harry Flosser, Germany, 4 minutes
SOONER OR LATER
Animation, Jadwiga Krystyna Kowalska, 5 minutes
SPOT AND SPLODGE IN SNOWSTORM
Animation, Geffenblad, Sweden, 8 minutes
THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Animation, Konstantin Bronzit, U.S.A., 10 minute
Children’s Festival Ages 9-16
Best Of NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival Party Mix 2009
(Short Films) Animation, Various, 75 minutes, in English
or English subtitles. Recommended for ages 9 to 16
Party Mix is an all-animated program of audience
and jury favorites, cherry-picked from the New
York International Children’s Film Festival. The
eye-opening and highly entertaining collection
includes hilarious, visually stunning, and thoughtprovoking
shorts, specifically intended for older
audiences, ages 9 to 16.
ANIMACAT
Animation, Andreani/Schwizgebel/Delachaux,
Switzerland, 6 minutes
ATTRACTION
Animation, Rachinta Platts, UK, 2.5 minutes
DON’T LET IT ALL UNRAVEL
Animation, Sarah Cox, UK, 2 minutes
FLATLIFE
Animation, Jonas Geirnaert, Belgium, 11 minutes
FUGGY FUGGY
Animation, The Brothers McLeod, UK, 5 minutes
I MET THE WALRUS
Animation, Josh Raskin, Canada, 5 minutes
KFJG NO. 5
Animation, Alexey Alexeev, Hungary, 2 minutes
LAPSUS
Animation, Juan Pablo Zaramella, 3.5 minutes
LIFELINE
Animation, Tomek Ducki, Hungary, 6 minutes
OPERATOR
Animation, Matthew Walker, UK, 2 minutes
POST!
Animation, Asmussen/Bruhn, Germany, 14
minutes
ZOOLOGIC
Animation, Nicole Mitchell, U.S.A., 5 minutes
AND MORE
Immokalee, U.S.A. U.S.A. • 2008 • 78 minutes • English • Georg Koszulinski, director
Children’s Festival Ages 9-16 Best Of NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival Party Mix 2009 (Short Films) Animation, Various, 75 minutes, in English or English subtitles. Recommended for ages 9 to 16