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Thanks to you, Boulder’s huge audiences that come to the festival by the tens of thousands
every year, BIFF is celebrating our 11th festival, and we believe we have finally grown up,
both culturally and artistically. Except for our love of Evel Knievel and National Lampoon,
maybe, or the dozens of people dressed like movie characters running around the streets
on Opening Night, or the super-high-powered racecar projector, projecting a giant creature
swimming across the tops of Boulder’s buildings, all to highlight our closing night film,
Racing Extinction.
We are excited to show you The Wrecking Crew for opening night! They were the most
famous studio band in history, known for songs such as “ Be My Baby,” “California
Girls,” “Strangers in the Night,” “Mrs. Robinson,” “Monday, Monday” and “Up, Up and
Away.” This long-awaited film, made over 18 years, includes over 100 songs, along with
artists and back stories, but it was tied up over music rights until just recently.
This year, we’re so happy to bring in one of the A-list lions of film, the Oscar, Tony, Golden
Globe and Obie winning, and multiple Oscar, Golden Globe, Obie and Emmy nominated
Alan Arkin, who will spend an evening on the stage with celebrated show-business interviewer, Ron Bostwick.
On Friday night, BIFF presents CineCHEF, an all-new culinary competition that will pit
Boulder’s most famous chefs in a cooking punch up. These are the renowned culinary wizards who helped get Boulder its “Foodiest Town” title from Bon Appétit magazine. Chefs will
choose a movie theme and serve small plates based on that theme, and attendees will vote
on their favorite.
The Closing Night film is Racing Extinction, the exciting film that follows covert activists who
risk everything by stalking lawbreakers that include shark-fin hunters, illegal wild animal
traders, factory feedlots that spew illegal methane by the ton, and restaurants that serve
endangered species as highly expensive delicacies.
BIFF’s Global Town Hall brings together festivalgoers and experts from around the world for
a live video hookup and discussion. This year, inspired by Racing Extinction, the topic is
Lights, Camera, Climate, Action. We will ask the question, “Does film move people to take
action or cause people to turn away and retreat?”
BIFF 2015 is dedicated to the memory of Bill Vielehr, our board president since the beginning, an icon in the Boulder arts community, a nationally-known sculptor who hand-built our
awards every year, and one of the most creative and generous people we’ve ever known.
We will honor Bill on Closing Night.
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See you at the movies!
Robin Beeck, Executive Director
Kathy Beeck, Festival Director
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Friday, March 6
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1301 Spruce St.
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Price $95 (Not included in Festival Pass)
red carpet gala
BT-01
Thursday, March 5 5:30pm
program
$65 / Free for Passholders
Kick off your best fest yet by hopping between TWO simultaneous parties, spread across TWO fabulous venues—the
Hotel Boulderado Ballroom and the Rembrandt Yard Art
Gallery & Event Center. Partiers can pause for a Red Carpet
photo in front of the Boulder Magazine step-and-repeat
banner, swing to live music by After Midnight, and, of
course enjoy libations and delicious food from Big Red F
Restaurants. Back by popular demand—costumed actors/
revelers from some of the best films in movie history will be
joining the party!
Then join our New Orleans-style “second line” as we parade
our way over to the Boulder Theater, where you’ll settle in for
the evening’s presentation of The Wrecking Crew. See page
16 for more info on this amazing film.
5:30-7:30pm
NEW EVENT THIS YEAR
Together at last ... the Foodiest Town in America and
one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World!
BIFF presents an all-new culinary experience that will
showcase the talented and nationally-recognized chefs
that call Boulder home. This signature event will tout
our town’s favorite local chefs, challenging them to
choose a movie theme and create film-inspired dishes
for a fun and friendly competition.
As you taste and vote on the star chefs’ offerings, you
will also enjoy wines by Francis Ford Coppola Winery,
craft beers, and desserts from celebrated pastry chef
Jen Bush of Lucky’s Bakehouse. Your favorite moviethemed dish will win its creator a coveted Vielehr
award sculpture, and the title “Best CineCHEF, BIFF
2015.” Bon appétit!
pre-film festivities
food phoTos courTesy of The kiTchen
2 parties 2 venues
Hotel Boulderado Ballroom 2115 13th St.
Rembrandt Yard Event Center & Art Gallery
1301 Spruce St.
Small plates by Big Red F Restaurants
West End Tavern
Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace
Zolo Grill
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
Wine by Francis Ford Coppola Winery
Beer by Boulder Beer and Avery Brewing
Music by After Midnight
Audi luxury autos on display
Step and Repeat photo op by Boulder Magazine
Costumed characters created by Reinke Brothers, Monster
Makeup FX and MakeUpMania. Special thanks to Kathy
DeBay for her great work on the characters.
Second Line Parade to the theater with UC Denver Claim Jumpers
7:30pm
8:00pm
boulder theater doors open
opening night film
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FREE LIVE MUSIC
THE BIFF
Friday & Saturday 4pm to close
FILMMAKER
LOUNGE at t h e l a z y d o g 1346 Pearl St.
Friday, March 6 11:30am–1:00am
Saturday, March 7 11:30am–1:00am
Sunday, March 8 11:30am–1:00am
Open to All.
Show your ticket stub or Festival Pass for half off your second drink
Welcome to the center of the social action at BIFF. THE LOUNGE
is party headquarters for BIFF attendees and anyone who wants to
rub egos with filmmakers, celebrities, and film fans. The Lazy Dog
will vend its usual delicious food and drink. THE LOUNGE will also
host the Filmmaker panel, a free happy hour and our singer/songwriter showcase! See page 11 for more info.
filmmaker panel
Saturday, March 7
11:00 – 12:00pm
grab a beer
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free to the public
BIFF’s longest-running special feature is
back! Visiting filmmakers from around the
world gather for a free-wheeling, off-the-wall
discussion of all things cinematic. PLUS
we take your questions and comments!
It’s stimulating conversation at its best.
happy hour mixer
Saturday, March 7
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Free drinks and appetizers with
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Raise a glass and have a bite,
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Oddfellows Hall 1543 Pearl St.
Late night snacks by LYFE Kitchen
Beer by Boulder Beer
Variety of white wines
VIP Filmmaker Reception
Saturday, March 7
Japango
1136 Pearl St.
4:00pm–6:00pm
passholders only
One of the many benefits of being a BIFF
Passholder is admission to this exclusive
festival-favorite event. Join us at our new hot
spot, in one of the most beautiful rooms in town
(jellyfish aquarium!) for delicious food, wine,
beer and a menu of specialty cocktails created
by Japango’s expert mixologist, while chatting
with our filmmakers and special guests.
bring your pass and stop by
early—space is limited!
Free for Filmmakers, Passholders,
Volunteers (with 8+ hours)
$25 Only 50 tickets available
Adults 21 + over. BRING ID.
Arrive early, space is limited.
Yo, betties and dudes! We’ve got
the 411 on the gnarliest ‘80s party
in Boulder: the 4th Annual B.A.D.
Party (BIFF After Dark.) Will there
be music? Sha! Please! We’ve got
Ronnie Raygun and the Big 80s,
and later, Boogie Machine for you
hippies who wanna get down. When
your platforms need a rest, don’t get
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Kitchen, toss back a few Freddies
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After the film, downtown Boulder will
come to life on Closing Night with
images of endangered species projected
onto the County Courthouse from the
one-of-a-kind mobile projection racecar
featured in the film Racing Extinction.
Doors open at 6:15pm/6:00pm for Passholders
Music 6:00pm–7:00pm
Awards Ceremony and Tribute to Bill Vielehr
7:00pm
Film 7:30pm
Q&A to follow with Academy Award-winning
director Louie Psihoyos
Inside the Boulder Theater, enjoy spicy acoustic
Latin beats from Los Bohemios, followed by the
BIFF Awards Ceremony where we’ll honor the
Best of the Fest with their Bill Vielehr award
sculptures. We’ll then take a few moments to
pay tribute to Vielehr, BIFF Board President,
tireless supporter and acclaimed sculptor who
we lost this past year.
Then, settle in for a screening of the remarkable new documentary Racing Extinction.
Coming to us directly from Sundance, Academy
Award winner and Boulder resident Louie
Psihoyos’ latest is a wake-up call to the threat
of mass extinction on our planet. See page 40
for more on this not-to-be-missed new film.
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Foxfeather
Jack Hadley
Eldren
Many Mountains
Chris Varosy
singer/songwriter
showcase
The Filmmaker Lounge @ The Lazy Dog
Flatiron Junction
Mary Beth Cross
Justin Roth
BIFF keeps the music alive for 2015 with the popular Singer-Songwriter Showcase. Festival goers
are invited to hang with their favorite filmmakers in the Filmmaker Lounge at the Lazy Dog to hear
great music and discover hot local talent.
Friday, March 6
Saturday, March 7
Singer/Songwriter:
Singer/Songwriter;:
4:00pm
Foxfeather
4:00pm Many Mountains
5:00pm Jack Hadley
5:00pm Teresa Storch
6:00pm Justin Roth
6:00pm Chris Varosy
7:00pm Mary Beth Cross
7:00pm Flatiron Junction
8:00pm Drew Creasman
Friday Night Live:
9:00pm-11:00pm
Eldren
Epic psych-pop that transcends genre and
forges a fire in your heart while keeping the
dance floor hot.
11:00pm–12:30am
Yojimbo
You’re in for some hip-shaking, New Orleans
style funk.
Teresa Storch
Late Night Live:
10:00pm-1:00am
Gravy
Get ready for progressive funk and soul from
this New Orleans band.
The Lazy Dog is located at 1346 Pearl Street.
more at: biff1.com/biff-2015/listenup
Drew Creasman
more music
Friday, March 6
CineCHEF
5:00pm–7:00pm
Rembrandt Yard
With music by Maxwell Hughes
Former Lumineers’ guitarist Maxwell Hughes
is the genuine article, a true-to-form prodigy
and virtuoso, two-handed guitar stylist.
See page 8 for details.
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Thursday, March 5
Sunday, March 8
Opening Night
Closing Night
Red Carpet Gala
6:00pm–7:00pm
5:30pm–7:30pm
Boulder Theater
Parties at Rembrandt Yard and Hotel Boulderado
With music by Los Bohemios
With music by After Midnight
Spicy acoustic Latin Cuban Son, Salsa and Boleros
It’s time to swing! Extraordinary music featuring
to heat up the night. See page 40 for details.
award-winning clarinetist Roger Campbell.
See
page 16 for details.
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global town hall
lights
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Friday, March 6, 2015
1:00pm–2:30pm
#GlobalTownHall
eTown Hall
| 1535 Spruce Street
| Boulder, CO
| Globally via Google Hangouts
d r aw i n g f r o m f i l m s i n c l u d i n g
Racing Extinction Arise Chasing Ice An Inconvenient Truth
hook up for a critical climate conversation
++surprise guests!
PANELISTS
Host Nick Forster of eTown
Louie Psihoyos
Director of Racing Extinction, The Cove
Leilani Munter
Climate Activist, Vegan + Racecar Driver
Jeff Orlowski Filmmaker of Chasing Ice
and Photographer
Lori Joyce and Candice Orlando
Mother/Daughter Director Team of Arise
Hunter Lovins Founder of Natural
Capitalism Solutions
George Marshall Author of “Don’t Even
Think About It, Why Our Brains are Wired to
Ignore Climate Change”
Eve Andrews Journalist and Associate
Editor of Grist.org
Shaun McGrath EPA Regional
Administrator and former Boulder Mayor
Conversation crafted and moderated by eTown host Nick Forster
The Global Town Hall will combine food, art, engagement, expression
and action, reaching out from Boulder to beyond with the support
of Google technology!
Another day, another dire climate prediction. Are we learning more
yet doing less? Do documentaries inspire us to act, or paralyze us
with resignation, fear, and complacency? Is greater climate awareness without tangible action meaningless? And if documentaries don’t
change behavior, then what’s the point of making them?
Join a circle of esteemed filmmakers, climate experts and others
as we explore these and other questions. It’s also a chance to offer
your advice to filmmakers seeking to provoke and engage through
their work.
Come discuss like the planet is depending on us!
For free live-streaming, go to biff1.com
#BIFFtownhall
biffglobaltownhall.com
To get your free ticket or to find
out how to join the conversation
via Google Hangouts, go to
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this program is made possible—
and free to the public—by the
generous support of the
Boulder Arts Commission.
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All programs are FREE!
For kids ages 6–18. Check listings below for recommended age groups. Seating is on
a first-come, first-served basis. Programmed by the BIFF Youth Advisory Council.
Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place
2027 13th Street, FREE, CU student ID required.
Friday, March 6
5:00pm Women in Film
Directors and producers discuss their craft.
6:30pm Student Film Competition
Sid and Nancy director Alex Cox is back to
moderate this program showcasing awardwinning CU student films.
programs
Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater, 1000 Canyon Blvd
Friday, March 6
An exciting FREE evening of film programming produced
by CU students.
6:00pm–8:45pm, Film at 7:00pm
8:00pm Left Right Tim
It’s the most fun without taking your clothes
off with CU’s premiere improv comedy team.
The Way Way Back, PG-13, USA, 2013, Feature Film, 103 min. A teen caught in
the dynamics of a broken family, during summer vacation, discovers his way with
the help of a friend.
8:30pm Pitch Slam Competition
Think you’ve got the best movie idea?
Pitch it and win big!
Opening Night Dinner & A Movie
Food provided by:
workshops
Alfalfa’s Market Community Room,
1651 Broadway (park at Boulder Library parking lot)
Boulder High School Classrooms #224, #225, #226,
1604 Arapahoe Ave
Saturday, March 7
12:30pm–2:00pm
Animation Station Workshop
Alfalfa’s Market Community Room, Ages 10+
Sunday, March 8
Saturday, March 7
10:30am Shorts for Ages 6+
12:30pm Teen Short Films Showcase and Competition, All Ages
2:30pm Shorts for Ages 12+
3:30pm Song of the Sea, PG, Ages 7+. See page 37 for description.
Sunday, March 8
12:30pm The Incredible Adventures of Jojo, Age 4+, USA, 2014, Feature Film, 86 min.
This film is about Jojo and his baby sister, Avila, and the hilarious
adventures they encounter on their way to Grandma’s house.
Filmmaker Brian Schmidt and child actors in person.
3:00pm
Havana Curveball, Ages 10+, USA/Cuba, 2013, Feature Documentary, 60 min.
An American teen encounters real-life obstacles in his efforts
to make a difference for Cuban youth baseball teams.
Kate Hennessey, Boulder Cuba Sister City Organization, in person.
Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this program possible.
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10:00am–12:30pm
Parent/Child Filmmaking Workshop
Boulder High School Classrooms #224-226, Ages 6+
12:30pm–2:00pm
Makeup for Zombies Workshop
Alfalfa’s Market Community Room, Ages 10+
3:00pm-5:00pm
Special FX Workshop
Alfalfa’s Market Community Room, Ages 12+
Questions?
For more info on BIFF kids’ programs
and descriptions of films and workshops,
visit biff1.com/youth
Email ruth@biff1.com or call 303-449-2283
TalkBack Café
On Pearl Street
near 14th
You’ve been moved?
Now keep it moving!
Have you left a film fired up and wondered what you can do? Engage the filmmakers,
presenters and fellow film lovers at the TalkBack Café and enjoy the afterglow of
the film experience. Learn what motivated the filmmakers, hear the inside story of
the films and how that intertwines with the co-presenter’s mission. Learn about
actions you can take to make a difference. And enjoy food and hot beverages during
TalkBacks (at the tent only)!
Free Food and
Hot Beverages at the
TalkBack Café
TalkBacks will be held at the TalkBack Café (BIFF tent on Pearl Street near 14th)
or at the film venues. See below for exact locations.
(during discussions)
Food provided by:
Go to the Website and get live updates during the festival.
Visit biff1.com/call2action for more info and real ways to get involved and make
a difference. See the 5 Actions you can take for each film.
Teas provided by:
more at: biff1.com/call2action
@ TalkBack Café
The Hand That Feeds PROGRAM
CH-01
Friday, 10:00am, First Presbyterian Church
Co-presented by Towards Justice
towardsjustice.org
TalkBack follows at the TalkBack Café
(See synopsis on page 21)
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait
@ First Presbyterian Church
@ Boulder High School
Imber’s Left Hand
Lion Ark | PROGRAM
PROGRAM CH-03
Friday, 2:45pm, First Presbyterian Church
Co-presented by ALS Rocky Mountain Chapter
alscolorado.org
TalkBack follows at First Presbyterian Church
(See synopsis on page 22)
Hip Hop-eration
PROGRAM CH-09
Saturday, 2:30pm, First Presbyterian Church
PROGRAM BT-04
Friday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater
TalkBack follows at the TalkBack Café
Come join the discussion with Middle East
experts. (See synopsis on page 19)
Co-presented by the Society for Creative Aging
s4creativeaging.org
TalkBack follows at the First Presbyterian Church
(See synopsis on page 31)
Silver Linings – Short Docs
SlingShot
PROGRAM CH-08
Saturday, 12:15pm,
First Presbyterian Church
Filmmakers Tat Maxwell and Bailey Francisco will
lead the TalkBack on these powerful films at the
TalkBack Café following the screenings
(See synopsis on page 30)
A Place to Stand
PROGRAM BT-13
Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater
Co-presented by Art from Ashes
artfromashes.org
TalkBack follows at the TalkBack Café
(See synopsis on page 35)
PROGRAM CH-11
Saturday, 7:15pm, First Presbyterian Church
Co-presented by Second Mile Water
secondmilewater.org
TalkBack follows at First Presbyterian Church
(See synopsis on page 32)
Of Men and War
PROGRAM CH-14
Sunday, 4:45pm, First Presbyterian Church
Co-presented by No Barriers USA
nobarriersusa.org
TalkBack follows at First Presbyterian Church
(See synopsis on page 37)
HS-01
Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder High School
Co-presented by the Wild Animal Sanctuary
wildanimalsanctuary.org
TalkBack follows at Boulder High School
(See synopsis on page 33)
Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia |
PROGRAM HS-04
Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder High School
Co-presented by Jeff Lowe’s Mountain Foundation
jeffloweclimber.com
Jeff Lowe in person at screening
(See synopsis on page 34)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
PROGRAM HS-07
Sunday, 12:15pm, Boulder High School
Co-presented by Sam Cary Bar Association
TalkBack follows at Boulder High School
(See synopsis on page 37)
@ Boulder Theater
Racing Extinction
PROGRAM BT-16
Sunday, 7:30pm, Boulder Theater
Co-presented by Oceanic Preservation Society
opsociety.org
TalkBack follows at the Boulder Theater
(See synopsis on page 40)
Our thanks to Call2Action founders Twisted Foundation, Philanthropiece, Sandy Younghans and Joellen Raderstorf, and supporters Boulder Arts Commision,
Red Empress Foundation, Eliza Woloson and Tatiana Maxwell for never doubting the power of film to change the world in which we live.
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retail shops and galleries with mouth-watering samples
from some of the most celebrated local restaurants in the
state paired with tastings from outstanding Colorado
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an upbeat tribute
to the secret starmaking machine
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MAGNOLIA PICTURES PRESENTS
The Wrecking Crew
USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 101 min
What the Funk Brothers did for Motown, The Wrecking Crew did for the west coast sound.
For six years in a row, the Grammy for Record of the
Year went to Wrecking Crew recordings. The most
famous studio band in the history of music backed up
everyone from Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to
The Monkees, The Byrds and The Beach Boys, making
their “west coast sound” a dominant cultural force in
the world of music. This film, made by Denny Tedesco
for his father, the legendary member of The Wrecking Crew Tommy Tedesco, has more than 100 of their
songs, along with the back stories, all presented by the
people who made them for you. Songs include:
Be My Baby, California Girls, Strangers in the Night,
Mrs. Robinson, You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’, Monday
Monday, Up, Up and Away, Viva Las Vegas, Mr.
Tambourine Man and many others. This long-awaited
film, 18 years in development, is an upbeat tribute
to the secret star-making machine known only as The
Wrecking Crew.
FOOTNOTE: One of the largest Kickstarter campaigns in history
helped to finally advance the commercial release of this film,
which had been delayed for years because of music rights.
Directed by Denny Tedesco
Colorado Premiere
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program
BT-02
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BT-03
program
BT-04
Friday, 10:00am, Boulder
Theater
Friday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater
Friday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater
Hungary, Feature Documentary, 2013,
70 min
Israel, Feature Film, 2014, 105 min
France/Syria, Feature Documentary, 2014,
92 min
Stream of Love
Also screening at eTown
Hall, see page 39
“An intimate and vivid
documentary.”
hollywood reporter
Time has stood still here in the
green hills and tidy villages of
Romania, and the sturdy, overage-75 residents are surprisingly
honest in talking to director Anges
Sós about their past, and often
hilarious, physical experiences.
Among the women there’s talk of
wedding nights, not-so-romantic
husbands, duty sex, affairs and a
belated discovery of ecstasy. Their
use of colloquial, non-medical
words for intimate body parts is
delightfully funny as they trade
earthy stories while making
stuffed cabbage for the village
picnic. Everything you ever wanted
to know about sex in the Old
Country. subtitled
Directed by Anges Sós
Colorado Premiere
A Borrowed Identity
based on the novel Dancing Arabs
World Premiere at the 31st Annual Jerusalem
Film Festival
“Anyone who sees the film—Jew, Arab
or someone from outside Israel completely—will be able to understand
far more about the reality here than
they could learn from any article or
editorial.” jerusalem post
Eyad, a brilliant Palestinian teen, is hassled
constantly by Israeli soldiers in his village in the
‘80s, but he escapes by getting a scholarship to
the most prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem. The only Arab, he is teased about his accent
and clothes, but his prodigious classroom skills
earn respect. And while tutoring hard-partying
wheelchair-bound Jonathon, Eyad finally learns
how to tease back. Working at his part-time
job dishwashing in a restaurant, he decides he
would make a great waiter because he could just
memorize every order. “Arabs in the kitchen,” he is
told, “Jews in the front.” He’s now afraid that, no
matter what his skills, he will always belong to the
lowest caste of society. So he decides to pass for
Jewish. (“Dancing Arabs” is a semi-autobiographical novel, and the real “Eyad” is now one of the
Middle East’s most popular authors.) subtitled
Silvered Water, Syria SelfPortrait
“Will leave no
viewer unshaken.”
cannes film festival
Syria is called the land of dead filmmakers—anyone with a camera is shot. The
gruesome Syrian Civil War has barely registered on the consciousness of the world.
But now an astonishing film pulls back the
curtain on the unbelievable atrocities inflicted every day in this tortured land. Syrian film director Ossama Mohammed, in
exile in Paris, was contacted on Facebook
by a young Kurdish woman, Wiam Simav
Bedirxan, a filmmaker in Homs, who was
trapped under heavy shelling. Collaborating with her for two years, Mohammed
distilled stories from the footage that the
courageous Simav herself was shooting
in Homs, along with a thousand videos
posted by Syrians online. The result is this
horrific yet poetic documentary masterpiece. subtitled
Directed by Wiam Simav Bedirxan and
Ossama Mohammed
Colorado Premiere
Directed by Eran Riklis
Boulder Premiere
tickets at
303.786.7030,
biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com
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program
BT-05
Friday, 5:00pm, Boulder Theater
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD:
The Story of the National Lampoon
USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 93 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
"It will remind you how much we owe to a few
irreverent misfits at Harvard." hollywood reporter
They became icons of modern comedy ... the legions of writers and performers who spun out of the National Lampoon empire to “Saturday Night Live,”
“The Simpsons,” major movie careers and TV dynasties. It all sprouted from
a college humor magazine and warped staffers, Douglas Kenney and Henry
Beard, who made it explode into America's culture with its middle finger
jammed up the establishment. How do you sell advertising to corporate suits
for a vulgar magazine that prints art like the "Baby Blender?" Then came
Animal House. It's all here, from Kenney's depression over the awful movie
they had just finished called Caddyshack, to the huge buyout that made them
rich. Director Douglas Tirola unearths never-before-seen archival footage and
brilliantly weaves it together with the magazine's beautiful and often shocking art, reliving National Lampoon's meteoric rise from go-to magazine of the
counterculture to a brand synonymous with Hollywood's biggest comedies.
Energetic, revolutionary, gently perverted and often hilarious. Directed by Douglas Tirola
Executive Produced by Molly Thompson
Written by Douglas Tirola and Mark Monroe
Colorado Premiere
Doug Tirola, Molly Thompson and Mark Monroe in person
Special thanks to A&E IndieFilms
filmmakers in person
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BT-06
Friday, 7:30pm, Boulder Theater
Call Me Lucky
USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 106 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
Barry Crimmins is still pissed. His hellfire brand
of comedy has rained lightning bolts on American
audiences and politicians for decades. Alternately
self-effacing and scathing, his ribald comedy took
audiences by force into his never-ending war on
ignorance, and he has had a role in discovering and
supporting the development of many of today’s comedians. After a highly successful career, Crimmins
retired and went back to his own dark and painful
past, one that inspired his intense campaign of
activism to help save others from child abuse. But,
this time around, he is REALLY pissed.
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
Colorado Premiere
program
BT-07
program
CH-01
Friday, 10:00pm, Boulder Theater
Friday, 10:00am, First Presbyterian Church
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 98 min
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 88 min
Valley Uprising
Winner of many film festivals around the world
Over the last five decades, the grand granite walls of Half Dome and
El Capitan in Yosemite National Park have seen the rise of a unique
culture of rock monkeys and cragsmen on their flanks: free-spirited
dirt bags and stoners with a lifestyle of dumpster-diving performing
unfathomable feats of bravery. This fast-paced film, through dizzying
high-camera work, pounding music and a brilliant narrative, covers
the last half century of struggle against the laws of gravity—and the
laws of the USA. Yosemite’s history will become your history, and you
will never forget the absolute joy in this film.
Directed by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen and Lynn Hill in person
The Hand That Feeds
At a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s
Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with
a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes,
undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal
wages, dangerous machinery and abusive managers. Risking deportation and violence, the workers,
led by sandwich maker Mahoma López, form their
own legal, independent union. In one roller-coaster
year, they must endure a two-month lockout, a
takeover of the restaurant by Occupy Wall Street
protesters and a picket line that will divide the
neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set
a historic precedent for low-wage workers across
the country. Directed by Robin Blotnick and
Rachel Lears
Colorado Premiere
Rachel Lears in person
Co-presented by Towards Justice
talkback follows at
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free food
+
beverages
preceded by
Los Olvidados (The Forgotten)
USA, Short Documentary, 2014, 14 min
filmmakers
in person
tickets at
303.786.7030,
biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com
Artist Ramiro Gomez advocates
for domestic laborers through
a cardboard art installation in
the Arizona desert in tribute
to his immigrant roots.
Directed by David Feldman
Boulder Premiere David Feldman in person
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CH-02
Friday, 12:30pm, First Presbyterian
Church
Sunshine Superman
USA/Norway/United Kingdom, Feature
Documentary, 2014, 100 min
“A figure of ... fanatical
enthusiasms, energy and
enterprise.” VARIETY
Overcoming childhood polio to live a
life of unbelievable physicality, Carl
Boenish, along with his wife Jean,
invented BASE jumping in the late
‘70s, a hair-raising sport that was
illegal almost everywhere—but
caught on like wildfire among athletic
adrenaline junkies. Donning 16mm
camera helmets, Carl and Jean
became publicity magnets, defying
death over and over again in illegal
leaps off towers, skyscrapers and
even El Capitan. They created a whole
society of people who, at that point,
didn’t yet exist, but who now jump
in a recently invented, chute-less
free-fall form in special suits like flying squirrels. “Always follow nature’s
laws,” Carl once said, grinning,” but
not necessarily man’s.”
Directed by Marah Strauch
Boulder Premiere
program
CH-03
Friday, 2:45pm, First Presbyterian Church
Imber’s Left Hand
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 74 min
CH-04
Friday, 5:00pm, First Presbyterian Church
Meet the Patels
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 88 min
“This beautiful film... takes the
wind out of you.” BOSTON GLOBE
Also screening at eTown Hall,
see page 39
This is a deeply moving film about celebrated
painter Jon Imber’s darkly humorous response
to a diagnosis of ALS. The film traces Imber’s
adaptations, switching from his right to his left
hand, and then to both hands as the condition
worsens. He produces more than 100 paintings
in the next three months. Imber knows his
legacy will live on through his family, his art
and among the students he taught over 27
years at Harvard. In one scene, though, he
regrets to his wife, the painter Jill Hoy, that his
religion, Judaism, had little to do with his life
and work. “But it’s the very root of what you
are,” she replies. Imber now has a consolation: His newest abstract landscapes are
stronger than anything he has ever painted in
his life. And he knows it. (Jon Imber attended
CU-Boulder.)
“Sharp and riotously funny.”
Directed by Richard Kane
Produced by Melody Lewis-Kane
Boulder Premiere
Richard Kane and Melody Lewis-Kane in person
Co-presented by ALS Rocky Mountain Chapter
talkback follows at
First Presbyterian Church
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VARIETY
Fresh out of a breakup with his American
girlfriend, Ravi Patel is freaked out that
he’s 30, still single and is now under kneebuckling pressure from his parents to get
married. During a vacation to India with
his parents and filmmaker sister Geeta,
Ravi learns that “Patel” is one of the most
common surnames in India, and he is struck
with how overwhelmingly happy the marriages are of his Patel family and friends.
Ravi decides that the semi-arranged marriages of India might not be so bad. Back in
America, he enlists the help of his matchmaker mother and his advice-spouting
father who send him on a whirlwind of dates
around the U.S. via the “Patel Matrimonial
Convention” websites. Will Ravi’s sister ever
get to shoot a wedding?
Directed by Geeta Patel and Ravi Patel
Boulder Premiere
Geeta Patel in person
director
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program
CH-05
Friday, 7:15pm, First Presbyterian Church
The Farewell Party
Israel/Germany, Feature Film, 2014, 95 min
“The cast consists of the
icons of Israeli comedy;
they dig into their dramatic and literally fleshbaring roles with gusto.” VARIETY
In this comedy about euthanasia, inventor Yehezkel and his wife Levana live in a Jerusalem
retirement home. Yehezkel visits his old pal
Max, who is terminally ill and begs Yehezkel
to put him out of his misery. He joins forces
with retired veterinarian Dr. Daniel, who might
be a member of the Hemlock Society and who
will provide the drugs, along with graft-loving
former police detective Segal, who will clean
up the evidence. Yehezkel’s Rube Goldberg
contraption allows Max to off himself by pressing a button, and the machine is instantly
effective. But word spreads, and Yehezkel is
besieged by those wanting to end the suffering
of their own loved ones in the retirement home.
Huge sums of money are mentioned, and excop Segal senses a goldmine. subtitled
program
CH-06
Friday, 9:15pm, First Presbyterian Church
I Live for Art USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 73 min
Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 39
We’re all descendants of survivors, and the most important traits for human survivability in the past were those flashes of creativity that solved major problems. We all
inherited the creativity of our successful ancestors. So what is it, and how can we
develop our own? This funny, fascinating film explores the very essence of innovation, art and discovery through the words of prolific and successful creatives. Their
process, their thrills, their angst, their stories of suffering, laughter, success and
failure can help us find our own creative spark within.
Directed by Renee Slade and Ri Stewart
Starring Brian McWhorter, Mark Applebaum and Mark Gould
Colorado Premiere
Renee Slade, Ri Stewart and Brian McWhorter in person
Directed by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit
Colorado Premiere
preceded by
Junked
Australia, Short Documentary, 2014, 11 min
Junked is a short film about the end of film. With the advent of digital, the art of
projection is being lost and the 35mm film prints are getting junked. Australian
filmmaker Gus Berger recorded the last days of 35mm projection at St. Kilda’s
George Revival Cinema. It’s a poignant tale of a technologically disruptive world. Directed by Gus Berger
Colorado Premiere
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Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 39
Rabbit
France/USA, Short Film, 2014, 17 min
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With a possibility of reducing her sentence in a Washington
maximum-security prison, a female prisoner volunteers for the
prison pet partnership program (PPPP). Now, alone in her cell,
she struggles to connect with Alex, the rabbit. Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Colorado Premiere
Boogaloo and Graham
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), Short Film, 2014, 14 min
Nominated for a 2015 Academy Award
Jamesy and Malachy are over the moon when their
soft-hearted dad presents them with two baby chicks to
care for. Raising their tiny charges, declaring themselves
vegetarian and dreaming of running a chicken farm, the two
boys are in for a shock when their parents announce that big
changes are coming to the family.
Directed by Michael Lennox
Computer &
Network Security
Every Day USA, Short Documentary, 2014, 12 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
Office Phone
Systems
At 86, Joy Johnson is well known on the “Today Show” where
she appeared after every race to get a kiss from Al Roker.
She didn’t start running until age 60, and in 2013, she was
the oldest woman to ever run the New York City Marathon.
Her time was a respectable eight hours, but her best time at
the marathon, in 1999, was three hours, 55 minutes. Joy, in
person, is exactly like her name implies. Directed by Gabe Spitzer
Colorado Premiere
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Sprout
South Korea, Short Film, 2013, 20 min
Winner at the Aspen Shortsfest
Bory, a 7-year-old girl, goes to the market to get sprouts,
meanders through sunlit gardens and people's houses,
watches a stick-ball game and listens to people's
conversations on the street. On the way back from the market,
though, she gets lost and wanders through the living room of a
very old man in a straw hat. He seems friendly, but can he help
her find her way? subtitled
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5 to 7 Directed by Ga-eun Yoon
Boulder Premiere
USA, Feature Film, 2014, 97 min An IFC Film: Release date April 3, 2015
Pony Place
Netherlands, Short Film, 2013, 11 min
Winner at the Aspen ShortsFest
When young Emma is prohibited from taking her iPad on
holiday, she asks her Grandma to look after her realistic digital
horse farm. The task proves a bit more stressful than Grandma
and Grandpa expected. subtitled
Directed by Joost Reijmers
Boulder Premiere
Americans know nothing of cinq à sept affairs, which
refers to that hazy window of time after work when married Parisians can briefly hook up with their lovers without
having to explain their whereabouts at home. Brian (Anton
Yelchin), a handsome young writer, and Arielle (Bérénice
Marlohe), the elegant wife of a French diplomat and
mother of two, meet outside a NYC hotel and immediately
enter into a wildly passionate cinq à sept affair. But Brian
has some doubts ... and so do his long-married Jewish
parents (Frank Langella and Glenn Close), who also have
never heard of cinq à sept affairs, and who both glumly
predict disaster and heartbreak. Are they right?
Directed by Victor Levin
Boulder Premiere Victor Levin in person
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hosted by Made In Nature.
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BT-10
Saturday, 2:45pm, Boulder Theater
HOME
USA, Feature Animation, 2015, 93 min
DreamWorks Animation SKG Presents
Produced by Mireille Soria, Suzanne Buirgy and
Christopher Jenkins
Directed by Tim Johnson
Screenplay by Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember
Based upon the novel “The True Meaning of
Smekday” by Adam Rex
Cast: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin and
Jennifer Lopez
i mag e co u rt e s y o f
d r e am w or k s a n i mat i o n
Tim Johnson is
an executive
producer and
director at
DreamWorks
Animation.
He recently
directed the
Kung Fu Panda
Holiday Special, and is also developing several new feature projects.
Tim served as executive producer
on the studio’s Academy Awardnominated 2010 feature film,
How To Train Your Dragon.
5 old VW vans
program
4 bands
When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet,
lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from
his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship
with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on
a quest of her own. Through a series of comic
adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that
being different and making mistakes is all part of
being human, and together they discover the true
meaning of the word HOME.
special thanks
to Boulder-based RealD
and Gary Sharp, Chief
Technology and Innovation Officer, for helping
make 3D possible at BIFF.
Gary will be
inducted into the
National Inventors
Hall of Fame at
the Smithsonian
in May.
Congratulations,
Gary!
Release Date: March 27, 2015
HOME has been rated PG.
3 thousand miles
2 weeks 1 gloriously retro cross-country band tour
BT-11
Saturday, 5:15pm, Boulder Theater
Austin to Boston USA/Australia, Feature Documentary, 2014, 72 min Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 39
Five old VW vans. Four bands. Three thousand miles. Two weeks. One gloriously
retro cross-country band tour. The adventure begins at Austin’s SXSW Music
Festival where the bands (Ben Howard, The Staves, Nathaniel Rateliff, Bear’s Den)
pile into their rides and head northeast. Sounding like the track of a Coen brothers’ movie, they play small-town venues from bars to barns, wowing crowds all the
way to Boston. This raggedy tour is a far cry from the heavy, high-tech logistics
of these bands’ normal tours, and their biggest tech problems are a stalling
Microbus and how to relight a campfire after a rainstorm. Featuring Mumford &
Sons’ Ben Lovett and narrated by Gill Landry of the Old Crow Medicine Show, this
documentary is about the absolutely boundless joy of getting back to your roots.
Directed by James Marcus Haney
Produced by Ben Lovett and Ty Johnson
Starring Nathaniel Rateliff, The Staves, Ben Howard and Band, Bear’s Den,
Gill Landry and Ben Lovett
Colorado Premiere
tickets at
303.786.7030,
biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com
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27 easy being green
sustain ability
Be Part of
Our Green
Commitment
Here are some easy actions that you
can take during BIFF to help us move
toward a zero waste festival.
Questions? Please look for our sustainability volunteers with green badges
for answers!
Bus, Bike or Walk to BIFF!
Thanks GO Boulder! GO Boulder and
the HOP are again offering FREE
Bus rides during the Festival. Just
flash your BIFF ticket stub or BIFF
Festival pass.
Which Bin Does It Go In?
We are composting and recycling as
much as possible. Please select the
correct bin for your waste.
Offset Your Footprint.
Sustainability is a pillar of the BIFF
mission and this year we have partnered with Renewable Choice Energy
to help you offset your festival carbon
footprint. To offset a part or all of your
travels to BIFF, contact Jay Pawlak at
jpawlak@renewablechoice.com or
303-551-7599.
For more information on BIFF’s
Green Initiatives,
visit biff1.com/community/green
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28 a conversation
+ tribute
program
BT-12
Saturday, 7:30pm, Boulder Theater
$25, Free for Passholders
He’s made over 70 films, won an Oscar
for his role in Little Miss Sunshine,
was nominated for four Oscars (including one for Argo), won a Golden
Globe for The Russians Are Coming,
The Russians are Coming and has
five Golden Globe nominations and
four Emmy Award nominations. He
has won a Tony, a BAFTA and two
Canadian Academy Awards. As a stage
director, he has won an Obie, and as
an author, has won a National Booksellers Award.
His long list of film credits also includes Wait Until Dark, The In-Laws,
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22,
Edward Scissorhands, Grosse Point
Blank, Glengarry Glen Ross, and, more
recently, Million Dollar Arm, Grudge
Match, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Muppets, Marley & Me, and
Get Smart.
Arkin is also an acclaimed musician
and composer, and released a
memoir in 2011 entitled “An Improvised Life.” He is currently in production on the feature film Let it Snow
with John Goodman, Ed Helms and
Diane Keaton.
Alan will be interviewed by BIFF Special Event
Producer and Host Ron Bostwick.
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program
CH-07
Saturday, 10:00am, First Presbyterian Church
Welcome to Leith USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 87 min
Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 39
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
silver linings : short documentaries
program
CH-08
One of Rolling Stone’s 25 Must-See
Movies at Sundance 2015
Saturday, 12:15pm, First Presbyterian Church
Leith, North Dakota, is a registered ghost town of
24 people. The town has a stark beauty with a
prairie backdrop of wide-open sky and fields
of wheat. In 2012, an outsider named Craig
Cobb moved in and started buying up property.
He accumulated 12 plots of land, some empty,
some with houses in various states of disrepair.
Turns out Cobb is also a notorious white
supremacist who was plotting a takeover of the
town government. As his behavior becomes more
threatening, tensions soar and the residents
desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted
neighbor ... without violating his constitutional
rights.
USA, Short Documentary, 2014, 17 min
USA, Short Documentary, 2014, 15 mins.
Michael Francisco was the kind of father
any son would pray to have: loving, fun,
adventurous and protective. But after
Michael's three deployments to Iraq,
things began to change: violent
outbursts, drunk driving and high-risk
behavior. The next two years were a
challenge for Bailey and his mother, who
live in Colorado Springs. This is PTSD
through the eyes of a child who has
witnessed it firsthand.
This short film examines the toll that our
changing climate is taking on some of
the world’s most vulnerable people, and
the efforts being made by Alice Thomas
of Refugees International to address this
growing threat. Directed by Bailey Francisco
Boulder Premiere
Bailey Francisco in person
Nominated for a 2015 Academy Award
Winner at Aspen Shortsfest
Directed by Michael Nichols and Chris Walker
Colorado Premiere
Michael Nichols and Chris Walker in person
After War
The Lion’s Mouth Opens
USA, Short Documentary, 2014, 28 min
On the 2015 Academy Award Shortlist
Winner at Aspen Shortsfest
directors in person
The title is taken from the Bob Dylan
song about Woody Guthrie who died from
Huntington’s Disease. Filmed in real time,
courageous young filmmaker Marianna
Palka gathers her friends around her as
she waits for the results of a genetic test
to see if she has inherited the disease,
an incurable degenerative disorder that
took her father and now has a 50 percent
chance of taking her body and her mind.
Living on the Edge of Disaster
Directed by Tat Maxwell
Tat Maxwell in person
Our Curse
Poland, Short Documentary, 2013, 28 min
This beautiful film is a personal statement of the director and his wife who
are left alone to cope with overwhelming
medical issues when their newborn
baby comes homes from the hospital.
The new parents’ fear, frustration and
anger begin to boil over into their
marriage. subtitled
Directed by Tomasz Sliwinski
talkback
follows at
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+
beverages
Directed by Lucy Walker
Boulder Premiere
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talkback with
Tat Maxwell + Bailey Francisco
“You’re all going
to Vegas ... even if
you’re in an urn!”
program
CH-09
Saturday, 2:30pm, First Presbyterian Church
Hip Hop-eration
New Zealand, Feature Documentary, 2014, 93 min
One of the top 5 audience
favorites (out of 300) at the
prestigious IDFA in
Amsterdam 2014
These seniors may have lived almost a century, but for Kara (94), Maynie (95) and Terri
(93), the journey to Las Vegas and the World Hip Hop Dance Championships is the greatest
adventure of their lives. Already an Internet sensation, the 23 high-energy elders of Hip
Hop-eration are the oldest dance group in the world (according to Guinness), they’re all from
the same tiny island off of New Zealand, and they’re trained by their exuberant manager
Billie Jordan to push their bodies and artificial joints to the absolute limits. “You’re all going
to Vegas,” she yells, “even if you’re in an urn!”
Directed by Bryn Evans
Colorado Premiere
Co-presented by the Society for Creative Aging
talkback
follows at
special performance
before the film by Block 1750,
a non-profit community center
dedicated to providing afterschool
programs for kids, dance classes,
live events and more!
Info at block1750.com.
First Presbyterian Church
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program
CH-10
Saturday, 5:00pm, First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Kaplan program
CH-11
Spain/Uruguay/Germany, Feature Film, 2014, 98 min
Saturday, 7:15pm, First Presbyterian Church
Uruguay’s submission for the 2015
Academy Awards
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 93 min
SlingShot
Fifty percent of all human illness is the result of waterborne pathogens. Dean Kamen, holder of 440 patents and
the inventor of the Segway, has developed an energyefficient vapor compression distiller that can turn any
unfit source of water (seawater, poisoned well water, river
sludge, etc.) into potable, safe water without any need
for chemical additives or filters. A quirky genius with a
sharp wit and a progressive worldview, Kamen is our era’s
Thomas Edison. He has invented the first drug-infusion
pump and the first portable dialysis machine, reconceived
kidney dialysis, engineered a radical new electric wheelchair (the Ibot) and reworked the heart stent. Can the
SlingShot device take down the goliath of bad water?
This is a compelling portrait of a great modern-day hero.
In 1979, Holocaust survivor and Montevideo resident Jacob Kaplan is
76 years old. He’s been married for 50 years to Rebecca, and has two
wonderful grown sons and a sweet teenage granddaughter. However, the
retired Jacob still feels like he’s barely achieved anything with his life
compared to, say, Goethe or Winston Churchill. Then one day he comes
across two random pieces of information; putting them together, he comes
to the startling realization that the elderly German who runs a beachfront
cafe near his house is, in fact, a famous Nazi war criminal. Teaming up
with his chauffeur, Wilson, a bumbling alcoholic former police officer, they
do an exhaustive (and often comical) investigation into the past and come
up with truly surprising results. subtitled
Directed by Álvaro Brechner
Boulder Premiere
Introduced by Kathryn Bernheimer, Artistic Director
of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival
The Boulder Jewish Film Festival is March 14-22, thedairy.org
director in person
Directed by Paul Lazarus
Boulder Premiere
Paul Lazarus in person
Co-presented by
Second Mile Water
talkback follows at
First Presbyterian Church
“A mesmerizing glimpse into
(one man’s) search for
a sub-Saharan Walden.” variety
Winner of the Top Prize at IDFA in Amsterdam
Long ago, Louis Sarno, an American ethnomusicologist, heard a haunting song
on the radio and followed its melody to the Bayaka pygmies in the Central
African jungle. He stayed for 25 years, recorded 1,000 hours of unique Bayaka
music, married a Bayaka woman and had a pygmy son, Samedi, who is now 13. Fulfilling an old promise to his son, Louis takes Samedi to the fearsome jungle
of New York City to meet his relatives in America, including his closest friend
from college, Jim Jarmusch. On this journey, Louis realizes he is not part of this
globalized world anymore, but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest,
and now the Bayaka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to
the melodies of the jungle, but the question remains: How much longer will the
songs of the forest be heard?
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Directed by Michael Obert
Colorado Premiere
program
CH-12
Saturday, 9:30pm, First Presbyterian Church
Song from the Forest
Germany/USA/Central African Republic,
Feature Documentary, 2013, 96 min
program
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HS-02
Saturday, 12:30pm, Boulder High School
program
HS-01
Saturday, 10:00am, Boulder High School
Lion Ark
USA/United Kingdom/Bolivia,
Feature Documentary, 2013, 91 min
Also screening at eTown Hall,
see page 39
“Lion Ark proceeds with
refreshing unpredictability.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES For two years a team of investigators
from Animal Defenders International
(ADI) infiltrated the South American
circus industry filming everything they
saw. The findings shocked a continent. Bolivia banned animals in circuses, but
almost every circus defied the law and
nothing changed. In the most ambitious
animal rescue ever undertaken, ADI
returns to track down the illegal circuses
and, in sometimes fierce confrontations
between rescuers and circus owners, the
investigators try to save every animal.
The most emotional moments are when 25
African lions, after being caged their entire
lives, are released in a large wild-animal
sanctuary in Colorado. At last, here is a
film about serious animal issues that will
have you cheering.
Directed by Tim Phillips
Produced by Jan Creamer
Featuring Pat Craig
from the Wild Animal Sanctuary
Tim Phillips, Jan Creamer
and Pat Craig in person
Co-presented by the
Wild Animal Sanctuary
Fair Play Czech Republic, Feature Film, 2014, 100 min
The Czech Republic’s submission for the
2015 Academy Awards
“A gripping
tale of
grace
under pressure.”
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
In 1983, a gifted young sprinter, Anna,
is selected for the Czechoslovakian team
and starts training to qualify for the 1984
Olympic Games in Los Angeles. As a part
of the training, she is placed on a special
vitamin program. Her performance improves,
but she has a host of side effects, including
rampant body hair. When she stops taking
the “vitamins,” state security agents respond
by pressuring friends and family to coerce
Anna back into line; some buckle under
blackmail. These wholesale doping regimes
were designed to turn athletes into medalwinning propaganda weapons for the Soviet
system with no regard for morality, legality
or the health of their young. But within a few
years, everything will change with the Velvet
Revolution. subtitled
HS-03
Saturday, 2:45pm, Boulder High School
Far From Home
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 74 min
“This Olympic dream might
sound far-fetched, but Mawejje
clearly eats far-fetched for
breakfast.” ESPN
Born in Uganda into an abusive family,
Brolin Mawejje held little hope for his future.
His mother had left the family when he was
two, and when he was 11 she miraculously
reappeared with immigration papers for
Brolin to join her in Boston. But the move
was wrenching, and he was bullied in his
American school for his poor English. His
life would change forever, though, when he
joined an after-school ski and snowboard
program. Now at 20, Brolin is one of the top
snowboarders in the U.S., and he has two
obsessions: to be the first snowboarder to
represent an African country in the Winter
Olympics and to simultaneously pursue a
career in medicine. Far From Home shows the
remarkable impact a caring community can
have on an individual to defy the odds and
make dreams a reality.
Directed by Galen Knowles
Executive produced by Phil Hessler
Colorado Premiere
Brolin Mawejje, Galen Knowles
and Phil Hessler in person
Directed by Andrea Sedlácková
Colorado Premiere
subject + filmmakers
in person
talkback follows at
Boulder High School
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HS-04
Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder High School
Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 84 min
Narrated by Jon Krakauer
One of the greatest world-class athletes of all time, Jeff Lowe has
made climbing what it is today. He contributed to the development
of the modern ice screw and cam, invented the grading system used
worldwide for mixed climbs, authored now classic books on climbing
technique, brought the first Sport Climbing Championships to America
and opened the ice park in Ouray, Colorado. In this film, Jeff tells the
extraordinary story of his historic nine-day mid-winter solo ascent of
the north face of the Eiger in 1991—a route he named “Metanoia”—
which has never been climbed since. Jeff’s “unimaginable” new route
up the Eiger prepared him for the greatest adventure he’s ever been
on, the climb of his life as he slowly loses all of his physical abilities
and faces his own mortality. Interleaved with the story of Jeff’s life
is spectacular footage of climber Ueli Steck’s attempt—during the
making of the film—to duplicate Jeff’s historic Eiger climb.
Directed by Jim Aikman
Executive Produced by Jeff Lowe
Produced by Connie Self and Luke G-Jones
U.S. Premiere
Jeff Lowe, Connie Self, Jim Aikman and Luke G-Jones in person
Co-presented by The Jeff Lowe Mountain Foundation
program
HS-05
Saturday, 7:45pm, Boulder High School
Human Capital Italy/France, Feature Film, 2014, 111 min
“A top-flight cast gives depth and conviction
... to this anguishing thriller.” HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
The title proposes that, in our society, the lives of the rich are
worth far more than the lives of the rest of us. A cyclist is run
off the road by a careening SUV the night before Christmas Eve
in Northern Italy. As details emerge of the events leading up
to the accident, the lives of the über-wealthy Bernaschi family
will intertwine with the Ossolas, who are struggling to hang on
to their middle-class life. Meanwhile, as the mystery deepens,
the Ossolas’ teenage daughter’s relationship with hedge-fund
manager Bernaschi’s playboy son twists an already simmering
interplay of romance, class and ambition into a complex,
thrilling true-life story. subtitled
Directed by Paolo Virzi
Boulder Premiere
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BT-13
Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater
A Place to Stand
USA, Feature Documentary, 2013, 86 min
When Jimmy Santiago Baca was 21, he began
a five-year narcotics sentence at Arizona State
Prison. Coming from a childhood of abuse and
abandonment, Jimmy was filled with sadness, rage
and pain. He became a violent prisoner, spending
nearly half his sentence in isolation because of
his constant fighting. But then one day his life
changed. Even though he was functionally illiterate,
Jimmy inexplicably stole a book off a prison desk.
He taught himself to read and write, and discovered
the unbelievable power of language and poetry to
express how he felt. Jimmy is in his 60s now and is
an award-winning poet, novelist and screenwriter
who travels the country teaching writing workshops
in prisons. A Place to Stand explores the life of a
man who embraced language as a balm for his
battered spirit, and a man who—through the power
of poetry—finally found his place to stand.
Directed by Daniel Glick
Produced by Gabriel Baca
Colorado Premiere
Jimmy Baca, Daniel Glick and Gabriel Baca in person
Co-presented by Art from Ashes
talkback
program
BT-14
Sunday, 12:30pm, Boulder Theater
Zero Motivation
Israel, Feature Film, 2014, 97 min
Winner at the Tribeca Film Festival
“Talya Lavie’s brilliant debut ... is ‘M*A*S*H’
meets ‘Orange is the New Black’.” variety
In Israel, military service is mandatory. Rama dreams of a significant
military career, but she is in charge of a platoon of unskilled,
sullen female soldiers who spend their days racking up records on
“Minesweeper,” singing pop songs and jousting with office supplies.
Rama’s ambitions for promotion are bleak. Pencil pushers in the human
resources office inside a big army base, these soldiers see no enemy
in sight, but sometimes dark, absurd and often hilarious events twist
their way into this woebegone office space … and tensions escalate
wildly. subtitled
Directed by Talya Lavie
Boulder Premiere
follows at
Tal k b a c k C a f é
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+
beverages
subject
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303.786.7030,
biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com
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CH-13
Sunday, 2:30pm, First Presbyterian Church
program
1971
BT-15
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 79 min
Sunday, 2:45pm, Boulder Theater
Also screening at eTown Hall,
see page 39
Being Evel
USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 100 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Daniel Junge
One of Rolling Stone’s 25 Must-See Movies at
Sundance 2015
In the history of sports, few names are more recognizable than that
of Evel Knievel. Long after the man hung up his famous white leather
jumpsuit, his name is still synonymous with the death-defying
lifestyle he led. Knievel stared death in the face from the seat of his
motorcycle, but few know the larger-than-life story of the boy from
Butte, Montana. Robert Craig Knievel was, to millions, a real-life
superhero who, time after time, put his own body on the line and then
just freakin’ went for it. For decades, half the little boys in America
had beloved toys from the Knievel merchandise empire. Knievel
wasn’t perfect, but as good as you could expect from a man whose
name is a homonym for “evil.” Academy Award-winning director
Daniel Junge immerses you in a life story so incredible that you’d
swear it was a tall tale.
Directed by Daniel Junge
Executive Produced by Molly Thompson
Edited by Davis Coombe
Colorado Premiere
Daniel Junge, Molly Thompson and Davis Coombe in person
Special thanks to A&E IndieFilms
This tense, heart-stopping documentary tells the
story of five ordinary suburban Americans who,
one night in 1971 (March 8, 44 years ago today),
dropped their kids off at babysitters, broke into
an FBI office and carted off thousands of paper
files showing the FBI’s vast network of illegal
surveillance of American citizens. Like low-tech
Edward Snowdens, they shared fuzzy photocopies
of these files with the press, which led to the
first public Congressional investigation of a U.S.
intelligence agency. A humiliated J. Edgar Hoover
assigned hundreds of FBI agents to find this
traitorous group, and one scary night dozens of FBI
agents scoured the very suburban neighborhood
in which these perpetrators lived. Surprisingly,
they were never caught. But here they are in this
film—for the first time ever—talking about
their amazing, historic and sometimes comical
adventures with the FBI.
Directed by Johanna Hamilton
Colorado Premiere
Johanna Hamilton in person
director
in person
director + producer
+ editor
in person
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CH-14
Sunday, 4:45pm, First Presbyterian Church
Of Men and War
France/Switzerland/USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 142 min
Winner of the Top Prize at IDFA in Amsterdam
“An unforgettable experience.” HOLLYWOOD
program
REPORTER
Sunday, 10:00am, Boulder High School
It’s been over a decade since the U.S. launched its invasion of
Iraq, but for thousands of those soldiers who were actually there,
the war is an event they relive every waking minute of their lives.
This unbelievably personal film shows five years of discussions
for one small group of shell-shocked soldiers institutionalized
for PTSD at The Pathway Home, a first-of-its-kind therapy center. While we only learn their first names, we get to intimately know
these men and the experiences behind their terror. This one-ofa-kind film follows their unforgettable and sometimes inspiring
paths to recovery.
HS-06
Song of the Sea
Ireland/Denmark/Belgium/Luxembourg/France, Feature Animation, 2014, 93 min
Nominated for a 2015 Academy Award
Recommended for ages 7 and up
Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 39
Directed and produced by
Laurent Bécue-Renard
Colorado Premiere
From the creators of the Academy Award-nominated The Secret of Kells
comes a breathtakingly gorgeous, hand-drawn masterpiece. Based on an
Irish legend, this is the story of the last seal-child, Saoirse, and her brother,
Ben, who go on an epic journey to save the World of Magic. Pursued by
the owl witch, Macha, and a host of magical creatures, Saoirse and Ben
race against time to awaken Saoirse’s powers and keep the spirit world
from disappearing forever. This wonder of magical storytelling and visual
splendor is destined to become a classic.
Co-presented by
No Barriers USA
talkback follows at First Presbyterian Church
Directed by Tomm Moore
Boulder Premiere
program
HS-07
Sunday, 12:15pm, Boulder High School
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 113 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
producer
in person
tickets at
303.786.7030,
biff1.com or www.bouldertheater.com
Cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes
raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture
was emerging and the Black Panther Party would, rightly or
wrongly, put itself at the vanguard of that change. Master
documentarian Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders) goes straight
to the source, weaving a treasure of rare archival footage with
the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, outside supporters and detractors, along
with Black Panther loyalists and those who left the Party. Because the participants from all sides were so young in the ‘60s
and ‘70s, they are still around to share sometimes shocking
firsthand stories that some would say we are reliving today.
Directed by Stanley Nelson
Produced by Laurens Grant
Colorado Premiere
Co-presented by Sam Cary Bar Association
Laurens Grant in Person
talkback follows at Boulder High School
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P rogram HS-08
short films 2
Sunday, 3:00pm, Boulder High School
Also screening at eTown Hall, see page 39
Coda
Ireland, Animated Short Film, 2014, 9 min
On the 2015 Academy Award Shortlist
Death finds a drunken fool stumbling through the city and shows him
many things.
Directed by Alan Holly
Boulder Premiere
Mr. Invisible
Ireland/United Kingdom, Short Film, 2013, 14 min
Winner at the Aspen Shortsfest
Elderly people complain that they are invisible in society. But elderly
invisibility has made this old man rich.
Directed by Greg Ash
Boulder Premiere
The Chicken
Germany/Croatia, Short Film, 2014, 15 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2015
Winner at the Palm Springs International Shortsfest
As a present for her sixth birthday, Selma gets a live chicken. When she
realizes the animal is going to be killed to feed the family, she decides to
save it and set it free, unaware of the high stakes of such action. subtitled
Directed by Una Gunjak
Colorado Premiere
A Mile in These Hooves
USA, Short Film, 2014, 14 min
Foster brothers Mark and Tom set out on a mission to break the world
record for longest distance travelled in a two-person costume. As they travel by foot from Toronto to California in a two-person donkey
costume, they will push their physical, mental and emotional limits
to the test.
Directed by James Brylowski
Colorado Premiere
Orbit Ever After
Ireland/United Kingdom, Short Film, 2013, 21 min
Nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Awards This fantastic live-action film is about a teenage boy who has fallen in
love. But when you live in orbit aboard a ramshackle, steampunk spaceship with slovenly parents and live chickens floating around, it isn't easy
to follow your heart—especially when the girl of your dreams is orbiting
earth the other way. Directed by Jamie Magnus Stone
Boulder Premiere
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Elephant Song
Canada, Feature Film, 2014, 98 min
Starring Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood and Catherine Keener
Elephant Song is a smart crime drama that delves into the mind of troubled patient
Michael. The film details the complex back-and-forth between him and the unprepared
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psychiatrist. Convinced that Michael is hiding knowledge about his colleague—and in
no rush to go home to his complicated personal life—Green is determined to control
both the situation and the patient. As Michael demonstrates his extraordinary intelligence
and manipulative nature, it becomes increasingly unclear who will ultimately dominate,
patient or doctor. Directed by Charles Binamé
Boulder Premiere
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Stream of Love
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Short Films 1
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racing
extinction
Scientists predict we may lose half the
species on the planet by 2100, and that we
have entered the sixth major extinction event
in Earth’s history. Number five took out the
dinosaurs, but this time we are the asteroid.
We’re the last generation remaining that
can stop our callous worldwide destruction
of irreplaceable life. This exciting and
highly anticipated film follows activists
with covert cameras, who risk everything
by stalking shark-fin hunters, illegal wild
animal traders, factory feedlots that spew
illegal methane by the ton and restaurants
that serve endangered species as highly
expensive delicacies. These superhero
activists also reveal the vast, undetected,
ocean-killing phenomenon that the oil and
gas companies don’t want us to see.
DIRECT TO BIFF FROM SUNDANCE 2015
FROM LOUIE PSIHOYOS,
DIRECTOR OF THE
ACADEMY AWARDWINNING FILM THE COVE
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gina papabeis
olivia ahnemann Olivia Ahnemann, Producer
Louie Psihoyos, Director
Racing Extinction
USA/China/Hong Kong/Indonesia/Mexico/United Kingdom,
Feature Documentary, 2015, 90 min
Directed by Louie Psihoyos
Produced by Olivia Ahnemann
Co-produced by Gina Papabeis
Line Producer Patti Bonnet
Colorado Premiere
Q&A to follow with Academy Award winning director Louie Psihoyos,
producer Olivia Ahnemann, co-producer Gina Papabeis, and racecar
driver Leilani Munter, who is featured in the film.
Co-presented by the Oceanic Preservation Society
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Louie’s first documentary film,
The Cove about the slaughter of
dolphins in Taiji, has won over 70 awards
globally, including the Oscar for Best
Documentary Feature in 2009. Executive
Director of the Oceanic Preservation
Society, Louie is also widely regarded as
one of the world’s most prominent still
photographers He has shot hundreds of
covers for magazines including National
Geographic, Fortune Magazine, Smithsonian, Discover, Time, Newsweek,
The New York Times Magazine and Sports
Illustrated.
Olivia has produced and directed
documentaries on a variety of subjects for the past 18 years, including
co-producing the Award-winning
documentary, The Cove. Her television
credits include programs for National
Geographic, PBS and Discovery. Olivia
is also the Producer for the Oceanic
Preservation Society.
Gina Papabeis​, Co-Producer​
Gina began working with the Oceanic
Preservation Society (OPS) during the
release of The Cove, managing the dayto-day operations of the organization
and coordinating the outreach campaign
for the film. Before OPS, Gina worked as
a Projects Manager on the grassroots
promotion of a dozen independent films
at Red Hills Releasing, LLC,
closing night
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Sunday, March 8
Boulder Theater $30/Free for Passholders
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Boulder Theater
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6:00pm for Passholders
Music 6:00-7:00pm
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the BIFF Awards Ceremony, where we’ll honor
the Best of the Fest with their hand-crafted Bill
Vielehr award sculptures. We’ll then take a few
moments to pay tribute to Vielehr, BIFF board
member, tireless supporter, and acclaimed
sculptor, whom we lost this past year.
Awards Ceremony 7:00pm Then, settle in for a screening of the remarkable
Film at 7:30pm new documentary feature Racing Extinction.
THE
VIELEHR
Coming to us directly from Sundance, Academy
Q&A to follow award winner and Boulder resident Louie
Psihoyos’ latest is a wake-up call to the threat
of mass extinction on our planet.
After the film, downtown Boulder will come to
life with images of endangered species projected onto local landmarks from the one-of-a-kind
mobile projection racecar featured in Racing
Extinction.
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Joellen Raderstorf for bringing the racecar to BIFF.
Longtime BIFF Board President
and reknowned sculptor Bill
Vielehr left the planet in
October 2014. Bill was part of the
fabric of Boulder for 69 years
and was an integral part of
the Festival since its inception.
He also individually
handcrafted each award
sculpture since year one.
We will never forget Bill’s
irreplaceable contribution that
helped make BIFF what it is
BILL VIELEHR
1945-2014
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