The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival WOMAN + FILM program
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WOMAN + FILM PRESENTS A STUNNING PLATFORM OF FESTIVAL FILMS
The 36th Starz Denver Film Festival is proud to present the 2013 Women + Film program - our most ambitious to date. |
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Ellie Caulkins Opera House Friday, Nov. 15, 8:00pm Director John Wells In-Person for post-film discussion.
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Centerpiece
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Sunday, Nov. 10, 12:15pm Tuesday, Nov. 12, 4:15pm Directed by Kim Longinotto UK/India, 2013, color, 90 minutes One village in southern India locks its adolescent girls up when they hit puberty, not allowing them to see the outside world until marriage. Refusing these customs, Salma remained incarcerated for 25 years and went on to become an esteemed Tamil poet. |
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Monday, Nov. 11, 7:00pm Directed by Cecilia Peck This heartbreaking documentary follows Miss World 1988 Linor Abargil on her journey as an advocate for rape survivors. She and director Cecilia Peck shed light on the struggle rape survivors face with themselves, their family, and the law. |
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:45pm Sunday, Nov. 10, 7:30pm Directed by Chloe Robichaud Offered a running scholarship to a top university, Sarah ditches her supportive mom and moves with her friend Antoine. The pair decide to marry to qualify for benefits, but Sarah has only one passion: to run. Chloe Robichaud's film debuted at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. |
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Monday, Nov. 11, 4:45pm Tuesday, Nov. 12, 9:00pm Directed by Kathryn Grant USA, 2012, color, 95 minutes It's 1974. Gloria Bethune faces a bleak existence when she retreats to her small hometown after failing as a singer in New York. She falls for a grifter who claims to be the former manager of a famous country singer. Through this flawed man's faith in her, Gloria's passion for singing is reborn. But she is pushed into uncharted territory as she chooses between the safety of her hometown and risking it all in Nashville. A myriad of Denver actors comprise this homage to the New Hollywood era. |
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Friday, Nov. 15, 4:30pm Directed by Bettina Oberli 80-year-old Louise, a former actress, and her son André, a taxi driver, lead a boring and well-regulated life. André, obsessed with his mother's well-being, can't break away from her even as he falls for Steffi, the pretty saleswomen at the local sausage van. Charming scam artist Bill arrives from the States and wins over Louise as he starts to call her "mom"... |
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Special Presentation Directed by Francesca Gregorini Francesca Gregorini's indie thriller stars Jessica Biel and Alfred Molina. Emanuel, a troubled girl, becomes obsessed with her mysterious, new neighbor (Jessica Biel), who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother. In offering to babysit her newborn, the pair develop a bond and Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world, of which she becomes the gatekeeper. |
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Wednesday, Nov. 13, 6:45pm Thursday, Nov. 14, 4:00pm Directed by Janis Nords Latvia, 2013, color, 83 minutes
The story of a 12-year-old boy, the son of a single mother, who finds himself in a moral quandary after a simple lie spirals out of control, the film has been warmly reviewed on the festival circuit: Hollywood Reporter critic Neil Young singled out its "excellent" young lead, and remarked that this "tale of a wayward 12-year-old's painful transition toward maturity treads familiar turf with disarming confidence." The film won the Grand Prix award at the Berlin Film Festival and also won the Best Narrative Film award at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June -- suggesting that it could well take off with the Academy crowd. |
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30pm 30 left Monday, Nov. 11, 2:15pm sold out Directed by Tim Phillips In cooperation with Animal Defenders International, The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Denver School of the Arts, Stanley British Primary School |
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Tuesday, Nov. 12, 6:30pm Directed by Joanna Kos, Krzysztof Krauze Roma poet Bronisława Wajs (1908-87), known as Papusza, has become something of a legend in Poland. In their latest film, Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor, Saviour Square) explore her history in a film shot mainly in the Roma language. The narrative moves through several time planes and, while recounting various aspects of her life story, also recreates the patterns of Roma life in the pre-war period. World War II saw the killing of some 35,000 Polish Roma, while the post-war Communist regime forced the remainder to abandon their traditional lifestyle. The film focuses principally on the discovery of Papusza by the ethnographer, Jerzy Fikowski, the first Polish writer to chart Roma history and customs. The black and white photography is sharp and poetic - and occasionally romantic. Papusza, which was five years in the making, is an inspired and innovative evocation of a reality now past. (Peter Hames) |
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Thursday, Nov. 7, 6:45pm Directed by Ingrid Veninger Leo is an acting coach, frustrated by his uninspired class, relationship with his son, and problems with student Saul. Leo proposes a creative experiment: he and his class will wear animal costumes around, to explore how they would act if anonymous and free to do anything. They ridicule the idea at first, but as students of human behavior, their curiosity leads them to give it a try. The experience opens the characters' eyes to insecurities, fears and secrets holding them back. We become a fly on the wall, witnessing private moments, thoughts, struggles and triumphs of people we've begun to care about. With pure honesty and unwavering compassion for its characters, it's hard not to fall in love with this quiet, thoughtful film. THE ANIMAL PROJECT is like its creator Ingrid Veninger - genuine and true to its heart. Sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in Denver
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Special Presentation Directed by Monty Miranda |
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Special Presenation Directed by Stephen Frears
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About The Denver Film Society
Founded in 1978, the Denver Film Society (DFS) is a membership-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural institution that produces film events throughout the year, including the award-winning Starz Denver Film Festival and the popular, summertime series Film on the Rocks. With a vision to cultivate community and transform lives through film, the Film Society provides opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences. The permanent home of the Denver Film Society, the Sie FilmCenter, is Denver's only year-round cinematheque, presenting a weekly-changing calendar of first-run exclusives and arthouse revivals both domestic and foreign, narrative and documentary - over 600 per year, all shown in their original language and format. DFS's one-of-a-kind programs annually reach more than 200,000 film lovers and film lovers-in-training. Please consider a donation to Denver Film Society (EIN#84-0771070) so we can continue serving our community: http://www.denverfilm.org/participate/donate Major annual supporters of DFS include: The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, Starz Entertainment, Anna & John J. Sie Foundation, CEAVCO Audio-Visual, KeyBank, Liberty Global |
