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Absolute Wilson
[ABSOL]
Directed By: Katharina Otto-Bernstein
(USA, 2006, 105 mins)
Other
Saturday, April 14th 11:00am
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00

Absolute Wilson is a richly provocative and moving portrait of one of the most visionary theater artists of our time. The New York Times has described Robert Wilson as the towering figure of avant-garde theatre. His groundbreaking international theater works push the limits of time and space, forging images of astonishing beauty, nightmarish psychological complexity, stark wit and haunting emotion.
Air Guitar Nation
[AIRGU]
Directed By: Alexandra Lipsitz
(USA, 2006, 81 mins)
Diaspora Melancholy: Asian American
Thursday, April 12th 10:45pm
Stage Door Theatre
$7.00

Saturday, April 14th 5:00pm
Stage Door Theatre
$7.00

Whang! When a couple of guys attending the Air Guitar World Championships realized that no American was participating for this rock crown and subsequently created a U.S. contest, you just know that a movie wasn’t far behind.
Akatombo “Unconfirmed Reports”
[SH03T]
Directed By: Paul Thomsen Kirk,Chad McClure
(Japan, 2006, 22 mins)
Wisconsin’s Own
plays in short.times.three
Saturday, April 14th 3:30pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00

Sunday, April 15th 1:15pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00

Visually inventive and surreal, this is a multipart musical and visual journey from winter through to late spring, in Hiroshima.
All About the Illusion
[JIMEX]
Directed By: Scott Stark
(8 mins)
Jim and Joe's Shorts
plays in Jim and Joe's Experimental Shorts
Thursday, April 12th 9:00pm
Cinematheque (4070 Vilas Hall)
$7.00

Synchronized cameras explore an abandoned train repair yard, a site of industrial decay, toxicity and new growth.
All the Days Before Tomorrow
[ALLTH]
Directed By: François Dompierre
(USA, 2006, 100 mins)
Other
Saturday, April 14th 7:45pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00

The complicated electricity that can sizzle, or fizzle, through a platonic friendship is elegantly written into François Dompierre’s first feature. With a terrific screenplay that so effectively captures the push-pull of two people attracted, sort of, to each other, Dompierre directs two talented actors in this impressive debut.
Americanese
[AMERI]
Directed By: Eric Byler
(USA, 2006, 110 mins)
Diaspora Melancholy: Asian American
Saturday, April 14th 5:30pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00

Sunday, April 15th 5:15pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
$7.00

Eric Byler’s sophisticated adaptation of Shawn Wong’s highly acclaimed 1995 novel American Knees subtly explores racial politics both in and out of the bedroom. Byler paints a provocative and frank portrait of love, sex, and race in contemporary America.
Animation and Special Effects
[YVISI]
Directed By: Fitchburg Area Community Television
(USA, 2006, 1 mins)
Wisconsin’s Own
plays in Young Visions
Sunday, April 15th 11:00am
Monona Terrace Convention Center
FREE

“Mushroom Man” is one of many fun animations!
Architecture
[YVISI]
Directed By: Avery Johnson
(USA, 2006, 1 mins)
Wisconsin’s Own
plays in Young Visions
Sunday, April 15th 11:00am
Monona Terrace Convention Center
FREE

Avery Johnson turns the camera on details of UW-Madison buildings.
The Art of Effort
[SH12T]
Directed By: Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson
(Israel, 2005, 3 mins)
Wisconsin’s Own
plays in short.times.twelve
Saturday, April 14th 1:15pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00

Sunday, April 15th 3:30pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00

A elegant picture of art therapy for disabled Bedouin children in Israel. In their culture, these children are regarded as taboo and their parents requested that faces not be revealed.
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