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EVENTS BY TITLE
The Last Stain
[SH04T] Directed By: Jamal Easley (USA, 2006, 17 mins) Other plays in short.times.four
Saturday, April 14th 2:00pm
Monona Terrace Convention Center
$7.00
The filmmaking team from the Chicago Vocational Career Academy that created last year’s Festival award winner Scream at Me brings a new work to the Festival. Written and performed to capture the hustle-tough feel of the Chicago streets, two young men, Brodsky and Smitty, have to make tough decisions when they want to pull in big money, and their friendship is tested. Winner, 2007 National Student Television Emmy for Technical Achievement.
The Life of Reilly
[LREIL] Directed By: Frank Anderson,Barry Poltermann (USA, 2005, 87 mins) Wisconsin’s Own
Saturday, April 14th 7:45pm
Bartell Theatre
$7.00
Sunday, April 15th 7:45pm
Bartell Theatre
$7.00
If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block, what do you think the odds would be that you'd end up a Tony winner, a staple of television, and a generational icon? Charles Nelson Reilly recounts his improbable story in “Save It For the Stage,” a one-man stage show filmed for the screen.
Life on Marz: A Memoir of a Film Teacher
[LMARZ] Directed By: Marian Marzynski (USA, 2006, 75 mins) Other
Thursday, April 12th 5:30pm
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00
Sunday, April 15th 11:00am
Frederic March Play Circle Theatre
$7.00
Marian Marzynski brings us a warm and very funny autobiographical film about his life as a filmmaker. Marzynski, who was a recent immigrant from Poland at the time, has an infectious spirit of nostalgia that is surprisingly compelling, thanks to the many salvaged clips of his students’ films sprinkled throughout the piece.
Lights in the Dusk
[LIGHT] Directed By: Aki Kaurismäki (Finland, Germany, France, 2006, 80 mins) Contemporary European Cinema
Saturday, April 14th 3:15pm
Stage Door Theatre
$7.00
Sunday, April 15th 5:15pm
Stage Door Theatre
$7.00
Like past Nordic festival films Kinamand and Noi Albinoi, Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki’s Lights in the Dusk is a study of a lonely guy, detached from his community, and enjoys a similar kind of dark humor.
Sunday, April 15th 3:45pm
Overture Center Capitol Theater
$7.00
In three days Shiba High is holding a talent show, and four friends hatch a plan to learn a few pop tunes in time for the concert. But crisis looms one of the girls, the only one who knows how play, has to drop out. The only replacement available is Son, a Korean exchange student, which makes her a bit of an outsider and a pretty bad candidate as lead singer.
The Lion in Winter
[LIONI] Directed By: Anthony Harvey (USA, 1968, 134 mins) Restorations and Revivals
Friday, April 13th 4:30pm
Cinematheque (4070 Vilas Hall)
$7.00
Peter O’Toole and Katherine Hepburn own the screen as King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom Henry has locked up across the Channel to prevent her from meddling in his affairs of state, and affairs of another kind. But it’s Christmas, and the family has gathered to celebrate the warmth of the holiday — and fight over who shall be named heir to Henry’s throne.
Little Spirits
[SH12T] Directed By: Cecilia Condit (USA, 2005, 9 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
The mysteries of childhood friendships, the pull of adventure, and the impact of the young girl’s decision.
Lloyd Ormerod Wants His Face Back
[SH10T] Directed By: Jonathan Kable (Australia, 2006, 14 mins) Other plays in short.times.ten
Saturday, April 14th 11:30am
Cinematheque (4070 Vilas Hall)
$7.00
Sunday, April 15th 11:00am
Cinematheque (4070 Vilas Hall)
$7.00
In a lyrical and lonely film from Australia, Lloyd wastes away his days sniffing glue, both avoiding and obsessing over the past wrongs that have hurt him.
The Long Shadow
[WISSS] Directed By: Chele Isaac (USA, 2005, 3 mins) Wisconsin’s Own plays in Wisconsin Student Short Films
Saturday, April 14th 6:00pm
Monona Terrace Convention Center
$7.00
A hybrid animation and live-action video that contemplates the fleeting nature of happiness and the painful endurance of memory, starring the Maia the smartest dog in the universe.
Long Shadows: Veterans’ Paths to Peace
[LONGS] Directed By: Luciano (USA, 2006, 30 mins) Wisconsin’s Own plays with Cut: Teens and Self Injury
Sunday, April 15th 2:15pm
Wisconsin Historical Society
$7.00
A collection of 19 interviews with veterans who candidly discuss their paths from military involvement to peace activism. Beginning with a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War, to a veteran of the current war in Iraq, each tells a personal story with their individual perspective. Yet, each echoes the shared message of the futility and destruction of war.
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