LA Femme International Film Festival
DOCUMENTARIES
AN UNEXPECTED WIN: TITLE IX AND THE PINCKNEY PIRATES
OCT 18, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
LAURIE SCHENDEN
RT: 64 MIN
SYNOPSIS: The film examines the impact of the anti-discrimination legislation in 1972, Title IX, via Pinckney, MI where there were no varsity sports for women beforehand.
BAKING ALASKA
OCT 19, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
KARI BARBER
RT: 30 MIN
SYNOPSIS: After their father passes away, two rival sisters and their elderly mother from Oklahoma chase a bakery dream to Homer, Alaska that will change their lives.
BIPOLARIZED
OCT 20, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
RITA KOTZIA
PRODUCERS
MARK PEACHEY, NOELLE CHALIFOUX, ROSS MCKENZIE
RT: 75 MIN
CAST: Ross McKenzie (Voice)
SYNOPSIS: After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and living in a lithium-induced haze, Ross McKenzie headed to Costa Rica to be detoxed off lithium at an experimental clinic.
COMFORT WOMEN: ONE LAST CRY
OCT 18, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2
CO-DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
TAEYEUL PARK, CONNYOUNG JENNIFER MOON
RT: 52 MIN
SYNOPSIS: The film covers one of the 20th century’s largest cases of human trafficking. One Last Cry follows the victims’ personal stories and that of many advocates as it takes a closer look at this horrifying chapter in human history.
COMMIE CAMP
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
KATIE HALPER
PRODUCER
NORA EISENBERG
RT: 70 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Comedian Katie Halper returns to her socialist Jewish summer camp, Camp Kinderland; the film follows a hilarious 9 year old during a recent summer.
CONEY ISLAND: DREAMS FOR SALE
OCT 18, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
ALESSANDRA GIORDANO
RT: 80 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Coney Island, the once magnificent Playground of the World has survived many battles, but now faces its greatest enemy: corporate greed.
DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGER DELTA
OCT 19, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
ILSE VAN LAMOEN
PRODUCERS
ILSE VAN LAMOEN, LINDA MANS, LOUISE VERBEE
RT: 56 MIN
CAST: Bogofanyo Inengibo, Inatimi Odio (voice)
SYNOPSIS: An intimate film portrait of three everyday heroines who manage to make ends meet against all odds.
GOLD STAR CHILDREN
OCT 20, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
MITTY GRIFFIS MIRRER
RT: 60 MIN
CAST: Cierra Becker, Jennifer Denard
SYNOPSIS: Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who’ve lost a parent to war.
HERD IN ICELAND
OCT 20, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
LINDSEY BLATT
PRODUCERS
LINDSEY BLATT, PAUL TAGGART
RT: 29 MIN
SYNOPSIS: For over 1,000 years, Icelandic law has made it illegal to import horses onto the island making their horses a unique pure breed.
IKLAND
OCT 19, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTORS
DAVID HILBERT, CEVIN D. SOLING
PRODUCERS
CEVIN D. SOLING, NICHOLE SMAGLICK
RT: 29 MIN
SYNOPSIS: The Ik were famously described as callous and indifferent by anthropologist Colin Turnbull in his 1972 ethnographic book, The Mountain People.
LANDSCAPES OF THE HEART – THE ELIZABETH SPENCER STORY
OCT 19, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
REBECCA CERESE
PRODUCERS
REBECCA CERESE, SHARON SWANSON, WALTER BENNETT
RT: 58 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Elizabeth Spencer’s ‘The Voice at the Back Door, one of the earliest novels recounting racial tension in the south that was recommended for a Pulitzer Prize.
LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS
OCT 17, 10 AM-12 NOON
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
SHERRY THOMAS
RT: 18 MIN
SYNOPSIS: This documentary follows surgeon Dr. Sherry Thomas as she travels to Africa to provide free surgery and medical care to impoverished African women.
NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE
OCT 18, 6-8 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
ANDREA KALIN
PRODUCERS
KAREN SIMON, OLIVER LUKACS
RT: 84 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Below-the-belt cancers and a below-the-radar cause are thrust into the limelight as N.E.D., or No Evidence of Disease.
ONE COUCH AT A TIME
OCT 18, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
ALEXANDRA LISS
PRODUCERS
ALEXANDRA LISS, DAN DERBINSKY, JEAN-MICHEL WERK
RT: 86 MIN
CAST: Alexandra Liss (voice)
SYNOPSIS: One Couch at a Time follows ‘Couch Surfing Evangelist’ Alexandra Liss across 6 continents, 21 countries, couch surfing for 7 months.
PASSIVE HOUSE: A BUILDING REVOLUTION
OCT 17 10 AM-12 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
NIKILA COLE
PRODUCER
NIKILA COLE
RT: 46 MIN
CAST: Jeanna Breza (voice)
SYNOPSIS: By following architects, builders and homeowners, this film documents a rapidly growing movement in Europe and the US reducing building energy consumption.
PAOLO SOLERI: BEYOND FORM
OCT 20, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
AIMEE MADSEN
PRODUCERS
AIMEE MADSEN, ROGER TOMALTY
RT: 80 MIN
CAST: Peter Coyote (voice)
SYNOPSIS: A cinéma vérité style documentary that presents a fresh and intimate look at the multi-talented artist, philosopher, urban theorist and architect Paolo Soleri.
ROCK N ROLL MAMAS
OCT 19, 10 AM- 12 NOON
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
JACKIE WEISSMAN
PRODUCERS
ALLISON ANDERS, JACKIE WEISSMAN, TARA JOHNSON-MEDINGER
RT: 56 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Over the course of six years, director Jackie Weissman, followed musical mothers .We watch as they tour and perform, juggle childcare, and get to gigs.
THE GUN, THE CAKE & THE BUTTERFLY
OCT 17, 10 AM-12 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
AMANDA ELIASCH
RT: 75 MIN
SYNOPSIS: An experimental and stylish docudrama portrait of London socialite/fashion editor/poet/writer/artist, Amanda Eliasch.
THE HUNT FOR BRITAIN’S SEX GANGS
OCT 19, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
ANNA HALL
PRODUCERS
ANNA HALL, BRIAN WOODS
RT: 48 MIN
SYNOPSIS: 100 victims and 200 suspected perpetrators: Anna Hall, gains access to Operation Chalice, one of the UK’s biggest child sex abuse investigations.
TONEMBEE
OCT 18, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
NIKILA COLE
PRODUCER
NIKILA COLE
RT: 30 MIN
SYNOPSIS: In a personal visit to a Kenyan village with no running water and no electricity, Nikila and daughter Sarah are amazed to discover what a small amount of help can do.
UNFORGETTABLE FIRE: THE STORY OF A U2 TRIBUTE BAND
OCT 19, 6-7 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
MICHELLE REGINA LACOBELLI
PRODUCERS
ANDREA PAPPAS, MICHELLE REGINA LACOBELLI
RT: 56 MIN
SYNOPSIS: This film explores the personal lives and challenges of the members of one of the longest running U2 tribute bands in the world.
WEST ENCOUNTERS EAST
OCT 17, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
STELLA HOLMES
PRODUCERS
STELLA HOLMES, LINDA J. CORLEY
RT: 60 MIN
SYNOPSIS: The film follows artists who are descendants of Japanese who immigrated to Brazil during the twentieth century.