FEATURES:
ALREADY FAMOUS
OCT 11, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER-MICHELLE CHONG
RT: 118 MIN
CAST: Michelle Chong, Alien Huang
SYNOPSIS: Ah Kiao sells television, but her dream is to be on television, not selling them.
CASUALTIES OF THE STATE
OCT 13, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-JEREMY CROPF
PRODUCER-V. ELLY SMITH,ALAN LAMBERG, ALEX SHIRLEY, JEREMY CROPF
RT: 105
CAST: Alex McCormick, Ted Jordan, David Mueller, Lauren Yates
SYNOPISIS: Two FBI agents and an analyst investigate the murder of high ranking government officials only to find themselves in a moral struggle between duty and honor.
GRAN PLAN, A
OCT 12, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-SANGEETA NAMBIAR
PRODUCER-PREMA MENON
RT: 102 MIN
CAST: Farida Jalal, Neil Shaabi, Oliver Kennett, Pavan J. Singh, Tania Mukherjee
SYNOPSIS: This film intricately weaves a story of overcome boundaries of age, language and culture resulting in friendship.
GREEN STORY, A
OCT 14, 12-2PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER-NIKA AGIASHVILI
PRODUCER-DEANNA PLASCENCIA, NIKA AGIASHVILI, JOHN EDWARD LEE
RT: 96min
CAST: Shannon Elizabeth, Billy Zane, Malcolom McDowell, Annabella Sciorra Chloe
SYNOPSIS: Van Vlahakis, a Greek immigrant of the 1950’s, is misdiagnosed with cancer with two months to live but he is living to close one final business deal .
HANNAH HAS A HO-PHASE
OCT 13, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-JAMIE JENSEN
PRODUCER-NADIA MUNLA
RT: 93 MIN
CAST: Genevieve Hudson-Price, Matt Servitto, Meredith Forlenza, Mike C. Nelson, Quincy Dunn Bake
SYNOPSIS: When sexually liberated Leslie becomes increasingly frustrated with Hannah’s attempts at dating, the two go head-to-head and challenge each other to swap places.
KURTULUS SON DURAK (LAST STOP: SALVATION)
OCT 12, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-YUSUF PIRHASAN
PRODUCER-AYSEN SEVER
RT: 96 MIN
CAST: Belcim Bilgin, Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan, Asuman Dabak, Ayten Soykok
SYNOPSIS: A group of women who have become numb to the pain in their lives welcome a new tenant into the building; the heartbroken Eylem who will change their lives forever.
MEHERJAAN
OCT 11, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-RUBAIYAT HOSSAIN
PRODUCER-ASHIQUE MOSTAFA
RT: 120 MIN
CAST: Rubaiyat Hossain, Victor Banerjee, Jaya Bachchan, Iqubal Sultan
SYNOPSIS: Meherjaan is a film about loving the Other.
MIGHTY FINE
OCT 11, 4-5:30 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-DEBBIE GOODSTEIN
PRODUCER-KATHRYN WALLACK
RT: 80 MIN
CAST: Andie MacDowell, Chazz Palminteri, Jodelle Ferland, Rainey Qualley
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by real people and events, Mighty Fine is the riveting story of a family in crisis.
MISADVENTURES OF THE DUNDERHEADS, THE
OCT 12, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-D.G. BROCK
PRODUCER-BRUCE STUBBLEFIELD
RT: 87 MIN
CAST: Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, Alison Brie
SYNOPSIS: Meet the Dunderheads an eccentric family that’s been in the mountains for far too long with Grandma Ira fleeing to Canada with her two dysfunctional teenage grandkids.
ONE-NIGHTER, THE
OCT 14, 10-NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER-JILL JARESS
RT: 90 MIN
CAST: Timothy Bottoms , Jill Jaress, Jamie Meyer, Guile Bronco, Marissa Skell, James Freivogel, Isidora Goreshter
SYNOPSIS: Six lives change when two strangers wake up in bed together and lead us through the labyrinth of love. It will keep you laughing till the last frame of film.
PERFECT ENDING, A
OCT 12, 8-10 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-NICOLE CONN
PRODUCER-JANELLE EAGLE, TOPHER MILLER
RT: 106 MIN
CAST: Barbara Niven, Jessica Clark, John Heard, Morgan Fairchild, Kerry Knuppe, Rebecca Staab
SYNOPSIS: A middle class wife struggles to find what passion really is in a world of compromise and secrets.
STEALING ROSES
OCT 12, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-MEGAN CLARE JOHNSON
PRODUCERS-ALEXIA MELOCCHI, MEGAN CLARE JOHNSON
RT: 96 MIN
CAST: John Heard, Cindy Williams, Josie Davis, Mark Famiglietti, Bruce Davison, Al Sapienza, Jude Ciccolella, Vic Polizos, James Gleason, Peter Allas
SYNOPSIS: Terrified at the prospect of losing his seriously ill wife, a man plans a bank robbery to pay for her medical treatments with help from his eccentric friends .
TERRIBLE ANGELS
OCT 11, 5:30-7 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-ANTHONY PIERCE
PRODUCER-UNA JO BLADE
RT: 91 MIN
CAST: Michael Madsen, Una Jo Blade, Hank Cartwright
SYNOPSIS: Detective Ben Nolan investigates the kidnapping of a convicted prostitute and known drug dealer Linda Grossel, leading to questions of sanity and proof.
YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM , THE
OCT 12, 6-8 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR-TARA JOHNS
PRODUCER-BARARA SHRIER
RT: 95 MIN
CAST: Julia Stone, Gil Bellows, Macha Grenon
SYNOPSIS: It’s 1976 and Elizabeth’s fantasy-driven search for her real mother wreaks havoc on every part of her life all to discover who she really is and to whom she belongs.