NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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Unless otherwise marked, all films will be shown at Edwards Island 7
Cinemas, 999 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, and are $5. Tickets are
available by calling (888) 464-2468 or at o7 https://www.tickets.com.f7
TODAY
11 a.m.
Escaflowne the Movie: A Girl in Gaia
o7 Japan, 2000
f7 Producer: Created by Shoji Kawamori
Director: Kazuki Akane
Screenwriters: Ryota Yamaguchi, Kazuki Akane
Cast: Maya Sakamoto
Running time: 96:00
o7 An ordinary high school student is thrown into a strange new world
called Gaia, a mythical realm inhabited by humans and half-man,
half-beast “Jujinf7 ,o7 “ in this anime feature.
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11:30 a.m.
Black Days
o7 United States, 2000
f7 Producers: Ari Margolis, James Morley III
Directors: Ari Margolis, James Morley III
Screenwriters: Ari Margolis, James Morley III
Cast: S. Greg Gordon Sr., Shiva Rose, D. Reynolds, Nick Rute, Sarah
Silverman
Running time: 80:00
o7 Ty’s a nice guy, a thrift-shop cool parking lot attendant who just
wants to be happy and in love. Then he meets Gwen. She looks too good to
be true. And sounds even better -- with a killer wit and deadly sense of
humor. He falls for her, and it’s a storybook romance. Until a few
skeletons fall out of Gwen’s closet.
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1:30 p.m.
The Stranger (Die Fremde)
o7 Austria, 1999
f7 Producer: Wulf Flemming
Director: Gotz Spielmann
Screenwriters: Maria Walpurga Scheibelhofer, Gotz Spielmann
Cast: Wolfgang Bock, Martin Feifel, Fritz Karl, Hary Printz, Nina
Proll, Simon Schwarz, Goya Toledo
Running time: 97:00
o7 With her German boyfriend, Mercedes, a Mexican, has smuggled a
kilo of cocaine to Vienna to make some quick cash. At the airport, the
couple outwits customs, but the risky deal goes wrong. Harry, a taxi
driver, bumps into the beautiful stranger and gets involved in an
adventure, which changes his life.
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2 p.m.
Short Films: DancesWithFilms
The Dancing Cow
Director: Taz Goldstein
Running time: 21:00
o7 Evan Lepsow’s directorial debut has Hollywood’s top brass in a
feeding frenzy . . . only problem is, they’ve been watching the wrong
film. With instant access to Tinsel Town’s most powerful moguls, Evan
struggles with ethics versus opportunity as he secretly tries to discover
who really directed “The Dancing Cow.”
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Room
Director: Sebastian Hedgecoe
Running time: 8:00
o7 A man and woman, drawn to each other, attempt to cross into each
other’s lives.
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Guido Takes a Hike
Director: Joseph Tobin
Running Time: 17:00
o7 An endearing elderly man goes to the store, gets lost and has an
amazing adventure.
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Rosa Mi Amor
Director: Modi
Running time: 3:00
o7 A short comedy film about a man who is mourning for a dead wife he
never had.
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Delusions in Modern Primitivism
Director: Daniel Loflin
Running time: 17:00
o7 Bored with his extensive collection of tattoos and piercings, we
follow Jerome on his trek across Dallas for the next, newest form of body
modification as he seeks meaning, identity and acceptance in the form of
a new scar.
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Naropa
Director: Cameron Baity
Running time: 7:00
o7 Naropa represents man synthesizing his environment to maintain
illusory control. He is unable to grasp the elusiveness of nature until
his machinations malfunction and his routine life is shattered.
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Hate
Directors: Drew Daywalt, David Schneider
Running time: 22:00
o7 What do you do when you’re being stalked by a homicidal maniac?
What do you do when no one believes you? What do you do when that
homicidal maniac . . . is a chicken?
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4 p.m.
The Annihilation of Fish
o7 United States, 2000
f7 Producers: Paul Heller, William Lawrence Fabrizio, John Remark
Director: Charles Burnett
Screenwriter: Anthony C. Winkler
Cast: James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder
Running time: 101:00
* Screening will be attended by the producer.
o7 An eccentric pair of aging delusionaries fight together to
overcome loneliness and rediscover a sense of purpose in their twilight
years. f7
4:30 p.m.
Short Films: USC Showcase
Values
Director: Van Phan
Running time: 5:00
o7 This animated thesis film was inspired by Van Phan’s relationship
with his late father, Nguyen Phan.
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Mad Boy, I’ll Blow Your Blues Away. Be Mine
Director: Adam Collis
Running time: 19:00
o7 This romantic comedy deals with the doubts and fears that
accompany giving a first valentine.
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The Dishpan Man
Director: Hal Long
Running time: 15:30
o7 Danny doesn’t have what it takes to be a street thug, but he has
just discovered his divine calling -- as a supernatural dishwasher.
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Horses On Mars
Director: Eric Anderson
Running time: 7:28
o7 Three billion years ago, a microbe blasts off its home planet,
propelled by a meteor, and embarks on a journey through the inner solar
system.
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Aimee Copp
Director: Jon Durham
Running time: 11:30
o7 Recruited by USC, Aimee Copp was excited about her collegiate
basketball career, until she suffered a blow before her first game that
cut it short. Three years later, she is back in peak condition and raring
to try for the WNBA.
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Game Day
Director: Marshall V. Davidson Jr.
Running time: 19:57
o7 When a Marine dies in 12 feet of water during an obstacle course
competition, a young platoon commander is left with more questions than
answers.
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6:30 p.m.
Sexy Beast
o7 Great Britain, 2000f7
Producers: Jeremy Thomas, Denise O’Dell
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Screenwriters: Louis Mellis, David Scinto
Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, Cavan
Kendall, Julianne White
Running time: 88:00
o7 In the twilight of his career, gangster Gary has just retired to a
posh Spanish hacienda with his loving wife. However, all is not well in
paradise. Rumbling over the horizon comes Don “Malky” Logan, the one-time
friend, now foe, of Gary, who is intent on persuading him to return for
one last big job.f7
* The Daily Grill at Fashion Island will host an 8:30 p.m. gala to
honor the film. $30. *
7 p.m.
Guiding Star (Hokule’a)
o7 United States, 2000
f7 Producers: Leah Kihara, Lurline McGregor, Na’alehu Anthony
Director: Leah Kihara
Screenwriter: Lurline McGregor
Cast: Nainoa Thompson, Shantell Ching, Snake Ah Hee, Na’alehu Anthony
Running time: 57:00
* Screening will be film’s continental West Coast premiere.
o7 In June 1999, Hokule’a, built in the style of an ancient
Polynesian, non-instrument navigating canoe, set sail on her most daring
voyage from Hawaii to the farthest eastern corner of the Pacific, Rapa
Nui.f7
Ka’ililauokekoa
o7 United States, 2000
f7 Producer: Aha Punana Leo Inc.
Director: Kala’iokona Ontai
Screenwriter: Kala’iokona Ontai
Cast: Noelani Iokepa, Pono Guerrero, Kamakaneoaloha Hopkins
Running time: 76:00
o7 Filmed entirely in the Hawaiian language, the film tells the story
of a girl, Ka’ililauokekoa, who is given to the future ruling chief by
her father. As the couple grows up together, she discovers how cruel and
unloving he can be. f7
9 p.m.
Dog Food (Azucena)
o7 Philippines, 2000
f7 Producer: Carlos Siguion-Reyna
Director: Ray Cuerdo
Screenwriter: Enrique Ramos
Cast: Ricky Davao, Dante Rivero, Alessandra De Rossi
Running time: 90 minutes
* Screening, to be attended by the producer, will be the film’s
Southern California premiere.
o7 Cooked dog meat is a delicacy in some areas of the Philippines.
This is the story of the unlikely friendship between a man who butchers
dogs for a living and an adolescent dog lover.f7
9:30 p.m.
Short Films: The Polyester Prince Road Show
Hotel Central
Director: Matt Hulse
o7 The lights are on, but your stay may lead you into a situation you
never dreamed possible.
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The Making of Mulletman
Director: Mike Ott
o7 The wacky tale of a cinematic Japanese martial arts action
hero/superstar.
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The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
Director: Matt McCormick
o7 Is it graffiti? Or is it art? You decide.
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Love Needs to be Reinvented
Director: Dorian Ahmeti
o7 Is love a many splendored thing?
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The Magic of Radio
Director: Greta Snider
o7 “DIY” radio in the age of consumerism.
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Picinin
Director: Paolo Davanzo
o7 A journey into the belly of memory and loss.
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A Colorful Train in Autumn
Director: Shinji Kitagawa
o7 A tale of our youth seen through first encounters.
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It’s Hard to Be an American
Director: Jojo Hilsenrad
o7 As the name implies, it isn’t easy living in the land of the free
and home of the brave.
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Why
Director: Jason Harris
o7 Sickness takes over the life we lead.
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Troppo Bella (Too Beautiful)
Director: Arturo Bandini
o7 Look around. Everything you see is indeed “Too Beautiful.”
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Mjamjam
Director: David Pfulger
o7 Mjamjam is the German version of “yummyummy.” Indeed it is.
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