Cincinnati World Cinema
Chronological Film Roster
2008 - 2009
Chronological Film Roster
2008 - 2009
January, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
LunaFest Festival Short Films, 2008 Regional Premiere
Selected from over 200 entries, these LunaFest winners are the work of nine promising filmmakers from around the world. Accomplished filmmakers from Africa, Central and South America, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan and the USA pursue universal themes, flavored by the fresh eyes of youth — two-thirds of the filmmakers are under 30 and the balance are under 40. Entertaining and informative, these short dramas, comedies and documentaries will tug at your heartstrings, make you smile and make you think.
MAKE A WISH (Itmanna)
Director Cherien Dabis, Palestine, 2006, 12:00, live-action, in Arabic with English subtitles.
Winner, Best Short Film, Dubai International Film Festival;
Winner, Audience Award, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films;
Winner, Press Prize and Jury Special Mention at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival;
Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin;
Recipient: the National Geographic's All Roads Film Project Seed Grant, the Jerome Foundation's New York City Media Arts Grant and the New York State Council on the Art's Electronic Media and Film Distribution Grant.
THE GUARANTEE
Director Jesse Epstein, USA, 2006, 11:15, animation.
Winner, Best Short Film, 2007 Newport International Film Festival;
Winner, Best Short Film, Full Frame Short Film Festival;
Winner, Best Short Film, AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs.
FAMILY REUNION (Gódir Gestir)
Director Isold Uggadóttir, Iceland/USA, 2006, 21:30, live-action, in Icelandic and English with English subtitles.
DOÑA ANA (Lady Ana)
Director Marlon Vásquez Silva, Colombia, 2006, 1:40, animation, in Spanish with English subtitles.
HAPPINESS
Director Sophie Barthes, USA, 2006, 11:00, live-action.
POCKETS
Director Sophie O'Hara, USA, 2006, 3:00, animation.
MY OTHER MOTHER
Director Diana Keam, South Africa, 2005, 12:00, live-action.
DAIKON ASHI
Director Ru Kuwahata, USA, 2006, 2:00, animation.
BREAKING BOUNDRIES: the Sondra Van Ert Story
Director Jennifer Grace, USA, 2006, 5:30, live-action.
EMPTY CHAIRS AND PAINFUL WINDOWS
Director Linda Spalazzi, USA, 2006, 7:30, live-action.
Special addition: we are pleased to announce the inclusion of this moving short documentary created by Bright Light Communications for the Cincinnati YWCA which includes footage of their "Empty Chairs" exhibit, artwork by children from violent homes, plus interviews with family members and kids who have felt the impact of domestic violence. The film underscores the importance of the YWCA's battered women's shelter and violence abuse prevention programs. "Violence on our streets will not end until we stop violence in our homes."
January, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Diva (more here)
Director Jean-Jacques Beineix, France, 1982, 112 minutes, in French with English subtitles.
Diva single-handedly launched the Cinéma du look, an explosion of visually stunning, punk-inspired, super-cool French movies in the early 80s -- films that had a slick visual style and a focus on young, alienated characters that were said to represent the marginalized youth of Francois Mitterrand's France. Ginette Vincendeau, in her Companion to French Cinema (Cassell, 1996), defines the films made by Jean-Jacques Beineix, Luc Besson and Leo Carax as "youth oriented films with high production values… The look refers to the films' high investment in non-naturalistic, self-conscious aesthetics, notably intense colors and lighting effects. Their spectacular (studio-based) and technically brilliant mise-en-scène is usually put to the service of romantic plots."
Winner, César, Best Film, Jean-Jacques Beineix, (French Oscars);
Winner, César, Best Cinematograpny, Philippe Rousselot, (French Oscars);
Winner, César, Best Music, Vladimir Cosma, (French Oscars);
Winner, César, Best Sound, Jean-Pierre Ruh, (French Oscars);
Nominated, César, Best Production Design, Hilton McConnico, (French Oscars);
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, BAFTA Film Awards (British Oscars);
Winner, Best Cinematography, National Society of Film Critics, USA;
Winner, Best Foreign Film, Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Moscow International Film Festival;
Nominated, Best Foreign Film, NAACP Image Awards;
Nominated, Best Performance by an Actress, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, NAACP Image Awards.
February, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Body & Soul
February, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Romance & Cigarettes
February, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Red Road
March, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Nanking
April, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
The Cats of Mirikitani Encore
April, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Clark Montessori Student Documentaries
April, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
The 7th Annual Oscar Shorts
May, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Last Stop for Paul
June, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
The Singing Revolution
July, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days
August, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Blue Velvet
August, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
A Man Named Pearl
September, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Full Battle Rattle
October, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Contempt
October, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
CWC Shorts Fest
November, 2008 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
In the Mood for Love
January, 2009 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
LunaFest 2009
February, 2009 The Redmoor, Cincinnati OH
That Old Black Magic
March, 2009 The Redmoor, Cincinnati OH
8th Annual Oscar Shorts
April, 2009 The Redmoor, Cincinnati OH
The Great Buck Howard
