[Reel Pizza] update FILM FESTIVAL film info

The pdf  with the film descriptions was TOO BIG, so I am pasting the words into the email for you.  I don't know what the deal is with the font size...my test run didn't look like quite like what I sent out...I thought I made it all nice, but something doesn't seem to be cooperating...

The pdf of the schedule at a glance was also TOO BIG, so I am sending you to the reelpizza.com website and you can download it from there.
sorry for all the delay in getting this to you...
-Lisa

MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL by-the-Sea 2010  
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The Age of Innocence   (PG)  139min      Friday  5:45pm with screenwriter attending
 Jay Cocks' Oscar-nominated adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel of mid 19th century New York, where "it is not thought proper for men and women to place their own selfish desires above the needs of their class." (Roger Ebert)
 
Behind The Eyes Are The Ears  27min  Sat 10pm and Sun 5pm  filmmaker attending both
This mix of animation, found footage, and live action footage follows the research of Dr. Sheri Myes and her revolutionary attempts to expand our perceptions and consciousness.
 
Bride Flight    130min      Fri  8pm and Sun 6:30pm
Eager to escape the damp and suffocating atmosphere of post-war Holland, three young Dutchwomen, Ada, Esther and Marjorie, look forward to a better life in New Zealand. They meet on the immigration flight to their new country, where they are to join their fiancés and marry.
 
Cattle Camp and Butter  57min   [in Kazakh and Kyrgyz, subtitled]    Sat 8:15pm and Sun 1pm     producers attending both
 Cattle Camp, stunningly shot on locations in the mountain wilderness of Kyrgyzstan, takes us to a place where only wolves, yaks and some very tough people can survive. Butter, from neighboring Kazakhstan, is as different as can be: an almost absurdist comedy that's a throwback to Keaton and Chaplin's cinema.

The Desert of Forbidden Art   80min   [partly in Russian, subtitled]  Sat 8:30pm w/ filmmaker attending; and Sun 3:!5pm
During the Soviet rule, artists who stayed true to their vision were executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Ypung Igor Savitsky pretends to buy state-approved art but instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists' works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB.

earthwork      98min    Fri 9pm and Mon 5:30pm
The story of real-life crop artist Stan Herd, who traveled from Kansas to New York City in 1994 to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre piece is made from soil, rock and vegetation near a railway tunnel. Stan recruits a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel as his crew. 
 
Finding Belgrade          70min    [partly in Serbian, subtitled]   Sun 1:30pm and Mon 6pm
In 2009, Serbian filmmaker Miodrag Kolaric and his crew hit the road to make a film about their capitol city­Belgrade, home to millions of people­and the four other Belgrades in the world, all in the U.S: Maine, Montana, Nebraska and Minnesota.
 
Hausu  (House)     87min  [in Japanese, subtitled]     Fri 10:45pm and Sat 10:30pm
A hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt's creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat.
 
The Kids Grow Up    90min   Sat 4pm and Sun 9pm
A funny, moving and deeply personal look at modern-day parenting. Moving seamlessly between past, present, and the fast-approaching future, this is the loving portrait of a girl transitioning into womanhood, and also an incredibly candid look at parenting and what it means to let go.
 
Maine Short Films          88min  Sat 6pm and Sun 2:45pm    several filmmakers attending both screenings

From the story of Maine musician, record producer, and bluegrass pioneer Al Hawkes to a pinball-machine collector and champion to animations inspired by Steinbeck and Bauhaus (these last two created by COA students) ­ an inspired collection of six shorts.

 
Memories of Overdevelopment     120min    [in Spanish, subtitled]     Sat 6:15pm  and Mon 7:30pm
Sergio has left the Cuban revolution and "underdevelopment" behind­only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the "developed" world. A loner with no clear-cut politics or ideology, he struggles with aging, sexual desire, and the impossibility of the individual to belong in ANY society.
 
The Process Revealed:  Documenting Maine Artists and Musicians   55min  Sat 11pm   filmmaker attending
Portland-based COA grad filmmaker David Camlin. One documents the band BATSHELTER, their music and history. The second, MAKESHIFT, follows contemporary artist Anna Hepler as she prepares for a muliti-disciplined exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art.
 
Queen of the Sun     83min     Sat 4:30pm and Sun 8:45pm
From the director of The Real Dirt on Farmer John comes a profound look at the tragic global bee crisis ­ an unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world.
 
Sita Sings the Blues    82min    Sat 2pm and Sun 5:15pm     
Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana.
 
Visions: American Shorts       97min    Fri 6pm and Mon 8pm
An experimental film about two cats contemplating freedom and mortality, an engaged couple's post-coital discussion, a musical about two mermaids on a giant ferry ­ plus four others.
 

Welcome to My World  48min    Sat 2:30pm and Sun 7pm    Operation Breaking Stereotypes reps and student participants at both
Shot on the coast of Maine and in the streets of New York City, this film follows two groups of American teenagers from disparate walks of life, and what happens when they come together.