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      USA FESTIVALApril 20 - 24, 2016 - Angelika Film Center Dallas

    www.usafilmfestival.comThe 46th annual

    Bruce Davison  Alfred Molina Ira Sachs Charley Pride Harry Benson

    Linda GrayWhit StillmanPeri Gilpin

    Rosson CrowMillie Perkins in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 

    THE WITNESS 

    Kelly Lynch

    HARRY BENSON: SHOOT FIRST 

    PICTURING WAR 

    THE MAN WHO KNEW 

    INFINITY 

    Courtney Hope

    Terence Davies’ SUNSET SONG

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    Terence Davies’ SUNSET SONG

    Chef Vivian Howard

     Amanda Aday John Putch

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    T H U R S D A Y , A P R I L 2 1

    PREMIERES AND PROGRAMS

    LITTLE MEN

    Salute to ALFRED MOLINAThursday, April 21 7:00pm

     A film clip compilation Tribute saluting Alfred Molina will precede

    the feature film presentation.

    Jake (Theo Taplitz) is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with

    dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony

    (Michael Barbieri) at his grandfather’s funeral, and the unlikelypair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is jeopardized, however,

    when a rent dispute between Jake’s father, struggling actor Brian

    (Greg Kinnear), and Tony’s mother, struggling seamstress Leonor

    (Paulina Garcia), threatens to become contentious. “Little Men” is

    a critical yet empathetic look at the hard realities and human costs

    of gentrification. Ira Sachs’ (“Love Is Strange” and “Forty Shades

    of Blue”) new work draws a vibrant portrait of real people as well as

    conveys the charm and changing face of Brooklyn neighborhoods

    through characters that are so compelling that one can’t help think-

    ing about them long after leaving the theater. Young actors Taplitz

    and Barbieri have a natural connection and rapport, while Kinnear

    and Garcia brilliantly convey the disappointment and impossible

    choices of adulthood in their roles as the at-odds parents in this

    profoundly human film. Jennifer Ehle, Talia Balsam, and Alfred

    Molina round out the distinguished cast. 85mins. In attendance:

    Alfred Molina and writer/producer/director Ira Sachs.

    Little Men Photo Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

    TAKING BACK OAK LAWNThursday, April 21 6:30pm

    During the Autumn of 2015, Dallas’ vibrant Oak Lawn neighbor-

    hood was rocked by a series of 17 attacks (to date) against gay

    men. Filmmaker Steven Pomerantz set out to create a short

    film documenting the crimes and the formation of the Survivors

    Offering Support group. The story continued to develop as he

    recorded it, and his project soon morphed into his first feature-

    length documentary -- one that records the efforts of survivors,

    activists, and advocates as they take their community back by

    putting pressure on local businesses, police, and politicians.

    Though the film was born from terrible crimes, “Taking Back Oak

    Lawn” stands as an inspiring look at perseverance, the pursuit of

     justice and the power of the media arts. 95mins. Director/pro-

    ducer Steven Pomerantz and other guests of the film will be

    in attendance.

    Taking Back Oak Lawn 

    SUNSET SONGThursday, April 21 7:00pm

    Based on the 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, this epic by

    director Terence Davies (“The House of Mirth,” “The Deep Blue

    Sea”) examines hope, tragedy, and love during the terrible dawn

    of World War I. A young Scottish woman named Chris (Agyness

    Deyn), the daughter of a hard-hearted farmer (Peter Mullan),

    falls for Ewan (Kevin Guthrie) in their village in the unforgiving

    Highlands. The First World War reaches out from afar, bringing themodern world to bear on the community in the harshest possible

    way. Yet in a final moment of grace, Chris endures, now a woman

    of remarkable strength who is able to draw from the ancient land

    in looking to the future. “Sunset Song” is at once epic in emotional

    scale and deeply romantic at its core, given power by Davies’

    unflinching poetic realism. The film will be released by Magnolia

    Pictures on May 13th. 135mins.

    Sunset Song Photo Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

    Richard Glatzer  Bud YorkinPhilip Wuntch

    DEDICATION -- We dedicate this year’s program to the friends and filmmakers we lost this past year.

    Great friend and USAFF Board member, teacher, Emmy- and Peabody-winning producer Tom Bywaters.

    Writer/director Richard Glatzer  visited USAFF in 2006 with Quinceanera, which he co-wrote and co-directed with his collaborator and husband Wash Westmoreland. His untimely passing after a four year

    battle with ALS was a great loss for the film community.

    Dallas Morning News critic and film writer Philip Wuntch was a part of the USAFF from the beginning. Modest, knowledgeable, funny and kind, he loved films and filmmakers, and readers loved him.

    The great television writer and producer Bud Yorkin (“Sanford and Son,” “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “The Jeffersons” with partner Norman Lear) honored us with a visit (and a seat on our National Advisory

    Committee) following our presentation of the feature film he directed, Love Hurts. What a brilliant, talented, funny guy he was.

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     Award winning director, writer, actress, Christina Beck began her career as a teenager acting in such cult lms as “Suburbia,” “Boys Next Door” and “Dudes” all directed by Penelope Spheeris. She studied at Playwright’s Horizons in NYC forming her own theatre

    co. POW productions and wrote, produced and starred in “From the Heart” premiering at the Samuel Beckett Theatre along with several other off Broadway plays, as well as writing, directing and acting in numerous Los Angeles theatre productions. Christina wrote

    and starred in her rst short lm, “Disco Man” followed by the noir comedy, “Blow Me,” which screened in the New York, Chicago and Seattle underground lm festivals. One of the few women accepted into Fox Searchlight’s new director’s program, she directed,

    wrote and starred in the short lm version of her feature lm script, “Slice,” which screened in Cannes. Her other short lm works include “So Hot For You” which played in the Focus on Females directors in Los Angeles, “The Ophelia Project” which can be seen

    on Youtube and “Lone.” “Slice” the feature screenplay later titled, “Perfection” was one of ve contenders for the IFP Best Screenplay Award. The project was a part of the IFP market, selected for the IFP rough cut labs in New York, winner of The Adrienne Shelly

    female directing grant and chosen to be IFP’s “Spotlight Screening” of the year sponsored by Time Warner and SAG indie. “Perfection” ran the festival circuit where Christina won Best Actor and Best Narrative feature at The Oxford Film Festival and screened in the

    San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival, the USA Film Festival, as well as play dates in London, New York and Santa Monica, CA. Christina’s upcoming project, “Expecting Grace” -- a dark romantic comedy set in Marseilles, France -- was short listed

    for the Sundance labs. She is also in development for her macabre half-hour sex comedy pilot, “Swing Your Partner.” Christina teaches feature screenwriting and directing along with ongoing lmmaking seminars at The New York Film Academy. Christina has sat

    on the juries for The Feminist Film Festival, London, The USA Film Festival, Dallas and The South Eastern European Film Festival. She is co-founder of The Female Filmmaking Collective, a member of Film Fatales and Women in Moving Pictures in Los Angeles.

    Jorge Gutierrez  was born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. In 1997, Jorge received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from CalArts and later went on to receive his Master’s of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation, graduat-

    ing in 2000. His CalArts thesis, “Carmelo”, won the Student Emmy and was shown at the student showcase at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. That same year, Jorge created his rst web series, “El Macho”, for Sony Pictures In 2005, Jorge co-cre-

    ated (with wife Sandra Equihua) “El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera” for Nickelodeon, which won seven Emmys and an Annie for best show with just 24 episodes made. In 2014, he released “The Book of Life” for ReelFX and 20th Century Fox

    -- which he directed, co-wrote and character designed. This lm, produced by Guillermo del Toro, was nominated for 5 Annie awards, the Critic’s Choice Award, Producers Guild Awards and the Golden Globes for best animated feature. Jorge has been

    nominated for seven Annie Individual Achievement Awards (winning two) in character design for TV and lm, writing (TV) and directing (Film). He is currently at ReelFX in Dallas developing a new animated feature exploring the US and Mexican border.

    Paul Marcarelli is most recognizable from his nearly twenty years as an actor in commercials. From 2001-2014, he appeared in hundreds of commercials for Verizon Wireless, portraying the ubiquitous “Can You Hear Me Now Guy.” He is Executive Producer of Jenni Olson’s

    2015 Sundance hit “The Royal Road,” which Variety called “…a beguiling meditation, serenely accomplished,” and is Co-Producer of 2014’s “I Am Divine.” The feature lm “Clutter,” which Marcarelli wrote and produced, starring Carol Kane and Natasha Lyonne, premiered

    in competition at 2013’s Seattle International Film Festival, and theatrically in May 2014. The lm was nominated for the New American Cinema Award, The Women Film Critics Circle Award, won best feature at Harlem International Film Festival, and was honored with a

    special screening at USA Film Festival as part of its tribute to Carol Kane. The 2011 lm “The Green,” which he wrote and produced, had its rst screening at USAFF premiered at Outfest, and went on to win several best feature awards and dozens of honors for the screenplay

    and cast. His theater work won Excellence Awards in 2001, 2005, and 2007 from The New York International Fringe Festival. Marcarelli has been a guest lecturer at Atlantic Theater Company’s Acting School, Faireld University, Choate Rosemary Hall, Cheshire Academy,and Yale University. He has served as a National Juror at the USA Film Festival some ve times, Fairhope International Film Festival, and the 48 Hour Film Festival New Haven. He lives in Brooklyn and northwestern Connecticut with his husband and two rescue dogs.

    The son of the late actress Jean Stapleton and the late producer/director William H. Putch, John Putch is often referred to as an independent lm maverick. One of his rst indie efforts, “Valerie Flake,” landed him at the ‘99 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for

    an Independent Spirit Award. He followed that hit up with a string of indie movies, including “Pursuit Of Happiness,” “Bachelorman,” the award-winning “Mojave Phone Booth” and the “Route 30” trilogy of lms which were shot in South Central Pennsylvania, and his latest

    drama “The Father and the Bear.” On the studio front, John has directed big-budget comedies for Universal, including “American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love” and “Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure.” “Atlas Shrugged, Part 2.” For TV, he has directed episodes of “Black-

    ish”, “Rush Hour”, “Cougar Town”, “Body of Proof,” “Ugly Betty,” “Scrubs,” “My Name is Earl” and “The Middle”; multiple TV movies for Hallmark Entertainment; and NBC’s epic mini-series, “The Poseidon Adventure.” When John isn’t working for the studios, he enjoys making

    micro budget movies with a select group of cast and crew that he has collected on his travels. Prior to becoming a lmmaker, John was an accomplished actor who started in the theater, then enjoyed a successful TV and lm career before making the switch to directing.

    Karen Young has appeared in dozens of lms, most notably DAYLIGHT, TORCH SONG TRILOGY, JOE THE KING, CRIMINAL LAW, THE WIFE, HOFFA, THE GREEN, CONVICTION, HEAT, opposite Burt Reynolds, and HEADING SOUTH, opposite Charlotte Ram-

    pling. On stage she was in the original production of “A Lie of the Mind,” written and directed by Sam Shepard, and appeared in the most recent revival directed by Ethan Hawke. Television audiences are most familiar with her role as FBI Agent Robyn Sanseverino on

    THE SOPRANOS. A lover of the short lm form, she has written, directed and produced two shorts, A BLINK OF PARADISE starring Martha Plimpton, and THE PESKY SUITOR, starring Claire Danes. She is delighted to be returning to USAFF, having juried last in 2012.

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    FILM

    JURORS

    2016

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    F R I D A Y , A P R I L 2 2

    USA FILM FESTIVAL 2016

    SHORTS NARRATIVE IFriday, April 22 6:45pm

    This delicious collection of dark-hearted, dramatic and comedic

    narrative shorts includes a former teacher haunted by her past in

    Paloma Lommel’s THE SCHOOLBOY, a series of events set in

    motion by the mishandling of a gun in Jamie Kirkpatrick’s fright-

    ening SQUEEZE, a jealous father in Chieh Yang’s CRONOS, a

    middle-aged man passing through confrontations in Peter Bolte’s

    WALDEN PINK, a country star’s encounter with a mysterious

    woman in Sabrina Doyle’s PORCUPINE, a woman who reflects

    on her youth in Mitsuyo Miyazaki’s WHERE WE BEGIN, and a 55-

    year old man waiting to be interviewed in Wilfried Méance’s RIGHT

    PERSON FOR THE JOB. 99mins. Filmmakers in attendance.

    FREE admission program. 

    PEOPLEFriday, April 22 9:15pmLoosely based on the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Ambrose

    Bierce, this pitch-black comedy from writer-director Shane McGoey

    features six wicked vignettes and an ensemble of characters grap-

    pling with each other in a vain attempt to gain control of their lives:an unhappily married psychiatrist and his destructive patient; a

    lovelorn gay man and his indifferent one-night stand; a quartet of

    embittered friends; an unhappy couple; and a struggling, idealistic

    screenwriter and his pompous agent. Their frustrated and impas-sioned lives intersect in surprising ways, ultimately colliding in anunexpected climax. 84mins. Filmmakers in attendance.

    THE WITNESSFriday, April 22 7:00pm

    Fifty years ago, the name “Kitty Genovese” became synonymous

    with urban apathy after news that she was stabbed to death on a

    New York City street while 38 witnesses did nothing. “For more

    than half an hour,” The New York Times report began, “38 respect-

    able, law-abiding citizens... watched a killer stalk and stab a

    woman in three separate attacks... Not one person called the

    police.” Forty years later, her brother Bill decides to find the truth

    buried beneath the story. In the process, he uncovers a lie that

    transformed his life, condemned a city, and defined an era. More

    than a decade in the making, “The Witness” brings healing to the

    family who lost so much that cold March day and asks us all: what

    do we owe each other? 89mins. In attendance: writer/producer/

    director James Solomon and writer Bill Genovese.

    The Witness 

    COUNTRY: PORTRAITS OFAN AMERICAN SOUNDSalute to Charley PrideFriday, April 22 7:15pm

    Director Steven Kochones explores 80 years of country music

    -- its iconic sound, history, pioneers, and imagery -- from the

    unique perspectives of its performers as well as those of thephotographers, videographers, and documentarians who recorded

    it all. Commissioned by the Annenberg Space for Photography

    Films, Kochones’ in-depth documentary features interviews with

    Charley Pride, Rosanne Cash, Lyle Lovett, Merle Haggard, Kenny

    Rogers, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, and others, combined with

    imagery and commentary from Grand Ole Opry photographer Les

    Leverett, the late celebrity portraitist Leigh Wiener, documentarian

    Henry Horenstein, and music photographers David McClister,

    Michael Wilson, Henry Diltz, and Raenne Rubenstein. Rare his-

    torical footage and more than 25 country hits round out a dynamic

    and in-depth look at a distinctly American musical style. 88mins.

    In attendance: Charley Pride and Steven Kochones.

    Charley Pride  long ago secured himself

    a seat in the pantheon of all-time great

    Country musicians. One of eleven chil-

    dren born to sharecroppers in Sledge,Mississippi, he has an everyman appeal

    that is revered by his peers and millions of

    fans alike. It could be said that his musical

    career began by accident, as Charley origi-

    nally pursued a career as a baseball player

    with the Negro League’s Memphis Red Sox

    team in the 1950s, often singing and playing guitar (self-taught at

    age 14) on the team’s bus between road games. (The team man-

    ager also paid him extra to sing before each game, which boosted

    attendance.) After an unsuccessful tryout with the New York

    Mets, Pride made a side trip to Nashville that resulted in fateful

    encounters with Chet Atkins and Jack D. Johnson and the launch

    of an iconic career. In 1967, he became the first African-American

    performer to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in 26 years. Between

    1969 and 1971, Charley had eight single records reach #1 on the

    US Country Hit Parade, and also charted on the Billboard Hot 100.In 1969, his compilation album The Best of Charley Pride sold over

    one million copies, and the only artist who sold more records for

    RCA was Elvis Presley. In total, he has landed thirty-nine #1 hits

    on the Billboard country music charts. Charley still maintains his

    love of baseball. He has an annual tradition of joining the Texas

    Rangers for workouts during Spring Training, and is often seen at

    their games.

    People 

    MADTOWNFriday, April 22 9:00pm

    Written by Brett Bentman and filmed in Oklahoma by Dallas-

    based filmmaker Jon Keeyes, this edgy psychological thriller

    stars Paul Stuart as North Maxfield, a financial advisor whose life

    spirals downward after he is shot and his wife Ginny (Angeline-Rose Troy) is murdered. Unable to remember the details of the

    crime, North turns to Dr. Sarah Carlson (Mollie Milligan, who also

    serves as executive producer), hoping her deep-trance hypnosis

    technique will provide a means to gain some answers. He recon-nects with his wife in an alternate reality and finds clues through

    a mysterious woman named Anna (Susanna Gibb) and a figurecalled The Messenger (Velinda Godfrey) while being pressured by

    his boss (Steven Michael Quezada) and his shady new associate

    (Michael Ironside). With his physical being fading the longer he

    stays in the trance world and with time running out, the secrets he

    uncovers deep inside his mind seem more likely to destroy him

    rather than save him. 90mins. Filmmakers in attendance.

    Madtown 

    ELEMENTFriday, April 22 9:30pm

    Socially withdrawn Denny Briggs (Milo Ventimiglia), an aspiring

    stand-up comedian, confesses to a murder before a stunned

    audience during an open-mic night, the result of a deadly triangleinvolving himself, his older sister Sarah (Amanda Aday in a chill-ing performance) -- recently released from prison after serving

    20 years for the murder of their parents -- and the supportive

    work family (John Billingsley and Bonita Friedericy) who have

    befriended him. Denny faces a difficult choice: the dysfunctional

    blood ties with his sister, or his new friends and family. Caught in

    the middle is Sarah (Rachel Melvin), a young single mother withwhom he shares a budding romance. Dark, long-buried secrets

    soon rise to the surface in this unforgettable drama from writer-

    director Charles Moore. 120mins. In attendance Amanda Aday

    and producers Stephen Campanella and Corey Frost.

    Porcupine

    Walden Pink

    Squeeze

    Where We Begin

    The SchoolboyRight Person for 

    the Job

    Photo credits: Merle Haggard - Les Leverett; Dolly Parton - Henry Horenstein; Lyle Lovett - Michael Wilson;Kacey Musgraves -David McClister; Charley Pride - Walden S. Fabry

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    S A T U R D A Y , A P R I L 2 3

    USA FILM FESTIVAL 2016

    SHORT FILMS STUDENTSaturday, April 23 4:30pmJoin us for a non-thematic showcase of local and international stu-dent works including: Richard Rogers’ relatable COTTONMOUTH;Tong Zhou’s riveting FISH EYE; Yunsi Ouyang’s charming A PAIROF SHOES; Justin S. Lee’s gut-wrenching DRONE; Kelsey Pope’scautionary CATACLYSMIC IRIDESCENCE; Cameron Burnett’sbeguiling THE BENCH; Alex Yonks’ moving A TAYLOR STORY;Siyang Zhang’s wise TRUTH IN LIFE; and Xiaotang Shao’s inven-tive HAN FAMILY. 111mins. FREE admission program.

    SHORT FILMS NARRATIVE IISaturday, April 23 9:30pmThings don’t go as planned in the films fea tured in this showcase offiction works including: Hervé Demers’ THE NAME YOU CARRY;Marc Hardman’s MOTHER; Dave Sims’ CAVERN; Anna Akana’sLOOSE ENDS; Banchi Hanuse’s UULX: THE SCRATCHER;Randy Yang’s VIDEO; and Joseph Alexandre’s THE EARLYINAUGURATION. 105mins. FREE admission program.

    HARRY BENSON: SHOOT FIRSTSaturday, April 23 7:15pm

    Hosted by Peri Gilpin

    SHORT FILMS ANIMATIONSaturday, April 23 4:30pm

    A fuzzy bachelor endures his wacky morning routine inMeghann Artes’ SLEEPY STEVE, a young Italian man dreams ofadventure in JC Little’s PAPA PASQUALE, a germaphobe attemptsto quickly escape a filthy bathroom in Hans Tsai’s KNOB, a youngman endures a series of bizarre events in Micah Gallagher’s INTOTHE SAND, meet the last man alive (Doug Jones) and his under-nourished Olive tree in Aaron Martinez’s OLIVE, a weathered sher-iff comes to terms with a past accident in Andrew Coats and LouHamou-Lhadj’s BORROWED TIME, a scared bat forms an unlikely

    friendship with a tired frog in Greg Perkins’ SCAREDY BAT, a well-mannered mouse visits a house in Marc Porter and Ru Kuwahata’sPERFECT HOUSEGUEST, a boy realizes the importance of livingto the fullest in Yoomi Kim’s END & ETERNITY, and long forgottenobjects try to move on in Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi’sMOOM. 73mins. FREE admission program.

    Students from Garland High School

    Harry Benson: Shoot First 

    Daniel Mann’s influential “rats and revenge” thriller viewed todayis a lot of fun and may be a bit more touching than you remember.Willard (Bruce Davison in a star-making turn) is a plucky socialmisfit who lives in a large Victorian home with his bedridden,sharp-tongued, widowed mother (Elsa Lancaster). Willard worksas a lowly stock boy for the evil Mr. Martin (Ernest Borgnine) whocheated Willard’s father out of the family business that Willard had

    counted on inheriting. When Willard’s mother dies and leaves thefamily home mortgaged to the hilt, Mr. Martin plans to force fore-closure, tear the home down and make a killing in real estate. AsWillard’s world begins to unravel, he turns to the rats which residein the old home -- whom he has befriended -- at first to unleasha little harmless mayhem, and later with more deadly results forhis worst tormentor. But as Willard loses his grip on reality, heloses control over his rat army which has multiplied at an alarmingrate… 95mins. Bruce Davison in attendance to introduce theprogram. FREE admission program.

    The Name You CarryCavern

    SHOWCASE SHORT FILMSHosted by Linda GraySaturday, April 23 7:30pm

    Actress Linda Gray hosts this showcase of short films featuring atrio of wildly over-the-top performances including Matteo Mosterts’ loopy WALLY’S WILL starring Linda Gray, Rosson Crow’scrazy mad MADAME PSYCHOSIS HOLDS A SÉANCE star-ring Kelly Lynch, and Cary Anderson’s EXTRA SCHOOLskews actors and coaches starring Bruce Davison. Roundingout the program are Jonathan Dee’s  atmospheric A MIGHTYNICE MAN (who isn’t), Justin Malone’s  funny and touch-ing THE BUS STOP, and Wendy Seyb’s  dance valentineHOW YOU LOOK AT IT featuring a stand-out performanceby Peter Scolari. 80mins. All filmmakers in attendanceincluding honorees Bruce Davison and Kelly Lynch.

    WILLARD (1971)Saturday, April 23 9:15pm

    Meet the man you already know -- from his iconic images.“Harry Benson: Shoot First” charts the illustrious career of therenowned photographer and photo journalist who initially rose tofame alongside The Beatles, having been assigned to cover theirinaugural trip to the United States in 1964. With unprecedented“behind the scenes” access, Benson captured some of the mostvibrant and intimate portraits ever taken of the most popular bandin history and went on to photograph some of the most influentialand famous people of our time, as well as document conflict andhistoric moments around the world. The film features some ofBenson’s extensive portfolio including iconic images of elevenpresidents, Winston Churchill, Bobby Fischer, Muhammad Ali,

    Greta Garbo, Michael Jackson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., andthe assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. His work has appearedin publications including Life, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.And happily, at 86 years old, Benson has no intention of stopping.90mins. In attendance Harry Benson and co-writers/directorsJustin Bare and Matthew Miele. Peri Gilpin will moderate.

    Knob

    HIGH SCHOOL SHORT FILMS Saturday, April 23 3:30pmOnce again we present a collection of class projects short filmsfrom Garland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) filmstudents in the Reel Owl Cinema program, which teaches studentsthe art of filmmaking with an emphasis on narrative storytelling.FREE admission program.

    DISPLACEMENTTRIBUTE TO BRUCE DAVISONSaturday, April 23 7:00pmA film clip compilation Tribute saluting Bruce Davison will precede thefeature film presentation.

    The consequences of turning back the clock and attempting toalter history are explored in depth in this mind-bending thriller bywriter/director Kenneth Mader. Grieving over the loss of her moth-er, Carol (Susan Blakely), young physics student Cassie Sinclair(Courtney Hope, the “Divergent” series) attempts to solve the mur-der of her boyfriend, Brian (“Christopher Backus”), while battlingthe effects of memory loss and time shifts caused by a quantumentanglement event -- the result of an experiment that Cassiemay have had an indirect hand in creating. The clues she obtainsfrom her estranged father, Charles (Lou Richards), former men-tor, Prof. Deckard (Bruce Davison), and the mysterious Dr. Miles(Sarah Douglas) may hinder her as much as help. Needless tosay, little is as it seems -- and when it is, it doesn’t stay that way forlong as time twists and turns along with the plot in this entertainingtime- and mind-bender. 122mins. In attendance: Bruce Davison,Courtney Hope, and writer/producer/director Kenneth Mader.

    Mother Video

    Extra School

    A Mighty Nice Man

    Linda Gray Wally’s Will

    Cary Anderson Bruce Davison

    Rosson Crow Kelly Lynch

    Justin Malone The Bus Stop

    Wendy Seyb

    Jonathan Dee

    Displacement 

    A Sunday Kind of Love 

    A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVESaturday, April 23 9:30pm

    Borrowed Time

    In perhaps the most off-center romantic comedy you will see thisyear, a man falls in love with death - literally - in writer-director

    Geordie Sabbagh’s “A Sunday Kind of Love.” Adam (Dylan Taylor)is a struggling writer on the verge of collapse. His books have alltanked, he is broke, and his girlfriend Tracy (Meghan Heffern) hasdecided to move on. As he struggles to finish what could be hislast novel, he falls for a smart, beautiful woman named Emma(Melanie Scrofano) -- who also goes by the name of Death. Emmaoffers him everlasting fame, but it comes with a catch: he hasone night to decide if his life’s dream is worth dying for and if thewoman he truly loves is in this world or the next. 70mins.

    Madame Psychosis Holds a Seance

    Drone The Bench

    Willard 

    How You Look at It

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    S U N D A Y , A P R I L 2 4

    USA FILM FESTIVAL 2016

    LOVE & FRIENDSHIPSalute to Whit StillmanSunday, April 24 7:00pm A film clip compilation Tribute saluting Whit Stillman will precede thefeature film presentation.

    Beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale)

    visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colorful rumors about

    her dalliances circulating through polite society in Whit Stillman’s

    wicked adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella “Lady Susan.” Whilstensconced there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and

    a future for her eligible but reluctant daughter, Frederica (Morfydd

    Clark). In doing so she attracts the simultaneous attentions of

    the young, handsome Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel), the

    rich and silly Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett) and the divinely

    handsome, but married, Lord Manwaring (Jenn Murray), compli-

    cating matters severely. The film also stars Chloë Sevigny, Emma

    Greenwell, Justin Edwards, Jemma Redgrave, James Fleet, and

    Stephen Fry. 92mins. Whit Stillman will be in attendance.

    THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959)Sunday, April 24 4:00pm

    “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” is one of the most com-

    pelling and tragic stories to come out of World War II. George

    Stevens’ engrossing cinematic realization follows the journey of a

    young German Jewish girl (a luminous Millie Perkins in her screen

    debut) in the early 1940s during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam.

    Viewed from her perspective, the film depicts the events in AnneFrank’s life after she escapes the Nazi roundup of the Jews and

    goes into hiding with her family in the secret annex behind her

    father’s business from 1942-1944. The film masterfully illustrates

    the unbearable pressures -- food shortages, monotony, lack of

    privacy, break-ins, and the constant fear of being discovered -- as

    well as the joys Anne encounters during this two year timespan.

    The film garnered three Academy Awards from eight nominations,

    but more importantly, it became an important media document of

    a diary that is not only a personal story, but also a historical trib-

    ute to the unbreakable human spirit. The film also stars Joseph

    Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, and Diane Baker

    (also in her first screen role). 175mins. Millie Perkins in atten-

    dance schedule permitting. The film will be introduced by film

    historian Foster Hirsch.  FREE admission program.

    SHORT FILM AWARDS PROGRAM38th Annual InternationalShort Film CompetitionSunday, April 24 7:00pm

    Join our National Jurors for announcements and screening presen-

    tations of this year’s winning lms. Awards are given to the top picks inFiction, Animation and  Non-Fiction  categories as well as

    awards for student achievement and more.

    USAFF prize winners who were recognized early in their careers

    include Alexander Payne, Todd Haynes, Wes Anderson, Bill Plym-

    pton, Michael Almereyda, John Lasseter, and many more.

    FREE admission program.

    The Diary of Anne Frank 

    2016 National JurorsChristina Beck, Paul Marcarelli, John Putch, Jorge Gutierrez,Karen Young

    DOUBLE FEATURESunday, April 24 4:30pm

    In May of 2010, three platoons from the legendary 101st Airborne

    Division were deployed to COP Michigan in the Pech River Valley.

    Located at the mouth of the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, it was

    often referred to as the most dangerous place on earth. “Pech

    River Boys: Tales from Afghanistan” provides a raw and real look

    into Operation Enduring Freedom through interviews and archival

    footage. These are the accounts from the men of Bravo Company/

    3rd Platoon/1-327IN. 69mins. FREE admission program.

    Love & Friendship 

    THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITYSunday, April 24 7:45pm

    Written and directed by Matthew Brown, “The Man Who Knew

    Infinity” is the true story of friendship that forever changed math-

    ematics. In 1913, Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian

    mathematics genius traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge,where he forged a bond with his mentor, the eccentric professor

    GH Hardy (Jeremy Irons), and fought against prejudice to reveal his

    mathematic genius to the world. The film also stars Devika Bhise,

    Stephen Fry and Toby Jones. 114mins. The IFC Films release

    opens in area theaters on April 29th.

    The Man Who Knew Infinity 

    SHORT FILMS NONFICTIONSunday, April 24 5:00pmThis year’s program of fascinating portraits includes

    Gabe Schimmel’s and Monica Petruzzelli ’s ALZHEIMER’S: A

    LOVE STORY, which follows one couple’s journey as one part-

    ner endures the later stages of Alzheimer’s; Sébastien Pins’ A

    PASSION OF GOLD AND FIRE, which examines one beekeeper’s

    worries of his apiary school’s jeopardized future; Kirsi Jansa’s

    SUSTAINABILITY PIONEERS: FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK

    which examines the steps different cities are taking to address the

    climate crisis; Emily Harrold’s COTTON COUNTRY, where a cot-

    ton farmer discusses the beauty and legacy of cotton farming; and

    Sean McGing’s and Mary Anne Rothberg’s TRASHING HISTORY,

    which follows the efforts of one summer intern as they attempt to

    preserve history. 60mins. FREE admission program.

    Alzheimer’s: A Love Story

    Picturing War Photo by Benjamin Hiller Pech River Boys

    A Passion of Gold and Fire

    Which pictures do we get to see? In a world of modern mass com-

    munication and a never-ending stream of pictures, this question is

    more important than ever. Which conflict is worth reporting? Which

    war might interest the consumers of media outlets? And how do

    pictures travel from around the globe, from zones of conflict to the

    worldwide public? These questions are the central message of

    “Picturing War.“ From Syria and Iraq to Rwanda, the film follows a

    young man who has chosen to become a war photographer, and

    answers the question of how he finds the pictures we might see one

    day -- or not -- on the cover of a big newspaper. 60 mins.

    FREE admission program.

    PECH RIVER BOYS: TALES FROMAFGHANISTAN

    PICTURING WAR

    Cotton Country

    The Man Who Knew Infinity 

    Love & Friendship 

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    A lm clip compilation Tribute to Alfred Molina will precede the feature lm screening of LITTLE MEN on Thursday, April 21st, 7:00pm

    “Being an actor is the result of some kind of genetic aw,” Alfred Molina once told an interviewer. “It’s not that we have an extra talent gene; it’s that we’re lacking a logic gene.”

    In Molina’s case, that “aw” is more akin to a mutant superpower. As one of this generation’s most formidable actors, he’s demonstrated an impressive ability to disappear into

    characters -- heroic, villainous, and all the shades in between -- across a vast array of both genres and ethnicities. This British actor of Spanish-Italian descent rivals the legendary Anthony Quinn in his ability to step into the shoes of characters from just about anywhere on the planet; the New York Times once called him “a multinational consortium, all in

    one actor.” Trained at the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, where he drew acclaim and awards for his interpretations of classical and contemporary works alike, Molina

    immediately caught the eye of lmgoers around the world in the iconic opening sequence of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” in which he convinced Indiana Jones to give him the idol

    before reneging on throwing back the whip. A few years after that auspicious debut, he memorably shared the screen with Gary Oldman (USAFF honoree 2001) in Stephen Frears’

    “Prick Up Your Ears,” in which Molina brought a tragic depth to Kenneth Halliwell, the lover -- and, eventually, the murderer -- of famed playwright Joe Orton. Over the last 30

    years, Molina has continued to entrance audiences on stage, in lm and on television. Whether you’ve seen him as the conicted Mark Rothko in the Tony-nominated “Red,” the

    charming and self-interested politicians of “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” and “Show Me a Hero,” the paterfamilias of “Nothing Like the Holidays” or “An Education” or even the tragically

    wicked Doctor Octopus of “Spider-Man 2” -- “Playing villains,” he observed, “managed to pay for two kids’ very expensive college educations.” -- you know that Molina consumes

    a role but never chews the scenery. In the tradition of the great character actors before him, he disappears into a part while still making it uniquely his own. With a dizzying roster

    of roles to his credit, and in a career that shows absolutely no signs of slowing down, we look forward to seeing even more Molina -- on stage, television and the big screen.

    U S A F I L M F E S T I V A L

    TRIBUTES

    A lm clip compilation Tribute to Bruce Davison will precede the feature lm screening of DISPLACEMENT on Saturday, April 23rd, 7:00pm

    The consummate everyman - and sometimes every-villain - describes Bruce Davison’s ve decades as a professional actor with a unique body of work. Talented, versatile, and ubiqui-

    tous, Bruce’s prolic lmography includes countless unforgettable performances in both lead and supporting roles. His career began with a moment of inspiration when he accompanied

    a friend to an audition while an art student at Penn State. Within a couple of years, he made his Broadway debut in “Tiger at the Gates”, starred as John Merrick in “The Elephant Man”,

    and appeared opposite Jessica Tandy in “The Glass Menagerie”. A successful leap to movies occurred not long after, when he appeared with Barbara Hershey and Richard Thomas in

    the poignant and unsettling coming of age drama “Last Summer,” which earned him starring roles opposite Kim Darby in “The Strawberry Statement” and a herd of rats in the cult horror

    classic “Willard”. His performance in the groundbreaking 1989 AIDS drama “Longtime Companion” boosted his prole further, earning him an Academy Award nomination along withGolden Globe, Independent Spirit, New York Film Critics and National Society of Film Critics awards. His screen credits since then have been as broad as they are memorable and

    include the indie classic “Six Degrees of Separation,” a performance as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s father in the controversial “Dahmer,” Robert Altman’s ensemble drama “Short

    Cuts,” the rst two “X-Men” movies, and “Hate Crime,” lmed in Dallas. His TV credits are as wide-ranging as “Harry and the Hendersons” (for which he also directed three episodes)

    and recurring roles on “Seinfeld,” “The L Word,” and “The Practice.” In “Displacement,” he re-unites with his fellow Golden Globe winner and “Hate Crime” co-star, Susan Blakely.

    Harry Benson will be honored with a screening of HARRY BENSON: SHOOT FIRST on Saturday, April 23rd, 7:15pm

     Award winning Scottish photojournalist Harry Benson CBE began his career on a weekly newspaper in Glasgow before working for the London Daily Express on London’s

    Fleet Street. He came to America with the Beatles in 1964 and never looked back. Under contract to LIFE Magazine for over 30 years, Harry has photographed for countless

    magazines including Time, Vanity Fair, W, Newsweek, French Vogue, Quest, Paris Match, Forbes, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, Paris Match, People, and The London

    Sunday Times Magazine. In 2009, Harry was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for service to photography. Harry

    was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by both St. Andrews University and by Glasgow University and the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and is an Honorary Fellowof London’s Royal Photographic Society. He has twice been named NPPA Magazine Photographer of the Year and has received a World Press Photo award for his cover -

    age of Tiananmen Square. Harry has photographed every US president from Eisenhower to Obama and Royals including Princess Grace, Prince Rainier, Princess Caroline,

    Prince Albert, the Royal Family of Spain, The British Royal Family including a private sitting with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace in 2014. He photographed Sena-

    tor Robert F. Kennedy on the campaign trail and was next to the senator when he was assassinated. Harry marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the Civil Rights

    Movement, was embedded in the Gulf War, and has photographed countless luminaries, from Sir Winston Churchill and President Charles de Gaulle to Michael Jackson, The

    Rolling Stones, The Who, Willie Nelson, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicholson, Greta Garbo, Brad Pitt and Kate Moss. There have been over 40 gallery/museum

    solo exhibitions of Harry’s photographs, and sixteen books of his photographs have been published. His photographs are in the permanent collection of the National Portrait

    Gallery in Washington, DC, the Tucson Museum of Art, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Kelvingrove Museum of Art in Glasgow, and The Hood Museum of Art at Dart -

    mouth College, among others. Harry’s wife, Gigi, works with him on his books and exhibitions. Their two daughters, Wendy and Tessa, live in Los Angeles with their families.

    A lm clip compilation Tribute to Whit Stillman will precede the feature lm screening of LOVE & FRIENDSHIP on Sunday, April 24th, 7:00pm

    Even an era without etiquette needs its comedies of manners, and no contemporary lmmaker has an eye and ear so attuned to the foibles of the human heart as Whit Stillman.

    “Love & Friendship” sees the writer-director tackling his rst screen adaptation, bringing to the screen a short story by Jane Austen, but Austen’s inuence can be found through-

    out Stillman’s body of work, and not just in the discussions of “Manseld Park” in Stillman’s Oscar-nominated debut “Metropolitan.” The hopeful romantics of “Metropolitan” and

    his subsequent triumphs “Barcelona,” “The Last Days of Disco” and “Damsels in Distress” all suffer a disconnect between the head and the heart, and between their desires

    and their perceptions of social mores, with which the heroines of “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility” could completely empathize. A journalist, agent and pub-

    lisher as well as an internationally acclaimed lmmaker, Whit Stillman brings a cosmopolitan sensibility and a love of language and human frailty to his singularly brilliant work.

    Note to Stillman fans -- Our friends at the Criterion Collection wil l release “A Whit Stillman Trilogy: Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco” blu-ray box set on April 19th.

    WHIT STILLMAN

    BRUCE DAVISON

    HARRY BENSON

    ALFRED MOLINA

    Ira Sachs will be honored with a screening of LITTLE MEN on Thursday, April 21st, 7:00pm

    One of independent cinema’s most acclaimed -- and least predictable -- lmmakers, Ira Sachs explores the human experience at its best and its worst with clear-eyed em-pathy and unsentimental frankness. Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2005 for “Forty Shades of Blue,” Sachs’ impressive lmography includes the Independent

    Spirit Award nominees “Love Is Strange” and “Keep the Lights On” as well as critical favorites “The Delta” and “Married Life.” A native of Memphis, Tenn., Sachs is a recipi-

    ent of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has been included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and New York’s Museum of Modern

     Art. He is the founder of the non-prot arts organization Queer/Art and lives in New York City with his husband, painter Boris Torres, and their two children, Viva and Felix.

    IRA SACHS

    Kelly Lynch will be honored with a screening of SHOWCASE SHORTS (“Madame Psychosis Holds a Seance”) on Saturday, April 23rd, 7:30pm

    Born to a modern dancer and a restaurateur in suburban Minnesota, Kelly Lynch originally worked as model for the Elite modeling agency before studying under instructor Sanford

    Meisner and pursuing acting in the 1980s. Hers was the rare achievement of gaining notoriety both as a bombshell in mainstream movies and as an indie lm mainstay. After a few

    small roles she made her breakthrough opposite Tom Cruise in the ‘80s cult classic “Cocktail”; soon after that she received critical acclaim opposite Patrick Swayze in “Road House”

    and an Independent Spirit Award for her performance as Matt Dillon’s strung-out girlfriend in Gus Van Sant’s “Drugstore Cowboy”. Since then she has had lead and co-starring roles

    in indie and Hollywood lms such as the crime drama “Desperate Hours” with Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke, the coming-of-age period “Imaginary Crimes” with Harvey Keitel,

    the science-ction thriller “Virtuousity” (opposite Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington), the New Orleans crime noir “Heaven’s Prisoners” with Alec Baldwin, a villainess in the action

    comedy “Charlie’s Angels”, and a role in Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom”. Her television roles include memorable appearances on “Miami Vice”, “Ally McBeal”, “The Cleaner”, and an unfor -

    gettable turn as a courtly drag king in “The L Word”. Kelly continues to split her time between lm and television, often collaborating with her husband, writer and director Mitch Glazer.

    KELLY LYNCH

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    4:00pmDiary of Anne Frank

    FREE ADMISSION

    7:00pmLove & Friendship

    Salute to Whit Sillman

    7:00pmShort Film Awards

    FREE SHORTS!

    3:30pmHigh School Shorts

    FREE SHORTS!

    7:15pmCountry: Portraits of an American Sound

    Salute toCharley Pride

    7:15pmHarry Benson: ShootFirst

    Salute to HarryBenson

    7:30pmShowcase Short FilmsMeet the Filmmakers

    6:45pmShorts Narrative I

    FREE SHORTS!

    7:00pmDisplacement

    Salute toBruce Davison

    7:00pm

    The Witness

    6:30pmTaking BackOak Lawn

    7:00pmSunset Song

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    9:00pmMadtown

    9:15pmPeople

    9:30pmSunday Kind of Love

    9:15pmWillard

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    7:00pmLittle Men

    Salute to Alfred MolinaSalute to Ira Sachs

    4:30pmPech River Boys& Picturing War FREE ADMISSION

    5:00pmShort Films Nonfiction

    FREE SHORTS!

    7:45pmMan Who Knew

    Infinity

    4:30pmShort Films Animation

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