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OFFICIAL GUIDE OF THEALBUQUERQUEFILM FESTIVAL

The first AlbuquerqueFilm Festival willbring some ofHollywoods best-

known stars and up-and-

coming directors to showsome of their ground-breaking films.

From Dennis Hopper, whowill show Easy Rider, andactor Giancarlo Esposito,who will show his new film,Gospel Hill, to newcomerPaul Solet, who will showGrace, which earned ravereviews at Sundance thisyear, the festival promisesfive days of films, panelsand workshops beginningWednesday, Aug. 5.

The festival will kick offwith a showing of the Bestof the 48 Hour Film Project

on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Theproject, which hosts eventsin cities across the globe,including Albuquerque,challenges small teams tomake short films in just twodays.

Hopper, who wrote anddirected Easy Rider, stillcalls it his best work. Itintroduced a generationto music, motorcycles andJack Nicholson. Hopper willscreen his film at the KiMoTheatre at 6 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 8, and talk about the1969 movie that inspired ageneration of filmmakers.

The festival will host an

Albuquerque premiere ofEspositos film Gospel Hilljust weeks before it goes intolimited release at theatersacross the country. Esposito,

whos known for his actingwork in Law & Orderand The Usual Suspects,went behind the camerafor the first time to directGosepl Hill, a film aboutgentrification and politics inthe South.

I didnt want to directa film that championedviolence or sex, and I wantedto do something with goodcharacters, he said.

Esposito, who learned thecraft of acting in the theater,also will host an actingworkshop at the festival withtips for actors who are just

starting in the business andrefresher tips for those whohave already stepped in frontof a camera.

Though the star powerof people like Hopper andEsposito is hard to ignore,several up-and-comingdirectors are bringing filmsto the festival that haveearned critical acclaim atother film festivals.

American Meth, whichis narrated by Val Kilmer,is a documentary made byJustin Hunt of Farmington.In American Meth, Hunt

visited several communitiesin the western United States

and shows the havoc that thedrug methamphetamine haswrought on major cities likePortland, Ore., and smalltowns in Wyoming and Utah.

Hunt also chroniclesthe daily lives of two meth

addicts whom he lived withand filmed for two months.

Youre emotional lydrained after you watchit, Hunt told the Journal.When you watch a 2-year-old eat out of the trash, itmesses with you.

There are some light-hearted films, as well,like Jackson, about twodown-and-out men whofind solace in singing operaarias together, or the campyanimated musical SitaSings the Blues, which tellsthe story of one of Indiasgreatest epochs.

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Icame to New Mexico in 20produce a feature film. Nesurpassed my expectationaround to teach screenwritproduction at the Institute

Indian Arts in Santa Fe. As I becand more involved in the local fiNew Mexico, I noticed the need festival in Albuquerque to complcitys vibrant Downtown and artsopened shop on June 5, and thekicks off Aug. 5 thanks to the suhad from people around the comour generous sponsors, includin

Martin J. Chvez. It is with sincethat we would like to thank our sfor their willingness to share in oand to support our goals with a tgenerosity of spirit. Together, thand the Albuquerque Film Festivcreate a campus for creativity anfor new ideas in the heart of NewDowntown Albuquerque.

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Please note: Film festival may be subject to change

Albuquerque Film Festival director and founder Rich Henrich with AFF internAdam N. Bille.

Dennis Hopper will be a spe-cial guest at the AlbuquerqueFilm Festival, where severalof his films from Night Tideand Blue Velvet to EasyRider will be shown.


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On Sunday night, theAlbuquerque FilmFestival will presentGospel Hill, the

torial debut by famedGiancarlo Esposito.

was originally offeredead acting role in thebut it just didnt suitInstead, he chose to player character, who haddepth.

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Esposito said. Itsme. It needs a seasoned-

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roducers had enoughimply offered him thetors chair.

was well prepared.appearing in severalr films from The Usualects to Do the Rightg and several TVs such as NYPD BlueCSI: Miami, he had

xperience in front of thera.

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two men in the South andtheir intersecting lives.One is the son of a slaincivil-rights worker (playedby Samuel L. Jackson) andthe other a terminally illsmall-town sheriff. Its allset against the backdropof a love story and the

gentrification of a smallSouthern town.

It was filmed in Fort Mill,S.C., because, Esposito said,it had the feeling and the lookof a fictional town of the oldSouth trapped in the modernworld.

There were no jobs and a

lot of gentrification, he said.My film was about losing

jobs to other countries andaddressing gentrification.

His character in GospelHill, Dr. Palmer, buysproperties in a historicneighborhood to turn it intoa golf course, much to thechagrin of the locals.

For me, the gentrificationwill homogenize. It doesntrelate to color, it relates tomoney. Palmer buys otherAfrican-American homesand property to get ahead,he said.

Esposito cast an all-stargroup in the film, fromAngela Bassett to Glover andJackson.

Not long after SundaysAlbuquerque premiere ofthe film, it will see a limitedtheatrical release, he said.

Esposito also will moderatea workshop on acting at2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8,for the Albuquerque FilmFestival at The Cell theater.

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Hello. Im MayorMartin J. Chvez

and I would like to invite you to

attend the 2009 Albuquerque Film

Festival. Full festival schedule and

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When two peoplepassed out thisyear at thepremiere of

Grace at the SundanceFilm Festival, director PaulSolet didnt know how to takeit.

I was concerned when that

happened, Solet said.Is it a good sign when

people pass out at yourmovies premiere?

It was one of the midnightfilms and had that BlairWitch slot, and they reallytook care of us, Solet said.At that first screening(this year) we had two menpass out from the intensityof the film. I think peoplehave passed out before. Ithink someone passed out atReservoir Dogs, but nevertwo.

Grace is an intense

film, to be sure, but I wasconcerned that it would givethe wrong idea, Solet said.The film, after all, isnt likeSaw or Rosemarys Baby,but it does have its moments.

Grace will have its NewMexico premiere on Friday,Aug. 8, at the AlbuquerqueFilm Festival at 9 p.m. at the

KiMo Theatre, just one weekbefore it goes into a limitedtheatrical release.

After losing her unbornchild, Madeline Matheson(Jordan Ladd) insists oncarrying the corpse to term.Following the delivery, thechild miraculously returns

to life with an appetite and Matheson is faced withan ultimate decision.

The problem is, Mathesonis a vegan who wouldnthurt a f ly. Shes the sort ofwoman who gets grossedout by cooking meat for herhusband.

Its not a political film. Iminterested in entertainingyou and getting under yourskin and making you thinka little bit. I really believethat a great part of myresponsibility as a directoris to create a world thats

complete enough that youcant get out.

Solet wrote the scriptwhen he moved from hishometown of Boston to followhis filmmaker dreams in LosAngeles.

When I got here, well,a good script sells itself,he said. But its harder

to convince thdirect it.

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The secret tintensity, thosubject matteSolet said.

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time director Paul Solet, left, will premiere his filmce at the Albuquerque Film Festival on Friday, Aug. 8, atiMo Theatre.

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