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11am – 7pm on Thursday, Feb. 28th – staff at ART CENTER to welcome our wonderful fest-goers and distribute remaining passes and programs.
festlong – E. CHARLES MILLER: View the RETROSPECTIVE collection of on of La Grande’s most prolific artists. The exhibition will be open to the public throughout the festival. View more about the show here >>
5:30PM – Get loosed up for the weekend to come by participating in a FREE Nia class hosted by Miriam Farnam of La Grande Loves Nia .
FEATURE: ONLY THE YOUNG * Oregon Premiere (dir. Jason Tippet+Liz Mims) SHORT: HATCH* Oregon Premiere (dir. Christoph Kuschnig) SKYPE Q&A to follow feature w/ Directors Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims
AFTER PARTY : MUSIC @ Ten Depot Street James Dean Kindle and the Eastern Oregon Playboys :: CATSKILLS
11:30AM –Tour the Liberty Theatre Join us on a tour of the Liberty Theatre and take a step back into La Grande history as you explore this unique downtown treasure. The Liberty Theater Foundation is currently raising funds for the restoration of the theater which will become a performing arts center for the entire Northeast Oregon region. Drop by the Stage Door Theater at 11:30 and learn more about this inspiring community project.
FEATURE: FINDING TRUELOVE (dir. Sam Kuhn)
SHORT: TUESDAY (dir. Fantavious Fritz)
Best of the Northwest Film and Video Festival 2012
(dir. various / 60min)
FEATURE: CINEMA SIX (dir. Mark Potts, Cole Selix) * West Coast Premiere SHORT: THE EVENT (dir. Julia Pott) * West Coast Premiere SKYPE Q&A to Follow Feature
FEATURE: ALMOST IN LOVE
(dir. Sam Neave) * West Coast Premiere
SHORT: SOCIAL BUTTERFLY
(dir. Lauren Wolkstein) * West Coast Premiere
FEATURE: THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN FOR CHOKING
(dir. Zach Weintraub) * Oregon Premiere
SHORT: Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
(co-dir. Jillian Mayer, Lucas Leyva) * Oregon Premiere
LIVE Q&A to follow w/ director Zach Weintraub + cinematographer
FEATURE: WAR WITCH
(dir. Kim Nguyen) * E. Oregon Premiere
SHORT: A SHORT FILM ABOUT SAFEKEEPING
(dir. Mark Hitz) * World Premiere
Saturday, March 2nd
Oregon Showcase
SHORT: THE LAST TWINKIE
(dir. Tim Mustoe) * World Premiere
SHORT: SEARCHING FOR YELLOW
(dir. Ian Clark) * E. Oregon Premiere
FEATURE: THE MEN OF DODGE CITY
(dir. Nandan Rao) *Oregon Premiere
LIVE Q&A to follow w/ director and supporting actor
FEATURE: CRAZY AND THIEF
(dir. Cory McAbbee) *Oregon Prremiere
SHORT:NOTES ON BIOLOGY
(dir. Danny Madden) * Oregon Premiere
NOTE: This block is suitable for all ages!
LAIKA Presentation: The Making of the handcrafted stop-motion feature ParaNorman (2012). Go behind-the-scenes of LAIKA’s animated feature ParaNorman. Mark Shapiro will present time-lapse imagery and behind-the-scenes footage as he describes the major undertaking involved in the making-of this remarkable animated film. Production puppets will also be on display. Read more >>
FEATURE: OK, GOOD (dir. Daniel Martinco) * West Coast Premiere SHORT: LONG DAYS (dir. Adam Keleman) * West Coast Premiere
Oregon Rural Action presents our conversational piece:
Panel Introduction
FEATURE: ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE
(dir. Matthew Heineman & Susan Froemke) *E. Oregon Premiere
Panel Discussion to follow
SPECIAL EVENT: SUPER SECRET SCREENING : An Evening with ORNANA
(dir. Danny Madden)
SHORT: #POST-MODEM
(dir. Jillian Mayer/Lucas Leyva) *West Coast Premiere
Q&A (director in attendance)
FEATURE: YOSSI
(dir. Eytan Fox) *Oregon Premiere
SHORT: THE EXCHANGE
(dir. Jason Headley) * World Premiere
FEATURE: AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY
(dir. Terence Nance) *Oregon Premiere
SHORT: THE APOCALYPSE
(dir. Andrew Zuchero – Sundance’13) *West Coast Premiere
AFTER PARTY : MUSIC @ Art Center at The Old Library (FestivalHQ) TREEFORT MUSIC FEST SHOWCASE The Dirty Moogs :: AND AND AND :: Lionsweb
