BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Jacksonville Film Festival 2009//iCal4j 1.0//E N VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090514T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090514T193000 SUMMARY:VIP Cocktail Reception DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:The Ivy URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/vipcocktailreception_jackson ville2009 UID:2478616247-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090514T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090514T214000 SUMMARY:Like Dandelion Dust DESCRIPTION:Karen Kingsbury's "Like Dandelion Dust"\, based on the best-s elling novel\, is a compelling drama that explores the different meaning s of being a parent through the grittily realistic lives of the struggli ng\, blue-collar Porter's\, and the privileged Campbell family. Their li ves intersect\, intertwine and collide\, all for the love of a little bo y. This film is wonderfully acted by an amazing ensemble let by Academy Award winning actress Mira Sorvino\, bravely exposes the humanity in eac h character and reminds us that we each have the potential to be the bes t and worst versions of ourselves at any time. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Florida Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/likedandeliondust_jacksonvil le2009 UID:2478456794-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090515T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090515T192400 SUMMARY:The Magistical DESCRIPTION:In order to protect and preserve all precious life\, The Magi stical creates a spell\, which grants immortality to the last remaining of every type of creature. A powerful and evil Draken sees an opportunit y to use the spell to further her ambitions to rule the world. Soon ther e is only one last obstacle to her evil ambitions\, a helpless\, baby Dr aken cub named Knot\, who is protected by the Magistical and a little he lper\, Foible. A battle ensues\, turning the Draken to stone\, only to h ave the spell broken by an evil King. It is the determination of little Foible and his loyalty to Knot\, that gives him the courage to face and defeat the evil Draken. The lead character is the voice of Jacksonvill e’s own Megan Blake. CATEGORIES:Animation, Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/themagistical_jacksonville20 09 UID:2478456916-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090515T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090515T230000 SUMMARY:Hunger DESCRIPTION:A special "friends and family pre-view screening\," starring Jacksonville's own Linden Ashby\, Hunger is an exploration into the brea kdown of humanity. How far would you go to survive in the most extreme o f circumstances? Five strangers awake to find themselves trapped in an un derground dungeon. They soon realize they are the subjects of one man’s sadistic experiment to test the depths of a human being’s will to surviv e. As the days go by with no means of escape\, their hunger increases as their humanity fades away. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/hunger_jacksonville2009 UID:2478457117-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T113000 SUMMARY:Screenwriting: From page to screen DESCRIPTION:The ever so popular panel returns for another session. Guest screenwriters explore strategies for \nyou to write the screenplay you e nvision\, as well as explain the business side of screenwriting. CATEGORIES:Panel LOCATION:The Jacksonville Landing URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/screenwritingfrompagetoscree n_jacksonville2009 UID:2479206318-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T112700 SUMMARY:House Of Numbers DESCRIPTION:What is HIV? What is AIDS? What is being done to cure it? The se questions sent filmmaker Brent Leung on a worldwide journey\, from th e highest echelons of the medical research establishment to the slums of South Africa\, where death and disease are the order of the day. In thi s up-to-the-minute documentary\, he observes that although AIDS has been front-page news for over 27 years\, it is barely understood. Despite t he great effort\, time\, and money spent\, no cure is in sight.Born in 1 980 (on the cusp of the epidemic)\, Leung reveals a research establishme nt in disarray\, and health policy gone tragically off course. Gaining a ccess to a remarkable array of the most prominent and influential figure s in the field -- among them the co-discoverers of HIV\, presidential ad visors\, Nobel laureates\, and the Executive Director of UNAIDS\, as wel l as survivors and activists -- his restrained approach yields surprisin g revelations and stunning contradictions.The HIV/AIDS story is being re written\, and this is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of v irtually all the major players -- in their own settings\, in their own w ords. It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regardi ng HIV/AIDS is based. If\, as South African health advocate Pephsile Mas eko remarks\, this is the beginning of a war...a war to reclaim our heal th\, then 'House of Numbers' could well be the opening salvo in the batt le to bring sanity and clarity to an epidemic clearly gone awry. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/houseofnumbers_jacksonville2 009 UID:2478457355-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T131400 SUMMARY:Crude DESCRIPTION:Three years in the making\, this cinema-verite feature from a cclaimed filmmaker Joe\n\nBerliners (Brother’s Keeper\, Paradise Lost\, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster)\n\nis the epic story of one of the larg est and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case\, Crude is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental mov ement\, global politics\, celebrity activism\, human rights advocacy \, the media\, multinational corporate power\, and rapidly-disappearing ind igenous cultures. Presenting a complex situation from multiple viewpoin ts\, the film subverts the conventions of advocacy filmmaking as it exam ines a complicated situation from all angles while bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/crude_jacksonville2009 UID:2478457463-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T143000 SUMMARY:Independent Filmmaking from A-Z DESCRIPTION:Independent Filmmaking from A-Z featuring the cast and crew o f HUNGER. \nJoin moderator Paul Cohen\, Director of the Torchlight Prog ram of Florida State University\, Col- \nlege of Motion Picture\, Televi sion and Recording Art as we explore the journey of independent \nfilmma king. Learn every aspect of independent filmmaking from screenwriting\ , producing\, \ncasting and marketing of a film. \nJoin our special gues ts\; the cast and crew of HUNGER\, as we hear first hand their experienc e of \nwhat it took to make HUNGER. CATEGORIES:Panel LOCATION:The Jacksonville Landing URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/independentfilmmakingfromaz_ jacksonville2009 UID:2479206373-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T150500 SUMMARY:The Best of International Short Films DESCRIPTION:Films produced in Spain\, Brazil\, Russia\, Germany\, Holland and Colombia. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thebestofinternationalshortf ilms_jacksonville2009 UID:2478457565-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T162700 SUMMARY:400 Years Of The Telescope - A Journey Of Science\, Technology An d Thought DESCRIPTION:Panoramic visuals\, cutting-edge technologies and engaging in terviews position 400 Years of the Telescope as the must-see cinematic f eature for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Beautifully phot ographed in 4K resolution digital cinematography\, the film is a visuall y stunning chronicle of the history of the telescope from the time of Ga lileo\, its profound impact upon the science of astronomy\, and how both have shaped the way we view ourselves in the midst of an infinite unive rse. The Interstellar Studios production team traveled the globe to inte rview leading astronomers and cosmologists from the world’s renowned uni versities and observatories. The producers sought the most acute minds a t great astronomical centers including the European Southern Observatory \, Institute for Astronomy\, SETI Institute\, Space Telescope Science In stitute\, Anglo-Australian Observatory\, and Harvard University. They jo urneyed across five continents to visually write the story of the past a nd the future of telescopes\, astronomy\, and our ever-changing percepti on of the cosmos. A carefully chosen array of today’s leading astronomer s explain concepts ranging from Galileo’s act of revealing the telescopi c cosmos to humanity and challenging religious teachings of the day\, to the latest discoveries in space\, including startling new ideas about l ife on other planets and dark energy – a mysterious vacuum energy that i s accelerating the expansion of the universe. On the horizon\, viewers learn of emergent telescopes the size of stadiums. With unprecedented re solution and light gathering\, these enormous new instruments will look back to the initial moments of the Big Bang and – like Galileo’s first t elescopic observations – will reshape our model of the universe. CATEGORIES:Short Film LOCATION:Museum of Science & History URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/400yearsofthetelescopeajourn eyofsciencetechnologyandthought_jacksonville2009 UID:2478457335-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T173000 SUMMARY:The New World of Documentaries DESCRIPTION:Documentaries are one of the most important and popular genre s of filmmaking. This year’s \npanel features visiting guest directors a nd producers of various International documentaries. CATEGORIES:Panel LOCATION:The Jacksonville Landing URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thenewworldofdocumentaries_j acksonville2009 UID:2479206454-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T180500 SUMMARY:Four Chapters DESCRIPTION:Chaturanga is the story of a love that is caught between conf licting worlds of ideas. The lead protagonist Sachish fleets from radica l positivism to religious mysticism in his quest for life's meaning. How ever\, his search ultimately yields nothing but crushing disillusionment . This is because he cannot square his abstract ideals with the powerful presences of two women in his life. One of them is Damini\, a young Hin du widow\, and the other is Nanibala\, the abandoned mistress of Sachish 's own brother. Sachish tries to convince himself that Nanibala is simpl y a helpless woman who needs to be 'rescued' by him. Similarly\, during his later religious phase\, he pretends that the widow Damini is merely an enticement of Nature that must be avoided at all costs for spiritual salvation. Chaturanga thus becomes\, after a point\, a psychodrama of un believable cruelty. Nanibala becomes a victim of it because as a 'fallen woman' she can only be 'saved'\, but her humanity cannot be recognized. Damini is first given away by her dying husband\, along with all her pr operty\, to a religious guru. She then falls in love with Sachish who ca n accept her only without her sexuality. Set in Colonial Bengal at the t urn of the twentieth century\, the film weaves a rich tapestry of crissc rossing desires and moralities.Based on the novel by the Nobel Prize win ning author Rabindranath Tagore\, Chaturanga is directed by Suman Mukhop adhyay\, one of the most exciting and promising young filmmakers working in India at present.Chaturanga\, based on the book by Rabindranath Tago re\, is Suman Mukhopadhyay's second feature film. In 2005\, Suman comple ted his first feature film\, Herbert\, based on a novel by Nabarun Bhatt acharya. The film was given the National Award for Best Regional Film. H e has also been conferred with awards like the Most Promising Director ( BFJA)\, Best Debut Director (Lankesh Award) and Audience Award in the Dh aka International Film Festival. Herbert has been screened in a number o f national and international film festivals including Cannes\, Florence\ , Bangkok\, Osian Cinefan\, Zanzibar\, Mumbai\, Pune and Kerala. Suman h as done his film training from the New York Film Academy\, USA. He is cu rrently scripting 'The Hungry Tide\,' based on the novel by Amitav Ghosh .Suman is also one of the best young theater directors working in India at present\, having done productions ranging from European drama to majo r adaptations of Bengali masterpieces.Chaturanga is of course a drama. I t is a melodrama in the good sense of the term. In other words\, melos o r music in this film creates a soundscape to accompany the drama of huma n relations. Music expresses longings and desires that are either repres sed or culturally and politically forbidden. Chaturanga deals with quest ions\, which are contemporary and timeless. It interrogates our percepti on of the human evolution. Chaturanga does not provide a single referenc e to the contemporary political situation. Perhaps Rabindranath was tryi ng to address deeper concerns regarding human ethos and codes of our exi stence. In the film\, protagonist Sachish metamorphoses from a staunch r ationalist to a devout spiritualist.Nonetheless\, there is an immense re versal in Sachish's viewpoint at the end of the film. We\, as social bei ngs\, have tried to solve all our moral\, social and political dilemmas in accordance to the model of diametric opposites. East-West\, Left-Righ t\, Normal-Abnormal\, Discipline-Punish for example. Rabindranath himsel f\, at one point of time\, was a victim of the similar ideological closu res. Nevertheless\, Rabindranath undertook many journeys in his life\, j ourneys that allowed him to transcend his previous position.We have sham efully observed the disasters of experimentations with human beings. In our archeology of knowledge\, we have seen the quest of human mind to at tain an order through religion or benevolence or coercion or moderation or collectivism. We are yet to reach any durable 'resolution.' Neverthel ess\, any attempt to harness the spirit of human nature\, any effort to negate the undefined areas of our inner world only reveals the holes in the ideological models. Therefore\, Chaturanga proposes an unending jour ney\, timeless quest. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/fourchapters_jacksonville200 9 UID:2478457664-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T202000 SUMMARY:Paraiso Travel DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Jorge Franco’s acclaimed novel of the same title \, which has broken box-office records in Colombia\, is the story of Mar lon Cruz\, a young Colombian man. Motivated by his girlfriend Reina\, he leaves his comfortable life in Medellín and flees with her through Guat emala and Mexico\, across the borders\, illegally into the United States . Marlon’s journey\, which takes him through seedy strip clubs\, dance h alls\, homeless hostels\, and the streets of Jackson Heights\, ultimatel y takes him to a place he could not have predicted. Also starring John L eguizamo\, Margarita Rosa de Francisco\, and Ana de la Reguera. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/paraisotravel_jacksonville20 09 UID:2478458059-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T000000 SUMMARY:WINN-DIXIE Presents - The Jacksonville Film Festival Internationa l Gala DESCRIPTION:Admission $15 in advance\, $20 at the door. \nEnjoy an evenin g of International food and \nentertainment at the Jacksonville Internat ional \nFilm Festival Gala presented by Winn-Dixie. Meet \nthe visiting international directors\, producers and \nactors. Enjoy international d elicacies courtesy of \nThe International Culinary School – The Art Inst itute \nof Jacksonville and Havana Jax. Be one of the first \nto experi ence The New Cuba Libre Night Club. It \npromises to be “A Night To Reme mber”. CATEGORIES:Gala LOCATION:Cuba Libre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/winndixiepresentsthejacksonv illefilmfestivalinternationalgala_jacksonville2009 UID:2478617288-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090516T225000 SUMMARY:Saturday Bloody Saturday DESCRIPTION:A collection of some of the best short horror films. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/saturdaybloodysaturday_jacks onville2009 UID:2478458122-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T110000 SUMMARY:Everything Bad Is Good DESCRIPTION:“Conventional medicine is the leading cause of death in the U nited States”-Peer-reviewed study by the Nutrition Institute of America. More and more people are rejecting their doctor’s advice\, pharmaceutic al drugs\, hospitalization\, and surgery. They simply don’t trust the sy stem anymore and realize that the profit motive\, the merchandising of m edical services\, and the unwillingness of most doctors to open their mi nds when it conflicts with what they already believe are now informing t oo many disastrous medical decisions. These progressive patients are tak ing control of their health and looking for their own cures.Award-winnin g BBC filmmaker Len Richmond interviews survivors of cancer\, AIDS\, and other serious life-threatening illnesses who\, after being given a deat h sentence by conventional doctors\, went on to heal themselves solely with natural means (herbs\, diet\, etc). Len also speaks to renegade med ical doctors\, Ayurvedic healers\, and Chinese herbalists who firmly bel ieve that there is another way\, a better way.“Everything Bad is Good”\, is an entertaining\, witty one-hour documentary that captures an exciti ng new movement that’s transforming the way people think about their hea lth and mortality. This film may save your life.Certain to be attacked b y the medical establishment and pharmaceutical interests\, “Everything B ad is Good” is a daring work of art and revolution. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/everythingbadisgood_jacksonv ille2009 UID:2478458160-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T135800 SUMMARY:The Best of USA Shorts DESCRIPTION:Some of the best of Independent short films made in the USA. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thebestofusashorts_jacksonvi lle2009 UID:2478458218-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T153300 SUMMARY:Racing Dreams DESCRIPTION:Follow the lives of three young children\, Annabeth\, Josh\, and Brandon\, as they compete for the World Karting Association’s Nation al Championship. Clocking speeds of up to 70 mph in extreme racing kart s\, these young racers hope to follow the scores of great NASCAR drivers who got their start in racing’s version of Little League. As they race their way through the yearlong Championship series\, they also navigate the treacherous road between childhood and young adulthood. In intimate \, heartfelt moments—some dark\, some funny—we see them battle with fami ly dysfunction and economic hardships\, celebrate young romance\, and st ruggle to figure out who they are. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/racingdreams_jacksonville200 9 UID:2478458328-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T162700 SUMMARY:400 Years Of The Telescope - A Journey Of Science\, Technology An d Thought DESCRIPTION:Panoramic visuals\, cutting-edge technologies and engaging in terviews position 400 Years of the Telescope as the must-see cinematic f eature for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Beautifully phot ographed in 4K resolution digital cinematography\, the film is a visuall y stunning chronicle of the history of the telescope from the time of Ga lileo\, its profound impact upon the science of astronomy\, and how both have shaped the way we view ourselves in the midst of an infinite unive rse. The Interstellar Studios production team traveled the globe to inte rview leading astronomers and cosmologists from the world’s renowned uni versities and observatories. The producers sought the most acute minds a t great astronomical centers including the European Southern Observatory \, Institute for Astronomy\, SETI Institute\, Space Telescope Science In stitute\, Anglo-Australian Observatory\, and Harvard University. They jo urneyed across five continents to visually write the story of the past a nd the future of telescopes\, astronomy\, and our ever-changing percepti on of the cosmos. A carefully chosen array of today’s leading astronomer s explain concepts ranging from Galileo’s act of revealing the telescopi c cosmos to humanity and challenging religious teachings of the day\, to the latest discoveries in space\, including startling new ideas about l ife on other planets and dark energy – a mysterious vacuum energy that i s accelerating the expansion of the universe. On the horizon\, viewers learn of emergent telescopes the size of stadiums. With unprecedented re solution and light gathering\, these enormous new instruments will look back to the initial moments of the Big Bang and – like Galileo’s first t elescopic observations – will reshape our model of the universe. CATEGORIES:Short Film LOCATION:Museum of Science & History URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/400yearsofthetelescopeajourn eyofsciencetechnologyandthought_jacksonville2009 UID:2478457270-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T162500 SUMMARY:Free To Be Me DESCRIPTION:“Free To Be Me” is a short documentary which follows a group of 50 kids\, ages 10-17\, most of whom are on the Autism Spectrum\, dur ing a two-week filmmaking camp with Director Joey Travolta in Jacksonvil le\, Florida. The film takes a behind-the-scenes look at the camp and th e making of a series of public service announcements--written\, acted\, directed\, and produced by the campers. \n \nThe story shows how a grou p of kids working with a team of Hollywood film professionals\, Universi ty of North Florida volunteers\, and a community of families\, can inspi re the world by creating short films of their own. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/freetobeme_jacksonville2009 UID:2478458476-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T185200 SUMMARY:The Day After Peace DESCRIPTION:The Day After Peace charts the remarkable 10-year journey tak en by award winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish a day of Peace on September 21st. During the course of his mission the camera follows G illey as he galvanizes the countries of the world to recognize this as a n official day of ceasefire and non-violence.After the official motion i s unanimously adopted in the UN\, Gilley turns his efforts to implementi ng the ideals of Peace Day around the world. Celebrity support from the likes of Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller and corporate support from Puma\, Coca-Cola\, Ben & Jerry’s and Ecover enhances the momentum.Jeremy ’s persistence is rewarded when UNICEF\, the World Health Organisation a nd local affected communities decide to try and use the Day to carry out a mass vaccination against Polio\, in one of the toughest conflict area s in the world\, Afghanistan.Jeremy asks Jude Law to accompany him to Af ghanistan\, to help persuade the government and insurgents to ratify Pea ce Day. The task seems impossible\, but pure human spirit in a country e xhausted with conflict\, may just win through. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thedayafterpeace_jacksonvill e2009 UID:2478458501-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T201000 SUMMARY:The Reluctant Traveler DESCRIPTION:A Documentary of a Journey in EthiopiaWhen Marco’s partner or ganized a scholarly\, month-long trek across northern Ethiopia for himse lf and a few old friends\, Marco wished him “good luck and God-speed.” Then\, when illness prevented his partner’s participation\, Marco had to step in and take over. Now\, instead of his usual tour of ski resorts a nd film festivals\, this indy writer-director is taking a journey out of his comfort zone into the unfamiliar and immense richness of a poor cou ntry. Where White Mischief meets Sherman’s March\, Marco encounters the extraordinary people\, history and architecture of the world’s oldest c ountry and discovers the extraordinary challenges of group-travel\, cult ural difference and total communication deprivation. They’re not HIS friends\; it’s not HIS passion\; it’s not HIS itinerary\; but suddenly\, it’s his production and his chance to take an amazing trip\, share an i ncredible adventure\, and return with something unforgettable. YOUR GUID E Marco was a mid-career TV producer and fledgling film director\, when he met and fell in love with mysterious Mr. B\, an insurance magnate on the UK Rich List. Relocating to London and Monte-Carlo\, Marco joined t he ranks of the international Jet Set\, but determined to use his newfou nd resources to pursue creative goals rather than sink into a life of pa mpered idleness. Or\, if he was going to sink\, he’d sink with laptop o pen\, fingers typing\, emails flying and projects developing. In short o rder\, he wrote a script and headed to LA to find a producer. As the de velopment cycle churned\, Marco proved his creative chops by writing\, d irecting and co-producing another short\, shot on film\, that was accept ed into competition at Sundance. While that film ricocheted around the f estival circuit\, Marco organized a film festival in Monaco\, devoted to discovering and supporting emerging talent worldwide. On the festival circuit or between homes in Los Angeles\, Miami\, London\, Monaco and My conos\, Marco lives the high life. Yet\, here we find him-- in the midd le of ski season and Sundance fortnight—schlepping across one of the poo rest nations on earth\, a country without a film festival\, 5 star hotel s or designer boutiques. In The Reluctant Traveler\, Marco is your host and companion on a trip through vertiginous mountain gorges\, fertile\, temperate highlands and scorching desert lowlands. In the finest verite tradition\, Marco narrates his experience in candid\, no-nonsense\, han d-held style. Diving into a daunting itinerary\, Marco embarks on 25 da ys of car-camping\, all-terrain driving\, extreme site-seeing\, and full -cultural immersion\, leading an assortment of European eccentrics and a film crew in a land without cell-phone reception or wi-fi connection. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thereluctanttraveler_jackson ville2009 UID:2478458534-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090517T230000 SUMMARY:Dream Boy DESCRIPTION:Directed by St. Augustine’s own James Bolton\, Dream Boy is a n independent coming-of-age story about Nathan\, a shy and awkward teena ger who has moved to a small town in Louisiana with his father Harland a nd mother Vivian. Nathan is attracted to other boys\, but has had a hard time coming to terms with his sexuality after years of being abused by his father. Living next door is Roy\, who attends the same high school. Nathan is infatuated with Roy\, and one day while doing homework togethe r he discovers Roy is also interested in him. On a camping trip with sch ool friends\, the other boys wander why Nathan and Roy insist on sharing a tent\, raising the question of their sexuality. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/dreamboy_jacksonville2009 UID:2478458819-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090518T190100 SUMMARY:The Least Of These DESCRIPTION:The Least of These explores one of the most controversial asp ects of American immigration policy: family detention.\n\nDetention of i mmigrant children in a former medium-security prison in Texas leads to c ontroversy when three activist attorneys discover troubling conditions a t the facility. This compelling film explores the role - and limits - of community activism\, and considers how American rights and values apply to the least powerful among us. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/theleastofthese_jacksonville 2009 UID:2478458917-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090518T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090518T213000 SUMMARY:In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Ci nema DESCRIPTION:They were called race movies: films produced during the first half of the 20th century as a direct response to Hollywood’s negative p ortrayal of Blacks in cinema. Race movies starred all-Black casts\, were intended for all-Black audiences and were often the work of pioneer Bla ck filmmakers\, like Oscar Micheaux and Spencer Williams. Unfortunately\ , all but a fraction of the 500 race movies made were lost. Now the era of early Black cinema has been resurrected in this haunting new document ary. Featuring footage of recently rediscovered race movies\, “In the Sh adow of Hollywood” captures the sounds and images of a bygone era\, prof iles the fascinating lives and careers of Black filmmaking pioneers and screen stars\, and explores the lasting legacy of this misunderstood and nearly forgotten film genre. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/intheshadowofhollywoodracemo viesandthebirthofblackcinema_jacksonville2009 UID:2478459167-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090519T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090519T190000 SUMMARY:Herskovits At The Heart Of Blackness DESCRIPTION:The 20th century Anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits re-def ined black history and black people\, making it possible for a people fo rmerly despised as “Negroes” to pride themselves as African-Americans. Y et along the way\, he undercut the work of African American social scie ntists\, dismissing their work as ‘non-objective’\, laden with political agenda. The great irony is that in the end\, Herskovits own work would inspire manyBlack Power activists of the late 1960s. Brilliant\, high-mi nded\, pioneering\, ambitious\, Herskovits’ life and work raises questio ns powerfully relevant today. What is “objective study” and when does it become politicized? What happens when the scholar becomes the powerbrok er? What are the consequences when we deny a people the right to define themselves? Who controls the production of knowledge\, how and why? Brin ging rarely seen archival footage together with interviews from leading scholars of race and culture\, Herskovits At the Heart of Blackness depi cts an ongoing struggle over who has the power to understand\, describe and\, ultimately\, define the contours of human cultural history. What k nowledge can a Palestinian contribute to Israeli history and Jewish self -identity? What can a German say with auhtority about Turkish culture an d world view? How might being a powerful insider affect the depiction of the disenfranchised outsider? And to what purpose and effect?The film blends conventional interviews with original animation sequences\, to gi ve questions and ideas surprising urgency. The film’s dramatic reenactme nts were created using a “photo collage” technique inspired by Chris Ma rker’s film “La Jette” (basis for the Hollywood sci-fi thriller “12 Monk eys”). Hundreds of photographs were used to create these dramatic sequen ces. Creative editing takes the viewer back and forth between the histor ical and the contemporary\, to bend and sometimes break the “fourth wall ’ and remind the viewer that the film itself with its own politics and point of view – is part of the discourse we are asking the viewer to inv estigate. Vital Pictures producers Llew Smith and Christine Herbes-Somm ers are winners with California Newsreel of the 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Co lumbia University Award for their series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick. Their newest documentary Herskovits At the Heart of Bla ckness will premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens in the 2009-10 s eason. Their documentaries have tackled race ideologies (Race: The Power of an Illusion)\; how economic injustice creates unequal health\, espec ially for people of color (Unnatural Causes) and the politics of the pro duction of knowledge (Herskovits At the Heart of Blackness). Vital Pictu res creates films that engage social justice issues through careful rese arch and inventive storytellling\, that stimulate and illuminate wider a udiences. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/herskovitsattheheartofblackn ess_jacksonville2009 UID:2478459196-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090519T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090519T223300 SUMMARY:Anywhere USA DESCRIPTION:In a trailer\, a woman who used to be an alternate on her hig h school tennis team beats her boyfriend senseless once a week. Meanwhil e\, an eight-year-old girl experiences an awakening that makes her wonde r if the guy next door driving the ‘89 Subaru is\, in fact\, the guy she thinks he is. On the other side of the tracks\, Kobe beefsteaks and man icured gardens go hand in hand\, a man of privilege has an epiphany at t he dinner table that ultimately leads to a contusion and a revelation. T old in three subtly related segments\, featuring a cast of mostly non-pr ofessionals and exploring passive racism\, geo-political vagaries\, good intentions\, faith and disappointment\, this deeply personal film manag es to tread the lines between vulgar and humane\, between absurd and ten der\, and finds its heart in the story segment featuring the director’s own daughter and a man living in a van. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/anywhereusa_jacksonville2009 UID:2478459349-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090519T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T000000 SUMMARY:Anywhere USA After-Party DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:party LOCATION:Mello Mushroom URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/anywhereusaafterparty_jackso nville2009 UID:2478618999-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T195400 SUMMARY:The Best of Florida and Jacksonville Student Shorts DESCRIPTION:Short films from Universities and High Schools throughout Flo rida. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thebestoffloridaandjacksonvi llestudentshorts_jacksonville2009 UID:2478459428-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090520T222700 SUMMARY:The Best of Florida and Jacksonville Shorts DESCRIPTION:Some of the best short Independent films Florida has to offer . CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/thebestoffloridaandjacksonvi lleshorts_jacksonville2009 UID:2478459478-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090521T190000 SUMMARY:Awards Ceremony DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Ceremony LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/awardsceremony_jacksonville2 009 UID:2478617779-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090521T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090521T204500 SUMMARY:Kisses DESCRIPTION:On the fringes of Dublin\, two kids\, Kylie and Dylan\, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life\, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door\, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the me mory of an elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier. Afte r a violent altercation with his father\, Dylan runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together they make their way to the magical nighttime lights of inner city Dublin\, to search for Dylan’s br other\, and in the hope of finding\, through him\, the possibility of a new life. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/kisses_jacksonville2009 UID:2478459569-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091122T063859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090521T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090521T233000 SUMMARY:Closing Night Party DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:party LOCATION:5 Points Theatre URL:http://jacksonville.bside.com/2009/films/closingnightparty_jacksonvil le2009 UID:2478617975-jacksonville.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR