[Englecturers] Riverside Film Festival - Feb. 17-26

[Steven Axelrod]

Here's some info on cultural enhancement in Riverside. I.e., let's light a
candle rather than curse the darkness. Cheers, Steve
Steven Gould Axelrod
Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
Chair, Committee on Committees
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
951 780 5653 (home phone) 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Mitchell [mailto:sue at riversidepersonnel.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:04 AM
To: sue at riversidepersonnel.com
Subject: FW: It's not political...HONEST!!


THE GOOD NEWS – a film festival is coming to Riverside!!!
THE BAD NEWS –when it’s over we’ll have to go back to driving an hour to see
the good art movies
UNLESS
you read below to find out how you can help art, foreign &
independent films become shown in Riverside permanently

 
Dear Friends who want first-run Art, Foreign and Independent Films in
Riverside - 
We’re finally getting the bookstores and trendy coffee shops, but an
important element is still missing in Riverside 
 ART, INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN
FILMS
it is still an hour drive, in any direction, to see most of the great
movies. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE THAT
 When the RIVERSIDE FILM FESTIVAL-
Feb17-26 (see festival schedule below) is over the Mayor plans to schedule
one of his monthly corporate visits with the owner and/or manager of the
Metropolitan Theatre Group to encourage the use of some of their screens as
“screening rooms” for art films. Since Riverside has 4 universities and
colleges and a regional population over a million, this should be a
profitable move for the theaters at University Village. We’re thinking that
with the loss of business that they must be experiencing now that the
Riverside Plaza Theatre is open and if we provide a strong showing at the
film festival (this is where you come in) the owners should be more willing
to consider the Mayor’s request. So, please make the film festival a
priority Feb 17th – 26th and please seek out the manager and encourage
him/her to start showing art films. Thanks
sue
On a personal note
 friends, Julie & Bob deKorne, recently bought Ciao
Bella. The restaurant is just down the street from the University Theatres
on the corner of Chicago & Spruce 
so I encourage you to stop by and see the
new décor, menu and remodeled patio (we intend to have some great parties on
that patio over the years.) Julie will be offering some bar menu and dessert
specials to film festival attendees so be sure to mention that you’ve
attended or intend to. Also, try out Zee’s favorite martini named in memory
of my Italian grandmother
 the ERMENIA ALBINA BERTOLINI BALLARDINI
MARTINI!!!! I will give a FREE Film Festival ticket to anyone who calls me
and pronounces it correctly!!  If you need to find me for any reason Feb
17th thru the 26th you’ll find me at either Ciao Bella’s or the Film
Festival 
Ciao
Susan Mary Theresa Keck Mitchell (that doesn’t sound very
Italian does it ??!!)
Below is all the information you’ll need for the 10 DAY RIVERSIDE FILM
FESTIVAL 
go to the bottom to see the schedule
and go to the website to find
descriptions of each movie
http://www.riversidefilmfest.org/
please forward
this to all your movie loving friends! 

Riverside International Film Festival
 February 17 - 26, 2006 
Metropolitan University Village
 General Admission - $8
 Student/Senior General Admission - $5 Student/Senior Ten Ticket Pass - $45

Festival Pass - $100
Ten Ticket Pass - $70
 Buy tickets online at
http://www.riversidefilmfest.org/
or call (951) 682-4456
 RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006 SCHEDULE
(Timings are subject to change due to circumstances out of our control)

Friday, Feb. 17

5:30 p.m. Opening Gala 
8:00 p.m. American Blend (8-9:40) (second showing Sunday, Feb. 26, 12 noon) 

Saturday, Feb. 18

10:30 a.m. Imaginum (10:30-12) 
12:30 p.m. What’s A Human Anyway? (12:30-2:40)
3:00 p.m. SHORTS with a touch of romance (3:00-5:00) 
Cardboard Signs
Getting to Know You
India Spiceland
Ugly on the Inside
18 Minutes
5:30 p.m. “1973” (5:30-7:30)
8:00 p.m. Parineeta (8-10:10) 
10:30 p.m. Spider Forest (10:30-12:30) 

Sunday, Feb. 19

11:00 a.m. Santos Peregrinos (10:30-12) 
1:00 p.m. Secret War in the Pacific (1.00-3.00) 
3:30 p.m. SHORTS of sibling relationships (3:30-5:15) 
The Intruder
Winter Sea
The Honeyfields
The Brothers
Whitebread and Goatman
5:30 p.m. Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (5:30-7:10) 
7:30 p.m. Vacancy [Premiere] (7:30-8:45) 
9:00 p.m. R-Point (9-10:47) 

Monday, Feb. 20

4:00P.m. Blossoms of Fire (4:00-5:30) 
6:00 p.m. Hip Hop Colony (6:00-7:30) 
8:00 p.m. Two Documentary Features (8-10:30) 
Rez Dogs
Tropic of Cancer

Tuesday, Feb. 21

4:30 p.m. TBA (4:00-6) 
6:30 p.m. Boys of Summer [Festival Premiere] (6:30-8:30) 
9:00 p.m. Sasquatch Hunters (9:00-10:30) 

Wednesday, Feb. 22

4:00 p.m. Eleven award-winning student films (4:00-9:45 p.m.) 
TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE; ticket admits one for the whole evening
Group A (4:00-5:45)
Shui Hen 
Confections, Colorforms, and Date (Trilogy) 
The Anniversary 
Dead End Job 
Group B (6:00-7:45 p.m) – Directors will be present 
My Backyard Was A Mountain 
Living in Technicolor 
Confessions of a Late Bloomer 
Group C (8:00-9:45 p.m.) -- Directors will be present
Winning the Peace 
Swimming 
The Red Veil 

Thursday, Feb. 23

4:00 p.m. Zeppelin (4-5:40) 
6:00 p.m. A mix of documentary and feature SHORTS (6-7:30) 
Do You Want the Elephant Music? 
Master comma Margarita 
Jonas 
Fat Cake 
8:00 p.m. We Loved Each Other So Much (8-9:30) 

Friday, Feb. 24

5:00 p.m. Vacancy[Premiere] (5-6:30) 
7:00 p.m. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing(7-9:15) 
Film and forum of Hollywood film editors
9:30 p.m. The Borrowed Bride (9:30-11:30) 

Saturday, Feb. 25

10:00 a.m. Expiration Date (10:00-12) 
12:30 p.m. Freedom Fries [Premiere] (12:30-2:00) 
2:30 p.m SHORTS of music and silence (2:30-4:30)
Love and Murder 
A Silent Night 
Master comma Margarita 
The Telling Takes Me Home 
Getting to Know You 
5:00 p.m. Bluff Master (5:00-7:30) 
8:00 p.m. Ten ‘Til Noon (8:00-10:00) 

Sunday, Feb. 26

11:00 a.m. American Blend (11-1:00) 
1:30 p.m. The Last Atomic Bomb [Premiere] (1:30-3:30) 
4:00 p.m. The Gold Bracelet (4:00-6:30) 
7:00 p.m. Closing Awards Gala at the Riverside Art Museum (7-10)

Riverside International Film Festival 2006 (4th Annual) continues to grow in
size, scope and stature as a prominent venue for top quality international
cinema, showing films from around the world, including world premieres,
features, shorts and documentaries. 

As a major center of arts and culture in Inland Southern California, the
City of Riverside is proud to welcome the international film community and
audiences who enjoy and appreciate the entertaining, enlightening, inspiring
and provocative stories of our world, as told by some of the industry's most
innovative filmmakers and up-and-coming directors, for a rich and varied
artistic experience.

RIFF has been attracting many global entries from France, Germany, China,
Korea, Japan and India and from all over the US. Traditionally the event
kicks off with a huge networking party, followed by 10 days 
of screenings, red carpet premieres, and panels with industry executives and
after-parties.



“The goal of the Riverside International Film Festival is to bring the best
of independent cinema, including features, shorts and documentaries, as well
as filmmakers and actors, from all over the world to Riverside,” says Dr.
Harkeerat Dhillon, Festival President. “At the same time we partner with
different countries who send to us their best and most recent films. This
year we expect greater involvement from our significant student population.
Our audiences will discover the power and the passion of these filmmakers’
visions. We think they will find that each film is a thoroughly entertaining
and rewarding experience.”

 http://www.riversidefilmfest.org/



 
 
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