4th ANNUAL CARMEL ART & FILM FESTIVAL, 2012: DRAMA FILMS

ABSTRACT: The 4th Annual Carmel Art and Film Festival will occur from Wednesday, October 10 to Sunday, October 14, 2012. This post features twelve DRAMA films with accompanying embedded video trailers. Links include twitter, facebook, TICKETS and UPDATES.

DRAMA FILMS

Shouting Secrets (2011)

DRAMA

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 4:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Shouting Secrets Trailer

Directed by: Korina Sehringer
Running time: 88 minutes
Switzerland

Amour (2012)

DRAMA

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 7:30 P.M., Sunset Center

Amour (Love) Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Michael Haneke Palm d'Or Winner HD

Directed by: Michael Haneke
Running time: 127 minutes
France (subtitles)

Stealing Roses (2012)

DRAMA COMEDY ROMANCE

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 2:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

"STEALING ROSES" HD Trailer

Directed by: Megan Johnson
Starring: John Heard and Cindy Williams
Running time: 96 minutes
U.S.A.

As High as the Sky (2012)

DRAMA COMEDY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 4:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Directed by: Nikki Braendlin
Running time: 91 minutes
U.S.A.

The Sessions (2012)

DRAMA

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 7:30 P.M., Lighthouse Cinema, Pacific Grove

THE SESSIONS Trailer 2012 Movie - Official [HD]

Directed by: Ben Lewin
Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William. H. Macy
Running Time: 98 Minutes
U.S.A.

Trattoria (2012)

DRAMA

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 12:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

TRATTORIA

Directed by: Jason Wolos
Running time: 82 minutes
U.S.A.

Falling Uphill (2012)

DRAMA COMEDY ROMANCE

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 4:00 P.M., Sunset Center

OFFICIAL FALLING UPHILL TEASER TRAILER

Directed by: Richard Bosner
Running time: 84 minutes
U.S.A.

Paisajes devorados (Vanishing Landscapes) (2012)

DRAMA MYSTERY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 4:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

PAISAJES DEVORADOS TRAILER

Directed by: Eliseo Subiela
Running time: 75 minutes
Argentina

Summer Song (2011)

DRAMA ROMANCE

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 4:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Directed by: Aram Rappaport
Running time: 77 minutes
U.S.A.

In Our Nature (2012)

DRAMA

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 6:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

In Our Nature

Directed by: Brian Savelson
Starring: Jena Malone, Gabrielle Union, Zach Gilford, John Slattery
Running time:
U.S.A.

A Royal Affair (2012)

DRAMA HISTORY ROMANCE

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 8:00 P.M., Sunset Center

A Royal Affair - Official Trailer [HD]

Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Folsgaard
Running time: 137 minutes
Denmark (subtitles)

Satellite of Love (2012)

DRAMA ROMANCE

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 8:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Satellite of Love Trailer

Directed by: Will Moore

Running time: 80 minutes
U.S.A.

4th ANNUAL CARMEL ART & FILM FESTIVAL, 2012: DOCUMENTARY FILMS

ABSTRACT: The 4th Annual Carmel Art and Film Festival will occur from Wednesday, October 10 to Sunday, October 14, 2012. This post features thirty-five DOCUMENTARY films with accompanying embedded video trailers. Links include twitter, facebook, TICKETS and UPDATES.

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Return to Byzantium:The Art and Life of Lilian Broca (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 12:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Return to Byzantium - The Art and Life of Lilian Broca"- documentary teaser

Glitter Dust: Finding Art in Dubai (2011)
DOCUMENTARY ANIMATION COMEDY
SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 2:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Glitter Dust: Finding Art in Dubai, a drawcumentary film (trailer)

Cartoon College (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 2:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

CARTOON COLLEGE Trailer

Directed by: Josh Melrod, Tara Wray
Running time: 78 minutes
U.S.A.

Who Cares About Kelsey? (2012)

DOCUMENTARY DRAMA

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 6:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Who Cares About Kelsey? Extended Trailer

Directed by: Dan Habib
Running time: 75 minutes
U.S.A.

Opening Our Eyes (2011)

DOCUMENTARY ADVENTURE FAMILY

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 6:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

OPENING OUR EYES NEW TRAILER

Directed by: Gail Mooney
Running time: 61 minutes
U.S.A.

Biba! One Island, 879Votes (2011)

DOCUMENTARY COMEDY NEWS

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 10:00 A.M.., Youth Center Upper Theater

Biba! One Island, 879 Votes - GIFF 2012 Official Selection

Beast Wishes (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 12:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Beast Wishes Trailer 2012

Directed by: Trish Geiger
Running time: 60 minutes
U.S.A.

Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald (2012)

DOCUMENTARY HISTORY WAR

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 2:00 P.M.., Youth Center Upper Theater

Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald

Directed by: Rob Cohen
Running time: 87 minutes
U.S.A.

Nothing Like Chocolate (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 4:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE (Trailer)

Directed by: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Running time: 67 minutes
U.S.A.

The Flat (2011)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 6:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

The Flat - Documentary Trailer

Directed by: Arnon Goldfinger
Running time: 97 minutes
Germany

I Am Not A Rockstar (2012)

DOCUMENTARY DRAMA FAMILY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 6:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

I Am Not A Rock Star

Directed by: Bobbi Jo Krais-Hart
Running time: 85 minutes
Canada

Brooklyn Castle (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 8:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Brooklyn Castle - In theaters Oct. 19 [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

Directed by: Katie Dellamaggiore
Running time: 101 minutes
U.S.A.

God in the Box (2011)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 8:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

God in the Box - Official Trailer 1

Directed by: Nathan Lang
Running time:
U.S.A.

Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer MortenLauridsen (2012)

DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY MUSIC

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 10 A.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen- Trailer (long version)

Directed by: Michael Stillwater
Running time: 73 minutes
Switzterland, U.S.A.

Invisible Children (2006)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 10:00 A.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Invisible Children (Trailer)

Writer: Carol Mansour

Pretty Old (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 12:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

PRETTY OLD Santa Barbara Film Festival 2012

Directed by: Walter Matteson
Executive Directors; Sarah Jessica Parker
Running time: 85 minutes
U.S.A.

The First 70 (2011)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT ADVENTURE

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 12:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

The First 70 Trailer

Directed by: Jarrett Moody
Running time: 30 minutes
U.S.A.

An Island In Time

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 12:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Island in Time Trailer

Directed by: Steve Rosen, Terri DeBono
Running time: 27 minutes
U.S.A.

  

Three Days (of Hamlet) (2012)

DOCUMENTARY COMEDY DRAMA

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 2:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Three Days (of Hamlet) Trailer

Directed by: Alex Hyde-White
Running time: 85 minutes
U.S.A.

Under the Boardwalk: A Ukulele Love Story (2011)

DOCUMENTARY COMEDY MUSIC

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 2:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Trailer for Under the Boardwalk: A Ukulele Love story.mov

Directed by: Nina Koocher
Running time: 75 minutes
U.S.A.

About Face: Supermodels, Then and Now (2012)

DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY COMEDY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 2:15 P.M., Sunset Center

HBO Documentary Films: About Face - Supermodels Then and Now Trailer

Directed by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Running time: 72 minutes
U.S.A.

Time Steps

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 4:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

TIME STEPS - trailer -

Directed by: Glynis Whiting
Running time: 78 minutes
Canada

The Invisible War (2012)

DOCUMENTARY CRIME DRAMA

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 6:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

The Invisible War - Official Trailer

Directed by: Kirby Dick
Running time: 97 minutes
U.S.A.

Erroll Garner – No One Can Hear You Read

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 6:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Erroll Garner documentary trailer

Directed by: Atticus Brady
Running time: 52 minutes
U.S.A.

Central Park Five (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 8:00 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

The Central Park Five Trailer

Directed by: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
Running time: 118 minutes
U.S.A.

Caris’ Peace (2011)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 8:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Caris' Peace : Trailer

Directed by: Gaylen Ross
Running time: 76 minutes
U.S.A.

Step into Liquid (2003)

DOCUMENTARY SPORT

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 8:30 P.M., Carmel Beach

Step Into Liquid Official Trailer

Director: Dana Brown

Running time: 87 minutes

Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 10:00 A.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

A Fierce Green Fire - Official Trailer

Directed by: Mark Kitchell
Narrated by: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Ashley Judd
Running time:
U.S.A.

J, Robot

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 10:00 A.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

J, Robot

Directed by: Michael Garrigues
Running time: 58 minutes
U.S.A.

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (2012)

DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY DRAMA

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 12:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters - SXSW 2012 Accepted Film

Directed by: Ben Shapiro
Running time: 77 minutes
U.S.A.

Art Recession (2011)

DOCUMENTARY NEWS

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 12:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

"Art Recession" Trailer

Directed by: Ming Lai
Running Time: 58 minutes
U.S.A.

Chasing Ice (2012)

DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 12:15 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Chasing Ice OFFICIAL TRAILER

Directed by: Jeff Orlowski
Running time: 76 minutes
U.S.A.

The Cardboard Bernini (2012)

DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 2:00 P.M., Youth Center Upper Theater

Official Trailer

Directed by: Olympia Stone
Running time: 76 minutes
U.S.A.

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia (2012)

DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 3:15 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

HBO Documentary Films: The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

Director:  James Redford

Running time: 52 minutes

Ready to Fly (2011)

DOCUMENTARY SPORT

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 5:15 P.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Directed by: William A. Kerig
Running time: 72 minutes
U.S.A.

4th ANNUAL CARMEL ART & FILM FESTIVAL, 2012: COMEDY, THRILLER, & MUSIC FILMS

ABSTRACT: The 4th Annual Carmel Art and Film Festival will occur from Wednesday, October 10 to Sunday, October 14, 2012. This post features four COMEDY, THRILLER & MUSIC FILMS with accompanying embedded video trailers. Links include twitter, facebook, TICKETS and UPDATES.

COMEDY FILMS

Old Goats (2010)

BIOGRAPHY COMEDY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 12:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Old Goats Trailer

And If We All Lived Together? (2011)

COMEDY

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 2:00 P.M., Sunset Center

And If We All Lived Together? - Official HD Trailer (2012)

Directed by: Stephane Robelin
Starring: Jane Fonda, Geraldine Chaplin, Guy Bedos, Pierre Richard, Claude Rich
Running time: 96 minutes

THRILLER FILM

The Silent Thief (2012)

THRILLER

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 2:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

The Silent Thief : Trailer

Directed by: Jennifer Clary
Running time: 102 minutes
U.S.A.

MUSIC FILM

Boogie Stomp!

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 6:00 P.M., Sunset Center

"Boogie Stomp!"

Directed by: Bob Baldori
Running time: 86 minutes
Canada, France, Germany, Russia, U.S.A.

4th ANNUAL CARMEL ART & FILM FESTIVAL, 2012: SHORTS FILMS

ABSTRACT: The 4th Annual Carmel Art and Film Festival will occur from Wednesday, October 10 to Sunday, October 14, 2012. This post features ten selected SHORTS FILMS with accompanying embedded video trailers. Links include twitter, facebook, TICKETS and UPDATES.

SHORTS FILMS

“Dreamscapes” (2012)

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 12:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Dreamscapes Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Stephen Hannock Movie HD

Running time: 37 minutes

Director: Wolfram Hissen

Franklin (2011)

SHORT DRAMA FAMILY

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 2:00 P.M., Youth Center Lower Theater

"FRANKLIN" Trailer

Director:  George Retelas

Madly Unto Eternity (2012)

SHORT ACTION COMEDY

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 4:00 P.M., Youth Center Lower Theater

Director: Pikey Holdredge

Incest! The Musical (2011)

SHORT MUSICAL

SHOWING Thursday, October 11 @ 4:00 P.M., Youth Center Lower Theater

Director: Grant Reed

Running time: 23 minutes

Born Yesterday (2012)

SHORT COMEDY

SHOWING Friday, October 12 @ 10:00 A.M., Youth Center Lower Theater

Born Yesterday Official Trailer

Director:  Nathan Larkin-Connolly

The Way the World Ends (2012)

SHORT DRAMA

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 10:00 A.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

The Way the World Ends

Monster

SHORT

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 10:00 A.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Monster

Parallel

SHORT

SHOWING Saturday, October 13 @ 10:00 A.M., Carmel High School Performing Arts Center

Parallel – Official Trailer

Arthur and the Bunnies (2011)

SHORT COMEDY DRAMA

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 2:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Arthur and the Bunnies
A film by Dana Turken

The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain (2012)

SHORT DRAMA

SHOWING Sunday, October 14 @ 2:00 P.M., Golden Bough Playhouse

Director: Kim Ramsay

Running time: 29 minutes

CARMEL Art & Film Festival 2009

“The Carmel Art and Film Festival is designed as a celebration of art in all its forms: painting, sculpture, printmaking, music, photography and film will all be represented in our inaugural year. The mission of the festival is to put art in as many places as possible around Carmel, so that visitors will feel immersed in an artistic adventure.”

WHO: Artist & ARTWORKS magazine Publisher Tom Burns, Founder

WHAT:
ART SHOW Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11: The juried art show will select 50 artists to show their work in an outdoor art exhibition in Devendorf Park.

FILMS Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 9, 10 & 11: Selected from the 2009 edition, these films curated by John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival.

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Opening Night Reception, October 8; Exhibition, October 8 – 30: Fifty artists will be selected for a month long exhibition at the Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center.

MUSIC: The Carmel Art & Film Festival is proud to present Griffin House in concert.

DIRECTORS’ DINNER Friday, October 9: The art of fine wine and food, coupled with animated conversation with artists and filmmakers.

THE ART OF WINE Saturday, October 10

LECTURE SERIES Saturday and Sunday, October 10 – 11

FESTIVAL ARTIST PRINT Los Angeles reduction linocut printmaker Dave Lefner is creating the inaugural festival limited edition print.

NIGHT LIGHTS, a series of outdoor photography projection shows.

AFTER HOURS Exclusive and private, score a ticket to one of these parties.

WHERE: Sunset Theater and Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center, Devendorf Park and other venues throughout Carmel-by-the-Sea

WHEN: Thursday, October 8 – Sunday, October 11, 2009

WHY: Provide a venue for emerging artists, generate scholarships for art education, et cetera.

TICKETS:
Online
Or call the festival office @ (831) 620-1648 during business hours.
PATRON PACKAGE – $2,500 couple
PATRON PACKAGE – $1,500
VIP PACKAGE – $600
ESSENTIAL PACKAGE – $195
BRUNCH WITH ALAN SILVESTRI – $65
ART OF WINE GALLERY CRAWL – $35
STUDENT PASS – $35
DAYTIME MOVIE PASS – $50
UNLIMITED MOVIE PASS – $75
SINGLE NIGHT FEATURE – $25
FRIDAY NIGHT ALL ACCESS PASS – $350
THURSDAY OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION – $145
THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE & CONCERT ONLY – $40

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carmel Art & Film Festival
P.O. Box 5877
Carmel, CA 93921
info@carmelartandfilm.com
ph 831.620.1648

Former City Councilwoman Barbara Livingston: “Don’t let us become Festival City.”

ABSTRACT: After City Administrator Rich Guillen’s report on his conversation with the President and Producer of the Sonoma Valley Film Festival in Sonoma, CA. detailing the requirements for a successful Film Festival, former City Councilwoman Barbara Livingston shared her thoughts with the public and City Council Members. She stressed the need for only the “best, the finest, absolutely the top-notch festivals” and advised the City Council to “be really, really careful about restricting yourself to a few, two or three, and maybe look into what we are doing now, maybe there are some we can drop, but don’t let us become Festival City. Don’t let us become Festival City.”

City Council Agenda
Regular Meeting
September 11, 2007

XI. Orders of Council

B. Review the City’s participation in a proposed Carmel-by-the-Sea Film Festival and provide policy direction.

City Administrator Rich Guillen reported on his trip to Sonoma with Jeff Burghardt, Anda/Burghardt Advertising, to meet Marc Lhormer, Presdient and Producer of the Sonoma Valley Film Festival. According to Marc Lhormer, a successful Film Festival requires approximately $1 million; $500,000 from corporate sponsors and $500,000 from donations. There are three stakeholders, including a Film Society with a Board of Directors comprised of a minimum of 15 Directors who would operate the Film Festival and donate at least $5,000/director towards the $500,000 in donations, a Production Company and City sponsorship of potentially $50,000 - $100,000 annually.

After City Administrator Rich Guillen’s Staff Report, former City Councilwoman Barbara Livingston addressed the public and City Council, as follows:

Barbara Livingston. I rather like the idea of the Film Festival. To me it has much more appeal for the City than the Car Festival, or whatever we call it because it frees up the entire downtown for people to shop. I really rather like it.

I have something rather interesting though to say. In 1998, I attended the League of California Cities Conference in San Jose and one afternoon, I took a seminar or class, or whatever, on culture and what culture does for a village or a city or a town. The two speakers were the head of the cultural affairs department for the State of California and the Executive Director of the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, it’s a very esteemed center, as you know. And they said the benefits of bringing cultural activities to a town are wonderful. So I raised my hand and I said, “Is there a chance that a city, a town, a village or whatever, can bring in too many festivals, too many events?” And they said, “Where are you from?” And I said, “Monterey Peninsula, Carmel, specifically.” And they went, “You’re already overbooked.”

So what I’m asking you to do when you consider bringing festivals here, bring the best, the finest, absolutely the top-notch festivals, and be really, really careful about restricting yourself to a few, two or three, and maybe look into what we are doing now, maybe there are some we can drop, but don’t let us become Festival City. Don’t let us become Festival City.

In the last sentence of the paragraph on the cover sheet of the agenda packet item, Important Consideration, it says that the Film Festival will bring long-term impacts that could be beneficial to the City’s brand. Now I am totally mystified by what is meant by the City’s brand because since 1916 we’ve been known, our brand has been Carmel, a village in the forest by-the-sea. Are we changing our brand? I’m not aware of it. What is the brand? Can you tell me that?

Later, City Administrator Rich Guillen responded that the brand, Carmel, a village in the forest by-the-sea, had not changed; the City just wants to “highlight” it.