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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Back to Your Arms Review
This is, without a doubt, the best film I’ve seen at this year’s film festival. It was a moving, bittersweet film about a girl’s attempto to reconnect with her father. The girl is really a young woman, Ruta, a Lithuanian … Continue reading
Short Films Block 10 review
Here are the films in Block 10, which is a wonderful example of the different kinds of short films that are at the film festival. The films are rated from 1-5, with 5 being the highest. Preferably Blue Preferably Blue … Continue reading
Short Films Introduction
The CIFF puts a group of short films together, usually between 5-7, and shows them. These films are usually a mix of different genres of films, ranging from less than five minutes to almost half an hour. The short films can … Continue reading
Women With Cows Review
This film really surprised me. I was not sure if I really wanted to see this film; the premise seemed a little confusing and possibly sad. But sometimes taking a chance at a film festival is very rewarding, and Women … Continue reading
A Word about the Ratings
You may have noticed that I am rating the films. The audience of the film festival gets to vote on many different awards for films, including the Roxeanne T Mueller Audience Choice Award. The ballots rank the film as follows … Continue reading
Up Heartbreak Hill Review
Up Heartbreak Hill details the lives of three teenagers living on a Navajo reservation as they try to apply for college. The graduation rate at the school is about 50%, and only 1 in 10 students will finish college. Thomas … Continue reading
The Finger: A Review
Last night, I kicked off the film festival in delightful fashion by seeing The Finger, an Argentinian film. In my prep before the film, I described the film as a dark political comedy. This actually mischaracterized the film. The film is … Continue reading
My Incision
Per reader request. 🙂
March (film!) Madness part 3
5 Back to Your Arms I’m really looking forward to this film. It’s a German/Lithuanian/Polish film which is a part of the Central and Eastern Film competition at this year’s festival. The film takes place in Berlin in 1961, shortly … Continue reading
March (film!) Madness part 2
Women with Cows This is another documentary from Sweden, about a family who copes with their father’s cows and the sister who is mentally disabled. To be honest, I’m not actually crazy about this film, I feel as though this … Continue reading