WEEK 3

Please note: all films will be shown at the Hooker-Dunham Theater unless otherwise noted - i.e. Latchis = Latchis Theater; Falls = Falls Cinema
* denotes accompanying special event - click the asterisk to learn more. Where there is a special event - a director's talk (d), or panel (p), the following show will start a half-hour later.
Agnes Varda (Varda) mini-fest is embedded in the festival schedule.

Festival programs will be available starting February 17 wherever festival tickets and coupons are sold. Please visit our "tickets" page to find a location near you.

Weds., Mar. 19 -

7:00 Personal Velocity (Falls)
U.S. Written and directed by Rebecca Miller
Based on Rebecca Miller's book of short stories, Personal Velocity tells the affecting story of 3 American women struggling to make sense of the lives they've found themselves living. more...

Thurs., Mar. 20 –

6:00 Vagabond (Varda)
France, 1985, 105 mins. Directed by Agnes Varda
Sondrine Bonnaire in an award-winning role as Mona, a homeless drifter who is found frozen in a ditch. She is recalled and reconstructed in flashback by those she met in her final weeks, more...

8:00 Two Years Later (Varda) / Green Cold
Two Years Later: France, 2002, 60 mins. Directed by Agnes Varda
A sequel to "The Gleaners", this film revisits the characters and issues of that film more...
Green Cold: Iran, 2002, 60mins., Directed by Nasser Saffarian
This is the first episode of a three-part documentary on the life and work of Farough Farrokhzad (1935-67), the legendary Iranian poetess and filmmaker. more...

Fri., Mar.21 -

6:00 Ruthie and Connie : Every Room In The House/ Interview With My Next Girlfriend
Ruthie andConnie : Every Room In The House: USA, 2002, 56minutes Director: Deborah Dickson
A film about two wonderfully funny, activist Jewish grandmothers whose world is turned upside-down when they realize they are in love. more...
Interview With My Next Girlfriend:U.S.A., 2002, 13mins., Directed by Cassandra Nicolaou
The fight to win the title of next girlfriend is the subject of this hilarious short more...

8:00 Georgie Girl
New Zealand, 2001, 70 minutes. Directed by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells.
Georgina Beyer started life as a Maori boy in a little populated farming district in New Zealand. In 1999 she became the first transgendered woman to hold public office in the world more...

Sat., Mar. 22 –

2:00 Ruthie and Connie : Every Room In The House/ Interview With My Next Girlfriend
Ruthie andConnie : Every Room In The House: USA, 2002, 56minutes Director: Deborah Dickson
A film about two wonderfully funny, activist Jewish grandmothers whose world is turned upside-down when they realize they are in love. more...
Interview With My Next Girlfriend:U.S.A., 2002, 13mins., Directed by Cassandra Nicolaou
The fight to win the title of next girlfriend is the subject of this hilarious short more...

4:00 Journey To Kafiristan (Latchis)
Switzerland/Germany/Netherlands, 2001, 100 min. Directors: Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini. Starring: Jeanette Hain, Nina Petri
Erotic and sumptuous, the Journey to Kafiristan is the stylish tale, set in 1939, of two extraordinary Swiss women who travel together through the Balkans and Turkey into remote Afghanistan more...

*6:00 Uphill All The Way (p)
U.S., 2000, 80 min. Director: Khin May Lwin and Robert Nassau
The astounding true story of five troubled teenage girls who face the challenge of their lives: a 2,500-mile bicycle journey along the United States Continental Divide more...

8:30 Reno: Rebel Without A Pause
U.S., 2002, 71 min. Director: Nancy Savoca
Reno, the fabulously radical feminist comedian delivers a tour de force of raw but also healing energy in this film version of her one-woman stage show that takes on American patriotism and the U.S. war on terrorism. more...

Sun., Mar. 23 –

2:00 Uphill All The Way
U.S., 2000, 80 min. Director: Khin May Lwin and Robert Nassau
The astounding true story of five troubled teenage girls who face the challenge of their lives: a 2,500-mile bicycle journey along the United States Continental Divide more...

4:00 Journey To Kafiristan (Latchis)
Switzerland/Germany/Netherlands, 2001, 100 min. Directors: Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini. Starring: Jeanette Hain, Nina Petri
Erotic and sumptuous, the Journey to Kafiristan is the stylish tale, set in 1939, of two extraordinary Swiss women who travel together through the Balkans and Turkey into remote Afghanistan more...

6:00 Ruthie and Connie : Every Room In The House/ Interview With My Next Girlfriend
Ruthie andConnie : Every Room In The House: USA, 2002, 56minutes Director: Deborah Dickson
A film about two wonderfully funny, activist Jewish grandmothers whose world is turned upside-down when they realize they are in love. more...
Interview With My Next Girlfriend:U.S.A., 2002, 13mins., Directed by Cassandra Nicolaou
The fight to win the title of next girlfriend is the subject of this hilarious short more...

8:00 Georgie Girl
New Zealand, 2001, 70 minutes. Directed by Annie Goldson and Peter Wells.
Georgina Beyer started life as a Maori boy in a little populated farming district in New Zealand. In 1999 she became the first transgendered woman to hold public office in the world more...