2012 Wisconsin Film Festival | 18 to 22 April

Sat, Apr 21 | 11:00 AM

UW Cinematheque

106 River Road
USA | 2011 | 6 min | 16mm
dir: Josh Weissbach
experimental | section: Wisconsin's Own
plays in: Robert on His Lunch Break and Other Experimental Shorts from Wisconsin's Own

106 River Road documents an address, moving from literal to abstract in a metaphor for familial displacement.
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Thu, Apr 19 | 9:30 PM

UW Cinematheque

31/75: Asyl
Austria | 1975 | 9 min | 16mm
dir: Kurt Kren
experimental | section: Phil Solomon Presents
plays in: Phil Solomon Selects

Asyl is one of Kren’s most formally ambitious works, an experiment in time lapse photography, multiple exposures, and segmented images. | Phil Solomon, director
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Sat, Apr 21 | 4:44 PM

Orpheum Theatre

4:44 Last Day on Earth
USA, Switzerland, France | 2011 | 85 min | HD projection
dir: Abel Ferrara
narrative | section: New International Cinema
plays in: 4:44 Last Day on Earth

Iconoclastic indie filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s singular contribution to the end-of-the-world genre focuses on two artists in love, a successful actor (Willem Dafoe) and a painter (Shanyn Leigh), in their high-rise loft in Manhattan the day before doomsday.
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Sat, Apr 21 | 10:15 PM

Bartell Theatre

Sun, Apr 22 | 6:45 PM

Sundance Cinema 2

Acclaimed documentarian Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s stunning and evocative portrait of a continent at night is comprised of 21 different sequences filmed in 21 Western European locations over a two-year period.
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Wed, Apr 18 | 8:30 PM

MMoCA

Sun, Apr 22 | 1:30 PM

MMoCA

An African Election
USA, Switzerland | 2010 | 89 min | 35mm
dir: Jarreth Merz
documentary | section: New International Documentaries

Jarreth Merz’s riveting documentary thriller was filmed during the three months preceding Ghana’s contentious 2008 presidential election.
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Sat, Apr 21 | 11:00 AM

UW Cinematheque

After the Day After
USA | 2011 | 6 min | DVD
dir: Nathan Meltz
experimental | section: Wisconsin's Own
plays in: Robert on His Lunch Break and Other Experimental Shorts from Wisconsin's Own

Remakes a section of the 1983 post-nuclear made-for-TV movie The Day After, retelling the story of atomic devastation in a Dada collage-meets-stop-animation style. | Nathan Meltz, director, scheduled to attend.
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Fri, Apr 20 | 9:15 PM

UW Cinematheque

The Alpha Incident
USA | 1978 | 86 min | 35mm
dir: Bill Rebane
narrative | section: Restorations and Rediscoveries, Wisconsin's Own
plays in: The Alpha Incident

A space probe returns from Mars with a killer disease. A careless mistake unleashes it on a small group trapped in a train station. As the scientists race to find a cure, the infected struggle to keep their sanity, and if they fall asleep, they die. | Bill Rebane, director, scheduled to attend.
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Thu, Apr 19 | 5:00 PM

Orpheum Theatre

Sat, Apr 21 | 11:30 AM

Sundance Cinema 1

Alps
Alpeis
Greece | 2011 | 93 min | HD projection |
In Greek with English subtitles
dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
narrative

Comprised of a nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast, and her trainer, The Alps are a clandestine society dedicated to an especially odd public service: when people die, their grief stricken loved ones seek comfort by hiring the Alps to stand in for the deceased, lessening the shock of absence.
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Fri, Apr 20 | 9:00 PM

Monona Terrace

Sat, Apr 21 | 9:30 PM

Monona Terrace

The Amateur Monster Movie
USA | 2011 | 97 min | digital projection
dir: Kyle Richards
narrative | section: Wisconsin's Own

Werewolves and zombies again aim to snack on the living in this hilarious and ingeniously low budget first feature from Milwaukee native Kyle Richards. | Kyle Richards, director, scheduled to attend.
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Thu, Apr 19 | 6:45 PM

UW Cinematheque

Amateur Night: Home Movies from American Archives
USA | 84 min | 35mm
section: Special Event
plays in: Amateur Night: Home Movies from American Archives

Piecing together family moments, historical scenes, animation, drama, comic routines and travelogues dating from 1915 to 2005, this compilation demonstrates the eclectic array of entertainment, innovation and enlightenment found in home movies. | Dwight Swanson, curator, scheduled to attend.
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Sat, Apr 21 | 9:30 PM

UW Cinematheque

American Falls
USA | 2010 | 56 min | Blu-ray
dir: Phil Solomon
experimental | section: Phil Solomon Presents
plays in: Phil Solomon: American Falls

American Falls, Phil Solomon's epic cross-examination of 20th Century American history, begins with an image of Annie Edson Taylor, who became the first person to survive a plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901. | Phil Solomon, director
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Sun, Apr 22 | 11:30 AM

Union South Marquee

American Homes
USA | 2011 | 12 min | HDCam
dir: Bernard Friedman
documentary | section: Wisconsin's Own
plays in: Seven Solos

This animated history of residential architecture in America unfolds while notable figures in the world of design and architecture weigh in on what a house is and can be.
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Sat, Apr 21 | 4:00 PM

UW Cinematheque

Sun, Apr 22 | 5:15 PM

UW Cinematheque

An American in Sophiatown
USA | 2009 | 63 min | Beta SP
dir: Michael Rogosin
documentary | section: Restorations and Rediscoveries
plays in: Come Back, Africa

A compelling documentary about the making of Come Back, Africa.
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