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THIS PROGRAM IS ENHANCED BY AUGMENTED REALITY
I nt er mis s ion at its Fin est
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elcome to our very special 15th Meanwhile, BIFF will once again be presenting
PHOTO BY RANDY MALONE / photomalone.com
anniversary festival! We have a music the greatest films on earth—movies from
focus this year, including three great festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and
rock’n’roll movies, a blues doc, a fantastic jazz Sundance, as well as the best new films by
flick and one unbelievable bluegrass film. One emerging filmmakers just hitting the scene.
of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time, We’ll showcase some of our best films in
David Crosby, will be in person on Opening Longmont, and this year we’ve added the
Night to talk about his hot new film, David beautiful Lincoln Center in Fort Collins the
Crosby: Remember My Name. Then on Closing weekend after BIFF (March 8 & 9). Make a
Night, Jakob Dylan will be in the house to talk weekend of it and get a room in Fort Collins
about his critically acclaimed new film Echo In at the beautiful Elizabeth Hotel, our newest
The Canyon. sponsor. Kathy Beeck, Director
On Saturday night, we are excited to be Robin Beeck, Executive Director
Other highlights include BIFF’s groundbreaking
presenting actor, writer, director and producer
Emilio Estevez with our Vanguard Award
XR Pavilion, plus the Youth Pavilion, Singer-
Songwriter Showcase and Talkback Tent. CONTENTS
right after a screening of his film, The Public,
All free! One of BIFF’s smash hits will be
followed by an interview with Ron Bostwick.
(Remember when his dad, Martin Sheen,
our CineCHEF. This year’s theme is “Badass 4 VENUES MAP
Women Chefs: Denver vs. Boulder.” May the
came to BIFF 2012? We’ll never forget it.) best chef—and the best city—win! 5 TICKET INFO
Download the BIFF App, hover your cellphone
HOW IT WORKS: on a movie image in this printed program
and you will instantly see that movie’s trailer.
6-9 PARTIES
1. Download the BIFF app at Revolutionary! That is because of BIFF’s own
the Apple or Android Store;
resident-genius, Pat Mallek from Mighty Fudge 13 MUSIC
look for “Boulder Film.”
Studios.
2. Open the app, click on the Tell us what you think. Participate in our face- 15 XR PAVILION
Augmented Reality button,
to-face survey, or fill one out at biff1.com at
hold your smartphone over
a film image and BAM you’ll see
festival time. Your feedback is invaluable. 16 YOUTH PAVILION
the film’s trailer. Big thanks to the hundreds of volunteers
3. Hold your phone AUGMENTED who help make this festival hum. It wouldn’t 17 TALKBACK CAFÉ
over an ad with REALITY happen without them!
Get a room, buy a Festival Pass and have a S Y N O P S E S
this symbol and
see a special great film-and-food-and-music vacation!
message or offer See you at the movies! 10-11 THURSDAY
from one of our
— Robin & Kathy Beeck
sponsors.
20-24 FRIDAY
25-35 SATURDAY
special thanks to
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY BOARD PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD 35-41 SUNDAY
David Harrison Jim England Danielle Renfrew Behrens
Robin Beeck Jim Palmer Elisabeth Glass
Kathy Beeck Carolyn Schuham Paula DuPre Pesmen 45 ETOWN HALL 2ND SCREENINGS
Annamaria Boehms Sophie Walker Laura Thielen
Alan O’Hashi Sandy Younghans
48-49 LONGMONT SCREENINGS
53 FORT COLLINS SCREENINGS
YUM! Community Table Kitchen will be selling their delicious
sandwiches, wraps and desserts in the afternoon/early evening on both 56-57 OUR STAFF
Friday, March 1 & Saturday, March 2 at The Boulder Theater. Come try out
some of these great offerings. Proceeds benefit Bridge House! 58-61 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
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G E N E R O U S S U P P O R T P R O V I D E D B Y T H E F O L L O W I N G G R A N T I N G O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
G R A N T O R S
I N DI V I DUA L SP ON SOR S
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L E A D E R S H I P C I R C L E $5 , 0 0 0 +
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LTSTBS MICHELLE KEEVAN HALPERN SOPHIE WALKER
WELL LOVED
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RANDI GRASSGREEN & TIM ROHRER JAMES & DIANE MURPHY SALLY THORNER & BRIAN ROSENFELD
SCOTT HERRIN PHILANTHROPIECE BOB & KATY YATES
F R I E N D O F B I F F ( F O B ) $1 , 0 0 0 +
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BRETT FAMILY FOUNDATION LOUISE & FERD GRAUER KAYA & BERYLE RANDALL
JAN BURTON PATRICIA & WAYNE GREENBERG DIANE ROSENTHAL
SUSAN CAPITELLI DIANE JOY ISRAEL STAR WARING & DAN JOHNSON
CINDY CARLISLE DR DAVID JACKSON NICKY WOLMAN & DAVID FULKER
SM A L L BUSI N E S S SP ON SOR S
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THE ACADEMY BOULDER DIETZE AND DAVIS MILLER & HARRISON
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BOX*
BOULDER THEATER BOX OFFICE
2032 14th St, Boulder, Colorado 80302
bouldertheater.com / 303-786-7030
FREE HOP Thanks to
City of Boulder/
OFFICE REGULAR HOURS
Monday – Friday
Saturday
3pm –7pm
Noon – 5pm
GO Boulder!
The City of Boulder is
FESTIVAL HOURS again offering FREE
Tickets at biff1.com HOP rides during the
Thursday, February 28 Noon – 8:30 pm
OR AT THE Friday, March 1 9am – 8:30 pm Festival. Just flash your
VENUE DOOR Saturday, March 2 9am – 8:30 pm BIFF ticket stub or BIFF
Sunday, March 3 9am – 8:00 pm Festival pass.
PRIOR TO THE SHOW
* THE BOX OFFICE WILL CLOSE EACH NIGHT 15-20 MINUTES
AFTER THE LAST FILM AT BOULDER THEATER BEGINS.
VENUES
TALK BACK eTown
BIFF TALKBACK CAFÉ 1 2 Rembrandt
Hall
P Yard
+ INFO TENT Hotel
Boulderado
Pearl Street Mall
at 14th Street Spruce St The Post BIFF Filmmaker Lounge
PG 3 Boulder Theater
10th
Capital
INPERSON One
Café
TALK BACK
Pearl St Pearl Street Mall
4 TalkBack
Broadway
Café PG
11th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
9th
XR Pavilion Japango INPERSON
at Galvanize
Walnut St
First Presbyterian
R PG PG PG PG Church
St Julien P
Hotel & Spa
Canyon Blvd
P
Youth P
Pavilion
P
Boulder Public P
Library
Arapahoe Ave
P
Boulder High
Theater
FILM VENUES REGISTRATION PAVILIONS PARTY SPOTS
& PARKING
Boulder Theater 1. Hotel Boulderado 3. The Post Brewing Co.
2032 14th St St Julien Hotel & Spa Youth Pavilion 2115 13th St 2027 13th St
R 900 Walnut St Boulder Public • Opening Night • BIFF Filmmaker Lounge
First Presbyterian Church Festival Registration Library • BIFF Noir Saturday • The Farm Happy Hour
1820 15th St Canyon Theater Night Party • Coppola Spirits Tasting
Boulder High School PG Parking Garage free on 1000 Canyon Blvd • Singer-Songwriter
Saturday and Sunday 2. Rembrandt Yard Showcase
1604 Arapahoe Ave XR Pavilion Art Gallery & Event Center • Late Night Music
P Parking Lot or Meters @ Galvanize Boulder 1301 Spruce St
eTown Hall free after 7pm and 1023 Walnut St
1535 Spruce St • Opening Night 4. Japango
Sunday • CineCHEF 1136 Pearl St
Longmont Museum’s • Filmmaker Reception
Stewart Auditorium Capital One Café Sat & Sun / 9-11am Passholders only
400 Quail Rd FREE 1247 Pearl St While supplies last
Longmont, CO BREAKFAST See p. 6
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Individual Film Program Tickets CineCHEF ........................................$95*
Regular admission ...............................$15 (Special Event A, see page 9)
Seniors (65+up with valid i.d.): ...........$14 XR Pavilion ......................................FREE
Students: see page 16 for FREE programs (see page 15)
Festival Pass .......................................$375* thru Feb 18 Music/Showcases ........................FREE
.................................................................$450* Feb 19 & after (see BIFF Music page 13)
Opening Night Red Carpet Gala ......$95* The Farm Happy Hour ...................FREE with ticket stub or pass
(see page 7)
(BT-01, see page 10)
Special Red Carpet Presentation with Emilio Estevez ......$35* Coppola Great Women Spirits Tasting ..................FREE
(see page 7)
(BT-11, See page 28)
BIFF Noir Party ..............................$20 (includes service charge)
Closing Night Film + Awards ............$35* (Special Event B, see page 7) .......$25 (door, cash only)
(BT-15, See page 41)
HOW TO
T I C K E T SFILM PASSES
Before you call for tickets, please note the program
*PLUS SERVICE CHARGES
PURCHASE numbers — you’ll need these to complete your order.
The BIFF Festival Pass
TICKETS Online: biff1.com
bouldertheater.com For film lovers who want
guaranteed entrance to
PASS L
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Boulder Theater • Box office phone: 303.786.7030 BIFF film programs, public
parties and events in
First Presbyterian Church • In person: At The Boulder Theater Boulder. (All second-
2019
Boulder High School • Box Office or at the door screening programs at eTown
eTown • of the venue 30 minutes Hall, Longmont and the CineCHEF are
before start time not included.)
The BIFF Red Carpet Pass
Purchase in advance Picking up your tickets For the ultimate film lover who
Advance tickets for all Boulder BIFF programs Boulder Theater Advance purchase tickets for this wants priority entrance to BIFF film
and events must be purchased through the venue are available for pickup any time that the programs and parties AND second
Boulder Theater Box Office online, over the Boulder Theater Box Office is open. screenings at eTown Hall—and wants
phone or in person. to be first in line! Red Carpet Passes
First Presbyterian Church available only for donors of $2,500
For Longmont tickets/passes, see pg 48 Boulder High School Print (includes 2 passes) and up. Email
For Fort Collins tickets, see pg 53 or download chris@biff1.com for more information.
eTown Hall your mobile ticket
Advance purchase tickets for and skip the box BIFF Pass good-to-knows
Purchase day of show these venues will be available office lines! • Passes are non-transferable.
Tickets can be purchased from the Boulder for pickup at the Boulder Theater (NO FEE!)
Theater online and over the phone until 90 anytime up to ONE HOUR before the • Photo ID required for entry.
minutes before the program begins. Tickets program begins. For pickup less than • Passholders must arrive for programs
may also be purchased the day of the event at an hour before your program begins, tickets at least 20 minutes prior to the start
the program venue 30 minutes before will be available at the venue in which the program of the film to guarantee entrance.
start time. is being held.
• Passes available for pickup
starting Wednesday, February 27
RUSH TICKETS QUESTIONS? at 12pm at BIFF registration at
the St Julien Hotel & Spa, located
at 900 Walnut Street.
TICKETS SOLD OUT? CALL 303.449.2289
Rush tickets are almost always Or swing by the BIFF Info Booth Passholder registration
available for purchase at the at the TalkBack Café (Tent) on the at the St Julien Hotel & Spa
program venue 10 minutes prior to Pearl Street Mall at 14th Street. Wed Feb 27 12:00pm –7:00pm
showtime. Rush on over to find out! Thursday February 28 1:00pm – 6:00pm Thurs Feb 28 8:00am – 8:00pm
Fri March 1 8:00am – 7:00pm
Friday March 1 10:00am – 6:00pm Sat March 2 8:00am – 6:00pm
This program is subject to change.
Saturday March 2 10:00am – 6:00pm Sun March 3 8:00am – 2:00pm
Films are not rated and may contain
mature subject matter. Sunday March 3 10:00am – 6:00pm
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PARTIES
BT - 01 SPECIAL EVENT B
L I V E AT T H E L O U N G E
Presented by 105.5 The Colorado Sound BIFF NOIR
OPENING NIGHT RED CARPET GALA LEATHER & LACE
THURSDAY, February 28 • 5:00pm • $95 / Free for Passholders SATURDAY, March 2
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME 9:00pm–12:30am
License No. 1
Join us as we kick off the at The Hotel Boulderado
best BIFF ever! Your ticket
2115 13th St.
grants you access to our TWO
FREE for BIFF Filmmakers and Passholders
fabulous party venues—the
Hotel Boulderado Ballroom
INPERSON $20 advance purchase online and at the Boulder Theater Box Office
and the Rembrandt Yard Art $25 at the door, cash only
Remember My Name,
Gallery & Event Center—each with the man himself Adults 21 and over only, please. BRING ID!
featuring delicious food, live in attendance to
music and libations. The parties answer questions It’s time to party the night away at BIFF Noir in your leather
are followed by a special about his amazing life and lace! License No. 1’s speakeasy underground appeal
presentation of David Crosby: and career. lends itself to the edgy yet sweet and sultry vibe of leather
and lace. Enjoy a tantalizing cocktail, socialize and dance
SEE PG 10 FOR ALL THE DETAILS! the night away. A nearly naughty night in noir with a
swinging gypsy rock band, The Constant Tourists, followed
by a late-night DJ set by Matt K. Don’t forget to “lace up”
FREE LIGHT BRE AKFAS T those leather dancing shoes!
FREE light breakfast, coffee & tea!
Show BIFF ticket stub or pass. Staff costumes generously provided by The Ritz.
Capital One Café, 13th & Pearl St Rent your own with the secret password “BIFF Noir”
for a 10% discount at The Ritz.
Saturday & Sunday, 9-11am
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST
THE BIFF FREE
FILMMAKER LOUNGE Live! At THE LOUNGE
The Post Brewing Co. • 2027 13th St.
Open to All
Special BIFF menu ALL DAY LONG— THANKS TO
grab a bite between shows!
Welcome to the center of the social action at BIFF. Friday, March 1 Saturday, March 2
The Filmmaker Lounge is party headquarters for Singer-Songwriter Showcase Singer-Songwriter Showcase
BIFF attendees and anyone who wants to mingle 6:30pm Lucas Wolf 6:30pm Gabrielle Louise
with filmmakers, celebrities and fellow film fans. 7:00pm Shanna in a Dress 7:00pm Professor Plumb
Take a break to sample The Post’s gosh darn 7:30pm Boss Eagle 7:30pm Vidushi Goyal
delicious beers and comfort food, and enjoy lots 8:00pm Michelle Petrie 8:00pm Augustus
of free live music during our Singer-Songwriter 8:30pm Dango Rose 8:30pm Rachel & the Ruckus
Showcase and late night special performances!
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
The Post Brewing Co. is the place to be Friday 9:15pm 9:15pm
from 3:30pm–5:30pm when The Farm will host Live music! In from West Virginia, special
a Happy Hour with FREE food and drinks—just performance by fiddler Jake
flash your BIFF ticket stub or Pass. Also stop by Krack, winner of Best All
Saturday afternoon between 4:00pm–6:00pm for Around Performer at the Galax,
a special FREE tasting of Great Women Spirits, a WV Old Fiddlers’ Convention,
brand-new line from our friends at Francis Ford and one of the stars of the
Coppola! film Fiddlin’.
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B I F F N O I R • F I L M M A K E R R E C E P T I O N • H A P P Y H O U R • S P I R I T TA S T I N G
HAPPY HOUR MIXER VIP FILMMAKER RECEPTION GREAT WOMEN
FRIDAY, March 1, SATURDAY, March 2 SPIRITS TASTING
3:30pm–5:30pm 4:00pm–6:00pm SATURDAY, March 2, 4:00pm–6:00pm
The Filmmaker Lounge Japango • 1136 Pearl St. The Filmmaker Lounge at The Post
at The Post • 2027 13th St. Passholders Only 2027 13th St.
FREE drinks and Japango returns as the fabulous host and sponsor FREE tasting of Coppola’s new line of
appetizers with your of this exclusive festival-favorite event. Join us in spirits, honoring trailblazing women
BIFF ticket stub or pass. one of the most beautiful rooms in town for a taste in history. Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Raise a glass and have of modern Japan featuring delicious food, wine small-batch American brandy, The
a bite, courtesy of and beer. A menu of specialty cocktails playfully Countess Walewska authentic potato
The Farm. inspired by the BIFF film lineup will also be served, premium vodka and Ada Lovelace
as will great conversation with fellow film lovers, California distilled dry gin. Enjoy light
filmmakers and special guests—you never know snacks and delicious spirits inspired
who might show up! by some of history’s most important
trailblazers.
Bring your pass and stop by early—space is limited!
SPECIAL EVENT A
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CHEF
Badass
Women Chefs:
Denver vs. Boulder
FRIDAY, March 1
5:00pm–7:00pm
Inside the Boulder Theater, enjoy bluesy rock from
Rembrandt Yard Art PROGR A M BT-15
CLOSING NIGHT FILM Rocky Mountain Battle of the Bands winner Card
Gallery & Event Center Catalog, followed by the BIFF Awards Ceremony
& AWARDS CELEBRATION
1301 Spruce Street where we’ll honor the best of the fest with their
SUNDAY, March 3 handcrafted Vielehr award sculptures.
Tickets $95 Boulder Theater
$35 / Free for Passholders Then enjoy a special screening of Echo In The
Turn the page for more information Doors open at 6:30pm Canyon, directed by Andrew Slater and featuring
6:15pm for Passholders Jakob Dylan, both of whom will join us in person.
Music 6:15pm–7:15pm The film features the sounds of LA’s famous Laurel
Awards ceremony 7:15pm Canyon in the ‘60s—including music from The Byrds,
Film 7:30pm The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas &
Q&A conducted by Ron Bostwick The Papas and more.
following the film with Jakob Dylan,
SEE PG 41 FOR MORE DETAIL
Andrew Slater and Eric Barrett
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FrancisFordCoppolaWinery.com | Please drink responsibly.
© 2019 Francis Ford Coppola Winery, Geyserville, Sonoma County, California.
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CHEF
SPECIAL EVENT
BADASS WOMEN CHEFS:
BOULDER vs. DENVER
FRIDAY MARCH 1 // 5-7p // REMBRANDT YARD ART GALLERY & EVENT CENTER // $95
CINECHEF IS BACK (AFTER A SOLD-OUT 2018 EVENT!) with a competi- American brandy, The Countess Walewska authentic potato premi-
tion among top award-winning WOMEN chefs of Denver and Boulder. um vodka and Ada Lovelace California distilled dry gin, all a great
Eight chefs will create film-inspired dishes for a fun and friendly accompaniment to the delicious savory and sweet CineCHEF culinary
competition. Taste and vote on the star chefs’ cinema-based mas- spread prepared by these rock star chefs.
terpieces while enjoying live music, local craft beers and wines from
Francis Ford Coppola. May the best chef—and the best city—win! Includes a ticket to Chef Flynn, a new documentary: Ten-year-old
Flynn McGarry transforms his living room into a supper club, but
New this year, Francis Ford Coppola Winery will introduce its new soon outgrows his bedroom kitchen and sets out to challenge the
line of Great Women Spirits, branded after trailblazing women in hierarchy of the culinary world. Screening at the First Presbyterian
history. The line-up includes Maria Gaetana Agnesi small-batch Church Friday @ 7:30pm. See full synopsis on page 24.
BOULDER VS. DENVER
Jessica Emich, Chef/Co-Owner Carrie Baird
SHINE RESTAURANT AND POTION BAR Executive Chef/Partner
BAR DOUGH
Corina Johnson Linda Hampsten Fox
Research and Development Chef Executive Chef/Owner
THE KITCHEN RESTAURANT GROUP THE BINDERY
Sheila Lucero, Executive Chef Jennifer Jasinski, Executive Chef/Owner
JAX FISH HOUSE & OYSTER BAR RIOJA, BISTRO VENDÔME
AND LOLA COSTAL MEXICAN EUCLID HALL BAR & KITCHEN
STOIC & GENUINE, ULTREIA
Anna Zoe Liliana Meyers
Chef and Inspiration Chef de Cuisine
ZOE MA MA SAFTA
Music by Bob Story
Desserts by Shamane Simons of Shamane’s Bake Shoppe REMBRANDT YARD ART GALLERY & EVENT CENTER
Wine by Francis Ford Coppola Winery 1301 Spruce St.
Coffee by elemnt $95—Tickets online and at the Boulder Theater Box Office
OFFICIAL FOOD PURVEYOR: SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET (Not included in Festival Pass. Free for Red Carpet Passholders
at Director and Leadership Circle levels only)
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OPENING NIGHT
OPENING NIG
PROGRAM BT-01
PRESENTED BY 105.5
THE COLORADO SOUND
David Crosby BLACK TIE OPTIONAL
INPERSON $95 / Free for Passholders
5pm–7pm Parties
7pm Boulder Theater doors open
Film Starts 7:30pm
Kick off your best fest yet by hopping be-
tween TWO simultaneous parties, spread
across TWO fabulous venues—the Hotel
Boulderado Ballroom and the Rembrandt
Yard Art Gallery & Event Center. Partiers
can pause for a red carpet photo in front
of the Boulder Magazine step-and-repeat
banner, swing to live music and, of course,
enjoy delicious appetizers and libations.
Back by popular demand: costumed ac-
tors/revelers from some of the best films
in movie history will join the party, and a
Thursday, 7:30pm, Boulder Theater “second line” band will lead us as we pa-
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME rade our way over to the Boulder Theater
for the opening night film!
USA, Feature Documentary, 2019, 93 min
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2019
A cultural force for over 50 years, David Crosby faced an uncertain future after the 2015
dissolution of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Racked with health issues and personal obstacles,
Crosby forged a new path at the age of 76. Seeking out younger musicians and recording
a pair of critically-praised new albums, Crosby now sets out to make a mark in a world
so different from the generation he came to define in the ‘60s. With unflinching hones- TALK
BACK
ty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in family and the
transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often-challenging journey with humor
and bite.
You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man still tilting
against every windmill, with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. This inspira-
tional story, filled with music, will speak to loyal fans—and legions of new ones.
BMG PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PCH FILMS, A VINYL FILMS PRODUCTION INPERSON
INPERSON INPERSON
DIRECTED BY A.J. EATON
PRODUCED BY CAMERON CROWE, MICHELE FARINOLA AND GREG MARIOTTI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY JILL MAZURSKY, JAMES KEACH, JUSTUS HAERDER AND KATHY RIVKIN DAUM
COLORADO PREMIERE
TALK BACK
DAVID CROSBY, A.J. EATON AND JILL MAZURSKY IN PERSON, INTERVIEWED BY RON BOSTWICK
AFTER THE FILM
INPERSON
AUGMENTED
REALITY
AUGMENTED
REALITY
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RED CARPET GALA
HT 2Parties2Venues Thursday, February 28
5PM–7PM PRE-FILM FESTIVITIES:
Hotel Boulderado Ballroom Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery & Event Center
2115 13th St. 1301 Spruce St.
Delicious menu favorites and surprising Tasty house-made TexMex from The Rio Grande
special bites from Murphy’s Wines by Francis Ford Coppola Winery
Wines by Francis Ford Coppola Winery Local beers by Post Brewing Co.
Local beers by Boulder Beer Music by Mark Diamond Jazz Duo
Music by Mark Diamond Jazz Trio
The Jerseys from Motones vs. Jerseys
(BDT stage show starts April 3)
Audi luxury autos on display • Step-and-repeat photo
op by Boulder Magazine • Costumed characters and
makeup by BDT Stage • Second line parade to the
theater with the Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band
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Introducing the best new arrsts along with old favorites, blending rock,
blues, soul and more, with plenty of Colorado performers in the mix.
All commercial free!LIVE MUSIC Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band
FREE MUSIC MORE MUSIC
Listen Up! FREE Live Music at the Thursday, February 28
Filmmaker Lounge @ The Post OPENING NIGHT RED CARPET GALA
Parties at Rembrandt Yard and Hotel Boulderado Augustus
SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE 5:00pm–7:00pm
Bob Story
Friday & Saturday March 1 & 2 Music at both locations by members of the
The Filmmaker Lounge @ The Post Mark Diamond Jazz Band
2027 13th St. near Spruce Playing his bass all over the place, Mark Diamond
BIFF keeps the music alive in 2019 with presents pure jazz at its finest. Then “get on down”
the popular Singer-Songwriter Showcase. as we parade over to the Boulder Theater with
Festival goers are invited to hang with their the funky brass of Guerrilla Fanfare.
David Moore Trio – Longmont Opening Gabrielle Louise
favorite filmmakers in the Filmmaker Lounge Friday, March 1
at The Post while listening to great music and
discovering great new local talent. CineCHEF
5:00pm–7:00pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 Rembrandt Yard
SINGER-SONGWRITERS Music by Bob Story
6:30 pm Lucas Wolf A talented solo guitarist with a wide range Lucas Wolf Mark Diamond
7:00 pm Shanna in a Dress of music and styles. Jazz Band
7:30 pm Boss Eagle
8:00 pm Michelle Petrie Saturday, March 2
8:30 pm Dango Rose BIFF NOIR: LEATHER AND LACE
9:00pm-12:30am
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
License No. 1 at the Hotel Boulderado
9:15pm
Music by The Constant Tourists
Live music!
A band with an eclectic style that is sure to please every Card Catalog
audience member. Don’t forget to “lace up” those leather
SATURDAY, MARCH 2 dancing shoes, and close it down with DJ Matt K. Shanna in a Dress
SINGER-SONGWRITERS
6:30 pm Gabrielle Louise Sunday, March 3 Vidushi Goyal
7:00 pm Professor Plumb
7:30 pm Vidushi Goyal
CLOSING NIGHT
6:15pm-7:15pm
8:00 pm Augustus
Boulder Theater Rachel &
8:30 pm Rachel & the Ruckus
Music by Card Catalog the Ruckus
SATURDAY NIGHT ALIVE Boulder Magazine says: “Part bluesy swagger,
9:15pm part folkie murmur, part full-on rock rage,
Special Guest Fiddlers from Fiddlin’ Card Catalog serves up a spiky alternative.”
In from West Virginia, special performance Michelle Petrie
by fiddler Jake Krack, winner of Best All
Around Performer at the Galax, WV Boss Eagle
Old Fiddlers’ Convention, and one of the
stars of the film Fiddlin’.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Guest Fiddler
• MUSIC & FILM PANEL Jake Krack from Fiddlin’
TV/Film Music Licensing & Audio Production The Constant Tourists
• Saturday, March 2, 12:00pm-1:30pm
• BIFF Festival Tent @ Pearl near 14th More at biff1.com/music
Join us for a lively, interactive Be a part of the
discussion and Q&A with a fabulous conversation Professor Plumb
panel. See pg 17 for details. #2019BIFF Dango Rose
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n Anthropocene: Dandora
A virtual reality segment from the BIFF
feature film Anthropocene: The Human
Epoch, directed by Jennifer Baichwal,
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Saturday, March 2,
Friday March 1 – Sunday March 3 >>> WORKSHOPS >>> 3:00pm–4:00pm,
FREE programs and screenings Saturday, March 2, 9:00am–11:00am
Alfalfa’s Community Room / SW Entrance
Boulder Public
Library Canyon
for kids, teens & families! MAKE A MOVIE WITH YOUR
Theater
MEET THE
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[NOTE AGE RECOMMENDATIONS] CELLPHONE (AGES 10+) MAESTRO
Chances are very good that you’re carrying
(AGES 10+)
very special thank you to our Youth Advisory around an amazing piece of filmmaking
Join Boulder
Council (YAC), a group of local teens from equipment in your pocket. Learn the
Philharmonic
five different high schools in Boulder Valley who have filmmaking basics and see how to use
music director
been hard at work to make the Youth Pavilion possible. gimbals and tripods to up your game. Teens
Michael Butterman
from the BIFF Youth Advisory Council will be
Throughout the year, the YAC provides support for film for an inside look at the orchestra. We’ll see
there to give you a crash course in cellphone
clubs and classes at local middle and high schools and how orchestral music used in movies can
filmmaking.
dedicates its time to filming projects for local non-profits help drive the overall story and shape the way
as well as putting together the program for the Youth we feel about characters and events. We’ll
Saturday, March 2, 12:00pm–1:15pm,
Pavilion. If you are 14 or older and would like to join Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater finish with an advance look at the musical
magic created by Pixar Studios that will be
the YAC, please apply on our website, biff1.com under TWEEN FILMMAKING 101 (AGES 6+) featured in an all-Pixar Boulder Philharmonic
“Educational Outreach.” Join high school filmmakers from the BIFF concert coming up on March 23. More at
Youth Advisory Council as they demonstrate boulderphil.org.
the process of making a short film and teach
you some fun and creative techniques along
the way.
BIFF Youth Advisory Council Saturday, March 2, 1:30pm–2:45pm,
Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater
BIFF YOUTH PAVILION OPENING NIGHT ALTERNATIVE REALITY
AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION AWARDS WORKSHOP (AGES 6+)
Take a dive into the alternative world of
FREE TICKETS at biff1.com/youth-pavilion Augmented Reality (AR) with Mighty Fudge
Friday, March 1 5:30pm–8:00pm Studios. While Virtual Reality immerses you Sunday, March 3, 12:30pm–2:10pm,
BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY, in a different world, AR augments reality using Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater
CANYON THEATER NORTH ENTRANCE a cellphone just like in Pokemon Go. Come THE WEIGHT OF WATER (AGES 10+)
FREE • AGES 12+ see how it works! This amazing documentary features the
Join us for a fun-filled night of movies and awards. Local incredible story of blind kayaker Erik
teen filmmakers will have the spotlight as we celebrate Sunday, March 3, 10:30am–12:00pm, Weihenmayer soloing the length of the Grand
Alfalfa’s Community Room / SW Entrance
the winners of our teen short film competition, which Canyon. How will Erik react when disaster
includes entries from around the world. BECOME A ZOMBIE (AGES 8+) strikes on Lava Falls, the most dangerous
Learn to transform yourself and your friends rapid on the Colorado River? Award-winning
• Light dinner by Sushi Zanmai
into zombies! Warning: Workshop includes director Michael Brown will be there to answer
• Music by jazz ensemble Sweet Tease latex and skin paint.
• Presentations and awards ceremony begin at 7:00pm questions following the film.
• Arrive early, seating is limited! Sunday, March 3, 3:00pm–4:30pm, Boulder
> FILMS & SPECIAL EVENTS >
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*PLEASE PARK AT THE BOULDER PUBLIC Saturday, March 2, 11:00am–12:00pm,
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An array of clever, thought-provoking films
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS AND DONORS KIDFLIX ONE (AGES 3-7) sure to inspire audiences ages 8+ to expand
KidFlix One gives a warm welcome to their horizons. In the KidFlix grand prize
all budding cinephiles with this lively award-winner Game (USA), AJ has the drive
international lineup. Kick off the festivities to excel but must push through obstacles
with good hygiene and great dubstep in to get there. Meanwhile, teamwork takes
Party Mouth (USA), then let your hair—or, er, on different stripes when an odd couple of
fur—down and hang loose in I Want to Live bears are forced to work together in the short
in the Zoo (Russia). And, even if you get into Poles Apart (UK). Plus, the animated wonder
a tangle, there will be someone to catch and Gokurōsama (France) bridges cultures and
cheer you on with the charming If You Fall generations.
(Canada).
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#2019BIFFMore at biff1.com/call2action
ALL events in the Tent are FREE and open to the public!
café
@ TALKBACK CAFÉ
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Friday, 10:00am Saturday, 12:00pm
Boulder Theater Boulder Theater You’ve been moved? THE TENT
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM TIGERLAND Now get moving!
Co-presented by Eco-Cycle – Co-presented by
ON PEARL
Have you left a film fired up and
Carbon Farming Project WILD Foundation STREET
wondered what you can do? Engage
ecocycle.org wild.org
with the filmmakers, presenters and NEAR 14TH
TalkBack follows at the TalkBack follows at the
TalkBack Café TalkBack Café fellow film lovers at the TalkBack
Café and enjoy the afterglow of
Free snacks & hot beverages
(See synopsis on page 20) (See synopsis on page 26) at theTalkBack Café
the film experience. Learn what
(DURING PANELS & DISCUSSIONS)
motivated the filmmakers, hear the
PROGRAM CH-02 PROGRAM HS-04
Friday, 12:15pm Saturday, 4:45pm inside story of the films and how that
First Presbyterian Church Boulder High School intertwines with the co-presenter’s
THE SILENCE OF OTHERS SAINT JUDY mission. Learn about action you can
Co-presented by the Co-presented by Safehouse take to make a difference. Enjoy
United Nations Association Progressive Alliance for food and hot beverages during
of Boulder County Nonviolence (SPAN) TalkBacks (at the tent only)!
unaboulder.org safehousealliance.org
TalkBack follows at First TalkBack follows at Boulder TalkBacks will be held at the
Presbyterian Church High School TalkBack Café (BIFF tent on Pearl
(See synopsis on page 23) (See synopsis on page 34) Street near 14th) or at the film
venues. See left for exact locations.
PROGR A M BT- 0 4 PROGR A M BT-11 Visit biff1.com/call2action for
Friday, 3:00pm Saturday, 7:45pm more info and real ways to get FREE FUN STUFF
Boulder Theater Boulder Theater involved and make a difference.
See the 5 Actions you can take
AT THE BIFF TENT
ANTHROPOCENE: THE PUBLIC
THE HUMAN EPOCH Co-presented by Bridge House, for each film. Win tickets to BIFF films all weekend!
Co-presented by Sierra Club- Attention Homes and Boulder
Indian Peaks Group Public Library February 28–March 3
sierraclub.org/colorado/
indian-peaks
boulderbridgehouse.org
attentionhomes.org
MUSIC & FILM PANEL In addition to the Call2Action programs
listed on this page, the following fun
Saturday, March 2 events will also be held at the tent:
TalkBack follows at the boulderlibrary.org 12:00pm–1:30pm
TalkBack Café TalkBack follows at Boulder Thursday, February 28
(See synopsis on page 21) Theater BIFF Talkback Café Tent hours: 1:00pm–6:00pm
(See synopsis on page 28) TV/Film Music Licensing • 2:00pm-2:45pm: Lannie Shelton –
PROGR A M BT- 05
and Audio Production Violinist/Looper
Friday, 5:15pm PROGR A M BT-12 Join us for an interactive discussion and • Other great musicians
Boulder Theater Sunday, 10:00am Q&A for all things TV/Film music licensing Friday, March 1
GIANT LITTLE ONES Boulder Theater and audio production. Our panelists have Tent hours: 10:00am–8:00pm
Co-presented by Out Boulder SKID ROW MARATHON decades of experience working with major 1:00pm-4:00pm, A Musical Afternoon
County Co-presented by The Phoenix • Barry Osborne – Banjo
outboulder.org thephoenix.org music catalogs and TV/Film productions.
• Abigail Rose – Singer/Songwriter
TalkBack follows at the TalkBack follows at the PANELISTS • RjW- Electro/Indie/Rock
TalkBack Café TalkBack Café Amy Abrams • Matt Moseley and Friends –
(See synopsis on page 21) (See synopsis on page 35) Manager, 7S Management Cajun Funk
Philip Dolin Win tickets to BIFF music films
PROGRAM CH-06 PROGR A M BT-14 Director/Producer of The Show’s The all afternoon!
Saturday, 10:00am Sunday, 3:15pm Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock
Saturday, March 2
First Presbyterian Church Boulder Theater Jeff Kanan Tent hours: 10:00am–6:00pm
BIAS THE WEIGHT OF WATER Founder and Co-owner,
The Keep Recording • 12:00pm-1:30pm, Music Panel
Co-presented by NAACP Co-presented by No Barriers • 3:30pm–5:00pm, Kane Hollins &
Boulder County nobarriersusa.org Ryan Suffern
Head of Documentaries for the Backwoods Galaxy – Bluegrass
boulderbranchnaacp.org TalkBack follows at the Win tickets to Fiddlin’!
The Kennedy/Marshall Company,
TalkBack follows at First TalkBack Café
Producer, Satan & Adam Sunday, March 3
Presbyterian Church (See synopsis on page 36)
(See synopsis on page 29) Nick Sullivan Tent hours: 10:00am–6:00pm
Founder and Co-owner, • 10:00-11:30am, YOGA,
The Keep Recording sponsored by Prana
• 1:00pm–2:30pm, CU School of
Moderated by Benom Plumb,
Music Brass Ensemble
Asst. Professor of Music Industry
Our thanks to Call2Action founders and supporters Win tickets to A Tuba to Cuba!
Sandy Younghans and Joellen Raderstorf, and the Studies, CU Denver
• 3:00pm-5:00pm, Virtual Reality
donors above for helping change the world!
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and it’s arts,
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Our community is home to countless art
visionaries. Their work – in film, on canvas,
through the airwaves and via a smorgasbord
of other media – routinely inspires and
invigorates us. We take great pleasure in
sharing that excitement with our readers.
The Camera is proud to provide in-depth
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France, Feature Film, 2018, 107 min
PROGRAM BT-02 Juliette Binoche and Guillame Canet re-
unite with acclaimed director Olivier As-
Friday, 10:00am, Boulder Theater sayas (Personal Shopper, Carlos) for this wry,
slyly seductive tale of sex, lies and litera-
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM ture. Set amidst the bohemian intelligen-
USA, Feature Documentary, 2018, 91 min tsia of the Parisian publishing world, this
ALSO SCREENING IN LONGMONT, SEE P.48 & IN FORT COLLINS, SEE P.53 film traces the romantic and emotional
fallout that results when a controversial
“’A comfortable level of disharmony’ is the best you can hope for in this life.” writer (Vincent Macaigne) begins blurring
F A R M I N G G U R U A L A N Y O R K I N T H E H O L LY W O O D R E P O R T E R the line between fact and fiction, using
his real-life love affairs as fodder for his
When young urban foodie couple John and Mollie Chester get booted from their tiny LA explosive new novel. Balancing dry wit
apartment because of their barking dog, they leap into buying a run-down 200-acre farm with keen observations on the tensions
an hour north of the city. But the farm’s soil is so depleted and drought-ridden that it will between art, commerce and technology,
not even grow weeds, and John and Mollie know nothing about farming. So they consult a Non-Fiction is a buoyant, breezy delight
Zen-farming expert named Alan York, who suggests a fantasy-utopian farm, one involving from a master director at his most effort-
70 different species of 10,000 fruit trees and 200 different crops, all laid out in Van Gogh lessly brilliant. S U B T I T L E D
whorls, with free-range animals like ducks, chickens and pigs to fertilize the soil. When
the farm’s ecosystem finally begins to reawaken, so does the Chesters’ hope. But as their DIRECTED BY OLIVIER ASSAYAS
plan to create perfect harmony takes a series of wild turns, they realize that to survive they BOULDER PREMIERE
TALK and of life itself.
will have to reach a far greater understanding of the wisdom of nature, AN IFC/SUNDANCE SELECTS FILM
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DIRECTED BY JOHN CHESTER
BOULDER PREMIERE
A NEON FILM
TalkBack following the
film at the BIFF Tent on
Pearl Street: see p.17
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20 Boulder International Film Festival 2019
#2019BIFFPROGRAM BT-04 PROGRAM BT-05
Friday, 5:15pm, Boulder Theater
Friday, 3:00pm, Boulder Theater
GIANT LITTLE ONES
ANTHROPOCENE: Canada, Feature Film, 2018, 94 min
THE HUMAN EPOCH ALSO SCREENING AT ETOWN HALL, SEE P.45 & IN FORT COLLINS, SEE P.53
Canada, Feature Documentary, 2018, 87 min
“... a confidently-shot and beautifully-acted story
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2019 that shows how the Millennial generation experiences
“Visually stunning on an astonishing scale ...” sexuality, ostracism and growing up ...”
T H E H O L LY W O O D R E P O R T E R
POV MAGA ZINE
Franky Winter and Ballas Kohl are high school royalty: handsome
cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineer-
A
stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live the per-
ing of the planet, this film is the third in a trilogy that in-
fect teenage life until the night of Franky’s 17th birthday party
cludes Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark. From concrete
when Franky and Ballas’s long time friendship becomes physi-
seawalls in China that now cover 60 percent of the main-
cally intimate. Word gets out, Franky is named as the aggressor
land coast, to the biggest terrestrial machines ever built
and he becomes the subject of catcalls from his former friends,
from Germany, to psychedelic potash mines in Russia’s Ural
now bullying homophobes. As Franky deepens his understand-
Mountains and surreal lithium evaporation ponds in Chile’s
ing of himself, he is forced to reckon with the anger he has held
Atacama Desert, the filmmakers have visited six continents
towards his father, Ray (Kyle MacLachlan) who left his mother,
to document the evidence of human planetary domination.
Carly (Maria Bello) for a man. Giant LIttle Ones is a sensitive and
At the intersection of art and science, the film profiles a crit-
touching look at the often cruel paradox of adolescent freedom
ical moment in geological history—the provocative and un-
and the pressure to conform.
forgettable experience of our species’ breadth and impact. TALK
STARRING PETER OUTERBRIDGE, MARIA BELLO AND KYLE MACLACHLAN
SUBTITLED BACK
DIRECTED BY KEITH BEHRMAN
DIRECTED BY JENNIFER BAICHWAL, EDWARD BURTYNSKY TALK
COLORADO PREMIERE
AND NICHOLAS DE PENCIER BACK
COLORADO PREMIERE TalkBack following the
film at the BIFF Tent on
Pearl Street: see p.17
TalkBack following the
film at the BIFF Tent on INPERSON INPERSON
Pearl Street: see p.17
INPERSON INPERSON
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PROSECUTING EVIL:
THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD
photo courtesy of The Orchard
OF BEN FERENCZ
Canada, Feature Documentary, 2018, 82 min
PROGRAM BT-06
“Without Ben Ferencz, the lives of a million
Friday, 7:45pm, Boulder Theater slaughtered Jews would not have been avenged ...”
THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT T H E H O L LY W O O D R E P O R T E R
USA, Feature Film, 2018, 111 min At 98 years old, Ben Ferencz is the last living lead prosecu-
tor from The Nuremberg Trials and remains an unstoppable
From Academy Award-nominated writer-director Kim Nguyen force for justice in the world. As an Army gunner in World War
New York cousins Vincent (Jesse Eisenberg) and Anton (Alexander II, he was assigned as an investigator to help liberate the
Skarsgård) are players in the high-stakes game of high-frequency trad- Nazi death camps which, according to his son Don Ferencz
ing, where winning is measured in milliseconds. Vincent is the hustler “lit a nuclear fire in the belly of this man.” Already a lawyer,
and Anton is the brains; together they push each other—and everyone he was appointed at the age of 27 to be chief prosecutor
around them—in their quixotic quest to attain the ultimate American for the U.S. Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trials at Nuremberg,
Dream. Embarking on a Herculean task, the cousins clash with their ra- where he gave such an impassioned opening statement that
pacious former boss, Eva Torres (Salma Hayek), a hedge-fund manager it was seen worldwide in movie newsreels. S U B T I T L E D
who tries to beat them at their own game. Racing against time, the cous-
ins move mountains to cut through America and get rich faster, only to IRECTED BY BARRY AVRICH
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find redemption and renewal at the end of the line. COLORADO PREMIERE
STARRING JESSE EISENBERG, ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD, MICHAEL MANDO
AND SALMA HAYEK PRECEDED BY: THE ENCIRCLEMENT
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USA, Short Documentary, 2019, 8 min. BACK
DIRECTED BY KIM NGUYEN After years of demonstrating and getting arrested at Rocky Flats
PRODUCED BY PIERRE EVEN outside of Boulder, protesters decided to try something completely
CO-PRODUCED BY ALAIN-GILLES VIELLEVOYE different. In 1983 they joined hands around the 17-mile perimeter
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY BRIAN KAVANAUGH-JONES, of the nuclear weapons plant. Were you there?
FRED BERGER, MARIE-GABRIELLE STEWART, HEIDI LEVITT AND KIM NGUYEN DIRECTED BY ERIK SWEEN INPERSON
INPERSON INPERSON
A FILM FROM THE ORCHARD WORLD PREMIERE
TALK BACK
COLORADO PREMIERE ERIK SWEEN IN PERSON
22 Boulder International Film Festival 2019 INPERSON
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Friday, 2:30pm, First Presbyterian Church
THE SILENCE OF OTHERS
USA/Spain, Feature Documentary, 2018, 96 min
SCHOOL OF LIFE
France, Feature Film, 2017, 116 min
Winner at the International Documentary Association, Berlin and many
other film festivals “Gorgeous woodland scenery and spectacular wildlife
photography cast a magical spell under Vanier’s
“... extremely moving and deeply inspiring.” F I L M I N Q U I R Y skillful direction.” T H E H O L LY W O O D R E P O R T E R
Having seized power in a military coup, Francisco Franco Ba- Rescued from a nightmarish orphanage in Paris in 1927, Paul
hamonde’s brutal nationalist regime in Spain cracked down on is taken by a cheerful woman to a vast hunting estate in the
all opposition with mass arrests, prison camps, torture and exe- Loire, a dark and mysterious world for Paul, a city boy. The
cution. Hundreds of thousands of people died, including babies immense forest, the misty ponds, the moors and the fields,
taken from their mothers for Franco’s eugenics program. To avoid everything here belongs to the Count of the Salle Fresnaye,
civil war after Franco’s death in 1975, Spain’s new liberal democ- a taciturn widower who lives alone in his mansion, where the
racy passed an amnesty law for all of Franco’s murder squads. cheerful woman, Celestine, is a domestic and her husband,
Recent attempts to change the law resulted in loud, nationalist Borel, is the stern estate gamekeeper. Paul is moved into
“Make Spain Great Again” demonstrations. But a determined the couple’s servant cottage and given the run of the estate,
group of Spanish senior-citizen victims throws a sucker punch by where he meets Totoche, a grizzled poacher who teaches
launching a landmark case to make arrests under international Paul the ways of the forest. But a secret weighs on the estate:
law. W ill they find justice after all these years? S U B T I T L E D Paul did not come here by chance. S U B T I T L E D
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THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE CHEF FLYNN
Canada, Feature Documentary, 2018, 77 min USA, Feature Documentary, 2018, 83 min
ALSO SCREENING AT ETOWN HALL, SEE P.45
“One of the most wondrous wunderkinds ever to hit the
Winner at Banff Mountain Film Festival American culinary scene.” C H I C A G O T R I B U N E
“The ravishingly shot This Mountain Life is a spectacular “Nothing less than inspiring.” M A T T G O L D B E R G , C O L L I D E R
production that deserves to be seen on the widest screen
one can find.” P O V M A G A Z I N E Ten-year-old Flynn McGarry transforms his living room into a sup-
per club, using his classmates as line cooks and serving a tasting
The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, but liv- menu foraged from his neighbors’ backyards. With sudden fame,
ing among us is a special breed of people for whom the draw of Flynn outgrows his bedroom kitchen and mother’s camera, and
the mountains is so strong that their lives must revolve around sets out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world. Before
them. Like Martina and her 60-year-old mother Tania, who em- he was 16, he had staged in top restaurants in Los Angeles, New
bark on a six-month, 2,300-kilometer backpack/ski trip from Brit- York and Europe. Director Cameron Yates creates a collage of Fly-
ish Columbia to Alaska through a relentless mountain wilderness. nn’s singular one-of-a-kind childhood, and the result is a fascinat-
Some nights are so cold that they have to spoon their cameras TALK ing portrait of a young star’s rise as seen from the inside.
BACK
so the batteries don’t freeze. And there are others who share this
passion: a group of nuns inhabiting a mountain retreat to be clos- DIRECTED BY CAMERON YATES
er to God; a photographer who was buried in an avalanche; an BOULDER PREMIERE
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impassioned alpinist; a talented snow artist; and a couple who
has been living off-grid for nearly 50 years. This Mountain Life is a
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SHORT FILMS 1
ALSO SCREENING AT ETOWN HALL, SEE P.45 HYBRIDS
& IN LONGMONT, SEE P.48
France, Short Animation, 2017, 6 min
& IN FORT COLLINS, SEE P.53
Winner of 35 awards MAMARTUILE
When marine wildlife must adapt to the
LIFE IN MINIATURE pollution surrounding it, the rules of sur- Mexico, Short Film, 2017, 15 min
vival change. Winner at Chicago, Berlin, Palm Springs, Mexico
UK, Short Documentary, 2018, 5 min
and Seoul film festivals
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2019 DIRECTED BY FLORIAN BRAUCH, MATTHIEU
The president of Mexico spends his final
A proud Yorkshire woman reflects on her PUJOL, KIM TAILHADES, YOHAN THIREAU AND
days in office making plans for his future.
life and art as she carves her place in ROMAIN THIRION
He even dances around his desk. Every-
the precious world of miniatures. BOULDER PREMIERE
thing looks in order, until an international
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY ELLEN EVANS
conflict disrupts his pleasant dreams of
COLORADO PREMIERE FAUVE retirement. S U B T I T L E D
Canada, Short Film, 2018, 16 min DIRECTED BY ALEJANDRO SAEVICH
Nominated for a 2019 Academy Award
MAGIC ALPS Winner at 13 film festivals
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Italy, Short Film, 2018, 14 min Alone in the wild, two boys play a game
Winner at Aspen and AFI Film Festivals around a surface mine with Mother Na- ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
When an Afghan refugee arrives in Italy ture as the sole observer. S U B T I T L E D Canada, Short Animation, 2018, 14 min
with his goat to seek asylum, an Italian DIRECTED BY JEREMY COMTE Nominated for a 2019 Academy Award
immigration officer finds himself in a diffi- Five animals meet regularly to discuss
cult position because he doesn’t know
what to do with the animal. S U B T I T L E D
SALON their inner feelings in a group therapy
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session led by Dr. Clement, a canine
BACK
DIRECTED BY ANDREA BRUSA Ireland/Cuba, Short Documentary, 2017, 2 min psychotherapist.
AND MARCO SCOTUZZI Made as a result of a conversation with
DIRECTED BY DAVID FINE AND
BOULDER PREMIERE Werner Herzog on a park bench in Cuba,
ALISON SNOWDEN
this film examines a woman’s unusual
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motives for visiting the beauty salon
every day. S U B T I T L E D
INPERSON
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DIRECTED BOB GALLAGHER
BOULDER PREMIERE
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PROGRAM BT-08 PROGRAM BT-09
Saturday, 12:00pm, Boulder Theater
Saturday, 2:30pm, Boulder Theater
TIGERLAND
USA, Feature Documentary, 2019, 98 min
LOOPERS:
Direct to BIFF from Sundance 2019
THE CADDIE’S LONG WALK
USA, Feature Documentary, 2018, 80 min
Tigers are the subject of myths and folktales, poetry and art. Half TALK
Narrated by Bill Murray
a century ago, in the jungles of India, a young forest officer ral- BACK
lied the world to save tigers from extinction. Today, the creed is Centuries old and enjoyed by tens of millions of people world-
carried on in the Russian Far East by guardians who risk every- wide, golf is seen by many as more than a sport. Yet what do
thing to save the tigers. Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ross we know about the “other” person on the course? The man
Kauffman (Born into Brothels) and produced by Oscar winner Fish- or woman behind the player carrying the bag? It is often said
er Stevens (The Cove), Tigerland is the story about our relationship that a good caddie does three things: show up, keep up and
with one of the world’s most revered and dangerous creatures.
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shut up. But a great caddie wears many hats. BACKThey’re the
SUBTITLED player’s psychologist, mother/father figure, technical adviser
and confidante. Whether familiar or new, these are stories
DIRECTED BY ROSS KAUFFMAN INPERSON
INPERSON INPERSON that will make you rethink how you look at golf, and especially
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ROSS KAUFFMAN IN PERSON
DIRECTED BY JASON BAFFA
INPERSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY CHRIS BROWN AND JIM PACKER
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INPERSON
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BACK JIM PACKER IN PERSON
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#2019BIFFY
SUSTAIN
EASY BEING GREEN
photo credit: Amalie R. Rothschild
ABILITY
BE PART OF BIFF’S GREEN COMMITMENT. HERE ARE SOME EASY
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE DURING BIFF.
■ Bus, Bike or Walk to BIFF!
PROGRAM BT-10
The festival is located in downtown Boulder. GO Boulder and the
Saturday, 5:00pm, Boulder Theater HOP are thrilled to offer FREE bus rides during the festival. Just
flash your BIFF ticket stub or BIFF pass. Or try alternative means of
THE SHOW’S THE THING: transportation by biking, walking or carpooling to the festival.
THE LEGENDARY PROMOTERS ■ Zero What?
OF ROCK
This is a zero waste event. We are reducing our landfill trash by
USA, Feature Documentary, 2018, 97 min
composting and recycling as much as possible. Last year we were
ALSO SCREENING AT ETOWN HALL, SEE P.45
able to divert 83.7% of the waste generated during BIFF from the
landfill. You can help us reach our goal of 85% this year by using
“... something truly riveting…” D O C N Y C our zero waste stations at BIFF venues, or by asking one of our
With thunderous walls of music, blinding lasers, massive fireworks sustainability volunteers to help you select the correct bin for your
and 10-story Jumbotrons, the modern 10-billion-dollar rock con- waste. We’re so close, help us get there!
cert industry was founded by just a few music-crazy hustlers who
■ BYO ... Everything!
considered themselves the custodians of kick-ass rock-and-roll.
This film has interviews with the promoters who built the most bom- Want to know one of the best ways to save the world? Bring your
bastic art form of all time, as well as with artists Carlos Santana, own coffee mug, water bottle, grocery bag, utensils, plates and
Jon Bon Jovi and Bob Geldof—just a few of the many stars who bowls. Give it a try—you’d be surprised how easy it is! We welcome
wouldn’t have had careers without them. Through hard-rocking public feedback and suggestions as we grow our green initiatives.
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classic archival performances, this film brings back the vibrant,
explosive music that changed the world BACKforever. For more information on BIFF’s Green Initiatives, visit
biff1.com/community/biff-green-initiative
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