2012 Film Descriptions

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Friday 7:00pm - 7:11pm
Happiness by Sophie Barthes (USA/2006) What if happiness was for sale? Iwona buys a box marked “happiness” from an odd little shop.  What will she do with it? 

Brownie Wise tosses a Tupperware to one of the ladies.

Friday 7:15pm – 8:20pm

Tupperware by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt (USA/2004)  The story of that ubiquitous plastic container and how a reclusive inventor named Earl Tupper made Tupperware internationally famous.  He had a secret weapon.

Sita Sings the Blues

Friday 8:30pm – 9:50pm
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley (USA/2008) The epic Indian tale of Ramayana vividly animated and set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

Saturday 10:00am-10:15am
El Cortejo -- The Courtship by Marina Seresesky (Spain/2010) Capi, the oldest gravedigger in the cemetery sees Marta visit her husband’s grave year after year.Can Capi find love among the tombstones?

Saturday 10:16am – 10:28am
Fábrica de Muñecas -- Dolls Factory by Menéndez Ainhoa (Spain/2010) Anna works in a doll factory inserting dolls' eyes day after day. But something happens that changes her life forever.

Saturday 10:30am – 12:15pm
The Hedgehog by Mona Achache (France/2009) Inspired by Mona Barbery’s novel, “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”.  Friendship, love and life can take some very unexpected turns.

 

Saturday 1:30pm-2:15pm

Experience Everett Film Project – A filmmaking competition to create a 3 minute video extolling Everett’s best features.  13 film shorts.  Filmmakers will be introduced.

Saturday 2:15pm – 2:55pm
Triangle: Remembering the Fire by Daphne Pinkerson (USA/2011)  The tragic shirtwaist factory fire in 1911 forever changed the working conditions of factory laborers across the country. Narrated by Tovah Feldshuh.

Saturday 3:15pm – 4:45pm
The Tree by Julie Bertuccelli (Australia/2010)  Filmed against the harsh yet beautiful outback landscape, a woman and her four children struggle to deal with the sudden death of her husband.  Eight year old Simone is convinced her dad is speaking to her through the gigantic tree in their yard.