Tuesday,
Nov. 28th
Noon
Complicated Women's Series: Girls About Town (1931)
Starring Kay Francis and Lilyan Tishman who entertain hick
businessmen looking for a good time in Manhattan. Paris TDA
2:00
PM
Reelists: Missing Boy (Sweden)
Twenty-seven years after a young man leaves India, he returns
to his home country to face his complicated past. Paris VER
3:30 PM
Reelists: Burning Man: The Burning Sensation (US) by
Director Alex Nohe
Takes you into the scorching heart of the Burning Man experience,
the infamous radical commerce-free community built every year
in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Intro. Paris VER
5:00 PM
Special Premiere: Nosferatu (1922)
The Murnau Classic, called "the scariest movie ever made,"
accompanied by the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra, live.
Paris TDA
8:00 PM
Special Premiere: Shadow
of the Vampire by Elias Merhige
A fictional account about the making of Nosferatu,
starring Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich. Intro. by director,
with actors in attendance. Paris TDA
9:30 PM
FOF: Cinemanila: Anino
Cannes award-winning short film, followed by: Paradise
Express (Philippines); a drama about a casino gambler
in Manila. Festival Director Tikoy Aguilez in attendance.
Paris TDA
10:00 PM
Planet Film: Ene Bene (Eeny Meeny) by Alice Nellis
(Czech Republic)
A subversively funny tale about what happens to a Czech town
during the course of the two days set aside for democratic
elections. Paris VER
Wednesday, Nov. 29th
Noon
Complicated Women Series: A Free Soul (1931)
Starring Norma Shearer, as the daughter of a criminal defense
attorney successfully defending Clark Gable on a murder rap.
Intro. by critic Mick Lasalle. Paris TDA
12:30 PM
Reelists: Dreamland (US)
Retiree Lou Gerard moves to Las Vegas to gamble, on more than
just the game. Paris VER
2:00 PM
Planet Film: Alaska.de (Germany)
This year's German sensation, about alienated youth living
in the present day suburbs of East Berlin. Paris TDA
2:00 PM
Reelists: Legacy (US)
Touching real-life portrait of an inner-city Chicago family
living in the projects that turns tragedy into personal triumph.
Intro. by film's narrator and star, Nicole Miller. Paris VER
4:00 PM
FOF: Chicago Latino Film Festival: The Sentimental Teaser
(Chile)
A tragicomedy in three parts that is held together by a radio
talk-show host. Festival Director Pepe Vargas in attendance.
Paris TDA
3:45 PM
Reelists: Trade Off (US)
One town, one week, one movement, the real story behind the
WTO movement in Seattle and why they were censored by the
media. Paris VER
5:30 PM
FOF: Chicago Latino Film Festival: Oriundi (Brazil)
Starring Anthony Quinn, a Brazilian feature about an Italian
patriarch and his family, immigrants in Brazil, trying to
hold onto tradition. Festival Director Pepe Vargas in attendance.
Paris TDA.
5:30 PM
Indie: The Week that Girl Died (US)
Everything changes in a small East Coast fishing town when
three lifelong friends find themselves risking their hearts
after chance encounters with three unexpected women. Intro.
by director Sean Travis. Paris VER
7:00 PM
Shorts on the Strip: Program One: "Daily Grind"
A series of award-winning short films. Paris VER
7:00 PM
Special Event Screening: Electric Horsemen (US)
In celebration of the Las Vegas Strip, classic 70's film about
a rodeo star who refuses to be bought, with Robert Redford,
Jane Fonda. Producer Sydney Pollack nd Wilford Brimley in
attendance. Preceded by short: The Last Real Cowboy,
starring Billy Bob Thornton. Paris TDA
9:00 PM
Indie: We all Fall Down (Canada)
Gritty indie film loosely based on filmmaker Martin Cummins'
own experiences living in Vancouver's bleak inner-city world.
Martin Cummins in attendance. Paris VER
11:00 PM
Planet Film: Lea's Story (Philippines)
Bravely explores controversial issues in contemporary Filipino
society telling the story of Lea, a mother of two children
who have different fathers, starring legendary actress Vilma
Santos. Paris VER
10:00 PM
Indie: Shadow Hours (US)
A stylish noir thriller that explores the gritty and seductive
underbelly of L.A. night life, starring Peter Weller (in attendance).
Paris TDA
11:45 PM
FOF: Cinemanila International Film Festival: Dead Sure
(Philippines)
A young wife faced with poverty survives by selling life insurance
policies and other favors to wealthy clients. Festival Director
Tikoy Aguilez in attendance. Paris TDA
Thursday, Nov. 30th
Noon
Complicated Women Series: Animal Kingdom (1932)
A rarely shown print starring Myrna Loy in a racy story about
a sophisticated publisher who marries a manipulative middle
class woman. Intro. by critic Mick Lasalle. Paris TDA
12:30 PM
Reelists: I was Born a Black Woman (US, Brazil)
Moving portrait of the first Afro-Brazilian woman who rises
out of the poverty-stricken favelas to be elected to Brazil's
Senate. Producer Kit Miller in attendance. Paris VER
1 - 5 PM
Digital Divide Seminar
Bally's Skyview Room 1 Christopher Coppola, Brent Florence,
(Digital Filmmakers) Michael Rabehl, (CineQuest) Lloyd Silverman,
(Producer), Jacob Wishnow (founder, NewVenue.com), Peter Belsito
and Sydney Levine, ifilmfinders.com.
1:30 PM
Reelists: Blossoms of Fire (US, Mexico)
A dazzling, whirling, dance of a film that celebrates the
extraordinary lives of Zapotec women (sometimes known as the
last matriarchy) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Director/Producer Maureen
Gosling in attendance. Paris VER
2:30 PM
Reelists: Les
Glaneurs et la Glaneuse "The Gleaners and I" (France)
New film from CineVegas tribute award-winner Agnes Varda,
about art, aging and heart-shaped potatoes. Paris TDA
3:00PM
Shorts on the Strip: Program Two: "Outsiders" A series of
award-winning shorts. Paris VER
4:00 PM
Planet Film: A la Place du Coeur (France)
An interacial coming of age tale set in Marseilles, featuring
childhood sweethearts who challenge broader questions of class
and social justice. Producer Gilles Sandoz in attendance.
Paris TDA
5:00 PM
FOF: Oslo Films From the South: Far Away From Here
(Peru)
Paris VER
6:00 PM
Reelists/Special Presentation for the Las Vegas Jewish Community
Center: Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (US) Entertaining
documentary on the legendary Jewish baseball star and activist
Hank Greenburg's life. Paris VER
7:00 PM
Special Premiere: Venus Beaute Institute (France) by
Tonie Marshall
A look inside the world fo a Parisian spa and beauty salon,
and inside the lives of four strong, smart women who work
there as beauticians. Director in attendance with featured
actress Nathalie Baye and Audrey Tautou. Paris TDA
7:45PM
Indie: The Hi-Line (US) by Ronald Judkins
Vera Johnson is two years out of high school looking for a
way out of her dead-end life in small town Montana. When the
oddball outsider Sam Polvino comes to town promising a job
in Chicago, she thinks she may have her chance. Director in
attendance. Paris VER
9:00 PM
Indie: Childhood's End (US) by Jeff Lipsky
An unconventional and uncompromising exploration of the complex
emotional connections that unite people. Set in Minneapolis
centering on three recent high school grads and their families.
Director in attendance. Paris TDA.
10: 00 PM
Reelists: Live Nude Girls Unite! (US)
A racy, revisit to union organizing in the American workplace,
through the humorous, first- person narrative of a stand-up
comedian turned stripper who helps to organize the first exotic
dancer's union in the U.S. Co- Director/Dancer Julia Query
in attendance. Paris VER
11:00 PM
Indie: Johnny Greyeyes (Canada) by Jorge Manzano
Johnny is a Native American woman who shoots her father in
self-defense and spends a life in reform school and prison.
In a world of walls, she finds freedom through the love of
another woman. Director in attendance. Preceded by the short,
Forever. Paris TDA
11:30 PM
Erotic Tales: Kimono (US)
From American indie maverick Hal Hartly, a visually stunning
work that dispenses altogher with dialogue, featruing Hartley's
wife. With Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (US) Legendary
porn star Jeff Stryker in his first legitimate acting role.
Paris VER
Friday, December 1st
10AM
Cinematography Seminar: Paris Burgundy Room Janusz Kaminski
(Jerry Maguire); and Tom Richmond (Little Odessa)
Noon
Complicated Women Series: Design for a Living (1933)
A rare treat for cinephiles, this film was adapted from a
Noel Coward play and features Miriam Hopkins, who sets up
a household (threesome) with the men who love her. Also with
Gary Cooper and Frederick March. Intro. by critic Mick Lasalle.
Paris TDA
Noon
UNLV Student Showcase
A series of student films from UNLV, curated by Francisco
Menendez, Chair of the Department of Film at UNLV. Paris VER
1:30 PM
Planet Film: Paradise Under the Stars (Cuba)
A high-energy musical romantic comedy set in the famed Tropicana
nightclub in Havana. Actor Enrique Molina in attendanc. Paris
TDA
1:30 PM
Planet Film: Color of Paradise (Iran)
From Majid Majidi, the wondrous story of Mohammed, an eight
year old boy who studies at the school for the blind in Tehran.
Paris VER
3:30
PM Indie: Our Song (US) by Jim McKay
Cannes favorite, a tale of three teenage girls in the Jackie
Robinson's High Steppers Marching Band, getting through a
hot summer in Crown Heights New York. Producer Diana Williams
and actress Kerry Washington in attendance. Paris VER
3:30 PM
Indie: Bunny
(US) by Mia Trachinger
Nik and Lena are recent immigrants to La-La land. They take
jobs as pink, fluffy bunnies that are required to "hop" on
street corners and listen to uptight urbanites unload their
woes. Director in attendance. Paris VER
5:15 PM
FOF: Toronto International Film Festival/Special Event Screening:
Innocence (Australia)
Roger Ebert's "favorite film from Cannes," the Aussie sleeper
hit about two passionate lovers who meet again after fifty
years. Presented by Fest. Director Piers Handling. Paris TDA
5:30 PM
Shorts on the Strip: Program Three: "Intimate Relations"
Series of award-winning short films. Paris VER
5:30
PM
FOF: Toronto International Film Festival/Special Premiere
Innocence (Australia) Roger Ebert's "favorite film
from Cannes," the Aussie sleeper hit about two passionate
lovers who meet again after fifty years. Presented by Fest.
Director Piers Handling. Paris TDA
7:30
PM
Special Event Screening/Planet Film: Boesman and Lena
(South Africa/France)
Adaptation of South African playwright Athol Fugard's classic
play that takes place during the time of Apartheid starring
Danny Gloverand Angela Bassett. Producer Pierre Rissient in
attendance. Paris TDA
7:30
PM
FOF: CineQuest International Film Festival: Bel Aire
(US)
With Lou Rawls, Jennifer Rubin, and Barbara Bain, a Digital
Feature about a former childhood star/pizza deliveryman who
gets a shot at stardom once again. Director by Chris Coppola
and actors in attendance. Paris VER
9:15 PM
Special Premiere: The Riff (US)
The conflicts between a music manager and the talent he represents
escalate over late-night jazz riffs. Producer Bernie Pollack
in attendance, with actors Nia Peeples, Joe McBride Paris
TDA
9:45 PM
FOF: CineQuest International Film Festival: The Solid Ones
A breaking away story about three guys who rob a bingo parlor
to get out of town. Festival Programmer Mike Rabehl in attendance,
with director Brent Florence and Lloyd Silverman Paris VER
11:15 PM
Planet Film: In China They Eat Dogs (Denmark)
A killing spree comes from the most unexpected impulses. Paris
TDA
11:30 PM
Flipside/Superstarlet AD (US) by John Michael McCarthy
Tells the story of the lost city of Femphis, where all the
men have evolved into Neanderthals and all the women have
banded into rival beauty cults. Director in attendance. Preceded
by Elvis Meets the Beatles Short based on the actual
meeting of Elvis and the Beatles. Paris VER
Saturday, Dec. 2nd
10
AM - 5PM
Screenwriting Seminars
Paris Bordeaux Room Jim Uhls (Fight Club) Norman Steinberg
(Blazing Saddles), Fred Rubin (TV writer "Archie
Bunker"), moderator Jon Karas, Agent, founder of IMI.
Noon
Planet Film: Tsatsiki, Mum, and the Policeman (Sweden)
A family film about dreams and how they come true in the most
unexpected ways. Paris VER
1:45 PM
Planet Film/US Premiere: Swedish Beauty (Sweden) by
Daniel Fridell
A touching coming of age story about a boy, his fantasy girl,
and a Super-8 camera. Director in attendance Paris VER
2:00 PM
Youth in Film Screenings and Nevada Filmmakers showcase at
UNLV CBC A106 University Campus
Nevada Films: Goodtimes with Johnny Hart by Jonny Vegas;
Lights Out Dir. by Dale Neven (more titles to be announced)
3:30 PM
Reelists: US Premiere: Chac (Vietnam)
Years after the fall of Saigon, director Kim-Chi Tyler returns
home to the Mekong Delta to face her past. Paris VER
4:00 PM
Nevada Film Office Screenwriting Competition First Place Winner
Script Reading Paris Bordeaux Room
5:00 PM
Shorts on the Strip: Program Four: "Flesh and Blood" Series
of award-winning short films. Paris VER
6:00 PM
Cinevegas Achievement Awards Ceremony Paris TDA
7:00 PM
FOF: Slamdance International Film Festival: Bible and Gun
Club (US)
Scathing social commentary on the fine line that separates
saints from sinners, shot partly in Las Vegas. Preceded by
the award- winning short, Mutual Love Life by Robert
Peters. Introduced by Festival Director Peter Baxter. Paris
VER
7:30 PM
Special US Premiere: Wild About Harry (Britian/Ireland)
by Declan Lowney
FOF: London International Film Festival British romantic comedy
about an eccentric TV chef, starring Brendan Gleeson. Director
and actors in attendance. Paris TDA
8:45 PM
FOF: Slamdance International Film Festival: La Somnambula
(Argentina)
A sci-fi thriller about a government experiment that has erased
the memories of millions of its citizens. Paris VER
9:30 PM
Planet Film: Chungyang (Korea) by Im Kwon Taek
Set in the late 18th Century, based on the legendary epic,
a star-crossed love story between royalty and a courtesan.
Paris TDA
10:30 PM
Indie: US Premiere: Lady in the Box (US) by Chris Otjen
Noir thriller about a man who is asked to dump a trunk into
Lake Michigan, and it may contain the body of his girlfriend.
Director in attendance. Paris VER
Midnight
Flipside Films: Terror Firmer (US) by Lloyd Kauffman
The latest Troma movie based on the director's experience
making bizarre and exploitative cinema for the past 25 years.
Stars in attendance. Paris TDA
Party/Reception
held at Paris Las Vegas
Saturday, December 2nd:
Our Marquee Awards Show produced by Neil Miller will take
place at 6pm.
U.S. Premiere Wild About Harry from the London International
Film Festival will screen at 7:30pm. This is a British/Irish
comedy starring Brendan Gleeson from Mission Impossible 2
and co-starring George Wendt.
Sunday. Dec. 3rd
Noon
Special Classic Presentation: To Be Announced (US) Starring
CineVegas Achievement Award Recipient, Tony Curtis Paris TDA
Noon
Reelists: The Last Days (US, Hungary) by James Moll
Chronicles the experiences of five Hungarians who fell victim
to Hitler's final genocidal push at the end of World War II.
Academy-Award winner, 1999. Director in attendance. Paris
VER
1:30 PM
Planet Film: Yana's Friends (Israel)
Parallel stories of recent immigrants to Israel who get trapped
in a room during the scud missile attacks. Paris VER
2:00 PM
Special Presentation: Well-Founded Fear (US)
As a celebration of the Las Vegas City of Refuge Program.
award-winning documentary about the never before seen, behind
the scenes of the complex INS and political asylum process.
Directors Robertson and Camerini in attendance, plus reps.
from City of Refuge. Paris TDA
3:30 PM
Reelists: Paragraph 175 (US, Germany)
Examines the experiences of gay people in Europe during the
Nazi era. The film uses intimate personal testimonies and
haunting images to tell a moving and complex story of persecution
and resistance. Paris VER
4:00 PM
Special Presentation: Our Song (US)
In recognition of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program, a
touching story of three teenage girls facing the challenges
of growing up in Brooklyn, practicing in the Jackie Robinson
High Steppers Marching Band. Producer Diana Williams in attendance
with actress Kerry Washington. Paris TDA
7:00 PM
TO BE ANNOUNCED: AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD FILM CineVegas Best
Film to be screened. Paris TDA
7:00 PM
Reelists: Punitive Damage (Australia)
Journalist Helen Todd travels to East Timor to testify against
Indonesia's military for killing her son during the Dili Massacre.
Powerful, wrenching documentary about the land-mark human
rights case told through the eyes of a mother attempting to
find peace for her son. Paris VER
9:00 PM
Planet Film: Humanite (France)
A police detective agonizes over the evil he must confront
every day in smalltown Northern France. Winner of the Cannes
Grand Jury Prize, 1999. Paris TDA
