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GOODBYE BABY [GBABY] (United States/2007/87 min) Narrative Feature preceded by The Tree |
Friday, June 20, 1:00 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Saturday, June 21, 9:15 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
When Melissa Brooks (Christine Evangelista) discovers she can’t afford college she moves to New York City and gets a job as a waitress at a comedy club. Secretly harboring a desire to be on stage herself she soon finds herself testing her talent and her material in front of the toughest crowds in the country. To make the summer complete, she becomes involved in a complicated love triangle while finally dealing with the dark secrets from her past. GOODBYE BABY delivers laughs along with a poignant story, which may have a few in tears towards the end. Writer: Daniel Schechter; Director: Daniel Schechter; Cast: Christine Evangelista, Kevin Corrigan, Jerry Adler, Alan Ruck, Donnell Rawlings; Producers: Jason Orans, Brian Devine, Tim Duff |
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HOSE [WATER] (United States/2007/13 min) Short Animated Film precedes Flow: For Love of Water |
Saturday, June 21, 2:00 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Sunday, June 22, 2:00 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
A garden hose in search of adventure discovers that the grass isn't greener on the other side. In fact there isn’t even any grass... Written and Directed by Kevin Watkins |
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INERTIA [SHORT] (United States/2007/1 min) Short Film |
Thursday, June 19, 4:30 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Friday, June 20, 9:30 a.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
What is the absolute distance a man can run while wearing a full suit of medieval armor? Written and Directed by Jake Mahaffy |
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IN THEIR SHOES... A Conversation on Screenwriting and Acting with William H. Macy Interviewed by Richard Corliss, renowned Time magazine film critic. |
Sunday, June 22nd
10:30 - 12:00am
Coffin School
4 Winter Street |
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Each year the CONTACT Nantucket Film Festival hosts special events, creating an engaging arena for screenwriters and actors. During lively forums and interesting roundtable discussions, these events give audiences a rare glimpse into the nuts and bolts of the film industry. William H. Macy is an Academy Award-nominated, double Emmy- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actor. Macy is known for his performances in such notable films as Bobby (2006); Edmond (2005); Seabiscut (2003); Door To Door (2002); State and Main (2000); Magnolia (1999); Pleasantville (1998); Boogie Nights (1997); and Fargo (1996). Macy has written many teleplays, and wrote the screenplays for The Deal. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. |
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LATE NIGHT STORYTELLING [LATEN] (2008, 120 min) Special Event hosted by Anne Meara and Peter Farrelly |
Friday, June 20, 7:00 p.m. Jetties Beach, Bathing Beach Road |
$75.00 |
Back by popular demand! On island to host the evening are festival favorites Anne Meara and Peter Farrelly. Five surprise guests and a handful of audience members. This year’s theme: I SHOULD BE COMMITTED! Stories that make one wonder: am I going crazy? Tales of the bizarre, unusual or surreal, or even a good ol’ ghost story! |
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THE MAKING OF TRANSSIBERIAN [MAKNG] (2008, 90 min) Panel Discussion with a screening of a short documentary |
Friday, June 20th 11:00 a.m. Bennett Hall, 62 Centre Street |
$15.00 |
| Join director Brad Anderson and co-screenwriter Will Conroy in a lively discussion of how they met at the 1997 Nantucket Film Festival and through their journey of putting the creative process into words. A rare opportunity to hear and learn, first hand, of the trials and tribulations of two working screenwriters and directors as they traveled from A to Z, as Transsiberian was transformed from idea to screen gem. | |||
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MAN ON WIRE [MWIRE] (UK/2007/90 min) Documentary Feature |
Friday, June 20, 10:00 a.m. Casino |
$12.00 |
| Friday, June 20, 3:30 p.m. Starlight |
$12.00 | ||
| Saturday, June 21, 3:30 p.m. Starlight |
$12.00 | ||
| On August 7, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit steps out on a wire suspended 1,350 feet above ground between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. He dances on the wire with no safety net for almost an hour, crossing it eight times before he is arrested for what becomes known as "the artistic crime of the century." In the months leading up to his clandestine walk, Petit assembles a team of accomplices to plan and execute his "coup" in the most intricate detail. How do they pull it off? Moving between New York and his secret training camp in rural France, Petit and his team plot every detail. Like a band of professional bank robbers, the tasks they face seem virtually insurmountable. But Petit is a man possessed; nothing will thwart his mission to conquer the world's tallest buildings. Supported with eye-catching archival footage, clever dramatizations, and delightful visual effects, filmmaker James Marsh, like his daring subject, pulls off an astonishing coup. Director: James Marsh; Editor; Jinx Godfrey; Producer: Simon Chinn | |||
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MEDIUM RARE [CHOKE] (United Kingdom/Narrative/14 min) Short Film precedes Choke at the Starlight Theater |
Thursday, June 19, 12:30 p.m. Starlight |
$25.00 |
| Sunday, June 22, 3:00 p.m. Starlight |
$25.00 | ||
Carl is on the run from a gang intent on killing him. In desperation, he seeks refuge in a restaurant where a beautiful woman is dining alone. Cornered, he knows one false move from either of them will cost him his life. But desire is about to lay its own subtle trap… Written and Directed by Stefan Stuckert |
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MORNING COFFEE WITH…® [MORNI] (2008, 60 min) Special Event hosted by Leonard Maltin |
Friday, June 20, 9:00 a.m. Rose and Crown |
$15.00 |
| Saturday, June 21, 9:00 a.m. Rose and Crown |
$15.00 | ||
| Sunday, June 22, 9:00 a.m. Rose and Crown |
$15.00 | ||
What better way to spend your mornings than with the most talented writers, directors and producers in the film industry? A festival favorite from day one, Morning Coffee With…® takes place each day from 9:00 – 10:00am. You’re invited to join the filmmaking experts for a lively mix of coffee and conversation, bagels and shoptalk. Come ready for a Q&A and come early to get a seat! |
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NBC UNIVERSAL PRESENTS THE SUZANNE & BOB WRIGHT SCREENWRITERS TRIBUTE TO JUDD APATOW [TBUTE] (2008, 150 min) Special Event hosted by Brian Williams |
Saturday, June 21, 6:30 p.m. Jetties Beach, Bathing Beach Road |
$175.00 |
Triple threat Judd Apatow (screenwriter, director and producer), has the golden “Midas Touch” — commercial and critical success with such genre-busting films as The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up. NFF is proud to honor and pay tribute to Apatow’s work as a Screenwriter. |
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A NICK IN TIME [SCRCY] (United States/Narrative/12 min) Short Film precedes Secrecy |
Thursday, June 19, 11:30 a.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Friday, June 20, 3:15 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
An old-school Brooklyn barber recounts an incident from his past to a troubled young man, who is on the verge of making a major life-altering decision. Can the barber get through to him before things spiral out of control? Written and Directed by Be Garrett |
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OF ALL THE THINGS [OFATT] (United States/2008/85 min) Documentary Feature |
Saturday, June 21, 11:45 a.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Sunday, June 22, 10:00 a.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
Dennis Lambert is a Boca Raton real estate agent, who also happens to be a songwriter and music producer, and whose hits in the 1970s and 80s included “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got),” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” and “Nightshift.” Last year he finally agreed to a persistent music promoter’s invitation to go on tour in the Philippines, where his obscure 1972 solo album “Bags and Things” is a huge hit. Dennis Lambert’s triumphant return to form in front of a sold-out stadium in Manila comes after days peppered with adversity and false starts. Our pulse quickens as we take that stage with Dennis, as he bears his soul and his songs for the world to judge. Director: Jody Lambert; Editor: Haines Hall; Producer: Taylor Williams |
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OPERATION FILMMAKER [OFILM] (United States/2007/92 min) Feature Documentary |
Friday, June 20, 5:30 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Sunday, June 22, 4:15 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
In the wake of “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion: to rescue Muthana, an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to the West to intern on a Hollywood movie (Everything Is Illuminated). The story documents the young Iraqi’s struggle to adjust from the psychological repercussions of escaping a war-torn country, to the fantastical world of filmmaking. The plot twists after director Nina Davenport, hired to document Muthana’s experience, becomes personally involved in Schreiber’s charitable effort. But as in the war itself, “good” intentions yielded unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn’t go according to plan. Director: Nina Davenport; Editors: Nina Davenport, Aaron Kuhn; Producers: Nina Davenport, Kristine Pregot, David Schisgall |
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ROSY [SHORT] (United States/2007/17 min) Short Film |
Thursday, June 19, 4:30 p.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 |
| Friday, June 20, 9:30 a.m. Bennett Hall |
$12.00 | ||
| Amos Miller has just been dumped. And so, like any other hot-headed, 14-year-old, New York City boy, he decides to take a bubble bath. Rosy is portrait of two breakups, in a world where love never gets easier, and one is never as alone as it seems. Written and Directed by Christina Voros |
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