Sept. 24, 2022 Saturday
Sweet Disaster
Laura Lehmus1h 30mGermanyEnglish (English Subtitles)Narrative FeatureFrida unexpectedly falls pregnant and Felix, the father of her child, breaks up with her to reunite with his ex using methods which are absurd, exaggerated and often hilarious.
**Director:** Laura Lehmus
**Writer:** Ruth Toma
**Producers:** Michael Grudsky, Markus Kaatsch, Nina Poschinski
**Cast:** Friederike Kempter, Lena Urzendowsky, Florian Lukas
3:00 PM
Delta College Planetarium
1m
Filmmaker Workshop/Roundtable
1mEnglish Workshop/PanelJoin jurors and film professionals Joseph Beyer and Bill Stertz as they discuss which distribution rollercoaster we're on these days.
In California, Beyer was a staffer to the storied Sundance Institute for more than 14 years, lastly as Director of Digital Initiatives where he led creative development and operations of digital content and special Institute projects, traveling globally and producing events for creators. Later he joined The Redford Center as Director of Marketing and Distribution.
In the last two years alone, Bill has produced three narrative features films, including I LOVE MY DAD written and directed by James Morosini, starring Patton Oswalt, Morosini, Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, and Lil Rel Howery, which was released by Magnolia Pictures in theaters across the country after taking home the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at its SXSW premiere last Spring.
3:00 PM
Delta College Planetarium
40m
Full Dome Film Highlights
In this Program
- Full Dome Film Highlights
- 40mEnglish Animation Short
Quantum Cowboys
Geoff Marslett1h 39mEnglish Narrative FeatureTwo hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870’s Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician.
*“Starring the likes of Lily Gladstone, David Arquette and Howe Gelb and featuring 12 different animation styles, long-time friend of the festival, Geoff Marslett, returns with this epic and time-traveling tale from the wild west.”*
**Director, Writer, Producer:** Geoff Marslett
**Writer:** Howe Gelb
**Producers:** Melodie Sisk, William G. Way
**Cast:** David Arquette, Kiowa Gordon, Frank Mosley, Lily Gladstone, Alex Cox, Trieste Kelly Dunn
Bad Axe
David Siev1h 40mEnglish Documentary FeatureA real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.
*“At it’s heart, this is a family story. A story where the American Dream and the current cultural and political climate clash.”*
**Director, Writer:**David Siev
**Producers:** Jude Harris, Diane Moy Quon, Katarina Vasquez
**Cast:** Skyler Janssen, Michael Meinhold, Chun Siev