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Edina Art Center to host Edina Film Festival
Edina, Minn., Oct. 5, 2011 – The Edina Art Center will present Edina’s first-ever Film Festival at
the historic Landmark Theater at 50th & France later this month.
Running from Thursday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 22, the Edina Film Festival will screen eight
films ranging from current indie features, to Sundance and Telluride screened shorts, acclaimed
documentaries and even an Orson Welles classic. Films will run from 7 p.m. until close daily in Edina
Cinema’s “Theater Three.”
The films are not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Films include:
Incredibly Small (2010) -- Anne and Amir are an unlikely pair. Amir is an escalator attendant by
day and aspiring sculptor by night. Even though he has never sculpted anything before, he hopes to
one day fulfill his lifelong dream of making a marble bust of Charles Barkley. Anne comes from a
well-to-do family and just started law school where she spends most of her days studying. Against
the odds, they decide to move into a shabby 300-square-foot apartment and try to start a life
together. But things don’t exactly go as planned. The combination of their small apartment, their
threateningly charming neighbor next door and unexpected visitors from the past make them realize
that maybe they aren’t as perfect for each other as they previously had thought.
I'm Having Difficulty Killing My Parents (2011) -- It's not that T.J. doesn't love his parents, it's
just that he's trying to kill them. Thirty-two, unemployed and derailed somewhere on the path to
adulthood, T.J. has boomeranged back home. There, his ennui takes the form of increasingly real
fantasies about offing his parents and becoming man of the house. When his high school sweetheart
gets engaged, T.J. is forced to deal with his real life, parents and all.
The Telephone Game (2010) -- The Telephone Game reveals the struggle of theater director
Marco DeGarr as he attempts to retain sanity and his artistic vision amidst a production as it derails.
When he casts himself in the coveted lead role and falls for the lead actress, the charming Zelphia,
the production begins to spiral out of control. Self-righteous understudies try to steal their roles,
producers begin to question Marco’s motives, and all the while no one can figure out what the play
is about!
Absence/Presence (2010) -- In an attempt to better understand his brother John’s mysterious
death, and in overall remembrance of him, director Jed Schlegelmilch goes on a 10-day journey to
interview family and friends about John almost 17 years after his passing. Absence/Presence is a truly
raw, emotional and life-affirming experience as you witness Jed’s progression throughout his
journey, along with the hardships and healing of the friends and family that he encounters.
The Stranger (1946) -- Orson Welles' post-war classic about a United Nations Nazi hunter
(Edward G. Robinson) tracking Welles' fugitive German who has assumed a new identity in the
United States. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Of Dolls & Murder (2011) -- Before forensics, DNA and CSI, we had dollhouses – an unimaginable
collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Created
in the 1930s and 1940s by a crime-fighting grandmother, Frances Glessner Lee created the Nutshells
to help homicide detectives hone their investigative skills. From the iconic CSI television show to
the Body Farm and criminally minded college students, legendary filmmaker and true crime
aficionado, John Waters narrates the tiny world of big-time murder.
Manhattan Melody (2011) -- Holly, a young aspiring actress, comes to New York in search of
heart-stopping adventure but finds herself languishing away as a manicurist at a small Korean nail
salon. Just as she despairs of ever experiencing the thrills of New York City, she witnesses a
robbery at the local diner and becomes entangled with its two perpetrators. She’s whisked away on
a romantic but dangerous journey, and as the night tumbles toward its uncertain conclusion, the city
around her comes alive in bursts of musical support. Windows light up framing violinists, tired
commuters on a train are suddenly transformed into a brass band, and even the summer ice cream
truck changes its tune to echo Holly’s theme in this musical adventure.
Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011) -- Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a
claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the
landlady threatens to evict them and her dad doesn't seem to care, Sonya ventures out for a night
she will never forget.
Valley of the Sun (2011) -- Having become disenfranchised with his life, adult film star Vick Velour
finds himself forced to move back in with his parents in an Arizona retirement community. Starring
“CSI: Miami's” Johnny Whitworth with Barry Corbin, Garrett Morris and Graham Greene. No
tickets for this show will be sold to those under 18.
For more information, visit www.EdinaArtCenter.com or call 612-564-5491. To buy tickets, visit
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/ticketing.aspx?theatreid=266.
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