Out of Competition, Special Events 2017

Martha Rosler – In Person – 2017

Martha Rosler – In Person Monday, April 3, 6:00 PM Rosler’s screening will be followed by an interview with Laura Larson. Martha Rosler Since the early 1970s, Martha Rosler has used video, photography, performance, and writing as vehicles for incisive

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Lisa Donato & Fawzia Mirza In Person – Signature Move – 2017

Lisa Donato & Fawzia Mirza In Person Friday, April 7, 7:15 PM Signature Move Director: Jennifer Reeder Narrative 80 min USA A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In

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After Parties & Receptions – 2017

After Parties & Receptions Opening Night Reception Monday, April 3, 9 PM Restaurant Salaam 21 W Washington St, Athens Join us for the kick off celebration for The 44th Athens International Film + Video Festival. Free for Guest/Filmmaker Pass holders,

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Rajko Grlić – Every Good Story Is a Love Story – 2017

Rajko Grlić In Person Sunday, April 9, 5 :00 PM Every Good Story is a Love Story Directors: Rajko Grlić and Matjaž Ivanišin Documentary 71 min Slovenia, Croatia Every Good Story is a Love Story is a film about the

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Harlan County U.S.A. – with post screening discussion

Harlan County U.S.A (1976) Director: Barbara Kopple Documentary 103 min USA Saturday, April 8, 5:15 PM Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and

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Dani Leventhal and Sheilah Wilson: In Person – 2017

Dani Leventhal and Sheilah Wilson In Person Thursday, April 6, 5:30 PM FREE Juror’s Screening: Shameless Light – readings from the Love Letters 2016, 25 min, Performance Shameless Light was first performed at the historic Lyric Theater in Carrizozo, New

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Margaret Rorison: In Person – 2017

Margaret Rorison In Person Wednesday, April 5, 5:00 PM Bio Margaret Rorison is a filmmaker and curator from Baltimore, Maryland. Her work often comes from solitary walks through rural and urban landscapes, using in-camera editing techniques and field recordings to

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Whose Streets? – Sabaah Folayan: In Person – 2017

Sabaah Folayan In Person presenting: Whose Streets? Directors: Sabaah Folayan/Damon Davis Documentary 90 min USA Tuesday, April 4, 7:00 PM – followed by Q&A with director Sabaah Folayan also playing on Friday, April 7, 5:30 PM *without Q&A The activists

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1984 – 2017

1984 Director: Michael Radford Narrative 117 min UK Show Time: Tuesday, April 4, 9:15 PM On April 4, 2017, almost 90 art house movie theatres across the country in 79 cities and in 34 states, plus one location in Canada,

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