FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES YEAR'S LINEUP; TOPICS INCLUDE ANGLERS, ODOROUS KIDS.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Organizers of the fifth annual Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, International Film Festival announced the screening lineup Thursday for its showcase that will get under way Feb. 19. Among the documentaries, features, shorts, animation and student films that will be presented are stories about Portuguese fishermen, kids going on a personal hygiene personal hygiene person n → Körperhygiene f boycott and how the news media would have reported on the preachings of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: see Jesus. Jesus Christ 40 days after Resurrection, ascended into heaven. [N.T.: Acts 1:1–11] See : Ascension Jesus Christ kind to the poor, forgiving to the sinful. [N.T. if he were alive today, said festival organizer Patte Dee. ``No More Baths'' is a tale of several 12-year-old kids who find a smelly way to vent their outrage. ``They're on strike for something that's happening to a friend of theirs in the town,'' Dee said. ``The Fishing Season,'' an entry from Portugal, is one of several international submissions to the film festival, including ``Queen of the Lake,'' a German retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of the ``Swan Lake'' story, and ``Perfect,'' a film from England, Dee said. One film, ``Sister, I'm Sorry'' features actor Blair Underwood. ``It's a beautiful narrative (about) black men apologizing for treating their women so badly,'' Dee said. Not all the entries are from unknown, independent filmmakers. A film from Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . focuses on the making of the Western ``The Searchers,'' starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford. ``Stranger in Town,'' a mystery thriller starring Harry Hamlin, comes from Hallmark Entertainment, Dee said. ``The Best Man'' is a romantic comedy about a stranger asked to stand up for the groom at a wedding, while ``The Last Great Ride'' stars Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut on January 24, 1917[1][2] ) is a Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award winning American actor. as a grandfather with a vintage car vintage car Noun a car built between 1919 and 1930 vintage car n → coche m antiguo or de época vintage car vintage n that he keeps in his garage. ``It's in mint condition
Mint condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods. Originally, the phrase comes from the way collectors describe the condition of coins. but he decides to take it out for a ride with some young kids,'' Dee said. The festival features traditional animation Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. In a traditionally-animated cartoon, each frame is drawn by hand. entries and the computer-generated variety that have gained popularity in recent years, Dee added. ``It's a good, well-rounded schedule. There's something for every age level and interest,'' she said. SANTA CLARITA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ENTRIES Feature Films ``The Best Man'' (Lovestruck Pictures) ``Born to Preach'' (Creative Ministries Films) ``Child Again'' (Denyea Productions) ``Deadly Delusions'' (Matovich Productions) ``The Innocents'' (Styopa Productions) ``The Last Great Ride'' (Hemisphere Entertainment) ``Lost Treasures'' (Image Vision) ``Mixed Blessings'' (Mary Shelley Productions) ``Naturally Native'' (Red-Horse Productions) ``No More Baths'' (Feature Films for Families) ``Queen of the Lake'' (ArtOko Film Productions) ``Silly 'n Spooky'' (Talking Island Productions) ``Stranger in Town'' (Minds Eye Productions/Hallmark Entertainment) ``Undercover Angel'' (Stellar Entertainment) ``Vacation Survivors'' (Don't Look Down Productions) Short Films ``Arianna's Oak Tree'' (Spark in the Dark Films) ``Big Skinny'' (Pokeyjack Productions) ``The Cowboy and the Ballerina'' (Carrion Productions) ``Dos Corazones'' (Tomorrow Entertainment) ``Jesus 2000'' (OK Maybe A Little Production Films) ``Mi Abuela'' (Knightmare Pictures) ``The Portrait'' (Porch Puppy Productions) Animation ``The Dirt on Mom'' (Aberle Films) ``Knights of Virtue'' (International Cartoons and Animation) ``The Blue Shoe'' (FableVision Studios) ``Wabo and ips'' (Shoemaker Productions) ``A Weekend with Wendell'' (Weston Woods Studios) ``When the Stars Came Dreaming'' (Will Vinton Studios) plus five 30-second public service announcements from Animaction Studios Documentary Features and Shorts ``Europa'' (Argonaut Films) ``The Fishing Season'' (Trapezio/Azul) ``Giant Steps: The Randy Bertish Story'' (RJB RJB Radio Jura Bernois SA (Switzerland) Productions) ``Return of Paul Jarrett'' (Jarrett Pictures) ``Sister, I'm Sorry'' (Quiet Fury Productions) ``Stand for What is Right'' (Bryan Hickox Productions & Lauren International) ``A Turning of the Earth: The Searchers'' (Warner Bros.) ``Uncle Chef Creates the Great American Hamburger'' (White Nile Productions) ``Youth Voices: Toward Creative Problem Solving'' (McGill Center) Student Films ``George & the Flies'' (Ithaca College) ``Fountain of Youth'' (Columbia College-Hollywood) ``Jungle Boy'' (Pratt Institute) ``Paper Roses'' (Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. ) ``Perfect'' (Croyden Clocktower) ``Soloam's Fountain'' (American University) ``Tanner's Jump'' (Brooks Institute) ``Water Ghost'' (American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase ) ``Wild Card'' (University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission ) ``204'' (University of Southern California) CAPTION(S): Box BOX: SANTA CLARITA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ENTRIES (See text) |
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