FROM WHISTLING TO WRESTLING TO PASSOVER SEDERS ON 'E' AT FILM FESTIVAL.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Feature films, documentaries and short films from around the world will be showcased next weekend at the 10th annual Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival. More than 70 filmmakers and hundreds of film fans are expected to attend the festival, which will show more than 60 films shown on two screens at the Cinemark Movies 12. Films include West Coast premieres of "Pucker puck·er v. puck·ered, puck·er·ing, puck·ers v.tr. To gather into small wrinkles or folds: puckered my lips; puckered the curtains. v.intr. Up: The Fine Art of Whistling" and the Thai film "Citizen Dog," along with a retrospective of the most popular short films from the festival's past 10 years. Filmmakers will discuss their work following the screenings. The films will be shown Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Movies 12, 44790 Valley Central Way, Lancaster. Festival passes are available at Cinemark Movies 12 for $40. Tickets for each program are $10 general admission and $8 for students or festival members. At the festival: A series of short films launch the festival at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Documentary shorts open the Saturday program at 11 a.m. The feature-length "Self-Medicated," about a teen on a self-destructive path who finds himself in a psychiatric psy·chi·at·ric adj. Of or relating to psychiatry. psychiatric adjective Pertaining to psychiatry, mental disorders ward, screens at 2 p.m. Saturday. More shorts will be shown at 4:45 p.m. Saturday. "Pucker Up," directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, screens at 8 p.m. Saturday. The film documents the International Whistling Championship, with performances of everything from Mozart to swing. After the screening, the directors will be present to talk with the audience. "Citizen Dog," which was shown at the Cannes and Toronto film festivals, will make its first appearance in California at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Writer-director Wisit Sasanatieng's film is about a shy country boy named Pod who tries to make his way in the big city. More shorts will be shown at midnight Saturday. More shorts will be shown at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The feature film "When do We Eat?" at 2:15 p.m. Sunday depicts a Passover Seder The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר, seðɛɾ, "order", "arrangement") is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover (the 15th day of Hebrew month of Nisan). when the family patriarch patriarch, in the Bible patriarch (pā`trēärk), in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g. is slipped a tab of Ecstasy ecstasy, either of two drugs used for their euphoric effects. The original ecstasy, a so-called designer drug, also known as MDMA, is an analog of methamphetamine (see amphetamine). . It was written by Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. film teachers Sal Litvak and his wife Nina Davidovich. "Lucha Libre Lucha Libre (which translates literally as Free Wrestling or Free Fighting) is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to all forms of professional wrestling. ," about the world of Mexican wrestling, will be shown at 5 p.m. Sunday. "Best of Fest" at 7 p.m. shows the short films picked by audiences as their favorites. "In Memory of My Father" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday chronicles three sons of a film producer. |
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