Into Eternity
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 10:30 AM
at Warehouse 21
One of the rare films to nab a 100% fresh critics' rating on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at NYC's Film Forum, INTO ETERNITY is Danish director Michael Madsen's peek inside Onkalo, a nuclear waste storage facility in Finland. It's also a visually and sonically stunning, existential leap into the very future of civilization via an enormous underground burial chamber that will continue to be under construction until the 22nd century, that is to be built to last for 100,000 years. Think "Lord of the Rings" meets "2001: A Space Odyssey" - only scarier since everything you see is real. - Lauren Wissot
Tailings (Short)
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 10:30 AM
at Warehouse 21
Outside the snowy town of Grants, New Mexico, is a 22 million ton pile of highly radioactive uranium byproduct, known as tailings, which has contaminated the air and water. While new companies are trying to mine the rich uranium in the area, promising jobs and safety, the 200 residents who live near the tailings pile have had enough of the uranium mining legacy.
Chris Eyre Lecture
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 1:00 PM
at Warehouse 21
Director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins, Hideaway) speaks about the importance of Character and working with actors.
Small Time (Short)
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 3:00 PM
at Warehouse 21
A college professor steals the theory for time travel from his cocky, young student sparking a battle for revenge through the years.
This Ain't California (Feature)
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 3:00 PM
at Warehouse 21
The talk of the 2012 Berlinale and a hit at this year's Rooftop Films Series NYC, West German director Marten Persiel's THIS AIN'T CALIFORNIA thrills on so many levels it ultimately defies description, much like its stunning skateboarding tricks caught on archival super 8 and set to 80s German synthpop. To call it a doc about a gang of skateboarders on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall doesn't nearly do justice to this punk nostalgia trip and fragile time capsule, to this alternative history of the German Democratic Republic, and personal tribute to a lone teenage rebel with a universal cause. - Lauren Wissot
Tiger Eyes and Judy Blume Event
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 4:00 PM
at Lensic
Shot instate and featuring charismatic performances from both Russell Means and son Tatanka, Lawrence Blume's TIGER EYES - based on the classic teen novel by his mom Judy Blume - stars "Gossip Girl" Willa Holland as Davey, the teenager hurled into growing up after her father is murdered and mom relocates her and her younger brother from Atlantic City to Los Alamos, New Mexico. - Lauren Wissot
Merman
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 5:15 PM
at Warehouse 21
Harrison dances within an amazingly lush, deep well of crystal clear water, undisturbed by his onlooking friends.
Nancy Please
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 5:15 PM
at Warehouse 21
Since its premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, Andrew Semans's truly original psychodrama NANCY, PLEASE has been wowing audiences with its riveting cast and oddball premise. After moving in with his girlfriend, Yale PhD candidate Paul Brawley (Will Rogers - featured in last year's Santa Fe IFF hit "Happy New Year") realizes he's forgotten his copy of "Little Dorrit" back at his other apartment. Doesn't sound like the premise for a suspenseful satire until one factors in that Paul's dissertation is dependent on his handwritten notes in the margins of the book - and that his ex-roommate Nancy is a bit of a passive-aggressive psychopath. What Semans calls an exploration of the "perverse allure of victimhood" is also as disturbingly funny as "The War of the Roses." Lauren Wissot
Abuelas (Short)
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 7:00 PM
at Warehouse 21
In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances mean that she will be forced to wait for over 30 years.
Taped
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 7:00 PM
at Warehouse 21
No surprise that Columbia Pictures recently bought the rights to an American remake of Diederik Van Rooijen's high-flying thriller TAPED, ostensibly a film about a Dutch couple whose vacation escape to Buenos Aires to repair their broken marriage turns into a fight for their lives after they accidentally witness a corrupt cop's shooting of an unarmed man. Like Holland's answer to Michael Haneke, Van Rooijen takes sheer delight in punishing his characters - capturing every detail with glee as their insular drama morphs into a Grand Guignol affair - ultimately offering up a sophisticated metaphor, one in which emotional violence is made both visual and visceral. - Lauren Wissot
Cowgirl Closing Night Party
Sun. Oct. 21, 2012 9:00 PM
at Cowgirl BBQ
Celebrate a spectacular close to the Fourth Annual Santa Fe Independent Film Festival and cheer for the winner of the 2012 Audience Choice Award.
