Opening Night Event

Fracture
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 113 minutes

Presented by Newli

Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn

Screening Time:
Thursday, April 12th at 7:00 pm

An assistant DA (Gosling) is caught up in a game of cat-and-mouse with a man (Hopkins) who tried to murder his wife and is set free on a series of technicalities.

Closing Night Event

Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway
Arizona Premiere

Alan Cumming in attendance to receive the Copper Wing Tribute Award

Directed by: Dori Berinstein
Starring: Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Boy George and Rosie O’Donnell

Over the course of one Broadway musical season (2003-2004), "ShowBusiness" follows the four high-profile productions that would eventually become Tony nominees for Best Musical: a big-noise musical named "Wicked," the Rosie O'Donnell/Boy George collaboration, "Taboo," the much-anticipated Tony Kushner musical, "Caroline, or Change," and an irreverent puppet show named "Avenue Q."

Friday Night Event

Blind Dating
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 95 minutes

Presented by Samuel Goldwyn Films – Rated PG-13

Directed by James Keach
Starring: Jane Seymour, Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Anjali Jay, Stephen Toboloswky

Screening Times:
Friday, April 13th at 7:30pm with Jane Seymour and Director James Keach Tuesday, April 17th at 5:20pm

A blind young man thinks he finds love with an Indian woman, though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.

Saturday Night Event

Netherbeast Incorporated
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 90 minutes

Directed by Dean Ronalds
Starring: Judd Nelson, Jason Mewes, Steve Burns, Amy Davidson, Darrell Hammond, Dave Foley and Robert Wagner

Screening Times:
Saturday, April 14th at 7:30pm - Judd Nelson, Jason Mewes, Steve Burns and Amy Davidson in attendance.
Sunday, April 15th at 3:45pm - Judd Nelson, Jason Mewes, Steve Burns and Amy Davidson in attendance.
Wednesday, April 18th at 5:20pm

A quirky twist on the vampire tale, set in modern day corporate America. Shot in Arizona.

Sunday Night Event

Wild Seven
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 81 minutes

Directed by James Hausler
Starring: Robert Forster, Richard Roundtree, Robert Loggia

Screening Time
Sunday, April 15th at 7:00pm with Robert Forster

A comic drama about two sets of crooks - one a set of beginners, the other old hands at the game - both lured by the promise of a big heist.

Wednesday Night Event

Waitress
Arizona Premiere
Run Time: 104 minutes

Presented by Fox Searchlight Pictures – Rated PG-13

Directed by Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Keri Russell, Cheryl Hines, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, and Andy Griffith

Screening Times:
Saturday, April 14th at 10:10pm
Wednesday, April 18th at 7:20pm

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the Deep South. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

Monday Night Event

Year of the Dog
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 98 minutes

Presented by Paramount Vantage – Rated PG-13

Directed by Mike White
Starring: Molly Shannon, Steve Berg, Laura Dern

Screening Times:
Saturday, April 14th at 12:00 pm
Monday, April 16th at 7:20 pm

A secretary’s life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

Tuesday Night Event

Sundance Channel’s Green presents Waste = Food
Arizona Premiere
Directed by Rob van Hattum.

Screening Time:
Tuesday, April 17th at 7:20pm

Van Hattum delivers an exciting introduction to the work of American architect/designer William McDonough and German ecological chemist Michael Braungart. Waste = Food shows their principles at work in a host of guises, from the revamped Ford Motors production facility in Detroit, to a line of recycled (and recyclable) shoes at Nike, to a model village under construction in China.

Check out the Sundance Channel’s The Green on Tuesdays at 9pm on the Sundance Channel starting Tuesday, April 17th.

As part of this program, the short film “Gimme Green” from our Documentary Shorts Program will screen after Waste = Food.

Saturday Family Programming

The Sandlot 3: Heading Home
Run Time: 97 minutes

Free family screening. Get your tickets at Ticket Center

Presented by Kids First – www.kidfirst.org

Directed by: William Dear
Cast: Danny Nucci, Luke Perry, Sarah Deakins

Screening Time:
Saturday, April 14th at 1:30pm

Successful, arrogant baseball superstar Tommy “Santa” Santorelli travels back in time to 1976 and relives his boyhood days on the sandlot baseball team, this time choosing friendship over glory and ultimately earning both.

The Eye of the Dolphin
Runtime: 100 minutes

Presented by Kids First – www.kidsfirst.org

Directed by Michael Sellers
Cast: Carly Schroder, Adrian Dunbar, Katharine Ross and Jane Lynch

Screening Times:
Saturday, April 14th at 9:15am

A family film that is a richly realized tale of love, spirituality, and redemption that crosses generations, cultures, and even species. The film delivers an intelligent, cross cultural spiritual punch reminiscent of "Whale Rider", but with humor and edginess, that give it a very unique flavor.

Oranges
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 100 minutes

Presented by Mesquite Entertainment

Directed by Joseph Merhi
Starring: Tom Arnold, Beverly D’Angelo, Jill Hennessy, Heather Locklear and Tom Sizemore.

Screening Time:
Saturday, April 14th at 5:10pm

In Oranges, a children's soccer team is the common link for a multi-layered story giving a candid look into the intersecting lives of five Los Angeles families. Oranges examines the complexities of racial and class divisions, and reveals that despite the fragile volatility of human relationships, family is what holds us together and unites us all.

Great Late Night Fare

Sleeping Dogs Lie
Runtime: 87 minutes

Presented by Samuel Goldwyn Films

Directed by Bobcat Goldthwaite
Starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson and Colby French

Screening Time:
Friday, April 13th at 10:35pm

Amy is a seemingly normal young girl, adored by her parents and golden-boy fiancé. Her future looks bright until her fiancé suggests they tell each other their darkest secrets…things they have never told anyone. When Amy finally relents and reveals her secret, everything falls apart. Sure to be one on the most talked about films at the Festival, this sparkling comedy proves that it doesn’t take money to make a film that everyone will want to see.

Done the Impossible: The Fans’ Tale of “Firefly” and “Serenity”
Arizona Premiere
Runtime: 80 minutes

Directed by:Tony Hadlock, Jason Heppler, Jeremy Neish, Jared Nelson, Brian Wiser
Featuring: Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion and Joss Whedon

Screening Time:
Friday, April 13th at 10:30pm

The story of the rise, fall, and rebirth of the cult TV show “Firefly” as told from the perspective of the fans that helped save it.

Unrest
Runtime: 85 minutes

Presented by the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival

Directed by Jason Todd Ipson
Starring: Corri English, Jay Jablonski, Joshua Alba, Scot Davis

Screening Time:
Friday, April 13th at 11:05pm

Winner of Best Horror Feature at the 2006 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival. Medical School. First year. Students are thrown into Gross Anatomy class where they see their own mortalities reflected in the dead bodies that lay before them. Sensing her cadaver’s not at rest, Alison sets out to discover the truth behind this mysterious body. But each clue comes at a price; someone’s life. Soon, she must risk it all in hope that if she can put the body to rest, the killings will stop.

Firefly
Runtime: 105 minutes

Presented by the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival

Directed by Pete Marcy
Starring: Pete Marcy, Lindsay Hinman, Joseph Marcy, Devon Jorlett, Chris Marcy

Screening Time:
Saturday, April 14th at 11:05pm

Winner of Best Sci-Fi Feature at the 2006 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival. Firefly interweaves the stories of three people seeking the mysterious truth about what happened one fateful Halloween night. Del woke up in his truck, hung over and covered in dirt. Brandt was found floating in a river. Susan was rushed to the hospital, bloody and cold. The answers will come Christmas Eve.

Sixes and the One-Eyed King
Run Time: 99 minutes

Presented by Frontal Lobe Films – www.frontallobefilms.com

Directed by Ray Nomoto Robinson
Starring: Scott Ford, Grace Thorsen and Nicole Strykowski

Screening Time:
Saturday, April 14th at 10:30pm

Six people gather in the basement of a building. They have nothing in common except they all have tried to commit suicide in the past month. They were contacted and asked them to participate in a high stakes game of chance. The one who wins will receive $1,000,000 each year for life. The losers will be no worse off than if they had succeeded in their suicide attempt.