Independent Film Festival

Independent Film Festival
Page Content Gainesville State College and The Arts Council Inc. are proud to present the Independent Film Series Small, Beautifully Moving Parts September 20, 2012 Arts Council, Smithgall Arts Center Includes Dinner, served at 6:00pm Film Screening at 7:00pm Filmmaker Q&A and reception First 25 GSC students with valid student ID enter free! When technophile Sarah Sparks becomes pregnant, her uncertainties about motherhood trigger an impulsive road trip to the source of her anxiety: her long-estranged mother, living far away and off-the-grid. A comic coming-of-parenthood tale for the internet age, Roger Ebert calls the film “effortlessly engaging … a small film [that] knows exactly how to be a small film.” Small, Beautifully Moving Parts premiered at SXSW and is the winner of the Sloan Feature Film Prize and the RiverRun Film Festival Audience Award. Otis Under the Sky October 18, 2012 at 7:00pm Martha T. Nesbitt Academic IV building, room 3110 Filmmaker Q&A with reception Tickets: $7 Adults, $5 Students/Seniors First 25 GSC students with valid student ID enter free! In Otis Under Sky, Otis spends his days in front of a computer posting articles and self-created web-art on his multiple web sites. Everything changes for Otis when his camera lens comes across Ursula, who is bored and pining for her lover, but intrigued by Otis’ creepiness. When Ursula’s lover returns, Otis must ﬁnd a way to overcome his love and loss, and continue his artistic endeavors. Smokin' Fish November 8, 2013 at 7:00pm Martha T. Nesbitt Academic IV building, room 3110 Filmmaker Q&A with reception Tickets: $7 Adults, $5 Students/Seniors First 25 GSC students with valid student ID enter free! In the documentary Smokin’ Fish, Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau, Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking ﬁsh at his family’s traditional ﬁsh camp. Through circumstances tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin’ Fish tells the story of one man’s attempts to navigate the messy collision between the modern world and an ancient culture. Girl Model February 14, 2012 at 7:00pm Martha T. Nesbitt Academic IV building, room 3110 Filmmaker Q&A with reception Tickets: $7 Adults, $5 Students/Seniors First 25 GSC students with valid student ID enter free! Told through the eyes of a 13-year-old Siberian girl and the American scout who discovered her, Girl Model follows a complex, global supply chain of young girls sent abroad to seek their fortunes in the unregulated and often murky world of the modeling industry. Free China: The Courage to Believe March 28, 2013 at 7:00pm Arts Council, Smithgall Arts Center Filmmaker Q&A and reception Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors First 25 GSC students with valid student ID enter free! Free China: The Courage to Believe examines widespread human rights violations in China through the stories of Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former Communist Party member; Dr. Charles Lee, a Chinese-American businessman; and hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens who are imprisoned, tortured and subjected to slave labor for their spiritual beliefs. Strong! April 18, 2013 at 7:00pm Arts Council, Smithgall Arts Center Filmmaker Q&A and reception Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors First 25 GSC students with valid student ID enter free! Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, conﬁdence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted. The 2011-2012 Southern Circuit is a program of South Arts. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and local partner organizations. Special support for Southern Circuit was provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.