Date/Time
Date - May 31, 2018 - June 3, 2018
All Day
(See below for dates and times of films offered for group attendance. For a full list of films and events: greenwichfilm.org)
Greenwich International Film Festival (GIFF) is a favorite late spring event that we’ve enjoyed for the past three years as – it’s a terrific opportunity to see new films and special features locally, while supporting the Festival and filmmakers.
Members are invited to join me at any of the following films during the Festival. The screenings will be at the following 3 locations:
Bowtie Cinemas, 2 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich CT
Greenwich Library’s Cole Auditorium, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich CT
Avon Theatre, 272 Bedford Street, Stamford CT
RSVP to Laura about which film(s) you’d like to attend, and she will be in touch with members to coordinate details/ticket purchase, parking, etc.
ABOUT GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:
Greenwich International Film Festival is a non-profit organization that hosts a world class film festival each June, and supporting events throughout the year. Its mission is to provide filmmakers with the opportunity to showcase their work with the goal of finding financing for future projects, and it harnesses the power of film to serve the greater good by supporting charity partners with festival proceeds. It features more than 70 events including film premieres and screenings, educational panels, networking events, parties, and more. This year the Opening Night Party on June 1 will feature a concert by Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Changemaker Gala on May 31st will honor Ashley Judd (Times Up, UNFPA) and Duncan Edwards (Waterside School).
From the website: greenwichfilm.org
MCQUEEN
Directed By: Ian Bonhôte
Run Time: 111 mins
Country: UK
Category: Documentary Feature
Beginning with his modest upbringing in London, Lee Alexander McQueen quickly ascended the ranks of the international fashion world. After graduating from Central Saint Martins and establishing his eponymous label, McQueen became head designer of Givenchy at age 27 and went on to win the Fashion Awards’ (then the British Fashion Awards) prize for British Designer of the Year four times. His theatrical runway shows and daring designs existed on the cutting edge of ’90s fashion, his controversial and confrontational work earning him equal attention from fans and detractors alike. At the same time, he also forged a friendship with the influential stylist Isabella Blow, cultivating an intimate relationship that would last until her death in 2007. As McQueen’s star rose, so did the pressure, and accompanying anxiety, to constantly strive for ever greater heights of genius.
Date: Thursday, 5/31 | Location: Bow Tie – Theater 3 | Time: 3:30pm | BUY NOW
CONNECTICUT SHORTS
The Connecticut Shorts Program showcases short films that were either shot in Connecticut or made by a filmmaker from Connecticut. This new category will celebrate local film talent and the beautiful state of Connecticut. Featuring: The Hammamis – L.A. Fadeway – Notes From Dunblane: Lessons From a School Shooting – UZMA The Greatest – Cats Cradle – A Train To Rockaway. This program is featured twice and is sponsored by the Connecticut Office of Film, Television, and Digital Media.
Date: Friday, 6/1 | Location: Bow Tie – Theater 3 | Time: 1:15pm | BUY NOW
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING (Opening Night Film)
Directed By: Nathaniel Kahn
Run Time: 98 mins
Country: USA
Category: Documentary Feature
Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING examines the role of art and artistic passion in today’s money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, from current market darlings Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, to one-time art star Larry Poons, the film exposes deep contradictions as it holds a mirror up to contemporary values and times, coaxing out the dynamics at play in pricing the priceless.
Includes Q&A with cast and crew.
Date: Friday, 6/1 | Location: Bow Tie – Theater 1 | Time: 5:45pm | BUY NOW
SHAKESPEARE WALLAH
Directed By: James Ivory
Run Time: 120 minutes
Country: USA
Category: Narrative Feature
One of the first Merchant-Ivory productions, Shakespeare Wallah establishes the tone for so many of their collaborations to come: the deft, multi-layered screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, luminous cinematography, a wry sense of humor, and a cast of characters rich in their very human complexity. The true story of Geoffrey Kendal and his family of traveling theatrical players is used as a fascinating lens into the ever-evolving colonial relationship between Great Britain and India. With music by the legendary Satyajit Ray and a memorable performance by Madhur Jaffrey (which earned her the Silver Bear award for Best Actress at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival).
Includes Q&A with James Ivory
Date: Saturday, 6/2 | Location: Avon Theatre| Time: 11:00am | BUY NOW
PANEL – WOMEN AT THE HELM: A CONVERSATION ABOUT FEMALE DIRECTORS
Did you know that Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have ever won an Academy Award for her achievement in Directing and that only 5 other women have ever been nominated in this category? Why are there so few female film directors working today? What stands in their way and what forces conspire to keep them from telling their stories? Please join us as we sit down and pick the brains of leading female directors and industry professionals to hear about the challenges and obstacles that come with trying to make a film in a male dominated entertainment industry.
Please join us for a reception with the directors following the panel at Tesla, 340 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
Panelists: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter (Director, A Woman Captured) Maria Giese, (Co-Founder Women’s Media Summit), Hannah Storm (Director, Rowdy), Annie Howell (Co-Director, Claire In Motion).
Date: Saturday, 6/2 | Location: Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library| Time: 2:00pm | BUY NOW
GENERATION WEALTH
Directed By: Lauren Greenfield
Run Time: 106 mins
Country: USA
Category: Documentary Feature
For the past 25 years acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles, Thin, kids+money, #likeagirl) has travelled the world, documenting with ethnographic precision and an artist’s sensitivity a vast range of cultural movements and moments. Yet, after so much seeking and searching, she realized that much of her work pointed at one uniting phenomenon: wealth culture. With her new film, GENERATION WEALTH, she puts the pieces of her life’s work together for in an incendiary investigation into the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen. Spanning consumerism, beauty, gender, body commodification, aging and more, Greenfield has created a comprehensive cautionary tale about a culture heading straight for the cliff’s edge. GENERATION WEALTH, simultaneously a deeply personal journey, rigorous historical essay, and raucously entertaining expose, bears witness to the global boom-bust economy, the corrupted American Dream and the human costs of capitalism, narcissism and greed.
Date: Saturday, 6/2 | Location: Bow Tie – Theater 3 | Time: 6:00pm | BUY NOW
JOÃO, O MAESTRO
Directed By: Mauro Lima
Run Time: 117 mins
Country: Brazil
Category: Narrative Feature
João Carlos Martins was a child with serious health problems, and because of this, he lived a reclusive childhood isolated from the world. But all of that changed, the day that he was introduced to the piano. Leading him to quickly rise as one of the most revered artists in the world of classical music.
Includes Q&A with cast and crew.
Date: Sunday, 6/3 | Location: Bow Tie – Theater 3 | Time: 3:00pm | BUY NOW
All images courtesy of Greenwich International Film Festival
Greenwich International Film Festival, Greenwich, CT
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