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As the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival winds down I wanted to share 4 films that I would think you should check out before it ends...I think spending time with these film will be a positive film 
experience for anyone.

Date America - 10/6 (8:30PM) - Oriental Theatre
If you haven't seen Date America, this is the type of film that the Film Festival can bring to the light of everyone. It's Wisconsin through and through and funny but real. I've written a lot about this film in the past week, from the sold out screenings to this chance to show in the big theatre at the Oriental, check it out.

August: Osage County - 10/7 (7:30PM) Oriental Theatre
August: Osage County feautres Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor and a million other talented actors. Ok, so a million is an overstatement, but the John Wells directed film will be probably talked about for the soon to come awards season that is already underway.

Somm - 10/8 (8:00PM) Oriental Theatre
Somm surprised me, I was excited to see it...but it's a a film about becoming the best of the best at wine knowledge so I didn't expect an emotional attachment to the featured individuals. I was wrong. The film does an amazing job of making you struggle through the cram sessions, the emotions, and the pressure that goes into becoming the best at what you do. It doesn't matter what task you are trying to accomplish it's the story of the quest to be the best and that will resonate with anyone.

Spinning Plates - 10/9 (7:45PM) Fox-Bay Cinema
Spinning Plates impressed me. For a film that is all about food on a number of different levels this really is an inpresive documentary -- just make sure you've eaten dinner before you go.

The last Sunday of the festival features fun for everyone. Including your last chance to see the homegrown Date America. Get out there today! Go on...GO!

Bob Murray Get the Big Stage

Wisconsinite Bob Murray goes from Milwaukee to Los Angeles in the back of a cab in search of love and more. Along the way he has lined up dates in cities across America, but is true love waiting miles from home, or is there more to be learned along the way. This is a film that I found myself laughing with as it begins to implode. In the early part of the film, there is a lot of humor, much of it comes as Bob is willing to say and do just about anything on camera. But there is a more serious side to the film as well. The notion of setting out to do something, that thing that will make you happy, that thiing that will satisfity that need you have inside of you. This is one that will leave you with a smile on your face and worth a good night out.

Date America - Showings
10/6 (8:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Where I'm Going To Be

Looking forward tonight to checking out Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me at the Fox-Bay Cinema.
Who influenced R.E.M.? None other than Big Star, a critically accalaimed band from the 70s that was lauded by critics, but didn't sell the big numbers that others may have. Their journey is finally told and should be an interesting look inside the band that produced 3 of Rolling Stones Top 500 albums. And if you're there toinight...say hi...that is before I'm rocking out.

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me - Showings
10/6 (8:00PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/9 (4:45PM) - Downer Theatre

In Case You Missed Them...

Some of my favorites from earlier in the fest are airing today.

If You Build It - 1:00PM at the Oriental Theatre (Read More)
Maidentrip - 1:00PM at the Fox-Bay Cinema (Read More)
Remote Area Medical - 6:30PM at the Oriental Theatre (Read More)

Tomorrow - a biggie - August: Osage County is showing at the Oriental Theatre (tickets are on RUSH only...but you never know).

So 10 days...Double digits...wow...this has been a busy run. I was out at Google and the World Brain and it is a great little film about what is and isn't in the public interest. While the book project they were on a mission to finish "may" be in the public interest...the intentions may not be as honorable as one might think...but I digress....

Let's get to today!

Brotherly Love

Mark Attanasio is the owner of the Brewers and I think all fans of the team wouild say he is a big part of the reason that the team has enjoyed a resurgence in SE Wisconsin. But he is by no means the only talented Attanasio, his brother Paul (hey I kinda like that name) is being honored by Milwaukee Film for his work in Hollywood and will be in town for An Evening with Paul Attanasio at 7:30PM tonight at the Oriental Theatre. He written projects like House M.D. and Homicide: Life on the Streets for television and movies such as Quiz Show. Currently working on the upcoming Showtime series The Vatican (with Ridley Scott) and a reboot of Scarface for the big screen, Paul is destined to have some stories to tell and may have some interesting clips to share.

An Evening With Paul Attanasio
10/5 (7:30 PM) - Oriental Theatre

Taking Health Care Where It's Needed

Remote Area Medical is a concept of taking healthcare to those who need it. Originally these mission would fly to places around the globe and deliver doctors/nurses/dentists and the like to those in need. The documentary playing in the festival focuses on a different need that is part of their mission. Taking their services to Bristol, Tennessee, we meet a number of great people who rely on these missions of mercy. Imagine waiting in line a full day, not for the hot deal at Thanksgiving or the best concert tickets, but to get the essential medical care to make your life better. That's what happens here. It breaks your heart to see the people in need; but it warms your heart to see the people who help.

Remote Area Medical - Showings
10/5 (1:30 PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/6 (6:30PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/8 (2:30PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema

Dinner WITH Wine Please

Two documentaries with food and drink at their core actually moved me to tears at times. But Paul...these are documentaries about FOOD AND WINE.... how did you get moved? Well if you check out Spinning Plates and Somm you will see what I mean.

Spinning Plates takes a look at three restaurants with totall different themes and ways of doing the same things, serving people with love. From the upscale and world class Alinea restaurant in Chicago to Breitbach's Country Dining in Iowa and La Cocina de Gabby in Arizona these people live to serve and create an experience with their dining. They share their passion and drive and you can see it in the film.

And if you eat, you should drink as well. Once you experience the film Somm you will never look at the selection of a wine the same way again. This film follows a group of individuals that love wine and are trying to become a Master Sommelier. The tests are grueling, the studying as intense as ever, and the dedictation is mindbolggling, all done in the hopes to one day become a master. You will be rooting for the group to succeed, even knowing that not many ever do. Somm pairs wine with the human spirit to create a motivational and inspirational film about following your dream.

Spinning Plates - Showings
10/5 (4:00PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/9 (7:45PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema

Somm - Showings
10/5 (9:00PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/8 (8:00PM) - Oriental Theatre

Tomorrow... Your last chance during this fetival to see Date America (GO) and more...

Sorry I noticed - never got my Day 8 Preview online -- well I hope you enjoyed The Milwaukee Show (I had to miss it because of another commitment, but hey that is life)

So we move to Day 9 - And the second half of the festival really cranks up I'm putting together a list of MUST SEES for the next week based on what I saw the first week...but let's get to TODAY.

Centerpiece Time

Time for the Festival Centerpiece as the Milwaukee Film Festival follows up Metropolis and Blackmail the last couple of years with this 1930 film from the Ukraine. And yes...there will be Live Music Accompaniment for the film from Milwaukee's very own Altos. Check it out at the big screen at the Oriental Theatre tonight ONLY at 7:00PM.

Earth (with live accompaniment from Altos) - Showings
10/4 - (7:00PM) - Oriental Theatre


Two I Can Recommend

Rising From Ashes features the Rwandan National Cycling Team and is an inspirational story of doing just what the title says for Rwanda. It is showing at NOON at the Oriental Theatre.

If You Build It I found to be truly an inspirational film that shows what CAN happen with two dedicated teachers thinking differently about education. The motivations of a partnership between a communities students and the greater good of the community should be emulated everywhere. Today at 2:30PM at the Fox-Bay Cinema.

Rising From Ashes - Showings
10/4 (12:00PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/9 (10:15PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema

If You Build It - Showings
10/4 (2:30PM) Fox- Bay Cinema
10/6 (1:00PM) Oriental Theatre

Where I'm Going To Be

Finally getting a chance to check out Google and the World Brain tonight -- missed it last weekend and am really looking forward to this documentary about the quest to get every text under the sun in one place...and Google undertaking the job. Looks interesting and I'm excited for the chance to check it out.

Google and the World Brain - Showings
10/4 (7:15PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/9 (7:30PM) - Downer Theatre

Tomorrow -- the final Saturday and An Evening With Paul Attanasio takes center stage alongside 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The beautiful weather outside hasn't slowed down the stream of movies as we wrap Day 7 of this year's festival.

Tonight's Main Event

Well, this is where I would tell you about the the film playing in the feature spot at the Oriental Theatre, but today I can't...because I don't know what it is. Yes it's the members only Secret Screening at 7PM and they will not tell anyone until they hit the stage what it is. A colleague and myself discussed it yesterday and ruminated on what it could be, but nothing is leaking....NOTHING! So here's my generic write up for the members only screening. If you are a member of Milwaukee Film you are in for a treat tonight. Sure in the past they have brought you Silver Linings Playbook and Undefeated (two films that have been incredibly honored during their respective awards seasons) but never before have they brought you a film like this. It will touch an emotion within you and stir conversations long into the showing of Vanishing Waves that starts at 9:45PM in the same theatre. And let me tell you, a bag of hot popcorn is almost manditory when watching this film, but you may have to stop from time to time to wipe tears away. (joyful or sad tears will depend on the individual). But there is no doubt in my mind...you will be talking about this film when it ends.

Now I dare anyone to tell me that doesn't fit whatever the title is that is showing....This and other screenings throughout the year is why you should become a member of Milwaukee Film.

Details at mkefilm.org on how to become a member.

My prediction and I have ABSOLUTELY NO intelligence on this.... Nebraska will screen.

Super Secret Screening - Showings
10/2 (7:00PM) - Oriental Theatre

I've Only Seen One

Today's lineup features only one film that I've seen already -- God Love Uganda (2:30PM at Fox-Bay Cinema). This is an interesting tale of Christian groups that have come to this country to help - but not everyone has the best intentions. Read my detailed breakdown from Day 4 .

God Loves Uganda - Showings
10/2 (2:30PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/3 (2:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Where I'm Going To Be

Date America at Fox-Bay Cinema tonight at 9:15PM and hopefully I'll be able to get in this time. I was there about 7-10 minutes before it was to start on Saturday but was turned away. (sigh) Didn't think I'd have the ability in the schedule to do it tonight, but turns out I will -- now if I can just make sure they let me see it tonight.  Part of the Cream City Cinema section of the festival this documentary features Wisconsinite Bob Murray as he travels across America for eight dates in different cities. The Saturday show turned away a number of interested viewers and the director himself was outside trying to help with tickets for some folks to come back tonight. Good to see the interest in this homegrown product and a director connecting with fans hungry to see his film. It's what film festivals are all about. But I still wish I was able to see it on Saturday....

Date America - Remaining Showings

10/2 (9:15PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/6 (8:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Tomorrow -- The very special event....The Milwaukee Show

October in Wisconsin...

The middle of the football season is upon us.

Major League Baseball turns to the playoffs (Milwaukee Brewers not involved, but Milwaukee Film fan John Axford plays on with the St. Louis Cardinals).

There's a chill in the air...wait...what????
They say it's supposed to be 80 here today.....OK.

Maybe there's a heat wave coming from the lineup of movies hitting the Milwaukee Film Festival and today is NO exception.

What's Next...


Tonight's featured film takes viewers behind the scenes of the four doctors that remain performing third trimester abortions in the United States since Dr. George Tiller was killed. Sure to incite passions from everyone involved, the film shows how there are more to these individuals than meets the eye. The film does a good job of laying most of the story out in a fairly objective manner. It surely won't change may minds to either side as even many Pro-Choice supporters don't believe in third trimester abortions. What it will do is tell some of the stories of those who choose to have these procedures and those who perform them. This is sure to incite passionate debate on both sides of the issue.

After Tiller - Showings
10/1 (7:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Get Inspired

Ok, so if you can weave your way through the crowds (and probable protesters) of After Tiller, you may want to instead head to the other screen at the Oriental Theatre to see inspirational documentary Rising From Ashes. This look at Rwanda national cycling team will share a group of young man that are literally rising from the ashes of horror to create their own future. Narrated by Forest Whitaker, this film will fill your eyes with tears as these men become a family by starting the team from ground zero with a couple of outsiders making a difference in their lives. I LOVE the encouragement, the determination and the family that shines through in this film.

Rising From Ashes - Showings
10/1 (7:00PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/4 (NOON) - Oriental Theatre
10/9 (10:15PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema

Get Informed

Informant has one of its two festival showings tonight at the Downer Theatre and will challenge viewers from all political persuasions. The story of one man moving from liberal activist to FBI informant (infiltrating a liberal group) will create discussions for days to come. Brandon Darby would never be consider a conservative or a liberal today...as I don't think even he knows where he is at with his life. Liberal groups loved him, then despised him (and when they despised him Conservative groups loved him). But one things seems certain from the folks in this film. Brandon Darby....loved Brandon Darby. This would be a great film to hear both a conservative and a liberal viewpoint on -- as both sides may see different things in the film, but both might actually AGREE on some things in this film...and that's more agreement than...say on the budget or health care or well just about anything.

Informant - Showings

10/1 (10:00PM) - Downer Theatre
10/3 (10:15PM) - Oriental Theatre

Also Don't Miss Today....
Citizen Koch (4:30PM) - Oriental Theatre
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (4:45PM) - Oriental Theatre
The Institue (5:00 PM) - Downer Theatre
Pandora's Promise (4:45PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema

Other than the Tim Hetherington film, I've seen them all and have talked about them to one point or another to this point already.

PLUS - If I wasn't booked for a screening of Enough Said tonight .... I would check out Picture Day and Stories We Tell at the Fox-Bay Cinema back to back tonight myself....

Tomorrow -- If you are not a member of Milwaukee Film you'll be missing out....the Super Secret Screening is on tap.....

Ok...time to start a new week Let's take a peek at some of the highlights from today.

Film I've seen that you should too...

The story of Maidentrip focuses on Laura Dekker, the then 14-year-old from Holland that wanted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. She fought a legal battle and then set out on the global trip. The film has amazing footage that Laura, herself, shot while at sea that at one moment shows her as a typical teenager and the next an experience sea traveler. I really became invested in the film and while I may have started the film thinking everyone around her was crazy for letting her go, it also shows you that not every teenager is the same. We could use more Laura Dekker's in the world. (Can you tell I REALLY liked this film and took the emotional ride with Laura?)

Maidentrip - Showings
9/30 (3:00PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/6 (1:00PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/9 (12:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Film I really want to see....but unfortunately can't (tonight)

Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington is something I've been waiting for since the day I heard about it. Restrepo was one of my favorite documentaries from 2010 -- it even made my overall top 10 list that year. Tim was one of the co-directors of the film along with Sebastian Junger. As a photojournalist and filmmaker Tim did things that no one else wanted to do. He went places no one else wanted to film. And if you ever thought the mortar fire around him in his very shots that he shot back was less than real -- the fact that this film was made will teach you differently. I can't wait to see this -- jump on it if you can.

Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington

Showings
9/30 (7:00PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/1 (4:45PM) - Oriental Theatre
10/7 (12:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

 Why can't I go tonight? Gravity screening...sorry...

There are SO MANY good films screening at the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival that you really need a road map to find your way -- hit up http://www.mkefilm.org for all the details.

The rain came to Brew City last night. And with it an exciting crop of movies for those checking out the Milwaukee Film Festival for day 4.

The featured time slot at the Oriental Theatre has Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me with the subject slated to be in the house. Stritch is most recently remember as Alec Baldwin's mother in "30 Rock" but has so much more to her storied Broadway career. (7PM - Oriental Theatre - Only showing during the Festival)

Wisconsin Politics

Sure the documentary Citizen Koch has a lot about Wisconsin politics in it. The Scott Walker recall election takes about a good portion of the film with the groundbreaking Citizens United verdict laying the framework for the film as a whole. I think Conservatives and Liberals can take a little piece of knowledge from the well made film, although it definitely has a liberal tone (not like that is a surprise for anyone). That said, the Downer Theatre will be full for today's showing.

Citizen Koch - Showings
9/29 (4:45PM) - Downer Theatre
10/1 (4:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Worlds Apart

God Loves Uganda focuses on a region that we only remember in turmoil. Now as they try to find themselves many Christian missionaries are coming to this country and not all of them have innocent intentions. They are teaching beyond the bible and are instead delivering a message that wouldn't be tolerated in America. Although many go with good intentions, others proceed to preach a message that will shock when it comes to the treatment of fellow human beings.

God Loves Uganda - Showings
9/29 (2:30PM) - Downer Theatre
10/2 (2:30PM) - Fox-Bay Cinema
10/3 (2:30PM) - Oriental Theatre

Those are just a couple of today's Highlights -- make your own schedule and make the festival your own at http://www.mkefilm.org

PS - The Packers have a bye this week...so you won't miss anything.

Ahh the first Saturday of the fest and the first really special presentation comes to the fest.

First up there is the State of Cinema: The Dissolve -- featuring the extremely talented staff of the the website that became the film offshoot of Pitchfork media's popular pitchfork.com music site.

Keith Phipps, Scott Tobias, Tasha Robinson and Nathan Rabin are scheduled to have a FREE talk on the state of Cinema at Collectivo Coffee at 1PM and then later, they will present Blow Out at 4PM at the Oriental Theatre.

Also today -- Don't miss George Tillman Jr. returning to the place he was born and raised for two very special films.

The Tribute to Tillman Jr. kicks off at NOON over at the Downer Theatre with a screening of his 2009 film Notorious that chronicles The Notorious B.I.G. and his life. The real treat of this visit from Tillman Jr. is the screening of his new film The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete at the Oriental Theatre at 7:30PM the new film features Anthony Mackie, Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright but most importantly Skylan Brooks and Ethan Dixon (as Mister and Pete). This one is not to be missed during the festival and it is the only showing.

But of course...I've got a couple other suggestions for you...some that I have seen already.

Pandora's Promise is a film that will challenge both sides of the environmental debate over what is the best clean energy source for future sustainability - this will leave everyone, no matter their view, challenged and talking.

Showings

Saturday 9/29 - 1PM at the Oriental Theatre
Tuesday 10/1 - 4:45PM at the Fox-Bay Cinema
Thursday 10/3 - 2:30PM at the Fox-Bay Cinema

The Institute is a crazy film, but I found myself enamored by it as it rolled. The first 30 minutes I wondered really what was going on and what was I watching. And by the end...you wonder if everyone, regardless of who they are, could use a little of The Institute in their lives. Crazy - yes, but in a good way!

Showings

Saturday 9/29 - 6:30PM at the Oriental Theatre
Tuesday 10/1 - 5PM at the Downer Theatre
Thursday 10/3 - 9:45PM at the Fox-Bay Cinema

Enjoy Day 3 at the festival (the first Saturday) -- and just think...things are JUST getting started!

The opening night party is done...time to move on to the films of Day 1.

Ahh,

The air is crisp in Milwaukee this time of year -- comfortable days (in the 70s today and crisp nights in the 50's) but there is a heat wave taking shape for this evening.

You see -- it's the begining of the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival.

In mere hours from when this post goes live, Milwaukee film goers will be transported to worlds that are only experienced because of the efforts of the dedicated staff at Milwaukee film.

And - I'm ready to go on the ride with you - and you can live vicariously through me if you'd like.

No, I can't get out to every day of the festival -- since it's in the part of the world that I live in, there are family commitments and other films that will screen (and even a short trip out of town) that will impact my time...BUT -- that doesn't mean I won't provide you with daily thoughts on the festival.

One day might feature my thoughts on the films for the day -- telling you where to go and what not to miss.

One day might feature a review of a film.

And another day might just feature observations relating to the day....

I love the opportunities that present themselves in the festival format. In fact I posted something a little over 2 years ago -- that still rings true TODAY about why you should go to a film festival in your hometown.

READ THE ARTICLE HERE on why you should go to a film festival.

I'll be experiencing a lot of documentaries over the next two weeks...

For now -- let's just strap in! And get ready to ENJOY - Milwaukee Film Festival 2013.

Feature(s) of the Day

OPENING NIGHT FILM - Break Up Man - Called a riotous comedy that has taken its native Germany by storm. This is the perfect opener for this year's festival featuring - Passport Germany
OPENING NIGHT PARTY

Here's an extensive list of all the titles for this year's Milwaukee Film Festival.

Lots of good stuff to see here Milwaukee...including August: Osage County and a slew of documentaries on a variety of topics from Wisconsin Politics to Snowboarders. Those who know me know I love my docs!

I'm excited...more on my picks as the festival approaches!


“Our programming philosophy has always been to provide the best 15 days of cinema you can find on the planet,” explained Artistic & Executive Director Jonathan Jackson. “Looking at the line-up in its entirety, I’m confident we’ve achieved this. Milwaukee’s in for one hell of a festival.”

For your very own copy of the entire festival line-up, the Milwaukee Film Festival 2013 Program Books will be available to the general public for the first time this Saturday, September 7 from 9 AM – 1 PM at the East Town Farmer’s Market in Cathedral Square Park. This will also be the last day to purchase festival passes and ticket 6-packs in person at their early discount rate. 


The complete 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival line-up:

SPOTLIGHT FILMS:

OPENING NIGHT FILM
Break Up Man (Schlussmacher)
(Germany / 2012 / Director: Matthias Schweighöfer)

Closing Night Film - Blood Brother

FESTIVAL CENTERPIECE
Earth feat. live accompaniment from Altos
(Ukraine / 1930 / Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko)


CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Blood Brother
(USA / 2012 / Director: Steve Hoover)


After Tiller
(USA / 2012 / Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson)

The Angels’ Share
(United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy / 2012 / Director: Ken Loach)


August: Osage County
(USA / 2013 / Director: John Wells)

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
(USA / 2013 / Director: Chiemi Karasawa)


Free the Mind
(Denmark, Finland / 2012 / Director: Phie Ambo)

The History of Future Folk
(USA / 2012 / Director: J. Anderson Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker)

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

SOMM
(USA / 2012 / Director: Jason Wise)


TRIBUTES

Notorious
(USA / 2009 / Director: George Tillman, Jr.)

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
(USA / 2013 / Director: George Tillman, Jr.)

Blow Out
(USA / 1981 / Director: Brian De Palma)


COMPETITION

12 O’Clock Boys
(USA / 2013 / Director: Lofty Nathan)

The Act of Killing
(Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Joshua Oppenheimer)

Beyond the Hills (Dupa Dealuri)
(Romania / 2012 / Director: Cristian Mungiu)

The Crash Reel
(USA / 2013 / Director: Lucy Walker)

Post Tenebras Lux
(Mexico, France, Germany, Netherlands / 2012 / Director: Carlos Reygadas)

Stories We Tell
(Canada / 2012 / Director: Sarah Polley)

Upstream Color
(USA / 2013 / Director: Shane Carruth)

War Witch (Rebelle)
(Canada / 2012 / Director: Kim Nguyen)
PASSPORT: GERMANY

Almanya, Welcome to Germany (Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland)
(Germany / 2011 / Director: Yasemin Samdereli)

Hannah Arendt
(Germany / 2012 / Director: Margarethe von Trotta)

Lore
(Australia, Germany, United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Cate Shortland)

Ludwig II
(Germany / 2012 / Directors: Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr)

Oh Boy
(Germany / 2012 / Director: Jan Ole Gerster)

Oma & Bella
(Germany / 2012 / Director: Alexa Karolinski)

This Ain’t California
(Germany / 2012 / Director: Marten Persiel)

Wings of Desire
(Germany / 1987 / Director: Wim Wenders)


RATED K: FOR KIDS

The Land Before Time
(USA, Ireland / 1988 / Director: Don Bluth)

Taking Chances (Patatje Oorlog)
(Netherlands, Belgium / 2011 / Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk)

Wolf Children (Okami Kodomo No Ame To Yuki)
(Japan / 2012 / Director: Mamoru Hosoda)

Zarafa
(France, Belgium / 2012 / Directors: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie)

Kids Shorts: Size Small

Aston's Presents (Sweden / 2012 / Directors: Uzi Geffenblad, Lotta Geffenblad)

Choir Tour (Latvia / 2012 / Director: Edmunds Jansons)

Chopin's Drawings (USA / 2011 / Director: Dorota Kobiela)

Eskimal (Mexico / 2011 / Director: Homero Ramirez Tena)

How Shammies Guessed (Latvia / 2012 / Director: Edmunds Jansons)

Kitten's First Full Moon (USA / 2011 / Director: Gary McGivney)

Knuffle Bunny Free (USA / 2012 / Director: Karen Villarreal)

The Little Bird and the Leaf (Switzerland / 2012 / Director: Lena Von Döhren)

Mira's Night (USA / 2011 / Director: Elyse Kelly)

A Tangled Tale (USA / 2013 / Director: Corrie Francis Parks)



Kids Shorts: Size Medium

Big Mouth (Canada / 2012 / Director: Andrea Dorfman)

Boris the Rat Dresses Warmly (Finland / 2012 / Directors: Kaisa Penttilä, Leena Jääskeläinen)

Chinti (Russia / 2012 / Director: Natalia Mirzoyan)

Colosse - A Wood Tale (USA / 2012 / Director: Yves Geleyn)

The Fox and the Chickadee (Canada / 2012 / Director: Evan Derushie)

Frog Weather (Germany / 2011 / Director: Pauline Kortmann)

Jonah and the Crab (USA / 2012 / Director: Laurel Cohen)

My First Spellbook (Scotland / 2011 / Director: Gavin Laing)

Paulie (USA / 2012 / Director: Andrew Nackman)

Shame and Glasses (Italy / 2013 / Director: Alessandro Riconda)

Wing (Denmark / 2011 / Directors: Asger Grevil, Mette Vestergaard Madsen)



Kids Shorts: Size Large

Bot (USA / 2010 / Director: Mustafa Lazkani)

Eyes on the Stars (USA / 2012 / Director: The Rauch Brothers)

A Girl Named Elastika (Canada / 2012 / Director: Guillaume Blanchet)

High Noon (Venezuela / 2013 / Director: Ivan Mazza)

I'm Going to Mum's (New Zealand / 2012 / Director: Lauren Jackson)

Krake (Germany / 2012 / Director: Regina Welker)

The Maiden and the Princess (USA / 2011 / Director: Ali Scher)

Monster, Me (USA / 2013 / Director: Milt Klingensmith)

Song of the Spindle (USA / 2011 / Director: Drew Christie)

Sounds for Mazin (Netherlands / 2012 / Director: Ingrid Kamerling)

Turning a Corner (USA / 2012 / Director: David B. Levy)


CREAM CITY CINEMA


Billy Club
(USA / 2013 / Directors: Drew Rosas, Nick Sommer)

Date America
(USA / 2012 / Directors: Bob Murray, Amy Neuenschwander)



The Milwaukee Show

Before You (USA / 2013 / Director: Michael T. Vollmann)

Begong Ava, Begong Hele (USA / 2013 / Director: Heather Hass)

Cinders (USA / 2013 / Director: Andrew Gralton)

The Glitch (USA / 2013 / Director: Zijian Yan)

I Am (USA / 2013 / Director: Karim Raoul)

Love You Still (USA / 2013 / Director: Michael Viers)

Margaret Hue Would Like To Go To Mars. (USA / 2013 / Director: Anna Sampers)

Pluto and the Vessel (USA / 2013 / Director: Harrison Browning)

The Quiet City (USA / 2013 / Director: Brian McGuire)

Spectacle! (USA / 2013 / Directors: Andrew Swant, WC Tank, Erik Ljung, Kurt Raether, Carol Brandt)



USPS (USA / 2013 / Director: Jessica Farrell)

Within A Stone’s Throw (USA / 2013 / Director: Cecelia Condit)



The Milwaukee Youth Show

Alexander Copenhagen and the Key of Destiny (USA / 2012 / Director: Thomas Fleischmann)

Birth of a Dream (USA / 2013 / Director: Megan Sai Dogra)

Copycat (USA / 2013 / Director: Hudson Miller)

#DiseasesSpreadLikeRumors (USA / 2012 / Directors: Participants in Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Programs)

#DontBeAnOffenderToThoseWhoLoveTheSameGender (USA / 2012 / Directors: Participants in Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Programs)

Flowers in Bloom (USA / 2013 / Director: Alejandra Salinas)

#ForgetTheHumpIfYouDontWantTheBump (USA / 2012 / Directors: Participants in Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Programs)

Generation Empowered: The Dream is Now (USA / 2013 / Director: LaTonya Matlock)

How Geoffrey Broke His Glasses (USA / 2012 / Director: Jamie Mercado)

In The Mind (USA / 2013 / Director: Brian Mercado)

The Journey Home (USA / 2013 / Directors: Elizabeth Zingsheim, Mara Matovich)

Night of the Beanie Babies (USA / 2013 / Directors: Josh Frank, Ryan Coenen)

Pancakes (USA / 2013 / Director: Lauren Markey, Brian Ore)
Phone Wars (USA / 2012 / Director: Holly Kraemer, Kevin Salgado)

Poppin’ (USA / 2013 / Directors: Lauren Markey, Brian Ore)

Spider Dog (USA / 2013 / Directors: Gabriella Avila, Alexia Justo)
Sun Up,Sun Down (USA / 2013 / Director: Felicia McGowan)

Toytonic (USA / 2013 / Directors: Students from Audubon Technology and Communication Center)



Penelope
(USA / 2013 / Director: Brad Lichtenstein)




The Girls in the Band
(USA / 2011 / Director: Judy Chaikin)

Muscle Shoals
(USA / 2012 / Director: Greg “Freddy” Camalier)

Narco Cultura
(USA / 2012 / Director: Shaul Schwarz)

Stop Making Sense
(USA / 1984 / Director: Jonathan Demme)


CINEMA HOOLIGANTE

100 Bloody Acres
(Australia / 2012 / Directors: Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes)

2001: A Space Odyssey
(USA, United Kingdom / 1968 / Director: Stanley Kubrick)

Enter the Dragon
(USA, Hong Kong / 1973 / Director: Robert Clouse)

Here Comes the Devil
(Mexico / 2012 / Director: Adrián García Bogliano)



The Rambler
(USA / 2013 / Director: Calvin Lee Reeder)

Sightseers
(United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Ben Wheatley)

Vanishing Waves
(Lithuania, France, Belgium / 2012 / Director: Kristina Buožyt)

We Are What We Are
(USA / 2013 / Director: Jim Mickle)


SHORTER IS BETTER

Shorts: The Best Damn F*#@ing Midnight Program Ever. Sh*t.

Total running time: 83 min

The Apocalypse (USA / 2012 / Director: Andrew Zuchero)

The Cub (USA / 2012 / Director: Riley Stearns)

Flytopia (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Karni Arieli, Saul Freed)

Hell No (USA / 2013 / Director: Joe Nicolosi)

It’s Not You, It’s Me (USA / 2012 / Director: Matt Spicer)

Oh Sheep! (Germany / 2012 / Director: Gottfried Mentor)

Perfect Drug (Belgium / 2012 / Director: Toon Aerts)

Sea Pig (USA / 2013 / Directors: Andrew Gilchrist, Jesse Allen)

Swarming (Kuhina) (Finland / 2011 / Director: Joni Männistö)



Shorts: Date Night

Total running time: 95 min

The Bird Spider (La Migala) (Spain / 2011 / Director: Jaime Dezcallar)

CRUSH 472 (United Kingdom / 2013 / Director: Jess Scott-Hunter)

The Date (Treffit) (Finland / 2012 / Director: Jenni Toivoniemi)

Ellen Is Leaving (New Zealand / 2012 / Director: Michelle Savill)

Routine (Rutina) (Spain / 2012 / Director: Ana Ortiz)

Taboulé (Spain / 2011 / Director: Richard García)

Ten Thousand Days (New Zealand / 2012 / Director: Michael Duignan)

Tram (France, Czech Republic / 2012 / Director: Michaela Pavlátová)

Undress Me (Ta Av Mig) (Sweden / 2013 / Director: Victor Lindgren)



Shorts: Let’s Get Animated

Total running time: 82 min

Bird Food (Ireland / 2012 / Director: Richard Keane)

Boles (Germany / 2013 / Director: Spela Cadez)

I Am Tom Moody (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Ainslie Henderson)

Irish Folk Furniture (Ireland / 2012 / Director: Tony Donoghue)

Jonah (Tanzania, United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Kibwe Tavares)

Marcel, King of Tervuren(USA / 2012 / Director: Tom Schroeder)

Oh Willy… (Belgium, France, Netherlands / 2012 / Directors: Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef)

Palmipedarium (France / 2012 / Director: Jérémy Clapin)


Shorts: …Make Lemonade

Total running time: 88 min

All Souls’ Day (Swieto Zmarlych) (Poland / 2012 / Director: Aleksandra Terpińska)

Fear of Flying (Ireland / 2012 / Director: Conor Finnegan)

Keys. Wallet. Phone. (Germany / 2012 / Director: Juliet Lashinsky-Revene)

Summer Vacation (Hofesh Gadol) (Israel / 2012 / Directors: Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit)

Walking the Dogs (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Jeremy Brock)



Shorts: Modern Families

Total running time: 84 min

Anna and Jerome (France / 2012 / Director: Melanie Delloye)

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (Pitaako mun Kaikki Hoitaa?) (Finland / 2011 / Director: Selma Vihunen)

Dotty (New Zealand / 2012 / Directors: Mick Andrews, Brett O’Gorman)

F**k the Parents (USA / 2012 / Director: Ethan Kuperberg)

Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter to Heaven (Morfar och jag och helikoptern till himlen) (Sweden / 2013 / Directors: Asa Blanck, Johan Palmgren)

Mobile Homes (USA, France / 2013 / Director: Vladimir de Fontenay)

Mud Crab (Australia / 2012 / Directors: Igor Coric, Sheldon Lieberman)

My Favorite Picture of You (USA / 2013 / Directors: Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin)

  

Shorts: Obsession

Total running time: 89 min

Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke (Australia / 2012 / Director: Mirrah Foulkes)

Eating Lunch (Äta Lunch)(Sweden / 2012 / Director: Sanna Lenken)

Georgena Terry (USA / 2012 / Director: Amanda Zackem)

GUN (USA / 2012 / Director: Spencer Gillis)

Peach Juice (Canada / 2012 / Directors: Callum Paterson, Nathan Gilliss, Brian Lye)

The Roper (USA / 2012 / Directors: Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands)

The Tuner (O Afinador) (Brazil / 2012 / Directors: Fernando Camargo, Matheus Parizi)

Woody (Australia / 2013 / Director: Stuart Bowen)



Shorts: Out of This World

Total running time: 91 min

The Captain (Australia, USA / 2013 / Directors: Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser)

Catnip: Egress to Oblivion? (USA / 2012 / Director: Jason Willis)

Delicacy (USA / 2012 / Director: Jason Mann)

Dust (United Kingdom / 2013 / Directors: Ben Ockrent, Jake Russell)

Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond Était un Âne) (Canada, France / 2012 / Director: Franck Dion)

Hotel (Spain / 2012 / Director: Jose Luis Aleman)

Record/Play (United Kingdom, Bosnia / 2012 / Director: Jesse Atlas)

Shelved (New Zealand / 2011 / Director: James Cunningham)

Ufologist (USA / 2012 / Directors: Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands)



Shorts: Stranger Than Fiction

Total running time: 102 min

Eddie Adams: Saigon ‘68 (USA / 2012 / Director: Douglas Sloan)

The Flogsta Roar (Flogstavrålet) (Sweden / 2013 / Director: Johan Palmgren)

Mr. Christmas (USA / 2012 / Director: Nick Palmer)

Pouters (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Paul Fegan)

Unravel (United Kingdom, India / 2012 / Director: Meghna Gupta)

Vladimir Putin In Deep Concentration (USA / 2013 / Directors: Dana O’Keefe, Sasha Kliment)

We Will Live Again (USA / 2013 / Directors: Joshua Koury, Myles Kane)



DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL FAVORITES

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
(USA / 2013 / Director: Grace Lee)

Band of Sisters
(USA / 2012 / Director: Mary Fishman)

Becoming Traviata
(France / 2012 / Director: Philippe Béziat)


Bound by Flesh
(USA / 2012 / Director: Leslie Zemeckis)

Breathing Earth
(Germany, United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer)

Citizen Koch
(USA / 2012 / Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin)

Fatal Assistance (Assistance Mortelle)
(France, Haiti, USA, Belgium / 2013 / Director: Raoul Peck)

God Loves Uganda
(USA / 2013 / Director: Roger Ross Williams)

Google and the World Brain
(Spain, United Kingdom / 2013 / Director: Ben Lewis)

If You Build It
(USA / 2013 / Director: Patrick Creadon)

Informant
(USA / 2012 / Director: Jamie Meltzer)

The Institute
(USA / 2012 / Director: Spencer McCall)

Maidentrip
(USA / 2013 / Director: Jillian Schlesinger)

More Than Honey
(Germany / 2012 / Director: Markus Imhoof)

Mussels in Love
(Netherlands, Belgium / 2012 / Director: Willemiek Kluijfhout)



Pandora’s Promise
(USA / 2013 / Director: Robert Stone)

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
(United Kingdom, Ireland / 2012 / Director: Sophie Fiennes)

Remote Area Medical
(USA / 2013 / Directors: Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman)

Rising From Ashes
(USA, Rwanda, United Kingdom, South Africa / 2012 / Director: T.C. Johnstone)

Spinning Plates
(USA / 2012 / Director: Joseph Levy)

Unhung Hero
(USA / 2013 / Director: Brian Spitz)


Valentine Road
(USA / 2012 / Director: Marta Cunningham)

When I Walk
(USA, Canada / 2013 / Director: Jason DaSilva)

Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
(USA / 2012 / Director: Sebastian Junger)


FICTION FESTIVAL FAVORITES

2+2 (Dos Más Dos)
(Argentina / 2013 / Director: Diego Kaplan)

Aayna Ka Bayna
(India / 2012 / Director: Samit Kakkad)

The Almost Man
(Norway / 2012 / Director: Martin Lund)

Blancanieves
(Spain, France / 2012 / Director: Pablo Berger)

The Broken Circle Breakdown
(Belgium, Netherlands / 2012 / Director: Felix van Groeningen)

Closed Curtain (Pardé)
(Iran / 2013 / Directors: Jafar Panahi, Kamboziya Partovi)

Drug War (Du Zhan)
(Hong Kong / 2012 / Director: Johnnie To)

Fanie Fourie’s Lobola
(South Africa / 2013 / Director: Henk Pretorius)

Finding Mr. Right
(China, Hong Kong / 2013 / Director: Xue Xiaolu)

A Hijacking (Kapringen)
(Denmark / 2012 / Director: Tobias Lindholm)

House With a Turret (Dom S Bashenkoy)
(Ukraine / 2012 / Director: Eva Neymann)

In The House (Dans La Maison)
(France / 2012 / Director: François Ozon)

Key of Life (Kagidorobou No Method)
(Japan / 2012 / Director: Kenji Uchida)

Laurence Anyways
(Canada / 2012 / Director: Xavier Dolan)

Northwest (Nordvest)
(Denmark / 2013 / Director: Michael Noer)

Once Upon a Time Veronica
(Brazil, France / 2012 / Director: Marcelo Gomes)

Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung)
(Germany / 2013 / Director: Ulrich Seidl)

Picture Day
(Canada / 2012 / Director: Kate Melville)

The Pirogue (La Pirogue)
(France, Senegal / 2012 / Director: Moussa Touré) 

Reality
(Italy, France / 2012 / Director: Matteo Garrone)

Something in the Air (Après mai)
(France / 2012 / Director: Olivier Assayas)

Tanta Agua
(Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany / 2013 / Directors: Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge)

This is Martin Bonner
(USA / 2013 / Director: Chad Hartigan)

Zaytoun
(United Kingdom, Israel, France / 2012 / Director: Eran Riklis)

The 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival runs September 26 – October 10, 2013 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, and Fox-Bay Cinema Grill. Passes and ticket 6-packs for the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival are currently available at discounted rates exclusively online at mkefilm.org/tickets. Festival passes and 6-packs are selling quickly, with early numbers already surpassing the total sold in all of 2012.

Tickets for individual screenings will be available through Milwaukee Film Festival Box Office starting September 11 for Milwaukee Film Members and September 12 for the General Public.



The 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival program book will first be available at the East Town Farmer’s Market in Cathedral Square on Saturday, September 7, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. The book will be available at multiple locations throughout the city starting Sunday, September 8.

MILWAUKEE – Thursday, August 29, 2013 – The Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is excited to announce the line-up for its short film program, Shorter Is Better. Featuring more than 60 of the best shorts from all over the world divided into eight themed mini-programs, Shorter is Better not only provides the festival audience with a rare chance to view work from masters of the short format, but also a first glimpse at many future feature directors.

“The short film format has always been the place to find truly remarkable and inventive storytelling,” says Shorts Programmer & Development Coordinator Anna Sampers. “And the film festival is not just your best chance to see them how they were meant to be seen — in a theater — but oftentimes the only way you can see them at all!”
The 2013 Shorter Is Better line-up includes several annual favorites: Date Night, Let’s Get Animated, and Out of This World and The Best Damn F*#@ing Midnight Program Ever. Sh*t. New programs for this year include: …Make Lemonade, Modern Families, Obsession, and the short documentary collection Stranger Than Fiction.

For more information on Shorter Is Better and the rest of the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival, visit mkefilm.org.

Shorter Is Better Media Sponsor: Tap Milwaukee

SHORTER IS BETTER LINE-UP:

Shorts: The Best Damn F*#@ing Midnight Program Ever. Sh*t.
Total running time: 83 min
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED. Films too demented for the light of day will get their chance to leave you howling with fear or laughter as a torrent of sex and violence unspool before your very eyes. NOTE: Polite, functional members of society will not be admitted to this screening. BYOD (Bring your own diapers).


The Apocalypse (USA / 2012 / Director: Andrew Zuchero)
The Cub (USA / 2012 / Director: Riley Stearns)
Flytopia (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Karni Arieli, Saul Freed)
Hell No (USA / 2013 / Director: Joe Nicolosi)
It’s Not You, It’s Me (USA / 2012 / Director: Matt Spicer)
Oh Sheep! (Germany / 2012 / Director: Gottfried Mentor)
Perfect Drug (Belgium / 2012 / Director: Toon Aerts)
Sea Pig (USA / 2013 / Directors: Andrew Gilchrist, Jesse Allen)
Swarming (Kuhina) (Finland / 2011 / Director: Joni Männistö)
  
Shorts: Date Night
Total running time: 95 min
L'amour. Eros. A lie perpetuated by Meg Ryan and Hallmark. Call it what you will, these portraits of love in all its awkward glory (from meet cute to leave ugly) make for the perfect night out for lovebirds young and old as well as optimistic singles looking to mingle (responsibly, in the theater lobby).


The Bird Spider (La Migala) (Spain / 2011 / Director: Jaime Dezcallar)
CRUSH 472 (United Kingdom / 2013 / Director: Jess Scott-Hunter)
The Date (Treffit) (Finland / 2012 / Director: Jenni Toivoniemi)
Ellen Is Leaving (New Zealand / 2012 / Director: Michelle Savill)
Routine (Rutina) (Spain / 2012 / Director: Ana Ortiz)
Taboulé (Spain / 2011 / Director: Richard García)
Ten Thousand Days (New Zealand / 2012 / Director: Michael Duignan)
Tram (France, Czech Republic / 2012 / Director: Michaela Pavlátová)
Undress Me (Ta Av Mig) (Sweden / 2013 / Director: Victor Lindgren)
  
Shorts: Let’s Get Animated
Total running time: 82 min

Boles

The only limit is your imagination when it comes to these animated offerings — a veritable cornucopia of color and style that will take you from DIY homemade curiosities all the way to the best animation that computer graphics have to offer. The only things more diverse than the forms on display are the remarkable stories they've chosen to tell.


Bird Food (Ireland / 2012 / Director: Richard Keane)
Boles (Germany / 2013 / Director: Spela Cadez)
I Am Tom Moody (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Ainslie Henderson)
Irish Folk Furniture (Ireland / 2012 / Director: Tony Donoghue)
Jonah (Tanzania, United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Kibwe Tavares)
Marcel, King of Tervuren (USA / 2012 / Director: Tom Schroeder)
Oh Willy… (Belgium, France, Netherlands / 2012 / Directors: Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef)
Palmipedarium (France / 2012 / Director: Jérémy Clapin)

Shorts: …Make Lemonade

Total running time: 88 min

Walking The Dogs

Unless you're George Clooney, things don't always go the way you've planned. But if you take the bitter life has to offer and transform it into sweet, you might just have a chance at happiness. These protagonists are facing upheaval of various types; it's up to each of them to make the most it.


All Souls’ Day (Swieto Zmarlych) (Poland / 2012 / Director: Aleksandra Terpińska)
Fear of Flying (Ireland / 2012 / Director: Conor Finnegan)
Keys. Wallet. Phone. (Germany / 2012 / Director: Juliet Lashinsky-Revene)
Summer Vacation (Hofesh Gadol) (Israel / 2012 / Directors: Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit)
Walking the Dogs (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Jeremy Brock)

Shorts: Modern Families
Total running time: 84 min
Family. Can't live with 'em — well, that about sums it up, I think. These explorations take the nuclear family of the '50s and detonate it: Funny and sweet, heartbreaking and mature, these shorts are for anyone whose family keeps them going and drives them crazy in equal amounts. *Some shorts contain adult themes. This program is not intended for children.


Anna and Jerome (France / 2012 / Director: Melanie Delloye)
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (Pitaako mun Kaikki Hoitaa?) (Finland / 2011 / Director: Selma Vihunen)
Dotty (New Zealand / 2012 / Directors: Mick Andrews, Brett O’Gorman)
F**k the Parents (USA / 2012 / Director: Ethan Kuperberg)
Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter to Heaven (Morfar och jag och helikoptern till himlen) (Sweden / 2013 / Directors: Asa Blanck, Johan Palmgren)
Mobile Homes (USA, France / 2013 / Director: Vladimir de Fontenay)
Mud Crab (Australia / 2012 / Directors: Igor Coric, Sheldon Lieberman)
My Favorite Picture of You (USA / 2013 / Directors: Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin)


Shorts: Obsession
Total running time: 89 min
ob·ses·sion: Noun/əb'seSHən/ An idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind. Whether it's a desire to protect one's family, see the big city, follow their dreams or inappropriately lust after their hot aunt, the subjects of these shorts are obsessed. And before this program is through, you'll be too.


Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke (Australia / 2012 / Director: Mirrah Foulkes)
Eating Lunch (Äta Lunch) (Sweden / 2012 / Director: Sanna Lenken)
Georgena Terry (USA / 2012 / Director: Amanda Zackem)
GUN (USA / 2012 / Director: Spencer Gillis)
Peach Juice (Canada / 2012 / Directors: Callum Paterson, Nathan Gilliss, Brian Lye)
The Roper (USA / 2012 / Directors: Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands)
The Tuner (O Afinador) (Brazil / 2012 / Directors: Fernando Camargo, Matheus Parizi)
Woody (Australia / 2013 / Director: Stuart Bowen)

Shorts: Out of This World
Total running time: 91 min
You're about to enter another dimension: Supernatural, impossible and just plain bonkers, these shorts embrace the unknown and present us with a vision that is out of this world. Fans of the unknown take heed: These shorts will transport you to places you've never been — you're about to enter the MFF Shorts Zone.


The Captain (Australia, USA / 2013 / Directors: Nash Edgerton, Spencer Susser)
Catnip: Egress to Oblivion? (USA / 2012 / Director: Jason Willis)
Delicacy (USA / 2012 / Director: Jason Mann)
Dust (United Kingdom / 2013 / Directors: Ben Ockrent, Jake Russell)
Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond Était un Âne) (Canada, France / 2012 / Director: Franck Dion)
Hotel (Spain / 2012 / Director: Jose Luis Aleman)
Record/Play (United Kingdom, Bosnia / 2012 / Director: Jesse Atlas)
Shelved (New Zealand / 2011 / Director: James Cunningham)
Ufologist (USA / 2012 / Directors: Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands)


Shorts: Stranger Than Fiction
Total running time: 102 min
These documentaries, no matter how outlandish they may initially appear, are 100% real. The true story behind a photo that defined a generation, the sublime art of pigeon catching, the promise of cryogenics? All of it true, all of it amazing. Yes, these people and situations exist. Believe it.


Eddie Adams: Saigon ‘68 (USA / 2012 / Director: Douglas Sloan)
The Flogsta Roar (Flogstavrålet) (Sweden / 2013 / Director: Johan Palmgren)
Mr. Christmas (USA / 2012 / Director: Nick Palmer)
Pouters (United Kingdom / 2012 / Director: Paul Fegan)
Unravel (United Kingdom, India / 2012 / Director: Meghna Gupta)
Vladimir Putin In Deep Concentration (USA / 2013 / Directors: Dana O’Keefe, Sasha Kliment)
We Will Live Again (USA / 2013 / Directors: Joshua Koury, Myles Kane)


The 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival runs September 26 – October 10, 2013 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, and Fox-Bay Cinema Grill. Passes and ticket 6-packs for the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival are currently available at discounted rates exclusively online at mkefilm.org/tickets. Festival passes and 6-packs are selling quickly, with early numbers already surpassing the total sold in all of 2012.

Tickets for individual screenings will be available through Milwaukee Film Festival Box Office starting September 11 for Milwaukee Film Members and September 12 for the General Public.

Stay tuned to the website for more on what to see -- and future announcements from my friends at Milwaukee Film.