Film Festival

Friday Night Kick-Off Film
Call of the Wild (PG)
6:00 p.m. at the majestic McDonald Theatre
FREE!!!!

Exciting family film starring Christopher Lloyd and Timothy Bottoms. Modern-day story weaving elements of Jack London's classic short novel. "A refreshingly wholesome family adventure." Michael Medved-nationally syndicated talk show host and film critic produced by area resident Nancy Draper.

NEW: Friday Late-Night Loonies (R)
9:00 p.m. @ DIVA Center
Three Short and Twisted Comedies

• Sock Puppet Fred - Kent Goodman. Meet Sock Puppet Fred — you'll never forget him
• Postman's Progress - Brett Brumbaugh. Day in the life of a postman. Neither rain nor snow. . .
• Big Red Cotton - Kevin Kerber, A bawdy, naughty Hee-Haw soaked in Moonshine and covered with Gravy. Truly twisted.

Saturday-DIVA Center

2:00 p.m. - Play it Safe: In the Classroom, Restroom, Hall and Cafeteria Children's Educational Film. Iris Media

DIVA's Youth Visions Project: Insights of youth brought to the public through video, film, photography, and digital technologies.

• Cheer Up Emo Kid - Tyler Harris
• Got Money? - Dylan Shock, Tyler Arbogast
• Super Ninja - Adams, Coatsworth, Adams
• Churchill Documentary - Tashi Weinstein
• Eyes - DeAngelo, Keister, Riser
• Knife Edge - Tran, Jackson, Hagen
• Unfortunate Man - Daniel Weaver, Davis Judd
• Alice in Wonderland. . .Kinda - Network Charter School students
• Barbershop of Horrors - Alex Ranucci, Candy Sidney
• The Chase - Daniel Hart, Katie Hart
• Peace - South Eugene's 19th Avenue Class
• The King's of Eugene - Leowenthal, Parker, Nemeth, Heideman
• The Cruiser - Justin Crow,  Zane Miller

DIVA's Youth Visions project is made possible in part by a grant from Lane Arts Council with support from the City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, and with support from Oregon Media Production Association.

3:00 p.m. - Crossroads of the Columbia - Spence Palermo Documentary
The passion and power of grass roots activism set against the backdrop of the beauty and heritage of the Columbia Pacific Region.

3:30 p.m. - Two Short Films presented by Full Access

• FAB at the Eugene Celebration - Steve Speidel. Documentary. Community members with developmental disabilities share their dreams in the Celebration parade.
• How's Your News? On the Campaign Trail -  Former MTV News Show. Six reporters with mental and physical disabilities conduct refreshingly candid interviews with Hilary Clinton, John McCain, Howard Dean, (and many more).

Full Access is a local organization assisting individuals with developmental disabilities pursue a quality of life that is consistent with their preferences and choices.

4:00 p.m. - Three Short Documentaries

• Deep Blue: A Glimpse into Crater Lake - W.L. & V.L. Wittstruck. Glimpse inside one of country's most awe-inspiring displays of nature.
• Ascending the Giants - John Waller. Portland Arborists set forth on a journey to locate the new Oregon State Sitka Spruce Tree champion.
• MLK Today: Martin Luther King's Words - Neighbors Voices-Will Doolittle. Celebrating the legacy of Dr. King by bringing fresh voices to his message.

4:30 p.m. - Luminessence: A Journey in Light, The Light Sculptures of Stephen White
Bruce Kubert. The creative journey of area artist Stephen White leading him down a life-long path developing and original art form in light sculpture.

5:00 p.m. - Three Short Films

• Abstract - Jordan McGinnis. Experimental. A short video incorporating extremities of digital video using different composite methods.
• Lemura Lost - Tobias Katz. Documentary - Visual story of the ancient lands of Lemura, a lost Hawaiian civilization, to present day celebrations at Faerie Festivals.
• Le Promenade Des Papillons - Josie Basford. Silent film comedy.

5:30 p.m. - Feature Film
Boses - Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil. A moving tale about rebirth and the power of friendship, Boses gives voice to abused children. This UNICEF supported film tells the story of Onyok, a story shared by thousands of abused Filipino children. "It is a landmark film. . .a story of triumph which illustrates the enduring spirit of a boy and his amazing capacity to heal." Ani Saguisag, UNICEF representative.

7:30 p.m. - Eugene International Film Festival Teaser: Tapped-Stephanie Soechtig.
Feature. Tapped reveals the effort to privatize water, the one resource that should never become a commodity. Multinational corporations are now competing with municipal water providers. As water becomes more scare over the next decade your access to water will depend on your ability to pay vastly more than you presently pay for better and environmentally friendly tap water. *This is an exclusive advance showing of "Tapped" by arrangement with the Eugene International Film Festival.

Sunday - DIVA Center

1:30 p.m. - Flipside - Evan Gütt. Youth, Narrative Fiction.
When two worlds collide, only one will survive.

2:00 p.m. - Two Short Documentaries

Barrio de Paz - Global Oneness Project. Barrio de Paz (Peace Town) is a non-violent youth movement in Guayaquil, Ecudor that brings together street gangs to provide services to the struggling community.

Guatemala Radio Project - Andy Pratt. Story of Guatemala's 168 indigenous radio stations supporting cultural survival by providing news, programs on environmental, health and human rights related issues as well as music and entertainment in nearly all of the Mayan's 22 indigenous languages.

2:30 p.m. - A Looney Interlude: 3 Short Comedies

• The Even Farther Further Adventures of Sock Puppet Fred - Kent Goodman. Sock Puppet Fred is back to teach us all about water preservation.
• Icebreaker - Matt Knapp. A newly hired elementary teacher is confronted by the secret lives of his fellow faculty members.
• Postman's Progress - Brett Brumbaugh. Day in the life of a postman on his route. Neither rain nor snow. . .

3:00 p.m. - OpenLens: 2009 South West Oregon Short Film and Video Festival

• Conflict Within - Michael Miller
• These Few Percepts - Tyler Macklin
• Same Old Thing - Steven Weeks
• The Winnemem Way of Life  - Water-Will Doolittle
• Mall Idol - Brian Walker
• How to Play Checkers - Lee Wolochuk
• Interdimensional Voyage - Tobias Katz
• Sawyer Family: Say Goodbye - Henry Weintraub
• Whay are We Cooking Chinese? - Ziyoung You

DIVA's fifth annual OpenLens Festival was made possible in part by a grant from Lane Arts Council with support from the City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, and with support from Oregon Media Production Association.

4:00 p.m.

• Crowbar - The Movie Trailer  - Scott M. Phillips. Horror/Thriller. After losing his parents to a murderer, Wendell Graves seeks revenge on all who dare to occupy his once happy home.
• Winona - Keith Apland. Dark Comedy. A group of estranged and misguided Northerners mistakenly intersect one night in the middle of nowhere.

4:30 p.m. - Feature Film - Documentary
Behaviors of the Backpacker: 300 hundred miles across New Zealand on Foot - Sandor Lau.Area resident, Sandor Lau, a Chinese/Hungarian-American student and Fulbright scholar, walked 500k alone from Auckland to Cape Reinga, New Zealand's spiritual and geographic tip. This black comedy road trip records the stories of backpackers from around the world, farmers, hostel owners, tour operators, Maori communities and the filmmaker himself. On his own journey, Sandor discovers why we spend our lives walking backwards and the true distance to home. Q & A session with director after film.

Most films in ECFF would be rated PG-13 for CONTENT and LANGUAGE.