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		Films Screening at RIIFF 2002 Feature Films O-W Friday August 9th Columbus Theatre 2:45PM Outpatient Company: Clear Pictures, LLC Director / Writer: Alec Carlin Producer: Scilla Andreen-Hernandez, Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi Cinematographer: Andres Garreton Cast: Catherine Kellner, Justin Kirk, Claudia Mason Runtime: 109min Country: USA Format: 35MM Outpatient is a psychological drama. It is the story of Morris Monk who writes a murder mystery while locked up in a mental institution. His writing in part leads to his release. A new therapist, Dr. Patricia Farrow, makes progress delving in to Morris' past unlocking his secrets and thus seemingly fueling new chapters for his manuscript. Once Morris is out in the world the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur. Eventually, Dr. Farrow realizes that Morris is obsessed with her and that he is writing his story as his reality is unfolding. Murder is inevitable. Farrow fights a system and a disintegrating mind to save her patient and those innocent people around him. Members of the crew will be in attendance. Monday August 12th Columbus Theatre 9:30PM Rare Birds Company: Eurasia Motion Pictures Director: Sturla Gunnarsson Producers: Janet York, Paul Pope Writer: Ed Riche Cinematographer: Jan Keisser Music: Jonathan Goldsmith Cast: William Hurt, Andy Jones, Molley Parker Runtime: 101 min Country: Canada Format: 35MM At the beginning of this clever romantic comedy, a disheartened Dave Purcel is ready to call it quits on his marriage and his restaurant. His wife has left him for a job in Washington and his restaurant, The Auk, set on a rugged windswept Newfoundland cape has never really taken off. His fortunes take a turn for the better when his neighbor, Alphonse Murphy dreams up a mad yet ingenious scheme to save the Auk. They will announce the presence, in the vicinity of the restaurant, of an extremely rare bird, attracting bird watchers from all over the world. Soon the restaurant is crawling with ornithologists and is such a success that Dave must ask Alphonse's alluring sister-in-law Alice to help run the show. Unfortunately, Alphonse has also been up to some other tricks, including the salvage of some illicit pharmaceuticals and the secret manufacture of a "recreational submarine vehicle", the revelation of which threatens to expose the bird hoax. Sinister forces soon move in on Dave and Alphonse and their friendship and loyalties are tested. Friday August 9th Columbus Theatre 9:30PM World Premiere The Red Right Hand Director: Mike Gioscia, Kurt St. Thomas Producer: Mike Gioscia, Kurt St. Thomas Director of Photography: Scott Crawfod Writer: Mike Gioscia Cast: Marc Ardito, Kim Brockington, John Doe, Abigail Morgan, James Murtaugh, John Kuntz, Megan Rawa, Jenna Stern, Michael Kevin Walker, Jason Winther Runtime: 90min Country:USA Format: 35MM The Red Right hand tells the story of five old friends, who get together in Salem, Massachusetts for their 15th high school reunion in 1978. None of them have seen each other since graduating in 1963, because of grisly events that happened to the gang during their senior week. Alan Hobbes is the only one of the crew who still lives in Salem, and guards the secrets of yesterday very closely. His high school sweetheart Rebecca Lawson, visiting with her boyfriend Jake from Los Angeles, has come back seeking closure to the episodes of the past. Martha Alden wishes the whole nonsense of their youth can just be forgotten, but Roger Mather, like Rebecca, has spent too many years hiding from his issues, and is ready to redress days gone by. Jon Good looks forward to seeing his old friends, hoping that it can take his mind of his gambling and drinking problems, but his wife Sara, has a surprise for him, and everyone else. Alan's crotchety Grandfather Cyress Hobbes, purveyor of the local funeral parlor, lends a hand in judging the group of misfits. The culpability shifts from character to character as they try to figure out who is really guilty, and who was merely a victim. Cast and crew will be in attendance. Saturday August 10th Columbus Cinemateque 5:30PM The Rough South of Larry Brown Director/Writer: Gary Hawkins Producers: Sam Froelich, James Marcovitz, Lisa Muskat Music: Vic Chesnutt Cast: Will Patton, Natalie Canerday, Dakota Smith, Paul Schneider Hawkins' beautiful Rough South series interweaves documentary footage with fictional adaptations of authors' work (in this case, Larry Brown), establishing an innovative approach to the documentary genre. After his 1996 portrait of Harry Crews, he continues his exploration of Southern writers by turning his camera on Mississippi's Larry Brown. Gary Hawkins explores the popular contemporary Southern author Larry Brown, mixing interviews and home movies with stirring dramatizations of his work. A fireman and odd-job laborer in rural Mississippi, Brown decided one day to try writing. Following years of rejection notices, Brown is now known as one of the foremost writers from the modern South. Sunday August 11th Columbus Theatre 5:00PM R.V.S.P. Company: Venice Filmworks, LLC Director: Mark Anthony Galluzzo Producers: Len Combs, John Boesel, M.A.Galluzzo Cast: Jason Mewes, Majandra Delfino, Grace Zabriskie, Jonathan Banks, Glenn Quinn, Daniel Joseph, Lucas Babin, Reno Wilson, Nora Zehetner Runtime: 99 min Country: USA Format: 35MM Philosophy student Nick Collier and his friends have just graduated from college, but before the working world grabs hold and scatters them all different ways, good ole' Nick wants to have one last sha-bang. The party is a smashing success. In fact, the celebration soon becomes so successful that Nick decides he doesn't want it to end...ever. For as far as our sentimental host is concerned, there is still one last way for everyone to stay very close together - well of course, that is, as long as they're all dead. Thus with grace and skill, Nick carefully proceeds to immortalize his good pals one by one. In fact ol' Nicky is so good, none of his guests even realize what's befallen their fellow party-goers, until their time too, has come. As the night wears on and the guests dwindle, the audience to this twisted ™Hitchcockianš tale is left guessing... who's next? And more importantly how, where, and oh yeah, why? Friday August 9th Columbus Cinemateque 1:00PM Victory Square Company: Liza Davitch Productions Director: Liza Davitch Producer: Liza Davitch Editor: Liza Davitch Cinematography: Liza Davitch Music: Vladimir Kondrusevich Cast: Anastasia Dorum, Tatiana Kostiunina Runtime: 92 Min. Country: USA/Belarus Format: BETA SP Victory Square is the contemporary story of Tania and Nastia, a close-knit mother and daughter in Minsk, Belarus, whose relationship begins to suffer when each becomes romantically attached to a man the other despises. The daughter's unfolding love affair with a Jewish hustler and the mother's relationship to a high-art poet with a new version of Hamlet, are two narratives, which lead to their current troubles, misunderstandings and constant parent/child role switching. Filmed over five years, it's a haunting and comedic look at generational differences and post-Soviet classes of society as "black-marketeers" replace the socialist "People's Artist" in the prestigious upper class. Russian & English, English Subtitles Saturday August 10th Columbus Theatre 12:30PM Virgin Cowboys Company: Earl Street Films Director / Producer / Writer: Elio Malocco Cinematographer: Eric Courtney Music: Kevin Dawn Cast: Paul Reynor, Peter Vollebregt, Lee Janes Runtime: 98min Country: Ireland / UK Format: 35MM A happily married, middle-aged psychiatrist and his young nephew, a day trader, get a tip to buy shares in a bank. They mortgage everything they have and buy the shares. The shares rocket and they make a million. However, the following day the shares collapse and they lose everything. They discover that a corrupt banker who bought their shares and took control of the bank set them up. The day trader loses his job and is pursued by a menacing loan shark. The psychiatrist is thrown out by his wife, loses his license to practice and is sent to prison. While there he meets Paddy, a serial fraudster. He tells him the story and Paddy persuades him to take revenge by contacting two young English girls who are the best con artists around. The girls travel to Ireland and agree to con the banker out of a million and half. They agree to split the proceeds between them. However, not everything goes according to plan and while they seem to be just about to get their revenge a series of event occur which make them suspicious. They soon begin to wonder if professional criminals are setting them up again - this time. Unable to determine whether or not they are they take the chance and go to collect their share of the money but at this stage the girls and Paddy have long since vanished and they wonder if they are about to be arrested yet again. Saturday August 10th Columbus Cinemateque 1:00PM Washington Heights Director: Alfredo de Villa Producer: Luis Dantas, Tom Donahue, Alfredo de Villa Company: Heights Productions Exec. Producers: Peter Newman & Greg Johnson Screenplay: Nat Moss & Alfredo de Villa Cinematography: Claudio Chea Production Design: Charlotte Bourke Editing: Tom Donahue Sound: Andrew Bellware Composer: Leigh Roberts Cast: Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Danny Hoch, Jude Ciccolella, Andrea Navedo, Bobby Cannavale Runtime: 81min Country: USA Format: Beta SP Carlos Ramirez, 28, lives in New York City's Washington Heights, a Dominican neighborhood where his father Eddie runs a local bodega. Carlos works in the East Village as an inker of comics, but is developing his own project he hopes to sell to a well-known publisher. Mickey Kilpatrick is the sweet-natured superintendent of their building, whose loopy dreams of becoming a professional bowler are met with only derision and confusion by his father Sean. Needless to say, both Carlos and Mickey are burning to get out of the Heights. Unlike their sons, Eddie and Sean are immigrants, or children of immigrants, who have made peace with their unfulfilled dreams. Like Carlos and Mickey, Sean and Eddie are best friends. In fact, Sean has made the mistake of lending Eddie $25,000 to cover his profligate spending. When Eddie is shot and paralyzed from the waist down during an attempted robbery, Sean prevails on Carlos to take over the store to protect his investment. For Carlos - who has been challenged by his mentor to rework a superficial comic strip into something with depth and substance -- running the store is the last thing on his mind. Director Alfredo de Villa will be in attendance with star Manny Perez.. Saturday August 10th Columbus Theatre 7:15PM Wildflowers Director / Director of Photography: F.A. Brabec Writer: F.A. Brabec, Milos Macourek, Deana Jakubiskova-Horvathova Producer: Deana Jakubiskova-Horvathova Music: Jan Jirasek Editor: Boris Machytka Runtime: 90min Country: Czech Republic Format: 35MM Seven dramatic human life stories that may play anywhere and in any century. They tell the everlasting story of passion, love, desire, obsession and selfishness. The whole story, the Ballads were written by a Czech poet K. J. Erben a century ago and yet they are still here and alive. Therefore the authors of the movie decided to chose seven of the ballads and make them a film poetry of a very new style. It is a composition of photography, music and a fascinating landscape and architecture. The persons of individual stories keep meeting in between their ballads as on a merry-go round. It is a great poetry composed of pictures, music and words that accompanies us home and makes us ponder over the sense of life and death, love and hate, tolerance and discrimination, tenderness and wild passion. Description and Mission Statement The Providence Film Festival RIIFF 2002 Team Films Screened at RIIFF