FEBRUARY 2009 15

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Membership Orientation 6:00 pm
Price: $200 for members. $250 general public.

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Tech Talk:
Reservations: Required–call 310.432.1222 or email
Lights, Camera, Action! 7:00 pm
Reservations@FilmIndependent.org. Late comers
We’ll cover the organization’s events, policies,
will not be seated and refunds will not be issued See
and resources. It’s also a great way to meet fellow
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Where: Film Independent offi ce
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fi lmmakers and fi lm lovers.
Price: Free to members only
Sponsored by
Reservations: Required–call 310.432.1222 or email
Where: Film Independent offi ce.
Reservations@FilmIndependent.org
Price: Free and open to the general public.
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Reservations: Not required.

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Wednesdays, February 4-March 11
Self Distribution 7:00 pm

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Final Cut Pro 6:
Where: Film Independent offi ce
A Two-Day Introduction
Directors Close-Up: Conversations on the Art
Price: Free to members only
10 am – 4:30 pm
of Filmmaking
Reservations: Required–call 310.432.1222 or email
7:30 pm
Reservations@FilmIndependent.org
Where: Film Independent offi ce
Where: The Landmark – West Los Angeles
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Price: Free to members and their guests
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Reservations: Required–call 310.432.1222 or email
Reservations@FilmIndependent.org
Sponsored by Cinema Lounge 7:30 pm
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This month’s line-up of socializing and great short
fi lms includes:
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PReVIeW SCReenInG: 7:30 pm
O’Horten

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PReVIeW SCReenInG: 7:30 pm Idiot Box: Written and directed by Lee Citron;
Two Lovers
produced by Chris Hanke, Josh Hummel, Matt
Written, directed and produced by Bent Hamer
Rosen. In a world perverted by television, one man is
Directed by James Gray distraught to learn what his wife does The moment the train leaves the station without
Written by James Gray and Richard Menello with the milkman. 9 minutes engineer Odd Horten aboard, he realizes that the
Produced by Donna Gigliotti, James Gray, and path ahead is a journey without printed timetables
Anthony Katagas
Premature: Written and directed by Rashaad
and well-known stations. Horten has been forced
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Ernesto Green; produced by Kia M. Neal, Zayre
to retire after 40 years of traveling a very stable
Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rosellini, John Ortiz, and
Ferrer, Joy Ganes, and Rashaad Ernesto Green.
rail, and the platform does not feel like a safe
Moni Moshonov.
After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx,
place anymore. His orderly, solitary existence is
discovers she’s pregnant and receives no support
about to give way to a future of unlikely adventures
Two Lovers is a romantic drama set in New York from her community, she has nowhere to turn and
and puzzling dilemmas: will Horten ever travel by
City. It tells the story of Leonard, a charismatic is faced with the most diffi cult decision she will
plane? Will he fi nally sell his prized boat? How does
but troubled young man who moves back into his ever make. 15 minutes
Horten end up in a pair of women’s red high-heeled
childhood home following a recent heartbreak.
shoes? Will he survive a nighttime drive with a
While recovering under the watchful eye of his
The Escape Artist: Written, directed and produced
blindfolded man at the wheel? Proof positive that
parents, Leonard meets two women in quick
by Carolle-Shelley Abrams. A lonely embezzler’s
there is humor to be found in aging, and we don’t
succession: Michelle, a mysterious and beautiful
unrequited love for an animated character named
have to be elderly Norwegians to identify, laugh
neighbor who is out-of-place in Leonard’s
Natalie leads him to her creator with a simple
and embrace life in its entire idiosyncratic splendor.
staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring
request: Make Natalie love me before it’s too
O’Horten is Bent Hamer’s wonderfully skewed
daughter of a businessman who is buying out
late.13 minutes
view of the human condition and gives us that
his family’s dry-cleaning business. Leonard is Wash n’ Fold: Written, directed and produced
somewhat absurdist vision with great warmth, a
forced to make an impossible decision – between by Christy Chan. A young man with trouble
little melancholy and universal appeal. 90 Minutes;
the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of connecting goes through people’s laundry in L.A.
a Sony Pictures Classics release.
love – or risk falling back into the darkness that laundromats, making up stories about them, until
nearly killed him. 108 Minutes; a Magnolia Pictures one day he is caught by an angry female customer. Where: The Landmark – West Los Angeles
release. 10 minutes Price: Free for Film Independent members and one
guest.
Q&A with James Gray Filmmakers will be on hand for a Q&A after the
Reservations: Not required–fi rst come, fi rst served.
screening.
Where: The Landmark – West Los Angeles
Check-in will open at 5:00 pm.
Price: Free for Film Independent members and one Where: Whiskey Blue Bar at W Los Angeles – Sponsored by
guest. Westwood
Reservations: Not required–fi rst come, fi rst served.
Price: Free for Film Independent members and
their guests.
Mondays, March 9-April 6
Sponsored by
Reservations: Not required–fi rst come, fi rst served.
Sponsored by
Writing Coverage for Film Workshop 7:00 pm

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Shop Talk: Script and Rights
Where: Film Independent offi ce
Clearance 7:00 pm
Price: $200 for members. $250 general public.
Reservations: Required–call 310.432.1222 or email
Where: Film Independent offi ce
Reservations@FilmIndependent.org
Price: Free to members only

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2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards See page 17 for more information.
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Reservations@FilmIndependent.org
Mondays, April 6-June 15
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Thursdays, February 12-March 5
Screenwriting Workshop 7:00 pm
Where: Film Independent offi ce
Indie Film Business Plan Primer 7:00 pm
Price: $395 for members. $495 general public.
Reservations: Required–call 310.432.1222 or email
Where: Film Independent offi ce
Reservations@FilmIndependent.org
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