Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 20, 2001

Volume 29, Number 27

The documentary "George Segal: American Still Life" is one of the films featured in the festival. Created by Amber Edwards, a 1982 graduate of Yale, it explores the life of the sculptor who is known around the world for his trademark life-size plaster casts.

Annual film festival to take place
at campus sites and nearby venues

Over 70 works by independent filmmakers will be featured in this year's Film Fest New Haven, being held Friday-Sunday, April 27-29.

The festival, now in its sixth year, will present works ranging from dramas to documentaries to animated shorts at five venues in New Haven, including three on the Yale campus. There will also be a special preview event on campus.

The latter, a screening of the documentary "Books of Survival: The Art of John Eric Broaddus," will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, in the lecture hall of the Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. Admission is free.

The film by Gabriella Mirabelli recreates the life and times of John Eric Broaddus, who was active in the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s before dying of AIDS in 1990. The film reconstructs his life through a combination of intimate interviews with his close friends, relatives and collectors of his work, as well as never-before-seen footage of Broaddus and his art.

Following the screening, the filmmaker will take part in a question-and-answer session. This, in turn, will be followed by a reception honoring the artist in the Arts of the Book Collection.

The event, which is cosponsored by Sterling Library, is part of the series of film events presented throughout the year by Film Fest New Haven.

The formal kick-off for Film Fest New Haven 6 will be held in the York Square Cinema, 61 Broadway. The two-part program will open at 7 p.m. with screenings of two unconventional love stories: the comedic short "Boundaries," about a woman who is pursued across international borders by a mute trombonist who is prone to unusual displays of public affection; and the feature-length drama "Postmark Paradise," about a group of bar-flys in Paradise, Michigan, who send for a Ukranian mail-order bride for their buddy, who was recently released from prison.

The second half of the opening night program, a collection of shorts dubbed "Tasting FFNH6," will begin at 9:45 p.m. The offerings will include Don Hertzfeldt's "Rejected," which was nominated this year for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short. "Rejected" recounts Hertzfeldt's experience when he was commissioned by the Family Learning Channel to produce promotional segments, all of which were rejected.

The festival will continue on Saturday and Sunday with screenings at the York Square Cinema and four other locations: the Little Theatre, 1 Lincoln St.; Yale's Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.; the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St.; and the Yale Medical Film Society, 333 Cedar St.

Among the notable films being screened on campus are:

* "Convergence and Other Rituals of the New Haven Green," a documentary tracing the history of the New Haven Green from the 17th century to the 2000 International Festival of Arts and Ideas -- 10 a.m. on Saturday, Yale Center for British Art.

* "Bombay Eunuch," one of the festival's "Feature Documentaries," a look at the equally revered and reviled ancient hijra tradition in modern day India -- 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Yale Medical School Film Society. (The film is also being screened at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the Little Theatre.)

* "The Roots of Roe," the festival's "Showcase Documentary," an award-winning film tracing the history of human reproductive rights by Andrea Haas Hubbell, winner of the 2001 Connecticut Filmmaker Award -- noon on Sunday, Whitney Humanities Center.

For a complete list of films being shown at Yale, see this week's Calendar. For a complete Film Fest New Haven schedule, visit the website at www.filmfest.org.

Film Fest New Haven offers Film Buff Passes at $75 and Weekend Passes at $40 ($30 for students and seniors). The Film Buff Pass ensures entry to all the screenings from Friday through Sunday, including the Opening Night Features, which have been sold out every year. The Film Buff Pass also includes admission into special pre-festival events and the gala Opening Night Reception. The Weekend Pass offers entry into any of the screenings on Saturday and Sunday, including a repeat screening of the opening night features. Tickets to individuals screenings, at $7, will only be sold at the venue, if available, after tickets are distributed to pass holders.

For information or to purchase passes, contact the festival organizers by phone at (203) 776-6789 or by emil at info@filmfest.org.

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