Entries by Ana Kelly

Normal

Sat Feb 15, 2014 –  7:30 pm — My Apartment  Tickets Sun Feb 16, 2014 – 2:00 pm — Café Fromage #2  Tickets Normal   Category: Comedy, Drama Country:  U.S. Language:  English Rating:  R Runtime:  76 min. Director:  Nicholas Richards Producer:  Nicholas Richards, Ben Mollin, Frank Brummett Website On IMDb On Facebook   Synopsis: Phin (Geno Rathbone), stuck […]

Oconomowoc

Fri Feb 14, 2014 –  7:30 pm — Hendricks Center for the Arts  Tickets Sun Feb 16, 2014 –  2:00 pm — My Apartment  Tickets Oconomowoc Some people are crazier than they think Category: Comedy Country:  U.S. Language:  English Rating:  R Runtime:  79 min. Director:  Andy Gillies Producer:  Andy Gillies, Joe Haas   Website On IMDb On Facebook   Synopsis: […]

The Smart Ones

Sat Feb 15, 2014 –  12:00 pm — My Apartment  Tickets The Smart Ones Some people are crazier than they think Category: Comedy Country:  U.S. Language:  English Rating:  PG-13 Runtime:  90 min. Director:  Travis Torok, Kyle Probst Producer:  Travis Torok, Kyle Probst   Website On IMDb On Facebook   Synopsis: Jim, Dean, and Sally are long time college […]

Street Pulse

Fri Feb 14, 2014 –  7:30pm — Café Fromage #1  Tickets Sun Feb 16, 2014 –  12:00 pm — Café Fromage #1  Tickets Community Partner:  GIFTS Men’s Shelter | Janesville Street Pulse A Story of Hope and  the Homeless Category:  Documentary, Urban Country:  U.S. Language:  English Rating:  PG Runtime:  68 min. Director:  Marc Kornblatt Producer:  Marc Kornblatt Website […]

Tate Bunker Spotlight

Fri Feb 14, 2014 –  7:30 pm — Bushel & Peck’s Sat Feb 22, 2014 – 7:30 pm — La Casa Grande Filmmaker Spotlight: Tate Bunker This year BIFF is spotlighting award-winning and inspiring filmmakers in the area.  With this Regional Filmmaker Spotlight, we honor the extraordinary talent of  Milwaukee filmmaker Tate Bunker, Winner of “Best […]

Things Found on the Ground / Funny Valentine

Sat Feb 15, 2014 –  5:00 pm — My Apartment  SOLD OUT Sun Feb 16, 2014 – 12:00 pm — My Apartment  Tickets (Funny Valentine – short film preceding feature, see detail below) Community Partner:  Mr. B’s Snack Shop Things Found on the Ground No matter where they are in life, people will always have value […]

The Wayward Sun

Sat Feb 15, 2014 –  2:00 pm — My Apartment  Tickets The Wayward Sun Category: Drama, Thriller Country:  U.S. Language:  English Rating:  PG-13 Runtime:  91 min. Director:  Jozef K. Richards Producer:  Jozef K. Richards Website On IMDb On Facebook   Synopsis: A young woman named Wren finds herself lost in the desert after she and her two druggy […]

When The King Tilts

When The King Tilts Category: Comedy, Drama Country:  U.S. Language:  English Rating:  PG-13 Runtime:  77 min. Director:  Drew Britton Producer: Drew Britton, Logan Lark On Facebook   Synopsis: Two women arrive unannounced at a quaint bed and breakfast in hopes of finding a location for next year’s family reunion. The two best friends are greeted by Sam, the […]

WI Community Media Spotlight #1

Sun Feb 16, 2014 –  12:00 pm — Hendricks Center for the Arts  Tickets Wisconsin Community Media Spotlight 1 Featured Award Winners from the State of Wisconsin Community Media Competition. JATV Media Services has been a charter member of Wisconsin Community Media (WCM) since 1997. Back then, both entities were first stretching their respective wings and were […]

WI Community Media Spotlight #2

Sun Feb 16, 2014 – 2:00 pm — Hendricks Center for the Arts  Tickets Wisconsin Community Media Spotlight 2 Featured Award Winners from the State of Wisconsin Community Media Competition. JATV Media Services has been a charter member of Wisconsin Community Media (WCM) since 1997. Back then, both entities were first stretching their respective wings and were […]

Double Feature 1

Thursday:  12:00 pm – Bushel & Peck’s Saturday: 4:00 pm – Bagels & More Sunday: 5:00 pm –  Cheese People/ Nikki’s Café Human Factor Category: Short | Double Feature Country: France Language: English Rating: PG Runtime: 29 min. Director: Thibault Le Texier Producer: Alice Beckmann Website:  Thibault Le Texier Films In 1914, an engineer sent away to reorganize a factory exchanges […]

Double Feature 2

Thursday:  10:00 pm –  Rotary Center Saturday: 11:00 am – Rock County Historical Society Saturday: 1:30 pm – Cheese People/ Nikki’s Café My Way Home Category: Short | Double Feature Country: USA Language: English Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 57 min. Director: Joe Sacco Producer: Jennifer Plevin Twenty-Three year old filmmaker Dao Chang is looking for answers. As a young Hmong-American Woman she yearns for information about […]

Double Feature 3

Friday: 4:00 pm  –  Hendricks Art Center Sunday:  5:00 pm –  Rotary Center  S A L A Y Category: Short | Double Feature Country: Sierra Leone Language: English Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 44 min. Director: Ali Kamanda Website:  S A L A Y Desperate to escape her circumstances of cultural pressures and poverty, eighteen year old Salay is intent on getting an education and […]

Double Feature 4

Thursday: 12:00 pm – Cheese People/ Nikki’s Café Friday: 11:00 am – Hendricks Art Center Memoirs of a Scatterbrain Category: Short | Double Feature Country: Netherlands Language: English Rating: PG Runtime: 52 min. Director: Jan Thijssen Producer: Jan Thijssen Website:  Memoires Van Een Vergeetal The Memoirs of a scatterbrain documentary about Eindhoven-born and bred artist René Daniëls (° 1950, Eindhoven – The Netherlands) […]

Double Feature 5

Thursday: 10:00 pm  –  Hendricks Art Center Friday:  11:00 am – Rotary Center Saturday: 6:30 pm – Katie’s Cup Suffering Grasses When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Category: Short | Double Feature Country: USA Language: Arabic w/ English subtitles Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 52 min. Director: Iara Lee Producer: Al-Omariya Website:  Suffering Grasses Over a year later, with thousands dead and […]

Double Feature 6

Friday:  1:30 pm – Rotary Center Saturday: 11:00 am – Hendricks Art Center   50 Year Old Freshman – Suzanne Heim-Bowen Category: Documentary Country: USA Language: English Rating: G Runtime: 54 min. Director: Deborah J. McDonald Producer: Deborah J. McDonald “A 50 year old Masters Hall of Fame swimmer is recruited by perrenial college swimming powerhouse, Diablo Valley College, and joins their swim […]

Double Feature 7

Thursday:  12:00 pm  –  Rotary Center Sunday: 2:30 pm – Bagels & More Much Ado About Knotting Category: Short | Double Feature Country: India Language: English Rating: G Runtime: 55 min. Director: Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Website:   Born into a society obsessed with marriages, a young girl, a not-so-young man, and an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) couple are […]

Triple Feature 1

Thursday:  10:00 pm – Cheese People/ Nikki’s Café Friday: 6:30 pm – Katie’s Cup Sunday: 5:00 pm – Bagels & More Sudden Nature Category: Short Film Country: Singapore Language:  Rating: PG-17 Runtime: 20 Director: Isaac Kerlow Producer: Isaac Kerlow Website:  Sudden Nature The storyline alternates between the real world of a young couple and the allegorical abstract world of Man and […]

Triple Feature 2

Friday: 11:00 am  –  Domenico’s Saturday: 9:00 pm  – Rotary Center Sunday:  2:30 pm – Cheese People/ Nikki’s Café In Our Hands Category: Short Film Country: Austria,U S A Language: English Rating: PG-17 Runtime: 28 Director: Peter Bruenner Producer: Peter Bruenner Website:  LuLand The stories of Ethan, an architect, Hannah, a young actress, and a pastor intersect on a train headed […]

Triple Feature 3

Friday:  1:30 pm  –  La Casa Grande Friday: 4:30 pm  –  Speakeasy 2 Saturday: 6:30 pm  –  Hendricks Art Center Sunday: 2:30 pm – Bushel & Peck’s Lifeless Category: Short Film Country: U S A Language: English Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 29 Director: VP Boyle Producer: VP Boyle Facebook:  Lifeless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg-mk_HV3D8 A movie musical with a completely original score, LIFELESS #BeingKindaDeadSortaSucks weaves it’s quirky […]

Triple Feature 4

Friday: 11:00 pm  –  Bushel & Peck’s Saturday:  6:30 pm  –  Bushel & Peck’s Mine is Mine Category: Short Film Country: U S A Language: English Rating: R Runtime: 20 Director: Kyle Bowe Producer: Chris Smair Phil is his usual contentious self at his best friend’s birthday party. His friends are moving on in their lives, but he is opposed to growing up […]

Duck Hunter – The

Thursday: 7:30 pm – Hendricks Art Center Friday: 6:30 pm – Franchesco’s Friday: ADDED — 9:00 pm – Rotary Center Saturday: 11:00 am – La Casa Grande Sunday: ADDED — 5:00 pm – Domenico’s Category: Feature Genre: Drama Country: Italy Language: Italian with English Subtitles Rating: PG-17 Runtime: 90 min. Director: Egidio Veronesi Producer: Egidio Veronesi I wanted to tell a story […]

Qwerty

Friday:  6:30 pm – Bagels & More Friday:  6:30 pm – Speakeasy 1 Saturday:  ADDED — 4:00 pm – Domenico’s Saturday:  ADDED — 6:30 pm – Rotary River Center Sunday:  ADDED — 5:00 pm – Bushel & Peck’s Category: Feature Country: USA Language: English Rating: R Runtime: 91 Director: Bill Sebastian Producer: Jeremy Truelove Website:  QWERTYthemovie.com Facebook:  QWERTY the movie QWERTY tells the […]

Kids @ BIFF

The Beloit International Film Festival, in partnership with Kid’s First, is presenting film-critiquing workshops with area 5th grade students. Students will join us at the Eclipse Center in Beloit to learn about reviewing films in an effort to develop more educated and discerning film viewers in our area youth. Our goal is to enhance the […]