Rated: PG
Director: Rob Kirbyson
Executive Producers:Tina Segel, Diane Hendricks, Bill O’Kane and Ray Liotta
Producers: David Segel, Stephen McEveety and John Shepherd
Length: 96 min                Family
USA
Thursday: 7:30 pm – Beloit Library   SOLD OUT

Saturday: 2:30 pm – Bushel & Peck’s   SOLD OUT

Sunday: 2:30 pm – Rotary River Center SOLD OUT

Sunday: 5:00 pm – Bushel & Peck’s   SOLD OUT

Sunday: 5:00 pm – Rotary River Center JUST OPENED — ADDITIONAL SCREENING

Website: Snowmen

A gruesome discovery in the snow catapults three small-town boys into the spotlight. But when their instant celebrity fades, the outcasts hatch a scheme to set a Guinness World Record, insuring their names will never be forgotten. Through a comedic series of stunts that eventually threaten their very lives, the trio conquers schoolyard bullies, unites their community and discovers that while fame may be fleeting – true friendship lasts forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUq8VS6aa9U

Neighborhood & Community Support for BIFF

In support of BIFF and a tip of the Stove Pipe Hat the Beloit neighbors and friends of the historic districts (The Beloit NPA – Neighborhood Preservation Assn.) with the support of the broader community came together to build a little snowman of their own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47RQepqj3gQ

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: R
Director: Linas Phillips Producer: Thomas Woodrow & Jack Bennett

Length: 103 min
Adventure | Comedy | Drama
USA

Thursday: 7:30pm – The Metropolitan  

Friday: 10:00pm – Nikki’s Cafe  

Saturday: 7:30p – Bushel & Peck’s  

Website: Bass Ackwards

Yes, in Bass Ackwards, a man drives a 76 Volkswagen van across America. No, the film isn’t mired with the tired mechanics of a typical road movie. This utterly original, lyrical, and visually exciting adventure has such a light touch that it quietly sneaks up and tugs you into an overpowering appreciation of being human.
When humble Linas, kicked off of his friends couch and spurned by his lover, finds a forgotten van on a llama farm outside Seattle, he begins lurching east with nothing to lose. Slowly, the road eases him out of his relentless longing and into the moment. As his encounters with enigmatic characters take on subtly transcendent qualities, his shame and discomfort at being alone gradually give way to self-acceptance and connection. The dented, off-kilter vehicle, which valiantly, amazingly endures the journey, becomes a colorful metaphor for the human condition—our tenacity and hopefulness always tinged with imperfection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0xelIuBG0

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: PG
Director: Vasanthabalan
Length: 151 min
Drama
India

Friday: 7:30pm – Domenico’s  
Saturday: 5:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 1  

*subtitled*

Jyothi Lingam (Mahesh) is a bright student and son of a mason who leads a happy life in his village near Tirunelveli. One day tragedy strikes as his father, the only earning member of the family, dies in an accident while crossing an unmanned railway gate. Mahesh now has to look after his mother and two sisters. Due to circumstances, he is forced to abandon his studies, even though he comes first in his school in the board exams. Through a canvassing agent, he and his friend Marimuthu, get jobs as sales boys in a textile showroom in Ranganathan Street in Chennai. Mahesh, along with hundreds of others, are employed at the Senthil Murugan Stores run by the big Annachi. On each floor at the textile showroom, there are around 50 to 60 sales boys and girls who work in pitiable conditions from early in the morning to late night, without any rest. He meets Kani (Anjali), a fiery independent girl…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65AMjaEM-6k

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: R
Director: Kathy Lindboe
Length: 108 min
Drama
USA

Friday: 2:30 pm – Rotary River Center  

Saturday: 7:30 pm – Hendricks Art Center 2  

Sunday: 12:00 pm – The Metropolitan  

Website: NONAMES the Movie

Blog: NONAMES

Inspired by true events, NONAMES follows Kevin and his family of friends as they struggle within the confines of a small town. After his mother’s death, Kevin decides to make a life for himself in his childhood home in spite of his father’s decision to move. In the wake of tragedy, Kevin must end his extended adolescence or lose the things he holds most dear. Haunted by unsettled scores, it becomes clear that he must leave the town he loves in order to save himself from it. A new beginning is only a bus ride away.

http://www.vimeo.com/5539319

Viewer Ratings:

Rated:  PG13
Director: Bala       Producer:Sivasri Sreenivasan
Length: 165 min
Action | Drama
India

Thursday: 7:30 pm – Rotary River Center  
Sunday: 2:30pm – The Metropolitan  

*subtitled*

For astrological reasons, a father leaves his son Rudran (Arya) in Kasi. Years later, repenting his act he goes with his daughter in search of him. He finds him there but is shocked to learn that he has become an Aghori. Nevertheless he brings him back to Tamil Nadu. The story takes a turn here and introduces us to the world of physically and mentally challenged beggars. A world controlled by the cruel Thandavan (Rajendran). Hamsavalli (Pooja Umashankar) a blind girl is forcefully separated from her troop and made to join the beggars. Soon she becomes another victim of Thandavan’s cruelty. Meanwhile, Rudran leaves his house to find his place on a small cave, and soon meets Hamsavalli, who tries her best to convince him to return home, but fails. Thandavan then takes a deal with a Malayali man of the same profession and decides to force Hamsavalli to marry an ugly, deformed man for 10-lakhs worth of money. On one incident, Hamsavalli angers the deformative, who runs away without marrying her. This angers Thandavan, who deeply wounds her. She later goes crying to Rudran to somehow free from this curse. The aghori then kills her and grants her moksha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_BivF96QVg

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: G
Director: Xiao-Yen
Length: 95 min
Family | Drama
USA

 

Friday: 5:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 2  

Saturday: 2:30 pm – La Casa Grande  

The Monkey Kid focuses on the details of a nine year-old girl’s daily life during the Cultural Revolution. In 1970 China’s “intellectuals” had been dispersed to the countryside to “learn from the peasants.” Their children remained in the cities to learn life on their own. Shi-Wei is one of these children, and she survives her family’s fracture by instinctively clinging to happiness; she is a bright light against a dark background. With her parents away she gathers with friends wherever she wants, shows up late for school, tumbles down mountains of gravel, and balances on balconies five stories high. Shi-Wei has dizzying choices. And she slides away from the dull embrace of the Cultural Revolution.

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: R
Director: Eric England     Producer: Eric England
Length: 73 min
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
USA

Friday: 10:00pm – Hendricks Art Center 2  

Saturday: 10:00pm – La Casa Grande  

After losing his fiance, Trevor sets out on a soul searching adventure to clear his mind. While in the wilderness, he stumbles upon two local hunters that will stop at nothing to make him go away.

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: R
Director: Allison Mason
Length: 70 min
Drama
USA

Friday:  2:30 pm – Bushel & Peck’s  
Saturday: 7:30 pm – Bagels & More  

Website: Finding Jenua

Finding Jenua is about love, loss and finding your place in the world. A drama with mystery that’s told in an unconventional way – unraveling like a memory and tying us back together with the simple beauty of human connection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6PmQ02rw8Q

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: PG13
Director: Michael McCallum       Producer: Michael McCallum
Length: 111 min
Drama
USA

Thursday: 7:30 pm – Angel Museum  

Saturday: 2:30 pm- The Metropolitan  

Website: Rebel Pictures

James Winton (M. McCallum) is coming home. Paroled after serving four years in prison for involvement in an armed robbery, which he took the fall for. He’s uncertain about his future with his young wife (Moore) and his father (W. McCallum), but he’s ready to start new. Once out, Jim is confronted by his old friend, Bobby Stone (Root) and his former life.When a murder occurs unbeknownst to Jim, he becomes the prime suspect hounded by two detectives (Bone/Hagedorn) determined to make him pay for his past.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFBSHtwEcc

Viewer Ratings:

Rated: R
Director: Elias Matar     Producer: Elias Matar
Lenght: 90 min
Drama | Terror | Thriller
USA

Friday: 7:30 pm – Hendricks Art Center 2  

Saturday: 10:00p – Hendricks Art Center 2  

Website: Ashes the movie

An obsessive doctor working on a cure for AIDS unwittingly creates an aggressive new bacteria that deteriorates the body and enrages the mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7TGmoCQogc

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