The festival, which began on Thursday evening, will be wrapping up today (Sunday). Each block of films costs $8 to see. Here is the schedule for today’s events:
Red Rock Tavern 369 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
10:00 pm — Breakfast and a Movie- Dean and Me (USA, 2008, 88 min.)
There will really and truly be breakfast to go along with the CT Premiere of a documentary about Howard Dean.
Hartford Childrens Theatre 360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105
(this is basically across the street from the Mark Twain House)
Screening Block 1
11:05 am — Gamers (USA, 2008, 7 min.)
11:20 am — Nature’s Transcendental Painter: George Chaplin (USA, 2008, 10 min.) — World Premiere
11:35 am — Stolen Moments (USA, 2008, 29 min.) — World Premiere
12:10 pm — The Road Taken… The Merritt Parkway (USA, 2008, 30 min.) — World Premiere
12:45 pm — Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge (USA, 1936 and 2008, 30 min.) — Hartford Premiere
1:20 pm — Bleeding Green (USA, 2008, 19 min.) – this is about the Hartford Whalers and their booster club
1:45 pm — Coming to Grips (USA, 2008, 30 min.) — World Premiere
2:20 pm — Disneyland Dream (USA, 1956 and 2008, 30 min.) — Hartford Premiere
2:55 pm — Connecticut Filmmaker Panel Discussion
Screening Block 2
3:30 pm — LoRes Film ’08 (USA, 2008, 60 min.)
4:35 pm — The Painting (Iran, 2007, 21 min., Farsi with English Subtitles) — CT Premiere
5:05 pm — The Phony War of Memories (Belgium, 2008, 28 min., Dutch with English Subtitles) — CT Premiere
Cinestudio at Trinity College 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106
7:30 pm — Diamonds in the Rough (USA, 2007, 72 min.) This film about Ugandan hip hop is narrated by Michael Franti. Q & A with Director Brett Mazurek to follow — CT Premiere
9:00 pm — Closing Party at Cinestudio
9:45 pm — Live Hip Hop Performance featuring Hip Hop Artists: Bennchoumy, Okai, Negus World, Regime Change, Denise De La Cruz, Supa Frost, Siameze and West African Drums and Spoken Word with Julien, representing Haiti, France, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Barbados, and New York City
