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FESTIVAL VENUESMartha’s VineyardFilm Center79 Beach Road, Vineyard Havenat the Tisbury MarketplaceCapacity: 177

Capawock43 Main Street, Vineyard HavenCapacity: 197

There will be no independent (off site) box offi ce at the festival this year – buy your festival tickets at one of our three theaters.

YOU CAN BUY ADVANCE TICKETS AT OUR THEATERS FOR FESTIVAL MOVIES PRIOR TO THE FESTIVAL BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 5th. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER BUYING ONLINE IN ADVANCE AND PRINTING YOUR TICKETS AT HOME OR BRING AN E-MAIL CONFIRMATION ON YOUR SMART PHONE.

Telephone – 508-696-9369 for information.

Ticketing OptionRUSH Ticketing OptionTickets (if not sold out) for fi lms and events are available for purchase in person at the Film Center, Capawock theater box offi ces 30 minutes prior to show times. Doors open 30 minutes in advance of show time..

Rush tickets are often available even when advance tickets have sold out. A rush line will form outside each theatre before showtime. Approximately 10 minutes prior to the screening, available unsold tickets will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. No discounts. Cash, Check, or Credit Card at theaters.

Methods of Payment Box Office: Cash, Personal Check (made out to the MV Film Society), MasterCard, Visa, AMEX credit cards.

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Ticket Prices$15 General Admission Movie Ticket

$12 Film Society Member’s Price and Children under 14

$75 Opening Night Reception and Film

$35 Closing Night Film and Party

Some events carry a higher price and are noted.

All-Access Festival Pass$230 Per Person

$200 Film Society Member

• First Choice Admission to any film during festival (Passholders pre-select film and events via email with MVFS staff, and arrive 10 minutes before start time to guarantee a seat)

• Admission to Opening Night, cocktails, premiere screening at MV Film Center

• Admission to Closing Night, cocktails, premiere screening at the Capawock theater.

• Free drink and popcorn at theater concession stand.

• Plus: a free festival t-shirt while they last, special invite to private festival party with filmmakers, and priority selection of tickets via email.

(All-Access Passholders can preselect movie and event selections via email prior to the festival, contact rich@mvfi lmsociety.com with your selections after your purchase of pass)

ParkingTisbury MarketplacePlease note there is parking behind the buildings adjacent to the Film Center at Marketplace. Please park behind the building and access the theatre through the rear entrance. After 6 pm you are allowed to occupy a 1 hour parking space in the front Tisbury Marketplace.

Parking at ACE Hardware After 5:30 pm each festival day, you can park at ACE Hardware on Beach Road for night time screenings.

Tisbury Wharf ParkingDuring the daytime screenings and parties on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday we ask you to park at the Tisbury Wharf. We thank Mr. Ralph Packer for his generosity.

Schedule subject to change. For up-to-date information, please visit mvfi lmsociety.com

Welcome Hit the road, circle the globe—and never leave your comfy theatre seat. The Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival makes it possible. The festival is a community-oriented event inspired by the world around us. Now in its 12th year, the festival has become a culminating highlight of the culture-packed summer season on Martha’s Vineyard.

Favorite events from previous years return, including the Global Citizen Award and the Short Film Com-petition, share a six-day festival program with new events, including a bilingual children’s concert with Mister G, winner of a Latin Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album.

On Saturday, September 9, ac-claimed actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador DANNY GLOVER and writer-producer JOSLYN BARNES will receive the MVIFF’s Global Citizens Award for their charitable work done around the world.

Opening and Closing Receptions offer a taste of Spain, Italy. The opening reception, on September 7, takes place on the shores of Lagoon Pond, a short walk to the MV Film Center. This year’s tented celebra-

tion features Spanish tapas, wine and beer, followed immediately by the fi lm THE TRIP TO SPAIN, the third in the popular food + travel franchise starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Closing night, it’s viva l’Italia! Festivalgoers will enjoy on-the-road fi lm of a different sort: LIKE CRAZY with an end-of-fest ltalian feast at the wonderful La Soffi tta.

Feature fi lms this year are notable for their geographic and thematic variety—not to mention the array of awards they’ve recently garnered, including from the Cannes Film Festival, Tribeca, the Golden Globes; Haifa International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival and many more

MVIFF includes three different programs focused on short fi lms. A perennial sellout, the International Short Film Competition this year brings 11 entries that will be vying for a $1,000 top prize. Over 300 fi lms from 25 countries entered the competition; the 11 fi nalists will be screened Saturday, September 9, and the winner announced on the spot.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Opening Night - Gala Thursday, September 7 • 5:30 PM

THE TRIP TO SPAIN

Festival Warm-ups THE LEARSTuesday, September 5 • 7:30 PMDIRECTED BY CARL BESSAI      Canada | 2017 | 99 mins. | NR | Comedy, Drama

Actress Ivy Matheson and Producer Irwin Olian will be joining us after the screening for a discussion.

World-renowned, cutting-edge architect Davenport Lear (Bruce Dern), nearing retirement, summons his dysfunctional children to a weekend family retreat in one of his architectural creations, a magnificent Malibu estate. When they learn that he has decided to marry his personal assistant that Sunday, it sets off an explosive and funny round of devious behavior and conflict as each of them jockeys for position borne by self-interest, greed, and jealousy. In the end, this homage to Shakespeare’s KING LEAR raises fundamental questions about the nature of love, sexuality, family relationships, and honesty, demonstrating that what lies beneath the surface is often very different from outward manifestations.

AQUARIUSWednesday, September 6

7:30 PMDIRECTED BY KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHOBrazil | 2016 | 146 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, is the last resident of the Aquarius, one of the few buildings of its age and character that remains in a rapidly changing seaside Recife neighborhood. Now that the other apartments have been swept up by a company with ambitious plans for redevelopment, pressures to move on surround Clara from all sides. But she has pledged to leave only upon death, and will engage in a cold war with the developers to keep a home that has been a silent witness to her entire life. The resulting confrontation is mysterious, frightening and nerve-wracking, tingeing even Clara’s most familiar routines with the tension of a thriller.

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOMUK | 2017 | 115 mins. | Not Rated | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

After jaunts through northern England and Italy, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country’s gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and their patented celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it means to settle into middle age. As always, the locales are breathtaking, the cuisine to die for, and the humor delightfully devilish.

Ticket price includes our OPENING NIGHT GALA from 5:30 – 7:30pm on the shores of Ferry Boat Pond at Tisbury Marketplace, with food, beverages, and live music. The film begins at 8:00pm at The MV Film Center.

Schedule subject to change. For up-to-date information, please visit mvfilmsociety.com

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DIRECTED BY DEEPAK RAUNIYARNepal, Netherlands, Qatar, USA | 2016 89 minutes | Not Rated | Adventure, Drama

PRIOR TO THE SCREENIING OF THIS FILM, THE MV FILM SOCIETY WILL PRESENT ACTORS DANNY GLOVER AND JOSLYN BARNES WITH THE MV FILM SOCIETY GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD FOR THEIR CHARITABLE WORK AND PHILANTHROPY ACROSS THE GLOBE.

An anti-regime partisan (Dayahang Rai) confronts physical, social and political obstacles after returning to his remote mountain village in Nepal for his father’s funeral.

“Skilfully manipulating romantic and social frictions which in lesser hands might have come across as soapily melodramatic, Rauniyar and Barker construct a parable-like tale whose allegorical aspects are there for those who wish to find them. But their priority is the creation of believable characters in a pungently atmospheric setting, which then takes shape into a satisfyingly organic narrative pattern as White Sun — stark title a reference to an emblem on Nepal’s uniquely non-quadrilateral flag — unfurls.”–Neil Young, Hollywood Reporter

WHITE SUN Friday, September 8, 7:00 PM

Danny Glover Joslyn Barnes

LOCATION: MV FILM CENTER

LOCATION: MV FILM CENTER

*GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARD PRESENTATION*

WITH DANNY GLOVER AND JOSLYN BARNES PRIOR TO MOVIE

A ticket for both Opening and Closing night events includes movie and party. There will be no tickets sold for only the movie, and not the event.

Closing Night Film Sunday, September 10 • 4:30 PM

LIKE CRAZYDIRECTED BY PAOLO VIRZI AND FRANCESCA ARCHIBUGIOUR CLOSIING NIGHT RECEPTION will begin following the film and is to be held at La Soffitta Italian Restaurant – food, libations, and live music

Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. They are both patients at the Villa Biondi, a progressive but secure psychiatric clinic. Paolo Virzì’s new film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee the mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse – the world of sane people.

Join us at 4:30PM for our Closing Night film at the Capawock Theatre, then head over to LA SOFFITTA, for a reception (beginning at 6:30PM).

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Live Music Children’s Event Sunday, September 10 • 11:00 AM

Mister G, a Latin GRAMMY Award winner for Best Children’s Album, Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) has been called “a bilingual rockstar” by The Washington Post and “irresistible”by People Magazine. His 2017 release, Mundo Verde/Green World, is a collection of environmental-themed songs which were debuted at his concert during the National Climate Rally in Washington, DC. Spanning genres from bluegrass to bossa nova, funk to folk, his dynamic, original music has won praise from The Boston Globe, Chicago SunTimes, People, New York Post, and Parents magazine.

LOCATION: MV FILM CENTER

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Tickets can be purchased on-line now at mvfilmsociety.com or in person at the Film Center box office. All Screenings are in Vineyard Haven at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center or Capawock Movie theater.

There will be no independent (off site) box office at the festival this year – buy your festival tickets at one of our three theaters. YOU CAN BUY ADVANCE TICKETS AT OUR THEATERS FOR FESTIVAL MOVIES PRIOR TO THE FESTIVAL.

PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER BUYING ONLINE IN ADVANCE AND PRINTING YOUR TICKETS AT HOME OR BRING AN E-MAIL CONFIRMATION ON YOUR SMART PHONE.

Martha’s Vineyard 12th International Film Festival Schedule September 2017

AFTER THE STORM AQUARIUS

FILM CENTER79 BEACH ROAD, VINEYARD HAVEN

CAPAWOCK THEATER43 MAIN STREET, VINEYARD HAVEN

TUESDAY 9/5 7:30 PM THE LEARSCanada | 2017 | 99 mins. | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama

FESTIVAL WARM-UP

WEDNESDAY 9/6 7:30 PM AQUARIUSBrazil | 2016 | 146 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

FESTIVAL WARM-UP

THURSDAY 9/7

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM — Opening Reception Under Tent at the Tisbury Marketplace (parking at Packer Wharf on Beach Road)

SPECIAL EVENT8:00 PM THE TRIP TO SPAIN

UK | 2017 | 115 mins. | Not Rated | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

FRIDAY 9/8

4:30 PM EUROPEAN SHORTSInternational | 2017 | 77 mins | Not Rated | Short Film

AFTER THE STORM (umi yori mo mada fukaku)Japan | 2016 | 117 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

7:00 PMWHITE SUN +GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARD PRESENTATION Nepal, Netherlands, Qatar, USA | 2016 | 89 mins | Not Rated | Adventure, Drama

7:30 PM HOLY AIRIsrael | 2017 | 81 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy

9:15 PM POP AYESingapore, Thailand | 2017 | 104 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama

LOST IN PARIS (paris pieds nus)Belgium, France | 2016 | 83 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy

SATURDAY 9/9

4:00 PM THE DIVINE ORDER (die göttliche ordnung)Switzerland | 2017 | 96 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

4:30 PM ANIMATION SHORTS SHOWCASEwith Bill Plympton (est. 70 mins)

7:00 PM MAINELAND China, USA | 2017 | 90 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary

INT’L SHORTS JURIED COMPETITIONPROGRAM (97 mins)

9:15 PM THE ORNITHOLOGIST (O Ornitólogo)Brazil, France, Portugal | 2016 | 117 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

THE DEPARTUREJapan, USA | 2017 | 87 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary

SUNDAY 9/10

11:00 AM CHILDREN’S CONCERT: MISTER G2017 | 50 Mins. | Rated G | Family & Kids, Music Concert

12:00 PM THE FENCER (Miekkailija)Estonia, Finland, Germany | 2015 | 99 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

1:30 PM THE MIDWIFE (sage femme)France | 2017 | 117 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

2:00 PM THE WEDDING PLAN (laavor et hakir)Israel | 2016 | 110 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, Romance

4:30 PM LIKE CRAZY (la pazza gioia)Italy | 2017 | 118 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama

SPECIAL EVENT6:30 PM - 8:00 PM — Closing Night party at LA SOFFITTA Restaurant —Italian Buffet, David Hannon sings the Frank Sinatra song book

FESTIVAL WARM-UP

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THE DIVINE ORDER

A AFTER THE STORM Friday, September 8 | 4:30pm LOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Japan | 2016 | 117 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son (Taiyo Yoshizawa) – until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again.“No modern filmmaker has as sure a grasp on family dynamics as Hirokazu Kore-eda.” – Tom Huddleston, Time Out“Endlessly endearing” – The Huffington Post“The director keeps his characters and audience bobbing together over waters that grow deeper and deeper, until it’s impossible to distinguish the everyday from the profound.” – Ty Burr, The Boston Globe“film about passionate love, spanning place and sexuality…” Variety“…an omnibus collection of six short films by notable international directors (with one debut) loosely connected by themes of sex and romance… an artistically ambitious collection.” – The Hollywood ReporterNominated -– Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes Film FestivalNominated – Golden Space Needle Award, Seattle International Film FestivalTribeca Film Festival 2016 –Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature, Radhika ApteWinner Best Narrative Feature at the Hampton International Film Festival 2015

ANIMATION SHORTS SHOWCASESaturday, September 9 | 4:30pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTERCurated by Bill Plympton

Total Run Time: 70 minutes

A collection of some of the world’s best new short animated films.See details of 12 Animated Shorts at mvfilmsociety.com

AQUARIUSWednesday, September 6 | 7:30pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTERDirected by Kleber Mendonça Filho

Brazil | 2016 | 146 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

Clara (Sonia Braga), a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, is the last resident of the Aquarius, one of the few buildings of its age and character that remains in a rapidly changing seaside Recife neighborhood. Now that the other apartments have been swept up by a company with ambitious plans for redevelopment, pressures to move on surround Clara from all sides. But she has pledged to leave only upon death, and will engage in a cold war with the developers to keep a home that has been a silent witness to her entire life. The resulting confrontation is mysterious, frightening and nerve-wracking, tingeing even Clara’s most familiar routines with the tension of a thriller.““Aquarius” makes a compelling case for looking up from our ubiquitous distractions to take in the world around us - the one that we live in and, whether we’re aware of it or not, lives in us.” – Anne Hornaday, Washington Post“This isn’t a movie about a situation; it’s a movie about a fully formed, red-blooded character dealing with a situation while also dealing with everything else.” – Tom Long, Detroit NewsNominated -– Palme D’Or, Cannes Film FestivalWon – Best Actress, Sonia Braga, San Diego Film Critics, Mar del Plata, Lima Latin America, and Biarittz International Festivals.

D THE DEPARTURE Saturday, September 9 | 9:15pm LOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE Directed by Lana Wilson

Japan, USA | 2017 | 87 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary

A remarkable Japanese Buddhist priest uses a range of methods to help desperate people discover the will to live. But when a health crisis puts him at serious risk, can he live by the same advice he gives out?

Lana Wilson follows up her award-winning documentary After Tiller with this lyrical, intimate character study of the complex figure Ittetsu Nemoto, an aimless and rebellious former punk rocker-turned-Buddhist priest. Most famously, he is renowned in Japan for saving the lives of

countless suicidal men and women through his wise and compassionate counsel. But Nemoto is now approaching middle-age with a wife and young boy of his own, when he learns his life is at risk from heart disease, compounded by the heavy emotional workload of supporting those who no longer want to live. When saving others takes such a toll, can he find the resiliency to save himself? The Departure is an intimate portrait of one quietly extraordinary man who has helped so many learn to live, and now must find the strength to learn from his own advice.“Stunning.” – randon Harris, Filmmaker Magazine“Immensely moving. Lyrical and deeply meditative… digs deep into major questions without being afraid of the answers.” – Kate Erbland, IndieWire“One of the most moving films at this year’s festival...gorgeous and contemplative. The Departure is a powerful work of documentary, cinema, advocacy, and art.” – Andrew Parker, Toronto Film Scene“A cinematic spiritual quest. A trip to the mountain top that will leave you moved, teary eyed, and utterly vibrating with the sense of feeling alive. A small quiet film that is thunderous in its effect.” – Steve Kopian, Unseen Films“A beautiful, wise, and deeply empathetic immersion into one fascinating character’s unique approach to suicide prevention. A quietly impressive work whose images, characters, and ruminations linger on long after the lights come up.” – Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker MagazineNominated – Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival

THE DIVINE ORDERSaturday, September 9 | 4:00pmLOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE Directed by Petra Volpe

Switzerland, 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives with her husband and their two sons in a peaceful little village. Here, in the Swiss countryside, little or nothing is felt of the huge social upheavals that the movement of May 1968 has caused. Nora’s life, too, has been unaffected; she is a retiring, quiet person, well liked by everyone – until she begins to campaign publicly and pugnaciously for women’s right to vote, an issue that will be put before the male voters on February 7th, 1971.“Petra Volpe’s cine-history lesson remains a mainstream crowd-pleaser adept at inspiring and amusing in equal measure.” – Variety.comWinner, Audience Award, 2017 Tribeca Film Festival Switzerland’s entry for Academy Awards

EEUROPEAN SHORTSFriday, September 8 | 4:30pm LOCATION: MV FILM CENTERInternational | 2017 | 77 mins | Not Rated | Short Film

The MV Film Society has selected a short list from the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe –and beyond. Our selection of shorts includes films composed of productions/co-productions from Spain, Germany, Kosovo, UK, Norway, and China.See details at mvfilmsociety.com

FTHE FENCERSunday, September 10 | 12:00pm LOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE Directed by Klaus Härö

Estonia, Finland, Germany | 2015 | 99 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia, in the early 1950s. Having left Leningrad to escape the secret police, he finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students. Endel becomes a father figure to his students and starts teaching them his great passion – fencing, which causes a conflict with the school’s principal. Envious, the principal starts investigating Endel’s background… Endel learns to love the children and looks after them; most are orphans as a result of the Russian occupation. Fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children and Endel becomes a role model. The children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad, and Endel must make a choice: risk everything to take the children to Leningrad or put his safety first and disappoint them.Throughout the film, Härö vividly captures a sense of the late Stalinist-era paranoia, as well as the drabness of Soviet life in general. It is also engaging on a human level. These are reserved people, but when they make a connection, it is meaningful.”–Joe Bendel, Epoch TimesNominated—Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language), Golden GlobesWon—Best International Feature, St. Louis International Film Festival

THE FENCER

The Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival — September 5–10, 2017Schedule subject to change. For up-to-date information, please visit mvfilmsociety.com

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HHOLY AIRFriday, September 8 | 7:30pm LOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE Directed by Shady Srour

Israel | 2017 | 81 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy

Adam is a Christian Arab living in Nazareth – member of a vanishing minority within a minority in the Holy Land and the Middle East. His wife Lamia is a strong, beautiful and progressive Arab woman, who runs a foundation for women’s rights. When Adam hears that Lamia is pregnant and his father falls very ill, he evaluates his life and realizes that he has not achieved much. Despite all his business ideas failing so far, he gives one last try to make it big. And what’s better to sell in the Holy Land other than the very air that Virgin Mary breathed during her annunciation? But in order to, as one priest tells Adam during confession, bring such product into the market he needs to find allies from the three cultures ruling over Nazareth – the Jewish politicians, the Muslim mafia boss and the Catholic church officials. In a politically unstable world where religion is just another merchandise, can the Holy Air be Adam’s salvation of is it just an illusion?“The humor in Holy Air is inseparable from its poignancy, and every element of the film expresses that interconnection, from the performances to the spirited, melancholy-laced score by Habib Shehadeh Hanna.”–Sheri Linden, Hollywood ReporterNominated-—Best International Narrative Feature, Tribeca Film FestivalWon—Israeli First Film, Jerusalem Film Festival

IInternational Short Films Juried CompetitionSaturday, September 9 | 7:00 pm LOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE International | 2017 | 97 mins. | Not Rated | Short Film

From over 300+ entries our Film Society festival selection committee has chosen 11 finalists. We will screen each short film and our jury will select the “Best Overall” film at

the conclusion of the program. The winning film will be shown again prior to the Closing Night film.

1. CARAMEL MOU (UNLEAVENED BREAD) – 8:30 mins Directed by Wilfired Méance, France

2. ONCE UPON A LINE - 7:05 mins Directed by Alicja Jasina, USA

3. 5 FILMS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY – 4:39 mins Directed by Peter Huang, Canada

4. ELEVATOR LESSON – 5:27 mins Directed by Linda Kuriloff, USA

5. THE FINGER - 10:08 mins Directed by Chris Carfizzi, USA

6. IF WE MUST DIE - 18:37 Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, USA

7. DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10 POINT FONT - 1:12 mins Directed by Greg Condon, USA

8. TIME FLIES WHEN I’M HAVING FUN - 4:30 mins Directed by Johan Tappert, Sweden

9. LA VISTA (THE VISIT) - 12:30 mins Directed by Romina Schwedler, USA

10. EL ATRACO (THE ROBBERY) - 9:53 Directed by Alfonso Díaz, Spain

11. RABBIT PUNCH – 15:00 mins Directed by Keith Farrell, Written by Hannah Salt, UK Filmmaker/Writer Hannah Salt Will Be In Attendance.

See film synopses at mvfilmsociety.com

LTHE LEARSTuesday, September 5 | 7:30 pm LOCATION: MV FILM CENTERDirected by Carl Bessai

With Actress Ivy Matheson and Producer Irwin Olian in Attendance

Canada | 2017 | 99 mins. | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama

World-renowned, cutting edge architect Davenport Lear, nearing retirement, summons his dysfunctional children to a weekend family retreat in one of his architectural creations, a magnificent Malibu Estate. When they learn that he has decided to marry his personal assistant that Sunday, it sets off an explosive and funny round of devious behavior and conflict as each of them jockeys for position borne by self-interest, greed and jealousy. In the end, this homage to Shakespeare’s KING LEAR raises fundamental

questions about the nature of love, sexuality, family relationships and honesty, demonstrating that what lies beneath the surface is often very different from outward manifestations.

An AARP Movies for Grownups Selection.Nominated—Grand Jury Prize, Nashville Film Festival

LIKE CRAZY *CLOSING NIGHT FILM*Sunday, September 10 | 4:30pmLOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATRE Directed by Paolo Virzi and Francesca Archibugi

Italy | 2017 | 118 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama

LIKE CRAZY will be preceded by a showing of the “Best Overall” Short Film from Saturday’s Juried Competition held on. After the film, patrons are encouraged to join us for our Closing Night Party at La Soffitta Restaurant, Main Street, Vineyard haven

Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. They are both patients at the Villa Biondi, a progressive but secure psychiatric clinic. Paolo Virzì’s new film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee the mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse – the world of sane people.“A vibrant and compelling look at friendship, freedom and the fine line between sanity and madness.”–Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

LOST IN PARISFriday, September 8 | 9:15 pm LOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATREDirected by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

France/Belgium | 2017 | 85 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy

Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon’s signature whimsical style, LOST IN PARIS stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond. When Fiona’s (Gordon) orderly life is disrupted by a letter of distress from her 88-year-old Aunt Martha

(delightfully portrayed by Academy Award (R)-nominee Emmanuelle Riva) who is living in Paris, Fiona hops on the first plane she can and arrives only to discover that Martha has disappeared. In an avalanche of spectacular disasters, she encounters Dom (Abel), the affable, but annoying tramp who just won’t leave her alone. Replete with the amazing antics and intricately choreographed slapstick that has come to define Abel and Gordon’s work, LOST IN PARIS is a wondrously fun and hectic tale of peculiar people finding love while lost in the City of Lights.“A deliriously funny, continuously inventive, slapstick extravaganza that Buster Keaton fans will devour with relish.” – Brandon Judell, Huffington Post“Unique physical comedy unlike anything else around now.” – Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

M MAINELANDSaturday, September 9 | 7:00pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTERDirected by Miao Wang

With Director Miao Wang and Producer Damon Smith In Attendance.

China, USA | 2017 | 90 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary

Filmed over three years in China and the U.S., “Maineland” is a multi-layered coming-of-age tale that follows two teenagers of China’s wealthy elite as they settle into a boarding school in blue-collar rural Maine. Part of the enormous wave of “parachute students” enrolling in U.S. private schools, bubbly, fun-loving Stella and introspective Harry come seeking a Western-style education, escape from the dreaded Chinese college entrance exam, and the promise of a Hollywood-style U.S. high school experience. But as their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, worlds collide as their relationship to home and country takes on a surprisingly poignant new aspect.“Maineland serves to remind audiences of the power, and beauty, in differences.”–Jessi Cape, Austin ChronicleWon—Best Documentary, Special Jury Prize, SXSW Film FestivalWon—Best Documentary, Independent Film Festival of Boston

LIKE CRAZYTHE LEARS

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LOST IN PARIS

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THE MIDWIFESunday, September 10 | 1:30pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTERDirected by Martin Provost

France | 2017 | 117 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

Two of French cinema’s biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire (Catherine Frot), a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire’s late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together in this sharp character study from the César-award winning director Martin Provost (Séraphine).““The Midwife” is one of those movies that could be about anything and you’d watch, so enjoyable are its lead actors.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic“A closely observed, intelligently imagined and realized presentation of contrasting personalities.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

O THE ORNITHOLOGISTSaturday, September 9 | 9:15pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTER Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues

Brazil, France, Portugal | 2016 | 117 minutes | Not Rated | Drama

Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for endangered black storks along a remote river in northern Portugal when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrim girls on their way to Santiago de Compostela, he plunges into a dark, eerie forest, trying to get back on track. But as he encounters unexpected and uncanny obstacles and people who put him to the test, Fernando is driven to extreme, transformative actions. Gradually he becomes a different man: inspired, multifaceted, and finally enlightened.“Delightful and narratively adventurous... I can’t wait to see it again.” – The New York Times “If nothing else, the film reminds one of how strange and beautiful existence can be.” -–Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader“The film has a remarkable patience and beauty, taking the time to live in its offbeat, unsettling moments.”

–Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible CelluloidWon—Best Film, Black Movie FestivalWon—Special Honorable Mention, Denver International Film Festival

PPOP AYEFriday, September 8 | 9:15pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTERDirected by Kristen Tan

Singapore, Thailand | 2017 | 104 minutes | Not Rated Comedy, Drama

On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of the farm where they grew up together–only to discover the truth about himself.“The sharply observed screenplay adeptly balances gentle humor and poignancy in a contemplative examination of loneliness, aging, mortality and regret.” – Todd Jorgenson,Cinemalogue.comWon—Screenwriting Award, Sundance Film FestivalWon—Big Screen Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival

TTHE TRIP TO SPAIN*OPENING NIGHT FILM*Thursday, September 7 | 5:30pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTER Directed by Michael Winterbottom

UK | 2017 | 115 mins. | Not Rated | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Includes Gala Beneath The Tent at Tisbury Marketplace

After jaunts through northern England and Italy, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country’s gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and their patented celebrity impressions, as well as more serious

reflections on what it means to settle into middle age. As always, the locales are breathtaking, the cuisine to die for, and the humor delightfully devilish.“Along with the components of The Trip to Spain that we most crave, there’s an increase in harshness, an acerbic edge that’s hard to ignore.” –Andy Crump, Paste Magazine“Behind the gags, the barbs, the wordplay, and the many, many impressions lurks a sadness...By definition, the pervasion of this theme may make The Trip to Spain the least funny of its brethren so far. But it also makes it the most interesting.” – Michael Arbeiter, Nerdist

WTHE WEDDING PLAN (laavor et hakir)Sunday, September 10 | 2:00pmLOCATION: CAPAWOCK THEATREDirected by Rama Burshtein

Israel | 2016 | 110 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, Romance

At 32, Michal (Noa Kooler), an Orthodox Jewish woman, is finally looking forward to the comfort and security of marriage, when she is blindsided by her fiancé’s decision to call off the wedding with only a month’s notice. Unwilling to return to lonely single life, Michal decides to put her trust in fate and continue with her wedding plans, believing Mr. Right will appear by her chosen date. Confident she will find a match made in heaven, she books a venue, sends out invitations and buys a wedding dress, as her skeptical mother and sister look on with trepidation. During Michal’s month-long search for a spouse, she enlists the help of two different matchmakers, goes on a series of disastrous blind dates and finds an unexpected connection with a charming but utterly unsuitable pop star (Oz Zehavi) – all while dismissing pleas by concerned friends and family members that she reconsider her risky plan. As the day of the ceremony grows closer and no suitor appears, Michal puts everything on the line to find happiness. “Charming, humorous, and enjoyable.” – Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter “Witty and sharp in its observations on love, courtship, and marriage.” – Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent “An engaging (and surprisingly entertaining) examination, not of belief, but of a believer, a

struggling soul who more often than not blocks her own path to paradise.” – Matthew Lickona, San Diego ReaderWon—Best Actress, Screenplay, Costume Design, Awards of the Israeli Film AcademyWon—Best Actress (Noa Kooler), Haifa International Film Festival

WHITE SUN (seto surya)Friday, September 8 | 7:00pmLOCATION: MV FILM CENTERDirected by Deepak Rauniyar

Nepal, Netherlands, Qatar, USA | 2016 | 89 minutes Not Rated | Adventure, Drama

*GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARD PRESENTATION*With Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes prior to movie. An anti-regime partisan (Dayahang Rai) confronts physical, social and political obstacles after returning to his remote mountain village in Nepal for his father’s funeral.Won--Best Asian Feature Film, Singapore International Film FestivalWon--Audience Award, Fribourg International Film Festival

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THE MIDWIFE THE ORNITHOLOGIST

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Asha Maya Magrati in Seto Surya (2016)

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