Shorts Program: Paris and a Middle Eastern Twist: Three US Premieres
Following up on her 2009 Special Jury Prize winner But We Have the Music, Parisian director Shanti Masud presents Ne Me Touche Pas! (2010, 30 min.), a little piece of cinematic and musical bliss in grainy super-8 film. Masud will attend the screening.
President Sarkozy called them racaille—scum—but the underground and mostly immigrant rappers in Emmanuelle Lippe and Bertil Dubach’s film
Rapaille (France, 2009, 29 min.) took the insult and made it their own.
Rapping in Tehran (Iran, 2009, 37 min.) is secret and semi-legal, and many of the performers featured in Hassan Khademi’s short film have been arrested for speaking their minds in rhyme.
6:00pm
Intangible Asset No. 82
Directed by Emma Franz
Feature Documentary
Australia, 2009, 90 min.
Chicago premiere!
Former jazz singer Emma Franz’s debut film follows Australian jazz drummer Simon Barker’s quest to meet an elusive South Korean percussionist, and then finds that this is but the first step on a larger journey of discovery and kickass jam sessions. Part road movie, part spiritual journey, part nail-biting race-against-time, Intangible Asset is a tangible, memorable film experience. “Intriguing…genuinely affecting.” – Joe Leyton, Variety
Also playing: Instant Composers Pool Orchestra – “Steigerpijp” (music video, dir. Barbara Hin and Martin Van der Veen)
8:00pm
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Directed by Damien Chazelle
Fictional Feature
USA, 2009, 82 min.
Chicago premiere!
Chicagoans finally get a chance to see “the finest indie movie of the past year” (Filmmaker Magazine), a jazzy, improvisational film about love and music. Guy’s a trumpet player who makes the wrong romantic choices when Madeline’s the one he should be with. The film combines gritty 16mm black-and-white near-documentary style with the spirit of a 1930’s musical extravaganza in a constantly surprising mix.
Also playing: Jeff Tain Watts Quartet – “Return of the Jitney Man” (music video, dir. Michael Wilson, Miho Morita, Fumio Tashiro)
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