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1 6 5 2 0 1 6 S X S W F I L M P R O G R A M G U I D E Fe s t i v l F v o r i t e s FILM FESTIVAL Cameraperson Director: Kirsten Johnson DOC | USA | 2016 | 101 MIN English, Bosnian, Arabic, Dari, Hausa and Fur-Arabic with Subtitles What does it mean to film another person? How does it affect that person - and what does it do to the one who films? Kirsten Johnson is one of the most notable cinematographers working in documentary cinema today, having shot Citizenfour, Happy Valley, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Oath, The Invisible War, and dozens of other essential Invisible War, and dozens of other essential Invisible War documentaries. With her visually radical memoir Cameraperson, Johnson presents an extraordinary and deeply poetic film of her own, drawing on the remarkable and varied footage that she has shot and reframing it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. Producer: Marilyn Ness , Executive Producers: Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker , DP: Kirsten Johnson , Editor: Nels Bangerter , Music: Kathryn Bostic Friday, March 11 | 5:45 PM Almo Lmr B Tuesday, March 15 | 10:30 AM Almo Ritz 2 Wednesday, March 16 | 11:45 AM Stellite Venue: Mrches Kirsten Johnson Kirsten Johnson is a cinematographer and director. Her short film The Above premiered The Above premiered The Above at 2015 New York Film Festival in the The Intercept's Field of Vision launch. Her most recent camerawork appears in the Oscar- winning film Citizenfour and Citizenfour and Citizenfour Very Semi- Serious. Her other credits include The Invisible War, Asylum, Fahrenheit 9/11. The Film Collaborative Jeffrey Winter jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org Chevalier Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari Screenwriters: Efthimis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari GREECE | 2015 | 99 MIN Greek with English Subtitles In the middle of the Aegean Sea, on a luxury yacht, six men on a fishing trip decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things will be measured. Songs will be butchered, and blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals and rivals will become hungry. But at the end of the voyage, when the game is over, the man who wins will be the best man. And he will wear upon his little finger the victorious signet ring: the "Chevalier." Producers: Maria Hatzakou, Athina Rachel Tsangari , DP: Christos Karamanis, GSC , Editors: Matt Johnson, Yorgos Mavropsaridis , Principal Cast: Yorgos Kentros, Panos Koronis, Vangelis Mourikis, Makis Papadimitriou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Sakis Rouvas Sunday, March 13 | 9:45 PM Almo Ritz 1 Monday, March 14 | 4:15 PM Stellite Venue: Almo Slughter Tuesday, March 15 | 11:15 AM Almo Lmr A Saturday, March 19 | 1:45 PM Almo Ritz 1 Athina Rachel Tsangari Athina Rachel Tsangari's sophomore feature Attenberg premièred in competition at the Attenberg premièred in competition at the Attenberg 2010 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Coppa Volpi Award for its lead, Ariane Labed, and went on to win several directing and best film awards at festivals worldwide. She is the co-founder of Haos Film, a filmmaker-run production company based in Athens. Strand Releasing Nathan Faustyn nathan@strandreleasing.com Acclimed stndouts nd selected previous premieres from festivls round the world. Cameraperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Chevalier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Free In Deed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Gleason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 The Greasy Strangler . . . . . . . . . . .166 Hunt For The Wilderpeople . . . . . .167 Morris from America . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Newtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Operation Avalanche . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Presenting Princess Shaw . . . . . . .168 Richard Linklater – dream is destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Sing Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 Trapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 FESTIVAL FAVORITES