THE ARTS COUNCIL, INC. & GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE ANNOUNCE
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT TOUR OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS 2012-13
The Arts Council, Gainesville State College and South Arts proudly present the 2012-2013 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. This tour is a unique interactive program that will bring six (6) award-winning independent films and their filmmakers into Gainesville City and Hall County.
The films in this series are small, beautifully MOVING PARTS directed and produced by Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson; OTIS UNDER SKY directed by Anlo Sepulveda; SMOKIN’ FISH directed and produced by Luke Griswold-Tergis ; girl model directed and produced by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon; FREE CHINA directed and produced by Michael Perlman; and STRONG! directed by Julie Wyman. Each film will include a ‘Meet the Filmmaker Question and Answer Session’. Series tickets are $38 per person for the six films and include dinner prior to small, beautifully MOVING PARTS and all meet the filmmaker receptions at the end of each of the other films. Individual film tickets are $7 adults and $5 students and seniors (65+) and include a reception, after the screening, with the filmmaker for questions and answers.
Opening the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers series will be the screening of small, beautifully MOVING PARTS on September 20, 2012 at the Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center. To kick off the independent film series, we invite you to join us for a dinner before the film, catered by Ed and Melody Entriken. Dinner will start at 6PM and the movie will follow at 7PM. small, beautifully MOVING PARTS: When technophile Sarah Sparks (Anna Margaret Hollyman) becomes pregnant, her uncertainties about motherhood trigger an impulsive road trip to the source of her anxiety: her long-estranged mother living far away and off-the-grid. A SXSW premiere and winner of the Sloan Feature Film Prize, Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson co-direct this comic coming-of-parenthood tale for the internet age. Tickets include dinner: $15 Adults; $13 Student/Seniors
The second film in this series OTIS UNDER SKY will be screened October 18, 2012 at 7PM at Gainesville State College, Martha Nesbitt Academic Building. OTIS UNDER SKY is the story of Otis (Anis Mojgani), a socially inept web artist recluse, who ventures into the world outside of the web and falls into unrequited love with Ursula (Roberta Colindrez), a kleptomaniac womanizer. Otis’ experience with love and loss inspires his greatest creation, an internet art concept that connects people spiritually. Directed By Anlo Sepulveda and produced by Mandi Sepulveda. Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors
The third film in this series SMOKIN’ FISH will be screened November 8, 2012 at 7PM at Gainesville State College, Martha Nesbitt Academic Building. SMOKIN’ FISH: Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family’s traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin’ Fish, tells the story of one man’s attempts to navigate the messy zone of collision between the modern world and an ancient culture. Directed and produced by Luke Griswold-Tergis; Jed Riffe is Executive Producer. Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors
The fourth film in this series girl model will be screened February 14, 2013 at 7PM at Gainesville State College, Martha Nesbitt Academic Building. girl model is the haunting documentary that follows 13-year-old modeling hopeful Nadya Vall and jaded modeling veteran and scout Ashley Arbaugh, poses many questions. In taking a look at the working conditions of children and the insatiable demand for girls as young as 11 or 12, filmmakers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin distilled a true vulgarity to a business that truly makes no apologies. In an exclusive interview with Mommyish, Ashley shares why she and her partner tackled this industry in the first place and responds to allegations that the film “humiliates” young Nadya. Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors
The fifth film in this series FREE CHINA will screen on March 28, 2013 at 7PM at the Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center. FREE CHINA is the film the Chinese Communist Party does not want you to see. The fates of a woman living in Beijing and a man living in New York become inextricably linked because of a common conviction… From the award-winning director of “Tibet: Beyond Fear”, Free China: The Courage to Believe examines the widespread human rights violations in China through the remarkable and uplifting stories of Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former Communist Party member and Dr. Charles Lee, a Chinese American businessman, who along with hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens are imprisoned and tortured for their spiritual beliefs. Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors
The sixth and final film in this series STRONG! will screen on April 18, 2013 at 7PM at Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center. STRONG!: Cheryl Haworth is an Olympic weightlifter, from Savannah, GA who has competed in three Olympic Games, winning the bronze medal in Sydney in 2000. She held the title of National Champion for 11 consecutive years. Weighing close to 300 pounds, Cheryl uses her size to her competitive advantage in a sport that has traditionally been the province of men. This is the story of Cheryl’s weightlifting career, the rigors of training for competition, and her personal experience of being big in a culture that values women who are small. Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors.
Series tickets are $38 per person for the six films and include dinner prior to small, beautifully MOVING PARTS and all meet the filmmaker receptions at the end of each of the other films.
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of South Arts. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Special support for Southern Circuit was provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Trailers for each film in the series may be viewed at the Arts Council’s website www.TheArtsCouncil.net. Series and individual tickets may be ordered on line at www.TheArtsCouncil.net or by calling the Arts Council at 770-534-2787. For artist information call Gladys Wyant at 770-534-2787.
DIRECTIONS TO ARTS COUNCIL SMITHGALL ARTS CENTER
From Atlanta: Take I-85 north to Exit 113 bearing left onto I-985 north to Exit 20 GA Highway 60 (Queen City Pkwy/Candler RD). Turn left onto GA 60 and proceed approximately 2 miles to intersection with GA Hwy 369 (Jesse Jewell Pkwy). Turn right onto GA 369 and proceed approximately 1 / 2 mile to intersection with W. Academy St (Poultry monument/railroad museum on left & BB&T on right). Turn left onto W. Academy and proceed two blocks and the Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center will be on the right at the intersection of W. Academy and Spring St.
DIRECTIONS TO GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE
From Atlanta on I-85N: Take I-85 N / GA-403 N via EXIT 251 toward GA-400 / Greenville (go 28.3 miles); Merge onto I-985 N / GA-365 N via EXIT 113 on the left toward Gainesville (go 15.7 miles); Take the GA-53 exit, EXIT 16, toward Oakwood / Dawsonville (go .3 miles); Turn left onto Mundy Mill Rd / GA-53 W (go .6 miles); Make a right turn at traffic light onto Mathis Drive (Wal-Mart on left)
From Gainesville on I-985S: Merge onto I-985 S/US-23 S/GA-365 S toward Atlanta (go 4.4 miles); Take the GA-53 exit, EXIT 17, toward Oakwood/Dawsonville (go 1.2 miles); Keep right at the fork to go on Mundy Mill Rd/GA-53 W; Make a right turn at traffic light onto Mathis Drive (Wal-Mart on left)
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