WE ARE THE MODS

WE ARE THE MODS
dir. E.E. Cassidy
2009, 35mm, color, 80mins

July 16th - 23rd
Friday 16th: 7pm, 8:40*, 10:20*
Saturday 17th: 12:30
Sunday 18th: 5:20, 7pm, 8:40, 10:20
Monday 19th: 5pm
Tuesday 20th: 9:15
**Wednesday 21st: 7pm, 8:50
**Thursday 22nd: 5pm, 10pm
**Friday 23rd: 7pm, 8:45, 10:30

*screening followed by Q+A with special guests

Winner Audience Award for Best Feature Film and Outstanding Soundtrack and Grand Jury Award Outstanding First US Dramatic Feature and Outstanding Screenwriting, LA Outfest 2009.

"A coming of age story set in contemporary Los Angeles following teenage outsider Sadie who, uninspired by the dull humiliating rituals of sorority initiation, is devoted to her photography. Excluded from the school's social mainstream, she meets and befriends new girl and fellow social outcast Nico. Part Mary Quant and part Edie Sedgewick, Nico is obsessed with mid '60s Mod culture and manages to be a style icon despite having Milroy's disease and walking with a cane. The blossoming friendship between the girls introduces Sadie to entirely new experiences, pushing the young photographer far beyond her familiar suburban world.

With a storming soundtrack, a cast of exceptional new talent and an eye for style, We Are The Mods depicts high school friendships and female relationships without descending to coming-of-age movie cliché or appearing too knowing. Instead, the film has an authentic and personal feel that enables a real empathy with the two young women." synopsis from the Perth Film Festival

**Short film screening before the features
Wednesday 21st - BOUTONNIERE is a dark comedy which tracks a simple teenage girl who's forced to endure her overbearing mother's exuberant plans for a prom she'd rather not attend. It premiered at Sundance 2009 and went on to win several awards including Best Comedy at the 2009 LA Shorts Fest. Written and directed by Coley Sohn, BOUTONNIERE stars Wendi McClendon Covey and Sara Swain and features Zachary Quinto. Running time - 10 minutes.

Thursday 22nd - OUR NECK OF THE WOODS
Bob Underwood's mundane life manufacturing plastic lawn-ornament deer is disrupted by an enchanting Georgian refugee; he decides to rescue her—whether she needs it or not.
Director and Writer: Rob Connolly
15 mins., color
http://www.mold-o-form.com/

Friday 23rd - MVG TESTS
Concept, design, choreography and camera by Margo Victor creates an experimental self portrait of her admiration for the more ambiguous films and music of the 60's & 70's. An homage to the influence of Peter Berlin, Antonioni and Bruce Conner featuring Monique van Genderen and the music of Eric Dolphy.
TRT 3 minutes
16mm color
Director: Margo Victor