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Star Wars Trilogy Event
To help commemorate the final days of the Century Cinema in Corte Madera, MVFF39 will host a special daylong event showcasing the original Star Wars Trilogy, all which showed at the theater. The family friendly event will feature a costume parade, prizes and special guests. Sponsored by Ghilotti Construction Company.
Saturday, October 8 at the Century Cinema in Corte Madera
11:00am - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
2:30pm - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
6:30pm - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
MVFF Music
MVFF Music returns for a second year of live performances at the Sweetwater Music Hall. The nine nights include performances by artists featured in MVFF39 films as well as prominent local, national, and international musicians. Confirmed events include Thao Nguyen, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Erika Wennerstrom, BANG! Bert Berns Celebration, Fred Hersch, Alejandro Escovedo Trio, and The Great Mill Valley Gospel Show. MVFF Music is sponsored by Marin General Hospital.
Starts Saturday, October 7 and runs till Saturday, October 15 at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley
MIND THE GAP | Women, Film, Tech
MVFF’s women’s initiative, Mind The Gap, is a celebration and call to arms to empower women in film and technology. The Festival-wide programming will feature screenings, Q&A’s, panels, master classes, and special events highlighting and exploring the work and impact of women in these fields. Highlights include: the first narrative feature from Eleanor Coppola, Paris Can Wait; a digital restoration of Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust; a panel about the creation of Hidden Figures, the highly anticipated film about female scientists at NASA; and a discussion with the women who work behind the scenes at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Mind The Gap is sponsored by Glassdoor, Marin Community Foundation and AMPAS.
ACTIVE CINEMA | Questions, Engage, Transform
Every year MVFF Active Cinema films explore the world and the issues facing it by engaging and transforming audiences. This year the Festival will team with special guests, co-presenters, and partners to help turn ideas into action. Highlights include: Craig Atkinson’s look at the militarization of the police force in Do Not Resist; Gianfranco Rossi’s Berlin Golden Bear Winner Fire At Sea; Company Town, Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow’s look at San Francisco’s changing culture; and the Active Cinema Hike, a networking in Nature event.
¡VIVA EL CINE!
¡Viva el Cine! is MVFF’s survey of the best Spanish-language and Latin American films from 2016. Highlights include: the controversial Brazilian film Aquarius; Pedro Almodovar’s latest film Julieta, Spain’s official foreign language Oscar submission;Finding Oscar, about the investigation into the 1982 massacre of a Guatemalan village; Visitor’s Day, a quiet look at a group home for at risk boys in Mexico; andThe Long Night of Francisco Sanctis from Argentina.
FOCUS | KINOWERKS
MVFF39 will host a special focus on original stories from Germany that center on female characters and creators. Films in this focus include: Germany’s official foreign language Oscar submission Toni Erdmann; Doris Dörrie looks at two women – one European, one Japanese – who form a special bond in the shadow of Fukushima’s post-tsunami wasteland in Fukushima, Mon Amour; vivid animation and music enhance the monster tale Molly Monster; and 24 Weeks, Anne Zohra Berrached’s powerful drama about a woman facing a moral dilemma when she learns of a complication deep into her pregnancy.
FOCUS | Culinary Cinema
Celebrating a delicious selection of culinary films, MVFF will present a special focus on films that deal with cuisine in cinema. Films in this focus include: Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table a celebration of the life of Ella Brennan;Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent follows the rise of California and Bay Area culinary legend Jeremiah Tower; Paris Can Wait, Eleanor Coppola’s narrative directorial debut starring Alec Baldwin and Diane Lane; and Theater of Life which follows Massimo Bottera as he launches a project to feed the poor in Milan, Italy.
FOCUS | Smoke Screens
Sponsored by Bloom Farms
On Saturday, October 8, MVFF39 will host a full day of film programming and panel discussions about cannabis. Starting off with Panel Great Sports! Cannabis In Athletics, which will discuss the role cannabis can play in the world of sports and followed by films including Rolling Papers, Green Is Gold, and One Week and a Day. The day will also include a special MVFF Music Show at the Sweetwater Café. The festival will be offering a $50 Canna-Pass, which provides access to all Smoke Screens programs and events.
Additional Highlights
MVFF39 is pleased to host the following Bay Area premieres: After The Storm, the latest work from Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda; The Architect, starring Parker Posey and Eric McCormack; Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women starring Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, and Laura Dern; Antonio Campos’ haunting drama Christine; Oscar winner Danis Tanovic’s Death In Sarajevo; Denialstarring Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall; Otto Bell’s parable of female empowerment The Eagle Huntress; Paul Verhoeven’s Elle starring Isabelle Huppert; Jim Jarmusch’s documentary about rock legend Iggy Pop, Gimme Danger; The Handmaiden, the latest drama from South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook; Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake; James Franco’s In Dubious Battle, an adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel; Paolo Virzi’s acclaimed Italian comedy Like Crazy; Kenneth Lonergan’s masterworkManchester By The Sea; Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack’s rare look at the life of Maya Angelou in Maya Angelou And Still I Rise; Barry Jenkins’ gritty drama Moonlight; Paterson starring Adam Driver and directed by Jim Jarmusch; Terrence Davies’ Emily Dickinson bio-pic A Quiet Passion; the acclaimed Studio Ghibli feature The Red Turtle; Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman; Mia Hansen-Love’s Things To Come starring Isabelle Huppert; and Keith Maitland’s SXSW Award Winner Tower.
About the Mill Valley Film Festival
For nearly four decades, the world-renowned Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) has maintained its position as a vital showcase of the global film community, attracting iconic red-carpet talent, burgeoning filmmakers, passionate audiences, and astutely curated premieres. An in-demand destination for film lovers, drawn by unmatched locale and a diverse program of mainstream studio features and new visions from independent voices from around the world, MVFF also hosts an exciting array of filmmaker and industry conversations, panels, parties, and live music performances, featuring the most acclaimed emerging and veteran actors, filmmakers, and musicians of our time. A destination event for cinephiles everywhere, and known for launching new films and creating awards season buzz, MVFF has earned a deserved reputation as a “filmmaker’s festival” by celebrating the best in American, independent, and world cinema alongside high profile and prestigious award contenders. Presented by the California Film Institute, this year’s Festival runs October 6 – 16, 2016. Opening Night Gala will be held at Marin Country Mart and Closing Night Party will be held at Cavallo Point. Delta Airlines is the official MVFF39 airline.
