Berks Movie Madness Film Festival: October 2-5 2008 at R/C Reading Movies 11 and IMAX
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Tickets for individual shows and showcases are $7.00 each, and can be ordered online below. Festival passes for shows and special events are also available. Click here for more information on ordering passes.

Thursday October 2nd

Richie Ashburn: A Baseball Life
Documentary / Official Selection / Thurs. Oct 2 , 8pm
Directed by Dan Stephenson
2007 | 95 min | USA

The Greening of Southie
Documentary / Official Selection / Thurs. Oct. 2, 8pm
Directed by Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney
2008 | 72 min | USA

Sponsored by The Berks County Community Foundation.

Amal
Drama / Official Selection / Thurs. Oct. 2, 9:30pm
Directed by Richie Mehta
2007 | 103 min | Canada

Otto; or Up with Dead People
Horror-Comedy / Official Selection / Thurs., Oct. 2, 11pm
Directed by Bruce La Bruce
2008 | 95 min | Germany-Canada

Film not for young audiences.

Friday October 3rd

Guest of Cindy Sherman
Documentary / Official Selection / Fri. Oct. 3, 5pm
Directed by Paul Hasegawa-Overacker and Tom Donahue
2008 | 88 min | USA

Lucio
Documentary / Official Selection / Fri. Oct 3., 5pm
Directed by Aitor Arregi and Jose Maria Goenaga
2007 | 93 min | Spain

Flying on One Engine
Documentary / Official Selection / Fri. Oct. 3, 6:45pm
Directed by Joshua Weinstein
2008 | 84 min | USA

Yesterday Was a Lie
Drama / Second Place Competition Feature Film / Fri. Oct. 3, 6:45pm
Directed by James Kerwin
2007 | 89 min | USA

Film Competition sponsored by Comcast.

All Along
Comedy / Third Place Competition Feature Film / Fri. Oct. 3, 8:30pm
Directed by Robert Angelo Masciantonio
2007 | 75 min | USA

Film Competition sponsored by Comcast.

Rockin America: The Magical Misery Tour
Documentary / Official Selection / Fri. Oct 3, 8:30pm
Directed by Victor Colicchio
2008 | 120 min | USA

There will be a discussion with director, Victor Colicchio and the producer, Jeri Colicchio following the film.

Nobody
Thriller / Official Selection / Fri. Oct. 3, 11pm
Directed by Shawn Linden
2007 | 84 min | Canada

Saturday October 4th

An Afternoon of BullFrog Films: Three films for one low price!

On the Assassination of the President
Short / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, 12:30pm
Directed by Adam Keker
2008 | 6 min | USA

Secrecy
Documentary / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, approx. 12:40pm
Directed by Peter Galison
2008 | 85 min | USA |

The Water Front
Documentary / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, approx. 2:10pm
Directed by Liz Miller
2007 | 53 min | USA

Family Showcase

For A Few Marbles More
Children’s Short / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, 12:30pm
Directed by Jelmar Hufen
2006 | 11 min | Netherlands

Beginning Filmmaking
Documentary Short / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, approx. 12:45pm
Directed by Jay Rosenblatt
2008 | 23 min | USA

The Hollow Tree
Children’s Fantasy / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, approx. 1:05pm
Directed by Patrick Steward
2008 | 23 min | USA

The Family Showcase is sponsored by Quadrant.

Berks Movie Madness Competition Shorts - 180 Minutes
All Genres/ Competition Winners/ Sat . Oct 4, 3:15pm
Competition sponsored by Comcast

 

Foreign Filmmaking Showcase: Three films for one low price!

La Corona
Documentary Short / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, 3:15pm
Directed by Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
2008 | 40 min | USA

Burundi Film Center – Five Short Films
Drama / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, approx. 3:55pm
2007 | 50 min | Burundi

Welcome to Nollywood
Documentary / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, approx. 4:45pm
Directed by Jamie Meltzer
2007 | 58 min | USA

Monster Camp
Documentary / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, 7:15pm
Directed by Cullen Hoback
2007 | 81 min | USA

The Linguists
Documentary / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, 7:15pm
Directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel Miller and Jeremy Newberger
2008 | 65 min | USA

Alexandra
Drama / Official Selection / Sat . Oct 4, 9pm
Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
2007 | 95 min | Russia

Pretty Ugly People
Drama - Comedy / First Place Competition Feature Film / Sat . Oct 4, 9pm
Directed by Tate Taylor
2008 | 88 min | USA

Film Competition sponsored by Comcast.

Public Interest
Comedy / Selected Competition Feature / Sat . Oct 4, 11pm
Directed by Brad Robinson
2008 | 85 min | USA

Film Competition sponsored by Comcast.

Doctor Infierno
Horror-Comedy / Selected Competition Feature / Sat . Oct 4, 11pm
Directed by Paco Limon
2007 | 84 min | Spain

Film not for young audiences. Film Competition sponsored by Comcast

Sunday October 5th

La Capture
Drama / Official Selection / Sun. Oct. 5, 1:15pm
Directed by Carole Laure
2007 | 92 min | French (Canada)

Film not for young audiences.

Berks Movie Madness Selected Competition Shorts - 64 Minutes
All Genres/ Competition/ Sun. Oct. 5, 1:15pm
Competition sponsored by Comcast

Flying Pumpkins, The Legend of Pumpkin Chunkin
Documentary / Selected Competition Feature / Sun. Oct. 5, 3:30pm
Directed by Costa Mantis
2008 | 88 min | USA

Film Competition sponsored by Comcast.

 

The Universe of Keith Haring
Documentary / Official Selection / Sun. Oct. 5, 3pm
Directed by Christina Clausen
2008 | 90 min | France – Italy

There will be a discussion after the film with Keith’s family, friends, and fellow artists.

 

 

Berks Movie Madness is a program of the Berks Arts Council, P.O. Box 854; Reading, PA 19603
Tel: 610-898-1930

www.berksarts.org

 


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