Bay Area Premiere
2005 90 min.
directed by James Burke
produced by Scott Disharoon & Rick Bieber
written by Brent Boyd
starring Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, Louise Fletcher

Duncan Shorter’s (Joshua Jackson) buddies are growing up and beginning lives of responsibility, but Duncan is still looking for that spark. It arrives from a most unexpected corner. Visiting his grandmother Ruth’s (Louise Fletcher) new senior residence, Duncan becomes the building’s handyman to keep him close to his grandfather Ronald (Donald Sutherland), whose faculties are failing as quickly as the light of the Minnesota winter. When Ronald goes, Duncan realizes, he’ll take with him the last shadow of Duncan’s father, whose unresolved death years earlier still haunts him.

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James Burke executive produced Thirteen Conversations About One Thing and Levity. Burke was also part of the producer team on the Tony award winning Broadway production Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. He has also directed for theater, and is a graduate of the Directing Program at the American Film Institute.

Financial support generously provided by Brenda and Marc Lhormer

U.K., 2005, 107 min., 
directed by Julian Jarrold, produced by Nick Barton, Suzanne Mackie & Peter Ettedgui; 
written by Tim Firth & Geoffe Dean starring Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts 

Charlie Price inherits his father’s prim out-of-step, shoe factory in the sleepy town of Northampton. The books in red, departed dad was warehousing false orders to keep up appearances. Can Charlie save the factory, or will he follow his fiancée’s advice and convert the coveted factory space into trendy high priced lofts? Perhaps Lola, a cabaret-singing cross dresser can provide the answer to his prayers.

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Bay Area Premiere
U.K. 2005 93 min.
directed by Pat Kelman
produced by Jonty Reason
written by Pat Kelman
starring Nikki Brown, David Kershaw, Heather Coombs, Matthew Worthington

Simon has organized his first Speed Dating night. He’s rightly nervous. His choice of venue: a crumbling community centre in the East End. Ten people come together looking to connect. Each has their reason - romantic, business, cheap thrills, just for a laugh... Do the lonely hearts find what they are looking for - or are they setting themselves up for a fall? Encounters is a funny, romantic and moving exploration of the search for love in the current London singles scene.

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Pat Kelman studied Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of London, specializing in Directing. He has directed a number of theatre productions around the UK and has worked as an actor in the UK for Carlton, Thames and BBC1. Pat is in pre-production on his second full-length film, This Woman’s Work, filming 2005 on location in Cornwall.

This is Pat Kelman’s debut feature film.

Financial support generously provided by an anonymous Member of the Film Society