Saturday, Clearview Cinemas

1:00pm - 2:45 pm
RBIFF's 2005 Jersey Spotlight Feature Opposite Attraction

Opposite Attraction tells a love story about two college graduate students from diametrically opposed political spectrums. She-a BLUE state metro girl. He-a RED state country boy. Their differences cannot keep them apart as they engage in a summer long debate competition on the shore and inevitably fall in love. 92 min New Jersey, USA Directed by Thomas Wieschenberg and William Coles

3:00pm - 4:45pm
As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

Fate brings One Ring Zero, a band whose unique sound combines unusual instruments with unorthodox techniques, to collaborate with some of the most acclaimed authors in contemporary American literature. When One Ring Zero's founding members, Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst, discover the Brooklyn store/office/literary venue that is McSweeney's Publishing they soon become the celebrated house band. At the band's invitation, lyrics are contributed by authors including Paul Auster, Rick Moody, Jonathan Lethem and McSweeney's founder, Dave Eggers.

SPECIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE BY ONE RING ZERO
63min New Jersey, USA Directed by Joe Pacheco

Once is not enough for something this good. Latvian animator Signe Baumane returns with fellow artists in tow to present her favorite animations. Signe will deliver commentary that is sure to be as entertaining as the films themselves.

Five Infomercials for Dentists These five bizarre infomercials introduce dentists to the essential tools of their trade - latex gloves, anesthesia, crowns and chocolate. If you are a dentist, and you haven't seen the "Infomercials", your dental education isn't complete! 3:30 MINS Directed by Signe Baumane

Tahara Amina must decide if she will submit to family pressure to circumcise her daughter or abandon this age-old tradition. 17 MIN USA DIRECTED BY Sara Kashad

710 Steps A physical, emotional, and intellectual journey spanning the length of one year and 710 steps. What constitutes a home and sense of self? 9 MIN USA DIRECTED BY Grant Berger

Betsy Two sisters visit their father for the first time since their parent's bitter divorce. Unbeknownst to the girls or their mother, their father is now living with his new, young girlfriend. 12 MIN USA DIRECTED BY G.W. Swartz

Winter Sea The extraordinary ties of a family are suddenly questioned when an unexpected guest shows up for dinner. 25 MIN USA DIRECTED BY Erika Tasini

Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story Terrance Fisher, age 19, lives in the Louis Armstrong Housing Project in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. One of the many gun fatalities in Terrance's neighborhood is his best friend, Timothy. The shooter was a police officer. Fatefully, Terrance was producing a documentary about gun violence when the killing occurred, giving us a painfully intimate first hand look at look at life in a modern, urban war zone. This program was directed and edited by New York City teenagers. 22:14min USA Directed by Terrance Fisher

After being brutally tortured and narrowly escaping execution during Liberia's civil war, Roosevelt Henderson seeks refuge in America with three of his children, but must leave his pregnant wife behind. This film documents Roosevelt's incredible transition into working class American life and the struggle to unite his war-torn family. 25:45 Min USA Directed by Roger Weisberg

Waging A Living The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans - one in four workers - are stuck in jobs that pay less than the federal poverty level for a family of four. Waging A Living chronicles the day-to-day battles of four low-wage earners fighting to make work pay and offers a sobering view of the elusive America Dream. 85:30 Min USA Directed by Roger Weisberg

The quintessential zombie film. Filmed in 1964 on a low budget, the film struggled to find distribution and wasn't released until October 1968, but has since become one of the most influential horror films of all time. If you've never watched it on the big screen then this late night segment is a must! 96 minutes USA George A. Romero 96 minutes USA George A. Romero

The series that brings you the best in local high school filmmaking returns for its 3rd year. One film was selected from each participating school. Scholarships will be awarded to at least three of the participating students. FILMS: TBA

An Outrace takes place in Conconully, Washington every January. People Build out-houses, put them on skis and push them down the road in midwinter. One person rides inside and two push. Then buckets are placed over the pushers head. There aren't many rules. Just a toilet seat, paper and somebody on the pot. 7:00mins USA Directed by Renate Fleischer

Follow New Jersey punk band, Forward to Death, on a homemade thirty-day tour of the United States. With no major label backing, the band booked their own shows, designed their own shirts, slept on floors, played to empty rooms, barely made enough money for gas and made their way 10,000 miles across the country. 40:48min New Jersey, USA Directed by Drew Levinson

With Live musical accompaniment by the Museum of Art's Ben Model. Harold Lloyd stars in this 1923 Hal Roach silent feature classic surrounding a country boy seeking success in the big city. While working as a clerk in a department store, he talks the manager into offering $1,000 to anyone who can bring more customers to the store. A stunt is arranged wherein the face of the store building will be climbed. Unfortunately it is our hero who must make the climb, himself. At each ledge he encounters new difficulties, climaxing in the famous 'clock scene. 70mins USA Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor

When the star of a sensationalistic Miami news show travels to the Ecuadorian coastal village of Babahoyo to cover the story of a serial killer who hunts children, his personal ambition gets out of hand, and his pursuit of a moment of glory carries tragic consequences. Starring John Leguizamo. 108 minutes Ecuador Sebastian Cordero

"visually stunning - Futuristic - Expressionistic - - Exhilerating" Fritz Lang's 1926 Silent Classic Monumental Film "Metropolis" A visionary and elaborate projection of a futuristic city divided into a working class, living in a miserable subterranean city, and an elite class, with luxurious city of mile-high skyscrapers, flying automobiles, palatial architectural idylls, and tube sand tunnels. The workers are encouraged by Maria, a wistful young woman who wills her comrades to embrace patience and silent strength. But mad scientist Rotwang kidnaps Maria and creates a robot in her image that will incite the workers to revolt. Its exhilarating climax brings the city to its knees, as the classes clash against each other and the flood waters pour in. Starring Brigitte Helm & Gustav Froehlich With Live musical accompaniment by Rotting Moldy Flesh, returning for their 3rd RBIFF appearance with a musical score accompaniment to the 1927 Fritz Lang classic Metropolis. 124 minutes Germany Directed by Fritz Lang