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Saturday, Clearview Cinemas -
Times and Locations subject to change
12:30 pm - 2:45 pm
 | The Audience
The celebrity entourage is an American cultural phenomenon. Actors, rappers, musicians and athletes rarely appear in public without a gaggle of sycophants hovering around them like stars in the evening sky. What’s next?
4 mins 11 secs New Jersey, USA
Directed by Jason Strouse |
The Bonnie Situation
RBIFF's Jersey Spotlight Feature
Peter Young thought he had the perfect life until he returned home from California to discover that he had lost his girlfriend, apartment, and job in the blink of eye.With no where to turn he is forced to return to NJ to find comfort in the friends he left behind. Fearing that he will try to get back with his dreaded ex they begin to plot her demise. |
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All is not lost when Peter finds hope in a local bartender named Bonnie, but it appears that Bonnie has not been 100% truthful about her identity. Can Peter overlook this fabrication of the truth before his friends make a grave mistake? Only time will tell. When it comes to love, logic need not apply. |
1 hr 48 mins New Jersey, USA - Directed by Peter Matkiwsky
3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
In A Single Bound
 | A comprehensive examination of the history of Superman. Every word in this documentary comes from the mouths of the experts who lived the history. The film explores the inception of Superman, his creators Siegel and Shuster, Superman's explosion in comic books and other media, and into one court room after another.
24 mins. New Jersey, USA - Directed by Ross Marroso |
 | In celebration of RBIFF's screening of In A Single Bound, we have gathered a collection of Max Fleischer's original Superman cartoons which were produced from 1941 to 1943. This could be one of your only chances to see these historical gems on the big screen!
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5:00pm - 7:00 pm
Animators March Ahead! - Part III
 | Latvian animator Signe Baumane's curated segment returns to RBIFF for its third annual installment - and as always, she is bringing some of her fellow artists in tow. Signe will deliver commentary that is sure to be as entertaining as the films themselves.
Mature Audiences Only
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7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
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'Guide Dog' is a sequel to the Oscar nominated short 'Guard Dog'. This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results.
5 mins 30 secs USA - Directed by Bill Plympton
*also screens on Friday with Berkeley*.
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SISTERS IN LAW
Winner of the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the little town of Kumba, Cameroon, there have been no convictions in spousal abuse cases for 17 years. But two women determined to change their community are making progress that could change the world. |
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This fascinating, often hilarious documentary follows the work of State Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court President Beatrice Ntuba as they help women fight often-difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from family and their community to remain silent.
1 hr. 44 mins. Cameroon/United Kingdom - Directed by Florence Ayisi and
Kim Longinotto
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9:30 pm - 11:15 pm
Whose Paying The Check?
(Shorts Segment)
Saturday, Count Basie Theatre -
Times and Locations subject to change
12:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Emerging Filmmakers 2006
 | The series that brings you the best in local high school filmmaking returns for its 4th year. One film was selected from each participating school. Scholarships will be awarded to at least three of the participating students.
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The Train and The Reason - 4 mins - Freehold Borough High School
Directed by Robert Kolodny
Follow-Up - 10 mins - Raritan High School - Directed by Andrew Gaul and Saul Fulton
Untitled # 1 - 7 mins - Manalapan High School - Directed by Tim Pioppo
Girl 28 - 10 mins - Holmdel High School - Directed by Matthew Strickland
George Washington: The Musicial - 10 mins - Communications High School
Directed by Eric Paperth
Chekuz - 6 mins - Howell High School - Directed by Zack Williams
George - 5 mins - Freehold Township High School
Directed by Sam Spare, Chris Kiernan, Tim Pioppo, Zack Williams, Billy Hamill, Andy Slick
SPECIAL BONUS FILMS
Effection - 5 mins - Holmdel High School - Directed by Kevin McMullin
Brady Bunch - 8 mins - Communications High School
Directed by Kristin Bohnen Berger, Andrew D'Agostino and Alex Locastro
4:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Don Q: Son of Zorro
With Live musical accompaniment by MoMA's Ben Model.
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RBIFF presents the 1925 silent film classic!
Don Cesar de Vega (Douglas Fairbanks) is the son of the famous masked avenger, Zorro.
After being framed for murder, he fakes his own suicide and chooses to go underground, posing as Zorro, to prove his innocence and rescue his love Dolores de Muro (Mary Astor); eventually his father (also played by Fairbanks) arrives, giving us two Zorros for the price of one.
1 hr. 51 mins USA - Directed by Donald Crisp |
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Being The Change You Wish To See In The World
(Shorts from Jersey to Senegal)
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A series of shorts from around the globe. Each film is as topical and thought provoking as they are cinematographically beautiful. "It is never too late to give up your prejudices." - Henry David Thoreau
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8:15 pm - 9:45 pm
Escaped From A Nightmare
(Shorts Segment)
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Steps through these shorts take unexpected turns. A hot pepper can be your demise, while a zombie can be your friend, and scary can be funny.This is our offering to the things that go bump in the night
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10:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"
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RBIFF is proud to present Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece in the historic Count Basie Theatre.
Frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) gets a job as the winter custodian of the Overlook Hotel, located in the mountains of Colorado. Closed during the winter, Torrance and his family will be the only occupants for the season. When a snow storm blocks the Torrances in the hotel, Jack's son Danny discovers that it is haunted and that the spirits are slowly driving his father crazy.
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| Starring New Jersey's own Jack Nicholson
2 hrs. USA - Directed by Stanley Kubrick
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