Cinetopia
Filmmakers Join the Festival to Discuss Their
Work
An amazing array of
directors, actors, producers and film critics to take part in screenings and
panels over the 10 day festival
Film
festivals involve more than simply presenting great films, something Cinetopia
Film Festival proves with a great lineup of screenwriters, directors and actors
to this year’s festival, taking place June 3-12. In addition to welcoming
renowned film critic LEONARD
MALTIN and award-winning Disney animator ANDREAS DEJA to discuss
the works of the Walt Disney Studios, Cinetopia welcomes these talented
filmmakers to the stage:
HUNKY DORY:
DIrector/screenwriter/producer MICHAEL
CURTIS JOHNSON (an Eastern
Michigan University alum) and screenwriter/producer/lead
actor TOMAS
PAIS will take part
in post-film discussions following all the festival screenings of the
film.
BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS:
Executive producer JON
RENNIE will participate
in post-film discussions following all the festival screenings of the
film.
SEMBENE!
Director/producer JASON
SILVERMAN (a University of
Michigan alum) will take part in a live Q&A following the opening night June
3 screening of the documentary, as well as a post-film moderated Q&A
via Skype following the Friday, June 10 screening.
SUITED:
RAE
TUTERA, the onscreen subject
of the film and co-founder of
Bindle & Keep Clothiers, will take part in a Q&A following the
opening night June 3 screening and DANIEL
FRIEDMAN, onscreen subject and
co-founder of Bindle & Keep Clothiers, will take part in a Q&A
following screenings on June 8 and 9, and 11.
THE
ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK:
Director/screenwriter
(and Grand Rapids native) JOEL
POTRYKUS will take part
in post-film discussion following the opening night June 3, along with cast and
crew, and Joel himself will participate in a discussion following the June 8
screening of the film.
TYRUS: Director
PAMELA
TOM will be on hand for a post-film discussion at the June 4
screening of this documentary.
HOME
CARE:
Director and screenwriter SLÁVEK
HORÁK will discuss his
award-winning feature moderated live via Skype from Prague following the
June 4 and June 10 screenings of the film.
MISS
STEVENS:
Director/screenwriter JULIA
HART and
screenwriter/producer JORDAN
HOROWITZ will take part
in a post-film Q&A for both the June 4 and 5 screenings of the
film.
UNCLE HOWARD:
AARON
BROOKNER, the director,
onscreen subject and nephew of the film’s subject, Howard Brookner, will take
part in a live Q&A following the June 5 screening and Aaron will also take
part in a post-film moderated Q&A via Skype following the Saturday, June 11
screening.
AS
I OPEN MY EYES:
Director
and screenwriter LEYLA
BOUZID will discuss her
award-winning feature moderated live via Skype from Tunisia following the June 7
and June 10 screenings of the film.
PRESENTING
PRINCESS SHAW: The onscreen
subject,
SAMANTHA MONTGOMERY (a.k.a. Princess
Shaw), will take part in a post-film moderated Q&A following the June 8
screening of the film.
OPERATOR: Director/screenwriter LOGAN
KIBENS,
screenwriter/producer SHARON
GREENE, and the film’s lead
actor MARTIN
STARR will all take part in post-film discussions at the
June 9, 11 and 12 screenings of this film.
HOLY HELL: Director and
onscreen subject WILL
ALLEN and
producer TRACEY
HARNISH will discuss
their documentary with a post-film moderated Q&A live via Skype on June 4
and also join us in person for a Q&A following the June 10
screening of the
film.
SHAKE THE
DUST: Director and
photographer ADAM
SJÖBERG will
take part in a post-film Q&A following the June 11 screening of the
film.
LITTLE MEN: Lead
actor THEO
TAPLITZ will
take part in a post-film Q&A following the June 11 and June 12 screenings of
the film.
For a full
list of all the filmmakers coming to Cinetopia Film Festival, click the Meet the Makers box
on cinetopiafestival.org.
Cinetopia passes are on cinetopiafestival.org and include Festival Passes
(offering unlimited film screenings, priority admission, opening night parties
and other hospitality events), Movie Passes (unlimited film screenings
and priority admission) and a Student Passes for those with valid student
identification (unlimited film screenings).
Tickets to individual films are $12 for the general public, while members of the Arab American National Museum, Cinema Detroit, DIA, Charles H. Wright Museum, The Henry Ford, and Michigan Theater can purchase tickets at the member price of $9. All tickets can be purchased at cinetopiafestival.org.
Cinetopia International Film
Festival, created
for the people of southeastern Michigan, features the best feature-length
dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals,
including Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, Toronto and Venice.