The Bozeman Film Festival (BFF) in Bozeman Montana




Showing Tuesday June 17th - The Year My Parents Went on Vacation 7:30 pm, Emerson's Crawford Theater Come early to enjoy wine and gourmet pizzetta at Olivera Cafe in the lobby. Ticket sales in the Emerson Lobby start at 6:15 PM the day of the show or you can buy tickets in advance at Cactus Records. The price is $5.00 for students or seniors or $7.00 for general admission. Winner - 2007 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Official Brazilian Entry - 2008 Academy Awards Brazil's foreign film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, Cao Hamburger's The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is a wonderful film showing the joys and innocence of childhood. With heart, humour and a great, realistic story, Hamburger directs and writes with care and the final result is what could be called Brazil's answer to Cinema Paradiso. Much like the first act of that beloved Italian film, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation follows a young boy called Mauro as he befriends a kindly man. Much like the film palace in Cinema Paradiso brings the little Italian community together, the sport of football, Brazil's favourite pastime, allows the troubles of the outside world to fly off so they can watch Pele score goal after goal. The film is done a realistic fashion, portrayed early-70's Brazil very closely, adding little touches here and there. The lead performance from new-comer Michel Joelsas is natural, putting himself up there with the child actors in Bicycle Thieves and Cinema Paradiso, among other cultural master-works. Germano Haiut, who plays the boy's new guardian, Shlomo, does some great work as well, slipping from Yiddish to Portuguese and back seamlessly. The natural feel of the actors makes one wonder if Hamburger was heavily inspired by the Italian neo-realist films of the 1940's. Along with the serious dramatic moments in the film, there's also plenty of humour intact. Shlomo's realisation that the boy is not Jewish is both poignant, but also done in a funny way. When his rabbi tells him that the boy is like Moses of Egypt, dropped down at his door-step, he begins calling him "Moshele." And soon afterwards, giggles are produced when Mauro hears the story of Moses and connects him with the Pharoah's daughter. Mauro may not be Jewish, but everyone in the community comes together to help him, while his parents are away on "férias." And that's part of what makes this such a charming little film. It's not cynical, but it provides a good message and not done over-emotionally. Hamburger hits the right notes, bringing a time and a place not typically explored in films and bringing it out into the world. It's a surprise the Academy's foreign film branch didn't nominate it, as it certainly fits up their alley. Reviews IMDB Rotten Tomatoes Trailers Showing Tuesday July 22nd - Under the Same Moon 7:30 pm, Emerson's Crawford Theater Even across thousands of miles, the special bond between a mother and son can never be broken. It gives hope to Carlitos, a scrappy nine-year-old boy whose mother, Rosario, has gone to America to build a better life for both of them. While Rosario struggles for a brighter future, fate forces Carlitos' hand and he embarks on an extraordinary journey to find her. Critics and audiences alike have praised this inspirational and heartwarming tale of a mother's devotion, a son's courage and a love that knows no borders. Come early to enjoy wine and gourmet pizzetta at Olivera Cafe in the lobby. Ticket sales in the Emerson Lobby start at 6:15 PM the day of the show or you can buy tickets in advance at Cactus Records. The price is $5.00 for students or seniors or $7.00 for general admission. Reviews IMDB Rotten Tomatoes Trailers Showing Tuesday August 19th - Surfwise 7:30 pm, Emerson's Crawford Theater "There is a wisdom in the wave, high borne and beautiful, for those who would but paddle out." Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, MD Like many American outsider-adventurers, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz set out to realize a utopian dream. Abandoning a successful medical practice, he sought self-fulfillment by taking up the nomadic life of a surfer. But unlike other American searchers like Thoreau or Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them cohabitating in a 24 foot camper. Together, they lived a life that would be unfathomable to most, but enviable to anyone whose dreams succumbed to a 9-5 job. The Paskowitz Family proved that America may be running out of frontiers, but it hasn't run out of frontiersman. Come early to enjoy wine and gourmet pizzetta at Olivera Cafe in the lobby. Ticket sales in the Emerson Lobby start at 6:15 PM the day of the show or you can buy tickets in advance at Cactus Records. The price is $5.00 for students or seniors or $7.00 for general admission. Reviews Official Site IMDB Rotten Tomatoes Trailers Patron Passes The Bozeman Film Festival and Montana Ale Works have teamed up to offer a great deal. Purchase a BFF Patron Pass for $100 and receive a $25 gift certificate to Montana Ale Works. Patron Pass holders also receive fabulous year-round benefits from Over the Tapas ($4 off food tab over $20 on Monday or Tuesday nights), Borders Books (20% off 1 book or CD per visit with a free Borders Reward Card) and The Emerson Grill (1 free appetizer with purchase of 2 dinners Monday – Thursday evenings). Patron Passes are valid for one year from the date of purchase and entitle the holder and a guest to admission to all regular BFF movies and reduced admission to Partner Films. Purchase a Patron Pass by mailing a check made out to the Bozeman Film Festival to: Bozeman Film Festival Emerson Center for the Arts 111 S Grand Ave, Suite 112 Bozeman, MT 59715 Be sure to include the name, address, and email address of the pass holder. Passes can also be purchased at any BFF movie. For more information, please call 585.8881. Keep 'Em Flickering! Prices and Membership Information $7 - General Admission $6 - Emerson Center member or Museum of the Rockies member $5 - Students and Seniors Membership Options $30 - Cheap Seat Pass - 6 BFF Movies. No expiration. $100 - Patron Card - Patron Passes are valid for one year from the date of purchase and entitle the holder and a guest to admission to all regular BFF movies and reduced admission to Partner Films. $25 gift certificate to Montana Ale Works Discounts at Partner Films Emerson Grill (One Free appetizer with with purchase of 2 dinners Monday – Thursday evenings) Over the Tapas ($4 off food tab over $20 on Monday or Tuesday nights), Borders Books (20% off 1 book or CD per visit with a free Borders Reward Card)		Continued thanks to our sponsors: Bozone, Montana Ale Works, Emerson Center for the Arts, Instyprints, Big Sky Sun Montana Space Grant Consortium, Rockford Coffee, Emerson Grill, Eco Auto, McGuire & Associates Accounting, KGLT, Tributary, Bozeman Symphony Society, Comma-Q Architecture, Pundit Press, Daily Coffee, Borders Books, Yellowstone Coffee Roasters, Community Co-Op, Family Practice & Associates, Montana Panoramic, No Excuses Media, Beaucoup Gallery & Framing, The Daily Coffee Bar, Cactus Records, Body in Balance and Indulgence. 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