Three and a half stars from The Boston Globe. Cold Weather is not your usual detective story. After abandoning a promising academic career in forensic science, a self-styled Sherlock Holmes, Doug (Cris Lankenau), returns to Portland to live with his more responsible big sister Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn). He lands a dead-end job working in an ice factory, but soon finds an opportunity to use his passion and skill in detective work when his ex-girlfriend, Rachel (Robyn Rikoon) goes missing. Enlisting a team of ramshackle slacker-sleuths, Doug leads his team down a complex trail of clues to discover the mysterious truth about what happened to Rachel. "It's pretty wonderful," said Ty Burr, of The Boston Globe.

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Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 16 at 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 17 at 4 p.m.

Time: 7:30pm

Q&A Featuring: Lead actor Cris Lankenau, a Miami native.


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Presented in Hebrew, English and Romanian with English subtitles 2010 Winner of Israel's Academy Award for Best Picture From Eran Riklis, the director of The Syrian Bride and Lemon Tree, comes a dark comedy set in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian War. The HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery is in trouble. When an employee is killed from a suicide bombing and her body remains unclaimed, the bakery is held responsible. In an effort to save the reputation of the business and prevent the publication of an offensive article, the self-centered HR manager is sent on a mission to make things right. A mission, that could quite possibly, change his life.

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Friday, March 25 at 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 26 at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 27 at 6 p.m.

Time: 7:30pm

Discussion Featuring:
Ellen Wedner, director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, Dr. Ranen Omer-Sherman, UM English professor, and other UM faculty members.

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The Time That Remains is both a humorous and heartbreaking film composed of autobiographical episodes from the life of the acclaimed director of Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman. The film takes you on a journey through the life of a Palestinian family living as a minority in their own homeland. The New York Times describes The Time That Remains as "A lovely autobiographical film, its exquisite balance of visual rigor and heartfelt emotion gives it remarkable, beauty and power."

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Feb. 25-27

Time: 7:30pm

Discussion Featuring:
TBD

Official Website:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/uncategorized/the-time-that-remains

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The winner of the acclaimed 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Audience Award in the World Cinema Documentary category, critics have called Waste Land "the Slumdog Millionaire of documentaries." An inspiring and deeply moving portrait of renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores"—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. (Screened in Portuguese & English w/ English subtitles)

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January 28-30

Time: 7:30pm

Discussion Featuring:
María Martínez-Cañas, artist, adjunct professor of photography, New World School of the Arts

Official Website:
http://www.wastelandmovie.com/index.html

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Directed by the dynamic team of brothers Ben & Joshua Safdie, Daddy Longlegs is the story of the divorced and irresponsible Lenny, a father-of-two, who juggles kids, a mother, and a girlfriend.

Between fatherhood and other experiences is Lenny's struggle between being a child and being an adult.

Time: 7:30pm

Special Guests:
Director Benny Safdie

Official Website:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/daddy-longlegs

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October 22 - 24

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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Last Train Home is a powerful film about the experience of Chinese migrant works through the eyes of one amazing girl.

Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future, and the human cost of it all.

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November 19 - 21

Time: 7:30pm

Panel Discussion Featuring:
William Rothman, professor, UM Motion Pictures
Cong Li, professor, UM Advertising
Tom Lopez, professor, UM Art & Art History
Funing Tang, UM Motion Pictures Student

Official Website:
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/lasttrainhome/

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Brazil's official submission for the 2011 Academy Awards, Lula, the Son of Brazil is a controversial biopic about current outgoing Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The film narrates Lula's life, from his birth to his mother's death at age 35.

Receiving both positive and negative critiques for its portrayal of President Lula, the film has built a buzz. Special guest, producer Paula Barreto (of the famous Brazilian filmmaking family), will be available after the December 7 screening for what is sure to be interesting panel discussion.

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December 10-12

Time: 7:30pm

Special Guest:
Paula Barreto, producer

Official Website:
http://www.lulaofilhodobrasil.com.br/

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