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Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: Artefacts

By Staff

Artefacts. (75 minutes). A half-dozen 20-somethings, seemingly linked only by a group photo and a mysteriously forgotten past, are getting bumped off one by one. 

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: Dear Lemon Lima

By Staff

Dear Lemon Lima (widescreen; 12 minutes). Director Suzi Yoonessi’s brisk coming-of-age comedy about three outsiders maintains a flavorful indie-flick vibe: It’s shot in a widescreen format, features a throbbing palette of primary colors and offers an acute portrayal of tween-age confusion.

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: All the Invisible Things

By Staff

All the Invisible Things (90 minutes). The first half-hour of this Austrian drama is hell-bent on shocking viewers, with similarities to the latch-key losers of Larry Clark’s exploitive teen entry Kids (1995). 

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: Mahek

By Staff

Mahek. (75 minutes). From the Children’s Film Society of India comes this charming coming-of-age treat. The highly fanciful daydreams of 11-year-old schoolgirl Mahek Mirza (Shreya Sharma) have an unfortunate habit of colliding with jaw-dropping reality.

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: The French Lieutenant's Woman

By Staff
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (21 minutes). It’s not a condensation of director Karel Reisz’s 1981 adaptation of John Fowles’ novel, but rather an intriguing spinoff. 
Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: Finding Normal

By Staff

Finding Normal (77 minutes). Brian Lindstrom’s impressive documentary chronicles the work of Central City Concern’s Recovery Mentor Program in Portland, Ore., dedicated to guiding drug and alcohol addicts onto the road of clean-and-sober success. 

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: A Noisy Boy

By Staff

A Noisy Boy (12 minutes). The backdrop is a grade school in Korea, although the plot constructed by director Seok-beom Alin is universal. 

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: Wild Sunflowers

By Staff

Wild Sunflowers. (approximately 95 minutes). Zhao Penghiao’s ambitious chronicle deals with 30 years of social upheaval in China, entailing everything from the Gang of Four to the 2003 SARS outbreak that bookends this film, as experienced by a diverse group of villagers as they mature from childhood to 30-somethings. 

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: The 10-Minute Break

By Staff

The 10-Minute Break (27 minutes). Director Seong-tae Lee’s compelling short probes military madness in the deep woods of the Baekryung Islands, north of South Korea.

Wednesday, April 30,2008
FILM

Syracuse International Film Festival: Little Girl Blue

By Staff
Little Girl Blue. (93 minutes). Writer-director Alice Nellis documents an eventful day in the life of translator Julie Kulesinska (Czech songbird, composer and violinist Iva Bittova), who’s going middle-age crazy as she confronts various emotional crises.
 
 
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