Newport Beach Film Festival

TUESDAY

FEATURE FILMS

* EDWARDS ISLAND 7 CINEMAS

11:30 a.m.

“4 Faces”

Orange, 1999

Dir.: Ted Post

Cast: Eugene Butler, Gabriel Dell, Lane Garrison, Julie Janney, Mehemiah

Persoff, Orien and Peter MarkRichman

Running time: 102 minutes

Attended by director

Four distinctly different people and the crisis each one confronts; how

each handles relationship with God

1:15 p.m.

“Never Be Apart”

China 1999

3:30 p.m.

“Ice Speed”

China, 1999 U.S. premiere

Dir.: Hu Xueyang

Prod.: Chen Liang, Hu Xueyang

Cast: Yang Liu, Guan Chengxue, Zhang Chunhui, Zhao Jinping, Chen Xi, Lei

Xin

Running time: 97 minutes

Attended by filmmakers

Woman speed skater tries to beat teammate in major competitions, but her

chances are slim

5:45 p.m.

“Once Upon a Time in Shanghai”

China, 1999 U.S. premiere

Dir.: Peng Xiaolian

Prod.: Zhu Yongde

Cast: Wang Yanan, Yuan Quan, Wei Li, Dai Zhaoan, Chen Hongmei, Xia Liqi,

Liu Qiong

Running time: 104 minutes

U.S. freelance reporter is in Shanghai to take his fiancee back to

States; based on reporter’s experiences in 1949

8 p.m.

“Beyond the Ocean”

United States/Russia, 2000

West Coast premiere

Dir.: Tony Pemberton

Prod.: Tony Pemberton, Isen Robbins, Ursula Wolschlager

Cast: Tatiana Kamina, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Richard Nagel, Sage, Dasha

Volga

Running time: 89 minutes

Screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Young, pregnant Russian woman unearths wealth of stories, unresolved

issues from her past

10 p.m.

“Seducing Mariya”

Canada, 1999

West Coast premiere

Writer/Dir.: Hunt Hoe

Prod.: Foreign Ghosts Productions, Hunt Hoe

Cast: Cas Anvar, Ryan Hollyman, Vijay Mehta, Nandana Sen

Running time: 107 minutes

Native Indian widower findsthe “perfect” girl for his Canadian-born

musician son