NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Unless otherwise marked, all films will be shown at Edwards Island 7

Cinemas, 999 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, and are $5. Tickets are

available by calling (888) 464-2468 or at o7 https://www.tickets.com.f7

TODAY

11 a.m.

Second Century (Segundo Siglo)

o7 Mexico, 2000

f7 Producer: Juan E. Garcia

Director: Jorge Bolado

Screenwriter: Jorge Bolado

Cast: Martin LaSalle

Running time: 111:00

o7 A crew of Mexican filmmakers makes a pilgrimage through the

Southern Highlands of Scotland while carrying all of their film equipment

on their backs.f7

11:30 a.m.

Short Films: Life Is Shorts

The Gentle Cycle

Director: Peter Nolan

Running time: 6:25

o7 The story of a streetwise laundermat attendant who befriends a

customer in need.

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Three Stories

Director: Semi Chellas

Running time: 19:30

o7 These three stories are actually the tale of one woman trying to

work her way through the breakup of her marriage.

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The Last Time We Went Fishing

Director: Robert Rasmussen

Running time: 20:00

o7 On a Labor Day fishing trip in 1962, 13-year-old Kevin stumbles

upon his mother and the boat’s captain alone in his parent’s stateroom.

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Solid Waste

Director: Michael Lander

Running time: 13:48

o7 A true story about the relationship Michael Lander had with two

garbage mef7 no7 as a child.

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Sporting Dog

Director: Stephen Stapinski

Running time: 25:59

o7 Everything changes when Mike is offered an extraordinary wager by

his enigmatic bookie.

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Hank & Edgar

Director: Jesse Wolfe

Running time: 18:00

o7 Hank and Edgar share a room at the Admiral Linsky Retired

Veteran’s Annex. In the winter of their lives, they have been thrown into

battle -- a struggle against loneliness.

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The Question

Director: Nancy M. Kwon

Running time: 9:16

o7 No one takes Splirt more seriously than Christian. He’s 6 years

old and loves to eat Splirt and eggs every day, until the day he thinks

he’s pregnant. f7

1:30 p.m.

My Daddy

o7 China, 1996

f7 Producer: Zhu Yongde

Director: Huang Shuqin

Screenwriter: Guo Lingling

Cast: David Wu, Wang Quan, Ma Xiaoqing

o7 A tramp kid, Da Zhi is a big fan of Lin Tianhai, a well-known

soccer star. He chases Lin after a game, falls to the ground and is taken

to the hospital. There Da Zhi tells his hospital roommates he is Lin

Tianhai’s son, inspiring a nurse to go see the soccer player. Da Zhi

arrives first and begs Lin to pose as his father.f7

2 p.m.

El Rey de Rock and Roll

o7 United States

f7 Director: Marjorie Chodera

Running time: 65:00* Screening will be attended by the director

o7 On stage, he wears an open shirt, gold chains and tight

bell-bottomf7 so7 . Best known for such hits as “You Ain’t Nothin’ but

a Chihuahua,” “En el Barrio” and “Lordy Miss Lupe,” he is El Vez, the

Mexican Elvis.

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Bomba

o7 United States, 2000

f7 Director: Ashley James

Running time: 60:00

o7 The Cepeda family is known as the “patriarch family” of bomba,

Puerto Rico’s richest expression of its African heritage. For nearly a

century, the Cepeda family has been in the forefront of the struggle to

keep the traditional dance alive.

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4 p.m.

Greeting 2000 (Xiang Yue Liang Qiao Nian)

o7 China, 1999f7

Producer: Jiang Ping

Director: Jin Ge

Screenwriter: He Qing

Cast: Li Lin, Liang Zhi Qiang

o7 Chen Huihui, born into a rich family, is not satisfied with the

marriage her father arranges. On her way to find love in Shang Hai, she

meets Chen Da Bao, a young man who is on his way to the city to start a

new life. f7

4:30 p.m.

Short Films: Check Your Shorts

The $5 Movie

Director: Devin Scott

Running time: 15:30

o7 Perseverance and passion shadow a young director’s odyssey as he

asks the eternal question -- Is it art?

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. . . (Dot Dot Dot)

Director: Anthony Ng

Running time: 30:00

o7 A lonely travel agent finds a kindred spirit in a mysterious

hair-washer he meets in a laundermat.

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3AM Eternal

Director: Dennis Lanson

Running time: 17:00

o7 A tormented Vietnam War veteran is visited by a traveling salesman

who claims to sell time.

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Pussydog

Director: Lightfield Lewis

Running time: 18:00

o7 After his girlfriend cheats on him, John finds his life spiraling

into a series of bad dates and self-destructive behavior. f7

Pate

Director: Agnieszka Woltowics-Vosloo

Running time: 30:00

o7 A post-apocalyptic story about survival of the fittest.

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6:30 p.m.

Tragedy On and Off the Stage

o7 China, 1999

f7 Producer: Jiang Ping

Director: Zhu Nan

Screenwriter: Jiang Ping

Cast: Zhang Hao Wai, Lu Ling, Wu Jin Li, Lin Jin Ling

o7 Political persecution by the late Qing Dynasty causes turmoil for

famous Peking Opera actor Yang Yue Lu, whose life intertwines with love

and three women. The plot is intriguing and powerful, with dynamic action

choreography.

f7 * Aysia 101 will host a 9 p.m. gala, with a special appearance by

Wu Shuu Martial Arts, to honor the film. $30.

7 p.m.

Daydream Believer

o7 United States, 2000

f7 Director: Debra Eisenstadt

Cast: Sibyl Kempson

Running time: 79:00

o7 After being discovered, Valerie Woodbury abandons her job and her

fiance to pursue her acting career in New York City. There, her life

becomes linked and confused with the city’s endless stream of ordinary

people with big aspirations. Penniless, she returns home ready for

responsibility and commitment, only to find herself caught in the lies

she hoped to leave in New York.

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9 p.m.

From The Edge Of The City

o7 Greece

f7 Producers: Dionysis Samiotis, Anastasios Vasiliou

Director: Constantinos Giannaris

Screenwriter: Constantinos Giannaris

Cast: Stathis Papadopoulos, Costas Cotsianidis, Panagiotis

Chartomatsidis

Running time: 90:00

* Screening will be attended by the producer.

o7 Takes an unsparing look at youth on the streets of Athens. Hanging

out in nightclubs, hustling or engaging in petty theft, a group of young

Greek Russian prostitutes and f7 to7 hieves are led by 17-year-old

Sasha, who is coming of age.

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9:30 p.m.

Dreams From the Middle of the World (Suenos en la Mitad del Mundo)

o7 Ecuador/Spain

f7 Producers: Grupo Alyaz, Grupo Equinoccio, Alfredo Marcovici

Director: Carlos Naranjo Estrella

Cast: Hector Alterio, Concha Cuetos, Rossana Iturralde, Oscar Ladoire,

Santiago Naranjo

Running time: 93:00

o7 The stories of three women who blend passion and dreams into their

lives.f7