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Friday, September 1
 

2:15pm PDT

Brute Sanity (2016)
Brute Sanity (2016)
Director: Sam Vanivray
Runtime: 81 Minutes

An FBI-trained neuropsychologist teams up with a thief to find a reality-altering device while her insane ex-boss unleashes bizarre traps to stop her.

Speakers
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Sam Vanivray

Director / Writer, Imaginary Danger Productions
As a child Sam Vanivray possessed a few innocent dreams, such as creating robots and making films. After establishing a career in robotics, Sam restarted the filmmaking part of his life. He wrote and starred in the short film "Enough to be Dangerous," which screened in 2015 at Buffalo... Read More →

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Paul Oehlers

Director, Escape Velocity Film Festival, Museum of Science Fiction
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his “extraordinarily evocative” film scores. (Variety) Films incorporating his music have won the Grand Jury prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Atlanta International Film Festival, and the Indiefest Film Festival. In addition... Read More →


Friday September 1, 2017 2:15pm - 3:45pm PDT
Coolidge (100)
  Film, FILM

4:00pm PDT

Song of the Stars (2016)
Song of the Stars (2016)
Director: Paul M. Sutter
Runtime: 55 Minutes

The life stories of the stars above, as told through the beauty, grace, and power of contemporary dance! Song of the Stars features performances by Seven Dance Company under the artistic direction of Cassia Cramer, woven together with a narration by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. In this original fusion of science and dance, you will travel through the vast cosmos, witnessing the first stars sparking a revolution from total darkness, the fatal love of two galaxies, a cataclysmic death that brings hope to a new generation, and so much more.

Moderators
Volunteers
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Paul Oehlers

Director, Escape Velocity Film Festival, Museum of Science Fiction
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his “extraordinarily evocative” film scores. (Variety) Films incorporating his music have won the Grand Jury prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Atlanta International Film Festival, and the Indiefest Film Festival. In addition... Read More →

Friday September 1, 2017 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Coolidge (100)
  Film, FILM

5:15pm PDT

The Landing (2017)
The Landing (2017)
Director(s): Mark Dodson, David Dodson
Runtime: 83 Minutes

The 1973 controversial Apollo mission is explored with no stone left unturned. In interviews conducted on the 25th anniversary of the incident, witnesses and participants reveal layers of mystery surrounding these little-known events, which few realize almost destroyed NASA.mar

Moderators
Volunteers
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Paul Oehlers

Director, Escape Velocity Film Festival, Museum of Science Fiction
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his “extraordinarily evocative” film scores. (Variety) Films incorporating his music have won the Grand Jury prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Atlanta International Film Festival, and the Indiefest Film Festival. In addition... Read More →

Friday September 1, 2017 5:15pm - 6:45pm PDT
Coolidge (100)
  Film, FILM
 
Saturday, September 2
 

12:15am PDT

Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Director: Fritz Lang
Runtime: 147 Minutes

Metropolis is a German silent film produced in 1927 that uses a dystopian society to explore the dangers inherent in capitalism and industrialization. Based on a novel by Thea von Harbou, it was directed by her husband Fritz Lang, who also co-wrote the screenplay, and stars Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen, Gustav Fröhlich as Freder, Brigitte Helm as both Maria and the Machine-Man, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Rotwang the inventor.

The film in its completed form has been lost, but most of Metropolis has been rediscovered, including a most recent addition of 25 minutes of previously missing footage. It holds the distinction of being the most expensive silent film ever made, with a final cost of almost 4.2 million Reichmark, and has become known as one of the most contentious films of the Weimar era.

Moderators
avatar for Paul Oehlers

Paul Oehlers

Director, Escape Velocity Film Festival, Museum of Science Fiction
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his “extraordinarily evocative” film scores. (Variety) Films incorporating his music have won the Grand Jury prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Atlanta International Film Festival, and the Indiefest Film Festival. In addition... Read More →

Speakers

Saturday September 2, 2017 12:15am - 2:45am PDT
Coolidge (100)
  Film, FILM
 


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