More Than 80 Films Set for International Fest in Newport
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The second Newport Beach International Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of the director’s cut of Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 film about a German U-boat, “Das Boot.” The new version adds about an hour of previously unseen footage.
The festival comprises more than 80 films--from shorts to full-length features and documentaries to Clio Award-winning commercials--by independent filmmakers from 25 countries, screening at 10 theaters around the county.
Following is a full schedule of this year’s films, screening dates, times and locations:
Newport Beach International Film Festival
Today:
Edwards Newport
300 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach
(714) 644-0760
6:30 p.m.: “Das Boot” director’s cut and opening gala
Friday:
Edwards Mesa
1884 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa
(714) 646-5025
Noon: “The Making of Maps”
2 p.m.: “Nothing Personal”
4: “Eating Bitter”
Edwards University
4245 Campus Drive, Irvine
(714) 854-8811
6 p.m.: “Heartbreak Island”
8: “Sand Trap”
10: “Darklands”
Port Theatre
2905 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Corona del Mar
(714) 673-6260
11:30 a.m.: “The Monkey Kid”
1 p.m.: “Cold Fever”
3: “Nostalgia for Countryland”
UCI Crystal Cove Theatre
Bridge Road and Pereira Drive, Irvine
(714) 824-5011
7 p.m.: “Rachel, Nevada”
8: “Hands on a Hard Body”
9: “Stand Tall”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
1140 N. Tustin Ave., Orange
(714) 538-3545
Noon: “A Perfect Candidate”
3 p.m.: “Troublesome Creek”
6: “The Last Supper”
8: “Joe & Joe”
10: “Crying Freeman”
Planet Hollywood
1641 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana
(714) 434-7827
2 p.m.: “Homeboy”
Saturday:
Edwards Mesa
Noon: “Rainbow”
2 p.m.: Short Films I
4: “Elena’s Redemption”
6: “The Almighty Fred”
8: “Driven”
10: “Organ”
Edwards South Coast Village
1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana
(714) 540-0594
3 p.m.: “The Day the Pig Fell. . .”
UC Irvine Crystal Cove Theatre
Noon: Digital Dreams Conference
3 p.m.: Digital Dreams Festival
4:45: Digital Dreams Festival
7: “Stacatto Purr of the Exhaust”
9: Short Films II
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Ghost in the Shell”
2: “Eating Bitter”
4: “Eden”
6: “Timeless”
8: “A Day at the Beach”
10: “God’s Lonely Man”
Orange County Museum of Art
850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach
(714) 759-1122
2 p.m.: Clios
4: “Hands on a Hard Body”
Sunday:
Edwards Mesa
Noon: “Blendings”
2: “Crying Freeman”
4: “Nostalgia for Countryland”
5:45: “Sunset on Chaopraya”
8: “Cold Fever”
10: “The Last Supper”
Edwards South Coast Village
3 p.m.: “Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick”
UCI Crystal Cove Theatre
10:30 a.m.: “Weltmeister”
Noon: “Rachel, Nevada”
2 p.m.: “Edward James: Builder of Dreams”
4: “Champagne Safari”
7: “Drawing Flies”
9: “Drawing Flies”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Driven”
2:30 p.m.: “The Tenderest”
5: “A Perfect Candidate”
7: “A Day at the Beach”
9: Short Films III
Monday:
Edwards Mesa
Noon: “The Monkey Kid”
2 p.m.: “Lahar”
4: “Ghost in the Shell”
6: “The Last Supper”
8: “Okaeri”
10: “Sand Trap”
Port Theatre
Noon: “The Making of the Mahatma”
3 p.m.: “A Petal”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “The Tenderest”
2 p.m.: “Eden”
4: “The Wife”
6: “Troublesome Creek”
8: “No Mercy”
Planet Hollywood
2 p.m.: “O Tamaiti”
Tuesday:
Edwards Island Cinemas
7 p.m.: “God, My Mother’s Lover”
Edwards Mesa
Noon: “Ailsa”
2 p.m.: “An Almost Perfect Affair”
4: “The Monkey Kid”
6: “Darklands”
8: Short Films IV
10: “Organ”
Orange County Museum of Art
2 p.m.: “Champagne Safari”
4: “Clios”
6: “Edward James: Builder of Dreams”
Port Theatre
Noon: “The Making of the Mahatma”
3:15 p.m.: “Sand Trap”
UCI Crystal Cove Theatre
6:30 p.m.: “Weltmeister”
8: “Drawing Flies”
9:30: “Stacatto Purr of the Exhaust”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Rainbow”
2:30 p.m.: “The Wife”
6: “Driven”
8: “The Almighty Fred”
Planet Hollywood
2 p.m.: “Stand Tall”
Wednesday:
Edwards Island Cinemas
7 p.m.: “Feats of Clay”
Edwards Mesa
Noon: “Heartbreak Island”
2 p.m.: “God’s Lonely Man”
4: “Cold Fever”
6: “Lahar”
8: “In Expectation”
10: “Timeless”
Port Theatre
12:30 p.m.: “A Day at the Beach”
2:45: “A Perfect Candidate”
UCI Crystal Cove Theatre
6:30 p.m.: “Stacatto Purr of the Exhaust”
8:15: Short Films V
9:30: “Hands on a Hard Body”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Eden”
4: “Man of the Story”
7: “Sand Trap”
10: “Mulanay”
Thursday:
Edwards South Coast Village
7 p.m.: Awards night
Edwards Mesa
Noon: “Mulanay”
2: “Blendings”
4: “Joe & Joe”
6: “Mulanay”
7:45: “Sunset on Chaopraya”
10: “A Petal”
Port Theatre
11:30 a.m.: “Okaeri”
1:30 p.m.: “In Expectation”
3:30: “Feats of Clay”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Ghost in the Shell”
2:30 p.m.: “Troublesome Creek”
6: “Elena’s Redemption”
7: “Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick”
9: “Darklands”
Friday:
Port Theatre
Noon: “Ailsa”
1:30 p.m.: “The Day the Pig Fell. . .”
3:15: “Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick”
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
2: “Joe & Joe”
4-8: NBIFF Award Winners
Orange County Museum of Art
6 p.m.: “Stand Tall”
8: “Hands on a Hard Body”
Planet Hollywood
2 p.m.: “Secret Fears of Jake McDougal”
Saturday:
Edwards South Coast Village
2 p.m.: NBIFF Award Winners
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Rainbow”
2 p.m.: “Man of the Story”
4-8: NBIFF Award Winners
Sunday:
Captain Blood’s Village Theatre
Noon: “Clios”
2 p.m.: “Mrs. Munck”
4-8: NBIFF Award Winners
Orange County Museum of Art
2 p.m.: Short Films VI
4: Short Films VII
Festival information: (714) 424-5320.
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