— from Orcas Island Film Festival —
We are excited to report our first virtual film, Sorry We Missed You was a great success! Due to this response, we are extending its run, so if you missed it you still have one more week to watch it.
New for this week we are adding more great films to our virtual cinema. You will have four new films to choose from this week. You will have one week to watch them. Look for new films for next week. And, don’t forget to check out the free films in our Film Lovers Survival Guide.
The proceeds from our virtual cinema will continue to support the Sea View Theatre, our beloved local cinema during this challenging time when their doors must remain closed to protect the community.
Sorry We Missed You
The British working class is once again the empathetic subject of renowned filmmaker Ken Loach’s SORRY WE MISSED YOU, an absorbing, intimate family drama that exposes the dark side of the so-called “gig economy.”
(2019, 101min, United Kingdom)
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ONE DAY ONLY | SATURDAY, APRIL 11
Phoenix, Oregon
Defying midlife haze, two friends, a graphic novelist and a chef, seize an unlikely opportunity to reinvent their lives, quitting their jobs to restore an old bowling alley and serve the “world’s greatest pizza.” in this warmly amusing independent American film. (2019 / 108min / USA)
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And Then We Danced
This film was the Orcas Island Film Festival 2019 Vanguard Award Winner. A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, Georgia. AND THEN WE DANCED follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak. Official Academy Award Submission for Best International Film, Sweden. (2019 / 113min / Sweden)
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BeanPole
Set in the aftermath of World War II, this dazzling, richly burnished and harrowing film centers on two women who are each scarred by war trauma. As the film begins, Iya works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital. A shocking accident brings the two women closer and also seals their fates. Russian director Kantemir Balagov won the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Section. Official Academy Award Submission from Russia for Best International Film. (2019 /130min / Russia)
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Mephisto
The 1981 Academy Award-winning Best Foreign Language Film MEPHISTO, by Hungarian master István Szabó, concerns a passionate but struggling actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer) who remains in Germany during the Nazi regime and reaps the rewards of this Faustian pact by finally achieving the stardom he has long craved. Sparkling new 4K restoration.
(1981 / 146min / Hungary)
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Thanks to everyone at OIFF for offering us these opportunities and helping to support the Sea View Theater along the way. I was delighted to see that Mephisto is offered. It is a very good film that I hope to see again after many years. Please note that when a couple of months ago I was planning to offer a course at the library on Faustian Bargains (since suspended until further notice, for obvious reasons) I reviewed the novel on which this film is based for Orcas Issues. It is by Klaus Mann, the son of Thomas Mann. Here is a link to the review:
https://theorcasonian.com/kruse-reviews-mephisto/
Re: Sorry We Missed You: Be prepared for a relentlessly gritty and depressing film.