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Home My WebLink About2014 Vail Film Festival Recap2014 Vail Film Festival Recap Report 11th Annual Vail Film Festival Table of Contents 2014 Festival Overview ||||||||||||||||||||||||| 2014 Sponsors 4QPOTPST||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 4QPOTPS"DUJWBUJPO||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 'FTUJWBM4OBQTIPU|||||||||||||||||||||||||| Advertising/Collateral "EWFSUJTJOH||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 1SJOU$PMMBUFSBM||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Strengths & Weaknesses||||||||||||||||||||| Potential For Growth|||||||||||||||||||||||| The 11th Annual Vail Film Fes1val kicked off on Thursday, March 27th with the much an1cipated feature film, Before I Disappear, based on the Academy-‐Award winning short film Curfew. The film was directed by Shawn Chris1ansen, and starred Shawn Chris1ansen and Emmy Rossum. The Fes1val weekend con1nued for three more days of packed film screenings at the Fes1val’s host hotel, the Four Reasons Resort Vail and at the Vail Mountain School for the Closing Night film, followed by the Closing Night Party at the Four Seasons Vail. The Four Seasons Resort Vail also played host to the fes1val’s hospitality lounge where aMendees were able to relax between films, filmmakers were interviewed in the VFF interview corner, and guests were provided with complimentary Stella Artois, and snacks from Salem Baking. Fes1val screenings included Narra1ve Features, Documentaries, Short Films, and a special Academy-‐Award Student Film showcase. Addi1onal highlights of the 2014 Fes1val included the showcase screenings of Enemy starring Jake Gyllenhaal, A Birdwatcher’s Guide to Everything starring Sir Ben Kingsley, The Galapagos Affair narrated by Cate BlancheM, Diane Kruger, and Josh Radner. The 11th annual Fes1val came to a peak on Saturday night during the annual Awards Ceremony and a screening of the Closing Night Film, Locke, starring Tom Hardy. Results of the 2014 Vail Film Fes4val: • AMendees from 10 different countries • Overall aMendance: 10,000 (People exposed to fes1val signage and ac1vi1es) • Direct aMendance: 5,182 (People who viewed films and aMended fes1val events) • Over 100 filmmakers in aMendance from 3 countries • Screened 30 films from around the world • Over 114,000 visitors to vailfilmfes1val.com • Over 29,000 Facebook and TwiMer followers • Over 80 million adver1sing impressions •150 Fes1val Volunteers from Vail, Colorado’s Front Range, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Over 1,200 hours of volunteered 1me. 2014 Festival Overview Thank you to our 2014 Sponsors & Partners! 2014 Sponsor Activation Festival attendees enjoyed delicious snacks from Salem Baking company. Guests enjoyed complimentary Stella Artois at the Closing Night Party at the Four Seasons Vail, and at the hospitality lounge. Official Festival Vehicle, Audi, in Vail Village 2014 Festival Snapshot Advertising Newspaper: •25 ads from February through March •437,000 total impressions Radio: •60 spots on two networks from February through March •5,400,000 total impressions across all stations Television: •200 spots on Comcast network in March •50,000,000+ total impressions Internet: •Advertising on Google Adwords, Facebook, Twitter, VailFilmFestival.com, and lm related websites January through March • 28,000,000 total impressions Festival Collateral: •Brochures, t-shirts, program guides, banners, and posters •210,000 total impressions Total 2014 Advertising Impressions: 84,047,000 Print Collateral Fes4val Posters: 300 posters were distributed throughout the Vail Valley and were placed in high traffic areas for maximum exposure. Reach: 50,000+impressions Fes4val Banner: Fes1val Banner hung across Vail Village Creek from March 17th – March 30th Reach: 70,000+ impressions Sandwich Boards:15 Vail Film Fes1val sandwich boards were placed throughout Vail Village for the week surrounding the fes1val. Reach: 30,000+ impressions Event Program Guides: Distributed at all Fes1val venues, in partner retailer loca1ons, in Vail and Lionshead Welcome Centers, Vail Resorts 1cket sales center, and in 15 Vail hotels. Reach: 30,000+ impressions Tri-‐fold Brochure: Distributed at partner retail loca1ons, at Vail and Lionshead Welcome Centers, Vail Resorts 1cket sales center, and in 15 Vail hotels. Reach: 30,000+ impressions 2014 Poster 2014 Program Guide2014 Banner 9 STRENGTHS -Strong industry awareness. Filmmakers, studios, and film press know of and think highly of the Vail Film Festival and those that have attended in the past continue to speak well of their experience. -Good volunteer base. The festival was successful at marketing to volunteers and recruiting enough volunteers to fulfill all volunteer needs. -Attendees were managed well by festival staff and security and able to enter and exit the screening and party venues easily. -The festival film program was one of the strongest yet, with many attendees commenting on the quality of the programming. -Filmmaker travel and coordination was well executed, with all attending filmmakers able to make their question and answer sessions, film screenings, and events. -All venues were located in Vail. The locations of all film screenings, parties, and events made it very easy for attendees to get around. WEAKNESSES - Sponsor retention proved to be the major weakness of the 2014 festival. Cadillac terminated their sponsorship of Vail Resorts and also withdraw their presenting sponsorship of the Vail Film Festival. Due to their early termination of our agreement, we were left with a significantly smaller budget, and not enough time to acquire a new presenting sponsor. - The festival needs to work on securing more sponsors. Although we were successful at bringing in Audi to replace Cadillac at the last minute, we need a deeper sponsor pool to increase our overall budget and mitigate any revenue loss from unexpected sponsor withdrawals. - Earlier marketing of the event, both locally and nationally. Due to budget constraints we were not able to market the event as early and as widely as we would have liked. A stronger focus on sponsor acquisition will increase our budget and our marketing dollars, and enable us to commit more resources to marketing. Strengths and Weaknesses 10 MEDIA The 2014 Film Festival received over 80 million media impressions, including strong film industry awareness both domestically and abroad. The festival will focus on greater media exposure by increasing our marketing spend, and putting a stronger focus on celebrity and film producer invitations. This will help to enable continued high level film programming and increased media exposure. The festival is also working with the Vail Valley Foundation on a cross promotion between the 2015 World Ski Championships and the Vail Film Festival. The festival team will help program video content during the Ski Championships, and the festival will be promoted throughout the World Ski Championships. The timing is excellent as the World Ski Championships take place in February, and the festival takes place in March. SPONSORSHIP The 2014 Vail Film Festival was able to bring in major sponsors Audi, Stella Artois, and Comcast, but more sponsors are needed to meet and exceed our budget needs. We have retained a sponsorship agency to approach potential sponsors for the 2015 Vail Film Festival, and are in late talks with Audi to sponsor the 2015 festival at the highest level. Audi is the presenting sponsor of the 2015 World Ski Championships which takes place in Vail in February, and Audi sees synergy in also presenting the festival. VENUES We plan to utilize more venues for screenings for the 2015 Vail Film Festival, including expanding beyond the Four Seasons Vail to include another hotel screening venue, as well as using the CineBistro venue again. We will restructure our passes so that the top level passholders will have exclusive access to the CineBistro venue as a VIP venue. This will eliminate the problem of non-VIP passholders being denied access to sold out screenings at CineBistro. How did the event impact Vail’s Sense of Community? The Vail Film Festival has taken place annually for the last eleven years, and brings local residents together for a shared cultural experience. People gather together to view films, and often spend time discussing the films after the screenings, further building a sense of unity and community. The film festival also hosts several social functions which serve to bring people together. The Vail Film Festival has been voted in the top 3 of all events in the Vail Valley in the Vail Daily reader’s poll. Green Events: What initiatives were taken to insure compliance with the Town of Vail’s commitment to environmental sustainability? 1. Staff were encouraged to use their own water bottles. 2. Attendees were encouraged to use Town of Vail shuttles, and the festival provided shuttles when needed. 3. The Vail Film Festival pays to offset our carbon footprint, and as of 2014, the Vail Film Festival has been certified Carbon Neutral by Carbonfund.org. Potential For Growth 11 The Vail Film Festival appreciates the strong and continued support of the Town of Vail. From the entire Vail Film Festival team, thank you for your support! REVENUE Cash In-Kind Total Corporate Sponsorship: Town of Vail 35000 35,000 Audi 15,000 15,000 MetaFoundry 35000 35,000 Stella Artois 5000 5,000 CO Film Commission 1000 1500 2,500 Colorado Mountain Express 2500 2,500 The Four Seasons 20000 20,000 KSKE,The Eagle,Choice FM Radio 10000 10000 SAG Indie 1500 1,500 Slifer Smith & Frampton 2500 2500 Vail Daily 12000 12000 NCM Media 500 500 Comcast 15000 15000 Hotel Partners 20000 20000 Total Corporate Sponsorships 55500 121000 176,500 Patrons 25,000 25,000 Grants 10000 10000 Total Grants & Donations 35,000 35,000 Admissions, sales, or services 25,000 25000 Total Revenue 115,500 121,000 236,500 EXPENSES Development & Compensation Marketing Expenses 20000 53500 73500 2014 Vail Film Festival Budget Staff Compensation 15000 15000 Sub-Total Development & Compensation $35,000.00 53500 88,500 General and Administrative Office Expense 4500 4500 Utitilities 300 300 Supplies/Miscellaneous 1000 1000 Merchandise 1000 1000 Lodging 2000 20000 22000 Flights, Car Rental, Gas costs, Shuttles, Trains 5000 2500 7500 Enterprise Van rental 1000 1000 Volunteer Expenses 1500 1500 Credit Card Fees 300 300 Secured Server Rental (online sales)100 100 Shipping 800 800 Staff expenses 1000 1000 Accounting 2400 2400 Insurance 3600 3600 Sub-Total General and Administrative 24500 22500 47000 General Production Awards 1500 1500 Sub-Total General Production 1500 0 1500 Promotion/Advertising Website 4000 10000 14000 Design Fees/Branding 5400 15000 20400 Tickets/Programs & Event Rel. Printing 15200 15200 Sub-Total Promotion/Advertising 24,600 25000 49600 Event Expenses Hospitality Lounge 1500 1500 Risers (Screening Venues)3500 3500 Screening Venues at Four Seasons 6000 15000 21000 Four Seasons parking & add'l 1200 1200 Screening Venue at VMS 2500 2500 Closing Night Party 3,500 5000 8500 Security 750 750 Tech equipment and services 10,000 10000 Permits 500 500 Sub-Total Evening Event Expenses 29,450 20000 49450 Grand Total Expenses $115,050 121000 236,050 Net Income $450 0 450 PROGRAM GUIDE FESTIVAL INFORMATION THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2014 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE VMS FS1 FS2 FRIDAY MARCH 28, 2014 Opening Film: Before I Disappear7:30 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 12:00pm Shorts 1 +Q&A 1:20pm Gore Vidal 3:20pm Una Vida: a Fable of Music... + Q&A 6pm Galapagos 8:30pm Confessions of a Womanizer +Q&A 2:00pm Obvious Child 4:00pm A Birder’s Guide + Q&A 6:30pm BFF’s + Q& A 9:00pm The Retrieval SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2014 VMS 7:30pm Awards Ceremony & Closing Film: Locke FS1 FS2 11:00am Shorts 2 +Q&A 1:30pm Una Vida: a Fable of Music... + Q&A 4:00pm The Case Against 8 + Q&A 11:30am Student Oscars 1:50pm Shorts 1 +Q&A 4:20pm BFF’s + Q& A 7:00pm A Birder’s Guide SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2014 FS1 FS2 11:00am Gore Vidal 1:00pm Confessions of a Womanizer +Q&A 3:30pm Before I Disappear 11:00am Shorts 2 7:30pm Locke 6:00pm Enemy 12:45pm McConkey 3:00pm The Case Against 8 + Q&A 5:30pm The Retrieval KEY Narrative Feature Documentary Shorts Student Oscars SHORTS 1 Full Time Another Happy Anniversary The Last Headbanger Fever The Voorman Problem SHORTS 2 Grace of a Stranger The Comedian One Minute Time Machine Kissing Drew A Relentless Love Fool’s Day STUDENT OSCARS Win or Lose The Compositor Un Mundo Para Raul (A World for Raul) Ol’ Daddy Josephine and the Roach TICKET & PASS POLIC Y The Vail Film Festival does not guarantee seatings for certain pass levels, as noted on the passes, and the festival does not o er refunds. Pass- holders are advised to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to showtimes to receive priority admission. 15 minutes be - fore showtime, if unoccupied seats remain, individual tickets will be sold for $10 on a rst come, rst seated ba- sis. Festival passes may be claimed at fes- tival will call, located in the Four Seasons. VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL There will be shuttles from the Four Seasons to VMS, or you can drive and park for free in their parking lot. IN TOWN SHUT TLE SERVICE The Town of Vail provides free year-round bus service throughout Vail. IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS All emergencies: 911 Vail Film Festival: 719-293-0867 Town of Vail: 970-479-2100 Town of Avon: 970-748-4000 Town of Vail Buses: 970-479-2358 ECO Transit: 970-328-3520, Road Conditions: 970-479-2226 Vail Valley Medical Center: 970-479-2233 SPONSORS FILMS, FORUMS, PARTIES AND MORE! THE VAIL FILM FESTIVAL March 27 — 30, 2014 FS Four Seasons VMS Vail Mountain School 11:00am McConkey 9:30pm Closing Party Closing Party A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING (C) (*) Director: Rob Meyer (USA. 2013. 88min.) On the eve of his widowed father’s second wedding, f- teen-year-old David Portnoy leads the stalwart members of his local Young Birders Society on a rollicking, interstate search for an extremely rare duck. 2nd Place, Audience Award, Tribeca Film Festival. Starring: Sir Ben Kingsley, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Katie Chang, Alex Wol , Michael Chen, James Le Gros, Daniela Lavendar. BEFORE I DISAPPEAR (C) Opening Night Film Director: Shawn Christensen (USA. 2014. 98min.) Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short lm “Curfew.” At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours. Starring: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Emmy Rossum, Ron Perlman, Paul Wesley Presented by LuLeta & Sam Maslak FEATURES BFF’s (C) (*) Director: Andrew Putschoegl (USA. 2014. 90min.) Looking for a few days of vacation and amusement, two best friends pretend to be lovers while attending a cou- ple’s weekend workshop. Nominated, Panavision Spirit Award, Santa Barbara Film Festival. Starring: Tara Karsian, Andrea Grano, Larisa Oleynik, Sean Maher, Sigrid Thorn- ton, Jenny O’Hara, Richard Moll, Russell Sams, Jer ey Vin- cent Parise, Patrick O’Connor, Dan Gauthier, Molly Hagan, Pat Carroll. CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER (C) (*) Director: Miguel Ali Hasan (USA. 2014. 90min.) Ritchie is the epitome of everything that is wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, whose only ambition is the latest girl-of-the-week. However, something changes after Ritchie’s rst real relationship. The feature directorial debut of Vail local Miguel Ali Hassan. Starring: Gary Busey, The Bella Twins, Jillian Rose Reed, Andrew Lawrence & C. Thomas Howell. ENEMY Director: Denis Villanueve (Canada. 2013. 90min.) Adam Bell is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined. Nominated, Best Picture, Ca- nadian Screen Awards. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon. UNA VIDA: A FABLE OF MUSIC AND THE MIND (C) (*) Director: Richie Adams (USA. 2014. 95min.) A renowned Neuroscientist, Dr. Alvaro Cruz, en- counters an African American Jazz singer, Una Vida, performing on the streets of New Orleans’ French Quarter, and soon discovers that she is su ering from Alzheimer’s, the disease that has been his life’s work. Cruz risks everything to un- ravel the mystery of Una Vida’s past through the disappearing genius of her music…Before her music stops. Starring: Joaquim De Almeida, Bill Cobbs, Ruth Negga, Andre Royo, Sharon Law- rence, and Aunjanue Ellis. LOCKE (C) Closing Night Film Director: Steven Knight (USA. 2013. 85min.) A single phone call causes the life of a successful construction manager to unravel during his drive home. Winner, Best Screenplay, Nominated Best Ac- tor, British Independent Film Awards. Starring: Tom Hardy. Presented by Kaye Ferry DOCUMENTARIES GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA Director: Nicholas Wrathall (USA. 2013. 89min.) Gore Vidal’s acerbic, opinionated and informed ap- proach rips away at the facade of the new America. Gore examines the course of American history and policy making and draws dramatic conclusions on the fate of the nation in the modern age. Winner, Audi- ence Award, Palm Springs International Film Festival. Starring: Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens, Tim Rob- bins, Jay Parini, Nina Straight, David Mamet MCCONKEY Director(s): David Zie , Murray Wais, Rob Bruce, Scott Ganey , Steve Winter (USA. 2013. 109min.) ‘McConkey’ is a heartfelt examination of the legacy one athlete left to the progression of his sport, and the path he paved to conquer his dreams. In a new lm from Red Bull Media House in association with Matchstick Produc- tions, ‘McConkey’ celebrates the life of one of the world’s ultimate innovators. Starring: Bob Burnquist, Glenn McConkey, JT Holmes, Jim McConkey, Jonny Moseley, Kent Kreitler, Mike Douglas, Miles Daisher, Scot Schmidt, Shane McConkey, Sherry McConkey, Travis Pastrana. THE CASE AGAINST 8 (C) (*) Director: Ben Cotner, Ryan White (USA. 2014. 112min.) A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Five years in the making, this is the story of how they took the rst federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Winner, Documentary Director Award, Nominated, Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival. THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldine (USA. 2013. 120min.) Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. The Gala- pagos Aair : Satan Came To Eden is a fas- cinating documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Starring: Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Se- bastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Gustaf Skarsgard and Josh Radnor. THE RETRIEVAL Director: Chris Eska (USA. 2013. 94min.) On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man. Win- ner, Special Jury Prize, SXSW. Winner, Audience Award, Phoenix Film Festival. Winner, Critic’s Prize, Deauville Film Festival. Starring: Tishuan Scott, Ashton Sanders, Keston John, Bill Oberst Jr., Christine Horn, Alfonso Freeman. ANOTHER HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (C) Director: Miranda Bailey (USA. 2013. 21min.) Tom and Jeanne want to be adventurous for their 10th anniversary so they decide to have a threesome…Easier said than done! The short lm directorial debut of Vail local Miranda Bai- ley. Starring Nikki Deloach, Hayes MacArthur, Kali Hawk. GRACE OF A STRANGER (W ) (*) Director: Troy Hollar (USA. 2013. 17min.) A man who loses the one thing that gives him hope, and an unlikely stranger who nds himself in a position to help. Based on the autobiographical short story “Acts of Kindness” by Aaron Keel, written while he was a student in the University of Arizona’s Prison Creative Writing Workshops and an inmate in the Arizona State Prison system. Starring: Nipper Knapp, Matt Letscher, Bob Clendenin. SHORT FILMS ONE-MINUTE TIME MACHINE (W) (*) Director: Devon Avery (USA. 2014. 6min.) James is all too eager to put his one-minute time machine to use in winning the heart of Regina, until he discovers the unexpected consequences of his actions. Starring: Brian Dietzen & Erinn Hayes. THE COMEDIAN Director: Brendan Donoghue (Australia. 2013. 15min.) A stand up comedian, struggling with the break up of his marriage and the passing of his daughter, hits bottom. While he’s down there he experiences a brief and beautiful moment that gives him just enough to move forward. Starring: Nicole Shostak, George Basha, Johnny Lahoud. KISSING DREW Director: Phillip J. Connell (Canada. 2013. 9min.) Inside a drab middle school in 1992, a sexually-confused eighth-grader attempts to regain his dignity after being bullied by a sex-obsessed ‘cool kid’ whom he privately fan- tasizes about. Starring: Eden Ocean Sanders, Chris Hand- eld , Shelley Marshall, Ben Hargreaves, Jessica Ryan. A RELENTLESS LOVE (W) Director: Robbie Norris (USA. 2014. 90 sec.) Parenthood in 90 seconds. Starring Robbie Norris, Julia Grace Norris. FOOL’S DAY Director: Cody Blue Snider (USA. 2013. 19min.) A 4th grade class pulls an innocent, April Fool’s prank on their teacher...that accidentally kills her. Panicked and convinced they will go to prison, the blood splattered classmates try to cover up the murder and dispose of the body before their D.A.R.E. oc er shows up for his weekly lesson. Starring: Mitchell Jarvis, Justin Absatz, Phyllis Bowen. FULL TIME Director: Mark Gill (United Kingdom. 2013. 18min.) Full Time examines the fragile connections that bind love, memory and the gaps in between. Starring: Corinne Begluk, Kenyon Garrish, Huw Higginson, Kieran Hill, Chris Langham, Margot Leicester. THE LAST HEADBANGER Director: Ari Gold (USA. 2013. 2min.) About the end of rock, starring a Lebowski Nihilist as the rock n’ roll animal in supernova. FEVER Director: Marie Chao (USA. 2013. 17min.) Fever is a psychological thriller about a woman’s desperate attempt to recapture the a ection of her estranged husband. Starring: Ronnie Grubbs Jr., Takuya Iba, Yumi Shimizu. THE VOORMAN PROBLEM Director: Mark Gill (United Kingdom. 2012. 13min.) Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enig- matic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar af- ic tion: he believes he is a god. The Doctor must decide on the sanity of Mr Voorman - is he a faker or a lunatic? Nominated, Academy Award, Best Short Film. Starring: Martin Freeman, Tom Hollander, Simon Griths , Elisabeth Gray. JOSEPHINE AND THE ROACH Director: Jonathan Langager (USA. 2012. 14min.) A cockroach falls in love with the woman whose apartment he infests and takes creative measures to woo her. Starring: Jenna Augen, Jerry White Jr, Circus Szalewski. THE COMPOSITOR (C) Director: John Mattiuzzi (USA. 2013. 32min.) A slave artist nds himself hopelessly trapped in- side of the visual e ects lm industry. Starring: John Mattiuzzi (lead), Len Rella, Thomas Hoyt Godfrey, Rashelle Stocker, Linda Leven, Ana Berry, Marusya Panchenko, Bill Cory, Sarah Chiesa, Jennifer Schel- horn. OSCAR-WINNING STUDENT FILMS UN MUNDO PARA RAUL (A WORLD FOR RAUL) Director: Mauro Mueller (Mexico, Switzerland, U.S. 2012. 15 min.) When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner’s son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys. Starring: Alex- andre Barcelo, Adrian Alonso, Gerardo Taracena, Roberto Meza, Adriana Paz, Ivana Gonzalez, Fer- nando Gutierrez. OL’ DADDY (C) Director: Brian Schwarz (U.S. 2012. 29 min.) A young man in rural Texas struggles with his new role in life as his father’s full-time caretaker. But when his father wanders o one afternoon, Terry must put everything aside to track him down. Starring: Jon Cook, Robert Tolaro. WIN OR LOSE Director: Daniel Koehler (U.S. 2012. 16 min.) When a discriminatory amendment threatens the legitimacy of unconventional families in North Carolina, a photographer takes up his camera to gh t for equality. Documentary short. (W) World Premiere (US) U.S. Premiere (C) Colorado Premiere (*) Filmmakers in Attendance Presented by SAG Indie FESTIVAL INFORMATION VAIL FILM FESTIVAL CONTACT INFO: Phone: 719-293-0867 Email: info@vaillmf estival.org WILL CALL: FOUR SEASONS VAIL Thur, Mar 27: 10am-8pm Fri, Mar 28, 10am-6pm Sat, Mar 29, 10am-6pm CLOSING NIGHT PART Y: 9:30pm, Four Seasons Vail Mingle with lmmakers and f estival guests. Includes complimentar y Appetizers & Stella Ar tois beer. HOSPITALIT Y LOUNGE: Open Daily, 12pm-5pm, Four Seasons Vail Relax between lm scr eenings. Enjoy complimentary snacks from Salem Baking & Stella Artois beer. VFF TEAM OBVIOUS CHILD Director: Gillian Robespierre (USA. 2014. 83min.) What happens when Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern gets dumped, r ed and pregnant just in time for the worst/best Valentine’s Day of her life. Starring: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Homan, David Cross, Gabe Lied- man, Richard Kind. PARKING The parking structures in Vail Village and Lionshead o er the most convenient access to the festival. tUP̓IPVSTGSFF t̓UP̓IPVST t̓UP̓IPVST̓ tUPIPVST"MMEBZDBQ t'SFFQBSLJOHJOCPUITUSVDUVSFT after 3pm! t"SSJWBMTGSPNQNVOUJM p.m. will be charged $15.00 Festival Directors: Scott Cross, Sean Cross Associate Director: Megen Musegades Volunteer Director: Steven Douglass Asst Volunteer Director: Corinne Hara Operations Director: Emily Waldeck Festival Host: Jordan Hall Features Programmers: Scott Cross, Sean Cross Documentary Programmer: Erin Sheppard Shorts Programmer: Amanda Durst Student Film Programmer: Jordan Hall Marketing: Marc Grin Will Call Manager: Ashley Blair Travel Coordinator: Amanda Durst Theater Director: Christina Schmidt Videography, Photography: Michael Howard, Vadim Elkind Tech: Dave Riepe & Outdoor Cinema Network BOARD: Troy Hollar, Judith Landau, Pamela Lessing, Scott Cross, Sean Cross ADVISORY BOARD: Godfrey Cheshire, Giancarlo Esposito, Kaye Ferry, Mark Gordon, Darren Foster, Ken Friedman, Gill Holland, Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen, Jonathan Staufer PATRONS *Founding Patrons Fred & Carol Ayers*, Michael Barry, Sonjay Craythorne*, Kaye Ferr y, Pamela Lessing*, Jim and Jeanne Gustafson*, Kat Haber*, Mackenzie Haber*, Jan E. Helen*, Troy Hollar*, Richard Kandel*, Kylin Resources*, Judith Landau*, The Lessing Foundation*, Isabelle Link*, Trish Link*, Kent Logan, Link Foundation*, John Lynn*, Clara Markowicz*, Victor & Monica Markowicz*, LuLeta & Sam Maslak, Carmen Mauerer, Nancy & Rober McLeod*, Phifer Johnson Foundation, Alan Suridis*, Carol & Hans Storr*, Cynthia Stroum*, Carl & Marilyn Thoma*, Fred & Jean Allegreti Foundation