Arts and Entertainment
October 14, 2024
From: Frankfort Film FestivalFilm Schedule:
Thursday, October 17, 2024
12:00 pm: My Old School
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.
2:15 PM: Fallen Leaves
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog
4:00 pm: The Crime is Mine
Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with murder?
8:00 PM: Navalny
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
Friday, October 18, 2024
12:00 PM: Problemista
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country..
2:00 PM: Four Daughters
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
4:15 PM: Ghostlight
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
8:00 PM: Society of The Snow
The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments to survive.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
12:00 PM: Sugarcane
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
2:00 PM: Kneecap
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue..
4:00 PM: Io Capitano
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
8:00 PM: How to Blow Up a Pipeline
A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
12:30 PM: A Still Small Voice
An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.
2:30 PM: The Taste of Things
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.
5:15 PM: Garden Theater Documentary
This short documentary will be showcasing stories about the historic theater told by our wonderful patrons.
Fest Date: October 17 - 20, 2024
Location: The Garden Theater, 301 Main Street, Frankfort, MI 49635
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