From far-flung, exotic locales to sagas staged in our own backyard, the subjects and stories on screen at the 19th annual Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival are as diverse as the men and women behind the cameras who crafted them.
Presented by Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, the annual two-day event will again showcase films and filmmakers from around the Pacific Northwest at the historic Lynwood Theatre (4569 Lynwood Center Road NE) during a slew of screenings Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 5.
The weekend kicks off Saturday at 5 p.m. with an opening night reception at The Manor House. Mix and mingle with visiting filmmakers and industry professionals while enjoying fine food and drink.
After the reception, the party heads across the street for the opening night screenings of the festival’s featured films: First, at 7 p.m., “The United Guys Network,” from Vancouver, British Columbia-based director Tabatha Golat, in which loving newlywed husband Paul Seger is making the other guys in the neighborhood look bad, so it’s time for The United Guys Network to step in and teach him how to be a “real” husband. Then, at 7:15 p.m., “The Story of Bainbridge Island,” a look at Bainbridge in years gone by via this film tour — which was produced in 1960. And, finally, at 7:30 p.m., “Another Man’s Treasure,” directed by Bainbridge’s own Steve Stolee.
“Another Man’s Treasure (A story about the Biggest Rummage Sale in the World and the Problems and Pleasures of Possessions),” directed and produced by photographer and videographer Stolee, is a colorful documentary rumination about why we collect, hold on to and eventually dispossess our personal belongings, as inspired by the amazing annual Bainbridge Island Rotary Auction & Rummage Sale.
The movie was and edited by fellow islander Alex van Gelder, with original music composed by Brandon Maahs of Dallas, Texas.
Through film footage, spanning 2009 up to just last summer, the movie uses interviews with donors, shoppers, event volunteers and Rotarians to illustrate the history, processes, mechanics and evolution of this remarkably successful fundraiser. Along with the explanations and depictions of this spectacle of good will and generosity are ponderings about the hows and whys of donors and shoppers, volunteerism and community building, waste management and recycling, and even a bit of the psychology of accumulation of possessions, giving a rich view of who we are from the things we buy, sell, collect and give away.
The film is one hour long, and a Q&A session with the director will follow.
Saturday’s festivities are then followed by a full day of screenings from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Visit www.celluloidbainbridge.com/2017-festival-schedule for a complete schedule and individual plot/subject descriptions for each movie.
Tickets, on sale now via www.brownpaper tickets.com (event #3117980), range in price. Admission to the opening night reception and all subsequent film screenings is $50. Entrance to all Saturday and Sunday screenings only is $15. Admission to all Sunday screenings only is $10 ($8 for students).
Visit www.celluloidbainbridge.com to learn more.
The 2017 Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival schedule:
SATURDAY, NOV. 4
5 p.m. Opening night reception at Manor House Restaurant
6:45 p.m. Festival welcoming at the Lynwood Theatre
7 p.m. “The United Guys Network,” dir. Tabatha Golat
7:15 p.m. “The Story of Bainbridge Island,” produced by the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island
7:30 p.m. “Another Man’s Treasure,” dir. Steve Stolee
8:30 p.m. Q&A with Steve Stolee
SUNDAY, NOV. 5
9 a.m. “Smokiam: Calling The Healing Waters,” dir. John Carter
9:45 a.m. Filmmaker Q&A
10 a.m. “Mark’s Angels,” dir. Wyatt Ortt
10:15 a.m. “Sides & Angles,” dir. Cristian Perez
10:30 a.m. “First Date,” dir. Lily Forsher
10:45 a.m. “Devil In The Wind,” dir. Nicholas Van Buren
11 a.m. “Halfway House,” dir. Bentley Eldridge
11:15 a.m. Olympic College Film School showcase
11:45 a.m. Filmmaker Q&A
12 p.m. “Haw Hee,” dir. Bret Fetzer
12:15 p.m. “Island Volunteer Caregivers 2017,” dir. John McKenzie
12:30 p.m. “Fire & Light,” dir. Dana Conroy
12:45 p.m. “Not If, But When,” dir. Ned Thorne
1 p.m. “Coming Home To Make Music,” dir. Cade Taylor
1:30 p.m. “Miss Beverly Hills Ghost Pilot,” dir. Kemmy Moran
1:45 p.m. “One More Shot,” dir. Noah Moskin
3:15 p.m. Filmmaker Q&A
3:30 p.m. “Proof Of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane & The Nisei Soldiers Of Hawaii,” dir. Lucy Ostrander
4:30 p.m. “Port Blakely: Memories Of A Mill Town,” dir. Lucy Ostrander
5 p.m. Q&A with Lucy Ostrander
5:15 p.m. “A Matter Of Prejudice,” dir. Sandra Lince
5:45 p.m. “Yoga For Salvador,” dir. Stefan Hajek
6 p.m. “Family Shadows,” dir. Laura Malatos
6:15 p.m. “Drowned World,” dir. Kit Wilson
6:30 p.m. “Crazywise,” dir. Kevin Tomlinson
8 p.m. Filmmaker Q&A
8:15 p.m. “Elvis & The Snowman’s League,” dir. Kurt Langbein
9:15 p.m. Q&A with Jim Forsher