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Role ’em! Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival shows in Manzanita
MANZANITA — The Wan-
dering Reel Traveling Film
Festival returns to Manza-
nita 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.
20, with a collection of fi ve
short international fi lms at
the Hoffman Center for the
Arts.
Michael Harrington,
director and curator of
the festival, will attend
the event for a Q-and-A
session. Admission is $5 at
the door.
Built around the theme
“In Between Us,” the pro-
gram features fi lms about
the bonds that connect
people, often in unexpected
ways.
Films
• “The Tables,” directed
by John Bunning (U.S.)
A look at the powerful
connection between a pair
of outdoor ping pong tables
in the heart of New York
City and the unlikely group
“The Tables,” a 15-minute documentary
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
of people they’ve brought
together, from homeless
people to investment bank-
ers to gangbangers. (Docu-
mentary: 15 minutes)
• “Big City,” directed by
Jordan Bond and Lachlan
Ryan (Australia)
Making a friend on the
ride home. (Narrative: 9
ASTOR STREET OPRY COMPANY
presents
THE BIRDS
with special permission from Dramatist Play Service
DIRECTED BY
SHEILA SHAFFER
WRITTEN BY
Conor McPherson
“Into the Blue,” a 22-minute
Croatian fi lm
“Zela Trovke,” a 13-minute fi lm from Basque Spain
“A gripping, unsettling,
and moving look at human
relationships in the face of
societal collapse”
-Dramatist Play Service
FROM A STORY BY
DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Show Dates :
October 6, 7, 13, 14,15, 20 & 21
Sunday Matinee
:
th
October 15
minutes)
• “Into the Blue,” di-
rected by Antoneta Alamat
Kusijanovic (Croatia)
Thirteen-year-old Julija
and her mother fl ee their
abusive household to fi nd
refuge on an idyllic Cro-
atian island where Julija
grew up. Emotionally
scarred, Julija is desperate
to reconnect with her best
friend, Ana. But Ana is in
love with a boy, and Julija
is no longer a priority. (Nar-
rative: 22 minutes.)
• “Anna,” directed by
Or Sinai (Israel)
It’s a hot summer day,
and for the fi rst time in
years, Anna, a sewing work-
shop worker, unexpectedly
fi nds herself alone, without
her son. She sets out for
a free night, roaming the
streets of her small desert
town, looking for a man
who can touch her, even
just for one brief moment.
(Narrative: 24 minutes)
“Big City,” a nine-minute Australian fi lm
“Anna,” a 24-minute Israeli fi lm
• “Zela Trovke”
(Basque Spain), directed by
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songs about crimes and are
typical of Central Europe.
Zela Trovke is a moritat
from Slovakia, which the
Holland Baroque Society
has recovered to include
in its Barbaric Beauty
program. Maite Larburu,
the orchestra’s violinist,
unveils the song’s hidden
secrets. (Documentary: 13
minutes)
More information on the
Wandering Reel program is
available at wanderingreel.
org.
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