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The Loft Film Fest is an eight-day showcase of exclusive, one-time-only screenings and will feature:
• Festival favorites from Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Telluride, and more!
• Lively Q&A’s with talented filmmakers and actors
• Exciting retrospective screenings
• New international cinema
• Edgy Late Night movies
• Stimulating shorts from the filmmakers of tomorrow
At the Loft Film Fest, audiences experience world-class film festival programming infused with the unique flavor The Loft Cinema brings to Tucson movie-lovers year round.
Full Schedule Announced!
Click the orange titles below for more info on each film.
Thursday, November 8th
7:30PM – Opening Night Film!
Opening Night Film: A ROYAL AFFAIR, WINNER of the Best Actor and Best Script award at the Berlin Film Festival!
Friday, November 9th
5:00PM
The new documentary from Byambasuren Davaa (The Story of the Weeping Camel), TWO HORSES OF GENGHIS KHAN
5:00PM
Grand Opening of our brand-new screen, with ribbon-cutting and champagne!
6:00PM
Come join us for a showcase of trailers in the Loft Party Tent at THE ROGER CORMAN MOVIE TRAILER EXTRAVAGANZA!
7:00PM – Lee Marvin Maverick Award Ceremony!
The acclaimed and controversial POST TENEBRAS LUX, with the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award recipient Carlos Reygadas in person!
7:30PM
A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, the animated documentary about Monty Python's Graham Chapman!
8:00PM
A unique omnibus of short films about our solar system, ORBIT(FILM)
9:30PM
The visionary and incredible KID-THING
10:00PM
The deadpan horror/comedy EDDIE: THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
Saturday, November 10th
10:00AM
The affecting Spanish animated film WRINKLES
11:00AM
ZARAFA, a beautifully-animated, hand-drawn tale of friendship and high adventure
12:00PM
Caveh Zahedi's controversial, THE SHEIK AND I, followed by a skype conversation with director Caveh Zahedi!
1:00PM
Jane Fonda in a French-speaking role in the comedy ALL TOGETHER
2:30PM
Cinematic provocateur Ulrich Seidl explores the complex, politically charged issue of sex tourism in PARADISE: LOVE
4:00PM
Swedish Oscar-submission SISTER, co-starring Gillian Anderson
5:00PM
The incredible true story of "The American Bowie,” JOBRIATH AD
7:00PM – Lofty Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony
CORMAN'S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL, an engaging and fun look at the career of a Hollywood legend, with Roger Corman in person!
7:30PM
Isabelle Huppert stars in Hong Sang-Soo's new film IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
8:00PM
Enjoy a refreshing offering of offbeat shorts with OFF THE GRID SHORTS
9:30PM
From the director of Rubber, the screwball Dadaist comedy, WRONG
10:00PM
One of the greatest B-movies ever made, the Roger Corman-produced DEATH RACE 2000, with Roger Corman in person!
Sunday, November 11th
10:00AM
Legendary Czech stop-motion animator Jiri Barta’s award-wining TOYS IN THE ATTIC
11:00AM
Roger Corman's Edgar Allen Poe adaptation THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, with Roger Corman in person!
12:00PM
The bold new adaptation of the classic Brontë novel, WUTHERING HEIGHTS
1:15PM
The poignant, untold stories of female jazz players, THE GIRLS IN THE BAND, with director Judy Chaiken in person!
2:45PM
FAME HIGH with Oscar-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy in person!
4:00PM
Leos Carax' Cannes sensation HOLY MOTORS
5:00PM
Feast on a tasty sampling of innovative, acclaimed and award-winning shorts from around the world at The Loft Film Fest’s INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
7:00PM
Join us for a special presentation of the trippy new horror / sci-fi film JOHN DIES AT THE END with legendary director Don Coscarelli in person!
7:45PM
GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS takes a riveting look at the artistic process of the acclaimed photographer
Monday, November 12th
12:00PM
The Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize winner from Mexico, HERE AND THERE (Aqui y Allá)
12:30PM
The provocative new French film 17 GIRLS, inspired by true events
2:15PM
The fascinating story of a Vietnam vet building a very unconventional house, BE LIKE AN ANT, with director Mike Plante in person!
2:45PM
Academy Award winner Melissa Leo delivers a devastating, unforgettable performance in FRANCINE
4:30PM
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, the poignant new film from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee
5:00PM
The edge-of-your-seat thriller from France starring Romain Duris, THE BIG PICTURE
7:00PM
OMA & BELLA, the story of two Holocaust survivors told through the delicious food they cook
7:30PM
David Cross and Julia Stiles star in the doomsday comedy IT'S A DISASTER
Tuesday, November 13th
7:00PM
The complete, digitally re–mastered version of The Doors' greatest concert, THE DOORS LIVE AT THE BOWL '68
7:30PM
SXSW Audience Award Winner FAT KID RULES THE WORLD
Wednesday, November 14th
7:00PM
PLAY IT AGAIN 2012: GREAT HITS BY UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FILMMAKERS, a collection of short films from the UA School of Theatre, Film & Television
7:30PM
The award-winning Danish comedy TEDDY BEAR
Thursday, November 15th
7:00PM
The absurdist dramedy from the director of Dogtooth, ALPS
8:00PM - Closing Night Film!
Germany's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film, BARBARA




July 18th, 2012
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