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City of Life and Death
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Narrative, 2009, 132 min

Directed by: Lu Chuan
Interests:
Asian Interest Drama History

Acclaimed director Lu Chuan’s much-anticipated Nanjing drama resists the swelling music and overwrought melodrama of so many depictions of war, shifting the focus from a top-down, authoritative history lesson to an unprecedented personal epic. Read More

Screenings

Sat, Oct 10, 12:00PM UA East Hampton Theater 2  
Sun, Oct 11, 8:30PM UA East Hampton Theater 1  


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Golden Starfish Award Winner for Best Film of Conflict & Resolution
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Narrative,

Audience and Jury Award winners will be announced at our Awards Ceremony on Sunday, October 11th and rescreened on Monday. Read More

Screenings

Mon, Oct 12, 7:15PM UA East Hampton Theater 4  


The Good Soldier
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 79 min

Directed by: Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys
Preceded by: Beloved
Interests:
Documentary History Politics

Directors Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys bring together veterans from each of the American wars of the last century who marched eagerly to defend their country in 1944, 1966, 1991, or 2003 only to return conflicted by the atrocities they saw and participated in, and questioning what true service to your nation really means. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 09, 11:15AM UA East Hampton Theater 5  
Sat, Oct 10, 4:30PM UA Southampton  


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How to Fold a Flag
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min

Directed by: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Preceded by: Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Interests:
Documentary Politics

"We were asked to believe that the war was over. We laughed - for we were the war." So begins Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein's (GUNNER PALACE) haunting tapestry of young Iraq veterans coming home. When the American flag is folded at a memorial service, each fold is sent to represent a virtue. Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism, Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism as they, along with the soldiers they follow, reconcile the idealized and abstract discourse of war with its heartbreaking reality. Read More

Screenings

Sat, Oct 10, 4:30PM UA East Hampton Theater 3  
Sun, Oct 11, 11:30AM UA East Hampton Theater 3  


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My Neighbor, My Killer
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min

Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests:
African Interest Documentary History Politics

After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 09, 4:30PM UA East Hampton Theater 3  
Sat, Oct 10, 2:15PM UA East Hampton Theater 4  


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Rabbit a la Berlin
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 51 min

Directed by: Bartek Konopka
Preceded by: Wagah
Preceded by: The Berlin Wall
Interests:
Documentary History

Winner of a top prize at this year's prestigious Hot Docs documentary film festival, RABBIT A LA BERLIN is the charming true story of a community of wild rabbits that found safe haven within the confines of the Berlin Wall. Read More

Screenings

Fri, Oct 09, 1:15PM UA East Hampton Theater 6  
Sat, Oct 10, 5:00PM UA East Hampton Theater 6