Special Events

You never know ahead of time what you'll experience at one of our Special Events.
Many times we manage to surprise ourselves.

We've featured a theatre Anniversary Celebration with special dignitaries, silent film & the lighting of our new marquee - and . . .

. . . Sing-a-Long SOUND OF MUSIC with the dazzling Charmian Carr ("Liesl")
. . . LOCAL COLOR showings and painting extravaganza with Director/Painter George Gallo
. . . Academy Award winners Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman with BORN INTO BROTHELS
. . . and even a ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with live stage enhancement

Or perhaps we'll host local filmmakers like . . . Rick Stevenson and his charmer, EXPIRATION DATE - with singing milkmen & free moo juice from Smith Brothers Dairy. . . John Sinno sparking audience discussion with the Oscar-nominated IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS . . . John Jeffcoat showing us a comical yet enlightening view of losing one's job in OUTSOURCED . . . Charles Oliver fielding questions from an earnest audience after his tragic film TAKE - as well as Bryan Gunnar Cole with his heart-touching political films, DAY ZERO and ANOTHER ROAD HOME.

And we're thrilled with our new partnership with Sustainable Bainbridge with our "Matinees That Matter" quarterly series

. . . and our Silent Film offering in January & July - with organist extraordinaire Dennis James.

Sunday, September 26 - one showing only

MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

One World One Week One Festival

You Be the Judge!

If it's September, it must be time for the MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. Two things make this shorts film festival special:

1) It's a global event - people will gather in movie theaters, art galleries, cafes and museums in over 200 cities on six continents to view & discuss these shorts, and . . .

2) You get to vote on your favorite short from this collection. We tabulate the Lynwood Theatre votes and pass them along to New York - while venues from around the world do the same. Several films from past MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVALs have gone on to receive Oscar nominations.

These shorts come from all over the world and cover a myriad of subjects. Some films are narratives, some are animated, some are funny, and some are quite serious. As you read the descriptions below, you'll see that the collection is not for children.

This year, there are 10 finalists and here's a brief on each:

UNDERGROUND - Mexico - 10 min. - Eduardo Covarrubias Diaz, Director
Nico and Trinidad enter the United States from Mexico illegally through a forgotten sewer. Harry lays
in wait on the other side, under cover of the dark desert, to enforce the law.
THE POOL - Ireland - 11:45 min. - Thomas Hefferon, Director
Three teenage boys break into their school’s swimming pool one night in order to stage a macho
breath-holding contest. The loud, brash Charlie begins to tease the overweight Sam. The arrival of
a girl they all fancy escalates the tension.
MADAGASGAR - France - 11:30 min. - Bastien Dubois, Director
MADAGASCAR is a journey diary that redraws the trip of a european traveler confronted with
Famadihana customs. The pages of the diary turn, then the drawings liven up, we cover the luxuriant
landscapes of Madagascar before being introduced to the Malagasy culture.
PUSH BIKE - Australia - 11:48 min. - Mairi Cameron, Director
When her clothes are stolen from the pool changing room one night, Michelle must brave a nude ride
home on her old bike.
A LITTLE INCONVENIENCE - Canada - 10 min. - Helene Florent, Director
A man gets up out of bed one morning and discovers he has a hard time keeping his feet on the ground.
ECHO - Poland - 14:42 min. - Magnus Van Horn
A police investigator re-constructs a brutal murder, hoping to learn how two young boys could have
committed such a crime. Loosely based on a crime in Alabama.
12 YEARS - Germany - 3:26 min. - Daniel Nocke
Breaking up is hard to do, even for dogs. Animated short.
WAR - Italy - 15:00 min. - Paolo Sassanelli
World War II has just ended but old political tensions interfere with family life.
WATCHING - UK - 14:00 min. - Max Myers
Josh sits alone in a café happily watching the world go by – even if that means denying his longing for
the waitress, Annie. But then Carrick, sitting at a nearby table, offers Josh a chance to add some excitement
into his life.
PARTY - Croatia - 15:03 min. - Dalibor Matanic
A girl is enjoying a careless summer day with her friends on the sunlit streets of Vukovar, where
light-heartedness and leisure make everything seem nice and simple. They are not aware that the
youthful idyll might be easily broken.

For more infomation on the films: http://www.manhattanshort.com

Regular Ticket Pricing: $7.50 seniors / $9.50 adults

Special Event - Matinees That Matter

Saturday & Sunday, October 2 & 3 - 5:00

BACK TO THE GARDEN:
Flower Power Comes Full Circle

With Filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson in Attendance

see the preview here: http://www.backtothegardenfilm.com/trailer.html

In the 1960s, they were satirized and vilified for rejecting materialism and corporate culture. In the 1970s, they stopped the war, started communes, urged back-to-the-land ideals and environmental sustainability. But by the 1980s, they had virtually disappeared from everyday life. So where did all the "flowers" go? In 1988 - nearly 20 years after Woodstock - Seattle filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson asked himself that question while interviewing a group of back-to-the-land hippies at a back-country healing gathering in Washington State. He found small embers of sixties dropouts were still intact and thriving and were raising families while refining their hippie idealism - independent of a mass culture that had marginalized and all but forgotten them. Doubtful about how seriously this would be viewed in 1988, the footage sat untouched for almost 20 years. In 2006, Tomlinson took another look. What these off-grid Hippies were talking about in 1988 - sustainability, living simpler sustainable lives, love for the earth, questioning authority, self-reliance, and community responsibility - seemed to be blossoming with incredible force and coming full circle 20 years later as the impact of climate change, an unpopular war, shopping-as-patriotism and the green movement took center stage in mainstream discussion. He set out to find his original subjects again with new questions. Had their radical off-grid lifestyles and ideals survived? Had anyone gone mainstream? What about their children - how did they rebel against the rebel generation? The adventure that followed offers profound, moving insights into one of the most iconic social movements of our time - and speaks to all of us who grew up then or were affected by sixties counterculture. - Kevin Tomlinson

"BACK TO THE GARDEN has a three-fold fascination: First, it's a blast from the past as the film immerses us into the free-living lifestyles & attitudes and, yes, dress styles of the non-conforming back-to-the-land movement. But more importantly, it's an insightful piece of work, as pioneers of the Green/Sustainability Movement reflect upon their early goals, their trials and triumphs, their compromises and mistakes, their place in society, and their dreams for their children. And thirdly, we hear from the grown kids themselves as they talk honestly about growing up outside of mainstream America. So, dig out your love beads & bell-bottoms and come celebrate - and ruminate - as we go BACK TO THE GARDEN." - tj Faddis

All Seats - $9.00

Matinees That Matter is Sponsored by Sustainable Bainbridge and The Historic Lynwood Theatre

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