Goodbye Bouli
SESSION 2: Thursday, October 13th, 3-6pm, Orpheum Theater
Goodbye Bouli
Belgium, 2008, 5 min.
Directors: 24 Children
Producers: Jean-Luc Slock
Bouli the beaver leaves his family to start his grown-up life. He finds a nice place and friendly neighbors. Bouli keeps on gnawing day and night to build a dam and a hut. One day he finds a chainsaw. His work advances so amazingly! But will he settle for a simple hut? An animated film written and directed by 24 children from School Saint-Sébastien with assistance from Louise-Marie Colon and Siona Vidakovic.
The Love Letter
SESSION 2: Thursday, October 13th, 3-6pm, Orpheum Theater
The Love Letter
USA, 2011, 12 min.
Directors: Fitz Cahall and Mikey Schaefer
Producers: Fitz and Becca Cahall
“The Love Letter” follows a pair of climbers in search of new and classic climbing routes across the spine of the Sierra, into difficult-to-reach stretches of the range. In the clutter of the modern world, can wilderness restore the human spirit? Shot over the course of a seven-week back country climbing trip through the Sierra, “The Love Letter” is a short film more concerned with points between summits than individual climbing moves.
Boy Cheerleaders
SESSION 2: Thursday, October 13th, 3-6pm, Orpheum Theater
Boy Cheerleaders
UK, 2010, 59 min.
Directors: James Newton
Producers: Anna Higgs and Gavin Humphries
On a South Leeds estate in the heart of Rugby League territory, nine young boys are preparing for competition. But they are not taking on Bradford Northern or Hull Kingston Rovers. This is a documentary about Britain’s leading all-boys cheerleading team – the DAZL Diamonds. Director Newton follows the team as the boys fluff up their pom poms and prepare for the National Championships in Coventry, where they hope to be the first boys team to lift the trophy.
