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20082009

Festival Films

All films in Cheatham Hall, world Forestry Center. See schedule for times.


UNQUIET TRAVELLER, JULY 12 4:30 & 15 4:30

Director: Bruno Monsaingeon83 Minutes


"Unquiet Traveller defines Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski as a Romantic loner. Monsaingeon follows him on a specially set up train journey through snow-bound eastern Europe, in a carriage converted for him to take his Steinway on board. Photogenic and big-souled, Anderszewski proves utterly beguiling, whether chattering about his Warsaw childhood, taking his granny shopping in Budapest, or discussing his notorious perfectionism." - The Guardian

 

THE BYRON JANIS STORY, JULY 14 12:30 & 16 12:30

Director: Peter Rosen          56 Minutes


A new film biography of the American pianist on his 80th birthday. Janis fought a life-long battle against crippling arthritis and childhood injuries to become one of the greatest artists in the world.


THEY CAME TO PLAY, JULY 14 5:30 & 16 5:30

Director: Alex Rotaru          90 Minutes


A They Came to Play is an uplifting feature-length documentary chronicling the passion, pressure, and potential surrounding the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation, a prestigious event which reunites seventy-five of the world's best amateur pianists with their dreams, if only for a brief time.

 

 

 
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