Friday, June 15
KEEPERS OF THE MAGIC - 3:00 pm

Vittorio Storaro, Gordon Willis, and Roger Deakins are among the ten cinematographers featured in this breathtaking journey through cinematic images that have transfixed audiences around the world. The film provides insight into how cinema's most iconic moments came to be and honors the relatively unsung heroes whose vision and talent were always right before our eyes.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 77 min.

Preceded by short film, UNKNOWN ARTIST

 

MOUNTAIN - 5:00 pm 

Whether venturing inside a sherpa monastery or recording a mountain expanding and contracting as though breathing via the magic of time-lapse photography, there are moments of great beauty in the hold-your-breath edge-of-your-seat magnificence of MOUNTAIN. Witness sliding shots of snow-capped mountains ringed by clouds from Tibet to Australia to Alaska. Armed with drones and Go-Pros, the daredevils who climb them BASE jump, mountain bike, wingsuit, and walk tightrope between peaks, all described with gravity and awe by narrator Willem Dafoe.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Rated PG. 70 min.

 

PUZZLE - 7:30 pm 

Mauian Marc Turtletaub, producer of the Academy Award-winning Little Miss Sunshine, directs a cast, including the uber-talented Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan, in this gentle yet powerful story of a woman’s unexpected mid-life discovery that she’s a jigsaw-puzzle prodigy, which brings with it the birth of a newly discovered independent streak that inspires and changes her life forever. Variety raved that “Puzzle is the missing piece in American blockbuster filmmaking.”

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Rated R. 103 min.

Preceded by short film, I HEART NY

 

Saturday, June 16
THE BOOKSHOP - 3:00 pm 

This opening night film at the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival stars Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and the always amazing Maui Film Festival Honoree, Patricia Clarkson. Set in a small town in 1959 England, a woman opens a bookshop against polite but ruthless local opposition — a decision which becomes a political minefield, but helps her connect to a kindred spirit.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 113 min.

 

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL - 5:00 pm 

Hope Gracin is known as "the girl dying of cancer" and has fully embraced this identity. Posting YouTube videos, having fun with friends, having an Australian boyfriend, and being popular have been results of this identity… until her tests show that she is cured. Hope, unsure of what her new future holds, hides the truth. But as what happens with most secrets, the truth comes out. How will everyone react? With the help of her friends and loved ones, Hope faces her fear of living only to discover the beauty of living.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 78 min.

 

CALLING ALL EARTHLINGS - 7:30 pm

A 1950's Howard Hughes employee-confidante, George Van Tassel, uses alien guidance and Nikola Tesla's ideas to build a time machine, called the Integratron. Is he deluded, or could it actually work? As waves of devotees join him in the California desert, the FBI gets involved fearing insurrection and possibly more. Nearing completion, Van Tassel's tale and his time machine meet an unexpected end: the "workings" of the dome finally emerge. The unusual story is told by historians, astronomers, and current residents of Joshua Tree, including the stewards of the Integratron, the Karl sisters, and a galaxy of believers and skeptics alike. 

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 77 min.

Followed by short film, THE NEVER-ENDING MARATHON OF MR. DHARAM SINGH

Sunday, June 17

ZOO - 1:00 pm 

This remarkable true story, set in Belfast, Ireland, in 1941, tells the tale of a village that saved a baby elephant during the air raids of World War II. A perfect film for a Father’s Day matinee with your kids, or to remember what magic there can be even in the tumult of war.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 91 min.

 

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE - 3:00 pm 

Ten terrific short films explore the "I Heart New York" iconic branding story; two beautiful, smart, and powerful women's exploration of their lives and sexuality; a brave school girl in Pakistan driven to be a singer; a 100+ year old marathon runner in India; the world as seen through the eyes of a dog; a mini-doc on Brazil's stunnning natual beauty; and an animated walk with a Zen master taking form as a homeless person.

 

DIRT RICH - 5:00 pm 

While the sky may not be falling, the odds are good that climate change may make the planet unhealthy, if not uninhabitable, for human life and many species in our grandchildren’s lifetime. This living, breathing lesson in Earth wisdom makes clear there are geo-therapy strategies that are already returning our atmosphere to safe levels of carbon while “growing” healthy soil (our most precious resource), and coincidentally, supporting the health of the oceans of Earth at the same time.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 86 min.

 

LIVING IN THE FUTURE’S PAST - 7:30 pm

This trailblazing and mind-boggling documentary — let’s call it a poem to allow it to stand apart — explores the question, what kind of future do we want to live in? Jeff Bridges produced and cowrote the film, directed by Mauian Susan Kucera. It presents a beautifully photographed 4K tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the life challenges we face. This film upends our way of thinking and provides original insights into our subconscious motivations, the unintended consequences, and how our fundamental nature influences our future as humankind.

CLICK HERE to view the trailer. Not rated. 84 min.

Preceded by short film, FUTALEUFU