FILM BLOCK ONE
CLASSICAL ARTS FILM FESTIVAL

OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION
Friday, October 7th
7:00pm
Tickets are $20


The event begins with three special documentary films, each having a unique approach to the celebration of the arts as well as an insight into the passion that drives individuals to pursue an arts profession.  There will be a food and wine reception during intermission and a discussion with filmmakers after the screenings.


FACE TO FACE:
Forgotten Voices Heard
Directed by Elliott Forrest, Kelly Hall-Tompkins
Produced by Kelly Hall-Tompkins and Music Kitchen -Food for the Soul

Produced by Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul, the pioneer organization to bring classical music to those experiencing homelessness.

Short film Face to Face: Forgotten Voices Heard, debuted with a song cycle at Carnegie Hall, introduces 4 shelter clients, their amazing life stories of homelessness and insight, wisdom and fame.

This powerful film, features performances by Music Kitchen, music of Pulitzer Prize-winning Forgotten Voices composer Paul Moravec, ASCAP Bernstein Award-winning composer Guy Mintus and celebrated photographer Margaret Morton.  It will shatter your assumptions and touch your soul.


Running Time: 16min
From New York, NY USA

MUSART
Directed by  Kevin Hanzlik
Produced by Randall Vemer

In a nearly 12-minute biographical documentary, Randall Vemer reveals what happened when his ability to play his beloved viola was taken away.

The film is filled with striking portraits of the people and instruments by which he's been surrounded for much of his life. And always the educator, the hauntingly lovely music is scored and timed, not only to enhance the viewer's enjoyment of Vemer's classical style images but also to point out which instrument is highlighted within the rich and ethereal paintings.

Randall Vemer's musical bio-doc is a moving tribute to the creativity, discipline, and heart of this incredibly talented man.

Running Time:  12min
From Portland, Oregon
USA

CRAZY DAYS
Or Making An Opera in Pandemic Times
Directed by Sanne Rovers
Produced by Ilja Roomans

Crazy Days is a film about the resilience, ingenuity and passion of the key players of the Dutch National Opera. The performing arts have been hit hard by the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Dutch National Opera faces a major challenge: how to make the enormous effort of Le Nozze di Figaro worthwhile, without a live audience to enjoy it.

Crazy Days is a documentary film that changes in appearance, changes its face, like the characters in Le Nozze di Figaro. Using the dramatic emotions of opera, and making parallels between reality and Le Nozze di Figaro, the film shows the importance of creating art, even in these crazy pandemic times.

Running Time: 1hr6min
From Amsterdam, Netherlands

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