Films at The Doris: September

General information 
The Doris Duke Theatre opens its doors on Kinau Street one half-hour before each showing.
Tickets for films may be purchased at the theater door on the day of screening, beginning one half-hour before each showing.
Admission: $8.50 adults; $7.50 seniors, students and military; $5 Academy members.
Parking: For weekday matinees, theater patrons may park in the lot behind the Academy Art Center at Linekona (entrance on makai side of Beretania) for $3 with theater validation. For evening screenings, you can park free at the Academy's lot at 1035 Kinau St., Diamond Head of Victoria Street. Handicapped parking is available in the small Luce Pavilion lot on Victoria Street. Patrons using handicapped stalls should proceed to the main entrance on Kinau Street.
For the hearing impaired: The Doris Duke Theatre is equipped with the Easy Listener Hearing Assistance System. You can pick up a receiver at the ticket counter. 

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HAWAII PREMIERE
1981
Director: Ricardo Trogi
Canada, 2009, 102 mins.
In French with English subtitles
• September 1-5, 7-8 at 1, 4, and 7:30p.m. 

• September 9 at 1 and 7:30 p.m. 

• September10 at 1 and 4p.m.
Buy tickets online.    See the trailer.

A hit at international film festivals from Palm Springs to Pusan, this sweetly humorous semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film is a throwback to all things ‘80s. The film recounts the world of Ricardo, 11, and his obsessive adolescent crush, his quest to acquire new clothes and gadgets, and the web of lies he weaves to impress the cool kids. Très drôle et un chef-d’oeuvre!

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Oxbow Watermen Experience         See the trailer.
Director: Johnny Decesare
USA, Tahiti, Micronesia, 2010, 45 mins.
• September 14-15 at 1, 4, and 7:30p.m.
Buy tickets online.

Back by popular demand! In the winter of 2009 Laird Hamilton and top watermen Kai Lenny, Livi Siver, Duane Desoto, and Jason Polakow, converged on Peahi, Maui (known as "Jaws") to ride one of the biggest swells of the decade (66 ft.). Filmed in five countries, The Watermen Experience chronicles how a lifetime playing in the ocean prepares you for that one awesome— sometimes death defying—moment.

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Northern Exposure, Southern Love:
The best regional films from the Continental U.S. and Canada

This new monthly series, which will continue through 2011, honors regional films from the continental USA and Canada. Many of them you will not be able to see anywhere else—due to small budgets, they have not been picked up for distribution or been considered in international film festivals. Selected for their superb storytelling and acting, the inimitable people, landscapes, and cultures reflected in these films could only be made by filmmakers, established or emerging, who love, cherish, and are connected to the communities they portray. See it fresh and local at the Doris Duke Theatre.



Automorphosis          See the trailer.
Director: Harrod Blank USA, 2008, 76 mins.
• September 16-19 at 1, 4, and 7:30p.m.
Buy tickets online.

Harrod Blank takes us on a tour of eccentrics, visionaries, and just plain folks who have transformed their autos into artworks. Discover what drives the creative process for these unconventional characters. In the end, we find that an art car has the power to change—to alter our view of our increasingly homo- geneous world. Subjects featured include Harrod Blank and his Camea Van; world-renowned spoon bender Uri Geller and his fork-and-spoon-covered "Peace Car"; and Leonard Knight, a religious folk artist who has painted his vehicles as well as most of a mountain as a testament to his faith. Blank, as narrator, is the glue that binds these vibrant portraits.

Director Harrod Blank will introduce the film and be available for a Q+A after each 7:30 p.m. screening.

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HAWAII PREMIERE
NY Export: Opus Jazz       See the trailer.
Directors: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
USA, 2010, 60 mins.
• September 21-25 at 1, 4, & 7:30p.m.
Buy tickets online.

New York City Ballet dancers revive and re-imagine the classic midcentury choreography of Jerome Robbins’ 1958 "ballet in sneakers" in this feature-length adaptation. Shot on locations in Manhattan, the dancers inhabit a deserted basketball court, a public school gym, a concrete loft, a city diner, and New York’s elevated park The High Line. The film won an Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film festival. Following the feature is a short documentary about Robbins, the mastermind behind West Side Story’s choreography, and the making of the film.

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HAWAII PREMIERE
MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 
• September 26, 28-30 at 1, 4, and 7:30p.m.
Buy tickets online.

For one week, more than 200 cinemas spanning 6 continents unite for the world’s first global film festival. And you’re the judge!

Film lovers in Honolulu will get the chance to unite with audiences around the world as they watch 10 short films then vote for the winner of the Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. With past finalists garnering Oscar nominations—and a few of note nabbing a statuette—this is a unique opportunity for film buffs in Honolulu to get a glimpse of the future filmmakers and storytellers of tomorrow. For more information, see interviews with the finalists or find out what other theaters are participating, go to www.ManhattanShort.com

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COMING UP:

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, Oct. 1-3, 5-8. See the trailer.

The Last Days of Shishmaref, Oct 12-15. See the trailer.

Blind Loves, Oct 19-23. See the trailer.

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