PSIFF 10-Jan

Lagerfeld Confidential
France, 2007, 87 Minute Running Time
Topic: Documentary
Language: French/English English Sub-Titles

Fashionistas and non-fashionistas alike will enjoy this documentary about the prolific and eccentric German-born designer Karl Lagerfeld, reviver of the Chanel brand, stylish to the tips of his fingers—adorned in fingerless gloves and multiple silver rings.

DIRECTOR: Rodolphe Marconi
Producer: Gregory Bernard
Editor: Laure Mercier
Screenwriter: Rodlphe Marconi
Cinematographer: Rodolphe Marconi
Principal Cast: Featuring: Karl Lagerfield, Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman, Princess Caroline of Monaco,
Filmography: The Last Day (2004), Love Forbidden (2002), This Is My Body (2001)
World Sales: Films Distribution

Black White + Gray
USA, 2007, 72 Minute Running Time
Topics: Documentary, Gay/Lesbian, Music

Exploring the relationships between legendary curator Sam Wagstaff, famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and punk rock’s “poet laureate” Patti Smith, Black White + Gray reveals the fascinating story of the influential figures who helped form the epicenter of New York’s grand collision of art, fashion, music and clublife in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

DIRECTOR: James Crump
Producer: Stanley Buchthal, David Koh, Maja Hoffmann
Editor: Dave Giles, William Davis
Screenwriter: James Crump
Cinematographer: Christopher Felver, Harry Geller, Paul Lundahl, Eric Koziol, David Koh
Music: J. Ralph
Principal Cast: Patti Smith, Dominick Dunne, Euggnia Parry, Sam Wagstaf, Robert Mapplethorpe
Filmography: Debut Feature Film
World Sales: Arthouse Films

Shake Hands with the Devil
Canada, 2007, 112 Minute Running Time
Topics: Drama, Political
Language: English/French English Sub-Titles

Shackled by an inadequate mandate, a U.N. general fights to prevent the seemingly inevitable violence as civil war threatens to break out in Rwanda in this devastating drama—an indictment of the global community’s failure to respond to humanitarian crisis.

DIRECTOR: Roger Spottiswoode
Producer: Laszlo Barna, Michael Donovan
Editor: Michel Arcand
Screenwriter: Michael Donovan
Cinematographer: Miroslaw Baszak
Music: David Hirschfelder
Principal Cast: Roy Dupuis, James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau, Deborah Kara Unger, Owen Lebakeng Sejake
Filmography: Ripley Under Ground (2005), The 6th Day (2000), Air America (1990), Shoot to Kill (1988), Under Fire (1983)
World Sales: Bankside Films