PSIFF 10-Jan

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
USA, 2008, 84 Minute Running Time
Topic: Art/Architecture/Film
Programs: True Stories, Valley Views
Language: English

In his eight-decade career, California-based Julius Shulman became the world's preeminent architecture photographer and the man who defined the way we view modernism. This visually inventive documentary revisits with the joyful, whip-smart photographer some of the landmark houses— including the Palm Springs Kaufmann House — he has immortalized on film.

DIRECTOR: Eric Bricker
Producer: Eric Bricker, Babette Zilch
Editor: Charlton McMillan
Screenwriter: Eric Bricker, Phil Ethington
Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti, Aiken Weiss
Music: Charlie Campagna
Principal Cast: Narrated by Dustin Hoffman
Filmography: Debut Feature
World Sales: Submarine

American Primitive
USA, 2009, 93 Minute Running Time
World Premiere
Topic: Gay/Lesbian
Programs: Valley Views, World Cinema Now
Language: English

Alternately funny and heartbreaking, American Primitive tells the story of the havoc that surrounds a teenaged girl's life when she discovers her widowed father is gay. Inspired by true events, the film is set in small-town America against the backdrop of suspicion, traditional family values, and the rapidly changing sexual identity of the '70s.

DIRECTOR: Gwen Wynne
Producer: James Egan, Adam W. Rosen, Gwen Wynne
Editor: Joanne D'Antonio
Screenwriter: Gwen Wynne, Mary Beth Fielder
Cinematographer: Christopher Chomyn
Music: Alice Wood
Principal Cast: Tate Donovan,Danielle Savre, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Adam Pascal, Anne Ramsey, Josh Peck
Filmography: Debut Feature