Documentary
65_RedRoses
Directed by: Nimisha Mukerji and Philip Lyall
(Q&A with filmmaker after screening)
The award-winning 65_RedRoses celebrates the courage and determination of Eva Markvoort, a
23-year-old patient with Cystic Fibrosis. In desperate need of a double lung transplant, seeking others
who understand her potentially lethal condition, Eva turns to the Internet and Facebook. She soon
forms a powerful bond with two American girls in different stages of the same illness—online friendships
that withstand the tests of time and distance. Ultimately, this stunning work of contemporary
cinema-vérité filmmaking is a deeply inspiring film about taking control, reaching out and facing
mortality head-on. (70 minutes) American West Coast Premiere. Most Popular Canadian Documentary,
National Film Board of Canada; Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival.
Preceded by:
Recording Rites
Directed by Lucy Hilmer
(Q&A with filmmaker after screening)
Preoccupied by life’s impermanence, fine art portrait-photographer Lucy Hilmer attempts to stop time by photographing special moments— at regular intervals, year by year—in her only daughter’s first 21 years. (20 minutes) World Premiere.
(Q&A with filmmaker after screening)
The award-winning 65_RedRoses celebrates the courage and determination of Eva Markvoort, a
23-year-old patient with Cystic Fibrosis. In desperate need of a double lung transplant, seeking others
who understand her potentially lethal condition, Eva turns to the Internet and Facebook. She soon
forms a powerful bond with two American girls in different stages of the same illness—online friendships
that withstand the tests of time and distance. Ultimately, this stunning work of contemporary
cinema-vérité filmmaking is a deeply inspiring film about taking control, reaching out and facing
mortality head-on. (70 minutes) American West Coast Premiere. Most Popular Canadian Documentary,
National Film Board of Canada; Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival.Preceded by:
Recording Rites
Directed by Lucy Hilmer
(Q&A with filmmaker after screening)
Preoccupied by life’s impermanence, fine art portrait-photographer Lucy Hilmer attempts to stop time by photographing special moments— at regular intervals, year by year—in her only daughter’s first 21 years. (20 minutes) World Premiere.
This program is made possible by the generous
support of KRCB Public Broadcasting
support of KRCB Public Broadcasting
2010 Mendocino Film Festival