Marshall's Spring International Film Festival Now Showing at Keith

INCENDIES: CANADA

Incendies was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. When notary Lebel sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan to read them their mother Nawal's will, the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes – one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn't know existed. With Lebel's help, the twins set out to the Middle East to understand the life of their deceased enigmatic mother, who has left them with a puzzle only they can piece together. (2 hr. 10 min. French & Arabic with English Subtitles)

Show Times:

Friday, February 3 @ 5:30 PM        

Sunday, February 5 @ 7:30 PM                  

Monday, February 6 @ 7:30 PM

SARAH’S KEY: FRANCE

Based on the international best seller by Tatiana De Rosnay, SARAH'S KEY stars Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia Jarmond, an American journalist married to a Frenchman, who is commissioned to write an article about the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up in 1942 Paris, when the French police went door-to-door arresting Jewish families. As Julia researches for her article, she stumbles upon a family secret which will link her to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah. Harrowing, emotionally complex and filled with pathos, the film is a moving tale of an important period in French history. (1 hr. 41 min. French & English with English Subtitles)

Show Times:

            Saturday, February 4 @ 5:30 PM

            Sunday, February 5 @ 2:30 PM

            Wednesday, February 8 @ 7:30 PM

THE COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN: COLOMBIA

Young Manuel lives with his hard-working farmer parents in the remote, mountainous region of the Colombian countryside. While the adults in their lives try to avoid both the armed military and the guerrilla rebels fighting each other in the area, Manuel and his friend Julián are obsessed with playing soccer any chance they get. Shortly after his birthday, the new ball Manuel received as a gift gets kicked off to a minefield, and he, Julián and their friend Poca Luz will do everything in their power to recover their prized belonging—an essential part of their everyday lives and dreams. (1 hr. 33min.  Spanish with English Subtitles)

Show Times:

            Friday, February 3 @ 7:40PM

            Monday, February 6 @ 5:30 PM

            Thursday, February 9 @ 5:30 PM

SUBMARINE: UK

The soon-to-be fifteen-year-old hero of this engagingly offbeat story, Oliver Tate, lives in Wales. At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world surrounding him, and a budding, hormone-driven, emotional explorer, Oliver is stealthily nosing his way forward through the murky and uniquely perilous waters of adolescence. His objectives? Uncovering the secrets behind his parents’ teetering marriage, unraveling the mystery that is his alluring and equally quirky classmate Jordana Bevan, and understanding where he fits in among the other mystifying, beings in his orbit. (1 hr. 37 min. English)

Show Times:

            Saturday, February 4 @ 9:45 PM

            Sunday, February 5 @ 5:30 PM

            Wednesday, February 8 @ 5:30 PM

A SMALL ACT: USA

When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but years later she does. Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the UN, Chris Mburu decides to find the stranger that changed his life. Inspired by her generosity, he starts a scholarship program of his own and names it for his former benefactor. Using a strong narrative, the film interweaves seemingly separate lives into a cohesive whole. With clarity and grace, A SMALL ACT, bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create. (1 hr. 28 min. English)

Show Times:

            Saturday, February 4 @ 2:30 PM

            Sunday, February 5 @ 9:45 PM

            Tuesday, February 7 @ 5:30 PM

CIRCUMSTANCE: IRAN

This Sundance Winner for Best Dramatic Film is set in contemporary Iran in the unseen world of Iranian youth culture, filled with underground parties, sex, drugs and defiance, CIRCUMSTANCE is the story of two vivacious young girls -- wealthy Atafeh and orphaned Shireen -- discovering their burgeoning sexuality and, like 16 year-old girls anywhere, struggling with their desires and the boundaries placed upon them by the world they were born into. (1 hr. 45 min. Persian with English Subtitles.)

Show Times:

            Friday, February 3 @ 9:45 PM

            Saturday, February 4 @ 7:30 PM

            Tuesday, February 7 @ 7:30 PM

As Henry Miller once said, “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”  Come see one, or see them all; THE SPRING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is always a unique fun filled journey around the world.   

Tickets for THE SPRING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL are $7 for individual films and may be purchased at the event.  Patrons can also visit www.marshallartistsseries.org for schedule. film trailers and more information.