April 26-29, Danbury & Bethel
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Opening Night - World Premiere
6pm Red Carpet Reception, Film, Panel & After Party

VIP Party 5:30pm (get on the list) Welcome Reception Doors Open 6:00pm

This is not a typical, sensational Wall Street’s gone wild film, but rather a jaw dropping street level, 360-degree view of systemic malfeasance and widespread corruption.

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Friday Night Film & After Party
Oscar Nominated "Chico & Rita" Presented By: Union Savings Bank

The entertainment business always increases the odds of a successful relationship with the opposite sex. Such is the case with Chico & Rita in 1948 Cuba. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey – in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero – brings heartache and torment.

 

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Celebrity Comedy Shorts - Sat 7:15pm Palace THeatre
From The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival
"Grampires: When Sharon Bit Harry" Starring Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren

"Grampires: When Sharon Bit Harry" Starring Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren. From The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival - Sat 7:15pm At The Palace Theatre

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"More To Live For" & Michael Brecker Tribute Concert
Closing Night Film, Tribute Concert To Saxophone Legend: Michael Brecker & Party - Sunday, April 29 - Palace Theatre, Danbury CT - Doors Open 6:00pm

See A Movie, Save A Life, Connecticut Premiere! Welcome Reception Doors Open 5:30pm 

“More to Live For” (Director Noah Hutton) is the story of three lives, all shaken by cancer and dependent upon the one vital bone marrow match that could save them. These individuals are similar only in their fate and prolific accomplishments: Michael Brecker, 15-time Grammy winner, one of the greatest tenor saxophonists of all time; James Chippendale, entertainment executive and founder of The Love Hope Strength foundation, the largest music centric cancer charity in the world and Seun Adebiyi, a young Nigerian training to become the first ever Nigerian winter Olympic athlete in any sport.

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"Chico & Rita" Oscar Nominated Feature & After Party
Presented By Host For The Evening: Union Savings Bank

6:00pm Friday April 27 Welcome Reception, Screening & After Party Featuring Cuban Music & Cuisine

Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey – in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero – brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.

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Varla Jean & The Mushroom Heads
Sat 9:00pm Palace Theatre. Wear Your Best Varla

After years of performing in dive bars and bathhouses around New Orleans, semi-celebrity and loose chanteuse Varla Jean Merman (Jeffery Roberson) is watching her audience get older by the minute. In a last-ditch effort to prop up her sagging career, Varla decides to go after a younger crowd - kids.

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Jesus Was A Commie
Short Film - Screening Opening Night Film With Confidence Game
Q & A With Actor - Director Matthew Modine

Could it be argued that Jesus was a Communist? There's no question he was a revolutionary. But not with violence. His revolution involved a complete and dramatic change in the way people thought; progressive and liberal thinking.

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Henry Harper is a successful novelist who has it all. But after surviving a recent trauma he finds himself haunted by a dream that terrifies him.

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On April 26, The Connecticut Film Festival will take Danbury by storm as it does every year around this time. This year the festival will screen a wide variety of features, shorts, documentaries, animations and student films during its 4-day and night festival. Films and workshops will take place at: The Palace Theatre, Bethel Cinema, The Danbury Library and the Danbury Women’s Center

Always looking to please, surprise and often shock audiences with thought provoking films and discussion, this years movies can change lives, possibly save lives (see Sunday night’s program) and hopefully shake audiences out of their everyday boring (automatic pilot) routine.         

Our hard-hitting “Occupy” block of films will have you thinking long after the festival is over! Opening Night is no exception, when three of our - grab your attention - films lead off the festival with a World Premiere! State of Connecticut Attorney General, George Jepsen will handle the introduction to set the stage. Following the screenings will be a lively panel discussion with cast members and a World Premiere after party catered by Some Things Fishy Catering!