My Love Affair with the Brain : The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond screening

The Little Theatre will screen the High Falls Film Festival's Audience Choice — BEST of the FEST Documentary, My Love Affair with the Brain : The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond (Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 61 min.).

Meet Dr. Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience. This documentary mixture of real science and real life reveals a unique portrait of one woman's life as a pioneer in the emerging field of neuroscience. Dr. Diamond decisively challenged old views and changed forever our paradigm for understanding the brain. Enrichment and plasticity were the scientific battleground for this "brain whisperer." My Love Affair with the Brain was filmed over five years and is part biography, part scientific adventure story, and part inspirational tale.

[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-14]

Sugar! screening

The Little Theatre will screen the High Falls Film Festival's Audience Choice — BEST of the FEST Narrative Film, Sugar! (Shari Berman, USA 2016, Narrative Feature Film, 81 min.).

Responding to a dare, Leslie, a 50+ Indiana piano teacher (Tony-award winner Alice Ripley) secretly forms an all-woman rock band, Sugar. At the same time, her husband, a conservative Republican, runs for Congress. The band quickly goes viral as "MILF" musicians. When her husband (SAG Award Winner Robert Clohessy) and college-bound daughter discover the secret, all hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Leslie has a clandestine affair with a younger bartender and while being caught between responsibilities and dreams, she almost destroys the band. But victory is in the air …

[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-14]

Short Films by the Women of RIT's School of Film and Animation

A tradition since the festival began in 2001, High Falls features a shorts program showcasing work by the female students of the School of Film and Animation (SOFA) at Rochester Institute of Technology. Ten films will take the screen this year, focused on an array of topics from a disgruntled T-Rex, end-of-life experiences, pigs as pets, and selling your soul for a sandwich — told in video, 3D, animation, and puppets.

[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

NY LOVES FILM Roundtable

Meet the team from the New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture & Television Development for a roundtable discussion of all things productive in New York State – tax credits, location scouting, finding stages and crew, and more. Whether you're a first time filmmaker wondering where to start or a veteran producer looking to catch up on the latest, this informal face-to-face Q&A is an invaluable opportunity to meet Team NY and hear, firsthand about all the great things New York State has to offer.

[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]