The Last Laugh screening
2016-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little Theatre will screen The Last Laugh (Ferne Pearlstein, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 85 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Ferne Pearlstein.
The Last Laugh is a feature documentary about what is taboo for humor, seen through the lens of the Holocaust and other seemingly off-limits topics, in a society that prizes free speech.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Shorts Shot on Film Program
2016-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The High Falls Film Festival has partnered with Kodak to present the Shorts Shot on Film program. Shorts submitted to this year's festival, which were created using film, were entered into consideration for the second annual KODAK Vision Award, which marries the festival's mission with Kodak's commitment to supporting the achievement of women in the industry.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

The Birth of a Nation screening (2016-Nov-10 @ 7 p.m.)
2016-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, U.S. 2016, 120 min.) "Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Nov-2]

Hidden Passions: Melissa Matson and Karl Smith
2016-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
This monthly series celebrates the private hobbies and creative lives of Rochesterians and puts them center stage at MAG. Come see what inspires your neighbors! Be moved by their hyphenated lives and liberate the creative promise inside you.
[source: MAG website, 2016-Nov-7]

Peeping Tom screening
2016-11-10 20:00 - 21:41 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, U.K. 1960, 101 min., 35mm) as part of the (In)visibility series.
Viewed as reprehensible in its day (while Psycho, released in the U.K. the same year, enjoyed widespread acclaim), this psychological thriller from the director of Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes is universally recognized as a masterpiece today. Carl Boehm plays a driven young man who seeks out Lower London prostitutes; armed with a 16mm camera that kills, his aim is to capture the ultimate expression of fear on film. Remarkable for its complex dealings with voyeurism and culpability, Peeping Tom remains one of the most modern texts yet made on the manipulative power of the moving image. Print courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Nov-7]

Opening Night Party at The Penthouse
2016-11-10 20:30 - 22:30 | One East Avenue, 1 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Join us for a fabulous opening party at The Penthouse at One East Avenue, offering views of the city skyline to Lake Ontario from the 11th floor wrap-around terrace and glass-walled party room. Mingle with visiting filmmakers and film fans and enjoy decadent desserts, hors d'oeuvres, and a cash bar plus live movie-themed music from the band Backstory, also playing rock and R&B classics.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Queen of Katwe screening (2016-Nov-10 @ 9:05 p.m.)
2016-11-10 21:05 - 23:09 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, U.S. 2016, 124 min.) "A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Nov-2]

Lori Waxman: 60 wrd/min art critic (2016-Nov-11 @ 10 a.m.)
2016-11-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Burns Building, 23 E. Huron St., Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
Since 2005, Lori Waxman has conducted a work of performance art about art criticism through her ongoing performance 60 wrd/min art critic. During these performances, Waxman reviews artwork by area artists and provides a brief written review on a first-come, first-served basis. For three days at the storefront of the Burns Building at 23 Huron St, Waxman will receive artists seeking reviews as part of 60 wrd/min art critic. Reviews, which are free of charge, will be scheduled and written in twenty-five minute increments. The performance dates and times are November 11, 12, and 13 between 10 to 4pm. Reviews will be signed, "published," and ready for pick-up within the timeframe of the performance. Artist, artwork, critic, and review will all exist in the same space simultaneously, thereby helping to demystify the art review process. In addition, the reviews will be published in The Public—both in print and on their website. Waxman describes the 60 wrd/min art critic as many things: "an exploration of short-form art writing, a work of performance art in and of itself, an experiment in role shifting between artist and critic, a democratic gesture, and a circumvention of the art review process." She says that at a time when newspaper and magazine art columns are disappearing, the 60 wrd/min art critic "aims to get a community thinking about where the responsibility for art criticism resides…the project deals comically and literally with the idea that there are too many artists and galleries, and not enough critical venues to cover it all."
[source: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center website, 2016-Nov-7]

NY LOVES FILM Roundtable
2016-11-11 16:30 - 17:30 | Arbor Loft, 17 Pitkin St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
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]

Coffee Chat (2016-Nov-11 @ 4:30 p.m.)
2016-11-11 16:30 - 18:30 | Arbor Loft, 17 Pitkin St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Engage with filmmakers and festival fans from a front-row-seat during an intimate and informal one-hour talk.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

My Love Affair with the Brain : The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond screening
2016-11-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little Theatre will screen 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.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with directors Catherine Ryan, and Gary Weimberg.
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-10]

Opening Reception for Under Safelight: Chris Holmquist, Jonathan Merritt, Mark J. Watts
2016-11-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Genesee Center for the Arts, 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Genesee Center for the Arts will host an Opening Reception for Under Safelight with photographic works by Chris Holmquist, Jonathan Merritt, and Mark J. Watts, on display through January 7, 2017. [source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2016-Nov-9]

Veterans Day Open Mic and Potluck
2016-11-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Writers & Books, 740 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Writers and Books has been fortunate to host the Veterans Writing Group every first Saturday. This Veterans Day join us for an open mic and potluck for veterans, and listen to them share their moving work.
[source: Writers and Books website, 2016-Nov-7]

Deepwater Horizon screening (2016-Nov-11 @ 7 p.m.)
2016-11-11 19:00 - 20:47 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Deepwater Horizon (Peter Berg, Hong Kong / U.S. 2016, 107 min.) "A dramatization of the April 2010 disaster when the offshore drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Nov-9]

Sugar! screening
2016-11-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little Theatre will screen Sugar! (Shari Berman, USA 2016, Narrative Feature Film, 81 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Shari Berman.
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 â€¦
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Short Films Program 1
2016-11-11 19:40 - 21:40 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Tales of high-school reunions, love blossoming in Paris, life ending for a mother and daughter, and transgender dating come to High Falls Film Festival from France, Spain, the U.S., and Taiwan.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Ni le ciel ni la terre (Neither Heaven Nor Earth) screening
2016-11-11 20:00 - 21:40 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Ni le ciel ni la terre (Neither Heaven Nor Earth, Clément Cogitore, France/Belgium 2015, 100 min., DCP, French and Persian w/subtitles) as part of the (In)visibility series.
A French army captain and his squad are assigned to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan, on the border of Pakistan. Negotiating control of the region between local shepherds and possible Taliban sympathizers grows more and more tenuous as men from all sides start mysteriously disappearing. Unable to explain this eerie phenomenon, the soldiers find themselves embroiled in an existential nightmare, desperate for their own safety, surrounded by an invisible and yet very palpable threat that originates primarily in their cultural and political ignorance. The Hollywood Reporter calls it a "gripping mash-up of Lone Survivor, The Thing, and The Blair Witch Project that pits a squad of French soldiers against a supernatural menace far deadlier than the Taliban."
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Nov-7]

Don't Breathe screening (2016-Nov-11 @ 8:50 p.m.)
2016-11-11 20:50 - 22:18 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Don't Breathe (Fede Alvarez, U.S. 2016, 88 min.) "Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Nov-9]

Taxi Driver screening
2016-11-11 21:00 - 22:53 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, U.S. 1976, 113 min.) as part of the Mondo Movie Series.
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
[source: Little Theatre website, 2016-Nov-7]

Roarshark musical performance
2016-11-11 21:00 - 23:00 | Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Skylark Lounge calendar, 2016-Nov-7]

Seth Faergolzia and The 23 Psaegz musical performance (2016-Nov-11 @ 10 p.m.)
2016-11-11 22:00 - 2016-11-12 00:00 | Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Rochester's own, Seth Faergolzia and The 23 Psaegz is an eclectic, semi-orchestral musical group of the anti-folk/freak-folk variety, headed by former Dufus front-runner, Seth Faergolzia.
[source: Abilene website, 2016-Nov-7]

Kodak 16mm Filmmaking Workshop (2016-Nov-12 @ 10 a.m.)
2016-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
A hands-on 16mm workshop presented by Kodak. Free participation, space limited, registration required.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Children's Short Films Program
2016-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The High Falls Film Festival is proud to host a special screening of the Rochester International Children's Film Festival.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Lori Waxman: 60 wrd/min art critic (2016-Nov-12 @ 10 a.m.)
2016-11-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Burns Building, 23 E. Huron St., Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States

Coffee Chat (2016-Nov-12 @ 10:30 a.m.)
2016-11-12 10:30 - 12:30 | Arbor Loft, 17 Pitkin St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

The Good Breast screening
2016-11-12 11:00 - 13:00 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little Theatre will screen The Good Breast (Bernadette Wegenstein, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 94 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Bernadette Wegenstein.
The Good Breast shares the diverse emotional journeys of four women and their surgeon as they face the challenges of breast cancer. Their experiences reveal how the breast is far more than just an organ, but contains within it all the history, suffering, and power of female identity.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]

Short Films by the Women of RIT's School of Film and Animation
2016-11-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
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]

EvenOdd Pop Up Shop
2016-11-12 13:00 - 16:00 | Little Button Craft and Press, 658 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
EvenOdd designs and manufactures one of a kind bags and unique fashion accessories from upcycled, recycled and quality US sourced materials. Our core material is recycled bike inner tubes. If your looking for a boring bag off an assembly line in China, get off this site and go to the mall, because you won't get one from us.
[source: Facebook, 2016-Nov-7]

Kodak 16mm Filmmaking Workshop (2016-Nov-12 @ 2 p.m.)
2016-11-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States

Gala & Godfrey screening
2016-11-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little Theatre will screen Gala & Godfrey (Kristin Ellingson, USA 2016, Narrative Feature Film, 118 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Kristin Ellingson.
Once upon a time, a British bad boy met a lost American girl and they lived happily ever after (yea, right). Love is like an old vinyl record — the hits aren't that good and the B-side is more interesting. Gala & Godfrey is a witty and irresistible film that is made of short, episodic visual "tracks." They chart the hurricane-force rise, fall, and chaotic aftermath of the marriage of Godfrey, a cocky Brit who sings lead in a rock band, and Gala, a perky American who wants love and stability. What begins as a fairy-tale romance between opposites soon becomes a showdown between warring kingdoms, played out via squirm-in-your-seat humor with palpable sexual tension.
[source: High Falls Film Festival website, 2016-Nov-10]
