Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country during which Axel challenges Eyal’s values. Eytan Fox, 103 min., English, Hebrew, and German, 2004, Israel. Co-sponsored by the Israeli Palestinian Film Festival.

Walk on Water
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 6pm
UCSB Multicultural Center – End of UCen Rd
Directions

Which Way Home – Film Screening
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6pm
UCSB Multicultural Center – end of UCen Rd
Directions

Films by: Sweetgrass Productions, Teton Gravity Research, Powderwhore, Snow Lion & Others
Beer & Wine Tent in the Courtyard
Tickets available at: Mountain Air Sports, 14 State St, Santa Barbara
or online at alpine-exposure.com
For more info call 805/302-8254

2010 Backcountry Film Festival
Victoria Hall Theater, 33 West Victoria, Santa Barbara, CA
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7pm
$10 in advance, $12 at the door

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet – 6 PM
“An absolute treat for balletomanes.” Variety

Documentary master Frederick Wiseman turns his attention to one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, The Paris Opera Ballet, as they rehearse and perform seven ballets including Le Songe de Medée by Angelin Preljocaj, Orphée and Eurydice by Pina Bausch, and Romeo and Juliette by Sasha Waltz. (2009, 158 min.)

Strictly Bolshoi – 9 PM
“Even if you aren’t a dance fan you will appreciate the drama and laughs…” The Times, London

This Emmy Award-winning film follows sought-after ballet choreographer Christopher Wheeldon as he becomes the first Englishman to be invited to create a new work for Moscow’s prestigious Bolshoi Ballet. Featuring some of the world’s finest classical ballet dancers in rare rehearsal footage of Wheeldon’s creation, the compelling docu-drama captures the pressures and demands in creating a ballet worthy of the dancers and the Bolshoi’s strict traditions. (Michael Nunn & William Trevitt, 2007, 77 min.)

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6:00 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $10.00, UCSB Students $8.00
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Coraline
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 7:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
Free!

The Yes Men Fix The World
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:30 & 9:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $6.00, UCSB Students $5.00
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An absurdist political comedy with razor-sharp dialogue, In the Loop satirizes the ineptitude of our highest leaders and their culture of spin in a film that is “relentlessly funny – vicious and delicious” (The Guardian, London). With everyone looking out for number one and the fate of the free world at stake, the hilarious ensemble cast of characters (Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini) bumbles its way across continents and through Machiavellian political dealings to unforeseeable comic resolutions. (Armando Iannucci, 2009, 106 min.)

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB Radio.

In The Loop
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $6.00, UCSB Students $5.00
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Documentary Film Night
Something Unknown
Monday, January 4, 2010 – 7:30pm
Pescadrome, 101 S Quarantina St, Santa Barbara

WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2008)
Director Ari Folman employs vivid black-and-white animation in this Golden Globe-winning film, exploring the memory gaps in his life during his service for the Israeli army in the Lebanese war of the early 1980s. Recounting stories based on recorded interviews with colleagues and friends, Folman relives the horrors of war and dissects the curious coping mechanisms humans use to survive under brutal circumstances.

DOCUMENTARY FILM NIGHT
Monday, December 7th at 7:30pm
Pescadrome, 101 S Quarantina, Santa Barbara
Free!

THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE:
Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (2006)
More info: www.thegreathappinessspace.com/

Fishbon Event Lab – Pescadrome
101 S Quarantina, Santa Barbara
Monday, November 16th, 2009, 7:30pm