Friday: 7 pm; 9:20 pm
Saturday: 9 pm
Sunday matinee: 5 pm

Based on Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel, NORWEGIAN WOOD is the story of a teen romantic triangle set in tumultuous 1960s Tokyo. NORWEGIAN WOOD is beautifully directed by Tran Anh Hung (Academy Award nominee for The Scent of Green Papaya, Golden Lion winner for Cyclo) and stars Japanese rising star Kenichi Matsuyama and Oscar-nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) alongside newcomer Kiko Mizuhara. Gorgeous cinematography by Mark Lee Ping Bin (In The Mood For Love) and a genious soundtrack by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood, We Need To Talk About Kevin).

2 hrs 13 mins, rated NR

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Saturday: 7 pm

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The first feature-length documentary film to fully investigate the growing threat to Earth’s life-support systems from the loss of biodiversity. If current trends continue, scientists warn that half or more of all plant and animal species on Earth will become extinct within the next few decades. Call of Life investigates the scope, the causes, and the predicted effects of this unprecedented loss of life, but also looks deeper, at the ways in which both culture and psychology have helped to create and perpetuate the situation.

80 minutes; rated NR

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David Ulansey, Executive Producer, is the creator and webmaster of massextinction.net, the Web’s oldest and most comprehensive source of information on the current mass extinction. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Boston University, Barnard College (Columbia University), the University of Vermont, and Princeton University. He is the author of The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries (Oxford University Press), and has published articles in Scientific American and numerous other scholarly journals.

Sponsored By Central Bucks Bicycle Club

Friday
7:00 pm, Short Film Program with Meet-the-Director (via Skype)
7:45 pm, Klunkerz, Plus Meet-the-Director, Billy Savage (via Skype)

Saturday
7:00 pm, Short Film Program with Meet-the-Director (via Skype)
8:00 pm, Bicycle Dreams, Plus Speaker, Dr. KC Wilder, Sports Psychology

Sunday
5:00 pm, Race Across America, Plus Meet-the-Director Stephen Auerbach (via Skype)

Tickets:
One Night Pass: $10 ACME or CBBC Member/$15 Non-Member
“FREE” BFF Weekend Pass For New Members* Who Join Jan 15-Feb 9, 2012
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ACME’s Bicycle Film Festival is made possible in full by the sponsorship of Central Bucks Bicycle Club, which is dedicated to the encouragement of all aspects of bicycling. The Club’s mission is to sponsor and support recreational cycling activities; to encourage bicycling as a lifelong activity, as a beneficial form of exercise, as a method of transportation, and as a sport; and to promote equal road rights and safe bicycling practices.

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Sponsored By Central Bucks Bicycle Club

7 pm Short Film Program

The Backwards Rider (9 mins), Plus Meet-the-Director, Ben Lenzner (via Skype)

Details of Part (5 mins)

Little Green Bike (2 mins)

Fabric Bike (8 min)

7:45 PM FEATURE FILM

Klunkerz, Plus Meet-the-Director, Billy Savage (via Skype)

Long before the mountain bike entered our global consciousness, the cycling enthusiasts of Northern California’s Marin County rode modified pre-WWII bicycles down the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. This documentary tells the story of the men who developed trail bikes through rigorous field-testing, often risking life and limb to do so. Some of these cyclists were Category-1 road racers looking for a new way to train during the off-season. Others were simply fun-loving hippies looking for a new way to commune with nature. Their early bikes were scavenged from dumpsters and junkyards. It was from these humble beginnings that a multi-billion dollar mountain bike industry, a form of recreation for the masses, and an Olympic event, were born.

83 mins; Rated NR

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Sponsored By Central Bucks Bicycle Club

7 PM Short Film Program

Racing Towards Red Hook (22 mins), Plus Meet-the-Director Jessica Scott (via Skype)

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7:35 PM Bike Lordz (17 mins)

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8 PM FEATURE FILM

Bicycle Dreams, Plus Speaker, KC Wilder, Sports Psychology

Bicycle Dreams is the powerful true story of the Race Across America, a 3000-mile bicycle race that challenges riders to cross the country in just ten days. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime is transformed in an instant when tragedy strikes the race. These voyagers discover what is truly at stake as they pedal on, praying for the deliverance only the finish line can bring. By journey’s end, some are saved, others are lost, but all learn that the fuel that takes a soul toward its own true destiny is desire.

104 mins; rated NR

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K.C. Wilder Company is an applied sports psychology company specializing in individual, teams and family therapy. With over 12 years experience as a sports psychologist, KC Wilder’s areas of expertise are performance enhancement, overcoming anxiety, and balancing the freedoms of sport with the responsibilities of life. Her consulting approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address sport and exercise challenges.

Sponsored By Central Bucks Bicycle Club

5 pm FEATURE FILM

Race Across America, Plus Meet-the-Director Stephen Auerbach (via Skype)

The inspirational true story of the event that Outside Magazine calls the “toughest race in the world.” Narrated by legendary sports broadcaster Jim Lampley, Race Across America captures all the drama and emotion of RAAM. The film is the first in a trilogy of spellbinding cycling documentaries by award-winning filmmaker Stephen Auerbach. The second in the series, Bicycle Dreams, has already won 15 film festival awards and counting. 104 mins; rated NR

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Stephen Auerbach has executive produced, produced, directed or written over 125 hours of programming for major network broadcast outlets, cable networks and syndication: NBC (including: The World’s Most Amazing Videos, Whacked Out Sports, You Asked For It!, and Race Across America) DISCOVERY NETWORKS (including: How’d They Do That?, World’s Most…), FOX-TV (including: In Search Of…, Road to Fame), ABC-TV; UPN; THE LEARNING CHANNEL; VERSUS; SCI-FI CHANNEL, FINE LIVING; and the USA NETWORKS.

Friday

7 pm, Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action
9pm, Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animation

Sunday

5 pm, Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action
7pm,  Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animation

Join us to watch the films nominated for the 2012 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Oscar Awards in the category of Live Action Short Film and Animated Short Film.

Live Action Running Time:  1 hour 50 minutes
Animation Running Time:  1 hour 20 minutes

FRIDAY:
7pm & 9pm, Film Only

SATURDAY:
7pm, Film Plus Meet-the-Director, Robert Connolly, via SKYPE
9:15 pm, Film Only

As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East’s determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President.

1 hr 51 mins, rated NR

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An Evening on “The Art of Filmmaking” with Ted Tally, Oscar-Award Winning Screenwriter and Larry McConkey, Cinematographer, Plus Reception at Caffe Galleria, Lambertville House

5:00 pm

Ted Tally won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Silence of the Lambs and wrote The Red Dragon, and All the Pretty Horses, as well as serving as creative consultant on Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Madagascar.

Larry McConkey is a steadycam operator and cinematographer. His credits include Hugo, Silence of the Lambs, Goodfellas, Kill Bill, The Sopranos and more.

Ted Tally and Larry McConkey will show select scenes from the award-winning films they have worked on and discuss the creative approaches that made these films so unforgettable. Time will be reserved for audience questions. Event will be followed by a reception at Caffe Galleria with complimentary appetizers and cash bar.  Oscars will be shown in bar after reception.  Please contact Caffe Galleria for dinner reservations, sold separately.

Please Note: This event is subject to rescheduling due to guests’ possible production schedule, which can get booked at a moment’s notice. That’s show biz! In any case, not to worry: all tickets will be refunded should this occur.

Tickets:
$20 Members
Free Admission for “New Member – Art of Filmmaking”*
$30 Non-Members

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(*This ticket is available online only January 15 to February 25, 2012. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE. This ticket cannot be applied to any other “New Member” promotions. Ticket includes all benefits of a one-year ACME Membership plus free admission to An Evening on “The Art of Filmmaking” with Ted Tally, Screenwriter and Larry McConkey, Cinematographer, Plus Reception.)