2009 Special Events
A Conversation With Pat Carroll
Best known as the voice of the evil "Ursula" in
the animated film The Little Mermaid or as Shirley Feeney's mother on Laverne
& Shirley, Pat Carroll makes an impression wherever she goes. Join us for a lively conversation with this
actress, comedienne, voice talent and personality as she discusses her career
in and out of the spotlight with animator Fred Armstrong.
Sponsored by Animatus Studio.
A Conversation with CCH Pounder
Join Jack Garner as he discusses CCH Pounder's career on
television, stage and cinema.
A Conversation with Lesley Stahl
As one of the world's leading journalists, Lesley Stahl
worked as a White House correspondent during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter,
Ronald Reagan, and George H. Bush. She
was moderator of shows like Face the Nation and is featured regularly on 60
Minutes. Ms. Stahl has interviewed some
of the most important people of our time.
Join RHFIFF Artistic Director Catherine Wyler and Ms. Stahl
for a discussion about life in the fast paced world of journalism.
A Conversation with Lynn Redgrave
A special opportunity to meet our 2009 "Failure is
Impossible" Award recipient, Lynn Redgrave, when she joins Catherine Wyler
for an enlightening discussion about her career. Film, television, theatre, and
a legendary acting family… not to be missed!
SCREENPLAY LIVE!
For the 5th year in a row, SCREENPLAY LIVE! returns to the
Rochester High Falls Film Festival with a live staged reading of the winning
screenplay from the first ever "Screenplay Live!" Screenwriting Competition,
The Machine Who Loved by Zoje Stage. Utilizing local Rochester actors,
SCREENPLAY LIVE! celebrates the beginning of every great movie: the screenplay.
Working under the guidance of Gordy Hoffman, founder of the
Bluecat Screenplay Competition, Eric Cubitt and RochesterTalent.com, Inc.,
conducted the first ever "Screenplay Live!" Screenwriting
Competition. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film
Festival, Hoffman's directorial debut, A Coat of Snow, won the Domani Vision
Award at VisionFest, held at Tribeca Cinemas. For more information about Gordy
Hoffman and the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, contact
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
The Machine Who Loved, written and directed by Zoje Stage
"A woman uses her life savings to create the man of her
dreams - an artificial life form tailored to her every specification. But when
he begins displaying a range of turbulent emotions she is forced to choose
between soldiering through with the relationship, or having him
destroyed."
Zoje Stage is a 2008 Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting
from the New York Foundation for the Arts for her screenplay "Teddy
Bear." She is also a two-time semifinalist for the Nicholl Fellowships
with her character driven dramas "The Opposite of Secret" and
"Monster." As writer/director/editor her films include the
documentary short "Best of Luck" ("an amusing take on the
travails of aspiring writers" - the New York Times) and the feature length
mockumentary "Happy Walter" ("witty" - Pittsburgh City
Paper). Ms. Stage is a theatrically-trained and former professional actor.
