Late actress Jean Seberg will light up the screen once again in her hometown of Marshalltown, Iowa November 10-13, 2011 for The first Jean Seberg International Film Festival at the Orpheum Theatre Center, 220 E. Main Street. The festival will screen several of Jean's better-known films and include two special symposiums moderated by Iowa Valley Communty College Professor Nancy Adams.
On Friday, November 11, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Symposium 1 features film historian Dr. David Hinton of the University of Tennessee, and London's Jude Rawlins, creator of the website Saint Jean www.saintjean.co.uk/.
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Symposium 2 features Emmy-nominated writer/filmmaker Garry McGee (author of Jean Seberg: Breathless, Neutralized: The FBI vs. Jean Seberg--co-written with Jean Larson; producer of The Last Wright) and award-winning documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle (Country School: One Room - One Nation, Lost Nation: The Ioway, Villisca: Living with a Mystery).
McGee (McMarr, Ltd) and the Rundles (Fourth Wall Films) have teamed up to produce the documentary film Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg, which will be released in 2012.
A teaser of Movie Star will be shown during the symposium, as well as a 12-minute featurette the trio produced for the 50th Anniversary DVD re-release of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, Seberg's most influential film.
For more information about the film festival and tickets for the symposiums and Jean Seberg films and events visit http://www.orpheumtheatercenter.com/new/.
Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg has received grants from Humanities Iowa, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Iowa Arts Council.
The Jean Seberg International Film Festival is made possible by grants from the Marshall County Community Foundation, Wellmark of Des Moines, and Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. The Orpheum Theatre Center is administered by Iowa Valley Community College District.
The Jean Seberg International Film Festival Schedule
(Individual film & program tickets $15/each ~ All-Festival Pass $105)
Thursday, November 10th 2011
7:00pm‐ 7:15pm Red Carpet Event (Hosted by the Orpheum Theater Guild)
7:15pm‐7: 30pm Opening Ceremony
7:30pm‐9:00pm Movie: Saint Joan
9:00pm‐10:00pm Black‐Box After Party
Friday, November 11th 2011
10:00am Exhibit Hall Opens
11:00am Movie Showing of Bonjour Tristesse
11:00am Bus Departure of Road Tour #1
2:00pm Movie Showing of Bonjour Tristesse
2:00pm Bus Departure of Road Tour #2
4:00pm‐5:30pm Symposium I (Jude Rawlins of London, the author of the website Saint Jean & Dr. David Hinton, Film Historian, University of Tennessee – moderated by Prof. Nancy Adams)
7:00pm Movie Showing of Paint Your Wagon
10:00pm Exhibit Hall Closes
Saturday, November 12th 2011
10:00am Exhibit Hall Opens
11:00am Movie Showing of Breathless
11:00am Bus Departure of Road Tour #3
2:00pm Movie Showing of Breathless
2:00pm Bus Departure of Road Tour #4
4:00pm‐5:30pm Symposium II - Garry McGee, author of Jean Seberg: Breathless and the Emmy-nominated writer of the documentary The Last Wright, along with award-winning documentary filmmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle of Fouth Wall Films. Features teaser of new documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg and a 12-minute Seberg biographical featurette which they produced for the 50th Anniversary DVD re-release of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (À bout de souffle). Moderated by Prof. Nancy Adams.
8:00pm Movie Showing of Lilith
10:00pm Exhibit Hall Closes
Sunday, November 13th 2011 (Jean's Birthday!)
10:00am Exhibit Hall Opens
11:00am Movie Showing In The French Style
2:00pm‐2: 15pm Closing Ceremony
2:15pm Movie Showing of Airport
5:00pm Exhibit Hall Closes
