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Cinema Verde
” Cinema Verde’s mission is to provide environmental education to the public through film, arts, workshops, events, tours and any other forum or media; to increase public awareness of environmental practices that enhance public health and improve quality of life in urban, suburban and rural settings. We bring community organizations, businesses and citizens together to help forge sustainable solutions for our future.”
Full festival passes available HERE. Please call the box office at (352) 375-4477 to reserve tickets for films you would like to see with your festival pass!
The Cinema Verde Film Festival is not organised by or affiliated with The Hippodrome State Theatre.
| Time | Thursday, February 9th |
| 5:00 PM | The Call from the Sea / Close to Heaven / Atlan |
| 7:15 PM | Sea of Life / Unforgetable Khusargang / 100,000 Bleeding Hearts |
| 9:15 PM | A Simpler Way / Fallow Land Bears Sweet Fruit |
| 7:00 PM | VIP Opening Night Reception and THE SHORTS **In The Cellar |
| Time | Friday, February 10th |
| 4:00 PM | Mermaid |
| 5:30 PM | A Bridge Between Two Worlds / College Film Competition / Waste Not Want Not with Director Scott Schimmel |
| 7:05 PM | Una Perla De la Revolucion with Directors Michael Brimm and Joni Ellis |
| 8:00 PM | Time To Choose |
| 9:30 PM | The Islands and the Whales |
GAINESVILLE’S THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
WHO
The Community of Gainesville’s VDAY campaign, in partnership with One Billion Rising, organizations that aim to end violence against women, are sponsoring a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues to raise funds benefiting voices throughout our community for Peaceful Paths, a local domestic abuse shelter and advocacy center, and to Wild Iris Books, Gainesville’s nonprofit feminist bookstore.
WHAT
The Vagina Monologues
The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For over twenty years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. This year, stay tuned after intermission for some bonus original works by local authors!
WHERE
The Hippodrome State Theater, 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville, FL 32601
WHEN
February 14th (cinema theater; doors at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:00-9:00p.m.).
February 17th (cinema theater; doors at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:00-9:00p.m.)
February 18th (cinema theater; doors at 1:30 p.m.; showtime 2:00-4:00 p.m.)
Ticket admission is good for the show and admission to the Art of Women’s Diversity Art Installation in the Hippodrome Gallery, where show patrons will be served a complimentary drink and light hors d’ oeuvres in the half-hour pre-show; additional drinks for purchase at intermission.
WHY
To raise awareness of the global issue of violence against self-identified women and girls from all walks of life, and to support to PEACEFUL PATHS Domestic Abuse Network, whose mission is to help stop domestic violence and encourage people in our communities to make informed and healthy choices.
MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS AT
Facebook Event Page | Eventbrite
Two Nights Only!
GAINESVILLE’S THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
WHO
The Community of Gainesville’s VDAY campaign, in partnership with One Billion Rising, organizations that aim to end violence against women, are sponsoring a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues to raise funds benefiting voices throughout our community for Peaceful Paths, a local domestic abuse shelter and advocacy center, and to Wild Iris Books, Gainesville’s nonprofit feminist bookstore.
WHAT
The Vagina Monologues
The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For over twenty years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. This year, stay tuned after intermission for some bonus original works by local authors!
WHERE
The Hippodrome State Theater, 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville, FL 32601
WHEN
February 14th (cinema theater; doors at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:00-9:00p.m.).
February 17th (cinema theater; doors at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:00-9:00p.m.)
February 18th (cinema theater; doors at 1:30 p.m.; showtime 2:00-4:00 p.m.)
Ticket admission is good for the show and admission to the Art of Women’s Diversity Art Installation in the Hippodrome Gallery, where show patrons will be served a complimentary drink and light hors d’ oeuvres in the half-hour pre-show; additional drinks for purchase at intermission.
WHY
To raise awareness of the global issue of violence against self-identified women and girls from all walks of life, and to support to PEACEFUL PATHS Domestic Abuse Network, whose mission is to help stop domestic violence and encourage people in our communities to make informed and healthy choices.
MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS AT
Facebook Event Page | Eventbrite
Opening Saturday, February 18th
For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated ShortFilms, opening on Feb. 18th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscarpool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26th.
ANIMATED SHORTS (Running Time: 87 minutes)
Borrowed Time – dirs. Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA, 7 minutes
Pearl – dir. Patrick Osborne, USA, 6 minutes
Piper – dir. Alan Barillaro, USA, 6 minutes
Blind Vaysha – dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 8 minutes
The Head Vanishes (additional film) – 9 minutes
Asteria (additional film) – 5 minutes
Once Upon a Line (additional film) – 7 minutes
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – dir. Robert Valley, Canada and UK, 35 minutes
Important note: PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES, one of the five nominees, will be the last film in the program. An inventively animated first-person narration about a troubled friendship, there’s violence, language, sex, and drug use in it, and it’s not appropriate for children. We’ll have a warning card come up prior to this short, so that parents and caregivers can usher children out of the theater if they’d like.
ANIMATED SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsLIVE ACTION SHORTS (Running Time: 134 minutes)
Sing – dir. Kristof Deak, Hungary, 25 minutes
Silent Nights – dir. Aske Bang, Denmark, 30 minutes
Timecode – dir. Juanjo Gimenez Pena, Spain, 15 minutes
Ennemis Interieurs – dir. Selim Aazzazi, France, 28 minutes
La Femme et la TGV – dir. Timo von Gunten, Switzerland, 30 minutes
LIVE ACTION SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsDOCUMENTARY SHORTS
PROGRAM A (Running Time: 76 minutes)
Joe’s Violin – dir. Kahane Cooperman, USA, 24 minutes
Extremis – dir. Dan Krauss, USA, 24 minutes
4.1 Miles – dir. Daphne Matziaraki, USA, 22 minutes
PROGRAM B (Running Time 85 minutes)
Watani: My Homeland – dir. Marcel Mettelsiefen, UK, 39 minutes
The White Helmets – dir. Orlando von Einsiedel, USA, 41 minutes
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – PROGRAM A – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsGAINESVILLE’S THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
WHO
The Community of Gainesville’s VDAY campaign, in partnership with One Billion Rising, organizations that aim to end violence against women, are sponsoring a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues to raise funds benefiting voices throughout our community for Peaceful Paths, a local domestic abuse shelter and advocacy center, and to Wild Iris Books, Gainesville’s nonprofit feminist bookstore.
WHAT
The Vagina Monologues
The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For over twenty years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. This year, stay tuned after intermission for some bonus original works by local authors!
WHERE
The Hippodrome State Theater, 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville, FL 32601
WHEN
February 14th (cinema theater; doors at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:00-9:00p.m.).
February 17th (cinema theater; doors at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:00-9:00p.m.)
February 18th (cinema theater; doors at 1:30 p.m.; showtime 2:00-4:00 p.m.)
Ticket admission is good for the show and admission to the Art of Women’s Diversity Art Installation in the Hippodrome Gallery, where show patrons will be served a complimentary drink and light hors d’ oeuvres in the half-hour pre-show; additional drinks for purchase at intermission.
WHY
To raise awareness of the global issue of violence against self-identified women and girls from all walks of life, and to support to PEACEFUL PATHS Domestic Abuse Network, whose mission is to help stop domestic violence and encourage people in our communities to make informed and healthy choices.
MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS AT
Facebook Event Page | Eventbrite
Opening Saturday, February 18th
For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated ShortFilms, opening on Feb. 18th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscarpool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26th.
ANIMATED SHORTS (Running Time: 87 minutes)
Borrowed Time – dirs. Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA, 7 minutes
Pearl – dir. Patrick Osborne, USA, 6 minutes
Piper – dir. Alan Barillaro, USA, 6 minutes
Blind Vaysha – dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 8 minutes
The Head Vanishes (additional film) – 9 minutes
Asteria (additional film) – 5 minutes
Once Upon a Line (additional film) – 7 minutes
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – dir. Robert Valley, Canada and UK, 35 minutes
Important note: PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES, one of the five nominees, will be the last film in the program. An inventively animated first-person narration about a troubled friendship, there’s violence, language, sex, and drug use in it, and it’s not appropriate for children. We’ll have a warning card come up prior to this short, so that parents and caregivers can usher children out of the theater if they’d like.
ANIMATED SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsLIVE ACTION SHORTS (Running Time: 134 minutes)
Sing – dir. Kristof Deak, Hungary, 25 minutes
Silent Nights – dir. Aske Bang, Denmark, 30 minutes
Timecode – dir. Juanjo Gimenez Pena, Spain, 15 minutes
Ennemis Interieurs – dir. Selim Aazzazi, France, 28 minutes
La Femme et la TGV – dir. Timo von Gunten, Switzerland, 30 minutes
LIVE ACTION SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsDOCUMENTARY SHORTS
PROGRAM A (Running Time: 76 minutes)
Joe’s Violin – dir. Kahane Cooperman, USA, 24 minutes
Extremis – dir. Dan Krauss, USA, 24 minutes
4.1 Miles – dir. Daphne Matziaraki, USA, 22 minutes
PROGRAM B (Running Time 85 minutes)
Watani: My Homeland – dir. Marcel Mettelsiefen, UK, 39 minutes
The White Helmets – dir. Orlando von Einsiedel, USA, 41 minutes
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – PROGRAM A – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsRefugees in Film
Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere with support from the Rothman Endowment, the Center for European Studies Migration Program and the Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice
| Refugees in Film lineup | |
|---|---|
| February 21st @ 7pm |
Terraferma with Introduction by Esther Romeyn – An Italian drama that captures the development of empathy. A fisherman and his grandson rescue a pregnant woman and her young son from drowning as they make their way to Italy in search of refuge. |
| March 14th @ 7PM | 
Fuocommare/Fire at Sea with post-film discussion on Mediterranean refugee politics – A beautiful, cinematic documentary by Gianfranco Rosi that captures migrants’ dangerous Mediterranean crossing, set against a background of the ordinary life of Islanders on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. |
| March 28th @ 7PM | 
Welcome with post-film discussion with NGO practitioners and activists – A french film that depicts the friendship between Simon, a recently-divorced French swimming coach, and Bilal, a young Iraqi-Kurd whose only dream is to cross the English channel from Calais to reunite with his love. |
| April 14th @ 7PM | 
#MyEscape with post film discussion on media representation and migration – Using their own cellphone footage, refugees fleeing to Germany capture the dramatic stories of their journeys. In this documentary, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews. |
| April 18th @ 7PM | TBA |
Opening Saturday, February 18th
For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated ShortFilms, opening on Feb. 18th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscarpool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26th.
ANIMATED SHORTS (Running Time: 87 minutes)
Borrowed Time – dirs. Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA, 7 minutes
Pearl – dir. Patrick Osborne, USA, 6 minutes
Piper – dir. Alan Barillaro, USA, 6 minutes
Blind Vaysha – dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 8 minutes
The Head Vanishes (additional film) – 9 minutes
Asteria (additional film) – 5 minutes
Once Upon a Line (additional film) – 7 minutes
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – dir. Robert Valley, Canada and UK, 35 minutes
Important note: PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES, one of the five nominees, will be the last film in the program. An inventively animated first-person narration about a troubled friendship, there’s violence, language, sex, and drug use in it, and it’s not appropriate for children. We’ll have a warning card come up prior to this short, so that parents and caregivers can usher children out of the theater if they’d like.
ANIMATED SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsLIVE ACTION SHORTS (Running Time: 134 minutes)
Sing – dir. Kristof Deak, Hungary, 25 minutes
Silent Nights – dir. Aske Bang, Denmark, 30 minutes
Timecode – dir. Juanjo Gimenez Pena, Spain, 15 minutes
Ennemis Interieurs – dir. Selim Aazzazi, France, 28 minutes
La Femme et la TGV – dir. Timo von Gunten, Switzerland, 30 minutes
LIVE ACTION SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsDOCUMENTARY SHORTS
PROGRAM A (Running Time: 76 minutes)
Joe’s Violin – dir. Kahane Cooperman, USA, 24 minutes
Extremis – dir. Dan Krauss, USA, 24 minutes
4.1 Miles – dir. Daphne Matziaraki, USA, 22 minutes
PROGRAM B (Running Time 85 minutes)
Watani: My Homeland – dir. Marcel Mettelsiefen, UK, 39 minutes
The White Helmets – dir. Orlando von Einsiedel, USA, 41 minutes
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – PROGRAM A – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsOpening Saturday, February 18th
For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated ShortFilms, opening on Feb. 18th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscarpool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country (and now the world), don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 26th.
ANIMATED SHORTS (Running Time: 87 minutes)
Borrowed Time – dirs. Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj, USA, 7 minutes
Pearl – dir. Patrick Osborne, USA, 6 minutes
Piper – dir. Alan Barillaro, USA, 6 minutes
Blind Vaysha – dir. Theodore Ushev, Canada, 8 minutes
The Head Vanishes (additional film) – 9 minutes
Asteria (additional film) – 5 minutes
Once Upon a Line (additional film) – 7 minutes
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – dir. Robert Valley, Canada and UK, 35 minutes
Important note: PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES, one of the five nominees, will be the last film in the program. An inventively animated first-person narration about a troubled friendship, there’s violence, language, sex, and drug use in it, and it’s not appropriate for children. We’ll have a warning card come up prior to this short, so that parents and caregivers can usher children out of the theater if they’d like.
ANIMATED SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsLIVE ACTION SHORTS (Running Time: 134 minutes)
Sing – dir. Kristof Deak, Hungary, 25 minutes
Silent Nights – dir. Aske Bang, Denmark, 30 minutes
Timecode – dir. Juanjo Gimenez Pena, Spain, 15 minutes
Ennemis Interieurs – dir. Selim Aazzazi, France, 28 minutes
La Femme et la TGV – dir. Timo von Gunten, Switzerland, 30 minutes
LIVE ACTION SHORTS – SHOWTIMES
Buy TicketsDOCUMENTARY SHORTS
PROGRAM A (Running Time: 76 minutes)
Joe’s Violin – dir. Kahane Cooperman, USA, 24 minutes
Extremis – dir. Dan Krauss, USA, 24 minutes
4.1 Miles – dir. Daphne Matziaraki, USA, 22 minutes
PROGRAM B (Running Time 85 minutes)
Watani: My Homeland – dir. Marcel Mettelsiefen, UK, 39 minutes
The White Helmets – dir. Orlando von Einsiedel, USA, 41 minutes
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – PROGRAM A – SHOWTIMES
Buy Tickets