3rd Annual Fresno Film Festival
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
April 13-15 2007

L’Iceberg
Sunday, April 15, 2007
7pm
The Tower Theatre
815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno (map)

Tickets:
General Admission – $10
Students and Seniors – $8

“Not since René Clair and Jacques Tati have gags been so expertly constructed or characters looked more mournful than in L'Iceberg, a tasty concoction with equal measures of poetic fantasy and slapstick comedy.”
— MOMA New Directors/New Films Series

“More than welcome breath of fresh air... hilarious!”
— Slant Magazine

“Iceberg is a movie to capture the imagination and take the viewer back to simpler, childlike times. See it with an open mind and be ready to giggle.”
— IO Film (UK)

Watch the Trailer

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Synopsis

Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably with her family in the suburbs. In other words, Fiona is happy... until one day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in fridge. She escapes the next morning, half frozen and barely alive, only to realize that her husband and two children didn't even notice she was missing. But when Fiona develops an obsession for everything cold and icy: snow, polar bears, fridges, icebergs – she drops everything, climbs into a frozen goods delivery truck and leaves home. For a real iceberg.

Written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy
Belgium, 2006; 84 min., 35mm
In French with English subtitles, Not Rated

Short Film

Bicentennial Curiuos With special appearance by the film’s screenwriter, Justin Varava, and cinematographer, Damian Acevedo In this hilarious mockumentary, the fictitious director of Bicentennial Curious recounts how the Christian Right opposed the making of his soft-porn tribute to America. For mature audiences. For mature audiences. Directed by Jared Varava; cinematography by Damian Acevedo 2006, 18 min.

Advance tickets may be purchased at the following locations:
• WineStyles in Fig Garden Village Shopping Center
• The Movies, located at 1435 N. Van Ness
• The Tower Theatre Box Office
• all TicketMaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or at 485-TIXS

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