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Nevada City Film Festival After Party

The Miners Foundry Cultural Center is pleased to present the NCFF After Party on Saturday, August 28, 2021.  Join us at the Miners Foundry after enjoying the Nevada City Film Festival virtually.  Doors open at 8:00pm and the show begins at 9:00pm.

Get Tickets!

  • $20
  • General Admission with mixed cabaret tables, theatre seating, and standing / dancing
  • Proof of full vaccination or negative COVID 19 results (within 72 hours) required for entry
  • Tickets available online, by phone or in person at the Miners Foundry Box Office:
    325 Spring Street, Nevada City, CA 95959
    Tuesday – Friday | 9:00am – 4:00pm
    (530) 265-5040

Band Information

Shai Tuesday
Shai Tuesday is a 3-piece band consisting of members Rose Ayala (vocals, guitars), Mike Wronski (bass) and Anthony Mondi (drums, percussion). Each participant in this aural experiment brings their eclectic musical stylings and histories to the table to weave a living, breathing sonic tapestry that dances wistfully between and amongst genres, defying the easily definable.
Combining Mike’s masterful subsonic four-string thunder with the haunting, soulful voices and eclectic electric guitar musings brought by Rose, and Anthony’s dynamic, expressive drum stylings, Shai Tuesday brings the funk, rock, jazz-punk-bluegrass-fusion and whatchamacallits to the stage and dancefloor.
Originally hailing from Lake County, CA. Shai Tuesday now calls home the beautiful Sierra foothills of Nevada county.
We look forward to dancing and playing with you on our musical adventures in the future, dearest travelers and listeners of strange songs!
Arguments

Arguments  is a heavy modern rock band from Auburn, California that formed in 2019 from a collection of long-haired hard rockin’ bois.

Their unique brand of entertainment fuses loud riffs and louder choruses with high energy shenanigans and emotionally charged songs that will melt your heart, mind, and face.

 

 

 

Safety Procedures

The health and safety of our guests, staff and community is the highest priority at the Miners Foundry.  Please click here to learn more.

Contact Info

Please contact the Miners Foundry Box Office at [email protected] with questions.

Shaun of the Dead

RESERVATIONS

About

October 31, 2020 in the Osborn/Woods Hall at the Miners Foundry, a beer-swilling slacker tries to get his life in order while repelling zombies that have overrun London.  Shaun of the Dead (2004), Rated R, features Simon Pegg,
Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, and Dylan Moran in a romantic comedy.  With Zombies.

Thank you to our friend and sponsor, the Nevada City Film Festival!

5pm Bar / 6pm Doors / 7pm Film
Ages 21+

Reservations

Limited seating, reservations recommended | $10
Tables seat 1-3 guests
Larger groups must sit separately

Food & Drink 

The Miners Foundry Bar is a no host full bar with food available for purchase.  Per ABC rules food must be purchased with first purchase of an alcoholic beverage. 

Pre-order food when reserving your ticket by using the Add On option.  Pre-orders close on Friday, October 30th at 10:00 a.m.

Limited large bags of delicious Onyx Theatre organic popcorn will be available for purchase upon arrival for $5.

(Popcorn does not fulfill the food requirement when ordering an alcoholic beverage.)

Safety Procedures

The health and safety of our guests, staff, and community is the highest priority at the Miners Foundry. Click here for information about our safety procedures.

16th Annual Nevada City Film Festival

BUY TICKETS

 

This September 8-11, the award-winning Nevada City Film Festival (NCFF) celebrates its 16th year, with an exciting and ambitious program that explores the human condition through creative and artistic filmmaking, while also delving into new frontiers of storytelling such as virtual reality.

NCFF has been called the “Sundance of the Sierra” for its emphasis on fiercely independent cinema by showcasing innovative, progressive and exciting new voices in film.  The festival was also recently named by Moviemaker Magazine as one of the top 50 film festivals in the world worth the submission fee for filmmakers.

 

NC Downtown 2

16th Annual Nevada City Film Festival

This year, NCFF features 60+ award winning short and feature length films including a 10-year anniversary screening of Little Miss Sunshine with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris, 35+ visiting filmmakers, a free (for the kids) Saturday morning children’s program, Best of the Fest outdoor screening of at Ol’ Republic Brewery with food trucks and live music, and finally, the highly anticipated cinematic Virtual Reality showcase presented by NCFF and Kaleidoscope International VR Film Festival.

“Every year people ask what the theme of the film festival is, and every year I reply with, ‘the best in independent cinema’,” explains Festival Director Jesse Locks.  “This year though, there was a common thread that connected many of the films, and that was the pursuit of happiness.”

This year’s official selections promise to inspire and provoke festival-goers not only with the sometimes true stories shared, but by the creative and ingenious filmmaking methods and mediums in which they are told.

The festival kicks off Thursday, September 8 (7:30pm) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center with the groundbreaking, feature length documentary film, Of Shark and Man.  The film is about director David Diley, a thirty-two year old man, trapped in a dead end job in England’s industrial north.  His life is going nowhere, until he decides to pursue his lifelong dream to get closer than anyone thought possible, to the world’s biggest Bull Sharks and tell the incredible untold story of Shark Reef in Fiji, one of the greatest marine conservation successes of all time.

The film has received international acclaim including accolades for its soundtrack and use of music, which features the talents of local music producer, David Lawrie.  For the film, Lawrie created an immensely rich sound design where the “character” of each shark species is sonically represented giving the viewer a sense of being completely immersed under water with the sharks at Shark Reef.

 

NCFF2015_OsbornWoods

Other Films at the Festival

The compelling documentary Crossing Bhutan tells the story of four veteran athletes’ journey to explore Bhutan’s enigmatic policy of Gross National Happiness by making the first 485-mile, border-to-border crossing of this isolated kingdom entirely by foot and bike. Crossing Bhutan has two screenings in the “Adventure Program” on opening night, Thursday, September 8 (5:30pm) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center and then again on Saturday, September 10 (1pm) at the Nevada Theatre.

This program also features the riveting short documentary Above All Else, which tells the tale of skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld and how he managed to overcome a life-altering accident in order to pursue his stratospheric dreams.  The film is directed by Yali Sharon and features a spectacular slow motion skydiving scene shot on the RED Dragon at 200fps by Craig O’Brien, the man behind the skydiving segments for Ironman, Godzilla, and Kingsman. Local Director of Photographer Eric Gillespie also worked on the film.

In The Ataxian, one man shows the world that it is possible to take action and find hope under even the most life-threatening and daunting of circumstances.  At age 17, Kyle Bryant, a Bear River High School graduate, was diagnosed with the relatively unknown progressive neuromuscular disease, Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), for which there was no medication, nor cure.  When he is finally relegated to a wheel chair, Bryant decides that enough is enough. He enlists the help of three friends, Sean—who also has FA—John and Mike, and they embark on the “toughest bike race in the world,” the Race Across America (RAAM).

The audience accompanies Bryant and his relay bike team through magnificent sweeping landscapes and the unbreakable spirit of a life-changing cross-country trip that shows: life is about how we react.  The Ataxian is directed by Nevada Union High School graduates Kevin Schlanser and Zack Bennett.  It screens Saturday, September 10 (3pm) at the Nevada Theatre.

NCFF teamed up with the Roamin Angels car club to present Havana Motor Club, a personal, character-driven story about Cuba’s vibrant community of underground drag racers and their quest to hold Cuba’s first official car race since shortly after the 1959 Revolution. It tackles how Cuba’s recent reforms — the owning of property, allowance of small businesses, and greater exchange between Cubans, Cuban Americans, tourists, and other foreigners — have affected the lives of these racers and their families. Through the experiences of these racers and their community, Havana Motor Club explores how Cuba is changing today, and also what its future holds in light of Obama’s recent move to normalize relations with the island nation.  The film screens Saturday, September 10 (5:30pm) at the Nevada Theatre. Filmmakers and racecar drivers will be in attendance.

NCFF’s closing night film is the award-winning documentary The Happy Film, co-directed by NCFF alumnus Ben Nabors and the late Hillman Curtis, about famed designer Stefan Sagmeister’s wild, unsettling pursuit of bliss, which screens on Saturday, September 10 (8pm) at the Nevada Theatre.  Sagmeister is doing well. He lives in New York, the city of his dreams, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and the Talking Heads. But in the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more. He decides to turn himself into a design project. Can he redesign his personality to become a better person? Is it possible to train his mind to get happier? He pursues three controlled experiments of meditation, therapy, and drugs, grading himself along the way. But real life creeps in and confounds the process: art, sex, love, and death prove impossible to disentangle. His unique designs and painfully personal experiences mark a journey that travels closer to himself than ever intended.

 

NCFF2015_StoneHall

Short Films

NCFF is best known for its award-winning short film programs including documentary, narrative, foreign, animation and children’s.  These films come from nearly every continent in the world.  The medium of short films are an important one for filmmakers where they are able to experiment and prepare to make their first feature-length films. Rarely are short films screened on a big screen, but at NCFF they take center stage.

 

Kaleidoscope_MSethi-2645

Special Events

On Friday, September 9 (7:30pm) at the Nevada Theatre, Grass Valley native, director Jonathan Dayton, along with partner Valerie Farris, will host a special 10-year anniversary of their feature-length debut Little Miss Sunshine.  The crossover indie hit starring Steve Carrell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano and Alan Arkin premiered at Sundance in 1996 and quickly became a smash success grossing $100.5 million and was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture.  Little Miss Sunshine tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens. Together, the motley six-member family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.

The Kaleidoscope Showcase at the NCFF, Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 (all-day) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, is a curated exhibition of the best in story-driven virtual reality. This exhibition has showcased at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes, and in cities such as New York, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Madrid, and now Nevada City!  The creator of Bright Shadows, Michael Catalano, will be in attendance to discuss his project and the evolving art form of virtual reality.  More about the showcase watch the following link https://vimeo.com/164644331.

On Sunday, September 11 (7pm), NCFF wraps this year’s festivities with an outdoor “Best of the Fest” screening at the Ol’ Republic Brewery. Enjoy food from Fatbelly Taqueria and Buffalo Boys BBQ, live music from Strictly Business, award-winning beer and the winners of this year’s festival including the highly coveted Audience Choice Award.

“Every year, we strive to create a unique space where filmmakers and festival-goers can go to be excited by the art of filmmaking and the technology being used to share these powerful stories,” says Locks.  “Ideally, we will all, in some way, connect and be moved by something we see or experience, and carry that feeling in how we go about our lives, approach our craft, or see the world in the days and months following the festival.”

Photo Credits Kial James

16th Annual Nevada City Film Festival

BUY TICKETS

 

This September 8-11, the award-winning Nevada City Film Festival (NCFF) celebrates its 16th year, with an exciting and ambitious program that explores the human condition through creative and artistic filmmaking, while also delving into new frontiers of storytelling such as virtual reality.

NCFF has been called the “Sundance of the Sierra” for its emphasis on fiercely independent cinema by showcasing innovative, progressive and exciting new voices in film.  The festival was also recently named by Moviemaker Magazine as one of the top 50 film festivals in the world worth the submission fee for filmmakers.

 

NC Downtown 2

16th Annual Nevada City Film Festival

This year, NCFF features 60+ award winning short and feature length films including a 10-year anniversary screening of Little Miss Sunshine with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris, 35+ visiting filmmakers, a free (for the kids) Saturday morning children’s program, Best of the Fest outdoor screening of at Ol’ Republic Brewery with food trucks and live music, and finally, the highly anticipated cinematic Virtual Reality showcase presented by NCFF and Kaleidoscope International VR Film Festival.

“Every year people ask what the theme of the film festival is, and every year I reply with, ‘the best in independent cinema’,” explains Festival Director Jesse Locks.  “This year though, there was a common thread that connected many of the films, and that was the pursuit of happiness.”

This year’s official selections promise to inspire and provoke festival-goers not only with the sometimes true stories shared, but by the creative and ingenious filmmaking methods and mediums in which they are told.

The festival kicks off Thursday, September 8 (7:30pm) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center with the groundbreaking, feature length documentary film, Of Shark and Man.  The film is about director David Diley, a thirty-two year old man, trapped in a dead end job in England’s industrial north.  His life is going nowhere, until he decides to pursue his lifelong dream to get closer than anyone thought possible, to the world’s biggest Bull Sharks and tell the incredible untold story of Shark Reef in Fiji, one of the greatest marine conservation successes of all time.

The film has received international acclaim including accolades for its soundtrack and use of music, which features the talents of local music producer, David Lawrie.  For the film, Lawrie created an immensely rich sound design where the “character” of each shark species is sonically represented giving the viewer a sense of being completely immersed under water with the sharks at Shark Reef.

 

NCFF2015_OsbornWoods

Other Films at the Festival

The compelling documentary Crossing Bhutan tells the story of four veteran athletes’ journey to explore Bhutan’s enigmatic policy of Gross National Happiness by making the first 485-mile, border-to-border crossing of this isolated kingdom entirely by foot and bike. Crossing Bhutan has two screenings in the “Adventure Program” on opening night, Thursday, September 8 (5:30pm) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center and then again on Saturday, September 10 (1pm) at the Nevada Theatre.

This program also features the riveting short documentary Above All Else, which tells the tale of skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld and how he managed to overcome a life-altering accident in order to pursue his stratospheric dreams.  The film is directed by Yali Sharon and features a spectacular slow motion skydiving scene shot on the RED Dragon at 200fps by Craig O’Brien, the man behind the skydiving segments for Ironman, Godzilla, and Kingsman. Local Director of Photographer Eric Gillespie also worked on the film.

In The Ataxian, one man shows the world that it is possible to take action and find hope under even the most life-threatening and daunting of circumstances.  At age 17, Kyle Bryant, a Bear River High School graduate, was diagnosed with the relatively unknown progressive neuromuscular disease, Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), for which there was no medication, nor cure.  When he is finally relegated to a wheel chair, Bryant decides that enough is enough. He enlists the help of three friends, Sean—who also has FA—John and Mike, and they embark on the “toughest bike race in the world,” the Race Across America (RAAM).

The audience accompanies Bryant and his relay bike team through magnificent sweeping landscapes and the unbreakable spirit of a life-changing cross-country trip that shows: life is about how we react.  The Ataxian is directed by Nevada Union High School graduates Kevin Schlanser and Zack Bennett.  It screens Saturday, September 10 (3pm) at the Nevada Theatre.

NCFF teamed up with the Roamin Angels car club to present Havana Motor Club, a personal, character-driven story about Cuba’s vibrant community of underground drag racers and their quest to hold Cuba’s first official car race since shortly after the 1959 Revolution. It tackles how Cuba’s recent reforms — the owning of property, allowance of small businesses, and greater exchange between Cubans, Cuban Americans, tourists, and other foreigners — have affected the lives of these racers and their families. Through the experiences of these racers and their community, Havana Motor Club explores how Cuba is changing today, and also what its future holds in light of Obama’s recent move to normalize relations with the island nation.  The film screens Saturday, September 10 (5:30pm) at the Nevada Theatre. Filmmakers and racecar drivers will be in attendance.

NCFF’s closing night film is the award-winning documentary The Happy Film, co-directed by NCFF alumnus Ben Nabors and the late Hillman Curtis, about famed designer Stefan Sagmeister’s wild, unsettling pursuit of bliss, which screens on Saturday, September 10 (8pm) at the Nevada Theatre.  Sagmeister is doing well. He lives in New York, the city of his dreams, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and the Talking Heads. But in the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more. He decides to turn himself into a design project. Can he redesign his personality to become a better person? Is it possible to train his mind to get happier? He pursues three controlled experiments of meditation, therapy, and drugs, grading himself along the way. But real life creeps in and confounds the process: art, sex, love, and death prove impossible to disentangle. His unique designs and painfully personal experiences mark a journey that travels closer to himself than ever intended.

 

NCFF2015_StoneHall

Short Films

NCFF is best known for its award-winning short film programs including documentary, narrative, foreign, animation and children’s.  These films come from nearly every continent in the world.  The medium of short films are an important one for filmmakers where they are able to experiment and prepare to make their first feature-length films. Rarely are short films screened on a big screen, but at NCFF they take center stage.

 

Kaleidoscope_MSethi-2645

Special Events

On Friday, September 9 (7:30pm) at the Nevada Theatre, Grass Valley native, director Jonathan Dayton, along with partner Valerie Farris, will host a special 10-year anniversary of their feature-length debut Little Miss Sunshine.  The crossover indie hit starring Steve Carrell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano and Alan Arkin premiered at Sundance in 1996 and quickly became a smash success grossing $100.5 million and was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture.  Little Miss Sunshine tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens. Together, the motley six-member family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.

The Kaleidoscope Showcase at the NCFF, Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 (all-day) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, is a curated exhibition of the best in story-driven virtual reality. This exhibition has showcased at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes, and in cities such as New York, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Madrid, and now Nevada City!  The creator of Bright Shadows, Michael Catalano, will be in attendance to discuss his project and the evolving art form of virtual reality.  More about the showcase watch the following link https://vimeo.com/164644331.

On Sunday, September 11 (7pm), NCFF wraps this year’s festivities with an outdoor “Best of the Fest” screening at the Ol’ Republic Brewery. Enjoy food from Fatbelly Taqueria and Buffalo Boys BBQ, live music from Strictly Business, award-winning beer and the winners of this year’s festival including the highly coveted Audience Choice Award.

“Every year, we strive to create a unique space where filmmakers and festival-goers can go to be excited by the art of filmmaking and the technology being used to share these powerful stories,” says Locks.  “Ideally, we will all, in some way, connect and be moved by something we see or experience, and carry that feeling in how we go about our lives, approach our craft, or see the world in the days and months following the festival.”

Photo Credits Kial James

16th Annual Nevada City Film Festival

BUY TICKETS

 

This September 8-11, the award-winning Nevada City Film Festival (NCFF) celebrates its 16th year, with an exciting and ambitious program that explores the human condition through creative and artistic filmmaking, while also delving into new frontiers of storytelling such as virtual reality.

NCFF has been called the “Sundance of the Sierra” for its emphasis on fiercely independent cinema by showcasing innovative, progressive and exciting new voices in film.  The festival was also recently named by Moviemaker Magazine as one of the top 50 film festivals in the world worth the submission fee for filmmakers.

 

NC Downtown 2

16th Annual Nevada City Film Festival

This year, NCFF features 60+ award winning short and feature length films including a 10-year anniversary screening of Little Miss Sunshine with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris, 35+ visiting filmmakers, a free (for the kids) Saturday morning children’s program, Best of the Fest outdoor screening of at Ol’ Republic Brewery with food trucks and live music, and finally, the highly anticipated cinematic Virtual Reality showcase presented by NCFF and Kaleidoscope International VR Film Festival.

“Every year people ask what the theme of the film festival is, and every year I reply with, ‘the best in independent cinema’,” explains Festival Director Jesse Locks.  “This year though, there was a common thread that connected many of the films, and that was the pursuit of happiness.”

This year’s official selections promise to inspire and provoke festival-goers not only with the sometimes true stories shared, but by the creative and ingenious filmmaking methods and mediums in which they are told.

The festival kicks off Thursday, September 8 (7:30pm) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center with the groundbreaking, feature length documentary film, Of Shark and Man.  The film is about director David Diley, a thirty-two year old man, trapped in a dead end job in England’s industrial north.  His life is going nowhere, until he decides to pursue his lifelong dream to get closer than anyone thought possible, to the world’s biggest Bull Sharks and tell the incredible untold story of Shark Reef in Fiji, one of the greatest marine conservation successes of all time.

The film has received international acclaim including accolades for its soundtrack and use of music, which features the talents of local music producer, David Lawrie.  For the film, Lawrie created an immensely rich sound design where the “character” of each shark species is sonically represented giving the viewer a sense of being completely immersed under water with the sharks at Shark Reef.

 

NCFF2015_OsbornWoods

Other Films at the Festival

The compelling documentary Crossing Bhutan tells the story of four veteran athletes’ journey to explore Bhutan’s enigmatic policy of Gross National Happiness by making the first 485-mile, border-to-border crossing of this isolated kingdom entirely by foot and bike. Crossing Bhutan has two screenings in the “Adventure Program” on opening night, Thursday, September 8 (5:30pm) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center and then again on Saturday, September 10 (1pm) at the Nevada Theatre.

This program also features the riveting short documentary Above All Else, which tells the tale of skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld and how he managed to overcome a life-altering accident in order to pursue his stratospheric dreams.  The film is directed by Yali Sharon and features a spectacular slow motion skydiving scene shot on the RED Dragon at 200fps by Craig O’Brien, the man behind the skydiving segments for Ironman, Godzilla, and Kingsman. Local Director of Photographer Eric Gillespie also worked on the film.

In The Ataxian, one man shows the world that it is possible to take action and find hope under even the most life-threatening and daunting of circumstances.  At age 17, Kyle Bryant, a Bear River High School graduate, was diagnosed with the relatively unknown progressive neuromuscular disease, Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), for which there was no medication, nor cure.  When he is finally relegated to a wheel chair, Bryant decides that enough is enough. He enlists the help of three friends, Sean—who also has FA—John and Mike, and they embark on the “toughest bike race in the world,” the Race Across America (RAAM).

The audience accompanies Bryant and his relay bike team through magnificent sweeping landscapes and the unbreakable spirit of a life-changing cross-country trip that shows: life is about how we react.  The Ataxian is directed by Nevada Union High School graduates Kevin Schlanser and Zack Bennett.  It screens Saturday, September 10 (3pm) at the Nevada Theatre.

NCFF teamed up with the Roamin Angels car club to present Havana Motor Club, a personal, character-driven story about Cuba’s vibrant community of underground drag racers and their quest to hold Cuba’s first official car race since shortly after the 1959 Revolution. It tackles how Cuba’s recent reforms — the owning of property, allowance of small businesses, and greater exchange between Cubans, Cuban Americans, tourists, and other foreigners — have affected the lives of these racers and their families. Through the experiences of these racers and their community, Havana Motor Club explores how Cuba is changing today, and also what its future holds in light of Obama’s recent move to normalize relations with the island nation.  The film screens Saturday, September 10 (5:30pm) at the Nevada Theatre. Filmmakers and racecar drivers will be in attendance.

NCFF’s closing night film is the award-winning documentary The Happy Film, co-directed by NCFF alumnus Ben Nabors and the late Hillman Curtis, about famed designer Stefan Sagmeister’s wild, unsettling pursuit of bliss, which screens on Saturday, September 10 (8pm) at the Nevada Theatre.  Sagmeister is doing well. He lives in New York, the city of his dreams, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and the Talking Heads. But in the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more. He decides to turn himself into a design project. Can he redesign his personality to become a better person? Is it possible to train his mind to get happier? He pursues three controlled experiments of meditation, therapy, and drugs, grading himself along the way. But real life creeps in and confounds the process: art, sex, love, and death prove impossible to disentangle. His unique designs and painfully personal experiences mark a journey that travels closer to himself than ever intended.

 

NCFF2015_StoneHall

Short Films

NCFF is best known for its award-winning short film programs including documentary, narrative, foreign, animation and children’s.  These films come from nearly every continent in the world.  The medium of short films are an important one for filmmakers where they are able to experiment and prepare to make their first feature-length films. Rarely are short films screened on a big screen, but at NCFF they take center stage.

 

Kaleidoscope_MSethi-2645

Special Events

On Friday, September 9 (7:30pm) at the Nevada Theatre, Grass Valley native, director Jonathan Dayton, along with partner Valerie Farris, will host a special 10-year anniversary of their feature-length debut Little Miss Sunshine.  The crossover indie hit starring Steve Carrell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano and Alan Arkin premiered at Sundance in 1996 and quickly became a smash success grossing $100.5 million and was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture.  Little Miss Sunshine tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens. Together, the motley six-member family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.

The Kaleidoscope Showcase at the NCFF, Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 (all-day) at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, is a curated exhibition of the best in story-driven virtual reality. This exhibition has showcased at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes, and in cities such as New York, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Madrid, and now Nevada City!  The creator of Bright Shadows, Michael Catalano, will be in attendance to discuss his project and the evolving art form of virtual reality.  More about the showcase watch the following link https://vimeo.com/164644331.

On Sunday, September 11 (7pm), NCFF wraps this year’s festivities with an outdoor “Best of the Fest” screening at the Ol’ Republic Brewery. Enjoy food from Fatbelly Taqueria and Buffalo Boys BBQ, live music from Strictly Business, award-winning beer and the winners of this year’s festival including the highly coveted Audience Choice Award.

“Every year, we strive to create a unique space where filmmakers and festival-goers can go to be excited by the art of filmmaking and the technology being used to share these powerful stories,” says Locks.  “Ideally, we will all, in some way, connect and be moved by something we see or experience, and carry that feeling in how we go about our lives, approach our craft, or see the world in the days and months following the festival.”

Photo Credits Kial James

Faces of the Foundry – Jesse Locks

Jesse Locks

 

The talented and spirited Director of the Nevada City Film Festival has a second role as the Marketing Director for the Miners Foundry.  Today Jesse Locks shares her thoughts on community connections, historical preservation, and the importance of sharing stories, plus a shout out to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

Are you originally from Nevada County?

Yes, born and raised, but I moved back to Nevada City in 2007 after being gone for ten years. During that time I went to college, lived up and down the West Coast while working in publishing.

How did you first discover the Miners Foundry?

The Miners Foundry has always been a huge part of my life. I remember the Seven Hills Medieval Feast, going to Fright Night (for the kids) and seeing bands like Cake perform, but I think the most profound show was the two night concert for Roger Hodgson’s Rites of Passage show.  I grew up with his daughter and son, and that was the first time I was part of a major event.

What were your initial impressions of the Foundry?

I’ve always loved the Miners Foundry. It feels like a second home.  Even today I walk through the halls and feel so connected to not only my personal past but that of my community’s. I have such respect for David and Charles and the many others who had the vision and foresight to protect this cultural and historic asset for future generations to enjoy.

How long have you been working for the Foundry?

I think it has been three years now.

What do you like the best about the Miners Foundry?

I love that so many different community and performing arts events happen under the roof of the Miners Foundry, but what I like best is that connection to the past. It is imperative for us to know where we come from to understand where we can or need to go. I love that the beautiful stone fireplace has warmed people for more than 150 years.

What are your favorite types of events at the Foundry? Why?

In addition to working for the Miners Foundry I work with several organizations that hold events (Nevada City Film Festival, Paul Emery, Music in the Mountains, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, etc) there as well plus I was one of the founders of the wildly successful Nevada City Craft Fairs and instrumental in bringing the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform, but my favorite types of events are the student spelling bees. It is so much fun to have so many young people together at one time.

Do you have a funny or touching story to share about the Foundry?

Many year’s ago the Miners Foundry asked me to help produce a video for their 150th anniversary and part of a series of short films for Nevada County Arts. I had the opportunity to interview many individuals who were instrumental over the years including Alan Haley, Wyn Spiller, Ellen Davis, Paul Matson, and Charles Woods and Mike Nevius who have both passed away now. To listen to them all share their stories and their love of the building brought tears to my eyes and I felt this overwhelming responsibility to help protect and preserve the building. I think the only place in Nevada County that is more loved than the Miners Foundry is the Yuba River.

 

 

What advice would you give someone planning to attend an event at the Foundry?

Take the time to walk around the building and look at the various artifacts and relics, read the signage and soak in the history, because there is no other place like it in the world.

Would you encourage others to become involved with the Miners Foundry? Why?

Absolutely, as a community entrusted with these beautiful historic buildings we must get involved in the continued preservation and up keep of them, and that includes donating one’s time or talents and definitely becoming a member.

 

DANK “Cinema”

DANK, the seven-person artists collective based in Nevada City, is proud to present their new show, “Cinema,” at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, featuring work inspired by favorite films and filmmakers. The exhibition, which runs from September 4 to October 4, is a collaboration with the Nevada City Film Festival (also at the Miners Foundry, September 10 – 12), and aims to give both events richer context and depth.

Sheila Cameron

Sheila Cameron

 

DANK artist and exhibition curator, Celine Adrianna Negrete, conceived the show in response to the collective’s interest in working with different themes. “’Cinema’ was the first thing that popped into my mind,” says Negrete, “because film is my most-loved art form. And I was curious to see what the concept would spark in the DANK artists. I’m also interested in the bigger conversation of lack of funding for film within the arts community. To me film as art is self-evident, but when comparing support for it to opera or ballet, for example, there is a noticeable dearth that perpetuates bias and widens the gap. A show like this can re-frame that bias, and that is exciting to me.”

Roseanne Burke

Roseanne Burke

 

All the DANK artists address the theme from different perspectives. For example, Sheila Cameron is interested in David Lynch’s iconic imagery and his ability to elicit feelings of dread within the familiar. Roseanne Burke is inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” and by the director’s history of referencing art in all his films. Nancy Nelson, working from Deepa Mehta’s film “Water,” explores misogyny and the ostracism of women in rural India. Other artists will include Cynthia Levesque, Moira McLaughlin, and Joe Meade.

Nancy Nelson

Nancy Nelson

“DANK is thrilled to be collaborating with the Nevada City Film Festival and Festival Director Jesse Locks,” says McLaughlin. “We are so inspired by the passion for film that bubbles up in our town every year and feel honored to be included in the festivities.”

DANK is a seven member artists collective in Nevada City, California interested in post-Great Recession social issues, contemporary art, and community-based, experimental happenings. The name DANK comes from the smell of wet wood that permeates the Gold Rush town situated on the banks of Deer Creek in the Sierra Foothills.  It’s also a nod to one of the area’s premier exports, cannabis, and an acronym for Do Art Now Kids.

DANK “Cinema” Opening Reception

DANK, the seven-person artists collective based in Nevada City, is proud to present their new show, “Cinema,” at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, featuring work inspired by favorite films and filmmakers. The exhibition, which runs from September 4 to October 4, is a collaboration with the Nevada City Film Festival (also at the Miners Foundry, September 10 – 12), and aims to give both events richer context and depth. The opening reception for “Cinema” on Saturday, September 12, 5 – 9 pm, will include paintings, collages, installations, live music, and video that challenge the idea that film is not art. The party, with a no-host bar, is free and open to the public.

Sheila Cameron

Sheila Cameron

 

DANK artist and exhibition curator, Celine Adrianna Negrete, conceived the show in response to the collective’s interest in working with different themes. “’Cinema’ was the first thing that popped into my mind,” says Negrete, “because film is my most-loved art form. And I was curious to see what the concept would spark in the DANK artists. I’m also interested in the bigger conversation of lack of funding for film within the arts community. To me film as art is self-evident, but when comparing support for it to opera or ballet, for example, there is a noticeable dearth that perpetuates bias and widens the gap. A show like this can re-frame that bias, and that is exciting to me.”

Roseanne Burke

Roseanne Burke

 

All the DANK artists address the theme from different perspectives. For example, Sheila Cameron is interested in David Lynch’s iconic imagery and his ability to elicit feelings of dread within the familiar. Roseanne Burke is inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” and by the director’s history of referencing art in all his films. Nancy Nelson, working from Deepa Mehta’s film “Water,” explores misogyny and the ostracism of women in rural India. Other artists will include Cynthia Levesque, Moira McLaughlin, and Joe Meade.

Nancy Nelson

Nancy Nelson

“DANK is thrilled to be collaborating with the Nevada City Film Festival and Festival Director Jesse Locks,” says McLaughlin. “We are so inspired by the passion for film that bubbles up in our town every year and feel honored to be included in the festivities.”

DANK is a seven member artists collective in Nevada City, California interested in post-Great Recession social issues, contemporary art, and community-based, experimental happenings. The name DANK comes from the smell of wet wood that permeates the Gold Rush town situated on the banks of Deer Creek in the Sierra Foothills.  It’s also a nod to one of the area’s premier exports, cannabis, and an acronym for Do Art Now Kids.

Nevada City Film Festival’s Winter Comedy Show ~ Saturday, April 4, 2015

NCFF Comedy ShowThe Nevada City Film Festival and the Miners Foundry Cultural Center are excited to present the NCFF Winter Comedy Show on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

The NCFF Winter Comedy Show will feature live performances from Tig Notaro, Tim Heidecker, Nick Thune, and Sara Schaefer.

 

NCFF Comedy Show 3For this special one-night only extravaganza, enjoy laugh out loud comedy and watch episodes from popular comedy web shows on Adult Swim, plus catch a sneak peak at a new series.

Tickets are available online, by phone, or in person at the Miners Foundry, and in person at Briar Patch Co-Op.  Ticketing fees may apply.

Tickets

Live Comedy Show Featuring Tig Notaro, plus performances by Tim Heidecker, Nick Thune and Sara Schaefer ~ 8:30 p.m. Doors / 9:30 p.m. Show ~ $25.00 Advance/ $30.00 Door

Tig Notaro Photo (b&w)Included on Business Insider’s list of “50 Women Who Are Changing the World” and Rolling Stone’s list of “50 Funniest People Now,”  Tig Notaro was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for her sophomore release LIVE.  Louis CK is quoted as saying it is one of the best stand-up performances he ever saw.  During the release of LIVE, Tig was reviewed and profiled by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, GQ Magazine, and Time Magazine amongst many others.  More recently, Tig delivered a TED Talk and is writing a memoir, both expected to be released in 2015.

thumb.phpTim Heidecker is a comedian, writer, director, actor and musician. He is one half of the comedy team of Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. Heidecker and Wareheim are noted for creating the television shows Tom Goes to the MayorTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories.

 

NickThune_PictureNick Thune, comedian / actor, hails from the Great Northwest (Seattle), where he spent his early years growing up.  Nick’s absurdest view and deadpan wit combined with the soothing lull of his guitar, have distinguished his unique style of comedy. He has appeared on the Tonight Show 8 times, and on each occasion, he won. Nick has also appeared on Conan, The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon and has his own Comedy Central Special.

 

Sara_SchaeferSara Schaefer is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer,and producer currently based in Los Angeles.  She was recently the co-host of MTV’s late night show Nikki & Sara Live.  Sara has appeared on @Midnight, John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Best Week Ever, and Inside Amy Schumer.  She has won two Emmy Awards for her work at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Comedy Shorts with DJ Douggpound ~ 6:00 p.m. Doors / 6:30 p.m Show ~ $7 Advance / $9 Door

 

DouggPoundDouggpound’s Video Hole DJ Douggpound (Adult Swim) presents a collection of his favorite hilarious videos made by himself and his friends.  Expect lots of sound effects, lo-fi 3D animation, and absurdity.  Doug may even show a secret project in the works!

 

 

 

 

 

NCFF posterThe Nevada City Film Festival is made up of a group of passionate filmmakers and artists that have worked to create an outlet for emerging new voices and ideas while providing audiences with a unique experience in a picturesque location.

 

 

 

Photo by Akim Aginksy

Photo by Akim Aginksy

The Mission of the Miners Foundry Cultural Center is to preserve, enhance and utilize the historic Miners Foundry for cultural, educational and social activities.

The Foundry is a non profit organization, pleased to support the Nevada County theatre community.

To support cultural programming and the preservation of the historic Miners Foundry, please become a member or make a donation today.

Nevada City Film Festival ~ September 4-7, 2014

NCFF Marc Maron posterEvery summer, the Nevada City Film Festival makes art into a party, bringing emerging and top independent filmmakers showcasing award-winning short and feature length films from around the world to the Sierra Foothills.  The four-day celebration of art, music, and independent filmmaking includes film screenings, workshops, special performances, and a live comedy show with Marc Maron of IFC’s Maron.

The Nevada City Film Festival is made up of a group of passionate filmmakers and artists working to create an outlet for emerging new voices and ideas while providing audiences with a unique experience in a picturesque location.

Located in Nevada City, CA, an area known for its sophisticated arts and culture scene, attendees will find an exceptional destination festival where they can meet other enthusiastic film lovers and be inspired by talented and exciting new cinema.

 

Magic Lantern SocietyThe Nevada City Film Festival and the Magic Lantern Film Society are committed to serving Nevada County and nearby regions by providing art, entertainment, education, and culture through the medium of film and video.  In addition, we are committed to presenting creative, diverse, independent films from around the world that would otherwise have little or no other outlet in our region;  curating and presenting film programs and producing film festivals and other related events; and encouraging and supporting local filmmakers and their work.

 

 

Photo by Akim Aginksy

Photo by Akim Aginksy

 

The Mission of the Miners Foundry Cultural Center is to preserve, enhance and utilize the historic Miners Foundry for cultural, educational and social activities.   The Foundry is a non profit organization. 

To support cultural programming and the preservation of the historic Miners Foundry, please become a member or make a donation today.

Nevada City Film Festival ~ September 5 – 8, 2013


Nevada City Film Festival

 

The Nevada City Film Festival is made up of a group of passionate filmmakers and artists who have worked to create an outlet for emerging new voices and ideas while providing audiences with a unique experience in a picturesque location. Over 100 films including comedies, dramas, documentaries, animation, and international shorts are screened in  a variety of historic locations in downtown Nevada City.  By combining creative programming of short and full-length films, enthusiastic audiences, and a truly festive environment, NCFF has become known as one of the most innovative, fun and artist-friendly events on the film festival circuit.  The Nevada City Film Festival runs September 5 – 8, 2013.

Tickets

 

Located in Nevada City, CA, an area known for its sophisticated arts and culture, attendees will find an exceptional destination festival where they can meet other enthusiastic film lovers and be inspired by talented and exciting new cinema.  In addition to creating a one-of-a-kind experience for both the audience and filmmaker, NCFF offers terrific opportunities to network and forum.

 

The Nevada City Film Festival and its Magic Lantern Film Society are committed to serving Nevada County and nearby regions by providing art, entertainment, education, and culture through the medium of film and video.  The commitment extends to presenting creative, diverse, independent films from around the world that would otherwise have little or no other outlet in our region; curating and presenting film programs and producing film festivals and other related events; and encouraging and supporting local filmmakers and their work.

Nevada City Film Festival

The Mission of the Miners Foundry Cultural Center is to preserve, enhance and utilize the historic Miners Foundry for cultural, educational and social activities.   The Foundry is a non profit organization, pleased to support the Nevada City Film Festival.

Foundry Highlights from 2012

New Landscaping

WOW!  2012 has been a truly astonishing year for the Miners Foundry Cultural Center.  We estimate that nearly 50,000 people experienced the Foundry in the last twelve months to either attend a concert, theatrical production or reading, non-profit or school fundraiser, private party, wedding, or, just to admire the historic mining relics and the Foundry’s famous stone walls.  It seems only fitting to take a moment and reflect on all the fun, the good, and the magic that happened in 2012 at the Miners Foundry.  Here is a short list of highlights.  If we missed anything be sure to add yours as a comment.

We kicked 2012 off as we do most years as one of the venues for the annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival.  We also produced the annual Psychic Fair and The Burnal Equinox, a Burning Man sanctioned event, that had everything from fire dancers and art cars to vendors and music from Albino!.  The Foundry was also home to two community favorites the Alasdair Fraser’s 4th Annual Community Music Workshop & Gathering and the 21st Annual Robert Burns Night.  The Nevada City Box Office opened inside the Foundry and provided a downtown location and ticketing service for local promoters and arts organizations to sell their tickets and promote their events at the Box Office.

Big Night at The Foundry

The spring was very busy with famed environmentalist and author Bill McKibben who received special introduction from Pulitzer-prize winning poet Gary Snyder.  The event was co-sponsored by the Yuba Watershed Institute and Ananda College of Living Wisdom and brought together an incredible multi-generational audience including Governor Jerry Brown who was spotted in the audience. Also in April we collaborated with the Nevada City Film Festival on the monthly Food & Film Series, which paired a popular film with a unique dining experience.  We started the series off with a sold-out screening of “Big Night” followed by an Italian Feast from The Old 5 Mile House. Beatles expert Scott Freiman visited us again to present his “Deconstructing the Beatles: Revolver”.  Scott shares his presentation to folks with audiences across the country including Carnegie Hall, Google, Stanford University and more.

 

This year we partnered with renowned local promoter Paul Emery on a series of shows that included the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Kitka, Markus James and Johnny Winter, who nearly brought the house down in May with his legendary guitar playing.

In addition to bringing audiences famous and award-winning groups and musicians like Winter, Iris DeMent, and Dark Star Orchestra, we also hosted newly discovered talents such as Howlin Rain and Nico Vega.  Later in the year, Nico Vega had their song “Beast” used in the trailer for the much-anticipated videogame, BioShock.

Wedding Featured on Martha Stewart Online

Just in time for summer, with the help of Dan St John, Nevada City Rotary, 49er Rotary, Rotary District 5190, Master Gardener Lyn Muth, Mike Nevius, Architect Diana Knutson, Boy Scout Troop 855, Eagle Scout McKiernan Flaherty, Wayne Brown Correctional Institute minimum security inmates, friends, family and staff, we completed a major landscape project around the outside of the Foundry that included the removal of invasive trees and the addition of ornamental and native trees and shrubs.

Due to the Foundry’s versatility, every season really is wedding season at the Foundry.  This summer, though, a beautiful rustic chic wedding at the Foundry was featured on Martha Stewart online, and before we knew it brides from all over the state were contacting us to book their weddings in 2013 and beyond. Weddings, too, are a cultural experience – brides and grooms share themselves and express their creativity through their weddings – from Steam Punk to the DIY wedding featured by Martha Stewart – there is something to be said about the many couples that choose to start their lives together at the Miners Foundry.

Nevada City Craft Fair

The Nevada City Craft Fair returned with two wildly successful events in August and then again in December, with over 1,700 people from across Northern California turning out to see the area’s top Etsy vendors and do-it-yourself crafters and artisans.

Also in August, the Nevada City Film Festival returned for their 12th Annual Film Festival and this year they hosted an impressive line up of comedians, writers and directors from Portlandia and Comedy Central.

In October, KVMR produced their annual event with Amy Goodman the host of Democracy Now!  The Nisenan Heritage Day hosted traditional dancers, native artisans, basket weavers, and provided locals and visitors the history of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan.

We rounded out the year with the annual Fright Night fundraiser for the Foundry with the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella along with local favorites Achilles Wheel, Mount Whateverest, and Persist to Rise all performed to an all-ages crowd of brilliantly dressed in costume.  Our photo contest was an online sensation garnering hundred of likes and new followers.

The 25th annual Artisans Festival returned to the Foundry over Thanksgiving Weekend.  It was the first Artisans Festival since the passing of the event’s beloved producer and longtime Foundry supporter, Carol Herschleb.  Carol’s sister Lissa and artist and designer LeeAnn Brook, worked with the Foundry to ensure the longstanding holiday tradition didn’t skip a beat.  We are still deeply saddened by the loss of Carol, but look forward to celebrating her and her work at her Celebration of Life on February 17, 2013.

As you can see, it was an incredible year and we couldn’t have done it without the help of volunteers, staff, member, community and individual support.  Thank you so much!  We look forward to another successful, exciting and inspiring year of arts and culture in Nevada County.  If you are interested in getting involved with the Foundry please consider making a tax deductible donation or volunteering your time or talents!  Give us a call at (530) 265-5040 or email Executive Director, Gretchen Bond at [email protected].

Happy New Year!

 

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