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The Sedona International Film Festival continues its Free Summer Foreign Film Series on Thursday, June 19 with the Arizona premiere of “Kept & Dreamless.” During Argentina’s economic crisis of the ‘90s, nine year-old Eugenia and her mother, Florencia, live a seemingly colorful life surrounded by eclectic neighbors and an offbeat collection of family.

'Kept & Dreamless' debuts in Summer Foreign Film Series June 19

Argentinian film is third in Sedona Film Festival's four-week free event

Sedona, AZ - June 12, 2008 - The Sedona International Film Festival continues its Free Summer Foreign Film Series on Thursday, June 19 with the Arizona premiere of “Kept & Dreamless.” There will be two screenings of the film at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the Sedona Community Center, 2615 Melody Lane in West Sedona.

All tickets for the screenings are free thanks to a generous grant from the Sedona Community Foundation and venue support from the Sedona Community Center.

“Kept & Dreamless” from Argentina is part of the Global Lens 2008 Film Series sponsored by the Global Film Initiative. It is directed by Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo.

During Argentina’s economic crisis of the ‘90s, nine year-old Eugenia and her mother, Florencia, live a seemingly colorful life surrounded by eclectic neighbors and an offbeat collection of family. But for Eugenia, who must deal with her mother’s dysfunctional and drug-addled lifestyle, life is anything but pleasant in this darkly inspiring story of expectation, acceptance and nontraditional family, led by standout performances from director Vera Fogwill and young actress Lucía Snieg.

“Kept & Dreamless” from Argentina is part of the Global Lens 2008 Film Series sponsored by the Global Film Initiative. It is directed by Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo. The film will be shown for free at the Sedona Community Center on June 19th at 4 and 7 p.m.

“Our intention was to tell this story reflecting and portraying what it is not said, to go beyond words and script dialogues,” said Fogwill. “Reflect the emotional world, the world of details of this intimate story of feminine privacies. For this we based our work on the observation of details but with the subtlety that they can happen unnoticed. We tried the film to dialogue with its spectator and without giving great answers we tried to achieve the rethink of basic questions about life and relationships."

“This is cinematic practice at its best: whilst exhibiting the social and political problems and gender roles, the film establishes a close connection with its local audiences, but it also achieves its universal aim," said Maja Bogojevic, FIPRESCI Toulouse.

“Kept & Dreamless” from Argentina is part of the Global Lens 2008 Film Series sponsored by the Global Film Initiative. It is directed by Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo. The film will be shown for free at the Sedona Community Center on June 19th at 4 and 7 p.m.

“Matching style and originality with a refreshing lack of moralizing, ‘Kept & Dreamless’ keeps the banner of Argentinean independent cinema flying high," said Deborah Young from Variety.

The American Film Institute calls “Kept & Dreamless” a “charming film with a flair for comedic melodrama and an irreverent knowingness that bears comparison to Fassbinder and Almodóvar.”

The Global Film Initiative is a U.S.-based, 501(c)3 organization specializing in the acquisition, distribution and support of independent film from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Founded in 2002 with the mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding through cinema, each year the Initiative awards numerous grants to deserving filmmakers from around the world, and supports a touring film series entitled Global Lens.

“Kept & Dreamless” will be shown at the Sedona Community Center (2615 Melody Lane in West Sedona) on Thursday, June 19 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. All tickets are free and will be available starting at 3:00 p.m. at the community center. Seats are limited. Film Sedona members can pick up or reserve their free tickets in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office, 45 Sunset Drive, or by calling 282-1177.

For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.com.

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