In German, English, and Japanese with English subtitles.

Directed and written by

Doris Dšrrie

With

Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki, Nadja Uhl, Maximilian BrŸckner

Producers:

Molly von FŸrstenberg, Harald KŸgler

Camera:

Hanno Lentz

Editors:

Inez Regnier, Frank MŸller

Music:

Claus Bantzer

Screening Format:

DigiBeta

Awards and Honors:

Bavarian Film Award for Best Film and Best Actor, Golden Space Needle Award for Most Popular Film at the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival.

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ne of GermanyÕs foremost filmmakers, award-winning Doris Dšrrie (Men, Naked, Am I Beautiful?), directs this tender, emotionally intense and profoundly moving story of marital love. Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. She decides not to tell him and convinces him to visit their family in Berlin. Then, suddenly, Trudi dies. Rudi is devastated but vows to make up for her lost life. And so he embarks on his last journey - to Tokyo - in the midst of the cherry blossom festival, a celebration of beauty, impermanence and new beginnings (Strand Releasing). Cherry Blossoms was recently written up in The New York Times. Watch the trailer for Cherry Blossoms - Hanami.

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of Strand Releasing in presenting Cherry Blossoms - Hanami.

Preceded by

Yellow Sticky Notes

(Cananda, 2008, 7 mins.)

Director Jeff Chiba Stearns is scheduled to attend.

D

rawn on over 2,300 yellow sticky notes, this visual delight demonstrates the challenges of an artist and an activist.

Spotlight on Animation

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of the Jeff Chiba Stearns in presenting Yellow Sticky Notes.

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