The Little
Team, or “L'Equip Petit,” is a fun and inspiring documentary short from
Spain about a youth soccer team that’s never scored a single goal but keeps
going anyway—for the fun of playing the game, to make friends, and learn
lessons about life and sports.
Shot in
just a few hours by a small crew, this film is great for kids and the grownups
who can learn from them. As the
filmmakers said in an interview,
“We are a little film company and we like to win but it can’t be always expect
this. We try to have fun with the
process, not just with the final result.”
Fortunately, the final result is a winner!
Our accompanying
feature, VINYL,
is an underdog comedy about an aging British punk band, Johnny Jones and the Weapons of
Happiness, returning to the music scene by creating a younger group to mime
their songs. Sort of Spinal Tap meets School of Rock—as The
Santa Barbara Post put it, this is “a heartwarming rock mockumentary.” A fresh and funny film that
“delves into the relationship of rock star dads and their illegitimate
children, the misdirection of today's spotlight on the young rather than the
talented, and the role of technology in today's music industry.”
Loosely
based on the true story of The Alarm and Mike Peters, this film was directed by
Sara Sugarman, who has
experience in bands herself and as a longtime acquaintance with Peters. Click here for a sneak-peek
clip of Sara introducing her film.
Screening Saturday evening (11/10) at 6:30 pm.
Screening Saturday evening (11/10) at 6:30 pm.
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By James
Latham
The Valley
Film Festival returns to NoHo for its twelfth annual celebration of independent
film and local production, Wednesday, November 7 – Sunday, November 11, 2012.
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