Irene Bedard

Cinema- tographer Adam Greenberg and actress Irene Bedard will be among those appearing at the fifth annual South Dakota Film Festival, which starts Thursday at the Capitol Theatre. Greenberg was nominated for an Academy Award in 1991 for “Terminator 2....

Just as the weather turns a little cooler, the Aberdeen cinema scene starts warming up. The South Dakota Film Festival runs Thursday through Sunday in Aberdeen, showcasing dozens of films from the Great Plains and beyond. The festival is one of the...

Why does the South Dakota Film Festival choose the winners before the festival even begins? One reason is that awards helps filmmakers decide whether to attend the festival, said Tom Black, one of the producers of the Aberdeen-based festival. The system...

The family that greeted filmmaker Andrew Kightlinger on Saturday in Aberdeen has its roots in Selby.  Kightlinger, who spoke at the South Dakota Film Festival, was born and raised in Madagascar. But his father, Lon, and his dad’s five siblings,...

Friday June 26, 1998      On the eve of July 4, 1976, a couple on Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation celebrate the bicentennial of the white man's independence with a lively party that ends in tragedy when their home catches fire, costing them...

Friday October 8, 1999      "Naturally Native," the first dramatic feature written, directed and produced by and starring Native American women, has lots to say but proves so stirring that it sustains its didactic stretches. A celebration of sisterly...

Friday October 15, 1999      Harmony Korine's "julien donkey-boy," a film of piercing beauty and pain, takes its title from a thin, intense schizophrenic of perhaps 20. In a prologue that reverberates throughout the film Julien (Ewen Bremner) comes...

Friday October 15, 1999      Cedric Kahn's relentless "L'Ennui" is such a rigorous exploration of sexual obsession that it proves to be a most demanding film. Virtually devoid of eroticism and sensuality, it depicts with the utmost realism a 17-year-...

Friday June 16, 1995      Disney animation is one of the wonders of the modern movie age. Whether it is the magic of making drawings move or the emotional link the films have to childhoods past, there is something perennially enchanting about the...