Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring The Flaming Lips
(Wayne Coyne, Bradley Beesley, George Salisbury, 2008, USA, 82 min.)

December 12 & 13 at 9 pm
December 14 at 7 pm

Seven years in the making, Christmas on Mars is the feature film debut of visionary frontman Wayne Coyne (the leader of the psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips) Featuring original music by the Lips ("The greatest U.S. band today" - The Guardian), with acting performances by all band members, and Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and actor Adam Goldberg (Dazed and Confused, Two Days in Paris), the film has been called “A thrift-shop Solaris...realized through homegrown special effects that would please fans of Eraserhead-era David Lynch."

It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (the Lips' Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips' Michael Ivins) fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.

Presented in a glorious 35mm print!