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Friday March 26th
Block 1: 10:30-12:00
The Bar
A delusional bar manager shows a prospective employee the tricks of the trade. Think "The Office" meets "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
You Shouldn’t Have
The cancellation of brunch reservations sets off a series of mishaps for one family that turns their Mother's Day into a day they won't soon forget.
Power Poison
A terrorist organization trying to pass a biological weapon across the border, hires the representatives of organized crime do so. The mob, tricked into the deal, is unaware of what they are moving. As soon as they find out, they find themselves in a bloody conflict with the terrorists.
Website: www.vcreationgroup.com
Jonah Lowly
Jonah Lowly, a seventeen year old kid living in New York City, is finding his way as an actor and trying to desperately escape his past as a well known commercial boy, which are limiting him now.
Juche Rules
Inspired by true events, JUCHE RULES follows a state-approved bus tour traveling through the North Korean countryside carrying two foreign reporters (Roy Vongtama and Brent Tyler) and their North Korean guide (Charles Kim). The journalists gain exclusive footage and believe they're about to make history, that is, until a North Korean Captain (Ryun Yu) boards the bus to find out if any crimes have been committed, leaving all characters to define for themselves the meaning of wrong and right.
Website: http://jucherules.com
Father and Sister
A series of coincidental happenings at the church results in an unspeakable act of sin… Or not!
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/10247912
Block 2: 12:15-1:15
Depravity
One night in a New York café, two friends meet for a seemingly innocent cup of coffee. Paranoid Tim believes his wife is sleeping with every man in his line of sight, this includes his friend, Julian. Only problem is that the wife is also Julian’s sister. When the wife turns up the situation soon takes a turn for the worse.
Some conversations just can’t be sweetened . . .
Website: www.darksoupfilms.com
Let’s Talk
This innovative short film tells the story of four friends and their distracting cell phone obsessions.
Website: www.letstalkshort.com
Lychee Thieves
Four local Hawaiian characters clash in Lychee Thieves, a short film written and directed by Kathleen Man, inspired by a newspaper article about a lychee robbery in Hawai'i.
Lychee Thieves explores the often humorous, and sometimes contentious, interactions among the culturally and ethnically diverse inhabitants of Hawai’i. A slice-of-life drama, Lychee Thieves raises questions about our personal responsibility to others and to the land we share.
Website: www.lycheethieves.com
Psyche on Melrose
An unsuspecting family gets served a healthy portion of psychoanalysis when they dine at LA's hottest new restaurant where all the waiters are practicing clinical therapists.
Block 3: 1:30-2:30
Prayers for Peace
Prayers for Peace is a narrative stop-motion animation confronting the memory of the artist's younger brother killed in the current conflict in Iraq. Drawn entirely with pastels on a slate chalkboard, the materials used to create the animation become a metaphor for the impermanence of life.
Website: www.dustystudio.org
Dibble
Dibble is about a man who feels he is a failure and must return home to live in rural, Dibble Oklahoma, to take care of his ailing mother, after his father has died. He has had to leave behind an unfulfilled radio career in Chicago. The film is about his initial reluctance and resentment towards his father that he has had to move home and give up the life he was pursuing, and then the realization that this place and these people, his love for his friends and family, are his real home and truly where he wants to be.
Method
A D-list black actor auditions for the role of a serial killer. But is he playing the role? Or is the role playing him.
Website: www.imdb.com/title/tt1513824/
Block 4: 2:45-3:45
Afternoons with Lester
When wealthy businessman Peter Wagner loses everything, he finds an unlikely yet devoted friend in Lester, the local village idiot.
Skylight
"Skylight" is an animated mock documentary about the ecological plight of penguins
in the Antarctic, possibly foretelling cataclysmic results for the rest of the world.
Website: http://skylight-short.com/
Refrigerator
When Michael’s glowing refrigerator starts giving him peeks at an alternate universe, he becomes consumed with it and its powerful abilities. Retreating from all he knows, including a passionate relationship and satisfying career, Michael must decide to fight the tempting pull of the mysterious refrigerator, or step through the door and find out what’s on the other side.
Website: www.bigsignature.com/refrigerator/index.php
Little Odessa
A series of events introduces a frustrated cab driver into a dangerous world he doesn’t quite understand. Although he thinks he can handle anything, this time he may be in over his head.
Website: www.amnestypictures.com/Film/LittleOdessa/LOindex.html
Director Series: 4:00-6:00
Factory Girl
Screening of the film followed by a discussion with acclaimed director George Hickenlooper
FACTORY GIRL imaginatively unfolds the comet-like rise and fall of 60s “It Girl” Edie Sedgwick, the blazing superstar who came to define both the glamour and the tragedy of our celebrity-obsessed culture. Sedgwick appeared to be the quintessential American princess, with her blue blood, her trust fund and her Harvard education, not to mention her ethereal beauty and vivacious charisma. But she was also a lost and fragile little girl; and when she met up with counter-culture anti-hero Andy Warhol, everything changed. Suddenly, Edie found herself at the center of a Pop Art universe bursting with sex, drugs, style and rock ‘n’ roll -- and a mad rush for fame and fabulousness that was destined to spin out of control.
Website: www.factorygirlmovie.net/index2.html
Saturday March 27th
Block 1: 10:30-11:30
Barefoot
A young woman (Christi Mills) remains unforgiving of her grandfather, whom she deems responsible for her parents death. Constant flashbacks of her beloved parents makes her unable to love and to feel loved. Living on her family's vineyard, the vintner (Patrick Gallagher - Glee, Night at the Museum), tries to make the young woman see that the death of her parents was not at the fault of her grandfather. With the arrival of a new vineyard worker, Ronald Donnelson (Bryce Raney), the young woman once again finds love and the willingness to forgive.
Website: www.LastMinuteProductionsOnline.com
Night Blind
In the sleepy town of Clearwater, Sheriff Jack Carter tries to solve the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of the local Reverend. While tracking down the suspects, Jack moves closer, with each decision, to the precipice of becoming the monster he’s been fighting all his life.
Night Blind is a contemporary Western that explores the conflicts between retribution and redemption, perception and truth, and ultimately, how a hero can lose himself while battling the evil he wishes to abolish.
Website: www.nightblindmovie.com
Workshop
WORKSHOP is a comedic web series that follows six 20-something actors as they navigate the highs and (mostly) lows of trying to make it in Hollywood. Created by Nate Golon and Kimberly Legg. Directed by Andre Welsh.
Website: http://WORKSHOPtheseries.com
A Border Story
Eliseo Gomez is a 46 year-old Mexican immigrant heading North to the US in order to provide for his wife and daughter. At the border his journey takes an unexpected turn and he is forced to cross the relentless desert on his own. With little food and water he becomes drained, detached, and unable to go on, when out of nowhere he stumbles upon a young, American boy also lost and suffering. Eliseo must deal with this unusual new challenge and in doing so he finds a renewed sense of purpose.
Website: www.aborderstory.com
Block 2: 11:45-12:45
Mamanek
Fourteen year-old Petr's dogged obsession with a waitress at the neighborhood bar creates a dangerous situation which threatens his relationship with the other woman in his life: his mother.
Website: http://www.mamanekfilm.com
Clones Gone Wild
When Ben Hocker discovers he has a clone, his button-down world comes crashing down. Ben's alter-ego (the enigmatic 'Dulce') is everything that Ben wishes he could be: wealthy,witty, and irresistible to the ladies. The only question in Ben's mind is whether to make peace with the Clone, or make him rest in peace. With the help of his friends, Ben must quickly navigate a bizarre new world where people aren't who they seem, and where the clones have gone wild.
Website: www.clonesgonewild.com
Thru
While trying to cure his self-inflicted agoraphobia, out-of-work musician Dullis Overby meets a struggling conceptual artist named Avel Soleil. The pair is seemingly made for one another: two outsiders straining to keep afloat in a turbulent world. But when Avel reveals that she has created the ultimate installation art piece out of Dullis' worst fears, he loses the ability to differentiate reality from hallucination and must fight to retain his sanity.
Website: www.wastedpotentialproductions.com
Block 3: 1:00-2:00
Unconditionally
Mike is a singer/songwriter in the LA music scene who’s been at it for a while now. Even though he’s barely getting by, he loves doing it and lately has been grinding it out at the local bars. He loves his girlfriend Alise, yet has been feeling for a while that something is not quite clicking between them. Smaller spats have turned into some big arguments and he’s got to decide what’s most important to him- Alise or his music, a conditional choice that he's ultimately hoping to transform.
Hybrid Union
The oil paintings by Serguei Kouchnerov come alive in Hybrid Union. Two abstract characters, Plus and Minus whose energy is running out, go on a quest to find a new source. When their predicament forces them to unite, they create a new, startling, energy - The Hybrid Union. Will Plus and Minus win the race against the newcomer?
Whimsical and bright, energetic and with great sense of style, it conveys a strong message of collaborating to face our planets energy problems.
Website: www.thehybridunion.com
Athena
Chuck is isolated in a roadside convenience shop in the middle of the desert. Through the strange and unlikely companionship of an exotic chicken and, subsequently, a young woman, he rediscovers himself and changes his life's course.
Website: www.athenathemovie.com
The Godmother
In this quick paced romantic-action-comedy, Rosella Wu (Elizabeth Bond – NIP/TUCK, CSI: MIAMI) is convinced by her mother to kill her mobster husband, Danny (Ron Yuan – FAST & FURIOUS, PRISON BREAK, PUSHING DAISIES, ENTOURAGE). But when Danny quits the mob and cleans up his act, she tries to cancel the hit. Except she's too late – the hit man (Camden Toy – BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) crashes into the house, guns blazing! Now Rosella must save her husband while keeping him in the dark, fix her marriage, and stand up to her over-bearing mother (Georja Umano) who still wants Danny dead!
Website: www.TheGodmotherMovie.com
Block 4: 2:15-3:15
The Kiss
Jeana and Evan hit the town for the first time after having known each other for a while. A misunderstanding suddenly sends their great night spiraling to disaster. Both Jeana and Evan will discover feelings that will permanently change the course of their relationship and force them to evaluate what they really desire
Website: www.kissthefilm.com
Charlie and the Rabbit
After watching BUGS BUNNY, CHARLIE a four-year-old boy sets off on an adventure to hunt a RABBIT of his own.
Website: www.charlieandtherabbit.com
Lovesick Fool
This movie depicts of the ongoing frustrations of its creator in his search for love. At times funny, poetic, profound... or just sad? You be the judge.
Website: www.lovesickfool.net
Fingers
The story of a boy who hitchhikes from Ohio down to Nashville every weekend to play his music for a small local crowd. It’s a fun tale that won’t fail to make you laugh, think, smile, and perhaps even wonder why you do what you do.
Director Series: 3:30-6:00
Hoosiers
Screening of the film followed by a discussion with acclaimed director David Anspaugh
A classic tale of redemption, this film features a volatile coach and a former star player-turned alcoholic leading a small-town basketball team on an improbable run to the Indiana high school championship game. Coach Norman Dale encounters several hurdles in his path: a feisty teacher determined to keep the best player from going out for the team, a town chock full of second-guessing fathers, and a group of undisciplined athletes. Story inspired by the Milan (Indiana) Indians' state title of 1954.
Website: www.imdb.com/title/tt0091217
Sunday March 28th
Block 1: 11:00-12:30
Baram and Hamza
After a morning mixed with laughs and cries, 2 seven year old boys, Hamza the Palestinian and Baram the Israeli leave their houses under normal yet unusual circumstances. Both boys come from very strongly opinionated families, where the sole rights to the protracted land have always been longed, yet peace is the 'annoying' only solution. The boys randomly meet in a place they shouldn't be in, and with no common language or background, they find common grounds, until before they even create a relationship, the viscous war cycle of the situation drowns them to what has become a definite ending, where death became a routine and humanity became a luxury that is hard to achieve.
The Touch
When the love of his life, Jenny, falls for 'Dr. Amazing', Aaron is granted the ability to make anyone fall in love with him, and it's up to him and his friend Neil to clean up the messes he leaves behind when he uses 'The Touch.'
Website: www.imdb.com/title/tt1596331/
The Tea Master
Starring four time Leo Nominated Actor Colin Foo, The Tea Master is a simple story about overcoming adversity by understanding one self's strength.
Website: www.teamastermovie.com
Types in Stereo
Types in Stereo is about how we can exist in multiple spaces. Stereotypes make light of those things that are either generally accepted, popularly true or made myth through misinterpretation. This short film will bring us in and out of the world of stereotypes.
Website: http://parktriangle.com/tis.htm
Numb
Tyler is a mixed martial arts fighter with a potentially career changing fight on the horizon. His trainer is pushing him to make sure he’s on weight. At the same time, his eight-year-old son is getting into fights at school, and Tyler’s ex is laying the blame squarely on him. Adding to the stress is Tyler’s mother, who wants him to meet with his estranged father. Pulled in different directions, Tyler has to weigh the importance of his career and come to terms with what it means to be a father and a son.
Website: www.synapsepics.com
AWARDS CEREMONY
12:45-1:00