thefilms
documentaries
Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio
Chris Fox Gilson
110:00, USA
If you want to see how America works, look at what happened to rock radio.
‘Airplay’ is a story of love and war – a struggle between a handful of pioneers versus powerful business and government interests for the soul of music radio, told by the deejays and the artists they made rock stars.

Autism: Made in the USA
Gary Null
100:00, USA
Autism. What is it and why is it on the rise? In this feature length documentary presentation, award winning executive producer Gary Null is on a quest to reveal the true causes and promising solutions for the recent dramatic increase in autism in our children. Is autism related to environmental factors? Could it be caused by mercury, aluminum, viruses, or other toxins contained in the 40-odd intravenous vaccines that every American child must receive? What are other environmental or genetic factors which could be contributing to the epidemic increase in childhood autism? In this pioneering educational film, Dr. Null will be interviewing some of the world’s leading experts on childhood autism.

Blue Gold:
World Water Wars
Sam Bozzo
90:00, USA
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as corporate giants and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling life source, prompting protests and revolutions from citizens fighting for their right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will we follow? Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, and based on the ground breaking book by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke.
Q & A to follow

Familiar Voices
Danny Mendoza
77:00, Canada/USA
‘Familiar Voices’ is an independently financed, feature length, not-for-profit documentary on reactions to the ongoing crisis in Darfur. Through voices and visuals, old messages regarding responsibility and hope are delivered in new ways - ones that are direct, concrete, and accessible.

Flying Kites
Chad Shagren
48:00, Kenya, USA
Student
Flying Kites concentrates on Ben, an HIV positive orphan, and the daily hardships present in an over capacitated orphanage in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the children never give up, confronting each day’s obstacles relentlessly, showing hope, resolve, and in Ben’s case, humor.

Gramercy Stories
Joyce Chopra
52:00, USA
An inspiring look inside a unique residence in Manhattan that is providing a safe home for 25 gay and trans gender teenagers who have experienced violence at home and on the streets. Told from their candid, often witty perspective, the film follows these courageous kids as they strive to remake their lives.
Q & A to follow

I Need That Record!
Brendan Toller
77:00, USA
A documentary feature
examining why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade. Greedy record labels, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, E-commerce, shoddy ‘stars’ pushed by big money, and the digital revolution all pose threats on the very well being of our favorite record stores. Will these stores die? Will they survive? Featuring Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist/author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, guitar composer Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, punk author Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen, BP Helium guitarist from Of Montreal, and many, many indie record stores across the U.S. of A!

Immokalee U.S.A.
Georg Koszulinski
76:00, USA
Immokalee U.S.A. examines the lives of the individuals who make up the small migrant farming community of Immokalee, Florida.

Lost In America
Ian Kennedy
48:00, USA
‘Lost in America’ follows a struggling Brooklyn writer/singer trying to escape feelings of displacement and isolation in a neighborhood he has called home his entire life. A poetic urban western.

La Danza de la Pluma. Fe,
Sacrificio y Tradición
Armando Espinosa Prieto
35:00, USA
The video documents a cross-cultural conquest dance with Zapotec roots and Spanish influence, recounting the struggle between Moctezuma and Cortez, Christianity and paganism, with variations as to the victor. It focuses on the dancers’ motivations, their three year commitment, the sacrifices involved, and how this ancient tradition has survived.

On Paper Wings
Ilana Sol
67:00, USA
In 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb claimed the lives of the only people killed on the continental U.S. as the result of enemy action during WWII. Forty years later, the decision to fold a thousand paper cranes would unite the Japanese and American civilians affected by this incident.
Q & A to follow

Seasons In The Valley
Adam Matalon
83:00, USA
Elliot Gould lends his distinctive voice to an emotional film, which chronicles the journeys of Jamaican migrant workers, the plight of New York apple farmers, and the bonds that have formed between these men as they struggle to maintain their existence in an emerging and fiercely competitive global economy.
Q & A to follow

The Billboard
From Bethlehem
Bruce Barrett
63:00, USA
Former Palestinian fighters and Israeli Defense Force fighters (The Combatants for Peace) gather Palestinian and Israeli children to paint a giant peace mural in the West Bank of Palestine.
Q & A to follow

The Brothers Warner
Cass Warner
90:00, USA
An intimate portrait of the four film pioneers who founded and ran Warner Brothers studios for over 50 years. This epic story is told in the voice of Harry Warner’s granddaughter and includes never before seen photos and footage from the family archives. A band of brothers who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.
Q & A to follow

The Mayor of Central Park
John Mullen
32:00, USA
A documentary on “the Mayor”, Albert Arroyo. He lives on the Upper West Side, and originally stowed away on a ship from Puerto Rico. He was once a trailblazing runner, with a radical sense of physical fitness; he began running the 1.6 mile path around the Central Park Reservoir. He eventually became an identifiable, approachable character; the guy at the reservoir, the one with the white mustache, running, standing on his head, posing for tourists, forever sharing the many stories of Alberto Arroyo. A fascinating glimpse into a life.
Q & A to follow.

The Understory
Jake Williams
28:00, Mexico
Student
The Understory is a film that documents the problems confronting North America’s northernmost rainforest situated in Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, Mexico. A group of Eastern Connecticut State University students traveled to Los Tuxtlas to explore the area with researchers from the University of Mexico. The students found some alarming crises affecting this unique ecosystem.

The World Was Ours
Mira Van Doren
58:00, USA
The World Was Ours is a documentary dedicated to the memory of Jewish Vilna. It draws on a large collection of video interviews with dozens of survivors and scholars, as well as excerpts from diaries, letters, poems, newspaper articles, and other contemporary accounts. Archival photographs and footage visualize the story of this remarkable community. A voice-over narration by award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin weaves the many elements into a single story. Archival music evokes the spirit of the times and is supplemented by specially recorded performances of Yiddish and Polish works.
Q & A to follow.

Work Harder
Ethan Mechare
60:00, USA
Work Harder separately chronicles the lives of two Los Angeles women, Acela and Alizon, and documents their journeys through single motherhood, low wage employment, the welfare system, immigration, their struggle for a higher education and their quest to make ends meet.


features
Bunker Hill
Kevin Willmott
103:00, USA
Bunker Hill is the story of a former Wall Street executive who leaves prison and heads for the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansas, where his ex-wife and their children have started a new life. Soon after he arrives, an apparent massive terrorist attack against America darkens the town. Cut off from the world, the town’s militant past is reawakened and forces coalesce to protect citizens from an unseen enemy. The town’s fear leads to the creation of a posse of gunmen, resulting in torture, illegal searches and eventually, murder.

Chaturanga
(Four Chapters)
Suman Mukhopadhyay
125:00, India
Chaturanga is the story of a love that is caught between conflicting worlds of ideas. Based on the novel by the Nobel Prize winning author Rabindranath Tagore.

Echos
Perrine Lievois
61:00, France
This is the story of the awakening of a relationship between a woman and Nature.

Freezer Burn
Charles Hood
94:00, USA
A scientist falls for his wife’s 14-year-old art student and, using the technology from his research, freezes himself to align his age with hers.
Q & A to follow.

Jinghu
Li Shuai
82:00, China
Jinghu presents a genuine point of view on particular emotional ties that bind people, and provides a testimonial on the deep affection between two generations, between master and his disciple.

Love Conquers Paul
Colin Bannon
90:00, USA
Paul leaves nothing to chance, to the point of forcing serendipitous encounters on mysterious women he feels a connection to.
Q & A to follow.

Prey for the Island
Timothy Pape
76:00, USA
A late-night DJ’s life becomes complicated when he begins dating his best friend’s mistress. Slowly his past and future catch up with him, leading to a number of unexpected resolutions. Experimental film.

Route 30
John Putch
88:00, USA
3 interconnecting stories from South Central Penna. ‘Deer Hunters Wives’ tells of the frustrations of Civil War tour guide Mandy, who obsesses on Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed at the battle of Gettysburg. While her friend June struggles with an internet porn scheme to make extra money. ‘What I Believe’ focuses on a man who seeks the help of a Christian Scientist to heal his back pain and explain the Big Foot that chased him. ‘Original Bill’ is the story of a writer who buys a rural farmhouse hoping to find unique inspiration to write his novel. He is sidetracked by his Amish neighbor, who smokes, drinks & swears.

The Crimson Mask
Elias Plagianos
86:00, USA
The Crimson Mask is a modern day parable that takes its
viewers on a dramatic thrill ride. Robert Clohessy, Josh Burrow, and Chrishell Stause headline a cast of veteran actors who breathe life into the graphic world of the crimson mask - a world where greed, lust, pride, anger and envy force two men into a deadly ritual of redemption.

The Death of Alice Blue
Park Bench
86:00, Canada
Alice Blue is a new creative intern at Raven Advertising. Unfortunately for her it’s run by vampires. A group of eccentrics enlist her aid in thwarting their nefarious schemes. But there’s a complication. There’s the possibility that she herself may be genetically predisposed to being the greatest vampire ever, and the only one who can save the dying breed. Alice is forced to confront herself and make a stand, whatever the outcome.

The Finger Lakes
Chip Leonard_John Balis
90:00, USA
Les is a man in the throes of a traumatic event. No longer able to distinguish fantasy from reality, his erratic actions bring him to the brink of his own destruction. Frustrated by his eccentric behavior, Les’ wife, Bev, presses Les to conform and pushes him over the edge. Les’ violent reaction leaves the countryside in shambles. Buoyed by director James Leonard’s accomplished direction, John Freeman presents a comic, yet insightful performance of man lost in the limbo between reality and the netherworld, taunted by a trio of advocates. Motivational speaker, Mike Camby (Mike Landry) excels at mixing inspiration with the sinister. Even his courteous and affable portraits have a peculiar, unpredictable edge. Big Jim (Tom Epstein) lures us through the world of quirky fisherman, casting for life’s glory and reeling in its disillusions. Supported by John Epperson’s masterful performance as an avenging angel, “The Fingerlakes” leads us through a maze of high-pressure marketing tactics, cable newscasters desperate for the story that will lead to a coveted anchor spot, and murder for profit.
Q & A to follow.

The Twenty
Chopper Bernet
92:00, USA
Carty has struggled with his drinking and the blackouts that attend it for as long as he can remember. Now sober, he attempts to pull himself out of the gloom and into a more normal life. But when he discovers a message written on a twenty-dollar bill an obsession begins. An obsession that leads him on a journey into a Lynchian landscape of shame, rage, and pain. A journey that forces him to reflect on his own life and, perhaps, to catch sight of the shadowy person he has imprisoned for all these years in his drunken state of mind. But will the experience of looking at the man in the mirror set him free or send him over the edge into never ending darkness?

Zyco Rock
Ian Handasyde
90:00, Australia
Zyco Rock is a futuristic teenage drama exploring music and drug culture, as sanctioned by the government and schools of day.

shorts
block one
Against the Wind
Dan Masucci
10:00, USA
Getting old is the most unexpected certainty. In the twilight of his life, Ned reflects on his past, his remaining years, and discovers how his role in life has changed. Against the Wind is a sentimental film that shows the old truly are young at heart and that universal emotions live within us all.

American Short
Todd Tinkham
10:00, USA
A story of wanderlust and hippie longings, a tale of found treasure and lost spirituality. An All-American road movie in a stalled car with four eccentric travelers.

Banana Bus
Ajit Anthony Prem
4:00, USA
A stop-motion film about a young woman’s real life experience riding the school bus. It would seem that she received much of her education while riding to and from school.

Dear Stranger
Ajit Anthony Prem
15:00, USA
Dear Stranger follows the
musings of a young woman’s erotic fantasies that develop harmlessly until they suffocate her mind and her real life relationships.

I Love My Girlfriend
Nic Beery
14:00, USA
A love story with a backhoe.

Into The Light
Alice Caronna
10:00, United Kingdom
Student
Jack is losing his sight and his faith in life along with it, while his young daughter Bella believes her family is protected by fairies. After an argument she runs away. So Jack needs to rediscover his faith in order to find his daughter.

Alexa
Todd Tinkham
5:00, USA
On a hot, summer day in quiet suburbia, 12 year-old Alexa goes for a forbidden swim and uncovers a world of intrigue and surprise.

block two
Bean
Giovanna Federico
18:00, USA
Student
Bean, a fifteen year old writer, says goodbye to her surrogate father, Johnny. Her mother, Julie, has a new boyfriend, Scoot, a lazy redneck. Bean wants Julie to stop cycling through men and start being a mother. When Julie is unreceptive, Bean takes action to gain her mother’s attention.

Growing Up Vegas
Amber Beard
20:00, USA
Student
Taylor, an isolated, withdrawn tomboy hangs out at the casino where her single mom works as a cocktail waitress. There Taylor meets a lovable , washed-up Elvis Impersonator who takes her under his wing. But what are his true intentions?

Mind the Gap
Kristal Williams-Rowley
16:00, USA
Student
When the realities of her father’s job hit, Sara copes with her grief the best way she knows how.

Persephone
Gwyghar Bratton
18:45, USA
“Persephone” is a visual retelling of the classic greek myth of Persephone using masks, puppets, and original music to express the story. Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of Fertility and abundance. She was kidnapped by Hades, god of the dead, and taken into the Underworld. Upon discovering the loss of her daughter, Demeter made the earth barren, threatening to starve mankind unless her daughter was returned to her. Persephone could only return if she had not eaten any food of the dead. Having eaten six seed from a pomegranate Persephone divides her time spending six months in the land of the living and six months in the world of the dead, causing the seasons to change. “Persephone” is a visual re-imagining of this traditional Greek myth using masks, puppets, and original music to emphasize the films themes of life, death, and resurrection.

block three
And Then She Was Gone
Jacqueline Pennewill
6:40, USA
And The She Was Gone is a narrative short filmed in Savanna, GA. The story focuses on a young woman who meets a mysterious older woman in a park. She engages the woman in conversation and finds that the woman is both the key to her passed and the mystery of her future. Inspired by Italian cinema, the films quality is that of a dream, set to the backdrop of Spanish moss, and a town textured with ghosts and nostalgia. The message of the film is simple: life is short and sweet.

Angels
Cammie Burford
13:00, USA
A con artist gets caught in his own con when he poses as an angel to take advantage of strangers.

Habits
HYEJIN KWON
3:00, USA
People’s behaviors are driven by their memories and obsessions. Their obsessions dictate their actions and their actions reinforce their obsessions in a never-ending cycle. My film is an exploration of people’s habitual behaviors as a reflection of their mental status. In my work, three people with no cause to feel unease behave in peculiar ways in order to escape their misgivings. Three stories are shown in sequence and later as a montage. These stories are about ordinary everyday people, one driven by anxiety, another compulsion, a third by obsession. They indulge in idle fantasies and habitual behaviors. Habits, the result of obsession or compulsion, will be scattered.

Mike and Lucy
Zi Fang
9:00, USA
A wannabe rockstar, a dropout cheerleader, and an artist who grows plant on his back were her roommates. And him, someone who’d never reveal his name to his online love interest...

Penny
Mary Cates
7:15, USA
A down and out penny finally finds appreciation and gets a lucky break.

Suit Yourself
Jordan Lyndsey
7:00, USA
The true story of a autistic man and his brother as they seek to find a job that allows him to wear a suit.

Wilderness
Amy Neswald
20:00, USA
Reticent to live the first of many lives, Robert Kenny, now forty, lost in life and trailed by an ambivalent angel meets his soulmate, but is he too stuck in his ways to recognize her?

block four
Crushing Pennies
Ryan Casey
32:20, USA
Crushing Pennies is a film about a married couple, Irene and Gabe, who find their relationship to be claustrophobic. As a way to vent, they begin to imagine that other people are interested in them and start to lead delusional lives. Their delusions then become shared and there are characters who both main characters interact with as though they were real. These delusions begin to get the best of their psyches as they even begin to pick up the vices of these imagined characters. They finally decide to visit a marriage counselor, who figures out how to solve the problem in a very original and interesting way.

Four Minutes til Noon
Jonathan Taylor
3:00, USA
Student
A Veteran gunslinger prepares to uphold his reputation against a up-and-coming rookie, but who is the real threat?

Fruitless Efforts -
Fruit of the Womb
Oren Robashkin
5:00, USA
Animation
Apple is trying to lead a normal life, but is being held back by his friends.

Magritte Moment
Ian Fischer
17:00 USA
A frustrated painter searching for his muse gets some help from the surreal visions of Rene Magritte.

Sea Mammals and Reptiles
Zachary Borst
7:35, USA
An offbeat couple is in for a string of surprises on a drafty day in Hickory, North Carolina as they try to come to terms with their juvenile love.

The Realm of Possibility
Gerald Guthrie
6:00, USA
Animation
“The Realm of Possibility” is a digital animation based at the intersection of absurdity and logic. Deductive reasoning, based on the syllogistic form (a is b, b is c, therefore a is c), becomes a vehicle to validate concepts that might not necessarily be true.

block five
The Curse of Micah Rood
Alec Asten
35:00, USA
A late 18th century recluse, Micah Rood cherishes only his privacy, his memories of lost loved ones, and above all… his precious apple orchard. A man no longer interested in social graces or financial success, Rood’s withdrawal from society leaves him suspicious, resentful, and even paranoid. So when a traveling peddler seeking lodging for the night visits Rood and makes reference to the remarkable brand of apples and the potential for profit the two of them might share together, it strikes a chord long gone sour. Rood commits a heinous act that soon comes back on him with the weight of his own guilt and manifests itself into the form of the most bizarre haunting a man might suffer. The curse that is inflicted is as chilling to the blood as any other New England legend. The only difference… this tale is carved from truth.

Precious Metal: The Otto Steinholz Story
Greg Carlson
8:00, USA
Otto Steinholz, a bicycle shop owner with the remarkable ability to produce nuts, bolts, and other kinds of metal objects from his body, tells his daughter the story of how he met the love of his life.

Rescued
Peter Parlegreco
8:00, USA
Animation
A hand drawn journey to another planet.

Somebody’s Watchin’ Me
Joe Hubbard
17:00, USA
This movie is about a young man’s journey to find inner happiness, and the uniquely musical 100 dollar bill that helps him get there.

block six
Second Guessing Grandma
Bob Giraldi
10:00, USA
Set in 1982, the simple, true-life story of an important week in the life of a twenty-something gay man who finally comes out to his beloved grandmother in the Jersey City house he was raised in inspite of mounting pressure from his mother and boyfriend.

Cosmic Legos
Gabe Mayhan
22:00, USA
Shawn is the kind of guy who can’t leave anything to fate.
Julie is happy to go with the flow. Neither knows the other exists, but these two very
different people share the same dream in this movie about a small bar were fate and love intersect.

A Thing of the Past
Nick Butler
15:00, Canada
Alex has just discovered that his ex-boyfriend, Zack has undergone a 12-step program to ‘convert’ to heterosexuality and is now engaged to blackberry toting business woman, Casey.

Only Love
Lev Polyakov
15:00 USA
Student/Animation
‘Only Love’ is a tragicomedy about a Dictator, a Rebel, and Love. It is a darkly humorous tale of a dictator facing the ghosts of his past misdeeds, a man’s eternal search for love, and the terrible price one sometimes has to pay for it.

Long Journey Home
Billie Mintz
7:00, Canada
Animation
In a village that never knew sickness a boy is sent into the wilderness to find the cure to his illness. He returns from his great journey to a village that does not recognize him for the changes he has endured. They have no way to cope with his transformation or understand the message he brings back from his great journey. The boy is expelled from the village and forced to lead the rest of his life in a secluded wilderness. Until one day, much later, the village sends out a young warrior to find the Boy and bring him home. It is time. They are ready to hear his story. Are you ready to hear his story?

block seven
Tabitha’s Aquarium
Jason Klein
31:00
Tabitha, a self-proclaimed fish enthusiast, is convinced that her ‘touch’ is lethal after her mother, pet fish and plant unexpectedly die following contact. Consequently she dons a pair of latex gloves and finds work in a taxidermy studio where the risk of killing anything else is minimal. Yet just as Tabitha begins to relax and discover the joy in restoring dead fish, tragedy strikes again and ultimately forces her to choose between her isolating phobia and a budding relationship with Wade, the quirky owner of Living Dead Taxidermy.
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How to Prepare For A Date
Josefin Sundberg,
Hans Montelius
6:00, Sweden
A man prepares for a date. But everything goes wrong and he ends up dating his cell phone.

Lay Me Down
Shinako Sudo
13:57, USA
Deep in the forest, a boy finds his clone in captivity. They soon create a strong bond unaware of the fate that await them.

The Lesson
Michael Knowles,
Andre Rodriguez
37:00, USA
Two boys in the bodies of men compete to give a beautiful woman a guitar lesson. You won’t believe how far they’ll go to win her over.

block eight
Irony
Ranses Rodriguez
Mike Pereira
18:00, USA
During spring break, three teens decide to take a hiking trip to an unexplored forest. But, what starts off as a simple hike quickly takes a dark turn when Johnny, the only one who knows the way out of the forest, disappears after an accidental fall in a nearby river. Shocked by the tragic event the two remaining friends try to find a way out of the forest before night falls. As their hope slowly begins to diminish, friendship and trust is put to the test.
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[I Think]
Dana Cardwell
7:34, USA
Our generation has been raised to believe that there is a pill for everything. But is there a simple chemical answer to finding fulfillment? “i think” is a dramatic short metaphorically depicting human struggles through an obscure story of a lonely character trying to find rest.

Hanging by a Thread
Charity Battles
13:00, USA
Four different perspectives of marriage are played out through a young couple, Brian and Shannon, whose relationship is in jeopardy.

Thomas Throop: Response in Wood
Duffy Franco
10:08, USA
A documentary of Thomas Throop, maker of bespoke furniture. Throop (pronounced “troop”) creates handmade furniture meant to last generations. The furniture maker shares his thoughts on working with wood, and his approach to deriving creative inspiration through satisfying his clients’ needs while realizing his own personal vision.

The Real Revolution
John Sudol
17:30, USA
Student
“The Real Revolution” are clips based on the 2008 Presidential Election; the film explains why America needs a new president more than anything along with interviews of normal American citizens discussing their opinions on the issue. The film also takes you back to November 4, 2008 on election to recap the events ad voting followed by the acceptance speech of President Elect
Barrack Obama.

block nine
The Paradigm Shift
Jon Barr
26:00, USA
The repercussions are immediate when activist/history professor Arthur Collins assigns his class to plan an assassination of the President. Life becomes particularly tough for the professor’s teaching assistant T.K., whose reluctance to choose a side plants him right in the middle.

A Night with Nixon
Alex Cormack
3:00, USA
Animation
A Date with Richard Nixon that goes sour.

After Dark
Mike Mastroni
3:00, USA
With a full time job, the night is my riding time...come with me and share a night of cruising around my town, and the feeling I get from being on my bike. No distractions, no people, an escape from the day-to-day. Just my iPod, a red bull, and pure fun. Not a care in the world...This is a huge part of bmx to me.

GPS Penguin
Gavin Shapiro
0:39, USA
Student
A comical TV ad for Garmin GPS’s.

Soulmates
Tom Flynn
19:00, USA
A fledgling couples therapist must rely upon his shoddy couples therapy skills in order to survive a blind date with a crazy old witch.

The Auspix
Jesse James Monayhan
10:51, USA
When Doby Ubles, leader of the Chicken Liberation Army gets a mysterious phone call from the Auspix, he must risk it all to save a captured chicken from a life of servitude at the hands of Belvedere Simpson.

The Things They Carried
Trevor Murphy
4:32, USA
Based on the novel by Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried is a short piece showing the depression, guilt and regrets of men who fought in the Vietnam War.

A Wacky Week-end!
Jon McMahon
11:00, USA
Student
An eccentric young man visits his grandfather’s ranch for a weekend of fun and reminiscing.

block ten
Film Noir
Brenton Thom
9:00, USA
Student
Ricky, a down-on-his-luck private investigator, struggles to procure a valuable artifact for his latest client, the Dame, and must deal with interference from the local mob boss, Luigi, and his team of goons. Ricky uses his contacts, Fonz and Joe, to stay one step ahead of Luigi, and one step closer to retrieving the artifact.

Midnight Matinee
J. Scott Portingale
10:00, Canada
Animation
A stop-motion animated film that illustrates the artistic journey of a capricious camera and the personal discovery of its true potential.

Mirror Mirror
Valerie Champagne
14:00, USA
Student
Ten year-old Tanya tries to save her dying father by bargaining with a demon in her bathroom mirror.

Slipaway
Michael McDermott
22:00, USA
With his wife and work leaving him disengaged, a man drifts into a mysterious bar where a couple new friends promise a better life. As the new surroundings grow increasingly seductive, the man is tempted by a better life while unsure of who he can trust.

The Cheapest Man In The Room
V.K. Shah
17:00, USA
Frugal, Thrifty, Economical...all words to describe Ross Carter, a Cheap guy looking for happiness

block eleven
Flowers for San Lazaro
James Rauchman
20:00, USA
‘Flowers for San Lazaro’ is a short exploration of the concept of religious faith in Cuba, today- where hope is in short supply. It follows a Cuban family as they make their annual pilgrimage to the shrine of San Lazaro outside Havana on the night December 16th.The film shows that San Lazaro is a contested figure, whose identity and meaning may be different, depending on your cultural background.

Caught in Paint
Rita Blitt
6:00, USA
‘Caught in Paint’ captures painter/sculptor Rita Blitt painting on transparent surfaces while the David Parsons Dance Co. dance in mid-air thru the painting imitating Blitt’s paint strokes. Photographer Lois Greenfield shoots dynamic stills during process.

The Cave: An adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay
Michael Ramsey
3:00, USA
Animation
An adaptation of Plato’s, ‘Allegory of the Cave’ animated in clay.

Baby Boots
Hans Olson
15:00, Canada
Walt lives on the farm with his recently separated father. Their routine is interrupted when a young woman shows up to use the phone.

Veggie Car
Gavin Shapiro
7:31, USA
Student/Documentary
A documentary showing the pros and cons of using vegetable oil to fuel your car.

Outside In
Jake Honig
5:00, USA
One ignorant college student sees the effects of his abrasive behavior.

Call Waiting
Timothy McDermott
15:00, USA
Student
The film is about a young girl named Alexandra: lost in her job, worn out from her nagging mother, and looking for companionship. Also, she was born with the rare condition of telephones dangling from her torso. We follow this girl as she struggles to find self-identity and someone to love (and love her back). It ends happily when she meets a young man with a similar disability - an attached answering machine. Ultimately, it is a story about belonging and being comfortable in your own skin. Or telephone.

block twelve
Extreme Cornwall
Gavin Shapiro
1:39, USA
Student
A short, informative mocumentary about a small peaceful town in northern Connecticut.
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Plain Us
Amir Motlagh
20:00, USA
Cy, an Iranian American indie rock and roller drops into the city he grew up in, Costa Mesa California, to visit the family he could of had.

Affinity
Daniel Herzog
12:31, USA
Affinity is about a girl who wakes up confined to a chair not knowing how she got there. With the help of her captor, she is able to piece it all together.
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Papi
Milton Diaz
18:00, USA
Josh has been dumped, he turns to three people for advice. They provide him with different perspectives on love. Finally his father helps him define love for him by talking about the past. Josh is forever changed by the conversation and he bonds with his dad for the first time.
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Diary of a Hitwoman
Paul Robinson
Sashia Dumont
17:28, USA
After the negligent loss of her only child, a woman enters a life of crime and revenge. Will finding her former dealer finally ease her guilt, or will her past lead her further into despair?
Content.

block thirteen
Forever
Todd Tinkham
5:00, USA
Through memories and dreams, a young boy experiences the love of his deceased mother - and helps his dad do the same.

Gameshow
Vincent Carubia
26:00, USA
Student
A poor teen gets tangled in a wacky televised competition.

The Line
Kent Bassett
23:00, USA
Student
A migrant father and son run out of water while crossing the desert border and must seek help from the ranch house
of a Minuteman.

The Outlaw & The Porno Queen
Alex Ferrari
8:00, USA
‘Don Quixote on a motorcycle, A Biker Comedy’. Emmett Deemus, a semi-delusional 70 year-old Outlaw Biker wannabe takes on a gang of young outlaw bikers to save a voluptuous young lady they’ve kidnapped in order to collect the reward. But his heroism and events create a bizarre way in which he earns the money.
Content.

On the Bus
Willie Ford
14:00, USA
A man, erratic and out of control, rides a city bus bothering the passengers as he searches endlessly for answers to his tragic past.

block fourteen
Fugheddaboudit
Fred LeBow
32:00, USA
A black comedy set in Brooklyn. This short is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ meets ‘Good Fellas’ meets ‘Midnight Cowboy’.
Content.     

Draw
Ryan Pearce
23:00, USA
When poker hustler Alex Malone falls into debt to Dom, a neighborhood loan shark, his life begins to fall apart.
Content.

Bronx Paradise
William Lappe
108:00, USA
Ride Shotgun with Wayne as he bulls his way through the Bronx, picking up his trigger happy best friend, John a racist mafia killer with a penchant for violence. See Wayne as he stalks deadbeats like ‘Harry the Jew’ or being shadowed by “The Ghouls” an invalid attached to an oxygen tank, whose dream is to become a cocaine dealer like his idol Wayne. To make matters worse, “Little Mike” and Nicky two neighborhood psychos are robbing and killing in the middle of the night and have plans of their own. While their boss “Frankie Sunshine”, brightens the neighborhood by cutting down anybody who gets in his way.
Content.

shorts w/ features
Tree Tops
Adrian Correia
15:10, USA
Two sisters wait for a train. Millie McCallum has never left her small country town. Elle was more than quick to leave, but she is back licking her wounds after several setbacks. They have to decide what they can get from their lives, who and what can they be, what they have to hold onto and what they have to let go.

Boxed
Joy E. Reed
9:19, USA
When Mom calls Kate for help with the computer, she learns more then she bargained for!

special screening
A Force More Powerful
Steve York
45:00, USA
Narrated by Ben Kingsley
In the 1960’s, Gandhi’s nonviolent weapons were taken up by black college students in Nashville, Tennessee. Disciplined and strictly nonviolent, they successfully desegregated Nashvilles’ downtown lunch counters in five months, becoming a model for the entire civil rights movement..
Q & A to follow_library

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