April 24 - 28 2013

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April 24 - 28 2013

2013
The Sixth Annual
Presented by
April 24 - 28
The Sottile theatre
Physicians Auditorium
www.CharlestonIFF.org
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Dear Friends in Film,
Welcome to the Sixth Annual Charleston
International Film Festival! The tremendous support we continue to
receive from our sponsors and the community
is unparalleled. Without you, we would not be
able to present such a fabulous and unique film
event in beautiful Charleston! Playing host to
an incredible group of some of the most
talented filmmakers and writers in the world
is indeed electrifying.
The films & screenplays submitted this year were
amazing & abundant. All of the submissions
created a greater-than-ever challenge, and after
an incredibly heartfelt and thorough selection
process, we are proud & humbled to present the
most striking new cinematic visions of amateur,
emerging, and veteran filmmakers. The films
we are showcasing are broad in subject matter,
and hail from right here in Charleston and the
U.S., and countries around the world including
Argentina, Greece, Italy, and more.
We are happy to announce more exciting
news... including the unveiling of the Spire
Award honoring the lifetime achievements
of cinematographer Bill Butler for his work on
such famous titles as Jaws, Stripes, and Grease.
Also, every year the week of the Charleston
International Film Festival is to be decreed
by the City of Charleston as Charleston Film
Week! We will continue to present informative
and educational workshops with the College
of Charleston, host the Young Filmmakers
Project by the SC Film Commission, and focus
on increasing opportunities for filmmakers
and writers.
Our warmest gratitude goes out to our
sponsors, board of directors, partners,
volunteers, supporters and YOU. We hope you
enjoy the growing festival now and in the years
to come. This is your festival. Let the magic
continue… Lights. Camera. Action!
Cheers,
Summer Peacher
Co-Founder
Brian Peacher
Co-Founder
CREDITS
Co-Founders
Brian & Summer Peacher
Director of Festival Operations
Jim Bush
Marketing Director
Genna Shelnutt
Musical Director
Lee Barbour
Special Events Coordinator
Angie Pitts
Festival Liaison
Gabrielle Schecker
Board of Directors
Margaret Ford Rogers
Bob Kosian
Michael Hollings Marcia Chandler Rhea
Matt Watson
Joe Riley III
John Osborne
Ben Levitt
Courtney Parades
Doug Coupe
Alan Craig
Adam Paul
David Mendez
Public Relations
Doug Coupe with
BOLD Communications Group
Graphic Design
Renaissart Graphic Design
Photographer/Social Media
Timothy Burnham
Intern
Charles Nyugen
Festival Production
Wesley Booker
Kyra Masuga
Cofa McCarthy
Rob Britt
Kelsey McCusker
Mary Anne Ellifritz
Trip Mildren
Nelson Ellifritz
Woodrow Norris
Lissa Glassberg
Laura Pierce
Margaret Gonzales
Corey Popowski
Jim Gooden
Mindy Popowski
Christopher Hanson
Rob Potter
Ethan Hawver
Jalyn Riggleman
Sam Houpe
JC Routh
Morgan Lear
Stephanie Smith
Keimani Mannigault
Michael Weiss
2013 Sponsors
Charliewood Pictures
Cruise Industry
Charitable Foundation
Southwest
Xfinity
Charleston Magazine
Charleston City Paper
Cointreau
Finlandia
inventivENVIRONMENTS
Legare+Bailey+Hinske
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Technical Event Company
The Charleston Travel Company
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All-In Entertainment
BOLD Communications Group
College of Charleston
First Citizens Bank
Handsome Properties
Litton Entertainment
Renaissart Graphic Design
Republic Garden & Lounge
Seeking Indigo
Snyder Event Rentals
The Alley
BoomTown ROI
Carolina One
CC&T
Charleston Collegiate School
COMPASS Transportation
Cru Catering
Dig South
IKON Financial Group
Knight Printing and Graphics
Phillip Katz Project Development
Radiant Images
Regency Metals
Regent Partners
Rick Hendrick BMW
The Sanctuary @ Kiawah
West Coast Water Filtration
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Carolina Nightlife
CHS 365
Charleston Business Services
MEW Kids
Mellow Mushroom
M L Design
Neil Stevenson Architects
On a Roll Catering
Parks Auto Parts
Places Real Estate
SC Film Commission
The Mezz
Vapor Apparel
Visualive
YBSpot
Special Thanks
Frank Abagnale Jr.
John Barnhardt
Bill & Iris Butler
Michele Brand
Devon Bratton
Chris Brigham
Dave Brown
Chris Bruder
Tom Clark
Portia Cobb
Timothy Cogan
Mark Commander
Larry Collett
Jeff Corzine
John Davis
Keith English
Marty Fettig
Virginia Friedman
Linda Fuller
Denis Gallagher
Jeff Grady
Ashley Gunnin
Peggy Hobbs
Derek Horne
Helen Jacobs
Skip Johnson
Sue Johnson
Camille Key
Allison Koch
Marie Laure Kosian
Ron Krauskopf
Marshall Lowe
Jim & Sheryl Peacher
Kurt Schemper
Snow in Africa
Alan & Diana Spooner
Lee & Laura Spooner
Richard Star
Bill Thompson
Jennifer & Jason Vertican
Megan Waldrep
Brad Waring
John Wilson
Philip Woollcott
Charleston Travel Company
Costco Wholesale
Embassy Suites Charleston
Handsome Properties
M L Design
Mellow Mushroom
Neil Stevenson Architects
Parks Auto Parts
Places Real Estate
Rick Hendrick BMW
Robot Candy
Seeking Indigo
The Alley
Vapor Apparel
The Mez
YBSpot
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ON LOCATION
With the Charleston InternationAl Film Festival
OPENING NIGHT
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
SOTTILE THEATRE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
A HOUSE, A HOME
Romance/Music (7 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Daniel Fickle
Producers: Mark Smith, Courtney Eck
and James Strayer
Cast: Calvin McCarthy
and Meredith Adelaide
OPENING NIGHT
SURPRISE FEATURE
A surprise opening-night screening
of a uniquely perceptive and
impressive drama film from
Millennium Entertainment. This
modern adaptation of a novel
from the late 1800’s is both
powerful and honest. Don’t miss
what critics have described as
“cumulatively heartrending”
with a “superb cast” and
delivering “one hell of an
emotional punch.”
SOTTILE THEATRE • 44 George Street • Charleston, SC 29401
Synopsis: A love, a death, another death
are reconciled in a subterranean world.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
Sottile Theatre
Block 1 ~ 7:00pm
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
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Block 2 ~ 9:00pm
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF
WILLY GRUNCH: STAR SYSTEM
CGI Animation (2 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Oscar Carabano
Writers: Alain Auderset, Benoit Wiener
and Oscar Carambano
Producers: JM Khayat, Ben Davis and Bryan Ransom
Cast: Jasmine and Willy Grunch
Synopsis: Willy Grunch only has three things on his mind: Love, Guitars
and SNAILS. His flawed pursuit of the beautiful Jasmine leads him through
the most amazing and disastrous situations ever imagined while making
sure to find time to annoy Oscargot the snail! In this episode Jasmine’s
desire to become a star takes her on a rollercoaster ride through her “five
mins. of fame”.
JACK & JILL
Drama (12 mins.) Australia, SC Premiere
Directors/Writers: Lloyd and Spencer Harvey
Producers: Lloyd Harvey, Spencer Harvey
and Nino Tamburri
Cast: Molly Ellison, Jacob Worth,
James Carrick, Ash Bee, Hayley McCarthy, Kirby Burgess, Richard Carwin,
David Buckley, Adam Ibrahim and Mathew Millay
Synopsis: Jill’s father is stationed in New Guinea during WWII, whilst Jill
and her sisters wait at home in Sydney for news from the front line. The
women are left to fear the worst, upon learning that an RAAF squadron,
near the village where their father is stationed, has sustained heavy
casualties. So Jill, armed with a map of the South Pacific and her
imagination, takes it upon herself to bring her father home.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
Block 2 ~ 9:00pm continued
Drama (12 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Grainger David
Producers: Spencer Kiernan and Caroline
Oliveira
Cast: Khari Lucas, Martha F. Brown,
King Hoey, Ja’kye Williams, Jadin Williams
and Amya Williams
PICTURE. PERFECT. Drama (24 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Winston Titus Tao
Writers: Winston Tao and Aaron Tao
Producers: Ngoc Ho and Bryan Barnes
Cast: Reese Mishler, Ronnie Clark,
Olivia Rose Keegan, Pete Uribe and
Troy Ryan Zuercher
Synopsis: 17 yr. old Russell Clayton is an amateur photographer who’s
grown up in the poor, rural town of Sonora. With a grim living situation
and an absent, drug-addicted father, Russell is forced to take care of his
younger sister, Maggie. When he’s unexpectedly given the opportunity to
participate in his school’s annual photography competition, everything seems
optimistic…until his father comes into the picture. Now, Russell must finally
confront the broken relationship he has with his father, and learns that all
good things come at a great cost.
Synopsis: The Chair is the story of a mysterious outbreak of poisonous mold
in a small town and one boy’s attempt to understand his mother’s death, his
grandmother’s obsession with their discarded recliner, and the roots of this
short-lived, strange, and inexplicable plague.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
THE CHAIR
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TOWING
Drama (15 mins.) US/East Coast Premiere
Director: Wenhwa Ts’ao
Writer: Cari Callis
Producer: Karen Loop
Cast: Camille Guaty, Nicholas Gonzalez
and Adam Pilver
Synopsis: A female veteran’s, and tow truck driver, struggles to make the
adjustment to civilian life when she comes across a drunk who has hit a dog
alongside the road during her shift. Facing her recent past, and her current
adjustment to civilian life, she must figure out how to deal with a situation
that hits close to home. Towing explores themes of gender, race and class
with a feminine perspective on the emotional effects of war.
NARCOCORRIDO
Fiction/Drama (23 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Ryan Prows
Producer: Onye Anyanwu
Cast: Emilio Rivera, Michael Finn,
Nicki Micheaux and Raul Castillo
Synopsis: The drug ballad of a gravely ill
border cop’s reckless cartel heist, and of the desperate souls destroyed
in her wake. REBUILD
Silent Drama (7 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Gerry Gibson
Producer: Max King
Cinematographer/Editor: Devin Gaenzler Forbes
Cast: Addy Miller, Shelby Panttaja and Stephen Thomas Shore
Synopsis: A young girl chases after the chance to save her family.
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DAY TWO
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
SOTTILE THEATRE
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Block 1 ~ 3:00pm
PUSH Tunisia
Short Documentary (35 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Nathan Gray
Producers: Nathan Gray and Todd Nims
Cast: Evan Collisson, Tanner Lostan, Tzahi Einat,
Mohammed Zakaria, Yehia Ossama and Nathan Gray
CRISÁLIDA
Short Documentary (8 mins.) East Coast Premiere
Directors: Laura Cantal, Esther de Rothschild,
Alejandro Estrella and Rosanna Mendez
Producer: Delia de la Cruz
Synopsis: Crisálida, which means ‘cocoon of an incubating butterfly’, is the
name of an 86-year-old woman who watches the world through her bedroom
window. Over the course of a Sunday in her small Cuban town,
her past and present converge in ironic, unsettling ways.
MOVIE EDITING 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Synopsis: In the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution, an eclectic crew of
skateboarders and street artists known collectively as the Bedouins – took
respite from the violence in the streets to turn the looted house of the
incarcerated politician Imed Trabelsi, nephew of former first lady Leila Ben Ali,
into a makeshift skate park and street art exhibition. PUSH Tunisia shows how
it is possible to inspire a change in human perspective away from destruction
and complacency towards proactive peace through creative oppositions and
celebrations of the positive in our world.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Sottile Theatre
Documentary Shorts Program
FREE WorKSHOP • COLLEGE of CHARLESTON
25 St. Philip St. • Room 203
Learn the fundamentals of video editing using non-linear software.
Contact Dave Brown (browndd1@cofc.edu)
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Block 1 ~ 3:00pm
CAVES: THE SOCIAL
UNDERGROUND
Short Documentary (10 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director: Jennifer Marie Bird
Writer/Producer/DP: Luke McMahon
Locations: Hawaii, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, & South Carolina
Synopsis: The experience of being in a place where no one else has ever
been, and to capture and bring back images of wonder. Why do some risk
their lives to go into these places? As we follow three individuals into the
deepest depths of caves around the United States including Hawaii we
will unlock new sights never before captured by human eyes, and start to
understand the pull that brings these intrepid explorers underground.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
World Premiere
Director/Writer: Ira Chute
Producers: Ira Chute and Kelly LeCastre
Cast: Mike Kus, Emma Kus, Theo Kus
and Olive Kus
Screenplay TABLE READ
SOCIETY HALL
72 Meeting St, Charleston SC
Screenplays are where it all
begins! This is your unique
opportunity to attend a script
table read. Come listen to
veteran actors as they bring
to life a selection of scenes
submitted by our 10 CIFF
screenplay finalists. Wine and
cheese reception with our
attending screenwriters to
follow.
3:00pm
Synopsis: Mike Kus is a modern man – a
family man – who, by most accounts,
lives a very normal life. Like most people, Mike enjoys spending time
with his family, going to the park or beach, and taking pictures with his
cell phone to document his adventures along the way. But, unlike most
people, the pictures Mike takes on his phone have made him something of
a phenomenon. Just a regular guy, Mike has inspired nearly half a million
people to follow his photos on Instagram (the average user has 6 followers).
At This Very Moment examines what it is that makes Mike’s pictures special,
and how an otherwise frivolous smart phone app has given him the ability to
capture the fleeting moments of life that would otherwise be lost.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
AT THIS VERY MOMENT
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CARDS AGAINST A WALL
Director: Tim Fennell
Writer: Alex Sanders
Producers: Dave Brown, Brooks Quinn
and Tim Fennell
Cast: Alex Sanders, Joseph Jackson,
Joe Jackson, Tim Rowe, Jon Hale,
Jeremy Helms, R.W. Smith, Andy Solomon, Tim Roylance, Frank Cossa,
Andy Gowder, Reggie Patterson and Evan Parry
Synopsis: Shoeless Joe Jackson, Van Lingle Mungo and Bobo Newsom were
all great baseball players. None are in the Hall of Fame but they do have
great names and all are from South Carolina. Storyteller Alex Sanders met
the three when he was very young and now weaves a great tale that includes
the ballplayers at their prime and later in life. But there’s more – a magician,
a deck of cards and an amazing moment that changes the young boy’s life.
Look for Shoeless Joe Jackson’s great, great, great nephew portraying the
legendary 1919 ballplayer.
Motion Capture Demonstration 3:00pm - 5:00pm
FREE Demo • COLLEGE of CHARLESTON
See a live motion capture simulation
with Brent Mason of OptiTrack.
For years, Brent worked on major
Hollywood productions as a motion
capture technician. His simulation
will showcase optical tracking
cameras as they collect and stream
data in real time from a person in
a motion capture suit to a virtual
model on a screen.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Block 2 ~ 5:00pm
THE LIFE AND TRIALS
OF WILLY GRUNCH:
PETAL POWER
Synopsis: Willy Grunch only has three things on his mind: Love, Guitars and
SNAILS. His flawed pursuit of the beautiful Jasmine leads him through the
most amazing and disastrous situations ever imagined while making sure
to find time to annoy Oscargot the snail! In this episode Willy Grunch tries
his hardest to win over the beautiful Jasmine. Just when it seems he’s won,
Jasmine throws him a curve ball and rocks his world. Can he ever win?
PAIN STAKING
Dramatic Comedy (10 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Adolfo Martinez Perez
Producer: Linda L. Miller
Cast: Christopher Neiman and Chris Warner
Synopsis: It was a wonderful day, the sun
shone, the birds chirped... until the bestfriend-asking-for-a-favor from hell showed
up. What starts as a social drama about
cancer quickly slips towards over the top,
surreal dramedy. If you feel uncomfortable
laughing at no laughing matter, we did our
job: your discomfort is our pleasure.
Writers: Alain Auderset, Oscar Carambano,
JM Khayat, Ben Davis and Bryan Ransom
Cast: Jasmine and Willy Grunch
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
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THE BOY WHO’D
NEVER SEEN RAIN
Drama (28 mins.) Australia, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Kim Ramsay
Producers: Kim Ramsay and Mike Ramsay
Cast: Tim McCunn, Lara Cox, Scott Lowe and William Slade
Synopsis: The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain is a strongly observed portrait of
a family facing the challenges of the Australian Outback. Years of drought
and hard luck have taken their toll on the Cobblin family. Patriarch Neil views
everything, everyone and any attempt to help with wounded pride and
suspicion, while his wife, Rita, tries to keep up a brave face. Meanwhile, their
son Danny is almost lost in the shuffle. When they face the tragedy of losing
their farm, their lives begin to fragment.
ABIGAIL
Drama (17 mins.) East Coast Premiere
Director: Renata Green-Gaber
Writer/Producer: Christina Brooks
Cast: Christina Brooks, Burt Grinstead,
Christina Holleran, Matthew Pearson,
Somya von Eames and Renata Green-Gaber
Synopsis: A young college graduate named Abigail is at the beginning of a
new chapter in her life. It is the night of her graduation when she meets two
contrasting suitors, Brandon the computer graphic artist, and Nathan the lead
singer of the band. Finding herself at the crossroads of her life she will have to
make a decision, one that could change the course of her life forever.
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DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Dark Comedy (10 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Nathaniel Krause
Writer: Neil LaBute
Producers: Andrew Carlberg and
Josiah Bultema
Cast: Adam Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David
Synopsis: Clark and Becca leave a bar after a night out with friends. When
a homeless man approaches them on the street, Clark gets an idea. Adam
Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David star in this dark comedy by master
playwright Neil LaBute.
TRIMBELTEN
Dramatic Road Movie (15 mins.) Germany,
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Sebastian Kühn
Producer: Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Cast: Axel Siefer and Johanna Reinders
Synopsis: After years in his self-imposed exile, the broken ex-cop TRIMBELTEN
embarks on his last journey. This journey has only one purpose: revenge.
EL CONCURSO
Drama (15 mins.) Mexico, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Iván Núñez
Producer: Luisa Jimena Riva Palacio
Cast: Hugo Macías Macotela,
Leonor Madera, Rodolfo Nevarez,
Elías Avena, Claudia Cervantes and Enid Escalona
Synopsis: Set in current Mexico City, The Contest is a heart touching shortfilm that brings alive Danzón, which is a traditional Mexican/Cuban dance that
blends European waltz with tropical rhythms like salsa in a delightful creole
style popular in Mexico during the 60’s and 70’s. The Contest will show us that
even when a couple of grandparents think there are no new life experiences
waiting to happen, they will get enrolled into the adventure of dancing after 40
years without stepping onto a dance floor. A Danzón contest will make them
see that love and dance still have surprises waiting to happen in their lives.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Block 3 ~ 7:00pm
THE LIFE AND TRIALS
OF WILLY GRUNCH:
THE WATER SOURCE
most amazing and disastrous situations ever imagined while making sure to
find time to annoy Oscargot the snail! Tired and unbelievably thirsty, Willy
Grunch is looking for water. Just when he’s found his oasis, the hand of his
creator pulls out all the stops to stand in his way. Willy finally overcomes all
but did he really win?
HALF GOOD KILLER
Director: Brent Ryan Green
Writer: Jeff Goldberg
Producers: Brent Ryan Green
and Jeff Goldberg
Cast: Russel Kabamba, Tapiwa Musvosvi,
David Mbombo and Chia Stanley Kisuh
Writers: Alain Auderset, JM Khayat, Ben Davis, Bryan Ransom
and Oscar Carambano
Cast: Jasmine, Willy Grunch and Oscargot
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
Synopsis: A jaded child soldier fighting for an African rebel force struggles to
survive the war he was thrust into as he reawakens to the life he was destined
to lead.
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MORNING CALM
Director/Writer: Rudy Dobrev
Producers: Rudy Dobrev and Andrea Harrison
Cast: Rudy Dobrev, Stephanie McIntosh,
Shannon Avnsoe, Alex Lombard, John Stevenson
and Victor Turpin
Synopsis: Morning Calm poses the question of what one would do for the
one that got away. The short film explores the lengths one is willing to go
through to be with the person they love. We are taken on the lead character’s
journey through a period of personal despair. It has been a year since the
death of his girlfriend and he finds a way to communicate with her, although
in his dream, he becomes convinced she is real. He searches for outside help
but no one believes him. At last, breaking the natural laws, he succeeds and
they are together forever...or is it just another dream?
GHOST OF OLD HIGHWAYS Narrative Short (13 mins.)
Director: Dan Bush
Writers: Dan Bush and Ben Lovett
Producer: Jason Piccolo
Cast: Ben Lovett, Anna Thompson, Justin Welborn,
Amy Seimetz, Steven Westdahl, Lake Roberts
and Fox Watson
Music by: Ben Lovett
Synopsis: A man pursued by an invading army
hunts down previous versions of himself amidst the
purgatory of a fractured consciousness. The film
is driven by an original score by the artist Lovett, whose song of the same
name inspired the script from director Dan Bush. Shot on location deep in
the North Carolina mountains, the surreal narrative is set against the distorted
dreamscape of the Civil War, a time when this country had turned against
itself and into its own worst enemy. THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Drama (25 mins.) Germany,
East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer: Daniel Ruczko
Producers: Daniel Ruczko
and Michael L. Miller
Cast: Luis Bordonada, Jesus Mayorga, Michael L. Miller
and Christopher Robletto
THE LAST PAGE
Family Musical (12 mins.) Canada,
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Marc Roumi
Producers: Marc Roumi and
Saint-Joseph University
Cast: Lisa Bondarik, Alica Avchinnik
and Edward Ivanovwski
Synopsis: Macha suffers from his parents’ divorce, what drove her to hate
boys. When her brother tears the ballerina doll that her mother gave her,
she found in his bedroom the book “the steadfast tin soldier”. The first
dream of Macha shows ballerinas in white mocking a soldier. The second
day the neighborhood girls make fun of Macha and therefore she dreams
of black ballerinas who tear the white ballerina. The last day, Macha finds
finally the last page of the book and she joins the ballerina and the soldier
as in reality and in dreams.
Synopsis: Wake Up tells the story of Leon, a 29-year-old male working a
mediocre office job, who lost his focus in life. That’s about to change when
he finds himself waking up in a train being confronted with his way of
“living” by a man sitting across of him. Leon struggles with what this man
has to say and has to fight his thoughts of what he thinks is real and what’s
not. While living his life on autopilot for quiet some time, Leon now has to
find a way to “wake up”.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
WAKE UP!
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Sottile Theatre
THE NIGHT OF THE MOON
HAS MANY HOURS
Experimental Drama (12 mins.) Columbia,
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Mauricio Arango
Producer: Julian Arango
Cast: Alexander Betancur
Synopsis: The Night of the Moon Has Many
Hours shows the nightly ritual of a man who
recovers bodies from a river to return them
to their mourners. Animal and insect noises,
wind-swung vegetation, the black waters,
and an impenetrable darkness overtake the
viewer’s aural and visual fields to create an
air of mystery and apprehension.
BREAKING AT THE EDGE
Psychological Thriller / Suspense (89 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director: Peter Antonijevic
Story By: Jake Kennedy
Writer: Nissar Modi
Producers: David Grovic, Warren Ostergard,
Peter D. Graves and David A. Jones
Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Rebecca Da Costa,
Gabriel Macht, Johnathon Schaech, with
Andie MacDowell and Louis Gossett, Jr.
Synopsis: Breaking at the Edge tells the
story of a young pregnant woman who has
increasing difficulty determining whether
she is losing her grip on reality or whether
her pregnancy has enabled her to see into
a spiritual world that could threaten the
welfare of herself and her baby.
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Block 4 ~ 9:00pm
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
After Party ~ 9:00pm
THE ALLEY • 131 Columbus Street • Charleston, SC 29403
131 Columbus Street, Charleston, SC 29403
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
9:00 pm AFTER PARTY
at THE ALLEY
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON • 25 St. Phillip St., • Room 203 • Charleston, SC 29401
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Free Workshops
SOUNDSCAPES 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Sound is half the picture. Learn the tools used to
create lush soundscapes.
ANIMATION 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Virtual cameras, rotoscoping and keyframing will
be covered.
Contact Dave Brown (browndd1@cofc.edu)
DAY THREE
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
SOTTILE THEATRE
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Block 1 ~ 3:00pm
SOLO LA CAÑA
Synopsis: In the sugar-producing region of Western Nicaragua, an epidemic
of Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin is decimating the male
population, with some communities suffering a disease rate of 60%. Mothers
and sons deal with the brutal reality of life in neighborhoods devoid of
fathers. Some have lost hope completely, others push on, trying to maintain
a semblance of normalcy while sugarcane production expands to meet world
sugar and ethanol demand. As a new cemetery fills up with bodies, research
to establish the specific cause of the disease is slow and is furthermore being
hindered by widespread intimidation of local journalists and workers alike. STORIES OF
UNDECLARED WAR
Documentary (84 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Dennis Rice
Producers: John Tu, Keith Quinn
and Larry Tanz
Synopsis: STORIES FROM AN UNDECLARED WAR is a feature-length
documentary about The Freedom Writers Diary, a collection of journal entries
written by 150 ‘at-risk’ students from Long Beach, California who were once
considered ‘unteachable.’ Encouraged by teacher Erin Gruwell and inspired
by the writings of Anne Frank, the students discovered a new way to express
themselves and began to care more about history, humanity, and perhaps
most importantly, their futures. This new documentary follows their story
from the first day of Freshman Year in 1994 to the present day.
Documentary Short (13 mins.)
World Premiere
Director/Writer: Tom Laffay
Producers: Inka Haukka, Jason Glaser,
Juan Salgado, Cristhian Velasquez
and Meghan Canale
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Sottile Theatre
Documentary Program
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Block 2 ~ 5:00pm
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
ROCKY TANDOORI
Animation (11 mins.) Canada,
East Coast Premiere
Director: Daniel De Celles
Writer: Vito Viscomi
Producers: Sylvain Viau, Bonita Siegel
and François-Pierre Le Scouarnec
Cast: Rick Jones, Sonja Ball and Mark Camacho
Synopsis: Tandoori is not himself… Well, he’s not Tandoori but an escaped
chicken that has taken his place. The real Tandoori is cooped up at a chicken
farm, about to box it out with the coop’s HUGE head chicken. Finally, Walter
learns of the switch and comes to rescue Tandoori just as he wins the fight,
proving that bigger is not always better, and organic feed makes healthier
chickens.
SHOOTING CHRIS
Mocumentary (34 mins.)
East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer: Gil Hacohen
Producers: Gil Hacohen and Sabin Lomac
Cast: Sabin Lomac, Chris Lam, Gil Hacohen,
Julie Mond, Jeannie Lomac, Ralph Tarr,
Michael Cohen, Denzil Meyers, Jeff Fader,
Scott Bruno, John Piergallini and
Ilana Hacohen
Synopsis: Set in the wake of the tragic
events of 9/11, three teens in a small town
20 mins. from downtown NYC decide to
videotape their exploits. What is captured
portrays the fear and angst and confusion
they felt, ultimately ending in tragedy. Ten
years later the tapes are assembled with interviews from various people
involved in the boys lives, in order to get a better understanding of why they
did what they did.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Psychological Thriller (14 mins.)
East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer: Gustavo Montaña
Producer: At Dusk Media
Cast: Evgeniya Radilova and Brian Uhrich
UH LA LÁ!
Dramatic Comedy (8 mins.) Spain,
East Coast Premiere
Directors/Writers/Producers: Isaí Escalada
and Carlos G Velasco
Cast: Flora López and Quico García
Synopsis: He and she never had an easy life and now they live on the street,
with the faint buzzing of flies as their life’s unwanted soundtrack. Every day
he goes to beg alms and she takes care of the little home that has been built
using useless objects that others have thrown away. On his return, he pauses
to look at her sleeping on the tired mattress, briefly free from the drudgery of
their life. With good news, he shakes her awake.
THROAT SONG
Dramatic Short (17 mins.) Canada,
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Miranda de Pencier
Producers: Stacey Aglok MacDonald
and Miranda de Pencier
Cast: Ippiksaut Friesen
Synopsis: After dying in a car accident two years ago, Scientist Michael
Kandel keeps living his normal life but trapped not only in the certainty of his
own death but also in the predictability of his every day routine and events…
until he meets Anna.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
COTARD’S REALITY
Synopsis: In the icy landscape of Iqaluit, Nunavut, a young Inuk woman is
suffering from the pains of an abusive relationship. Lost in a community
tragically separated from its past, she begins to connect with other victims
of violence and seeks to reclaim her voice.
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TIME 2 SPLIT
Short (5 mins.) France, SC Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Fabrice Bracq
Cast: Flora Brunier, Charly Totterwitz,
Andreas Mallah and Franck Pech
Synopsis: A couple, a young child. Life is such that sometimes it is time to
separate and live his life.
GUTTERSNIPE
Comedy (12 mins.)
Director/Writer: Brooks Larson
Producers: Brooks Larson, Robert Seay,
Colin Penney and Clay Westervelt
Cast: Robert Seay, Jose Rosete
and Art Roberts
Synopsis: “Guttersnipe” rockets through the cracked reality of homeless Joel
(Robert Seay), a talking red shopping cart, and a ghost-faced apparition with a
penchant for sports cars and an eerie haricut. When Joel’s friend is kidnapped,
reality blurs into something…else. A genre mash-up with a Coen Brothers
vibe, “Guttersnipe” gleefully leaps from horror to comedy to drama, then leaps
out the front window. Why watch this short? Because you have absolutely no
idea what this movie is about (and because you love the title).
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Block 3 ~ 7:00pm
Sottile Theatre
SMILE
Dramatic (8 mins.) Italy, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Matteo Pianezzi
Producer: Corso Codecasa
Cast: Martino Apollonio, Sara Sartini
and Fabio Raimondi
Synopsis: Behind a clown’s makeup there is always a man with his story: the
story of his life, that could be happy or not funny at all, even if his clothes and
his makeup let us think something definitely smiley. If the Clown is a mime
too, it would not be possible to ask him to tell us his story: he would not
answer us. The only thing left to do is follow him to see where he takes us, and
understand where he is going. We will find out that the Clown, the Mime and
the Man are the same person, inevitably.
COMMENCEMENT
Dramatic Comedy (94 mins.)
Special Preview Screening
Director/Writer: Steve Albrezzi
Producers: Vero Shamo-Garcia, Charles Uy
and Steve Albrezzi
Cast: Marin Hinkle, Arye Gross, Rick Gonzalez,
Amelia Rose Blaire, Jennifer Warren and Alan Rachins
Synopsis: Bright and shiny Christa Richmond is at the top of her class and the
world. She delivers the valedictory address at her university commencement
and then heads home to conquer the rest of the universe…only to discover
that in the next 24 hours her real education begins. Commencement is a
funny, thoughtful and thought-provoking look at three generations of a
middle-class family caught in the wake of the fiscal crisis.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Block 4 ~ 9:00pm
THE WATER IS ALWAYS BLUER…
Synopsis: A lonely rubber duck discovers a new world of adventure that
lies just beneath the surface of the bathwater. The duck finds that it is able
to use the water to travel from place to place. It soon finds itself lost and
struggles to learn how to navigate through the new, unexpected, and not
always friendly environments.
SILK
Director: Catherine Dent
Writers: Catherine Dent and Eyal Alony
Producers: Catherine Dent, Grace Feeney
and Eyal Alony
Cast: Shohreh Aghdashloo, David Diaan,
Saye Yabandeh, Sabrina Perez, Wesam Keesh,
Samir Younis and Liad Machmali
Synopsis: Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo plays Rani, a woman given
away and forced to marry at age 11. Now middle aged and living with an
abusive man she never loved, Rani finds a unique opportunity to reclaim
the life taken long ago when she was forced to become a child bride.
Comedy/Animation (4 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Karen Stritzinger
Assistant Directors: Ben Sledge, Zhaoxin Ye,
Yujie Shu and Kacey Coley
Producers: Jerry Tessendorf, David Donar,
Timothy Davis and Tony Penna
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Dramatic Comedy (18 mins.) Germany,
SC Premiere
Directors: Matthias Rosenberger
and Betina Dubler
Writer: Betina Dubler
Producer: Matthias Rosenberger
Cast: Johannes Silberschneider, Toks Körner, Mia Aegerter and Stefan Rutz
NOTHING
Drama (24 mins.) SC, World Premiere
Director: Kyle Perritt
Writers/Producers: Kyle Perritt
and Owen Hamilton
Cast: Cierah Sargent, Jason Wesley
and Daniel Jones
Synopsis: Living in a quiet home with her widowed father, 16-year-old Alex is
searching for something more. Everything changes when she finds affection
in her high school teacher.
DISTANCE
Comedy/Family (2 mins.) East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Sang Joon Kim
Cast: Agata Drogowska, Hussein Wahbi
and Lew Gardner
Synopsis: The likeable but lonesome Finn is on his way to lunch.
Awaiting him, the outside world lurks menacingly: in his imagination it
swarms with would-be crooks, hussies and criminals. What should have
been a routine stroll develops into a dark odyssey, triggering a troubled
conflict against himself and against the world... and ultimately, it is the
underdog who is victorious.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
SPAGHETTI FÜR ZWEI
Synopsis: Everything about ‘Distance’ started from my own experience. It’s
about me, my brother and my father. The relationship between my brother
and my father has been always terrible. They never communicated and the
worst part of them was that they never ever tried to understand each other. I
wanted to talk about this in a slight humorous way.
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USURA
Dramatic, Romantic (22 mins.) Argentina,
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Manuel F. Paz Ochoa
Producers: Nicole López Naguil,
Juan Manuel Freire and Manuel F. Paz Ochoa
Cast: Felipe Colombo, Cumelen Sanz,
Ana María Castel and Rafael Aieta
Synopsis: Clorinda is a small town located at the north of Argentina, miles
close to Paraguay’s border. One night Fuentes, a young smuggler, turned
himself in to the local police after confessing all his crimes and actions. Why?
In exchange for him to be part of the rescue plan of a young girl, Ursula, who
was kidnapped to work on a illegal cabaret on the other side of the border in
Paraguay. Will Fuentes be able win Ursula’s trust so she escapes with him? It
seems so, but the border always has another plan.
THIS IS ELLEN
Dramatic Comedy (7 mins.) World Premiere
Director: John Salcido
Writers: Gabe Crate and John Salcido
Producers: Neil Evans and John Salcido
Cast: Michael Nathanson, Katie Parker,
Dana Powell and David Tenenbaum
Synopsis: Hal and his new girlfriend struggle with their first double date
in this darkly comic exploration of loss.
9:00 PM AFTER PARTY
at Republic Garden & Lounge
462 King Street • Charleston, SC 29403
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DAY FOUR
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Physicians AUDITORIUM
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Block 1 ~ 10:00am
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
GO WILD! THE SOUTH CAROLINA
YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROJECT
Sponsored by the South Carolina
Department of Parks, Recreation, and
Tourism and Trident Technical College
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Block 2 ~ 11:00am
2013 SC FILM COMMISSION
INDIE GRANT PROGRAM
PENCIL POINT (Work-in-Progress)
Physicians AUDITORIUM • 3 College Way, Charleston, SC 29401
Come see the next generation of great South Carolina filmmakers! The
S.C. Young Filmmakers Project is a statewide high school filmmaking
competition; challenged to create a two-minute-or-less short film about
the great outdoors, high school students from across the state participated. The program will reveal the top 10 entries as determined by a panel of
independent judges with online public voting to help decide the winners.
Top 10 filmmakers and contest organizers will be on hand for Q & A
after the screening. For more information on the program, visit
www.indiegrants.org/youngfilmmakers.php
Animation (6 mins.)
Writer/Director: Ayala Asherov Kalus
Synopsis: A dialogue between animation and original music performed by a
25-piece orchestra. Two artists working alone, a musician and a painter, meet
by chance. The film explores how their collaboration and cooperation affects
their respective arts, and how connection with another can inspire.
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Block 2 ~ 11:00am continued
LA NANITA
(Work-in-Progress)
Drama (7 mins.)
Writer/Director: Deshantell Singleton
Cast: LaVonya Haywood
and Reginal “RB” Middleton
Synopsis: Marion’s guilt ridden conscience hinders her defense attorney in his
struggle to free her from prison - physically and mentally. Can she ever find
hope in hopelessness?
DIG
(Work-in-Progress)
Drama (9 mins.)
Director/Writer: Mills Allison
Cast: Amanda Baker Browning, Tarek Alame,
Mattox Garnder and Amy Bevly
Synopsis: When four graduate students attempt to expose the 1871
conspiracy that covered up a love affair ending in murder, they try to
reconnect the slain lovers to expose the truth.
SUPINE: A DREAM
(Work-in-Progress)
Animation (6 mins.)
Director/Writer: Lyon Hill
Synopsis: A woman’s dream, where shadowy
figures chase her through a barren city and
perform a strange, underground ritual.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
(Work-in-Progress)
Drama (12 mins.)
Directors/Writers: Brad Land
and Alan Scott Neal
Cast: Taylor Kowalski, Matthew Land
and Stephen Elliot
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Block 3 ~ 1:00pm
Documentary Program
AKA DOC POMUS
Documentary (99 mins.) SC Premiere
Directors: Peter Miller and Will Hechter
Writers/Producers: Peter Miller, Will Hechter
and Sharyn Felder
Cast: Ben E King, Lou Reed, Leiber & Stoller,
Joan Osborne, Shawn Colvin and BB King
Synopsis: Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder – stricken by polio – reinvented
himself first as blues singer Doc Pomus, then as the writer of hits including
“Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This Magic Moment,” “A Teenager in Love,”
and “Viva Las Vegas.” Doc’s tale of disability and possibility is told by friends
including Dr. John, Ben E King, Joan Osborne, Dion, Leiber and Stoller, and
Lou Reed, who reads from Doc’s private journals.
Synopsis: After making a careless mistake a young vagrant is guided by
his boozing and charismatic mentor to carry out a vicious act. Inspired by
the American folk story, We Can’t Help You is set against the foothills and
backroads of the American South, where each character is burdened by their
psychic landscape and the obligations of survival.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
WE CAN’T HELP YOU
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Festival
At a Glance
Opening Night
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
Block 1 7:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
A House, A Home (7 minutes)
Surprise Feature (93 minutes)
Block 2 9:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
The Life and Trials of Willy Grunch:
Star System (2 minutes)
Jack & Jill (12 minutes)
The Chair (12 minutes)
Picture. Perfect. (24 minutes)
Towing (15 minutes)
Narcocorrido (23 minutes)
Rebuild (7 minutes) THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Block 4 9:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
The Night of the Moon Has Many Hours
(12 minutes)
Breaking at the Edge (89 minutes)
After Party 9:00 pm
THE ALLEY
131 Columbus Street, Charleston
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Soundscape Design Workshop
12:00pm College of Charleston
Block 1 3:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Documentary Program
Solo La Caña (13 minutes)
Stories of Undeclared War (84 minutes)
Movie Editing Workshop
Animation Workshop
Block 1 3:00 pm
Block 2 5:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Documentary Shorts Program
PUSH Tunisia (35 minutes)
Crisãlida (8 minutes)
Caves: The Social Underground (10 minutes)
At this Very Moment (10 minutes)
Cards Against the Wall (28 minutes)
Screenwriters Table Read
3:00pm Society Hall
Block 2 5:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
Petal Power (2 minutes)
Pain Staking (10 minutes)
The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain (28 minutes)
Abigail (17 minutes)
Double or Nothing (10 minutes)
Trimbleton (15 minutes)
El Concurso (15 minutes)
Block 3 7:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
The Water Source (2 minutes)
Half Good Killer (28 minutes)
Morning Calm (19 minutes)
Ghosts of Old Highways (13 minutes)
Wake Up! (25 minutes)
The Last Page (12 minutes)
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
Rocky Tandoori (11 minutes)
Shooting Chris (34 minutes)
Cotard’s Reality (14 minutes)
Uh La La (8 minutes)
Throat Song (17 minutes)
Time 2 Split (5 minutes)
Guttersnipe (12 minutes)
Block 3 7:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Smile (8 minutes)
Commencement (94 minutes)
Block 4 9:00 pm
Sottile Theatre
Shorts Program
The Water is Always Bluer… (4 minutes)
Silk (17 minutes)
Spaghetti für Zwei (18 minutes)
Nothing (24 minutes)
Distance (2 minutes)
Usura (22 minutes)
This is Ellen (7 minutes)
After Party 9:00 pm
Republic Garden & Lounge
462 King Street, Charleston
Block 1 10:00 am
Go Wild! The South Carolina Young
Filmmakers Project
Block 2 11:00 am
2013 SC Film Commission
Indie Grant Program
Pencil Point (5 minutes)
La Nanita (7 minutes)
Dig (9 minutes)
Supine: A Dream (6 minutes)
We Can’t Help You (12 minutes) Talkback 1:00 pm
Q&A with Chris Brigham
Block 3 1:00 pm
Documentary Program
AKA Doc Pomus (99 minutes)
Block 4 3:00 pm
Catch Me If You Can (141 minutes)
Q&A with Frank Abagnale Jr.
Block 5 7:00 pm
Shorts Program
Snail Fail (2 minutes)
Cherry Waves (15 minutes)
Grow Up Already (11 minutes)
Naagahaan, Zinat (21 minutes)
Free (5 minutes)
It’s Always (4 minutes)
Evelyn (12 minutes)
Love Scene (9 minutes)
Ticket to Ride (18 minutes)
Block 6
9:00 pm
Shorts Program
Hot Bus Stop (2 minutes)
And After All (25 minutes)
The Disappearance (8 minutes)
A Strange King of Love (14 minutes)
Mi Ojo Derecho (13 minutes)
If You Return (16 minutes)
Counting Happiness (12 minutes)
After Party 9:00 pm
Music Farm
32 Ann Street, Charleston
Final Night
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
Block 1 11:00 am
Shorts Program
Green Acres (6 minutes)
The Visit (21 minutes)
The Test (12 minutes)
Too Late Now (10 minutes)
Run (20 minutes)
Reunion (12 minutes)
Luminaris (6 minutes)
Block 2 1:00 pm
Documentary Program
The Highest Cost (24 minutes)
A Sister’s Call (76 minutes)
Block 3 3:00 pm
Shorts Program
Light Me Up (9 minutes)
Fabula (14 minutes)
Good Men (13 minutes)
Valse Favorite (15 minutes)
La Mirada Perdida (11 minutes)
Nowhere to Go (15 minutes)
Hurdy Gurdy (4 minutes) Awards Gala • Sunday April 28
Memminger Auditorium
6:30 pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
Tickets available online at
www.CharlestonIFF.org for $99 each
Doors & Cocktail Reception
Seating & Dinner
Award Ceremony
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SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Workshop ~ 1:00pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Stern Center • Room 201
Hosted by the College of Charleston Division of Marketing and Communications
Q&A with Chris Brigham
From Easy Money to Argo: Chris Brigham’s journey
from a P.A. in New York to a Hollywood powerhouse.
STERN CENTER • Room 201 • 71 George Street • Charleston, SC 29424
Chris Brigham isn’t your typical Hollywood
producer, which comes as a surprise,
considering he’s produced global
blockbusters such as Argo, Inception, The
Aviator, and Analyze This. In fact, he doesn’t
even live in Hollywood. Despite his New York
address, Chris has produced over 17 major
motion pictures in his already distinguished
career. He’s currently wrapping up post
production work for Noah, expected to be
released in 2014, starring Russell Crowe and
Anthony Hopkins.
Chris offers an insightful perspective on how to
get to the top of an impossible industry, what skills
helped get him ahead, the ins and outs of film
production, how to achieve work-life balance in
such a demanding role and his recommendation
for success.
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Block 4 ~ 3:00pm
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Comedy/Crime (141 Minutes)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Jeff Nathanson (screenplay)
and Frank Abagnale Jr. (book)
Producers: Devorah Moos-Hankin,
Walter F. Parkes and Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks
and Christopher Walken
Synopsis: A true story about Frank
Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th
birthday, successfully conned millions
of dollars’ worth of checks as a Pan Am
pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.
Catching Up with the Man Who Can’t be Caught
This screening of Catch Me If You Can is followed by Q&A with
Frank Abagnale Jr., the great impostor
ABOUT FRANK ABAGNALE Jr.
As the author and real life subject of the
screenplay Catch Me If You Can, Frank W.
Abagnale Jr. is one of the world’s most
respected authorities on the subjects
of forgery, embezzlement and secure
documents. As captured in the film,
he successfully performed cons worth
millions of dollars including posing as a Pan American World Airways
pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His primary
crime was check fraud, at which he became so skillful that the FBI
eventually turned to him for help in catching other check forgers. Today,
he lectures extensively at the FBI Academy and was selected by CNN
Financial News as member of the prestigious “Pinnacle 400.”
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Block 5 ~ 7:00pm
WILLY GRUNCH: SNAIL FAIL
most amazing and disastrous situations ever imagined while making sure to
find time to annoy Oscargot the snail! In this episode we find Willy Grunch
doing his best to annoy Oscargot, the snail. The tables quickly turn as Willy
Grunch needs help and finds a true life lesson in you reap what you sow.
CHERRY WAVES
Director/Writer: Carey Williams
Producers: Brad Clements, Michael Dallatorre
and Christina Jo’Leigh
Cast: Tracey Heggins, Lulu Brud,
George Jonson, Shaw Jones and Rhobye Wyatt
Synopsis: Angie Adams, a hardened yet spiritual street fighter faces her
biggest challenge of whether to continue living her life for others or finally for
herself and the woman she loves.
Writers: Alain Auderset, Dan Streit, JM Khayat,
Ben Davis, Bryan Ransom and Oscar Carambano
Cast: Willy Grunch and Oscargot
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GROW UP ALREADY
Coming of Age Comedy (11 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Richard Keith
Producers: Tom Rice, Jonathan Bennett
and Lainie Guidry
Cast: Johnny Simmons, Odette Annable,
Frances Fisher, Jim O’Heir and Ethan Suplee
Synopsis: After being dumped by his girlfriend, Andy Mott is determined to
win her back -- the only problem is, he’s got a LOT of growing up to do.
NAAGAHAAN, ZINAT…
Dramatic Fiction (21 mins.) Iran, SC Premiere
Director/Producer: Navid Nikkhah Azad
Writer: Vahid Nikkhah Azad
Cast: Negar Nikkhah Azad, Raya Nasiri
and Asal Farshadjoo
Synopsis: Simin, a 35-years-old teacher, has been renting her foster child,
Nafas, from a drug-addicted woman, Nasibeh, for 6 years now. As Nasibeh’s
husband is being released from life sentence, Nasibeh wants her child back.
Now Simin confronts a reality that will change her life forever
FREE
Dramatic Comedy (5 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Marlee Roberts
Producers: George Itzhak, Sam Besser
and Marlee Roberts
Cast: Marlee Roberts, David Garelik,
Valentina Zell and Sophie Tananbaum
Synopsis: Laura Smith lives a neat and orderly life... that is, until she catches
her boyfriend cheating with a physically well-developed yet psychologically
underdeveloped moocher. Now what? Laura’s world crashes down as she
reflects on the amount of time spent with her boyfriend to neglect a passion
always faithful... her writing. Learning from the past to change the future, Laura
untangles the messy breakup to reveal her final decision… to forgive but never
forget. The break-up, like a catalyst, has inspired her to write more than ever
and taught her to always put herself first.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Comedy (4 mins.) United Kingdom,
World Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Marion Pilowsky
Cast: Cecile Cassel and Daniel Caltagrione
Synopsis: It’s always difficult to work with
the one you love. It requires patience,
understanding and if you really care…
pom-poms.
Mystery/Fiction (12 mins.)
East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer: Dale Nicholls
Producer: Bernadette Spear
Cast: Gretchen Corbett, Chuck McQuary, Joshua Weinstein and Will Ward
Synopsis: Charlie is an old-school technician at one of the last independent
suicide firms. He and his apprentice visit a former child-star named Evelyn,
a charming recluse with a dark secret. A story told in stylized ellipses,
fragments, and misplaced clues.
LOVE SCENE
Dramatic Short (9 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Bethany Ashton Wolf
Producers: Bethany Ashton Wolf, Alan
Blomquist, Tyler Brooks, Gavin Boyd
and Shelly Youree Cast: Caitlin Harris, Sebastian Dunn,
Tyler Brooks, Martin Soole, Molly Leland,
Kim Kendall and Robert Hook
EVELYN
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IT’S ALWAYS
Synopsis: LOVE SCENE is a prologue to
Wolf’s feature screenplay of the same name,
giving a glimpse into the life of Vivien Leigh at the age of 22--still unknown
yet on the cusp of stardom--as she embarks on her first screen test in 1935
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TICKET TO RIDE
Comedy (18 mins.) SC, World Premiere
Directors/Writers: Matt Allen
and Travis Hicks
Producers: Julie Greilh and James Troutman
Cast: Daniel Jones, Bruce Williamson,
Travis Hicks, Matt Allen, Herb Frazier
and Donna Jones
Synopsis: Ticket to Ride explores what happens when a store clerk and his cat
get in between two best friends and 70 million dollars.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Block 6 ~ 9:00pm
WILLY GRUNCH:
HOT BUS STOP
most amazing and disastrous situations ever imagined while making sure
to find time to annoy Oscargot the snail! In this episode Willy Grunch gets
schooled by Jasmine in a life lesson of the disconnect between what men and
women want out of a relationship.
AND AFTER ALL
Dramatic Short (25 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Julian Ungano
Producers: Laura Dubois, Jack Bryan,
John Schneider, Julian Ungano
and Tommy Agriodimas
Cast: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Jordan
Blumetti, Victor Kubicek, Max Van Bel,
Byrdie Bell and Heidi Whitworth
Synopsis: Charlotte (Annabelle Dexter-Jones) moved to New York City from
her small New England town at a young age to pursue a life as an artist.
After years of working, and on the eve of her first major solo exhibition, she
struggles to keep up as the center of attention and faces betrayal by her best
friend Lux (Byrdie Bell) and boyfriend Sam (Max Van Bel). Charlotte is shocked
when she hears the news that her mother has suddenly passed away. Truly
alone for the first time, and questioning her path in life, she ventures home in
a search for clarity.
Writers: Alain Auderset, JM Khayat, Ben Davis, Bryan Ransom
and Oscar Carambano
Cast: Jasmine, Willy Grunch and Oscargot
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
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THE DISAPPEARANCE
Action/Horror Short (8 mins.) SC Premiere
Directors/Writers: Greg Browning,
John DeTemple and Scott Smith
Producer: Scott Daley
Cast: Jamie O’Brien, Alex Gray,
Anthony Walsh and Cheyne Magnusson
Synopsis: The Disappearance follows a group of four professional surfers
and six filmmakers on what should have been the ultimate surf trip to the
jungles of Indonesia, but quickly became an excursion into heart-stopping
terror. As the group discovers a secret perfect wave, strange images begin
to appear on film. Are they sharks, alligators, or something else? Fear sets
in. Accusations fly. By night, unseen evil stirs beyond their campfire’s light.
By day, large animal prints are discovered nearby. Members of the crew
begin to disappear one by one. As the end of their journey approaches,
they realize that what they are filming is not an epic trip but their own
descent into unimaginable horror.
A STRANGE KIND OF LOVE
Drama (14 mins.), Hungary, SC Premiere
Director: Péter Varsics
Writer: Ferenc Wostry
Producers: Péter Varsics, Dániel Szőke,
Gergely Regula, András Forgács W.,
Pál Laska and Katalin Fegerl
Cast: Vica Kerekes, Kornél Simon, Mihály Szabados, Annamária Fodor
and Zorka Töreky
Synopsis: This is a story of a blind girl, who finds tranquility in painting. When
a man enters her life to whom she has a strangely strong affection, her past
start to haunt her, and she’s incapable to create. To be able to paint again and
to get closer to the man he loves he has to reveal her closely guarded secrets.
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Drama (13 mins.) Spain, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Josecho de Linares
Producers: Sergi Casamitjana, Lita Roig,
Aintza Serra and Josecho de Linares
Cast: Albert Prat, Oscar Lara, Pepita Roca,
Margarita Calatayud, Noemí Ruíz and
Carmen Flores
IF YOU RETURN
Surreal Drama (16 mins.) World Premiere
Director: Zachary Breitengross
Writers: Pat DeBonville
and Zachary Breitengross
Producers: Adam Gorlitski
and Zachary Breitengross
Cast: Cierah Sargent and Karson Kern
Synopsis: Deciphering their environment while becoming part of it, an
obsessive man and troubled woman search for identity.
Synopsis: Zurdo maintained a special relationship with his grandmother.
Since he went away to study they have lost contact. On the last day of
summer Zurdo decides to visit her with the intuition that he might not see
her again.
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COUNTING HAPPINESS
Fiction (12 mins.) Greece, East Coast
Premiere
Director/Writer: Venetia Evripiotou
Producer: Dassera Art Space
Cast: Satyam Singh and Shakir Adeel
Synopsis: Counting Happiness is the fascinating story of Hasan, a delightful
little boy who roams the streets of Delhi and earns his living by selling
clockwork chicken toys. For him, life is a game with rules mysteriously set by
the number of letters in his own name. He knows how to count to five which
is reason enough for him to embark on a quest to discover the secret meaning
of his name; and the secret is, in the words of ancient Greek philosopher
Aristotle, that “Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
9:00 pm AFTER PARTY
at the MUSIC FARM
32 Ann Street, Charleston, SC 29403
FINAL DAY
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Block 1 ~ 11:00am
Shorts Program
GREEN ACRES
Animated Short (6 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: James Beck
Synopsis: A parched tortoise wanders
through a vast desert desperately in search
of water. He comes across an oasis only
to find that trespassers are unwelcome.
Somehow he must slip past the defenses
to quench his thirst.
THE VISIT
Director/Writer: Fara Pasarell
Producers: Alison Kathleen Kelly
and Fara Pasarell
Cast: Odessa Rae, Sharon Lawrence,
Dylan Osean, Elizabeth Schmidt,
Zach Lewis and Skip Pipo
Synopsis: Odessa Rae (Smallville, ER, Hard Candy) and four-time Emmy
Nominee Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue, Grey’s Anatomy, Middle of Nowhere)
star in “The Visit”, a drama about the complex relationship between a
mother and daughter. When a tragic event turns Diana’s life upside down,
she receives a visit from the last person from whom she wants help – her
estranged mother. Can they bridge the gap that divides them?
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Narrative Short (12 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Anthony DiBlasi
Writer: Lauren Bowles
Producers: Joe Daley, Lauren Bowles
and Patrick Fischler
Cast: Lauren Bowles and Patrick Fischler
TOO LATE NOW
Director/Writer: Kelly Young-Silverman
Producers: David Marshall Silverman
and Kelly Young-Silverman
Cast: Steve Coulter, Amber Chaney,
Courtney Patterson and David
Marshall Silverman
Synopsis: A down-and-out drunk is seduced by a beautiful young prostitute
who wants much more from him than his money.
RUN
Drama (20 mins.) United Kingdom,
SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Shelagh McLeod
Producers: Simon Shepherd,
Alison Pullman and Shelagh McLeod
Cast: Harry Randall, Josh Asiko,
Rob Ferguson, Hazel Ellerby, Robert Morgan and Ben Shockley
Synopsis: At first glance Margot and George seem like a fun-loving couple
taking a pregnancy test, but we soon learn that they are anything but and
that much more is being tested.
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THE TEST
Synopsis: Tom, a brilliant fifteen-year-old footballer, destined for greatness,
collapses on the football pitch. He wakes up in a hospital bed and his
nightmare begins. His brother, Chris, tries to help Tom, but Tom retreats into
a silent world. What path can he take, flight or fight? Or will Tom’s spirit be
destroyed forever?
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REUNION
Director/Writer: Benjamin Kruger
Producers: Jennifer Westin
and Benjamin Kruger
Cast: Hutchi Hancock, Max Sanders, Angela
Trimbur and Niklaus Lange
Synopsis: A documentary crew follows a young mother, Amy. After working
to pull her life together and get sober, Amy is preparing to be reunited with
her little boy who was taken out of her custody by Child Protective Services.
LUMINARIS
Stop Motion (6 mins.) Spain, SC Premiere
Director: Juan Pablo Zaramella
Writers: Juan Pablo Zaramella
and Gustavo Cornillón
Producers: Sol Rulloni, Mario Rulloni
and Juan Pablo Zaramella
Cast: Gustavo Cornillón, María Alché and Luis Rial
Synopsis: In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a
plan that could change the natural order of things.
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Block 2 ~ 1:00pm
THE HIGHEST COST
Synopsis: John and Jeff are two 9/11 First Responders that cleaned up the
remains of Ground Zero for months after the terrorist attacks. Like many
other First Responders, they were exposed to an incredible amount of toxic
chemicals and waste while working, and a few years later became sick and
developed cancer. Eleven years have passed and they are still fighting for
their lives requiring very expensive treatments, without any insurance help
from the government. Their cancers are not included in the James L. Zadroga
Health and Compensation Act. In March 2012, the Scientific Technical
Advisory Committee recommended 45 types of cancer to be included in the
Act and Dr. John Howard from NIOSH, who, in 2011, rejected to add cancer to
the Act, has two months to make a decision as John and Jeff continue to fight.
A SISTER’S CALL
Documentary (76 mins.)
Directors/Producers: Rebecca Schaper
and Kyle Tekiela
Writer: Kyle Tekiela
Cast: Rebecca Schaper and Call Richmond
Synopsis: In 1977, Call Richmond disappeared. Twenty years later, his sister
Rebecca found him homeless and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Filmed over fourteen years, A Sister’s Call captures Rebecca’s brave journey of
“bringing her brother back” from the depths of his illness, while celebrating
his remarkable path to healing. As Rebecca’s family is finally forced to
reconcile the dark traumas and painful memories of their past, Call becomes
the unlikely catalyst in this raw depiction of personal and familial recovery.
Documentary (24 mins.) Italy, SC Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer:
Matteo Brunetta
Cast: John Devlin, Jeff Stroehlein
and John Feal
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Block 2 ~ 3:00pm
Shorts Program
LIGHT ME UP
Animated Comedy (9 mins.)
East Coast Premiere
Directors/Producers: Derek Dolechek
and Ryan Walton
Writers: Ryan Walton and Becky Wangberg
Cast: Andrew Ducote, Dave Champagne,
Andrew Hernon, and Shelley Christl
Synopsis: When people leave a room, light
bulbs come to life. Fixtures in the ceiling lead to a miniature world between
floors where bulbs go to live their lives after a hard day of work. Light Me Up
follows a family of bulbs that work in an antique shop. Frank and Linda run
the family business of managing all the bulbs in the store. When they ask
their son, Louie, to take over, they find out he has bigger dreams of traveling
across the street to be a spotlight in the local theater.
FABULA
Short (14 mins.) Argentina, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Agustin Falco
Producer: Cecilia Diez
Cast: Aylén Sarraf and Lisandro Gallo
Synopsis: One summer afternoon, on the
bank of a river, a boy and a girl are starting
to meet each other. Meanwhile, landscape
and distance will become the stage for a
possible beginning.
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GOOD MEN
Short (13 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Brian Connors
Producers: Sean Tracey, Neal Wilde,
Dean Jamali, Riley Bodenstab
and Mehrdad Sahafi
Cast: Ed Asner and Mark Rydell
Synopsis: GOOD MEN is a dramatic comedy about two elderly Jewish men,
Morty and Marcus (Ed Asner and Mark Rydell) who are long time friends
and colleagues in the entertainment business. Morty goes over to Marcus’
home to invite him to an Oscar Party but an argument ensues. They are polar
opposites on all things political but this time the feud gets very heated as
they delve into The Holocaust, Mosque at Ground Zero and the conspiracy
allegations surrounding the attacks on The World Trade Center on 9/11.
VALSE FAVORITE
Comedy (15 mins.) France, East Coast
Premiere
Director/Writer: Deborah Helpert
Producers: Gilbert Hus
and Project Images Films
Cast: Fabrice Deville, Julie De Bona, Elric Covarel Garcia, Herrade Von Meier,
Lorène Devienne, Flavie Péan and Tristan Petitgirard.
Synopsis: What is the best way to be dumped by an emotional boyfriend?
Diane has the brilliant idea to organize a barbecue party to solve her
friend’s problem. The plan is original, but apparently, Diane did not think of
everything. The ingenious claimed idea is going to turn out precarious.
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Short (11 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Damián Dionisio
Cast: Javier Díaz Santacruz, Gabriela
Pastor, Antonela Frutos, Omar Súcari, Ariel
Buckmayer, Gianni Beck, Nicolás Fiore
and Mariano Ríos
NOWHERE TO GO
Director: Robert May
Writer/Producer: Carly Chaikin
Cast: Carly Chaikin and Jordan Heathcott
Synopsis: The end of a relationship often sees us tortured between words
spoken and all that has been left unsaid. Capturing that restless emotion,
NOWHERE TO GO fills the raw and indulgent space one lingers in after a
breakup, with the internal dialogue we struggle to express. Divulging the
gaping chasm between a couples’ worn down and developing thoughts—
the film reveals a relationship that is as destructive as it is addictive, with
whirlwind glimpses of what used to be. Reflecting flickers of every breakup,
NOWHERE TO GO draws the audience in with universal feelings that are all too
relatable. Directed by Robert May, the film is Carly Chaikin’s producorial and
writing debut, in which she also stars alongside Jordan Heathcott.
Synopsis: Argentina, 1976. Claude is forced to live with his family in hiding,
due to his political ideals. The house in which they live is discovered by the
military. No time to flee, Teresa tries to shelter his daughter in a fantasy world
to keep the girl from seeing the horror they are about to live.
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HURDY GURDY
Experimental (4 mins.) Germany, SC
Premiere
Directors: Daniel Seideneder
and Daniel Pfeiffer
Writer: Daniel Seideneder
Producers: Susanne May and Daniel Seideneder
DOP: Uwe Winter
Synopsis: Great, joyous, miniature film, made using special lenses. Everything
and everyone is constantly moving. But is what we see real? A hurdy gurdy
is a musical instrument that you play by turning the handle. They often
keep playing the same tune over and over again, just like the people, cars,
ships and trains that are continuously moving in this miniature film. An
investigation into degrees of reality with the aid of special lenses that were
designed for architecture photography.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
Awards Gala ~ 6:30pm
Memminger Auditorium
56 Beaufain Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Honoring the very best filmmakers and scriptwriters of the year, the awards
gala always makes for a magical and memorable evening. Walk the red
carpet and raise a toast to honor these talented artists.
This year’s awards gala night will include an elegant cocktail reception,
live music, and exquisite three-course dinner prepared by Cru Catering.
Meet the talent showcased throughout the festival and pay tribute to
one of film’s great legends, Bill Butler, as he’s presented with the festival’s
inaugural lifetime achievement award.
It’s one star-studded event you don’t want to miss!
Tickets include all food and cocktails for the evening.
Call now to reserve your seat. 843.817.1617
6:30 PM Doors and Cocktail Hour
7:30 PM Seating and Dinner
8:00 PM Award Ceremony
*Awards given in all categories
Memminger Auditorium • 56 Beaufain Street • Charleston, SC 29401
The perfect end to a week of amazing films and parties…
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AWARDS GALA NIGHT
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SPIRE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Butler
2013 recipient of the Spire Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Butler’s achievement endures, not simply in the long list of films by this
respected cinematographer that stand the test of time, but in his continuing work.
At 91, Butler has lost none of his zest for the medium or the creative flair that is his
hallmark.
“I don’t have anything to retire to,” he says. “All I know is filmmaking. I still work
very well out there on the set. I have all the energy in the world.”
Widely recognized as an innovator in television as well as in motion pictures,
the man who shot such seminal films as “Jaws,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
and “The Conversation” returns to the Holy City in April to receive the Spire Lifetime
Achievement Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 6th-annual Charleston
International Film Festival.
Accompanied by his wife, Iris, it will be his first visit here since filming the
independent feature “Deceiver” with Josh and Jonas Pate in 1997. And no matter how
many laurels are bestowed on Butler for his distinguished career, he says having one’s
work celebrated never becomes old hat.
“How could it? These are my people. These are people interested in film. It’s like all
brand new for me, fresh as can be.”
Looking back, Butler says the most gratifying aspects of his career have been the
technical advances he devised, the collaborations with gifted directors and actors, the
caliber of the final product and, most of all, his interactions with fellow crew.
“It’s all of that. Of course, the lasting tribute is that they choose to play your
films over and over. The most rewarding thing is seeing your films last. The greatest
challenge the director, cinematographer and actors have in making a good film that
lasts is how honest can you be, how believable can you make your story.”
An Oscar nominee for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” as well as an Emmy
Award winner, Butler, a Colorado native now living in Montana, did not venture from
Chicago where he helped establish the city’s first television station (WGN), solely to
accumulate awards in Hollywood. It was always about the work, the opportunity to be
creative and defy conventions.
Especially in one of the most inventive decades of the movies, the 1970s.
“We had an irreverence toward the rules of filmmaking. People like myself who
broke upon the scene in the ‘70s did not believe there were rules you could not break. I
had not come from Hollywood, but out of Chicago and TV. If you had an idea, you’d do
it. We were not afraid to try new things and because of that we brought a new style to
filmmaking in the ‘70s.”
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Early on, he realized that cinematography
is both an art and a craft. The integrity of
the image was a goal reinforced by working
closely with director William Friedkin (“The
Exorcist”) in their early years in documentary
television, as well as in the company of
legendary cinematographer and friend
Conrad “Connie” Hall.
Butler has worked with some of the
most accomplished directors in the business,
but also has fashioned films with more than
15 first-time directors, not least Francis Ford
Coppola, then just starting out. The advice he
gives to young aspirants today differs little.
“I didn’t go to film school, but I’m not
going to counsel someone not to go because
there’s a lot there to learn. Yet the best advice
is just to go do it. Do what’s in your head and
what you’d like to see. First find out what it is
you want to do. Find what you are good at and
then don’t do anything else. You’ve also got to
work harder at it than anybody else. Live it day
and night, like you’re married to it.”
Butler certainly remains wed to his
work, as avid as ever, and ready to roll on a
moment’s notice.
“There’s no retirement for me. You know,
I had three daughters, then remarried had
two more daughters, one of whom is just now
going to college. That’ll keep you young. And
this is no accident. I’m trying to get all out of
life I can. I’m out there giving it hell.”
Lifetime Achievement Award
~ Bill Thompson
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is made possible thanks to financial contributions
from our supporters and sponsors.
If you enjoy the festival, and would like to help further our
mission to educate, entertain and inspire through the art and
science of film, we encourage you to donate online anytime
at CharlestonIFF.org or by mailing a check to:
Charleston International Film Festival
PO Box 159
Charleston, South Carolina 29402
*All donations are tax deductable*
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SCREENPLAY COMPETITION SEMI-FINALISTS
Title: $10,000 FOR THE REMAINS OF LIZ MAGGERD
Writer: Samuel Laskey
Synopsis: When a teenage girl goes missing, the Sheriff of a small, Appalachian
town fights against a growing drug epidemic, a passionate Evangelical preacher
and his own principles to bring those responsible to justice.
Title: ALL THE WAY DOWN
Writer: Nicholas Blake Gardner
Synopsis: In this action packed dark comedy, a hired killer and his accomplice’s
night spirals out of control after making a mistake on the job.
Title: BITTER LEMON
Writer: Aleksandar Kostic
Synopsis: A Neuroscientist developing a technique that uses scent to restore lost
memories is forced to confront dark episodes from his youth after his experiments
unearth a past he worked hard to erase.
Title: BLANK PAGES
Writer: Kevin Holmes
Synopsis: As the result of a car accident which claims the life of her mother
and brother, seven year old Isla lapses into a fourteen-year long coma. Upon
emerging, Isla must physically recover and muddle through the conflicting
guidance of her aging grandmother and her alcoholic father to shed her child-like
persona and discover herself as an adult woman.
Title: BRAIN SKIPS
Writer: Jeremiah P. O’Brien
Synopsis: A radical nuclear disarmament group cons a flight surgeon into
believing his men are being attacked with microwave radiation. He gives them
what he thinks is an antidote, but later discovers that it will cause mass hysteria on
the eve of a war games exercise involving live nuclear weapons.
Title: BROKEN WORLD: INFECTION
Writer: Ryan Chase Lee
Synopsis: A year into the zombie apocalypse, Alex is apart of a small group of
survivors that have converted an abandoned boarding school into a fortress
to protect them from the undead. When a powerful storm and a lone traveler
threaten the walls of the compound, Alex must decide what is safer: leaving with
the traveler or staying in a weakened fortress.
Title: CAKE
Writer: Patrick Tobin
Synopsis: After a woman becomes obsessed with the suicide of someone in her
chronic pain support group, she develops an unusual relationship with the dead
woman’s husband. It’s not clear until the end of the story whether she’s trying
to find the secret to a successful suicide or a reason to go on living. Based on an
award-winning short story.
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Title: CHRISTMAS RIDE
Writer: Karen E. Francis
Synopsis: After receiving a frightening supernatural warning, a woman with her
two children and a mysterious neighbor drive toward their destinations during an
urgent road trip near Christmastime, 1991. They confront dangerous challenges,
share past tragedies and test the limits of forgiveness when a shattering truth
ultimately emerges in this redemptive family drama.
Title: CRACKER ATTIC Writer: Lorraine Portman Synopsis: Cleaning out her deceased father’s farmhouse, Piper discovers a meth
factory and is forced to defend her life against a terrifying onslaught of attacks
from sadistic meth cookers hell bent on protecting their secrets, while she
uncovers the truth about a father she never knew. A contained thriller with one
location and four actors.
Title: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: ACCIDENT
Writer: David J Schroeder
Synopsis: Larry David has a hard time being smart without being an ass. A traffic
violation leads Larry David to traffic court and community service as a traffic
cross walk guard. Meanwhile, the hybrid car maybe a silent killer, and Jeff Green is
losing weight while getting Rolf-ed.
Title: DISABLED PARKING
Writer: Alon Bar
Synopsis: When a young man decides to teach a rude person about parking in an
incorrect spot, he discovers his own mistake and races against time to fix it before
he’s caught.
Title: ELSINORE HIGH
Writer: Allen J Gorney
Synopsis: Social outcast and high school sophomore Mikey Skellig is devastated
by the shocking imprisonment of his older brother Patrick. He needs to find out
who set him up and exact his revenge, but doing so means taking on the most
powerful clique at Elsinore High.
Title: FREEZER Writers: Ellyn Daniels and Rachel Jackson
Synopsis: Emily Porter is a small town, special needs school teacher who appears
to have the perfect life, but she harbors a secret hoarding habit. When her
hoarding causes an accidental murder, her obsession with having more than one
of everything leaves her desperate to get more dead bodies.
Title: HORSEPLAY
Writer: Robert Cole
Synopsis: Major league baseball player disgraced for using performanceenhancing drugs and on the run from his bookie trades his bat for a polo mallet
and redeems his life in a classic fish-out-of-water tale.
Title: INTELLIGENT DESIGN
Writer: Michael Kane
Synopsis: The creator of the first fully sentient robot struggles to achieve success
in a world that has turned it’s back on him.
Title: ISAIAH’S REST: AN EDISTO GHOST STORY
Writer: William Blackmon
Synopsis: Somewhere on Edisto Island a deed showing the true ownership of the
resort town of Edisto Beach is buried and William Jeffers, a vile and ruthless man,
will do anything, to include murder to find it. His only problem is the deed and its
secrets are guarded by a vicious hellhound, the reincarnation of the son of slaves
who were deeded the island by their former masters and then brutally murdered
by Jeffers’ ancestors to keep them from it in 1889.
Title: KINDNESS FOR THE DAMNED
Writer: David Healey
Synopsis: A disabled lawyer is given an ultimatum by his last client: go to Sicily
and get the formula for an incredible new medicine, or get “cut from the roster”. A desperate priest shunned by the Vatican is scheming to grab the secret power
behind the medicine to take control of the Roman Curia. These unlikely forces
clash, but ultimately the power is greater than either of them.
Title: LA MUJER
Writer: Steve Lucas
Synopsis: When a grieving reporter investigates a high-profile murder in Latin
America, he encounters rumors of a woman who frees people from their deepest
pain with a few spoken words. Now he must solve the murder mystery and
discover her identity before her dark secret gets them both killed. Title: LELAND: CURTAIN OF IRON
Writer: Ron Hubbard
Synopsis: When a victim of bullying obtains a cape that protects the wearer from
harm he finds the courage to defend the weak. But he cannot imagine to what
lengths some will go to possess the incredible “Curtain of iron.”
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Title: LOVE SCENE
Writer: Bethany Ashton Wolf
Synopsis: LOVE SCENE is a prologue to Wolf’s feature screenplay of the same
name, giving a glimpse into the life of VIVIEN LEIGH at the age of 22--still
unknown yet on the cusp of stardom--as she embarks on her first screen test in
1935 with renowned British film director BASIL DEAN. Title: MARRIAGEHOOD
Writer: John F. Harris
Synopsis: Four close friends bring their recently widowed and suicidal teammate
back home for the 25th anniversary of their high school state basketball
championship. While trying to help their teammate recover from his tragic loss,
the four friends confront their own relationship issues.
Title: MARVEL ROSE
Writers: Margaret Ford Rogers and Dane Krogman
Synopsis: Marvel Rose is a black comedy about a sweet, little lady who lives
with her centurion father and devoted friend, Annie. For years Marvel has been
growing the most remarkable roses. Marvel’s success lies in a secret buried deep
in her past and a strange recipe given to her by a Gullah root doctor. When a pair
of unlikely twins comes to live with her, and a nosey newspaperman suspects her
secret, Marvel begins to fear for her prize winning “babies.”
Title: MIRAGE
Writer: Tori Sampson
Synopsis: Mourning the death of her mother, an orphaned Chicago teenager
journeys to locate and cultivate a relationship with the father she’s never met.
Title: MOTHER
Writer: Jan Hendrik Verstraten
Synopsis: Italy/South Carolina. Luca visits his ill mother in Italy. Her death is the
start of self-reflection about his life, love and the healing of his relationship with
Louise his girlfriend, who lives on the beautiful Wadlamaw Island.
Title: NAZIS IN ARIZONA
Writer: Donald Marcus
Synopsis: It’s 1944 and 360,000 German POW’s are incarcerated in the United
States. Nine members of a captured U-Boat crew, all of them virulently antiNazi, plan and execute an escape from Arizona’s Camp Gila, which is run by
a demented, alcoholic US Army colonel with the brutal assistance of some
Fuehrer-loving SS prisoners. Darkly comic. Based on -- and totally consistent with
-- historical fact.
Title: NEO-SLAVERY
Writer: Neil Valentine
Synopsis: A narcissistic occupy Times Square PROTESTER is taken on a tour of our
digital world by her own ego. Wireless electrical transfer, omniscient levels of
surveillance in every home, remote DNA tagging – she is introduced into a world
where ‘The Man’ really is what she and her kind portray him to be… and then some.
In fact her journey is so successful she becomes the only self-aware protester in the
world – hence she wakes up in the landfill, on top of her entire NGO!
Title: PALMETTO MAN
Writer: Jake Butler
Synopsis: In 1985 on Sullivan’s Island, SC a group of young children are chased
into the erie bunkers of Fort Moultrie. They stumble onto an ancient evil and the
adventure of a lifetime.
Title: PRESIDENTIAL PIMP
Writer: James Edward St.Clair
Synopsis: In order to save his beloved island nation, a benevolent dictator takes
drastic measures to turn the island’s economy around. This dark comedy boldly
explores political and moral paradoxes through action and humor.
Title: SILENCE
Writer: John Edward Flynt
Synopsis: Abel Kohlner is a world famous young geneticist who returns to New
York to teach at Columbia Medical school during the sweltering summer of 1977
and is quickly plunged into his own dark past -- and is nearly killed himself -- trying
to prove that a strange German man he knows may have killed his grandparents at
Dachau concentration camp during the war. Title: SOARING Writer: Amy Danford-Klein Synopsis: When a troubled young woman gets sentenced to community service in
a senior center, she forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely elderly woman. Both
are changed as the older woman reveals the story of her life as a Women Air Service
Pilot during World War II, a story which inspires the younger woman to set her own
sights on what is possible when the sky is the limit. Title: SUMMONING DOLPHINS
Writer: Jodi Davis
Synopsis: When a reclusive marine biologist finds the key to communicating with
dolphins, she must destroy her research before the Navy takes control of them.
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Title: THE BRATNAPPING OF BRIANNA BRECKENRIDGE
Writer: Jimmy Monack
Synopsis: Brianna Breckenridge is the richest eleven-year-old in New England,
and also the worst brat in the world. She spends her days trying to win the
affections of her very wealthy and successful mother who, along with the house
staff, must endure Brianna’s numerous pranks and mock-kidnappings. As Brianna
struts around in her little designer business suits, name-dropping tycoons like
Steve Jobs and generally trying to be like her mom, one of her dreams comes true:
she is actually kidnapped.
Title: THE GOOD GIRL GUIDE TO DESTRUCTION Writer: Ohkyghnh-Rubea Mrabi Synopsis: The continuing self-destruction of a somewhat know it all in Shawn
Caran, daughter of an ailing mother who she tries to care for but who she can only
find resentment for given their history. Forced to come back home out of her own
sense of guilt, Shawn alienates so-called friends, causes trouble at the seedy club
where she finds work, and even finds ways to ruin what becomes a tumultuous
relationship with a could-be love in Brooke Abbison who’s own issues throw
Shawn’s life into a downward spiral that could lead her in shambles.
Title: THE GRAY MAN
Writer: Mike Long
Synopsis: South Carolina’s most famous ghost story comes to life as The Gray
Man, who has warned of impending hurricanes on Pawleys Island for centuries,
has now started haunting a vacationing family. The Charles twins -- the curious
Harry and the acerbic Hailey -- take it upon themselves to learn the origin of this
ghost and to find a way to stop him.
Title: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRANSCONTINENTAL FOOT RACE OF 1928
Writer: Eric Carlson
Synopsis: Hoping to save the family farm, win the heart of the girl he loves, and
gain the respect of his disapproving father, a 19 year old Oklahoma farm boy
takes on the world’s greatest runners as he races 3400 miles across America in a
grueling 84 day staged racing event organized by C. C. Pyle, America’s first sports
promoter. Based on a true story.
Title: THE HECKLER
Writer: Mike Hanson
Synopsis: A slacker comic needs money to prevent his grandmother’s eviction
from her nursing home, but loses the home town comedy contest after being
heckled in front of his unfortunately ex-girlfriend by a freshly sent-down Major
League slugger. The comic avenges this costly humiliation by re-heckling the
player at the ballpark -- which disrupts the game-fixing scam of a bizarre bookie. Eventually the comedian and player tenuously team up against the bookie and
find that they were their own worst enemies -- until they met each other.
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Title: THE MONEY SHOT
Writer: Jimmy Monack
Synopsis: Maria has the town right where she wants it. She runs a dance studio, is
in charge of the new resident selection committee and is even dating the mayor.
When Judy the former porn star arrives with the intention of buying a house and
retiring, Maria does everything she can to drive her out of town. When she is
out-witted by the street-smart Judy, Maria finds out that they actually have a lot in
common. So much so that they join forces against the chauvinist elements of the
town. In the end, judgment gets set aside and a new friendship blossoms.
Title: THE POWER OF FAITH-THE UNTOLD STORY
Writers: Gabi Mor and Eva R. Mor
Synopsis: A career criminal has his own heart stolen by a spiritual figure who
challenges his faith by putting it to the ultimate test. Will the thief continue with
his old criminal ways or risk his life by betraying his gang for a better future? Or is
there a third option…
Title: THE RUMORS OF MY DEMISE
Writers: William Renken and Dave Dickey
Synopsis: A young man on the verge of college takes a summer job at a movie
theatre in Charleston during the summer of 1999, where he meets a charismatic
projectionist who teaches him as much about movies as he does life. And it might
just be the other way around as well...
Title: THE SKIMMER
Writer: Mel Strait
Synopsis: Rediscovering of a mysterious Confederate boat, hidden since the Civil
War sparks interest in its dark past. A journal in an old trunk chronicles deadly
missions of silent incursion and its covert place in history.
Title: THE STAVROS AGENDA
Writer: Amy Dyal Bailey
Synopsis: A former Navy Seal learns his murdered wife is the sole heir of a
wealthy shipping magnate. Now he’s on the run with his two young daughters to
keep them safe. And while our hero and his ex-Seal team deal with tremendous
perils, he discovers evidence that his wife may still be alive.
Title: THE TRANSCENDERS
Writer: Paul Dupree
Synopsis: After a violent car accident, two lifelong friends gain the ability to stop
and start time at will. When one of them begins using the power for nefarious
purposes, the other must stop him and restore order.
Title: TWO FAMILIES
Writer: Charles Krezell
Synopsis: A baby is stolen from a poor family in Guatemala as a childless
American couple pursues parenthood through international adoption. Two
families’ stories become are intertwined by love, hope and power.
Title: UNCONDITIONAL LOSS
Writer: Oliver W. Ottley III
Synopsis: When an unknown virus begins slowly wiping out the country’s dog
population, a virologist gets more than he bargains for when his efforts to save
man’s best friend unravels a web of corruption that could prove to have far more
deadlier consequences than he ever imagined.
Title: VOYAGE TO FREEDOM
Writer: Larry M. Hedaa
Synopsis: Based on the real life story of Robert Smalls, a slave who stole a
Confederate gunboat and sailed it to the Union fleet blockading Charleston.
Smalls went on to aid the Union in their victory over Confederate forces and,
after the war during reconstruction, served in the US Congress for five terms.
Title: WAITING IN LIMBO
Writer: Harlan Hegna
Synopsis: The story of a young, seemingly successful man who only learns how
to live life when he is stuck in death.
Title: WARRIOR AND THE BEAST
Writers: Erik Bernard and Lyndon Tait
Synopsis: A young man battles the goddess of war to save the world and restore
the beauty of a princess in action packed retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Title: WEDDING BETS
Writer: Vicki Bartholomew
Synopsis: A Bangkok businessman tries to matchmake for his daughter with
disastrous results. She races to find her own husband with her cousin’s help,
even while he is losing his girlfriends to the rich candidates. Romantic comedy,
Thai cast.
Title: WONDERLAND
Writer: Daniel Baig
Synopsis: Action/adventure re-telling of the “Alice in Wonderland” story focusing
on the unanswered questions in Lewis Carroll’s classic work.
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