- Charleston International Film Festival

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- Charleston International Film Festival
charleston International Film Festival
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To Charleston and the 8th Annual Charleston International Film Festival!
Dear Friends, Fans, Filmmakers
and Screenwriters,
This is the place where the art and magic of film
come together to teach us, inspire us, and connect
us all to one another. We can’t wait to celebrate
with you over the next five days.
As we plan the Festival each year, we’re continually overwhelmed by the quality and abundance of
film and screenplay submissions. Even as the challenge of making selections intensifies, we’re confident that we’ve chosen the most striking, impactful, thought-provoking, powerful, and emotional
films from some of the brightest and most talented
amateur, emerging, and veteran filmmakers and
screenwriters in the business.
As always, the Festival experience is more than simply enjoying an incredible selection
of films. From the Opening Night kick-off, Q&A sessions after each screening block and
nightly socials, to free educational workshops and our beautiful Awards Gala, the next five
days are an opportunity to share our passion for and love of film—as filmmakers, actors,
screenwriters, and fans.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the ongoing support of our sponsors
and the Charleston community. We cannot emphasize enough how grateful we are to
Charliewood Pictures as well as our awesome 2015 sponsors, board of directors, task force,
screening committee, partners, volunteers, supporters, and you - our attendees! Thank
you all for being a part of the Festival this year.
Cheers to five days filled with magic, mayhem, shock, surprise, wonder, wisdom, and most
of all…drama!
Summer & Brian Peacher
Charleston IFF Co-Founders
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As an international festival, we’re thrilled to showcase films from the U.S. and around the world, including France, United Kingdom, China, Serbia, Brazil, Poland, Bahamas, Australia, Canada,
Ireland, Spain, and Sri Lanka. We’re also proud to support our own thriving film community
with films from Charleston and the greater South Carolina area.
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Co-Founders
Brian & Summer Peacher
Festival Liaison
Gabrielle Schecker
Director of Festival
Operations
Jim Bush
Director of Box Office
Deb Britt
Board of Directors
Michael Hollings
Margaret Ford Rogers
Bob Kosian
Joe Riley III
Doug Coupe
Courtney Parades
Edward Kronsberg
Rob Bouton
Elizabeth Bushéy
John McNeel
Director of VIP Relations
Barbara Yeates
Art Direction
Shelley Barnes
Director of
Filmmaker Relations
Rob Britt
Program Design
Andrea Haseley
Director of Festival Logistics
Rob Potter
Photographer
Stan Shillingburg
Venue Director
Jim Gooden
Social Media
Timothy Burnham
Marketing Director
Genna Shelnutt
Musical Director
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David Age
Brenden Baio
Cindi Bank
Zack Britt
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Derek Byzinski
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Adam Cocke
Tami Crawford
Sarah Deerfield
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Jordan Felber
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Richard Hartung
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Mariah Hoffman
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Abby Sensenbaugh
Jon Shattuck
Stephanie Smith
Caroline Tan
Amanda Tetanich
LaShonda Thompson
I’isha Tyler
Michael Weiss
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As a 501(c)3 non-profit,
Charleston International Film Festival
is made possible thanks to financial
contributions from our supporters
and sponsors.
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At a Glance
Opening Night kick off, all Film Screenings, Screenplay Table Read,
and the Closing Awards Ceremony are hosted at:
37 John Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Tickets can be purchased online at CharlestonIFF.org
or at the Theater Box Office during the festival.
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4
Block 1
3:00 PM
Documentary Program
Xboundary (6 minutes)
Opening NightDouble Digits: The Story of a
Neighborhood Movie Star (75 minutes)
Block 1
7:00 PM
Opening Night Feature - TBA
Block 2
5:00 PM
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Block 2
9:00 PM
Shorts Program
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A Mile in these Hooves (15 minutes)
Cloud & Mud (15 minutes)
Birthday (13 minutes)
The Red House (18 minutes)
Slut (21 minutes)
Career Girl (9 minutes)
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 5
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Workshop
1:00 PM
Virtual Production Workshop
Charleston Music Hall
Shorts Program
Without a Doubt (6 minutes)
Breaking In (5 minutes)
Sea Odyssey (15 minutes)
The Man Who Fed His Shadow
(18 minutes)
How to Lose Her (12 minutes)
Somewhere in the Midwest (22 minutes)
Cops and Robbers (12 minutes)
Block 3
7:00 PM
Feature Program
Papa Dan Maman (Dad in Mum)
(6 minutes)
Keep in Touch (106 minutes)
Block 4
9:00 PM
Shorts Program
Footprints (4 minutes)
SheVenge (12 minutes)
Britva (Razor) (9 minutes)
Devoured (13 minutes)
Maddie Moonwater (17 minutes)
Tom in America (17 minutes)
See You Soon (2 minutes
The Haircut (14 minutes)
FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 6
Screenplay Spectacular
1:00 PM
Table Read of 2015 Screenplay Finalists
Charleston Music Hall
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Workshop
3:00 PM
Principles of Animation
Art Institute of Charleston
24 N. Market Street - Room 218
Charleston, SC 29401
Block 1
3:00 PM
Documentary Program
Un Seul Corps (A Single Body)
(19 minutes)
Before the Bomb (23 minutes)
Bandito (16 minutes)
La Boite (The Box) (11 minutes)
Block 3
7:00 PM
Feature Program
Peanut Butter Jelly (1 minute)
Wildlike (104 minutes)
Block 4
9:00 PM Shorts Program
The Answers (8 minutes)
Unbelief (13 minutes)
House of the Righteous (11 minutes)
One Second Changes Everything
(8 minutes)
Shitbird (17 minutes)
The Past Recedes (4 minutes)
Texting: A Love Story (8 minutes)
Edge of the Woods (16 minutes)
Breathe, Bitch! (6 minutes)
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 7
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9:30 AM
Drone Workshop
Charleston Music Hall
Une passion d’or et de feu (6 minutes)
Block 1 11:00 AM
Omo Child: The River and the Bush
Shorts Program
(89 minutes)
Claire & the Keys (20 minutes)
Chink (3 minutes)
Block 2
5:00 PM
Remembering the Fallen (16 minutes)
Shorts Program
Take a Stand (5 minutes)
Lady Luck (19 minutes)
The Detectives of Noir Town (7 minutes)
If I Could Talk (7 minutes)
Then and Now (9 minutes)
Fruitcake (13 minutes)
Tribe (2 minutes)
Love+Fury (6 minutes)
Greco Roman (5 minutes)
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Fighter (10 minutes)
Stink! (90 minutes)
Block 3
3:00 PM
Shorts Program
Une Libéracian (16 minutes)
The Tugboat Captain’s Ball (13 minutes)
Cosmic Kiosk (17 minutes)
Selling Rosario (16 minutes)
I am Sami (15 minutes)
Grape Soda (17 minutes)
Block 5 5:00 PM
Feature Program
Digits (8 minutes)
Girl on the Edge (105 minutes) Block 6
7:00PM
2015 SC Film Commission
Indie Grant Program
Gone Away (10 minutes)
The Final Adventure of John &
Eleanor Greene (14 minutes)
Block 6
8:00 PM
Shorts Program
Luscious Lips Inspires Ladybug Tips
(3 minutes)
Seth (15 minutes)
Pardon the Intrusion (19 minutes)
Fixed (7 minutes)
A Sailor’s Song (4 minutes)
En las Nubes (In the Clouds) (21 minutes)
The Parker Tribe (25 minutes)
Hunter’s Fall (14 minutes)
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 8
Block 1
11:00 AM
Shorts Program
September Sketch Book (8 minutes)
HTM (11 minutes)
Tiny Things (14 minutes)
14 Julliet (7 minutes)
To Dust Return (10 minutes)
El Alpinista (3 minutes)
15cc (6 minutes)
One Armed Man (27 minutes)
The Red Thunder (6 minutes)
Block 2
1:00 PM
Documentary Program
When Pigs Swim (15 minutes)
Driving with Selvi (74 minutes)
Awards Gala
Charleston Music Hall
7:00 PM Doors Open & Cocktail Reception
8:00 PMAward Ceremony
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Block 2
1:00 PM
Documentary Program
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parking
Parking is conveniently located near the Charleston Music Hall. The Camden Exchange
Parking Garage is located next door to the Charleston Music Hall (in between the
Charleston Music Hall and The Hampton Inn). Patrons can enter the garage from both
John Street and Hutson Street.
on location
venue
Opening Night kick off, all Film Screenings, Screenplay Table Read, and the
Closing Awards Ceremony are hosted at:
Charleston Music Hall - 37 John Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Workshops
Thursday, November 5 - 1-2:30 PM
Virtual Production Workshop
Location: Charleston Music Hall – 37 John Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Friday, November 6 - 1:00 PM
Screenplay Spectacular
Location: Charleston Music Hall – 37 John Street, Charleston, SC 29403
charleston International Film Festival
Friday, November 6 - 3-5:00 PM
Principles of Animation
Presented by the Art Institute of Charleston
Location: Art Institute of Charleston - 24 N. Market Street - Room 218,
Charleston, SC 29401
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Additional parking is located at The Visitors Center Parking Garage, one block away from
the venue with entry on Ann Street.
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased online at CharlestonIFF.org or at the theater box office during
the festival. Film blocks (approximately 90-100 minutes each) are $10 each or you can
purchase a VIP Festival Badge for $149. Opening Reception and Screening - $25 and
Closing Awards Gala - $45.
VIP Festival badges
VIP Festival Badges grant access to Opening Night kick off reception and film, all movie
screenings, workshops, parties and private events (excluding Closing Awards). Other
perks include: Private Upper level seating; Enjoy the inventivENVIRONMENTS VIP
Lounge, including complimentary drinks, coffee and lite bites; Access to filmmakers,
writers, and industry professionals in the inventivENVIRONMENTS VIP Lounge and
two (2) additional general admission one time screening passes for friends.
inventivENVIRONMENTS VIP Lounge Hours:
Thursday, November 5
Friday, November 6
Saturday, November 7
Sunday, November 8
4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
2:45 PM - 9:00 PM
10:30 AM -1:30 PM
GET SOCIAL
Before and after the next movie screening head next door to
Victor Social Club on Hutson Alley, the de facto headquarters of the
Charleston International Film Festival for good times.
Make a date and meet up with friends, filmmakers, writers,
and interesting people for live music, good conversation,
and creative cocktails served up by Victor Social Club mixologists.
Check them out at VictorSocialClub.com on
Facebook/VictorSocialClub or Instagram @CHScuisine.
Victor Social Club, An Elegant Cocktail Lounge
Victor Social Club is located on Hutson Alley.
The brick alley between Charleston Music Hall and 39 Rue de Jean.
Official After Party Location.
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Become a Donor
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
915 Folly Road, #78 • Charleston, SC 29412 — All donations are tax deductible.
workshops
Thursday, November 5th - 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Friday, November 6th - 1:00 PM
Virtual Production Workshop
Screenplay Spectacular
Location: Charleston Music Hall – 37 John Street
Location: Charleston Music Hall – 37 John Street
Participate in live demonstrations of virtual production technologies including motiontracked virtual cameras and green-screen compositing with Brent Mason of Natural
Point, Inc. and William Bares of College of Charleston. For years, Brent worked on major
Hollywood productions as a motion capture technician. William is a researcher who
develops collaborative 3D applications for teaching camera composition and editing.
Free to attend but please RSVP to William: bareswh@cofc.edu
Come hear our screenplay finalists scripts come alive. Participating screenwriters will
have 7-10 pages of their script come to life by talented actors. Free to attend – no RSVP is necessary.
Friday, November 6th - 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Principles of Animation presented by the Art Institute of Charleston
Location: Art Institute of Charleston - 24 N Market Street - Room 218
Participants will gain a basic understanding of the process for creating 2-dimensional
animation sequences through traditional methods in the computer. They learn the
various principles of animation through a series of building blocks exercises using
software to produce on screen animations. Software used during the workshop will
include After Effects/Flash.
Free to attend but please RSVP to Camilo: caruiz@aii.edu Saturday, November 7th – 9:30AM
Drone Workshop
Location: Charleston Music Hall – 37 John Street
Take a flight with Shawn Welling as he guides you through the technical ins and
outs of camera work with drones. Whether a novice or veteran, learn to enhance the
cinematography of your next film, and let this drone seminar elevate your work to the
next level. Free to attend – no RSVP is necessary.
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films
wednesday, november 4
Block 1
Block 2
7:00 PM
Shorts Program
9:00 PM
A MILE IN THESE HOOVES
THE WANNABE
Comedy (15 mins.) Canada,
South Carolina Premiere
Drama (91 mins.)
Director/Writer: Nick Sandow
Producers: Lizzie Nastro, Vincent Piazza, Michael Gasparro
Executive Producers: Academy Award® Winner Martin Scorsese and Dean Devlin
Cast: Vincent Piazza, Patricia Arquette, Michael Imperioli, Nick Sandow
Director/Writer: James Brylowski
Cast: Jordan Gray and Ned Petrie Synopsis: Tom and Mark set out on a
mission to break the world record for
Longest Distance Travelled in a Two-Person Costume. As they travel by foot from
Toronto to Venice Beach, California in a
two-person donkey costume, they will
push their physical, mental and emotional
limits to the test. Synopsis: Obsessed with mob culture, and desperate to fit in, Thomas sets out to fix the
1992 trial of John Gotti. He believes if the plan is executed, it will put him at the center of
all that he idolizes. The plot is foiled setting off events worthy of mob lore. The Wannabe
intertwines real people and true events, past and present, with fantasy.
CLOUD & MUD
Drama (15 mins.) China, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: A Cheng Dong
Producer: QianYu Jin
Cast: Yu Wang and De Shun Wang
Synopsis: A fugitive on the street looking for the
next target.
BIRTHDAY
Family/Drama (13 mins.)
Director/Writer/Producer: Chris King
Cast: Chris Gouchoe and Mandy Moody
Synopsis: When a young military wife gets news
that her Marine husband has been severely wounded in combat, she discovers that life ahead for them
is going to be a difficult, and yet amazing, journey.
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THE RED HOUSE
Drama (18 mins.)
Director/Writer: Jiaqi Lin
Producer: Larry Kaster
Cast: Felix Fang, Maykayla Gatmaitan, Leann Lei and Peggy Lu
Synopsis: The Red House is the story of Fangfang, a twenty-five-year-old prostitute,
struggling to save enough to buy back her freedom. But she has to rethink her plans
when six-year-old Amei is sold into prostitution by her desperate parents
SLUT
Thriller (21 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Chloe Okuno
Producer: Lisa Gollobin
Cast: James Gallo, Sally Kirkland
and Molly McIntyre
Synopsis: A naive young girl
becomes the target of a murderous sociopath when she attempts
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CAREER GIRL
Comedy (9 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Fortunato Procopio
Writer/Producer: Johanna Watts
Cast: Jon Huertas, Tava Smiley and Johanna Watts
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Synopsis: On the morning of the most important meeting of her career, an ambitious
executive wakes up with a hilarious and impossible problem.
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films
thursday, november 5
Block 13:00 PM
DOUBLE DIGITS:
THE STORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
MOVIE STAR
Documentary Program
XBOUNDARY
Documentary (75 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Ryan Peterson
Producers: Ryan Peterson and Travis Rummel
Director: Justin Johnson
Producer: Erik Beck
Cast: Richard Miller
Synopsis: An open-pit mining boom is underway in northern British Columbia. The
massive size and location of the mines—at the headwaters of major salmon rivers that
flow across the border into Alaska—has Alaskans concerned over pollution risks posed to
their multibillion dollar fishing and tourism industries. These concerns were heightened
with the Aug 4, 2014, catastrophic tailings dam failure at nearby Mt. Polley Mine in BC’s
Fraser River watershed.
Synopsis: In the spirit of American Movie, Double Digits
introduces us to inspiring, fifty-year-old YouTuber
Richard Miller as he directs himself and his cast of dolls
and action figures in the weirdest zero-budget feature
films you’ve never seen. His threshold for success?
More than nine views.
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Documentary (6 mins.) SC Premiere
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Block 2
Shorts Program
5:00 PM
WITHOUT A DOUBT
Fantasy (6 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Gerald Guthrie
Synopsis: Without a Doubt is a digital animation that illustrates one variation on the
seventeenth- century philosopher Renè Descartes’s view of the world. This time-based
visual metaphor draws together Descartes’s understanding of geometry, expressly the
invention of the Cartesian coordinates (X, Y, Z), and his most famous statement, “I think,
therefore I am,” to present an introspective dimension within our own understanding.
thursday, NOVEMBER 5
Block 2 Shorts Program continued
BREAKING IN
Drama (5 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer: Odepero Oduye
Producer: Esther de Rothschild
Cast: Kareem Farmer, Chris Distefano,
Joseph Gonzalez, Paul Bomba and Scott Johnsen
Synopsis: One afternoon in Sunset Park, another
black boy gets broken in.
SEA ODYSSEY
Family/Drama (15 mins.)
Director/Writer: Adam Nelson
Producers: Timothy Cella, Henry Drayton, Adam Nelson, Carolyn Shannon
and Lauren Skillen
Cast: Jan Harrelson, Ashlee Heath and Matthew Rossitch
Synopsis: In the early 1960’s, as America ushers in a new era of exploration and adventure, a father embarks on an ambitious deep-sea expedition to find solace in the shadow
of his young son’s looming death.
THE MAN WHO FED
HIS SHADOW
Drama (18 mins.) Greece, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Mario Garefo
Cast: Michalis Giannatos,
Dimitris Imellos and Maria Kitsou
Synopsis: A man intrudes into rich
people’s dinners claiming that he
can collect the food from their table
and feed his shadow, which curiously
enough, is a female figure.
Drama/Romance (12 mins.)
World Premiere
Director/Writer: Derek Eaker
Producers: Michelle Chang and
Alejandra Trevino
Cast: Autumn Harmon, Elijah Silva and
Ashley Sullivan
Synopsis: A teenage boy takes us
through the loss of his first love.
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HOW TO LOSE HER
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thursday, NOVEMBER 5
Block 2 Shorts Program continued
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDWEST
Drama (22 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Dustin Whitehead
Producers: Steve Brian and Dustin Whitehead
Cast: Tyler Ross, Allan Whitehead, Bridget Haight,
James Lusk, Kate Cornelius-Schechter and
Stephanie Hawks Peter
Synopsis: Somewhere in the Midwest is a comingof-age drama about a young man at odds with his
parents’ divorce.
COPS AND ROBBERS
Comedy (12 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Marco Ragozzino
Writer: Eddie Alfano
Producers: Marco Ragozzino
and Eddie Alfano
Cast: Eddie Alfano and Tim Bagley
Synopsis: Eddie is frustrated. He’s a “typecast” actor, playing a cop in over a dozen films
and TV shows. In a bold act of defiance against his agent, Eddie takes drastic measures to
land his dream role: a homicidal psycho killer. But can Hollywood see Eddie as anything
more than the kind, lovable guy he is?
Block 3
7:00 PM
Feature Program
PAPA DANS MAMAN
(DAD IN MUM)
Family/Comedy (6 mins.)
France, SC Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer:
Fabrice Bracq
Cast: Elea Masina-Janot and
Mathilde Mallah
Synopsis: The middle of the night. Moans are heard behind the parents’ door. Two young
sisters are asking questions...
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Comedy/Drama/Romance/Music (106 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director: Samuel Kretchmar
Writers: Michael Covino and Samuel Kretchmar
Producer: Michael Covino
Cast: Gabbi McPhee and Ryan Patrick Bachand
Synopsis: A man attempting to track down his
childhood love discovers that she was killed in
a car accident many years prior. His search leads
him to her younger sister, an aspiring musician
who bears a striking resemblance.
thursday, NOVEMBER 5
Block 4
Shorts Program
FOOTPRINTS
9:00 PM
Animation (4 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Bill Plympton
Producer: Wendy Cong Zhao
Synopsis: A gullible man goes on a quest to find a mysterious, destructive monster, only
to arrive at an unexpected revelation.
SHEVENGE
Dark Comedy/Fantasy (12 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Amber Benson
Writer: David Greenman
Producers: Amber Benson, Megan Lee Joy and Jessica Sherif
Cast: David Blue, Eugene Byrd, Megan Lee Joy, Dove Meir, Emme Rylan and Jessica Sherif
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Synopsis: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Amber Benson comes this twisted, darkly comedic, genre-bending tale of revenge—a revenge of the worst kind—Shevenge! The film
follows Sam, Taylor, and Charley as they embark on a journey of revenge and empowerment while seamlessly jumping into their favorite genres of film and television.
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thursday, NOVEMBER 5
Block 4 Shorts Program continued
BRITVA (RAZOR)
Drama (9 mins.) Serbia, SC Premiere
Director: Rajko Ristanovic
Writer: Ivan Stancic
Producer: Andrijana Krcmar
Cast: Branko Cvejic and Vladislav
Mihailovic
Synopsis: A chance encounter between two men with a shared point
in the past. A game of destiny or
cosmic justice? This time the balance
of power has shifted. Is it time to
settle the score? Screenplay is based
on the short story Razor by Vladimir
Nabokov.
DEVOURED
Horror/Thriller (13 mins.)
Director: Alexi Ty Wang
Writer: Tyler Washburn
Producers: Anthony Argento and Ricardo Vilar
Cast: Richard Cerqueira and Tim Weinert
Synopsis: A suspense short story that tells the
story of Allan Ross who, after a car accident,
wakes up in a hospital missing his arm. Only to
realize that the hospital he’s staying at is hiding
something more horrific and unsettling than just
first aid.
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MADDIE MOONWATER
Comedy/Drama (17 mins.) World Premiere
Directors: Joe Ahern and Dylan Tanous
Writer: Dylan Tanous
Producers: Dylan Tanous and Joe Ahern
Cast: Joe Ahern, Nicholas Daly Clark, Jennifer Holmes and Zelda Williams
Synopsis: When Cole learns that his Burning Man fling is pregnant with his child, he
takes a road trip with his best friend to reunite with a girl he barely knows and meet
her mother.
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Block 4 Shorts Program continued
TOM IN AMERICA
Drama (17 mins.) Brazil/USA,
SC Premiere
Director: Flavio Alves
Producer: Roy Wol
Cast: Sally Kirkland, Alex Kruz, Jacques
Mitchell, Burt Young and Dawn Young
Synopsis: For fifty years, Michael and
Betty have been united by one guiding
principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael’s
long-buried desires, Betty discovers that
secrets have been part of their life all
along. With long-held mysteries thrust into
the open, the foundation of their marriage and the path of their golden years is suddenly
rocked. Now they must redefine their future and decide if it is one their love can survive.
SEE YOU SOON
Comedy (2 mins.)
World Premiere
Director/Writer/
Producer/Cast:
Steve Yager
Synopsis: A widower is
desperate to join his wife in
the afterlife.
THE HAIRCUT
Drama/History (14 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Alexis Korycinski
Writer: Julia Cox
Producers: Saray Deiseil, Vin Di Bona, Jonneke Grisham, Alexis Korycinski,
Brian Korycinski and Jenifer Madson
Cast: Walter Fauntleroy, Bailey Noble and Molly Quinn
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Synopsis: It’s 1976, and petite eighteen-year-old Amy is among the first class of female cadets accepted into military service academies. Under incredible emotional and
physical strain, Amy struggles to survive her first day, battling vicious sexism, swallowing
self-doubt, and fighting to prove she has what it takes in The Haircut.
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friday, november 6
Block 2
Shorts Program
5:00 PM
THE DETECTIVES OF NOIR TOWN
Comedy/Fantasy (7 mins.) Australia, SC Premiere
Director: Andrew Chambers
Writers/Producers: Andrew Chambers and Paul
Layton
Cast: Nick Boshier, Zoe Carides, David Collins,
Paul Layton and Anthony MacFarlane
Block 1
Documentary Program
UNE PASSION D’OR ET DE FEU
3:00 PM
Synopsis: In a town where people and puppets
walk the streets, a puppet detective is on the case
of his missing uncle. Though he has competition
from every man, woman, and dummy wanting to
be named Noir Town’s top detective.
Drama/Biography (6 mins.) Belgium, Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Sèbastien Pins
Cast: Andrè Fontignie
Synopsis: A beekeeper shares his worries about the future of his apiary school. A passion
of gold and fire, which definitely helps our environment to keep on living.
OMO CHILD:
THE RIVER AND THE BUSH
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Documentary (89 mins.) SC Premiere
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Director: John Rowe
Producers: John Rowe and Tyler Rowe
Synopsis: For many generations people in the Omo
Valley believed some children are cursed, and that
they bring disease, drought, and death to the tribe.
The curse is called “mingi,” and mingi children are
killed. Lale Labuko, a young educated man from the
Kara was fifteen years old when he saw a child in
his village killed and also learned that he had two
older sisters he never knew who had been killed. He
decided one day he would stop this horrific practice. Filmed over a five-year period, we follow Lale’s
journey along with the people of his tribe as they
attempt to change an ancient practice.
THEN AND NOW
Drama (9 mins.) UK, East Coast Premiere
Directors: Kyle Bashford and Liam
Bashford
Writer/Producer: Matthew Hookings
Cast: Julian Glover and Matthew
Hookings
Synopsis: September 11, 2001, a day the
world will never forget. Eighty-year-old
George watches in disbelief as the news
of the first attack is reported.
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Block 2 Shorts Program continued
BEFORE THE BOMB
Family/Drama (23 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director: Tannaz Hazemi
Writers: James Grimaldi and Tannaz Hazemi
Producer: Jessica Miller
Cast: Heidi Armbruster, Cindy Cheung,
Sterling Jerins, Jesse Dean Peterson and
Lori Prince
TRIBE
Synopsis: Ten-year-old Elsa takes matters into
her own hands when Child Services plans a
visit that could separate her from her brother.
Music (2 mins.) Poland, SC Premiere
Director: Jan Macierewicz
Producer: Kuba Macierewicz
Cast: Victoria Ihuoma Okonkowo, Kamil Kociak, Nin Kozieradzka, Robert Kuta, Iza Meldo,
Adam Mkangwa, Natalia Pietruczuk and Magdalena Roman
BANDITO
Synopsis: The movie Tribe directed by Jan Macierewicz with Kamil Płocki images focuses
on four major brand (Dream Nation) and collection concepts: dreams, multiculturalism,
tribe, and gesture. All visual effects were made on set with no post-production.
Drama (16 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Evan Ari Kelman
Writers: Parker Hill and Evan Ari Kelman
Producers: Parker Hill and
Sebastian Savino
Cast: C. J. Valleroy and Nathan Varnson
GRECO ROMAN
Comedy (5 mins.)
Southeast Premiere
Synopsis: On the night of a highway
truck robbery, Jamie is forced by his older
brother to stay home, despite his hopes
to participate in the heist. Determined to
prove himself, Jamie sneaks out and joins
the others, inserting himself into the center
of the action. As the night veers increasingly off-course, Jamie will finally have the
chance to show his true character, though
not in a way he could have anticipated.
Director/Writer: Theo Sena
Producers: Sam Osterhout
and Craig Zobel
Cast: Sam Osterhout and
Steve Siddell
Synopsis: Two old friends take an
awkward walk into their past.
LA BOÍTE (THE BOX)
Comedy/Romance (11 mins.) Canada, World Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Gab Germano
Cast: Gabrielle Forcier and Gab Germano
UN SEUL CORPS (A SINGLE BODY)
Drama (19 mins.) Australia, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Sotiris Dounoukos
Producers: Francois Pierre Clavel and Alexandre Perrier
Cast: Mexianu Medenou, Doudou Masta and Garba Tounkara
Synopsis: Best friends and skilled abattoir workers David and Wani are saving to open
their own butchery, but before they can realize their dream, the arrival of a new worker
will test the bonds of their shared life.
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Synopsis: After a six-year relationship, Guillaume and Nathalie are no longer together
for the past seven months. Nothing unites them except a box of belongings left by Guillaume in their old apartment where Nathalie still lives. The night that Guillaume comes to
pick up his box, they will both realize that there is more than just a box that unites them.
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Friday, NOVEMBER 6
Block 3
Feature Program
PEANUT BUTTER JELLY
7:00 PM
UNBELIEF
Animation (1 min.)
Drama/Thriller (13 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Alex Beaty
Producer: Jerry Tessendorf
Synopsis: A tropical reef in the Philippines is divided between two groups of jellyfish
that swim among the coral and historical wreckage. As a boat passing by drops trash
overboard, the gelatinous dwellers discover a peanut butter treasure they cannot resist.
WILDLIKE
Drama (104 mins.)
Western (11 mins.) World Premiere
Director/Writer: Thomas Torrey
Producers: Thomas Torrey and Michelle Wheeler
Cast: Grant Goodeve and Edward James Olmos
Synopsis: When the devil arrives in an old West town, people must choose between the
seductive power of evil or the steadfast power for good.
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Synopsis: In this thrilling coming-of-age adventure, a troubled teen must face the dangers of the Alaskan wild, as well as her own past, in order to find her way home. Sent to
stay with her uncle in Alaska while her mother is in treatment, fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is forced to flee as her uncle’s attention turns threatening. Unable to reach her mother
and afraid that the authorities will return her to her uncle, she embarks on a journey
across miles of wilderness to find a way back home to Seattle. As she plunges deeper into
the Alaskan interior, a chance connection with gruff backpacker Bartlett proves to be her
only lifeline. Mackenzie shadows Bartlett across the rugged frontier, thwarting his efforts
to cut her loose until he has no choice but to help her survive, and against the backdrop
of a spectacular landscape, they discover the redemptive power of friendship.
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Shorts Program
Synopsis: Unbelief is the story of two men meeting in a park in NYC. It’s Christmas Eve.
Kane is an assassin, on his way to do a job, which means more to him than the usual
killings he is paid to do. This is personal...
HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Director/Writer:
Frank Hall Green
Producers: Julie Christeas,
Frank Hall Green, Joseph
Stephans, Christine Vachon
and Schuyler Weiss
Cast: Ann Dowd, Diane Farr,
Nolan Gerard Funk,
Brian Geraghty, Bruce
Greenwood and Ella Purnell
Block 4
Director: Fabien Martorell
Writers: Fabien Martorell and Michael Marshall Smith
Producers: Fabrien Martorell and Jean-Fracois Dugal
Cast: Tobin Bell, Laura Gordon and Andrew Howard
9:00 PM
THE ANSWERS
Comedy/Drama (8 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Michael Goode
Producers: Michael Goode and
Daniel Lissing
Cast: Daniel Lissing and Rose McIver
Synopsis: Upon his death, the victim of a
car crash gets answers to every question
he ever had and some he never asked.
Friday, NOVEMBER 6
Block 4 Shorts Program continued
ONE SECOND CHANGES
EVERYTHING
Drama (8 mins.) UK, US Premiere
Director: Cristhian Andrews
Writers: Cristhian Andrews and Ruya Koman
Producers: Cristhian Andrews, Ruya Koman
and Bill Sullivan
Cast: Gregory Davis and Ruya Koman
Synopsis: A mother and daughter begin
their escape from an abusive relationship. The
outcome will determine their future. Based on
Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times article “To End
The Abuse” March 8, 2014.
TEXTING: A LOVE STORY
Comedy/Romance (8 mins.) SC Premiere
SHITBIRD
Family/Drama (17 mins.) East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer: Bo McGuire
Producers: Roger Gregory, Susan McGuire and Bo McGuire
Cast: Lynsey Buckelew and Megan Stein
Director: Jeanette L. Buck
Writer/Producer: Rani Deighe Crowe
Cast: Lisa Bol and Rob Goeller
Synopsis: A short film about love, intimacy, and connection in the digital age.
Synopsis: Sass and spark light up small-town Alabama when local hairstylist, Lurleen, is
forced to reunite with her half sister, Haylee, an up-and-coming country music singer.
EDGE OF THE WOODS
Drama/Fantasy (16 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Grainger David
Producers: Lindsay Allen, Frank Hall Green and
Caroline Oliveira
Cast: Sean Bridgers, Maria Dizzia, Brad Henson, Kiernan Shipka and Andre Sogluizzo
Synopsis: A short film about a girl who lives on a
farm and the strange little monster that lives in
her attic.
BREATHE, BITCH!
Comedy (6 mins.) World Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Shanna Micko
Cast: Allison King
Experimental (4 mins.)
Synopsis: When a woman sits down for a peaceful meditation, her mind really fucks
with her.
Director/Writer/Producer:
Zachary Breitengross
Cast: Lucia Garcia
Synopsis: All my past life is mine no more,
The flying hours are gone,
Like transitory dreams given over,
Whose images are kept in store
By memory alone.
—John Wilmot
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THE PAST RECEDES
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films
saturday, november 7
Block 1
Shorts Program
CLAIRE & THE KEYS
11:00 AM
Animation (20 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: John Ludwick
Synopsis: Claire and her mom are shopping buddies, texting buddies, the best of
friends...until Claire wants music lessons.
REMEMBERING THE FALLEN
Drama (16 mins.) France, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Julien Grincajgier
Producers: Julien Grincajgier and Guillaume Dalmazzini
Cast: Jean-Pierre Dauphin, Laurent Delay, Alexandre Triaca, Anthony Vuignier
and Marie Legault
Synopsis: A French veteran of World War II remembers a particular day of his life. An
immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of
survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit.
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CHINK
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Comedy/Drama (3 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director/Writer:
James Serpico
Cast: Robert Kelly and
Alexa Chan
Synopsis: Mike learns a
lesson the hard way after
he is questioned by his
niece Lim about the meaning
of a racial slur he uses.
TAKE A STAND
Drama (5 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Austin Fickman
Cast: Shelby Clark and Marianna Krumrine
Synopsis: One of the biggest issues affecting
children and teens worldwide is bullying, and it’s
continuing to grow and spread to new mediums.
The result is harmful and sometimes fatal. People
need to take a stand and put an end to bullying.
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Block 1 Shorts Program continued
LADY LUCK
Family/Drama/Fantasy (19 mins.) UK, SC Premiere
Director: Jo Lewis
Writers: Fay Garrett and Jo Lewis
Producers: Victoria Bavister, Kristin Mcilquham
and Leanne Savill
Cast: Abigail Titmuss, Adam Thomas Wright,
Rivhard Strange and Tav MacDougall
Synopsis: Lady Luck is a magical fantasy film about a young boy trying to win back his
mother’s happiness. The film is based on DH Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner, one of
the most successful short stories of all time.
IF I COULD TALK
Family/Drama (7 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director/Cast: Shawn Welling
2015
Synopsis: When a man saves an abandoned puppy, he
finds a best friend. A friend to share the ups and downs
of life with him—and soon, his family. If I Could Talk gives
this dog the one chance he wants to share his thoughts.
FRUITCAKE
Drama/Romance (13 mins.) SC Premiere
Directors: Sarah Baker Grillo and
Seth M. Sherwood
Writer: Seth M. Sherwood
Producers: Sarah Baker Grillo, Erin Boyes,
Morgan Peter Brown and Elyse Levesque
Cast: J. R. Bourne, Erin Boyes, Morgan Peter
Brown, Piercey Dalton, Elyse Levesque,
Karen Jean Olds, Troy Ruptash and Russel Sams
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LOVE+FURY
Experimental Drama (6 mins.) Director: Charlotte Savage
Writer: Katie Gash
Producer: Kent Archer Cast: Stephanie Walsh and Michael Golino
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Synopsis: A budding romance between two housewives of the 1950s is violently
interrupted by the social norms of the times.
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Block 2
Documentary Program
FIGHTER
1:00 PM
Documentary (10 mins.) East Coast Premiere
Director: Kelly Rozell
Producer: Samantha Hearn
Cast: Jara Ezo
Synopsis: Fighter is the story of Jara Ezo. It’s not just a
story about the entertainment industry and a rising pop
star but also about a woman’s journey to find and give
love, acceptance, joy, and freedom.
STINK!
Documentary (90 mins.) SC Premiere
Writers: Bryan Cole and Jon Whelan
Producers: Krista Saponara and Jon Whelan
Synopsis: Stink! opens with a foul smell and a pair
of kid’s pajamas. And a single father trying to find
out what that smell could possibly be. But instead
of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan
stumbles on an even bigger issue in America, which
is that some products on our store shelves are not
safe by design. Entertaining, enlightening, and at
times almost absurd, Stink! takes you on a madcap
journey from the retailer to the laboratory, through
corporate boardrooms, down back alleys, and into
the halls of Congress. Follow Whelan as he clashes with political and corporate operatives
all trying to protect the secrets of the chemical industry. You won’t like what you smell.
Block 3
Shorts Program
UNE LIBÉRATION
3:00 PM
Drama (16 mins.) SC Premiere
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Director: Brian Crewe
Writer: Marion Kerr
Producers: Brian Crewe and Hugh O’Brien
Cast: Mark Jaeger, Marion Kerr, Ross Marquand and
Matthew Temple
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Synopsis: On the eve of the liberation of Paris from
Nazi occupation during World War Two, Juliet (Marion
Kerr - Dark Skies, Criminal Minds), an American resistance member, risks her life descending into the city’s
underground tunnels to deliver a secret message to fellow fighter Jean (Ross Marquand
- The Walking Dead, Mad Men). However, a final deadly encounter with a pair of German
deserters threatens to destroy the very thing she’s been fighting for.
THE TUGBOAT CAPTAIN’S BALL
Romance/Drama/Comedy (13 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Rick Moore
Producers: Jack Carpenter and Daniel Lugo
Cast: Allyn Rachel and Tom Lipinski
Synopsis: Acts of courage come in all sizes: A lonely,
persistent woman flirts with the most handsome men
at the ball.
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COSMIC KIOSK
Comedy (17 mins.) SC Premiere
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Director/Writer/Producer: Chip Hackler
Cast: Nick Basta, Belinda Keller and Nicholas Pryor
Synopsis: One week from retiring, security guard
Hank Goodman stares at blank monitors and a bleak
future. Trapped in his little booth, he yearns for adventure and true love. He’s smitten with Donna, who
parks in his lot each day, but so is the dastardly Rizzo.
Will the cosmos conspire to help out poor Hank?
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SELLING ROSARIO
Drama (16 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Directors/Writers: Iana Simeonov
and Michael Winokur
Producer: Emily Miller
Cast: Robert Renderos,
Cristina Valle and Mia Xitlali
Synopsis: There’s a deal being set up for
Rosario, the twelve-year-old daughter of
migrant laborers. Shady characters, hushed
phone calls, and wads of cash being passed in
a secret rendezvous. It all looks pretty grim.
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I AM SAMI
Family/Drama/War (15 mins.) UK, SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Kae Bahar
Producers: Kae Bahar, Mark Blaney and Jackie Sheppard
Cast: Nick Court and Bawar Landon
GRAPE SODA
Drama (17 mins.)
Director/Writer/Producer: Justin Robinson
Cast: Mark Ashworth, Rachel Hendrix, Cranston Johnson,
Isaiah Stratton and Jay C. Russell
Synopsis: A marriage, broken by death, is kept alive by the
memories held through grape soda.
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Synopsis: Living in a war zone, ten-year-old Sami is forced to take decisions beyond
his understanding; decisions that could deprive him of his childhood and change his
life forever.
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Block 5
7:00 PM
2015 INDIE GRANTS FILMS (Works-In-Progress)
Block 4
Feature Program
DIGITS
5:00 PM
Comedy (8 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer: Alexander Engel
Producer: Michaela McKee
Cast: Antonio Campos
Synopsis: After losing the last two digits of a girl’s number, a socially awkward fish
enthusiast tries every combination to seek her out.
Works-in-progress screening of the latest Indie Grants short films, with Q&A with the
filmmakers. The Indie Grants is a joint effort between the South Carolina Film Commission and Trident Technical College, teaming up high-quality South Carolina scripts
and stories with top production professionals as training opportunities for Trident Tech
film students. The program has an impressive track record among film festivals and the
independent film industry, with accolades from Sundance, Austin Film Fest, Stiges Film
Festival, DragonCon, LA Film Fest, Charleston International Film Festival, Palm Springs
Film Festival, Mediera Film Festival, Cucalorus, and more. The only program of its kind in
the nation. Visit indiegrants.org for more information.
GONE AWAY (Works-in-Progress)
Narrative (10 mins.)
Director: John David Reynolds
Writer: Elizabeth Rose Thomas
Producers: Brad Jayne and
Elizabeth Rose Thomas
Cast: Raymie Lewis, Myles Moore and
Sophie-Ann Turner
Synopsis: Daddy’s gone away, and the well’s gone strange. After a mysterious tragedy,
the fantastic has begun to seep into the lives of three children and their rural home.
Now they must learn to survive as the world around them begins to shift.
THE FINAL ADVENTURE OF JOHN & ELEANOR GREENE
(Work-in-Progress) Narrative (14 mins.)
Directors: Maria White and
Matthew Mebane
Writer: Matthew Aughtry
Producers: Brad Jayne, Maria White
and Matthew Mebane
DP: Russell Carpenter (Oscar-Winning
Cinematographer of Titanic, Ant-Man,
and more)
Cast: Ann Pierce
Synopsis: John and Eleanor Greene have been married for 50 years. When John dies
before their golden anniversary trip to Charleston, Eleanor bravely decides to honor their
half-century of life together and takes the trip alone. The magical city beckoning the
adventure of their lifetime. Block 6
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GIRL ON THE EDGE
Family/Drama (105 mins.)
Director: Jay Silverman
Writer: Joey Curtis
Producers: Keefe Kaupanger-Swaker, Will Newman, Bethany Cerrona and Joe Gamache
Cast: Taylor Spreitler, Gil Bellows, Peter Coyote, Elizabeth Pena and Mackenzie Phillips
Synopsis: Girl on the Edge is the award-winning powerful true story of a troubled teenager who falls victim to an online predator. Unable to cope with the trauma, Hannah
becomes self-destructive, and her parents make the heartbreaking decision to send her
away to an alternative healing center in the wilderness. With its unconventional approach to therapy, and with the help of an eclectic staff and horse named Betsy, Hannah
begins to learn that the path to recovery is sometimes the one less traveled.
8:00 PM
LUSCIOUS LIPS INSPIRES
LADYBUG TIPS
Animation (3 mins.)
East Coast Premiere
Director: Rusty Mills
Writer: Jane May Graves
Producers: Jane May Graves, Drea Bauer
and Jonathan Dracup
Synopsis: Ladybug Jane goes on her first
adventure when her best friend Andy the
Aphid finds a pair of magical glasses. These
magical glasses open their eyes to the human world for the very first time.
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Block 6 Shorts Program continued
SETH
Comedy (15 mins.) Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer: Zach Lasry
Producers: Dash Arnott and Arianna Lyons
Cast: Logan George and Emmett Smith
Synopsis: There comes a point in every young man’s life where he must rise to the occasion or admit defeat. For Seth, impressing his father is his only goal, his greatest test, his
Everest. Today is the day.
PARDON THE INTRUSION
Drama (19 mins.) UK, SC Premiere
Director: Louise Galizia
Writer: Harry Chadwick
Producers: Xavier Santiago and Tim Willrich
Cast: Pat Garrett, Sara Kestelman, Grace Monroe and Alice Ryan
FIXED
Comedy (7 mins.) Australia,
SC Premiere
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Director/Writer: Burleigh Smith
Producers: Burleigh Smith and
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Cast: Amara Harnisch
Synopsis: Jemimah wants Tilly to
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Synopsis: Housebound after a stroke, elderly Betty Wallis receives her basic needs
through daily carers. Soon, however, Betty finds she is not alone, as an intruder inhabits
her home. Can Betty find peace in this new environment?
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saturday, NOVEMBER 7
Block 6 Shorts Program continued
HUNTER’S FALL
Drama (14 mins.) Ireland, East Coast Premiere
Director: Peter J McCarthy Writers: Ben Conway, Kevin McCarthy and Peter J McCarthy Producers: Ian de Bri, Richard Bolger and Francois Farrugia Cast: Ben Condron, Sam Smith, Patrick Gibson, Clara Harte and Ryan McParland
A SAILOR’S SONG
Drama (4 mins.) World Premiere
Director/Writer: Shea Sizemore
Producers: Shea Sizemore, Thomas Torrey and Michelle Wheeler
Cast: Danny Vinson
Synopsis: A weathered sailor finds hope in a new beginning.
Synopsis: Sam is invited into the mountains by Emma, a childhood friend. Arriving at the
camp, he meets her new friends and is immediately subjected to taunting and bullying.
Sam soon realizes that Kyle, Emma’s new boyfriend, has it in for him and when the gang
find out that he and Emma were previously dating the situation turns nasty.
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EN LAS NUBES
(IN THE CLOUDS)
Romance/Comedy (21 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director/Writer:
Marcelo Mitnik
Producers: Dave Kajganich,
Paula Manzanedo-Schmit and
Marcelo Mitnik
Cast: Valeria Blanc, Maria
Canale, Javier Drolas, Jeremy
Glazer, Veronica Hassan and
Martin Piroyansky
Synopsis: The difference between how we think romance should work and how it
actually does is at the comedic heart of En Las Nubes, an exploration of cultural disagreements about intimacy, love, and marriage proposals in the age of YouTube.
Narrative Dramady (25 mins.)
Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer: Jane Baker
Cast: David Koechner, Paula Pell, Cassandra Beske
Dunn, David Baker, Jonny
Flood, Colin Hinckley, Aja Selbach-Broad, Sam Freitas-Eagan and Alanna Ward
Synopsis: Living life in suburban Philadelphia in the late 1970s is both comical and
heartbreaking for Mary “Jo” Parker, a thirteen-year-old tomboy in a large Irish Catholic
family. When Jo questions her feelings for another girl, she ponders the possibility that
she will be the freak in her already bizarre family.
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THE PARKER TRIBE
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films
sunday, november 8
Block 1
Shorts Program
11:00 AM
SEPTEMBER SKETCHBOOK
Family (8 mins.) SC Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer:
Ronnie Cramer
Synopsis: September Sketchbook is an
experimental film created using oldschool animation—over 5,400 drawings
made with pen and paper. The film is
abstract in nature, with sequences based
on flags from around the world.
TINY THINGS
Family/Drama (14 mins.)
SC Premiere
Director: Laura Savia
Writer: Halley Zien
Producers: Allison Aaron,
Christina Brucato, Erin Fritch,
Mara Kassin and Halley Zien
Cast: Allison Aaron, Christina
Brucato, Erin Fritch, Mara Kassin
and Halley Zien
Synopsis: A woman unravels at her sister’s baby shower, bringing the festivities to a
screeching halt.
14 JUILLET
Romance (7 mins.) France, East Coast Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer: Michael Barocas
Cast: Franáoise Bertin and Jacques Boudet
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Synopsis: It’s Bastille Day in Paris, and Renè has a date
with Madeleine...
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TO DUST RETURN
Drama (10 mins.)
HTM
Drama (11 mins.) Sri Lanka, Southeast Premiere
Director/Writer: Sachi Ediriweera
Cast: Dominic Kellar, Yashodha Suriyapperuma and Marissa Jansz
Synopsis: An urban bank worker finds his customer base threatened by the presence of
a homeless musician begging for money on the street.
Director/Writer: Chris Peters
Producer: Adam Coleridge
Cast: Jennifer Morrison and Sam Jaeger
Synopsis: Sam Jaeger and Jennifer Morrison
play a couple struggling to cope with the
death of their newborn son. In his despair, the
husband must transform how he sees his wife
and find a way to accept her dark wisdom.
sunday, NOVEMBER 8
Block 1 Shorts Program continued
EL ALPINISTA
Comedy (3 mins.) Spain, SC Premiere
Directors/Writers/Producers: Adrian Ramos and
Oriol Segarra
Cast: Manuel Bujan, Miguel De Cruz and
Belen Puerta
Synopsis: It is rumored that Yeti has been seen
on the northern slope of the mountain. That
person who takes a photograph proving its existence will be awarded the prize of the Alpinists’
Great Medal of Honor.
15CC
Drama/Science Fiction (6 mins.)
World Premiere
Director/Writer: Mitchell Winkie
Producer: Will Cherry
Cast: Chris Degner and
Annmarie Mignini
Synopsis: A desperate man attempts
to relive memories with his estranged
ex-wife by temporarily wiping her
memory and invading her dreams.
What starts off as a sweet, thoughtful
dream for Annie quickly turns into an
ugly, twisted nightmare.
THE RED THUNDER
Family/Comedy (6 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Alvaro Ron
Writers: Rafael Alvarez, Alvaro Ron and Clara Viola
Producers: Greg Haggart, Alvaro Ron and Rosana Tomas
Cast: Allie Grant, Miles Heizer, Doug Olear and Karen Strassman
Synopsis: Sarah, a nerdy teenager, steals her mom’s brand new car to go on a date with
Danny, the boy she is in love with. Little does she know the vehicle hides a secret that will
change her life forever.
Block 2
1:00 PM
Documentary Program
WHEN PIGS SWIM
Documentary (15 mins.) SC Premiere
Director: Charles Allan Smith
Writer: Jeff Todd
Producers: Tyrone Munroe and
Peter Nicholson
Synopsis: For many years people from around
the world have visited the beautiful island of
Exuma in the Bahamas, to see the peculiar yet
cute phenomenon of the “swimming pigs.”
Filmed throughout the magnificent waters of
the Exuma Cays, this short documentary tries
to find out where they came from, how they
got there, and who put them there.
DRIVING WITH SELVI
Documentary (74 mins.) Canada, Southeast Premiere
ONE ARMED MAN
Drama (27 mins.)
Director: Tim Guinee
Writer: Horton Foote
Producers: Hallie Foote, Tim Guinee, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bruno Michels
Cast: Charles Haid, Terry Kinney and John Magaru
Synopsis: In Oscar-winning writer Horton Foote’s chilling drama, One Armed Man, a
wealthy cotton gin executive is confronted by a disgruntled former employee demanding the return of an arm lost in the gin’s machinery.
Synopsis: Selvi, a former
child bride, escapes her
violent marriage and
goes on to become
South India’s first female
taxi driver. This is the
ten-year journey of a
charming, strong, and
courageous young
woman who defies all
expectations and
creates a new life.
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Director/Writer/Producer: Elisa Paloschi
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finalists
Title: eDISHARMONY
Writer: Lorraine Portman
Synopsis: Single, socially awkward Molly’s
in search of a boyfriend and talking to
multiple men online. After winding up on
house arrest, she invites them to evacuate
to her generator-powered house when a
hurricane hits in spite of her roommate’s
warning that it’ll be a disaster. Six totally
undateable guys show up, and they must
all survive what proves to be a deadly
storm.
Title: GRACE
Writers: Lynda Lemberg and Jeffrey
Allen Russel
Synopsis: In nineteenth-century Scotland, a wealthy woman with tremendous
empathy and courage defies family and
convention to stop the ethnic cleansing of
the Gaelic Highlanders.
Title: HAROLD THE PEACEFUL
Writer: Sebastian van Hoek
Synopsis: In a nuclear wasteland where
a vicious war has broken out between
cannibals and feral children, a teenage
boy abandons the safety of the family
underground shelter in search of his older
brother where he must confront his childhood demons or risk losing the woman he
loves.
Title: MEETING STREET
Writer: Shelley Reid
Synopsis: During the Great Depression, a
young policeman with a loving wife and
promising career is given an ultimatum by
his aunt: either murder the man she holds
responsible for her husband’s death, or
she will reveal a dark family secret that will
destroy him.
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Title: RUE Writer: Kay Poiro
Synopsis: Priddie Baptiste, an ageless
woman living in Vermilion Parish, runs
a bed-and-breakfast as a waystation
between the living and the dead where
she lures members of a rival family to her
home where she sacrifices them as part of
a centuries-old feud. Title: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Writer: Jeff Affrunti
Synopsis: A teenage girl must use her wilderness survival skills to navigate herself
and her estranged mother to safety when
terrorists launch a biological attack on
New York City.
Title: THE SAUCY JACK
Writer: Diane Williams
Synopsis: Based on a true story, an
American sea captain dodges the Royal
Navy after he escapes from forced service
and goes after British merchant ships as a
privateer during the War of 1812.
Title: THE WEEDING
Writer: Steve Lucas
Synopsis: A recently widowed FBI agent
discovers a conspiracy to rid society of its
least desirable members; but her loyalties
are tested when they execute the scum
who killed her husband and son.
Title: TURNING AUGUST
Writers: Shelia and Tony Watson
Synopsis: A professor of linguistics, recruited by the SS to gather intel, discovers
the truth of the Nazi atrocities and turns
the tables on Hitler’s henchmen to regain
his honor.
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