Film Descriptions
Absolute Zero
Alan Woodruff • Drama • 27:13 • awoodruff@hotmail.com • East
Coast/PA Premiere
A train makes its way through the countryside toward the city. Part
of its load is a refrigerated wagon used for transporting meat to the
markets. Inside the otherwise empty wagon, a man keeps a grim log on
the wall - a first-hand account of death by freezing. Only later it
is discovered that the refrigeration unit wasn’t operating. The
temperature in the wagon never fell below 68F, yet the man dutifully
manifests, and records, the symptoms of hypothermia as he dies a
needless, painful death. The story is told using a combination of
archival and imagined material to speculate on the man's final hours.
Amosaica: The Embellished Life of Isaiah Zagar
Max Negin • Greensboro, NC • Documentary (Student) • 12:00 •
maxnegin@yahoo.com • World Premiere
A documentary about the man behind many beautiful mosaics around
Philadelphia and around the country. You meet the man behind the
cracked tiles and mirrors including how he overcame his initials
struggles as an artist. Isaiah is known world-wide for his work, and
his passion for his art is matched by his passion to share his
technique with anyone willing to strap on an apron and learn.
Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art
Jim Ruxin • Burlingame, CA • Documentary • 14:44 •
debbie@szyk.org •
PA Premiere
This film documents the introduction of the Polish-Jewish World War
II political artist Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) to a group of students
and teachers at Mercer Island High School in Seattle, Washington.
Irvin Ungar, curator of The Arthur Szyk Society, encourages the
students to share their reaction to work that is as vivid, profound,
and worthy of discussion today as it was over 60 years ago. In
addition to his anti-Axis art, Szyk was most well known in Jewish
circles for his illuminated Passover Haggadah.
Backyard Shadow
Karl Staven • Philadelphia, PA • Experimental/Art • 4:00 •
karlstaven@hotmail.com
A former tree exists only in the shadows that are cast from its
branches.
Broken Wind
Brian Lipko • West Chester, PA • Animation (Student) • 2:07 •
movifan@comcast.net • World Premiere
The power line has always been a gathering place for quiet, golden
birds. However, when an outsider intrudes on their silent meeting,
it's going to be a blast. Told through colorful animation and
humorous sound effects, Broken Wind will be one to remember.
Comme un Aimant (Like a Magnet)
Olivier Vandenbussche • Brussels, Belgium • Drama • 13:42 •
ovdb@mindmirrorpictures.com • World Premiere • Strong Racial
Language
Frederic, 25, a white garage worker, torches the car of a black
customer while the customer is away on holiday. On the basis of the
victim’s accusation, Frederic is summoned and held for questioning.
He then chooses the only lawyer he knows, another customer of the
garage, who is also black... Matthew, 55, a black lawyer, meets
Frederic during his time in custody. Frederic confesses his guilt.
Matthew hesitates about defending a white racist who he knows to be
guilty but in the end accepts.
Contrition
Brian Emery • Bronxville, NY • Drama (Student) • 21:20 •
bemery@slc.edu •
PA Premeire
Mary, a devoutly religious woman, mourns the loss of her run-away
daughter while her husband, Alan, struggles to hold the family
together. Casey, 11, receives and collects postcards from his sister
with great enthusiasm while Stephen, 17, secretly applies to college
and can't wait to get away from home. The parents' separate memories
of how their daughter left, however, will not fade away and paint a
very different picture of what actually happened.
Crayon
Brian Lipko • West Chester, PA • Animation (Student) • 5:40 •
movifan@comcast.net • World Premiere
What if you could create your own world? A young boy and his orange
crayon are thrown into perilous samples of adventure, horror and
fantasy in this colorful dream. Driven only by its musical score and
its original imagination, Crayon is any journey you want it to be.
Dark Chocolate
Russell Geary • Oxnard, CA • Drama • 22:00 •
russgeary@earthlink.net •
PA Premiere
A middle aged man struggles to overcome addiction so he can
experience the love of a new relationship. Catherine has come into
his life and helped him stay sober for the last 30 days.
Desarrollo Humano
Beltran Rengifo • Madrid, Spain • Documentary • 29:30 •
hibrida@hibrida.es • PA Premiere
Every year, the United Nations Organization (U.N.) publishes a Report
on Human Development which establishes a worldwide ranking of
countries based on statistical indicators. Norway appears as the
most developed country on the planet, while Niger again takes last
place on this prestigious list. This documentary arose from the
intention of getting to know the people who live in these countries.
But it reveals that peoples happiness is not necessarily tied to the
concept of development as we usually understand it.
Die Flugbegleiterin (The Stewardess)
Marcin Glowacki • Berlin, Germany • Comedy • 11:09 •
marcing@web.de • PA Premiere
Where desire ends and addiction begins. A film about the amount of
food in a society which has lost its proportions, about the work of
people, who don't know anymore, what their calling is…
Disconnected
Cheol-Woo Park • Los Angeles, CA • Drama (Student) • 16:47 •
cpark08@hotmail.com • East Coast/PA Premiere
A wrong-number message left on his new cell phone leads Josh to a
mysterious woman desperately looking for someone that disappeared,
followed by a series of surreal events that will blur his sense of
reality and will put him in a place he's never expected to be.
Dissolve
Aldo Romero • Ozone Park, NY • Drama • 12:33 •
ar826@verizon.net • World Premmiere
This film blurs the line between reality and fantasy, insanity and
madness. Kenneth, an actor, reveals to the theater manager his fear
of a man named Edmond, who wishes to usurp his place on stage. That
night, as Kenneth takes his final bows, the theater transforms into a
broken-down stage and the audience is replaced by Kenneth’s son,
Edmond, and a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist slyly coaxes Kenneth out
of the theater. As Edmond attempts to leave, he is stopped by the
imaginary theater manager. The location reverts back to Kenneth’s
fantasy theater and the audience reappears, dragging Edmond onto the
stage. Edmond dramatically ages and collapses, while the audience
wildly applauds. He has finally become his father, usurping
Kenneth’s place on stage!
Diva
Josephine Mackerras • Paris, France • Drama • 7:07 •
onearthprod@gmail.com • World Premiere
Escaping his home-town that has completely rejected him, alone,
Vincent goes to Paris to be entirely Herself, but life is never that
simple..
Dog Down
Brian Loschiavo • Ryan Ogden • West Hollywood, CA • Comedy •
10:40 • blosch6@gmail.com • East Coast/PA Premiere
When Sam makes the ill-fated decision to pay an outrageous vet bill
without consulting his overbearing fiancée, he finds that his newly
acquired Chihuahua isn't the only Dog Down. In this dark comedy, Sam
recounts the string of unfortunate events that lead to his eventual
demise — namely a sick puppy and a Swedish car manufacturer.
Escape from the Fire
Joel Dunn • New York, NY • Drama (Student) • 13:00 •
jdunn@theory-films.com • World Premiere
It is a cold, dark day in Nazi occupied Poland during 1943. Having
just narrowly escaped from a concentration camp, seven year old Avi
races desperately through a thick forest while being pursued by SS
officers. He runs frantically trying to avoid capture. Avi decides to
find shelter in a large, broken down barn in the distance. Inside the
barn, he is discovered by a young girl, and both are frightened by
the thought of being found: Avi by the Nazis and the girl by her
abusive father. These two abused children overcome immense danger,
and in their fight for survival, rediscover a little bit of humanity
left in a world filled with evil and hatred.
Father
Amy Miketic • New York, NY • Drama • 7:20 • North
America Premiere • www.liquidcouragefilms.com • info@liquidcouragefilms.com •
Mature Themes
“Father” examines a group therapy session for men who were
sexually abused as children. What should be a right of passage for a
father and son takes a sad turn as one survivor confronts another on
what exactly he means by the word beautiful. The audience is left
with the feeling that these men may never be able to completely heal
from the wounds inflicted on them when they were children.
First Memories
Soo Hee Han • Jersey City, NJ • Animation • 4:15 •
hansoohee@hotmail.com • World Premiere
A baby who has been in a baby carriage drops a baby bottle on the
street. The bottle opens and milk spreads out on the ground. At that
point a woman running from the opposite direction steps on the spread-
milk. Suddenly she falls into it. She is thrown into confusion after
she has come into the other space..
Four Thorns for Aidan
Josh Smith • Berwyn, PA • Drama (Student) • 27:33 •
info@fourthorns.com
Four Thorns For Aidan is about a man who has lost the will to live
after the death of his parents and sister in a car accident. He
attempts to reconcile with his painful past through a naive little
child named Rebecca whom he accidentally kidnapped while stealing a
car. Rebecca's mother must reconcile with her lack of care for
Rebecca. As she fights to support her family, she now must decide
whether to stay at home and help the police find her daughter, or to
attend an important interview.
Glimpse
Dustin Grella • New York, NY • Experimental/Art • 8:49 •
email@dustingrella.com
Glimpse, an experimental nine minute animated short using stop motion
photography, is a study of the life of painter Willem de Kooning and
a stream of consciousness narrative concerning the impermanence of life.
Going Home
Jeff Buccellato • Manahawkin, NJ • Drama • 21:30 •
duke525@aol.com • jeffbuccellato@aol.com • World Premiere
As a troubled young man walks home from school, a chance meeting
shows him that there are many ways to reach his destination.
Gone
Brian Cavallaro • Los Angeles, CA • Drama • 22:00 •
ballfour@email.com
James has lost his only son. He can’t concentrate at work, and his
relationship with his wife is crumbling. When James wakes one morning
to find his wife missing, he doesn’t think things could get any
worse. Until, he realizes that everyone is missing. James goes on a
journey of determination and love to get back the only family he has.
Good Soil
Craig Shimahara, Santa Monica, CA • Drama • 22:17
craig@endurance-productions.com • World Premiere
Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in
1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of
the shogun. But the fear of foreign influence eventually gave rise to
persecution. By 1624 Japanese Christians had only a few more years of
peace. Masuda Jinbei, a Japanese Christian of the samurai class,
draws his strength from his faith, family, and fencing. Life is good,
until the shogun decrees a brutal policy of religious cleansing. A
disillusioned and bitter apostate named Michijiro spearheads the
inquisition and challenges Jinbei’s faith. Now Jinbei must choose
between his loved ones and his God. “Good Soil” is a story of
vitality and conviction with a climatic duel between ideological rivals.
Hail Mary
Pete Safran • Doylestown, PA • Comedy • 29:55 •
suzpetesafran@msn.com • World Premiere
Are sports the new religion? Is the quest for the Super Bowl as
important to some as the quest for God? This romantic comedy between
a sports fanatic, Joe and a devout Catholic, Mary, shows the eerie
similarities between sports and religion as the two try to 'convert'
each other to their respective worlds. 'Hale Mary' takes religion
head on in a witty and entertaining way.
Hartslagen (Heartbeats)
Vincent Coen • Brussels, Belgium • Drama • 13:14 •
vincent.coen@brutele.be • World Premiere
The night before leaving the parental nest: in dreams Fannie revisits
key moments in her life. The times when she had to choose between
holding on or letting go, the times when she felt her heart beat.
Honey and Sting
Sybil Mair • Warwickshire, England, UK • Drama • 19:54 •
sybilhmair@yahoo.co.uk • PA Premiere
In another-worldly garden a beekeeper tends his hives of magical
honeybees. Each day he bids these fabulous creatures leave their Eden
and reveal the bittersweet essence of desire to an unsuspecting world.
I’m In the Mood for Death
Carolyn London • New York, NY • Comedy • 11:55 •
carolynlondon@nyc.rr.com • PA Premiere
Jamie has planned the perfect death down to the very last detail. But
just as she’s ready to die, life decides to get in the way.
In Between
Jose E. Iglesias Vigil • Przykop, Purda, Poland • Drama
(Student) • 16:40 • filminbetween@gmail.com • PA Premiere
In between solitude and love, is there a place for sincerity?
Alicia is pregnant and wants to have the child. Her partner Mateusz,
moved by a hidden reason, doesn’t agree with her life-changing
decision.
Fearing loneliness Mateusz will have to confront his own existential
struggles.
Interior Bedsit-Day
James Larkin • London, England • Comedy • 11:25 •
chantelle@film38.com • World Premiere
A desperate writer in his decrepit bedsit, searching for inspiration
types: ‘INT. BEDSIT-DAY’. Each time he tries to leave his bedsit,
he finds himself straight back in it. Climbing out of the window, the
same thing happens. Remembering his Scene Heading, understanding
dawns. He types: ‘EXT. PARK-DAY’ and opens his door to a beautiful
London park. Seeing the potential, he races back to his computer.
When he types ‘EXT. TROPICAL BEACH-SUNSET’, a beautiful woman
walks towards me with open arms, he opens the door to his own
Paradise. With the sand between his toes, he falls into the arms of a
beautiful woman. Then his clumsy writing partner arrives with jammie
doughnuts and presses the delete key...
Keys
Christopher Babers • Los Angles, CA • Drama • 23:00 •
damenfletcher@mac.com • christopher@microcosm-films.com • PA
Premiere
When Leann receives a grim diagnosis of cancer, she and her bi-racial
son Eli travel back to her childhood home in the Midwest, in order
for Leann to make amends with her estranged father. Upon her arrival,
the healing between these two takes shape in the most unlikely of
ways. Keys is the dramatic story of a broken family that discovers
healing within the broken keys of an old piano.
La Combinaison (The Combination)
Serge Adam • Paris, France • Drama (Student) • 11:52 •
erjadam@noos.fr • East Coast/PA Premiere:
A dock worker plays the same lottery numbers for ten years. The
numbers finally come up, with a prize of two million euros! He
remembers the sarcastic remarks expressed by his friends, and as he
sits on the sofa he dreams of racing cars and beautiful loves. Will
he leave his wife for this new lifestyle? Is he dreaming when his
wife comes back home, shouting out that the numbers came up...?
A Lesson in Biology
Keno Rider • West Hollywood, CA • Drama • 20:00 • karpa@verizon.net •
World Premiere • Gay/Lesbian/Mature/Sexual Themes
The Deep South. Prom night, 1968. High school biology teacher, Mr.
Williams, becomes distraught watching his star student, Tom, dance
the night away, and suddenly disappears. When Tom finds his mentor
hiding behind the bleachers, he shepherds him off into the mossy
woods, confronts him about the secret relationship they've had and
forces him to admit his true feelings. Flashbacks reveal the night of
passion that Mr. Williams would rather forget and that Tom will
always remember. When they are nearly caught in an embarrassing
moment, Mr. Williams relents, giving Tom one, brief moment of solace,
before sending him off toward his future. In the end, Tom has been
able to move on, while Mr. Williams remains entrenched in his place
and in his past.
Life In a Bowl
Todd Bieber • Winfield, PA • Comedy • 17:00 •
tgbieber@flexibleframe.com • World Premiere
A post-apocalyptic office comedy set in the not too distant future,
where a lonely worker finds joy in a strange companion.
Unfortunately, his new “friend” happens to be illegal.
Love On Track
Alison Heather • Sydney, Australia • Comedy • 4:15 •
info@loveontrack.com
The promise of true love goes temporarily off the rails when a man
and woman have a misunderstanding on the Sydney monorail. Hardly a
word is spoken, yet passions ignite and feelings fray. The denouement
takes place on a station platform, when a pair of buskers help get
the romance back on track.
Memories from the Box Office
Todd Bieber • Winfield, PA • Documentary • 8:00 •
tgbieber@flexibleframe.com • World Premiere
This short documentary draws parallels between a young student and an
aging woman by linking their memories of working at an historic Art
Deco movie theatre.
Most látszom, most nem látszom (Now You See Me, Now You Don’t) •
Attila Szász • Budapest, Hungary • Drama • 29:50 •
szasz@extremefilm.com • PA Premiere
It seemed like an ordinary day. Dad is experimenting in the lab, Mom
is at home boiling water, while their six-year-old son, Alex, is
playing around her. But this day is different. This day Dad brings
something home from the lab. And the next morning, Alex becomes
invisible.
PK-Granny
Jo Meuris • Los Angeles, CA • Animation • 1:35 •
jo_meuris@hotmail.com • PA Premiere
A little old lady gets mugged by a man on a bicycle. When she
realizes that there is no one around to help her, she decides to take
matters into her own hands. It's a good thing Granny knows Parkour! A
film about self-empowerment, animated the old way - by hand, with
pencil on paper and a light-box.
Passing
Jolie Hales • Irvine, CA • Drama (Student) • 5:00 •
joliehales@gmail.com • PA Premiere
Customers and employees watch as a young man enters the local flower
shop to pick up the usual love-professing items: heart balloons,
cards, and of course, flowers. Some onlookers smile, while others
sigh with wishes of romance of their own. Some, including an aged
Rob, can't help but look on in annoyance and disgust. It is only
after Rob leaves the flower shop that he realizes things are not
always as they seem... a realization that inspires Rob to see his own
life in a different light.
PK-Granny
Jo Meuris • Los Angeles, CA • Animation • 1:35 •
jo_meuris@hotmail.com • PA Premiere
A little old lady gets mugged by a man on a bicycle. When she
realizes that there is no one around to help her, she decides to take
matters into her own hands. It's a good thing Granny knows Parkour! A
film about self-empowerment, animated the old way - by hand, with
pencil on paper and a light-box.
Rabia
Muhammad Ali Hassan • Orange, CA • Drama (Student) • 23:30 •
World Premiere
Rabia is a woman who must blow herself up in order to exist. From the
moment she straps explosives to her bare body, we are exposed to
flashbacks of Rabia’s past, filled with abuse, rejection, and
struggle. By the time she steps onto a popular Israeli beach,
awaiting to kill hundreds of innocent civilians in a massive
explosion, we find ourselves asking whether Rabia’s act is one of
evil or one of heroism?
Email: info@rabiamovie.com
Rebel Song
Simon Arthur • Glasgow, Scotland, UK • Drama • 14:52 •
simonarthur1@googlemail.com • PA Premiere
A farmer who is too infirm to farm, and too old to make love, grows
to hate his youthful wife. Her beauty, her life and love of it, are
cause for hatred in him. He wants to abuse her, break her down and
rub her in the dirt, so he’ll be the cockrel, and she the hen. And
so he bribes the biggest, ugliest, hulking gorilla of a man he can
find, to chop down the trees, and tear up his wife. But this man has
the mind of a child, he doesn’t understand concepts of sex,
psychology or superiority. And so the farmer has to try and train him
to treat his wife well, give her what she needs, and whether she
wants it or not. The farmer, who is frail in body and struggles to
walk, conquers both of them, purely because they are too weak-minded
to fight back or even just walk away. They’re convinced they need
him to survive, that they’re the ones who are selfish, and they’re
letting the farmer down. Yet, as the man and wife become increasingly
terrorized, they form a child-like bond, whispering thoughts of
escape together, out of the forest.
Reflections
Timofey Yuriev • Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Experimental/Art •
3:59 • i@yuriev.tv • World Premiere
We are all made of water, it brings us life. It can also bring death.
Every so often, someone dies in the ocean, rivers, lakes…and
sometimes, they return. They appear to those who knew them, only for
a short time, then disappear again. They do not speak, they observe.
No one knows why they return, whether it is to feel, to see, to
experience, to live again, or whether they just became a part of the
greater living entity, the water itself. All we know is that these
events have been occurring for a long time.
Sarah + Dee
Karen Dee Carpenter • Philadelphia, PA • Drama (Student) •
19:47 • karendee_2000@yahoo.com • birdpictures@gmail.com
Sarah & Dee revolves around two young, house-cleaners that hate their
jobs. Their work takes them out of their blue-collar neighborhood and
into the wealthy suburbs where they feel the sting of their inferior
position. When they discover a stash of money they have an
opportunity to change their lives- but it’s going to cost them.
Saturday Night Newtown, Sunday Morning Enmore
Christopher Johnson • Australia, NSW • Drama • 7:30 •
cj@christopherjohnson.com.au • PA Premiere
Claire wakes up on Sunday morning – in Enmore – next to Matthew,
who is definitely “not her type”. Her memories of the night before
are hazy, to say the least, and she tries to leave quickly; but
Matthew is surprisingly imaginative and appealing, and by the time
she leaves, she wants to stay. A story of romantic possibilities.
Short Film: Gone (Bill Madden)
Andrew Watson • Newport Beach, CA • Experimental/Art • 2:59 •
madmuse@comcast.net • World Premiere
Bill Madden brings the worlds of film and music together with a
metaphorical environmental warning alert. This compelling video
raises questions, fusing art, social commentary, and music to spark
debate on what it means to be alive and grapple with the consequences
of environmental change. The video communicates the need to reverse
the effects of climate change while there's still time. The film is
directed by Andrew Watson of Current TV, an interactive cable TV
channel founded by Al Gore.
Signage
Rick Hammerly • Washington, DC • Drama • 12:00 •
idlerichpro@aol.com
Lex, a forty-one year old man, struggles to maintain his
marketability in today's gay world. Will his encounter with Jonathan,
a young deaf man, at a local gay bar, help to relieve or merely
reinforce his fear of growing older in this youth and beauty-obsessed
culture?
Silver Tongues
Simon Arthur • Glasgow, Scotland, UK • Drama • 24:50 •
simonarthur1@googlemail.com • PA Premiere
A wandering couple travel the road, becoming different people in each
town they descend upon, playing a gleefully sadistic game of deceit.
In this, the second part of the story, they prey on the care home of
senile dementia sufferers, convincing them they’re family members.
Simulacra
Tatchapon Lertwirojkul • Jersey City, NJ • Animation (Student) •
4:06 • tatchapon_me@yahoo.com • PA Premiere
In the vast galaxy, There are one robot planet which every natural
life was extinct, There's only machine and robot live in that planet.
One day, one robot found a piece of organic life existing in his
world. He's very excited about his discovery and want to save that
organic piece. Unfortunately, that piece is in the dangerous and
restrict area in his planet. Finally, he decides to risk and save
that piece. Then his adventure begins.
So Long
SPC Brandon Bley • Vancouver, WA, • Drama • 11:46 •
michael.brandon.bley@us.army.mil • World Premiere
What would you do with an empty apartment, an ocean of alcohol, and
one night of freedom left before shipping off to the most dangerous
place on earth?
Stranger
Chris Zonnas • New York, NY • Drama • 17:10 •
zonnas@earthlink.com •
World Premiere
A stranded drifter encounters a mysterious woman on the side of the
road. As the two converse, it seems she may have foul intentions.
However - she is playing a game more dangerous than she realizes...
Stuck
Bruce A. Block • Burbank, CA • Comedy • 10:53 •
roughactor@aol.com •
World Premiere
A stalled elevator provides the metaphoric arena for one man to
express his life's crisis. Trapped alone with a beautiful woman, he
becomes increasingly more claustrophobic and panic stricken. Through
the release of his anxiety, he begins to open up about the personal
struggles in his life, including his dreams and regrets.
The woman empathizes with his fears, encouraging him to reveal his
true feelings about his self image and his 'stuck' condition, and to
move beyond his comfort zone. Somewhat reluctantly, he verbally
begins to relate the frustrations with his work and his love life,
while intercut images reflect his mind's desire to possibly pursue
something more, namely the woman who shares his current space.
Take Out
Jonathan Budine • Nutley, NJ • Drama • 4:35 •
info@takeouttheshort.com
From Director Jonathan Budine, and Writer Bill Hall comes their
first original short film, Take Out. The story of a woman on a
journey into a dark unknown cavern she considers familiar… the
parking garage. Relying on her inner strength, she must trust her
instincts to carry her, unharmed, back to her family. Heart-pounding
suspense may make this the most tension filled car retrieval ever.
Introducing Mary Ann Emerson, with an appearance by Fangoria's own
scream queen, Debbie Rochon, this short shocker of a film illustrates
how unsafe it is to be alone in a parking garage these days…
Regardless of why it is that you're there!
Tell Me What To Do
Ji Sung Lee • Seoul, South Korea • Drama (Student) • 11:21 •
peel1895@gmail.com • World Premiere
Everything you ever wanted?
The Addiction of Ethan Lonemyer
Anthony Mastanuono • Los Angeles, CA • Drama • 25:00 •
anthonymastantuono@sbcglobal.net • World Premiere
In the story, we follow the main character Ethan Lonemyer, an
ordinary young professional struggling to cope with a sudden streak
of insomnia. His foolishly happy go-lucky best friend Jon offers a
simple solution, take sleeping pills. Ethan’s psyche strays and is
tested with the continuous intake of sleeping pills. With the day-to-
day struggles of constant disappointments and ridicule at work and
with women, he becomes addicted to the pills and looses control. The
short film captures Ethan Lonemyer’s quarter-life crisis as it
inundates his psyche and affects his work, love and life. We then see
him take control of his destiny in an unexpected way.
The Beanie Baby Soldier
Larry Mendte • Philadelphia, PA • Documentary • 10:00 •
Mendte@kyw.com • World Premiere
Corporal Stephen McGowan of Newark Delaware joined the army to avenge
the attacks of 9/11. He volunteered to go to the front lines of Iraq.
There he did something wonderful. He was able to reach out to the
children and make them feel a little differently about America. His
legacy of hope is still being carried on today. This is the story of
The Beanie Baby Soldier.
The Lost Journal of Vice Marceaux
R Burningham • Los Angeles, CA • Drama (Student) • 12:00 •
jrburningham@gmail.com • World Premiere
When God wishes to punish us, he answers our prayers. Inspired by
true events, The Lost Journal of Vice Marceaux is the tragic story of
a doctor who lost his family in Boston's smallpox epidemic of 1779.
Their loss along with the overwhelming suffering around has caused
him to lose faith in God. When a patient dies while Vice is weighing
her, he discovers an unexplainable loss of 21 grams. Vice has
discovered he can weigh the human soul at the moment of death. The
scientist in him becomes obsessed that his salvation can be proven.
The Miracle
Jeffrey Jon Smith • Chicago, IL • Comedy • 29:00 •
info@themiraclemovie.com • PA Premiere
In confession to her priest, Tekki Lomnicki, a little person, reveals
that she has dishonored her mother. Her confession spins out in a
series of stories: her dramatic birth, her difficult childhood and
painful relationship with her mother and, finally, the fateful trip
they eventually made to the holy shrine at Lourdes. In her memories a
storytelling nun, Saint Bernadette, her rambunctious family, Little
League baseball, musical comedy, and the romantic Paris of her dreams
all live again. But Tekki will have to face the truth of what
happened at Lourdes if she is to win a chance at redemption.
The Pardoner’s Tale
Dan Olsen • Los Angeles, CA • Drama (Student) • 17:23 •
info@pardonerstalemovie.com • World Premiere
Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century short story of the same
name, The Pardoner’s Tale follows three friends as greed tears them
apart. During the Great Depression, Jacob, Jeremiah, and Lucas leave
behind lives of loss in Montana and set out to find work in Colorado.
On their way, they must employ desperate and selfish measures to get
by, often stealing from others in order to survive. When they stumble
upon a resting place that should provide some relief, they instead
find something that opens a door into the darkest part of who they are.
The Predator’s Return
Jerald Fine • Aventura, AL • Drama • 14:00 •
jeraldalan55@aol.com •
World Premiere
Abe, a former concentration camp survivor, is a resident of a nursing
home. The newest resident of the facility is the same Nazi officer
that murdered his entire family 60 years earlier. A nightmare
confrontation is about to take place.
The Tribe
Tiffany Shlain • Mill Valley, CA • Documentary • 17:45 •
t@tiffanyshlain.com • East Coast/PA Premiere
What can the most successful doll on the planet show us about being
Jewish today? Narrated by Peter Coyote, the film mixes old school
narration with a new school visual style. The Tribe weaves together
archival footage, graphics, animation, Barbie dioramas, and slam
poetry to take audiences on an electric ride through the complex
history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish people- from Biblical
times to present day. By tracing Barbie's history, the film sheds
light on what it means to be an American Jew in the 21st Century.
Theodore
Jorge Moran • Nashville, TN • Drama (Student) • 23:17 •
mcreatiev@yahoo.com • PA Premiere
This film is shot on location in Savannah, GA. The film takes a
somewhat dark but endearing look at the life of a lonely
schizophrenic African American man named Theodore.
Things Worse Than Death
Michael Gambino • New York, NY • Comedy •13:20 •
mikegambino@mac.com • ccarbone3@yahoo.com • World Premiere
We meet Vladimir and Estragon as they continue their long-running,
friendly competition. We follow them through a typical day, strolling
through NYC's Central Park, blind to the beauty of Manhattan's great
backyard. This comic journey explores the culinary and the sexual,
the sophomoric and the existential, the sick and the transcendent.
And it's funny.
Treasure of Riverside Park
Jason Sokoloff • Brooklyn, NY • Drama (Student) • 4:45 •
jsok@jsokfilms.com • World Premiere
Alex seeks to find truth and love while another wants to steal it
away; a surprising and deadly love triangle on the streets of New
York ensues in this gritty modern film noir.
Tredyffrin Township… The First 300 Years
Jane Pollini • Berwyn, PA • Documentary • 30:00 •
info@sagefilmandvideo.com • World Premiere
This historic documentary was produced to celebrate the 300th
anniversary of Tredyffrin, a township in Chester County PA. Using
journal entries, photographs, archival film footage and interviews
with residents and educators, this documentary takes the viewer from
the Paoli Massacre during the American Revolution to the early days
of the Valley Forge Music Fair and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
The audience will get a glimpse of
life in the Valley before Route 202.
Underground
Michael Medeiros • New York, NY • Drama • 18:55 •
bparkfilm@gmail.com • PA Premiere
Shot entirely in subway stations and trains, Underground explores the
physical and emotional worlds beneath the surface of everyday
reality. As we watch Frank searching through glaring stations and
dark tunnels, we begin to wonder what will happen if he finds who
he's looking for. Then, when he finally sees young Ben, a brief
window of opportunity opens where each holds the key to leaving the
underground and going back to the world above.
Voor een paar knickers meer (For A Few Marbles More)
Jelmar Hufen • Utrecht, Netherlands • Drama • 11:03 •
info@kairosfilms.nl • PA Premiere
Four ten–year-olds are kicked out of their favorite playground by
two aggressive drunkards. When they realize their parents are not
going to help them, there’s only one solution. They have to find a
way to get the toughest boy in the neighborhood to help them.
War Hero
Alison Heather • Sydney Australia • Drama • 13:04 •
aheather@optusnet.com.au • PA Premiere
We enter the life of Ivor, a Vietnam War veteran, at the point where
he has just made contact again with his estranged son. Ivor has asked
his artist son to paint his portrait, a work commissioned by a
returned serviceman’s association. During the course of the film, it
becomes clear that war has had a devastating impact on the life of
this man: invading his psyche, changing his persona, breaking up his
family and separating him from a wife and son he still loves. The
film focuses on Ivor’s need to heal the family rift, and reveals how
the experience of war has impacted on him. This is essentially a love
story and a reconciliation story with an underlying anti-war theme.
What I See When I Close My Eyes
Leslie Hope • Los Angeles, CA • Documentary • 29:32 •
leslieannhope@hotmail.com • PA Premiere
A clear-eyed look at how Phnom Penh's street children are being
helped by Mith Samlanh/FRIENDS-INTERNATIONAL, an organization serving
street living and working kids through the provision of vocational
training, shelter, food, education, counseling, art classes and
outreach. The children of FRIENDS tell their stories in their own
voice in answer to the simplest of statements: What's My Name, How I
Live, What I Want and Who I Am. Much of the film is told through the
progress of the creation of life-sized self-portraits the children
draw of themselves in answer to the question, 'What do you see when
you close your eyes?'
