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A Dark + Stormy Night
Ben Saltzman, Director
02 min : 32 sec
The Craving for a glass of milk
leads a secret agent to break into her neighbor’s house to quench her thirst.
A Happy Ending
James Evans, Director
29 min : 57 sec
This compassionate 'comedy of errors'
follows Ana Maria Rosales' adventure of leaving her homeland of Mexico and coming to the United States, the 'land of opportunity'. Her dream is to secure a well-paying job in a chiropractor's office, but
first she must get a job to help her cousin pay the rent. Having experience in therapeutic massage for a doctor's office in Mexico, she innocently lands a job at a massage parlor. Ana's world quickly
turns upside-down when she gets confused what the term 'A Happy Ending' means. Ana quickly encounters good guys, bad guys and the English language. James Evans (General Hospital), Kelly Taylor (War of
Gene) and Doralicia (Collateral Damage) star in this fast paced comedy.
A Key Western
Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Director
16 min
A Key Western' is a short film homage to the
classic Spaghetti Western greats. The fish-out-water type story takes the standard 'Man Without A Name' character and places him in a Key West town, where he encounters twisted versions of Western
stereotypes like the unimaginably evil villain, his sidekick goon, the nosy bartender and the prostitute with a heart of gold. With many direct references to Leone films, the movie is a grab-bag of
Western clichés. A spoof, an homage and a reinvention all at the same time, 'A Key Western' is both funny and engrossing.
A Kiss On The Nose
Laura Neri, Director
13 min : 40 sec
When Chiara's distant father Romano dies, she is left to try and figure out the man and her feelings about him. In order to do that, she must go back to the very beginning: to her parents's birth,
their first meeting and the unlikely marriage that followed. From fragments of memory and often whimsical reconstructions of events that she did not actually witness, Chiara little by little builds
a picture of her father - but she does not have all the pieces yet...
A SAFE HAVEN
Todd Pulling, Director
6 min :
A simple story of one man’s mission to save a girl in
danger. Starring Carlton Waddy-a multi-disciplined martial artist as Miguel. The fight scene is the climax of a man who has come to save his love, Haven. Mr. Black’s men have kidnapped her in
an attempt to lure Miguel out of hiding. Miguel takes on all of Mr. Black’s henchmen and personal bodyguards inside a secluded barn.
A Short History of Street Performance
J.D. Marlow-Director
Another beautiful piece of work from experimental filmmaker J.D. Marlow, the maker of Time Travel, also showing in this festival.
Action Anton
Ole R. B. Takanashi Gran, Director
14 min : 30 sec
Dumb luck turns nitwit Anton into a hero as he unknowingly beats up two thieves. The thieves go to jail and Anton has a new life as: Action Anton.
When the two thieves are released from prison, they want revenge. This time Anton is not lucky. The villains beat him. Now Anton must confront the villains or he will loose his hero status. Only two things stand in Action Anton’s way: a very dangerous villain, and the basic fact that Anton himself is an utter prat. Cover your eyes and hold your breath as Action Anton tries to trick his way into the heroes shoes. Vodka will flow, fists will fly, hearts will break and someone will have to wash their Elvis jumpsuit.
ALL NIGHT COFFE SHOP
Mario DeAngelis, Director
12 mins
A woman with a normal life thinks back to when she was a teenager and wanted to be a vampire. She thinks back
to her last night job in a coffee shop when an enigmatic man appears and shows her the world she wants to be seduced by.
He floods her mind with images of fear, blood, screams and lineliness. After that last night she is changed and finally finds the time to tell the story of the all night coffee shop.
AMERICAN GRANDMASTER
Patrick Million, Director
60 Mins
See the true life and times of the man who launched an American revolution in the arts when he created American Kenpo, Grand Master Ed Parker.
Interviews, file footage, and more from the master and the people who knew him best!
Another Part of Me
Christopher Abreu, Director
07 min : 45 sec
'Another Part of
Me' is the emotional tale about a young man who must survive the wrath of his mother. This young man's world often seems cruel and unjust, where he rarely has a voice. However, through the example of his
little brother, he discovers the joys that life brings and the strength to go on. He awakens every morning from the same nightmares that plague his mind each night. Unaffected, he goes through the
routine motions day after day. A startling event shatters this monotony and suddenly he is forced to make a choice. He must decide to take a chance or allow himself down his path of self-depriciation.
Will his mother have the last laugh or will his brother suffer the same fate?
Asleep In The Deep
Paul vonStroetzel
Adapted from the short story ‘The Music of Erich Zahn’ by H.P. Lovecraft.
This is a beautifully haunting piece of filmmaking with outstanding cinematography and a wonderful score.
Beat
Lucas Longacre, Director
20 min
After losing his wife and his hearing in a horrific accident, Terry is trapped in a
living purgatory. Isolating himself in a condemned building, he struggles with his rage and loss, only venturing out of his self-imposed prison to participate in brutal, unsanctioned, bare-knuckle fights.
The film begins with Terry in his apartment and follows him on his journey throughout the city as he interacts with other lost souls throughout his voyage to his destination: a rundown bar on the
outskirts of town. In the basement of the seedy bar, Terry must face his toughest challenger yet; Not only must Terry battle his daunting opponent, but his inner demons as well, because even if he wins;
Terry may lose his soul to his fury.
BETWEEN
SeongHo Heo, director
8 min : 54 sec
What happens to your next door neighbors? Brandon, a writer, is bothered with hammering
noise from the next door while he is writing a story at late night. As the noise continues, Brandon knocks on the next door to complain. But he finds a dead lady body. Between is the story about the
psychological confrontation between Brandon and the next door neighbor regarding the dead lady body. Who really Killed her?
BOOK OF SWORDS
Open the BOOK OF SWORDS
and be prepared to witness a spectacular fight for the Earth’s salvation that begins on the neon soaked streets of nocturnal Chicago and continues on the dusty plains of the Asian afterworld. This great action packed features HO-SUNG PAK star of Drunken Master II and WMAC Masters and TAIMAK, from the Last Dragon. This film will be showcased at the festival but will not be in competition. Not to be missed. Another great film from Fantastic Films International, LLC.
BIKE
2 mins
Michael Ehinger, Director
This film was in response to the violence in the Middle East. The bike symbolizes the innocence lost in the death of many civilians
around the world everyday. Matt Cruise, who filmed the movie, came to me and explained what he saw in the footage. I edited it and created a very moving piece that attempts to convey the suffering that
occurs in the world. As you watch it, we ask that you attempt to lose your self in the film and attempt to feel the suffering.
Bred In The Bone
Stan Harrington, Director
1 hr : 32 min : 12 sec
John Palmentatrio is desperate NOT to follow in his father, EUGENE'S,
footsteps... NOT to make the same mistakes. At 34, John, looks back on his life as a paid thug who won't kill or carry a gun and realizes that his life is not such a far cry from that of his father's.
John buys a ring and tells his best-friend and assistant, ANDY, he's ready to quit and marry his girlfriend, GIGI. Stunned, Andy convinces him to do just 2 more jobs so that he can get settled but John
's life is suddenly turned around with the appearance of a mysterious, Mexican, CRUZ. Can John make the choices to change his life, or is it BRED IN THE BONE?
CHANGE OF FORTUNE
John Fortin, Director
08 min : 30 sec
A young man, on his way to a job interview, stops to make a call on a public pay phone,
hangs up, and hears his quarter clink back into the return. Tickled by the prospect of finding loose change in other phone boxes--and newspaper boxes and on sidewalks--our hero goes on a change-hunt. He
is successful, but finds he's so late for his interview that they won't even see him. Undaunted, the man tosses the resume from his briefcase, fills it with his new-found change, then becomes more
radical in his change-hunting. When all of the precious coins tumble into the river in an attempt to get coin on a bridge, our hero seeks redemption in a church. When he sees the collection plate,
however...
Day Shift
Diego Velasco, Director
14 min
Julio Perez is just trying to have a normal day-- unfortunately, he doesn't live in a normal world. Now that the Latinos
are in charge, police look like gang members, illegal canadians sell fruit by the street corners, and getting to work has become a huge pain in the ass...
DELUDED
Sharon Lopez, Director
24 min
Nicolas Telch, a talented writer is searching for a break through in
the literary industry. He finds a mentor, Gee W., a well known writer
who he thinks will get him a proposal or even published. When his
dreams start to become true, Nicolas is captured, only to discover
that Gee W. has build up a career out of stealing intellectual
property from writers like him.
DUEL
Raf Anzovin, Director
4 min : 36 sec
3D animated short in which two swashbuckling heroes fight a comic duel on a deserted island.
Fast and furious swordplay, scrapes, and spills to the strains of Lyadov's orchestral miniature 'Baba Yaga.'
Domino One
Nick Louvel, Director
1 hr : 43 min : 33 sec
Chemistry wiz by day, drug dealer by night, Harvard undergrad Jason Young may need a little time off to find himself... or so the administration thinks. But first, he's got to find his advisor. Edward
Sebleman has disappeared; and since Jason's convinced he's been kidnapped, he decides to lead his own investigation... Instead, he walks straight into a nightmarish catch-22: a deadly crossfire based
upon a secret to which he himself becomes the missing link.
DUDE, Where’s my Scooter?
Shane Ryan-Director
19mins
The movie is short, the movie about the movie is
hilarious. You have got to see this great piece of work that kept everyone in stitces from the opening frame through the credits.
Endgame
John Jensen, Director
6min : 58 sec
Victor and Richard, two Polish mafia colonels, have maintained an equal share of the cities organized crime for many years. When they meet for a game of chess, the two act as though
everything is fine as usual, but in reality, they have both been reaching for a larger piece. Behind each others back, they have been waging a real-life chess battle that has been raging in the streets,
with attacks and counter-attacks. As they play their game, both play it cool as if the peace still exists, but know the truth of what has been transpiring in recent times. The game itself becomes a
metaphor for the battle in which ultimately, only one player can win.
ETERNAL PROPHECY
Psych Stevens, Director
14 mins
'Eternal Prophecy' follows the journey of Jack Martin
as his reality collides with his dreams in what turns out to be a waking nightmare. Is Jack really fulfilling the prophecies of the famous psychic Norstradamus or is his friend Amy just filling his head
full of false interpretations?
EQUITILITY
Sean O'Connor, Director
11 min : 11 sec
As the post-modern reality of a transpersonal psychology (an approach combining
Eastern mysticism and Western rationalism) begins to emerge in today’s philosophical views, the world has been turning to sacred doctrines that shed light on ancient wisdom. The Vernal Equinox or the
first day of spring is cherished theologically in many devout practices through out the Universe (Hinduism, Buddhism, The Chinese Religious Complex, Judaism, Christianity, and Islamism). Two main ideas
surrounding this day are ‘re-birth’ & ‘fertility,’ themes that discoursed around 3500 B.C. when the Babylonians symbolized the New Year with the Sun moving north across the celestial equator.
Equitility contemplates what still remains in our passive minds during this day, an unconscious serenity that has been linked to recurring patterns in our DNA.
EVERY SECRET THING
Lou Volpe, Director
1 hr : 25 min
With a gripping beginning, an enthralling middle and a hopeful ending, 'every secret thing' is a suspenseful drama about a young man bound in a wheelchair, and
struggling with the tormenting secrets of his past. Having been deceived all his life by the people he trusts the most, he finds no peace until he finally uncovers the shocking truth that led to his
present condition.
Fever
Charlie Griak, director
8 min
From within his prison-like existence, a young revolutionary attempts to enforce his own ideals upon an unfair world
through a brutal act of human will. Immediately after, he finds himself in an unbearable hell of guilt, madness, and persecution. Divided by his desire to finish what he has begun and the torment of his
own conscience, he is forced to make a shocking decision. Written, directed and illustrated by Charlie Griak, Fever presents a new spin on Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov.
Final Sale
Julie Hermelin, director
12 min : 11 sec
It's a short form action/comedy about two best friends, Jane, the conservative traditionalist, and Isabell, the sassy ballbuster, who are shopping for
dresses to wear to a friend's wedding. When they both eye the same red dress tempers flare, barbs are exchanged, and a kung fu show down ensuses. But, this face-off isn't just a fight about a dress, it's
a comedic tale about the shifting dynamics of friendship and the power stuggles therein.
Firefighter
Vanessa Ruane, Director
20 min : 33 sec
Firefighter Ruane is haunted by
his idealistic actions in 1971, as he struggles with the guilt of having traded tours with a young firefighter lost to the rubble of the WTC. Unable to face his family and unwilling to heed the advice of
his Lieutenant and go home and rest he pushes him self to continue on. When his company is called to fight their first fire since 10 days of digging, he finds redemption when he rescues a woman trapped
in the building and in the act of saving a life he remembers who he is and what he stands for and is finally able to go home to his family.
Flypaper
Raygan Henley, Director
9 min : 12 sec
A young man gets writers block and strains for inspiration but gives up and sulks over his unfinished writing. Along comes a house-fly which lands on the table. This provides an
opportunity for the writer to blow off some steam. But he fails to kill the fly and he must suffer it's mockery. However, when the fly lands upon a page of the man's own writing, the man slams his hand
down to conquer both fly and fiction. He reads the words where the fly has died and grabs for his pen. He writes in a creative outburst which results in more than just words but what also reveals a dark
process in his peculiar art.
FORBIDDEN WARRIOR
This action/adventure/fantasy film, based on a female Asian
mythical hero, follows the story of young Seki who discovers that she is the only living person with the power to control the Gaia Za, an all powerful book of spells. And she must use this power to
save the world.
Starring: Marie Matiko, The Sum of All Fears, The Art of War, Karl Yune, Anacondas, Hold Up, Tony Amendola, Blow and the Mask of Zorro and Andrew Divoff, Air Force
One and Wishmaster. With incredible graphics, animation and CGI this film will be a sure hit at the festival. While not in competition, it will be featured. Don’t miss it!
FRED JONES
Greg Goingold, Director
3 min :
Fred Jones is a music video about a man who has been let go from his job after twenty five years.
GABRIEL IN THE SHADOWS
Fernando Lobo Amaral, Director
Disturbed by a computer game sent through an e-mail of unknown origin, Gabriel travels to Pirata’s home, his old friend who is a computer game expert, to tell him about
this event. Although Pirata compromises to help him unravel the game author’s identity, strange events will put at risk Gabriel’s own life, who in return, bit by bit, will acknowledge the macabre
truth behind this cruel game.
Game Over
Peter Sullivan and Declan Mulvey, Director
80 min :
Notorious street fighter Victor Knox ‘Andre ‘Chyna’ McCoy-The Matrix- has just
been freed from prison.
Now, to earn back his wife and child he needs money fast. When he’s invited to join a mysterious fight tournament promising cash prizes, he quickly signs up. Under constant surveillance by virtual spectators, each no holds barred match becomes a dangerous game of endless fighting. To free himself he must confron the game’s enigmatic creator and its cheif enforcer, known only as the Ref, -Daz Crawford-Blade II, UK Gladiators’ ‘Diesel-The only way out is to win.
Getaway Ben
Tyler Jones, Director
14 min : 26 sec
Ben Runkle is down on his luck. This broken record had been turning since the bank took his family's farm when he was six.
Years later, he comes home to rob the bank that robbed him of his childhood. After a successful heist, Ben crashes his car while fleeing town. He stumbles upon the only house for miles. He sees a young
couple making out. They decide to help him until her boyfriend comes home. The boyfriend is her lover's best friend and the teller from the bank Ben just robbed. After being made as the robber, Ben
spills the beans on the affair. What follows is a twist-ridden sequence of betrayal, murder, theft and passion with an unexpected outcome and an unlikely hero..
Glitched
William Lau, Director
1 hr : 30 min
Billy a timid tech geek who accidentally hooks up with a mysterious woman in a shady Internet chat room and is caught in a humorous case of mistaken identity.
Billy is thrusted into the deadly world of spy versus spy where the sexy female agent must use him to protect top secret data from getting into the hands of a powerful terrorist organization.
Goodnite Charlie
Kenya Cagle, Director
1 hr : 59 min
Goodnite Charlie is on the surface an action, drama that keeps one entertained throughout. But underneath it is more than that. Goodnite Charlie is
a sociological examination of a dysfunctional family. A young man is arrested and his uncle puts up his home as bail. The young man skips town and the uncle decides to trasck him down to bring him to
justice.
Graves End
James Marlowe, Director
1 hr : 34 min
FBI Agent PAUL RICKMAN (Steven Williams) is not happy about returning to the town of Graves End. He's the town's
villain since he botched the investigation of a high profile case involving the kidnapping and murder of the son of wealthy town patron TARKINGTON GRAVES (Eric Roberts), and his trophy wife KRISSI
(Valerie Mikita). Rickman's bungling allowed the chief suspect to go free.
Now he is back investigating the unexplained disappearances of paroled violent felons who, when kicked
out of other communities, were invited by the friendly folks of Graves End to move there. With four-million dollars in lost ransom as bait, the vigilante cat-and-mouse game that follows escalates into
suspenseful plot-twisting action as Rickman uncovers much more than he bargained for.
In Memory of My Father
Christopher Jaymes-Director
40 mins
This is a beautiful story of love, death, relationships and a really great song. All star cast, great acting, powerful performances and a fantastic story.
Insomnia Manica
Daston Kalili, Director
2 hrs
A fast paced psychological thrill ride combining relentless and cutting edge filmmaking make Insomnia Manica a gripping neo-noir tale of a young group of vigilante
thieves who choose to steal the wrong prize. Set in the dark and gritty downtown of Los Angeles, Insomnia Manica takes the audience through the journey of Iliad Labor (Daston Kalili) who drives the
intensity through the screen with a powerful performance about riding the jagged edge of good and evil. Dahlia LaNoir (Natalie Fiori) shines as the femme fatale who as Iliad’s partner has to pay the
ultimate price for her love. Moment by moment both minds and lives are lost. With its surreal soundtrack and unforgettable ending the lines of pain, fear and insanity all blur into Insomnia Manica.
Joy Comes in the Morning
Scott Friedman, Director
4 min : 12 sec
The morning commute inspires a bunny to
daydream of heroic conquests stretching across the galaxy and back again. This handpainted world comes to life with a pumping, dark and magical score.
Keeping Up With The Jonesers
Craig Borders, Director
25 min
Based on a true story, “Keeping Up With The Jonesers” is a 'colorfully noir' drug drama. It follows the story of Jackson Mittleman (Branden Morgan) an average 24 year
old MBA student who abandons his minimum wage job installing low-flow toilets for an infinitely more lucrative career in the post 80's cocaine trade. Once up and running, Jackson's business quickly
swells to include some bonafide riffraff he names “The Jonesers.” When recruited by Joneser Nate, AKA 'Nateball' (Joe Hursley) to facilitate an enormous drug transaction for a rival dealer, Jackson sees
the opportunity to eliminate his supply issue, and impress his coked out girlfriend Joneser Niki (Felicity Crampton). Against his better judgment, and with some prodding by his friend Matt Powers (Rick
Thorne), Jackson commits to the deal and finds himself in over his head with a notorious roid raging drug dealer known only as The Skunk (Al Snow).
Killing Cupid (Warror Or Assassin)
1 hr : 41 min 4
Michael Worth, Director
‘Warrior Or Assassin' (AKA Killing Cupid) is the story of Valentine (Jenya Lano), raised in the world of assassins as far back as she can remember.
Trapped in a room with one of her dying marks, he asks her the question that will change her life forever: 'warrior or assassin, which one are we?' With his dying words, Valentine decides to leave her
days of violence and search out the son of the man she has just killed in an attempt to try and rectify her life. But when her old comrades assume she has left to join forces with an allusive ex-assassin
nick named 'Cupid', her old existence comes back to haunt her.
Kittens
Ralph Jongeneel, Director
8 min : 22 sec
A character driven film noir about two prostitutes. One,
Piper is a runaway, the other, Lola, is a woman with a dark past who won't get involved with nobody. That is until she is faced with a rather sticky situation concerning Piper and her gun.
LAW OF THE FIST
John Trujillo, Director
42 min :
This film is aobut two friends fresh out of high school who have one thing in common...kenpo karate.
Tony is an unfocused karate student who is reunited with Blade an aquaintance from high schoo. Blade recruits Tony into the world of small time drug dealing. His best friend Jeff is the exact opposite of him, very well focused and determined. He notices the changes in Tony and tries to steer him in the right direction. When Tony goes off the deep end Jeff tries everything in his power to save Tony from corrupting his life. Stars Kelly Perine and T.J. Storm.
LEAD FURY
M. NINE, Director
A botched late night transaction leaves three dead and one missing. How did it all happen?
When nobody is who they say they are things can get out of hand. The night unfolds, told through each unique perspective on the night, unraveling the mystery piece by piece.
LIFE’S A BEACH
David Chacon, Director
7 mins
A calm, sunny day at the beach turns into a magical ride filled with humor, sorrow, and the essence of the human spirit.
Lis and Ogre
Vale Bruck, Director
8 min : 51 sec
Lis & Ogre is a visually spectacular adventure
featuring heroine, Lis and antagonist, Ogre and beginning deep within an underground crystal mine where Lis, our train engineer, climbs aboard the cab of her locomotive and steams off to her destination
- an enormous ore processing factory perched on the brink of a precipitous gorge. En route her train inadvertently awakens the Ogre who was slumbering in his makeshift cliff-top hut and who trips off the
cliff crashing atop the train's caboose. The Ogre pursues Lis right into the bowels of the factory barely escaping being pulverized by massive grinders, hammers and blasters and in a final face-off again
clumsily trips, falling into a void, following by Lis intent upon finishing the fight.
Live A Little
Kelly Coffey, Director
13 min : 07 sec
'Live A Little' is a short form
musical about a love triangle between Angela, her boyfriend Eddie, and her best friend Brad (who is secretely in love with her.) The film contains four original songs sung by EXTREMELY talented people.
It is the musical experience in a fraction of the time!
LIVE AT FIVE
Averie Storck, Director
16 min
Bob (Dylan Baker) is a frustrated writer. His life is turned upside down
when he wanders into the absurd and wonderful world of Stacy Sedwig (Katie Finneran), a small-town news anchorwoman who looks at life as one, giant newscast. When her fans (Annie Golden, Bill Buell,
Larry Block) at the local tavern join her in reporting the night’s events, Bob’s passion for life is rekindled. He becomes the hero of his own breaking news story and learns that a life worth living is a
life worth reporting.
LOSERS PROMISE
Brad Haight, Director
18 min
Francis ‘Loser’ Loesinski is at the end of his rope. His ex just showed up with a new boyfriend
and an offer to come work for them. The job? Armed robbery. He throws in with them, desperate for anything-especially the promise of a healty retirement. Over the nex three days, old friends become new enemies and his quiet life of solitude is shaken by greed, betrayal, and murder.
Lucky
Nash Edgerton, Director
4 min : 25 sec
Lucky finds himself in a bind. Don’t miss this one!
Melee
Robert Hanna, Director
4 mins
A
warrior from a far away galaxy returns to earth,hoping to restore peace and order.
Mental Noise
Chayan Alavi, Director
8 min :
A turbulent and vivid journey into the mind of
a victim of violence, past, ever present, breaking with reality, losing possibility.
Middle Man
Christopher Witherspoon, Director
1 hr : 33 min
Maurice Keys, known simply
as 'Keys' onthe gritty streets, has made a good living with his proficient skills as a middle man; brokering an array of illegal transactions. Keys has always known that certain rules govern the streets.
He had always followed these rules faithfully. That is until now, when a lapse in judgement leads to him breaking these rules. Now suddenly finding himself caught up in a worldwind of peril, he
accelerates his plans to retire and move to France. At this point the race is on to see whether he will survive long enough to get there.
MONDAY MORNING
Olatokunbo Oladuti, Director
15 mins
The worst monday morning....ever.
MORPHIN(E)
Alex Ranarivelo, Director
19 min : 40 sec
Dear Festival Staff, You want movement, life, and excitement!? You'll find it in
my suspense-thriller, “MORPHIN(E)”. It's a complete and thrilling story, in only 19 minutes. Our production team put together a great ensemble cast and pulled in every favor possible to achieve high
production value on a tiny budget. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for your consideration, Alex Ranarivelo Director
Ex-con Jack Norris wakes up in a hospital after a car accident. As he goes in and out of
consciousness, he thinks he sees a nurse euthanize another patient. When he tells the doctors what happened, no one believes him.
MUSCLE
Justin Owensby, Director
5 min : 56 sec
Clay and Dave, two high school friends, try to get an old '69 pontiac LeMans started. They have spent all weekend working on the car with no success. Detatched and frustrated, they talk about the car
and explore what it symbolizes to each of them. This ranges from Dave's issues with his father abandonong his family along with the car, to Clay's fantasies of the car taking him to big cities with
beautiful women. On another routine try of the key, the car suddenly and unexpectedly car to life. Clay and dave jump in the Lemans as it rumbles and smokes. They yell to each other over the engine noise
and decide to drive by the school to show somebody. Just as they take off, the car breaks once again, leaving them stranded in their small town life.
'No Experience Needed'
Brian Garvin, Director
25 min
John Bell desperately needs work. Months of searching for work lead nowhere. Bills pile high, his rent goes unpaid, and finally he is forced to sell everything he
owns. An ad in the newspaper leads John to Hank Snodgrass who offers John a high-paying job on the spot, even sweetening the deal with the offer of cash a the end of each shift. Financial desperation
forces John to take the job, the nature of which nobody wants to talk about. When darekness falls on Los Angles, John is required to work with the eerie Kyle Loader.This job is the answer to John's
problems unitl one night something truly bizarre happens that he will never forget. It is an event that makes John question his true need for money, altering his life forever.
NOD
Doug Kruse, Director
15 min
Using Lynch style internal fantasy landscape and Godard experimental influences, NOD tells the story of a man’s journey between the realities of mind and street, light
and darkness, connection and alienation, and life and death.
OBEDIENT REGURGITATION
Dan Meiling, Director
4 mins
A young child waits patiently for the school bus, wondering
if there is a better way ot pass the time. Seeing a bush with delicious looking berries, he happily wanders over to have a snack. This results in a magical journey, involving small creatures
and a large quantity of vomit.
One For The Road
Stephen Wenman, Director
14 min : 59 sec
It is a rainy night in an unnamed metropolis, when a salesman (BRAD FISHER) walks
into a deserted bar to drown his sorrows. With the friendly bartender (BARRY A. STIGLER) as his only company for the night, the man confesses his sins of an extra-marital affair, and to possibly make one
last sale in the city. As the night progresses a mutual liking for drinking and smoking develops into a deadly battle of wits as these two seemingly unconnected individuals uncover a common web of
deceit, as well as a common love interest, as each man attempts to exact his revenge on the other. Plot twists, deception and misdirection make up 'ONE FOR THE ROAD', an atmospheric film noir with a dark
humorous bent.
One Step Ahead
Daniel Noa, Director
18 min
Murder, it’s far too often taken for granted, or feared or simply ignored.
What motivates a man to kill? This is the question that drives Det. Danny Wilson and his novice partner Det. Monica Patterson, as they search for a man who acknowledges no law. There’s only one problem, even if Wilson and his partner succeed, they still have to deal with the suspect’s ace lawyer, Kevin Radner.
ORANGE CARPET BLUES
Will Scott, Director
4 min
A music video that chronicles the recording of a song.
Parallel Lines
Nina Davenport, Director
98 mins
This film chronicles the filmmaker’s journey in the fall of 2001 from California back home to New York, where her apartment once overlooked the World Trade Center. Driving along the back
roads as she slowly winds her way to Ground Zero, she stops to talk with strangers about Sept. 11th, which unexpectedly provides a unique window into the inner lives of Americans.
PO MO TO HU
Brian Lonano-Director
4:14 mins
A self described look at ‘a post modern look into the world of toilet humor’. Funny and engaging, you’ll like it. We did.
PRISON WARS
Declan Mulvey, Director
9 mins :
In the not too distant future the over crowded prison system will merge with a blood-lusting media to form a colliseum for an increasing decadent 21st
centur.
Runaways
Brent Bambic, Director
1 hr : 43 min : 41 sec
Steve Moore (O’Brien) is an aspiring boy-next-door athlete who runs away from his home in Bakersfield after
the latest fight with his mother’s abusive boyfriend. Steve lands in a temporary shelter for runaway kids in Hollywood where he discovers he’s not alone, that many kids run away from home due to one form
of abuse or another. Struggling against the harsh realities facing most runaways, Steve is determined to rise above his circumstances.
Running
Steven Milling, Director
1 hr : 11 min
A free spirit named Saul comes to L.A. to escape gambling debts and make a fresh start. He meets a captivating artist named Ricki and gets a job but can't handle it for long and quits.
A mugging leaves him broke and homeless. Things start to look brighter, though, when he runs into Ricki and she allows him to share her tent. Saul is surprised by all the homeless on Skid Row where he
befriends two guys and goes to the Mission. When he gets involved with drug-dealers and loses a package, the dealers come after him, wrecking Ricki's encampment. After narrowly escaping, Saul is angrily
rebuked by Ricki.Saul is all alone in a big city, still homeless and being hunted. How long can he keep running?
SCI-FIGHTER
Art Camacho-Director
90 mins
10 major action
stars, huge special effects and a nasty set of fights sets this great action film apart from everything else out. Another great project featuring Don the Dragon Wilson,
Cynthia Rothrock, Lorzeno Lamas and many others. Looking for action? You’ve come to the right place.
SANE and the story of the Boredom Killings
Shane Ryan-Director
12 mins
This mockumentary thriller has been called one of the most disturbing pieces of filmmaking ever. With graphic detail it outlines and showcases murder, rape and more.
SCOTT THE ROBOT
Michael Ehinger, Director
2 mins
This video was a project worked on by high school students outside of the classroom. This Music Video features Scott Nordlund dancing the “robot” to the
music of TATU. The idea was created on the basis of Scott’s nickname, “Scott the Robot”. It took Scott and I about 50 minutes start to finish. With 20 minutes of filming and 30 minutes of editing.
Shaolin Sandwich
Matthew Reiter, Director
6 min : 03 sec
When a hungry ninja attempts to steal the legendary Shaolin Sandwich from a traveling Kung-Fu student, action and
comedy are sure to follow. A tribute to the classic Hong-Kong martial arts comedy.
Shell Ear
Satoru Sugita, Director
33 min :
The wife who nestles up to the husband who gave
up performing on the violin because he was losing his hearing from growing old. The husband who suffers from dementia wanders about looking about for a public telephone, to call his wife.
SLAMM! The LA Derby Dolls
Boothe Jouvet, Director
1 min
Just to give you a taste of the game, its raw action at it’s hottest. The L.A. Derby Dolls are playing with skill and speed, the game is hard driven
and this unflinching action sequence is replete with force, fury and fanciful flirts! This ain’t your mama’s couple skate only these chicks are for real!
Slumming
Seamus Smith, Director
37 min : 25 sec
Slumming is a character-driven piece exploring themes of sibling relationships, social courtship and societal
standings. The main focus is on the often-drastic difference between perceived impressions and reality. Bradley Strathford sits alone on his 16th birthday in his absentee parent's palatial mansion high
in the Malibu hills. He awaits the arrival of his significantly older brother, Evan, eagerly anticipating what he believes will be a night of fraternal bonding. As the night progresses Evan makes
attempts to court a woman on Bradley's behalf, eventually drugging her and Bradley to facilitate his plans. The audience slowly becomes aware of the motivations behind Evan's self-destructive nature and
the night progresse into darkness, finally becoming a subjective nightmare.
Smartcard
James Oxford, Director
15 min : 40 sec
Smart Card, is a tale of a utopian future where
every aspect of your life intergraded into one system. Convenience and simplicity is the product and Smart Corporation does the packaging. Robert Sharpe(David Kreigel) has been living this care free
life. Everything is perfect, until he encounters a philosophical vagrant (Bret Roberts) at a local fueling station who steals the one item you can not do without, his “SMART CARD.”
Surly Squirrel
Peter Lepeniotis, Director
10 min : 45 sec
A starving park squirrel and rat come across a discarded pizza slice. The duo's greed disrupts the natural order of the park. Simultaneously,
across the street from the park, a bank heist is taking place in the human world. The two worlds collide in an uproarious escape for both rodents and bank robbers alike. The story culminates in a full on
car chase with police and park animals in hot pursuit. The pigeons save the day, restoring order to both worlds, for now...
Supergirl Forever
Jeff Pfeiffer, Director
17 min :
A love story concerning an average guy and an above average girl who just happens to fly through the air and stop criminals with her fist.
It asks ua all to examine our own romantic fears and flaws as we make our ways through the dating world. An ofentimes confusinig bizzaro realm where insecurities keal tall buildings with a single ‘oy’.
Sweet Deadly Dreams
Walter Stewart, Director
1 hr : 45 min
Taylor, an unemployed, burned-out ex-special-forces commando, hopes to scrounge a couple of bucks on a simple
package delivery. But he finds that the gig’s not so cut-and-dried. It’s a murder, and it leads him into a confusing maze of intrigue, deception, and death where he must answer a single question to
survive: What happened to the last novel of Evelyn St. James?
Tag Ohne Ende-Neverending Day
Florian Mauer, Director
3 min : 40 sec
Kurt finds himself somewhere
on a field between the 2nd world war. A dead companion lies beside him. A Russian soldier appears and disappears. An attack comes from the air and afterwards a young woman’s voice is heard and everything changes.
TAHARA
Sara Rashad, Director
17 min : 30 sec
TAHARA portrays the harsh reality of female genital mutilation on the psyche of Amina, who must decide if she will follow
tradition and circumcise her daughter, Suha, because of pressure she recieves from her mother, Zeinab, when her husband is away on a business trip.
First, Amina solicits the services of a surgeon who insists it is illegal. Amina confronts Zeinab who argues with her and insists that Suha will be circumcised tomorrow. The next day at the daya's house (circumcisor) Amina is confronted with painful memories of her own TAHARA and excuses herself. Amina shudders in fear as the memories overwhelm her. Will she find the courage to defy her own mother or will she submit her daughter to the same horrifying fate?
The Big Thing
Carl Laudan, Director
9 min :
The history books are wrong: in 1889 Lucifer & the Archangel Michael succeeded in ending the World. For the first time, our
film documents and re-creates the End of the World as it really occurred.
The Crib
Justin Dittrich, director
8 min : 30 sec
Two unlikely roommates, an elderly man and a
young hipster, get robbed of their rent money during the old man's 86th birthday party. Now they must raise money fast or face eviction.
THE DREAM WITHIN
Aaron Olson, Director
14 min :
A girl has strange dreams involving a mysterious locket. When she awakens she sees that her dreams are coming true.
THE EMPTY BUILDING
Giovanni Sanseviero, Director
40 mins
Random people within a snowy forrest wait to enter a building, though they are not sure why. Inside a man arrives on a floor all too eerily
familiar. Slowly he realizes this unassuming building has a plan for him all it’s own.
THE FIRST TIME
John Cantu, Director
18 min : 07 sec
Two university-age friends
lose their innocence during a house house party where nobody is who they seem to be.
Ian didn't know Calvin had been hired by his crime kingpin father to be Ian's bodyguard. Calvin didn't know he was being tailed to the party. And nobody expected Raeanne, the girl had just met to be hiding such a secret. In this coming of age Action/Drama, two good friends lose their innocence in completely different ways during a house party where nobody is who they appear to be.
The Force of Romance
Erik X. Raj-Director
1:35
A new film from NJfilmcore, wonderful and exciting. Not to be missed.
The Neighborly Thing
Samantha Light, Director
11 min : 04 sec
The Neighborly Thing is a chilling
tale about a man’s overzealous obsession with his upstairs neighbor, Kevin. The man, Sebastian, crosses the line of decency by coming and going from his neighbor’s apartment as he pleases, often times
having dinner prepared when Kevin comes home. When Sebastian encounters a young street couple house sitting at Kevin’s apartment, his territory is threatened and his curiosity over Kevin’s whereabouts is
heightened. He intrudes himself on the couple questioning their right to be there and tells them how he and Kevin are best friends. The couple grows increasingly uncomfortable with Sebastian’s presence,
until he finally apologizes for disturbing them and leaves. They confirm Kevin’s annoyance that his neighbor is a creep and get caught up in their own rough and tumble romance. They don’t see that
Sebastian has re-entered with a weapon in hand. What follows is a violent, and possibly deadly, confrontation.
The Paperboy
Gabe Uhr, Director
7 min : 11 sec
Scripted, shot,
and edited in just 51 hours for the 2005 DC 48 Hour Film Project (yeah, it was late), The Paperboy is the action-packed origin of a mildly-empowered superhero who uncovers a white-collar crime.
THE RETRIBUTION
John Cantu, Director
Melinda returns from Iraq to find her best friend brutally raped and decides to dispense
justice on the rapist, a task that will turn out to be more than she bargained for.
The Wounded Man
Heather Hillstrom, Director
19 min : 15 sec
In 1884 Wyoming, cowboys
JOSEPH and TOM struggle with financial hardship and the prejudiced attitudes of HAMMOND, their boss. Although Joseph is a devoted husband and father, and Tom is hardworking and passionate, Hammond sees
them as lazy, intemperate cowboys, and refuses to give them the raises their families so desperately need. Everything changes when NATHANIEL, a soft-spoken traveler, is accidentally injured, and
despite Hammond’s protests, Joseph and Tom take him into their care. Hammond’s added assignments to their already heavy workload, coupled with the demands of caring for Nathaniel, drive the cowboys to
exhaustion. When a final humiliation from Hammond places Nathaniel’s life in danger, the two friends are forced to make a choice between their families’ happiness and a dying man’s final wish.
TIME TRAVEL
J.D. Marlow-
9 mins
A wonderful journey and explanation of time and all of it’s aspects by people a lot brighter than us.
Under The Gun
Joseph Mann, Director
8 min : 27 sec
When two teenage brothers find out their father is in crooked financial trouble, they are determined to get the money in order to save him. If they cannot scrounge together $60,000 by
the next day, their family will be forced to leave town and be on the run. Feeling lucky, the boys go to an underground poker club in New York City to try and win the money. From here a series of events,
choices, and consequences ensue as the boy’s head down a path of destruction. In this dramatic adventure directed and written by Joseph Mann, the audience is taken on a wild ride as they discover how far
this family will go to save the ones they love.
Walls of Jericho
Douglas Fahleson, Director
9 min : 58 sec
A short film about forgiveness. A despondent mother
struggles with God over the accidental death of her daughter.
208
Jimmy Sariya, Director
14 min
At motels,strangers come and go. Sometimes bad things happen and
they,forever, remain behind closed doors. After the dark storm dies, Mary, a lost soul, checks into room 208. Unrest is born as her life crosses with Jessica’s. Soon after, anyone who enters 208 will
discover why....
1309
Christian Davis, Director
14 min : 50 sec
A beautiful redhead is sitting at the bar of a crowded nightclub when a drunk propositions her. She
politely says she's waiting for her husband, but the drunk knows a brush-off when he hears one and continues to move in. In need of a contingency plan, she grabs a passing stranger as her 'husband.' One
look at her, and the stranger happily plays along until the drunk gets the hint.
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