DOCUMENTARIES



SPECIAL SCREENINGS

NIGHT CATCHES US

OCT 15, 7-10 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING)

VENUE 1: RENBERG

(Q&A WITH CAST MEMBERS AND FILMMAKER FOLLOWING SCREENING)

WRITER/DIRECTOR

TANYA HAMILTON

PRODUCERS

RON SIMON, SEAN COSTELLO, JASON ORANS

RT: 88 MIN

CAST: Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce, Amari Cheatom

SYNOPSIS: In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt

Locker”) returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the

midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his

family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia (Kerry

Washington, “Ray,” “Lift”) and her daughter.

ANGLE

OCT 16, 5-6 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING)

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

RICK WALLS

PRODUCER

JACQUELINE ANN FINCH

RT: 7 MIN

CAST: Jens Kohler, Jacqueline Ann Finch

SYNOPSIS: In this short, a young man sits literally on the edge of suicide on top of a 20th story building. Will Angle save him in time?

THE SEEDLING

OCT 16, 5-6 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING)

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

CHRIS ROSS LEONG

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DWAYNE COMELIOUS LADD

WRITER

JACQUELINE ANN FINCH

RT: 17 MIN

CAST: Jacqueline Ann Finch, Johnny Sale

SYNOPSIS: An attractive women checks into a hotel for a liaison with a young man. There, she chooses between destruction and salvation, both for herself and the man she loves.

DOCUMENTARIES

A GOOD MAN

OCT 17, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

SAFINA UBEROI

PRODUCERS

HIMMAN DHAMIJA, JENNY DAY

RT: 79 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The story of an Australian farmer, his quadriplegic wife, their newborn baby, and their plans to open a brothel in a small country town.

ATLANTIC CROSSING: A ROBOT’S DARING MISSION

OCT 17, 2-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

DENA SEIDEL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

RICHARD LUDESCHER

RT: 82 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The story of a passionate team of scientists who make history by successfully navigating the first autonomous underwater robot across the Atlantic Ocean.

BAS! BEYOND THE RED LIGHT

OCT 17, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

WENDY CHAMPAGNE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

SYLVIE VAN BRABANT

PRODUCERS

WENDY CHAMPAGNE, DENIS MCCREADY

RT: 77 MIN

SYNOPSIS: We follow 13 young girls who are rescued from Mumbai's brothels as they confront the inner and outer perils of life after rescue and revealing the human story inside the big business of child trafficking.

BIRDMAN

OCT 15, 8-10 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

JENNI MORELLO

RT: 10 MIN

SYNOPSIS: A character profile on a specialty bird shop in New York City.

FOUR FEET UP

OCT 17, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

NANCE ACKERMAN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

KENT MARTIN

PRODUCER

ANNETTE CLARKE

RT: 46 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This is an intimate portrayal of child poverty in Canada and the circumstances in which they have to survive.

GARBAGE CHILD

OCT 14, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

PRODUCER/WRITER

TRICIA PARKER

RT: 18 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This extraordinary true story documents a teenager’s struggle with her mother’s schizophrenia and hording disorder through disturbing home videos.

GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES

OCT 15, 6-8 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

RONISA WILKINS SHOATE

PRODUCERS

VELISSA ROBINSON, CHIYUME SUGAWARA

RT: 27 MIN

SYNOPSIS: We follow the debutante season of six African-American young women in Oxnard, California exploring the history of the debutante tradition in the African-American community.

GOOD MORNING AFRICA

OCT 14, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

CHIARA SAMBUCHI

RT: 85 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This is a very closed and intimate portrait of four special African women dealing with the tragedies of the African continent in the most difficult situations.

HALLOWEEN ON 6TH STREET

OCT 17, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTORS

CHRIS BLANKENSHIP, MICHELLE CANNING

PRODUCER

MICHELLE CANNING

RT: 88 MIN

CAST: Bud Hasert

SYNOPSIS: Austin extreme enthusiasts rise to the creative challenge in outlandish amateur costume creation for the love of Halloween.

HARVEST OF GRIEF

OCT 15, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

ANWAR JAMAL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

GHAZALA KHAN

PRODUCER

RASIL BASU

RT: 66 MIN

SYNOPSIS: We chronicle the agricultural crisis affecting farmers in Punjab, India, which is causing them to commit suicide.

HN HERMANN NITSCH

OCT 14, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER

DANIELA AMBROSOLI

PRODUCER

DANIELE MAZZOCCA

RT: 62 MIN

VOICE: Jarreth Merz

SYNOPSIS: It’s about the person, life and the extreme art of the famous Viennese artist Hermann Nitsch.

I KNOW A WOMAN LIKE THAT

OCT 15, 6-8 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

ELAINE MADSEN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

VIRGINIA MADSEN

PRODUCER

KARLY MEOLA

RT: 96 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Virginia Madsen and her mother Elaine Madsen interview famous women over sixty-five who have not surrendered to society's expectations of 'old.'

IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY: AMERICA’S CONSCIENCE, A SOLDIER’S SACRIFICE

OCT 17, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

NINA ROSENBLUM

WRITER/PRODUCER

DENNIS WATLINGTON

NARRATOR

ELI WALLACH

RT: 60 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Documents the first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds.

KEIKO: THE UNTOLD STORY

OCT 15, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

THERESA DEMAREST

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

JAY SCHORNSTEIN, NOLA WILKEN, THERESA DEMAREST

RT: 74 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The film follows KEIKO, his life, his legacy of hope, and untold story of his extraordinary years of freedom in Iceland and Norway.

LATCHING ON

OCT 15, 8-10 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

KATJA ESSON

RT: 36 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Filmed over a period of 5 years, this documentary takes an upbeat look at breast-feeding as a personal and social phenomenon.

LIVING DOWNSTREAM

OCT 15, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

CHANDA CHEVANNES

PRODUCER

NATHAN SHIELDS

RT: 85 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.

LOST ANGELS

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

THOMAS NAPPER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

GARY FOSTER, JOE WRIGHT, SUSAN KLOS

PRODUCER

AGI ORSI

RT: 76 MIN

SYNOPSIS: “Lost Angels” chronicles the lives of some of the resident's of LA's Skid Row and through their remarkable stories paints a multifaceted portrait of life on the streets.

LOVE LUST & LIES

OCT 15, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

GILLIAN ARMSTRONG

PRODUCER

JENNY DAY

RT: 87 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This is the fifth film in the doc series that Ms. Armstrong has made about the lives, hopes and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide girls since they were fourteen in 1976.

LUNCH

OCT 15, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

CO-DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

AVIS RICHARDS

RT: 26 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This takes a close look at the nation's school-food programs through the meals offered by the Baltimore, Md. public schools and the links between food and academics.

MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING: ANGELA DAVIS & YURI KOCHIYAMA: A CONVERSATION ON LIFE, STRUGGLES &LIBERATION

OCT 16, 8-10 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS

C.A. GRIFFITH, H.L.T. QUAN

RT: 97 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This features conversations that span 13 years between two women whose lives and political work remain at the epicenter of the civil rights struggles in the US.

MUMBAI MASSACRE

OCT 14, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

VICTORIA MIDWINTER PITT

PRODUCERS

ANDREA QUESNELLE, ANDREW OGILVIE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

ANDREW OGILVIE, PHIL CRAIG

RT: 52 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This looks at the terrorist attacks, Nov. 2008 , in Mumbai, when highly trained gunmen - controlled via satellite phone calls from Pakistan – left a trail of dead behind them.

MUSIC OF THE BRAIN

OCT 14, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

FIONA COCHRANE

RT: 55 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Music affects our development from the womb to the grave. Explore the role that music plays in developing our brains as humans, beginning with premature infants.

MZUNGU (N.) WHITE WANDERER

OCT 16, 3-5 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

SHANA GILBERT

CO-PRODUCERS

STEVE BERTRAND, WILLIAM ZABKA

RT: 82 MIN

SYNOPSIS: We follow four average American college kids who set out to save-the-world and rather end up leading their own generation to a new depth of understanding.

PINK SMOKE OVER THE VATICAN

OCT 15, 8-10 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CO-WRITER, NARRATOR

JULES HART

RT: 62 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This is a documentary film about the controversial movement of women seeking to be ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church.

SAND MOUNTAIN

OCT 17, 4- 6 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER

KATHRYN MCCOOL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

KERRY RICHARDSON

RT: 34 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Setting off with a borrowed video camera Kathryn McCool begins a solo journey through the American South to meet reclusive musician Cast King.

SEEN ALSO IN MEN

OCT 16, 8-10 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

VELISSA ROBINSON

PRODUCERS

TIA WILLIAMS, REBECCA LOUISELL

RT: 27 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This doc follows three African American fathers who fight for meaningful relationships with their children while trying to raise them as single dads struggling in the family court system.

SKIN TRADE

OCT 16, 6-8 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

SHANNON KEITH

PRODUCERS

SHANNON KEITH, GENE BLALOCK

RT: 82 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The deceptive and dirty fur industry is exposed through undercover investigations, footage and interviews from those within the industry itself, from activists, and from celebrities.

THE LAST ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND

OCT 16, 6-8 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTORS

MICHELLE MIZNER, DONALD R. TAYLOE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DONALD R. TAYLOE

RT: 40 MIN

SYNOPSIS: In the fight to save the dwindling population of elephants in Thailand, we see the massacre and recovery of these majestic animals and the facility trying to save them.

THE LOST GIRLS OF SOUTH AFRICA

OCT 14, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

DEBORAH SHIPLEY

PRODUCER

BRIAN WOODS

RT: 78 MIN

SYNOPSIS: We follow four girls aged 11-13 who have survived rape in a country where record levels of child rape and sex abuse are documented every three minutes.

WELCOME

OCT 14, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

MAJA MILANOVIC

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

CHRISTOFER HALLDIN, SUZA HORVAT

RT: 21MIN

CAST: Klemen Novak, Nina Serbezdija, Snezana Bogdanovic, Sreten Mokrovic

SYNOPSIS: Dolores welcomes you to intimately experience the world of her displaced immigrant family in which the clash between memories and the present leaves casualties behind.

WHEN POLICE BECOME PREY

OCT 14, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

CANDIS MCLEAN

COLLABORATING DIRECTOR

STUART MCLEAN

RT: 89 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Are Canadian police really dropping aboriginal people off in isolated places to

freeze to death? Former Constable Dan Hatchen talks about this for the first time.

WOMEN IN REFUGE: STORIES FROM A BORDER

OCT 14, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

IRENE CAROLINA HERRERA

PRODUCER

CAROLINA ACUÑA

RT: 33 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This documentary features testimonies from women who have been forced to flee Colombia's domestic conflict and have sought asylum in Venezuela.

FEATURE

999

OCT 15, 11-1PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ WRITER/PRODUCER

MARINA KUNAROVA

PRODUCER

YERNAR MALIKOV

RT: 90 MIN

CAST: Kamila Ermekova, Valera Zadornovsky

SYNOPSIS: Metiss is a talented rapper, who managed to overcome drug addiction, but paid a high price for it. This day, he comes across Linda, a young woman whom he tries to save.

A FOUNDLING

OCT 16, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

CARLY LYN

PRODUCERS

CARLY LYN, COLIN BARTON, RICHARD DUBIN

RT: 90 MIN

CAST: Cindy Chiu, Nora Jesse, Tim Chiou

SYNOPSIS: A young Chinese woman in the Old West rescues her long lost sister, Mattie, from a brothel in Arizona only to discover the strange wreckage of an otherworldly craft and a baby inside.

ANNABELLE & BEAR

OCT 17, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CO-WRITER

AMY S. WEBER

PRODUCER

TINA WEBER

RT: 100 MIN

CAST: Curt Massof, Olivia Walby

SYNOPSIS: A tender story of a man who finds himself thrust into fatherhood, and the unexpected journey that leads him to discover the life-altering love found in the heart of his little girl.

ACTS OF MERCY

OCT 14, 2-4 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ PRODUCER

LAURA C. LOPEZ

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

ERICA HARRELL

PRODUCER

BRYCE HUDSON

RT: 82 MIN

CAST: Tovah Feldshuh, Aleksa Palladino

SYNOPSIS: Trapped between her moral convictions and pressure from her superior, young hospice nurse, Maggie Collins, must define the limits of mercy.

ASSISTING VENUS

OCT 14, 4-6PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

WRITERS/ PRODUCERS

MICHELE MARTIN, CHARLES HUDDLESTON

DIRECTOR

CHARLES HUDDLESTON

RT: 100 MIN

CAST: Michael Steger, Michele Martín, Kirsten Gronfield

SYNOPSIS: A shy and awkward young man stuck in post-college purgatory, finds himself exploring options after quitting his computer job. He meets the woman of his dreams in this modern Pygmalion story.

B-GIRL

OCT 16, 8-10 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ WRITER

EMILY DELL

PRODUCER

ELIZABETH DELL

RT: 88 MIN

CAST: Jules Urich, Missy Yager, Drew Sidora, Aimee Garcia, James Martinez, Richard Yniguez, Jenny Gago, Wesley Jonathan

SYNOPSIS: Set in the world of underground hip-hop, B-GIRL is the story of a female break dancer (aka a b-girl) fighting for her identity in a harsh world of violence.

KILL THE HABIT

OCT 16, 4-6 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

LAURA NERI

PRODUCERS

ALDO SHLLAKU, JANEEN LEVIN, LINDA PIANIGIANI

RT: 80 MIN

CAST: Lili Mirojnick, Katerina Moutsatsos, Maria-Elena Laas, Joe Lia

SYNOPSIS: A politically incorrect dark comedy about 3 chicks trying to get rid of a corpse.

KISSED BY LIGHTNING

OCT 15, 1-3 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

SHELLEY NIRO

WRITER

KEN CHUBB

RT: 89 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter who keeps the memory of her dead husband Jessie Lightning alive through the recreation of stories he would tell her.

MADLY IN LOVE

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

LUIF ANNA

PRODUCER

ANDRES BRÜTSCH

RT: 85 MIN

CAST: Muraleetharan Sandrasegaram

SYNOPSIS: Devan is marr ying Nisha from Sri Lanka, whom he met through Skype. He falls madly in love with her but his feelings are not exactly returned by the woman from this arranged relationship.

NOTHING SPECIAL

OCT 15, 5-7 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

ANGELA GARCIA COMBS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

BEN COMBS, DANIEL COMBS

PRODUCER

RICHARD WILSON

RT: 99 MIN

CAST: Barbara Bain, Julia Garcia Combs, Karen Black

SYNOPSIS: A dark and funny tale of the intense emotional lives of three women living in the shadow of the Hollywood sign.

ON THIN ICE

OCT 15, 3-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ALLI HAAPASALO

PRODUCER

PIIA NOKELAINEN

RT: 60 MIN

CAST: Jussi Nikkilä, Jani Volanen, Elena Leeve

SYNOPSIS: This is about a mercenary and a taxi driver who meet on Christmas Eve and go on a life-changing road trip together in Helsinki, Finland. Inspired by true events.

PHIL COBB’S DINNER FOR FOUR

OCT 17, 2-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

LAURENE WILLIAMS

CO-PRODUCER

ANITA J. LEE

RT: 80 MIN

CAST: Eric Pierpoint, Josh Stamberg, Lanre Idewu, Katie Lowes

SYNOPSIS: An ex-chef turned mortgage broker’s clairvoyant girlfriend tells him he is going to die at one of his dinner parties.

PRIME OF YOUR LIFE

OCT 16, 2-4 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

KELLY KING

PRODUCER

NICOLE ABISINIO

RT: 87 MIN

CAST: Nicole Abisinio, Ryan Donowho

SYNOPSIS: A 20-something slacker girl meets a charming rebel at her best friend's funeral and teams up with him to commit a series of cons.

RAIN DOWN

OCT 17, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

GARWIN SANFORD

PRODUCER

JOHANNE GREGORY

RT: 96 MIN

CAST: Daisy Lippa, Jessica Hill

SYNOPSIS: Carla Springer ekes out a living training horses on her hard scrabble ranch when the government gives notice that it intends to expropriate her property.

TRUTH ABOUT KERRY

OCT 16, 6-8 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ CO-PRODUCER

KATIE TORPEY

PRODUCER

SHAUN O’SULLIVAN

RT: 84 MIN

CAST: Stana Katic, Darren Keefe

SYNOPSIS: An American Woman is found dead on a beach in Ireland. Her best friend travels to the small, mysterious fishing village in Ireland to find out what really happened to her friend.

SHORTS

7th OF JULY

OCT 15, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

KIMBERLY LENG

RT: 19 MIN

CAST: Jean Toh, Yeo Yann Yann

SYNOPSIS: Ever since the death of her husband, Lyna is required to take over a noodle stall at the coffee shop while relying heavily on her daughter's help as she is deaf.

30 IS THE NEW 12

OCT 15, 3-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR /WRITER

SHARI GREICAR

PRODUCERS

KADI RODRIGUEZ, AMY VASSALLO, JEN MAYO

RT: 30 MIN

CAST: Jennifer Hall, Jackie Geary, Angela Gots

SYNOPSIS: Take a ride with Cassidy on her GT Dyno BMX bike in this small suburban town as she is awakened and begins to discover who she is by getting rid of her BFF.

ASYLUM

OCT 17, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

DIANA BIRCH

PRODUCER

LEILA BIRCH

RT: 21 MIN

CAST: Leila Birch, Diana Birch, Sophia Birch

SYNOPSIS: Asylum seeking young people are enabled to tell their own painful stories through dramatic reconstructions, art and music.

BEAVERTON

OCT 16, 2-4 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

VALESCA CNOSSEN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

LINDSEY GHRISKEY

RT: 12 MIN

CAST: Taryn O’Neill Peter Jason

SYNOPSIS: Alex has spent many typical holidays with her Dad in suburbia. This Christmas isn't one of them.

BEFORE WE GET TO SEATTLE

OCT 15, 3-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS

APRIL MOSQUS, ADAM LINN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

JOE RAPOSO,JR

RT: 10 MIN

CAST: Claire Buckingham, Claire Natale

SYNOPSIS: It's 1992 and teenage runaway Chloe has big dreams, and her heart set on getting out of New Jersey and heading out to the West Coast to start a band.

BINGE

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

JULIETA LIMA

PRODUCER

CANDELA FIGUEIRA

RT: 14 MIN

CAST: Rachel Stander

SYNOPSIS: Ana wakes up every day with a burden on her heart. She has a secret, a pain too difficult for some to understand..

CINEMAZING

OCT 14, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER

JAMIE KENNEDY

PRODUCERS

CARA MCKEOWN, GREG HANSON

RT: 24 MIN

CAST: Robert DiCicco, Mary Fegreus

SYNOPSIS: A coming of age story with a group of people who work in a movie theater. One girl, Kylie, is about to take a chance at happiness and strive for something better.

COURTING HOPE

OCT 15, 10-11 AM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER

NATALIE REBECCA HECHTMAN

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

MIRIAM HECHTMAN

RT: 13 MIN

CAST: Helmut Bakaitis, Yvonne Rae

SYNOPSIS: Hope exists at any time, any age and under any circumstances. Hope, an 80 year old widow chooses to take a leap of faith believing that she can find love again.

DOLORES

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

EDUARDO MOISÉS ESCRIBANO SOLERA

WRITER

MANUELA B. MORENO

RT: 10 MIN

CAST: Manuela Burló

SYNOPSIS: The film is set at a bus stop. It’s an ordinary evening. Two lonely people randomly meet and share their hopes and dreams.

EPIPHANY

OCT 14, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

XUEMEI HAN

PRODUCER

WAN YAN CHENG

RT: 23 MIN

CAST: Beatrice Chien, Evelyn Magdelena, Wee Liang Tan

SYNOPSIS: Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change how we experience life.

FAR FROM HOME (LOIN DE CHEZ NOUS)

OCT 17, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ÉMILIE LEMAY

PRODUCER

VUK STOJANOVIC

RT: 13 MIN

CAST: Alexandra Guériault, Jessé Raphaël

SYNOPSIS: In trying to save his little sister from an abject reality, Leo leads Lili into his drift. But, being away from home, reality may not be the solution.

FOUR SISTERS

OCT 15, 10 -11 AM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

DANA WARREN

PRODUCER

LYNN ANDREWS

WRITER

WANDA NOLAN

RT: 12 MIN

CAST: Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, Janet Michael, Janet Edmonds, Ruth Lawrence

SYNOPSIS: An old flame dredges up family secrets. Will four sisters finally put their jealousies and misconceptions to rest?

GETTING PREGNANT

OCT 15, 10-11 AM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

ALEXIS BOLING

WRITER/PRODUCER

BODINE ORBAN

RT: 15 MIN

CAST: Alison Weisgall, Bodine Orban, Casey Unterman, Collin Smith

SYNOPSIS: A violent run-in on the street leads a young woman to question what she's capable of doing.

GORDITA

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

DEBBY WOLFE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

KAZ KIPP

PRODUCER

REBECCA HAMM

RT: 11MIN

CAST: Talia Zapien, Jessica Martinez, Gaby Gutierrez, Gloria Sandoval, Carlos Ramirez, Raquel Cordova

SYNOPSIS: GORDITA is an HD short film about a young, plus size Latina who reconnects with her lost confidence through the help of a cassette tape she recorded as a sassy, booty-shakin’ teen in 1994.

GUMBO

OCT 16, 4-6 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ERIC MORGAN STUART

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

VELEETA DACOSTA

PRODUCER

ANDREEN SOLEY

RT: 13 MIN

CAST: Dahlia DaCosta, Logan Alexander

SYNOPSIS: A woman becomes unhinged after she uncovers a painful secret.

HIGHWAY

OCT 15, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ARIYA WATTY

PRODUCER

BRIAN BARROW

RT: 9 MIN

CAST: Wayne Kiger, Elizabeth C. Scott

SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister try to make it through the night when their mom abandons them on the side of an empty highway.

I’M AFRAID I’M HITLER

OCT 15, 1-3 PM

VENUE 2: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

RUCHIKA LALWANI

PRODUCER

ASHISH SEHGAL

RT: 21 MIN

CAST: Bernhard Forcher, Anna Gutto, Demi Pirrone, Dirk Weiler, Edgar Eguia, Bradley Whitedale

SYNOPSIS: Adien has confined himself to his home for over a year because he guards a secret that, if disclosed, would set the entire world against him.

INFIN

OCT 17, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

SABINE WOLF

RT: 16 MIN

NARRATOR: SABINE WOLF

SYNOPSIS: This is the story of Renji, a lonesome civil servant whose heart turns into an animal and vanishes in his dreams.

I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH YOU

OCT 17, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

MANUELA B. MORENO

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

EDUARDO MOISÉS ESCRIBANO SOLERA

RT: 3 MIN

CAST: Manuela Burló

SYNOPSIS: I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

JACK & JILL

OCT 15, 11-1 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

LORNA VENTURA

PRODUCER/WRITER

ROSA ARREDONDO

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: James Patirc Moran, Rosa Arredondo

SYNOPSIS: What would you do, if you ran into the person who ruined your life... and he didn't even remember you?

LADY LATE NITE

OCT 15, 3-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

NICOLE BAZUIN

PRODUCER

BRETT ASHLEY

RT: 17 MIN

CAST: Robyn-Kay Pilarski, Lauren Toffan, Kristopher Bowman

SYNOPSIS: Song, dance, and visual spectacle unite as a desirous young starlet finds love and illusion the night of her appearance on a late-night talk show

LIFT

OCT 16, 4-6 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER

ANN MARIE ALLISON

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

BILL BRAKEFIELD

RT: 10 MIN

CAST: Sophia Medley, Caroline G. Pleasant, Clayton Stocker Myers, Ginger O'Brien,

Michael Robert Young, Tammy Turner

SYNOPSIS: Are love's ups and downs always worth the ride?

LIGHTHOUSE

OCT 15, 11-1 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER

LING LI

PRODUCER

THOMAS LORNE

RT: 18 MIN

CAST: James Gilbert, Kristen Ruhlin

SYNOPSIS: A lonely lighthouse keeper saves a mysterious drowning girl, who insists that she is a fish. Despite their blooming romance she decides to return to the ocean.

MEDIOCRITY FOR MIRACLES

OCT 14, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

DATEV GALLAGHER

RT: 8 MIN

CAST: Ann Veillon

SYNOPSIS: Willow County, a small southern town once famous for a bizarre miracle, has now become a quiet and forgotten place except when paths cross in this chance encounter.

MESSENGER KNOCKS THREE TIMES

OCT 14, 2-4 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

ELO SELIRAND

RT: 49 MIN

SYNOPSIS: A single mother, Marju, is trying to cope with her everyday life, making the ordinary magical for her.

MIRACLE

OCT 15, 10-11 AM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER

XOCHITL GONZALEZ

PRODUCER

GIULIA PRENNA

RT: 7 MIN

CAST: Lidia Pires, Marcus Acosta, Richard Yniguez

SYNOPSIS: Javier, a high school senior, gets suspended one time too many and his parents demand he choose between taking medicine for his supposed ADHD or Oak Creek, a treatment facility. Javier chooses drugs, but will they help?

THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK

OCT 16, 4-6 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

EMMY GRINWIS

PRODUCER

MOIRA MICHIELS

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: Corena Chase, Kevin Fennessy, Matthew Marcy, Will Lyman

SYNOPSIS: THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK is the story of a unconventional friendship between a lonely young woman with a flare for the fantastical and a scruffy, peculiar boy.

NOTES

OCT 16, 3-5 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

RAQUEL FAUSTO

RT: 12MIN

CAST: Francisco Froes, Simona Morales

SYNOPSIS: Notes is a narrative romantic comedy about a man plunged in a secret and unusual affair when his current relationship comes to a plateau.

NOTES ON LYING

OCT 16, 2-4 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

TIRZAH SHARIA

PRODUCER

JESSICA MATTHEWS

WRITER

SCOTT BURNS

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: Casey Labow, Robyn Cohen, Todd Cahoon

SYNOPSIS: A surrealistic thriller that explores the repercussions of cheating.

ONE DANCE

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ CO-WRITER

STEVE MARINO

WRITER

STEPHANIE T. KEEFER

RT: 7 MIN

CAST: Choice Skinner, Stephanie T. Keefer

SYNOPSIS: The suburban dating scene can be awkward, but sometimes you just have to get out of the house.

PLUTO

OCT 15, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR

HEATHER DE MICHELE

PRODUCER

ASHLEY J. HILLARD

WRITER

JUDE ROTH

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: Katharine McEwan, Elizabeth Barrett, Jude Roth

SYNOPSIS: Pluto is a no-holds-barred story about two sisters, their sick mother, and a tough decision about killing her.

PUSH BIKE

OCT 16, 6-8 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

MAIRI CAMERON

PRODUCER

DESI ACHILLEOS

RT: 12 MIN

CAST: Karmen Raspovic, Grant Buse

SYNOPSIS: When her clothes are stolen from the pool change room one night, Michelle must brave a nude ride home on her old push bike.

RAIN FOR MORGAN

OCT 17, 10- 12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER

MARISA BROWN

RT: 20 MIN

CAST: Erin Dewar, Fleur Murphy, Geordie Taylor, Chris Saxton

SYNOPSIS: Set in drought-stricken, post WWII country Australia, Rain for Morgan captures both the beauty and the eerie other-worldliness of love in a dying landscape.

REUNITED

OCT 15, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

RICHARD PETERS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

HOWARD STORM

PRODUCER

KERRY FINLAYSON

RT: 27 MIN

CAST: Robert Pine, Bridget Hanley, Alex Schemmer, Cheryl Texiera, Trevor Teichmann

SYNOPSIS: A moving story about a rumpled novelist, who embarks on a literary ride whilst writing a memoir of his life with his beloved wife Sylvia.

SAVOR THE INSANITY

OCT 17, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

BRAD BROMELMEIER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER

CONNIE MONROE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

GEORGE SCHOEPPNER

RT: 14 MIN

CAST: Connie Monroe, Dave Buglione, Renato Biribin, Sandra Purpuro

SYNOPSIS: Kat, a thirty three year old, Irish Catholic, single woman, is forced to move back with her parents and live in their attic. She is looking for love, work and any way to get out.

SELF STORAGE

OCT 15, 5-7 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER

SCOTT KEINER

PRODUCER/WRITER

JULIE MANN, KIMBERLY TREW

RT: 8 MIN

CAST: Julie Mann, Kimberly Trew, Eddie Jemison, Gian Molina, Dave Holmes, Terrence Taylor

SYNOPSIS: Two girls. One storage unit. Home sweet home. When they are evicted from their apartment, Dana and Shoshanna, two broke, young women, move into a storage unit and struggle to make it into a proper home.

STAGES OF EMILY

OCT 15, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

JACK C. NEWELL

WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DANIELLE UHLARIK

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: Danielle Uhlarik, Dick Costolo

SYNOPSIS: What would you do if you had Forty-Eight hours to live? Emily is forced to deal with that question while preparing for her wedding which - conveniently - is also two days away.

TELEMAFIA

OCT 16, 3-5 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER

DIANA NAMM

PRODUCER

ERIC MOFFORD

RT: 8 MIN

CAST: Jeff Richards, Ray Abruzzo

SYNOPSIS: A consumer's revenge on a telemarketer.

THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK

OCT 16, 4-6 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

EMMY GRINWIS

PRODUCER

MOIRA MICHIELS

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: Corena Chase, Kevin Fennessy, Matthew Marcy, Will Lyman

SYNOPSIS: This is the story of a unconventional friendship between a lonely young woman with a flare for the fantastical and a scruffy, peculiar boy.

THE UNIVITED GHOST

OCT 17, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER

HEATHER SCHMIDT

RT: 18 MIN

CAST: Bob Bancroft, Clare Salstrom

SYNOPSIS: A reclusive and phobic concert pianist confronts his self-induced exile, when a beautiful, vivacious, and persistent female ghost suddenly appears in his home.

THE UNPLANNED LESSON

OCT 16, 3-5 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/ WRITER

LAUREN TRACY

PRODUCER

EMILY MCKEATING

RT: 3 MIN

CAST: Margaret Folwell, Michael Amato

SYNOPSIS: In a classroom where Jimmy pines for Tina, the kids scheme and rules are broken. Ms. Teacher discovers them and doom ensues!

THIS IS WHO WE ARE

OCT 15, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

STEPHANIE WILLIS

PRODUCER

BROOKE RANDOLPH

RT: 14 MIN

CAST: Caroline Stack

SYNOPSIS: Cheryl, a socially awkward woman who clings to her mother for a sense of self worth, falls into disarray when her mother enters the hospital. Now she has to learn to stand on her own.

TIDAL MARKS

OCT 16, 8-10PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

PRISCILLA CAMERON

PRODUCER

HEATHER PHILLIPS

RT: 18 MIN

CAST: Adam Horner, Sara Grenfell

SYNOPSIS: Lauren, a 40 yr old, is desperate for a baby. After advertising online, she arranges a meeting with a man supposedly 30 yrs old, who agrees to be a no-strings father. Who shows up is very different.

TIMOTHY’S ROOM

OCT 15, 10- 12 NOON

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

MARY-MARGARET MARTINEZ

RT: 10 MIN

CAST: Michael J. Uhlman, Mariah Fallon, Mac Hegyes, Mary Beth Pape

SYNOPSIS: A modern day ghost story.

TOUCH

OCT 16, 6-8 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

JEN MCGOWAN

PRODUCER

PHILIP LOTT

RT: 11 MIN

CAST: Lily Knight, Rachel Kanouse

SYNOPSIS: Sometimes, the most personal connection in your life occurs with a complete stranger.

UNDERCOVER

OCT 14, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

IMAN ZAWAHRY

PRODUCER

JOEY DAOUD

RT: 18 MIN

CAST: Aline Elasmar, Mark Odlum

SYNOPSIS: Dodging pork sandwiches and diving into pig pens, Nada Assad, an American Muslim cop, attempts to solve a pig-napping case to be promoted to detective.

US: MOVING VARIATIONS

OCT 16, 8-10 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR/WRITER

ZAKIYA I. MASON

RT: 4 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Using modern dance techniques and hand-drawn crayon and paint, this film breaks social interactions down to movement, music, and rhythm.  

VIOLETS ARE BLUE

OCT 16, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

GARANCE MEILLON

PRODUCER

JAY RAJA

RT: 17 MIN

CAST: Drew Gatto

SYNOPSIS: A socially draft young man working at a garage has to challenge his asocial side to woo the girl working at the dry cleaners across the street.

ZIMBABWE

OCT 16, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ANJULI HINDS

PRODUCER

SYLWIA DUDZINSKA

RT: 16 MIN

CAST: Alyssa Nielsen, Christopher Borger

SYNOPSIS: Two young children of Zimbabwe are forced into a fight they hardly understand when they are pitted one against the other during a sudden farm invasion.

MUSIC VIDEOS

FAR

OCT 15, 1-3 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

LISA VIRTUE

RT: 2 MIN

CAST: Osama Faris, Anson Pereira, Alain Jean-Baptiste, Emmanuel Samba, Alain Gervais, Rapper Ononymous

SYNOPSIS: Commentary on US commercialism.

FUTUREKIND “HIDEAWAY”

OCT 15, 3-5 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

NICOL EILERS

RT: 3 MIN

CAST: Ariel Delphine

SYNOPSIS: A child finds a magical kaleidoscope in the desert and through the lens, meets a band from the past.

IF I HAD A BALLOON

OCT 15, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ERIN GALEY

PRODUCER

AYANA SAUNDERS

RT: 5 MIN

CAST: Daniel Hall, Ramon Menendez, Sophia Palmstedt

SYNOPSIS: A lonely Panda embarks on a magical mission to find the right person with which to share his heart

KISSES IN THE NIGHT

OCT 15, 10-11 AM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

ROSANNA SARACINO

PRODUCER

MELAINE WINDLE

RT: 5 MIN

CAST: Sam Stedman, Terra Hazelton

SYNOPSIS: Set in the 1950's a woman plans a surprise birthday party for her husband. Things take an unexpected turn when he shows up from work with a gun.

LBCK “START”

OCT 16, 8-10 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

Leah McKissock

RT: 4 MIN

CAST: Eloise DeLuca

SYNOPSIS: An original music video for LBCK's debut track 'Start.'

LIVE MY LIFE

OCT 16, 2-4 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

MICHAEL CORNELL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

TRACY PALEO

RT: 4 MIN

CAST: Kameron White, Joong-Han Chung, Lara Garcia

SYNOPSIS: A sharp, irreverent portrait of American capitalism and the Wall Street bailout.

RE-CREATION

OCT 16, 6-8 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR/WRITER

TRISHA GUM

PRODUCER/WRITER

DAN FIELD

RT: 6 MIN

CAST: Elizabeth Harvatine

SYNOPSIS: A girl who lives in a room at the bottom of the ocean, for the first time, considers stepping out.

WATCHGUARD

OCT 16, 12-2 PM

VENUE 1: RENBERG

DIRECTOR

LISA VIRTUE

RT: 2 MIN

CAST: Osama Faris, Anson Pereira, Rapper Ononymous

SYNOPSIS: Rapper Ononymous describes his experience with Watchguard.

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