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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