Welcome
to the 20th Annual Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival On behalf of myself and the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival group, I would like to welcome everyone to the 2018 Festival. My hope is that everyone leaves saying “I had a great time!” and that you will be back again next year. So...sit back, enjoy the films, the food, the fun and the friendships!
Thank you again for coming! Hal Wixon Founding Director
Program
Master of Ceremonies
Film Screenings:
Friday, September 21, 2018 • 6:00 P.M. - 11:30 P.M. Saturday, September 22, 2018 • 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake
3000 NASA Rd. 1, Houston, TX 77058 (Clear Lake City)
Awards Ceremony:
Saturday, September 22, 2018 • 6:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.
Lakewood Yacht Club
2425 E NASA Pkwy, Seabrook, TX 77586
A Special Thank You
To all our committee members and volunteers Liz Chapman Van Shotwell Peggy “Domino” Taylor Karen Wixon
Hal Wixon Rebecca Collins Mickey Matthews Shaun Petitt
Nick Nicholson
Film Critic / Producer / Actor
www.gulfcoastfilmfest.com Disclaimer: The Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival presents independent films without editing or censorship. While the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival hopes you enjoy your participation, the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival is not responsible for any views, scenes or language within the films presented. As such, the Gulf Coast Film & Videos Festival cannot assume responsibility for any offense or expressions you might experience by viewing these films. Please take notice that all scenes, opinions and statements are offered by the director and actors in each film, and are not the views or expressions of the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival. Some films may have violence, adult language or content that may not be suitable for children under 17.
Presenters
Kristen Salinas Best Comedy
Regan Thompson Best Romance
Jim Stamos Best Horror
Mary Lampe The Ernie Robertson Award
Brandon Smith Best Music
Ernie Manouse Best Feature
Erin Wilrich Best Feature Screenplay
Chad Wixon Best Short Screenplay
Ashley Graves Best Documentary
Rick Ferguson Best of Festival
Hal Wixon Lifetime Acheivement Award
Film Screenings FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 God Particle
Production Company: Film Club Director: Derrick Pittman Producer: Mark Rodriguez Screenwriter: Derrick Pittman Genre: Action/Adventure / Sci-Fi Run Time: 0:12:55 Show Time: 6:05p.m.
“A Time To…”
Production Company: Out of My Own Productions Director: Melinda H. Hawkins Producer: Julitta Pourciau, Lori Frazier Murphy Screenwriter: Jason Richards Genre: Comedy / Run Time: 0:07:48 Show Time: 6:15p.m.
Illusions of Cyn
Production Company: Magic Smoke Media Director: Clay Ayers Producer: Carrie Fitch Screenwriter: Robert Hazel Genre: Drama / Run Time: 1:28:30 Show Time: 6:30p.m.
Taco Hell
Production Company: Dual Mind, LLC Director: Tsvetalina Pourciau Producer: Julitta Pourciau Screenwriter: Tsvetalina Pourciau Genre: Comedy / Student Run Time: 0:14:50 Show Time: 8:05p.m
Early Grave
Director: Vaness Delgado Producer: Chris Delgado Screenwriter: Robert Clark Genre: Music Video / Run Time: 0:03:33 Show Time: 8:25p.m.
Pickle
Production Company: Chapman University Director: Grant Moore Producer: Peter Henckel Screenwriter: Grant Moore Genre: Comedy / Student Run Time: 0:21:28 Show Time: 8:30p.m
A Murder In Montrose
Production Company: Houston Public Media Director: Matt Brawley Producer: Ernie Manouse Screenwriter: Ernie Manouse Genre: Documentary Run Time: 0:29:46 Show Time: 9:00p.m.
If I Could Run
Production Company: Welling Films Director: Shawn Welling Producers: Don Miller, Miriam Ether Goldman Screenwriter: Don Miller Genre: Drama Run Time: 0:08:00 Show Time: 9:30p.m.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Little Rose
“Often”
Total Bliss
Stitches and Bolts
Production Company: Misfits of Film, LLC Director: Charles Stanley Producer: Matt Jenkins Screenwriter: Matt Jenkins Genre: Romance Run Time: 1:23:56 Show Time: 9:05a.m. Production Company: Dual Mind, LLC Director: Tsvetalina Pourciau Producer: Julitta Pourciau Screenwriter: Bryan Pourciau Genre: Drama / Student Run Time: 0:08:00 Show Time: 10:30a.m.
An American Ghost Tail
Production Company: Welling Films Director: Shawn Welling Producers: Don Miller, Miriam Ether Goldman Screenwriter: Don Miller Genre: Drama / Horror Run Time: 0:59:29 Show Time: 10:40a.m.
How Far
Production Company: Victoria Stein Films Director: Victoria Rochelle Stein Producer: Kevin Ramlal Screenwriter: Victoria Rochelle Stein Genre: Music Video Run Time: 0:04:19 Show Time: 1:35p.m. Production Company: Katt Gilcrease Films Director: Katt Gilcrease Producer: Katt Gilcrease Screenwriter: Katt Gilcrease Genre: Comedy / Romance Run Time: 0:26:06 Show Time: 1:45p.m.
Botched Abduction
Production Company: Dual Mind, LLC Director: Joey Cantu Producer: Julitta Pourciau Screenwriters: Joey Cantu, Greg Coronado Genre: Action/Adventure Run Time: 0:10:38 Show Time: 2:10p.m.
Production Company: Oak Forest Pictures Director: Timothy Judd Producer: Timothy Judd Screenwriters: Timothy Judd, Lawrence Black Genre: Drama / Romance Run Time: 0:11:00 Show Time: 11:45a.m.
The Bottle
More Than Words:
28 days In India
The Photography of Newsman Bob Paley Production Company: Omnikronicles LLC Director: Mary Paley Producer: Mary Farnan Dugan Screenwriters: Mary Paley/Patrick Bulgaro Genre: Documemtary Run Time: 1:25:00 Show Time: 12:00p.m.
Director: Robert Clark Producer: Chris Delgado Screenwriters: Robert Clark Genre: Music Video Run Time: 0:03:10 Show Time: 2:40p.m. Production Company: Margo Stutts Toombs Director: Margo Stutts Toombs Producer: Margo Stutts Toombs Screenwriter: Margo Stutts Toombs Genre: Documentary Run Time: 0:26:09 Show Time: 2:50p.m.
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Lifetime Acheivement Honoree SUZANNE SAVOY SUZANNE SAVOY is a film/TV/radio & stage actor who appears in recurring roles on House of Cards, Better Call Saul, Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick, and in comedy skits on John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight. The release of her most recent film, the Weinsteins’ The Upside, has been suspended due to allegations surrounding the company. While living in Houston during the 1980’s and ‘90’s, she worked with dozens of local writers and directors, crafting a career which spanned all media and which found her in principal and starring roles in The Trust, Miller and Muller, The Man With the Perfect Swing, The Cellar, America’s Most Wanted, and many other projects. Ms. Savoy was founder and for ten years the director of Houston’s Mercury Studio, which provided training to on-camera artists over a period of two decades. She has voiced numerous cartoon and animé characters and appeared in the classic early video game, Crusader: No Remorse, created by Origin Systems in Austin, TX. Now living in NYC and working tri-coastally, Ms. Savoy still makes time to work on select projects with emerging film-makers. Besides her busy film, video, radio, and TV career, Ms. Savoy currently tours and lectures throughout the US and Canada with her one-woman stage show, Je Christine, based on the life and works of medieval author Christine de Pizan.
The Ernie Robertson Honoree MICHELLE MOWER
As the newest CEO of Imagination Worldwide LLC, Michelle Mower successfully oversaw the acquisition and release of two critically acclaimed films—Amber Tamblyn’s directorial debut Paint It Black and the 2017 SXSW Audience Award winning feature film The Light of the Moon. Other acquisitions include international rights to Burning Bodhi starring Kaley Cuoco and SXSW award-winning thriller Like Me. In addition to heading up Imagination Worldwide, Mower is an acclaimed writer, producer and director whose work has been featured on Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) and Nuvo Television. Her debut feature film The Preacher’s Daughter, starring Andrea Bowen (“Desperate Housewives”), garnered the highest ratings for LMN that year. After that success, Mower wrote, co-produced and directed two more telefilms for the network, A Woman Betrayed and The Preacher’s Sin. She is currently in production on a docu-series titled Dayna Steele: Rock the 36, slated for release in September, 2018. Mower will next direct the dark teen comedy The Never List, to be released in 2019. Mower received her B.A. degree in Radio/Television/Film from the University in Houston in 2000. After graduation, Mower was hired by Houston’s NBC affiliate as Associate Producer for the morning news program. In 2003, Mower went to work for Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), a non-profit media arts organization. As Program Coordinator, her primary function was to organize their professional development workshops, youth after-school programs, independent film screenings, monthly networking mixers & special film-related events. Through her work with SWAMP, Mower started “Lights! Camera! Action! Summer Moviemaking Camp” for teens and the annual Business of Film Conference with takes place annually at Rice University. Mower will continue her creative efforts by turning 14-year old Imagination Worldwide into the premier development, production, sales & distribution company for engaging, compelling, female-driven narratives.
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