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2013 Phoenix Film Festival

Phoenix Film Foundation Board Of Directors Stephanie Dowling Chairman of the Board Chris Lamont President

The Festival 4 Festival Welcome 5 Festival Staff 6 Partnership Recognition 8 Festival 101 10 O pening Night Events (Visionary Award, Opening Night Film) 15 Phoenix Film Festival Guests 2013 20 Judges Introduced 62 Film Index

Leslie Benner Vice Chair Rick McCartney Treasurer Directors Lori Alderfefer Ted Anderson Monica Apodaca Francine Archer Diana Barrows Alison Frost Donald Jansen Jr Stacy Lloyd Norma Parraz Myron Picoult Slobodan Popovic

Screening & Programs

Ex-Officio Members Jason Carney Phoenix Film Foundation 7000 East Mayo Blvd., Suite 1059 Phoenix, AZ 85054 www.phxfilm.com Phoenix Film Festival 2013 Official Program Rick McCartney Program Publisher Jason Carney Editorial Director Benjamin Little Graphic Design

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Contents

18 Kids’ Day 21 Feature-Length Film Competition 30 Showcase Features 43 Intl Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival Showcase Features 46 Horror Features 47 Sci-Fi Features 48 Horror Shorts 48 Sci-Fi Shorts A 49 Sci-Fi Shorts B 50 Live Action Shorts A & B 51 Animated Shorts Program 52 College Shorts / Prime Shorts 53 High School Shorts 54 Arizona Shorts 55 Home Grown Showcase 56 Documentary Shorts / IFP Film Challenge 57 World Cinema Feature- Length Film Competition 60 World Cinema Shorts 61 Educational Outreach Program / Best of Film Stock 62 Film Index

Schedule/Seminars/Events 32 Festival Schedule 34 Party Pavilion Schedule Www.phxfilm.com

President’s Message On behalf of the Phoenix Film Foundation, I officially welcome you to our Thirteenth Annual Phoenix Film Festival. Filmmaking on Saturday, expanded programs, If you had the pleasure activities and screenings for the International Horror of coming to the 2012 & Sci-Fi Film Festival, our strongest Foreign Language Phoenix Film Festival, Line-up in history, and tremendous support from our I know you’ve come Partners and the independent studios in the industry. back. After doing this Our programs like the Phoenix Film Society, IFP for twelve years I can - Phoenix, and the Arizona Student Film Festival say with incredible continue to grow stronger through the year, and we confidence that last year are always looking for ways to grow our programs. As was simply the best film a non-profit organization, our mission is to educate, festival that we have entertain and inform. And our big focus this year is ever put on. Everything for all of us to appreciate that FILM IS ART. fell into place - tremendous films, talented guests, If you like what we do, get on our email list, buy enthusiastic audiences, amazingly supportive volunteers some merchandise, pick-up an item at the silent and a spectacular dynamic that all came together for auction, grab yourself another drink at the Party eight wonderful days. We broke attendance records, Pavillion - and tell your friends to come on out. The had more screening sell-outs than ever before, and bigger the audience, the better our festival is. filmmakers walked away saying this was the best festival And it all starts with you! Enjoy! they had ever been too. Anywhere. Ever. So Chapter Skip to now. The Phoenix Film Foundation Board of Directors faced the task of having to do BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. And we’re glad to say that IT IS. Chris LaMont More World Premieres in the Competition Section, President and Co-Founder more Actors and Directors coming to represent Phoenix Film Foundation their films, one whole theatre dedicated to Arizona

Director’s Message Hello and Welcome! If you’re looking for the 13th Annual Phoenix Film Festival, you’ve come to the right place. Last year’s festival will be a tough act to follow but we feel like we’re up to the task. We’ve got quite a show for you. Year after year, filmmakers rave about this festival and our great audiences. Not only do you attend their films, but you have thoughtful questions for the Q&A and you’re awesome at spreading the word about great films. So thank you for coming and keep up the good work! Since last year we lost two long-time supporters. Michael Geffen was a volunteer for many years and a film fan even longer than that. Film fans like Michael are what the event is all about. This will also be the first year in a long time without Phoenix Film Critic Society member Neil Cohen. Neil was a film critic,

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writer, actor and all-around great guy. We’ll miss them both this year. I would like to thank our huge team of volunteers. Every year I’m blown away by their commitment to our non-profit organization. The volunteers give their time and hard work to help make this a top-notch event, so please join me in thanking them. Of course, our sponsors are also a critical part of this event. They’re the businesses that have their logos over on pages six and seven. Please do us a favor and use them whenever you can. We couldn’t do this without them. Finally, I would like to thank our filmmakers. They work hard to create their art and are kind enough to allow us to exhibit it. Without these artists, we wouldn’t be able to Celebrate the Art of Film. Have a great time.

Jason Carney Festival Director Phoenix Film Festival

2013 Phoenix Film Festival Administration

Phoenix Film Foundation At-A-Glance

Mission Statement: To promote the exhibition of works by filmmakers and conduct educational programs that teach the art of independent filmmaking. The Phoenix Film Foundation supports and develops the growth of independent filmmaking in Arizona. Since 2000, it has become the largest film organization in the state by sponsoring a number of initiatives that support these goals: Phoenix Film Festival April 4 to April 11, 2013

Arizona Student Film Festival May 2013

Int’l Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival April 4 to April 11, 2013 IFP Phoenix (Independent Feature Project)

Chris LaMont President and Founder Jason Carney Festival Director Andrea Beesley-Brown IHSFF Festival Director Louisa Percudani Sponsorship Director Abby Vester Operations Center Coordinator

Auction Brenda Berliner Auction Director Kepi Peterson Auction Manager

Events Leigh Ann Dolan Events Director Leslie Criger Entertainment Director Joe Palomino Events Manager

Filmmaker Relations Kathleen Deiley Filmmaker Relations Director Tiffany Hunter Filmmaker Relations Manager Randy Robinson Filmmakers Relations Coordinator

Guest Relations Dana Lane Guest Relations Director Chris Cox Guest Relations Coordinator Kelli Meola Guest Relations Coordinator Pamela Wilson Merchandise Coordinator Sue Wilson Merchandise Coordinator

IFP-Phoenix Aaron Kes IFP – Co-Program Director TJ Houle IFP – Co-Program Director Bob Marquis Student Education Director Joe Gruberman Seminar Director Carol Gibson Kids’ Day Director Keegan Ead Film Challenge Director Kaylee Nedley Film Challenge Director

Marketing

Make a tax-deductible donation to the Phoenix Film Foundation by calling 602.955.6444 or visit www.phxfilm.com

Robert Aldecoa Marketing Director Martin Freetage Festival Art Director Lisa Markiewicz Festival Photographer Steve Lieberman Promotions Manager

Linda Nguyen Promotions Manager Andrea Small Promotions Manager Lisa Minzey Marketing Manager Rich Fowler Marketing Outreach Manager Lauren Streiff Social Network Manager Laurie Smith Online Content Editor Raven Cruz Festival Art Coordinator

Programming Greg Hall Features Program Director Slobodan Popovic World Cinema Features Program Director Dan Gluck AZ Shorts Programmer Deb Hildebrandt Student Film Program Director Michelle Saldana World Cinema Short Film Program Director Scott Rogers Short Film Program Director Stanley Bain Short Documentary Programmer Brandon Kinchen IHSFF Horror Program Director Danny Marianino IHSFF Horror Program Director Michael Stackpole IHSFF Sci-Fi Program Director

Technical Greg Wolf Technical Director Ernie Quiroz AV Production Director

Theatre Operations Bill Mondy Theatre Operations Director Kyle Gray Theatre Operations Manager Jill Adelman Theatre Operations Coordinator Caren Jablonsky Theatre Operations Coordinator Ray Schillachi Film Presentation Coordinator

Volunteers Tiffany Hutson Volunteer Director Monica Sepulveda Volunteer Coordinator

Festival Interns Danelle Benton-Smith Sarai Cervantes Shantelle Edwards Kelsey Herrold Jessica Horrigan Ashtyn Karachristos

Kayla Laut Nick Petrovich Payel Ray Dené Roth Alex Ruben Randie Schoenberg

Festival Photographers Joe Abbruscato Nader Abushhab Devon Christopher Adams Eric Fiallos Dana Hastings Brittany Hogan Audra Little David Levin Leslie Lohn Adam Messler Anie Miles Bill Nash CJ Robison Patrick Traylor

Production Interns Roxana Baldovin Brady Hall Eric Knight

ASU Film Festival Class Malcolm Baity Jordan Beck Jenny Berky Amanda Berry Tony Caldwell Matt Chesin Chase Clemens Lauren Coplan Marc Ellis Alfredo Enriquez Katherine Foust Taylor Freeman Anthony Gasca Justin Hebert Brett Hoeppner Renee Hunt Jay Kaufman Ben Kitnick Leo Krom Patrick McGinley Caitlyn Milkman Richard Mulvihill Ayomide Owolabi James Pagano Martin Reyes Valerie Sakmary Ashley Sinn Michael Skjaerris Garret Smith Rachel Smith Gloria Tello Victoria Valenzuela Andrew Whitaker Holly Wright Joann Younan Tyler Young

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FESTIVAL 101

Welcome film lovers! You have arrived at one of the top film festivals in the United States! So, what exactly do you do at a “film festival”? Well, for starters, you can watch a lot of new films – all of the movies that are shown here at the PFF are all Valley-wide premieres, with the occasional retrospective thrown in for good measure. Basically, you kick-back with your popcorn and enjoy movies! I want to see movies. What do I do? We have a couple different options for you! You can either flip through this amazingly wonderful program that has been bestowed upon you, or go on to the PFF website. (phoenixfilmfestival.com). All of the films that screen at the festival are covered in the program and on our website. There’s a plethora of films including: narrative features, documentary features, short films, foreign films, and more – all there for you to watch over and over and over again. Where do I get tickets to see the movies? What a fantastic question! You can buy passes online or at the Festival Welcome Center located a few doors down from the Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatres – there’s a big sign, you can’t miss it. After you get a pass, you need to pick your films – get there early so your choices aren’t sold out! If you have a ticket for a screening, you are guaranteed a seat. If you don’t want a pass, you can buy single tickets both online and at the Welcome Center. But it seems silly to come to the Festival just to see one movie…Buy a pass, save some beer money, and have a great time! Do I have to wait in a line to see a movie? I hate to break it to you but yes, you do have to wait in lines for the films. Hey, don’t get mad at me, I’m just a program! It’s just that there are so many movies, and so many audience members. How else do you expect us to keep track? However, the audience lines will give you a chance to chit-chat with your fellow film lovers. Look at you making new friends! Have fun! There are 3 different lines – based on which pass or ticket you have. Line 1 is VIP/Filmmaker/Press – so if you have one of those passes, then you can sit first! Line 2 is for Full Festival Pass-holders. Line 3 is for the Flex Pass/Single Ticket holders. Are you feeling down because you don’t want to wait in your line, you want to be in the cool line? You can upgrade onsite at the Festival Welcome Center anytime during the Festival!

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So I heard there’s other stuff going on? What’s that all about? Ok, you can’t just watch movies until your eyes bleed. It’s not safe. Which is why we’re giving you the opportunity to check out the biggest film party in Arizona! You’re welcome. Don’t forget to check out the Festival Party Pavilion during Opening Weekend. We’ve taken over a huge retail space a few buildings down the sidewalk, so just follow the signs! Within the Festival Party Pavilion you will find DJs, the burlesque show, the belly dancers, the bars and the parties, as well as the free seminars, our great partner booths where they love giving stuff away, and our silent auction where you can buy stuff and help out this amazing non-profit! I can already confirm what you’re thinking, “This is going to be the best week of my life!” What makes this “film festival” different than just going to the movies? When you go to the movies are you able to interact with actual filmmakers? Didn’t think so. Here, the filmmakers talk before the films, they talk after the films, they talk during the seminars and workshops, and they talk during the parties. Luckily, they won’t talk during the movies. They will even talk to you! Introduce yourself! Make sure you tell them that you liked their movie and that they have beautiful eyes. They love that! Okay, I’m sold. Anything else I should know? Please make sure if you ever have any questions, you ask our friendly Volunteer Staff! They are always smiling and wearing shirts that say Festival Crew! They are more than happy to help you out! We have over two hundred volunteers who work on the festival. Like you, they also love movies too! “Thanks for the help! You’ve been great.” No problem. That’s what this page is for! One more thing – enjoy the Phoenix Film Festival! With Love, The Executive Staff of the Phoenix Film Festival

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Opening Night Cocktail Party in The Arizona Republic Party Pavilion Thursday, April 4th at 5:00pm The 2013 Phoenix Film Festival kicks off in style with the Opening Night Cocktail Party where we’ll be celebrating the art of food. We’ve got a dozen restaurants on board to satisfy your appetite and sweet tooth. In addition to food, entertainment will be provided by Colton Avery. You can find out more about Colton at facebook.com/pages/ colton-avery The Opening Night Event is also a fundraiser for the non-profit Phoenix Film Foundation which operates the Phoenix Film Festival and other film organizations. This is your opportunity to help support their student education programs through the silent auction and raffle.

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Phoenix Film Foundation Visionary Award The Phoenix Film Foundation Visionary Award is given annually to an outstanding individual or company for their support of film and the community. This year we will be presenting the award once again as part of our Opening Night Event. Join us on Thursday, April 4th to see this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipient.

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Dr. Sidney K. Shapiro was born in London, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He graduated from The University of Western Ontario Medical School in 1943. As a medical officer in the Canadian Army during World War ll, Dr. Shapiro completed his first residency in Psychiatry. When the war ended, Dr. Shapiro, seeking further medical training, became the first Canadian to be accepted to The University of Minnesota Continuation Study Center. This led to his completion of a second specialty in Neurology. He received his Ph.D. in Neurology in 1953 and eventually became a Full Clinical Professor of Neurology in 1966. While maintaining a full clinical practice, Dr. Shapiro continued his affiliation with the University of Minnesota. In 1996, he was granted the title of Clinical Professor of Neurology-Emeritus, a title he maintains to the present. When in Minneapolis, Dr. Shapiro still participates in clinical teaching at the University. Throughout the years, he published articles on various neurological subjects and served as an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Shapiro married his wife, the late Ruth Mackoff Shapiro in 1950. Together, they raised three children and became active members of the philanthropic community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both Sidney and Ruth came from families that believed strongly in the importance of philanthropy. Together, they established The Shapiro Family Philanthropic Foundation. Throughout the years, they contributed generously to many Jewish, educational, research, and cultural organizations. Dr. Sidney Shapiro currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. He enjoys attending concerts, plays and movies. As an avid reader, he stays current with the many developments in the field of medicine as well as pursuing his interests in history, economics, and current events. Dr. Sidney Shapiro still oversees the charitable foundation he established with his late wife, Ruth. Their foundation continues to support a variety of non-profit organizations.

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The Spectacular Now Directed by James Ponsoldt Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Cast: Shailene Woodley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Miles Teller Screening Time: Thursday, April 4 at 7:30pm Synopsis: Sutter Keely lives in the now. It’s a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he’s the life of the party, loves his job at a men’s clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he’s never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finicky hovering over him. She’s different: the “nice girl” who reads science fiction and doesn’t have a boyfriend. While Amy has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they’re drawn together.

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Phoenix Film Festival Welcomes

Natalie Imbruglia Triple threat Natalie Imbruglia was born in Sydney, Australia and grew up in a small beach town. At 17, the actress/singer/songwriter was catapulted into the public’s consciousness when she appeared as Beth Brennan on the hit Aussie TV series Neighbours, a role she would inhabit for two years (1992-1994). Imbruglia followed her small screen success with a move to London where her music career flourished. Quickly becoming an anthem of the time, Torn - Imbruglia’s first single - was released in 1997 and broke air play records across the globe. Four studio albums followed with Imbruglia selling over nine million albums worldwide to date. Throughout her musical success, Imbruglia’s passion for acting never waned. In 2003 she appeared onscreen in the British spy spoof Johnny English, and she starred in the critically acclaimed 2009 drama Closed for Winter. Of her performance in the film, Variety wrote: “Believably expressing what it must be like to live with ungovernable sorrow, the actress proves to have much more than just a face the camera adores.” A global ambassador for charity organization Virgin Unite, Imbruglia splits her time between London and Los Angeles.

D. B. Sweeney D.B’s big break came in Francis Ford Coppola’s Gardens of Stone where he played a gung-ho Vietnam enlistee alongside screen legends James Caan, Anjelica Huston, and James Earl Jones. Sweeney subsequently made a big impression in the classic romantic comedy The Cutting Edge as Doug Dorsey, a tough hockey player who turns to figure skating after an eye injury. Perhaps his most memorable role was Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out, costarring John Cusack, David Staitharn, and Charlie Sheen. Sweeney also starred in World War II thriller Memphis Belle alongside Mathew Modine and Eric Stoltz in the B17 bomber crew on their final dangerous mission into Germany and alongside the great Peter Falk in Roomates. Some of his many other films include Hear No Evil, Spawn, and No Man’s Land. Sweeney recently made his debut as a screenwriter, director, and producer with Two Tickets to Paradise. A founding board member of Los Angeles’ celebrated Blank Theatre who has appeared in over forty plays on Broadway and around the country, D.B. enjoys returning frequently to the theatre.

Melora Walters Melora Walters was born in Saudi Arabia. She grew up there, as well as in Holland. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute in New York City. As an actress, she has collaborated with such filmmakers as Paul Thomas Anderson, Taylor Hackford, John McNaughton, and Anthony Minghella to create memorable characters and performances. She most recently starred in HBO’s critically acclaimed series Big Love and this year she was seen in the independent features Case 219 and Missing Pieces as well as on Showtime’s Californication. Her upcoming credits include the independents Lonely Boy, Underdogs and Short Term 12. She has studied writing with Kim Calder and Chiwan Choi. Last year, Finishing Line Press published her first book of poetry Sonnets and Failures with some of her wood block prints. On June 21, 2011 Writ Large Press published her two books entitled In the Painting Heraclitus Wrings His Hands Above the World and Appears to be Crying and The Siren. In July, Launch LA presented a show that included the original art shown in the books, Lying Chicken Man and the Muse. The Lying Chicken Man series of paintings will accompany her next book, The Man and the Woman. She lives in Los Angeles with her two children, Tom and Joanna. Www.phxfilm.com

Phoenix Film Festival Welcomes

Peter Block Peter Block is FEARnet’s President and General Manager. He is in charge of overseeing all aspects of the company, including its Cable TV Channel, free VOD movie service, and industry-leading website, FEARnet.com. Block is one of the most influential executives in the film and TV entertainment industry, especially in the horror/thriller communities. He is also the president of his own film production company, A Bigger Boat. Prior to FEARnet, Block served as president of acquisitions and co-productions for Lionsgate. Block’s film career includes the launch and stewardship of the enormously popular Saw franchise—the most successful long-running horror franchise in history—which has grossed more than $600 million in the worldwide box office, as well as producing or acquiring other acclaimed Lionsgate horror and suspense hits including The Descent, Daybreakers, Cabin Fever, Open Water, House of 1000 Corpses, Hard Candy, and The Devil’s Rejects, along with serving as co-executive producer of the NBC television series “Fear Itself.” He is a proud member of both the Motion Picture Academy and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Meg Foster Megan “Meg” Foster discovered acting while attending boarding school in Lowell, MA, and pursued this interest at New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse and made her off-Broadway debut in “The Empire Builders”. Foster moved to L.A. and soon found work in film and TV. Her film credits include Sam Peckinpah’s “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), John Boorman’s “The Emerald Forest” (1985) and John Carpenter’s “They Live” (1988). Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, she has guest starred in countless TV shows including two episodes of “Hawaii Five-O” (1973 & 1976), “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1974) “Three for the Road” (1975), and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1996). Other popular TV shows she has appeared in include “Bonanza”;” The Twilight Zone”;” Barnaby Jones”;” Murder, She Wrote”;” Miami Vice”; “The Cosby Show”;” Quantum Leap”; “ER”; and ”Xena: Warrior Princess”. She is also well known for playing the villainous Evil-Lyn in the big screen version of “Masters of the Universe” and the Greek goddess Hera in “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”. Since the 1990s, she has acted mainly in stage productions, including “King Lear” and “Barabbas”. Meg is featured in Rob Zombie’s new film “Lords of Salem” due for release in 2013.

Teller Teller has been the smaller, quieter half of renowned magic duo Penn & Teller since 1975. An Emmy, Writers Guild Award, Obie and Drama Critics Circle winner, Teller, with partner Penn Jillette, has enjoyed successful runs on Broadway, sold-out world tours and is the current longest-running headline act in Las Vegas. In 2008, Teller conceived and co-directed a bloody, supernatural thriller-inspired stage version of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” that toured the East Coast to raves from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. In 2010 he co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway hit “Play Dead.” Conceived as an ode to the classic midnight spook shows of the mid-20th Century, he again received raves from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and earned a Drama Desk nomination for “Unique Theatrical Experience.” A filmed version of the play is currently screening on the horror film festival circuit to great acclaim. Most recently, he consulted on the magic and effects for Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse production of “The Exorcist.” Teller has starred in his own television series and specials, has written five books and has a prolific career as a magic consultant for live theater, television and films.

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Kids’ Day

Kids’ Day at the Phoenix Film Festival presented by IFP-Phoenix Saturday, April 6, 2013 – 9am to 2pm Party Pavilion at Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatres Kids’ Day is a FREE and exciting opportunity for children ages 5 to 12 to experience this year’s festival. There will be a series of hands-on activity stations focusing on different aspects of film production. From coloring black line reproductions of the festival poster for the youngest to acting and creating their own short films for the oldest, kids will love this action-packed morning. Everyone will get a kick out of the soundtrack station, where they create a musical soundtrack to a fun film, and the screenwriting station, where they write a script “Mad Lib” style. Bring a 2g flash drive and take your creations home with you! All stations are age-appropriate and run the full gamut of the filmmaking process. Also on Saturday, the whole family is invited to view the family-friendly film screenings that morning and afternoon for just $5 each.

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For the eleventh year, the Phoenix Film Critics Society is pleased to provide the judges for the Phoenix Film Festival. All judges are members of the Phoenix Film Critics Society.

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Feature Films David Ramsey David Ramsey is the President and cofounder of the Phoenix Film Critics Society and a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Society (“The Critics Choice Movie Awards”), David has been reviewing Films and DVDs on TV, on radio and in print for over 18 years in the Valley. His reviews can be seen on Fridays on KPHOTV’s “CBS 5 Morning News,” ABC 15/ KPNX-TV’s “Sonoran Living Live,” and TheDoublewideNetwork.com. He writes Film and DVD reviews for Arizona Player Magazine and is the Home Entertainment Editor of WildAboutMovies.com. His website is thesnackbar.net.

Roger Tennis Roger Tennis is the Co-founder and Vice President of the Phoenix Film Critics Society, Roger is the creator of the long-running national television series CLIPS and cocreator, with wife Janet, of the popular CLIPS website Cinemaclips.com. Roger is also a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (“The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards”) and has worked in the television industry for over 30 years.

Michael Dixon Michael Dixon has been a Valley radio and television personality, and performing arts critic for 30 years, and is heard nationally over CBS radio. Currently the film reviewer for Fox-10 Television in Phoenix, he has also served as music, theatre and dance critic for The Phoenix Gazette, and has given workshops to aspiring theatre critics at UCLA. A graduate in theatre from the University of California, Riverside, he spent three seasons as Artist-in-Residence with the California Inland Shakespeare Festival. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

Joseph J. Airdo Joseph J. Airdo holds a bachelor’s degree in media analysis and criticism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Read his reviews

and interviews on Examiner.com and in AZ Weekly Entertainment Magazine or listen to him live 2-4 p.m. Thursdays on KXXT 1010 AM’s entertainment talk radio show “Breakthrough Thinking: The Magazine.”

M. V. Moorhead M.V. Moorhead won five first-place Arizona Press Club awards for his film, theatre and opera criticism for the New Times. His work has also appeared in USA Today, Weird Tales, Wrangler News, Phoenix Magazine, the Erie Times-News and many other publications. A native of Pennsylvania, he lives with his wife, daughter and dogs in Phoenix.

World Cinema Feature Films Stan Robinson Stan Robinson, a retired First Assistant Director, has 22 years of film production experience. His movie reviews and motion picture industry articles total more than 350,000 combined weekly/monthly readers in 21 states and Canada in print, as well as online, at ScreenScene.org and Examiner. com. Selected as one of the ‘20 Best Film Critics in America’ for National CineMedia’s 2010 national campaign.

The Massie Twins The Massie Twins are identical twin film critics who have been professionally reviewing movies full time for over 7 years, appearing on TV, radio, online and in print. They are the authors of The Movies that Time Forgot and are members of the Phoenix Film Critics Society and the Internet Film Critic Society. Their work can be seen at www.GoneWithTheTwins.com.

Henry Cabot Beck Henry Cabot Beck is a freelance reviewer and feature writer who can be found in The New York Daily News, Interview, True West Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Film.com, Culture Catch, and many other newspapers, Internet sites, and magazines. He hosted ‘Another Saturday Night’ on KTAR for two years.

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Randy Montgomery Randy Montgomery is a film critic and feature writer for AZ Weekly Magazine. Montgomery has worked in media, sales and marketing in the Valley for more than a decade and looks forward to judging each year for the Phoenix Film Festival. Favorite film genres include foreign, horror and documentaries.

Bruce St. James Bruce can be heard every weekday from 9 AM to Noon on News Talk 92.3/KTAR. His blogs and movie reviews are posted on KTAR.com. Bruce’s radio career took him to Los Angeles and San Diego before returning to Phoenix. In addition to being on-air he has an extensive background in radio often behind-the-scenes programming some of the biggest and most influential stations in America.

Short Films Gayle Bass Gayle Bass is an award-winning radio reporter and host for KTAR-FM and has been reviewing films for more than a decade. She’s an anchor on the nationally syndicated TV show “Right This Minute” seen locally on KNXV ABC15. She spent eight years as a co-host of Your Life, A to Z on Phoenix’s KTVK-TV.

Michael Clawson Michael Clawson is a Valley native and long-time writer and movie critic at the West Valley View newspaper in Avondale. He’s also an award-winning photojournalist and reporter. His movie reviews, interviews and film analysis can be read at terminalvolume. com. This is his twelfth year as a member of the Phoenix Film Critics Society, and his fifth year judging at the Phoenix Film Festival.

Feature-Length Film Competition

Down and Dangerous Directed by: Zak Forsman Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes Cast: John T. Woods, Paulie Rojas, and Judd Nelson Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 7:15pm Saturday, April 6 at 11:30am Sunday, April 7 at 11:35am Synopsis: Always one step ahead of the Feds, Paul Boxer is the most inventive and principled smuggler in the trade, and has never needed to carry a gun. When violent mid-level traffickers coerce him into designing a foolproof plan to bring several kilos of cocaine across the Mexico border, he maneuvers to rid himself of their hold over him once and for all. But when a sharp-witted woman from his past enlists his help to escape this rival outfit, Paul must confront the man that is hunting him down and choose between his livelihood as a smuggler and his integrity as a man.

Favor Directed by: Paul Osborne Run Time: 1 hour 42 minutes Cast: Alison Martin, Christina Rose, and Blayne Weaver Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 7:45pm Saturday, April 6 at 9:15am Sunday, April 7 at 2:00pm Synopsis: A friend helps you move. A good friend helps you move a body. Kip Desmond has gotten everything he’s ever wanted: a thriving career, a beautiful wife, and an affluent lifestyle. All of which is put in jeopardy when Abby, the waitress with whom he’s having a casual fling, is accidentally killed. Desperate, he ends up on the doorstep of childhood friend Marvin Croat and asks him for a huge favor: help get rid of the body. This gruesome circumstance begins a series of events which unravel Kip and Marvin’s lifelong friendship, leading both men to murderous acts neither had ever suspected themselves capable of.

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Feature-Length Film Competition

Lonely Boy Directed by: Dale Fabrigar Run Time: 2 hour 4 minutes Cast: Alev Aydin, Greg Vrotsos Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 4:40pm Saturday, April 6 at 9:00am Sunday, April 7 at 11:45am Synopsis: Franky is stuck in a directionless rut of cold isolation. He lives in a hauntingly bare apartment and works a deadend job. As a uniquely spirited young man in constant pursuit of romance, Franky attempts to navigate the mercilessly harsh world of dating. There’s just one caveat: he suffers from schizophrenia and recently decided to liberate himself from his medication. After losing his job because of his illness, things take a tragically funny turn for the not-so-good. When he finds a genuine connection with Alex, he inadvertently sets on a path towards self-actualization. Franky searches to uncover the truth about his family’s past in hopes to bring him peace and clarity. However, what he finds may in fact cloud his reality further.

Los Wild Ones Directed by: Elise Salomon Run Time: 1 hour 35 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 7:25pm Saturday, April 6 at 5:10pm Sunday, April 7 at 9:35am Synopsis: Wild Records is an LA indie music label comprised of young Hispanic musicians and run by Irishman Reb Kennedy. Wild, an unconventional family, is reminiscent of the early days of Sun Records because all of its musicians write and perform 50’s Rock ‘n’ Roll. If Wild is going to continue to grow and reach a broader audience, its current business model will cease to work. Reb isn’t familiar with modern industry tools such as websites and social media; and he’s miles behind the times with things like iTunes. If he can’t figure out how to reconcile his limitations with today’s audience expectations, Wild may not survive.

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Feature-Length Film Competition

Music City USA Directed by: Chris McDaniel Run Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Cast: Bo Bice, Taylor Hicks, and Vince Gill Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 7:00pm Saturday, April 6 at 3:05pm Sunday, April 7 at 12:05pm Synopsis: Nashville wasn’t always known as Music City. Beginning as a printing and insurance mecca, it became the music capital of the world. But in 2010 the city was devastated by flood and thanks to this thriving music community, it was reborn. Resilience came in the form of the artists, entertainers and musicians that put the music in Music City. This documentary examines what Nashville used to be, why it was settled and how she grew into a rich cultural town. From the Opry to superstars from all genres of music, Nashville boasts the some of the greatest musicians and recording studios on earth. Country superstars call Nashville home, but non-country musicians have been recording there for years; Lionel Richie, Air Supply, Tesla, The Wailers, Brett Michaels, Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson and more. From Gospel to Bluegrass and Rockabilly to Country, the heartland’s music has been generated here. But the days of country being the only influence are long gone with Rock superstars such as The Black Keys, The Kings of Leon, and Jack White of the White Stripes now calling Nashville home. Musicians helped the city pull together after the flood of 2010, telling a story about the empowering qualities of art, music and creativity.

Putzel Directed by: Jason Chaet Run Time: 1 hour 28 minutes Cast: Adrian Martinez, Allegra Cohen, and Melanie Lynskey Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 1:20pm Saturday, April 6 at 5:40pm Sunday, April 7 at 2:05pm Synopsis: For some, life is an adventure filled with opportunities to excel, and worlds to explore. But for Walter Himmelstein, a young man endearingly known as Putzel, life literally doesn’t go beyond his family’s fish store and his community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. In this heartwarming romantic comedy, Walter’s dream of taking over his uncle’s smoked fish emporium is disrupted by the arrival of Sally, who becomes romantically involved with his aboutto-retire and very-married uncle. As Walter tries to thwart their romance in order to ensure his future, he finds his circumscribed life thrown off-kilter, and after years of being undermined by his family and friends, he finally begins to realize his full potential. With Sally’s help, Walter confronts his fears and proves he is more than a Putzel.

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Feature-Length Film Competition

The Retrieval Directed by: Chris Eska Run Time: 1 hour 31 minutes Cast: Ashton Sanders, Keston John Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 3:00pm Saturday, April 6 at 6:50pm Sunday, April 7 at 9:55am Synopsis: A Civil War-era western about a fatherless boy sent to retrieve a wanted man under false pretense, and the unexpected emotional bonds that form during their journey.

The Story of Luke Directed by: Alonso Mayo Run Time: 1 hour 35 minutes Cast: Cary Elwes, Kristin Bauer, and Seth Green Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 5:40pm Saturday, April 6 at 1:20pm Sunday, April 7 at 2:25pm Synopsis: Luke, 25, is autistic and has lived a sheltered life with his grandparents. But his world is turned upside down when his grandmother dies and he is forced to live with his dysfunctional relatives who have no patience for him or his senile grandfather, who they quickly force into a nursing home. Luke is left with his grandfather’s final semi-coherent words: ‘Get a job. Find a girl. Live your own life. Be a man!’ For the first time in his life, Luke has a mission and is about to embark on a quest.

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Feature-Length Film Competition

Uprising Directed by: Frederik Stanton Run Time: 1 hour 25 minutes Cast: Ahmed Maher, Amr Waked Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 11:05am Saturday, April 6 at 5:25pm Sunday, April 7 at 1:45pm Synopsis: Produced by an Academy Award-winning team, including the Executive Producer of “Taxi to the Dark Side” and the Editor of “Inside Job”, Uprising tells the inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of a brutal dictatorship has changed the face of the Middle East and provided hope for millions of oppressed people across the world. Above all, it is a story of profound hope, courage rewarded, and people who beat back a police state and threw off the shackles of decades of degradation and oppression.

Waking Directed by: Ben Shelton Run Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Cast: Jean Smart, Meg Cionni Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 9:05am Saturday, April 6 at 5:30pm Sunday, April 7 at 12:00pm Synopsis: Ben is about to turn 30 and on his way to what everyone else tells him is a great life. He’s been with his girlfriend Amy for 6 years and is about to propose, and looks to be in line to take over her father’s practice. But a chance meeting with a mysterious and beautiful woman named Nadia changes everything, as Ben and Nadia begin to connect when they fall asleep, going on journeys through their memories together. As they begin to realize they’ve been meeting in their dreams since they were children, Ben must choose between the perfect life on paper, or the girl of his dreams.

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Showcase Feature Films

The East Directed by: Zal Batmanglij Run Time: 2 hours Cast: Ellen Page, Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, and Patricia Clarkson Screening Time: Wednesday, April 10 at 7:20pm Synopsis: In The East, Sarah Moss (Marling) is a brilliant operative for an elite private intelligence firm whose top objective is to ruthlessly protect the interests of their A-list corporate clientele. She is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate an anarchist collectively known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. Living amongst them in an effort to get closer to their members, Sarah finds herself unexpectedly torn between two worlds as she starts to fall in love with the group’s charismatic leader, finding her life and her priorities irrevocably changed.

Stuck in Love Directed by: Josh Boone Run Time: 1 hour 36 minutes Cast: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Kristen Bell, Lily Collins, and Logan Lerman Screening Time: Thursday, April 11 at 7:30pm Synopsis: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Kristen Bell and Logan Lerman star in this touching comedy-drama about a successful novelist whose obsession with his ex-wife has sent his perplexed family into a tailspin.

Underdogs Directed by: Doug Dearth Run Time: 1 hour 46 minutes Cast: Charlie Carver, D.B. Sweeney Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 7:00pm Synopsis: Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace of football, UNDERDOGS is the story of a small-town high school football team destined to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community. Bobby Burkett is the promising quarterback for the Knights, but his Division Four school has never made a playoff appearance until Coach Vince DeAntonio’s arrival. Their gruff new coach recruits a talented but insecure receiver and gives a juvenile delinquent offensive lineman a second chance. When Bobby falls for rival cheerleader Renee Donohue, a battle for more than a championship begins with the Falcon’s ‘golden boy’ quarterback John Handon III.

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Showcase Feature Films

Da Vinci’s Demons Presented by STARZ Directed by: David S. Goyer Run Time: 1 hour Cast: Blake Ritson, Elliot Cowan Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 5:15pm Synopsis: In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His aspirations are used against him by opposing forces – luring him into a game of seduction where those who despise his intellect need him most. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci’s genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light. His story becomes a mirror into our own world, calling us all to join his fight to “Free the Future.”

The Kings of Summer Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes Cast: Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullaly, and Mary Lynn Rajskub Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 7:40pm Synopsis: Premiering to rave reviews at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, The Kings Of Summer is a unique coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends – Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and the eccentric and unpredictable Biaggio (Moises Arias) - who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land. Free from their parents’ rules, their idyllic summer quickly becomes a test of friendship as each boy learns to appreciate the fact that family - whether it is the one you’re born into or the one you create – is something you can’t run away from.

Unfinished Song Directed by: Paul Andrew Williams Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes Cast: Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, and Gemma Arterton Screening Time: Sunday, April 7 at 7:00pm Synopsis: Unfinished Song is a funny and inspiring story about Arthur (Terence Stamp), a curmudgeonly old soul, who is perfectly content sticking with his dull daily routine until his beloved wife (Vanessa Redgrave) introduces him to a local seniors singing group. The group is led by the youthful and charming Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton) and her unexpected friendship with Arthur reignites his passion for new adventures and shows us all life should be celebrated at any age. Www.phxfilm.com

Screening Schedules Thursday, April 4, 2013 Festival Party Pavilion

Harkins Cine Capri Theatre - Cox Theatre

6:00 Opening Night Premiere Event

7:30 Opening Night Film - The Spectacular Now

Cox Theatre

Starz Theatre

Westin Kierland Theatre

Shapiro Theatre

FEARnet Theatre

Arizona Republic Theatre

Chipotle Theatre

Theatre 1

Theatre 2

Theatre 3

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

Theatre 7

Screening Schedule

9:05am

9:00am

9:10am

9:15am

9:20am

9:00am

Waking 90 Min-End Time 10:35

Documentary Shorts 95 Min-End Time 10:35

Occupy The Movie 125 Min-End Time 11:15

Sci-Fi A Shorts 90 Min -End Time 10:45

The Brass Teapot 100 Min-End Time 11:00

Educational Outreach End time 2:00pm

11:05am

11:15am

11:50am

11:20am

11:10am

Uprising 85 Min-End Time 12:30

Animated Shorts 65 Min-End Time 12:20

Sanctuary 85 Min-End Time 1:15

Nailbiter 85 Min-End Time 12:45

Misa’s Fugue 100 Min-End Time 12:50

Friday, April 5, 2013

1:00pm

12:55pm

1:45pm

1:15pm

1:20pm

Prime Shorts Showcase 90 Min-End Time 2:30

World Cinema Shorts 100 Min-End Time 2:35

Ninah’s Dowry 95 Min-End Time 3:20

Space Milkshake 85 Min-End Time 2:40

Putzel 105 Min-End Time 3:05

3:00pm

3:10pm

3:50pm

3:15pm

3:40pm

2:30pm

The Retrieval 95 Min-End Time 4:35

High School Shorts 75 Min-End Time 4:25

Love in the Grave 80 Min-End Time 5:10

Found. 105 Min-End Time 5:00

Still Mine 105 Min-End Time 5:25

College Shorts 100 Min-End Time 4:10

5:10pm

5:00pm

5:45pm

5:30pm

5:40pm

4:40pm

Fight Like A Girl 85 Min-End Time 6:35

Live Action A Shorts 95 Min-End Time 6:35

Loveless Zoritsa 80 Min-End Time 7:05

Horror Shorts 90 Min-End Time 7:00

Story of Luke 95 Min-End Time 7:15

Lonely Boy 125 Min-End Time 6:45

7:00pm

7:25pm

7:15pm

7:50pm

7:35pm

7:45pm

7:20pm

Music City USA 85 Min-End Time 8:25

Los Wild Ones 95 Min-End Time 9:00

Down and Dangerous 95 Min-End Time 8:50

Years Later 95 Min-End Time 9:25

Saw featuring Peter Block 150 Min-End Time 10:05

Favor 105 Min-End Time 9:30

Play Dead with Teller 105 Min-End Time 9:05

9:55pm

9:35pm

10:00pm

10:25pm

10:10pm

9:25pm

Channelling 105 Min-End Time 11:40

The Four 120 Min-End Time 11:35

Kiss of the Damned 100 Min-End Time 11:40

Sader Ridge 85 Min-End Time 11:50

Found in Time 90 Min- End Time 11:40

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X 105 Min-End Time 11:10

Cox Theatre

Starz Theatre

Westin Kierland Theatre

Shapiro Theatre

FEARnet Theatre

Arizona Republic Theatre

Chipotle Theatre

Theatre 1

Theatre 2

Theatre 3

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

Theatre 7

Screening Schedule

9:35am

9:30am

9:40am

9:45am

9:50am

9:55am

Los Wild Ones 95 Min-End Time 11:10

Live Action B Shorts 90 Min-End Time 11:00

Loveless Zoritsa 80 Min-End Time 11:00

Misa’s Fugue 100 Min-End Time 11:25

World Cinema Shorts 100 Min-End Time 11:30

The Retrieval 95 Min-End Time 11:30

Sunday, April 7, 2013

11:45am

11:35am

11:30am

11:55am

12:00pm

12:05pm

Lonely Boy 125 Min-End Time 1:50

Down and Dangerous 95 Min-End Time 1:10

Inch’Allah 105 Min-End Time 1:15

Found in Time 90 Min-End Time 1:25

Waking 90 Min-End Time 1:30

Music City USA 85 Min-End Time 1:30

2:25pm

1:45pm

1:50pm

1:55pm

2:05pm

2:00pm

Story of Luke 95 Min-End Time 4:00

Uprising 85 Min-End Time 3:10

In the Shadow 105 Min-End Time 3:35

Sci-Fi B Shorts 95 Min-End Time 3:30

Putzel 90 Min-End Time 3:35

Favor 105 Min-End Time 3:45

4:35pm

3:45pm

4:05pm

4:00pm

4:10pm

4:15pm

Kon-Tiki 120 Min-End Time 6:35

College Shorts 100 Min-End Time 5:25

Ninah’s Dowry 95 Min-End Time 5:40

Sader Ridge 85 Min-End Time 5:25

He’s Way More Famous Than You 100 Min-End Time 5:50

Arizona Shorts 90 Min-End Time 5:45

7:00pm Unfinished Song 95 Min-End Time 8:35

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Screening Schedules Cox Theatre

Starz Theatre

Westin Kierland Theatre

Shapiro Theatre

FEARnet Theatre

Arizona Republic Theatre

Chipotle Theatre

Theatre 1

Theatre 2

Theatre 3

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

Theatre 7

Screening Schedule

9:00am

9:20am

9:10am

9:25am

9:15am

9:05am

Lonely Boy 125 Min-End Time 11:05

Animated Shorts 65 Min-End Time 10:25

Sanctuary 85 Min-End Time 10:35

High School Shorts 75 Min-End Time 10:40

Favor 105 Min-End Time 11:00

Home Grown Shorts 80 Min-End Time 10:25

Saturday, April 6, 2013

11:35am

11:00am

11:15am

11:10am

11:30am

11:05am

Babe 90 Min-End Time 1:05

Live Action A Shorts 95 Min-End Time: 12:35

Occupy The Movie 125 Min-End Time 1:20

Sci-Fi Shorts B 95 Min-End Time 12:45

Down and Dangerous 95 Min-End Time 1:05

Best of Filmstock Shorts 85 Min-End Time 12:30

1:20pm

1:10pm

1:50pm

1:15pm

1:35pm

1:05pm

Story of Luke 95 Min-End Time 2:55

Documentary Shorts 95 Min-End Time 2:45

Love in the Grave 80 Min-End Time 3:10

Channeling 105 Min-End Time 3:00

Family Film To Be Announced

Arizona Shorts 80 Min-End Time 2:25

3:25pm

3:20pm

3:40pm

3:30pm

3:15pm

3:05pm

Prime Shorts Showcase 90 Min-End time 4:55

Live Action B Shorts 90 Min-End Time 4:50

Years Later 95 Min-End Time 5:15

Gamera vs. Guiron 80 Min-End Time 4:50

The Brass Teapot 100 Min-End Time 4:55

Music City USA 85 Min-End Time 4:30

5:30pm

5:25pm

5:45pm

5:15pm

5:40pm

5:10pm

Waking 90 Min-End Time 7:00

Uprising 85 Min-End Time 6:50

In the Shadow 105 Min-End Time 7:30

STARZ presents DaVinci’s Demons 60 Min-End Time 6:15

Putzel 90 Min-End Time 7:10

Los Wild Ones 95 Min-End Time 6:45

7:00pm

7:30pm

7:25pm

8:00pm

6:50pm

7:40pm

7:25pm

Underdogs 150 Min-End Time 9:30

They Live with Meg Foster 135 Min-End Time 9:45

Pit Stop 80 Min-End Time 8:45

Inch’Allah 105 Min-End Time 9:45

The Retrieval 95 Min-End Time 8:25

The Kings of Summer 95 Min-End Time 9:15

.357 - Six Bullets for Revenge 100 Min-End Time 9:05

10:00pm

9:25pm

10:20pm

9:00pm

9:40pm

9:50pm

Horror Shorts 90 Min-End Time 11:30

Sci-Fi A Shorts 90 Min-End Time 10:55

Found. 105 Min-End Time 12:05

Nailbiter 85 Min-End Time 10:25

Space Milkshake 85 Min-End Time 11:05

Errors of the Human Body 100 Min-End Time 11:30

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Monday, April 8, 2013 FEARnet Theatre

Starz Theatre

Cox Theatre

FEARnet Theatre

Starz Theatre

Cox Theatre

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

5:00pm

5:10pm

5:20pm

5:00pm

5:10pm

5:20pm

Award Winner

Fight Like A Girl

Award Winner

Still Mine

7:00pm

7:10pm

7:20pm

7:00pm

7:10pm

7:20pm

IFP Film Challenge Event

World Cinema Best Picture

Renoir

He’s Way More Famous Than You

Best Picture Winner

To Be Announced

9:00pm

9:10pm

9:20pm

9:00pm

9:10pm

9:20pm

The Four

Award Winner

Festival Choice

Kiss of the Damned

Award Winner

Festival Choice

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Thursday, April 11, 2013

FEARnet Theatre

Starz Theatre

Cox Theatre

FEARnet Theatre

Starz Theatre

Cox Theatre

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

Theatre 4

Theatre 5

Theatre 6

5:00pm

5:10pm

5:20pm

5:00pm

5:10pm

5:20pm

Award Winner

Festival Choice

World Cinema Audience Award

Festival Choice

7:00pm

7:10pm

7:20pm

Eating Alabama

Audience Award Winner

The East

9:00pm

9:10pm

9:20pm

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

Award Winner

Festival Choice

Cine Capri - Cox Theatre 7:30pm Closing Night Film - Stuck in Love

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Friday Night Party Friday Silent Auction Hours: 5pm – 11pm Friday is Industry Night If you are in the film industry in any capacity, please come by and meet your fellow filmmakers! You do NOT have to be a member of the IFP/PHX to attend. Network to win big prizes!! Cash bar will be available! Mingle with the Who’s Who of the Arizona film community. If you are a part of the Arizona Film and Television Industry, you need to be at the INDUSTRY NIGHT during the Annual Phoenix Film Festival. Be sure to bring your business cards! Industry Night is presented by IFP-Phoenix. With networking events and film competitions, IFP-Phoenix is an important part of the film community. Visit their website at IFPPHX.org

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5pm – 9pm AZ Chicks with Picks (3 soloist rotating at breaks) The Chicks with Picks Foundation helps all ages in music, in turn helping those in need through music. They are a non-profit division of the AZ Chicks with Picks Organization, LLC. The organization will be sending over musicians Jeordie, Julia Lucafo, and another performer to be announced to help us kick off the Friday Night Party. 9pm – 1am Karaoke by Dan & Laura Smyth Come belt out your favorite songs and be the life of the Friday Night Party!

Saturday Pavilion Schedule Saturday Silent Auction Hours: 1pm – 11pm 9am – 2pm Kids’ Day Join us for this free special family event on Saturday. See page 18 of this program for more details. 2:30pm Script to Screen Your Dream and Your Vision, Realized! Every movie begins with a script, but every script doesn’t become a movie. Our panel of filmmakers has all penned their own screenplays. This discussion will focus on each individual’s journey that began with the screenplay that was ultimately realized on the screen. Hosted by Aaron Kes (IFP/Phoenix Co-Executive Director) Scheduled panelists: Scott Schirmer (Found.), Zak Forsman (Down and Dangerous), Skyler Caleb (Waking) and Victor Viyuoh (Ninah’s Dowry)

3:30pm Actors’ Roundtable Life as an Indie Actor Opportunities in independent film. What are we sacrificing for the craft? Are indies the back door into mainstream? And what is “mainstream” these days, anyway? A discussion with some of the talented and dedicated actors whose films are now playing at the Phoenix Film Festival. Hosted by T.J. Houle (IFP/Phoenix Co-Executive Director) Scheduled panelists: Blayne Weaver (Favor), Tishuan Scott (The Retrieval), John T. Woods (Down and Dangerous), Patrick Day (Favor) and Meg Cionni (Waking) 4:30pm So You Think You Can Shoot A Movie? If you think it looks hard, you have NO IDEA!! Behind every movie is a story. Not the one that’s played out on the screen, but the one that’s played out behind the scenes before, during and after production. Our panel of feature filmmakers will sound off on the monumental effort that is feature filmmaking. Hey, if we didn’t love it, we wouldn’t be doing it! Hosted by Keegan Ead (IFP Film Challenges Director) Scheduled panelists: Paul Osborne (Favor), Zak Forsman (Down and Dangerous), Sean Gaston (Misa’s Fugue), Jason Chaet (Putzel) and Elise Salomon (Los Wild Ones)

Saturday Night Party 5:00pm Michael Levin with Jay Allan Local musician Michael Levin will be opening our Saturday Night Party accompanied by songwriter, guitar player, and poet Jay Allan. Michael Levin is versed in playing the cello, piano, bass, and guitar, and will be sharing his music with us. 8:15pm Shahrazad Dance Company Shahrazad Dance Company performs Egyptian and Arabic Raqs Sharqi (belly dance) and folkloric dances in the Southwest. Known for their authentic dances, Shahrazad dance is inspired by Egypt’s rich history of queens and goddesses and the heroine of 1001 Arabian Nights. The troupe provides the American public a glimpse into the beauty of these colorful and spirited dances, as well as provides Egyptians and Arabs, living abroad, a piece of their culture. 9:15pm The Legendary Barbra Seville and Friends Richard Stevens has been delighting audiences from coast to coast for over 15 years as “America’s Favorite Blonde, Barbra Seville.” She brings a zany, glamorous, madcap creation to life that is equal parts

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Bette Midler, Madonna, and Bozo the clown. Catch The Barbra Seville Show every Saturday night at The Rock in downtown Phoenix. Experience Barbra at facebook.com/thebarbra. 10:30pm Scorpius Dance Formed in 1999 by choreographer Lisa Starry, Scorpius Dance Theatre has been a constant presence in the metropolitan Phoenix arts community since its inception. Scorpius Dance combines the motifs of humor, drama, and both organic and technical movement to form a very distinct brand of dance theater. Lisa Starry’s A Vampire Tale is the requisite haunt of the fall season, nine years running. Please visit our Booking page to learn about how you can hire Scorpius for your next event! 11:30pm Provocatease Do you like dancing girls, magic, high flyers, live music, and comedy galore? Oh yes, yes you do. Allow this multi-talented, smoking hot troop of Vaudevillians to captivate, amuse, and bring your temperature up. There’s something for everyone in our sinfully delightful shows!

Sunday Pavilion Schedule Sunday Silent Auction Hours: 12pm – 6:30pm 1:00pm Phoenix Comicon Preview Day Beginning at 1pm, Phoenix Comic-Con comes to the Phoenix Film Festival with a special exhibit of ComicCon’s most popular artists and vendors. 2:30pm Horror Filmmakers Roundtable What So Scary About That? This special panel of Horror filmmakers explores the question of “What scares the heck out of us?” and “What have we stopped being afraid of?” Hosted by: Danny Marianino Scheduled panelists: Scott Schirmer (Found.), David Pruett (Festival Director: Dark Carnival International Film Festival) and others to be announced! 3:30pm Post-Production Magic We Can’t Shoot That! So much of what we do in the movie production involves the integration of post-production effects into the production process. Our panel of animators, graphic artists and editors shares tricks and tips of adding post-production wizardry to an indie project. Scheduled panelists: Scott Storm (We Run Sh*t), Jamie Cobb (Down and Dangerous) and others to be announced!

6:30pm Beat the Geek Sponsored by Bookmans, Beat the Geek is the ultimate competition for Science Fiction and Horror. The last round takes place at the Phoenix Film Festival, where the Sunday night party will open with the Sci-Fi and Horror finalists facing off in a trivia debate for geek glory and nerd cred. Only two will emerge victorious! 7:00pm DJ William Reed Join us for music by DJ William Reed, providing a full show with video and light accompaniment. DJ William Reed represents the Arizona Deejay Company, an award-winning mobile DJ & entertainment provider. They serve all occasions statewide, and DJ William Reed will provide music to our evening and awards ceremony to keep the party going. 9:30pm Copper Wing Awards Your opportunity to see who the big winners are this year. Come find out who takes home the illustrious Copper Wing Award.

4:30pm Sci-Fi Filmmakers Roundtable Creating New Worlds A special panel of Sci-Fi filmmakers discusses how they develop alternate realities, non-existent technology and futuristic societies on an indie budget. Hosted by: Mike Stackpole (Sci-Fi Programming Director) Scheduled panelists: Arthur Vincie (Found in Time), Gerry Santos (Channeling), Drew Thomas (Channeling) and others to be announced! 5:30pm Sunday Night Awards Party 5:45pm Spoof N Cinema: Star Wars the Clone Wars Presented by National Comedy Theatre, Star Wars like you have never seen it before!! If Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and Whose Line is it Anyway had a baby, that baby would be Spoof N Cinema. National Comedy Theatre presents comedy shows each week at the NCT Theatre in Mesa. Information is available online at www.nctphoenix.com

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Showcase Feature Films

Eating Alabama Directed by: Andrew Beck Grace Run Time: 1 hour 2 minutes Screening Time: Wednesday, April 10 at 7:00pm Synopsis: In search of a simpler life, a young couple returns home to Alabama where they set out to eat the way their grandparents did – locally and seasonally. But as they navigate the agro-industrial gastronomical complex, they soon realize that nearly everything about the food system has changed since farmers once populated their family histories. A thoughtful and often funny essay on community, the South and sustainability, “Eating Alabama” is a story about why food matters.

Misa’s Fugue Directed by: Sean Gaston Run Time: 1 hour 37 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 11:10am Sunday, April 7 at 9:45am Synopsis: Misa’s Fugue is a documentary of one boy’s journey as a victim of Nazi oppression. While exposed to some of the most horrific events of the Holocaust, Misa was able to endure the atrocities of genocide through his love of art. The tragedy and artistry in Misa’s life is interwoven with the teenage students who collaborated to create this documentary.

Renoir Directed by: Gilles Bourdos Run Time: 1 hour 51 minutes Cast: Christa Theret, Michel Bouquet Screening Time: Monday, April 8 at 7:20pm Synopsis: The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, PierreAuguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters his world, the old painter is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. Back at the family home to convalesce, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden — and in the face of his father’s fierce opposition — he falls in love with this wild, untamable spirit... and as he does so, within weak-willed, battle-shaken Jean, a filmmaker begins to grow.

Still Mine Directed by: Michael McGowan Run Time: 1 hour 43 minutes Cast: Campbell Scott, Rick Roberts, and James Cromwell Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 3:40pm Tuesday, April 9 at 5:20pm Synopsis: In his first lead role after decades of playing supporting characters, James Cromwell gives a tour de force performance in STILL MINE, an exquisitely crafted and deeply affecting love story about a couple in their twilight years. Based on true events and laced with wry humor, Still Mine tells the heartfelt tale of Craig Morrison (Academy Award® nominee Cromwell), who comes up against the system when he sets out to build a more suitable house for his ailing wife Irene (Academy Award® nominee Geneviève Bujold). Although Morrison uses the same methods his father, an accomplished shipbuilder, taught him, times have changed. He quickly gets blindsided by local building codes and bureaucratic officials. As Irene becomes increasingly ill – and amidst a series of stop-work orders – Craig races to finish the house. Hauled into court and facing jail, Craig takes a final stance against all odds in a truly inspirational story.

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The Brass Teapot Directed by: Ramaa Mosley Run Time: 1 hour 41 minutes Cast: Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat, Bobby Moynihan, and Juno Temple Screening Time: Friday, April 5 at 9:20am Saturday, April 6 at 3:15pm Synopsis: John and Alice live in small town America – 20s, married, very much in love, and broke. Once voted “most likely to succeed,” Alice struggles to make ends meet while her friends enjoy the good life. Her husband John, neurotic and riddled with phobias, just wants to get the bills paid. But an accident leads them to a roadside antique shop where Alice is spontaneously drawn to a mysterious brass teapot. It isn’t long before they realize that this is no ordinary teapot and that perhaps they have found the answer to all of their financial woes…The Brass Teapot is a magical dark comedy that reminds us to be careful what we wish for.

Fight Like A Girl Directed by: Jill Morley Run Time: 1 hour 22 minutes Screening Time: Friday, April 5 at 5:10pm Monday, April 8 at 5:20pm Synopsis: Told from a first person perspective, “Fight Like A Girl” is about women overcoming their demons through boxing, while telling a larger story about abuse, trauma, mental illness and healing. In a gritty, first-person narrative that was shot over a period of five years, filmmaker Jill Morley delves inside the little-known world of female boxers to meet the women who are passionate about fighting hard. She gets pulled in to this culture as she trains for the New York Golden Gloves. From world champions to amateurs training for local tournaments, Jill discovers they all have a lot in common. Throughout the film, how she and the other women she trains with arrive at boxing is revealed. The real emotional history and traumas bubble up, fleshing out a compelling story about women overcoming adversity in what many consider a violent sport.

Pit Stop Directed by: Yen Tan Run Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Cast: Alfredo Maduro, Amy Seimetz Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 7:25pm Synopsis: Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama.

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.357 – Six Bullets for Revenge Directed by: Brian Skiba Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Cast: Brian Ames, Fred Williamson, Laurie Love, William Katt Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 7:25pm Synopsis: On her wedding night, Jade wakes up holding the hand of her dead husband after she narrowly survived a murder attempt by the criminal family she fled from only weeks before. After pawning her wedding ring for a .357 Magnum, she tries to kill a member of the family and botches the attempt. However, a Vietnam Veteran called The Hammer comes to her aid and finishes the kill, saving her life. Over the next year, Hammer trains her to be a methodical assassin and on her wedding anniversary, each member of the family will pay for their sins as she hunts them down with six bullets marked for revenge.

He’s Way More Famous Than You Directed by: Michael Urie Run Time: 1 hour 38 minutes Cast: Halley Feiffer, Ryan Spahn, Natasha Lyonne, Ben Stiller, Jesse Eisenberg, and Ralph Macchio Screening Times: Sunday, April 7 at 4:10pm Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00pm Synopsis: When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something has got to change...she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen script and two pitchers of sangria, Halley enlists the help of her brother Ryan and his boyfriend to make a movie, starring herself (of course), and any A-list celebrity she can land. She will stop at nothing, even if it means hurting the only people who truly care about her.

Kon-Tiki Directed by: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Run Time: 1 hour 58 minutes Cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen Screening Time: Sunday, April 7 at 4:35pm Synopsis: The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

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Babe Directed by: Chris Noonan Run Time: 1 hour 29 min. Cast: Christine Cavanaugh, Magda Szubanski, and James Cromwell Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 11:35am Synopsis: Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe, as the piglet decides to call himself, befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm. He becomes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With Fly’s help, and Farmer Hoggett’s intuition, Babe embarks on a career in sheepherding with some surprising and spectacular results.

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IHSFF Showcase Films

Errors of the Human Body Directed by: Eron Sheean Run Time: 1 hour 41 minutes Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 9:50pm Synopsis: Dr. Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden, Germany. His contribution to a former colleague’s important project, a human regeneration gene, has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for years.

Saw Featuring Peter Block Directed by: James Wan Run Time: 2 hours 00 minutes Screening Time: Friday, April 5 at 7:35pm Synopsis: Screening of the original Saw film with executive producer Peter Block in attendance. Peter Block is FEARnet’s President and General Manager, a role that puts him in charge of overseeing all aspects of the company, including its Cable TV Channel, free VOD movie service, and industry-leading website, FEARnet.com. Would you die to live? That’s what two men, Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Gordon (Cary Elwes), have to ask themselves when they’re paired up in a deadly situation. Abducted by a serial killer, they’re both holed up in a prison constructed with such ingenuity that they may not be able to escape before their captor decides it’s time to dismantle their bodies in his signature way. Attempting to break free may kill them too, but staying definitely will.

Kiss of the Damned Directed by: Xan Cassavetes Run Time: 1 hour 37 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 10:00pm Tuesday, April 9 at 9:00pm Synopsis: Beautiful vampire Djuna (Josephine de La Baume) tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia), but eventually gives in to their passion. When her troublemaker sister Mimi (Roxane Mesquida) unexpectedly comes to visit, Djuna’s love story is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered… Www.phxfilm.com

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Gamera vs. Guiron Directed by: Noriaki Yuasa Run Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Cast: Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 3:30pm Synopsis: Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them. Released in the U.S. as Attack of the Monsters, it is a 1969 kaiju (“monster”) genre film, the fifth entry in the original Gamera series. It was one of five Gamera films to be featured as episodes of movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X Directed by: Paul Bunnell Run Time: 1 hour 46 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 9:25pm Wednesday, April 10 at 9:00pm Synopsis: Shot on black-and-white Kodak film stock, Paul Bunnell’s 1950s throwback dials up the weirdness of the already surreal genre of sci-fi B movies with showstopping musical numbers, over-the-top dialogue, and hilariously hokey special effects. Banished to Earth for intergalactic juvenile delinquency, Johnny X and his gang of Ghastly Ones set off in search of a piece of alien technology that could change the fate of the universe forever—the so-called “resurrection suit.” Soon, the extraterrestrial nogoodniks are embroiled in a wacky scheme involving a femme fatale named Bliss, a shifty concert promoter with schemes of his own, and a recently deceased musician who won’t let a little decomposition stop him from rocking.

They Live with Meg Foster Directed by: John Carpenter Run Time: 2 hours 00 minutes Screening Time: Saturday, April 6 at 7:30pm Synopsis: They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They Live. Horror master John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) directs this heart-pounding thriller. Aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission. Humanity’s last chance lies with a lone drifter who stumbles upon a harrowing discovery: a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals the terrifying and deadly truth. Meg Foster will be participating in a post-screening Q&A and then will be doing an autograph signing.

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Play Dead with Teller The Four Directed by: Shade Rupe, Teller Run Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Directed by: Gordon Chan, Janet Chun Run Time: 1 hour 57 minutes

Screening Time: Friday, April 5 at 7:20pm

Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 9:35pm Monday, April 8 at 9:00pm

Synopsis: Famed silent magician Teller of Penn & Teller and Coney Island showman Todd Robbins thrill and delight a live audience with gory ghastly spectacles surrounding real-life killers and psychic pranksters in this dramatic recording of their off-Broadway show Play Dead, recorded live at The Players Theatre on Manhattan’s historic MacDougal street. Expect brutal onstage beatings, nubile nudity, and chunks of the show performed in absolute darkness. Even the exit signs go off! Be welcome, and BEWARE!

Synopsis: An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter’s real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it with funny money, but with an army of undead.

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Horror Features

Found. Directed by: Scott Schirmer Run Time: 1 hour 43 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 3:15pm Saturday, April 6 at 10:20pm Synopsis: ‘Found.’ is an emotional coming-of-age story about a horror-obsessed boy who discovers his older brother is a serial killer. Based on the novel by Todd Rigney, ‘Found.’ centers around Marty, a shy, bullied fifth-grader who takes refuge in horror films... until his life turns into one. After finding a human head in his brother’s closet, Marty fears for the safety of his family while making a desperate effort to reconnect with Steve, the big brother whose homicidal cravings threaten to destroy life as Marty knows it.

Nailbiter Directed by: Patrick Rea Run Time: 1 hour 22 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 11:20am Saturday, April 6 at 9:00pm Synopsis: A mother and her three daughters are on their way to pick up their father from the airport when they are caught up in a tornado. They are forced to take shelter in a cute Kansas home. While, in the cellar, they are trapped by a falling tree. They soon discover that they are not alone.

Sader Ridge Directed by: Jeremy Berg Run Time: 1 hour 22 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 10:25pm Sunday, April 7 at 4:00pm Synopsis: For years Samantha has wondered about where she came from. After inheriting a house from the family she never knew, Sam and three friends take a road trip to inspect the remote property. Soon after Sam arrives, old memories come seeping back to her subconscious while jealousy and unspoken tension between the friends is forced to the surface. As relationships unravel, so does Sam’s sanity. She soon finds herself unable to tell the difference between reality and the horrible visions of brutality she can’t escape. While her world crumbles, Sam discovers that the current horrors may be tied directly to her past.

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Sci-Fi Features

Channeling Directed by: Drew Thomas Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 9:55pm Saturday, April 6 at 1:15pm Synopsis: A soldier returns home on bereavement leave to discover that his brother’s accidental death...wasn’t. With 72 hours to solve the mystery, Jonah assumes his brother’s identity, and enters a world of voyeurism and exhibitionism that’s as dangerous as it is addictive - a world in which people broadcast their lives in real time to as large an audience as possible. Hungry for ratings and the approval of their followers, these ‘Channelers’ engage in increasingly risky and self-destructive behavior. By re-launching his brother’s channel, will Jonah find the conspirators or will he lose himself?

Found in Time Directed by: Arthur Vincie Run Time: 1 hour 29 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 10:10pm Sunday, April 7 at 11:55am Synopsis: ‘Found in Time’ is set in an ‘alternate’ present day. Psychics with real powers sell their ‘wares’ on the street, marginalized by society and monitored by the dreaded Psychological Police Corps. They lead dark, lonely lives. Our hero, Chris, is a ‘collector.’ He compulsively picks up things that most of us throw away. But every object he picks today will have meaning for someone in the future. His gift comes with a downside: he experiences his life out of order, ‘slipping’ between the past, present and future. When he commits murder in the future, he realizes he has to alter his present in order to prevent it. But how can he do this when he’s not even sure of what time it is?

Space Milkshake Directed by: Armen Evrensel Run Time: 1 hour 25 minutes Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 1:15pm Saturday, April 6 at 9:40pm Synopsis: Space Milkshake follows four blue collar astronauts who are stuck together on a Sanitation Station after they bring a mysterious device aboard their ship and all life on Earth disappears. Discovering what happened to civilization is only the first of many galactic-level crises the astronauts will have to face as they are about to come under attack by a mutating rubber duck named Gary, who wants to open a portal to his evil dimension and take over the Universe.

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Horror Shorts Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 5:30pm Saturday, April 6th at 10:00pm Run Time: 90 minutes

Diecons

Directed by: Lomai Five iconic killers band together to resurrect fear in a new generation that doesn’t respect them.

Game

Directed by: Josh MacDonald Hunting Season is Now Open.

The Root Of The Problem

Directed by: Ryan Spindell Set in the candy-colored world of 1950s suburbia, a reluctant young housewife suspects that the friendly neighborhood dentist is hiding a horrible secret, but is it just the anesthesia at work or is there something more sinister hiding below the surface? Open up and say AHHHHHHHH!

Steve From Accounting Vs. The Shadow Dwellers

Directed by: Patrick Gibbs & Paul Gibbs Steve Burrows, a mild-mannered accountant for super corporation Kensington Enterprises, discovers a bloodthirsty cult called ‘The Shadow Dwellers’ performing human sacrifices in his office building.

Sci-Fi Shorts A Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 9:15am Saturday, April 6th at 9:25pm Run Time: 90 minutes

Dry Gulch

Directed by: Alejandro Ayala Alberola This is the story of the last inhabitants of Chiseler’s Burg, an old town on a dying planet in a long forgotten region of space. This is the story of a dry gulch.

Ontogenesis

Directed by: Joanna Ellenbeck A sole individual is tasked with convincing the small number of survivors in a post-apocalyptic future that they have a chance to escape their dying planet, but relationships are strained when the salvation borders on the unbelievable.

Ellie

Directed by: Ricky Lloyd George A strange, beautiful model enters a bar one night. She meets a young guy, and they hit it off. But as they get closer, she starts to fear that he will discover who and what - she is...

A Conversation about Cheating with My Time Travelling Future Self

Directed by: Pornsak Pichetshote In an off-beat drama questioning faith, fidelity, and love, ‘A Conversation about Cheating with My TimeTraveling Future Self’ follows a guy who travels urgently back in time to tell himself one thing: that his life will get better if he cheats on his girlfriend.

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The Secret Keeper

Directed by: Bears Fonte A secret is a precious commodity. If a person can seal their secrets away, and live guilt free, they can truly be anyone, do anything. Somewhere, sometime in an alternate future or past that vaguely resembles the styles and prejudices of our late 1940’s, The Secret Keeper provides clients with that very opportunity. But who keeps The Secret Keeper’s secrets?

Low Tide in the High Desert

Directed by: Stanley Ray Camping at an isolated lake near Roswell, a skeptic and his fanboy cousin argue the existence of extraterrestrials.

Restitution

Directed by: Justin Miller Still recovering from the recent loss of a child, architect Preston Sanders discovers that his wife has cloned their son without his consent.

Iris

Directed by: Justin Lee In the near future, when status has become more important than ever before, a woman with a fake identity must decide how far she’s willing to go to move up the social ladder.

Odokuro

Directed by: Aurelio Voltaire The skeleton of a rat-monkey comes to life in a room full of cursed objects in this Gothic tale with a sci-fi twist.

Horror Shorts Sybling Rivalry

Directed by: Tara-Nicole Azarian Family is all about a love / hate relationship...and the ties that bind...

Midnight Daisy

Directed by: Asa Shumskas-Tait A night turns deadly when a young woman is kidnapped by a group of men who are not all they seem. In urban legends, Midnight Daisy is a vengeful spirit who appears to women in distress, but the reality may be more than any of them are prepared for.

Welcome Wagon

Directed by: Jessica Lee Wright “The Wooden Lens” and “Everyday is a Holiday” joins forces on the gritty Barbary Coast to bring you

this lovely tale starring the vivacious Madeline. Our team added up to only five fierce filmmakers sharing hats and panda suits in this sardonic comedy. A new tenant has rented Mrs. Marylou Blue’s guesthouse in the tight nit community of May Berry Springs. Despite the new neighbor’s bashfulness, Marylou bombards him with treats and threats of best friendship. She is so well dressed, so crazy with happiness and her life is seemingly perfect that it makes you wonder what her true intentions are...Enjoy this sickeningly sweet, gruesomely morose tale of a shy panda and his landlady.

‘Killer Kart’

Directed by: James Feeney The shopping cart is four wheels, one basket, and tonight, for the closing crew of a small-town grocery store, a blood-splattered aluminum nightmare.

Sci-Fi Shorts B Sol

Directed by: Mark Falls Father and son are sequestered in a post apocalypse when the son asks what happened to his mother. The father hesitantly reveals the tragedies. The boy is sad but happy that he has his father. The boy collapses, seemingly dead.

All I Think of is You

Directed by: Shad Clark A grieving widow is approached by a stranger possessing all of her dead husband’s memories and emotions.

Screening Times: Saturday, April 6th at 11:10am Sunday, April 7th at 1:55pm Run Time: 95 minutes

Flashback

Directed by: Steve Petersen Star Trek original cast member Walter Koenig (Chekov) stars in this science fiction short as Dr. Joseph Griffin. An inventor who has created a device that allows people to relive their fondest memories. However, he uses it to relive his greatest regret.

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Quantum

Directed by: Joseph Carlin A young research scientist enlists the aid of two of his colleagues in his latest study -- a game of calculated Russian roulette to put the theories of Quantum Suicide and multiple realities to the test in the physical realm.

Directed by: Greg Aronowitz From Roddenberry Entertainment, the creators of Star Trek comes ‘White Room: 02B3’, the story of six strangers who wake up in a room with no visible exit only to find that they are part of a bizarre experiment that could change the face of humanity.

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The Phoenix

Directed by: Tobias Wiesner Based on the short-story ‘GOLEM XIV’ by Stanislaw Lem. The man-made artificial intelligence GOLEM faces his creators with a detached view of human nature and its culture. The movie captures the absurd interdependencies of human behavior.

Sunset Day

Directed by: J. A. Duran The ‘40s. A boy with special abilities is kidnapped by a mysterious organization named The Corp. After years of training, this boy, now a full member of The Corp, will be forced to make a decision. How far will he go to get his past back?

Directed by: Carmelo Zucco The Phoenix is a tale that takes place in the not-sodistant-future. Mankind has developed the ability to transfer the mind and soul of a human being into an android host body. Mars Reveille is a dying man whose life is now moment-to-moment. He decides to undergo this miraculous procedure for the sake of his grandson Ben, who without his grandpa would be alone in this world and left to fend for himself. Mars’ transformation is a success but the connection to his grandson is frayed and there are quiet gnawing doubts if Mars is real at all. They decide to go on a hiking trip to try and rebuild the connection they once had and to accept this new reality. Www.phxfilm.com

Live Action Shorts A Screening Times: Friday. April 5th at 5:00pm Saturday, April 6th at 11:00am Run Time: 93 minutes

Amelia

The Test

Directed by: Anthony DiBlasi A couple at a crossroads faces the ultimate test.

New Broken Calculator

Directed by: Frank Lucatuorto Ned, an eccentric recluse, crafts a perfect companion for himself out of old doll parts. She serves her purpose without question: to stand forever by her creator’s side. But will that be enough for Ned?

Directed by: Brandon Luck McDuffey When a lonely boy forgoes a long-held dream, he never suspects a new friend is just a few locker doors away.

6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days

Lure

Directed by: Gerard Roxburgh A tale of unexpected passion, huge embarrassment and surprising redemption. The screenplay was a runner up at the Slamdance Screenwriting Competition 2011 (out of over 2,300 entries).

Directed by: Warren Skeels A family man believes he’s rescued a helpless girl from a violent boyfriend only to discover he may be in danger himself.

Elegy for a Revolutionary

Directed by: Paul van Zyl Two friends oppose the apartheid-era government in South Africa. Their choice to use violence tears their relationship apart.

Live Action Shorts B Screening Times: Saturday, April 6th at 3:20pm Sunday, April 7th at 9:30am. Run Time: 89 minutes

Life on the River

Directed by: Chris Remerowski Two homeless people decide to live near a creek in a ravine in the city. However, neither is what they appear to be...

Harry Grows Up

Directed by: Mark Nickelsburg New York is a tough place to find love. Especially for an eighteen-month-old who lives on his own.

The Farmer’s Wife

Directed by: Patrick Biesemans As her surroundings are invaded by outsiders, The Farmer’s Wife stoically carries out her daily tasks in preparation for what will be her final day on her farm, the only land she has known.

Counterfeiters

Directed by: Bryce Hirschberg Filmed in one continuous shot, a group of college dropouts come up with a simple way of counterfeiting money. But when they get too greedy they learn there are no shortcuts in life.

Menschen (Human Beings)

Directed by: Sam Mandegaran During the last week of WWII, an Austrian captain takes a developmentally disabled boy under his wing and brings the loyalty of his men to the test.

Heads Up

Directed by: Alex Merkin An edgy, comedic story of two longtime friends, partners in crime, and somewhat surrogate siblings who love each other to death. When suspicions of trust and loyalty arise at the weekly poker game the situation erupts in an extreme way - because nobody fights like siblings do!

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Animated Shorts Stuper Powers: Rise of the Chipmunk King

Directed by: Greg Bro In this touching tale of self-discovery and conquering fears, a young boy must face a bully or risk losing his ham money.

Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 11:15am Saturday, April 6th at 9:20am Run Time: 65 minutes

The Nebbish

Directed by: Barbara Mones A man with his head in the clouds and the desire to become a fish is about to discover that fantasy does not quite live up to reality.

Pound for Pound

Directed by: Justin Pixler Two Shakespearean street performers get into a turf war that results in a punchy partnership.

Shelved

Directed by: James Cunningham Even robots get bored in dead end jobs, until they realize they are about to be replaced by humans! A clever comedy comes out of nowhere, shot in one day with actors replaced by animated robots.

Make A Wish

Directed by: Hee Jin Kim There is a girl who is not satisfied with her appearance. She visits a magician cat and asks for a way to make her breasts bigger. She pays the fee with her pet, a hamster. She has to choose between getting bigger breasts and saving her hamster.

Fortuity Mist

Directed by: David Rogers On a dimly lit empty city sidewalk a lonely man and woman passing each other experience a sense of connection. But they both lack the courage to take the risk of initiating a conversation. The man consoles himself by imagining the circumstances of what might have happened if he had talked to her.

Worlds Apart

Directed by: Michael Zachary Huber Part science fiction, part thriller and part cautionary fairytale, Worlds Apart encompasses the universal themes of innocence, friendship and the possible fate of humanity. Set in the not-so-distant-future, Earth is visited by extra-terrestrials on a peaceful mission.

Head Over Heels

Directed by: Timothy Reckart A husband and wife have grown apart over the years. He lives on the floor, she lives on the ceiling, and their marriage hangs in the balance.

Revenge of the Fly

Directed by: Tony White A King Kong-style fly climbs the Seattle Space Needle and thinks smart when attacked by a machine-gunning biplane.

Here To Fall

Directed by: Kris Kelly A signal is lost; is a girl too?

Buy Buy Baby

Directed by: Gervais Merryweather Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the roaring twenties and things are looking great for Frederick Frinklesworth 11 and the rest of the New York Stock Exchange. When his daughter Betty is left in his care for the day, can Frederick and Wall Street survive the mayhem that ensues?

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College Shorts Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 2:30pm Sunday, April 7th at 3:45pm Run Time: 97 minutes

God’s Country

Directed by: Josh Mendoza Travis Winters treks into the Northern Alaskan Wilderness in search of the bear that killed his wife. But the treacherous terrain and endless days wear on the hunter as he becomes hopelessly lost. When help from two strangers goes awry, Travis must choose between the revenge he sought or his own survival.

Passion and Acceptance: A Short Film about National Geographic Photographer William Albert Allard

Directed by: Wayne Thomas William Albert Allard has worked 48 years as a photojournalist for National Geographic. He has been on assignment with the Amish and Hutterite communities in the United States as well as traveled abroad to Peru, France, India, Spain, Australia and other destinations. He has defined a style of photography through his use of color and composition. By gaining acceptance with his subjects, Allard is credited as having changed the style of the National Geographic Magazine to a more humanistic approach. This film highlights his use of color along with his method of getting into communities.

Peace at Home

Directed by: Avital Epstein When recent high school graduate David discovers his mother is sleeping with a neighbor, he must battle his feelings of betrayal and anger. As he struggles to make peace with his family’s imperfections he finds himself making a life-changing decision.

Tlaloc

Directed by: Sabrina Doyle The hottest day of the year: a Mexican migrant worker prays to the Aztec rain god, Tlaloc.

The Hard Day Knights

Directed by: Alex Italics The angst-filled experience of a struggling Beatles tribute band, beset from without by a barrage of more successful cover acts, and from within by ‘creative differences.’

Brother

Directed by: Christopher Rickard ‘Brother’ is a short film about a young boy who builds a robot in order to replace his recently deceased brother.

If You’re Serious

Directed by: Zhi Li A rebellious 17 year old girl decides to commit suicide, along with two of her Internet Suicide Group partners, in the most beautiful town in China, Fenghuang. Yet before they meet, they know nothing about each other...

Prime Shorts Showcase Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 1:00pm Saturday, April 6th at 3:25pm Run Time: 90 minutes

Girl Clown

Directed by: Beth Spitalny A mousy secretary attempts to overcome her shyness and find true love by becoming a professional clown.

Loveseat

Directed by: Matthew Richmond Joe (Matt Jones, Breaking Bad) is moving in with his girlfriend, Ashley (Charlene Amoia, American Reunion), which means having to get rid of his old treasured couch, a symbol of his bachelorhood. When he begins to change his mind about moving in with Ashley, his couch comes to life and takes him on a journey.

Docket 32357

Directed by: Randy Wilkins An estranged wife and a grieving mother discover an awful truth in a courtroom hallway.

Patti and Me, Minus Patti

Directed by: Brian McAllister What happens when you come home to find your only friend lying dead on your mattress? What happens when your only friend was a cat?

Alone Time

Directed by: Rod Blackhurst A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence, spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.

HowardCantour.com

Directed by: Shia LaBeouf This is the story of Howard Cantour, a warrior. His life as a film critic and how he comes to terms with reviewing his hero’s film.

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High School Shorts Look Up

The Painted Girl

Directed by Jake Oleson An imaginative child becomes fascinated with the idea of flying. He devises various ways to pursue his dream. He discovers that achieving flight is more difficult than he anticipated.

Directed by Ben Kadie The story of Megan, a closeted gay 15 year old, who runs away from her mother’s expectations. Hiding in an abandoned subway tunnel, she uses spray paint to create art for her mother.

No Regrets

Memories

Directed by Alfie Barker Grace finds herself phoning her son Tom excessively because of her onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Recipe for Love

Directed by Gwyneth Christoffel A lonely cupcake sees other couples in the kitchen enjoying each other’s company, and decides that she needs a friend. With no other options, she chooses to make one.

Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 3:10pm Saturday, April 6th at 9:25am Run Time: 75 minutes

Abracadabra!

Directed by Catriona Warren A hapless magician finally gets a trick right, but unfortunately it’s the one that causes the most trouble.

Directed by Joseph Procopio Sometimes, bits and pieces are all that remain from love best forgotten. Moving on is knowing when to leave them behind.

Directed by Jordan Wippell The neo-noir story of a man seeking redemption for a violent crime.

Piece of Cake

Alone Together

Directed by Susan & Katherine Procopio Opening a cookbook reveals the secret recipe to mouth-watering food in a comedy about beautiful cuisine.

Rain Dog

Directed by Ben Kadie After a terrible ocean storm, Brendan finds himself on a Chilean island with the girl of his dreams. Alone together for the first time, the two grow close, yet Brendan worries: if they leave the island will Eloise still need him?

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Arizona Shorts Screening Times: Saturday, April 6th at 1:05pm Sunday, April 7th at 4:15pm Run Time: 90 minutes

Lake Effect

Directed by: Michael Chadwick ‘Lake Effect’ is a short film exposing the complexity of grief that accompanies tragedy.

Screaming in Silence

Directed by: Neil Sparks A tortured artist is haunted by the recurring appearance of a shadowy figure in his latest painting. When the figure refuses to be painted out, the artist begins to question his sanity and lose his alreadytenuous grip on reality.

Interceptor

Directed by: Angel Ruiz For 5 years, Devin Poe has been an agent for the Counter Event Task Force. Their sole mission... to intercept events from the past and alter the future. But when one mission ends up causing even more destruction, it’s up to him to undo the damage before time runs out... for all of us.

Titus

Directed by: Nicki Legge In the not-too-distant-future Titan one of Saturn’s moons, is colonized. The colonists cultivated this moon with a synthetic atmosphere. However, 5 years after the colony was established, the moon rejected the atmosphere by pumping large amounts of methane gas to kill the inhabitants. Panic broke out in the colony, and the moon has almost been completely evacuated. One man struggles to find his daughter and evacuate the moon that threatens to kill them both.

The Violation

Directed by: Christopher Bradley Mickey Dougherty, 15, has a crush on Oscar Heim, 17, the son of the wealthy family next door. Oscar has a crush on Mickey’s sister, Tina, 16. Fearing a burglary, Oscar’s mother Linda (Beth Grant — Donnie Darko, Little Miss Sunshine) asks the Dougherty family to house-sit while they’re at their daughter’s wedding. Linda makes it clear that she doesn’t want the Doughertys venturing beyond the family room, but once she’s gone, Mickey invades Oscar’s bedroom. Mickey builds a totem of Oscar out of Oscar’s pants and shirts, seating the totem on the toilet and then touching it erotically. Distracted by his mother’s drunken fall downstairs, Mickey hasn’t dismantled the totem when the Heims return home early.

Say What You Want

Directed by: Stephanie Lucas In his teen years, Anthony Nigro discovered songwriting as a means of escape from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Decades later, the OCD is beginning to take over his music and life once again.

Mission Control

Directed by: Brandon Nazari It’s never too early to accomplish your dreams. A child with a vivid imagination, Serenity Dexter, wishes to set foot on the moon. She’s clever and won’t give up. As her mom taught her, “You have to think the impossible, to do the impossible.”

The Muse

Directed by: Brian Kiefling A young girl down on her luck lands a new job, wanting to fit in she takes a bet with her new co-workers. Locked in a vault she experiences the mysteries of an old children’s hospital. Befriended by a young ghost, they attempt to set her free before being murdered by a vengeful nurse who haunts the premises.

Pensil

Directed by: Andrew Gooi, Elise Gooi ‘Pensil’ is the Malay spelling for pencil. This is an artistic take on a story that is not only a part of the director’s (Andrew Gooi) upbringing but also for many Malaysians. In Andrew’s home country, the story of a pencil is an essay piece within the primary school education curriculum. The essay was titled ‘Aku Sebatang Pensil’ which translates to ‘I am A Pencil.’ Thousands upon thousands of students have had their take and their version of their respective pencil story.

Shift

Directed by: Kasim Aslam A therapist helps a man cope with his wife’s suicide. Lake Effect

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Home Grown Shorts Showcase Second Chance

Directed by: Lee Quarrie A young man receives divorce papers and finds solace from ordering things off television and the delivery man who delivers them.

Dust Jacket

Directed by: Kenneth Miller A short horror-thriller with a memorable shocking ending, ‘Dust Jacket’ plays off audience expectation to ramp up the chills. A young, attractive, single woman becomes the fixation for a pair of nefarious men, who follow her home one night from the grocery store. Alone in her condo, the girl watches a local talk show concerned with the ongoing ‘Red Menace’ murders gripping the entire Valley in fear. Outside, unbeknownst to our lead, we see the menacing men peep through her windows. Then, the young woman hears odd noises coming from one of her rooms. Arming herself with a kitchen knife, she goes to investigate - leading to an ending that is as shocking as it is horrifying.

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Screening Time: Saturday, April 6th at 9:05am Run Time: 80 minutes

Cordones

Directed by: Bob Marquis When a shoelace factory employee is confronted with the monotony of her life, she must decide if expressing herself is worth sacrificing the comfort of predictability.

Another Chance

Directed by: Barbara Gross Another Chance is the simple, heartwarming story of Susan, an older animal shelter worker who falls in love with an abandoned old dog.

Spark

Directed by: Diane M. Dresback Norman has lost something very special and only Maggie can help him find it.

Split

Directed by: Miguel Gonzalez One man desperately tries to piece together what would appear as unexplainable, life-altering events confronting him.

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Documentary Shorts Screening Times: Friday, April 5th at 9:00am Saturday, April 6th at 1:10pm Run Time: 95 minutes

Kurdish: Searching For Newroz

Directed by: Raied Khayoun Seeking a create a new history, a young Kurdish couple discusses their cultural struggle, the impact of the many regional wars, and their hopes as they prepare to emigrate from Kurdistan at the time of the Newroz holiday, an ancient Kurdish celebration memorializing a triumph over oppression. The piece reconnects with the couple the following year, in their newly adopted country, as they discuss the impact of their move and join in the local Newroz celebration.

Bad Blood

Directed by: Shane Gabler and JB Schiess A young man struggling with the loss of his father decides to donate blood in his honor, but is turned away because of a discriminatory policy.

Peggy’s Story

Directed by: David Lindblom ‘Peggy’s Story’ is a documentary about a domestic violence survivor and her journey of leaving a 15 year abusive marriage. The film focuses on her decision to leave the marriage and how she rebuilds her life. Unlike most films of domestic violence it does not focus on abuse.

Pulling Teeth

Directed by: Steve Abruzzese ‘Pulling Teeth’ looks at the work and philosophy of Equestrian Dentist, John Baker. His communication with horses and his ability to bond with them make him very unique in his field of work.

L.A. Aboriginal

Directed by: Daniel Lir A film about the life and background of dynamic artist, Dave Tourje, who was influenced by the energetic L.A. subcultures of skateboarding, surfing, gang culture, motocross and hot rods.

Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers from Both Sides of the Border

Directed by: Michael McPherson This documentary short follows the lives of Ivan, an undocumented worker from Mexico and Arnold, a transitory laborer from New Orleans as they work on the day-laborer circuit during a time of economic recession in the U.S. Their stories highlight the struggles and internal racial tensions in this workforce disengaged from formal labor structures.

The Garden Pool

Directed by: Angus Cann A man living in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona decides to turn his empty backyard swimming pool into the core of an incredible, nearly self-sufficient food production system for his family. The Garden Pool

IFP-Phoenix Film Challenge Awards and Screening Screening Time: M onday, April 8th at 7:00pm Run Time: 95 minutes Over the last year local filmmakers have competed in three film challenges and this is the culmination of those competitions. In the summer, the filmmakers competed in the Beat the Clock 48 Hour Film Challenge. Then in the fall, the challenge was the Masterpiece Film Challenge. Finally, the winter brought the Breakout Film Challenge. We’ll be screening the finalists and the award for Best Film will be awarded along with other individual awards.

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Films competing are: Save the Airwaves - “Mission Control” Jump Ship Productions – “Face of Innocence” Jump Ship Productions – “Titus” Silly Grin – “La Lucha” UATDV – “Screaming in Silence” Running Wild Films – “The Memory Ride” Jump Ship Productions – “The Duel” Premium Blend – “Love Sucks”

World Cinema Competition

In the Shadow

Inch’Allah

Directed by: David Ondricek Run Time: 1 hour 41 minutes Cast: Ivan Trojan, Sebastian Koch Screening Times: Saturday, April 6 at 5:45pm Sunday, April 7 at 1:50pm Synopsis: Set in 1950s Prague, the film follows a member of the Communist police force and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s shop. His desire for the truth, though, leads him to new evidence indicating that the case is far more complicated than it seems. State Security takes over the investigation, replacing him with a German specialist in Zionist crime, whose ominous arrival feels more than coincidental. Hakl defiantly continues his investigation on his own, sending both men on a collision course with governmental powers beyond anything they could have suspected.

Directed by: Anaïs BarbeauLavalette Run Time: 1 hour 42 minutes Cast: Evelyne Brochu, Sabrina Ouazani, Sivan Levy Screening Times: Saturday, April 6 at 8:00pm Sunday, April 7 at 11:30am Synopsis: Chloe is a young Canadian doctor who divides her time between Ramallah, where she works with the Red Crescent, and Jerusalem, where she lives next door to her friend Ava, a young Israeli soldier. Increasingly sensitive to the conflict, Chloe goes daily through the checkpoint between the two cities to get to the refugee camp where she monitors the pregnancies of young women. As she becomes friends with Rand, one of her patients, Chloe learns more about life in the occupied territories and gets to spend some time with Rand’s family. Torn between the two sides of the conflict, Chloe tries as best she can to build bridges between her friends but suffers from remaining a perpetual foreigner to both sides.

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Love in the Grave Directed by: David Vondráček Run Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Cast: Tereza Krejci Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 3:50pm Saturday, April 6 at 1:50pm Synopsis: The protagonists of David Vondráček’s love story are Jan and Jana, two street people who have found a home in an abandoned graveyard in the Prague suburb of Strašnice. The cemetery’s wall and overgrown trees form a physical and metaphorical border between two worlds. For Jana, living in a crypt represents safety, and she is relatively comfortable there. However, it is also a trap from which she is unable to escape. At the start of the film, the pair both speak about obtaining IDs and improving their lives, though in reality their situation worsens and they continue on a self-destructive path. The graveyard’s administrators announce a renovation but instead of finding a new place to stay, Jan and Jana increase their drinking and refuse help. “However I end up, that’s my free decision,” says Jana, though the results of her false pride soon become apparent. This documentary does not close its eyes to the unpleasant aspects of homelessness, and shows the impact a dysfunctional family background or a personal tragedy can have on a person’s fate.

Loveless Zoritsa Directed by: Radoslav Pavkovic & Christina Hadjicharalambous Run Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Cast: Branislav Trifunovic, Dobrila Stojnic, Ljuma Penov Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 5:45pm Sunday, April 7 at 9:40am Synopsis: Ever since Zoritsa was born moustacheless into her family of mustached females, there has been a curse on her. Any man that is unlucky enough to fall in love with her (and there are many, as the beautiful woman attracts men like honey flies) is doomed to suffer a terrible fate. Those that don’t end up dead, lie in a permanent coma with zero hope for recovery. But it’s not an easy life for Zoritsa either: hunted by the shotgun-carrying villagers whose sons she has taken to the underworld, she has to live in hiding. Fed up with her loveless life on the run, she sets about lifting the curse, returning to the village on the Day of the Dead twenty years after her first victim’s demise.

Ninah’s Dowry Directed by: Victor Viyuoh Run Time: 1 hour 35 minutes Cast: Anurin Nwunembom, Kingsley Nkwah, Mbufung Seikeh Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 1:45pm Sunday, April 7 at 4:05pm Synopsis: At 20, Ninah is a veteran wife of 7 years and a mother of 3 who is stuck in an abusive relationship with no hope of change. When news of her gravely ill father reaches her, she disobeys her husband’s orders not to go so she could speak her peace to the man who put her in bondage. After her father dies, Ninah refuses to return home and stays instead to run a small restaurant. When news reaches her husband that Ninah is pregnant, he comes to recover the dowry he paid or take home the woman he owns. By any means necessary.

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Occupy the Movie Directed by: Corey Ogilvie Run Time: 2 hours 1 minute Cast: Amin Husain, Andy Bichlbaum, and Cornel West Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 9:10am Saturday, April 6 at 11:15am Synopsis: The Occupy movement took America by storm in the fall of 2011, and has since faced police violence, eviction, and failure. Now without a park to occupy, it is gut check time for the most daring American social movement since the Civil Rights movement. Featuring interviews with key organizers and intellectuals of the movement, we discover the biggest threat to occupy, is in fact, occupy. Can they self-overcome and change the most powerful politicaleconomic structure in human history?

World Cinema Competition

Sanctuary Directed by: Norah McGettigan Run Time: 1 hour 25 minutes Cast: Agnieszka Zulewska, Anne-Marie Duff, Jan Frycz Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 11:50am Saturday, April 6 at 9:10am Synopsis: Jan is a successful Warsaw plastic surgeon with an unsuccessful home life: he and his wife live in the same house but are estranged; his daughter left home early and has no contact with him. One day he returns from a business trip to find his wife dead in the back garden. Unable to cope with his daughter’s grief and resentment and his own heartache and guilt, he uses a conference in Ireland as a pretext to escape. But there’s no escape from memory: a young woman who reminds him of his wife brings forth emotions he hardly knows how to deal with. A journey of one man’s self-discovery, at times dream-like and strange, Sanctuary is a visual portrayal of the wounds of losing someone whom you loved but failed.

Years Later Directed by: Laura Gárdos Velo Run Time: 1 hour 35 minutes Cast: Angélica María, Celso Bugallo Screening Times: Friday, April 5 at 7:50pm Saturday, April 6 at 3:40pm Synopsis: Andres, aged 35, leads a quiet life, he has a girlfriend he plans to marry, and lives in Mexico, with no other family than his mother Clara, who years ago fled there from the Spanish dictatorship. One day by chance, Andres finds out he has a grandfather who lives in a village in Galicia. This news moves him so much that he decides to drop everything and travel to Spain to reconstruct his own past and meet Justino, his grandfather.

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World Cinema Shorts Screening Times: F riday, April 5th at 12:55pm Sunday, April 7th at 9:50am Run Time: 100 minutes

Jacob’s Arrow

Directed by: Marta Borowski Jacob’s arrow is a coming-of-age story about Jake, a naive, boisterous little boy who makes a discovery that takes him away from playing with building blocks to an attempt at rebuilding his family.

The Future

Directed by: Venetia Taylor When you’re young and in love the future seems bright... but then what?

Half Good Killer

Directed by: Brent Ryan Green A jaded child soldier fighting for an African rebel force struggles to survive the war he was thrust into as he reawakens to the life he was destined to lead.

HUSH

Directed by: Georgia Oakley Two young strangers find solace in the silence of each other’s company.

The Future

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Half Good Killer

Bound by Heart

Directed by: Outi Hartikainen A retired bio-researcher Arno tries to find an alternative method for curing his seriously ill wife Helmi.

Counting Happiness

Directed by: Venetia Evripiotou In the streets of Delhi, five-year-old Hasan discovers the key to one of life’s greatest secrets. And the secret, in the words of ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is that Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Middle and High School Educational Programs Ever wondered what goes into making a movie or wanted to be part of the action? The Phoenix Film Festival Education Outreach Program is a great place to start! Designed specifically for middle- and highschool students, this weeklong program during the Festival allows you to join other students in creating film from script to screen one day at a time. Each day we explore different aspects of filmmaking with Industry Professionals. From film lovers and filmmakers, including writers and actors, these seminars are a great way to complement your school’s curriculum for real world exploration and application. There are a number of panels and activities which you can attend to experience the full offering of this program. For more information, contact Bob Marquis, the Middle/High School Education Program Director, by phone at 602-955-6444 or by email at education@ifpphx.org.

Filmmaker Panel - Friday, April 5, 2013

Meet filmmakers who are screening work in the Festival, and hear them share experiences and answer questions. Screenwriting Day – Monday, April 8, 2013

A panel of successful writers will share lessons and answer questions with the goal of helping you create your own story. The best script moves on into postproduction! Pre-Production Day – Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Learn from industry professionals about storyboarding a script and planning shots. Production Day – Thursday, April 11, 2013

Film the script using the materials from preproduction day. Work with actors and crew members to get first-hand experience with working behind the camera, next to lights, or holding the boom mic.

Best of Filmstock Shorts A collection of film shorts from previous Filmstock festivals! In 2009, Filmstock was founded to bring a voice to short filmmakers, and to put their visions on the screen. Over the years it has come to celebrate the beauty and artistic freedom found in the short film format, and the creativity that can exist therein, and has attracted a supportive community of filmmakers and audience members alike. Now, in 2013, Filmstock will continue its mission by connecting filmmakers with audience members from the American Southwest, playing award-winning films in the four states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah!

Screening Time: Saturday, April 6th at 11:05am Run Time: 85 minutes

Laberinto Infernal (Infernal Labyrinth) Directed by: Sixto Melendez

Duress

Directed by: Luis Pimber

Paint Life Beautiful

Directed by: Mark Susan & Brandon Barnard

Dead Man’s Hand

Directed by: Tyson Smith

Eleanor Rigby

Directed by: Brenton Covington

Cult Status

Directed by: Kevin Hermann

Within

Directed by: Ryan Pierson

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Print Source .357 – Six Bullets for Revenge – Page 40 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 days – Page 50 Abracadabra! – Page 53 A Conversation about Cheating with My Time Traveling Future Self – Page 48 All I Think of is You – Page 49 Alone Time – Page 52 Alone Together – Page 53 Amelia – Page 50 Another Chance – Page 55 Babe – Page 41 Bad Blood – Page 56 Bound by Heart – Page 60 Brother – Page 52 Buy Buy Baby – Page 51 Channeling – Page 47 Cordones – Page 55 Counterfeiters – Page 50 Counting Happiness – Page 60 Da Vinci’s Demons Presented by STARZ – Page 31 Diecons – Page 48 Docket 32357 – Page 52 Down and Dangerous – Page 21 Dry Gulch – Page 48 Dust Jacket – Page 55 Eating Alabama – Page 38 Elegy for a Revolutionary – Page 50 Ellie – Page 48 Errors of the Human Body – Page 43 Favor – Page 21 Fight Like a Girl – Page 39 Filmstock – Page 61 Flashback – Page 49 Fortuity Mist – Page 51 Found. – Page 46 Found In Time – Page 47 The Future – Page 60 Game – Page 48 Gamera vs. Guiron – Page 44 Girl Clown – Page 52 God’s Country – Page 52 Golem – Page 49 Half Good Killer – Page 60 Harry Grows Up – Page 50 Head Over Heels – Page 51 Heads Up – Page 50 Here to Fall – Page 51 He’s Way More Famous Than You – Page 40 HowardCantour.com – Page 52 Hush – Page 60 If You’re Serious – Page 52

Inch’ Allah – Page 57 Interceptor – Page 54 In The Shadow – Page 57 Iris – Page 48 Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers from Both Sides of the Border – Page 56 Jacob’s Arrow – Page 60 ‘Killer Kart’ – Page 49 Kiss of the Damned – Page 43 Kon-Tiki – Page 40 Kurdish: Searching For Newroz – Page 56 L.A. Aboriginal – Page 56 Lake Effect – Page 54 Life on the River – Page 50 Lonely Boy – Page 22 Look Up – Page 53 Los Wild Ones – Page 22 Love in the Grave – Page 58 Loveless Zoritsa – Page 58 Loveseat – Page 52 Low Tide in the High Desert – Page 48 Lure – Page 50 Make A Wish – Page 51 Memories – Page 53 Menschen (Human Beings) – Page 50 Midnight Daisy – Page 49 Misa’s Fugue – Page 38 Mission Control – Page 54 Music City USA – Page 24 Nailbiter – Page 46 New Broken Calculator – Page 50 Ninah’s Dowry – Page 58 No Regrets – Page 53 Occupy The Movie – Page 58 Odokuro – Page 48 Ontogenesis – Page 48 Passion and Acceptance: a short film about National Geographic Photographer Albert Allard – Page 52 Patti and Me, Minus Patti – Page 52 Peace at Home – Page 52 Peggy’s Story – Page 56 Pensil – Page 54 Piece of Cake – Page 53 Pit Stop – Page 39 Play Dead with Teller – Page 45 Pound for Pound – Page 51 Pulling Teeth – Page 56 Putzel – Page 24 Quantum – Page 49 Rain Dog – Page 53 Recipe for Love – Page 53 Renoir – Page 38

13th Annual PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL April 4-11, 2013

Restitution – Page 48 Revenge of the Fly – Page 51 Sader Ridge – Page 46 Sanctuary – Page 59 Saw Featuring Peter Block – Page 43 Say What You Want – Page 54 Screaming in Silence – Page 54 Second Chance – Page 55 Shelved – Page 51 Shift – Page 54 Sol – Page 49 Space Milkshake – Page 47 Spark – Page 55 Split – Page 55 Steve From Accounting Vs. The Shadow Dwellers – Page 48 Still Mine – Page 38 Stuck in Love – Page 30 Stuper Powers: Rise of the Chipmunk King – Page 51 Sunset Day – Page 49 SuperFuzz – Page 51 Sybling Rivalry – Page 49 The Brass Teapot – Page 39 The East – Page 30 The Farmer’s Wife – Page 50 The Four – Page 45 The Garden Pool – Page 56 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X – Page 44 The Hard Day Knights – Page 52 The Kings of Summer – Page 31 The Muse – Page 54 The Nebbish – Page 51 The Painted Girl – Page 53 The Phoenix – Page 49 The Retrieval – Page 26 The Root Of The Problem – Page 48 The Secret Keeper – Page 48 The Story of Luke – Page 26 The Test – Page 50 The Violation – Page 54 They Live with Meg Foster – Page 44 Titus – Page 54 Tlaloc - 52 Underdogs – Page 30 Unfinished Song – Page 31 Uprising – Page 28 Waking – Page 28 Welcome Wagon – Page 49 White Room: 02B3 – Page 49 Worlds Apart – Page 51 Years Later – Page 59

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