th
10 Anniversary
2006-2016
SPONSORED BY
Trinity International Film Festival
Our Vision: To provide a festival experience that connects artists to audiences through screening culturally diverse movies to engage the community in dialogue with independent filmmakers. Our Mission: To provide a platform that showcases diverse and international films that supports the work of established and emerging filmmakers. We’ve screened over 1000 local, national and international filmmakers. In previous years, winners of our “Best Short Film” category have aired nationally on the BET-Centric and locally on MY TV20 (recently acquired E.W. Scripps Company). The TI Film Festival has hosted industry professionals locally and nationally to share their knowledge and expertise in various workshops and industry discussions. Special guests have included famed Actress and Producer, Tangi Miller, Syndicated Radio Host and Film Producer, Russ Parr, and Former BET Executive Producer, Ralph Scott, currently with the Aspire Network (Owned by Magic Johnson), Producer Tim Greene, Film Segment Producer/Head of Production for more than 100 episodes of SNL, Tanya Ryno and Writer, Director, Qasim Basir. This year’s master class will be lead by Producer/Director, Christopher Nolen. The highlight of this event over the years has been all of the innovative work we've showcased by indie filmmakers and our audience that supports us. Thank you for joining us at this year's TI Film Festival. Sincerely, Trinity International Film Festival Team
PROGRAM SCHEDULE Friday, August 12, 2016 Friday, August 12, 2016 Filmmakers Luncheon Screening Room 1 Upper Level 12:00 noon - 2:30 p.m. Location: The Carr Center Address: 311 E. Grand River, Detroit, MI 48226 Film Screenings FILM TITLE Greetings & 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Introductions Elemento In Memory Miss Winn’s 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Garden Dimensions Sticks // Stones Meet The Filmmakers 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Q&A Closing Remarks
DIRECTOR
LENGTH
COUNTRY
Nina Paola Marin Diaz Barbara Harrington Shanalyna Palmer
4 mins 15 mins
Colombia USA
36 mins 5 mins 9 mins
USA UK USA
Andy James Kathi J. Moore
Friday, August 12, 2016 Mid-Day Movie Screening Room 1 Upper Level 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: The Carr Center 315 E. Grand River, Detroit, MI 48226 Film Screening FILM TITLE
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Void
DIRECTOR Naji Bechara Jad Beyrouthy Zeina Makki Tarek Korkomaz Christelle Ighniades Maria Abdel Karim Salim Habr
LENGTH
COUNTRY
78 mins.
Lebanon
Friday, August 12, 2016 Mid-Day Fun in Campus Martius Park 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Location: Campus Martius Beach Bar & Grille Address: 800 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226 (Walking distance from The Carr Center) 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Beach Party, Networking, Music, Libations & More.
Friday, August 12, 2016 Opening Night Reception Screening Room 1 Upper Level 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Location: The Carr Center Address: 311 E. Grand River, Detroit, MI 48226 Red Carpet 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Reception
Film Screenings
FILM TITLE
DIRECTOR
LENGTH
COUNTRY
6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Rupee Run JAGON Brunch The Border Coming To Terms I Will Not Fear Meet The Filmmakers Q&A Music & Networking Closing Remarks
Tarun Lak Hannes Höhn Nate Hapke Alessandro Wingfield
3 mins. 20 mins. 6 mins. 24 mins
USA Germany USA UK
David Bertran Mark Comberiate
12 mins. 10 mins.
USA USA
DIRECTOR
LENGTH
COUNTRY
Carlo Caldana
108 mins.
USA
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
8:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Friday, August 12, 2016 Rooftop Party 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Location: 3Fifty Terrace 350 Madison St, Detroit, MI 48226
PROGRAM SCHEDULE Saturday, August 13, 2016 Saturday, August 13, 2016 Straight Films, No Chaser! Screening Room 1 Upper Level 10:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m. Location: The Carr Center Address: 311 E. Grand River, Detroit, MI 48226 Film Screenings FILM TITLE Smile Again, Jenny 10:00 a.m. -11:50 a.m. Lee
12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.
Master Class with Christopher Nolen
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
LLUC Sky Walker
Jaume Fargas
72 mins.
Spain
3:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Intersection
Tim French
79 mins.
USA
5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Exit Thread
Paul Kimball
96 mins.
Canada
Saturday, August 13, 2016 Straight Films, No Chaser! Screening Room 2 Lower Level 10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Location: The Carr Center 315 E. Grand River, Detroit, MI 48226 Film Screenings FILM TITLE 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. The Chair
DIRECTOR Gordon Robertson Kaela Mangiaracina Lin Wang Renuka Shahane Yana Titova Gianluca Fedele
LENGTH 2 mins.
COUNTRY UK
13 mins. 14 mins. 15 mins 15 mins. 30 mins.
USA USA India Bulgaria Italy
Desert Child Eloïse, Little Dreamer The Controller The Beach Boy
Luna Steven
4 mins.
Switzerland
Myriam L. Obin Bob Yong Hannes Rall
4 mins. 3 mins. 7 mins.
Canada USA Singapore
Exodus Flutulus 3000 Don't Tell Mom and Dad
Jun Bae Igor Sadovski Tia Tsonis Daniel Fieber and Cody Duvall
35 mins. 30 mins. 20 mins.
USA Italy Australia
30 mins.
USA
Sins of the Father Three Minute Warning Every Man has a Price A Long Time Ago in Silesia Operación Preferente Ron Last Night Till the End of the World
Rachel Howard Iqbal Mohammed Andrea Filardi Tomasz Protokowicz Roger Comella J.D. Ramage Katy Lueck
9 mins 11 mins. 16 mins.
USA UK Italy
15 mins. 20 mins. 17 mins. 9 mins.
Poland Spain USA USA
Keishi Suenaga
14 mins.
Japan
Te Echo de Menos
Yuki Yushimatsu
22 mins.
USA
Oneness Death in a Day Mementos The House Adelmo 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 13, 2016 Straight Films, No Chaser! Boll Family Theatre Main Entrance Level 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Location: Marlene Boll Family YMCA Theatre (Walking distance from The Carr Center) Address: 1401 Broadway Detroit, MI 48226
Film Screenings 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
FILM TITLE Choices
DIRECTOR Charlene Jeter Carlonese Powell Brian Kohne Dave Kilgore
LENGTH 21 mins.
COUNTRY USA
5 mins. 3 mins. 10 mins.
USA USA USA
All My Friends Are Married Meet The Filmmakers Q&A
Ekwa Msangi
30 mins.
USA
Home Again
Janet Pound Arthur Cartwright
25 mins.
USA
25 mins.
USA
Griffin Olis Hannah Basciano
6 mins.
USA
14 mins.
USA
27 mins.
USA
9 mins. 15 mins.
USA USA
11 mins.
Spain
10 mins 2 mins.
USA Canada
Grief Only Wanna Party Percipient
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
SCARS The 1%: Crisis in the Great Lakes Stateless: Syrian Refugees in Detroit Meet The Filmmakers Q&A 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Motor City Blues Daylight Zeide Cuerdas The GIFT Switch Meet The Filmmakers Q&A
Saturday, August 13, 2016 Awards Ceremony Boll Family Theatre Main Entrance Level 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Location: Marlene Boll Family YMCA Theatre Address: 1401 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226
Saturday, August 13, 2016 After Glow 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Location: Punch Bowl Social 1331 Broadway St. Detroit, MI 48226
Darryl Terrell Shawntay Dalon Nate Hapke Pedro Solís García Anthony T. Green Max Machado
FILM DESCRIPTIONS 3000 Australia Directed by: Tia Tsonis 20 mins.
When Leon’s best friend Ari shares tragic news about his battle with cancer, unemployed and desperate to help, Leon secretly decides to become a criminal to pay for more cancer treatments. Brunch USA Directed by: Nate Hapke 6 mins.
Short film highlighting the importance of mutual appreciation and depth in a relationship.
Adelmo Italy Directed by: Gianluca Fedele 29 mins.
Adelmo is a lonely man, sweeper at his city hospital and lives alone in a house that belonged to her mother. One day he have an accident and his poor and sad lives changes completely. Choices USA Directed by: Charlene Jeter 21 mins.
When Darwin confronts Smitty about leaving his criminal job in order to live a normal life with Fiona, he must make a choice whether to complete one last job.
All My Friends Are Married USA Directed by: Ekwa Msangi 30 mins.
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE MARRIED is a quirky comedic 5-‐episode webseries with a blend of dry and physical humor. It highlights the joys, mistakes, hopes and pitfalls of being single & living in New York City.
Coming to Terms USA Directed by: David Bertran 12 mins.
Having to face the death of their father, Eddie and Sally try to do their best in understanding the concept of death. At their tender age of 8 and 10, they fully rely on their religious father’s teachings.
Cuerdas Spain Directed by: Pedro Solís García 11mins.
DAYLIGHT USA Directed by: Shawntay Dalon 9 mins.
María’s routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends
Nia Holly life turns upside down when she goes through a traumatic event. The story follows her truth on finding and taking back her, 'Daylight'.
Desert child Switzerland Directed by: Luna Steven 4 mins.
Dimensions UK Directed by: Andy James 5 mins.
One night, when a bright star goes missing in the desert, a child makes it her mission to restore order to the universe. With the help of an old friend, she embarks on a journey filled with magical encounters.
Death in a Day USA Directed by: Lin Wang 14 mins.
Evan, 7 year old, visits his comatose father in the hospital. He learns he must come to grips with the impending death falling upon his family while watching his mother tries to cope with single parenthood. Don’t Tell Mom and Dad USA Directed by: Daniel Fieber and Cody Duvall 30 mins.
A large scale adventure through alternate dimensions featuring a grumpy scientist, his A story about sexual identity, hyperactive daughter and a self-‐love and self-‐acceptance. germless chicken. Kyle has a big and scary secret and decides to face his friends and family -‐ but don't tell Mom and Dad.
Elemento Colombia Directed by: Nina Paola Marin Diaz 11 mins.
Eloïse, little dreamer Canada Directed by: Myriam L. Obin 4 mins.
Every Man has a Price Italy Directed by: Andrea Filardi 16 mins
The realities of celebration and protest are blurred as young Eloise traverses streets full of colour and sound, in search of the one face that that will provide her comfort.
Felice is a young winemaker who runs his winery with passion, helped by his worker and friend Nicola. An entrepreneur in the prime of his political rise, Michele Colucci, makes a generous offer to Felice to buy his property. Flutulus Italy Directed by: Igor Sadovski 30 mins.
The man and water are one element.
Exit Thread Canada Directed by: Paul Kimball 96 mins.
Tom is a small-‐town pastor who struggles with a continuing attraction to Abby, a former lover, even as he falls hard for Laura, a college professor and Abby's friend and mentor.
Exodus USA Directed by: Jun Bae 35mins.
In a neighborhood just north of the old Pruitt Igoe housing project, residents of St. Louis Place are facing forced eviction from their homes for the new construction of the National Geo-‐Spatial Intelligence Agency (NGA).
A couple decides on the birth of their child. The husband wants a career, his wife wishes to preserve the life growing in her. The story is seen through the eyes of the child, now already an old woman.
Grief USA Directed by: Carlonese Powell 6 mins.
A disoriented mother is confused between reality and fantasy.
In Memory USA Directed by: Barbara Harrington 15 mins.
In a seemingly utopian future, an elderly woman struggles to accept that it seems like it's her turn to die.
Home Again USA Directed by: Janet Pound 25 mins.
A story of innocence, turmoil, and leaving with a window into the contrasts and connectedness of an interracial family coming together in the 50’s and the letting go in the 90’s. The story unfolds in the McGarry home in Pontiac, Michigan. Intersection USA Directed by: Tim French 79 mins.
Cobb Mills is a man tortured by the guilt he bears from his daughter’s death from car crash while he was at the wheel. Cobb has lost his marriage, his job and any hope for happiness.
I Will Not Fear USA Directed by: Mark Comberiate 9 mins.
Ed rusk started participating in Ironman races to better his health. But when he fell ill during a race, God gave him the encouragement to finish.
JAGON Germany Directed by: Hannes Höhn 20 mins.
An old hunter finds the lost rosary of a mysterious Saracen princess, which keeps an old secret power.
Last Night USA Directed by: Katy Lueck 9 mins.
A 'slice of life' short following one young woman's peaceful face-‐off with depression, suicide and pregnancy.
Lluc Sky Walker Spain Directed by: Jaume Fargas 72 mins.
Lluc, a gray and embittered man, works changing the street lamps on top of a crane. One day receives an unexpected medical diagnosis: he has little time to live.
Mementos India Directed by: Renuka Shahane 16 mins.
Varsha, Ranjan and their father reminisce over their wonderful childhood through their granny's personal artifacts in her old cupboard. Their father memory is jogged by their old family photo album that was among granny's old artifacts. Oneness USA Directed by: Kaela Mangiaracina 12 mins.
Miss Winn’s Garden USA Directed by: Shanalyna Palmer 36 mins.
Motor City Blues USA Directed by: Darryl Terrell 27 mins.
Miss Winn’s Garden is a dramatic short film that explores real life problems and situations faced by foster parents and foster children.
A short documentary about the This experimental-‐narrative film is about being in the inner city of Detroit from the process of making one of the view of its own citizens. biggest decisions of her life, a deaf girl attempts to figure out where she fits among the hearing and deaf worlds.
Only Wanna Party USA Directed by: Brain Kohne 3 mins.
“Only Wanna Party” is the hit single on the award winning soundtrack CD from the full feature comedy, GET A JOB.
Ron USA Directed by: J.D Ramage 17 mins.
Operación Preferente USA Directed by: Roger Comella 10 mins.
Four masked men kidnap the director of a bank branch in an unremarkable town.
Rupee Run USA Directed by: Tarun Lak 2 mins.
Ron is done with the theatre. After years writing and directing for the stage he has seen very little payoff, hard Two dirt poor street work and long hours with performers chase after a coin few results, whatever magic through the streets of India. he felt for the art is gone. But before giving up his lost passion and selling his old theatre to a fast food chain, Ron decides to put on one last play.
Percipient USA Directed by: Dave Kilgore 10 mins.
It's 1910, and Jack has worked most of his life developing his greatest invention, the GhostFinder 2000. With encouragement from his loving wife, and a little bit of luck, he may succeed. But at what cost? SCARS USA Directed by: Arthur Cartwright 25 mins
What if you had the opportunity to erase every experience that ever hurt you in any way? What consequences would come from that?
Sins of the Father USA Directed by: Rachel Howard 10 mins.
Smile Again, Jenny Lee USA Directed by: Carlo Caldana 108 mins.
A father's violent past comes back to haunt him and he loses everything. Does he take revenge or does he forgive like he was forgiven so many years ago?
Sticks//Stones USA Directed by: Kathi J Moore 9 mins.
An intimate look at discrimination.
Jenny Lee is a tennis all-‐star known for her acerbic wit and temper. When a mysterious accident ends her career, Jenny finds out that her agent ran away with her money. Now penniless and forgotten by her sport, she decides to restart her career and seek financial support. Switch Canada Directed by: Max Machado 1 min.
Stateless: Syrian Refugees in Detroit USA Directed by: Hanna Basciano 14 mins.
Fleeing the violent Syrian Crisis, refugees resettle in Detroit where they face push back from the locals of their new community.
Te Echo de Menos USA Directed by: Yuki Yushimatsu 22 mins.
It’s late and Nick is reading in bed. His night lamp flickers in a strange way. He turns the lamp off, only to turn it back on and find himself in another room. That's just the start of a long and weird night.
Daena Grey, and her girlfriend, Liora Guerra’s face the many hardships of being in a relationship, but they must also fight another demon: Daena's depression. This causes Liora to struggle to keep Daena from suicide and harm, making her become overprotective.
The 1%: Crisis in the Great Lakes USA Directed by: Griffin Olis 7 mins.
The Beach Boy Singapore Directed by: Hannes Rall 8 mins.
The 1% explores the dangerous future (and An a nimated s hort f ilm a bout present) of our nation's most two star-‐crossed lovers from precious natural resource: ancient Vietnam. Designed in a the Great Lakes. style inspired by Vietnamese brush painting and traditional art.
The Chair UK Directed by: Gordon Robertson 2 mins.
An ageing, forgotten chair remembers it’s more glorious and important past.
The Controller USA Directed by: Bob Yong 3 mins.
Roles are reversed when a controlling mom is trapped in her son’s video game. Helpless, she now has to listen to him if she hopes to escape the unfamiliar game world.
The Border UK Directed by: Alessandro Wingfield 23 mins.
After a devastating global nuclear and chemical war Britain is divided into two: the war wasteland in the south and the surviving north. Thousands of refugees, carrying a deadly virus, from the south are trying to migrate up north. The GIFT USA Directed by: Anthony T. Green 10 mins.
A homeless man is motivated to change his life after he receives a picture from a little girl.
The House Bulgraia Directed by: Yana Titova 14 mins.
After yet another night of heavy partying, Victor finds himself trapped by his own actions and sees the truth regarding himself through the eyes of the past.
Void Lebanon Directed by: Naji Bechara, Jad Beyrouthy Zeina Makki, Tarek Korkomaz, Christelle Ighniades, Maria Abdel Karim, Salim Habr 78 mins.
Six Lebanese women, different ages, await the return of their sons, brothers, husbands or lovers, who have been missing since the Civil War.
Three Minute Warning UK Directed by: Iqbal Mohammed 12 mins.
One night, an Israeli "knock-‐ on-‐roof" bomb is dropped onto their building allowing them only three minutes to escape before it is demolished. This emotional 11 minute drama depicts the reality of civilians in Gaza, Palestine.
Zeide USA Directed by: Nate Hapke 15 mins.
Till the End of the World Japan Directed by: Keishi Suenaga 14 mins.
A retired high school teacher, Soh Tokita, has spent peaceful and happy days with his wife, Misaki, who was once one of his students. However, the appearance of "The Domes" begins to threaten their ordinary lives... A Long Time Ago in Silesia Poland Directed by: Tomasz Protokowicz 16 mins.
Twin brothers, Rysiek and Stefan live in an orphanage run by nuns. A young woman must come to The orphanage is situated in a terms with the idea that small Silesian town, where the everything happens for a Poles and the Germans live next reason -‐ even death. to one another. The boys are unlucky to grow up in one of the worst periods in the history of the place -‐ during the Third Reich. They will soon be parted only to meet again in extremely unpleasant circumstances a dozen or so years later.
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