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WELCOME TO THE 2018 UNDEREXPOSED FILM FESTIVAL yc!

On behalf of the Arts Council of York County, welcome to the 7th season of Underexposed Film Festival yc. It is our pleasure to screen 47 independent short films from 21 countries and all 7 continents.

“I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come.The public itself will not have it.What it wants is a gun and a girl.”- D.W. Griffith How different the world of filmmaking has become since Griffith made this assumption. Griffith was speaking from the perspective that one must make films for consumption not for the sake of art or for the story. Griffith’s statement reflects a view of the time that one must turn out a “product” with a proven formula. Fortunately, this carbon copy style of filmmaking has given way to making very personal stories whether fictional or reality driven.

CONTENTS

Festival Director

Over the next 4 days we will bring you 7 blocks of competition films.

They are much like snowflakes, no two are alike. From personal stories of life in India to a madcap musical, UFFyc is showcasing unique films told from fresh perspectives. We thank our filmmakers for entrusting their films to our care. We thank our jury for their time and devotion to watching each film submitted. Finally, we thank you, the audience, for your devotion and support of independent film.

L e t t e r f r o m D i r e c t o r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Festival Credits.........................4 Festival Schedule.......................6 Films (alphabetical order).........10 Awards Listing.........................39 Official After Parties................40 3

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KAREN COLLINS

Films are no longer just a gun and a girl but often now are a girl and her camera. Men and women get behind their camera and dare to push aside the question Is this commercially viable? Instead they concentrate on making the film that at first was a faint murmur but became a pounding in their chest and that burst forth onto the screen. Often taking risks, filmmakers are staying true to themselves and in doing so have helped change the way the audience consumes film.

Cinema Carolina - Eligible

W Woman to Watch - Eligible Q Q&A Participant SH Student Film | High School SC Student Film | Collegiate

UNDEREXPOSED FILM FESTIVAL

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Producer Arts Council of York County Festival Director Karen Collins Executive Director Marketing & Communications Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Graphic Design & Admin Gallery Manager Artistic Associate Intern Intern

Debra Heintz Melanie Cooper Kim Brock Jesslyn Armstrong Michael Gentry Erica Welzenbach Jami Hodgins Josie Vawter

Support for this project is provided by the SC Arts Commission, Arts Council of York County Small Grants Program, the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC, Rock Hill Accommodations Tax Grant Fund, York County Hospitality & Accommodations Tax, Comporium Communications & the ACYC Annual Campaign. For visitors information including lodging, contact the York County Visitors Center at 888-702-1320.

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F E S T I VA L S P O N S O R S

Arts at Winthrop | Comporium Communications Founders Federal Credit Union | Melton Insurance Old Town Association Carolina Fresh Farms | Dr. Susan Collins | Concerts at the Courtroom Teresa & David Rector | Wells Fargo

C O M M U N I T Y PA R T N E R S Country Inn & Suites by Carlson | Friendly Billiards | Hilton Garden Inn Legal Remedy Brewing | McHale’s Irish Pub | Millstone Pizza + Taphouse Roasting Company | White Horse Restaurant

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BLOCK SCHEDULE DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES BEFORE EACH BLOCK. P O P C O R N A N D D R I N K S A R E AVA L I A B L E F O R P U R C H A S E .

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BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK

A | W E D N E S DAY | 7 - 9 P M B | T H U R S DAY | 7 - 9 P M C | F R I DAY | 3 - 5 P M D | F R I DAY | 7 - 9 P M E | S AT U R DAY | 9 - 1 1 A M F | S AT U R DAY | 1 - 3 P M G | S AT U R DAY | 7 - 9 P M

W E D N E S D AY

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM

TITLE 140 Characters Ginevra Unbound Mariposas The Last Quest I Am the Doorway INTERMISSION The Edge of Alchemy Library of Love

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L O C AT I O N

A L L R AT I N G S A R E S U G G E S T E D B Y T H E U F F Y C .

T H E Y D O N O T R E F L E C T T H E O P I N I O N O F T H E M O T I O N P I C T U R E A S S O C I AT I O N O F A M E R I C A .

D I N A ’ S P L AC E

in the DiGIORGIO CAMPUS CENTER at WINTHROP UNIVERSITY

2020 ALUMNI DR. RO C K H I L L , S C 29733

M AY 9 , 2 0 1 8 DIRECTOR Dean Winkler, Maureen Nappi, Donald S. Butler Tess Martin Maggie Mahrt Adrian Carey Božidar Trkulja Robin Kasparik

RUNTIME 05:35

RATING PG-13

CATEGORY Experimental

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Animation Narrative Narrative Animation Narrative

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Stacey Steers Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds

19:00 12:10

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Animation Narrative

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O F F I C I A L A F T E R PA RT Y | The White Horse Restaurant @ 9 PM** B L O C K A I S D E D I C AT E D TO T H E M E M O RY O F A M Y LY N N R E C TO R .

S p o n s o r e d b y Te r e s a a n d D a v i d R e c t o r

* Q & A Participant | Subject to Change or Cancellation ** For details, see page 40.

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PASSPORTS NOT REQUIRED

BLOCK B | 7 - 9 PM

T H U R S D AY

TITLE CITIPATI Still Water Runs Deep The Peculiar Abilities of Mr. Mahler INTERMISSION A.L. (Ancient Lights) The Driver Is Red The President’s Visit

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DIRECTOR Andreas Feix Abbesi Akhamie Paul Philipp

RUNTIME 06:50 15:00 29:00

RATING PG-13 PG-13 PG-13

CATEGORY Animation Narrative Narrative

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Cashell Horgan Randall Christopher Cyril Aris

12:00 14:45 19:02

PG-13 PG PG

Narrative Animation Narrative

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TITLE Daddy The Tent Village JUST THE FACTS

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O F F I C I A L A F T E R PA RT Y | McHale’s Irish Pub @ 9 PM**

F R I D AY

BLOCK C | 3 - 5 PM

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INTERMISSION Ice Dwellers While I Yet Live Palenque

DIRECTOR John Gallen, Alex Faoro Nilima Abrams, Ganga Boya, Aliveli Boya, Maheswari Boya, Saritha Pobhati

RUNTIME 30:06

RATING PG-13

CATEGORY PAGE Documentary 13

24:45

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Documentary 31

Barbara Klutinis Maris Curran Sebastián Pinzón Silva

12:31 14:00 25:00

G G PG-13

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CAROLINA STORIES

BLOCK D | 7 - 9 PM

D I N N E R | Join us at Roasting Company between blocks C & D.

TITLE Cézanne Father’s Knots Mark The Hidden INTERMISSION Earworm Stream Crab Trap

DIRECTOR David Ryder* Christopher S. O’Neill* David Superville*, Cameron Voris* Chris Baker*

RUNTIME 15:40 05:35 07:37

Anil Dhokai* J. Michael Simpson* Shea Sizemore

09:34 01:34 24:48

RATING PG-13 PG-13

04:16 PG-13 G PG-13

CATEGORY Narrative Experimental Narrative

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O F F I C I A L A F T E R PA RT Y | Concerts at the Courtroom in Gettys Art Center @ 9 PM**

* Q & A Participant | Subject to Change or Cancellation ** For details, see page 40.

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S AT U R D AY

lilt Expectant SUPERNATURAL VIBES

BLOCK E | 9 - 11 AM

TITLE Hypertrain

Retox Hamadryad INTERMISSION New World Weight HYBRIDS

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M AY 1 2 , 2 0 1 8 DIRECTOR Fela Bellotto, Etienne Kompis Josiah Cuneo Benjamin Sliker*, Matthew Bumby* Elana Emer Nancy Allison, Paul Allman

RUNTIME 03:35

RATING PG

CATEGORY Animation

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Experimental Narrative

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03:32 08:27

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Experimental Experimental

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Laura Kaehr Fausto Barrionuevo* Florian Brauch, Mattieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion

10:00 14:40 06:22

PG-13 PG-13 PG-13

Experimental Narrative Animation

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TITLE Compartments THE FUTURE IS THEIRS

BLOCK F | 1 - 3 PM

L U N C H | Join us at Legal Remedy between blocks E & F.

Little Red Pocketbook High Intensity Mi Dulcinea Daydreamer INTERMISSION Grand Dragon WONDERLAND Snow

DIRECTOR Daniella Koffler, Uli Seis Holly Holder Abigail Loos Max Barbakow Kathryne Garrido*

RUNTIME 15:00

RATING PG-13

CATEGORY Animation

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Documentary Narrative Narrative Animation

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Chris Gervais* Tiffanie Hsu Alex Murawski

06:00 14:18 19:17

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RUNTIME 06:50

RATING PG-13

CATEGORY Animation

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TITLE Garden Party A MOTLEY CREW

BLOCK G | 7 - 9PM

D I N N E R | Join us at Millstone Pizza between blocks F & G.

A Gentle Night The Suitcase Gaze The Bake Shop Ghost

DIRECTOR Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro QIU Yang Abi Damaris Corbin Farnoosh Samadi Lorette Bayle

AWA R D S W I L L B E P R E S E N T E D I M M E D I AT E LY F O L L O W I N G B L O C K G .

O F F I C I A L W R A P PA RT Y | Friendly Billiards @ 9:30 PM** * Q & A Participant | Subject to Change or Cancellation ** For details, see page 40.

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140 CHARACTERS BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2017 | 5:35 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Directors Dean Winkler, Maureen Nappi,

Donald S. Butler Producers WCI

140 Characters poses the question, “What happened to the future we were promised?”

A.L. (ANCIENT LIGHTS) BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2018 | 12 min. | PG-13 Country Ireland Language English Director Cashell Horgan Writers Cashell Horgan, Algernon Blackwood, Producers Linhong Yang, Cashell Horgan Cast Declan Rooney

A surveyor clerk trespasses a fairy forest, at a time when a new mythology is being created for a technological world.

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THE BAKE SHOP GHOST BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 16:30 min. | PG Country United States Language English Director Lorette Bayle Writer Bob Gibbons Producers Nic Emiliani, Lorette Bayle, Brian Udovich Cast Katheryn Joosten, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

In a haunted bake shop, a determined young woman struggles to find the perfect recipe to satisfy a hungry spirit. Based on a best-selling children’s book, this film provides enchantment for all ages.

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CÉZANNE BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 15:40 min. | PG-13 Country USA Language Engish Director David Ryder Writer David Ryder Producers Jonathan Landau, David Ryder,

Marty Landau, Ross McKinnon Cast Gray Hawks, Kate MacCallum

Jon buys a painting from a very troubled artist. Soon it becomes apparent that the painting is adding more complications to his life.

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CITIPATI BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2017 | 6:50 min. | PG-13 Country Germany Language None Director Andreas Feix Producer Francesco Faranna

After being subjected to a cataclysmic meteorite impact, a small dinosaur attempts to battle the horrific aftermath both physically & psychologically. A tale about life, death & rebirth, told from a unique, prehistoric perspective.

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COMPARTMENTS BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Animation | 2017 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Country Germany, Israel Language English Directors Daniella Koffler, Uli Seis Writer Daniella Koffler Producer Eitan Shefer Cast Shirly Lev, Micah Lewensohn,

Matthias Wagner, Philipp Oehme,

Alice von Gwinner

Netta, a young Israeli woman wishes to immigrate to Berlin. Her father, the son of Holocaust survivors, is horrified by her decision to live in the land that killed her ancestors. He refuses to speak to her again if she leaves. Based on Daniella Koffler’s personal story, “Compartments” is the first German-Israeli animation co-production that wishes to explore collective memories of the Holocaust in the third generation, and how they shape both sides in ways we cannot predict.

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CRAB TRAP BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 24:48 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Shea Sizemore Writer Shea Sizemore Producers Vanna White, Chip White,

Jason McRae Smith Cast Danny Vinson, Rebecca Koon,

Grant Goodeve, John Voldstad, Dave Blamy

Crawling back from the edge of society, Thirsty tries to prove he’s a “changed man” to his sister in order to gain access to his daughter once again.

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DADDY BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2017 | 30:06 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Directors John Gallen, Alex Faoro Cast Curtis Malone, DerMarr Johnson, Nolan Smith

Daddy tells the story of beloved youth basketball coach and duplicitous drug trafficker Curtis Malone. In examining Curtis’s life from his childhood to his arrest, it challenges audiences to decide if he is a calculating criminal or caring mentor.

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DAYDREAMER BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Animation | 2017 | 4:29 min. | G Country United States Language English Director Kathryne Garrido Writer Kathryne Garrido Producer Kathryne Garrido

Daydreamer features a student who, while falling asleep in class, is awoken by the teacher and is told to do a problem on the board that he doesn’t know how to solve. Embarrassed, the student daydreams of entering a cloud kingdom, where he learns to overcome challenges before waking up.

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THE DRIVER IS RED BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2017 | 14:45 min. | PG Country United States Language English Director Randall Christopher Writer Randall Christopher Producers Jared Callahan, Randall Christopher Cast Mark Pinter

The Driver is Red is a 15-minute animated true crime documentary that tells the captivating true story of Zvi Aharoni and the Israeli secret service team that brought down one of the most powerful Nazis on the run. Fifteen years after the end of World War II, the team closes in on the murderer in Argentina in their attempt to bring him to justice.

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EARWORM BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 9:34 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Anil Dhokai Writer Anil Dhokai Producers Strawhouse Pictures Cast Chris Gervais,

Nicole Cardamone Cannon,

Rodney Stringfellow, Micah Troublefield

After waking up with a song stuck in his head, a man discovers that it is coming from an unlikely source.

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THE EDGE OF ALCHEMY BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2017 | 19:00 min. | PG Country United States Language None Director Stacey Steers Writer Stacey Steers Producer Stacey Steers Cast Mary Pickford, Janet Gaynor

The actors Mary Pickford and Janet Gaynor are seamlessly appropriated from their early silent features and cast into a surreal epic with an upending of the Frankenstein story and an undercurrent of hive collapse. The third film in a trilogy examining women’s inner world, this handmade film is constructed from over 6,500 collages. Music by Lech Jankowski (Brothers Quay).

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EXPECTANT BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Narrative | 2017 | 14:04 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Directors Benjamin Sliker, Matthew Bumby Writers Benjamin Sliker, Matthew Bumby Producers Benjamin Sliker, Matthew Bumby Cast Rebecca Morris, Jordon Alexander,

Lacy Camp, Joseph Lavender

Expectant tells the story of Joanna, who desperately wants to fill a void in her life with a child. That second chance comes from an unexpected source – the sky.

The short film follows Joanna as she accepts and deals with the consequences of her sudden unusual pregnancy and the strangers who show up out of nowhere offering to help.

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FATHER’S KNOTS BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2017 | 5:35 min. | PG Country United States Language English Director Christopher S. O’Neill Writer Dustin M. Hoffman Producers Jeff Williams, Ron Parks,

Christopher S. O’Neill Cast Tom Robinson, Jill O’Neill, Ron Parks

Adapted from a short story written by Dustin M. Hoffman (from his collection One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist published by University of Nebraska Press), Father’s Knots is an experimental piece about memory and father and son relationships.

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GARDEN PARTY BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2017 | 6:50 min. | PG-13 Country France Language None Directors Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux,

Victor Caire, ThĂŠophile Dufresne,

Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro

In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instinct.

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GAZE BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 14:28 min. | PG-13 Country Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy Language Persian Director Farnoosh Samadi Writers Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi Producers Pouria Heidary Oureh Cast Marzieh Vafamehr, Babak Karimi,

Amir Reza Ranjbaran

On her way back from work a woman witnesses something happening in the bus and she has to decide if she reveals it or not.

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A GENTLE NIGHT BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 15 min. | PG-13 Country China Language Chinese Director QIU Yang Writer QIU Yang Producers QIU Yang, LI Yi Cast LI Shuxian

In a nameless Chinese city, a mother with her daughter missing, refuses to go gentle into this good night.

GINEVRA BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2017 | 3:42 min. | PG-13 Country Netherlands Language English Director Tess Martin Producer Max Rothman

Dawn is breaking and the owls are stirring. A young woman has been murdered, but is this truly the end?

This short film is based on the unfinished poem, The Dirge by Percy Shelley, published in 1824.

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GRAND DRAGON BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Narrative | 2018 | 6:00 min. | PG Country United States Language English Director Chris Gervais Writer Chris Gervais Producer Anil Dhokai Cast Gianna Singleton, Colt Barber, Carey Jones

A young girl gets her favorite toy stuck on the roof and must enter a room with a terrifying old man to get it back.

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HAMADRYAD BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Experimental | 2014 | 8:27 min. | G Country United States Language English Directors Nancy Allison, Paul Allman Writers Nancy Allison, Paul Allman Producers Nancy Allison, Paul Allman Cast Miki Orihara

A dancer, or perhaps a wood nymph, rehearses alone in a New York studio enchanting herself into the forest that inspired her dance.

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THE HIDDEN BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2016 | 4:16 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Chris Baker Writer Chris Baker Producers Juli Emmons, John J. Miller IV Cast Pierce Pope, Pat Dortch

A father reads his son a bedtime story when the power mysteriously goes out.

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HIGH INTENSITY BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Narrative | 2017 | 2:00 min. | G Country United States Language English Director Abigail Loos Writer Eileen Annie Loos Ball

Poetic reading set to scenic Long House Reserve sculptures and gardens.

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HYBRIDS BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Animation | 2017 | 6:22 min. | PG-13 Country France Language None Directors Florian Brauch, Mattieu Pujol,

Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion Producer MOPA

When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change...

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HYPERTRAIN BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Animation | 2016 | 3:35 min. | PG Country Switzerland Language None Directors Fela Bellotto, Etienne Kompis

On a train trip through spatial and temporal dimensions the traveller suddenly comes across himself. #cat

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I AM THE DOORWAY BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Country Czech Republic Language English Director Robin Kasparik Writer Stephen King, Robin Kasparik Producer Robin Kasparik Cast Radim Vizvary

A sci-fi horror film based on the story by Stephen King.

A first person POV perspective allows the audience to get inside the head of an astronaut trapped in a spaceship, as a strange virus grows inside him, altering his mind. To save himself he must take drastic action.

ICE DWELLERS BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2017 | 12:31 min. | G Country United States, Antarctica, Iceland Language None Director Barbara Klutinis Producer Barbara Klutinis

Inhabitants of polar and subpolar regions wander through landscapes of melting ice.

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THE LAST QUEST BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2017 | 15:57 min. | PG-13 Country Croatia Language None Director Božidar Trkulja Writer Božidar Trkulja Producers Vinko Brešan Cast Božidar Trkulja, Antonija Veljačić,

Pavao Stanojević, Antonija Begušić,

Tomislav Gregl, Ivana Bošnjak,

Thomas Johnson, Dina Karadžić,

Tihana Ostreš, Nenad Laktašić,

Vladimir Sokačić, Bruno Razum

Five brave heroes. Three incentive dwarfs. One tempting prize. Greed, vanity and lust in the contest until the very end. Who is worthy of the prize? Based on legendary literary quests.

LIBRARY OF LOVE BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2016 | 12:10 min. | PG Country Australia Language English Directors Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds Writers Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds, Kathryn Lefroy Producers Meg McPherson, Estelle Buzzard, Maya Kavanagh Cast Trilby Glover, Ian Brennan, Alinta Carroll,

Ben Mortley, Jess Phillippi, Taryn Ryan, Elwyn Edwards

Isabelle is a hopeless romantic, who spends her days as a librarian reading too many romance novels and dreaming of true love. But can she pull her nose out of the books long enough to find love in the real world?

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LILT BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Experimental | 2017 | 12:37 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Josiah Cuneo Writer Josiah Cuneo Producer Josiah Cuneo Cast Malin Barr, Ben van Berkum

Daydreams of dancers flood the thoughts of a woman as she says goodbye.

LITTLE RED POCKETBOOK BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Documentary | 2017 | 13:40 min. | G Country United States Language English Director Holly Holder Writer Holly Holder Producer Holly Holder Cast Charkes Coward, Dr. Rita Joyner,

Dr. Robert Korstad

Little Red Pocketbook tells the story of the brave students attending the all-black Adkin High School in Kinston, NC, in 1952. Under a segregated educational system, many disparities existed between Adkin and the all-white high school, Grainger. In order to fight for the learning tools, the student body staged one of the first walkouts at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. Their legacy has helped shaped the course of history in Kinston, and now it is finally time for the world to know.

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MARIPOSAS BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 3:00 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language Spanish Director Adrian Carey Writer Samanta Schweblin Producers David Eli Munz Maire, Rob Eletto Cast Miguel Belmonte, Rocco Salata,

Alice Chandler-Hume, Anastasia Baker

Set in a universe of magical realism, a boastful father prattles on superficially about his daughter to another parent in the school pick up line, but is unable to perceive her when it matters most. Based on the short story, Mariposas by Samantha Schweblin.

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MARK BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 7:37 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Directors David Superville, Cameron Voris Writers David Superville, Cameron Voris Producer Cosmic River Films Cast Berry Newkirk, Carol Bruckner,

David Acevedo, Shane Grant, Zade Patterson

“They woke him up. Now they’re gonna milk him for all he’s worth.” After being activated as a sleeper agent, Mark, a boxer-clad father with a mysterious past, is put through a series of trials that test his resolve. With life hanging in the balance, Mark has to struggle to fight against the voice in his head. A Charlotte 48 HR Film Project film.

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MI DULCINEA BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Narrative | 2017 | 3:20 min. | PG Country United States, Cuba Language Spanish Director Max Barbakow Writer Max Barbakow Producer Victoria Fermani Loekemeyer Cast William Igor, Ayrismary Arias

Observe the tenents of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom & justice. Help build a more peaceful world.

A young Taekwondo student tries to seduce an older woman with promises of protection and steadfast affection.

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NEW WORLD BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Experimental | 2017 | 10:00 min. | PG-13 Country Switzerland Language None Director Laura Kaehr Exec. Producer Filippo Bonacci Editors Kirstin Reppas, Daniel Casparis Producer Philippo Bonacci Cast Jasmin Sisti, Alessandro Torresin, Luka Ostrez

When Anna runs away from her tribe, she meets an entire new world. A dystopian love story set in a far future, where love, once more breaks thought boundaries and limitations.

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PALENQUE BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2017 | 25:00 min. | PG-13 Country Colombia Language Spanish Director Sebastián Pinzón Silva Cast Emelina Reyes Salgado,

José Valdéz Teheran, Joaquín Valdéz Hernández,

Rosalina Cañate Pardo

Guided by motifs of life and death, PALENQUE is an ode to a small town that has greatly contributed to the collective memory of Colombia: San Basilio de Palenque, the first town in the Americas to have broken free from European domination. *Contains sensitive material.

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THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR. MAHLER BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 29:00 min. | PG-13 Country Germany Language German Director Paul Philipp Writer Belo Schwarz Producers Moritz Helmes Cast Andr Hennicke, Dante Gutierrez Janssen,

Jasmin Schwiers, Matthias Lier, Bernd Stegemann

East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assign him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry Kiefer, who is missing for weeks now, before this issue leads to political tensions with the West. But then he brings something to light that makes this family tragedy especially political...

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THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 19:02 min. | PG Country Lebanon, Qatar, United States Language Arabic Director Cyril Aris Writers Cyril Aris, Mounia Ak Producers Marc Fadel, Valerie Martinez Cast Fouad Yammine, Nicolas Daniel

When a small coastal town of fishermen learns about the secret visit of the President of the Republic to its local soap shop, they embark in an everlasting struggle at cleaning up and maintaining the perfect image of their town.

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RETOX BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Experimental | 2016 | 3:32 min. | PG-13 Country Canada Language English Directors Elana Emer Cast Jes Wareing, Sarah Abrams

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

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SNOW BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Narrative | 2017 | 19:17 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Alex Murawski Writer Alex Murawski Producer Sam Meikle Cast Landon Edwards, Brady Jenness,

Jeb Kreager, Charlotte Ward, Esther Williamson

After an accident, 11-year-old Sam leaves an injured girl in barren snowy farmland. The weight of his departure presses upon him and he sets back out to find her before it’s too late.

STILL WATER RUNS DEEP BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Country United States, Nigeria Language English Director Abbesi Akhamie Writer Abbesi Akhamie Producer Melissa Adeyemo Cast Toyin Oshinaike, Rita Edward, Yemi Adebiyi

Within the Nigerian family, the father is the patriarch and protector of his flock. Still Water Runs Deep tells the intimate story of a man whose concealed emotions begin to stir when faced with the portent of a missing son.

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STREAM BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2018 | 1:34 min. | G Country United States Language None Director J. Michael Simpson Writer J. Michael Simpson Producer J. Michael Simpson Cast J. Michael Simpson

Stream is an experimental video of an edited view of the surface of white water treated as a line drawing with sound that shifts from the sound of a stream to the sound of a heart beat.

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THE SUITCASE BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2017 | 20:00 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Directors Abi Damaris Corbin Writer Abi Damaris Corbin Exec. Priducers Jean de Meuron, Elena Bawiec, Erik Weaver Producers Abi Damaris Corbin, Drew Diamond, Daniela Ruiz Editor Chris Witt Sound Peter Bawiec Cast Mojean Aria, Joseph Reitman, Charley Rossman

The ordinary life of a Boston bred baggage handler is turned upside down when he steals a suitcase that contains terrorist plans. Inspired by true events on 9/II. *This film is NOT eligible for the Terry Roueche Audience Choice Award.

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THE TENT VILLAGE BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2016 | 24:45 min. | PG Country India Language English Directors Nilima Abrams, Ganga Boya, Aliveli Boya,

Maheswari Boya, Saritha Pobhati Producer Nilima Abrams

A nuanced view into the lives of roadside tent dwellers in India, filmed by their teenaged children.

An unflinching yet gentle exploration of the interplay between external oppression, internalized self-defeat and hope, highlighting the innate worth of all people.

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UNBOUND BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2016 | 12:36 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Maggie Mahrt Writer Maggie Mahrt Producers David Greenwalt, RD Delgado Cast Emily Sansiri, Gina Haraizumi

In turn-of-the-century Japan, a young girl sacrifices her freedom in order to save her ailing father by becoming a factory worker. Surrounded by fear and foes, she is soon entangled in an unexpected metamorphosis as she transforms into a silkworm. UNBOUND is based on the short story Reeling for the Empire from a New York Times Bestseller by Karen Russell.

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WEIGHT BLOCK E | SATURDAY | 9 - 11 AM Narrative | 2016 | 14:40 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Fausto Barrionuevo Producer Nathan Gjerstad Cast Caitlin Wood, Jennifer Mann,

Caitlin Mosher, Margaret Breeden, Jake Whitson

Weight is a short, super-realist narrative film about a girl, who after a childhood of caring for her bed-bound brother, declines the role of caretaker and travels back to her life away in college; while on her way, she happens upon an unsettling roadside revelation.

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WHILE I YET LIVE BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2018 | 14:00 min. | G Country United States Language English Director Maris Curran Producer Jon Coplon Cast Julie Caskey

Five acclaimed African American quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, talk about love, religion and the fight for civil rights as they continue the tradition of quilting that originally brought them together.

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WONDERLAND BLOCK F | SATURDAY | 1 - 3 PM Narrative | 2017 | 14:18 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Director Tiffanie Hsu Writer Tiffanie Hsu Producers Pin-Chun Liu, Domenica Castro Cast Joan Chen, Audrey Hui

Twelve-year-old Adeline Tang struggles to navigate America’s adult playground and keep her mother’s gambling under control, all for the promise of that perfect family Christmas holiday once her father arrives.

But as the days unfold, Adeline realizes that growing up might not hold all the excitement she’d been hoping for.

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FILM JUDGES AV E RY C A R P E N T E R , UFFyc Everyman Avery attends Saint Anne’s Catholic School. Avery has studied glassblowing, jewelry making and printmaking. She is mentored by artist Christian Waggoner (Star Wars/Disney Fan Art) and recently participated in the Arts Council of York County’s portrait contest. Avery will be spending her summer as an intern at Springs Creative and her junior and senior years of high school at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts.

C A N D Y C L A P P, Scriptwriter Candy Clapp, a native of North Carolina, moved to Los Angeles to pursue her writing aspirations after graduating from UNC-CH with a B.A. in Dramatic Art and a minor in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures in 1980. She landed her first job as assistant to the writers of The Tim Conway Show followed by the hit show Three’s Company where she eventually wrote dialogue and sold scripts. When the latter ended, she became an assistant talent agent at Creative Artists Agency.

Several years later she entered into a development deal with Jeffrey Katzenberg and Walt Disney Studios. Clapp sold screenplays to Paramount Studios, Three Arts Productions, Briggle-Hennessey and Carruthers among others.

Her favorite credit to date was founding the national award winning Merry Pranksters Theatrical Troupe for the mentally challenged in association with the City of Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism. She helped produce the award winning documentary film, Laugh At Us, based on the drama groups struggles.The film produced by Emulsion Arts and directed by Karen Collins and John Disher, aired nationally on PBS and in Canada for seven years.

Clapp lives on a horse farm in the Carolina foothills in Landrum, SC where she is currently writing a novel.

M I C H A E L C U S A C K , Animation Filmmaker Michael Cusack lives and works in Adelaide in South Australia. His first major award was an Australian Film Institute Award in 1985 for the short film Waltzing Matilda. Since then Michael has forged a career as director of both high end television commercials and a number of highly successful short films. He has received the prestigious Master’s Chair Award from the Adelaide Advertising and Design Club a record six times and received the President’s Award from The Adelaide Art Directors for outstanding achievements in TV/Cinema. In 2002 he was made an Honorary Member of the Australian Cinematographer’s Society in recognition of his contributions to the National Film Industry. In 2006 he was again awarded an AFI for Best Short Animation for his film Gargoyle. He has received numerous other awards and nominations over his career, including Cannes, The London Internationals, The New York Festival, Anima Mundi, Stuttgart, Hiroshima, Berlin, Cinanima,The IF Awards and a nomination in the Australian Academy Cinema & Television Arts. (AACTA) His film Sleight of Hand was awarded Best Animation at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, making it eligible for consideration in the 2014 Academy Awards. The same film also received First Place in the Underexposed Film Festival yc that same year. Sleight of Hand was awarded an impressive thirty five awards worldwide by the end of its festivals run. Michael is frequently in demand as a speaker and has been invited onto the judging panels of many major film festivals.

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FILM JUDGES CONT. J O A N N A D AV I D O V I C H , Animation Director Joanna Davidovich is an independent animator, character designer, story artist, and filmmaker. She earned a BFA in animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design and graduated as a salutatorian of the class of 2005.

Now based in Atlanta, she works as an animation artist for commercials, promos, and television shows. Her awardwinning short, Monkey Rag, played in festivals worldwide and earned a theatrical run, and is currently available to see online.

M A R T H A ( M A R T Y ) E L C A N , Director, Director’s Guild of America Marty Elcan has over three decades experience in film production as a DGA director and Assistant Director. Her feature film debut, Next of Kin, starred Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer, Ed Begley, Jr., Bess Armstrong, Jeremy London and George Newbern. She directed four award-winning short films (in 43 film festivals winning 14 major awards), Fox’ Beyond Belief, 2nd Units on a feature and a CBS pilot, a commercial, a music video, national award-winning PSA’s, and an L.A. Emmy-nominated documentary, and just recently directed a new short that takes on gender and racial parity in a comedic way. Marty also currently directs and produces the wildly fun Sign Language dvd series Shut Up and Sign that is sold nationally. Prior to directing, Marty worked on over 60 shows as an Assistant Director on such classics as Steel Magnolias, Driving Miss Daisy, Inerit the Wind (with George C. Scott and Jack Lemmon), Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, and Six Feet Under. She proudly serves as Vice President of the Alliance of Women Directors.

R I C H A R D F E U RY, Director, Director’s Guild of America Dick Feury has and MFA in Film & Television Production from New York University. He hias worked on featuer films, television movies and episodic televeison for the past 37 years as a First Assistant Director. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America.

C A R O L G R E E N , Assistant Director, Director’s Guild of America Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Green was watching Annie Hall at a movie house in Pittsburgh, where she was majoring in theater at Carnegie Mellon, when she noticed the credit “DGA Trainee.” She called the Guild to find out more. Upon graduation, she boarded a plane for Los Angeles (the trip was a gift from her parents) to take the entrance exam for the DGA Training Program.

She was chosen to be among a group of 10 trainees who rotated among shows at Universal Studios.The experience gave her a solid foundation in the basics—as well as a network of contacts that has helped her keep up a career for more than 30 years, most recently with stints as 1st AD on House and The Temptations.

J O A N N E H O C K , Director, Cinematographer and Writer Joanne is passionate and prolific storyteller. She has written and directed feature films and documentaries, lensed and directed countless television commercials and directed national and international television shows. With more than 30 years in this ever-changing industry and among a small population of women to break the glass ceiling in directing and cinematography, Joanne’s career continues to expand and grow. Currently her documentary feature Purple Dreams is screening in festivals around the United States as well as Australia.

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FILM JUDGES CONT. N I C K H O U G H , Movie Critic Nick Hough is a Fort Mill, South Carolina native who runs the film blog “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Movies” where he reviews recent releases and documents his goal to “Watch Every Movie.”

Hough has been involved in theater productions including Tokens of Affection, Nuncrackers, Play On, and Don’t Tell Mother with Fort Mill Community Playhouse and earned a Metrolina Theatre Award for Outstanding Lead Actor (Regional South) for his role as Max in Lend Me A Tenor with the Community Playhouse of Lancaster County. He also won a 2016 Montie Award for his performance as Paul Miller in Murder at the Howard Johnson’s while living in Texas.

G A B R I E L L E L A N S N E R , Director, Choreographer Gabrielle Lansner is an award winning filmmaker and critically acclaimed choreographer dedicated to creating emotionally complex and layered works that delve into the heart and psyche. She has directed, choreographed and produced four award winning short films that have screened and garnered awards at film festivals worldwide. Lansner has also choreographed episodes of Law & Order: SVU, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Since 1997, she has been the Artistic Director of gabrielle lansner & company, a critically acclaimed dance/theater company based in New York City. The works have been produced at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, HERE, River to River Festival, P.S 122, The Joyce Soho, to name a few, and have toured the US and Canada. The company has received support from The Dance Films Association, The Alvin & Louise Myerberg Foundation, The Harkness Foundation, The Puffin Foundation, Altria, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Field.

She is a member of SAG, New York Women in Film and TV, the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, is on the Board of Directors of the Dance Films Association/DFA, NYC and was instrumental in developing PS 122 in NYC as a rehearsal and performance space.

She is currently in development for Still Life, a feature length narrative that she wrote.

N G ’ E N D O M U K i I , Director Ng’endo Mukii is an award-winning film director, most well known for ‘Yellow Fever,’ her documentary-animation exploring Western influences on African women’s ideals of beauty.

Her work focuses on relationships, the separation between perception and reality, and the use of moving image to represent unspoken truths. At the prestigious Design Indaba conference (2015), she presented her talk, ‘Film Taxidermy and Re-Animation,’ proposing the use of animation as a means of re-humanizing the ‘indigenous’ image.

Ng’endo is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (‘06), and holds a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art (‘12). She is a Berlinale Talents Alumni (’14, ’15), a Design Indaba 2015 keynote speaker, and participated in the Grafikens Hus Artist’s residency (in partnership with Iaspis) in 2015.

Her films have won numerous awards, including Silver Hugo for Best Animated Short at the Chicago International Film Festival, and Best Short Film at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards.

She works in Nairobi as an independent filmmaker.

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FILM JUDGES CONT. M I C H A E L R I V E R S , UFFyc Everyman Michael Rivers served in the US Army and upon return sharpened his computer and technology skills that he learned in service. Rivers is a Field Service Technician at Carolinas Health Care Systems and is co-owner of RiverSystems I.T. Consulting. A life long film enthusiast, Rivers posses a keen insight into all film genres.

T E R RY R O U E C H E , Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer After spending over thirty years as a photographer and reporter for newspapers,Terry Roueche realized that he was not so interested in writing or photographing what other people were doing, and looked to pursue photography as an art. Over the years, Roueche has explored numerous themes, working to develop a diverse body of work.

Terry Roueche began his career as a newspaper photographer and reporter. He opened his studio in 1976, and he teaches photography with a summer art program in France. Roueche has written numerous articles about photography and often gives talks and offers workshops to regional groups. He is primarily a commercial photographer, working with international, national, and regional companies, whose special interests are abstract images, larger format negatives, black and white landscape, portraiture, and fine art photography.

K A R E N S T O C K , Winthrop University (Professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts) Stock began teaching at Winthrop in 2004. Her specialty is modern and contemporary European art. She guestcurated an exhibition at Winthrop titled Performing Gender, and investigates gender issues in her scholarship. Stock also received a Fulbright teaching scholarship and spent six months teaching art history in Beijing, China.

D AV I D W O H L , Winthrop University (Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, RETIRED) Before coming to Winthrop in 2010, Dr. Wohl served as Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Communications and Media Studies at West Virginia State University in Institute, WV for over 25 years. He was the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Charleston Stage Company in Charleston, WV and held the position of General Manager of the Porthouse Repertory Theatre in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He has published articles and reviews in such publications as Theatre Journal, Southern Theatre, and Journal of the Association for Communication Administration. He has directed over 100 theatre productions, including Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale, True West, On Golden Pond, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, A Raisin in the Sun, Proof, Art, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, To Be Young Gifted, and Black, and The Rocky Horror Show.

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