2013 Underexposed Film Festival yc Program

NOVEMBER 14 - 16, 2013 COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE CENTER

249 EAST MAIN STREET

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ROCK HILL, SC 29730

YO R K C O U N T Y A RT S . O R G

WELCOME TO THE UNDEREXPOSED F I L M F E S T I VA L YC 2 0 1 3 !

In ancient times, the storyteller would travel from town to town sharing him or her self through the telling of his or her story and the listener revealed themselves though their perception of the story.

Today, this tradition continues in the form of independent short film as shown through the venue of film festivals. It is the director who shares his or her very mind and soul through the powerful visuals he or she brings to the screen and the festival audience leaves the theater forever changed by the experience.

Over the next 3 days, the Underexposed Film Festival YC celebrates the skill, creativity, passion and dynamic storytelling that these 56 films in exhibition bring to our screen. In our 2nd year, we give to our audience an international juried competition of 39 short films in the categories of animation, documentary, experimental and narrative. You, the audience will have the opportunity to bear witness to the voices of a new and exciting generation of filmmakers, each with his or her own personal way of sharing themselves through the camera. For the filmmaker, he or she has the opportunity to not only entertain, but to expose the audience to new emotions and ideas.

CONTENTS

Festival Director

Letter from Director..................2 Festival Credits............................3 Festival Schedule.........................4 Films (alphabetical order)..........6 Awards Presented.....................34 Official After Parties.................35 * All ratings are suggested by the UFFYC (They do not reflect the opinion of the Motion Picture Association of America.)

S Y M B O L TA B L E

KAREN COLLINS

We wish to congratulate our films in competition on their achievements. We also wish to thank the filmmakers of the 17 films screening at this year’s festival as Director’s Choice films. Quentin Tarentino once said, “If you want to make a movie, make it. Don’t wait for a grant, don’t wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.” All of the filmmakers exhibiting in our festival have had to overcome obstacles and make personal sacrifices to bring their films to this screen.

The Underexposed Film Festival YC is proud to share these films with our audience. We are delighted to expose you to these fresh new voices.

Director’s Choice Juried Film Student Film Female Director Film Q&A Partcipant

The Underexposed Film Festival YC 2013 is brought to you by the following: Producer Arts Council of York County Festival Director Karen Collins Signature Sponsor Groucho’s Deli Lead Sponsors Carolina Fresh Farms Dr. Susan Collins, DDS Supporting Sponsors Arts Community Service Program of the Woman’s Club of Rock Hill, SC and an affiliate of GFWC Sharp Business Systems Sprint - Crown Pointe Lane, Rock Hill Wingate Hotel Executive Director Graphics/Marketing Manager Public Relations/E-Marketing CPC Facilities Manager Volunteer Coordinator Pre-Screening Specialist

Debra Heintz Bara Wetherell Melanie Cooper Mary Lynn Norton Dorie Lancaster Passion Bankhead

Support for this project is provided by the SC Arts Commission (which receives funding from the NEA), Rock Hill Accommodations Tax Grant Fund, York County Hospitality & Accommodations Tax & the ACYC Annual Campaign. For visitors information including lodging, contact the York County Visitors Center at 888-702-1320.

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B LO C K A 7 - 9 PM

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY

Sleight of Hand Michael Cusack 0:10:00 R Animation Bishtar Az Do Saat Ali Asgari 0:15:00 PG-13 Narrative The Narrative of Victor Karloch Kevin McTurk 0:15:00 PG-13 Narrative Posey Billy DaMota 0:21:37 PG Narrative Prayers for Peace Dustin Grella 0:07:38 PG Animation INTERMISSION

Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film Steven Kochones 0:37:00 R Documentary Fortune House* Matthew Bonifacio 0:09:00 G Narrative Prometeo Josep M. Gifreu, 0:06:00 PG-13 Experimental Laia R. San Juan, Ignacio F. Rodo iVote Rob Adler 0:22:00 PG-13 Narrative Q&A Session *Participants

9 PM Official After Party at McHale's Irish Pub

NOVEMBER 15,

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY

I Is Another Kelly Donnellan 0:40:00 R Documentary There She Is Emily Sheskin, 0:19:39 NR Documentary Veena Rao INTERMISSION

Drawn from Water Nick Kalbach 0:30:00 PG-13 Documentary Sahaya: Going Beyond Andrew Lauer 0:22:00 PG-13 Documentary A Good Wife Linda Brieda 0:16:00 PG-13 Documentary

BL OC K C 7 - 9 PM

F R I D AY

TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY Le Train Bleu Stephanie 0:18:00 PG Narrative Assimacopoulo X-Ray Man Kerri Yost 0:08:53 PG-13 Documentary Imagine Jonathan Steven Green 0:29:45 PG Narrative Drawing Water: J. Michael Simpson 0:03:22 NR Experimental On and Off Time* D’Obra Ojca* Chris White 0:10:59 PG Narrative INTERMISSION

Dans L'Oeil de la Forgeronne Guy Pelletier, 0:18:50 NR Experimental Pierre Bundock Afterlight Timothy David Orne 0:02:55 NR Experimental The Painter Nate Townshend 0:09:55 PG Narrative Yellow Fever Ng'endo Mukil 0:07:00 R Documentary /Experimental Lapse Gilles GUERRAZ 0:23:00 R Narrative Sinsis Carmen Lloret 0:02:00 NR Animation Locker 13: Down & Out Matthew Mebane 0:15:00 PG-13 Narrative Q&A Session *Participants 9 PM

Official After Party at The Courtroom 4

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B LO C K D C 7- 9- 12 PM PM 9 AM

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY The Carrington Event Rob Underhill 0:49:00 PG-13 Narrative Wenn der Osten Plotzlich Ki Bun 0:15:00 NR Experimental im Westen Liegt Fictional Me, Fictional You Hannah Leshaw 0:11:13 PG-13 Narrative Shenanigans Colin Foster, 0:08:13 PG-13 Narrative Peter Kimball Garbage Girl in Christopher Nostrand 0:05:12 NR Experimental Daily Consumption* The New, True Charlie Wu Bob Pondillo 0:30:00 PG Narrative INTERMISSION The Puritans Sean Robinson 0:24:12 R Narrative Kayip Mete Sozer 0:14:10 R Narrative Junker* Chris Gervais 0:21:00 PG Narrative Cold Turkey Fannar Thor Arnarsson 0:14:11 R Narrative Q&A Session *Participants

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY Kako Sam Ostao Bez Krila Ivan Tasic 0:22:00 PG-13 Experimental Gyre-ation Beth Portnov 0:06:48 NR Experimental Do Not Push David Hensley 0:14:00 PG-13 Narrative Tackle Box Matthew Mebane 0:10:00 PG Narrative Animation Hotline Dustin Grella 0:06:00 R Animation Restitution Justin O’Neal Miller 0:13:17 PG-13 Narrative E. S. Brent Bowers INTERMISSION Mosaic 33 Robert W. Filion 0:20:06 R Narrative Rex October Ben Snyder 0:01:51 G Animation After the Fall: HIV Grows Up Fr3deR1cK Taylor 0:41:00 PG-13 Documentary

B LO C K F 7 - 9 PM

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY Voice on the Line Kelly Sears 0:06:53 NR Animation Things My Father Burleigh Smith 0:07:00 PG-13 Narrative Never Taught Me Setup, Punch David Schlussel 0:09:00 R Narrative Menschen* Sarah R. Lotfi 0:28:00 R Narrative Harry Grows Up Mark Nickelsburg 0:11:30 G Narrative INTERMISSION Abiogenesis Richard Mans 0:04:21 PG Narrative Rider & the Storm David Darg, 0:16:00 NR Documentary Brynn Mooser The Coin Fabien Martorell 0:09:00 R Narrative Do I Have to Take Care Selma Vihunen 0:06:35 PG-13 Narrative of Everything Boneshaker Frances Bodomo 0:12:00 PG-13 Narrative Far* Brian James Crewe 0:37:00 PG Narrative Q&A Session *Participants 9:30 PM VIP Underexposed Film Festival Party 5

Abiogenesis SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2011 | 4:21 min. | PG Director Production Country

Richard Mans Fuzzy Realms Limited New Zealand

In this breathtaking science fiction spectacle, a strange mechanical device lands on a desolate world and uses the planet to undergo a startling transformation, which has profound implications for an entire galaxy.

After the Fall: HIV Grows Up SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Documentary | 2012 | 41:00 min. | PG-13 Director Exec. Producer Producer Production Cast Country

Fr3deR1ck Taylor Kathleen Treat Ellen Barnard Tomorrow Pictures Eric Sheffer Stevens USA/Romania

As communism fell in 1989, Romania was gripped with an epidemic of pediatric AIDS in its hospitals and institutions. A look back with those who were on the front line, and a look forward at the hopes and challenges for those who, against all odds, are growing into independent young adults.

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Afterlight FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2013 | 2:55 min. | NR Director Country

Timothy David Orme USA

Afterlight is a short handmade film that explores both one’s inherent darkness and one’s inherent lightness. Every frame was made with charcoal on paper (sometimes each frame was drawn up to eight times) and then composited digitally.

Animation Hotline SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Animation | 2011 | 6:00 min. | R Director Dustin Grella Production Dusty Studios Cast Dave Eppley, Katherine Erwin, Lotte Meier Country USA Animation Hotline is a series of daily animations that illustrate the messages left on Dusty Studio’s voicemail. The project began when Dustin Grella gave the phone number to a poets and friends.

The project caught on with bloggers, and as the phone number proliferated through the Internet, the volume of messages dramatically increased. Initially the phone number was a 212 area code number, in the hopes of creating “New York” stories, but it wasn’t long before the project became international, bringing more diverse and interesting material.

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Bishtar Az Do Sat THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Director Ali Asgari Cast Shahrzad Ghasemi, Taha Mohammadi Country Iran It’s 3 AM. A boy and a girl wander the city looking for a hospital to cure the girl, but it proves to be much harder than they thought.

Boneshaker SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 12:00 min. | PG-13 Director Frances Bodomo Exec. Producer Felecia Hunter, Kwabene Ayirebi, Theresa Dery Producer Alana Pryor Ackerman, Frances Bodemo Cast QuvenzhanĂŠ Wallis, Caroline Idakula, Playshena Rose Thomas Country USA Boneshaker follows a Ghanaian immigrant family taking a road trip to a Pentecostal church in Louisiana to cure its problem child. As the family journeys to a tent revival at the ends of the levee-less Louisiana delta, they discover the complications of trying to perform a traditional ritual away from home.

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The Carrington Event SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 49:00 min. | PG-13 Director Rob Underhill Exec. Producer Brad Christians Producer Rob Underhill Production Walke Drama, Zoning Media Cast Rusty Martin, Sr., Katie Garfield, Christopher Marrone Country USA News of a massive solar flare goes viral. Soon after, the power is out. Phone’s dead. Water taps are dry. Radio is static. Days pass with no news, just people getting more crazy. Weeks pass, and a ghastly fight for survival has begun.

The Coin SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 9:00 min. | R Director Fabien Martorell Exec. Producer Severine Martorell, StĂŠphane Pereira Producer Fabien Martorell, Golan Ramras Production FM Pictures, Hero Pictures Cast Kathryn Morris,

Jack Ryan Shepherd, Christopher Lloyd Country USA Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) is an indignant mother who radiates negativity onto her cherubic young son (Jack Ryan Shepherd). She scolds him from the car and into the liquor store where she orders him to sit and wait on the cold concrete floor. Alas, the boy is saved by the presence of a homeless man (Christopher Lloyd).

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Cold Turkey SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 14:11 min. | R Director Fannar Thor Arnarsson Cast Brynjar Hlodversson Country Iceland It is hard to wake up from a nightmare when you are not asleep. Adam is not exactly the normal teenager.

He is a cannibal. His monstrous desires are getting out of hand and there is only one solution. Adam has to stop cold turkey.

Dans L’Oeil de la Forgeronne FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2012 | 18:50 min. | NR Directors Guy Pelletier, Pierre Bundock Cast Marie-Josée Roy Country Canada A film and a sculpture unfold together, one influencing the other. Filmmakers Pelletier and Bundock carved their film as Canadian sculptor Marie-Josée Roy advanced in her sculpting, her work influencing the film, the filming biasing her process. An artistic spiral where everyone had to constantly re adapt. Even though everybody was tight on following their initial concept, ideas kept popping out to a point where even the initial concept of the sculpture itself changed during the course of the shooting.

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Do I Have to Take Care of Everything SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 6:35 min. | PG-13 Director Selma Vihunen Production Tuffi Films Cast Joanna Haartti, Santtu Karvonen, Ranja Omaheimo Country Finland A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids and a mother who is determined that it’s best to take care of everything herself.

Do Not Push SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Narrative | 2013 | 14:00 min. | PG-13 Director David Hensley Cast Brett Reed, Emmanuel Barbe Country USA ***WORLD PREMIERE*** An oppressed construction worker fights back against the system when he is pushed too far. After losing his job and his sick wife in the same day, a construction worker snaps and begins to fight back, following the advice of a mysterious benefactor with unknown motives.

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D’Obra Ojca FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 10:59 min. | PG Director Chris White Cast Greg Humphreys, Kassie Bridwell,

Keri Keith Lumm Country USA D’Obra Ojca presents one woman’s post-World War II reflection on her family’s frantic, and ill-fated escape from their home in Krakow during Germany’s ‘blitzkrieg’ invasion in the fall of 1939.

At its core, D’Obra Ojca is a heartbreaking farewell between father and daughter, a meditation on how we may find hope in the midst of unspeakable cruelty and fear.

Drawing Water: On and Off Time FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2012 | 3:22 min. | NR Director J. Michael Simpson Country USA ***WORLD PREMIERE*** We typically assume the Heraclitian principal that we can never step into the same stream twice; that there is a gap between “now” and “then;” “here” and “there.” Drawing Water VI explores the paradoxical irony that digital technologies impose on the perception of time and place.

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Drawn from Water FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2012 | 30:00 min. | PG-13 Director Nick Kalbach Exec. Producer Nick Kalbach, Cynthia La Grou,

John La Grou Producer Chad Cork Production Compathos Foundation Cast Nick Kalbach, Kristen Neuenschwander Country Ethiopia Drawn from Water explores the tradition of the Mingi, children in the Karo tribe who are believed to be cursed or imperfect, and tells the story of one brave tribal member and photojournalists who rescued a group Mingi fated to be drown, then founded the Drawn From Water Orphanage.

Far SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 37:00 min. | PG Director Brian James Crewe Exec. Producer Brian James Crewe Producer Hugh Aodh O’Brien Production Film Crewe Productions, Variegrated Films Cast Marion Kerr, Andre Hall Country USA After a bad day at work, David literally runs into Hannah, a beautiful and strange young woman. For their First date, David nervously tries to create the perfect evening, but Hannah’s odd, yet charming behavior turns dinner into a disaster.Trying to redeem the night, he proposes a “do-over,” and takes her on the ultimate first date adventure. As the magical evening comes to a close, David discovers there’s more to learn about Hannah than he could ever possibly imagine.

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Fictional Me, Fictional You SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 11:13 min. | PG-13 Director Hannah Leshaw Producer Hannah Leshaw Cast Matt Haroldsen,

Ivan Israel Beltran, Tito Livas Country USA ***WORLD PREMIERE*** A self-conscious man escapes from his loneliness into an elaborate romantic fantasy about his neighbor. He develops a crush on his outgoing neighbor, Jonah, and, unable to do anything about it in reality, he creates an elaborate fantasy life for the two of them.

Unfortunately, although the fantasy provides some comfort, it also further isolates him.

Fortune House THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 9:00 min. | G Director Matthew Bonifacio Co-Exec. Prod. Michael O’Farrell Producer Julianna Bonifacio,

Matthew Bonifacio, Amber LaFrance, Bob Linton Production Goodface Films Cast Michael Aronov, Yuki Shibamoto, Min-Wen Huang Country USA Believing in fortune cookies brings new meaning to the lives of a lonely man and a waitress.

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Garbage Girl in Daily Consumption SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Experimental | 2013 | 5:12 min. | NR Director Christopher Nostrand Cast Daniela Florez Country USA ***WORLD PREMIERE*** Garbage Girl is a take on our daily consumption of waste. Instead of throwing away her trash, Garbage Girl wears it externally to give us a glimpse of the garbage we individually process every day.

A Good Wife FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2013 | 16:00 min. | PG-13 Director Linda Brieda Exec. Producer Vinit Parmar Producer Linda Breida Cast Indrojit Barik, Rina Barik, Joyashri Barman Country USA/India A Good Wife explores a hidden corner of rural India on the Sundarban Islands where women share their struggles against a conservative, patriarchal society. They reveal their diminished role in arranged marriages, often challenged by demands for dowry or faced with domestic violence. Despite all of their challenges, they try to be what society calls a “good wife.�

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Gyre-ation SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Experimental | 2012 | 6:48 min. | NR Director Beth Portnoy Cast Amy Larimer Country USA A gyre is a circular or spiral form found in nature: rotating ocean currents; wind curl; concentric circles formed by leaves or flower petals. Gyre-ation is a visual exploration of resistance to and acceptance of the forces outside of ourselves. A woman whirls through a vortex of tension between natural and psychological patterns.

Harry Grows Up SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 11:30 min. | G Director Mark Nickelsburg Production Abaloon Films Cast Elizabeth Elkins,

Grace Gawthrop, Josh Hamilton Country USA New York is a tough place to find love. Especially for an 18-month old living on his own.

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I is Another FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2012 | 40:00 min. | R Director Kelly Donnellan Producer Kelly Donnellen Cast Kelly Donnellan Country USA I is Another chronicles a 6-year period of Kelly Donnellan’s life, focusing on her struggles with agoraphobia. Confronting her fears, Donnellan films herself as she tackles the outside world, and at times, watches the world win.

Imagine FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 29:45 min. | PG Director Jonathan Steven Green, Jahanara Saleh Exec. Producer Chris Fischer Production Reverie Films,

5th Dimension Productions Cast Scott Wolf,

Melissa Deppe, Danya Craner Country USA Imagine. A physiological drama, about John Morris, a paramedic, who lives under a cloud of guilt after he is unable to save his daughter’s life. Being present at her death the guilt has left him numb and has shattered his relationship with his wife, Kate. Through Charged Water, water that has been influenced by specific thoughts or energy, an experiment held by Dr. Arlen, John begins to connect with his daughter in an unknown world.

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iVote THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 22:00 min. | PG-13 Director Rob Adler Exec. Producer Rob Adler, Toby Kleinman,

Daniel Zenchelsky, Robert Zenchelsky Cast Micah Hauptman, Jules Wilcox,

Eric Roberts, Dan Lauria, Sharon Lawrence Country USA Academy Award nominee, Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years, Sullivan & Son), and Emmy Award nominee, Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue, Desperate Housewives) lend their talents to iVote, the true story of a typist who exposes the sins of his own employer, all in the name of democracy. During George W. Bush’s re-election campaign, Steve is faced with a dilemma when he discovers that the company he works for helped to hide that the e-voting machines were fraudulent. iVote reveals the personal sacrifice and courage it takes to serve the greater good.

Junker SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2010 | 21:00 min. | PG Director Chris Gervais Production Strawhouse Pictures Cast Brian Oxendine Country USA A junkyard worker is transformed by his attachment to aging objects.

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Kako Sam Ostao Bez Krila SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Experimental | 2012 | 22:00 min. | PG-13 Director Ivan Tasic Producer Zoran Eric, Ivan Tasic Cast Milutin Todorovic, Stevan Zdravic, Tomislav Trifunovic, Katarina Gajic Country Serbia Through a series of introspective views on personal conflicts of ideological and iconiographic normative with general spiritual and moral thoughts, man, although phyically passive, by using his dreams and memories, reconstructs semicentennial period of the country that doesn’t exist anymore.

Kayip SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 14:10 min. | R Director Mete Sozer Producer Mete Sozer Cast Esref Kolcak, Ozge Ozpirincci, Arda Kavaklioglu Country Belgium/Turkey The Loss is the story of a man’s grieving uncomplainingly after the loss of his love and a woman’s awareness of her own loss as she gets older. Their ways cross time after time at the old Greek cafe. A lifetime passes by, changing them both spiritually and physically, while trying to cope with their pain.

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Lapse FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 23:00 min. | R Director Gilles GUERRAZ Exec. Producer Eric Elfassy, Oliver Lefebvre Production Camarilla Productions, TractoFilm Cast Vincent Londez, Hubert Saint-Macary, Elsa Kikoine Country France A man is in an accident and wakes up suffering memory loss. Not remembering his name or occupation, his only certainty is that a woman is in danger.

Le Train Bleu FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 18:00 min. | PG Director Stephanie Assimacopoulo Exec. Producer Stephanie Assimacopoulo Producer Alain Awakens Production Quid-Pro-Quo Productions, Prod2demain Cast Camille Figuereo, Daniel Duval, Etienne Fague Country France Paris - Gare De Lyon. Elie behaves as a true bounder, Selena, evermore in love, still wants to pick up the pieces. At the bar of ‘Le Train Bleu’, where they stop to have a last drink, neither one cannot imagine what will happen...

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Locker 13: Down & Out FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2009 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Director Matthew Mebane Exec. Producers Adam Montierth, Donovon Montierth, John Waldron Producer Maria White Mebane Production Brothers’ Ink Productions Cast Tatyana Ali, Victor Campos, Rick Schroder, Steve Eastin Country USA Tommy Novak, an aging boxer in the twilight of his career, wants nothing more than to go out with a win.

When a mysterious old janitor gives him that chance, Tommy’s conscience suddenly becomes his main combatant.

Menschen SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 28:00 min. | R Director Sarah R. Lotfi Exec. Producer Robert von Dassanowsky Producer Anastia Cummings Production Belvedere Film, Slack Production,

Schuetzle Company Productions Cast Dan Cheatham, Connor Long, Alex Riegelmann Country Austria In spring of 1945, the Wehrmacht forces are weary from retreat, while the Allies are closing in. A single Austrian captain attempts to guide what is left of his platoon behind the Russian lines to surrender to the Americans. They take under their wing a young man with a severe disability. As the loyalty of his men is brought to the test, the captain grows closer to the boy who evokes a deep secret from his past in the Nazi Reich.

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Mosaic 33 SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Narrative | 2013 | 25:06 min. | R Director Robert W. Filion, S. Brent Bowers Exec. Producer Michael Cheng Prodcuer Brad Hord, Marcia Hord, Robert W. Filion Production Image Impact Group, Shanhai Films Cast Brett Gentile, Jennifer Russoli, Vanessa Ore Country USA For three years, Dr. Sarah Alexander has lived with the memory of what happened to her and her colleagues at the Mosaic Research Facility. Sarah and her fellow scientist were working on something completely off the grid with no approval from Mosaic, something that could cure millions of people if things hadn’t gone terribly wrong. Sarah destroyed all of the research that night and Mosaic is tracking her down to find out exactly what they were working on.

The Narrative of Victor Karloch THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Director Kevin McTurk Cast Elijah Wood, Christopher Lloyd, Maurice LeMarche Country USA A Victorian ghost puppet film. Victor Karloch is an alchemist, scholar, and ghost hunter who battles the supernatural forces of the Unknown.

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The New, True Charlie Wu SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2009 | 30:00 min. | PG Director Bob Pondillo Producer Bob Pondillo Production Honey Bee Hill Films Cast Janard Cross, Cissy Crutcher, Leslie Ellis Country USA Charlie Wu’s stuck in a rut! He’s an accountant who dreams of being something more, something he truly loves, but he can’t (or won’t) quit his job to become his ‘authentic self.’ One night, Charlie has a dream that changes his entire life.

The Painter FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 9:55 min. | PG Director Nate Townshend Production Nate Townshend Films Cast Ron Himes, Christopher Cross, Jack Mahaney, Madalyn Hintz Country USA Obsessed by events that changed his life decades ago, an amateur artist finally returns to the farm where it all began. One man’s journey in search of redemption, closure, and peace.

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Posey THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 21:37 min. | PG Director Billy DaMota Exec. Producer Angeline Renee Cook Producers Mike Valentino, Kimberly Estrada, Olivia Martynchenko Production TCD Studios,

Dumb Ode Productions Cast Sally Kirkland, Erica Rhodes,

Jason Stuart, Ray Wise Country USA Posey is the story of Linda Flemming, who must make the heartbreaking decision to take her grandmother, Posey, to a retirement home. Posey suffers from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s Disease, and in a desperate move to avoid the inevitable, she escapes.

While her loved ones desperately search for her, Posey finds herself in the middle of a unique situation, one that will change her outlook on her future profoundly.

Prayers for Peace THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2009 | 7:38 min. | PG Director Dustin Grella Producer Dustin Grella Production Dusty Studio Cast Devin Grella, Dustin Grella Country USA Pastels on a slate chalkboard underscore life’s impermanence as the artist confronts the memory of his younger brother killed in Iraq.

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Prometeo THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2012 | 6:00 min. | PG-13 Directors Josep M. Gifreu,

Laia R. San Juan,

Ignacio F. Rodó Producer Irene Alfambra Production Pio Pio Stories Cast Roger Battle, Adriana Feito Country Spain A couple meets in a pool at night. The guy has a proposition and is eager to play, however, the girl has plans of her own and will not make it easy.

The Puritans SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2012 | 24:12 min. | R Director Sean Robinson Producers Paul Warner,

Martina Rojas Chaigneau Cast Eileen Kearney, Tyler Burke, Nikki Dillon, Louisa Ward Country USA The Puritans is a short suspense drama that revolves around a soldier who returns home from a war to discover that his family has eerily returned to a latenineteenth century life-style in a desperate attempt to escape from the “perversions” of the modern world.

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Restitution SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Narrative | 2012 | 13:17 min. | PG-13 Director Justin O’Neal Miller Producers Justin O’Neal Miller, Mike Gowen Production Pony Ghost Productions an Alchemy Set Cast Catherine Dyer, Jasmine Burke, Jason MacDonald, Luke Donaldson Country USA Architect and workaholic, Preston Sanders struggles to reconcile with his wife Susan after the recent death of their oldest child. Their relationship is further strained when Preston discovers that his wife has resorted to an unconventional coping mechanism: cloning their youngest son.

Rex October SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Animation | 2013 | 1:51 min. | G Director Ben Snyder Country USA Rex October is a 2D animated film about an angry submarine commander. While cruising the open ocean, his crew spots an imminent threat on sonar.

Realizing he’s come face to face with his oldest enemy, he seeks to end their rivalry at any cost.

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Rider & the Storm SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Documentary | 2013 | 16:00 min. | NR Directors David Darg, Bryn Mooser Exec. Producer Olivia Wilde, Elon Musk Production Ryot Films Cast Timmy Brennan Country USA New York City iron worker, Timmy Brennan, escapes the grind of the city through his true passion, surfing only to lose everything, including his board, when Superstorm Sandy destroys his home in Breezy Point. In the aftermath, he discovers the kindness of strangers and finds solace on the ocean, once again.

Sahaya: Going Beyond FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2013 | 22:00 min. | PG-13 Director Andrew Lauer Exec. Producer John Huertas, Leslie Flores, Gregg Miller Production Sahaya International Cast Jeremy Irons, Durai Selvam,

Dr. Koen Vam Rompay Country USA/India A chance encounter between Dr. Koen Van Rompay, an HIV scientist from the USA and Mr. Selvam, a social worker in rural India, sparked a friendship that developed into a succesful partnership. Gradually, a movement takes root, from half around the world, that continues to this day to affect forever the destinies of children and adults battling poverty and diseases like HIV in India. So little goes so far; more goes even further.

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Setup, Punch SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 19:00 min. | R Director David Schlussel Producer Chris Leggett, Rafael Marmor Production Delirio Films Cast Elijah Wood, Alia Shawkat, Godfrey Country USA Showing that there is always a reason to laugh, stand-up comic, Reuben Stein does the most daring set of his life.

Shenanigans SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 8:13 min. | PG-13 Director Colin Foster, Peter Kimball Producers Colin Foster, Banu Debre Production a his ‘n’ hers film company Cast Charlotte Bydwell,

David Neal Levin,

Forrest Rilling, Joanne Schmoll Country USA Opening your son’s bedroom door is always a surprise.

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Sinsis FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2011 | 2:00 min. | NR Director Carmen Lloret Producer Carmen Lloret Country Spain They strive for having the place of the other.

Sleight of Hand THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2012 | 10:00 min. | R Director Michael Cusack Producer Richard Chataway ACS Production Anifex Country Australia A set of techniques used by someone to manipulate objects secretly to deceive. This is a stop-animation film about illusions. A Man yearns to know his place in the world and how he fits in, when sometimes it’s better not to know.

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Tackle Box SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Narrative | 2004 | 10:00 min. | PG Director Matthew Mebane Producers Matthew Mebane, Maria White Mebane, Peter Rotter Production Mebane Productions Cast Ann Pierce, Ed Grady, Jeremy DeCarlos Country USA An elderly couple has fished the Lowcountry waters for decades. When they are separated by death, the story turns on the strange and lingering effect of the old woman’s passion for fishing, a love so powerful that it ultimately leads a group of thrill-seeking losers to a peculiar redemption.

There She Is FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2012 | 19:39 min. | NR Directors Emily Sheskin, Veena Rao Cast Allison Kopach, Jenny Flores Country USA In many ways, best friends Allison Kopach and Jenny Flores are typical pageant queens. They love makeup, fashion, and anything that sparkles. However, unlike Miss America, at a size 22 the only doors open to them are in the plus size pageant world. There She Is follows the two as they prepare for and compete in the 2011 American Beauties Plus Pageant and revisits them in 2012 to reflect on the outcome of the pageant and what has changed in their lives.

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Things My Father Never Taught Me SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 7:00 min. | PG-13 Director Burleigh Smith Producer Jennah Bannear, Peter McIntosh, Burleigh Smith Production Wavebreaker Cast Burleigh Smith, Aiden Papamihail, Bridie Carter Country Australia To thine own self, be true. Melvin gives dating advice to his three-year-old son. He teaches him to dress well, act with confidence and spend time with the right crowd - the results are disastrous. When Melvin meets Mary, an attractive single mother, his womanizing skills are put to the test.

Voice on the Line SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2010 | 6:53 min. | NR Director Kelly Sears Cast Hugo Armstrong Country USA The era of nuclear anxiety, red scare paranoia and covert CIA plots forever changed how we engaged with the telephone.

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Wenn der Osten Plötzlich im Westen Lieght SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 9 AM - 12 PM Experimental | 2012 | 15:00 min. | NR Director Ki Bun Exec. Producer Myriam Eichler Producer Ki Bun Production Upper Cut, Deutsche Film –

und Fernsehakademie Berlin Cast Klaus Schmidt Country Germany The location of the deserted motor pool for the former eastern ministry in Berlin inspired the director to raise the question, “What happens to a human being whose society he grew up with, whose decade’s work disappears overnight - and suddenly makes his existence to be expandable?” Finding that one of the most difficult tasks in life is to be anchored in the “here and now” as people are torn between the longing look into the past and the fearful look into the future, the filmmaker is mainly interested in the emotional level of a person.

Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Documentary | 2012 | 37:00 min. | R Director Steven Kochones Producer Steven Kochones, Joe Russo Production Arclight Productions Cast Deborah Harry, Alice Cooper, Noel Gallagher Country USA/UK Inspired by the acclaimed exhibition, “Who Shot Rock & Roll,” this film explores the groundbreaking collaborations between photographers and recording artists who came together to create some of the most iconic images in rock history.

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X-Ray Man FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Documentary | 2012 | 8:53 min. | PG-13 Director Kerri Yost Producer Jennifer Erickson Country USA No, this is not a sci-fi scenario.This is real. At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government attempted to create ‘super troops’ who could withstand nuclear war by exposing human beings and animals to extremely high levels of radiation. Meet Darrell Robertson, a real-life superhero (and Missouri dairy farmer) who has miraculously survived these experiments and tells his shocking true story.

Yellow Fever THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Experimental/Documentary | 2012 | 7:00 min. | R Director Cast

Country

Ng’endo Mukil Chipo Kureya, Margaret Njeri Mereka, Sam Nokuzola Moyo, Abriana Njeri, Fumy Opeyemi United Kingdom/Kenya

The idea of beauty has become globalized, creating homogenous aspirations, and distorting people’s selfimage across the planet. A study of the concept of skin and race in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the arc of time,Yellow Fever focuses on African women’s self-image, through memories and interviews; using mixed media to describe this almost schizophrenic self-visualization the filmmaker and many others have grown up with.

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