2014 Underexposed Film Festival yc Program

NOVEMBER 13 - 15, 2014 COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE CENTER

249 EAST MAIN STREET

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ROCK HILL, SC 29730

WELCOME TO THE UNDEREXPOSED F I L M F E S T I VA L YC 2 0 1 4 !

In 2012, the Arts Council of York County, recognizing the effect that film can have on an audience as a creative art form, launched the Underexposed Film Festival yc. In its inaugural year, the festival’s juried portion featured regional films, while the Director’s Choice invitational selections looked toward the future of an international short film festival.

Now in its 3rd year, the Underexposed Film Festival yc presents films representing 6 continents – from as close as studio artists housed in facilities managed by the Arts Council of York County to as far away as Australia. The world has answered our call, and the result is three days that will challenge, enlighten, and inspire our audience, leaving it forever changed.

We wish to congratulate our 29 competition films for their achievements. Each film exudes creativity and showcases the filmmaker’s passion for their craft. These attributes are reflected on the screen.

We wish to thank our 20 Director’s Choice filmmakers for sharing their stories with us, this year in particular. In 2013, when Hollywood released just one major motion picture by a woman; we have chosen to highlight the accomplishments of women in film; many of our Director’s Choices feature films spearheaded by women. It is the independent film circuit that has embraced the idea that women’s visions are powerful, creative, and unique works of art that deserve their time in the spotlight.

CONTENTS

Festival Director

Letter from Director..................2 Festival Credits............................3 Festival Schedule.........................4 Films (alphabetical order).........6 Official After Parties.................31 Awards Presented.....................32 * All ratings are suggested by the UFFyc (They do not reflect the opinion of the Motion Picture Association of America.)

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S Y M B O L TA B L E

KAREN COLLINS

When asked about being a woman working in Hollywood in an interview published by The New Republic (newrepublic.com), Jill Soloway, director of Afternoon Delight and Una Dia Por Favor (UFFyc 2012), comments, “I look at the Oscars and the five male directors who were nominated and the five screenwriters who were nominated. And I think about what I went through to get Afternoon Delight made, to have my voice heard and to look up and see that it doesn’t really matter.” The Underexposed Film Festival yc congratulates these women and salutes all of our filmmakers for taking chances, and for risking much to have their voices heard.

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

UNDEREXPOSED FILM FESTIVAL

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The Underexposed Film Festival yc 2014 is brought to you by the following: Producer Arts Council of York County Festival Director Karen Collins Executive Director Artistic Director/CPC Facilities Manager Marketing Coordinator Volunteer Coordinator Graphics Gallery Manager Assistant to the Artistic Director

Debra Heintz Mary Lynn Norton Melanie Cooper Dorie Lancaster Kristine Tucker Michael Gentry Erica Welzenbach

Festival Sponsors Amélie’s Anonymous Carolina Fresh Farms Culina Dr. Susan Collins, DDS Earth Fare Groucho’s Deli McHale’s Irish Pub Millstone Pizza + Taphouse Sharp Business Systems Woman’s Club of Rock Hill, SC

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

T H U R S D AY

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NOVEMBER 13,

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY PAGE The Green Ruby Pumpkin Miguel Ortega 0:02:53 PG Animation 14 The Telegram Man James Francis Khehtie 0:14:09 PG Narrative 27 Immersed Soledad Aguila 0:03:50 PG-13 Animation 15 Migraine Matthew Bonifacio 0:17:38 PG-13 Narrative 19 The Long Night Emma Penaz Eisner 0:01:52 PG Experimental 18 For the Birds Tara Atashgah 0:14:00 PG-13 Narrative 13 INTERMISSION

The War Photographers Steven Kochones 0:28:00 PG-13 Documentary 28 The Orphan and the Polar Bear Neil Christopher 0:08:43 PG Animation 22 Trouble & the Shadowy Stephanie Laing 0:22:19 R Narrative 28 Deathblow

9 PM Official After Party at McHale's Irish Pub

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NOVEMBER 14,

BL O C K B 3 - 5 PM

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY PAGE Snowflake Natalia Chernysheva 0:05:00 PG Animation 25 Lapses in Time Alan Aranha, 0:25:41 G Documentary 17 Bharat Mirle Amaqqut Nunaat Neil Christopher 0:11:37 PG Animation 7 Diego Sara Seligmann 0:15:06 PG-13 Narrative 11 INTERMISSION

Animal Cookies Matthew Temple 0:02:00 G Animation 7 Zugzwang Yolanda Centeno 0:08:50 PG Narrative 30 In Effluence accord: Emulsion Karissa Hahn 0:02:36 G Experimental 15 A Better Tomorrow Faith Model, 0:16:34 PG Documentary 8

Andrew Kilbourne Lapsus Karim Ouaret 0:30:00 R Narrative 17

B LO CK C 7 - 9 PM

F R I D AY

TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY PAGE One Armed Man Tim Guinee 0:27:04 PG-13 Narrative 22 As It Used To Be Clément Gonzalez 0:08:13 G Narrative 8 Drawing Water VII* J. Michael Simpson 0:03:33 G Experimental 12 The Story of Milo & Annie Harris Doran 0:16:59 PG Narrative 26 INTERMISSION Cuerdas Pedro Solís García 0:10:52 G Animation 10 Silent Exposure* Christopher Nostrand, 0:17:05 PG Documentary 24 Kayoko Nakamura My Dear Americans Arpita Kumar 0:06:53 G Narrative 21 Kanyekanye Miklas Manneke 0:25:33 G Narrative 16 *Q&A Session Participants 9 PM

Official After Party at The Courtroom at Gettys Art Center

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B LO C K D 10 A M - 12 PM

S AT U R D AY

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NOVEMBER 15,

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TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY PAGE Shelter 5* Aaron Longstreth 0:06:29 PG-13 Narrative 24 The Missing Piece* Sean Breitkreutz 0:07:31 PG Narrative 20 Quarters* Jacob Worden 0:05:45 G Narrative 23 A Chess Player* Shea Sizemore 0:22:45 PG-13 Narrative 10 Worldly Possessions* Robert Filion 0:18:01 PG-13 Narrative 29 INTERMISSION

Binary André Silva 0:01:22 G Experimental 9 Love, & Other Devices Elle Stanion-McDermid 0:14:45 PG Narrative 18 The Stronger Gabrielle Lansner 0:09:48 PG Experimental 26 The Zombie’s Trip Jim Zounis 0:01:33 PG Narrative 30 No Strangers Steven Kochones 0:28:00 PG-13 Documentary 21 *Q&A Session Participants

BL O C K E 2 - 4 PM

12 PM - 2 PM | Join us at Amélie’s for coffee and fresh-baked pastries.

1 PM - 2 PM | The Humane Society of York County will have adoptable dogs on the CPC’s front lawn TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY PAGE Eviction* Garrett Atlakson 0:20:46 PG-13 Documentary 13 Stalled Shannon Kholi 0:15:00 PG-13 Narrative 25 Gods, Weeds & Revoluntions Meryam Joobeur 0:19:47 PG-13 Documentary 14 INTERMISSION

What I Saw. What I Heard.

Greet Kallikorn 0:04:30 PG-13 Animation 29 Dog Down* John Le Blanc 0:45:45 G Documentary 11 *Q&A Session Participants

B LO C K F 7 - 9 PM

4 PM - 7 PM | Join us at Millstone Pizza + Taproom for craft beer, pizza and play a round of cornhole.

TITLE DIRECTOR RUNTIME RATING CATEGORY PAGE Monkey Rag Joanna Davidovich 0:03:45 PG Animation 20 The Landing

Josh Tanner 0:17:44 R Narrative 16 Pony Place Joost Reijmers 0:09:55 PG Narrative 23 Dreams of the Last Butterflies Zina Brown 0:10:00 PG-13 Narrative 12 Merci Beaucoup Anne-Christine Caro 0:12:13 PG-13 Narrative 19 Bradley Cooper INTERMISSION #twitterkills Brett Sorem 0:11:00 PG-13 Narrative 6 7 Day Gig Kate E. Marks 0:09:18 PG Narrative 6 Carry On Yatao Li 0:16:00 PG-13 Narrative 9 Tango Underpants Miranda Edmonds, 0:14:11 PG Narrative 27 Khrob Edmonds *Q&A Session Participants

AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AFTER BLOCK F.

9:30 PM VIP Underexposed Film Festival Party at Center for the Arts 5

#TWITTERKILLS SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 11:00 min. | PG-13 Country Director Exec. Producers Producers Cast

USA Brett Sorem Jesse Hara, Rachel Miller Sunah Bilsted, Karla Braun Sunah Bilsted, Sarah Paulson, Nathan Parsons

Life can be ruined in 140 characters. | A lonely Zoe – whose only friends are the 6,669 imaginary ones on Twitter – and her self-centered sister, uses social media to construct a perfect public persona. But, creating a fake life has consequences and she’s got a lesson to learn… …that no good lie goes unpublished.

7 DAY GIG SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 9:18 min. | PG Country Director Producer Cast

USA Kate E. Marks Frances E. Chang Winston Story, Kristin Coffman, Bill Doran, Eric Orman

Last week, Jay’s dad passed away. At a loss about the loss, Jay, a Guamanian-Romanian-Catholic-Jew, decides to honor his dad’s life by sitting shiva, the seven-day Jewish mourning tradition. The only problem is, he lives in sunny Los Angeles where he just can’t seem to make any friends. After failing to befriend his neighbors, he puts an ad on Craigslist, looking for people to attend his shiva. His ad is answered by a chicken who wants to be an actor, a 12 year-old punk who wants to be a Rabbi, and an old man who looks like he might not live through the week. 7 Day Gig: a comedy about loss.

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AMAQQUT NUNAAT FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Animation | 2011 | 11:37 min. | PG Country Director Producer Cast

Canada Neil Christopher Louise Flaherty Beatrice Deer

Two brothers find themselves adrift on broken sea ice while out hunting for seal. They drift in the darkness for many days, until the ice they are on settles on the shore of a strange and distant land. Looking for help, the younger brother goes to a large communal igloo, where music and merriment can be heard. The older brother walks to a small igloo at the edge of the camp. There he finds a strange old woman who tells him he is in the Country of Wolves.

ANIMAL COOKIES FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Animation | 2013 | 2:00 min. | G Country Director Producer Cast

USA Matthew Temple Matthew Temple Jade Cortez Temple, Audrey Cortez

Molly has proudly baked a batch of animal cookies for dessert, but when her mother calls her away, the animal cookies come to life to go on an adventure. When Molly discovers they’re missing, they’re faced with a moral dilemma only a cookie would understand.

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AS IT USED TO BE FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 8:13 min. | G Country Director Producer Cast

South Africa/France Clément Gonzalez Clément Gonzalez Luthuli Dlamini, Cleo Rinkwest

In a near future, all the teachers made their classes through a web cam, but an history teacher will see his routine change when a student comes to his class...

A BETTER TOMORROW FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2011 | 16:34 min. | PG Country Directors

Kenya Faith Model, Andrew Kilbourne

On the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya lies one of Africa’s largest dump sites, Dandora: a 30-acre spread of garbage growing by more than 2,000 tons of waste daily. The area is crime-ridden and populated by the lowest-income city dwellers. The majority of the children are from single mother households, and they struggle to provide daily meals for their children who are often living in the streets during the day without supervision and in search of food. Hunger drives these children, and they resort to scavenging for their only meal in Dandora. This film documents the story of one extraordinary woman touching the lives of these destitute children.

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BINARY SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Experimental | 2014 | 1:22 min. | G Country Director Producer

USA André Silva André Silva

A digital brain attempts to understand the two primal opposites from a survey of human opinions.

CARRY ON SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2014 | 16:00 min. | PG-13 Country Director

China/USA Yatao Li

Set in 1944, Japanese occupied China during World War II. When Japanese troops loot every Chinese Village in their path, a Chinese father tries to save his daughter – he stuffs her into a large bag disguised as food. However, a Japanese Army Officer spots his secret.

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A CHESS PLAYER SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2014 | 22:45 min. | PG-13 Country USA Director Shea Sizemore Exec. Producers Jason McRae, Vanna White Producers Shea Sizemore, Francesco Reake, Chip White Cast Chip White, Tony Booker,

Bryan Guidroz, Holly Murphy,

Andrew Walters, Herbert White

What happens when you put all of yourself into one thing and when that one thing is taken away? Who are you...? ...

CUERDAS FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2013 | 10:52 min. | G Country Director Cast

Spain Pedro Solís García Miriam Martín, Belén Rueda

Maria’s routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends. This film is full of nuances, and it relates a tender story of friendship between two very special children.

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DIEGO FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Narrative | 2014 | 15:06 min. | PG-13 Country Director Exec. Producers Producers Cast

Germany/Mexico/USA Sarah Seligmann Ulrich Poschinger, Marisa Poschinger Santiago de la Paz Nicolau, Van Johnson Humberto Busto, Leonardo Camargo Tejeda, Roberto Castañeda, Bruce Chang Duran, Fernanda Flores Jimenez, Alejandra Ley, Christian Vazquez

Diego, a 10-year old boy growing up in a family where violence is equivalent to manhood, doesn’t fit in. Every day is a challenge filled with psychological abuse as Diego is forced to prove his worth to his family. One day, he finally meets someone he can relate to, while fully realizing the consequences of his family’s actions.

Diego is left with a choice: will he follow in his family’s footsteps, or will he risk his life and follow his heart?

DOG DOWN SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Documentary | 2013 | 45:00 min. | G Country USA Director John Le Blanc Producers John Le Blanc, Steve Childs, Kathleen Long

This is a remarkable story of an unlikely journey to freedom that begins at a point of renewal. Discarded, unadoptable dogs like Lindy are given a chance to survive and even thrive. Inmates like Perry redeem their dignity by training these dogs in basic obedience.

In parallel, these men are transformed by the dogs’ unconditional love, which in turn “trains” the men to respect themselves and others.

Dog Down. Man Up. Win-Win.

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DRAWING WATER VII:

NOW & THEN IN PARADOXICAL TIME FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2013 | 3:33 min. | G Country Director

USA J. Michael Simpson

Drawing Water VII: Now and Then in Paradoxical Time explores the paradoxical co-existence of temporal realities that digital technologies fuse into our perceptions of what is “now” or “then.” The old Heraclitian principle states that we never step into the same stream twice though we do virtually every day.

DREAMS OF THE LAST BUTTERFLIES SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2014 | 10:00 min. | PG-13 Country Director Exec. Producers Producers Cast

USA Zina Brown Gavin Behrman Kea Kelly Alcock, Ben Cain Evgeniya Radilova, Ali Luminescent, Dana Nur, Kai Altair, Kayla Jo, Madeleine Belle, Melodee Morita, Natasha King, Flambeaux, Lee Mayjahs, Micah Blacklight, Ted Petrosky, Candice Vincent, Sal Genna

Dreams of the Last Butterflies is a live-action “dark faerie tale” short film with an urgent environmental message, a tale about the loss of butterflies in our world, and why they are disappearing, as told by the last Butterfly Queens themselves.

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EVICTION SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Documentary | 2013 | 20:46 min. | PG-13 Country Directors Producer Cast

USA/Cambodia Garret Atlakson, Mony Rath Philip Atlakson Nget Khun

In the midst of an ongoing battle between impoverished Cambodians and powerful private companies over increasingly valuable land, a 72-year-old grandmother struggles to protect her home, family and community from land grabbing that often amounts to violent forced evictions.

FOR THE BIRDS THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 14:00 min. | PG-13 Country Director Exec. Producer Producers Cast

USA Tara Atashgah Orod Atashgah Jack Castellaw, Shaeda Barahmand Nazli K. Lou, Chervine Namani, Kamran Malak Motiei

Inspired by a true story, For the Birds follows a young Iranian girl as she is taken to the gallows to be hanged.

It is in her last moments that she finds hope in the hands of the surrounding townspeople.

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GODS, WEEDS AND REVOLUTIONS SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Documentary | 2012 | 19:47 min. | PG-13 Country Director Producer Cast

Canada/Tunisia Meryam Joobeur Meryam Joobeur Meryam Joobeur

A young woman is conflicted upon returning after the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 to her once idealized childhood home to visit her grandfather. She finds her grandfather in the final stages of Alzheimer’s, unable to recall even the most momentous events in Tunisia’s history. She must face her grandfather’s illness, changes that have pervaded the household, and come to terms with the discovery that even her small fishing village felt the horrors under dictatorship.

THE GREEN RUBY PUMPKIN THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2012 | 2:53 min. | PG Country Exec. Producers Director Cast

USA Mark Kern, Cindi Rice Miguel Ortega Josiah Rea, Kaitlyn O’Connell, Sioux Matson Krings, Breena Ross, Alexis Zall, Caleb Dorfman

The Green Ruby Pumpkin is a magical and fun short film that captures the enchantment of Halloween. It was a passion project that was created by two senior visual effects artists, Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma. The entire project was shot in the living room.

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IMMERSED THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2012 | 3:50 min. | PG-13 Country Director

England Soledad Aguila

A mysterious portrait of the beauty in decaying of natural wild life.

Immersed explores the notion of the beauty of decaying of natural wildlife, and how those contradictory elements might be portrayed in a mysterious way.

Immersed is an atmospheric piece, is inspired by the landscapes of southern Chile, especially the flora and fauna from Patagonia, and places that Aguilla visited in her childhood and others that she has imagined.

IN EFFLUENCE ACCORD: EMULSION FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Experimental | 2013 | 2:37 min. | G Country Director Producer Cast

USA Karissa Hahn Karissa Hahn Karissa Hahn

Musings of leeway - an illusive figure emerges from the emulsion. One strip of Super 8 film is reconstructed, taped onto 16mm film, and re-filmed on the optical printer. The effluence according to its new emulsion becomes a reflection of its own action. The two films dance next to each other and the action of entering and exiting a space plays out on the screen.

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KANYEKANYE FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 25:33 min. | G Country South Africa Director Miklas Manneke Producer Nelio Frade Da Silva Cast Bongeka Sishi, Gundo Ramuligho,

Lucious Dosi, Nokwasi Gumede,

Vicky Kente, Zwelakhe J. Mtsaka, Thembalethu Ntuli

Kanyekanye, a small township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, where many years ago, two best friends had a childish argument about which apple is better, the red or the green. This argument leads to the great division. A big, white line was drawn through the middle of the town and everyone who believed the green apple to be better lived on the right side of town in a green house and only wore green, and visa versa. Thomas, a teenager from the green side, falls in love with Thandi, a teenager from the red side.

THE LANDING SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 17:44 min. | R Country Australia Director Josh Tanner Exec. Producers Murray Berghan, Mat Petrenko,

Rob Mathieson, Kerry O’Rourke Producer Jade Van Der Lei Cast Henry Nixon, David Roberts, Tom Usher

Edward returns to the rural midwestern farm of his childhood on a desperate mission to unearth the secret buried for over 50 years. Shovel in hand, he is ready to exhume the horrifying truth of what landed there in the summer of 1960.

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LAPSES IN TIME FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Documentary | 2014 | 25:41 min. | G Country Directors Producers

India Alan Aranha, Bharat Mirle Alan Aranha, Bharat Mirle, Sudhanva Atri

Is change always for the better? By advancing forward, what are we leaving behind? | A photographer employs a dated photography process in the midst of modernization and a heritage city struggling to come to terms with change. Their worlds meet in Lapses in Time.

LAPSUS FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Narrative | 2013 | 30:00 min. | R Country Director Producers Cast

France Karim Ouaret Jalane Plaut, Julien Seri, Orel Simon Arbena Bajraktaraj, Fabrice Scott, James Gerard, Niels Dubost, Sophie Meister, David Atrakchi, NoĂŠmie Merlant, Hyggins Sansa

Terry is a psychologically disturbed predator whose sinister playground is a laundromat. He believes himself to be the hero of a graphic novel that he is reading entitled: Terry Laurence, Gentleman Gangster, except, his memory is playing tricks on him. Terry is a victim of an unknown phenomenon that literature considers a Lapsus Memoriae or a slip of memory.

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THE LONG NIGHT THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Experimental | 2014 | 1:52 min. | PG Country USA Director Emma Penaz Eisner Cast Elizabeth Bachen, Emma Penaz Eisner,

Jane Wolker, Leo Jergovic,

Mark Douglas, William Hughes, Zdenek Penaz

In a sequence of startling images, this animated surrealistic film threads through the intervals and spaces of The Long Night. Award-winning, young filmmaker Emma Penaz Eisner uses photography, paper cut-outs, painting, charcoal drawing, and multimedia objects she crafted by hand to create this stop motion short film.

She joins fellow young actor, Leo Jergovic, along with a larger cast of voice actors, to recite the poem that inspired her screenplay.

LOVE, AND OTHER DEVICES SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2014 | 14:45 min. | PG Country Director Cast

USA Elle Stanion-McDermid Hunter McClamrock, Kate Bowen

A new state-of-the-art, holographic, Artificial Intelligence avatar for mobile devices – the Sirina S-2000 – is unveiled and demonstrated for the first time to a high-profile audience at an important press conference. On stage, just before the curtain opens, Sirina reveals, during a test run, that she is wildly creative, and worse, that she loves Gabriel, her creator, very deeply. Alarmed, computer scientist Gabriel has to quickly decide, as the curtain is opening, whether to pull the plug and announce he’s lost control of his life’s work, or trust his reputation and future... ...to a machine.

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MERCI BEAUCOUP BRADLEY COOPER SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 12:13 min. | PG-13 Country Director Producer Cast

France Anne-Christine Caro Anne-Christine Caro Anne-Christine Caro, Nicolas-Henri Bozzi, David Capelle, Philippe Pasquini, Nicolas Ullmann

Fame is the name of the game in this satire on the cult of celebrity as an enterprising actress enlists an English teacher, who happens to be a Bradley Cooper doppelgänger, to impress industry insiders and make a name for herself in the attention-seeking chaos of Festival de Cannes.

MIGRAINE FRIDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2012 | 17:38 min. | PG-13 Country USA Director Matthew Bonifacio Producers Michael O’Farrell,

Julianna Gelinas Bonifacio,

Joseph Barbara, Matthew Bonifacio Cast John Salvatore, Nathan Lee Graham,

Jack Haley, Ron Crawford, Michael O’Farrell

A Seattle shoe designer is forced to confide in his hotel’s concierge when he is struck with a serious migraine.

He is sent on an adventure through the boroughs of New York City that will change his life forever.

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THE MISSING PIECE SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2014 | 7:31 min. | PG Country Director Producer Cast

USA Sean Breitkreutz Sean Breitkreutz John Greer, Julia Breitkreutz, David Metzl

Young Marlin forms an unlikely relationship with a stranger hiding a dark secret.

MONKEY RAG SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2013 | 3:45 min. | PG Country Director Cast

USA Joanna Davidovich Asylum Street Spankers

Monkey Rag is a traditionally animated throwback to the musical cartoons of yore. Inspired by the thumping, riotously fun music of the Asylum Street Spankers, Mitzi pursues a disaster of her own making in this richly colored world where reason is overrated.

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MY DEAR AMERICANS FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 6:53 min. | G Country USA Director Arpita Kumar Producer Minnie Chen Cast Ansuya Nathan, Gugun Deep, Rebecca Bara A recent immigrant to the U.S., Tejpreet is reluctant to embrace her new American identity. In contrast, her husband celebrates everything that mildly reeks of America. On America’s most patriotic holiday, the fourth of July, they have a threatening racist encounter that crushes the Sikh man’s enthusiastic spirit.

Witnessing her husband’s devastation, Tejpreet makes a choice against hate and turns the situation around, if only momentarily.

NO STRANGERS SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Documentary | 2013 | 27:54 min. | PG-13 Country USA/Canada/England/Mongolia Director Steven Kochones Producer Joe Russo Cast Carol Beckwith, Wade Davis,

Angela Fisher, Chris Johns,

Lynn Johnson, Steve MCCurry,

Randy Olson, Chris Rainier, Hamid Sardar-Afkhami

No Strangers celebrates the wonder of world culture and reveals the plight of indigenous people through the images and commentary of acclaimed photographers, anthropologists, and ethnographers. The film examines antiquated notions of the so-called “other,” encouraging viewers to consider all traditions, languages, and people in a new, enlightened context.

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ONE ARMED MAN FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2014 | 27:04 min. | PG-13 Country USA Director Tim Guinee Exec. Producer Philip Seymour Hoffman Producers Bruno Michaels, Hallie Foote, Tim Guinee Cast Charles Haid, Terry Kinney,

John Magaro, Carson Kinney,

Josh Trudell, Mike Merenda, Philippe Petit

C.W. Rowe has it all. He owns the cotton gin, making him the wealthiest man in Harrison, Texas, and his ascendancy has solidified an unshakable belief in the system that enriched him. Few things ever interrupt the purity of his vision, with the exception of the weekly visit of a young man, Ned, who lost an arm in the gin’s machinery. Ned is a little touched and believes C.W. can give him his arm back. On a normal day, he goes away when C.W. offers him five dollars.

THE ORPHAN AND THE POLAR BEAR THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Animation | 2013 | 8:43 min. | PG Country Director Producers Cast

Canada Neil Christopher Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty Johnny Issaluk

According to Inuit oral history, long ago animals had the power of speech, could shift their appearances, and could even assume human form. In The Orphan and the Polar Bear, a neglected orphan is adopted by a polar bear elder. Under the bear’s guidance, the little orphan learns the skills he will need to survive and provide for himself.

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PONY PLACE SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 9:55 min. | PG Country Netherlands Director Joost Reijmers Producers Laurette Schillings, Franz van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld Cast Leny Breederveld, Joop Wittermans, Yenthe Bos

When young Emma is prohibited from taking her iPad on holiday, she asks her grandma Koba to look after her digital horse farm, the task proves bigger than Koba expected.

QUARTERS SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 5:45 min. | G Country Director Producer Cast

USA Jacob Worden John Rutherford Jeff Kidd, Katie Carpenter, Tia Healy, Jan Angel, Sean Breitkrutz, David Metzl

Bob meets with his estranged brothers annually to carry on a tradition their father left behind. While he would rather keep to himself, strangers feel the need to share personal details of their lives.

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SHELTER 5 SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2014 | 6:29 min. | PG-13 Country Director Producers

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USA Aaron Longstreth Aaron Longstreth, Katherine Brett Longstreth Eric Martinez, Tiffany Garrett, Pete Echevarria

During an apparent zombie apocalypse, a police officer and a soldier flee from the carnage outside and retreat into a public building, hoping to find shelter to hide out in. Meanwhile, a man has barricaded himself in a room, fending off zombies outside the door. He’s bitten and turning.

SILENT EXPOSURE FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Documentary | 2013 | 17:05 min. | PG Country USA Directors Christopher Nostrand, Kayoko Nakamura Producers Christopher Nostrand,

Kayoko Nakamura, Dawn Jacob Cast Christopher Nostrand

A marine, Alfred Nostrand served during the Vietnam War where, inevitably, he was exposed to Agent Orange. Thirty-five years later, in 2005, Alfred passed away from cancer of the liver. In 2013, Alfred’s son, Chris Nostrand, the filmmaker, opens the wound of losing his father in Silent Exposure, uncovering the issue of Agent Orange use in the Vietnam War. On his journey, Chris meets with professionals and his own family to unravel new findings and surprises experts with his story.

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SNOWFLAKE FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Animation | 2012 | 5:00 min. | PG Country Director

Russia Natalia Chernysheva

A boy receives a paper snowflake in the mail and sticks it under his pillow. In the morning, he finds that his world has been transformed.

STALLED SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Narrative | 2012 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Country Director Producers Cast

Canada/New Zealand/Switzerland Shannon Kholi Shannon Kholi, Meghan Gardner Meghan Gardiner

Pieced together solely using real quotes from women’s washroom stalls across North America, Stalled centers on a janitor who has been cleaning the same washroom for years. As she cleans each stall, she becomes the woman in the stall who wrote the words on the wall, each dealing with her own unique struggle. Their honesty is heartbreaking. As she prepares to leave for the day, she realizes it may finally be her turn to speak.

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THE STORY OF MILO AND ANNIE FRIDAY | BLOCK C | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2014 | 16:59 min. | PG Country Director Producer Cast

USA Harris Doran Dani Faith Leonard Harris Doran, Rachel McKeon, Cathy Moriarty, Alysia Reiner

A love story about Annie, a restless secretary, who tries to discover the mystery of Milo, a guy who hasn’t spoken since he was six years old.

THE STRONGER SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Experimental | 2012 | 9:48 min. | PG Country Director Exec. Producer Producer Cast

USA Gabrielle Lanser Dean Taucher Gabrielle Lanser McKenzie Frye, Paula McGonagle, Roberto DeFelice, Sofia Beroy

The Stronger, inspired by August Strindberg’s play, evokes the interior conflicts of two women grappling with love, betrayal and shame. An emotional and psychological journey unfolds as we are drawn into the interior worlds of two women who are in love with the same man.

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TANGO UNDERPANTS SATURDAY | BLOCK F | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2013 | 14:11 min. | PG Country Exec. Producers Director Cast

Australia/Argentina Stephen Van Mil, Tania Chambers Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds Emma Booth, Mirta Busnelli

Carolyn is a young Australian backpacker who, after a bad breakup and too long on the road, has completely lost her mojo. However, all of that changes when she reaches South America. Here, she discovers not only the wonders of the Tango dance and the people, but also the vital importance of the right underwear.

THE TELEGRAM MAN THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2010 | 14:09 min. | PG Country Australia Director J ames Francis Khehtie Producer James Francis Khehtie Cast Gary Sweet, Jack Thomson, Sigrid Thornton

An exploration of the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community.

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TROUBLE AND THE SHADOWY DEATHBLOW THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Narrative | 2014 | 22:19 min. | R Country USA Director Stephanie Laing Exec. Producers David Gordon Green, Eric Steelberg Producers Stephanie Laing, Tony Hale,

Scott Clackum, Dana Deache, Cast Tony Hale, Frankie Faison, Marc Wootton, Andy Buckley,

Jean Villepique, Tim Baltz,

Maclaren Laing, Caitlynn Leary,

David Smolar, Sherrie Peterson, Bill Thomas

Meet Jim Funkle. A once promising food scientist, his career came to an end with one catastrophic failed experiment. Ostracized, unemployed, and middle aged, Jim Funkle was American mediocrity at its best... ...until he was given the chance to choose otherwise.

THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS THURSDAY | BLOCK A | 7 - 9 PM Documentary | 2013 | 28:00 min. | PG-13 Country USA Director Steven Kochones Producer Joe Russo Cast Alexandra Avakian, Carolyn Cole, Ashley Gilbertson,

Edouard H. R. Glück,

David Hume Kennerly, Joāo Silva

The War Photographers shares the personal experiences of award-winning photojournalists who risk their lives covering conflict in the world’s most dangerous war zones. Intimate interviews and gripping imagery reveal stories of sacrifice, courage, and the emotional toll endured by photographers and their subjects.

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WHAT I SAW. WHAT I HEARD. SATURDAY | BLOCK E | 2 - 4 PM Animation | 2013 | 4:30 min. | PG-13 Country Director Cast

England Greet Kallikorm Aneta Piotrowska, Irina Karatcheva

A phone call in the middle of the night wakes a girl who overhears her mother talking. This triggers a memory of her grandparents. The four and a half minute film is made using painted watercolor paper 3D sets and 2D puppets.

WORLDLY POSSESSIONS SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2014 | 18:01 min. | PG-13 Country USA Director Robert Filion Exec. Producer Darren W. Conrad Producers Adam Ginsberg,

Elsie Martinez-Ginsberg, Linda H. Parks,

James Morales, Robert W. Filion Cast Tim Ross, Vanelle, Morgan Monning,

Robert Crayton, Mahri Shelton,

Marcia Lyn, Darren W. Conrad, Kristen Jann-Fischer

Stephen Drake’s sworn duty is to stop the demons from entering our world. But when a brutal murder brings Stephen back to his hometown, he will face a few demons of his own.

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THE ZOMBIE’S TRIP SATURDAY | BLOCK D | 10 AM - 12 PM Narrative | 2013 | 1:33 min. | PG Country Directors Producers Cast

Australia Jim Zounis, Nick Zounis Jim Zounis, Nick Zounis Nick Zounis

After a sudden turn of events, a zombie is suddenly brought from the world of fiction into the world of reality.

ZUGZWANG FRIDAY | BLOCK B | 3 - 5 PM Narrative | 2014 | 9:04 min. | PG Country Spain/USA Director Yolanda Centeno Cast Ben Sasaki, Camille Guiffre,

Sam Sasaki, Daniel Chodos, Di Koob,

Roger Reignack, Chad Sano, Aidan Yogi Zugzwang, in German, means “obligation to move.’ ’ Life and chess are not so different. Pedro is a chess prodigy, but if you think he is one of those lucky, happy and successful ones, you couldn’t be more wrong. It’s not that kind of story. There is only one thing he can control: chess. He just decided to apply all the chess techniques to get what he wants the most, but he never faced a Zugzwang before. Will he get through this one?

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OFFICIAL AFTER PARTIES OF THE UNDEREXPOSED FILM FESTIVAL YC

THURSDAY • McHale’s

UFFyc Drink Special McHale’s Irish Pub 122 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730

FRIDAY • The Courtroom • $5 Live Bands • Drinks Gettys Art Center 201 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730

SATURDAY • VIP Underexposed Party • $25 Open Bar • Live Music • Appetizers Center for the Arts 121 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730

SATURDAY BETWEEN BLOCKS: Between Blocks D & E - Visit Amélie’s upstairs for coffee and pastries 157 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730 Between Blocks E & F - Stop by Millstone Pizza + Taphouse for craft beer, pizza and a game of cornhole 121 Caldwell Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730

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AWARDS

PRESENTATION WILL BE AFTER BLOCK F EXPOSED 1 PLACE - $750 ST

IN THE LIMELIGHT 2ND PLACE - $500 Sponsored by Dr. Susan Collins, DDS OUT OF THE SHADOWS 3RD PLACE - $250 WOMAN TO WATCH BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR - $200 Sponsored by Arts Community Service Program of the Woman’s Club of Rock Hill, SC and an affiliate of GFWC BEST STUDENT FILM $100 Sponsored by Arts Community Service Program of the Woman’s Club of Rock Hill, SC and an affiliate of GFWC EVERYONE LOVED IT TERRY ROUECHE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - $150

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2014 JUDGES CAROL GREEN Filmmaker TERRY ROUECHE Filmmaker DR. KAREN STOCK Winthrop University Associate Professor of Fine Arts Filmmaker MARIA WHITE Producer/ Director Filmmaker DR. DAVID WOHL Winthrop University Dean of College of Visual & Performing Arts

MERCHANDISE

2013 “I’VE BEEN EXPOSED” T-Shirt limited sizes available | $ 8

“I Heart Art” T-Shirt S - 2XL | $ 10

BY THE NUMBERS screened at 2014 UFFyc

ATTENDANCE

749 329 2012

JURIED

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE

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FILM ENTRIES

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5 Judges

Sponsors

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT UFFyc 2014

19 Argentina, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, India, Kenya, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, USA

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Films directed by women, 9 in competition

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World Premieres:

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A Better Tomorrow, A Chess Player, The Green Ruby Pumpkin, Lapses in Time, Quarters, What I Saw. What I Heard., Worldy Possessions, The Zombie’s Trip

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Student films, 9 in competition

Returning filmmakers: Juliana Gelinas Bonifacio & Matthew Bonifacio, Shea Sizemore & Chip White, Brad Hord & Robert Filion, Joe Russo & Steven Kochones, J. Michael Simpson, Christopher Nostrand

SPECIAL EXHIBIT 3 after-parties - one each day 2 additional events on Saturday

ACYC studio artists’ work on display at the Center for the Arts during UFFyc

3 Oscar-qualifying films: 2 Director’s Choice (For the Birds, The Landing), 1 in juried selection (The Telegram Man)

OLD TOWN ROCK HILL, SC ELIZABETH AVENUE

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COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE CENTER

FIRST CITIZENS

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OAKLAND AVENUE

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DAVE LYLE BLVD. (HWY 112)

PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW Community Performance Center - 249 East Main Street

Underexposed Film Festival yc film viewing location

3. Millstone Pizza + Taphouse - 121 Caldwell Street

Visit between blocks E & F

1. Gettys Art Center - 121 East Main Street

UFFyc After-Party Location, Friday Night

4. McHale’s Irish Pub - 122 East Main Street

UFFyc After-Party Location, Thursday Night

2. Amélie’s - 157 East Main Street

Visit between blocks D & E

5. Center for the Arts - 121 East Main Street

UFFyc VIP After-Party Location, Saturday Night