18 Minutes
Short; DRAMA
Director: Alexis Echavarria
As three stories of struggle unfold, all are unaware that the passing minutes represent the last precious moments of sunlight on earth.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 4:30pm
Available Men
Short; COMEDY
Director: Dean Bottrell
A Hollywood agent and a sensitive gay man mistake each other for the person they were expecting to meet. A hysterical case of mistaken identity!
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Be My Oswald
Feature; DRAMA/SATIRE
Director: Don Cato
A militant female vegetarian conspires to assassinate Santa Claus at the New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade.
FRIDAY - Oct. 6, 2006 - 7:30pm
Borrowing Time
Documentary
Director: Robert Allan Black
For over three years, Borrowing Time follows Henri Landwirth as he seeks to take measure of his past, re-visit its haunting ground, and in doing so find release from its hold. The film begins with Henri’s hope that maybe someday the numbness that haunts him might go away and he can start feeling again. He confides that by returning to Poland and facing his past there it might in some way free him. Of course, while the German soldiers spared Henri’s life, they never really set him free.
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 1:30pm
Boxed
Short; DRAMA
Director: Jennifer Sharp
Meet Olivia. She doesn't travel lightly. Today she is getting a big dose of what's getting in her way.
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 10:30pm
By the Side of the Road: 911 in America
Documentary; DRAMA (Human Interest)
Director: Renee Pezzotta
"911 in America" is a documentary that captures the feelings and opinions of people who live in America, vacation in America, and love America in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001. What they reveal about their true feelings on faith, politics, and the threat of terrorism, is not only frightening, but surprisingly uplifting.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 1:30pm
Danny Roane: 1st Time Director
Feature; COMEDY
Director: Andy Dick
After being blackballed from Hollywood for his drunken antics, television actor, Danny Roane, decides to step behind the camera and direct a feature film based on his struggles with drugs and alcohol.
SATURDAY - Oct. 7, 2006 - 10:30pm
Dear Sweet Emma
Short; ANIMATION
Director: John Cernak
As the search is given up for Emma's latest husband, a private look reveals that Emma has a secret and uncontrollable dark side.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Death of Michael Smith
Feature; DRAMA
Director: Daniel Casey
In the shadows of a harsh Detroit winter, three men share a common name, Michael Smith. Linked by an unexplained murder, their fates collide as each explores his role in the killing: the murderer, the investigator and the victim.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 10:30pm
Dirt Nap
Feature; COMEDY
Director: D.B. Sweeney
A journey of lost dreams and underappreciated treasures and reminds us that in this crazy, uncertain world, the one thing we can count on is our friends. Although life hasn't turned out the way they once dreamed, life-long buddies Mark, McGriff and Jason are managing to stay above water in their small Pennsylvania hometown. Mark, whose fleeting college football glory has morphed into a dangerous obsession with gambling, is becoming more and more estranged from his wife Sherry and son Hayden. McGriff has never let go of his rock-n-roll aspirations, but somehow he's not the man he used to be. He's complacent, though, because of his lovely wife Kate. And then there's Jason, who's still living with his parents and letting them dictate his life.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 7:30pm
Division III
Short; COMEDY
Director: Marshall Cook
Quarterback Mike DePrima reveals what it is like to play football at a small liberal arts college under the rule of his flamboyantly closeted and somewhat insane coach Rick Vice (Andy Dick).
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Echoboom
Feature; COMEDY
Director: Justin Krook
The children of the Echoboom (born between 1982 and 95) were raised on the internet with high expectations, but a life of achievement has them apathetic and jaded. Suddenly, these kids are about to graduate college...
SATURDAY - Oct. 7, 2006 - 7:30pm
Elysion
Short; DRAMA
Director: Kimilo Sano
In the another world, there is a humanoid controlling the human beings as a 'GOD'. He is omnipotent except for one thing - he dosen't have any physical freedom...
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 10:30PM
Enfants Terrible
Short; COMEDY/DARK
Director: Terry Nemeroff
Incest, murder and grave robbery. Every family has its values.
FRIDAY - Oct. 6, 2006 - 7:30pm
First Sight
Short; COMEDY
Director: Johnny Asuncion
There is a fine line between a hopeless romantic and a complete idiot... Calvin Lee has just crossed that line.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Honey Trap
Short; DRAMA
Director: Bob Giraldi
Off-season at an Easter Long Island vacation spot, an exercise in the art of seduction is played out in this cold, dark, short story of sex, betrayal and murder, that takes a passionate unexpected turn.
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 10:30pm
Jenny's Journal
Documentary; DRAMA
Director: Jeff Bock
In 2000, Jenny was diagnosed with breast cancer, she also found out she was pregnant. Against doctors recommendations, she decided to carry to term. During that time, she kept a journal.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 10:30pm
John
Short; DRAMA
Director: Vito Dinatolo
A writer is haunted by nightmares and a scary secret. By the end of the day, he will learn the truth about his doomed destiny.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 7:30pm
King's Echo
Student; DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Haim Silberstein
An alumni club bartender tells a sad tale to one of the club's patrons. A femme fatal causing his downfall in college and when she enters the club it is revealed that she remains his puppet master and part of their elaborate con, played upon the club patron.
SATURDAY - Oct. 7, 2006 - 4:30pm
Last of the Spanish Mustangs
Documentary; DRAMA (Activisim)
Director: Len Johnson
A man connects with a rare herd of wild horses and ends up exposing those who kill them for foreign dinner tables.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 10:30pm<
Mojave Phone Booth
Feature; DRAMA
Director: John Putch
The story of 4 disparate people whose lives intersect at the telephone booth, 70 miles from Las Vegas, in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
THURSDAY - Oct. 12, 2006 - 10:30pm
My Backyard Was A Mountain
Student; DRAMA
Director: Adam Schlachter
It's the story of Adan, a Puerto Rican boy who has one day to find a home for his pet goat, Chivo, before his family relocates to NYC in the late 1950's. While searching for Chivo's a, Adan discovers the promise first love with his childhood friend, Denise, whom he also has to leave behind.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 1:30pm
My Last Confession
Short; DRAMEDY
Director: David Finley
It's the late 1960's and thirteen year old Danny Riley is waiting to and dreading confessing his most grievous sin of all - 'impure thoughts and deeds'.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 1:30pm
Nailed
Feature; DRAMA/HORROR
Director: Adrian O'Connell
A criminal is forced to confront the sins of his past in a sinister house where nightmares are the only reality.
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 7:30pm
Noon Blue Apples
Feature; DRAMA/CONSPIRACY
Director: Jay Lee
Beyond Da Vinci's Code there's Noon Blue Apples.
SATURDAY - Oct. 7, 2006 - 12 Midnight
Nothing To Do with Amy
Short; DRAMA
Director: David and Joe La Mattina
This is a story of a relationship. A relationship where one person thinks that they don't need the other person anymore. It's the story of that moment of realization and all of the consequences that can follow.
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 10:30pm
ReviewFest
Short; Documentary
Director: Kerry Moynahan
ReviewFest journeys through a behind the scenes look at a new film festival and encourages viewers to look out for the films covered and attend future festivals.
THURSDAY - Oct. 12, 2006 - 8:90pm
Rick's Head
Short; COMEDY
Director: Stephen Mc Geogh
Rick, a failed actor, kills himself to get a part in Hamlet. It's curtains up in three days and son Sam has to dig up his dad's body, cut his head off and swap it for Yorick's.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Running with Sickles
Short; COMEDY
Director: Jason Melius
A bright sunny morning, Bob goes jogging with his next door neighbor, the Grim Reaper. Death is new to the neighborhood and is having problems adjusting to the suburbs.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Slipdream
Feature; DRAMA
Director: Marc Grant
A street smart pot dealer in Los Angeles delivers his goods by bicycle. But when he trades his father's gold watch for a couple of 'magical' seeds, Jack transcends his addiction by growing a pair of beanstalks which produce a uniquely psychedelic ascent.
SATURDAY - Oct. 7, 2006 - 4:30pm
Smart Card
Short; DRAMA/CONSPIRACY
Director: James Oxford
The story of a man who realizes that his perfect automated life is not in his control, but the corporation that created the system. After the discovery, does he have the will left to escape?
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 10:30pm
Special Needs
Feature; COMEDY
Director: Isaak James
Caution: Reality can be painfully funny. No prisoners are taken in this outrageous comedy/satire which crosses every line of political correctness. Painfully funny - and will keep you laughing…in spite of yourself.
FRIDAY - Oct. 6, 2006 - 12 Midnight
Stars
Short; DRAMA
Director: Eoghan Kidney
A tragic story of Sophie, an ill young woman who experiences synesthetic hallucinations. Using animation to illustrate the duel reality between our perception and her hallucinations.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 1:30pm
Tag
Short; COMEDY
Director: Matthew Duggan
A simple game of Tag is destroying a man's life. Will he get out without being 'IT'?
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Tales of Times Square
Short; DRAMA
Director: Paul Stone
Sex. Drugs. Crime. Corruption. Just another day in Times Square.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 1:30pm
The Circle
Feature; DRAMA/PSYCH THRILLER
Director: Yuri Zeltser
Mind bending supernatural mystery shot in a single 96 minute take, no edits whatsoever. A young woman embarks on a mission to save her husband from being murdered by a contract killer. In the course of her nightmarish journey, secrets of the past are unearthed, strange alliances are formed and in a dizzying twist, the true nature of her quest is revealed.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 7:30pm
The Day Arnold Schwarzenegger Kicked My A**
Documentary; DRAMEDY/POLITICS
Director: Abner Zurd
Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Myself.
A political novice must overcome personal demons to sell her message of hope.
SATURDAY - Oct. 7, 2006 - 1:30pm
The Extra
Short; COMEDY
Director: Michael Pacheco
The story of a tortured artist's quest for perfection with hilarious results.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
The Phoenix Lights Documentary
Documentary; DRAMA/SCI FI
Director: Lynne D. Kitei, M.D.
An in-dept examination of the mile wide V shaped light formation and craft seen over Phoenix and throughout Arizona on March 13th 1997. As well as the wider implications of these worldwide enigmatic phenomena. UFO buffs call it the most documented unexplained mass sighting ever recorded.
THURSDAY - Oct. 12, 2006 - 4:30pm
The Plight of the Angelenos
Short; COMEDY/SATIRE
Director: Ana Barredo
A satirical look (created entirely form stock footage and film clips) at the world's most creative (although often misunderstood) creatures of the universe: the Angelenos.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
Time Capsule
Short; DRAMA
Director: Levi Holiman
Five private school students plan to make a rebellious film for a school time capsule project. After a tragic event is caught on video, the boys realize that they have to bury more than just their film project.
TUESDAY - Oct. 10, 2006 - 10:30pm
Tomorrow is Today
Feature; DRAMA
Director: Frederic Lumiere
Life is a dance between monotony and miracles. When young Julie Peterson saves the life of a hapless drifter, she begins the quest to save him emotionally as well. Battling the local police chief, secrets are revealed, and Julie sparks a chain of events that will change the lives around her, forever.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 4:30pm
Q&A with Director Following the Screening
Tripping Forward
Feature; COMEDY
Director: Marcus Nash
A hilarious buddy comedy follows the lives of two tried and true party boys - a struggling actor and out-of-the-limelight rock star, who fool-heartedly resort to selling cocaine to supermodels to make rent.
FRIDAY - Oct. 6, 2006 - 4:30pm
Voices of Dissent
Documentary; DRAMA/POLITICS
Director: Karil Daniels
A powerful film about the brave citizens that are standing up to defend our American heritage: First Amendment rights and civil liberties against the government's attempt to repress democracy and our freedom to dissent.
SUNDAY - Oct. 8, 2006 - 1:30pm
Yanush Korchck
Short; DRAMA
Director: Semion Vinoku
The last three days in the life of Yanush Korchak: a doctor, a writer, a teacher and director of the orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto.
WEDNESDAY - Oct. 11, 2006 - 1:30pm
Zydeco
Short; COMEDY
Director: Jon Jones
The story of a young man desperate to join the Sookies, the coolest gang in school. But first he must beat the gang's leader in a perilous Jairajive.
MONDAY - Oct. 9, 2006 - 7:30pm
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