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Thursday, August 16th
10am
Box offices open
12pm
Welcome Lunch
5 to 7pm
Short Film Block [A]
Security
Dir. Mark Edgington
14min
A cache of encrypted documents is discovered in a park in Brooklyn, setting off a cat-and-mouse game between authorities and a shadowy cell
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ABSOLUTE ZERO
Dir Alan Woodruff
27min
An account of the grim and ironic death by freezing of a man trapped inside a refrigerated meat wagon, told using a combination of archival and imagined material to speculate on the man's final hours
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Feature [1]
Moment, noun
Dir Banks Helfrich
97 min
In search of one moment of happiness, an unemotional, introvert reflects on his life, only to find it when he stops running from himself
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7:30pm
Dinner & Music: La Terrazza
9:30pm
Rooftop Presentation
Angela’s Decision
Dir. Mat King
60 min
Angela has been waiting all her life. Waiting for her boyfriend to return from the army and marry her, waiting for her mother to sober up, waiting for her life to begin.
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Ordinary Angels
Dir Todd Downing
37min
Front line angelic soldiers battle their fallen brethren, while the souls of mortals hang in the balance.
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Feature [2]
11pm
Move the Crowd
2 Artists, 8 Songs
Friday August 17th
1 to 2pm
NiCHE Labs: Screen Writing
2 to 3pm
NiCHE Labs: Film 101
3 to 5pm
Short Film Block [B]
Ode to Peace and Love: Armed Forces Tribute
dir Todd Downing
6 min
A compilation of pictures of our military personnel and their families that is a tribute to the great sacrifices that these people have made during these turbulent times of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The background music is an original composition
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Feature [3]
Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own
dir Gary Null
113 min
The US sent soldiers to Iraq--little did these soldiers know that their own government would inflict greater harm upon them than the enemy--by exposing them to deadly chemicals, depleted uranium and radiation--all causing severe and often irreversible health problems and death while the government denies it all. This documentary exposes the truth about the War in Iraq, Gulf War Syndrome and the secrets the US government is hiding from our soldiers and the world at large
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5:30 to 6:30pm
NiCHE Labs: Acting Essentials
7 to 8:30pm
Forum: Film Making in Oregon
8:30pm
Dinner & Music: La Terrazza
9:30pm
Rooftop Presentation
Script Cops
dir Scott Rice An irreverent parody about cops who arrest people for bad screenwriting.
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Feature [4]
11pm
Move the Crowd
2 Artists, 8 Songs
Saturday August 18th
9am to 1pm
Casting Seminar: Jill Anthony
Lunch provided by Chipotle
10 to 11am
Short Film Block [C]
Flight to Savannah
dir robert pietri
19 min
Nerves and friendships fray as three teenagers wait in limbo to ship out to Parris Island, the United States Marine Corps notorious 'boot-camp'
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Damaged Goods
dir Graham Rich
21 min
Two fractured souls find each other in group therapy. Will their bond survive their own hang-ups?
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The Dig
dir. by Shawn Simons
10 min
When a MAN enters the desert looking for the 'big find', a mysterious STRANGER appears and helps him uncover more then he imagined.
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11am to 12pm
Lunch by Chipotle
12:30 to 2pm
Life Coaching: Karen LaVoie
2 to 4pm
Short Film Block [D]
Feature [5]
Quality of Life
dir Benjamin Morgan
85 min
The film tells the story of two young graffiti writers who struggle to maintain their friendship as their lives unravel and the cops close in.
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4:30 to 5:30pm
Film 101
6 to 8pm
NiCHE Labs: Concept and Completion
8pm
Dinner & Music: La Terrazza
9:30pm
Rooftop Presenteation
SPIRAL
Dir. Adam Green / Joel David Moore
90min
A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer's social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life.
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Lucky escape
dir. Shane McCabe
3 min
When a beautiful young woman is asked on an expensive dinner date, she bites off more than she can chew.
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Feature [6]
11pm
Move the Crowd
2 Artists, 8 Bands
Sunday August 19th
1 to 2:30pm
NiCHE Labs: Actors Q and A
2:30 to 4pm
Short Film Block [E]
Where Silence falls
dir. Norm Sanders
7 min
A family is about to go out to an early dinner when the father & mother realize their son is missing. In the midst of frantically searching for their son, a friend from the police department calls them with some unexpected news that shakes their very core
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A.W.O.L.
Dir. Jack Swanstrom
22 min
A Twist of Fate Can Be Torture
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Preguntando Nuestro Derecho a Turismo
dir Caitlin Pierce
16 min
Explores how tourists justify their presence in the communities that they enter. Through this journey, we find that most of the tourists, coming from a Western society, justify their presence through the money that they bring to the community. But what really is the affect of money on these communities?
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Randal
dir. by alexander mcNall
21 min
Randal collects geodes. Sometimes they have crystals inside, sometimes they don't. But you never know unless you break it open.
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4 to 5pm
Deliberating/voting
6:30 to 9pm
School of Roch Fundraising Event
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