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thursday, august 16th

10am

ticket offices open

noon

welcome lunch

4 to 5pm

high school filmmakers
oranization and strategy period

5 to 7pm

pm 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
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

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

7:30 to 9pm

la terraza: dinner & music

9:30pm

patio 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.
Ordinary Angels
Dir Todd Downing
37min
Front line angelic soldiers battle their fallen brethren, while the souls of mortals hang in the balance.

feature [2]

11pm

move the crowd
2 artist, 4 songs

friday, august 17th

12:30pm

lunch

2 to 3pm

niche lab - izzy video

3 to 5pm

short film block [b]
Recently Deceased
dir Chris McInroy
12 min
When the to-do-list isn't done, the dead will walk the earth
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

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

5:30 to 6:30pm

niche lab - concept to completion

7:00pm

forum: improving our
film and music scene

8:30pm

la terraza: dinner & music

9:30pm

patio presentation
METROSEXUAL
dir Adam Kaufman
83 MIN
Finally a label worth wearing
Script Cops
dir Scott Rice An irreverent parody about cops who arrest people for bad screenwriting.

feature [4]

11:00pm

move the crowd
2 artist, 4 songs

saturday, august 18th

9 to 2pm

casting seminars -
la premiere casting

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'
Damaged Goods
dir Graham Rich
21 min
Two fractured souls find each other in group therapy. Will their bond survive their own hang-ups?
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.

10 to 11am

niche labs: marketing music

11 to noon

niche labs: screen writing

12:15 to 1:15pm

lunch

2 to 4pm

short film block [d]
Heart

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.

5:30 to 6:30pm

niche labs: izzy video

7 to 8pm

niche labs: concept to completion ii

8:15pm

la terraza: dinner & music

9:30pm

patio presentation
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.
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.

feature [6]

11:00pm

move the crowd
2 artist, 4 songs

sunday, august 19th

10:00am

high school editing

11:15 to 11:45am

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
A.W.O.L.
Dir. Jack Swanstrom
22 min
A Twist of Fate Can Be Torture
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?
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.
Jessie

noon

lunch

1:30 to 3:30pm

short film block [c]

feature [7]

4 to 5pm

deliberation / voting

6:30 to 8pm

fundraiser event