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Official Program The Clearwater Film Festival Clearwater, Florida USA September 29 - October 3, 2010

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Page 1: The 2010 Clearwater Film Festival Official Program

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What’s Inside3 Letter from Director4 Our Team5 Wavecrest Award6 Master of Ceremonies, Judges & Panelists7 Calendar of Events8 Animation Films9 Documentary Films12 Clearwater Festival Map14 Mini-Feature Films 15 Feature Films 17 Short Films 23 Sponsors24 Film Directory

About The Clearwater Film FestivalIn 2009, producer-director-actor Mike Rembis founded The Clearwater Film Festival in celvebration of the triple threat, pro-ducer-director-actor combo. With the help of a few dedicated film industry friends, TCFF is slated to be one of the country’s most popular film events.

TCFF StaffMike Rembis - Executive DirectorEllen Rembis - Quality Assurance ManagerH.Cherdon Bedford - Design & MarketingJustin Marr - Festival Liaison

TCFF Advisory BoardPeter D’AlessioBrenda NieborskyCourtney OrrRadames PeraJeffrey Lynn Ward

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Dear Festivalgoers,

Welcome to The Clearwater Film Festival! It is our great pleasure to present to you over seventy films with no less than ten World premieres and several Florida premieres.

This festival developed as a result of becoming enamored and inspired by my visit to Festival de Cannes in 2008. That dynamic meeting of mind, personality, talent and celebrity drawn together for a single creative purpose fascinated me. I spent the next year traveling to trade shows and festivals around the US.

The fundamental principle of a trade show is to bring everyone together to advance their careers. As an actor, writer and director, this is how I like so many others want to spend their chosen profession; in advancement - to become the best at what they do. Creating a film festival that does this simply made sense to me. So I announced that I was creating a film festival and I did.

We intend to present an extraordinary outlet for bringing creativity together, to network with film professionals and showcase those garnering recognition and achieving success.

Learning from master craftspeople is its own reward for any aspiring individual. I sought out panelists with experience to share, who want to share it, and thank each of our guests for being here to enjoy our inaugural season.

In Clearwater Florida we have abundant sunshine and billowing clouds overlooking beautiful beaches on prime real estate. One goal with this festival is to bring filmmakers here and offer a taste of true Florida with palm trees, beaches, swamps, pine forest and city streets. Another is for resident filmmakers to reach out to the film industry with an annual networking event that develops as a trade show and convention for the Southeastern US and effectively boosts local production.

We also aim to recognize the multi-talented “Triple Threat Filmmaker” who does it all; acting, writing, directing and even scoring music to produce their own works of art.

This year we introduce The Wavecrest Award. This token of recognition is dedicated to those whose work excels beyond their peers. Our festivals sole purpose is to help filmmakers make films and showcase the absolute best work.

We received 200 submissions from around the globe and had an abundance of talent presented to us. With limited screen time it was an excruciating decision to make eliminations and we wish there were a dozen more films we could have shown you. Many films submitted were finely crafted and with what we have chosen for presentation we could not be more proud.

In recognition of the films evaluated and including some of those accepted we must take notice of the vast array of con-tent received pertaining in some way to the abuse of women. An alarming 15% of films submitted focused on this topic. They came from every culture, every cast or class of people, from numerous countries and every continent. Numbers like this can not be ignored when filmmakers worldwide, both narrative and documentary, are shouting at us with this mes-sage. It must be considered epidemic. Filmmakers reveal to us what we do not know there is to see.

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We thank you for taking to the time and effort to be with us and trust you will enjoy the program we have developed. Please partake of the many educational opportunities and networking events. We hope you will prosper with us and visit year after year.

Mike Rembis, Festival Director

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Mike RembisEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mike Rembis is an actor, screenwriter, director and Executive Producer at Best Productions in Clearwater Florida. Trained in Stras-berg method acting at Venue Actors Studio Created Best, a TV sitcom about a car rental on an island where nobody needs a car Won Grand Prize at the 2008 Cannes 24 Hour Film Challenge for Perfect Pitch, a short film about a singer who can’t singRecognized for competitive screenwriting as a writer who impressed the judges, but not quite as well as the winners did at Scriptapalooza, semifinalist and quarterfinalist (3 times) The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, runner up The Boston International Film Festival, top ten finalist The Las Vegas Short Script Awards, judges selection The American Gem Short Script Competition, top 326Last year, Mike joined forces with director Din Altit and co-wrote the feature Unpunished, a fact based drama about the femi-cides of Ciudad Juarez, now in development with Streetwise Productions. Then he found a script he just couldn’t put down; Sometimes Called Falling In Love by Ray Rosales, a dark romantic comedy about a case of love on the rocks, with a twist. Mike took it straight to pre-production and will soon be directing his first feature film. The Clearwater Film Festival is his biggest challenge to date and he is excited to see it take shape. He is represented for acting by Sue Miller at The Miller Agency in Tampa and for writing by George Doulamis at ADA Management in Palm Beach Gardens.

Ellen Rembis QUALITY ASSURANCE/FESTIVAL LIAISON Ellen is Mike’s wife of 23 years. tOriginally from New York City, she and Mike first met in Montana, when she was a ranger in Yellowstone National Park. She completed a biology degree in Fish and Wildlife Management at Montana State University in Bozeman and soon went into the pharmaceutical industry to become a Quality Assurance Auditor. She has over 15 years experience qualifying prescription drugs for human consumption based on USDA standards. Poor batches would never make the cut, not on her watch. Now, Ellen’s passion for film and those years of quality assurance experi-ence gives us a tremendous advantage and an uncompromising edge in choosing our films. Ellen makes sure our screen-ers are well aware of what they should be watching for and grading films in compliance with a standards process that creates a uniform scorecard and places all entries on equal footing before they are viewed. Once screened, results are tabulated and recorded to see which films may end up being included as The Clearwater Film Festival Official Selections.

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Justin Marr FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP LIAISON Justin Marr excelled as a student at Central Michigan University, practicing all facets of film. As a screenwriter, Justin co-wrote a weekly drama based on student-life for the award-winning student station, Moore Hall Television.To practice concise, efficient writing, Justin simultaneously was a senior entertainment and sports reporter for the award-winning student newspaper, CM-Life. As a habitual writer, Justin has written several shorts and features and hopes to someday direct and produce his work. Justin increased his familiarity of film diversity during his tenure as member of the Central Michigan Film Society Selection Committee. He organized, screened potential films, and promoted the International Film Festival. To supplement his passion for film, Justin took several film courses under the acclaimed CMU staff, includ-ing sound/video editing, screenwriting, film analysis/critique, and entertainment law. The proactive student derived his early experience through Tribeca Productions in New York City during two summer internships. He learned the crucial principles of film development under a wealth of knowledge, including Jane Rosenthal and Robert DeNiro. Upon gradu-ation, Justin joined filmmaker Mike Rembis with Best Productions to continue learning the art of film and bring film recognition to Pinellas and beyond Florida with The Clearwater Film Festival.

H.Cherdon Bedford MARKETING & DESIGNSince birth, H.Cherdon has demonstrated an exceptional aptitude for creative arts. Her art, stories, poems, plays have won her numerous awards and gained her national attention, especially her children’s picture books she both writes and illustrates. Also a talented actress, she has appeared in 40+ plays & musicals, 2 performing arts troupes, several short films & commercials. Her producer powers include organization, presentation, big-picture perspective, detailed memory & a pinch of OCD. Driven & self-motivated, H.Cherdon excels as as artist, film director, photographer, web designer, writ-er, actress, illustrator, dollmaker, movie producer, marketer, bookmaker, entrepreneur… and superhero. As the Founder and Executive Director of the Austin Film Meet (www.austinfilmmeet.com), H.Cherdon reaches out to fellow filmmakers & artists. She thrives as a “handyman” for creative challenges, a real-life Creative Superhero for hire, using love, logic & creativity to touch lives and save projects. She is also a Founder of Texas Film Friday (www.texasfilmfriday.com), a monthly celebration of indie film and new media. Together, H.Cherdon and her partner Brandon Boggs own Humblebee Media (www.humblebeemedia.com), a multi-media production and marketing company based in East Austin, where they live with their fish & four ridiculously-spoiled cats. Discover more magic at: www.hcherdon.com.

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The WaveCrest AwardJeff Owen Artworks

The Wavecrest Award is an original design by San Jose CA sculptor Jeff Owen. A sleek plate of shining steel dances with a ribbon of hand cut metal filmstrip to be-come a one of a kind work of art that we are proud to have as our own. The Wavecrest will be awarded to the BEST work in these categories: Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, Animation, Director, Original Mu-sic, Screenplay, Actor, Actress, Supporting Roles, Inter-national Selection and Triple Threat Filmmaker.

Jeff Owen In His Own Words“I try to approach each sculpture without following a set pattern. My work begins with any idea. These ideas can begin with a found object or they can begin with no object. When I’m in my studio I may stumble and kick a few bits here and there -- and they may just happen to throw into a pattern that sets me off, that sets off a vision of how I would create and finish. If only it all had that kind of accidental beauty to it. I want to be like a poet, with my sculpture, my paintings, my life. My sculptures unite shapes – or-ganically manipulated objects and textures, merging energy, al-lowing my spirit to emerge. My sculpture is both negative and positive space, coexisting in one cohesive medium. The presence and substance of raw steel ignores the realm of the smelter and lives deeply, with emotion and a unique unknown clarity – deep within me. My sculptures are an existential part of me – brought to the surface for all to see. There is no deeper communication I can express.”

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Master of CeremoniesMark Troy

PanelistsWayne Crawford PRODUCER / WRITER

Jeff Rector ACTOR Brad Chiet COMPOSER

John Carlson MUSIC SUPERVISORPeter D’Alessio PRODUCER

Jeffrey Lynn Ward DIRECTOR / PRODUCERRobert Sterrett PRODUCER / DISTRIBUTOR

Marcos Baca FILM EDITORAndrea Albin LITERARY AGENT

Holly Caputo TALENT AGENTNancy McBride CASTING DIRECTOR

Corinne Broskette ACTING INSTRUCTORDave Barrett CINEMATOGRAPHER

Russell Hess ACTOR / PRODUCER / DISTRIBUTOR Tom Thompson PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

Justin Hunt DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERJustin Evans DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHERKenny Mann DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER

Judges

George Doulamis LITERARY AGENT

We would like to thank the many, generous personalities who con-tributed so much to our film panels and educational forums this year.

Bethany Cagle WUSF RADIO PERSONALITY/ACTOR/VO ARTIST

Steve Persall ST. PETERSBURG TIMES FILM CRITIC

Peter D’Alessio PRODUCER/ACTOR/CASTING DIRECTOR

Tom Thompson PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

All film panels take place at Holiday Inn Clearwater Beach in the Duval Room unless Otherwise Noted.

Thursday, September 30, 201011am Documentary Filmmaking with Laura Cain (Healing Neen), Justin Hunt (Absent), Kenny Mann (Walking with Life)11am Screenwriting Presentation with Andres Albin, Pete Conrad, and George Doulamis1pm Auditioning for the New Actor with Corinne Broskette, Holly Caputo, Nancy McBride3pm Pre-Development & Packaging with Russell Hess, Nany McBride3pm The New Age of Cinematography

Friday, October 1, 201011am The Film Editor’s Role as Second Director with Marcos Baca, Brad Chiet, Jeff Ward1pm Film Production with Wayne Crawford, Peter D’Alessio1pm Ditribution - New Media & Future Formats1pm The Art of the Deal with Robert Sterrett, Tom Thompson

Saturday, October 1, 201010:30am The Business of Film Music with John Carlson and Brad Chiet 10:30am Managing Your Acting Career with Holly Caputo, Russell Hess, Jeff Rector

Educational Panels

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A = Animation; D=Documentary; F = Feature; M-F = Mini-Feature; SF = Short Film

Wednesday, September 29, 2010Opening Night Gala5pm Twenty Ten (F) Mark Alston & Byron Kaye A Soldier’s Mission (A) Mel K. Lockett LASTRAIN (SF) Tony Lopez7pm Party at Waters Edge, starts when screening ends Music Performance by Harpist Taylor MIlls

Thursday, September 30, 2010Movies! Movies! Movies!Thursday Screenings at Largo Cultural Center1pm Out of Focus (MF) Jim Cocoliato A Soldier’s Mission (A) Mel K. Lockett The Nice Girl (SF) V. K. Shah 0:092pm Night People (MF) Mickey Newman 0:44 When He Left (SF) Jeremy Decker 0:123pm A Daytona Dream (D) Matthew Barksdale 1:30 A Soldier’s Mission (A) Mel K. Lockett 0:03 The Stain (A) Ron Segal 0:125pm China: The Rebirth Of An Empire (D) Jesse Veverka 1:266:30pm Who Is Dancing? (D) Lu Gan 2:319pm Healing Neen (D) Laura Cain, Diana Gross 0:54 Through The Tunnel (D) Adams, Williams, Clappsaddle 0:42 In Our Closeness (SF) Torch Eberhart 0:07

Thursday Screenings at Clearwater Cinema Cafe 1pm Black Dogs Barking (F) Mehmet Bahadir 1:30 CCC2 4 Pictures (SF) Mike Madigan 0:15 CCC1 Marvin’s Plan (SF) Marc Steele 0:24 CCC1 Only In Paris (SF) Cary Cremidas 0:13 CCC12pm Innocent Crimes (F) Jonathan Green - Feature 1:37 CCC1 Dialing Amy (SF) Lexer Kadan 0:11 CCC13pm The Desperate (SF) Ben Hur Sepehr 0:33 CCC2 Dark Scribbles (SF) Michael Venn 0:09 CCC2 Entanglement (A) Renae Radford - Animation 0:06 CCC211pm Sneakers & Soul (F) Jonathan Zelenak - Feature 1:41 CCC2

Thursday Screenings at the Capitol Theatre 11am Friend Of The Devil (SF) Eric H. Heisner 0:24 High Heels (SF) Brett Carlson 0:14 People That Do Something (SF) Paul Galvan 0:06 Taught To Hate (SF) James Garcia Sotomayor 0:27 Ragman (SF) James Garcia Sotomayor 0:2712:45pm House Quake (D) Karen Elizabeth Price 1:33 Empty Space (SF) Rob Underhill 0:12 Weequahic (SF) Jamie Ruddy 0:093pm The Day The World Turned Dayglo (A) Tim Cutler 1:44 5pm Walking With Life: The Birth Of A Human Rights Movement In Africa (A) Kenny Mann 0:38 Sissy (SF) Bonnie Root 0:22 The Story Of Human Rights (A) Taron Lexton 0:09 Thembi’s Diary (A) Jisoo Kim 0:067pm Absent (D) Justin Hunt 1:319pm Twenty Ten (F) Mark Alston & Byron Kaye 1:11 The Desperate (SF) Ben Hur Sepehr 0:33

Friday Screenings at Largo Cultural Center1pm The Scriptoid Challenge Finalists - Panel 3pm Fatal Kiss - Panel4:15pm Bullfrogs On My Mind... A Kentucky Legend (D) Diane Mason 0:57 A Soldier’s Mission (A) Mel K. Lockett 0:035:30pm American Colonies: Collapse Of The Bee (D) Jason Kushner 1:10 The Stain (A) Ron Segal - Animation 0:127pm My Name Is Jerry (F) Morgan Mead 1:40 Who Do Voodoo (A) Tahnee Gehm 0:039pm Strawberry Fields: Keeping the Spirit Of John Lennon Alive (D) Mark Elsis 1:21 A Tall Tale (A) Brittany Biggs 0:08 Lighthouse (SF) Ling Li 0:17

Calendar of Events Friday Screenings at Clearwater Cinema Cafe 1pm Railed Up And Wrecked (F) Neil Webb 1:36 CCC1 Rita (SF) Antonio Piazza 0:18 CCC2 Sissy (SF) Bonnie Root 0:22 CCC22pm Around (F) David Spaltro 1:44 CCC2 Detention (SF) Aden Shillito 0:12 CCC13pm 4 Pictures (SF) Mike Madigan 0:15 CCC1 Dark Scribbles (SF) Michael Venn 0:09 CCC1 No One Island (SF) Stacy Marr, Vanessa Ruane 0:20 CCC111pm A Lonely Place For Dying (F) Justin Evans 1:36 CCC1 Take My Wife (SF) Brett Carlson 0:22 CCC111pm Houston We Have A Problem (D) Nicole Torre 1:23 CCC2 Picture Day (SF) Ken Adachi 0:17 CCC2

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Friday, October 1, 2010Movies! Movies! Movies!Awards LuncheonSaturday Screenings at Largo Cultural Center 1pm The Shark Con (D) Rusty Armstrong1:26pm Entanglement (A) Renae Radford 0:06 Thembi’s Diary (A) Jisoo Kim 0:063pm U’bejani (F) Panel5pm A Lonely Place for Dying (F) Justin Evans 1:36 Over Cards (SF) Marwan A. Abderrazzaq 0:137pm earthwork (F) Chris Ordal 1:33 A Tall Tale (A) Brittany Biggs 0:08 Picture Day (SF) Ken Adachi 0:179:15pm Mission Appalachia - The Story Of Red Bird (D) Todd Scoggins 1:10 Oro Verde (Sea of Green) (D) 0:13 Who Do Voodoo (A) Tahnee Gehm 0:03 Zimbabwe (SF) Anjuli Hinds 0:16

Saturday Screenings at Clearwater Cinema Cafe 11am LASTRAIN (SF) Tony Lopez 0:23 CCC1 Over Cards (SF) Marwan A. Abderrazzaq 0:13 CCC1 Rita (SF) Antonio Piazza 0:18 CCC1 Seventeen Cents (SF) John Marchetti 0:13 CCC1 The Silent Realm (D) Phillip Arnold 0:20 CCC111pm Breaking News Breaking Down (D) Mike Walter 0:35 CCC2 Positive (SF) Christian Cooks 0:19 CCC2 Seventeen Cents (SF) John Marchetti 0:13 CCC211pm Black Dogs Barking (F) Mehmet Bahadir 1:30 CCC1 Rita (SF) Antonio Piazza 0:18 CCC1

Saturday Screenings at The Capitol Theatre 11am Piano Grand (D) Steven Gotler 0:55 Ashes To Anthrax (SF) Corey Horton 0:09 In the Shadows (SF) Thomas D. Thompson 0:101pm Cangleska Wakan (D) Aitken Pearson 0:53 Astronaut Pam: Countdown To Commander (D) Mary Jo Godges, Renee Sotile 0:39 I Am Seminole (D) Sabrina Cooper 0:07 3:00pm Hope For A Thorn (F) Erin Kitzinger 1:14 Madcap Mabel (SF) Rudy Cecera 0:35 Dialing Amy (SF) Lexer Kadan 0:11Start times are approximate and may vary based on the run time of win-ning films. Names of films will be announced live via Twitter as awards are presented at Awards Luncheon between Noon and 3:00 PM5pm Best Short Film & Best Documentary7pm Best International Film & Best Triple Threat Film9pm Best Feature Film & Best Animation

Sunday Picnic Musical Performance by Gypsy Wind

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A Soldier’s MissionDirector: Mel K. LockettAnimation - 3 minutes - USA 2010A love struck tin soldier rushes to the aid of a fallen princess.

Animation

EntanglementDirector: Renae RadfordAnimation - 6 minutes - USA 2010A turbulent journey of unrequited love set in the garden of one’s subconscious.

A Tall TaleDirector: Brittany BiggsAnimation - 8 minutes - USA 2010A lost princess returns home to her ailing father, the King who sent her away.

The StainDirector: Ron SegalAnimation - 12 minutes - Isreal 2010An unfinished version of a fable is given an ending by a random gust of wind through the author’s study. A new headstrong adaptation of the familiar fable “The Scorpion And The Frog.”

Thembi’s DiaryDirector: Jisoo KimAnimation - 6 minutes - USA 2010A true audio documentary recorded by a South African girl with AIDS. Although her dis-ease is harsh for a 17 year old, Thembi talks to her virus every morning. With a calm voice she says that as long as it leaves her alone she will do the same.

Who Do VoodooDirector: Tahnee GehmAnimation - 3 minutes - USA 2010Olivia’s life takes an unexpected twist when a voodoo king fixes her back problem. Little does she expect her obnoxious dog to ruin her performance - for the best!

A Tall Tale

Entanglement

The Stain

Who Do Voodoo

A Soldier’s Mission

Thembi’s Diary

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A Daytona DreamDirector: Matthew BarksdaleDocumentary - 1 hour 30 minutes - USA 2010

A love struck tin soldier rushes to the aid of a fallen princess. Team owner and driver Scott Tucker assembles a dream team of elite race car drivers in an effort to win one of endur-ance racing’s most prestigious events, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Collisions, confrontations and high-speed racing action take center stage as both the human body and powerful, purpose-built machines are pushed to their absolute limits.

Documentary

AbsentDirector: Justin HuntDocumentary - 1 hour 31 minutes - USA 2010

From the award-winning director of AMERICAN METH comes Justin Hunt’s newest docu-mentary that will undoubtedly lift the veil of how and why a father’s absence can be so devastating to not only a child; but a family, community, and, eventually, society itself. Because one man makes a world of difference.

American Colonies: Collapse Of The BeeDirector: Jason KushnerDocumentary - 1 hour 10 minutes - USA 2009

American Colonies: Collapse of the Bee is a completely independent film project that breaks down the role of bees/pollinators in our environment and economy. It explains the mysterious problem of Colony Collapse Disorder and then proposes a possible solution for the sake of our food supply and global economy.

A Daytona Dream

Absent

American Colonies

Astronaut Pam: Countdown To CommanderDirector: Mary Jo Godges and Renee SotileDocumentary - 39 minutes - USA 2009

The sky is NOT the limit! Ride along with Commander Pam Melroy and her crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on an exciting journey to the International Space Station. Float in ZERO GRAVITY and strap in for MACH 25, on the space trip of a lifetime. “Being an astro-naut is totally cool. It’s the coolest job in or out of the world.” Pam Melroy.

Breaking News Breaking DownDirector: Mike WalterDocumentary - 35 minutes - USA 2009

Journalists who have covered everything from Columbine, to 9-11, from Katrina to the War in Iraq and the Oklahoma City Bombing. They’ve told us the most important stories of our time, but they’ve never told us their personal stories, how getting the big story can get to the journalists, in many cases affecting their emotional well being.

Astronaut Pam

Breaking News Breaking Down

Bullfrogs On My Mind . . . A Kentucky LegendDirector: Diane MasonDocumentary - 57 minutes - USA 2009

A woman searches for the truth of a family legend - Did their ancestor bring the bullfrog to Kentucky?

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Documentary ContinuedCangleska WakanDirector: Aitken PearsonDocumentary - 53 minutes - UK 2009

The sacred hoop of life of the Lakota Sioux is explained by tribe members.

Cangleska Wakan

China: The Rebirth of an EmpireDirector: Jesse VeverkaDocumentary - 1 hour 26 minutes - USA 2010

Peaceful rise or potential threat? China’s 21st century emergence as a global superpower affects every single one of us.

China: The Rebirth of an Empire

Healing NeenDirector: Laura Cain / Co-Director: Diana GrossDocumentary - 54 minutes - USA 2010

Healing Neen takes viewers on a journey to places and subjects that many find difficult or uncomfortable to even fathom. Beginning with a nightmarish childhood beatings at the hands of her alcoholic mother and sexual assaults by neighborhood men, Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain’s life sprawled down into crack addiction, homelessness and 83 arrests. At her lowest point, pregnant and incarcerated, she was offered her first break - the chance to enter a revolutionary trauma, mental health, and addictions program. Safe at last, Tonier began to heal and embarked on a boundless ‘upward spiral’. Today she travels the country, speak-ing to professionals and those still living on the margins of society, spreading her message ‘where there’s breath there’s hope’.

Healing Neen

House QuakeDirector: Karen Elizabeth PriceDocumentary - 1 Hour 33 minutes - USA 2009

The behind the scenes story of how Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats took back Con-gress and transformed the way campaigns are run in the U.S.

House Quake

I Am SeminoleDirector: Sabrina CooperDocumentary - 7 minutes - USA 2010

Join Everett Osceola of the Seminole Tribe of Florida on a journey through the history of the tribe and how they are preparing for the future.

Mission Appalachia

Mission Appalachia - The Story Of Red BirdDirector: Todd ScogginsDocumentary - 1 hour 10 minutes - USA 2009

The mountain people of these hollers refer to it simply, and affectionately, as Red Bird. The mission has been in operation for nearly one-hundred years. Red Bird has worked exclusively in this area since the 1920’s. The Red Bird Mission has been described as the most comprehensive mission site in the world. Nearly 3,000 people journey annually from across the US to bring support to fellow Americans in this breathtaking landscape.

I Am Seminole

Houston We Have a Problem

Houston We Have a ProblemDirector: Nicole TorreDocumentary - 1 hour 23 minutes - USA 2009

Step inside the energy capital of the world to hear the truth about oil, straight from the hearts of the Texas oilmen themselves. See decades of American presidents who have warned against the depend-ence on foreign oil, and how the U.S. Energy policy has always been a strategy of defense, not offense.

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Oro Verde (Sea of Green)Director: Ignacio BusquierDocumentary - 13 minutes - USA 2009

The tea farmers of Argentina harvest their crop.

Piano GrandDirector: Steven GotlerDocumentary - 55 minutes - USA 2010

The story of a magnificent grand piano built in the 1890’s by legendary Boston piano maker Chickering & Sons. What began as a project to document the piano’s restoration evolved into a fascinating story about the people and historic events surrounding this beautiful instrument.

Strawberry Fields: Keeping the Spirit Of John Lennon AliveDirector: Mark ElsisDocumentary - 1 hour 21 minutes - USA 2009

In his first in-depth interview in over thirty years Phil Spector tells stories about ‘his broth-er’ John Lennon, their love for each other and the wonderful music they produced. This and other stories bring over a million people from every corner of Earth to visit Strawberry Fields and the Imagine mosaic each year.

Piano Grand

The Shark Con

The Day the World Turned DaygloDirector: Tim CutlerDocumentary - 1 hour 44 minutes - UK 2009

Three days after 9/11 and the beginning of a five year odyssey by a young English teacher traveling through ten Muslim countries at the height of the century’s new conflict. “When you drive into a sandstorm there is no telling where or when you will finally exit.” Arab proverb.

The Shark ConDirector: Rusty ArmstrongDocumentary - 1 hour 26 minutes - USA 2010

The Shark Con takes viewers on a roller coaster ride into the big business of sharks, reveal-ing the controversial truth about the industry, all the while trying to answer the central question…Are sharks really over-fished? Or is this just an elaborate con?

The Day the World Turned Dayglo

Strawberry Fields

Documentary Continued

Oro Verde

The Silent Realm

The Silent RealmDirector: Phillip ArnoldDocumentary - 20 minutes - USA 2009

Young men and seasoned athletes still journey to isolated valleys and remote villages to lift Scotland’s famous stones of strength, partaking of a centuries-old tradition that marked the passage from adolescence into manhood. This ancient custom is explained by Peter Martin, who has devoted his life to the research and lifting of Scotland’s Manhood Stones.

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The Story of Human RightsDirector: Taron LextonDocumentary - 9 minutes - USA 2009

A striking short film defining one of the worlds most misunderstood subjects: human rights.

Through the Tunnel

Through the TunnelDirector: Durand Adams, Charles Williams, Charles ClappsaddleDocumentary - 42 minutes - USA 2010

A retrospective of the desegregation of an historic all black high school through the eyes of the head football coach and a player who became an All-Pro in the NFL.

Documentary Continued

Walking With Life: The Birth Of A Human Rights Move-ment In Africa Director: Kenny MannDocumentary - 38 minutes - USA 2010

Human rights education in Senegal triggers a re-examination of Koranic law and traditions like forced early marriage and female circumcision, causing a historic movement towards positive social change.the tribe and how they are preparing for the future.Walking With Life

Who Is Dancing?Director: Lu GanDocumentary - 2 hours 31 minutes - China 2010

A close look at the grueling audition process of the world’s top ballet director, Mr. Roland Petit, a guest to the National Ballet of China as he chooses the starring roles for Bizet’s “Carmen”. Cutthroat competition ensues in a battlefield without smoke from the start until the opening night curtain when we find out Who Is Dancing?

Out of FocusDirector: Jim CocoliatoMini-Feature Film - 45 minutes - USA 2010

Derek Miller was a young prosperous Cinematographer until Super-Star actor Clive Pierce has him fired. Derek’s career and life plummets to the bottom, until opportunity knocks, offering him his chance to get back on top and enjoy success that he never even had dreamed possible.

Out of Focus

Mini-FeaturesNight PeopleDirector: Mickey NewmanMini-Feature Film - 44 minutes - USA 2010

After accidentally locking his keys, wallet, and cell phone in his apartment late one night, Nathan Richards embarks on a journey for refuge in which he encounters various drifters along the way

Night People

The Story of Human Rights

Who Is Dancing?

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A Lonely Place for DyingDirector: Justin EvansFeature Film - 1 hour 36 minutes - USA 2009

In 1972, the conflict in Vietnam continues. The creeping threat of communism grips the nation in fear. In an abandoned prison on the US/Mexican border, KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from the Washington Post. He holds explosive evidence against the CIA, information he will trade for asylum in the US. Special Agent Robert Harper’s orders are clear: take the documents from Dzerzhinsky and kill him.

...AroundDirector: David SpaltroFeature Film - 1 hour 44 minutes - USA 2009

A homeless man going to school in New York City searches for a place to call home.

...Around

A Lonely Place for Dying

Black Dogs Barking

Features

Black Dogs BarkingDirector: Mehmet BahadirFeature Film - 1 hour 30 minutes - Turkey 2010

Two friends try to go into business for themselves but instead find trouble with the park-ing garage mafia in Istanbul’s chaotic underground.

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earthworkDirector: Chris OrdalFeature Film - 1 hour 33 minutes - USA 2009

earthwork is the true story of real life crop artist Stan Herd who plants his unique, rural art form in New York City with the help of a group of homeless characters on a plot of land owned by Donald Trump.

Railed Up And WreckedDirector: Neil WebbFeature Film - 1 hour 36 minutes - Canada 2010

A man has strange dreams after he finds out his recently dead older brother was a drug dealer.

Twenty TenDirector: Mark Alston & Byron KayeFeature Film - 1 hour 11 minutes - Australia 2010

The new Australian comedy Twenty Ten tracks four misbegotten twenty-somethings as they bicker, snicker and search for a life beyond each other and the deadbeat suburban Sydney street where they all work. A life somewhere cool. Somewhere like Twenty Ten.

Railed Up and Wrecked

Twenty Ten

Sneakers & SoulDirector: Jonathan ZelenakFeature Film - 1 hour 41 minutes - USA 2009

After inheriting a pair of blue sneakers and a mysterious key to a New York City apartment, a young work obsessed lawyer finds himself following in his father’s footsteps - walking from South Jersey to New York with his loyal but complicated best friend.

Sneakers & Soul

Feature Films Continued

Hope for a Thorn

Hope for A ThornDirector: Erin KitzingerFeature Film - 1 hour 14 minutes - USA 2009

Fighting loss, loneliness and madness, an estranged grandmother and granddaughter’s only chance for redemption is each other.

Innocent Crimes

Innocent CrimesDirector: Jonathan GreenFeature Film - 1 hour 37 minutes - UK 2009

A shy accountant seeking an escape from his hum-drum existence meets a charismatic man who is more dangerous than he first appears to be.

My Name Is JerryDirector: Morgan MeadFeature Film - 1 hour 40 minutes - USA 2009

As a salesman, Jerry Arthur (Doug Jones) drifts through days filled by slamming doors and low expectations. He is a middle-aged divorcee with a daughter he has not spoken to in years, a dead-end job, and low self-esteem. But, when he encounters the right mix of punk rock mental-ity and a few unique friends, he gets a rare chance to wake up from life and finally start living.My Name Is Jerry

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Ashes To Anthrax

4 PicturesDirector: Mike MadiganShort Film - 15 minutes - USA 2009

‘4 Pictures’ is a personal narrative comedy that focuses on Kaitlin, living and documenting a simple day to day routine. Trying to avoid ‘change’ whenever possible, an unexpected revelation causes her to rethink her closest relationships.

4 Pictures

Ashes To AnthraxDirector: Corey HortonShort Film - 9 minutes - USA 2010

A man follows the clues in his dreams to get answers.

Short Films

Dark Scribbles

Dark ScribblesDirector: Michael VennShort Film - 9 minutes - USA 2010

Angela is a psychic whose visions might be more than they appear. Her psychic abilities and her relationships are becoming intertwined. Sometimes nothing is exactly what it’s supposed to be.

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Detention

Dialing Amy

DetentionDirector: Aden ShillitoShort Film - 12 minutes - New Zealand 2010

A school boy struggles to expose the suspicious behavior of the one-eyed caretaker at his primary school, only to find that life is vastly more complex than he could ever have imagined.

Dialing AmyDirector: Lexer KadanShort Film - 11 minutes - USA 2010

A young girl left alone in a hotel room gets disturbing phone calls from a child predator. Will she fall into his clutches or not?

Empty Space

Friend Of The Devil

Empty SpaceDirector: Rob UnderhillShort Film - 12 minutes - USA 2009

Empty Space is based in part on the Mike Wiley one-man play, Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till: A true story that chronicles the 1955 Mississippi murder trial and confession of the men accused of the horrific slaying of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Mike Wiley plays all the characters in this, his breakout film debut.

Friend Of The DevilDirector: Eric H. HeisnerShort Film - 24 minutes - USA 2009

Former Texas Ranger, Jacob Matthau goes in pursuit of Bandits that robbed and killed a payroll guard. The journey takes him to the Mexican border and outside the law.

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In The Shadows

High Heels

In Our Closeness

In The ShadowsDirector: Thomas D. ThompsonShort Film - 10 minutes - USA 2010

With the promise of a $20,000 reward a trio of friends search Capitol Theater to prove it is haunted.

In Our ClosenessDirector: Torch EberhartShort Film - 7 minutes - USA 2010

Two brothers take off one night to bond and get to know each other. Everything goes wrong with a stop at the local convenience store.

High HeelsDirector: Brett CarlsonShort Film - 14 minutes - USA 2009

A not too dark comedy about a guy mortally afraid of all shoes since the day he witnessed a tragic trolley accident caused buy a pair of sexy red heels.

LASTRAINDirector: Tony LopezShort Film - 23 minutes - Spain 2010

Irene meets a handsome stranger who intrigues her when his predictions become true.

LighthouseDirector: Ling LiShort Film - 17 minutes - USA 2009

A lonely lighthouse keeper saves a mysterious drowning girl, who insists that she is a fish. Despite their booming romance she decides to return to the ocean.

Lighthouse

LASTRAIN

Madcap MabelDirector: Rudy CeceraShort Film - 35 minutes - USA 2010

The life of silent screen star Mabel Normand is seen through the repentant eyes of re-porter Charlie Craig, whose scandalous stories helped destroy her career and give himself a chance to survive the next four years.

Madcap Mabel

Short Films Continued

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People That Do SomethingDirector: Paul GalvanShort Film - 6 minutes - USA 2009

An abusive man takes his stepdaughter shoplifting.

People That Do Something

Picture DayDirector: Ken AdachiShort Film - 17 minutes - USA 2009

High school is tough. Freshman Miles Dufort will risk everything to take a perfect school picture

Picture Day

Short Films Continued

No One Island

Marvin’s PlanDirector: Marc SteeleShort Film - 24 minutes - USA 2009

Welcome to Marvin’s world. A world of selling sperm to pay for his dates, only to face rejection after rejection. Fed up with his lot in life, Marvin concocts an outrageous plan to have a woman unwittingly have his child. However, what he does not know, is that a woman who works at the sperm bank where he donates has secretly impregnated herself with his sperm. What follows is an hilarious turn of events.

No One IslandDirector: Stacy Marr, Vanessa RuaneShort Film - 20 minutes - USA 2009

There’s no place like home. After the sudden death of their father, a family attempts to come together and heal the wounds of a haunted past that have been left unspoken for years

Marvin’s Plan

Only In ParisDirector: Cary CremidasShort Film - 13 minutes - USA 2009

How Far Would you Go to Prove that you are Sexy? Only in Paris is the story of an Ameri-can woman who discovers her fiancé is cheating on her. To prove to him and herself that she is “sexy” she sets out to find and seduce the “hottest” man in Paris. In a cat and mouse chase follows her target through the streets and alleys of Paris. Does she accom-plish her goal?Only In Paris

Over CardsDirector: Marwan A. AbderrazzaqShort Film - 13 minutes - USA 2010

Five friends, playing poker, discuss how each would kill his wife.

Over Cards

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PositiveDirector: Christian CooksShort Film - 19 minutes - USA 2009

Two young teenagers battle with the fact that they are HIV positive.

Positive

Rita

RagmanDirector: Dale WardShort Film - 18 minutes - USA 2009

A ragman from another time and place visits a modern city, offering to trade his new rags for the old ones of the people he meets.

Ragman

RitaDirector: Antonio PiazzaShort Film - 18 minutes - Italy 2009

Rita, a blind child, shelters a boy on the run who suddenly breaks into her home. It’s a mysterious, enigmatic meeting that lets Rita experience a brief moment of freedom.

Sissy

Take My Wife

SissyDirector: Bonnie RootShort Film - 22 minutes - USA 2010

Sissy is a fourteen year old girl living on the streets to escape her dysfunctional home. Her mother, addicted to good-for-nothing men but carrying some guilt about her daughter’s situation, has a plan. She arranges for Sissy to go on the road with “Uncle Charlie,” a strug-gling, unstable magician headed out on a two-bit tour through Nevada. When the trip begins to deteriorate, so does Charlie. This leaves Sissy even more isolated than she was when she was all alone, and forces her to find the strength she never knew she had.

Take My WifeDirector: Brett CarlsonShort Film - 22 minutes - USA 2009

A married couple intending to hire a gigolo to save their stale sex life mistakenly hire a hit man

Short Films Continued

Seventeen CentsDirector: John MarchettiShort Film - 13 minutes - USA 2009

The life of silent screen star Mabel Normand is seen through the repentant eyes of re-porter Charlie Craig, whose scandalous stories helped destroy her career and give himself a chance to survive the next four years.

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Taught to Hate

The Desperate

Taught to HateDirector: James Garcia SotomayorShort Film - 27 minutes - Ecuador 2009

The story of an Hispanic immigrant trying to find a job in America and an American family who’s uncle’s racial intolerance has a strong effect on his nephew.

The Nice GirlDirector: V. K. ShahShort Film - 9 minutes - USA 2009

What are the chances that you would meet a stranger one day that could kill , kidnap, test, hurt, or hug you? After a terrible day at work, Kate is accosted by Jack, a stranger, who leads her on a quick journey, one that can change her, if she plays her cards right.

The DesperateDirector: Ben Hur SepehrShort Film - 33 minutes - USA 2009

On a rainy night in a concentration camp a fearsome Nazi general is forced to plead with a condemned Jewish doctor to save his dying only son.

The Nice Girl

Short Films Continued

Weequahic

When He LeftDirector: Jeremy DeckerShort Film - 12 minutes - USA 2010

A family struggles with the suicide of their son, a veteran of Middle East deployment and victim of post Traumatic stress disorder.

WeequahicDirector: Jamie RuddyShort Film - 8 minutes - USA 2009

Set in 1952, four wise guys in the numbers racket hang out at a diner and spend most of their time looking for new patsies to collect some extra scratch. Their latest scheme to shake down the owner of the diner yields very unpredictable results.

Zimbabwe

ZimbabweDirector: Anjuli HindsShort Film - 16 minutes - USA 2009

Amidst the turmoil and uncertainty of a militant regime, two young children of Zimbabwe are forced into a fight they hardly understand when they are pitted one against the other during a sudden farm invasion.

When He Left

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Film Directory4 Pictures Five Clover Films Mike Madigan Independent Digital Cinema 248-981-4437 1968 Axtell Dr Apt 2Troy, MI 48084-4422 [email protected] www.fivecloverfilms.comwww.facebook.com/fivecloverfilms www.twitter.com/fivecloverfilms AbsentJustin Hunt, Director/Producer/Writ-er/Photographer/Editor “one man makes a world of difference.”505.330.4756 PO Box 7345, Chandler AZ 85246 [email protected] www.absentmovie.com

Astronaut Pam: Countdown to Com-manderRenee Sotile & Mary Jo Godges, Directors 310-657-8041 876 N West Knoll Dr West Hollywood, CA 90069 [email protected] www.TraipsingThruFilms.com

A Tall TaleUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUSC: Sandrine Cassidy, Director of Festivals & DistributionDirector: Brittany BiggsUSC: 213-740-4432; Director: 424-901-9296 900 W. 34th St. Suite 235 Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211 USAUSC: [email protected] Director: [email protected]/a_tall_tale.html

Breakding News Breaking DownWalter Media IncMike Walter, President & CEO202-550-37845505 Fireside CourtFairfax, VA 22032 USAmike@waltermedia.tvwww.breakingnewsbreakingdown.comwww.waltermedia.tv

Cangleska Wakan Medicine Bow Films Aitken Pearson, Producer/Director + 351 91 302 8330 / + 44 161 973 0894 21 Roselands Ave, Sale, Cheshire, M33 4BH, [email protected] medicinebowfilms.com

China: The Rebirth of an EmpireVeverka Bros. Productions LLCJesse Veverka, Producer607-216-43042 White Church Rd Brooktondale, NY 14817 [email protected]

DetentionNightshade Films LtdAden Shillito, Director+ 011 64 9 846 62651/1095 New North Road Auckland 1025, New [email protected] www.detention.co.nz

EntanglementRenar Radford - University of South-ern CaliforniaRenae RadfordDirector/Animator309-781-6739736 N. Harvard BlvdLos Angeles, CA [email protected]

Friend Of The DevilLean Dog Productions Eric H. Heisner, President/Owner “A lean dog runs a long race ...” (818) 484-8846 / (512) 653-4608530 East Cypress Street Glendale, CA 91205 USA [email protected] [email protected]

Hope for a ThornErin Kitzinger, Writer/Director/Editor727-688-34181223 W. Granville Ave #2AChicago, IL [email protected]

HouseQuakeSymmetry Films, Inc.Karen Elizabeth Price, Director/Producer“The Democrats played to win.”310-795-20424445 Cartwright Ave. #116 Toluca Lake CA 91602 [email protected]

I Am SeminoleBlack Castle ProductionsSabrina Cooper, Producer“Passion, Love & Dedication to film.”[email protected]

LASTRAINMelanie Romat, Intl. Distribution & SalesLolita Peliculitas Artes Visuales, SL0034 915 516 708Avd. Mediterráneo nº 52, 7 B 28007Madrid, Spain www.lolitapeliculitas.com

Madcap MabelRiddle Me This ProductionsRudy Cecera, Producer/Writer914-924-785576 Homestead PlaceNew Rochelle, NY 10801 [email protected]://rudy-cecera.webs.com/

Mission Appalachia - The Story of Red BirdTodd Scoggins, Producer/DirectorClayBorne Studios(317) 435-7321Indianapolis, Indiana [email protected]

Night PeopleMickey Newman, Independent Filmmaker/Videographer/Musician412-576-72401126 Pinewood DrPittsburgh PA [email protected]

No One IslandStacy Marr, CEO/FilmmakerTigerEye Productions(310) 962-4696P.O. Box 10433 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 [email protected]

Oro Verde (Green Sea)169 CINE Estela Roberta Sanchez, Producer054 11 49417822Inclan 2543, (ZC 1258 AAE) C.A.B.A., Buenos Aires, [email protected]://oroverdefilm.blogspot.com/

Piano GrandgotlerMediaSteven Gotler“Get It Across.”313-600-9727P.O. Box 1569 Dearborn, MI 48121 [email protected]

PositiveDreamStreet PicturesChristian Cooks, Creator & Founder“DreamStreet Pictures where ideas are turned into scripts, scripts are turned into films and films are turned into dreams coming true.”216-832-15645664 Hub Street Los Angeles, CA 90042 [email protected]

RitaFuture Shorts. Tom Vaughan, Programming & Acqui-sitions Coordinator “Future Shorts. Future Cinema.” +44 (0) 207 739 6055 Future Shorts Ltd. 69-71 Leonard St London, EC2A 4QU [email protected]

RagmanDWard MediaDale Ward636-575-4089716 Emerald Oaks Court St. Louis MO 63025 [email protected]

Seventeen CentsJohn Andrew Marchetti, Writer/Director/Producer/Editor706.888.40666726 Wynnridge CourtColumbus, GA [email protected]

SissyCristen Coppen, Producer & Exec. ProducerSissy Productions LLC “Every Life Has A Turning Point”323 707-670512975 Agustin Place # 313 Playa Vista CA [email protected]

Sneakers & SoulJonathan Zelenak, Director & Co-Writer“No matter what you do in life, always have a perfect bed and a comfortable pair of shoes, because when you’re not in one, you’re in the other.”908.278.0810143 Leesville RoadJackson NJ 08527 [email protected]

The Day The World Turned Dayglo FISHKINFILMSTim Cutler, Writer/Director + 44 (0)[email protected]

The Nice GirlCreative Post/VK Shah (Director for The Nice Girl)VK Shah, Director323-839-4820film@creativepost.netwww.VKSHAH.infowww.TheNiceGirlFilm.com

The StainMichal Sinai, Festivals CoordinatorThe Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Jerusalem4 Yad Harutztim St., Jerusalem 91103, Israel USA+97226731950 Ext. 82 +97226731949 (fax)[email protected] www.jsfs.co.il

Through the TunnelManatee Educational TelevisionCharles Clapsaddle, Producer941-721-96982501 63rd Avenue East

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