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Welcome to the 17th Annual California Independent Film Festival. This program can be used to explore the wide variety of films selected for this year’s festival, and also serve as a guide to the events you wish to attend. There is such a diversity of film, we hope you will attend a style of film that you might not otherwise see. This year’s opening night is set to be the most spectacular opening night in festival history. The opening night film is titled “An Evergreen Christmas”, a family film directed by Jeremy Culver. We are excited to announce that we have more expected cast members from this film than any other film in festival history. Where else will you have the opportunity to meet Oscar Nominee Robert Loggia (Jagged Edge, Scarface, Big, An Officer and a Gentleman), Charleene Closshey (A Thousand Cuts; Musician and Composer); Booboo Stewart (Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 & 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Jake Sandvig (Easy A, Sky High, Weeds), and Greer Grammer (Awkward, Life Partners). Also in attendance will be Director Jeremy Culver; Producer, Kim Waltrip; and Director of Photography, Jeffrey Osborne. As you are perusing the program, keep in mind all the sponsors who have generously donated to the festival. Without sponsors, we would not be able to put on the film festival.
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We truly hope you enjoy the weekend and that you are proud to have the California Independent Film Festival in your backyard. We would like to dedicate this year's festival to our longtime friend and supporter, Ken Parks, who has passed away. Ken was involved with the festival for over 10 years and dedicated much of his time to the industry. He will be greatly missed. Ken Parks
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Festival Coordinator’s Welcome: Welcome to the 17th annual California Independent Film Festival! The Board of Directors and I are honored that you have chosen to be part of this year’s program. I am excited not only because I believe the selections make up one of the best lineups in CAIFF history, but also because this is my first year as the Festival Coordinator. I have been a volunteer since 2002. This year’s festival is expanding to San Francisco with screenings at the Castro Theater. Anyone who has not had a chance to see a movie in this beautiful venue should attend one of the events. The Castro is definitely worth visiting! This year, the CAIFF Board of Directors, Committee Chairs and I hope that you will take the opportunity to meet the filmmakers who will be in attendance, as well as the other festival attendees. There is a wide range and variety of films, so everyone should be able to find what they like. I want to thank all the filmmakers who have films screening, because without your passion, there would be no festival. I also want to thank the volunteers who have dedicated so much time and energy to make this event great, not only for this weekend, but also for the entire year leading up to this festival. Thank you for participating with us in this great event! Best, Lindsay Pirkle Festival Coordinator
CAIFF Committee Chairs Tanya Bordelon, Director of Guest Hospitality Chad Caines, Technical Director Marti Connell, Filmmaker Liaison Chair Justin Choy, Special Events Director Ron Lai & Rick Sergent - SF VIP Reception Chairs Ben Patterson, Assistant Festival Coordinator Lindsay Pirkle, Festival Coordinator and Membership Director Adam Reeves, Iron Filmmaker Chair Edy Schwartz, Director of Community Marketing Sherry Shahrooz, Sponsorship Director Reed Summers, Projectionist Director Lemuel Valbuena, Director of Marketing/Social Media Caroline Wood, Assistant to the President Katrina Zemrak, Iron Composer Contest Chair A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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CAIFF Board of Directors ...................................................................................................3 Festival Coordinator’s Welcome.......................................................................................7 Your Key to a Successful FEST ........................................................................................10 Welcome from Mayor of Moraga ..................................................................................12 Welcome from Mayor of Orinda....................................................................................13 Special Event Sixteen Candles.........................................................................................15 Special Event To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar ......................16 Special Event Kramer vs. Kramer ...................................................................................17 Tickets.....................................................................................................................................19 Opening Night.....................................................................................................................20 Closing Night .......................................................................................................................23 Judges.....................................................................................................................................25 Iron Filmmaker Contest....................................................................................................27 Festival Schedule ................................................................................................................28 Slate Award Nominees .....................................................................................................32 Feature Films ........................................................................................................................36 Documentary Feature Films ...........................................................................................42 Documentary Short Program A.....................................................................................49 Documentary Short Program B .....................................................................................51 Shorts Program A................................................................................................................52 Shorts Program B................................................................................................................54 Shorts Program C................................................................................................................56 Shorts Program D ...............................................................................................................58 Shorts Program E: Bay Area Showcase........................................................................60 Sapporo Shorts Showcase...............................................................................................62 Movie Index ..........................................................................................................................63 California Independent Film Festival Association Members...............................64
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Your Key to a Successful FEST Buy Tickets in Advance to Avoid Sell-Outs Tickets are available anytime at www.caiff.org or the Rheem/Orinda Theatre Box Offices. When a film screening is deemed "Rush Only," it means that the allotment of advance tickets has been reached. Seats that are set aside for pass holders are released for sale 10 minutes prior to a screening. The released seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis in a "Rush Line" that forms one hour prior to a screening. Cash only. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Plan to Arrive Early Shows begin ON TIME and are not preceded by film trailers. Lines form outside the theater one half-hour prior to show time; badge holders will form a separate line. No one, not even badge holders, will be guaranteed a seat after a screening begins. Respect Your Fellow Patrons Seats cannot be held; many screenings sell out and every seat counts. Be sure to silence all cell phones and avoid casual chatter and loud candy wrappers—Film is a community experience! Stay Updated Sign up for the newsletter at www.caiff.org to receive constant updates on sell-outs, scheduling changes, guest and event information, and more! Give us a Piece of Your Mind Fill out the Audience Info Sheet every time you leave a screening to let us know what you thought about the film. Thank the volunteers and the Lamorinda Theatres’ staff: we couldn’t do this without them! Relax...and Enjoy! If there is a long line to get into your film, don’t push—if you have a ticket you will get in. Relax, this is a film festival! There are over 50 films in this year’s Festival —take a chance and see something unexpected.
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Greetings and Welcome to the Town of Moraga I am pleased to welcome the California Independent Film Festival back to the beautiful Town of Moraga at the New Rheem Theater. CAIFF in Moraga has become an annual tradition for Moragans and all Festival patrons since 2010. The Town is especially proud of this annual festivity. Ken Chew
On behalf of all Moraga residents, I thank you for your support and enjoy the good time at CAIFF 2014! Ken Chew Mayor, Town of Moraga
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CAIFF WELCOME 2014 Orinda enthusiastically welcomes the California Independent Film Festival to the uniquely wonderful Orinda Theatre. Our community, the 2nd Friendliest City in America, embraces the arts in all forms from the visual arts to performing arts. Local love of the arts is very evident around town including the marvelous outdoor sculptures, inspiring Library Art Gallery fine Sue Severson art showcase, renowned California Shakespeare Festival, lively Orinda Jazz Festival and preserved historic buildings such as the Orinda Theatre. We also invite you to appreciate the abundant natural beauty and many excellent restaurants in and near Theatre Square. Enjoy the show(s) and come back to visit again soon, Sue Severson, Mayor City of Orinda
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Synopsis: After tying for the win in New York's "Drag Queen of the Year" contest, Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) and Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) win a trip to Hollywood to take part in the even bigger, "Miss Drag Queen of America Pageant." Before they depart, Vida persuades Noxeema to take along the inexperienced "drag princess" Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) as their protégé (the duo initially refer to Chi-Chi simply as a "boy in a dress" rather than as a fully-fledged drag queen). To do this, they trade in their airplane tickets for cash and buy a stylish but old Cadillac convertible with money given to them by John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (Robin Williams). t Julie Newmar Mee The three of them set off for Los Angeles by car, carrying with them an iconic photo of Julie Newmar (signed, "To Wong Foo, thanks for everything! Julie Newmar") that Vida purloined from a restaurant wall.
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Awards Ceremony prior to film: hosted by Jan Wahl at 8:30PM
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Special Event Kramer vs. Kramer Saturday September 13th at 7:00PM at Orinda Theatre $12 Sponsored by:
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Synopsis: A just-divorced man must learn to care for his son on his own, and then must fight in court to keep custody of him. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep
Oscar-Nominee Justin Henry will be in attendance
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Special Event Keep the party rolling Friday and Saturday beginning at 11PM at the Official After Party Venue “Lookout” located in the Castro District (3600 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94114) Mingle with celebrities, filmmakers, and other festival attendees from around the world. The Lookout is the place to be seen at CAIFF!
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Ticket Prices General admission ...................................................................................................$12.00 Opening Night Reception & Movie ..................................................................$60.00 Opening Night Movie Only ..................................................................................$20.00 Closing Night Film and Cocktail Hour .............................................................$15.00 All CAIFF Events and Movies are FREE for CAIFF Leading Role Members
There are Two Ways to Purchase Tickets: Now on sale at Rheem or Orinda Theatre Box Offices or online at www.caiff.org. Online
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Tickets are available 24/7 at www.CAIFF.org. Print-at-home anytime!
Lamorinda Theatre Box Offices 350 Park Street, Moraga 4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Tickets may be purchased in advance of screenings. A limited number of rush tickets will be sold on a first-come, first served basis. The rush line forms outside the theatres beginning one hour before showtime. Rush tickets will be offered approximately 10 minutes before showtime. Cash only. No discounts. In person purchases are recommended for multi ticket purchase. Let the friendly Lamorinda Theatre staff assist you in your CAIFF experience.
Movie Ratings All films shown are unrated by the MPAA. Some films may contain graphic language, nudity and adult situations of a sexual nature. Some films may contain violence and scenes inappropriate for children. Please use your discretion when selecting films for children to view. The festival organizers and theatre operators assume no liability for the impact of any particular screening.
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Opening Night Date: THURSDAY/SEPTEMBER 11TH | Time: 5:30 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Opening Night Reception: 5:30PM Opening Night Short: 7:00PM Jerome’s Bouquet Drama/Crime | 16 Minutes | USA Directors: Chris Calkins/ Bebe Neuwirth Screenwriters: Chris Calkins Elena Klein, an 82 year-old retired New York florist, can't stop arranging...only now it's not flowers she's arranging, but people's lives. Past Screening Palm Springs Short Fest
Opening Night Film: 7:15PM An Evergreen Christmas 3 Slate Award Nominations Best Picture Best Actress Best Director
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Aspiring musician Evergreen Lee thought it would be a quick trip home: a funeral, a few well wishers, hang around for a couple days to help her grandfather and younger brother, then head back to Los Angeles. What she didn't expect to find in tiny Balsam Falls, Tennessee was an impending estate tax jeopardizing her family's home and a large Christmas tree conglomerate with their sights on the family farm. Now, Evergreen must choose between two very different paths - go back to her "Hollywood" life and once again leave those who truly care about her or stay in Tennessee, face her fears, and rediscover her musical roots. With a hilarious cast of characters in tow, each day brings new adventures as she reconnects to country life and tries to make sense of a world that has been turned upside down.
Director: Jeremy Culver Screenwriter: Jeremy Culver, Morgen Culver Festival World Premiere
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Opening Night Schedule: Date: THURSDAY/SEPTEMBER 11TH | Time: 5:30 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Reception: 5:30PM with catering provided by Shelby’s of Orinda Wine: Kendall Jackson (Official Wine Sponsor); Vodka: Tito Handmade Vodka (Official Vodka Sponsor); Beer: Ale Industries (Official Beer Sponsor); Rum: Papa's Pilar Rum (Official Rum Sponsor)
Opening Night Short: 7:00PM, Opening Night Film: 7:15PM
Meet the cast of An Evergreen Christmas on Opening Night
Robert Loggia, Oscar Nominee Jagged Edge, Scarface, Big An Officer and a Gentleman Charleene Closshey, A Thousand Cuts, Musician, Composer
Jake Sandvig, Easy A, Sky High, Weeds
Booboo Stewart, Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 & 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Greer Grammer, Awkward, Life Partners
Also attending will be Director, Jeremy Culver, Producer, Kim Waltrip and Director of Photography, Jeffrey Osborne
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Closing Night Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Closing Night Reception: 6:00PM Closing Night Film: 7:00PM Putzel
4 Slate Award Nominations Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress Best Director
Romantic/ Dramedy 88 Minutes USA Director: Jason Chaet Screenwriter: Rick Moore
PUTZEL is the heartwarming and hilarious tale of a man who realizes that sometimes you have to leave home to find yourself and to find true love. Walter Himmelstein is heir to a famous, Manhattan, smoked fish emporium. He grew up in the family store and is content to live the rest of his life without ever leaving his Upper West Side neighborhood. Until he meets Sally--a girl from out of town... Past Screenings and Awards: 2013: Seattle International Film Festival; Florida Film Festival, Orlando; Cleveland International Film Festival, Nominated: Best American Independent Film; Phoenix Film Festival, Best Picture: Palm Springs International Film Festival
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Judges Mary Lou Belli, an Emmy award- winner has been directing television for over 20 years including Wizards of Waverly Place, Sister, Sister, Charles in Charge, Girlfriends, and The Game as well as Monk and Hart of Dixie. She has done groundbreaking work in the field of web series, her first two - both award winners. She has judged film fests both in the US and internationally including the Sapporo Short Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival and been a lecturer at the Chautauqua Institute, and a panelist for Women In Film, the DGA, SAG, and AFTRA and the L.A. Times Festival of Books. She just returned from the Cannes Film Fest where she was a mentor for interns at the American Pavilion. She is the co-author of three books: The NEW Sitcom Career Book, Acting for Young Actors, and Directors Tell the Story which she co-wrote with fellow DGA member Bethany Rooney. Mary Lou teaches part time at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Ann Montgomery worked as an actress in New York City for ten years prior to her move to the Bay Area. Between 1993 and 2001 she owned Montgomery Talent & Literary a San Francisco SAG/AFTRA talent agency successfully representing actors and literary professionals in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 2001 she evolved as a Casting Director CSA and is known for her union and non union casting for film, TV, video and print. She has cast celebrities as well as new emerging talent in SF and LA markets. Ann is proud to have been involved with CAIFF from the first year to the present 17th year. She spent many years on the CAIFF board and has been a previous judge. She presently owns Montgomery Talent Casting and offers auditioning workshops for TV and film. She produces fun motivational casting parties for youths, adults and corporate team confidence building. Harry Manfredini, has scored over one hundred films. His major feature credits include the highly successful FRIDAY THE 13TH series for Paramount Pictures, and now New Line Cinema. Swamp Thing for UA/Embassy, House, a breakaway hit for New World Pictures, and Deep Star Six and Aces-Iron Eagle III for Carolco Pictures. These films characterize his style as an action, suspense, and thriller composer but Harry's credits also include Spring Break, a good-time rock and roll summertime success for Columbia Pictures and My Boyfriend’s Back, a teen comedy for Touchstone Pictures. Harry's dark, jazzy, dramatic scores have been heard in A Gun, A Car, A Blond, and Hidden Agenda. Victor Miller, best known for his original screenplay for the very first Friday The 13th, Miller penned the screenplays for A Stranger Is Watching, Manny’s Orphans and Here Come The Tigers for Sean Cunningham. He spent the next 25 years as an associate Headwriter or Associate Head Writer for All My Children, General Hospital, The Guiding Light, One Life To Live and Another World, collecting three Emmys along the way. Most recently Miller has worked in tandem with fellow writers creating three scary screenplays looking for homes: Eden Falls, Rock-Paper-Dead and Outerbridge. Of himself, Victor Miller says, “Turning out five hours of drama a week for 25 years has taught me craft, craft and more craft. It also taught me how to share the process.” A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Judges SONDRA CURRIE. She's consistently worked for about a zillion years in film... most recently, in the blockbuster Trilogy The Hangover, Hangover 2 & Hangover, the END, the highest grossing comedy of all time and television: guest-starring in over 100 TV shows (recurring on Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor as Miss Vivian + NCIS, ER, JAG & more. And several Movies of the Week (inc. starring roles in Kid Cop, The Secretary, The Perfect Wife, Hallmark’s Thicker Than Water), two Columbo movies: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star & Murder in Malibu. She just finished the Sci_fi pilot "Ganymede Pan", which her husband Alan J. Levi directed. She and her husband, director Alan J. Levi, are proud to be on Board of the California Independent Film Festival and have been Jury members for nine years. They were honored to be invited to be Jurors of the First International Indie Film Festival in Sapporo, Japan where Sondra was the only woman on the panel! She is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio. Plus, she's an avid photographer and is a long time member of SHARE, where over 50M has been raised for developmentally disabled and abused children. She and Alan just celebrated their 25th Anniversary! Margaret Ross, was employed with Universal Studios for over 25 years in the production research department were she provided research for such Blockbuster Films as, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Men In Black, Erin Brockovich, Appolo 13, Born on the 4th of July, just to name a few. She is the former Vice President of the Premiere Patrons of the American Cinematheque. Ms. Ross is co-owner of The Research Department, a freelance business providing production research for story departments, production designers and commercials. Ms. Ross is a member of the Legiornate Del Cinema Muto (Silent Film Cinema), a past volunteer for the Cannes Film Festival and serves on the California Independent Film Festival advisory board. Mark Watters is a six-time Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor whose diverse career spans 400 television episodes, feature films, DVDs and video games. Mark holds the distinction of serving as music director for two Olympics: the 1996 Centennial Games in Atlanta, and the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. His numerous appearances as guest conductor have included those with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the London Symphony, the Detroit Symphony and numerous others. In 2002, Mark was asked by John Williams to co-conduct the Academy Awards. Last year marked his third tour conducting Star Wars In Concert, this time in Japan with the Tokyo Philharmonic. Mr. Watters and the Walt Disney Company have a long history of collaboration. Recent projects include serving as music director for the highly acclaimed animated series, Have A Laugh, a three-year project to restore and re-record 60 classic Disney shorts from the ‘30s and ‘40s. He debuted with Pixar Animation Studios in 2014 with his original score for Time Travel Mater and serving as principle arranger for Pixar In Concert. Most recently, he scored the 2013 Oscar-nominated short, "Get A Horse," which appeared in theaters with the blockbuster, Frozen.
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Judges Alan J. Levi, Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, a Northwestern University graduate with a degree in Radio, TV and Film with minors in Psychology and Electrical Engineering, Alan has directed over 350 hours of network television over the past nearly 40 years which include multiple episodes of NCIS, NCIS-LA, ER, JAG, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Fugitive, Magnum, P.I., Miami Vice, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Hercules, Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman, The Cosby Mysteries, Simon & Simon, Airwolf, Bionic Woman, Fame, Six Million Dollar Man and a bunch of unmentionable others! His TV movies and miniseries include such titles as Battlestar Galactica, The Incredible Hulk, Columbo, The Return of Sam McCloud, Legend of the Golden Gun, The New Invisible Man and The Stepford Children. He's also directed over 2,000 of hours of live television around the world, and functioned as Director of Photography/Director on over 450 primetime network commercials. He and his wife, actress Sondra Currie have been married for 25 years, and Alan's so very proud of the fact that he's directed Sondra in 15 films, and they're still more than happily married! His directing credits have earned him a Cannes Film Festival Gold Lion, a Western Heritage Award, two New York International TV and Film Festival Grand Awards, two Clio Awards and several Silver Spikes. Alan has guest lectured on film-making technique at AFI, USC, UCLA and Brooks Institute of Photography as well as numerous acting and film-making study groups.
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California Independent Film Festival Thursday September 11th 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:15 PM
Rheem Theatre Opening Night Reception Jerome's Bouquet An Evergreen Christmas
Friday September 12th 1:00 PM 4:00 PM 7:00 PM
Rheem Theatre Mobilize Liv and Ingmar Shorts Program E
Orinda Theatre 1:00 PM Shorts Program D 4:00 PM Shorts Program B 7:00 PM Citizen Hearst
Saturday September 13th Rheem Theatre Orinda Theatre 10:00 AM Iron Filmmaker Contest 1:00 PM Starring Adam West 1:00 PM Sapporo Shorts Showcase 4:00 PM Shorts Program C Make Them Laugh 7:00 PM Kramer vs. Kramer 3:00 PM Independent SciFi TV Pilot with Justin Henry Surprise Screening, Evaluation & Discussion 4:00 PM Documentary Program B 7:00 PM Cas & Dylan Sunday September 14th 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 4:00 PM
Shorts Program A: Relationships Practice Makes Perfect- 3m The Last Gentleman-7m Held Up- 9m All of Me- 8m The Council- 17m The Best Man- 14m Out- 12m One Minute Time Machine- 6m
Rheem Theatre Iron Composer Contest Shorts Program A True Son
Shorts Program B: Drama Shorts Inmentis-13m To Be Delivered- 17m Obituaries- 13m Whisker- 11m The Wright Murders- 19m Tobacco Burn- 18m
Orinda Theatre 1:00 PM Documentary Program A 4:00 PM Mom, Murder & Me 6:00 PM Closing Night Reception Begins 7:00 PM Closing Night Film: Putzel Shorts Program C: Celebrity Shorts Waking Marshall Walker- 15m Smokin'- 10m Somebody's Mother- 13m I, Helios-16m Pieces- 33m TRT - 87
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17th Annual Slate Award Nominees Best Picture An Evergreen Christmas Cas & Dylan Putzel
Best Actor
Putzel
Jack Carpenter – Putzel Richard Dreyfuss – Cas & Dylan Kent S. Leung – John Apple Jack
Best Actress Melanie Lynskey – Putzel
Charleene Closshey – An Evergreen Christmas Melanie Lynskey – Putzel Tatiana Maslany – Cas & Dylan
Best Director Cas & Dylan Tatiana Maslany & Richard Dreyfuss
Jason Chaet – Putzel Jeremy Culver – An Evergreen Christmas Jason Priestley – Cas & Dylan
Best Short Future Self Somebody’s Mother Whisker
Future Self
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17th Annual Slate Award Nominees Best Student Film Red Dot The Council Tobacco Burn Mobilize
Best Mini Short All of Me Practice Makes Perfect Vingers Tobacco Burn
Best Documentary Feature Citizen Hearst Mobilize True Son Citizen Hearst
Best Documentary Short A Song for Naija Breathe in Life We Are the Land A Song for Naija
Best Screenplay Grace - Jeffrey A. Russel and Lynda Lemberg Life Support – Noah Edelson Secret Roses – Elan Carlson Zoe and the Zebra – Vicki Peterson
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Feature Films Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre
VIP Reception: Saturday September 13TH 5:00PM | Location: Castro Theatre 10 Year Plan
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Comedy/Romance | 90 Minutes | USA Director/Screenwriter: JC Calciano
JC Calciano Director/ Screenwriter
Matthew Solari Producer
Meet the akers & Cas m t Film
Jack Turner "Myles"
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Jon Salabsab
Moronai Kanekoa “Richard”
Two best friends, Myles and Brody, make a pact to be together in 10 years if neither finds love by then. Now, two months shy of their deadline, they set off to do whatever it takes to avoid ending up as each other’s last resort. Past screening: 21 Film Festivals around the world including: Film Out San Diego, Outfest – Los Angeles, Rio Festival Gay De Cinema, Miami LGBT Film Festival, Boston LGBT Film Festival
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Feature Films Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 7:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Cas & Dylan Dramedy | 90 Minutes | Canada Director: Jason Priestley Screenwriter: Jessie Gabe
4 Slate Award Nominations Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress Best Director
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Cas & Dylan is the feature directorial debut from actor-turned-filmmaker Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills 90120). Screen legend Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl, Jaws) stars as Dr. Cas Pepper, a curmudgeonly surgeon whose only companion in life is his small dog. Faced with some unexpected news, Cas makes the abrupt decision to leave Winnipeg and drive west to British Columbia—and to an uncertain future. Before departing, he meets an aspiring young writer named Dylan (Tatiana Maslany; Orphan Black, Picture Day) who possesses a life-altering secret of her own, and wouldn’t mind coming along for the ride. The two unlikely companions hit the road, encountering a series of bizarre twists and turns along their crosscountry journey. And it isn’t long before they realize that, in searching for an escape route, they may have found their place in the world. Beautifully shot against the visually stunning backdrop of the Canadian Prairies and Rocky Mountains, Cas & Dylan is a breathtaking voyage of discovery. Priestley’s wealth of experience as an actor is obvious in the performances he extracts from his two leads. Boasting a terrific soundtrack featuring Canadian artists such as Jenn Grant and Old Man Luedecke, Cas & Dylan will appeal to audiences young and old. Past Screenings: Newport Beach Film Festival, Palm Beach Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, Niagara Integrated Film Festival, LA Comedy Fest, Whistler Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival Awards: Winner TIFF Film Circuit People's Choice Award Best Canadian Film Winner Audience Award - Narrative Feature - Whistler Film Festival Winner Phillip Borsos Award - Best Actress, Tatiana Maslany - Whistler Film Festival Nominee Best Actress in a Feature Film, Tatiana Maslany Canadian Screen Awards A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Feature Films Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 9:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre Sponsored by:
VIP Reception: Saturday September 13TH 8:00PM | Location: Castro Theatre John Apple Jack Comedy/Romance 89 Minutes | Canada Director: Monika Mitchell Screenwriter: Rick Tae A playboy learns to love, while a virgin learns to live -- a queer romantic comedy set inside the restaurant industry... 'John Apple Jack' brings East and West together to create one sumptuously heart-warming dish. When John discovers his sister's fiancé is Jack, his childhood crush, passions ignite and his life spirals out of control... losing his job, his playboy reputation and his underwear, all while rushing to the altar to finally confess his love! Past Screenings: Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Image + Nation Montreal, Reelout Queer Film & Video Festival, Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, FilmOut San Diego, Out Twin Cities Film Festival, RDC 2014 LGBT Film Fest, Out Here Now, Beijing Queer Film Fest San Francisco Premiere
Slate Award Nomination Best Actor
Meet the akers & Cas m t Film
Alvin Tran Chris McNally “Marco Chow” “John”
Kent S. Leung “Jack”
Selena Paskalidis Producer
Monika Mitchell Director
Rick Tae Producer/Writer
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Feature Films Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre Sponsored by:
Mom, Murder & Me
Meet the makers & Cast Film
Family/Comedy/Mystery 93 Minutes USA Director/ Screenwriter: Heather Donnell What does it take to admit your overprotective mother is right? When Annabel's elderly neighbor passes away, her mother, Joan, insists it's murder. Without evidence for the police, Annabel blunders through a comical investigation with Joan as her only ally, and a murderer who may have caught on to their amateur sleuthing. World Premiere
Heather Chris R. Smith: Donnell: Producer/ Producer/ Cinematographer Director
Christopher Sarah Smith: Klaren: Associate "Annabel" Producer
Kathy Garver: "Joan"
Olando Graves II: "Buck"
Gino Scandur: "Pete"
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Feature Films Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 3:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre Sponsored by:
Waiting In The Wings: The Musical Comedy/Musical 107 Minutes USA Director: Jenn Page Screenwriter: Jeffrey Johns
Lemuel Valbuena
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Two entertainers, destined for the big time, are mismatched in a casting office from two very different online contests. Tony, a stripper from New York, is cast in an OffBroadway musical and Rena Elyse Harrison White Jeffery A. Johns Blake Peyrot needs to trade in his "Lee" "Kelsey" Strober Producer/ tear-away trunks for "Rita" Screenwriter tap shoes and tights. "Anthony" Anthony, a naive musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, needs to decide if he can strip all the way down just to stay in town. Hilarity ensues as they realize that 'to make it' they're gonna have to learn some new tricks. Past Screenings and Awards: 2014: Central Florida Film Festival, Ocoee, USA; Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival Spirit Of Courage Award, Kansas City; Manhattan Film Festival, Award: Best Musical, New York City; Q'Fest, Award: Festival Favorite, Baltimore; Miami LGBT Film Festival Miami; San Diego LGBT Festival Audience Award: Best First Time Feature, Best Supporting Actor: Blake Peyrot, San Diego, USA
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Documentary Feature Films Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Liv and Ingmar
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Documentary 89 Minutes Sweden Director/ Screenwriter: Dheeraj Akolkar The 42-year-long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Past Screenings: Montreal Film Festival, Norwegian International Film Festival, New York Film Festival Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre Sponsored by:
Mobilize
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Documentary/Environmental/ Social Issue | 84 Minutes | USA t the Filmmakers Mee Slate Award Nomination Director/ Screenwriter: Kevin Kunze Best There are six billion cell phones Documentary worldwide, but what do we really Feature know about the long-term health effects from this technology? Mobilize is an investigative documentary that looks at the potential risks of cell phone radiation including cancer and infertility. This thoughtprovoking film examines the most recent scientific research, the Kevin Kunze challenges politicians face trying to Ellie Marks Director Joel Moskowitz pass precautionary legislation, and the Producer Producer pervasive influence cell phone companies have in our society. Filmed over three years, Mobilize features interviews with experts from the following organizations and universities: Apple Inc., the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the National Cancer Institute, the Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association, Yale University, Harvard University, USC, UCSF, UC Berkeley, and Virgin Mobile. World Premiere A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Documentary Feature Films Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 7:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Citizen Hearst
Sponsored by:
Docu-Drama/History | 84 Minutes | USA Lamorinda Film Director: Leslie Iwerks & Entertainment Screenwriter: Leslie Iwerks, Mark Johnson Foundation Citizen Hearst, directed by Academy Award nominee Slate Award Nomination Leslie Iwerks and narrated by Best Academy Award winner Documentary Feature William H. Macy, traces the 125-year history of the Hearst media empire, from William Randolph Hearst's pioneering and controversial days of headline-grabbing newspapers and yellow journalism, to today's successful and cultureshaping news, magazines, television and digital brands. World Premiere Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 3:30 PM | Location: Castro Theatre Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Starring Adam West
Sponsored by:
Van Han Luong
Documentary/Biography | 98 Minutes | USA and Brian Nixon Director: James Tooley Whether you know him from his iconic role as Batman in the 1966 television series or from his bizarre portrayal of the Mayor on Fox's Family Guy, Adam West is sure to have made an impression. But few people know the man behind the mask. Documentary filmmaker James Tooley spent three years following the legendary actor, meeting his legions of fans, and trying to understand what keeps the 85 -year -old actor as passionate as ever. Starring Adam West is a fan- funded documentary about the creative and turbulent life of Adam West and the fan supported quest to recognize the beloved actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. World Premiere Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
True Son
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Documentary | 105 Minutes | USA Screenwriter: Jhanvi Shriram True Son is a feature documentary that follows 21-year old Michael Tubbs as he runs a youth-driven campaign for city council in Stockton, CA in a year when the city was the largest to go bankrupt and had one of the highest homicide rates in the country. World Premiere
Larry and Pat Swindell
Slate Award Nomination Best Documentary Feature
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Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
A Song for Naija Documentary/ Social Issue | 29 Minutes | USA Director/ Screenwriter: Ray McNally
Slate Award Nomination Best Documentary Short
t the Filmmakers Mee
Ray McNally , Jason Broussard, Director, Writer Cinematographer/DP, The film highlights the work young activists and Editor, Sound Editor entertainers are doing to encourage youth participation in Nigeria's political process through the Dream 4 Naija campaign. The documentary features some of Nigeria's biggest hip-hop artists, including Banky W, Wizkid, Niyola, Skales, Shaydee, Suka, eLDee, 2Face and Cobhams Asuquo, who have recorded the Dream 4 Naija anthem “Change”“(featured on the album Empire Mates State of Mind by the Eme All Stars and available on iTunes and Spotify) and are a leading part of the effort to get young Nigerians involved in the country's political and civic process. World Premiere
Thrown For A Loss Documentary/Sport | 50 Minutes | USA t the Filmmaker Mee Screenwriter: John Chavez Based on a true story. It's November 1963 and an undefeated youth football team from Northern California, the Pittsburgh Mallards, received a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to meet the President of the United States at the White House, but because of President Kennedy's assassination on Official Program from November 22nd, 1963, the entire team 1963 Pittsburg Mallards John Chavez attended his funeral in Washington, DC instead and witnessed history. Four days later, the Mallards won the Pop Warner National Championship Game. ”Thrown For A Loss” is the story of the these young men, and their tough, but beloved, coach; and how a national tragedy changed their lives forever. Past Screening: Oakland International Film Festival A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Documentary Shorts Program B Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Project Happiness Documentary/ Social Issue 62 Minutes USA Director: John Sorensen Screenwriter: Randy Taran Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of India, ordinary young people lead us on an extraordinary journey to explore the nature of lasting happiness and end up starting a movement. Past Screenings: Miami, Florida; INATS Film Festival in Denver, Colorado; San Rafael, CA; Los Angeles, CA
Breathe in Life
Slate Award Nomination Best Documentary Short
Documentary/Health 20 Minutes USA Director/Screenwriter: Laura Zellmer Life happens one breath at a time, one day at a time. No one knows this better than a mother with a terminal, degenerative disease, who invites us to join her on a journey, of discovering the beauty of each moment, in a personal letter to her son. World Premiere
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Shorts Program A: Relationships
Rheem Valley Cleaners
Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Practice Makes Perfect
Slate Award Nomination Best Mini Short
Romance/Silent Film | 3 Minutes | United Kingdom, USA Director: Devon Avery; Screenwriter: Mark Pallis When is a kiss more than a kiss? ... When it's your first kiss. Past Screenings: DC Shorts, Washington DC, Outstanding First-Time Director winner; International Film Awards Berlin, Best Ultra Short Narrative Five nominee
The Last Gentleman Romantic Comedy | 7 Minutes | Canada, USA t the Filmmaker Mee Director/Screenwriter: Erik Long, IV A slovenly college student who, with the guidance of his elderly neighbor, finds the courage to ask out his high school crush while learning the valor in being a gentleman. Erik Long IV Retired Air Force World War II gunner Alan 'Ace' Grant, served as the Producer/Screenwriter inspiration for my short film. Growing up, I eagerly looked for opportunities to shovel Ace's driveway, pull his weeds or take out his trash just so I could spend time listening to his life's stories. Additionally (and arguably most importantly), he taught me how to behave like a true gentleman. Mr. Grant passed away last year, and this film was my catharsis and personal way to honor the life of a great man. World Premiere
Held Up Urban Dramedy | 9 Minutes | USA Meet the Director: Jeffrey Hutchinson aker & Cas m m l t Fi Screenwriter: Mark Whittington Julie is working in a humdrum job she hates with nothing interesting for her on the horizon. The gorgeous skyline of downtown Los Angeles has become a rat race to her. When she is heading to meet someone she met on an on-line dating site, she runs into Steven, a down on his luck actor and a former boyfriend, whose treacherous past has left them with nothing in common... except the contents of Julie's purse. World Premiere
The Council
Mark Ashley Parker Whittington Angel Actor- also lead Producer/ singer O Town & Screenwriter Makingofthe Band
Slate Award Nomination Best Student Film
Sci-Fi Fantasy/ Comedy | 17 Minutes | USA Director/ Screenwriter: Beau McCombs While talking to the girl of his dreams, Theo gets an Idea for a joke. At this moment we go INSIDE Theo's brain and follow this Bright Idea as he fights past Insecurities to get to The Council Chamber so his idea may be approved to be said out loud. World Premiere A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Shorts Program A: Relationships
Rheem Valley Cleaners
Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
The Best Man Romantic Dramedy | 14 Minutes | USA Director: Michael J. Saul Screenwriter: Heath Daniels As they prepare for their wedding, Scott and Johnny reflect on their long-term relationship; from a teenage first date after band practice to the meaning of monogamy. World Premiere Slate Award Nomination All of Me Best t t e h e e M Drama | 8 Minutes | Canada ers & Ca Mini Short k a m m st Fil Director: Jon Riera Screenwriter: Mouna Traoré When a young man realizes his lover does not want a monogamous relationship, he decides to involve his ex-girlfriend in order to find balance in the equation, eventually realizing that in love, what you want is not always what you need. Jon Riera Elizabeth World Premiere Melanson Director “Sam”
Out
2014 | 19 minutes | USA “OUT” tells the story of Raymond Bilotti, (Marty James), a down on his luck "everyman" who in less than twenty minutes faces the prospect of losing his home, his mother and his most closely held secret, (not necessarily in that order). Past Screening: Newport Beach Film Festival, San Antonio Film Festival and also screened at Disney Studios.
One Minute Time Machine Sci-Fi/Romance | 6 Minutes | USA/UK Director: Devon Avery Screenwriter: Sean Crouch James is feeling rather proud of his little technological marvel that allows him to travel back in time precisely one minute. It's the perfect tool for trying to seduce the beautiful Regina who is sitting on a park bench, enjoying the sun. If he makes a mistake or receives a rejection, he just hits the little red button and tries again. Unfortunately for James, he learns that his machine hasn't been working the way he thought, and he must now face the dark reality of his actions. Past Screenings: Vail International Film Festival A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Crime Thriller | 13 Minutes | Argentina Director/ Screenwriter : Francisco de la Fuente A man travels in a space from which he has no way out. A series of crimes take place when he is in the gas station. He tries to run, but he finds himself locked in the same situation over and over again. No matter which direction he takes, he finds the same gas station, and is the victim of a strange accident over and over. Javier Drolas plays the main character. World Premiere
Slate Award Nomination Best Short
Surreal/ Dramedy | 11 Minutes | New Zealand Director: Steve Saussey Screenwriter: Corey Chalmers A homeless, hungry drifter and his dog discover judging night at a local beardgrowing contest. Desperate for the colossal meat-pack prize, but with no beard to speak of, he enters the competition and takes the stage. Past Screenings: Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs June 2014 North America PREMIERE
To Be Delivered Comedy | 17 Minutes | France/Switzerland/USA Director/Screenwriter: Pierre Amstutz Roch Tom, a wannabe actor hitchhikes to an audition in Los Angeles. The only person who stops is Amy, a cute and nice 28- year- old. Everything seems to go well, until Tom discovers that Amy is not the person she pretends to be... World Premiere
Tobacco Burn Slate Award Nomination Best Student Film
Drama, Period/Historical, History, Adventure | 17 Minutes | USA Director: Justin Liberman Screenwriters: Ajani Jackson, Justin Liberman Based on an oral history from the W.P.A. Writers, “Tobacco Burn” is set thirty-five years before the Civil War at the height of American slavery. Our story follows a slave community on a Kentucky tobacco farm as they struggle with the arrival of a brutal overseer. When two slaves weigh the complexities of killing the man, each develops a different understanding of violence. Acting on those thoughts could cost all of them their lives. World Premiere
Obituaries Drama | 13 Minutes | USA Director/ Screenwriter: Ryan Moody A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of each victim and see who they were, who they loved, who they hurt, and who they wanted to be. James Franco is lead character Felix Mitchum. Past Screenings: UCLA Film Festival Directors Spotlight Los Angeles North America PREMIERE
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The Wright Murders Drama/Thriller | 19 Minutes | Switzerland, USA Director: Veronica Duport Deliz Screenwriter: James Jandak Wood Stacey is faced with having to commit a murder. Her lack of experience and confidence, along with the mounting pressure, force her to seek out an unlikely and surprising accomplice in Theodore, the building caretaker. Together, they plot the murders of three people living in their apartment building. As collaboration evolves into confrontation, Theodore and Stacey are catapulted into a turbulent storm of conflict that yields astonishing revelations. However, as things progress Stacey finds that all is not as it seems. World Premiere
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Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 11:00 AM | Location: Castro Theatre Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Waking Marshall Walker 15 Minutes | USA Director/Screenwriter: Giorgio Litt; Co-Director: Bjorn Thorstad and Gabriel Baron Co-Screenwriter: Thom Canalichio Starring Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy)
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Giorgio Litt Director/Screenwriter An encounter with a mysterious stranger brings unsettling premonitions, sending Marshall Walker on a desperate race through memory and time to reunite with his estranged daughter, Charlotte. He must undo a fateful mistake, or risk being trapped between worlds forever. Screenings: 2015: Ascona Film Festival, Switzerland; 2014: Virginia Film Festival Charlottesville:November 2014 (Film Festival); Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, Florida; Ohio Independent Film Festival Cleveland; Orlando Film Festival, Florida; Edmonton International Film Festival,Canada; Shortini Film Festival, Augusta, Italy; LA Shortfest, Los Angeles, CA; Stony Brook Film Festival, Stony Brook, NY; Viewster Online Film Festival, Switzerland; Corti da Sogni, Ravenna, Italy: Plymouth Film Festival, Plymouth, United Kingdom Sonoma International Film Festival, CA
Smokin’ Comedy/ Surreal | 10 Minutes | USA t the Filmmakers Mee Director/ Screenwriter: Oliver Cowley Starring Justin Henry (Kramer vs Kramer, Sixteen Candles), Christopher Judge (Stargate) Jake's world is turned upside down after a strange prescription from his doctor leads him on a journey into the surreal and bizarre where he must finally confront his smoking habit. Oliver Cowley Justin Henry World Premiere A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 11:00 AM | Location: Castro Theatre Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Somebody’s Mother Family, Comedy, Independent, Dramedy | 13 Minutes | USA Director/ Screenwriter: Mandy Fabian t the Filmmaker Mee Starring Christine Lakin (Step by Step), Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue) Maggie (Christine Lakin) has her pristine Christmas hijacked when her sexually liberated mother (Sharon Lawrence) brings her new boyfriend home to meet the family. Past Screenings: LA Shorts Fest, Palm Springs ShortFest, Portland Film Festival
Slate Award Nomination Best Short
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I, Helios 16 Minutes | USA t the Filmmaker Director/ Screenwriter: James Berry Mee Starring Doug Jones (Falling Skies. Pan’s Labyrinth, Fantastic Four) A man is bred and raised in an isolated stone room. He has the ability to organically create light, and is forced to do so by an anonymous voice. However, one day this voice pushes the man to his limits. In a rage, he accidentally finds escape from his prison, and enters into a world he never could have imagined. World Premiere
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Pieces Crime/Thriller | 33 Minutes | USA Director/ Screenwriter: Taylor Kitsch Directed by and starring Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Battleship, Friday Night Lights) When Kyle’s failure to pay a crushing gambling debt puts his life in danger, his best friend, Evan, must scramble to navigate a seedy underworld he knows nothing about in order to save Kyle’s life. Past Screening: Palm Springs ShortFest
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Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Vingers Slate Award Nomination Best Mini Short
Dramedy | 10 Minutes | Netherlands Director: Michael ten Horn Co-Screenwriters: Martijn Hillenius/ Michael ten Horn Mathematics teacher Bernd comes to the conclusion that the youth's morals, values and thoughts (sexuality) are quite different than he thought they were. World Premiere
Voluntario (Volunteer) Dramedy | Family, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Culture | 4 Minutes | Spain Director: Javier Marco Screenwriter: Belen Sanchez-Arevalo Jaime wants to go to Hollywood. His parents want him to go a bit farther. World Premiere
Red Dot Slate Award Nomination Best Student Film
Romantic Comedy | 10 Minutes | USA Director: Chloe Lenihan Screenwriter: Chandra Silver Morgan Gates is the typical allamerican girl and registered sex offender. Let us explain. One drunken night, she 'popped a squat' outside of a bar. She got busted midstream, charged with lewd conduct, and was subsequently charged as a sex offender. World Premiere
Future Self Slate Award Nomination Best Short
Sci-Fi, /Dramedy | 17 Minutes | USA Director/ Screenwriter: Ezra Godden Charles, a sharp and sophisticated boy who firmly believes in time travel, hopes to rendezvous with his future self in a diner for a life affirming conversation. He is deeply underwhelmed by the strange, scruffy man who shows up and a cat and mouse game ensues. Is the man really the boy's future self or a weirdo hired by a slick kid in a yellow jacket to convince Charles to dump his girlfriend? World Premiere
Failure Groupies Comedy | 13 Minutes | USA Director: Mandira Chauhan Screenwriter: Rosalie Tenseth A group of suburban post-9/11 tweens set up a spy mission to get their temperamental teacher fired after they fail. World Premiere
The Greggs Comedy | 20 Minutes | USA Directors: Bruce Bundy, Alex Mechanik, Jessie Levandov, Kira Pearson, Nigel DeFriez, Rob Malone, Jonathan Rosenblit Screenwriter: Bruce Bundy The esoteric and secluded group responsible for the creation of the world's standardized tests must find a way to adapt when their way of life is threatened by dissent within their ranks. Past Screenings/ Awards: Slamdance Film Festival (World Premiere) WINNER- Spirit of Slamdance Award Park City, UT, USA January 2014 (Film Festival) North America PREMIERE
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We are the Land Documentary/Environment/Social Issue | 14 Minutes | USA Slate Award Nomination Screenwriter: Andrew Heskett, Lauren Lindberg Best Amidst national controversy surrounding the potential Documentary dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,' Short environmental activist Pauline Matt stands alone to protect her native homeland - the Blackfeet Reservation of northern Montana. Past Screenings/ Awards: 2013: San Pedro IFF, CA; San Pedro; Santa Fe Independent Film Festival; New Mexico; Josiah Media Festival [2nd Place] San Antonio, Texas; America Cinematographer's Association Awards 1st place documentary category, Los Angeles.
Columbus Day Comedy/ Crime | 9 Minutes | USA Director: Michele Prevost Screenwriter: Scotty Cornfield A street artist dresses like Columbus, applies gold flake paint to his hands and face, and poses as a statue in the park. Not blinking or moving isn't the easiest way to make a living, but there is more to this Columbus than meets the eye. And for the innocent tourists who gather around for what is supposed to be a simple walk in the park, well, the best laid plans... Before it's all over, Columbus isn't who people think he is, the tourists encounter impostors and some of the impostors encounter imposters. “Columbus Day”--more twists than a box of Twizzlers. World Premiere
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G.P.S. Drama/Thriller | 18 Minutes | USA Director: Billy Higgins Screenwriters: Billy and Creston Higgins Although Grace loves her husband dearly and plans to build a life with him, she begins to suspect that he is hiding something from her. Unfortunately, through the mistakes of the previous men in her life, her first instinct is to distrust her husband and assume the worst. She needs to know the truth about where he spends his days and there's only one way to know for sure... Grace plants a G.P.S. device in her husband's car and begins to track his every move throughout their Napa community. As she learns more about her husband's whereabouts, her emotions are stretched to the limits. Is it measured precaution or plain obsession? Past Screenings: FirstGlance Film Festival Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA, April 2014 (Film Festival). North America PREMIERE
The Last of Us: Trust Sci-Fi / Horror | 14 Minutes | USA t the Filmmakers Director/Screenwriter: Brandon Hunt Mee Set in the world of Naughty Dog's “The Last of Us: 'Trust'” follows the unlikely pairing of Rhys & Kate as they traverse an apocalyptic world ravaged by hostile humans and zombie-like creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. World Premiere
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Drama, Educational, Nature, Crime, Deconstruction, Human Rights, Independent, Wildlife, Urban, Action, Culture, Hip Hop, Social Issue 13 Minutes | USA Director/Screenwriter: Sean Tambour Marshall Nyssa, a young black woman returns to the United States from Africa with wisdom and knowledge gained from traditional African elders. She shares this insight with her cousin, James, and dissects Western culture, while reconnecting to indigenous African core cultures. The film features an epic bicycle journey throughout San Francisco that highlights the socio-economic class division, and covers topics such as decolonization, the dignity found within resistance, cultural re-connection, and police brutality are explored. Also featured are the gritty, underground hip-hop and chilled electronic soundtrack, technical martial arts sequences and scenic shots of San Francisco. Chains break, cycles return. World Premiere A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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GREAT ROMANCE Kiyoto Kawamura Takashi Iitsuka | Fiction | 2013 | 7:18 Minutes | JAPAN A puppet man met a woman of human, and parted.A commonplace life of a couple is drawn with music. A gem of a story about a couple in the world of different scales.
MeTube: August sings Carmen 'Habanera' Daniel Moshel | Music Video | 2013 | 4 Minutes | Austria MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet, has attracted international attention.
Penny Dreadful Shane Atkinson | Fiction | 2012 | 17:43 Minutes | USA The story of a kidnapping gone horribly wrong.
Little Kyota Neon Hood Satsuki Okawa | Fiction | 2012 | 20:03 Minutes | JAPAN A Japanese boy with a neon protective hood finds comfort from daily life in a post disaster country - by befriending a foreigner who returns to the town he once fled.
Dickslap Jean-Baptiste Saurel | Fiction | 2012 | 25:30 Minutes | France Francis manages a video club that owes its success to films featuring Ti-Kong, star of Kung-Fu and breaker of necks. Insecure about the size of his dick, Francis is afraid to reveal his feelings to his employee Sonia. But when she gets a role in Evil Nurse - the latest Ti-Kong opus - Francis no longer has a choice. He must get his sexual confidence back to save Sonia from a terrible danger: the Dickslap.
Secret of the Ring Yuichiro Taniguchi | Fiction | 2012 | 16:08 Minutes | JAPAN Tomoko Mizumoto and Kenichi Shindo have been living together for three years. One morning, find something that is ... A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L 17th ANNUAL C
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Movie Index 10 Year Plan......................................................36 A Song for Naija .............................................49 All of Me ............................................................53 An Evergreen Christmas.............................20 Breathe in Life .................................................51 Cas & Dylan ......................................................37 Chainwheel......................................................61 Citizen Hearst..................................................43 Columbus Day ................................................60 Dickslap .............................................................62 Failure Groupies.............................................58 Future Self.........................................................58 G.P.S. ....................................................................61 GREAT ROMANCE..........................................62 Held Up..............................................................52 I, Helios...............................................................57 Inmentis ............................................................54 Jerome’s Bouquet..........................................20 John Apple Jack .............................................38 Kramer vs. Kramer.........................................17 Little Kyota Neon Hood ..............................62 Liv and Ingmar................................................42 MeTube: August sings Carmen 'Habanera"...........................62 Mobilize.............................................................42 Mom, Murder & Me ......................................39 Obituaries .........................................................54 One Minute Time Machine........................53 Out.......................................................................53
Penny Dreadful...............................................62 Pieces..................................................................57 Practice Makes Perfect ................................52 Project Happiness .........................................51 Putzel..................................................................23 Red Dot..............................................................58 Secret of the Ring..........................................62 Sixteen Candles..............................................15 Smokin’ ..............................................................56 Somebody’s Mother.....................................57 Starring Adam West .....................................43 The Best Man...................................................53 The Council ......................................................52 The Greggs.......................................................58 The Last Gentleman .....................................52 The Last of Us: Trust......................................61 The Wright Murders .....................................55 Thrown For A Loss.........................................49 To Be Delivered ..............................................54 To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar..................16 Tobacco Burn ..................................................54 True Son ............................................................43 Vingers ...............................................................58 Voluntario (Volunteer) ................................58 Waiting In The Wings: The Musical.........40 Waking Marshall Walker .............................56 We are the Land .............................................60 Whisker ..............................................................54
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Anonymous, Brynn Beery, Jody Beery-Sullivan, The Bruzzone family, Talyn David, Chris Erickson-King, Holly Erickson-King, Jack Erickson-King, Julia Erickson-King, Ryan Erickson-King, Michele Gabbay, Michelle Heckle, R. Grace Heckle, Bob, Kayla, & Seth Hill, Emily Hook, Nick Hutchins, Roxy Jones, Eva LaRosa, Alexander Lodewick, Matthew Lodewick, Mike Manfrin, Ramona & Anthony Maramonte, Kimberly Matranga, Karen Mendonca, Aubyn Merie, Bryn Merie, Petra Michel, Sue Olsen, Margaret Pagaduan, Berniece Patterson, Pat Patterson, Adam Reeves, Mark Robeson, Dustie Robeson, Tanner Robeson, Logan Robeson, Max Robeson, Ron Robinson, Edy & Jeff Schwartz, Clay Serrahn, Joyce & Howard Shao, Max & Janet Sherman, Shari Simon, Ali Simon-Parker, Jessalyn Simon-Parker, Sharon Simpson, Beth Soloway, Liam Sullivan, Eva Takeuchi, Greg Takeuchi, Josh Takeuchi, Oho and Yvonne Tschudi, Gail Tsuboi, Zemrak family
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