Central Michigan International Film Festival

February 9-12 and 16-19, 2017 Park Library Auditorium, Central Michigan University Campus and Celebration! Cinema, 4935 E. Pickard, Mt. Pleasant, MI

NTSC: a new meaning

The current cover comes from the Festival selection GORILLA, directed by Tibo Pinsard.

In the early days of colo(u)r television the world split into three camps, using systems known as NTSC, SECAM and PAL.

The American NTSC system was known by its detractors as “Never the Same Colo(u)r”. With this brochure we give a new meaning to NTSC — Never the Same Cover. We will keep changing the cover (sometimes as often as daily) until the festival ends. So check back often to see what/who is on the cover.

The 2017 festival is made up of twelve programs of short films organized by theme, a festival highlights program, plus eleven longer films that are shown separately. Tickets for the festival will be on sale at Java City coffee shop in Park Library (on the Central Michigan University campus) and at Celebration! Cinema in Mt. Pleasant, MI beginning in mid-January, 2017 and continuing to the end of the festival. Get a book of five tickets for $10! (It's much cheaper than buying single tickets.)

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Programs Around the World, Program 1 eight short films from around the word Friday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, February 18 at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 19 at 5:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University)

Cirilo (Spain) After trying to navigate a complicated and frustrating bureaucracy, an unemployed man becomes overwhelmed and reacts while in the employment office. 14 minutes. Director: Ruben Sainz

Retrosexe (France) The year is 2065 and traditional sex is banned. A group of teenagers, convinced sex was better in the old days, sets out to discover what it was like. 15 minutes. Director: Jean-Baptiste Saurel

Blind Date (Poland) A blind girl, introduced to online dating, tries to find a boyfriend. 9 minutes. Director: Mateusz Zebrowski.

Memory Hospital (Brazil)

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A night at an unusual hospital reveals secrets, sorrows and memories. 18 minutes. Director: Pedro Paulo de Andrade

Proceeds of Crime (Ireland) An alphabetic journey through the sinister gangland world of Ireland. 3 minutes. Director: David Quin

Every Drop Counts... (India) This film about water expresses a lot in a very short time. 1 minute. Director: Dhimant Vyas.

Mary Mother (Afghanistan) Mary lives a remote village of Afghanistan. Her only son is with the army in Kunduz province. 5432 Any inStreet She hears that Kunduz has fallen to the Taliban and, since the authorities have no news of her West

son, she decides to go to Kunduz to find him. The ending will likely not be what you expect. 19 Townsville, StateSadam Wahidi minutes. Director:

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Dolls Story (Kazakhstan) A poignant story about a single mother in a difficult situation. She discovers her talent for creating dolls. 13 minutes. Directors: Eldar Shibanov and Dias Shibanov

Around the World – Program 2 seven short films from around the world Friday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, February 18 at 8:15 p.m. and Sunday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m.

Party Time (Finland) Risto (age 10) waits impatiently for his birthday party. As the party nears, the tension between the adults grows. 10 minutes. Director: Jenni Kangasniemi

Keep It Clean (USA) A door to door salesman dies in a clean freak's home. 11 minutes. Directors: Evan Sennett and Matthew Rivera

The Way of Life (Spain) What a young woman calls her life may not actually be hers (and maybe not even life). 5 minutes. Director: Ana Maria Carrasco Muñoz (Anna Camus)

Dream Vending Machine (Taiwan) A boy draws a tree house. He hears of a dream vending machine and hopes it can make his dream come true. 6 minutes. Director: Hsueh-Cheng Lu

Dog Field (Poland)

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A man runs through a city and falls down. Most people just look at him and take pictures. Then a woman helps him. Inspired by a true story. 7 minutes. Directors: Ena Kielska and Anna66 Andrzejewska

Outlangish - Skateboarding against Poverty (South Africa) Outlangish is a South African social project that offers kids from disadvantaged areas in Cape Town an alternative to life on the streets through skateboarding. The sport gives them the opportunity to learn a lot about themselves and their environment. 9 minutes. Director: Tim Drabandt

Run (South Africa) Sipho is aStreet 19-year-old South African youth living in a shabby township 120 kilometers from Cape 5432 Any Town. His life seems to be predetermined by poverty and hopelessness until one day an West unexpected event sends him on a life-changing journey. 13 minutes. Directors: Tim Drabandt and Fanon Kabwe Townsville, State

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Caligari’s Children cutting-edge, intriguing, highly innovative, sometimes experimental, sometimes disturbing, short films from around the world (not recommended for children) Friday, February 17 at 9:40 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) RJ . Sovereignty (Brazil) In the near future, Rio de Janeiro city is only for the privileged. Ana discovers that the price is beyond what she can afford. 3 minutes. Director: Gabriel de Moura

A Silent Scream (Germany) A man wakes up in a white room unable to move. He has also lost his memories. 14 minutes. Director: Christian Skibinski

La Voce / Voiceless (Canada) Edgar works in a slaughterhouse. He loses his voice and finds himself with the voice of a pig. 22 minutes. Director: David Uloth

The Inquest (Poland)

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A private detective comes to town to solve mysterious cases of missing people. 18 minutes. Director: Ena Kielska

Manifest: Destiny A brother and sister trek across the countryside with a young girl in tow. 10 minutes. Director: TL Westgate and Dale Metz

Everything's Gonna Be OK Mike wakes up on his birthday to find his parents have sent him a duck puppet and a pack of cigarettes. Inspired by the gifts, he dreams of becoming a ventriloquist and protégé of the legendary but elusive Puppet Master. 23 minutes. Director: Marcus Chan

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Eclectica, Program 1 Films in the 2017 Festival are the most varied selection we have ever had. That’s why we have a total of three programs covering such a wide range topics in so many different ways that the best word we could come up with to describe them is eclectic. These films are all worth seeing, but don’t assume from seeing any one of them that it will give you even the slightest idea of what you will find in the others. Friday, February 10 at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 18 at 6:00 p.m. at Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) Mother (Georgia) A single mother is forced to hide her child’s existence in order not to become the object of judgment and condemnation. 10 minutes. Director: Rati Tsiteladze

Guao (Dominican Republic/Argentina) Luperón, a Caribbean immigrant to Argentina is a naïve and shy boy with a profound love for Catherine Deneuve. He falls in love with Federico, a religious fanatic. 34 minutes. Director: Eduardo Velázquez

Traces of my Brother (Germany)

Max mourns the death of his brother, trying desperately to fill his shoes. 14 minutes.simplifying Director: Moritz IT Mayerhofer

Underdog (France) Didier, a 55-year-old security guard at a supermarket in the middle of a rough neighborhood, keeps a close eye on the comings and goings of the customers and watches the incessant ballet of local, smalltime dealers stealing his shopping carts. One day, it's too much and Didier decides to do something. 30 minutes. Director: Jean-Alain Laban

Little Big George (India) This film is about a little boy who loves to eat, but most importantly loves to cook! George’s biggest dream is to be a famous chef when he grows up and have his own TV show. 20 minutes. Director: Priyanka Tanwar

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Eclectica, Program 2 Saturday, February 11 at 4:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) The Mandrake and the Sword (Germany) In the year 1500 a monk meets a peasant who is relentlessly pursued by a knight. The peasant and the monk undertake a dangerous journey to a city that they hope will provide shelter for them. 16 minutes. Director: Nesrin Bachir

Yùl and the Snake (France) Yùl, a 13 year old boy, goes with his big brother to conclude a deal with an unsavory character. When things go wrong, a mysterious snake appears. 13 minutes. Director: Gabriel Harel

Barnburner (USA) An aspiring female boxer named Andy lives in an abusive home with her younger brother, Cody. After a physical altercation with their drunken father, Andy fights for the gold to get herself and Cody out. 14 minutes. Director: Chloe Aktas

Pixels (Spain) Relationships can end in many ways. This film depicts one of them. 12 minutes. Director: Jordi Núñez Navarro

Day Off (Iran)

simplifying IT A lonely pizza delivery man decides to take a day off to go places in Tehran with his dog. 21 minutes. Director: Aidin Pedari Ghost Patrol (UK) Colin Spraxton and Mike Lamb are two amateur paranormal investigators with an online video channel that no-one watches. However, their wish for a spooky scoop is answered, as a night ghost hunting in the sleepy town of Windalby reveals more horror than they can handle. 28 minutes. Director: Tom Edmondson

Dirty Roses (Greece) This docudrama is about people who came to Greece from the Arab world as war, economic or political refugees. The heroes of the short film, Nana the Greek handicapped girl, Hassan the red roses' Any sellerStreet and Mirage an Iranian refugee, are the real characters and not professional actors. 5 5432 minutes. West Director: Petra Terzi

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Two estranged brothers decide to try to repair their relationship. After their father dies, they take a trip to a wilderness beach in search of peace, but what they find there is anything but peaceful. 24 minutes. Director: Mark Bousfield

Eclectica, Program 3 Thursday, February 16 at 9:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) [jürg] (Switzerland) One Friday morning, Jürg collapsed on the floor of his apartment and remained there paralyzed for 36 hours. When he woke up in a hospital bed, the renowned professor of linguistics had become completely mute. 19 minutes. Director: Raphael Meyer

Losing Ground (USA/Mongolia) This film documents how climate change, overgrazing, and destructive mining processes used in Mongolia are dramatically changing the traditional pastoral lifestyles of rural Mongolian families who depend on healthy ecosystems for their survival. It offers beautiful cinematography. 30 minutes. Director: Bradley Rappa

The Stairs (USA) A ten-year-old boy hides at the top of the stairs and listens to his father tell the story about almost being gassed to death during the Holocaust. Thirty years later, after his father's death, he listens to his dad tell the story on a cassette recorder and wishes they had discussed it face-to face. 10 minutes. Director: Haykim Reagan

Tuta (Georgia) Tuta, a 17-year-old girl, lives with her single father after her mother's death in a small village in the mountains of Georgia. The village gradually becomes deserted as nature there is tough, and life is very hard. 28 minutes. Director: Sandro Souladze

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Night Painting (Hungary) It’s summer and the end of three girls’ university studies. They’re moving out of the flat they have shared for four years. There’s one last thing to do: repaint their room. 17 minutes. Director: Cristina Grosan

Golden Tuna - Montreal Sessions (Canada) After leaving Berlin, French multidisciplinary artist Golden Tuna surfs Montreal's cold and dark wave to find inspiration. 10 minutes. Director: Jenny Cartwright

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Eight Films by William R. Coughlan (USA) Sunday, February 12 at 5:15 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium Our judges watched hundreds of films to pick the ones appearing in this year’s festival. When the dust settled, one of the surprises was how many different judges picked films directed by William R. Coughlan. None of the judges or other festival organizers actually know William R. Coughlan (we mention this just to let you know there was no favoritism involved). Here is an abridged version of his biography: William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and one of the founders (and primary financier) of Tohubohu Productions — which basically means that even on pictures he doesn’t direct, he can at least squeeze in an executive producer credit. He is also a director with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before segueing into video and multimedia, and then eventually into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he served two terms on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes. He currently resides at a secret compound in Burke, Virginia, with his wife Pam and their two daughters. (The last sentence seems Coughlanesque and will likely make more sense to you after you have seen some of his films.) All Roads Lead Away

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Richard and Kate have lost everything: job, home, lifestyle. Now, with everything they own packed into their battered old station wagon, they’re just trying to make it to Cleveland, where Richard’s brother has offered a chance to start over. But making the journey is easier said than done, and when Richard’s plans to borrow money from an old friend fall through, they are left with no choice but to seek out an old flame of Kate’s for help. 9 minutes.

Number One with a Bullet Jack Reade is a mild-mannered academic who finally has a chance to publish his own Great American Novel. But just as he thinks his tome will see print, Pete Willoughby, a smug and influential editor, informs Jack that the book will remain locked in publishing purgatory. 20 minutes.

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The flashes of memory that return to Carrie Wallace as she lies bloodied in the street all share a common trait: Each culminates in an insincere apology. 3 minutes.

Eight Films by William R. Coughlan (USA) (continued) The Greater Evil Lilith Delaney has snagged a plum assignment with the campaign team of Victor Balch, a brash but popular candidate for the Presidency. Though initially seeing it as just another job, Lilith gradually falls under the candidate’s spell… until she catches a glimpse of his horrific true nature. 8 minutes.

Touched by a Lawyer Phil has an amazing ability: with a touch, he can see exactly one hour and eight minutes into someone’s past. Unfortunately, it seems to cause him nothing but trouble — especially at the office, where he is called in before the boss and lectured on “inappropriate touching”. 6 minutes.

Uke & Trust Me A couple on their way to a vacation destination unexpectedly encounter an unusual trio of ukulele players. 5 minutes.

Winston Alina, eager for a promotion at work, agrees to take on what appears to be a straightforward task: housesitting and taking care of her boss Sybil’s precious dog, Winston. But confusion sets in when Alina arrives at the home only to discover that “Winston” actually may be a stuffed animal. 10 minutes.

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Festival Highlights This program of nine short films from around the world begins the festival on February 9 and ends it on February 19. Their diversity and quality will give you a good idea of what the festival is all about. We hope you will attend the first screening on February 9 and that it will whet your appetite and inspire you to see more of the festival. On the other hand, if you somehow forget there is a festival going on until it is almost over, you can still catch the final screening of highlights on February 19.

Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 19 at 8:30 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) Cirilo (Spain) After trying to navigate a complicated and frustrating bureaucracy an unemployed man becomes overwhelmed and reacts while in the employment office. 14 minutes. Director: Ruben Sainz

Retrosexe (France) The year is 2065 and traditional sex is banned. Convinced sex was better in the old days, a group of teenagers sets out to discover what it was like. 15 minutes. Director: Jean-Baptiste Saurel

Every Drop Counts... (India) This film about water expresses a lot in a very short time. 1 minute. Director: Dhimant Vyas.

Mary Mother (Afghanistan)

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Mary lives in a remote village of Afghanistan. Her only son is with the army in Kunduz province. She hears that Kunduz has fallen to the Taliban and, since the authorities have no news of her son, she decides to go to Kunduz to find her son. The ending will likely not be what you expect. 19 minutes. Director: Sadam Wahidi

Guao (Dominican Republic/Argentina) Luperón, a Caribbean immigrant to Argentina is a naïve and shy boy with a profound love for Catherine Deneuve. He falls in love with Federico, a religious fanatic. 34 minutes. Director: Eduardo Velázquez

Pure Sweetness (Germany/Poland) A baker hires a detective to catch the muffin thief and a tasty secret is revealed. 8 minutes.

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Gorilla (France) Townsville, State 54321 Hollywood, 1952. Henry Corso performs a costumed gorilla on horror movies and adventure movies. For Jungle Jenna, he must terrorize the leading actress lost in a fake jungle. But scaring the woman he desires is going to be particularly tricky for the gorilla man. 14 minutes. Director: Tibo Pinsard

Festival Highlights (continued) Flaws (USA) A woman and a man reveal their insecurities after their first time sleeping together. 1 minute. Director: Anthony Bradley

The Example (USA) During a race riot in Beaumont, Texas in June 1943, Miller Harvey, a white police officer is determined to protect and serve his city and family. Black business owner Carver Jefferson is hell-bent on taking his family far away from the city, as racial hostility has led to the destruction of his home and business. 24 minutes. Director: Wyatt Cagle

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Four Films by Ho Fung (China) Sunday, February 12 at 6:45 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University)

Our judges especially liked these four works, all by Fung Ho, a young writer, director and actor from Hong Kong. Love in Shanxi It is said that every single mountain in Shanxi has its own story. This is one of them. 8 minutes.

Egg Waffle A relationship between child and parent is often more than is visible in the present. 13 minutes.

God Knows Although she is mute, Abo has never felt handicapped by her lack of words. Music is her vessel. Meeting Don sparks something within her. 13 minutes.

My Dear Classmate Ling really has no idea why Chi always follows her. Their classmates also feel that Chi is getting to be like Ling. They do not understand why. 14 minutes. simplifying

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In the Zone (Homage to Rod Serling) The films in this program remind us of episodes of the classic TV series The Twilight Zone. That is not to say they are exactly like them, but that collectively they are charming, at times frightening, and all of them, like a good TZ episode, pack a lot into a small amount of time. We think that Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling would have liked these films, so we named the program in honor of him. Sunday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m. and Friday, February 17 at 8:30 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium The Golden Pen (Germany) School is hard for pupil Anika, who has to write a final exam. Her teacher tries to make her fail the exam by using dark magic tricks. But Anika doesn’t give up and she gets some unexpected help. 13 minutes. Director: Dieter Primig

A Wish (USA) A man's wants to understand women. It turns out not to be so easy. 3 minutes. Director: Petra Lo

Riven (The Netherlands) A barista discovers a peculiar mirror in the attic of a derelict bar. Curious, she wipes off the dirt and realizes this mirror reveals far more than just her reflection. 9 minutes. Director: Sjoerd de Bont simplifying

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Scraps (New Zealand) A starving rat who lives in a scrapyard builds a rocket ship that he hopes will fly him to the moon. 3 minutes. Director: Marnus Nagel

Tailypo (USA) This is indeed a tale about a tail. In a re-telling of the classic American folk tale, a reclusive man living in a cabin with his hunting dog is stalked by a creature with sharp teeth, claws, and glowing yellow eyes. 14 minutes. Director: Cameron McCasland

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Life in the USA The USA has long played one of the major roles in the world of film, so it should come as no surprise that more than a third of our titles this year are from the country that created Hollywood (although some would say it was Hollywood that created the country as we know it). This program includes a selection of films from the USA tied together by the themes of identity and responsibility. Sunday, February 12 at 9:15 p.m. and Thursday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) The Example During a race riot in Beaumont, Texas in June 1943, Miller Harvey, a white police officer is determined to protect and serve his city and family. Black business owner Carver Jefferson is hell-bent on taking his family far away from the city, as racial hostility has led to the destruction of his home and business. 24 minutes. Director: Wyatt Cagle

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground After finding out his son is sick and feeling intense pressure from his wife, Warren Shaw delves into the seedy underbelly of illegal gambling. 10 minutes. Director: Mitchell Poljak

Fishbowl After Marina finds the address of her absent father, she has to decide whether or not to contact him. 6 simplifying IT minutes. Zoe Polando

Landfill Two hundred years ago the section of Boston called Fort Point did not exist. It was reclaimed from the ocean by landfill and became what some consider New England's oldest and largest community of visual artists. This short documentary is about the lively battles between the Fort Point artists and the entrepreneurs now changing the area. 5 minutes. Director: Henry Dane

My Story Wilbur played a role in the Civil Rights Movement, but not one to be proud of. Then a relationship changed him forever, as a young journalist discovers many years later. 20 minutes. Director: Linette Lucas

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remnants An elderly, successful writer struggles to reveal his dark and troubled past while suffering from Alzheimer's disease. 19 minutes. Director: A. Plancher

Love This program has the shortest title of any in the festival. Love, in its many forms, is a central theme in these nine films from Asia, Europe, Latin America and the USA. They each present a distinct take on the topic. Saturday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 18 at 9:45 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) Pure Sweetness (Poland) A baker hires a detective to catch a muffin thief and a tasty secret is revealed. 8 minutes. Director: Dave Lojek

Gorilla (France) Hollywood, 1952. Henry Corso performs a costumed gorilla in horror and adventure movies. For Jungle Jenna, he must terrorize the leading actress lost in a fake jungle. But scaring the woman he desires is going to be particularly tricky for the gorilla man. 14 minutes. Director: Tibo Pinsard

Untied Shoes (Dominican Republic) Two young people run into each other in different places, but never get to meet because Alejandro's shoelaces are always untied. One day that changes when the shoelaces end up having the opposite effect. 9 minutes. Director: Hector Matias

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Flaws (USA) A woman and a man reveal their insecurities after their first time sleeping together. 1 minute. Director: Anthony Bradley

The Elephant in the Room (USA) When an abused woman in a pristine suburban prison falls in love with a local delivery driver, she is forced to confront the elephant in the room. 6 minutes. Director: E.M. Spairow

The Lover (USA) An older gentleman is worried he will be late for his wedding anniversary celebration. But it turns out things notStreet what they seem. 40 minutes. Director: Mahmoud Shoolizadeh 5432are Any

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Love (continued) Here (Malaysia) A widow tells a tragic but heartwarming story with a symbolic twist. 10 minutes. Director: Zhen Yee Khor

Room for Two (Norway) William and Antonie have broken up and we meet them on their last day together, as they are packing and emptying their house. We also meet a young couple who have just moved in together, and now are looking for their first furniture - a sofa. 14 minutes. Director: Jon Lie

Penthouse Sweet (USA) A sit-com actress must decide whether to apply the life lesson her character learns in her show to a real life crisis when she loses a phone on which she has stored some sensitive videos. 11 minutes. Director: Marcus C. W. Chan

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Nightmare Central These eight short films (from Australia, the U.K. and the USA) range from comic to scary (and some are both). We scheduled them on Saturday night. By the time you get home it will be the witching hour. Saturday, February 11 at 9:00 ‘Naners (USA) You may find this work funny, but you won’t be able to appreciate it fully and figure why we put it in the nightmare category until you see what comes later in this program. Nine minutes. Director: Miles Johnson

The Unconventional Gourmet (USA) The film tells an age old tale with a modern twist. Think about Hansel and Gretel. 12 minutes. Director: Wendy Keeling

American Zombies (USA) The title says it all. 9 minutes. Director: Joe Bowes

Wingman (USA) Watch for the guys from ‘Naners (see above). They put in a brief guest appearance here. 10 minutes. Directors: Taylor Chambers and Eliza McGowan-Stinski

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A group of people head to work in what is in a way just your average 9 - 5 working day. But in other ways, it is not. 8 minutes. Director: Hannah Gautrey

Don't Look Under Your Bed (Australia) Bumps in the night aren’t always just harmless noises. 4 minutes. Director: Radheya Jegatheva

A Calculated Front (USA) Things from previous films start to come together. Now you know why ‘Naners and Wingman ended up in the Nightmare Central program. 13 minutes. Director: by Artie Teran

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Feature Length/Longer Shorts The following films will be shown separately rather than as part of a program of shorts. Each requires a separate ticket.

3 1/2 (a Life of an Innocent Child) (India) Sunday, February 12 at 3:30 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) Desperation forces families to take risks to earn money to survive. In this case it leads to the death of a child. 1 hour, 30 minutes. Director: Hemantha Kumar

Across Antarctica (France) Saturday, February 11 at 2:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) Stéphanie Gicquel skied across Antarctica to the South Pole. The film is an invitation to discover Antarctica through her eyes and emotions. 30 minutes. Director: Stéphanie Gicque

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By their sheer size and original shapes, baobabs are among the most remarkable trees on the planet. These giants are currently threatened by deforestation. To study them in the heart of their forests, Cyrille Cornu and Wilfried Ramahafaly travel by pirogue, exploring 400 km of wild and isolated coastline in the southwest of Madagascar. 55 minutes. Director: Cyrille Cornu

Clare, MI: Depression Era Art (USA) Saturday, February 18 at 2:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) How so much WPA art came to be in Clare, Michigan and what is currently being done to preserve it is the subject of this documentary. 30 minutes. Directors: Eleanor Etienne and Paige Van Osdol. 5432 Any Street

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Feature Length/ Longer Shorts (continued) Goodbye Darling, I'm Off to Fight (Italy/Thailand/USA) Friday, February 10 at 6:00 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) After a painful break-up with her boyfriend, Italian actress and fashion model Chantal Ughi discovers that the combat sport Muay Thai is a way to deal with her rage and to confront the violence she suffered as a child. She goes to Thailand to train. Chantal then returns, ready to fight her demons and to reopen old wounds, as she attempts to become world Muay Thai Champion. 1 hour, 14 minutes. Director: Simone Manetti

Ithaca: The Climb (USA) Friday, February 10 at 1:30 p.m. at Celebration! Cinema This film explores the rise, fall and resurgence of the Ithaca (MI) High School football program. 1 hour, 47 minutes. Director: Mason Flick

The Lobster (Greece/Ireland/Netherlands/UK/France) Saturday, February 11 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Celebration! Cinema David (played by Colin Farrell) is in the awkward situation of having to find a new significant other within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of his choosing. 2 hours. Director: Yorgossimplifying Lanthimos IT

Swiss Army Man (USA) Sunday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at Celebration! Cinema A man is stranded on a deserted island. A talking corpse washes up on shore. This surreal drama was released in 2016. 1 hour, 37 minutes. Directors: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

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Feature Length/ Longer Shorts (continued) We Light the Tradition (Italy/USA) Saturday, February 18 at 2:45 p.m. in Park Library Auditorium (Central Michigan University) This film documents the trials and tribulations of the Annual Italian Feast in Hoboken. 58 minutes. Director: Roberto Pansini

Whatnots (USA) Friday, February 10 at 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 11 at noon at Celebration! Cinema This live-action/animated psychedelic musical film uses colorful, allegorical and figurative imagery to tell its story. The themes of love and loss are presented through traditional guitar and poetry. 40 minutes. Director: Eric Limarenko

Directors (Not all directors are listed here , but we managed to get photos and/or biographies for most of them)

Pedro Paulo de Andrade (Memory Hospital)

Memory Hospital is Pedro Paulo de Andrade’s sixth short film. Andrade abandoned his career in advertising as soon as he graduated for an adventure in the world of filmmaking. He began as production assistant at a film and advertising company and years later became a young director of music videoclips, advertising films and fiction. Since then, his work has been selected for awards by several Brazilian and International film festivals. His work is greatly influenced by sound design and music. 23

Chloé Aktas (Barnburner)

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Mark Bousfield (Ghost Nets)

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Having always dreamed of being a filmmaker Mark started young creating movies with his friends back in the 90s. Since then he has let his lusty young romance for cinema 5432 Anydevelop Street into a full blown love affair for the ages. Now residing in Canterbury (UK), Mark is developing a new Sci-fi/Horror feature film off the back West of the successes of his film Ghost Nets.

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Joe Bowes (American Zombies)

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Joe Bowes is a 22 year old student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee currently finishing degrees in both film and psychology. The combination of the two is apparent in his work, which contains strong statements of sociopolitical nature 5432 Any Streetblanket of screaming characters, blood splatter, and torturous under a heavy West comedy.

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Anthony Bradley (Flaws)

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Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Anthony began making films while attending local City Arts' Digital Arts Studio in 2012 under Brian McManus. Later that year he wrote and directed his first short, Infinite Disposal. After graduating from the Narrative Film Program in 2013, his final film for the program, A Conversation was accepted into several film festivals, including the 11th Annual Tallgrass International Film Festival. He started the production company Air Capital Productions with frequent collaborators Naythan Smith, Jake Fisher, and Amy Swenson in 2012. In 2013Any andStreet 2014 their team finished in the top ten for the Down to the Wire 24 Hour 5432 Film Race. After a successful Kickstarter Campaign, Anthony wrote and directed his West sixth short film, Franklin, which went on to a successful festival run, winning Best Townsville, State Kansas Film at the 2015 Doc Sunback Film Festival and Best Short and Audience 54321 Award at the 2015 Third Thursday Film Festival.

Wyatt Cagle (The Example)

simplifying IT Story telling has always been a part of the life of Wyatt Cagle, from the days in his youth when he performed on stage for a local theater troupe to being the director of The Example. After college, the Lamar University graduate traveled across the country working on several feature films. One of those features, The Breakdance Kid, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2004, was Wyatt’s first opportunity to serve as director of photography on a feature project. For a number of years, he worked at POV Editing & Visual Effects in Houston and Sominio Solutions in Austin, gaining experience as an editor and director working on content for Fortune 500 companies and feature film clientele. Always looking for new challenges, Wyatt and business partner Greg Scheinman, created a documentary series titled Profiles With Greg Schienman on PBS that was on air for two seasons. 5432 Any Wyatt Streetwas approached by SWD Productions to help produce a television In 2009, West series involving the Houston Dynamo, Houston’s professional soccer team for Fox Sports Network Townsville, Statetitled Shooting Stars. The program aired in August 2010. Wyatt has brought his talents and skills to the award-winning project Not Like The 54321 Commercials, where he was a producer, director and editor.

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Ana Maria Carrasco Muñoz (Anna Camus) (The Way of Life)

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Licensed in labor law, for years Anna Camus acted as an adviser to companies without even thinking about the possibility of making films. However, she took a script writing course and, shortly afterwards, began taking more film courses, and now she cannot even think of doing anything other than making films. The Way of Life is her debut feature as a director and screenwriter. It won an international award (Silver Wood at the Viva Film Festival in Sarajevo in June 2016) and has been shown as an 5432 Any Street at 16 festivals. She is currently working on the post-production of official selections West her second short film.

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Jenny Cartwright (Golden Tuna—Montreal Sessions)

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Jenny Cartwright loves documentary filmmaking and collaborated on many professional productions in Montreal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Israel and France. Over the years, she has held many titles in the industry, from researcher to assistantdirector and video editor. She started shooting, somewhat by accident, her first film as a director - ya wooto (that’s just how it is) - while on a humanitarian mission in 5432 Any Street Ouagadougou.

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Taylor Chambers (Wingman)

Taylor Chambers (right) earned her bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting and Cinematic Arts from Central Michigan University in December, 2016 and is currently working in Kalamazoo. She loves all aspects about filmmaking, and plans to move to LA to pursue a career in the film industry. Taylor has a very unique, quirky style of filmmaking that challenges traditional techniques and makes for a very interesting and fun cinematic experience.

Marcus Chan (Everything's Gonna Be OK and Penthouse Suite)

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Marcus Chan is currently an MFA film directing / production candidate at UCLA.

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Cyrille Cornu (Baobabs between Land and Sea)

Cyrille Cornu was born in Bourges, France in 1968. He has been researching ecological simplifying IT issues for over ten years, studying tropical dry forests and using satellite images to characterize their biodiversity, degree of deforestation and the impacts of climate change. For the last seven years he has focused on the baobabs of Madagascar and has become one of the world’s leading specialists. Each year he organizes unique expeditions that use local traditional transport to access the heart of isolated forests that are home to the baobabs.

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William R. Coughlan (Eight by William R. Coughlan)

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William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and is one of the founders (and primary financier) of Tohubohu Productions — which basically means that, even on pictures he doesn’t direct, he can at least squeeze in an executive producer credit. He is also a director with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before segueing into video and multimedia, and then eventually into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he served two terms on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and 5432 Any Street illustration, editing, three-dimensional animation, and writing autobiographical comments West in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes. Townsville, State

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Henry Dane (Landfill)

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Henry Dane produced, directed, shot, and edited Landfill, a quirky short film about artists in Boston battling gentrification in an area known as Fort Point, which started out as landfill. 5432 Any StreetDane works a day job as writer/producer/director/editor at a Boston TV station with three Emmy Awards and eight other nominations. He collaborated West with writer/performer Rocco Giuliano to create Landfill. Dane and Giuliano Townsville, previously State collaborated on two TV series and two other short documentaries, 54321 Soundproof and Welcome to Fort Point.

Sjoerd de Bont (Riven)

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Sjoerd de Bont is a young Dutch film director.

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Takong Dervis (Fainting Fit)

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Director, writer, producer and editor Takong Delvis, was born in Bamenda, Cameroon, March 12th, 1989. He began his career in cinematography/editing in 2010. His first short film, 30 Days, won Best African short film at ZAFAA International Film Festival in 2010. He did his second short, Supplication, as writer, producer and director in 2012 and was nominated for Ecrans Noire and ZAFFA film festival the same year. He has been part of successful film projects in Cameroon, including VIRI, My Gallery, Tenacity and the upcoming 5432 Any African Street TV series Samba. Takong is also engaged with building communities through West video partnerships and empowering youth, epileptics and communities to tell their own stories as founder of Cameroon Epilepsy Foundation (CEF). He shot Fainting Townsville, State on people living with epilepsy in northwestern Cameroon in 2015 Fit, a documentary 54321 and finished the post production in 2016.

Gabriel de Moura (RJ. Sovereignty)

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Gabriel de Moura was born in Paraná and now lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a filmmaker, illustrator, animator and visual composer. As advertising film director and motion designer for Casa Na Árvore Films, he has made commercials in stop-motion, 2D and 3D animation, as well as producing a web series of branded content for Athletic. As an independent filmmaker Gabriel de Moura has produced Being Cupcakes (2012), Alice in Anywhere (2011), The Collector (2012 - school film) and his latest 5432 AnyRJ.SOVEREIGNTY Street project, (2015). Currently, Gabriel works at Copa Studio, in West charge of Visual Composition of the animated series Jorel's Brother ("Irmão do Jorel" by Juliano Enrico), Townsville, State Haunted Tales ("Histórias Assombradas para Crianças Mal Criadas" by Victor Hugo) and Trunk Train ("Tromba Trem" by Zé Brandão), all for 54321 Cartoon Network.

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Tim Drabandt

(Outlangish-Skateboarding against Poverty and Run)

Tim Drabandt is a freelance director and cinematographer. He was born in Northern Germany in 1988. After finishing high school, he worked in different design agencies and film production companies, including Sterntag Film in Hamburg and AVA Studios in Berlin. In 2010 Tim started studying film and video at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany, and the CPUT Film School in Cape Town, South Africa. He graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 2015. Since then he has been working as a freelance filmmaker.

Tom Edmondson (Ghost Patrol)

Tom Edmondson is an award winning animator from Derbyshire (UK). In 2015 his animation Don't Feed The Ducks achieved a special commendation from Aardman Co-Founder, David Sproxton at The Encounters Film Festival. In 2016 he won the Industry Vote Screening Prize at the New Designers show in London (UK) for his short film, The Paignton Pudding Riot.

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Eleanor Etienne (Clare, MI: Depression Era Art )

Eleanor Etienne graduated from Central Michigan University with a Broadcast and Cinematic Arts degree in 2014. She interned with MAC TV Network following her graduation and was hired as staff that September. Eleanor is currently a television producer at MAC TV and runs their Gratiot studio. She also directs the Monster Movie Competition each Fall.

Ho Fung (Four Films by Ho Fung)

Ho Fung earned the Multi-media Creative Arts Certificate Diploma from Emperor Entertainment Academy for Performing Arts [HK] and then studied screenwriting for film with Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild. He was the co-founder, as well as the founding chairman, of Hong Kong Film Art Association. He has produced a number of indie films. Active on stage and backstage, Ho is currently involved in television, film and advertisement production.

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Hannah Gautrey

(Brainwash)

Hannah Gautrey is a director, writer and production designer currently studying at Arts University Bournemouth in England. She was 18 years old when the film was completed, and is now 19. The film was made outside of the university and was self-funded.

Stéphanie Gicquel (Across Antarctica)

From November 14, 2014 to January 27, 2015, Stéphanie Gicquel skied across Antarctica through the South Pole, with two other polar explorers, including her husband Jérémie. This is notably the longest ski expedition for a woman in Antarctica without kiting. Her 30 minute film, Across Antarctica, is not only about adventure, but about meaning, fear, freedom, fulfillment, and boldness. The film also shows the life of a couple whose strength is tested under extreme conditions.

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Cristina Grosan (Night Painting)

Cristina Grosan is a Romanian-Hungarian visual artist with a background in photography, who took a turn towards directing in 2007 while studying at the Faculty of Theatre & Television, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania. She continued her studies, earning an MA at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art, Budapest, directing several shorts that travelled the worldwide festival circuit, picking up several prizes on the way. Holiday at the Seaside (2013) appeared on Australian cinema screens and was also screened at a number of festivals around the world, picking up several prizes. Her most recent short, Night Painting, premiered at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival in June 2016. She is currently working on her first feature film, A Coat of Gold , which was developed through Berlinale Script Station and Sources 2, and was also presented at the Sarajevo Cinelink, Cannes Producers’ Network. The script received development support from the Hungarian Film Fund in March 2016 and is currently being developed under its guidance.

Gabriel Harel (Yùl and the Snake)

Gabriel Harel studied at the Epinal School of Fine Arts for four years. In 2007, he entered the school La Poudrière, where he directed L’eau à la bouche, a traditional animation film. Yùl and the Snake is his first short film produced by Kazak Productions.

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Radheya Jegatheva

(Don't Look Under Your Bed)

Radheya Jegatheva is a young Perth based Australian filmmaker who was born in Johor, Malaysia in 1999 to parents of South Korean and Malaysian ancestry. He now attends Perth Modern School in Western Australia. Radheya's skill set cuts across a number of creative areas and he has won prizes for his creations in the fields of writing, poetry, art and filmmaking, among others.

Miles Johnson

('Naners)

Director Miles Johnson was told to make an action movie, but didn't know how to make an action movie, so he made this movie instead. He earned is bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University in May 2014, and is currently finishing his master's degree at CMU in Broadcasting and Cinematic Arts. He loves writing, and has a quirky sense of humor that always comes across in his films.

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Fanon Kabwe (Run)

Fanon Kabwe is a director, editor and cinematographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born in 1989 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After graduating from high school, he moved to Cape Town to study film and video technology at AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium) and Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He graduated in 2013 and since then has worked works in the post production department as editor for Tintoy Productions and as a freelancer.

Jenni Kangasniemi (Party Time)

Jenni Kangasniemi is a director and a screenwriter living in Helsinki. She has worked in theaters and film industry. Jenni Kangasniemi's latest work as a director is the short film Party Time, a comedy about a modern family with divorced parents, a bossy grandmother and a kid whose birthday party is at stake. Kangasniemi's earlier works are directing and screenwriting the short film Role, which had its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival 2014 and the community films If I Ruled and LunaChicks. Both community films were made as collaboration between professional filmmakers and a group of teenage girls who took part in a workshop initiated by the City of Vantaa. The scripts were written based on the girls’ own experiences and wishes. Jenni Kangasniemi is one of the organizers of Plan Finland campaign called Project Wings To Fly, which was founded to give a voice to girls and women across the globe who are denied a formal education.

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Wendy Keeling (The Unconventional Gourmet)

Wendy Keeling is an actor, artist, director, and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. She grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. As a young girl she was drawn to anything and everything creative. She seems to continue to be attracted to all things creative that do not necessarily pay the big bucks. Wendy Keeling has worked both in front of and behind the camera on projects in television, film, commercials, music videos, and stage. Her skills include acting, directing, casting, set design, production management and production. Recently she has switched hats to writing, directing, and producing her own projects with her production company 7 Mile Bridge Productions. Her films Self Offense, Bounty Momma, and Just Grate have all had success on the film festival circuit both nationally and internationally. Her most recent project The Unconventional Gourmet is a labor of love from her artistic dark side.

Zhen Yee Khor (Here)

Zhen Yee Khor is a final year film and broadcasting student at the School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Supported by his family, friends and lecturers, he has been actively involved in the creative productions for competitions, documentaries and commercial works as a director, script writer and editor. He won the Videography Category award in the Vision Petron Nasional Student Art Competition 2015. In March 2016, he was awarded a full scholarship by the Malaysian and American Commission of Educational Exchange (MACEE) to participate in the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program 2016 (UGRAD), funded by the U.S. Department of State. Under this program, he will be majoring in cinematic arts and technology at California State University Monterey Bay as an exchange student. In his free time, he is a multi-instrument musician who plays mainly pop and jazz music. Besides film and music, he is also a passionate baker who bakes sort of ugly but delicious pastries. 53

Ena Kielska

(Dog Field and The Inquest)

Born on the 3rd of February in Poland, Ena Kielska graduated from the Silesian University in Katowice in 2004 following study of English filology, American and British culture and literature and subsequently attended WST College in Katowice to study in the Media, Acting and Directing Department. Ena Kielska has published two poetry books and a narrative story), directed a monodrama, Pamiętnik Wendy (Wendy’s Diary) at the T.Rawa theatre in Katowice, and edited a number of short films prior to the two that are in the Central Michigan International Film. Festival.

Hemantha Kumar

(3 1/2 (a Life of an Innocent Child))

Hemantha Kumar is an Indian film director and producer. He holds degrees in International Business (M.B.A) and Commerce (M.Com). After working for various multinational companies, he entered into the Kannada film industry by working as an assistant director for a few of the films and then started his own Hemantha's Productions in 2002.

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Jean-Alain Laban (Underdog)

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Eric Limarenko (Whatnots)

Eric Limarekno's professional career started at The Home Shopping Network, working on set as well as in Master Control. In 2002, he moved to Michigan where he landed at Forest Post Productions. He served in the editorial department, working with such clients as Ford, FOX Sports, KFC and Quicken Loans. He was also the lead creative editor on the children's series Noodlebug. In 2008, Eric was appointed to the Senior Avid Editor position at the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency for Team-Detroit, where he worked on national campaigns and created daily elements for Ford's web presence. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts at CMU, where he teaches his love of cinematography and storytelling. His students’ films can be seen in film festivals all over the country. In his free time, he is pursing his own art, mixing media of original music, motion graphics and abstract video.

Petra Lo (A Wish)

Petra Lo is an actress, who recently decided to create her own projects. Without a camera or a budget, she shot her films with her cell phones and learned all aspects of filmmaking from watching YouTube videos.

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Dave Lojek

(Pure Sweetness)

Films directed by Dave Lojek have had more than 757 international film festival screenings in 55 countries on five continents. His favorite genres are comedy, parody, fantasy, romance, poetry and experimentall. He also directs documentaries, dramas, portraits, and music videos. He graduated with honors in English / American Cultural Studies from Humboldt-University in his hometown Berlin. As independent producer he creates movies in 24 cities in 12 European countries. Mr. Lojek hosts monthly open cinema screenings in Germany’s oldest cinema and annual film workshops called KinoKabarets with his initiative KinoBerlino. Dave works as film distributor, mentor, and president of a local film association. The productions of his APEIRON FILMS and KinoBerlino are broadcast three times per week on German TV and also can be viewed online.

Linette Lucas

(My Story)

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Linette Lucas grew up in a melting pot of artistic creativity. She attended New York University’s Film Production Program (whose past students include Oliver Stone, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee). Her award winning short film, Friend & Foe, an urban gritty tale of friendship based on her father’s experiences, demonstrated Ms. Lucas’ ability to tell compelling stories with a unique visual style. Under the banner of Ms. Lucas’ production company, LightWarrior Entertainment, she has built an impressive body of works, including motion pictures, television shows, music videos, commercials and more. 61

Simone Manetti (Goodbye Darling, I'm Off to Fight)

Born in 1978 in Livorno, Tuscany, Simone Manetti is an Italian film editor and director. A graduate in film editing from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (the Italian National Film School), he edited the short film FIB 1477 (2006) directed by Lorenzo Sportiello (Official Selection at the 63rd Venice Film Festival) and worked with director Paolo Virzì, editing the documentary L’uomo che aveva picchiato la testa (2009) and the feature film The First Beautiful Thing (2010), which was the Italian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and for which Simone was nominated for Best Editing at the Italian Film Academy’s David di Donatello Awards in 2010, and for Best Editing at Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists’ Silver Ribbon Awards. A New Family, his first short documentary film as a director, shot in Cambodia, premiered at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for a Silver Ribbon Award. It won an Amnesty International Special Mention and was nominated for a Golden Frog for Best Cinematography at Camerimage in Poland. Goodbye Darling, I’m Off to Fight is his first feature documentary.

Hector Matias (Untied Shoes)

Héctor Matías is an actor, singer, and director, who has played lead roles in the sitcom Juanita’s Gran Salón y Spa (winner of a Casandra Award in the Dominican Republic for best TV series), and the musical Perfectus Quorum (recipient of the Best Musical award at the Soberano Awards). In his spare time, he works as a translator (EnglishSpanish). Matías is currently doing weight lifting training for an upcoming role in a movie.

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Moritz Mayerhofer (Traces of My Brother)

Moritz Mayerhofer studied animation at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg (Ludwigsburg) and Gobelins– Ecole de l'image (Paris). After his thesis film URS (Academy Award Shortlisted / Best Animated Short) he co-directed the acclaimed international co-productions Father and Amen!. He also co-directed the 360°Fulldome-Feature Tabaluga and the Signs of Time, which is based on a popular children's musical. Moritz lives in Berlin and works as director and designer on projects throughout the world. Traces of My Brother is the first production of his co-founded animation studio studioNICE. Moritz currently is developing his first animated feature film.

Cameron McCasland (Tailypo)

Cameron McCasland is an Emmy nominated film producer. His feature length directorial debut The Lashman has garnered high praise from critics and was nominated for the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award. He has produced music videos and documentaries for musical acts Quiet Company, Florida Georgia Line, Big & Rich, Dallas Smith, Kid Dead, aave, The Christian Lopez Band, and Chris Lane amongst others. His latest film production Paternity Leave premiered recently to a sold out crowd at the Nashville Film Festival. The Texas born filmmaker lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters.

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Eliza McGowan-Stinski

(Wingman)

Eliza is very passionate about social justice advocacy and leadership facilitation, but her greatest passion is writing and directing films that are thought provoking and address challenging topics. Eliza is currently interning at a production company in London, England, and graduates from Central Michigan University in May, 2017. Her plans include moving to LA , pursuing a career as a film director and screenwriter, and traveling around the world to explore and experience diverse cultures.

Dale Metz (Manifest: Destiny)

Dale Metz has been a photo and film enthusiast for years. In early 2010, upon retiring from a career in the fire service as a Deputy Fire Chief, he developed a passion for film-making. The ability to use knowledge learned as a still photographer when creating a story through film has opened a new dimension of expression. Born and raised in Florida, he received a bachelor's degree from Florida State and has studied photography through Seminole Community College and various workshops. His approach to cinematography is very similar to still photography; seeing the moving image as a collection of still photos. Dale has won numerous awards and recognitions for his photography and short film work and currently donates time as a board member for the Florida Institute of Recording, Sound and Technology (F.I.R.S.T) 67

Yasmin Mistry

(My Identity)

Yasmin Mistry is an Emmy-nominated animator and filmmaker. Her work has been displayed worldwide, including recent showings at the White House, United Nations and the Louvre, as well as at film festivals such as Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca, and Clermont-Ferrand. She is the recipient of the Puffin Foundation’s 2013 film grant, the Brooklyn Arts Council’s 2014 and 2015 film grants, and a finalist for the Real Ideas Studio Micro-grant. When not working as an artist, Yasmin dedicates her time to the foster youth of New York City. As a Court Appointed Special Advocate, she received the 2012 Advocate of The Year Award for her dedication to getting services for foster care children with special needs. Yasmin was inspired to create this film when she realized the voices of the children she worked with were not being heard and their stories never told.

Raphael Meyer

([jürg] )

In 2014, Raphaël Meyer graduated from the University of Lausanne in Film Studies and American Literature. He then started to work as an assistant producer and an assistant distributor in Switzerland. During that transition from the academic to the professional world, he directed [jürg], his first film.

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Marnus Nagel (Scraps)

Marnus Nagel comes from a strong traditional art background which over the past four years he has translated into digital media. He says of Scraps, the entry he directed that is in the 2017 Central Michigan International Film Festival: "For Scraps to be a success it was essential to make sure the mood and atmosphere was being conveyed to the audience at all times. Through ups and downs and a lot of hard work, we as a team achieved a beautiful result which I am completely happy with".

Jordi Núñez Navarro (Pixels)

Jordi Núñez Navarro studied audiovisual communication at the University of Valencia and earned a master's degree in film directing at the TAI School, Madrid. Pixels was his master's final project and was selected by the school for its film festival distribution plan. Last July it won Best Student Film at TMFF. Among his current projects are the short film Amor de Dios and a feature film entitled Cristales en la piscine, which is going to be produced by the TAI school's new production company.

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Ehsaneh Noaparast (Lived Death)

Ehsaneh Noaparast has a bachelor's degree in theology from the University of Tehran, a master's degree and a Ph.D. in the sociology of religions from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Sorbonne (Paris), France, as well as a master of arts degree from the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France. Among the films she has directed are The Migration of the Violets, Haut et Bas and Lived Death.

Roberto Pansini (We Light the Tradition)

Director's Statement

Culture, migration, traditions, art and money have always had a complicated and controversial relationship. The culture of our origins is invaluable to this, however we invest less and less money and resources for it. We commit to give light to the project: “We light the tradition”. Please be a part of it with us.

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Aidin Pedari (Day Off)

Aidin Pedari , who grew up in Tehran, left Iran for study in digital filmmaking in Malaysia. He has been involved in several feature films, short films, music videos and video art as director, writer, cinematographer and editor.

Tibo Pinsard (The Gorilla)

Tibo Pinsard discovered art when he went to Dijon Fine Arts School. After a couple of years parodying video games with pictures and films, Tibo Pinsard made his first documentary, The Stooges Guide To Eternity, a featurette on Iggy Pop and his band. In 2008, the director went for fiction. He wrote and directed The Island, starring Alysson Paradis, Simon Charasson and Thierry Frémont. The short tackles one of his favourite topics: the lack of communication between people. After a documentary on an octogenarian woman living in the Burgundy country entitled La Reine du Meix (The Queen Of Meix), Tibo Pinsard directed Clin d'oeil(The Wink), a six-minute fanciful short. In 2012 he directed another fictional work, Le Dernier Voyage d'Emile (The Last Trip of Emile), a personal tribute to the king of burlesque Buster Keaton. Since then, Tibo Pinsard has been working on many projects, including his first feature. 75

Al Plancher (remnants)

Al'Ikens Plancher was born in Orange, NJ., and raised in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. He attended high school at the age of 12 and enrolled at the University of Florida at 16, where he earned a bachelor's degree in linguistics with a minor in business administration and educational studies. Since the early age of eight, he dreamed of becoming a successful filmmaker, creating various stories by using anything from fridge magnets to paper clips as characters. In 2012, he transformed his dream into a goal. Plancher currently resides in Los Angeles, where he is pursuing his lifetime goal.

Mitchell Poljak

(Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground)

Director's Statement I was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1996. I grew up with a small family and lived with my parents, Ann and Tom, and twin sister, Meghan. It was hard for me to imagine, as a kid, where my life would take me, but I knew early on that I was not the type of person to work a 9 to 5 job at a desk every day. I loved movies, exploring, sports, and many other things that kids like, but was still unsure of what career I wanted to pursue as an adult. That’s when, at around the age of 13, I got my first camera. I fell in love with the art of filmmaking, and by the age of 17 I knew that I was meant to be a filmmaker. I filmed everything and brought my camera everywhere, capturing important moments and making fictional stories come to life. I had fun every step of the way, but when high school was ending and college was the next step in my education I had a hard decision to make. I had to choose between a degree that would guarantee wealth in the future or follow my dreams and go to film school. It was a tough decision, but in the end I knew my dreams and passions meant everything to me. So I packed my bags and moved to Orlando, Florida pursuing a film degree. I worked hard during school. I was able to direct a documentary, two short films where I oversaw a crew of about 25 students, and three films, outside of class, that won at film festivals. I couldn’t be more proud of the final outcome of each. Now that my schooling is coming to an end, I am looking for the next step of my career. 77

Dieter Primig (The Golden Pen)

David Quin

(Proceeds of Crime)

David Quin has worked since 1984 as an animator/director, producing stopmotion and CGI animated series, short films and commercials. Through the 1980s and 1990s, he produced, directed and animated many childrens’ series for RTE. Since 1999, he has lectured on the animation programme in IADT Dun Laoghaire. From 1999 until 2006, he freelanced with Brown Bag Films, becoming Brown Bag’s first CGI Technical Director. In 2002, he completed a BA (Hons) in Digital Media at Wolverhampton University and in 2016 completed a Master of Arts by Research in Creative Art. David Quin is married to sculptor Katy Goodhue.

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Bradley Rappa (Losing Ground)

Bradley Rappa, an Assistant Professor in the Cinema, Photography and Media Arts program at Ithaca College, is an award winning animator, documentarian and experimental filmmaker whose films have been screened worldwide. Currently, Bradley produces documentary films that focus primarily on human rights and environmental issues. He studied at Syracuse University and after receiving his M.F.A. in filmmaking, moved to New York City where he worked for over 10 years as a cinematographer. In 2002 he was hired by the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health, where he developed, implemented and taught a progressive media literacy and production curriculum designed to empower the Native American youth who lived in the greater Tucson area. This transformative opportunity rekindled Bradley’s love for teaching and reinforced his principles that creativity and a passion for discovery are crucial components of producing thought provoking and impactful documentary films. His most recent work tackles the critically important issues of global consumer culture, industrialization, and the challenges we all face as we try to live locally, sustainably, and in harmony, within our communities and our natural environment. Bradley lives in Ithaca, New York with his wife and two sons.

Haykim Reagan (The Stairs)

Haykim Reagan is an African filmmaker. He was born in Burundi and lived there most of his childhood. In high school his passion and obsession was studying cameras and their features. He spent nights and days trying to figure out the best way to take a photograph, amazed by how pictures capture people emotions. During his childhood he also started developing another passion connected to photography: the art of moving images. He made his first short film in March of 2008. Haykim Reagan began college at Wheeling Jesuit University, located in Wheeling, West Virginia. After his sophomore year, he made what he refers to as "the hard decision" to leave college. "The main reason I did it was that I wanted to pursue my dream and I didn't see how a college degree was going to help me get my films made. I had to do it myself and physically reach out to people so I said, 'why wait?' and left". He has directed two short independent films, The American Dream (2015) and The Stairs (2016). In addition, he is working on a feature film, Apathy.

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Ruben Sainz (Cirilio)

Jean-Baptiste Saurel (Retrosexe)

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Eldar Shibanov (Dolls Story)

Eldar Shibanov is a director, production designer, FX and FX makeup master from Almaty, Kazakhstan. He was an AFA Fellow in 2016 (Asian Film Academy at Busan International Film Festival). He has completed two short films and two medium length films. Eldar Shibanov has worked as a production designer on two feature films and as assistant of production designer on six feature films. He is a founder and CEO of movie artist’s production studio ARTDEPARTMENT.KZ. Eldar creates his movies in tandem with his brother Dias Shibanov (cinematographer) and his mother Juliya Levitskaya (art producer, writer, production designer).

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh (The Lover)

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh holds a B.A degree in film production and directing and a an M.A degree in cultural affairs management. His major activities include directing long and short fictional films.

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Christian Skibinski (A Silent Scream)

Sandro Souladze

(Tuta)

Director, writer and producer Sandro Souladze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia to Giorge Souladze, a film director and editor, and Dinara Maglakelidze, a film theoretician. This fact determined his love and interest to cinema from the early childhood. Just before he turned 10, he moved to Berlin with his mother, where he lived out his teenage years. Berlin quickly became his city and soon began to shape Souladze's future and also his passion for German expressionism, what was soon reflected in his first short experimental film The Violinist. At 23, Souladeze moved back to his native Tbilisi to complete his university education. There he got his master degree in filmmaking from Shota Rustaveli Film and Theater Georgia State University. Tuta is Sandro’s diploma work and his latest short movie. It tells a story of a 17-year-old girl who lives with her father in an almost empty mountain village. The film is tranquil and slow in order to create a meditational atmosphere. Shot in the mountainous village of western Georgia, Kharagauli, the film reveals the issue of the gradual depopulation of Georgian villages. The film is inspired by the works of Werner Herzog, Andrei Tarkovsky, Tengiz Abuladze, Nicolas Winding Refn, Béla Tarr and Sergei Parajanov.

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E.M. Spairow (The Elephant in the Room)

E.M. Spairow graduated from the American Film Institute Conservatory, where she was awarded the Philip and Patricia Barry Memorial Scholarship for excellence in screenwriting. That same year her short script, Hooked, won the 2010 Unlikely Hero Productions Screenplay Competition. In 2011, her feature thriller, Manifest, won the Waterfront Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Spairow’s award-winning short film and directorial debut, Default, finishes its festival run, as her follow-up short, The Elephant in the Room, premieres. She spent her spring as artist-in-residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM, and has recently returned to Michigan to complete work on her first novel.

Priyanka Tanwar

(Little Big George)

Priyanka Tanwar was born in Mumbai. She studied in the Convent of Jesus and Mary, graduating in 2001. She then attended Sophia College for Women, where she pursued a double major in economics and psychology, graduating in 2006. She has acted and directed many plays. In order to learn more about cinema she took a film making and cinematography course in the 2007 – 2008 academic year from Digital Academy, The Film School. Priyanka has been polishing her skills in writing stories, making shorts and hopes one day to make feature films, with the motive of helping to positively change the lives of those who watch them.

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Arthur Teran

(A Calculated Front)

Arthur Teran is a Broadcast and Cinematic Arts student at Central Michigan University, and is the current station manager at MHTV, Moore Hall Television. Earlier Arthur spent most of his time with the short film group, Central Premiere Productions, which now produces an MHTV show. His interest in filmmaking came from editing amateur videos since middle school, which has driven him to stay involved in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts co-curriculars at CMU.

Petra Terzi

(Dirty Roses)

Petra Terzi studied business administration, classical studies, life coaching, writing and film direction. She is co-writer of the script of the feature film 49 Years After. Since 2000, Petra has been a talent agent, film director and producer and film festival organizer in Greece and Cyprus.

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Rati Tsiteladze

(Mother)

Rati Tsiteladze graduated from the Hybrid Conservatory, Los Angeles, where he studied acting and filmmaking. At age 21, he won titles of World and European Champion in martial arts, but in 2010, when filmmaking became the overpowering passion in his life, he left his fighting career and founded ArtWay Film Production. Rati directed several short films that received international awards. His first feature film project, The Empty House, a contender for the 2016 Sundance January Screenwriters’ Lab, has been selected at various festivals including the 64th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg and at the 45th Kyiv International Film Festival.

David Uloth (La Voce / Voiceless)

David Uloth tells both comedic and dramatic human stories in his films. His previous 13 shorts have screened at over 200 international film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam and have been sold to television channels across the globe, including Canal +, NBC Universal, MTV, Bravo!, Chungwa Telecom, CBC and Télé-Québec). His newest short, La Voce, was produced by his film production company, Sure Shot Productions, and recently won the top two short film prizes at the 2015 Montreal World Film Festival (1st Jury Prize and Audience Award for best short film). His previous films have also won 18 national and international prizes, including the Talent Campus Movie of the Week’ screenplay competition at the Berlinale, the Critics’ Prize by the Association québécoise des critiques de cinema for best short film at the Rendez-vous de cinéma québécois, the Audience Award for best Canadian short film at the Montréal World Film Festival, and the Jury Prize for best Québécois film at the Festival Off-Courts de Trouville, France. David is currently writing three dramatic feature screenplays with financing from SODEC, Téléfilm Canada and Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and is preparing to direct his first feature film, Dérive, written by his long-time collaborator, Chloé Cinq-mars and produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin, with financing from SODEC and Telefilm Canada. He is also directing the newest season of Look Kool, a half-hour scripted reality science show for kids, for Apartment 11 Productions and TVO. David is a graduate of both McGill University (in biology) and Concordia University (in film production). 93

Eduardo Velázquez

(Guao)

Born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Eduardo Velázquez graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with majors in painting and art history. He started working in experimental film and performance art when he studied at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree, focusing on film and emerging practices. Velázquez moved to New York City, where he wrote the screenplay, and fleshed out the concept for his first short film titled, Guao, which was filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Paige Van Osdol (Clare, MI: Depression Era Art)

Paige Van Osdol graduated from Central Michigan University after majoring in Two-Dimensional Design and Media in 2015. She interned with MAC TV Network her senior year and was hired as staff in 2015. Paige is currently a television producer at MAC TV and runs their Clare branch.

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Dhimant Vyas

(Every Drop Counts…)

Dhimant Vyas is a veteran artist and animation film designer. He has worked as a creative director at Zynga Games India. He was cast as a medical consultant with his original voice in Shaun the Sheep Movie produced by Academy Award winning Animation Studio - Aardman Animation Ltd U.K., where he also worked on the famous Shaun the Sheep, Series Two, Creature Comforts USA . Dhimant Vyas is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design (NID). His previous work includes the title animation sequence for the highly acclaimed Hindi feature film TaareZameen Par, which was directed by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan. He has worked with BBC, UNICEF, MTV, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. His work for TaareZameen Par, Happy Planet, Cute Bunny, MTV promos and his photography have won him several national and international awards.

Sadam Wahidi

(Mary Mother)

Sadam Wahidi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He graduated from Isteqlal High School, then studied for an undergraduate degree (in agriculture at Kabul University). When Sadam was nine years old, he started working at BBC Radio AEP (Afghan Educational Programs) as an actor and announcer for children's programs. Sadam Wahidi directed his first experimental film when he was only 15 years old. While in school, he participated in many TV commercials and after 2010 appeared in two feature films and two TV serials. He has worked as director's assistant and producer in the Our Street TV serial and as director's assistant at Ahwal-e-Darya Fiction Film. Sadam Wahidi directed the short subjects You Are Not American in 2014 and Mary Mother in 2016.

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TL Westgate (Manifest: Destiny)

TL Westgate was born in Michigan, but settled in Florida as his home starting in the fifth grade. As a graduate from Florida State, he has worked in the video production industry for over 20 years and won several industry awards (Emmy, Telly, Marcom). In 2010 he began getting serious about filmmaking and has traveled the country to support his films in festivals. They have played in fests around the world and won several awards. He also enjoys photography and has two college-aged sons.

Mateusz Zebrowski

(Blind Date)

Mateusz Zebrowski is a graduate of the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz, with a MA and BA degrees in film and television production management. He worked on student films as a producer/production manager and had an internship as a production assistant in the Warsaw-based, award-winning film company Arkana Studio. In January 2014 he moved to London where he made his first short film as a producer/writer/director, Blind Date. Currently he is working on a new project in New Zealand.

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Judges It took a lot of judges to determine which of the hundreds of films to include in the 2017 festival — 24 judges, to be exact. Not every judge watched every film (so you can’t praise or blame every person on this list if you have a particular film you think is wonderful that either got in the festival or did not make it), but every film in the festival was watched by at least two judges and some by four or more. In cases of a tie, the festival director cast the deciding vote. Judges included members of the CMU Film Society, graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts at Central Michigan University. Thanks to all of the following, who spent many hours during the summer of 2016 judging submissions to the festival.

Sultan Abdullah Alghamdi

Megan Kirtos

Darius Buckley

Eric Limarenko

Kevin Campbell

Kathryn Loesel

Ashley Carey

Marin McGowan

Alexandra Carter

Yue Miao

Tong Chen

Adam Miedema

Shao Chun

Matthew Nowicki

Erin Cooper

Mitchell Stanley

Jack Galbraith

Shannon Stoudemire

Geri Anne Gale

Chance Thorne

Surya Guntupalli

Richard Tran

Jennifer Headley

Chengyu Yang

Festival Director Mark Poindexter, Ph.D. Professor, Central Michigan University

Prior to entering teaching, Dr. Poindexter was the editor of the Lexington (Missouri) Advertiser-News, Director of Broadcasting for North Dakota State University and, while news director of public radio station KCUR in Kansas City, a contributor to the National Public Radio programs All Things Considered and Options. He joined Central Michigan University's faculty in 1987, after completing a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Since then has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at CMU, developed new courses with international content, lectured and taught workshops in Haiti, Rwanda, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, India, Chile and France, spent a semester as a Fulbright Lecturer at the Institut Supérieur de Journalisme in Morocco and conducted research while on sabbatical in the French overseas department of Réunion. He has also led CMU students on field trips to France and Morocco. He was one of the founders in 2003 of the Central Michigan International Film Festival. From 2008 to 2011 he headed CMU's Office of International Affairs, during which time he traveled extensively in China, India and Mexico to develop relationships with other educational institutions. Dr. Poindexter's work has appeared in Film & History, Journal of Communication, Journal of Popular Culture, Encyclopedia of Radio, Journal of Radio and Audio Media, and elsewhere.

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The Film Society at Central Michigan University

When you attend the festival screenings, almost all of the volunteers you see are from The Film Society at CMU. The Film Society provides most of the judges for the festival, produces promotional videos and radio spots, staffs the projection room in the Park Library Auditorium for many of the screenings there, and provides input to the director in the months leading up to the festival. Shown on the following pages are the Film Society Officers and key volunteer staff members.

Film Society

Ashley Carey President Ashley is a senior graduating with a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University with a major from the School of Broadcast and Cinematic arts. She has been involved in Film Society since she transferred in her sophomore year and has enjoyed working with her peers on various production projects. After graduation, Ashley will be joining the production team for the fifth season of Start Up on PBS.

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Film Society

Zach Meyers Vice President Zachary is in his last year at Central Michigan University. He came to CMU as a junior from Muskegon Community College as an education major. After being in Film Society he decided to change his major to go into film. His ultimate goal in life is to hold have an EGOT (EMMY, GRAMMY, OSCAR, TONY). His favorite movie: The Way, Way Back. Favorite actor: Chris Pratt

Film Society

Katie Loesel Secretary Katie Loesel is a junior at CMU. She will be receiving her bachelor's degree with a major in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, with minors in Cinema Studies and Creative Writing. After graduating, she plans to move to England for graduate school. This is her third year in Film Society, and her first year being the secretary. She loves working with fellow members to create short films and staff the film festival. She hopes everyone enjoys CMIFF this year!

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Film Society

Daniel Marsh SBEC Daniel is a senior from Grand Rapids, MI. He is studying Broadcast and Cinematic Arts as well as Media Design. He has been involved in Film Society since his transfer to Central in the fall of 2014. He has played an active part in many short films produced through Film Society and has had small acting roles in two feature length films. After graduation, Daniel hopes to obtain a position in the film and video production industry.

Film Society

Daniel Martinez Head of Promotions Daniel Martinez is in his third year at Central Michigan University, studying Broadcast and Cinematic Arts. He is the head of the promotions team and also one of the directors for Film Society. Daniel is from Battle Creek, MI. He enjoys sports, mainly football and basketball, watching movies, and hanging out with friends. After college, he hopes to work on various productions and projects to continue developing his filmmaking abilities

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Film Society

Austin Cavender Promotions Team Austin Cavender is a Junior at CMU studying Broadcast and Cinematic Arts. Austin is from Detroit and Temperance Michigan. He enjoys classic video games, movies, and working on video productions projects with his peers. He loves rap/hip-hop with his favorite artists being Childish Gambino, Chance, and Kendrick.

Film Society

Marin McGowan Promotions team Marin McGowan is from Livonia, Michigan and is currently an English major and a Cinema Studies minor. She chose this combination because she would like to take her education and interest in creative writing and fuel it into her love for film and screenwriting. She is enrolled in her second year at Central Michigan University now and she is a part of Film Society for a second year. Although she likes to get involved in a little bit of everything in Film Society, as a member of E-board, she is part of the Promotions Team and part of the Film Festival Committee.

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Film Society

Branson Kimble Promotions Team Branson Kimble is a sophomore and a Broadcast and Cinematic Arts major at Central Michigan University and is part of the Promotions Team of CMU Film Society. Originally from Owosso, Michigan, Branson has always had a passion for films which caused him to pursue the BCA major.

Film Society

Geri Gale Film Festival Volunteer Coordinator Geri Gale is from Owosso, Michigan. Her majors are Psychology and Child Development. She hopes to pursue a career in helping children in therapy. This is her second year at CMU . She got started in Film Society thanks to her roommate, Marin. She learned about the Broadcast and Cinematic Arts program at CMU through Film Society.

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February 9-12 and 16-19, 2017

Tickets go on sale beginning in mid-January, 2017 at Java City coffee shop in the Park Library Auditorium (on the Central Michigan University campus) and at Celebration! Cinema in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

Ticket Prices: $10 for a book of five tickets

$5 for individual tickets (If you are buying more than one ticket, then the book is obviously a much better deal!)

Central Michigan International Film Festival (Schedule by Date and Time) Date

Time

Title

Location

Length (mins.)

02-09

7:00 pm

Festival Highlights

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

130

02-09

9:30 pm

Fainting Fit

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

65

02-10

1:30 pm

Ithaca: The Climb

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

107

02-10

4:00 pm

Whatnots

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

39

02-10

6:00 pm

Goodbye Darling, I’m Off to Fight

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

74

02-10

7:30 pm

Around the World, Program 1

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

104

02-10

9:30 pm

Eclectica, Program 1

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

120

02-11

12:00 pm

Whatnots

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

39

02-11

1:00 pm

The Lobster

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

120

02-11

2:00 pm

Across Antarctica

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

30

02-11

2:45 pm

Baobabs between Land and Sea

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

55

02-11

3:30 pm

The Lobster

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

120

02-11

4:00 pm

Eclectica, Program 2

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

145

02-11

7:00 pm

Love

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

118

02-11

9:00 pm

Nightmare Central

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

97

02-12

4:00 pm

3-1/2 (The Life of an Innocent Child)

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

90

02-12

5:45 pm

Eight Films by William R. Coughlan

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

80

02-12

7:00 pm

Swiss Army Man

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

97

02-12

7:20 pm

Four Films by Fung Ho

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

58

02-12

8:30 pm

In the Zone (Homage to Rod Serling)

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

54

02-12

9:00 pm

Swiss Army Man

CELEBRATION! CINEMA

97

02-12

9:45 pm

Life in the USA

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

107

02-16

7:00 pm

Life in the USA

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

107

02-16

9:00 pm

Eclectica, Program 3

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

155

02-17

7:00 pm

Around the World, Program 2

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

72

02-17

8:30 pm

In the Zone (Homage to Rod Serling)

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

54

02-17

9:40 pm

Caligari’s Children

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

102

02-18

2:00 pm

Clare, Michigan: Depression Era Art

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

30

02-18

2:45 pm

We Light the Tradition

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

58

02-18

4:00 pm

Around the World, Program 1

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

104

02-18

6:00 pm

Eclectica, Program 1

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

120

02-18

8:15 pm

Around the World, Program 2

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

72

02-18

9:45 pm

Love

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

118

02-19

5:00 pm

Around the World, Program 1

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

104

02-19

7:00 pm

Around the World, Program 2

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

72

02-19

8:30 pm

Festival Highlights

PARK LIBRARY AUDITORIUM(CMU)

130

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For up to date information about the Central Michigan International Film Festival, go to our website at:

www.cmiff.com

Catalog Editor: Mark Poindexter