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Dear Film Enthusiast:
It is always a struggle to make Art in today’s society. The Artist is jeered, suppressed,
stopped and sometimes killed during their journey to get their artistic vision across to
the masses. I created this film festival to empower the Artist and to give a safe place
to exhibit growth creatively and promote their personal vision in the medium of film.
We take on a great responsibility as filmmakers to tell a compelling story which we
hope will be appreciated for its entertainment, education, or influence the emotions
of the audiences that view our work. It is to these “Filmmakers” that I created this
festival, which I hope will empower and platform their talents to the next level.
LA Femme Film Festival is about support and empowerment to those daring
enough to put their vision on the line. It is through this that we can make a
difference. You see, I believe that “Change is Possible” and it is only through Leslie La Page
the determination of those willing to make something happen that this occurs. Festival Director
Founder/President
It is this type of work that draws us into the dark rooms of our minds, movie theaters, and the human behavior,
creating “life changing” moments through film. I celebrate this passion and have spent years of my life
devoted to achieving a connected moment with the audience. I wish to empower others to achieve this as well.
There is no better place to start than by creating a film festival that breaks down barriers of
distribution, prejudice, and conventional thoughts. I hope that you enjoy what has been created.
LA Femme Film Festival’s Mission Statement
LA Femme Film Festival is a multiethnic and multicultural film festival devoted to empowering
women in key positions creating commercially viable entertainment productions.
LA Femme Film Festival supports and nurtures their artistic visions.
Leslie La Page
Festival Director
Founder/President
The History of Some Prominent Women Filmmakers
“I wanted to include some little know facts on the history of women filmmakers in establishing what we call
the entertainment industry. Without these leaders and mavericks breaking ground in the unexplored wild west
of filmmaking, “We” the women of film and television today would not be working. To these women I take my
hat off and acknowledge their tenacity and fortitude to succeed against all odds. Thank you”
- Leslie La Page
Alice Guy-Blaché, (1873-1968), Director and Producer
Born in Paris, France, on July 1, 1873, Alice Guy-Blaché directed her first moving picture, La Fée aux choux (“The
Cabbage Fairy”), in 1896 for the Gaumont film company, to demonstrate the entertainment possibilities of her employer’s
newly invented motion-picture camera. She is acknowledged as the first director to film a narrative story. She was quickly
promoted from secretary to saleswoman and emerged as one of the pioneers of the French film industry.
In 1907 she married cameraman Herbert Blaché, and she followed her husband to the United States, where in 1910
she established the financially and critically successful Solax Company, producing and directing some of the first two-reel
color and sound movies. She also experimented with cinematic tricks such as masking, double exposure, and running film
backward. Although she was not an outspoken feminist, Guy-Blaché created a number of films that featured independent
female characters, among them the 1912 productions The Call of the Rose and Winsome But Wise. Discouraged by
increasing competition within the film industry and by her failed marriage, she embarked for France with her two children
in 1922. The French government belatedly awarded her the Legion of Honor in 1953. In 1964 she returned to the United
States; she died in Mahwah, New Jersey, in March 1968. Considered to be the first woman director, Guy-Blaché is credited
with directing, producing, and/or supervising more than 300 films during her 25-year career.
Florence Lois Weber, (1881-1939), Actor, Producer, Writer and Director
Not only was she the highest paid director in the silent film era, she also was the first woman to direct, star, coauthor, and
produce a major motion picture.
Born on June 13, 1881, in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, Florence Lois Weber displayed musical ability
at an early age. She had a brief tour as a concert pianist at age 16 and sang with the missionary Church Army before
making her way to New York City. She toured for a time with the Zig Zag stage company and appeared in a road company
of Why Girls Leave Home (1904). A few months later she married W. Phillips Smalley, with whom she played stock and
repertory for five years. In 1910 both actors went to seek careers in the infant motion-picture industry.
For a succession of small production companies—Gaumont, Reliance, Rex, and Bosworth—Weber and her husband
turned out dozens of short and feature films. She wrote scenarios and subtitles, acted, directed, designed sets and costumes,
edited, and even developed negatives. The couple also worked in an experimental form of sound films, with dialogue
recorded on synchronized phonograph records. In 1915 they joined Universal Pictures, and in 1917 Weber established
Lois Weber Productions, whose films were released through Universal. Except for a brief association with DeMille Pictures,
she remained with Universal for her entire Hollywood career.
One of the most energetic, aesthetically ambitious, and technically well-grounded filmmakers in the industry, Weber wrote,
produced, and directed such films as Hypocrites (1914), Scandal (1915), The People vs. John Doe (1916), The Man Who
Dared God (1917), Forbidden (1920), What Do Men Want? (1921), and A Chapter in Her Life (1923).
Weber divorced in 1922 and did not work again until she remarried in 1926. Thereafter she directed The Marriage Clause
(1926), Sensation Seekers (1927), The Angel of Broadway (1927), and Topsy and Eva (1927). Her next and last film was
White Heat (1934). After several years of illness Weber died in Los Angeles, California, on November 13, 1939.
Dorothy Arzner, (1897-1979) Director, Editor, and Writer
In 1929, while directing Paramount’s first “talkie”, she came up with the idea of attaching a microphone to a fishing
pole and have the sound man follow the actors around with it. This created the first “boom microphone” which has been
essential to the motion picture industry ever since. She is also the first woman ever to be honored with membership into the
Director’s Guild of America Board Members.
Leslie La Page - Founder
In 2004, Leslie La Page realized that a film festival specifically designed to showcase
the work of female filmmakers to wide, commercial audiences did not exist. A producer
who had also served as a festival programmer, Ms. La Page was disenchanted by this
gaping hole in the festival circuit. A self-starter by nature, she was compelled to create
her own program that would highlight films and videos that had been written, directed
or produced by women for everyone. In 2005, she launched the LA Femme Film Festival
in Los Angeles, California.
Now in its third year, the Festival is solely dedicated to catapulting a new breed of female
filmmakers to the top of Hollywood’s A-List. By screening commercial films created by
women, LA Femme offers unique and exciting opportunities for neophyte filmmakers and industry insiders alike. Ms. La
Page said, “After more than a decade of working as a producer in the industry, I have wanted to create a forum in which
our stars of tomorrow could be championed.”
Prior to creating LA Femme, Ms. La Page spent five years as one of the main Programmers for the Slamdance Film
Festival. There she created and Executive Produced the Slamdance Filmmaker’s Boot Camp, an educational event that
brought together writers, producers, actors and directors in seminar discussions about independent filmmaking. The Boot
Camp marked Slamdance’s first concrete step towards building an educational program as additional programming
to the popular festival outreach programs. After Slamdance, Ms. La Page served as Director of Programming for the
2003 New Orleans Media Experience Film Festival, a multi-media convention and film festival. While her main focus is
currently LA Femme, Ms. La Page has also produced and directed films, music videos, television programs and theatrical
productions. A consummate professional she has handled production budgets ranging from $1 million to $10 million.
Ms. La Page has worked with HBO, Lifetime, MTV, BET, UPN and others.
In 1997, Ms. La Page ran and operated Tiger’s Eye Sound, a leading dialogue editorial company with her partner
Bruce Murphy. There she worked on over 20 independent films including: Four Days in September (1998 Academy
Award(tm) Nominee), Smoke Signals (1998 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner) and Dead Man’s Curve
(1998 Sundance Film Festival Invitee).
Ms. La Page has founded two independent film production companies: BooYah! Films and Infinity Films. Through
BooYah!, she and her partner Saul Stein who was Executive Producer on the critically-acclaimed film The Holy Land
assisted in launching the films Los Angeles screening followed by its domestic engagement at the Angelika Theatre
in New York City. At Infinity Films, Ms. La Page has been developing several projects, including an animated feature
film.
When she is not busy with LA Femme and Infinity Films, Ms. La Page serves as a consultant to filmmakers with their
marketing, script development, copywriting and trailer production. She has taught at the New York Film Academy and
is an inspirational speaker who reminds audiences of all kinds that hard work does pay off, even in a challenging town
like Hollywood. Ms. La Page lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.
Advisory Board Members
Sally J. Champlin
Sally Champlin has sold the
screenplays Little Merchants
and Family Secrets, which Ms.
Champlin also directed, stars
Pamela Bellwood, Angela Jones,
Tim Redwine, Lisa Amsterdam,
Kaye Ballard and Edward
Bunker. She also produced,
wrote and directed three feature
shorts - Spirit Catcher, Jivin’ The Night and Eating Alone.
Sally has written two novels, a musical comedy, a full-length
play entitled Don’t Say Anything, a miniseries about
Gustav Mahler called “Alma”, over fifteen screenplays
(four of which have been produced) and two television
pilots. In 2003, Sally was a judge of the screenwriting
competition of the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival.
Sally also co-starred in the cult film, Ed Gein (with Steve
Railsback and Carrie Snodgress). Ed Gein won festival
awards in Europe and was released domestically in 2001.
Directors Sally has worked with include Christopher Guest,
Harold Prince, Daniel Sullivan, Tom Moore and Michael
Lembeck as well as extensive study with legendary director,
the late José Quintero.
Sally J. Champlin has been an active member of The
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for many years.
P.J. Louis
P.J. Louis has spent over 28 years
working in the communications
industry. His prior roles have
included senior and executive
leadership positions in NYNEX
(now known as Verizon),
Bellcore, NextWave Wireless,
TruePosition (a Liberty Media
company), Price Waterhouse
Coopers, and most recently at Fun Little Movies, and
MixCast.
Fun Little Movies (FLM) was one of the mobile media
industry’s pioneers. MixCast (formerly OOH TV!) is a leader
in IP TV entertainment, serving the urban marketplace.
P.J. is currently involved in a number of IP based media
projects where his financial and technology experience is
relied on. He is a partner of Avondale Ventures; a private
equity firm specializing in telecommunications and media
companies. He is a partner in Salus Products; a distributor
of environmentally friendly consumer products. He is the
author of seven telecommunications technology and
business books.
P.J. believes that LA Femme Productions is taking bold
steps towards creating compelling content for both the
traditional viewing audiences and the new mobile media
audiences. In his words; “I want to be where the action
is.”
Deborah E. Gilels
Deborah Gilels currently
is a media consultant
representing
screenwriters,
directors, actors, production
companies and book authors.
Consulting duties include
project development and
packaging, public relations
and marketing.
From January 2002 - August 2004, Deborah was
an executive/consultant for Media Design Institute, a
Japanese/American media company where she was
instrumental in the creation of a video-on-demand/
satellite network financed by NTT-Data, the content
coming from Lion’s Gate and Echelon Entertainment, as
well as acquired film/television product for the Japanese
territory (Television, Video/DVD).
Deborah also created and produced MAJESTIC STUDIO,
an entertainment talk show for Japan television. Covering
all aspects of the movie business and Hollywood, past
participants include: actors Rachel Leigh Cook, Sean
Astin, Charlize Theron, Diane Lane, Will Yun Lee and Lainie
Kazan, A-List directors Paul Verhoeven, Peter Jackson and
Jay Russell, Oscar winning producers Barrie Osborne,
Lawrence Turman and Mark Johnson, esteemed writer/
director Nicholas Meyer and composer/musician Stewart
Copeland.
In 1986, Deborah relocated to Los Angeles, where she
worked in motion picture and television development for
studios such as Tri Star and Twentieth Century Fox, as
well as The Agency, Innovative Artists and Leading Artists
(UTA). In 1995, Deborah founded Torch Productions
and currently has several projects in various stages of
development and production.
Gaye Jacobs
For 20 years Gaye Jacobs
launched numerous cable For
20 years Gaye Jacobs launched
numerous cable networks,
creating exciting cable-related
campaigns and helped further
strategic business plans for
numerous
companies
and
associations.
Prior to starting "Gifted", Jacobs served as Executive Director
for Bob Gold & Associates, a PR agency specializing in the
cable television business and was National Sales Director
for Aerocast, a streaming media technology company
for the cable industry, as well as worked as a business
consultant at Incanta to recommend strategies that would
help bring that company to market.
For 12 years Jacobs served as Vice President Affiliate
Sales and Marketing for Bravo Networks, where under
her guidance the network grew from 300,000 to 30
million subscribers.
Earlier stints in the industry range from helping to launch
the Fashion Channel, one of cable TV’s first shopping
networks, to positions as Regional Director, Affiliate Sales
and Marketing for Lifetime Television and Corporate
Marketing Director for Nostalgia Television.
Jacobs served on the Board of Directors for the Southern
California CTAM Chapter, where she is a co-founder for
their Golden Palm Awards. She has also held positions
on the Boards of Women in Cable & Telecommunications,
and Bay Area Cable Club. Her experience in the cable
industry along with her retail background lead her to
create It’s In The Bag.
She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Advertising from
Youngstown State University in Ohio. She resides in
Rancho Palos Verdes, California with her husband and
two children.
Lisa K. Brause
Honorary Board Member
Award winning Producer Lisa
K. Brause, brings 17 years of
experience in various outlets
of the Entertainment industry.
From on-camera and voice
over commercial talent agent
for three top agencies in New
York and Los Angeles; Post
Production Coordinator for the number 1 show in the
world BAYWATCH; Director of Distribution, Vice President
of Programming, Executive Producing PBS Specials,
Talent Management, Packaging Comic Book Properties,
to Producing. Her comprehensive industry experience
has taught her the art of creating brand awareness and
multiple cross platform marketing.
Lisa began her Executive Producing career in 2002 with
a National PBS, Valentine’s Day Special LASTING LOVE.
Lisa packaged the deal bringing PBS and AMERICAN
GREETING CARDS together. Lisa followed up LL with a
documentary film titled HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED,
with Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Ralph Nader and
various other activists, covering their fight to legalize
growing Industrial Hemp in America.
Lisa is President of Golden House Entertainment, Inc.
(GHE) is responsible for setting up countless projects.
Marla Gibbs
Honorary Board Member
Marla’s career started when she
joined PASLA (Performing Arts
Society of Los Angeles) with her
daughter, Angela, and studied
at the Mafundi Institute and
Watts Writers Workshop. She
later joined the Zodiac Theatre
and performed in several well
received productions including Medea, Amen Corner and
The Gingerbread Lady. After a few bit parts, Ms. Gibbs
landed the plum role of “Florence” in The Jefferson’s
where she gained international notoriety. Soon after, her
daughter Angela produced the award winning Christine
Houston play 227 in which Ms. Gibbs was cast as the
lead by noted Director Ed Cambridge. The play was such
a smashing success that Ms. Gibbs purchased the TV
rights. After The Jefferson’s was cancelled, she along with
Norman Lear’s Embassy TV, sold and helped produce the
series for NBC. 227 became a five-year hit series now
in syndication.
Marla is an eight time NAACP Image Award winner, five
time Emmy Nominee, Golden Globe Nominee, eight
time Family TV award winner, Essence Woman of the
Year, Frances William’s Women in Theatre West Award
winner, Special Black Emmy Nominee honoree, Winner
of two CEBA Awards, and a host of National and Local
honors.
Marla has released a CD on her label Forever 30 Records
entitled “It’s Never Too Late” featuring some original
songs.
Festival Staff
Leslie LaPage
Donna Hull
Kathyrn Belli
Brigitte Acosta
Laura Waddell
Phil Arnold
Bryan McClure
Nicole Negri
Elyse Watts
Daneida Castillo
Jackelin Martinez
Max Maxwell
Robert Brickman
Owen Gonzales
Jason Zeldes
Deborah Gilels
K. “Shadoe” Bowling
Jenn Laskey
Luarie Rain
Gaye Jacobs
President/Festival Director/Founder
Co-Producer
Festival Coordinator
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
VP of Sponsorship & Business Development
Director of Sponsorship & Business Development
Director of Sponsorship
Editor for Celebrity Reels
Director of Expert Panels/Board Member
Shadoeworks – Creative Media Imaging
www.shadoeworks.com
Redlight Special Events & Promotions
www.redlightspecialevents.com
Event Photographer
Event Goodie Bags / Gifted Inc.
www.giftedonline.com
Special Thanks and Appreciation: I would like to convey a special thanks to the below
individuals for their uncompromising efforts in making this festival a reality. It is through their
donation of time, services and love that this festival became an actuality:
Steve Epstein, Kathy Bowling, Gaye Jacobs, Max Maxwell, Kimberly Myers, Gail Stanberry, Terry
Lopez, Deborah Gilels, Rebecca Yee, Jo Ann Ross, Jon Imparato, Patricia Sutherland, Robert
Selander, Barrett Epstein
LA Femme Film Festival 2010
Seminars with Industry Experts
October 16th (Saturday) and October 17th (Sunday)
Panel 1:
MARKETING YOUR FILM
How to Market and Sell your Film with Social Media
Saturday 16th 10am-12noon
Venue: The Gallery Conference Room at the Renberg Theatre; 1125 N McCadden Place Los Angeles, CA 90038
We explore the latest nontraditional ways that filmmakers are using the internet and social media to capitalize and sell
their films. We will look at how you can use new tools to attract the eyes of distributors who would not ordinarily accept
calls from the unrepresented and learn how to gain more traditional, potentially world wide distribution.
Panel 2:
INDEPENDENT PITCHING PANEL and PITCH FEST
How to Get your Film Made!
Saturday, Oct 16th 12noon – 3pm
Venue: The Davidson / Valentini Black Box Theatre; 1125 N McCadden Place Los Angeles, CA 90038
We explore the avenues available for the independent filmmakers to get your film made through the pitching process.
We will have a panel of expert managers, producers, and development executives who will give pointers and reveal the
process of pitching in Hollywood. We will have Q&A with the expert panelists and then you will get to pitch your idea or
script in front of our panel - and get direct feedback on your idea, style and presentation. Don’t want to pitch? Just
come sit, listen and learn.
Panel 3:
FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTION FOR FILM
Where’s the Money?
Sunday, Oct 17th 12noon-2pm
Venue: Writers Guild of America Conference Room; 7000 W 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048
We explore all the possibilities of getting money for your film. We have an expert panel of entertainment professionals
that will give you all the possible ways you can access financing and distribution venues or at least get you started. We
will have extensive Q & A.
WGA Panel 4:
WGA WEST PRESENTS: SCI FI – CAN YOU MAKE IT SCARY ENOUGH? HOW WOMEN ARE DOING IT
Sunday, Oct 17th 2pm-4pm
Venue: Writers Guild of America Conference Room; 7000 W 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048
We explore the changing climate of women writers writing for the Sci Fi genre in a climate that has traditionally been
dominated by men. Can women writers break into this genre and survive? We will have extensive Q & A.
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Awards Ceremony Celebrity Honorees
Awards Ceremony At the Renberg Theatre
Followed by After Party, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles
Gloria Bieglow will be our Master of Ceremonies with Carmen Carter Performing
ANGELA BASSETT - Image Award
Actress, Director, Producer
Angela Bassett has built her career around playing some of the most celebrated
real-life, pioneering women of the twentieth century. A native of New York City,
Bassett & her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother Betty.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in African-American studies from Yale
and also holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama.
Among her many artistic accomplishments, Ms. Bassett was Oscar-nominated and
won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion PictureComedy/Musical, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a
Motion Picture, for her star-making performance as Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock
in 1993’s What's Love Got to Do with It. She won an NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work as the late-Dr. Betty Shabazz in Spike Lee's
Malcolm X, (1982). She also received an Emmy nomination her lead role in the 2002 television feature, The
Rosa Parks Story, for which she was Executive Producer.
Angela also served as Executive Producer on the films Our American and Bucket of Blood. Her talents
continue to expand into directing and producing for the upcoming film United States. She is also developing
the television pilot, One Police Plaza. Look for Angela in her upcoming film projects The Green Lantern and
Jumping the Broom.
Angela resides in California with her husband, Courtney B. Vance, and her children Bronwyn and Slater.
VIRGINIA MADSEN – Visionary Award
Actress, Producer
Virginia Madsen is one of Hollywood’s most versatile and unique actresses to
date. She received amazing reviews for her Academy Award and Golden Globe
nominated film, Sideways, and is an Independent Spirit Award-winning actress
with an illustrious resume.
Some of her most notable work includes starring roles in A Prairie Home
Companion, The Number 23, The Haunting in Connecticut, Firewall, Candyman,
The Ripple Effect and The Astronaut Farmer. Virginia also appeared in Francis
Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker and in David Lynch’s Dune. Next up, Virginia
stars opposite Kevin Spacey in the indie comedy Father of Invention. She was
recently seen starring on ABC’s comedic drama series Scoundrels. Virginia has a
production company with partner Karly Meola called Title IX Productions and their first documentary I Know
a Woman Like That screens at this year’s LA Femme Film Festival.
Virginia’s talented family includes her Emmy award winning mother, Elaine Madsen, and her brother, the
gifted actor, Michael Madsen. Virginia lives in Los Angeles with her teenage son.
ANGELA KINSEY – New Establishment Award
Actress
Broadband Emmy winner Angela Kinsey portrays the feisty, tightly-wound head of
accounting “Angela Martin” at Dunder Mifflin on NBC's critically acclaimed show
The Office, voted television’s best comedy ensemble by the Screen Actors Guild
for the second year in a row. Kinsey's television credits include, All of Us, Run of
the House, King of the Hill, Mad TV, Mind of Mencia and Monk. Kinsey has been
a member of The Improv Olympic Theater for the last nine years and continues to
perform in their notorious The Armando Show.
Recently appointed the new face of Clairol, Kinsey can be followed on her site
Adventures with Angela located at NBC.com.
MAGGIE WHEELER – Comedic Actress in Television
Actress
Maggie is best known worldwide for her unforgettable character of Janice on
NBC’s hit series Friends. What started out as a guest spot on a single episode
turned into a ten season recurring role that has made its way into TV history
While on Friends, Maggie was simultaneously recurring on the CBS hit Everybody
Loves Raymond. Maggie has been seen on numerous television shows including
Seinfeld, E.R., Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Without a Trace, and many
more. Her recent animation work includes voicing the part of “Flame Bang Bang”
on Nick at Nites’ Glen Martin DDS, and the voice of “Trinette” on Archer for FX.
Maggie currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and artist husband and
continues to work in television, film and voice-over.
LA FEMME FILM FESTIVAL PARTY SCHEDULE
October 14, 2010, Thursday
LA Femme Film Festival
“Lisa Haley Musical Event Fundraiser
and After Party”
At The Renberg Theatre
1125 N McCadden Pl Los Angeles 90038
7pm-11:30pm including the After Party
Ticket Includes: Nosh, DJ, Sponsored Bar
Show begins at 7pm After Party to Follow
Goodie Bags, Upscale Casual Attire
October 16, 2010, Saturday
“Livin’ La Vida Saturday”
At La Vida Restaurant & Lounge
1448 North Gower St Los Angeles 90028
9pm-on
DJ, Networking, Hors d ‘Oeuvres,
Club Attire
October 15, 2010, Friday
“Let Your Hair Down Friday”
At Sofitel Hotel Stone Rose Lounge
8555 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles 90048
9pm-on
DJ, Hors d ‘Oeuvres, Mix and Mingle
Upscale Club Attire
October 17, 2010 Sunday
LA Femme Film Festival
Awards Ceremony
At the Renberg Theatre
Followed by After Party
1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles 90038
Ceremony to start at 7pm
DJ, Networking, Hors d ‘Oeuvres,
Sponsored Alcohol, Goodie Bags
Dressy Business Attire
Master of Ceremonies / Featured Artist
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
GLORIA BIGELOW
Comedienne
Subtle, disarming, and witty - Gloria Bigelow is a refreshing comic who has
become a favorite and a “one to watch” on the national comedy scene. An
openly gay black woman, “she’s got a bone to pick with everybody!” She does
so by wittingly tackling issues from low lesbian esteem to the iconization of
Snoop Dog, all done with a smile.
Bitten by the comedy bug after moving to New York, Glo seamlessly slipped into
the world of comedy, performing at all of the top comedy clubs.
You can currently catch Gloria in Laughing Matters…Next Gen on the LOGO
network, or in Afterellen.com’s One Night Stand-Up comedy special.
FEATURED ARTIST
CARMEN CARTER
Singer/Actress
Carmen Carter’s musical career has been undeniable eventful. She currently
captivates audiences each week with her voice on the hit reality television show
Dancing with the Stars. She has blanketed the television screen with performances
on the Family Guy, American Dad, South Park, Ally McBeal, Friends, and more.
Her voice is behind many well-know television theme songs including those for
Moesha, Sister Sister, Touched by an Angel, Hangin’ with Mister Cooper as well
as featured on the riveting soundtracks for Madagascar 2, Prince of Egypt, The
Lion King: Simba’s Pride and The Frog and the Prince.
Whether singing background vocals on recordings with Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, and Celine
Dion, or enhancing the live performances of Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan and Dianne Ross, Carmen
Carter’s dynamic energy is taking the industry to a new level of perfection.
12:00-2:00PM
Cinemazing- S 23min
Undercover- S 18min
Music of the Brain- FDOC
55min
2:00-4:00PM
Mediocrity for Miracles- S
8min
Epiphany-S 23min
Good Morning Africa-FDOC
85min
12:00-2:00PM
Mumbai Massacre- FDOC
52min
HN Hermann Nitsch- FDOC
62min
2:00-4:00PM
Messenger Knocks 3 Times- S
49 min
Acts of Mercy- F 82min
7:00pm – 11:30PM
Lisa Haley Musical Event Fundraiser and After Party
Renberg Theater
Hosted Bar, DJ, Nosh, Networking, Goodie Bags
with ticket purchase
( Upscale Casual )
4:00-6:00PM
Garbage Child- SDOC 18min
Assisting Venus - FDOC
100min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration
Filmmaker Press/Festival
Check In
10:00-12:00Noon
Welcome-S 21min
When Police Become PreyFDOC 89min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration Filmmaker
Press/Festival Check In
10:00-12:00Noon
Women in Refuge –SDOC
33min
The Lost Girls of South AfricaFDOC 78min
Thursday
October 14, 2010
Venue 2
Davidson/Valentini Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
Thursday
October 14, 2010
Venue 1
Renberg Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
6:00-8:00PM
Girls In White Dresses- SDOC
26min
I Know A Woman Like That- FDOC
96min
8:00-10:00PM
Birdman- SDOC 10min
Latching On- SDOC 36min
Pink Smoke Over the VaticanFDOC 62min
4:00-6:00PM
Lunch- SDOC 26min
Living Downstream- FDOC 85min
2:00-4:00PM
If I Had a Balloon- MV 5min
Pluto- S 11min
Stages of Emily – S 11min
Love, Lust, & Lies- FDOC 87min
12:00-2:00PM
Highway- S 9min
Reunited – S 27min
Keiko: The Untold Story- FDOC
74min
10:00-12:00Noon
Timothy’s Room – S 10min
7th of July- S 19min
This is Who We Are We Are- S
14min
Harvest of Grief- FDOC 66min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration Filmmaker
Press/Festival Check In
8:00-10:00PM
Seen Also In Men- SDOC 26min
Mountains That Take Wing- FDOC
97min
6:00-8:00PM
The Last Elephants in ThailandSDOC 40min
Skin Trade- FDOC 82min
5:00-6:00PM
Angle-S 7 min
The Seedling- S 20min
(Special Screening)
3:00-5:00PM
The Unplanned Lesson – S 3min
Telemafia- S 9min
Notes – S 12min
MZUNGA (n.) White WandererFDOC 82min
9:00-2AM
“Livin’ La Vida Saturday”
After Party at La Vida: Restaurant & Lounge
1448 North Gower St.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
DJ, Nosh, Networking ( Club Attire )
6:00-8:00PM
Re-creation- MV 6min
Touch- SDOC 11min
Push Bike- S 12min
Truth About Kerry- F 84min
8:00-10:00PM
LBCK “Start” - MV 4min
US: Moving Variations - SA 4min
Tidal Marks- S 18min
B-Girl – F 87min
4:00-6:00PM
Gumbo- S 13min
Lift- S 10min
The Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park- S
11min
Kill The Habit- F 80min
2:00-4:00PM
Live My Life- MV 4min
Notes on lying- S 11min
Beaverton – S 12 min
Prime of Your life- F 87min
12:00-3:00PM
Independent Pitching Panel and
Pitch Fest with Experts
Venue 2: Davidson/Valentini
10:00-12:00Noon
Binge- S 14min
Gordita –S 11min
Lost Angels – FDOC 76 min
---------------------------10:00-12:00 NOON
Marketing Your Film Panel:
How to Sell Your Film Using
Social Media
Location: Gallery Conference
Room
Upstairs Renberg
10:00-12:00 Noon
One Dance- S 7min
Dolores – S 10min
Violets are Blue- S 17min
Madly in Love- F 85min
12:00- 2:00PM
Watchguard- MV 2min
Zimbabwe- S 17min
A Foundling- F 90min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration Filmmaker
Press/Festival Check In
Saturday
October 16, 2010
Venue 2
Davidson/Valentini Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration Filmmaker
Press/Festival Check In
Saturday
October 16, 2010
Venue 1
Renberg Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
VENUE AND SCREENING SCHEDULE
Friday
October 15, 2010
Venue 2
Davidson/Valentini Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
9:00- 2AM
“Let Your Hair Down Friday”
After Party at the Sofitel Hotel: Stone Rose Lounge
8555 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
DJ, Nosh & Networking ( Upscale Club Attire )
7:00-10:00PM
Night Catches Us – F 88min
Q&A to follow with Stars and
Filmmaker of the Film
5:00-7:00PM
Self Storage- S 8min
Nothing Special- F 99MIN
3:00-5:00PM
Hideaway- MV 3min
Before We Get to Seattle- S
10min
Lady Late Night - S 17min
30 is the New 12- S 30min
On Thin Ice- F 60min
1:00-3:00PM
FAR- MV 2min
I’m Afraid I’m Hitler- S 21min
Kissed By Lightning- F 89min
11:00 – 1:00 PM
Jack and Jill – S 12min
Lighthouse- S 18min
999 – F 90min
10:00-11:00AM
Kisses In the Night- MV
5min
Miracle – S 7min
Getting Pregnant- S 15min
Four Sisters – S 12min
Courting Hope- S 13min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration Filmmaker
Press/Festival Check In
Friday
October 15, 2010
Venue 1
Renberg Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
12:00-2:00PM
Far From Home- s 13min
Four Feet Up- SDOC – 46min
In the Name of DemocracyFDOC 60min
----------------------------12:00-2:00PM
Financing &
Distribution Panel
Can You Get Money?
Location: Writers Guild of
America Conf Rm.
7000 W 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
2:00-4:00PM
INFIN- S 16min
Halloween on 6th St.- FDOC
88min
---------------------------2:00-400PM
WGA, West : Panel
Sci Fi - Can You Make It
Scary Enough? How
Women Are Doing It.
Location: Writers Guild of
America Conf Rm.
7000 W 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
4:00-6:00pm
I Want to Spend the Rest of
My Life With You- S 3min
Sand Mountain- SDOC
34min
A Good Man- FDOC 79min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration
Filmmaker Press/Festival
Check In
10:00-12:00Noon
Rain For Morgan – S 21 min
Savor the Insanity- S 14min
BAS!- FDOC 77min
Sunday
October 17, 2010
Venue 2
Davidson/Valentini Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
7:00-11PM
Awards Ceremony and Awards After Party
Renberg Theater: 1125 McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Hosted Bar, DJ, Nosh & Networking, Goodie Bags
( Business Dressy )
2:00-5:00 PM
Phil Cobb’s Dinner for Four- F
80mins
Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s
Daring Mission – FDOC 82min
12:00-2:00PM
The Uninvited Ghost- S 18min
Rain Down- F 96min
10:00-12:00Noon
Asylum – S 20min
Annabelle & Bear - F 100min
9:00-10:00AM
Badge Registration Filmmaker
Press/Festival Check In
Sunday
October 17, 2010
Venue 1
Renberg Theatre
1125 N McCadden Place
Los Angeles 90038
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
NIGHT CATCHES US
OCT 15, 7-10 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING)
VENUE 1: RENBERG
(Q&A WITH CAST MEMBERS AND FILMMAKER FOLLOWING SCREENING)
WRITER/DIRECTOR
TANYA HAMILTON
PRODUCERS
RON SIMON, SEAN COSTELLO, JASON ORANS
RT: 88 MIN
CAST: Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce, Amari Cheatom
SYNOPSIS: In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt
Locker”) returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the
midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his
family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia (Kerry
Washington, “Ray,” “Lift”) and her daughter.
ANGLE
OCT 16, 5-6 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING)
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR
RICK WALLS
PRODUCER
JACQUELINE ANN FINCH
RT: 7 MIN
CAST: Jens Kohler, Jacqueline Ann Finch
SYNOPSIS: In this short, a young man sits literally on the edge of suicide on top of a 20th
story building. Will Angle save him in time?
THE SEEDLING
OCT 16, 5-6 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING)
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
CHRIS ROSS LEONG
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DWAYNE COMELIOUS LADD
WRITER
JACQUELINE ANN FINCH
RT: 17 MIN
CAST: Jacqueline Ann Finch, Johnny Sale
SYNOPSIS: An attractive women checks into a hotel for a liaison with a young man. There,
she chooses between destruction and salvation, both for herself and the man she loves.
FEATURE FILMS
The 2010
LA Femme Film
Festival Selections
ANNABELLE & BEAR
OCT 17, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
999
OCT 15, 11-1PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
A FOUNDLING
OCT 16, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
MARINA KUNAROVA
DIRECTOR/ WRITER/
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
CARLY LYN
PRODUCER
YERNAR MALIKOV
PRODUCERS
CARLY LYN, COLIN BARTON,
RICHARD DUBIN
RT: 90 MIN
RT: 90 MIN
CAST: Kamila Ermekova, Valera Zadornovsky
CAST: Cindy Chiu, Nora Jesse, Tim Chiou
SYNOPSIS: Metiss is a talented rapper, who
managed to overcome drug addiction, but paid a
high price for it. This day, he comes across Linda,
a young woman whom he tries to save.
SYNOPSIS: A young Chinese woman in the Old West
rescues her long lost sister, Mattie, from a brothel
in Arizona only to discover the strange wreckage
of an otherworldly craft and a baby inside.
ACTS OF MERCY
OCT 14, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
ASSISTING VENUS
OCT 14, 4-6PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/CO-WRITER
AMY S. WEBER
PRODUCER
TINA WEBER
DIRECTOR/WRITER/
PRODUCER
LAURA C. LOPEZ
WRITERS/PRODUCERS
MICHELE MARTIN, CHARLES
HUDDLESTON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
ERICA HARRELL
DIRECTOR
CHARLES HUDDLESTON
PRODUCER
BRYCE HUDSON
RT: 100 MIN
RT: 82 MIN
RT: 100 MIN
CAST: Curt Massof, Olivia Walby
CAST: TOVAH FELDSHUH, ALEKSA PALLADINO
SYNOPSIS: A tender story of a man who finds
himself thrust into fatherhood, and the unexpected
journey that leads him to discover the life-altering
love found in the heart of his little girl.
SYNOPSIS: Trapped between her moral convictions
and pressure from her superior, young hospice
nurse, Maggie Collins, must define the limits of
mercy.
CAST: Michael Steger, Michele Martín, Kirsten
Gronfield
B-GIRL
OCT 16, 8-10 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
KILL THE HABIT
OCT 16, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER
EMILY DELL
PRODUCER
ELIZABETH DELL
SYNOPSIS: A shy and awkward young man stuck
in post-college purgatory, finds himself exploring
options after quitting his computer job. He
meets the woman of his dreams in this modern
Pygmalion story.
KISSED BY LIGHTNING
OCT 15, 1-3 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
LAURA NERI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
SHELLEY NIRO
PRODUCERS
ALDO SHLLAKU, JANEEN
LEVIN, LINDA PIANIGIANI
WRITER
KEN CHUBB
RT: 88 MIN
RT: 80 MIN
RT: 89 MIN
CAST: Jules Urich, Missy Yager, Drew Sidora,
Aimee Garcia, James Martinez, Richard Yniguez,
Jenny Gago, Wesley Jonathan
CAST: Lili Mirojnick, Katerina Moutsatsos, MariaElena Laas, Joe Lia
SYNOPSIS: Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter
who keeps the memory of her dead husband
Jessie Lightning alive through the recreation of
stories he would tell her.
SYNOPSIS: Set in the world of underground hiphop, B-GIRL is the story of a female break dancer
(aka a b-girl) fighting for her identity in a harsh
world of violence.
SYNOPSIS: A politically incorrect dark comedy
about 3 chicks trying to get rid of a corpse.
FEATURE FILMS
MADLY IN LOVE
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
NOTHING SPECIAL
OCT 15, 5-7 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR
LUIF ANNA
ON THIN ICE
OCT 15, 3-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
ANGELA GARCIA COMBS
PRODUCER
ANDRES BRÜTSCH
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ALLI HAAPASALO
PRODUCER
PIIA NOKELAINEN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
BEN COMBS, DANIEL
COMBS
PRODUCER
RICHARD WILSON
RT: 85 MIN
RT: 99 MIN
RT: 60 MIN
CAST: Muraleetharan Sandrasegaram
CAST: Barbara Bain, Julia Garcia Combs, Karen
Black
CAST: Jussi Nikkilä, Jani Volanen, Elena Leeve
SYNOPSIS: Devan is marrying Nisha from Sri
Lanka, whom he met through Skype. He falls
madly in love with her but his feelings are not
exactly returned by the woman from this arranged
relationship.
SYNOPSIS: A dark and funny tale of the intense
emotional lives of three women living in the
shadow of the Hollywood sign.
SYNOPSIS: This is about a mercenary and a taxi
driver who meet on Christmas Eve and go on
a life-changing road trip together in Helsinki,
Finland. Inspired by true events.
PHIL COBB’S DINNER FOR FOUR
OCT 17, 2-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
PRIME OF YOUR LIFE
OCT 16, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
RAIN DOWN
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
WRITER/DIRECTOR/
PRODUCER
LAURENE WILLIAMS
CO-PRODUCER
ANITA J. LEE
DIRECTOR
KELLY KING
DIRECTOR
GARWIN SANFORD
PRODUCER
NICOLE ABISINIO
PRODUCER
JOHANNE GREGORY
RT: 80 MIN
RT: 87 MIN
RT: 96 MIN
CAST: Eric Pierpoint, Josh Stamberg, Lanre Idewu,
Katie Lowes
CAST: Nicole Abisinio, Ryan Donowho
CAST: Daisy Lippa, Jessica Hill
SYNOPSIS: A 20-something slacker girl meets a
charming rebel at her best friend's funeral and
teams up with him to commit a series of cons.
SYNOPSIS: Carla Springer ekes out a living
training horses on her hard scrabble ranch when
the government gives notice that it intends to
expropriate her property.
SYNOPSIS: An ex-chef turned mortgage broker’s
clairvoyant girlfriend tells him he is going to die at
one of his dinner parties.
TRUTH ABOUT KERRY
OCT 16, 6-8 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER/COPRODUCER
KATIE TORPEY
PRODUCER
SHAUN O’SULLIVAN
RT: 84 MIN
CAST: Stana Katic, Darren Keefe
SYNOPSIS: An American Woman is found dead on
a beach in Ireland. Her best friend travels to the
small, mysterious fishing village in Ireland to find
out what really happened to her friend.
SHORT FILMS
7TH OF JULY
OCT 15, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
30 IS THE NEW 12
OCT 15, 3-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR
KIMBERLY LENG
ASYLUM
OCT 17, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR /WRITER
SHARI GREICAR
DIRECTOR
DIANA BIRCH
PRODUCERS
KADI RODRIGUEZ, AMY
VASSALLO, JEN MAYO
PRODUCER
LEILA BIRCH
RT: 19 MIN
RT: 30 MIN
RT: 21 MIN
CAST: Jean Toh, Yeo Yann Yann
CAST: Jennifer Hall, Jackie Geary, Angela Gots
CAST: Leila Birch, Diana Birch, Sophia Birch
SYNOPSIS: Ever since the death of her husband,
Lyna is required to take over a noodle stall at the
coffee shop while relying heavily on her daughter's
help as she is deaf.
SYNOPSIS: Take a ride with Cassidy on her GT
Dyno BMX bike in this small suburban town as she
is awakened and begins to discover who she is by
getting rid of her BFF.
SYNOPSIS: Asylum seeking young people are
enabled to tell their own painful stories through
dramatic reconstructions, art and music.
BEAVERTON
OCT 16, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
BEFORE WE GET TO SEATTLE
OCT 15, 3-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
BINGE
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
VALESCA CNOSSEN
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS
APRIL MOSQUS, ADAM LINN
DIRECTOR/WRITER
JULIETA LIMA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
LINDSEY GHRISKEY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
JOE RAPOSO JR
PRODUCER
CANDELA FIGUEIRA
RT: 12 MIN
RT: 10 MIN
RT: 14 MIN
CAST: Taryn O’Neill, Peter Jason
Cast: Claire Buckingham, Claire Natale
CAST: Rachel Stander
SYNOPSIS: Alex has spent many typical holidays
with her Dad in suburbia. This Christmas isn't one
of them.
SYNOPSIS: It's 1992 and teenage runaway Chloe
has big dreams, and her heart set on getting out
of New Jersey and heading out to the West Coast
to start a band.
SYNOPSIS: Ana wakes up every day with a burden
on her heart. She has a secret, a pain too difficult
for some to understand.
CINEMAZING
OCT 14, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
COURTING HOPE
OCT 15, 10-11 AM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DOLORES
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER
JAMIE KENNEDY
DIRECTOR
EDUARDO MOISÉS
ESCRIBANO SOLERA
DIRECTOR/WRITER/
PRODUCER
NATALIE REBECCA
HECHTMAN
PRODUCERS
CARA MCKEOWN, GREG
HANSON
WRITER
MANUELA B. MORENO
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MIRIAM HECHTMAN
RT: 24 MIN
RT: 13 MIN
RT: 10 MIN
CAST: Robert DiCicco, Mary Fegreus
CAST: Helmut Bakaitis, Yvonne Rae
CAST: Manuela Burló
SYNOPSIS: A coming of age story with a group of
people who work in a movie theater. One girl,
Kylie, is about to take a chance at happiness and
strive for something better.
SYNOPSIS: Hope exists at any time, any age and
under any circumstances. Hope, an 80 year old
widow chooses to take a leap of faith believing
that she can find love again.
SYNOPSIS: The film is set at a bus stop. It’s an
ordinary evening. Two lonely people randomly
meet and share their hopes and dreams.
SHORT FILMS
EPIPHANY
OCT 14, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
FAR FROM HOME (LOIN DE CHEZ NOUS)
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
FOUR SISTERS
OCT 15, 10 -11 AM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR
XUEMEI HAN
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ÉMILIE LEMAY
DIRECTOR
DANA WARREN
PRODUCER
WAN YAN CHENG
PRODUCER
VUK STOJANOVIC
PRODUCER
LYNN ANDREWS
WRITER
WANDA NOLAN
RT: 23 MIN
RT: 13 MIN
RT: 12 MIN
CAST: Beatrice Chien, Evelyn Magdelena, Wee
Liang Tan
CAST: Alexandra Guériault, Jessé Raphaël
CAST: Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, Janet Michael,
Janet Edmonds, Ruth Lawrence
SYNOPSIS: Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing
us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those
transcendent moments of awe that change how
we experience life.
GETTING PREGNANT
OCT 15, 10-11 AM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
SYNOPSIS: In trying to save his little sister from an
abject reality, Leo leads Lili into his drift. But, being
away from home, reality may not be the solution.
GORDITA
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
SYNOPSIS: An old flame dredges up family secrets.
Will four sisters finally put their jealousies and
misconceptions to rest?
GUMBO
OCT 16, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
ALEXIS BOLING
DIRECTOR/WRITER
DEBBY WOLFE
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ERIC MORGAN STUART
WRITER/PRODUCER
BODINE ORBAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
KAZ KIPP
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
VELEETA DACOSTA
PRODUCER
REBECCA HAMM
PRODUCER
ANDREEN SOLEY
RT: 15 MIN
RT: 11 MIN
CAST: Alison Weisgall, Bodine Orban, Casey
Unterman, Collin Smith
CAST: Talia Zapien, Jessica Martinez, Gaby
Gutierrez, Gloria Sandoval, Carlos Ramirez,
Raquel Cordova
SYNOPSIS: A violent run-in on the street leads a
young woman to question what she's capable of
doing.
HIGHWAY
OCT 15, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
RT: 13 MIN
SYNOPSIS: An HD short film about a young, plus
size Latina who reconnects with her lost confidence
through the help of a cassette tape she recorded
as a sassy, booty-shakin’ teen in 1994.
I’M AFRAID I’M HITLER
OCT 15, 1-3 PM
VENUE 2: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ARIYA WATTY
INFIN
OCT 17, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
RUCHIKA LALWANI
PRODUCER
BRIAN BARROW
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
SABINE WOLF
PRODUCER
ASHISH SEHGAL
RT: 9 MIN
RT: 21 MIN
CAST: Wayne Kiger, Elizabeth C. Scott
CAST: Bernhard Forcher, Anna Gutto, Demi Pirrone,
Dirk Weiler, Edgar Eguia, Bradley Whitedale
SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister try to make it
through the night when their mom abandons
them on the side of an empty highway.
CAST: Dahlia DaCosta, Logan Alexander
SYNOPSIS: A woman becomes unhinged after she
uncovers a painful secret.
SYNOPSIS: Adien has confined himself to his home
for over a year because he guards a secret that, if
disclosed, would set the entire world against him.
RT: 16 MIN
CAST: Sabine Wolf
SYNOPSIS: This is the story of Renji, a lonesome
civil servant whose heart turns into an animal and
vanishes in his dreams.
SHORT FILMS
I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY
LIFE WITH YOU OCT 17, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
JACK & JILL
OCT 15, 11-1 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER
MANUELA B. MORENO
LADY LATE NITE
OCT 15, 3-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
D I R E C TO R / P R O D U C E R /
WRITER
LORNA VENTURA
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR/WRITER
NICOLE BAZUIN
PRODUCER
BRETT ASHLEY
PRODUCER/WRITER
ROSA ARREDONDO
PRODUCER
EDUARDO MOISÉS ESCRIBANO
SOLERA
RT: 3 MIN
RT: 11 MIN
CAST: Manuela Burló
CAST: James Patirc Moran, Rosa Arredondo
SYNOPSIS: I want to spend the rest of my life with
you.
SYNOPSIS: What would you do, if you ran into the
person who ruined your life... and he didn't even
remember you?
LIFT
OCT 16, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
LIGHTHOUSE
OCT 15, 11-1 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER
ANN MARIE ALLISON
RT: 17 MIN
CAST: Robyn-Kay Pilarski, Lauren Toffan, Kristopher
Bowman
SYNOPSIS: Song, dance, and visual spectacle unite
as a desirous young starlet finds love and illusion
the night of her appearance on a late-night talk
show.
MEDIOCRITY FOR MIRACLES
OCT 14, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/WRITER
DATEV GALLAGHER
DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER
LING LI
PRODUCER
THOMAS LORNE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
BILL BRAKEFIELD
RT: 10 MIN
RT: 18 MIN
RT: 8 MIN
CAST: Sophia Medley, Caroline G. Pleasant,
Clayton Stocker Myers, Ginger O'Brien,
Michael Robert Young, Tammy Turner
CAST: JAMES GILBERT, KRISTEN RUHLIN
CAST: Ann Veillon
SYNOPSIS: Are love's ups and downs always worth
the ride?
Synopsis: A lonely lighthouse keeper saves a
mysterious drowning girl, who insists that she is a
fish. Despite their blooming romance she decides
to return to the ocean.
SYNOPSIS: Willow County, a small southern town
once famous for a bizarre miracle, has now
become a quiet and forgotten place except when
paths cross in this chance encounter.
MESSENGER KNOCKS THREE TIMES
OCT 14, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBER
MIRACLE
OCT 15, 10-11 AM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
NOTES
OCT 16, 3-5 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR
ELO SELIRAND
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER
XOCHITL GONZALEZ
DIRECTOR/WRITER
RAQUEL FAUSTO
PRODUCER
GIULIA PRENNA
RT: 49 MIN
RT: 7 MIN
RT: 12 MIN
SYNOPSIS: A single mother, Marju, is trying to
cope with her everyday life, making the ordinary
magical for her.
CAST: Lidia Pires, Marcus Acosta, Richard Yniguez
CAST: Francisco Froes, Simona Morales
SYNOPSIS: Javier, a high school senior, gets
suspended one time too many and his parents
demand he choose between taking medicine for
his supposed ADHD or Oak Creek, a treatment
facility. Javier chooses drugs, but will they help?
Synopsis: Notes is a narrative romantic comedy
about a man plunged in a secret and unusual
affair when his current relationship comes to a
plateau.
SHORT FILMS
NOTES ON LYING
OCT 16, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
ONE DANCE
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
TIRZAH SHARIA
PRODUCER
JESSICA MATTHEWS
PLUTO
OCT 15, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER
STEVE MARINO
DIRECTOR
HEATHER DE MICHELE
WRITER
STEPHANIE T. KEEFER
PRODUCER
ASHLEY J. HILLARD
WRITER
JUDE ROTH
WRITER
SCOTT BURNS
RT: 11 MIN
RT: 11 MIN
RT: 7 MIN
CAST: Casey Labow, Robyn Cohen, Todd Cahoon
CAST: Choice Skinner, Stephanie T. Keefer
Synopsis: A surrealistic thriller that explores the
repercussions of cheating.
SYNOPSIS: The suburban dating scene can be
awkward, but sometimes you just have to get out
of the house.
PUSH BIKE
OCT 16, 6-8 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
RAIN FOR MORGAN
OCT 17, 10- 12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR
MAIRI CAMERON
CAST: Katharine McEwan, Elizabeth Barrett, Jude
Roth
SYNOPSIS: Pluto is a no-holds-barred story about
two sisters, their sick mother, and a tough decision
about killing her.
REUNITED
OCT 15, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
MARISA BROWN
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
RICHARD PETERS
PRODUCER
DESI ACHILLEOS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
HOWARD STORM
PRODUCER
KERRY FINLAYSON
RT: 12 MIN
RT: 20 MIN
CAST: Karmen Raspovic, Grant Buse
CAST: Erin Dewar, Fleur Murphy, Geordie Taylor,
Chris Saxton
SYNOPSIS: When her clothes are stolen from the
pool change room one night, Michelle must brave
a nude ride home on her old push bike.
SAVOR THE INSANITY
OCT 17, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
SYNOPSIS: Set in drought-stricken, post WWII
country Australia, Rain for Morgan captures both
the beauty and the eerie other-worldliness of love
in a dying landscape.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/
WRITER
CONNIE MONROE
CAST: Robert Pine, Bridget Hanley, Alex Schemmer,
Cheryl Texiera, Trevor Teichmann
SYNOPSIS: A moving story about a rumpled novelist,
who embarks on a literary ride whilst writing a
memoir of his life with his beloved wife Sylvia.
STAGES OF EMILY
OCT 15, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
SELF STORAGE
OCT 15, 5-7 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
BRAD BROMELMEIER
RT: 27 MIN
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
SCOTT KEINER
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
JACK C. NEWELL
PRODUCER/WRITER
JULIE MANN, KIMBERLY TREW
WRITER/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
DANIELLE UHLARIK
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
GEORGE SCHOEPPNER
RT: 14 MIN
RT: 8 MIN
RT: 11 MIN
CAST: Connie Monroe, Dave Buglione, Renato
Biribin, Sandra Purpuro
CAST: Julie Mann, Kimberly Trew, Eddie Jemison,
Gian Molina, Dave Holmes, Terrence Taylor
CAST: Danielle Uhlarik, Dick Costolo
SYNOPSIS: Kat, a thirty three year old, Irish Catholic,
single woman, is forced to move back with her
parents and live in their attic. She is looking for
love, work and any way to get out.
SYNOPSIS: Two girls. One storage unit. Home
sweet home. When they are evicted from their
apartment, Dana and Shoshanna, two broke,
young women, move into a storage unit and
struggle to make it into a proper home.
SYNOPSIS: What would you do if you had FortyEight hours to live? Emily is forced to deal with that
question while preparing for her wedding which
- conveniently - is also two days away.
SHORT FILMS
TELEMAFIA
OCT 16, 3-5 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK
OCT 16, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER
DIANA NAMM
THE UNIVITED GHOST
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER
EMMY GRINWIS
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER
HEATHER SCHMIDT
PRODUCER
MOIRA MICHIELS
PRODUCER
ERIC MOFFORD
RT: 8 MIN
RT: 11 MIN
RT: 18 MIN
CAST: Jeff Richards, Ray Abruzzo
CAST: Corena Chase, Kevin Fennessy, Matthew
Marcy, Will Lyman
CAST: Bob Bancroft, Clare Salstrom
Synopsis: A
telemarketer.
consumer's
revenge
on
a
SYNOPSIS: This is the story of a unconventional
friendship between a lonely young woman with
a flare for the fantastical and a scruffy, peculiar
boy.
THE UNPLANNED LESSON
OCT 16, 3-5 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
THIS IS WHO WE ARE
OCT 15, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/WRITER
LAUREN TRACY
SYNOPSIS: A reclusive and phobic concert pianist
confronts his self-induced exile, when a beautiful,
vivacious, and persistent female ghost suddenly
appears in his home.
TIDAL MARKS
OCT 16, 8-10PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
STEPHANIE WILLIS
PRODUCER
EMILY MCKEATING
DIRECTOR/WRITER
PRISCILLA CAMERON
PRODUCER
HEATHER PHILLIPS
PRODUCER
BROOKE RANDOLPH
RT: 3 MIN
RT: 14 MIN
RT: 18 MIN
CAST: Margaret Folwell, Michael Amato
CAST: Caroline Stack
CAST: Adam Horner, Sara Grenfell
SYNOPSIS: In a classroom where Jimmy pines for
Tina, the kids scheme and rules are broken. Ms.
Teacher discovers them and doom ensues!
SYNOPSIS: Cheryl, a socially awkward woman who
clings to her mother for a sense of self worth, falls
into disarray when her mother enters the hospital.
Now she has to learn to stand on her own.
SYNOPSIS: Lauren, a 40 yr old, is desperate for
a baby. After advertising online, she arranges a
meeting with a man supposedly 30 yrs old, who
agrees to be a no-strings father. Who shows up is
very different.
TIMOTHY’S ROOM
OCT 15, 10- 12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
TOUCH
OCT 16, 6-8 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
UNDERCOVER
OCT 14, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
MARY-MARGARET MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR
JEN MCGOWAN
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/
WRITER
IMAN ZAWAHRY
PRODUCER
PHILIP LOTT
PRODUCER
JOEY DAOUD
RT: 10 MIN
RT: 11 MIN
RT: 18 MIN
CAST: Michael J. Uhlman, Mariah Fallon, Mac
Hegyes, Mary Beth Pape
CAST: Lily Knight, Rachel Kanouse
CAST: Aline Elasmar, Mark Odlum
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes, the most personal connection
in your life occurs with a complete stranger.
SYNOPSIS: Dodging pork sandwiches and diving
into pig pens, Nada Assad, an American Muslim
cop, attempts to solve a pig-napping case to be
promoted to detective.
SYNOPSIS: A modern day ghost story.
SHORT FILMS
US: MOVING VARIATIONS
OCT 16, 8-10 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR/WRITER
ZAKIYA I. MASON
ZIMBABWE
OCT 16, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
GARANCE MEILLON
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ANJULI HINDS
PRODUCER
SYLWIA DUDZINSKA
PRODUCER
JAY RAJA
RT: 4 MIN
RT: 17 MIN
RT: 16 MIN
Synopsis: Using modern dance techniques and
hand-drawn crayon and paint, this film breaks
social interactions down to movement, music, and
rhythm.
CAST: Drew Gatto
CAST: Alyssa Nielsen, Christopher Borger
SYNOPSIS: A socially draft young man working
at a garage has to challenge his asocial side to
woo the girl working at the dry cleaners across
the street.
SYNOPSIS: Two young children of Zimbabwe are
forced into a fight they hardly understand when
they are pitted one against the other during a
sudden farm invasion.
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DOCUMENTARIES
A GOOD MAN
OCT 17, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC: A ROBOT’S
DARING MISSION OCT 17, 2-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
BAS! BEYOND THE RED LIGHT
OCT 17, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
SAFINA UBEROI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
DENA SEIDEL
DIRECTOR/WRITER
WENDY CHAMPAGNE
PRODUCERS
HIMMAN DHAMIJA, JENNY
DAY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
RICHARD LUDESCHER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
SYLVIE VAN BRABANT
PRODUCERS
WENDY CHAMPAGNE, DENIS
MCCREADY
RT: 79 MIN
RT: 82 MIN
SYNOPSIS: The story of an Australian farmer, his
quadriplegic wife, their newborn baby, and their
plans to open a brothel in a small country town.
SYNOPSIS: THE
RT: 77 MIN
STORY OF A PASSIONATE TEAM OF SCIENTISTS
WHO MAKE HISTORY BY SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATING THE FIRST
AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER ROBOT ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC
OCEAN.
BIRDMAN
OCT 15, 8-10 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
FOUR FEET UP
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
JENNI MORELLO
SYNOPSIS: We follow 13 young girls who are
rescued from Mumbai's brothels as they confront
the inner and outer perils of life after rescue and
revealing the human story inside the big business
of child trafficking
GARBAGE CHILD
OCT 14, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/WRITER
NANCE ACKERMAN
PRODUCER/WRITER
TRICIA PARKER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
KENT MARTIN
PRODUCER
ANNETTE CLARKE
RT: 10 MIN
RT: 46 MIN
RT: 18 MIN
SYNOPSIS: A character profile on a specialty bird
shop in New York City.
SYNOPSIS: This is an intimate portrayal of child
poverty in Canada and the circumstances in which
they have to survive.
SYNOPSIS: This extraordinary true story documents
a teenager’s struggle with her mother’s
schizophrenia and hording disorder through
disturbing home videos.
GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES
OCT 15, 6-8 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
GOOD MORNING AFRICA
OCT 14, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
HALLOWEEN ON 6TH STREET
OCT 17, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR
RONISA WILKINS SHOATE
DIRECTOR/WRITER
CHIARA SAMBUCHI
DIRECTORS
CHRIS BLANKENSHIP,
MICHELLE CANNING
PRODUCERS
VELISSA ROBINSON,
CHIYUME SUGAWARA
PRODUCER
MICHELLE CANNING
RT: 27 MIN
RT: 85 MIN
RT: 88 MIN
SYNOPSIS: We follow the debutante season of
six African-American young women in Oxnard,
California exploring the history of the debutante
tradition in the African-American community.
SYNOPSIS: This is a very closed and intimate
portrait of four special African women dealing
with the tragedies of the African continent in the
most difficult situations.
CAST: BUD HASERT
SYNOPSIS: Austin extreme enthusiasts rise to the
creative challenge in outlandish amateur costume
creation for the love of Halloween.
DOCUMENTARIES
HARVEST OF GRIEF
OCT 15, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
HN HERMANN NITSCH
OCT 14, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
I KNOW A WOMAN LIKE THAT
OCT 15, 6-8 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR
ANWAR JAMAL
DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER
DANIELA AMBROSOLI
DIRECTOR
ELAINE MADSEN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
GHAZALA KHAN
PRODUCER
DANIELE MAZZOCCA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
VIRGINIA MADSEN
PRODUCER
RASIL BASU
PRODUCER
KARLY MEOLA
RT: 66 MIN
RT: 62 Min
RT: 96 MIN
SYNOPSIS: We chronicle the agricultural crisis
affecting farmers in Punjab, India, which is causing
them to commit suicide.
VOICE: JARRETH MERZ
SYNOPSIS: Virginia Madsen and her mother Elaine
Madsen interview famous women over sixty-five
who have not surrendered to society's expectations
of 'old.'
IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY...
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
KEIKO: THE UNTOLD STORY
OCT 15, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
LATCHING ON
OCT 15, 8-10 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
NINA ROSENBLUM
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
THERESA DEMAREST
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
KATJA ESSON
WRITER/PRODUCER
DENNIS WATLINGTON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
JAY SCHORNSTEIN, NOLA
WILKEN, THERESA DEMAREST
SYNOPSIS: It’s about the person, life and the
extreme art of the famous Viennese artist Hermann
Nitsch.
NARRATOR
ELI WALLACH
RT: 60 MIN
RT: 74 MIN
RT: 36 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Documents the first officer in the United
States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral
grounds.
SYNOPSIS: The film follows KEIKO, his life, his legacy
of hope, and untold story of his extraordinary
years of freedom in Iceland and Norway.
SYNOPSIS: Filmed over a period of 5 years, this
documentary takes an upbeat look at breastfeeding as a personal and social phenomenon.
LOST ANGELS
OCT 16, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
LOVE LUST & LIES
OCT 15, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
FULL TITLE: IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY: AMERICA’S
CONSCIENCE, A SOLDIER’S SACRIFICE
LIVING DOWNSTREAM
OCT 15, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
CHANDA CHEVANNES
DIRECTOR
THOMAS NAPPER
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG
PRODUCER
NATHAN SHIELDS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
GARY FOSTER, JOE WRIGHT,
SUSAN KLOS
PRODUCER
JENNY DAY
PRODUCER
AGI ORSI
RT: 85 MIN
RT: 76 MIN
RT: 87 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living
Downstream during one pivotal year as she
works to break the silence about cancer and its
environmental links.
SYNOPSIS: “Lost Angels” chronicles the lives of some
of the resident's of LA's Skid Row and through their
remarkable stories paints a multifaceted portrait
of life on the streets.
SYNOPSIS: This is the fifth film in the doc series that
Ms. Armstrong has made about the lives, hopes
and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide
girls since they were fourteen in 1976.
DOCUMENTARIES
LUNCH
OCT 15, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING...
OCT 16, 8-10 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
CO-DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER/
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
AVIS RICHARDS
MUMBAI MASSACRE
OCT 14, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS
C.A. GRIFFITH, H.L.T.
QUAN
DIRECTOR/WRITER
VICTORIA MIDWINTER PITT
PRODUCERS
ANDREA QUESNELLE,
ANDREW OGILVIE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
ANDREW OGILVIE, PHIL
CRAIG
RT: 26 MIN
RT: 97 Min
RT: 52 MIN
SYNOPSIS: This takes a close look at the nation's
school-food programs through the meals offered
by the Baltimore, Md. public schools and the links
between food and academics.
SYNOPSIS: This features conversations that span
13 years between two women whose lives and
political work remain at the epicenter of the civil
rights struggles in the US.
SYNOPSIS: This looks at the terrorist attacks, Nov.
2008 , in Mumbai, when highly trained gunmen
- controlled via satellite phone calls from Pakistan
– left a trail of dead behind them.
FULL TITLE: MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING: ANGELA DAVIS
& YURI KOCHIYAMA: A CONVERSATION ON LIFE, STRUGGLES
& LIBERATION
MUSIC OF THE BRAIN
OCT 14, 12-2 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
MZUNGU (N.) WHITE WANDERER
OCT 16, 3-5 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
FIONA COCHRANE
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
SHANA GILBERT
PINK SMOKE OVER THE VATICAN
OCT 15, 8-10 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, COWRITER, NARRATOR
JULES HART
CO-PRODUCERS
STEVE BERTRAND, WILLIAM
ZABKA
RT: 55 MIN
RT: 82 MIN
RT: 62 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Music affects our development from
the womb to the grave. Explore the role that
music plays in developing our brains as humans,
beginning with premature infants.
SYNOPSIS: We follow four average American
college kids who set out to save-the-world and
rather end up leading their own generation to a
new depth of understanding.
SYNOPSIS: This is a documentary film about the
controversial movement of women seeking to
be ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic
Church.
SAND MOUNTAIN
OCT 17, 4-6 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
SEEN ALSO IN MEN
OCT 16, 8-10 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
SKIN TRADE
OCT 16, 6-8 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
KATHRYN MCCOOL
DIRECTOR
VELISSA ROBINSON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
KERRY RICHARDSON
PRODUCERS
TIA WILLIAMS, REBECCA
LOUISELL
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
SHANNON KEITH
PRODUCERS
SHANNON KEITH, GENE
BLALOCK
RT: 34 MIN
RT: 27 MIN
RT: 82 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Setting off with a borrowed video camera
Kathryn McCool begins a solo journey through the
American South to meet reclusive musician Cast
King.
SYNOPSIS: This doc follows three African American
fathers who fight for meaningful relationships with
their children while trying to raise them as single
dads struggling in the family court system.
SYNOPSIS: The deceptive and dirty fur industry
is exposed through undercover investigations,
footage and interviews from those within the
industry itself, from activists, and from celebrities.
DOCUMENTARIES
THE LAST ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND
OCT 16, 6-8 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
THE LOST GIRLS OF SOUTH AFRICA
OCT 14, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTORS
MICHELLE MIZNER, DONALD
R. TAYLOE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DONALD R. TAYLOE
WELCOME
OCT 14, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR
DEBORAH SHIPLEY
DIRECTOR/WRITER
MAJA MILANOVIC
PRODUCER
BRIAN WOODS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
CHRISTOFER HALLDIN, SUZA
HORVAT
RT: 40 MIN
RT: 78 Min
RT: 21 MIN
SYNOPSIS: In the fight to save the dwindling
population of elephants in Thailand, we see the
massacre and recovery of these majestic animals
and the facility trying to save them.
SYNOPSIS: We follow four girls aged 11-13 who
have survived rape in a country where record
levels of child rape and sex abuse are documented
every three minutes.
CAST: Klemen Novak, Nina Serbezdija, Snezana
Bogdanovic, Sreten Mokrovic
WHEN POLICE BECOME PREY
OCT 14, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
WOMEN IN REFUGE: STORIES FROM A
BORDER OCT 14, 10-12 NOON
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER
CANDIS MCLEAN
DIRECTOR
IRENE CAROLINA HERRERA
COLLABORATING DIRECTOR
STUART MCLEAN
PRODUCER
CAROLINA ACUÑA
RT: 89 MIN
RT: 33 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Are Canadian police really dropping
aboriginal people off in isolated places to freeze
to death? Former Constable Dan Hatchen talks
about this for the first time.
SYNOPSIS: This documentary features testimonies
from women who have been forced to flee
Colombia's domestic conflict and have sought
asylum in Venezuela.
SYNOPSIS: Dolores welcomes you to intimately
experience the world of her displaced immigrant
family in which the clash between memories and
the present leaves casualties behind.
MUSIC VIDEOS/COMMERCIALS
FAR
OCT 15, 1-3 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
FUTUREKIND “HIDEAWAY”
OCT 15, 3-5 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR
LISA VIRTUE
IF I HAD A BALLOON
OCT 15, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
NICOL EILERS
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ERIN GALEY
PRODUCER
AYANA SAUNDERS
RT: 2 MIN
RT: 3 Min
RT: 5 MIN
CAST: Osama Faris, Anson Pereira, Alain JeanBaptiste, Emmanuel Samba, Alain Gervais,
Rapper Ononymous
CAST: Ariel Delphine
CAST: Daniel Hall, Ramon Menendez, Sophia
Palmstedt
SYNOPSIS: Commentary on US commercialism.
SYNOPSIS: A child finds a magical kaleidoscope
in the desert and through the lens, meets a band
from the past.
KISSES IN THE NIGHT
OCT 15, 10-11 AM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
LBCK “START”
OCT 16, 8-10 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER
ROSANNA SARACINO
SYNOPSIS: A lonely Panda embarks on a magical
mission to find the right person with which to
share his heart.
LIVE MY LIFE
OCT 16, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR
LEAH MCKISSOCK
DIRECTOR/WRITER
MICHAEL CORNELL
PRODUCER
MELAINE WINDLE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
TRACY PALEO
RT: 4 MIN
RT: 4 MIN
CAST: Sam Stedman, Terra Hazelton
CAST: Eloise DeLuca
SYNOPSIS: Set in the 1950's a woman plans a
surprise birthday party for her husband. Things
take an unexpected turn when he shows up from
work with a gun.
SYNOPSIS: An original music video for LBCK's debut
track 'Start.'
CAST: Kameron White, Joong-Han Chung, Lara
Garcia
RE-CREATION
OCT 16, 6-8 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
WATCHGUARD
OCT 16, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1: RENBERG
RT: 5 MIN
DIRECTOR/WRITER
TRISHA GUM
DIRECTOR
LISA VIRTUE
PRODUCER/WRITER
DAN FIELD
RT: 6 MIN
RT: 2 MIN
CAST: Elizabeth Harvatine
CAST: Osama Faris, Anson Pereira, Rapper
Ononymous
SYNOPSIS: A girl who lives in a room at the bottom
of the ocean, for the first time, considers stepping
out.
SYNOPSIS: Rapper Ononymous describes his
experience with Watchguard.
SYNOPSIS: A sharp, irreverent portrait of American
capitalism and the Wall Street bailout.
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SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
BURY ME AT YANKEE STADIUM
SCREENPLAY BY: NICOLE SCHUBERT
SYNOPSIS:
Weeks before her wedding Jane’s father passes away leaving her one small request, deliver his
ashes to Yankee Stadium. What she didn’t expect was to fall in love with someone else!
THE ITALIAN LOVER
SCREENPLAY BY: SUZANNE GRIFFIN
SYNOPSIS: Michael Evans an opera singer in Italy discovers the complexity of life when he
mentors a young soprano.
THE MAGNET OF AJAX
SCREENPLAY BY: RHONA KLEIN
SYNOPSIS: After being fired from her job Judy ends up in small town with a mysterious magnet
on the roof of a cafe. There she finds true love and the life she was destined to have.
ONLY THE DEVILS KNOWS
SCREENPLAY BY: KATHLEEN M. MULLIN
SYNOPSIS: Haunted by her life with an abusive father Kitty struggles with her own demons
before learning to accept the fate that she has been dealt.
ROCK ME, AMADEUS
SCREENPLAY BY: JESSICA DIGIACINTO
SYNOPSIS: Art geeks and theatre freaks rewrite “Phantom of the Opera” in an attempt to save
their beloved summer camp from going bankrupt.
THE RULES OF FLUSHING
SCREENPLAY BY: JOELLE SELLNER
SYNOPSIS: Stunned by her mother’s death a sixteen year old girl is suddenly thrust into
adulthood and the only way to avoid foster care is to go in search of a father she never knew.
THE STRANGE STORY OF DR JAMES BARRY SCREENPLAY BY: LYNN ROBERTSON HAY
SYNOPSIS: A strong-willed, 19th Century young Irish woman with a passion to change the world
dresses as a man to become a doctor in a man’s world.
A THOUSAND SOULS
SCREENPLAY BY: VIRGINIA TEE
SYNOPSIS: Doomed from the start the ship “Empress of Ireland” sets sail from Quebec. On the
voyage trip, the ship sank to the bottom of the sea carrying 1000 souls to their death.
UNFREEZING LIFE
SCREENPLAY BY: CYNTHIA M. LUNA
SYNOPSIS: Mistakenly swapped frozen eggs unexpectedly bonds best friends in unimaginable
ways - and may save one of their lives.
UNRAVELING
SCREENPLAY BY: ROBIN SINGER
SYNOPSIS: Jack always thought the past was behind him, until he fell for Maddy. He pieces
together the fragmented memories of the love he always wanted and how it all fell apart.
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