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RE ME MB E R ING O UR F R IE NDS
THE RON TIBBET
BEST OF SHOW
THE ELVIN WHITESIDES
DIRECTOR’S AWARD
CASEY SPRADLING
STUDENT AWARD
ROBERT REED
AWARD
S C H ED UL E O F E VENT S
THURSDAY, APRIL 14th – Screen 3
Films
2:00 Welcome
2:20 Who Does She Think She Is
4:30 Bear Story
6:30 Greetings from the Shore
THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH Screen 4
Films
2:30 Treasures from the Rubble
3:30 A Sense of Place
6:30 The Unconventional Gourmet
Q&A
7:00 Earthrise
Q&A
FRIDAY, APRIL 15th Screen 3
Films
3:30 The Game: Part One - R
Q&A
4:00 The Right Regrets
Q&A
5:30 Space Available
Q&A
6:30 Angela’s Decision - R
Q&A
7:30 A Sister’s Call
Q&A
FRIDAY, APRIL 15th Screen 4
Films
2:30 Pinky Swear
3:00 White Dragon - R
6:30 Ozland
Q&A
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Endowment for the Arts
Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation
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Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tupelo Consignment Music
Tupelo Flea Market
Tupelo Hardware
Tupelo High School Class of 1972
Tupelo Restaurant Association
VIP Cinema Seating
Watkins College of Art, Design and Film
Weatherall Printing
SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH Screen 3
Workshops
10:00 Coop Cooper Workshop - Drones
Mississippi High School Film Festival
12:30 Michael Williams - Basics of Do It Yourself
Filmmaking
Short Films
2:30 Say My Name
Red Shoes and Tattoos
Man on a Mission: Marcus Smith
Workshops
4:00 Gena Ellis - How a Screenwriter Got on Camera
6:00 Tom Kimmel - Song Writing for Movies
and TV
SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH Screen 4
Workshops
11:00 Marlyn Mason - Life Unedited
Short Films
1:00 Absolute
Sad Face
Sam
The Shelter
Workshops
2:30 Kat Phillips - Producing Pitfalls for Indie Filmmakers
Short Films
5:00 Writer’s Block
Forgotten
The Perfect Tense
Karma’s Shadow
Super Dog
Award Ceremony 7:30 p.m.
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T HU RSDAY, APR IL 1 4
The Tupelo Film Festival is happy to bring back some our winning films and over the past twelve years beginning
with the “Best of Show.” For those who can join us they will share their stories of where they were and where they
are today and what happened along their journey. Others will share on an intro video before the film screens.
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? | SCREEN 3
Director: Pamela Tanner Boll, Nancy Kennedy
New York/Massachusetts – Winners – 2009
Director: Greg Chwerchak
Women are often forced to choose: Responsibility or self expression? This
documentary features five fierce women who refuse to choose. Feature –
60 minutes
TREASURES FROM THE RUBBLE | SCREEN 4
Director: Alexandra Branyon
New York – Winner – 2012
In 1905 Lois Wilson is born into deep poverty in the rural south. Her
first paint is the black shoe polish she snitches out of the pantry. Her
first paintings are on pieces of scrap tin she picks up from the blacksmith
shop of her alcoholic father. Little did she know at the time that she is
following in the tradition of Outsider Artists who create art on found
objects. Documentary – 60 Minutes
THE UNCONVENTIONAL GOURMET
Director: Wendy Keeling
| SCREEN 4
Goodlettsville, TN
A dark comedy about a woman stuck in the 50’s searching for the perfect
ingredients in an unusual family recipe. 14 minutes
Tupelo, Mississippi
GREETINGS FROM THE SHORE | SCREEN 3
California – Winner – 2008
Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last
summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her
plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian
sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love.
Feature – 120 minutes
A SENSE OF PLACE | SCREEN 4
Director: Rick Smith
California – Winner – 2015
This film provides great insight not only into Florida’s past, but into the
mind of one of her favorite writers the filmmaker’s father.
Feature – 60 minutes.
EARTHRISE | SCREEN 4
Director: Glenn Payne
Mississippi- Winner – 2015
The mental state of our three main characters is vital to the story of
Earthrise. Marshall in particular has a great deal at stake in the film.
Give it a watch to learn more! Feature – 90 minutes
FR IDAY, A P R IL 1 5
THE GAME: PART I | SCREEN 3 | R
Director: James Puckett
Tupelo, MS
Gabriel Sims, an Ex-Marine, signs up for a dangerous game in order to
find his missing wife, Nora. Along the way, Gabriel will cross multiple
challenges that he will have to use all his past skills to pass.
16 minutes 42 seconds
THE RIGHT REGRETS | SCREEN 3
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writers: Marlyn Mason
Oregon – Winner 2014
The Right Regrets depicts a bittersweet and poignant long distance
romance between twice-divorced American woman, Lily McHenry and
charismatic and never-before-married Englishman, Charles Wickham.
Short – 36 minute
SPACE AVAILABLE | SCREE 3
Director: Kat Phillips
Georgia- Winner – 2004
In the near future, the right to live will exist only when there’s Space
Available.
Therefore, only a death can make room for a new life.
Short – 15 minutes
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ANGELA’S DECISION | SCREEN 3
Director: Gena Ellis
662-401-0377
Missouri – Winner – 2007
Living in the middle of Australia’s desolate landscape, Angela has been
waiting all her life. Waiting for her boyfriend to return from the army
and marry her, waiting for her mother to sober up, waiting for her life to
begin. Short – 50 minutes
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FRI DAY, APR IL 1 5
A SISTER’S CALL | SCREEN 3
Directors: Kyle Tekiela, Rebecca Schaper
Georgia -Winner – 2013
Call and Rebecca Richmond were born into Atlanta’s high society. To
their neighbors they we’re the perfect family. Nothing was further from
the truth. Mary, their paranoid schizophrenic .
Documentary – 60 Minutes
PINKY SWEAR | SCREEN 4
Director: Chuck Jett
Clinton, Mississippi
Following his wife’s death it seems that Biologist Dr. Phillip Harris has
the strength to put his life together, but it is torn apart by this violation
which rips his soul to shreds. Documentary – 60 Minutes
Tupelo, Mississippi
CHASING THE WHITE DRAGON | SCREEN 4
Director: Kathilynn Phillips
Atlanta, Georgia
Six small-town residents are trapped within their crstal meth addictions
and they have to choose to escape from their living nightmare before their
worlds end. 95 minutes
OZLAND | SCREEN 4
Director: Michael Williams
Mississippi – Winner – 2015
Alex, a flawed family man, is forced to endure a personal journey of enlightenment under extraordinary circumstances. Feature – 105 minutes
S AT U R DAY, A P R IL 1 6 | S C R E E N 3
DRO N ES F O R F ILMMAK ING & FUN WO R KS HOP | 1 0 : 0 0 A M
Coop Coop er
Clarksdale, MS
Cooper demonstrates small trainers and large camera drones, discusses new governmental regulations
and more.
Don’t miss your chance to learn more about this important filmaking revolution! Smalltowncritic.com.
Resident Clarksdale filmmaker/critic
M S H IG H S C H O O L F IL M CO M P E TIT IO N
T H A NKS O UR JUDG ES
D O N T I N GLE
Workshop Director, Alabama
Filmmakers Co-Op
HUNTSVILLE, AL
PHILIP GENT ILE
Instructor of Film Studies in Mass
Communication/Journalism
University of Southern Mississippi
HATTIESBURG, MS
M A X S HOR E S
Producer/Director, University of Alabama
Center for Public Television & Radio
TUSCALOOSA, AL
“BASI CS OF DO IT YOUR S ELF FILMMA K ING”
Michael Willia ms
Wes t Po int , M S
Michael was the winner of the 2015 Ron Tibbett award winner of Ozland – His workshop will screen at the
festival, and he will offer at the MS High School Film Competition a workshop on “The Basics in Filmmaking – from basics, to cinematography, directing, and distribution” – there’s a lot to talk about and to learn.
Michael will also be screening his film, Ozland, at the festival and sharing his story and journey about his
festival experience and how he got to where he is today!
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M S HI G H SCHOOL FILM COMPETITIO N | 1 0 : 0 0 A M, S AT U R DAY, A P R IL 1 6 | S C R E E N 3
ORIGINS OF NIGHTMARES
– presented by Sierre Anton – Hancock
High School Video Production Club
In a world of dreams and nightmares, it’s
sometimes difficult to tell the difference.
Diamondhead, MS – 2 minutes (Short)
DROUGHT
– presented by Dylan McCalla – Saltillo
High School – One boy is on a hopeless
mission to find water. Guntown, MS – 9
minutes, 16 seconds (Short)
REEL STREET
– presented by Isabella Kinder –
Lionheart Home School Academy
These are two episodes out of a 12 episode
series entitled “Reel Street”. Katrina and
Isabella hit the streets to find out definitions of cinematic terms. – Grenada, MS
– 3 minutes, 7 seconds (Short)
THE BULLIES & THE NERDS/ STOP THE
VIOLENCE/ BULLYING IS NOT RIGHT
– presented by Isabella Kinder – Lionheart Home School Academy – These are
3 films created by the youth of the Grenada
Boys & Girls Club and TheCoolKidsMovement under the guidance of a week long
workshop conducted by the directors of
the Grenada Afterglow Film Festival in
Grenada, Mississippi. 30 youth (ages 8 – 18)
were divided into 3 groups – each group
brainstormed, wrote, storyboarded, shot
and acted in their films. Grenada, MS – 9
minutes, 9 seconds. (Short)
“HEART TO HEART: DR. JAMES HARDY
MAKING MEDICAL HISTORY IN MISSISSIPPI”
– presented by Eimhear Davis – Magnolia
State Home School Academy – “This documentary chronicles the advances in organ
transplantation made by Dr. James Hardy at
the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Dr. Hardy’s story intersects with the civil
rights struggle and and the newly forming field of bioethics in meaningful ways.
– Gulfport, MS – 9 minutes, 53 seconds –
(Documentary)
AWKWARD BROTHERS – WORLD FOOD DAY
– presented by Garrett Stone – Stone
Chicken Farm Academy – In this video the
Awkward Brothers teach you about World
Food Day. They teach on several subjects,
including world hunger, government programs, and planting gardens. – Gulf Port,
MS – 5 minutes. (Commercial)
4-H WORLD FOOD DAY
– presented by Eimhear Davis – Magnolia
State Home School Academy – This video
describes the concept of food insecurity
and how it is combated through the work
of various organizations. It also highlights
how people can make a personal difference
using the 4-H pledge as a guide. – Gulfport,
MS – 4 minutes, 32 seconds (Commercial)
THE AWAKENING
– presented by Caleb Haynes
Poplarville Christian Academy – A young
man stumbles upon a stranger who has
no recollection of who he is or where he is
from. The two begin a trek which uncovers
the questions they have. Poplarville, MS – 9
minutes, 38 seconds – (Short)
A LITTLE LOVE GOES A LONG WAY
– presented by Kelly Buckholdt – Ridgeland High School – This video was made
as a school project about stopping social
media bullying. The video uses Claymation to tell the story of a teen who had a
bad experience with cyber bullying and
encourage the viewer to use social media
for love rather than hate. The main character is left nameless and gender-neutral
for two reasons – to make the character
relatable and to use the character as a
symbol of the way cyber bullying can
happen to anyone and isn’t partial to a
certain kind of person.
Ridgeland, MS – 3 minute, 20 seconds
– (Animation)
Tupelo, Mississippi
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SHORT FILM B LOC K
RED SHOES & TATOOS | SCREEN 3
SAY MY NAME | SCREEN 3
Director: Preston Booth;
Producer: Dylan Goerner, Trey Wallace
Starkville, MS
A college student wrestles with a professor who simply refuses to accept
late work. 2 minutes 2 seconds
Directors: Sierre Antone and Hancock Video Production Club
Diamondhead, MS
An outcast boy and an outgoing girl forge a lasting friendship in the
lonely world that is high school. 21 minutes
S p e cia l T ha nks
to all our
Man on A Mission: Marcus Smith | SCREEN 3
Volunteers
Directors: Isabella Kinder, Nanette Kinder & Katrina Kinder
Grenada, MS
A cowboy on a mission to keep Mississippi youth off the streets.
22 minutes
HOW A SCRE ENWR ITER GOT ON CA MER A | 4 :0 0 P M
Gena Ellis
S t . Lou is , M O
Gena will be on hand at the Tupelo Film Festival as a guest speaker, workshop presenter and fest judge.
Gena will be speaking and doing a workshop (lecture) on Saturday about her journey as first a screenwriter
which led to being a producer, and then how she ended up on screen in films such as Transformers: Dark
of Moon and the highest-grossing Bollywood film in North America, Dhoom 3. She’s also been on many
television shows, to include this season’s Nashville, Chicago Fire, Shameless, Boss, Underemployed. And
how all that led to publishing a book about her journey, specifically her film, Angela’s Decision, in 2015. In
addition to the (workshop or lecture) on film adaptation, she’ll be screening her 2007 Ron Tibbett Best of
Show film, Angela’s Decision, and speaking afterwards about the film’s journey from a short story set in
West Virginia, to a screenplay set in Oklahoma, to a film set in and made in Australia
SO N GWR ITING FOR MOV IE S & T V | 6 : 0 0 P M
Thomas K imme l
Tu p elo , M S
Long-time pro songwriter Tom Kimmel will share a bird’s-eye view of the world of songwriting for film
and TV. Using his own songs as references, he’ll speak about how he approaches writing a song to submit
for a film, how a song might be marketed for film, the role film and TV music supervisors play in placing
songs, and how writers are paid for use of their songs. He’ll also share a few humorous stories about how
his songs made it (or didn’t!) into a film or show…. and he’ll make available resources and references for
workshop participants.
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SAT U RDAY, APR IL 1 6
A LIFE UNE DITE D | 1 1 : 0 0
Marlyn Mason
M ed fo rd , O R
Conversations with Elvis’s leading lady, Marlyn Mason.
Come and spend a casual hour with an actress who started in television in 1949 and in her mid 60’s wrote,
produced and starred in 3 short films. Today, at 76, she’s still at it. She is currently in two short films;
one that just premiered last week at the Ashland Int’l Film Festival and another premiering at the Rhode
Island Int’l Film Festival in August; also a feature length horror film, BESETMENT, that will premiere
late October. She is the “horror” and had great fun playing a truly evil woman. In June she will be acting
in another short film in Pierson, Florida. Bring your questions. Ask anything about film making you’ve
always wanted to know!
Marlyn is aware that she is in the vanishing line; so many of her fellow actors have died, just recently Patty
Duke. Her goal in life is to be the sole surviving leading lady of Elvis Presley which means she has to live to
be 109! A noble goal, for sure!
Come and enjoy a terrific chat with Marlyn Mason
SHORT FILM B LOC K
ABSOLUTE | SCREEN 4
Director: Ryan Perich
SAD FACE | SCREEN 4
Austin and Alex have their last fight. 10 minutes, 44 seconds
Saltillo, MS
SAM | SCREEN 4
Director: Jessy Hughes
Shannon, MS
Lennox the clown suffers from severe depression, but due to the nature
of his job, is forced to hide it under a silly jokes and a smile. 8 minutes
THE SHELTER | SCREEN 4
Hattiesburg, MS
While preparing a secluded cabin for her friends’ arrival, a young woman
must contend with a familiar monster. 9 minutes 45 seconds
Tupelo, Mississippi
Director: Maggie Bushway
Director: Glenn Payne
Tupelo, MS
A young woman faces her darkest fears as people around her begin to
disappear.14 minutes 43 seconds
S AT U R DAY, A P R IL 1 6
P RO D U CI N G PITFALLS FOR INDIE FILMMA K ER S | 2 : 3 0 P M
Kat Phillip s
Atla nta , GA
Kathilynn Phillips, born in Mississippi and now residing in Atlanta, Georgia, is a filmmaker whose awardwinning works, including her feature film, Chasing the White Dragon, have screened to thousands in the
U.S., Europe and Asian Pacific. A former President and Board member of “Women in Film and Television”
Atlanta, Kat is also Entertainment Industry Group Leader for the Ritz Group/Capital Community located
in Atlanta. Interested in the growth of our young filmmakers, in 2014 at the Tupelo Film Festival, Kat and
her husband Eric, made a generous donation of camera equipment to the Itawamba Community College’s
Film Club in Fulton, MS which led to the development of film courses. Kat is truly a leader and mentor in
the film industry.
S HORT FILM B LOC K
WRITER’S BLOCK | SCREEN 4
FORGOTTEN | SCREEN 4
Director: E.J. Carter
Ridgeland, MS
Producers: Tammy Devin, Barbara Ann Synowiez, E. J. Carter
A struggling writer finds inspiration in the coffee shop distractions.
4 minutes
THE PERFECT TENSE | SCREEN 4
Director: Sean Riley
Director: James Puckett
Tupelo, MS
Mark Miller takes some time to visit his sister, Anna Miller, in the
hospital. As time passes, he discovers that every minute counts.
4 minutes 52 seconds
KARMA’S SHADOW | SCREEN 3 - R
Ocean Springs, MS
When a disgraced teacher reveals a long-held secret to her husband,
she unleashes the darkest secret yet.
Director: Rob Underhill,
Raleigh, North Carolina
Titanic forces clash in an epic Take-all battle for control of illicit trade
in New York City. 24:55 minutes
SUPER DOG | SCREEN 4
Director: Lawayne Bontrager
Atlanta, GA
A sweet movie about a young boy with post traumatic stress disorder
who struggles to let his imaginary dog go. 15 minutes
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A 15-acre park where you can enjoy the history of THE BOY, ELVIS.
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