California Independent Film Festival 2014

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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT
FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 11TH
MORAGA
ORINDA
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14TH
2014
SAN FRANCISCO
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
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CAIFF Board of Directors
Derek Zemrak
President & Founder
Leonard Pirkle
Executive Director
Joanne Foy
Vice President
Welcome to the 17th Annual California Independent
Film Festival. This program can be used to explore the wide
variety of films selected for this year’s festival, and also serve
as a guide to the events you wish to attend. There is such a
diversity of film, we hope you will attend a style of film that
you might not otherwise see.
This year’s opening night is set to be the most
spectacular opening night in festival history. The opening
night film is titled “An Evergreen Christmas”, a family film
directed by Jeremy Culver. We are excited to announce that
we have more expected cast members from this film than any
other film in festival history. Where else will you have the
opportunity to meet Oscar Nominee Robert Loggia (Jagged
Edge, Scarface, Big, An Officer and a Gentleman), Charleene
Closshey (A Thousand Cuts; Musician and Composer);
Booboo Stewart (Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn Part 1 & 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Jake
Sandvig (Easy A, Sky High, Weeds), and Greer Grammer
(Awkward, Life Partners). Also in attendance will be Director
Jeremy Culver; Producer, Kim Waltrip; and Director of
Photography, Jeffrey Osborne.
As you are perusing the program, keep in mind all the
sponsors who have generously donated to the festival.
Without sponsors, we would not be able to put on the film
festival.
Steve Hitchcock
Treasurer
Robert Hill
Secretary
We truly hope you enjoy the weekend and that you are
proud to have the California Independent Film Festival in
your backyard.
We would like to dedicate this year's
festival to our longtime friend and
supporter, Ken Parks, who has passed away.
Ken was involved with the festival for over
10 years and dedicated much of his time to
the industry. He will be greatly missed.
Ken Parks
A L I F O R N I A I N D E P E N D E N T F I L M F E S T I VA L
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Festival Coordinator’s Welcome:
Welcome to the 17th annual California Independent Film Festival! The Board
of Directors and I are honored that you have chosen to be part of this year’s program.
I am excited not only because I believe the selections make up one of the best
lineups in CAIFF history, but also because this is my first year as the Festival
Coordinator. I have been a volunteer since 2002.
This year’s festival is expanding to San Francisco with screenings at the Castro
Theater. Anyone who has not had a chance to see a movie in this beautiful venue
should attend one of the events. The Castro is definitely worth visiting!
This year, the CAIFF Board of Directors, Committee Chairs and I hope that
you will take the opportunity to meet the filmmakers who will be in attendance, as
well as the other festival attendees. There is a wide range and variety of films, so
everyone should be able to find what they like.
I want to thank all the filmmakers who have films screening, because without
your passion, there would be no festival. I also want to thank the volunteers who
have dedicated so much time and energy to make this event great, not only for this
weekend, but also for the entire year leading up to this festival.
Thank you for participating with us in this great event!
Best,
Lindsay Pirkle
Festival Coordinator
CAIFF Committee Chairs
Tanya Bordelon, Director of Guest Hospitality
Chad Caines, Technical Director
Marti Connell, Filmmaker Liaison Chair
Justin Choy, Special Events Director
Ron Lai & Rick Sergent - SF VIP Reception Chairs
Ben Patterson, Assistant Festival Coordinator
Lindsay Pirkle, Festival Coordinator and Membership Director
Adam Reeves, Iron Filmmaker Chair
Edy Schwartz, Director of Community Marketing
Sherry Shahrooz, Sponsorship Director
Reed Summers, Projectionist Director
Lemuel Valbuena, Director of Marketing/Social Media
Caroline Wood, Assistant to the President
Katrina Zemrak, Iron Composer Contest Chair
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Contents
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CAIFF Board of Directors ...................................................................................................3
Festival Coordinator’s Welcome.......................................................................................7
Your Key to a Successful FEST ........................................................................................10
Welcome from Mayor of Moraga ..................................................................................12
Welcome from Mayor of Orinda....................................................................................13
Special Event Sixteen Candles.........................................................................................15
Special Event To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar ......................16
Special Event Kramer vs. Kramer ...................................................................................17
Tickets.....................................................................................................................................19
Opening Night.....................................................................................................................20
Closing Night .......................................................................................................................23
Judges.....................................................................................................................................25
Iron Filmmaker Contest....................................................................................................27
Festival Schedule ................................................................................................................28
Slate Award Nominees .....................................................................................................32
Feature Films ........................................................................................................................36
Documentary Feature Films ...........................................................................................42
Documentary Short Program A.....................................................................................49
Documentary Short Program B .....................................................................................51
Shorts Program A................................................................................................................52
Shorts Program B................................................................................................................54
Shorts Program C................................................................................................................56
Shorts Program D ...............................................................................................................58
Shorts Program E: Bay Area Showcase........................................................................60
Sapporo Shorts Showcase...............................................................................................62
Movie Index ..........................................................................................................................63
California Independent Film Festival Association Members...............................64
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Your Key to a Successful FEST
Buy Tickets in Advance to Avoid Sell-Outs
Tickets are available anytime at www.caiff.org or the Rheem/Orinda Theatre Box Offices.
When a film screening is deemed "Rush Only," it means that the allotment of advance
tickets has been reached. Seats that are set aside for pass holders are released for sale 10
minutes prior to a screening.
The released seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis in a "Rush Line" that forms
one hour prior to a screening. Cash only. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
Plan to Arrive Early
Shows begin ON TIME and are not preceded by film trailers. Lines form outside the theater
one half-hour prior to show time; badge holders will form a separate line. No one, not even
badge holders, will be guaranteed a seat after a screening begins.
Respect Your Fellow Patrons
Seats cannot be held; many screenings sell out and every seat counts. Be sure to silence all cell
phones and avoid casual chatter and loud candy wrappers—Film is a community experience!
Stay Updated
Sign up for the newsletter at www.caiff.org to receive constant updates on sell-outs, scheduling
changes, guest and event information, and more!
Give us a Piece of Your Mind
Fill out the Audience Info Sheet every time you leave a screening to let us know what you
thought about the film. Thank the volunteers and the Lamorinda Theatres’ staff: we couldn’t
do this without them!
Relax...and Enjoy!
If there is a long line to get into your film, don’t push—if you have a ticket you will get in.
Relax, this is a film festival!
There are over 50 films in this year’s Festival —take a chance and see something unexpected.
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Greetings and Welcome to the Town of
Moraga
I am pleased to welcome the California Independent Film
Festival back to the beautiful Town of Moraga at the New
Rheem Theater. CAIFF in Moraga has become an annual
tradition for Moragans and all Festival patrons since 2010.
The Town is especially proud of this annual festivity.
Ken Chew
On behalf of all Moraga residents, I thank you for your
support and enjoy the good time at CAIFF 2014!
Ken Chew
Mayor, Town of Moraga
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CAIFF WELCOME 2014
Orinda enthusiastically welcomes the California Independent
Film Festival to the uniquely wonderful Orinda Theatre. Our
community, the 2nd Friendliest City in America, embraces the
arts in all forms from the visual arts to performing arts. Local
love of the arts is very evident around town including the
marvelous outdoor sculptures, inspiring Library Art Gallery fine
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art showcase, renowned California Shakespeare Festival, lively
Orinda Jazz Festival and preserved historic buildings such as the Orinda Theatre. We
also invite you to appreciate the abundant natural beauty and many excellent
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Enjoy the show(s) and come back to visit again soon,
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Special Event
Sixteen Candles
Friday September 12th at 6:15PM
at Castro Theater $12
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To benefit
Sponsored by:
Special Event
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Jay Anderson
To Wong Foo Thanks
For Everything, Julie Newmar
Friday September 12th at 9:00 PM $20
At The
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
See you at the Parties!
VIP Reception
with Julie
Newmar 7PM
$75 includes
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cocktail
reception, gift
bag & movie
ticket.
Theatre
Synopsis: After tying for the win in New York's "Drag Queen of the Year" contest, Noxeema
Jackson (Wesley Snipes) and Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) win a trip to Hollywood to take part
in the even bigger, "Miss Drag Queen of America Pageant." Before they depart, Vida persuades
Noxeema to take along the inexperienced "drag princess" Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo)
as their protégé (the duo initially refer to Chi-Chi simply as a "boy in a dress" rather than as a
fully-fledged drag queen). To do this, they trade in their airplane tickets
for cash and buy a stylish but old Cadillac convertible with money
given to them by John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (Robin Williams).
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The three of them set off for Los Angeles by car, carrying with them an
iconic photo of Julie Newmar (signed, "To Wong Foo, thanks for
everything! Julie Newmar") that Vida purloined from a restaurant wall.
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Awards Ceremony
prior to film: hosted by
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Special Event
Kramer vs. Kramer
Saturday September 13th at
7:00PM at Orinda Theatre $12
Sponsored by:
pecial Guest
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Synopsis: A just-divorced
man must learn to care for
his son on his own, and
then must fight in court to
keep custody of him.
Starring Dustin Hoffman
and Meryl Streep
Oscar-Nominee
Justin Henry will
be in attendance
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Special Event
Keep the party rolling
Friday and Saturday beginning at 11PM
at the Official After Party Venue
“Lookout” located in the Castro District
(3600 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94114)
Mingle with celebrities, filmmakers, and other festival
attendees from around the world.
The Lookout is the place to be seen at CAIFF!
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Ticket Prices
General admission ...................................................................................................$12.00
Opening Night Reception & Movie ..................................................................$60.00
Opening Night Movie Only ..................................................................................$20.00
Closing Night Film and Cocktail Hour .............................................................$15.00
All CAIFF Events and Movies are FREE for CAIFF Leading Role Members
There are Two Ways to Purchase Tickets:
Now on sale at Rheem or Orinda Theatre Box Offices or online at www.caiff.org.
Online
In person
Tickets are available 24/7 at
www.CAIFF.org. Print-at-home anytime!
Lamorinda Theatre Box Offices
350 Park Street, Moraga
4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda
Tickets may be purchased in advance of screenings. A limited number of rush tickets will be
sold on a first-come, first served basis. The rush line forms outside the theatres beginning
one hour before showtime. Rush tickets will be offered approximately 10 minutes before
showtime. Cash only. No discounts.
In person purchases are recommended for multi ticket purchase. Let the friendly
Lamorinda Theatre staff assist you in your CAIFF experience.
Movie Ratings
All films shown are unrated by the MPAA. Some films may contain graphic language,
nudity and adult situations of a sexual nature. Some films may contain violence and
scenes inappropriate for children. Please use your discretion when selecting films for
children to view. The festival organizers and theatre operators assume no liability for the
impact of any particular screening.
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Opening Night
Date: THURSDAY/SEPTEMBER 11TH | Time: 5:30 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Opening Night Reception: 5:30PM
Opening Night Short: 7:00PM
Jerome’s Bouquet
Drama/Crime | 16 Minutes | USA
Directors: Chris Calkins/ Bebe Neuwirth
Screenwriters: Chris Calkins
Elena Klein, an 82 year-old retired New York florist, can't stop arranging...only now it's
not flowers she's arranging, but people's lives. Past Screening Palm Springs Short Fest
Opening Night Film: 7:15PM An Evergreen Christmas
3 Slate Award Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress
Best Director
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Aspiring musician Evergreen Lee
thought it would be a quick trip home: a
funeral, a few well wishers, hang around
for a couple days to help her grandfather
and younger brother, then head back to
Los Angeles. What she didn't expect to
find in tiny Balsam Falls, Tennessee was
an impending estate tax jeopardizing
her family's home and a large Christmas
tree conglomerate with their sights on
the family farm. Now, Evergreen must
choose between two very different
paths - go back to her "Hollywood" life
and once again leave those who truly
care about her or stay in Tennessee, face
her fears, and rediscover her musical
roots. With a hilarious cast of characters
in tow, each day brings new adventures
as she reconnects to country life and
tries to make sense of a world that has
been turned upside down.
Director: Jeremy Culver
Screenwriter: Jeremy Culver, Morgen Culver
Festival World Premiere
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Opening Night Schedule:
Date: THURSDAY/SEPTEMBER 11TH | Time: 5:30 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Reception: 5:30PM with catering provided by Shelby’s of Orinda
Wine: Kendall Jackson (Official Wine Sponsor); Vodka: Tito Handmade Vodka (Official Vodka
Sponsor); Beer: Ale Industries (Official Beer Sponsor); Rum: Papa's Pilar Rum (Official Rum Sponsor)
Opening Night Short: 7:00PM, Opening Night Film: 7:15PM
Meet the cast of
An Evergreen Christmas
on Opening Night
Robert Loggia,
Oscar Nominee Jagged Edge, Scarface,
Big An Officer and a Gentleman
Charleene Closshey,
A Thousand Cuts, Musician,
Composer
Jake Sandvig,
Easy A, Sky High, Weeds
Booboo Stewart, Twilight Saga:
Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
Part 1 & 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Greer Grammer,
Awkward, Life Partners
Also attending will be Director, Jeremy Culver, Producer,
Kim Waltrip and Director of Photography, Jeffrey Osborne
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Closing Night
Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Closing Night Reception: 6:00PM
Closing Night Film: 7:00PM
Putzel
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Romantic/ Dramedy
88 Minutes
USA
Director: Jason Chaet
Screenwriter: Rick Moore
PUTZEL is the heartwarming and hilarious tale of a man who realizes that
sometimes you have to leave home to find yourself and to find true love.
Walter Himmelstein is heir to a famous, Manhattan, smoked fish emporium. He
grew up in the family store and is content to live the rest of his life without ever
leaving his Upper West Side neighborhood. Until he meets Sally--a girl from out of
town...
Past Screenings and Awards:
2013: Seattle International Film Festival; Florida Film Festival, Orlando;
Cleveland International Film Festival, Nominated: Best American Independent Film;
Phoenix Film Festival, Best Picture: Palm Springs International Film Festival
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Judges
Mary Lou Belli, an Emmy award- winner has been directing television for over 20
years including Wizards of Waverly Place, Sister, Sister, Charles in Charge, Girlfriends,
and The Game as well as Monk and Hart of Dixie. She has done groundbreaking
work in the field of web series, her first two - both award winners. She has judged
film fests both in the US and internationally including the Sapporo Short Film
Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival and been a lecturer at the Chautauqua
Institute, and a panelist for Women In Film, the DGA, SAG, and AFTRA and the L.A.
Times Festival of Books. She just returned from the Cannes Film Fest where she was
a mentor for interns at the American Pavilion.
She is the co-author of three books: The NEW Sitcom Career Book, Acting for Young
Actors, and Directors Tell the Story which she co-wrote with fellow DGA member
Bethany Rooney. Mary Lou teaches part time at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Ann Montgomery worked as an actress in New York City for ten years prior to her
move to the Bay Area. Between 1993 and 2001 she owned Montgomery Talent &
Literary a San Francisco SAG/AFTRA talent agency successfully representing actors
and literary professionals in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 2001 she evolved
as a Casting Director CSA and is known for her union and non union casting for
film, TV, video and print. She has cast celebrities as well as new emerging talent in
SF and LA markets. Ann is proud to have been involved with CAIFF from the first
year to the present 17th year. She spent many years on the CAIFF board and has
been a previous judge. She presently owns Montgomery Talent Casting and offers
auditioning workshops for TV and film. She produces fun motivational casting
parties for youths, adults and corporate team confidence building.
Harry Manfredini, has scored over one hundred films. His major feature credits
include the highly successful FRIDAY THE 13TH series for Paramount Pictures, and
now New Line Cinema. Swamp Thing for UA/Embassy, House, a breakaway hit for
New World Pictures, and Deep Star Six and Aces-Iron Eagle III for Carolco Pictures.
These films characterize his style as an action, suspense, and thriller composer but
Harry's credits also include Spring Break, a good-time rock and roll summertime
success for Columbia Pictures and My Boyfriend’s Back, a teen comedy for
Touchstone Pictures. Harry's dark, jazzy, dramatic scores have been heard in A Gun,
A Car, A Blond, and Hidden Agenda.
Victor Miller, best known for his original screenplay for the very first Friday The
13th, Miller penned the screenplays for A Stranger Is Watching, Manny’s Orphans
and Here Come The Tigers for Sean Cunningham. He spent the next 25 years as an
associate Headwriter or Associate Head Writer for All My Children, General Hospital,
The Guiding Light, One Life To Live and Another World, collecting three Emmys along
the way. Most recently Miller has worked in tandem with fellow writers creating
three scary screenplays looking for homes: Eden Falls, Rock-Paper-Dead and
Outerbridge. Of himself, Victor Miller says, “Turning out five hours of drama a week
for 25 years has taught me craft, craft and more craft. It also taught me how to
share the process.”
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Judges
SONDRA CURRIE. She's consistently worked for about a zillion years in film... most
recently, in the blockbuster Trilogy The Hangover, Hangover 2 & Hangover, the END,
the highest grossing comedy of all time and television: guest-starring in over 100
TV shows (recurring on Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor as Miss Vivian + NCIS, ER,
JAG & more. And several Movies of the Week (inc. starring roles in Kid Cop, The
Secretary, The Perfect Wife, Hallmark’s Thicker Than Water), two Columbo movies:
Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star & Murder in Malibu. She just finished the
Sci_fi pilot "Ganymede Pan", which her husband Alan J. Levi directed.
She and her husband, director Alan J. Levi, are proud to be on Board of the California
Independent Film Festival and have been Jury members for nine years. They were
honored to be invited to be Jurors of the First International Indie Film Festival in
Sapporo, Japan where Sondra was the only woman on the panel! She is a Lifetime
Member of the Actors Studio. Plus, she's an avid photographer and is a long time
member of SHARE, where over 50M has been raised for developmentally disabled
and abused children. She and Alan just celebrated their 25th Anniversary!
Margaret Ross, was employed with Universal Studios for over 25 years in the
production research department were she provided research for such
Blockbuster Films as, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Men In Black, Erin
Brockovich, Appolo 13, Born on the 4th of July, just to name a few. She is the
former Vice President of the Premiere Patrons of the American Cinematheque.
Ms. Ross is co-owner of The Research Department, a freelance business
providing production research for story departments, production designers
and commercials. Ms. Ross is a member of the Legiornate Del Cinema Muto
(Silent Film Cinema), a past volunteer for the Cannes Film Festival and serves
on the California Independent Film Festival advisory board.
Mark Watters is a six-time Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor whose
diverse career spans 400 television episodes, feature films, DVDs and video games.
Mark holds the distinction of serving as music director for two Olympics: the 1996
Centennial Games in Atlanta, and the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. His
numerous appearances as guest conductor have included those with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the London
Symphony, the Detroit Symphony and numerous others. In 2002, Mark was asked
by John Williams to co-conduct the Academy Awards. Last year marked his third
tour conducting Star Wars In Concert, this time in Japan with the Tokyo
Philharmonic.
Mr. Watters and the Walt Disney Company have a long history of collaboration.
Recent projects include serving as music director for the highly acclaimed animated
series, Have A Laugh, a three-year project to restore and re-record 60 classic Disney
shorts from the ‘30s and ‘40s. He debuted with Pixar Animation Studios in 2014
with his original score for Time Travel Mater and serving as principle arranger for
Pixar In Concert. Most recently, he scored the 2013 Oscar-nominated short, "Get A
Horse," which appeared in theaters with the blockbuster, Frozen.
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Judges
Alan J. Levi, Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, a Northwestern University
graduate with a degree in Radio, TV and Film with minors in Psychology and
Electrical Engineering, Alan has directed over 350 hours of network television over
the past nearly 40 years which include multiple episodes of NCIS, NCIS-LA, ER, JAG,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Fugitive, Magnum, P.I., Miami Vice, Dr. Quinn, Medicine
Woman, Hercules, Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman, The Cosby Mysteries,
Simon & Simon, Airwolf, Bionic Woman, Fame, Six Million Dollar Man and a bunch of
unmentionable others! His TV movies and miniseries include such titles as
Battlestar Galactica, The Incredible Hulk, Columbo, The Return of Sam McCloud, Legend
of the Golden Gun, The New Invisible Man and The Stepford Children. He's also
directed over 2,000 of hours of live television around the world, and functioned as
Director of Photography/Director on over 450 primetime network commercials.
He and his wife, actress Sondra Currie have been married for 25 years, and Alan's
so very proud of the fact that he's directed Sondra in 15 films, and they're still more
than happily married!
His directing credits have earned him a Cannes Film Festival Gold Lion, a Western
Heritage Award, two New York International TV and Film Festival Grand Awards,
two Clio Awards and several Silver Spikes. Alan has guest lectured on film-making
technique at AFI, USC, UCLA and Brooks Institute of Photography as well as
numerous acting and film-making study groups.
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Thursday September 11th
5:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:15 PM
Rheem Theatre
Opening Night Reception
Jerome's Bouquet
Friday September 12th
1:00 PM
4:00 PM
7:00 PM
Rheem Theatre
Mobilize
Liv and Ingmar
Shorts Program E
Orinda Theatre
1:00 PM Shorts Program D
4:00 PM Shorts Program B
7:00 PM Citizen Hearst
Saturday September 13th Rheem Theatre
Orinda Theatre
10:00 AM Iron Filmmaker Contest
1:00 PM Starring Adam West
1:00 PM Sapporo Shorts Showcase 4:00 PM Shorts Program C
Make Them Laugh
7:00 PM Kramer vs. Kramer
3:00 PM Independent SciFi TV Pilot
with Justin Henry
Surprise Screening,
Evaluation & Discussion
4:00 PM Documentary Program B
7:00 PM Cas & Dylan
Sunday September 14th
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
4:00 PM
Shorts Program A:
Relationships
Practice Makes Perfect- 3m
The Last Gentleman-7m
Held Up- 9m
All of Me- 8m
The Council- 17m
The Best Man- 14m
Out- 12m
One Minute Time Machine- 6m
Rheem Theatre
Iron Composer Contest
Shorts Program A
True Son
Shorts Program B:
Drama Shorts
Inmentis-13m
To Be Delivered- 17m
Obituaries- 13m
Whisker- 11m
The Wright Murders- 19m
Tobacco Burn- 18m
Orinda Theatre
1:00 PM Documentary Program A
4:00 PM Mom, Murder & Me
6:00 PM Closing Night
Reception Begins
7:00 PM Closing Night Film: Putzel
Shorts Program C:
Celebrity Shorts
Waking Marshall Walker- 15m
Smokin'- 10m
Somebody's Mother- 13m
I, Helios-16m
Pieces- 33m
TRT - 87
TRT- 91m
TRT - 76m
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Fri. Sept. 12th Castro Theatre
1:00 PM Shorts Program A
3:30 PM Starring Adam West
6:15 PM Sixteen Candles
7:00 PM VIP with Julie Newmar
8:30 PM Awards hosted by Jan Wahl
9:00 PM To Wong Foo Thanks For
Everything, Julie Newmar
Presented by
Sat. Sept. 13th Castro Theatre
11:00 AM Shorts Program C
1:00 PM Mobilize
3:00 PM Waiting In The Wings: The Musical
5:00 PM 10 Year Plan VIP reception
6:00 PM 10 Year Plan
8:00 PM John Apple Jack VIP reception
9:00 PM John Apple Jack
Purchase your tickets today
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Theatre’s Box Offices
Shorts Program D:
Comedy
Vingers- 10m
Voluntario (Volunteer)- 4m
Red Dot- 10m
Future Self- 17m
The Greggs- 20m
Failure Groupies- 13m
Shorts Program E:
Bay Area Showcase
We are the Land- 14m
Columbus Day- 9m
G.P.S.- 18m
The Last of Us: Trust- 14m
Chainwheel-14m
TRT- 69M
TRT - 74m
Documentary
Shorts Program A:
A Song for Naija-29m
Thrown For A Loss- 50m
Sapporo Shorts
Showcase
GREAT ROMANCE- 7m
MeTube: August sings
Carmen 'Habanera'- 4m
TRT- 79m
Penny Dreadful- 17m
Documentary
Little Kyota Neon
Shorts Program B: Hood- 20m
Breathe in Life-20m
Dickslap- 25m
Project Happiness 62m Secret of the Ring- 16
TRT- 82m
TRT- 89m
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17th Annual Slate Award Nominees
Best Picture
Cas & Dylan
Putzel
Best Actor
Putzel
Jack Carpenter – Putzel
Richard Dreyfuss – Cas & Dylan
Kent S. Leung – John Apple Jack
Best Actress
Melanie Lynskey – Putzel
Charleene Closshey – An Evergreen
Christmas
Melanie Lynskey – Putzel
Tatiana Maslany – Cas & Dylan
Best Director
Cas & Dylan Tatiana Maslany & Richard Dreyfuss
Jason Chaet – Putzel
Jeremy Culver – An Evergreen Christmas
Jason Priestley – Cas & Dylan
Best Short
Future Self
Somebody’s Mother
Whisker
Future Self
Winners to be announced Opening Night Sept. 11th.
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17th Annual Slate Award Nominees
Best Student Film
Red Dot
The Council
Tobacco Burn
Mobilize
Best Mini Short
All of Me
Practice Makes Perfect
Vingers
Tobacco Burn
Best Documentary Feature
Citizen Hearst
Mobilize
True Son
Citizen Hearst
Best Documentary Short
A Song for Naija
Breathe in Life
We Are the Land
A Song for Naija
Best Screenplay
Grace - Jeffrey A. Russel and Lynda
Lemberg
Life Support – Noah Edelson
Secret Roses – Elan Carlson
Zoe and the Zebra – Vicki Peterson
We Are the Land
Winners to be announced Opening Night Sept. 11th.
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Feature Films
Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: Castro Theatre
VIP Reception:
Saturday September 13TH 5:00PM | Location: Castro Theatre
10 Year Plan
Sponsored by:
Comedy/Romance | 90 Minutes | USA
Director/Screenwriter: JC Calciano
JC Calciano
Director/
Screenwriter
Matthew
Solari
Producer
Meet the
akers & Cas
m
t
Film
Jack
Turner
"Myles"
Adam
Bucci
"Hunter"
Jon Salabsab
Moronai
Kanekoa
“Richard”
Two best friends, Myles and Brody,
make a pact to be together in 10
years if neither finds love by then.
Now, two months shy of their
deadline, they set off to do
whatever it takes to avoid ending
up as each other’s last resort.
Past screening: 21 Film Festivals
around the world including: Film
Out San Diego, Outfest – Los
Angeles, Rio Festival Gay De
Cinema, Miami LGBT Film Festival,
Boston LGBT Film Festival
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Feature Films
Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 7:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Cas & Dylan
Dramedy | 90 Minutes | Canada
Director: Jason Priestley
Screenwriter: Jessie Gabe
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Sponsored by:
Rheem Valley
Pet Shoppe
Pet Food & Supplies
Cas & Dylan is the feature directorial debut from actor-turned-filmmaker Jason Priestley
(Beverly Hills 90120).
Screen legend Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl, Jaws) stars as Dr. Cas Pepper, a
curmudgeonly surgeon whose only companion in life is his small dog. Faced with some
unexpected news, Cas makes the abrupt decision to leave Winnipeg and drive west to
British Columbia—and to an uncertain future. Before
departing, he meets an aspiring young writer named
Dylan (Tatiana Maslany; Orphan Black, Picture Day)
who possesses a life-altering secret of her own, and
wouldn’t mind coming along for the ride. The two
unlikely companions hit the road, encountering a
series of bizarre twists and turns along their crosscountry journey. And it isn’t long before they realize
that, in searching for an escape route, they may have
found their place in the world.
Beautifully shot against the visually stunning backdrop
of the Canadian Prairies and Rocky Mountains, Cas &
Dylan is a breathtaking voyage of discovery. Priestley’s
wealth of experience as an actor is obvious in the
performances he extracts from his two leads. Boasting
a terrific soundtrack featuring Canadian artists such as
Jenn Grant and Old Man Luedecke, Cas & Dylan will
appeal to audiences young and old.
Past Screenings: Newport Beach Film Festival, Palm
Beach Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival,
Niagara Integrated Film Festival, LA Comedy Fest,
Whistler Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival
Awards:
Winner TIFF Film Circuit People's Choice Award
Best Canadian Film Winner Audience Award - Narrative
Feature - Whistler Film Festival
Winner Phillip Borsos Award - Best Actress, Tatiana
Maslany - Whistler Film Festival
Nominee Best Actress in a Feature Film, Tatiana Maslany Canadian Screen Awards
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Feature Films
Sponsored by:
VIP Reception:
Saturday September 13TH 8:00PM | Location: Castro Theatre
John Apple Jack
Comedy/Romance
89 Minutes | Canada
Director: Monika Mitchell
Screenwriter: Rick Tae
A playboy learns to love, while a
virgin learns to live -- a queer
romantic comedy set inside the
restaurant industry... 'John
Apple Jack' brings East and
West together to create one
sumptuously heart-warming
dish. When John discovers his
sister's fiancé is Jack, his
childhood crush, passions
ignite and his life spirals out of
control... losing his job, his
playboy reputation and his
underwear, all while rushing to
the altar to finally confess his
love!
Past Screenings: Vancouver
Asian Film Festival, Image +
Nation Montreal, Reelout Queer
Film & Video Festival, Kashish
Mumbai International Queer
Film Festival, FilmOut San
Diego, Out Twin Cities Film
Festival, RDC 2014 LGBT Film
Fest, Out Here Now, Beijing
Queer Film Fest
San Francisco Premiere
Slate Award Nomination
Best
Actor
Meet the
akers & Cas
m
t
Film
Alvin Tran
Chris McNally
“Marco Chow”
“John”
Kent S. Leung
“Jack”
Selena
Paskalidis
Producer
Monika
Mitchell
Director
Rick Tae
Producer/Writer
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Feature Films
Sponsored by:
Mom, Murder & Me
Meet the
makers & Cast
Film
Family/Comedy/Mystery
93 Minutes
USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Heather Donnell
What does it take to admit your
overprotective mother is right?
When Annabel's elderly
neighbor passes away, her
mother, Joan, insists it's murder.
Without evidence for the police,
Annabel blunders through a
comical investigation with Joan
as her only ally, and a murderer
who may have caught on to
their amateur sleuthing.
World Premiere
Heather Chris R. Smith:
Donnell:
Producer/
Producer/ Cinematographer
Director
Christopher
Sarah
Smith:
Klaren:
Associate
"Annabel"
Producer
Kathy
Garver:
"Joan"
Olando
Graves II:
"Buck"
Gino Scandur:
"Pete"
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Feature Films
Sponsored by:
Waiting In The Wings: The Musical
Comedy/Musical
107 Minutes
USA
Director: Jenn Page
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Johns
Lemuel Valbuena
Meet the
makers & Cast
m
l
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F
Two entertainers,
destined for the big
time, are mismatched
in a casting office from
two very different online contests. Tony, a
stripper from New York,
is cast in an OffBroadway musical and
Rena Elyse Harrison White
Jeffery A. Johns Blake Peyrot
needs to trade in his
"Lee"
"Kelsey"
Strober
Producer/
tear-away trunks for
"Rita"
Screenwriter
tap shoes and tights.
"Anthony"
Anthony, a naive
musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, needs to decide if he can strip all the way
down just to stay in town. Hilarity ensues as they realize that 'to make it' they're gonna
have to learn some new tricks.
Past Screenings and Awards:
2014: Central Florida Film Festival, Ocoee, USA; Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival
Spirit Of Courage Award, Kansas City; Manhattan Film Festival, Award: Best Musical,
New York City; Q'Fest, Award: Festival Favorite, Baltimore; Miami LGBT Film Festival
Miami; San Diego LGBT Festival
Audience Award: Best First Time Feature, Best Supporting Actor: Blake Peyrot, San
Diego, USA
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Documentary Feature Films
Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
Liv and Ingmar
Sponsored by:
Larry and Pat Swindell
Documentary
89 Minutes
Sweden
Director/ Screenwriter: Dheeraj Akolkar
The 42-year-long relationship between
legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master
filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Past Screenings: Montreal Film Festival,
Norwegian International Film Festival, New
York Film Festival
Sponsored by:
Mobilize
David Wang
Documentary/Environmental/
Social Issue | 84 Minutes | USA
t the Filmmakers
Mee
Director/ Screenwriter: Kevin Kunze
Best
There are six billion cell phones
Documentary
worldwide, but what do we really
Feature
know about the long-term health
effects from this technology? Mobilize
is an investigative documentary that
looks at the potential risks of cell
phone radiation including cancer
and infertility. This thoughtprovoking film examines the most
recent scientific research, the
Kevin Kunze
challenges politicians face trying to
Ellie Marks
Director
Joel Moskowitz
pass precautionary legislation, and the
Producer
Producer
pervasive influence cell phone companies
have in our society.
Filmed over three years, Mobilize features interviews with experts from the following
organizations and universities: Apple Inc., the World Health Organization, the
International Agency for Research on Cancer, the National Cancer Institute, the Cellular
Telecommunications Internet Association, Yale University, Harvard University, USC,
UCSF, UC Berkeley, and Virgin Mobile.
World Premiere
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Documentary Feature Films
Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 7:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Citizen Hearst
Sponsored by:
Docu-Drama/History | 84 Minutes | USA Lamorinda Film
Director: Leslie Iwerks
& Entertainment
Screenwriter: Leslie Iwerks, Mark Johnson Foundation
Citizen Hearst, directed by
Academy Award nominee
Leslie Iwerks and narrated by
Best
Academy Award winner
Documentary
Feature
William H. Macy, traces the
125-year history of the Hearst
media empire, from William Randolph Hearst's pioneering
and controversial days of headline-grabbing newspapers
and yellow journalism, to today's successful and cultureshaping news, magazines, television and digital brands.
World Premiere
Date: FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 12TH | Time: 3:30 PM | Location: Castro Theatre
Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Orinda Theatre
Starring Adam West
Sponsored by:
Van Han Luong
Documentary/Biography | 98 Minutes | USA
and Brian Nixon
Director: James Tooley
Whether you know him from his iconic role as Batman in the 1966 television series or
from his bizarre portrayal of the Mayor on Fox's Family Guy, Adam West is sure to have
made an impression. But few people know the man behind the mask. Documentary
filmmaker James Tooley spent three years following the legendary actor, meeting his
legions of fans, and trying to understand what keeps the 85 -year -old actor as
passionate as ever. Starring Adam West is a fan- funded documentary about the
creative and turbulent life of Adam West and the fan supported quest to recognize the
beloved actor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. World Premiere
Date: SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 14TH | Time: 4:00 PM | Location: Rheem Theatre
True Son
Sponsored by:
Documentary | 105 Minutes | USA
Screenwriter: Jhanvi Shriram
True Son is a feature documentary that follows 21-year
old Michael Tubbs as he runs a youth-driven campaign
for city council in Stockton, CA in a year when the city
was the largest to go bankrupt and had one of the
highest homicide rates in the country.
World Premiere
Best
Documentary
Feature
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Documentary Shorts Program A
A Song for Naija
Documentary/ Social Issue | 29 Minutes | USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Ray McNally
Best
Documentary
Short
t the Filmmakers
Mee
Ray McNally , Jason Broussard,
Director,
Writer Cinematographer/DP,
The film highlights the work young activists and
Editor, Sound Editor
entertainers are doing to encourage youth participation
in Nigeria's political process through the Dream 4 Naija campaign.
The documentary features some of Nigeria's biggest hip-hop artists, including Banky W, Wizkid,
Niyola, Skales, Shaydee, Suka, eLDee, 2Face and Cobhams Asuquo, who have recorded the
Dream 4 Naija anthem “Change”“(featured on the album Empire Mates State of Mind by the Eme
All Stars and available on iTunes and Spotify) and are a leading part of the effort to get young
Nigerians involved in the country's political and civic process. World Premiere
Thrown For A Loss
Documentary/Sport | 50 Minutes |
USA
t the Filmmaker
Mee
Screenwriter: John Chavez
Based on a true story.
It's November 1963 and an
undefeated youth football team
from Northern California, the
Pittsburgh Mallards, received a
once-in-a-lifetime invitation to meet
the President of the United States at
the White House, but because of
President Kennedy's assassination on
Official Program from
November 22nd, 1963, the entire team
1963 Pittsburg Mallards
John Chavez
attended his funeral in Washington, DC
instead and witnessed history. Four days
later, the Mallards won the Pop Warner National Championship Game. ”Thrown For A Loss” is
the story of the these young men, and their tough, but beloved, coach; and how a national
tragedy changed their lives forever.
Past Screening: Oakland International Film Festival
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Meet. Greet. Laugh.
With two-time Emmy Award
Winning Film Critic Jan Wahl
Join film historian and movie
reviewer Jan Wahl to celebrate
the big screen. Chuckle at barely
repeatable behind-the-scenes
scoops on Hollywood’s classic
stars like Gregory Peck, Ben
Affleck, Meryl Streep and more!
Thursday, September 11th
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Documentary Shorts Program B
Project Happiness
Documentary/ Social Issue
62 Minutes
USA
Director: John Sorensen
Screenwriter: Randy Taran
Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of
Nigeria and the beaches of California to the
mountains of India, ordinary young people lead
us on an extraordinary journey to explore the
nature of lasting happiness and end up starting a movement.
Past Screenings: Miami, Florida; INATS Film Festival in Denver, Colorado; San Rafael,
CA; Los Angeles, CA
Breathe in Life
Best
Documentary
Short
Documentary/Health
20 Minutes
USA
Director/Screenwriter: Laura Zellmer
Life happens one breath at a time, one
day at a time. No one knows this better
than a mother with a terminal,
degenerative disease, who invites us to
join her on a journey, of discovering the
beauty of each moment, in a personal
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World Premiere
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Shorts Program A: Relationships
Rheem Valley Cleaners
Practice Makes Perfect
Best
Mini Short
Romance/Silent Film | 3 Minutes | United Kingdom, USA
Director: Devon Avery; Screenwriter: Mark Pallis
When is a kiss more than a kiss? ... When it's your first kiss.
Past Screenings: DC Shorts, Washington DC, Outstanding First-Time Director winner;
International Film Awards Berlin, Best Ultra Short Narrative Five nominee
The Last Gentleman
Romantic Comedy | 7 Minutes | Canada, USA
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Director/Screenwriter: Erik Long, IV
A slovenly college student who, with the guidance of
his elderly neighbor, finds the courage to ask out his
high school crush while learning the valor in being a gentleman.
Erik Long IV
Retired Air Force World War II gunner Alan 'Ace' Grant, served as the
Producer/Screenwriter
inspiration for my short film. Growing up, I eagerly looked for
opportunities to shovel Ace's driveway, pull his weeds or take out his trash just so I could
spend time listening to his life's stories. Additionally (and arguably most importantly), he
taught me how to behave like a true gentleman. Mr. Grant passed away last year, and this
film was my catharsis and personal way to honor the life of a great man. World Premiere
Held Up
Urban Dramedy | 9 Minutes | USA
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Director: Jeffrey Hutchinson
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Julie is working in a humdrum job she hates
with nothing interesting for her on the
horizon. The gorgeous skyline of downtown Los Angeles has
become a rat race to her. When she is heading to meet someone
she met on an on-line dating site, she runs into Steven, a down on
his luck actor and a former boyfriend, whose treacherous past has
left them with nothing in common... except the contents of Julie's
purse. World Premiere
The Council
Mark
Ashley Parker
Whittington
Angel
Actor- also lead
Producer/ singer
O Town &
Screenwriter Makingofthe
Band
Best
Student Film
Sci-Fi Fantasy/ Comedy | 17 Minutes | USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Beau McCombs
While talking to the girl of his dreams, Theo gets an Idea
for a joke. At this moment we go INSIDE Theo's brain and follow this Bright Idea as he
fights past Insecurities to get to The Council Chamber so his idea may be approved to
be said out loud. World Premiere
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Sponsored by:
Shorts Program A: Relationships
Rheem Valley Cleaners
The Best Man
Romantic Dramedy | 14 Minutes | USA
Director: Michael J. Saul
Screenwriter: Heath Daniels
As they prepare for their wedding, Scott and Johnny reflect on their long-term
relationship; from a teenage first date after band practice to the meaning of monogamy.
World Premiere
All of Me
Best
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Director: Jon Riera
Screenwriter: Mouna Traoré
When a young man realizes his lover
does not want a monogamous relationship,
he decides to involve his ex-girlfriend in
order to find balance in the equation,
eventually realizing that in love, what you
want is not always what you need.
Jon Riera
Elizabeth
World Premiere
Melanson
Director
“Sam”
Out
2014 | 19 minutes | USA
“OUT” tells the story of Raymond Bilotti, (Marty James), a down on his luck "everyman"
who in less than twenty minutes faces the prospect of losing his home, his mother and
his most closely held secret, (not necessarily in that order).
Past Screening:
Newport Beach Film Festival, San Antonio Film Festival and also screened at Disney
Studios.
One Minute Time Machine
Sci-Fi/Romance | 6 Minutes | USA/UK
Director: Devon Avery
Screenwriter: Sean Crouch
James is feeling rather proud of his little technological marvel that allows him to travel
back in time precisely one minute. It's the perfect tool for trying to seduce the beautiful
Regina who is sitting on a park bench, enjoying the sun. If he makes a mistake or receives
a rejection, he just hits the little red button and tries again. Unfortunately for James, he
learns that his machine hasn't been working the way he thought, and he must now face
the dark reality of his actions.
Past Screenings: Vail International Film Festival
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Crime Thriller | 13 Minutes | Argentina
Director/ Screenwriter : Francisco de la
Fuente
A man travels in a space from which he has
no way out. A series of crimes take place
when he is in the gas station. He tries to
run, but he finds himself locked in the same
situation over and over again. No matter
which direction he takes, he finds the same
gas station, and is the victim of a strange
accident over and over. Javier Drolas plays
the main character. World Premiere
Best
Short
Surreal/ Dramedy | 11 Minutes | New Zealand
Director: Steve Saussey
Screenwriter: Corey Chalmers
A homeless, hungry drifter and his dog
discover judging night at a local beardgrowing contest. Desperate for the
colossal meat-pack prize, but with no
beard to speak of, he enters the
competition and takes the stage.
Past Screenings:
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs June 2014
North America PREMIERE
To Be Delivered
Comedy | 17 Minutes | France/Switzerland/USA
Director/Screenwriter:
Pierre Amstutz Roch
Tom, a wannabe actor hitchhikes to an
audition in Los Angeles.
The only person who stops is Amy, a cute
and nice 28- year- old.
Everything seems to go well, until Tom
discovers that Amy is not the person she
pretends to be...
World Premiere
Tobacco Burn
Best
Student Film
Drama, Period/Historical, History,
Adventure | 17 Minutes | USA
Director: Justin Liberman
Screenwriters: Ajani Jackson, Justin Liberman
Based on an oral history from the W.P.A.
Writers, “Tobacco Burn” is set thirty-five
years before the Civil War at the height of
American slavery. Our story follows a
slave community on a Kentucky tobacco
farm as they struggle with the arrival of a
brutal overseer. When two slaves weigh
the complexities of killing the man, each
develops a different understanding of
violence. Acting on those thoughts could
cost all of them their lives. World Premiere
Obituaries
Drama | 13 Minutes | USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Ryan Moody
A chronicle of lives lost in a school
shooting. In the wake of another tragedy,
we get a glimpse of each victim and see
who they were, who they loved, who they
hurt, and who they wanted to be. James
Franco is lead character Felix Mitchum.
Past Screenings: UCLA Film Festival
Directors Spotlight Los Angeles
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The Wright Murders
Drama/Thriller | 19 Minutes | Switzerland, USA
Director: Veronica Duport Deliz
Screenwriter: James Jandak Wood
Stacey is faced with having to commit a murder. Her lack of experience and
confidence, along with the mounting pressure, force her to seek out an unlikely and
surprising accomplice in Theodore, the building caretaker. Together, they plot the
murders of three people living in their apartment building. As collaboration evolves
into confrontation, Theodore and Stacey are catapulted into a turbulent storm of
conflict that yields astonishing revelations. However, as things progress Stacey finds
that all is not as it seems.
World Premiere
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Sponsored by:
Shorts Program C: Celebrity Shorts
Joseph Lacson Cabrera
Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 11:00 AM | Location: Castro Theatre
Waking Marshall Walker
15 Minutes | USA
Director/Screenwriter: Giorgio Litt; Co-Director:
Bjorn Thorstad and Gabriel Baron
Co-Screenwriter: Thom Canalichio
Starring Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy)
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Giorgio Litt
Director/Screenwriter
An encounter with a mysterious stranger brings unsettling premonitions, sending
Marshall Walker on a desperate race through memory and time to reunite with his
estranged daughter, Charlotte. He must undo a fateful mistake, or risk being trapped
between worlds forever.
Screenings:
2015: Ascona Film Festival, Switzerland; 2014: Virginia Film Festival
Charlottesville:November 2014 (Film Festival); Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, Florida; Ohio
Independent Film Festival
Cleveland; Orlando Film Festival, Florida; Edmonton International Film Festival,Canada;
Shortini Film Festival, Augusta, Italy; LA Shortfest, Los Angeles, CA; Stony Brook Film
Festival, Stony Brook, NY; Viewster Online Film Festival, Switzerland; Corti da Sogni,
Ravenna, Italy: Plymouth Film Festival, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Sonoma International Film Festival, CA
Smokin’
Comedy/ Surreal | 10 Minutes | USA
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Director/ Screenwriter: Oliver Cowley
Starring Justin Henry (Kramer vs Kramer, Sixteen
Candles), Christopher Judge (Stargate)
Jake's world is turned upside down after a strange
prescription from his doctor leads him on a journey
into the surreal and bizarre where he must finally
confront his smoking habit.
Oliver Cowley Justin Henry
World Premiere
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Sponsored by:
Shorts Program C: Celebrity Shorts
Joseph Lacson Cabrera
Date: SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 13TH | Time: 11:00 AM | Location: Castro Theatre
Somebody’s Mother
Family, Comedy, Independent,
Dramedy | 13 Minutes | USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Mandy Fabian
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Starring Christine Lakin (Step by Step),
Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue)
Maggie (Christine Lakin) has her
pristine Christmas hijacked when her sexually liberated
mother (Sharon Lawrence) brings her new boyfriend home
to meet the family. Past Screenings: LA Shorts Fest,
Palm Springs ShortFest, Portland Film Festival
Best
Short
Mandy Fabian
Director/Screenwriter
I, Helios
16 Minutes | USA
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Director/ Screenwriter: James Berry
Mee
Starring Doug Jones (Falling Skies. Pan’s
Labyrinth, Fantastic Four)
A man is bred and raised in an isolated stone
room. He has the ability to organically create light, and is
forced to do so by an anonymous voice. However, one day this
voice pushes the man to his limits. In a rage, he accidentally finds
escape from his prison, and enters into a world he never could
have imagined.
World Premiere
James Berry
Director
Pieces
Crime/Thriller | 33 Minutes | USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Taylor Kitsch
Directed by and starring Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Battleship, Friday Night Lights)
When Kyle’s failure to pay a crushing gambling debt puts his life in danger, his best
friend, Evan, must scramble to navigate a seedy underworld he knows nothing about
in order to save Kyle’s life.
Past Screening: Palm Springs ShortFest
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Sponsored by:
Shorts Program D: Comedy
Lamorinda Film & Entertainment
Foundation
Vingers
Best
Mini Short
Dramedy | 10 Minutes | Netherlands
Director: Michael ten Horn
Co-Screenwriters: Martijn Hillenius/
Michael ten Horn
Mathematics teacher Bernd comes to
the conclusion that the youth's
morals, values and thoughts
(sexuality) are quite different than he
thought they were. World Premiere
Voluntario (Volunteer)
Dramedy | Family, Comedy, Drama,
Dramedy, Culture | 4 Minutes | Spain
Director: Javier Marco
Screenwriter: Belen Sanchez-Arevalo
Jaime wants to go to Hollywood. His
parents want him to go a bit farther.
World Premiere
Red Dot
Best
Student Film
Romantic Comedy | 10 Minutes | USA
Director: Chloe Lenihan
Screenwriter: Chandra Silver
Morgan Gates is the typical allamerican girl and registered sex
offender. Let us explain. One drunken
night, she 'popped a squat' outside of
a bar. She got busted midstream,
charged with lewd conduct, and was
subsequently charged as a sex
offender. World Premiere
Future Self
Best
Short
Sci-Fi, /Dramedy | 17 Minutes | USA
Director/ Screenwriter: Ezra Godden
Charles, a sharp and sophisticated boy who firmly
believes in time travel, hopes to rendezvous with
his future self in a diner for a life affirming
conversation. He is deeply underwhelmed by the
strange, scruffy man who shows up and a cat and
mouse game ensues. Is the man really the boy's
future self or a weirdo hired by a slick kid in a
yellow jacket to convince Charles to dump his
girlfriend? World Premiere
Failure Groupies
Comedy | 13 Minutes | USA
Director: Mandira Chauhan
Screenwriter: Rosalie Tenseth
A group of suburban post-9/11 tweens set up
a spy mission to get their temperamental
teacher fired after they fail. World Premiere
The Greggs
Comedy | 20 Minutes | USA
Directors: Bruce Bundy, Alex Mechanik, Jessie
Levandov, Kira Pearson, Nigel DeFriez, Rob
Malone, Jonathan Rosenblit
Screenwriter: Bruce Bundy
The esoteric and secluded group responsible for
the creation of the world's standardized tests
must find a way to adapt when their way of life
is threatened by dissent within their ranks.
Past Screenings/ Awards:
Slamdance Film Festival (World Premiere)
WINNER- Spirit of Slamdance Award
Park City, UT, USA
January 2014 (Film Festival)
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We are the Land
Documentary/Environment/Social Issue | 14 Minutes | USA
Screenwriter: Andrew Heskett, Lauren Lindberg
Best
Amidst national controversy surrounding the potential
Documentary
dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,'
Short
environmental activist Pauline Matt stands alone to
protect her native homeland - the Blackfeet Reservation
of northern Montana.
Past Screenings/ Awards: 2013: San Pedro IFF, CA;
San Pedro; Santa Fe Independent Film Festival; New Mexico; Josiah Media Festival
[2nd Place] San Antonio, Texas; America Cinematographer's Association Awards
1st place documentary category, Los Angeles.
Columbus Day
Comedy/ Crime | 9 Minutes | USA
Director: Michele Prevost
Screenwriter: Scotty Cornfield
A street artist dresses like Columbus, applies gold flake paint to his hands and face,
and poses as a statue in the park. Not blinking or moving isn't the easiest way to make
a living, but there is more to this Columbus than meets the eye. And for the innocent
tourists who gather around for what is supposed to be a simple walk in the park, well,
the best laid plans...
Before it's all over, Columbus isn't who people think he is, the tourists encounter
impostors and some of the impostors encounter imposters. “Columbus Day”--more
twists than a box of Twizzlers.
World Premiere
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Shorts Program E: Bay Area Showcase
G.P.S.
Drama/Thriller | 18 Minutes | USA
Director: Billy Higgins
Screenwriters: Billy and Creston Higgins
Although Grace loves her husband dearly and plans to build a life with him, she begins
to suspect that he is hiding something from her. Unfortunately, through the mistakes
of the previous men in her life, her first instinct is to distrust her husband and assume
the worst. She needs to know the truth about where he spends his days and there's
only one way to know for sure...
Grace plants a G.P.S. device in her husband's car and begins to track his every move
throughout their Napa community. As she learns more about her husband's whereabouts,
her emotions are stretched to the limits. Is it measured precaution or plain obsession?
Past Screenings: FirstGlance Film Festival Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA, April 2014
(Film Festival). North America PREMIERE
The Last of Us: Trust
Sci-Fi / Horror | 14 Minutes | USA
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Director/Screenwriter: Brandon Hunt
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Set in the world of Naughty Dog's “The Last
of Us: 'Trust'” follows the unlikely pairing of
Rhys & Kate as they traverse an apocalyptic
world ravaged by hostile humans and zombie-like
creatures infected by a mutated strain of the
Cordyceps fungus. World Premiere
Chainwheel
Brandon
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Director/
Producer
Screenwriter
Drama, Educational, Nature, Crime, Deconstruction, Human Rights, Independent,
Wildlife, Urban, Action, Culture, Hip Hop, Social Issue
13 Minutes | USA
Director/Screenwriter: Sean Tambour Marshall
Nyssa, a young black woman returns to the United States from Africa with wisdom and
knowledge gained from traditional African elders. She shares this insight with her
cousin, James, and dissects Western culture, while reconnecting to indigenous African
core cultures. The film features an epic bicycle journey throughout San Francisco that
highlights the socio-economic class division, and covers topics such as decolonization,
the dignity found within resistance, cultural re-connection, and police brutality are
explored. Also featured are the gritty, underground hip-hop and chilled electronic
soundtrack, technical martial arts sequences and scenic shots of San Francisco. Chains
break, cycles return. World Premiere
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Sapporo Shorts Showcase
GREAT ROMANCE
Kiyoto Kawamura Takashi Iitsuka | Fiction | 2013 | 7:18 Minutes | JAPAN
A puppet man met a woman of human, and parted.A commonplace life of a couple is
drawn with music. A gem of a story about a couple in the world of different scales.
MeTube: August sings Carmen 'Habanera'
Daniel Moshel | Music Video | 2013 | 4 Minutes | Austria
MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers,
gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet, has attracted international
attention.
Penny Dreadful
Shane Atkinson | Fiction | 2012 | 17:43 Minutes | USA
The story of a kidnapping gone horribly wrong.
Little Kyota Neon Hood
Satsuki Okawa | Fiction | 2012 | 20:03 Minutes | JAPAN
A Japanese boy with a neon protective hood finds comfort from daily life in a post
disaster country - by befriending a foreigner who returns to the town he once fled.
Dickslap
Jean-Baptiste Saurel | Fiction | 2012 | 25:30 Minutes | France
Francis manages a video club that owes its success to films featuring Ti-Kong, star of
Kung-Fu and breaker of necks. Insecure about the size of his dick, Francis is afraid to
reveal his feelings to his employee Sonia. But when she gets a role in Evil Nurse - the
latest Ti-Kong opus - Francis no longer has a choice. He must get his sexual confidence
back to save Sonia from a terrible danger: the Dickslap.
Secret of the Ring
Yuichiro Taniguchi | Fiction | 2012 | 16:08 Minutes | JAPAN
Tomoko Mizumoto and Kenichi Shindo have been living together for three years. One
morning, find something that is ...
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Movie Index
10 Year Plan......................................................36
A Song for Naija .............................................49
All of Me ............................................................53
An Evergreen Christmas.............................20
Breathe in Life .................................................51
Cas & Dylan ......................................................37
Chainwheel......................................................61
Citizen Hearst..................................................43
Columbus Day ................................................60
Dickslap .............................................................62
Failure Groupies.............................................58
Future Self.........................................................58
G.P.S. ....................................................................61
GREAT ROMANCE..........................................62
Held Up..............................................................52
I, Helios...............................................................57
Inmentis ............................................................54
Jerome’s Bouquet..........................................20
John Apple Jack .............................................38
Kramer vs. Kramer.........................................17
Little Kyota Neon Hood ..............................62
Liv and Ingmar................................................42
MeTube: August sings
Carmen 'Habanera"...........................62
Mobilize.............................................................42
Mom, Murder & Me ......................................39
Obituaries .........................................................54
One Minute Time Machine........................53
Out.......................................................................53
Penny Dreadful...............................................62
Pieces..................................................................57
Practice Makes Perfect ................................52
Project Happiness .........................................51
Putzel..................................................................23
Red Dot..............................................................58
Secret of the Ring..........................................62
Sixteen Candles..............................................15
Smokin’ ..............................................................56
Somebody’s Mother.....................................57
Starring Adam West .....................................43
The Best Man...................................................53
The Council ......................................................52
The Greggs.......................................................58
The Last Gentleman .....................................52
The Last of Us: Trust......................................61
The Wright Murders .....................................55
Thrown For A Loss.........................................49
To Be Delivered ..............................................54
To Wong Foo Thanks For
Everything, Julie Newmar..................16
Tobacco Burn ..................................................54
True Son ............................................................43
Vingers ...............................................................58
Voluntario (Volunteer) ................................58
Waiting In The Wings: The Musical.........40
Waking Marshall Walker .............................56
We are the Land .............................................60
Whisker ..............................................................54
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Association/Lamorinda Theatres
Foundation Members
Help Us Keep the Reels Rolling!
We can’t do it without you.
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Annual Membership
DAY PLAYER
MEMBER BENEFITS
SUPPORTING ROLE
MEMBER BENEFITS
LEADING ROLE
MEMBER BENEFITS
• A Day Player Membership card
• $7 admission to all theatre movies
(excluding special events)
• FREE popcorn every Sunday
and Monday
• Listing of Your Name in the
CAIFF Program Guide
• Listing on CAIFF Website
• Email Invitation to Preview
Screenings
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• Email Blast Alerts About Events,
Year-wide Events, and Other
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• Early ticket purchase for CAIFF
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• ALL Day Player Member Benefits
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• Free VIP seating at the
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• FREE admission to CAIFF
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Couple Supporting Role $220 each
Child Day Player $50 each
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• A Leading Role Membership
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• Two additional guest tickets
• FREE admission to all films at
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• FREE popcorn every day
• Free VIP seating at the
New Rheem Theatre Monday
through Thursday all shows
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Preview Nights
• First priority seating at CAIFF
events
Individual Leading Role $500 each
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Child(ren) of Leading Roles $100 each
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Anonymous, Brynn Beery, Jody Beery-Sullivan, The Bruzzone family,
Talyn David, Chris Erickson-King, Holly Erickson-King,
Jack Erickson-King, Julia Erickson-King, Ryan Erickson-King,
Michele Gabbay, Michelle Heckle, R. Grace Heckle, Bob,
Kayla, & Seth Hill, Emily Hook, Nick Hutchins, Roxy Jones, Eva LaRosa,
Alexander Lodewick, Matthew Lodewick, Mike Manfrin,
Ramona & Anthony Maramonte, Kimberly Matranga, Karen Mendonca,
Aubyn Merie, Bryn Merie, Petra Michel, Sue Olsen, Margaret Pagaduan,
Berniece Patterson, Pat Patterson, Adam Reeves, Mark Robeson,
Dustie Robeson, Tanner Robeson, Logan Robeson, Max Robeson,
Ron Robinson, Edy & Jeff Schwartz, Clay Serrahn, Joyce & Howard Shao,
Max & Janet Sherman, Shari Simon, Ali Simon-Parker,
Jessalyn Simon-Parker, Sharon Simpson, Beth Soloway, Liam Sullivan,
Eva Takeuchi, Greg Takeuchi, Josh Takeuchi, Oho and Yvonne Tschudi,
Gail Tsuboi, Zemrak family
As of July 31, 2014
Leading Role:
Anonymous, Larry & Ellen Beans, Phil & Ann Brooks,
John & Valarie Burgess, Jo Alice Canterbury, Lisa Canterbury,
Wayne Canterbury, Ron Chiarello, Jim Clifton, Kerry Clifton,
Judy and Peter Coy, Cliff Dochterman Sr.,
Joan D. B. Edelsohn & David A. Edelsohn, MD,
John & Mari Anne Evenhuis, Ashley Everson, Felicity Fiorelli,
Janet & Ken Forman, Harold & Jennifer Friedman, Eve Gordon,
Mary Jane Hargrove, Cathy & Richard Harris, Natalie Harwood,
Ruth & Tom Helsel, Nikolene & Ed Isely, Ruth & Ben Joseph,
Judi & Buz Kanter, Man-Li Lin Kelly, Andy Krakoff, Judy Lewis,
Marty Lewis, Rich Lewis, Lance Mack, T & L Martin, Sally Ann Marks,
Ron Matthias, Alice Muller, Jean & Joe Mulroy, Kay Norman,
Ann O'Connell-Nye, Gary Nye, Elizabeth and James Phelan,
Jon & Kathy Ranstrom, Tracy Salisbury, Andy Scheck, Wendy Scheck,
Paul E. Schindler, Jr. , Loretta & Norman Schlanksky, Shauna Silva,
Jean & Harold Somerset, Jeannie Sternberg, Larry & Carol Tessler,
Debby & Dave Trotter, Patrick G.J. Van Wye, Greg Werckman,
Case Wiseman, Ken & Rebecca Wiseman, Caroline & David Wood
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Supporting Role:
Anonymous, Janice Adachi, Kelly Adachi, Megan Adachi, Steve Adachi,
Wendy Adachi, Martina Alexandre, David Allen, Hanne Altbaum, Jerry & Mikki Baer,
Ted Barben, Lee Barker, Bonnie Bell, Wendy Bell, Andrew Berkes, Leslie Berkes, Cheryl
Berkes, Barbara Bernstein, Kristine Boasso, Weston Borosky,
Darron Brackenbury, Leeann Brady, Mark Burr, Maralyn Cantor, Carmen Castain,
Eric Castain, Marilyn Cataldo, Diane Cella, Ann Chalem, Stewart Chalem,
Amanda Chan, Ed Chan, Adolph Chang, Pamela Chang, Edward W. Chin, Yuri Chin,
Nancy Christman, Sally B. Church, Antoinette Ciapponi, Lou Ciapponi,
Jonathan Clarke, Kathy Clarke, Joan Cleveland, Valerie Colber, Marti Connell,
Clancy Crew, Patricia Crew, Diane Cunnane, Michael Davis, Dille-Marchese family,
Rick Dinkle, Rob Dinkle, Rosemary Durant, S. Durant, Marianne Ellis, Jane Emanuel,
Roger Emanuel, Carl Espe, Barbara Feinberg, Louis Feinberg, Bob Foxall, Carrol Foxall,
Arlene Fukuhara, Jim Fulford, Julie Fulford, Janita Gee, Fran Gentry, John Gentry,
Jean O. Gerding, Iren Gessling, Lynnette Gibson, Gillian Gray, Nicholas Stuart Grimmer,
Nathan Haese, Margaret Halliday, Jud Hammon, Judy Hammon, John B. Harrell,
Marguerite Harrell, Carol Harrison, Judy Helder, Anne Hetland, John Hetland,
Charlie Hill, Dennis Hill, Joanna Hill, Sandra Hill, Marcia Huberman, Vicki Hurst,
Judith Jacobs, Paul Johnson, Sali Johnson, Julie Jones, Gerri Joyce, Patricia Kelley,
Judy Lazarus, Sandra Leon, Steve King, Walter Klippert, Zoe Klippert, Annette M. Knox,
Atty, Christine Kuckuk, Laura Larson, Rick Larson, Judy Lazarus, Anne Lenkert,
Barbara Long, Doug Long, Rob Lucacher, Sophie Lucacher, Carole Lucas, Jeff Manning,
Pamela Manning, Susan Mautner, Larry Margerum, Suzanne Margerum, Jane Martin,
John McClellen, Joyce McClellen, Karen McGeer, Chris Mead, Gail Mead,
Robert S. Michalske, Doris Mitchell, Nooshy Mobasher, Sue Moon, Mary C. Moore,
Robert Moore, Thomas Morris, Judith Murphy, Walter Nelson, Realtor & Kathe Nelson,
Carolyn Ockels, Therese Omnes, David Omoto, Sylvia Omoto, Richard Osborne,
Joy Mann Paoli, Roger Pence, Vivien Pence, Tom Peterson, Rochelle Picetti,
Hannah Pirone, Barbara Pollins, Roger Poynts, Kit Prager, Mary Beth Read, Greg Read,
Robert Reasoner, Robin Reasoner, Laurie Reich, Rudolph Reich, De Etta Kay Reynolds,
Hilda Richards, Keith Riley, Tara Rochlin, Carol Ross, Ginny Ruble, Sonya Ruehl,
Gardenia Sarazin, Joel Schaffer, Aase Schoen, Christine Shaffer, Marilyn Shannahan,
Al Simonsen, Marilyn Simonsen, Brian Sly, Tami Sly, Gayle McWilliams Somers,
Lucy Sponsler, Thomas Sponsler, John Steinmetz, Blanca Streiffer, Wayne Takata,
Merrily Taylor, Elena Toohey, Paul Tucci, Niki Tucci, Phyllis Underhill, Pierre Villanoba,
Regina Villanoba, Joy Viveros, Ann von Pohl, Joachim von Pohl, Susi Waibel,
Dennis Wassmann, Carol Weed, Laurence Wegienka, Evelyn Wegienka,
Ruby Werckman, Gloria Weston, Trudy Wexler, Tom White, Andrea Wilcox-Black,
Gayle Windham, Kim Wirtz, Gracie Woidat, Jennifer Zilberstein,
Jonathan Zilberstein, Michael Zolnier
17th ANNUAL C
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