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TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
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Ward Emling - Mississipi State Film Office
Carolyn Parsons
Festival Director
Darrell Rankin - President - Lee County Board of Supervisors
The Lee County Board of Supervisors proudly supports the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival. We
are happy to assist in any logistics that opens a door for film projects in our area and invite all
who are looking at producing film to take a look at all we have to offer. On behalf of the Lee
County Board of Supervisors we welcome filmmakers, special guests, visitors, and community
to a relaxing evening of great film and special events taking place this year at the festival’s new
location – the Malco Theatre - Tupelo Commons.
Welcome to our city and the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival held at the Malco Theatre at Tupelo
Commons. The City of Tupelo invites you to join us for a wonderful weekend filled with
great independent films, special events, and more. Please take a moment to slow down from
the hectic pace of everyday activities and enjoy the art of the filmmaker and the hospitality of
Tupelo.
Neal McCoy - Director - Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
About the cover:
A special thanks to our festival committee member Louis Armour, who served as a screener and
designed the art for this year’s festival which is
on the cover. Louis brings to the festival his artistic touch and talents, coordinating and assisting with many elements of the festival.
On behalf of the Tupelo Film Commission, under the umbrella of the Tupelo Convention & Visitors
Bureau, we welcome you to the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival. Cited as one of America’s Top
10 Small Film Festivals in the country by Livability.com, the festival is a celebration of great films
and a gathering for film fans from across the globe. We invite you to experience Tupelo while you
are here by visiting our many attractions, enjoying our eclectic culinary scene, and shopping at
our unique retail shops. Thank you for being here and we hope to see you back real soon shooting
your next project.
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Carolyn Parson is an acting instructor and coach
with several years of acting experience on stage
and film in Phoenix, Arizona. Carolyn also worked
extensively on The Arizona Black Film Festival and
Director of Film Submissions. She also volunteered
with Phoenix Film Festival as a screener and other
positions. Since moving pack to Mississippi, Carolyn has worked with the Tupelo Film Festival as a
film screener. Ms. Parson teaches acting at the
Elkin Theatre in Aberdeen, Mississippi where she is
also a board member. Carolyn is a native of Monroe
County and a graduate of Aberdeen High School.
She spent over twenty years in Phoenix, Arizona
Acting, Directing and working in the theatre. She
is an acting instructor with a focus on helping
children grow confidently by studying the craft
of acting by being comfortable being themselves.
The Mississippi Film Office welcomes you to the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival. We are proud
each year to enjoy their films and meet the filmmakers. For you the audience we hope you
enjoy the films. For you the filmmakers we thank you for your commitment to the power and
wonder of the cinema. Mississippi is equally committed to the import and reach of film and to
supporting and nurturing the filmmaker. We have created a strong and competitive incentive
program: a 25% -35% cash rebate on your Mississippi spend and all of your payroll with a low
$50,000 minimum that applies to features, shorts, documentaries and more. And that’s not all
we have to offer: you will find communities that serve our mission to build and support the
industry, hospitable people that embrace and understand the challenges of filmmaking, and
diverse locations from the sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast to the flat evocative Delta to the rich
foothills of Appalachia. Enjoy your stay in Tupelo and our great state of Mississippi. We’re glad
you’re here and always look forward to seeing you again!
Thank You
Whittington Used Office Furniture
Thank You
Thornton Dental Clinic
Thank You
Mid-South Center for Psychodrama & Sociometry
Thank You
Todd’s Big Star
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
Thank You
Thank You
Benjamin Moore Paints
B&B Concrete Co., Inc.
130 North Industrial Road
Tupelo, Mississippi
662.842.6312
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North MS Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Clinic, PLLC
Thank You
Tupelo Consignment Music
Thank You
Tupelo High School Class of ’72
Thank You
Mont’s Paper Company
Thank You
Janet Martin Harry Martin Select Properties , PLLC
Thank You
Snelling Personnel Services
Friends of the Film Festival
Welcome to the 11th Annual
Tupelo Film Festival!
Enjoy your time in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Bar-B-Que by Jim
Best Western Inn & Suites
Bill Luckett
City of Tupelo
Community Development
Foundation
Dr. David Cole
Fred Page
ICC - Mike Eaton
Kenlan Development
Lee County Board of
Supervisors
Malco Theatre
Mississippi Film Office
NE MS Daily Journal
Greg Pirkle
Richard McGehee
Rock River Foundation
Romie’s Barbeque
South Arts
Representative Steve Holland
Tupelo Convention &
Visitors Bureau Board & Staff
Tupelo Innkeepers Assn.
Tupelo Restaurant Assn.
VM Cleveland
Warehouse 605
Waste Management, Inc.
WTVA
Thursday, April 17th
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12:16 pm STUDENT BLOCK
2:04 pm Q & A
2:14 pm FEATURE BLOCK
3:46 pm Q & A
3:51 pm SHORT BLOCK
4:48 pm DOCUMENTARY
5:44 pm Q & A
8:23 pm Q & A
10:04 pm Q & A
2nd Place
Sponsored by
Benjamiin Moore Paints
3rd Place
Sponsored by Mid-South
Center for Psychodrama &
Sociometry
DOCUMENTARY
1st Place
Sponsored by BancorpSouth
2nd Place
Sponsored by
3rd Place
Sponsored by Snelling
Personnel Services
Screen 3
12:45 pm Q & A
12:55 pm SHORT BLOCK
1:46 pm Q & A
1:52 pm DOCUMENTARY
4:18 pm Q & A
4:30 PM GOOD ROCKIN’
TONIGHT
6:31 pm Q & A
Screen 4
10:30 am FREE Children’s
Presentation
1:00 pm FREE Japananese films
10:00 am Student WORKSHOPS
12:30 pm Break
1:30 pm MS HIGH SCHOOL
FILM COMPETITION
4:00 pm Raiders of the Lost Ark:
The Adaptation
Sponsored by
VIP Cinema Seating
2nd Place
Sponsored by
3rd Place
Sponsored by
Todd’s Big Star
MUSIC VIDEO
1st Place
Sponsored by Elvis Presley
Birthplace Foundation
Awards Party
7:30 pm
In the Pod behind the Malco
West of Shakerag Improv
The Paul Tate Trio Band
Heavy hors d’oeuvres
Cash Bar
Awards Presentation
Screen 4
SHORT
1st Place
Saturday, April 19th
STUDENT
1st Place
Sponsored by
CREATE Foundation, Inc.
2nd Place
North Mississippi Sports
Medicine & Orthopedic
Clinic, PLLC
3rd Place
Whittington Used Office
Furniture
THE RON TIBBETT
AWARD (Best of Show)
Sponsored by Mississippi Film
Office
The Ron Tibbett Award is presented each year in memory
of Ron Tibbett who helped launch the Tupelo Film
Festival in 2004
THE ELVIN WHITESIDES
DIRECTOR’S AWARD
Sponsored by his fellow classmates of Tupelo High School
Class of ‘72
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Tickets
ADMISSION
Screen Three:
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
April 17th - 19th
Day Pass - $15.00
Student - $7.50 (with ID)
Senior - $7.50 (with ID)
Screening Pass - $35.00
Includes all three days of films
Awards Party - $10.00
In the Pod behind the Malco.
Screen Four:
Friday and Saturday
April 18th - 19th
All Events Free
Day of Event - Tickets
available at Malco
For details visit:
www.tupelofilmfestival.net
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Screen 3
12:00 pm DOCUMENTARY
1:28 pm Q & A
1:35 pm SHORT BLOCK
2:58 pm Q & A
3:10 pm DOCUMENTARY
3:30 pm SHORT BLOCK
4:50 pm Q & A
5:00 pm MUSIC VIDEO BLOCK
5:11 pm Q & A
5:15 pm DOCUMENTARY
6:01 pm Q & A
6:10 pm Break
7:30 pm CAPOTE
9:26 pm Q & A
Saturday, April 19th
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Friday, April 18th
JUDGES
JUDGES
FeatureJudges
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Documentary
DocumentaryJudges
Judges
SAM
WATSON
CHANDLER
GRIFFIN
New York,MS
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Rights, FilmAid International, UNESCO, UNAIDS, UNDP, and
the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative.
He holds a BFA in Photography and Video/Film from the
Savannah College of Art & Design.
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JUDGES
Documentary Judges (Continued)
BILL KAVANAGH
MICHAEL ROSE
LAURA BERNIERI
LAURA
BERNIERI
Boston/LA/Clarksdale
New
NYfilms include: “Mother Of George,” (Sundance 2013, Best DP);
Laura York,
Bernieri’s
“Sunny Side Up” (Jacksonville FF’11 Audience Award); “Kettle Of Fish” (Modine,
Gershon Tribeca ’06); “Could Be Worse!” (Sundance ‘00); “Passage To Paradise”
(Julie Harris); “Delta Rising” (Morgan Freeman, Willie Nelson; Best Producer
Beverly Hills FF ’09); “Men In Green” (NBA All Stars 2010); “Next Stop Wonderland” (Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sundance ’98); “Death: A Love Story” (Sundance ’99); “Squeeze” (Spirit Award ‘96); “Darien Gap” (Sundance ‘96).
TERESA HOLLINGSWORTH
Atlanta, GA
Teresa Hollingsworth, senior program director for South Arts in Atlanta, oversees
the Traditional Arts and Film Programs, and provides support for international exchange activities. Teresa directs Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers
and also serves as film programming coordinator for Caravanserai: A Place Where
Cultures Meet. Teresa annually attends film festivals such as Sundance to identify
filmmakers for Southern Circuit.
(DBA, Harvey’s, Fairpark Grill, Sweet Pepper’s,
Park Heights, and Bulldog Deli)
Elaine Dundy & Roy Turner Endowment
for the Arts
Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation
Janet Martin Harry Martin
Select Properties , PLLC
Kenlan Development
Malco Theatre
Mid-South Center for Psychodrama &
Sociometry
Mississippi Film Office
Mitchell Distributing, Inc.
North Mississippi Sports Medicine &
Orthopedic Clinic, PLLC
The Ugly Chair
Todd’s Big Star
Tupelo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tupelo Consignment Music
Tupelo Flea Market
Tupelo High School Class of 1972
Tupelo Restaurant Association
VIP Cinema Seating
Watkins College
Whittington Used Office Furniture
Special Thanks
Our award - Mr. Reely
Sculptured by local artist
Richard McGeehee
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Los Angeles, CA
Michael Rose, Emmy award-winning writer/director/producer, holds a masters degree in motion picture and television production from UCLA and heads
up his own boutique production company. Specializing in producing TV projects, he’s had his work shown on the History Channel, Discovery, National
Geographic, Travel, SkyTV, CCTV, Fine Living, Public Television and numerous
other outlets around the world. Working with Roy Turner and Jim Palmer, he
produced “Elvis: Return to Tupelo,” which premiered in Tupelo and aired on the
Biography Channel and Public Television. His most recent production, “Finding Your Element with Sir Ken Robinson,” is currently airing on Public Television.
BancorpSouth
Benjamin Moore Paints
Buffalo Wild Wings
Celebrity Coaches/Celebrity Fastwrapz
CREATE, Inc.
Eat With Us Group
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New York, NY
Bill Kavanagh is an independent producer/director based in New York. His most
recent documentary film, “A Matter of Place,” highlights three stories of people
who faced housing discrimination in present-day New York City. They poignantly
describe these incidents, as well as their resolve to fight for justice. The film shines
a bright light on housing discrimination, one of the most shrouded civil rights issues in America. His other work includes the award-winning documentary “Brick
by Brick: A Civil Rights Story” (2007 Tupelo Film Festival premiere) and “Enemies
of War”, as well as collaborations on other documentaries and independent films.
He has a special place in his heart for Tupelo and the filmmaker-friendly nature of
Tupelo Film Festival.
SPONSORS
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Short Judges (Continued)
LORETTA MILES
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Salem, OR
Even as a child, Loretta Miles was drawn, like a moth toward light, to the only
screen in her hometown. As a 30-year veteran film exhibitor, in 2009 she realized her dream of the expansion of Salem Cinema (Salem, Oregon) from a single
screen to a beautiful art deco three screen venue where she continues to show
exceptional art, foreign and independent film. She meticulously hand selects
everything that lights her screens and is known for selecting quality over potential box office draw. Loretta is one of the original founders of Salem Film
Festival and remains Director and Lead Programmer of the annual event. Her
all-time favorite toy is a 1948 35mm Motiograph projector and she mourns the
loss of 35mm film and projection as the industry moves into the digital age.
GENA ELLIS
Chicago, IL
Gena Ellis wrote and co-produced“Angela’s Decision”, starring Xavier Samuel, which
won Tupelo’s Ron Tibbett Best of Show award and top Australian cinematography
honors. Gena’s also been on TV shows ”Chicago Fire” and “Betrayal”, and in films
“Dhoom 3”, Bollywood’s 2013 hit, “Transformers 3” and a 2014 Indie film. She currently has a script in development. More info at www.BrownDotProductions.com.
BANNER GWIN
Los Angeles, CA
Banner Gwin, a native Memphian, is a director and feature film editor currently
based in Los Angeles. As director, his work has been been acquired by the permanent collection of The Museum Of Modern Art in NY, and the LACMA has honored
him as one of seven Best Young Directors in Los Angeles. As editor, he recently
completed the Boston-based crime drama “God Only Knows” staring Harvey
Keitel, and has functioned as assistant editor on many films such as “Zero Dark
Thirty”, “Lawless”, and the soon to be released “Child 44” produced by Ridley Scott.
KATHILYNN PHILLIPS
Atlanta, GA
Kathilynn Phillips, born in Mississippi and now residing in Atlanta, Georgia, is a
filmmaker whose works have screened to many thousands in the U.S., Europe and
Asian Pacific. Her latest completed feature film, “Chasing the White Dragon”, has
won several awards and received international distribution. Ms. Phillips has also
been the recipient of multiple awards for writing, producing and directing film,
including those from Academy Award qualifying film festivals, and was a Semifinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, administered by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars). Her next film, “Feral”, is a PG-13
modern take on the iconic “creature feature” to be filmed in Mississippi. As humourous as it is scary, the Producers are currently attaching top domestic and international acting and directiong talent with an anticipated early 2015 release date.
Tupelo Chapter
Proud Sponsor
of the
TUPELO FILM FESTIVAL!
Tupelo
Welcomes
Filmmakers!
JUDGES
Music Video Judges
JERRY PHILLIPS
Iuka, MA
Jerry Phillips, son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and VP of Sam Phillips Recording studios in Memphis, is a record producer, recording engineer, songwriter and musician. He is president and co-owner of Big River Broadcasting in Florence/Muscle Shoals, AL,
and president and co-owner of Gold Coast Broadcasting in Clifton, TN, as well as vice president of numerous music publishing companies.
Jerry has worked with such notable talents as Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Prine, Billy Lee Riley and many more. Jerry is also Executive
Producer of the world wide radio and internet program ” Muscle Shoals To Music Row Live” heard on WXFL 96.1 and watched at MS2MR.Com.
Florence, AL
Tonya S. Holly, writer/producer/director, is President of Cypress Moon Studios. Acclaimed by the Dove Foundation and numerous festivals for “When
I Find the Ocean,” starring Lee Majors and Dianne Ladd, which is being domestically distributed by Monterey Media and distributed by Ytinifni in the
foreign market under the title “Journey to the Sea.” She has also worked on films such as “Toy Soldiers,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and “Blue
Sky.” Additionally, she has worked on projects for HBO, FOX, NBC, and CBS, Universal and numerous others. Works in progress includes “The Story of
Bonnie & Clyde,” “Sleeping Giant: Union of Seven,” and additional feature films. She is currently in development on “Christmas Memories” the first
in the film series about The Bee Club Ladies. Tonya’s husband Kelvin is lead guitarist for little Richard and Peggy Young (Neil Young’s wife.) Together
Kelvin and Tonya have produced soundtracks for Tonya’s movies. Tonya and Kelvin own Blue Room Records, Blue Room Studio and Kylilaby Publishing.
Paul Thorn, the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter hailed as the “Mark Twain of Americana,” recorded his first album “Hammer and Nail” in 1997,
followed by eight more. His album, “Pimps and Preachers”debuted at #83 on the Bilboard 200 chart. He did the art work for his lastest offering, “What
The Hell Is Goin’On?”(Perpetual Obscurity/Thirty Tigers), putting his own gritty rock stamp on some of his favorite songs. There are some names familiar
to Americana fans (Buddy Miller, Ray Wylie Hubbard), some lesser-known (Foy Vance, Wild Bill Emerson) and some surprises. The set covers subjects
that are familiar territory to Thorn, from the spiritual pull of Miller’s Shelter Me Lord to the spirited fun in Big Al Anderson’s Jukin’. Thorn’s touring band of
fifteen years did the album with him – guitarist Bill Hinds, keyboard player Michael Graham, bassist Ralph Friedrichsen and drummer Jeffrey Perkins.
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SPECIAL AWARDS
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THE RON TIBBETT AWARD (BEST OF SHOW)
The Ron Tibbett Award is
presented each year in
memory of Ron Tibbett who
helped launch the Tupelo
Film Festival in 2004 .
Sponsored by the Mississippi
Film Office.
Charlotte Magnussen & Christine Tibbett
will be in attendance to present the award.
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Ron Tibbett was born in Chicago in 1941. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in English. He served in the US Marines. He met his wife Charlotte
Magnussen in Montreal and was married in 1978. He and his family (Charlotte and
daughter Christine) moved to West Point, MS, in 1994. He always had an active interest in film and shot his first film “Swept Off My Feet” in West Point. Because there were
no festivals in Mississippi to screen the film, he started the Magnolia Independent Film
Festival, the first of its kind in Mississippi. He loved sharing his craft, enthusiasm and
love of film with all but especially young minds. He encouraged many to follow their
dreams in film. We miss him dearly.
THE ELVIN WHITESIDES DIRECTOR’S AWARD
The Elvin Whitesides Award
is presented this year in memory of
Elvin Whitesides who served as a mentor to
the festival as well as a judge.
Sponsored by his fellow classmates of
Tupelo High School Class of ’72
Elvin Whitesides, a native of Tupelo, came to his love of film as a boy, sitting beside his father in the projection booth of the Lyric Theatre, screening years of first-run Hollywood features. That formative experience led to
a BFA in Theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi, professional
training in both New York and Los Angeles, and managing the Bing Theatre at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for over 20 years. Throughout his career, Elvin continued to make films, writing, performing, producing, directing, until his
untimely death in May 2010. A two-time judge at
the Tupelo Film Festival, 2011 marks the inaugural Elvin Whitesides Director’s Award, a tribute
to his talent for guiding and inspiring countless
casts and crews toward a common creative goal
through the magic of movies.
Samara Whitesides will be in attendance to
present the award.
THURSDAY, April 17th - SCREEN 3
Malco Theatre
STUDENT BLOCK
CIGARETTES BURN FASTER IN THE SUN
Writer/Director: Arbi Lawang
Patrick, Lea and Max are a gang of young misfits with a taste for trouble. On a dull autumn’s day, they have nothing to entertain them but their imaginations. They set out
into the streets to find some fun but instead, find a corpse. ‘Cigarettes Burn Faster In The
Sun’ is the grad film written and directed by Arbi Lawang from Melbourne, Australia.
UNCONDITIONAL
Writer(s)/Directe(s)/Produce(s): Rhonda Chan Soo, Hanna Teachey, and Kelly McKenna
Unconditional explores how the lack of second-parent adoption laws harm children
and parents in same-sex families. A second-parent adoption, for an unmarried couple,
allows a ‘second parent’ to adopt their partner’s biological or adoptive child without
the legal parent losing their parental rights. The film follows two North Carolina families as they navigate the legal system and fight to obtain legal parental-child bonds.
Watch them rise up and persevere against a legal system that fails to protect them.
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Winston-Salem, NC
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Melbourne, Australia - World Premiere
ICE QUEEN
Writer/Director: Rohan Khublall
Executive Producer(s): Chris Robles, Karen James Iocopi, Victoria Peirce, Wesley Pakrer,
David Khublall,, Joshua Menke
Ice Queen is a story about a faded ice skater who works a dead-beat job at a local ice skating rink. With a past that haunts her, Natalie struggles to find a life after fame.
1:00 pm - 1:11 pm
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ADELANTE
Director: Noam Osband
Executive Producer: Stanton Wortham
‘Adelante’ shows the heart of Mexico beating strongly inside an Irish-Catholic church just
outside of Philadelphia.
Q & A with filmmaker(s)
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FEATURE
THE LONG DRIVE HOME
Writer/Director: William Tyler
Executive Producer(s): Glen Kemerling
Producer(s) : William Tyler, Kendall Combes, Wendy Parker, Sha’ree Green
The Long Drive Home is a feature length dramedy portraying the dynamics of one southern
family’s relationships from love and resentment to forgiveness and acceptance.
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NO MATTER HOW FAR
Writer(s)/Director(s)/Producer(s): Kenny Rigsby and Justin Reese
In an alternate present day, the world is in conflict. Intercontinental travel has been banned,
separating millions of families around the world. Most have given up hope of returning home.
A husband and wife, separated by a hemisphere, work to reunite.
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2:14 pm - 3:45 pm
Feature - 1 hour 30 minutes
Oklahoma City, OK - World Premiere
3:51 pm - 3:59 pm
Short 7:46 minutes
Tyler, TX - MS Premiere
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Los Angeles, CA - US Premiere
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BERXEN KULEK
Writer/Director: Yunus Yildirim
2nd Director: Sefa Karatekin
Producer: Ramazan Yildirim
Journey of a Kurdish nomad who had to make a difficult decision about his deceased
brother’s wife and kid in order to provide for his horde in the tough Kurdish geography in
the east of Turkey.
VALEDICTION
Writer(s): Hollis Sherman-Pepe & Damien Nemire-Pepe
Director: Damien Sean Nemire-Pepe
Producer:: Hollis Sherman-Pepe
Executive Producer(s): Carol J. Sherman & Joyce A. Sherman
This film is dark drama where the protagonist struggles to keep her relationship alive with
the corpse of her recently deceased boyfriend.
4:21 pm - 4:37 pm
Short 12:36 minutes
Los Angeles, CA - MS Premiere
PG-13
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DOCUMENTARY
SUBSIPPI
Director(s)/Producer(s): Vincent Jude Chaney, Lauren Cioffi, Greg Gandy
Executive Producer(s): Adam Evans and Jason LeViere
4:48 pm -5:43 pm
Documentary - 55:55 minutes
Hattiesburg, MS
PG-13
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subSIPPI is an honest portrayal of current day Mississippi; it is a search for diversity
within a state that has otherwise gone unnoticed. With an emphasis on the moving image, subSIPPI conveys the stark realities as well as the vibrant optimism within a place
that once prided itself as the Closed Society.
STUDENT BLOCK
IT WON’T FIT IN A KILLING JAR
Writer: Felicity Flesher
Director(s): Felicity Flesher and Hannah White
Producer(s):/Executive Producer(s): Felicity Flesher and Hannah White
A woman is haunted by her insect-loving husband’s death.
PG
THE VIOLINIST
Writer/Director: Nicolas Raganato
Producer: Talia Pejoves
Executive Producer: Josh Ellis
A ten-year-old boy wants to be a violinist like his grandfather, but his father forbids it because he does not want to pursue the same life that his grandfather did; the life of an artist
following his dreams.
6:05 pm - 6:29 pm
Buenos Aires, Argentina - MS Premiere
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6:30 pm - 8:12 pm
Student 1 hour 31 minutes
Los Angeles, CA - World Premiere
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SEEKERS
Writer/Producer: Shane Miller
Executive Producer(s): Shane Miller, Susan Fanciulli, Ruggero Fanciulli, William Miller
A spirit lost in limbo is approached by the universe and given the task of finding the key to
happiness. He is granted the title The Seeker, and granted the power to walk the earth once
again. With only hours left until his allotted time runs out, he tricks a vulnerable eighteen
year old boy into helping him find the answer. The two end up partaking in a haphazard
pursuit of happiness.
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5:54 pm - 6:02 pm
Oxford, MS - World Premiere
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STUDENT BLOCK
LIGHT ME UP
Writer(s): Ryan Walton and Becky Wangberg
Director(s)/Producer(s): Derek Dolechek and Ryan Walton
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Meet the Wattsons. They’re spending some quality time together. In this short film, animation and live-action are combined to tell a story about a family of light bulbs.
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FEATURE
CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER
Writer/Director: Miguel Ali
Producer(s): Tim Schaaf, Julia Haye, Rosalinda Morales, Pauline O’Con
Ex-Producer(s): Miguel Ali, Gary Quick, Matt Pena, Erick Crespo
What happens when a compulsive womanizer becomes best friends with a transgendered prostitute? Confessions of a Womanizer, a hybrid-improv film starring Gary Busey, C
Thomas Howell, Andrew Lawrence, Jillian Rose Reed, Kelly Mantle and The Bella Twins.
8:33 pm - 10:03 pm
Feature 1 hour 30 minutes
Sunset Beach, CA - MS Premiere
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Welcome Filmmakers,
Special Guests, & Visitors
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JAKE’S SAFARI - CHILDREN’S PRESENTATION - PRESENTED BY GEORGE SNIDER
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“Blues Clues” revolutionized children’s television in the late 1990’s and capitalized on children’s love of mystery. “Dora the Explorer” and
its spin-off, “Diego” expanded our universe to
the Spanish speaking population and focused
on adventure and animal wildlife. “Jake’s Safari” combines the successful elements of “Blues
Clues,” “Dora …” and “Diego and then elevates
the packaging to a higher plane. Cultivating
live action with 3-D animation, “Jake’s Safari”
utilizes a multi-ethnic cast, loveable animated
characters, global travel, and futuristic technology
– all designed to create a truly unique television
experience. It’s mystery, adventure, the magic of
wildlife – all on “Jake’s Safari inviting its young
viewers to go on an adventure that no other TV
show has prior undertaken. We want to be the social educational partner of our youth to spur curiosity, discovery and lots of fun. Our mission is
to be the measuring stick against which all future
children’s television programs will be evaluated
in this new millennium. For ages 4-8 years old!
Special Guest George Snider
presents his Children’s Film“Jake’s
Safari”
Children’s Presentation is
FREE and begins at 10:30
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Free Japanese Film Screenings beginning at 1:00 pm
The Japan-America Society of Mississippi and The Tupelo Film Festival would like to announce a trio of Japanese films
being screened during this year's Tupelo Film Festival. The series is presented in partnership with the Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville and the Japan Foundation. These three films will be presented to the public free of charge.
Schedule
1:00 - 3:00 P.M. Brave Story (2006)
3:30 - 5:30 P.M. ROBO-G (2012)
6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Always: Sunset On Third Street 3 (2012)
The films will be presented with Japanese language audio and English subtitles.
Robo-G is the latest creation of the acclaimed comedic director and writer Shinobu Yaguchi, whose story of the Kimura Electrical Company’s human(oid) entry into the world-renowned Japanese robot industry will have you in stitches.
Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 is set in 1964 Tokyo as Japan, having emerged from
the shadow of World War 2 and experienced a period of rapid economic growth, prepares to host the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The inhabitants of Third Street live amidst all
the change in their usual optimistic ways, but a turning point for the familes is looming.
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Brave Story Adapted from Miyuki Miyabe’s popular novel and manga, Brave Story received critical
recognition the very next year at the Japanese Academy Awards, and tells the fantastic story of a
young boy’s desperate efforts to reunite his parents through powers he could never have imagined.
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The screenings begin with the masterful Japanese animation film Brave Story. Adapted from Miyuki Miyabe’s popular
novel and manga, Brave Story received critical recognition the very next year at the Japanese Academy Awards, and
tells the fantastic story of a young boy’s desperate efforts to reunite his parents through powers he could never have
imagined.
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DOCUMENTARY
THE SILENT EPIDEMIC - THE UNTOLD STORY OF VACCINES
Director/Executive Producer: Gary Null
Producer(s): Richard Gale, Melissa Goldman
This film “Silent Epidemic” explores the actual medical record and historic evidence to prove
that the wide spread use of vaccines is based on shoddy and suspect science.
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1:35 pm - 1:50 pm
Short 14:17 minutes
Birmingham, AL
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1:51 pm - 2:22 pm
Short 29:53 minutes
PG
2:23 pm - 2:40 pm
Short 16:44 minutes
New York, NY - World Premier
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SHORT BLOCK
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
Writer: Ken Lemm
Director: Austin Haley
Producer: Bobby Curnutt
Executive Producer(s): Bobby Curnutt, Austin Haley
A surprise visitor brings a young widow a reason to smile and softens her loss.
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12:00 pm - 1:27 pm
Documentary 1 hour 25 minutes
New York, NY - World Premiere
ALICE AGONISTES
Writer/Director: Jennifer Hulum (Original Short Story “Castaic 77” by MingLu Zeng)
Producer: Howard Lumm
When a stranger enters Alice’s house, she cannot imagine how his story could change her
(and his) life forever. Memory, fear and horrific self-discovery take everyone by the throat.
TUPELO BOUND
Writer(s): Nick Stevenson, David Pisani
Director: Nick Stevenson
Producer: David Pisani
A short reflective documentary which follows Nick Stevenson, an actor on the cusp of breaking through, as he rides his motorcycle more than 1,100 miles from New York to Tupelo,
Mississippi to attend a festival which is screening a film in which he stars.
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AMERICAN MONTAGE
Writer/Director/Producer: Janek Ambros
An immigrant arrives in America and witnesses class warfare during the Great Recession.
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2:41 pm - 2:52 pm
Short 11 minutes
MILE HIGH PIE
Director(s)/Producer(s): Melanie Addington, Daniel Perea
Mile High Pie takes a look at the famous mile high meringue at Ed & Kaye’s in Benton,
Arkansas.
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UNWARRANTED INFLUENCE
Writer/Director/Producer: Janek Amabros
A look at what President Eisenhower described as the military industrial complex.
3:10 pm - 3:23 pm
Documentary 13 minutes
PG
SHORT BLOCK
A MUTUAL FRIEND
Writer: Casey Dillard
Director/Producer: Glenn Payne
A man’s jealousy takes a dangerous turn.
3:30 pm - 3:37 pm
Short 7 minutes
Blue Springs, MS
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Writer/Diredtor: Greg Ernest
Producer(s): Meaghin Burke, Greg Earnest
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After a terrible accident in the woods, Joel is confronted by two old friends whose mission
threatens his life.
PG
3:46 pm - 4:12 pm
Short 26 minutes
West Point, MS
PG
4:13 pm - 4:49 pm
Short 36:06 minutes
Medford, OR - MS Premiere
PG
5:00 pm - 5:05 pm
Music Video 4:22 minutes
Birmingham, AL
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KANE
Writer/Director: Michael Williams
Producer(s): Michael Williams, Josh Whites
After losing what meant most to him, the man behind the masked hero KANE decides
to let the people he protects fend for themselves.
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Short 7 minutes
Oxford, MS
THE RIGHT REGRETS
Writer: Marlyn Mason
Director: Ralph Senensky
Producer(s): Dan Brosamle, Erin Brender, Mijahid Rizvi, Dr. Paul Warshaw
Executive Producer(s): John Mason, Mary Mason
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.
MUSIC VIDEO
DESTINED TO BE
Writer: Sold Out
Director/Producer: Ashley Madison
The song, “Destined to Be,” and it’s music video are about losing the one person you hold
closest to your heart. The song was written and performed by the group Sould Out, who
originates out of Birmingham, AL.
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LIFE ON EARTH
Writer: Olivier Babine
Director: Marine Dorfmann
Aulnay-sous-Bois. One of the harshest Parisian suburbs. In the middle of the ghetto,
locked up behind the gates of a school, teenagers, their teachers, canteen staff, supervisors, a cleaning lady... Everyone seems to be daydreaming, inhabited by secret desires. The time of the song, played by the music teacher and his class, the
school, a closed world, prison-like, seems to be floating on air, as if by magic.
Life becomes wonderful, cheerful, like the coming of spring
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5:06 pm - 5:10 pm
Music Video 4 minutes
Paris, France - MS Premiere
DOCUMENTARY
LIFE LIBERTY & RESILIENCE
Writer: Pat Woodland
Director/Producer: Steffan Tubbs
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SPECIAL SCREENING
CAPOTE
Special screening “Tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman” with special guest and friend, Frank
Vitolo. Begins at 7:30 pm (See page 22 for more information.)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Special Screening 1 hour 52 minutes
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An African-American WWII veteran and grandson of a slave re-traces his segregated roots
and his U.S. Navy service on Iwo Jima. From poverty to war, pharmacy to interracial marriage, ‘Life, Liberty & Resilience’ takes a look at how Joe LaNier, in his own words, is able to
overcome life’s hurdles and lead an amazing, loving and forgiving life.
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“Capote” (2005). Hoffman won an Oscar for his
portrayal of Truman Capote during the writing of
“In Cold Blood” in this film by Bennett Miller. It’s a
great example of the actor’s ability to mimic (Hoffman even appears to control the cartiledge in his
nose) but also find the subtler depths in a role.
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Frank Vitolo, friend of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, will
be present for Q&A after film to share personal stories about his friendship with Hoffman. ABOUT
FRANK – Beginning with his first audition at five on
Broadway, F.X. Vitolo is no stranger to the business
of film and theatre. The first movie he was in was
“The Wanderers” followed by “Fame.” In addition he
has been in over 30 TV shows – “Law and Order,” “LA
22 Law,” “Mad About You” to name a few. Over the last
ten years he has produced 14 movies. A friend for
over 20+ years Frank and Phillip Seymour Hoffman
worked together at the Labyrinth Theatre in New York.
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Frank Vitolo and Phillip Seymour Hoffman
A Tribute to
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
SATURDAY, April 19th
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Cinematography for No
Budget Filmmakers
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Mr. Don Tingle is the Workshop Director for the
Alabama Filmmakers Co-op, a Huntsville based community organization
that was founded in 1977. Don has presented over 100 workshops on
various aspects of low budget and amateur moviemaking. He leads multiple
workshops for the North Alabama community includDon_Tingle_Photoing
a monthly Filmmakers Workshop focused on technical aspects of amateur
filmmaking, a screenwriting and production workshop for creating short
films and a summer day-camp “MovieMakers: A Filmmaking Workshop
for Kids”. Don has presented seminars and workshops at Roger Ebert’s Film
Festival, the Tupelo Film Festival, The Mississippi International Film Festival,
the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, the Gadsden Public Library, the
Southern Shorts Film Festival, and for various community programs. Don
has served as host and moderator for panel discussions at film festivals
and interviewed actors, screenwriters and filmmakers He organizes and
produces the Huntsville based “Rocket City Short Film Festival,” a showcase
for local and regionally produced short films, held in October of each year.
A workshop designed for filmmakers and performers who plan upon pursuing a higher education
track that will lead them to potential professional careers in the entertainment industry, on “both
sides of a camera.” Achieving any level of success in the entertainment business requires hard
work, dedication, detailed study and perseverance regardless of one’s particular concentration–
acting, cinematography, editing, directing, screenwriting or producing. The biggest mistake
most unproven actors and filmmakers make in going pro is moving to Hollywood completely
unprepared. They lack sufficient education and training in order to compete for jobs with
long-time industry professionals who already are working in the “Biz”. They have little or no
credentials (union memberships) or credits (IMDB) much less any visual means to display skills
(demo reels). This powerful workshop is packed with tips and tools that are vital for up-andcoming actors and filmmakers who plan upon continuing their education at a collegiate level.
• Why MUST you have credits, a demo reel, and agency representation before you hit
Hollywood?
• What are the four most important questions you should ask when considering colleges that
offer degree programs in filmmaking and/or drama?
• What colleges in the Southeast offer degree programs in film production and/or drama?
• How do you decide what concentration of filmmaking to pursue?
• Why should you attend a summer pre-college filmmaking or acting program?
• What is “Right-to-Work” and why is it so important to your going pro?
Sam Dalton is an accomplished two-time Regional Emmy, a two-time Telly, and a Parents Choice
Award winning motion picture and television actor, writer, director and producer with over
35 years of experience on both sides of a camera. He is a distinguished educator and serves
as a Visiting Professor of Film at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville, TN. He is
Director of a series of consecutive pre-college filmmaking programs each summer, first for the
Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, followed by the Watkins Summer Pre-College Film
Track, and the Presser Performing Arts Center Film Track Program in Mexico, MO. Sam’s oncamera acting credits encompass a wide
variety of motion picture and television
roles including Coach Gurntz in the original
motion picture “Footloose”, a two-year stint
on the NBC Daytime Series “Santa Barbara”,
and numerous co-starring roles in network
television movies of the week, primetime dramas, and situation comedies.
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This workshop will teach basics of cinematography for the beginner,
hobbyist or penny pinching filmmaker. The quality of your movie depends
less on what camera you use than how you use it. The cinematographer
decides how to shoot the film – what shots to get, where to put and how
to move the camera, how much light is needed, what picture composition
(framing) to use, what camera settings to use or what filters to add.
Whether you are shooting with a cell phone, “point and shoot” camera,
consumer video camera, or DSLR, this workshop will show you some
skills, techniques and tools that will make you a better cinematographer.
SAM DALTON
Both sides of a camera: educating & preparing
yourself for the business of the “biz”
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Student Workshops Free Admission
Mississippi High School Film Competition
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The MS High School Film Competition, sponsored by the Tupelo Film Festival Society, is a competition
that has been created to promote the art of filmmaking to Mississippi High School students involved
in film and television classes, film groups or individual filmmaking. In addition to the cash prizes and
awards provided by the festival, the MS High School Film Competition has been selected by Watkins
College of Art, Design and Film of Nashville, TN to receive scholarships. (Please see information under Awards below) Please click on the link to see link to this prestigious school in Nashville, TN. This
is a great honor for the festival and we are so thrilled to have been selected. A very special thanks to
Watkins College for selecting the MS High School Film Competition to receive these scholarships.
4:00 pm
Special Screening - Screen 4
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: The ADAPTATION
In addition to the workshops a special screening will take place on student workshop day competition day – our friends Chris Strompolos and
Eric Jambor have been on a journey.
In 1982, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Chris Strompolos, eleven, asked
Eric Zala, twelve, a question: “Would you like to help me do a remake
Raiders of the Lost Ark? I’m playing Indiana Jones.”
And they did it!
Every shot, every line of dialogue, every stunt. They borrowed and collected costumes, convinced neighborhood kids to wear grass skirts and
play natives, cast a fifteen-year-old as Indys love interest, rounded up
seven thousand snakes (sort of ), built the Ark, the Idol, the huge boulder,
found a desert in Mississippi, and melted the bad guys faces off.
MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL FILM COMPETITION JUDGES
Don Tingle
Workshop Director,
Alabama
Filmmakers Co-Op
Huntsville, AL
Phillip Gentile
Instructor of Film
Studies in Mass
Communication/
Journalism
University of Southern
Hattiesburg, MS
Max Shores
Producer/Director,
University of Alabama
Center for Public
Television & Radio
Tuscaloosa, AL
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THE MIKE RAY STORY – A LEGACY OF LOVE
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Presented by the Filmmaker Team – Adams County Christian School- Mike Ray was
a beloved coach, husband, and father. His wife an ACCS coach and teacher and his
daughter, an ACCS student and athlete, recount stories of love, humor and faith
about Mike, who lost his battle with cancer. Natchez, MS – 9 minutes, 40 seconds
Presented by the Filmmaker Team – Adams County Christian School – Patrick Smith was born with learning and speaking challenges. However, he continues to inspire many people and athletes by his amazing smile and personality, especially at Adams County Christian School. – Natchez, MS – 7 minutes 58 seconds
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Presented by Strack Azar – St. Joseph High School – An excessively p.c. social studies
teacher lectures to a group of students about the dangers of “disenfranchising terminology.”
Unbeknownst to him, the ethical regression of his classroom structure. – Greenville, MS – 4
minutes, 17 seonds
SIMPLE PLEASURES
Presented by Maggie Bushway - Bushway Home School – Emily, a girl who is being bullied
at school, writes back and forth to her grandpa. When her grandpa’s letter of encouragement accidentally gets put in the bully’s mailbox, it turns out she also needed the encouragement. – Belden, MS – 7 minutes, 22 seconds
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TRUMAN
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Presented by – Katrina Kinder – Homeschool – Banjo players get busier than a bullfrog on a
freeway with a busted hopper at Grenada Lake’s annual bluegrass/country/gospel event. –
Grenada, MS – 6 minutes, 39 seconds.
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Presented by Laura Lee - S.A.L.T. Homeschool – An animated children’s short about a small
worm named Truman. After a storm destroys his home, Truman must learn to overcome his
fear. – Steens, MS – 4 minutes, 22 seconds
PICKIN’ AT THE LAKE
Presented by Rebecca Koehler – MS School for Mathematics & Science - A girl discovers that
her strength lies in letting go. – Cleveland, MS – 5 minutes, 38 seconds
Courtesy Screenings to Massachusetts’s High School Filmmakers
The Tupelo Film Festival is happy to include four high school filmmaker’s works (Raw Artworks) from Lynn, Mass. These will
not be competing films as this is the MS High School Film Competition, but it is our pleasure to give these student’s an opportunity for their films to be showcased at the film festival on student day. Film titles, synopsis and students filmmakers are:
Unshakeable: The Agueda Jiminez Story by Alexis Villar, Ava Ludwig, Sara Tesh (A documentary about a woman who works towards – and achieves – her goals, even after obstacles get in her way. 4 minutes, 9 seconds
Life on Wheels – by Justin McMahon and Jake Whitlock – This documentary talks about the impact skating has on these two skaters lives and about the struggles they encounter. 3 minutes, 22 seconds
Dear Ashling - by Ashling Quinn – The filmmaker writes a letter to herself experiencing who she is as a person, and how she defines herself. 3 minutes, 23 seconds
Silver Lining - by Emily Webster – Most people believe that foster care is a terrible thing to be involved with. In this film, a teenage girl explains her experiences with foster care and how it affected her life. 4 minutes, 37 seconds
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IF WE WERE ADULTS
Writer: Michael Fitzgerald
Director: Michael Fitzgerald
Producer: Christian Parent
Mitch and Izzy are the last unmarried couple to take the plunge and what they find is
downright freighting.
12:00 pm - 12:21 pm
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Shirleen lives in a van, but convinces her brother she lives in the apartment she cleans.
When he insists on staying overnight, she must force him out before the owner returns.
12:22 pm - 12:33 pm
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In blissful 1950s suburbia, a lovestruck bobbysoxer and her no-good-nik boyfriend seek
refuge from her overprotective and hot-headed father.
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LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE
Writer/Director/Producer: James Bulian
Les, a serial killer slacker limo driver who is under the control of his tyrannical older brother,
Leo, has had enough of murdering and eating his victims in order to satiate his brother’s
murderous appetite. Les wants a chance at love. Or at least he thought so until he met his
latest ‘victim’.
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SHELTERED LOVE
Writer/Director: Alex Italics
Producer(s): Stephen Purcell, Alex Italics
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Writer/Producer: Susan Hippen
Director: Lindsay Bane
12:55 pm - 1:18 pm
Short 22 minutes
Oxford, MS
PG-13
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BUTTERFLY DREAMS
Writer/Director/Producer: Venkat Krishnan
Executive Producer: Alamu Venkat
A nine-year-old girl in rural India, exploited by child labor, must find a way to pursue her
dream - how to read and write. She has one last chance when an educated man comes to
town.
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DOCUMENTARY
ROAD TRIP ACROSS AMERICA
Director: Janie Turner
Producer: Cathy Gillespie
Constituting America Foundation documents the California contest winners 2010 Road
Trip Across America.
FEATURE
1:52 pm - 2:41 pm
Documentary 48:41 minutes
Los Angeles, CA
PG-13
MalcoTheatre
SYMPATHY PAINS
Writer/Director: Joe Dull
Producer: Kat Dull
When amateur comedian Danny finds out his wife is pregnant (surprise), he can’t stop
throwing up. Fighting a battle between his impending family and his rising comedy
career, he chooses both and succeeds at neither.
2:47 pm - 4:17 pm
Feature 1 hour 30 minutes
Conway, AR - World Premiere
PG
SPECIAL SCREENING
GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT - THE LEGEND OF SUN RECORDS
Special screening of “Good Rockin’ Tonight - The Legend of Sun Records” with special
guest, Jerry Phillips begins at 4:30 pm (See page 27 for more information.)
4:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Special Screening 1 hour 52 minutes
G
Malco Theatre
Saturday, April 19th – Begins at 4:30 pm
GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT – THE LEGEND OF SUN RECORDS
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
Historians may never agree about where
and when rock ‘n roll was born, but all do
agree that Sam Phillips began a revolution
and spawned a legacy that has become
one of America’s true cultural touchstones.
Fifty years later, that sound from Memphis
has an influence that will continue as long
as music does. Original Sun artists Elvis
Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash are
reprised by such performers as Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Live
and Third Eye Blind. The genera-tions are
spanned in a moving rendition of “Lonely
Weekends” with Jerry Lee Lewis and Matchbox Twenty. A reunion of old Mississippi
Delta musicians is the compelling spine and
authenticity of this film. (Film 120 minutes)
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SHORT BLOCK
Jerry Phillips, son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and VP of Sam Phillips Recording studios in Memphis, is
a record producer, recording engineer, songwriter and musician. He is president and co-owner of Big River Broadcasting
in Florence/Muscle Shoals, AL, and president and co-owner of Gold Coast Broadcasting in Clifton,TN, as well as vice
president of numerous music publishing companies. Jerry
has worked with such notable talents as Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee
Lewis, John Prine, Billy Lee Riley and many more. Jerry is also
Executive Producer of the world wide radio and internet program ” Muscle Shoals To Music Row Live” heard on WXFL
96.1 and watched at MS2MR.Com. Jerry Phillips will be present for a Q&A after the screening of Good Rockin’ Tonight – a
film about his father Sam Phillips and Sun Records Studio.
2014 TUPELO
TUPELO FILM
2010
FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
JERRY PHILLIPS (Q&A with Sam’s son Jerry after the film)
PARTY ON THE POD - Behind the Malco Theatre
Entertainment, Improv, Food, Awards and Fun! On the Pod!
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
7:30 p.m. – “A Taste of our Local Flavor”
West of Shake Rag is a Tupelo-based improvisational team founded
in 2009. They have been performing regularly in Tupelo for several
years, but have put together shows and classes in a variety of places including Chicago, IL where they received training and were recognized
as one of the top five rising improv teams in the world. Though still a
young team, West of Shake Rag has made a name for themselves with
their energetic performances and innovation with games and formats.
None of their material is scripted so the team offers viewers a completely unique show based on audience suggestion at every performance.
MUSIC: (A Little Jazz) BY THE
PAUL TATE TRIO BAND
(Paul – Chad – Monte)
West of Shake Rag
2014
TUPELO FILM
2010 TUPELO
FILMFESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
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HEAVY HORS D’OEUVRES & CASH BAR
BY
CLARION INN AND SUMMIT CENTER
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AFTER
ENTERTAINMENT
TICKETS $10
(Seating Limited)
Join us for the Awards Ceremony on the pod at 7:30 p.m.
Malco Theatre
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
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2014 TUPELO
TUPELO FILM
2010
FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
SPECIAL THANKS
PROUD
SPONSOR
___________
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
2014 Tupelo
Film Festival!
2014
2010TUPELO
TUPELOFILM
FILMFESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
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SPECIAL THANKS
Screeners
Louis Armour
Chris Beachum
Ken Calloway
Chris Cockrell
Melanie Deas
Thom Eason
Celia Fleischacker
Jimmy Grisham
William Heard
James Hull
Sonya Keith
Mieko Kikuchi
John McCustion
Katie McCustion
Jim Palmer
Carolyn Parsons
Allen Pegues
Steven Polley
Tim Prewitt
Pat Rasberry
Robert Reed
Meredith Tollison
Jeff Tomlinson
Roy Turner
Carlton Wall
Teri Ward
John Wee
The Japan-America Society of Mississippi
Michael D. McCown, Jr.
Wanda Heagy
Cynthia Colburn
Helen Cook
Daphene & Mike Hendricks
Debbie Turner
Stephanie Browning
Roslynn Copeland
Romanda Fears
Maury Hill
John Rasberry
Jeanette Kirk
Vicki Hester
Tammy Rodgers
Sherill Pearson
Peggy Webb
Emily Hopkins
Maggie Palmer
Bill and Annie Martin
Emily Knight
Chris Rohling
Mike Hendricks
Carol Hovland
Lawrence & May Stanley
Special Thanks
Kenlan
Development
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
Proud Sponsor of the 11th Annual
Tupelo Film Festival!
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Proud Supporters
of the
2014 Tupelo Film
Festival.
2014 TUPELO
TUPELO FILM
2010
FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
Welcome to Tupelo, Mississippi
2013
TUPELO FILM
2010 TUPELO
FILMFESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
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TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
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TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
Connecting People Through Indie Film.
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