Feature Films - International Family Film Festival

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2013 international FamilY Film Festival
the 18th
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International Family Film Festival (IFFF) held in the
heart of Hollywood at the historic Raleigh Studios.
Hollywood has and is undergoing a game-changing transformation and for 5 film & event-packed
days, the IFFF is proud to bring storytellers and
audience from around the world to this unique
and supportive gathering.
The IFFF celebrates the belief that family stories are more powerful, insightful and entertaining
than ever. Our 2013 theme, “Ka-Fam! Unleashing
the Power of Family” pokes fun at the notion that
only the man wears the superhero suit at home!
Stereotypes are less and less easy to defend. As
you will see, the 2013 IFFF presents some new
and emerging film heroes you won’t want to miss.
Unspooling on 3 screens, the fest offers over
110 unique film titles from 31 countries, 27 U.S.
states and 17 professional film schools, ranging from features to shorts, documentaries to
animation, dramas to comedies and professional
to student projects. This year, IFFF is proud to
showcase the 4th Annual China Film Block, a
special film delegation of six juried feature films
from The People’s Republic of China accompanied
by Chinese filmmakers and producers. There are
Executive Staff
Chris Shoemaker
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
informational panels and workshops conducted by
industry professionals, film Q&As, receptions and
galas, a Screenwriters Showcase honoring the
scripted word, and numerous networking opportunities to meet other filmmakers,
industry professionals and film
enthusiasts.
On Saturday (May 4), IFFF
shines the spotlight on its
YouthFest!, a day devoted to the
interests and efforts of young
filmmakers and screenwriters (ages 8-18 from the U.S.
and abroad) and their talents.
Youth-generated films, workshops
and celebrity discussions round
out this fun day for the entire
family. Finally, share in the thrill of
bestowing IFFF’s coveted awards
at its Awards Ceremony (May 5th) that concludes
the festival experience with applause.
Throughout the year, the International Family
Film Institute (IFFI) presents Movies on the Move!,
a curated program of short films to schools,
libraries and community organizations; weeklong intergenerational film camps (grandparents
and grandkids team up!), and the formation of
Panel Moderators
Robert Caine
Christopher Welch
International Co-Production:
Filming in China
Patte Dee McKee
Peter Davidson
TREASURER
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Suzanne Shoemaker
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Indie Film Financing
Mathius Mack Gertz
Michelle Eskenazi
Beneath the tip of the iceberg:
The Film Business
Jeremy Broekman
Shauna Shapiro
Jackson
SALES
PUBLIC & MEDIA RELATIONS
Jennifer Farmer
AWARDS CEREMONY DIRECTOR/WRITER
Nate Horn
DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Kerry Liethen
SCREENWRITER’S SHOWCASE DIRECTOR
Jason Medbury
WEB DESIGNER
Kevin Paige
Indie Film Distribution
Quendrith Johnson
Screenwriters’ Panel:
Screenwriting 360º - Film, TV, CGI
Kerry Liethen
Screenwriters’ Showcase &
Awards Ceremony
film clubs equipped with Freshi Films’ Young
Filmmaker’s Starter Kits sharing “best practices”
instruction on how to make short digital films,
animations and video games. These IFFI activities
help youth and their families
expand and better understand the
media rich world we live in.
More than ever, IFFF expresses its deepest gratitude
to its hard-working volunteers,
sponsors, members, donors and
friends for keeping steam in its
organizational belly and supporting its educational and culturally
enriching mission. Please take a
moment to acknowledge these
people and organizations for
their care and advocacy of family
entertainment.
As always, on behalf of the entire Board of
Directors, Advisory Board, the Staff and supportive
Sponsors and Friends, we thank you for being a
part of our festival family.
From our IFFF family to yours, we hope you
enjoy the wealth the festival offers.
Chris Shoemaker
Contents
Director’s Note ................................................ 3
Festival Sponsors............................................ 4
“Friz Award” Honoree ..................................... 6
IFFF Film Excellence Award Honoree ............... 8
Panels & Events ............................................ 12
YouthFest! Workshops ................................... 13
Fourth Annual China Film Block .................... 14
Program Schedule ........................................ 22
Screenplay Official Selections ....................... 25
Film Entries ................................................. 28
AUDIO TECHNICIAN
Kevin Smith
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Event Staff
Carolyn Brush • Ashley Beyer
Aina Che• Michael Graham
Aaron Gomez • Sylvia Kent
Mike Korich • Kerry Liethen
Jason Medbury • Carol Murphy
Kevin Paige • Jamie Parker
Tyler Shoemaker • Kim Turney
Cover Artist
Miguel Gonzalez
To learn more about Miguel
and his work, visit his blog
and portfolio website at:
blog
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email
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2013 International Family Film Festival · 3
sponsors
Festival Sponsors
Opening Feature
Film & Reception
The Citizen
Industry/Distributor Members
Wednesday, May 1
Reception: 6 PM at the Raleigh
Studios’ Cantina
Eliot Stenzel
Media Partners
Film: 7 PM at the Chaplin
Theater, followed by a Q&A with
the film’s director Sam Kadi, producer Chris Wyatt, actors William
Atherton and Agnes Bruckner.
year the IFFF proudly
this
opens its 18th annual
Official Ifff Providers
fest with the feature film, The
Citizen. The synopsis reads,
“Yearning to leave behind his
life of misfortune in the Middle
East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the
U.S Green Card Lottery for a
chance to become an American
citizen. Ibrahim lands in New
York City the day before 9/11 …
and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever
shape the struggles he faces
on his journey to capture the
American dream.”
Inspired by true events, Filmmaker Sam Kadi’s feature debut
is a gripping tale of courage,
love, and perseverance, the
qualities of a true CITIZEN.
aBout the 2013 iFFF
Awards for
Special Recognition
Friz Award for
Excellence in
Animation
J.G. Quintel
Film Excellence
Award
Charles Floyd Johnson
Pearl Award
Spirit Award
Top Applause Award
Director’s Gold Award
Best Child Actor Award
A Very Special
THANK YOU!
IFFF Film & Screenplay Jury
Felicia Grady – Allen
Carl Bressler
Peter Davidson
Sasha Davidson
Mac Duffy
Kate Duffy
Mathius Gertz
Tina Cotter
Nate Horn
Kaleigh Kailani
Sylvia Kent
Pamela Koller
Kerry Liethen
Dr. Marco Marenghi
Jo Marenghi
Mark Noland
Frances Noland
Lynette Privatsky
David Roman
Larry Dean Smith
Stephen Tako
Claire Winters
IFFF Advisory Board
Michael D. Antonovich
Shlomi Haziza
mbcreativeservices.com
Los Angeles Co. Supervisor, 5th District
International Artist/HStudio
Lindy Lou Caron
David Casey
Aina Che
Cultural Consul CHE Zhaohe
Diane Baker
Tippi Hedren
Executive Director, Motion Picture and Television
School Academy of Art University
Actress
Charles Floyd Johnson
Sybil Bergman
Producer
the Media Barons
Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles
Janet Chin
Keno Deary
Bill Farmer
Dr. Joel Fisher
The LA Wine Fest
Brent Hamill
Floyd Johnson
Sylvia Kent
Agnes Lew
Ms. Yan Li
Ms. Margaret Loesch
Candyce Milo
Kristin Ouchi
plazaprint.com
Janis Salin
Mr. ZHANG Xin
Director, Film & Television Dept., Centre of
International Cultural Exchange (CICE)
Trophy Models Courtesy of
Etiquette and Manners Academy
Alicia Culpepper
Lizette Villalobos
Producer
Lisa Lu
Actress
Lynda Carter
Dr. Marco Marenghi
Actress
Rachael DiPaola
Executive Producer, Zynga
Vanessa Domine
PhD Professor, Montclaire University
Board Member, National Association
of Media Literacy Education
Animation Supervisor
Brian Robinson
Senior VP, Morgan Creek Productions
Hope Freleng-Shaw
Producer
Larry Dean Smith
Entertainment Consultant
Dr. Joel Fisher
Dee Wallace
Founder, LA Wine Fest
Actress
Badges? We ain’t
“
got no badges! We don’t need
no badges! I don’t have to show
you any stinking badges!
”
- “Gold Hat,”
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2013
“FriZ aWarD” honoree
J.G. Quintel
is the creator of Regular Show, Cartoon Network’s Emmy®-winning animated comedy. In addition to its’ 2012
Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Short-format
Animated Program it also won the 2012 Ottawa International
Animation Festival Award for Best Television Animation for
Children and was nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy
of Film and Television Arts) Award for Best Television Series
(Kids). Regular Show’s season four premiere on Oct. 1 at 8
p.m. (ET, PT) scored its best performance in its history, ranking as the #1 telecast of the day among all targeted kids and
boys ages 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14, according to Nielsen Media
Research.
Prior to Regular Show, Quintel served as creative director
of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack for two seasons
and started at Cartoon Network as an intern for Genndy Tartakovsky’s Emmy® Award Winning Star Wars: The Clone Wars
microseries. Quintel then went on to serve as storyboard
artist on the Emmy-winning animated series Camp Lazlo.
Created as a short for Cartoon Network’s Cartoonstitute,
Regular Show features characters originally from shorts
Quintel produced while attending the California Institute of the
Arts. In addition to serving as creator of Regular Show, Quintel
voices one of the main characters, Mordecai and recruited
fellow Cal Arts graduate Sam Marin to voice Benson, Pops,
and Muscle Man.
Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com), currently seen in
more than 99 million U.S. homes and 207 countries around
the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported
cable service now available in HD offering the best in original,
acquired and classic entertainment for youth and families.
Nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Cartoon Network shares
its channel space with Adult Swim, a late-night destination
showcasing original and acquired animated
and live-action programming for young
adults 18-34.
Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc., a Time
Warner company,
creates and programs
branded news; entertainment; animation and
young adult; and sports
media environments on
television and other platforms for consumers
around the world.
ConGratulations!
We congratulate J.G. Quintel on receiving
the 2013 Friz Award. Your creativity and grand sense
of play delight us all. Dad would be so proud.
~ Hope, Sybil & The Entire Freleng Family
2013 iFFF Film eXCellenCe aWarD honoree
Charles FloYD Johnson
Three-time Emmy Award winner (and
seven-time nominee), Charles Floyd
Johnson currently serves as Executive
Producer of the CBS Television Studios’
one-hour dramatic television series,
NCIS, following his tenures as an Executive Producer of the long-running CBS
military series, JAG and FIRST MONDAY
for CBS / Paramount Television.
Mr. Johnson’s diverse career is
also comprised of notable work in
the feature film arena. He is one
of the Producers of RED TAILS,
the action-driven, Lucasfilm
production about the incredible
exploits of the famed Tuskegee
Airmen. In addition, he and his
former Producing Partner, Chris
Abbott, headed up TWS Productions, developing numerous film
projects for the company and its
star, Tom Selleck.
Johnson’s other credits
include the landmark series, THE
ROCKFORD FILES, for which he
received his first Emmy Award for
“Outstanding Dramatic Series.”
He then went on to produce
MAGNUM, P. I., QUANTUM LEAP,
the remake of BRET MAVERICK,
the Pilots of SIMON AND SIMON,
HELLINGER’S LAW, REVEALING
EVIDENCE, SILVER FOX and
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP. Mr.
Johnson also produced eight
two-hour THE ROCKFORD FILES
movies and two seasons of B.
L. STRYKER, an ABC Mystery
Movie Presentation starring Burt
Reynolds.
He is the recipient of many Awards
and Commendations and is listed as an
Outstanding Member of Who’s Who in
America, Who’s Who in Black America,
Who’s Who in Entertainment and the
renowned History Makers. Other recent
awards include the Chairman’s Award
from the Caucus for Producers, Writers
and Directors, the Diversity Award
from the Producers Guild of America,
the Ron Brown Award from Minorities
in Broadcasting and the Creative Vision
Award from Liberty Hill, a charitable
organization.
Among his many other celebrated
projects, he has been highly praised for
both producing and performing in the
1982 Emmy Award-winning KCET Public
Television Special, VOICES OF OUR
PEOPLE....IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK
POETRY where he received his second
Emmy Award for “Outstanding Performer
in an Entertainment Special”; only to
immediately follow that win with a third
Emmy Award for “Outstanding Entertainment Special.”
A native of Middletown, Delaware,
Johnson received both his Bachelor of
Arts and his Juris Doctorate Degrees
from Howard University. From 1965-
1967, he served in the United States
Army as a Courts and Boards Defense
Counsel at Fort Dix, New Jersey,
defending some 300 special and
summary court-martial cases. While
he was there he received an Army
Commendation Medal for his work.
Thereafter, he became a member
of the District of Columbia Bar
and an Attorney-Advisor in the
United States Copyright Office.
Before exchanging a career in
International Copyright Law for
one in Hollywood, Johnson first
worked in Stockholm with the
Swedish Ministry of Justice and
briefly served in Paris as a U.S.
Representative to a UNESCO
Copyright Conference.
A founding member and
former Vice President of the
Media Forum, he has worked to
combat negative media images
of minorities, and was, for many
years, a Vice President of Communications Bridge, a Los Angeles training program for minority
students in the fields of Film and
Television Production. He is a
proud member of the Caucus for
Producers, Writers and Directors,
the Academy of Television Arts
and Sciences, the Screen Actors
Guild, the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of
America, for which he previously
served, for many years, as both
an officer and a member of
its Board of Directors. With the
Producers Guild, he founded and
produced the Oscar Micheaux Awards,
which was the forerunner of the PGA’s
now successful Celebration of Diversity Awards.
An Outstanding Alumnus of both
the Stony Brook College Preparatoryin
Stony Brook, New York and Howard
University in Washington, D.C., Mr.
Johnson lives in Los Angeles with his
wife, Anne Burford Johnson; the couple
has one daughter, Kristin Suzanne Carter, an Attorney in Santa Cruz, California.
Congratulations to
CHARLES FLOYD JOHNSON
on this well-deserved honor.
Your strong commitment to family storytelling is admirable.
Margaret Loesch
President & CEO,
Hub TV Networks, LLC
2012 IFFF Film Excellence
Award Honoree
past Winners
Past Winners
2013 Friz Award for Animation ....... J.G. Quintel
IFFF Film Excellence Award ... Charles Floyd Johnson
2012 Friz Award for Animation........... Jennifer Yuh Nelson
IFFF Film Excellence Award ...... Margaret Loesch
2011 Friz Award for Animation........... Bill Farmer
2010 Friz Award for Animation........... Andreas Deja
IFFF Film Excellence Award ...... Hallmark Channel
2009 Friz Award for Animation........... Phil Roman
IFFF Film Excellence Award ...... 20th Century Fox
................................................. Television
2008 Friz Award for Animation........... Marco Marenghi
IFFF Film Excellence Award ...... Walden Media
2007 Friz Award for Animation........... Hope Shaw & Sibyl
................................................. Bergman
2005 Friz Award for Animation........... Henry Selick
Santa Clarita Film Excellence.... Louis Florimonte
2004 Friz Award for Animation........... “Shrek” Animation Team,
................................................. Dreamworks
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Congratulate the 2013 IFFF
and its Talented Filmmakers.
2003 Friz Award for Animation........... Don Hahn
Santa Clarita Spirit Award ......... Michael DeLorenzo
2002 Friz Award for Animation........... Roy O. Disney
Lifetime Achievement ............... Edward James Olmos
2001 Friz Award for Animation........... Frank Thomas &
................................................. Ollie Johnston
Lifetime Achievement ............... Arthur Hiller
IFFF Humanitarian Award.......... Ava Fries
2000 Friz Award for Animation........... Charles M. Schulz,
................................................. William Melendez
Lifetime Achievement ............... Cliff Robertson
1999 Friz Award for Animation........... Chuck Jones
Lifetime Achievement ............... Delbert Mann
1998 Friz Award for Animation........... Jules Engel
1997 Friz Award for Animation........... Marc Davis
Lifetime Achievement ............... Robert Wise
1995 Friz Award for Animation........... Joseph Barbera
Lifetime Achievement ............... Stanley Kramer
1994 Friz Award for Animation........... Friz Freleng
We heartily
congratulate alumnus
J.G. Quintel
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recipient of the
2013 Friz Award
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Panels & Events
Panels & Events
Thursday, May 2
Beneath the tip of the iceberg
4 – 5pm • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Fairbanks)
What lies beneath glamour and fame to make a successful
career. An intimate entertainment business discussion.
Speaker: Mathius Mack Gertz
Join indie film producer, USC film graduate and
Producer’s Guild of America member Mathius Mack
Gertz for an informative presentation with Q&A about
what is seldom discussed and often overlooked when
starting an entertainment career. Geared mostly for those
of you who think of yourselves as “creative,” Mathius
discusses the rules, laws and game of Hollywood.
Friday, May 3
Filming in China
Saturday, May 4
Indie Film Financing Panel
10am • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Fairbanks)
Incredible access to successful film and finance professionals who understand the business of how to fund independent
production – creatively!
Moderator: Peter Davidson
Panelists: Noel Paytner, Bill Gottlieb, Eliot Stenzel, Randy
Mendelsohn
Sunday, May 5
Producers’ Networking Brunch
9am • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Cantina)
Indie Film Distribution Panel
Moderator: Shauna Shapiro Jackson
Panelists: Alex Barder, Page B. Ostrow, Lynda O.
Olszewski
Screenwriters’ Panel: Screenwriting
360º - Film, TV, CGI
12pm (noon) • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Cantina)
Eight industry insiders from Air Bud writer to an actor
from The Social Network give valuable insight into the
writing game. A must-see event, the 360º scope
includes CGI basics and intro into big tentpole animation
hits, as well as the state of the state in TV writing
(both long and short form) and webisode series.
Moderator: Quendrith Johnson
Panelists: Aaron Mendelsohn, Andrew Thacher,
Antonia Bogdanovich, Catherine Clinch, Michele Seipp,
Ron Gilbert, Scot Byrd
Screenwriters’ Showcase & Awards
2pm • Ceremony/Reception
4pm • Screenwriters Reception
Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Cantina)
Moderator: Kerry Liethen
Actors: Feodor Chin, Nick Gillie, Cami Jarman,
Gayla Johnson, Toniann Monaco, Josh David Saleh,
Stephen Tako
10am • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Cantina)
Awards Reception and Ceremony
A frank discussion with some of the most reputable
distribution and production companies in the family-film
genre. Here’s how they do it and how you can too!
6pm • Reception
7:30pm • Awards Ceremony
Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Cantina/Chaplin)
Personal Appearances: Deep Williams, Ambika Leigh
“OFFICIAL IFFF SELECTION” • 4 pm, Wednesday, May 1st • 11:30 am, Friday, May 3rd
4pm • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood (Cantina)
An expert panel comprised of attending China filmmakers
and American film professionals with China co-pro
experience will illuminate and outline the enormous
creative and financial advantages to producing films in
and with China. Learn more about current co-production
requirements, financial arrangements, permitting
procedures and casting/film content considerations
when joint venturing with a Chinese studio or production
company to complete your film. Discussion about the
annual quota of film imports into China and the necessary
steps to take for your film project to receive favorable
consideration from Sino-American markets will be covered.
Moderator: Robert Caine
Panelists: Mr. CHU Yiping - Writer, Producer, and a Member
of the Chinese Television Artists Association
Mr. REN Huanqi - Vice President/Producer of the China
Tianjin North Film Group
Mr. Yuan Xibo - Board Chairman/Producer of Beijing October
Days Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Ms. SU Xiaohong - General Manager of China Hangzhou
C&L Digital Production Co., Ltd.
YouthFest! Workshops
CeleBritY
IFFF YouthFest!
Workshops
& Guest
Appearances
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The IFFF YouthFest! is a film and
screenplay contest held for youth (ages
8-18) during the International Family
Film Festival.
The YouthFest! gives aspiring filmmakers from across the United States and
abroad the opportunity to participate in
important film workshops, network with
their peers and professional filmmakers,
and premiere their films in Hollywood
before a live audience!
Bill Farmer
is known world-wide as the voice behind Walt Disney’s Goofy and PluBillto.Farmer
In 2011 he received IFFF’s “Friz Award” for Animation. But this just scratches
the surface. Bill has voiced some of the world’s most famous cartoon characters
in film, television, radio, video games and toys. Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn,
Sylvester the Cat, and Yosemite Sam are just a few of the hundreds of voices and
characters in Bill’s repertoire. Bill remains a very active voice-over actor in animation as well as in commercials, video games, television, and film. Bill heads his
own production company, Toonhouse Inc., which produces documentaries, actor
demos, and teaches voiceover skills to seasoned pros and young actors alike.
Saturday, May 4
YouthFest! Films begin at 11am
Celebrity Meet & Greet
with Aaron Landon
10am • (Chaplin)
Meet Aaron Landon (Actor/Singer),
“Pesto” in the new Disney XD hit
“Crash And Bernstein.” Hear him sing
(accompanied by Saint Tone) followed
by a Q&A and autograph signing.
YouthFest! Film Block
11am • (Chaplin)
Acting Up! A
Workshop for Youth
Acting Technique
12:30pm • (Cantina)
An innovative approach to acting for
youth that unlocks the imagination and
creates a natural sense of play. Taught
by Professional Coach Claire Winters.
Speak Up! The Art of
Voice Over with Bill
Farmer (voice of Goofy)
2pm • (Pickford)
A behind-the-scenes look at the
animation industry, how to create
voices, types of characters, microphone
techniques and what it takes to
get into the world of voiceover.
3pm • (Pickford)
YouthFest!
Screenwriters’
Showcase & Film
Awards Ceremony
4:30pm • (Chaplin)
Awards Ceremony
concludes/Pizza
Reception
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Claire
Winters
Winters is
Claire
an actor, acting
teacher and professional coach.
Her screen
credits include the HBO mini series Empire
Falls, As the World Turns, The Bold and The
Beautiful, and Slings and Arrows, among
others. She’s acted Off-Broadway and in
several leading regional theaters including
American Conservatory Theater and The
George Street Playhouse.
She has taught acting at The Lee
Strasberg Institute, The Music Academy at
Hamilton High School, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School and throughout Los Angeles
as a filmmaker-in-residence in the schools
with Freshi Films (Freshi Media). She is
co-founder of the influential acting website
BrainsofMinerva.com and is a graduate of
the MFA Program at American Conservatory Theater and The Actors Fund Teaching
Artist Institute.
Claire is a member of Actors Equity,
SAG-AFTRA and Los Angeles Women in
Film and serves on SAG-AFTRA’s NextGen
Performers Committee.
ClaireWinters.com
Aaron Landon
old, Aaron Landon is an accomplished actor.
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currently starring as the series regular character
“Pesto”, on the new Disney hit, “Crash & Bernstein”, which
will soon be going into its’ second season. His credits also
include the recurring role of “Young Nick” in the popular
“New Girl” on Fox TV, “The House of Lies” for Showtime,
and Young Irving Thalberg in “Paul Merton’s Birth of
Hollywood” for the BBC. His rocker talents landed him
a commercial for Kidz Bop, as well as the part of “Mini
Brandon” in a video for “Panic At The Disco”. He recently
had fun appearing as “The Bully” on an episode of “The
Jimmy Kimmel Show”.
In addition to his acting credits Aaron has the vocal
chops of a seasoned artist. He was recently awarded “Best
Male Vocalist by the LA Music Awards, being the youngest
ever nominated and then to win the
vote. Prior to that, Aaron placed in the
top 19 out of 40,000 submissions for
the TV show “Majors & Minors”. He
has been awarded “Best Pop Rock
Artist” at an event with RK Records,
“Best Male Vocalist Rising Star” at
“Hollywood Rock The Mic.”
Aaron will present the “Best Child
Actor” award at the IFFF Awards
Ceremony, Sunday - May 5 at 7 PM
(Chaplin Theater).
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Twitter.com/AaronLandon1
facebook.com/aaronlandonmusic
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5:30 pm • (Cantina)
Fourth Annual China Film Block
T
he 2013 IFFF is proud
to host the 4th annual
China Film Block, showcasing an array (animation,
comedy and dramas) of
exciting, action-packed and
culturally relevant films
from The People’s Republic
of China. Accompanying
these contemporary films
will be a respected Chinese
Film Delegation that will represent the 6 films in the Block
who will be available for a special insider’s dialogue/Q&A
following each film’s public presentation.
“International Co-Production: Filming in China”
On May 3rd, the festival presents an expert panel entitled,
“International Co-Production: Filming in China” that will
illuminate and outline the enormous creative and financial
advantages to producing films in and with China.
Mike O’Sullivan recently reported (Jan. 25th - Voice of
America), “China has become the world’s second-largest
market for films, after North America, and China’s box office
revenues are growing by 30 percent a year. The country also
is expanding its joint ventures in entertainment, and it is
changing the way Hollywood does business.”
Join the festival’s panel, comprised of attending China
filmmakers and American film professionals with China
co-pro experience to learn more about current co-production
requirements, financial arrangements, permitting procedures
and casting/film content considerations when joint venturing
with a Chinese studio or production company to complete
your film. Discussion about the annual quota of film imports
into China and the necessary steps to take for your film
project to receive favorable consideration from Sino-American
markets will be covered.
China Film Block Schedule of Events
May 1-5 • Raleigh Studios, Hollywood
Event
Location Time
IFFF Press Conference
Chaplin
1pm • Wednesday, May 1
My Summer
Chaplin
5pm • Thursday, May 2
My Spectacular Theater
Pickford
5:30pm • Thursday,
May 2
Ballet of Two Dancers
Pickford
2pm • Friday, May 3
International
Co-Production Panel
Cantina
International Reception
Cantina
The Promise of Chuncao
Fairbanks
The Dreams of Jinsha
Fairbanks
4pm • Saturday, May 4
Good Persons of Rizhao
Fairbanks
6pm • Saturday, May 4
IFFF Awards Ceremony
Chaplin
6pm • Sunday, May 5
Filming in China Panel
4pm • Friday, May 3 (Cantina)
Robert Cain • Moderator
Robert Cain has
worked for more than
20 years in
Hollywood and the
global entertainment
industry, primarily as
a production, finance,
strategy and creative
development expert.
He has been doing business in China since
1987, where his producing and
entertainment management experience
includes production of the TV broadcast
Three Tenors in the Forbidden City,
development and production executive on
the 2008 Academy Award nominated film
Mongol, Consulting Producer on the film
Shanghai Kiss starring Kelly Hu and Hayden
Panettiere, and consultant to the Shanghai
Media Group, CCTV, China Lion Films, and
others.
An award-winning screenwriter, he holds a
bachelor’s degree with honors from Harvard
University and an MBA degree with honors
from the Wharton School of Business.
Mr. CHU Yiping • Speaker
Mr. CHU Yiping, a
writer, producer, and
a member of the
Chinese Television
Artists Association, is
one of the winners of
the 2009 China
Movie & TV Producing
Achievement Award.
He has produced over twenty TV series,
movies and TV documentaries in the past ten
years. The representative works are Chinese
Architectures of the Last Century, China
Say No to Drugs, Songs Over Eighty Years,
Decode the Long March, and the movie
The Promise of Chuncao. The Gathering of
Romance is his representative novel.
He is now focused on the investment and
production of the documentary The Great
Canal, the movie Edge and the TV series
Vicissitudes of the Seven Sage Village.
Mr. REN Huanqi • Speaker
Mr. REN Huanqi
began to work in the
Tianjin Film Studio in
1982 and has been a
production manager,
manager of
promotion and
distribution, assistant
to the Studio director, and deputy director of
the Studio. Since 2010, he served as Vice
President and producer of China Tianjin
North Film Group, parent account of the
Tianjin Film Studio.
Important films he produced and awards:
Woman Sesame Oil Maker, Golden Bear of
Berlin International Film Festival; Ballet of
Two Persons, Huabiao Award of Chinese
government; Old Fish, Grand Prix of Jury
of Shanghai International Film Festival.
The films he co-produced with partners
from Hongkong SAR: Leaving Me,
Loving You; Silver Hawk; Infernal Affairs,
and The Touch which won a Huabiao
Award of Chinese government.
The films he co-produced with partners
from Japan: Kung Fu Boy; Phoenix.
Mr. REN participated in the negotiation for
the implantation of Cameron/Pace (China)
Group in Tianjin, China in 2012 and is one
of responsible for its early operations.
Mr. Yuan Xibo • Speaker
Mr. Yuan Xibo was
born in March 1968
in Shandong
Province, China. He
was respectively a
Vice President of the
Qilu Association in
South Africa and the
Secretary General of the China Chamber of
Commerce in South Africa from 1997 to
2005. He found the Beijing October Days
Culture Media Co., Ltd. in 2005 and holds the
post of Board Chairman and producer till
now. He graduated from the Renmin
University of China in 2007.
Mr. HAO Gu • Speaker
Mr. HAO Gu is the
associate director of
the animation film
The Dreams of
Jinsha, which won
the 2013 Best
Feature Foreign
Animation on the
18th International Family Film Festival. Hao is
a passionate filmmaker and media scholar
from Beijing, China. He is interested in
cinematic narrative, interactive design and
media industry. He has been working in film
production since 2007 and his work includes
documentary, animation and feature films.
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Ballet of Two Dancers
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Brother • Out of Hand
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My Spectacular Theatre
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Screenplay Official Selections
Feature
Screenplays
Feature: Drama
Bring Cooper Home
Screenwriter: Candy Fox
Synopsis: When a US soldier is killed in
Afghanistan and his canine partner, Cooper,
is seriously wounded, his wife and three children launch an all-out effort to find Cooper
and bring him home in time for Christmas.
Chummy’s Spirit
Screenwriter: Harold Ellis Clark
Synopsis: An elderly New Orleans woman
learns that the remains of her son have
been found in Vietnam more than 30 years
after he was declared MIA. Her quest to
visit Vietnam to see the site where her son’s
remains were found, and the woman he
loved, inspires her community to assist her.
Klaus the Great
Screenwriter: Brian Weakland
Synopsis: A profoundly old philosopher,
struggling to survive a book-selling
war with a brash Ivy League professor,
follows the advice of his savvy 17-year-old
adopted grandson and, in the process,
discovers the value of his life. Klaus Mendel
shatters that stereotype by composing
his most creative work at age 100.
Looking for Leonardo
Screenwriter: Dean Huh
Performance Partners Organization, LLC
Synopsis: The story deals with a 12-year-old
boy who is fascinated by Leonardo Da Vinci’s
studies of aerodynamics and convinces his
father to take him to a remote Italian village,
where it’s been rumored that a descendant
of Leonardo’s has been recreating his
flying machines. The relative turns out to
be a stunning mountain woman named
Odra Noel, who allows this intelligent
young man to assist her in deciphering
Da Vinci’s notebooks and building a
working copy of his flying machine.
Personal Appearance: Dean Huh
Lost & Found
Screenwriters: Scott Bridges, Erik Cardona,
Joseph Itaya
Synopsis: Sent to spend the summer with
their uncle on a remote island. Andy and
Mark learn that their eccentric grandfather
may have left behind a vast fortune. They
embark on a complex treasure hunt but the
boys learn that the bonds of brotherhood
are the most valuable riches of all.
Manzanar!
Screenwriter: William Aldrich Jr.
Synopsis: This is a story about when
118,000 Japanese Americans are
‘evacuated’ from their homes and then
‘interned’ in relocation centers after Japan
attacks Pearl Harbor. A Japanese American
Doctor, Dai Kuroki finds love and marriage
at the Manzanar Camp and miraculously
was saved from the firing squad by his
Caucasian friend. In a secondary love story,
a young and beautiful Japanese American
woman dies tragically when shot by guards
while trying to escape Manzanar with her
lover. (Dialogue is in musical lyrics.)
Shall We Gather at the River
Screenwriters: E. Reid Gilbert, Kathy Krantz
Stewart
Synopsis: This Romeo/Juliet love
story set in the mountains of Virginia in
the 18870’s depicts a place and time
largely forgotten. A white farm boy, Jimmie
Sue and a colored sharecropper girl
Madaleen, although mutually attracted
to each other, must deal with the social
and legal obstacle of miscegenation.
The Great American
Footrace of 1928
Screenwriter: Eric W. Carlson
Synopsis: Hoping to save the family
farm, win the heart of the girl he loves,
and gain the respect of his disapproving
father, a 19 year-old Oklahoma farm boy
takes on the world’s greatest runners
as he races 3400 miles across America
in the Great Transcontinental Foot Race
of 1928. Based on a true story.
Two Dudes in Africa
Screenwriter: David Bugay
Synopsis: Two college dudes become
stranded in Africa in a rollicking tale of
their struggles to avoid being eaten. They
find themselves on foot with interested
rhinoceroses, crocodiles and lions.
The Masai tribe adopts them into their
tribe as they suddenly find themselves
on Africa’s ‘most wanted posters’.
Feature: Comedy
Available
Screenwriter: Michael Gibrall
Production Company: One of Each
Productions, LLC
Synopsis: A College student inherits a
billboard sign business and inadvertently
advertises her dating status when she
is trying to sell advertising space.
Daring, Dangerous,
DadTastic!
Screenwriter: Jimmy Monack
Synopsis: When three bumbling Dads
attempt to connect with their kids by
becoming real-life superheroes, real-life
criminals decided to get in the way.
Personal Appearance: Jimmy Monack
Fintan Fedora & the
Mythical Brazilian
Chocoplum
Screenwriter: Amy Amani
Synopsis: Fintan is the youngest child of
the Fedora Cake dynasty. To prove himself
to his father, this affable but clumsy boy
sets off to discover the Mythical Brazilian
Chocoplum. He is pursued by kidnappers
and rivals. His accident prone ways save the
day and he unwittingly outwits the bad guys.
Foreign Exchange
Screenwriter: Scott Thompson
Synopsis: Paige is dying to escape
small-town America and follow her dream
of becoming a cultured Parisian artist.
Gigi is a foreign exchange student from
Paris, and she joins Paige’s family with
dreams of the simple life, yearning to
become the quintessential American.
Galactic Champion
Screenwriters: Jeremy Waterbury, Peter
Johnson
Synopsis: In this alien animated space
adventure, an inexperienced racer must
redeem his family’s racing legacy after
a mysterious crash forces his father into
retirement. ‘Rally Skymaster’ battles
personal and professional challenges
in his quest to become the Galactic
Champion. With everything to lose, the
family’s livelihood rests on his shoulders.
Twelves’ Step to Liberty
Screenwriter: Charles Laurette
Synopsis: A writer seeks the only remaining
participant of the Boston Tea Party to finally
learn what actually happened that historic
night, but gets schooled by the lively old
guy, instead! Follow the heart-warming
tales of his hysterical life that will allow
one to leave their history book at home.
Waking in Southport
Screenwriter: Rebecca Nelson
Synopsis: Jamie is a driven corporate
executive of a big city Toy Corporation. She’s
also about to give birth to her first child.
With priorities askew, and a magical twist
of fate, she is catapulted six years into the
future and wakes to find herself in the small
southern town of Southport, North Carolina.
Feature: Animation
Floating Princess
Lucy in London
Screenwriter: Tracy Ryan
Synopsis: A talented 12-year-old wins
the role of ‘Annie’ in a professional New
York City production without her mother’s
knowledge and must survive until Opening
Night, to prove her talent to her mother.
Personal Appearance: Tracy Ryan
The Code of the Candy Cane
Screenwriter: Jimmy Monack
Synopsis: When a friendly competition
at the North Pole leads to a rebellious elf
trying to start a new high tech Christmas,
it is up to her best friend to find a
handmade toy that could save Christmas
and restore the Code of the Candy Cane.
The Piano
Screenwriter: Kimberly Alexander
Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, an unsuspecting, single mother inherits a baby
grand piano from an eccentric, estranged
uncle. The family begins an adventure
to discover whose body they have found
inside, how to deliver it to the authorities
and ditch the thugs following them. Much
insanity, comedy and romance ensue.
The Wrong Bus
Screenwriters: Daniel Weitzman, David
Slavin
Synopsis: This comedy is about 12-year-old
super-spoiled Claypool , whose filthy rich,
Upper Crust parents sign him up for the
most lavish sleep-away camp ever, only to
put him on The Wrong Bus, which whisks
him off to the most decrepit camp ever.
Screenwriter: Lyvia A. Martinez
Synopsis: Princess Emlyn was cursed
and was given no gravity by her evil Aunt
Arabella. Emlyn floats around freely and
everyone considers her helpless and
useless, which frustrates her to no end.
When her younger sister Winifred, is
kidnapped by Arabella’s griffin, Emlyn
decides she must finally leave the castle,
save her sister, and prove her capabilities.
Personal Appearance: Lyvia A. Martinez
Froggy Prince
Screenwriter: Jose Sonera
Synopsis: Meet Freddie, A frog with a major
problem. His ribbit is the butt of jokes. Tired
of being the family shame, he decides to
embark on a journey that will test an old
mythical tale, and prove once and for all
whether or not he truly is the Frog Prince.
It’s Just Pretend
Screenwriter: Christopher Glennon
Synopsis: 10-year-old Billy must save
his little sister when a ghost taps into
their minds, creating a mystical fantasy
world. With the help of his phantom
fanatic neighbor, Old Man Henshaw,
Billy has to harness the power of his
imagination and overcome the ghost
before sunset, or lose his sister forever.
Kheng Kheng Crocodile
Screenwriter: Donna Lisa
Synopsis: A lonely boy adopts a spirited
baby crocodile, despite opposition.
When a scheming elder and a nasty
poacher kidnap the crocodile, the boy
embarks on a dangerous quest to save his
beloved pet. He fends off fierce animals,
outsmarts the poacher, and finally gains
acceptance from his stern father.
Outcaste
Screenwriter: Michael Frazier
Synopsis: Claire (12-year old) and Della
(6-year old) Fielding are stranded in
sCreenplaY oFFiCial seleCtions
Colonial Calcutta, India, after a terrible train
accident. They are taken in by a Ladaka
boy that is from the lowest level of Hindu
society. While trying to return to their father,
a British Army Officer, the children find
a stolen dog that belongs to the Raja.
The Mythfitz
Screenwriter: Nicholas Julius
Production Company: Long Way Home
Productions
Synopsis: Misfits become Mythfits when
the MacDonald kids are swept off their
father’s tour boat in Scotland, they are
swallowed by the Lock Ness Monster,
and brought to the land of Mythatania.
Where all creatures heard of in Myth and
Folklore have gone to escape the outside
world. There they meet a group of mythical
youngsters and embark on a wonderful
adventure as they try to find their way home.
Personal Appearance: Nicholas Julius
The Rose Tree
Screenwriter: Angela Berliner
Synopsis: Newly escaped from mercenary
Mother Mayi’s boardinghouse, plucky Sara
sets forth to find her missing father only
to end up at the Rose Tree – a magical
haven for lost girls where Sara learns that
sometimes taking the path less traveled
is the only way to find your true home.
Feature: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Dusty and Dawn “Spirited”
Screenwriter: Ken Hurt
Synopsis: After dodging any repercussion
from a local gang they encounter, an
estranged father and daughter find
themselves as “unwitting” guests in a
Mystical Mayan village in Belize, Mexico
where reality shifts, as well as perceptions
of life and self, when confronted with
natural and supernatural events.
Ghost Twisters
Screenwriter: Michael Helderman
Synopsis: A small town is plagued by a
gaggle of mischievous supernatural demons.
Two brothers, and their little sister, discover
the demon’s hiding place beneath the earth,
and make it their mission to flush out the
culprits, and bring an end to the torment
and haunting of the town’s children.
Monique and the Ten
Wacky Plagues of
Camp Suckawatha
Screenwriter: Michael Yanovich
Synopsis: When 12-ear-old Monique gets
trapped in the worst Camp ever, she leads
the other campers in a slave rebellion
by recreating the Ten Plagues. Luckily
for them working together to bring forth
Blood, Frogs, Vermin and beasts can be
the perfect way to spend the summer.
On a Field of Legends
Love
Civili Tea
Screenwriter: Nicholas Julius
Synopsis: Ex-superstar college quarterback
challenges Death to a football game for
his daughter’s life using a dream team of
old time football players who passed away
and he finds redemption along the way.
Personal Appearance: Nicholas Julius
Screenwriter: Alpha Blair
Synopsis: An aging homeless woman
and a young, bullied boy cross paths for
only a moment, but impact each other
forever with a simple act of kindness
Personal Appearance: Alpha Blair
Screenwriter: Joey and Amber Kent
Synopsis: In a world gone mad,
Alice and Avery Bunker sit down
for a spot of afternoon tea.
Pixeltown
Screenwriters: Joe Tarantino, Marija Dail
Synopsis: When an electronic world,
paralleling human civilization within the
global computer network, is threatened with
extinction, a few brave inhabitants reach
out to the human world in a bold attempt
to save not only their world, but ours.
Realm of the Linear Gods
Screenwriter: Michael Gibrall
Synopsis: A Starship Captain must
investigate a dispute between a religious
race and an atheist race. The dispute leads
to deception, conflicts between her own
people, and the realization that a ruined
galaxy may not fully grasp existence.
The Princess and the Goblin
Screenwriter: Michael O’Rourke
Synopsis: Christmas 1930, an Indian
Reservation in the North Woods on the
border of the Badlands. 8-year-old Princess
Animikee “Ani” Wabu (Thunder Water), the
Ojibway mix blood daughter of a retired
cavalry officer, uncovers the mystery
of her ancestry and the source of her
power at a time when Goblins undermine
the foundation of her father’s house.
The (Worst) Endless
Summer
Screenwriter: Emily Needell EmD Films
Synopsis: On the eve of the first day of
middle school, Trey, Eleanor, and Franklin,
kids from very different walks of life,
wish for summer to never end. However,
an endless summer comes with endless
problems: the pool overcrowds, the ice
cream gets all sold out, and the school
teachers resort to panhandling and begging
to survive. The three kids must put aside
their differences and work together if they’re
going to end summer vacation before
the entire town plummets into chaos.
Short Screenplays
Short: Drama
Every Picture Tells A Story
Screenwriters: Scott & Paula Merrow
Synopsis: An elderly couple’s long life
together is a simple oil painting.
The Pageant
Screenwriter: Ariel Natalie Monte
Synopsis: A young girl who is in her final
teenage years and is a very unhappy young
lady who feels that she has been imprisoned
by her Mother since she was a little girl.
Kate is unappreciative and believes that
her Mother has done all of this because
she is trying to live her dream through her.
Short: Comedy
Synopsis: When wealthy tycoon Wesley
Tipton Throckmorton III dies, he takes a few
of his favorite things with him to the grave,
including the famous Blue Star diamond….
much to his gold-digging wife’s chagrin.
Time In A Box
Synopsis: Morty, a twelve-year-old nerdy
genius, invents a time machine in a
cardboard box. He and his friend Annie
attempt to travel to the future, but they
miscalculate and end up in 1938, where
they have a disastrous effect on one of
history’s most cherished sporting events.
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Cream Cakes
Screenwriter: Vicki Bartholomew
Synopsis: Set in China. A rich widow has trouble
coping with her teenage daughter. The widow
marries a baker with a well-behaved younger
teenage son. The new husband unsuccessfully
tries to help with the daughter. The girl tries all
of their patience. She rejects everyone until one
day her new brother rescues her from kidnappers, which changes her attitude and her life.
Personal Appearance: Vicki Bartholomew
Small Signs
Screenwriter: John Moon
Synopsis: A comedic fantasy about a
young woman who learns the power of
saying ‘yes’ when life offers us a choice.
APP Happy
Synopsis: George and Maude, two
white-haired denizens of a senior living
home, explore the amazing “space-age”
capabilities of their cell phones.
Short: Animation
Think Ink
Screenwriter: Emily Hu
Synopsis: A Young coffee stain
dreams of becoming a professional
inkblot for psychological testing.
YouthFest! Short Drama
Mystery on Main Street
Screenwriters: Gus Fisher, Matt Marchese
Synopsis: This is a detective noir that is
taking place in the 1940’s. Ace private
eye Pat McSweeney is hired by femme
fatale Miss Taylor to crack the case of
a jewelry theft. McSweeney begins to
suspect Miss Taylor’s plumbers, one of
whom McSweeney has a past with.
YouthFest!
Short Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Puwaii Adventures – Brazil
Screenwriter: Jolie Jacquelyn Vanier
Synopsis: The story revolves around Joliea,
the world’s youngest fashion designer TM,
who travels with family and friends via a
magical submarine called ‘Puolie’. Visiting
some of Brazil’s most famous sights, the
adventurers encounter a wild cast of characters ranging from a military commander
lady toucan to a shark-toothed villain!
Personal Appearance: Jolie Jacquelyn Vanier
Short: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Becoming Lana Liu
Zombie and Cher
Screenwriters: Alfonso Orsini, David J.
Schroeder
Synopsis: A young girl begins her life as an
Asian martial arts Mensa chick in search of
her traditions and future. Lana Liu, disguised
as a boy enters a Chinese martial arts
academy, only to be discovered. She fights
to support her grandmother, and begin her
journey to the home of her father, in the USA.
Screenwriter: Kay Poiro
Synopsis: High School freshman Cher
rides her zombie cousin’s coattails to
popularity. One summer, her cousin Gabe,
dies in an accident, Ready for school,
Gabe returns from the dead. Cher’s
furious until she notices being close to the
likeable Gabe is improving her social life.
Personal Appearance: Kay Poiro
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Feature Films
Hiding In Plain Sight
Silent Night – US/Austria
The Citizen
90 Minutes • May 4, Saturday 7:30pm
Synopsis: What happens when resources
run out, unemployment is denied, and
savings accounts are depleted? The parents
find themselves living in their car with
their two young children. Kevin Allen, is a
prominent school teacher, feels that he is
making a difference by keeping children in
school by using government vouchers. What
happens when the two men’s lives cross?
Cast: Irma P Hall, Sharice Henry Chasi, Kelly
O’Neil Jackson, Martin Ezelle
Executive Producers: Eric King, Judy Ciancio
Director: M Legend Brown
Screenwriter: Michael D Brown
Producers: Martin Ezelle, Sharice Henry
Chasi
Production Company: Poorchild Films
DP: Michael J. Ciancio
Music: Federico Chavez Blanco
Editor: Meagan Waggoner
Personal Appearance: Sharice Henry Chasi,
Kelly Gray
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98 Minutes • May 2, Thursday 3:30pm
Synopsis: In 1818, in a small Austrian
village, assistant Priest Joseph Mohr
breaks church customs and infuriates his
superior parish priest, when he performs
a new Christmas carol on the guitar and
in German instead of Latin. Beautifully
filmed on location in Austria, this powerful
story was inspired by the true events
leading to the creation of the most beloved
Christmas carol of all time – Silent Night.
Cast: Carsten Clemens, Markus von Lingen,
Clemens Aap Lindenberg, Janina Elkin,
Florence Matousek, Henry Vuissa, Alexander
Fennon
Executive Producers: Derek Marquis, Scott
Swofford
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Christian
Vuissa
Production Company: Mirror Films
DP: Ty Arnold
Music: James Schafer
Editor: Ludwig Einklang
Distributor: Covenant Communications
mirrorfilms.com
99 Minutes • May 1, Wednesday 7:00pm
Synopsis: Yearning to leave behind his life
of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim
Jarrah wins the U.S Green Card Lottery
for a chance to become an American
citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the
day before 9/11 …and the events of the
September terrorist attacks forever shape
the struggles he faces on his journey to
capture the American dream. Inspired by
true events, Filmmaker Sam Kadi’s feature
debut is a gripping tale of courage, love, and
perseverance, the qualities of a true CITIZEN.
Awards in 2012: Boston Film Festival,
Tri-Media film Festival,
Cast: Agnes Bruckner, Khaled Nalawy,
William Atherton, Cary Elwes. Rizwan Manji,
Brian Edward Marable
Executive Producesr: Ameer Kabour, Tarif
Kanaan
Director: Sam Kadi
Assistant Director: Joel Jeffrey Nishimine
Screenwriters: Samir Younis, Jazman Darnell
Brown, Sam Kadi
Producers: Chris Wyatt, Alan Noel Vega,
Sam Kadi
Co-Producers: Ammar Kanaan, Fayez Kabour
Production Company: Why Me Films, LLC
Assistant Director: Joel Jeffrey Nishimine
DP: Joseph White
Music: Christopher Brady
Editor: Mike Saenz
Personal Appearance: Sam Kadi, Chris Wyatt,
William Atherton, Agnes Bruckner
thecitizenmovie.com
Feature: Drama
Believe Again
84 Minutes • May 3, Friday 3:30pm
Synopsis: Tom loses his job because his
friend betrays him. Tom’s wife tries to
support him but he just gets drunk every
day. At last his wife and child leave him.
While struggling to get back on his feet, Tom
remembers his old dream to be a painter.
He starts to paint again and discovers that
he must fight to get his family back.
Cast: Erika Hoveland, Tim Kaiser
Executive Producer: Noriko Kambara
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor/DP:
Noriko Kambara
Production Company: Pinemotion
Entertainment
Personal Appearance: Noriko Kambara
Camilla Dickinson
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Camilla
Dickinson has led a sheltered life on the
Upper East Side with her architect father
and beautiful, fragile mother. When her
parent’s marriage begins to fall apart,
Camilla finds herself caught in the
middle. Camilla’s friendship with her best
friend offers an escape and a haven.
Cast: Adelaide Clemens, Camryn Manheim,
Cary Elwes, Colby Minifie, Gregg Sulkin,
Margaret Colin, Robert Picardo, Salvator
Xuereb, Samantha Mathis
Executive Producer: Rich Cowan, Cornelia
Duryee Moore
Director: Cornelia Duryee Moore
Screenwriters: Cornelia Duryee Moore,
Madeleine Engle
Producer: Larry Estes
Production Company: Leap of Faith
Productions, Kairos Films
Music: BC Smith
Editor: Ben Dobyns
Personal Appearance: Cornelia Duryee
Moore, Larry Estes
camilladickinson.com
Slow Fade
Not Today – US/India
Synopsis: This film weaves a moving,
inspiring story of a young man’s journey
from spoiled Orange Country ‘adult-olescent’
to a true believer in the fight against human
slavery, risking his life to help the helpless.
Cast: Cody Longo, Persis Karen, Walid Amini,
John Schneider
Executive Producers: Mark Heim, Matthew
Cork, Mark Clayman
Director/Screenwriter: Jon Van Dyke
Assistant Director: Joth Riggs
Producers: Chris Bueno, Denise Bueno
Production Company: Friends Media
DP: Abraham Martinez
Music: Don Harper
Editor: Jeff Wishengrad
nottodaythemovie.com
Synopsis: Thomas, defined by the
influences in his world, must make things
right with the help of an unlikely mentor.
Cast: James Pendleton, Katherine Oneill, Ted
Pendleton, Amie Anstett
Executive Producer: Nicholas Madsen
Director/Editor: Ryan Anstett
Screenwriters: Ryan Anstett, Amie Anstett,
Nicholas Madsen
Producers: Dan Anstett, Carla Anstett,
Production Company: Clock Work Cinema
Music: Aaron Anstett
Distributor: Bridgestone Distributor
Personal Appearance: Ryan Anstett
slowfadethemovie.com
The Destiny Road – US/Brazil
Synopsis: This film is based on the best selling book from R.R. Soares (Brazil). It is the
story of three different lives who seek solutions or a Destiny or purpose to their lives.
Cast: Daniel Samonas, Daniel Zacapa, Kevin
Johnson, Steven St. Gelais, Zoe Myers, Rusty
Martin, Dave Blamy, Elizabeth Brewster,
Johanna Jowett
Executive Producer: Michael Davis
Director/Screenwriter: Rob Treveiler
Producer: Michael Davis
Associate Producers: Andreas Wilcken Jr ,
Byron Jones
Production Company: Uptone Pictures & G
Films
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DP: John Errington
Editors: Billy Orlando, Blake Godfrey
Music: Craig Brandwynne
Personal Appearance: Michael Davis
uptonepictures.com
Underdogs
Francesca Visconti, Annie Coutu, Robert
Cordileone
Production Company: Urban Lumberjack
Films. Equinoxe Films
DP: Mario Janelle
Music: Norman Corbell
Editor: Sylvan Lebel
Personal Appearance: Sam Roberts, Eddie
McClintock, Jayne Heitmeyer, Jamie
Spilchuk, Matt Birman
afishstorythemovie.com
Screenwriter: Su Runjuan
Producer: Liu Yuchun
Deputy General Manager: Ren Huanqi
Production Company: China Xi’an Film Studio
DP: Liang Ming
Music: Wu Jun
Personal Appearance: Ren Huanqi, Li Ting
seechina.com.cn
Cableway Doctor – China
Anderkant die Stilte
(Otherside of Silence) – South Africa
Synopsis: Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace
of football, this film is the story of a
small-town high school football team
destined to play their cross-town rival, a
perennial powerhouse, while standing up
for an entire community. Like Hoosiers,
Rudy and Facing the Giants, this is a film
about beating the odds and rising to the
challenges both on and off the field.
Cast: DB Sweeney, Logan Huffman, William
Mapother
Executive Producers: Ben Suaez, Pete Cook
Director: Doug Dearth
Screenwriter: David Latham Story: Ben
Suarez
Producers: Doug Dearth, Bill Fishman, Tom
Rooker
Production Company: One In A Row Films
DP: Sean Conaty
Editor: Michael Mayhew
Personal Appearance: Doug Dearth
underdogsthemovie.com
www.facebook.com/underdogsthemovie
twitter.com/#!/UnderdogsMovie
vimeo.com/58675371
www.youtube.com/watch?v=puHnayN6dYk
Synopsis: Never forget those who served
before us. As we continue forward, we
look back and realize the path laid by
your hard work, love and guidance.
Cast: Johan Botham, Joeye DeKoker, Andre
Rossouw, Lida Botha, Hannetjie Smit,
Annemari Blanckenberg, Ina Coetzee
Executive Producer: Dr. Mario Denton
Directors/Screenwriters: Desmond Denton,
Jonathan Myburgh
Producer: Mauritz Grundingh
Production Company: Strong Message
Consultants
Music: Charl Mostert
Editor: Marinus Denton
Anderkantdiestilte.com
In the Name of
Sherlock Holmes – Hungary
96 Minutes • Friday, May 3, 5:30pm
Synopsis: From the heart of a boy comes
the story of a man … The inspiring story of
thirteen-year-old Tom Proctor, who comes
to terms with the loss of his Dad through
the friendship he forms with Park Ranger
Al Thorpe, in the Yorkshire Dales.
Cast: Alan Gibson, Bretten Lord, Liam
Thomas, Rob Hays, Nancy Clarkson, Molly
McGlynn
Executive Producers: Colin, Tina, Ben Hartley,
Sarah Baxter, Tony Catherall
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Dan Hartley
Producers: Dan Hartley, Richard Shean
Co-Producers: Denise Ehren, Richard Shean,
Graham Cross, Richard Lord, Trish Lord,
Hayley Gardner
Production Company: Rogue Runner Ltd,
Outpost-Pinewood Studios
DP: David Mackie
Music: Samuel Sim
Personal Appearance: Dan Hartley
ladayorkshirestory.com
My Spectacular
Theater – China
Ballet of Two Dancers – China
Feature: Foreign Drama
‘a fish story’ – Canada
110 Minutes • Saturday, May 4, 6:30pm
Synopsis: After his sudden death, a
devoted father’s search for heaven brings
him back to his distraught family and his
wilderness fishing camp for a few precious
days in the body of a wanted man.
Cast: Eddie McClintock, Jayne Heitmeyer,
Jordan Negri, Jamie Spilchuk, E.J. Carroll,
Carl Marotte, Angela Asher, Patrick Collins,
Sam Roberts, Stephen Yaffee, Timothy
Webber
Executive Producers: James and Robert
Stein
Director: Matt Birman
Screenwriter: Sam Roberts
Producers: Sam Roberts, Michael Mosca,
Synopsis: This is a true story about an ordinary doctor of 30 years. He risked his life by
traveling by cableway between the mountain
villages to treat people who needed his help.
Cast: Qiansheng Ha, Lizhi Hu
Director: Xianhe Lei
Producer: Shulin Bi
Production Company: Changchun Film
Studio Group, Jilin, China
DP: Xiachen Yu
Editor: Jing Zhang
nujiang.cn/en/wenzixinwen
Lad: A Yorkshire Story – UK
93 Minutes • China Block
Friday, May 3, 2:00pm
Synopsis: Yulian was a
beautiful, and aspiring woman.
She was persuaded by her
relatives to adopt a girl named
Xianxian, but shortly after that her husband
died in an accident. In order to feed herself
and her child, she started doing all kinds of
menial work, including cleaning the street.
She taught her child not only walking, but
also ballet dancing. Her ambition was to
teach her to dance like a fairy while
continuing to give her great love and
support. When the province dance school
came to choose dancers, all of the teachers
were all touched by her old song and bright
dancing, and she eventually became a ballet
star in the province company.
Cast: Ni Ping, Xi Meijuan, Ai Liya, Lu Zhong,
Li Lu
Director: Chen Li
Synopsis: The film follows two boys,
Holmes and Watson in their investigation
into the disappearance of the city’s
children that eventually leads to a
dark journey into the supernatural.
Cast: Szenasi Kristof, Nikolett Kugler, Adam
Ungvar, Attila Kiss, Gabor Karalyos, Laszlo
Tahi-Toth, Tibor Gaspar, Attila Kiss
Director: Bernath Zsolt
Screenwriter: Mark Kis-Szabo
Producer: Karoly Vaczy
Editorsp; Vernath Zsolt, Vegh Zoltan
Associate Producer: Julianna Milka
Production Company: Sherlock Film, Ltd
Music: Robert Gulya
DP: Tamas Szentkuti
sherlockfilm.com
Thursday, May 2, 5:30pm
Synopsis: Chen Yu is an
unemployed college graduate,
who accidentally broke into a
private theater owned by an
old Man, Lao Gan. The theater screens old
black & white US movies for the blind. Lao
Gao hired Chen Yu to be his projectionist and
translator, and he began to realize the
valuable details in life that are usually
neglected by the seeing-public. Because
Chen Yu is not earning very much money at
the theater, he is starting to get ideas about
moving on…but maybe not.
Cast: Zhhou Yiwei, Jin Shijie, Liu Yuanyuan,
Wang Jinsong Aliza
Director: Lu Yang
Screenwriters: Chen Shu, Lu Yang
Production Company: China Western Movie
Group Co
DP: Han Bin
Address: #10, Chao Yang Men Bei Da Jie,
Dongcheng Dist, Beijing China 100020
seechina.com.cn
Films
My Summer – China
Synopsis: Bus driver Liao
Chenxue is a middle-aged
single woman under the
pressure from her mother to
get married, and she has always wanted to
fulfill her dream to see Mount Kilimanjaro in
Africa. She meets a photographer Guan
Yunshan on her bus, and they don’t get
along immediately, however they begin to
find common ground, and begin to share
dreams of travel. Guan needs money to
complete his National Geographic
examination, and Liao helps him. Their future
together is questionable but Liao waits for
him to come back.
Cast: Yong Mei, Shi Liang
Director: Li Wei
Screenwriter: Kang Feng
Producers: Mu Tiejun, Wang Quan
Production Company: China Movie Channel
seechina.com.cn
Sanctuary – Poland/Ireland
84 Minutes • May 3, Friday, 2:30pm
Synopsis: This film tells the story of one
man’s struggle to come to terms with the
loss of his wife, the inability to connect
with his daughter and the rediscovery of
a life which had almost passed him by.
Cast: Agnieszka Zulewska, Anne-Marie Duff,
Jan Frycz,
Director/Screenwriter: Norah McGettigan
Producers: Andrew Freedman, Katarzyna
Slesicka
Production Company: Venom Film
DP: Marius Matow Gulbrandsen
Editor: Mariusz Kus
Sunlight at Fingertips – China
89 Minutes • Sunday, May 5, 12:00pm
Synopsis: Xiaohe comes up with a 59
point plan, and gets his sister to do the
same thing. They think that if their parents
know about their good test results, they
will come back home. Unfortunately, the
County has announced the arrangement
of the law that some of their children can
go to the city where their parents work.
Cast: Hong Hui, Zhang Badlin, Jiang
Handong, Wang Jia
Director: Huang He
Screenwriter: Wang Hongjia, Long Zhenya
Producer: Wang Hongjian
Production Company: Shenzhen Tisegaoyuan
Culture Communications
Distributor: China Film Promotion
International
cfpi.com.cn
The King Monkey – Belgium
Producer: Chu Yiping
Associate Producer: Bai Shu
President: Chu Yiping
Marketing Manager: An Ran
Production Company: Beijing Chaojie Cultural
Media Centre, Hebei Steering Committee
Building of Spiritual Civilization
DP: Sun Zhaomin
Music: Li Meijia
Editor: Wang Siahuang
Tel: 008619-68626329
Address: Rm# 312, 3#, Purple Imperial
International, Shijingshan Dist, Beijing
100040
Email: [email protected]
Personal Appearance: Chu Yiping, An Ran
seechina.com.cn
Feature: Comedy
84 Minutes • Thursday, May 2, 1:00pm
Synopsis: Nicolas, a nine-year-old boy
invents a new reality in his daydreams, in
order to better survive in his world of adults.
In a beautiful world of sacred animals, a
cheeky monkey disturbs the community
and goes through gripping adventures.
His journey of learning begins….
Cast: Louis Francoism, Linzio Colendo,
Nicolas Duvauchel
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor:
Frederic Gibilaro
Production Company: I Pulcini Production
Music: Evek
Personal Appearance: Frederic Gibilaro
ipulcini.be
The Promise of
Chuncao – China
May 3, Friday, 7:00pm
Synopsis: A young college
graduate volunteered to teach
in a middle school among the
Taihang Mountains, where her
passion and agreeable nature gradually
touched the kids. Unfortunately she has a
severe renal disease. The kids wanted to
donate money for her cure, so they made
money by picking tealeaves, and selling local
products at the market in their spare time.
One of the young girls ChunCao, was the
most active one and conveyed the most
precious affection.
Cast: Jia Jiaming, Zhao Wei
Executive Producer: Zhou Ziang
Director: Li Yong
Screenwriters: Yi Ping, Shao Ping
members dealing with unresolved issues.
Cast: Adrienne King, Catherine Johnson,
Marcella Laasch, Alicia Rose, Jonathan
McGinley, Daniel Knight
Executive Producer: Daniel Knight
Director/Screenwriter: Hollie Olson
Producers: Hollie Olson, Ian Fowler, Spencer
Wyndham
Production Company: Mother’s Eyes
Entertainment, Cineduction Group LLC
DP: Christopher Alley
Music: James Pick
Editor: Jon Myer
Personal Appearance: Daniel Knight, Hollie
Olson
gabbythemovie.com
cineduction.com
danielknight.com
Anita Ho
Gordon Family Tree
Synopsis: A Korean American man meets
his Chinese American girlfriend’s parents
for the first time. Drama, cultural struggles,
and laughter ensue. Will she be Anita HO?
Cast: Lina So Myung, Steve Myung, George
Cheung, Elizabeth Sung, James To, Brian
Yang, Raymond Ma
Executive Producers: David Kang, Lina So
Myung, Steve Myung
Director/Editor: Steve Myung
Screenwriters: Steve Myung, Lina So Myung
Producer: Andrew W. Chan
Associate Producer: Edwin Yu
Production Company: DK Productions/
Bumpercar Films
DP: Matthew Chavez
Music: Brian and Melissa
Digital Effects: Chase Boyajian
Personal Appearance: Steve Myung, Lina
So Myung
bumpercarfilms.com
Synopsis: Freemont Gordon discovers that
he wants to work with his hands despite
society’s pressure for fame. On his 30th
birthday, he quits his Architecture job in
Los Angeles, goes on a road trip across
the country, and meets the most amazing
people. He builds anonymous tree houses for
the families that he meets that are in need
and then he leaves behind treasure maps
for those kids to find the tree houses once
he’s moved onto the next town. He finds
that doing what he loves is what’s important
in life, even if no one knows. Every job, no
matter how small, should be celebrated.
Cast: Ryan Schwartzman, Mary Bogh, Brace
Harris, Cassie Self, Corbin Bernsen, Richard
Karn, Jennica Schwartzman, Mark Landon
Smith, Paul Pesnell, Preston Dulaney, Jules
Taylor, Julie Gabel
Executive Producers: Jennica and Ryan
Schwartzman
Director: Marc Hampson
Screenwriters: Jennica and Ryan Schwartzman
Producers: Cassie Self, Paul Penell, Aaron
M. Fairley
Co Producers: Erik Bogh, Vanessa Rose
Parker
Production Company: Purpose Pictures,
Brotherhood Pictures, Blare Media
Editors: Marc Hampson, Ronnie Ursenbach
DP: Paul Olson
Music: Marc Hampson
Editors: Marc Hampson, Ronnie Ursenbach
Personal Appearance: Director Marc
Hampson, Ryan Schwartzman, Mary Bogh,
Jennica Schwartzman, Brace Harris, Paul
Olson, Ronnie Ursenbach, Aaron Fairley,
Vanessa Rose Parker, Erik Bogh
purpose pictures.com
gordonfamilytreethemovie.com
Gabby’s Wish
Synopsis: Gabrielle Gabby Burkeshire
married wealthy and traveled the world
losing touch with her family. Now in her
50’s, she finds herself widowed and dying of
cancer. With no children of her own, she sets
out to reacquaint with her family to find the
proper heir to her estate. She becomes the
eye of an unsettled storm that has the family
“OFFICIAL IFFF SELECTION” • 7:30 pm • Thursday • May 2nd • Chaplin Theater
Special Appearances: Steve Myung, Lina So
www.bumpercarfilms.com
Films
Road to the Open
Synopsis: A quirky comedy about a man
who tries to help his best friend and tennis
partner out of a rut in life through a long shot
attempt at a national tennis tournament.
Cast: Troy McKay, Phillip DeVona, John
Schneider, Eric Roberts, Judd Nelson,
Michelle Gunn, Kasee McDonald
Executive Producer: Denny Weinberg
Director/Screenwriter: Cole Claassen
Producers: Cole Claassen, Randy Wayne,
Maurey Dahlen, Phillip DeNova, Troy McKay,
Patrick Durham
Production Company: Rambunctious Films
Editor: Richard Halsey
DP: Maury Dahlen
Music Supervisor: Karen Sephton
Personal Appearance: Cole Claassen
Roadtotheopenmovie.com
Rizhao, immediately decided to go to the
disaster stricken area and volunteer to help
with the rescue. They traveled almost 2000
kilometers from their hometown for days
and nights by an uncomfortable farming
tricycle. The love and care towards the
volunteers motivated them all along.
Cast: Shao Feng, Fan Lei, Li Yufeng, Kong
Sen Li Jiating, Fan Minghui, Zhang Qijun,
Chen Guang, Gao Chuan, Zhao Yubo
Executive Producer: Wang Peng
Director: Yang Zhen
Screenwriters: Wei Jie, Shen Shitou
Producers: Yuan Xibo, Lu GuanLian
Production Company: Beijing October Days
Sky Culture Media Ltd.
DP: Chen Cheng
Music: Liu Shu (China Philharmonic
Orchestra)
Personal Appearance: Yuan Xibo, Hu Wei
seechina.com.cn
83 Minutes • Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm
Synopsis: A story of surgeons, nurses,
money, treason, passions in the Marshal
Clinic. A really funny comedy for
people aged between 12 and 122.
Cast: Bruno Salomone, Artus de Penguern
Director/Producer: Artus de Penguern
Screenwriters: Artus de Penguern, Gabor
Rassov
Production Company: LITSWA
DP: Vincent Mathias
Editor: Kako Kelber
allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm
Feature: Animation
Computer Foreign
The Dreams of Jinsha – China
Feature: Comedy Foreign
Good People of Rizhao – China
Saturday, May 4, 6:00pm
Synopsis: The film is based on
a true story in the catastrophic
earthquake in the Sichuan
Province on May 12, 2008.
Upon hearing the news, ten farmers from
Feature: Documentary
Art Recession
what it’s like to be a fierce competitor in an
underdog sport. It’s a sport that spans generations, from preschoolers to retirees, and
are from a world-wide group of competitors.
Cast: Luke Myers, Steven Purugganan, Tyler
Cole, William Polly
Executive Producers: Will Mattern, Chris
Walker
Director/Editor: Jeremi Mattern
Producers: Chris Walker, Hugh Suh
Production Company: Danger Films
Music: Chris Walker
Animator: Josh Ryan
stackermovie.com
Feature: Mixed Media
Foreign
Felix, Net & Nika and
Theoretically Possible
Catastrophe – Poland
La Clinique de
L’Amour – France
The New Kid
45 Minutes • Sunday, May 5, 11:30am
Synopsis: In this silent film set in 1926,
a pickpocket boy’s life collides with a
clever girl’s, leading to madcap adventure
and changing their lives forever.
Cast: Kelly Radinsky, Jackie Radinsky, Sadie
Radinsky, Kachain Thongmanee, Donnie
Roache
Directors/Screenwriters/Producers: Adam
and Kelly Radinsky
Production Company: Family Made Films
Editor/DP: Adam Radinsky
Music: Chris Dawson
Personal Appearance: Radinsky family
hands to stop this disaster and helped to
make the Jinsha Kingdom reborn again.
Director: Chen Deming
Assistant Director: Gu Hao
Screenwriters: Su Xiaohong, Wang Fang
Producers: Su Xiaohong, Gu Buoqing
Animator: Ahao Bin, Du Xiaoqing
Production Company: Hangzhou Digital C&L
Production Co and HuaXia Film Distribution
Co, Ltd
Planners: Yao Fei, Huang Jin
Promotion Supervisor: Chen Yanwei
Production Manager: Su Jin
Personal Appearance: Chen Deming, Gu Hao,
Su Xiaohong, Yao Fei
seechina.com.cn
Synopsis: Sheng Xialong, a boy
of the modern era, went
through the time-space, and
arrived in the ancient Jinsha
Kingdom that had mysteriously disappeared
in history. At that time, the beautiful and
peaceful kingdom was confronting a disaster
and facing the danger of being annihilated.
With love and courage, Siaolong and the
people of Jinsha and Elephant God joined
Synopsis: Despite its huge impact, art
education is often one of the first programs
to be cut, especially when the economy is
hard it. This film explores the importance of
at education, showing how it teaches us to
communicate, develops our critical thinking
skills, helps us to learn other subjects,
expresses our individualism, enriches our
culture, builds our society, and ultimately
conveys our humanity. This documentary
then offers powerful ways o save it.
Cast: Aaron Smith, Brian Stoebe, Brooke
Kent, Courtney Toebe, Denise Gray, Edwin
Ushiro, Eric Nakamura, Gary Baseman,
Gary Blakewell, Jason Holley, Karol Mora,
Michelle Borok, Ming Ong, Monica Magana,
P. Williams, Paige Oden, Rachel Matos, Ralph
Opacic, Tianyi Wangm Tiffany Stoebe
Executive Producer: Ming Lai
Director/Screenwriter: Ming Lai
Producers: Ming Lai, Brian Damitz, Edwin
Ushiro, Ming Ong
Production Company: Humanist Films LLC
Music: Timo Chen
Editor: Matt Steinauer
Personal Appearance: Ming Lai
artrecession.com
Synopsis: Felix, Net and Nika, secondary
school pupils from Warsaw. Accompanied
by artificial intelligence program, they
experience an incredible time travel.
During their adventures the three friends
encounter many difficulties and their strong
friendships and their skills help them to
combat the biggest hardships. (There are
over 400 special effects used in the film.)
Cast: Kamil Klier, Klaudia Lepkowska, Maciej
Stolarczyk
Director: Wiktor Skrzynecki
Screenwriter: Wiktor Skrynecki, Rafal Kosik
Producers: Wlodzimierz Niderhaus, Daniel
Markowicz, Tomasz Karczewski,
Production Company: WFDiF – Documentary
and Feature Film Studios
DP: Grzegorz Kedzierski
Editor: Bartosz Karczynski
felixnetinika.pl
wfdif.com.pl
Short Films
Short: Drama
Charm City Rumpus
Stacker
Synopsis: Dive into the unique subculture
of the stacking community, and find out
14 Minutes
Sunday, May 5, 4:30pm
Synopsis: When the city of Baltimore
doesn’t live up to its’ nickname of
Films
‘Charm City’, eleven-year-old Billie
the Detective, snaps into action.
Cast: Felicia Miranda
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Jimmy
Monack
Production Company: Gumshoe Rumpus
Productions, LLC
DP: Dennis Boni
charmcityrumpus.com
Entertainment
DP: John Harrison
Music: Adam Deardorff
Personal Appearance: Kevin Klar
FetchTheShortFilm.com
17 Minutes
Friday, May 3,10:30am
Synopsis: This film tells the story of a forgetful young girl who’s afraid she’ll forget the
sound of her dead mother’s voice. So, she
creates an invention, from her Mom’s old radio, so that she can feed her memories into
it in order to bring the sound of Mom back.
The results are amazing…and terrifying.
Cast: Carolyn Petersson, Ashley Atwood,
Jennica Schwartzman
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Daniel W. Long
Producers: Michaela O’Donnell, Katie Reidy,
Eugene Suen
DP: Lance Kuhns
Production Company: Long Winter Media
Music: Bryan Senti
Personal Appearance: Daniel W. Long,
Jennica Schwartzman
March April
Fetch
21 Minutes
Synopsis: The film follows the journey of
a young boy named Linney who wants
to find his estranged mother. Currently
living with his Grandma, Linney grows
tired of her ambiguity as to why his
mother has not come back to take him
home. So Linney sets out on the road in
the journey of his life to find his mom…
to find his home…to find the truth.
Cast: Nathan Gamble, Laura Drake, Brandon
Whitehead, Danielle Barnum
Executive Producers: Kevin Klar, Rick
Stevenson
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Kevin Klar
Producer: Chris Oliver
Production Company: No Plan B
Sonny
15 Minutes
Synopsis: Out of work and newly
homeless, Molly turns to the older
brother she hasn’t spoken to in years,
hoping that he has forgiven her.
Cast: Tina Alexis Allen, Eileen Meny, Kathleen
Wilce, Terrence Montgomery
Executive Producers: Calvin Chou, Quan Vu
Director/Screenwriter: Chris Stetson
Producer: Javian Ashton Le
Production Company: 435 Films
DP: Horst Dieter Baum
Music: Mister Pagoda (Raymond Le)
Editor: Yianna Dellatolia
Personal Appearance: Chris Stetson
mollyshortfilm.com
24 Minutes
Synopsis: An Amnesic, generous homeless
man, Sonny, who squats in a dirty old RV
on an empty lot, mostly keeping to himself.
When he discovers his RV has been towed,
he must get past his fear and pride, and
befriend a brash young woman, in order to
reclaim his RV, and rediscover his identity.
Cast: Alexander Wright, Emily Womelshuff
Executive Producers: Ryan Fritzsche, Paul
Emamu
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Gillian
Fritzsche
Associate Producers: Daniel Matas, Erin
Channing
Production Company: Breve Films
DP: Graham Fisher
Music: Joel Davis
Editor: Jack Maatman
Invention
El Abuelo
20 Minutes
Wednesday, May 1, 4:00pm
Friday, May 3, 11:30am
Synopsis: An autistic boy that does not
speak is befriended by an illegal Mexican
laborer when he journeys into a remote
canyon where the migrant workers live in
a squatters camp. It is there that he meets
the old man, El Abuelo, the grandfather.
Cast: Jonah Gercke, Louie Olivos, Jr , Fran
Gercke Jessica John
Executive Producer: Patrick Scott
Director: Stephen Crutchfield
Screenwriters/Producers: Patrick Scott,
Stephen Metcalfe
DP: Christina Cervantes
Editor: Jason Gnerre
Music: Chris Truitt
Production Company: Drama House
Productions
dramahouseproductions.com
Molly
30 Minutes
Saturday, May 4, 10:30am
Synopsis: A boy moves into a new
town the same day that a girl he meets
is moving out. They share a one-day
friendship with a bittersweet conclusion.
Cast: Eliza Tilson, Teddy Fischer, Kitty
Mortland, Shannon Huneryager
Executive Producer: Collin Souter
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/DP/Editor:
Collin Souter
Assistant Director: Renee Jackson
Production Company: Multihead Productions
Music: James Eric
multiheadproductions.com
Palms
Short: Foreign Drama
El Invento – Colombia Spanish
32 Minutes
Synopsis: Solomon is a foster child in
search of a ‘forever’ family. The family
that he stays with has to convince him
that this is a permanent home for him
because he has to be officially adopted.
Solomon struggles to believe this and
is challenged to accept this truth.
Cast: Jason Woods, Nathaniel Potvin, Regina
Bryant, Steve Ward, Zondra Wilson, Sandra
Marie Cevallos
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Deep
Williams
Producers: Mike Roby, F Greer Williams
Assistant Director: Nichol Pederson
Production Company: Raking Leaves
Productions
DP: Mike Roby
Editor: Ambika Leigh
Personal Appearance: Deep Williams, Ambika
Leigh
palmsthemovie.com
Adoptuskids.org
FetchTheShortFilm.com
22 Minutes
Synopsis: What if a 12-year-old boy had to
deliver an invention to get the attention of
his love interest? Monica has made it clear,
she wants to be just friends…sad! Danny
starts working on his new invention, to solve
the magic of photography and mysteries of
women. On a golden afternoon in 1976, he
discovers the power of friendship and love.
Cast: Diego Concha, Gabriela Ancona, Pablo
Valencia
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/DP: Giovanni
Granada
Production Company: Metro Studio Films
Editor: Carlos Aparicio
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys.
“Make
your lives extraordinary.”
- John Keating, Dead Poets Society
Films
From Little Acorns – UK
Zoey’s Hill – Canada
13 Minutes
Synopsis: Young Louis, his life will change
forever when a chance meeting and
friendship develops with his elderly neighbor
Charlie. Charlie has been there and done
that! And nurtures the young Louis in how
to become a good person. Then one day,
tragedy strikes and Louis is left alone.
Cast: Louis Macdonald, Tom Lowry, James
Frost, Joanne Sartorius, Emily Corner
Personal Appearance: Mike Lunt
Director/Editor: Mike Lunt
Screenwriter/Producer: John J. McGimpsey
Assistant Producer: Emily Corner
Production Company: Mirror Image Films,
Kicking Heel Productions
DP: Salahudeen Salim
Personal Appearance: Mike Lunt
mirrorimagefilms.co.uk
10 Minutes
Synopsis: A young girl struggles to overcome
her fears in order to find her voice and
happiness in this touching story of staying
true to ones own hopes and dreams.
Cast: Nicolas and Eve Molina, Elaine Mah
Executive Producer: Elaine Mah
Director/ Producer, Editor, DP: Jorge Molina:
Screenwriters: Jorge Molina, Elaine Mah
Production Company: Nostra Casa Films
Music: Charles Bailey
Personal Appearance: Jorge Molina
Short: Comedy
Do Something
Granny Baby – Canada
9 Minutes
Synopsis: With a special present in his hand,
young Jack is excited to pick up his new
baby sister and Mom from the hospital. As
he and his Dad enter the busy waiting room,
Jack bumps into an old, confused Granny.
Nobody seems to notice her. Nobody sees
to care, Jack wants to help her but how?
Cast: Aidan Hamilton, Joyce Doolittle, Kris
Loranger, Nicole Wassill
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Eva Colmers
Assistant Director: Katrina Beatty
Production Company: No Problem
Productions
DP: Mike McLaughlin
Music: Cayley Thomas-Haug, Cutis Ross
Editor: Adam Kidd
developed an ability to quickly diagnose
people and situations and manipulate them
both. However wise beyond her years, she
must also deal with normal teenage angst
such as bullies, rivals, teenage crush.
Cast: Malaak Hattab, Doug Reid, Daniel
Jenks, Lisa Roumanin, Victoria Grace
Executive Producer: Shaeda Moghaddam
Director: Lee Karaim
Producer: Jacques Derosena
Screenwriters/Producers: Jacques Derosena,
Shaeda Moghaddam
Production Company: Triangle Road
Entertainment
DP: Michael Solomon
Music: Kenneth Hampton
Editor: Chase Pearsall
Personal Appearance: Lee Karaim
littleshrink.com
7 Minutes
Synopsis: A seven-year-old boy has been
playing video games all day. His mother
is busy in the kitchen taking care of the
crying baby. His Dad is napping on the
living room sofa. When the Mom orders
the Dad to take the boy outside, father
and son begin a journey that will take
them to places that they never expected.
Cast: Jerome Stern, Justin Stern, Nicole
Stern, Hailey Stern
Jerome Stern
DP: Nathan Hendrie, Jeremiah Washington
Music: provided by www.SmartSound.com
Personal Appearance: Jerome Stern and
family
motionlifemedia.com/about/do-something
Little Shrink
11 Minutes
Synopsis: A young wanna-be daredevil
Daylen lives a tortured life under the
watchful eyes of her over-protective mother
who always seems to be one step ahead.
But while out on a trip to a grocery store,
Daylen finds the smarts and courage to
steal away on a shopping cart, discovering
misadventure scooting behind customers,
and running into the trouble at every turn.
Cast: Alycia Delmore, Sarah-Eve Gazitt,
Janice Claussen, Meg Savlov
Executive Producer: Jane Charles
Director/Screenwriter: Jeremy Mackie
Producer: Lacee Kloze
Associate Producers: Karen Galipeau-Forner,
The Johnson Family, Goodside Studiios
Production Company: Mackie Shack
DP: TJ Williams Jr
Editor: Sean Donavan
Personal Appearance: Jeremy Mackie, Lacee
Kloze
whileyouwerentlooking.com
SHORT: Comedy Foreign
Always the Son….. – Australia
9 minutes
Synopsis: Jasmine Fischer is a child
psychologist. She is clever and witty.
Although she is a teenager she has
Crocker
Directors/Screenwriters/Producers/Editors:
Christian Doran, John Frohlich
Production Company: Solar Pictures
DP: Adam Lynch
Music: Aaron Peacey
The Interviewer – Australia
12 Minutes
Synopsis: Thomas Howell gets more than
he’s bargained for in a job interview at a
prestigious law firm: an insult about his tie,
a rendition of Harry Potter, and the chance
to change the lives of a father and son.
Cast: Gerard Odwyer, Winston Cooper,
Laurence Brewer, Chris Haywood, Brendan
Donoghue, Chris Haywood, Heather Clay
Executive Producer: Duncan Rose
Directors: Genevieve Clay-Smith, Robin
Bryan
Producer: Eleanor Winkler
Screenwriter: Bus Stop Films
Producers: Genevieve Clay, Eleanor Winkler
Editors: Genevieve Clay-Smith, Henry Smith
Assistant Directors: Chris Ling, Robin Bryan
Production Company: Bus Stop Films, in
partnership with Sydney Community College
DP: Audrey O’Connor, Henry Smith
Music: Julian McGruther
Short: Animation Computer
Mr. Ladybug
3 Minutes
Synopsis: Mr. ladybug is not happy
being called a Ladybug. Follow him
on his personal journey through
acceptance and self discovery!
Cast: VO: Doug Klinger, Yoram Benz
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor/
Animator: Yoram Benz
Music: Madagascar
oneeyedrobot.com
Synopsis: In every father there is always the
son. A film about men, for men, by men.
Cast: Dallas Bland, Callum Richens, Ian
Films
Hoops & Yoyo’s
Haunted Halloween
21 Minutes
Synopsis: Hoops and Yoyo can’t wait for
Halloween…but they HAVE waited until
the last minute to begin their search for
costumes. When that search leads them to
the mall, they are accidentally locked inside
after closing. They discover that this favorite
daytime haunt is actually haunted at night.
Cast: Mike Adaire, Bob Holt, Bev Carlson,
Peter Martin, Erin McGarry, Greg Arden,
David Withers
Director: Rob Shaw
Screenwriters: Dan Taylor, Peter Martin, Bev
Carlson, Michael Hauge
Producers: Tsui Ling Toomer, Jodi Schade,
Diana Larson Stuart, Shawn McClaren, Ray
DiCarlo
Animators: Sam Niemann, Temris Ridge,
Joel Brinkerhoff, Andrew Dieffenbach, Lucas
Haley, JD Buffam, Traci Cook, Erick Kilkenny
Production Company: Bent Image Lab
Distributor: Hallmark Channel
bentimage.com
Short: Animation Classic
6 Minutes
Synopsis: When six-year-old Tommy
Malloy loses his first tooth, he learns
that the Tooth Fairy will give him money
for it. So he hatches a plot to trap and
shake her down for all of her loot.
Cast/VO: Christopher Johnson, Greg Whalen,
Rachael Russakoff
Executive Producer: Ron Fleischer
Director/Screenwriter: Ron Fleischer
Producer: John Griffin
Production Company: Rontoon, Inc
Art Director: Sarah Harkey
Music: Joshua Rutkowski
Animators: Ron Fleischer, Angel Onofre,
Angelo Ramirez, Gary Daniels, John West,
Jon McClenahan
The Testimony of
Leonard Knight
1 Minute
Synopsis: This madcap rabbit unveils his
magic and zips off screen. How long does
it take to make a 30 second cartoon? This
one took 1,813 hours. It was made with
1930’s style production values and includes
one painted background. Fun Fun Fun!
Cast: no dialogue
Personal Appearance: William Thinnes
Executive Producer: William Thinnes
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Animator/
Editor: William Thinnes
Personal Appearance: William Thinnes
popcoves.com
Short: Documentary
The Tahitian Pearl
Snap – Belgium
24 Minutes
Synopsis: Jingle, the Husky Pup is back
in his latest holiday adventure, and this
time he and his buddy Andrew have some
new friends. New girl Sofia and Husky pup
Bell have just moved to town. Luckily for
them their new neighbors, Andrew and
Jingle, help make their Christmas special.
Cast: Thomas Stroppel, Julie Reiter, Ryan
Bley, Ami Shalagh
Director: Chel White
Screenwriter: Allan Newith
Producers: Tsui Ling Toomer, Ray DiCarlo,
Jodi Schade, Diana Larson Stuart, Shawn
McClaren
Production Company: Bent Image Lab
Distributor: Hallmark Channel
Animators: Teresa Drilling, Kent Burton,
Suzanne Twining
bentimage.com
37 Minutes
Synopsis: True story: Forty years ago, a
troubled drifter came to believe he was
called to tell the world, “God is love.” Since
then, Leonard Knight has PERSONALLY
shared his testimony with over half a
million people, and they all came to him.
Cast: Leonard Knight, Patrick Rea, Mike
Phippen, Kevin Eubank
Patrick Rea
Production Company:
KingdomBuildingMedia.com
Personal Appearance: Patrick Rea
Salvationmountainthemovie.com
Short: Documentary
Foreign
Jingle & Bell’s
Christmas Star
Short: Animation
Computer Foreign
Synopsis: Inspiring 3D adventure.
Bullies don’t win. Friends come
in all shapes & sizes.
Directors: Thomas G. Murphy, Hilere
Screenwriters: Thomas G. Murphy, Wim
Tilkin
Producers: Brent Wilkey, Thomas G. Murphy
Production Company: StreamLine/Bright
Frog
Music: Olaf Janssen
Art director: Wim Tilkin
Animator: Hilere
Cast: no dialogue
BrightFrog.com
The Happy Easter Bunny
A Tooth Tale
– Costa Rica
20 Minutes • Sunday, May 5, 11;30am
Synopsis: Join Jeremy Shepard, founder
and CEO of PearlParadise.com, the world’s
largest online pearl company, on a trip
to the remote atoll of Takaroa in French
Polynesia. Witness amazing footage of
a Tahitian pearl farm in action in one of
the Pacific’s most exotic locations.
Executive Producer: Jeremy Shepard
Director/Producer/Screenwriter: Jeremy
Shepard
Production Company: On the Reel
Productions
DP: Taylor Higgins, Ahbra Perry, Jeremy
Shepard
Music: Dan Foster, Neil Cross
Editors: Taylor Higgins, Ahbra Perry
Personal Appearance: Jeremy Shepard
PearlParadise.com
powerofPearlmovie.com
3 Minutes
Synopsis: Founded by climate change
specialist Roberto Jimenez, Costa Rica’s
Group CO2, is a youth environmental
collective bringing together the country’s
future experts to lead on the mitigation
of urgent climate change issues.
Cast: Voice-Over: Roberto Jimenez
Director: S.J. Main
Screenwriters: S.J. Main, Roberto Jimenez
Producers: Derek Classen, S.J. Main
Production Company: Tica Productions
Editor: Aura Canela
TicaProductions.com
Films
Short: Educational
Brain Power: From
Neurons to Networks
11 Minutes
Synopsis: Brain Power is both a short
film and book based on new research
from Harvard University’s Center on
the Developing Child and University of
Washington’s I-LABS. The project explores
the parallels between nurturing a child’s
brain and nurturing the global brain of
the Internet. Find out how to get a free
customized version of the film for your
nonprofit and order the book (digital
and paperback) at letitripple.org.
Director: Tiffany Shlain
Screenwriters: Tiffany Shlain, Sawyer Steele
& Ken Goldberg
Producers/Editors: Tiffany Shlain, Sawyer
Steele
Production Company: The Moxie Institute
Personal Appearance: Tiffany Shlain
Short: Mixed Media
Poison Apple
Editor: Kira Tamagawa
School: Chapman University, Orange, CA
Student: Drama
Harvest
Brother
Synopsis: The classic story of Snow
White told through the point of view
of the infamous ‘poison apple’.
Cast/VO: A’nalei Turnbull,elyssa Joy, Indi
Rajahkuman, Max Louie, Misa Tupou, Rick
Manayan
Cast: Christian Ocariza, Christopher Latronic,
Jesse Hiraya, Jordan Savusa, Kamuela
Vance, Kevin Emura, Kimberly Long, Lisa
Chaly, Michael Nomura, Russell Subiono
Tanner Tokuyama
Director/Screenwriter/Editor/Music: Dane
Neves
Producers: Dane Neves, Chadwick
Shimomura, Christopher Latronic
Production Company: Spoiler Film
facebook.com/papplemovie
Synopsis: This film is about a young boy
who builds a robot in order to replace
his recently deceased brother.
Cast: Chase Mouser, Nicholas Harsin,
Charlene Geisler
Director/Screenwriter: Christopher Rickard
Special & Digital Effects: Christopher
Rickard, Hunter Schmidt
Producer: Will Giesler
Editor: Andy Gress
DP: Greg Cotton
Synopsis: A world-weary farmhand
faces strange events that cause him
to question his outlook and destiny.
Cast: Rich Demeter, Allen Carrecia, J. Center,
Jer Policelli, Sy Kover
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor/Music:
Reid Carrescia
School: UARTS
Harvestshortfilm.net
Me vs The Tooth Fairy
Fairy Wings
Short: Mixed Media Foreign
SWOOSH! – UK
Stevie’s Trek to the Holy
Land: Abraham’s Promise
27 Minutes
Synopsis: have you ever wondered how big
the Sea of Galilee really is, or how hard it
would be to climb Mt. Sinai? Well, Stevie
is in the land of the Bible to find out!
Cast: Stephen Pettit
Executive Producer: Steve Pettit
Director: Rebecca Pettit
Screenwriters: Rebecca Pettit, Ethan Bercot
Producers: Rebecca Pettit, Rachel Pettit
Bercot
Collaborating Director: Gary Bayer
Production Company: Or Productions
orproductions.org
Student Films
Synopsis: A therapy session for failed
Superheroes gets infiltrated by a
frustrated Super-Villain that is hellbent on taking over the class…
Cast: Tessa Wood, Phil Brodie, Lisa Welling,
Jacqueline Wilder, Chris Polick, Danny
George
Director/Screenwriter: Sabina Sattar
Producer: Julianne Honey-Mennal
Assistant Director: Joost Zoetebier
Production Company: Novelpage Productions
DP: James Martin
Music: Pete Keen
Editor: Brian Lavery
Synopsis: A Mother fears her young
daughter is not coping with the illness
of her father because of her withdrawal
into the world of Peter Pan.
Cast: Avery Pohl, Claire Brown
Director/Screenwriter: Alexandra Peters
Producer: Ashley Adamson
Assistant Director: Simone Lapidus
DP: Shane Spiegel
Editor: Simone Lapidus
School: Florida State University, Tallahassee
Sunday, May 5, 10:30am
Synopsis: After first hearing of the
Tooth Fairy, our young protagonist
stays up all night to protect his sister
from this molar-stealing monster.
Cast: Tyler Schorsch, Sharon Anderlik
VO: Richard Henzel
Executive Producers: Dan Klein, Matt Irvine
Director: Gregory D. Dixon
Screenwriter: Josh Golden
Producers: Gregory D. Dixon, Kevin McGrail
DP: Paul Gustafson
Editor: Sean Halvorsen
School: DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Olivia
Falling Up
Synopsis: One ordinary day, 10-year-old
Charles Henry is delighted to discover that
he has the ability to float. But when society
pressures him to conform and fix his ‘problem’, he must find the courage to overcome
what others think and embrace who he is.
Cast: Dylan Shepherd, Alistair McKenzie,
Amanda Pajer, Alyssa Miller, Mike Pfaff, Peter
Vander Meulen, Wendy Shannon
Director/Screenwriter: RJ Collins
Producer: Kate Lilly
DP: Greg Cotten
Synopsis: Olivia is a 13-year-old narcoleptic girl who is constantly bullied by her
classmates. Kids are cruel, especially the
trio led by Erika, who really enjoys making
Olivia’s life even more miserable. But her
luck will change when her disorder brings
her an unexpected power: the ability
to step into other people’s dreams.
Cast: Lacy Kay, Alysia Livingston, Libby West,
Sarah Pierce, Sophia Katarina Kraak, Tamara
Arias
Director/Editor: Ana Garcia Abad
Screenwriters: Ana Garcia Abad, Juan
Blanco, Mirela Clavero
Films
Producers: Sole Uriate, Lacy Kay, Sarah K.
Pierce
DP: Amparo De Miguel
Music: Joel Thompson, Nate Finan
Production Company: Colirio Films
School: New York Film Academy
Runaway
is what they should do with it. Saddled
with the new responsibility, Emily learns
that the only thing more fragile than
this giant egg is her brother’s heart.
Cast: Riley Moran, Zach Pullam
Director/Screenwriter: John Wikstom
DP: Zach Johnson
Student: Foreign Drama
Sepuloh (Ten) – Singapore
Synopsis: This film illustrates the difficulties
of opening up and letting go of the idea
of being judged for your mistakes and
beliefs, and in return opening up to a new
culture while embracing your own.
Cast: Mirella Zoghbi, Angela Ryan, Vince
Doche, Charles Doche, Ehab Elgharabawy,
Elie Bahou, Gabriel Torosyan, Hala Baki,
Karin Awad, Martin Mikitas, Nada Salloum
Executive Producer: Marc Kharrat
Director: Marc Kharrat
Screenwriters: Marc Kharrat, Elie Ayrouth
Producers: Seth Craven, Alisha Nieh
DP: Marcus McDougald
Music: Sebastian Najand
School: Cal State Long Beach, CA
Personal Appearance: Marc Kharrat
Synopsis: A successful career father
teaches his mildly autistic ten-year-old
son to ride a bicycle without training
wheels before he leaves the family.
Cast: Awad Salim Ramli, Danish Awad Salim
Director: Sean Ng
Screenwriter: Diyanah Mustapha
Producer: Geraldine Lee
Assistant Director: Yinghao Mah
Editor: Caleb Quek
School: Chapman University/Singapore
Sit With Me – Singapore
The Eyes of Heaven
Synopsis: When Jennifer adopts
Timothy from war-torn Africa, the two
struggle to find a common connection.
Timothy is haunted by nightmares of
his painful past, and Jennifer’s efforts
to bring him comfort seem to miss the
mark, then she starts listening….
Cast: Lilton Moore, Trudie Petersen, Trisha
Carter
Director/Screenwriter: Grace Hendley
Producer/Editor: Alexandra Peters
Synopsis: Alone in a foreign land, a
down-on-his-luck Caucasian businessman,
finds his trust in humanity once more
through the most unlikely of meetings.
Director: Melvin Chan
Screenwriter: Delight Ng
Producer: Nur Atiqah Abdul Samad
Assistant Director: Diyanah Mustapha
DP: Sean Ng
Editor: Caleb Quek
School: Chapman University – Singapore
With her daughters, they arrive at Mount
Ararat and are surprised to learn that the
picture Tamar wants to take won’t come
as easily to them as they had hoped.
Cast: Leslie Kalarchian, Karine Kocharyan,
Marge Kyrkostas-Tellelian, Lucyn
Jamgotchian
Executive Producers: Pegri Varjabedian,
Verginia Garabedian
Director/Editor/DP: Saro Varjabedian
Screenwriters: Saro Varjabedian, Margot
Arakelian
Producer: Mira El Koussa
Music: Nicholas Britell
School: Columbia University, NY
Amanda Tomasetti
Music: Agustin Cichero, Joshua Thornberry,
Marcio Migliorisi
School: New York Film Academy, NY
Personal Appearance: Elin Gronblom
elingronblom.com
Cardboard Camera
Synopsis: Kyle and Billy were best friends
until a princess came between them. Or
was it a dragon? Depends who you ask….
Cast: William Bevan-Thomas, Sarah
Thornton, Connor Woodrum
Director/Screenwriter: Josh Crute
Producer: James Feeney
Editor: Nicole Rogers
Synopsis: Cameron is a10-year-old boy who
can’t afford a video camera, so he creates
a cardboard camera instead. Hoping to
enter a kids’ film competition, he will need
to use his imagination in order to create
a movie with the help of his two friends.
Cast: Alex Long, James Blakeley, Ricky
Martinez, Sophia Viggiano, Tania Gonzalez,
Terasa Sciortino
Executive Producer: Carlo Olivares Paganoni
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Carlo Olivares
Paganoni
Producers: Carlo Olivares Paganoni, Justin
Wells
DP: Bradford Burdick
Production Company: Mirabot
Music: David Hlebo
School: Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, CA
Personal Appearance: Carlo Olivares
Paganoni
cardboardcamera.com
Goldfish Love
Knights of the Playground
Out of Hand
Synopsis: Whuh oh….As if practicing
for the school play wasn’t hard enough,
Nathan has to ditch a mysterious severed
human hand before going onstage!
Cast: Zach Pullum
Director/Screenwriter: Katie Aldworth
Producer: Dustin Waldman
Editor: Jennifer Ligler
DP: Aaron Pagniano
Music: Greg Delulio
Over the Fence
Student: Comedy
After Water There Is Sand
The Hatchling
– US/Armenia
Synopsis: When two siblings find a large
and mysterious egg, the only question
more important that what it might be
Synopsis: Tamar, an 80-year-old widow,
visits her Armenian homeland to fulfill her
recently deceased husband’s last wish: to
take a family photo in front of Mount Ararat.
Synopsis: A struggling young musician
buys a goldfish that longs to swim in
the open sea, and a special friendship
evolves between the two dreamers.
Cast: Jason Kientz, Annia Koroliak, Allie Costa
VO: Djilali Rez-Kallah
Executive Producer: Elin Gronblom
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Elin Gronblom
Producers: Elin Gronblom
Production Company: Catnip Picture and
Speranza Productions
Synopsis: Three young boys venture over the
neighbor’s fence to fetch a lost toy rocket,
and they are surprised by what they find.
Cast: Solayan, Danteo, Verdan Deliz
Veronica Duport Deliz
Production Company: Deliz Productions
DP: Charles Kuttner
Music: Sean Haeberman
School: San Francisco State University, CA
Personal Appearance: Veronica Duport Deliz
Films - YouthFest! Films
Two Old Nuts
I’m Not Alone
Tailed
Student: Mixed Media
Choice of Flight
Synopsis: Dick, a 70-year-old fart, finds
himself with a broken back and a nagging
and incapacitated wife. Stranded, he must
save their necks and gain her respect.
Cast: Mimi Lipka, Bob Lipka
Director/Screenwriter: Spencer Lenzie
Producer: Jonathan Sunshine
DP: Job Jaime
Student: Animation
Computer
Bedtime
Synopsis: A little girl imagines the
super-fun her mom and dad are doing
after she’s been sent to bed.
Cast: VO – Mary Murphy, Mindi Tuchman
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Animator:
Avi Tuchman
Music: Jeffrey Brice
School: New York University-Tisch, NY
Can We Be Happy Now
Synopsis: A man in a grey, drab world is
awakened to the beauty and happiness of
the real world around him, as the spirits
of nature take him on an adventure.
Cast: no dialogue
Tahnee Gehm
Music: Andy Studer
School: CalArts, Valencia, CA
Synopsis: A child’s perspective about
the struggle of dealing with death. A
trip and fall takes a young girl back
to memories of her grandmother who
recently passed away. When she sees
her Grandmother, God, and her friends,
she finally realizes that she’s not alone.
Executive Producer: Tiffany Cooper
Tiffany Cooper
Music: Dustin Hahn
School: Rhode Island School of Design, RI
Paramount
Synopsis: A daughter Lan looks for her mother
Mei ten yeas after the second Sino-Japanese
War (1937) which split them up. She goes
back to the old abandoned “Paramount”
theater in Shanghai and finds someone lives
there: her mother. “Paramount” depicts the
resonant feeling state that occurs when
the memory-drenched ambience calls to
mind the feeling of a precious relationship.
Cast: no dialogue
Executive Producer: Si Wen Sui
Director/Producer: Si Wen Sui
Screenwriter: Tasayu Tasnaphun, Si Wen Sui
School: School of Visual Art, MFA Computer
Art
Synopsis: A grumpy ghost who has secluded
himself from the world scares anyone who
crosses his path. One day a puppy follows
the ghost home and together they establish
a bond that not even death can break.
Director/Screenwriter: Maddie Bollay
Producer: Wil Geiseler
Animator: Maddie Bollay
Student: Documentary
Juvenile Confinement
Synopsis: A group of teenagers voice
their opinions and regrets while
awaiting trial in Juvenile Hall.
Executive Producer: Joanne Storkan
Director/Editor: Christopher Sakamoto
Producers: Christopher Sakamoto, Kayla
Strasser
DP: Kayla Strasser
School: Cal State Monterey Bay, CA
Karisma
YouthFest!
Short Films
Ages 8 - 13
YouthFest! Short: Drama
Ages 8 – 13
Cardboard
Sidekick
Synopsis: A farmer who lives in the middle
of no-where one day runs out of gas for his
truck and there is nobody around to help
him. He has to figure out an alternative
solution to deliver his carrots to the market.
Cast: no dialogue
Executive Producer: Amrinder Singh Jassar
Amrinder Singh Jassar
Music: Cheyenne John Henderson
School: Academy of Art, San Francisco
frameanimator.com
Synopsis: “You’re the worst at this. Give up,
You don’t fit in”. Everyone tells you who you
are (not). You will listen to them. But one extraordinary night you wander into a pet store,
and a strange voodoo woman tells you to
choose between two birds. She tells you that
this decision is for ‘all the choices of life’.
Cast: Tamiko Washington, Jennifer Levinson,
Drew Steele, Brandon Wade, DM Worley
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Brandon Wade
Producers: Brandon Wade, Dante Jessica
Newton
DP: Niels Lindeline
Music: Stephen Jones
Synopsis: Six-year-old Amelia Grace has
spent her short life struggling against
chronic illness and severe anxiety. To
complicate matters, her father is on an
extensive tour of duty as a soldier in
Afghanistan. Luckily, Amelia Grace has found
comfort through treatment at Bethany’s Gait,
an equine-assisted psychotherapy center
located in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Cast: VO: Andrew Barkan
Directors/Producers: Molly Gard, Mor
Albalak, Britne Goldstein
DP: Mor Albalak, Molly Gard, Britne Goldstein
Music: Andrew Barkan
Editor: Molly Gard
21 minutes • May 4, Saturday, 11:00am
Synopsis: In the wake of the economic
downturn, homelessness is a problem that
faces families. Unfortunately, in America,
there are few options, for families seeking
shelter. If faced with adversity, what would
you do to keep your family together?
Cast: Tara-Nicole Azarian, Vanelle, Dave
Tunik, Nick Azarian, Thatcher JohnsonWelden, Tommy Jackson, Staci Nicole
Executive Producer: Jenny-Lynn Waugh
Azarian
Director/Screenwriter: Tara-Nicole Azarian
Producer/DP: Robert Filion
Editor: Jenny-Lynn Waugh Azarian
Personal Appearance: Tara-Nicole Azarian
FrontPorchFilm.com
Circuit Breaker
Synopsis: In this philosophical drama, a
‘what-if’ conundrum is put into effect as
an otherworldly figure throws a ‘circuit
breaker’ in a back alley of a modern town,
plunging everything but the people decades
into the past. This film challenges the
notion of progress and questions just
YouthFest! Films
how much e rely on mechanization.
Cast: Caroline Kelly, Caleb Barynin, Corionne
Smith, Ella Morin, Kileli Markovich, Tome
Carnahan, Dorianne Goodmurphy, Trevor
Parsons, Venturino Liberatore
Directors/Producers: Jacob Shaw, Caroline
Kelly
Screenwriter/Editor: Jacob Shaw
DP: Caroline Kelly, Dylan Weber
YouthFest! Short:
Comedy Foreign Class
Ages 8 – 13
Black on White
– Finland (sub-titled)
5:45 minutes • Saturday, May 4, 3:00pm
Synopsis: Babies (that are played by
older children), are using pacifiers…
then they get out of bed, and start
fighting each other, and use laser guns.
Cast: Niko Mater, Elias Kukkonen, Matias
Kylmanen, Pietari Sanisalmi, Jonne
Yrjanheikki
Director/Screenwriter/Producer:
School/Production Company: Valve Film
School and Oulu International Children’s and
Youth Film Festival
Love At The Dentist
Synopsis: Each of the 4 girls waiting
their turn in the dentist office have
different reactions to taking their turn…
one girl brings the dentist flowers.
Cast: Katariina Leinonen, Sipo Herva, Silja
Tuovinen, Vilma Kunnari, Joonas Koivula
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Katariina
Leinonen, Sipo Herva, Silja Tuovinen, Vilma
Kunnari, Joonas Koivula
Youth Film Festival
YouthFest! Short:
Animation Computer
Ages 8 – 13
Killer App
1 minute • May 4, Saturday, 11:00am
Synopsis: A young girl runs into
some problems, when her father
asks her to do some gardening.
Cast: VO- Elizabeth (12 yr old) & Robert
Herrick (Father)
Executive Producer: Robert Herrick
Elizabeth Herrick
Production Company: Studio H
School: American Heritage School, FL
Tel: 954-423-8905
Address: 700 Mockingbird Lane, Plantation,
FL 33324
YouthFest! Short Animation
Computer Foreign
Ages 8 – 13
Betty and Dorothy – UK
Synopsis: An uplifting story of a lifelong
friendship exquisitely pictured in animation.
Inspired by the watercolour paintings of the
Yorkshire countryside. Betty and Dorothy
reveal an extraordinary period of change in
English country life. During war and peace
their friendship remains constant throughout.
Cast: V-O: Betty Fawbert, Dorothy Kibbat
Executive Producer: David Bunting
School: Kell Bank Primary School, N
Yorkshire UK – Kathleen Allison
Art Director: Ian Scott Massie, Simon Palmer
Light Up the World – UK
Synopsis: This film explores the Paralympic
Values of determination, inspiration, courage
and equality. Produced by 497 disabled
and non-disabled young people from 12
countries across the globe. From March to
June 2012, the children from 24 schools collaborated to create an animation depicting
a journey of the Paralympic torch, from the
birthplace at Stoke Mandeville Hospital to
London and its handover to Brazil in 2016.
Cast: 497 children
Executive Producer: David Bunting
Producer: Vicky Hope Walker
Editor: Adam Kirk
YouthFest! Short: Clay-Motion
Animation Foreign Class
Ages 8 – 13
Old People in Traffic
Synopsis: Some old people have to cross
the street in order to go to the dentist
office for new dentures. They had a lot of
trouble crossing the street getting there,
but coming back home, a good Samaritan
posted a sign at the street to let the drivers
know that they were going to cross.
Voice-Over Cast: Antti Telkkala, Antii Pirnes,
Joona Ala-Rami, Pyry Vaara
Animators: Antti Telkkala, Antii Pirnes, Joona
Ala-Rami, Pyry Vaara
Youth Film Festival
Space Adventure of Max
The Wax – Finland (sub-titled)
3 minutes • Saturday, May 4, 3:00pm
Synopsis: A space ship lands on a strange
planet, and the pilot finds a group of ‘green
men aliens’ protecting a strange object.
Voice-Over Cast: Ukko Braysy, Juuso
Juntunen, Roope
Directors/Screenwriters/Animators: Ukko
Braysy, Juuso Juntunen, Roope Kontio, Reetu
Kontio
Youth Film Festival
YouthFest! Short
Documentary
Ages 8 – 13
“G” Water
Synopsis: This film explores the
daily life of villagers in Mali, Africa:
the challenges they face and the
hope that they have for the future.
This film is by 12 year old Luke Broyles who
traveled to Mali, Africa in 2011 to meet and
document these kind and generous people.
Cast Voice-Over: John Holden
Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor/
Music/DP: Luke Broyles
Music: Mali villagers
School: Creekside Middle School, Indiana
lukeproductions.org
ROTFL
YouthFest! Short: Mixed
Media Foreign Class
Ages 8 – 13
Camera of Horrors
Synopsis: A man bought a camera from a
second-hand store, and when he started
to film…a ghostly villain appears in each
frame, and starts to stab the actors.
Cast: Johannes Kaarre, Reetu Konitio, Jenna
Nauska, Aapeli Ristola, Matilda Kangas,
Jante Jomppanen
Director: Aapeli Ristola
Screenwriter: Johannes Kaarre
DP/Editor/Music: Jante Jomppanen
Youth Film Festival
YouthFest!
Short Films
Ages 14 - 18
YouthFest! Short: Drama
Ages 14 - 18
Synopsis: Electronic communication is
both a blessing and a curse. According to
the CDC, suicide is the 3rd leading cause
of death among young people, resulting
in about 4,000 deaths per year. For every
suicide there are at least 100 attempts.
Cast: Tara-Nicole Azarian, Maya White,
Jessica Taylor, David Topp, Errin Barksdale
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Tara-Nicole
Azarian
Editors: Tara-Nicole Azarian, Jenny-Lynn
Waugh Azarian
Production Company: Front Porch Films
DP: Jenny-Waugh Azarian
Music: Incomptech
Personal Appearance: Tara-Nicole Azarian
imdb.com/name/nm3152258/
FrontPorchFilms.com
YouthFest! Short:
Documentary Foreign
Ages 8 – 13
The Race – UK
Synopsis: Will their differences put an
end to David and Neils’ friendship?
Cast: Neil and David
Executive Producer: Greenhouse MultiCultural Play & Arts Project
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Greenhouse
Multi-Cultural Play
Production Company: Studio 28 Fazeley
Studios
firstlightonline.co.uk
The Heart of a Book
4 Minutes • Saturday, May 4, 11:30am
Synopsis: This short film is about the heart
and soul of classic ink-pressed books.
It is told through the voice of a book,
and it tries to persuade the audience
to continue reading classic style books
instead of digital or audio books.
Cast: Barbara Stein, Karen Stein, Robert
Stein
Director/Screenwriter/DP/Producer/Editor:
Brandon Scharaga
Production Company: Brandino Productions
School: Carlsbad High School, CA
The Painted Girl
Synopsis: This film tells the story of Megan
a closeted gay 15-year-old, who runs away
from her mother’s expectations. Hiding in an
abandoned subway tunnel, she uses spray
paint to create art for her mother. Megan
hopes that through this gallery of graffiti, she
can help her mother understand who she is.
Cast: Emma Rae Johnson, Abby Carter, Ben
Kadie, Andrew Tribolini, John Kauffman,
Molly Berg, Rex Davidson, Victoria Puckett
YouthFest! Short:
Drama Class
Ages 14 - 18
The Science of Friendship
Synopsis: New student Jo immediately
gets off on the wrong foot with the
popular girls. Little does Heather know
how much she actually will need Jo.
Cast: Ashlee Renee, Jacqueline Soto Kelly
Nicole, Lauren Hanneman, Taylor Brauer
YouthFest! Films
Executive Producer: Amanda Melby
Amanda Melby
Assistant Director: Ashley Faulkner
Production Company: Verve Studios, LLC
Music: Jesse Langer, Kasia Szczech
vervestudio.net
YouthFest! Short:
Drama Foreign Class
Ages 14 - 18
Beloved – UK
Synopsis: A poetic interpretation of falling in love.
Cast: Adam Lloyd, Emily Fretwell, William
Hobby
Executive Producer: Suited & Booted Studios
Director/Screenwriter: Daniel inkant
Producer: Elle Farham
Production Company: First Light Movies
YouthFest! Short: Comedy
Ages 14 - 18
Bookstore
Synopsis: Tara, a teenager who dreams
of a successful future in business,
must manage the school Bookstore for
one day. Dealing with her preoccupied
employees and the craziness that
gets in the way of her ambitions.
Cast: Tara Josi, Angus O’Brien, Alexander
Haney, Angela Haney
Executive Producer: Cheri Gaulke
Alexander Haney
School: Harvard-Westlake, Studio City, CA
YouthFest! Short:
Comedy Class
Ages 14 - 18
Got Talent?
10 Minutes • May 4, Saturday, 3:00pm
Synopsis: When Principal Swidler posts
a notice that everyone must participate
in the all-school talent show, some
students are thrilled and other terrified.
Cast: Autumn Whitaker, Ayla Taylor, Jack
Walton, Jessie Finch, Kelly Holland, Niklas
Tollefson, Noah Lanouette, Sophie Sabatini
Director/Screenwriter/Producer:/Editor/DP
Amanda Melby
Assistant Director: Judith Eisenberg
Music: Charlie Yokom, Jesse Langen
vervestudio.net
Path to the Presidency
Synopsis: “If Sara wins, she’ll waste the
whole year and nothing will change. If
Sam wins, he might do some nice things
for the environment, but nothing to better
the student’s daily life and routine.”
Cast: Justine Danielson, Kine Miltun, Maggie
Thurston, Ali Martinez, Holly Benscoter, Jared
Tuton, Nicole Soto, Michael Gerardi
Amanda Melby
Assistant Directors: Dale Nontieth, Lora
Blume
Music: Jesse Langen, Rania Adamczyk
vervestudio.net
YouthFest! Short:
Animation Computer
Ages 14 - 18
Mr. Raindrop
Executive Producer: Brian Finn
Director: Dani Bowman
Screenwriter: Harriet Spizziri
Producer: Patrick Eidemiller
Editor: Dani Bowman
Production Company: Power Light Animation
Studios
Animator: Dani Bowman
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Personal Appearance: Dani Bowman
powerlight-studios.com
The Namazu
Cast: Yom Kenny (Narrator), Stella Ritter, Ken
Mora, Miles Mort, Nick Guzman
Director: Dani Bowman
Screenwriter: Kevin Sean Michaels
Producers: Kevin Sean Michaels, Patrick
Eidemiller
Editor: Dani Bowman
Production Company: Power Light Animation
Studios
Animators: Dani Bowman, Perry Chen
Music: Lauren Dair Owens, Will Clay, Nick
Guzman
Personal Appearance: Dani bowman, Perry
Chen
powerlight-studios.com
Antarctic Flight
3 minutes • May 4, Saturday, 3:00pm
Synopsis: When a pilot lands at the South
Pole, little does he know that his scientific
expedition will lead him to a lesson in
friendship and kindness to others.
Director/Screenwriter: Andrew Corl
Producers: Andrew & Emily Corl
School: Trinity Education Center
Simply Love
Synopsis: When a restroom sign man
falls in love with his female counterpart,
he will try his best to win her love.
Director/Screenwriter: Andrew Corl
Producers: Andrew Corl & Emily Corl
School: Trinity Education Center
YouthFest!
Short Documentary
YouthFest! Short:
Mixed Media
Ages 14 - 18
Ages 14 - 18
A Quest for Peace:
Nonviolence Among
Religions
The Hollow Chronicles II
Synopsis: Young filmmaker Matthew Evans
takes a look at one of the most pressing issues in our modern society: violence among
religions. Through discussions with Arun
Gandhi and local religion leaders, Matthew
learns powerful lessons about nonviolence,
acceptance, and cultural understanding.
As Gandhi has said, “We must become the
change we wish to see in our world!”
Cast: Arun Gandhi, Leona Evans, Linda
Bertenthal, Michael Moran, Naiyerah
Kolkailah
Matthew Evans
Production Company: WGI Films
Personal Appearance: Matthew Evans
gandhiforchildren.org
Synopsis: In this Chapter of The Hollow
Chronicles, Fear uses the tragedy of Pride’s
past in an attempt to lead him to his doom.
Can Hollow save him before it is too late?
Cast: Kaleigh Kailani, Summer Kailani,
Ron Burch, Sequoia Valverde, Madison
Brunoehler, Jack Seavor McDonald, Chloe
Blunk, Hailey Bachelier, Julia Patterson,
Jessica Bailey, Preston Renteria, Amanda
Halpern, Lexi Packer, Kamryn Santi
Kaleigh Kailani
Production Company: Queenadreams
Productions
Music: Kevin McLeod, Kaleigh Kailani
Personal Appearance: Kaleigh Kailani,
Summer Kailani
YouthFest! Short:
Mixed Media
Ages 14 - 18
YouthFest! Short Class:
Documentary Foreign
Panda Run
Ages 14 - 18
I Could Live Yours – UK
Synopsis: I could live a rich man’s
life, but he could never live mine
Cast: Ashley McLean, Brad McLean, Sean
Jackson
Executive Producer: Exeter Phoenix
Screenwriters: Creekmore Youth Club,
Millway Community Centre Exeter Phoenix
Producer: Creekmore Youth Club
Production Company: First Light Movies
YouthFest! Short:
Educational
Ages 14 - 18
Losing to Violence – the
Impact on Siblings
Synopsis: Panda Bears are hunted by
poachers, and the family finds a way to
make money by taking pictures, instead of
killing the Panda Bears to make money.
Cast: VO-Bayard, Dexter, Gary, and Patricia
Vinant-Tang
Executive Producer: Gary Vinant-Tang
Directors: Gary Vinant-Tang, Dexter VinantTang, Patricia Vinant-Tang
Screenwriter: Bayard and Dexter Vinant-Tang
Producers/DP: Gary and Patricia Vinant-Tang
Animators: Dexter and Patricia Vinant-Tang
Production Company: Dream Craft Pictures
Music: Kevin MacLeod
Editor: Gary Vinant-Tang
Personal Appearance: The Vinant-Tang
Family
Synopsis: Whenever someone dies due
to violence, the entire community is
impacted. But nowhere is the devastating
effect felt more than in the homes. Press
Pass TV’s youth explores the impact
violence has on siblings and what we
as a community can do to lessen it.
Director: Abdul Karim Salih
Producers: Diana Julien, Zaquanna Rogers
Production Manager: Zarah Klink Hansen
Production Company: Press Pass TV
Presspasstv.org

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