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Wednesday, April 7, 6:00 PM
PeaceLove Studios
Opening Night Party & Art Exhibit
Experimental Shorts Showcase (beginning at 7:00 pm)
Voor Een Dubbeltje...
Narrative Short
(Netherlands, 2008, 9 mins.)
Director: Eric Wobma
Time stops for no one, or does it? A gentleman tramp, more confused than decayed, tries to find his way through the streets of Amsterdam ... and time.
Cantame
Experimental Short
(Canada, 2009, 10 mins.)
Director: Irene Boleda
This experimental musical follows the life of a woman who searches for balance.
Tempo
Experimental Short
Director: R Salant
Tempo is a visually decadent circular exploration of the cycle of life and the changing pace at which it is perceived. The soundtrack is super-lingual, rhythmic, and entrancing.
Parts
Experimental Short
(USA, 2009, 3 mins.)
Director: Lidia Sheinin
Does somebody we love forever become a part of us? And how do we experience the world around us when they are gone?
Red Revenge
Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 7 mins.)
Director: Eunha Choi
Red Revenge is a woman revenge dream story related to her dream from childhood. Through her emotional and weird dreams she found that she becomes to be mature. Based on personal experiences and Freud's dream theory.
Astronaut Goes From Migrant Fields To Outer Space
Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 3 mins.)
Director: David Moolten
Once a child laborer who trekked with his family each year from Mexico to the fields of California to pick strawberries, Jose Hernandez recently traveled into space as an astronaut on the Discovery space shuttle.
Mazurka
Animated Short
(Spain, 2010, 3 mins.)
Director: Blanca Esteve Stéphant
World Premiere
A mysterious ballerina dances her way through the darkness.
Mothership
Animated Short
(Ecuador, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Daniel Lofredo
'Mothership' is a short music wall animation dealing abstractly with the ever-complicating nature of our current civilization.
Living Organics
Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 11 mins.)
Director: Kiera L Faber
New England Premiere
'Living Organics' explores issues of trust, destruction and loss through characters that exist within constructed environments. In this new world, things are not always as they appear.
Friday, April 9, 5:45 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Dieu est Américan (God Is American)
Documentary Feature
(France, 2007, 53 mins.)
Director: Richard Martin-Jordan
New England Premiere
God is American, and he was born in the USA! The people of Tanna, an island in the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, have invented a new religion. They pray the American flag and adore John Frum, an American prophet which they are waiting the return.
Friday, April 9, 7:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
My Movie Girl
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2009, 83 mins.)
Director: Adam Bronstein
New England Premiere
Writer/Director/Actor Adam Bronstein in attendance
Everything Adam knows about love, he learned from the movies. Unfortunately, Adam is no Cary Grant, and the closest he’s come to experiencing true romance is one drunken night with his unrequited love, Kate. But that evening was not exactly An Affair to Remember, so he casts himself and Kate in a movie recreation of their one night, hoping for a better ending. It’s a total flop, and Adam is forced to cast a new Kate when she no longer wants any part of her part. But re-casting Kate leads to an ending that even Adam never saw coming, in this playful comedy about love, movies, and how our love of movies affects how we love.
Friday, April 9, 9:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
The Crimson Mask
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2009, 88 mins.)
Director: Elias Plagianos
Writer/Director Elias Plagianos and Lead Actor Joshua Burrow in attendance
Two desperate men, from different worlds, find themselves unwitting pawns in an ancient ritual. Greed, Lust, Pride, Anger, and Envy have consumed the lives of Thomas Caine, a seemingly wealthy businessman, and Parker, a down on his luck pro wrestler. Both are overwhelmed with insurmountable debts and struggling to break free by any means. As their lives quickly unravel, so does an age-old secret conspiracy that leads the two men down a deadly path of redemption.
Friday, April 9, 11:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Nun of That
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2009, 90 mins.)
Director/Co-Writer Richard Griffin, Producer/Co-Writer Ted Marr and Actors Sarah Nicklin and Michael Reed in attendance
'Nun of That' is an action-comedy that follows Sister Kelly Wrath as she transforms from a nun with a simple temper problem to a vengeful killer. After being gunned down in an alley, she ascends to heaven to receive training from some of the great figures of religious mythology (Moses, Gandhi, and Jesus himself). She is then set back to Earth to join the other members of the Order of the Black Habit, a group of supernatural vigilante nuns as they seek revenge against the mob.
'Nun of That' will be preceded by
Lake Shore, Two Bedroom
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 7 mins.)
Director Daniel Lee White in attendance
A short film shot entirely in one continuous shot. The story moves from scene to scene, back and forth through time revealing the story. A number of scene and costume changes adds to the complexity of this technical challenge. Starring Brandon Luis Aponte, Wendy Olafson, Courtney Jones, Sarah Nicklin and Christopher Ferreira. Music by Spencer Emanuel.
Saturday, April 10, 1:15 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Animated Short Film Program
Daydreaming
Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 3 mins.)
Director: Carlos Florez
'Daydreaming' is about being a kid at heart. This is a journey with 3D and hand-drawn cell animation told in 140 seconds that brings us back to our childhood experiences of being joyful, imaginative and full of wonder.
O Pintor De Ceos (The Painter of Skies)
Animated Short
(Spain, 2008, 20 mins.)
Director: Jorge Morais Valle
From the darkness of the lost cliffs, a crazy painter, marked by his past, and his faithful assistant try to find a solution against perpetual storms. Sea is destroying their home. A magic boiler and some tormented ghosts will help them to find the light.
Hey
Animated Short/Music Video
(Israel, 2008, 4 mins.)
Director: Guy Ben Shetrit
East Coast Premiere
Sci-Fi Fantasy journey of a little girl with a special pet friend, a huge toad. Once the girl loses her pet, which drifts in the sky in a form of a balloon, she goes through different adventurous scenarios by chasing it.
Jelly Fishers
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 6 mins.)
Director: Steven Subotnick
A family of mole-like creatures rely on the generosity of jellyfish.
Mr. Atse
Animated Short
(Netherlands, 2009, 2 mins.)
Director: M. Chendler
Brief encounter of Mr. Atse with a hysterical bird.
Transmission
Animated Short/Music Video
(France, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Thierry Holweck
Animated music video for the Panda Transport song 'Transmission'
MMLB (Take Care of Your Suitcase)
Animated Short/Music Video
(Canada, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Jacqueline Poole
US Premiere
A fast paced animation exploring disease and infection done entirely with a Lite Brite! Exploding with light and colour, and with music by the Halifax band Major/Minor (Take Care of Your Suitcase).
Little Old Ladies
Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 14 mins.)
Director: John Varvir
Little Old Ladies follows a down-on-his-luck gumshoe who has had nothing but small time cases of missing little old ladies. Until a mysterious, red headed, femme fatal comes in and offers him a job that'll put him back in the big leagues.
Single Bound
Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director Jake Topkis in attendance
With the desire to leap tall buildings in a single bound, one boy tests the strength of faith and power.
The Forest
Animated Short
(Germany, 2009, 6 mins.)
Director: David Scharf
North American Premiere
Antonia is a 12 year old girl. She often has daydreams, in which she wanders of in to a magical far away forest, were she hides from the problems of the real world. One day, however, her father takes drastic measures and she has to face a decision.
Sorry I'm Late
Animated Short
(U.K., 2007, 3 mins.)
Director: Thomas Mankovsky
Stop-motion animation set against a gymnasium floor. Shot with a stills camera in the ceiling.
Saturday, April 10, 1:30 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Years in the Making
A Journey into late life creativity
Documentary Feature
(USA, 2009, 66 mins.)
Director: Martin West
East Coast Premiere
Director Martin West in attendance
'Years In the Making' introduces a group of 50 feisty, professional artists who live within a few miles of each other. All between the ages of 70 and 95 years old, they are still passionate about their art and their need to produce new work. They talk about the challenges they faced to become artists originally and the new challenges that come with age. 'Years in the Making' is a joyful documentary providing insights into the creative process and the impact of art various stages of life. It is a kaleidoscope of the artists, their works and their diverse personalities. Alternately pensive and humorous, the film inspires us to seize the day and to celebrate artists who are journeying through late life creativity.
Saturday, April 10, 3:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Shorts Program I
Shadows in the Wind
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2009, 20 mins.)
Director: Julia Guillén-Creagh
New York, 1905. Sue and Johnnsy are two painters who share a studio. Sue has to take care of Johnsy who is sick with pneumonia and convince her that she won't die when the last leaf of an old ivy vine falls off.
Le Retour
Narrative Short
(USA, 2007, 20 mins.)
Director: Rachel Earnest
After studying abroad in France, Katherine returns home to southern California and struggles to readjust.
Jesusito de mi vida (Dear Child Jesus)
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2009, 9 mins.)
Director: Jesus Perez-Miranda
New England Premiere
Jesus, a six-year-old child, wakes up in the middle of the night with an urgent need to pee. But his fear of the dark prevents him from crossing the corridor that leads to the bathroom. Influenced by his mother's advice, he asks God for help, in the hope that some kind of miracle might happen.
She Is
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 9 mins.)
Director Jake Topkis in attendance
A story about finding beauty in the world and acting to foster it from award-winning Director, J.L. Topkis.
Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan
(Because There Are Things We Never Forget)
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2008, 13 mins.)
Director: Lucas M. Figueroa
Naples (Italy), 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady's yard. They'll never play with their ball again, and for that the revenge will be deadly.
Life Through the Lens
Narrative Short
(USA, 2010, 4 mins.)
Director: Ryan Kline
East Coast Premiere
As Cody begins to daydream in class, he falls into a cinematic world of wars, sports cars, and supermodels. Through his daydream, he realizes that film making is his true calling in life.
Champagne Supernova
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2010, 14 mins.)
Director: Fernando Jover
A mature lady has a shocking relationship with a 24-year old boy.
Saturday, April 10, 3:00 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Six Semesters
Narrative Feature
(Ireland, 2008, 114 mins.)
Director: John McKeown
New England Premiere
An Irish romantic comedy set over three years of a college course, 'Six Semesters' centers on Eddie and his unique, entrepreneurial part-time job - breaking up couples through a highly successful internet agency. But, his suspicious view of love and romance takes an interesting turn when Ailbhe, a girl he meets in his first few days at college, begins to feature heavily in his ever-difficult life. Complications include the employment of his perhaps less than reliable cousin Paul, his eventual friendship with two fellow students, the loving couple Ronan and Eve and the discovery of a rival agency, who seem to go about business in a less-than-ethical fashion.
Saturday, April 10, 5:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Comedy Short Film Program
Free Lunch
Narrative Short
(USA, 2008, 35 mins.)
Director: Rick Curnutt
Walter Tanner Jr. is done with handouts, he's done with his privileged past, and he's done with having to answer to people. Realizing the value of hard work, Walter sets off on the road to the American dream...in a lunch truck.
A Joke
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 14 mins.)
Director Andy Brown and Director of Photography Phillip Armand in attendance
A young man creates a perplexing mystery in the mind of a young woman by confessing his love for her while they are barreling down a treacherous sledding hill.
Made in Japan
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2007, 6 mins.)
Director: Ciro Altabas
My mother admitted that the man who I thought was my father was not my father.
Balcony Boy (Niño Balcón)
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2009, 9 mins.)
Director: Pilar Palomero
Balcony boy, poor balcony boy, this is the story of the Balcony Boy. His fault, having big ears. His bad habit, putting his head where he shouldn't have.
True Beauty This Night
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 10 mins.)
Director: Peter Besson
Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met...
The Line
Narrative Short
(USA, 2008, 10 mins.)
Director: Richard Sabatte
New England Premiere
In life, there are many lines a woman must endure. This is surely the most painful. The agony, the ecstasy, The Line.
Saturday, April 10, 5:00 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Orgasm, Inc.
Documentary Feature
(USA, 2009, 78 mins.)
Director: Liz Canner
Extraordinary behind-the-scenes access reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women – and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fuelled pharmaceutical industry.
Saturday, April 10, 7:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Friends (with benefits)
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2009, 94 mins.)
Director Gorman Bechard in attendance
'Friends (with benefits)' is a feature-length romantic comedy for all those allergic to romance, and for all who have come of (sexual) age in this cynical time of hook-ups, break-ups, and serial amour. Meet Chloe and Owen: best buds since their sandbox days. Now, in med school as they attempt to balance the weight of their studies, his job, her band, their parents, their friends (their sanity), they find little time for relationships, but lots of time for the desire. So what DOES happen when two close friends decide to secretly blur the lines dividing friendship and relationships, and the rest of their tight knit group of friends finds out? The answer: complications arise. 'Friends (with benefits)' is a tale of sexual identity and true love; of controversy and relationships redefined; a thinking person's romantic comedy (with belly-laughs).
Saturday, April 10, 7:00 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Shorts Program II
The Predator's Return
Narrative Short
(USA, 2008, 14 mins.)
Director: Jerald Fine
What if the newest resident of your nursing home was the same Nazi officer that murdered your entire family 60 years earlier?
Small Collection
Narrative Short
(USA, 2008, 6 mins.)
Director: Jeremiah Crowell
A love story caught in the corridors of memory. Through fragments of conversations still echoing in now empty places, we piece together the record of a relationship cut short.
Days of Being Wrinkle Free
Narrative Short
(USA, 2008, 9 mins.)
Co-Directors Jeremy Provost and Joshua Provost and Lead Actor Carl Provost will be in attendance
Captain is stuck in a laundromat of broken dreams. Dumped by his long-time girlfriend, it seems his world is changing faster than he can bear. For Captain, laundry is the best of therapy. Through 101 laundromat metaphors, he comes to understand and embrace the true nature of change.
Stormbreak
Narrative Short
(Australia, 2008, 14 mins.)
Director: Jacob Holmes-Brown
A rural Australian gothic thriller. A teenage boy suspects a rogue policeman of murdering his father. He must fight for his family and his life as the truth about his father's death comes to light.
Tempus Ex Machina
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 18 mins.)
Director: Andrew Fogel
A struggling inventor travels back in time to patent the electric light before Thomas Edison!
Freight
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Nicholas Baker
World Premiere
Four idle college students enter a place of mystification after questionable decisions of a confused peer run them into a final meeting place.
Scissu
Narrative Short
(Germany, 2009, 27 mins.)
Director: Tom Bewilogua
'Scissu' tells a chronologically split story about a lonely cop and an addicted couple.
Saturday, April 10, 9:00 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Music Video Program
Animal
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Skyler Proctor
East Coast Premiere
This music video is about breaking free. This video does not contain a story line, but the band themselves subtly act out their lyrics as they jam in a parking lot, all through the night until dawn.
Autumn Spills
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 5 mins.)
Director Theodore Cormey in attendance
Conceptual music video for the band Sarah RabDAU & Self-Employed Assassins.
The Big Black Gate
Music Video/Animated Short
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Todd MacInnis
A man and his wife leave to their house by the lake for a weekend escape, but when their tire blows out in front of a house with a big black gate, all their plans change...
Carry The One
Music Video
(USA, 2010, 5 mins.)
Director: Van Wampler
Carry The One' is a music video by Ivory Drive that focuses on making a difference in an ever changing world. 'The one' is symbolic for many aspects of the world that must be saved and carried through 'the storm.'
City of Noise
Music Video
(Canada, 2008, 5 mins.)
Director: Mitch Barany
Follow a man as he competes against different realities of himself for a magic treasure chest. The Summerlads 'City of Noise' music video takes you through a maze of rooms and crosses portals that bridge space and time.
Glean by El Cantador
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 6 mins.)
Director: Gideon Kennedy, Marcus Rosentrater
This is the latest music video from Mobile, AL-based alt country group El Cantador, for their song “Glean”. The video gathers useful remnants, bit by bit, of the band's performance by filming their shadows, a visual synonym for the ephemeral nature of song.
Hometown Fantasy
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 3 mins.)
Director: Leslie Sisson
Music video for The Wooden Birds' previously unreleased extended version of 'Hometown Fantasy' off their debut album, 'Magnolia' (Barsuk Records), featuring diary footage from their 2009 European tour.
I'll Kill Her
Music Video
(Germany, 2009, 5 mins.)
Director: Joerg Barton
The video is an experimental music video to the love song 'I'll Kill Her' of the French singer SoKo.
In the City by Letron
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Aaron Schurman
Music video for Letron's “In the City”
Kill for You
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Dawn Cobalt
Find out what happens when a sweet boyfriend can't take what his ex-girlfriend is up to, and what he will do to keep her with him forever. Aces High has the unique gift of blending classic rock into a current sound. This underground band delivers an energy charged live performance. Whether it's hard core headbangin' or heartfelt ballads, Aces High rev-up their fans wherever they play.
Let It All Burn Down
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Ryan Moore
Five high school freshmen (The Nightbirds) and one shy schoolgirl are transported into the world of their swords-and-sorcery role-playing game.
The Magic Rabbit
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Tatsuhiro Kimijima
The blind girl faces many difficulties in her daily life. Her only friend is a rabbit doll in her imagination. One day she finds she can see things clearly. The rabbit doll is gazing her on the street.
Someday
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 5 mins.)
Director Scott Gabriel, Executive Producer MinhTu Va, and Singer/Producer May Ling in attendance
'Someday' is a music video that deals with the devastating issue of domestic violence. Produced in conjunction with the New York Asian Women's Center (NYAWC), 'Someday' is an effort to personalize and raise awareness about this all-too-common affliction. The song was written and performed by May Ling, and Produced by Ed Bennett, a founder of VH1.
This Is Goodbye by Fighting The Influence
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 6 mins.)
Director Habib Semaan and Director of Photography/Producer SM Crowningshield in attendance
Fighting the Influence hails from Fall River, MA and “This is Goodbye” is the video single from their new, self-titled EP. FTI regularly plays shows throughout New England and in New York City. Shot by SM Crowningshield and Liam Gallogly.
Tip of Your Tongue
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 4 mins.)
Director: Chris Sandas
'Tip of Your Tongue' is a music video for local South Jersey singer/songwriter Jennifer Palladino, directed by Chris Sandas and produced by Rowan University Cinema Workshop.
Tooly
Music Video
(USA, 2009, 6 mins.)
Director: Nicholas Lam
Chains. Tools. Babes. 'Tooly' was produced by DeMille Productions - a team of creative professionals with the goal of delivering edgy, modern, and broadcast quality content with indie budgets.
When You Love Somebody
Music Video
(USA, 2008, 6 mins.)
Director of Photography Siddharth Gupta, Associate producer Lanier Westmoreland and Assistant Director Sri Saripalli in attendance
‘When You Love Somebody' tells a story of a single mother and singer from the Caribbean, who struggles to find emotional balance as she travels to New York for an opportunity of a lifetime, while leaving her son behind.
Saturday, April 10, 9:15 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Prey for the Island
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2008, 76 mins.)
Writer/Director Timothy Pape and Cinematographer Dante Della Maggiore in attendance
A late-night-radio DJ uses the public airwaves to ponder the good, the bad and the ugly about his 30 years of life, including a string of failed relationships -- this, while he tempts fate by dating his best friend's mistress. Writer-director Tim Pape introduces us to his story and cast -- including newcomers Jeff Kongs, Robyn Buck and Madison Dylan -- through a series of dreamlike sequences and intimate conversations.
Saturday, April 10, 11:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Zombie Dearest
Narrative Feature
(USA, Canada, 2008, 85 mins.)
Writer/Director David Kemker and Writer/Executive Producer Mark Cavanagh in attendance
When failed comic Gus Lawton pushes his wife too far, he finds himself chasing her across the country to the abandoned farmhouse of her childhood. Given the choice between losing Deborah or living by her plan, Gus gets busy fixing up the old place. Starting with the septic tank. In a moment of desperation, he digs up the very thing he needs, a zombie who'll do anything he wants... for now, anyway. As the zombie's own desires threaten their plans, Gus and Deborah come together in a desperate struggle to get what they want, regardless of the cost. Zombie Dearest is a genre-bender that speaks to the "living dead" - the hunger and the horror - in all of us. It's a wild ride that's both smartly comic and deeply quirky.
'Zombie Dearest' will be preceded by
The Gynecologist
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2008, 10 mins.)
Director: Alfonso Camarero
A gynecologist is working at her hospital as everyday. But the next patient.... is a boy!
Sunday, April 11, 12:30 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Regional Short Film Program
The Music of Erich Zann
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 39 mins.)
Director: Jared Skolnick
A young student becomes fascinated by the strange music of the eccentric violinist living above him, leading him to a terrifying discovery. Based on a short story by H. P. Lovecraft.
Wrestling with Sanity Trilogy
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 33 mins.)
Director Mike Messier, Composer Larry O' Leary and Actors Irina Peligrad, Mauro Canepa & Mark Carter in attendance
Meet troubled writer Eddie Pause, his “confrontational therapist” Elizabeth Metzger and his shadowy friend Cannon Head as they engage in a “psychological menage a trois”.
Mind the Gap
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 12 mins.)
Director Michael Lawrence, Lead Actor Shaun Connolly and Writer/Producer SM Crowningshield in attendance
Adam’s in love. She's pretty, she's beautiful, she's... well, that's all he knows. He sees her on the subway every day and doesn’t even know her name. But inspiration from an accordion-playing busker, his friend’s band and even a little David Bowie might give him the courage he needs.
Same World
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 8 mins.)
Director Leslie Atsales in attendance
A ladies man notices a beautiful woman moving in next door. He convinces her to let him help with the boxes. When he realizes she is blind his bravado is gone and he is unsure what to do. This is her time to help him see differently.
Five Minutes Flat
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 8 mins.)
Director: Nathan Quattrini
This adrenaline filled short follows a prisoner trying to escape his captivity. In the training camp the captives are trained to excel in speed, agility and power. There is only one chance for survival, and that is to challenge the one in charge.
Sunday, April 11, 1:30 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Art Documentaries
Bruce Sargeant: Artist
Documentary Short
(USA, 2009, 32 mins.)
Director: Veronica Iacono
New York City artist Mark Beard takes us on a whirlwind journey through his artistic past by channeling his great uncle Bruce Sargeant. But it's Mark who reminds us that art is not always what it seems.
The Longest Story of Bilbao Ever Painted (La historia más larga de Bilbao jamás pintada)
Documentary Short
(Spain,USA, 2009, 28 mins.)
Director: Felix de la Concha
East Coast Premiere
Producer (and Director’s wife) Ana Merino in attendance
Félix de la Concha paints portraits of elder people living in Bilbao - near and over 100 years old -. Meanwhile posing, his sitters talk about their lives in the Basque Country. Now the viewer can follow at the same time these emotive interviews and how the artist captures with astonishing fidelity every trace of their faces. Although aware of being recorded during their portrait process, they tell their stories at an age where vanity has a different rapport and recounting facts that almost none would declare in public. In Spain every people know that some political parties support or sympathize with the terrorist group ETA, but none in Bilbao would dare to address this in the way, for instance, Don Anastasio will do here.
Sunday, April 11, 2:50 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Shadows Never Vanish
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2010, 100 mins.)
Director C. Jenner Jose in attendance
Cleburne is an ex-homicide detective who is haunted by his son's spirit. He believes his son was the victim of the mysterious Hex Killer. As circumstances surrounding his son's murder are uncovered, the line between fact and fiction gets blurred leading to terrible consequences.
Sunday, April 11, 3:00 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
Documentary Short Film Program
Not For Sale
Documentary Short
(USA, 2009, 22 mins.)
Director: Elias Nousiopoulos
This documentary details the events that happened in Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, the home seizures through Eminent Domain, and the Supreme Court case of New London v Kelo.
Crayons and Paper
Documentary Short
(USA, 2008, 30 mins.)
Director: Bruce Janu
Helicopters attacking villages. Armed troops burning homes and shooting children. Houses on fire as planes roar through the sky. The crudely drawn pictures show the horrors of war through the eyes of children in two of the world's most violent places: Sri Lanka and Sudan.
Zach, a Film About Epilepsy
Documentary Short
(USA, 2009, 21 mins.)
Director Christian de Rezendes in attendance
Nearing the age of twenty, Zachery Smith has a severe form of epilepsy for which there is no cure. This film captures a day in the life of his family, his schooling and Zach’s continuing struggles with epilepsy.
Still Here
Documentary Short
(USA, 2009, 21 mins.)
Director: Alex Camilleri
New England Premiere
New York City native Randy Baron has been infected with HIV for 30 years, making him an inadvertent witness to the AIDS epidemic. Today, he has given his life new meaning by working to help to prevent the spread of the disease that devastated his life and the lives of his friends.
Sunday, April 11, 5:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Children of Providence
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2009, 83 mins.)
World Premiere
Director/Writer/Producer Gary Shore, Cinematographer Christian de Rezendes and Lead Actor DeAnna Pellecchia in attendance
Mysterious Roxie and her inquisitive daughter Molly drive to a new town and a new life. They setup a successful dress shop on the main street of the town. Roxie designs and makes dresses for several of her fellow merchants on the street. They are all artists of one sort or another and are preparing for the annual town talent festival. Roxie's dresses have a dramatic effect on the outcome of the festival, as well as the lives of the shopkeepers. The magic of creation takes everyone on a journey of introspection, salvation and finally transformation.
Sunday, April 11, 5:00 PM
Slater Mill Theater (Blackstone Valley Visitor Center)
I'm Not Here (and she's not there)
Narrative Feature
(USA, 2010, 102 mins.)
Director Gregory Kaplan, Actors Phlip Wilson and Alex Bone and artist Ricki Vespia in attendance
Surrealist painter Daniel Bloom - a very private, pensive and downright odd character from New York City - is on the verge of losing his mind. He's in love with a beautiful girl he sees only through mysterious visions. She becomes the sole subject of his art, all of it. His obsession only makes him more reclusive, turning away his art dealer and the women in his life. Who is this girl? Is she for real? Or is she just a figment of his imagination? He will do anything to find out, even if it costs him everything!
Sunday, April 11, 7:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
LGBT Short Film Program
Still Here
Documentary Short
(USA, 2009, 21 mins.)
Director: Alex Camilleri
New England Premiere
New York City native Randy Baron has been infected with HIV for 30 years, making him an inadvertent witness to the AIDS epidemic. Today, he has given his life new meaning by working to help to prevent the spread of the disease that devastated his life and the lives of his friends.
¿Iguales?
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2008, 15 mins.)
Director: Javier de la Torre
Adela isn't the girl from a romantic comedy. Hassan isn't the gallant hero of an adventure film. Sylvia isn't at all like a femme fatale. And Sofia isn't either what we can call an ideal mother. What they are and what they look for... does it matter?
Unfamiliar Faces
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 15 mins.)
Director Michael Wright in attendance
Sam and Kyle, best friends since grade school, reunite on a college break for a weekend of bonding at their favorite lakeside campground. But the weekend takes a different tack when Sam finally decides that its time to reveal a long held secret: he is gay.
Tengo Algo Que Decirte (I've Got Something to Tell You)
Narrative Short
(Spain, 2009, 8 mins.)
Director: Ana Torres-Alvarez
East Coast Premiere
Susana is the girl of Pablo but Pablo just realized he is gay and he is in love of Javi, his best friend who, at the same time, is going out with Susana. How are they going to tell to each other? How are they going to react? And how will all this end?
The (718)
Narrative Short
(USA, 2009, 22 mins.)
Director: Darren Coyle
New England Premiere
Series Creator/Lead Actor/Co-writer Parrish Hurley in attendance
Pilot presentation for a potential cable series set in Brooklyn. With humility and heartbreaking hilarity, ‘the (718)’ presents the misadventures of beer-drinking, football-watching, awkward homosexual Stephen and his two straight best friends (as well as his beat poet conscience) as they navigate life and love in New York City’s County of Kings.
Sunday, April 11, 9:00 PM
Cable Car Cinema
Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance
Documentary Feature
(USA, 2009, 76 mins.)
Director: Madsen Minax
Riot Acts is a transfabulous rockumentary representing the whole lives of transgender and gender variant musicians, through a first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance, culminating with the notions that identities and bodies are undeniably political, and the trans experience isn't always one of tragedy, but one of creativity and joy.
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