Saturday June 16, 2007:


12pm
Travel Diary
Dir: Keng-Ming Liu
NJ, 7 min
Travel Diary is a 2D animation using digital collage, video, photography, stop motion, composting and traditional illustration skills. Being alone in New York pushed me into a dark corner and I released my anxiety by communicating with my friends throughout world. I condensed my thoughts and feelings into travel diaries, attempting to illustrate the stark differences between countries and cultures in various ways and awaken everyone's desire to travel.

Glimpse
Dir: Dustin Grella
OH, 9 min
Glimpse, an experimental nine minute animated short using stop motion photography, is a study of the life of painter Willem de Kooning and a stream of consciousness narrative concerning the impermanence of life.



Press Play
Dir: Michael Stanmore
UK, 10 min
A dystopian view of a future Britain in which music is outlawed.

Terminal
Dir: Renie Oxley
CA, 10 min
A young married woman makes a harrowing decision to leave her abusive husband.

Courage Doesn't Ask
Dir: Joe Acton
WA, 12 min
The solitude of a military hospital can't prevent a gay veteran from reliving the traumatic events that took his leg and made him both a hero and a statistic.
http://www.zaydoefilms.com/cda/index.htm

The Nightingale Princess
Dir: Christopher Dreisbach
MA, 46 min
Nick sleepwalks through life. Withdrawn from his computer-addicted mother and alcoholic best friend, he loses himself in a fantasy world of his own creation. Stumbling upon a long-abandoned swimming pool, Nick encounters the Nightingale, a young woman he thought existed only in his imagination.



The German Lullabye
Dir: Tess Malone
UK, 15 min
The German Lullaby is a story about a couple set in present day New York. One character (Anna) has a German background and the other, Molly a Jewish background. We find out about Anna's family and what they did in Germany in the 1940's and how this therefore affects Molly and their relationship today. It is partly the struggle of moving on from history and learning to deal with the past.


2pm
Steps
Dir: Matt Heimbecker
GA, 3 min
Trapped in routine Junct finds his life has some purpose.

American Deluxe
Dir: Aaron Brownlee
CA, 15 min
You're buying what they're selling.



All Bookies Wear Speedos
Dir: Jack Bank
NY, 17 min
A comedic look at the dark life of a Gambler, his son, his crony and funny characters they meet along the way, Joe Franklin, Paul Cicero, and of course Bookies in Speedos.

Tiny Dancer
Dir: Ford Austin
CA, 12 min
An inspiring fairy tale about artistic expression. After being mugged on the street, Mollie Draper seeks solace by using the power of dancing to reconnect with her long lost husband in a magical garden until her muggers track her down at the theater so they can finish what they started.

Sweet Ripe Orange
Dir: Arnon Moskowitz
NY, 9 min
Bernard, a young man in spectacles, uses oranges to get through a humiliating betrayal. Will his attempt bear fruit?

Chronicles of Impeccable Sportsmanship
Dir: Erika Tasini
CA, 7 min
The endless contentions between her competitive parents, seen through the curious eyes of a perceptive and enterprising little girl.

The Wounded
Dir: Judd King
CA, 13 min
Violence threatens a group of college students when a local teenager leads them on a hike through the sprawling wilderness.

My Name is Wallace
Dir: Bob Pondillo
TN, 17 min
A lonely, high functioning mentally challenged man falls in love with a 900 sex-line operator, and through that call, both find redemption.



Identity Theft
Dir: Bailey Kobe
CA, 18 min
A pickpocket turned writer finds literary riches in the personal effects that he swipes.


4pm
The Recyclergy
Dir: Jeremy Kaller
CA, 33 min
San Francisco Bay Area recycling pioneers share their insightfully hilarious thoughts and stories on garbage collection, treasure hunting, Jack Benny, and the products we buy.



Renaissance Men
Dir: Kevin Leeser
MI, 82 min
The story of the Hanlon-Lees action theater, the stunt troupe who introduced theatrical jousting to audiences over 25 years ago.



6pm
Henchmen Inc.
Dir: Jason Catron
MI, 6 min
Two ne'er-do-wells have but one goal in life....to become Henchmen. What if there was an organization where one could go to find Henchmen work. What kind of training would they get? Who would they accept?
http://films.thelot.com/films/21492

Shooters. Get the Picture.
Dir: Maggie Patton
MI, 18 min
Ray's an old-fashioned 35mm photographer. Robbie's a young, hip, digital shooter. They share a conflicted past and are aiming for a golden future. Only one will get the big picture. The other walks away with much, much more.



The Beginning Of Grief
Dir: Kevin Mattison
MI, 6 min
A man and women return home from a funeral where they confront each other about their level of involvement in the death.

The Candle
Dir: Mike Madigan
MI, 24 min
Torn between caring for his wife and following his dreams, a man is offered advice from his next door neighbor, in the form of a housewarming gift.



Red Seven
Dir: Anthony E. Griffin
MI, 13 min
Two lovers struggle to detach themselves from their best friend's gambling scam but after things go tragically wrong at the card game they'll discover that love's the largest gamble of all.

Tree
Dir: Michael Steinbeck
MI, 46 min
After a recent tragedy, a man and his family move to an old farm where they discover a tree that gives them cryptic visions of their future.



8pm
Carl and Mark
Dir: Jon Haynes, David Woods
UK, 3 min
Carl and Mark, two hapless travelers from Wales, enjoy a day out.

The Von
Dir: John Mavety
AUSTRALIA, 7 min
Alex Vonzitzavitz is about to face the most humiliating experience of his life. Remember that nightmare you had about turning up to school naked? Well this is worse. But don't panic, superheroes like 'The Von' always find a way...



The Detention Teacher
Dir: Ben Weeks
FL, 25 min
After a fight with his wife over the fact that they don't talk anymore, a high school detention teacher forces two people who would never talk otherwise -- a beautiful girl and a geeky boy -- to have a non-stop conversation for an entire detention period.

Quincy & Althea
Dir: Doug Lenox
NY, 10 min
Their beloved New Orleans home lies in ruins. All they want is a divorce.
http://www.douglenox.com/qandatrailer.html

La Parabolica
Dir: Xavi Sala
SPAIN, 12 min
During the broadcast of the Pope's visit, VicenteÕs television is broken. Desperate, he decides to make a homemade parabolic dish.

Shade
Dir: Kimberly Williams-Paisley
CA, 14 min
Inspired by a real-life condition, Shade is the fictional story of a woman with a rare genetic defect that forces her to live under the protection of darkness until one sunny afternoon; she faces a choice that could cost her life. Written, directed by and starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Father of the Bride) and co-starring Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy).

Crossing the Heart
Dir: Steven Hood
AZ, 31 min
An aging 'vigilante' is patrolling the Arizona/Mexico border when he comes across a young 'illegal' border crosser. A series of mishaps and problems strand the pair in the desert, in the heat of summer, with no water and no means of communication with each other or the outside world. As the heat takes its toll, they come to realize that they are not so different, but age old misconceptions and mistrust stand in the way of their own instincts for survival.

Family Tree
Dir: Vicky Jenson
CA, 36 min
Overwhelmed by visiting in-laws, a guy seeks help from his wife's long-lost brother who's own problems are 'taking root'. Inspired by Ovid's tale of Baucis and Philemon, "Family Tree" follows a guy on Thanksgiving facing bickering in-laws that all seem to need their conflicts more than they need each other. All except one long, lost brother who has finally come home but - with a problem - he sprouts leaves when he gets wet.


10pm
Awards Ceremony